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Evening star., 1923-10-15
ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA. Va, October Is
(SpeciaD.-The action of the Wash
ington-Virginia Railroad Company in
opposing the granting of a charter to
county is characterized as analogous
to that of "the dog in the manger" by
letter addressed to tho state cor
poration commission, signed by Frank
Arlington County Civic Federation,
made public here today.
The letter charges that the COM
pany Is not only hindering the pos
sible growth of Arlington county by
not allowing bus lines to operate for
tances from the car lines, but is also
falling to extend. it's own system.
The federation is incensed at the
action OF. the commission in it's recent
decision which eliminated a bus line
that was serving a portion of the
county not served by the railway
company or by any other mode of
transportation.
ton is ready to fight its cause Ito the
last ditch
Joseph Spotswood, twenty-one years
old. colored, Is in a serious condition
at the Alexandria Hospital as the re-
suit of bullet wound beneath the
heart, which he suffered yesterday in
what his wife, Louvinia Spotswood,
nineteen, tells the police was a
friendly tussle. She says the gun was
accidentally discharged. She is be-
ing held.
James Diggs. colored, was wounded
three times In gun fight staged on
South Pitt street. Police are seeking
a man by the name of Dudley.
Mrs. Mamie Elizabeth Henderson
died yesterday at the home of her
daushter, Mrs. z. A kersey; 4e9 south
will be held from st. Mary's Catholic
Church tomorrow morning.
Evening star., 1923-10-15
FOUR ARMY OFFICERS
ON ENDURANCE RIDE
More Than 800 Miles to Be Gov.
cred in Five Days to
Test Horses.

The annual Army endurance ride
for the eastern section Of the coun-
try will take place this week, be-
ginning today.
The ride Of more than 400 miles
will take five days of sixty miles
each day, radiating from Avon. \. Y.
Four officers of the Army will par
ticipate. Maj. c. L. Scott OF the
Quartermaster Corps will represent
the American Remount Associa ton.
and will ride the thoroughbred horse
Pathfinder, making the third year in
which that horse has taken part,
after a record of fourth place in the
last two events.
Mai. J. NJ. Wainwright of the Sd
Cavalry will also represent the Re-
mount Association, riding the thor
oughbred horse Vagrant, which also
participated in two previous events.
This years ride from Avon will be
made more interesting than usual by
the presence Of the two winners of
the Colorado endurance test, Capt.
III. E. watkins of the 18th Cavalry
and Lieut. NJ. NJ. Corpening of the
18th Field Artillery. These officp's
will ride. respectively. the thorough
bred horse Norfolk Star, which won
the western ride for two years in
succession, and Nintu, the thorough
bred horse that came in second in this
years ride in Colorado.
Evening star., 1923-10-15
SIX Die IN FLAMES
IN BROOKLYN HOME
One Woman Leaps From Window.
Child Dead in Charred
Arms of Maid.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. October 15.-Six per-
sons were burned to death when fire
destroyed a three-story frame dwell
ing in the Bensonhurst section of
Brooklyn today.
The dead are:
Mrs. Lillian Andrews, her nephew,
Charles. and niece. Margaret; George
Kyne, Francis P. Fowler and Miss
Roberta Wigert.
Mrs. Anna Andrews leaped from the
attic and was seriously hurt.
Neighbors, seeing smoke rolling
from the basement of the dwelling.
rushed to the spot just in time to see
Mrs. Anna Andrews leap from a win
dow of the attic apartment. Later
firemen found the charred bodies of
the six victims where apparently they
had been overcome after escape had
been cut off by the flames.
The body of Charles Andrews, nine
teen-year- athlete and student at
Polytechnic Institute, Brooklyn, lay
just inside rear window. Near him
lay his aunt. Mrs. Lillian Andrews.
The body of twelve year Margaret
was found clasped in the arms OF
Miss Wigert, maid, in. an adjoining
room.
The ruins of a third bedroom dis
closed the body of Fowler. kyne had
been trapped in the bathroom in an
attempt to reach a window. They
were roomers in the Andrew home.
Evening star., 1923-10-15
DEMOCRATIC WOMEN
PLAN 1924 CAMPAIGN
Baltimore Club Secretary Prepares
County Organization Work
in State.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
BALTIMORE, October 15.-Pians
have been made TO organize the demo-
cratic women for the presidential
campaign Of 1924. Mrs. George NJ.
Women's Club, has returned from the
class OF instruction held in Washing
ton under the auspices OF the demo-
cratic national committee and eX-
poets to organize schools OF democ-
racy" throughout this state. through
county chairmen.
In the city Organization will be per-
fected by the ward chairman. "To
give the fundamentals of democracy
20 the women is the object Of these
schools" said Mrs. Gather. 1T is the
wish OF the national committee to let
every woman know that II is through
the party that they can bring about
reforms desired for the general well
fare of the community in which they
live.
I'VE wish to impress on the women
that the democratic party is. trying
to better living conditions" Mrs
Gather said. instead Of merely try
ing to elect men. It is the women who
can correct. in large measure, this
wave OF high prices sweeping over
the United States
we want the women to understand
the possibilities OF the ballot. Up to
this time II has not been popular to
talk politics to people who are not
interested. Women have stood for
things like better schools, but they
have not realized that the right use
OF the ballot will bring better schools.
when we were first given the bal
lot II was felt that women would
come Into the parties and help raise
their standards. but so far only a
handful have gone into active work.
ana they have not stood out for great
moral improvement OF the parties"
Evening star., 1923-10-15
ELECTION CERTAIN,
COOLIDGE ASSURED
Phil H. Campbell Tells. Presi-
dent of Observations in
Several States.

