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Evening star., 1923-05-06

One of the strangest "sets" ever
erected for a motion picture has just
been completed for Human Wreck
age" Mrs. Wallace Reid's anti-nar-
cotic film, which is being made at
the Thomas II. Ince studios. A crook
ed street, symbolizing the distorted
outlook of a dope fiend. has been built
as background for the live hyena
which is "A star actor in the Reid pic
ture. 1t has taken a crew of twenty
five men more than three weeks to
build the crooked street, which is
different from anything of the kind
ever attempted.
Evening star., 1923-05-06

In a distinctly American play and
keeps abreast of the screens Crea t
iuminarIes by refusing to abondon
the thory that, next to purity va
riety is paramount!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-16

White canvas oxfords,
white leather soles and
low heels. College
women's m a k e---$5.95
value.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-16

NO. 7233--
Black kidskin pump, black
suede quarter with beaded
tongue, Louis XIV heel
and turned soles. Made
by Pinckey Harding Co.,
Brooklyn, n. $4,000
value.
The Washington times., 1923-10-22
England Is Undecided
On Attitude to Take
With Rhenish Republic
By DAVID NJ. CHURCH,
International News Service.

LONDON, Oct. 22.-The breakup
OF the German nation under pres.
sure from without and troubles and
sufferings from within is under
way today, according to all indi-
cations from Berlin.
One or two republics may be
created in the RhineIand as a re.
suit of the Rhenish republican
movement.
Bavaria is at loggerheads with
Berlin, Saxony, Baden, Hesse,
Thuringia, and WueFttemburg and
Is threatening war. 1t is possible
that Europe may again see Ger
many split up into independent
states such as existed before Prince
Bismarck, the Iron chancellor" ="
welded them into one confedera-
ton.
Foreign office officials said Great
Britain has not yet made any de-
ctsion regarding the British atti-
tude towards the new Rhenish re.
public. Great Britain will await
events for the time being, guided
by the developments.
It Is understood that the Allied
military authorities on the Rhine
have warned the secessionists
against any, measures which, will
The Washington times., 1923-10-22
RECORD
D|SPUTEDAT
ARMY TRIAL
Guy PendIeton's Nurse on
Stand in Effort to Show
Faulty Diagnoses.

Controversy over the proper in
depreciation of entries in the clint
cal record of Private Guy Pendle-
ton, legless soldier, marked today's
session of the army court trying
Capt. Samuel C. Gwynne, army
medical corps, retired, on charges
Of neglect and malpractice brought
by the youth who was injured in
q motorcycle accident near Camp
Eustis, Virginia, in August.
Prosecution counsel put Kather-
inc M. Jones, nurse, who was in
attendance on Private Pendleton, on
the stand today in their effort to
prove that a faulty diagnosis Of
Pendleton's case was made and that
all of his injuries We're not written
en- the clinical record.
A climax Of today's session came
when the prosecution and defense
counsel indulged in a wrangle over
the fact that the clinical record
stated that Private Pendleton was
not suffering from his nerves.
Prosecution counsel contended
that it would have been impossible
for him to have been free of
nervous trouble.
Brig. Gen. John Y. Joyes, presi-
dent OF the army court trying the
case, was informed just before re-
cess today that the prosecution
would have no further use for the
three nurses who have testified as
to Private Pendleton's treatment at
the Eustis Hospital and recon-
mended that they be permitted to
go back to the hospital
The defense agreed that two Of
the nurses could be spared but
insisted that Miss Woods. the third
nurse, be held in Washington.
Mrs. Pendleton, the soldiers
mother, sits beside him every day
through the sessions and atten-
lively takes in all of the argu.
ments advanced.
The soldier himself, sad eyed,
and at times restless, sits directly
in front OF Brig. Gen. Joyes and
keenly follows the progress Of the
trial,
The Washington times., 1923-10-22
20 APARTMENT RENTS
CHANGED BY DECISION

Reduction of about 5000 in the
rent returns of apartments at $500
Connecticut avenue was ordered to-
day by the District Rent Commis-
sion.
The board set a value Of $4,000
on the property and made an an
nual maintenance allowance of
$S.770. The decision was computed
to yield to the owner a rate Of return
of per cent.
Five tenants of the apartment
house filed separate suits to have
their rents reduced The requests
were granted in all but one case
that of Stella NJ. Weigel In which
a slight increase was allowed. The
other tenants were Jack Schlosberg,
K. c. Mcintosh. Abigail II. Weed
and Alan G. Goldsmith. Twenty
apartments were affected by the de-
cisiqn- ... =.
The Washington times., 1923-10-22
VIII 0LESALERS
ATTACK COAL
REPORT
Charge That Association Ex-
tracted Excessive Profits
Called Ridiculous.
By international News service.

