Evening Star Newspaper, March 6, 1922, Page 2

4 g 9 CONDUA Break-Sculd Not Be: Repé?red im Several Days;- He- Declares. To the Btitor uf The Sters I have read with much int . various articles In The Stav of Peb- ruary 27. March 1 end I; respectively; and all that has been seid rezwrding the conditions surrounding the water supply to this city is withort doubt true, and thero are stiil more danger- vus‘conditions thet way: be exneated in the-event of a'break in the sque- duct. There 1s only one exception that T make tu the statement mude-relative to making the repairs and restoring the aqueduct for safe operstion. As a practical construeting engineer. | do not belfeve that the water service could be restored within a-pertod of 1wo to four days if & serlous-break should occur ulong one of the many weak points. It may seem ridiculows, hut as an engineer of cxperience amd- With a family to care for in my home here 1 have:provided a-barrel of water i my cellar since the. war started in | Europe. Sees More Than Oue Brenk. I Knowing Low easy 1t would be for| A dangerous person to put the aque- duct out of service riod of ten days to two weeks, I have felt it my duty to provide drinking water for a period of two wesks (o guard against such an event. Assum-. ing a break at any of the hundred or more weak points along.the aque- duet, with the resisiance removed by the: break, tha increased velocity-of the witer would so damage the- base: as well as_the eniire embankment along the side, that one can plinly ses the impossibie task to replace-the service .in a few days, amnd' usually this first break and the. inereased velocity of the water through the: duct, would reswit In® sinvilar breaks simultaneously above-the first point. Consider the transportation of ma- terials at the point along” this very fsolated roadwey beyond. the Dale- carlia reservoir and how difficult it would be to deliver material over the first break in order to reach a break beyond it. In the winter 21l steam heating: plants in the city would have to shut down within one to five hours and all hot-water heating: plants for resi- dences, etc., would have to shut down wilkin six days, and the very serious consiition after a. period of sevem tu ten. days the water in the various plumbing: fixtures (traps) of all resi- dences- would possibly be evaporated and-the vent stacks attached to the plumbing system being cold’ and the| general sewerage system of the city onnected therewith would change ail residences into sewer gas tanks, and this' is just what happens in a.small way when . the family returns home in the fall (after closing up_their | residence during the summer) and within a few days. calling in the doctor, whose diagnosis® is that the fever is the result of the conditions prevailing at the mountains or sea- shore. Advice to Preveat Diseane: In the event of a water famine all | occupants of houses should apply a half a cupful of calctum of chloride in the drain of efery plumbing fix- ture and three times this amount in every toilet or closet, s well as cess- poold in the various areas or'in a cesspool, should it unfortunately be- in the cellar. and this by all means r I i } should be done at any time the family | that type of loan does not, in thei him to make reapplication for first | over Russia’s demorallzed rail sy }opinion of our offfcials, help to build! should close up the home for a pe- riodzot one week or more, as the cal ciumi: of chloride will prevent the evaporation of the water-for a-period of at least three months. Bngineers use calcium of chleride for this:pur- pose:in connection with refrigtration, and it has been practical amd: suec- cessful for many Years. Use half a pint of. keroseme: to every cesspool surrounding the premises or in the cellar; should there be one, during’ the" month of| Septemper, and it will positively re| move the dangerous mosquito. | In addition to the appropriation for | & new and additional aqueduct suffi- cient funds should be immediately available to install motor-driven cen- trifugal pumps at the river mear the Delearlta reservoir. This macHinery ! not less than 25 per cent capacity} of the present service and to be of temporary construction; wired up to the Capital Traction power house at] tieorgetown, as an auxiliary pending.i the completion of the proposed new!debt to the United States, the twoi agueduct during a period Iive years. Stampede for Water. It is doubtful whether the sur-} rounding military would be able to! check the advance of the stampeds, | with women and children and men | behind them making their exit} through every boulevard or road, as | well s the raiiroad stations. ‘The{ city of Baltimore would be the mear- est possible relief. Of course, people could go to the Potomac river and obtain water hurriedly in ash cans or other recep- taeles and boil the same; it could be used: just as well as millions do in China this present day, but then you would not have water for heating or sanitary purposes. The writer had charge of the “Ar- limgton hole” for a period of four /years and really bought up most of the heavy timbers in this city during; that time in order to prevenmt the streets surrounding same from fall- ing in, and also used quite u good bit of hydraulic cement. and.it is this material which they would have to appl¥ to restore such serious brukn] and it may be doubtful whether such matertal is at hana. i Proper Guard Urged. i The conditions of the exposed ague | duct supplying water to a: city of! almost half a million should be prop- erly guarded and the conduit between Washington and Great Falls should not have less than twelve motor cyc! armed guards-divided up in'a distriet of three miles each, allowing six to & watch force, and in every district of three miles a patrol cailing sta- tion: should be installed’ with' con- neetions to the captain of the wateh' in order that he may know that a guard has passed over every portion| of this aqueduct every half hour | Thiy: is