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Evening star., 1923-10-13
1900 Join POSSE
HUNTING BANDITS
Heavily Armed Men Surround
Three Desperadoes, Who
Wrecked Train.

Special Dispatch to The Star
ASHLAND, Ore, october ia
trio of amateur, but blooothirsty
train bandits, who sought to emulate
the most spectacular deeds OF the
notorious James boys of two genera
tions ago, today are being sought IN
the rugged Siskyou mountains, along
the California Oregon line, in one Oh
the greatest man hunts ever staged
in the west.
A great Gordon of $500 heavily
armed men has been thrown ABOUT
the wooded mountain district where
the bandits are believed to have taken
refuge, and is steadily closing in on
the quarry. Among the man hunters
are a half dozen typically western
sheriffs with their posses. government
agents, railway detectives, national
guardsmen and Indian trailers. The
trailers were called on when 1t was
discovered that the desperadoes had
Creosoted the soles of their shoes SO
that bloodhounds were unable to keep
the scent.
Blew Up Mail Car.
A battle to the death was expected
late today, when the Gordon mad
brought the fugitives to bay some
where, in the mountain Businesses
and already have evinced their
readiness to slay by killing four men
and wounding Il fifth in their cleVerly
planned, but abortive train fold-up
The possemen will ask and give no
quarter.
The desperate trio are the men who
late Thursday halted Southern Pa
Cif1c passenger train in tunnel sew
enteen miles from here, and who
after wantonly shooting down the en-
gineer, his fireman and d brakeman,
blew the mail car to bits with dyna-
mite because a heroic mail clerk re-
fused to open the door. In setting of
the dynamite charge the bandits Sc
riously imperiled the lives of more
than 200 passengers, including two
score women and children. That the
klong tunnel where the hold-up and
bexplosion occurred did not cave in
and bury the train beneath thousands
Eof tons of earth and rock is re-
garded as almost miraculous.
| 'News Butch" Hero.
That the bandits were amateurs,
guided only by what they had read
F. of desperate tactics, is the belief of
! the man-hunt leaders. The hold-up
they declare, smacks of heroics from
start to finish. Experienced train rob-
bers never slay unless they have to.
These killed without proyocation
Veteran bandits would have blown
the door off the mail car with just
the right amount of dynamite. These
used enough to blow the car to bits
thus destroying the registered mail
pouches for which they staged the
hold-up.
Out of the hold-up has emerged a
hero, in the person of l.. T. Vail, the
trains news butch" Half choke d
with fumes from the dynamite that
wrecked the mail car. Vail stood in
the aisle of car filled with women
and children and, with ready wit that
was matched only by nerve, kidd
ed" them out of a panic. Then he
dug out a supply of towels from the
porter's supplies. soaked them with
water and dealt them out as i'm
provised gas masks.
When 1t was all over, embarrassed
by the praise heaped upon him. Vail
fed into baggage car and refused
to out.
Evening star., 1923-10-13
RESIDENTS FLEE
DUEL IN STREETS
Two New Alexandria Men
Miss Mark in Shooting at
Each Other.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

oPtSiai DiSpatcn TO Tie Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, October 10
New Alexandria, n suburb of this
place, south of Hunting creek bridge,
was thrown into panic last night
when Robert Arnold, fifty-five years
old, and William Munich, seventy-two.
engaged in a pistol battle on the
streets. Women and children, terror
stricken, ed to the woods nearby.
The duelists aimed badly and no one
was wounded
Ihe two men were arrested and
brought to the Alexandria police sta
ton. 1t is declared both were intoxi-
Gated.
The police say that they wei told
the fight started after Munich had hit
Arnold's little girl across the head
him.
They. will be arraigned in police
court here later today.
The city has started to work on
the new bituminous roadway that has
been ordered by city council. The
nrst section of streets to be paw d is
Duke, between Henry and . Payne
City laborers, under direction of
City Manager Rich, began this week
on this work. 1t is a portion of the
extension street paving project now
under way here.
Mrs. Barbara Higgins, seventy-two
years old, died at her home. 1901 Glib
bon street, yesterday. She is sur
vived by her husband, two sons and
one daughter. Funeral services will
be held at the home Monday. Bu-
rial will be in the Methodist Protes-
tant cemetery
Columbus day was celebrated last
night by a large number of members
OF Fitzgerald Council, knights of CO.
lumbus. at a party in Elks' Hall. The
principal speaker was DR.. Hugh B.
Ross of the Paulist House of Studies,
Washington.
Alexandria High Schools foot ball
team will play Emerson Institute of
Washington here this afternoon at
3 o'clock.
A Sunday school party was held in
the Parish Hall of st. Paurs Church
last night.
Rev. r. w. Graves, formerly pastor
of the Columbia Church at Falls
Church, will preach at both morning
and evening services in the First
Baptist Church here tomorrow.
Evening star., 1923-10-13
VANISHED LODGER
SOUGHT AS SLAYER
Woman Strangled in Room.
Trail Leads to Ca
madam City.
By the Associated prasa

