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• - WEATHER. • Cloudy, probably light snow tonight ■or tomorrow morning, followed by clearing and somewhat colder tomor row. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 27, at noon today: lowest, 17, at 4:30 | ; a.m. today. Full report on page 17. i... ... . 1 Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 10 No. 28,782. HOPE FOR DISTRICT LEGISLATION WANES IN BOOM Rules Committee Head Says Chance for Another Day Is Slim. MANY IMPORTANT BILLS HANG FIRE; 12 DAYS LEFT Two Years Frittered Away by Focht’s Associates, Declares Chairman Campbell. Chairman Campbell of the House rules committee made it plain today that as far as he can see now it will be impossible to grant the House Dis trict committee another day in which to call op the teachers’ salary bill or ether important legislation. l\tr. Campbell expressed the opinion that the only chance Chairman Focht es tho District committee has to get the teachers’ salary bill through the House Is to notify the Speaker that he will move to suspend the rules to put tho bill through. It, is known that Speaker Gillctt would not bo In favor of such a course, as he believes the teachers’ pay bill is not the character of legis lation that should be considered un der suspension of rules with a lim ited time cutting off all debate. Blames District Committer. Chairman Campbell expressed him self as very sympathetic to the Dis trict and to tho school teachers. He said that if he had It In his power he would be glad to put the District committee in for another day, hut insisted that the District committee has ’’frittered away Us lime for the last two vears, and that It is unfair in the closing Jam of this Congress to push other important committees and general legislation aside to correct tho shortcomings of the District com mittee.” , „ Chairman Campbell displayed four special rules, all on Important gen eral legislation, which must be given privileged status now. He pointed out that the House is now in its third day on another measure, the omni bus Navy bill, which should have been settled In one day. Many Bllla Await Action. Chairman Campbell explained that the judiciary, military affaire, irrl- | gat ion, public lands, immigration, j foreign affairs and other standing | committees are each Insisting upon a day for consideration of important matters which they have reported and which are pending on the. cal endar. With only twelve legislative days left, he explained. It will be Impos sible to meet all these demands. Regarding the character of Im portant legislation that is waiting. .Mr. Campbell consulted the calendar of the military affairs committee, which has twenty-one important bills awaiting action. He said that the ju dloiarv committee has a number of administration matters, including a measure to house woman criminals and to give additional room in federal penitentiaries. probed™ BLOCKEOBY G. 0. P. Republican Senators, How ever, May Approve Paying Lost Salary. Tho republican members of the Senate committee on contingent ex penses of the Senate, it was reported today, are unwilling to bring about an investigation of the dismissal of the twenty-eight employes of the bu reau of engraving and printing last year by executive order. It is believed, however, that they might be willing to support a measure to pay these dlmlssed employes the back salary due them for the period since their dismissal. The committee is to meet again this afternoon to consider further the Caraway resolution which calls for an investigation of the dismissal of these employes. Representatives of the dismissed bureau of engraving and printing chiefs today charged that tho Senate committee on audit and control, which is considering a resolution by Senator Caraway of Arkansas to investigate the dismissals, has refused to grant a hearing to either the dismissed chiefs or their friends. Charles B. Brewer, special investi gator of the Department of Justice who. it is understood, was instru mental in filing the original charges on which President Harding baaed his action, already has been heard by the committee and, according to authori tative Information, he was unable to substantiate his original charges. Frlsnds of the dismissed chiefs as sert that the action of the committee is a serious perversion of justice and that it has shown grave bias in re fusing to hear both sides of the ques tion. BRITISH LABORITES SEND APPEAL TO PRESIDENT Eighty-Eight Members of Com mons Ask Mr. Harding to Save Europe. JBy the Associated Press. LONDON, February 17. Eighty eight laborite member* of the house of commons have signed