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SMASHING REBUKE GIVEN GOVERNMENT Courts Assert Principles of British Liberty in 0’Brien Case. BY A. G. GARDINER, Britain's Greatest Liberal Editor. By Cable to The Star. LONDON, May 19.—The smashing blow which the law courts inflicted on the government In the O'Brien case is the sensation of the moment. The executive branch during the war had Dbecome so habituated to the exerclse of despotic powers over individuals it was assumed that law and the liberty of the subject could be over- rfdden with impunity. The judges of the highest court now have adminis tered the most crushing lesson ever addressed to a British government from the bench. The severity of the rebuke is taken to represent the foeling of the courts that during and since the war the judictary has been too subservient to the will of the executive. They have encouraged the assumption that the executive wus above the law and that liberty of the subject does not count where the necessities of the state are concerned In the wholesale arrest and depor- tation of Irishmen without charge and without trial the government issued an audacious challenge to the whole tradition of British liberty and produced such an indignant reaction from the bench that the government was reduced to panic. Any proposal to indemnify the home secretary fo his breach of law will be strenuousl resisted. The reactionary member of the cabinet favor asking parlia ment for powers which. under cer- tain_circumstances, would place the itive above the law, but the wiser heads realize this would be a fatal course. If a conservative government _sets an example of bolshevism, future governments of another compléxion may adopt it in quite a different wpirit. Note to Russia, Meanwhile the government is’ being everely eriticized on other grounds. There s a widespread feeling that Lord Curzon's note to Russia was exces- sively severe and’ menacing. Curzon * throughout has represented the extreme school of thought in regard to hostilities toward the soviet govern- ment. His influence is supposed to have’ been active against any trade relations with that country. But the public will not support such a position. The country is starving for lack of trade and increasingly disposed to take the view say what governme try shall have or to refuse to trade a foreign coun- most | that it is not our business to | Latin and Greek Back in Courses Of French Pupil; By the Associated Press, PARIS, May 19.—French chil- dren in the mext school year will face the study of Latin and Greek that made their fathers labor. They may dread these dead lan- guages, but have no choice, as the minister of public instruction has decreed the restoration of the clas- sical languages as absolutely ob- ligatory upon girls and boys alike during the six years of secondary education, which, roughly, is equivalent to the upper grades in the American public schools and the first half of the high school course. The teachers proved to be the children’s friends, for they re- minded the minister that they had voted, 13 to 1, ugainst Latin and Greek and In favor of the reten tion of the modern course. Parli ment debated the change for near- 1y two years, but the minister, de- spairing of getting a decision, i sued a decree in the parllamentary recess declaring that the French can best know their language and Appreciate their literature with its many classical allusions only if they know Latin and Greek well. (OLD WINE AND CORN TOFILL ONE GRAVE Champagne Must Mingle| With Rum in $30,000 Bootleg Funeral. | | Questions Not Settled When Arm,t'.sticg. - Was Signed Remain Undetermined. Allies Then, as Now, Not United. BY ANDRE TARDIEU, Former French High Commissioner to America. By Cable to The Star. '] PARIS, May 19.