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Evening star., 1923-11-08
ASK B00TLEGGING CURB
AT VETERANS HOSPITAL
Plea Sent President by Chapter of
Disabled Men at Wau-
kesha, Wis.

President Coolidge was appealed to
today to stop bootlegging in the
vicinity Of veterans hospitals.
Mccarthy Chapter. No. 3, Disabled
American Veterans, all the members
Of which are patients at Hospital No.
81, at Waukesha, Wis, in resolution
forwarded here protested to Mr.. Cool
idge, as well as to all others having
to do with law enforcement, against
conditions in the vicinity Of that in
stitution, which were described as
"unbearable and deplorable.'
1--WE feel" "said the resolution, that
it was not the intention of the Amer
lean people. when they adopted the
eighteenth amendment and establish
ed hospitals all over the United States
for the purpose of rehabilitation, that
a certain class of citizens, or resi-
dents at least. should ply their trade
by selling poisonous moonshine, home
brew and various other dope to a
certain class of patients Of the above
mentioned hospital, who, on account
of the nature of their disabilities, are
unable to resist temptation"
Evening star., 1923-11-08
100000 IN FRAUDS
LAID CHICAGOAN
Man Alleged to Have Half Dozen
Aliases Caught After
Chase.
BY the Associa ted Press.


CHICAGO, November S.-Harry
Hayden. twenty-four years old, who
through alleged fraudulent activities
is said by police to have obtained
more than 100000 in the last two
years, was arrested by two Chicago
detectives after they had chased him
from an exclusive hotel three blocks
to the shores of Lake Michigan last
night.
Just previous to the chase Hayden,
who, police declare, is known by a
half dozen aliases. was seated in the
dining room of the hotel with r. A.
NueStrom, Buffalo On. W real es-
tate man, and was consummating a
deal involving $4,000. Nuestrom had
the check already written.
Hayden. tipped off to beat it. the
cops are here" excused himself from
tectives falling in behind him. When
he reached the outside he started to
run.
He was taken to the detective bu-
reau, but no charge was placed
against him.
Among those whom Hayden is al
legged to have defrauded is Miss Ollie
Grossman, said to be a buyer for a
Chicago dress establishment, who the
police say, met Hayden at French
Lick, Ind, eighteen months ago and
later transferred $4,000 worth of lib
erty bonds to him in New York
in exchange for stock after he had
talked to her of oil investments.
Evening star., 1923-11-08
Lieut.. Davis and Three 9th
ers Exonerated of Charges
Filed by U. S. Agents.
IRREGULAR PRACTICES
AND NEGLECT ALLEGED
Accusers Still Under Suspension
Pending Treasury In
vestigation.

Verdicts of not guilty were returned
by the trial board today in the cases
Of the four members of the police
force against whom charges were filed
by prohibition agents.
The four who now stand exonerated
are Lieut.. o. +. Davis, Sergt. James
E. McQuade, Private Harry G. Bauer
and Private William H. Vermillion.
The first three constitute the police
vice squad and were charged with
conduct prejudicial to the good order
and discipline of the force and Eith
neglect of duty. Vermillion was
charged only with neglect Of duty
All of the affidavits dealt with al
legged irregularities on the part of
these policemen in connection with
dry enforcement.
Dry Agents Retaliate.
The dry agents submitted affidavits
against the policemen after Commits
sioner Oyster had laid before Prohibi-
ton Commissioner Haynes certain al
legations made by the vice squad
against Prohibition Agents Ruby.
Fowler and Packard.
Those agents were suspended from
duty pending an investigation by the
special intelligence unit of the Treas
ury Department, the results of which
have not yet been announced.
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Wahly, who was chairman Of the
board that tried the police, handed
the verdict to Maj. Sullivan today,
and it was then transmitted to Com
missioner Oyster.
Charge Against Davis.
One of the principal allegations
against Lieut.. Davis was that he
filled bottle in order to get evidence
in a liquor case, which was denied oy
the lieutenant at the trial.
Another charge was that the vice
squad permitted citizens to go on
raids. and it was alleged these out
siders carried guns This charge
also was denied. There were num-
ber of other allegations on which
the triad board took testimony.
Evening star., 1923-11-08
IGNORING paddock
BRINGS JAIL TERM
HoteIkeeper Sentenced to
Eighteen Months-First
Case of Kind in Country.

