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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-11
PLAN TO USE OWN FUNDS.
Committee Members Consider Contin-
uing Despite Reyes Refusal.

BY the Associated Press.
Despite refusal by Chairman Keyes
of the committee on audit and con-
troll to advance expense money for the
Reed campaign funds investigating
committee, members Of the committee
are considering going forward with
their inquiry by furnishing their own
funds.
Senator Keyes has notified the com
mittee that he lacked authority TO
sign voucher for 81 200 to pay the
expenses Of the Senate sergeant-at-
arms, who had been ordered to go to
Pennsylvania and impound additional
ballots Of the November election.
In addition, Senator Reed. Repucii-
can, Pennsylvania, has announced he
would seek an injunction If the com
mittee attempted to function after the
adjournment of Congress.
The committee also is considering
carrying its investigation into Colo
rado, as majority hold it still has
authority to investigate expenditures
of last years election.
Since the adjournment of Congress
there have been reports of impending
designations from the committee. but
Senator McNary. one of those named,
said today he had no intention of re-
firing. Senator Goff. Republican, of
West Virginia, also was mentioned,
but members of the committee said
he had not so advised them.
The next move will be ordered by
Senator Reed, Democrat, Missouri,
chairman of the committee, who is
now in Detroit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-11
FIGHT BETWEEN WI
AND CHANG MAY Be
PIVOT OF CIVIL WAR
600 Wounded Soldiers of
Latter's Army Reach Peklng
From Honan Province.
FAILURE TO GET THROUGH
WOULD HELP CANTONESE
Soviet Threatens North China If
Seized Russians Are Hurt.
U. S. Protest Made.

By the Associated Press.
Fighting which may have a decisive
effect on the outcome of the struggle
between the Northern and Southern
Chinese is going on behind the scenes
An Honan province. Its seriousness Is
indicated by the arrival OF 500 wouno-
ed at Peking.
1t appears that the lonS predicted
clash has at last occurred between
forces allied with Wu Peifu and those
OF the Manchurian war lord, Chahg
Tso-Lin, who is driving southwark
through Honan to attempt to matt the
northward advance of the Cantonese
May Make Flank Attack.
Chang. known as a master tacttcian.
is reported to be planning q fank at-
tack in Honan, meanWhlie rusnlliS
Ga. 900 reinforcements southwark 70
carry on his main advance toward
Hankow. Cantonese forces are en-
trenched on the southern Iionan bor-
der TO block the way to Hankow
Rains have turned the terrain
around Shanghai into huge morasses,
temporarily halting the military OPP
erations of the Cantonese. Inese
forces seek to cut the railway to the
DQIIIl anu luQC CNS1l LIZ
lines of Gen. Chang Tsung- Chang,
northern defender of Shanghai.
Soviet Sends Second Note.
Soviet Russia has presented a sec
md note Of protest to the Peking gov
ernment over the seizure OF the
steamer Paniat Lenina and the ar
rest of three Soviet couriers, together
with Nine. Borodin, wife of the Rus
sian citizen who acts as adviser TO
the Cantonese government.
The note warns Peking that 1t viii
shear full responsibility for the safety
Of the party. Messages from Tsinanfu,
where the Russians are held, say they
are safe and receiving good treatment.
Special guards are reported to be
protecting the leading British military
personages in Shanghai in the face
Of growing extremist agitation. The
British forces there were augmented
today by arrival of the Coldstream
Guards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-11
Is BURN TO DEATH
IN TWO F ANTILLES
Nine Victims in Pennsylvania
and Six in New Jersey.
Four Others Escape.
By the Associated Press.


