Evening Star Newspaper, June 19, 1921, Page 2

‘ ORY GHEF' POWER LIKENED TO CZAR Official of Alcohol Company Attacks Supplemental Enforcement Bill. Dr. M. C. Whitaker of Baltimore. vicg president o the United States! Industrial Alcohol Company, told the House rules committee yesterday that the Czar of Russia had been de- throned gnd shot for exercising far less autocratic power than was vest- ed in the prohibition commissioner under the Volstead supplemental en- forcement bill. Appearing with more than a score of representatives of the chemical drug manufacturing and other inter- osts against the proposal to bring the bill before the House without giving them a full hearing. Dr. Whit- aker declared he was amazed at some of its drastic provisions. . .\ Describing the efforts of his com- pany to stick closely to the law in_ handling _alcohol, ©r. Whitaker said, “the only booze fighters in our plants are government employes.” Upholds Palmer. Former Attorney General Palmer rightly construed the Volstead act in holding that beer fouldy be pre- scribed as a medicine, E. . Dinwid- die, formerly legislative superintend- ent of the Anti-Saloon League. testi- ficd. “Mr. Palmer did the only thing he could do in rendering that opinion.” - said Mr. Dinwiddie. “Unless this anti- beer bill is passed quickly, rivers of beer will soon begin to flow.” The witness said he thought time might be saved by putting through the beer provision as a special emer- gency measure. Chairman Campbell said the beer bill could be passed widdie said, “that we have no right to interfere with any legitimate busi- mess which uses alcohol and I not alone among Pprohibitionists in this respect.” N The hearing will be continued to- morrow. Reply by Wheeler. Wayne B. Wheeler. general counsel of the Anti-Saloon League, declared in a statement yesterday that Mr. Dinwiddie had not been with that organization for GOV. SHEPHERD PORTRAITIBU§INESS MEN START FOR, INVASION -OF NEARBY ‘SQUTHERN ° POINTS “"BOOSTING WASHINGTON" WILL BE GIVEN TO CITY Presentation Exercises Tuesday. Picture Will Hang in District Building Boardroom. An oil portrait of the late Gov. Alexander R. Shepherd of the Dis- trict of Columbia, painted shortly aft- er the civil war by Ulke, famous local the city Tuesday at exercises to be held in the boardroom of the District Shepherd, the painting will hang in the boardroom permanently. | The District Commissioners and I municipal cmployes, representatives zof the Board of Trade, of which Gov. i Shepherd was the first honorary lmemher. and of the Auocluu:;n of Oldest Inhabitants, will attend the | exercises, as will members of the i family of the former chief executive of the District. Alexander R. Shep- herd, a son, wiil present the portrait on behalf of his mother. { Cuno H. Rudolph. president of the | board of Commissioners, will' receive it for the municipality. In addition to the Commissioner, Edward F. Col- | laday, representing the Board of { Trade, and Dr. William Tindall, the Association of Oldest Inhabitants, will deliver short addresses, culogizing | Gov.- Shepherd's life and accomplish- i ments for the nation's capital. Dr. i Tindall formerly served as private | secretary to Gov. Shepherd, during his adminisiration of District affairs. - The boardroom will be decorated for the ceremonial. 1129 SCHOOLBOYS ' WIN ROTARY HONOR Club Announces Number Gaining Membership in American Movement. There are 1,129 boys in the schools of Washington who are performing tachievements in their spare time that {entitle them to membership in the First American Boy movement being fostered by ‘the Rotary Club. This was revealed last night when the Rotary Club made public the re- more than a year and that “in asSUming | oo o the survey made in the to protect certain phases of the trade he * s unwittingly giving aid to the illegal traffic.” “Opposition to the merits of the bill | before the rules committee, which has ischools. A total of 7.000 boys answered the questionnaires, listing {the worth while things they have done or are now doing outside of no power to change it. and thus prevent | school hours. its consideration by the House' Mr, : Wheeler added, “is simply an attempt to kill the bill. All of the objections pre- . sented by Mr. Dinwiddie were considered by the judiciary committee at extended