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* THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, UNE | IMBER MEN SEE * SPLITIN CABINET “laim Hoover and Other "Members Divided on Stand- ardization. od Press. June 15-—Charging that nal Hard Wood Lumber As- by ented as ctivities of the Depart- f Commerce in the standardi- 1 of lumber, John W. McClure of 1phis, Tenn., president of the as- ciation, presented to the member- ay w ittee report indi- “ting that one member of President arding’s cabinet had urged governs nt another had ion ha Jsing the supervision and a it staten nsion in the » W. A Dur o of simpl ileged “to have cretary, Herl <ed the prop. Jpervision irged by another sested in western timberla Axsociation Neutral. Mr. MeClure indicated that he nted it elearly understood that the not opposed the venent that attituae Leen s dis- buted divi- ) was s chief had op- rnmental had be ember 1 ut that there inet was . chief of d practice, suid that Hoover, rogov it Abinet rship | med i presented the Southern the siwnature containin sroup” persisted the motives and n und informed,” Presi- “that Mr. n later stated that the group ed to in this paragraph was the Nationul Hardwood Lumber Associa- reed in Open. ¢ committee which art in a conferen in the of- f the Department of Justice at hington, on May 22, had re- ained hitherto, out of a trte t the artment, from naking any of the information pubiic hat now, what appears to be of misrepresentation mmerce.” believed th the facts of such a y justify the caution dopted by toward i sociation took the bias counsistently nitiee the a which Du Mr n s 3 n of the disct which he claims to have bee: saged in at that meeting.” Text of Report. mittea report, signed . John W. Ml ¥rank Fish erence the of artment of Commi A, Dur in, a4 imittes Nati Lumber As s private office ittee, composed of Hor or, John W. Clu: and_Frank F. Fish, oy J. C. Wicklifte and h Swent to Mr. Durgin's carefully closing the door, Mr. said in substance: 1t any wepeats W whall dens s dissention In the c Pposition to my chief, Mr. Hoover. Another member of the cabinet Terested in west timber lands is reing governm upervision of he lumber indust Hoover pposed to Bov in the duct In Dur- binet and op arnmes of have | these committees into this ot ex- > will re- in the urge upon and take active ommittees because we nimous action ut this Tumbe Snust hav <onference.” CAFE CLERK SOUGHT IN THEFT OF $2,000 Proprietor of Tumble Inn Had Drawn Money to Cash Checks of U. S. Employes. approximately and $10 Dbills, which had from the District National < this morning to cash checks for rnment employes, was reported 10 the police at noon today by Frank Farenkamp, proprietor of the Tumble n. at 19th and B streets northwest, te the Munitions building. lice were asked to locate Ward Dricl, who worked at the inn for about vo months and who was left in iirge of the cigar counter for a few fnutes while Mr. Farenkamp went he kitchen to consult with his ‘When he returned, he says, missed both the money and Diel According to Mr. Farenkamp, he Is sccustomed to draw money from the burk to accommodate government emyloyes who patroniz is lunch room by ashing their cks, He drew out $2,000 this mor g and had ©jpo; o ertaking.” | sense .of | proposed | Held Motorist’s | Duty to Get Out | At Rail Crossing Special Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., June 15.—In a lengthy opinion handed down in the case of J. N. Willing- ham against the Baltimore and Ohto Raflroad Company for $6,000 damages Judge J. M. Woods today held that motorists are legally re- quired to get out of their automo- biles when appreaching a grade crossing and go on foot to the tracks and _ observe visually whether a train is approaching, if they are not otherwise advised. The court directed a verdict for the defendant, the company. Willingham claimed injuries to him and & smash at the crossing had resulted from the negligence of the company in not glving suf- ficient warning of the approach of the quarry train that hit his car. 9CARSTRREN HERE FOUND I NORFOL 3 l’Detective Hopes to Discover i Other Stolen D. C. | Automobiles. i i wutoniobile Va., with ¢ therts of automobiles jhere und disposal of them tu the Vir- | went to Norfoik continue investigati of the al- leed connectfon of Howard Hayman, resident of that city, who was here several days ago on a charge of ihaving stolen an automoblle, and who was rearrested on his arrival tn Nor- folk Nine automobiles. alleged to have been stolen in this city and taken to Norfolk, Detective Jett reported, have ibeen recovered. Inspector Grant will send Detective Jett back to Norfolk early next week to resume the i S- tigation. formation indi- to. ave 35,000 Bond. furnished 2 bond of § ed under arrest in this cit or Grant fixing the bond at i ted him, with a act relating to in one juris- taken to another juris- olation 3 thefts of automobiles diction beir {diction Attorney M. F. Mangan of this counsel for the cc any that insured everal of the F. S. Hughlett, 4 > & representative of the company and heldon Fairchild. present the Underwriter's B are p; | ticipat stigation orfc 5 ity, Autos Identified. covered “aute ully identified_be 6100 3d ‘lifton |1 |1 ». D Wright Willia artly identifled have recovered tools with j alleged the numbers on the | obliteratea. COUNTERFEIT RING LEADERS ARRESTED Five Taken by Federal Agents in Pittsburgh—Master Mind ! Held in Jail. | ! { By the lated Presy. PITTSBURGH, Activities of ingenious counterfeiters, who have fiooded severa €astern cities with bogus bank ntes of large denominations, have been halted, gov- ernment agents said, with the arrest of five suspects here and the taking of a sixth, said to the master {mind of the ring, in Cleveland { Following receipt of Information {tfrom Cleveland t Alex jamateur photographer "aulhnr or dangerously {rede note Yed, Robert P. {operative Pa., June 15— real! had been arr tic st- tmerchic, vhile he was =t work in a steel Paul Korol, John jTommy and Tony ihomes, nd Hanzor and Letters Are Seized. {, Korol, according to the agents, had iin his possession $150 in counterfeit notes. ~ At Kazimerehic's home the agents sald they seized a number of letters sent to him by Treschko, Korol and others suspected of being Im- Iplicated in the counterfeit plot. Today's arrests ended an investiga- Ition of two years large cities of the country. LEADER ADMITS GUILT. Confesses to Two Counterfeitering Charges. Describes Methods. | By the Associated Press, | CLEVELAND, Ohio, June rrested | Stenozitch at their | In many of the | THRONGATMD.U. FOR REUNION DAY Alumni Hold Center of Stage at College Park as 111 Graduates Gather. Special Dispatch to The Star. COLLEGE PARK, Md., June 15 Today is reunion day at the univ sity and alumni activities hold the center of the stage. This afternoon the varsity base ball and lacrosse i teams were to clash with alumn! ag- gregations in contests that promised to be spirited. The annual meeting of the alumni association for elec- tion of officers and other business will follow these contests, after which President Woods will enter- tain the alumnl at dinner. The president’s reception to alumni. stu- dents and other guests will follow and the commencement ball tonight | will conclude the day. Many graduates and friends have arrived for commencement excreises tomorrow at 11 o'clock, when a total of 111 will ry fve degrees. The out- standing feature of the exercises will |ve the address Ly Alexander Arm- { sirong, general of Mar attorney Following will e entertaine | bufr 1u Year's Final is morning Presilent the students at the Iy of veur. All sternitics and | sorori “Rill” ket open he {were shown about the { ings. { Sophorm. today @ Axmembl lot {Victory vesterday over {in the annual tug-of-wa {fenture of class-day exercises “sophe’ 1so triumphed last y & wa: the case then, the “fre }were yesterday subjectéd to u duc jing in Paint branch into which they were dragged by the victorlous upper | classmen It took the sophomores five minutes to turn the trick I Last night the senior-junior ger- {man was held in the National Guard Armory at Hyattsville, att |large number of guests ! tion of “Reincarnations of men Atiraction s ng will b for the henel heir frienc of chesty university are following their the freshmen distinet The and h* ng a Present B. C Prof. universit 12 AGEDEGRED BY JUSTICE SANFORD 1 !Says World Is Suffering From Shell Shock and Times | Are Critical. CHATTANOOG tice Edward me O inuual conv clubs here, sufering | to continual dancing to of Internatior declared that t with 11 shock and { people life to be a | vaudevile she | the zz band w | the discora of today | That the rnati { clubs ugurate 1 Optimis he wor sh come seems or movi, w. a m sation para- at 'S meet- 15 of the optimists. The convention ial tribute to Flag was { pald u svec { the singing | speeches. i Justice S | ganized Optimism,” declared that the | brightest augury for the future citi- enship of the mnation s the or- ganization of the various eivie clubs, and he also praised the work of churches in securing co-operation of the young men their efforts to make the world a better, happier place in which to live Times Are Critical. “These are critical years in which { ve are living.” said Justice Sanford. enemles of our civilization are active, striving to destroy this eriment which we The spirit of nd u ifish service which cha tcrized all of us during th jof our part in ot {war h giv a spirit of gree fnot just bet but b en hoped that this wo irit of fel love which grev Consecration and concen on a single high purpose would live, [ but we are forced to recognize, in {large measure, our hopes have been { ia ppointed. The world is suffer- | ing from shell shock, peace has not | come. We are a new day with new problems and perils—the unselfish spirit seems to have slipped away and the | old problems of human greed and | dissension are facing us again We are in an age of excitement; no matter how we get it, we must have a thrill.” Athletic Pastor To Be Contestant | In 26-Mile Race great ex republic ation We 1d not be so, tiat 1 broth i Y| deep concern. | wh jearned ! were. RS Turtle Lives E Years Locked in Box, Forgotten Special Dispatch to The Star. CULPEPER, Va., June 15-—An unusual instance of enforced hiber- nation is reported from Orange county. Twelve vears ago a man there caught a smal] turtle, and, for an experiment, placed it In a box, closing the lid tightly. He intended to open the box within a week, but forgot it. It was opened last week. turtle was still living, and practically of the same size when placed in the box. LAGK OF MEDIAL * NEELS DPLORED Work Tells of Scarcity of Physicians, Dentists and Nurses. The was i Popular indifference toward what| d the nation’s inadequate | for educating members of the colored race in medical and dental ence drew from Secretary of In- lor Work today an expr of With .. siugle excep- n, Howard Uni the unly ational Americ for den a0l ick of members of the medical and dental professions, including trained nurses, among the colored people,” he continued. “Out of the present popu- lation of the United States, totaling ' approximately 106.000.000, nearly 12, 000,000 ure colored. Thers is @ whir physiclan to every persons of the o race. There is one colored physician to | every 3,194 persons. The reason for: this {5 not in the disinclination of | colored youths to study medicine a adopt 1t as a profession, but in th lack dical schools” maintained usively for their ecducation Joctors and surgeons. ack of Dentints. The disparity is even greater in | proportio vhite and colored | show that there ! every « colored dent red persons. Gros actlities for training perative profes- is responsible for i ! condition and the outlook ture is more gloomy than t the disparity is destined great r, unl promptly portance of colored trained 1 parison with race. The Free tains a tralning nurses. Last graduated and taken is the short- < the accom- ult that there viding more trained less this lored pacity ater nurses is_ ex propor ault of Race. r ng medical at- . the white ph 94,000,000 « large proportion of glored population, the through itsel ing the n { tending meds »f colored nurses n dent render ever sistance to their own peo- 1d be created. Thus would be | ave moment to tha ] tire pop- | ulation States be solved.” | ——— SACRED HEART ACADEMY PUPILS ARE GRADUATED First Exercises of Kind at Shrine| Attended by Large | Gathering. € commencemant exercises the Sacred Heart Academy. the st of the kind to be held at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart, were at- tended by a large gathering of rela tives and friends of the pupils 1 night. Mgr. P. C. Gavan presided. The graduates numbered twelve and included the Misses Dorothea Buett- Mary Catherine Herron, Ida Col- ford, Mildred Joseph, Ellen Dood Dionysla Auth, Margaret Redmond, | Philomena McNeil, Anna Mae Motle Margaret McConnell, Margaret Hig- gins and Kathryn Wilson. Meda r general excellence werc 4t Miss Buettner, first hon s, and Miss Joseph, second honors Catholic Universl rtificates were 4 Buettner, Miss Joseph and Miss Colford Class night celebration was h Wednesday night at the Nationa Cathollc _Ser School before large gathering. The following pro- gram was rendered: Greetings, Dorothea Buettner; characteristics, Ida Colford; class 1eminiscences,” Mildred Joseph and Margaret Redmond; solo, Ellen Doody class poem, Philomena McNeil; class tresentation, Anna Mae Motley tory, Margaret McConnell; last wili | and ' testament, Kathryn Wilson; rrophecy, Margaret Higgins; vale- dictory, Mary Catherine Herron; class scng, Dionysia Auth. Dancing and refreshments followed. i The officers of the graduating class Dorothea Buettner, presiden ry Catherine Herron, vice presi- | dent, and Ida Colford, treasurer. GOV. TRINKLE APPEALS i Impress d | the reacn WIFE LOSES FIGHT FOR TWO CHILDREN — x sl Mrs. Wilson’s Appeal Denied | in Habeas Case Involving | Two States. Speelal Dispateh to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., June 1 preme court at Wytheville ty., whereby Mrs. formerly of Chev Annye L. tody of her children. suit in Maryland for divorce her husband, was given a verdict, boy and a girl. Before the of the case in Maryland it i came to Virginla, of the civil later returned to Maryland, courts in Virginia had, on children, “the decree The su- sterday affirmed the decree of the judie of | the circuit court at Middlesex coun- | Wilson, | Chase and Balti- | more, is refused the control and cus- She brought from corge H. Wilson, and with alimony jund support for the two children—a declsion leed that the father took the children and ' being then out of courts. but the applica- tion of the father, directed that he had a right to the custody of the allowing ‘Make ]W—ar'_;l;;t‘d M alaria-l;r:)of Object of New Mosquito W ar | 55 the Amociated Presn BALTIMORE, June 16.—Health officfals will launch a state-wide scientific and engineering offen- sive to banish the mosquito from Maryland sofl and make the state malaria-proof at a conference at the state health department next Tuexday. Nat{onally-known authorities on mosquito warfare have been in- vited to put their knowledge and experfence behind the attack on the Maryland problem, which never before hag been dealt with on so extensive a scale. Dr. Thomas J. Headley, of the New Jersey Agri- cultural Experiment Station,_head of the mosquito brigade in~ that state, has accepted an invitation to the conference, Dr. Leland O. Howard, chief en- tomologist of the United States Department of Agriculture, alxo has been invited. The state depart- ment will be represented by Dr. Fulton, director of health; Dr. Robert. H. Riley, chief of the bu- reau of communicable diseases;: Dr. John ~Collinson, assistant chi and Samuel Wolman, chief of the bureau of sanitary engineering After the conference an area in the bay will be visited for study of methods of atta “The problem will be uppro: from a state-wide ansle, Dr. Fulton. “It is waterside problem in ) Most people think mosquite unavoldable; t v Itke the chances of death all the time. But I d it at all “We Know what we can do with mosquito control. And I think it Is possible to make any spot ab- solutely rmalaria-proof if people &et the necessary money and the necesssary brains with us t believe | mother to stated | | vertod. see them for corpus to obtain possession children, and this fter hearing by Judge The supreme court firmed the position of Judge Whatever may have auses for the divorce. this is 'Faken by Father. b While they were on a visit to the { mother, says the petition, the fath went there ard took charge of them | and returned to Virginia, abiding by the decisfon of the Virginia court, the clalm being that the mother had had | r charge of them for a/greater perlod ginfa. than the court order allowed and county. The boy is in the had refuscd to surrender them. The ' and the girl is now about mother then sought action by habeas |} old. 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Fashionable Knife-Pleated DRESS SKIRTS This Season’s most fashionable sep- arate skirt, knife pleated model; made of silk and wool crepe, in shades, black, gray. tan. “Graduation Days Are Here” Showing Beautiful Dresses for School Closing Exercises Up to $5.00 White Dresses Just when wanted does this big Sale of sraduation Dresses come—Brand-new FEx- quisite Dresses for girls 4 to 14 years. Made of fine white swiss in new straight line styles, with all-over embroidery par els and sash. . Up to $7.50 Dresses—Pongee, Silk and Wool Dresses A wonderful selling of High- class Dresses for girls 5 to 15 years. Made of finest fabrics in a big variety of bewitch- ing styles, in white, blue, tan, brown. green, rose and all the wanted colors. Princess Middy Blouses Made of lus- $2.95 4.95 ttoned fror cd; all colo Women’s Seco Silk Vests and Step-in 95¢ Made Seco dots a are ibbon and slip-in Colors — Flesh, der and blue regu with d stripes. Organdy Pantie Dresses Fresh Or Dresses for tots 2 to 6 years pink and white, with ruffles and trimmed. Suits $2.00 Boys Wash E§ { FOR HOMAGE TO FATHERS | 1a few checks. The money miss- | 4155 T ranohko, satd by Need to Revert to Their Principles | was in a clgar box and locked in | federal officers | closet behind the counter. The box ! t0 be the leader of an international | | Spectal Dispatel to The Star. BALTIMORE, June ¥dward Taber, pastor red, rose and brown grounds. Short lengths. Yard— Plain White and t lity mer- s s Blue Trimmed - Sne Bev. cerized wash silk, of the o eontained a due bill for $30 hos|TINE of counterfeiters, pleaded gullty 1o for $10. Whoever took the Jnoney missed one roll of $50 in wne dollar bills Phere were two such JMs and the thief in his one of them. RECORD RUN MADE BY NEW B. & 0. TRAIN #:Capital Limited” Makes 153 Miles From Cumberland to Washing- ton in 2 1-3 Hours. BOYDS, Md., June 15.