—After five years the Russlan question remains the puzzle of Europe. When the armi- stice was signed there was much dis- cussion of the so-called Russian front. It was not settled because the allles, then as now, were not united. Clemenceau had given orders to protect Rumania and to occupy Odessa. Yet only a few weeks later Wilson and Lloyd George proposed bringing soviet delegates to Paris, which the French government per- emptorily refused. Finally the un- fortunate Prinkipo conference was held and we all recall what & lament- able failure it was. We all remember, likewise, the strange discussion at the peace con- ference of the Russian question. Lloyd George refused to take Russia seriously, declaring: “The bolshevist peril is a mere scare- row." Wilson did not have the same opin- fon, but a different process of views arrived at the same conclusion. His particular phrase was: “All projects for reconstructing the eastern front are like trying to sweep back the ocean tide with a broom.” Clemenceau Quoted. Meanwhile Clemenceau said things which I now desire to cite because they were not known then and Ameri- cans will find therein policies which their government since has adopted. “I do not favor conversations with the bolshevists.” he insisted, ‘“mot alone because they are criminals, but because by talking with them we augment their power. They are only GEDDES TO HANDLE SHIP LIQUOR CASES Given Power to Deal -With c THE SUNDAY -STAR, -WASHINGTON, D. Russian Pro'b‘lem Still Held Europe’s Puzzle, Tardieu Says | co-operation. KRUPP SENTENCES INFLAME GERMANY Harden Says Moral Férvor Evoked by French Court - Is Remarkable. BY MAXIMILLIAN HARDEN, Germany’s Foremost Publicist. By Cable to The Star., BERLIN, May 19.—The wave of in- dtgnation which followed the Krupp sentences Increases rather than sub- sides. There never has been more talking done in' Germany about honor and’ shafe, dignity and disgrace of the courts than in the last week. This, too, despite the fact that Ger- many is the very land where It always Yas been declared all honor and Justice abides. The mioral fervor evoked by the French sentences is remarkable when it is recalled there long has been no genuine Krupp at the head of the great works, the male line having Leen extinguished in the third gen- eration when Alfred Krupp sent a Dbullet into his head because Kalser Wilhelm, with characteristic precipi- tancy and without proof, accused him of honio-sexual crimes. And Krupp also held the foolish notion that honor was something that could be given or taken away by another per- son, like titles, decorations or other sew-gaws. Sulclde Concealed. Naturally, the suicide was conceal- | ed and rumors thereof contradicted by the physiclans. The kalser made a thunderoas oration at the grave, declaring that only by fellows with- out a fatherland had Krupp honor| been attacked. So e lived in 19‘7‘-4‘ and so we live in 1923, The twenty-three year old daughter of the then richest man in Europe was married b the kaiser to his protege, Herr von Bohlen und Hal- bach, a Prussian nobleman who be- longed to the kaiser’s student corps t Bohm and had been trained to clegant beer drinking and student Quels. He received the imperial title of ambassador and was permitted to sume the name of Krupp von Boh- len und Halbach, thus becoming head of the house whose entire capital stock belonged to the Krupp family and cannot be bought on the bourse. Interest Is Keen. In this position it must be admitted ha: conducted himself Illke a| gentleman and has shown a warm in- | terest for the business. It impos- sible to suy whether this interest has by 1 continued sinc Herr Wiedfeldt | was taken from the chairmanship of the Essen directors—his place never! has be filled—and sent to Washing- clever at setting snares. They would make a trade agreement with us so that they could say: ‘When we talked printiples the allies would not recog- nize us, but when we talked money they were glad to do so.’ ‘What shall be done? We cannot walit until evolution settles the Rus- sian question. If I had my way I would Immediately establisha cordon around Russla preventing comtagion. But I cannot act alone and must yleld to the views of the other highest allied authorities.” These words trace prophetically the curve of England's Russlan policy since then. Lioyd George fell into the trap. Tempted by alluring Russian promises he became the soviet's advo- cate at the various conferences. What is the result? England has not done any business with Russia, but the soviets have been Iimmensely strengthened through thelr contact with the great powers. What Experience Proves, Experlence has proven that it is impossible to establish normal per- manent relations between the soviets and the rest of thesworld. Because the people morally and intellectually are backward they have submitted for five years to a regime that no other peoples would have tolerated a mo- ment. The only way to