BLAIRSVILLE, Pa, March H.
Nine persons, all members of the same
family, were burned to death when
fire destroyed the home of Clarence
Marsh at Tunnelton, six miles west
of here, early today.
The dead are: Clarence Marsh, as;
his wife, 40, and their five children,
ranging in age from | to II years,
and Mrs. Harry Montgomery, 2l, and
her l-year-old child. Mrs. Montgomery
was a sister-in-law of Mrs. Marsh.
Only one person, Harry Montgom'
cry, husband of one of the victims,
escaped He leaped from second
story window. The victims were be-
lieved to have been trapped in their
sleep.
Six Die i'm New Jersey.
BROWNS MILLS, N. j., March II
(g.-IJse of kerosene to make the
kitchen fire burn faster resulted today
in the death of q father, his four chill
dren and one grandchild. They were
burned to death when the farmhouse
of William Stevenson at Sunset Lake,
near here, was destroyed. Mrs. Ste
venson and a daughter were badly
UuTH6Q anu UIlE sun IIil5SAl6.
The dead are: William Stevenson,
SIS: Shinn, 12: Ernest, IL; Alfred. 3:
Mildred, 6, and Lillian, the grandchild,
] month.
stevenson's wife, Rebecca, 4s. is
seriously burned.
Clara, mother Of Lillian, is suffer-
ing from burns and d fractured hip,
the result of fall from the second
story.
The missing son is Willians jr.. 14.
His mother saw him fee in his night
clothes from the burning house. A
search for him at the homes of neigh
bors and IN the woods nearby was
started Immediately.
The children were trapped by the
flames while they slept in rooms above
the kitchen. The flames spread so
quickly the mother was unable to
rescue them.
stevenson, with his clothing afiame,
staggered from the house and col
lapsed He was found unconscious
and died shortly afterward
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-11
ALASKAN BILL STRIPS
GOVERNOR OF POWER
Senate Gets Plan Proposing Re-
organization of Territorial
Executive Branch.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
JUNEAU, Alaska. March IA
bill reorganizing the executive branch
of Alaska'S territorial government,
and stripping the governor OF virtual.
ly all his powers, has been introduced
In the Senate of the Legislature. The
measure, designed to centraiize gov
ernmental affairs, is known as the
controller BILL"
1t provides for the election every
four years of n controller, treasurer
and attorney general To constitute a
board of control over the executive
branch of the government. An identl-
cal measure viii be introduced in the
House.
The bill, taking from the governor
all territorial administrative func'
tions, is understood to have the dis
approval of Gov. George A. Parks and
Federal officials.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-11
NAVAL CONFERENCES LAUDED
John Ericsson League Indcrses Efforts
of President Coolidge.

CHICAGO. March l. CP.-The
John Ericsson Republican League of
America in session here indorsed
President Coolidge's efforts for pro-
motion of world peace by inviting
other nations 20 join the United
disarmament.
Another resolution adopted said:
'4The convention intellectually COM
mends the action of the Government
In bringing to trial those involved in
the infamous oil scandals"
All of the national officers OF tho
league were unanimously reelected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-11
LEGATION LIQUOR
MOVED IN SECRET
Detectives Stand Guard Over
Seven Cases After Release
of Alleged Hi-jackers.

Shortly after the release from Gus
tody today of three men held for in
vestigation into the disappearance of
a truck of the Big -Four Transporta-
ton Co.. originally reported to have
been the subject of hi-jacking opera
ton which netted large amount Of
choice liquor as the loot. HeadquSr-
ters Detectives Fowler and Flaherty
were supervising the secret removal
Of seven large, flied wooden cases,
known to policemen at the tenth pre-
cinct. where they had been stored
overnight, as "the legation liquor"
Later it was made apparent at
police headquarters that nothing is
to be divulged regarding the mystery
which has surrounded investigation
of the case since the theft of the
truck and it's load of liquor from in
front of 1912 Twenty-ninth street
early Tuesday morning. The truck
subsequently was burned on the
Marlboro pike near Meadows. Md.
The liquor which it contained has APP
parently been recovered. the three
men held for investigation in the case
released and nobody but the police is
the wiser.
Detectives Take Charge.
Policemen questioned about the
matter at the tenth precinct today
frankly professed no knowledge OF the
seven wooden cases, other than saying
it was known about the station house
as 1.-THE legation liquor.
This morning, a short time after
Clarence Allen Barber, e1nploye of the
Big -Four Co. Rush w Chamberlain
and George Reed, who had been taken
into custody during the police lnves-
tigation into the affair. had been re-
leased, the detectives went TO the
ter.th precinct, and, with uniformed
members Of the force, ordered to keep
away from the cellroom where the
cases had been kept overnight, took
charge of the removal operations.
Lieut.. w. G.. Stott, who was on duty
last night. stated today he did not
know where the cases had come from.
They arrived at the precinct when he
was out, he said, and he Rad no
knowledge of who took them there.
The same seal of secrecy was main
tanned during the entire transaction.
Capt. Cornwell was overheard to tel
detectives. who started whispering to
him; sIf YOU don't want this to get
out, don't tell mo and then you can't
blame me"
Release of Three Explained.
At police headquarters the release
Of the three men was explained as
being occasioned by the fact that the
investigation had developed no evid-
ence on which to hold them.
]. #. Anderson, general manager of
the Big Four Co., refused to make
any detailed statement today.
When asked if he knew the liquor
had been recovered, he simply said he
was glad to hear it. and IF the con-
signee had gotten it, he supposed the
matter was 'all right"
He refused to diyulge the name OF
the client causing the transportation
of any article in the truck which had
been stolen.
ibid they get the hijackers?' he
asked. did they find the people who
stole the fruck?" And Immediately
afterwards he added that he. felt he
was entirely "out'' of the matter.
since 1t was in police hands,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-11
ACCEPTANCE is EXPLAINED.
Japanese Action Designed to Improve
Friendly Relations.

