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COURT UPHOLDS! TENANT'S RIGHT i Permit to Oust Mrs. Hatch From "Tea House" Refused by Judge. FORMER RULE UPHELD Decision Puts New Tangle In Controversy Over Ball Rent Act. The Ball rent act. declared uuconstit utional by the of Appeals.

has gone through another legal contortion In the courts, and In so doing has added another kink In an already tangled situation between landlords and Justice Frederick Slddons. wno sometime ago in hearing appeals in such cases, decided in the District Supreme Court that he was bound by the decision of the Appellate Court, has since refused to permit Mrs. Anne D. Hatch, occupant of the premises 9U Fifteenth street, northwest, known as the 'Tea House." to be ousted, even though Percy H. Russell, the owner, sought possession on the ground of the unconstitutionality of the rent law.

Julius I. Peyser, who was associate counsel of Julius Block In the Hlrsch-Block case, and also counseli for Mrs. Hatch, received word recently from Justice Slddons that the court would not disturb a previous decree in favor of Mrs. Hatch. Russell had sought to have this decree vacated and the court grant him possession of the premises.which he claimed to have bought in September.

1912. from Edward McQuade. On March 2S. last. Justice Slddons denied Russell a judgment for possession, the court stating that the Court of Appeals had not yet acted on the Ball rent act.

Since then the rent law has been declared unconstitutional and consequently Russell renewed Ms motion to the court to vacate the decree which refused him possession. This motion expressly outlined the action of the Court of Appeals. LONGLOSTGIRL RETURNSHOME Baby Stolen 18 Years Ago Discovers Relatives I At Last. Richmond. Va, July years of fruitless search by relathrea.

I Virginia Joyner. who mysteriously disappeared eighteen years ago when she was 5 years old. has returned to her relatives at Blackstone. Va. "When the little girl, whose home1 was near Church Hill, in Dinwiddle 1 County, disappeared.

bloodhounds I were put on her trail and it was established that she had been 1 stolen. ahc had been gone eight months her mother died of grief. It was thought a negro woman had stolen the child and sold her to gypsies. On January 18 Chief of Police Sherry here received a letter from Mrs. Zella Earl Pickard, of Tonawanda.

N. asking for sny information he could give about the. case. She had received a letter from "an interested stranger" saying that "if you are interested write to Police Headquarters. Richmond.

Va." In her letter Mrs. Pickard said: "I was brought up by a woman circus rider and up to eight years ago thought she was ray mother. After she told me she was not I left her. I have often asked her who my parents were, but she never told me." i' Chief Sherry located a brother and sister of the missing girl and finally Mrs. Pickard came to Black- stone, where her sister was living.

and has proved her identity. PASSENGER KILLED IN AUTO SOMERSAULT Frostburg, July 20. WU1-, lam Hinebaugh, proprietor of a restaurant and poolroom at Oakland, was kITled instantly this afternoon when his automobile skidded, and turned over several times on the national pike near Grantsville.11 He was accompanied by Russell; E. Myers, of Frederick. a State road contractor, who was slightly injured.

i When aid arrived and the two men were removed from under the machine, the wheels were spinning tm The Weather for Today sad Tomorrow 1 District of Columbls and today and probably tomorrow; little change is temperature; gentle shifting today and probably tomor row; little chance In temperature; gentle to moderate rhlfting winds Local Temperature. Midnight 12 noon 76 2 80 2 78 4 a 04 4 MO 6 a.m. 84 6 p.m. 78 I a 68 8 p.m. 76 10 73 10 p.m 70 Highest.

81; lowest. 63. Re la tire a.m.. 73; 2 p.m.. 53: 8 p.m..

65. Rainfall (8 p.m. to 8 p.m.). 0. Hoars of itnshiae, 14.5.

Par eeat of possible sunshine. 100. Dtpartares from ImuL "i i deficiency of aince January 1, 1920, 274. Deficiency temperature sine? July 1. tWO.