deal with Russia is to adopt the same general policy. Europe has enough troubles with- out assuming those which the Ru an problem includes. Our govern- ments have falled to settle Germany's diearmament, reparations or ox- change. We are not even In agree- ment on the question of inter-allied Every effort to touch the Russian problem has ended in a miserable fiasco. The wisest plan is to abstain while taking necessary precautions for self-protection The soviet has everything to gain from relations and nothing to offer in ex- change. NEW U. . EMPLOYE GROUP ORGAMIZED Claim Present Unions Fail to C, -MAY -20, 1923—PART ISp T, ies Still Swarm Ovei.turope as InPre-War Days By the Assoclated Pre PARIS, May 19.—The romance of secrét. farelgn agents is as much alive in Europe today as in the story-book tales of European court life in ages past. Remnants of the German esplonage system are sup- posed to be active in France and every now and then the French police run across traces of its workings. The French government appears to have brought to a high degree of, perfection its political intelli- geuce service in Germany. This extends even to the inner govern- ing group, and is looked upon as explaining the fact that Chan- celor Cuno’s recent note on repara- tions “was known not only in substance but in part textually considerably in advance of its final approval in Berlin. These agents often are in a su- perior soclal position; at ot times they are engaged in confl dential work for the German gov- ernment itself, and frequently they operate much ‘as did those strange characters described in old Eu- ropean court memolirs. STINNES PRESENTS ENIGMA TO HOTELS Unassuming German Millionaire Never Makes Advance Reservations. Dy the Associated Press. BERLIN, May 19.—Hugo Stinnes and his family form a hard problem for the keepers of fashionable hotels at Weisbaden, Baden-Baden and other celebrated watering places in the Rhineland who have been accustomed to entertaining the Hohenzollerns and other rovalties and also American millionaires who make reservations long in advance and send representa- tives ahead of them to prepare for their comfort. Stinnes and his family show up un- expectedly and unannounced. clothing is so unpretentious that the hotel subordinates, not,knowing them, are likely to accord them scant cour- tesy. The members of the Stinnes family seldom travel in thelr own mo- tor cars. Usually they arrive in town by train and take the first taxicab in sight to the hotel where they desire to_stop. Consequently Germany's most d cussed citizen and his family are apt Their | MOVIE EXPLAINS EINSTEIN THEORY Found Only Effective Medium for Acquainting Layman With Scientific Law. By the Associated Press, _BERLIN, May 19.—Hard pressed to et the ordinary layman right on the fundamentals and practical signifi- cance of Prof. Einstein's relativity the motion picture as a vehicle for a popular explanation. The first show- ing, a new film especially made for the purpose. was given a few days ago at the Berlin Polytechnic Insti- tute. Many common sights of everyda life were thrown on the screen t illustrate = the application of the mathematical and physical laws lead- ing up to and governing Einstein's theory. The film shows how to a man in a boat a fixed object ashore seems 1o be moving, while an observer on land, looking at the same object, real izes that jt is stationary, and that the boat is in motion. The picture also explains graph- fcally why a ship seen from a di {tance. appears to come up out of the | water. Another section of the film ;shows what happens to a ball thrown jfrom a moving train when it is hurled either in the direction of the train's motion or oppositely. Most of the pictures are actual pho- tographs, but many animated graphs and sketches as well contribute toward clearing up the mysteries of the laws of motion, space, time and light. . The film, arranged so as to account for the relation of these various phenomena to Einstein’s theor: been found to be more popular and far simpler than the rows of intricate figures and formulae with which the lay student of relativity has hereto- fore been obliged to grapple. SYNOD MEETS IN SOUTH FIRST TIME IN HISTORY Triennial Session of Reformed Church to Be Held in Hickory, N. C. HICKORY. N. C., May 19.