certainly not exopbitant’ ex- pense to guard’ against fire and all | the other dangerous comditions set| forth for the proper protectiom of theeity and its people. It seems that these statements properly placed before thie various congressional committees would re- cefv- consideration, and’ I do not doubt that both houses of Congress would take drastic action to remedy the trouble. THOS: W. POWER. WOMAN. HELD, IN JAiL.. Alléged BEmbezzler of Town Fuada; [ Awaits Arraignment. H GREENFIELD. Mass., March %— of three tof i 1 i . Miss! Elizabeth Kenney arrived Bere-|)| fromy Ware, Mass., in charge of' Sigte Detgrtive Edward ¥. O'Neil and Thwn urer Warren J. Wright Northfield. She is alleged to lmve stolen $15,000 of town funds acting in the dual capacity of hoyise- Leeper and bookkeeper for the (own “Apeasurer. ; Sfie was removed to the Grees Suitto await arraignment in dis court today. e MURDER TRIAL BEGINS} trial of Benjamiu Hetsert colored, charged with. first: murder in connection with- the Young, eld ct xml’- epvee death of his wife, Genevie last Jamuary jury in Criminal- Court’ Na. 1. It Iw alleged: the police tiat Young " and killed his wife ‘near l4th: and T ;;m- soon' after leAving their ot 1680 T of {f hite | To Have Leading Role i In Coming School Play: |fled tn federal dourt against i~ gk OSCAR M. SHAW, Colomel of ' the Washingt: Sehool Cadets, who will' be- reyaem- | bered for hin- interpretation- of the role of Monsleur Beawcaire' in th Tech wpring: piny of last' year, playw he-part of Francois: Villon; the lend o “If7 1 Were Kinm?” which will Riven thiwyenr by the- MeKinley Mane ual Training Sehool Three performances: will be: given n the- Central High S 1 nudite- md 25, U. S.. THINKS EURCPE MUST SPEND LOANS ONLY PRODUCTIVELY. (Continued from First P: other day a significent statement was issued’calling upon American bankers to be mrore careful about committing themselves to foreign loans. Most of the larger banking syndicates, the White House says, have been play- ing ball’ with the American govern- ment and submitting the loan pro- posals in advance; partment of State could express ob- jections if it desired. But certa banking groups. the names of whicl for the present are withheld, have not been co-operating. Certain for- eign bonds have been offered at at- tractive interest rates, which, apart from their effect on America’s own interest rates, parglcularly in govern- ment refunding operations, have gone for what is known as non-productive purposes. There have been loans, on the oth- er hand, like the recent Belgian loan of 325,000,000, which was of the type that the United States likes to en- courage. The money was lent to a group of Belgian manufacturers. who bought raw materials from the United States and paid.for it with the money that had been borrowed here. raw materials were manufactured in Belgium into_ railway _equipment which went to Rumania. Thus Amer= lican factories were helped, American investors applied their money use- fully and the Rumanian railways. so vital to the upbuilding of central Europe, were directly benefited. Wreng Kind of Loan. But when a foreign group. espe- cially a municipality or government. seeks moncy simply‘to pay deficits or to-pay bills to munition contractors. up Europe. The United; States govarnment ad- mits that it “cannot require bankers to comsult it,” nor will the Depart- ment of Stater pass upon the inerits of forelgn loams as a busin prop osition or assume any respos i whatever in comnection with the loan proposition, bigt the government here does beliéve that “in view of the po sible national interests involved it should have the opportunity of say ing to the underwriters concerne: should it appear advisable to do s that there-is or is not objection to any particular ssue.” America’s powers in the struotion era of the world exercised for the econom! this country as well as rope, and while it Is denied that there any connection between the policy just cnunciated and Europe’s reductance to pay interest on her ten hillion war recon- e to Le are inevitably related. The constant warning to Europe that sound finance alone will deserve American co- operation is-expected to bring results, #low moving as some of the foreign nations may be 1o grasp the fact that America is really trying to help Europe help hersel (Copyrigiet, 1022.) HAM ASSERTS: FARE FORBIDS NEW: LINES (Continued from First Page.) construction will be- completed in No- vember of this vean Mr. Clayton oppased the extension on the contention that the utilities law says the commission may order only those extemnsions which promise to be reasonably compensatory within a reasonable time. Mr: Clayton called attemtion.to Mr. Ham's testimony that the proposed.trackage would be a los ing proposition. He cited the decision of the com- misston a few months ago against an extension of gas-mains into, the Con- @uit road section, where the 'gas com- pany argued thie proposed new mains would not be reasonably compensa- tory. EXPLOSIVE EXPERT DIES. Dr. Scheele, Interned at Atlanta, | Freed. When He Aided U. S. HACKENSACK., N. J., March 6.—Dr. | Walter T. Scheele, sixty-two, an ex- | Court; plosive expert, died here last night of pneumonia. Dr. Scheele was interned in Atlanta penintentiary during the war, and is said to have been paroled after he had presented two Inventions to this government, one of them a safe means of transporting TNT. He was one of the experts called in to make a report on_the Wall street homb explosion. Dr. Scheele' applied for citizenship papers-two weeks ago. NOONDA' LENTEN SERVIECES B: F. KEEITH'S THEATER 12:30 to 1 o’clock . Speaker Wednssday, Representative A. W. Barkley Conducted: by Rev. Chavles Weod 3, began todaw before -1l et epiiy o hon | FHm. omsike eventng of Warel 5. 