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Evening star., 1926-03-29
ARMY OF 1776 PILLAGED
WASHINGTON'S ORCHARD
Orderly Book Reveals General Rep
rimanded Thieves as Well as
Blasphemers and Cursers.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 29.-Soldiers
of the Revolutionary Army were so
fond of delicacies that they pillaged
the New York orchards of Gen,
Washington himself in order to sat
isfy their appetites, it is revealed in
WashnGton's orderly book in 1916.
The book, which is in the collection
of the late William Green Shillaber
of Boston. to be sold at the American
tArt Galleries. SHOWS that the men
were severely reprimanded for their
thieyry. as they were for their PRO
fame cursing and swearing" which it
revealed made its first widespread
appearance in an American Army at
that time.
OF the profanity. which he was in
formed was growing into fashion"
Washington recorded his belief that a
cursing man can have but little hope
of the blessing of heaven and that
profanity is a vice so low that every
man Of sense deteStS it.
Concerning the stealing of the fruit,
Washington wrote that ''it is most
positively ordered" that any soldier
caught in his orchards be severely
punished.
To correct both abuses Washington
ordered that the men be relieved from
Sunday fatigue duty so that they
might attend 'publick worship"
Evening star., 1926-03-29
COAL PRICE DATA
GIVEN TO SARGENT
Reports That No Spring Cut Will
Come Laid Before Justice
Department.

Reports from anthracite fields that
the customary Spring reduction in
prices of coal will not be forthcoming
this year, following the strike last
Winter, according to announcement
by coal companies, were presented
today to the Department of Justice.
officials were not prepared to say
upon presentation of the reports,
whether the department would insti-
tute an investigation, to determine
whether there had been an agreement
among the coal companies, which
under the law, could be considered
violative of the antitrust laws, but
assurance was given that the matter
of an investigation would receive at
tention of the department
With members of Congress aroused
over the prospect of prices this year
continuing higher than last, in an ef-
fort TO make the public pay for the
Strike,' and with movement on foot
to launch hearings on proposed coal
legislation before the House interstate
and foreign commerce committee to-
morrow, the coal question today thus
presented itself to both the legislative
and executive branches of the Gov
ernment, with opportunities opening
for the public to be considered.
At the Department of Justice Off
cials said there had been no con-
sideration of the question of an in
vestigation of reports from the coal
fields on prices and that attention had
been directed to the question for the
first time today.
Whether an investigation could be
conducted was in itself serious ques-
ton for consideration of officials, it
was pointed out. and many phases of
the subject would be considered before
such a decision could be made.
Evening star., 1926-03-29
R|OT|NC FOLLOWS
ELECTION IN PARIS
One Killed as Police Charge
Demonstrants When Two
Communists Win.
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated ffeSs.
PARIS, March demonstrations
following the election of two Com.
munist Deputies in the second cleo
toral district of Paris resulted in the
death of one person and the injury
Of a number, when demonstrants
clashed with the police in the Grand
boulevards, the Place de L'Opera and
the grounds inclosing the Elysee Pal
ace. residence of the French Presi-
dent.
The most violent trouble occurred
in the grounds inclosing the palace,
where the Young Patriots, Cath
olic moderate organization opposed TO
the Communists, staged parade,
singing nationalist songs, shouting
Down with Malvy"' uhe minister
Of the interiorl. and otherwise mani
Testing against the radical Left min
istry
Maurice Ridard, member of the
organization, was dubbed over the
head by the police while they were
attempting to disperse the crowd. He
died today of, his wounds.
Most of the demonstrants through
ont the city were young men, MEM
bers of the Young Patriots, Young
Royalists" and Young Communists
organizations.
The Young Patriots" assembled
shortly after the announcement OF
the election results in the Place de
L'Opera, shouting defiance to the
Communists and deriding the BRAND
ministry.
After repeated charges by the
police they were dispersed, only to
form again near the Elysee Palace,
from which they finally were driven.
The Communists staged their dem
onstration along the Grand Boulevard
They frequently clashed with the
police. but only few slight injuries
were reported.
Evening star., 1926-03-29
SOMERVEL. IS NEW
DISTRICT ENGINEER
Major Who Won War Medal
Succeeds 0'Connor to e.
feet River Projects. .

