Evening Star Newspaper, September 29, 1922, Page 2

D.C. NIGHT SCHOOLS 10 OPEN MONDA New Courses to Co-Ordinate With Program of Day- time Schools. WILL AWARD DIPLOMAS New Plan of Operation Covers Much Ground in Simplified F Form. . With definite courses of study, which will co-ordinate for the first time with the day school program, Whashington's public night schools will open Monday for the new scho- lastic year. Plans for the operation of these schools, under the new ar- rangement, were virtually completed today by Walter B. Patterson, di- rector of special schools,. and the night school principals. Tnder the new plan of operation. which was pted after a careful study of a special committee on co- ordination of night and day schools, headed by Mr. Datterson, it will be possible for students\ who complete the requi courss to be rewarded with a diploma. \®hile not fuily the equivalent of a diploma awarded to the graduate of a day school, the night school diploma. according to Supt. nk W. Ballou. will be a “worthy testimonial of merit.” Course Is Simplified. The night school instruction. under the definite course of study plan, will cover essentially the same ground as the required work in the day schools, but it will be simplified and adapted 10 meet the immediate needs of am- ditious night students who are othe wise employed in the day. Twent four semester credits will be required for graduation. ach cxedit will represent an hour's work per school night for one semester of fifteen or more we: uden oice of studies along lines, but at least two lish and one of Ameri civies will be necessar Advgnce credit may be allowed for work else- Where. but at least one full yvear must Dbe spent in the District schools. Buildings for Schools. N schools this year will be con- S e following school Bu High School, 9th street and Rhode Island avenue tern High th and C streets southeast; Mc- anual Training School, 7th and land avenue; the Americaniza- ool, 7th and O strets; the Smallwood Vocational School, 1 street between 3d and 413 streets southwes the Wallach, §th street and Pennsy vania avenue southeast: the Henry. 7th and P streets; the Jefferson, 6th and D streets southwest, and the Park View, on Warder street between Newton and tis streets. bt The colored night schools will be con- ducted in the_following schoolhouse: Dunbar High School, 1st street between N and O_streets: Armstrong Manual Training School, P street between lst and 3d streets; Garnet-Patterson, 10th and U streets; Stevens, 21st street be- tween K and L streets; Randall, 1st and I streets; Cardoza Vocational, I street between Half and 1st streets southwest, and the Lovejoy, at 12th and D streets northeast. Time for Registration. The white graded schools will be open Monday evening at 6:45 o'clock for registration. while the colored graded schools will open for this pur- pose at 7 o'clock. Eastern High School will open Monday at 6:30 p.m. for registration, Business at 7 _p.m.. the McKinley at 7:30 p.m. and the Americanization School at 6:30 p.m. Dunbar and_Armstrong high schools (colored) will open at 7 o'clock for registration. All of these échools also will open at the same hours men- tioned above on Wednesday evening for registration. The course of tudy at Business High School will include arithmetic, Span- ish, bookkeeping, commercial law, shorthand, typewriting, English, gym- nasium work, penmanship, calculating machine operating and office train- ing. The latter course will be given only in case the registration for it justifies. High School Course. The Eastern High School course will include business arithmetle, bookkeep- ing, Pitman and Gregg shorthand, type- writting, algebra, French, Spanish and nglish. B otkanizing the night schools this year officials adopted a new system of centralizing them in the sections of the city where the enrollments in the ast have been large, and closing the Pullaings in the outlying districts. This was done. principally, it, was pointed out, because the limited appropriation of $75,000 for the operation and main- tenance of the night school system would not permit the opening of schools in_the outlying sections where the e rollment in past years has been un- usually small FIND MRS. MILLS’ THROAT SLASHED (Continued from Ffrst Page.) the board of freeholders of Somerset county, which is contiguous to Mid- dlesex, with a request that a similar Teward be offered in that county. The investigators today established that the murderer of the rector and Mrs. Mills used an automatic pistol. They also announced that