Evening Star Newspaper, March 24, 1924, Page 5

DEMPSEY-FIRPO FILM ALSO WIDELY SHOWN Official Interference Lacking, or of Mild Nature, Declares New York Newspaper. SMALL FINES USUAL RULE Fight With Gibbons Is Exhibited With Equal Ease. i I the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 24.—Motion pictures of the Dempsey-Firpo box- ing match, which were exhibited here last September have been shipped abont the country and shown in va- ricus cities in violation of the law, milarly to those of the Dempsey- Carpentier fight which a Senate com- mittee has been investigating. The New York World s The newspaper has information that the “system” of arrests and fines, alleged to have been followed in the Dempsey-Carpentier films, was not the procedure with the Dempsey- 1'irpo films, but that In most in- ances (he latter were shown with- out any interference by ofiicers of the law. Offigials of the Department of Justice are quoted as authority for 1he information that the department has made no effort to learn the facts of the situation, but that it will prosecute every alleged vielation brought to its attention. Shown in Chicago. The Dempsey-Firpo films, the World says, were shown in Chicago Tor two months without federal in terference, despite the efforts of mu- nicipal uthorities to op the exhibi. ion. Neither did the federal authori- iies interfere in Cincinnati, according to the newspaper, but the exhibition there was stopped after two weeks by 1he state film censors. Charges were filed against Fred C. Quimby of New YorK, named as one of the alleged conspirators in the Dempsey-Carpentier procedure, and Alexander antages, theater owner, was indicted in Los Angeles after the pictures were shown there, and their ases have not been disposed of, the World points out. It adds that in San Francisco the exhibitors were fined but con! ned to show the films Officials here of the Department of Justice said that the district attor- 1ovs in places name the World srobably were inve ating these pointed out ny violation it was hibition <equently . _and con- the violations might have vccurred outside their jurisdic such eircumstances, the officials %id, the apparent delay was explic- THREE FILMS ON COAST. San Francisco Sees Dempsey-Car- pentier-Gibbons-Firpo Bouts. SAN FRANCISCO, ts of fight films have been shown in San Frane last nig negtion with dispats York concerning th icures of the Demp: the law. iver arrived here last Jan- | the films of Dempsey- | and was indicted after| ; splaved at the Letterman | General Hospital. anuary was fined $100 by 1 Judge Wil liam H. Hunt. afterward lhfl' films were shown at a local theater. | Films the Dempse: iibbons | fight Shelb were shown | hiers at about any interferen thorit sording to theater records her The Dempscy-Carpentier fight films were brought to San Francisco inj Otober, 14 nd shown at local theater.” Ja ohaney, who brought | the films, ¢ indicted and fined $1.. #00 by Federal Judge M. T. Dooling. | Fred C. Quimby, mentioned in d | matche from York as one of} the alleged conspirators in the Demp- sey-Carpentier filin procedure, is aj from. chibition of v-Firpo match with Virginia Constitution Too Patchy; Public Is Demanding a New One Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., March 24— There is a general renewal of the . demand that the time has come for a” new constitution, the present one, adopted some twenty-two years ago, having been amended 50 that it is no longer recognizable and there has not been a session of the legislature when at least a dozen of these have not been pre- septed and discussed. Once a bill was enacted by the senate providing for the calling of a convention, but the house refused to agquiesce and the matter went by. Due to the constant changes and to the fact that there has been a revolution In many things since the constitution became: operative and the present instrument is so long and bulky, all sorts pf Inter- ests are demanding that it shall be rewritten and reduced to at least one-half its present size. VANDERLIP EXPLAINS CLASH WITH HARDING Reminds Continental Can Company Official That Libel Suit Has Not Been Tried. ¥rank A. Vanderlip has issued a statement in which he explains his attitude upon the refusal of J. Horace Harding of New York to sit on the board of the Continental Can Com- pany with him followirg Mr. Van- derlip's speech in which he reiter- ated rumors that President Harding had sold the Marion Star for more than it was worth. “If reputations must suffer in order to draw the attention of the Amer- ican people.” “said Mr. Vanderlip, surfeited as they are with the daily Sensations of the war period, to the immediate need of a complete clean- up in various departments controlled by men left over from the Harding administration, then I am willing that my own reputation should suffer, as it has, because of what has been called my ‘indiscretion.’ wllten Damage Suit for Libel. 3 G erlip called of Mr. Harding to the f;)::i t;‘l:&l:n“:;g libel suit: instituted against me by the proprietors of the Marion Star. who have sued me for $1,200,000 damages, has not yet been tried.” No man, id Mr. Vander) ho has enjoyed tho esteem of his fellow citizens, as T have in the past likes to place himself deliberately under a cloud. I feel, however, that what may happen to me personally in the present situation is of smail moment. My one concern is that cor. ruption in the government shall bs Mr. Vanderlip has r rom the Can Compuny boarg: £°¢0 T -— OPERATION ON SMITH | DESCRIBED BY DOCTOR ‘Dangherty's Friend Left Hospital With Wound Not Completely Healed, in 1922. By the Associated Press, COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 24—A member of the hospital staff where Jess Smith, “bumper and friend” of Attorney General Daugherty, was op- erated on during 1922 made the fol- owing statement concerning his stay and operation there: “Mr. Smith entered the hospital fay 3, 1922. His condition was c cal at that time, as he’“'ial:":‘u!}- - {fering from acute appendicitis com- | piicated by diabete. “He was in a semi-conscious con dition for several days, probabl caused by diabetes and absorption from the acute Infection of his & | ALEXANDRIA, Va. March 24 Spe- | cial).—Ten robberies and one at-i{ tempted robbery reported to | the police o k end. Three | rrests have b ade. A burglar | ho has been er numerous homes still being sought John Pier and George Martin, about was recovered. Sperling declar that the men drew a knife on him. | Francis Wells, eighteen vears old arrested for Alexandria police fanassas, charged with stealing $13.60 from Thomas 1tis, owner nd operator of the Lyric cafe, 714 King Street. The arrest was made passible by two telegraph linemen. John. S. Taylor, president and ireasurer of the Mount Vernon Park subdivision, left hi door unlocked Saturday night and reported yester- day that the first floor of his home had been rified, the burglars taking 1wo suits of cloth platinum chain, | and other trivial | Filey, Potomac, who vard. reported that been stolen when his home was entered Suturday night or Sun- day marning. Juliun Pc utreet, reported t! William Johnso Al t, was robbed of five pigeo Music Store Visited. When Joan M. Reed went to his nusic store, 613 King street, vesterday e discovered in the doorway an im- provised screwcriver and a hammer. Two screws had been removed from thelock. The would-be burglars were cvidently frightened away. Efdward J. Graney, 15 K street north- west, while driving his machine just cutside of the town of Potomae, col- lided with o telephone pole, and suf- fered the loss of several telth. He was charged with driving under the influence of liquo: The Rt. Rev., William Cabell Brown, Bishop of Virginia, confirmed large classes at St. Paul's and Christ Epis- copal churches yesterda: The Rev. James Shera Montgomery, chaplain_of the House of Representa- tives, will preach at Christ Church to- snorrow night at § o'cloc Mrs. Jda Belle Chapnce: vears old, wife of L. P. Chauncey, South Henry street, died late Saturday night at_her home. . Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home. Burial will be in Bethel cemetery. More than 400 delegates are expected 10 attend the seventy-seventh annual «tate councils of the Red Men and the Degree of Pocahontas, to be held here, JMay 21 and 22. Committees in charge of afrangements have reported that they Have made arrangements with mn s of the local organizations to Lo the greater majority of the visitors. —_— GIVES BLOOD FOR BABY. ‘Winchester, Va., Mother Twice Un- der Operation to Save Life. Special Dispateh to The Star. + " WINCHESTER, Va., - March 24— Mrs, William Routt, jr, formerly Miss Ruth Ebersole, this city, has under- wone two operations since.last week for blood transfusion in a hope of saving the life of her infant son Wil- 3 in Upion Memorial Hospital, in Bal The. recently-was operated upon .ma:u improving, when he Iur- linking - spell. 