the follow ing cablegram to President Harding: ‘‘America, with Oreat Britain, un wittingly has made France’s present destructive action possible, we ap ,seal for American co-operation today Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. c. Fight Averted' When Members Os House Clash A fist fight on the floor of the House between Representative Marvin Jones of Texas and Representative Otis Wlngo of Arkansas, both democrats, was averted by colleagues this after noon. The Strong bill for farm credits was under consideration and the row arose over a question of con | trolling the time. Representative Jones said, "under the guise of op posing the bill, the gentleman ,Is endeavoring to control the time.” Representative Wlngo started for Representative Jones, grabbing him with both hands about the thorat, and had his arm raised as if about to strike when colleagues gathered about and separated the combatants. Representative Wlngo, very white. Immediately left the floor, going into the democratic cloak room. Representative Jones, as soon as he could get recognition, said, in effect, "If I have said anything offensive T ask unani mous consent to withdraw It from j the record.’’ JEWELS AND GOLD BAZZLE EXPLORERS IN PHARAOH TOMB Inner Chamber Penetrated at Luxor—New Wealth of His toric Objects Found. (London Times world copyright. Bt arrange ment with the Ear! of CirnarVon I * By Cable to The Star. LLXOR, Egypt, February IC.—This has been, perhaps, the most exlraor- I dinary day in the whole history of j Egyptian excavation. Whatever any 1 one may have guessed or imagined i secret of Tutankhamen’s tomb ely cannot hav « dreamed the truth as now revealed. tbl h = fi nt T an . ce t ? day as niftd c into ! chamber of the tomb of * V lmon - yet another door I opened beyond mat No eyes have yet 1 seen the king, but to practical cer tainty we know that be lies there close at hand in all his original state, undisturbed. More Treasures Found. Moreover. In addition to the great ! store of treasures which the tomb | has already yielded. today has I fought to light a new wealth of' objects of artistic, historical, and even I Intrinsic value which is bewildering, i U is such a hoard as the most I sanguine excavator can hardly have ; pictured, even In visions in his sleep! and puts Lord Carnarvon’s and Mr. 1 Carters discovery in a class by itself! and above all previous finds. I Though the official opening of the ■ sealed mortuary ohamberof the tomb ! has been fixed for Sunday, it was ! obviously impossible to postpone un- ! til then tho actual work of breaking in the entrance. This was a job in volving some hours of work, because it had to be done with the greatest care, so as to keep intact as many of the seals as possible, and also to avoid injury to any of the objects on the other side which might be caused by the falling material dis lodged. I’aplsaaant Atmosphere. All this could not be done on Sun day while the official guests were kept waiting In tho singularly un pleasant atmosphere of the tomb, so an agreement was made with the Egyptian authorities by which the ac tual breaking through of the wall should be done In their presence to day. Consequently, Howard Carter was very busy inside the tomb all morn ing with Professor Brested and Dr Allan Gardiner, whose assistance has been Invaluable from the beginning of the work of examining seals and deciphering and copying inscriptions of all kinds. They had finished by noon, and the tomb was closed until after luncheon, at which Lord Carn arvon, Carter and Lady Evelyn Her bert entertained all those invited to be present today. It was after 1 o’clock when the official party entered the tomb, and the operation was begun which was to result in such astounding discov eries, of which I am able to give the following authoritative description: Details of Opening. Today between the hours of 1 and 9 In the afternoon the culminating moment in the discovery of Tutankh amen’s tomb took place when Lord Carnarven and Howard Carter opened the Inner sealed doorway In the pres ence of Lady Evelyn Herbert, Abdel Hamid Suliman Pasha, undersecre tary of public works;-Pierre Lacau, director general of the antiquities department; Sir William Garstln, Sir Charles Oust, Mr. Lythgoe. the cura tor of the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York; Mr. Wlnlook, di rector of the Egyptian expedition of the Metropolitan Museum, together with other representatives of tho government. The process of opening this door way. bearing the royal insignia and decorated with religious texts, and bo far the outer face of the inner tabernacle is slmiliarly gilded and decorated, and