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Evening star., 1923-02-10
q. S. AID REJECTED.
Canadian Mine Officials Able to
Handle Disaster Alone.

The bureau of mines. through it's
agent at Seattle, Wash. rendered an
offer of assistance to the mine au-
thorities at Cumberland, B. c., where
fatal accident occurred Thursday,
but the offer was declined, mine au-
thorities declaring themselves able
to handle the situation, it was learned
at the bureau of mines today.
The bureau today had not been ad
accident at Dawson. n. NJ. although
it's investigators were in the mine q
short time ago. Although the mine
was electrically equipped and no
miner was allowed in the mine while
"shots" were being fired. bureau Of
ficials said there was always danger
of a coal dust explosion due to sparks
from the commutat0r of an electric
motor setting off the coal dust in sus-
pension.
While the mine was equipped with
a sprinkling system for wetting down
coal dust in suspension in the air,
the theory was advanced that pos
sibly the shelves from which coal
was mined were not sufficiently COW
cred with rock dust, which lowers
by mixing with it, and Ia regarded as
one of the best presentives of dust
explosions.
The bureau has carried out for
many years a consistent campaign OF
education by means OF printed
pamphlets and sending of technical
experts TO the mines but its recon.
mendationS are not capable of en-
forcement except by cooperation
with the mine authorities and state
mine inspectors.
Evening star., 1923-02-10
HUCHES|SAGA|NST
. PREPARATIONS QUIZ
Secretary Declines Request
of Committee for Oral
Statement on Policy.
WANTS SPECIFIC QUERY
Will Appear, He Says, if Questions
Relate to Documents
Filed.
WANTS SPECIFIC QUERY

In a letter TO Senator Lodge. chair
zee. Secretary Hughes of the State
Department said yesterday that the
written statements which he had sub
mitted relating to the reparations
commission contained all the informa-
tion that it was compatible with the
: p6blic interest to disclose. and that
therefore oral explanations before
the committee would be unnecessary.
Mr.. Hughes appearance before the
committee had been requested by SEN
ator Robinson of Arkansas in con-
nection with the latter's resolution
Tor the appointment of official Ameri-
can representatives with the Ameri-
can commi ssion.
Comment on Letter.
The letter OF Mr. Hughes was inter-
preted as virtual refusal on the
part of the Secretary of State to ap-
pear before the committee on this
subject, although he indicated that he
might appear if additional informa-
tton on some specified matter should
be forth coming
Secretary Hughes. commenting on
the letter of Senator Robinson. re-
questing his appearance before the
committee. which had been trans
mitted to him by Senator Lodge, said: :
AS the letter has been transmitted
for my consideration. ! may say that
no oral explanations are needed
either to make clear or to supple
inent. and none could be made which
could modify the direct and adequate
statements contained in the written
communications already sent to your
committee. Without derogating from
the right of the executive. acting
through the Secretary of State, to
determine the instructions to be given
to agents in the exercise of the au-
thority of the executive in the con-
duct Of affairs, j have always sought,
In an appropriate manner, to supply
to your committee the information 1t
desired. so far as was compatible
with the public interest"
Reviews Documents.
The letter reviewed at length the
documents already submitted to the
committee. the instruction sent by the
State Department to the American OBJ
servers in relation to their work with
the reparations commission. adding
that Secretary Hughes already had
pointed out TO the committee the i'm
practicability of sending copies of all
Instructions to the committee "on ac-
count of their large numbers and the
various subjects to which they relate"
i repeat that there are no oral
explanations that I can give in which
can state, any more clearly than L
have stated in the written communi-
cations addressed TO your committee"
Mr.. Hughes continued, the nature
and extent of authority under which
the American observers act. or to the
instructions given to them or to the
Character of the duties they perform.
or the manner in which their serv-
ices are rendered. | cannot add to
his information unless there is some
specified point on which you desire
data which may be found in the rec
ords of the Department of State, and
which, so far as it is compatible with
the public interest, 1 am at liberty to
transmit"
Evening star., 1923-02-10