1t was found he lacked sufficient blood to nourish him nroj The transfusion ec-. day . or two. x ! currd ago. domen. ~ About eleven days after entering the hospital he had improv- ed sufficiently so that an operation was performed and the appendix re- | moved. conscit He then returned to a semi- ous condition for three or four but graduall improved. He charged from the hospitai June 7, 1923, but at the time his pund had not healed.” Sears on Smit y at the time f his death in 1 were referred o in yesterday’s testimony before the Daugherty investigating committe. insor, former wife of Mr. was CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. James S. Pettit, Camp No. 3, | United Spanish War Veterans, will meet tomorrow night at 921 Pennsyl- vania avenue. southeast. The Lions’ Club will meet at lunch- eon Wednesday, 12:30 p.m., at Willard Hotel. Songs by Warren L. Terry accompgnied by John Marvill; address by Representative A. Johnson of Washington. Mrs. Alice Huchanan will open = series of talks on household budget- ing, beginning tomorrow, 2 p.m., at ‘ollege Women's Club. ge Mrx. H. West will speak for the Juvenile Protective Association before the Southeast Citizens' A hllu? tomorrow, 3 p. T chool. . Joppa Lodge Chapter, No. 27, 0. E. S., will serve a roast beef dinner at Petworth Methodist Church tomor- row from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. 7 Dr. Hugh J. Davis, director of Child Welfare Society and child }'.: giene service of the health depart- ment, will speak to members of the Tuesday Evening Club and_ their friends tomorrow, 8 p.m., at Phyllis Wheatley Y. W, C. A, 901 Rhode Is- land avenue. Iowa Circle Citizens’ Association will meet tomorrow, 8 p.m., in North- minster Presbyterian Church. North Capitol and Eckington Citi- zens' Assoclations will meet tomor. row, 8§ p.m., in Emery School. En- tertainment feature. Births R:ported. The following births have been reported t {lie health department in the last fwenty-foug ours: Tewis T. and Nora V. Leapley, girl. Chuties ""snd e 8, “Newioh, Shi. Bertin I and Germane Carson, girl. Walter T. and Agnes C. Wilkinson, boy. Guiseppe and Maria R. Sensalone, boy. Benjamin T, and Dorothy M. Hardle, girl cDonaid, gitl. u:on&qfl%v Rdgar 8. and Remo Ma Charles D, and Julia A. + boy.. John H. and Sadie M. Beil, boy. Archibald E. and Locy Smith, girl. Joseph J.. jr., and Jape R. Love, boy. Bernard D.” and Faye Hatheock, boy. Jobn R. and Camiila Edwards, Jobn J. and Nora Hanlon, boy. James G, and Maggie E. Fauver, girl Mortimer L. D. Brooke, girl Fraok and Minnie Gelfound, boy. Bdward J. and Amelis B. Farr, girl Shel o . Beachan, Eiisagetn Armstrong, # Bessle Newton, girl. Deaths Reported. The following deaths have been reported 1. ::I"]-lell“ department in the last:twen! ’-’llll? Patrick Kelly, 50, Gallinger Hospital, ‘Turper Ashby, 25, Union Ktation, Lizzie K. Jackson, 85, 2106 I st. . 2020°1 st. T L. Willlem and Nelson, 8, 982 1st st. 5 mont. Gifiaren's Hos- Subject: | aking a Three-vear Clothing Bud- | |PRESIDENT PUTS EARNESTNESS AND PATIENCE IN ROUTINE Author Finds Business in Method and Domination ¥ditor's Note—French Strother, author, recently spent a week in the ‘White 'House with President Calvin Coolidge. He has written the story of the President’s methods and per- sonality for the April number of the World's Work. It begins with a char- acter sketch of Mr. Coolidge, based on the week’s experience. There fol- low various episodes illustrative of the President's ways; also bits of conversation showing his terseness and earnestness and his pungent humor. One part of the article is a charming eketch of Mrs. Coolidge. The following are extracts from Mr. Strother's article: ! | | | The executive offices of the White House today are more like the execu- tive offices of the head of a great busi- ness than they have ever been in mod- ern times. The President regards him- self as a servant of the people employed for one =ole purpose, namely, to transact their public business. He transacts it like a business man. An innovation in the day's work is just now being introduced. The Presi- dent wishes not merely to dispose of business as it arises. He wishes in ad- dition to make an organized study of all the great national problems. For this purpose he has made out @ list of the subjects he wishes to investigate, and Mr. Slemp has allotted certain days to each, upon which the best-informed men in these subjects are summoned to ‘Washington from all parts of the coun- try, arriving at schedule hours at the White House for intensive discussion, at the request of the President. In a few months this system will put him in possession_of the best information and | opinions of the country on current prob- {lems that organized effort can provide. i Man of Few Words. It is needless to describe an individual interview with the President. He says little and listens much. The day’s work ends at—when it ends. If he is fortunate it may be at 4:30 o'clock, when he can go for a walk or a horseback ride, or, in the summer time, perhaps start for an overnight cruise on the Mayflower. If