Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1924, Page 12

* 12 MILITANT ACTIVITIES IN EUROPE CITED Bishop Beauschamp Declares 80 Per Cent of War Total Making Munitions. ARMIES EXCEED 1914 SIZE Believes Hope for Peace Rests in Religious Growth. There were munitions in Europe when the world war was at its height and today there. are 40,000 who are doing the same work, and the standing armies that continent are larger today than they were in the year 1914," de- ared Bishop W. B. Beauschamp in a summary of conditions over there be- fore the centenary meeting of pastors of the Baitimore and Virginia Confer- ence the Methodist Episcopal Church at the Mount Vernon M. E. Church South, today. “I hope that the Bok peace plan will stir up a sentiment for world peac T believe in_the league of nati he said. but added: “Neither the league nor the world court w cstablish peace without men working for God in back of them.” shop Beauschamp has been con- nected with missionary and evange- listic_ work for the Methodist Church in Czechoslovakia, Bohemla and other countries of Europe. Referrin ome of the details of his work while in Europe, he stated that influence had been used by the Catholic Church to close up the Methodist school in Rome and that ow doing all in his power h action. He described nfiicting religions in sec- of of ames Cannon, jr. e work of the “Centenary sionary Afric her a work in Mexico, livered by ary of the cente: movement . L. Rus- £ell and W. A, Lambeth. All stressed the need of forceful religious preach- ing and a religious awakening in or- der that world peace might be main- tained Announcements were made by Rev. D. L. Blademore, centenary field sec- retary of the conference. There are approximately to tending the meeting. A findings committee will make its ate this afternoon and pass jons a3 to the best methods of to the cen- 170 pas- rren A. Candler of the piscopal Church South, cted services at the church cen all religious bodies for a rel »us awakening as a means of bring- about world peace. ning to the women, eached from the Grande and 1 are “more tending church than there are "he only world proble through religion,” solution to the present and conditions is he said — SIGNS KITCHIN DIVORCE. Justice Siddons of the District Su- preme Court today signed a fi order of absolute divorce in favor of Sadie E. Kitchin against Edgar Kitchin. patent attorney. The 3 the childrea is awarded to ner until the son r ge, when the father is stody and to send him to itehin is directed to assign to Wilson and Jesse C. Adkins, note of $25,972.89, which is payable in monthly installments of ®255 for the benefit of the wife 0 ordered to transfe rest to the wife in several pieces real estate and to deliver abso- to her the personal property in 19th street northwest the cottage in rth Chesa- peake Beach, Md +The decree provides tat it shall not be operative until the time permitted ¥or noting an appeal or until the conclusion of such appeal, if taken. C. OF C. MEETING SET. The annual meeting of the Wash- ington Chamber of Commerce will be held Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock at the New ard Hotel, at which time officers and a board directors for the ensuing vear will be elected. A number of important reports also are to be received and discu Andrew a life in- MAN BEHIND GEN. BUTLER’S AX GUIDED BY OLD Mayor of Philadelphia Eclipsed by Vivid Ma- rine Officer. * Honesty and Sincerity in Vice War Clear to Even Enemies. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. PHILADELPHIA, January 11.—In- troducing the man behind the man behind the axe—Freeland Kendrick. The name of Brig. Gen. Smedley D. Butler, Corps idol and vice crusader extraordinary, is ringing up and down the land. The nation knows that he swooped down on the dives of public and mopped them up, at a conservative estimate, to at least 75 pes cent purity. It knows that the forty-eight hours he’ gave his graft-ridden police force to reform and clean up the city expires at 3 o'clock this afternoon, and it awaits the news that an assortment of faith- less official heads have dropped into the executioner's basket. But even, here in Philadelphia, Freeland K ck can scarcely horn nto the newspapers at all. and that despite the fact that his administra- tion is barely three days old. Every- thing is Butier. Who is Freeland Kendrick? Kendrick Only Mayor. Oh, he's only the new mayor of Philadelphia, the man who picked Butler to clean up the City of Broth- erly Love, and