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October IA sys-
tematic search covering several states
and parts of Canada was launched
last night by the police in an effort
10 run down the man who yesterday
morning brutaliy strangled to death
Estelle Phillips, department store
saleswoman, after an apparently
maniacal assault. Miss Phillips body
was found by girl friend early yes
terday in her furnished room in 96th
street, with towel knotted about
Ter neck and her body, clad only in
an undergarment, showing signs of
an attack and struggle.
The police are searching for a man
who occupied a room adjoining that
of Miss Phillips and who was found
to have disappeared with his belong
ings shortly after the murder was
discovered. He had given his name
as Frank Collins and had told asso-
ciates at hospital where he was
employed that he was the son of a
Montreal clergyman. He was said by
the police TO have been seen leaving
the rooming house early yesterday
morning. carrying an army overcoat
1t was also learned that a man an
swering the description of Collins
and carrying an army overcoat had
boarded a train for Montreal soon
after Collins was seen to leave the
house.
According to reports received last
night from the Montreal police, the
man sought was not on the train
when 1T arrived in the Canadian city.
Believing he had left the train before
it reached Montreal, the police ex-
tended their search to all points be-
tween New York and Montreal.
Miss Phillips had been employed by
a local department store for fifteen
years. Acquaintance told the police
she had no man friends.
Evening star., 1923-10-13
GREAT NEW JAPAN
IN 3 YEARS SEEN
Educator, Here for Aid, Says
America Is Hailed as
Friend in Orient.
BY the Associated Press


CHICAGO. October 13-Japan will
make very substantial recovery in
three years from the loss and destruc.
ton Of the recent earthquake, DR.
| NJ. Ishfzaka, president of Ayama Col
lege OF Toxic, one of the largest uni
! Versities in the empire, declared upon
his arrival here from Toxic. He is on
an expedition to try to obtain Amer
| lean aid in rebuilding Japan's de-
| stroyed educational institutions.
Japan" DR.. Ishizaka said, has al
| ready commenced to rebuild the
stricken cities Of Toxic and Yoko-
mama, and those centerS and the sur
rounding devastated districts should
recover with the speed of France
after the war. But it will be more
than mere reconstruction. 1t will
mean city planning and city building
along occidental rather than oriental
lines. The new Toxic will be more
like Chicago or New York than the
historic old Japanese city. Brick and
, wooden construction will be discard
ed and steel and reinforced concrete
will prevail.
The earthquake, he said, may be a
blessing in disguise in one sense, just
as the Chicago fire proved a benefit to
Chicago through the reconstruction
along modern lines that resulted.
Everywhere in Japan you hear to-
day that America is the most friendly
nation to Japan in the world" he said.
Everywhere there is a sense of great
gratitude and praise. The old feeling
of distrust has been swept away-an
accomplishment that a century of po-
litical maneuvering could not achieve"
Rev. Charles w. Iglehart, mis-
| sionary in Toxic, who accompanied
DR.. Ishizaka, told Of fourteen-year
old girl carrying a two-year-old baby
who escaped when 10000 others around
her were killed in the quake. Toxic
is preparing to rebuild for city of
100000 people. the visitor said.
They will make their headquarters
In New York.
Evening star., 1923-10-13
CROSSING MAP PLEA
FOR ENDING OF PERIL
D. c. Engineer of Highways Pre-
pares for Introduction of
Elimination Bill.