I can make no attempt to describe the feelings of awe, won der and mystery with which the spectacle Inspired one. On the door of the inner tabernacle tho original seals seem yet unbroken. Tho robbers do not appear to have penetrated It. Wo made no attempt to open it today, simply because it was impossible. Apparently tho inner door will not be opened until the outer wall is removed. It must have been shut and sealed and the outer wall then erected around it. It will, therefore, I conjecture, be necessary to pull down tho outer screening wall before the Inner shrine is opened This will be quite an undertaking in tho narrow space. Paddles for Hereafter. Among tho individual objects I noticed besides the oars, or paddles, for the use of the deceased in the hereafter, were some alabaster vases, seemingly of the finest quality, and a piece of some sort of Jewelry lying huddled on the floor, where one may suppose they had been thrown by robbers. From the foregoing it will be evi dent that we have really arrived at the sepulchre of an old Egyptian king unvlolated by robbers and un disturbed through 3,000 years. In the official narrative given above reference is made to the papyrus of Ramses IV. Egyptologists will re member that this papyrus gives a sketch of the ground plan of the dfiimWjd i i.sa*W 11 SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON. D. C„ SATURDAY, FEBBUABY. 17. 1923-TWENTY-SIX PAGES. B. & 0. DEMANDS U. S. VACATE PLAZA HOMLDINGS 1,900 Women May Be Forced to Seek Other Shelter by Conclusion of Lease. LEASED BY CONTRACT FOR “WAR PURPOSES” Railroad Places Site in Hands of Realty Finn—“For Sales” Signs to Be Erected. • Relinquishment b>’ the government of the property In squares 630 and 681 and part of square 680, on tho Union station plaza, now occupied by the government hotels, has been re quested by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, Secretary of Labor Davis announced ' today. Tho railroad, which owns the property In question and which leased It to the govern ment under a contract signed July 9, 91S, "for war purposes,” requests that the property be vacated by April 1, 1923. With a view to disposing of the property promptly, the railroad com pany has placed it In the hands of the Thomas J. Fisher Company, a real estate firm, and has authorized the erection of "for sale” signs on it. The government has been urged by the railroad to instruct the superintend ent in charge of the buildings not to permit any one to Interfere with the signs. More than 1.900 woman occupants of the government hotels, who make their permanent homes In Washing ton at the government hostelries. will be either forced to seek residence elsewhere or will be put to great in convenience if the government va cates the buildings on the property owned by the railroad, as requested. The various buildings located on squares 632 and 681, according to Secretary Davis, constitute the most vital part of the entire plant and would in all probability necessitate the abandonment of the entire project. Usable to Pay Rental. The government is presented in the roie of the tenant who is unable, due to existing statutes, to pay rental on the property leased from the railroad company. In a letter to C. H- Moran, real estate agent of the Bal timore and Ohio, dated February 12, Secretary' Davis says that the gov ernment Is prohibited from paying rent for use of the property by tbs act of March 3. 1877, "which pro hibits any expenditure by an execu tive branch of the government for rental purposes In the District of Columbia In the absence of specific authorization by Congress.” He add* that the requisite funds for payment of rental for the property, since ex piration of the agreement November 14, 1922. would, therefore, have to be provided through appropriation by Congress. Notwithstanding that Congress has failed to specifically provide authori zation for payment of rentals due the railroad company for use of the prop erty, "the continued occupancy of the hotels to capacity Indicates that the temporary purposes for which tho buildings were constructed have not as yet terminated," according to a letter written to Mr. Moran early In the present year by Secretary Davis. Extension of the contract or agree ment under which the government utilized the property was asked by the Secretary In tho letter. Says Situation Changed. Mr. Moran, in reply, said the situa tion had changed after the agreement had terminated one year after ratifi cation of the treaties of peace, or on November 14, 1922. He said Attorney General Daugherty had filed a report with the Senate In reply to a Senate resolution Inquiring