Evening Star Newspaper, November 26, 1921, Page 2

PRISONER INBOLL DASHFOR LIBERTY Breaks Away From Officers After Getting Five-Year Term—Recaptured. Sutton, twenty-four ye sentenced todgy by in Criminal s in the pen Albert S. old. was Justice MecCoy No. 1 to serve five yve tentiary. Sutton was convicted three others with shooting at Polic man Robert L. Coftron, April 2. when the policeman surprised th thy act of robbing the idence Rabbi on K north- west. The sentence is to begin after the expiration of a term of fifteen years imposed by the chief justice I spring following Sutton's conviction with others of holding up Mr. and H. A. Mervis near their gara i5th and T stree Attempts to Exenpe. Slipping his wrist free from the encircling handeuff as he wis beinig led to the van to be r Jail, Sutton made a break for liberty The van was at the west entranc the courthouse and the prisoner speeded ound the north side of the building and dashed cast on E street. Several deputies set out in hot purs one of them fired into the scare Sutton, without t. Marshal Joseph S prov best sprinter and ove caping prisoner at 3d He brought Sutton back to the house. he court the ch action and onme Justic the henc m in Silverstone street Deputy d - the mner taken into the 1 under the supposition that f justice might take summary it the bold attempt tor excap a few more years mpris- to the sentence. The chief howeve did not return and surrounded by d t Sutton was loaded into the v which proceeded on its way to Distriet jail ‘Threatens Revenge. As he was entering the van S turned and. glancing fiercel captor. remarked. I will get P the Sentence was deferred by the court until pext week as to Herbert Ruff. Otto Sevbold and Donald Kane. who were jointly convicted with Sutton on r which he received the Ruft the charge additional term of imprisonment. < also with Sutton in the Mervis case and is under sentence of seven Years and six mouths in that case. The court pointed out that in New York and some other states Sutton’ career wouhl have called forth a lif sentence, as an habitual criminal. Gets Three-Year Term The chief justice s son to the penitentiary for, three rs for breaking into the home of Annie ( sos May 10 last On similar - William H. Minor was ven a £ two rs in th penitentiary. He breke into the dwelling of John R. Gibson August ‘harles Burnhart and Arthur 3 were each sentenced to one year at Occoquan. Burnhart brok, into the store of W. R. Douglas August and Twyman stole an automobile belonging to Beasley May 28 last. AR S —_— ACCEPT COURT RULING. Christian Science Trustees Admit Authority of Church Directors. By the Associated Press. BOSTON. November tees of the Chrisi ing Society today 26.—The trus- ence Publish- notified the board of directors of the First Church of Christ. Scientist. the mother church, that v would accept as final the Massachusetts suprem that the directors have the trustees, They announced that they would co-operate with the d rectors in the appointment of thei successors. The statement was signed by Herbert W. Eustace. Lamont Row- lands and Paul I v Z The directors were informed in a separate letter that the trustees had received the resignations of Frederick Dixon as editor and John R. Watts as business manager of the Christian Science Monitor. K 1I‘(. K. PARADES IN DARK. ing Cross Lights Long Line 5I?lsflfflt White-;obEd Fi:m'es. ABILENE, Tex.. November With the town plunged in darl relieved only by the glow of a flam cross, Abilene citizens last night wi nessed the first parade of Ku Klux Klansmen in west Tex: Several hundred white-robed figures filed silently through long lanes of equally silent spectators. RETURN TO WORK. court ruling 26— e Striking Railwaymen Get Jobs Back on Probation. HOUSTON, Tex.. November 26— Six hundred trainmen on the Inter- national and Great Northern Railway, who walked out October 22, have re- turned to work under orders of the fed- eral court. The men go om a thirty- day probation. Officers said they could not state whether any of the men who took the strikers’ places would be retained. None of the new men in the local yards had been given permanent posi- tions, it was stated, and a number quit today. —_— SURVIVES BROKEN NECK. Virginiaa Has Left Hospital After folloxe Than Year's Treatment. ‘Special Dispatch to The Star. STAUNTON, Va. November 26.— Stuart Patterson of Raphine bas re- turned from a Baltimore hospital after more than a year of treatment, recov- ering from the effects of a broken neck. His recovery, which is not yet complete, is regarded as remarkable. Mr: Patterson suffered his injury in a dive at Bay Shore Park, July 4, 1920, having struck his head on a sunken pile off the park diving pler. He can now walk with the aid of crutches, and physicians have assured him that in another year he will re- gain the use of his limbs. el FATHER AND SON FREED. Slacks Acquitted at Third Trial of Murder of Doctor. BENTON, Tenn., November 26.