who went down to Washington and persuaded President Coolidge to grant Butler a years leave of absence from his command of the marine station at Quantico in order that he might undertake the herculean task. Who is Freeland Kendrick? The writer deserted the fascinating ‘Leatherneck” Butler and the young army of newspaper men that camps on his trail long enough to scek an answer to the question. On his way up to the executive -chambers he passed tne offices in the big quad- rangular city hall which Freeland Kendrick occupied for the past ten vears as receiver of taxes. side the door through which Kendrick passed every day of those ten years is a big bronze plate on which is in- ine has scribed in Jetters so big that even a | hurried refeiver of taxes might read, “The Following Prayer,” which the God-tearing Willlam Penn raised, back in 1684, for the city which he had founded. nd thou, Philadelphia, the vir- gin'settlemeat of this province, named 0.000 persons making | will | He has been in charge of mis- | Cuba and | He | Philadelphia as director of{ Just be- | TWO ARE WELCOMED INTO ZONTA CLUB Miss Lucille Atcherson and Miss Helen Coolidge Guests at Luncheon. The members of the Zonta Club ot business and professional women of Washington welcomed two new mem- bers at the luncheon yesterday in the oak room at the Raleigh' Hotel. They were Miss Lucllle Atcherson, the only woman diplomatlc secre- tary in the United States service, and Miss Helen Cflbl-l idge, assistant principal of Cen- tral High School and dean of girls at that institution. | Other guests of | ) the club at this % 5 meeting were Miss | Helen Atwater, specialist in home economies of the | Department of Agriculture, and Miss | Hardey Chiswell, secretary of People's |Mutual Benefit Insurance Company. | Mrs. Nan Street, whose speclalty is | selling oflice furniture, gave a short | 1k illustrating how she came to chose this business and her adven- | tures in_other lines preceding her present venture. There were about | thirty-five mbers of the club pres- | ent and no business was transacted except a motion, made and ried, that the first monthly installment of the three Zonta ships to be glven three Washington girls to ald Ithem in compiet their school courses in June @ DURESS IS CHARGED TO JAMES M. HARLAN Son of Late Justice Accused of Withholding Income of Sister- in-Law Here. Miss Lucille Atcherson By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 11.—James S. | Harlan, former interstate commerce commissioner and son of the late United States Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan, was accused, in papers filed with the county clerk today, of Withholding from his sister- in-law, Mrs. Margaret M. Harlan, of Washington, income which, It was claimed, belonged to her. It was charged further that Har- {lan compelled her by threats of dis- closing mismanagement by her hus- band, Rev. Richard D. Harlan, of a trust estate left to her by her father, to consent to transfer the securities to him. 1 Sisters Join Action. Joined in the action with Mrs. Har- lan _were her sisters, Mrs. Adelaide A. Christie of Bryn Mawr, Pa. and Mrs. Anna M. Baddall of New York. Phineas Prouty, father of the three plaintiffs, in 1591, left $115,000 in trust for his daughter Margaret who was to get the income therefrom for lite, according to the papers. Since 1907 the Rev Mr. Harlan, { former member of the administrative board of George Washington Unilver- sity, managed the estate of his wife. Through inexperience on his part, the papers filed said, Rev. Harlan almost { completely lost the money and in 1909 told his wife, his brother James and his brother John M. Harlan, Chicago attorney. Money Was Restored. An agreement was reached whereby the money was restored, Mrs. Harlan {giving $25.000, James S. Harlan, $58,- 000, and John M. Harlan paying the Rev. Mr. Harlan's personal debts of $11,000. In her complaint, Mrs. Harlan said her brother-in-law James recelved all the income from the securities and pald her nothing since August, 1915 She charged that In November, 1919, by threats of exposing her husband, he forced her to order John to turn over the securities and then claimed $36,000 additional in securities which John had bought for the trust fund. In an answer, James S. Harlan de- nied the charges of threats or duress and claimed the securities rightfully belonged to him because his brother John falled to contribute anything {and the contract was without mu- tality. QUAKER PRAYER FREELAND