as to permanent asqulsltlon by the government of the property, in which he held that the government had. in good faith, aban doned Its intention to secure the prop erty, and Mr. Moran further claimed that abandonment of the intention to acquire the property by condemna tion proceedings means that the own er (the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad) Is no longer hampered in the disposi tion or use of the property. In support of hfs contentions, Mr. Moran claimed that the property had lain idle for almost a dozen years, that the railroad company had paid taxes on it all this time, and added that the lease was a war meas ure executed because the railroad company wished to help the govern ment as much as possible during the war. The letter of the Labor Secretary, written under date of February 12, says that although the contract ex pired November 14. 1922, "the succes sive appropriations which have since been provided for operation of the hotels Indicate that In tho opinion of Congress there is still the need for the service which the hotels were designed to furnish.” r. s. In Lmm With RoaA The United States government en tered into a lease with the Baltimore and Ohio railroad concerning the property on July 9. 1918, the govern ment being’ represented by Secretary Wilson. Tbs lease, according to the files of tho Labor Department, pro vides that the United States of America could enter upon and erect and maintain certain houses, dwell ings and buildings on certain parcels of land In squares 632, 681, 682, 683 and 684 In the District of Columbia and occupy same for the period of the war and until twelve months after the exchange of the final ratification of the treaty or treaties of peace which shall'conclude the same, unless the United States of America desires sooner to terminate the said tempo rary occupation. Secretary Davis In one of his let ters to the agent of the railroad sug gested that the entire matter be brought to the attention of Congress He said ho had sent copies of the correspondence regarding the hotels to Senator Fernald and Representa tive John W. Langley, chairmen of the Senate and House committees on public buildings and grounds which exercise Jurisdiction over the United States Housing Corporation. "In view of the statutes, to which you oall my attention,” says a letter from Mr. Moran, received by Secre tary Davie today, "preventing the payment of rentals by the govern ment, I believe you will appreciate that it is only the more neeeeeary *! (Continued on Page 2, Cohan >4 J " COUNTLESS VEARS HENCE. TIGHTEN RUHRGRIP IDBOHRLING Thrower of Missile at Es sen Hotel, Occupied by French, Escapes. 16,000 MINERS STRIKE Sabotage on Increase as Invaders Strengthen Guard Over Railroads. By tl>* Aamciatad Pr*u. DUESSOLDORF, February It.— 1 Bomb throwing and serious cases of sabotage occurred in the Ruhr valley during the Bight A bomb was thrown in a street in Essen near the Kaiser hof Hotel, the French engineers’ headquarters, where Chief Engineer Costs and thirty or forty other civil engineers are lodged. No Injuries re sulted. The windows of the betel wars broken by the explosion. This hotel is guarded day and night by French soldiers, but the bomb thrower escaped. It Is thought pos sible the bomb was thrown from the root of one of the neighboring build ings. 18,000 More Misers Strike. Considerable additional difficulty In effecting transportation is being caused the French by the act of the German*, recently reported. In sink ing two loaded barges In the channel of the Rhlne-Herne canal, which Is one of the main arteries of water communication in the Ruhr. It will be several days before the occupying forces are able to get the barges out of the way. Meanwhile the canal re mains completely blocked. Another strike has occurred among the miners of the Krupp pits at Bochum, 16,000 men going out. They struck because the mine officials were arrested by the French for refusing to obey orders and obstructing th* work of the French commission. WILL CUT OFF ELECTRICITY. Essen Municipal Workers Plan Re prisal for Arrest. By the Associated Press. ESSEN, February, 17.