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ME INDICTED
IN LEIIGER CASE
Jury Acts Against Col
li bred Men in Shooting in
August.
v
M James T Holmes, Harry W. Free
man and John A. Cross, alt colored.
indicted today by the grand
Hii r\ for murder in the first degree in i
Connection with the killing of f’olice
jnan Raymond C. Reisinger August
Jx last. The grand jurors exonerated
(Helen <Jackson, also colored, known
Ojs the "girl in the pink dress,” who
was in the automobile with the three
itrien and who told the police that she
tried to prevent the shooting of Rei
iwnger. The >oung woman may be
iuid in Jail as a material Government
■witness until the trial of the case,
which i'nited Slates Attorney Gordon
will set down next month.
l-'our Counts in Indictment.
The indictment is in. four counts
and charges that the shooting was
done h\ each of the three aceused
then while Policeman Reisinger was
hanging onto the tire carrier of
Holmes' car which was being driven
n? an excessive speed l<> avoid ar
r* st ladsinger fell off the car and
t> as found dead on I street northeast
Ip a r North t'apiloi street. The po
lio, man had suspected the ear might
tontain whisky and iiad tried to stop
the machine, hut the driver speeded
up. The officer was able to get on
the tire carrier-, whence he returned the
lire of the men inside the machine.
John A. McKimmie of detective
headquarters located the bullet-rid
den machine in a garage where
Holmes Is said to have left it after
the shooting. An attempt had been
to obliterate the marks made
by the bullets, it is said. The arrest
of Holmes followed and then that of
Freeman and Gross and the Jackson
girl
W . Duvall Indicted.
The grand jury also indicted Wil
liam <Duvall on a charge of false
pretenses. It is alleged Rewis Glass
man intrusted him with a check for
3511.25 last June to pay interest on a
trust note on OlaAsman's property
and Duvall is said to have appropri
ated the money to his own use.
False pretenses are charged in an
indictment against Frank W. Sleek,
who is charged with representing
himself as manager of a planograph
company and to have induced two
women to invest in stock on the pre
text that he had sold SII,OOO worth
.of the securities to Elie Sheetz, a lo
cal investor.
The grand jurors ignored a charge
of homicide against Bernice Victor
Brown, who is said to have caused
the death of Patrick Mulcahy in May,
1921 other charges ignored include:
Richard Burrell and Rosa la-wia.
assault with a dangerous weapon;
Edward Hume, grand larceny, and
hid ward Nelson, joj-riding.
Other I mil.-fluents Returned.
Others indicted and the charges
against them are;
Paul T. Wright, John Jones, Brik
ley Hatchett. Rosier Brown, Harry K.
Jefferson and Albert Henson, assault
dangerous weapon: Benjamin laswis.
assault intent to kill; Harry K.
Murphy. Francis D. Bell. Nathaniel
Edelin and Charles H. Rawlings, joy
riding; Samuel Sacrey and Harry H.
Clayton and Griffin Rucas. robbery;
Nathaniel Edelin, Ernest Weber and
Herbert Peeler. Ronnie Flemming
ami Charles R. Gaym, grand larceny;
Joseph Marehitti, William Earl Rice.
Arthur J. Guasp, Forrest J. Simmonds
and Charlie Jackson, housebreaking
and larceny.
DISMAL WEATHER
PERIOD NEAR END
(Continued from First Page.)
by the torrential rain. T-ocat street
car service was generally delayed,
with here and there blockades, such
as occurred at Connecticut avenue
and Garrison street, where at a,
building operation a lot of lootfe
clay was easily washed across the
street car tracks. In consequence, al
most every one was late for work.
Nuhurhun Conditions.
As an illustration of how subur
ban Washington fared, traffic on the
■Washington Boulevard between Hy
altsville and the Capital was block
ed this morning, the rain having
covered the road at Bladensburg to
u depth of four feet.
More than 100 autos were held up
by the wall of water, it being nec
essary for traffic to detour by the
way of Rain's Horn road.
Since the rain began until about
noon today there has been approxi
mately 514 inches of rain in Wash
ington, w hich is almost a September
record, with the prospect that the
record may be broken. The highest
previous mark was for a 24-hour
period on September 15 and 16, 1874,
wlwn there was a rainfall of 5.66
inches.
Tnen two years ago, on September
2. 1922, in a period of Shours, there
■was a rainfall of 5.16 inches which is
the September record for that length
lime, (.in September 14 and 15, 19u4,
a 24-hour record was exactly 5 inches.
But notwithstanding the almost
record rainfall there was little dam
age by washouts. The Potomac River,
according to the harbor police pre
cinct, was just two feet above normal,
but rapidly going down.
The storm center this morning was
over Eastern North Carolina, quite
close to Wilmington, and moving to
ward the north and northeast.
This will cause strong winds and
gales along the Middle Atlantic and
North Atlantic coasts this afternoon
and tonight. Storm warnings are
displayed today from Cape Hatteras,
K. C., to Eastport, Me.
Heavy and killing frosts have
been reported from the Upper Missis
sippi Valley, the Missouri Valley and
Ute upper lake regions. Right frosts
arc expected tonight in the lower
Ohio Valley.
The rain last night caused con
siderable disappointment even in the
homes of many who did not have to
brave the storm. • A vexatious half
hour was spent by those who were
listening in by radio on Secretary
Hoover's speech in reply to Senator
J-ii Follette, on which 20 stations
were hooked up. There were a cou
ple of breaks in the circuit that
caused the delivery of the speech
tb be interrupted and delayed.
Storm Sewers Meet Emergency.
ji The storm sewere carried of! the
htavy rainfall of the past two days
Without serious difficulty, J. B. Gordon,
Bnitary8 nitary engineer of the District, stated
day. Early this morning he received
4j»ord that the tracks of the Washing
ton Railway and Electric Co. at Georgia
avenue nmR Decatur streets had been
covered with mud by the flow of sur
face water from side streets. He com
niunicated with I* H. Grabill, superin.-
(undent of county roads, who sent a
gang of workmen to the scehc. _
' A short time later a message was
received at the District Building that
there had been a cave-in of the street
at Second and Webster streets north
west. and a crew of sewer employes
was rushed to the scene.
