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9 * FRANKS CASE STARTS STUDY OF STRANGERS Chicago Tragedy Stirs New York Police to Teach Children to Detect Frauds. AUTO RIDE OFFERS SCORED Policewoman to Conduct Abnor- mality Course. By Consolidated Press. h W YORK, June —The pitiful Franks' case in Chicago Is going to be the means of mving many lves each year in New York city. Tt is the big reason why New York police women are to give instruction to puplls of both public and private schools. The Instruction will be in how to distinguish the abnormal and potentially criminal stranger, who offers candy or a motor ride, from the thoroughly and respectable citizen, who. certain cireum- stances, might make the same offer. Singe the Franks' case, —private schools have requested that police women be sent to talk to their pupils And the Wadleish High School for w®irls is planning a course for its night session nest fall to be conducted by - head of the citiy's police womern, Mury Hamilton It was Ruth of which first aver twenty year pointed out the need for women on the police force. of New York city. Mrs ¥ 1ton tod:y W it s anks « which will point out need for public instruction in the hools on the subject of abnormal- normal under conceivably Cruger ¢ “Masher Squad” Defendes Hamilton knows whereof she k. It was she who, as a result of her work in revealing the murder of little Ruth Cruger in an Itallan’s bicyele shop, became the first polic woman in the city. She now has charge of the rol women in the “masher squad.” “People ik asher squad,” ut th more urge rs. P about the pid” Mrs. Hamilton for sush a squad is average citizen ht suppose hate to recount you the abnormality ch the squad has found. he policewoman, you very much concerned With p work as well as with crime detectio; 1 the preventive side to _joke know. s ventive 1 ix on that she can do such good work where abnor- nudity is concerned. The Mrs. Bauer murder, the Hall-Mills murder and half a dozen other famous crime were obviously the deeds of murder- ers with abnormal mental twists. It estimated that in a big city like New York one person in seven is a hit abnormal. No one has estimated what percentage of people are crimi- nally abnormal, but in the aggregate the number is shockingly large. Divide Normal and Abnormal. “This why policewomen _are necded so much to work with girls. with the young of both sexes and with women, We aim to save the abnormal and potential criminal from4 himself by weeding him out from normal people and by procuring for him the medical treatment which ofien can help and sometimes can wholly cure “We aim also to save the normal from the abnormal; to teach young e<pecially the broad, unmistakable peculiarities of the distinctly abnor- mal_man or woman. “The course to be giver at night in Wadleigh High School is, however. more than that. It is a course which prepares girls to become police- women. The need for high-class, well educated women in the police depart- ment is very great in any large city. A course of lectures with some fleld work will serve to show these high school girls two things—whether they are fitted to become police- women and whether they want to take up this career. Warns of Auto Ridex. “Just as vou study history and Ianguages in order to be an archae- ologist, 5o you will study sociology and psychology In order to be a policewoman. Field work? Plenty of ft—visits to city prisons and other stitutions, as well as a glance through various advertisements. It is not only the man who asks & boy or girl to go motoring who is often dangerous: it Is the man who inserts apparently harmless want ads re- questing a stenographer or filing clerk, “Abnormality s the greatest prob- lem in _the United States today, bar none,” Mrs. Hamilton concluded, “and the next greatest is the average ignorance on the topic. If I could speak to every boy and girl of school ke in the country, I'd say this: Never accept a ride from a stranger. He may be stranger than you realize.” g LEOPOLD IS ACCUSED IN LOEB CONFESSION (Continued from First Page.) taining the chisel, a disfiguring acid and an anesthetic with which, the confession said, the pair planned to kill whoever they should select. Later Leopold pointed out a crowd of children at play and these two vouths with a pair of field glasses Serutinized them for @ while as pros- pective vietims, but, having plenty of time to make their selection, re- sumed their driving, waiting for a more favorable opportunity. Once they fixed on John Levinson, nilne-year-old son of a wealthy attor- n¢y, and for the best part of two hours they watched for the moment when he should break away from his Maymates, but missed that moment. Chome Franks by Chanee. Joeb's confession indicated that Robert Franks, the thirteen-year-old son of millionaire, finally chosen, owed his death almost entirely to chance., It was late—time to make a décision—and Robert happened to ross the street at a point where they could draw up alongside him. 8o they lured him into the car with am invitation to talk about a tennis racquet. Loeb said that Leopold struck the boy with the chisel almost ay soon as they could turn off the street where they picked him up and 1Hat the gag that killed him was a ritg stuffed down his throat by Leo- nald. They had no special plans for con- cealing the evidence, and a youthful hunger stopped them long enough in their drive with the body of their slain victim to get lunch. The bita of circumstantial evidence were mostly carried back to their homes— the boy's clothing and