hearings. It was amended to mect the | objection of thirty witnesses. Twenty national prohibition organizations in- dorsed the bill.” —_— VIOLATION OF HEALTH LAWS FOUND ON BOATS | The purpose of the movement is to stimulate the youth of the city to develop initiative and resourceful- ness, to accomplish things unaided. WIll Recelve Cards. The Rotary Club will give printed membership cards to the 1,129 young- sters whose questionnaires show they have done things which entitle them to public recognition. The boys' com- mittee of the club believes these cards will be of service to the boys when they apply to a business man for work or solicit the aid of an adult in some undertaking. Charles Demonet is chairman of the boys' committee of the club and he Dr. Fowler Finds Several Condi- tions to Be Corrected on Potomac Steamers. Health Officer William C. Fowler announced last night that the first inspection of steamboats on the Po- tomuc river by his food and sanitary ingpectors revealed a number of con- ditions which ba’will ask the com- panies to_correft - to safeguard the § health of ‘Washingtonians using these ‘boats. H s On one boat the health officer| stated. his inspector reported a com- is being assisted by Judge Willis Brown, originator of the First Ameri- can Boy movement. The chief pur- pose of the movement is to give the business men of the city some means of recognizing the boys who have demonstrated their ability. Arrangements are being made for a mass meeting of the boys who have won recognitio® as a result of their answers to the questionnaires. Plan Group Clubs. The club also is planning to or- ganize the boys into group clubs ac- cording to the particular line of en- deavor they follow in the idle mo- artist, will become the property of} | building at 11 a.m. The gift of Mrs. d thelr wuestn. ph made shortly before the steamer Midiand started down the Potomac with about 200 members of the Merch: TRIP. D.C. SCHOOL YEAR YO-HO! AN' A BOT-TLE O’ POP! MERCHANTS ON JAMBOURE QN{BATHING SUITS TO FLASH AT BEACH ON SATURDAY ALA TELLS MORE e o emwioenern | (IF KABER MURDER Living Models. Washington's leading department stores and business: houses will give their annual show of bathing cos- tumes at the bathing -beach next Suturday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The latest styles in bathing costumes are te be shown with living models. The entrants will be grouped and a silver cup awarded to the best display in each group. Three judges, selected by the Merchants and Maunfacturers Assoclation wiil pass on the various displays. Each store trants. ) The syits must come to within six inches of the knee and must not be lower at the top than a line drawn across the body at the arm pits. INSIST LEWIS WILL | GET GOMPERS' 108 Railroad Unions Said to Be Backing Miners’ Chief for Head of A. F. of L. By the:Associated Press. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, June 18.—The probability that John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, would oppose Samuel Gom- pers for re-clection as president of the American Federation of Labor was increased today by reports that representatives of the majority of the railroad organizations, at a confer- ence last night, had decided to sup- port his candidacy. These reports, brought here today by delegates to the federation con- vention who came from Denver on a special train for an outing in the, Pilkes Peak region, declared Lewis would announce his candidacy before next Monday. Belleve Lewis Will W The miners' chief. however. contin- ued to maintain silence, but his boom- ers were busy rounding up supporters for his candidacy. They claimed that Lewis had sufficient votes to win if he decided to run. Published renorts that certain alleged anti-Gompers interests had representa- tives operating among the delegates with a $100,000 “siush fund” created con- siderable excitement. Several labor lead- ers asserted that the entire matter would be brought before the convention next Monday and a demand would be made for proof of these charges. Gompers Rem: ilent Representatives of President Gompers have declined to make any statement re- garding the situation. except to say tha is limited to four en- leader will be re-elected. Tp to the present timc, however, no interrational union has publicly an- nounced which candidate it will suppo if a fight for the leadership takes place. Many of the international officers admil that they have not decided. —_— WOMAN GIVEN LIFE TERM FOR KILLING BOY OF SIX . FIGHT 1S BREWING TOENDWEDNESDAY 5. ers ce Suiing o D O COAL HEASURES 60,000 to Be Dismissed From River—Eats, Music, Fun, Teetotums an” {genate Element Expected to Mrs. Lewen Maintains Innocence Throughout Trial and Collapses as Verdict Is Rendered. DETROIT, June 15.