LONDON. March IL R.-In con.
nection with Japan's acceptance OF
the American proposal for a further
naval limitation conference, Reuters
Toxic correspondent today telegraphs:
II learn from an authoritative
source that the decision was infiu-
enced by the Japanese governments
desire TO increase friendly relations
with Great Britain and demonstrate
to tue world that. despite apparent
differences OF opinion regarding the
policy In China and apparent signs
of cistrust regarding such matters as
the Singapore naval base. Japan de-
sires TO prove that there is no cooling
of friendship
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-11
OUTSIDE AID NOT NEEDED.
Japan Able to Relieve Suffering.
Advices Indicate.

Japan will take care of the suffer.
ing caused by the recent earthquake
without outside assistance, according
to adyices reaching the War and State
Departments:
War Department aid was rendered
by Secretary Davis through Lieut..
Col. Charles Burnett, American mill.
tary attache at Toxic. to the Japanese
minister of war. The minister ex-
pressed his appreciation, but said that
local authorities We're able to handle
the situation
Meanwhile Ambassador MacVeagh
had offered the aid of the Washing.
ton Government or OF the Red Cross.
but the japanese officials, expressing
gratitude for the offer, said they felt
outside aid was unnecessary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-11

Death itself could not rob little
Marie Cecilia Reidy of the reward for
her efforts in st. Dominic's Parochial
School during the years she was a
pupil there, for yesterday she re.
ceived in death the diploma Father
Scanlon would have presented to her
in June.
Marie was a studious pupil and one
of the leaders in her class. 1t was
her great ambition to succeed in
school, and the diploma awarded
graduating pupils meant to her a
crown for her years OF hard study
Marie was i'll recently, quite Ill, and
1t worried her when she thought Of
that diploma just q few months away;
the possibility She whispered. ever
SO softly, to her mother and TO her
father. Mrs. Nellie T. Reidy and
Michael d. Reidy. IL anything hap
pened to her would they please. get
her diploma for her?
The little Ngirl rot better. however.
and refurn<d 10 her earnest drive
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-11
WARE TOASKFULL
RECOUNT OF VOTE
viii Make Request Next Ses-
sion, He Writes to Reed
Committee.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated FFess.
PHILADELPHIA, March IL
United States Senator-elect William
S. Ware announced today he will ask
the regular Senate committee on
privileges and elections of the Senate
To recount the entire vote cast Tor
Senator at the last Novmeber election
in Pennsylvania.
He so stated in a letter to Senator
Reed, Missouri, chairman OF the sen
ate special committee investigating
camuaign expenditures. The letter
was in reply to a communication from
Senator Reed asking Mr.. Ware wnetner
he wanted the committee to impound
ballot boxes from any other counties
than Allegheny and Philadelphia In
the contest brought by William u.
Wilson. Mr.. Wares Democratic op-
ponent in the November election.
Some Ballots Already Here.
The ballot boxes of Philadelphia and
Allegheny County, which includes
Pittsburgh, already have been taken
to washington under the Reed ccm-
mittee's orders and Mr.. wilson mas
asked that the ballots OF four otner
counties also be examined.
II am advised said Wares letter
to Reed. that the special committee,
of which you were chairman, has
ceased to exist. If this were not so,
should request that every ballot box
in Pennsylvania should be brought to
Washington and its ballots scrutinizec
and tablllated. / am convinced thai
throughout the State j was the suf
fsrer from many Irregularities.
Says He VIII Ask Recount.
.I expect upon the convening Of the
United States Senate to make re-
quest for a prompt and complete re-
count of the vote of the entire state
by the committee on privileges and
elections, to which Mr.. Wilson's con
test has been referred.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-11
FLYERS GIVEN UP AS DEAD.
War Department Makes Notation
for Lieuts. Gray and Harris.