in one of the letters written by Mrs. Mills, which were found near the bodies, was the observation: “How famillar Easton avenue has become to us.” Easton avenue takes one to the park and the spot where the bodies were found. Girl's Letter Unanswered. Charlotte Mills, the fifteen-year-old daughter of the slain choir singer, has received no reply, she said, to-her appeal to Gov. Edwards for such in- tervention in the case as will prevent a “political gang” which, she wrote him, was interfering in the investiga- tion from preventing the persons re- sponsible for the double shootiag being brought to justice. Prosecutor Stricker of Middlesex oounty went to Trenton today, where he conferred with the governor. On his return he declined to discuss the conference beyond saying its subject had been that of politics. The gov- ernor, through his secretary, denied that they had conferred on the mur- der case. ELECTED MAYOR OF LONDON. LONDON, September 29.—Alderman Edward Cecil Moore today was elect- ed lord mayor of London. He .is a chartered accountant by profession and is the first member in that fleld to become lord mayor. The First Thing to Do When You Return From Your Vacation Is to ORDER THE STAR livered to your home by regular Lo carrier service— kG «FROM PRESS TO HOMN Lk WITHIN THE HOUR.” Evening and Sunday Star, 60c per Evening Star. +2+.48¢ pur Sunday §tar. month month manth s will have the! Loses His Divorce: And Paternity Fight JAMES A. STILLMAN, STILLMAN DIVORCE PLEA FAILS; “BABY GUY” HELD LEGITIMATE (Contifued from First Page.) served taking the elevator which led to her apartments, and the plaintiff answered a telephone call to the adult defendant’s apartments. further appears without contra- diction: that during all this period the relations between the plaintift and defendant were most harmonious and pleasant, no proof.belng offered or clalmed that -at’that time the plaintiff and defendant were mnot carrving on their usual marital re- lations, and in October previous it ig established that the plaintiff and defendant_occupied a room' together at Lake Dawson, Quebec'at which time - the plaintiff expressed _the greatest . pleasure at occupying & room with his wife; in fact, it also clearly appears that after the birth of the infant, Guy, the plaintiff and adult defendant were often together, at which times-the plaintif played the victrola for the benefit.of the defendant and the said infant, and their relations were apparently most happy and pleasant. “On the question of access, timony of .the witness, Clawson « Phelps Clawson, son of =2 wealthy Buffalo, N. Y., manufacturer, and a’ friend of the Stiliman chil- dren), strengthened. by letters writ- ten by him setting forth the fact of the presence of the plaintiff at Mon- danne, are most convincing. Banker's Misconduct. “The evidence on thé part of the plaintiff as to non-access is not sat- Isfactory, is not satisfying, and does not convince me,” said the referee. “The plaintiff has failed to over- come the presumption of legitimacy and I therefore find the defendant, Guy' Stillman, to be the legitimate child of the plaintiff and the de- fendant. “While the plaintiff's own miscon- duct precludes the granting of any relief to him in this action, and while the adult defendant asks for no af- firmative relef, but sets up the mis- conduct of the plaintiff as a defense only, the plaintiff asks for an adju- dication that the adult defendant is guilty of the charges against her and for a finding to that.effect herein. “The testimony adduced by the plaintiff in support of these charges, uncontradicted and unexplained, are sufficient to justify him in believing her guilty of the charges made against her. A ’careful examination, however, of all of the testimony has shaken my faith and belief in the testimony of the witnesses called in the plaintiff’s behalf. Made Counter Charges. The Stiliman divorce case, in which the principals accused one another of being the parents of illegitimate chil- dren, has been in many ways without parallel in the history of domestic ruptures in American high society. James A. Stillman, who instituted the court proceedings, was president of the National City’ Bank of New York, the son of a former head of that institution and a Toted multi- millionaire. He charged his wife, the former Fifi Potter, a famous beauty, with infldel misconduct from 1916 'through 1919 with Fred Beauvais, an Indian guide at their summer camp near Three Rivers, Quebec. Mr. Stillman declared Beauvais was the father of Guy Still- man, born to Mrs. Stiliman {n Novem- ber, 1919. This charge was denied by Mrs. Stillman. In retaliation she ‘accused her husband of misconduct with three women. One_ of those named was Florence H. Leeds, a former Broad- way show girl. The other two were identifled as “Helen" and “Clara.” Mrs. Stillman asserted her husband was the father of two children born to Mrs. Leeds, the daughter of a New York plumber. One infant died at birth. The other, Jay Ward Leeds, born in September, 1919, is living, and Mrs. Stillman said her husband had furnished the mother with luxurious homes in New York and on Long Is- land, and that he lived with her and her child (n these places, posing under the name of “Franklyn Harold Leeds.” When Mr. Stillman was quizzed by his wife's attorneys during a hearing in their case ]ast summer, he refused to answer any questions based on his alleged misconduct with Mrs. Leeds. His ‘invaciable reply was, “I refuse to answer .on the ground that It might tend to incriminate me.” Probed Yacht Parties. - In their interrogations his wife's lawyers asked whether the banker | and Mrs. Leeds had held gay drinkin parties in cafes of Manhattan, an had sipped champegne from golden cups aboard his yacht, the Modesty. the te Other questions concerned allegations that Mr.. Stillman and the former Broadway show girl often remained aboard the ymcht all night, and that they had been on outings together at Atlantic City and Miami, Fla. ‘Witnesses for Mr. Stillman told of secing his wife and Fred Beauvais in rooms at the Canadian camp and in a hotel a few miles away. Servants testified that they were often togeth- er at the Stillman country estate in the Pocantico Hills, near the home of John D. Rockefeller. One of them asserted that Beauvals gave mocca- sins to.the baby, Guy, inscribing in one of them “I hope Guy will always love his mother,” and in the other ‘U hope Guy will some day know his father.”’ ‘A® nurse who was present at the birth of Guy Stillman testified that Mrs. Stillman directed her to send a telegram to Beauveis in Canada, say- ing “Little Black Bear has arrived. Later, witnesses for Mrfs. Stiliman expinined that she had the birth of Guy to send n several ‘friends ‘and to her children which would say “Ii bear” if the ngwborn bahe was a gir], and “little black bear” should the child e a Y. Mr. Stillman presented as evidence letters offered as having been written to Mrs. Stillman by Beauvals. Pur- these contalned many tmgnm- phases and refer- ences uy. !‘r-nchuudhn ‘witnesses brought down from the grovl.ne- of Quel ‘were reported to have told of peeping through keyholes and.windows-at Mrs. Stillman and Besuvais. in. th months preceding Guy's birth. . i “Confession” Ruled Out. ' Startling _testimony given : by Br, Hugh Russell, an. osteo] ‘of: Buffalo, was later ruled out of the case as privileged between & physi- cign Anfi,nnunt. A letter presented’ boing o "e:ntalllon Mrs. mflk ported ‘copies of saying she was guilty 01! [HYORANTS NEEDED FOR FIREFIGHTERS Chairman of Prevention Com- mittee Says Department Is Handicapped. A system of high-pressure hydrants |ln the business area is.the outstand- ing need of the Washington fire de- ipartment, Charles W.:Darr, chairman ‘of the fire prevention committee, de- 'cleared today. 5 $ Mr. Darr said the need for stronger pressure - with which to_ fight fires would be the principal topic for dis cussfon at the next meeting of the committes. | ¢ - Plan Pumping Station. i Although the District Commissioners re in favor of high b request for it from their new- itimates, - realizing th®- importance of economy at- this time. i Kowever, J. S. Garland, superintend- ent of the water department,*is making 2 careful survey of the business sdction ‘and prepaving an estimate®of the cost of installing special fire mains. It is probable the Commissioners will ask for it in the budget they will prepare next year, At the present time filtered water Is used to fight fires. A tentative plan outlined by Superintendent Garland calls for the erection of an electrically driven pumping station on the river edge at the foot of 13th street south- west and the laying of a speclal fire main up to the business district. The water for fire fighting would be taken from the river and forced into the fire hydrants at from 200 to 300 pounds pressure. re prevention week begins Monday, October 2, and Mr. Darr's commit has formulated a plan of publicity t Brouse‘ Washingtonians to the Im- portance of removing from their homes and business places every possible Bource of fire. Fire-Prevention Drive, The pastors