less fortu- nate it may not end until 6 o'clock, with barely time left to prepare for dinner. idge, it practically never ende. As has been said before, his outstanding char. acteristic fs hard, purposeful, continu- ous thinking. From this he rarely rests. The evenings at the White House which bear the stamp of President Coolidge’s individuality are those when only one or two guests are present and no officlal business is invelved. These intimate evenings are almost as as though they were in his former modest home at Northampton. The guests may be invited either ver- bally or by a simple card. The din- ner hour is seven o'clock. * * The colored doorman, with a Vir- ginian accent and idiom, smilingly if the guest will “rest yoh hat an’ coat” Relieved of these, the Euest is passed on to another usher, and by him into the red room to awalt the President'’s descent from {the family quarters on the second floor. In a few minutes the slightly clanging sound of an elevator door floats in from the reception hall, and a moment later the President enters the red room, fc lowed immed- iately by Mrs. Coolidge. His firm { handshake is accompanied by a shy smile and a salutation. brief, but | conveying in its intonation more of { welcome than the printed words can {convey. The words are: “How do i, su do?" but the intonation'is racy With the tang of New England—the {1ast word rising abruptly in pitch above the three preceeding and form- imort sicccato ending to 3 | drawled beginnins. | { Man and Wife in Contrast. i The at onee introduced {to Mrs rolidee. more complete contrast ) vo people, both ap noe and manner, would be hard to imagine, The President’s very fair complexion, with the red | showing very plainly through (he abundantly freckles in summer): his | blue-gray eyes; his thin, straight and sandy hair; his prominent nose, and Slightly rounded shovlders, are In direct contrast with the correspond- ing features of Mrs, Coolidge. Her | complexion is olive; her cyes larze {and dark brown; her hair abundant, | Savy, black just lightly powdered {With 'gray, her nose has an almost { jaunty tilt, and her carriage is easy i T e {2 S mpression of the two together lis that_the President is a nervously {alert man, constantly under the per- t control of a firm will, and that { Mrs, Coolidge “hasn’t a nerve in her i}ndy,” and therfore gives rein to the | graceful vivacity of movement char- cteristic of a woman perfect i heaith and full of the joy of living. { "“The party moves at once to the It would be hard to ¢ simpler habit than the he evidently fecls the ve the tradition ftor i {dining room. find a man o | President, but he et! obli o pres S iar etiquette, so that he | punctilious in_following_the pre; Seribed rules of precedence inherited from generations of his predecessors. Arriving at the door of the great paneled dining room, Rob Roy, the big. pure-white shepherd dog from Wioming, comes bounding across the {room to greet him. The President {face lights with pleasure, and he re- Iturns the salutation with affectionate pats and “good doggie.” After this Pxchange of greetings, the President leads Rob Roy to . the fireplace to harge” on the hearth, dinner is in progress. The meal itse fs of the simplest—a clear soup, cutlet with string beans and potatoes, fomato salad, ice cream, cake, an coffee. Leaves Business to Husband. The conversation is about anything and everything except the President’s Work. Never since her marriage has Mrs. Coolidge discussed his business With her husband. 1 venture to su; mise that she adopted this practice deliberately for his sake. Few men concentrate so intensely upon their work as the President, and this has been his habit since boyhood. Mrs. Coolidge must_have felt that her duty as his wite' was to make home an absolute refuge from this intense preoccupation. * ¢ * Mrs. Coolidge and the guest do most_of the talking, the President supplying an occasional comment— IRere @ fact needed to complete sentence of his wife's, there a ques- tion of anxious concern about her i welfage when she described a slight | accident to herself, and again a hu- {morous, sometimes quizzicad, com- imentary upon a bit of her narra- tive, * ¢ The wonders of radio are discussed, and some one remarks that an ex- pert has said that the Presldent has 2n unusually good radio voice, that it—the speaker gropes for the tech- nical phrase—the President supplies it—it is, “cuts through.” * * * Dinner over, the party adjourns upstairs, Rob Roy oocupying the seat in the elevator and accompanying Mrs._Coolidge to the library, while the President adjourns to the study for a cigar and a glance at the news of the day. The study is a very