Evening Star Newspaper, June 7, 1923, Page 2

v P 3 o DECLARES MORSES PLANNED INCREASE Seught New Contracts Early, Former Fleet Corporation Agent Says. * estimony tending to show that the Mprses were seeking additional con- trpcts to build ships before they had laid a single keel under the first con- teact for twelve vessels at the Vir ginia Shipbuilding Company’s plant at Alexandria was introduced by the government today the trial of Charles W. Mors ms and four others, befor ford, in Criminal Division 1 . Sidney G. Jenks, former district n cer of the Fleet Corporation in 1 told of a conf. ce with Charles Morse, Benjamin W. Morse and a man named Wallace, plant superintendent of. the company 1918, while he was inspecting ogress of the work on the plant, Proposed Inerease. the Morses 1 him | 1o increase the capac- ! plant and exhibited to him ablue print known in shipbuilding narlance a “launching program.” This indicated the Morses eontem- pluted an i.crease of the number of Wways from feur to eight. They asked the witness, he said. to recommend to hjs superior officials that they be gi¥en contracts tor thirty-six more boats, deelaring they could” complete them in 1920. Mr. Jenk he told them #t would be a physical impo sipility to build that number of ve séls within the time stated because of | l#bor conditions Dn cross-examination the witne: admitte t the needs of the gov- efument for ships was pressing at that time and that the Morses stated they had scouts out coralling the cassary labor. He could- not r whether he had praised the Mors the manner in which the plant had been constructed i Completed Nine Skips. Pavid G. Anderson. district manager #¢ Baltimore in 1918 and 1920, told the completion of nine of the twelve vessels by the Morscs. under the first e YVirzinia Shipbuild- gave the names.of tite e dates of thelr d Tiy hipping Board Martin, former treas- Vi 2 Shipbuilding t on the books of rles. W. Morse was lary of $36.000, Col $25.000; Ben- Jegmin W 00; . A, Morse 00. Martin g 0 in sa 500 bonus in eleven months he was with the compzny, he testified The w of the is stoc $4.000,000 to n Com- P with < W. Morse in reiation thereto The conversation he placed as in Februury 9. but cross-e negion, after seeing stock book the witness ch his testimony to March of that He also made corrections o statements in hig direct evidence and was allowed to legve the stand after declaring that he: could not even swear he had the stated conversation with Charles Meorse. e { posce the following as part of & definite | “(a) The rallway system of the | W. [tions |guarantees which she is 1 \Decline of Births | Marked by Death ‘Increase in U. S. A decline in th® birth rate anfl @ slight increase in the death rate in 1922 was shown in provisional census bureau figures for the year announced today by the Depars- ment of Commerce. For the twenty-four stgtes re- porting birth figures the rate for 1922 was 22.7 for each 1,000 of, population against a rate of 24.4 | for 1921. Far thirty-three states the death rate last year was 11.9 ainst 11.6 for 1921. North Carolina reported the highest hirth rate, 30.2, while a rate of 18 for the state of Wash- | inzton was the lowest. Death { rates in the thirty-three states | ranged ‘rom 147 for Maine to | 81 tfor Idahg PLEA TO RESIDENTS FOR WASTE PAPER of Reliance Hotel Solicits Discarded Magazines. The management of the Reliance | Hotel, at 115 Penneyvlvania, avenue, operated by the Salvation Army, a1y issued a special appeal to Wash- ngtoniuns 10 save their papers and magazines for Army, the tons of waste paper thus coliected weekly 1 the hotel's chief support Juring the Shrine convention, t s2id fhe manager, “it has been for our wagen and lght te get over the city as thor- as_usual. due to traffic con gestion. Too, many of the homes closed with the families in the in attendance upon the Shrine { weelk difficult | city | festivities i | “We are hoping that our failure to make our regular collections this will not cause persons who -en saving their papers for us the city to muke other disposit n of this waste paper, which at help to us in defraying the of penses our hotel for men un- jable o meet the sising coasts of iboard and room.” | In_couuection with the campaign | for $50.000, conductedl by the citizens' committee, it was reported +hat the ppeal funds for the Fresh Air mp for Washington's poor kiddies lis meeting with inereasing response ldue, it was thought, to the hot The camp will open the f July. and it is hoped to care 400 of the poor children INEW GERMAN NOTE HANDED TO ALLIES, | PLEDGES ANNUITIES | | new warrants churging them with (Continue the kind and mode of a position 10 offer, the German government Dro- Teparations settlement: reich, with all its appurtenances, will the accounts of which wouid be inde- pendent of the general financial ad- {be” detachea from the other state ANN APO”S EI_ASSimDW % neilias aiaikients cmay Hands Out Diplomas and Ad- vises Graduates to Study International Law. By the Associsted Press i A POLIS, 3Md, June 7.