KENDRICK. before thou wert born, what care, what service and what travail have there been to bring thee forth and preserve thee from such as would abuse thee and deflle thee. | " “Oh, that thou mayest be kept from the evil that would overwhelm thee, | that, faithful to the God of thy mer- cies'In the life of righteousness, thou mayest be preserved untll the end. My soul pravs to God for thee that thou mayest stand in the day of trial, that thy children may be blessed of the Lord, and thy people saved by His powe Eyes Always on Prayer. Three hundred times ten times, | twice a day, Freeland Kendrick's eyes fell on the Quaker Penn's prayer. Is I nis drive to cleanse Philadeiphia an answer to Penn's supplication? Well, there are tHose who think ves and those who think no. Freeland ! Kendrick is a good deal of an enigma to his fellow %itizens. Some think he is paving the way to the gov- |ernor's chair; a few think he fs a “four-flusher,” who will drop hi clean-up campaign as soon as he has made a sweeping gesture. Many frankly don’t know what to think, and among this latter cate- { gory are most of the old-lige republi- can leaders who h.'ped Kendrick roll up the biggest majority a Philadel- phia mayor has ever recelved—he ran on a citizens' and business men's ticket with republican backirg—and vet were decidedly absent whan Ken- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1924 e e PALMER NOW HEADS FLEET CORPORATION Admiral Subseribes to Official Oath and Takes Up New Duties. SHIPPING BOARD STATUS All Powers of Supervision and Control Reserved. Former Admiral Leigh C. Palmer today took the oath of office as pres dent of the Emergency Fleet Cor- poration and entered upon his new duties. < “Any and all powers of super- vision and control” vested in the Shipping Board are reserved to It by the resolutfon which separated the board from the Emergency Fleet Corporation as the direct operating agency of the government merchant marine. Efect of Resolution. The resBlution decided upon spe- cifically reserves to the board the power of final decision as to the trade routes and ship sales and the right to dispense with the services of the Emergency Fleet Corporation head. It delegated to the corporation, how- ever, the authofity of management, operation, maintenance and repair of vessels, Under the resolution all vessels now operated by the board are allo- cated tg the Fleet Corporation with additional ships to be allocated when requirements demand. The board's authority as to managemeni of all propertics, including plers, dry docks. etc., incident to ship operations and . the insuring of vessels, also shall be ¢xercised through the Fleet Corpora- tion. It is provided that no official of the board or any of its departments shall hold office in the Fleet Corporation except with the concurrence of the board and the corporation’s board of trustees. Excepteas to final approval of salaries by the board, selection of all of its officers and employes is left to the corporation. Co-operation Aswured. Leigh C. Palmer, president of the Fleet Corporation, when asked if the language of the resolution adopted by the Shipping Board gave him all the powers which were necessary for full and free operation of the mer- chant fleet, replied: “No, it does not. But I have con- ferred with the members of the board and they have given me as- surance that they will ald {n every way possible so that the Fleet Cor- poration will have a free hand In the operation of the ships"” MODERATE WETS WIN IN POLL AT HARVARD Modification of Volstead Act Favored by 1,471 to 1,047 Votes. By the Associated Press. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., January 11. The “moderate wets” at Harvard claimed a victory last night on the face of returns from a poll held by the Harvard Crimson to ascertain the views of faculty and undergraduates on the prohibition question, the first of a series of college votes on the Question throughout the country. Editors of the college newspaper announced after an analysis of ths result that the university as a whole apparently included approximately 1,700 s against 1,000 favor- ing bone lan of prohibition en- forcement. Voting Was Heavy. Three questions were submitted to the student body which voted throughout the day. In the entire university the first of these ques- tions. “Do you favor the repeal of the constitutional amendment againat in- toxicating liquor?” was defeated 1,630 to 844. As the total vote cast in the university was 2,794, more than 300 did not vote on this question. The second question wi “Do you favor modification of the Volstead act to permit light wines and beer?’ It was carrfed by 1,471 votes to 1,047, while more than 200 did not vote, The third question was: Enforcement favored. “Do you favor rigorous enforce- ment of all liquor laws?’ On this the vote resuited in 994 yes; 443 no. While the present laws are in effect, but these showld be repealed or modi- fied; 940 no. The analysis of the vote showed that many voted for the first ques- tion and for neither of the others, while many others voted for question number two and for no other. The faculty voted wet, 115 to 85. The srndua(e‘ school of medicine was the “wettest” department of the univer- sity, Harvard College, the law school and the faculty fol lowing in order. The graduate school group, excluding medical and law school, was the only unit to vote dry, its expression on the second question being 88 n 61 yes. WANTS MARRIAGE ANNULLED Annulment of marri; is asked in a sult filed by Corabelle Tonkay against Lieut. William M. Tonkay, U. 8. A. She 8ays her husband misrepresented his mental and physical condition at the time of the marriage last October. He has an incurable ailment, the wife states. Attorneys Bramhail and Mc- Cabe appear for the wife. dri plum jelere 1s what Kendrick says about came to hand out the cabinet “I am a clean, God-fearing man All the laws are to be enforced long a8 I am*mayor. Gen. Butler is doing splendidly; he is carrying out my policy, which is to make Phila- delphia a happler, safer city. He knows what I want. From now on my policy is one of ‘hands off.’ It's all up to Butler and I'll ol up o back him to Pledgen Butier Backing. The new mayor was sitting at his new desk, on top of which stood flower ship, bearing the injunction, JSall It Righe™ sent him by one of merous clvic organizatio which backed him in his rach for (ho mayoralty. His genial face hardened as he pledged himself to back Butler to the limit, but the smile wrinkles lingered about his kindly eyes. w1 2m not a fanatic,” he went on. T am not even a dr lieve in enforcing the laws, and while I am mayor T am going to enforce them—even he so-called blue laws. They sald during the campaign that 1 would open the town wide and the crooks were aiready on the way to Philadelphia. I announced then that if I was elected I would clean Phila- delphia up and keep it clean, and I'm going to do 1t." The writer has asked & lot of {n- teiligent Philadelphlans what they thought of Freeland Kendrick. The jharpest criticlam heard was that Kendrick didn't reward all the politi- leaders who be_rewarded. For the rest, they agree that he is an_exemplary citizen, a thirty-third degree Mason, a past poténtate of the Shriners of North America. present Dotentate of the famous Lulu Shrine of Philadelphia, a confirmed “joiner of organizations, fraternal and civie, and a devoted husband. \ Politically ambitious? Yes. Crook- ed? No an he and Butler permanently cloar Philadelphia of Viee? Time alone will tell. But a darkened ten- derloin and outbound of shady characters perhaps . suggests the answer. thought they should 12ZZY, AS PRIMA DONNA, DOESN’T FOOL CHICAGO Famous Rum Sleuth Has No Ter- rors for Windy City After Bell- hops Pierce Disguise. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 11.—The pres- ence here of lzzy Einstein, govern- ment liquor agent extraordinary, has no terrors for Chicago's saloons, cafes and soft drink parlors, proprietors of Which are confident they can detect his famous disguises. Cafe and saloon men have hired de- tectives who have been tralling Iuzy for weeks and carefully tabulating and reporting his various roles, the story goes. Last night, they said, [zzy donned disgulse No. 27. "Half an hour after the prohibition agent registored :t hotel, an apparent opers soagstre came down the elevator und inquired of bellboys where she might cbtain liguor. “She” was Izzy, they said. “Tomorrow night he'll probably be done up like & poor, but honest, coal heaver,” an Informant said. “But | all the same to us; he won't get by." SWEDEN IS ICEBOUND. Eleven Steamers Are Drifting in *Floes Off Gothenburg. STOCKHOLM, January 11.