The Washington Post
July 17, 1926

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Temperature yesterday—High- | est, 82; lowest, 59. ——_—_——_——-— Lie nenensipliieniasiialane 7 a—————— ey O. 18,293. ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER POSTOFFICE, bedumeenen en Ahern dD. C. WASHINGTON : : SATURDAY, JULY “17. 1926.—TWEN TY PAGES of COPYRIGHT, 1926, BY THE WASHINGTON POST CO. aoe | TWO CEN TS. By GEORGE ROTHWELL BROWN ' J “As several parts make up but one harmony,” says Seneca, “an the most agreeable music arises from discords, so should a wise man gather many acts, many precepts, | and the examples of many arts, to | inform his own life.” 7 Oo ” London is making unnecessarily vigorous opposition to Gen. An- drews—he’s not asking the British government to devote its entire time to enforcing the Eighteenth amend- ment, uC . wy ~ Laramie, Wyo., sheep herder, bit- ten by a rattlesnake, pulls his old six-shooter and blows a hole in the wound; and we thought Bill Nye— of the Boomerang—was dead. or * ~ Ww | Fight for Right of Decree Will The Sultan of Morocco views the | Charleston and announces that he> won’t let the ladies of the harem | dance it—they’ve got to stick to the plain old sedate hoochée-coochee. = x * xe The fact that one-third of the en- tire supply of the precious metal in the world is “stacked in American strong boxes’’ doesn’t prevent the amateur financier from advising France to go on a gold basis. © . . % The report that John Drew is to retire from the stage at 73, like the announcement of Fenning’s resigna- tion, is premature—there are still a lot of juvenile parts to be played by this youthful actor. Senator Borah. wants to know about that transfer of $125,000,000 worth of alien property to the British government. Doesn’t he think they ought to get something for enforcing our Eighteenth amend- ment for us? Georgia banker shoots himself as 16 more banks fail, but who ever yet paid a trusting depositor with ‘| prerogatives lead instead - ees! ? Who hit Billy "Moss? Here’s one to add to the historic Billy Patter- son mystery. LaFoilettejopens the fight on Len- root ip Wisconsin. The name’s the same, but can the son deliver a wal- lop that papa could never quite negotiations were going on in Wash- BRIAN 1S REFUSED 21 St. Elizabeths Patients Freed on Writs in 4 Months UNUIMITED POWER INCOMMITTEE VOTE: Chamber Finance Body, Rejects Proposal of Paris Premier. CONCESSIONS SOUGHT HERE, HE DECLARES Be Carried to Chamber for Decision Today. Paris, July 16 (By A. P.).—The finance committee of the chamber of deputies, by a vote of 14 to 153 today, refused to approve granting of full powers to the government to legislate by decree in the battle against the fall of the franc. Un- daunted, however, Premier Briand and Finance Minister Caillaux de- cided to place responsibility square- ly on parliament and the measure will come up for discussion in the open chamber tomorrow. M. Caillaux informed the finance committee of this tonight and also announced he would demand that parliament ratify, before the sum- mer recess, both the Mellon-Beren- ger debt settlement with the United States and the debt agreement re- cently signed with England. “We do not seek to abolish the of parliament,” he said, ‘“‘but in the present grave cir- cumstances they must be tempo- rarily suspended.”’ Concessions Sought Here. As for the American and British debt settlement, M. Caillaux stated, ington in an effort to 44Aain some concessions. He had learned from the members of the committee hav- ing the matter in hand that a com- munication was cxpected from the American government within a few iat sired, Record Set in Local Courts; 19 Others Seeking Release; Hospital Heads Say Many Are Sick, Some Dangerous. » % . Twenty-one patients have obtain- ed their release from St. Elizabeths hospital on writs of habeas corpus in the last four months. This is a record in local court history. Prior to last April, the number af patients released from St. Eliza- beths on writs, rarely exceeded three a year. Nineteen other patients have ap- plied for their release on writs of habeas corpus, and it is estimated that there are fully 2,000 others the hospital who, if they de- could make application for such writs. Psychiatrists at