the ‘bloody auto robe with which his body was covered to the house of Locb, whose father is the vice president of Sears, Roebuck & Co. and whose spacious mansion and grounds furnished the temporary hiding place for the evi- dence, while some of the clothing was burned in the Locb furnace. Later, at Leopold's home, the Youths spent some time in conversa- ‘tion with their elders and friends before &tarting out to dispose of more evidence. Threw Typewriter Away. The typwriter seemingly did not Wworry them as a particularly dan- gerous piece of evidence until some <days after the Kkilling when the mowspapers had been filled with in- Volunteer Workers Will Begin Free Service Task Tomorrow. Original Plan Deferred Due to Ceremony at Lincoln Shrine. Overhauled and in perfect operat- ing condition, the first of the crystal receiving scts donated to The Star's “radio shut-in fund” will be installed in the homes of Washington's poor and needy invalids tomorrow after- noon by the vanguard of 200 picked Boy Scouts, who have been sssigned to the work by Scout exocutives. The scouts have been ordered by Amsist- ant Deputy Scout Commissioner Thomus A. King. who will supervise the work. to report to their base of operations in room 536 of The Star tuilding tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. The list of names of the “shut-ins" eligible to receive the sets contribut- ed by radio enthusi ts and charitably inclined persons was turned over to ut Comm oner King yesterday afternoon, to her with the equip- 1ent donated during the initial week of the campaign, the aim of which is to place a radio set at the bedside of every deserving invalid in the Dis- triet. As the uts repart to. Mr. | King tomorrow afternoon, complete | set, including headphone: antenna | wire and other equipment. wil be | given to them, and they wiil proceed at once to the home of the “shut-in” designated by the scout commissioner and install it Although the boys will only work after school in the | afternoon, they expect to have all of the sets thus far donated, in opera- tion in the homes of the {nvalids be- fore the end of the week. Work Wax Deferred. It had been originally planned by Mr. King to have the scouts begin the task of Installing the sets yes terday afternoon, but the work was deferred due to the ann of the scout organization coln Memorial, in which of scouts were expected to participate, A small delegation of the bo how - ever, reported to the “shut-in” head- quarters in The Star buildirg, mapped out preliminary plans 4 installing the sets and overhauied some of those which were not in perfect operating condition. In this deputation were William Dukes of Troop 47, Richmond Cham- bers, Kelly Chadwick and Willlam Luckett of Troop 1. and Kobert Chapin and Ramsdell Heath of Troop 5 A complete record of every s stalled in the homes of the will be kept by the scouts. formation about how to trace the machine. Then they took it out of a | trunk at Leopold's home and Loeb twisted off the face of the type, after which they took the machine and | threw it into a lagoon at Jackson Park. When young Loeb left home the day after the killing, while they still expeeted to collect ransom, he took his father's coat and overcoat, he sald, for “a disguise.” Later, at Leopold's Home, he substituted anoth- er overcoat as being less conspic- uous. When he purchased a railroad ticket in planting a note for the slain boy's father, he wore glasses and another overcoat into the station s a “disguise.” He told how he had fled from u Chicago hotel during the development of the early part of the plot, after plans he had to make the hotel management believe him a per- manent guest, miscarried. He said he thought the fact that he brought books to the hotel with him would give an impression of permanency. He fled precipitately when he dis- covered that somebody at the hotel had removed this evidence of his “permanency,” and forgot to leave so much as a eheet turned down on the bed to indicate he had occu- pied it Dime-Novel Setting. Loeb started his statement by say- ing that the crime was planned for excitement and his description throughout might provide the sctting of a dime-novel adventure, as if the friends whom he scanned for victims were not real boys, but merely draw- ings in an animated reel. The confession did not show the two youths as the brilliant-minded boys who planned the most intricate details of their crime months in ad- vance. They planned, it was revealed, but they forgot to take into any con- sideration whatever, & fact that might have proved their best pro- tection from suspicion or detection— the fact that they were sons of wealthy and respected families living within & few blocks of their viétims. They decided the amount of money they wanted, and they decided upon an intricate relay system to get the money from their victim's parents— then they selected thelr vietim by chance and killed him while driving along a main street and did not know how to dispose of the evidence, the confession indicated. While concealing the body in a swamp, Leopold dropped his glasses and Loeb dropped a stocking of the Franks boy. Both were found when the body was discovered a few hours later, and the glasses led to their ar- rest. They threw away the chisel with which they struck their victim and it was found almost within & Y. When arrested they maintain their innocence until a chauffeur said they had not been riding in the Leopold car the day of the slaying, this being a part of their alibl. Then, apparent- 1y believing their entire alibi rested on_this, they confessed. The state now has in its possessien the glasse, the chisel, the Franks boy’s clothing, the auto robe, the ran- som letters. the blood-spattered clothing of the kidnappers, their blood-smeared rented car, the field- glasses they used and the typewriter. The typewriter was descridbed by Robert E. Crowe, state’s attorney, as the last link in the long chain of evidence that had been wound around the boys preceding their indictment a few days ago on charges of mur- der and kidnapping for ransom, each crime punishable by death. TAILOR OFFERS LIFE. Willing to Die for Slayers if $1,000,000 Is Given. By the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, Wis, June 7.