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NUMBER 11.234.
Published every evening inelndlns Sunday)
Entered mm second -chuts matter, at the
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WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 23, 1919.
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Riot Spirit Is On The Wane In Washington Today
Police Officials Fear Little Trouble Tonight
D LIKES TO
IN 65 PCI.
MT. CLEMENS, Mich., July 23.
After less than a day's examina
tion hy his .chief counsel, Henry
Ford again "was in hostile hands at
noon today in his million dollar libel
suit against the Chicago Tribune.
When Judge Tucker ruled direct
testimony on Ford's subscriptions
to war loans immaterial, Attorney
Stevenson, for the Tribune, resumed
cross-examination.
Ford was questioned closely on his
war -work, especially Eagle boats. It
was shown that- during 1916 alone,
a
FO
QFHISINCOME
OVER 10 U. S.
repairs of Ford cars atiheiriserylce i.P"e nd a few favoreinembera off
stations amounted to ajproayfe' JUg& JSl
$800,000.
Statement Challenged.
Stevenson challenged tie state
ment that th Ford Motor Company
was hampered In doing" war work
without profits.
Ford countered by saying: Frank I.
Jtllngensmith, vice president of the
company, was authorized to speak for
the company on all subjects.
The Ions strain is telling: on the
iurors, some of whom are ejderly
men. It was expected today the
schedule would be arranged so as to
give the men a two-hour rest at
soon.
Ford told the jury It is less trouble
to dispose of his surplus capital by
giving 65 per cent of it to the Gov
ernment for income taxes than by any
other way he knows. He said he was
not opposed to the law.
Direct questioning- of the witness
was started yesterday. Immediately
he was more at ease, answered ques
tions Teadily. With a will, he told of
his early life, its hardships and
pleasures.
A smile played over his face as he
told what he had done for his coun
try during: the war. He said he spent
!fhree or four millions" on the Hen-
r rj: Ford Hospital, used as Army Hos
pital No. 30, ana tnac 91.ouu.uuu over
the Government allowance was spent
on. the Eagle boat plant.
JCHU.S.
WOMAN
EOS SERB NOBLE
NEW TORE. July 23. Mrs. Tyler
Harbeson, of Boston, Pittsburgh and
Paris, one of the wealthiest women in
the United States, was married in
Zurich, Switzerland, late in May to
Francis Ralph de Schoenholz, a mem
ber of the Serbian nobility. It became
known here today. They are now liv
ing: at the Plaza here. De Schoenholz
has the right to call himself Baron de
Schoenholz, but has discarded the
title.
Since his arrival here he has been
-engaged in arranging: for thefexporta
tion of large quantities of merchan
dise to the kingdom of the Serbs.
Croats and Slovenes, of which he says
he is a citizen, and to Import produces
of that country, including tobacco,
plums and copper, to the United
t States.
LORD LYTTON LIKELY TO'
BE NEW BRITISH ENVOY
LONDON. July 23. It is reported in
American diplomatic circles that Lord
Lytton is the most likely choice of
the British government for the post
of ambassador to Washington.
President's OaJlers Today.
JO a m. Senator Carroll S. Page of
Vermont.
11 a. m. Senator Thomas Sterling
of South Dakota.
2 p. m, The Metropolitan of Rus
eia, Platon Rosdestvensky.
2:15 p. m. Senator George P. Mc
Lean of Connecticut
3 p. ra. Senator Truman H. New
berry ef MTrftfctn.
LOCUSTS BECLOUD
RIO AND DELAY
FAST TRAINS
RIO JANEIRO, Jaly 23.
Hyriads of locusts, whose ap
proach has been reported in
newspapers for the past week,
struck Rio today. Their arrival
has beclouded sections of the
city, vegetation is disappearing,
and trains are being operated
with the greatest difficulty.
Farming and garden districts
have suffered serious damage.
ROCHESTER. K. T., July 23.
Capt- William A. Linn, commanding:
officer of Troop A. New York State
as "Promise Parlor." where. In
pajamas, they were accustomed to
entertain young women, according to
sensational charges brought out at
an investigation begun by Governor
Smith's special commissioner, Joseph
A. Lawson, of Albany.
One young woman visitor, referred
to as "the kid," changed her attire
in the captain's quarters, according
to the testimony.