St. Elizabeths, while chary about making any com- ment, do not try to hide their feel- ing of alarm over the record-break- ing number of patients who aré getting out. A majority of the patients re- leased, they say, are still mentally siek, utterly helpless, and in some cases, dangerous. One man, who was released last week, is said to have openly threatened to kill his night that most of those who had been released were committed by the heads of the War Department, the Navy Department, the veterans’ bureau or the Treasury Depart- ment. Such commitment is made under a law passed in 1855, which authorized the heads of these de- partments to commit persons in the service or persons who have not been discharged for more than three years. Usually, when an offi- cer or an enlisted man is committed to the hospital, the service to w hich | he belonged gives him a medical discharge. In granting writs Ur habeas cor- | pus releasing such patients from St. Elizabeth’s, the court has held that, inasmuch as the men have been discharged from the government service, the heads of the various de- partments no longer have jurisdic- tion over them and, therefore, can- not force them to stay in the hos- pital. And Dr. White says he is helpless to prevent their being re- leased, even though he feels a ‘moral responsibility’’ to keep them wife after he got out. Dr. William A. White, superin- | | | tendent of St. Elizabeth’s, said last | in the hospital. “Unfortunately,” said Dr. White, (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11, COLUMN 35.) PHANGE TO REPAY U. 9. UNLT POST-WAR DEBTS All havaisens During Conflict | in Effect Are Canceled, | Mellon oays. ANSWERS BRITISH CLAIM The United States, in the Mellon- Berenger debt accord, cancelled the obligations of France for all ad- vances during the war, with France undertaking only. to repay advances DEMAND OF FILIPINGS 19 NEARD BY THOMPSON —--—_—_——___..__.-- as Legislature Passes Freedom Measure. HE SEES NEED OF CAPITAL Manila, July 16° (By A. P.).—- Demand of the Filipino people for immediate independence was re- iterated here today at the opening session of the Philippine legislature GOV, SMITH MAKES CALL UN PRESIDENT: POLITICS 1$ TABOO! ‘Ate Fish and Talked of Them, Says Governor After His Visit. FORGETS ANY MENTION OF STATE CANDIDACY hinubiean tae. \s Helping Democrats, New Yorker | Tells Reporters. Special to The Washington Post. Paul Smiths, N.:Y., July 16.— Two men in characteristics as oppo- site as the poles, who may be rival contenders for the Presidéncy in 1928, met and exchanged amenities today over a luncheon table in an Adirondack camp. It was the occasion of the official welcome to the Adirondacks ex- tended to the President and Mrs. Coolidge by Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York. The governor, accompanied by Mrs. Smith and their daughters and one of their sons, Alfred, jr., reached Paul Smiths hotel this forenoon. Shortly before 1 o’clock Capt. Wilson Brown,:jr., the Presi- dent’s naval aid, appeared in a |ducted Goy. President’s Envoy ta Present White House limousine and con- and Mrs. Smith to White Pine Camp, 3 miles distant. At the camp tenanted by the President and Mrs. Coolidge the governor and his wife were received with official ceremony. The gov- ernor’s salute was fired and the ma- rines guarding the President were drawh up at present, arms before the reception cabin. Official Greetings. Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge remained within and the Governor and Mrs. SLAYING OF EDITOR, ‘LAID TO VENGEANCE. BAFFLES OFFICIALS Inquiry in Ohio Is Cloaked 4 representative, in Strict Secrecy; $11,000 Reward. VICTIM HAD WAGED DRIVE AGAINST VICE U.S Attorney May Take Part in Search; Governor Sends a Representative. Canton, Ohio, July 16 (By the Associated Press).