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WASHINGTON. D. C.. MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1922.
ONE CENT.
ALLIES REBUKE
GERMANY AND
PACIFY FRANCE
i Note to Teutons Says "In
cident Is Closed"?No
Reply Expected.
BARTHOU ECHOES
CO-OPERATION PLEA
"British Set on Peace,"
Lloyd George Warns
Genoa Leaders.
GENOA. April 22.?The Genoa
**onf^rence goe? Into its third week
reasonably free from the crises
which have repeatedly endangered
Its existence.
After once more analyzing the
allied reply to the German explana
tion of the Russian treaty. France
decided to climh back on the band
wagon from which she has Jumped
in momentary pique so mkny times
?luring the last two weeks.
The allies* reply, which was
Phrased somewhat pointedly to
meet with French approval, re
r hukes Germany for insinuating that
the allies were framing up a Rus
sian setlement which would have
ignored her interests and expresses
regret that Germany should try
to shift to the allies the responsi
bility for the Russo-German agree
ment. It also reserved the right
to declare null and void any pro
visions conflicting with the Ver
sailles treaty.
Reply I nanimoDHlr Approved.'
France was also induced to get
back in line by l*lcyi George's
threat to tell the world who was
blocking the conference.# At least,
when Lloyd George restated the
British position during the confer
ence today at which the reply to
Germany was framed. Barthou?
apparently heeding this threat?
????hoed the British premier's senti
ments at every turn.
Consequently the reply to the
Germans was unanimously ap
proved by the original ten signa
tory powers.
Barthou also completely accepted
the explanation that the Russian
? ??mment on the I?ondon experts'
report was only propaganda and
,vas never officially presented, af
^?r declaring with heat that he
^vould not sit with the allied lead
ers until this memorandum had
'"?en discussed. He Anally agreed
I t?, a resumption of discussions i
k with the Russians over a practical
k application of the allied formulae
r.-KHrrting debts. restitution of
:?roperty, and other questions in
\olved in - t?e economic recon
struction of Russia.
Way Open for Protest.
However, iri view of the past
performances of the French dele-!
nation tho duration of the new love
l? ast will not be apparent until the I
;>Hies take up the question of dis
?-vowing of any part of the Rus-1
aian-German agreement which is
considered contrary to the Ver
sailles treaty Views among the
various delegations probably will
differ greatly as to just how far. if
at all the agreement conflicts.
Lloyd George explained that this
does not mean that the Russo
J a pan treaty is necessarily recog
nized by the allies, pointing out that
as several questions may be raised
in the future, the way is still open
for further protests.
The allied reply to the Gesman
note explaining the reasons for en
tering into the agreement with the
Soviets' notes "with satisfaction"
that the Germans realize that the j
signing of a separate treaty with
Russia on matters within the pur
view of the conference renders it
undesirable that the Germans par
ticipate in future discussions re
garding an agreement between
Russia and the other nations at
tending the conference.
fall Incident losed.'*
The allies deny ignoring the Ger- I
man interests or formulating aj
scheme unacceptable to the Ger
mans. inasmuch as a final agree- '
r?ent could not be reached without
a discussion in committees on which
Germany is represented with com-*
plete equality. The note regrets
that the Germans' attempt to "im
pose on other powers responsibility
f?.r a proceeding ?so contrary to the}
soirit of loyal co-operation so es- '
scntial to the restoration of Eu- '
rope."
The note adds that the "incident1
may now be regarded as closed." i
intimating unofficially that if the
Hermans are wise they will not re
ply to this communication.
In presenting the draft of there-!
pl v at today's conference. Ijoyd:
George emphasized that Great Brit- |
atn wanted to 9ontinue her oper
ation with the allies, but Insisted
that this meant co-operation for
the maintenance of co-operation
and peace, namely, "cooperation in
the objects of this conference." '
Harthou F>ho*? Sentiments.
1 He warned that if the English
people thought for a moment that
co-operation among the allies is
leading to the continuation of Eu
ropean fueds and the prevention of
real peace, their viewpoint on the
European situation would be
changed materially. t
"The British are set upon peace
and are determined to surmount
any obstacles in attaining It," he I
added, significantly.