cheerful room. The big fireplace, thé easy chairs, the walls crowded with pairtings of American historical events and characters, an enormous desk covered with books, papers and magazines, flanked at the right by a silken American fag and at ths left by the President's standard—the room is really gay with color and warmth. Relishes Oceasionnl 3 The President's ouly fise of to- baceo is an occasional clgar. smoked deliberately and with evident relish, and firmly set at a somewhat deflant upward angls in the righthand corner of his mouth At:g (Sharing his unique newspaper w e guest for ten minutes the President suggests a visit g the studio across the hall —the ys" bedroom cleared of furaiture and In another scnse, distinctive of Mr. Cool- simple and informal { while the | Of Character in Week’s Sojourn at at White House. workroom where Howard Chandler Christy has been painting the Presi- dent's portrait and two portraits of Mrs. Coolidge. Crossing the hall, the President’s Lincoln day speech at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York is mentioned—at the largest political dinner ever given in Amer- lca, where 2,034 guests were seated s 1600 more were And 1,940 mon turned away for The President remarks, seo me! The guest dissents, and the P: t 3 resi- dent adds, “Did you ever hear Presi- dent Harding speak? He was a great spgiker! I don't speak well! e Euest's rejoinder that audience enjoys a graceful delivery. b | pue rleha‘“ the substance of a speech is concurs wi that lasts, It may “I don't . Why' they should want to hear h, “That's the only thing here bo interpol. ;he President has few Fln?:l:dstglal: he Is not without them. One is his Style in writing—a couscious use of short, crisp, pointed, deelargtive sen- tences, In Which he takes great pride. haihe way to the study leads past a furn]’lurlo" ’l&hno’s up-to-the-minute don’t like radio.” = o e "4O set. Miscellaneous Books, _ The books at the White House are a casual miscellany. The Presi- d’elr;‘lp do;s not read general literature either for pleasu; yelopment. "X % Souny man The e d a little. He C| the New them a good In his owr lan s guage, @ lawyer my nose was always in d to read to keep ub o public documents s L o’ regq the Present, ‘tho' Bresident e than a few work £eneral literature, or a0k & r . or of any bo ax:lx‘flfi):.}:;[:;:.\l”, (;If history, l'c’;no"?l‘t(‘: related to His public mervice, ool he President has no recre ] eati of the usual kind. He does nnt“p'l’:; cards or e i or Other games that while the p.The P d sound o] " {0 bed, early to rHaart is allowed to interfere with t of his daily regime; and to thi jegularity of slecp his constant good h may be ascribed. At a quarte the President is growing sleepy. To intimate that he is aware of the President’s habits, he professes an fgnorance of the White House eti- quette of departure, which is briefly €xplained and the conversation con tinues. In a few moments the Dres- ident declares it is time for him to 80 to bed. The guest rises, Lut realizes that the President should indicate his wishes by rising first, S0 resumes his seat. The President’s eve twinkles, a humorous, silent sig- nal of sympathetic comprehension and a moment later he rises, and the guest follows suit. The adieux are made, and the guest departs into the night. Fifteen minutes later, by au- thentic report, the President is sound asleep. He awakens at €:30, and by 7:15 & ready for his customary beforc breakfast walk. Nothing but the severest weather is allowed to irter- fere with this routine. We leave the White House just as the sun is show- ing over the eastern horizon. “Fine morning.” is the tion. Greetings From Passers By. At this early hour of the morning few people are abroad. Most of tie passers-by recognize the President and raise their hats in salutation, which he invariably returns with a hearty “Good mornin, A colored man passes and resident explains : e kennels at the White House.” An- other man passes. The President | smiles: | “That's Mr. Blank—he costs me a lot of money.” “How is that, i panion. | “Sells women's fixin's.” | . His compainion mentions the pop- ularity of the poet Iongfellow in England, and the President ob- gervos: “Mr. Longfellow was a very cultivated poet. He had many ad- vantages—education, means, travel, But 1 think Mr. Whittier had more natural talent. His fellow pedestrian remarks the extraordinary coincidence of the ap- pearance, at one time and in one ! small community, of writers of the quality of Longfellow, Whittier, Holmes, Emerson and Alcott. do nd Mr. Lowel),” adds the Presi- e | “Yes. his ‘Vision of Sir Launfal' is a fine poem.” The President concurs, but adds, “His ‘Commemoration Ode' is very | finy (A pause). “But he was ! wrong in one thing: Lincoln wasn't the first American. “You meah in the senso of not being the first man of the distinc- tively American type’ e “Who would you say was?