Mr. Gordon explained that the pumps
at the sewage pumping station are more
than ample to carry off a steady fall of
rain almost indefinitely, provided the
months of the catch basins do not be
come clogged with debris.
[.i j :: StJi 3
JOHNSON'S PITCHING IS LINKED
VITALLY TO FOREIGN COMMERCE
Ace Couldn't Play Without This Aid, Students at
Ceorgetotvn Service School Are Told .
Rubber and Cork the Reasons.
Without foreign trade there would
not be any parade here tomorrow to
welcome the pennant-winning Na
tionals on their home coming, de
clares O. K. Davis, secretary of the
National Foreign Trade Council.
How Walter Johnson's professional
existence is dependent on foreign
I trade was outlined to the student
body of the Georgetown Foreign Serv
ice School last night by Mr. Davis,
who conducted a symposium on "Base
Ball and Its Relation to Foreign Trade.”
“Who Is Walter Johnson?” the
speaker asked. There was uproar
ious acclaim from both student body
and faculty.
Hauler of Material.
What is Waller Johnson's connec
tion with foreign trade?” he shot as
the next question. The class was
stumped.
Mr. Davis’ next question furnished
a clue. “What’s in a base ball?” he
asked. “Rubber!” shouted a dozen
voices. ...
“Ves, and the heart of a base ball
]is a piece of cork. Where in the
j United States can you find rubber
and the fiber out of which base ball
BUSY TIME AHEAD
FOR LOCAL POLICE
Ist Division Memorial Un
veiling and World Series
to Tax Force.
1 With the First Division parade to
handle iu the morning and a world
series base ball crowd to regulate in
the afternoon, the Washington Police
Department will be put to a severe
test of service Saturday.
Assistant Supts. Charles Evans and
Henry G. Pratt and Inspector William
S. Shelby, acting under orders from
Maj. Sullivan, are three of the buicst
men in the District Building today,
completing arrangements for the day.
Inspector Shelby said he would he
ready tomorrow to make public the
special traffic regulations for the
streets in the vicinity of the base
ball park at Seventh and Florida ave
nue during the world series.
The traffic rules for the ball games,
the inspector said, would he pratieal
| ly the same as were in effect for the
Marine-Army foot ball game two
years ago. when more than 30.000 per
sons flocked to the ball park. •
The Ist Division parade is sched
uled to start up Pennsylvania avenue
at 9 :40 o’clock Saturday morning and
there will he 200 policemen detailed
along the route
No parking of automobiles will be
permitted on the Avenue Saturday
morning until after the parade. Street
cars will stop at 9:30 o’clock until
after the procession has passed.
(’apt. McMorrls of the office of pub
lic buildings and grounds will be in
charge of arrangements at the Ist
Division monument and will be as
sisted by 50 local police under a lieu
tenant.
ROYAL GREETING AWAITS
RETURNING GRIFFMEN
(Continued from First Page.)
will oome next as an escort. The Dis
trict Commissioners and the members
of the citizens’ committee on ar
rangements will be( next in line in
automobiles and then will pass be
fwee,n -tite’ crowded sidewalks the
Winners of the American league pen
! nant.
In order that the fans may see and
j cheer each man, the players will be
i separated in groups of three to an
i automobile, with a placard on each
{ car. bearing the names of the oocu-
I pants.
Three to Kirk Car.
Harry Allmond. secretary to the
citizens’ committee on arrangements,
announced today that the players
would ride up the Avenue in the fol
lowing groups:
First car —Harris, Shirley, and Rei-
I bold.
Second car—Johnson, Zachary and
Russell.
Third car—Judge, Marberry and
Speece.
Fourth car—Rice, Taylor and Mar
tina.
Fifth car —Ruel. Ogden and Zahni
ser.
•Sixth car—Peckinpaugh. Mogridge
and Hargrave.
Seventh car —Goslin, McNeely and
Retfier.
Eighth car—Bluege. Miller and
Tate,
Ninth car—Altrock and Schacht.
Tenth car—Edward B. Eynon. jr.;
Clark C. Griffith and William Rich
ardson, officials of the club.
Eleventh car —Trainer Mike Martin
and Billy Smith, assistant secretary.
Citizens to Ride.
The members of the citizens’ com
mittee which arranged the celebra
tion will ride in the parade, as fol
lows: Melvin C. Haren, chairman;
Harry Allmond. secretary, and Col.
Clarence O. Sherrill. C. Bascom Slemp,
Gen. S. D, Rockenbach, Gus Buchholz,
Roland Robbins, John Gheen, Thomas
Bones, G. Rogan Payne, H. H. Stans
bury, J. J. Spurgeon, John M. Gleiss
ner, Newbold Noyes, Robert N. Har
per, Gen. Anton Stephan. John Poole,
Edward F. Colladay. J. Thilman Hen
drick. Isaac Gans, Samuel J. Henry,
Samuel J. Prescott and George Mullln.
In addition to Commissioners Ru
dolph, Oyster and Bell, Assistant En
gineer Commissioners W. H. Holcombe
and William E. R. Covell will ride in
the parade.
Occupants of buildings along the
Avenue have been requested to deco-,
rate their structures for the occasion.
At Fifteenth street and Pennsylva
nia avenue the caravan will turn into
the Monument grounds and proceed
to the Ellipse, where a temporary
stage has been erected for the formal
exercises of welcome.
Rand Concert at Ellipse.
Although It probably will be 5
o’clock before the ceremonies at the
Ellipse begin, the committee antici
pated that the crow-d probably would
gather there early and arrangements
have been made to have a band give
a concert there starting at 4 o’clock.
President Coolidge, who has ex
pressed his interest in the success of
the Washington team this year, will
occupv the center pf the platform on
the Ellipse and will deliver the ad
dress of welcome to the American
Reague champions. He will be in
troduced by Commissioner Rudolph,
master of ceremonies.
As a symbol of the place which
the team has won in the hearts of
every Inhabitant of the District.
