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Evening star., 1924-11-17
DAWES PLAN RESTORES
RAIL WAYS TO GERMANY
Roads in Occupied Area Turned
Back by Franco-Be1gian Commis-
sion Without Incident.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ESSEN, Germany, November IL
The railways in the occupied area
were turned back to Germany at mid
night by the Franco-Belgian railway
administration, as arranged in the
carrying out OF the Dawes plan, with
ont a hitch or untoward incident.
Most of the French officials had al
ready left for France. thereby en-
abling many of the German officials
to return to their former quarters.
The money changers offices at the
stations were closed, as German
money will again be accepted in
payment for tickets. The railway
bookstands likewise have been turn
ed back to the German concession
naireS.
The time tables will remain as they
have been under the allied admins
tration until December l, after which
extensive changes in the passenger
and freight schedules will be put
into effect.
Evening star., 1924-11-17
EX-DETECTIVE RONE'S
CASE CALLED TO TRIAL
Jury Told How Policemen Arrested
Two in Cellar of Fourteenth
Street Home.

Guy Rome, former precinct detec-
tive, and Harry Grossman were placed
on trial today before Chief Justice
Mccoy and jury, in Criminal Divi-
sion 2, to answer an Indictment for
housebreaking. 1t is alleged that
the officer and Grossman broke into
the cellar of the home of Gustave
Forsberg, 1907 Fourteenth street, for
the purpose of stealing quantity of
liquor stored there July /.
Policeman C. p. Weber told the
jury that he was secreted in the cell
lar of the Forsberg home, which had
been visited before by rum thieves,
when Rome and Grossman entered the
rear door of the cellar. Weber said
he covered the men with his revolver
and placed them under arrest, after
Rome entered the wine room. AS
sistant United States Attorney Bur-
nett is conducting the prosecution,
while Attorney l.. H. Vandoren ap-
peared for the accused.
Evening star., 1924-11-17
ENVOY REACHES MOSCOW,

MOSCOW, November 17-vasilio
Vdillo, first Mexican Minister to
the British holdings of Anglo-Persian
presented his credentials. In an in
terview he said there was every pros
pect of increasingly cordial relations
between the two countries. He be-
lieved there could be nothing in these
relations which would be inimical to
the interests of the United States,
provided each country had due respect
for the independence and liberty of
action Of the other.
Evening star., 1924-11-17
Bloodshed Feared if Los An.
geles Officials Move to
Gust Raiders.
VALLEY JEWELLERS WARN
FEUD MUST BE SETTLED
Ninety-Day Reserve Enables Au-
thorities to Move Slowly to
Recover Reservoir.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Calf. November II.
How to restore without bloodshed
the flow of water through Los AnGe-
les 250-mile aqueduct, diverted into
Owens River yesterday by raiders,
who swooped upon the waste gates
near Lone Pine. 200 miles north Of
here, despite protests by city en-
ployes and Inyo County officials, was
the problem that faced Los Angeles
authorities today.
The ultimatum delivered by the
raiders was that the gates would re-
main open until Los Angeles settled
the Owens Valley water rights feud
on a basis satisfactory to the valley
ranchers and business men.
No attempt at forcible election Of
the raiders will be made by the city
pending Gov. Richardson's reply to an
appeal for State troops, Los Angeles
officials said, but IS civil complaints
were prepared for filing in Superior
Court asking injunctions to dispossess
the raiders.
Except for two, all the complaints
are directed against John Doe" The
two named are NJ. Q. Watterson,
banker of Bishop, and w. r. McCar-
thy. irrigation engineer.
AS to the raiders ultimatum, Will
liam Mulholland, builder Of the
aqueduct and chief engineer of the
city water department, declared 1t
would be ignored.
Enough water is escaping through
the waste gates. engineers estimated.
10 cause the city a loss of $4,000
daily, but sufficient storage is still
on hand in reservoirs to supply
ordinary demands for 80 days.
The Alabama waste gates where the
diversion took place, are located
north of the old town of Lone Pine,
A station on the overland stage route
to California on the Mormon trail, in
the Alabama hills, about 10 miles
above the north end of Owens Lake
The Alabama gates are about 23
miles from the intake of the aqueduct
system on the owens River.
Evening star., 1924-11-17
Larger Auto Tags
Proposed to Halt
Reckless DriUerS