—For the first time since its organization_in 1863, the General Synod of the Re- formed Church in the United States will meet south of the Mason and Dixon Line, when it convenes here next Wednesday in triennial ses More than 250 delegates from Mar. land, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinoi Wisconsin, Minnesota. the Dakotas, New York., New Jersey. North Caro- lina and Canada already have made reservations. DF. George W. Rich- ards of Lancaster, Pa., is president of the synod. = o theory, German scientists have sought | on. | w ,‘ FASCIST MOVEMENT GROWS IN FRANGE iLacks Leader of Mussolini ! Type to Make Effective’ i Its Experiment. BY WILLIAM BIRD. By Cable to The Star. PARIS, May 19.—France's evolution toward fascism has taken definite shape. There is lacking, however, a leader of the Mussolini type. Until he is {found any experiment along this line {risks failure | Minister of War Maginot is report- jed on excellent authority to have de- clared in his recent conversations vith political leaders that should the parliament which is to be elect- + majority of | radic cernment wiil decline jto summon it and will continue the existing reactionary chamber in power. This declaration takes lest significance because it is known | that Maginot is slated to become min- {ister of the interior, a position which corresponds to that of Postmaster !General in the cabinet at Washing- ton, so far as being the chief politi- cal official of the government is con- cerned. To Organize Elections. hat office his task will to {organiz parl y elections through prefects other govern- {mental officials thr the coun try e new on the high- ughout | 1n | Since 1819 the national {have been held in the midst | shhevist scare. French sen | arifted steadily toward {organizations, but the parties of the eft” are hopelessly divided, and it |is feared their victory would mean { chao: 4 Therefore nationalist leaders would undoubtedly approve a fascist coup that would keep control in the hands jof a united minority whose motto would be “France first 1t is unlikely that would produce any here than took place the “black shirts” ernment. t “left” any such group more resistance in Ttaly when usurped the gov- 1 1 sz.Tt::: a::;zsszrso NOVELS 'PEARLMAN’S BOOK SHOP 1933 G St. N.W. 5 5 * & G Sts, ton as ambassador. The newspaper reports of the French court-martial do not implicate von Bohlen seriously Just because we disapprove its opin- \ions. The further view generally pre- | vails that the best way of climinating to make applications for rooms to a hotel clerk who has not the slightest idea as to who he is dealing with and FOR RENT Complications From Su- Fulfill Needs of he worst features of bolshevism is to bring Russla again into the community of nations. It js fortunate that Russia has re- plied to the Curzon ultimatum with surprising moderation. Then in the louse of commons the undersecretary for foreign affairs repudiated any notion of war with Russia as remote from the government's mind, But in that case why such an aggressive rote? The most hopeful facts of the situation are the decision to extend the days of grace and the willingness * of Curzon to meet Krassin, who now is in London to discuss the points in dispute Law May Retire. It is possible that the return of Bonar Law, which is expected soon, will have a beneficial the situation. Mediterranean He has been on the to recover his lost voice and is understood to have been benefitted by his holiday. There is doubt whether he will be able to re- main .ernment because of the state of his health. and confidential quarters con- firm the report he wants to retire. Baldwin generally is suggested as hi successor, as he is able respected. But would Curzon be will- ing to step aside? The latter is unloved and unpopular, but brilliant, industrious and am- bitious. He will be a difficult man to keep out of the succession if he de- cides to enforce his claim. It {s more shan probable that Bonar Law will be induced to retain the premiership for a time to avoid raising a grave personal question of successorship, if his health will permit, because intel- Tectually Curzon's superiority is as undeniable as is Baldwin's place in the affection. SPECIAL NOTICES. 