—Mrs. Bliza- beth Lewen, fifty-eight years of age, was convicted of §irst degree murder by a jur¥ in recorder's court lat. tonight in connection with the death last month of six-year-old Max Ernest. they are confident that the veteran labor | mon drinking cup attached to a water [ments, such as agriculture and: elec- cooler. Use of ' common drinking |tricity. These boys then will en- + cup is prohibited by the health reg-|deavor to bring other boys into the ulations. movement. The only requirement for The inspectors,also recommended to | admission will be that a boy engage Dr. Fowler that the steamboat com- |in some practical undertaking. panies be requested to provide fa-| The list of schools from which ques- eflities for sterilizing glasses used in!tionnaires were obtained is headed by serving soft drinks on board. the Home Industrial School, where 44 per cent of the boys are pursuing some useful activity outside of ac- tual school work. The Eckington School was second, with a percent- age of 41. |JONES IN COMMAND OF ATLANTIC FLEET MAYOR SHOT IN DUEL. | Opponent Also Wounded in West Virginia'Gun Fight. WELCH, W. Va, June 18.—Mayor John H. Whitt of Welch (McDowell county) recently acquitted of a charge of killing “Bill” Johnson, former West Virginta University foot ball star here last January, was shot in the lung !/ and Glbson Carter was wounded in the head and abdomen during a gun fight today. The shooting followed a controversy between the men,, which the mayor said was the clumination of a “family quarrel.” Both men were reported to be in a serious condition. Neither have been arrested. . P 4 KILLED IN CAR CRASH. 16 Hurt in Collision on Interurban | (Continued from First Page.) the naval forces on the Pacific and Atlantic coasts will be announced this week by Secretary Denby. Meantime details are withheld, but it was as- sumed from recent developments in the Navy Department that the Pa- cific fleet would be considerably aug- mented in strength by the establish- ment of a policy whereby oil burn- ing vessels will hereafter be kept on the west coast and coal burners in the Atlantic. Inasmuch as practically all of the latest vessels of the Navy are oil Lin Ann burners, it was assumed that the Pa- s Hoar Arbor, Mish: cific force as finally constituted would JACKSON, ‘Mich., June 18.—Four per- | include practically all of the most sons were killed. six injured serious- | ;. odern ships of the Navy. ly and ten hurt in a rear-end collision - NATION-WIDE DRIVE ‘Vermont, $15,000,000; of two westbound Detroit United Railway interurban cars near Ann Arbor late today. Some of the in- Ao wni e S Sy x| TO DEFEAT SOLDIER others brought here. . According to their stories of the CASH BONYUS BEGINS accident & wooden car was telescoped by a steel car, the dead and most of (Continued from First Page.) the injured being occupants of the|™™ forward car. The cause of the acci- |South Dakota, $1,000,000; dent has not been determined. $3,000,000; Wisconsin, Washington, $11,000,000. “Certain additional factors should L SEEK HELP OF REDS- be noted, however. In . Massachusetts, - for exanple. a specific bonus of $10 i unists per moni was paid to each of the Spauish Commy o “""Ia}uens of the state in the service tween February 3, , and Jan- _ With Lenin and Trotsky. | [2IVSIS 1575 "the total sur involved By the Associated Press. | amounting mately $3,750,- MADRID, June 18.