President Coolidge was told today
by former Representative Phil H
Campbell of Kansas that, in his opin-
ion, the Chief Executive would be
nominated for the presidency and that
his election in 1924 Is assured. Mr.
Campbell has been in q number OF
states during the past few months
and after listening to the views OF
politicians and others he IS satisfied
that the Coolidge sentiment is grow
ing greater all the time. Mr.. Camp
bell said his call was merely to pay
his respects to the Executive and tc
acouaint him with his observations.
Business generally throughout the
United States is good and the present
indications are that ii will steadily
conditions given to President Cool
idge today by the directors of the
National Association of 'Manufactur.
ers. James e. Edgerton, president OF
the association, acted as spokesman
The delegation did not take up with
although several Legislative matters
were briefly touched upon.
President Coolidge today was in
yited by Robert j. Kennedy of the
New York horse show to attend the
national horse show to be held in
New York, commencing November 10
Others who saw the President to-
day were: j. Weston Allen, who was
attorney general of massachusetts, the
last year Calvin Coolidge was gov.
ernor of that commonwealth; James
B. Bonner, representative in Wash
ington of the United States Steel
Corporation, who said his visit was
personal and had nothing to do with
the steel business; Representatives
Burton of Ohio and Britten Of I'LL.
nois. both of whom have recently re.
turned from a visit to Europe, and
delegates to the citizenship confer.
ence being held here.
Evening star., 1923-10-15
GREEK RELIEF BODY
IS ORGANIZED HERE
Prof. Capps, Princeton, Heads So.
oiety to Aid 100000 Refugees
Forced to Return.

An organization for the relief of
1,250,00o Greek refugees forced to re-
turn from Asia Minor and Thrace TO
their motherland under the terms of
the Lausanne treaty was formed to-
day at q meeting OF a number of ma
tionally prominent Americans at the
Southern building.
The organization Is to be known as
Tho American Friends Of Greece"
Tho president of the organization is
Prof. Edward Capps of Princeton
University, former United States min
ister to Greece. former Red Cross
commissioner to Greece and chairman
Of the board of managers of the
american School at Athens Other
officers and officials are: Vice chair
man, DR.. John H. Finley. vice chair
man OF the Near East Relief; Charles
w. Eliot, president emeritus of Har-
ward University; Henry j. Allen, for
mer Governor of Kansas; DR.. Mitch
ell Carroll, editor of Art and Arch
cology, secretary, and Milton e.
Allies. president of Riggs Bank, treas
urer.
The following telegram was re-
ceiYed by DR.. Carroll from Queen
bIlX6UGIh Oh TEc0CS dhu Icdu " INC
organization at the Cosmos Club yes
terdAy:
Despite valuable assistance until
recently given by the American Red
Cross and Near East Relief to the
destitute refugees and their families
so cruelty expelled from Asia Minor,
thousands will die this winter for
lack of food, shelter, clothing and
medicines unless there is relief.
knowing philanthropic feeling of
American people, 1 would be per-
sonally grateful and so would the
Greek people for any help you may
be able to give US in this tragic hour
Of our history"
Evening star., 1923-10-15
COPELAND TO BE TRIED
FOR SLAYING OCT. 20

