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Evening star., 1923-06-10
MORMON LEADERS
B[ACKMA|L PREY
Mail Fraud Suspect Held for
Demanding Large Sums
Under Threats.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SALT LAKE CITY. June 9.-Al-
legged wholesale attempts to extort
money, in some instances under
threat Of death. from high officials
of the Mormon Church and prominent
Utah political leaders became known
here today, after the arrest at Tucson,
Ariz., of Orlando J. Langford. on a
charge of using the mails to de-
fraud.
For two years. according to au-
thorities. the alleged attempts to
blackmail have been in progress In
the form of a persistent stream of
letters, alleged to have been signed
by Langford and coming at various
times from many parts of the west
Among those who received letters de-
mandtng money, according to au-
thorities. were President Heber j.
Grant of the Mormon Church, Charles
w. Nibley presiding bishop: DIR.
James Il. Talmadge and John A.
Whitsoe. apostles. and former Gov
Simon Bamberger
ENtortion of $50. 900 from the former
governor was sought in one letter.
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FIVE UNDER ARREST
IN WOMAN'S MURDER
Taxi Operator Said to Have Been
Intimate of Victim Held With
Wife and Three Others.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, June 9.-Ffve
persons are under arrest here today
in connection with the discovery
under a culvert of the body Of Helena
Drachman, department store clerk.
Those arrested are George X. Menier,
twenty-seven. taxi operator, said to
have been an intimate friend of the
dead woman; his wife. Edith X.
Menier. thirty: Mrs. A. Cumberledge,
thirty three: Earl c. Chamberlain,
twenty-eight and his wife, aged
twenty-five. The Chamberlains came
here recently from jamestown, N. Y
Mr.. Chamberlain Is a taxi driver for
Menier.
Mrs. Menier. according to detec-
tives, said that she knew of intimacy
between her husband and the dead
woman. She said that she once made
a complaint to the police concerning
the intimacy, but the police said they
have no record of il.
Chris Connell, a chauffeur, who was
questioned last night. said he knew
Miss Drachman and that he had re-
ceive1 a letter telling him to keep
hands off the Danish girl or some
one will find you both stiff dead"
Police say the handwriting on this
letter corresponds to that of the
anonymous note to the police which
led to discovery of the body. Miss
Drachman disappeared May 81.
Evening star., 1923-06-10
It's Unladylike
ToOrnit Hosiery,
Beach Girls old
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 9.-Beach
happers may go stockingless at
Coney Island this summer if they
want to. Capt. James H. Gillen of
the boardwalk police announced
fesignedly today, but if they do
they are not ladies'" he added.
The captain, after ruling all
bathing-su suited promenaders off
the newly dedicated promenade of
planks, sent an appeal to all bath
house proprietors to request girls
to don stockings before venturing
on the sands.
But they must only request,
Capt. Gillen pointed out, for, al
though there are regulations gov
erning the use of almost all other
articles of beach apparel, stock
fngs are not mentioned.
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CHARGES KIDNAPPING.
Wife Says Husband Took Children
Whose Custody She Was Given.

CHICAGO. June 9.-Allegation that
private detectives employed by Paul
H. Keen. general manager of var
nish company of Toledo, Ohio. had
kidnapped his two children, three and
five years old, from their mother, Mrs.
Florence l.. Keen. were made by Mrs.
Keen at a hearing here. Mrs. Keen
said she had been granted a divorce,
alimony. and custody of the two chill
dren in 1921 On May 20, she declared
detectives kidnapped the children and
took th"m to the home of Keen's par
ents. She cited her former husband
lUr contempt OF court. and he filed a
motion to modify the decree by set
ting aside the alimony award and
custody of the children. The hearing
was adjourned until June Is.
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according to Post Office Inspector
n. Fl. Salyards. who traced Lang
ford's movements from Salt Lake to
Los Angeles and to Tucson. Other
letters to prominent Utahans, in
cludIng the church officials, demand
cd sums ranging from $500 to several
thousand, 1t is charged.
DR.. Talmadge turned over to In
spector Salyards one letter in which
he was threatened with death unless
he paid $500.
Langford. according to authorities.
and his letters were of a religious
trend
Evening star., 1923-06-10
MEXICO TOLD j. s.
WANTS FRIENDSHIP
Warren Declares Fairness
and International Rules
Must Be Assured.
ny the Associated Press.