—A record run svas made on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad thi Jund to W Capital placed in Cumberland. Washington, D, forty tes behind schedule time surs and twenty minute: red Un: station, fiv uhead of time. At the throttie ,of engine draw- ing this train, was the veteran en- gineey, William Hand of Baltimore. Only one stop” was made, and that at Martinsburg, W.. Va. The last fifty- o3 miles was made in fifty-three min- Blea morning hington, D. Limited service Md., 1 C.. when the train, No. 6, by that road, miles from eight min. and two later en- minutes hurry took ! from Cumber- ! two charges of counterfeiting before United States Commissioner I 3. Hoople y _su’rds\', waived preliminary examination and was bound over te the federal grand jury under $50,000 bail. i ! "Warrants against Treschko charge hinm with counterfeiting $10 motes issued by the First National Bank of Pittsburgh, and $6, $10 and $50 fed- leral reserve bank notes. . He was {arrested s he was preparing to go to New York. After six hours' ques- tioning he is alleged to have. de- scribed_the operations of the gang. Apparatus with) which Treschiko is alieged to have photographed the notes and counterfeit notes was seized. 3 DIE, 2 BADLY INJURED. Y. June 15.—Three lled and two probably last night when an 7 - was hit_ by castbound {freight train at a grade crossing near i Athol Springs. The dead are: Clilef Oscar Richard- son of the Woodlawn fire department; Mrs. Tda Richardson, his wife; Charles Bray, six-year-old son of Mrs. Ida Bray of Lackawanna. The injured: Five-year-old son of Chlef Richardson, skull fractured; condition critical. Mrs. Ida Bray, skull fractured, prob- ably will die. | Hampden Baptist Church, whose home is in Washington, will be among the contestants in the mar- athon race from Laurel to the city hall here tomorrow. | Mr. Taver, who is twenty-five years ol, received his training at Central High School, George Wash- ington University and Georgetown University. He has won fifteen medals and a loving cup fn vari- ous races. He was entered in the south Atlantic championship races here in1918 and won several medals. He also was a popular football play- er in his college days. “I am well prepared physically to enter the marathon race,” said | ! Rev. Mr. Taber., “and I feel certain l [ that I will be xble to cross the line | at city hall without becoming ex- ! haustcd. i “The longest race 1 eight mi “ twenty T ever ran was | s, and this race will be | miles and 350 yards. | However,” he continued, I am run- ning against u number of men whom I knew when I was in coi- lege. There are men entered in the race” ranging between the age of twenty and fifty-five years.” Mr. Taber has been in Baltimore since January but still makes his Lome in Washingtoa. * 4 to Keep U. S. Steady, He Declares. By the Associated Press. H NEW YORK, June - 15.—American citizens should continually keep in mind the principles laid down by the founders of this country in order | that great wealth and power may never misguide them, Gov. E. Lee | Trinkle of Virginia declared, in an address in connection with Flag day ceremonies. 1t is well that annually the Sons of the Revolution pay homage to the fathers; it is a tribute which is due to the founders and defenders of our government,” he sald. “Youngest | among nations, we have become the | glant of the times. There is no par- ellel in all history to match the ra-| pidity and greatness of growth i Referring to the part the United States played in the world war, Gov. Trinkl said the presence of the' merican flag in Kuropean battle | marked an epoch, standing in oppo- | sition to the central empires and to monarchical governments. Gov. Trinkle presided at the laying of the corner stone for the founda- tion of liberty flagpole, in City Hall Square. The stone lald today was a stepping stone from the entrance to the house used as headquarters by Lord Cornwallis during the battle and siege of Yorktowa. 7772777777277 Silk Sport Skirting 1 49 Yard And Up The season’s newest weaves and prettiest patterns, in plain white and colors. N in flesh, white, black, gray, tan and blue. Tai- tored styles, with 'shoulder straps. of good Galatea cloth, for girls 4 ! to 16 years The New One and Two Strap Styles ? Heels Tan Play Oxfords and Sandals for Children —the kind the kiddies love to wear—made for stout service with extension soles. 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