Evening Star Newspaper, May 19, 1924, Page 2

H 2 L 3 FRENGHJ_OS"‘G GAME,| BUTLER STAYS HERE. l | AIM TO SHATTER AIR DURATION RECORD HISS AMERICAN FLAG Two U. §. Citizens Carried Out Un- conscious After Attacks at Paris Rugby Contest. VISITORS WIN EASILY, 17-3 Conduct in Face of Hostile Atti- tude Is Praised. Dy the Associated I PARIS, May 19.—The Stars Stripes today floated over the lombes Stadium to signalize the vic- tory of th: American rugby team in the first of the 1924 Olympic events to be staged there. The team from the United Stat vanquished the fa- vored French combination, 17 to 3, in ume marked by intense pls and marred only by the attitude of the purtisan crowd, which hissed the sitin players and watched. the raising of the American flag in cold , broken only by boos and cat- and Co- a s refused to be ruffled of the crowd and won rers by their coolness and the bulldesg rit which, togethes with their superior physical condi- tion, carried them through under adverse circupstances. Americans amons the audience of 30,000, how- r, could not eseape embroilment, and ‘there were 1l personal en counters in the s in one of which 1wo ciizens of th A States were knocked out and carricd unconsclous from the scen by the attitu many i s, Disorder Is Regretted. The French sporting writers today all agreed that the visitors won their merits as foot ball pla The newspaper experts are all over- come W h disgust and mortification @t the display of poor sportsmanship and ill feeling among the ignorant section of the spectators, which they term entirely unjustified and uncallpd for. L Auto points out that the crowd reproved an American player for do- ing somethine which when done by 4 Frenchman five minutes later was sted with cheers. The foreigners nt, it sayvs, were given “the spec- " of a community which does not know how to lose on ers. d Statex Players in Form. Ameriean players were so little for their efforts that they were able to give a good account of | themsclves last night on the dancing floor of the cabaret which was graced by the Prince of Wales on his recent s Pari * members of the American team broken off training, having d cided not to play the game tentatively arranged in the south of France next Sunday. Instead, therefore, of travel- ing to Toulouse for this encounter, lf'_v team will sail on the G Washington from Cherbourg W. day They will b the guests of former United States Senator Phelan of California at a banquet here this evening. Superior Condition Tells, Tt was a case of superior physical eondition winning over greater ex- ce and rugby technique. The ns were faster than the Frenchmen. They followed the ball like hounds on the trail of a rabbi they covered their adversaries closely and tackled them hard. The visiting team stood the extremely warm reather better than the Frenchmen, )\‘\):]‘; wilted completely in the second a The Americans dominated through- out the first period, astonishing the spectators, who had expected the Frenchmen to get the jump on them. “Dick” Hyland of San Francisco cal ried the ‘ball over the French line after four minutes' play in the first half. The Americans were getting possession of the ball out of scrim- mage ofiencr than the French, and playing practically entirely in French territory during the half. Three French Are Knoeked Out Jaureguy, France's fastest quarter- back, was tackled hard after twenty minutes of play and was out of the #ame thereafter. The spectators, who up to that time had been falir, began abusing the Americans, al- though rding to every expert in the newspaper and official stands, the ying a hard but cli appeared to having been their match ans two weeks ago. could not stand the strain of” hard tockling and were continually laid out e of them en knocked out then s by com- ing into e nerican play= €rs curryin At th end half, the :\-u‘rv a\'.x: 1‘) avor vr(|' the Americans, 3 to Th md period starte with the Frenchimen playing fonseed !n.rn, Jaureguy not having sufficient- 1y recovered to resume, pur min- utes after the half started, Rudolph _(1 olz wanee, 111, got the ball ‘{unv ma nd passed it to obert Devercaux, Ohlo, who ran thirty yards through the Krench Yo and shot the ball to Jack Pat- o] Palo to, Calif.., who score atry bet en the i'rench goal ;r:srlsll Doe converted it, making the Score 8 to 0 “?. favor of the Americans, r-c‘”" Babe" Slater of the Ameri- gans, obtained the ball thrown in from the touch line, shook off thres french - tacklers, and unaided, = cnr. ried it over the line, bringing ine ed States and ac Apparently of the first f; v score to 11 for the T'n} nothing for France. " Europeans Were Outplayea, The Americans were outplaying the Frenchmen, ter were absolutel exhausted. Waysse, who was playing three- guarters in place of Francois Borde, attempted to run around the wing, but was brought down ymnl]ebf; Caesar Manelli, New York City. Thy Frenchman's leg was injured ‘and he was carried off the field. The Fronen now were playing with thirteen men Lubin, of the French team, who seemed to be playing exiremely rough game. was here cautioned by Referee Freethy for swinging a hard Carpentier-like blow to “Dick” Hy. land’s jaw. The referee was on the verge of putting the Frenchman oft the field, but the Americans begged him to allow Lubin to continue. Galau at three quarters, taking ad- vantage of a fumble in the American backficld, fell on the ball behind the United States goal line for the only try secured by France during the match. A fist fight then broke out in the stands and degenerated into a battle royal in which gold-headed canes were freely used. The Amer- icans were outnumbered, and fur- thermore, they