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Evening star., 1927-09-12
SOUGHT
TO END MINE STRIKE
Illinois Coal Operators and EN-.
ployes Continue Conference on
Wages, Begun Week Ago.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, September ia COM
mittee Of Illinois coal operators,
which has been here for week con-
ferring with a similar committee rep
resentinC the Miners Union. today
went into conference with a sub
committee of the operators which
had spent the week end with the
miners subcommittee attempting to
reach an agreement that would end
a five-month suspension Of work.
While nothing official was forth
coming from the conference, it was
indicated that the operators had re-
fused to accept any agreement that
would not reduce the cost Of produc-
ton.
1t also was reported that John l..
Lewis, president OF the international
Miners Union, had suggested to the
two subcommittees last Saturday
that a commission of two miners and
two operators be named to investi-
gate the entire situation and report
not later than next February ].
Meanwhile, according to this re-
port, Lewis suggested that the miners
go back to work pending the com.
mittee's decision under the terms OF
the Jacksonville agreement.
Evening star., 1927-09-12
ALL e AUTO TAGS
SEEN READY Jam. |.
Capt. NJ. M. Barnard Assures
Commissioners in Annual
Report of Early Work.

The entire supply Of the Districts
1928 automobile Identification tags,
now being manufactured at the Dis
trict Reformatory in Lorton, Va, will
be delivered before January 1, Capt.
M. M. Barnard, superintendent of
penal institutions, assured the Com
missioners in his annual report sub.
mitted to them today by George s.
Wilson, director of the Board of Pub
lie Welfare.
Capt. Barnard originally planned to
deliver all tags by November 10, but
pointed out that a 60-day delay in
getting contracts for machinery and
material for the new tag manufacture
ing plant would necessarily cause a
delay in delivery. incidentally, he
told the Commissioners that the plant
lis one Of the best in existence"
Satisfactory progress has been made
during the year on the building pro-
gram at both the reformatory and
workhouse, Capt. Barnard said, and
as result the canning factory has
been completed and the foundry will
be ready to begin operation by No
vember ]. 1t has been impossible, he
said. to increase the output of the
brick plant on account of the dilapi-
dated condition of the kilns. An ap-
preparation of So, 900 was recommend
ed to put this plant in good condition.
Complaint was made of the water
system at Occoquan, which Capt. Bar
nard declared is in n deplorabe con-
dition, as the source Of supply in
Occoquan Creek is so muddy at times
that the pipes become clogged. and it
is difficult to draw water through
them.
I'VE are now getting estimates and
information to ask for an appropria.
ton for driven wells" he said. This
is a matter that should be given seri.
Gus consideration"
Evening star., 1927-09-12
'D0UGHERTY SCANS
MAKEUP OF POLICE.
Number of Officers in ReIa.
ton to Patro|Iing Force
Is Surveyed.

Commissioner Proctor l.. Dougherty
revealed today that he has started a
study of the organization Of the Met.
ropoltan Police Department, over
which he has supervision, to deter
mine whether there are too many Off.
GERS in proportion to the patrolling
force. Comparisons will he made, he
said. with police departments in cities
which compare in population with
Washington.
With this information, Mr.. Dough.
erty explained, he expects to reach a
decision with Maj. Edwin b. Hesse,
superintendent of police. on the ad-
Visibility of filling the post left vacant
by the recent death of Assistant Su.
perintendent Charles A. Evans. There
have been rumors that this vacancy
would not be filled, but Mr.. Dougherty
and Maj. Hesse both declared en-
phatically that they have not yet
reached even tentative conclusion.
IL the study should show that the
department is too heavy" with Of
ficers, Commissioner Dougherty said.
1T Is not likely that another assistant
superintendent will be named at this
time.
Inspector Henry G. Pratt, chief of
the Detectives Bureau, is the only as.
sistant superintendent now in the de-
partment. The organic act of the
Police Department provides for only
one assistant superintendent. but this
has been amended in various appro-
priation bills and at one time there
were four assistant superintendents
serving at the same time.
Evening star., 1927-09-12
DRY OFFICIAL ANNOUNCES
CHANGE IN JURISDICTION
Connecticut Taken From New York
District-Placed in New
England Unit.