—Curt Giessler, a tallor, today admitted he had written a letter to the Chicago police offering himself as a substi- tute on the gallows for Nathan Leo- pold, jr, and Richard Loeb, confess- ed slayers of Robert Fraaks, upon payment of $1,000, “I did it because I wanted to help my family in Germany and the poor taflors of America,” he declared. “I have been out of work. So have other tailors. Their lot is hard. I wanted to help them It is my In- tention that half of the million doi- iars is to go to my parents in Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany, and my five brothers and one sister there. The other half is to go to the poor (:A.il;‘ru of America. 1 am mot afraid to die.” Race Horse Seat by Plane, (By Cable to The Star and New Yerk Worl Copyright, 1924.) PARIS, June 7.—The first horse transported by air was sent from Paris to Amsterdam today on the regular passenger airplane. It was a young racing colt, 1 | STUDENTS IN 3-DAY RIOT, THE SUNDAY ST Boy Scouts Will Install Radio Sets Contributed to Star for “Shui-Ins” RADIO FUND RECEIPTS Cash contribution o The Star “radio shut-in _fund” w®ecelved yes- terday afternoon follows: Proviously acknowledged. ... .§148.50 J. Allein Brown... 1.00 J. Walter Cartar, 1L northwest ....... A.D. McCurley, 5419 northwe: e H. L. Kendrick, 1381 Harv street morthwest.... . W. N. Daniels, 1823 14th street northwest ............c..... s B. Hutchison, 1828 iitn stroet northwest............ P, H. Ontric ‘northwest .. H. Weatherbee, northwest ... et ard 14z Total ....... Crystal Sets and Kquipment. Crystal sets and equipment re- celved yesterduy aftcenoon follow: Previously acknowrledged: Fifty. one crystal setlx, sitteen pairs of headphones, antenna wire, crystals and other cquipment for installation, C. G. M., cne crystal sct and pair of headphones, 1. Weoaterbes, antenna wire. Total: Fifty-two crystal sets, seven- teen palrs of headphones, antenna wire, crystals and other equipment for installation. cally they will visit the invalids and examine the sets to lkeep them in first-cluss working conditéon. List of Invalidx, With the list of invalids who are nxiously looking forward.to one of the radio sots, contributed to The Stars “shut-in _fund” to breuk the monntony of their loneliness. growing daily, several humdred additional sets will be needed to meet the demand The sets will be given only to real “shut-ns” who financially unable to purrhase them Besides the sets. cash contributions arc nweded to purchase headphones, antenna_wire, insulators and. other cquipment for installation. The cash receipts for the first week of the campaign, tabulatad last night, to- taled §156. The equipments donated during the week mnounted to fAifty-two crystal sets, seventeen pairs of head- phones, antenna wire, crystals, insu- lators, ete. Cash Contributions, Cash contributions should be sent to The Stars “radio shut-in fund.”| sts donated by those Who are cogni- ant of the worthiness of the cam- paign shouid be left at the b ness office of The Star on the first floor of The Star building. Six_individuale contributed $6 to the fund yesterday afternoon with the following comment: “Believin that The Star’s radio fund is a worthv one In_that its accomplishments will bring happiness to the ‘shut-ins' of | those affected with serious illness and | blindncss, and applying only to thos who are finuncially unable to secure u radio crystal set to enjoy the enter- tainment regularly broadcast, make these contributions.” | CALL FOR AID DECLARES Bucknell Classmen Wrecked House ‘Where Woman Lay Dead, | Is Charge. | 5 the Associated Press. WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., June 7.—The local police department ‘tonight was asked by the chief of police and | burgess of Lewisburg to send officers to help subdue 100 or more youth: said to be students of Bucknell Uni- versity, who are declared to have been on a rampage in the borough since Wednesday night. “Students here are Shooting off cannon crackers, carbide canndn and dynamite in the main street’f Chief of Police Karl Miller of Lewisburg gcclared. “A number of small fires have been started in automobiles drosses have been burned off of women on the streets and a number of children have been injured. “The students entered the veterans' memorial cemetery and _trampled down the flags there. Then they tried to roll away the boulder dedi- cated to the wmoldier dead of this town. They smashed all the windows in front of a house in which a woman was lying dead and pulied a wagon filled with burning boxes down the main street They also hurled water on the burgess, H. O. Miller, and threatened to throw me into the river. Chief Miller declared that the state police said they could mot give him and that he had “gone down on his knees to the college authorities, but that the trouble continued.” Th. Williamsport