Evening Star Newspaper, October 31, 1922, Page 4

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Consult Ticket Agents — L S L R L R de- Baltimore & Ohio Canadians See Chance Geddes Will Be Called to England Lloyd George s : " | “Chief Patron” of | Ambassador. :Guest of Honor at | Dinner Given in | ! Ottawa. Speciul Dispateh to The Star. OTTAWA. October 31.—The pres- ence in Ottawa of Sir Auckland Geddes, British ambassador at Wash- |ington, to references to his {former opposition to the proposed ppointment of a Camadian envoy at| hington. The am zen, sonal leads ays the Ottawa as been credited with per- sm of the original pro-| Canadian minister at| | | posal for i, | Washington, who would be his deputy | i SIR AUCKLAND GEDDES. widely known figure in Washington, fs agaln mentioned as a suitable nominee for the post minister plenipotentiar: id in charge of the embassy in his| I absence.” “It is a notorious fa ot * remarks the | | T ronto Star, “that Sir Auckland has| Last night Sir Auckland and Lady ¢ steadfast opposition to this | Geddes were the guests of honor at a | broje He made no secret of his!dinner at government house. Tomor- row night there will be an dinner tendered by the government. Calls Upon Lord Byng. arrival Sir Auckland said his an journalists in | rund declared needed was a high | To other people he has oner. On h ed that he would resign if 4 that he would resien if | vigit was of a_purcly social nature. e Deing. thatine was| This was it t opportunity he had A el &5 »f paying £g dor r the whole % 3 S ent tish commonwealth and any sub- Anee the B hare he 2 trom his powers and author- ot Coticse, mest the prime mins be tantamount to an ex- | ind members of the cabinet, n of non-confidence. 1 discuss with them matters af- Socinl Side to Visit. fecting Cananda at Washington. He “But since it is stated that Sir!had not come for discussion of any particular question, however, though kiand has no definite appointment her of things will be e, is stated ns armed ves: appear from the United States th its provi will practically his tenure of the embassy will be cut | short with his chief patron removed | from Downing street.” { The name of O. A. McGrath, now a POLICE SEIZE MAN BAR BLOOD TEST the Special Dispatch to The Star. { Meeker Arrested as He Seeks ! CHICAGO, T1il, October 31.—It is . s wi child that knows its to Buy Auto on Letter Said 'own rather ana a wiser sctentist can determine lood relation- wl ‘ to Be Forged. ship. No less an authority than the Amer- ; fcan Medical Association, It developed | Debonair Bruce Hildreath Meeker, | today, has vetoed the suggestion that MERALIZ E!““” posed in Washington as alblood tests are an absolutely infal- 7 2t wealthy young busin man with!jible method of determining par- 48 National Desk Lamp | ¢cas ot the White House while he | entage. {police of half a dozen large cities comes in the Top Daylight YOuR ae need a working lishe correct ality and intensicy. aylight is best for the eves because Nature = it perfect in qu: v and d ffusion. have e acralic Daylight Attachment An exclusive Emeralite feature, pro- videsaworking light just like nature’s day- light, prvwrry . diffused, cor- rect in quality and intensity. Fositive protection to the eyes from the glare of naryelecrric light. Cone servesthe sighrand Increases personal efficiency. | Genuine Emeralitec are | branded. L~ok for the name | on Emeralite glass shade. S:ld by Offce Supply and Firetrical T on N \ 32 Warron St., N ing Deices rince 1274, CARROLL ELECTRIC CO., INC. For More Than Twenty Years Headquarters for Emeralites Wholesale Distributors— Electrical Supplies 714 12th St. N.W., Main 7520 Wholesale Distribu- tors for Emeralites National Electrical Supply Co. 1330 New York Ave. N.W. ‘This_announc ce of ign to cept a countr: courts o ive the newly rethod ing blood specimens to prove | were searching for him on charges of { fraud, trapped here last night {by central office detectives. He was larrested as he was about to close a ip. In New York James A deal for a high-priced automobile, | SHIMAN continucs to