carried no eanes with which to retaliate, Two American Students Hurt. When the police managed to disen- tangle the combatants, B. F. Larsen of Provo, Utah, and Gideon Willlam Nelson of ®e Kalb, I1l, two American students in Paris, were found to have been knocked out. Both men had to be carrfed out of the stands. Nelson was_unconscious for an hour. When he recovered, it is said, he began looking for a bewhiskered gentleman who carried a heavy cane, On the foot ball field the Americans nmow were complete masters of the situation. They kept the ball in French territory for the remaining twenty minutes of the game, and might have rolled up a much larger score if they had had the experience, the French defense was absolutely fagged out. Hyland and Manelli both mi d to score tries, but Doe could not convert them. As the final whistle blew, thecromg completely . The lat- Coolidge Manager Not Going to Cleveland Until June 1. CLEVELAND, Ohio. May 19.—Wil- liam M. Butler, manager oi President Coolidge’s national campaign, who was scheduled to assume charge of the President's headquarters here to- day, has decided to remain in Wash- ington until June 1, R. A. Gunn, in rize of national Coolidze headquar. ters here, announced today. No reason was given for the change in the plans other than Mr. Butler's telephone message that he felt he was not needed here, at this time and would continye * his activities In Washington until June —_— for a moment appearcd to be stunned Amid silence the American flag was run up on the Olympic pole. This scemed to awake a large majority of the spectators from their minute or s0 of lethargy, for bedlam broke loose. The strains of the American anthem could hardly be heard, owing to the terrific booing and cat-calling as the Americans walked off the field. Spectators here and there in the stands at the same time were settling a few private arguments among themselves. Photographer Foreed to Flee. An American photographer while attempting to take a plcture of the American flag flying from the top of the Olympic pole was hit with vari- ous missiles thrown by enraged spec- tators and compelled to take to cover. Police resesves were called out to protect the American players from the crowd massed outside the | main entrance to the stadium. The Americans left by a side gate, under police protection. This they greatly resented, saying they were perfectly capable of taking care of themselves, They finally departed from the stadium without experiencing further trouble, During the mateh the American n had five tries, one of which was France had one try, which tes converted | Was not converted | The showing made by the American {players did not suffer by com- parison with any rughy shown in Eu- rope this winter. Dick Hyland, Jack Patriek, Dud- ley de Groot, Chicago; John 'O'Neil, South Dakota; Norman' (Babe) Sla of Woodland. Calif, captain of th team, and Charles Doe of San Fran- cisco' starred for the Amecr Cant. Lasserre and Andre Behoteguy were the only two Frenchmen who showed international playing caliber. Cally Crowd Unfair. “The crowd was very unfair; it was as clean a game of foot ball as I ever saw,” said Charles H. Sherrill, member of the international Olympic committee, speaking of the outburst. Frantz Reichel, weneral secretary French Olympic _committee, the American players for their work on the field, saying: “Your bovs are wonderful rughy won the match fairly Lassare of the French team said: “We were outplaved by ter conditioned men. 1 don't see what the crowd was kicking about. I have no complaint to make." Dean Frederick W. Beckmann of the American Pro-Cathedral in Paris, who once played end on the Amherst foot ball team, witnessed the contest. “It was a clean and hard game, in which there was no foul or unfair " declared Dean Beckmann. French hegan rough play when they saw victory slipping away from them,” said Sam Goodman of San Franciico, manager of the Amer- ican team. “Our boys did not lose their heads, although there was great provocation. We will take home the bacon, and we are satisfled.” FRENCH DISAPPOINTED. Capt Had Great Hopes of Victory in Rugby Match. By Radio to The Star and the Chicago Daily Nows. Covyright, 1924. PARIS, May 19.—Great disappoint- ment for France emanated from Sunday’s rugby final between the Tri- Color and the Stars and Stripes, which ended, 17 to 3, in favor of the latter. The French had great hopes of winning this opeming event of the eighth Olympiad, thus inaugurating auspiciously the rest of the games to follow. Indeed, rugby was one of the few events the French legitimately eould hope to win. They are experts at the game, and from the standpoint of technique were superior to their opponents. In track and fleld events and swim- ming and rowing, the same cannot be said. There France has little chance of carrying off the palm. French Lose 300,000 Francs. The causes of America’s victory are not hard to find. The American team was heavier, stronger, swifter, fresher and more determined than the French, and American morale was unbreakable. The odds against the United States were 8 to 5, backed by 300,000 francs of French money, but this made no difference. From the start the American team d, “We are going to win.” And win they did. The unexpeeted out- come was facilitated by the first touchdown after four minutes of play which discouraged the French. Train- ing aleo did its part. The Califor- nians were in the best of trim, with inexhaustibel wind and music, while the blue-stockinged Frenchmen tired easily. “It will be & pity if the Amerioans cease playing rugby after such a victory,” says Gaston Benace, sport writer ‘of L'Auto. *They put up a great game and showed incontro- vertible superiority. They should continue. Their callber is sufficient to administer a drubbing to a few n{‘Grenl. Britain's proud teams, I think.” SOCCER TEAM LANDS. U. S. Olympic Players to Enter Paris in Triumph. CHERBOURG, France, May 19.