Evening Star Newspaper, October 10, 1923, Page 2

'Stresemann Plan For Dictatorship Given Hard Jolt By the Assoclated Press. BERLIN, October 10.—The na- tionalists and communists in the refchstag, voting jointly, succesded today in effecting postponement un- til Thursday of the third reading of Chancellor Stresemann’s authoriza- tion bill giving bim wide authority in the dletation of measures for econcmic rehabilitation. The jndi- cation was they hoped ultimately to defeat the measure through fillbus- tering tactict - .S VARDNCPUN SUCGESSNGENEVA League - Committee Favors Restrioting Foppies to Medical Needs. Eftorts of the American deloga-| tion to the sessions' of tho oplum ad- | visory committee the league of | pations at Geneva recently were] e one with succers whan we con- | POINCARE TURNS DOWN miltes - accepted the American-in- | REICH OFFERS OF AID <pired resolution advocating restric- | tion of the production of oRIum PoD- pies to the needs of medicine ant sclence. This was the message bro to Washington by Mrs ! which may be taken for the resump- Wright, assessor of the opium 8- 4ionTor \Gork in the occupled Arens w*‘ry committee, who gave a bl":‘f‘:v‘;'» bogun yesterday, it was stated gt at Geneva totoda cment of activities at Gencis 7 “Niiister of Defense Geasler -has a Feprescntative of Fhe Star 0L yngrgiwn the decree Imposing a cen- Erd arrived in New Yoric SutrdsXisorship on militacy news. 5 3 sy | Hugo Btinhes ani the other Ruhr BAges i the AR i dustriolists who conferred last Amerien's Mission Entn 1, | week with Gen. Degoutte at Duss merica’s misslon now.” she il | dorf were given a clean bill by the foster interest and pl;:ff‘ drug | Bovernment during the reichstag de- ative to the A7bb ihac.on the authorization bill to give ipat when the, SOULTS | the chancellor sweeping authority in July are veady to G0 te |dictating economic measures. Dr. SuE the lutentions af the COMMILES | Soiiman, the minister of the Interior, aszoutlined in the resoltCOT 5% | formally announced that Herr America may be prepared {04 . fome of the raost brillian es, Vocgeler of the old W rid on ught back | (Co st Page.) ntinued from ¥ Hamilton | this called on Chancellor Stres i for leaving for Duesseldorf, but were and Tu ble to reach him because he was tes.and i engaged In disentangling the poppy | EOvernmental crisis f i Repert to Chanellor. Wright | The chancellor was apprised of the 3 of | purposs of the industrialists' mission, siled With e Coppy srowing ihowever. continued the ministor, and theme Lwo venters o8 P or obtalning | was &is6 given a report by them of fained, the Patbwdy i 5 India | the outcome of their discussion with flar ' co-ovoration | TTOE, . "she | the Freach. commander In the Ruhr immediately upon rtheir return to Berlin. Regarding the program submitted yesterday by the industrialisis, com- ith ion of Dersia & st nartot in Iimitation of opiun ur-‘{non the first objec rican delegation. Mrs. With the co-ope ation rican peopl _i - IN RUHR RESTORATION, THE . EVENING. STAR, WASHINGTON EWWORLD WOMEN ARRANGE PROGRAM Columbus Day Confer- " ence Here. Ars, Robert Lansing, chairman of the United States section of the pan- ‘American international women's committee, today made public the complete program for the Columbus day conference to be held Friday at the Pan-American Union building. All sesulons of the conference are to be public, and no admission cards will be necessary. Information ca be secured ‘at the committee head- quarters in the Gridiron room at the New Willard Hotel. The pan-American international women's .committee is an inter- [American body, interested in the co- joperation of the women of the weste ern hemisphere. It doveloped from the women's auxillary conference held hore In conmection with the sec- ond pan-Anmerican scientific confer- ence. Plan Three Sesslons. The three sessions of the confer- ence, morning, gfternoon and night, will be held In the Pan-American Union bullding, 17th and B streets nerthwest. Mrs. Lansing, United States section, wilk open each of the three meetings. The first ses slon is to begin at 10 o'clock. Mrs. Lansing will open the convention, and present Miss Julla C. Lathrop. th pirnlldlnl officer for the morning se! sion. Dr. L. S. Rowe, director general of the Pan-American Union, will make the address of welcome. Mrs. Glen Lovin Swiggett, executive secretary of the women's auxiliary committee chairman of the| in Portble Buildings—De- SCHOOLS NPECTED INCHLDS LLNES Pneumonia Blamed on Draft} ¢ reailze that t ion of the problem. whi Tiited States today in suppressing tics and other druss, the growth of the plant at it source. ly be done by interna- the sale of narco 182 checki A can_onl acilon e & eopic of the United States, who are struggling to check the every ing menace of this evil, shoul t by urging the United rnment to back this move are saving thelr own com the first place, by in- Qitectly lowering their civic taxes to the exteht which appropriations e now necessary all over the countr fo the maintenance Jf narcotic squads of the various police depart- ents; in the second place, by & Te duction in the care and reilef of th addits and incompetents NoOw mneces- savy with thefr resulting economl 1oss to the community which is now numities subtly creeping throughout the coun- | trys This is an economic as well as a moral problem and ad such must be | ,handied by the federal government. Attended All Gemeva Seswiol Mrs. Wright attended all the ses- sions of the assembly at Geneva, with the other American delegates—Bishop Drent, former Surgeon General Blue and Representative Porter. he was recently reappointed asscssor to the opium advisory committee of the ledgue of nations by. the council of the league. 