of all churches are be- ing called upon to remind their con- gregations of the fire prevention cam- paign in their Sunday sermon: The street car companies have con- Sented to carry posters on the cars. Ap: proximately 6,000 window cards will be distributed by the police. All of the theaters have promised to flash sitdes upon thelr screens, emphasizing some of the conditions which contribute to scores of fires annually. FINED ON WOMEN'S CHARGE. Robert L. Moore, charged with In- sulting Mrs. Gertrude Lenz and her sister, Miss Helen Allen, was convict- ed in the District of Columbia branch of Police Court today and fined $26 by Judge Robert Hedison, The evidence showed that the two young women, passing through Judiciary Square last night, were accosted by Moore and a companion. ——— show that their client did not live with his wife during the year pre- ceding the birth of Guy Stiliman, and one of the witnesses called to aid in this evidence was M Percy A. Rockefeller, the banker's sister, and niece of the founder of the Rocke- feller fortune. No domestic scandal ever created, perhaps, greater public interest than the Stillman case. Mr. Stillman filed his complaint in July. 1920, in the little vill of Carmel, N. Y., and it lay hidden there known to but few. There were rum- blings of discord in the Stiliman family, however, during the fall and winter of 1920, and these were echoed in soclety magazines. On the.morn- ing of March 11, 1921, the story broke into newspapers, and from that time on thousands of columns of type were devoted to the case. Big Alilmony Granted. ‘There had been a hearing in De- cember, 1920, but outsiders did not know it. Subsequent hearings also were conducted in private, but ac- counts of the nature of the testimony percolated into the ears of reporters. A few weeks after the case became publicly known the directors of the National City Bank announced that Stililman had resigned as president. Mr. Stillman’'s avowed purpose in Instituting the suit was to prove Guy Stillman {llegitimate. If his pater- nity could have been tested by allow- ing Mrs. Stillman to start proceed- ings, the banker, his attorneys, in- timated, would have been willing to be_the defendant. Pending outcome of the case Mrs. awarded lllmon{ fl( all- tat. She was allowed $35,000 counsel fees of $500,000 in his divorce litigation. The amount turned over to Mrs. Stiliman’s counsel for alimony, fees and expenses ap- prouched $200,000. Mrs. Stillman, in the final stages of the case, charged that some of the Canadians who swore they saw her misbehaving with Beauvais had been bribed to give such testimony. She contended that others were tempted with money and promises of a good time in New York to -give milar accounts. = To offset the, stories told about her ings first opened, Mrs. Stillman and her oldest son, “Bud,” went to Canada last January, and braving a blizzard that carried with it a tem. perature of forty below zero, she drove by sleighs up the valley of the 8t. Maurice river, in the province of Quebec, marshalling at the camps and villages natives who had known her and would testify that her con- duct had been of the best. Letters in Case. These witnesses, numbering more than a score, had their say in the when trial of ‘the case was Some of them denied it would have beeh possible for Mr. Stillman’s witi es !hrnugh keyhol d at the Stillman summer a8 the plaintift’s witnesses, had bed; ‘and-others testified the re- lations bet: Mrs. /Stillman and Beauvais were simply of an em- loyer and servant. One man testified, t was reported, that he had been of- fered $3,000 to swear he witnessed misconduct by Mrs. Stillman and Beauvais, and another said he had heard a conversation in which $5,000 ‘was offered for such evidence of guilt. Mr. Stillman’s attdrneys denied the allegations of attempted bribery. The trial before the referes came to a sensational close when counsel for Mr. Stillman put into evidence four letters purporting to have -been writ- ten to Beauvais by Mrs. Stillman. nl:’t_h‘nlno:.need l;hlt{ Bs:ll'll%. 'hld 0] e letters only a few days before o Lol ‘estimony to sup; Stillman immediately authorship of the l.n: and they remained ‘u Appeal Is Doubtful. 2 YORK, September ‘29.—Cor- NEW neltus J. Sullivan, counsel for Jam A. Stillman, ‘ declined - t ‘was heard. denied Beau- had sold evidence in advance whether an appeal ) bnl taken from the dre’clllon. wnufl-a dm..q‘l‘r.‘ baby, Guy Stillman legiti- e. He sal@ Mr. Stillman was {n the " Goclined to amake Mmown his Pressure, they. omit- |’ ‘jthe motor vehicle se! d | mot, BACHELORS’ CLUB DISBANDS WHEN ' 22 MEMBERS WED WAUKEGAN, I, September 29.