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Whiskies, wines, champagnes, cor- dials, rum, gin and other intoxicating liquors, taken from sixty-elght de- fendants convicted of violation of the national prohibition law, and auto- matically confiscated, which will, it is said, require three or four big army trucks to handle, will be publicly de- stroyegd some day this week. Edward W. Thomas, clerk of the Po- lice Court, representing the Police Court, and Charles Willlams, _prohibition custodian of confiscated liquors, isisted by a corps of revenue agent: { will destroy the property. | "Judge John P. McMahon, one of the {judges of the Police Court. who tried these c esterday signed {the orders for the destruction of the i goods, a_conservative estimate of the | {value’ of which is placed between ! I'ZJ.DOO and $30,000. ™1t is understood that Judge McMahon {made an effort to save under the pro- ons of the Volstead act, through the offices of District Attorney Peyton Gor- ldon. the real whiskies, wines and cor- fdials for distribution among the hos {pitals and other institutions, especially where aged persons are inmates, but without Success: { One of the interesting lots to be de- | troyed is made up of a fine collection of sherry wines, vermuth, champagnes, port wines, Jamaica rum, bottled in bond rve and Scotch whiskies of the| pre-Voistead period, Gordon gin, ‘bene- dictine, creme de menthe, Bacardi rum, {old English rum, Sherwood, Mount Vernon and other standard brands of rye whiskies. This lot was the prop- v of William Edward Swainson, who convicted April 23, Some of the other larger lots to { be destroyed are made up as follows: Fifty-two gallons of homemade win. property of Alphonso Bennetti: 103 {Quarts “of rve whisky. property of Luther A. Jernigar: ‘eleven gallons of corn whiskey. five gallons of rye whisky, nine quarts of Monticello whisky, twenty quarts of Stewart whisky! four quarts of red whisky, one-half barrel of cider, property of Ambello Astore and seventy gallons | of corn whisky property of William | E. Bedell: DEMURRER SUSTAINED. | Justice Hitz of the District Supreme | Court yesterday sustained a demurrer | {of the William J. Burns International Detective Agency and D. G. Anderson | to the suit for $30,000 damages re- ntly filed against them by J. F.| 1lis. a former detective in the suit {of the Burns agency. Mr. Ellis charged | i der. but the de- | fendants, through Attorneys Fischer & Fischer, claimed he had joined two |distinct causes of action, and had | jmade an improper attempt to join | jtwo parties in a slander charge. The | is_given twenty days tol amend his declaration. At the Chinese legation here to- day-two little sisters are making each other's acquaintance without the medium of speech. They are Betty, age four, and Julia, age nine, daughters of the Minister and Mme. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, and tliis is the first time they, have ever seen each other. Betty was born in this country and has spent all of her short life in the United Stated ana Great Britain. She is a typleal little American youngster, speaking only English, with a smattering of Chinese, and knowing only Amer- > fcan games and customs. Her favorite toy is her “kiddie”, car and the best beloved of her dolls has flaxen curls and blue eyes Julia, born and reared ‘in far- away Chinaland, is a real little Chinese maid. When she arrived in Washington last week with her father and ‘mother, who had gone to China to fetch her to Washing- ton, she was dressed in tiny em- broidered pantalettes topped with a diminutive embroidered jacket. Her.little feet were incased in the smallest of Chinese slippers.#nd her jet black halr was cut in the -tashion of-Chingsp shildzege ____ | SISTERS, 4 AND 9, TIME; CAN’T SPEAK SAME TONGUE preme Court Decision. r Auckland Geddes, the British ambassador, has been given complete discretionary authority by his gov- ernment to deal with complications arising from the decision of the Supreme Court, denying foreign ship- ping the right to bring liquor into American waters. There is no disposition on the part of the ambassador to question the soundness of the decision at this stage and it is said the British liners all will comply strictly with the regula- tions soon to be laid down by Treas- ury official Suggest Special Rule. So far the only formal representu- tion on the subject ha been in the interest of such British vessels s would be prevented by their salling schedules from reachiifg the United States from distant ports hefore June 10, the date