Paddock injunctions are not mere
scraps of paper" and violations may
lead to fine and Imprisonment for con-
tempt of court"
Joseph S. Graves, colored, had these
facts impressed on him today when
Justice Stafford of the District Su-
preme Court adjudged him guilty of
three distinct violations Of one of these
injunctions.
The court imposed a sentence of
$500 fine and six months in Jail in
each of the three cases, making a total
sentence of $1,000 fine and eighteen
months Imprisonment.
First Case OF Kind.
The case is said to be the first in the
United States where contempt proceed
ings in such cases have been success
full and fine and Imprisonment imposed.
Assistant United States Attorney
Kelly has had charge of the prosecu-
tion of Graves who conducted a ho-
tel at 16 and 1S>G street northwest.
On May 8 last he obtained a pad
lock" injunction against Graves for
dllcScu VI lhC FolSlCdu att
Despite the injunction, it was stated,
Graves continued to sell liquor, and
June 1 last the first contempt pro-
ceeding was instituted against him.
Case Is Delayed.
Because of the summer recess of
the courts the matter was not pressed
and September and October % the
two other contempt charges were
filed on affidayits of prohibition
agents that they had purchased in
toxicants at Graves establishment
The three cases were consolidated
and testimony taken in open court
before Justice Stafford. Graves de-
MED the sales, but the court found
against him and imposed the SEN
tences Attorneys T. Morris Wampler
and Robert E. Lynch, for: the hotel
keeper. noted an appeal to the Dis
trict Court of Appeals, and pending
the decision of that court, Graves is
at liberty, on bail.
Evening star., 1923-11-08
CoIored Woman, Left in
Prison, Says She Heard
Threats of Lynching.
CROWD COMES AT II;
JAILER NOTIFIED AT 2
Eight, Including Accused Murder
er, Fail to Leave With
Others.

Eleven prisoners, including one
murderer sentenced to a twenty-year
prison term, escaped from the Ar
lington county Jail late last night as
result of what county officials be-
lieve to be Outside help" Seven or
eight prisoners, including a man held
on the charge of killing his wife, did
not take the opportunity and leave
the Jail.
How the escape was accomplished
is not known. as the prisoners in the
mems section declared they knew
nothing of the actual escape. The
doors of the cells of the escaped men
lad been opened and two bars in the
downstairs rear of the Jail had been
sawed away, thus allowing the men
to crawl through a small opening. Of
ficials declare that the bars down
stairs had been sawed from the out
side.
Saw White-Robed Figures.
According to Helen Jackson, col
ored prisoner in the woman's sec
ton, about midnight she saw forty
nine automobiles containing white
robed figures pass the road by the
jail sounding their horns. Later, She
declared, she and another woman
prisoner, named Elizabeth. heard rap
pings on their cell window and, look
ing out. she said she saw two white
robed figures standing erect and
still under a tree by the Jail and also
two men in plain clothes. with their
Go oIr
She stated she heard the men in
plain clothes say: The whole
county is rotten" and II wish We could
take them out and lynch the whole lot"
She and her companion, the woman
said, thinking that some one was
trying to scare them, laughed and
the two men in plain clothes ran to
no more about it. they went to sleep
until Sandy Mcdaniel, a colored pris-
oner, told her to tell z. D. Kines,
deputy sheriff, who was asleep in
his quarters upstairs in the front of
the Jail. kines was called at o'clock.
Mcdaniel said that he saw the
machines go by, and declared that
some of them stopped a little farther
down the road from the Jail. He
said he did not know anything else
until he discovered the prisoners
gone.
All Police on Trail.
Every available man of the Airing
ton county police force is on the out
look for the escaped prisoners and
officials are investigating the deliv-
Continued on Page 2. Column IL
Evening star., 1923-11-08

The first snow Of the season
fell on Washington today. Snow
flakes fell in the outlying sec
tions of the city, turning later
into a light mist.
The, Petworth and Brightwood
sections and parts of the city in
! the extreme northwest reported
light, snowfalls, nearly cores
, bonding to a light rain as the
flakes turned into water as soon
as they touched the earth.
: Snowfalls have been recorded
in the Capital in, October, the
weather Bureau said, although at
this time of year a snowfall Is un-
usual.
Forecast for the afternoon to-
day predicts overcast skies, with
a continuation of the fresh north
west winds, which have been
blowing for the last two days.
Clear skies are promised for to-
night and tomorrow, with a drop
in temperature tonight to nearly
freezing. The temperature at
noon today was just below 40,
while q temperature tonight of
about "a or IS is predicted. al
Evening star., 1923-11-08
DIES AFTER EATING
POISONED BREAD
Wife Put Roach Powder in
Mullins by Mistake,
Police Told.

