Evening Star Newspaper, June 27, 1923, Page 2

2 * NEW COMPROMISE (ON OYSTERS WILL Widow, Now Remarried, Withdraws Allegations Re- flecting on Executor. # second compromise of the litiga- involving the estate of George wealthy Washington died three months after- his marriage to Cecile Reudy, twenty-six years old, of acure. N. Y., was effected today by the widow, who by remarria is now Mrs. Shir-Clis °: N. ¥ Mrs. Shir-CHf attacked an agree- ent made by ler late husband before his death by he gave a half-interest in his dalry hnsiness, valued at $1,000,000, to Brawner, jr., with the of purchase of the interest. That phase of the litigat .was settled gome weeks ago Mr. Brawner pald the widow excess of § > bust v the agre Justice Sidde n 1, another pha which the widow took exception , certain actions of Edwin irandenburg, executor wnd tr the estate ix ended. Mr swithdraws all allegation: Mr. Brandenburg he continme to act @ \he estate. She ulxo agree cept certalnhousehold “effects, tures and jades to a valuation equal 10 the total of the specific bequests ade in the will of Mr. Oyster to his brothers, sisters, neices and nephews. This valuation according to the ap- yraisment of the Charles J. James, court appraiser, given as about 512,000, but in an appraisment made Ly Paul Garber, an art dealer and ap- praiser employed Ly the widow, is placed at nearly $40,000. To Make Own Cholee. Mr. Brandenburg is directed b agreement to surrender to the ] M. Oyster, jr., dairyman, who for cile &e nent appro s in Equ of the litigation ¢ the spe- articles, jewelry the provisions of Mr. 4 then to permit M inake her selections up valuation. He is ordered to turn over to the Corcoran Gallery of Art si paintings by celebrated American artists, which Attorney George E. Hlamilion for the gallery agreed to accept in llew of the bequest of fii- -n paintings contained in the will The trustees will make sale of the remaining tangible personal property at public auction to pay the debts of the estate. The court decree does not effective until July Brandenburg has 1 > r Attorneys and Graham, while . (*Donoghue and A, der appeared for the widow. ber of lawy cree as representing the specific leg- atees under the will, TELL HOW PRIEST LOST OVER $150,000 and jades, according Oyster's will, Shir-Clift to become ified the cred- Brandenburg . Alexan- A num- (Continued from First Page.) ithe fleecing was carried on were briefly described by Mr. Donohoe to- 1t scems that canceled checks have been found in Mgr. O'Brien’ «ffects, showing that sometimes dur- ing one month $15.000 or $20,000 had passed away into the hands of the speculators, After ready cash was used up the swindlers started taking notes signed by the priest. One of these notes was presented to a Baltimore hotel in lieu of cash for a board bill at one time when the whort. stock In fictitious day. salve to cure rupture, in Iroads, and in similar de- vices was found to be without value. in one batch of stock certificates found by the trustees, the upper two certificates were legitimate, as well 25 the lowermost two, but sandwicned Letween was a stack of unfilled cer- tificatex calling for no amount of shares in the stock. The paper was as worthless as a blank sheet Official Statement. The official statement of the trustees | follows: “We found upon investigation that Mgr. O'Brien signed notes in the sum of $30,000 or more to buy fake stocks, under agreement that some of the notes were not to be used until cer- tain transactions occurréd in connec tion with the sale of stock. Notwith- atanding this written agreement, these schemers turned over those Totes at enormous discounts to money ienders and now these holders of the notees are seeking to recover the full amount of the notes from Mgr. O'Brien “Upon further investigation we found that these notes were put in the hands of third partles at a tre- mendous discount and in Jjustice to ihe parish and Mgr. O'Brien and all parties at interest, we decided to let them enter suit and let the courts mettle what they were entitled to, if anything. The position of the trus- ees is that the holders of these notes =hould first make their claims good in the courts before they would be Tecognized. Publicity Threatened. “Some of the holders of these notes have threatened Mgr. O'Brien with ;yufl(-m« publicity