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Evening star., 1923-07-21
PRISONER WILSON FREED
ESCAPES INSANE ASYLUM
Flight Of Erwin r. Wilson From
Farview, Pa, in Automobile,
Stirs Police Activity.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. July 21.-Erwin
F. Wilson of Brookline. Mass. who
was pardoned by President Wilson for
preventing a jail delivery at Fort
Leavenworth. where he was impris-
oned, escaped early today from the
State Hospital for the Criminal In
sane at Farview, Pa
Wilson, whose activities have en-
gagged the attention of the police in
many parts of the country, was this
week declared sane and was to have
been brought to Philadelphia today
to face four indictments charging
larceny and assault with intent to
kill two policemen.
The hospital. which Is in the north
eastern corner of Pennsylvania, no.
titled the Philadelphia authorities that
Wilson escaped in an automobile
stolen from a keeper. Wilson was
known to have $35 in his possession.
The state police of New York were
notified to watch for him.
Evening star., 1923-07-21
MURDER INQUIRY WAITS
ON HUSBAND IN HOSPITAL
Patrick Coyne, Who Lost Legs in
Accident, Denies knowledge Of
Wife's Death.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH. Pa, July 21.-Oficial
inquiry into the death of Mrs. Patrick
Coyne. who was found murdered in
her home at Port Perry a short time
after her husband lost his legs under
a railroad train. will probably not be
made by Coroner McGregor until
Coyne Is able to appear at the in
quest, 1t was announced today. It
was also decided by the county au-
thorities not to place Coyne under ar
rest until after the coroner has acted,
and to postpone further questioning z
of the man until the information al
ready in hand has been carefully in
vestigated.
Coyne yesterday fatty denied he
knew anything Of his wife's death.
Further inquiry into Coyne's move
ments during the time the detectives
believe the murder was committed and
his accident in a mill yard was pro-
ceeding today. Meantime Coyne con-
tinues to improve in the hospital, but
refuses to discuss the tragedy.
Evening star., 1923-07-21
RAID ON U. S. RECALLED.
Villa Crossed Border to Avenge
Favor Granted Enemy.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. July 21.-The
death of Francisco Villa recalls the
fact that his raid upon Columbus.
N. M, in March, 1915, was made in
revenge against the American people
for allowing 5000 of Carranza's Yaqui
Indian soldiers to pass over the ter
ritory Of the United States and back
into the state of Sonora, Mexico, to
engage in the defense OK Aqua Prleta, @
opposite Douglas, Ariz.. when Villa
was en- route to attack the Sonora
town.
villa had left Ciudad Juarez with an
army estimated at 10000 men, then
marched into Sonora across the Sierra
through which he came. offered al
most insuperable difficulties and much
Of the wagon train had to be aban-
doned. His troops reached Sonora
territory footsore and worn.
The Carranza forces had withdrawn
into Aqua Prieta, leaving behind a
desolated territory, where even the
wells had been fouled or plugged so
that no water could be obtained.
Late Sunday afternoon, October go.
young woman. stood near the line
fence of John Slaughter's ranch.
eighteen miles east of Douglas.
watching the Villistas march toward
Aqua Prieta- Suddenly group Of
horsemen rode up to the fence. and
one of the Americans, a newspaper
man, as Villa, asked in Spanish for
news.
Flew Into Rage.
He was told that the veteran Car
rama troops under Gen. Francisco r.
Serrano-trops which a few weeks be-
fore had assisted in defeating him at
the battle Of Celaya- had reached
Aqua Prieta and crossed into the
fnrtfHod town
Villa stormed and cursed.
Thereafter let the Americans look
out for themselves when they meet
me-" he threatened.
After storming Aqua Priesta for
, three days and losing several hun
dred Of his best men killed or
wounded, villa moved westward.
Later he met signal defeat north of
Hermosillo and retreated to Chihua-
hua, deserted by all but few hum
dred of his band. The majority of
his men had hastened to make peace
| with the Carranzistas while they
Villa at this period again and
again. threatened to take summary
revenge upon Americans whenever
he could bring 1t about.
A few weeks after his return to
Chihuahua the raid on Columbus was
made.
Evening star., 1923-07-21
78 SEAMEN FINED.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LIVERPOOL, July 21.-Seventy-
eight members of the crew of the
White Star liner Adriatic were fined