A map showing the locations of
all existing railroad grade crossings
within the District is being prepared
by c. B. Hunt, engineer of highways,
preparatory to the introduction of a
bill in the next Congress for their
elimination.
In the case of one of these cross
ings, the one at Sth street and
Michigan avenue northeast, Mr.. Hunt
favors the permanent closing of the
avenue at that point.
He pointed out today that there is
bridge across the tracks at Monroe
street, which runs parallel and ad-
Jacent to Michigan avenue, and that
motorists could use this bridge in
getting across the tracks and turn
down to Michigan avenue again on
the opposite side.
AS soon as the map, together with
the cost of eliminating the several
crossings. is completed, it will be
laid before Engineer Commissioner
Bell for consideration by the board
of commissioners.
Evening star., 1923-10-13
AMUNDSEN POLE DASH
IN 3 PLANES NEXT YEAR

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, October 1S-His next
venture toward the north pole will
be in three commercial-type air
planes, leaving Spitzbergen next June
or July, Capt. Roald Amundsen said
here last night en- route to Chris
tiania, Norway He expects to equip
an expedition there and fly across
the pole to Wainwright, Alaska, 1000
miles.
Il expect to be accompanied by
several of the worlds foremost sci
entists," Capt. Amundsen said. Each
of the planes, in addition to the sup
ply of food, gas and space for in
struments, will carry two men. The
planes will be all metal and equip
ped for landing on both water and
ice.
when we land at the pole we will
take observations and then will make
the second leg of our journey to
Alaska. In the region between the
pole and Alaska there are about a
million square miles of unexplored
territory"
Evening star., 1923-10-13
BR0WNL0W TO MANAGE
KNOXVILLE AT $4,000
By the Associa ted Press.

PETERSBURG, Va, October 13.
City Manager Louis Brownlow of
this city will resign his post here to
accept the position of city manager
of Knoxville, Tenn. Announcement
that Mr.. Brownlow would take the
Tennessee position came this morn
ing in a telegram from him in Knox
vile, where he has been for the past
several days comforting with the city
council. He will receive $4,000 per
year, an increase of $4,000 over his
present salary. His resignation here
will take effect about January /.
City Manager Brownlow came to
petersburg on September !. 1920.
For five years prior to that time he
was one of the three City Commits
sioners of Washington. .. c. At the
present time he is president of the
National City Managers Association.
Evening star., 1923-10-13
FALL FROM CRIB FATAL.

Falling two feet from a crib, Car
roll Graham. colored, eight months
olda of 1865 Church street northwest
was killed yesterday afternoon. The
child sustained injuries to the neck
and was taken by the father to
Emergency Hospital, where death en-
sued in a short time.
The coroner was notified and issued
a certificate of accidental death.
Evening star., 1923-10-13
FLANAGAN RITES TODAY.
Financial Authority and Banker to
Rest in New Jersey.

Funeral services for William Walker
Flanagan, financial authority and
banker, who died Thursday at his
home in Florence Courts, east, will
Montclair, n. j., where the interment
will be made. Mr.. Flanagan was a
native of Charlottesville, Va. He
graduated from the Virginia Military
Institute and the University of Vir-
ginia. He was the father of Judge
Dallas Flanagan of the circuit court
of New Jersey and Mrs. Eva Flan-
nagan Redfield of Montclair, N. j.
He had made Washington his home
for some years.
Evening star., 1923-10-13
BROADCAST BIBLE.

I CHICAGO, October 13.-Broadcast-
,sng of the new English translation of
THE New Testament by DR.. Edgard J..
'Goodspeed. head of the New Testa-
,ment department of the University of
sChicago, will start Sunday night at
$50, at local radio station.
Evening star., 1923-10-13
PLAN NEW PLAYGROUND.

