davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1924-07-15
TWO DROWN AS CANOE
GOES OVER CATARACT
Bow and Girl Lose Lives in Cas-
selman River When Panic
Overcomes Party.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND, Md, July 16.-Miss
Louise Harding, aged Is. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Harding. Sails
bury, Pa, and Clifford Crosby, IS
years old, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Crosby. Meyersdale, Pa. were drown?
ed In the Casselman River, near
Grantsville, Nd. late Sunday night
when their canoe went over the falls.
Miss Martha, Patton and John Bynon
of Salisbury, who were in the canoe,
anaged to make the shore. They
gave the alarm at the camp. Miss
Harding jumped from the canoe when
IT approached the falls. Crosby jump
ed to save her and both were carried
over.
Hundreds joined in an all-night
search and yesterday morning. IL
hours after the tragedy. the body of
Crosby was found about 30 feet be-
low the falls in four feet Of water.
The water where Miss Harding leaped
"a about five feet deep. but the swift
current makes swimming difficult.
.crosby's body was taken to his home.
Miss Harding's father arrived and
toined In the search for her body,
which was recovered late yesterday.
Exploding dynamite failed to bring
it to the surface. In the evening.
however. q party OF tourists noticed
the body floating near bridge and
directed attention to it. Previous to
this the girls father became frenzied
and, taking a rake. waded out into
the river in an attempt to find it
He was rescued from the swift >cur-
rent.
Evening star., 1924-07-15
VICTIM Of APHAS|A
IS WAITING ON KIN
C. R. Davis, Who ''Found''
Self Here, Is improving
at GaIIinger.

Charles Raymond Davis, thirty, Co.
lumbus, Ohio. aphasia victim, who was
able to recall his identity in this city
yesterday, and who appealed to the
police to assist him. spent a restful
night at Gallinger Hospital and his
befogged brain seemed accordingly
benefited. He is willing to remain in
the hospital until word is received
from his home.
Davis Is anxious to return home to
be with his wife and child. He would
rot venture to say how his wife would
receive him after his wanderings
since July 2, when. he stated, he was
in an automobile accident while
teaching a prospective customer to
drive.
Today the patient was able to
repeat only :he story he told yester-
day. being unable to recall anything
of his wandering about the country.
He also If unable to recall where he
obtained the khaki suit he was
Davis is being cared for under the
supervision of the Board of Charities.
Letters were sent to relatives i'm
mediately after he disclosed his
identity. Responses are expected
tomorrow.
1t is thought by officials of the
board that relatives of the man may
hurry here.
Evening star., 1924-07-15
18TH STREET MERCHANTS
. ASK CHANGE IN PAVING
Want Seventy-Foot Roadway.
Commissioners Will Give Con-
sideration to Plea.

A committee Of 18th st1eet business
Nen called on the District Commits
sioners today and requested them to
make a last-minute change in the
work now in progress of widening
that thoroughfare between F and I
streets.
The engineer department plans to
make the roadway eighty feet wide
with a fifteen-foot sidewalk. The 18th
street property owners ask the Com
missioners to change this to q sew
enty-foot roadway with a twenty-foot
sidewalk on each side.
The Commissioners advised the COM
inittee, which was headed by Myer
Cohen, that II all the owners will
agree to bear any additional cost that
may be incurred by the engineer de-
partment in rearranginG its plans
quest.
Evening star., 1924-07-15
GIRLS Joke BRINGS
ARREST OF FOUR
Wonders What tSergt. Davis
Would Think of Her Bottle
of Liquor; Finds Out.