/ Charges of the United States
coal commission that wholesalers
have extracted profit as high as
200 per cent from the public turing
the period 1913-1922 were denounced
as ridiculous and utterly falla-
cious" by the American Wholesale
Coal Association here today.
The Commissions report made
specific reference to the Whole
salers' Association, which 1t charged
had advocated an unfair profit
standard.
Gives Wholesalers Viewpoint.
The commissions profit state
ment is a deliberate attempt to
create the impression throughout
the country that wholesalers make
an exorbitant profit on the capital
invested, and devoted to the bust
ness, whereas the profit, so-called
is not profit at all but q Just
compensation for services rendered
to the public and the mine owners. -
Ira Cochran, commissioner of the
association, declared.
Not only did Cochran deny that
wholesalers make no excessive
profits, but declared that profits
are restricted to compensation re.
ceiyed from the service charge of
not exceeding S per cent which
wholesalers are permitted to charge
for handling coal direct from the
mines to the retailers and the pub
lie. The arrangement by which
wholesalers receive 5 per SCENT COM
mission fee was agreed upon in
1922 in a pact between the De-
partment Of Commerce, the National
Coal Commission and the American
Wholesale Association, Cochran said
Pact StiII in Effect.
This arrangement never has beer
violated" he added, "and our profits
are limited to the nominal sum, sell
dom exceeding 8 and 4 per cent, of
the 8 per cent fee chargeable under
the agreemnt with the Govern.
ment."
Were it not for the wholesalers.
Cochran charged, many small mines
would be forced out OF business,
and the. public would be left at
the mercy of The large and pow
erful companies who would thea he
in a position to exact their own
prices"
Without wholesalers every mine
would have to develop and main
tain expensive sales agencies, he
said. Small mines could not of.
ford this organiza ton, with the
result that they would be .orced
out of the field. Under existing
arrangements, small mines are able
to compete with the larger ones
and thus wholesalers help to keep
down prices"
Calls Restriction Ridiculous.
THE wholesale dealer in coal
is the employe or agent Of the
buyer and seller. His earnings are
his compensation; they represent
his intrinsic worth to the public
and mine owners who take advant.
age of his specialized service.
ITO limit his earning capacity
and restrict his profits to an In
come upon the capital actually in.
vested in the business is extremely
ridiculous" Cochran said.
The Washington times., 1923-10-22
LIE IS GIVEN At
VET BUREAU
PROBE
Not True" Forbes Shouts As
Gen. Organ Tells Of Waste
! and Acknowledgements
(continued froEn First Page.l

CONTINUED from First Page.)
give you an opportunity to make a
statement "a little later on" said
Reed. Let the hearing proceed II:
an orderly manner.
Following O'Ryan, Brig. Gen.
Frank T. Hines, who succeeded
Forbes as director of the bureau,
took the stand.
- Tells Of Waste.
Hines testified he had found much
useless duplication of work and
waste in expenditures when he took
over the bureau.
my survey indicated consider
able duplication of effort in the
Bureau said Hines. II also found
useless expenditures for telephones,
kilograms. and transportation. The
operating expense, totaling $500, ,000,-
900 a year, was too large.
Hospital construction programs
were very much delayed. with a
number of projects hanging fire and
the others progressing slowly"
The Washington times., 1923-10-22