Commissioner Rudolph will present
Stanley Harris with a sold key to
the city.
The exercises will close With the
presentation of a trophy to Manager
Harris for the team as a whole. The
eop will be riven by the citixena’
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THE KVSNmU STAR. WASHINGTON. D. C„ TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 30. 1924.
cork is made? Base ball, therefore,
is very largely dependent on foreign
trade. If you didn't have rubber
and eork what kind of a game could
be played with some other kind of
ball. What eould Walter Johnson.
Washington’s pitcher ace, do then?”
Without hesitation. ’ the student
body voted Mr. Davis the speakers’
pennant.
Welcomes Sflfl Students.
Dean William F. Not* welcomed
the 500 students at exercises marking
the fifth annual opening of the
Georgetown School and in doing so
ho welcomed back to Georgetown
Rev. Edmund A. Walsh. S. J., founder
of the school, as the man In whose
mind first originated the idea of edu
cation in foreign service.
The growth of the school in these
five years and the rapid spread of
schools dedicated to training in for
eign service. Father Walsh declared,
confirms the wisdom of this course
in education.
Dr. Marc Peter. Minister of Swit
zerland, was the other speaker at the
opening exercises, which were at
tended by a number of distinguished
guests.
Official Decree
Commends Griffs
For Winning Flag
Congratulating them for bring
ing Washington its first American
I.eague baste ball peflnant and ex
pressing the hope that they will
vanquish the New York Giants in
the world series, the District Com
missioners today issued a formal
proclamation lo the players.
The statement Is signed by Com
missioners Rudolph, Oyeter and
Bell, and follows:
“On behalf of the Government of
the District of Columbia and the
citizens thereof, the Commissioners
extend to the Washington Base
Ball Club their heartiest congrat
ulations on winning the base ball
pennant in the American Reague.
“For many year* it has been the
desire of the people of Washington
to have a winning base hall club.
On several previous occasions we
have come near lo this goal, but it
remained for this year for the
present Washington team, led by
its youthful and intrepid manager,
Stanley Harris, and Clark Griffith
to bring home the coveted flag.
“This feat is but a forerunner
of another feat which the citizens
of Washington have no doubt will
be accomplished—that Is. for the
Washington team to vanquish its
rival, the New York team, in the
world freries, which will be held
in Washington beginning next Sat
urday. The City of Washington
feels much honored that it will be
the scene of the first game of the
series, and every inhabitant is con- '
fident that its team will capture
the world championship.’’
REJOICING CAPITAL
BANISHES GLOOM
AS GRIFFMEN WIN
(Continued from First Page )
test was demonstrated by an incident
that took place in one of the cloister*
ed houses of study ip Brookland—•
the Dominican Monastery.
A visitor being shown through the
premises was brought unexpectedly
into a classroom. There the first
thing that attracted his eye were
a number of the friars, dressed in
tlielr black and white habits and
hoods, grouped around a familiar
looking horn. As the visitor looked,
scarcely believing his own eyes, the
horn spoke:
'‘Boone out to Judge. No runs. One
hit. One left.”
Even White House Pauses.
A learned friar excitedly slapped
a brother friar on the back. The
secret was out. Even back there in
the cloisters of that quiet monaatry,
the story of the pennant chase was
carrying its thrill on the voice of the
radio. One of the friars then ex
plained that what had caused such a
demonstration of joy was due to the
fact that Boston had had a man on
third, with the score, 3 to 2, In
favor of Washington. A hit then
would have tied the count.
When the victory was finally
clinched by the third out in the ninth
inning, the White House interrupted
its busy routine long enough to send
Bucky Harris a message of congrat
ulations. High government officials
joined with humble citizens in praise
of the team and its fighting qualities,
cabinet officers, justices of the Su
preme Court and other officials ex
pressing their admiration in un
stinted terms, all agreeing with Jus
tice McKenna of the Supreme Court,
who said “the good- news gives me a
distinct thrill; 1 am delighted and I
am sure that all of Washington feels
likewise.”
GRIFFITH AND HARRIS
HAILED FOR PENNANT
Resolutions congratulating Clark
Griffith and Manager Stanley Har
ris of the Washington base ball
club on bringing the American
league pennant to this city for the
first time in the- history of the Amer
ican Reague were adopted by the
Weat End Citizens’ Association at
its first meeting of the season In
the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele
phone.' Co. Building last night.
Active support was pledged to the
effort being made by the various
citizens’ bodies to have Congress
■ paks a law creating a permanent
park on the Union Station Plaza and
to preserve unobstructed the view
of the Capitol Building from Union
Station. The aasociatlon also voted
to co-operate with the Federation
of Citizens’ Associations in an ef
fort to have Congress grant the right
of suffrage to the District of Co
lumbia and to be allowed repre
sentation in the law-making bodies
on the same basis as tha several
States.
committee on behalf of all Washing
ton.
Thus wilU-and the formal celebra
tion. But the victorious players will
have another treat in store for them
in the form of a dinner to be given
In their honor by Gus Buohhols at
the Occidental Hotel at S;3O o'clock
in the evening.
The toastmaster at the dinner will
be Hoe Fulkerson. United States
Marshal Edgar C.. Snyder will be
timekeeper on speakers and Maj.
Daniel Sullivan will be sergeant-at
arms. -Entertainment will be pre
sented by Roland S. Robbins, man
ager of Keith’s Theater, and R. J.
Fosse, R. F. Reavitt, George O’Connor
and Matt Horne.
Secretary Hughes in Ounpaign.
Secretary Hughes will deliver an
address October 4, at Emery Audi*
torium, Cincinnati, the Speakers’ Bu
reau of the Republican national com
mittee announced todg* .. . _ .
BUCKS WILL WIN.
DECLARESGRIFFITH
Team Fired With Determina
tion, Says President—Be
lieves Title Assured.
