Evening Star Newspaper, November 11, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Partly cloudy tonight and tomor- row, warmer tomorrow; moderate northeast winds. Temperature for 24 hours ended at p.m.: Highest, 54, at noon today; lowest, 41, at 1:20 a.m. today. “From Press to Home : Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and tHe regular edi- Full ‘report on page 2. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 26 No. 29414, Entered as second cl. post_office Washington, ch WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION » matter D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1924 —-THIR' SECRETARY DAVIS 10 LEAVE CABINET AFTER MARCH 4TH Informs President of Desire to Return to Private Life From Labor Post. AGRICULTURE VACANCY SHORTLY TO BE FILLED Acting Secretary Can Hold Office But 30 Days—Other Resiz- nations Hinted. Secretary Davis of the Labor De- partment, has informed President Coolidge he wishes to retire from the Cabinet after March 4 next. Mr. Davis is the only cabinet mem- } ber who has indi- cated he desires to retire, it was said officially today at White House, Meanwhile, it was said, Presi- dent Coolidge has given no consid- eration to othe possible changes SECRETARY DAVIS in his Cabinet. And has < Davis will rem win The in. Act in Wallace Vacancy. vacancy cauged by the 1¥. The Acting 30 days. law requires the term of an Mr. Coolidge may appoint Acting Secretary Gore to the Cabinet | post Lo serv when he Virginia. White House officials appear to take no stock in numerous reports that the President might display a changed attitude now that election is over and he has been chosen to the chief magistracy in his own right. me of the re- ports have indi ed that he might desire to ask for the resignations of some of the holdover cabinet mem- bers in order to make personal selections. Nevertheless, it is known that at least one or two of those who now hold cabinet positions desire for one reason or another to return to private life, and it remains to be determined whether Mr. Coolidge can prevail on them to stay in the Government service. until March 4, however, becomes Governor of Wes Born in Walex. Davis was born Octotffr 27, in the town of Tredegar, the son of a steel worker. At age of 7 he reluctantly came to America with his family, crossing the Atlantic in the steerage, After his father had obtained work in_ the mills of the Pittsburgh trict the boy became in succession a bootblack, messenger boy, helper in the mills, iron puddler, tinplate roller, city clerk, county recorder, labor organizer, philanthropist and a member of the Harding cabinet, The great achievement of Mr. Da- vis as director was the founding of Moosehart, a community in Illinois, miles ' from Chicago. As cone ceived by him, the idea was to pro- vide a home and school for the chil- aren of those who died in poverty within the Loyal Order of the Moose. Mr. Davis first entered politics while working in the tin mills at B wood, Ind. At that time it was de- cided that the tin mill ‘workers should have a share in the muni. cipal government, and Mr. Davis was elected city clerk. Four years later he was elected county auditor, and his ambition was to become auditor of the State of Indiana, but by chance he joined the Loyal Order of Moose, which marked the beginning of his real career. Within a year he was made its director general, re- maining in that office from 1907 to 1921, when the late President Hard- ing offered him the post of Secre- tary of Labgr. POLICEMEN ACCUSED OF BEATING PRISONER Formal Charges Filed by A. A. Davis Against 8ix in Sev- enth Precinct. Formal charges have been filed Biainst six members of the seventh police precinct, growing out of the mlleked mistreatment of Arthur Pavls, 3007 Cambridge place, while in Eustody in the police station Septem- Yer 27. The accused are Lieut. Joseph Sv. Pierson and Privates Ralph G. Proctor, R. B. Carroll, Clarence P. Stobinson, Pealmer. Milstead and J. F. Gawen. Attorneys P. J. Ryan and George C. ¥age, counsel for Davis, filed sworn kharfes against the policemen. alleg- §ng brutality toward Davis while the lattef was in_the police station. Davls and Policeman Musselman frere involved in a difficulty on the Btreet, and Davis later surrendered to the police to answer any charge that rughl be preferred against him. It s alléfed that while in the station he Svak Eummoned from a cell, a sack placed over his head and he was fakeéh to an adjoining room, where, he l}f'“’ he was beaten into insensi- ity A charge of assaulting Policeman ussélfhan was preferred against )4vis, Thé case was heard before a iify ih Police Court last week and is %8 acquitted. It is probable that the ki members of the force will be kited to appear before the police trial board Saturday morning. Davis claims his alleged mistreatment was in re- taliation for what happened to Mus- €elman earlier in the night. Pershing Returning to U. S. Gen. John J. Pershing, former chief of staff, is expected to arrive at New York City tomorrow, or Thursday from & visit to his soh in Switzer- Jand amd will come directly to this .y, ed the hope that Mr.| death ! of Secretary Wallace of the Agricul- | tire Depariment is to be filled short- : i | cretary can run for only 30 the | dis- | A By the Associated Pre: BALTIMORE, November 11.