f2 each today by magistrate after
conviction on charges of conspiring
to impede the ships voyage before
leaving New York by walking out
and demanding q bonus.
The firemen and trimmers Of the
Adrtatic demanded bonus before
leaving New York on the latest trip
of the vessel because, they declared.
they would be compelled to work
extra hours in consequence of the de-
sertions of twenty-one firemen. Capt.
Beadnell was forced to sign an agree
ment giving the men a bonus OF 20
each before they would consent to
work the vessel across.
Evening star., 1923-07-21
GUNMEN BLAMED
FOR HERR|N RIOTS
Union Chief Urges Banning of
Armed Guards to Insure
Future Peace.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, July 21.-"The
ugly countenance of the American
gunman" was today blamed for the
"Herrin calamity" in a brief fled by
President Frank harrington of the
Illinois Mine Workers with the
United States coal commission. in
answer to a brief filed by the nation
al coal association. This brief is the
first formal expression from the
miners president regarding Herrin.
Highly armed gunner, Mr.. Far
ington's answer says, actually took
possession of part 70 the county"
For proof he offers a letter. pur-
porting to have been written by
Sherman Holman, zone of the So
called guards employed by the Har-
grave Detective Agency. who per-
formed the so-called work of guard
ing the property of the Southern
Illinois Coal Company"
Tells of Guns.
1t is addressed to Holman's d.
vorced wife. Mrs. Fay Kuntz of
Marion, ILL.,, and says in part:
I've been here close by since June
8. No doubt you will be surprised to
learn ] am down here with a gang
of moonshiners. Ha, ha! But the moon
shine is Winchester rifles and field
guns. We are only waiting for them
to start the band playing We have
two guns planted on the dam reser-
voir. two on the cook and sleeping
cars and six guns on top Of the hills.
They shoot only six hundred shots
apiece a minute. There are also 100
rd Vfvn
shoot three miles. But as long as they
stay three away they will be safe.
But heaven help them If they ever
start in on mining company prop
erty."
President harrington impeaches
of the National Coal Associations s
brief. He says all coal operators "a
sociations IN Illinois have withdrawn
their memberships from 1T.
by this time" he adds, 'it has be-
come known that this association
speaks largely for non-union opera
tors who are contending for auto
cratic non-unfon control of the in
dustry."
Urges Lesson From Herrin.
Mr.. Farrington's brief concludes as
follows:
Must this terrible calamity pass
without lesson having been learned,
without a correction having been
made. Can the old system be allowed
to continue. In every other nation on
earth the Industrial gunman has been
banished. He has no place in an eco
nomic system. . If this commits
sion should take steps to Danish from
our industrial life the ugly counte-
nance of the American gunman. a
long stride will have been made to-
ward industrial peace"
There was a terrible holocaust at
Herrin," Mr.. Harrington writes
Union men were killed. Neither side
was free from blame. But can IL be
said that less blame was his who,
urged by the hope of inordinate gain.
OF unconscionable profits, deliberately
courted trouble by bringing an armed
band Of men whose antecedents were
not of the best reckless men. willing
to take their lives in their hands, into
a peaceful community, quietly await
ing the time when an agreement
should be made and work again
started?"
Evening star., 1923-07-21
TRADE LEADERS STUDY
GERMAN ASSETS ABROAD
international Chamber of Com
merce Council to Probe Question
in All Foreign Countries.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
PARIS, July 21.-Assets of Germany
abroad are among subjects to be
considered at the quarterly meeting
of the council of the international
chamber of commerce now in session
here.
Information from New York indi
Gates that American bankers believe
that German deposits in the United
States are rather small Through a
process of elimination of bank ball
ances whose character is known, the
unknown elements was determined
and these, If placed entirely to the
credit Of German depositors are re-
ported to amount to an almost trifl-
Ing proportion of the whole.
The counsel has decided to inyestf-
gate the question in all foreign coun-
tries.
Among those participating are Will
lis H. Booth, jr.; Fred l Kent and
Capt. Nelson Dean Jay, New York
bankers.
Evening star., 1923-07-21
HITS FRENCH POLICY,
Former Secretary to Prince Of
Wales Defends Germany.