— Singing, cheering and exuberant, the seventeen members of the American Olympic soccer foot ball team, de- barked today from the liner America and entrained for Paris. They were accompanied by Col. A, G. Mills of New York, vice president of the American Olymplc committee, who said he was delighted to return to France, where, uring the war, his daughter had worked in the interests of blind soldiers. The soccer team, displaying its own pennant, expects to make a trium- phal entry into Paris. The seventeen players are elated over the victory of the American rugby team over the French team yesterday. The Ameri- can soccerites will play Esthonia, May 26: $5,000 STOCK OF LIQUOR AND FOUR MEN SEIZED Baid Made on “Most Luxurious” Bootleg Place in New York, Say Police. By tho Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 19.—What prohi- bition enforcement agents describe as the *most luxurious bootlegging ea- tablishment yet touched by the dry law in New York” was raided yes- terday and Alfred Gross, reputed mil. lionaire owner, and three employes were arrested. More than $5,000 worth of wines and liquors was geized. The men were held for action by a federal commissioner. The tension following the running gun fight with bootleggers and .the death of Ferdinand Downs, special constable of Southampton, Friday night, has increased the activity of the dry agents. Hundreds of motor cars were stopped on all the highways along the ocean front of Long Island and searched for liguary e R NAVY PLANE STARTS ON ENDURANCE TRIP CS-2 Takes Air Here in Effort to Remain Aloft More Than Twenty Hours. FOUR ATTEMPTS BALKED Rain and Wind Delay Beginning of Flight. The Navy fleet scout plane CS-2, | after four unsuccessful attempts, took | the air at 1:35 o'clock this afternoon in an effort to establish an endurance record of twenty hours or more. The plane “shoved” off from the river a little this side of Alexandria, Va without any assistance from anothe seaplane which was ready to “blow her off.” The plane, with a gasoline capacity of 600 gallons, 100 having been re- | moved to lighten it, flew over the Maryland side of the river, cros Hains Point and disappeared the Virginia side, where it over to Marshall Hall. The course of eighty mile includes an elbow to Fort Hunt, w be flown until the exhausted, the pilots hope. Four Attempts F\ After three unsuccessful attempts | 'sterday, in which a choppy sea, a twisted propeller and threatening | rain played prominent parts, the ship carrying Lieut. John Dale Price and Lieut. F. W. Mead and a cargo of 700 gallons of gasoline, made another unsuccessful attempt shortly before noon today. It taxied down the river to Alexandria, and there another sea- plane, piloted by Lieut. A. W. Gorton, attempted to “blow” the CS-2 off the water, This maneuver consisted of taxying on the water directly in front of the scout ship thereby creating a stiff head wind which would enable the plane in the rear to take the air under normal conditions. This time, however, a strong cross wind prevented the CS-2 from leaving the water. Then the gasoline was dis- charged. Observers of the National Aeronau- tical Association are ®tationed at Marshall Hall, Fort Hunt and Hains Point to give the flight, official rating. | Lieut. Price and Lieut. Wead have on board food supplies for thirty hours and it is the belief that once the plane gets into the air all sca- plane records for long distance speed | and endurance will be shattered. The plane would“travel at ninety miles an hour over the eighty-mile course. it is equipped with landing lights, and beacons for night flying will be established at the three points on the course. down crossed which Balked by Wind. On the first attempt about 9:30 o'clock yesterday morning just as the huge ship was preparing to taxi out into the river, the wind took com- mand and would have blown it up against the sea wall and some bor- dering buildings had not Lieut. Price cut the switch which caused the lane to float helplessly until it could Do made fast to the sea wall. The powerful Wright motor once more “cranked,” the nose was headed down stream and into a choppy “sea. The throttle was thrown wide open but te heavy-laden craft responded slowly in speed, throwing up huge sprays that at times obscured it from the view of hundreds of persons who had gathered at Hains Point to see the test. The ship continued down stream as far as Alexandria, where Lieut. Price brought it to a halt after it was found the flexible three- blade metal propellor had been bent by striking the water. New Effort Made. About noon the ship was towed back to the station under much diffi- culty and a new was in- stalied. A second attempt was made, but the ship could not get off the water, Returning once more to the station the eargo was lightened by pumping out fifty gallons of gasoline, and the plane once more took the river, but as rain was threatening, Lieut. Price did not bend much effort ta get off. 3 As it taxied down the river yes- terday morning the ship weighed about 11,000 pounds. It is declared Lieut. Price had flown the ship be- fore with 746 gallons of gasoline, but it was Dbelleved more than this amount on board yesterday. However, the combination of wind and tide not worked against it the ship could haye gotten off, it was stated. Lieut. Price stated ves- terday a taxi distance of about seven miles