Captain Linn's subordinates swore
that he was repeatedly intoxicated
while on duty, and was on various
occasions brought home in that con
dition. Irregularities in his expense
accounts and his conduct of troop af
fairs generally were also charged.
Linn and his. friends claim that he
is being made the victim of a Gene
see county political plot which had its
origin in the resentment caused
among Batavia police officials when
the troop early this spring raided a
disorderly house which Is claimed to
have enjoyed police protection.
Opposed I'rocecBtlon.
When the evidence gathered at the
raid on the disorderly house was laid
before the district attorney, be is al
leged to have shown reluctance to
prosecute and to have advised the
troopers to "lay off" this kind of
activity in Genesee county.
The "promise parlor"," so called, was
a four-room cottage, and when the
troop leased the land on which It
stands it was badly in need of repair.
Captain Linn ordered extensive im
provements to be made by the troop
ers, and the rooms were lined with
Beaver board and artistically tinted
in two shades. Decorative panels
were installed and furniture was
brought from the barracks at Batavia.
Friends of Captain Linn claim the
place was fitted out for use as a
trop club bouse, but it appeared from
the testimony that Captain Linn and
a few of his friends in the troop were
the only members who enjoyed the
benefit of its privileges
An amusing incident was related
by Corporal Henry H. Coots, the
troop quartermaster and a former
New Tork city policeman, on the
witness stand, when he told of how
Captain Linn made requisition for
two pairs of riding breeches for a
trooper named Henry S. Brennan.
from the Russell Uniforms Company,
(Continued on Page 19, Column &)
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Congressman J. W. . Ragsdale of
South Carolina dropped dead at the
office of Dr. Hooe 1220 Sixteenth
street, at noon today.
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SPRINGFIELD. 111.. July 23. City
fathers say they cannot distlmrnifih
mother from daughter. Hence the
CUrt&ur Will nnf rlni. -ll.. 1-
ent styles are responsible, they say. I
PAJA'vIA PARTIES
SAID TO FEATURE
'PROMISE PARLOR'
CONG
RAGSDAL
DIES SUDDENLY
STYLES TOO WILD
SO CURFEW IS STJ
BOM I
FINISH talk:
WITH G. 0. P.
EFORE TOU
President Wilson will conclude his
conferences with Republican Sen
ators before starting his, speaking
tour of the United States, it was
learned at the White House today.
This would take about two weeks if
he saw all the Republicans, but there
ms no assurance that he intends to
see all of them. Seoretary Tumulty
declared today the President was not
considering calling ofX8tbe trip, as
had been reported.
Senators Page, Vermont; Sterling,
South Dakota; McLean, Connecticut,
and Newberry. "Michigair, were called
lae-ffhlteiHouso -today.
Senator Sterling said he discussed
with the President Article X and
withdrawal clauses of the League of
Nations. He said the Shantung set
tlement was not mentioned by either.
To Answer Objections.
It was understood that In talking
with some Senators the President has
sounded them out as to the principal
objections of their constituents to
certain clauses in the peace settle
ment. On his tour, Wilson will re
ply to these objections.
The President, It was stated at the
White House, is busy preparing rec
ords and data to be sent to the Sen
ate Foreign Relations Committee In
response to resolutions passed by the
Senate, requesting information and
documents to be used during con
sideration of the treaty.
Tumulty today refused comment on
published reports that Wilson told
some Senators he was responsible
for the cession of Shantung to Japan.
An eaily conference has been ar
ranged between Secretary Lansing
and President Wilson, it was under
stood today at which the Secretary
will review" for I " c President's in
formation work cone by the peace
conference since Wilson left.
Lansing Is due back in Washington
today. It is expected he will be called
soon before the Senate Foreign Rela
tions Committee to answer questions
with regard to the treaty and League
of Nations.
Secretary Lansing was to leave
New York this afternoon for Wash
ington. He will arrive here about
0:30.
Open Fibt In Senate
The principle of "open covenants of
peace openly arrived at" is to be ap
plied to the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee's consideration of the
treaty, according to plans made by
Administration Senators today. Us
ually tbe committee's sessions are
secret.
Senator Jones of New Mexico said
he will call up at once his resolu
tion providing that all sessions of the
committee be open to the public
SHANTUNG DECISION MAY
FORCE CHINA TO ABANDON
HER OLD PEACEFUL POLICY
NEW TORK. July 23. Settlement
of the Shantung Peninsula argument
in favor of Japan may force China
Into complete revision of her national
policy substitution of militaristic
policies for peaceable ones she has
persued for centuries.