Herbert L. Copeland, colored, will
be placed on trial October 2e~ to an
swer an Indictment for murder in the
first degree in connection with the
killing Of Police Lieut.. David Duni-
gan. The Staying occurred about five
years ago and Copeland escaped from
Jail while awaiting trial. He was To-
Gated last July at Akron. Ohio.
The two lawyers recently designat-
cd by the court as counsel for the
prisoner have Withdrawn from the
case and Copeland will be defended
by Attorney Henry Lincoln johnson,
former recorder Of deeds. Assistant
United States Attorney Emerson will
conduct tho prosecution.
Evening star., 1923-10-15
VIRGINIA ASSEMBLY
MAPS HEAVY WORK
Nearly 100 Proposed Amend
ments to Constitution Sim
pliyying Government.
Special Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
RICHMOND, Va, October fJ.--Bills
for the consideration of the next
Legislature and amendments to the
constitution to the number of nearly
ono hundred have been prepared by
the legislative reference bureau. The
amendments to the constitution are
on recommendations of the commits
sion on simplification of government.
the most important of which is that
affecting the fiscal and appropriation
years. making them conform. This
will involve a change in the opera
tions of the county systems. II is un-
derstood. and they will have to adjust
their business operations to meet that
of the state.
One of the matters being discussed
is that of collection Of taxes. AT this
time there are four tickets for every
taxpayer who owns real estate. There
is the state real and personal tax
tickets. the county or city real and
personal property taxes. These are
payable at different times.
Payments Overlooked.
There are four tickets. and it has
happened several times that some of
the tickets are unpaid, overlooked or
forgotten. Then there comes the
delinquent collector, who adds q
penalty for failure to pay, and so
long as the tickets are unpaid there
Is the fear of litigation and a cloud
on titles to property. 1t Is suggested
that all taxes be placed on one ticket.
and If so desired to allow the tax
payer 20 pay half at one time and
the second half later on.
It Is contended that this would in
sure the payment of all taxes. save
the making out of four tax tickets,
and the collectors could easily sepa-
rate the same and make their remit
tances accordingly. 1t would save
taxpayers lots of worry and the time
required to make two to four trips
to settle dues to the state and city
or county and certainly save litiga-
ton.
Evening star., 1923-10-15
GIRL GUIDE SAVES
II CHARGES ON HIKE

OTTAWA. October 1.-THE presence
Of mind of Eunice Parker, girl guide
leader, saved the lives of seventeen
of her charges who were hiking on a
high bridge over the Ryda river
Saturday night, when she ordered
them TO throw themselves fat on the
outer ties to escape death beneath
an onrushing Canadian Pacific loco
motive.
The nineteenth member Of the party,
however, Mrs. A. Campbell. failed to
aear the command. Her body was
found among the rocks forty feet
below the bridge,
Evening star., 1923-10-15
WIFE SUES OTHER WOMAN
Lura NJ. Baker Says Bertha Corn
Alienated Husband.

Women as we'll as men should pay,
according to Mrs. Lura NJ. Baker,
who today filed suit in the District
Supreme Court for $4,000 heart balm
charges with inducing her husband,
Charles l. Baker. to desert her.
Through Attorneys Bertram Emer-
son. jr., and Raymond Neudecker. the
plaintiff says She married Baker Oc-
tober %. 1907, and was happy with
him until the defendant exerted great
influence over him. causing him to
divorce her.
Evening star., 1923-10-15
MRS. MILDRED IVES DIES.

Mrs. Mildred e. Ives, widow Of Maj
Francis J. Ives, Z. S. A, died Satur-
day at St Francis Hospital. Pitts
hurgh, Pa Requiem mass was cele-
brated at st. Matthew's Church this
morning at 1890 O'Clock. The in
terment was in Arlington national
cemetery. Mrs. Ives was well known
in Official and social circles while her
husband was stationed in Washing
Evening star., 1923-10-15
WEST TEXAS FLOODED.
Bridge Over Red River Reported
Damaged by Water.

DALLAS, Tex, October 1S.-Reports
from west Texas indicated that the
rain which has been flooding that sec
ton for forty eight hours unin-
terruptedly was general from El Paso
over the Pan Handle and down to the
border.
The Kansas City. Mexico and Orient
railroad bridge on the Red river is
reported damaged by flood waters and
damage on other lines is feared. The
Fort Worth and Denver railroad got
it's first train In over a week across
the Canadian River bridge yesterday
afternoon.
Evening star., 1923-10-15
PLEADS INCOMPETENCE.
Alleged Church Thief's Act Laid to
Mental Weakness.