241 so_that the De-| * The | benefit o | IMBRE STOCK BROKERS | & Wall and 1. B. Mullins & Co. | Etting & Wall held member#hip in the Counsolldated Btock Exdhange, while 1. B. Mullina & Co. Was. an “outalde” house with no exchange conrcotion, No estimate of liabllities and an- sets: was made in either petifjon. MONTREAL. —Dunn ' & Co.. stock brokers, anupunged - an assignment today for the. benefit of ereditors. The firm was of the smaller Montreal houses, andihad- no stock exchange- conunection. STATUE OF JEANNE DPARC APPROVED IN HOUSE BILL. Measure Authorizes ErectingsMe- morial on Public Ground Here: Teh House today passeditwo bills from the library committee, one of which grants authority to. comtinue oh Red Cross head- #ty until the end calendar year: the uthorization for the : grounds in the to Jeanne American quarters in this of the present other provides erection on pul District of & a j ot tu memorial r The time limit on ihe Red Crosse buildings was May 22, 1920. These temporary buildings, Representative (iould of New York, Chalrman of the library committce, pointed out, are still required by thew American Red. Cross, but the conwmittee belleves that instead of granting.authority for an indefinite extensiom of time that the limit of December:31, 1522, should be set. In regard to the resolution for- set- ting up the Jeanne d’Arc statue, & re- port from the Fine Arts Commission was submitted by Chairman_Gould, which explains that June 27, 1918, Senator Gallinger introduced, a.joint Tesolution authorizing a New York society of French women 1o erect such a statue. This society now: pro- poses to erect a copy of the eques- trian statue of Jeanne d'Arc by Paul Dubols, the orlginal of which sur- vived the destruction of Rheims. {PRIEST BAOLY BEATEN, - TARRED AND FEATHERED I Clergyman Says Pro-German Ac- cusations During War Caused Texas Assault. AMARILLO. Tex.. March 6—J. G. Kelier. Catholic priest at"Slaton. who was seized by masked men at that town Saturday night and beaten, tarred and feathered, authorized the statement here today that the in- icident was the climax: of sentfment: jdue to pro-German accusations { against him during the world war. He said he was denied final citizen- hip papers in federal court at | Amarillo in June, 1921. on.the ground that he had registered as a German ! cubjeet after taking out his first naturalisation papers. Keller, who was ordered to leave Slaton, said the court had instructed papers and:to go _through the entire proeceeding. again, but that he had not had sufficient time to do this. He said ! he was en route to Dala i The masked band is. repo: { have comprised both Catholics ai Protestants of Slaton. A mass meet- ing held at Slaton vesterday adopted { resolutions declaring the attack on the priest was- not dirccted at the - Catholics, NO STRINGS. TO. LOAN. Agreement of U. S. With Liberia Not Extension of Authority. There is nothing in the terms of the agreement under which the United States will loan $5,000.000 fo Liberia which would serve to extend American authority over that®coun- try, officials here declared today when their attention was called to press dispatches from [Paris charging that Liberia: would be virtually made an American colony. The proposed loan, it was pointed out. would be used largely to repay advances made by French and British flnanciers. | RICCI' TO' REMAIN' HERE. \ | New Italian Cabinet Urges Him to Continue as Awmbassador. Senator Vittorio Rolandi Ricci will continue as Italian ambassador to America. notwithstanding the recent change in the home government. In conformity with diplomatic eti. quette the ambassador tendered his resignation as soon aw the new gov- ernment assumed office. He has just 10 nd r | received a joint message from Pre- | | mier Pacta” and Foreign Minister Schanzer. speaking in the name" of the: whole new cabinet of Italy, cor- dially urging him to remain at his post. EXEMPTED BY COURT. !D. C. Not Liable.for Negligence- of | Asylum Hospital Employes. | The District of Columbia. is not liable for negligence of its emploves | at the Washington Asylum Hospital. { The District Court of Appeals, in an/ opinion by Chisf Justice Smyth, today declared that in conducting the hos- Dital the District i exercising. a gov- ernmental function and is relieved. of. liability. The court accordingly affirrped deetsion. of the District Supreme: which had’ sustained' a de- murrer by Corporation Counsel Ste- phens to a suit for damages brought | against the District by Adolphus Jomes for the death of his wife: Mrs. Jones was_a patlent in. the psyco- pathic: ward of the- hospital for men- tal observation and committed sui cide by hanging: The husband claim- od the attendants were negligent in not preventing. tire saictder AFFIRMS GAS: DECISION. Supreme: Court Upholds Tower Court in. New York. The Supreme: Court todsy: afirméd decrees of lower rts holding that statutory rates of $0' cents maintained for gas in New York city in 1918 and 1919\ were: confiscatory. The court's decision was. given in. the cases | brought by the public service com-| | mission: of ‘New TYork agminst the New York: and Queens. Gas Com /| and. the- Kings-County Lighting: Com- pany. i P The Consolidated, the Kings County Lighting, the New" York amd’ Quee: and Brooklyn Union gasy compamni, contendéd the statutory §0-cent rato. confiscatory, during 1918. and’ 1918; | and’ after am inventory of’ their prop= /| erty and’ a’ report” by special masters. Tnited Stwtes district court; New. || York city, declared it voidl = | NEW YORE, March 6.—Stock the Consolidated. Gas Company'. ad- the: (he use of the temporary buildings | |BIDS FOR LEASES REFU their opersting: expemses: the)| d ced 335 nts: om: the stock ex- |3 Sne tosiagy, desmites tho. Tieavi , S | WASHINGTON IS CHOSEN. ARE FORCED: TO QAT Two: Additionat Failures Biug¥To- tal of “Casualties” Upnto Fifty in New York. By the.Asnoviated Press. NEW YORK, March 6.