17. Accumulated deficiency of precipitation siace January 1. 1920. 0.37. 1 Excess of precipitation since July 1.

1930. 1.73. Temperature same date laat I est. 82; lowest. 73.

Other Temperatures. Lowest Highest last Bala- today, night. 8 p.si. fall. AtlaaUc City.

N. J. 78 66 66 Bostoa. Haas 82 66 76 Baffalo, 70 56 68 1 Chlrsge. IU.

84 62 82 1 Cincinnati. 80 78 Detroit. Mich 78 60 76 Jackaoarille. 88 76 76 6.28 I Kansas City. 90 66 88 Los Angeles.

86 62 80 New Orleans. 88 78 80 New Tort. N. 82 66 T6 Philadelphia. Pa.

82 66 78 At. Loaia. Me 86 84 as rtaarisca. S3 WOODMEN'S OUTING TO DRAW BIG CROWD More than 3,000 excursionists are' or pec tod to attend the annual of the Booatera' Club of the Woodmen of the World today at Chesapeake Beach. An elaborate athletic program haa been arranged There will be free dancing to music by Bert Saulaman'a iui orchestra.

Jamea Freeland. of street southwest. Is chairman of the arrangements committee. More than 2.000 are expected to I attend a Joint excursion to be riven tomorrow at Chesapeake Beach by America, Jefferson. Liberty Bell and Potomac VaUey Force.

Councils of I the Junior Order of Halted Amer- lean J. K. Fiynn is I chairman of the arrangements committee. A prise waits will be held at o'clock. GEORGE WHITE COX MANAGERj 1 I Ohioan Named Successor as Campaign Chairman.

(By iWeml Rerrlec.) i Columbus. Ohio. July White, of Marietta, Ohio, waa elected a this evening chairman of the Dem- ocratlc National Committee, sueceeding Homer Cummings. of Stamford, Conn. White, who has been three times Representative and is confessedly a "dry," thns becomes director of the Democratic Presidential campaign.

The election of the Marietta man developed after a subcommittee appointed by Cummings. had conferred for four hours with Gov. James M. Cox and his running mate. Franklin IX Roosevelt.

The Presidential nominee since early morning had been urging the chairmanship upon his intimate friend and campaign manager. Ed H. Moore. Moore declined to "make the financial sacri- 1 flee," which acceptance of the place would mean. I (.

trrior Oppwri I Gov. Cox. while insisting that he had no preference after Moore, was definitely understood to be opposed to the re-election of Cummings. On the other hand the majority of the national committee favored the Connecticut leader. Early in the battl 1 Moore offered the suggestion that Cummings be continued as Demo- I cratic chairman, but that a sep- arate campaign manager be named Objection was raised that such plan might develop conflict in Jurisdiction and bring about elements of dissension within the party.

Moore Offers Saetilee. White was not a member of the national committee. When it appeared that Gov. Cox would insist upon the naming of an Ohio man, I Moore agreed to resign as na- I tional committeeman from Ohio be- riueathing his place to White and thereby making possible the latter's I election as national chairman. I The Ohio State Central Committee, 1 which was in coincident session, received the Moore resignation and 1 promptly named Mr.

White to fill the vacancy. Many members of the national committee saw in the committee dictation of Gov. Cox a plan to in- 1 sulate his campaign against two elements of he was branded with the Woodrow Wilson mark and that he was seeking the of the anti-prohibition forces. PEKIN MILITARY i CHIEF RESIGNS i 8 I I Anfuite Commander's Ac- 1 tion May Be Ruse Against Reformists. Pekin, July Tuan.

com- mander of the Anfuite troops, has suddenly resigned authority and re. a sponsibility in Pekin in President Hsu Shi Chang. 11 is 0 unknown whether his action is a a ruse or due to weakness following! recent victories of the Reformists, There is a lull in the fighting, i President Hsu Shi Chang is sending a mission to mediate be- tween the factions. Pekin remains Isolated, the Tientsin Railway not having been opened. (Copyright.