Barthou insisted that France is I
animated by the same feeling and i
promised henceforth loyal co-oper
ation with the other allies.
Chancellor Wirth. of Germany,
has made formal inquiry of Presi
dent Facta to learn if he had re
c< ived a, note from M. Barthou, of
the French delegation, referring to
"false assertions" i? the Herman
reply to the allies on the llusso
German treaty.
Wirth declared that If Barthou
used such language regarding the
German reply he would enter the
( strongest possible protest against
f*?ch an offensive accusation.
MOSti-xr. -April 23?Soviet press
korwans believe the ihfluence of the
Fl"uited States is keeping the Genoa |
-onferencc together, even though
she is remaining aloof.
Wl influence. although hiddca;
Continued on Page Tiro. " j
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Strike Ties Up Erin-Today
' In Labor's "War on War"
No Public Vehicles to
Move, and All Wires
Will Be Silent.
DUBLIN. April 23.?At 6 o'clock
tomorrow morning labor begins its
dramatic protest against militarism
in the twenty-six counties. A* ar
ranged It will probably be as ab
solute a cessation of general ac
tivity as Ireland has over known
All means of communication will
be suspended from 6 a. ni. until 9
p m. Those persons who do not
own automobile? or '*arts must
walk, for no public vehicle of any
character will be permitted to turn
a wheel. According to the plans
the only exceptions to the general
cessation of work will be the usual
delivery of milk, funerals, drug
stores open as on Sundays,* and
police and fire protection.
All Wlre^ ?? Re Slleat.
If a person Is hurt on the streets
he must be carried to a hospital on
a stretcher or a passing vehicle
as there will bo no telephone to
summon an ambulance. Telegraph
wires will be silent and trains
trams and taxis stopped. Trains
from the north can come as far
north as the border, but cannot
come across.
The day and night may ormg
extraordinary developments ac
companied by violence, but the
world will not hear of it until the
postoffico reopens at 9 o'clock and
the operators man the keys.
Blast* Make r?wn.
Hotel guests not arising before
10 o'clock will have to make their
own beds. They must prepare and
serve their own lunch, tea and
dinner, or go without. An Irish
major residing at the Shelbourne
Hotel has made up a duty roster,
including all the guests to form
an emergency staff.
The unofficial Belfast boycott
committee headquarters in the Or
ange Hall yesterday took over the
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NSURANCE IS
HIGH IN ERtf
Rate Goes From $4 to $22
As Bullet Hits Leg
Of Underwriter.
DUBLIN. April 23.?A Lloyds
underwriter, intending to sur
vey Dublin for riot risks, ar
rived here at 6 o'clock in the
evening, and two hours later
was^^ruck in the calf of the
leg A a stray bullet and, sent
to a^iospital. Then the rat?
jumped f^oni $4.40 to 122 on
riot insurance policy for three
months. One Lloyd agent has
sold riot insurance policies
amounting to $440,000 in the
last ten days.
V. M. C. A. in O'Connell street. The
Masonic Hall was burned In Car
rlck-on-Shannon. Explosions awak
ened the towq and petrol tins were
'ound in the ruins. The buildinK
was a memorial to Surgeon Barke,
who accompanied Henry Stanley to
Africa.
\ (Copyrirht. 108$.)
Terror Is Belfast.
, BELFAST. April 23.?Violent dis
orders raged in various parts of
the city today as lawless elements
among the irreconcilables renewed
their attempted reign of terrorism.
Firing broke out in the afternoon,
resulting in the wounding of three
j persons. Some of the rebels took
j to arson and set fire to a number
of houses. Bombs were thrown
I during the night, and three men
were stabbed in the Bridge End
district. The appearance of arson
and bomb throwing as methods of
terrorism caused greater uneasi
ness than usual.
bitter mine war son says he shot
REACHES CLIMAX I FATHER TO DEFEND
IN TODAY'S TRIAL INVALID MOTHER
Nine Prisoners, Cut by Family Quarrel Likely to
Manacles, Brought to Prove Fatal to P.