In redistribution Of prohibition
areas to provide for better law en-
forcement, the state of Connecticut
today was taken from under the
Jurisdiction of Maurice Campbell.
prohibition administrator for the
eastern and southern judicial dis
tricts Of New York, comprising most
of New Yory City proper. and was
given to the New England area. For
the present, Connecticut will be ad-
ministered by the deputy prohibition
administrator, Frank T. Putney, with
headoua rters at Hartford. Conn.
In making the announcement. Pro-
bibition Commissioner James M. Do
ran said that New England was a
logical unit for the enforcement of
prohibition to which Connecticut
belonged, rather than to New York.
Evening star., 1927-09-12
MISS MARY ANDERSON
TO ADDRESS MEETING
Will Speak at Reception to Ma
tional Officers Of Daughters of
America Tonight.

Miss Mary Anderson of the Federal
Women's Bureau will deliver an ad.
dress at reception by the District
of Columbia Daughters of America
to the national officers of that or.
ganization in the Northeast Masonic
Temple tonight. as preliminary to
the opening of the thirty-first an
nual State convention of the local
Daughters of America tomorrow
morning.
Nominations of officers is scheduled
to be held at tomorrows session, and
theater party will be held tomorrow
evening.
The convention will end Wednesday,
following the election and installation
of officers. Mrs. Carrie Faulkner.
Xenia, Ohio, is the present national
councillor.
Members of the committee in charge
Of arrangements for the convention
include Charles III. Miller. Mrs. Eliza
beth Shepherd. Mrs. Cora Thompson
and Mrs. Pearl Wolfe.
Evening star., 1927-09-12
SALESMAN IS MISSING
POLICE ARE INFORMED
George Hines Left 1922 Mount
Pleasant Street Saturday,
Wife Advises Officers.

Police were requested today 10
search for George Hines. as years old,
automobile salesman. said by men,
bers of his household to have been
lieutenant of aviation during the war
ard to have sustained shrapnel
wounds when his plane was shot
down. lie disappeared Saturday
after leaving 3122 Mount Pleasant
street.
The only clue to his disappearance
was obtained yesterday when an un-
identified woman telephoned J. H.
Morgan. manager for Joseph Mercy.
mold, automobile dealer. his employer.
and said that he was on the way
down." Morgan, however. stated that
he believes the message to be hoax
and said that Hines came to his firm
4 few days ago with exceptionally high
recommendations from an automobile
agency in DeS Moines, Iowa.
Although Mr.. Hines reported to
police that he was carrying revolver
in brief case Saturday morning. It
developed today that he sold a. revol.
yer the day before to a colored chauf-
feur. When last seen. early Saturday
afternoon. he was wearing a gray
suit and gray felt hat. He is of frail
physique and has q thin face. A
finger of the left hand is crippled.
Evening star., 1927-09-12

r. E. Bondy, Walter Wesselius and
DR.. William .Dekleine, OF the Red
Cross; l.. w. Baldwin, president of the
Missouri Pacific Railway. and various
others interested in the flood situation.
Accompanying him here were George
Akerson. assistant to Nj. Hoover;
Allan Hoover. the Secretary's son;
Capt. l.. A. Pick of the Army Engi-
neers and a group of correspondents.
Today Mr.. Hoover will conclude his
tour of Arkansas by speaking to an
assemblage of several hu.idred busi-
ness men of Hot Springs and Little
Rock at a Chamber of Commerce
luncheon. Members of the Rotary,
kiwanis, Lions and other clubs will
attend.
This ening he will go by special
train to Charleston, Mo-, where re-
ports will be received tomorrow re-
garding rehabilitation work in Mis-
souri, apd Illinois. Tuesday he will ar
rive in st. Louis and take a train for
Washington, where he will present a
comprehensive flood report to Presi-
dent Coolidge.
Between conferences yesterday the
Commerce Secretary addressed, col
orful group of Ozark mountaineers,
gathered in front Of the palatial log
lodge fo- the purpose of seeing
what Mr.. Hoover looks like" While
barefooted children tugged at their
mothers gingham dresses and amid
the sporadic howls of restless infants
held in their arms. Hoover predicted
a bright future for Arkansas. He
recalled that in his younger days,
while engaged in mining engineering.
he had -mped across the Ozarks and
this State. He was given a big hand
by the somewhat awed but enthusi-
astic natives, some of whom had come
for many miles in wagons.
Evening star., 1927-09-12
FIRE CHIEF is GIVEN
PROTEST ON FLOATS
Commissioners Refer Resolutions
Regarding Parade Awards to
Watson for Action.