Lieut. Davis Of the vice squad, need
ing a shave, dropped into the barber
shop at the northwest corner OF d and
Sixth streets. opposite the Police Court.
shortly after l o'clock this afternoon.
While In the chair a bevy Of four
young women came into the barber shop.
asksd Of the head barber for that bottle
of Coca Cola that they had left on ice.
Tho barber produced pint bottle OF
liquor the girls had left there, which he
delivered to one OF the girls.
As they were leaving the shop the
girl, holding the bottle high above
her head. remarked: II wonder wnas
Sergt Davis Of the vice squad would
do IL he would see me with this
Ha, ha, h." in which all the girls
Joined.
Arrested By OAeers.
Leaving the barber shop. the girls
said they were going over to Police
Court, saying they were going to
give it the once-over. Davis. having
his shave finished, went out and called
Ssrgt. McQuade' and waited by q big
automobile driven by the girls.
Twenty minutes later the four girls
came out Of the Police Court building
and entered the machine. and At that
psychological moment Lieut.. Davis
and SsrEt. McQuade placed them un-
der arrest, charging them with trans
porting liquor in violation of the pro-
hibition law. They were taken to No.
3 precinct, where they Gave the fol-
lowing names and addresses:
Elizabeth Clements, twenty-one
years old, 60l r street; Evelyn Dixon,
twenty-one, 721 18th street; Agnes
Shaw. twenty -one, 1904 Benning road
northeast, and Eleanor Dracums,
twenty-five years old, $40 18th street.
The police say these names are all
fictitious.
Evening star., 1924-07-15
NEW RULES CURB
STREET VENDERS
Regulation Limits Push Cart
Men to Few Places in
Congested Area.

In another EFFORT to curb the ac-
tivfties of push cart men in the DOWN
town section, the District commis-
sionsrs today enacted q police regula-
tion designating certain areas to
which street enders must conf1ne
themselves within the congested sec,
tion OF the city. 20, ,'
The locations designated follow
West side OF sth street between E and
F; east side of 7th street, extending
southwardly from drinking fountain
Immediately south of B street: a
space of $50 feet on the lot 'front.'
ing on Little B street, between 10th
and 11th streets; from the the west
curb line of 10th street; north side of
/ street from 10 to 11th street: south
east corner, of 8th and ! streets, 100
feet on each street and west side of 7th
street, between X street and Mount
Vernon place.
These locations were agreed upon
following consultation with Capt
Brown of the first precinct. The
regulation was enacted <as the result
Of a recent appeal to the Commits
sioners by the Merchants and Man
ufactureFs' Association.
Were Barred Altogether.
several months ago the comm lSSlon-
ers enacted regulation barring
street venders entirely from that area
referred to as the congested section
in the traffic regulations. In a re-
port to the Commissioners today Cor
poration Counsel Stephens pointed out
that the court failed to sustain this
regulation, holding In substance that
while the Com missioners could regu-
late street vending, they could not pro-
hibit 1t entirely go ~-
"Unauestionsbly," said the corpora
ton counsel "the Commissioners
should have authority and power not
only to regulate but to prohibit from
such sections of the city rs they deem
proper in the interest OF the public
the activities OF these yenders: Such
authority should be requested OF Con-
gress. With the increase in traffic in
the downtown section the operation
Of these venders greatly adds to the
trafnc congestion, discommodes and
works to the annoyance and disturb
ance Of the public. 1t will be noted
that while the Court of Appeals de-
cided that the Commissioners could
not prohibit the operation of these
venders, they have the power to regu-
late their activities.
Evening star., 1924-07-15
COOLIDGE TO SHIFT
ADV|SERS0F c. O.P.
Campaign Body Will Be In
formal, With Changes as
Situation Demands.