Charles Town,W.Va. Rothenbuecher.
HARD FIGHT SEEN BOY TELLS STORY
Defense Charges March on Says He Took Gun From
I^ogan Was Caused by Coal Mother and Warned He
Men's Cruel Repression. Would Shoot.
CHARLES TOWN. W. Va., Ap. il 23.
?A train arrived in Charles Town
today. From it stepped nine men.
Each man was handcuffed. At
tached to the handcuffs was a chain.
It was a long chain, running from
man t? man. linking them together.
The wrists of the nine men were
cut and swollen. They had been
wearing their manacles for twelve
hours. The clanking of their chains
as they were marched through the
streets was as the dismal tolling of
bells of war rather than the chimes
of peace, for in the arrival of these
men. West Virginia's bitter indus
trial war. which has gone on. and
on through bloodshed and violence,
was again -ising to claim the State's
official attention.
Sole Cry of Protect.
The nine men, now lodged in the
Jefferson County jail for trial dur
ing the coming week, are miners.
They are charged with murder and
treason. They came from Logan
County, scene of the mine wa ? last
summer, out of which the present
trials arise. Armed deputies ac
companied them on their manacled
journey. After they were herded
off the train. Deputy Sheriff Cadle
? ndeavored to remove the handcuffs,
but was unabfe to do so. mines as
sort. and a police officer was called
in to take them off.
A few miners were on hand to
greet their comrades, but made no
demonstration. One man left the
crowd to shout in protest.
Rail Berimed Them.
"Those men aren't convict*." he
cried. "There's no reason fo- herd
ing them through the town like
galley slaves."
The guards only shrugged their
shoulders and kept closer watch.
The men now in the Jefferson
County jail arc among those charged
with the killing of Deputy Sheriff
Gore. The State, it is asse-ted, has
refused to accept bail in their cases,
although their alleged offenses are
no more serious than those of other
men for whom bail has been al
lowed. But here. In the unimpas
sioned atmosphere of a farm com*
muity. both prosecution and defense
hope for a falser trial than could be
had in the western part of th*
State where the war betweeu cap
ital and labor keeps minds con
stantly aflame. The trials will be
gin tomorrow.
Crwel Repression Charge*.
The defense will endeavor to put
into the trial record a sto-y of what
the labor clement terms the "indus
trial autocracy and local govern
ment by force " The Logan County
region will be pictured as owned
body and soul by the coal operators
and run with a steel hand by Don
Chaffln. deputy sheriff, commonly
known as "The Czar."
Efforts will be made to show that
the now famous "march on Logan*
by armed miners was provoked by
acts of repression worse than those
of Russia.
The prosecution declares the men
were guilty of treason for "levy
ing war on the State."
??The State." retorts a defendant
lawyer, "is in. this case the coal
barons of West Virginia and their
hired guards."
Privst He<lr? Plant#. FAIRFAX FARMS
CO. Phone Fairfax 4-F-4.?Adr.
Shot by his son during an alleged
attack on his invalid wife, Peter
Rothenbuecher. 54 years old. is In
a critical condition in Casualty
Hospital.
The shooting concluded a two
hour family row In the residence
at 4025 Blaine street northeast yes
terday afternoon, according to the
statement of the 18-year-old son.
George, to police in his cell in the
Ninth precinct station house.
Rothenbuecher was shot, accord
ing to the son's story, as he was
driving his invalid wife from the
home. Mrs. Rothenbuecher had
armed herself with a gun when the
husband had first struck her, th?
son said.
Shot Followed Second Attack.
As Rothenbueche ? again started
for her. the boy said, he took the
gun from his mother, and warned
his father, whom he claimed was in
toxicated. not to advance. The shot
followed a second lunge toward the
two.
Neighbors rushed to the home
upon hearing the shooting and re
moved the wounded father to Cas
ualty Hospital. Police took the so*
into custody.
An operation was perfo*mcd on
Rothenbuecher. but physicians hold
little hope for his recovery.
Young Rothenbuecher. regretful of
the shooting and anxious about his
father's condition, freely told police
his story.