—A deputation orl‘tm- e ot Dakots has mdapted: ox- E i tensive legislation extending to ex- ,Spanish communist party organizers|gervice men aid along! agricultural has gome to Ruseia to confer with and educational lines. The appro- Premier Lenin &nd War Minister | Driation of $1,000,000 by South Da- | rrotaky kota is to be administered under the ' - _ direction of & _soldier settlement Fraucisco Camo will leave for Reval, | board, with authorization to make Esthonla, at the beginning of July, |10ans to ex-service men up to $10,000. zonm political conditions in Spain | Wisconsin in additior to the amount rmit, for conferences there with |noted above, offers a.bonus in the Maxim Litvinoff, chief of the soviet|form of education, estimated at a legation abroad. Aft , if guar- |total cost of $15.000,000. antees can be procured, hewill pro- “In addition, legislation is pending in the following states, and there is indicated the approximate cost, where authentic figures were obtainable: ceed to Petrograd and Moscow to study the bolshevik organization. e California, $11,000.000: Colorado, loan TTALIAN OEFICER CLEARED |55 ool Mot i Shimate: Se: braska, no estimate; Pennsylvania, Acts of Gen. Segre at Vienna De- 3 clared Not Criminal FLORENCE, Italy, June 13.—The Yrregularities “of which Gen. Segre and other officers of the Itallan min- dstry __mission I? Vienna have been ,: were found by judacial in- quiry not to be of a crimipal char- acter. This report is published by newspapers here as coming from re- liable sources. A Rome dispatch dated May 19 said Gan. Segre's arest had been reported from Vienna. He was charged, ac- cording to the dispatch, with illegal ! prastices in connection with the im- -, poit and export of gooda, S no_estimate; "Tenressee, no estimate. “The estimate for Oregon is hased upon ‘allowance of $800 per man for a four-year educational course, with a total enrollment of 4,085 men.” WOODMEN'S PLEA DENIED. OMAHA, June 18.—Federal Judge M. J. Wade of Towa today declined to grant, insurgent Woodmen of the World an nction - restraining W. Classes for a Three- Month Vacation. Only three more school days. This thought is uppermost in the minds today of 60,000 District public|Dear Folks: school children, who will be dis- Everything Drive Dull Care A\iiray. Special Dispatch to The Star. | father of our country! By the dawn's tion ABOARD THE MIDLAND, |—early light! Another Senate fight this week is| Mrs. Lewen. who stoutly main- Sunday, 12:03 A. Will Attend Church. brewing on the Frelinghuysen coal[tained her innocence before and dur- As I set here in the fo'castle of this missed from their classes Wednesday | floatin’ palace, part an’ parcel of the afternoon to begin a vacation, free from textbooks, reci- tations and examinations. - Virtually everything is ness for the closing. and teachers busy during the past week in mak- i inventory of supplies on hand, correcting ex- g textbooks, amination p numerous other duties which burden them in preparing for the vacation! riod. Estimates furnished last night by school officials indicate that proximately 2,000 of the pupils will graduate from the eighth grades Wennesday. have signified their in- tention of attending the high schools at the beginning of the new term in September. This is indicative, they point out, of the desire of Washington _school children higher education. 1,200 Leave High Schools. The high schools at the graduation exercises this week will turn out ap- proximately 1,200 students, some of whom have planned to enter college. Many of them, however, already have secured positions in business and mercantile establishments in Wash- ington, and will begin their duties in the business and commercial world soon after receiving their diplomas. The annual high school commence- ments will begin Tuesday night, when Tech, Business (two-year course) and Dunbar,_hold their closing exercises. Central, Eastern and Business (four- year course) will hold exercises Wednesday night. Western High School's commencement will take place Wednesday _afternoon oclock. The Wilson and Miner Normai Schools will hold their com- mencements Thursday night. ‘Will Begin Reorganization. Soon= after the closing of the schools Wednesday, administration officials will resume their work on the reorganization plans for the new term. They also will undertake to solve the problems 6f how to pro- vide accommodations in the already congested high schools for the 2,000 new students who ar® expected to enter in September. In addition they have to complete thelr annual reports by June 80. It is the intention, of school officials to finish “as much of the reorganization: work as possible before beginning their vacations, Hitherto, it has- been 'a custom of some of the officials to await until about three weeks before the open- ing of the schools to begin work on the reorganization plans. | The board of edugation will meet in special session Wednesday after- noon to act on a number of routine matters awaiting its _disposition. These include the appointment of teachers for the fall term and the adoption of new.rules and regula- tions governing the use of the pub- lic schools by the community centers. QUEEN CONSIDERS CRISIS. THE HAGUE, June' 18.