—W. A. Slack and his son, Herbert Slack, charged with the killing of Dr. Riley Womack in a pistol and shotgun duel near Benton some months ago, were acquitted at_their third trial in cir- cuit court here. Both defendants were convicted at the first trial. but appealed to the supreme court, which remanded the case for new trial. The second trial resulted in a hung jurys According to the evidence, Womack was killed by Herbert Slack after the physician had exchanged | shots with his father. —_— DRESEL HAS SETBACK. Envoy to Berlin Threatened With Pneumonia. BERLIN, November 26.—The condi- tion of Eilis Loring Dresel, the Ameri- can charge d'affaires, whose iliness necessitated abandonment of the usual Thanksgiving reception, has taken a turn for the worse. Although there is safd to be a pessibility that pneumonia may develop, his present condition is Tot deseribed &b dangerous. rs Chief Division with of turned to the nt Amos Hen- | power over | Chief Interpreter With | The French Delegation LANDRU CONVETION DEMANDED OF1RY Attorneys Who Represent Heirs of Alleged Victims Make Vehement Pleas. By the Associated Press. VERSAILLES, November 26—Two attorneys representing the heirs of two of the eleven alleged victims of Henri Landru, on trial here for the murder of ten women and a boy, today repeatedly demanded the “blue- beard's” conviction in summing up the case before the jur The epithet “assassin” was hurled at tie prisoner more often during their summary than at any time throughout the three weeks of his trial. * “There sits the greatest and shrewdest criminal of all time.” de- clared one of the attorneys in_his addres; zens do your duty. Send him to the guillotine!” he shouted. Tentimony Henrd Yenterday. When the jurors left the courtroom at the adjournment of the session terday they had impressed on their nds the testimony given by Dr. ures, a prominent dentist, who was to the stand by the prosecution as one of its trump cards, The loose teeth, some of which were rtually intact. although some of them showed trace of contact with » were handed from juror Juror for examination, with the dental ex- pert repeating time and again ihat there was no doubt they once bes longed to human beings. The testi- mony made « great impression on the jury. MISS ETHI Of New Mixs White wax nlxo n terpreter at Versaillex during the con- ference and served In a ximilar fn-l pacity with the American Army over- seas during the war. She wan educat-} ed in Parix and spenks four lan- guages. Misx White come from mn old Knickerbocker family in New York, the Gildersleeves. ELEGATES SHOWV KEEN INTEREST IN .HARDING PROPOSAL Offuet Evidence Introduced. To offset the effect of it the defe brought up fifteen witne to show that Landru’s villa at Gambaic had remained unprotected for two weeks between the first and second searches of it by the police. This testimony. however, seemed to pass virtually un- noticed rosecutor Godefroy will address the jury Monday and M. Moro Giafferi, on behalf of the defense, will mak his pleadini Tuesday. It is probable that a verdict will he arrived at late Tues rly Wednesda ATTEMPT TO SALVAGE $4,000,000 CARGO FAILS powerful of the European nations are Inot included in the conferenc: i here are impre. d with th ability of dealing with particu- sups of problems at future inuch as the present Wa nference is being conducted. The suggestion now emanating from the White House for the establish- ment of an association of nations and for future conferences does not come as a complete surprise by any means. iln Harding's address wel- Lcoming the delegations at the open- ling of the Washington conference arly laid the way for discussion ich an association, without onc the name of “association of | { his pointed out at the his address. expectation among the fnr-’ ere today is that the Amer- Storm Destroys Tackle Preventing Raising of Merida, Sunk Ten Years Ago. President By the Associated Press, YEW YORK, November 25.—The third attempt to salvage the $4,000,- 000 gold and silver cargo of the Ward line steamer Merida, sunk ten years re pday is that the Amer] ago off the Virginia capes, has failed, o ssociation of nations will be de- | it was admitted today at the offices of veloped further by the I'resident and | the H. L. Gotham Corporation, which his spokesmen at the conference at an | finhinced the salvage expeditions. early date. Bad weather has been responsible FIVE BODIES IN LIFEBOAT |omciais of the emosine ram v PICKED UP BY FREIGHTER l..r | using wion jtime o At each attempt severe storms swept the scene of operations. carrying away the tackle and compelling the Ivagers to scurry to the nearest arbor for repairs. The project now has been abandoned until next spring at least. Ten years ago last May the Merida, bound “from Havana to New York, was struck in a fog by an American mail liner and a hole was ripped in the side of the Merida large enough to permit a tugboat to pass through. She sank in thirty-five fathoms of water. The passengers and crew were rescued, but the cargo went to the bottom. Four Men and Woman Believed to Have Been of Canadian 1 Ship’s Crew. By the Associnted Press. WATERTOWN, N. Y., November 26.