The Republican advisory committee
in, the forthcoming campaign, as con-
ceived by President Coolidge. will be
an informal body with a shifting per-
sonnel, representative of various sec
lions and points of view.
Mr.. Coolidge will discuss campaign
plans tomorrow with William M.
Butler. the national chairman. but 1t
10 probable that no announcement
will be made then or later as to the
membership Of the advisory commit
tee, because OF its informal nature.
Tho body is expected to have a moro
or less permanent nucleus, with Re-
publican leaders called in from time
to time to give advice on particular
plans and special problems.
Bexins speech seon. :.
One Of the subjects to be considered
by Mr.. Coolidge with his campaign
manager involves details Of the noti-
ncation ceremonies to be held here on
the evening Of August II. The Prest-
dress he viii deliver At that time. in
eSgp.,..s eyETra:lns the Republican national
The retirement Of Charles B. War
rem of Michigan as Ambassador to
Mexico. formally announced last night
in Mexico City. was followed by the
statement today At the White House
that Mr.. Warren. would have 4 prom
tnent. part In the campaign. He will
be member Of the advisory commit
tee, but the exact scope OF his duties
will not be determined until he ar
rives here late this month.
BuSesun Sees PresiAent.
Senator Bursum. Republican, New
Mexico. advised Nj. CooiidEe today
TO commit the party to a definite
policy With regard to water conser-
vation, hood control and reclamation
in the southwest. including negotia-
tion OF = treaty with Mexico to clsri-
fy water rights along the border
He said he received the impression
that Mr.. Coolidge probably would
make no campaign trips into the
west, the contest in that section be '
Ing left to Charles G. Dawes, the vice
presidential candidate, and other Re.
publican speakers.s
Evening star., 1924-07-15
ARNSTEIN MAY RETURN
81 900, 900 IN BOND LOOT
Courts Negotiate With Prisoner for
Recovery of Stolen Wan Street
.. Securities.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated PreEs-
NEW YORK, July 15.-Negotiations
intended to lead to the recovery of
more than 100000 worth of securi-
ties stolen in the $s.ooo.000 Wall
street bond thefts OF 1919 and 1920
were opened today between repre-
sentatives of the federal and state
courts and Jules w. (Nicky) Arm
stein, who was convicted and sent to
the federal penitentiary at Leaven-
worth ---T
Arnstein's attorney announced that
the prisoners motion for q dismissal
Of an indictment still pending against
him had been Withdrawn today. This
indictment charges Arnstein with
criminaily receiving stolen property.
He was convicted on q charge OF
conveying stolen securities from New
York to Washington.
Arnstein was said to have offered to
recover more than ~$1.ooo.o0o worth
OF the securities on condition that
tho indictment be dismissed. With
drawal Of the motion was looked
upon by attorneys for Arnstein's
creditors a. q certain indication that
the prisoner Undecided to give all
the Information he possessed regard
ing the missing securities- -Argu-
ments on the motions were heard
yesterday, and Judge Mcintyre has re-
served decision.
The bonds which are the subject of
the negotiations are all non-negotia-
Bile. -
Evening star., 1924-07-15
FILIPINO INDEPENDENCE
DISBURSEMENTS ENDED
Wright, Holding Appropriation
Unconstitutional, Makes Sus-
pension Permanent.

By the Associated Press.
MANILA, July 15.-Insular Auditor
Wright has made permanent his rul-
ing, first issued March Is, suspending
payments from the million pesos fund
by the last legislature
for carrying on promotion work in
support of Philippine independence,
he announced today. The ground on
which he acted is that the measure il
unconstitutional
The question of Wright's power to
suspend the payments was referred
to the Attorney General of the United
States, who, however, upheld the in
sular onlciai.
Auditor Wright's ruling making the
suspension permanent says:
IF the legislature exceeds the pow
er conferred on it by Congress in the
passage Of any act. that act is not
the act of the people through their
duly elected representatives, but the
act Of individuals who falsely speak
and act in the name OF the people.
The suspension of further payments
under this act, therefore, Is made
final, and no further payments arising
from claims growing out OF this act
will be passed in audit"
Evening star., 1924-07-15
HINES AIDS VET
Who Struck HIM
Orders Case Of Former SOL
der Expedited h Bureau.
Makes No Charges.