— Thirty-two years ago twentyithree Waukegan business men foreswore marriage, formed a bachelor club and bought a clubhouse on Third lake. Today the old circle has dwindled to one—Clarance 'J. Bassett, a jeweler— and he sold the club. t's too lonesome,” he sald. “When any of the old fellows come back they :‘ll e bring a lot of wives and n; en the break in the ranks started William W. Pearce offered a silver loving cup for the first pair of ‘twins. Ten years later he won it himself. ‘The old bachelor club is to be turned over to vacation colonists. FRANK BOCK HEADS (1S, POSTMASTERS Succeeds Purdy as President of Assoeiation—Nine Vice Presidents Named. Postmaster Frank J. Bock of New- ark, N. J.,, was elected president of the National Postmasters’ Assoclation at the concluding session of its an- nual convention, held in the audito- rium of the New National Museum this afternoon. Mr. Bock succeeds E. A. Purdy, formerly postmaster of Minneapolls. Nine vice presidents Wwere elected, as follows: Robert Bry- son, Indianapolis; W. C. Burton, Brooklyn, N. Y.; C. F. Greene, Bridge- port, Conn.; Col. James E. Powers, San Francisco; C. B. Wicks, Pueblo, Col; C. E. Pass, Harrisburg, Pa.; Roy B. Nichols, Houston, Tex.; Bessle F. Nicholson, Morton, N. C., and A. Leuders of Chicago, IIL W. E. Mannear of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., was selected to be the sdcretary and treasurer. Just prior to adjournment the pre- siding officer presented M. O. Chance, chakman of the committee on ai rangements for the convention, with a silver loving cup as a token of their. appreciation of his efforts in their behalf. At the same time a rich silver service was presented to their former president, Mr. Purdy. Telegram From Hays. A telegram receed from former Postmaster General Hays, expressing his regret over his inability to attend the convention and stating that he was “homesick to be with you,” was read to the convention. A proposition to hold the next con- vention in San Francisco was held in abeyance, ag it seemed to be the Wil of the delegates to come again to Washington next year. A nétwork of airplanes flying both night and day over the United States and Alaska which will make neigh- bors of every important business center in the country and effect a twenty-seven-hour mall service be- tween New York and San Francisco was \‘!I,sutsllzeddbetarn the _delegates ay by Second Assistant Pos: General Paul Henderson. S Second Assistant Postmaster General Henderson, in_his speech, told the postmasters that air mall service 80 far as daytime flying was con- cerned is already on a practical basis, but that as the time the planes made up on the trains in the daytime they lost during the night while they were idle the denl.rl;nent has been work- g on a practical s 1, fgne. P! cheme for night Flying Plans Worked Out. “I am happy to say,” Mr. Henderson continued, “that we have jui ceived a report from engineers who have investigated the possibilities of night flying and that we believe we will be able to utllize the dark hours for air mail service within the very n;;r Iquurd;” r. Henderson explained in detall how they planned to erect great bea- con lights for the benefit of the night mail fiyers and hos, through radio telephone, the flyers will be able to detdnt their worst enemy—the fog— by being kept advised as to their precise Incation. He also said that they expected to save a portion of the f\l&%flfia(-nem nr;gullly on routes in 0 serve 38,000 1 - mall flying. R Talks on’ Postal Savings. Willlam E. Buffington, director postal savings, made an lnmrucus: talk on “The Post Office as a Savings and Investment Agency, Considering the Postal Bavings System and t cn:' Treasury Savings Certifi- Mr. Buffifagton told the postmasters that while it was not generally known zredit was due them for the sale of 8G per cent of the war sav- ings stamps sold. He sald they de- served praise for this record, par- ticularly as it was at first planned to sell all of these stamps through banks. 7 ¥ An interesting discussion was in- dulged in by the postmasters follow- ing Mr. Buffington’s talk as to the relative popularity of the posta ings and the Treasury certificates. 