—E \h'rri-; fog them to a close application of the study of international law and to geperal lines of their profession as wéll, so that they may be equipped to, handle dificult problems that may copfro the Nav, Beeretary of the Navy Denby delivered the commence- ment address to the graduating class of midshipnien in the armory build-| ing here today. He also handed out the diplomas to the graduates, who automatically were commissioned full-fledgde ensigns. ®our hundred and four young men reecived the coveted commissions. Aation in the c: of about a dozen of the graduate pending, by rea- sop of conduct, incomplete examina- tions, sickness or the other causes. retary Denby told the gradu- atus they were launching into a serv- | icé” where the greatest of fraternal of ministration and under its own con- trol; and obligations will be igsued up to marks, with a direct first charge on ing interest at July 1, 1927, thus payment of 500,000,600 goid | arr 5 per cenmt from annual marke nrantced by Buxiness. “(b) To secure a further annual paymont of 500,660,000 goid marks as from July 1, 1927, the German go erament will at once subject the en- | tire business industry, banking, trade traffic and agricuiture of the coun-| rantee in the form of a mortgage of 10,000,000,000 goid ks on the real estate, whether buildings, dwellings, lands or for- este. The annual dues of 500,000,000 | ! %old marks will be levied either indi- | rectly in the foim of a general tax on all clarses of property or on the speeific_objects of the mortgage (c) In addition. the German gov- ernment will pledge as mecurity the customs on imports of consumable ar- ticles other than necessaries, the ex- {cise on tobacco, beer, wine and sugar, | and the receipts of the spirits mo- | nopoly. On the average of the years: preceding the war these customs and exclse receipts reached about 800,000, 000 marks. Their yield in gold marks ; now has fallen to one-quarter, on ac- { feeling should prevatl at all times H¢ wriged them to guard against too great scverily just because they are naw in position to command, but. on | hls { contrary, to D a closer con- | tagt with the study them; not | bel prone to them for some | meagre offense, to endeavor to at the bottom of the trou™a gnq | rect it i Furning to the point of international | prpblems. he pointed to Admiral Dgwey as an outstanding example of an American naval officer who, twen- ty#five years ago, found nimself con- | queror of a dominion and became re- | spoBsible {or the government of the PRilippines, confronted by a most . ménacing situation. He could not have | mlstered that situation but for the | fagt that he was well versed in fthe lag of tkhe nations, he said. ROADS PROSPEROUS 'DURING PAST MONTH élasn 1 railroads earned $83,197,300 during April, according to compila- t s made public yesterday by the American Railway Association, which esfimated they represented an an- nugl return of 6% per cent on cap- 1tg] -invested in transportation. The rafe, the highest reached since re. tupn of the roads to private pwner- ship, resuited from freight trafic greater by 55 -per.cent during the 9 ménth than the volume handled a Year ago. and total cperating rev- Tues, which, in spite of some reduc: tigns in railroad rates, were more 11 25 per cont ETebter then during the same period last year. in April, 1922, earnings were $49, 000, while 1n March of this year totaled $83,568,000. During the firkt four months of this ycar the net oferating income of the roads to- tajed $266,246,000, representing a re. t of 549 per cent on the esti. mgted value of railroad property used in; transportation. The class one liges for which the totals were com- piled operate more than 90 per cent ofithe nation’s total rail mileage, ana inglude all roads with more than a million dollars per year of gross rev- enue. The eastern and southern districts ‘were shown to have attained a stand ard during April far above the Inter- stite Commerce Commission’s ruling t 5% ver cent should be considered TeRsonable. Lines east of the Missis- sippl and generally north of the Ohio sifowed April earnings of $48,321,000, which ig at the annual return rate of 7.83 per cent on their tentative value, Lines-in the ‘southern distriot earned §12,281,000 at the rete 0£:7.18-Der-cont, < count of t'xz loss of territory and population ahd reduced consumption. With the recovery of the economic -C-' tivity of Germany it will automati- cally increase. 