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Evening star., 1924-07-11
NOW HAVE EDGE ON FINNS
OF l76H POINTS TO lO3
Final in 4OO-Meter Run, Trials for 3,OOO-Meter
Team Race ard Five Events in the Decathlon
Are on Program for Today.

iiiiiSi III "" dHd PoiS Nouit ySotCi uoy ,
ark to 1864, while the men from the
despite the double victory OF Paavo
MS, have but l03
Great Britain. 461a; Sweden. 24H !;
ary, ~; South Africa, s; Norway, 4 j;
3 Canada was added to the
in the pole vault.
are to be decided today, will provide
one of the few direct competitions be-
tween the United States and Finland,
| the two leading nations in the strug-
gle for points. Heretofore the Firms
have largely improved their total in
little competition, and likewise the
athletes from the United States have
conquered in branches of sports
! where the Firms have seldom had a
look-in. The decathlon, however, may
develop into real fight for tirst
| honors between the Finnish cham
pion, Paavo Yriola, and the versatile
American, Harold Osborne of the IL
linois A. c., who won the American
| tryouts with a series o fine per-
! formances.
Aiding Finland's finest all-around
! athlete will be his brother, Herman
! Yrjola, while osborne will have the
assistance of Otto Anderson of the
! University of Southern California in
| the quest for points. Hoff of Norway
! Americans will have to reckon with,
| especially if his injured leg continues
| to bother him as little as it did yes
| terday in the 400-meter run.
Firms Favored in Team Race.
! The Americans also will find them
selves in direct opposition with the
| Firms in the trials for the 5000 me eter
! team race, in which the Firms will be
strong favorites with their grand
! triumvirate of long distance runners.
Nurmi, Ritola and Sipila. The Amer
! leans will start at least six men in
! the team event. Joie Ray, Edwin kir-
| by, Leo Larrivee, w. l.. TibbettS, jr. /;
| William Cox and James Connolly.
Evening star., 1924-07-11
BY the Associated Press.

Only one event, the 400-meter race.
VIII be decided today, the program
being:
p.m.-IG0-neter run in the de-
rnthl-,n.
3i45 r.m.-Brond jump in the de-
rnthtn and N:mf-finais of the 400
i:15 r.n.-Trials for the 5000 meter
team rae.
and trials for the 10 Geo meter walk.
":4I P.m.-IIigh jump in the de-
cnthIon.
p.n,.-Finais of the 400 ter
run.
ss45 5r.m.-iC0-n,eterr run i'm the de-
cathlon.
In:bach Has Real Rivals.
An even dozen runners survive for
the 400meter race from the two
series of elimination tests run off
yesterday in twenty-three separate
heats. in one Of which the world rec
ord for the distance was lowered to
As seconds by ImbaCh of Switzerla nd.
The men he VIII have to beat this
afterno oon in order to send the Swiss
flag up the stadium mast for the first
time since the weeks program began
are: Horatio Fitch, Chicago A. A; J..
toaId Taylor. New York a. c.. and
Johnston of Canada; +. H. Liddell and
q. Nj. Butler of Great Britain, Eng
dahl and SvenSSon of Sweden. Old
field and l.. b. Belts of South Africa
Charles Hoff Of Norway and Paulen
of Holland.
Direct Competition Here.
The decathlon, five events of which
Evening star., 1924-07-11
SAILING RACES BEGIN
By the Associated Press.


MEULAN. France. July 1.-THE
olympic sailing competitions have
opened on the wide and beautiful
reach of the Seine river here with
the four-meter boats of seventeen ma
tions covering the six-kilometer
course in the first heats. Finland
Belgium, Norway and Spain qualified
for the next round
Evening star., 1924-07-11

Eastern Athletic Association nine
will tackle Petworth Athletic Club
instead of the Standard Oil team to-
morrow at SIS o'clock at 18th and
c streets northeast The last-men-
toned club Cancelled its match with
the Fasteners.
Railroad Y. NJ. C.. A. Jossers will
play host to the Interior department
team tomorrow at $3.50 o'clock at
Union Station plaza
Evening star., 1924-07-11
FENCING MATCHES START.
Z the Associated Pres,

tHH hSsUCIdttu 1rtsh.
PARIS. July 11.-Nineteen nations,
represented by seventy three fencers,
have begun competition for the in
dividual Olympic epee title For
elimination purposes they have been
divided into seven sections, the first
six in each qualifying for the first
round of the semi-finals
Evening star., 1924-07-11