insis, that (08 which he was “purchasing” by means |11 7Tiernan de irentage of of & letter the police say ‘was forged. | ch gh the T cker first came to the attention 2 |of the local authorities when he made to get possession. of {himself conspicuous at the automo- ¥ Ly his wife be- |bile show last week by making nu- | her death. Mo ciaims to be the i er, while the persons who adopt- merous inquiries regarding the prices | 40 eT Whil D {of automobiles ranging from ed the child alleged that Mrs. Drake $5,000 | deceived her husband and took the fto § 0. He showed the manage; lof two companies a letter purported ! infant from a foundlings’ home. In each insince, and in a number | to have been written by the president | fof the Commenwealth Lumber Com- of others of recent date, blood tests 1p.-my of Elmwood Park, Chicago. ! 2 have been suggested But now, ac- s to the official publication of h tests a H Wanted on Fraud Charges. wiil he compell i In this lett n Medica oclation, ons through isented as a was courts In Del d to reach the rennstantial ev of the in- e useless and the courts nce and the testimony v the blood Meeker uable emy was repre e of the sted parties would have no ned Dr. Frank secretary-gen- oliege of Phy any, rec p lary of $10,000 <. i 5 elving a salary of §10,000 1658, . the newly proposed met |® year and traveling for the benefit{ ,q5 could be proven lible and of that concern. In conclusion, the the experts could show conelusively | letter authorized “whomever it might | thes” were right in cicry case. the blood matel valie, < of this erai of the American C iclans. And the Amerlcan Medical Journal IR that little actual progress has | When a question arose as to the au-! been made in giving the result of i thenticity of the letter the police were | the investigations of members of the ed and identified Mecker as a man | society in connection with the blood 1s wanted in Chicago, St. Louls, | groupings before blood transfusion. s City, Fhiludelpiia and New | All bloods, it is stated, have been charges of nhaving passed | tonnd to fail into four groupings. fraudulent pay checks supposed Dr. Reuben Ottenberg studied 603 {have been drawn against tne Com-|persons in 139 familles, according to monwealth Lumber Company. He was, the Journal, but' was able to make arrested at a fashionable downtown|only the cautious conclusion that if hotel by Detectives Kelly and Scriv-| the child's blood coincided with its ener, who had worked up the cas parents wis thelr child, but, on the other it would be possible to take position, the blood not matching, ut the child must have a parent sther than one of those claimed. One other investigator, who e: amined the results of Dr. Ottenberg'’s experiments, found that even the lat- oncern” to supply the bearer with an ! & the bill ex: utomobile and send me Lo the compan - ymanner compleicly dispelled any sus- i picions as to his character until a sual investigation was made. { York on Phones Message to Self. Mecker's room the detectives ge, neatly typewritten stationary and bearing In found a m; on the hotel { the following: | “Your apyointment for 3 o'clock | this afternocn at the White House | tef hypothesis was not trustworthy ! has been changed to a further d“m‘--llmrause of the fact that through in- | Meeker, according o Kelly and i herltance the blood group of a for- Schrivener, admitted he had tele- | Mer generation naturally may occur | phoned the message to the hotel him- | &t any time in the child and, although €elf with the notion of impressing the | inharmonic to the parents, would be hotel officials with the idea that he | €ntirely legitimate. was acquainted at the White House, | Because of these investigations and s had ert it in & conspicuous place their result it s considered unlikely {in his room for the benefit of callers. {*1'“ the adoption of the “parentage | He is said also to have told influen- | Plood test” will be accepted by the {tlal persons that he was a nephew of [ S0Urs as an Infallible method ot {J. Ogden Armour, the wealthy Chi- 3 e (Copyright, 1922.) {cago