police department, be cause a number of men were ill and others were on special duty, was un- abie to scnd aid. POINCARE POST GOES TO FRANCIOS-MARSAL (Continued from First Page.) the department of the Seine, called upon him this afternoon, after com- ing all the way from Algeria, only to refuse to go before Parliament for him. Steex Refwses Post. Steeg told him it was useless to combat public opinion and he, for one, RESERVES CALLED TO PREVENT RIOT Crowd cf 300 Threatens Trouble in Trying to’ Prevent Arrest in Southwest, teserves from the fourth. sixth and first precinets werd a last night to quell an incipient near 3d and M streets when a crowd of 200 colored py attempted to prevent combatant in a fight. Policeman Goldman, who was at- tempting to make the arrest, suffercd a severe bite on the hand, for which he was treated at Casualty Hospital, and although rocks, stones, arrest no one else was injured. Several shots were fired in by Policeman Byron and the fourth preinct, who Gioldman, in an attempt to frighten the assailants. The three policemen heid the crowd at bay until a civilian summonggl the reserves The Fields, colored, of 489 Cul- linane’s court southwest, was locked up and charged with assault. PACIFISM DENOUNCED. Chamber of Commerce Adopts Resolutions. CINCINNATI, Ohio, June 7.—Adopt- ing three major resolutions, one di- rected against extreme pacifism as being treasonable, another offering a the air Moore of were with Junior dents, and a third urging all persons to join political parties and exercise their voting privileges, the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce elected officers tonight. Louis Ar- land, San Diego, Calif. was chosen president:. Viee presidents—R. B. Condon, New York: W. M. Madison, Jacksonville, Fla.: A. Mungenast, St. Louis, wnd Grady Vein, East Louis. The resolution referring to pacifism severely criticised the “pacifist radi- cals,” who it_declared, “with paid o self-appointed agents of fors tions and foreign revolutionary move- ments using pacifism as a cloak, are attacking the time-tried American methods for maintaining peace and loyalty to treaties, through interna- tional conference and permanent in- ternational co-operation, in order to bring to the foreground dangerously misleading verbal nostrums and ut- terly impracticable panaceas, such outlawing of war and a war refer- endum.” Jacksonville, Fla., and Tulsa, Okla. are leading contenders for the next convention. HONDURAN REGIME 0. K.’D Dispatch Says U. S. Recognizes would not offer hsi head for the ax. After seeing Millerand he went to the Senate this afternoon and let it be known that he had refused the premiership. S He said: “The president is deter- mined to stand on the comstitution It was paintul for me to have to re- fuse, but I knew I could not success- fully form a government.” Millerand was disappointed by Steeg’s refusal, but the determined stand he has taken up to the pres- ent leaves an open likelihood that he won't give up until he has tried all_possibilities. His enemies are planning aiready to rejoice and hi awaited confidently by tnem ot * It i = t is time there was some solution as the orisis SEEE Ve N most Aotive manding Millerand's ons g:; Eive the impresen Bero that i it e tnrryiars el Soctalists—which by the average citizen. ek N The average citize: Mt A the Soms n t.“m Herriot The Communists are also taking ad- vantage of Millerand's resistance to accuse him of preparing a military coup d'etat, with the Mangin, Lyautey and others. The Communist party, through its organ, L'Humanite, warns the “workers and peasants™ to be on the alert against a plot hatching in the military academies at Versailles and St Germaln. n“l\. Communists offer no preof of e charge. They ars merely trying to capitalize the .crisis in their own interest. ) T T B anie tor Upon a radical vote the chamber de- cided to meet again tomorrow in the hope of recelving Mil) ? 2 hon & Millerand's resigna. —_— Cheer Obregon at Border. NOGALES, Sonora Mexico, June 7. —Amid the cheers of thousands ming- ling with the firing of a presidential saulte, President Obregon of Mexito, arrived at the international ight, Provisional Government. SAN SALVADOR, Republic of Sal- vador, June 7.—A despatch from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, says the United States and the Central Amer- ican republics have recognized the provisional government of Honduras. Provisional President Tosta, it is added, will name a minister to Wash- ington and make other diplomatic appointments next week. ECUADOR'S FIRST LADY DIES GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, June Esther Concha de Tamayo, wife of the president of the republic, died today. - remedy to cut down automobile accl- | AR, WASHINGTON, D. C., | s | relations, will amount only to about | $500,000 for the coming vear instead | southwest | \ | at his $2.200.000 new act act for amount brick- | bats and other missiles were thrown. | waq $14.201,758. | tion 3369 i i | The vanguard of 200 specially picked Boy Scouts, representing the varjous troopa in the Diatrict, who reported 1o their tempornry baxe of operations in The Star building yenter donated to The Star's “radfo shut-in fu Left to right, front row—~Robert Chapin, Troop 51; Ramadell Heath, ‘Treop I Standing, left to right—Willlam Dukex, Troop 47; William Luckett, Troop 1. Kelley Chadwick, Troop 51, Amnixtant Deputy Scout Commissioner Thomas A. King, who will direct the activitiex of the boys. " which they have volunteered to TAXES IN DISTRICT RAISED $3,200,000 BY NEW