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Evening star., 1923-05-06
MARYLAND "DRYS"
BEGIN PAGE BOOM
lndorse Clerk of House for
Governor-Fight Lax Dry
Enforcement.
Specia! Dispatch 10 The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
l. ROCKVILLE, Md, May William
Tyler Page. clerk of the United States
House of Representatives.. author Of
'"The Americans Creed and promi-
nent Montgomery county republican,
was urged as candidate for governor
Of Maryland in a resolution adopted
at a meeting of the Montgomery
county Antisaloon League. held in
Liberty Grove Methodist Church, Bur
tonville. yesterday and attended by
two hundred members of all parties
from various parts of the county.
The resolution was offered by Miss
Ida S. Dove of Rockville. secretary of
the league, and was unanimously
adopted.
Resolutions were also adopted de-
manding nomination Of clean can
didates for the legislature. commit
ted to the passage of prohibition en-
forcement law at the session of 1924: :
denouncing the press of Baltimore for
"its opposition to the enforcement of
the 18th amendment and its ridicule
Of the Volstead act; urging the nomi-
nation Of q candidate for governor of
Maryland who will fesrlessly and
unequivocally declare his intention, If
elected. to do all in his mower to en-
force existing laws and to secure a
prohibition enforcement act in accord
with the Vostead law"
Evening star., 1923-05-06
TRADE BOARD SHAD
BAKE TICKETS SOLD
Annual Affair Will Be Held on
May 10 at Chesapeake
Reach

All the tickets-6o0 Of them-fo,
the annual shad bake Of the Wash.
ington Board Of Trade have been sold,
it was announced following a meet
ing last night of the shad bake COM
lnittee. The shad bake is to be held
May 10 at Chesapeake Beach.
The train service to chesapeake
Beach. where the dinner will be serv-
ed. VIII be ample to meet all require
ments. it was said. Trains will leave
here at 1o:30 am. and at pm
Under the leadership OF DR. Frank
Gibson, chairman, the committee on
entertainment has arranged a pro-
gram that surpasses even those OF
past Board of Trade shad bakes, It was
reported. The committee on prizes
Frank Strunk. chairman, announced
that awards would be made in all the
athletic events conducted during the
outing.
Motion pictures Of the Board O.
Trade members will be taken during
the outing and will be shown later ai
u local theater.
The meeting last night was pre-.
sided over by George Pitt, actins
chairman of the shad bake commit.
tee.
Evening star., 1923-05-06
APPEALS TO FARMERS
TO STICK BY PRIMARY
Barrett Also Warns Against War
Breeding Foreign En-
tanglements.

An appeal to farmers to prevent abo-
huon Of the direct primary and warn
ing that foreign investments must not
be permitted to drag the country into
war were coupled last night in a state
ment issued by Charles S. Barrett,
president of the National Farmers
Union.
American capitalists, he declared,
should be given to understand that
when they acquire oil and other con-
cessions abroad they do SO at their own
risk and not with any understanding
that their property will be protected by
American military forces
I'VE must stick by our primaries"
said the statement, "and get out in
them and vote We must nominate
progressive. forward-looking statesmen
in whatever party We vote. Our leaders
IN Congress should help the people In
their desire to eliminate secret diplo-
macy and back stairway intrigue. II
we do not keep the primaries another
sort Of men will fill the halls with pleas
for special privilege in whatever xuise
or form. Another war must be averted."
Evening star., 1923-05-06
CHESAPEAKE BEACH
VASTLY IMPROVED
Pier Rebuilt, Boardwalk Repaired,
Track Relaid and New Bridges
Among Changes.