8sveral of them voiced the bellef that inasmuch as the Treasury cer- tificates bore more interest than the postal savings they did not be lieve the latter would prove popular in the future. Third Assistant Posf master General'Glover, however, un- der whose control this department comes, came to the defense of the posta] .savinga, and told the -post- mas that it was up to them to use manship on their patrons and increase the use of the postal sav- ings in their varlous citles Sees Post Office Boom. H. H. Billany, fourth assistant pos! master general, in his address told the postmasters that “a survey of conditions within our own country can_only promote a feeling of opti- mism and confider’ce.” 'With the settlement of the big Mr. Billany continued, “the harvesting of our bounteous crops and a_full employment and contentment of labor, we are about to enter .a period of prosperity which will be re- flected ' In the postal business of our country. “The post offices will do more busi- ness, receipts will increase, more clerks and carriers will be required, additional equipment and supplies | Ol 11l be needed "and a closer super- tsion_upon the part of postmasters will be necessary to prevent the waste and extravagance which seem always to accompany prosperity. “May I express to you my congrat- uldtions for your organisation in its personnel and its co-operation with the department, with the thought that, upon the close of this conven- tion and your return to your dutles, your aim will be for even greater ac- complishments for the betterment ‘of | the service in the future. “I belleve -that the policy of the Post Office Department should be ‘service rather than profit' and th aim of the postmaster tq expedite the nu{l- and insure accurate and prompt very. ' - Question Box a Feature. ‘Other talks during thp morning session .were made by Postmaster A. L. !ehmgr of Cincinnati, Postmaster Charles B. Black of Omaha and T. G. Mallalisu, general superintendent of {Office Department. ;““umm“ m‘!‘nnkh“ lce ien! r J. Bock conducted the question box, vMfih 18 always a feature of the con- ntions. s - Immediately after the election of officers the.-postmasters will be met at the New Natlonal Hm*m by mem- bers of the Kiwanis, Rotary# and Lions elubs, who will take them on a trip around the city and parks. 1?1 rip ‘will be uinder the auspices of the Ghamber of Commi h U rring from this x n retu rom 2 -they wl’:o directly the Post &%’i 's agents for $16,000. | del! VETERANS SUGGES MODIFIED DRY LAW D. C. Legion Likewise De- clares for Enfranchisement of Residents 6f This City. FINAL BUSINESS §ESSION Delegates Are Chosen to Represent Department in National Body at New Orleans. The election of delegates and alter- nates to the natjonal convention at New Orleans, October 16-20; adoption: of resolutions, gncluding one urging a modification of the Volstead act, and many matters aftecting ex-serv- ice men were_teatures of the closing session yesterday of the fourth an- nual convention of the District of Columbia Department, American Leglon, held in the boardroom of the District bufldin, Department Com- mander ‘'Watson B. Miller presided. The only outbursts of the evening oc- curred when a vote was taken on the Volstead resolution provididg for light wine and beer and when one of the delegates in the closing moments attempted to criticize the ‘“steam roller” tactics used by a combination of posts. This swept the convention. Every delégate and alternate on the prearranged slate was elected. The presiding officer ruled the critic “out of order” and the convention ad- Journed. i Delegates and Alternates. The delegates and alternates elect- ed to represent the department at New Orleans follow: Delegates—Department Commander Watson B. Miller, Post Commanders Lois M. Beach, Alexander M. Bremer, Charles B. Hanford, Thomas J. Fral ley, Bernard S. Buscher, William F. Franklin, Francis F. Miller, H. L. Wilson and Madison L. Hill. Alternates—Daniel ~ Bowle, John Thomas Taylor, Milton M. Parker, Thomas McDonough, Howard S. Fisk, D. O. Dickerson, David W. Close, C. W. Kline, W. R. Lea and Carl Schoe- nig. The following were elected to fill any vacancies which may occur in the above list: Annette Burton, vocation by Re! Hurney, foillowed by the recitation of “The Star Spangled Banner” by Post Commander Charles B. Hanford of George Washington Post, No. 1. Resolutions Adopted. Among the resolutions adopted were the following: Changing name from convention to encampment; giving preference to Americans on American hips; designation of George Wash- ington Post Band and Costello Post Drum Corps as the official bands of the District department to New Or- lean expressing thanks to District officlals for co-operation with legion; excusing veterans for funerals and conventions without loss of pay; urging national convention