—The assassins of Don. R. Mellett, 36, editor, cru- sader, are still unknown tonight and a blank wall confronts all those who seek them. Universally, it is believed that Mellett, publisher of the Canton News, shot down at his garage shortly after midnight this morn- torial campaign against conditions ‘of crime and corruption in Canton. The murder, it is prac- tically conceded, was committed by some of the underworld fraternity or its hirelings. Meanwhile, Federal, State, coun- ty and city agencies have stirred themselves in behalf of justice and the unraveling of the mystery. Witness in U. S. Cases, From the offices of A. FE. Bern- steen, United States district attor- ney, Cleveland, it was learned that the Federal government may take a hand, inasmuch as Mellett has been a witness against men later convicted of peddling narcotics. From Columbus, Gov. Vic Dona- hey has dispatched his personal C. H. Sisson, to serve as an onlooker in the inquiry. County and city officials decided today that all information of the ing, died as the result of his edi-! alleged | fades to Today’ s Issue. Pages. i—Briand's Power Is Checked. 21 Patients Freed on Writs. | Gov. Smith Calls on President. Killing Baffles Officials. 15 Homes Raided for Drugs. 2——Seek Data on Accidents. Park Budget Up to Congress. Borah on Trail of Stocks. 3-—Saw Lightning Before Blast. Whitman Heads Bar Group. Say D. C. Man Aided Wet Fleet. Doty Gets Eight-Year Term, 4-5—In Washington Churches. 6—Editorial. 7—Society. 8—Vital Statistics. 10—Magazine Page. 11-12-17—Financial. 11-19——Legal Record. 11—Weather. 15-14-15—Sports. Radio and Comics. 18—Ivanhoe. 18-19——Classified Advertising. 20—The News in Pictures. Submit New Traffic Plans. Order Streets Resurfaced. GEORGIA BANKER KILLS SELF Ro INQUIRY OPEN = ee Grand sani Is Told to Take Up Case of Trust Company at Head of chain. 16 MORE BANKS CLOSED The bankruptcy proceedings of the Bankers Trust Co. and the subse-| quent closing of 85 of the chain of 120 banks in_Georgia and Florida} ' which it served as fiscal agent today | | was climaxed by the suicide of J. R. Smith, president of the Atlanta Real Estate Board an@ a director of the Bankers Trust Co. Other developments of the day included the issuance of an order by Judge G. of the Fulton into the affairs Trust Co. tigation Bankers by county grand jury and the Atlanta) drugs h hacoedes: solicitor general. M. B. Wellborn, governor of the Atlanta, Ga., July 16 (By A. P.).| H. Howard in Fulton’ superior court calling for an inves-)| the | 1) HUMES DED, INU PERSONS TAKEN IN DRUG DRIVE HERE $10,000 in Narcotics Is Seized After Half Year of Inquiry. |14 SQUADS OF POLICE _ ACT AT ZERO HOUR Federal Agents From Afar Aid; Mothers With Babies Herded in Stations. Sweeping through three sections of the city last night, fourteen squads of special narcotic agents and policemen descended on fifteen homes, in a series of simultaneous raids, took into custody more than 100 persons and seized narcotics valued at approximately $10,000. The raids were the result of more than six months gations under of secret investi- the ‘supervision of | Dr. R. R. Rhees, chief of the Wash- ington narcotic division of the in- ternal revenue department. Special] agents from New York, Chicago, Baltimore, Boston and_ several | Southern cities were ordered here ‘to concentrate their efforts in rid- | ding Washington of {licit sellers. | Last night, after thousands of dol- lars had been spent in procuring evi- | dence, Dr. Rhees ordered 50 Wash- ington policemen, 14 special agents and several headquarters detectives to report at the First precinct. The detail was then divided into four- teen Squads and search warrants were passed out. Break in at Same Hour. Using taxicabs, police vehicles }and private automobiles the squade left the precinct for houses‘ where ad purchased during Promptly at six months. hour set by been the last i ‘i | 4 o'clock, the ‘‘zero’”’ days announcing that it was not the intention to adhere strictly to clause 7 of the Mellon-Beérenger ac- cord. concerning commercialization make strong enough? * and obligations subsequent to the armistice, Secretary of the Treasury Mellon pointed out yesterday in a progress of the investigation shall | | be cloaked in severest secrecy. Sixth Federal Reserve district, is-| Dr. Rhees, the policemen City council is ready to meet in | sued a statement declaring that the} themselves against the | general banking condition in Geor- | houses and broke in. Smith, entering the palatial cabin, were formally presented by Capt. Brown. Théreupon the governor ex- hurled of in the presence of Carmi A. Thomp- son, personal representative of President Coolidge. Mr. Mellon explains our cancella- the French war debt in