Mai. Brehon B. Somervel. Corps of
Engineers, one of the heroes of the
World War, has been detailed by Maj.
Gen Harry Taylor, chief of engineers.
to complete the. project for doubling
the water supply of the National Capt.
tai, and also to take direct charge of all
the other Federal engineering works
in this city and vicinity, which for the
past three years have been under the
supervision of Maj. James n. O'Con-
nor. Corps of Engineers.
According to orders issued at the
War Department today, the change
in office will take place August H.
When relieved. Maj. O'Connor will re-
port at the Army War College. Wash
ington Barracks, for duty as a student
officer.
Has Many Duties.
As district engineer Maj. Somerval
will have charge Of the District water
supply system. Improvement OF the
navigation of the Potomac River from
Chain Bridge to the mouth OF the
river. reclamation of the fats of the
Anacostia River from its mouth to the
District line, near Bladensburg. de-
yelopment and Identification of the
CITY waterfront from 14th street to
Washington Barracks, and the I'M
provement of the birthplace of George
Washington at Wakefield, Va.
Mai. Somervel served as lieutenant
colonel of Engineers with the Ameri-
ran Expeditionary Forces during the
World War. and was awarded fhe
distinguished service cross for ex-
traordinary heroism in action near
Pouilly, France, November St, l9lH-S
Native of Arkansas.
According to the citation, while vol
UNFAIRLY serving on the staff of the
S9th Division, Maj. Somervel conduct
ed the first engineering reconnaissance
of the damaged bridges at Poullly'
"and with two scouts advanced more
than 500 meters beyond the American
outposts, crossed three branches of
the Meuse River and successfully en-
countered the enemy.
Born in Arkansas May 3, 1892, Maj.
Somervel was graduated near the head
of his class at West Point in 1914
and by rapid promotion reached the
permanent grade of major of engl-
neers in July 1920. Since his return
from France, ne served details at Fort
Leayenworth. Kans., and at New York
CITY until the Spring of 1925. when
he began a course of instruction at the
Army War College in this city, where
he is now stationed.
Evening star., 1926-03-29
JAPANESE LAND
GRANT QUIZ ASKED
Senator Johnson for Senate
Committee Action on
Mexican Report.

The Senate foreign relations COM
mittee was asked today by Senator
Johnson, Republican, California, to
inquire into 1000. 900 acre land grant
on Magdalena Bay. Lower California,
recently given by the Mexican govern
ment to a. MeXican-Japanese syndi-
cate
Senator Johnson's request was sub
mitted to Chairman Borah, who said
he, too, wanted the facts about the
concession.
Senator Borah previously had taken
the matter up with the State Depart
ment, which, as a result, is expected
to make inquiries as to the nature of
the transaction.
Information in Dispatch.
Thus far neither the state Depart
ment nor Senator Borah has any in.
formation except that contained in
recent newspaper dispatch from San
Diego, Calf. saying the syndicate
proposed to produce vegetable dyes
and rubber.
The land involved long has been
regarded as an immensely valuable
naval base, however, and Senators
Borah ana Johnson DelleFe all the
Information available should be Sc
cured by the American Government.
The San Diego dispatch did not
come to the atteption of Senators
Borah and Johnson until yesterday,
and the State Department had taken
no interest in it until MIR. Borah
asked department officials today
what they had done about it.
No Request for Data.
The foreign relations chairman said
that since the department knew moth
ing about the case, he saw no point
in introducing a resolution calling
on Secretary Kellogg for information.
If the customary State Department
procedure is followed, AMBASSADOR
Sheffield al Mexico City will be asked
to inquire informally at the Mexican
foreign office regarding the grant
and report to Washington.
Evening star., 1926-03-29
BARS EXTRAD|T|ON
FOR PHYSICIAN, 93
New Jersey Governor Acts as
Veteran Scorns 1880 Charge
by Officer, 81.
BY the Associated Press.