A formal protest against the award
of prizes for the best decorated floats
in the firemen's Labor day parade was
received by the District Commission
ers today from group of four women
who served on the decorating commit.
tees Of different fire companies.
The protest, which took the form of
resolutions, adopted at a recent meet
ing ct No. 10 fire engine house, de-
clared that the awards were made
hastily and without much attention
to the detailed decorations Of the vari-
Gus floats and that the judges were
unfamiliar with artistic decorations.
The resolutions asked that the three
floats awarded the prizes be paraded
before committee of judges selected
from decorative artists in the employ
of the firms which donated the tro-
phies and that the awards be based
on their findings.
The Commissioners referred the
resolutions to Fire Chief George S.
Watson for his consideration and rec
ommendation.
Evening star., 1927-09-12
RUTH CLAIMS AL|b|
ON ATTACK CHARGE
Ball Players Case Continued
Whe~ He Appears to
Answer Complaint.

NEW YORK, September IL (R.--
The most widely known ball player
in America was hailed into court to-
day on John Doe" warrant a1leg-
ing assault.
George Herman Babe" Ruth. slug
ging Yankee outfielder, was the
John Doe" meant. When he heard
the story Of the assault Babe" ex-
pressed pity for the victim, Bernard
Neimeyer. and produced witnesses to
prove that he was in Garfield, n. j.,
at the time the assault is alleged to
have occurred on Broadway here.
Victims Story.
Neimeyer told the court that on
July 4, shortly after he had been re-
leased from hospital after being
treated for fracture of the spine, he
was walking along upper Broadway.
Two women passed him, he said, but
he paid no attention to them
In their wake came man, identi-
fed in court by Neimeyer as Ruth,
who brushed against him and called
to the women, asking them if Neimey.
er had spoken to them. Neimeyer
said the women replied that he had
not spoken to them, hut Ruth struck
me terrible blow in the eye with
ms IeIl nsL anyway.
I'm partially blind in one eye"
Neimeyer said, and 1 pleaded with
him not to strike me again. Then
l asked him why he had struck me. 4"
Why did you speak to my wife?"
Neimeyer quoted Ruth as saying.
A crowd had gathered by this time.
Neimeyer said. He heard chauffeur
shout, That's Babe Ruth" sNei.
meyer said he had never seen Ruth,
but had read of him and knew who
he was. Neimeyer related how he
hesought the crowd to grab" Ruth,
and of how no one responded. Then
traffic officer INTERVIEWED.
The traffic cop told me to get the
patrolman on that beat" Neimeyer
recounted. "I left him and followed
the man and the two women to where
they were getting into taxi.
asked the traffic cop to arrest the
man, but he told me to get a sum-
mons.
Ruth Expresses Sympathy.
When the man and two women
had speeded away in the taxi. Nei-
meyer said, a patrolman shooed the
crowd away and he went to a station
to make a complaint. After much diff.
ficulty, Neimeyer said. he got a. John
Doe" summons. which he served on
Ruth at the Yankee Stadium July 90.
Neimeyer said he was 'positive'' the
man was Ruth.
Ruth, dressed in a neat blue suit,
stood In the court as Neimeysr pointed
bim out. Repeating that he was sorry
Yor Neimeyer, Ruth declared he was
much surprised" at the charge. The
home run manufacturer had with him
AL 4. =.
statement that he was in Garfield at
the time of the alleged assault
After hearing the story Of Nei.
meyer, an interior decorator. and Of
Ruth, Magistrate Stern continued the
case until Friday to permit Neimcyer
to obtain witnesses to corroborate his
story.
Evening star., 1927-09-12
MRS. DYKE SEEKING.
STATUS UNDER LAW
Goes to Rockville to Ask
About Baby Home at
'Takoma Park.