This Is the 'belief of P. C. Quo,
Chinese technical expert delegated to
the Versailles peace conference, now
ou ma way nome rrom France.
"MlRht StUl Right."
"The settlement convinces the
whole of China that might Is still la
right." said Quo. "This great nation
of 400,000,000 people might thus be
easily compelled to arm Itself for
protection."
Shantung will not be given up
without the strongest protest, Quo
declared, and added that the future
may see the peninsular grant turned
into an Alsace-Lorraine of the Far
East that will seriously interfere with
international peace."
Quo was asked if China really in
tended to fight Japan to keep the
peninsula.
"China is too weak to fight now,"
he said. "Had she not been, the de
cision of the peace conference would
have been different."
PRINCE OF WALES
TO VISIT OEY
N.Y.ANDD.C.
LONDON, July 2oV-The
Prince of Wales will visit only
New York and Washington dur
ing his stay in America, Ameri
can Ambassador Davis announc
ed today.
The prince will maintain his
headquarters aboard the battle
ship Renown, which will carry
him to America. He will make a
brief visit to New York and be
a guest at the White House.
lEFUSES
TO LET EX-KAISER
E
THE HAGUE, JaiySs-The.-IHitclt
foreign office hasrefused' to grant
permission to the ex-Kaiser to move
from Amerongen, though he himself
desired to move. Count Bentlnck de
sired to get rid of 'him, and the for
mer German Emperor's friends had
found a suitable residence elsewhere.
The Kaiser is legally free to leave
Holland, it Is said here, but a signifi
cant statement obtained from the for
eign office today declined to say what
would happen if he tried to leave.
Elf,
SAYS IL S. AGENT
Charges of alleged Injustices done
Thomas J. Mooney, during his trial at
San Francisco on the charge of bomb
throwing at a preparedness parade,
are made in the report of John B.
Densmore, special agent of the De
partment of Labor, who made a secret
Investigation of the case for the Gov
ernment. Densmore points to several inci
dents as Indicating that the trial was
a "frame-up" to discredit union labor.
The report was sent to the House to
day by Secretary of Labor Wilson in
response to requests for information
on the case, by a House resolution re
cently passed.
"The plain truth," said Densmore
in bis report, which is dated Novem
ber 1. 1918, "Is that there is nothing
about the case to produce a feeling
of confidence that the dignity and
majesty of the law have been upheld.
"There Is nowhere anything re
sembling consistency, the effect being
that of patchwork, of Incongruous
makeshifts, and often of desperate
expediency."
The report indicates that Densmore
for several months had a distaphone
in the office of Charles Fickert, San
Francisco's district attorney, and ob
tained much of his Information ip
that manner.
"The reading of the testimony in
the case is apt to cause one to wonder
at many thlgs," the report says.
Etuncrntui Objections.
The report then enumerates the fol
lowing objections to methods used at
the trial.
"The apparent failure of the dis
trict attorney's office to conduct a
real Investigation at the scene of the
crime; the easy adaptability of some
of the star witnesses; the Irregular
methods pursued by the prosecution
in Identifying various defendants; the
sorry type of men and women brought
forward to prove essential matters of
fact In a case of gravest importance:
mo seeming inerncacy of a well es
tablished aHM; the sangfroid with
which the prosecution occasionally
adopted an untenable theory and then
changed to another not quite so pre
posterous; the refusal of the public
prosecutor to call witnesses who
actually saw the falling of the bomb.
JVo Effort To Get Facts.
"In short, the general fllmslness
and improbability of the testimony
adduced, together with a total ab
sence ef anything that looks like a
genuine effort to arrive at ths facts
in the case.
"These things are calculated to
cause In the minds of the most blase
a decided mental rebellion."
TAKE BEIX-ANS BEFORE MEALS and
. m flno ood dlsestloa makes you f eel.