™ “Washington.” He fixed the type” “Which would you say was the greater man?” “It's pretty hard to compare them, Silence for half a block—mis- takenly interpreted by his companion as the conclusion of that subject. But the President for 6nce initiates the conversation: evidently ho has been pondering the question. “Should say Washington maxim Nothing his part s severe saluta- queries his com- Was the 1 thing after all, the President | 4] nd when I got into public | 24, 1924, |FASCISTS OBSERVE - |WARNS OF DANGEROUS 1 i | ; It's 1 { dangerous t’ stare at! women while crossin’ th street; beside, ther’ll be plenty more on th’ other side. If it wuzn’ fer wrist watches, Airedale dogs an’ business ven- tures, fortune tellers would have t’ shut up shop. (Copyright National Newspaper Service.) PACIFIST'S SPEECH | STIRS CHURCH CLASH | Fist Fights Narrowly Averted ‘When Patriotic Rally Plea Is Sounded. By the Associated Press. (CHICAGO, March 24.—Disturbance ooeasioned by the address of Brent Dow Allinson, an avowed pacifist. be- fore the Epworth League of the Farst Mothodist Episcopal Church of Evanston last night seems destined to have a sequel Sunday, April 9, when Prof. Philip Fox of the Re- serve Officery Training Corps of Northwestern University is to ad dress the 'league on “Preparedness. The bitterness of the “debate last night was intensified when Allinson, who served at Leavenworth for draft evasion, ochary that the United States was preparing for another war. The meeting, at which Allinson spoke on Youth Movement in Germany,” was foilowed by a pa- | triotic rally called by Capt. J. V Gorby, past commander of Lake For- est Post of the American Legion Gorby’s request for an American flag called forth hisses. The outbreak followed presentation Ly members of the lezion of a resolu- {tion that Allinson's war record dis- |quelified him from addressing an American_audience. They also sub- mitted a letter from Col. J. H. Wi more, dean of Northwestern Univer- gity law school, raising question of the propriety of Allinson's addr Dr. E. F. Tittle te, and the audience decided, to 9. to hear Allinson. nt. (. B. Hopkins of the military telligence and others out of smym- the meeting were hissed ventured to protest or to Fisticuffs were narrowly averted. | SEIZE 500-GALLON STILL. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., March 24.-——Prohi- bition Inspector Dillard and a force of federal prohibition officers have just returned from a raid in Che: field county, where they seized a 500- gallon wooden still, ten 500-galion fermenters and 120 gallons of liquor. | Much liquor-making apparatus was | confiscated. Four men were arrested {and held under bond. better judge of a ma Lincoln was the better judge of men.” “You mean that Washington was tho better judge of the particular| man_ to fit the particular job? | “Yes.” (Pause). “I have never heard of another man like Washing- ton in history; he never made al single mistako in judgment. At least| i =0 far as I have read. | “And you mean that Lincoln was the bettor judge of the mind and heart of the common mass of men? “Why ‘shouldn’'t he be? He gre up among 'em. Lincoln was a jury lawyer: he rodo the circuits; he had to know people, because he had to persuade them.” SPRING PAPERING AND PAINTING Don't put off longer having what is needs aroud the C home done now——Beasonabis charg~s—No dirt or inconventence. CORNELL WALL PAPER CO. 714 13th St. N.W. Main 5373-5374 OAL ‘We handle only the better grades and can g;ve you on ANTHRACIi"E and bi- tuminous coal, all lump soft coal, coke and kindling wood. B. J. 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ROME, March 24.—Representatives from more than 500 municipalities participated yesterday in the fifth an- niversary of the founding of the fas- cist movement in Italy. After paying homage to the Unknown Soldier, the delegates marched through flag-drap- ed streets amid enthusiastic manifes- tations by the populace. A cordon of troops at the Quirinal palace acclaimed King Victor Em- manuel, who viewed the parade from the balcony. Th parade lasted more than an hour. Muswolinl Delivers Address. Premier Mussolini delivered a stir- ring patriotic address at the Costan- zi Theater. He reviewed the history | of the fascist movement and its achievements. 