Evening Star Newspaper, May 2, 1924, Page 19

DENIES HE GOT FORD WIRE FROM COOLIDGE Manufacturer’s Secretary Answers Subpoena in Shoals Investigation. MILLER SENT TELEGRAM Only Slight Information Given, However, From Capital. Knowledge of any telegram having been sent by President Coolidge to Henry Ford regarding Muscle Shoals was disclaimed today by E. G. Lie- bold, Ford's private secretary, at the hearing before the Senate committee considering the Muscle Shoals project. Liebold, who appeared in response to & committee subpoena, said he had recelved telegrams from James Mar- tin Miller, but that Miller did not represent Ford and had volunteered information. He did not pay a great deal of attention to Miller's tele- he added, because they were /" and contained little real tnformation. Reads Liebold Telegram. Chairman Norris read a telegram sent by Liebold to Miller asking Miller to send more information by telegram, add- ing that an interview would be arranged at Liebold’s Dearborn home. He also Tead the telegram sent by Miller quot- ing President Coolidge as saying he was ing to deliver Muscle Shoals” to Ford The telegram from Miller offering more information to be obtained at the Wi House correspondent: nference so was read, and Liebold sa received them. Miller, he said, came to Dearborn of his own account. He did not know Miller had an interview with Ford at that time. y “Don’t you know that on December 20, 1923, Mr. Ford had a telegram from the President of the United States?” Norris asked. “I don't know, I can't recall now,” Liebold sald. Newspaper Contributor. Liebold declared Miller had been a contributor to the Dearborn Inde- pendent and only in that capacity had Miller been paid by the news- papers. He sald other representa- tives of Mr. Ford attended to his af- fairs in Washington. Liebold told the committes that Ford had never had “any animosity toward President Coolidge,” and when Chairman Norris asked if the witness regarded “Ford's newspaper article attacking the administration as friendly to Coolidge,” he replied that e “‘wouldn’t say so.” don't want to subpoena Ford and I have no unfriendliness toward him,” Chairman Norris remarked. “I ask you if you will take up with Ford when you get back and send to this committee any telegrams he may have recelved from any member of the cabinet.” Liebold agreed, declaring Ford had no relations with the President which he wished to conceal. — MARINE DISAPPEARS. Police and Relatives Seek Albert J. Faustmann. Mysterious disappearance of Albert J. Faustmamn, thirty-eight, quarter- master sergeant in the Marine Corps, is being investigated by the police. Relatives of the missing man are participating in the search. Sergt. Faustmann, detailed at Marine Corps headquarters, Navy building, left his wife and three children at the family home, 4021 Illinois avenue, Wednesday night, going away in his automobile. That was the last his wife has seen of him. M n Faustmann, wife of the missing man, is prostrated THE EVENING = STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1924 THEUNIS AND HYMANS ARRIVE IN LONDON To Meet MacDonald Tomorrow for Discussion of Dawes Plan Application. By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 2.—Premier Theunis and Forelgn Minister Hymans of Bel- gium arrived in London last night on the second of the visits they are paying to France, England and Italy to ascerain he views of he allied gov- ernments on methods for making the Dawes plan effecive. Fresh from Paris, the Belgian emis- saries, who are assuming thelr old role as go-between in the allied ne- gotiations, will be able to speak Pre- mier Poincare's mind as well as their own, when they meet Prime Minister MacDonald at Chequers Court to- morrow. In return they will hear the British thesis, which, while not new, indicates an_outcropping of the old Anglo-French _differences, forgotten since the British resigned themselves to the occupation of the Ruhr. Mr. MacDonald, it is understood, will inform the Belglans that the British government would like to see the business-like beginning which the experts made continued In carrying out their recommendations and there- fore will propose to the allies when the proper time comes that applica- tion of the experts’ proposals be taken out of the hands of the reparation commission as far as is possible and put into effect by a new allied agree- ment with the Germans which could be obtained by direct negotiations. For the first time in the United States, it is said, a woman is manag- ing & national political campaign. This new leader is Mrs. Bertha Hale White, executive secretary of the So- clalist_party of America, who, from her office at the national headquar- ters of the party in Chicago, routes speakers, compiles and sends out cam- paign literature and raises money to carry on campaign activities $2 Full-Fash- ioned Pure Silk Hose, 98c All the new col ro; mercerized lisle ops; irregular only in_ the tops; silks perfect . Y R B URE: suits. Boys’ All-Wool TWEED SUITS $55.65 2 Prs. Pants Duplicating a most successful eale of tan and gray all-wool tweed suits with two pairs of pants In sizes 8 to 16. you. and sizes 16 will astound you. Men’s Low 6.00 0€s ice of Men's new spring style and Black fords; brogue and Liszard grain_and ers. Tip and plain vamps; weit soles and Tub- RIIAI‘U to 11. All-Wool, Full Lined $15 SPORT COATS 1316 to 1326 7th St. N.W. 