would be required to get the plane in the alr. - CHOATE’S 80 BEST SCRIBE GOLF CARD Robert B. Choate of the Boston Herald led a field of more than half a hundred newspaper golfers who competed this morning in the annual spring tournament of the Washing- ton Newspaper Golf Club at the Washington Golf and Country Club. Choate had a card of 94, with 14 off, glving him a net of 80. Negley D. Cochran was In second place at 1 o'clock, with a score of 97—14—83. Other scores up to 1 o'clock follow: Lowdll Mellett, 102—14—§8; Roy A. Roberts, 119—27--92; Grafton S. Wileox, 111—18—93; B. P. Garnet, 104—3--96; Albert W. Fox, 120—20— 109, Secretary of Agriculture Wallace is playing this afternoon in a_four- ball match with Robert C. Barry, president of the club; Charles Michel- mon of the New York World and George R. Hoimes of the Interna- tional News Service. Searetary Wal- lace will present the prizes late this afternoon, Upper: New Navy twin flont seaplanc designed for leng distance scout- ing, hombing and torpedo launching to he tested for duration at the Naval Air Station, Anacostia, D. C., ix expected to break world's du; ¥ 2,700 niles In non-stop flight, a dix- that between Washington and San Franciseo. etween 24 and 30 hours in non-stop flight, the pilot, for seaplanes and c tance equal to er approximatel Lieuts. . W. Wead, left; SHOW CARD FEATURES CLASS HORSES TODAY Thoroughbreds Center of Attrac- | tion at Arlington Park Arena This Afternoon. | | Thoroughbreds innings today at the ho show Arlington Al- though pedigreed dobbins have not been barred from earlier events the horse show, the managers arranged two classes for today are labeled “thoroughbreds only The inaugural bug at 2« ock this afterncon called the first class of blooded hors to the arena, It was for thoroughbred saddle horses, with nine contestants entered for the prizes, including the famous Buddy, Tampico and Blank Check, the latter being star members of the American Olympic equestrian team! The other class of thoroughbreds, which for hunters, will be called later in the afternoon. Again in this class Olympic horses will appear. Pathfinder, Ky, Tango Dance will be included 1 the Arm entries Al ready these horses have a nished experts by their perfect appearance and performance and their pr in the thoroughbred classes wi spice to the judging, Polo Ponies Content. Another day attract and Iy ‘represent v gallery to the show. Th rd today will be an exceptionally good one, “including, besides the thorough- bred even an_exhibition of bare- back jumping. Fourteen horses have been entered in this class. Another interesting event will be the one for polo ponies. It was this class that used the only serious confliet of opinion between the judges and the exhibitors last vear. The card for today follows: 2 o'clock, class 12, thoroughbred saddle 9 entries; 2:10 o'clock, class local saddle horses, 12 entries; o'clock, class 22, polo mounts, , & entries; 2:35 o'clock, cl; 186, remount, 16° entries; 3 o'clock, class 45, jumpers (bareback), 14 entries: 3:35 o'clock s 28, thoroughbred clock, class 11 entries; pairs hunters, class 46, touch Racing. are having their | ational Capital in Park at have that iina ed 2 ss 39, K, and out, WARNS U. S. OF ERRORS WHICH RUINED NATIONS Committee Chairman Declares Popular Views of Ecomomics Must Be Changed. By thie Associated Pre: CHICAGO, May 19.—America Is a great nation in the sense that Car- thage, Egypt, Greece and Rome were great, but it is up to her to stay great’ by avoiding the errors which brought the others to ruin, Fred B. Smith of New York, chairman of the committee of 1,000, declared tonight in i address before the Sunday Eve- ning Club “If America is to stay great the popular view of economics must be changed—the view that a man may make all the money that he can and then spend it just as he pleases. There {8 something sacred about pri- vate ownership,” he said. “America is the first nation to begin life with a Constitution. If the laws of the Constitution cannot be en- forced, then tbe instrument is null and void and we are facing a revolu- tion in this country.” 1f cither of the major political par- ties “wobble” on the prohibition is- sue that party will be defeated in the election next fall, he predicted. LUMBER FRAUD TRIAL RESUMED HERE TODAY Trial of the lumber fraud case was resumed today before Justice Bailey and a jury in Criminal Division 2. H. L. Dougheérty of Valdosta, Ga., resumed the witness stand for further cross examination. He was followed by John J. Galt of Little Falls, N. J., a_book- keeper for Henry Talmadge & Co., bankers of New York city. Dougherty, since the adjournment last Thursday, had located a letter ‘which he wrote to the late Hoke Smith, then senator from Georgia, seeking the latter's assistance to get certain lumber released by the War Depart- ment for sale under the surplus con- tract. The letter was written, he said, at the suggestion of John L. Phillips. Mr, Galt identified checks totalihg $45,000 which, he said, had been placed to the credit of John L. Phillips hy the banking house of Talmadge & Co. The checks had been sent by Dough- erty-Mackay Company of Georgia, of which- the preceding witness was a member. On_cross-examination by Attorney Charles A. Douglas, repr: senting John L. Phillips, the witness said the checks were received in the ordinary course of business and were J credited without concealment of any 4 ¥ina, fon records The test in eating and John D. Price, pilot FIVE-CENT CAR FARE INJURIOUS, SAYS HAM W. R. & E. Head Tells Senate Deficit Would Have Been $1.106,621 Last Year. William F. ¥ Washington Railway ‘ompany, today told the Senate trict