1t was in_the sum- mer of 1922, he said, that he became persuaded of the necessity for a revo- lution, and he asserted that the idea of a march on Rome and the triumph were due to his initiative. He had had no wish to imitate the more or less classic rev- olutions, and crush the enemy, though he believed he could have succeeded | by such a method. Then, amid loud cheers, he declared: “If it should become necessary t morrow to defend our revolution w will do it willingly.” Achievements Recounted. After recounting the achievements of the government, such as adoption of the eight-hour law, ratification of all conventions, many social and bu- reaucratic reforms and the granting of important credits for public work: he turned to foreign affairs and evol ed renewed cheers by an allusion to the deliverance of Fiume, declaring that the Italian policy in various di- rections proved how baseless were the arguments of those who affirmed | that Italy is isolated and must choose another policy. { Nobody couid d ny, continued the | premier, that Italy had pursued a volicy ‘of peace, having re Russia as an entity on the polit miap of Europe and not being oppos to the eventual admission of Germany to the league of nations. SOLVE FATAL EXPLOSION IN BLACKSMITH SHOP| Steam and Compressed Air Cause ! of A. L. Robinson’s Death at | Superior, W. Va.. Verdict. | 1 Special Dispateh to The Star. FINCHESTER, Va., March 24.—| Archibald Lee Ttobinson, twenty-two, ! who was fatally burned in_a black- smith shop near Superior, McDowell W. Va., recently, and whose | hias *been interred at Front! val, came to his death as a result | n' explosion of steam and com- | rssed air, according to a report re- ceived by relatives at Stephens City, near here. Water used in the was pumped from pressed air into w the pump-house, 16 building was sed at night. When the young ma went after a bucket of water the fol- the outside rushing into the hLea aden atmospliere of the build- used electric light bulbs to e plode, which, in turn, it was declared, used an explosion of the compressed ir. The building was almost en-| tirely demolished. + TRAIN KILLS BALL PLAYER| | Staunton, Va., Victim Was on Way | to Meet Wife and Infant Son. | Special Dispatch to The Star. | HARRISONBURG. Va. March 24.— Earl A. Heatwole, aged twenty-two, | was killed in the Baltimore and Ohio freight vards at Staunton, where he had gone to meet his wife and son on a return trip from North Caro-| 1 ing c Young Heatwole was one of 'hel most popular base ball players in the | Shenandoah Valley. He played in the | Valley League on the Woodstock and | Harrisonburg teams. } {if the | for the Chesapeake arca will b TREND IN GERMANY British Official Sees Drift Toward Violent Nationalism Across Rhine Menacing Reparations. By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 24—Col. Wedgwood, chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, in a speech last night declared the German government had already moved to the right, and that national freedom party w successful in the incoming elections arming would begin—then “good- bye to reparation The British government, he said regarded this possibility with the Kravest anxlety, for il was obvious there could be no settlement without German co-operation, and anything making that co-operation more diffi- cult would perpectuate the present chaos and despair. The French elcctions would fol- Jow the German, and would inevi- tably be a reply o them. Thus with- in six weeks there might arise in Germany a rabid nationalism all its concomitants of dictatorship and demagogues. - first duty of statesmanship ) both Belgium and ablish the entente, ht jointly press for expert_committee's it might be, to the end that Lngland could stand with her allies against “the mad dened herd from across the Rhine CHBIS;E I;iSCIPLES‘ SESSION. Special Dispateh to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., March 24. annual religious education school and congress of the Disciples of Christ e held -30, hmond. Josiak to allies m carrying out t reports, whatev t Lynchburg College June 2. rected by M. E. Sadler of Ri re | REBELS TOASK U. S DENY OBREGON AID Communication to Coolidge Will Urge Modification of Policy. d Press A, State of Tabasc ) reh 24 (via radio to the News).—Modification of the of the United States toward the De la Huerta revolution will be asked in a communication to Presi dent Coolidge, protesting against sup. port of the Obregon government, rev olutionary headquarters here nounced yesterday. TROOPS PURSUE SANCHEZ. an Escobar Heads Force Sent Afte: Vera Cruz Revolt Chief. "ERA CRUZ, March 24.—Gen Escobar h: e with 1,500 men San Franeisco statlon the rebel general Gen. Topete's for rebels of Gonzakes, A small rebel band proached Medellin, near Vera Cru was driven off. Gen. 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