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Evening star., 1923-09-17
SAWYER APPOINTED.
TO VET BUREAU Job.

Brig. Gen. Charles E. Sawyer, the
White House physician, has been ap-
pointed acting community manager
at the United States Rehabilitation
Center, Federal Park. Perryville, Nd,
a government reservation projecting
into Chesapeake bay, seventy miles
from the National Capital.
This was learned at the ONCE of
Director Hines and at Gen. Sawyer's
own office In the United States Vet
erans' Bureau today. 80
President Coolidge some time ago an
nounced that Gen. Sawyer would re-
main as White House physician.
The Veterans Bureau hospital at
Perryville is for nervous and mental
cases and serves as a supply station
cially in charge and also has the
status of an observer for Director
The Federal Hospitalization Board,
of which Gen. Sawyer iss chairman,
has virtually finished its work. but
is still existent. ;44-4s ~ r
Because of Gen. Sawyer's interest
in the welfare OF the disabled war
veterans, some of his friends have
suggested that he is obtaining ex-
per1ence at FerTyVllte, AS an op-
server" with a view OF being in a
position to aid disabled veterans in
his home state-Ohio-when he re-
sumes private practice. .s..
A general practitioner in Marion.
Ohio, and lifetime friend of War
rem c. Harding, DIR. Sawyersw was made
brigadier general in the officers
Reserve Corps and assigned to active
duty at the White House as the
Presidents physician, when his friend
became the Chief Executive. -.
He soon became one of the most
powerful figures In the Harding ad-
ministration. The board acts in an
advisory capacity to the director of
|iating lar -, 10 M the -bospitai care of dis
abied veterans.
Evening star., 1923-09-17
MINERS ACT TODAY
ON COAL CONTRACT
Ratification and Return of
Men to Work by Wed
neSday Expected.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SCRANTON, Pa, September IL
Anthracite miners, representing the
10000 union workers of the Penn
sylvania hard coal fields, meet in
convention here today to pass upon
the proposed two-yeaG agreement
drafted by their officers and the op-
orators in Harrisburg nine days ago.
Delegates representing locals in each
of the three districts of the United
Mine Workers in the anthracite re-
gion are here for the convention.
Ratification of the terms of set
tlemeut was the final step necessary
to bring about resumption of min
ing operations, suspended since An
gust 81, when the Previous. con-
tract expired and the men were or
dered to quit work. John l.. Lewis,
president of the United Mine Work.
ers, expressed confidence the dele
gates would approve the settlement
with little or no opposition. 1t was
the general belief of both union off,
GERS and the men that the workers
nesday.
Session Tomorrow Likely.
1t was considered probable the
convention would not adjourn until
tomorrow.
Only one point of the proposed
new contract, which embraces the
four major points of the settlement
plan put forth by Gov. Pinchot-a
10 per cent wage increase, the eight
hour day, recognition of the union
and recognition of the principles of
collective bargainiug-thre 10
bring objections from the miners.
This was the fact that the 10 per
cent fiat wage Increase would give
cay iaporers smaller raise in pay
than the SO increase originally ash.
ed. President Lewis and other union
officers declared. however. there would
not be serious opposition to ratifa-
cation on this ground.
Evening star., 1923-09-17
9 VERSIONS
| Of NAVAL DISASTER
AT INQUIRY TODAY
Crews of Wrecked Destroy
erS to Testify After Com
manders Are Heard.
REAR ADMIRAL PRATT
PRESIDING AT COURT
Impressive Memorial Services for
Twenty-Three Drowned seamen
May Be Held Tomorrow.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
SAN DIEGO, Calf. September IT,
Nine versions Of the naval disaster or
Point Honda September 8, in which
seven destroyers were wrecked and
twenty-three enlisted men perished,
were expected to be read into the
record of the naval court OF inquiry
investigating the catastrophe when 1t
resumed its sessions here today.
Reports prepared by the command
ers of all of the seven wrecked ves-
sells and of the two others which were
damaged in the grounding were to be
submitted to the court and read in
the presence Of the commanding Of
ficer and surviving members Of the
crew in each case.
Crews May Testify.
After the reading OF each report the
crew Of the destroyer involved was
to be sworn and each man given an
opportunity to add any information
he thought should be incorporated in
his commanders account OF the dis
aster, or any complaint which he felt
should be made at this time. At the
conclusion OF this procedure, which
was to take place at the destroyer
base here, the investigating body was
expected to adjourn to a courtroom
at the naval air station on North Is
land, where reports of other officers
of the destroyer squadron might be
submitted and the testimony of ex-
perts in navigation received.
Witnesses likely to be called be-
fore the court Of Inquiry include. be-
sides the naval officers in authority
radio operators on the various de-
stroyers, their signalmen and quar-
termasters on duty at the wheels OF
the vessels when the squadron ran
aground.
Pratt Heads Court.
Rear Admiral william v. Pratt,
commanding division 4 for the bat
tie feet and himself former com
mander OF the Pacific destroyer force,
heads the naval officers constituting
the court of inquiry.
Meanwhile other naval oficfals
here were busy with preparations for
impressive memorial services in honor
or the twenty-three dead. Tentative
plans call for services at the naval
air station on North Island tomorrow
afternoon, with every available off,
Ger and enlisted man OF the destroyer
force participating.
Recovery of four additional bodies
at the scene of the wreck yesterday
broaght the total number of dead re-
covered to ten. =.
Evening star., 1923-09-17
POLICEMEN DETAILED
TO ENFORCE PARKING
Squad of Five Bicycle Men Sent
Out to Detect Rule
Violations.