NEW YORK, July 21-Sir Edward
Grigg, who came to the United
States In 1920 as secretary to the
Prince of Wales. and who was asso
ciated with Lloyd George, former
premier of Great Britain, in a sim
liar capacity. has arrived on the
AQuitania.
Concerning reparations, Sir Ed
ward said English statesmen thought
hard. and 1t was their belief that
she was kicking a drowned dog"
Germany cannot pay reparations
with a ramrod through the center of
All her industries" he added.
Evening star., 1923-07-21
NEGRO LEADER SCORES
REPUBLICANS POLICY
Sees Effort to Rob Race Of All Po-
litical Prestige-Says Whole Con-
stitution Must Be Enforced.

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., July 21.-
american race prejudice. drunk with
power. is seeking to rob us of all po-
litical prestige" DR.. George Cannon
of Jersey City. temporary president
of the National Colored Republican
Conference, declared in opening it's
convention. For years the demo-
cratic party of the south has been
stripping us of every vestige Of citi-
zenship by Its disenfranchisinY. jim
crow and peonage system. To this
procedure the republican party has
looked on with silent consent, but
now a vicious policy looms UP within
our own party.
"It is only fair to give President
Harding credit for what recognition
he has given the race, and we have
no desire not to do so, but when we
look the facts in the face we are
compelled to admit it is far below
that given by previous republican
presidents. Neither can we, as true
American citizens, subscribe to the
policy he has pursued the first two
years of his administration of not ap-
pointing colored men to Office in the
south.
THE federal government must not
only enforce the eighteenth amend
ment, but also the fourteenth, fif-
teenth and nineteenth amendments
as we'll"
Evening star., 1923-07-21
SEEKS POSTPONEMENT
OF WHITFIELD TRIAL
Attorney Declares Defense's Star
Witness Missing and
Asks Delay.
b. the Associs ted Press.

b. the Associs ted Press
CLEVELAND. Ohio. July 21.-
Postponement of the trial Of John
Leonard Whitfield on the charge of
numbering Patrolman Dennis Griffin,
scheduled to start Monday morning
in Judge Frank c. Phillips criminal
court, was asked In a motion filed to-
day by Whitfield's attorneys
Affidavits by the prisoner and Ar
thur III. Day, one of the attorneys set
up the claim that the star witness for
the defense, man named Peter Mi
Ian. is missing.
County Prosecutor Stanton, who
will be in charge of the prosecution
during the trial. declared he would
oppose the motion. He added he was
confident 1t would not succeed in de-
laying the trial.
Milan's testimony. Whitfield's attor-
neys maintain. will completely clear
Whitfield of any guilt.
The attorneys asked for a hearing
on the motion at 9 am. Monday.
Evening star., 1923-07-21
SOVIET RULE STRONG
D. C. MAN DECLARES
Col. Willoughby, Back From ,18
Months in Russia, Says Nation
Is Leading Factor.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 20.-"Russia to-
day is a leading factor in the eco
nomic and political situation of the
world, and the nations must reeog-
nize her as SUCH" declared Col.
Charles M. WilIoughby Of Washing
ton, D. c., an arrival on the steam
ship George Washington today, after
eighteen months in soviet Russia with
the American Relief Administration.
1.-THE present government will not
be overthrown.' he added. People
who think so are foolish" He said
that Premier Lenin, whom he met
several weeks ago, had completely
recovered from his Illness.
Evening star., 1923-07-21
JUDGE IS WARNED
IN FLOGG|NG CASE:
Anonymous Letter Defends
Men on Trial Accused of
Whipping Two Women.
By the Associate Press.