FUNDS BILL (Continued from First Page.) the United States, but now given to the District by the change in fiscal of $700,000, as estimated Ly members of Congress. The auditor explained that the reduced rates for automobile tags under the reciprocity law will cause the miscellaneous revenues to shrink Here is how Maj. Donovan arrived timate of an increase of in local taxes under the Under the appropriation the year now ending chargeable to the District Under the new fed by the city. am’s lump sum 343 the amount to be ra after deducting Uncle Of $9,000,000, 15 §17.58 This increases the District's obliga- Allowing_$500,000 additional sum the District will get from the 40 per cent of miscel- laneous collections formerly credited to the United States, leaves the net increase approximateiy $3.200.000. In “ongress decrecd that ould raise a surplus 000.000 within five vears, so that 7 the city would be on a ca ving basis. In other words, in 1 the the of by District would be able to meet its | share of expenses from month to month, and not draw advances from the Federal Treasury pending collec- tion of taxes. Greater Surplus Needed. This meant raising $600,00 in each of the five years over and above current requirements. Maj. Donovan declared last night that. with the an- nual appropriation act greatly in- creased in total, and with the United tat reducing its share of contri- bution, it will be necessary for the District to raise more than $600,000 surplus from now until 1 if ‘the city is to get on a cash basis. He has taken this into consideration in esti- mating a tax rate of $1.60. Although Congress has for the next 1 year abolished the 60-10 ratio ppropriating for the National Capital and substituted the $9,000.000 Limp sum as the federal government share, an effort may be made at the next ‘session of Congress to obtain further study of the fiscal relations. Seew Undue Copeern. Senator Phipps of Colorado, in charge of the District appropriation bill in_the Senate, indicated last night that he still believes a care- ful examination should be made to determine what would be a fair amount for the United States to pay toward Capital maintenance, whether it be permanently a lump sum or @ fixed proportion of the appropriation Senator Phipps also said he thought there was undue concern over the effect of the compromise reached for the next twelve months. He called attention to the fact that under the new bill the people of the District will pay only about $1,000,- 000 more than they would have heen called upon to pay had they obtained the same appropriation act under the 60-40 plan. As the bill was agreed to, he explained, the District gets the $9,000,000 lump sum instead of $8,000,- 000 originally allowed by the House, and, in addition, gets full credit for certain miscellaneous revenues, which formerly were divided 60-40 with the United States. Senator Wesley L. Janes of Wash- ‘ngton =ald that he had been in favor <f the proposal for an inquiry to de- termine what the federal govern ment's contribution should be. The House conferees would not agree to the suggestion that provision be made in the new bill for a commission to investigate the fiscal relations fu ther. MANHATTAN DAYS AND NIGHTS BY HERBERT COREY. NEW YORK, June &—This is not a press agent story. I know that posi- tively. But— Lamt night we dined at a recently raided cabaret. Pinched but not pad- locked, according to the new vocabu- lary. All red, yellow, blue, with funny lights and bunko-Assyrian fig- ures mors than life-sise plastered along the wall. An abominable little Russian man winked and grimaced at the plano as he sang what he called songs Then the usual meaty per. formers appearcd. The relation of clothes to bodles was precisely that of harness to & horse. And as for geiing, the long-forgotte! way was a beanfeast to it. The chief wriggler was very pretty. The friend at my right said she knew her. &‘h 'la [“mr“i‘t no::ynmm lumbla University,” e. "A.nfl I guess she is. Anyhow, I be- eve it Hard to get pessimistic about this country, Laest vear we Americans blew in more than a billion dollars bum stocks. We pass & lot of blue-sky laws and pay no attention to them. Any one with the picture of a derrick can sell us oil stock. The photograph of a mountain is background enough for a silver mine. Last year, also, the preventable fire loss was more than half a billion dol- lars. ln.ru of sermons, safety weeks, torials, slapped faces, ‘spanked persons, we go on building fires with kerosene and gaily flipping ted matohes into waste baskets. ut it is hard to get pessimistic about the country. Add the cost of bum stocks to the loss by fool fires and you have a billion and a half. Very well, then. This year the actual money value of the new_ bulldings being _erected in New York city alone will be three million dollars. I'm more than ever for the Boy Scouts. Or the Bwaa Skoots, as Parig calls 'em. They have not only cultivated their bodies but they have polished their minds. And they have developed a courageous ommon- sense. What other body of banquet- ers will follow the example of New York's Boy Scouts at their recent din- ner. A person dof I conse- Qquence rose ponderously— “Dear Boys” he asked, affection- ately, bending from the waist beam- ing, “what are we hers for?” “To eat!” roared the Boy Scouts And did. The orator was subme! Marcel Rousseau writes from Franoisoo_that it has just dawned on him that New York is the most mod est city in the world. California’ self-sutinfaction has fevered’him. So has the 8. s of all the rest of the words to that effect, “‘does not waste its own time boosting itself.” It's worse than that, Marcel. Ask y New Yorker. He'll tell you “This i3 & tophet of a town.” Only the out-of-towners like New York. 