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DEATH TOLL 3
Despondency Causes Trio to
Seek Oblivion Through Self.
Destrution.
2 .QNCE AT ST. ELIZABETH'S
r One Who Had Served in Army
Last August Shot a
Policeman.
Thrl. suicides, one of them an in
mthst of St. Eabeth's and 'another
a former imn . of the institution,
were reported within half an hour
this aorning to the Police Depart
ment, establishing a reeprd for sui
cides hern in one day.
TWO MEN, ONE WOMAN.
They were:
Chester C. Lehada, thity-eigfht. an
inmate at Ut. 'lziabeth's Respital,
when AIlest shot Charles A. Reg
gee, anether lamate of the hospitaL
Geoge Aadelses, a .weee, pf 5561
Blair ree4.
Mre. N.ati sae Uvitkle. 451 G
steset aethwest
Lounds was found by an attendant
this morning, hanging to a grating on
the window by a strap, which was
Ughtly fastmef orenad his neck.
His t9eo I - a "A1ike We a
ex-navy man, and had seen 'acti
a "Mrs. Lounds." believed to be t
bin wife, or mother, In Nebraka.,
It was while on parole last I
that Lounds obtdlad a. pisI'
rhot Roggers iS the face, Rg
fully recovering. .
When Offtcer Cavsnaugh. of
cinct'11to. 10, and Marshal F. 8
6401 Brair road, forced a door a
Blair road they found the bo
George Anderson, thirty-five an un
married, lying across the bed Ith a
wound from a .38-caliber ,bullet
through his head. The pistol gras on
the bed beside him.
DEAD SEVERAL DAY
Andersqn. according to Offic r Cav
anaugh peobably has been de d ince
last -Thursday. Smith. who was a
close friend of the dead manj became
suspicious when he learned 1that An
derson had not been at hipy grocery
store, several blocks from 'his home
on Blair road, since last hursday,
and called toe police to inv stigate.
R told the officers that Anderson
bad been despondent since is mother
died several months ago. year or
two ago, Anderson was d tined for
a short time at St. Elizabet's, he said,
but was released as cured.
The police are trying t locate his
relativesi
Despondency also is g ven as th
euse ~or the suicide this morning of
34rs. rab Jane Barkley. sixty years
old, who died this mor ng at her
home, 461 0 street. N. ., after she
had opened the gas jet her room
and securely fastened t e doors and
windows.
1er body was discov red by her
son, Clarence M. Barklej. an employe
of the American Expr as Company,
who detected the odor o escaping gas
and traced it to his mo er's room.
RADICAL LsU
IN AUSTRIAN CTION
Social Democrats Lose Ten
Seats in Parli ment.
GENEVA. Oct. 18. - Ithough Auas
trira has been describe as being on
the verge of Bolshevi , Communist
gains in the general e ection in Aus
tria on l4unday wer described am
"negligIble" in dispat hes from Vi
tricta. -
The Boei$1DegadPat lost ten seats
in parliament'.
The German Nation latts were vic
torious in some of t e country dig
ttrlct.
A number of Chr stian socialists
were elected.
MAY31 ND LATER
ST. LOUIS, Mo, t1.Tere will
be no investlgetto of Senatorial
campaign expenditua either in Mis
souri or any olh itat. until efter
the November ele ion.
Sanator Kenyon ma4e this an
soureement when a. Senatorial sub.
committee invest gating campaign
expendituree resua ed its hearing to
'ay.
Lift Ban on Export.
Great Britain has mooved the pro
hibition on exporta a of arms. Con
s ,ui General 8k inn' at London to
lay reported to t. Department of
lommeree. The e rtation of bayo
FLDOR13 AND
LNDON, Ost. la.-The Japa
asse gevernament has lega te
overhaul a8 afes r tflca
ties, said a ediapeteb to the
D res tely.
Japan is Pr=I PI to fiortify th
Mia" gwwdo Nor*l Pacifi.
r~tudy the ased, espeeally anti.
aircraft defences.