ASBURY PARK. n. j., March %
Gov. Moore, in a statement telephOned
from Trenton, announced that he
would not honor any eXtradition pa
pers which might be presented to him
for the return to Binghamton. n. Y,
of DIR. Edwin p r. K. Osbaldeston
93-year-old physician and Crimean
War veteran.
DIR. Osbaldeston was arrested Fri
day on 45-year-old charges that he is
a horse thief and an escaped pris-
oner. The arrest was made by Dep
uty Sheriff s. Foster Black of Bing-
hamton. n. ", who himself is 81
years old
Il don't care if he is % years DID,"
said Black, land l don't particularly
care what sentence he may get if
he is convicted.
It's all nonsense, absolute non
sense. but l have no grudGe against
the old man." says DR.. Osbaldeston.
"He thinks he is doing his duty"
Spent Night i'm Jail.
Dr. Osbaldston spent Friday night
in the lookup after Black had ap-
peared here with the musty warrant
dug out of files where it lay for near
ly half century. The memory that
a prisoner had escaped when he was
on duty haQ ranked IN the deputy
sheriff's mind more than four decades,
and when he saw newspaper picture
recently of DR.. Osbaldeston he acted
quickly.
II am absolutely ,sure that l have
my man." he said Back in 1880
this man had red hair, sandy NOUS
tache and whiskers. He looks about
the same today except older"
Black returned to Binghamton after
friends of DR.. Osbaldeston furnished
bond Saturday. The deputy sheriff.
a tall spare man with white whiskers
and shaven upper lip. took to his bed
yesterday to rest after his exertion in
making the arrest.
City Backs Doctor.
Asbury Park has rallied solidly to
the doctors cause. Mayor Hetrick and
citizens telephoned Gov. Moore of
New Jersey to refuse extradition
papers. A lawyer engaged by DIR.
Osbaldeston's friends says that if he
can find an old telegram he will prove
an alibi. On the day of the theft of a
horse and rig valued at $500 in Bing-
hamton As years ago, the lawyer
says, the doctor was in the Adiron-
dacks, near Plattsburgh, and he had
received a telegram from New Jersey.
DR.. Osbaldeston said he had a half
brother named DR.. Edwin T. Osbaldes-
ton who died several years ago. This
half brother constantly got him into
trouble, the physician said, and re-
sembled him, even to a silver plate in
the skull from bullet wound.
Evening star., 1926-03-29

Special Dispatch to The star
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. March %
In casting about for new obJectiVes
and routes for expansion, Indianapolis
today is perpleXed to know whether
it must admit that it's belt line rail
road. once thought the salvation of
the city's enterprise, has for the last
decade been a steel hoop welded
against orderly and progressive devel-
opment.
Shocked recently by the insinuations
of certain citizens that it has not
made the progress it should have in
the last few years, Indianapolis has
been making an appraisal of its ad-
vantages and disadvantages. Railroad
and electric railway terminal facilities
equaled by few other cities of the
size in the country have been pointed
to with pride. Fine homes on the
North side have become an asset for
FASTING. The Motor Speedway, the
Soldiers and Sailors Monument and
W"rld War Memorial Plaza under
Evening star., 1926-03-29
ANDREWS TO BE FIRST.
PROHIBITION WITNESS.
Dry Chief Summoned to Appear
Next Monday at Hearings
on Modification.

Treasury. in charge of the dry enforce
ment organization. was summoned to-
day as the first witness to appear next
Monday before. the Senate judiciary
committee at hearings on bills to modi-
fy the prohibition laws.
At the same time it was announced
today that Mr.. Andrews will make a
Nation wide survey of prohibition en-
forcement conditions this Summer. de-
parting soon after July /. He will in
spect first the Southern border, then
the Pacific Coast and return by way of
the Northern boundary line. 1t will be
his first complete check-up on his field
force.
Evening star., 1926-03-29

construction have been listed among
Incompatible assets.
But on the list of defects to be
corrected are several unpleasant sub
jects. One is the fact that Indian
apolis has been listed among the eight
smokiest cities in the country. An.
other is the lack of adequate thorough
fares. And still another is its lop-
sided development to the north.
Most important of all these ques-
tions raised as a result of the intro
spective study is the one Of whether
or not indianapolis should seek higher
rank as an Industrial and manufac
turing city, although up to this time
ii has never been inspired to become
more than the thriving and beautiful
capital of Indiana.
Faced by the indictment Of being
one of the countrys smoliiest cities
the thought of beauty appears TO have
been partly side somewhere in
recent years. And to learn whether
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Evening star., 1926-03-29
White House Lawn
Easter Egg Rolling
Will Be Monday