— i\ Five bodies, four men and one woman. { { were found in a lifeboat ten miles south- { 3 of Stoney nt. Lake Ontario, night. by ew of the Isabella a laki victims are pposed Lo by of New York. a Canadian craft, left Oswego two days ago. BANDITS IN CITY’S HEART SEIZE $60,000 IN GEMS [ — REPORTS TO PRESIDENT. Secretary Hughes Details Work of Arms Conference. which By the Associated Press. Secretary of State Hughes made the regular daily report of the American Four Armed Men Enter St. Louis |2fmament conference delegates jo President Harding today, spending Refining Company Offices and |nearly an hour with the President. He refused to talk upon the discussion after leaving the executive offices, ex- cept to say that the armament con- Make Daylight Raid. By the Associated Press. & 4 Pres ference would have another- open ST. LOUL November 26.—Four a plenary session as buysiness V’\"fls armed bandits entered the office of | Botten ready for it. the St. Louis Refining Company in the —_— heart of the business district today and escaped with diamonds and jewels said by company officials to be valued at $60,000. The company assays Jjewels. 5 SCRAP WOODEN SHIPS. Ship Board Members Will Try Sal- vaging of Materials. $5,600 LOOT RECOVERED. Bandits Fatally Wound Paymaster and Abandon Monay. DETROIT,” November 26.-sThree Landits who yesterday afternoon shot and probably fatally wounded Robert Jackson, paymaster of the Detroit Glass and Malleable Iron Company, escaped with $5,600 in currency and NEWPORT NEWS, Va., November |later abandoned the money in a box 26— Shipping Board representatives | CAT 00 the Michigan railroad tracks. The money, taken from Jackson and his assistant, Daniel A~ Parent, in two satchels, was found rolled up in an old overcoat. Jackson, fifty-nine years old, was shot three times and at the hospital it was said he could not survive. Ac- cording to Parent the bandits fired upon them without warning. The bandits escaped. PRISONER_MAKES DAGGER Negrc Charged With Murder of Girl .Refuses to Comment. MOUNT HOLLY, N. J. November 25.—Loufs Lively, negro, who goes on trial next Tuesday on a charge of murdering little Matilda Russo, was detected in the act of making an im- provised dagger from a stolen piece of iron in his cell today, County De- tective Parker announced. 3 Lively refused to say what he planned to do with the Wweagon, which he was grinding into shape on the stone window ledge of his cell. Parker claimed Lively had threatened to_kill him. Lively was captured at Vineland last month after he had shot and bound one of the policemen who were trying to arrest him. RUNS AMUCK, SHOOTS FIVE Posse Out to Capture Man Reported on" Rampage. are at the Claremont wooden ship “boneyard” today to select five wood- en craft to scrap and salvage as an experiment. The board has been offered $2,000 each forthe ships, but believes it can realize a_greater sum by scrapping them. and the salvaging of five is an experiment. HOLD MANY STOWAWAYS. Jail Officials at Hampton Roads Anxious to Deport Prisoners. NEWPORT NEWS. Va, November 26.—There are twenty-five foreign stowaways in Hampton roads jails, twenty-one in Norfolk and four in this city. Jails in both places are full to overflowing and the.municipal au- thorities are anxious to deport the stowaways, but ships needing men are hard to find. The Shipping Board pays a dollar a day to the city for all stowaways held in jail. HOLD-UP MEN GET $20,000 One of Bandits Thought to Have Been Wounded. CHELSEA, Mass., November 26.— Four men held up an automobile from the National Shawmut Bank of Boston! LUNTSVILLE, Ala., November 25— here today and stole pay roll funds|Five men from the neighborhoods of £aid to amount to $20,000. They|New Market and Deposit are suffering escaped in an automobile with aiNew | with gunshot wounds at the hands of York registration number. William Becknell, who ran amuck yes- One of the men was thought to have | terday, near Deposit, and continued been wounded by a shot fired by the | his rampage today, according to re- bank messenger. iports reaching county authorities her ——————— Becknell has been surrounded in a RECE'VES DEATH THREAT_ swamp near New Market, just south of the Tennessee line, and his capture is momentarily expected. U. S. Consul at Juarez Gets Warn- Tk ing in Sacco-Vanzetti Case. A threat of death in the event of LEADER PREDICTS STRIKE. the execution of the two Italians, Does Not Believe Packing Em- Sacco and Vanzet:l, convicted of mur- ployes Will Accept Wage Cut. : WICHITA, Kans, November 26— der by a Massachussetts court, has % = 2 been received by John W. Dye, Amer- | WHILaM Lawrence, ecretary of the ican consul at Juares, Mexico, theNoat Cuttors and Butchers: Work State Department was advised today.