courage or discourage it. The
French official was warned, how
ever, that order must be MAIN
tanned.
Foreign office officials expressed
belief that the separatist movement
could not succeed without the adhe.
sion Of the German Catholic Center
party, comprising Sc per cent of
the German population. The Cen
trist secessionists are represented
by DR.. Adenauer at Cologne.
The Industrial leader, Herr Tai
bot, has been nominated as regent
of the Rhineland republic, and is
expected to accept. according to
word from Brussels. The sepa.
ratists and industrialists are con-
Quoting amicable negotiations a,
AK la ChapelIe.
Arrest Attempts Fail.
Unsuccessful attempts We're made
by the seccssionists to arrest mayors
in some of the cities which Joined
the Rhineland republican move.
ment.
Paris newspapers were cautious
in their comment, reserving decision
until Premier Poincare returned 10
Paris, and indicated the attitude Of
the government toward the Rhenish
republic.
"Pertinax," political editor of the
Echo de Paris, said:
I'VE French VIII not take respOn.
sibility for the movement in the
Rhineland. We Will treat the new
regime according to the aid it offers
for realization IF our double plan
to Obtain TeparatiOns and security.
1t is unnecessary to say We will not
permit the return of 165, 900 per.
sons, mainly fuTctiOnaries. who
were expelled. They would enable
Berlin to get revenge"
I'VE hope our Italian allies will
understand this is not a quest on of
annexing new territories for the
purpose Of becoming Europes first
military ami industrial power" com.
mented Gustave Herve, editor OF
La Victoiro. I'VE are protecting
ourselves on the Rhine just as Italy
protected herself upon the Adriatic.
The Rhinelanders are our affinities
in race culture since the days of the
Roman empire.
I'VE hope The British Will under.
stand it is not an attempt to fill
Louis XIV's nCr NapOleon's shoes.
Our only ambition is to solidly
guard the military Line of the Rhine
without annexiRg anything by force.
The question for France is as i'm
portant as supremacy of the seas
Is to England"
A dispatch to the foreign office
sad that Herr Mathes, the seces.
sionist leader at Dusseldorf, had
reached AK Ia Chapelle, indicating
complete adhesion among the fac.
| tlons of the Rhineland separatist
| party.
The Washington times., 1923-10-22
Lost Fortune Because
He Failed To Stamp
UncIe's Letter
TIMES -sTAFE1R RHoTol

Because of stamp, fortune
was lost" the Postoffice De-
partment would have us prate,
and through its official organ,
"The Postal Guide" tells this
one:
An immigrant from Lithuania,
who grew rich in this country,
decided to chose an heir from
among his kin in Europe, invit-
ing a nephew from among them
to visit him. 4
'The nephew, in responding,
heedlessly neglected to place a
stamp on his letter. It was his
undoing.
"The rich uncle, when he saw
the answer from him all plas-
tered with due stamps, waxed
wroth and refused it.
"Then to rebuke his needless
kin he sent him a letter like
wise unpaid, and when in the
course of time he died, as die he
did, he scorned him further by
leaving his fortune to Others"
The Washington times., 1923-10-22
FOUR ARE HELD
On DRY Law
CHARGES
Alexandra Grand Jury to Get
Grist From Police Court
& Hearing.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Oct. 22.-
Clarence Garland and J. L. Kidd
were arrested late Saturday night.
Garland. in police court this morn
ing, was held for the grand jury on
a charge of illegal possession and
transporting under $500 bond, and
Kidd in the same amount on the
charge of aiding and abetting.
Webster Churchill, colored. ar
raigned before Judge Duyall on q
charge Of violating the prohibition
law, was held under $500 bond for
the action of the grand jury.
s. Swinger, colored, was held un-
der $3.50 bond for the action of the
grand jury for A',v law violation.
The board o. directors of the
Chamber of Commerce holds its
regular monthly meeting at $3.50 this
afternoon. Tonight at O'Clock the
civic and automobile bureau of the
chamber will hold a meeting.
Mrs. Ida V. Oehlert, seventy years
old. widow of the late August H.
Oehlert, died at her home yesterday
morning. Funeral services will be
The Washington times., 1923-10-22
Bavaria Stirring to
Break Up Germany on
Mere Pretext, Claim
Ry FRITZ EBERT. ,Ir..

Son of the President of Germany.
written Expressly for and Copyright,
1928, by international News ServIce.)
BERLIN, Oct. 22.-Bavaria's s ac-
ton is taI1tamount to a declaration
of war against the German State.
The same -Bavarian leaders who have
been Dragging OF the restoration OF
order and unity in the State try to
disrupt the State because the Berlin
government dismissed a mutinous
general-Eon Lossow.
What would the same Bavarians
and their reactionary friends in the
German Reich say if not Gen. Won
LossOw, but General Mueller Reichs-
wehr commander in red Saxony) had
been the offender?
What if General Won Mueller
had refused to obey minister Of
ceed ruthlessly against the Saxon
radicals?
Won Kahr's Experience.
Few remember that Won Kahr
himself, Chead of the Bavarian gov
ernment), is a product of the move
ment of General Won Luettwitz,
who made him Bavarian premier
during the Kapp rising in Berlin
in 1920. Now this same Won Kahr
leads another mutinous general,
Won Lossow, to compel the Reich
soldiers to break their military
oath Of allegiance.
Imperial Germany knew only one
answer to such mutfhy-the firing
squad. Unfortunately the Reich
is not entirely free from blame
for the present Bavarian attitude.
ernment has been too lenient to-
ward Bavarian senSibilities. The
Reich has been unable to ward
off Munich's blows, but it can say
with a clear conscience it has done
everything possible to avert a break
and preserve the unity of the en-
tire state.
Munich Sought Break.
Bavaria deliberately planned to
provoke a break. At the moment
of this writing compromise ne
gotiations have been begun. 1t
may be difficult to understand why
the Reich consented to such ne
gotiations instead of asserting it's
right to force. A year ago this
would have been possible. Today
the Reich can emerge from such a
test of strength only with a severe
| moral defeat.
The Reich's unity is the only
thing left to us Germans. The
task Of the hour iG to preserve il.
| 1t is up to Bavaria to show if
she really wants it. II Bavaria
turns down the last chance of recon.
ciliation she must take all the conse.
quences.
The world must not believe that
few swashbucklcrs in Munich can
control the destiny of Germany any
| length of time.
Won Kahr, Won Lossow. Hitler,
and Ludendorff are not Bavarian
! people. In The pre-war days Ba-
Varia was the refuge of prosecuted
democrats from royal Prussia; to-
day Bavaria IS TIC asylum for the
old imperial generals, the reac-
| tiOnar!es and cunkers.
The Washington times., 1923-10-22
Paris Cautious About
IndOrsing Rhine Move
Till POincare Speaks
By FRANK e. MASON.
international News Service.