1020, by Public Ledger Co.) (By I'alted Press.) The United States and the allied powers probably will intervene in the factional fighting between mili- -ary cliques In China if the lives it their citizens or diplomats are menaced or If Pekin is cut off from by the sea by cutting of the 81 railroad between the Chinese cap- a Ital and Chinwongtao, it was si earned yesterday. Only these two eventualities. however, are likely to force the land of the United States and the )ther powers. It Is believed, and so rar the State" Department here is aklng a neutral stand In the fight- -i Ing. looking on It as purely tional and alone of interest to NEW YORK BUYS RADIUM TREASURE Albany.

N. July a record for the largest commer- cial transaction in radium ever made. the 8tate of New York has I purchased tWo and one-quarter frams of radium for use by the New State Institute In the treatment of cancer, according to an announcement by Gov. Smith today The purchase, which was provided for by legislation, passed last ses-! ion. also marks the first purchase 'u Jtllity 67 8tat? fOF The ownership of this amount of'11 put 'd' fork In the forefront of States working for the treatment of can- other malignant growths, the greatest center WorW thl' if i Tl I 'i '1 I t' 1 I i i a BjB The upper picture shows tlB I high into the air twenty-four hoB I ners Point.

In the lower picturB Ilamessweep i village! Blany Homeless as Firel I Burns Tenement District Near Baltimore. CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE. Bxception of the offices. The bicl Btorape plant of the Martin Wag-I Her Company, on Center street be-H Bween Third and Fourth avenues.B las also been burned, as haveH louses of the East Brooklyn Vol-B Bnteer Fire Company and the twoB Brocery stores of the town. I No definite estimate of the lossB Ihus far can be obtained.

ThosfB Bamiliar with the value of the prop-B Brty in that section say that theH Boss will amount to at least 00. I Of all the suffering bTought Hhe fire perhaps the most pitifulH Hcene is on Fairfield road, whereH Bightcen families are huddled to-H Hether about a pile that contain.sH 11 that is left of their householiiH Hffects and clothing. Their homes? Hk-ere among those destroyed. MostH them are foreigners no rel-H Htives or friends to whom they majl Burn. Other families are in much theH Bame They arc encampB Bng about in fields, in automobileH BrUcks or upon the porches ofB Bouses.

I Thousands of dollars were addedH the day's Are loss this Bhen Are broke out in Pollack Bjrniture warehouse, Howard andH streets, and ate its way! Berth through the large stores forH Bair a block on the east side ofH Howard street. Six alarms wereH Only two of the Howard Brm- were able to place an esti-H Hate on their losses. William B.H Ballon, president of Pollack s. saidH lis firm loss would be aroundH Ho.ooo, and S. B.

Walker, of Stieff s. Kid the piano company's loss was $50,000. While this fire was raging four Hnall fires broke out. With almost Hlf of the city's fire-fighting apBaratus at Wagner's Point, the fireHen were tried to their utmost to the demands upon them. Dis B'ct Chief Shipley was forced to Bend engines from the fire.

I The other flri-s were: I The Crown Cork and 8eal ComBany's Highlandtown plant. I Fire- on sixth floor of S. Neubergei Sons. Damage slight. I Fire in homo of Mrs.

Jonn Huben, H203 Bast Lombard street. Three rescued. I Fire in Oreenwillow street I Firemen called out to aave burnH1K automobile. Hi. S.

Transport to Carry Body of Gen. Gcfrgas Home I The War Department announced Besterday instructions had been IsBied for the army transport PocaBnntas to stop at Southampton, Bngland. about July il, on its reHrn 'com Europe to take on board Hie body of MaJ. Gen. William Borgaa, former su rgeon general Hie army, who died recntly In LonBnn Mrs.

Gorgas will return to Hnlted States on the Pocahontai Blth the body. Final arrangements Br the funeral will not be until the Pocahontas arBves In tbla country. icing Baltimore I I. 1 vvr I 1 'Li r7? lie giant pillar of smoke reaching lurs after the fire started at Wagle is seen a row of burned houses I (Special WaakliKtn Herald.) The tree on which Red Roach. I colored, was hanged In Roxboro over a week ago han disappeared from the churchyard.