The War Department today official
ly closed the records of Lieut.. VIII
liam A. Gray and Lieut. Willard l..
Harris, missing Army aviators, with
the simple notation, 'Died in the sea" /"
The two flyers We're never seen
after taking off from the Island Beach
Coast Guard Station, near Barnegat,
n. j., February II. Sometime later,
however, a travelling bag that had
belonged to one of the men was wash
ed ashore, giving mute testimony of
their fase.
Lieut.. Gray was from Chelsea,
Mass, and entered the aviation serv-
ice In 1917. He served as a balloon
observer in France during the World
War. Lieut.. Harris was born in
Williamsport, Pa. and received his
flying commission in 1925.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-11
DR.. H. w. FRAUENTHAL
KILLED IN 7-FL00R FALL
Hospital Founder Loses Balance
Seeking Air at Window of Apart
ment Bedroom.
BY the. Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 11.-Dr. Henry
w. FrauenthaI. founder of the Hos
pital for Joint Diseases, was killed to-
day when he fell from a bedroom
window in his sevsnth-fioor apartment
on West Seventieth street. Police
believe he lost his balance when he
went to the window for air.
He was 63 years old and had been
in i'll health for the last month, rela.
tives said. He was able, however. 90
make his daily visits to the hospital
until a few days ago.
DIR. Frauenthal gained wide fame
as q specialist in the treatment OF
Joint diseases. He was chief surgeon
of the hospital he founded on upper
Madison avenue q years ago.
He was a native Of Wilkes Barre,
Pa. He is survived by his widow.
She was unaware of hts death until
some time after the body was found
in a courtyard.
DIR. Frauentlial was aboard the III.
tanic when that vessel struck an Ice
berg in the North Atlantic i'm 1912.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-11
Accepts Internationally U. S.
Invitation to Three-PoWer
Conference.
TOXIC REPLY DELIVERED
STATE DEPARTMENT
Note Expresses Belief Geneva
Meeting Will Adjust Questions
of Naval Reductions.
BY the Associated Prose.

BY the Associated Press.
A hope that France and Italy will
decide eventually TO participate in tho
naval conference at Geneva was ex-
pressed to Acting Secretary Grew
today by Ambassador Matsudaira, In
communicating Japan's unconditional
acceptance of American proposals for
a three-power conference.
The Ambassador said the Japanese
government would take part IN any
event, but that 1t was the feeling In
Toxic it would be highly desirable for
France and Italy also to come In. Both
have declined invitations.
Formal Announcement Made.
The State Department made the
following announcement:
.'The Japanese Ambassador today
informed the Acting Secretary OF
state that the Japanese government
gladly accepts the invitation or the
American Government to hold q dis-
cussion at Geneva among the united
States, the British Empire and Japan
on the question of the limitation OF
naval armament.
"They feel that the definite ADJUST
ment of the question would be greauy
facilitated. If the willing and aciive
co-operatton of France and Italy could
be secured.
"ShouId 1t, however. be found i'm
possibIe to count on such cooperation,
the Japanese government VIII never
theless be ready to take part In the
proposed discussion among the three
noyers. and to assist in the endeavors
for the furtherance of the desired
end"
Farley in Summer.
Acceptance by Japan OF the Amer,
lean proposals means that the Ohlteu
States, Great Britain and Japan VII
mer in an effort to find practical
methods by which competitive con-
struction Of cruisers. destroyers ana
submarines may be avoided.
Great Britain's determination 70
participate in the conferences. notWith-
standing the decIfnatiOn or France
and italy to send delegates to Geneva,
was communicated TO the State De-
partment yesterday by Ambassador
Howard. The acceptance OF Japan
had been anticipated. and preparation
of formal notes of invitation to ratify
the verbal exchanges has already pe-
The hope that France and Italy may
vet find II possible TO participate In
some way in the discussions Is stiii
held here. Some officials believe these
two European continental nations
should be invited to send observers
and technical experts to sit in at the
meetings.
The purpose of the conference will
be to limit competition in naval craft
which were not covered by the
treaties drawn up at the Washington
arms conference. Armaments dealt
with in those treaties were battleships
and aircraft carriers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-11
Harder to Qualify
For Auto Than to
Wed, Wiley Says
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
AUBURN, Ala, March 11.--Dr.
Harvey Wiley found authorities in
the National Capital more con-
cerned about his qualifications as
an automobile driver than as hus-
band.
DR.. Wiley. addressing an audi
ence at Alabama Polytechnic In
stitute last night, said that when
he applied for a marriage license
in Washington several years ago
he paid ST and no questions asked,
but that when he applied for driv-
ing license he was questioned two
hours and charged 81.
lit cost me double the amount to
qualify as driver than 1t cost me
to found family, and in the latter
ease no questions were asked.
claim that is wrong" he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-11
Five Injured as 9 Outlaws
Bomb Truck and Escort
ing Machine.
ALL TELEPHONE WIRES
CUT BEFORE H0LD-UP
Money on Way for Miners Near
Pittsburgh Stolen Just Out
side of Plant.
BY the Associated Press.