Date* B?irk Six Months Son States
The shooting followed family dif
ficulties dating back six months, ac
cording to the son's story. At that
time, he said, his sister died fol
lowing exposure when Ms father
drove the family from the V>me.
Yesterday, according to George,
the father came home about 2 o'clock
in the afternoon in an Intoxicated
condition. As Mrs. Rothenbuecher
was leaving the residence, he said,
the father again struck at her. The
boy then took the gun and the shoot
ing followed a second attack by the
father, according to the boy's story.
John. 22 years old, elder son. was
driven from the home Saturday night
by the father, Gedrge said.
George is employed as a greaser
at the Potomac Electric Power Com
pany. The father is a baker with
the Rice Schmidt Baking Company.
MILLS TO RESUME
STEEL PRODUCTION
I
PITTSBURGH. Pa.. April 23.?
Steel production in the Pittsburgh
district interrupted by the coal
strike will be resumed immediately,
it was declared today as a result of
the receipt of large shipments of
coal from West Virginia.
Railroads are understood to be
co-operating with the steel mills,
having notified manufacturers that
they contemplate establishing an
emergency freight which will en
able big consumers to bring coal
into the Pittsburgh district almost
as cheaply ^s they could get it at
home under normal conditions.
ATLANTIC FLIERS
INVITED TO U. S.
LISBON, April 23.?The Portu
guese government has received an
invitation from the United States
Chamber of Commerce for Capta
Coutinho and Sacadura. thq two Por
tuguese trans-Atlantic aviators, to
continue their flight to the United
States.
WHO SAID AMERICA WAS NOT INTERESTED IN EURO
PEAN AFFAIRS??By J. N. Darling ,
FOUR FURRS TO GO
ON TRIAL MAY 2 ON
MURDER CRARGE
Middleburg Agog: Over
Killing of Vegetable
Hawker.
Finds Missing Girl
Dead Near Swamp
Hunter Stumbles on Body of
7-Year-Old New Jersey
Child, Lost Since March.
RAILWAY TORN UP
IN FIRST ACT OF
CHINA'S CIVIL WAR
LEESBl'RG. April 23? May 2 ha*
been set as the date for the trial of
I the four Furrs. two fathers and
their two sons, who are jointly
charged with the murder of Irving,
Hatcher, vegetable hawker, in the,
j little toWn of Middleburg here re-;
I eently.
A paradoxical situation in con-j
I nection with the crime has - beenj
j removed with the -placing* in jail of
Milton Furr. This member of the
I family. although police say he con-1
fessed to killing Hatcher in selfj
defense, was released on the day
1 of his arrest after his employer
j Mrs. Raymond Belmont, daughter
in-law of August Belmont. the
New York capitalist, had put up
$1,500 bail for him.
Last Saturday Mrs. Belmont
withdrew the bond and young Furr
was imprisoned in the Lcesburg
j jail, where his father. Charles, his
i uncle. Alex, and his cousin. Lewis
also are confined. The last three
deny any 'connection with the
killing.
All Loudon County is looking for
ward to the forthcoming hearing
and hundreds are expected to at
tend. The hearing will be conduct
ed by three county magistrates and
will be held in Middleburg, where
Hatcher was killed.
On the advice of their counsel,
the Furrs are maintaining a stolid
silence. Sentiment against them is
still strong in Middleburg.
Hatcher was killed at 10 o'clock
at night in front of Mitchell's gen
eral store, by a discharge from a
shotgun. He was shot bv some one
in the street, following an argument
inside the store with Alex Furr.
FLOOD DANGER
NOW SUBSIDING
WOODBURY. N. J.. April 23.?A
hunter's trudging through marsh- >
lands bordering a little stream near ;
Woodlynne Borough, N. J., t?day !
stumbled onto the answer to a. quest- {
tion over which all Southern Jet- ;
sey was puzzling a month ago. '
What seemed a bundle of shapeless \
rags caught the hunter's eye. At
the touch of a booted toe the rags ?
revealed themselves as the rain- j
rotted wreckage of a little girl's 1
Sunday dress. Within them, halt '
submerged in the swamp was the i
body Wfcrm'ssing Ida Kramer.
