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The Washington times., 1923-04-26

II have refused to waive extra
dition." said the woman who is
known here as Mrs. Jesse Carson,
but who was known on the journey
through Salvador as Mrs. r. M.
Young. II will not say ! am Clara
Phillips nor will | say l am not
Clara Phillips. / am not going to
say anything at all"
Her lips parted and a smile again
flared up in her hard, bold eyes.
Neither she nor the woman who was
arrested with her have shown any
signs of fright, although the man in
the party, Jesse Carson, lost his
nerve and consented to return to
Los Angeles without eXtradition pa
perS. He is charged with arson.
Held Under Guard.
The trio have been detained since
their arrest last Saturday afternoon
at the request of Franklin Morales,
the American minister. Mrs. Carson
(who is suspected of being Clara
Phillips) is held in a typical tropical
bedroom, forty by twenty feet in
size. There are four doors and two
long windows. The only guard is n
policeman with long rifle posted
at one of the doors and the police
man on duty downstairs.
The chief of police said that If
the identity of the woman were es-
tablished it would have been neceS-
sary to hold her in the penitentiary,
CONTINUED on Page 2S, Column s.
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ALL ROYAL
ANIL !
GREET
BRIDE
Streets Are Thr0ngsd As Mar.
rage Party Goes TO West
Minister Abbey.
By LUTHER A. HUSTON.
international News Service Staff
Correspondent.
international News seryIce.

international News Service.
LONDON, April 26.-The sec
ond wedding in the British royal
family in a little more than
year took place in Westminster
Abbey today when the Duke OF
York. second son of King George
and Queen Mary, was married to
LADY Elizabeth Bowes Lyon,
daughter of the Earl and Countess
of Strathmore, an old and noble
Scottish family. The ceremony
was performed at noon In the
presence of brilliant assemblage.
Ring Ceremony Used.
The ring ceremony of the High
Episcopal Church was used. Like
that of Princess Mary (Viscountess
Lascelles), the ring for the bride
today was made of gold mined IN
Wales.
Seldom has a more beautiful
bride been seen in the gloomy and
historic old abbey. Half st1tleo
exclamations rose from the women
as the bride, petite figure with
raven black hair, was led to the
altar, looking like a. veritable fairy
princess In her girlish wedding
gown.
1t had rained early in the morn
ing, but shortly after 3 o'clock the
sur struggled through the cloucs,
shining at Intervals until after the
ceremony.
The crowd which viewed the pro.
cession to the abbey was larger
than that when the Princess Mary
was married in February, 1922.
Cheers which greeted the coach con-
tanning the bride were more vocifer-
oils than those which greeted even
the royal family. Elizabeth was plain
" a popular figure with the public.
fhere were many Americans in the
crowd, some of whom had held
losing them.
Cheers From Crowd.
As the Duke Of York entered his
carriage at Buckingham Palace
a volume Of cheering rippled over
the crowd jamming the nearby
streets. The Duke, soldier like i'll
his air force uniform, blushed as
he acknowledged it.
The double procession to the alb
hey was without incident. As
Elizabeth left her carriage to enter
the church the sun came out
brightly and the cheers increased,
as this was regarded as a sign of
good luck. Elizabeth smiled at the
crowd.
Elizabeth and her father had
ridden to the abbey in Il state
coach resplendent with gold and
crimson trappings. The coachmen
wore crimson capes. gilt trimmed
cooked hats and boots. Four police
men, mounted on white horses, pre-
ceded the coach.
1t was reported that King George
had conferred the title of Royal
Highness upon Elizabeth, giving her
precedence as the fourth lady in
the land" She takes rank mi
mediately under Mary.
The great organ of the abbey,
hidden away in dim recess,
played softly during most of the
ceremony, the chords rumbling deep
and strong like distant thunder.
After the service the choir sang
Mendelssohn' wedding mach. ac-
by the organ.
The abbey was filled TO capacity.
The dim light that filtered from
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HARDING PLANS
To ADDRESS
EDITORS
John w. Davis, Head of Bar
Association, Also Expected
at Banquet.

