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HALT FOSTER TRIAL
TO SIFTEVIDENGE
State Officials Identifying
i Papers Found on Site of
f Sand Dune Convention.
U.S. AGENT TO BE GRILLED
Defendant's Lawyer Claims “Under
Cover”’ Man Voted for Se
cret Party.
Ur the Associated Press.
ST. JOSEPH. Mich.. March 17.
"While, the trial of William Z. Foster
<>f Chicago, charged with violating
,l!ie Michigan anti-syndicalist law. was
adjourned over today, the state busied
Itself with preparation for testimony
to he offered at the resumption of the
trial Monday dealing with identifica
tion of hundreds of papers seized in
the raid on the alleged communist
parly convention near here last
.August.
Maurice Wolff, a federal agent, be
gan identifying papers found in bar
. avis dug up in the sand dunes after
tin raid while on the stand yesterday,
but had not completed his testimony
when court adjourned. Throughout
the day the state developed the story
«»f the raid from its witnesses and
Identified numerous papers seized.
Foster Implicated.
Foster, for the first time, was con
nected directly with the convention
when Mrs. Ethel Miekel, a waitress
at the resort where the delegates were
guests, identified him as one of those
present. She also picked out others
who await trial, including Rose Pas
tor Stokes.
What appeared to be a disagree
•rnent in the defense ranks developed
out of court yesterday when C. E.
Ruthenberg of Cleveland, executive
•secretary of the workers’ party, suc
cessor to the communist party, issued
a statement apparently repudiating
■part of the line of defense indicated
I<y Frank P. Walsh, Foster's chief
counsel.
Eater Ruthenberg, Foster and
Walsh asserted they were working
together in harmony.
. In his opening statement yesterday
Mr. Walsh said the evidence would
show that the convention was called
for the express purpose of voting
on a motion abandon its illegal
organization and lOms. out into the
open; that the motion was defeated
by one* vote, and that it would be
shown that Francis Morrow, a De
partment of Justice agent, voted
against it. and therefore the gov
ernment of the United States, through
Morrow, kept the communists as an
Illegal party.
Eight prosecution witnesses were
examined, including Henry Gitter
sonke, a deputy sheriff; Sheriff George
Hridgeman. Willard Ackerman, a con
stable; William Haas, taxi driver at
the Wolfskin resort, and Maurice
"Wolff, a federal agent.
Papers Identified.
Gittersonke and Ackerman de
scribed the digging up of the buried |
barrels of evidence, and identified
some of tlie papers on which they
bad placed their initials at the time
of the raid. Haas told of working all
night to convey twenty-five or more
of the delegates who escaped the
raiders to railroad stations here and
at Henlon Harbor.
Wolff, who, with Max Burger, a for
mer federal agent, and now special
assistant attorney general »f Michi
gan. assisting the prosecution, work
ed for several months classifying the
evidence, was then called to the stand
so begin identifying the hundreds of !
Individual papers.
Wolff is expected to be on the stand j
most of Monday and probably will he j
followed by Francis Morrow, the gov- j
ernment's “und< r-cover" delegate to ~
the convention.
DENIES RUM CONSPIRACY, j
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Lawyer Contends Ex-Dry Cliief j
' Blameless of Fraud.
NEW YORK, Man'll 17.—Contending j
that there was no evidence that Har- j
old b. Hart, former state prohibition |
director, ever had met any of the i
fifteen co-defendants charged with j
conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment except his fellow employes. Col. !
Thomas B. Felder, counsel for Hart. ]
made an earnest plea to Federal
Judg<* Winslow for vindication of his
client without submission of the I
case to the jury. Judge Winslow i
earlier had denied a motion to quash!
the indictments against Hart and the!
olhet d< fendants. but announced he
would consider motion on behalf of
tlo- individual defendants.
Conn: el for other defendants ar
giu d briefly, for their clients or i
presented briefs asking for the dis- j
missal of the indictments against j
them before Judge Winslow adjourn-|
ed court until Monday.
After lining alight for nearly 200
years, the furnaces at a famous glass
v.orks near London Itave been ex
tinguished. as the factory is being
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Life’s Darkest Moment. —By WEBSTER.
Tine' ViCT-Cfvt OF" .
Ty PHOIO WHO HAD To _
HAVE HEfL HAIR &0&&GO
INDICTED IN WHOLESALE
WHISKY PERMIT FORGERY
Cleveland Man Held Also on
Charge of Perjury in Effecting-
Warehouse Withdrawals.
| Ry the Associated Pivss.
CLEVELAND, Ohio. March 17.
Harry Grossberg, implicated by fed
eral officials in a wholesale forgery
of whisky permits, was indicted by
the federal grand jury in special
session yesterday on two charges
of forgery and one of perjury.
Grossberg is charged with having
represented himself as an officer of:
a drug company, forged its name j
for the withdrawal of 20.000 gallons I
of whisky from government bonded j
warehouses and assisted in diverting
the liquor to bootleg trade.