2 Maj. Sullivan's special squad of five
bicycle men started today to enforce
automobile parking rules downtown,
and at noon. had made nine arrests. =
Inspector Headley. chief of the
traffic bureau, explained that the ad-
ditional detail makes a total OF ten
bicycle policemen detailed to duty
with the traffic bureau.
This special parking squad was
created by Mai. Sullivan at the sug
gestion of Commissioner Oyster, in an
effort to break up the practice of leav-
ing machines in one place on busy
downtown street all day or for sew,
eral hours at a stretch.
: The traffic regulations. specify
thirty minutes parking in the con-
gested section except around public
parks. where machines may be left
FOR two hours.
Evening star., 1923-09-17
Cay Dress for Police,uomen
Banned by Nev Regulation

Dainty little red and green shoes
with high French heels, or dresses
covered with rows of images no
longer will grace the forms of any
of Washington's twenty policewomen.
For police officials-mere men--haye
issued a fall fashion bulletin, de-
creeing what a policewoman shall
wear on duty. Here it is, in the plain
language of the order:
plain dark colored cloth suit.
straight cut, tailor made.
Hats to be along simple lines. with
no trailing trimming.
"Shoes to be black, gray or brown.
with low, fiat heels.
Stockings to be- black, brown or
gray.
Evening star., 1923-09-17

Shirt waists to be in keeping with
the position.
The above described clothing must
be worn on duty. except when other
wise directed by the officer in charge
of the woman's bureau"
At first glance II might seem that
the order would make the streets
safe for male mashers who make eyes
at the passing beauties. But the
last paragraph OF the order is a sig
nificant one. 1t gives the officer in
charge of the woman's bureau the
right to make exceptions TO the gem
eral rule.
The police department. has always
had rules of dress for the brass-but-
toned male members of the force, but
this is believed to be the first time
the department has ever undertaken
law.
Evening star., 1923-09-17
RIVERA WILL EXILE
81 POLITICAL CHIEFS
IN |NMADR|DCLEAN-UP
Military Directorate Bans All
Parties in Effort to Bet
ter Conditions.
PLANS NEW OFFENSIVE
AGAINST MOROCCANS
10000 Troops to Move Forward
From Melilla Against Riff Chief
tain in Finn Drive.
Br the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PORT VENDRES. Franco-Spanish
Frontier, September 17.-The military
directorate formed as the result of
last weeks revolution has decided
to expel thirty-one of Spain's lead
ing politicians, including former Pre-
mier Sanchez Guerra and several
prominent liberals and Catalinist
syndicaiists, it is learned from ad-
vices coming over the border. The
expulsions will occur this week.
The military regime is refusing 10
have anything whatever to do with
politicians or parties.
Senior ventosa. former Spanish
minister of finance in several cab
inets, who was on his way to France
aboard the Barcelona-Paris express,
was stopped by the Spanish police at
the frontier station near here and
Informed that he must remain in
Spain until the new regime had de-
cided upon his status.
Evening star., 1923-09-17
Tricky Currents Wrecked u. S.
Destroyers, Says Fisherman