President Harding and John w.
Davis, president of the American
Bar Association, are scheduled to ad-
dress the members of the American
Society of Newspaper Editors at
their banquet Saturday at the New
Willard.
The banquet will be the conclud-
ing number of a twO-day program
of the association, which will be at.
tended by publishers and editors
from all over the country.
The society came into existence
just a year ago when fifty editors
and managing editors of newspapers
met in New York and perfected an
organization, to develop a stronger
esprit de corps, to maintain the dig
nifty and rights of the profession, to
consider and perhaps establish ethi-
cal standards of professional ideals
and for the more effective applica-
ton of professional labors and TO
work collectively for the solution of
common problems"
Reports Due Tomorrow.
Tomorrow will be devoted to re-
ports of the various committees, and
on Saturday, when, it is expected,
many publishers who attended the
Associated Press and the American
Newspaper Publishers Association
conventions in New York, will come
to Washington for this meeting, the
following program is scheduled. to
open at 10 a. M:
Truth and Accuracy in the
News. Col. Luke Lea, Nashville
Tennesseean.
Discussion-Ralph E. Stout, Kan
sas City Star, John Sturgeon,
Washington Post.
Distinctive Character in a News.
Continued on Page ?. Column 81
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Crowds Swarm on American
League Park As Griffs
Prepare for Battle.

Thousands of Washington base
ball fans swarnled flenIl
League Park today for the first
game the Washington team plays
in its home grounds this year.
Only traitor to the cause of
the national sport would concede
that the Philadelphia visitors
had the ghost of chance.
Through the morning hours
an ever increasing crowd grew
at the gates, forming into long
lines before the ticket windows.
The lines were then reformed at
the grill's entrance to the park.
Cheer as Gates Open.
Promptly at 11:45 a. m. the i'm
patient horde of rooters eheered as
the men at the turnstiles began to
accept the collection of tickets. Age
and dignity We're forgotten in the
rush that followed the opening OF
the gate The payilions were well
on the way toward a capacity com.
plement of men within an hour.
Officials of the Washington bail
team watched the rush from the
porch of the office building. Man,
ager Clark Griffith and E. j. Eynon
secretary of the club, went over the
grounds at an early hour. A tour
of inspection satisfied them that all
was in order for the big game.
While the stands waited, Walter
Johnson. DOME Bush and Tom
Zachary, with other members of the
team, came to look over the scene
of the biggest event in Washington
kRsa. lkasall r.f 1rA IN,
tors shouted greetings to them and
wished them all kinds of good luck
Women In Crowd.
Shortly before 11:30 the payil-
lions. which were occupied by four
James O'Dea, who also saw to it
that no other unpaying guests
were in the park.
Several women were among the
crowd which filed through the
gates. Small boys attended in
droves. Many of the little patrons
had to stand on tiptoe at the
window TO give their hard-earned
SIS cents in return for a ticket,
Perfect weather augured well fo'
the opening OF the Bushmen' Is
season on the home grounds.
The great sport stadium was in
spick and span condition this morn.
ing. The ever present Tim Jordan
and "Reddy' O'Dea, who invariably
execute the preliminaries for the
opening game, marshalled their
forces in the grounds to put tile
place in order.
Before 9 o'clock scores of fans
gathered at theo~park. A constant
business was done at the bleacher
ticket booth, which was patronizeC
largely by men hurrying on their
way to work. Numerous young ap
plicants for one day jobs as re
freshment sellers and score care
vendors stormed the park. working
havoc with the nerves of the afore
said Jordon.
PeOpled With Ghosts.
The empty park was a study ir
silent expectancy this morning
Under sky of unspotted blue, with
a generous sun shining upon the
field, the Bushmen's battle-ground
surrounded by great tiers OF seats
seemed, to a fans mind, peOpleG
with ghosts Of Griffmen dead anC
gone.
The early bird" who passed
through the gates to take a lool
at the field was impressed with the
beauty and dignity of the silent
park.
O'Dea's workmen rolled thu
ground and marked with chalk thu
boundaries of the infield. The dia
nond was cool and ideal for run
ming feet.
Officials of the Washington team
Continued on Page ?, Column g.
The Washington times., 1923-04-26
KLAW CHASED FROM
OFFICE, PARTNER SAYS

NEW YORK, April 26.-Abraham
l.. Erlanger. testifying today in the
100000 accounting suit he has
brought against Mare Klaw, his
former partner. admitted before SUI
preme Court Justice Nichols that,
after dissolution of the partnership.
klaw had been ordered out of Of
fees in the knickerbocker Theater
Building.
Il spoke to Mr.. Mayer" said
Mr.. Erlanger," and said: II don't
want that 'backbiter' in this build
ing any more"
Mr.. Granger said he had never
taken advantage of those with
whom he had done business, and
that nine out Of ten times his firm
got shade the worst of it in the
booking. Questioned as to whether
lie did not intend to combine his
booking interests. received in part
from klaw and Erlanger, with
those of the Shuberts, he said: I'VE
have a friendly arrangement"
The Washington times., 1923-04-26
U. S. FREIGHTER, BRUSH,
ASHORE, SENDS S O S

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, April 26.
The big shipping board freighter
Brush, operated by the Pacific
Steamship Company. is ashore on
Point Arago, near Coos Bay, Ore
and early today sent out a call for
assistance. No further radio mess
ages We're received after the first
S o S.
Efforts to reach vessels in that
vicinity by radio were unsuccessful.
The call for assistance did not in
dictate whether the vessel will be in
immediate danger.
The Washington times., 1923-04-26

Ia Forest Fires Are
Reported Sweeping
Pennsylvania
BY international News Service.