Ventilation. which had been COM
pletely destroyed by the explosion.
was restored as the rescue party went
forward.
Arthur Watson. one of the four fire
bosses on duty at the time OF the
disaster. managed to crawl out alive
and bring two boys with him, the
three fighting their way through
thick dust and choking fumes. After
he had given the alarm he re-entered
the mine, finding six Chinese, two of
whom were alive. huddled on one of
the levels. The two survivors were
taken on stretchers and koisted TO
the surface. Watson remained in the
mine until after daybreak, helping in
the work of rescue.
A series Of cave-inS hampered the
rescue crews and timberilg had to
be undertaken as the parties pro-
ceeded. The bodies of five of the men
were found in one group badly
burned from the explosion. They had
been killed instantly. Farther away
the bodies of ten miners, overcome as
they worked their way through the
gas-filled corridor, were found in an
other group.
Evening star., 1923-02-10

The memory of Abraham Lincoln
will be honored at the stately Lin
coin Memorial tomorrow at noon by
ceremonies al which many local posts
of the American Legion. fitting,y
headed by Lincoln Post, No. Il. will
participate.
Rev. DR., John Wesley Hill, chan
cellor OF the Lincoln Memorial Uni
versity, and John Hays Hammond will
be the principal speakers.
Assembling at the Veterans Bureau
at II o'clock. members of the various
posts in uniform will be headed by
the Army Music School Band. and the
Lincoln Post. and march to the stately
memorial by the Potomac.
DR.. ]. A. Ballard. commander Of the
Lincoln Post. will preside over the
exercises. scheduled to start at II
o'clock. The public has been invited
to attend.
Special permission to conduct the
exercises at the memorial itself was
granted by Col. c. o. Sheriff.. officer
in charge of public buildings and
grounds, lin view Of the fact that
this post of the American Legion was
named after the great Emancipator.
and in view of the fact that the post
was organized to perpetuate the ideals
Of Abraham Lincoln"
Evening star., 1923-02-10
Woman, Staged as
|Slave on Lines Of
|UncIeTom'sCabin

The Uncle Toms Cabin" OF the
equal rights for women move
ment has been written-and will
be staged in many cities by the
National woman's Party. 1t Is
graphically entitled. Driven" and
il is expected to tweak the ma
tion's conscience concerning the
legal slavery of women.
Yes, nothing less than slav-
cry" passionately emphasized the
authoress of the play, Mrs. Alice
Barney, today. do you know
that under the laws OF many states
women are still the virtual CHAT
tells of their husbands?"
Skillfuliy weaving the most fla
grant examples Of the effect OF
these laws into concrete case,
Mrs. Barney, in "Driven." has con-
structed drama of highly geared
emotional power and poignancy.
There Is a Little Eva" LIT this
Uncle Toms Cabin" of the fen-
inists. too. but instead of an angel
child. too good for this world. she
is pert modern flapper who pro-
vides much OF the comedy relief.
Driven" will have its premier
in Washington next week and
many members Of Congress are to
be present
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1923-02-10
TENANT BAILED AFTER
FIRE REVEALS STILLS
Daniel E. Shugrue Under $500
Bond in Probe Of Reservoir
Street Liquor Case.

Daniel T.. Shugrue. twenty one
years old, 1912 Sth street, alleged to
have had charge of the house at 4753
Reservoir street. where fire Thursday
morning disclosed five stills and five
gallons of intoxicants. yesterday aft
ernoon appeared at Police Court and
gave bond in the sum of $500 for his
appearance on charge of illegal
possession of intoXicants. w. A.
Short. colored. 1907 3 street south
east, the only person in the house
when the fire occurred, was severely
burned at the time.
Seizure of an automobile and twen-
ty-five gallons Of whisky was report
ed by the police in connection with
the arrest of Edward holden. colored.
3112 Grace street, yesterday after
noon. He was charged with trans
porting.
william G. Wright, thirty one years
old, 600 Pennsylvania avenue. was
arrested yesterday afternoon by po-
lice of the sixth precinct on a charge
of transporting. Seizure of one-half
gallon Of whiskey was reported.
Evening star., 1923-02-10

work last night resumed this morning
the viewing of the bodies and the in
vestigation of the disaster.
Mine No. / consists of one long
shaft which extends into the mountain
for two miles. The main entry is in
tersected by cross-cuts. The entire
mine is ventilated by huge fan syS-
tenn. While it was Impossible to drive
air into the mine against the immense
from the working for about fifteen
minutes after the blast, the fan sys-
tenn continued to function and fresh
air soon was driven into the shaft.
Statement Issued.
The following statement was is
sued late yesterday by Manager Bren-
nan:
AT 2:3o o'clock Thursday. after
noon. February s. an explosion oc-
Dodge Corporation at Dawson. n. NJ.
Operations in the mine were nor
NAL and no unusual conditions were
noted. Normally there are about lac
men employed in this mine. but only
122 men were inside at the time OF
the explosion.
Owing to the fact that the over
casts were blown out, the restoration
of ventilation In the distant areas
has been more or less slow.
1T is estimated that it will re-
quire at least two months to clear
the debris SO that operations may be
resumed.
THE company is endeavoring to
do all in it's power to alleviate any
suffering which may attend this un-
preciates the splendid spirit of their
employees, who are volunteering their
services in connection with the rescue
work"
Evening star., 1923-02-10