MORETROOPS
SENT TO CORK
Britain Fears Reprisal Riots
Following Death of Hunger
Striker Fitzgerald.
LONDON, Oct. 18.-Strong mili
tary precautions were taken at Cork
to cope with rioting as a result of
the death of Michael Fitzgerald, a
Sinn Feiner, who died in the Cork
jail last night after being on a hun
ger strike for sixty-eight days, said
a dispatcli from Cork today.
TUN OTKEUS DYING.
Reinforcomebts of "Black and Tan"
a19 snt, t*gr "104O 101g*
are ten other 8leaSeld W_0
coonditiosn.
k4 yas reported from Cork at noon
t Josep_ Murphy. another of the
unger striking prisoners, was in
such serious condition that it was be
lieved he could not live another twen
y-four hours.
tagerald went on a hunger strike
or hours before Lord Mayor
"w in ey of C ork , w ho is a
rn~ Brix ton jail. Mc~winey
Iving this miorning. but was
extre y weak.
McSwiney was told df Pitzgerald's
death during the morning. He whis
pered that he was praying for the re
maining hunger strikers in the Cork
jail.
CONTRACTS SLIGHT COLD.
The chief surgeon at the Brixton
jail infirmary announced that Mc
Swiney had contracted a slight cold.
but that precautions were being
taken to minimize its effect.
Fitzgerald was arrested on the
charge of killing Private Jones, a
British soldier, at Fermoy. on Sep-'
tember 7. 1919. He was indicted, but
never brought to trial. He began his
self-imposed fast in Cork jail on Au
gust 11.
Although he accepted medical at
tention, Fitzgerald persistently re
fused to eat solid food. He is the
first "hunger striker" to di. in areat
Britain, although many prisoners in
British jails have g'olie for longer
periods without $food in protest
against the policies of the British
government.
POPE ASKS FOR DECISION
ON STAUI OF, MSWINEY
ROME. Oct. R.--'ope Benedict has
referred the problem of the status of
lord Mayor MacSwiney. of Cork, and
the other Trish hunger strikers to the
Congregation of the Holy Office.
This In the oldest congregation of
the Roman dhurch. It was created In
1542, and was originally called the
Holy Inquisition. The present Pontiff
modified it and added it to the Con
gregation of the Index, which has to
do with literature. The Pope Is pre
fect of the congregation and Cardinal
Merry del Val secretary. The
process in matters coming before it
is so long that it generally takes sev
eral years to reach a definite deeision.
Many urgent appeals to .makce some
pronouncement regarding the case of
Mac~winey and other Irish hunger
strikers have heen received by the
Pope. These nppeals implore the
pontiff to reach diametrically Opposed
decisione% on the querstion whether tihe
death of the prisoners as a result of
their hunger strike would make them
su Icides.
IN SYMPATHY FOR MAYOR
URBANA, 11l. Oct. 18.-ympa
thetia students at the University of
IllinoIs have reserved. Tuesday. Oc
tober 19. as a day of fasting in sym
pathy with Terence MacSwiney, lord
mayor of Cork.
Conn. Society to Meet.
The monthly meeting of t~ e Con
necticut Society will be held at R
o'clock tonight, at the Woman's City
Club. 22 Jackson place. Miss Frances
Scherger will sing, accompanied on
the piano by y.. W. Alderman. There!
will be speaking. a short entertain
-n. etrashmns and dsuring.
MOB STORMS
DOWNING ST.
Many Wounded When Unem*
ployed, Under Red Banners,
Attack Premieis -Home.
By EARLE C. REEVES
laternatlemalW News Seevie;
LONDON, Oct. ' 18.-A great
Lrmy of unemployed, /marchtsg be
isath the red flag of bolshevism.
tormed the official residemee of
remier Lloyd George at 10 Derp
ng street this afternoon. I ~
The demonstrators did not efter
he premier's official residens, but
n the struggle outside, the walls of
suildings on 'both sides of No. 18
ollapsed under the pressure of the
:rowd.