Under suspension by the Maryland
State Board Of Aid and Charities,
Mrs. Efie S. Dyke went to Rockville
TO-DAY to find out from Montgomery
County authorities whether she Is to
he able to continue her boaIding
home for infants at 100 Cedar avenue,
Takoma Park, provided she complies
strictly with the Maryland regula'
tions.
Mrs. DYKE was notified last week by
the authorities that further contlnua-
ton of hcr baby home would bring
her in violation of the laws govern
ing the custody OF infants less 'han
6 months old, under statute enacted
last June.
Case Presents Problem.
Whether Mrs. Dyke must dispose
Immediately of the IA young WARDS
under her care or move out OF the
jurisdiction Of Maryland IL she Wlshes
to continue her present mode OF occu-
nation. it was understood, depends on
an independent inquiry conducted py
States Attorney Robert 3. Peter. Jr..
for Montgomery County. Mrs. Dyke
carried her appeal today TO Mr. Peter,
in Rockville, in the hope OF haVlng
the State Board rescind its refusal TO
cient stay OF action until she has
found homes for her II wards Some
of the babies at her home are under
6 months of age and there in viola
tion of the law, the State board holds.
Montgomery County authorities
realize il is no easy matter to place
the children elsewhere even in Few
DAYS, and whatever action is decided
upon in Mrs. Dykes case, 1T VIII ne
done in the interests of the children.
Some of the babies. it was learned.
could be turned over Immediately TO
the parents. while in the cases OF
several others IL would be dif1lcuit
matter At least four of the babies
are illegitimate. their cases present
ing varying problems. One infant In
the home was abandoned recently by
its mother, whose whereabouts is un-
known.
143 Homes Here.
The Woman's Bureau in Washing
ten. which has investigated Several
cases involving Mrs. Dykes wards
for the Maryland authorities, said to-
day that il is often called upon by
the State Board of Aid and Charities
70 make such inquiries.
During the past year it was learned
that number of women who had been
conducting similar baby homes in
the District have removed either into
Virginia or Maryland. when their per
mits have been cancelled. Records
do not show, however. for what cause
their permits were cancelled. In Mrs.
DYKES case. it was merely for the
reason that she had moved out OF the
District.
Health Department records show
143 boarding homes for minor children
conducted under permits in the Dis
trict with % applications pending.
These are under more or less constant
observation by District authorities.
though George S. Wilson. director of
public welfare said today there are
undoubtedly a large number Of homes
being operated here for which no per-
nnits have been issued.
Evening star., 1927-09-12

received assurance that his action
would meet with no objections on the
part of the gowrnment, said a state
ment issued from his Offices here to-
day
1.-The council (of the league) will
continue it's own support" said the
statement, so that Mr.. Rockefellers
gift is simply supplementary TO what
the council had already been engaged
in doing in prosecution of the more
specific activities of the league itself.
Since the establishment of the
League and the international labor
office Geneva has rapidly developed as
n center for the study of problems in
the field Of international relations,
Mr.. Rockefeller said. In the develop
ment of the work OF the League of
Nations and the international labor
office a working library has been built
up relating definitely to the work IN
hand.
"The members OF the League sec
retariat, accredited representatives of
governemnts and students of inter-
national problems from all parts of
the world, have found, however, the
need for extensive supplementary
library facilities, going far afield from
the immediate work and comprehend
ing the entire field of international re-
lations.
1T has been suggested. therefore.
that under the joint administration of
the secretariat of the League and OF
the interna tional labor office com
modious and thoroughly equipped IL
brary be established which would
serve the purposes of the officials in
Geneva and would likewise he open to
students and investigators who. natur-
ally, come to Geneva in prosecution
of studies dealing with economic, HUI
manitarian, geogra ohio or other prob
lens affecting world peace.
Toward this end Mr.. Rockefeller
has given $2,000.000 to be used for
building and endowing the proposed
Evening star., 1927-09-12
GIVES 100000
LIBRARY TO LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Son of Oil Magnate Is Sole
Donor of Fund for
Building.
Assembly Expresses Thanks
for Much Needed Ad-
junct to Labors.

By the Associated Press.
GENEVA, September 12.-John u.
Rockefeller. jr.. is the sole donor Of
the S2.0o0.000 fund for the erection
of a library for the League of Ma
tions. it was announced in the League
Assembly today. There had bssn con-
siderable speculation as to the oonor
since news OF the gift became public
The donor was announced by Presi-
dent Alberto GUAM OF the League
after the assembly had accepted the
gift unanimously. The announcement
was greeted with prolonged applause
as was Guani's tribute to the humani-
tartan work of the Rockefeller Foun-
dation.
Gift Is Accepted.
President Guani opened the League
Assembly with the announcement
that the council of the League had
decided to accept the American gift
for the erection of the library.
DR.. Giuseppi Motta, President of
Switzerland, paid glowing tribute to
the Americans generosity and said
that he reioiced that Geneva would
benefit from the donation.
Stephan Osusky of Czechoslovaki kia,
who before the resuscitati ton Of his
country was a naturaliZed American
and n lawyer in Chicago, said that,
though the United States was not n
member of the League, its people
could not remain indifferent to the
ideals OF the League. The donation
just announced was tangible proof
of that, he declared. and was the
source Of stimulation and encourage
ment to the League.
DR.. w. ]. NJ. Van Eysinga Of Hol-
land chara cteriZed the announcement
of the gift as "a joyous message"
He compared it to the library with
which Andrew Carnegie endowed The
Hague. He urged the assembly's rati-
f1cation of the councils acceptance.
Donor Is Thanked.
Guani closed the discussion by ex-
pressing the gratitude Of all the ~
represented i'm the assembly. The
gift was then accepted unanimously.
After the assembly's ratification
Guani declared there was no further
reason to conceal the name Of the
D. Rockefeller, jr.
Evening star., 1927-09-12
Three Army Officers Retired.