| By the Associated Press.
LUMBERTON. n. G. July 2i-
Judge N. A Sinclair. presiding at the
trial here of the three men charged
with the fogging Of two women, re-
| ceived an anonymous letter this
| morning advising him to use your
influence and brain in exoneratins
these guiltless servants"
The letter bore q postmark indi-
eating that it was mailed at 80
here yesterday afternoon, the same
| time that was stamped on an IN
signed letter to Stephen McIntyra.
volunteer assistant to Solicitor r. 4
Mcneil. accusing Mcintyre of "persc-
cution.''
Defends Men on Trial.
The letter to Judge Sinclair was
very brief compared to the one to
Mr.. Mcintyre and read as follows:
You have shown relentless spirit
against these honorable men and we
brain in exonerating these guiIt!ess
servants"
The letter to Judge Sinclair was
printed in pencil as was the one to
Mr.. Mcintyre, which told him that
among any twelve men that could be
selected that part Of them are i'm
bued with the Herculean spirit and
giant strength of the invisible empire
Therefore your efforts are as chaff in
a storm"
The missive commanded Mr. McIn-
tyre to show the warning TO Solicitor
Mcneil, saying ''it is as much to him
as 1t is to you and the same penalty
is on him If he exposes"
Deny Being KIansmen.
"They can't scare me-" was Mr. Nc
Neils comment last night. Mr.. McIn-
tyre did not see his warning until
this morning, as he had gone to bed
before his law partner. James Proctor.
found the letter in their post office
box. He refused any comment on 1t
today, merely remarking why the
letter speaks for itself"
Addresses to the jury with pros
poets that the twelve men would get
the case by o'clock were on today's
program. The three defendants, julie
Brogden, Johnson Hedgepeth and B.
NJ Lawson, chief of police at Fair
mont denied on the stand that they
are members of the Ku Klux Klan. or
that they had anything TO do with
the fiogging of Mrs. Mary watson and
Mrs. Hattie Purvis.
Evening star., 1923-07-21
TWO FIGHTS BEGUN
ON CHEAP WHEAT
Farm Body for Storing Crops and
Business Interests for Flour
Buying.
By the Associa ted Press.

By the Associa ted Press.
CHICAGO, July 21.-Storage of
wheat and purchase of -four are ad-
vocated in the latest plans proposed
to solve the low-price wheat situa-
tion. While the American Farm Bu-
reau Federation advanced an idea for
the withdrawal of 100000, 900 bushels
OF wheat, to be stored on the farms,
business men, bankers and farmers
IN Omaha launched buy barrel
or flour" movement intended to en-
list the aid Of every housewife in
America
President o. E Bradfute of the
farm bureau. spokesman for the stor-
age plan, declared S660.000.000 could
ba made available under the inter
mediate credits act to loan to farm
ers Tor storing their surpluses, which
could be kept on the farms in bins
designed as bonded government
warehouses under the provisions of
tho act. The loans can be made up
70 three-fourths of the market value
OF the grain, with the storage receipt
as collateral.
Evening star., 1923-07-21
THEATRICAL MANAGER
is CLAIMED BY DEATH
Percy G.. Williams, Widely Known
in Vaudeville Circles, Dies
at Age of Sixty-Six.

By the Associated Press.
EASTISLIP, N. Y, July 21.-Percy
G. williams, widely known theatrical
manager. died at his home here today
from cirrhosis of the liver, compli-
Gated by heart trouble. He was
sixty-six. He leaves a widow. who is
an invalid and a son, Harold.
Williams was long a power in vau-
deville and before that was interested
in boxing. being at one time manager
of Bob Fitzsimmons. Several years
ago he controlled the Orpheum circuit
in this city. selling out to the B. F.
Keith interests for a sum reported at
the time to be about $5,000,000.
Evening star., 1923-07-21
HASKELL LEAVES RUSSIA.

