Evening Star Newspaper, June 16, 1924, Page 4

PLANS TO MOTORIZE | IDLE CARGO SHIPS 0'Connor Will Try to Make U. S. Vessels, Now Unsaleable, Fit for Merket. HAS $25,000,000 AVAILABLE Believes Fund Enough for Work on i Sixty Vessels. Judicious expenditure of the $2 000,000 made available by Congress will permit conversion into Diesel motor-propelled vessels of approxi- mately sixty large steam cargo ships totaling 600,000 tons, now lving idle tut well preserved, Chairman O'Con- nor of the Shipping Board declared Jast night in a statement. The money to be expended out of the board's construction loan fund, now amounting to $67,000,000 through ship sales and liquidation of in- dustrial sites and surplus materials, will provide much-needed replace- ments and serve notice that the “American flag to permanently fiv on the seven seas.” the chairman declared. Many Vessels Available. As a result of the survey board's lald-up fleets, about sels have been sclected as mOSE suit- able for ultimate conversion into motor ships To install new steam machinery in them, the chairman dded, undoubtedly would enhance their reliability and involve less cost than Diesel installation. but the re- #ulting benefits, he added, would not be commensurate with the expendi- ture involved. As the ships are not marketable in their present state, Diesel conversion would save them from the scrap heap. Mr. O'Connor said further conver- eions are anticipated through the amendment of the merchant marine Aact authorizing the board to loan to Private companies one-half the cost of installing Diesel engines in their ssels. Ameri ship owners are Vecoming keen ive to the motor- driven vessel's potentialities, the chairman said, and thirteen vessels ®old by the board in the last three years on the condition that they be converted already are in operation. Tentative Selections. Twelve ships of hetween $.800 and #1400 deadweight tons have been ten- tatively selected as the first group to be Dieselized and advisory com- mittee will meet with the board this week to decide on the particular de- sign of engine lection of main and auxiliary machinery will be made, Chairman O'Connor said, with a view to standardizing high-grade equipment at reasonable prices “This policy.” he asserted, “should greatly assist the development and establishment of the related indus- tri for as soon as standardized are manufactured i of the recessaily follow The statement pointed out that the motor vessel consumes but one-third &t sea and one-tenth in port of the fuel burned by a steamship of equiv- alent power and that it can be op- erated with a reduced engine room crew, thereby lowering wages and subsistence costs. The savings have been found in practice to absorb the cost of conversion in from Six to sev- en vears. 5,000 POUNDS OFFERED FOR STOLEN ANTIQUES Police Believe Treasures Taken From London House Can- not Be Sold. Br the Asociated Press LONDON, June 16.—A three-column/ advertisement listing the articles taken from Lady Ludlow’s mansion in Paccadilly ing £5.000 reward for the discovery of the thieves and the recovery of the property is published In today’s news- papers. Scores of detectives thus far have | failed in their efforts to trace the robbers and their prospects of suc- cess are not regarded as promising. It is suggested the robbery was com- | missioned by people desirous of ac- quiring antique treasures and that these have probably already reached their destination, to remain in hiding indefinitely The Daily Mail points to the dis- crimination shown by the thieves in | selecting the things to be taken as supporting this view, since the plun- der would be quite valueless to the ordinary burglar, who could not dis- pose of the property to receivers of &tlolen goods because any of the ar- ticles would be immediately recog- nized, while to break them up would destroy their value. Thus, says the newspaper, the rob- hers are presumably burdened with property worth £100,000, on which they cannot raise a shilling. TRUCK GOES OVER BANK. Maryland Man Killed and Another Hurt in Skid Accident. Epecial Dispateh to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., June 16.