—Queen Wil- helmina is considering the resigna- tion of the ministry. She has asked the premier to carry on the functions for tions. FRENCH MINISTER ILL. PARIS, June 18.—Paul, Doumer, minister of finance, ig~ill, and his ‘s | physicians have prescribed absolute reat. Luclen Dior, ministér of com- merce, will replace him’'in discus- sions thwn place in the chamber to the swish of the waves an’ the spin of teetotums, an’ note the boyish papers and performing|merriment of more'n 200 care-free business men, the thought comes to e, why can't all the rest of the world of his office during pending negotia- three-month | Merchants an' Manufacturers' Aaso- ciation's 1921 booster jambouree, ree- in readi- | freshed by zephyr-like breezes waftin’ School officials | softly from lu'rard; drinkin® in sweet have been unusuallylgiraing of Hawaiian melodies; listenin’ cut out the rough stuff an’ be happy like us'n! Oh, sixteen men on a dead 2P~ man's chest—Yo-Ho, an’' a bot-tle o op! For the benefit of them of you who wasn't down to the 1i'l old 7th street wharf yesterday afternoon to bid bon- voyage to this cargo o' human joy- ousness as it made its get-away on What promises to be one of tliE most pree-tentious outin's ever undertook By a District organization, just lemme say, you lose! Kissin’ of Hands, Ete. g e wavin’ of flags an’ kissin’ of o wives an' Sweethearts left behind, the pride of the Potomac | palled ‘anchor at 3 o'cleck sharp, an Zs her mighty prow shivered s furned in the direction of Alexandria all formalities Kn lnrowe'd to win'are an’ the big frolic was on! G t jostle at the purser's Barrin' a sllE oS Tull naval at- chubby ed him- of meal not a , dolled hing, 3 * every 3 rche brrid pei Hec“fiao's to give all holders tickets the once or twioe over, uncomfortable m'inllle has marre! d the go far! ! exg;'«fi'cfl:' hither'n thither, makin’ im, chief everybody comfy, I. L. Goldheim, . ' bottle washer of the enter. 2 ne f the program, had no more'n finished _tellin' of the hlg features to be pulled, when we ease past Alexandria, an’ jedgin’ from the overflow crowd at the docks the goodly folks of that ancient an’ hon- orable commonwealth musta been Du? wise as- to who wa.l" 151‘ the party! n’ tainment section of Treeee-mendous cheerin'! "The same happened at River View. Giesboro Point, Mafshall Hall an’ aH other river landjn's—populace cheerin’ an’ small craft’ a-tootin’! ‘What About Others. Once past Marshall Hall, a serene stillness | gradually stole over the vessel an’ the meerymakers begun to settle in clusters—some laughin’, som talkin’, some singin’, an' others—well, never mind them othérs! Then, suddenly, like a cry in the night, the dread shout of “Man the rails!” plerced every ear of them in the outfit! *Twas the voice of Martin e the big Settin’ Bull of the arrangements committee; an’, folks, quicker'n I can scribble it, every mother's son aboard was standin’ at attention, payin’ silent tribute to the greatest booster of 'em all—folks, we was at Mount Vernon! Oh, say—can— you—seeeeeee! ‘Well, as the return pilot’s just bel- lowed the ten-minute warain’ for dis- patches, all I can do now is outline our program for today, an’ relieve the minds of anxious ones at- home by sayjn’ that up to this hour all on the Leese, big joyrilde are alive an' playin’'—I mean kickin'! B At 5:30 o'clock this am. we're due to drop ancher at. Yorktown, on the York river. an’ capftal o’ York county, ., fitty-one miles - sou'east o' Richmond, where, in 1784, the British, under Lord Cornwallis, ] got bottled up by the allied ¥Yank and French troops commanded :x ‘Wash- ington an‘ Rochambeau, aided greatly by the fightin’ sea craft of De Grasse, an’ where after one or two red-hot scrapfests. on October 19, #ame year, :.honte;.OOO t}l';l John Blllh.hflnl-llv hrowed up sponge an’ ‘his lard~ ship turned over his sticker to. thy