ny the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, June 9.-"While it
may be true that both Mexico and the
United States can live without re-
lations with each other, 1T undoubt-
edly is true that neither desires such
a condition"
Charles 3. Warren, one or the
American delegates on the mixed
commission of Americans and MeXi-
cans which is discussing the points
at issue between the two countries,
spoke these words today in the
course of an address at the conVen-
tion of Mexican municipalities.
I'VE are trying" he declared. ito
obtain an expression of opinion from
the authorized representatives of
your people which Will inspire our
people with the feeling that they can
proceed in their relations with the
Mexican people with confidence-that
they can do business here with safety
and benefit both to themselves and
NIexicanS. We ask only that no one
be permitted under color of law 20
resort to eXcesscs against the rights
of individuals. no matter from "hat
country they come.
On Agrarian Question.
Referring to the agrarian question.
which is among the principal points
being considered by the mixed COM
mission. Mr.. Warren said:
I'VE have no objection to your de-
Gliding as a matter of principle that
there be restoration of communal
lands to villages and municipalities
from whom they were wrongtully
taken. The United States does not
iuuuire regarding the wisdom of that
policy But we say that in the exc
cution of the principle the people and
government owe an obligation to ad-
minister strictly and fairly the laws
ALREADY enacted. not permitting any
one to resort to excesses under these
laws.
international LAW Rules.
TT is incumbent upon you, as upon
any other nation, to observe the rules
of international law. We want to
build 4 solid road for intercourse be
tween our countries, upon which buSi-
ness can travel with confidence and
safety.
During a short session of the mixed
commission. after the delegates mao
visited the convention Of municipall
ties. the American delegates request
ed information concerning the agra
rian question. The Mexicans were
unable to furnish the information
sought offhand and the conference
was adjourned until Monday. Mean
while the MeXicanS are eXaming data
furnished them by the Americans.
Evening star., 1923-06-10
FOUR DRY OFFICERS HELD
IN KILLING OF TWO MEN
Atlanta Federal Judge Says Right
of Searching Autos Needs
Definition

ATLANTA. June 9.-Four federal
ard county officers held in connection
with the killing of Jett and j. B.
Smith of Athens on June l were held
under $500 bond for their appearance
in the Greene county courts by United
States Judge Sibley here today. Two
officers were released.
Attorney General George NJ. Napier
opposed the release of the officers on
the ground that the attempted arrest
Of the Smiths as alleged rum runners
was illegal in that they acted with
out any process for search or seizure.
Judge Sibley declared there is great
need for more clearly defined knowl-
edge as to the right of federal off,
GERS to seize and search automobiles
without warrants and expressed the
belief that this case will establish a
precedent.
Evening star., 1923-06-10
SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM
FOR PEKlNG UNIVERSITY
Plans for S5oo,ooO Foundation
Have Been Announced at Head
quarters in This Country.

NEW YORK. June 9.-Plans for a
$500 900 school of Journalism at Pc
king University, China, were an
nounced today at the university's
American headquarters. The school
will he conducted along the lines of
the Pulitzer School of Journalism, at
Columbia.
There are at present about 20 native
daily papers in Peking and 500 in
China. SO far there has been no
place in Peking where natives could
study the newspaper business, and
most of the editors are men who have
attended American colleges There
are to be three full-time professors.
two of them American university
graduates with newspaper experience
and one Chinese journalist.
1t is hoped TO start the school in
the fall of 1924.
Evening star., 1923-06-10

tions for betterment OF existing con-
ditions that may have led to criticism
OF the reserve system and to the
questions of branch banking and 1ar
collection.
Places at which the hearings VIII
be held will be decided upon later.
Evening star., 1923-06-10

Thus, contrary to usual custom,
the automobile which the ma
jority of people have selected
as the finest and best is also the
lowest priced in its field.
The two facts of Cadillac pref
erence can, indeed, be reduced
to the one word-VALUE.
The Cadillac has won and held
the public preference for the
simple reason that people arc
convinced that it gives more, for
less, than any other fine car in
the world.
Evening star., 1923-06-10
SHOT FROM AMBUSH.
Man Known on Adirondacks Run
Trails MAY Die.