3She is the daughter of the late Sepator William Drew Wash- burn and the widow of Hamilton Weight internationally known as a leader in.the anti-narcotic movement. Regarding activities ‘at the Geneva conference she stated that the Amer- jcan delegation was a tentative repre- sentation to the meeting of the opium advisory committee. Shortly after thé decision to send this representa- tion to the meeting in Geneva. Repre- sentative Porter. leatler of the dele- gation, laid down certain principles updn whese acceptance the participa- on of the United.Statqs depended. The contention of this government, Mrs. Wright said, was that the drug mstion can be checked only at its arce—Turkey, Persia or India. Relat he- foreign situation Mrs. Wright said: he Indian situation is a very deli- cafe one, but granting that the eating of ‘opium in that country is consider- ed o legitimate practice__it must be recognized, if the: opliilon of the natives themselves is to be given credence, that the use has also given rie to an abuse_ to remedy which econventton was particularly framed. Therefore it must be asked wity should India alone of all nations unger the authority of the convention haye the unioue privilege of using or abusing opium as she herself seet fit? “ Importance of Co-operation. “he ymportance of the co-operation ©ofithese two great opium-producing colintries has been repestedly pointed out. Turkey's incorporation of The Hague convention in the treaty of Lageanne is of great moment and camally significant was the part played by Persia at the recent meet- ing of the assembly. The Persian gate, Prince Arfaed-Dowleh, ex- {hsed on the part of his gpvernment the gesire to join with the other gov- ernments in devising a practical pro- gram in order to put into operasion « principles embodled in the Amer- jcan recommendations, As he justly sald of the produe- ion of oplum is to be eliminated or ricted to medicinal requirements must be replaced by some other crop in districts where the peasants e dependeng for their livelihood on the poppy prodw it is obviously a task of great magnitude which calls for careful examination and a prac- tical scheme of substitution. But so far as Persia is concetned she has ex- pressed herself as ready to undertake such an investigation and ix ready to withdraw her reservations in re- | gard to Article III of the Hague con- | ventlon ax soon as she can be given a_ satisfactory. construciive scheme providing a substitute for the culti- vation, of opium. Persia’s position is admirable and alony such lines as sketched by her lies the only practicable and ultimate solution of the problem. As the Per- stan with very definite interests at stake pointed out, though a difficult it 15 not an impossible task. It is for the purpose of working out some such program of readjustment and substitution that the assembly has summoned the pations interested to meet in confere . - LECTURES ON MILK BY DAIRYMEN BANNED Supt. Ba.ll?n Prohibits Addresses in Schools by Men Interested in the Business. X A ban on milk-Teetiires in the pub- 1i¢ schools, by weri finaricially intel csted In the/dairy business, has been ordered by Superintendent of Schogis Frank W. Ballou. As a result, a se- ries of talks begun at the Blake School, br J. 'Watson Morse, repre- senting a locdl/dairy, has been can- caled. 8 5.4 2 The questfdn of permitting local dairy representatives to expound the value of milk te the District school children, has been diseussed for some time between Dr. Ballou and Hedjth Officer Willlam_C.. Fowler. v a recent Idtter to Dr. Ballou, the health officer took the stand that While it is desirable to have educational talke made to the_school children on the food value of milk, he.did not be- Ueve sueh leéctures should be given hy, dairy representatives. Dr, Powler has voluntsered to fur- nish the speakers for discourses on prising ten points, the adoption of which_they deemed necessary, in or- der effectively to restore the Ruhr econdmics, Dr.” Sollman declared the government has taken this under ad Visement, referring it to various com- mittees for consideration, deferring ac- tion until Paris and Brussels repl the Gesman government's Inquiry corning the attitude of the occupying Dowers toward, the measures requir- ed to put the/Rubr industries into operation. v Competent quarters here deny the report circulated that Gen. Degoutte gave the visiting industrialists the cold shoulder. They declare that the discyssions were wholly informal, dealing chiefly with the present at. titude of the occupying powers to- ward the local issues involved in the cffort to bring about the resumption of work. RETAIN 8-HOUR DAY. to Increase Workers’ Time Is Suspended. - | | { i Decision | By the Associated Press DUESSELDORF. decision of the Ruhr Mining Em- ployers' Assoclation to increase the miners’ working hours was suspend- ed before it became operative. The suspenslon is understood to have Leen due to the intervention of the minister of labor, who hurriedly sum- moned the Ruhr labor leaders to Ber- iin for a conference on the general labor situation. The Rubr leaders left for the capital last night, ex- pressing their determinaston to fight tooth and nall for the eight-hour law. The employers’ assoclation had de- cided that the miners who have heretofore worked six hours under- ground and eight hours on the sur- {fape, should work eight or nine un- derground and from ten to twelve on the surface. October 10.—The GOVERNMENT WEAKENS. Industrialists Scheme With French, Hurting Stresemann. BY HIRAM MODERWELL. By Oable to The Star and Chicago Daily New: Copsright, 1923. BERLIN, October 10.