A suggestion that automobile
tags be made larger, so that they
would be plainly visible both day
and night, was put forward to-
day by Mai. Daniel Sullivan, su-
perintendent of police, discussing
the several traffic deaths recently
in which the drivers did not stop.
Although the superintendent has
not made a definite recommends
tion along this line. he has dis
cussed it informally with Com
missioner Rudolph and probably
will take the idea up with Com
missioner oyster today.
The major said that when a
machine is speeding at night 1T is
difficult for witnesses to an acci-
dent to see the license number.
The motor cycle squad, the maj
or said, is exerting every effort
to prevent speeding, but this force
cannot be enlarged beyond the
present limit of so men without
an appropriation.
Evening star., 1924-11-17
UNUSUAL COLD DUE
FOR QUICK EXODUS
Warmer Weather Forecast
T0morroW-Many Radia-
tors Are Frozen.

Promise of warmer weather for
tomorrow did little to help Wash
ington motorists out of the dilemma
of thawing out frozen radiators or
liquidizing congealed oil in their
motors today, as result of the un-
usual cold snap that swept over most
of the Eastern United States last
night
With the thermometer down to "a
degrees at Z o'clock this morning
seven degrees below the freezing
point, and showing little inclination
to make a sudden climb, the city
chartered and shook on the coolest
November morning it has suffered
since 1920.
All Caught Unprepared.
1t was the fourth time in the annals
of the local Weather Bureau that ,he
mercury has dropped to "a degrees
before November 90, and the freeze
caught Washington wholly unpre-
pared. AS a result automobile emer-
gency cars We're kept busy answering
calls to thaw out radiators. restore
batteries that were exhausted by the
freeze and in some instances to tow
cars that would not move because the
Summer grade of oil their owners had
been using had Frozen" or CONCEAL
ed, too.
Ice was found in many places and
the city experienced it's first real
Wlntry blast in a most unexpected
fashion. Today gas stations are do
ing a rushing business dispensing
medicated alcohol, hood covers and
the usual paraphernalia that cars are
garbed in ordinarily closer to the
first of December.
Warmer weather is promised for
tomorrow. however, and sudden ces-
sation of the chill winds that had
been sweeping the city lent credenCe
to the weather mans predictions
Evening star., 1924-11-17
NINE DRIVERS ARRESTED
ON INTOXICATION CHARGES
Maj. Sullivan Renews Plea for Jail
Terms for Operators of Autos
Who Imperil Lives.

Nine operators of automobiles were
arrested for driving their automo-
bilss while under the influence Of
liquor, during the 4S hours ended at
s o'clock this morning, an offense
characterized by Maj. Sullivan as be-
ing as serious as a man running
amuck with loaded revolver. The
fact that none of them met with ac-
cidents was no fault of the intoxi-
Gated ones, according to the police
officials.
Maj. Sullivan thinks no mercy
should be shown intoxicated persons.
who drive their cars over the city
streets or country roads. Prison SEN
tences alone, he says, will reduce the
dangerous practice. Police captains
are under instructions to demand
real estate bond or a collateral of not
less than $500 in such cases. 1t is
then up to the courts to determine
the amount of penalty.
Evening star., 1924-11-17
SESSION IS CALLED
ON LODGE VACANCY
G. O. P. Senators Must
Choose Leader and Fill
Committee Places.