Z
HARRISBURG, Pa, April
26.0ne HUNDRED and four
teen forest fires are sweeping
various parts of the State to-
day, destroying hundreds of
acres of timber land and in
many instances threatening
towns and outlying settlements
near the mountains.
The fires have become so
widespread in many instances
that they are almost beyond
control and will have to burn
themselves out.
Forestry officials believe the
damage will be the heaviest
on record. In many sections
every avaiable man has en-
listed III the fire fighting corps.
The Washington times., 1923-04-26
OUTPUT OF FORD CARS
SO, 543 IN ONE WEEK

DETROIT, April 26.- The Ford
Motor Company for the week ended
April "a produced 38,543 cars and
trucks for domestic use, it was
stated today.
The highest days production was
1858. Fordson tractor production
for the same period was 2,795, and
the output of Lincoln cars totaled
The Washington times., 1923-04-26
MODERATE QUAKE 1000
MILES FROM VICTORIA

VICTORIA. British Columbia
April 26.-An earthquake of mod
crate intensity, with weII-defined
records on all instruments, was re-
ported today from the Gonzales OBJ
serVatory.
The record continued for an hour.
The quake is estimated to be about
1000 miles from Victoria.
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HELD AS CLARA PHILLIPS, SHE
DEF|ES EXTRACTION
By WALLACE THOMPSON,
Well Known Author and ArchaeOIogst.
International News Service Staff Correspondent.

kept the second floor Of police headquarters be-
side long French window without bars looking out into
the dirty sunscorched tropc the who being
held here suspicion Of being Clara Phillips notorious Los
Angeles hammer murderess today smiled defiant chal
enge when told of preparations take her back
to California. where she escaped from prison.
The Washington times., 1923-04-26
j. s. HALTS
AVAIL
PLANS
Fear Of Insulting British Leads
Harding to Order Moderniz-
ing Of Ships Delayed.

Fearing that the elevation OF
the gun turrets on Aanerican-w war
ships to increase their firing
range would lead to q protest
from Great Britain on the ground
that the United States had vio-
lated the terms of the Washing
ton naval treaty, President Hard
ing has ordered that the navy's
modernization program be held in
allegiance pending action by the
next Congress, it was announced
officially by Secretary DENLY.
Mistake Was Made.
Congress has already appropriated
$6,5O0,000 to elevate the guns, the
money being set aside when the
President, Secretary Of State
Hughes and Secretary DENLY in
formed the Senate and House that
this expenditure was necessary to
give the American battle fleet the
same efficiency as the naVies OF
Great Britain and Japan.
FORMAL denial was made, how
ever, by British government that
the firing range of British warships
had been increased, and this was
followed Immediately by retractions
from Secretary Hughes and Acting
Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt,
who was in charge of the Navy
Department during the absence of
Secretary DenbA in Panama.
In the face of the British denial,
secretary Roosevelt insisted that
the Government should go ahead
with it's naval modernization pro.
gram, holding that the Navy De-
partment had a direct mandate
from Congress to proceed with the
work.
Secretary Hughes, on the other
hand, maintained that for the
United States to raise the gun EUR.
rets would constitute a. violation of
the Washington treaty, and to avoid
protest from Great Britain he
declared that the program should be
halted
Victory For Hughes.
When Secretary DENLY returned
to Washington, the controversy be-
tween the Navy and State depart
ments was Immediately resumed,
with President Harding as the
arbiter.
The Presidents decision is regard
ed as victory from Secretary
Hughes, as Denby's announcement
To-Day states that he will not touch
the money appropriated by Congress
until explicit orders to use are given
by appropriate legislation.
DENLY issued the following state
ment:
During the discussion at the last
Congress of the proposal to appro-
pirate $500. 900 for eIevating the
guns of thirteen battleships of the
United States fleet, certain state
ments were made in regard to the
disparity between the ranges of guns
Of the ships of the British fleet and
those of the United States. These
statements were made in absolutely
good faith, but were shown by later
reports from the government
Great Britain to have been exag
gerated. While the disparity does
exist, 1t is not so great as was then
supposed.
Acts Upon Discrepancy.
Upon the representation of the
Navy Department, Congress appro-
priated the sum asked for. In view
of the discrepancy between the
statements Of the department and
actual conditions, the department
has determined not to employ the
money appropriated for the purpose
of increasing the elevation of the
guns of the American fleet until fur
ther directed to do SO by Congress.
This course has the Presidents
approval"
The Washington times., 1923-04-26
SECRETARY MELLON is
GOING ABROAD IN JULY