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, July 21.-Col, William
N. Haskell, who for two years has
been director OF American Relief Ad-
ministration work in Russia, left for
home yesterday by way Of London
with the members OF his stan. He
was accorded a hearty send-off. the
government being represented at the
station by foreign office officials and
M. Lander. VINO represented the
soviet government in its relations
ton. M. Kameneff, president Of the
Moscow soviet. sent bouquets to Col.
Haskell and his staff.
Evening star., 1923-07-21
HERO TO HIKE HOME.
Back From Serbia, Veteran Will
Walk to Chicago, He Says.

NEW YORK, July 21.-Recipient of
seven medals, awards Of six govern
ments. for gallantry on many. fields,
Jake ALEX Mandushitch, one-time SER
geant in the A. E. F.. arrived from
Bremen on the George Washington,
penniless, q third-class passenger.
He declared he intended to walk home
to Chicago.
Jake said he had left all his money
with his folks in Stretska, Serbia
whence he had gone after having been
demobilized in Chicago. Before the
war an employe of a packing house
Jake hoped there was job waiting
for him at the end of his long hike.
Evening star., 1923-07-21
MAN HELD AS SLAYER
IN MURDER OF WOMAN
Mob Violence Feared Against Ne
gro Once Accused of As
sau1ting Girl.
BY the Associa ted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEWCASTLE, Pa. July 21.-John
Porter, a negro. employed on the
farm Of B. J. Cole, is in the Butler
Jail charged with the murder of Mrs.
lets in her head the night of July T.
The arrest was made on the Cole farm
near here late last night, and Porter
was hurried to Butler because the
last time he was arrested in this
county a mob burned his house and
tried to lynch him for criminally as
saulting a white girl.
The death of Mrs. Cole was looked
upon as a suicide by the authorities
until new evidence introduced at the
coroner's inquest Thursday night re-
suited in q verdict of murder.
Evening star., 1923-07-21
ADMIRAL S|GSBEE
RITES IN NEW YORK
Commander of Maine viii Be
Buried in ArIington-Body
Here Today.
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. July 31.---Funeral SER
vices for Rear Admiral Sigsbee. COM
mander of the ill-fated battleship,
Maine. were held here today in the
cathedral Of st. John the Divine, con-
Quoted by the precentor of the Ca
thedral. the Rev. H. p. Veasie.
Honorary pallbearers were Rear
Admiral Charles T.. Plunkett, Maj.
Gen. Robert Lee Bullard, Meadville
L. Stone. Col. Henry l.. Swords and
Maj. Philip s. Tilden.
Memorial services were held in
honor of Admiral Sigsbee last night
In the SigSbee home, at which a
eulogy was spoken by the Rt. Rev.
Father Chadwick. who was chaplain
OF the Maine at the time she was
destroyed. Four other Maine survi-
vors were present.
Admiral Sigsbee's body will be
taken to Washington for interment in
Arlington national cemetery.
Evening star., 1923-07-21
MINE BLAST HURTS SIX,

wILKES-BARRE, Pa, July 21.-Six
men were seriously burned in a gas
explosion yesterday afternoon in the
Avondale mine of the Glen Alden Coal
Company at Nanticoke. Mine officials
said that no miners were entombed.
The victims were rescued after a
battle with the flames that followed
the blast. At the Nanticoke State
Hospital. where the men were taken,
1t was reported that all were in a seri-
Gus condition
The cause of the explosion has not
been definitely determined. Mine Of
f1cials think a pocket Of gas was ig-
nited by shots from a blast.
Evening star., 1923-07-21
FOUR FREED IN MURDERS.
Alleged Slayers of Rail Guards
Found Not Guilty.

AIKEN, s. c.. July 21.-After delib-
Grating twenty-eight minutes, the jury
considering the cases of Irwin Williams
Joe williams and Bud Englett, white
and Dan Williams, negro, charged with
the murder Of Reedy Booth and Eugene
Feaster, railroad guards, returned ver-
diets of not guilty this morning.
Booth and Feaster were shot to death
while guarding railroad shops at Ham
burg, s. c., last August. during the
shipments strike. Henry Tyler and
Charles Ledbetter, also indicted in the
case, were acquitted under directed ver-
diets earlier in the week. All defend
ants are Of Augusta
Evening star., 1923-07-21
From Yesterdays 80 Edition of The Star.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
RAISES SHOPMEN
Increase in Pay Awarded
Metal Workers, Car Repair
Men and Helpers.