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Every one guaranteed fast color and sizes 13% to 16. $4.98 Trimmed responsible for the accident, which, she said, ruined her bea: destroyed the her in a state of emotional instability. Late yester- day both sides in the case rested. Part of yesterday's session of the suit had been devoted to reading let- ters sent by Plant to the plaintiff after the accident. Their general tone was of deep aflection. BACK LEHLBACH BILL. 500 Clerks Urge Congress to Abol- ish Classification Board. Representing thousands of govern- ment employes here, a delegation of 500 clerks from the.various- depart- ments called dt the Caplitol today to express their interest in the Lehl- PLANT SETTLES SUIT OF EX-FOLLIES BEAUTY $100,000 Reported Agreed Upon for Injuries Alleged in Motor Accident. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 2.—The $500,000 damage suit brought by Helene Jesmer, former Follies beauty, against Philip Morgan Plant, wealthy stepson of Federal Attorney Hayward, for alleged injuries which ruined her beauty, which she suffered in a motor car accident, today was settled out of court at a figure understood to be in the neighborhood of $100,000. Miss Jesmer maintained Plant was bach bill, which would abolish the personnel classification board and transfer its powers to the Civil Serv- ice Commission, and which was to have come up for conmsideration in the House today. Representative Lehibach met the delegation and informed its members that the measure probably would be brought up tomorrow. The delega- tion, through its spokesman, Mrs. Margaret Hopkins Worrell, an at- torney in the Interior Department, also expressed its approval of the Hudson bill, which “goes a step far- ther” in dealing with the govern- ment's employes. LI s “Original shell game” consisted of the manipulation of three thimbles and a “ball” made of tightly rolled paper called “the little joker.” 'M:BROKS & G STREET BETWEEN SEIZED AT RACE TRACK. Alleged Confidence Man Arrested on Charge of Swindling. BALTIMORE, Md., May 2.—Sought by United States postal inspectors for several years as & member of a gang of confidence operators, James Henry Smith, sixty years old, was arrested yesterday at the Pimlico race track by local police and federal agents. He was held without bail for a hear- ing tomorrow. According to Detective Capt. Burns, Smith is ‘wanted by the federal authorities in Jacksonville, Fla., for his alleged part in a 3$25,000 bogus stock swindle, in which D. A. Slone of Hartselle, Ala., was victimized. ”TH&'ZTH Remarkable Sale of Misses’ High Grade Dresses Regularly These Dresses Would Sell for *29.75 to *59.75. Our Sale Price $18.75 200 Brand-New Dresses in Sizes 14, 16, 18 and 20. 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D—Bouffant evening dress of canary chiffon, $1875. WILSON FUND TRUSTEES. Norman H. Davis, Dr. Williarma Bcott and G. W. Norris Elected. NEW YORK, May 2.—Norman H. Davis, Dr. Willlam Scott, professor of geology at Princeton University, and George W. Norris, formerly public safety commissioner of Philadelphia, were elected trustees of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation at the annual meeting vesterday. The election was held at the home of Franklin D. Roosevelt, first vice president of the foundztion. Mr. Davis also was chosen president of the or- ganization for the coming year. The Woodrow Wilson Foundation fund now totals $730,000, Mr. Roose- velt said. We cannot Make Exchanges 'Genuine Importecl Beaded Bag’s At Half Price We ordered them in time for Easter, but they have just arrived. Therefore, we are turning our disappointment into an advantage for you, and offer every one of the 364 bags at Half Price. * Beautiful models'in many sizes and shapes, in gorgeously blended colors. Even this quantity will not last long at these savings. A few domestic bags from our own stock included. 65 Beaded Bags Regularly $2.95... .. Now %148 ..Now 3$1-98 ' No Exchanges 86 Beaded Bags Regularly $395. .. 125 Beaded Bags Regularly $595........ 35 Beaded Bags Regularly $7.95... 28 Beaded Bags Regularly $10.00. . 25 Beaded Bags Regularly $1500...... .. Now $3-98 ... Now $5-00 Now $7-50