tended, tions, Hennery Handford. will an’ set safl for Norfolk. Arrivin' at the seafood hawen the entire assembly will be slipped aboard fast-goin' elec- tric cars an' skooted over to Ocean City, where the whole bloomin' mess will be give a opportunity to wash in the ocean. All them refusin’ to accept the hospitality of the bathin’ excursion will re-imbark for Norfolk, where again th land, an’, barrin® any unforeseen trou- dle, will slip back to Washington, the first thing tomorrow mornin'! }hlel:e goes the last toot for dispatches, | strike at the Interstate Commerce Com- olks, STAR GOES TO YORKTOWN Merchants and Manufacturers, on bers of the Merchants and Manufac- Md., at 4:30 am. ciation, on their annual outing, reach Yorktown aboard the’ steamer Mid- land they will find The Sunday Star there before them. preas, in the ing, they will be placed in an auto- gobllt and taken to the air field. ne Star will go through the air. their copies o usuad. Try Using Bill for Trans- portation Amendments. She was sentenced to life imprison- ment at the Detroit house of correc- Yorktown covered an' chugch at- which is one of the regula- the jolty maruders. including then reship bills. Predictions were made last|ing the trial, enllapsed when the ver- night that this will open up a wide|dict was read. and it wae fifteen fleld of discussion, particularly with|minutes before sentence could be pro- regard to agricultural and transpor-)nounced. The jury was out one hour. tation questions. The rival factions| The woman was arrested May 18, are preparing for a bitter contest. a week after the disappearance of Reports that certain Senate elements|the Ernest boy from his home on lanned to use the meas: hic D el s aheasure which est side. His body was later Confession Mentions Friend . of Yictim’s Wife—Six Are’ Now Indicted. By the Avsociated Press BUFFALO, N. Y. June 15.—Salva- tore Cala, held here awaiting extra- dition 10 OpMEP added to the confes sion made to District Attorney’ Guy B. Moore that he took part in the killing of Daniel F. Kaber at Lake- wood two years ago. Cala said that when he and his companion entered the Kaber bome tto commit the murder he could hear voices in a roum adjoining the room where the victim stabbed to death. . Cala said_he did not know Mrs. Kaber, all his dealings having been with the woman “fortune teiler.” He added that he was slightly acquainte with @ man who, he be ed, was in- fatuated with Mrs. Kaber “i am ready for the electric chair.” Cala said. My only fear is about the future of my wife and children I am dead. In the last two y hair has turned gray from worry. 'm glad 1 was caught.” Search for Plsselli. CLEVELAND. June 1% that may reach across the has been started for Vittor of Cleveland, indicted with S land, by the coun’ for first-degrec m Kaber i his L ago was country Pisselly Detective lumbus today to obtain the n; papers from v, Harry L. Ohio. From Columbus “he will Albany. N. Y., where, Monday mor ing, he will present papers tu Gov Miller f6r Cala’s extradition and then go_to Buffalo for the prisoncr. Today's indictments followed pres- entation 1o the grand jury by County Prosecutor Edward C. Stanton and Detective Mooney of a signed cou- fession obtained from Cala in Buf- falo last night, and other evidence gathered by Mooney. The indictment of the two men to- day places the number now charged with first-degree murder of Kaber six, the other four being Mrs. Eva Catherine Kaber, widow we slain mun; Miss Marian McArdle, daughter rs. Mary Brickel, mother ol , and Mrs, Ermini Cola- vito. midwife and alleged poisoner, smphatic denial to parts of Calu's confession were made today by Miss McArdle wnd Mrs. Colavito. Gl Cala Was Arrested. Mra Kaber said she was ested in Cala’s confession no comment to make. She did suy she was glad Cala was arrested and that |the truth would come out in her com- {ing trial. Miss MeArdle said she had e but once 1 only met this man once, 11 did 80 then b use 1 {Mrs. Colavite might do wrm if 1 did not see him when she requested.” . Col d_she had nothing 1 murder and that frame her” i his |, Another development today was the {holding by Judge Maurice Bernon of | Urbano @i Corpo under a $7.000 bond aterial witness. He is alleged introduced Mrs. Kaber to Mre. Colavito. The three last pieces of silverware jtaken from the Kaber home. sup- jposedly by burglure. on the night the murder occurred were turned over to Prosccutor Stanton _today by the daughter of an East End fortune teller. The rest of the silverware was found in the fortune teller's, home several days ago. ————t HAWAII AND CANAL ZONE ,TO KEEP PRESENT FORCE ® Secretary Weeks Says Army Re- duction Will Not Affect Those Posts. BOSTON. June 18.