A committee of the Eastern High
School Alumni Association will CO.
operate with school officials in de-
veloping the land east Of the new
building as playground. Plans
were outlined to the executive COM
mittee of the alumni association by
Charles Hart, principal. at a meeting
last night in the Hine Junior High
School.
The date for the associations an
nual reunion was set for December
81. An entertainment featured by
vaudeville numbers was planned for
February. Bertram G. Foster, presi-
dent of the association, presided.
Evening star., 1923-10-13
RUSSIAN TRAIN ROBBED.

MOSCOW, October 13-Bandits at
tackled and robbed the Warsaw-Mos-
cow express between Borisoff and
Orsha. British, italian and Polish
agents travelling on the train, and
also some Italians who were pro-
ceeding to Moscow to join the Ital-
ian mission there, were robbed OF
their money. The diplomatic mail
pouches were net touched.
Evening star., 1923-10-13

It's gittin' t. require twice as
much courage t say yes as it
ever did t say no.
Squire Marsh Swallow, who
was poisoned by tn evidence in
tn Ike Soles case, is still criti-
cally i'll.
Copyright National Newspaper service.)
Evening star., 1923-10-13
SISTERS DIE IN PACT.
Found Dead in Ocean Grove Home
Gas Jets Omen.

ASBURY PARK, N. j., October 13.
The bodies of two sisters. Mrs.
Gussie NJ. Durr and Miss Tillie Bang.
were found today on a cot in their
home in ocean Grove, with the jets
of a gas stove open. Nearby lay
notes indicating a suicide pact.
Evening star., 1923-10-13
COURT OF APPEALS.
No assignment for Monday. Octo-
ber Is,
DISTRICT SUPREME COURT.

DISTRICT SUPREME COURT.
Equity Division 1-Justice ,Hitz.
Assignment for Monday, October Is;
57-Updegrove VS.. Updegrove, At
torneyS Clarke-Howard.
67-Hawkins VS.. Wilson. Attorneys
Weatherly-Wilson, Hughes
71-Smith VS., Smith, Attorneys
Splain-Keene, Ward.
37-Wise vs. Rabbit. Attorneys Bar
ger. Agalt-Cragin. Bailey.
69-Dodge VS.. Diggs, Attorneys Sui
livan-Dow.
II and 19-Cunningham VS.. Cum
ningham, Attorneys Hawken G. Hav-
ell-Davis, Lambert.
S3-Madgin VS.. Madgin, Attorneys
Bell, Marshall & Rice-Stein.
S5-Anderson VS.. Keenan,, Attorneys
observation-disclosures
S7-Polley vs. Policy, Attorneys Fu-
gift, Jeffords & Dutton-Edelin, Bolt,
KriZ.
S9-Burnes VS.. Burnes. Attorneys
Shappiro-Taylor.
91-Burke VS.. Burke. Attorneys Neu-
decker, Ashford, Mackey-Foster, AL
ward.
Evening star., 1923-10-13
Equity Division 2-Justice stafford.
Assignment for Monday, October 10;

112-Barnes VS.. Barnes, Attorneys
Scott-Gray.
72-Wells VS.. Wells, Attorneys Col
lins-Hayes.
22O-Probey VS.. Probey, Attorneys
Pretfelder, Harlow-Offutt.
16-Spignul vs. Blundon, Attorneys
Shreve. Merillat-Darr, Whiteford &:
Darr, Newmyer x King.
50-West VS.. West, Attorneys Neu-
decker, Simonton-Quirollo.
"A and 1S0--kolarik and Macfar-
land VS. Clisham, Attorneys Shinn, Mar
shall-Jeffords & Dutton.
22G-Weber VS.. Weber, Attorneys
Gardiner, Tomlinson-Clarke.
2-Steele VS.. Steele, Attorneys
Downing-Colvin, Gordon, West.
206-Clapatch VS.. Wolf, Attorneys
Stein-Strasburge
132-Everhart VS.. Everhart. At
torneys Elder, Lynch--Wood. Adams.
134-Wilson VS.. Wilson, Attorneys
Newmyer & king-Barker.
Evening star., 1923-10-13
Circuit Division 1-Justice SiddOns.
assignment for Monday, October Is;