Grossberg is in Montreal, where
|be has been fighting vigorously
i against extradition. A recent supe
j t ior court ruling in Montreal upheld
j.lhe extradition, but he declared he j
j would fight his case through the
j highest courts.
LENIN SHOWS GAIN.
| By (lie Associated Press.
MOSCOW. March 17.—Nikolai Lenin.
I the bolshevik premier, who was re-
I cently stricken with apoplexy, con
j tinues to show improvement, accord
j ing to the official bulletin,
j The bulletin said improvement was
i noted in the general health and
speech and in the use of the patient's
right arm. His temperature was 36.6
! centigrade (about 98 Fahrenheit) and
j his pulse 84. .
TRAIN JUMPS TRACK.
I MARION. 111., March 17.—Illinois I
i ’"entra! train 305, St. Louis to I’a- I
j clueah. Ky„ was derailed yesterday I
| just north of Reevesville, 111. The I
j locomotive turned over, seriously in-I
! juring J. J. Gernath, fireman. No pas- |
| sengers were hurt. The accident was
i said to have been caused by an open i
; switch. j
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Located Between 14th and 16th Sts. at Kennedy
Half Square Cars
3 ROOMS AND BATH
4 ROOMS AND BATH
5 ROOMS AND BATH
7 ROOMS AND 2 BATHS
Building entirely detached and is surrounded by large
oak trees. This will make a desirable home.
OPEN FOR INSPECTION
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1433 K St. N.W. Main 1616-I*l7
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THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. " C., SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1923.
CANAL PLAN PROGRESSES.
New Jersey Link of New England
to Florida Waterway Furthered.
TRENTON. N. J.. March 17.—The
proposed New Jersey ship canal, the
final link in the Atlantic inland wa
terways connecting Florida and New
England, was advanced one step near
er to reality with the passage yester
day by the senate of the Hoffman bill
giving to the board of navigation and
commerce $875,000 received by the
state from the .Lehigh Valley railroad,
in connection with the abandonment
of the Morris canal. Construction of
the canal has been promised by the
federal government after the state
| has acquired the right of way.
PLAN OPERATION.
Senator Nicholson to Go Under
Knife Tuesday.
j ROCHESTER, Minn.. March 17.
An exploratory operation of a serious
nature will be performed upon United
States Senator Samuel D. Nicholson
of Denver, Colo., by Dr. William j
I Mayo, at the Mayo Clinic here Tues- i
day morning, according to an an
nouncement made here.
Dr. Hubert Work, Secretary of the j
Interior, for twenty-five years a close
personal friend of Senator Nicholson,
will come here from Washington. ;
D. C., to remain until after the opera
tion is performed.
Siamese women wear their finger- ;
nails very long and have them tip- ;
ped with silver. I
Management of First-
Class Apartment House
| —by man of long experience; jl
; best of references,
j Good following for first-class ;
i apartments.
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LEAVE WARD PENNILESS.
Absconding Firm Members Aban-,
don Debtfe Estimated at $2,000,000 I
NEW YORK, March 17.—When I
members of the firm of Vicenzo
Tisbo & Bros., private bankers and
steamship agents, disappeared last
week leaving behind thousands of
creditors whose claims are believed
to exceed $2,000,000, they left penni
less their fifteen-year-old ward, Vi
cenzo Scaraggl, it was revealed by
Miss Bertha Rembaugh, receiver of
the firm.
The girl was adopted fifteen
months ago by the Tisbos jointly,
and for a time did their house work,
it was said. Then she obtained work
in a bead factory and turned over
her savings to her guardians, and
was left without money and a home
when they disappeared, Miss Rem
baugh said. An aunt, Mrs. Annie
Mergola. with whom she now Is
living, also lost SI,OOO, it was said.
In Palmyra, Syria, there Is a fly
ing physician who locates and visits
his patients among the wandering
Bedouin tribes by means of an air
plane.
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All Houses Open for Inspection
All Houses Sold on Monthly Payments
All houses have outlets for sink and gas range
on second floor, so you can easily rent second
floor for enough to make monthly payments.
fIpWENSTEIN
POLICE ON TOES
AS IBISHPARADE
250 Detectives and Several
Hundred Patrolmen Watch
for Outbreak.
WARNING SENT TO MAYOR
Association for Recognition Re
pudiates Action of Its
Delegation.
Bj the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 17. —Two hun
dred and fifty city detectives in plain
clothes and several hundred uniform
ed patrolmen were detailed today to
mingle with sth avenue crowds this
afternoon, when 40,000 men and
women are expected to take part in
the annual St. Patrick’s day parade.
The police order for increased pro
tection was Issued In spite of state
ments of city officials that no trouble
was anticipated.
A delegation claiming to represent
the American Association for Recog
nition of the Irish Republic called on
Mayor Hylan Thursday, warning him
that there would be trouble if the
parade was held. The organization
sent the mayor a letter repudiating
the action of the delegation. Late
yesterday three men drove up to city
hall In a motor. One of them was
masked. They sent a letter to the
mayor, again warning of “trouble"
if the parade was held.