committee that if the rate of st car fare in Washington had been five cents with six tickets for a quarter, as proposed in the McKel- lar bill, during 1923 there would have been an operating deficit for his com- pany amounting to $1,106,621.89. The Capital Traction Company, he said, would have faced an operating deficit of $294,565.41, and the combined oper- ating deficit of the two companies would have been $1,401,187.30. He strongly opposed the enactment into law of the McKellar bill. The hearings on the McKellar bill are to be continued Monday morning, with Mr. Ham again on the stand. Senator McKellar of Tennessee, au- thor of “the five-cent-car-fare bill, plans to offer his bill as an amend- ment to the District appropriation bill when that measure reaches the Senate, notwithstanding the fact that the hearings om his bill have not vet been concluded and the Senate Dis- trict committee has taken no action on the measure. The District bill Is now before the Senate appropriations subcommittee, but it is expected that it will be reported to the Senate by the end of this week or early next week. McKellar Renews Charges. Senator McKellar during the hear- ing today renewed his charges that the Public Utilities Commission of the District had been partial to the street railways and had virtually agreed to every proposition put up to it by the companies. Mr. Ham said his com- pany had been almost constantly in conflict with the commission over matters of importance. Senator McKellar has laid parti- cular stress on the fact that on vir- Iy all of the street car lines in New Jervey a 5-cent fare has been re-estabiished and that the companies in that state have agreed to it. Mr. Ham called attention in detail to the different situation maintaining in the New Jersey cities from that which is found here. referring to the more costly underground system in use here, to the fact that in New Jersey there is a zone system where- by a cash fare of 5 cents will carry a” passenger a certain distance and then when the passenger goes into another zone he must pay an addi- tional 5 cents. Also Mr. Ham point- ©d_out no free transfers are provided for in the New Jersey system. Mr. Ham laid before the committee a map of Newark. N. J., superimposed on a map of Washington, showing the street car lines and the zones in ef- fect in. Newark and the street car lines here. He said that it showed clearly that if a zoning system such as that in use in Newark were in ef- fect here, a very large number of the passengers carried on the lines of the Washingion Railway and _ Electric Company would be compelled to pay two fares of 5 cents each instead of riding for an 8-cent cash fare or on tickets which cost 40 cents for six. Opposition to Zoning Plan. Mr. Ham said that the people of the District had declared emphatically sgainst a rzoning plan for Washing- ton, when that plan was proposed and the Publie Utilities Commission had decided against the proposal also, although the zoning plan pro- posed by the Washington Raliway and Electric Company had been far more to the advantage of the trav- eling public than that in operation in New Jersey. Mr. Ham showed, too, that in New Jersey, since the adoption of the 5- cent fare and zone plan, the street car companies there were using far more one-man cars, which cost less to operate. In a discussion of the one-man car, which is being used on some of the lines of the Washington Railway and Electric Company, Mr. Ham defended their use, saying that it had been demonstrated there were less accidents on one-man cars than on the two-man cars. He said that the company is now experimenting with an automatic rear control for a one-man car which, if it proves sat- isfactory, should do away with much of the criticism that is leveled against them. He said, however, the one-man car saves only the salary of one train- man, as compared to the two-man car, m, president of the and Electric Dis- t —_— Copper Tariff Proposed. A 6-cents-per-pound tariff would be placed on all forms ef copper un- der a bill proposéd tofay by Repre- sentative James, Republican, Michi- gan. Such protection, he asserted, #hould be given to emable copper mines to pay a living wage, and to give to mine owners a “small part of thelr, investment* COOLIDGE GETS BACK |Wife Bobbed Hair TO HIS DESK TODAY President Stays in Office Less Than | Hour—Cold Yielding to Rest. SENATORS AT BREAKFAST Bonus Legislation Discussed by Executive With Guests. Practically recovered from the bronchial cold from which he has been suffering for several days, President Coolldge returned to his office today. He remained less than an hour, how- ever, and after a Stroll in the warm sun in the rear grounds of the White | House he returned to his study, where he read and rested and saw several friends. President Coolidge was enabled to | throw off almost entirely the cold | remaining away from days. Aside from u slight weakness and a trifle huskiness in® his voice the Fresident was represented today as saying that he felt pretty fit. | Senators at Breakfast. The President felt well enough to hold another one of those now famous breakfast conferences, which was at tended by seven senators, when bonus lezislation was discussed. Al- though these early morning guests took “their leave about 9 o'clock, the President did not go to his desk at the executive office until 10:15. B fore doing so | received Senator Kendrick of Wyoming, with whom I is understood also to have discussed the bonus question. Noting that the suffering from a_slight Bascom Slemp, his conferring with him in his office sug- ®ested that he cancel the several gagements that had been made for the