—The em ployee of the municipal electrlo works have decided to out off Essen’s supply of electricity as a result of the Imposition of the fine of five mil lion marks on Director Buszmann of the local plant. The French hold on Essen was tighter today in consequence of the shooting of two soldiers yesterday. Infantrymen occupied the police barracks throughout the night, and members of tho force were deprived of their weapon* The chief of police Is under arrest. Ober Burgomaster Havensteln of Oberhausen, Vico Lord Mayor Schaef er of Essen and Herr Buszmann, dl rector of the Essen electric light (Continued on Page 2. Column 2.) Prohibition Questions Suck cu How Long Will It Take to Make America Dry? Is “Bootlegging” on the Increase or Decrease? Do Officials in the National Capitol Obey the Liquor Laws? Have Prohibition Laws Increased the Use of Drugs? What Are the Chances for Light Wines and Beer? Will he answered in a series of articles by David Lawrence To be published Exclusively in Washington in The Evening Star Beginning Monday Jumped to Her Death From Third-Story Window ~ .r~ - ' ’• !• :• ;- - * S -<■ J „ MISS ALICE WOOD. MEN! FARE LOSES IN SENATES? TO 36 McKellar Amendment Tabled After Two-Hour Debate. Ship Bill Taken Up. After two hours’ debate on an amendment offered by Senator Mc- Kellar of Tennessee providing for a 5-oent street car fare in the District, the Senate vote of 37 to 36 laid the McKellar amendment on the table. The McKellar amendment had been offered to a bill providing for the sale by the District Commissioners of land purchased in 1869 at 20th and Sack son streets for public school purposes, but never used for that purpose. This bill was called up for action by Senator Ball, chairman of the Dis trict committee, when the Senate first met today. Senator McKellar im mediately offered his amendment pro viding that hereafter street car fares in the District should be 5 cents, with six tickets for a quarter. Many of the senators had been de sirous of considering the so-called anti-filled milk bill during the morn ing %>ur today. But the debate on the proposed flve-cent street car fare In the District continued throughout the morning hour. Finally, Senator McNary of Oregon, *one of those desiring to bring up the filled milk bill, moved to leave the McKellar amendment on the table. His motion carried by one vote, but too late for the transaction of any other business before the shipping bill came up as the unfinished busi ness of the Senate. Senator Smith of South Carolina thought there should be an Investiga tion by a committee to get all the facts of alleged watered stock. Mc- Kellar replying that in the mean time the street railways ought not to be allowed to charge the high fare. Senator Ball, chairman of the Dis trict committee, replying to a ques (Continued on Page 10, Column I.) LAKES FATAL LEAP WHEN PON FAILS Miss Alice Wood, Back From Hospital, Jumps From Third Floor of 14th St. Home. TRICKS FRIEND TO SLEEP Tells Woman, After All-Night Vigil, That She Is Ready to Re tire, Then Slips Away. Just returned from Emergency Hos pital, where she was taken two weeks ago to recover from the effects of self-administered poison, Miss Alice Wood, thirty-eight years old, a former waitress, jumped from the front room of her third floor apartment, at 913 14th street northwest, at 6 o'clock this morning, sustaining a fractured skull, and dying shortly thereafter. Miss Wood was brought to her apartment yesterday by a friend, Mrs. Mary Simpson of 110 C street south east, who volunteered to stay all night with her, together with the young nephew of the dead woman, Charles Wood, the two of them maintaining vlgllent watch all night. Refssed to Sleep. Miss Wood refused to go to sleep, Mrs. Simpson told the police, but paced back and forth all night, or sat in a dark corner In one of the rear rooms. The young boy, finally worn out by the vigil, went to sleep. Shortly before 6 o’clock this morn ing. Miss Wood said she Was tired, and went with Mrs. Simpson to a back bedroom, where Mrs. Simpson dropped to sleep. Miss Wood waited until Michael Wal ters. an employe of a nearby hotel, who occupied tho front room of th© a part mt. t ’.vclng on 14th street, had gone to his work at 6 o’clock. Then she swiftly left the side of the sleeping Mrs Simpson, walked Into the front room, opened the window and jumped out. Slater’s Death Blamed. Her body was found by Mrs. Schwarts of 830 13th street and report made to the police shortly after 6 o’clock. Sergt. F. F. W. Burke of the first precinct took charge of the body, and it was re moved from the sidewalk to a vestibule of the building, to await the coming of the coroner. Neither Mrs. Simpson or the nephew knew that Miss Wood had eluded them Until they were awakened by the police and told of what had happened. The death of a sister in Baltimore last week is believed to have added to the melan choly which possessed Miss Wood. She had been a resident of Washington nearly all her life, having been bora at Laurel, Md. A certificate, of suicide was given by the coroner after an examination of the body. Keller Denies Intending 4 Spoke Broadly ’ Engineer