—The. list of stock brokerage house <casualtl touched the fifty mark today-veheif in- voluntary bankruptcy. petitions were |Ettng |setected for Wext: Gomventton ot Better Business Bureau: ‘Washington has been selected for: the next conference-of the: Better. Busi- ness. Bureau of the: United States In connection with the national vigilance committee, of the Axsociated Adver. tising: Clube-of the World, it has-just Veen announced. The conférence will be-held here mext: Septemiber with: mil [0f the buremu cities thioushout' the country represented. F: X: Whotley; directorsof the- Wash- Ington : Better Business Bureau, who is also representative of the Asso- clated Advertisinge Chibs of the World, “extended the- imvitation to meet in Washington: CITY CLUB: IS GENTER FOR EDUCATIONAL GESSIP President Graham Points Out That It: Is- Not an Explusive Club. A short address by.F.j C. Graham, i president of the City Club, featured the meeting yesterday Of the team I workers: who are endeasiring: to add { 600 mew- names- to the club's roster, a3 authorized by the bomrd of gov- ernora. The president puinted out that ther City Club 18- not merely u social club, but is an educational cen- ter for the. unblased discussion o local, mnational, and International problems. He emphasised that the City Club is: mot an: exclusive olub, but an fnclusive- club, orgamized to promote civic development ,und clvic pride. He called attention to & re- ent action of the board of governors | which will permit the reinstatemgnt lof former members: upon the pay-) ment of a fee of $33. i Two hundred and thirty-five applica- {tlons were reported at the- meeting. | The team captained by Thomas LS. Jar- rell continues in the.lead, with thirty- eight applications; James R. Mays and C. H. Pardoe are still tied for seeond place, with twenty-three members. Jamen R.. Wheeler took third place, 'with a score of twenty-one applications, crowding Charles F. Cramne into fourth pléce, his record being. nineteen appli- catious. The standing of the teams 10 date ! Jarrell, 38; Pardoe, 23: Mays, 23; ‘Wheeler, 21; Crane, 19; Withers, 18 Clagett, 17; Whitehurst, 12; Baker, 12; Kaufman, 12} Neuhauser, 11; Planking- ton, 9; Ferguson, 7; Fanciulll, 7, ana! Potter, 6. The captains will meet with F. P./ Wilcox each day next week. LACK OF TRANSPORTATION: SEEN- AS RUSSIAN EVIL Secretary Hoover Blames Demoral- ization of Rolling Stock for Starvation. Likening the transportation facili- tles of Russia to the neck of a bottle, Seceretary Hoover said today that the number of persons whe will die of starvation in that country is almost wholly dependent on the Russian rail- now transporting grain for the American Relief Administration, i Lack of equipment, bad management | and general demoraiization of rolling | stock and equipment caused al- | most complete breakdown of tr: ! portation facilities in Russia, the | retary said. | During the past thirty days 100,000 tons of seed wheat and foodstuffs i have been delivered to seven different | ports in the Baltic and Black seas under the direction of the American | Reliet Administration. ~Awainst this llarge shipment of foodstuffs but ,000 tons have been transported tem. ~ From 120,000 to 140.000 additionai | tons of foodstuffs, Mr. Hoover said, will be dellvered it these ports dur- [ins_ the next thirty dave. and the | prospects are that shipments will {continue to pile up at ports with very | i1ittle chance of Russian railroads be- | ing able to transport to the famine ( area much more than the I shipped during the last th 3 {The largest shipment into the fami area in one day was 1,400 ton { Normally the R n_railroads to this region should -1 jport 20,000 tons, Mr. H { SED| Hoover said. Proposals for Indian Reservation | Lead and Zinc Mines Rejected. | Rejeetion of the bids of the Pltcher | Lead and Zino Company:, and of {and zinc mines on the Quapaw Indian Teservation, Ottawa county, Okl was announced today by Commis. sioner of Indian Affairs Burke. Tn making the announcement, Com- missioner Burke said that negotia- tions weuld be- opened’ direct at the agency of the reservation with indi- ividual. operators of the various imines, who have been operating { under’ leases. from Fullerton & Beck {and the Pitcher concern,.for the pur- pore of leasing to then under origi- nal. plans. FREIGHT RATES CUT. I C. C. Orders Reduction in South- ern Fields. Reduction in the freight rates on petroleum and petroleum products from the Burkburnett and Ranger flelds in Texas: to points in the Mis- sissipni. valley and midcontinent areas was ordered today by the In- terstate. Commerce Commission. The commission in its decislon re- jfused to grant the claims of the oil iproducers_ for identical rates out of ithe two flelds and left the general ‘rate structure showing ranger rates slightly above: the Burkburnett rates. ’ RULES AGAINST PLAINTIFF IUmu't Holds C. H. Evans Failed to |_ Show Wedding to Ellen Allen. i Justice Robb of the Court of Ap-| Evaengdid not'show that he was either | ! s today held that CHarles H.| 2| ceremonially married to Ellen Allen or that’ there' was a common-law mar- riage hbetween them, and affirmed the lower court, which: dismissed Evans”| suit against: Mergaret' Mannix Neu- mann, John Mannix and: Fredericka: Neumann, heirs-at-law of Hllan Al- lem, for part of lestatrix’s property as Joint owner. - The testatrix died:in this city Jan- uary 17, 1919; leaving a large amount of’ real) estate property and:personal property; estimated at $3,000. By her will; dnted' August' 2, 1918; she made| certain bequests: to her two childrem and’ dbvised: the residue to the Wash- ington Lioan and: Trust Company in trust for the benefit of her four grandchildren: Evans filed'suit alleging:that he amd' the- Allen woman ' ent: ' into an ante-nuptial agreement wherein she agreed in consideration of* tireir- be- |- coming united in marriage that he and: shies were tite- joint owners: of all' ‘her. rty. THe court held that tiere was no proof’ either of’a cere- monial: marriage or that there had existed a. common-law marriage: be- tween. them, and that the plaintiff failed to establish hisicase. | FAVORED' BY COMMITTEE. | U. S.Tatin American Commercial Traveler Treaties Approved.