remainder of the day These in- cluded shaking the hands of more than 200 delegates to the annual con ventfon of the Independent Or Brith Sholam of Baltimore, Md. and attendance at the ball gur 1o be played «t American League Park this afternoon between the United States Marines and the Washington Na- tionals for the benefit of the Ameri- can Olympic fund. Weeks Sees President. Secretary of War Weeks called at the Executive office to have a talk with the President regarding several pressing matters, and when he found that he had left for the White Hous. he hurried to find him there, but to his surprise he ran across the Execu- tive standing in the middle of the gravel path in the rose garden near the ®outh portico. The Secretary Joined Mr. Coolidge and they talked a8 they strolled through the garden and other sunny sections of the rear grounds. The Secretary sald afterward that he left the President in the grounds and that the latter then signified his intention of remaining out in the sun for some time longer. Mr. Wee said he saw improvement in the Pre: ident's appearance and spirits. By remaining in the all of yesterday President Coolidge broke a record of which he is proud— that of not having missed attendance at church a single Sunday since he came to Washineton to be sworn in as Vice President in March, 1921. e LIBEL SUIT STARTED AGAINST HOUSE MEMBER Missionary Claims Representative Collins Said He Was “Part Negro."” Trial was commenced today before Chief Justice McCoy and a jury, in Circuit Division 2, of the suit for $130,000 damages for alleged libel brought by James A. Arnold, a mis sionary of the Baptist Church in Mis sissippi. against Representative Ross A. Collins of Mississippi. The suit grows out of a campaign in which Mrs. Arnold, wife of the plaintiff, was the opposing candidate against Representative Collins for his seat in Congress, The defendant is alleged to have published in newspapers the statement that nold was “part negro.” Arnold de- nied the charge, and says he is half white and half Indian. He is repr sented by Attornevs W. E. Richardson and Waiter M. tian, while the de- fendant has as counsel John F. Bar- bour. was kness (' CENTRAL UNION MISSION CORNER STONE IS LAID The corner stones for the new build- ings of the Central Union Mission and the Children’s Emergency Home were laid yesterday afternoon at the site of the new structures, at Louisiana avenue and C street. Rev. Jason Noble Pierce pastor of the First Congregational Church, and William H. Ramsay outlined the work of the missions and the good that had been accomplished through their activities. Mrs. John 8. Bennett of the chil- dren's home placed a box containing a copy of The Sunday Star and var ous articles in the corner stone of the Children’s Emergency Home, and John 8. Bennett, superintendent of the Union Mission, placed a box with mememtos in the corner stone of the mission structure, The new building will be equipped with a dispensary, dental eclinic, boardroom, infirmary, _ children's chapel, dormitories, laundry, indoor playroom, dining rooms and an out- door playroom on the roof. Other speakers were Rev. Alfred E. Barrows, president of the mission’s ministerial_council, and Stanton C, Peelle. E. H. De Groot is president of the board of directors. MAN SUES MOTHER-IN-LAW Charges She Alienated Wife's Love, Asks $25,000. Alleging that his mother-in-law, Mrs. Anna L. Smith, has contrived to alienate the affections of his wife, Alexander J. Wedderburn, jr, has filed suit in the District Supreme Court against Mrs. $mith for $25,000 damages. Mr. Wedderburn, who ap- pears as his own council, declares that he and his wife lived happily together until defendant contrived to allenate the affections of plaintiff’s wife and children and to deprive him of their comfort and society. Mr. Wedderburn says he married Lottie 8., the daughter of defendant, June 1, 1912, and that they have three chil. dren. J. F. HARDIE IS DEAD. J. ¥. Hardie, eighty yeara old, a resident of this city twenty-five years, died at his residence, 712 Sth street northeast, yesterday. Funeral services will be conducted at the residence Wednesday morning at 8:30 o'clock and at the Holy Name Catholic Church, where mass will be said at 9 o'clock. Interment will be in Mount Olivet cemetery. Mr. Hardie wa® born in New York June 15, 1843. He is survived by his widow, Mrs, Mary A. Hardie, and ihree sons, John, Joseph and Robert Hardie. Snow in Southern Michigan. DETROIT, May 19.—Snow was fall- ing in southern Michigan today, with the temperature near freezing in sev- oral places. The snow was light and pelted quickly, —Crop damage thus far has been slight, reports said, hig office znd | resting himself during the past two | White House | | | For ‘Another Man,’ Charged in Suit Because, it is charged, his wife, Dorothy Giassman, bobbed her halr at the suggestion of “another man,” and over her hushand's pro- test, Herbert Glassman, keeper of | a garage, at 1319 L street, has | asked the District Supreme Court for a limited divorce. The husband | also asserts that his wife spat in his face in the presence of the “other feliow,” and told him she was tired of him and had some one that could give her luxuries. Other charges of cruelty also are made in_the hushand's petition. They were married at Baltimore May 18, 1920, and have two chll- dren, whose custody the husband £ecks. Attorneys K. B. Frey and . J. Aaron appear for Glassman. e COURT FIGHT BEGUN TO DETERMINE NEED | OF D. C. RENT BOARD | | | (Continued from First Page.) clerks, it was stated, 31,400, and the new have been erected are mostly apart- ments of one, two or three rooms and the average family