In preparation for the opening of
the season late this month at Chesa-
peake Beach. the Chesapeake Beach
Railway Company is completing i'm
provements totaling 100000, 1t was
announced last night.
The half-mile steamer pier at the
beach is being entirely rebuilt and ex-
tensiTe repairs are being made on the
long boardwalk that skirts the shore
200 feet over the water. In addition
10 affording better facilities for the
landing of the steamer Dreamland on
its regular trips from Baltimore the
new pier will give fishing enthusiasts
an excellent place from which to cast
their lines.
Four miles Of track have been re-
laid between Owfngs and Chesapeake
Beach. The heavy steel drawbridge
over the PatuXent river at Mount CAL
Vert. Md, has been reconstructed
Plans for the new bridge were ap-
proved by the Secretary Of War The
wooden overhead bridge at Central
avenue, where the pike crosses near
The District line. has been replaced by
bridge of steel and masonry con-
Atruction.
All of the improvements have been
made under the direction of W. F.
Jones, president and treasurer OF the
railway company, upon authorization
BY the directors Of the company.
Evening star., 1923-05-06
ONCE SAVED BANK;
us ALLEGED LOOTER
Cleveland Trust Company
Clerk Accused of Burying
Stolen $4,000 in Garage.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 5.--W. A.
Petre, twenty-two-year- old clerk in a
branch of the Cleveland Trust Com
pany, who, bank officials state, ad-
rnitted that he took approximately
$4,000 from the bank vault late We'd
nesday afternoon and hid the money
beneath a garage at his uncle's home,
"f the Bedford branch Of the same
institution in October. 1920. The
money has been recovered.
For his conduct in firing point
blank at "Jiggs" Lostenier and his
companions when they entered the
Bedford bank to rob It and joining In
= street fight, Petre was recipient
from the bank officials Of q reward of
$4,000, after a stay OF several weeks
In a hospital as result of injuries
>recelved on that occasion.
Lostenier and his companions, who
were wounded in the gun battle. were
captured. tried and are now serving
terms in the Ohio penitentiary.
According to Col. Leonard T. Ayres,
vice president OF tho Cleveland Trust
Company. Petre admitted entering the
other employees had gone and, gaining
entrance to the vault. he took 341,727
which he says he was puzzled for
some time to know what to do with
He finally hid it under the garage.
Upon discovery of the loss Of the
money Thursday morning, employees
of the branch were questioned sep
arately. According to Col. Ayres
Petre admitted the theft.
Col. Ayres says the bank has not
decided what action TO take in the
matter, and that the decision of 9
bonding company and the county au.
thorities may be the deciding facto,
IN disposing Of the case
Petre Is unmarried and has made nc
statement as to what impelied him &c
take the money.
Evening star., 1923-05-06
OFFICIAL OF INDIAN
BODY DIES IN D. C.
Thomas G. Bishop. 63, Secretary
of Society Including All
Tribes, Found Dead.

Thomas G. Bishop. sixty-three
years old, secretary Of the Society OF
American Indians, died suddenly at
his residence. 31S G street northwest,
last night at $50. He was discovered
shortly after death seated in chair
by William Madison. a. Chippewa In
dian, with whom he had worked
here on Indian affairs. physician
was called and pronounced death due
TO heart disease.
Mr.. Bishop was recognized head OF
the voluntary organization of Amerf-
can Indians. which was said to in
clude practically all the tribes i'll the
United States. He was widely known.
and through the years he had been
secretary had become acquainted with
representa- tives of tribes from all
parts of the country.
Friends said he was highly eS-
teemed and OF such standing as TO
demand the respect of his own race
and government officials as well. He
did not live, however. to see the con-
summation of one. of the ideals of his
society, the placing of the American
Indian on a political and economic
equality with all American citizens.
Mr.. Bishop is survived by widow
and two children in Takora, Wash.
Evening star., 1923-05-06
"Fightin' Parson''
| Jailed Five Days
o., Wife's Verdict
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN PEDRO. Caiif., May s.
Standing before a crowded court
room Mrs. F. r. Wedge, wife of
the "Fightin' Parson" of Terminal
Island, said the words yesterday
that sent her husband to Jail for
i've days.
Wedge, lumber jack and prize
fighter, given the alternative of a
suspended sentence providing he
would refrain from addressing
further street meetings of the
]. w. w. or a jail sentence for
violating the city picketing ordi-
nance, called his wife out of the
courtroom crowd to decide his
course.
ut is my wife who will suffer
if you send me to JAIL" he said.
II viii let her decide her fate and
Mrs Wedge slowly elbowed her
way through the crowd and faced
Judge Carl NJ. Sheldon, declaring:
He must stand by labor, even
though you send him to jail. God
knows he is championinE a worthy
cause. Why. your honor. can you
conceive a slave market in these
days OF so-called civilization.
where men are herded like sheep?
"It is these conditions my hus-
band is hghting and he must con-
tinue his night against them until
victory 10 achieved"
Evening star., 1923-05-06
DRIVER RUNS AWAY
AFTER HITTING CHILD
Girl of Seven Struck by Auto at
14th Street and Park
Road,