KEENE, y. Y, June 9.-Peter Tan
zini, we'll known along the rum-run-
ming trails of the Adirondacks, was
shot from ambush and probably NOR
tally wounded near here early today
He was speeding in an automobile
when bullets were fired from under
brush at the side of the road.
The wounded man was taken to
the Champlain Valley Hospital, at
Plattsburg, where it was said his
recovery was improbable.
Evening star., 1923-06-10
COLLEGE TO BUILD.
Trinity Trustees Also Indorse Pay
Raise to Faculty.

HARTFORD. Conn, June As d
result of the collection of the ST.
900. 900 centennial fund. the trustees
of Trinity College. it was announced
today. authorized President Ogilby
to embark on building campaign at
the college and also to raise the max
imum of the professors salaries from
$500 to $4,000.
Nearly one thousand alumni re-
turned to the campus today to attend
the centennial celebration. Tonight
a centennial banquet was held at the
Hartford Club, at which President
Ogilby smoke
Evening star., 1923-06-10

in August. September and October
by the Joint committee of inquiry
on membership in the federal reserve
system, 1t was announced yesterday
at the. office of the chairman, Repre-
sentative McFadden, republican,
Pennsylvania. The committee will
deal primarily, with the reasons why
many eligible non-member state
banks and trust companies have not
Joined the reserve system.
Chairman McFadden said due re-
gard also would be given to sugRes-
Evening star., 1923-06-10

Two vital facts explain the deep
rooted preference for V-type oOo
eight-cylinder Cadillac.
First, type 81 Cadillac is sin
gled out from other cars by its
dependability = by mechanical
superiorities SO great that the
factory has never had to replace
a single eight-cylinder engine.
The second fact is that Cadillac,
instead of selling for more. ac-
tually sells for less than any car
which has a valid claim to COM
parison with it.
Evening star., 1923-06-10

Oldest woman postmaster in the
United States is Mrs. Ellen NJ Boiles
seventy five, who for the past ten
years. has been in charge of the
post Office in Lumberton, n. NJ.
Evening star., 1923-06-10

Contrary to usual custom, the automobile
which the majority of people have selected
as the finest and best is also the lowest priced
in it's field
Evening star., 1923-06-10
BANKS OUT OF U. S. FOLD
TO BE BROUGHT INTO QUIZ
Hearing in Various Places to De.
eide Why They Do Not Enter
Federal System.

Hearings In a dozen different Sec
tions OF the country will be held
Evening star., 1923-06-10
.|!YF!YHYHYH!

One Beautiful Blue
white Diamond, cxcep-
tionally brilliant and
beautifully cut. weigh
ing / and 5-l00 carats,
or 5 points more than
/ carat, with solid plat
mum hand carved
mounting.
S4o5
Evening star., 1923-06-11
THREE To RECEIVE
ROOSEVELT MEDALS
Will Be Honored for Distin-
guished Service to Ameri-
can People.

Announcement of the first three in
dividuaIs selected to receive the gold
medals offered by the Roosevelt Me
mortal Association "for distinguished
service TO the American people" were
announced yesterday by the trustees.
President Harding. it is expected.
will present medals to Miss Lou
isa Lee Schuyler, New York social
worker; Henry Fairfield Osborn, pres
ident Of the Museum OF Natural His
tory in New York city. and, by proxy,
to Maj. Gen. Leonard wood. retired.
now serving as governor general or
the Philippines.
Miss Schuyler was selected because
of her work in promoting the welfare
of women and children. Prof. os-
born's distinction was based on his
promotion of the study of natural
history and Gen. Woods for promo
tion Of the national defense.
Fields of activity in which the se-
lections were made, it was explained;
were those most intimately associated
with the life of Theodore RooseVet.
Evening star., 1923-06-11