PARIS, Oct. pm. Tirard.
Frenc hhign commissioner in the
Rh!neland. was today instructed by
the French foreign office to remain
strictly neutral toward the Rhine
land republic movement and to take
no action, which. would either en-.
The Washington times., 1923-10-22
Dodd to Address Ad Club.

Alvin z. Dodd. head of the DIS
trict department of the United States
Chamber of Commerce. VIII speak
at the luncheon-meeting of the Ad
club next Wednesday at 1880 p. M,
in the City Club.
The Washington times., 1923-10-22
) allied reparat;ons
N%;%:;sss:3 ~:

jeopardize allied reparat;ons ia-
terests.
1t is apparently the program of
the Separatists to establish an
Independent state containing most
of Germany's coal and industries,
entering into agreements with Ber-
lin and the Allied powers. The
Rhenish leaders declare that the
state should be autonomous and
promise it shall bear it's share of
indemnity.
The Washington times., 1923-10-22
RuIlr Workers Give In.

PARIS. Oct. 22.-The foreign Of
Nee announced today that g, ,4O3 Ger
nan railway workers have applied
Tor work IN the Ruhr. They must
apply to the French. Germany has
ceased supplying funds to pay
wages whether the men worked or
not.
A new German reparations note
IL expected tomorrow. It is under
stood that Herr Won Mayer, the
German minister, Will transmit it to
the Inter-aliied Reparations Commits
sion.
The Washington times., 1923-10-22
BIC THREE BOOM
RALST0N FOR
NONNNAT
Bremen, Taggart and Murphy
Using Senator to Capture !
Convention for Underwood.
BY JOHN r. LAMBERT,
cosmonolltan News service.


An active campaign to gain com
pIete control of the next Demo
cratic National Convention. having
as one Of its interesting possibilities
the nomination Of Senator Samuel
H. Ralston. OF Indiana, for Presi.
dent. was uncovered her today.
Clark Howell and Thomas For
tune Ryan are said to be actively
engineering the coup, assisted by
the personal agents OF Murphy, of
Tamamny Hall; Bremen. Of Chi
cago, and Tom Taggart, OF Indiana,
together with the camp followers Of
Oscar Underwood.
The direct purpose is to gain
control Of the convention. The sec
ond motive of the Murphy Bremen
Taggart combination is to nominate
Underwood and effectively to rout
William g. McAdoo. whom they cor
liallv hate. If the> find themselves
unable to "get away" with Under
wood, they will drop him and de-
liver their strength to Ralston.
Lip Campaign Started.
A lip campaign for Ralston is
under way throughout the country.
He Is being described in hotel cor
ridors, in clubrooms and elsewhere
where men Of affairs gather az "a
second Grover Cleveland" He is a
friend of labor and q bulwarlx Of
capital; progressive, yet conserva-
tive; sympathetic, yet firm: did not
indulge in the recent disputes over
foreign alliances and. theresore, IS
the ideal candidate" II what is
being said OF him is true
The motive OF the Ralston boom
is to bolster up the Murphy Bremen
Taggart drive for delegates where
the move Is weakest and to offset
the strength Of McAdoo. where that
strength Is strongest.
Underwood is expected by them
to control the delegates from 4AIa-
bama and adjacent Southern states.
Governor Smith will be pr0trlRlr,l
into the contest, not with any ex-
pectancy Of winning the nomination
for President but to get New York
and New England delegates. who :
can be delivered by Murphy -Bren-
nen-Taggart to Underwood, RalstOn
or any other candidate finally ac-
cepted by them.
Use Of Ra1stOn.
The active boom for Ralston is
now deemed to be necessary In or
der to secure the election Of dele
gates IN Indiana and Illinois. where
Brennen's power is said to be re-
cef1ing and where TIA 0ga RI iS said
to fear that the wave of liberalism
has set In against conservatives
like himself.
Underwood will continue to be the
favorite son Of the ancient Demo
cratic .triplets but they will pro-
mote Ralston as a second choice.
in favor of whom all other candi-
dates can trade in the event that
the convention is deadlockd and
they find themselves unable to
nominate Underwood.
The Washington times., 1923-10-22
Georgetown Civic Meet.