The condition of the body inii
cated it had lain in the marr.h since
very soon after Ida's disappearance
from her home in Woodbury, o:s
March 25 last.
Ida. who was 7. was last seen
alive as she stepped from an int?r
urban car at the New York shin
yards' stop. This is only a stone's
throw from the place where her
body was found. Woodlynne Bjr
ough is about three miles from
Woodbury. Whether the chin? n iy
have been left to wander alone in
the swamp until she succumbed to
starvation and exposure or vhether
sht? was killed where she lay re
mains for the post-mortem to de
cide.
Residents of Woodbury are sure
Ida was murdered.
Eighty Troop Transport
Trains Enter Chihli
Province.
FU HAS ADVANTAGE
POLICE DRAG RIVER
IN SEEKING SUICIDE
ST. LOUIS, Mo.. April 23?All
danger from flooded rivers north
of Cairo. 111., has passed, the United
States Weather Bureau announced
today. The Mississippi fell one and
three-tenths feet overnight, and an
additional drop of one foot was ex
pected within the next twenty-four
hours.
The Missouri, Meramic, Osage and
Illinois rivers are falling in this
section.
At Cairo the Mississippi mounted
six inches since Saturday night, and
a gradual ri?e was expected toniglit.
Federal and State engineers are
striving to prevent the widening of
a 125-foot break in the Mississippi
River west levee, thirty-five miles
below New Orleans.
INCREASE SHOWN
IN OCEAN TRAVEL
NEW YORK. ADril 23?Ocean
travel is rapidly getting back to
its prewar volume. Shipping charts
slow fliftv-one liners o? the high
seas bound to or from the United
States, the largest number since
the war. Shipping men say indi
cations point to the biggest year
in history for passenger sailings to
Europe.
While a large percentage of the
passengers are tourists, there is a
growing number of business men
bound for Europe on commercial
missions.
Police from the Harbor precinct
station dragged the Potomac River
yesterday in an effort to recover
the body of Walter Fisher, 24 years
old, 1322 Fifteenth street north
west, Apartment 43, who is believed
to have committed suicide by
drowning.
His wife- a bride of several
weeks, told police her husbanc^had
left home early in the morning,
saying he would drown himself. j
Marital difficulties caused Fisher
to make the assertions, according
to the police
On coming downstairs Mrs. Fish
er found a letter written by her j
husband saying he could not bear i
being accused of her misfortune.
The letter, police declare, concluded
with the statement that his body
would be found in the vicinity of
the Speedway.
Yesterday afternoon and evening
the crew of the Harbor precinct
station dragged the river for miles
without result.
Fisher is said to have been a
discharged Marine.
Last night Mrs. Fisher was in a
highly nervous state and refused
to be seen or to make any state
ment.
RAILROAD MAGNATE
COMMITS SUICIDE
SAN FRANCISCO. April 23 ?
George L. Davis, president of the
Idaho Central Railroad, whose bod
was found on Mussel Rock Beach
and who, it was feared, had been
murdered, committed suicide, it wa>
learned late today. Davis left a
note in his coat declaring the acute
strain trying t<*' flnanea the
ingof the Idaho Ceiurtu had wrecked
his health and he was desponden
over Jhe death of hi? wife and baby
in 1919.
of war occurred Thursday when the
Tientsin-Pukow Railway was torn up
at Machang. flfty-two miles south of
here. All traffic to Peking and
Shanghai has been suspended and the
northward service has ceased at
Tsinanfu. Passengers leaving Pe
king are detrained at Tientsin, thos^
traveling to catch the Empress of
Russia and the Bay State proceed
ing via Korea.
The stage is nearly set for the
greatest battle China has seen in
many years. Eighty troop transport
trains from Mukden have entered
Chihli province, of which sixty-eight
passed Tientsin. Trains passing dur
ing the middle of the ?week carried
chiefly " cavalry, all proceeding to
Lang Fang, half way to Peking. It
is not clear whether the destruction
of the railway at Machang was
caused by Oen, Wu Pci Fu. but it
prevents the further sending of
troops to Te Chow.