Many policemen and civilians
were wounded in fighting.
THOUSANDS IN VIGM.
The movement started as a demon
tration by unemployed. Thousands
of idle men made up a great proces
ildh which marched toward White
all and Downing btreet, the seat of
the government buildings.
Premier Lloyd George. at the time.
was conferring with fourteen mayors
)f London Alstricts upon the problem
Df unemployment.
When it was seen that the demon
trators were going to break through
the police cordon at the entrance of
Downing street. heavy relnfotoements
3f policemen were "ent to protect 10
Downing
strip nd+ Z
*A first -sation
.oal mines be lend by
was made today. A 41each f
Perth said that aj -a -0nee01ng Of
miners in the Perth distriot, the
leaders suggested that, it the strike
lasts a week. an attempt be made to
seize the mines and operate them in
conjunction with the railway Men
nd the transport workers,
Seven district unions of railway
men in Aouth Wales today voted in
favor of a railway strige in sym
pathy with the coal miners.
STRIKE LIKELY TO PRNAD.
There we growing indIcations to
fay that th national coal stwike
would spread to other branches of
the industry, completely paralysing
3reat Britain. unless the government
effects an immediate settlement.
'1he Federation of Transport Work
ers met and adopted a resolution de
manding a minimum wage of 4 pounds
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COX URGES HIGHER
PAY FOR TEACHERS,
Deciares They Are the Greatest
Americanization Force and
Deserve Better Wages.
By HARRY Is. ROGERS.
Internatieal News Servie.
EN ROUTE WITH GOVERNOR
7OX, SYRACUSE. N. V.. Oct. 18 -
rhose who shout "America first!" and
hen oppose making America first
hroughout the world turn their
acks upon progress and the ideals of
he framers of our constitution, Gov.
rames Md. Cox told members of theI
rirst Voters' League hiere this morn
ng.
He compared civilization to a great
-elay race in which the younger gen
'ration takes the ball of 'brogress
'romi the generation passed and urkred
he young men and women of America
:o take the League of Nations as the
sighest achievement of present clvii
iation and carry it on to even greater
erfect ion.
FUTTU RACE END)ANGERD.
The governor warned the young
roters, who this fall will cast their
allots for the first time, that some
yermons are not willing to pass on the
irse, but wish to hold it. Such per
lna endanger the suiccess of the race,
in maid, because they are constantly
llpping backward.
School teachers, Oovernor Cez told
iis hearers, represent ths great
americanisation force in America, and
ince so much depend. upon them, it
behooves the voters of America. espe
ally the young voters, to see that
hey are more substantially recog
ied by the statn and nation.
"I find th's young mien and mothers
will insist that 'we become a part of
the league of Nationq which was
made possible by the valor and sacri
lce by the youth of America," foyer
or Cex said. "The young men who
are first voters this year find them
selves in distinguished company, for
the mothers of America have been
iven the rights to which thmey are
antitled. Mother and mon link the tw'o
generations which stand for a peace
DC. COURT I
The United Stat
day refused to revie
against Hirsch, whic
ity of the Ball rent a
Columhia.
The District of
Appeals held the I
tianal.
The refual of the Us
to review the case at this t
stitutiom yof the M.fl ra
efice of Capt. Juis Peyu"
afternoo.
whe ekert prably
because a final dm=im has
trict Court of Appeals," it
now isqd in the Dbae
It = throus the g
the b se Supreme
rev u0i es a writ of error.
Movie Star J
Seehs W
Audrey Munson, Once Called
"Pt*ot Model," Lays Plight I
to Slayer's Love.
SYRACUIE, N. Y.. Oct. 18.-Audrey
Munson. once idol of millions of movie
tans throughout America. is' destitute.
She is looking for work as a waitress
after baving canvassed the city in
vain for other employment.
She believes her ruined career the
result of stories circulated in 1919
that for lo= of her Dr. Walter Keene
Wilkins mudered his wife, Mrs. Julta
Wilkins, at their summer home at
Long Beach, lang Island.
