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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-03
SURGEON OPERATES AS SEA
TOSSES RUM RUNNER
BY THOMAS HoRGAN,
international News Service.

BOSTON, Mass, April 3.-The laws of humanity above
those of the State So declared Dr. Leo Hansen who today
returned from errand of to rumadn schooner
several miles off the Massachusetts, few
earlier while the ship rolled and tossed Dr. Hansen
infected with blood poisoning and then with gangrene follow
ing frost bite.
Tragedy staked abroad the Two
captain shared his with other ships trade
of which, he declared has since to the bottom
carrying her of with her. News of the loss of
iquorladen off Sandy Hook with her crew, had
reached the captain
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-03

The booze ship herself had lost
her rudder. One of her sails was
useless, owing to the destruction of
a boom. Her decks were deep in
ice, and the seas washed her from
stem to stern. With her jibs and
riding sail her captain kept her off
shore, despite her useless ttller.
Fifteen hundred cases Of choice
liquors were still in her hold, half
her original cargo, but In six weeks
only ten days have been quiet
enough to transfer the cargo to
smaller vessels.
Veteran Is Guiding Spirit.
The guiding spirit Of the enter
prise il a veteran of two wars. He
started from Boston before dawn,
with two of his body guard" the
physician and the writer.
Arriving at a port some miles
south OF Boston, famous in New Eng
land maritime history and now the
center OF activity for various en-
forcement agents, the party en-
Continued On PAGE 4. Column ~
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MOTORIZED GLIDER FLIES
125 MILES ON GAL. GAS

PARIS. April s.-Georges Darbot
is reported to have remained in
the air at Toulouse for a quarter
of an hour. in a glider equipped
with seven-horse.power motor.
Darbot took off, flew and landed
without the aid of a wind. Aero.
ilautic observers proclaimed his
feat a new era in airplane flight.
The motorized glider is said to
be capable of reaching an elevation
Of $500 meters and speed Of fifty
five miles an hour, making 125
miles on one gallon Of gasoline.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-03
EMCcRAT IS EL EcTED
As MAYOR or DETROIT

DETROIT. April Frank p.
Dorenus. former Democratic Con
gressman. was elected mayor of
Detroit in the special election yes
terday over DR.. james Winchns,
for several years police commission
er. The race was 4 one-sided at
fair, Doremus winning BY . ma
jority Of 1852. a heavy vote was
cast.
until next November when the
voters viii choose b man for the
regular term. He II q staunch sup
porter of DetrOit's municipality
owned railway systems.
The Republicans elected their
candidates throughout the State to
various minor offices.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-03
RADIO ZoNING or U. S.
IS STARTED BY OFFICIALS

Sudden changes in radio wave
lengths will be avoided by the De-
partment of Commerce, Secretary
Hoover announced today.
He said the recommendation of
the radio conference would be APP
piled in such a way that no con-
fusion would result. The Secretary
had under consideration today the
coming Of the United States into
radio districts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-03
200 BUFFALO GIRLS
HEAR BARON De CARTIER

Two hundred girls from Buffalo,
N. Y, most of them teachers and
pupils of schools in the Northern
city, today called on Baron de
Cartier, Belgium ambassador, at his
home here.
Baron de Cartier gave brief
talk TO the girls, telling them of his
home country.
The girls came to Washington
last Friday and are touring Wash
ington in charge of c.. N. Willard
and several chaperones. They have
visited Mt. Vernon and all the pub
lie buildings here. The girls leave
tomorrow morning for Buffalo.
They are staying at the, Raleigh
MOTEL. This afternoon the party
will take a trip to Annanohs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-03
DOMINICAN SISTERS HEAD
DIES AFTER RESPONSIVENESS.

KEN0sf1A W. April B. =
Mother Mary Augustine, forty-orle.
vicaress general OF the Dominican
Order OF Sisters Of st. Catherine In
the United States, died last night in
St GATHERINGS Hospital in this city
after a short illness.
In private life Mother Mary
Augustine was Mary Augustine Col.
Inns. She was one Of the sisters
driven out Of Portugal after the
revolution several years ago.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-03

Little Girl Sees Aunt
Kissed, Then Killed,
By Former Sutton
By Inferno ionaI News Service