unless his parish- oners come forward and make good the amount of these notes, and the iruetees do not intend to be held up in this manner, although we hereby state the parish is anxlous and will- ing to settle any honest claim any one may have against Mgr. O'Brien, but will be slow to pay claims of Woubtful wvalidity.' Some Claims Settled. The trustees already have settled 15,000 of legitimate claims, it was earned today. It is felt that the in heritance of Mgr. O'Brien, the farm in West Virginia, is adequate to take care of all clalms agninst the estate us well a8 to refund to the parish funds of approximately $70,000, be- lieved to have been taken from It ‘This farm comprises 275 acres, of which twenty-five are now being ‘worked for dolomite ore, used in the manufacture of steel. On the farm at present two nophews of Mgr. O'Brien are now living. Valuation of the farm i set at a figure which would more than cover the estimated losses. Mgr. O'Brien had a brilllant career as pastor of St. Peter's Church. La- horing there thirty vears, he built a large white stone church and ish house, as well as a school. Evéry cent of indebtedness on these im- provements has been paid off, and the church has been consecrated—whicl is only done when a property is free from debt. Shortly after his retirement, after Christmas, as pastor of the church, Mgr. O'Brien_ suffered & nervous breakdown. He was taken to St Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, where he 1s located at the pri t time, recup- erating from his shattered condition. e LAW HITS HOODED KLAN. Tllinois Governor Approves Bill Against Public Masking. By the Assocliated Press. SPRINGFIELD, Ill, June 37.—The mnti-Ku Klux Klan bill today became a law by the governor’s approval. It ‘makes it unlawful to appear in public a .‘ud asked Bliost mhlle Jgndd T A which ' remaining | ol legatees the different household | to an equal | 1923, after Mr. | Attorneys | rs consented to the de-| swindlers ran | Monkey Wrench ; | Part of Outfit | Of Golf Player George W. Maughler of Toledo, ! one of the entrants in the public golf championship carries with him | one of the most pecullar golf im- l plements ever devised. The tool is | an ordinary monkey wrench, but | Maughler does not use it in put- | ting the ball in the hole. ! The heat of the last few days | at East Potomac Park, has mude many of the contestunts wish for water at every green, so Maug- | ler had a bright ldea. He spent 35 cents for a monkey wrench green he taps the ever maae,” said Maughler. tl D. C. GOLFER LEADING ‘ OPPONENT AT TURN bext 35-cent purchase Continucd from First Page. tie McAuliffe. His second ehot ran over i the greens, and he he took a five, for & | total of 154 Five in Play-om. The following avere tied for five {Places in the play-off: Walter Koss- man. St. Louis: Lawrence Mules, Baltimore: Hobart Hoge, Chicago; Ed Curtain, wark: Carl F. Kauff-| mann. 1 hurs Joseph Coble, | Philudelphia: Fred Hannon, Boston. | IHog» dropped out at the first hole | wicie ne took a ive, while the other o and Kossmaun, Louis chumpion, was elimi- the second hole where his was trapped and he took ie other five quallfied in the aship flight. Melton of Washington, who ced to stop play lust night by picked up his ball this morning and withdrew. Complete List. The complete list of thirty-two play- ers to qualify, with their scores and pairings for the match play, follow: Ray McAuliffe, Buffalo, 153, vs. J. G. Fraser, New York, 161.° E. B. Lloyd, Chicago, 138, Ed. Hayden, Milwaukee, 163, Frank Dolp, Portiand, Ore., 157, vs, Bernard McFarland, Pittsburgh, 182, Serrick, New York, 160, 164, attle, at vs. 155, vs. . Chicago, York, 1 | Walter Crow 169, vs. j 12, Sommer. . 1. L. Thoren, New York, 1 Samuel Graham, Pittsburgh, 16 J. Stewart Whitham. New York, 160, Carl F. Kauffmann, Pittsburgh, ; [vs. {163 | John Dawson, Chicago. 