CINCINNATI. July 2o.-Wage in
creases of from 1 to cents an hour
for shop crafts employees of the
Southern railway have been au-
thorized as the result of conferences
in Washington. 1t was stated at the
general managers Office of the road
here today.
According to word received here,
metal trade workers in shop crafts
are to receive increases of 8 cents an
hour: car repairers. cents, and alp
prentices and helpers are to receive l
cent an hour raise in pay. 1t was said
that from $4,000 to 10000 men will
share in the increases in pay.
Evening star., 1923-07-21
UNION HEAD DEFEATED.

wILKES-BARRE, Pa, July 21.-
The biennial convention OF District
No. 1. United Mine Workers, today
formally declared Rinaldo Capellini
elected president Of the district over
William ]. Brennan, incumbent. Cap
pellini will take office August l and
will then automatically become a
member Of the scale subcommittee OF
the miners. which is negotiating with
wage agreement
Evening star., 1923-07-21
RUSSIA WILL SIGN.
Soviet, Not Satisfied, Still Will
Join in Straits Agreement.

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW. July 21.-Russia will sign
the Turkish straits convention at Con-
stantinople early in August. it was an
nounced here today.
In his note to the Lausanne confer
ence replying to its invitation for Rus
sia to become a party to the conven-
ton, Foreign Minister Tchitcherin
says:
although the soviet government
considers the order of affairs provided
for by the Lausanne convention regard
ing the straits as unsatisfactory and
not solid guarantee of peace, the
soviet federation, therefore. being COM
pelled to expend funds for fortifica-
tions on the Russian shores of the
Black sea, it will, however, sign the
convention in the interests Of general
peace and make the experiment Of COL
laboration with the entente"
Evening star., 1923-07-21
EHRHARDT IN HUNGARY.
Kapp Putsch Fugitive Reported
Safely Across Border.

ny the Associated Press
BERLIN, July 21. 1.-According to
special newspaper dispatches from
Vienna, Capt. Hermann Ehrhardt,
leader of the Kapp Putsch of 1920,
who escaped from prison at Leipzig
July IS, has arrived in Hungary. The
reports say that the fugitive succeed
ed in crossing the frontier concealed
in a private automobile.
Evening star., 1923-07-21
VILLA, ROBIN HOOD OF
MEXICO, MAY OWE
SLAYING TO TEMPER
Continued from First Page }

higher and pull his pistol and fire at
the slightest provocation.
So in death Pancho Villa once
more has become a front page story,
which position he had often emphat-
ically declined. He also said he never
wanted his pictures shown before an
American audience.
Evening star., 1923-07-21
Worthy Better Cause.
DLl,.a.,,hi, pocnr,I

FROM the PhIIadeIphla Kecofu.
Muggins-Harduppe says the bill
Buggins-Yes, the ingenuity that
fellow displays in lodging creditors
would make his fortune in any other
line of industry.
Evening star., 1923-07-21
SWISS TO PAY U. S.
Bern Council to Repay Sc, ZOO, 900
Loan at Once.

BERN, Switzerland. July a.
The municipal council Of Bern has
decided to repay at the earliest pos
sible date the ss,ooo.oo0 loan at per
cent, obtained in the United States
in 1920 and repayable in 1925. It
will be replaced by a loan at a lower
rate of interest issued in Switzerland
Evening star., 1923-07-21
DENIED MILITARY RITES.
Name Was Not on Army Rolls,
Preventing Last Tribute.

By the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY. July 21.-President
Obregon's plan to accord full military
honors to the funeral of Francisco
villa, former rebel chieftain, who was
killed yesterday, will not be carried
out, it was announced officially at
the war department late last night,
because Villas name was not carried
upon the official military rolls of the
government