Evening Star Newspaper, March 15, 1921, Page 5

" electric lineman, CUBA LEADS IN BUYING. Best Customer of U. S. in Latin America World Trade. Cuba was the best market in 1919 in Latin America for American goods. according to a sepecial review of American exports by countries, made public today by the Department of {1 Commerce. Imports from this coun- try to Cuba during 1919 totaled $278.- 391,000. The next best customer of the United States in Latin America was Argentina, with an import val- uation of $135,899.390. Mexico made purchases to the value of $131.- 455.000. The United Kingdom was the most important customer of the United States, considering the entire world, American exports amounting to §2, 278,000,000, of which $2.125.000.000 went to England. $118,000,000 to Scot- land and $35.000,000 to Ireland. Amer- | jcan exports tv Europe as a whole| were valued at $5.187,000.000. In the far east Japan heads the list, with| purchases of American goods amount- ing to $§366,000,000. NO CONSUL FOR FIUME. XKeblinger Directed to Return to Jugoslavia. ‘Wilbur Keblinger, American consul who recently was refused recognition by the new government at Fiume be- |f! cause the United States has not rec- ognized that government, reported the facts today to the State Department, and was directed to return to Jugo- slavia to continue his work there. The United States will not have a consular officer at Fiume for the pres- ent, but officials this was unim- portant, as there was little trade for this country out of Fiume, except the immigrant traffic, which America was mot now soliciting. DAN WAUGH DEAD. 1 operation with | treaty. VIVIANI IS COMING TO DISCUSS LEAGUE (Continued from First Page.) _ the United States and Germany be- cause of its effect on the Germans, (Continued from First Page.) with the soviet autocracy !’ ‘Workmen Call for Strike. “On the streets nun}erous meetings were held at which workingmen called TURN TO WORKERS | for,, 2 Beneral strike. urging their | audiences to go to the assistance of —_— | their comrades besieged on Vassiliv- Island and to overthrow the so- viet rule. These meetings were dis- persed by the red soldiers. In the sky are seeking closer co- America as a means of weakening the moral force of the allies. In a nutshell, M. Viviani will point out the disadvantages to America of desert- and making a separate many and will ask that s indicate the character wanted in the peace changes, it is by the ok With known, for instance, that Europe would ns renewed To reopen the treaty m the British returned b] ence with Prime “On the morning of February e spread all over Petrograd. It | evening there appeared on the walls arette factory on Vassilivsky Ostrov | an ‘appeal to the proletariat’ in which Island went on strike. were joined by the workers of the other factories. The island was taken by the combined forces and an attack | ings. the red soldiers was beaten off. | The red cadets, ordered to suppress volt, the ‘committee of red cadets’ de- manded the cessation of the disorders, threatening to open fire on the meet- The strikers| “During the night of February 27-28 the first real battles were fought in began a regular siege of | the streets of Petrograd. Toward | midnight the number of Killed revo- | lutionists was about 150. The red 25 4t | cadets and “lettish riflemen were wceept the Lodge reservations. 'But any | became known that an ice breaker Shoeting ruthiessly all persons caught plan that means the dropping of a treaty | with revolting sailors had come up | "¢ : which took v months to prepare | from Kronstadt. The sailors spread | . BeIShevist papers, just received by and which the Germans and allies have | a1 over Petrograd, agitating freely | the information bureau, tell of the | all signed will prove unacceptable to the t the soviet government and in | KTOWINg opposition of the working- French R oror R constituent. nesembly. (On | Men to the bolshevist regime. Against Reopening Treaty. encouraged by rumors | s Lol z from Kronstadt, the| REDS CAPTURE SEAPORT. COnpyCracs ud Shejaite was then that the first armed clashes | = trouble enough enforcing the Versailles | Was a Zarat Saasies treaty. Thn,\ktln l‘lOl \l\‘:lgn( :l‘umhcr |‘|rn= between the workingmen and the red Black Sea Towns Lootea and longed negotiation with Germany or | cadets occurred, resulting in casual- | Georgians Executed. more s for friction among | ties on both “On Febri there were CONSTANTINOPLE, March 13. Washington, M. Viviani|no more cla he situation | seaport of Poti, Georgi W oribortuntiy ito continued very Crowds were | sea, north of Batum THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 15 1921 BOLSHEVIKS LOSING GRIP UPON ARMIES, ing banners with inscriptions: ‘Down | patch received here today. The retir- | restoration of reaction. ing Georgians burned the coal sheds | and left the port on steamers in a severe storm. | The Turkish nationalists who re-| cently occupied Batum are said to be | | disarming all incoming Georgian sol- | diers, and the town of Kutals. fift | miles east of Poti. has been Georgian civilians have been e in Tiflis by the bolsheviki occupying the city in revenge for the execution of the bolshevik mission there by the Georgians before the latter retired. Ratieff, The Princess of Norman Whit who was sent to the Cau; mission for the American peace dele