Seven-year-old Georgia Graigie,
1851 Meridian street. was hit by an
automobile while crossing 14th street
at Park road early last night, the op-
orator of the machine driving away
after the. accident. She received
slight injuries to the arms and was
treated at Emergency Hospital. Her
condition is not serious, it was said,
at the hospital. but police have in
stituted search for the operator Of
the machine.
John c. Iseli. twenty-eight years
old, OF 1909 Sd street, was knocked
down and seriously injured by an au-
tomobile operated by Frank Farms
worth, Of 1914 Massachusetts, avenue.
on 18th street near H, last night, ac-
cording to a police report.
He was taken to Emergency Hos
pital in passing automobile, where
he was treated for fractured rib and
internal injuries.
Evening star., 1923-05-06
WIN PENFIELD AWARDS.
Four Students Given First Scholar.
ships Under VIII.

NEW YORK. May 5.-The first
scholarships for studies in diplomacy,
international affairs and bellss-let-
tres, provided for in the will Of the
late Frederick Courtland Penf1eld,
former American ambassador to Aus
tria, were awarded today to Carlyle
r. Barnett of New York, Miss Mildred
Moulton of Ripon, Calf; Harry g.
owen Of Port Henry, N. Y, and Roger
d. Moore, 1t was announced by Dean
Babcock of tho graduate school OF
New York University.
Barnett and Miss Moulton. who is
a graduate of the University Of Cali
fornia, were awarded $1,000 scholar
ships. Owen, a senior at Middlebury.
College, Middlebury. VT, and, Moore.
q graduate of Mississippi Agricultural
and Mechanical College were given
4s0A AWAIdas
Evening star., 1923-05-06
ARMY MAY EXCHANGE
O. D. FOR DRESS BLUE

Whether a blue dress uniform shall
be adopted for officers and enlisted men
Of the Army and whether certain other
changes In the uniform shall be made,
Including a roll collar for the service
coat, will be determined by answers re-
ceived to questionnaires Just sent by
the adjutant general OF the Army to
the chiefs Of all bureaus and the cons
manding ohicers Of all posts and sta
tons
That action was taken after Gen,
Perehing had suggested it as the best
way to ascertain the views Of individual
members Of the service. One Of the
principal objections to a general change
is the cost involved, 1t being estimated
that II would take nearly 4 million dol
lars to make the initial issue Of the
blue uniform to the enlisted personnel
alanas
Evening star., 1923-05-06
|DEBT-FUND|NG PACT
DELAYED BYDETA|LS
Geddes Cables to London for
Instructions on Minor
Points at Issue.