The Georgetown Civic Associat ton
Will meet tomorrow night in the
Phillips School, N street, between
Twenty seventh and Twenty-eighth
streets northwest.
The Washington times., 1923-10-22
Two SecessiOnists Killed.

DUSSELDORF, Oct. 22.-Two Ger.
man Secessionists were killed and six
Communists wounded in rioting at
-Wanne today.
The Washington times., 1923-10-22
Coalition Break Urged.

HALLE, Germany, Oct. 22.-The
social democratic executives for CEN
trail Germany, meeting here today,
urged the entire party - quit the
government coalition.
The Washington times., 1923-10-22

Francis L. Murphy twenty-four
years old. son of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas H. Murphy, died at his home
last night Funeral services will be
held. at, $3.50 tomorrow from St.
Mas Church. Interment will be
In the st. Marys cemetery.
The Washington times., 1923-10-22
Use Of RalstOll.

held Wednesday at 2 o'clock from
the home. Interment will be in the
Bethel cemetery.
The Washington times., 1923-10-22
.FiEhting In Saxony.

By International News Service.
Ieevere fighting took place at. Meis-
sen today by reichswehr and COM
munists.
The Washington times., 1923-10-22
ATovement Sweepes on.

Movement SweepeS On.
MAYENCE, Oct. 22.-The Rhenish
republican movement spread today.
Two seeess onists were wounded
here when shots greeted the entrance
of Rhineland troops into, Mayenct
at 4:3O o'clock. Later the Rhineland
troops were withdrawn into the out
akirts to avoid bloodshed.
1t was reported that the procla-
nation OF Mayence,s adherence to
the Rhcnlsh republican movement
might be postponed until tomorrow
or Wednesday.
The federal and Prussian state
governments have issued a joint
Invitation to the Rhineland parties
60 meet representatives of theNGer-
man state in the federal building
at Cologne to discuss the proclama-
ton of, a Rhineland republic. The
Reich officials want the new re-
public to be a member of the Ger
man confederation Of states.
1t II possible that the movement
may grow into the creation of two
5Eepublics. one with headquarters at
!: Cologne and adhering to Berlin, un-
der protection of the British, and
the second republic an autonomous
etate supported by France and Bel.
a Moium.
The Washington times., 1923-10-22
Be ERLIN IS
HELPLESS
INCR|S|5
tcontinued from First PACED

Continued from First Pagel
win insist upon restoration of all
the sovereign State rights enjoyed
while Bavaria was monarchy be-
fore the war.
The long predicted republican
movement in. the Rhineland began
at AK la Chapelle, headquarters OF
the Belgian army of occupation and
spread without any interference from
Belgian and French troops or the
German police.
The original proclamation was
signed by Leo peckers and DR..
Guthardt, who head the provisional
government. All the public build
ings at AiH la Chapelle have been
taken over and the leaders of the
secessionists' are attempting to in
stall government machinery.
Movement Grows.
Large forces of armed Rhineland-
~rn supported the movement se1zlng
town after town where the red. white
and green flag of the Rhenish re-
public was hoisted over the admins
frative buildings.
There has been little bloodshed.
In most places the population was
apathetic.
The separatfsts have been drilling
secretly for some time and have
their own detachments of SHOCK
troops" They apparently are well
equipped with weapons and muni-
tions.
Even in the south and west in
the next few days win decide the
future fate of the German republic
as a whole.
Governments Of Hesse, Wuerttem-,
burg and Baden conferred today re-
garding the future course towards
Bavaria. All fear Bayarian coup.
Or. Ulrich, president OF ZesSe IS :
socialist. He presided at today's
conference All three states in
question are against Bavaria be-
cause of the widespread monarchist
sentiment among the Bayarians.
The Washington times., 1923-10-22

Scratched-WhO Cares, HUTCHINSON,
Zouave, Sea Wolf, Nav Buddy.
SEVENTH RACE-One mile and