set for the applica- tion of the new rule. It is suggested that such ships be given an extension to permit them to get rid of their liquor stocks without interrupting their sailing schedule: The British disposition is to give | the new regulations a fair test. It declared there is no urgency in the case. When Sir Auckland visits lon- | don in the course of his approaching trip abroad he jwill discuss the sub- ject with forkign office officials. Should it be found in the meantime that injustice has resulted. and that British commerce is unfairly treated, the ambassador will make repre- sentations upon his return to Wasn- ington next faH. i | | | Pressure for Relief. The French, Italtan. Spanish and other governments whose ships touch at American ports, however, are under greater pressure to secure relief from the ruling in view of their do- mestic laws requiring vessels to carry and issue wine rations. But they also have so far refrained from lodging any protest beyond verbal representations made to Secre- tary Hughes from time to time, and are awaiting promulgation 6f the new regulations before they make specific complaint. French Take No Actio: PARIS, May 19.—The French line | has madé no decision thus far in re- | gard to observance of the United States Supreme Court ruling prevent- ing transportation of liquor within American territorial waters, It was stated today by O. J. Dal Piaz, pre: dent of the company. “We shall continue as at present until developments force us to decide otherwise,” he said. e PREPARE ROOF GARDEN. The new Le Paradis roof garden will open for the summer season next Thursday evening after extensive out- fitting and decoration of the new re- sort. which has been designed by William Lawrence Bottomley of New York. Meyer Davis is the proprietor. Colored searchlights are arranged so as to play over the dancing floor, while umbrella tables provide drcoration and shelter. The Le Paradis Band will play regularly, it is announced. MEET FIRST She lisped her greeting to this little unknown sister in Chinese and stared amazed at Betty's vol- ubles reply in nursery English. Betty's crisp little American frock and shining black patent leather bootees astonished as well as de- lighted her. She has seen many new and surprising things In this land of America and not the least amazing was little Betty. The Tiews of the “big” sisters prospective arrival had been brok- en Yo Betty down at Atlantioc City, where she was visiting friends of the minister and Mme.. Sze while they were absent in China. She was all interest at once at the news. “My little China sister coming? Will she break if Betty squeezes her?” . And now the two are having a beautiful time getting acquainted. Betty - speaks English -and Julia speaks Chinese, but somehow they manage to understand each other and share the affections of .the flaxen - haired dcll and the joys of the prized “kiddl ¢ together. | Ing the hearing on her petition. They in any acts of sabotage. While the verdict and sentence causes anger it must be remembered that this only the court of first Instance that the appellate court can or reverse the verdict for which, after all, neither the French people nor government were responsible. Both the French people and gov- ernment. nevertheless, have been at- tacked by the people and the high German officials. Yet nobody needs fear this billionaire will go the same way in martyrdom as did all those { poor devils who were sent to jail by | the Germen government because they permitted themselves to be led into | illegal acts by their belief that there \ a German revolution. Instead of their attacks on the French along lines which seriously hamper diplomatic intercourse. the men responsible for German polictes | should ask themselves whether they haven't enormously damaged German honor by bringing on the country within a single week the four notes | of Poincare, Curzon. Mussolini and Theunis, all of whom declare G many’'s reparations offer dishonest, inadequate, undiscussible and im- proper. Every clear political head should foreseen the character of these notes. Everything done by the Cuno cabinet has been damaging and odi- ous and still less pardonable than the war crimes of that militaristic firm, Ludendorff and Company. The real sinner against Germany's honor is he who led h country so far from the right path so that it cannot rea!