- resoluticn. giving. effect to com- mercial traveler treaties between: the ‘Chited States and Uruguay; Guatemals, uela: was: Com- jor: Fullerton & Beck, for leases of lead | {de erendum and 90 TRAFFIC ARRESTS: ' [GOURT CLEARS THE WAY [Guatemala's New Ghief Sullivan Reports Besult of Two- Day Drive on Violators. Maj. Daniel Sullivan, superintendent (of police, this; morning reported to Commissioner’ James F. Oyster, who has supervision of the police” force, that ninety arrests for violations of the traflic laws, thirty-three-of them for speeding, were made during the forty-eight hours ended at 8§ o'clock this' merning. * Fortysfive arrests for Intoxication were recorded, and twenty-three ar- vere made for violations of sections of the liquor law. Nine ts for mlleged violations of the gambling laws were made: MR. AND MRS. ROGERS ENTERTAIN FOR CHARITY ‘War Workers- Sing and Becite for _Soldier Welfare Funds. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Rogers, who brought happiness and cheer to thousands of soldiers, sailors and marines in France during the winter of 1917 and 1918, demonstrated their abllity as entertainers: in a concert before an audlence that crowded tlie large ballroom of the New Willard Hotel yesterday afternoon. The con- cert was presented under the auspices of the Women's: Overseas Bervice Lengue, Washington chapter, and the proceeds rre to be used' in continuing welfare work: among the-convalescent and disabled soldlers of Mt Alto Walter Reed and St. Elizabeth's hospitals. In Mr. Rogers the audience heard a.! Daritone who has wen fame both in this country and abrosd. singing grandl opera or songs of th: doughboy class, Mr. Rogers put “something” in his rendition brought prolonged expressions of approval. Two groups of songs, by English and American composers, and embracing nearly every type and style enjoyed by the public, were presented by Mr. Rogers; and of the fourteen he sang it is difficult to select any one as standing out before the others. However, in “Duna,” by McGill, the singer appeared to reach his height of expression and inter- pretation. As an encore Mr. Rogers sang “Rolling “Down to Ri Miss Lucy Breckenstien of Washington accompanied the baritone. Mrs. Rogers opened her program ith a recitation of R. W. Service's “Tipperary Days,” and followed with a pleasing presentation in perfect Canadlan-French, if there is suc thing, of “The Notaire Publlqu H. Drummond. Then came th an Italian trying to tell. in 1ish, of his terrible predicament of “Between Two Lov by T. A. Daly. The Return,” written by Mrs. Rogers, picturing the meeting of a French war widow with an Amer- fcan Army caplain and his wife, whom she had known during the was likew As an encore Mrs. Rogers recited “Lest We Forget,” by Eisie Ja Following this group. Mrs. Rogers gave the most pleasi art of her program—three character sketches, “The Country Be wail Engl the F rench it later proved uUnnecessary Rogers to have usked her hearers to imagine the setting atteading such !kA\l‘f‘-h Rogers is president of the Sol- s and Sailors’ Club of New York vice president of the Soldiers’ Rest Convalescent Home [ - and marines and a member committee of Ne U we forget of were rles Evans Weeks, Miss A. Lejeune, Mrs, terday Calvin Coolidge, Mis. € John W Mabel B n. Mrs. J. Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Anderson and many ‘othe TRIAL OF MRS. BAGGETT OPENS AT ALEXANDRIA Only a Few Witnesses Heard This Morning in Action Brought by T. J. Wright. Special Dispatch to The Star, ALE! DRIA, March taking of testimony in the Mrs. Mary L. Baggett., charged in a jssued at the instance of Wright of Washington cing an alleged false affidavic residence of Mr Isabel ined a divorce froin him in Alexand was begun this morning at 11 o'cloek befo: Civid Police Justice Frederick D. warrant Thowas. with n as to th Wright, who obt Ohly a few witnesses were h « time the court took a rece: oclock this afternoon. when Takinmgz of testimony will be resumed. Among those who testified this morning was Wright. Witness who expect to take the stand this afternoon, include Mrs. Isabel Wright and Mrs. Mary L. Baggett. It is expected the e will not be con- cludad until late this afternoon. torney Edmond Burke appeared for Mrs. Baggett and Wright is ‘repre- nted by Attorney Frank Stuart. In a sermon on divorce conditions here last night Rev. Dr. D. H. Mar- tin, pastor of Trini M. E. Church, ared it is a difficult thing to get into the high places and get after the men occupying impartant nnsl;lo 5 xpressed himself in faver of ref- enton recall. and he spid if the people have unworthy public of- ficials, Presidents, SOVernors, mayvors or judges, they should be removed from office. The speaker declared that “iniquity is on the.run” in Alex- andria, Trinity Church, he asserted. stands for a standard of high morals and decent -government. He declared it is time for the preachers to stand up and fight. Continuing, he said: When the time comes for a great moral fight in the commumity, G ty the preacher who does not stand up to it, and God save me from a ‘pussy-foot’ preacher.’ The preacher asked those who did not agree with him to stand up. and no one stooll up. He also asked for a rising vote of the members of his church, and afterward for those who did not belong to that church. Dr. Martin denied a report that he was going to leave Alexandria and said he had no intention of leaving. He said he had entered the fight against conditions here and proposed to remain andl see it through, g He took for his subject. “Cleaning the Temple: or, Fighting Sin in High Places,” based' on St. Matthew, xxi, 12, 13; “And: Jesus went into tho tem- ple of God and cast out all of them that sold. and bought in the temple. and”~ overthrew the tables of the money changers.and ile seats:of them- that sold doves. And said unto them, it is written, My House shall be called the house of pray but ye have made it a den of thieves. P FLEISCHMANN CASE. UP. Rehearing on' Industrial' Alcohol Charges Set for