|men of America, yesterday stated The threat was signed “The Com-|that in all likelihood every umnion em- mission for the Syndicate of Truck-|ployeof the Cudahy packing plant here men of the Port of Vera Cruz” and was dated November 8. The commu- would walk out next Thursday, nication from .Consul Dye.was merely’ , T er than accept wage reductions’ a a bare statement of .the receipt of the threat. agreed upon-in the plaut counctl sev- A" eral days ago. ' Between 600 and 709 men may strike, he announced. - ¥ | L D R e s e e i e Gt i IMPORTANT QUESTION TO PRESIDENT HARDING gz»«' Left to righ Mrn, He New York, and Mrx. Arthur D. Church of Boston, represcn f America, who called at the White Houxe to r Mothers' Awsocintion urge the Prenident to nid in axxinting 3 , both ing the Gold he mothers of America to visit the graves of their xonx in France at government expense. WORLD ASSOCIATION - | WAR FREE, U. S. AIM| ___(Continu function which affects the peace of | urope and indirectly the peace of the world. But since the Versailles league is so closely interwoven with the penalties growing out of a war, Mr. Harding believes that nations which did not participate in the last war .ould enter w new conference free from any previous connection with| European disputes. The feeling among the President's advisers is that the league of nations should be per- petuated for the benefit of Europe, but that its influence will always be regional, while the calling of a con-| ference as a sequel to the Hague| conferenc, be world-wide and bsolute ced from any par- ticular group of nations or their in- terests. Mr. Root has the idea that, movements for international co- | operation are necessarily slow and cannot proceed too rapidly, because they depend for success on universal agreement. Ord Some critics of the league of natlons the present administration contend rly Process Seen. in that it tried to accomplish too muci. Particular emphasis was laid therefore today in administration quarters on the language of Elihu Root when he sub- mitted to the Senate the Hague con- vention of 1907." He said: “The most valuable result of the con- ference of 1899 was that it made the work of the conference of 1907 possible. The nchievements of the two confer- ences justify the bellef that the world has entered upon an orderly process through which, step by step, in succes- sive conferences, each taking the work of its predecessor as a point of depart- ure, there may be continual progress toward making the practice of civilized nations conform to their peaceful pro- fessions. Anxious to Resume Task. The President is represented as anxious to take up the task of inter- national co-operation where it was broken in 1914. Now that Germany has been disarmed no objection is an- ticipated from that quarter. Mr. Harding wants Germany to be invited to the next conference. The Presi- dent feels, moreover. that when the question of armament is settled in Washington the main obstacle to in- ternational co-operation will have been removed. Secretary Hughes in his opening address recalled pointed- 1y the efforts of the Emperor of Rus- sia in connection with the first Hague conference. But expecting success on armament limitation, the United States government will take the lead- ership in bringing about not an inter- natfonal legislature with an upper and lower house like the council and the assembly of the league, but sim- ply international conferences which shall be in the nature of “get to- gether” meetings among the nations of the earth. (Copyright, 1921.) ENGLISH M. P. PREDICTS GENERAL ELECTION SOON Labor Leader Says Action Will Come on Other Than Irish Issues. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 25.—Prediction of an early general election, although he said the present was not a propi- tious time for it, was made by J. H. Thomas, member of parliament and labor leader, in an address at Derby yesterday. The election, he said, would be held on other issues be- sides that of Premler Lloyd George's Irish policy, which could be sed upon by the house of commons. His opposition to an election at this time was based on the possibility that it would affect the present trade re- vival. Mr. Thomas advocated cancellation of ‘war debts by the various nations to assist in the recovery of trade. First official Limitation of souvenir edition of one events. * In the newsdealer today, lor’ History Recorded Rotogravure Tomorrow’s Star. Order your copy of The Sunday Star from SUES EX-OFFICIALS FOR ACCOUNTING (Continued from First Page) torney General Erundage and his in- vestigators are said to have made an exhaustive search of all the treasury records relating to deposits and loans and interest earning. This law was in operation until the present measure, requiring the treas- urer to loan state money to the high- est and best bidder. became effective this year. Licut. Gov. t riing is defen n a_sult which alleges that $10,000,000 ¢ of state money, allesed to have been used by Treasurer Len Small and th late Senator Edward C. Curts for their own perso; profit, continued under the control of Curtis after Sterling, Small's successor, became treasurer. The bill alleges that shortly after Small became treasurer, in 1917, he entered into a scheme with Curtis to use large sums of state money for thelr own private gain. Small. at th expiration of his term. the bill cor tinues, removed from the treasurer’s office books and records relating to deposits, loans and interest earnings Alleged Plan to Control Immediately upon the comme of his term as treasurer Sterlin bill further alleges, became a part a plan through which the money continue under the that additional sums were to be turned over to him, and that the scheme was carried out. to the personal profit of ail in the alleged plot. Money thus handied was carried on the books in an account characterized as the “safe fund” in order stated. to conceal the real facts Curtis, according to the bill. issued pretended certificates of deposit in the “Grant Park Bank,” an institution which the prosecution declared did not exist. A large part of the money handled to s to through the arrangement invested in notes of Armour & Co. and Swift & Co., Chicago packers, and the bill charges that Curtis collected approxi- mately $2,000,000 interest from the packers. These particulars of the civil suits are similar to and cover the same charges made in the criminal cases pending against Small and Sterling and Vernon Curtis, who is a brother of Senator Curtis, whose death occurred i March, 1920. All of the bills charge that the five former treasurers made only two re- ports each on_interest earnings during their terms; that the interest accounts were not itemized but submitted in lump sums. - Collections Unaccounted For. Although Sterling’s aggregate inter- est return amounted to $996,121, the oniy available records, the bill contin- ues, show that he collected approxi- mately $500,000 from banks, and that the amount collected by Curtis from the packers was greatly in excess of the difference between the sums. The bill adds that interest unaccounted for exceeds $1,000,000. The bill against Gov. Small charges that Small, while treasurer, collected from the packers more than $1,000,000, reported only $450,010, unitemized, and that interest unaccounted for is ap- proximately $1,000,000. Bills against Russel. Ryan Mitchell contain substantially same general charges except as amounts. Inclusion of Ryan in civil cases car- ries the alleged treasury scandal across party lines. Ryan, a democrat, was treasurer during the first two years of the Dunne administration. All the other defendants in the crimi- nal and civil cases are republicans. SHOOTS SELF TO DEATH. Father of Man Who Posed as Presi- dent’s Kin Commits Suicide. CHICAGO, November 26.—Ephraim Harding, father of Everett Harding. who is serving a federal penitentiary sentence for representing himself as a cousin and confidential secreiary of President Harding. yesterday shot himselt fatally. He dled early last mnight. It is believed that Mr. Harding’s suicide was prompted by brooding over the acts of his son. and the to in Pictures. Xhotogfaph of the Conference on rmament in session, intimate photographs of the delegates, reproductions of Sir Philip A. de Laszlo’s famous portraits of Great Britain’s representatives—these form a veritable of the world’s historic Section of the supply is limited. control of Curtis; the bill | : i%lnotor of American relief work in THE EVENH}G‘ STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1921 PROMINENT GOLD STAR MOTHERS PRESENT FEELS UNGERTAIN OF IRISH SOLUTION Lord Chancellor Tells Mass isfactory Qutcome. By the Assaciated Pres TUNBRIDGE WELL ngland, No- vember 26—Lord Chancellor Bir- | kenhead, speaking at a mass meeting I here today d he could not confi- dently pr. that the Irish question would be satisfactorily solved. PROTEST WARFARE RENEWAL Press Raises Voice Against Re- sumption of Hostilities. By the Associnted Press. LONDON, Nevember 26.—A chorus of vigorous protest against renewal of warfare in Ireland in the event the present peace negotiations collapse sed by the morning newspapers, the meeting yesterda Lloyd George and Sir James Ulster premier. In this c ce the British cubinet chief former Sir James that Sinn Fein Ir land had refused to swear allegianc to the ccrown in return for an Ulster agreement to enter an all-Ireland parliament. The gravity of the situa- tion resulting fry refusal calls forth the references to a possible re- urrence of hostilities, “The Zovernment cannot engage in with the Irish nation if ple of Great Britain ar all be no war, Iy wx, adding. nant factor of the Premie Cralg, situation Urges Union Opppsition. The Duily b ald, the labor organ, say “A new war would outrage the morals of the whole world and would never receive the netion of the British people. The trades union and must resist to the erence to the arbi- labor movement utmost further re trament of force. The s are urged r to the “fense of an Irish nt. It serts that nothing but public opin- lon_can_accomplish this result | The Westminster Guzette it believes the British prople ‘quite determined not Ireland in the else in Ireland.” to fight anybody in interests of anvbody Find Little Comfort. Further developments are awaited with the k anxiety, the fews- papers gener: finding little comfort in the outlook bevond the fact taat ne- <till proceeding. gotiations are 2 development in the The next definit relieve the tension existing in U BOMB AT HOME WOUNDS Meeting of Doubt of Sat- | {pr i world-wide Argentina’s Chief Executive Refuses To Sit for Photos NOS AIRES, November 1. | nu 10 having hin picture taken = it ix waid | that ke howx pers! ntly refused to sit hefore a professicnal | photographer. Thix reputation ix confirmed hy the government organ, L Epoca, which takex an anti- ernment paper to taxk for nk that nt the instance of tments of the | nave an The in- the photo- for ation wax that zraphs were dixtributed politienl effect. “The entire xayx La Epo