Miss Munson. who was known as
the world's most perfect model, and
who has posed for the most celebrated
artists in America. shares with her
mother a shabby furnished room in
East Fayette street. whers the former
star cooks ter frugal meal on a gas
plate and repairm the ravages to her
now scanty and worn wardrobe.
MOTHER A (ANVANNUU.
In order to win their meager liveli
hood the mother is making a house
to-house sale of kitchen utensils.
while Miss Munson sells tickets to an
exhibition of statuary ?or which she
herself posed.
There has always been a singular
unanimity of opinion among artists
as to the charm and grace about. the
face and figure of Audrey Munson. who
posed- for the bulk of all the sculp
ture and many of the muralibaintings
of the Panama-Pacific Exposition. Be
cause the sculpture rdpresnted at
the World's Fair signalized the dawn
of American sculpture, because the
slender, classic Audrey was the in
spiration of the art represented there,
she fairly earned the title of "Ex po
sition Girl.'
*WEWI ANDl UNAFFECTED.
Andrey, unlike the glamor and at
mosphere customarily attached to a
Pu ts Wife C
Spanks H
CUMBERfLANDj, Md., Oc
placed his wife over his knet
a naughty child," Chester
habeas corpus petition before
in the court of equity, declar
The wife, Mrs. Mary Gulick. seeks
to obtain the custody of their two
yearz-old daughter, Mary, through
Urner 0. Carl. attorney.
At the hearing, the marital difficul
ties of the couple were aired, and
Guliek tolti of spanking his wife, after
she had quarreled and threw articlds
in the house at him and sntacked him
with--a- slipper.
Relatives, as well as neighbors. tes
tified that thqre had been frequment
JF APPEALS
NI ENT ACT
0s iSpren" Court to,
w the case of Block -
h involves the valid
et for the District of
Columai Court of
6D law unconstitu
d Swa.s psV = court
imn dm not settle die cow,
it st, it was declared at the
r, of counsel for Block, this
ref4ed to review the case
not been entered in the Diem
was explae& "'1 case
ist Court of Appeals, where
1kbrict Supreme Court after
coAut last June refused to
Destitute,
itress Job
S aA torv mtwo
tos ra vra pnfr ihu
the east sho ofiprane h
will play 95 a lsi 4eetosn
favoite ieceof oera r trp th
. 18.-itn hth a
an spankedapo her, twouot lieo
uicinthe hear ingho of iane h
Judgrie Riceoer or ti thneo
boentpand evener the oterwa eteaut
daro.mn they e epton al wiappay
thut the ea whow ofaecatind.o
aokng, woudpanke heh"jd andike
toic i the hfreaing ft ahi
"eed . Rpeay ed ''justmn ofd the r
dfroeultestmonye, but aecently
tatte ifpue, Gukwho i aidgd
trainman, packed his trunks and
moved to Keyser, where Jhe is em
ployed by the Baltimore & Ohio Rail
rosd. Company. to live.
BANKERS OPEN
SESIS HERE
Finanolmrs FroM All Parts of
Facing a world crisis, in which
the "post-war truggle between
sound and unsound money is just
beginning," the fety-sixth annual
comvegtion of the American Bank
ers Association oomened in Wash
Ingn today.
PMOM ALL U. 9. SUCTIONS.
FiSanciers from all sections of the
United States are gathering in the
Capital to discuss such problems as
are Involved is the bitter controversy
between the farmers and wool and
setica growers and the Pederal Re-.
serve BeI' the pteposal that the
Europeas debt to the United States be
caned, the denattpn of credit, and
business oonditlone generally.
One of the biggest fights which was
predicted in the convention was the
chaging of the constitution, whereby
the association would be made strong
er by welding together the five in
dependent sections of the American
Bankers' Association under executive
management At the present time the
five sections while closely allied with
the onetassocoation, are executively
independent. The principal fight den
tered. ot the Trust Company section,
whikh thought that under executive
management they would lose some of
thtir,presti pad power. This mat
IF or f Ike , th n Vraim "
sebtion.