- ize it would breathe a sigh of relief if it could obtain withdrawal of all of the strong French garrisons the Ruhr W surrendering active and passive resistance. The present at- tempt to throw the blame on others is merely the old trick of crying thief. Workers. Believing that a feeling has grown up among government employes “that the existing organization of federal employes has failed in many respects to fulfill the needs and desires of those who make up the organization.” a group of government emplo cluding a number of members of Fed- | cral Employes Local Union, have formed the United Stat ployes' Association. it was 1ast night. The new association will be_incorporate This does not mean, according to the organizers, hat all members of the new association will drop afliation with the federal employes union. But according to Mrs. Adele G. Guthridg secretary of the newly organized as sociation, the term “rats” was applied to the new group at a meeting of the board of representatives of Federal Union No. 2, Frjday night a week ago, and this has stirred up quite a bit of antagonism. The officials of the United States Employes’ Association until next year are as foliows: Dr. George A. Hill, | president; C. D. Anderson, first vice president Mrs_ Hilda Graff, second vice president; Mrs. Salome Mansfield, third vice president; Sam L. Grosh, | treasurer; Mrs. Adele G. Guthridge, | secretary: Dr. La F. Kebler, Miss Ruth Buchanan and _Francis D. Scott, trustees. The finance committee i3 composed of the treasurer as chair- man, P. M. Kennerly, Miss Laurette McKendree and 8. B. Walker. The charter members are not much more than a score. There will be active and assoclate members. Active members will pay 35 per annum dues while associates will pay $3 SOCIAL WORK SESSION TO HEAR GOV. SWEET Colorado Executive Due in Wash- ington Tomorrow to Deliver Address. Gov. William E. Sweet of Colorado will arrive in Washington tomorrow from Denver to address the National Conference of Social Work on Wed- nesday, May 23. the day devoted ta problems of public opinion. Gov. Sweet will speak at the even- ing general session to be held in Con- tinental Memorial Hall at 8 p.m. i { | hav { - GIVES LINCOLN BOOKS. lection to Brown. e PROVIDENCE, R. I, May 19.—John{ D. Rockefeller, Jr., has given to the!| John Hay Library of Brown Univer-d sity the famous McLellan collection | { of Lincolniana. i In announcing the gift today. Dr.| Harry Lyman Koopman, the univer- sity librarian, said that Mr. Rocke- feller, who is a member of the Brown | class of 1897, had made it as an “ex- | pression of his loyalty to his alma mater and also on account of the ap- | propriateness of the building as the | chief visible memorial to_his dis- tinguished fellow alumnus, John Hay. | - to be the shrine of this famous as. Gov. Sweet’s address is awaited|semblage of Lincoln memorabilia.” \ith interest, especially in view of| The McLellan collection, formed his appointment of a United States|over a long series of years by Charles Senator from Colorado to fill a va- | Woodberry McLellan of Champlain, | cancy caused by death, concerning{N. Y. includes more than 3,700 vol Whose appointment he is quoted as|umes and pamphlets, approximately | “I have appointed him b, 120 legal papers, autograph letters| cause of his progressive ideas con-jand miscellaneous autographic ma- | cerning industrial and social “gues. | terial of Lincoin Limself and about| tions.” B § 180 other pieces of autograph ma- terial. There are also broadsides political posters, medals, pictures, | ballots. badges and other items. AMUSEMENTS. — FILES DIVORCE SUIT. Mrs. Ida Kieffer Charges Cruelty and Drunkenness. Mrs. Ida Kieffer vesterday filed suit in the District Supreme Court for @ limited divorce from Shelley Kiefer, | an employe of the government print- ing office. She charges cruelty and drunkenness and asks that her hus- band be required to gilve bond to assure his stay in Washington pend- OLD LLOYD, y And_Novelty 'Comedy, DOO-DADS. ™" RANDALL'S ooemar c Hth Bet. D and B T( HADWIC d STON were married at Dayton, Va., August 30, 1906, and have one &hild. The! wife says her husband makes $186 a month and receives a pension as a veteran of the Spanish War ef $12 monthl; She is represented by At- than Cayton. DANCING. FIGHTING B DA 'S Theater,9th& E Sts. | MORROW—THOS. H. MIDNIGHT PATROL. 