viction that the devils of the deep
were playing diabolical tricks on
the night the naval vessels went
on the rocks.
THAT current along Honda was
not where IL was the day before"
he said. Something happened to
other day the next. The compass
Is no good when current acts like
that. All ships that night went
straight to the rocks when COM
pass pointed to open sea-"
Capt. Nocettfs own craft went
ashore before the destroyers struck.
That happened at time when he
could have taken an oath, he said,
that he was several miles off shore.
Only the fact that his boat was of
light draft saved II from being
wrecked.
Evening star., 1923-09-17
Meteor, Crashing OUer Steamer,
Hurls Officer From His Post

said Lancaster upon the arrival of
the Orbita today. Suddenly in
the same fashion as a Chinese
rocket. It burst and all the world
seemed filled with a greenish,
magic light. The intense light
paralyzed my eyes for five min
utes, and then, ]. saw floating in the
remote upper spaces a streak
which giowed as volcanic fires do
through brownish smoke"
The meteor was recorded in the
Orbita's log as flashing at $3.50
O'Clock. Greenwich time. In latitude
46.12 north and longitude 3S43
west. 1t crossed the heavens from
a southwest to north-northeast
location. from the direction OF the
constellation of Pegasus through
Cassiopoeia and vanished in the re-
gion of the Great Bear The me-
teor was about four times the size
OF sirius.
Evening star., 1923-09-17
GASOLINE SLASHED
10 PER CENT HERE
Price Cut CoincidentaI With
That in New England and
8 Seaboard States.

A 10 per cent slash in the wholesale
price of gasoline went into effect in
Washington today, at least six Of the
leading oil companies cutting 2 cents
off the tank wagon price to retailers.
This lowered the wholesale price from
90 TO IS cents, and cut the retail
price to 21 cents.
The cut in Washington was under
stood to be coincident with a reduc-
tion In prices in New England and
eight Atlantic seapoard states, first
announced at the New York head
quarters of the Standard Oil Com
pany of New Jersey. and the Gulf Re-
fining Company.
The cut, however, is sharper here.
according to reports, as the largest
cut elsewhere, announced in New
York, was cent on the gallon. One
dealer here reported that the whole
sale price had been cut in Baltimore,
effective this morning by only one
half cent.
Consumers to Feel Cat.
This reduction will be passed onto
the consumer today by the retail
stations of the Standard Oil Company,
it was announced, with a reduction in
their retail prices of from % TO 81
cents.
The Penn Oil Company, which also
reduced it's wholesale price from 20
to Is, announced that its retail cut
would go into effect tomorrow, with
the exact retail price to be announced
later. Lightning gas, it was said
would be % cents
wholesalers which also made a
tank wagon cut effective today from
20 to Is cents included the Texa,
Co. Columbia, Crown and Inde-
pendent.
The real cause of the cut in gaso.
line prices was not forthcoming to-
day from oil company officials in the
city. I
Cause of Cut Not known.
1t was suggested informally lr
certain quarters in close touch with
the gasoline situation that there has
been a large supply of gasoline In
the District OF Columbia.
On the other hand, there were those
who intimated that the leading oil
companies had made a more drastic
of Washington than anywhere else
along the Atlantic seaboard in the
progress of a gasoline war agains'
the little" companies who have beer
charged with underwriting the price
No intimation was forthcoming
from New York headquarters of the
Standard Oil and Gulf Refining, from
whom the first announcements came
as to the reason for the reduction
The prices In nearby Virginia and
Maryland, served from Washington
it was said by company officials ii
charge here, will be similarly reduced
The additional tax of cents laid
hy the state Of Virginia will be laid
there, bringing the new wholesale
price up to 81 cents to the retailer
while the Maryland tax of / cen,
brings the price to the retailer ir
that state up to 19 cents.
crrnr rAY NrE1Ir rnrcr AND
Evening star., 1923-09-17