Charles Hearn, indicted last week
for robbing the school fund box at
St. Gabriers Catholic Church, at 9Th
and varnum streets northwest last
August, is mentally incompetent, ac-
cording to the plea made for him to-
day before Justice Bailey in Criminal
Division / by his lawyer, Charles
L. Carson.
Justice Bailey directed a report on
the mental condition of the accused.
Evening star., 1923-10-15
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.

WATERFOWL, n. Y, October 15.--
Mrs William Ober. forty-three. was
shot and killed yesterday at her home,
near Pottsdam, when a rife hung
over the door was dislodged as she
entered and discharged. The weapon
had been hung over the door by
son, one of nine children, on his
return from a hunting trip.
Evening star., 1923-10-15
TWO KILLED IN RIOTS.
Reichswehr Called to Aid Police in
Meiningen.

BERLIN. October 1.-two civil
ians are reported to have been killed
and several others injured near
Meiningen Saturday night when the
reichswehr was called upon to help
the police clear the streets of rioters
Three persons were injured in
food riot at Frankfort on
SATURDAY.
Evening star., 1923-10-15
PASTOR RECOMM MENDED.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FREDERICKSBURG Va, October
1.-THE special committee appointed
to secure a new pastor for the Pres
byterian Church has recommended
DR.. r. b. Eggleston, pastor OF a Pres
byterian Church at Suffolk, Va, who
has indicated his willingness to ac-
cept call to Fredericksburg. DR..
Eggleston was pastor of the Third
Presbyterian Church of Richmond for
q number of years. and also at CO.
lumbus, Miss. He has been at Suf-
folk for the past seven years.
Evening star., 1923-10-15
GREEK MINISTERS QUIT.

LONDON, October 15.-The Greek
ministers Of the interior. war. JUS
tice and public instruction submitted
their designations, says a Central
News dispatch from Athens Premier
Gontas requested them to retain their
portfolios for another week. when
he viii accept their, resignation
Evening star., 1923-10-15
RECORD OKLAHOMA
FLOOD PREDICTED
Water Four to Six Feet
Higher in Capital Than Last
Spring Due Tomorrow.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSs.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, October
15.-A food menace increased here
today with an announcement by ]. p.
Slaughter. chief OF the United States
weather bureau. that the North Cana =
dian river would reach a stage OF
twenty to twenty-five feet between
midnight tonight and noon toInor-
row. This is four to six feet higher
than the record food of last spring,
Oklahoma City's fifth food of the
year already has inundated virtually
the same territory covered last June
by the North Canadian river. The
stream now is from one-half mile to
seven miles wide.
Work to Strengthen Dam.
Ten miles west of the capital sixty
men using fifteen teams have been
SandbagRing the emba nkments of the
city water works dam since Saturday
More men were to be sent there today
to wall up the embankments at either
end of the dam and to reinforce q by
pass into the huge lake.
The lake is expected to hold nine
feet more water, a major part of the
Tuesday flood crest, according TO c. f.
Bretz, water works superintendent.
Scores Of acres OF the Walnut Grove
section are under water and the river
for several hundred yards flows across
three main traffic streets to Capitol
Hill and Packingtown. suburbs. where
more than six thousand persons live
Westward from Oklahoma City river
points from % to $50 miles distant re-
port the most serfous food damage ir
their history.
Evening star., 1923-10-15
s5oo,ooo BRIDGE DOWN.
Rock Island Structure Washed Out
by High Water.

MCSKoGEE, Okla, October Is
The half f-miIlion-dollar Rock Island
bridge over the South Canadian river
near Calvin was washed out py high
water last night and service over the
road is discontinued, according to
word recAiYed here.
Evening star., 1923-10-15
CITES NEED Of NEW
RECLAMATION PLAN
Work Informs Fact-Finding
Body Present System Is
Near-FaiIure.