1 ¥or New Conference. . i “In conclusion the German govern- ment feels that it must lay emphasis | on the followin: a matter so vas: and complicated real Progress | cannot be made by the exchange of | written documents, but can only be achieved by word of mouth at the conference table. jerman‘s capacity to pay depends : on the character of the settlement as a whole. A method of payment can only be arranged in direct consulta- tion with those who are to receive payment. The guarantees can only be workeq out in detall with the col- laboration of those whom they are intended to serve. ' “For the solution of all these que: tions oral discussion is essential. Germany acknowledges her liability to make reparation. The German gov- ernment repeats its request that a conference be summoned to decide how it may best discharge it." Abe Martin Says: 1 i | o § We're steerin’ clear o’ th’ Darwin _controversy, but we defy anybuddy t'. tackle -us on th’ Barnum theory, Popyright, National Newspaper-Service. Saivation Army Management' to- 1 the amount of 10,000,008,000 goid {inE with { therefor. THE | i SLAYING OFFERS * TANGLED PROBLE Change of Venue Likely i Trial of Shooting of Minister. i Special Dispateh to The Star. RICHMOND, Va. June 7.—Robe! O. Garrett and L. C. Garrett, both of i | the murder of the Rev. E. L. j & Baptist minister, R. courthsuse. Pierce 0. Garrett still is n back, while stood to have a slight flesh wonrd in his arm. Just how Robert received the bullet in his back not clear, nor is it vet establishec who fired ‘the first 8hot in the affra ister and dren, some of them mere infants. . Feeling. bitter in that section and, as the one of the witnesses for the prosecu | tion alleged to hav. the Garrets to refrain from interfer- the man attac he cannot serve. | preacher, David E. Satterfield been selected prosecute ing mad. by Judge Hundiey the case, the selection Shot After Falling. shows that after Pierce had fallen, shots were fired form of the minister, these while the coroners jury case. from the dead man's hand are in ti possession of the officers. One of the Garretts wi sat in reported store and that place there. the shooting the minister had word: artially insensible and that he final- y got up, staggered istol. it hands and the Garrets then cov- ered him with pistols, and immediate- 1y the shooting commenced. - Bitter Feeling. The statement that had. criticized the Garretts in a ser- mon om Sunday is disproven, as he did not preach at that time. M Pierce objected to L. C. Garrett's method of conducting the school at that place, opposed him for superin- tendent for the county and did his work retts and bitter. o Indicating just how tense the feel- ing is in that section, it is known that when a traveling salesman visits one store he is not allowed to sell to any other—that run by the opposing faction. the feeling was and Politieal Whip L. C. Garrett is the school superin- tendent, and he is referred to as “the school board,” and his brother is the county clerk, having held this posi- tion for years.sThey were a power pelitically, and for years they had been seeking to confrol the politics of the county. Several years ago the Garretts had trouble with a man named Corson, growing out of the {beating administered to a brother of Corson, and in this last melee Corson was shot and Garrett acquitted by a jury in that county. The Garretts are prosperous people in that county and have acquired considerable wealth, RULES OF BEHAVIOR OF GEN. WASHINGTON From the Kansas City Times. The rules of civility of George Washington, written by him when he was fifteen years old, are preserved in the archives in Washington. The following are extracts from them: Every action done tn company ought. to be with some sign.of respect to those that are present. In the presence of others sing not to yourself with a humming noise or drum with your fingers or feet. * When you sit down, keep your feet firm and even, without putting one on the other ‘or crossing them. Undertake not to teach your equal in the art himself profésses; it savors of arrogancy. Give not advice without being asked and when desired do it briefly. It is unbecoming -to stoop much to one’s meat. Keep your fingers clean and when foul wipe them on the cor- mer of your table napkin. Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience. Rather Expressive. From the Boston Transcript. Rastus—You ain't such a much. it with Dlack agen, 0 o PRRer at Cumberland a local hospital with a bullet in his Garrett jthat snuffed out the life of the min- left seven fatherless chil- ttorney for the state is been ordered by ng the The be- ssets of this administration and {lief is that the state will ask @ change as | of venue of wecuring an | this city. attorney for this eity, has 0 be- through the efforts of Judge {Smith, who is the attorney for Cum- { beriand. The evidence taken by the coroner shot through the body, several other | into’ the prostrate being dug from the sround under the body e These bullets” and the pistol | to have sald that Plerce came to the took | The facts are that. the Garretts went to Pierce’s house and | called him out, that L. C. Garrett and, and that the preacher was badly beaten, rendered into his home and returned with a shotgun and a The gun was knocked from the preacher RVENING STAR. General view showing the muwical organizatio 2nd the grandstunds filled to overflo - the ball {find the IN jmuch disappointed lot Ratubow Hues in Sunligh The mstrumental | signt as {every ! hot wun, fin the {play junder an b res | park, is r Cumberland, are to be arrested on|of the musical end of it. The work. who ha it i | the 1! being by theater. The the sen. piratio The anew i»l et teo |ers weld with big as | | Couple Neither | | aiately J There i boldly and openly, giving his reasons) just »nat they think. This did not suit the Gar-,a»e more numerous.than is | | | 1 l | {100 SHRINE BANDS | thousands of inte comers to the co | were attempting to push their way mnto hu, bright rays. ership of the t as & unit. demonstrating ability | the first_order in a | supernaturat L. C. Garrett is under-| haps, for the was—that large band mendous in their strength amd vigor, and no amount of outdoor space to be | filled by the sound could detract from | | ma ! wonderful, as a whole, demo. w! that numbers do not make music and | that quantity of sound will never re- ace quality. is a 1d personall es from the great crowd of play- which he led today the ume—outplay ®ation which he did lead MAN AND WIFE, SLAYERS OF 33, Executed Within 72 Hours, Following Conviction. By the Associated Press, MOSCOW, June 7.—Vasili Komaroft, convicted of the murder of thirty- three persons, accomplice, were sentenced today be shot sentence was passed. loud applause from the crowd in the courtroom and cries that the sentence should be carried into effect imm two hours. WASHINGTON, » DO center of the field ng. IN BIGGEST CONCERT n First Page.) cert park. These latter arrived to whole affair over, and were a ts made a pleasing they stood tn their vaiforms of of the rainbow beneath the their brass instruments flashing It is no easy job to arch through twice mstances. and when the | Sousa iy cire n vt |thing is done in the middie of a ball reath 2 torrid summer sum, it | physical feat, ‘to say nothing irious bands, under the lead- o conductors. played | of dificult sort of | =0 the great audience | expected something almost | were disappointed, per- | music sounded Just what from a tremendously Plaving in the outdoors | Tho a thrill of the volume of the music | s [0St to Kome extent, the resultant something usa’s Band like that achieved en playing In ® Tremendous Climuxes. limaxes, however, were tre- se of greatness and n of the marches. sed band_concert the in-! while | strated hat any music lover knows— safe bet that Lieut. Sousa select a band of 100 and shortly h could— | "m into a band w c exception’ of mere vol- a band 100 times as; the “record-breaking aggre- C. W TO DIE BY SHOOTING in Moscow Sentenced to Be o hard luck” stery T. Gillispie Henry Levine, Irving £. Coler, | ; o §23 of the $25 they hac within seventy-two hours.! . ' a ae cdllateral betrayed any “otion as the; FOSited as 2 gat thero was| The | and his wife, as his K, =L §their trial e s !frred for u day, they g sevent { go hungry and siept last night in one | | 'The pearl fishing season in Ceylan The souvenir venders appeared be-|only lasts twenty-two days, and dus- In fact they|fore Mr. Walsh this morning, produc- | ing that period as many as' 16,000,000 ed discharge papers indicating their | oysters are brought to the surface. jof the parks. are many people who say popular. 