INDIANAPOLIS, md, April
8. Crouching in q dark corner
Of q staircase landing, ten-year-
old Jennie Perry early today
saw her aunt, Mrs. Theresa
Perry, stabbed to death by q
former lover, Albert Smith.
Smith escaped, but the police
assert his capture is imminent.
Mrs. Perry was summoned to
the door Of her home by q
knock. She was IN night clothes.
Through the glass panel she
saw Smith. Muttering, he
broke through the door, seized
her in his arms, kissed her
and then plunged q knife into
the back Of her neck. As she
fell he stabbed her again ii the
breast.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-03
''MEMPHIS" JACK BRITTON,
BOXER, Is SHOT DEAD

MEMPHIS, Tenn. April 3.-"Mem.
phis" Jack Britton. a boxer, was
shot and killed near White, Station,
Memphis suburb.
George Jones, charged with the
shooting, surrendered. Britton, a
rniddIeweight. was about thirty.
three years old. He recently ap-
peared In bouts in Atlanta. New Or
leans and Hot Epr1ngA
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-03
RUBBER POOL FORMED
TO DEVELOP INDUSTRY

American rubber manufacturers
are pooling q large sum Of money
to be used In the development of
rubber production in the Western
Hemisphere, 1t was announced to-
day by Secretary of Commerce
Hoover.
Hoover said the Commerce De-
partment shortly will send repre-
natives to Brazil and ether South
American countries to investigate
the Feasibility OF embarrassing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-03
GOULD WILL RECOVER,
DOCTORS NOW BELIEVE

MENTONE, France, April g.
George Jay Gould, ST., American
railway magnate and financier, who
has been suffering from hart weak
ness ana pneumonia, showed i'm
provement today.
The attending physicians are now
optimistic that he will recover.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-03

Harry Fletcher, 1925 Grant road
northwest, and Harry c. Leckey
1888 New Hampshire avenue north
west, report apparel stolen from
them last night while they were at
a dance hall at Connecticut avenue
and Mckinley street.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-03
Il WIVES CHECKED AGAINST
CIVIL WAR VETERAN. IS
By cosmopolitan News servIce.

ROCHESTER n Y, April 3-The rapidly mounting score
OF wives chaked to date by the authorities against
Charles w Davis seventy Civil War
whose record OF heart conquess reads like the exploits of
shek today reached grand total of seventeen-wth the
mother of well known Rochester woman on the list.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-03

Land at Boiling FIELD After
Transcontinentaf Trip Of
5000 Niles.

At i've minutes before noon to-
day six army airplanes landed at
Boiling Field at Anacostia, COM
pleting q trans-continental trip
of 5000 miles. The fliers were
greeted by Secretary of War
Weeks, Assistant Secretary Davis,
and other Government officials.
Escorted to Squadron.
Maj. Gen. Mason Patrick and
Brig. Gen. William Mitchell. chief
and assistant chief of the army air
service, accompanied the filters from
Langley Field, va. There was also
an escort of three bombing planes
and ten DeHavilands piloted by air
men from Langley Field.
The landing was made without
rnishap and the filters were in ex-
ceIlent condition. The squadron
flew over the Capital in formation
before descending at the army air
station.
The aviators left San Antonio,
Tex, just one month ago today.
Their objective was San Juan, Porto
Rico, which was made by way OF
Cuba, Haiti and San Domingo, a dis
lance of approximately 5000 miles.
Lanphier in Command.
The flight was made under the
command of Captain Lanphier.
Serving as alternate pilot with Cap
tain Lanphier was Lieut.. I. G. Moor
man. The other five planes were
piloted by Lieut.. c. B. Austin, Lieut..
z. H. Nelson, Lieut. G. o. McDon.
aid, Lieut.. n. Longfellow, Lieut.. R.
K. Storer, Lieut.. j. A. Woodruff.
Lieut.. G.. ". Haynes, Lieut.. d. H.
Dunton, Lieut.. q. Kirksey, and
Lieut.. e. T. Seller.
Captain Lanphier commented on
the commercial possibilities Of air
transportation between the United
States and South American coun-
tries, pointing out that the flight to
Porto Rico and return had proven
the feasibility OF such development
New York, Captain Lanphier said,
e now only twenty hours by air
from South America
Porto Rico Logical Base.
Captain Lanphier said that the I'm.
portance OF the flight from a mill.
tary standpoint could not be over.
estimated. explaining that it had
established the island Of Porto Rico
as the logical base for an air
force operating with the American
deet or defending the Panama
Canal.
with two days warning" HI
declared, IAN air force Of any sizt
and from anywhere in the United
States could be concentrated II
Porto Rico. Such a force coulC
prevent an enemy fleet from en-
tering the Caribbean sea and 4
could lombard enemy bases located
ON foreign soil within 800 miles o.
San Juan"
Secretary Weeks was one OF tho
nrst to shake the hands Of the
fliers as they craw1ed from Their
planes. and to extend congratula
tons to Captain Lanphier and the
other officers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-03
Madrid Reports Cabinet Out.