to revl constitution referring to dues and transfers; establishment of bureau of identification to assist in locating veterans of unsound mind and Jren- dering necessary assistance; placing of portrait of the late war nurse, Jane A. Delano, in the Pantheon de 1a Guerre, in recognition of her serv- ices; adequate and up-to-date head- quarters for the District department; expressing thanks to Mrs. Hobarth and committee for assistance ren- dered in caring for war orphans modification of immigration laws pertaining to allens whose members fought in the world war: enfran- chisement of residents of District of Columbla; granting retirement right: to disabled veterans of world war the ame as to those in regular estab- shment; improper use of American Legion buttons by government offi- cials for professional purposes; ap- proving building loan proposition for ex-service men and women; women in government service; mitting colored men to join the legion i states or right to organize P adoption of red poppy as of cial flower of American Legion in- stead of dais; Favoring May 30 as day to merfio- rialize war dead d November 11, Armistice day, as a day of rejoicing; erection of war memorial at Arling- ton national cemetery to world war reafirming action taken last year at Kansas City convention; pro- viding for a fitting and adequate me- mortial for six hundred and more Dis- trict soldiers who sacrificed their lives in the world war; suitable legis- lation granting privileges to Red{ Cross nurses who served overgeas, pald by the Red Cross, not now en- titled to benefits under existing leg- islatio: establishment by natjonal headquarters of relief bureau for ex- service men who come to this city to press claims before Veterans' Bu- reau; king the air service a sep- arate buregu in the government; strong Natianal Guard for country and uitable armory for District of Colum- bla National Guard; increase of appro- priation for training schools for Army officers; plane carriers for Navy, in- crease in numerical strength and es. tablishment of suitable naval bases: prosecution of war grafters and prof- iteers and also commending action taken in securing evidence; unlawful evasion of military service, prosecut- ing and punishing such offenders and refusing them positions in govern- ment; modification of Vol act to permit use of light wine and beers. Other Matters Comsidered. In addition to the above resolutions about twenty others relating to in- surance, claims, compensation and milar veteran bureau matters were adopted by the convention. . ‘The report of the resolutions com- mittee was presented by Chairman Norman E. Kane and the Veterans' Bureau report by Chairman Paul V. Collins. % A telegram was read by Depart- ment Commander Miller from. Vige Commander Miss Pauline M. McVéy, who is ill at Oteen, N. C., expressing hope of succ and conveying good wishes to the delegation going to New leans. 5 ‘The tellers of the election were Panc; B. McCoy, Ralph A. Cusick and 'W. Sanford. ASSIGNED TO DUTY HERE. t. George P. Quinn, Naval Medical Corps, at the naval recruit- ing barracks, Hamptdn Roads, Va. has been assigned to duty at the naval recruiting station, this oity. e —— .} LOOK OVER THIS LIST 4 31x4 S. Side Noneskid Cords, A <% S. Side Ribbed Cords, B xS, Side Neneskld s o Side Non-skid Cords, S it 5. Sido Nonakid Cords, $18.90. i Leeth Brothers l New Minister From . Venezuela in Washington SENOR PEDRO M. ARCAYA, Former minister o state of Venezuels, who has been appointed minister to the United States, Dominicl. Minister Areaya is well kmown South America as a jurist. EX-KING STILL PRISONER, FIVE MINISTERS HELD FOR ARMY DEFEAT (Continued from First Page.) not return to Greece until recalled by the election. Athenians today moved freely through the streets, seeming to feel that the danger of warfare and blood- shed had been averted. Meanwhile, the vast extent of the revolution be- came known. Constantine himself was the first to see the futility of re- nce. Political Prisoners Freed. Following the arrival of the revo- lutioniets all political prisoners In Athens, including the republicans, were immediately released, and the republicans organized anti-monarch- ist meetings, at which they harangued the street crowds. During the enthusiastic scenes occa- sional shots were fired, but these seemcd to mark the delirium of joy rather than an (intent to Kkill. and were generally fired in the air. | Ex-King Constantine is not im- prisoned, as had been reported in some quarters, but the revolutionary com- mittee hag not yet decided what shall be done with him. The new King assumes the title George II. George I, his grandfather, & prince of the royal house of Den- mark, was born in Copenhagen in 1845 and was assassinated at Saloniki in 1913, KING'S REIGN IN:DOUBT. Leaders Believe Republic Will Soon ; Be Established. PARIS, September 29.