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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-09
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GIRL BY MOB
FAILS
80 49,
U. S. Agents Arrive in Time to
Defeat Purpose, But
Gang Escapes.

Continued from First Page.)
drove her from her home in De.
cember, 1921.
Department Of Justice agents
were informed of the plot, it was
learned, late yesterday afternoon.
Arrangements had been made to
throw armed guards around her
home last night. when they were
informed the girl had been stopped
by an automobile filled with men
a short distance from Mer Rouge.
The Federal agents Immediately
drove at breakneck speed to the
scene, but found the kidnapers
had vanished in the darkness.
The Tip" to Federal agents came
from an "anti-klansman," It was
said who heard the plot discussed.
The kidnapping party entered Mer
Rouge from the north and indica.
tons were it had come from the
Arkansas State line. Department
OF Justice agents drove around for
several hours searching all roads,
but they did not find their quarry.
Coming 80 Glossy. to the kidnap-
ing OF Teegcrstrom, federal agents
were thoroughly aroused. They i'm
medtately took steps to check UP
on all nearby towns In an effort
to learn the route followed by the
hdnapers' car. Guards stationed at
the girls home were instructed to
shoot on sight" any one entering
the grounds.
Another coincidence of the plot
was the recall Of a company of in
fantry from Mer Rouge Sunday af.
ternoon. Federal agents were OF
the opinion that the recall of these
troops had emboldened the kidnap.
ers to make their attempt to spirit
the girl away. Both Teegerstrom
and Miss Hamilton are only l9
years old and are the government
youngest witnesses in the pending
trial.
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Oh ARA PHILLIPS
ESCAPESIN
RAID
Her Face Seen by Policeman,
Who Is Unable to Smash
Wall.
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Continued from First Page.)
said, and talked with her for sew
eral minutes.
After leaving Chinatown, Mrs.
Christman hurried to the sheriff's
office and told her story. Within
half an hour Chinatown was in
vaded from every quarter. Officers
were stationed at every street lead.
ing from the Oriental quarter to
prevent anyone from entering or
leaving the neighborhood, while
other officers, armed with axes and
battering rams, made q thorough
search of the district.
The first place searched was a
house said by Mrs. Christman to
be the hiding place of Mrs. Phillips,
but the fugitive slayer could not
be found. Finding a secret passage
leading into an adjoining house,
/ the officers continued their search
through dark passageways, mys-
teriousIy leading from one house
to another, until an entire under.
ground block had been covered.
Officer Says He Saw Her.
Then, in a ]. subcelIar into which
they battered their way, one of the
officers saw for fleeing moment
the face of woman at an open
ing in the wall. This officer de
clares it was Mrs. Phillips. But
efforts. to batter through the wal
were futile and the raiders with
drew to take up the search else
where.
Mrs. Phillips, sentenced to serve
10 years in San Quentin prison fol
the murder of Mrs. Meadows
escaped from the county jail here
December by saving the bars Of
her cell and escaping over the roofs
Of adjoining buildings.
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witnesses will be called to show the
Klansmen wore. the same type of
hoods whenever they went publicly
on mission of punishment or ven
geance.
Somewhere in this testimony the
names of at least four men will be
called from the witness stand as hav-
ing been linked with vengeance ac-
tivities of the Khan in Morehouse
parish. When that moment arrives
the State will begin making the addi-
tional arrests which have proven
q subject of absorbing interest
throughout the community.
Decide to Await Evidence.
The plan to delay all future ar
rests until the suspects have been
named in evidence was officially an
nounced today by the State Attor-
ney generals staff The legal forces
who are conducting the prosecution
of the hooded mob," murderers,
decided wholesale arrests" would
hurt their case through inability to
produce evidence against some OF
the accused men for many days.
The mess Of legal technicalities
and details through which the
prosecution must be carried viii
drag out the "open hearing" it was
said, for another three weeks at
least. The State then will begin
the Individual prosecution of each
man named in the indictments
which it earnestly hopes will be
returned by the parish grand jury.
stirred by Exhibits.
The recall of another of the State
national guard which had been sent
here as precautionary move, had
little effect on this town. A decid-
ed swing Of sympathy for the pros
ecution has been started partly due
to the gruesome exhibits of parts
Of the bodies Of Daniel and Richards
in court but chiefly to the vivid
description of their frightful execu-
tions from the lips of State path
ologigts.
At first, the community was de-
cidedly opposed to even an investi-
CATION of the crimes. The arrival
of Department OF Justice agents
was discounted and the federal
agents termed "fake detectives"
IT was generally believed that these
veteran investigators of the gov
eminent were imposters.
The hill folk did not believe
Daniel and Richards were dead.
They did not believe either man
had been tortured. Even after
their bodies were found, the com.
munity actually believed reports
that federal agents had planter
the bodies in the lake.
Punishment Is Demanded.
When parts of the bodies were
shown in court and medical men
above suspicion told Of their tortured
deaths, the community at last came
to believe that Daniel and Richards
not only were truly dead, but actu.
ally had been slain by frightful tor
ture. When this sentiment took hold
the swing of sympathy to the States
legal forces began. and it was easily
gagged by conversations on street
corners, in the towns own restau-
rants and in it's backWoods stores.
The people themselves now demand
punishment of the murderers.
The mon who week ago said cts
all a fake and frame-up" now say.
II favor the Khan, but them muir
derers should be hung" The recall
of troops was started when this
change in public opinion convinced
State authorities there was no longer
any fear of an open outbreak by citi-
zens against the invading legal
forces.
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WOMAN AND HER
BABE KILLED
BY TRAIN
Five Others Of Family injured.
Engineer Begs to Die
With Victims.