The American debt commission
failed yesterday to conclude its dis
cussions with Sir Auckland Geddes,
the British ambassador, relative to
changes sought by the British gov
ernment in the debenture Of the
|Anglo-American debt-funding settle
meEt. After five-hour conference
1t was announced that Sir Auckland
would cable imm mediately for further
instructions from his government on
details OF the settlement under con-
stderation.
Secretary Mellon said progress had
been made and that there was no
reason to, believe that final execution
Of the debenture would be greatly de-
layed. He insisted the subject matter
under discussion was of no import as
in relation to the general terms Of the
settlement and that the conversations
worked out in clear language will
make the contract work more
smoothly"
Great Britain" the Secretary add :.
States SO much money and at certain
stated times. That has not been
changed and there is no disposition
to change it."
Another member Of the commission
explained that the contract WHICH is
ing scheme will be binding long
after we all are under the ground,
and. therefore, it should be made
clear and workable now" 1t was
said also that difference in the legal
! language employed in the two coun-
tries had made some sections OF the
document ambiguous, and it was the
desire both of the commission and
the British ambassador to frame such
minor terms of the agreement as are
! not required to be submitted to Con-
| gress in terms allowing Of only one
| construction.
The American Treasury also want
| ed specific language used in sections
| covering payments. inasTnuoh as these
payments may directly affect ats fiscal
| operations. Attention was called to
| the frequent borrowings by this gov
| eminent, and the explanation was
\ made that it was desirable that notice
| should be given when and how the
British government would make its
| remittancea under optional provisions
| of the pact. Expensive and unneces-
i sary financing by the Treasury there
! by might be avoided. 1t was said.
Evening star., 1923-05-06
GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA
WILL BE GUEST HERE
Trinkle to Speak at May Meeting
of Chamber Of Com
merce.

Gov. r. Lee Trinkle OF Virginia will
be guest OF honor and principal speaker
at the May meeting Of the Washington
Chamber of Commerce to be held at the
Willard Hotel Tuesday night, May Is, at
8 o'clock. The meeting will be known
as virginia night" Invitations to at
tend have been extended to the senators
and representatives in Congress FROM
Virginia and the presidents and secre-
taries Of the Richmond Chamber OF
Commerce, the Alexandria Chamber OF
Commerce, and the Virginia Association
of the District of Columbia.
The main purpose OF the meeting, il
is announced. Is to establish closer re-
lations between the business men and
women of Washington and the state OF
Virginia. Robert y. Harper. former
president OF the chamber Will respond
TO Gov. Trinklss address. The Rubin
stein Club of Washington will contribute
program Of music.
Evening star., 1923-05-06
THOUSANDS WATCH
LURiD KLAN CEREMONY

CLEVELAND. May "a large as
sembly of men who openly professed
membership in the Ku Kiux Klan
met in Chagrin Falls, village TWEEN:
Ly miles east Of this city tonight and
initiated 100 new members. A parade
before and after initiation cere.
monies was directed by fifty hooded
and gowned figures. Othere wore no
reEalla. Vari-colored tags were said
TO indicate the several nearby cities
from which the men came.
The main street Of the village OF
but a few hundred persons was
packed with thousands who came
from every direction. An eight foot
Gaming cross on a hill lighted up
the scene, and many of the marchere
burned railroad rockets or fuses as
the proeession moved about the
strcstA
Evening star., 1923-05-06
WATSON ASKS SAFE
WORLD COURT PLAN
Senator Demands drastic
Reservations" But Backs
Harding denomination.
Special DispAtch to The Star.