packer. | Will Be Taken to Chicago. S T According to the police, Meeker {once worked for the Commonwealth | pay checks. o | He also is alleged to have written e resignation of George Otis the letter of credit on the company's | SMith, director of the United States {company as an expert accountant |and auditor. He is Supposed to have | had some family trouble and is alleg- !ed to have disappeared with $100 of !the firm's money and a number of stationery and forged the president’s|8elosical survey, was made public it before e he left. The|at the White House today. checks he cashed in the cities above| It Was explained that Director enumerated. He will be taken back | Smith’s resignation was of a more or to Chicago to answer the original |less temporary character, inasmuch charge of fraud. as he will be reappointed when his duties as a member of the President’s NEW SHIPPING ORDER. is post as head of the geological can consulate in New York, Minister | Would not be impaired. recently created fact-finding coal Mexico Will Collect Consular Fees & cey in order that he could better of Finance de la Huerta of Mexico is| The White House made known at commission have ended. It W thought best that Director Smith re- on Border. e the ‘coal commission, and in Pending the reopening of the Mexi-|order that his duties at the survey the same time that Judge Alschuler, and | th ministers, his visit may be pure- of a social character. may also subject is the proposed substi- in_the nature of a farewell call onal treaty replacing the Rush- Auckland was & proiege of Bagot arrangement, the situation in ge. who pushed him for- | resard to it being that the British i ward from one office to another. It government has expressed jts concur {may ba that Sir Auck surmises rence and the next action will be b; 1_WANTEI]I__NS CTIES TOFIX PARENTAGE it could be assumed that it | rranging plans by which exporters shipping to Mexico from New York may forward merchandise to Mexi- co subject to the collection of consu- lar fees at Mexican border points or ports of arrival, according to a tele- ram_received from the American 'hamber of Commerce of Mexico by the forelgn commercesdepartment of the Chamber of Commerce of the (United States here. The cablegram said that shipments thus made would not entail any lo to shippers, such as fines, etc. g The lookout man on the Majestic, the world’s largest liner, is 180 feet above the water level, and in clear weather has a view covering some 900 square miles of the ocean. l who was appointed by the President to the coal commission, has never qualified as @ member of that body and cannot do so and. legally retain his position on the bench. It is known that the President will endeavor to have Cogress grant this permission to the Chicago jurist, and in the mean- time he will continue to act with the commission in an informal and unoffi- cial manner. TREES, SHRUBS & PLANTS 300 Varieties ROCK CREEK NURSERY THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1922. - | llions? \DRIVE PROGRESSES {Roads. Overvalued Billions: ! False S Senator Cummins : Law Not Cause of Committee at Work Organiz-| Freight Rate Rise, Ave, adjacent to the $1,000000 Bridge. A section S of convenience and social desirability. ing Teams and Making He Says. ! DESGRIFAION y : Other Pla Two stories, attic, glass inclosed sitting room, maid’s room, ns. Wi 5 3 baths, two showers, lots 24 and 29 ¢t. front, 2-car garages. ; Critics Assailed in RRLUCE B $83,000 ALREADY GIVEN The prices for this section are most reasonable. The terms, X Speech of One of if desired, less than rent. ! SXTTRIT ‘ Seventeen Inmates of Present In- Act S Authors. The art ot furnishing is ably demonstrated by Mayer & Co. ; stitution Eagerly Watching Re- 1;{1 0!‘1‘.‘ o()l:h&lntth h;;w}v.\_’“_'l’ ‘S'(’"n' A\;.. ke(\\'cen Woodley x v oad an athedra ve. )pe: ) 2, sults of $150,000 Campaign. By the Associated Press. pen to 8 P.M. 5 i e s P BUILT AND FOR SALE BY ; S MOINES, Iowa, October 31.