154, | seph Sahre, New York, 161. { John MacAndrew. Hoston, YL)M\M O'Connor. Chicago, 163, C. Edgar Simes, Buffalo, 15 Otell, Baltimore, 162, Richard Walsh, New York, Fred Hannon, Boston, 164, {" 3. H. Boyd, Philadelphia, | Bar1 Mcaleer, Washington, 1 J. B. Curran, jr.. St. Louis, 160, vs. { Joseph Coble, Philadelphia, 164. George J. Voight, Washington, 1 vs. R. F. Hamilton, Philadelphia, 163. | G. T. Colburn, Toledo, 161, Law- rence Mules, Baltimore, 164, Walter Kossman of St. Louls and| Hobart Hoge of Chicago lost_their | chance to qualify in a play-off this I morning among seven players, all of [ whom had made 164 | Washington has two players in the | championship flight in the persons of George J. Volght, runner-up in the trict championship last year, and arl McAleer. Voight had rounds of 79 and 78 yesterday for a thirty-six- hole total of 157, while McAleer, per- {forming steadily, had 82 and 8¢ for the total of 162, one stroke within the charmed circle of qualifier: |, The rest of the Washington golfers| |farea badly. Charles N. Agnew, jr. { the public links champi had two | { had rounds for him of §7 and 85, nine ) {strokes too high to qualify. E.! Maury Posey was in a good position | With ‘82 at the end of his mornink | round, but took ¥9 in the afternoon and was far behind. E. P. Brooke captain of the team, had rounds o! 8587 for a total of 172, while Charles B. Rollins, who had & good iround of 80 in the morning, took 87 in the afternoon. Willlam P. Di Este | was another Washingtonian who had a chance to qualify at the end of the | first_round, but went badly in the afternoon. DI _Este had 82—85 for a total of 167. W. E. S. Tipton, who was let in at the last minute by the | .S. G. A, had 92 and 82 for a 174 i Ay John R. Miller had - i Lord Plcks Up. Willilam W. Lord was around in 90 in the morning and picked up in the | aiternoon, while John E. Shorey had | two 843 for a total of 168, five stro too high. M. A. Shipley was §9—! [174. R. H. Brown of Washington had 81 and 82 for a total of 173. |*'sam Granam, Pittsburgh's fiying motér cop, showed the most startling reversal ‘of form. Graham was {around in §8 in the morning and! IEill Peet was all ready to go back {to Pittsburgh with him. But Graham found himself in the afternoon and got around in 75, placing him at the tail end of the list of qualifiers. Failure of Bob White of Chicago to make the grade was a disappoint- ment to the many in the galleries who wished the Windy City lad well. Young White found things going badly for him and, instead of buck- ing up and playing his game, let the adversities of fortune welgh too heavily upon him, with the result that he finished with a total of 180, far too high to qualify. Allan F. Poinsette of New York, president of the New York Newspaper Golf Club and the man who beat Oswald Kirkby a few days back, was just out with 165. FPoinsette took 5 to get down from just off the edge of the ninth green, after playing a fine pitch to the green, which just trickled over the edge of the em- bankment. Billy Sixty's failure to qualify also was a disappointment, as many had favored the big Mil- waukeean to go far in the tourna- ment. v Jo- 158, vs. | vs. L. 3 160, vs. 56, vs. Heat Men Qualify. But on the whole the best men in the event made the first 32. Qualifying rounds over the thirty- six-hole route provide too fair a test ever to dispute the edict of the scgre- board. , Eighteen holes might throw out a few of the top-notchers who fatled to get started, but thirty-six { holes in too long a route for the good golfers to lose out, unless, as in_the case of Polnsette, they get carel Elght of the New York team of fitteen men qualified, while only four of the Chicago team of twelve men made the champlonship flight. D. C. DOGS SHOULD WEAR NEW TAGS AFTER JULY 2 Dog tags for the new fiscal year will be ready for {ssuance by the collector of taxes on July 2, it was announced today. For the first few days of July the poundmaster will not attempt to cap- ture dogs still roaming the streets on old tags, but as soon as it is apparent from the absence of a large number of u&pllcuu at the tax office that the public has had time to get tags, the regulation will be enforced. ealth Officer Fowler also reminded dog owners today that the mussles must be put on July 1 and be kept on canines while they are on the strests until October 1. ————— BALL PLAYER DIVORCED. By the Assoclated Press. ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 27.—~Mrs, Sarah E. Hornsby today was granted a divorce from Rogers H 3 Second baseman of the St Loais Nax tionals, g{ Clreuit Jud Granville ‘Hogan. also recelved oustody of rs, jr., two _and one-half 235558 en Soupie ebp T 31 et : old. bar {will the two racing planes be required {National Aeronautical Assoclation and { will come at noon today, whan Lieuts. U. 3. NET STARS WIN ON BRITISH COURT Johnston Has Easy Victory. Woman Players Have Easy Time With Opponents. WIMBLIDON, June 27.