SpecIAI DApAtca 10 Inc stAr
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. May 5.-Sena-
tor James L. Watson returned to his
native state this week and told the
folks at republican rally at Bloom
ington that he Is strong for the re-
nomination Of President Harding. but
cannot accept his world court pro-
posal unless it is accompanied by
drastic reservations" All of which
satisfied the curious Hoosiers as to
their senator's stand on the world
court. but which left some OF them
speculatins on his possible motives
In bestowing such fulsome praise on
the President in one breath and con-
demning one of his pet policies in the
other.
While not agreeing with the Presi-
dent in all things" Senator Watson
said. nevertheless. the general course
OF the administration, together with
the beneficial results to the people
of all that has been done since MI.
Harding became President, undoubt-
part OF our citizens and entities him
to succeed himself if he should de-
sire
Senator Raises Doubt.
1t had been the general impression
in Indiana, as elsewhere, that PreSi-
dent Harding will seek denomination,
but the senator's remark raised be-
lief in some quarters that the presi-
dential mind Is not fully made up.
whether senator watson sought to
convey the impression that President
Harding might not ask another term
IL a debated subject in Hoosier politi-
cal circles today.
The senator predicted that the Ser
ate would ratify the world court rro-
posal after sufficient safeguarding
reservations" had been added. He
raised the old Issue Of "England's six
votes to our one" in the league and
asserted he would never sanction the
entrance Of the United States into
the court SO long as the Judges were
chosen by such an inequality Of vot-
ing power"
Expect Harding Will Stub Toe.
There are those in Indiana who be-
iieve that Senator Watson is one of
a group Of senator's who are anxious
to see President Harding stub his toe
on tho world court SO that his re-
nomination would not be possible. In
. party torn by factionalism as the re-
publican party in Indiana has been
for tho last two years persons always
can be found who will believe these
stories. yet their widespread circula-
tion has caused no little comment in
political circles.
Senator Watson for years has en-
tertained a vision Of becoming Presi-
dent and those who are busy circu-
lating reports about him do not hesi-
tate to add that he hopes to be the
chief beneficiary il President Harding
should fall in a crash OF the world
court idea.
Victim OF fractional Fight.
and former Gov. James p. Goodrich
both had their political lightning rods
attuned to catch tho Indiana delega-
tion lead TO factional fight which
eliminated both booms. The senator,
however, never has dropped the idea
tion to the. court a continuation of a
cherished dream.
Evening star., 1923-05-06
CHANGE POSTAL DATES.
New Announces Revised Schedule
of Conventions.

Postmaster General New announced
yesterday a revised schedule Of con-
ference conventions OF postal en-
ployes. making changes in the dates
for eight state conventions. The
places where changes were made are ::
Minneapolis. changed from July IS
to June 10: Bismarck, y. D., July to
June 10; Helena, July to June 1s;
Reno. June % to June %; San Fran
cisco. June % to June -; Portland.
to July s. and Marion. Ohio, May /
to July II.
Evening star., 1923-05-06
AUTO FLEET READY |
TO BATTLE BANDITS
Philadelphia Has Mile-a- /
Minute Cars to Rid City
of Menace.
Special Dispatch TO The Star

PHILADELPHIA, May 5.-Director
OF Public Safety Cortelyou's feet of
high, powered Misunderstanding auto
mobiles Will go into service next
week. They will patrol the city
streets at night with a view to elimi-
mating the bandit menace which has
been prevalent for some time.
Eight new motor cars are now un-
dergotng final inspection preparatory
to the dangerous duties to which
their occupants will be assigned.
Five OF the eight machines have what
10 commonly called in the trade a
racing engine, capable of doing we'll
over mile a minute. The remaining
three, while not quite so fast, are
powerful, nevertheless.
Director Cortelyou also sent to the
city purchasing agent today a requi-
sition for $4,000 worth of motor
cycles, which will add approximately
seyenty-hve new machines to the
present equipment of 110.
The director said he hoped for ex-
cellent results from the new equip
ment, particularly from the speedy
motor cars. Each will be manned by
four TO seven detectives from Capt.
Souder's office and equipped with
sawed-off shotguns and pistols
In no way will the machines be
distinguished from ordinary civilian
cars and the director is hoping that
they Will not become easily identified
by the public for some time to come,
at least.
Evening star., 1923-05-06
MICHIGAN GOVERNOR
LOSES AUTO TAX FIGHT
Special Message Fails to Conquer
Opposition by Gas Tax Propo-
nents in Legislature.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
LANSING. Mich, May 5.-Defeat of
a bill sponsored by the administration
proposing to raise $14.00O,000 annually
for highway financing by increasing the
weight tax on motor vehicles marked
the closing session today OF the fifty
second legislature.
The bill, center Of one Of the bitterest
legislative administrative fights ever
Witnessed in the state assembly, was
defeated in the house chiefly by the
proponents Of = two-cent gasoline tax
bill, which Gov. A. J. Groeebeck vetoed
earlier in the session.
The governor, in final effort to obtain
enactment OF the weight tax measure,
urging tts adoption and pointing out
that Il would relieve general property
tax3tieus
Evening star., 1923-05-06
RAIL LINES RECOVERING.
st. John Still Isolated; Passengers
From Abroad Held Up.