Some practical joker conceived the
brilliant idea yesterday of startling
the Post ONCE Department. Congress
and the public Of Washington gen.
orally by announcing the surprising
situation that Representative Martin
B. Madden of Illinois. chairman of
the House appropriations committee
and longtime patron Of the Post Of
fee Department. had absolutely re-
fused to install a letter box in his
few home.
A hidden joke in the story was the
fact that Paul Henderson, second as
sistant postmaster general. who is
Representative Madden's Son-in law.
lives In this house. so that those who
were wise to this fact, saw the
spectacle of the second assistant
Evening star., 1923-02-10
COMPENSATION PLAN
AGREED ON IN PRINCIPLE
House Judiciary Committee, How
ever, Disagrees on Terms
of Measure.

The House judiciary committee to-
day agreed in principle. but disagreed
on the terms Of the measure urged by
the National Federation of Federal
Employees to liberalize the terms or
the federal employees compensation
act to meet a recent ruling by Con
troller General McCarl. This ruling
was in effect that those who con
tracted disease, but were not bodily
injured, could not collect payments
under this act. A subcommittee was
appointed to work out a satisfactory
wording of the proposed amendment
and the judiciary committee is to
meet again on Tuesday to receive the
report of this subcommittee. The
meeting today was executive.
Evening star., 1923-02-10
Story of Madden's Letter Box
Sprung by Practical Joker

postmaster general as well as the
veteran legislator in the interests of
postal matters both defying the postal
authorities.
AS q matter Of fact, before his
house was completed. Representative
Madden had installed mail box,
has never had any controversy with
the local post office. and has never
been asked to furnish a receptacle
for mail. He provided this himself
because for many years. he has been
looking toward progressive meas
ures for the improvement of the pos
tai service.
The Information given The Star
came from q postal official whose
sincerity has never been questioned.
This official admitted today that he
had told The Star only part of the
story" and that he knew Mr. Madden,
sometime ago, had installed a post
office box
Evening star., 1923-02-10
MOVE ON FRANKFORT.
BY GEORGE wITTE.
By Wireless to The Star and Chicago Da
News. COpYright. 1879.

By Wireless to The Star and Chicago Daily
News. Copyright, 1923.
BERLIN. February 10.-The French
are preparing to occupy Frankfort
on-the- Main, according to reports
brought here by impartial American
observers who have just made the
trip from Paris to Berlin by way or
Wiesbaden and Frankfort. Tanks.
artillery. cavalry and infantry are
concentrated in the outskirts of
Mayence ready to proceed into
Frankfort, which is only short
distance away. Unlike the French
occupation OF the city in 1920. the
new one will last as long as the
Ruhr occupation.
Elberfeld and Barmen. south of
Essen. and Karlsruhe. in Baden, in
direct line between Frankfort and the
newly occupied Baden cities OF
soon be seized by the French. 30 that
they and the Belgians will hold a
sector extending from WeseI through
Dortmund, Elberfeld, Frankfort and
karlsruhe to Offenburg. or a fifty
mile zone west of and beyond the
old occupied area
Cities Like Graveyards.
The Americans who have arrived
here from Paris declare that French
newspapers insist that everything in
the Ruhr district is working out
smoothly, that the railroads are run
ming, that the working people, es-
peciaily the miners. are thinking OF
everything but strikes and that the
Inhabitants everywhere are giving the
rrench and Belgian troops a cordial
reception These Americans are unani-
nous, however. in saying that some
or the Rhine and Ruhr cities are dead
as graveyards and that in some places
not a wheel is turning. In the French
occupied territory a few trains made
up chiefly Of freight cars are running,
put that IL they reach their destina :
tions at all it takes them five or six
times longer than it used to take with
German crews
100000 Marks for Auto.
To get from the old occupied ter
ritory to some stations from which
trains are running the traveller must
take motor car costing from zoo. 600
to 100000 paper marks. These fam
tastic prices are charged on account
Of the risk the owners claim to be
running of having their cars con-
fiscated by the French All along the
highways in the Ruhr district one
sees long coal.trains averaging sixtv
cars standing on the adjoining rail
road tracks, the locomotives lookinp q
as dusty and smokeless as il they had
been standing there for weeks. No
persons except a few French sentries
can be seen outside the cities and VIII
lagos.
Evening star., 1923-02-10
mrs. Blair Sees
IWomanLeadersir II,
Era of Obscurity
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, February TO-
Woman leaders of the present are
going through an interim Of OBJ
scurity. according to Mrs. Emily
Newell Blair of Washington, vice
chairman of the national demo-
cratic committee.
Mrs. Blair spoke at the School for
Democracy. in session under aus
pices of the Democratic Women's
Club.
The time Is coming when we
will have woman leaders elected,
not as the heads Of women's or
ganizations, but as representatives
in the councils of the nation" Mrs.
Blair said.
Men look not to their clubs
and organizations for their great
leaders. but to the Senate and
legislative bodies. We have been
working through all. these years
that women might use their gifts
not to work for women, but to
form the country's foreign policy
and to face its economic problems.
This will come with time and eX-
perience.
The democratic party cannot sue
ceed unless it gathers to its stand
ard the-women of the country. And
the only way the women can be ef-
fective is by getting into the party
organization and voting for the
powers that plan the policies"
Evening star., 1923-02-10
FRAUD CHARGE AGAINST
MERCHANT IS CONTINUED
Government Asks Time to Prepare
Additional Information in
Green's Case.