could not he crowded into that space, even if the head of the family could afford to Pay the high price set for such ge- commodations. Fifteen affidavits to the court by H assistant attorney to xhow that the housing situation Counter affida ed by Harry ontend wus about buildings which were submitted L. Underwood general, emergency in is sl with also were present- counsel for Bates Warren and | Norment, the landlords who that there no longer exists reason for continuing the opera- tions of the Rent Commission Attorney Chapin Brown, for the Rent Commission, submitted a brief to the covrt in which he contended that the court lacks power to proceed | further with the eazes for two res sons: firkt, heeause the gena the Warren case have not been made partics to the ¢ a snd, b cause the Ball act oping takes away from Court the power to grant injunct azainst | a_ hearing before the Hent Commis sion. He claims that the action of three justices of the court is essen- | tial to affect any determination by the Rent Commission, and cites section 105-c, which provides that “No deter- inination of the commission shail be irmed, set aside or otherwise r swed ‘or it enforcement ¥ ) stayed except upon appeal | from such determination as provided | by this tit { Authority of Court. Mr. Brown claimed that the eonrt should not jssue the temporary in- junction against the tenants who are not parties nor against the commis- | sion for lack of authority Attorney Jacob N. Halper, repre- | senting Abe Bowen, the tenant in the Norment case, submitted a brief in which he claims that no dam as required by law has been shown by the landlord for the issuance Until a s¢ | in h Equit e | mission will not inerea | | and g0 he would sustain no The rent law protects the landlord, whether the finding be in favor of the tenant or for an increased rental, the | lawyer submitted | No Harm to Landlord. | | In the course of his brief Mr. Hal- per said: “It is submitted that no immediate | harm can be done to the landlord in | this case 80 as to Justif; restraining order. The | in the Rent Commission. which are here sought to be enjoined. were b gun by the Defendant Bowen by peti- tion asking that the commission fix and determine the fair and recsoni- ble rent for the apartment occupied Ly him. If the commission proceeds an investigation and hearing and kes a determination the result ¢ be an increase or decrease over the present rental. In cither case the rights of the landlord will not be im- mediately affected, because in the event of an incr rent and an appeal by the tenar quired to pay th D nieits e commtssion by bond until final detern nder the Ball act the fully protected in c of rent, and it payments to the datory, while the giving is discretionary with the commission that, if the tenanteis insolvent or even execution proof, the landlord is still protected. and, further, the rights of the temant in such case who the in- cover it ination andlord is uld be hat | ymmission are n depend upon compliance b | the above section for it fu pro- vides, that: * * * The court shall dismiss the appeal of any tenant who fails to comply with this subdivi- sion. Rights of Landlord. “Neither can the rights of the land- lord be immediately affected by a decrease in rent, for the act provides, section 108 (a), that: ““Unless within ten d after the filing of the commission’s determina- to the complaint ap- from to the Supreme Court rict of Columbia in gen- the determination of the shall be final and con- peals of the eral term. commission clusive “So that, if the rent is decreased and the landlord appeals, the tenant is still required to pay the contract rate pending the final determination This has been established by the Municip; Court of the District f Columbia, through Jud, Meehan, i a’case Involving excess rents, th Munieipal Court having exclusive and special jurisdiction to hear such cases by virtue of section 1 (a) of the rent act. It follows that the rights of the landlords nnot be immediate- 1y affected by withholding a restrain- ing order at this time, no matter what the commission’s determination might be. In such case the court should withhold the granting of an fnjunc- tion pendente until the matters in- volved in this equity snit can be de- ined on al hearing. lc‘:’r.?nn emergency justifying the :'vm~ tinued existence the Rent Com- mission still exists. The defendant lJowen acquired the apartment now occupied by him at a monthly rental of $15. At that time, as is now the case, he was receiving a monthly pension from the government, by virtue ‘uf military service in the civil war, of $50. Since he acquired the apartment his rent has been increased to $27.50, but his in-| come remains the same. An abund- ance of vacant Bpll‘lln(‘nt{ does not relieve the situation of this defend- ant if those apartments are held at exorbitant or prohibitive rentals. In the original act of October 22, 1919, it was provided in section 122 as follo “'Tt 13 hereby declared that the pro- visions of this title are made neces- sary by emergencies growing out of the war with the imperial German government, resulting in rental con- ditions in the District of Columbia dangerous to the public health and burdensome to public officers and employes whose duties require them to reside within the District, and other persons whose activities are essential to the maintenance and com- fort of such officers and employes, and thereby embarrassing the federal government in the transaction of the publio business.’ “It is submitted that an abundance of vacant apartments, held at high and prohibitive rentals, is, as far as the tenant with limited means, such as this defendant, Is concerned, a scarcity of apartments, and that such a condition® is no less dangerous to public health and burdensome to public emploves and others as was a scarcity of living quar- ters auring the war. Moreover, though a scarcity of apartments might have induced the rent legislation, the evil sought to be remedied was the high rentals charged, for the rent act fs manifestly a law to fix and determine fair and reasonable rents and charges. | when | gen | Parker | oK of a bond | THREATEN LYNCHING ~ FOLLOWING ASSAULT Mob Corners Negro in Office, ‘Where He Is Charged With MAN RESCUED BY POLICE Mrs. Hattie Holton Treated for Scalp Wound. Cornered toda of the Palace Lau where he is alleged to attack upon twenty-one John Richardson of 702 Florida from an angr ival of the L streer, e made au Hattie Holtor old, a clerk the Hawkins. colored, avenue, was rescued mob by the time police be B members 01 Capt. Colin Fiather tective Arrington of th cinet, who had telephone, arrived was ruoshed to th where he is said to h tacking the womar Mrs. Holton, who strect, was atfacked a blow on he r she reached th poclketh i nesro and tance before breaking her the store Protested Innocence. enough £ Jam the Walker Hotel man was quick and returned to the tested h i cited men wers Mrs. Holton ¥ Hospi tion ¢ Mrs lyneh The ve ads Ives Mrs was d the hold k Jarrer nd e Outery part ten A undry s nee wh threatenin was 1 nd treat the scalp. $ but was not she feared xh assailant the laundr: n use pocket vers & badly scious and said not identify her lieved to be wae fourd on Mre. Holton grabbed from placing one hand over choking her with the other. kins had been employed in dry office as porter some He recently has been cook in a lunchr 1t and been prefe INDICT WIFE SLAYER AND 26 OTHERS Grand Jurors Charge First-Degree Murder Against Isaiah Hawkins, Colored. \ in b My explained bhehind er ass=ai her eves « Ha ed robber ainst him The grand jury tod: indicted Isaiah Hawkins, colored, for first de- He is alleged to have Daisy, at their hom: street northwest, murder. his wife, 1814 Wiltberger last March The grand jurors ignored a white- slave charge against William Haw- gree shot Sylvester Gray and one of grand lar- ceny against Marshall Helper and Owen Trent Others indicted gainst them are Archie R. Benson, Edward F. Flem- ing, Ernest E. Ward, Robert Cheeks Louis Paul Matthews, Oliver Adams Clarence Penn, John Edwards, Archis R. Benson, John Edwards, George W nd Thomas Tawney, joy-rid- N an, housebr: ing acobson, ault nit mayvhem: Ed- ward Morris and Clarence Brown, grand larceny; Frank Smith, al Frank Smith, and Luther false pretenses nthony Leo breaki cen; ride Panton larce & and the charg John F larceny: intent to co! ing: and with Robert Mac v: Mazie Stewart Bernard 0. Kell woriding, and Willle Fields nd George Will ns, E:r.\!rul ,L”.' eny RADE HELD. Catholic Children Pay Homnor to MAY PA Virgin. Virgin Mary was honored of Catholic children processions and r- throughout the city The y thousands took part in Mas ligious service yesterday. Holy Trinity Church held its pro- cession over a historical route that has been used for May processions the people of the parish for r than one hundred vears. Fifty r sers of the parish Holy Name S BeTea as hodvguard to the ehildr they walked the church and O stree ong 3€th to N to 34th street north to Vola place the church. The process headed by the Reserve Of & Corps Band of Georg University. Rt Rev. Benjamir Smith, pastor of the church nounced benediction following procession. Miss Catherine A was May Queen snd Rev. John ( pric of Georgetown University livered the sermon. Several hundred children took part in the demonstration at the Sacred Heart Church, Miss Julianna Do was May Queen. Mer. an offic ed at the service. A procession ulso was held at St Ann's Chureh. = Miss Fera Taylor was May Queen In the tion Church. The affair at St. Mar- lin's Chureh was headed by Patrick . Haltigan, president of the archdioc san union of the Holy Name Society A service and benediction was heid lowing the procession. Rev. John »ady of St. Mathew's Church offi Rev. Francis X f the church, ssistant pastor of the who naugh, Paul F CBUEL patrick’s Church_nearly five hundred children, led by Miss Lillian Kelly, the May aueen, fook part in the procession and servidys. Nearly a thousand children particfpated at the Hemonstration at St. Alofsius Church. elia Collins of Notre Dame was May queen. MAJ. WEART RELIEVED. Sherrill's Assistant Ordered Fort Humphreys, Va. Maj. Douglas L. Weart, Corps of Engineers, chief assistant to Lieut. Col. Sherrill, the engineer officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, today was relieved of that duty, effective June 30, and ordered to proceed to the engineer station at Fort Humphreys, Va. Maj, Weart has been stationed in this city since May 29, 1919, most of the time in the office of public buildings and grounds and has tiken an active part in plans for improv ment of the parks and the sysiem- atic development of the general parking system of the District. He was relieved under provisions of the Manchu law limiting the sery- ice of officers of the Army in this city, to four years, and of the pro- visions of the general defense act that all officers of the Army below the grade of general officers shall serve .with troops ome year out of to So that, as long as rents are unusually high, regardless of the cause of such high rents, an emergency cxists justify ing the operation of & rent-fixing body.” every five. Maj. Weart will be glven a short leave of ahsence hefore as- suming his ncw duties at Fort Humphreya, | kins, one of carnal knowledge against ! *