Tomorrow. Arrangements for the rehearing of the charges of diversion of Industrial alcolfol to beverage purposes: made ‘against the Fleischmann Gompany of New York amd eloven ofits branch agencies: in. as: many. oities: were com» pleted. today by Internal Revenue Commissioner Blair 3t ‘with " Prohibition | Commissioner Haynes: The rehearing: of the case will be: held. tomorrow at § o'cloci before_Commissioner Blair. Mr. Blair said the case was on ap- peal’ and no new ewidence: would be introduced, testimony taken at the former heafing and the arguments: of counsel for the company and of the: prohibition authorities being: heard. ‘The commissioner announced his: in- tention of rendering. a decision as 'quickly as possible. until ‘Women: in New- Zealand: work wages with u‘xo. v Whether | s that | o Mrs. | Larz ! f|{the four-power treaty which says that . atf the | a conference |- ' FOR GOV. SMALL’S TRIAL ‘Hearing on Charge of Conspiracy to Defraud’ State Expeected to Open Today. WAUKBGAN, Iil, March paneling of the Lake county grand Jury and clearimg’ of the doajget of Several murder cases were the only Items for the attention of the court here today prior to the opening of the trial of Gov. Len Small on a 6.—Im-} Assumes Reins of pflice charge’ of conspiracy to deframud the | state through embezziement of in- terest on public fundm These mat- ters. were: expected to occupy the court durlng the forenoon memsion and’ it was- thought the trisl would open after the moon reccss. Judge Claire” Bdwards, who will proside, has returned from a vacation | at Hot Springs, Ark, . C. Le Forgee, chlef counsel for Gov. Small, and At- torney General Brundage, for the state, In statements, sald they were ready. A penel of fifty tal hand or heginning of melection of a Jury. it 18 the first time in iliinofs’ history that a governor is to go on trial during his term of offive, All-day conferencem were held sepa- rately in Chicago yesterduy by prose- cution und defense attorneys. SENATE ASKS DATA FROM PRESIDENT ON LANSING-ISHIY PAGTE (Continued from Firet Page ) men was on ples is hereafter to be freely and without censure flouted, if, in short, nations may not trust one another, then, 1 say to you, the world is lost. Because the alternative to life under free, common understanding, with mutual trust and forbearance, In an association of recognized, uncon strained peers, i3 domination by one or by few under such a rule of brute force as will plunge the world into chaos and threaten humanity with oblivion. No; we may not cast aside these treaties as mere idle words un- der penalty of being overwhtimed by the outburst of righteous condemna. i tion' from ail the peoples of th 1 world.” Senator New contrasted the work of the Washington conference and eaties emanating from it with the great design” attempted in the {days of Elizabeth of England and Henry 1V of France, the holy alli- ance, and finally, with the Versailles treaty and the league of nations. The great design, he said, and other similar effects falled because they aimed at coercing the consciences of men, at the torcible spoliation of na- itions, at the creation of an artificial tatus among the peoples of the earth, at the curia + particularly of one great power without its con- sent. 1 Sees Future Advanee. “But/is it too much to hope." said { Senator New. “that heieafter and out lof our present efforts, enlightened {and fortified as they may be by the | experience of the past. we may fina it possible in a future not top remote | to make further practical advance| !toward a further association of the | | nations as to matiers beneficent to humanity We covet the possessiens of no one !in the far east: the lessons iaught us ! by our own past experiences, as also ! Ly the >xperiences of others, abun- dantly persuade us we want no further or greater territorisl or government | responsibilities. there: we wish only the | {oppertunity to develop in that region { our trade and commerce peacefully and on an equality with others, and with | them to share the great markets which iin the future that part of the world i will afford. | _“Entertaining these views, can there be, any reason why we should t make a declaration, an engagement, 1o respect the territories of others in | Ithe far east and. thus quiet in the minds of certain powers an apprehen- ! sion the existence of which seems too {well vouched to allow us ely to ignore i ‘ommenting upon that provision of s there, | in case of trouble the contracting | powers shall communicate freelx. “ini order to arrive at an understanding | las (o the most efficient measures to i{be taken, jointly or separately, U meet the exigencies of the stiuation. Senator New said: Nations Not Committed. “I may first observe again that the ituation about which the powers are {to communicate is one in which they are all concerned. In the next place the powers concerned. and only those | ipowers, consult together. In the! third place they consult regarding | the “measures” to be taken jointly or {severally. to meet the exigenciés of the situation. But they are not com- imitted beforehand—and this is the! xvllal point—to any definite measures, nor are they either committed or under any obligation to concert any | {measures at ail. That is to say. it fand when a prescribed aggressive action were taken by any stranger jnower. the United States felt that its {own interests were not put in jeo- ipardy or that threat to the other ! nowers was not real or that the peace of the. world and the welfare of its peoples would be best served by in- action there is no obligation here that we should counsel, consent to or participate in the measures which any other power might propose as nece: sary. In other words, there is here not the sgightest surrender of our independence of action; we have here no impairment of our soverignty. “Under these circumstances it is obvious that if at any time in the future circumstances should arise that led to the invoking by any puwer or powers