■'There isn’t a team in the country
that can beat Washington in its present
mood. Those boys are pimply fired with
a determination lo win. That spirit won
the American Reague pennant; it will
win the world zertea”
It was with these words that Clark
C. Griffith led into Washington this
morning the vanguard of Ms cham
pions. Almost unnoticed by a few early
risers at Union Htation, Griffith. Bucky
Harris, Walter Johnston aml.Sum Rice
stepped from the Federal express when
it arrived from Boston at 7 ;30 o’clock.
With a thousand things to do,
more or less, before the big aeries
gets under way .Saturday afternoon,
Griffith and three of his stars hur
ried from the Hub City immediately
after the deciding game yesterday.
Somewhere en route they lost Joe
Judge and Goose Goslin, who started
the journey with them.
Googf CaOfM HoMf.
OooHe, it i* believed, dropped off
at Trenton to hurry* down to his
home in New Jersey for a short visit
before he reporta back to Washing
ton.
Judge is supposed to have stopped
off in Baltimore. All, however, are
to enjoy a much-needed holiday until
the entire team arrives home for its
official welcome tomorrow.
Only the relatives of the players
who arrived In Washington and a
handful of newspaper men were at
the station to welcome the early
arrivals back to Washington. Mrs.
Griffith embraced her husband rap
turously. so plainly touched by her
husband's achievement that the few
who witnessed the scene courteously
turned to a few minutes of conversa
tion.
Hwrto Praises Mate*.
Bucky Harris stood near his veteran
f;, The 27-yeur-old manager of
Washington’s first championship team
seemed almost bashful in his reticence
to talk about the victory. Protesting
that he did not deserve all of the
credit that Is being heaped upon him,
St&n tried in vain to turn the conver
sat inn to his teammates;
' 1 just had the flghtin’est bunch
of hail players that ever assembled.
That’s what won the pennant. Every
one of ’em had simply bent back
wards helping. They deserve the
credit.”
flank Griffith gave credit to every
man on the team—Johnson. Judge,
(•oslin. Rice, Bluege, Peckinpaugh,
Muddy Ruel—he named every one of
the veterans, and finally referred to
his “kid manager” with a word of
added praise.
“This victory vindicates my faith
in Stanley Harris. I knew he could
do it and he did. This team has been
through the mill. I can tell you. too.
A dozen limes during the last of the
season, they were In a position w here
they just had to win—not win just
a game, but a whole series. And
they did It.
Nerve Brings Victory.
“The big. outstanding thing of the
team has been its nerve and its de
termination to win. They just got it
into their heads that they had cham
pionship material and from that mo
ment they wouldn’t be denied. And
today < there isn’t a team in the
United States that can beat them
They simply won’t be licked
"The team is just a little over
worked now. but it will be all ready
and fit to meet the Giants by the
timo the series comes around Our
boys have been through a terrible
strain, but they didn't really show
it until they reached Boston. Then
w hen they lost the first game it put
back into them all of that old do-or
die fire, and they proceeded to emen
the pennant.
“Harris is idolized by his men.
Why, when the game was over yes
terday they picked him up and car
ried him off the field "
FIGHT ON PREMIER
OPENS IN COMMONS
(Continued from First Page.)
er the session called for the Irish
bill would be as short as expected,
and It is suggested by some writers
that the Government's desire for ad
journment as soon as the bill is
passed may bo defeated.
Turkish Issue Raised.
A number of the benches of the
House were occupied after the doors
opened and it was not long before the
House and its galleries wore crowd
ed in preparation for the opening of
the sitting which it was generally
felt would be momentous.
There was much animation just be
fore the prime minister entered to
the acompsniment of ministerial
cheers.
The first remark by a cabinet mem
ber after the opening was made by
Col. Secretary Thomas, who, replying
to a question tit regard to the posi
tion in Irak, said there was no ques
tion of the existence of a state of
war between Great Britain and Tur
key.
Situation Well lu Hand.
The colonial secretary explained
that certain Turkish military move
ments had taken place which the Brit
ish government considered a disturb
ance of the status quo. When these
continued, air action wag taken after
serious warning had been given the
nearest Turkish authority. But fur
ther* encroachments occurred, and,
Mr. Thomas said, the Irak police
forces had been forced to fall back
with three casualties.
Meantime, It was said, Assyrians
and Christians numbering 6.Q00 fled
from their homes, which the British
government alleged were outside the
sphere of Turkish'influence. Serious
protests had been made, it was de
clared, and the British authorities at
Irak had been authorised to take all
necessary action to prevent further
trouble. The colonial secretary said
that in the meantime the situation
was well In hand from a military
viewpoint.
Mauy '(tueutlma Up.
There is a remarkable number of
subjects over which the political lead
ers of .tho various parties and the
public are agitated, notably the Rus
sian treaty, strongly opposed by the
conservatives and a large section of
the liberals; alleged Turkish raids in
Irak, dangerous unroot In India and
negotiations with Said Zagloul
Pasha, the Egyptian premier.
There are also several domestic
questions, foremost among them the
mysterious abandonment of prosecu
tion on the charge of sedition of the
editor of the communist paper. Work
ers’ Weekly, which has been more or
less of a burning topic sinee early
August, and which, it is said, Is likely
to Involve the compulsory retirement
of at least one member of the cabinet.
"In view of these and other mat
ters,” says the political correspond
ent of the- Westminster Gazette, “a
strong body of opinion In the com
mons will oppose any further ad
journment at Parliament before
Christmas.”
Salt ml nag aandueted by the gov
ernment of Poland produced XX,900
tons last year. _ ,
RADIO WILL CADDY
DETAILSOF SERIES
Graham McNamee to Be An
nouncer for Base Ball
Classic.
A play-by-play description of all of
the world series games between "Bucky”
Harris' fighting Nationals, who won for
Washington its first American la-ague
pennant, and John McGraw’s New York
Giants will be broadcast Jointly by sta
tions WOAP and WEAK, it was learned
today from tho Chesapeake and Poto
mac Telephone Co. Radio apparatus
for broadcasting the base ball classic is
now being installed in the Clark Griffith
Btadium and the Polo Grounds in New
York.
Graham McNamee, one of the most
popular radio announcers in the United
States, will describe all of the games.