Secretary of the Treasury Mellon
said today that he planned a trip
to Europe this summer, but that
his contemplated visits to London,
Paris, and other cities had no
official significance.
He will leave in July and will be
accompanied by his son and daughter.
The Washington times., 1923-04-26
GOULD HAS ANOTHER BAD
HEART ATTACK RELAPSE

MENTONE. France, April 26.-
George j. Gould, ST., American
financier and railway magnate, who
has long been i'll at his villa on
the Riviera, suffered a serious re-
lapse of heart weakness today.
Physicians were constantly in at
tendance.
The Washington times., 1923-04-26
HARDING APPROVES PLAN
TO ADMIT 500 RUSSIANS

President Harding today approved
plans of Secretary of War Weeks
and Chairman John Barton Payne
of the American Red Cross to bring
800 Russian refugees, now marooned
In the Philippines, to the United
states in an Army transport.
The refugees, who were shipwreck.
ca after sailing from VladiVostock.
VIII be admitted to this country
1hoer the Russian immigration
quolaf
The Washington times., 1923-04-26
Your Sunday Herald

The Sunday edition of The
Washington Herald embodies
all of the features that made
The Washington Times. Herald
popular.
The Sunday Herald has an
all'day value and is thorough.
ly read.
Beginning last Sunday, the
n a m Q Washington Times.
Herald was discontinued and
The Washington Herald is
now published every morning
IN the week.
The Washington times., 1923-04-26
237 LEAVE
UNSAFE
SHIP
Passengers, and Crew Missing
From Disabled Craft Laden
With Dynamite.
4 anternatIonaI News Service.

.QNDON, April 26.--Two hun
dred and thirty-seven persons
1873 passengers and 80 seamen--
are missing from an abandoned
Portuguese passenger steamship
off the African coast, said a
Cape Town dispatch to the Daily
Express today
Searching For Boats.
A vessel picked up an sos
from the Portuguese steamer Mas
samedes. Search revealed the ship
deserted and helpless. Inyestiga-
ton showed she hailed from Por.
tuguese ports, and had carried 13G
passengers as well as crew OF
ninety-nine. All had taken refuge
in life boats. The relief ship re-
ported it was searching for the
boats.
The steamship Port Victor, which
went to the assistance of the Mos
samedes, reported that she carried
dynamite in her cargo. The condi-
ton o fthe deserted vessel indicated
she was in no immediate danger
of sinking. 1t was assumed that
the seamen and passengers, fearing
pounding of the high seas would
explode the dynamite, decided to
flee in the small boats.
Heavy seas were running and
the Massamedes was wallowing at
dangerous angle when the Port
Victor arrived on the scene. After
making sure there was no one on
board the Port Victor began a
search of nearby waters and sent
out wireless MESA ges for other YES.
sells to join the hunt.
Advices received late in the after
noon said the 237 persons from tn,
Mossamedes were still missing The
passengers included twenty-nine
women and thirty-five children.
The Mossamedes. a vessel of
1900 tons, hailed from Lisbon.
The Washington times., 1923-04-26
Information Lacking.

NEW YORK, April 26.-Shipping
circles here had no information of
the abandonment of the Portuguese
steamer Mossamedes by it's 237 pas
sengers and crew.
+ At the offices, Of Frederick and
Rumsey, importers, who have an un-
official connection with the Portu-
guese government, it was declared
the Mossademes was engaged in reg
ular passenger service between Lis
bon and Africa, and that probably
the passengers and crew had been
picked up by a passing steamer
The owners Of the Mossamedes are
the Empresea Naccional De Naviga-
Gao, of Lisbon.
The Washington times., 1923-04-26

The broadway Limited
offers quick, restfuf overnight service to
Chicago. Lvs. Washington via Pa. n. r.
$50 y. m. arrives Chicago 9;55 an
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-02-26
RESCUE F|REMEN AND
ELKS TO ENGAGE IN
SERIES OF POOL GAMES