doors special session for the purpose of |§ tion of plenty of time to hurt it in the Sen- ate but a bit too late to help its ratification in the French Chamber. ° ~ % ” The explanation of why the na- tion is so deeply in debt is very once you grasp it—it seems so rich there’s nothing to do with the money but borrow it. . % ; simple we are Some of those election judges in- dicted out in Chicago are accused of having just guessed at the vote cast. Gugssing the number of ballots in the box is comparatively simple—the strain cames in guessing how many you re going te need. Young Bile is ies to eight years building roads in Africa for desertion in face of the enemy. Maybe this will teach him that it’s poor business for’ an American citizen to fight under a foreign flag for the enslavement of a _ liberty- loving people. Speaking of liberty as Patrick Yenry, and that reminds us that in he language of an heroic utterance he Philippine legislature cries out tcross the Pacific, “give me liberty, ‘r give me death.” Isn’t it just per- ectly terrible for'‘France to be try- ng to grab. Syria? * - * y The President skims the limpid depths of Lake Osgood in a launch with Governor Al, and just as he points out a place where he caught the fish, a big pike leaps out of the water and says, “‘I can prove it!’”’ If Mr. Coolidge ever snags that fellow in all justice he ought to throw him back—he’s a good Republican. - * * | The newspaper reporters at Paul Smiths are all men of marked orig- inality—not one has. yet referred to “he trout caught by the President as “speckled beauties.” e ~ ~ Well, here’s the real dope—a hundred prisoners and $10,000 worth of narcotics gobbled up in quite some raid. i + “ + Briand is Geighed in the dictator- ship balance, and foun wanting too much. “The felon very coolly Sar his collar and his stock, And placed his wicked head upon the handy little block.”’ We're in a regular lather to find out what Will Rogers would have said to the Prince of Wales—-some- ‘thing keen, no doubt—when he felt the headsman’s ax on his shaved seck, so hop to it, and win the prize. ¥ + Se What would Will have said on the |. _ scaffold in the Tower of London— ‘Awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp shock, | From a cheap and ‘chippy chopper ‘on a big black block.” of the debt. ‘“But.’’ he added emphatically, “both agreements must be ratifed before the parliamentary recess, or all paths to foreign credits will be barred.”’ The slump in the franc, which at- tained such momentum yesterday, continued .today with accelerated speed. The pound, opened at 200 and the dollar at 4%.11 and _ the downward movement continued, the quotations at noon being 204 and $1.90. Official quotations at the closing of the bourse were 206.40 and 42.49, but after trading on the bourse closed the frane_ rallied slightly, there being trading at 202 io the pound and 41.53 to the dol- lar. Would Increase Income Tax. The decrees which the govern- statement construed here as a re-} ply to Winston Churchill's conten- tion that Great Britain had been more lenient than America in its treatment of France. Mr. Mellon’s statement, made shortly before he departed for ‘his Juropean vacation trip, was design- ed to end talk of reopening the -French debt funding settlement and was issued “in view of the errone- ous comparisons in.the American press of the British-French settle- ment and the American-French set- tlement.’’ The statement follows: “The settlement of the French, obligations to America has been made along somewhat different lines from the settlement of French obligations to Great Britain. With the British, banking advances and commercial obligations for war (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11, COLUMN 2.) ment hopes to promulgate are as follows: (1) to increase existing |; taxes on incomes and the tax on ‘real estate and agricultural re- (CONTINCED ON PAGE 11, COLUMN 4.) Missionary Dismissed | Dr. C. A. Haysmer, the Seventh Day Adventist missionary, who branded ‘‘thief’’ on the cheeks of a Korean boy for stealing apples, has been dismissed by the denomina: tion’s ‘headquarters in Shanghai, China, it was announced by the headquarters of the foreign mission board here yesterday. R Dr. Haysmer is to be tried soon and the outcome is uncertain, a cable from the Shanghai headquar- ters said. The mission board here approved the dismissal in a vote, declaring ‘‘that we approve of the prompt action taken by our board in. the Far East in dismissing -the missionary.”’ Bitten by a Rattler, Shoots Into Wound hasanital Wyo., July 16 (By the Associated Press).-—The rattle- snake bite antidote employed by William Ringleburg, sheep herder, jis a little rough, but efficacious. lwhen fe was bitten, he had’ no knife with which to. bleed the wound, so he sucked the wound and then fired a blank cartridge into it. A pagging motorist brought him to a hospital, where he is recovering. Man, 80, Is Hanged For Murder of Wife Columbia, Miss., July 16 (By A P.).— Jeff Wallace, 80-year-olc white man, was hanged in the Marion county jail here. taday:3 for | the murder of his wife. | For Branding of Boy 3 DEAD IN TORNADO; MANY ARE INJURED ~~ ‘Much Damage Near Ashland, Wis.; Corps of Doctors on Way to Scene. Ashland, Wis., July 17 (By A. P.).—Three persons are known to have been killed, two were serious- ly injured, and many others were reported slightly injured near here tonight when a tornado struck this vicinity A road patroller, who climbed over trees which blocked the high- way for three miles, said a large number of persons are injured at and near Upson, 16 miles south of here. 3 The known dead are: Mubel Johnson, 18; Julia’ Johnson, 23, sister of Mabel; Irwin Anderson, 22°: s ’ Seriously injured: Mr. and Mrs. Otto Johnson, father and mother of Mabel and Julia Johnson. Corps of doctors and nurses have been rushed to the vicinity of the tornado to seek other victims. Many farm buildings were demolished. The storn? accompanied by hail, rain and -lightning, caused varying damage in a swath from Chisholm, Minn., on the Iron Range, to Ash- land Junction, Wis. Radio Moves Trains In St. Paul Yards St. Paul, Minn., July 16 (By the Associated Press).—-Orders for movements of trains in the St. Paul ynion depot yards in future will be ransmitted by radio. Installation of the system on @ lay, after/long experimentation had sroved it practicable and a vast im- yermanent basis was announced to-, One of the first actS of the legis- lature was the adoption of a con- current resolution asking that Mr. Thompson convey to _ President Coolidge ‘‘the constant and intense desire of the Filipinos for immedi- ate, absolute and complete inde- pendence. Mr. Thompson recently arrived here to make a survey of economic conditions in the islands, at the di- rection of the President. Addressing the legislators briefly he made no reference to the ques- tion of independence. “President Qoolidge has’ the he said, ‘‘and has their welfare -per- manently in mind. As his repre- sentative, I am here to help. I am here to get facts and make an im- partial survey. I come _ without ‘biased opinions and am anxious to aid.”’ Manuel L. Quezon, president of the Senate, introducing Mr. Thomp- son at a joint session of the sen- ate and house, asserted the Fili- pino people more than ever desire freedom from American _ sover- eignty. The legislative session was marked by the references of both Mr. Thompson and Gov. Gen. Leon- ard Wood to the desirability of de- veloping the natural resources of the Philippines with the aid of out- side capital. Both referred particu- larly to the desirability of opening the rubber producing possibilities of the islands, and both stressed the fact that in the importation of capital safeguards must be taken to prevent improper’ exploitation and to preserve the rights of the Filipino people. kindliest feelings for the Filipinos,’’. tended to the distinguished visitors the State’s Official hospitality and the President made a brief reply of appreciation. Just what was said was not given out, though, according to Hosea Bigelow, jr., the exchange of pleas- antries ran something like this: Said Gov. Al to President Cal: ‘Glad to have you come; just make yourselves to home.”’ Said President Cal to Goy. AI: ‘Hope that you’ll feel free to the use of the White House Key.”’ Said Gov. Al to President Cal: “The pleasure will be mine on March 4, ’29.’’ Coolidge’s Fish Served. Luncheon followed, the governor and Mrs. Smith being the only guests. Friday is fish day in the Smith family, but it would have been a fish luncheon, anyway, for the Pres- ident had made a fine cateh of pike and trout yesterday and this morn- ing. So these two men lunched and talked——the jovial, hail fellow from (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4, COLUMN 4.) Tug Boat Is Rammed; 5 Men, 1 Woman, Die Montreal, QMue., July 16 (By A. P.).—Five men and one woman on the tug boat Emma L., were drown- ed in Lake St. Louis when their craft was rammed last night by the grain boat Brulin, it was ‘learned today. One man escaped from the tug boat before it sank. What Would Will Rogers Say? _ The Prince of Wales Must Not Be Left in Doubt. Thursday morning said: by the prince in memory on Long Island polo fields This. time it was the prince block. First Prize, $15; provement over the former method. An Associated Press dispatch from London printed in The Post will Rogers, the American cowboy comedian, who has gently joked the Prince of Wales more than once on the subject of horsemanship, has admitted that the prince recently scored a hit of repartee that bowled him over. Will was in London when it happened and was received of their friendship, “What a pity it is,’ Wales said, longer beheaded in the Tower of London. to know what Mr. Rogers would say when he felt the cold steel of an ax at the back of his neck.” THIRTY DOLLARS IN GOLD! Here’ s a chance for a little vacation money. The Post will pay the humorists of Washington for the wittiest and snappiest thing they think Will Rogers would say to the headsman on the Second Prize, $10; The best answers will be published in The Sunday Post, July 25. Contest closes at 6 p. m. Thursday, July 22. Contest Editor, The Washington Post. WHAT WOULD WILL ROGERS SAY? TELL THE PRINCE! cemented during Wales’ visit in 1924. who scored. “that people are no We would like Third Prize, $5. Send your answers to offering a reward for capture and conviction of the slayers. been offered in an attemp to bring the killers to justice. Litle Evidence Found. Practically every police officer in Canton has been assigned to the case, but there is no more evidence, so far as can he learned, than when the publisher’s body was found crumpled on the ground at the door of his garage after a fusillade of five shots had brought his wife and some friends to his side. One bul- let, entering his skull, had killed him. A neighbor tells that he heard two men running up a side street just after the shots were heard. An- other neighbor yesterday had seen (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11, COLUMN 4.) MARRIAGES BY U. S SHIP MASTERS VOID Board Counsel Rules There Is No Provision in Law for Ceremonies. Marriages performed on the high seas by masters of merchant vessels flying the American flag are null and void, according to a_ ruling handed down to the Shipping Board yesterday by its general counsel, Chauncey G. Parker. Mr. Parker de- clared that there is no provision of United States law which gives mas- ters of merchant vessels authority to perform the marriage ceremony. The question was referred by the board to Mr. Parker for a ruling as the result of a communication re- ceived from the Department of State, inclosing a written opinion of one of the department's represent- atives abroad that a marriage per- formed by the master of an Amgri- can vesseY was invalid. |Casualty Hospital Nurses Suing Klan ‘The Invisible’ Empire Knights of the Ku Klux Klan is named as the defendant in a suit by two Casualty hospital nurses to recover payment for nursing services given Robert Sebra at the alleged instigation of the kleagle, L. A. Muller. The suit has been filed in the munftfpal court of the\District by Rossa F. Downing, attorney for the nurses. The nurses, Miss Dorothy Waring and Miss Angela Winters, are al- leged to have nursed Sebra from September 15 to October 6 of last year. They declare that they were told the klan would take care of the bill. The amount claimed is $126 and interest. Already $11,000 in rewards has | | gia was better than it had been in| vears. He attributed the suspen- sion of the smaller banks in the State to a thing apart from the cco- 'nomic conditions of the State. Sixteen. banks closed their doors ‘today, the State banking depart- ment announced. The banks were: Bank Kaspoint, Exchange Bank of Sycamore, & Trust Co., Bank of Farmers & Merchants becca; Sylvester; Bank of Pine View; chants & Farmers Bank, Tennile; Turner County Bank, ‘Ashburn; Bank of Stockbridge, Merchants &. Planters Bank, Whigham; Planters | Bank, Pavo; Plains Bank Farmers State Bank, Lumpkin, In Florida, the Bank of Lake Helen was reported to have closed today. It was a member of the chain for which the Bankers Trust Co. served as financial agent. of Bank, Ileana to Accompany Vienna, Austria, July 16 (By A. | Np. ).