—Miss Kath- | leen McKane, first ranking British | woman player, defeated Miss Kath. | erine Cardner of Cambridge, Mass., | 61, 6—0, in the world tennis cham- | plonship today. | Count de Gomar defeated T. Bevan | of England, 4—6, the men’'s tournament Mlle. Lenglen defeated Peggy gram of England, 6—0, 6—0, Molla Bjurstedt Mallory, the | champlon, who also is seek- the world title, knitted In the grandstand during the match. Miss Leslie Bancroft of Boston de- feated Mrs. Mellqunam at 2—, 6—0, | Johnston Winner. Willlam M. Johnston, defeated the left- "atson of In- | American anded vet- | g Northumber- | qa, 6— . 9- Mrs. Molla Mallory, the sman champion, defeated Miss H. ddis of Fngland, 6—3, 5—2. | rl Caminos, the last of the Ar- gentine Davis cup players entered, American { was eliminated by J. T. Balnes. Lng lish star, 6—4, Niss E i California, defeated M at 60 1. Mies Martha Bayard of New Jersey defeated Miss L. Cadle of England, 60, 6—4. Richards tomorrow will play Jean Brugnon, one of the leading plavers of France and Johnston will meet the Scottish champion, P. D. B. Spence. 1t Johnston and Richards win they will meet in the following round. B. 1. C. Norton of South Africa, and W. C. Crawley. British Davis cup player, both of whom intend to go to the United States soon to enter the champlonships, advanced another round today. a e. formerly of G. B. Goode, Francis T. Hunter, America: feated V. Burr of England, 5—1, 6—1, 63 FLYERS HOPE TO STAY ALOFT FOUR DAYS; TO REFUEL WHILE FLYING: (Continued from First Page.) have traveled 2,000 miles farther than did Lieuts. Kelley und Macready in their non-stop transcontinental flight, or nearly three-fourths the distance from San Diego to Hangkong. | The records sought are those for| distance, for_duration and for speed | . 2,500 and 4.000 kilo- | officers also hcpe to g 3 | {tablish speed records for 4.600, 5.000. | 500, £.000, 6,500 and 7,000 Kilometers No airman’has been on the wing long | enough to establish a speed record | for 4,500 kilometers, for no airplane has sufficient gasoline capacity to | carry it such a distance. { Smith and Richter flew over a fifty- kilometer triangular airway. The big thrill is expected when Lieuts. Hines and Seifert make their first contact with Smith and Richter's plane to! supply gasoline.. Two minutes only { to be within forty feet of each other. but these two minutes will be fraught with the greatest danger. Three con- | tacts for fuel and oil will be made today, according to the program. i Thursday. Friday and Saturday, | should Smith and Richter still be on the wing, they will signal for sup- plies when meeded. Officials of the he Federation Aeronautique Inter- | atfonale will supervise the fligh ) A star shell fired by Lieut. Virgil Hines, notified observers stationed at the three pylons, several miles apart, that Smith and Richter were on the wing. Perfect flying weather greet- ed the two alrmen. The three pylons, during the hours of darkness, will be brilllantly fllum- inated by electric searchlights, in or- der that Smith and Richter may quickly pick up the turning points. First Trial Today, The first serious trial of the flight | Frank Seifert and Virgil Hines wiil go aloft to refuel Smith and Richt- | er's alrplane. Fifty gallons of gaso- line will be poured through a hose | one and one-half inches in dlameter, while the planes are racing more than eighty-five miles an hour, with their wing tips but thirty to forty feot apart. Capt. Smith, & Californian, has won more than ordinary recognition by his fiying ability. During the war he w: assistant officer in charge of training at Kelley Field, Tex., and later he was a member of a Handiey-Page bombing group in England. In October, 1919, he won the flylng_race from San Francisco to New York and return with an elapsed flying time of fifty- four hours. He holds the speed record of four hours and aix minutes for the fiight from San Francisco to San Diego and has long been rated as one of the Dbest patrol filers in America. Lieut. Richter, & native of Virginia, received his training at British and French schools during the early part of the war and was one of the Amer- ican filers sent to the war zone. He served in the Meuse and Argonne | offensive as a_combat pilot with the 22nd and 13Sth pursuit squadrons of the 2nd Army pursult group. He at- tracted attention last winter by a daring flight alone in search of the late eut. Charles Webber, who, with Col, F. C. Marshall as a’ passenger, was lost In a flight from Diego to Fort Huachuaca. GARRETTS INDICTED FOR SLAYING PASTOR CUMBERLAND COURT HOUSE, Va., June 27.