Caught between two speeding
trains, a woman and her baby
were killed and five other MEM
bers of the family were injured
seriously at Monumental Station,
about five miles from Baltimore,
late yesterday afternoon.
Engineer Asks to Die.
J. D. Denner, engineer of one of
the trains which figured in the
catastrophe, after looking back at
the tragic scene ran to the front
of his engine, placed his head on
the track and begged the crew to
run over him.
The family were waiting for a
train to take them to their new
home at Alberton. Hearing the
whistle Of an approaching locomo.
tive and seeing it's searchlight flash
around the turn, they crossed the
first track and stopped by the
second. Behind them, unseen, a
freight train was rushing into the
station.
As the freight passed behind
them, the other train came speed.
Ing in. But it was not the local
they were waiting for. 1t was the
5:25 express. Caught between the
two trains escape was impossible.
AS they tried to back away from
the express, they were struck by
the freight and flung under the
wheels of the other train.
All of One Family.
When both trains stopped and
the crews and road workers reach
ed the scene three women and four
children were lying between the
tracks.
The dead:
Mrs. John Baggott. twenty-six
years old.
Hilda Baggott, eighteen months
old.
The injured:
Mrs. Charles r. Whalen Mrs.
Baggott's mother1, fifty-two years
old. ribs fractured, severe shock.
Mrs. Thomas Hickey (Mrs. Bag
eott's sister, thirty years old,
bruises, Commissions and internal In
James Baggott (son of Mrs. Bag
eottI six years old, leg fractured
and cuts about face and body.
Naomi Baggott daughter or Mrs:
Baggott) four years old. cuts and
bruises.
George Hickey Mrs. Hickey's SOM
three years old, right leg and foot
crushed.
Grew Held Blameless.
Officials OF the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad maintain the train
crews were without blame, They
declare the party became peWildered
and that 1t was impossible for the
crew of either train to stop.
Mrs. Baggott Is survived by her
husband, John Baggott.
All of the injured persons .r WsrS
taken to the University HOSPITAL
Baltimore.
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FQURIN0RE irish
|RRE GULARS
KILLED
Free State Troops Capture
Quaker Island British
Quit Pettigo.
BY international News service,

BELFAST, Jan. 9,-Four repub-
lican irregulars were killed when
Free Stats troops. supported with
armored cars and airplanes, captured
Quaker Island today.
British troops today evacuated
Pettigo, on the UIster-Free State
border and the post was taken
over by Free State troops.
In order to placate the Obstetrics,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-09
TRADE CONTROL
NEW BRITISH
POLICY
Means to Capture Markets Of
World In Order to Pay
Debt to U. S.