Members Of the Annapolis Lodge of
Elks and Rescue Hose Company. vol
unteer firemen, will engage in a SER
les of pool games beginning on
Thursday night of this week. The
best handlers of the cue are now be-
ing picked for the engagements. For
the initial meeting which will take
place at the Elks' Home. it is plan
ned to play seven games at so balls.
One of the features Of the contests.
promises TO he a game between John
J. Levy. and his son. Mike" is an
Elk. His son is a member of the
Rescue Company The father was at
one time a good shot over the tables,
and the 10y too, is said to possess no
mean ability. The match between
them. therefore, is exciting much in
terest
The series of card games played
during the past year tetwecn teams
of the Elks and the Independent Fire
Company. have not only brough;
about closer friendships amcng the
lodgemen and FIRE laddies, but have
also served as mutual benefits to the
respective organizations ty way OF
bringing out more memherssat stated
periods. II is expected the pool con
tests to he inaugurated will bring
about like results.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-02-26
MAJ. Jones COMMANDS
ARMY AVIATION DEPOT
Annapolitan Ordered To Big
Eastern Station Located At
Middletown, Pa.
HIS BROTHER DECORATED

Major Roy NJ Jones, Air Service
has tcen ordered TO command the
Aviation intermediate Depot. Middle
town, Pa. Major Jones relieves the
present commanding officer who has
beon transferred TO the Field Artil
lery and ordered to another station
Major Jones is the son of Mrs. Mary
E. Shelton, 134 Market street, this
city, and is a graduate of st. Johns
College. class Of 1910. Prior TO en-
tering ST. Johns he graduated from
Annapolis High School.
The Aviation Depot at Middletown
Is the largest Air Service Depot in
the East and at present there are
fifteen officers and two hundred and
fifty men stationed at this place. In
addition to the acres of storage ware
houses and the activities of the depot,
there is a landing field for airplanes
and a considerable amount of the
supplies sent to the Army Air Serv-
Ice activities ia the East are flown
away from the depot by plane.
Capt. w. ]. Jones Decorated
News has also Teen received here
o. an Army decoration that has teen
bestowed upon William j. Jones, Sec
ond son Of Mrs. Shelton. The young
er Jones is a Captain in the 11th
Fled Artillery and was formerly
Cartain in the Fifth Field Artillery.
He Is now stationed at SchoiieId Bar
racks, Honolulu, Hawaii
Captain Jones, according to an or
der issued ly the War Department is
entitled TO wear. as an individual dec
Grafton, the French Fourragers in the
colors of the French Croix de Guerre
(green and red) on his Army uniform
on account OF his presence with the
organization on each of the occas-
ions for which it was cited in French
Orders of the Army. When so worn
the Fourragere must have superim-
posed thereon the distinctive mark 1-5
crossed cannon.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-02-26
U. S. AGENTS, WORKING
ON CRONKH|TE CASE, FIND
WAR DEPT PAPERS MISSING
,Ry The Associated Press,

WASHINGTON. ID. c., Feb. 26-In-
vestigators appointed by Secretary
Weeks to report on charges made by
Najor-General Adelbert Cronkhite.
retired, that files of the War Depart
ment had been tampered with and
records connected with the death OF
his son, Major Alexander Cronkhite
at Camp Lewis in 1918 were incom-
plete, it was learned today. have found
certain papers once in the possession
Of the department to be missing
Secretary Weeks said. the investiga-
ton had not been completed, and il
was not known whether the investi-
gators would be successful in theil
search for the missing documents.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-02-26
INFANT BOY BURIED IN
ST. MARY'S CEMETERY

Funeral services for Robert w. j.
Robinson. 4-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Andrew l.. Robinson, who died
at the residence of his parents, so
Cornhill street, last Thursday. were
held at o'clock yesterday afternoon
from the residence and burial was in
ST. Mary's cemetery. The officiating
clergyman was Father Prendergast,
attached to st. Mary's Catholic
Church.
The pallbearers were: William
Connell. John Bosset. Douglas Hip
kins and Robert Mayhem. Funeral
Directors James s. Taylor and Sons
had charge of arrangements.
The little boys death was due TO
double pneumonia, complicated with
whooDing cough
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-02-26
LADIES AID OF CHURCH
TO GIVE ENTERTAINMENT

Tomorrow eycping at o'clock
birthday tea will tie given by the La
dies Aid Society of Calvary Church
in the Educational Building of the
church. There will he a varied pro-
gram and refreshments will be served
free. Persons who go are asked to
bring as many pennies as their age.
If they hesitate to disclose their age
they are requested to give a dollar
instead to the general fund. An en-
ioyable evening is assured to all who
attend.