He probably will be assisted by Stuart
S. Hayes, who has broadcast throughout
the base ball season from WCAP the
results of the games in the major
leagues.
McNamee, it will be remembered
by radio• listeners, described the pro
ceedings at both the Republican and
Democratic national conventions, in
addition to many other notable
events which have been broadcast In
the last year. Mr. Hayes, who is
likely to assist him. Is peculiarly well
qualified for the task, having played
professional base ball for a number
of "years in the International, Vir
ginia and Blue Ridge leagues.
Preparations for broadcasting the
world serle.s games will be completed
Friday, when McNamee comes to
Washington.
JAPANESE ACCEPT
REVISED SECURITY
PACT AGREEMENT
(Continued from First Page.)
league informed as to how Greece is
treating Bulgarians living on Grecian
soil.
TOKIO DENIES ALIEN ISSUE.
Not Immigration, Phage of
Protocol Considered.
By the Associated Prc.-».
TOKIO, September 30.—Japanese
insistence on an amendment to the
proposed protocol of arbitration and
security now before the league of
Nations Is based wholly upon the
legal, not the immigration, phase of
the question, and Inferences to the
contrary are far-fetched, according
to official views obtained here today.
Apparent indifference on the part
of newspapers and officials and the
manner in which the press avoided
any previous reference to the. sub
ject 'were the most remarkable char
acteristics of Japan's reception of
the pronouncements of Japanese del
egates at Geneva.
• It waa pointed out that there is rea
son to believe that tha government was
never more than lukewarm on the sub
ject of the adoption of the protocol, un
der which it would be possible for the
league of Nations to Intervene in any
difference that might arise between
China and Japan.
The Japan-China phase of the situa
tion was as much responsible for Japa
nese opposition to the protocol as watt
the immigration question. It was pointed
out. At least, it is obvious here that
Baron Adachi's statement on the Immi
gration question before the league was
intended for European, not home, con
sumption.
LONDON OPINION DIVIDED.
Press Sees Froth and Substance in
Japan’s Stand.
By the Associated Press
RONDAN. September 30.—Comment
ing en Japan’s stand with regard to
the protocol on arbitration and se
curity his elicited little comment. The
Daily News says:
"If is inconceivable on every
ground of reason that the Japanese
government will press Its absurd
and dangerous demand to a fatal
conclusion."
The Westminster Gazette, on the
contrary, thinks that Japan's p'oint
ha* a wider significance than the im
migration law and says It is easy to
imagine that “in some cases essential
Justice may be rendered impossible on
the plea that the issue raised is the
domestic affair .of one particular
nation.”
MACDONALD SENDS VIEWS.
By the Associated Pres*.
PARIS, September 29.—Premier
Herriot has received another long let
ter from tho British prime minister,
Ramsay MacDonald, but as it is of a
confidential and personal nature it
will not be made public, according to
the Matin.
Mr. MacDonald writes particularly
about questions arising out of the de
bates on the. arbitration protocol at
Geneva, as well as on the expressions
of the peoples’ opinion in France and
England regarding the League of Na
tions. A large part of the letter is
devoted to the problem of commercial
relations between Germany and Great
Britain, on the one hand, and Ger
many and France, on the other.
HAVRE DE GRACE ENTRIES
■ ■ I
BOR WEDNESDAY.-
FIRST RACK—Parse. *1.300; for maiden
fillies; 2-year-old*; 5)6 furlong*.
Noble Lady 1U Fracs 115
Aggie US Wavecrest 115
Frappc 113 Gymnast 115
All Irish 113 Wedlock Tir,
Broom Wrack..... 115 Hunsahr© 115
Slow and Easy... 115 Oulaight ns
I.yrea 113 Also eligible:
IJltlc Fox 113 Princess Ahmed.. 115
Iteokspa 115 Firth of Forth... 115
SECOND RACK— Steeplechase; claiming;
purer, *2,000 : 3-year-olds sod up; 2 miles.
Chuckle 144 Tell Me 13«
101 l pop 144 Beck 138
tlfiionora 13# Warreaton 130
•♦Tray’n Triaough 134 Links Ifij
Fane Lady 13#
tLa Orel Park Stud entry.
THIRD HACK—The Glen Riddle; purse.
*1,300; 3-year-olds; 6H furlongs.
Finland 100 Master Cramp 10#
Dress Coeds 100 Trip Lightly 10#
Alex Woodllffe... 10* Lucifer 103
FOURTH RACK—Purse, *1,300; claiming;
S-year-o Ida; 6 fnrloega
Lord Baltimore II 114 Pep to Peep Jio
Everglade 114 Odd Beth me
Leathenrood 11l Jackson 105
FIFTH RACK—The White Marsh; parse.
*1,500; 9-yeaf-oids and up; 1 milt and TO yard*
Reddler 113 (thamreek 107
Onprraan 112 Bweep By ... 107
Flying Cloud 107 Roman Bachelor.. 10T
SIXTH RACK—Purse. *1.300; claiming; 3-
year-olds and up; 1 mile.
Planet US *Seggartharoon .. in
(’apt. Coatlgao... 113 (Jra T Cables m
Bock Bottom 113 BUT Rang in
Jolly HO Ten Sixty 107
Hub Uady 107 Much Ado 108
SEVENTH RACE—Purse. *1,300; claiming;
3-year-olds and up; liV miles.
Triumph 11* • Done* a I 100
•Widgeon 110 ‘North Wales 100
losisss 108 Douguaa os
Serbian 10S Tho Reaper. ...... M
Attorney Muir.... 100 •Dodona 04
a ’tstw •*
•The Persvtah.,.. 103 *Bearehlight 3rd-. 100
•Oar Birthday... 100 »Va»Patrick .... 100
•AHnatlet allowance claimed.
Weather, rats tag; track maMy.
First race. 2.30 pus.
CAPITAL HIT BY BAD EPIDEMIC
OF “WOOZLES” STRANGE ILLNESS
Policemen Affected Become Courteous to Traffic
Law Violators—Women Cease Pushing in Ahead
of Line at Ticket Windows.