I The work was done by a band I of fifty negroes, who hewed the tree down and then dug up the I carrying It entirely away. Their expressed purpose, it is I said, was to render it impossible for another negro to be hanged, from it. I FOUR INJURED I IN AUTO SMASH Ij I Machines Collide at Foot of Alexandria. (Special to Washington Herald.) Alexandria. July 10.

Kour I were injured about four this afterI -noon on Russell road north of I exandria. whin automobiles driven I by George A. Sterling'. ColumII bus. Ohio, and Ashby-Warfield of Hi this city collided.

All were occupants of the Sterj lirtg car. Mr. Warfield was alone at the time. He escaped injury. 11 The Sterling car was coming I i east down Lloyd hill at the time.

I The two machines bumped at the I foot of the hill. injured were II carried to Alexandria Hospital. I They were: Bettle Jane Sterling. aged-2. thrown from the machine; and Buffering from shock and; I bruises.

Mrs. Oeorge A. Sterling, re celTed bad cuts. i I Mrs. Jennie Huber.

Columbus, I Ohio, one rib broken and multiple; I cuts and bruises. II George A. Sterling, bad cuts I i and bruises. "Only President knows I Aether he Is going for a cruise on I the Mayflower, and he has said I nothing to me about It," said Dr. I Cary' T.

Grayson lsst night In dls- I cussing a rapiored yachting trip. "The President, however. Is amMy I s-. mns to stand a long voyage I should he choose to take It," said I Dr. Grayson.

"Do I think he will go? I I never think. It la a dangerous I amusement. AH that I can say la I that tike President Is physically lit I for an ocean trip whenever he wishes to take one." I Canada Aids Shipbuilding. The Canadian government proI poses to assist the shipbuilding inI dustry by Indorsing promissory I to the extent of 50 per cent I when satisfactory arrangement made for the payment of the ba! anoe of purchasers of ships of 3.000 tons and registry of such ships to remain in Canada until the I tea been paid. I -MLU "1 tAlH El on Third avenue of the setUemeil structioo.

WOMEN TO VISIT I I HARDING HOME I Suffragists Plan Parade to.fl I I Candidate's House I Tomorrow. I I The future plans of the Woman's I BParty in regard to Senator Harding depend upon his response to- 1 Bnorrow." said a Washington head- I Hiuarter's representative yesterday. I I At 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. I Paul will lead a procession of I B-uffragists of the National Woman's I B'urty from the headquarters In I Hlarion, which. have been opened I I Bvithin Ave blocks of the Harding I Hiome.

to interview the Republican 'residential candidate. Obtained. I hundred white and gold ban- Hiers left Washington this afternoon, 11. harge of Miss Julia Kmery. Securing a special permit from Phil- I Bidelphia for the transportation of I Ihese banners with their long poles.

banners for each of the forty-eight I states to be represented In the suf- I I rage procession were included In I he lot. I The biggest banner of all is being I Inade In Ohio in black letters against II yellow background, which will I Birge Senator Harding to secure a I Bsolid Republican vote In the Ten- 'I Lessee legislature. If all the Re- I Lubllcans in both houses of the leg- I Islature would vote for ratification, I lidded to the pledges already se- I lured, there would now be the neces- I majority for ratmcation. Only I wo of the eight Republicans in the I lonate and eight of the twenty-eight In the house are pledged for ratifl- I ration. IB Iiterrirnrra C'fcoaea.

I Mrs. John Gordon Battelle will I Introduce the speakers on Tuesday. I They will mount the campaign porch I ind discuss the situation with Sen- I itor Harding while the rest of the I delegation with flags flying, will as- I i mble on the lawn. One large I jroup of the delegation will con- I of Marion women, friends and I leighbors of the Presidential can- I didate. It was emphatically stated here I today that until definite action Is I procured from the Republican party I suffrage headquarters will be main- I tained in Marion and the suffrage I issue kept cbnstantly before the I party leaders.