Republican Senators will meet in
conference to select leader in place
of~he late Senator Lodge of Massa-
chusetts Saturday, November %,
under call to be issued by Senator
Curtis of Kansas, assistant leader
and party whip, it was learned today.
Following the conference the Repub-
lican committee on committees will
be filled and that committee will
make the assignments to the COM
mittees in which vacancies exist be-
cause of the deaths of three SEN
ators, and also will assign committee
places to the newly elected Senator
Metcalf of Rhode Island and SEN
ator Butler of Massachusetts. just
appointed to fill Senator Lodges s
seat.
Senator Warren of Wyoming, who
has been reelected for another six
year term, is entitled to the leader
ship of the Senate under the Repub-
lican practice of many years stand
ing, by which the leadership goes &c
the Senator with the longest service
Senator Warren undoubtedly can have
the leadersip unless he should him
self decide not to take it. He re-
" " lOuds, Dul
would make no statement as to his
plans, merely saying that he had not
Yet had an opportunity to give the
matter consideration.
May Give Up Chance.
Senator Warren is chairman of the
important committee on appropria-
tions, which requires a great deal ot
his time and attention. 1t has beer
considered likely that he would pre-.
fer to retain that Craftsmanship and
to permit the party leadership in the
Senate to go to some other Senator
There is nothing to prevent his hold
ing both the committee chairmanshiI il
should he prefer to do So The late
Senator Martin of Virginia, Demo.
crat, was chairman of the committee
on appropriations and party leader
of the Senate during the Wilson ad-
ministration, it was recalled today.
Whether there is to be a real con-
test for the office of Republican leader
depends, therefore, upon the decision
reached by Senator Warren. If ht
decides not to be candidate for the
leadership, then. it appears, the mos
formidable candidates for the nomi
nation are Senators Curtis of Kansas
and Senator Wadsworth of New York
The latter is secretary of the Repub.
lican conference of the Senate anC
chairman of the Senate military af.
fairs committee. Senator Watson OF
Indiana is also a candidate for the
place, but is not likely to have the
strong backing for leader thai
Senators Curtis and Wadsworth viii
have.
West Seems in Saddle
Senator Curtis has rendered valuable
service in the past as party whip and
assistant leader. He is aStute and 4
good mixer. Senator Wadsworth is
recognized as one of the best debaters
in the Senate. Neither of these Sena.
tors has been a member of the so.
Continued on Page 8, Column g.
Evening star., 1924-11-17
Stars Suing Fists, Pugilist Robbed
in Second Ro,U, at Actors' Equity Ball

Bayes. Ethel Barrymore occupied
an adjoining box. Both Sherman
and Baxter bore marks of the con-
f1ict. There was no complaint to
the police.
John Saporensky was arrested
on charge of grand larceny on
complaint of Gentleman Jack"
OBrfen, former pugilist, who
claimed that $500 was picked from
his pocket during a fight that
started when somebody knocked
the tall hat off James E. Cabot,
an actor.
Basil Gallagher, newspaper
man, was slashed with a razor
after leaving the ball and Charles
Cambridge, a negro, was arrested
Nearly 100 persons who were
leaving the ball joined in a chase
after Cambridge.
Evening star., 1924-11-17
j. s. SICK LEAVE
ABUSE" IS PROBED
Chief Clerks Association
Seeks Regulation of En-
ployes' Time Off.

Flagrant abuse and misuse of the
annual sick leave of 80 days, to which
Government employees are entitled, is
being sharply looked into by the Chief
Clerks Association. with a view not
only to eliminating such abuses. but
able to establish uniform time
and leave regulations" throughout
the executive departments.
A committee, consisting of Chief
Clerks +. S. Curtis of the Navy De-
partment, F. A. Birgfeld of the Treas
ury Department and John c. Scofield
of the War Department, has been
appointed to investigate and report
at the next meeting of the Chief
Clerks Association, probably some
time this week.
Committee Recently Named.
The committee was named at a re-
cent meeting of the chief clerks of
the executive departments, when the
matter of sick leave was brought up
and reported to be seriously abused
in several instances by some Gov
ernmdnt employees.
A close check-up in the chief
clerks office of the Treasury Depart
ment had resulted in reduction in
the amount of sick leave for the past
10 months it was revealed So sue
cssSful was the check-up III the ONCE
of 600 employees of the office of the
chief clerk, Mr.. Birgfeld reported
that the check-up system is spread
ing throughout the Treasury Depart
ment, and is expected eventually to
embrace all the employees of this
largest department in the city, in
Guiding more than $4,000 peNons.
Time on Reduced.
The figures showed, Mr.. Birgfeld re-
ported. that the amount of sick leave
per person during the past ten months
had been reduced from seven to four
days by the new system to find out
if the persons were really sick. For
the ten-month period of the preeed-
ing year the figures showed, he said.
that the sick leave per person had
been seven days, or almost twice as
great as for the same period this
year.
Although details of the recommen-
dations to be proposed to the chief
clerks by their special committee
have not been revealed, it is under
stood that theirs is a sentiment which
may result in the committee consid-
ering some changes in the rules and
regulations regarding time and leave
regulations" for the department,
which are considered drastic"
Evening star., 1924-11-17
P0INCARE GIVES PROOF
OF INNOCENCE IN WAR
Publishes Letters Refuting State
ment in Diary of
Georges Louis.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, November 17.-Former Pre-
mier Poincare today answered accu-
sations that he was partly respon-
sible for the World War by publish
ing letters in which Jules Cambon,
Stephen Pichon and Emile Daeschner
repudiate entirely the late Georges
Louis supposed conversations as re-
corded in his diary, extracts from
which were printed by LOeuvre yes
terday.
{ M. Poincare also casts doubts on the
authenticity of the diary and says he
may some day supplement official
revelations of the pre-war period
with private cotemporary letters
written by Paul Cambon, Gerard
(former American Ambassador to
Germany and many other authorita-
tive persons. and by Georges Louis
himself"
Evening star., 1924-11-17
BANDIT AND GUARD DIE
IN ROADHOUSE HOLD-UP
Two Employees Wounded in Fight
to Protect Till of
Hostelry.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associa ted Press
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, November 17.-One
OF seven robbers. who held up Eagle
Park, roadhouse, north of East St
Louis early today, was fatally shot
an employe was kidnapped and killed
and two other employees were wound
ed. The robbers took about $500
from the cash register.
The dead are: Melvin Norvell, 81
roadhouse watchman, and man
who had given his name as ]. H.
Cole of Madison, H., identified by
Charles Player, roadhouse proprietor,
as one of the robbers.
Evening star., 1924-11-17
Hamburg Line Plans Wind Turbines
On Freight Ships in Asim, Trade

