Evening Star Newspaper, March 21, 1923, Page 11

SUGALISTPLAN VOTE OSTRONED Parliament to Get ‘Another: JDay of Debate on Snow- den’s Proposal. BOOSTED BY LABORITES Would Supersede Capitalist System By Order Wherein Labor Would Be in Saddle. By the Ass LONDON tw ated r March i motio The nm for legl le the capi- by a socialist order has 1 postponed to nother day of debate after Last evenin government test be- en labor and ip S it over wden's d tion desig ) talist sy to supe: How [ . discussion found the Iy supported by all he Baster rec house except the la- i was largely aca- i demic, was no unusual in- cident. Muny the most prominent labor leades unable to tuke part, havin; to Paris as dele- gates to the e mference on the Ruhr ity Sayx Capitalisn ponsible. Mr. Snowder fsm and led to accoun had fail tive power He sug the peoplc to improv betwe . from e order 'f produc- resources condition of by sted that d hardly expected fold, wi ed only by a of the Snowid he labor own from 140 membe labor: wou ed in members to He added continue party parliament at that their 1 The significance of Mr. Snowden’s challenze is that he, with J. Ramsey Machonald and other 1 rs of the party. bel » the ependent 1 bor party ch is the socialist wing of the parliamentary labor party and numbc &y out of a_total of 142 labor m, s of the house. This Wing represents, however, not revo- lutionary socialism. but rather wh 18 g inte tual so- ciali adual socialism. Wage Incrense Cited. In the o of his speech intro- @ucing his motion, Mr. Snowden said that between 1874 and 1908 wages ! had increased by o 10 per cent, while incomes received by those who made no contribution by their labor had increased twelve fold; therefore, he was justified in saying that under the capitalist system an improvement fn the condition of the people could not be expected. Mr. S motion having been seconded, Alfred Mond moved an {ndependent ral amendment set- ting forth various reasons against socializing industry and asserting that existing evils can and must be | remedicd, not by sudden and revolu- | tionary changes, but by a wise and | beneficial economic policy, which the amendment outlined. He admitted that | Mr. Snowden had delivered a very carefully reasoned and. clever speech, but had failed to show that under the socialist system no such evils as | complained of under capitalism would occur; the speech was a formidable fndictment, not only of the capitalist system, but of civilization from the creation of the world, Capitalism had been the system ! almost since the world existed. The world was imperfect. Did Mr. Snow- den wis to bLring all the clever people to the level of the stupid? The key of industry vas manage- ment; it w > to carry on the indus country through & governm spartment, Industry could not be orgunized by such a de- partment on : e which would give increas but rather the reverse. efficiency, Conncription of Labor. It everything was to be made by the s would the labor members atisfied with state news- s be sute blouses? conscription of to every in- nature—an illusion. . Snowden to prove uld deliver the good one S ip Lloyd- ame, president of the bward of t replying for the government, the ministers would be glad to °t the main is sue raised in Mr. Snowden's speech in the house and on every platform in the country. The motion was im- possible cn 1wo grounds—economic &nd physiological. 1f the motion were carried to effect it would result in foreign apital which had come to Tingland, because of security, being sent abroad, and industry would suffer. The debate was adjourned. { name. For Driving Auto Without License)|| Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md.. March Unseemly liberties with the law are not taken Kindly by Special Officer Henry Nusz of the staft of Com- missioner of Motor Vehicles Baughman. A black bear, owned by John Akey, Wisconsin, successtully op- erated an automobile in Frederick, with Akey sitting beside her. Nusz stopped the car, charged the bear with operating a car without a license and with reckless driving. The bear was tried by proxy be- fore Justice A. M. Wood. who ruled there was nothing in law requiring an animal to take out an oper- ator's license and the case was dismissed. —— CHLDHELDFRALD N DVORGE CASE Rockville Judge Doubts Claim of Wife That She Is Mother. | i i i | | i | | { | ROCKVILLE, Md, March . auburn-haired infant, which, until re- | cently, he believed to be their own | son, was “fraudently