—Robert O. Garrett and Larkin C. Garrett, brothers, promi- nent county officials. were ‘ indicted for first-degree murder by a specall grand jury in Cumberland county air- cuit court yesterday, charged with shooting to death the Rev. E. L. Plerce. 6—2, 6—2, 63, In! eft to right—Loucienne Nano Frederick Namo, her sister-in-law. URGE TEMPORARY oNe-WAY STReeTs First McMillan Radio Message | |union attending the convention are| Tells How Dog Sighted Whales! | Committee Needs More Time to Study Traffic Problems, Com- missioners Told. The committee appointed by the Commissioners several months ago to study traffic problems today mended to Commissioner Oyster that one-way streets be retained until the committee can make a more thorough investigation. Through its chairman, Assistant Corporation Counsel Ringgold Hart, the committee told the Commissioner that it wished to have more time in which to take traffic counts and gather information as to the effects of one-way streets and that it be- | Heved these continue until made. Mr. Hart said {t is the intention of the committee to glve the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Assoclation, the Board of Trade and other organiza- tions an opportunity to express their views before a final report on one- way streets is made to the Commis- sloner. It is understood that the corpora- tlon counsel's office today prepared for the Commissioners an opinion on the question of whether or not all- night parking of vehicles in front of_houses should be abolished The Commiasioners probably will g0 over this opinion later in the day. Inspector Albert J. Headley, chief of the traffic_bureau, today admon- ished automobile drivers to comply strictly with the regulation prohibit- ing & motorist from passing a stand- ing street car, whether it be on a one-way or a two-way street THREE FALSE ALARMS. $150 Reward Offered for Evidence Against Evasive Culprit. A reward of $150 awaits the person furnishing evidence against the ounder of three false alarms of fir which have come from box 461, loca: ted at 1st and S streets southwest, the past two weeks, the last one about 10_o'clock this morning. ‘The second alarm was sounded two days ago, and when firemen and poiicemen reached the scene they found an occpant of a house near the alarm box seated on the front step. She said she had been sitting there quite a long time, but had seen no person tamper with the alarm box. —_—— POLICE ARREST SALESMAN. George C. Greer, thirty-four, 11056 O street, salesman for the Glenarden Development Company, a Baltimor firm, was arrested today by Detec: tives Kelly and Scrivener on a charge of larceny after trust. The warrant, aworn out by Geo: O. Selby, mem- ber of the Cngln{. alleges that Greer ocollected $69 from Ganson S. Dawkins, 1503 S street. and failed to turn’it over to his employer. He denles a statement that he collected other sums and failed to make proper returns. thoroughfares should such study has been recom- | Francisco de Cardenax, secretary of the Spanish embassy. n's capital. Cardenns, the bride; Mme. | #rom Yesterany's 5:30 Edition of The Star. from McMilian's Arctic- doin. off Monhegan harbor, ateur radio station 12E. Mario ted by Irving Vermilya, Amer- 'ican Radio Relay League. This is the first | ofctal dispatch sent by McMillan and packed lup by & member of the Americen Badio Re- 1ay League | BY CAPT. DONALD B. McMILLA RADIO STATION WNP, The Bowdoin, June 26. If our entire trip proves as event- ful, compared with the first day out from Boothbay harbor, then it should | It has| prove extremely interesting. been my custom to take a few friends las far as Monhegan to give them i . the benefit of this delightful sail, but these previous trips have been that and nothing_ more. Today hardly more than half an hour out of Boothbay harbor Seenulluk, the E kimo dog that I brought back from {Baffin Land on my return last fall, began to blow in the fashion p ‘cullar to the Eskimo dog when he sights or scents game. Almost isimultaneously arose the excited ery ifrom one of the guests jthat Lig thing over there?’ All hunds lturned their heads and, easily !discernible about 100 starboard bow, were bottle-nose whales, Turning the ship, them and within a few minutes they iwere almost under our port bow, one {of them bulking large on top of the {water. Although we almost ran them down, they seemed in no_ hurry and {it_was not until Tom McCue, our {mate. threw a can of pemmican at ithe larger one that he did a neat nose dive, his large, black fin cut {WOMAN GIVEN G. 0. P. COMMITTEE HONOR IKn Barclay Warburton Chosen Associate Member for Pennsylvania. immense blackfish. two or By the Amsociated Press. PHILADELPHIA, June 27.—Mrs. Barclay H. Warburton, vice chairman of the Pennsylvania republican state committee, today was appointed an assoclate member of the republican national committee. Mrs. Warburton was named by Senator Pepper, who was asked by John T. Adams, chalr- man of the national committee to select Pennsylvania's representative, under a plan to appoint from each state a woman as assoclate member. Mrs. Warburton is the daughter of the late John Wanamaker. CZECHO PRESIDENT ILL. CONSTANTINE, Algeria, June 27.— President Masaryk of Czechoslovakia was taken suddenly ill here while tour- ing northern Africa. Because of his age s condition is regarded as serlous. MUTT AND JEFF—H’s One Wardrobe t Needs Replenishing. Tt SLKKING MYSELE VP A BIT AS I'V6 GoT A DATE WITH MISS BROKE AND IF SHE MENTIONS FooD T'M Gonru\ SAY (T'S TOO HoT TO @AT. Auffmordt (a_sixter, bolding train), and Mme. | ‘| have ever seen, the largest measuring “What's | yards off the| we circled about | MY SHOES LOOK FleRLG: HAD AN OLD CLOTH I coutd POLISH THEM UP MYSELF! home for the Thix is regarded Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. ting the water as he went out of| sight. Fortunately, our movie op-| erator succeeded in getting some ex- cellent close-ups of the aquatic act staged by these big fellows for the benefit of our guests. They were the largest blackfish T well over forty feet In the distance | we saw other schools disporting | about the water and spouting occa- sionally. It would have been a zreat | catch for a fisherman. for the ofl ! fram these bottle whales is the finest | for ofling watches, and Is exceed- | ingly valuabl It seemed almost a pity to { these specimens by, for there been many a time in the arctic when | they would have come as a godsend | with their meat, blubber and tough | hide. These whales, however, seemed | | to realize that we regarded them | {more. as an _exhibition than game,| for the boys in the boat could almost | scratch their backs without any bother. When they disappeared It seemed | for a moment that they were actu-| ally under our boat, and one of the! ladies who was taking the sail was| a_trifie excited, for together the whales were about the size of our ship, which is only eighty feet long.| As’ they faded on the horizon we | could see them playing about looking | something ke huge submerged | camels_with their humps protruding | {from the water. After our splendid sendoft from Wiscaset and Boothbay | | harbor we were not greatly surprised | when the people of Monhegan gave us | a rousing welcome. | Tomorrow our real work begins. Guests will be gone. up the good sails | g0 and away for Sydney, Cape Breton, our first stop. {CULT CONTROVERSY ! VERDICT SURPRISE| Rehearing Denied House of David by Final Decree Giving Hansels $24,078. By the Associated Press. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., June 27.— A final decree in the suit hrougm’ by John and Margaret Hansel, for- merly of Nashville, Tenn., against Benjamin Purnell and House of David at Benton Harbor, was filed in federal court yesterday by Judge Sater of Columbus, Ohfo, in which he: 1— Overruled the application made by the House of David for a rehearing. 2—Awarded the Hansels $24,078.08 with costs. 