'THURSDAY, JUN Thousands Hear Concert by Massed Shrine Band_s MATNL.PRsTO day fo Assistant Corporation Counsel Walsh by four overseas veterans, 1ested for peddling Shrine souvenirs without & license, suved each of them 25 collateral put up by each f the men who came here from New represented the maximum financlal standing, in Police Court was de- E 17, 1923, In the conductor's stand. Left te right: John Phillp Saasa and William ite, director of Almas Temple Band. WAR RECORD WINS CLEMENCY FOR PEDDLERS WITHOUT LICENSE | whispered to- | service in Belleau-Wood, Max Catts, Gendel and M. ar- | deprivation. previously de- of the_city H. Kramer of ‘L. Cominsky of New York, of ok [lowed to forfeit had deposited as collateral police station. were forced io | ———— The Star’s Newsroom “Trying” to Work Amid Incessant Serenades to mount the weven stories to the newaroom reporters, was that of El Jebel Temple of Denver, Col. This plcture shows th lendér of the band, is a prominent Denver business presented to:hlm here by members of the band. of The Star and serenade fts ie writers at work amid the man, when he isn’t a Shrine musiclan, A. $200 Chateau- Thierry and other world war battles, |and told their story of handship and It appealed to the us- | sistant corporation counse\ . and ordered the return of $23 to each of the men, with the understanivg that they were to take the first txain out Washingto tr for the same offense, also weke al $2 of the $25 they in, editors and | potentate of the Mystic SR din. L. B. :l The Shrinerg’ ‘Tonvention Bas wit- nessed a clash_ef the plcturesque present with the drab possibilities of the uti}itarian future. For days the National Capital ‘has- reveled in the martial musi¢ of marching bands. For days the capftal has gazad in ad- miring wonder at the grandeur and grace of some of the most magmifi- cent specimens of the species’drum major that ever set foot:oh “twe' his- toric ground of Pennsylvania avenue. dent Harding used play in the Marlon Silver Cornet Band.— lubas, ¥rench Horns, saxophones amd throb- |bing drums have filled the air. with {melody ever since the Shrinevs first began to arrive on Sunday last But on .each temporary leh?rnvh /pols that these premier bands Of the nation. have passed as they sWwung along the Avenue there has betn a tiny ~ cornucopla .of a-’hora - wlich threatens at gome timeor other 1o obliterate the marching band frem the face of the earth. It is frealy admitted. that that time must- be long way off. The marching’ bang i { too inaprriug a’ slght to the presenc | generation ever-to have it done away with. “Under the spell of the march- ing band men have enlisted in ar- {mies and died upon the field of battle. Woulg Miss Drum Major. Never was tfiere a patriot but whose blood has been #ent tingling a 1f faster through his veins under the spell of the.marching band. Further- more, 1" Sebms almost a sacrilege that the grandiose drum major handed down through' generations, the proud- to into the discard, no longer to strut his stuff at the heaq of a marching column Yef, there is always the utilitarian future to be dealt with. Much'of th. to this inexorable influen Crino- line. will return no more, The horse fand bugky to many persons is but a memory, and to the younger city gen- eration is almost a myth. Recently a sohool teacher asked his class if any of them knew what a dipper was. Not three out of fifty could answer in the affirmative. Therefore, despite all the resistance that such a suggestion naturally in- spires, there is ground for the beliet that sooner or later the little horns SOVIET 1S BETTER THAN GZAR, HE SAYS Senator Wheeler Regards Russian People’s Condition Greatly Improyed., The Ruesian people generally are better off today under the soviet gov- ernment then they were at any time |under the csar, is the opinion of Sena- jtor Burton K. Wheeler of Montana, who, with Mrs. Wheeler, has recently returned to this country after a vi to Russia. They are in Washington for a few davs Furthermore, Senator Wheeler is of the opinfon that the soviet govern- ment is In control and will remain in control of Russia, through:ite efficient and well trained army of 600,000 men Says Conditions are Stable. Conditions in Russia, he said, are growing more and more stable. Sena- {tor Wheeler, like Senator Borah of { 1daho, believes that the United States | 8hould recognize the Russian govern- ment a8 soon as possible. To with- | hold such recognition, he said, is an ‘act of injustice to the Russian people {and contrary to the enlightened prin- | ciples which have held sway. in this { country. Senator Wheeler and Mrs. Wheeler | Wwere glven every opportunity to ob- | serve conditions in Russia. They | were in both Petrograd and Moscow {und found that the daily life in the | big Russian cities is very much like that in other European cities. The chops arc thriving, and it is possible | { i { | | to purchase almost anything desired if you have the price.” As & matter of ‘fact, prices for many things in | Russla ‘are lewa than aré charged in | the Unitea States. American Methods Copied. The Russians, he sirous of establishing friendly reiations with the United States and American meth- ods are being copied in Moscow and | Petrograd. Senator Wheeler said he was informed by officials of the soviet government that efforts would be made to meet the wishes of the Amer- ican State Department in the matter of recognltion if an opportunity wa pretented. It would be willing, it is sald, to take up matters of the Rus- ysian debt to this country and pro- and | tection of American rights. frosted Comments on Chutch Tria Senator Wireeler was in Russia dur- ing the church trials and gave it as | his opinion that the attitude of the Russian government was not to be considered that of religlous persecu- tion. The peopte, he said, are, on the whole. very religious, and it would be folly for any government to op- pose religion. Hessald that at one of the church services he and Mrs. he the | 10,000 persons present. Grafting in the government service, Senator Wheeler sald, {8 punished by ‘Qeath. Under the old regime such grafting was very common. S\ECRETARY DAVIS SPEAKS " BEFORE THE SHRINERS Page.) (Continued from Fii Ben A1l Te mple of Sacramento. Calif. Which' has been operating under dis ‘pensn\'nn from the San Francisco | Peiven tion during the past year, was Grantac\ a charter as had been ex- pected. The . \pplication for dispensation, Whith s %ere refused by the council oy wcke: Ali Gahn Temple, Cum- boriand, . ¥d.; Tadmor Temple, Akron, oo ke dra Temple, Kansas City: ea; 3takalla Temple, -Council Hts. Tov¥a; Hazah Temple: Ottum- Wwa. Towa; Sinbad Temple, Danville. 3 Jericho - Temple. Johnstown, Pa. Pit Laban Twmple, Fort Dodga, Tdaho. The Imperi\y Counctl, entering upon (ta ehird and Jast day’s session. took I ber 4t administrative mat- up & inA amendments to the ters Oon e Inperlal Council.. It ad Jouned for luuvh and was to con. Journeds forty-w inth annual session this afternoon. Indorwe, I¥others’ BIIL ~oduced. by Ernest Yeiing. Towner 1 1 bending -before vas car1tiad. C%‘.\;flfiia'mxa camipaign to obtain a second Canadian tmberltlu‘po;:‘n, tate of the Mystic £\ rine ln““ e 5~ fory of the order at\ meeting yes- terday of representatfyres to t ? m.l.. vention here from 1 ne temp! :Gzon Smida Maving & memM ership of 20,- 600, 2 s éeting, Which ‘was held a Kotths Thenter, indorsed for the po- sitfon of imperial outér yvii1ard at next ear's convention at Kaiwius Cirty, J. sred Reid of Mocha Temnle, London, Ontarlo. The imperfal old'er guard, according -fo custom, witlin aboat cleven years, becomes I ¥ 21 poten- advancement. 3 Ene previous © Canadian _ imherial e was ry A. Collinis of Rameses | Temple ote n’I)t':mnto. who ruled they \Mystic Shrine in 1905, > A at Ball Park|Abolition of Bands A A% Radio Music Is Perfected Cornets, ‘trombones — such as Presi- | est of the proud, should gver be cast! picturesque in life alréady has yielded | Wheeler attended there were at least | - foot, on' the telegraph poles will sound-the death knell of the marching band These little horns are nothing imore or less than -telephone ampli- - fiers. They have been eracted at in- tervals all along Pennsylvania avenue from Capitol to White Houge—along the “Road to Mecca,” and even into the “Garden of Allah. Pour Out Flood-of Music. When they are turned on'they flood the thoroughfare -from end to end with the melody of brass band,.of chanting chorus, of prima donna, or whatever fofm .of music the amplify- | ing station may trapsmit. By night these horns are furnishing music for the greatest ‘outdoor ‘balls ever held in” America—a mile of daneing people. It is clalmed that in the future a set of ampliflers strung along the route of any great parade cam fur- nish . the marching soldiers . ‘or' Shriners, as the case may be, With continuous music from one end of the route of march to the other. There would be no .intervals of silence | either for the marchers or the spec- | tators. Two bands playing alternate- ly at the “service station” would fur- nish the martlal strains for a dozen divisions. The Shriners who are devoted to ! their bands shake their heads