imposed” upon i Willlam T. Lewis of Bethesda by his {wife and is not their child, Judge {Edward C. Peter held in a decision in Peircult court here vesterday after hearing testimony on Lewls' applica- tion for a divorce. He denied the {application, filed on grounds of deser- {tion, and gave Lewis ten days in which to file an amended bill giving the “imposition” of the child as | srounds for divoree., Medical Evidence Against Child. Medical evidence had satisfied him that Mrs. Lewis was not the child's mother, Judge Peter said in his de- cision, adding that such a fraud was rievous and cruel hust Lewis testifled at the divorce hear- fng that after numerous quarrels when they were first married his wife left him about five years ago to visit in Philadelphia. “Several months picions were first aroused by his o father and mother when he left his wife two years later, Lewis said Mrs. Lewls declared on the stand that the child was their own, and replied to questions from attorneys as to witnesses to his birth that the doctor and one of the two nurses at- tending her were dead and the other inurse was not in the room when he was born. Opinion of Court. In reviewing the case in his opinfon, Judge Peter says: “In view of all the testimony, the court is convinced that Mrs. Lewis has fraudulently at- tempted to impose this child on her husband as his child. In a large city like Philadelphia, it is not difficult to obtain a waif, and that is what I am satisfied Mrs. Lewis has done. The court finds, as a matter of fact, that Mrs. Lewis did not give birth to the infant child mentioned in these proceedings. “The child, however, was not the cause of the separation. At that time, Mr. Lewls believed it was his. Yet before the desertion Mrs. Lewis by fraudulently imposing this child on her husband had deliberately and craftily committed against him a which no man of ordinary sensibili- ties would forgive or overlook. Mrs. Lewis insists she gave birth to the lchild and gave it her husband's sur- The child {s not a party to the cause and will not be bound by age. Separation Not Justified. “Mr. and Mrs. Lewis have equal rights In the home. He cannot return to his wife and, against her will, put the child out. Under the circum- stances a reconciliation would amount to an admission by Mr. Lewis that the child is his, and it cannot be held that he ought to submit to such an fmposition. The two have finally separated. One has deserted the other. The plaintiff left the marital abode. The cause he alleges does not justify the separation.” Fall River, New Bedford and At- lanta have the highest percentage of child labor of any cities in the United States. COMIET IS KLLED N PRSON FIEAT firaw Knives and Clash When Guard’s Back Is Turn- ed Momentarily. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va.,, March 21.—A murder twenty yvears ago in the state penitentiary, when Willlam Woodson, & lite man, cut the throat of another convict, was repeated here Monday afternoon, Vivan McDaniel, a life man, cutting Willlam Jones and causing his death in half an hour. McDaniel Is seriously wounded and is in the prison hospital. Both Lifers. Both were doing a life term, both having been convicted of stabbings and cuttings years ago. The men were being placed in their quarters for ‘the night, and while the guard's back was turned for a moment the two men, who had been quarreling before, suddenly drew knives and be- gan the duel, which ended in the life of Jones and sent the other to the hospital. Killing Kept Secret. For some reason that is not clear, the prison authoritles kept the affair & secret until the coroner made a re- port of the affair to the polica here. . McDanlel will be placed on' trial for his life, as was the case with William Woodson, i the prisom vard I0r his crime. who was hanged | This plant of Agriculture greemhouses, 21.—An’ wrong” to & grievous and cruel wrong—a wrong | the court’s findings as to its parent- | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. Washington City Post Office. The Evening Star. ‘Washington Railway and Elec- tric Company. Potomac Electric Power Com- pany. R. P. Andrews Paper Company. Merchants’ Transfer and Stor- age Company. The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company. Chestnut Farms Dairy. Yellow Taxi Cab Company. Washington less dangerous. SETTLERS TRAILING Posse Seeks Band Raiding Utah Town During Trial of Two. By the Associated Press. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 21. —A posse of white settlers of San Juan county, southeastern Utah, carly to- day was reported hot on the trail of later, he sald, she wired him thatl = e oas = e nd your” littie son_ are doing [ the band of upward of a dozen rene nicely.” Proud and happy at the|sade Plute Indians who went on the news, Lewis said he left at once for|warpath at Blanding Monday after- Philadeiphia and brought his “family” | noqn, o aby aft 2 the posse and warring redskins one young buck, known as Joe Bishop's boy, was reported to have been killed land two other Indians wounded. As far as could be learned the whites suffered no casualties. ~ Escape From Sheriff. The trouble at Blanding started when authoritles brought to trial Joe Bishop's boy and another voung Indian charged with the robbery of a sheep herder’s camp. Just before the trial got under way a band of In- dians from Allen's canyon, near Blanding, entered the town and started_making trouble. Joe Bishop’s boy and the other young buck were found guilty of the robbery, but they escaped from the custody of Sheriff W. E. Oliver when he took supper to them Monday night. The sheriff at the point of a gun attempted to make the Indians eat and by some ruse they knocked the weapon from his hands and over- powered him. Old Posey Takes Hand. With the escape of the two voung Indians a posse of settlers was im- mediately formed and went in pur- suit There was but one telephone line into Blanding and the warring red- skins cut that, isolating the town. Efforts to establish radio communi- cation with Blanding from Salt Lake last night failed. 01d Posey. an aged Indian, who was a leading figure in the outbreaks of past vears, was said to be taking part in_the present affair. The Piute Indlans in the San Juan section always have resented the coming of the white settlers, and from time to time there have been outbreaks of a morg or less serious nature. Pursuit of renegade Indlans is a dangerous task, as they are all well armed with high-powered rifles, and, according to reports, have a large amount of ammunition cached The San Juan county is mountain- ous and once the Indians gain their familiar haunts, apprehension of them would be hard, possibly impossible. CROWN OF THORNS PLANT IN SMITHSONIAN COLLECTION, ix thirty years old and will be on exhibition In the Department 14th ami B streets’ mortawest, Bear Is Arrested |[ B Owners of Commercial Vehicles Invite Public to Report Traffic Violations Through the Washington Safety Council, the follow- ing owners and operators of commercial vehicles, de- siring in every way possible to reduce accidents on the streets of Washington, invite the public to report to them directly in writing every violation of traffic regulations com- mitted by one of their employes. should contain the D. C. license number of the vehicle, the date, exact time, location of vehicle at time of offense, na- ture of offense and name of party making the report. The employing company will deal directly with each report and will not cause any inconvenience to the party making it: | | | | | ‘ | American Railway Express Company The Safety Council will be glad to lis i lishments, whether members of the council or not, who are | ling to join in this movement to make the streets of | | | | ! ) | lof $4.50 per month | This report, if possible, | | | i | | Wise Brothers, Chevy Chase Dairy. Chapin Sacks Corporation. Woodward & Lothrop. Barber & Ross. Julius Garfinkle & Co. | The Washington Post. ! Dulin & Martin Co., Inc. The Capital Traction Company. all other estab- TENANTSATPLAZA RENEEADE INDANS HOTELS REETOCD Corporation Concedes Right to Guests Who Object to In- creased Rental Rate. Notwithstanding that all the efforts {of the housing corporation and the! i Labor Department have been directed toward continuation of the govern- ment hotels on the Capitol Plaza, if any of the guests are disinclined to pay the increased rate necessary to meet additional operating costs, the corporation has no disposition to in- sist upon their remaining in the hotels. Notice to this effect was served upon attorneys for the guests of the hotels today by Robert Watson, president of the United States Hous- ing Corporation, in reply to a letter from counsel for the guests which advised Mr. Watson that the guests had been urged to pay the irkcrease “under protesi The plaza council will meet with its attornéys tomorrow evening at the hotels to consider further action, and what its course of action