While q Hood Of messages from
veterans and ofhctal publications Of
ex-service men condemn the action
OF Thomas n. Dsaver Of Texas, who
with his hsts recently attacked Di-
rector Hines of f.ths Vstsran1 Bureau
Gen. Hines not only has failed to
file any charges against the man
for the unprovokad assault, but
has givsn orders that the mans case
be "expsdtted In every possible way"
Letters have been exchanged be-
1t was learned today, In which the
assaflant apoiogised. and the general
declared: Nothing that has trans
pired will In any way prevent the bu-
reau from rendering Q fair and i'm
partial decision In your case" The
central board Of appeals.
Deaver In his letter to Gen. Hines
said: Il am very sorry that an ac-
count Of our encounter in your Office
yesterday should have been published
in the newspapers.
ADoSoSise4 fer Act.
"As I review the matter in my mind
I realize that the worry and anx-
iety, on top OF my present physical
condition during the past three weeks
while here seeking to have my case
adjusted, caused this outbreak.
want to tender my apologies to you
in this matter"
Gen. Hines in his letter of reply,
which was sent to the veteran here
It the Hotel vendome. said it had
been "dtnicuit for me to conceive Of
Just what there was in my conduct
toward you that should have caused
the outbreak.
II have always endeavored." said
Gen. Hines. TO treat ali ex-sevice
men. especially those who are dis
abled, with the greatest courtesy and
any way. departed from this rule.
Therefore your act was to my mind
most unexpected.
Il can assure you that am glad to
learn that after thinking the matter
self In your letter Of July 8. Let me
assure you that nothing that has
transpired will In any way prevent
the bureau from rendering q fair and
impartial decision In your case. and
expedited In every possible way.
Paper ConAensas Attack. 2's
The Disabled American Veterans
Weekly, one of the most ardent cham
pions of the disabled men, prints in
its latest issue an editorial under the
caption Hurting Disabled - Not
Hines" In which the attack upon the
general 10 deplored. and. 1t is de-
clared: Every blow struck in the
ONCE Of the director of the Veterans'
Bureau this week was q blow At the
cause of the disabled man. There was
nothing that was heroic, but much
that was stupid in the whole as
sauit."
Gen. Hines has received numerous
letters from veterans in all parts Of
upon him, and expressing the strong
est condemnation for such violence.
Reports that beavers case had
been closed" were answered at the
bureau by the text of Gen. Hines
letter to Deaver. dated July 10.
Evening star., 1924-07-15
URGES CLOSER RELATIONS
Dr.. Rowe Declares Better Acouaint-
ance Between Americas Needed.

The need for closer acquaintance
between the peoples Of the American
continent was emphasized by DR.. Leo
Rove, directory general Of tho Pan
American Union, In . lecture today to
the summer school of George Wash
ington University, at the Concordia
Lutheran Church.
Or. Rowe spoke on THE Develop
ment OF the Relations Of the United
States With Latin America" While
the formal governmental relations be-
tween the United States and the coun-
tries of Latin America are in q most
satisfactory condition, he said, there
Is = very great need for closer ac-
Quain tance." On such acquaintance,
rest.
The general functions of the fed
eral bureau OF education were out
lined by Commissioner John ]. TiEert
at the summer school lecture yester-
day. DR.. Tgert emphasized especially
the constructive program of educa-
tion which the bureau II pushing in
Alaska.
Evening star., 1924-07-15
COOLIDGE PARDONS TWO
IN RAIL STRIKE RIOT
B. W. Sisson and N. J. Sullivan
Were Out on Bail Here
Pending Appeal.