to his triumphs in the 10,000-meter
run and 3,000-meter steeplechase.
Jackson Schoiz of the New York
A. G. is Americas leading point win
ner thus far. He has / 5 to his credit,
representing first place in the 200
meter dash and second in the 100
meters.
Evening star., 1924-07-11

shamrock Seniors will be kept quite
busy this week end. They were to
play the unlimited Yellow Taxi team
today at sis o'clock, and have
Juniors tomorrow at o'clock Lib
erty Seniors will face the Shamrock
Seniors Sunday at l O'Clock. All
three games will be played at 5th
and l. streets southeast. The Sham
rock Seniors are to hold meeting
Monday night at 529 11th street
southeast. Players are expected to
be on hand at s O'Clock.
Evening star., 1924-07-11
lOl POINTS OF i. TOTAL
EARNED in FIELD, HOWEVER
Yankees Now Lead With Eight First Places to Six
for Firms, But the Latter May Pass Uncle Sam
With Several Distance Races Remaining
BY the Associated Press.

AR1S July 1.-THE OF the and
field has been demonstrated .vrlng
but the Stars and Stripes vctorous the
strength Of the field squad coached by Walter
the decisive factor
Analysis of the
have tailed 101 scoring
the
Bile nty-hv point
Evening star., 1924-07-11
POLO FINAL ON TODAY.

PARIS, July 1.-The Argentine
Olympic polo team will meet the
French team at st. Cloud today in the
last match of the Olympic tournament
which will decide the title. If the
South Americans win. they will cap
ture first place in the Olympic COM
petition.
Evening star., 1924-07-11
TITLE TO MISS LEITCH.

LIE ToUQUET, France. July H..
Miss Cecil Leitch of Great Britain
Yesterday won the French woman's
golf championship, defeating Miss M.
Hunnewell by 10 up and 8 to play.
Miss Hunnewell, a former American
woman golfer, represented Great
Britain,
Evening star., 1924-07-11

OhAhuc anu DAhs
The line in to-
days sketch which
extends straight I
back from, h c
ball is your direc-
tiOk line. You will
observe how the
mashie blnde goes
back slightly out
ride this lin e.
This Ii accom-
plfshed by reach
ing O ut cry
nlfEhtly with the
arms as the blade
Is drawn back.
Observe, however,
how the blade re-
Evening star., 1924-07-11
InSideGOlf
-Bv Chester Horton

uable to the player, suppose we trace
the blade clear through this shot and
see, with pictures. what happens to
hInde and ball.
Evening star., 1924-07-11

Ritola contributed 25 points to Fin
lands total of 1913 and Nurmi has
won 20, 10 for his victory In the
1,500-meter run and a like numb
for leading the field in the 5000
meters Five of Ritola's points came
when he ran second to Nurmi in the
latter event. The other 20 were due
Evening star., 1924-07-11
NJJRMI AND RITOLA ALONE
GIVE FINLAND As POINTS
BY the Associated Press.


ARIS July 1Fnlands Paavo Nurm
Willie Rtoa, between them for their
field
joint points below amad by
third
Evening star., 1924-07-11

according to Manager Jake Milwit,
who may be telephoned at Franklin
i902-W between 4:30 and 1880 o'clock
Evening star., 1924-07-11
O'DOnnell's Drug Store team viii

ODOnneifs Drug Store team will be
the opponent of the District Firemen
tomorrow on the Union Station plaza
in a game starting at o'clock The
Druggists are TO meet the Union
Printers Sunday at 3 o'clock on the
the Washington barracks field
With an 11-tO-9 victory over the
Star Midgets tucked away. the Hor-
nets planned to take the measure of
the Lafayette MidgetS today on dia-
mona No of the Monument
grounds. Challenges to the Hornets
are being received by the manager at
West I09S
Evening star., 1924-07-11

Qunrtermaster players battled for
eleven innings before they managed
to down the Air Service team, to 5,
in the War Department loop. ST.
Courtney of the losers slammed a homer.
His team made thirteen hits. with Hen
messy, O'Keefe, Simmons and Hughes
collecting two bingles each.
President ". NJ. Lawrence of the
Shamrock Midgets wants all players
with uniforms to attend meeting
tonight at $3.50 o'clock at 529 18th
street southeast
Evening star., 1924-07-11

Golf players in England are esti
mated to total about half million.
of whom perhaps a third are women
and girls.
Evening star., 1924-07-11

It's in handy shape-easy of
reference as you tour along
and adds to the pleasure Of
autoing by being always sure of
your road.
No matter whether you tour
much or little, you will want this
"Auto Route Distance Atlas"
in your car for ready reference.
Evening star., 1924-07-11
This Coupon and 15c
Buys a Copy Of The Stars Auto
mobile Route and Distance Atlas

upon presentation The Star Business Oce-or any
the nexstands IN the leading hotels Add &c for postaxe
The Washington times., 1924-02-19
Us. MAILS HELD
UP BY DOCK
STRIKE
First Violence Is Reported
When British Workmen At
tack Meat Wagons.
coRYRlol5T ~ NARRIA 4 EWING
By DAVID M. CHURCH,
InteEnatiOnal News Service.