Sweeping: suddenly with an insidi
ous swoop upon the unsuspecting
city yesterday afternoon, something
strangely sinister seemed to beset
Washington’s ordinarily sedate citi
zenry. stirring up a startling series
of mysterious episodes of stagger
ing significance.
This baleful influence struck indis
criminately in a thousand places,
causing many and varied phenomena
For Instance:
Drivers of two automobiles that
collided at a downtown street iater
section jumped from their machines
and apologised profusely, each main
taining that he alone was to blame.
A pushcart vendor on Seventh
street who started to move bis cart
upon the approach of a policeman
was told to stay where he was by
the officer, who picked up a couple
of bananas—and paid for them.
Policeman In I'nßrtroan.
A crossing policeman whose stop
signal had been unconsciously ig
nored by a happily preoccupied
motorist laughed heartily instead of
blowing his whistle, exclaiming, ‘The
toke's on me!"
A woman who attempted to push in
ahead of another woman waiting in
line at a movie ticket window was
greeted with an approving smile, at
which she turned around and went to
the end of the line, smiling that she
had discovered her mistake.
It was a fearful, awe-inspiring suc
cession of spectacles that greeted
the eyo of the casual observer yes
terday afternoon and evening.
The malevolent doings cropped out
early in the afternoon, affecting great
crowds of apparently conservative
and respectable men and women
with high-handed symptoms akin to
brain-fever. Instead of seeking shel
ter from the heavy downpour of rain,
TARRING WITNESS
PICKS LEATHERMAN
(Continued from First Page 1
crying for some one to bring her
Clothes. At that time, he said, all
the automobiles in the party had their
searchlights playing on the quivering
form of the girl, and others in the
crowd had turned flashlights on her
and were taunting her with jokes and
obscene remarks.
Took Girl to His Home.
AVhipps story is that he returned
home for a sheet, covered the cower
ing body of the girl, and hilh the
assistance of Lloyd Shank carried
her to his farm, where they and Mrs.
■VVhiPP cleaned off the tar and feath
ers and pul the girl to bed. He tes
tified that the girl’s body was badly
burned but not blistered
His testimony to the jury was in
jurious to Harry Leatherman, and ho
named several others of those in
dicted as being active in the mob.
In thus testifying James Whlpp
knew that he was materially hurting
many of his closest friends and even
men that he had grown up with, and
he knew that from now on ho might
be ostracised in the community, but
he told his story unflinchingly.
Defrwe Move Cheeked
Samuel A. Lew is, former State’s at
torney, now counsel for Leatherman,
tried to show that Whipp was on
friendly terms with Miss Grandon.
Lewis was overruled by the presiding
lodges. Chief Judge Hammond t'rner
and Assistant Judge Robert Peters.
Much of Whipp’s testimony was
corroborated by his wife and by
Lloyd Shank, husband of Mrs Mary
Shank, who yesterday pleaded guilty
actually to applying the tar and
feathers.
Shank said that when he ap
proached the mob he had heard
threats aganist himself also. Mrs.
Shank previously had alleged that it
was because of Dorothy tTrandon’s
friendship toward her husband that
the mob had been incited to violence
and that she had been urged on by
the men to apply the tar.
Mabel Mills, close friend of Miss
Grandon, testified that as she was
walking on the road with the latter,
five or six cars came up from behind;
that Mrs. Shank and Leatherman
jumped out, and that Mary Shank
three times beat Miss Grandon over
the head with a club, which leather
man had given her, while the victim
was being held by Calvin Shank and
Paul Grossnlckle.
Says Mercy Plea Ignored.
She saW Miss Grandon fell to her
knees and begged for mercy, but
that the crowd laughed and went
about its work, everybody cursing
and making foul remarks to her.
Leatherman handed Mrs. Shank
the tar and feathers to apply, she
said, and she also told the jury that
all the lights on the autos were
turned on the girl while she was
naked.
When she tried to interfere, the
witness asserted, Ijeatherman and
others threatened her with the same
treatment.
To the defense she admitted com
ing to Myersville from Hagerstown
with Mias Grandon and that sheWvas
now on parole from the Maryland
House of Correction for the trial.
Dr. R. V. Hauver of Middletown
also testified that he had seen part
of the proceedings.
Hundreds Throng Court.
Yesterday's proceedings were dis
appointing to the hundreds who
pushed and fought to gain a place in
the packed and hot courtroom, mostly
farmers and natives of Myersville and
the surrounding county, who expected
to hear sensational disclosures and
scandalous attacks from both sjdes.
In the first place. Mrs. Shank un
expectedly pleaded guilty to applying
the tar and feathers, and said noth
ing. She had been scheduled to set
off the fireworks with a series of
startling and Incriminating charges.
The spectators obviously were disap
pointed at missing the choice scandal
they expected from her. At the re
quest of her attorneys, sentence was
deferred until after the trial of the
1# men indicted. She is liable to a
penitentiary sentence of from 18
months to 10 years.
Then, too. the spectators were de
nied hearing of *the past life of Dor
othy Grandon, before she dropped in
on the quiet little Dunkard town of
Myergvillo, and ip her short visit of
only eight day* caused such a com
motion. Chief Judge Timer and As
sociate Judge Peter, presiding at the
trial; ruled that ail questions must
pertain to the tar and feather incident
itself. This was a blow to the defense,
as attorneys for around
whom the trial centered following the
guilty plea of Mrs. Shank, were not able
to ask any questions relating to Miss
Grandon's previous cenduct.
Girl Take* Stand.
Miss Grandon, who has been
held In the county Jail since July
24. the night of the tarring, as
a material witness for the State, was
the first to testify yesterday. The
victim of the assault took the stand,
clad neatly in black, and in an un
abashed and bold manner told her
story, going into the lurid details of
the assault of tho angry mob when
ah* was stripped and beaten and
tarred and feathered while fleeing
Myersville.