By the Associated Press.
SANTA BARBARA, Calf, Sep
tember 17.--Strange currents fiow-
ing around Point Honda, where
seven naval destroyers were
stranded the night Of September 8,
still are talked of among the crews
OF fishing boats and small coast
wtse vessels which put in and out
of Santa Barbara daily.
Capt. Joseph Nocetti, commander
of the fisherman North America,
put in the harbor here yesterday
after a weeks cruise. He prob
ably has as extensive knowledge
of the Santa Barbara county coast
as any man and it is his firm con-
Evening star., 1923-09-17

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 17.-As
he peered into the dim reaches of
the Atlantic nthe early dawn last
Wednesday. Second off1cer H. H.
Lancaster of the Royal Mail Steam
Packer liner Orbita was shocked
from his post on the bridge when
the heavens suddenly broke into a
canopy of brilliant light.
For five minutes he was held
spellbound while an immense me-
teor, the sailors hound of the
heavens" shot from horizon to
horizon. leaving a luminous green
vapor in Its wake, suffusing the
heavens for twenty minutes with
color.
'Tt was like a glorified sky rock
ct with ruddy and brilliant TAIL
Evening star., 1923-09-17
AWARDS SALVAGE CONTRACT.
Navy Department Orders Only One
DESTROYER Refioated.

Los ANGELES, September 1.-THE
Navy Department has awarded a con-
tract for salvaging the u. s. S.
Chauncey, the only one of seven
wrecked destroyers deemed worth re-
floating, to San Francisco interests.
The machinery and equipment OF
the other wrecked vessels will be
salvaged under direction of the Navy.
Evening star., 1923-09-17
Ex-senator, IOI,
Heard Lincoln
At Gettysburg
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Los ANGELES, September H.
Cornelius Cole. formerly United
States senator from California, one
Of the few living men who heard
Abraham Lincoln deliver his Get
tysburg address. was 101 years
old today, and his descendants
planned a quiet reception in his
honor at his home here.
Longevity does not thrive on
inertia" Mr.. Cole declared. "One
must keep moving. ! eat what /
want to eat. three times a day.
There are no 'don'ts' in my regime.
gave up tobacco six years ago.
i thought 1t was doing me no good
and perhaps a little harm. ! have
used alcoholic beverages temper
ately all my life"
Evening star., 1923-09-17
TREATY TAKEN UP.
U. S. Envoy Promised Early Reply
on Commercial Pact.

formed the State Department today
that he had conferred with the new
Spanish premier. Gen. Primo Rivera,
and had been promised early reply
with respect to the commercial treaty
in process of negotiation between
Spain and the United States.
An American draft of the treaty
was transmitted to Madrid some months
ago, and conversations with the for
mer ministry have been going on, with
a prospect that a complete agreement
soon would be completed. The treaty
Is the first of series Of commercial
pacts which are in prospect to re-
adjust the agreements between the
United States and various nations on
basis made necessary by changes
resulting from world war conditions.
Evening star., 1923-09-17
CUT IN NEW ENGLAND.
Eight Atlantic Seaboard States
Also Feel "Gas'' Reduction.

NEW YORK, September 1.-THE
tank wagon price of gasoline today
was reduced / cent a gallon in New
England and eight Atlantic seaboard
states by the Standard Oil Company
of New Jersey and the Gulf Refining
Company. The new price ranges from
Is cents in Washington, D. c.. to 81
cents in Virginia, where there is a
state tax of cents a gallon.
The Texas Company announced it
would meet the reduction. The ter
ritory in which the cut was an
nounced by the Standard of New Jer-
sey includes New Jersey. North and
South Carolina. In addition to the
New England states, the Gulf Re-
fining Company reduced the price in
New York and New Jersey.
The new price in most Of the terri
tory affected Is Is cents a gallon plus
the amount of state tax, If any.
Evening star., 1923-09-17
GOVERNOR SEEKS FACTS.

Ohio Chief Asks Oil Companies
Why Reductions Miss State.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, September H.
Seeking to learn why gasoline Is be-
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Evening star., 1923-09-17
WEATHER.

Fair tonight and tomorrow; no
change in Temperature. temperature
for tweaN-four hours ended at 2
pm. today: Highest. 6S, at $3.50 pm,
yesterday; lowest, A., at am. today.
Full report on page Z.
Evening star., 1923-09-17
"FrOBs Press to Home
Within the Hour"

The Stars carrier system cove,s
every city block and the regular edi-
tion is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
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The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-05-30
New Treaty Between
Turkey and L. 5. Likely
by Associated rress.