—Resler Smith of Pen-Mar was killed and Or- ville H. Stottlemyer, Cascade, was in- Jured when a truck in which they were riding skidded from the road | near Emmitsburg vesterday morning and rolled into the bed of a creek. Stottiemyer was thrown clear of the machine. A box in fumbled on him to death the rear of the truck top of Smith, crushing —_— Bricklayers lead the field of labor in wage increases gained in the last half century. Mortgage Loans Made and Sold J. LEO KOLB Main 5027 923 N. Y. Ave. 1237 Wisconsin Avs. AFLIN Think of Eyes ClaflinOpticalCo. -23'4.5 3t,. P L YouNeed § U'~not forego the enjoy- lment and convenience M of a well appointed bath & because yours is an oldg £ g g B house. l IV[ We modernize anti- quated bathrooms very N reasonably, doing the work with minimum G inconvenience to you. Maurice J. Colbert Heating—Plumbing —Tinning 621 Street T o AR GAMRARSM OISR greater | numbers lower production costs will last’ Thursday and offer- | I FOLKS | Mrs. Lee Slater Overman, wife of the senator from North Carolina, is the only member of her exalted circle who was part of Washington's world in the 1870s. Mrs. Eugene Hale and Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins were of the congressional contingent at the same juncture of time, Mrs. Hale as the wife {of the member of Congress from Ells- worth, Me., and Mrs. Elkins, then Miss Hallie ~Davis, daughter of Senator Henry Gassaway Davis of West Vir- Einia. But they are now widows of sen- otors and not the wife of une, as Mrs. Overman is, and who in 1870 was their associate, as the daughter of Senator A. S. Meérrimon, who died as chief justice of the supreme court of North Carolina. Miss Merrimon married young Lee Overman in 1878, when he was the private secretary of Zebulon Vance, her father's successor in the upper house. With the exception of about five years, when her husband was in the state legislature, Mrs. Overman has been a member of the official set continuously ever since the early '70s, and her experience ex- tends from the days when Washington was an ill-paved country village, scornfully tolerated by the legislative set and deemed a place of exile by the diplomatic contingent, to the mag- nificent governmental seat it is today. She has been familiar with the deni- Zens of the White House since Grant's era, though, of course, few of the national legislators from the south in Grant's time ever darkened its doors. Senator and Mrs. Overman reared three lovely daughters in Washing- ton and educated and presented them to society. They went from their home here as brides, and now the eldest daughter, Mrs. Gregory of Salisbury. N. (., is about the age to reap soclal honors. FRANCE GRIPS RUHR UNTIL BERLIN PAYS, IS HERRIOT DICTUM (Continued from First Page.) severity to the German nationalists. We have to uphold France's rights as | well as those of the democracy of the world.” Owing to the premier's selection of Gen. Nollet as minister of war even the most rabid of the opposi- tion press seem to have been dis- armed, and all are inclined to give he new president and premier every opportunity to make good, and noth- ing but friendly encouragement After saluting the Unknown Sol- dier under the Arc de Triomphe, eu- logizing Emile Zola at a public cere- | mony this afternoon, and at the ame time forecasting that zeneral amnesty would be one of the first acts of the new government, Premier eign office JUNKERS RAIL AT NOLLE t Quai d'Orsai. Better Franco-German Feeling. By the Associated Press BERLIN. Juna 16 —The presence Nollet as minister of war in srriot cabinet suggests to the reactionary party organs that the German Democrats once more have been duped and that the new French ministry holds out no promise of being a government of “peace and nding."" ollet. who during his acti ¢ as head of the inter- ymmission became anathema to the Nationalists, stigmatized by the pan-German and nti-Semitic Deutsche Zeitung as shamele The newspaper viciously denounces Gen. Nollet for his alleged continuous provocation and the system of espionage which he carried on in con- nection with his official duti Vorwaerts, organ of the ; | casts a more auspicious horoscope for ) future Franco-German relations. * It professes to see in the make-up of the Herriot ministry the infinite in- dignation of the French and a yearn- ing for new leaders and new methods. | “This rejuvenating process.” says | Vorwaerts, “is destined o prove a blessing to France and the rest of Europe. BRUSSELS IS OPTIMISTIG. Herriot to See Belgian Minister allied control ocialis After London Visit. By the Associated Press BRUSSELS. June nothing definite has been arranged regarding_ the interview Premier Herriot of France will have with | Premier Theunis_and Foreign Min- ister Hymans of Belgium in the near future, the possibilities are that the exchange of views situation will either shortly before or soon after the conference M. Herriot is ith Prime Minister MacDonald of England next Sunday Belgian political circles continue to view the general reparation situation optimistically, particularly as prolongation of the agreements be- tween France and Belgium and thu Ruhr_and Rhineland for reparation deliveries in kind until June 30 announced at Duessel- dorf yesterday was unconditional. A definite solution of this problem will 16.