- The tendency amdng some banks
to A.l orts lW banking- wad - *on
d d by J. W. Btiler, 9t texas,
president of the Stte bank sec
tion in his addreas to that section
this afternoon. Ho said that a few
years Ago there were mnany who be
lieved that in due course of evolu
tidn there would be only one form of
banking institution in the United
States, and that each bank would
be departmentalised. so that the
work done by trust eompanies, sav
ings banks and national banks would
be done by one institution. Mr.
Butler said that the opinion was
no* prevalent among bankers and
ecnomists that the different classes
of banking institautions, working in
perfect harmony, provide a system
of checks and baluees- that operate.
to the beet advantage of the Aneri
na people.
W0 DIESCUB RURAL CREDITS.
Ihe subject of rural credits will be
discussed this evening at a meeting
of the agriculturt commission of the
association. On account of the fight
(Continued on Page i. Column 3.)
MARION MECCA OF
THOUSANDS TODAY
Greatest Pilgrimage of Front
Porch Campaign WUl Mark
"America First" Day.
My GEORGE R. MOLMNS.
luternattest News serviec.
MARION. Ohio, Oct. 18.-Thousands
of visitors from all parts of Ohio and
many sections of the Middle West
po'.red into Marion today by motor.
and special train for the "America
First Day" ceremonis about Senator
Harding's front porch.
The gathering is the largest of the
front porch campaign and is prob
ably the last big pilgrimage that will
come to Marion. Arrangements have
been made to care for 20.090 persons,
nearly doubling Marion's population
for the day.
Senator Harding will address the
throng from his front porch this aft
ernoon after ,the visitors parade in
military formation down Mount Ver
non avenue. Former service men will
direct the marching columns.
Senator Harding's address will be
directed particularly to 'first voters,
those who have reached their major
'ity since last election and the newly
efranchised women, Jadluded among
these are several thousand students
from a score of Ohio educational in
titutions.
While most of the visitors came
from Ohio. there were large delega
tions from many points outside the
State. Wisconsin, ipiois and Indiana
were well represeit.d A party ef'
00 came from Pittsburgh and a like
number from Detroit on special
trains.
Special trains were run from sev
ral Ohio cities. Cleveland sent sev
ral, and Dayton, the home of Goy
mnor Coxc, sent one. Several special
trains and a great number of motor
ars brought .Columbus' contribution.
leveland also contributed several
hundred of foreign birth--Poles, Ital
ans and Hungarians.
Governor Calvin Coolidge, Senator
Harding's running mate, was to have
attended the celebration today, but
was. nablaen tn do s.
ke the Nat~w.It Nec
taisalCoe and won
a air kw o bwas
a nasmber the
soma- ad--sse
SCHOOL BOARD
District Supreme Court Ap
points E. C. Graham and D. A.
Edwards to Vacancies.
Edwin C. Graham and Daniel A.
Edwards were today appointed
members of the Board of Education
by Chief Justice McCoy, of the
District Supreme Court.
The new members swceeed Dr.
Charles Neill and th% Rev. Dr.
John Van Schaick.
Mr. Graham for more than thirty
years has btdn a protintent business
man of Washington. He has been
president of the National Electric.
Supply Company sinec its incorpora
tion in 1199.
'Active always in publie matters
affecting the welfare of Washington
Mr. Graham is a former president of
the Bosjrd of Trade, a member of the
Chamber of Commerce and its other
wine identified with business organi
zations in the District. He was the
first president of the old Commercial
Club. Mr. Graham also belongs to
the Rotary Club And is a member of
the board of governors of the City
Club. He is a thirty-third degree
Mason.
He came here thirty-two years ago
from Iowa.
As a member of the faculty of the
Columbia Correspondence College. of
this city. Mr. Edwards is widely
known in Washington educational cir
cles. He always has taken an active
part in school affairs, both national
and local. He reside. at 904 Penn
sylvania avenue southeast.