Present condition of reclamation
projects is endaugering the entire
work, Secretary OF the interior Work
said today when opening the meeting
of the fact-finding committee appoint
ed by him TO formulate a new recla-
nation policy. Radical reforms and
improvements must be effected, he
said, if the settlers on reclamation
projects We're to be protected from
loss and the interests Of the govern
ment safeguarded.
The committee includes Julius
Barnes, president of the Chamber of
Commerce Of the United States; Oscar
E. Bradfute. president of the Amer
lean Farm Bureau Federation; James
F Garfield, 4 former Interior Secre-
tay; Gov. T. L. Campbell of Arizona,
and DR.. John L. Widtsoe of Salt Lake
City. .. W. Davis, the present COM
missioner of reclamation, also was n
member, but withdrew on the ground
that his official position might en-
barrass the work.
Received Many Complaints.
Soon after he assumed office, Sec
iretary Work told the committee, COM
iplaints from various groups interested
in the development OF the arid lands
began to reach him. the complaints
covering almost every phase of ac-
tivity.
The complaints included charges"
he said, that in many OF the projects
the original estimates under which
settlers were induced to go upon the
projects were from 90 to 100 per
cent too low and that the actual cost
has been so great that il is impossi-
BILE for the farmers TO pay out within
the time and manner f1xad by law. or
even al all: that mistakes, engineer
ing and otherwise, had been made
which added materially to the cost
of constructed projects; that others
had been undertaken that should
never have been started; that over
head costs OF the service and many
of constructed projects; that the over
by water users, were burdensome and
excessive.
Under the system used in the
reclamation service 1 have been un-
able to get figures that appear to be
dependable as TO the cost of irdivid-
ual projects or the total money eX-
pended on all projects.
at is represented, taken from the
records of the bureau, that the gov
ernments total investment to June
100000 and it's total receipts about
$46,000.o00. leaving balance invested
and unpaid of s135, 900. 900.
The reclamation service, for which
this department is responsible, appar-
entity requires reorganization. Annual
reports on some projects indicate
their insolvency and pending failure.
Out of the twenty eight projects only
one has met it's obligations as they
fell due.
Reclamation of arid lands by
irrigation from government funds. as
heretofore practiced, is failing on a
majority Of projects as a business
procedure.
Government reclamation has ac-
complished much. There is great
field for its future. Reclamation in
the west by private enterprise was
begun thirty years before the govern
ment began this work and has largely
redeemed the west. Government
reclamation should make a compar-
able showing, relieved as it is, from
interest charges"
Evening star., 1923-10-15
MAN REPORTED MISSING.
Rains Demolish 1900 Feet Of New
Railroad.

WICHITA FALLS, Tex, October Is.
One man IS missing and approx
ley railroad bridge, recently COM
pleted, has been washed out, as re-
suit Of the high waters of the Red
river, according to reports received
here.
WEST TEXAS FLOODED.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1923-06-02
BOMBS WRECK
RUHR RAILROAD
Main Line Used by French is
Cut off by Explosives
Early Today

DUSSELDORF, June 2 (By The
Associated Press). main line
railroad used by the French for the
transp of coal and coke out
of the occupied Ruhr district was cut
early today by the explosion of
bombs. Both tracks were torn up
for considerable distance and traf-
fic will be interrupted for some time.
A coal train, the crew of which
was ignorant of the damage, was de-
rallied. In two other cases contact
bombs placed on tracks were ex-
ploded when struck by locomotives,
both engines being derailed.
As in most cases the Sabotage has
occurred in wooded districts, the
French have ordered that the trees
be cut down at a distance of 200
meters on each side of the right of
way in all districts where attempts
have been made to cut the rails.
The French announce that German
civilians must chop down the trees
and that the burgomasters of the
various towns will be called upon to
supply the woodeutters.
The Germans are particularly at
tached to their forests and large
numbers are expected to refuse tc
aid in the work as part of their
policy of resistance against the oc-
cupation authorities.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1923-06-02
FOREST FIRES
ARE REPORTED
Pray for Rain in Forest Fire
Areas of Northwest
Floods in Alberta

ST. PAUL, MINI, June . (By The
Associated Press FOREST fires and
floods today still are menacing vari-
Gus sections of the northwest in the
United States ana adjoining pro-
vinces in Canada.
While rain is being vainly prayed
for in the forest fire areas, virtual
cloudbursts are causing distressing
conditions in Alberta. One death due
to the floods was reported at Blaire-
more, Alta, where Harold Joyce, s,
was drowned.
At Calgary two bridges are endan-
gered by rushing waters in the
swollen Elbow river and many res
idents are preparing to leave their
homes. Gas service in the city has
been cut off.
Little change was reported in the
Crows nest pass district and in the
Okotoks area. where Sheep creek
flooded the town. Trains are tied
up and hundreds of automobiles
stalled in the southern part Of the
province.
Further east, in the province of
Ontario, little improvement is
noted in the forest fire section.
Serious blazes are reported at Lux,
near Horne Payne, Coughlin, forty
miles east of here, and at Atikokan,
just west of Port Arthur.