—Political Ber- lin is like a sensitive barometer, reg istering instantly every gesture amd every rumor in Paris. Today's news that” France had refused to negot ate with the German government con- cerning reparations endangered Chancellor ~ Stresesmann's dictator- ship law, which had passed its second reading and seemed likely to obtain the necessary majority on Thursday. he fact is that the German gov- ernment has been so weakened fi- nancially, politically as a result of the Ruhr struggle, that It may be said to exist only by the courtesy of France. France—officially or semi-officlally—now insists that repargtions deliveries be immeaiately resunted by the industrialists, whom the Reish must compensate. But the Reich cannot lay out the necessary money without further depreclating the mark. To stabilize the mark it is necessary to have some hope of fruit- ful negotiations with France, i gin. Thus a vicious circle is comple: ed—Germany must pay before she allowed to become stable, and she must become stable before she can pay. Government Loses Power. Politically, the Stresemann govern- ment is being deprived of its autho- ity by the direct negotiations of the French with the German industrial- ists on political and economic mat- ters, while refusing (o negotiate with the Stresemann government. Thus, the industrialists, according to the view here, can evade tax obli- gations by paying their taxes direct. v to the French; can evade German export and price laws by receiving export licenses from the French; but they can have French backing in de- manding that the impoverished Ger. man government relmburse them for reparations dellveries. The real character of the recent agreement between the French and the Otto Wolff Konzern still Is e, but the view adopted Here is that it represents a mutually profitable trade, whereby the French receive reparations goods and are able to pre- vent German dumping through their control of export licenses, while the {Wolft Konzern receive, ‘mission to resume exports. Thus, the industrial. }ists are able to completely defy the | German government. Government Weak. | The government's military weakness i8 the natural result of its inability to create tolerable living conditions for the people. while certaln rich people can afford to spend large sums for the support of irregular military bands. Finally, the power of France over the whole daily life of the people is &normous. ~For Instance, if France takes directly-from the Ruhr all the coal she wishes, leaving insyfficient for .Germany, the nation must then import coal, thus raising prices above the world level. increasing production costs throughout Germany, erippli gXport, causing more unemployment, further delaying the introduction o distribution of food. increasingly un~ certain and expensive with the ap- proach of winter. | FRANCE TO ACT ALONE. i Growing Disposition to Reach Pri-. vate German Agreement. Cable o The Star asd Chicago Daily By oy icago Daily Newa. PARIS, October_10.—The reported agreement of the Franco-Belgian oc- cupation authorities in the Ruhr and he Rhineland\ with the powepful hoenl.x German industrial group > Jor. resumption of production and ial payment of the repsrations t of the United States of the second | pan-American sclentific congress. | will speak on the formation of the | pan-American International women's | fended by Baltou. D. G, er the Rhode Island ayenue viaduct. {PUBLIC SPEAKING COURSE FOR WOMEN Classes Formed at Hine Junior School for Imstruction During Winter. | | A course in public speaking for women will be given at the Hine Junior High School, 7th and C streets 74 southeast, every Saturday during and militarily | committee, Toplcs ‘for Sesaton. The topic for the first session will be “The Achlevements of Woman in the Past.” Miss Mary Emma Wool- ley, ptesident of Mount Holyoke Col- lege, will consider the topic from the standpoint of education. YUrs. Thomas G. Winter, president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, will discuss the achievements of women in letters, while Mrs. Ann. Garlin Spencer, writer and lecture: ) discuss woman's achievements in religion and through religious agen- cles. Miss Grace Abbott, chief of the children’s bureau, Department of Labor, will tell of woman's accoms plish:nents in humanitarian service, Mrs, Archibald Hopkins will side ot the 2 o'clock session, ing a luncheon for the speakers at 12%30 o'ciock at Rauscher's. The topic for the afternoon will be “The Achievements of Women of Today." Mrs. erbert Hoo’ and M Wil- liam Brown Malon secretary of the visory council on Dbetter homes, will discus “In the Home.” Miss Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge, dean of the Scheol of Civics and Philanthropy, University of Chicago. will talk on “In #ndustry.” Miss Julia Lathrop, formerly chief of the children's bureau, wlill discuss “In Public Life,” and Dr. Esther Lovejoy, chairman of American women’s ho pitals, will take up the consideration of women's advance “In Professional Life A discussion will follow of the topic, “Ways and Means of Co-opera- tion Among Pan-American Women." ‘Resolutions will be adopted. The evening session is to begin at $:30 o'clock, with Mra. Philip North oore presiding. The topic will be ‘The Call of the KRature to Pan- Amorican Women.” ' The subject is to be discussed by Charles Evans Hughes, Sccretary of State; Dr. Ln- ]l“l]\-le Olaya, ministar of Colombia Miss Mabel Boardmaun, secretary, cep- {tral committee of the American Ked Cross, representing international or- ganization: and Mrs. Maud Wood Park, president of the League of Women Voters representing national organization RECEPT{ON TO BISHOP. Washington Clergy to Honor New Epizcopal Head Tonight. Rt. Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, will be given a re- eeption tonight by the clergy of Washington at the meeting of the Laymen's Service Association of the | | 1 1 of the Ascensfon, 12th Massachusetts avenue. The regular order of business will be curtailed and a chance will be given for the laymen and clergymen to meet the new bishop. The. busi- pess meeting will be held at 8 o'clock. street and perhaps will prove adandmark of the French reparations polfcy. Undoubtedly, as time goes on, there is less and less disposition on France’s part to place her hopes in a general reparations and debt set- tlement with Great Britain, the United States and Germany, and more and more of & disposition to act alone to recover from Germany whatever sums are poseible, regardless of gen- eral consequences. This state of mind is a result of the profound disillusionment of the French people, who thnk the United States has abandoned them, that Great Britain has turned from a friend to something very like an enemy, and that Germany is more thah ever determined to ‘avold ful- fllment of her obligations by what- ever means and at what ever cost. Tired of Making Offers. dlocease of Washington at the Church the winter. The classes are under the auspices of | With ninesyear-old Willlam Schlo- tohm in the Children's Hospltal suf- fering with double pneumonia, a vic - (£ thn of a portable scheglhouse, ac- | cording to parents, the District Pub. lic School Assoclation today took | steps to inspect all of the sixty one room flimsy structures incuse in the gchool system with™a view to elimi- | nating dangerous drafts and improper | heating. Capt. Julius I. Peyser. president of the assoclation, referred to its com- | mittee on health and sanitation the matter of portable schools and asked the chairman, Dr. Louise Taylor Jones, to take charge of the inspec tion. She will be assisted by Mrs.] {Joseph Saunders, vice chairman 1 Operate on Child. Little Biily, who has been hoyvering between life and death for several days, was operated on last night. It| was said at the hospital this after- noon that his condition “is very good.” Billy was a pugil in one of the four | Allison street portables in Petworth, | and while celebrating his birthday anniversary last Thursday was stricken with pneumonta. The blame was laid by his parents on the} Pdnuxmy portable school in which he | was forced to spend five hours a day. The boy is the son of William Al Schlobohm, = Washington attorney The father has made a vigorous pro- test to the school authorities about the condition of the school. Dallou Denles Charge. ! Superintendent of Schools Ballou, however, pointed out today that it is possible young Schlobohm contracted the disease outside of the school, ard denled the charges of Mr. Schlobohm Community Cen-| d ter. Mrs. Anne Til- lery Renshaw, | formerly of ~the faculty of Penn-| sylvania College George Washing- ton University, will instruct the e e oh start October 13 at 7 pm. Women have a natural aptitude for pub- lic speaking, Mrs. Renshaw believes. She already conducts a public speak- ing class at the Thomson School. 12th | L streets northwest. 1 The pudblic has been invited to at- | tend the lecture Saturday night. The course will include training of the body and mind: cral Engiish freedom in thinking be- fore an audlence; organization of all of speech, current events and of a political, social or eco- nature, i MOTHER AND BABY | MAY 60 T0 JALL Woman With Infant in Her Arma Is Held for Grand Larceny. Statel and) MRS. RENSHAW. Carrying in her arms a four-month- old baby, Evelyn Ward Finnell, whose home address is not known to the that the portable was not heated, and | police, pleaded gullty”to chargea of B T Terhim ta put Tie hong | Petty and Vgrand larceny in Police through. The superintendent said he | COurt today and was sentenced to Jail to await the action of the grand inspected the Allison street “portable zg::‘-’v;:lonzlnndly and found no such |,m1- in the grand larceny case. The pha serious fligess of William | Petty larceny ease was continued. Sehlobohm, physiclans said, is probo: | Jail was the alternative offered for y traceable to the portable school. ; sald a statement issued by Capt. Pey- :E;ol:;b;‘(“:'z‘;‘;op:‘;:aheb;r;le::‘;‘:: ser. “There is little doudbt in my mind that buildings such as that—knock- | Mahon in the United States branch down frame structures, where /the|of the court. Unless some way of lght can be seen through cracks in |getting around the law is fo be- the walls—cannot be made safe for{forehand, she will be sent to the jall children urless every step is taken | with the baby this afternoon. to close up the death-dealing draft: The woman, who is young and at- tractive, was arrested by Mrs. I. L. Cigea Nivh, Mavems. Hubbs of the women's b Although the Alllson street porta- [ Zi°0f Siouiieetng in & Jowatswn oo bleshnre‘ heated, school officials '?m!pgrtman( store. She was charged j thathcold Jyeather and broken stove® | with stealing a coat valued at $175 in :n A :’Be se at the Park View School the grand larceny case and with tak- hn!' lnr‘chd 320 W:D"l to accept part- ing a quantity of women's lingerie ave fo Ao ey and notions in the minor case. Mrs. Hime oo A g, o scoces | Hubbs said that the woman was stop. ::g‘e;pe::ed to. b rer:ls(red by the ping at a Pennsylvania avenue hotel, ot at which place several stolen articles 'When the temperature in these | Were recovered. * portablss went down to 54 and 48 - COMMISSIONS ISSUED. degrees, they were closed immediate- ly &nd the pubils