will be in reply to the ultimatum issued by the Ho ng Corporation yesterday vir- tually ordering the guests either to pay without protest or get out. Many Pay Under Protest. An iIncreased rate of $4.50 per month per guest was ordered by the corporation and th Labor Depart- ment, effective March 15. Many of the kuests paid their bills “under protest” on advice of counsel and the Rovernment yesterday posted a notice in the hotels, which advised the guests they could either pay without protess or give up thelr rooms. Mr. Watson'd letter said the posi- tion of the corporation has been carly outlined to counsel for the “At the risk of reiterations, be stated that {ts 1t of complications which ed by the demand of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad for rent, have been directed toward Securing the continuance of the op- portunity to those emploves of the government who are residing in the government hotels of this privilege. If, notwithstanding th fact, any of the guests are disinclined to pay the increased rate which s necessary to meet this additional operating cost, there is no disposition on the part of the corporation to insist upon their doing so. The letter from attorneys for the efforts, MATERNTY LAW UPHELDBY COURT District Appeals Body Acts to Expedite Effort to Reach Supreme Court. The District Court of Appeals, in an opinion by Chief Justico Smyth, today afirmed the action of the Dis- trict Supreme Court in dismissing a suit for injunction brought by Mrs. Harriet A. Frothingham -of Boston, Mass., against Andrew W. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury, and other government officlals, in which she tacked the validity of the Shep- pard-Towner maternity act. s e The ap- D‘;‘;:';"‘Y'“'“ Electric Com- ||, /1ate tribunal waived a hearing on o - the merits of the controversy, and at Washington Gas Light Com- || he request of the Department of pany. Justice, acquiesced in by counsel for F. P. May Hardware Company. Mrs. Frothingham, formally affirmed the lower court in an effort to expe- dite the case to a hearing in the United States Supreme Court. The court declared the case involves a matter of great public Interest, which should adjudicated at an learly date and assigns this reason for not taking the time to consider the question of the validity of the act or of the power of Congress to such legislation, The state of Massachusetts i i i i I All Sizes 38 to 4 versal preference. fish sateen, in navy and blac Made with 2-inch hem. Cut full over the hips.... Bemutiful patterns, in Corded and pleated flounces. luster* and a quality woven for BUST CONFINERS, of satin C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH make | Costume Slips, coat, providing a better foundation trous sateen, in black, brown and navy. self straps; cut full over the hips. COSTUME SLIPS, of Eng- $1.98 Flowered Sateen Petticoats. . . color _combinations. High mercerized 21, 1923. Speeial m'nll‘hh to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., March 21.— With a record of sixteen con- quests, Chairles W. Davis, seventy- three-year-old Lothario, who spe- clalized in widows with “a dot” and. who years ago wooed and won Mrs. JElla M. Finch, Thur- mont, Md.. has been trapped at Wilkes-Bagre, Pa. He was ar- rested in ahotel while composing an ardent love letter to Mrs. Emma Seiger, whom he had mar- ried a few weeks before, alleged to have relleved of $175 cash, to- gother with a quantity of jewelry, and who had placed an advertise- ment with a matrimonial agency under an mssumed name. Davis, tall, gray-haired and mustached, seemed pained when charged with larceny and obtain- ing money under false pretens Posed as Wealthy. Davis hud a remarkably long career. His courtship In Fred- erick couny lasted longer than the average., He met Mrs. Finch in South Catrolina and conducted a characteristio and overpower- ing courtsbip, in which he is said pending in the United States Supreme Court a casg raising the question of the valldity of the act, but there is doubt of the right of the state bring_the on and it is hoped to get the Frothingham case docketed in the { highest court in the land in time to Trimm New Milan Hemp Hats New Tagal Braid Hats New Lisere Straw Hats New Milan Hats High-grade Timbo Hats High=-grade Visca Hats Gay with flowers, colo ribbons, rich with ostrich, s and Easter. the reguirements of every Youthgll and mature styles every color. $1.59 The practical undergarments that have leaped into