York city criminal courts pronioition
vioted in state courts was 2,s43, with
2.I7s more in federal courts. IN new
york citl criminal courts pronloition
decreased from 1,o2S In
.s2 1921 a.. to TO sss s7o.s55. ss iS12' anu " ''
Sew York's repealed enforcement
law. the report said. was enforced Dy
state troopers, sheriffs and city police.
state Troops Active.
THE state troopers have not con-
centrated their special effort upon
+be enforcement of the state pro
hibition act" the report SAID. mo
sheriffs and deputies made arrests up
state outside of cities in several hum
dred cases, but mostly when COM
niainte had been made as TO OPEN
dagrant or notorious violations. the
sheriffs ordinarily do not consider II
their duty to do any police or sleuth-
ing work in connection with pro-
h;bition cases although many sheriffs
are personally and offlcially strongly
IN favor of enforcement. Nearly 80
ner cent of all arrests made under
tha state prohibition act have been
made by the police department or
the cities of the state. . -.
The New York report added that
while only about 10 per cent of
nArsons arrested in New York city
FOR alleged liquor violations were
held for grand juries, the percentage
,ip- state was rs. 1t was said that
ahout half OF the defendants in pro-
hibition cases in New York city were
aliens. .
The report for Massachusetts.
which also has no local enforcement
law. said that while there were about
the same number of prohibition
prosecutions during the last three
Years, since January L last, the num-
her Increased to a marked degree"
Conyictfons also increased, and there
was said to be increased cooperation
from local officials.
Maryland reported increased pro-
hihition arrests and increased penal
ties imposed. together with de-
crease in value Of liquor seized due.
IL was said. to the fact that the
quality of whisky captured is not SO
good as formerly. About rs per cent
of Maryland violators were foreign
born.
Evening star., 1923-06-11
BRITISH AD MEN
HONOR UNKNOWN
49, -.
.r%'. :; -,
Wreath Placed ON Tomb at
Arlington by Delegation
Visiting Here.

Tribute was paid TO Americas "un-
known soldier" when a wreath was
laid on. the tomb at Arlington by the
members Of the go Club" composed
of British newspaper and advertis-
ing men. who are in the city today
as guests Of the Washington Adver-
tisingi Club.
The English visitors were dele
gates to the recent convention of the
Advertising Clubs of the World at
Atlantic City and succeeded in get
ting the next convention to take
place in London. John Cheshire. pres
ident of the club. and who had five
sons in the world war. placed the
wreath Oh the tomb as the members
of the club stood for a minute with
bowed heads in silent respect for
the soldier.
Leaving Arlington. the party. in
seventeen automobiles. drove around
the speedway and to the Washington
Monument. the Lincoln Memorial. up
building. Corcoran Gallery of Art, Con-
tinental Memorial Hall and the Red
Cross building. Passing up 10th street
and viewing the famous homes and en-
bassies. the party swung down Column
bfa road and drove past the residence
British embassy. where the party
stopped and called to pay their re-
spects.
Received by the President.
At 1890 o'clock the British visitors
and guests were received by President
Harding at the White House. Much
hte Sh .
Capital city was voiced by the visitors
One member of the club said. Ger
,tainly the hospitality here is wonder
'ful, everything for us and even ar
have been made with the
local weather man to provide some
real English weather during our short
stay"
: One of the half dozen ladies of the
party declared she thought things in
america were perfectly all right and
the only objection she had was that
''your dollar bills fly so fast
The members of the Washington
Advertising Club expressed them
selves as fairly captivated with the
pleasant and afable manner Of the
visitors and are all anxious to fulfill
the ION TO London" slogan next year.
Herbert Hoover will be the princi-
pal speaker at a luncheon at the New
willard to take place later in the
day.
Weather Like Home.
The visitors came in two sections. the
majority arriving in the city last night
and staying at the Hotel Washington,
the balance taking the night train and
arriving early this morning to find the
city wrapped in weather that to the
Britishers is nothing new. The party
prior to their trip to the various points
Of interest in and near the city break
tasted at the Washington.
One OF the most interesting develop
ments of the convention at Atlantic City
was QUESTIONABLE comprising five Ques-
tions which was submitted to the dele
gates from Great Britain. The ques-
tions, which were answered by twenty
four OF the visitors, are: % Who. in
your opinion, is the most effectively adj
vertised man in the United States today
(2) What is the most effectively adver-
tised privately financed business in the
United States today? (3) What is the
most widely advertised American idea
90 What Is the most widely advertised
American trait Of character? {5) What
Evening star., 1923-06-11
FATE Of D. c. DOGS ]. !
n Hi n EHEM#% -.
.ss
WILL Be DECIDED
Commissioners to Take Up
Health Officers Plea for
Year-Round MuzzIing.