—An Athens dispatch to the Havas Agencg says political circles in the Greek capital are of the opinion that King George's reign will not be long ana that a re- public will be establighed. ‘The new king took the oath as George II yegterday afternoon, and Athens was_ {lluminated at night in Special Sale Poire;nTwill Suits, $19.95 Fall Cloth & Silk Dresses, $10.95 EXTRA Values onCoats, $12.95 PHILLIPS’ SMART SHOP Cor. 9th and H N.W. Money back, real cash, if you can buy the same garments elsewhere for less money in this city. £e R N Pick of Locations On 14th St. Car Line ONLY TWO LEFT N N N N | 1204 Kennedy St. NW. Six Rooms and Bath Very Deep Lots Open Daily | D. J. Dunigan ;1321 New York Ave. 2707007707770, 770077 Minister | G honor of the occasi ‘The city was calm, following the bloodless revolu- tion, and even the theaters continued to operate. ‘The dispatch mays Alexandre Cara- 08, former minister of foreign af- rs, is likely to head the new cabinet, and the revolutionary committee is declared to have already telegraphed former Premier Venizelos asking him to represent Greece's interests in the allied capitals and at the coming peace conference. AlL Prisoners Released. Many royalist officers and reac- tionaries were arrested at the outset of the revolutionary movement, but they, as well as the political prisor- ers, have been released. Among those reported to have been arrested were former Premiers Gounaris, Stratos and Protopapadakis. The epistrates, or. political police, ‘who 80 long terrorized the capital and who were said to have been the nucleus of Constantine's support, have suddenly vanishe It is undetstood that Gen. Nider is slated to become commander-in-chief of the army. Constantine to Have Ship. According to the dispatch, a ship will be put at the disposal of Con- stantine by the revolutionary com- mittee, and he and his consort, as well as the familles of Princes Nicholas and Andrew, will be asked to leave Greece. (An Athens dispatch to the Assoclated Press says Con- stantine, the former queen and Princes Nicholas and Andrew are due to leave Athens today.) “What we need in Greece is a re- public like you have in America,” said en. Paraskevopoulos, Greek com- mander-in-chief under the Venizelos regime, interviewed here by a repre- sentative of the Paris edition of the New York Herald. “The people of Greece will never be satisfled to be governed, by foreigners,” he added. As to the new King George, the Beneral would not speculate on the possible effect of his accession to the throne, but he sal '‘As I knew Prince George, he was very much like his father il sympathies.” Veniselists Rule Crete. CANEA, Crete, September -The officials here of the Constantine regime have turned over their offices to rev- olutionaries, who formed a provisional government of three Venizelists. KUEHLING GUN FOUND IN STALL OF BARN Wife's Recovery Regarded as Doubtful—Pistol Given to Prosecutor. Special Dispatch to The Star. ELDORADO SPRINGS, Mo, Sep- tember 29.—The .45 Coit automatis pistol with which Roy H. Kuehling shot his wife Kathleen at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Whitesell, ten miles southeast of this place, was found yesterday afternoon by & neighbor In a stall of the barn where Kuehling. fled after having fired a shot which may prove fatal The gun was brought to the office of the prosecuting attorney, Roy M Huff. Doctors L. T. Dunway and J l W. Dawson said today that the re covery of Mrs. Kuehling was doubt- ful. She is resting well, but still in a serious condition. BRIDE CHARGES CRUELTY. Limited divorce and alimony =are asked In a suit filed in the District S preme Court by Ruby N. Harris againe: Charles C, Harris 'y were marricA at Baltimore, Md, December 23, 1521, and the wifé ¢harges cruelty, drunken- ness and desertion. She asks the courr to enjoin her husband from molesting her. "She is represented by Attorne: Frank E. Elder. RESERVE BOARD PROMOTION. Walter Wyatt, former assists general counsel of the Federal F serve Hoard, has been named gener:i counsel, to succeed Logan, who recently resigned. Mr. Wyatt for five years has been In the offices of the legal divisfon of the Federal ¥ serve Board. He is a Virginian. 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