Senator Harding as I acknowledged of his party ia I held itsponsible by the women not I only for ratification In the Repub- I "can States of Vermont and Con- I necticut. but for a favorable vota I from the Republican members of I the Tennessee legislature. Rebuff Not Expected. The National Women's Party still I maintains that the Republicans can 11 if they desire, get ratification from! I the State of Vermont, since no I party can afford to say to the peopie of the nation: "We are unable to carry the plank, of our platform I in a State where We are bow In I control," and at the same time urce' I the people to put them in 11 throughout the nation. Thi? is the I ballet enunciated by some of I V.

Big Oil Fire it which is threatened with de. W. Discharged. Mngton, July first empt of the I. W.

to grain i foothold In this city, by organizing the waiters of the Hotel du Porrt and demanding that they be recognized by the management, was juickly frustrated by Manager raite, who promptly fired every member of the organization arid new helpers. the use of electing a Republican on a specific platform if they cannot it out." They think that Senator Harding ultimately will see that this is not a matter on which he can keep "hands off," but that the action of the Republican government con-, cerns the whole nation and the whole party. Today, 2S.SS3.5KG women are made eligible to vote in all elections; 17.000.000 were already entitled to vote for President under State laws. N'lne million will be excluded from votes for President unless the amendment is ratified- Seven million women were already entitled to' vote fOr members of Congress un- der State laws and 19.000,000 will' be excluded from voting for members of Congress if the amendment i Is not ratified. I EVERY Wirec The Nat These Dealers af then rlgkt la yoar prepared how thla wonderful rleetrV aerramt ud to explala the eaar payment plan by which It practically pay a for Itaelft E.

Angermnn Arcade Market Edw. R. Rnteman 1410 Irvine St. N.E. tlorraa 3062 1ft.

Pleasant St. n.w. E. F. Brooks Coaipaay 13 Hth St.

W. J. T). Camphell nw ltth st. n.w.

Cap't-I Fleetrlc Co. 1525 14th St. W. r. I- Clarke 1241 WuwBiia N.W.

14th St. N.W. I O. r. Fvan? Bw.

781 13th S' W. John R. Hopklaa 3616 St. tl-orge 1414 Pari load N.W. Modem F.leetrle Shop 1411 St.

N.W. Premier Service Co. 704 10th St N.W. N. n.

Sfnoicktoa 224 JTe'lv Arm? Takoma Tarbcrvlllr Hardlag 70? 18th St. N.W. Waahlnc4en Electric Co. tl St N.W. White A Borer 818 ICth St.

N.W. Iiknrkaa Electric Co. Kaoknlle. Md. Watklna Jk.

Waafalngtoa Ta. ill a Everything ll ITII Motorist 1324 SURVIVES 45 DAYS WITH BROKEN BACK 14 Cumberland. July Id. Savage, aged 14, 8chell, W. died at Cumberland Hospital today after being kept In ignorance of the faot that his back was broken for forty-Are He sustained serious Injuries while at work la a coal mine June I.

Savage believed that he was get- ting well up to a fsw minutes before his death. He leaves a wife and three small children. YETERAlPLAIi FOR CONVENTION V. F. W.

Delegates Representing District Name Subcommittees. Resolutions affecting the policies of the Veterans of Foreign Wars throughout the coming year were drawn up by the resolutions committee at a joint meeting of the five councils of this city last night at Carroll Hall. The meeting was attended by 126 delegates, who will represent the' District at the convention in this city from September IS to 18 in-' iluslve. I After drawing up the resolutions, the edelgates elected subcommlltees. These committees will ar- range for accommodations, enter-1 ulnment.

and comfort of the 20.000 delegates who will aasemble At the meeting last night, there i were persistent rumors that Capt. KMward Hale of Capital City post this city, will be one of the nominees for the office of national eomnandant. The Ave posts represented last ilifcht were: Frederick Barrack. National Capital, General Meggs, E. Peary, and Equality post.

