Evening Star Newspaper, February 8, 1924, Page 11

.‘GREW GIVES LEAGUE 35 NORTH CAROLINIANS U.S. STAND ON ARMS Says Trafiic in Munitions to South .+American Nations " Is Small. TELLS TREATY OBJECTIONS Unable to Assure Presence at Paris Conference. ! By the Associated Press. GENEVA, February S.—Joseph C. Grew, American minister to Switzer- 1and, who is acting as unofficlal ob- sorver at the sessions of the disarma- ment commission of the league of natlons, vesterday stated. anew the position of cordial smypathy of the United States government for the SEEK GOTHAM ESTATE Claim Relative 100 Years Ago Leased Parcels in New York for 99 Years. By the Associated Prees. > NEW YORK, February $.—Another group of out-of-town claimants to valuable Manhattan real estate, with the customary search for the tdte'” of an- ancestor. who bought land century ago, appeared. when thirty- five_North Carolinlans asked Charles C. Danfels, brother of the former Secretary of the Navy, to press claims. = The Pulitzer building, | which the World {s published, stands on part of the “estate/” which they belleve to be worth $400,000,080. _Helrs of R. E. E Wilson, N. C.,, a century ago, belleve he bought parcels of land in this city and leased it for ninety-nine years. The lease is about to expire, tho claimants assert. Axallahle records do not show any R. E. Edwards as owner of large real estate here or of any great estate having Leen left by a man of that thelr n THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WITNESS CITES LOAN ¢ T0 DIRECTOR FORBES Probe Says $5,000, Preceding Contract, Remmu Unpaid. By the Associated Press, Mortimer of PhiladelpRia, agent for construction. companies which sought contracts for bullding hospitals for : former service men, was the chief witness yesterday before the federal grand jury investigating the conduct of the United States Veterans' Bu- reau. | Testimony during the early stages jof the grand jury inquiry is expect- ed to follow the revelations made vefore the Senate committes which nvestigated the affairs of the bureau under former Director Charles R. Mortimer at Veterans’ Bureau|. CHICAGO, February 8.—Elias H.|y ST. LOUIS POWER PLANT TO SPEND $100,000,000 Official ‘of Company Announces Plans Covering Six-Year Build- ing Operations. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, Mo, February 8.—An- nouncement that the Unlon Electric Light and Power Company of this clty is preparing to spend $100,000,000 n the next six years was made yes- terday by Louis R, Egan, president of the comp-nr Almost §12,000,000 have already been | spent on>the superpower entérprise of the Union company at Cahokla, Il ilnd $5,000,000 additional will be spe: before the close of 1324, according to ! Egan. The Cahokia plant when com- | pleted wlill represent an outlay ap- proaching $35,000,000, he sald. n said that “St. Louis today pos. s in the great coal flelds that fringo this district an asset for cheap power that will last to the days of our grandchildren of the tenth gen- eration.” FRIDAY, Hyde, selected twenty-five citizens to advise with him in an effort to stamp out crime in Kansas City. Members of the advisory group were designated without reference to politfes, Mr. Wilson sald. He termed the membery “doputy police commis- sionerw.” He velected them without ‘inquiry as to whether they would serve, as- suming, he indlcated, that duty obliged them to serve. FEBRUARY 8, 1924, GIVES UP CITIZENSHIP. Granddaughter of Marshall Field Becomes British Subject.’ CHICAGO, February 8.—Gwendolyn Field Edmonstone, granddaughter of Marshall Field, ploneer Chicago mer- chant, one of 'whose heirs she was, now wife. of &’ British subject, has formally renounced her American citizenship: through an order issued by Federal Judge Carpenter, the first case,of the kind in the local. federal courts, Her afildavit set forth that ANNOUNCEMENT Beginning Sunday, February the tenth, and every Sunday thereafter, we will serve a Sunday Night Supper from 6 P.M. to 8 P.M. at two dollars a person. A Programme of Music. she-was married Edmopstone, that her. pre Castle, Bliineficld, Sco Safe Investment Oriehtal ‘Rugs and Carpets During Reorgafiim : Djscount, 25%' ‘:tq “50%: to Archibald Charles British. subject, and nt address is Duntreath tland. - Every Wanted Slze NEJIB HEKIMIAN, Ine. 1512 H St. N.W. ESTABLISHED 1901 name. PLANS WAR ON CRIME. “Drafted” Official at Kansas City Selects Twenty-Five Advisers. Forbes. While testifying beforo the Senato committee, Mortimer testified that on one occasion he had handed Forbes ten $500_bills In & Chicago hotel “as 5 ! & loun, which was never repald and| KANSAS CITY, Mo, February 8.