—It| Pibot « namrrwa |1 morat wna coonorsi crime 1o say| MIDDAUGH & SHANNON, INC., OWNER | . ! e committee appointed by thelthat the Interstate Ce ce C 5—10th 0odwi ! rstate Commerce Com- | i Hebrew Home for the Aged to build [ mission overvalued ‘the nation's rail- Main 6935—1 . Floor W. ard Bldg., 15th and H a mew home and hospital by means |roads some seven or eight billion dol. | g siboag o5t e okl of a public campalgn for funds 15 |lars, Senator A. B Cummins declared | todey hard at work in the head-|in an address here | quarters, room 217, Commerce and| The transportatio | , ; ansportation act, otherwise {Savings Bank building. mapping out | known as the h-Cummins act, | ‘?1“ :Irnmevllnle plan of individual solic- | neither valldated watered stock for th v| itation. railroads nor caused increased frelght | SENATOR A. B. CUMMINS, l E Districts are being organized and|rates the-senator said in discussing | - S D 'assignments to a number of teams|, " SINE | he would not anticipate its findings, {will b S e ity | {he law, of which he was one of the|Scnator Cummins gaid, adding: {2likibe made shortly. Then the city | ,uepor” “It ‘is moral and cconomic crime to | will be canvassed, and wo Hebrew | .’ oo say that the raiiroad property, was over- { will be overlooked In this opportunity ":‘(""“!r ':‘“' there may be no oh- | \Giyed seven or cight illiousdolians iy v i car divi A v about my position with re-|the Interstate Commecrce Commission {to Invest money that will bear divi-| (o0t 't this matter, T assert that the | When it set the aggregate value of the | —that the most of people had to have a landlord, ;::x'-.‘.‘:,t;.“xl nm;m:. s such & no oliten i o e BAGAE S sotel “n'1rr?gd;urn‘:onfls.sao.u«o,ouu for rate-mak- | but today it is only by choice that one remains a i cial undertaking could give. pressed all the peopl i the farm- | & | % S B £S3,000 Already Given. ers partienlarly, are not due to the | Helpleasness of Congress. i Tenant, and at best a poor choice. | transporiation act, but to other caus “I may not agree, and, in fact, I do et 2 av f g The drive Sunday night, which |over which the kovernment neithe ’m.l agree that the raiiroads shouid en- | As a tenant you pay for coal, taxes, interest, realized about §83,000 of the §150,000 | 12 nor has the least o ntrol” con. | joy the benefits of what Is known ax depreciation, upkeep and the balance is the land- I eedad ol oA = ve: L e senator. “1 go furth d | uncarned Increment, bui e Suprem. , . needed to provide a modest dwellink | assert that i all probability freignt| Court has decided that under the Const lord’s profit. ion Spring road between 10th and |rates would have been higher withouty tution they ara entitld to the increased ; [13th streets northwest, was an_oili- | the transportation act.” '\imxvn!‘;.unddbw 11 about by the gencr- Why Keep It Up? WL starter. The committee did not Sees Critics Changed. T oh e oo arl e o et aua & n ¢, and css 1s powerless to chang, {PXPGct to get the desired amount at | Crities of the act have virtual .~ Pumaleeiighung 160 Detached Homes Sold Here : : ttor | abandoned their early contention that | sio enat s ! i xt:n;(‘:l"::vt::llx‘:;\;{ i the matienluie Interstate"Comm:rec” Commizsion's oL mented| in_the E « public d e cause arn_ of 5% per cent upon |of the transportation act may ke, | jand effect of the project has been |road valuation was 0o high, he A ehen. the ANN & H = . ! < alug as 00 5 | “they. be fulfill o | clearly defined. it feels that all that chirge the. fouds with' ¢x- | consultution. in trampled under fone | SH ON LUC S remains is to “go and get the mone: nd that the act validates | when the courts to perform their v The seventecn inmates of the p n or eicht billios in watered stock. | functions and when the United States Intown Suburb ' nhome ac 415 M street are awaiting | As 10 exiravagence; that allegation x| is teady o Walk in the footsteps of fl- | o 5 o campaign with the | under investigation by a committee, and Gtn TRt e i | et e e i bt e = T Ldth Street Terrace 1t wiil mean no more crowded condi- See Them—V I i ions and comparative discomforture a | | ee e ery nlereStmg S ton e ke wanine for o i | Us S- TO HELP SOLVE ! BAVARIAN CABINET OUT. | TO INSPECT itable, but will mean a cozy hom B c AL . SRR LS GERMAN CABLES ISSUE |ay e e Take 14th Strect car (recognized the best Tl Y ok il bre ven 3 RERLIN, October 31.