LONDON, Feb. 1S!-The first vio-
lence in the dock workers strike
took place today when strikers at
tackled and overturned wagons which
were attempting to remove meat
supplies from. the waterside ware
honses.
Meat prices increased another 8
cents on the pound. making a total
increase Of z cents in two days.
Attempts to land cargoes Of fish
resulted in fights. The fishing In.
dustry is seriously crippled.
Numerous cargoes Of fruit are rot
Ting because they cannot be landed.
The Washington times., 1924-02-19
Peggy Joyce Still OF,
Hunt for Ideal Man

BOSTON, Feb 19-One thousand nfatuations- but
once in love-
Three meetings and a is hers.
Three marriages and Of the three is hers
But she is still on the hunt for man she can lovef ne
has money enough.
The Washington times., 1924-02-19
Oil Scandal Lawyers
VIII First Move for
Injunction

Injunctions will be filed "as
quickly as possible" to restrain
the Sinclair and Doheny oil COM
panies from extracting any fur
Their oil from the leased areas in
Teapot Dome and Elk Hills re-
serves, it was announced at the
White House this morning by
Owen ]. Roberts, special counsel,
after he and ex-senator POM
creme had conferred with Presi-
dent Coolidge.
1--WE are going to move swiftly
in this matter, but with the
proper amount Of caution" said
Roberts. Whatever we do, we
want to be nearly as uncriti-
cizable as possible.
1.-THE biggest task at first is to
sift through the immense amount
Of evidence adduced by the Sen
ate investigating committee.
That will take time"
An inquiring reporter asked:
Gust what have you accom-
plished SO fart"
"Well," said Roberts, laugh
ing, 1--WE have secured three
typewriters."
The Washington times., 1924-02-19
PRESIDENT IS
AGAINST. NEW
ARMORY
Opposed to Ball Measure for
100000, D. c. Heads
Informed.

President Coolidge opposes the
erection Of 100000 memorial
national guard armory to replace
the present inadequate arnory
building because 1t Is not in line
with his financial program.
This information was aconveyed
today to the Senate District Com
mittee by the District Commits
sioners, in reporting on the bill
introduced in the Senate by Sena.
tor Ball. providing for the erection
OF this armory.
The COMMISSIONER declare they
are Of the opinion the project is a
meritorious one and state that thew
asked Brig. Gen. H. M. Lord. Di-
rector OF the Budget, for an opinion.
According to the Commissioner.
General Lord presented the propo-
sttion to the Chief Executive. and
the general then wrote as follows
to the Commissioners:
Il have presented this matter to
the President, who has instructed
me to advise you that the proposed
measure contomplates an expendl.
ture which would be IN oomflinf
With -his financial progam@
The Washington times., 1924-02-19
LABOR BooMs coLPoYs
FOR b. C. COMMISSION

John b. Colpoys, well.known
Washington business man. 10 being
doomed for appointment by Presi-
dent Coolidge as District Commits
sioner.
A campaign for Colpoys was
started last night, when the Central
Labor Union adopted q resolution
petitioning the President to choose
Colpoys. The terms Of Commits
sioner Rudolph and Oyster. end next
month.
Although engaged in business,
Colpys IL q ceiegate TO the central
body and his nomination by Presi.
dent Coolidge would give labor q
post on the board Of Commissioners
which Il has hitherto been denied,
tn .Hnnnluitoa sGfAtn0s
The Washington times., 1924-02-19
U.s.. TO PROBE
SHOOTING Or
SENATOR
White House Orders InVesti-
gation-District Attorney
to Take Testimony.