has arrived sister-in-1 gation in Paris in 1919, here aboard the American destrover Whipple. She escaped from Tiflis when it was taken by the bolsheviki and desires to go to the United States SEES END OF BOLSHEVISM. Former Mayor of Petrograd Says It Is Inevitable. By the Assor ROMI holshev nordy m ine -hreider, forn p an interview printed i The begun, dea and the shevism can only b cign_interv Minister | Lloyd George and who kunows how far the British gove < willing to go toward modifying the present league of nations. In truth, Europe is coming to America to parley, ~believing that the present league and treaty good basis for international understanding, but not necessarily a perfect instrument. Kurope make certain changes. If America wishes to scrap the whole thing and rt-afresh, Europe will decline to go any further and America will be compelled to adopt a policy of isolation. The prediction is freely made that a middle ground will be found, namely the modification of the s willing to Former- Indiana Representative Succumbs. ‘ord has been received here of the deth of Judge Dan Waugh, former member of Congress from the ninth district of Indiana, suddenly yester- day at his home in Tipton, Ind. Judge Waugh, who was seventy- eight years old, served through the civil war, and at its close took up the profession of law and located in Tip- ton, Ind., where he continued to prac- tice until elected judge of the court of Tipton, in Howard county, Where he served eight years. He resigned ‘his judgeship on being elected to Con- gress on the republican ticket, serv- ing as a member of the Fifty-second and Fifty-third congresses, March 4, 1891, to March 4, 1895. He then re- turned to the practice of law in Tip- ton. Judge Waugh married Alice Eliza- ‘beth Groves, who survives, as do three daughters, Miss Belle Waugh of Tip- ton, Miss Pearl Waugh and Mrs. Clarence Fowler of Washington. Mrs. Fowler and Miss Waugh left last even- ing for their home in Indiana to at- tend their father's funeral. WOMEN FOUND GUILTY. Accused of Trying to Take Dresses in Department Store. Mary Diggs, alias Bessie Denby, and ‘Eleanor Conway, alias Regina Dyson, both colored, were found guilty upon their appearance before Judge M&- Mahon in the United States Branch, Police Court, today. Arrests were made by Detectives Arthur B. Scriv- ener and W. J. Willson. It was testified that the two colored girls were found in the store of S. Kanns Sons Company in the act of tucking some dresses away under their coats. They were seen by Anna M. who was in charge of that sec- tion of the store. Assistant United States Attorney Ralph Given asked the court to with- hold sentence until he could ascertain if the two defendants were the same that were wanted by the Baltimore police on charges of grand larceny. Judge McMahon stated that he would continue the case one week for inves- tigation, following which period he ‘would impose sentence. _FILM FOR STUDENTS. Mathematical Problems of Our An- cestors to Be Shown. How our antediluvian ancestors wsolved their mathematical problems will be revealed to students of Busi- ness High Night School in a two- thousand-foot film to be shown in the auditorium of the institution tomor- row night at 8:15 o'clock, it was announced today by Walter B. Pat- terson, director of special schools. The picture will depict the historic development from the stone age to the present era. —_— “DIDN’T GO TO DO IT,” SAYS CLARA HAMON (Continued from First Page.) ‘they must let my poor old mother alone.” 8. P. Freeling, state attorney gen- eral, said that at the next demonstra- tion he would insist on the room be- ing cleared for the remainder of the trial. The courtroom remained jammd to capacity. First Witenas for Defense. F. L. Carter of Oklahoma City, an was the first wit- ness called by the defense today. The defense attempted to substan- tiate a statement charged against W. B. Nichols, former chief of police of Oklahoma City, in testimony that Carter had overheard Nichols say “He held Hamon's hand until the end came and the wound was an acciden Carter admitted he heard Nichols make such a statement. The witness was passed by the state. C.S. Wytes, a mechanic of an Ardmore garage, testified to having aided in 1nounting new tires on Clara’s motor car, at her request, the Saturday before the shooting. Defense Opened Yesterday. The first witnesses called for the defense yesterday afternoon included Sheriff Garrett. Mrs. Ella Rission, pro- prietor of the hotel where Hamon and Clara Hamon lived; two nurse at the hospital where ‘Hamon died and others, who teatified that Hamon appeared to be intoxicated the night he was shot. Sheriff rrett he did not shooting—that he did it him cidentally. One of the nurses described the last meeting between Clara Hamon and Jake Hamon, in the latter's room at the hospital Then he said he called Clara Hamon on the telephone and told her to come to the hospital, Hamon, she testified. held out his arms to Clara when she arrived and drew her to him and kissed her. When Clara left, the nurse said, Ha- mon asked her to come back during the afternoon. Close of Prosecution. In closing the case for the prosecu- tion Frank L. Ketch, administrator for the Hamon estate, testificd Hamon told him to “give Clara some money and have her get away.” Hamon told him, he said, that Clara shot him in his