uni- Take the place of camisole and petti- for the frock. Of lus- Hemstitched top, COSTUME SLIPS, of lustrous _ | lingette, #n black and navy. Hemstitched top, seli straps and ribbon - $2.50 good service. . .. E PHILIPPINE UNDERWEAR, Two-inch hem gu to which Mr. Watson replied & : : : - = i {hing might be decided upon between and striped coutil. Fastened : PRt S arch 15 and March 31 which would terials. Nightgowns and meet the exigencies of the situation with justice to all parties concerned. Mrs. Sarah E. Sumner, manager of the hotels, said today that while there have been a few rooms given up within the past few days, the num- ber is no more than normal. and that no disposition has been shown by the guests to leave the hotels en masse, WILL DISCUSS MusIc. e Mrs. Robert Lawrence to Address Zonta Club Tomorrow. Mrs. Robert Lawrence will address the members of the Zonta Club of business women at thelr weekly luncheon tomorrow at 1 o'clock, at the City Club, on the subject of commu- nity singing. She will also demon- strate the basic ideas behind the community music by having the club members sing songs. This will be the last of the public luncheons of the club year, the meeting next week will be for club members only. No guests will be in- vited. The club celebrates the first anniversary of its existence with a party, to be held on the evening of April’3 at the Grace Dodge Hotel. Electlon of officers will be held at that time. Crown of Thorns Plant to Be Seen By Public Today Easter tourists visiting the Capital, and the thousands of residents, who always take a deep interest in flower shows, have a treat in store. There will be on exhibition tomorrow, In the greenhouses of the Department of Agriculture, the “Crown of Thorns" plant. This particular specimen is appro- priately trained in the shape of a thorn crown, such as was placed up- on the head of the crucified Jesus on Good Friday, approximately 1900 years ago, and surmounted by a oross. It is more than thirty years old, and grown by Manuel Fraile, in charge of the coliection of cacti be- longing to the Smithsonian Institu- tion, which are cared for in the De- partment of Agriculture greenhouses. This plant is now in bloom. It has bright red flowers, waxy and cluster- ed. On a sunny day the heart of this bloom shines like a small jewel. The leaves are few, bright green, of thin texture and rather small. The plant is like a climbing rosebush, with long, stout, sharp spines or thorms, about an inch in length. It is a native of Madagascar. The scientific name is Euphorbia splendens. This name was given to it by Doscorides. -It is said by Pliny to Bave been so-called in honor of ‘Wuphorbus, physiclan to Juba, king of Mauritanis. back. All sizes 32 to 46. Featured at.. trimmed. 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During_the summer of 1 he married Mrs. Finch at Thurmont, Md. Three days after the cere- mony Davis left, telling his wife he was going to Hagerstown on business. When he failed to re- turn search wae Instituted for him. Several months later it was learned that Davis had married a Mrs. Rockey at York, Pa. whom he deserted a short time later. Sued for Divorce. Mrs. Finch then filed suit for divorce in the Frederick county | court, charging desertion. She was awarded a decree by Judge Glenn H. Worthington, who | mitted her to resume her former name. Endearing love letters written by Davis to Mrs. Finch were pro- duced in court during the hear- ing, in which it developed Davis had been married sixteen tim It was al¢o shown that Dav immediately after he married Mrs. Finch, executed a will in her favor, bequeathing her all his property, described as being worth several hundred thou dollars. Arrested by Chance. Davis' arrest in Wilkes-Barre case, which is scheduled for argu- ment next month. med as defendants in the ceedings are Secretary Mellon, Abbg hief of the children's | of th partment of Labor and Hugl S. Cumming, surgeon-general of the pr race has take the place of the Massachusetts | public health service. bureau ONEDEADINFALL WITHTONS OF ROCK. Three Others Injured in « Plunge From 25-Foot- High Trestling. Special Dispatch to Tt FREDERICK, farch 21.— Hurled from a twenty e-foot tres- tling with two ton of rock, was killed and three injured ously, yest v Greenstone Deerfield, one mar two seri < of the n ¥ Orville mont, , near Thur mont, | The four ading ston | from the ‘ car at crusher. 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