MAN AGAIN i ELWELL CLEWi I I Police to Question Matron Who Exchanged Letters With Slain Turfman. I By Herald Leased Wire.) New York, July authorities tonight evidenced new hope of solving the Elwell murder mystery; when it was learned that a new woman had been introduced into the inquiry. Her name has never been publicly mentioned, it was said. but she is married, still lives with I her husband, and he took her out of the city less than forty-eight hours after Joseph B. Elwell, card expert, was found dying In his Sev- enty-aecond street home.

was said the woman was re- garded by members of the assistant district attorney's office as an in-, cidentai character until new and surprising information was unearth- I ed by detectives last week. This new evidence has resulted in a thorough and careful investigation in New York and elsewhere which has shown the koman kept in con-, stant touch with Elwell. exchanged letters with him when either way away from the city, and met him clandestinely. It Is said the authorities have been informed this woman was in the murder house at least twice during the week In which Elwell was slain. It is expected the woman and her I husband will be questioned within a few days.

Tkieres Steal Half a Rog. Thieves, who entered the home of Ellis B. Gregg, in Cincinnati, stole nothing but half of the $100 dining room rng. They cut it In two and i carted away one section. Police have no theory.

1 Home Can Af ionally-Known ELEC1 J5J0 CLOTHES By Orderin; Stmri Thi MIDSUMMER Only $10 And 10 A )hal electri JUPPLY ChMRfcHV HSONEWYDRKAVE. M4jN 61 DRAFT CAUGHT IK Department of Justice Men Arresting 15 Slackers Each Day. 1 DISTRICT CLEANED UP Sentences Already Given 5,000 Who Showed Cold Feet During War. Slackers are being caught ant their cases disposed of throughout the country at the approximate rate of fifteen a day, according to the Department of Justice. The District has long since cleaned up all Its cases.

Five thousand have beei convicted so far by the Federal courts artd have been sentenced to betweea thirty days ar.d one year in jail. Report Made I p. According to a report of Gen. E. H.

Crowder there were 474,816 deserters In. 1918 and 489,003 in or 1.41 per cent of the total regis- I tration. excluding mistaken cases. The cases are those of men who 1 failed to register or filed false afti- I davits on their questionnaires. About 1 per cent, or 172,911, Is now apprehended.

However, magnificent work has been done by the Department of Justice and due praise has been given it by Gen. Crowder. Mistaken Cases found. Up to September, 1918. 67,838 of the available desert-rs were tried I and disposed of.

Iietween that time and June, 1919. 95.910 more were apprehended and tried, a total of 163,738 men in all; 111.794 of theee were found to be delinquents and the remainder mistaken cases. Twenty-five per cent of these delinquents had enlisted In some branch of the service, but had failed to notify their local draft Forty i er cent were shifting, floating population not to be located even day. Twenty per cent were nonwillful delinquents. The balance wore cripples and deficients who thought it unnecessary to fill out their questionnaires, and willful deserters.

Ronnd-l Hnateaed. The work of rounding up deserters has been hastened since October I. On October 1 the 400 carloads of draft records were finally filed and indexed and put at the disposal of those working on the cases. The highest rate of delinquents, according to States, is as follows: New York. 28.237; Pennsylvania.

Ohio. Illinois. 13269: California Massachusetts. New Jersey. 8,518.

Mexican General Executed By New Government The new Mexicsn government has meted out its first drastic punishment for rebellion, according to advices to the State Department yesterday. Gen. Jesus Guajardo, who has been operating in vicinity of Monterey ngainst the regime at Mexico City, was executed Sunday accordinc to an uncon- firmed report received at the department from the American Consulate at Piedras Negras. France Will Help Poland, If Soviet Clash Develops Paris, July will out her agreement with Great Britain to furnish armed support to Poland In the event efforts to bring about a pacific solution of the differences between Poland and Soviet Russia fail. Premier Mllleraml told the Chamber of Deputies today.

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