Officials have shortened the line of
march, halting the procession at 110th
street, instead of 126th.
Maj Michael A. Kelly of the Amerl
>can Association for the Recognition
of the Irish Republic has written to
Mayor Hylan:
"The organizations supporting the
Irish republic will take no part in
any celebrations or dinners; they
will observe the day as one of mourn
ing for the sixty-seven Irish patriots
who have been executed by the Eng
lish Free State agents and will hold
a memorial meeting Sunday night to
commemorate their sacrifice.”
FASCISTI ASK PLEDGE.
ROME. March 17. The facist
grand council has adopted a resolu
tion urging the celebration of the
fourth anniversary of facism by a
solemn pledge to serve the interests
of the country.
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Dismissal of U.S.
Manager Brings
Strike in Italy
By the Associated Press.
MILAN, March 17.—For the first
time since Premier Mussolini's ad
vent to power a strike has been
proclaimed. A thousand women,
employed by an Italo-Amerlcan
company manufacturing' electric
bulbs, voted to strike, out of sym
pathy with an American manager
whom the company had dismissed.
Immediately the strike decision be
came known the company’s offi
cials ordered a lockout. The au
thorities are taking rigorous meas
ures to effect a settlement of the
dispute.
JEALOUS YOUTH SHOOTS.
Little Hope Held for 17-Year-Old
Girl and 21-Year-Old Friend.
LOUISVILLE, Ky.. March 17. —Phy-
sicians today held little hope for the
recovery of Mies Agnes Robb, seven
teen years old, of Winchester, and Al
bert Coyle, twenty-one years old. of
Lexington, wounded in a double
shooting hero last night, when Coyle
wounded the girl and then fired a bul
let into his own head. Miss Robb
was visiting friends here, and had
just returned from an automobile ride
when the shooting occurred. Jealousy
was believed to have been the motive.
Coyle is unmarried.
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From a Photograph Giving a Partial View of These Dignified
Twin Residences at
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Between Fourteenth and Sixteenth Sts.
General Description
Early English architecture carried out in the Old English 1
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Lots are large—l6o ft. deep—paved alley. Sturdy, well- Three Houses
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Fine reception hall leading to spacious living room with Priced at $23£00,
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Large, light, completely equipped kitchen and pantry, ; _ .
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DENBY OBSERVES NIGHT
MANEUVERS OF FLEETS
Naval Secretary, With Congres
sional Party, Completes Two-
Day Inspection.
By the Associated Press.
BALBOA, Canal Zone, March 17.
Secretary Denby returned here last
night after two days at sea, during
which extensive maneuvers were
carried out off the Pacific coast, in-'
eluding simulated night attacks be
tween the Atlantic and Pacific fleets.
.Fifteen battleships, sixty-eight destroyers
and a detachment of submarines and
aircraft participated under the di
rection of Admiral Hilary P. Jones,
commander-in-chief of the combined
fleets. Secretary Denby and Admiral
Koontz, chief of naval operations,
watched the maneuvers from the
Maryland. Admiral Jones’ flagship.
Senators and representatives who
had -accompanied the naval Secretary
from Washington on the United
States Steamship Henderson, were as
signed to various battlecraft, get
ting first-hand Information of condi
tions during battle in gun turrets,
conning towers, engine and flrerooms
and in the planning rooms from
which firing is controlled.
QUAKE LOSS HEAVY.
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BELGRADE, March 1 7.—The earth
quake felt in several cities in south- !
eastern Europe on Thursday caused con- j
siderable damage along the Dalmatian |
coast, especially at Kagusa and Oattaro. j
The Catholic cathedral and other !
buildings at Sarajevo suffered, while a I
tobacco factory at Mostar was so bad tv ;
damaged that it was unable to operate. I
So far as is known there was no cas- I
ualties. I
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Butter Carried
In Pockets Fad
Again in Berlin
By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, March 17 —Pocket but
ter boxes are again becoming
popular with restaurant patrons in
Berlin. Butter costs about 6,500
marks a pound and consequently
Is beyond - the reach of most per
sons. It is no longer served In
restaurants, as they are en
deavoring to avoid the criticism
that they are forcing up prices by
serving luxuries to wealthy per
sons, to the detriment of the less
well to do.
Indies produce silver butter
boxes from their handbags and
men aru provided with metal
boxes made in imitation of a small
book and resembling very closely
many of the camouflaged hip bot
tles carried In New York. Fresh
butter is available in abundance in
the markets, but most persons are
using oleomargarine.
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Sale —Business
Property
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Six New Stores
Good Location
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Five Rented—One Vacant
j Rentals arc about $5,000 per
j year: First Trust 515,000 three
| vears at 6%.
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Price
$50,000
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Thomas J. Fisher & Co.,
Inc.
738 15th St. N.W.
Main 6830
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