—The forces on duty in Hawaii and in thé Canal Zone will be maintained at present strength, Secretary of War Weeks said here today, speaking on_reduc- tion in the standing Army. "He had | just left a_conference with Brig. Gen. Mark L. Hersey, acting commandant of the First Corps Area, regarding would provide reduced, seasonzl rates | the W suit|on coal as a vehicle for many funda- | found partly covered with weeds and committee will forfeit two bucks an’|mental transportation amendments, a = be entertained with a hose. including repeal of the so-called ratl. | CFUSh in an east side marsh. Physt After an elabarate sea dinner, for|road rate guarantee, caused om-usxnxl“’“"’ pronounced death due to which the famous summer resort is|forces to prepare for battle. strangulation. noted. what remains of the booster{ Members of the unofficial agricul-| The prosecution introduced testi- tural block ~of senators were said to be behind the amendment program. Besides pressing s proposal for repeal of the rate guarantee, it was Gee, | 5aid that other amendments would mony at the trial in an effort to show Mrs. Lewen took the boy from his home and killed him to avenge an slleged wrong in a business transac- tion with the lad's father, Frank W. will board the Mid- so Il have to say goo'bye!|mission’s power to regulate state What — g0 — proudly—we—hail This has been protested fr Aw'right, Mister Pilot, here it be! states. i I thank you, Another amendment reported i DOPEY DAN. prospect 1e for "reduction of” (reient | ALLIES CONFER ON WAY TO PEACE IN NEAR EAST prospect is for reduction of freight ucts. Reports of probable precipitation of general railroad legisiation into consideration of the Frelinghuysen program led opponents to consider obstructive measures. Among these, to be held in readiness tomorrow, was a motion to recommit the seasonal coal rate bill, and also the Frelinghuysen coal *“stabilization” measure, on_the ground that insufficient hearings have been held. Still another angle developed when several senators were said to hold that the proposed measures were not BY PLANE THIS MORNING Curzen and Briand Participate and Are Joined by Italian Envoy. Concessions to Turks. By'the Assoclated Press. PARIS, June 18.—The best wnd quickest way to prevent the impend- ing war between Greece and the Turkish nationalists occupied the en- Annual Outing, Will Be Greeted \y Home Papers. The Sunday Star will greet me turers’ Association, at Yorktown|sufficiently drastic. Efferts were i 5 t - ga.rly tol\'lly, after l:elng taken there | threatened to “put teeth” into the llifir}‘ml::g: tl’gnr‘;.‘::“h-?t{flg’nnmlx:r y an airplane leaving College Park, | bills. Briand, who held two conferences to- Coal organizations also were report- ed preparing vigorous opposition to the stabiligation measure, which would provide a measure of govern- ment supervision over the coal {ndus- ry. - day at the foreign office, Count Bonin- Longare, the Italian ambassador, par- ticipated in the afternoon conference. No decision was reached. but after an exchanpge of the latest information end views concerning the situatio, it was decided to meet again tomorrow morning, when suggestions of ‘the British government for bringing about peace in Asia Minor will be R omcial sta [ n offici statem ssued after the conferéuces lu.ll!‘lo reveal the suggestions ‘made by Lord Curzon, but it i8 understopd that these in- cluded the giving of all Anatolia to the Turks and making the vilayet of Smyrna autonomous. Should the Turks refuse this arrangement, it is declared that financial aid _will be given the Greeks in their offensive against the nationalls! The British foreign minister said that his government had been using every influence to bring abotit peace in the near east. [ ——— AMUNDSEN ASKS FUNDS. Explorer Wires Nofway for 300,- 000 Kroner to Refit Ship. CHRISTIANIA, June 18.—The storthing has received a telegram from Capt. Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer. The message. which ‘was sent from Nome, Alaska, requested that 300,000 kroner be furnished for refitting thé explorer's ship, the Maude, in order that he might continué his arctic expedition. CLEAR SKY BOLT KILLS. CHICAGO, June 18.—Lightning from a clear sky killed Charles Widen of Brookfield, Iils., ghfef traffic clerk of the Chicago, Burlington and. Quinoy Rafl¥ay, While he was standing in front of his home today. . His wife, who was at 3 window witnessed the thagedy. It was declared that the | ‘When the members of the asso- As soon as the papers come.off the hours of the morn- YALE HONORS DR. HADLEY. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Juné, 18.— President Arthur T. Hadley. upon re- tirement as head of Yale University, will be given the title of president emeritus, by vote of the corporation, it was announced tod; hundred copies of The Sunday At 7 o'clock this morning mem- aasociation are to get The Sunday Star, as Consumption Can Be Prevented d health and happiness increased by rruficlng.l H ..I\ . Rules which we can give you. e/ Heakh_ The déatporate from Consumption drops as public health improves, and the same rules that improve general health reduce the death rate from Consumption. In the District of Columbia the death rate from Cen: Q!on is now less than half what it was 15 years ago. Eo . ’Durin‘g these. 15 years we fought for public health and dis- tributed our 12 Health Rules on cards among Washington school children and their parents. Briefly they teach: L Avoid house dust and impure or close air, day and night. 2. Get alt the light and sunshine possible Inta your home. o «3. Drink plenty of pastewrized milk and cream. None raw. 4. 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Explaining that | economy was necessary as a résult fof recent congressional action; ihe Becretary discussed the effect of ‘the policy. s the Army exists today t'cqu- sists of approximately 220,000 Men,” {he sagd. “This number is to_be re- | duced to 150.000, of whom Lhobably 100,000 belong to the coast defense, the air, the chemical warfare and other similar and allied services, in- cluding its forces in Germany and in foreign possessions.” MOTOR RACE ACCIDENf FATAL TO ONE DRIVER Henry Williams, Philadelphia, Pinned Under Car When Strick- ler Machine Wrecked in Path. Special Dispatch to The Star, HAGERSTOWN, Md. June 15— Henry Williams of Philadelphia was fatally injured when his automobile crashed into that of William Striekler, Philadelphia. during the ten-mile automobile race before 5,000 people ion the Hagerstown fair grounds this afternoon. Strickler. who was leading the race lost control of his machine while turning a curve and crashed into the infleld fence. Williams, who was fol- lowing closely behind Strickler, could not get around the wreckage, and his car, after crashing Into the rear of fi:rrxlg'—:k!:f" mduchim-, overturned, pin- m underne; s skull wa ping him neath., His skull was Strickler and his mechanic from their machine and eenpes ai minor injuries. Both machines were on C w);;re ,:; d}.fii‘ mmgh:umy Hospital, owal ench, jr., of ceived several lacerations .fi;‘:‘»‘;?’;n’: body and arms when the front wheel of his motor cycle broke from the frame, crashing into the inside fence during the five-mile solo motor cycle Happy" Mears, Baltimore, who was recently defeated in that city for the state championship in motor cycle riding, was thrown from his machinc and injured when he was crowded against the fence in the ten-mile side- car motor cycle race. His injurios consisted of a sprained leg and lacer- ations. ‘Williams had been racing for some years and was holder of several cham- pionships for dirt track driviug. He was defeated by Strickler in the Deco- ration day events in Baltimore. —_—_— RUNS PLANE BY FOOT. Poulain of France Flies Solely by Humap Power in Test for Prize. PARIS, June 18.—Successful flight in an airplane operated by foot was unofficially credited today to Gabriel Poulain, the noted French bicycilst. The feat was accomplished in official tests for the Peugeot prize of a thou- sand francs to the first person to suc- ceed in leaving. the ground flying ten meters with only human power. Poulain is reported to have repeatedly fuMilled the- requiremests Ifor the a1 2 wE: