Evening Star Newspaper, June 8, 1923, Page 19

S CITIES INCOAL SHORTAGE SURVEY Engineering Societies’ Board . Meets to Plan Committee Activities. Br the Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn., June 8.—Plans for conducting & nation-wide coal stor- age survey were announced here to- day, when the executive board of the American Engineering Council of the Federated American Engineering So- cieties convened for a two-day ses- sion. President Mortimore E. Cooley, dean of the Engineering School of the University of Michigan, presided. Committees to aid the main coal etorage committee of the federation, headed by W. L. Abbott of Chicago, are being organized in eigh! six cit- jes, from Boston to San Francisco. Actively co-operating with the fed- eration will be local sections in these cities of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical kngincers, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American Institute of Blectrical Engineers. Seck Coal Solution. The federation, it was stated. is acting in harmony with the United States Coal Commission, the Depart- ment of Commerce and other agencies in an effort to approach a solution of the nation’s coal problems “The storage of coal has been dis- cussed for many years,’ said Dean Cooley. Various groups have care- fully studied some of the important factors involved. However, all of this material has never been brought together. analyszed and disseminated in an authoritative statement. The seneral concensus of opinion is that the storage of coal is of prime im- portance in solving the complex coal situation. Study Mnain Features. “The United States Coal Commission and the Department of Commerce are making studies of the main features of the engineering, chemical and eco- nomic aspects of the storage of coal The bureau of mines has done like- wise. However, the work of the three ngencies named and that of the engi- neering societies can and will be co- ordinated to avoid duplication. “The object is to determine the engi- neering, chemical and economic fac- tors involved in the storage of coal and the influence of those factors on storage at the mines and by various classes of consumers. DENES UG SPES ON REAARD CROKER. By the Associated Press DUBLIN, June S.—Richard Croker Jr. was cross-examined by Patrick Lynch, counsel for Mrs. Bula Croker. at today’s session of his suit to break the will of his father, one-time Tam- many chieftain. Mr. Croker <1iid ha} had never used detectives to spy unon | his father, but admitted that he had employed one McCahill to inquire into the transfer of the Croker property | at Palm Beach, Fla McCahill also went to Savannah and Molena, Ga. and Jack nville, Fla to investigate information the witness had received conceraing Mrs. Bula Croker. Sent to Northampton. ness testified that he had | sent James Edward Carter, a member of the New York Democratic Club, to Northampton, Mass., last autumn to make inquiries of people who were | reported to have known Mrs. Bula! Croker there. His brother, Howard | Croker, also visited Northampton and interviewed Mrs. Clara Bingham and | Mrs. R. Dav The allegation has been made during the trial that | Mrs. Croker was the legal wife of Guy R. Marcne, through a ceremony per: formed at Northampton, when she married Mr. Croker, the testator. Mr. Croker testified that Carter had come to Dublin with Mrs. Bingham and Mrs. Davies and that he, the wit- | ness, had paid for-the trip. He had made no agreement except 10 pay their expenses, and the :ctual | loss they suffered by leaving 'Drlh-i ampton. He thought it was a legiti- | mate expense to provide them \\'llhl the ary traveling articles and; said hotel expenses Paying Expenses. Further testimony brought out that | the witness was paying the expenses of eight witnesses, two of whom were irom Monclon, Brunswick, and | with whom he had been in communi- cation before last October. When Mr. Carter left for Dublin with the wit- nesses the money for the purpose was given him by Mr. Croker, but the lat- ter could not state the amount or produce recelpts for the money. He testified that his first inquiries through McCahill and Carter in re- gard to his father’s wife were made between 1914 and 1916, When his father told him of his marriage to Bula Edmundson, who was known as the Indian Princess. he advised his father to look up the representations made respecting her age and famd! He testified to re- civing phone messages from persons \ithholding their names. to the. ef: Tect that tha 'detalls printed in re gard to these points were false. It had been testified at Palm Beach that Bula s well known on Broadway | before her marriage. \ Mr. Croker said he had not raised ; the question of her alleged marriage with Marone in this suit; that allega- on had been made by his sister, Mrs thel C. White. i SAYS ENTIRE ESTAT GOES TO THE WIDOW Herbert L. Davis, auditor of the! Supreme Court of the District of Co- lumbia, having concluded hearings, has returned his report to the court | respecting the estate of William . Duvall, deceased, who resided in the District of Columbia for a number of vears preceding the establishment of his residence in Chicago, Ill., during the year 1915. On June 28, 1920, Mr. Duvall died in Chicago. Auditer Davis finds, as a matter of fact, that William S. Duvall, at the time of his death, was a legal resi- dent of, and domiciled in, the city of Chicago, Ill. The auditor further finds that the succession of personal | property is governed by the law of | the domicile of the intestate at the time of his death, this without regard to the status of the property at the time of his death. The auditor concluded, as a matter of law, that the approval by the pro- bate court of the account of the ad ministrator in this cause was not a final adjudication, and, furthermore, that the entire estate of the decedent, William S. Duvall, as shown by the final account of the administrator, plus any accumulated interest and less advances made to the widow, be conveyed to Gertrude R. Duvall, the widow of the decedent, as there is no surviving child. Under the Chicago law the widow 1s entitled to the entire estate, while under the District code she would take only one-half the personal prop- erty and a widow interest in the real estate, : i mittee appointed to confer with the alien ng their Dublin!, H { former Alien Property Custodian Fran- THE: EVE URGES WORLD PARLEY |REPORT PHIDIAS’ VENUS ON ECONOMIC ISSUES |'AS BEEN SENT TO FRANCE Neapolitans ‘Stirred by Rumored Loss of Famous Statue Exca- vated in 1913. NAPLES, June 8.—Considerable ex- citement has been caused by a report that the celebrated statue of Venus Genetrix, by Phidias, excavated here in 1913, has been taken to France. The statue, of which the Naples Mu- seum possesses the only copy of the Roman epoch, was originally bought by Marquis Pinelll, who sold it to the Rothschilds for 170,000 francs. So fdr it has not been determined how the statue could have been taken across the frontier. RED CROSS IS HOST AT HEADQUARTERS 2,500 Guests From Every State Shown Through Building Yesterday. Copeland Declares Indus- epression Will Come Un- + less Something Is Done. Senator trial Dy By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. June 8.—Immediate convocation of an international eco- nomic conference of representatives of all nations was urged today by United States Senator Royal S. Copeland in an address before the Queensborough Chamber of Com- merce. __“The immediate need of the world is work,” he sald. My appeal is for an attempt at economic agreement regardless of political differences and i intrigues. 1In certain lines in Amer- ica we have prosperity, but the idle- ness of the rest of the world should warn us that our prosperity is likely to be transient. All signs indicate approaching financial, ~commercial and Industrial depression. In m opinion, the surest guarantee againet this imminent peril is the calling of | an_economic conference.” The United States, he said, should take the initiative {n calling such a conference, which could not. but be satisfactory to both frignds and enemies of the league of nations. The world court, he declared, was “one of the ingredlents of the pro- scription which might save the world” but an economia conference would be to the court what a loaf is to a crust. TELLS OF EFFORTS T0 OBTAIN PATENTS Witness Says German For- mulas Were to Be Used for Benefit of All. More than twenty-five hundred guests, including visitors from every state in the Union, were present at a reception to out-of-town visitors at the American Red Cross national headquarters. yesterday afternoon. The reception lasted from 4 to 6 o'clock, during which time visiting Shriners and their wives and other out-of-towners, including many mem- bers of various chapters of the American Red Cross, inspected the headquarters of “their Red Cross.” Guests were recelved at the door by hostesses and were asked to sign their names on the guest book. They were then shown through the building. The hostesses were composed of officers and the wives of officers at- tached to the Washington division of the Red Cross. Among them were: Mrs. James Feiser, Mrs. Arthur Jef- By the Associated Press. WILMINGTON, Del.. June 8.—Harry E. Danner, New York city, secretary of the National Association of Cotton Finishers and secretary of the Amer- ican Dyes Institute, was a witness today in the government's suit in the federal district court to compel the return of German patents seized dur- ing the world war and sold to the Chemical Foundation, Inc., the de- fendant in the present proceeding. Objection by the defense to his testifying was overruled by the court with “the understanding that excep- tions might be offered later. Tells of Activities. _The witness gave detalls of the ac- tivity of the institute in association with others in the promoting of the dye industries of the country through securing control of the seized German patents, to besused for the general bene- fit of the entire dyve and chemical in- dustries. Letters and papers were submitted to the witness, including a_copy of the minutes of the meeting of the execu- | tive committee of the American Dyes | Institute, January 31, 191 h was submitted the report of the special com- | erweights”—d weightless choice, modeled tailored with property custodian in reference to se- | curing the patents. Also the details of the suggested formation of a holding company to take over the German pat- ents and dispose of them for the benefit of the entire dyes and chemical indus- tries and suggesting $250,000 as a fair price for them. Payments Made. Letters were also read showing that some of the interested industries financed the cost of making abstracts of the lists of German dye patents seized by the alien property custo- dian. Mr. Danner said he attended to the matter of paying out the money for this purpose. He said $5,000 was advanced by five members of the American ve Insti . ed vi et tute, each giving One of the letters, from F. E. Beryl to the American Dyes Institute, gave a detailed review of the work of ab- stracting the German dye patents in the office of the alien property cus- todian, with a complete classification of them. The total number was be- | tween 4,200 and 4,300. The certificate ‘of incorporation of Chemical Foundation, Inc., and its aws were offered in evidence, with t of subscribers to its capital stock, as follows: 2L du Pont de Nemours & Co., | 00; General Chemical Association. $50,000; " Grasselli Company. $30,000: Celler & Merz, $20.000; National Ani. line Company,” $37,500;" Newport Com- pany, $20,000 Minutes of the foundation's organiza- ion meeting, showing the election of Linen Suits..... silk finished. .. Gabardine Suits. Linen Knickers . those Madras cis P. Garvan as president, also were offered. together with minutes of dire tors' meetings, at which plans for di posing of the purchased dye patents were arranged. | Vith sixty-four pieces of docu- mentary exhibits offered out of about 300, thé court adjourned until Monday. SHOE MEN ELECT WILENSKY. DETROIT, Mich., June 8.—Jacob | Wilensky f Atlanta, Ga. wa§ eleson president. and Indianapolis was chosefl as the 1924 meeting place by | the National Shoe Finders' Associa- | tion ‘at the concluding business ses: | sion of its annual convention here | foday’. George Knapp ot Se” Lhoie | was re-clected secretary-director of the organization, | —_—— weaves At your service— fers, Mrs. De Witt Smith, M Foster, Miss Givenwilson, Mrs. Arthur Dunn, Mrs. J. A. Smith, Mrs. R. C. Agne, Mrs. James E. Nicholson, Mrs. James K. McClintock, Mrs. Charle Turner, Mrs. Robert Bondy, Mis Clara Noyes, head of the national nursing service; Mrs. L. L. Nutting. Mrs. J. A. Hendricks, Miss R. Staples, Miss Bertha D. Friedman, Mrs. Thomas F. Green, Mrs. Jennie Draper, Mrs. Carl Hunt, Mrs. Longfellow, Mrs. Willlam McFarland, Mrs. J. B. Cre- mer, Miss Loretta Taylor, Miss Helen Teal and Mrs. F. A. Winfrey. The committee in charge of the re- ception was headed by Mrs. John Allan Dougherty, chairman, with other members of the committee ax follows: Miss Mabel Boardman, na- tlonal secretary of the Red Cross; Miss Clara Noyes, B. A, Harlan, na- tional purchasing agent for the Red Cross; Dewitt Smith, assistant to the vice chairman; ewis E. Stein, executive secretary; H. F. Enlowe, national di- rector of live-saving; F. A. Winfrey, financial accountant of the Washing- ton division; J. R. Jeffers, assistant manager of the Washington division; M. K. Reckford, director of first ald and life-saving of the Washington di sion. An emergency room fitted with ten cots and another room ready to be fitted with a hundred beds inside of a half hour, in the event of a catastrophe, were of especial inter- est to the guests. Music was furnished by the Navy Band. —_—— TRUCK DRIVERS HELD. Caught Delivering Beer, Detroit Police Claim. DETROIT, Mich., June 8.—Six driv- ers of trucks sald to have been bear- ing loads of beer to an excursion steamer were under arrest here to- day, following seizure of the trucks by the police last night. Most of the drivers, the police say, begged to be allowed to deliver their | beer at the steamer, declaring “the | excursionists would be terribly dis- appointed if they failed to put in an appearance.” The seizures resulted in confisca- |tion of sixty-two barrels and 1,200 | pint bottles of beer. For Your Comfort Ours is a long list of “Feath- eveloped in of Mode with Mode taste; Mode skill and marked with Mode moderation. & Palm Beach Suits that are hand tai- lored and silk finished....$] §.00 $l650 and $2(0 $25 to 540 Tropical Worsteds— Mohair Suits.........$2() to $38 .....$25 to $40 Mallison’s Silk Suits...... 53500 Fine White Flannel Trousers, 59.00 English Cricket Cloth Trousers—our own importations .......$]§-50 ceeen...$4.95 Another shipment of Union Suits, of excellent cut.. $ l .00 3 for $2.85 The Mode—F at Eleventh EDMONSTON'S—Home of the "Original’ FOOT FORM Boots and Oxfords for Men, Women and- Children. “Quality Is Important” “Fit Is Imperative” THE UNITED STATES—SOLD IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL Washington is the ‘Mecca for many thousands — seeking the ation’s Capital on pleasure as well as business. “Foot Form” Shoes WORN BY THOUSANDS THROUGHOUT Many Take Occasion to Be Fitted in the Shoes That Correct Foot Troubles As ninety per cent of the foot ailments of today are caused by wearing ill-fitting and improper footwear, so mearly shoes. EXPERTS. The Best Value in every case unless caused by acci brought back to Nature’s comfort by wearing the proper ent or deformity can be .. Foot Forms are made in every possible size and all are built on scientifically designed lasts and are FITTED BY NO FOOT TOO LONG—NO FOOT TOO SHORT NO FOOT TOO WIDE—NO FOOT TOO NARRO Shoes in America EDMONSTON & CO. (Incorporated) ANDREW 1334 F Street BETZ, Manager Advisers and Authorities on All Foot Troubles D. -C., FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 19 PRESIDENT OF ARGENTINE |COLORADO LABOR FAVORS ASKS LEAGUE RELATIONS MODIFYING DRY LAW Requests Congress to Facilitate | Resolution for Return of Light; Return of Normalcy With Wines and Beer Adopted at Covenant. | State Convention. BUENOS AIRES, June 8.—President | By the Associated Pres de Alvear, in a message to congress| PENVER, Col, June 8.—Modifica-/ vesterday asked that legislation be |tion of the Volstead act and the re- pasred to facilitate Argentina's re-|turn of light wines and beer were turn to normal relations with the favored in a resalution adopted at league of nations and requested ap- | the closing session of the annual con- proval by congress of Argentinas|vention of the Colorado State Fed- adherence to the league covenant.