The rear grounds of the White
House will be turned over to the
children of Washington next Mon
day for their annual Easter egg
rolling festival.
President Coolidge today signed
an executive order authorizing the
opening of the gates to the south
grounds and the use of the lawn
for this purpose. The order per-
mits the gates to be opened at 9
O'Clock in the morning-to remain
open until dark. The Marine Band
will give a concert from $3.50 to
o'clock in the afternoon, to which
the general public will be admit
ted. but prior TO that only those
adults accompanying children un'
der 10 years of age will be ad-
mitted.
Evening star., 1926-03-29
MYSTERY SHROUDS DEATH
or GIRL FOUND ON ROAD
Believed to Have Been Thrown
From Auto After Dance in
Pekin, ILL.,, Saturday Night.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PEORIA, ILL.,, March 29.-Authori-
ties today were endeavoring to pene-
trate the mystery surrounding the
death of a pretty unidentified girl
whose body was found alongside a
road 2 miles south of Pekin yesterday
A theory advanced by police that
she had been struck by an automobile
has been abandoned, They now be-
lieve she was hurled from an auto
mobile to her death.
The only clue to her identity is a
small pasteboard packing box ad-
dressed to Miss Maria Sh-," the
remainder of the name being torn off
the label.
Examination revealed that the girls
i,lgular vein and windpipe were
broken. but no outward marks of
violence are apparent.
Several residents of PekinA who
viewed the body said the girl attend
ed a dance there on Saturday night
Policeman John Jansen related that
ba saw two couples in a small auto
at 3 am. Sunday driving toward the
road where the body was found. The
occupants were quarreling. he said
Evening star., 1926-03-29
German Faster Loses 26 Pounds to Win
World Title by Foregoing Food A Days

mated water and 5000 cigarettes, as
well as radio loud speaker, books
and writing material
Three hundred thousand Germans
have viewed the faster, paying so
pfennigs each, from which the luz
ury tax has been sufficient to pay the
salaries of the lord mayor and bor-
ough mayors throughout his volun
tary hunger strike.
jolly weighed 130 pounds when he
entered the cage. Today his weight
was 103h. His previous record for
abstinence from food was "a days.
While in the cage he has received
more than 500 marriage proposals.
Evening star., 1926-03-29
TREASURY D|SBARS
"a LAWYERS AFTER
COLLISION INQUIRY
SuSpendS IS Others as Re-
suit of Charges of lrregu-
lar Practices.
ATTEMPTS TO BRIBE TAX
UNIT EMPLOYEES ALLEGED
Others Accused of Efforts to Obtain
Lists of Taxpayers Subject to
Extra Assessment.

BY the Associated Press.
Twenty-four lawyers have been dis
barred from practice before the Treas
.ury Department as result of an ln-
vestigation of charges of colluSion be-
tween them and employees of the In
ternal Revenue Bureau.
A list of those disbarred. made pub
lic today by Secretary Mellon. also
Included 15 others who have been sus-
pended. The disbarments covered a
period of three years.
Charges against the lawyers We're
varied, some including attempts by at
torneys to bribe employees of the in
come tax unit and others involving
efforts by the lawyers to obtain lists
of taxpayers subject TO extra assess
ment.
Senator Glass of Virginia, former
Democratic Secretary of the Treasury,
Of this character.
List of Disbarments.
The list of lawyers who have been
disbarred from Treasury practice in
clude David Gurien and Louis l. Is
ollith of New York City. Hilarion A.
! dfEeil ana ltOdOlS Il. INlNilhiOho VI
passaic, y. J.: George Il. Downs. Erie,
Pa: Francis j. Mccarthy of Philadel-
nha l. Leslie Lawrence and George
w. Rhein of Baltimore. Earle w.
Auble and Ernest A. Stewart of Los
Angeles. Samuel L. TrOmley, San
Diego. Calf; William w. johnson.
Dallas, Tex. John 3. Rogers, New
Orleans; Charles w. Stewart, Kansas
City. Mo; James /. Tucker of Okla
homa City. Leo Sanders of Cincinnati
and formerly of Oklahoma City.
George wv. Schwartz of Chicago, Au-
gustus +. Adams of Columbus. Ga,
and Rodney Is. Horton, Savannah, Ga.
Some Former Employees.
In some instances the lawyers were
former elAnloyes Of the Treasury.
and ii was charged they represented
taxpayers on whose cases they work
ed while in Government employ.
This charge was made against Rod
new 3. Horton, Savannah.
Augustus T.. Adams of Columbus.
Ga was charged by the Treasury
with filing false expense accounts
while in the internal revenue service.
Hearings were afforded each of the
lawyers by Secretary Mellon before
actual disbarment was ordered. In
several instances diSbarment was
ordered upon the failure of the law
yers To defend themselves
Evening star., 1926-03-29
WIFE SLAYER TO RECOVER
Man Who Shot "Nagging" Mate
and Himself Not Fatally Hurt.