According to her testimony, aha
was on the read from Myersville to
Middletown, walking With her friend,
Mrs. Viola Kennedy, with whom she
large gatherings of well drcssert per
son* stood on the streets. unbrellaless
and drenched to the skin, all un
mindful of thf fact that they wore in
imminent danger of being washed
down the sewer.
Stand Defiant of Rain.
Kor nearly two hours these citi
zens stood defying the elements to do
their worst. They were still assem
bled in three major groups at 4:51
o’clock in the afternoon, their eyes
fixed on a common object.
Suddenly, at what seemed to be an
anxiously awaited signal, pandemonium
broke loose among the throngs. Strong
men laid their heads upon one another’s
shoulders and mingled genuine tears
with the rain. At the same time the
skies seemed to weep more copiously,
but somehow it appeared that the com
bined outburst was one of joy and
exultation.
Women, married and single, hugged
other women’s husbands with brazen
effrontery Street urchins shinned up
the legs of tall business men and plant
ed kisses on their brows. Two street
cars on G street between 14th and 15th
streets embraced each other from differ
ent tracks, sending the passengers scat
tering, unhurt, to the street.
Man W ho Doubted Roams.
In the midst of it all there appeared
a bareheaded man. feverish with ex
pectant excitement, scanning the vari
ous thoroughfares from end to end.
“What is lie looking for?” asked a
hundred voices at once. Some one who
knew answered :
"He’s the guy who said when Wash
ington wins the pennant horses would
walk on their hind legs and chew to
bacco.”
At last reports the man still was in
search of the horses, while police were
preparing a padded cell for him when
he got tired.
Coolidge Elated
Over ISats Success
In Taking Pennant
President Coolidge is elated over
the winning of the American
league pennant by the Washing
ton base ball club. He has said Ip
some of his callers, with whom he
was discussing base ball, that he
was sure that every one living in
Washington, similar to residents
like himself, is proud of what
the local hall team has accom
plished. He said that he had be
come sufficient of a Washington
resident to become proud of all
local accomplishments.
Despite the calls upon the Presi
dent he has taken a few minutes
each, day to scrutinize the base
hall accounts in the newspapers,
and when Washington started its
pennant-winning climb he became
a regular fan.
It is doubtful, however, if the
President will issue any order per
mitting Government clerks to be
excused from work to attend any
of the world series games. If they
obtain leave of absence, it will
have to be credited to their annua!
leave.
lived in Myersville, when she was
overtaken by Mrs. Shank and Harry
T>eatherrnan in an automobile. Mrs.
Shank attacked her with a club, she
said, beat her savagely, tore her
clothes from her in a rage and ap
plied the tar and feathers. In the
meantime a mob had gathered and
egged on Mrs. Shank. She charged
that It was Harry 1 weatherman, a
storekeeper of Myersville. himself a
Dunkard of the most conscientious
religious type, who stirred up the
mob, supplied the tar and feathers
and tarring stick, and incited Mrs.
Shank to her furious attack.
Favored Dragging Victim.
Miss Grandon said that I>>atherman
actually handed the tar and feathers
to Mrs. Shank and that it was Paul
and t'alvin Shank who
held her while Mrs. Shank beat her.
Afterward she asked for an automo
bile to take her to the home of Mrs.
Kennedy, and she said that Leather
man replied that she ought to he tied
to the rear of a machine and dragged
through Myersville. About this time
she was rescued by a farmer, James
Whipp, living nearby, and taken to his
home, where the tar was removed, pain
fully, with lard and soap.
All this Miss Grandon told in a free
and easy, offhand manner, not the
slightest embarrassed at the guffaws
of the curious spectators when per
sonal questions were put to her. Aft
er her testimony she sat with her
friend, Mabel Mills, also a 20-year-old
bob-haired brunette, with whom she
first went to the little hamlet of My
ersville. and who has been released
temporarily from the House of Cor
rection to be a witness for the State.
Both seemed to take the trial purely
as an amusing incident. Miss Grandon
showing no signs of the harrowing
experiences through which she had
passed
I weatherman's is the test ease, on
the outcome of which will rest the
oases of the other 18 men indicted—
-8 for tarring and feathering and 10
for rioting.
Defense Counsel Balked.
Reno S. Harp and the other attor
neys for Leatherman obviously were
chagrined at not being able to bring
in anything about Dorothy Grandon’s
past behavior. They were not al
lowed to question her on her rela
tions to Lloyd Shank, husband of
Mary Shank, with whom she had been
friendly, Mrs. Shank alleged. Under
cross-examination she admitted she.
bad been arrested and convicted of
being drunk and disorderly in Ha
gerstown.
However, the Judges would not al
low her to tell why she had left
Hagerstown to go to Myersville, or
why she had changed her name from
Lorraine Pearroil. Sitting jauntilv
and complacently in front of the
judges, she laughed outright when
she sensed the disappointment of the
spectators at missing sensational de
tails.
Several minor witnesses also were
called yesterday, one a chemist, tes
tifying that the tar used was road
tar, stiff and viscous and very irri
tating to the skin.
Attorneys for the defense in the
eases of the 19 men indicted an
nounced they will call 75 witnesses.
William A. Storm, State’s attorney,
expects to call 18. Immediately after
the Leatherman case was called, the.
defense attorneys entered a pica of
not guilty and asked for a Jury trial.
The jurors selected were: John P.
Style, foreman; J. Calvin Vox, Archie
W. Ogley, Richard J. Allnul, Grover
Trout. William D. Curfman, Charles
F. Kreh. C. Harry Cramer, Allan M.
Seitzer, Bernard W. Wilson, Clyde
W. Smith and Ulysses G. Hooper-
FOREST FIRES SPREAD.
PONCHATOULA, La., September 30.
—Families living a mile south and
east of here have been forced to flee
from their homes by forest fires,
which, fanned by high winds, spread
rapidly. Valuable timber and farm
possessions have been destroyed.
The Are started four days ago and
lumbermen said that more than 250
acres bad been burned.
CONTEST PLANNED
ON ACTRESS’ WILL
r
Relatives of Lotta Crabtree
Prepare to Fight for
$4,000,000 Estate.
By the Aswecjated Pres*.