transferred to the j .Commissions in the Officers’ Reserve Corps of the Army have been issued Park View School. by the War Department to the fol- lowing named residents of this city: SCHOOL ASSURE : "ELECTRIC LIGHTS | 225 o iteDit, 1367 Mintweod Corps; William F. Fischer, 112 New Carbery. Parent-Teacher Body York avenue, as lleutenant colonel Quartermaster Corps: John P. Turne Learns Work Will Be Com- ‘pleted Soom. | i | { | 918 street, as lieutenant colonel, Veterinary Corps; Arthur Cobb, House office building, as major, ordnance de- partment; Henry W. Jett, 714 G street, as captain of infantry; Linton A. Cox, jr., House office building, cap- { tainme: There still is no general desire ap- | arent to keep the Ruhr and the Biinkiand except as a gauge for rep- | arations payments, but force of cir- cumstances is gradually making itself | Installation of electric lights in'the ! Carbery School, on 5th street north- taln, ‘air service; James C. Corlisy, Commerce building, as first lieutenant, Coast Artlllery Corps, and Edmund C. Wallls, 617 12th street, and Emilio E. Merino, 928 14th street, as first lieu- a .stable currency and making the| felt and none can foretell the future. The Poincare government still is ready to seck a general settlement with the allies on the basis outlined in the January plan and the subse- quent “yellow book"—namely, a par- ailel reduction of the German debt 2nd the ailied war debts. But France is tired of reiterating unheeded pro- ponals, and if there ie to be further initiative It must come from Great "Britain or the United States. 'Other- fwise it_seems clearly the intention of tne French government to make no further mention of the possibility of general megotiations and to devote its efforts solely ‘to exploitation of the occupled territorles for the bene- fit_of the reparations account. The French government will be ready to listen to Whatever broposals %erun may make, but only in so far as ese proposals recognize the Ruhr accupation and - include seemingly gncue-l plans for the fulfilment of er treaty obligations. There wild be no intervention in the affairs.of un- occupled Germany, and an attitude of strict-peutrality Will be preserved to- ward the Rhineland separatist move ment, which French leaders are scrutinizing with increasing distrust. Procedure Uncertain. Just how Franced and Belgium in- tend 1o organize payments from tne occupied regions is still uncertain but there is & project under consider- ation the main lines of whic roughly -as follows: ‘To - con .l‘-f‘ l'.c’ France requires 26, marks and oBol‘lum. 5,000,000, proposed that a series of should. be {ssued coveri: of 31,00000,000 marks. | 00. loans, then ‘the Franco-. would attem; interest on paid by the French and Belgian gov- erpment, we lhufl}nnun;pn- -egport taxes"and expioitation of state mines and for- ests in the Rubr and the Rhineland. 0. loans D‘!hthh total 0 5 theé- inter. national market failsito absorb these ] market to absorb them. The loan, instead of being east between D and E streets, will be “completed by November 10,°it is re- ported by Mrs. Walter L. Hagen, at a meeting yesterday of the parent- teacher asgociation of the school. Mrs. Hagen, who is chalrman of the asso- ciation's electric light committee, sald that contracts have been let for the artificial lighting system. Resumption of the milk luncheon service for the Carbery pupils will be started November 1, it was announced. Mrs, Loretta Woodcock was reap- pointed to take charge. Centralization of musical instruec- tion in the District public schools wasy urged by Mme. Varie ‘Von Unschuld, Chairman of the music committee of the District Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher _Associations. Mme. Von Unechuld also explained her plan tor ratsing the standard of mdsical education. . C. R. Duval was appointed to fllr,::: the activities :r the Carbery School at the Christmas salg of the Mothers' _ Congress. rrangements for a Halloween party were dis- cussed. Inltlllllh} a feature o Mrs” Walter L. Hagen, John W. Davis, vice Allen Hart, secretary; kins, treasurer; Mrs. A. rector of publicity- ! tenants, alr service. The Late Eclipse l 1 We lately saw a full eclipse, the sun was hidden by the moon; we had to light our tallow dips, darkness shrouded us at noon. ignorant who stood around believed the day of doom was here;, they looked for Gabriel to sound the final | summons, loud and clear. "At noon | the chickens sought the hay, and in disgust the roosters crew; they thought it was the shortest day that mortal roosters ever knew. It was a spectacle sublime that much im- pressed all thoughtful lads, and it was pulled off right n time, in strict accordance with the ads. ‘I stood amid a concourse great, and at my elbow was a gent who daid, “No doubt we'll have to wait six hours to see the big event. I.never yet have seen a show begin at the! appointed hour; we have to wait pe hours or so, which makes the spirit sick and sour. T know there’s: something out of whack, and this eclipse will pe delayed; the moon | has surely jumped the track, the 0od old sun can’t make the e.” | ut even as this sroph_ct spake, the | darkness gathered at high noon, the sun applied its four-wheel brake and took a rest ‘behind the moon. The solar system runs op time, and noon means noon, .and naught. be: would that this fime were to our own affa ied! . ) Coovright) | ¥ n of the new officers was the meeting. They ares! president; Mrs, resident; Mrs. s. N. H. Jen- K. Wine, di- DRUNKEN DRIVERS FINED o ndants charged.with driv- 1n§°‘-’&fl:{%mk were heard In the Trafic Court yesterday Judge Schwldt, donvicted and finéd: one of the number being committéd to jail on failure to pay. his fine.’ “Those convicted were: James Taylor. fined $50 or thirty days in jail. He was committed. Thomas Fitsgerald, samo 25 o i g R aad.Jonn. C. Jett for the| P mc‘%}mo m!‘d"’:’fino of 15 ml ’ irs ap+ WALT MASON. }nx The above shows what happens, but how it ‘happencd hnxn’t been explained. No report has been made this Police have the license number of the FORM COMMITTEE TOWELCOME BRITON Eight Civic Bodies Place Hen- ning in Charge of Lloyd George Plans. Representatives of eight civie organizations of Washington met at noon today at the Department of La- the Southeast|por, elected Assistant Secretary Hen-|ter of 1916-1917 ning chairman of an entertainment committee, and formulated tentative plans for the entertainment of David Lloyd George, former premier of Eng- land, when he arrives in Washington, | October 25. The committee todey was not fully advised of the disposition to be made of Mr. Lloyd George's time during his visit to the Capital and therefore, ac- cording to Mr. Henning, could draw nothing definite-in the way of a pro- gram for the former premier's enter- The comniittee will meet again Friday at o'clock, at City Club. In the meantime the ten- tative program will be discussed and effort made to learn of the time available for entertainment of Mr. Lioyd George by the civic organiza- tions. Joint Luncheon Gues Mr. Lloyd George it is understood is to be a guest at a jolnt luncheon of all the civic bodies in Washington on his arrival here. While he Is in the eity he will call on former Presidents Wilson ~and Taft and will also be entertained at luncheon.at the White House. Those attending the meeting today were: E. F. Calladay, president of the Board of Trade: Isaac Gans, president of the Chamber of Commerce; Claude Owen, president of the Kiwanis Club; E. S. Brashears, of the Civitan Club; James R. Mays, chairman of the forum committee of the City Club, and Wade M. Cooper, of the Southern Soclety.. Arthur D. Marks of the Rotary Club and George Lewis, presi- dent of the Lions Club, were unable to attend the meeting. THE WEATHER District of Columbia— Fair and slightly warmer tonignt and tomor- row; gentle to moderate variable Maryland—Fair tonight and tomor- row: slightly warmer tomorrow and portion tonight; gentle to e north and northwest winds. Virginia—Fair tonight and tomor- row; slightly warmer tomorrow in west and north portions tonight; moderate northerly winds, West Virginia— Falr and slightly warmer tonight and tomorrow. Records for Tweniy-Four Hours. Thermometer—4 p.m., 64; 8 p.m., b4; 12 midnight, 46; 4 a.m. 44; 8 am., 47} noon, 65. Barometer—4 pm., 30.30; 8 pm 30.30; 12 midnight, 30.29; 4 a.m., 30.2 8 aum. 30.28; noon, 30.24. Highest temperature, 63, at noon toda: Lowest temperature, 42, occurred at 7 a.m, today. occurred Temperature sme date last year-; Highest, 74; lowes Condition of the Water.™ Temperature and condition of the water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls—Tem- perature. 58; condition, clear. Weather in Various Cities, § Temperatare. §5 £ state of Stations. Weather. 159m0] Canrpeeas %3y 10 37m 9w ) Cloudy Fosgy et Pielous: Clear Clear Clondy Clear Clear Clear Pt.cloudy Cles @ y Cleveland . Denver Detroit El Paso. Galveston Helena uron, 8. D. Jacksonville. Kansas City. Los Angeles. Loulsville ear Clear Cloudy Pt.Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy .06 BEELEBY loudy Cloudy Pi.cloudy eups iy Sohszeai: Omaba ... Philadelphia. Phoenix . Pittsburgh Portland, My Portland, Ore 30, Ralelgh, N.C. 80.80 City. 30.04 - By 2g2s f2e3NesareNe R e EERTE2BRIZRRSIRR Greenwleh time, today.) Tem Paris, i'rance Vieuna, Austri Govenhagen, Denm Horta (Fayal), Asores o : ‘Hamilton, Bermuda ¥or week ending Octodar 8, 1823, Mean. Depart. Avg Depart. re. nocmal. €1p. sorm. Degs. Tos. " Ins. . 2T R ° o¢ Foi * Many birds are extimet in Eus e T 10 Houms, that. tha GovE of peace 1a"In (hls class the | Pt.Cloudy f Clear BOTH STOKES WEEP: SHE SHOUTS DENIAL Divorce Case Marked by Dramatic Scene When Grave Accusation Is Made. By tiie Associated Press, NEW YORK, October 10.—The re trial of the divorce suit of W. BE. D. | Stokes, wealthy hotel owner, against his wife, Mrs, Helen Elwood Stokes, today was marked by one of the most | dramatic scenes ever seen in the | fupreme court here when, following !an implied grave accusation on the part of a witnees, Mrs: Stokes rose in her seat, sobbing, and shouted a denial, while her husband perceptibly began to cry. : . Under cross-examination by Sam- uel Untermyer, chief defense counsel, | Flmer Henshaw, former chauffeur for s Stokes sald; was_very friendly with Mrs. |s and then added: “I mean ‘just what I sald.” ean to imply M, Yes, I do,” answered the witness, At this point Mrs. Stokes' mother, who was sitting beside her daughter, rose, began to wave her hands almost frantically, and shouted: “That's a lie.” Mrs. Stokes, shaking with sobs, larose and shonted: “That's a lie and ‘ha knows {t. Make Iim take it back. He will take that back or I'll kill {him.” Mr. Stokes. sitting at the defense counsel table, bowed his head and began to cry. Several court attendants rushed to jthe side of Mrs. Stokes. They told her she would have to keep g or leave the room. Under directions from them. her mother changed her seat nnd sat about ten yards away from her daughter. When quiet had been restored Mr. Untermyer asked the witness: “Did 1 understand you to say you had improper relations with her “Yes, I did," said Henshaw. “She was giving me money to frame up Mr. Stokes to give 'her a divorce.” Mrs. Stokes again rose from her seat and shouted, “I never gave him a cent in my life. Testimony