Great Britain has served notice
upon this Government that she will
10 out and capture the markets OF
the world, to make It possible to
pay the British $4,000, 900 900 war
debt due this country. In effect il
means b trade war.
The American Debt Funding Com
mission was left in no doubt today
about the British purpose to pay.
but the frankness Of the British
spolIesmen In outlining 81 new
policy OF British trade dominance
as the. one method OF payment over
Swallowed In Significance the ToU-
tine consideration Of present and
future British financial prospects.
Sees Way TO Pay Up.
Stanley Baldwin, British cEancel-
Ior of the exchequer. said:
I'VE have now seen that imrae
date repayment by gold Is irnpos.
sible and that an equivalent trans
action in direct repayment by rOods
lis full OF difficulties, so we sllttIl
have to explore what remaining
methocs of international payment
are presented by the markets ot
tie word
ny that statement. framed for
the British chancellor by the Brit
ish foreign office before he left
London the United States Severn.
ment was gwen warning In Dlain
terms that the British plan now is
to convert every ounce OF British
trade advantage In every trade
mart OF the world, into favorable
commercial balances, 30 heavy that
the LIQUIDATION OF the American
debt win be rendered easy, and
Great Britain will be saved the
embarrassment Of having to be
placed in the category of e bad
debtor.
Criticises Tariff Law.
The British chancellor. dealt q
sharp slap at the new tariff law.
Baldwin suggested that this law IL
3 stumbling block, inasmuch as
Great Britain cannot pay the debt
in gold, and would like to pay 1t In
goods shipped to America, but is
stopped In that plan by what he
regards as prohibitively high
tariff. Members of the American
commission said today they did not
agree with Baldwin in that con-
tention.
Government officials today re-
.lized the possibility OF adoption by
Great Britain Of retaliatory tariffs
in England and all Of her posses
sions, as weapon to increase Brit
ish trade balances.
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next league national conference.
The general regulations submitted
viii unquestio nably be those
adopted by Washington.
Motorists unanimously indorse
the plan to effect the adoption of
national !. traffic regulations. Ac-
ton in support Of the plan has been
taken recently by the leading au-
tomobile clubs OF the country. while
in several States highway commits.
sioners have Endorsed it. The diff
ficuky in. the past has been. to
formulate set of regulations
equally adaptable to all localities
and workable under varying condi-
tions. In The regulations. being for
INFLATED TO govern traffic in Wash.
ington, 1t IS said, an answer to the
problem may be expected.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-09
ROOSTER ATTACKS WOMAN;
SINKS SPURS IN HER HAND

YORK, Pa, Jan. 9.AErs. Albert
orwig, whose home IL at Shrsws-
bury, this county, while chasing
chickens from the feeding entry 81
the barn was attacked by . large
rooster that sank its spurs into
the palm OF her hand.
The wound caused temporary
paralysis OF two fingers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-09
DoNAHEY II lkEs OATH
AS GOVERNOR or OHIO

COLUMBUS, Ohio. Jan. 81. I'm
marked by the pornp which has sur
rounded other tnauguralg, a. ".
Donahey, DEM, yesterday took the
oath Of Office az governor, ,succeeA-
ing Harry II. Davis Rep.A
Donahey pledged himself "a d
brief inaugural address to BE d
Governor Of all the people, ssink
or swim. live or die. survive or
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Free State officials selected only
Protestant troopers Tor duty III
Pettigo. The British previously had
evacuated other border posts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-09
NORMAN DAVIS
URGESU.S /. To
AID PEACE
Former Undersecretary Of
State Favors Coalition 70
Halt France.

E0kM4DE United STATES Um0eEDeDEelAKy 81
(VVrateem 1or Coanopo tn News gGkstees)
NEW YORK, jan. Ell favor
any sound. workable plan. call II
coalition 81 what you WIN, that
VIII enable the Omitted States To 80
sist Ii restoring the peace Of Eu-
rOps ana of the world. This coun-
try cannot afford to. and should
not hang back III such i movement.
re France goes into the Rular b.
SIN. France win blow up later. A.
Z result of France entering the
Ruhr. Germany win blow up also
II Il i situation fun 81 the great.
est dangers. for not only win those.
two nations suffer thereby, but tlae
rest Of Europe. we shall feel II
over here. too.
Calls Policy Suicidal.
The policy Of Erance in this
Instance ii suicidal she win find
that Germany VIII meet her with
passive Resistance. IN the end, Il
wilI result ID wlping out of tl1e1
German reparat tons. Then WHIST
win France have profited beyond,
Iperhaps, such satisfaction Is she
may find In having set up b butter
state III the Rkineland2
IL France could be assured the
United States would morally sup
port coalition Or some similar
Iplan, to include representa- by
Germany, as well Is the guarantee
Io9 payment Of German Preparations,
believe France would ut once
abandon her scheme for invasion.
and the danger which now threat
/ ems would be avoided
Urges Congress 70 Act.
At the moment i DO not believe
President Harding has any aefinite
pIan 81 mind which would include the
United States III q move To restore
conditions IN Europe TO 9 normal
state. Nor does Congress know what
it wants to do iii that directid41 III
ii webbing around like q cork: It
should take some definite action, and
either do something or else abandon
the idea altoge ther
Any good plan that ID feaAable
would be better than the drifting
to which we have been btected BY
Washington and which Is stiIl going
M
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Held In $4,000 Bond.