3 EATON, in WEEK NIGNTS, 320 TO 12 ARCADE 14TH ST. AND PARK ROAD 2 p.m. Daily. 3 p.m. Sunday. TODAY AND TOMORROW — BETTY COMPSON, in _“THE _WHITE And LIGB CONLEY, in CRANDALL’S AVENUE GRAND 845 Pa. Ave. 8.3, 2 p.m. Dail; .10, Bune . ARD TOMORROW — BETTY . in__“THE _WHITE FLOWER.” And LIGE CONLEY, tn “HOLD TIGHT." ALL" Apolle Theater 64 H S NB. MATINED SATURDAY, 2 P.M. TODAY "AND Yo who has ho opportunity to stage a re- ception in keeping with the import- ance of the visitors. SHUVOS, HEBREW FEAST, TO BE OBSERVED HERE Two-Day Celebration Planned at Ohev Sholom Synagogue. Opens Today. Shuvos {Pentecost), beginning night, will be observed in two days services at the Ohev Sholom Syna- gogue, 't was announcéd by Rabbi J. Loeb. The Bible class will meet o'clock this afternoon, with “Decalogue’’ as the subject of cussion. The real observation huvos. however, will begin with services tonight at 7 o'clock, Rabbi Loeb officiating. He will speak from the sermon subject, Offering.” Monday morning services will gin at 8:30 o'clock in accordance with the orthodox ritual, with sermon by Rabbi Loeb, on the subject, “Covenant on nai.” Tuesd. morning memorial services will open at 19 o'clock, with the subject, “The Book of Ruth.” Under the auspices of the Ladies Auxiliary Society a Shuvos festival will be given Tuesday night at the synagogue, at which the children of the Ohev Sholom Hebrew School will e entertained. — Gude's Flowers For friends back home via telegraph 212 F n.w.—Advertisement. —_— Motion picture theaters in Java are | so constructed that the screen divides | them into two parts, the Europeans sitting on the side from which the feller. Jr.. ¥ picture is projected and the natives J. D. Rockefeller, Jr., Presents Col- | i on the other. Over !4 Million Visitors ‘Will_be here June during Shrine week Help make. your clty beautiful Have Tour werk Bons mom Painting and Papering Harry W. Taylor 2333 18th St. N.W. Suitable for development of small detached house: Tract of about 50 acres, convenient to car line and close to principal artery into city. Offered to close an estate at $2,500 per acre. Water and sewer available. Allan E. Walker & Co., Inc. 813 15th St. N.W. MAIN 2430 S to- | ‘Our Biccurim | As a Whole | 1 1635-Conaec Si i | or in Part- Second Floor Shops ° On Street in New, Modern, Desirable Building ticut Avenue uitable for Any High-class Business or Pro- fessional Use. Very Reasonable Rent. For Further Particulars Apply RANDALL H. HAGNER & CO. 1207 Connecticut Avenue be- | | | Washington’s most beautif; ed homes. Containing seven mi with si “The Triangle of between Connecticut, Massachusetts and Cathedral avenues (Woodley Rd.). Over four m i} struction. Wooded villa sites | Middaugh & Woodward Building, 15th and H Sts. Established 1599 miles of improved streets. ninety homes from $15,000 to $200,000 built and under con- brick homes, with lots from 50 to 115 feet front—Park Ofiice, 32d and Cathedral Ave. (Woodley Rd.). Franklin 4366 —_—— Massachusetts Park ul residentiai section oi detach- llion feet ot torest-covered land, Includes what remains of Increasing Values” nillion feet of land sold. Over , lots and central and side hall Shannon, Inc. CHOOSE YOUR LOCATION REMEMBER THESE FACTS! 6, 7 and 8 ROOM HOUSES 8 Rooms and Attic. 5719 to 5727 13th Street NW. (Just North where 14th St. cars stop) $1,000 Cash. $80 Month HOTEL_INN 604-610 9th St. N.W.. Formerly Stag Hotel Phone Main 8108-8109 $7 rooms, $6 weekly: $I OO rooms, $8; $14, nd | i vate 10; 2 1 e T meore. Reoums Libe Methar! Young Men’s Pic- tures well made $20.00 Dozen oy, The Rare Book Shop 723 Seventeenth St. Main 1201 AND TOMORROW — POLA NEGRI, in_“MAD LOVE.” And LLOYD' HAMILTON, EXTRA!™ Afl-'s YORK THEATER| Gu. Ave.& Quebee MATINEE SATURI | T(:‘DAAY AND. TOMORROW — RA' MOND McKEE and MARGUERITE COURTOT, in “DOWN TO SEA IN SHIPS." 'And STAN LAUREL, in “WRITP WINGS. BILLIARDS | BOWLING 12 Yables Atieys a Best . . - . Highest Prices Paid —for. entire Libraries or Single Volumes, Prints, En- gravings and Autograph Let- ters. Representative will call. CASH PAID and purchases removed promptly. - 1801 to 1847 Monroe Woodridge, D. C. C try Homes with city improvements ‘}";':l:zk. I. Ave. cars to 18th St. N.E.) Street N.E. $500 Cash—Bal 1222-4-6 Eye Street SE. 3 Rooms Deep Homes—Not Usual Box Type Convenient to Avenue Cars and Navy Yard ance $75 Month.