Acting on orders from the White
House to Immediately investigate
the shooting of Senator Greene,
United States District Attorney Pey-
ton Gordon announced today that
he would begin taking Of testimony
In the case late this afternoon.
Witnesses OF the shooting have
been notified to present themselves
at Major Gordon's office. It is
the opinion Of the district attorney
that sufficient evidence is available
to enable him to 60 before the
grand jury and seek an indictment.
Wayne B. Wheeler. general coun.
sci and legislative superintendent Of
the Anti-Saloon League. was called
upon today by Attorney Harry
Whelan to give the police any In
formation that he might have rsla-
tive to the shooting Of Senator
Frank l.. Greene.
In q statement appearing in q 10
cal paper Wheeler was quoted az
saying that he had information
about the shooting purporting to in
dicate that BENJAMIN ChesevOir and
Raymond Beavers were heavily
armed when they were surprised in
Jackson Hall alley by prohibition
Agent Otis Fisher.
Attorney Whelan, counsel for the
accused men, said that he had re-
que9ted MIR. Wheeler to turn over
to the police or the prosecuting at
torney any information that he
might have that either Cheaevoir or
Beavers were armed.
Alarmed at the sudden turn for
the worse in Senator Greene's con-
dition. prohibition officials today an
nounced that Agent Fisher had
been relieved of active duty"
That the death Of Senator Frank
L. Greene 10 m0mentarily feared was
indicated at the Emergency Hospital
today, where Il was CONTINUOUSLY
stated there was ''no Change'' in
the legislators condition following
q tltful nights rest.
A second operation was performed
on Senator Greene last night, the
purpose being to remove particles
OF bone and Inflammation from the
wound In the Senator'S head. The
operation was performed at Elmer.
gency Hospital by DIR. Daniel l..
borden. The following physicians
were also in attendance: DR.. Thomas
LindeIl, DR.. III. H. Carr, DR.. c. 8.
White and DIR. w. T. Davis.
finances are against Senator
Greene's recovery" DR.. Borden adj
nits. He has suffered q severe
nemorrhage Of the brain. This was
caused by q fragment Of bono strik-
ITSELF"
Treasury officials, II II learned.
are conducting an investigation into
the shooting independent Of the po-
nce ana prohibition official9 tnves-
t9anols bofoHa taking. administraD
The Washington times., 1924-02-19
DAlJGHERTY
TOKEEP
POST
Attends Cabinet Meeting and
Means to Fight His
Foes to Finish.
By GEORGE r. HOLMES,
Intsrnattenal NswS Service staaf

eas
tcopyrfght. 1884. By Tntsrnational.-.
News ssrvice.)
Attorney General Harry N.
Daugherty has no immediate inten-
tion Of resigning from the Cabi.
net, he told his friends today.
The one thing that could cause q
change in his plans would be for
President Coolidge to indicate that
his retirement would be a welcome
relief to the Administration
thus far the President has given
no such indication, despite the
enormous pressure that has been
and is being exerted on the White
House to this end.
Attends Cabinet Meeting.
The Attorney General declined to
mako any statement following the
Cabinet meeting today, although it
had previously been announced that
he would have something to say
at that time.
II have nothing to say, boys" he
said. In response to all inquiries.
Neither Teapot Dome nor the
question OF whether Daugherty
should resign was discussed in the
Cabinet meeting, according to men,
bers. The meeting lasted the GUS
tomary hour and q half, and when
It was concluded the Attorney Gen.
eral remained talking with Mr..
Coolidge for q few minutes.
Then he left the White House.
and indicated that anything forth
coming would have to be from the
President and not from himself.
Intention IL to Fight.
The Attorney Generals, inclina-
ton and present intention IL to
fight. He feels he has committed
no wrong, he feels he In clear in
the OIL mess, and he believes his
of the Department
Of Justice win stand the test Of
any investigation.
This attitude on the part of
Daugherty was made known at a
In his apartment that
lasted until the early hours Of
this morning.
Present were five Administration
leaders I'm the Senate-SenAtors
Continued on Page Q. Column 81
The Washington times., 1924-02-19

''Women paw over men too much;
all petting them, squeezing their
arms and sitting too close to them.
The best Of girls do this. Not I.
Men like some thing that is hard
to get.
'The trouble with most girls IL
that they let q man kiss them
without making them say q lot Of
sentimental twaddle.
"''Nlo man has ever kissed me with.
out first telling me that he loved
me more than any other woman in
the world.
do faint away in his arms
after he tells me he loves me? Oh.
Cususinnpd On RpeS-2. Column -
The Washington times., 1924-02-19