—The Bavarian service in Was on) to Kennedy Street, or |thermcre, the success of th Preparing for Participation in In- | cabinet, headed by Count Hugo Lerchen- drive ont 16th Strect and through Colorado Ave- will assure them that in time of ill- toriationatic foati {feld as premler, foreign minister and e to Kennedy Stre . ness those who are virtually penniless e ommunications e et e tetos, resean nue to hennedy Street. . will not hecome atients in a pu oy ehlor. & S b > | ospital, but will the be Conference in Paris. {forday. The diet will be convened im- tention in an exce ¥ equipp < i i mediately to elect a new prime minister. stitution operated by men and women | FTreparations are being made here | of their own faith for participation in an international the D e communications conference in Paris | (einred 1 next sp; at which the question of | .1, 8\ 7] The e (o very e | Fe e B Lst e aucation o2 | cuiealwith dhelArasianii OWNERS AND BUILDERS brew in Washington is aware of the j"“_‘,s" up together With other sub-|posals. These proposals, according to happiness he can bring both to the{” Tnd yntention, it was i iq | the Neuste Nachrichten of Munich, 5 h , ndicated, i would o e 1o is) B 0ld folks and to himself by subscrib-|to include on the program the revie | i ’M’,-'L.-’:",,f,“’(l.,.,ll’.r,,'&ffl;f,‘,'.’d1,'f5v§““. {ing to the new home, but many have | sion of the convention of 1884 for the | iribution of goods. i 2 thusiasm that existed Sunday night|protection of such_cables in time of in the Eighth et Temple. The|war; the adoptiofr of interna al ! : « confident, however, that | TéEulations for visual and sound sig committee L con e oW ey nt| naling. and the adoption of a Keneral fo Accomplish this will not in the|uxrecment with reference to cable {least be difficu i {and radio monopolies to make avail- Pl s and contributions need “)“{ able for common use geographical i range terms of settlemont that wil|fOF ¢able and radio stations. | sult the donor. Mrs. Char e g ey { { {smith, rman, and M. he welght of the great pyramid ‘Ivani; 2 berg., of Exypt has been estimated at 6,000,- | Pennsylvania Sevea butions and pledges at 217 Commerce | 060_tons, i Avenue Street | 8 ana Savings Bank bullding ! | i GERARD ASKS U. . 1000 DUTY INEAST By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 31.—James Gerard, former ambassador to Ger- many and chair- man of the Ameri- can committee for the independence P of Armenia, has 1 £ ssued a statement calling upon the United States gov- ernment to accept “its plain respon- sibility to Ar- H men " at the i forthcoming near east peace confer- : enc “The govern- ment of the United States,” he de- clared, “cannot shirk its plain re- Armenia without | JAMES W. GERARD. sponsibility to stultifying itself. “Since the delay in effecting peace with Turkey has been due to the com- missions and omissions of tha United States government, and since this delay has culminatéd in the present | state of affairs, the conclusion must therefore be that the government of the United States Is responsible for the consequence of that delay in 80 far as Armenia is concerncd.” | While America has been responsible ! for the delay, Mr. Gerard said, “two | jof the allies” aided the Turks to re- {sist the enforcement of the Sevres treaty, thus taking upon themselves i blame for the failure of the treaty. | Presldent Defined Boundaries. “We should remind the powers,” Mr. | Gerard concluded, “that, at their r quest, the President of the United; | States defined the boundaries of Ar-: { menia; that following our rejection of | the Armenian mandate they con-| cluded the Sevres treaty, in which | they provided for the sefting up of ! an independent and united Armenian state, and that the responsibility for the failure to consummate the Sevres treaty belongs wholly to them. 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