Upon motion of Assistant District
Attorney Ralph Given. the prelim-
mary hearing in a case Of embezzle-
ment against Joseph Green. former
commission merchant at 21o 10th
street northwest, was continued for
two weeks today by Judge Mcmahon.
in the Police Court, in order to allow
the government time to prefer addt-
tional charges. Bond of $4,000. upon
which Green was released shortly
after his arrest. was continued.
Green was charged with embezzle-
ment on December 20. 1922. Two days
later. according to police records.
he reported that he had been robbed
of $4.466. The money. he said. was
taken from q chiffonier drawer in his
home during his absence on the night
of December %. 1922. When he re-
turned home that night, he told police,
he discovered that his room had been
entered and the money taken.
He was arrested in New York city
by Headquarters Detectives Cullinane
and Vermillion and brought here to
face the charge of embezzlement.
Evening star., 1923-02-10
JUDGE KNAPP DIES
AFTER OPERATION
Continued from First Page.)

and the government which he served
both honor and credit. He was most
popular as a public official, and few OF
those who have seen such long service
in the government enjoyed the respect
and honor which he won. The service
which Judge Knapp performed with the
government kept him in close contact
with the railroads and business inter-
ests as member of the Interstate Com
merce Commission. and later. as a media
tor under the various railroad labor
acts, he won the supreme respect of
both the corporations and the men whose
problems he handled under the Erdman
act and later under the Newlands
act which superseded il.
His career in the federal government
kept him constantly in Washington. and
he became associated in many Of the
business interests here. Judge Knapp
also found time away from his arduous
official duties to take a great interest
in the National Capital.
His intimate knowledge of the prob
lens of the railroads won for him the
appointment as one of the mediators
under the Erdman act, following Its
passage by Congress, and his work in
that connection gained for him many
friends and supporters. sustaining the
wiseness of his selection for this
duty.
Native of New York.
Judge Knapp came Of remote Dutch
descent, his later ancestors being
English colonists, who came from
England in 1880 and settled in Dan
bury, Conn. Judge Knapp was born
in Spafford. Onondaga county. N. Y.
November 6, 1s43, the son of Justus
Norton and Polly Mckay Knapp. He
received his early education in the
New York schools. attending the
Homer IN. Y.) Academy and Gaze
novfa On. " Seminary. Later, he
went to Middleton. Conn, where he
attended the Wesleyan University
later graduating with the degree OF
He did not undertake the practice
of his profession Immediately upon
leaving school, but went back to the
farm. where he worked for awhile
riod. However. in 1869. he was ad-
mitted to the bar of New York
state. and Immediately began the
practice of law in Syracuse. For four
years. from 1873 to 1877, he obtained
his first experience in public life
when he served as corporation coun-
sci Of the city of Syracuse. Upon
completion of this tour of public duty
he went back to the practice Of his
profession. and there remained until
President Harrison, in February. 1891
which he remained constantly up to
the time of his death. President
Cleveland concurred in President Har.
rison's action when he reappointeo
him to the commission in 1897. and
President Roosevelt twice reappoint-
ed him, in 1902 and 1908. From 1895
on until the time of his separation
Evening star., 1923-02-10
FAVORS CONDEMNED MAN.