—Although and Belgian governments get into contact. 18th & Fla. Ave. —will accept your Classified Ads intend- ed for The Star— promptly forwarding them to the main of- fice — for insertion in the first available issue. There’ll be no delay —and no fees are charged—only regular rates. Mr. Pearson and his staff will extend every facility of a Branch Star Office for the convenience of those in his neighborhood. The Star prints MORE Classified ads every day than all the other papers here combined—as a nat- ural result of the re- plies received. “Aroi the Corner” is Herriot installed himself in the for- | Socialist Organ, However, Expects | militarist and war-baiter.” | on the reparation | the | industrialists | be considered as soon as the French | FIND BRIDE OF WEEK IN SHALLOW GRAVE Vigorous Search Being Made for Man Who ¥s Suspected of Wife Murder. By the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, June 16.—Every au- tomobile highway in Wisconsin north of Milkaukee was patrolled today by sheriff's posses seeking a man who fled from a tourist camp at Witten- berg shortly before the body of his bride of a week was found in a shal- low grave. The man gave the name of George P. Cummings of Grand Rapids, Mich. ‘The couple appeared at the tourist camp Saturday with equipment for a long stay in the north woods. The Wwoman appeared to be ten or fifteen years older than ner husband, and told other tourists they had been married just a week. Yestercay morning the man ap- peared alone about their tent, and soon drove away, only to appeal to a farmer a little later for assistance in getting his automobile out of a roadside ditch, excitedly offering § Several hours later the farmer re- turned to the scene of the accident, saying he had reflected upon the tourist’s excitement and the fact he was unaccompanied. Examination of a small mound revealed the body of Mrs. Cummings wrapped in an old army blanket, tied with rope and buried under two feet of earth. She had been killed by three blows on the head, apparently with a hatchet. FOUR CARS IN COLLISION. Arrest Follows Accident in Which Woman Is Injured. Special Dispateh to The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md.. June 16. —Following u quadruple collision on the highway between here and Wash- ington yesterday in which a colored: woman was injured. Albert . Marsh was arrested on a charge of driving while under the influence of liquor. His bond was fixed at $1,000 when |he demanded a jury trial before Justice of the Peace Gore It is allegedgthat Marsh's car col- lided with another and two machines that were following crashed into the wreckage. The woman was not ser- | iously” “injured. Only one of the | damaged autos was ‘in a condition | that permitted it to be driven away CHINESE TO DEFY LAW. | Leaders in Canadian Coast Cities Seek Test in Courts. VICTORIA, B. C., June 16—A for- mal attack on the federal immigra- | tion regulation requiring the regis | tration “of ‘all Chinese nationals in {Canada on or before June 30. was | made toda in a complaint lodged | with the immigration dep an influential body of Var uver and Victoria Chinese business men The | written complaint states that the jremulation will be ignored, and that in case of prosecution for failure o | register, an_effort_will be made to | test the' validity of the measure. he greater part of Chinese here registering. while expressing isapproval of the law | Bishop Fiske Improving. ] BALTIMOR June 16.—The condi- | tion of Bishop Charles Fiske of Utica, N. Y., which was slightly Ve S ightly improved | this morning at the hospital, where ‘he is ill with pneumon which de- veloped after an operation about three weeks ago. The was “very glight,” the hospital - | thorities said, but the bihhng. who‘I:s head of the central New York Epis. copal diocese, was olding his own. 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Use every effort (o suppress mobbish movements.” Patriotic Move Prevented. The agitation following the enact- ment of the immigration law was originally regarded as a sincere ex- pression of national resentment. Un- doubtedly the majority of the peo- ple are still actuated thus. However, recent developments indicate that cer- tain eloments have taken advantage of the opportunity to create a situ- ation embarrassing to the government internationally. The issuance of the above instruc- tions is reported as the result of such actio A notable incident in this conngction was the funeral of the unknown patriot who committed “hara-Kiri” as an expression of resent- ment to the immigration law and an effort to arouse the national spirit. Oficialy’ Names Forged. Among the floral offerings were two huge bouquets bearing in large lotters the names of Viscount Kato now premier, and Korekiyo Taka- hashi, minister of agriculture and commerge, Indicating that these lead- ers of the coalition government thus paid their tribute and availed them- selves of the opportunity indirectly to protest against the American ex- clusion law. These facts were given wida publicity How investigation shows neither Premier Kato nor Minis Takahashl sent any flowers and that their names were used unauthorita- tively. RUSSIAN PACT FORECAST. Native Japanese Press Sees Move to Offset U. S. Policy. By the Axsociated Press. TOKIO, June 16.—In the light of a series of recent events, which have readjusted Japan's internal political ftuation, vernacular newspapers pro- fess to see the possibility of another policy toward ¥ overnment officials refuse to dis. cu: probable direction of the inew cabinet’s policy since the ascen- sion to the premiership of Viscount akaaki Kato. The press, howeve interprets certain occurrences recent- indicating a definite step of Russo-Japanese he the elevation of Vis 0 a3 premier. While he was opposition in ation of Siberia on of Saghalien | preliminary step in a Russo-lap- | anese agreement. As premier he now |has the opportunity to execute such |a poliey as will " virtually assure | agreement with the Soviet govern- | ment, newspapers point out Minister Is Recalled. The second fact considered imp | tant by the newspapers is the order | sent to Japanese Ministar Yoshizawa to ret apan to report to the It’s in handy shape—easy of reference as you tour along— and adds to the pleasure of autoing by being always sure of to- | the | WORK ORDERS LENIENCY ° TOWARD WATER USERS Asks Liberal Interpretation Phipps Act on Reclama- tion Projects. Acting on the authority of the President, Secretary Work today ordered the superintendents of all reclamation projects to construe lib- erally the Phipps act, recently en- acted to relieve the western settlers, by further deferring charges due the Bovernment. Falilure of Congress to enact legis- lation recommended by Secretary Work's fact finding commission, which provided for the writing off of more than $27,000,000 owed the gov- ernment by reclamation farmers and for a more scientific method of re- payment dictated the action. It is believed that it will protect settlers against foreclosure during the com- ing season pending the passage of | permanent legislation. Regulations covering the defer- ment of charges under the Phipps bill, already have been issued by the burean of reciamation in which sim- plified rules of procedure for ob- taining relief by settlers as well as Wwater users’ associations are out- lined. Those water users who have cred- its and assets enabling them to pay all or part of their obligations will be expected to do so, while those not able to pay but who give every intention of carrying out their con- tracts by work on the projects will be treated sympathetically. e For some people it is hard to fall down without breaking the eight- eenth amendment. of cabinet. He has been conducting negotiations with L. M. Karakhan, Soviet representative in the Far East. His recall at this time is considered as indicating the cabinet's desire to sum up the conclusions reached in the past stages of the conversations and to embark upon a new phase of Russo-Japanese relations. While anti-American agitation is showing definite signs of subsidence in Tokio, it ix continuing very active- 1y in other cities of the empire. Film Boycott Failing. Yokohama has been the scene of frequent and bitter demonstrations. 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Convicted Man Asks Supreme Court to Review Sentence. JThe Supreme Court was asked today ‘0 review the death sentence imposed pon Walter Ray Simmons for the mur- der of Frank Pahl, at Spencer, Neb. 3immons ir under sentence to die mext Wednesday. Being in recess, the court capnot con- sider the petition antil after it recon- venes next October. The filing of the motion was decided upon by E. P. Holmes, Josiah Coombs and Thomas P. Littlepage, counsel for Simmons, after consultations with justices of the court. 1t is based upon the discovery of new evidence and on the charge that three of the jurors who tried Simmons were prejudiced. It is the expectation of counsel for Simmons that Gov. Bryan of Nebraska will continue to grant thirty-day res- pites until the Supreme Court acts upon the case. The petition asserts that several farmers who did not appear at the trial will testify that Simmons was not in the automobile when Pahl was driven down the road and murdered. — $50,000 Given U. S. 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