|Sration of Labor, according to Presi- This was given by the Irigoyen gov- | dent Earl Hoage of Denver, who has ernment in 1919, but without the con. | Feturned from La Junta, where the sent of congress. ¢°¥;9fl1101| Rt held. 5 e Preside: a e resolution reaffirmed the stand e de ,:,’"fi",g:;‘;;‘,',’,f"de‘,’;‘ | taken by the federation at its annual gation from the league assembly in | “oannitont erpy Gar and pointed out 1920 because of that body’s rejection | {jna rgocorils’ i present prohibi- ST Ine S ASEemtinG DEoYSsah Thet | rcement, according to Pres all | soverelgn nations 'be admitted to | €Nt Hoage. . membership in the league. | Anticipating the message the cham bér of deputies had already voted credits to meet Argentina's annual payment toward the league expenses. Miss Bessie MacFarlane, deputy county clerk of Bessemer, Mich.. has acted in the capacity of bridesmaid no less than 184 times. Khaki Knickers Just the thing for onting wear. Cut large and full— $1.98 Middie to match at same price. Never before have you seen equal tremendously important sale. PSS e st sttt s e et ss e st s e ssseseeesseesst essesssetsstsesstttssitsseessesssisssess Very Fine Organdies Dainty Voiles | | Important! sold years. e e e ettt e se et sessessesssssesttlteeessessesseatiite Satsssseeesssssssesssssssessssssssss For Saturday Special lot of Ladies’ Wash Dresses .98 —a bargain price for _such. values— Ginghams, Linenes and Ratines— in cl:e'clu and solid color. Self and combination trimmed. They are well mads Dresses—and cut upon most attractive models. All sizes. Second Floor. = <. IMMIGRATION AND LABOR | ISSUES IN HAWAII, TOPIC| Representative Johnson, Visiting ' | Islands, Favors Conference Said | to Be Proposed by Japan. By the Associated Press. HONOLULU, June 8.—Civilization's problems of immigration and labor to a head in Hawaii, and a conference in Hawaii will come nearer to pro. ducing a peaceful settlement than anything else, according to a state- ment made yesterday in a luncheon speech by " Representative albert | migration comm the islands. i “If there is to be an immigration | conference, as Japan is said to have | proposed,”” Mr. Johnson said, should not the preliminary confer- | ence be held in Hawaii? Here lies | the bulk of the evidence. Japan is | said to be willing to meet us half way, and Hawaii is half way.” The +congressional delegation left for San Francisco on the transport sran tee, who is visiting Worsteds, in dark colorings and, combinations. Ghe Economy Corner Zth.and H.sts. NV values offered at such a price Children’s Wash Dresses In the Kiddies’ Klothes Shop—3rd Floor. A wonderfully fortunate purchase gives opportunity for this Choice of hundreds of Dainty Dresses Worth Up to $5.98 °1.24 ’ Printed Voiles Dotted Swisses Combinations of Voile with Ginghams—in Flesh, Maize, Or- chid, Almond, Blue and lots of checked effects. fancy stitching; plain white collars and cuffs; organdy pockets and sashes; and embroidered panels. Trimmed with In this lot are included a big variety of White Dresses — which formerly to $5.98—so slightly mussed that relaundering will restore their freshness. All sizes up to 14 Come promptly—it’s a big bargain! Special Sale of Ladies’ White Footwear They are snow white canvas of fine quality—the newest shapes; with all proper types of heels, tinped with rubber. Saturday Special All sizes. Children’s Tan Sandals and Play Ox- fords—smoothly finished. to 2: foot form lasts...... for this country at least, must come | Johnson, chairman of the House im- | why | A Sale That Caps the Climax D 2 000200000000000000022020 0000000000000 000004000060000000500000066600000660000000000000006009 v v Graduate McCormick Medicai College Eyes Ezamined Glasses Fitted Lleg: Dr. CLAUDE S. SEMONES © Eyesight Specialist 409410 McLachlen Bldg. 10th and G Sts. N.W. Phone Main 721. Poison Iv Insect Bites and other skin affections are easily healed with Radium Ointment Radium Products Corporation 1105 Connecticut Ave. N.W. O’Donnell’s Drug Stores Peoples Drug Stores S 332e33e0888888seesR2es3eessesesseesseessseesssesssessssssssssssssssssss 333 Bathing Suits $2.98 $3838383888838838848 833438 3 *! One and Two Strap Pumps and Oxfords All up 98¢ 4 328828223833“328328}22823388288“88883833titti;{mtt_8:383838323882}3888838822238:2823882:8888883833238833“33388288833?32338828383:323“83388883! b2 & sé NS o