Commissioner Keller, oh airman of ’ the Public Utilities Commission, denied emphatically today that ho had any thought of criticizing any one in his address read before th© American Electric Railway Association meeting hers yesterday. The Commissioner's statement was prompted by published re ports that tho Central Citizens* As sociation met last night and took sxoeptlon to what the colonel said in regard to the public attitude toward utility corporations. CqL Keller said hie address was not directed at tho local street railway situation, but dealt with* the broad question of utility regu lation throughout the country. The thought he had in mind, he said, was to urge fair play both by the utHity and the receiver of utility service. He called attention to the fact that he advised the companies to "lay their cards on the table” Md to ask only for what tksr M* reasonably entitled ta. “From Preee to Home Within the Hour* 9 The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edition is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. ' i ~—7 "• :: - ■ i 40 SEIZED BY POLICE IN SECOND ROUND-UP OF LIQUOR SELLERS 100 Arrests Expected in Second Widespread Raid on Sus pected Bootleggers. FAST AUTOS SWOOP DOWN ON NINE HOUSES AT THE SAME MOMENT 50 Warrants Obtained on Evidence of Asher and Policeman Posing as Hucksters and Minstrel Men. Delivering sharp, incisive strokes in the northwest and north easi sections police and revenue agents opened the second sweep ing raiding campaign today, starting out with more than fifty war rants and predicting more than one hundred arrests on various vice and liquor charges before the day ends. HOSPITAL OUSTS 2 OFFICIALS AFTER LIQUORCHARGES Superintendent and Operat ing Room Head Leave Cas ualty—Charge Unproved. Following- a six-hour Investigation by the board of directors, of the East ern Dispensary and Casualty Hospital yesterday afternoon, during which charges of serious nature were bandied back and forth, Raymond Schultheis. superintendent of the hos pital for the past eight months, and Miss Jennie HJeltn, superintendent of the operating room, handed In their resignations at the direction of the board. Evan H. Tucker, chairman of the board of directors, said that no charges against any one had been sustained as a result of the long In vestigation, but the board decided to ask for the resignations of both Mr. Schultheis and Miss Hjelm 'for the good of the service.” Ho explained that in view of the feeling among certain people In the hospital as displayed during the course of the hearing, during which all witnesses were put under oath, It was the belief of the board that It was desirable to make a change. Eiqaor Is Mentioned. Asked for a statement today Miss Hjelm referred to her lawyer, and Mr. Schultheis said that he did not care to talk. He later called the reporter back and said that he had been contemplating leaving the hos pital for some time and decided, fol- 1 lowing the Investigation, to take the step. During the course of the Investi gation. Mr. Tucker said, charges of purchasing and sellinga liquor and transporting It from Baltimore were ,*? ut n ° th ing was offered to tf l em - He made it plain that the board after sitting for six hours could get nothing to substan iL ato char »««. but decided that the efficiency of the hospital might be affected unless they made the changes ordered. Bootleg Liquor IbtoltmL There was nothing offered during the Investigation, Mr. Tucker said, which Indicated that any of the hospital supplies had been tampered with. The liquor Involved in the charges was bootleg liquor, which. It was alleged, was purchased In Balti more and later sold at the hospital. Quick action followed the first inkling of trouble brewing at the in stitution. Mr, Tucker said that he heard of the troubles at noon yes terday and called a meeting of the board of directors Immediately. Until 6 o'clock last night, he said, the board called practically every nurse, doctor and other attache at the In stitution to the witness stand and listened to Innumerable charges and counter charges. Miss Clarabelle Babbendrier has been named superintendent of the hospital and Miss Ruth Smith super intendent of the operating room. SKATERS WILL FROLIC TONIGHT ON LINCOLN MEMORIAL POOL Ice skating: on the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool is permitted until 11 o’clock tonight. After several days of careful watch ing, CoL C. O. Sherrill, officer in charge of publlo buildings and grounds, decided today that the ice Is of Sufficient thickness to hold up aa many skaters as can crowd onto the long stretcre of frosen water. There are a few