— J-boon ufteswvard induced Forbes tol Virtually drafted as police comml award his concern a contract, al-|Sloner by the local chamber of col though its bld was $27,000 higher|Merce, John E. Wilson, following a than that of the lowest bidder. ceptance of his appointment by Go control of the traffic in arms. Mr. Grew explained that ghe laws of the United States were rigorous and that America was shipping (no arms to any extent to the South American countries. He added, how- ever, that the United States objected, | among other things, to the St. Ger: | main treaty, because this treaty would prevent the United States for- warding arms to Latin American states which had not signed the convention. The United States, Mr. Grew de- clured, believed in 'tha value of publicity on_the whole problem ot traffic in arms,/but he said he could 7ot say whether the United States xovernment would be represented &t the next conference of tho disarma- ment commission, which is to begin in Paris, March 24, with the purpose of drafting a conventlon for the con- trol of traffic in urms. ‘Asks Signature of U. S. Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, repre- | senting Groat Britain, replied that al- though the United States was not shipping any considerable amount of | | arms, it was also true that all stutes ‘nust sign the proposed convention before any single state would consent to enforcing its terms, There was || necessity for obtaining universal ac- cord, including the United States—in spite of that country’s fine record— #0 that the other countries would feel ~asy in mind. Viscount Cecil said it was vital that the United States be vepresenged at the Paris meeting if the meeting was to succeed. Signor Schanzer, Viscount Cecil's argumen cd that everybody was desirous of | wiaking the convention suitable to the | TUnited States. . 1 The meeting concluded after Euro- ———— BREAD RIOTS IN PARIS. Mob of Thousands Dispersed by Police and Guards. PARIS, February 8.—A demonstra- tion against bread at one franc twen- ty-five centimem the louf und addi- tional taxes was organized by the communists after the close of yester- $5,000 IN JEWELS TAKEN. duy’s ession of the chamber of depu~| .y 1o = = e e outing . orawa ool depurl’ CLEVELAND, Februfry 8—Two ‘ {housands n;se:nblcd"flln the Place | cases of jewelry valued at $5,000 dis- H A 5 ‘oncorde and attempted to crosx (i eared from his room in a down- NTERES' arrivals & . it Sefne to the parliament bulldéng. o totel during_ his absenco yes- ahowin;"oNfc th. F:h.:h‘ EW ' Spring Hats, in pigalle blue Southern ions i : i —stunning silk faille and straw combinations—$12.50 to "L"Ilprzb‘lhl'“ro dl;p?l’md hy;he‘pmlca and | terday. Alhel: G}nul}ur&,:u\ulmln for ol can guards. 'orty arrests|an ‘Albany, N. Y., jewelry company, i i Wero made and many were Injured in | reported o the police. It Is believed new slim crepe de chine frocks, at $25.00. — Palm Beach $23.50.—Hat Shop, Third Floor. 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This caused a flutter among the delegates of the great arms manufacturing countries, who took the position that the private manufacturer of arms should not be submitted to interna- tlonal control. Mr. Grew did not participate in this discussion. f The Paris conference will be re-|ihg stricted to some seventeen persons, ! chosen from various states. It will{| include men like Viscount Cecil, Leon ||| | Jouhaux, Framce: M. Lebrun, Bel- || glum: Admiral Magaz_Spain; Count | Hirosuwa, Japan, and Mr. Grew. il . SON OF BANKER TAKES UP || VAUDEVILLE AND JAZZ ‘Roger Wolff Kahn, 17, Organizes Orchestra, Which Soon Is to Have “Private Hearing.” Dy the Agsociated Press. NEW YORK, Februdry $.—Viude: wille and jazz have succeeded bank- Ing and operz as a means of Nvell- hood and pleasure in the family of Otto H. Kaln. Roger Wolff Kahn, son of the inter- mationally known banker and backer Of the Metropolitan Opera Company, has organized a jazz orchestra, The ' players will be given u private hear- ' ing soon by a vaudeville agency, it was learned last night. The younger Kahn is seventeen years old and gomo * time ago took up saxophoné playing | &5 a serious occupation. BRYAN HITS UNDERWOOD. Andorses Musgrave in Primary in Senator’s Own State. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., February 5.— William Jennings Bryan, on leaving Birmingham yesterday, where he de- livered an address, issued a public statement indorsing Beck Musgrave, candidate for President in the Ala- bama preferential presidential pri- mary, in opposition to Senator Oscar ‘W. Underwood. 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