room in the dark. Mrs. Jake L. Hamon. the widow, the If, ac- State’s last witness, told of the visits | to the connecting rooms in a hotel bere occupied by Clara Hamon and Jake Hamon, when she found a re- wolver in Clara’s room The state then introduced two let- ters written by the defendant to Hamon. postmarked in 1915, and a contract signed by Clara Hamon, dated January 27, 1916, “in settlement in full for relations existing between ws and for claims for money.” arguments in the trial, it is will be o tomorrow, and the case may be given to the jury Thu: afternoon, it was eald by epansed the atates = for the |3 present league of mnations, but the preservation of -the treaty and the frame work of the covenant. ) (upyright, AIR FORCES MOBILIZE. Planes and Balloons Concentrating for Bombing Tests. Concentration of nearly all the bombing and pursuit planes of the Army is under way at Langley Field, Va., in preparation for the test to take place soon to discover the ef- fectiveness of bombing battleships from the air, according to statements at the Navy Department today. More} than 100 planes, with balloons and dirigibles, will be mobilized in a few days, it is said, bringing with them large stores of bombs, aerial equip- ment, torpedoes and other aerial fight- ing equipment. Col. T. De Witt Milling, assistant to Brig. Gen. Mitchell, will command the heavier-than-air squadron. and Col. William C. Hensley will be in charge of the dirigible equipment. SOCIETY WILL MEET. Historic Association Wifl Hold En- tertainment. ‘The Sons of the American Revolu- tion of the District of Columbia So- ciety will meet tomorrow night at 8 o'clock at the Franklin Square Hotel, 14th and K streets northwest. The meeting will be followed by a short musical program, buffet supper and smoker. An additional entertainment pro- gram will include the relating of two stories by Miss Lois Hayden Meek. Her subjects will be “The Dis- covery of Clark’s Island” and “The Return of the Mayflower.” Dr. Ar- thur Deerin Call will speak on “A Constructive Foreign Policy.” DRILLS TO CLOSE FRIDAY. Fort Myer Exhibitions That Day to Be for Fund. The indoor exhibition drills of the cavalry and fleld artillery at Fort Myer, which have proven such an at- traction this winter for many Wash- ington residents, close next Friday. The last drills will be at 3:30 p.m. and at 8 p.m. For these final exhibitions a charge will be made for the support of the athletic funds of the fort. All winter drills have been without any charge except the first one in December, for the benefit of the Army relief fund. Boxes and seats may be secured at the. regular ticket agencies and at Fort Myer. LI LA LIELL L 20208 WANTED —homes in_ all sections of the city and suburbs to sell. List your property with us now. 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Phones Frankitn €386, 4367, 4363 Pennsylvania Avenue Knowing this. | the bolsheviki constantly spread false news. “One of the causes for their over- throw will be fheir negotiations with foreign capitalists, which have great- 1y increased discontent and culmi- nated in revolt.” Once bolshevism has collapsed, M shreider thinks the revolutionary socialists, headed by Victor M. Tehar- noff, will assume the reins of gov- ernment EXPULSION NOT UPHELD. Justice Rules Trades’ Council Acted Without Authority. Canadian TORONTO. Ont. March 1 executive council of the Trad Labor (ongress acted withou thority when it ordered the expulsion of the Canaflian Brotherhood of Rail- road Employes from the congress Rose has ruled The court declared that the coun- il had no right to expel a body which n recognized as a member of without the question be- 4 within the cong rsx ted against e of aflilia council consid, TRIBUTE TO AMERICANS. INEW HEADS BEGIN C. B. Smith Made an Officer in | French Legion of Honor. NA. March 15.—C. B. Smith. | VIEND f the American delegation on the head (Continued from OF D. C. THEIR DUTIES rst Page.) allied reparations commission in this Gty s heen e an officer of the, It is more than likely that Mr. French Ley of Honor on the occasion | Rudolph '.H” assume control over of the official farewell to the Americans | the financial offices of the govern- here vesterday. Announcement that | ment. There js much interest in Smith would be thus honored was | Who will supervise the olice and de months ago. but fornial presenta. | fire departments, but Chairman Ru- n of the insignia was not made until dolph said this has not been decided upon. Alth an al difficult ro months that the at work here ult EMPLOYES BID FAREWELL. District employes gathered in the boardroom of the Municipal building yesterday afternoon for a farewell re- cricans in @ | ception to former Commissioners ion which has been | Beardman and Hendrick Engineer Commissioner Kutz told _— the city workers of the cordial six HOSPITAL TO BE AIDED. months during which he served on Announcement was made today that the board with Miss Boardman and two performances of “Dinty.” the successful _motion “picture play, fea- | M- Hendrick turing voung Wesley Barry, would be | F of the retiring Commissioners Ziven fomorrow afternoon at 2 and | then thanked the employes for the o 4 o'clock at the Knickerbocker Thea- | operation they received while in of- ter. 18th street and Columbia road. | fice. 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