Pardons were issued yesterday by
President Coolidge for Robert w. Sis
son Of $50 Kenyon street and Maurice
]. Sullivan OF Mount Ida, Va, sentenced
to the penitentiary for participation in
riots connected with the railroad
strike in 1922.
The Investigation which led to the
pardons was conducted By Assistant
District Attorney Preemont.
Stsson and Sullivan were charged
with an attack on James r. Keaton and
Judson R Powers: who were not on
strike. Eight other men connected with
the assault are serving sentences, but
Slsson and Sullivan were out on bail
pending appeal here.
Evening star., 1924-07-15
$1,0D,o0 IN DRUGS
SEIZED. SHIP HELD
100 U. S. Agents Board Ital-
ian Liner After Member of
Crew Falls in Trap.
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. July lS.--One hundred
customs agents remained aboard the
1talia-America liner Duilio. early to-
day, continuing their search for, con-
traband drugs. when. after = night
raid, which netted federal narcotic
agents $l.0oo.000 worth Of contra
band and nine prisoners, 1t was re-
ported that similar amount Of mar
cotics remained hidden aboard the
vessel.
Capt. Francesca Schissino of the
Duilio, seven Of his chief officers. and
Grata Irtura. ships plumber, who, ac-
cording to the raiders, confessed
smuggling, were taken into custody.
Capt. Schissino and his fellow officers
protested they knew nothing of the
narcotics when they were awakened
at the height of the raid and escorted
to police headquarters. - g..
Two narcotics agents were credited
with the coup which led to the dis
covery of 500 packages OF narcotics
concealed about the first-ciass cabins
of the liner. After having, as they
reported, negotiated with the plumber
for the purchase of the contraband
for $4,000, they secretly summoned
score of narcotic and customs
agents. who swarmed over the Duilio
at her North River pier and made the
seizures and arrests
Order Search Of Ship.
Before the raid was ordered Irtura
had been induced to accumulate the
500 hidden packages of contraband
and to accept a $4,000 roll of bills
made to look like $4,000. A syste-
matte search Of rugs, furniture and
fittings of the vessels passenger
quarters was ordered. and 100 Gus
toms men were assigned to the Job
when it was reported by "Eo-
between" who first put the narcotic
agents on the trail, that another
million dollars worth Of contraband
had been smuggled in by the Duilio
According to this "go-bebtween,"
whom the agents encountered sew
eral months ago in a Broadway caba-
ret, the narcotics, bearing the trade
$1,000 nv ~ A<oiNoi ShSHiolop " or e ocS-
tined for distribution throughout the
United States at SIS an ounce. The
Duilio arrived from Genoa yesterday.
Confesses Bringing Painting.
Besides confessing that he smug-
gled the narcotics, according to au-
thorities, Irtura disclosed that he had
brought to America on the Duilio, in
an unsuccessful attempt to sell them,
two sections of painting by Michel
angelo which he said had been stolen
from a cathedral in northern Italy
a year ago, and for which the Italian
government had offered q 800, 900
reward.
1rtura is alleged to have told A.
sistant United States District Attor-
ney Polakoff that he cut the painting
in four parts. Two of the pieces he
smuggied here on the Duilio's last
voyage, having closed a deal to sell
them at $500 each. But the deal fell
through. Irtura is reported to have
dsasred. SO he took the pieces back
to Genoa and left them there.
The stolen Michelangelo, painted
on wood, represented . Madonna and
child, he said.
Evening star., 1924-07-15
RICH WIDOW, So, MARRIES
THIRD TIME, POET OF 20
Mrs. Henrietta Hobbs Beal Of
Shrewsbury, Mass, Bride Of
Harold Kreb Friend.

SHREWSBURY. Mass. July Is
1t was learned last night that Mrs.
Farm here, wealthy widow Of MAI
Howard w. Beal, who was killed in
the World War. was quietly married
last Thursday to Harold Kreb Friend
Of New York. writer and poet.
Tho marriage license states that 1t
is MrA Bears third marriage. and
gives her age as hfty-three and that
Of the bridegroom - twenty-eight
The couple will sail for = visit to
Paris later this month.
Evening star., 1924-07-15
BL ooDHoUnDS REVEAL
DROWNING OF WOMAN
Body Of Mrs.. ]. B. Christian Found
in Canal-Infant Il Miss
ing Also.
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va. July 16.-The
body Of Mrs. John b. Christian, wife
Of . merchandise broker here. was
found In the James River and Ka-
nawha Canal this morning after An
all-night search by Richmond and
Henrico County police.
The authorities were unable to
find any trace OF. Mrs. Christians In.
FAINT, who was carried by the mother
when she left her home yesterday
Afternoon.
search for the mother ana child
was started late; last night, when
Mrs Christian failed to return home.
Her stecs were traced by blood
houads from the house to the banks
Of ths old canal, and when It was
apparent to ohloers that the woman
he'd entered the canal, the water was
drained from 1t and the body found.
Thare still 10 enough water in the
canal 70 hide the body OF the six
lmonth-oA' child. and oficefs are con.
tinuine the search In the belief that
the baby went to death with the
,
Evening star., 1924-07-15
PORTER sLAYs WIFE
AND TAKES OWN LIFE.
Woman Dies in Hospital After Shot
in Teppie-Domestie Trou-
.bles Are Blamed.