that Mrs. Btokes fre- quently during the fall and win- dreve in her motor | car to the 3ith street apartment | house where Edgar T. Wallace, chiet co-recpondent, had his apartment, | was glven by Elmer Henshaw, her crauffeur at that time, at the re-! trial today of the divorce suit of W. E.. D. Stokes, wealthy hotel owner of this city. Henshaw, questioned by Max D. Stouer. counse] for Stokes, sald he ueually had waited outside the house | about an hour for Mrs. Stokes, but occasionally he was dismissed as ehe | entered the house. { Miss Catherine Kramer of Kansas { City, who testified on Monday that ehe had scen Mre. Stokes in Bunce- ton, Mo., nineteen years ago in com- pany with Wallace and & man named McCormick, today identified as that of Mrs. Stokes one of fourteen pic- tures shown her by Mr. Steuer. Samuel Untermyer, chief defense counsel, cross-examining the witness, demanded that the plaintiff offer evidence an album of photographs of Mrs. Stokes, from which, it is under- stood, the fourteen pictures were taken. Repeats Testimony. Miss Emma C. Goodwin, vesterday principdl witness for the plaintiff, re ftcrated testimony ehe had given in the divorce proceedings two vears ago that she had seen Mrs. Stokes in the apartment building where she conducted a- lingerie shop and where Edgar T. Wallace, chief-co-respond- ent, had his apartment. She testified that she was visited by Mrs. Stokes and another woman, one | f2 of whom said she had lost the keys to the apartment above and desired to use the telephone in Miss Goodwin's | shop. i Cross-examined by Samuel Unter- | myer, counsel for Mrs. Stokes, the witness admitted that it was possible that she was mistaken in her identi- | fication of Mrs. Siokes. While she | would not swear that she was posi- tive she saw Mrs. Stokes in the hall, she asserted she was positlve she | saw Mrs. Stokes or her double in the | store use the telephone. After she had asserted she was certain that Mrs. Stokes ncver was her customer, Mr. Untermyer produced a bill of ac- count of hop bearing her name and m which she admitted formerly having a Jarge interest, charging | Hotel. _ With,and About CAPITAL'S GUESTS 1t young Charlic fcGee of’Rocky Mount, N. C., personal representative. of Cordell Hull, chairman of the dem- ocratic natfonal committee, has not overestimated political seatiment en- countered on a recent four-month trip through New England, New York and the middle west, the country could be spared much time, expensec and excitement by canceling the 1924 presidential campaign and permitting democratic leaders to select a sult- able statesman for the office “The old party will sweep tho coun- [try next fall” exclaimed young Mc- Gee, as he settled back oii a lounge in the lobby of the Hotel La Fayett “At every turn signs point that way People of all political affliations are dissatisfied with present conditious Tremendous democratic victories hav been the rule rather than the excep tion in New Hampshire, where ten mayors of the eleven principal citie are democrats, and a democratic gov- ernor has made .a record hard 1o be in Boston, where wharves are tantalizing busy s pers, it is generally felt that a stable foreign policy is necessary for the good of America, while throughout the great Empire state the sentiment ig strong for a change of adminie- tration. “How about the middle west, MeGee?” “The same out there.” replied thc youthful worker, as his eyes danced with joy. “Wheat—you know about the wheat situation. Well, farmers in that section are disgruntled av want a change. Economic condition are in frightful shape, we have no foreign policy, and, all told, something radical is necessary to set the coun- try right” “And the democratic candidute will be. " But just then Mr. Hull, who was conversing intently with Parls Gor- don on an opposite lounge, shot a plercing look, and in another second Charlie_ctosed like a clam. Mr. MoGee will leave shortly for the south to complete organization of the “To Win in 1924° victory clubs which will feature the democratic campalgn throughout the country. Slipping around to the Shoreham Hotel and noting the registration of two distinguished Japanese from Toklo—Viscount Aokl and M. Hai- jashi—it was naturally expected to hear the latest from,that stricken country,. but such expéctations were short-lived, for, encountering Amba sador Massanao Hanihara in ik lobby, the Japaneee diplomat havi called to pay respects to his coun- trymen, it was learned from him that the two Tokio visitors had been in Europe when the catastrophe oc- jeurred. “They were not at home,” said Am bassador Hanihara.. “I am sorry, but really you know as much as they about the earthquake. They were Europe when it happened and are now on their way home. Thanks so much for your interest. America was wonderful to us in our trouble.” An intensive movement Is now under wav in Germany to repudiate that paragraph of the Versailies treaty in_which that country acknowlodged sole responsibility for the great war, according to T. St. John Gaffney, for twelve years American consul gen- eral at Dresden, and Munich, who, in 1915, was requested to resign by President Wilson for alleged u sympatahetic feeling toward the ad- ministration. “All official documents dealing with the war and its origin have been published by the German and Rus- sian governments,” said Mr. Gaffney in his rooms at the New Willard “The von Siebert papers from the Russian émbassy in London have brought to light a well defined con- epiracy. on the part of France and Rusela to bring on the war." “And then, too,” continued the former consul ~general, “the Man- chester Guardian but Tecently