of provisions of tkis article, we should communicate with the other powers parties to this agreement. in full possession of a complete freedom of action, uncon- strained by any treaty obligation. legal or moral, to take any measures at all, or believing some measures necessary, to adopt any which we did not at the time deem expedient ami indispensable. We should enter and participate. in such & conference un- committed and with full and com- plete right to function in the. emer- gency then before us in strict ac- cordance with our due constitutional order: So that if the exigencies of ‘the situation finally appeared: to require _the use of armed force we might face: the question uncompra- mised, free, and: unféttered to do the ‘thing: ¢hat then seemed: wisest and best, for there is not in this treaty, nor. arising. from. it. any obligation. whatever to prooeed: to. this extremity unless -and until Congress, in the due exereciser of* the high constitutionai, severeign -prerogative, had fully de- bated' tite- mituation, remched its de- cision and formally authorized the waging of way: Is this not the crux of thie whole matter, and does. it not destroy every vestige. of objection to the treaty?” 10,000: PROTEST BRY LAW. Senator Edge Prasents. Big Petition to the Senate.’ Senator Edge; nepublican, New Jer- sey, submitted to. the Senate. today = petition which, he seid, carrfed thg| names of 10,000 citizens. of his satate, asking for modification. of the Vel- stead: act to permit the sale of light wines and: beer. The physical proportions. of the. pe- tition moved Senator Norris, repub- ‘lican, Nel a, to ask humorously whether it might not! be: wise. for the] | Senate to appoint a temperance. com=- ‘mittee to examine the package be- . amu! the Nebraske Jomn. " wsomething nceaied: i H ! i cratic organization ler ifor the | the stors GEN., J. M. OBELLANA, Newly insugurated _eonstitutional president of the repmbifc of Guate- malm Cemtral Amerien. Capt. Weinberg, Fatima’s Escort, Helped Both Political Camps (Comtinued from First Page.) according to a letter in hia posses- sion bearing the signature of Sena- tor Pat Harrison of Mississippi, he actually audited the books of the demorcratic committee. Welnberg's audit was “most satis- factory,” according to the letter. “And."if I can ever do anything for you” wrote Senator Harrison, “plesse do not hesitate to call upon me. Impersonating an Officer. ‘The immediate charge upon which Weinberg has been arrested is that of impersonating a naval the time of the spectacular visit of Princess Fatima to the Capital cit Immaculately clad in a white duck uniform, Weinberg faced “his” com- mander-in-chief at the White House without a flicker. The President's military aides were at the ceremony, | but no one thought to importor whose uniform was metic- ulously correct. The naval and military services have known many impostors, but this was the first time one ever had the audacity to take himself within the sacred portals o the executive mangion. As can easily be imagined in the circumstances, it was not without a good deal of hesitation that the fed- eral authoritics procecidsd to act this case. “Coramander Wyman,” however, had been the flagrant. Posing as an officer seems to ha Dbeen a favorite stunt of the Brooklvn impersonator. In 1920, long before the Princess Fatima had ever becn heard of in this country. was ar- rested in New York i form ot a medical officer of the rank of captain. He w to bail. It said at th Weinberg was enrolled in the demo- ew York, in charge of some district work. Wheth- or not his political ns were brought to bear upon the case is not known here, but in any event man was let off With a ten-doilar fine. suspect the { At that rate he thought form. Weinbérg unquestionably has en- joyed thoroughiy what his ;‘:uln rh an He has and a manma v lime a big news 1 in New York he has wanted to be in it It was that impulse which caused Weinberg to a himseif to Dr. Lorenz. He told the doctor he had been sent to ham by Dr. Royal Copeland, health officer in New York ¢, and the Austrian was s S with the personality of the man th he immedi American _secretary His secretarial career s brief, however. Dr. Copeland discovered the imposition and Weinberg was dismissed. No action was taken againsy him. Thefi came the famous McCorn: divorce story. The McCormicks, rich- est American families, were re- turning from Kurope on separate steamers and Tumors began to fly that divorce proceedings were in prospect. The papers were full of +and so, naturally, Weinberg could not: keep out of it. As he sailed down the by the McCormick steamer, upon the public. 10 meet Weinberg lassumed the name of Capt. Rodney Sterling Wyman, and it was in that capacity that he met the reporters later at ¢he dock and " to speak for the head of the Interna- tional Harwester Companys “L am liadon officer between Mr. and Mrs. McCormick,” he said, “and 1 can assure you there is absolutely nothing to this talk of diverce.” A few weeks later the decrec of divorce was recorded. Some. of Capt. Wyman's further statements were just as remarkabie "I can assure You that Mary Gar- den is out for good as director of the Chicage opera. “The McCormicks are on the best!, “Young Hareld MecCormick is en- | gaged to marey Anne Stillman, wi parents are having such a deplorabl ‘Livorce struggie.”” i} “Mr. MeCormick, sr.. is intereste d in Mme. Walska only as a singer and ¢ as a member of the Chicago Opera |, Company.” “Capt: Wyman” said nothing as to young Mathilde McCormic| en gagement to the riding master o Zurich. Of course, Wyman was quickly de- nounced by Mr. McCormick's real torneys in New York, but he had spent a happy twenty-four hours in full possession of the Cormick Rolls-Rovee car. which W man said he was entrusted to get through the- customs house. Wyman's work with the republican national committee in the campaizn of 1920 was, according to hix own statement, under Earles S. Kinsley, director of the division of republican clubs. A letter, bearing Kinsley's name, addressed to Wyman, reads, in .