PITTSBURGH, March 11.-Nine
armed bandits escaped in an automo'
bile with a 100000 payroll of the
Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Co. this art
ernoon after bombing an armored car
containing the money and an escort
ing automobile as the two machines
approached the Coverdaie Mine of the
concern, about six miles from Pitts
burgh.
Five men, occupants of the two atl-
tomobiles, were badly injured in the
explosion, which occurred after the
machines had left the main highway
and had driven down side road about
800 feet toward the mine.
The automobile had proceeded from
Pittsburgh bank along the Library
road, main highway in Bethel Town.
ship, and had turned into a side road
TO enter the mining camp, when the
explosion occurred.
Bomb Wrecks Trucks.
The bomb, set off just as the ar
mored car was going through an
underpassage of the Montour Rail.
road, wrecked the automobile.
The bandits materialiZed seemingly
from nowhere, grabbed the payroll
and sped away in an automobile they
had parked nearby. The run from the
main highway to the mining plant is
a distance of about 800 yards.
Police and detectives from Pitts
burgh headquarters, seeking to obtain
information regarding the hold-up
found that all telephone wires in the
vicinity of the Coverdale mine had
been severed. line was ordered re.
routed through nearby towns to es-
tablish telephone connection.
Meantime officers from Pittsburgh
sped toward the scene in automobiles
and all available officers in the vicinity
of the mine We're mobilized to aid in
the bandit hunt.
Second Payroll Stolen.
The armored car in which the pay
roll was transported was supplied by
Pittsburgh Office were without knowl-
edge of the robbery
The payroll was the second of the
Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Co. stolen
within two years. A year ago Christ
mas $4,000 was stolen in the hold-up
of a company payroll automobile. "A
guard was killed in that hold-up.
Both Machines Wrecked.
Three men We're in the armored car,
two guards ard the driver. and two
men were in the other machine, a
touring car. Both automobiles were
wrecked by the bomb, which was set
off as the machines neared an over,
head crossing of the Montour Railroad
The robbers apparently were hidden
nearby. Immediately after the blast
occurred they ran out, grabbed the
payroll satchels, jumped in their an.
tomobile and sped away. They We're
believed to have headed toward Wash.
ington, Pa.
Their automobile. bearing Pennsyl-
vania license 6O2-S96, was said to be
owned by FL. b. Light, r. y. No. 4,
Myerstown, Pa, which, police said
had been stolen from the Lebanon
County man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-11
WOUNDED REACH pEKING.
Heavy Fighting in Honan Province
Believed Developing.

PEKING. March il G4o).--SIx hun
dred wounded soldiers have arrived at
Picking. indicating that the fighting
in IIonan is developing on a large
scale.
Under cover OF Marshal Chang Tso.
Inns artillery. the northerners are
continuing 10 cross the Yellow River,
despite strong opposition from the
forces of Gen. Chin Yum 40, civil
governor Of Honan. and Gen, Wang
Itching. These two generals are
nominally supporters of Gen. VA Pei
I9u, the Chill leader. although not
definitely lined up with the southern.
crs. The nortllcrnera. however, must
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