PARIS, April "a report was re-
cefved here this afternoon from
MADRID that the Spanish cabinet had
SeMgned, The Spanish emhaasy was
Wnable to confirm q.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-03
Berlin Journalist Held.

DUSSELDORF. April s. DR..
Zechlin, press representative OF the
German foreign office, was arrested
today while granting an interview
to reporters.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-03
THE WEATHER

Rain tonight and Wednes-
day; somewhat warmer TO-
night; colder Wednesday
afternoon or night; freah
south and neuthWsst viudi.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-03
RUSSIANS.
EXECUTE
PRIEST
Soviet Also lmprison Polish
Archbishop Reasonable
Acts Were Charged.
N inter ational News service,

MOSCOW, April 3 The Rev.
Father Butkiewicz, Roman Cath
olic prelate, who was sentenced to
death st the same time IS Arch
bishop Cieplak, has been executed,
Il WAS formally announced today,
The manner 81 death was not de-
scribsd, but II II supposed Re was
shot.
Was Accused Of Treaeon.
Rev. Father Butkiewicz was = Pole
by birth. He was arrested st the
same time as Archbishop CIeplalx
and fifteen other prelates. all charg.
ed with working against the Moscow
Soviet government. When he was
condemned to death last week along
with the archbisho. protests were
made against the sentence. While
the archbishop's sentence was com.
muted to ten years imprisonment.
the sentence OF the priest was UNI
changed.
The basis Of the charges against
the preiates dated back to the war
between Russia and Poland. Church
men Of Polish birth were accused
of having Unreasonable intercourse
with the enemy in war time"
Archbishop Jailed.
Archbishop Cieplak, it is under
stood, will be taken from Moscow
Immediately to enter upon his SEN
tence. He il an cid man. a nd his
friends declare that he will not live
through the first year If kept in
solitary confinement.
Before announcement had been
made that Father Butkiewicz was
dead, q report was circulated he
would be exchanged for communist
prisoners held by foreign countries.
Lack Details Of Execution.
LONDON, April Sup to the
middle Of the afternoon no details
had been received here from Mos
cow regarding the execution of
the Rev. Father Butlxiewicz, Catho-
lie prelate, put to death by the
Soviet for treason. 1t was not
known If he was hanged or shot
British public opinion has been
aroused to a high pitch by the
execution in the face of worldwide
protests.
Evening star., 1923-03-29
Jury IS SUMMONED
TO TELL OF BRIBES
Convicted Twenty Men of Conf
dence Game-Efforts Were
Made to influence Verdict.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DENVER, Col. March 29.-The en-
tire jury which yesterday convicted
twenty. alleged members of nation
wide confidence ring after ten-week
trial, today was summoned to appear
before the county grand jury, in con-
nection with, 1t was thought, al
legged !, attempts TO influence Jurors
during the trial. Subpoenas were serv-
ed on the bunco-trial Jurors imme-
diately after they had returned their
Verdict. and been dismissed last night.
The twenty men found guilty after
the Jurors $50 ballots and record
breaking session of four nights and
Ave days in the juryroom, received
the verdict calmly The wives Of
three, however, burst into hysterical
weeping, the only sound that broke
the silence of the. crowded court
room.
They face penitentiary terms rang
ing from one to ten years. They were
convicted on three counts. conspiracy
to commit fraud through the opera
ton of confidence game; general
conspiracy or committing or attempt
ing to commit crime through, the
operation of a confidence game and
larceny in connection with . con-
fidcnce game.
Evening star., 1923-03-29
MISS VOLSTEAD
FORFEITS So in
TRAFFIC COURT