3—Overruled the de- | fendants’ request for the appoint- of a receiver. The amount of the judgment was considerably higher than had been estimated at the time of the filing of the opinion. It was then thought the Hansels would re- celve about $15,000. (Copyright, 1923, Mark reg. (L% 3 GoT A VERY oLD SHIRT? War Breaks Out In Birdland With Great Slaughter An army of vicious black birds has descended upon Washington and is slaughtering the sparrow and other small birds that neet in the shade trees. Word of this battle of bird-land raging In the parks was given to Clifford Lanham, superintendent of trees and parkings of the District, in a letter from J. Edwin Cassidy, local business man. Mr. Cassidy sald he saw two sparrows killed in Franklin Park a few days ago before he could chase the more powerful blackbirds away. Yesterday,” wrote Mr. Cassidy, “I saw a big blackbird grab a small sparrow, put one foot on it and take a plece of bread from the smaller bird’s mouth.” PROHIITION CRISS DECLARED AT HAND Rev. P. A. Cave Quotes Presi- ident’s Speech as In- spiration. ev. P. A. Cave of the H Street Christian Church, 6th and H streets southwest, in addressing the quar- terly convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the District of Columbla, at the church today, declared advocates of prohibi- tion have now come to a crisis in a defensive warfare to hold what they have gained. “The enemy is making a great at- tack on the elghteenth amendment and Volstead act,” he stated. President Harding’s message on prohibition enforcement, Mr. Cave sald, “is & message of inspiration to all the temperance orgapizations throughout the country.” Mrs. Virginia White Speel, chafr- man of the committee on leg!slation of the District Mothers’ Congress and Parent-Teacher Association, scored ipersons who accused the President of | belng insincere in the enforcement of the eighteenth amendment. She sald: ! “Warren Harding is a sincere Chri tian man, and is as sincere. in proh bition enforcen as he is in his faith toward God.” Mrs. Emma Sanford Shelton. presid- ed at thix morning's meeting. This aft- ernoon Frank White, treasurer of the United States, will speak on law en- r m_C. Dennis, spe- United States on | the American and British Pecuniary Claims Arbitration Commission, will speak on the world court. The varfous branches of the local the Anacostia Columbla, E Br nma Chapin, Shelton, | Eckington. Frances Willard, Hamline, Northwest, outheast, Mount Pleasant, North Capitol SBouthwest, Georgetown North Star branch NEW RUSS-GERMAN ALLIANCE PLANNED uburban, Northeast, Georgetown, 23| Meeting With Three Smaller | Baltic Nations Is Proposed. BY GEORGE WITTE. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1923 BERLIN, June 27.—That a confer- ence to discuss the formation of a Russo-German-Baltic alliance will be called soon and held in one of the Baltic states became known today. | The idea originated in Moscow, where it Is felt such an alliance is vital to both Germany and Russia, and would be all the more powerful if Lithuania, Latvia_and Esthonia, themselves in need of protection, were linked to the two larger countries. The Baltic states, however, are holding out for what Germany calls unreasonable conditions in regard to their status at the conference. While not actually demanding rights equal !to those of the two greater nations, they want guaranties that these will give the wishes of the small states full consideration especially as re- | gards pending conflicts with other nations. In spite of this, negotlations are be- | ing carried on satisfactorily, as both Russla and Germany are now willing to fall in with the demands of the Baltic states because their aim is to form as soon as possible a league to counter balance the little entente of southeastern Europe. SUNDAY SCHOOL OUTING. Pupils of Three Churches Have Outing at Glen Echo. The annual outings of S Parish Sunday Schools, the Centennial Baptist Sunday School and the Park View Christian Church are being held today at Glen Echo Park. thousand members of the churches and Sunday schools were expected to tend. A omorrow will be another church as plenics will be glven by the| %fikney Memorlal Sunday School, of | vattsville, the Trinity Episcopal sy School, of Takoma Park, and the H Street Christian Church. On Saturday the Brookland Parish Sunday Schoois will have their annual outing at Glen Echo. by . O Trade . 