rexponsibility of ment in the matter, ountry knowns.” in denying the the govern- that the i BELGIUM T0 BACK CHIA' PROGRAY IMakes Reservation Only as to Time in Which to Ef-’ fect Changes. Belgium will support the Chiness declaration of principles before the arms and far eastern conferen Save for reservations as, to the length of time in whic all the changes p posed shall be carried into effect, 1 country of King Albert will stand solidly behind the program presented to the conference by the Chir dele- prexident of ihe republic, Dr. A Riade, Nnnn " | the mnny pletures of him which | |who yesterday voted in favor of the circulate there ix none that ean | (raq iU Vo, i tanteritariat be cnlled nuthentic, althoukh | | Fiohte in shina | nome snapshotx which he could i X | evant st aven. w1 Porition of the Bolgians | produce his features with more The position of the Belgians n 1 less perfect Thix every- bricf, is that China hould b | hody kn {sisted in becoming a self-governis | km % hisx simplicity an nation but that reforms should nance for thix sort pushed until the people of 1 | mibicion.” low republic are ready to assimi- e late them D A, Concerning the question of extra ALIEN POST OFFICES i the. opinion of nember of tH Belgian LEAVE CHINA UNDER AGREEMENT TERMS (Continued from First Page.) nd ac- importance ally believe insures progre complishment, increasing attached to its outcome result of the informally expressed hopes of President Harding that the conclave might lay the foundation for a continuing series of co with the aim of perpetuatin irternational accord. The I plan, which has been off a personal suggestion to some of the foreign delegates, who have generally approved it, w an out nding topic of discussion {p conference circles as the delegations convened this morn- ing for another committee session. Submission of the result of the ent negotiations for approval not only to the participating nations, but to those not represented here. includ- ing Germany und R was indi- {cated as a possible first step towird indorsement of the con- plan, that the ference to the end smalier governments might join with ituation, it is believed, will not_come l-:{nrp Mext Tuesday, when Sir James | the powers in future discussions af- will report to his parliament. On the | fecting the world situation Ec? same date the official correspondence | Put forward by no means & efinit T has. paseed between fhe various | Proposal at this stage. the : ations may be officially published | Offercd by the President was under- e, Although Sir James deciined to |3t00d to have embraced oA ake A etitement Jafter W s | nOr was there any indication that any Conforence. he intimated as he [covenant or_ constitution would be ! Belfakt that his report would Sl g A Iy 18 fillment eventually of Pre association of nat os ident Hard- ns idea. OFFICIAL OF LITHUANIA Minister of Finance Attacked for Proposal to Accept League's Vilna Settlement. By the Associated Press. KOMO, Lithuania Minister of Finance Galvanauskas was seriously wounded early this morning by thel explosion of a bomb which was thrown through a window of his resi- dence. The explosion occurred at 3 lo'clock and the minister's house and other buildings adjoining it were seri- ously damaged. The concussion shook the American consulate. The attempted assassination of the minister is believed to have been the outgrowth of the high fecling existing November 25— in Ljthunia over the government’s pro- posefi acceptance of the latgst plan of the league of nations for settling the dispute over Viina Army circles and a large mass of the population are against acceptance of the Iplan to create an autonomous Vilna icanton, which they consider would be i {surrender to Poland. The feeling of the people was heightened a week ago by a new Polish invasion of nine villages i Suwalka province. which is in the leagu. {of nations’ neutral zone. Lithuanian in {habitants of the places invaded have i reported outrages by Polish soldiers and | have asked the protection of the league commission. {DEPORTED FROM MEXICO .AS UNDESIRABLE ALIEN i Man Accused of Forging Names of ! A. M. Palmer and Senator Poin- dexter to Documents. By the Associated Press. NOGALES, Ariz. November 26— Hugh Newell, who is alleged to have forged the names of former Attorney General Palmer and Senator Miles Poindexter of Washirgton to certain important documents, according to { the police, is in the city jail here fol- lowing his deportation across the bor- ider by Mexican immigration officials {as an undesirable alien. Newell is said by the police to be wanted by (the sheriff at Oaklanf@, Calif. { Newell, in a statement, said that he was president and general manager of the New Ellen Potash and Chem- ical Company, capitalized at $1,500,- 000 and with headquarters in Oak- land. He said that he recently was taken from New York to Oakland to answer a charge of having passed a fictitious check. In Oakland, he said, he jumped his bail and went to Mex- ico to endeavor to get some money on land he owned there. When he was arrested in Mazatlan, he said, he was preparing to go to South Amer- ica, where he claimed to own a mil- lion acres of land. GETS COSTLY PAINTINGS. Private Collector Agquires Valuable Canvases in Germany. NEW YORK, November 26.