~ “The national committee wishes me to. express: to you sincere appreeciation of. the work done by you and ur bureau during the present campaign, and: the hope that your efforts will insuré to the party unrivaled victory." Senator Pat Harrison's letter for the demoecratic national committee ‘was equally cordial. “Wyman”® will be in Washington soon ing: trial. If “political influ- ence” im of avail, to @ man in his pre- dicament he ought not to be wanungl in friends in both parties. (Copyright, 1022.) ‘Weinberg to: Be Brought Heve, Says | jury, Burns, Describing Arrest. Stopion Weinbers, arrestod by De- partment of* Justice agents in Brook- lyn early Saturday morning on a cherge of impersonating a naval commander, was expected to be taken ‘before the Unitud States commission- er there today for an order of re- moval to bring him to Washington, W. J. Burns, director of the bureau of | investigadion, stated today. Within a.day. o two. the young mau Would be returned to this city, Mr. Bu¥ns ex- | pected; He is to be arraigned: before 'the District €riminal Count. The capture of einberg took pince, Mr: Buras explained, shortly b \W. L. Mack offieer at | he | played | ot until | L MINISTER | TORULE CANADA ! 1IBERA enzie King Takes Reins of Government '\ romorrow. By the A\ socfated Tress, OTTANVA, Murch 5.—For the first time sind® 1911 a liberal pio o min- ister will \hold the reins of govern- ment when' the fourteenth parliament of Canada {s opened by Governor eral Byng phxt Wednesday. Mackenzie KIng, the new premier, is the first of his' party to hold that of- fice since Sir WRfrid Laurier was de- feated more than gen years ago on his policy of reciprocily with the United States. While lac and circumsta events in Great Bri of the Canadian parl panied by observance af many ditions. A few relics of m pageantry, borrcwed from the “mot of parliaments” at Westmister, been retained and probably will c tinue. her av Wear Rich Uniform: The governor general, in full dre military uniform, drives to the hou of parliament in the state carri . | attende of honot moun He enters wate chamber occupies ker's fur ¥ Know st the biack e hes, silk buckled tailed h rosertes, and a to the commons the members of parlia- ng patiently, ai ounding N it-at-arms of the cor who is also attired after the fashion of Cromwell's day, goes to the door and investigates the rap- ping. He to announce to the commons the arrival enger from the senate. r orders that the mes- imitted. In comes ho, after ma speaker, a i sitk adorned ment’ are wal three re nounces | demands imons in the more be > chz ma es the the common. { gown ¥ | can squecze themselves into ate chamber do and the gov- tor general ve ~ speech from e throne. Then parliament is open | for busine: Election of Speaker. The first tusk is election peaker: who alw the dbnginant pa Premier King ha Lemicux _of Montreal, the | by the mality aft the pre- nimands the -st L 1osen b fer | | mier {about talf of the men { parliament. The official oppesition {group, numbering about fifty in a { house of wbers, ix led by Al {thur premicr, who opposity | chief. An is as \ progressive zroup of ers is commanded by This group is expected the government on most mainly on t unoflicial —odd . Crerar. wpport {inx {“for i con i Premier k the Laurier { which he served as minister s surroumded himself w ed advisers, sany of whom had ¢ inet expe under _Sir urier. were in th re who nezo- with Fielding stia, i the reciprocity agreeme dministration. The others ries Murphy of Ontario, . Graham of Ontario, Henri land of Que and Jacques Bu- 1 of Quebec. {MEN STUDY HOSIERY | UPON LIVING MODELS !But Three Women in Crowd as Display Opens—DMales Also Do .Most Buying. K . showing the lai- drew it {n i { { i { Dainty ankles. {timbs to the kne Test of i {crowds of men window t Sth ane i silk incased. an'i hosicry few women Oppenbeimer modes i store {7 A nua Lihe initial rrivals were Capt {precinct and a nu {10 keep order. ] ; | A crowd of approximately fifty men nd three women witnessed (he first rest beeam models lof yles, during { one crowd nother crey commence gath- witne wn of ihe olivemen |= the the windo which time 1 could dispers would immediatel pt. Brown was r attention ch showed a tendenc yfront of the window. ! The onlookers w V. hingt th street lounger to the sixty-v nig man about town™ in spats, the wathering of ma ulinity in front of the window {down to the nondeseript drifters. Oppenheimer. in answ ry on the indications of = icess in the Dia. aid that he conld not prevent the men from gatherin in front of the window, buf that per ceat of the hosiery sales last urday were made to men. READY TO FACE TRIAL. Dr. Wolfgang Eapp Offers to Re- turn to Berlin From Sweden. | B the Ascoclated Prese. BERLIN, March 6—Dr. Wolfzang Kupp, led the revolution in . March, 1920, which resuited in the temporary overthrow of the Kbert government, has offered to surrender for trial with the understanding that he be given safe conduct, and ngl be placed under arrest. His proposal has been forwarded to the supreme court at leipzig from an unnamed point in pay par- rotradf to stall u " a congolmerate the ar- who | after the indictment returned here last Thursday by the federal grand and Department of Justice agents are gratified at the early ap- { prehension of the pseudo naval of« ficer, who, it was alleged, imperson- ated a naval officer as escort to tha Princess Fatima, Sultana of Kabul, presenting her at the White House to President Harding. The arrest took piace at clocls. Saturday morning, Mr. Burns said. a¥ the Weinberg home. The Departmens of Justice agent, Peter W. Lamb, end tered the home late. and after what he thought Was a thorough cxamin: tion had nol found Weinberg, whe beneath the piano he saw prefruding a pair of feat. They were found 1o Weinberg's, and the eaptive afte - rest, Mr. Burns said, made an effoit o escape, but was safely landeg in Jmil I