'Those who live here like New it and refuse to go & (Copyright, 7, to receive the crystal radio reeelving mets the | JUNE. 8, 1924—PART 1.~ the homew of the invallds. , and Richmond Chambers, 3. CRITICISM STIRRED CORELLI BITTERNESS | Complained of Insults of Press and Would Not Attend Dick- ens’ Meeting. By Cabie to The Star and Philadeiphia Public { Ledger. Copyright. 1924. LONDON, June 7.—Ever since Marie | Corelli's death at Stratford-upon- 1.\von where she lived in what her| |crities called arrogant seclusion as the rival of Shakespeare, many reve- lations have been made concerning the character of this strangely sensi- tive writer An_interesting aspect of the late I novelist is revealed in correspondence | between her and J. W. T. Ley, vice i president of the Dickens Fellowship, | {and author of “The Dickens Circle” {In 1906, when Mr. Ley ‘was honorary | sceretary, he invited Coreili_to | propuse the toast of L ens at the {first annual conference at Manches- ter. The author of the “Sorrows of Satan” replied I am very deeply touched by the | great honor” your lettar proposes to |me, but I cannot possibly undertake leuch a_task. I hope you will think {leniently of me when 1 say that the cruelty and coarseness of the press attacks upon me, my work and m personality have been so brutal an | cowardly "in many respects that I | being only a woman, and not a very robust one, though I am a writer, | connot consent to expose myself to them more than 1 can possibly avoid. “The Manchester press has for three or four years been steadily abusive of me—so please allow my presence alone to be sufficient at the dinner. They will find plenty of coarse vituperation for that fact alone. “Had I ever been made sensible of kindness—had the warm, generous spirit of Dickens himself ever have warmed one soul to a generous act in my regard that I could look ~back upon with gratitude, 1 should not have felt as I do now: but 1 am too much hurt and pained by frequent and gratuitous insults and calumny to stand up before a gathering in| which there will be many more en- emies to than friends, and speak for my beloved Dickens without break- ing down.” in the end Miss Corelli did not turn up, though she had booked a suite of rooms at a Manchester hotel. At the dinner came a telegram apologizing for non-attendance. PROSPERITY REIGNS THROUGHOUT SPAIN Labor Conflicts Held to Be at Low- est Ebb and Foreign Rela- tions Friendly. WALTER COL! NS, ‘he Star and the Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1924, MADRID, June 7.—Comparison of the Spain of today and the Spain of a year ago is all to the advantage of the directory headed by Gen. Primo de Rivera. There is abundant evidence of peace and prosperity on all sides. TLabor conflicts are at the lowest ebb and forelgn relations are on a most friendly basis. : True, there are many vital prob- lems, such as the military situation in Moroco, and the economics of transport and reduction of the high cost of living still await solution. Nevertheless, the situation is more favorable for tackling them, now that the government finds itself free from its other preoccupations: Observers of long residence in this country trace the present calm to the strengthening of authority, which bas begn relaxed under former gov- ernm bat which the directory now upholds _inflexibly in matters both great and small. EKrowledge of the vigilence of the government is having the healthiest offect upon every branch of national activity. AMERICAN AVIATORS ARRIVE AT HONG KONG Next Hop in World Flight Will Be 500 Miles to French Indo-China. By the Associated Press. HONG KONG, June 3.—The Ameri- can Army around-the-world fiyers ar- rived here at 12:30 this afternoon from Amoy. The aviators made the 308-mile flight from Amoy in threes hours and fifteen Illl.l:ltfl. T‘h:.mt leg :f”u:e i;..m 3ng, French Indo-China. i —— Bandit Slain in Running Battle. NEW YORK, June 7.—A bandit twenty-two years old, in whose pock- ets were found letters and a chauf- feur's license bearing the name of Alphonse Lavatela of San Francisco, was killed tonight by Policeman Themas Cassidy in a running plstol battle, after he had shot the cashier of & oafetaria on Lower Broadway. The cashier, ‘Morris Richman, s thought te be mortally wounded, BY By Radio fo ' 60-40 ABOLISHMENT FLAYED BY CITIZENS Federation Denounces Congrul; Action as Unfair and Un-American. PERMANENT BODY ASKED, Committee Chosen to Inmvestigate Fiscal Relations. Condemnation of the action of (‘on- grses in abrogating the 60-40 fiscal relations between the District and federal governments, and & proposal for an official commission consisting of citizens of the District and mem- bers of Congress to arrange a per- manent fiscal relations plan were con- tained in a resolution adopted by the Federation of Citizens' Associations &t & meeting held last night in the | District bullding. The resolution, which was adopted after debate lasting more than an hour, during which some opposition to the language of the motion was volced, was as follows: Resolved by the Federation of Citi- zens' Associations this ith day of June, 1934, that the action of Con- gress in changing the fiscal relations which have existed between the Fed- eral government and the District of | Columbla for nearly a half century, without adequate inguiry and oconsid- eration. is so