—Sweden is surrounded by an impenetrable ice barrier. Eleven steamers are drifting Clothing merchants everywhere were crying— “Backward Season—No Business.” in turn received cancellations. other hand was the biggest in our history. We had plenty of cash. Our recent sale was a tremendous success. We sold thousands of garments for CASH— and were prepared to go in the market and buy mer- chandige at less than the cost to manufacture. in the floes off Gothenburg, where the ice is especially menacing to naviga- tion, The Baltic sea I8 entirely frozen. Two steamers are imprisoned in the ice near Gefle, on the Gulf of Bothnla. NEW ORLEANS COTTON SOLD TO SOVIET RUSSIA Commission From Moscow Bought 10,000 Bales in Market Mon- day, Is Announced. By the Assoclated Pry NEW ORLEANS, La.. January 11.— Much cotton has been sold here to the soviet government of Russia for use in the mills of that country, it be- came known last night at a meeting of the New Orleans dock board. A soviet commission of three mem- bers and an interpreter arrived here last Monday, and is reported to have purchased 10,000 bales in the Orledns market. J. H. Walsh, general manager of the dock board, announced that 1,000 bales were stored In cotton ware- nouses awaiting shipment to Russia and that other consignments were ex- peeted to go from here. ATTACKED AND ROBBED, An unidentified colored man, armed with_a club, robbed him of $19 and left him with a fractured right arm | and minor J. Hof, 10 ported to the police last night. The wounded man was taken to Emergency Hospital. The attack took place in Bates court northwest. New ! Manufacturers Our business on the CONVICTS IN REVOLT AT MINE IN ALABAMA Considerable Damage Done to Ma- chinery Through Use of Dynamite. By the Associated Press. MONTEVALLO, Ala., January 11.— One hundred and fifty state convicts are reported in rebellion at the Thomas-Weller = Mining Company's coul mines at Aldrich, near here. Reports reaching here are to the effect thait the convicts vesterday caused considerable damage to ma- chinery and tracks by the use of dynamite. GERMAN “COUNT” HALED INTO COURT FOR BOARD Charged With Failure to Pay $279.50 Bill—Blames After- ‘War Depression. George V. Umecker, who claims to be a German count, was defendant in the United States branch of Police Court today before Judge John P. McMahon, charged with failure to board 'bill amounting to 50 alleged to be due Ludwig T. Stack, 117 E strect northwest. The case ‘'was ccntinued over until the court can have an investigation made into the claims of the de- fendans Stack told the court that Umecker had been taking his meals at his es- tablishment. Umecker on the witness stand said he was a member of ths German_nobility with the title of count. He said In defense that finan- clal depression in Germany had placed him in a position unable to meet his financial obligations. He sald that during the world war he had served with headquarters de- tachment of the 3d Cavalry, United States Army, and was honorably dis- charged in ‘1922, and that he had been known in the United States Army as George Shumack. He said that he had made his home at the Gospel Mission for five months. He is making his home now, he said, at 146 D street southeast. An officlai of the German embassy who had been summoned to court denfed any knowledge of Umecker. S D JOHNSON STAND OPPOSED. C. Davison, general secretary- treasurer of the International Asso- ciation of Machinists, made public today a letter to Senator Hiram John- son protesting against the position of Mr. Johnson on the sale of arms to Mexieo. Mr. Davison sald the ad- ministration had acted in the role of a democracy coming to the rescue of a sister republic trying to maintain itself against reactionaries, and its course should be {ndorsed. BAR OWNER SLAIN. CHICAGO, January 11.—A possible resumption of the beer runners' war here was seen by the police today in | the finding of Edward J. Quinn,| owner of a soft drink parlor, ying be- hind the bar fatally wounded. Quinn died shortly afterward. Robbery was | not the motive, as money in Quinn's | pocket and the cash register was un- disturbed. 1 e 1. PR overlook. IR >4 pened. Each an possibility ROBINSON CRUSOE GETS 90-DAY TERM Vagrant, Claiming Lineal Descent From Defoe’s Character, to Tarry in Jail. Morbid eyes from the spectators benches opened with interest and lounging attorneys inside the rafl at the District of Columbia Police Court today straightened up with eager ears when Robinson Crusce, in ap- pearance as well as in name a pro- totype of Defoe's famed character shambled to the witness stand to pous his words of woe toward Judge Gu¢ A. Schyldt. He was charged with being a va- grant. He was arrested on Frida His name was the thirteenth on the list. 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