BOSTON, September 30.—A content
over the will of Lotta f*rabtree, the
actress, who left approximately $4
000,000 to charities, cutting off rela
lives with SIOO,OOO, was indicated tij
day.
Relatives who were not mentioned
in the will, Mrs. Robert Glenn of New
York, Maude Ixtuise Crabtree of Bos
ton, Mrs. Charlotte L. Beilmuller of
Newark. N. J.; Mrs. Ethel Harmon of
Scranton, Pa, and others have either
sent attorneys here or have notified
counsel for Miss Crabtree of their In
tention to contest the document.
The $2,000,000 fund set aside by the
actress for the relief of disabled
World War veterans and their de
pendents may be matched in amount
by her provision for the promotion of
farming The • residue of the estate
j was left to aid graduates of Massa
| ihusetts Agrieuitural College.
! In establishing the ’’Lotta Agric.ul
i lural Fund” the a<Hess, w ho had pro
! vided elsewhere for the care of dumb
animals, discharged convicts, needj.
actors and actresses, hospital, as
sistance to music students and Christ
mas gifts to the poor, said:
To Provide Employment.
"T believe it is my duty to aid in
some of the great social and economic
questions of the times, and it is my
belief that the best method to reduce
the cost and expense of living and to
provide a generally more prosperous
and larger employment for the peo
ple lies in the intelligent and active
promotion of agricultural pursuits,
and that I may render real practical
assistance in this direction, I author- t
ize my trustees to loan the semi-an
nual income of this fund, without in
terest. to such graduates of Massa
chusetts Agricultural College at Am
herst as have completed their course
and who have the desire to follow
I agriculture.”
The $4,000,000 estate which Miss
Crabtree acquired in a colorful career
of song and dance, real estate invest
ment and theater operation goes to
charily under the terms of her will
which was filed yesterday, and half
of the sum goes to form a trust fund
for World War disabled and their de
pendents.
Funds for War Veterans.
The will establishes a trust fund
of $2,000,000 for those men and wom
en in the service of the United Slates
during the World War who were dis
abled, maimed, wounded or sick, and
extends assistance alto to their de
pendents.
”1 thoroughly believe that in the
making of this particular trust T
have selected the noblest and most
deserving philanthrophy to which m\
estate can be put,” the testatrix said
in the will.
“I have great pride and admiration
for the heroic and patriotic service
rendered by our soldiers, sailors and
women who were in the service of
the United States during the late
World War and I have given great
consideration to the sacrifices and
sufferings that have come to so many
of them in the performance of their
duties and to the hardships and diffi
culties which they must continue 10
suffer in years to come.
”1 am fully aware of the fact that
they can never receive adequate com
pensation and reward for what the>
have helped to accomplish for the
honor and well being of their coun
try and mankind.”
The trustees —Maj. Gen. Clarence R.
Edwards, 15. S. A., retired; Judge. Wil
liam Wait of the Massachusetts
Superior Court and William A.
Morse, attorney for Miss Crabtree
are empowered to aid also any hos
pitals or other organizations per
forming a similar service to veterans
and are directed to use the income
from the fund semi-annually. ’
Allows I »e of Principal,
"Inasmuch as at the present time
and in the immediate years to follow'
there will be greater occasion and
demand for aid and assistance than
there will be as the years go on,” the
will directs the trustees further to
use the principal of the fund if neces
sary to accomplish the purposes of
the trust.
A life of 40 years for the trust is
set by the donor, after which the
funds are to go as residue of the
estate to graduates of the Massachu
setts Agricultural College. As Miss
Crabtree was most closely identified
with the States of Massachusetts,
California and New' York, the will
says, the preference shall be given
to veterans in those Plates, but this
request is not mandatory.
A fund of $300,000, to be known
as the “Lotta dumb animal fund.” is
created for the care and relief of
dumb animals, and particularly for a
continuous and vigorous opposition
to vivisection. Under this trust
drinking fountains for men, horses.
1 birds and dogs are to be set up and
( maintained in New York and Boston as
"Lotta foundations.”
Theatrical Fund.
The “Lotta theatrical fund” of
SIOO,OOO is set aside to help those
members of the theatrical profession
who through sickness or misfortune
need assistance. Part of the income
of this fund may be used for the ed
ucation of young women in the the
atrical profession.
Christmas gifts of clothing, food,
coal, medicine, or small donations in
cash to needy persona are provided
for in a fund of SIOO,OOO established
in the name of Mary A. Crabtree, Miss
Crabtree’s mother. Convicts dis
charged in the cities of San Francis
co. St. Ixiuis, Chicago, Washington,
Louisville and New Orleans will bene- ♦
St under another SIOO,OOO fund set
aside as the "Txitla fund for aiding
discharged convicts.”
A sum of SIOO,OOO is to be invested
and the income is to be paid in in
stallments of SI,OOO per year to Mr*.
Edwin Fretwell and Mfss Sophia
Livesey, both of San Francisco: also
a similar amount to Miss Crabtree’s
three cousins in England—Mary Alice
Shuttleworth of Shipton, Yorkshire;
Sarah A. Crabtree, Bacup.
and John Henry Crabtree of Pendle
ton. Lancashire.
Peer in HMpitiU,
The sum of $50,000 Is set aside for
a fund to be known as the “Lotta hos
pital fund,” the income to be paid an
nually to hospitals in Boston to ha
used in providing free beds and at
tendance for the sick poor.
The sum of $25,000 is set aside a a
the “Lotta educational fund.” the in
come to be paid annually to four
pupils of the New England Corserva
tory of Music who are without means
to obtain a musical education.
All the residue of the estate is to'be.
held in trust as a fund to be known
as the “Lotta agricultural fund," arid
from its semi-annual income the
trustees are empowered to loan, with
out interest, to such graduates of the
Massachusetts Agricultural College
who have received their diplomas
there but who are without funds to
engage in agricultural pursuits. In
this particular case no graduate shall
be entitled to receive the benefit of
the fund without first furnishing a
certificate from the college authorities
as to hta moral character and aa ta
his department while la coUagpa