Lausanne. May 29.-rhe Informal
conversations for revision Of the
freaties~~between the United States
and Turkey progressed 90 favorably
Yesterday thnt it is believed formal ne.
gofiatiaus can begin At an early date.
rhe conversations were hetween
Joseph e. Grew aud Ismet Pasha aud
the experts of the American anl
Turkish delegations.
Specifically II Is the desire of the
two delegations 10 replace the treaty
Of go by new treaties.
Ismet Pasha. head Of tho Turkish
delegation. informed the allies late
tonight that he desired 10 finish the
conference quickly and 90 home. lie
asked the leaders TO spend the next
three days In concentrating on the
problems not yet settled. so that every
thing ma yhe disposed ~ within a
weeE Tn. ensuing week could be
devoted To drafting the final text Of
the treaty.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-05-30
Arbiters BaIk at Barrier on Eve of
Running Three-Cornered Hoss Race

Charlie Irwin. owner Of Ahadano.
and William Nesselheus. owner Of
Adonls. Immediately protested.
aGfdner named Two members OF the
committee Peters and Lane. Irwin and
Nesselhous named BARKER and Moore.
These four met and decided on Bur.
CESS ~ tho fifth member
Now 1t seems Peters and Lane are
deyoting themselves TO the interests
of Spark Plug. while Barker and Moore
ara equally dnigent in protecting The
r|ght Of Irwin and Nesselheus, which
has left Burgess M AGAINST the husz.
saw in manner he dnes NOT tellah
81 hitter has the wfangle become that
Hufgasa is threatening Ia resien, claim.
HE that efforts are heing made hy
both s 1oa ia mtmidate him.
After much persuasion. however,
H0rsem was prevailed upon to CON
tinus en The committee At least an.
other day in the hope that a settle.
ment may he. reached.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-05-30
Flood Crisis Due
at tOklahomaCity
1000 Homeless as Result of
River Overflow-Man Res
cuer Drowned.

Oklahoma City. oki, May "a
With damage from the overflow of
tho North Canadian river already
running into hundreds Of thousands
of dollars. the crisis was expected TO
be reached in Oklahoma City today in
the flood situation.
a two-f foot rise reported upstream
yesterday was expected to arrive here
during the day.
Hundreds Of houses and stores IN
the southern bottoms Of the city had
been washed away or flooded this
morning. More than LOCO persons are
homeless.
One life Is known to have been lost.
An unknown man gave his life In
rescue work late last night.
CARRIED In a bathing suit. the man
swan ont to a flooded house To make
sure that all the occupants had es'
capped He was last seen by n 20.
lieeman, as he was caught in the eur.
rent and drawn beneath the walls of
the building
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-05-30
Rather Die Than
See Right Beaten
Such Was Spirit of Those Men
Who Died for America,
Says Owsley.
BY International News Service.

Indianapolis. Ind. May 2e.-"The
world = wrecked by the quibhling Of
nations over the spoils Of war, but
Of the recent world struggle is stil in
the minds Of men and women OF
America who cherish a belief in the
righteousness q the cause" Alvin
0wsley. national commander Of the
American Legion. declared in a Ne.
mortal day statement made public al
national headquarters today
Brave Americans in the pursuance
II the conflicts grim course became
imhued with the fires Of ambition
which carried them on to the wars
obJeetive-the destruction Of an un-
righteous power" owsley's statement
said.
The ideals Of our .soldiery
found expression in the defense Of
humanity. To have fought 70. the flag
IN the great conflict was to have
maintained the cause of right. In the
words ef one soldier who wrote 10
his mother on the eve Of battle. For
myself. I would have you believe that
whatever end met. l met It With
an even mind, constant in the con.
clusion that l would rather have gone
out 10 this war and not come back,
than not TO have gone at all My
chief regret. II I may not live 10 see
the end. is that may net see the tri-
umph Of right over wrong in this. the
most terrible eruption Of the forces
II reaction in the history of men.
That these forces can triumph is un.
ihinkahle. II they are TO win.
soula rather die than witness the vic.
tory
1t VAS in such spirit that the men
of this great nation died Il vas that
unalterahle pride in the defense Of
humanity's rights that led them TO
give their all. Theirs was the realiza-
ton of the spirit of America