Gen. Chang Tso Ling has 70.000
Fengtein troops in |>osition and i-<
also sending overland a second ex
pedition of 30.0O0 from the remain
ing five Manchurian provinces to op
erate westward on the Hankow Rail
way after encircling Peking.
Gen. Wu Pel Fu has a total of
120.000 trops. including splendid ar
tillery and limited aircraft. The
Fengtein invaders have abundant
artillery, aircraft and cavalry and
also Innumerable camel trains, but
superiority in numbers and mobil
ity is with Gen. Wu Pei Fu. who has
eight divisions, five brigades and
four mixed detachments.
His chief concentration remains
south of the Yellow River, but the
heavy movement northward has sus
pended all traffic on the Hankow
Railway. He already has in Chihli
province three divisions and seven
mixed brigades, chiefly based in
Paotlngfu.
He' retains his main base in
Chengohow, giving freedom of ac
tion eastward to Hsuchow on the
Pukow Railway, northward to Pe
king and southward to Hankow.
The twenty-third division, which
will bear the brunt of an attack, is
intrenched near Hokienfu, half way
between Tientsen and Paotlngfu.
Efforts to compromise are still
active, but observers believe that
Gen. Chang Tso Ling is determined
to attempt to exterminate Wu Pei
Fu's army.
> (Copyright, lfttt.)
Police Take Two in Auto
After Chase Over City
Setting a pace in an auto believed
to have been stolen from Senator
James E. Watson, of Indiana, La
fayette McKinley Russell. 22 years
old. 1029 Eighteenth street ' north
west. and I^awrence Dennis, 32 years
old. 826 New Hampshire avenue
northwest, led police an exciting
chase before being overhauled yes
terday morning at 5 o'clock at Twen
ty-seventh and I streets northwest.
Chargecs of joy-riding, speeding
and operating a machine while in
toxicated were placed against the ac
cused by Policemen H. Rinjfe and
R. McNeil, of the Third precinfct. wh
made the arrest after a chase of
several miles over the deserted
streets of the Northwest s*cttoy.
FLAMES ON TENTH FLOOR
DRIVE NOTED GUESTS AND
DAMAGE WILLARD$250,OOO
Hummcu.Scmc, BALLKOOM BURNED
Mark Hasty Exits
As Hotel Burns Blaze Confined to Top
Story, But Water
Senator du Pont Hauls
Friend's Luggage After
Quick Bath.
Floods Structure.
One of the first guests to learn
that the tenth floor wan ablaze was
Senator T. Coleman duPont, who
hair a suite on the eighth floo *.
"I always set up around 5 or 1
o'clock," the Senator said. "Wly-n
I learned of the fire I took a bath
and dressed and went out to see if
there was anything I could do. I
?-ould only help carry luggage auu
calm excited guests.
The Senator seemed to enjoy the
situation despite excitement of
others. He walked through the
dri|/p:ng corridors summoning
guests to "Come on out. the water's i
fine."
A humorous incident occurred
when one guest on the ninth floor,
a prominent attorney from Los An
geles. hastily dressed and left his
room without his removable teeth. |
Despite badly enunciated protests i
police refused to allow him to re- 1
turn for this vital part of Mi
anatomic equipment.
Another man. representative >f a
prominent manufacturing concern
in the Hast, appeared in the lobby
fully clothed except for his shoes.
He wore a derby. Wading about
the lobby he expressed in no uncer
tain language his opinion ??f th*
policeman who refused to allow him
to rescue his footwear Ir^m his
flooded room.
While few 'children were s<%n.
several sleepy-eyed poodles and lap
! animals were in evidence. Peacock
alley was the temporary rendezvous
t of these little beasts, which were
j clutched tightly in the arms of
their excited guardians, mostly
| ladies.
One of the unperturbed guesth in
the Willard while the fire raged was
George Cook, representative of the
Chicago packers, whose room was
on the eighth floor. Warned of the
fire. Cook arose leisurely, dress*-'5
shaved himself and descended to the
first floor.
There mere many others on the
upper floors who look incident
lightly. Several took their regular
"'"""iok plunge before leaving then
rooms.