spots, however, where posslblltles of breaking through exit, but rather than deny the use of the skating ground to the enthusiastic public by keeping it closed until the defects are taken care of by colder weather. Col. Sherrill has detailed several United States park po licemen at and about these places to keep the publlo from getting its feet wet. Unabls to resist the temptation cre ated‘by the long stretch ex glistening Yesterday’s Circulation, 96,328 • TWO CENTS. At noon today, with the raids still under way. forty were under ar rest under charges of violation of the prohibition act. Officials esti mated that 3,000 gallons had been seized at this time. The third pre cinct. under command of Capt. Colin E. Flather. had a special squad operating under Sergt Lee and Pre cinct Detective D. V. Murphy, who accounted for more than ten of the arrests. The raids today were staged on evidence gathered about town by the now famous J. L. Asher, working with hla aide de camp, Bauer of the second precinct, already becoming as famed in bootleg circles as the former. They went about town In various disguises, driving huckster wagons, selling flsh, playing as wandering minstrels with violin and harp and selling statues, to make their purchases. Hflae Squads Act at Oace. Under the personal direction of Lieut, O. T. Davis of the police vice squad, nine squada In nine speedy automobiles swept away from the second precinct station thia morning at about 10 o'clock and struck nine different bouses at tlte same moment. All were fa the neighborhood of North Capitol and L streets. That started things. Through the rest of tne forenoon scores were hauled to the second precinct station for booking, operation* Wagon bein « ln continuous cou * wa « at 23 L street D ,n *** apartment. On the Herbie J?tV' e o U 9 ** enta Fowler and tuts . ,f , h , ? erft - JdcQuade. cap tured se\eral tubs of mash, a still In and a keg of whisky. At North Capitol and L Btrcct anothp successful raid was made when a cor grocery yielded several quarts of n a e 8 WeU aS a Bondsmen Flock to .Stations. The work went forward rapidly. The automobiles, with police and rev enue agents, sped up to doors, came to a quick stop and In went the police Occupants were not given time to get their breath before they were In the middle of the mess and confusion of a liquor raid in full blast. Bondsmen began flocking into the stations as soon as the word went around town that "Asher was out again.” Asher’s name was heard in many of the houses entered. "Here comes Asher—Oh, my Lord:” The word went around the ranks of the boot leggers before the raids had been under way for more than an hour. Almost every bootlegger In Wash ington, it was estimated about noon today was trying to recall whether i 1 * *? ad * old /ny liquor to any one In disguise of an ash man or a coal cart driver or a huckster. The squads were headed by Lieut. Davis, Sergt McQuade, Ralph Ruby, Revenue Officers Fowler, Elliot, Hert zs and Packard and by Private Bauer of the second precinct. The third and the eighth precincts got to work shortly after 10:50 o clock, squads of police sweeping down with revenue agents and car ry' out pre-arranged Instructions with clock-work precision. The raids were even more far-reach i>}K than those of Tuesday of last The retail class of colored bootleggers received most of the attention. It Is the object to stage a clean-up on this line of Illicit traffic first. It was cald and to give higher-ups in the game attention at future dates 8 Presence Here Surprise. The presence of Asher in town came as a surprise. He was supposed to ba In Baltimore or in Pennsylvania It was revealed today that for the past week, under disguise, he has been col lectlng evidence and carrying on "un (Contlnued on Page 3, Coluim, ?.> covered the poo! for akatiri 80n> * enthusiastic -5^ ter ,V entured on the area yester been althou K h It had not Kf®" ° fflcl , all y opened. Three broke yeßte , rday one this morning, receiving wet feet and ankles—and a "Jolly good time.” . * P°o' three and a half feet aeep in the center, but this depth to ■ero at the perimeter. Around the edge the skating was de dared to be better and “safer** in case the ice should give way, for there is not much water underneath. The pool will be inspected dally dur ing the cold weather before permis sion will bo given for Its use. There also will he skating in Ilock Creek near Pierce Mill. Soldiers’ Home grounds is not available for skating today. A po liceman was stationed at the body of water In the Soldiers* Home grounds this morning and would not Emit skaters to take advantage es • thin eoat of ice covering ..