Miss Laura Volstead. daughter
of Representative Andrew J. Vol
stead. author of the Eolstead act,
was technically arrested yestcr-
day afternoon on New York ave-
nue. between 18th and 18th streets
northwest by Traffic Officer F. B.
Knapp, charged with blocking a
watering trough and keeping the
driver OF a horse drawn vehicle
from getting to the trough TO
water his team.
Miss Volstead was ds,ving A
sedan automobile. the property OF
her father. as Indicated by the
license tags. Officer Knapp gave
Miss Folstead a card directing her
to go to the first police precinct sta
ton and leave collateral for her ap-
pearance III Traffic Court today.
She put up the collateral, SO, and
went TO her home In the Brighton
Hotel apartments. 2123 California
street. When the collateral list
was called In the Traffic Court to-
day. Miss Volstead failed to answer
to her name and the collateral was
automat tically forfeited.
Evening star., 1923-03-29
MAY URGE ALLIANCE.
Uruguayan Delegates Expected to
Urge Principle at Santiago.
BY CLAUDE O, PIKE.

by Gable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright. 1923.
SANTIAGO, March 29.-The princi-
pie Of all the American nations stand
ing together in case of European at
tack, advocated by the Secretary of
State. Robert Lansing. at the time of
the world war. probably will be
brought UP at the pan-American con-
ference BY the Uruguayan delegation.
It is hoped to enlist the support of
the United States for the perfection
of a defensive alliance OF American
republics.
The proposal, which is on the con-
ference agenda, was offered by Uru-
quay, and the delegates from that coun-
try have announced unofficially that they
are prepared to take the initiative in
presenting the plan and seeking it's
adoption.
Lansing Message or File.
II is said the official files in the
capital OF Uruguay contain official
documents and also cable messages
Continued on Page :. Column g.,
Evening star., 1923-03-29
Soviet to axe
so Per Cent OF
Pay Above 500

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW. March 29.-Unuer So
Wet Russia's new income tax law,
man receiving more than 800 a
month salary will pay so per cent
of the surplus to the government
Incomes below .S30.0O0,OOO
rubIes. or about $27 L month at
present rate of exchange are not
subject to taxation. but from that
sum on the tax ranges from to
80 per cent. No allowances are
made for wives of children. as in
America, and rationS of quarters
furnished by the government are
counted as income and also sub
ject to this taxation.
During February the maximum
salary for government officials
was 1900. 100000 rubles month
received by Premier Lenine. War
Minister Trotzky and other i'm
rortant officials. There are thou
sands uf Russian merchants.
spectators. etc. who now make
a. much as several trilliou ruble :.
or many thousands Of dollars
monthly and the tax is particularly
aimed at this class.
The tax is. in theory at least ap-
piicable TO foreigners as we'll as
Russians, and business men, cor
respondents and others now liv-
ing in Moscow in government
hotels. where they are charged
New York prices for all accommo-
datfons. are anXiouSly waiting to
learn what the tax collectors want
to do to them.
Evening star., 1923-03-29
FOUR DIE IN BATTLE
WITH M0ONSH|NERS
Five Children Safe in RiddIed
Home, But Mother Is Slain ,
in Posse Raid.

HARLAN, Ky. March 2s.-County
officers and possemen had returned
today from the mouth Of Beech creek,
in the hills Of Leslie county with an
account OF the desperate last stand of
"the Strongs," a battle in which three
men and Il woman were killed We'd
nesday. --....-
Kelly walker. deputy sheriff Of Te-
jay, Ky: Isaac and George Strong
and Mrs. Isaac Strong were killed.
Carrying a warrant for the arrest
Of Isaac on charges OF liquor law rio-
lations twenty-five possemen arrived
at the Strong home and surrounded
the house. Deputy Walker advanced
toward the house with the warrant.
A hidden marksman fired and Walk
er staggered with a wound in the
breast. AS he ran for cover a second
bullet pierced his head.
Companions Of the slain officer con-
centrated a whitening fire from high
powered rifles on the house from van
tageous points behind trees and
lodges. AS the steel-jacketed slugs
were sent ripping through the walls
Of the building the fire of the defend
ers became desultory and finally
ceased.
Three Dead in House.
When the officers entered the house
the two men and Mrs. Strong were
dead, the woman, according to the Of
ficers, was found with q repeating
rifle clutched in her fast-stiffening
fingers.
From their hiding place under a bed
the five children Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Strong crawled out after they had
been reassured by the officers They
had escaped unharmed from the hail
of bullets which killed their parents.
Two stills were found IN. strongly
barricaded position back Of the house.
They were destroyed, together with
zoo gallons of still beer.
The Strong brothers. according to
officers, long had been regarded as
desperate characters and members OF
an extensive moonshining band.
Evening star., 1923-03-29
GOLD LOAN FAILURE.
Total Subscription Only From 90
to 80 Per Cent of Amount.

