Evening Star Newspaper, March 7, 1924, Page 19

STONELEIGH COURT )| DEFENSE OF CANDLER CAFE Conn. Ave., Corner L St. Announcing Special Table d’Hote Service 6-Course Dinner (6 to 8) $1.25 PONY DINNER, $1.00 DANCING Luncheon, 65¢ Club Breakfast, 25¢ to §1.00 Also regular a Ia carte service A Selected Patronage Is Invited McCormick Medical Dr. CLAUDE §. SEMONES Eyesight Speci‘nliat Phone Main 721 409410 McLac) 10th and G S Glasses Fitted Eyes Examined ~ engine of afg Fountain Pen. IN $100,000 SUIT DUE Documentary Evidence Scheduled Against Damage Claim of Mrs. Byfield. PLAINTIFF'S CASE RESTED Atlanta Capitalist’s §on Sued by Beauty Contest Winner. By the Associated Press. DECATUR, Ga., March 7.—Reading of documentary evidence by the de- fense in the trial of the suit for $100,- 000 damages brought by Mrs. Sarah Byfleld, beauty contest- winner, against Walter T. Candler, son of Asa | G. Candler, Atlanta capitalist, was ex- pected to begin with the opening of court today. Attorneys for the de- fense said they expected to complete their side of the case before adjourn- ment this afternodn. The suit re- sulted from an alleged attack upon Mrs. Byfield y Candler early on the morning of July 17, 1922, in Mrs. By- fleld’s stateroom on the liner Beren- garia en route to Europe. Attorneys for the plaintiff rested yesterday after Clyde Byfield, auto- mobile dealer; his wife and two phy- siclans had testified, and a mass of documentary evidence had been in- troduced. Sensation in Court. The most sensational developments of the trial yesterday was the admis- sion by Byfleld while on the stand that “within approximately ten minutes after he had discovered Mr. Candler in his wife's stateroom, he had in his pocket Candler's check for | $25,000. Later, while in Paris, France, ac- cording to the testimony, Candler ex- changed the check for $2,000 cash and 2 note for $20,500, and obtained a i statement from Byfleld “exonerating” him from all blame. Mr. Candler later stopped payment on the note, Byfleld testified, and he further de- clared that he had signed the paper exonerating Candler because he was “afraid Candler's friends were about to attack him.” Courne of the Testimony. The events of the night on which Mr. Candler was alleged to have a tacked Mrs. Byfield were traced se eral times in direct and cross exam- ination during presentation of the plaintiff's side of the case yesterday. Mrs. Byfield testified that she retired to her stateroom about 2:30 o'clock in the mornigg, following a party, and that Candler entered shortly after- ward. He refused to leave when she ordered him to do so, she said, and when her husband entered the room Candler told him,,"Clyde, I'm drunk.” Her husband struck her several times and the two men engaged in a fist fight, she testified. Byfleld testified that his actions r sulted from the realization, he sai that his “life and budiness were rui ed.” He said he accepted Candler's check after persuasion. —_————— SEIZE CHECKER CABS IN PHILADELPHIA WAR Drivers of 150 Taxis Dodge Po- lice in Early Stages of Move ’ Upon Garages.. Special Dispatch to The St PHILADELPHIA, Maj 7.—Deputy sheriffs, armed with writs of replevin, at 5 o'clock this morning attempted to seize 196 taxicabs of the Checker Taxi- cab Company. Two hours later the of- ficers were in possession of the garages of the compan. About fifty broken-down cabs and ex- actly forty-one good cars were under official lock and seal, but 150 checker cabs were scooting about the city, ruising forlornly™ or seeking haven in | out-of-the-way garages. Arrests Are Ordered. At 7 o'clock a general police call was sent out: calling for the arrest of all Checker taxi drivers found on the streets. The orders were to have the men drive at once to the nearest Checker garage and turn the cars over 'THE 'EVEN ADMIRAL CLAMPS BAN ON DRINKING NEAR YARD Order Follows Uneo;rmnd'neport of Deaths of One Marine and One Sailor. By the Associated Press. . NEW YORK, March 7.