—Two valuable paintings have been ac- quired through the F. Kleinberger galleries by a prominent private col- lector here, it was learned today. The paintings were owned in Germany jand are “The Savious,” by Albrecht Durer, and “The Rest on the Flight ! From Egypt.” by Quentin Matsys. i The Durer picture was painted in 1502 and was for over a century in the possession of the family of Eu- gene Felix of Leipzig. The Matsys is the fifth painting to come to New York from the celebrated Oppenheim collection. * It was owned by the late Baron Oppenheim of Cologne, whose collection was sold at auction during the war. The buyer was forced by reverses to sell it again. U. S. WOMEN IN RUSSIA. First of Sex to Join in Relief Work Go to Moscow. RIGA., November 24—The first American women to enter Russia under American Relief Administration auspices went to Moscow tonight. They are Miss Miriam West of Minne- apolis_and Mi Beulah Hurley of New Hope, Pa.- Recently these wom- en have been working with the American Quaker orkanization in Ger- | a ey now represent the ,q.uwnourw‘!im the American Relfef | Aaministration in Moscow. Mrs. William N. Haskell, wife of the ussis, has also gone to Moscow. for) a brief visit with her husband. ROCKVILLE. Md.,, November fact that Thanksi unfit for h ROCKVILLE, (Special).—The ing day weather wa ing undoubtedly prevented much game from being slaughtered in Montgomery county on that day. The clerk of the circuit court here has is sued something like four thousand hunters’ licenses this vear, and had the weather on Thursday been any- thing like favorable it is believed that a majority of those holding hunting permi would hav pent the d: in the fields and woods and that a result many hundreds of partridges, rabbits and squirrels would have met death. Rev. Millard F. Minnick, rector of Christ Episcopal Church, officiated ft after- today. as a| ithe marriage here Thursd noon of Miss Lena E. Bryan of Cleve- land. Ohio. and neis H. Salvador of Bryn Mawr, Pa., the ceremony tak- ing place at the rectory. Following his conviction by a jur: in the circuit court here on a charg of assaulting his neighbor, James G. Morris. several monihs ago, Claren Sands of Glen Echo. this county. w fined $25 and costs by Judge Edward C. Peter, the aggregate being Sands, according to the testimony took exception to a newspaper article concerning him, which, he thought. Morris inspired, and visited the home of Morris to talk the matter over. A controversy and the alleged assauit followed. Sands claimed that Morris was the aggressor. HYATTSVILLE. HYATTSVILLE, Md.. November (Special).—In the Washington poultry show, W. F. Wolf of Hyattsville has won three prizes. He had four en- trie: all in the White Wyandotte class. He won second prize for cock and third prizes for cockerel and pul- let. Mr. Wolf plans to exhibit at the poultry show in Baltimore in Decem- ber and later in Philadelphia Citizens of Hyattsville, Riverdale, Brentwood, College Park, Berwyn and nearby communities are reported aroused over conditions at the Hyatts- ville High School. Plaster is off in a number of rooms at the school, citi- zens state, and this condition cannot be remedied because of lack of funds, it is declared. Because of inability to obtain a janitor at the salary provided, $45 a month, Prof. Morris, principal, {has had to secure two boy students to look after the furnace and for other | quties: It is said that a salary of §75 a month is provided for a janitor at the Laurel High School, and patrons of the local school claim this institu- tion is not being taken care of proper- ly in this respect. Prof .Morris states that the school is «“full up.” He declares that the 240 pupils have taxeg the accommodations to the maximum? and that relief must be had by next year if the school is to take care of the natural increase in enrollment at that time. Something more than half the stu- dents are from Hyattsville, the rest coming from Berwyn, Riverdale, Brentwood. College Park and other points. Even Washington is repre- gented in the list of students, as well as points as far distant as Capitol Helghts. An illustrated lecture on the value of public parks, by Prof. W. R. Ballard of the University of Maryland, featured | 2 meeting of the Hyattsville Horticul- | tural Society last night in the parish | hall of Pinkney Memorial Church here. eg!udem(! of the Hyattsville High School have organized an orchestra | with about fifteen pieces. Miss Mil- dred Moore. a member of the faculty, is- directing the orchestra. The stu- dents have also formed a dramatic club, which is being directed by Mrs. Martha G. Temple of the facuilty. JOB STAYS IN FAMILY. Woman, Republican. Succeeds De- ceased Husband, Democrat. Special Dispatch to The Stai WINCHESTER, Va., November 26.