Should dogs be muzzled tweNes;
months of the year or only during
the summer months?
This question will be answered
by the Commissioners in board sesa
sion tomorrow morning, when they
take up for consideration the recon
mendation of Health Officer Fowler
that the muzzles be kept on through
out the year.
Commissioner Oyster, who super
vises health matters. does not agree
with DR.. Fowler that the muzzes
are necessary all the time. He also
is of the opinion that muzzling makes
some dogs more irritable than they
would be If left free.
Menace to- Children.
For the past two years it has been
make the muzzle order effective from
July to October only, but the health
officer has consistently stood out fos
permanent muZZling.
"The health officer feels" wrote
DR.. Fowler in his report, that dogs
running at large in the District of
Columbia unmuzzled or not being led
by their owners are menace. par
ticularly to small children on the
streets of the city.
muzzling order is unpopular and dis
approved of by many dog owners. yet
in view OF the increasing number Of
persons bitten by dogs in this city
during the past year, I feel that some
steps should be taken TO protect the
citizens from these biting dogs"
33e Persons Bitten.
The order recommended provides.
that for one year from July all
dogs be either muzzled or held in
leash while on the streets.
DR.. Fowler's report states that since
July j, 1922, 336 persons have been
bitten by dogs. From July to oS-
|! tober of last year, when the muzzle
order was in effect. 1l2 persons were
bitten. Ten of the dogs which A
tackled persons during that period
were found to have rabies. From
| October 10 to June 5, when muz2les
1 were off, 213 persons were attacked.
] and eleven of the dogsshad rabies.
Evening star., 1923-06-11
TRAIN. SHED BURNS 2 z
AT $1,000, 900 Less
Continued from First Page.

poured into the waiting room and
other parts of the station. r -atea
Hundreds of persons waiting .,for
outgoing trains fed from the hnild-
ing when the smoke began to come
through the windows and doors!4 In
tense excitement prevailed, and to
add to the confusion the lights went
out in some parts OF the station. Some
night at hotels. but the majority
continued to- their destinations when
service was restored.
Six AIsrms Sounded.
Six alarms were sounded. calling
nearly all the fire apparatus in the
city to the scene. Hundreds OF
streams of water were poured on
the flames, but it was not until the
huge arch. extending from 18th to
18th streets. and from Market to Fill
bert, was a mass of wreokare that
the firemen were able to check the
blaze. The roof OF metal and glass
collapsed in many places and the
brick side walls fell at several points,
1t was under the shed on the street
moor that the mailrooms and EXPRESS
ana baggage stations were located
a large force OF men with trucks at
tempted to remove the mail, but they
were driven off by fire and smoke
Defore they had completed their lob
How much was destroyed or damaged
by water could not be learned.
extraordinary efforts were made IA
Keep the fire from spreading to the
main . building and to nearby struc-
new ffteen-story theater build
Dninp trrNn x4I
street on the south cauuEht Are sew.
eral times. but the damage was
slgnt. Railroad officials could MOI
say what caused the blaze.
Evening star., 1923-06-11
ONE LOST IN COLORADO.

LOVELAND, Col, June ll.-Ons
life was lost and roads, bridges and
farm property were damaged by flood
waters late Saturday night and early
yesterday morning when the Red
Stone river poured a, great volume or
water into the Buckhorn river, seven
miles west Of Loveland. The rush OF
water caused the Buckhorn reservoir
spillway to give way. Residents or
the district say the entire Buckhorn
valley was flooded. =
Richard Foote, ten. was drowned
and his body carried away by the
oyerf1owing waters OF the Red Stone.
The body has not been recovered.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, June II.
Tho st. Louis-San Francisco rail-
road. bridge over the South Canadian
river, sixteen miles west OF here. gave
way before the flood early yesterday.
a dispatcher here said. A section 500
feet in length was carried away.