One great reason for the lack of
panic that marked the flight of the
upper-floor guests was the manner
in which employes warned them of
the fire.
"Please don't eel excited." the em
ploye would tell the guest after h*
liad knocked. "There is a fire on
; the tenth floor, but there is no cvuf
for alarm However, the manage
ment thinks it beat that you should
; leave your room until the fire is
| gotten under control."
A heavy sleeper on the seventh
floor had to b* awakened three time?
before he finally was routed an?
started toward the flrst floor.
Prig. Gen. Charles K. Sawyer was
(determined to rescue all his helonp
i ings. Amonjr the articles carried
, from his suite to safety were
domino and checker boards.
Frank Hall, a captain in the army
during the world war. remembered
i all his military affiliations as he
aided in the rescue work. He stag
Igered down six flights of ?tairs un
der the- heavy weight of Bri?r. Gen.
Sawyer's personal effects. Then in
located the national commander of
the American legion. Hanford Mac
Nider, and proffered his services.
.Many were the suitcases belonging
to delegates t0 the D A. R. that he
| brought from various rooms to the
lobby.
A "quiet session" in the bark room
of the National Press Club was
;broken up by the news of the fire.
The members dashed over to The
; Wills r* and helped to arouse the
guests, aiding them to carry lugcrage
to safety. One of the women whom
j the scribes assisted remaVked that
the press should be congratulated
on Its representatives. adding:
| "Well, you ough i to help anyway,
the flre happened after the Gridiron
Club dinner."
Vice President Calvin Coolidge
was one of the flrst cuests to be
come aware of the flre. He hap
pened to be up at the time the first
engine arrived. Arousing Mrs.
Coolidge he quickly dressed and de
termined the extent of the blaz?
Mrs. Coolidce went to the home of
Mr. Coolid^e*s secretary, while Tne
Vice President remained at the
suite on the third floor.
"Gee. weren't we lucky we didn't
move up to the ninth floor like we
wanted to."* giggled one young lady
as she aided her parents in packing
their trunks on the flfth floor.
Hiph officials of the Police De
partment and city government were
on hand early. Fire Chief Watson
answered the first alarm. Commis
sioner James F. Oyster, in charce
of police and fire department*, ar
rived early. Maj. and Superintend
ent Daniel Sullivan and Assistant
Superintendent Pratt were on MT*
Inspector Clifford L. Grant, chief of
detectives, and his force, Including
Detectives Kelley. Scrivener. Rrad
1 ey, O'Brien. Thompson. Kmhrev.
Vermillion. Livingstone and AllI
good were among those who super
vised th?? guarding of rooms.
One woman sent her husband and
two volunteer workers back Into
the flooded eighth floor to recover
her "precious black bag." When
they found the. bag the husband
was curious a* to vaLuables therein
and examined its contents. He
found $3.50, a vanity case, and two
letters.
Two of the guests?a pretty girl
about 17 years old. and her grand
TWO FIREMEN
BADLY INJURED
Fighters Win Control
After Three Hours
Hard Battle.
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\ Itlace imd<-r ? fee este* ?n
(be f'MiierRili htreet of
the Willard Mattel, at I
o'clock thin morning. Rcitin
hron*ht flre nppnmtn* to Ibr
*?re??c of yealerriit > nnrninu
con ft na rattan.
Although tkr blase not
considered daniceroiiH, nine;
? be raeolk. ?ipo? bearing Ibc
Ronx* of tbe flre rmriae? anil
truck*, were aronned from their
sleep and senntll> clad eMeraed
into tbe halls.
Most vf them, however, re
turned to tbelr rmtnik.
A few mo rr ?keptfeal. re
mained until the firemen b.-id
departed.
Men and women, many of them
internationally famous?is? in all
weer forced into the streets early
yesterday morning, while a furtoi
fire consumed the elal?orate ballroom
on the tenth floor of the NearWitlMr<i
Hotel, Fourteenth and Pennsylvjn'u
avenue.