Three officers Of the Army have been
found physically incapable of further
active military service on account of
disabilities incident thereto. and have
been transferred to the retired list.
They are Lieut.. Col. George p. Hawes,
jr.. 5th Field Artillery, at Fort
Bragg, N. c.; First. Lieut.. Louis c.
Simon, jr.. Air Corps, recently at
Miami, Fla, and Capt. John G. Schwie-
ger. Medical Administrative Corps. re.
Gently stationed at Carlisle Bar
racks, Pa.
Evening star., 1927-09-12
TWO CRACKED ON HEADS
WITH BASE BALL BATS
Colored Men in Separate Fights
Sent to Hospital, One With
Fractured Skull.

Two young colored me-. were
cracked over the heads with base ball
bats in two separate figts yesterday
and today both are in hospitals, one
with a fractured skull and the other
with lacerations about the Uranium.
Bennie Thomas, 20 years old. of
Lakeland, Nd, was hit by his brother
William, and is in a serious condition
at Freedmen's Hospital. O'Dell Will
son, 22 years old. of 81 Defrees street.
was hit by Levi Jenkins, colored. IA
years old, during a figle in the Will
son home. Wilson Is at Gallinger
Hospital. where his condition Is unde-
termined.
Evening star., 1927-09-12

would be available to continue up to
November 1, and perhaps thereafter.
although it was estimated a short
time ago that funds on hand would
be exhausted within a week or two.
Hopes for Contributions.
The Secretary is hopeful that coly
lections made by state authorities I'D
the various districts along the rivers
and which are in arrears, will provide
a considerable hum to continue ting
repair work. There is about $1.000,s
900 due from these sources. while the
unallotted balance which the depart-
ment sought to transfer to levea
repair work from other uses amount.
ed to approximately $2,000,000.
=, Seeking Emergency Funds.
The Secretary indicated that he
was having search made by the Judge
Advocate General and other depart
mental agencies of laws in connec'
ton with all unexpended appropria-
tions in order to find funds for
emergency use on the river II that
ia possible. In any event. he is salts
fed that there will be no necessity
for stoppage of the repair work for q
number of weeks.
Evening star., 1927-09-12
MOORE, WANDERING
ON FARM is FOUND
Former Masonic Leader, VIC
tim of Amnesia, Fired at
as Chicken Thief.

George Fleming Moore, 70 years
old, amnesia victim. former grand
commander of Suprame Council OF
Scottish Rite Masons, Southern Juris-
diction. and one of the founders Of
the Fellowship Forum. found wander.
ing near Darnestown. Nd, yesterday,
after his disappearance, last Friday,
had been reported to the police, mar.
rowly escaped death by two bullets
when he was mistaken for chicken
thief, it was learned today.
John Curtis. a farmer who found
Mr.. Moore, fired two shots at dark
figure he found wandering about his
farm. Later Mr.. Moore approached
Curtis home and asked for assistance.
Curtis telephoned the police and Off
GER j.. e. Claggett identified Mr..
Moore.
DR.. Aldrich II. Moore Of Alta Vista.
son, who has been searching for his
father since Saturday, declared today
that his father had slept ever since
he had been brought home early this
morning. He makes his home with
DR.. Moore
The movements of Mr.. Moore since
he was last seen in the Union Station
here, Friday. were accounted for in
part by Charles r. Klopfer. 1Sl l.
street northeast, taxi driver. Klopfer
reported to the police last night that
he had picked up man answering
Mr.. Moores description in Silver
Spring, Md, Friday night and taken
him to Alta Vista. When the car
arrived at Alta Vista. the taxi man
said. Mr.. Moore contended that the
chauffeur was wrong and ordered him
to carry him farther. This resulted in
klOpfer leaving Mr.. Moore about a
mile outside of Rockville.
Fearing that Mr.. Moore was suffer.
ing from amnesia, his son had tele-
graphed relatives in Montgomery,
Ala, and Denver. Colo, on the theory
that his father might have decided to
go to one OF these points.