— Bucharest dispatches say Queen Marie of Roumania will be accompanied on her American trip by her daughter, Princess Ileana two ladies-in-waiting and an aid de camp. The. party will sail for New York September 8, and will travel across the continent to Seattle. They plan to return to Bucharest in time for Christmas. Direct Bucharest dispatches yes- terday said King Ferdinand and Queen Marie were leaving for a continental vacation which would continue for 60 days. Waiter, Swimming, Drowned in River Whlie swimming in the river at the foot of L street southwest, John Love, 25 years old, colored, of Petersburg, Va., was drowned yes- terday afternoon. Love was em- ployed as a waiter on the steamer Dorchester. At first thought to have fallen overboard, it was found later that the man had gone swimming alone. Harbor police called the Emergency ambulance, and Dr. Trudeau pro- nounced him dead. The body was taken to the District morgue. 5 Killed When Buffalo Train Strikes Auto Buffalo, N. Y., July 16 (By A. P.).—-Five persons were killed and anothér probably fatally hurt when a Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh bile at a grade crossing south of Commerce Bank | Adairsville, Re- | Merchants & Farmers Bank, | Mer-| and | . Every inhabitant of the raided ‘house was then taken to the Sixth | precinct to be searched and ques- tioned. The precinct was soon filled overflowing the varte ous squads reported with their pris- | oners. It was found necessary te dispatch the prisoners to other pre- cints after a short time. Confusion reigned among the prisoners at the precinct while they were waiting to be questioned charged. Men and women, some with small babies in their arms, ‘were packed in every available ‘spaee. Many of them, after they had been questioned and _ their names, taken, were released. to as or Hidden Throughout Houses. | Searching the raided houses the policemen found drugs hidden be- hind fictures hanging on walls, in kitchen stoves, buried under the ground in back yards and in almost every conceivable hiding place. One woman had a quantity of cocaine | Queen Marie to U. S. passenger train struck an automo-|’ hidden in her shoes, police said. Practically all of the drugs seized ‘were cocaine or heroin, Dr. Rhees said. A quantity of alleged whisky was found in some of the raided houses, police said, and charges of violating the prohibition law were , ‘placed against the owners. Detective Sergeants Charles War- field and Robert Sanders, of the police narcotic squad, assisted Dr. Rhees in uncovering evidence in many of the cases. They, together with Capt. Riley and Lieut. Lawren- son, of the Sixth precinct, and Dr. Rhees, were the leaders of the'raids, Three Arrested in Raids. The following persons were ar- rested and held for investigation: Mrs. Pearl Thurston, 40 years old, '729 North Capitol street; Edward Cook, 621 Second street; Mrs. Ethel Cook, 34 years old, 621 Second street northwest; John Mahoney, 420 Third street southeast; Paul Minor, 312 N street southwest; Ro- setta Allen, 917 First street south- east. William Carter, 21 Jackson place northeast; Mary Tolliver, 84 Jack- son place northeast; Etta Cham- bers, 30 G street northeast; Al-. berta Batson, 26 I street northeast; Moses Porter, 74 I street north- east; John Blakewill, 245 Third street southwest; Edward Thorn- ton, 466 O street northwest; Lil-, linan Bowie, 26 Dingman place northwest; Josephine Chambers, 26 I street northeast; Beatrice Farrow, 26 I street northeast; Jeannette Kidd, 26 Dingman place- northwest; Ethel Henderson, 52 Pierce street northwest; Henretta Bell, 26 I street northeast, Blanch Porter, 74 I street north- east; George Parr, 104 I street Lackawanna tonight. (CONTINUBD ON PAGE 2, COLUMN 5.)