BUFFALO,, N. Y, March 20 R).--
Leo Gielinski of Cheektowaga, who is
alleged to have confessed killing his
wife because she nagged him con-
tinually, today was reported at the
Emergency Hospital as almost certain
to recover, although he has two self.
inflicted bullet wounds in the head
Two of the couples seven children
said that on Saturday night, after a
period1of continual quarreling, their
father dragged Mrs. Gielinslxi into the
woodshed and locked the door. A few
minutes later they heard the shots.
Evening star., 1926-03-29
OILER BECOMES PEER.

HONOLULU, March 20 P).-The
motorship Mazatlan, disabled March
10, several hundred miles off Guam,
arrived here in tow of the United
States Shipping Board freighter
William Penn yesterday. :,
The Advertiser says that when the
Mazatlan docked Ray Dietrich, oiler
aboard the vessel, became Lord
Fitzmaurice and owner of an estate
in England worth $5,0O0,000 Dietrich,
whom Capt. j. j. Meany described
as a soldier of fortune, was handed
message fHom a firm of lawyers
in London sailing he, as grandson
inkerits the sestate after two years
kin.
Evening star., 1926-03-29
BRAND Denies Plan to Wed.

PARIS, March 20 R).-A report
that Aristide BRAND, Frances bachelor
premier, was about to marry met with
a firm denial today.
Whom could I marry?" asked NJ.
BRAND. "A young girl would not
take me, and / would not take an
S1A omA."
Evening star., 1926-03-29

BERLIN. March eff he holds
out until 6:10 O'Clock tonight, Herr
Jolly, professional faster, will have ex-
ceeded by a full day the world record
for abstention from food, now held
by Signor Mulatti of Italy.
When Jolly last night completed the
forty-third day of his fast, he smiled
triumphantly, knowing that every
minute thereafter was part of new
world record. Jolly, who halls from
Krefeld, announced oS February 13
that he intended to exceed the record
by a day. He was then locked in a
glass cage with 400 bottles of carbo,
Evening star., 1926-03-29
Convict Boss Up for Murder.

ALBEMARLE, n. C., March 20 P)
N. c. Crawford, convict boss" went
on trial here today in Stanly County
Superior Court charged with first de-
gree murder in connection with the
deaths of two convicts.
Evening star., 1926-03-29

Barcelona's Ex-Governor Dies.
MADRID, March 29 CP).-The Duke
of Bivona, former Governor of
is dead. He has no heir.
Evening star., 1926-03-29

Digest of report of board Of &C.
tuaries i'm retirement fund on pegs ~
Evening star., 1926-03-29

Cloudy tonight and tomorrow: not
much change in temperatures: mini
mum temperature tonight slightly
above freezing. Highest. ~. at noon
today: lowest. %. at am. today.
Full report on Page 3.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-15
SEES FEATURES
OF DEPRESSION
WoolIen. Fears 'Jazzed-uw'
Business Condition.

While a period OF depression ~
unlikely there are some untoward
features OF It's approach, declared
Evans Woollen, Fletcher Savings
and Trust Company president, today
In review OF business conditions.
First half OF this year has been
period of unexpected prosperity.
Credit is easy; commodity prices are
fairly stabilized" he said.
ut is not clear that n reaction
from the real estate boom OF the
last Ave years may not bring some
trouble. The farmers problem Is a
real one and his difficulties are not
much lessened. Then there Is the
persisting doubt which tho editor or
The Business outlook column in The
Annalist expressed thus: The writer
ventures the suggestion. that the
pace of business has been more or
less artichcially quickened-'Jazzed
up, IL that expresses it-by the In
tensive application OF a superabund-
ance OF bank credit to a very wide.
and not fully recognized, practice OF
the installment payment principle"