HO LAND
HANGER DN
UNJUST TO MOON
PRESIDENT IS
WORRIED OVE
FOREIGN VIEW
President WilBon is taking an ac
tive interest In ihe race riots situa
tion in the National Capital and is
determined that they shall end at
once. He shares the view of other
Administration officials and diplo
mats who believe thai the wide pub
licity given the disturbances will
make a detrimental -impression in
countries where heretofore America
had been regarded as the .foremost
exponent 6t social equality and jus
tice. (
It was said at the White Houe fa
day that the PresidentVas muci
Lnleased' QverJhinanherittaieaH
tne civil authorities, aided hy the
military forces, suppressed the mob
spirit last night It was also as
serted that the Administration will
not relax its vigilance until all dan
ger of further rioting has passed.
To Confer With Commissioners.
While no appointment has yet been
made. It was Indicated today that Dis
trict Commissioners Brownlow and
Gardiner, and possibly Engineer Com
missioner Kutz, will confer with the
President at an early date, perhaps
Friday, and give some first-hand in
formation about the Inadequacy of
police protection and tther matters of
vital Importance to citizens.
One of the questions now pending
Is the matter of a successor to Com
missioner Gardiner, whose term ex
pired, ten days ago. It Is virtually
certain that Major Oliver P. Newman,
who resigned to entor the military
service, will not be reappointed, and
those familiar with the situation be
lieve that Mr. Gardiner also is out of
the field, although no candidates have
been prominently mentioned.
Commissioner Gardiner remains
reticent regarding the situation, but
his friends say he is in earnest about
a statement he made some time ago
to the effect that he was anxious to
return to his law practice.
AIR NAVIGATION CODE
PROPOSED BY SHERMAN
As a result of the Chicago "blimp"
disaster, Senator Sherman, of Illinois,
today introduced a bill outlining a
general code of regulations for navi
gation of the air.
Keeping Up With
The Times
A FACT A DAY
Here's one of the odd in
cidents connected with ad
vertising: Ten days ago a woman
came to The Times office,
ordered and paid for an ad
vertisement offering $200
reward for the return of a
lost platinum har pin set
with sixteen diamonds. She
asked to have any replies
addressed to a box at The
Times office and left no
other address.
A couple of days ago a
man came to The Times of
fice, said that he knows
where the pin is and wanted
to get in communication
with the advertiser.
The woman, hearing no
response to her offer for
several days, has stopped
calling at the office, and
her name and address are
unknown.
The Times advertisement
apparently found the pin, .
but now the advertiser is
lost
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MAJ. GEN. WILLIAM G. HAAN,
Of the General Staff, who was appointed to direct military opera-
tions to suppress race rioting in this city by Secretary Baker yes
terday following a conference with President Wilson. He com
manded the Thirty-sixth division, composed of Michigan and Wis
consin troops, in France.
Troops Ready To Act
If Rioting Is Resumed
In Capital, Says Haan
"The mob spirit has flickered out. Conditions will be
normal tonight."
Thus spoke Maj. Gen. "W. Q. Haan, hero of Chateau
Thierry, specially assigned by the Secretary of War to
direct the military in helping quench the fires of race
hatred which for two days
with death.
DISCOURSES ON
And then General Haan. gray-haired,
gray mustached, and steady-gray
eyed, leaned back In his chair in the
office of Major Pullman, chewed the
stub of an unllghted cigar, and dis
coursed on the mob spirit in general,
and in Washington In particular.
Mob spirit Is no new thing to the
general. 'Way back in 1903, when
San Francisco was turned, in a twink
ling, from a city Into a shambles, he
was chief of staff of the department
of the west, and was rushed to that
city to quell the mad rioting and
looting which followed. And he did
It in such short time that he re
ceived special thanks both from the
War Department and from San Fran
cisco's citizens.
"I've just been all around the city
with Major Pullman." ho said last
night. "We went everywhere. T
be frank and the gray eyes twink
led "we were looking for trouble.
Find No Trouble.
The general paused; struck a
match, and lighted his cigar stub.
"We didn't find any," he concluded.
And his tone was that of resigned
disappointment.
"If there should be any more trou
ble, though." he went on, "we're ready
for 'em more than ready. I've about
2,000 men under me here, placed
where they can do the most good
or bad, according to the point of view.
One-third of them are assigned to
and nights seared Washington
MOB SPIRIT.
seven of the city's precinct's the
seven most troublesome to the police.
The rest are In barracks.
"The whole bunch of them can be
out in a few minutes notice. They
have regular equipment arms and
plenty of ammunition and they are
on their toes. Then men in the pre
cincts are just waiting for the word.