respondent that so per cent of oil
fuel could be saved on the Asiatic
route, while the saving on the
Rio Janeiro route would be SO
per cent and on the New York
route between 35 and 40 per cent.
The regions of trade winds and
monsoons, he explained, were the
most favorable for the exploita-
ton of wind power by rotors.
For license to use the rotor
patent, companies will be charged
10 per cent of the tonnage value
of the ship in which they are
installed, and the inventor MAIN
tains that such vessels will save
the cost of the license in a single
year.
Evening star., 1924-11-17
Ry the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, November IL The
Hamburg American Steamship
Company is so convinced of the
Importance of Anton Flettner's
rotor" system, which controls
vessels without crew or sails, that
1t has decided to build Immediately
10 freighters of this type of 10000
tons each, says a Berlin dispatch
to Lloyd's Shipping Gazette. The
company will also convert other
ships to the rotor" principle for
feright service on the Asiatic
route.
Herr Flettner informed the cor
Evening star., 1924-11-17
MRS. HARDING WEAKER.
Able to Take Scarcely Any Nour
ishment, Says Doctor.

MARION, Ohio, November 17.-Al-
though Mrs. Florence Killing Harding
was resting quietly this morning, her
kidney and liver complications were
more marked today, DR.. Carl w.
Sawyer said in a bulletin issued at
$3.50 am. from her bedside. The
bulletin follows:
Mrs. Harding rested quietly last
night. This morning she is very weak
and exhausted The kidney and liver
complications are more marked. She
is able to take scarcely any nouris-
ment"
Evening star., 1924-11-17
MOSER CLAIM UPHELD.
Supreme Court Rules He Should Be
Rear Admiral.

The much litigated claim of Capt.
jefferson F. Moser of the Navy that
when retired he should have been
given the rank of rear admiral was
disposed Of today by the Supreme
Court, which held that he was en-
titled to that rank.
Evening star., 1924-11-17
Spirit of Croker
Often Speaks to
Her, Wido,v Says
BY the Associated Press.

b9 IHp AsSOclated Press.
NEW YORK, November IL
Mrs. Bula Edmondson Croker, who
arrived from Ireland today, said
that she had been in spiritualistic
communication with her husband,
the late Tammany chieftain, off
and on. His spirit came to her
most often in Ireland because
things over there were more tran
gull and peaceful, she said.
Evening star., 1924-11-17
RAIDERS DEFIANT.
Will Hold Gates at Any Cost, They
Declare.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BISHOP. Calf, November 17.-Los
Angeles aQueduct waste gates near
Lone Pine were captured yesterday
by a small army of owens valley
men, who brushed aside city employees
on guard and diverted Los Angeles
chief source of water supply into
the Owens River.
Determined to keep the water of
the aqueduct flowing through the
spillway until Los Angeles settles its
long-standing water fued with valley
ranchers in A manner acceptable TO
them, the raiders defed aqueduct
authorities and the 1nyo County
sheriff to drive them out. The raid
today had settled into an organized
occupation backed by the efforts of
several hundred men and women.
Sixty men left on guard at the
waste gates last night will be re-
lieved by others today, Harry Glass
cock, editor of the Owens Valley Her
aid and spokesman for the ranchers,
told the Associated Press, and there
after for as long as necessary the
guard will be maintained by reliev-
ing with fresh men every "a hours.
Should 60 men not be enough, the
force would be increased, he said.
Yesterday a hundred men held the
gates.
Women Feed Raiders.
Food for the aqueduct guard,
Glasscock said, will be prepared by
women in Bishop and sent to the
waste gates, so miles away, by motor
truck Two trucks of food and sup
plies were sent last night.
Los Angeles water supply is as
sured for 80 days by water i'm
pounded at several sites along the
aqueduct south of here. Inyo County
authorities refrained from action
pending the outcome of an appeal
for State troops sent to Gov. Friend
w. Richardson by Sheriff Collins,
who urged immediate use of troops
as the only possible way of dis
persing the raiders without blood
shed.
The ranchers maintain that the
aqueduct has robbed their farms of
water necessary for irrigation.
Evening star., 1924-11-17
WORLD FLYERS HOP OFF.
Leave New Orleans for Flight tt
st. Louis.

DALLAS, Tex, November 17.-Four
Army world flyers, Lieuts. Nelson,
Wade, Ogden and Harding, in the
planes New Orleans and Boston, IL,
left Dallas at o'clock, central stand
ard time. today for st. Louis. They
planned . nonstop flight
Evening star., 1924-11-17
WEATHER.

Increasing cloudiness tonight; min
imum temperature, 2S degrees; to-
morrow, rain and warmer.
Temperature for "a hours ending
at 2 pm. today-Highest, SIS, at pm.
yesterday; lowest, "a, at Z am. today.
Full report on page Z.
Evening star., 1924-11-17

Continued on Page 3, Column 5.)
Evening star., 1924-11-17
rom Press to Home
Within the Hour

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
ton is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed
Evening star., 1924-11-17

(Continued on Page 3, Column 4.J
Evening star., 1924-11-17

CONTINUED on Page 2, Column 50
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-23
LIBRARY GRADUATES
GET APPOINTMENTS
Nine in Class Named to Po-
SitionS in City.

Appointments Of graduates OF the
six months winter training. class of
the Indianapolis Public Library to
positions on the Library staff have
been announced as follows:
Marion F. Baker, 1912 N. Penn
sylvania St, assistant children's de-
partment: Alice Brady, 1861 E. Ray
monds St, assistant branch depart
ment; Katherine A. Gerlach, 4074
Broadway, assistant children's depart
ment: VaJen Z. Hitz. 1855 Carrollton
Ave, assistant Loan Desk; Louise f.
Pittman. 1929 College Ave, assistant
Illinois branch library; Wayneta G..
Scoles. 1851 n. Illinois ST., assistant
catalogue department; Evelyn NJ.
Snyder, 1884 Adams St, assistant
Brightwood branch library; Marion C.
Weeks, 1910 Park Ave. acting
librarian John Heron Art Institute;
Virginia Whitlock, 4014 Carrolton Ave.
assistant Spakes park branch library.
The tenth member Of the class, Mil
dred L. Fellows, 2246 Kenwood Ave.
is moving to California. First hOnors
were awarded to Vajen E. HitZ 1896
Carrollton Ave. Miss Hitz is a grad
uate of Shortridge High School and Of
the University of Wisconsin.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-23
'ROMEOS' ARE BEATEN

Police say the Gas house gang
checked in a victory Tuesday night
over the "Romeos.
Lester and Ernest Sablin, 1915
Edison St., told police, that while re-
turning from escorting two girls
home they were attacked by the
gang" near Massachusetts Ave. and
Michigan St. Police promised arrests.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-23
REV. SHEETS LONG
ON SHORTER VOWS
Wants Promise to Endow
Bride Stricken Out.
By United Press

By United Press
CHICAGO. April 2S.-That we'll
known wedding ceremony that prom
Uses to endow ones bride with ones
worldly goods, sounds all right, but it
doesn't mean anything, Rev. Frank
D. Sheets, Methodist minister, holds.
And he wants the phrase dropped
from the ritual
Rev. Sheets told a ministers meet
ing that the phrase was empty and
he explained to the United Press as
follows:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-23

1.-THE promise, with my worldly
goods I thee endow, has become a
joke. OF course, the bridegrooms
promise it because they will promise
anything, but a bridegroom who
couldn't even pay the minister Is
cents for the ceremony, even if the
minister expected it. shouldn't prom
Use to endow the bride with anything. }"