7-District Motor Company VS.. Bow
den Con triaD, Attorneys Caywood,
Warder-Archer.
17-Holzbeierlein VS.. Washington
Times Company, Attorneys Detwiler-
Lambert.
Post Company, Attorneys Hart-Lam-
127-Lawson VS.. Sicily. Attorneys
Pretzfelder. Quigley-Ellison.
12s-Gray VS.. Wolfe. Attorneys
'is5 isSEBrooke i2iDek- VS.. s0 Potomac s Savings
Bank, Attorneyse Wampler-Offutt.
3, 4. 8 and 13-Lyman, Forsyth.
Young and Underwood VS.. Knicker-
booker Theater Company, Attorneys
Archer, ChambeTlin & Smith, Munter-
Lambert. Yeatman.
24-Martibdale VS.. knickerbocker
Theater Company, Attorneys O'Dono-
ghue, Alexander-Lambert. Yeatman.
137-Quinter. Thomas & Co. VS.. Hud-
son. Attorneys Gardiner-Leckie, Cox
& Sherier.
13S-Reaver VS. walch. Attorneys
Murphy-Casteel & King.
141-Warner Sugar Refining Com
pany VS.. Snyder. Attorneys Sullivan
Newmyer & King.
143-Hoover vs.. Lestalleets, Attor-
neys Dow-Sheehy & Sheehy.
Circuit DIyisiOn --tntet Justice
Mccoy.
Assignment for Monday. October Is:
224-Evans VS.. Washington Time 5
Company. Attorneys Bell, Marshall
& Rice-Lamhert.
226 TO 23O-Ellett VS.. Shipping Board,
Attorneys Urion, Appel & Urion-Gor-
232-Ju11ien vs. Dick. Attorneys
Lambert-Bryan.
234-Morris VS.. Washington Thea
ter Company. Attorneys Bailey, Shea
.-O'Shea.
236-Hamilton Savings Bank VS..
Hartman. Attorneys Johnston
Leahy.
23S-Best VS.. st. John. Attorneys
Offutt-Ferguson.
240--Ward VS.. Ward & Co. Attor-
news Neudecker, Emerson-Barker.
pany VS.. Garner. Attorneys Baker,
Grant-Costigan.
244-Nox VS.. Shipping Board. At
torneys Morgan, Tracey-Gordon.
246-Turner VS.. Emery. Attorneys
Rhodes-Burkart.
24S-Turner VS.. Mertz. Attorneys
Rhodes-Richardson Bastian.
250-Suydan VS.. Albers. Attorneys
Jeffords & Dutton-Wilson.
252-Sanders & Stayman vs. Myers.
Attorneys English-King. Simon.
254-Crane VS.. Thompson, Attorneys
Berry & Minor-Hogan.
256-Va. Feed and Milling Co. vs.
Chamberes, Attorneys Wheatley-
Newmyer.
25S-Muller-Ury VS.. Calhoun, At
torneys ODonoghue-Hoga
260-McQuigg VS.. English, Attor-
neys O'Shea-English.
Evening star., 1923-10-13

The fixtures which go to make up this
set are of excellent make. The set
consists Of a white, low down, vitreous
toilet outfit, a lavatory with fittings and
white enameled roll-rim bath tub with
all fittings complete. The bath tub and
toilet outfit and lavatory are brand
new in the original crates
New Britain herald., 1923-08-11

why McGinnity continues to pitch
at an age when most players have
forgotten all about baseball as far as
being an active participant.
While McGinnity did not confine
himself to any particular style of de-
livery, he was one of the first pitchers
to use the underhand ball with great
success. OF the modern pitchers, Carl
Mays is one of the few pitchers who
has been successful with that style
delivery.
Remarkable Athlete
Winning 20 ball games in season
is considered an unusual pitching per-
Torrance. Not for Joe McGinnity,
however.
In a major league career extending
over II years, McGinnity six times
won more than 20 games. In 1903 he
won 81 games, while in 1904 he regis
tered the big year of his career, IS
wins against defeats for a percent
age og S.14.
In his II years of big league pitch
ing McGinnitN won 236 games and
lost only 1874 for a mark of .638.
These are just few reasons why
Joe McGinnity, pitcher at 81 years
of age, is entitled to be known as the
Miracle Man" as we'll as the Iron
Man" of baseball
New Britain herald., 1923-08-11