Chemists of the District health de-
partment today are analyzing the
contents of the stomach of Adolph
L. Schultze, fifty-four years old, 213
10th street northeast, who died early
today, to determine whether his death
was due to natural causes or from
the effects of roach poison which his
wife had put into mullins by mistake
The mullins were served at dinner
yesterday evening and shortly aft
erward, it is. said, both Mr.. Schultze
and his son. Edward Schultze, twenty
nine years old, complained of feeling
i'll. Mrs. Louise Schultze then discov-
cred that she had mixed the mullins
with the roach poison instead of yeast
powder The son, however, recovered
from his illness, but his father grew
steadily worse and died about 5
o'clock this morning.
DR.. A. w. Boswell, who has been
treating Mr.. Schultze for several
years, expressed the belief that he
was not victim of the insect poison.
DR.. Herbert E. Martyr, deputy coro-
ner conducted an autopsy at the
Schultze home today and sent Mr..
Schultzes stomach to the health de-
partment for analysis.
Evening star., 1923-11-08
VETERANS INQUIRY
MAY Be BROADENED
Hints Made That Employees
Are Blocking Senate Probe.
Forbes to Testify.

The scope of the Senate inquiry into
the Veterans Bureau probably will be
broadened as a result of statements
made to the investigating committee
late yesterday by it's counsel that GER
tain employees of the bureau have
sought in every way to hinder the
work of obtaining records and pa
pers for the prosecution of the in
quiry.
Z. c. Routsong, in charge of the
statistical division. who was assigned
by .pirector,Trank T. Hines to assist
committee counsel. was named as one
OF the employees, and the committee
asked that it be furnished a list of
the others. Specifically. Routsong
was charged with Withholding papers
relating to payments to Mathew
O'Brien, San Francisco architect.
for unused plans for a hospital at
Livermore. Calf.
One letter showed that O'Brien had
presented claim for only $4,000
in addition to the $4,000 paid him
for the original plans and commit
teemen indicated that this letter
would have been of much Importance
in its investigation into the pay
ment of $4,000 to O'Brien by the
general accounting Office of the bud
get bureau.
Employees May Be Called.
The committee was in recess today
until next Monday. Routsong and
some of the other employees may be
called next week. The committee
,le
Charles r. Forbes, former director
of the bureau. and some of his wit
nesses. Forbes was too ill yesterday
to attend the hearing and the time
of his appearance on the witness
stand is indefinite.
. Senator Reed, republican, Pennsyl-
vania, chairman of the committee,
has expressed a desire to have the
committees report and the record of
the hearings ready for Congress next
month. That this may be done, the
hearings will have to be closed next
week or the week following. Sew
eral major matters remain to be in
quired into. including Camp kearney,
Wash, and the operations of the
medical and claims division of the
bureau.
Recommendations for several i'm
portant changes in the law governing
the treatment of the former service
men are expected to be one outcome
of the investigation. While the COM
mittee has been in session only three
weeks, John F. Organ, its general
counsel, and an army of assistants,
including lawyers, doctors and serv-
ice men throughout the country. have
been conducting hundreds of investi-
cations for months.
AS a result of these inquiries and
the cooperation between Gen. O'Ryan
and Director Hines, the former has
reported to the committee that a
number of causes for criticism have
been removed. Many others remain.
however, and it is the opinion OF
those who have studied the question
that only amendments of the basic
law governing the bureau will a1ord
a remedy in a number OF the cases.
Evening star., 1923-11-08
Method to Predict
|Quakes Is Studied
By ByWeatherOffice

Earthquake records cannot be
used directly in predicting earth
quakes, the weather bureau an
nounces, ,Aut study of a collection
of these records throws a great
deal of light on the nature of
earthquakes generally, and it is
hoped that at some future time
this information may lead to sue
cessful methods of prediction.
The Hawaiian volcanic observ-
otory of the weather bureau util-
ICES these records and has been
instrumental in the saving of life
and property. When violent
earthquake that appears to have
occurred in the Pacific ocean is
recorded the observatory officials
send out warnings by cable and
otherwise to the regions likely to
be affected. Such earthquake
frequently are attended by So
called tidal waves and there us
ually is an interval of many
hours between the occurrence of
the quake and the arrival of the
. destructive oceanic wave at any
: given point.
Evening star., 1923-11-08
PARIS ANSWERS BERLIN.
Not Concerned With Bavarian In
cident. SAYS Note.