—A report that one marine and one sailor had dled from alcoholic polsoning ci: culated simultancously with the, is- suance by Rear Admiral Charl P, Plunkett, commandant of the 3d Na- val District, of orders clamping an unqualified ban on the district con- tiguous to the Brooklyn navy yard and caused more than 1,000 sailors on thirty days' leave to depart hur- riedly from the Navy Y. M. C. A., which is In the forbidden area. Rear Admiral Plunkett said he had not heard of the reported deaths and declared his orders were issued “be- g;l!’n too much drinking was going WALLACE URGES FARMERS TO RAISE VEGETABLES Little 'Competition in Perishable Edibles, He Tells Rhode Island Agricultural Conference. By the Assoclated Press. PROVIDENCE, R. I, March Secretary of Agriculture Henry C. Wallace, making the principal’ ad- dress vesterday at the final session of the Rhode Island agricultural con- ference, advised the farmers of the state to raise perishible edibles, be- cause there is little chance of com- petition in that line from western farms. He said he had been informed that the wholesale price of food in Rhode Island Is only 2 per cent above the price in the west, but that the retall price {s 18 per cent higher, and de- clared the answer lay in methods of retail distribution. G _STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, ACTOR STRIKE FADES; SHUBERTS SETTLING Act Independently When Produc- ing Managers Spurn Equity Demands. DECIDE COURSE SUNDAY Actors to Pass on Strike Issue at Meeting. By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, March 7.—The Shu- berts, who control 70 per cent of New York theaters, will meet the de- mands of the Actors’ Equity Assocla- tion, regardless of what the other members of the Producing Managers’ Assoclation do, Lee Shubert yester- day informed the steering commit- tee of the latter organization. Mr. Shubert tried to win his col- leagues to his point of vew, but was outvoted and the managers' commit- tee will recommend that the asso- clation refuse Equity's demands for “the equity shop,” under which a company has either all Equity or no Equity members in its cast. Should Mr. Shubert keep to his course, it appeared doubtful to Equity A Special Offer A Beautiful Picture of Baby officlals that a fenorll strike would be called June 1, as proposed. Most of the 4,000 local members of the. Equity, however, ¥ mass meeting Sunday to take final action on the proposed strike, Frank Gillmore, exscutive secretary of the, association, announced. Plans for the strike were perfected & year ago, he and Sunday's gathering will b have the’ - rangements approved. Mr. Gillmore hinted that the actors might endeavor to operate the! theaters, but would not discuss pos- sible plans. SCHOELLKOPFS SEPARATE Wife Robbed of $300,000 in New Yoix Year Ago. NEW YORK, Marck 7.—Hugo C. P. Schoellkopf of Buffalo and his wife Irene, who was robbed of $300,000 worth of jewelry in this city a year ago, have signed a separation agree- ment, it was disclosed today in gen- eral sessions. Silverware Sale 1847 Rogers Bros. Plate Duteh. Reproductions “Masterpieces of the Classics” In Sterling 10% reduction on all fiat ware. 209 reduction on all hollow ware. in 1847 Rogers Bros. and Dutch reproductions. Greatest values ever offered in the fin- est products of the silversmith's art. Will be wold I8 complete sets or by the single plece. Beautiful Bri on sale at 9:30 o and Mah-Jong Prizes .M. Saturday. 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The arrival of the New Yorkers was fol- lowed by complain to the _public service commission that the Checker | Company was merely disposing of old | stock and was building up its line, Tate yesterday the Mogul Finance Company of New York filed suit in replevin, against, the Philadelphla Taxi Company and the Checker Company for 196 cabs valued gt $196.000. These cabs are owned By the New York firm which leased them to_ Hellers company. which in turn sublet them to the Checker Company. “Some one who said he represented the New York company cut our pri- vate telephone wires,” sald Mr. Jor- dan, “and we were unable to motify our drivers to come in. . A e IR RED CROSS GIVES AID. The American Red Cross will re- habilitate survivors and_families of victims of the Nixon, N. J., explosion. 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