— Mre. T. M. Conner, republican, has succeeded her deceased husband, a democrat, &s postmaster at Harpers Ferry, W. Va., her nomination having been confirmed by the Senate. Following Mr. Conner's death, an examination was held, and Leslie Duke, active democrat, was recom- mended for appointment. After he had spent several months getting a suitable buil@ing, he found that his nomination had not been confirmed. Mrs. Conner became a candidate and her nomination went through. the Chinese have den city for taking over dministration of justice by the they have made during the rs in drafting ¢ i But this officia hether the ors Judiciary s oped and bolition of tion of the suffi- o been s xpanded reign cour s committee make s Chinese n s the and estigation of system. Know Chinexe Situation. Members of the Belgian corps of conf ave hina, and of Waou iy e spei then: one form tha of ‘the Another is dot, head man of the Lung- ai railre These men know the temperment and rilities f the Chine sce. They believe Chin if given the proper encour and aid. will not be found wanting in an ability to administer her affuirs without aid of other mations piaye opment ne not pre of Ch mines ar ¥ improvements. but has been circulated freely on Chinese mortg The Belgians say that not one of their enterprises China his failed, and with this statement the ! ink a tribute to the honest of the Chinese people Announcement Not a Surprise. Todax's announcement. therefore, that Belgium is in sympathy with the Chinese statement, which _amounted virtually to a declaration of indepen- dence on the part of that country, and that she stands ready to do aer purt in assisting China to attain & higher as no sther UFE OF TROTSKY ONE OF LUKCRY Has Best in Land to Eat and Uses Ex-Czar’s Seats at Theater. BY HAL Special ¢ in the urpr conference terhood of caine e 1o the members of 1l delegations. e O'’FLAHERTY. The Star and Chivnz) rrespond HELSINGFOF riand, November L—Leon Trotsky, once a poor editor in Pittsburgh. Pa.. now military dic- tator of the soviet republic of Rus- leads a_life of simplicity and his Moscow palace. From a source in Ru 1 e heard the details of Trotsky's daily life, whic although well guarded. seems tu none too safe. In that part of Moscow Known as Volkhonka the military dictator has a_big house, formerly the resider of a well known Russian. It is sur rounded by stone walls and the gate is_continually guarded by sentries. who allow no one to pass without written permission, except Trotsky's personal friends and chiefs of the soviet government. One of the guards at the gate escorts each visitor to the reception room of Trotsky s apartment, where his identification turned over to a member staff_of the revolu- v committee. After the papers been closely scrutinized th: are confirmed by telcphone messages to the place from which they were issued. The visitor is then searched for firearms or other weapons. Trailed by Secret Service Mes Gen. Baltiski, Trotsky's closest sonal friend, comes to him daily occasionally’ goes with him on long through the city and rotsky's day begins at in the morning. when he es and goes through a series of exercises. At § o'clock he has tea and a cold breakfast, alone, and half an hour later drives out in an_open motor car, with four guards. During this half-hour daily drive Trotsky's car is followed by another bearing members of the soviet secret police, who never let their chieftain out of their sight. The sroute of the drive is changed every day. Upon his return from the drive Trotsky usually visits one of the bai- racks near his home and speaks to the soldiers for ten or fifteen minutes This part of his daily life seems to absorb him most. He never tires of haranguing the men. telling them how necessary they are to the revo- lutionary cause. The next part of his apers are Keneral nd ri gymnastic i program carries him to the Kremlin or to meetings of the military com- mittees. , The principal meal in Trotsky's day is at 1 o'clock, at which time he usually calls in some of his friends He is reputed tohave one of the best tables in Moscow. His chef was for- merly in charge of the kitchens of the Donon restaurant in Petrograd. one of the most noted in the former Rus- sian capital. The dinner is always followed by coffee, cigars and liquors in the stud) During the ensuing hour of conve tion many movements affecting the whole course of events in Russia are outlined. Except during these periods of after-dinner conversation, Trotsky never sits while receiving visitors, but remains standing and does not ask his visitors to sit Between 7 and 8 o'clock in the eve- ning Trotzky receives the reports of various military commissars, and if this work is finished in time he dresses in his half English, half Russian uni- form and goes to a political meeting or to a theater. In the places of amusement Trotzky always occupies the czar's loge. ‘Wherever he goes he insists upon maintaining communication by tele- phone with his home. A special wire is maintained for him in theaters and public halls. In his home he has pri- vate telephone systems connecting with the chief centers and his own telegraph station, from which he can get into touch with any part of the country immediately. CHI PHI ATLANTA, Ga., November 26— Several hundred members of the Chi Phi Fraternity are here for the ninety- vem.a annual congress of the ors ganization. ight, following a day devoted to busin nd the annual banguet MEET. business a: the evening. The meetings will dalo‘ v B