BERLIN, November S.-Premier e r
Poincare, replying to the regent Ger
man protest against the attitude of
the French general, de Metz, in the
Bavarian palatinate, informed Berlin
that the French government was en-
tirely unconcerned with preparations
for separatist action in either the
palatinate or the Rhine province and
would continue to be SO.
A semiofficial statement ,announc-
ing receipt of the reply says that it
eyaded answering the complaint t
against Gen. de Metz The German
government had especially taken Of
tense at his statement to represent
ative of Bavaria that the latter no
longer had power in the oalatinate
and that Bavarian officials there
were prohibited from executing their
duties.
Evening star., 1923-11-08
cROWNPR|NCB|BAN'
.TOBE DEMANDED Of
GERMANY BY ALLIES
Ambassadors Body ito hsk
Dutch Forbid Frederic
TO Leave Exile, i
RoYAIlsTs PLAN MARCH
o" CAPITAL 7o"9RRo"
Stresemaun Effort to Save Some
thing. Of Mark Hailed in
Financial Circles,
BY the Associa ted Press.

BY the Associa ted Press.
PARIS, November iS.-The
French government has inYtructed
its ambassador in Berlin to inform
the German government that
France would not tolerate. the es-
tablishment of a dictatorIal gov
ernment in Germany.
PARIS. November S.--The allied
council Of ambassadors decieed today
to request the Dutch government not
to allow former Crown Prince Freder-
ick William to leave Dutch territory
where he has been in exile since the
war, and also to ask the German gov
ernment not to allow him to enter
Germany, as he is on the list of per-
sons charged with war crimes. whose
arrest is sought by the alice govern
ments.
March on Berlin DELAYED.
LONDON. November S.-THe Berlin
correspondent of the Exchange Tele-
graph forwards a telegram from
Munich which says that the Bavarian
irregulars have decided to march on
Berlin tomorrow.
Evening star., 1923-11-08
OVER INCH OF SNOW
FALLS IN MARYLAND

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND. Md, November s.
One and one-half inches of snow fell
in Altamont- Terra Alta mountainous
section and fiurries occurred at
Thomas early yesterday morning. be-
ing the first fall of the season
The temperature ranged between
36 and 80 at Altamont;' Terra. Alta,
Thomas and Elkins to As degrees in
this city.
Automobiles coming from the vi
cinity of Uniontown and beyond were
covered with snow.
Evening star., 1923-11-08
SCOTLAND TOWNS STAY
FIRMLY IN WET COLUMN
Drys Lose by Wider Margin Than
in Vote of Three Years Ago,
:. Count Shows. -gf
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press. :. <-.i n, -
LONDON, November aS.-Judging q
from the results, already compiled in
the local option vote taken in forty
three towns in. Scotland this week,
the Liquor dealers and their custom
ers have every cause for satisfaction
In ali except q few places the "wets"
not only defeated the teetotalers, but
increased the victory they scored in
the last contest three years ago.
The utmost efforts of the pro-
liquor element, however, failed to
shake the resolution Of the residents
of Milngavie, Kirkintilloch and Kill
syth, who reafirmed their faith in
temperance. On the other hand. the
small town Of Auchterarder. Perth.
shire, fell from. grace and elected TO
revert ito the column Of the ''wets"
after three years experience with
prohibition.
Evening star., 1923-11-08
CHINESE POLICE WOUND
FOUR RUSSIAN REDS
Riot Breaks Up Parade at Harbin,
Manchuria, Marking An
niversary.
By the Associated Press. ,

BY the Associated Press.
HARDIN. Manchuria, November q
Four Russians were wounded, one
seriously, when Chinese police fired
on a crowd of communists celebrating
the anniversary of the Russian revo-
luton. The latter were marching in
the streets, carrying red banners and
making speeches against the police.
When the police attempted to dis
perse the celebrants a revolver shot
was fired from the crowd. The Off
GERS returned the fire. A general fight
seemed imminent until the soviet rep
resentative at Harbin arrived and as
sisted in dispensing the Russians.
Evening star., 1923-11-08
MARYLAND PASTOR
COMMITS SUICIDE
No Cause Known for Act of Rev.
W. J. Barnard in Garrett
County.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND, Nd. November s.
Rev. William j. Barnard. aged fifty
eight, pastor of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church South at Chestnut
Grove, five miles west of Blooming
ton, Garrett county. Md. committed
suicide yesterday in the cellar at his
home by cutting his throat with
razor He was discovered by his wife
and death came in five minutes.
He always was of a CHEEKY dispo-
sition, and no cause can be assigned,
either by members of his family or
intimate friends. He Is survived by
his widow, Mrs. Fannie Barnard, and
five children.
Evening star., 1923-11-08
MONEY PLAN HAILED.
Berlin Financiers See Stresemann
Proposal Advantage

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, November S.-Chancellor
Stresemann's hastily proclaimed meas
ures. intended to bring reliet in the
nations financial and food situation,
meet with varying degrees of approval
among the financial critics. Taey view
the governments DEGREES as primarily
possessing psychological Importance,
in that they assured the public that
the paper mark is not altogether
worthless and that it will be shortly
traded in against. the new ctdnage in
an equitable proportion
The governments failure to- fix def
nitely the value Of the paper mark in
relation to the present limited, issue OF
gold loan notes is the CHER source OF
popular disappointment, as the official
communiques the past three days We're
considered to have foreshadowed def
mite action at once in. this direction.
Tho government now makes Its
tingent upon it's ability to halt the
money presses and obtain sufficient
new revenues through the $omman-
deGring of foreign currencieS and the
levying of new taxes. theI foreign
moneys to be replaced with tthe new
German gold currencies.
In releasing 100000 tons of sugar
for export the government hopes to
coax S0,000,000 gold marks into its
exchequers. although the treaty of
Versailles imposes an export embargo
on saccharine products. Thia feature
Of the chancellors emergetcy pro-
gram. also is provoking diStrust on
the ground that the elimiration of
supply will. in all probability. result
this amount of sugar from the local
in the driving, up of retail prices in
the home market.
New Mark Ready Sosn.
The government hopes tos have its
issue of "rentenmarks," ass it's new
currency is christened, ready for cir
oulation November Is. No announce
ment has been made regarding the
size Of the issue or what precautions
will be provided to protect it from
lators. although the official com
munique hopefully asserts that with
the appearance of the new. currency
imitation will have come I'd an end"
1t is then proposed to arrive at an
estimate of the total volume of paper
marks in circulation throughout the
world in order to fix a rata at which
the paper mark will be redeemed for
the new gold currency, the :latter be-
ing conceived as blotter f4r absorb
ing the unnamed trillion t+illions of
numbered and unnumbersd paper
notes of varying denominations.
The official communiques suggest,
however. that the successful work
ing out of the governments present
scheme is in large measure dependa-
BILE upon it's ability to salvage the
situation in, the Ruhr and the Rhine
land, where the number of the unem-
ployed entitled to doles has already
reached two million.
Evening star., 1923-11-08
First Sno,uflakes of Winter
Fall on Washington Suburbs

though the thermometer will not
go to the freezing point.
Weather Bureau observers in
western Maryland, Virginia and
West Virginia. reported, light
snowfalls, while snow. fell stead
lily. in New York state, northern
Pennsylvania and throughout
New England.
Evening star., 1923-11-08
BRAZIL FIGHTING CEASES;
ARMISTICE IS SIGNED
News Hailed With Joy in Santa
Anna-Definite Peace
y Seen Soon.
By the Associated Press.


BUENOS AIRES, November s.
A dispatch to La Nacion from Rivera
says hostilities between the state
troops of Rio Grande do Sui, Brazil,
and the revolutioniSts ceased yester-
day, when a twelve-day armistice be-
came effective.
The dispatch adds that the news
was received joyfully at Santa Anna,
where rockets were fired and the
whistles in factories were blown.
There is reason to hope that a definite
peace is only a question of a few
days, says the correspondent.
Evening star., 1923-11-08
800 MILES AN H0UR:sEEN
BY LEC0INTE, FRENCH ACE
Is Having Plane Made. to Beat
Records. Of Brow and Will
liams, He Asserts.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS. November s.-SadI Lecointe,
the French ace, told a representative
of Auto he was convinced . speed Of
800 miles an hour by an aiEplane will
be exceeded before long: He an
nounced that he was having an engine
fitted into his machine which would
enable him to fly at q greater speed
than was recently attained! by Amer
lean Lieuts. Williams and Brow.
Evening star., 1923-11-08
ESTHONIA NAMES ENVOY.

REVAL, Esthonia, November s.
Prof. Piih, former Esthonian repre-
sentative in London and later foreign
minister, has been appointed minister
to the United States.
Evening star., 1923-11-08
WEATHER.

Fairs tonight and tomorrow; contin-
ued cool; temperature for twenty-four
hours ended at 2 pm. today: High
est. SO, .at 2 pm. yesterday: lowest,
Al. at Sam. today.
Full report on page 4.
Evening star., 1923-11-08

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