CHARLEY WHITE AT 81 is SEEKING
THIRD CRACK AT CHAMPIONS TITLE

the best possible tonic. Living in Chi
cago, he frequented gymnasium
used by fighters as their training
quarters.
One day, while sparring with
Johnny Coulon. White floored that
we'll known performer. The feat was
the talk Of the gym.
After several years as prelimi-
nary boy, White advanced to the
finals, his first big thing being an
eight-round bout with Abe Attell.
That was In 1909 when he was IS.
He soon outgrew the featherweight
division.
Third Chance at Title.
Unlike most fighters, White has
had several shots at the lightweight
championship. When he meets Leon
ard in September it will be the third
time that he has battled for the title
in that division.
White is one of the most danger
Gus punchers in the game. There is
always the chance that he will put
ever one winning wallop. His, favor
lite blow Is a left hook.
II Charley fails again, It will be
lack of aggressiveness plus slow
thinking, rather than lack OF natural
ability.
New Britain herald., 1923-08-11
BASE RUNNERS need
MORE Than SPEED.
Ability to Judge Distance and Get
Away Fast Essential

Rochester, N. Y, Aug. 11.--speed
alone does not make for clever base
running. Maurice Archdeacon of the
Rochester club of the international
League is a striking example OF that
truth.
Archdeacon is one of the fastest
men in the history of the game. Ty
Cobb, one of the greatest base run
ners of all time. says Archdeacon is
the fastest man that ever wore spiked
shoes.
Other noted baseball experts have
made similar statements to that OF
Cobb, yet, as base runner, Arch
deacon hasn't shone in the interna-
tional League.
Last year it was reported that the
Detroit club had acquired the serv-
ices of Archdeacon. Manager Copp
practically admitted the deal had
been put over. Apparently some hitch
developed, because Archdeacon never
joined the Tigers, :,
One rumor was that Manager Stall
ings. peeved because Detroit had re-
called Outfielder Fothergill at criti-
cal stage of the International race,
called off all negotiations for Arch
deacon on the part of the Tygers.
Archdeacon possesses great speed,
but as yet he has not learned the art
of getting a commanding lead off first
base, also getting the break with the
pitchers delivery.
The best base runners in the majors
are not always the fastest men. Good
base running largely hinges on get
ting the break as the pitcher delivers
the ball.
Most pitchers have certain man
nerism that always goes with the de-
livery Of the ball to the batter. Heady
hase runners always familiarize them
selves with such mannerisms.
No doubt had Archdeacon joined
Detroit he would have made rapid ad-
vances as a base runner. AS things
stand his International League record
is anything but brilliant from a base
running standpoint.
New Britain herald., 1923-08-11
Cobb Best Batsman That
Ever Welded the Willow

Detroit, Aug. 11.-Across the span
of forty-seven years of major league
baseball only five players of the many
thousands have garnered 5000 hits
in their big league careers. Those
players are Hans Wagner, who made
3,4So; Ty Cobb, 1859; Napoleon La
joie, 3,242; Cap Arson, 3,0S1, and
Sam Crawford, 3.051. OF those play
ers. however, Tyrus Raymond Cobb,
manager of the Detroit Tigers, stands
far above all rivals. Cobb, who has
played in 2,37S contests for Detroit,
helds that highest percentage over a
term of years of any player in the
history of the diamond, the Georgia
Peach boasting of the remarkable fig
ure of 1878 for nineteen years. en-
deavor with the Jungleers. Despite
the fact that he now holds nearly all
batting records Ty bids fair to attain
his most cherished batting mark ere
the next snow fiies-that of clouting
out the most hits of any major
Lacquer. He needs less than hun
bred to pass Wagner.