at the. idea. They say that never o long as the Shrine lives will the band b passe. It is an integral part of this “playground of Masonry,” and with- { out it a conclave would be too drab for any possible use. Besides all this the Shriner bands have not confined their efforts to the pazades. They have blared by day and, by night all.over the town, and ave Ziven that air of gayety to the leommention which every Shriner craves and\ must have. (Copyright, 1923.) DOGUMENTS SHOWN INDYE PATENT SUT Government [ntroduces Pal- i mer and Wilson Papers as Evidence. By the Associated Prex < | WILMINGTON, ¢l { entation of documer’ jtended to support the gover | contention that the Gvrman dye pat- | ents seized by the alien property cus- | todtan and latér sold to the Chemical | Foundation, Inc., should be retur |to the governmept was resumed in | the Tnited States district court to |aay. The government in ' its suit charges that the patents, trade marks, copyrights, egc.. selzed aro { worth’ millions of doMars and were psed of to the Chemical Founda- n for an inadequate kum June y evidence in- ent's 7.—Pres- 1t | The court sustained an ubjection by t | the defense whe e rnment of- jfered documentary evidance bearing upon the allegation of conspiracy in | the transactions preceding the dispo- | sition of the putents. The defense ol jected on the ground that .the c | epiracy allegation should first be sus- | tained~ by proof of overt act. The government noted an exception, when | the court ruled for the defense. | Among the evidence presented to- |day were letters by A. Mitchell | Palmer. as_alien property custodian; | President Wilson's message to Con- | gress the report of the custodtan in | relation to the patents situation and suggesting changes in the trad | with the enemy act; excerpts from { official reports showing the increase { of dye industry ‘and the organiza-, ! tlon “of eéncerns to promote ‘it, and | extracts from the report of the or- { ganization of the chemical foundation for the purpose of handling the Ger- man dye patents. FRANCE WIL BUY D.C.EMBASSY SITE Bill in Parliament Asks $185,000 for 15th and | Euclid Property. gov By the Assoclated Press PARIS, June 7.—The purchase of a new site for the French embassy in Washington is proposed by the gov- ernment in & bill sent to parliament today. It is explained that a site owned by the government on S street, now considered unsuitable, will be sold for $185,000, and a new site at {15th and Euclid streets bought for !the same amount. The purchase, the {government says, cemes “as a.favor’ {by the seller, as the site is worth | much more. IN HENDERSON HOUSE. The French embassy at present is [located at 2460 16th street, in a house owned by Mrs. John B. Henderson. The S street property owned by the embassy is located just west of 23rd street, near the home of former Presi- dent Wilson, and almost opposite a plot of ground owned by the German government. The § street site is not improved, | although plans for an embassy build- {ing had been drawn by an architect ‘sumc time ago. Ambassador Jusserand did not fully approve them, and ac- cordingly buflding work 'was never actualiy started, The Netherlands legation is occupy ing a beautiful building at 15th and Euclid streets, and the proposed new Eite for the French embassy will be opposite this legation. ——— e NO REPORT IN 2 DAYS | REGARDING CAPTIVES By the Associated Press. SHANGHAY, June 7.— Forty-eight hours have passed since any report on developments in the negotiations for rélease of elght fofeigners hed by bandits on Paotzuku mountain’ has been recelved from newspapers and_press association correspondents at Tsao Chwang, where the parleys {are being conducted. The only word from Tsao Chwang. early today was & private. message saying that the negotiations were “progressing favorably.” RAW SUGAR STEADY.. Futures Show Gains in Trading ang- Then Slump. NEW YORK, June: 7.—The .early- raw sugar market ‘was steady and unchanged at 6% cost and freight, equal to 8.18 for centrifugal, while Porto Ricos were quoted 1-16--cent below this level or at 8.10 for:pen- . trifugal, There were saies of 27,000 bags of Cubas and 13,000 bags-'of" Porto Ricos for June shipment. . . Raw sugar futures- opened steads with active positions showing gains. of 2 to b points 6n. huying sajd to-be againsf .sales of ‘spot. After this! early buying movement had subfided. prices broke under renewed liguida-- tion, prompted by reports of an Mps settled_market in the United - dom. Prices.at midday wete 4to § points-npt lowery . rAE ==