Property loss as a result ofr th?
unexplained blase was estimated at
$1150.000. with an appreciable notion
attributed to damage done by tli?*
flood of water which cours? ?i
through ihe floors beneath the bias
ing ballrooms.
on? of the guesth. Mr*. Arthur
Cohen, of New York, who w?> ?-o
lined in her room at the hotel s-j(T.
ins f;??m pneumonia, is In a seriou>
condition at the George Wk?hini;
ton University Hospital suffering
from shock. Her husband of two
veeks assisted in carrying her ir- n
Hie smdke-filled building
Two Firemen Brtdl* Hart.
Two firemen. Private t?. W Ne I.
of Truck Company 4. and frixate
M. F. Handy, of Truck Company i.
were severely injured during the
three hours required to vanquish
the stubborn blase.
Losse s of valuables amount in. to
several thousand dollars have
reported to the polic by some
the persons who were forced t?? u 't
their sleeping quarters when the
alarm of fire was sounded.
Considersble difficulty was ex;.? -
rienced by the firemen in reaching
the source of the blase, owinc t ?
the fact that the passages o adit -
to the tenth floor were filled wil*
dense smoke, through which it ws
almost impossible to pass.
The flrst streams were turned
upon the flames after the firt-uui.
with extreme difficulty, had dra~- d
the hose up ladders nine stories
hiuh, and from there through the
hallroom passages, after the flaifi*#'*
there had been overcome Nineteen
hos,- lines were brought into pla>
in this manner.
Huiie Flre Tower 1'sed.
Meanwhile, the huge fire tower
was brought into play, hurlinu a
steady stream of water through th?.
ballroom windows into the center
of the conflagration.
Some of the celebrities who were
driven from their rooms were Vice
President and Mrs. Calvin Coolidg* :
Rrig. Gen. Charles Sawyer. the
President's physician, and Mr- Saw -
; yer; Charles G. Dawes, direct -r of
the. budget, and Mrs. Dawes; Job:,
! Philip Sousa. Mine. Olga |Vn?v.i,
Fred W. I'pham. treasurer of the
Republican National Committee:
Adolph Zukor. motion-picture maa
| nate: Hanford MacNider. nation: 1
; commander of the American Le
jcion; Senator duPont. Delaware,
one of the principal stockholders of
j the company, which opera?? ? the
(hotel; Senator McNary. of Ot 'u<.n:
; Senator France, of Marvlanl Sens
j tor CaldCr. of New York: <i:?tor
j Rawson, of Iowa: Charles C. Mr
Chord. chairman of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, and Mrs.
j McChord, and Arthur Gu\ Kinpev.
Other Notable* \\ bo Tied.
Other distinguished guests * 1 ??
fled the flames wer$ Mrs. T. DeW.tt
Talmage. widow of the late evan
gelist; Judge Robert W. l'inphai ?
owner of the Louisville Courier
Journal: Arthur Crock, editor of
tho Ixuiisville Times; Seymour L.
Cromwell, presid? nt of tbe New
York Stock Kxchange: John II
Rakus. of Newark, chancellor o<
the New Jersey Chancery Court;
Van l^ear Black, publisher ?.f tfie
Raltimore Sun: Representative 11.
R. Dawes; Representative and Mrs.
Thomas Dunn: D. W. Mulvaae. lie
publican National Committeeman
from Kansas, and Mrs. George Ma>
nard Minor, president general of
tbe D A. It
Scores of delegate* to tbe Daugh
ters of the American Revolution
convention whicli closed Its sessions
here Saturday, were iiwar th-.%*
aroused from their sleep by t??e
rude reveille sounded by the roaring
fire overhead. ,
Klve Alarms bounded.
After the sounding ??t the
alarms, which brought out twenty
eight engine companies four truck
companies and several hundres
firemen, the hotel wsa a atrect
oontrsst to the scene *?f a few
hours previous, when a lar^e num
ber of the nation'* disnl*n""- at
tended the annual dinac of the
Gridiron Club in the very rootnv
where the flre was raginc
"Peacock Alley.** alna - a s>
place of the nation?? ? n
the appearance of Kll Im. u
disheveled and sleepy-exed ? -n
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