By Wireless t" The star and Chicago Daily
News. Copyright. 1873
BERLIN, March 29.-keen disap-
pointmeut l. felt in Berlin over the
failure OF the governments proposed
$4,000 600 gold loan. Though no
definite figures have been published,
II is learned from good sources that
the total subscription was only be-
tween 90 and so per cent of the
amount required. whereas the recent
coal and grain loans were over
subscribed within d few days.
The failure OF the gold loan fs at
tributed to the capitalists, who clung
TO their foreign holdings despite the
urgent appeals of the Reichsbanli.
According to the socialists the CAPT
-alists did not think the ioan sufii-
ciently secure, as the Reichsbank an
nounced that while ii guaranteed the
loan in dollars in would not offer the
gold reserves AS security.
The Rote Fahne says the Retchs-
bank has just sent another lOOoOe.oo0
in gold marks to Switzerland TO keep
the German marks from falling IN
value abroad.
Evening star., 1923-03-29
14TH STREET CARS
DELAYED FOR HOURS

A pulled plow in front OF the De-
catur street barn on the 14th street
line OF the Capitol Traction Company
early today interrupted service on
14th street and made necessary the
use Of shuttle cars north and south
from Colorado avenue. Officials Of
the company at noon today said the
trouble was being rapidly repaired
and that normal service would be re-
sumed within Il short time.
A car entering the Decatur street
barn pulled plow at 1:47 o'clock this
morning, tying up southbound service
almost completely. To carry pas
sengers down town the company ran
SouthboUnd cars on the northbound
track for several hours. For hours
following the accident there was no
car service north from Park road,
on account Of the necessity for using
the north bound track for southbound
cars. A switch is located at Park
road.
Shuttle cars were being operated
this morning from Colorado avenue
to Park road on the northbound
track. while shuttle cars were being
operated on the Takoma Park line
from Colorado avenue to the terni-
nus in Takoma Park.
Evening star., 1923-03-29
ONE-WAy STREETS
MAY Be INCREASED
Commissioner Oyster Confers
With HeadIey on Plan to
End Traffic Jam.
PARKING LIMIT LIKELY
Officials Discuss Ban on Madison
Place Stops-Klotz Advice
Awaited.
PARKING LIMIT LIKELY

Commissioner Oyster is scriousI,-
considering the establishment OF a,
number OF additional one-way streets
IN tne downtown section as a means
or improving traffic conditions.
The Commissioner conferred IN
this subject with Inspector Headle-.
chief Of the traffic bureau, TODAY and
II is understood that the inspecto-
VIII recommend the streets within
few days
Would Relieve Jams.
The Commissioner also took up
With the inspector the question OF
improving conditions in the vicinity
or Lafayette square. where he has
observed traffic jams during the
morning rush hour.
1t is possible that parking Will be
prohibited on Madison place between
pennsylvania avenue and II street,
since this street Is used by a large
majority Of motorists in going from
west
Inspector Headiey told the Commits
sioner that some Of the congestion re-
Gently on Madison place and II street
was due to the fact that jackson
place was being excavated for con-
duit repairs.
Commissioner oyster believes that
Washington's traffic problem is reach
ing a point where more one-Way
streets are essential to expedite the
movement Of vehicles.
kIotz Return Awaited.
Just what streets Inspector Headicy
has in mind are not known, but Il is
probable that he will consider tie
north and south thoroughfares on
which there are no car tracks.
With the return TO Washington next
Monday OF r. G. Klotz, traffic en-
sineer Of the Public Utilities Com
mission. the Commissioners will be
ready to take up for action recon-
mendations of the traffic committee,
Including new speed regulations.
reckless driving Law and a new head
light regulation. Mr.. Klotz is visit
ing d number of large cities 10 see how
they handle traffic.
Evening star., 1923-03-29

LONDON, March 29.-"The truth Is
evident to all who are unblinded py
,doRmatism that men nowadays arc
tired of liberty" says Premier MUS
.olini of Italy. in an article con-
tributed to the April number or 'he
fascist review. Gerarchta.
The Rome correspondent or the
Times, who sends extracts OF the
article, says it was written to con-
fute recent expression of liberalism
in Corriere Della .Sera. The premier
contends that liberalism is not the
last word in or Of government and
that If it was good for the people or
1he last century it does not follow
that ii is equally convenient for those
Of the present.
The great experiences of the after
ehe-war' period mark the defeat OF
liberalism" Mussolini writes. Both
in Russia and Italy it has been dem
onstrated that it is possible TO gov
srn outside. above and against all