ST JOHN. \. B., May 5.-St. John is
still isolated from the outside world
by washouts on railways both east
and west. It was hoped. however, to
have the Canadian national railway
line in shape to allow passenger
trains to go through for Montreal and
the west tonight Many steamer pas
seHgers from Europe are held up.
Cattle on yerandas.
FREDERICTON. n. B., May g.
Floods throughout the province are
receding. and conditions gradually
returning to normal. reports from
Sunbury county and the Eashwak
river valley indicate today.
Reports recited privations OF the
inhabitants. OF scores Of families
forced to live in upper stories OF their
homes. foundations of dwellings, dan
gerously loosened, cattle tethered or
high verandas, and swine and poultry
kept in parlors.
Evening star., 1923-05-06
MRS. CARRICK DEAD.

Mrs. Sarah Mclaughlin carrick,
widow Of Col. Robert Carrick, L. S.
A.. died Thursday at her residence 652
sth street northeast, after a brief ILL
ness.
The funeral will be held tomorrow
morning at 10 O'Clock from the house.
Mrs. Carrick is survived by heI
Ave children who were present at the
time OF her death. They are: Mrs
Lucy Steele Burdick, Mrs. George C.
Rice. Miss Helen Carrick, Miss Sarah
Carrick and Frederick Carrick.
Evening star., 1923-05-06
HARDING SELECTION
| OF FRIEND IS RAPED
Bedford, Va, Citizens Criticize
Naming Of Henry II. Stowe as
Postmaster of Town.

BEDFORD, Va. May 5.-Criticism
OF President Harding resulting from
the appointment OF his personal
friend Henry M. Stowe as postmaster
at the Eiks' National Home in Bed
FORD City was expressed by residents
OF that community today following
announcement OF the withdrawal Of
commission OF Floyd Gray. republi-
can. designated by the President sew
eral days ago as acting postmaster to
succeed T. w. Richardson, whose res
ignation Is effective May 10.
Stowe Is sixty-fve years old and
has been an inmate of the Elks' Home
for a number of years. He is 4 native
OF Ohio. Gray is said to have had
the Endorsement Of a large number of
Bedford City residents.
Evening star., 1923-05-06
KIDNAPPED PUBLISHER
IS VERDICT OF JURY
Former Head of Ohio Bus Line
Was Accused of Plot to
Secure Money.

CANTON. Ohio, May 5.--John b,
Cox. former head OF the Cox Trans
portation Company. which operated
huSses between Canton, Alliance and
Akron, was convicted by a jury in
common pleas court here late yester-
day on a charge of kidnapping Frank
A. HOLES, Alliance publisher.
The jury was out forty-fve min
utes and cast two ballots in reaching
a verdict. The state charged that
Cox kidnapped HOLES and threatened
him in an effort to secure money.
Sentence was deferred, pending the
Ming Of a motion for a new trial.
Evening star., 1923-05-06
TWO HURT IN AUTO CRASH.
special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The star.
FREDERICK, Md. May 5.-Hurled
from their automobile when it crash
ed into a culvert near Lewistown.
this county, Friday morning. Stan
ley Green. nineteen, and Frank Crebs.
sixteen, Frederick, were seriously in
jured.
Green. whose skull is fractured is
in q serious condition. His COM
panion suffered severe cuts about the
head and body