manifestly unfair, un- Just, inequitable and subversive of | the best interests of both the federal overntnent and the District of Co- umbia that it merits and should re- | celve the unqualified condemnation | not only of every resident of the District. but of every citizen of t United States fnterested in the Capital city. Action Called Arbitrary. ““That it is the desire of the people framing this provision of the present District of Columbia appropriation bill is #o arbitrary and one-sded, and therefore un-American, that it can only be regarded as a temporary ex- pedient. That it is the desire of the people of the District of Columbia finally to set at rest the ever-recurring agita- tion in Congress involving the federal government's obligations in and to the District of Columbia, by an ar- rangement entered into after full in- quiry and due consideration in which the people of this District, who meet by their taxes the major portion of the expenses, shall be officially repre- sented, and to this end we cail upon Congréss before passing another ap- propriation bill for the District of (‘t?l‘;lhla to provide for an of- ul commission, consisting of an qual number of members of the Con- gress and bona fide residents and tax- payers of the District of Columbia, to | make proper inquiries and report to Congress and the people of the Dis- trict of Columbia a permanent plan for ‘the equitable apportionment be- tween the federal government and the District of Columbia of the ex- penses of maintaining, expanding and | beautifying the Nation's Capital. Queriex 1o Be Investigated. The committee on_fiscal relation, consisting of Jesse C. Suter, George A. Finch and William S. Torbert, was instructed to investigate and report as soon as practicable on the follow- ing five queries: 1. The amount and value of property owned by the fed- eral government in the District of Columbia. 2. The amount and value of property owned by foreign govern- ments_ within the District of Colum- bia. 3. The amount and value of all other property within the District of Co- lumbia exempted from . taxation. 4.| The proportion which such amounts and values bear to the amount and | value of the entire property within the District of Columbia.” 5. To- gether with such collateral informa tion as may be of interest and value | to the federation. Mr. Suter stated that one-fourth | of the area of the District was bear- | ing the tax burden. and that the fed- cral government owned property here to the value of $375.000,000. Mr. Suter pointed out that legations and educational and religious headquar- ters were establishing themselves in the District by reason of this being the National Capital, and that Con- ETess was eliminating the necessity of these institutions paying taxes. Mr. Suter urged that Congress be required 1o be responsible for the expense to the District of all properties they ex- empted from taxes here. An appro- priation of $75 was voted to the fiscal relations committee to carry out its investigations and inquiries during the summer. Demounce Car Toll. Aboltion of the half-cent toll on the Rossiyn cars of the Capitol Trac- tion Company was urged upon Con- gress by the organization in a resolu- tion which declared this toll a “vex- atious and petty form of taxation. The abolition_of this tax by the Pub- lic Ttilities Commission pending the next session of Congress will be asked. The Commissioners of the District will be asked to facilitate the dis- tribution of automobile tags by au- thorizing them to be issued through the twelve police precinct stations, in addition to the present method of distribution. This would be effective January 1, 1925. The Parkview and Petworth Citizens' Association backed this measure. The Commissioners were asked to cate to the federation their r supporting the bill pro- posing an increase in their muni- cipal powers and to furnish the or- ganization with a copy of their brief in this regard for the purpose of permitting the federation to study the question before acting upon it. The bill as it now is, was termed by a member as “vaguely and rudely drawn.” Charles A. Baker, president of the federation, announced that he desired all organizations affiliated with the federation to act promptly in the signing of the petitions which will in the near future be sent to all the major civic organizations by the citizens' joint committee on fiscal re- lations. " This petition will ask of Congreas representation in the House and Senate and the electoral college. Richmond Park Citizens' Assooi tion was admitted to membership in the federation, which adjourned until October. FISTS FLY IN SESSION OF ITALIAN DEPUTIES (Continued from First Page.) Ttalan sitoation as a bed of roses, ‘while those agalmst it characterized it as Daate's Inferno. He belleved the truth could be found between these two extremes. He pointed out that the opposition had Insisted on a general election and that the majority and received five million votes or 1,000,000,000 more than was neces- sary. Praise for Militia. The most significant aspect of the premier's address was his defense of the Fascist militla, which he de- scribed as admirable and stupendous in referring to the militiamen’s hero- ism in Tripoli, their loyalty and their usefulness in order that the army might be dedicated entirely to the task of preparing for war. “We will never dissolve the militia,” Premier Mussolini declared, pounding his desk with his fist while the ma- jority applauded frantically. Read- ing articles from Socialist and Com- munist papers, the