William Hill, colored, q Pullman
porter. shot and fatally wounded his
wife at Second and Seaton streets
last night and then killed himself.
The Woman died early this morning
At Freedmen's Hospital from a bullet
wound in the right temple. Domestic
Hills action.
MIS- Hill was . graduate Of How
ara University and was % years old.
She had been married about two
years and recently filed charges Of
threats and non-support against Hill.
She lived at l2S Seaton street ana
her husband resided at 2025 Thir-
teenth street. Hill, 46 years old, was
former resident Of Norfolk, va.
Coroner Nevitt deemed an inquest
unnecessary.
Evening star., 1924-07-15
GEORGE E. HEBBARD
COMMITS SUICIDE
CONTINUED from First Pase.)

Continued from First PaSe.)
of Mrs. Cox is registered in the name
of william A. Cox, s19 Fifth street
northwest, and that after the name OF
Miss Holther as Miss Harriet Holther,
1725 H street northwest. -..,.
At the Nevius establishment it was
said that the women were friends of
the family. "
Coroner hewitt viewed the body at
the Nevius undertaking establishment
and gave q certificate of suicide
Hebbard is survived by his widow
and a son, George Miller Hebbard,
u. S. A., now at Camp Meade, Md.
Mrs. Hebbard was said to have been
on a shopping tour when the suicide
was committed.
Born IN Rockville.
Mr.. Hebbard was fifty years Of age,
having been born December Z, 1873, at
Nd, the son OF John Mar
shall Hebbard and Charlotte H. Heb
bard.
The deceased was a graduate of the
Rockville High School. He had been
in the merchant tailoring business
since 1900. having served as presi-
dent of the Merchant Tailors' Ex-
change one year and as its secretary
for eleven years. He had also been
active on several committees Of the
National Merchant Tailors' Exchange.
He was a director Of the American
Commercial and Savings Bank and a
member of a number Of local organ
izations, including the Board Of Trade,
the City Club, the Kiwanis Club, the
Bannockburn Golf Club. tho Kali
Drama Citizens Association, the Sons
of the American Revolution and the
Vaughn Class and Vaughn Club Of
Calvary Baptist Church. In the Ma
sonic Order, he was a member Of
La Fayette Lodge. No. 19, F. A. A. NJ. !;
of Columbia Chapter, No. 1, r. A. M {;
of Columbia Commandery, No. 2, K.
t.; of Albert Pike Consistory, A. A.
s. R., and Of Almas Temple Of the
Mystic Shrine.
Mr.. Hebbard married Miss Ottilia C.
Miller.
Evening star., 1924-07-15
TO PROMOTE GENERAL,
NcAlexander, War Hero, Will Get
Second Star.

Brig. Gen. Ulysses G. McAlexander,
now stationed at Fort Douglas, Utah.
has been selected for promotion to
rank Of Major General to fill the va
cAncy caused by the retirement July
20 Of Maj. Gen. Grote Hutcheson. The
resulting vacancy In the grade of
B1igadier General will be filled by, the
promo tion. Of Col. Ewing r.. Booth.
Gen. McAlexAnder. was appointed
to the military academy from Kansas
He commanAe1f thc 18th, Infantry. the
Ssth infantry and the 1S0th infantry
brigade, In France and received the
Distinguibhed Service Cross.
Col. Booth now is In command of
the Fourth Cavalry, Fort Mcintosh,
Texas. Gen -Hutcheson. stationed In
Hawaii only AEfeM,. days. ago. -Has So
lected for promotion to Major Gen.
eral.