EGRO ASSAILANT
OF GIRIS CAUGHT
Frank Brooks. colored, twenty-one,
was arrested this morning and iden
tified by Miss Gertrude Gardner as
the man who .attacked her Saturday
night in the woods at Chevy Chase.
The negro was lined up with three
other negroes at Police Headquarters,
and Mism Gardner picked him out. In
order that she might be more sure.
the negro was asked to talk, and
when he started speaking. Miss Gard
ner said:
"That is the man--without a doubt."
Brooks also was identinied as the
man who Wednesday morning en
tered the home of Ethel Christian. a
siteen-year-old colored girl, at 8409
Thirty-fifth street shorthwest, and at
tacked her.
He was arrested when offncers suir
rounded the house in which he was
hiding at 2412 Tenth street northwest.
The negro was found hiding under
the bed. He denied any connection
with the case.
Officers who made the arrest were
Belt and Hleide. and Detective ilergte.
Thompson. O'Brien. Scriener ad
Emmer)
GRAVE NOTE
equests fats ink 0sg
Quoting Harding's Can of
Unoffolal IntpWntin.
ISSUE DECLARED SKRIOS
nt Infers Resentinen If
JWtnoh Did Make Overturm
to G. 0. P. Leader.
President Wilson today addremed
letter t Mattr Harding aakfg
he Repposcen Presldetial esadi
late whether he had bee earrqdy
reported as stating that he had mbin
approached informa~ly by a repp
sentative of France and asked that
the United States lead the way to
"world fratermity."
SAVl ISE 1s GRAVE.
The President declared that he did
not need to point out the "grave ad
extraordinary" inferences that spight
be drawn if a representative of a
nation, a member of the Leag#9 of
Nations, had made such a proposal to
a private citizen of a natonL not a
member of the League.
The President stated that the fite
Department has always foutqd
"honorably mindful of natielg I
gations" and that he '1:1 17
draw any inference" ushb0
that Senatdr larding bad
sta ment A Il
Harding follows:
"My Dear Sir: In the New Tork
Tim e of yesterday, subdey, %e
ber 17. 129.0 1 find a dis-i. dated
St. Louis. October 14. whioh ro*
ports to report recent publIe utter.
ances of yours. In it occurs n tho -
lowihg: 'Replying to critteidl Of
ehis proposal for an asseciatien'ef
nations. he said in a rear plate, s
speech at Greencastle, Ind. thbdt'he
already had ben approached "in
formally" by a representative of
France. who asked that the United
States lead the way to a word 1aW
ternity.*
"k, write to ask if this is 0 eSm
rect quotation and if you really'aid
what is there attributed to- you I
need not point out to you the grave
and extraordinary inferences to be
drawn from such a statem t,
namely, that the goverassent ef
France, which Is a meinber of the
league of Nations, appaeb a W11
vate citizen of a nation whiIs to net
a member of the League wift'a re
quest 'that the United States lead
the way to a world traternity.'
"The Department of State %"d ad
ways found the government of
France most honorably U10df ef
its international obligatlees and
punctiliously careful to obr all
the proprieties of iatereftl.6 e
tercourse. I hesitate, theretoe to
draw the inferenec to which I have
referred unless I am assured by you
that you actually made the state.
ment. Very truly yews,
"WOODROW WfrMLAn
"The White House Ot. 1 i
1932."
CAMPAIGN SE YSG.
The President's letter
was probably the biggest
sensation of the camupaign nW
ington.
Democrats seemed williag to dages
the I ad of Secretary TaggUql~f
refu d to diseusd the letter.
"The President hal maade W0 the
comment necessary; it is to
Senator Harding to make Lamt
step." Secretary Tuulty said.
Secretary Tumulty said that 6 $W
as he knew the Frehn."
has not yet made any
nouncement to this eeas.
gardinag Sen rHardingsg
The Set~ to the P ~ .
very mnuch rested in ean
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