pub- lished .5 series of articies. keverel condemning ‘the conduct of Sir E ward Grey during the erisls in 1914 charging him with a Jarge measur {of responsibility for the tragedy. faci, few in Burope feel now that any .was solely, responsible.” y blamed much of the present chaotil state of Europe on “rance and said that country hal apped all serablasce of government from Germeny. “The democracy and Tiberty with whi the entente en- dnwed German ded the visitor, Tave haen th of her ruin™ Mr. Gaffney sald an international neutral commission is now doing val- uable work in_studying all papers on the subject. He spoke in most pes- imistic terms of eondition® in the kaisers old domain. and said {t was impossible for any man to predict the outcome. He shortly will return to Munich, where he spends a_consider- able portion of his time each vear. items to . Stokes. A number of | technicalitiez remained to be cleared ! up in this connection. i \ EABLY TRIAL FOR STOKES. | Iilinois Authorities to Push Con-| . spiracy Charges. By the Asscc:ated Press. CHICAGO, October 10.—An early trial of W. E. D. Stokes of New York | and six others, inciuding four negroes, | indicted last week for conspiracy to defame Mrs. Helen Elwood Stokes, whom he Is suing for divorce in New York, was promised today by State | Attorney Crowe. A telegram to As<'stant State Attor- ney Charles . Wharton. who handled | the Stokes' investigation here, (nro-: lcns! that the Stokes divorce proceed ing would be concluded this week, in | {which event it was said the trial here | { would e set for some time late thi { month. The Indictment charges a plot to defame Mrs. Stokes by false a {davits and subornation of perjury. 'l LAUREL ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY. FIRST RACE—Purse. $1,300; for maidens; { two-year-cids: five furlongs and a half. 115 1 | Bashdon it 112 Franehise 43. 8, Cosden and Bal Parr entry. OND RACE — Prospect 1 )Il:fl? $3,000; for three.year-olds aroen. 138 Grayletto . Ponin 12§ Ethereal Bi | Hewry D 1 THIRD RACE—Purse, §] (hree-yearolds 438 up; o teenth. o Kaight =‘ "VCI'!‘ 13 S5hiat Bartoell... 108 OE—Purss, $1,600; claimi oo e aad up: e e 4nd 4 107 *Zouave ... 107 *Col, Whailen. 105 *Padue . 105 Bendita FIFTH RACE—Paca; dlaiming: Iy O.l.lnx three-yoar-olds and ” 183 *May Blossom 110 Luminist .. ‘168 108 102 Baltimore is_in_such proximity to the National Capital that Washing- tonians just take it as a matter of cotrge that things are running alonw evenly. The truth of the matter is | the Monumental city is golng ahead and bounds, and Waldo Newcomer, esident of the Natfonal change Bank, says conditions In the old town were never better. “Baltimore is a regular man's siza town no said Mr. Newcomer when geen In the Hotel Washington ‘The suburbs are spreading tremendoysly. the population shows a steady In- crease, business is stable. money is comfortably bringing from 651 te © per cent, and, all tojd, there fs not much worry. Mr. Newcomer is an independent in his political affiliations. but says that he and many other Baltimoreans are well pleased with the admintstration of President Coolidge. ‘‘He appears to be a safe and gane executive and as large following in Maryland.” saild the banker as he preparéd to check out. Mr. Newcomer came to the city to appear before Representative Me- Fadden's commission, which is con- sidering changes in the federal re- serve act, particularly pertaining to needs of the farmers and the admis- sion of new eligible member-banks to the system. with leaps And now for a word about condi- tions in Nebraske, from the repub- loan's angle. "I must take issue with Democratic National Committeeman Mullen’s statement about general conditions in Nebraska sald H. G. Taylor, chairman of the Nebraske state railroad commfssion, who, with Thomas Browne, a fellow membér. !had just placed their names on the Lee House register. o~ “Nebraska farmers are doing all right. They have long since learned to diversify their crops, and what they suffered from loss in wheat this year has been more than made up from cattle, beet sugar, fruits and Qairy products, the last being one of the old religble standbys in the.state. You know Omaha is the largest but- ter-producing city in ~the United States. “Of course.” continued the railroad official; “those old-time one-crop farm- ers who depended upon wheat entire- ly because it is ecafy to convert their product into cash, suffered. as all do who' follow_ their ‘exampte, but {the on-the-trigger agticulturist is not ) half bad off as some would make believe. Up in the Scott's Bluff coun- try, where the beet sugar is raised. and which is the largest irrigated section in the state, things are going along in splendid shape. Ther¢ is an {immense movement of live stock off farms, and while prices are not mers” than fair, everybody is working. OR. no, Nebraska is not nearly so pinched as his been stated.’” ‘When_ asked about the political situation, Browne said Henry 108 | Ford enthusiasts had already filed n g “i0e Bees .. ' Ral Pi 2 ;I.I.fl;;‘:rl-ul _l 'arr entry. SEVENTH RACE-—~Puree, $1.300; clais e e il sl teenth, A Ross 84, 114 Wer Mask 8 ek 16 Sedgedald ... “Apprantios allewssce claimed. Weather iR - 08 { petition for his candidacy. but have, Tecelved na word from the manufac- . turer.. “President Coolidge is strong - in Nebraska right now, as all, be- lieve him an exceptional Presidént,” ed the Lincoln man. ‘How about Hiram Johnson?" hat is hard to teil,” replied M \Taylor, “Seuator Jehnson.has alw been strong in ourstate. but Nebraska ts dry, and as the Californian has itched somewhat on that issue late- 1 don't kmow how he would run aamu THE MIXER.