And we have the machines there to
take them where they're needed, If
That word should come.
"But I don't believe that word will
be necessary."
General Haan smoked a moment 'n
silence. Then:
"Yes, I' believe It's all over. Of
course, there may be one or two
sporadic, individual cases of lawless
ness, but the riot danger is over. By
Wednesday night I believe conditions
will be normal again.
Likens Mob Spirit 'to Fire.
"You sec. mob spirit is a peculiar
thing. It's very much like a fire, it
burns fiercely, and is deadly but
once under control It soon dies. With
any degree of ordinary precaution it
never revives. We Intend to usethat
precaution.
"I had the same conditions only
far, far worse to contend with dur
ing the San Francisco quake. A cer
tain class of the population seemad
to go suddenly crazy with lawless
ness. We had to break that spirit.
(Continued of Page 2, Column 2J
POLICE HOLD
R AFTER
HOOTING OF
2 OFFICER
Its hotspurs of race riotinz
squelched, Washington believes its
reign of terror is at an end.
The city 13 cool today. It is con
fident that mob passions- are in
leash. Last night the streets' were
silent .almost deserted by trouble
makers.
The murder that broke the nieht'a
peace was not on the fringe of a
gang fight, but was a feather-
waouau ucgiu a act, an aaoesnot
portend any recurreice of trouble to
night; ,vifi?-'.--PSPr'--.
Confidence that the lambil has
regained' its noise docs not mean.
however that there will' be any re-
streets by the guard of soldiers, sail
ors, and marines who did such effi
cient work last night.
To Take JTo Chances.
The District Commissioners, Majoi
Pullman, and MaJ. Gen. W. G. Haan,
who Is In charge of the troops policing-
the city, are agreed that no
chances are to be taken, and that
the guard must be continued until
the whole ugly episode is over and
done wltb-
The District Commissioners urgj,
that all citizens observe the precau
tions as were taken last night tc
keep oft the streets as far as possible,
tc stay at home on a "safety first
principle.
The- police this morning arrested a
suspect for the murder of Tar Tt
Halbflnger, the Home Defense
Leaguer, who was shot through thi
heart at the corner of Ninth nH m
streets last night while attempting
to search a negro for concealed
weapons. He is "Buck" Jackson, s
negro thirty-three years old, 1704
Seaton street northwest.
Belmont May lire.
Benjamin Belmont, 803 P street
northwest, another Home Defens
League officer, who was with Halb
flnger when the murder iook place
and who also was shot, lies in s
serious condition at Emergency Hos
pital, but physicians are hoputul thai
the wound would not prove fatal
Halbflnger died instantly, shot In thi
heart. Belmont was shot in the ab
domen. It is probable that the heavy jruar
of Federal troops on the Washing to
streets will be continued tonight, am
perhaps for several nights longer
Officials this morning had reached w)
decision on this point, but It is clef
that they will not relax vlgilantt
until they ar.e certain that the da
ger Is over.
"There will be no relaxation or
vigilance tonight," District Commis
sloner Brownlow stated today. "Bir
officials believe they have the sltua
tton well In hand."
reople Star Off Street.
The District officials are gratifle
with the public response to the ap
peal made by the Commissioners yes
terday. There were comparative!:
few persons on the streets last night
and those who were out were bea
on business.
Women and children stayed k
home, and the hoodlum element o
both races was sufficiently discre-?
not to court trouble and to stay jit
of sight. There were 2,000 and mon
soldiers, sailors and marines patroll
ing the streets and avenues la
night, and they were in a mood no
to be trifled with. They discharge
their duties with admirable manage
ment, as Is shown in the fact that
there were no accidental shootings w
"innocent bystanders" and no casual
ties due to hotheadedness.
Business men employing colore
help generally let them go home earl:
yesterday, and there was hardly t
single negro to be found on the'busfc
ncss streets last night. The obvious,
anxiety of both races to co-opcrao
with the authorities in suppressint
the lawless element has afforded n
newed confidence that the backfeasf
of race hatred and rioting; has bea
broken.
The resolutions introduced in Coa
gress asking the President to, deciar
martial law in the District oX Co
lumbia probably -will be tabiedXodajr
but debate and further demaaa fot
an investigation of the police depai
ment and the entire District alt
will be demanded,
fr