George Henry Banton, colored
twenty years old, will not be hanged
at the District Jail next Friday. Jus
tice Stafford in Criminal Division to-
day postponed the execution until
April 20. to give Attorney Johnston.
counsel for the prisoner, an opportu-
nifty to apply to President Harding
for a Communication of the sentence to
life imprisonment.
Banton held up Samuel Frye at the
grocery store at 61st and Dix streets
last fall, and, when the clerk did not
come across with the money from the
cash drawer, shot and killed him.
Evening star., 1923-02-10
RETIRED GENERAL DIES.

The War Department is informed
that Brig. Gen. Anthony w. Vodges.
United States Army, retired, died at
San Diego. Calf. February Z. He
was a native Of New York and served
In April. 1866. he was appointed
second lieutenant in the Regular
Army and served in the infantry and
then in the artillery. He was in
command of the artillery district of
Key West. Fla. when retired for
age as a brigadier general in May.
1904,
Evening star., 1923-02-10
U. 5. SHIP TRICKS
. TURKSAT SMYRNA
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
LONDON. February 1o.-The latest
Information from Constantinople as
we'll as from diplomatic quarters
here indicates that nothing impor-
tant has developed in the situation at
Smyrna. where the foreign warships
are said to remain, in defiance of the
order from Angora. There is no con-
firmation of the report that the Turk
ish officials at Smyrna have reached
an agreement with the allied naval
commanders, whereby the status quo
Will be maintained pending diplomatic
negotiations.
The Constantinople correspondent
of the Telegraph tells how the COM
mander OF the American destroyer
Litchfield met the Turkish order to
leave Smyrna.
The dispatch says that the vessels
commander admitted to the governor
Of Smyrna that the Litchfleld registered
slightly more than 1000 tons. the limit
set by the Turks. but explained that de-
stroyers nowadays were necessarily
fairly large ships. and that he would
like to stay. The commander, however,
supported this answer by adding that
if permission was refused he had orders
TO remain, any way. and pointed out
that 1t would be much pleasanter not
TO have any trouble. The governor
thereupon gave his consent, the corre-
spondent adds
Nevertheless, few minutes before the
expiration Of the time limit the Litch-
field took a turn outside the harbor and
tnen re-entered the forbidden waters
By the Associated Press.
British press reports from the near
east saying the American destroyer
Lttchfield recently was in Smyrna
do not accord with official advices
here.
Navy Department records show that
the Litchfield is not at Smyrna and
has not been there for some weeks.
The destroyer Edsall is still at Smyr-
ia and the destroyer King was on
the way there yesterday from Con-
sGantinople The destroyer Hopkins
was at Smyrna a day or two ago, but
has returned to Constantinople.
Navy Department that no instructions
had been sent from Washington to
American naval commanders at Smyr-
ma directing them to remain in. tina t
harbor in defiance of orders issued
by the Turkish officials. If such in
structions have reached the destroyer
commanders at Smyrna, they must
have originated with Rear Admiral
Bristol at Constantinople, who has
not advised the department of his ac-
ton. Both Navy Department and
state Department advices indicate
on the other hand, that the Turkish
edict against foreign warships has
not been held BY the Turkish mill
tary commander to apply to American
craft.
Evening star., 1923-02-10
THOMAS B. CONNERY DEAD

ATLANTIC CITY, n. J., February 10.
Thomas B. Connery, veteran New
York journalist and diplomat, died
at his home here early. today from
pneumonia. in his eighty-fifth year.
He was for fifteen years naging
editor of the New York Herald and
later editor of "Once a Week." after
ward Golfers Weekly. He was min
lister to Mexico in the Cleveland ad-
ministration. .-
Evening star., 1923-02-10
FINES METED OUT
TO TRAFFIC OFFENDERS

Seven cases were heard and disposed
of in the Traffic Court yesterday at
n short session of that tribunal. These
defendants were convicted: George
$40, exceeding the speed limit. $50;
Frank Greenberg, operating an auto
mobile without the required permit,
fined $40; Benjamin Hawkins and
Robert Brown, violating minor traffic
Charles Milburn and John H. King,
similar offenses, fined SIS, and James
Taylor, coliiding. fined $50.