8. Pat. JEFF, HAvE You Edna Taylor and | Albans | Several | 104 IMMIGRANT QUOTASNEAR SAME U. S. to Admit 357,803 For- eigners—War Gives Tur- key a Boost. Only slight changes from the al- lotments of the past year are shown | in regulattons promulgated today by '!he Labor Department fixing the number of immigrants of the various nationalities who will bs admitted to the United States under the “quota” law during the fiscal year, beginning July 1. The quotas for the foreign coun- tries who ordinarily send the largest number of immigrants show change. Out of the tota]l of 3 who will be admitted—the sam for 1922-23—the allotment for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland remains at 71,342, that fo Germany agaln is 67,607 and tha for Italy s unchanged at 42,057. Changes Due to Geography. The: changes made for the smaller countries resulted mainly from terri- torfal readjustments in Europe. Aus- tria los 109, its quota being reduced from 7,451 242; while Hungary's I quota is increa 109 from the 5,638 fixed for the present year. Turke shows the greatest gain as a resul of t Turco-Greek war. She [ 66 re than the 8% allotted this ar, while Gree loses 231, making her total for the coming year 3,083. Syria is reduced from 828 to 882 and the classification “Other Asla” is increased from §1 to Poland's quota is increased to 30,977 from 21, 078 through the inclusion of the Pinsk region in_white Russia and eastern Galicia. The Russian quota is in- creased to 24,405 from 21,613, Be arabja now being merged in the total. The French quota remains unchanged at 6,729. EgYDt, for the first time represented as a separate country, is given a quota of 18, thereby reducing the African quota from 122 to 104. Fiume {g the baby, with a quota of 17. Teeland has 75, Luxemburg 92 and Palestine §7. The end of the present fiscal year on {June 30 fs expected by officials here {to see every quota exhausted except | those of Germany and Esthonia. Ger- ymany will have approxin left and henia 1,000, YOUTH SLAYS OFFICER OF PRISON AND FLEES Recaptured Four Hours After Es- cape From Industrial School in Disguise. By the Associated Press. LANCASTER, Ohlo, June, 27.—John H. Karshner, forty-seven, officer at the Boys' Industrial School here, dled this mornihg &t the institution as the result of an attack made upon Ihim by Frederick C. Mills, sixteen, of | Akron, an tnmate, last night. | Karshner received a compound {tracture of the skull when Mi struck him over the head with an |iron bar as the two were engaged in gathering eggs. Following the assault Mills stripped the officer’s body of clothing and, dressing himself in it, made his escape. He was captured four hours later by | officers from the school. They at- | tack is said by officials to have been | premeditated and was solely for the {purpose of escape. {" Mills was received last April from Akron upon conviction of auto steal- ing and earrying concealed weapons. DENIES LAVISH COST ON LEVIATHAN TRIP There was no lavish expenditure of public money on the trial trip of the Leviathan, in the opinion of Sen- ator Fletcher of Florida, ranking democratic member of the Senate com- merce committes who said he had made the trip to satisfy himself regarding charges that wasteful use was made of the funds appropriated to recon- !dition the ship. It was nece ry and proper to have a trial trip, the senator said, adding that the government outlay for fuel and the pay of the officers and crew would have been the same had the voyage been made without i gl %7t "was_tneptring.” he concluded. {sto see what the government could |LETTER THREATENS REGISTER OF WILLS | i “Corporal” James Tanner, register | of wills, yesterday received an anony- mous letter, signed “K. K. K. | threatening him with personal vio- |lence unless he recallea the an nouncement of the appointment of | John 8. Shiel as second deputy in his {office. Mr. Tanner has prepared a | 1etter, which he has addressed to the | “Ku Klux Klan of the District of | Columbia, collectively or individ- | ually,” in which he calls the com- | munication a “cowardly, contemptible expression of bigotry” and declares /'that Mr. Shiel will assume his duties | mext Monday morning. W. O. Jones, king kleagle of the District realm of the K. K. K., when queried regarding the threatening | letter, emphatically denied that the klan had sent it or had any knowl- | edge of ft. The writer of the missive to Cor- poral Tanner excepted to the appoint- | ment because Mr. Shiel happens to be a Cathollc. —By BUD FISHER. r \