Premier denied the charge that Italy was not en- joying full liberty. After _recapitulating the exploits of' the Fascisti, Including the march on Rome, the premier cried: “I have not made a coup d'etat. I have made & coup de tete.” At the end of his address he was an_enthusiastic ow. from uuwb,’u:hu of the nzimt‘:.u °nd LOCAL SCOUTS THIRD IN FIELD MEET HER Reading, Pa., Troops Win First With Pennsylvania Counties Tied for Second. Participating in what was said Boy Scout officials to be the larg.. intercity Boy Scout field day held in this country, the local Scou g won the third highest number points and came within two point from tying for first place in ficl{ competitions held at the reflacting pool in Potomac Park yesterday it ternoon. Scout councils represented in tng contest in Washington yesterdy were from Philadelphia, Wilmingt Baltimore, Richmond, Norfolk, Pori:. mouth, Roanoke, Reading Pa.; Ch ter County, Pa.; Delaware and Mont- gomery counties, Pa.; Montgomers County, Va., and this city. In « a series of elimination contesis had been held to determine the team that represented the councils at yese terday’s meet, and the teams repres sented the pick ‘of Boy Scouts from the central eastern part of the couns, try. teading was first with 16 poi Delaware and Montgomery counticg were second with 15, while Wasnine - ton was third with 14 points The teams competed in knot located a point by means of pass, first aid, making fire tion, semaphore signaling, Morse naling, fire building and water be tint pitehing and each 1 b Those events, winning in th individuals were: Knot tying—Joh Baltimore, first; John Reading. second, and H. H Wilmington, third. Finding means of a compa derlip, Washington Sharp, Wilmington, second, Paul Fisher. Reading, third, The team from Deleware and Mor«- gomery countics won first place in 1« first aid contest: Baltimore won s« ond and Philadelphia third. Pire by friction was won by 2 folk, with Richmond second Reading third. Walter McBrown Philip_Herrick of Washington first place in the semaphore place was won by Philadelphia. whila Portsmouth w third. Delaware and Montgomery counties placed first in the Morse code contest; Rradford Abernethy and James Mercer of ‘Washington second, and Baltim« third. In the water boiling con Delaware and Montgomery count won first, Clarke county, FPa., second, and_Philadelphia third. 7 tent. pitching contest was won by Ports- mouth, with Reading second and Roa- noke third The centipede race was won Reading. Norfolk was second Roanoke third Col. Irving D. Hunt of the Department actid as chief judge. Ha was assisted by Lieut. B. F. Hol- cobe, Capt. Evans, Lisut. R Bl Storch, Lieut, W. W. Behlow, Maj. R, C. McDonald, Maj. H. P. Corter, Dr, W. I. Bean, Dr. . L. Collins, Capt. W. F. V. Hyden, J. D. Hall, Charles Bell and J. P. Harvey A bronze plaque was awarded tha winning team, while silver and bronze medals were awarded the win ners in each event. Colin H. Liv- ingston, president of the Boy Scouts of America. made the prize awards and congratulated the winners. ICEHOUSE ON FIRE; 2 ALARMS SOUNDED reatest Damage May Result From Water Filling Chinks Between Cakes. and team Horst o Wink Gerow ud wo b and Wan Two alarms were pulled last night to prevent spread of the chilliest fire in the annals of the department It was in an ice house at 11th and I streets southwest. ¢ Sergt. Tolliver of No. 13 Engine Company, happening to look up the street, found flames spouting from the roof of the ice warehouse of the Terminal Cold Storage and Ice Re- frigerating Plant of the Washington Market Company. He turned in an < alarm Despite the fact that 10.000 tons of ice were between the engine room ammonia tanks and the roof of the building where the fire was con fined, a second alarm was sent in upon the arrival of the first com panies, calling out reserve apparatu for use in case of emergency. The fire was placed under control easil Damage to Building. Damage to the building, officials of the company said, will amount to li'- tle compared to the damage caise if the water from hose lines seepei down into the crevices between block = of ice. This will render much of the fce useless, it was stated, since the water, freezing, ix thought to hus formed two huge 5,000-ton blocks of ice. The fire served to demons co-operation which police ering on the fire department result of the automobile jam Galliher lumber yard five Sheetz had men stationed in a cordy at the radius of one block from th: blaze to keep automabile traflice fron blocking streets. Several thousand spectators turned out to sce the b and got a thrill when a hoseli sprung a leak and the rumor spr. that an ammonia pipe had broken In Germany women are employed as mail carriers and are on the same basis as the male carriers. May Circulation Daily - - 96,309 - Sunday - 101,912 District of Columbia, ss.: FLEMING NEWBOLD. Busineas Manager of THE EVENING and SUNDAY STAR, does mol- emnly swear that the actsal namber of copics of the paper named, sld and distributed dur- ing the mooth of May, A. D. 1924, was s follows: DAILY. ¥ Days 1 ek 3 wos 1 creses esesrsratetstcasnsne ol bt i Ht Less adjustments. Total daily net circulation. Total average net paid circt Tation ........ Daily average net eirculation. SUNDAY. Coples. Days. Less adjustments... Total Sunday net eire Average net paid Sun culation .... Average number of service, etc.... Average Sunday net cireula- tion . . 101912 FLEMING XEWBOLD, usiness Manay aaTibyeribed and eworn to befors me Uhis th Toets) " 7 NLMEs r. YoDWT, $ Netary Fublie.