The three persons arrested win
be given hearing late today before
Magistrate Johannsen. They are:
Samuel DiPauIa, jr., 445 e.
Becker street; John Louisa, 410
w. Camden street, and Elizabeth
Louisa, midwife.
DtPaula and Louisa are alleged to
have been the men who made the
midnight journey to the hospital
with the girl after she had failed to
rally from the effects Of an illegal
operation.
Fled from Hospital.
The arrests were made following
y City1wtde search in the early
hours Of the morning.
A little past midnight the death
laden car drove up to University
Hospital and DIR. r. c. Plyer, mem.
her OF the hospital staff of
physicians, was summoned to the
automobile by two mem
There in the darkness, at the
entrance to the pospital, DR.. Plyer
felt the pulse OF the girl and found
Il inactive. He informed the men
that their patient was dead.
Overcome with fear, DR.. PIyer
said today, the men jumped in their
car and sped away.
You'll never catch me alive" one
OF the men shouted as the car
drove off, DR.. Plyer said.
The automobile, It was learned,
carried the license number Of a car
owned by Samuel DiPaula sr.
All three Of the persons arrested
denied today that an illegal opera,
ton had been performed on the
girl.
The Washington times., 1924-02-19
IS DEAD IN
NETWORK
FIRE
Tenement House Burns and
Victims Are Cut OFF at
StairWays.
by international Newp Service.

NEW YORK, Feb. 19Thir-
teen persons, seven Of them chill
dren, were burned to death early
today in . fire which swept .
five-story tenement at S97 Madi-
son street, on the lower eastside.
Furnace Of Flame.
The tenement was q furnace of
flame when, the first fireman ar
rived. The blaze, which started
/ in baby carriage in a lower hall,
spread through the building with
great rapidly.
Rescuers who sought to enter the
blazing building found the stair
ways destroyed and the air shafts
pillars Of flame.
Firemen. stumbling through the
smoke, came upon the bodies Of
all but one Of the thirteen dead
in the Railways. where the victims
had fallen. overcome by smoke. to
jumped to Death.
The other victim jumped to death.
The dead:
William Barrett, thirty.five: Mrs.
Nellie Barrett, forty; Margaret Bar
rett, ten; Catherine Barrett five;
William Barrett, IT,, one year old:
Felix HarlOwy. eleven; Mrs. Alex.
ander Harkowy, thirty-five: Frank
HarkOwy, sixteen; Tony Harkowy,
twelve; Julius Berger, thirty-five;
Mrs. julius Berger. thirty; Mrs. Bes.
sic Smith. forty; - Berger, a boy.
fourteen.
OF the thirteen dead, four were
women and two men. Three boys.
aged eleven. twelve and fourteen
years, and four girls, one an infant.
the other five, seven and sixteen
years Of age, were the other VIC
time.
Two persons were injured, a young
girl and an aged man.
Many Heroic Rescues.
Police and fireman made many
heroic rescues. In the bitter cold
and under the spray Of the freezing
water they fought their way to
lower windows Of the house, carry.
ing people to safety.
With the discovery Of the blaze
tenants rushed panic stricken to
doors and windows, opening them
wide and sending a draft through
the tenement, tanning the flames
and causing the building to burn
like finder.
Firemen found most Of the dead
narrow smoke-filled hallway they
came across the bodies Of nine
victims.
Gut OF at Stairs.
All had tried to reach the RAM
shaclxle stairs, which by the time
Of their awakening evidently was
q mass of flame. Cut off here the
victims turned down long marrow
hallway to tho windows facing the
street. None reached them, the
charTed bodies indicate.
detectives. began a city.wlde search
for the man believed to have started
the fire. Two men were arrested
at the scene. but later released.
Seek PyrOmaniac.
Police. believe the blaze was set
| by the same man, who, during the
past three weeks has set fire 10
five other tenementS IN the lower
The Washington times., 1924-02-19
1h|R1 Pc IRISH III
NY. TENEME FIRE
Senators Pry Into Oil Stock Deals
Dempsey win Meet
Fans at Hearst
Building

Jack Dempsey, acknowledged
the greatest heavyweight bat
tier of all time, will demon
strate his favorite punches at
the Coliseum next Friday night.
The champion will arrive in
the National Capital early Fri
day morning and arrangements
have been made with Promoter
Joe Freeman Tor the conqueror
of Carpenter, Firpo, Willard
and others, to hold a public
reception in the business office
of The Washington Times and
The Washington Herald, 1921 H
street, Friday afternoon, be-
tween 2 and : o'clock.
Fight fans Of the District are
cordially invited to be present
to meet Dempsey in person.
The Washington times., 1924-02-19

BABY FREDERICK p. KEACH, JR
Mrs. Lillian Reach Of Salem, Mass, declares in her divorce
that tie baby she introduced to the world her
Of her husband and another She has letter which under
posmark of July 1922 outlines the strange bargain
she she allowed the other the
Reach Brooklyn hospital where baby born The
baby Frederick PaysOn Keach , s twenty months old
Mrs. Reach has kept the carefully She
Marian L. Lyman of Beverly Mass divorced woman
correspondent Dr. Reach is already the defendant $4,000
alienation suit brought by Horace husband Lyman