John P. Waters. a negro, yes
terday was held for grand jury ac-
ton by Judge Mcmahon, In Police
Court. when he was arralgned for
alleged grand larceny. Bond was
fixed at $1,000. -
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incIosing porches. In black and galvan-
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foot, Sc and Sc.
Kann's-Third Floor.
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Evening star., 1923-12-19

been built up near the north pole.
the upper part slides down the slope
and flows off with a considerable mo-
mentum to the south. This Is all true
around the pole. But there are Ger
tain channels In which the flow Is
concentrated by mountains and land
masses. One channel Is down the
northern arm of the Atlantic between
Europe and Greenland; others are up
the great river valleys of Siberia
and still others are through Bering
strait, over Alaska east of the
Canadian Rockies and up the Mac
kenzie and other valleys of Canada
1t is this latter group of cold-atr
rivers east of Siberia alone that d.
rectly influences the weather of the
United States. %
Temperature, pressure and wind
conditions--the really vital weather
factors--are not known in the region
north from Alaska to the pole, and
are now merely assumed for scientific
purposes largely by inference from
observations taken on the famous
Fran drift across the Asiatic side
of the polar regions. Accurate OBJ
Servations of the seasonal changes of
the factors made on the ground-or
rather 'on the ice'-would be of great
Evening star., 1923-12-19
WANTS PRESIDENT
. 7OAPPO|NT BOARD
PetWorth Association Would
Change Manner of Selecting
Educational Body.

Anpotntr1ort re -he D'st~'rt board
OF education by the President was
urged as a substitute for the present
meluUu by Iur i'etm moftn S'>t-chs
Association at a meeting last night
at the Petworth Methodist Episcopal
Church.
1t was also urged that residence IN
the District for at least hve years
Immediately preceding an appoint
ment he one of the prerequisites Tor
membership on the board.
The proposal to have a business man
ager for the local school system was dis
cussed and the association urged that
this office be filled by an appointee
of the board rather than by the Com
missioners as suggested. The ap-
pointment of Capt. julius Peyser was
Endorsed.
The association decided that in
addition to the $4,000 asked Tor
school site at 5th and Buchanan
streets Congress should appropriate
sufficient money to place a sixteen
room building on the site, as well
as assembly halls for the Petworth
School and the Macfarland Junior
High School. and the purchase or
land for playground at the Pet
ground is covered with portable
buildings.
The association went on record as
opposing any increase in the price
of milk. Money was appropriated to
purchase six Christmas baskets for
the needy, this number being adequate
for the territory of the association.
An entertainment program was pro-
vided under the direction of Miss
Frances Gutelius. Miss Wilhelmina
GUIDE and Ted Crum played the piano
and Irving Wink the violin. Miss
Mildred de Hart, sang. T. 5. Tincher,
president of the organization, presid-
ed at the meeting.
Evening star., 1923-12-19

Valve oY Daily Reports.

value in filling out sciences perma-
nent records.
Valve oT Daily Reports.
Daily reports by radio for a con-
siderable period from ship drifting
across this region or from some other
sort of base established in its heart,
would be of incomparably greater
value practically, for they might
often furnish the unknown factor
that would determine next weeks
weather in Minneapolis, Chicago and
New York.
What the United States weather
bureau most needs to give additional
accuracy to it's forecasts are daily
reports of meteorological conditions
from as many points as possible in
the northern hemisphere For long
time the oceans were unreported, but
now the radio brings in daily data
from scores of passenger liners and
freight steamers. The vast Arctic
regions, and even its edges on the
continents are still largely unreport-
ed. The far northern Norwegian sta
tion at Jan Mayen Land has proved
Evening star., 1923-12-19

mot the least important of the
scientific data that might be gather
ed by an extended survey OF the
arctic regions would be those in re-
gard to weather conditions, a knowl-
edge of which might be useful In the
making of weather forecasts for the
United States" says a bulletin from
the Washington headquarters OF the
National Geographic Society In re-
gard to the polar expedition pro-
posed to be made by the United states
Navy next spring by direction or
Secretary DENLY.
Most Of our weather ,Is is not ,,s
local matter at all: eont,hddetst cont, dtst,rho rhe
ances that originate perhaps many many
thousands of miles away and drltt
to US. Thus our weather Dill OF rare
is made up largely of a series OF
subnoImal and abnormal barometric
pressure-made familiar to many
readers by the roughly circular and
elliptical lines on the daily maps or
the United States weather bureau.
Technique OF Predictions.
accompanying these disturbances
are winds, hot and cold spells ana
rain or snow-the chief factors that
make up our weather Forecasting
weather consists largely in detecting
new disturbances as they show up on
the western and northwestern bor-
ders of the country. learning their
| haracteristics, and figuring out the
paths that they probably will follow
because of the prevailing. pressures
and temperatures ahead Of them.
THE great majority of the lows
seem to originate over the warm sea
south Of the Aleutian Islands in the
| winter, and over the interior OF
Alaska during the summer. But some
of the conditions that cause them to
be built up in those places and
create the highs to the east have
| their birth farther north in the polar
! regions. and a better knowledge Of
| tempe rature. pressure and wind
| changes there would undoubtedly
| facilitate weather forecasting.
an the search for the beginnings
of its weather the United States is