—In the trial of Representative John Philip Hill in the United States court here today for alléged violations of the Volstead act, Judge Morris A. Soper ruled that the “‘one-half of 1 per cent” clause in the Vol- stead law does not apply to bever- ages made in the home for home consumption. Judge Soper said: “Congress seems word one to have used the ‘non-intoxicating’ differently in than it did in another. To my mind, Congress p nly i tended that persons manufacturing | cider and wine exclusively for use in their homes should be in a class by themselves or otherwise there Is no| apparent need for this section (sec- tion 29). Intent of Comgress. h “The only reasonable explanation for Congress singling out home- made cider and wine makers is that Congress did not intend to punish men for such manufacture unless the beverage is intoxicating in fact. “This opinion seems to be borne out by an opinion expressed in the United States Senate in September, FIGHTS T0 SAVE §3000000 SPENT section i { Taxpayer Brings Injunction | ' Suit Against Wilbur to Stop Washington’s Scrapping. | wen over $35,000,000 of taxpayers' {money invested in the superdread- { naught Washington, §5 per cent com- pleted, may be saved with only 24 thours to spare, or may be sunk to joblivion in 30 fathoms of water GO0 | miles off the Chesapeake capes by ihigh explosive bombs and big gun- [fire from the battleship Texas in fur- | ther proof to all the world of the sac- Irifices this Government is ready to "make in unequaled good faith in an attempt to safeguard the peace of the | world. | By order of Associate Justice Wil- liam Hitz of the Supreme Court of | the District. Curtis D. Wilbur, Secre- tary of the Navy, is to appear in court Friday morning at 10 o'clock to show cause why he should not be re- | strained from destroying this first- line battleship in conformity with the arms conference naval limitation treaty. Just 24 hours later the Wash- ington, designed to be “the pride of ** is scheduled experimental {the United States Nav to b crapped” by bomb and target practice. | Secretary of the Navy Wilbur was iserved with notice of the injunction | suit at 10:30 o'clock this morning { " Attorncy General Stone was called | upon today.by Secretary Wilbur to present the overnment's answer to | the order. Since the disposal of the iship was determined in the inter- “nulion 1 greement resulting from the W; ngton arms conference, Secretary Wilbur said, the suit w. | properly one for the Federal legal | authorities to handle, rather than | those of the department which was made defendant. | The Secretary today maintained | that the suit could not interfere with {the plan which contemplates the de- struction of the Washington by gun- fire and mining tests off the Virginia Capes next Friday. He pointed out |that the department was free to go forward with its program while the court proceedings were being con- summated. This last day appexs to the courts in behalf of the taxpayers of the country—on the ground that the de- struction of this warsRip is not nec- essary because the limitation of arm- ament treaty covering the scrapping of capital ship tonnage is not in force |or legal, and that other nations, not- |ably Great Britain and Japan, .are | far in excess of their capital tonnage totals—was made late yesterday by William H. Shearer of New York, a naval expert. - Mustering to his support an array {of legal talent including Wilton J. | Lambert, R. H. Yeatman, Willlam E. | Leahy, and Martin J. McNamara of | Washington and Edwin S. Merrill of | New York, Mr. Shearer before leav- ing Washington last night for New York dcclared his intention of mak- ling this a “finish fight” for a real showdown on the national defense. It is expected that Secretary Wilbur will be represented in court Friday by the judge advocate general of the Navy, who will oppose the granting of a permanent injuhction to prevent the scrapping of this brand-new super- dreadnaught. Filed with his bill of complaint Cider and Wine Made in Home Held Legal,in Trial of J. P. Hill Judge Rules “Half of 1 Per Cent” Does Not Apply, But That Beverage Must Be Actually “Intoxicating.” | that he had had eorrespondence with 1919, when the Volstead act was be- ing debated by the chairman of the committee in charge of the bill. He expressed the opinion when this sec- tion was added to the bill by amend- ment that cider and fruit juices made exclusively for use in the home must be intoxicating in fact.” Follows Long Argument. The ruling was the result of a lengthy argument yesterday by coun- for Hill and United States Dis- Attorney Amos W. W. \\'.m.lr! re sel triet The Government chemists testified ! that Col. Hill's homemade wine h:ul} an alcoholic content us high as 11} per cent | Hill's defense was based on the leged ambiguity of section 29 of the Volstead act, which permits the man- | ufacture of homemade fruit juices und cider, provided they are “non- intoxicating,” but forbids their sale to any one except those who have a permit to make vinegar from the cider. Col. Hill, himself, was the first wit- ness for the defense. He said, in response to questions of his attorneys, “(Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) DOUGLAS ROBINSON 10 SUCCEED COUSIN ASAIDETOWILBUR Another of Roosevelt Family| * Virtually Selected as Navy Assistant. Theodore Douglas Robinson of New York, a nephew of President Theodorg virtually been selected for Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Mr. Robinson, who | Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, called | today at the White House, and after | a conferenco with President Cool- idge went to the Navy Department to confer with Secretary Wilbur. The post of Assistant Secretary has been vacant since early in October when Theodore Roosevelt resigned to make his unsuccessful campaign as Republican nominee for Governor of New York Tradition of Roosevelts. The appointment of Mr. Robinson would carry out what has become a Roosevelt tradition in the Navy De- partment. The Theodore Roosevelt! who retired as Assistant Secretary six weeks ago had been preceded in | that post by Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat, and years ago the Theo- dore Roosevelt who later was to be- come President also served as the department's second in command. Mother Is Acti Mr. Robinson’s mother, a sister of the former President, has been active in recent Republican politics. His wife was, before their marriage, Helen R. Roosevelt of New York. Mr. Robinson was born in 1883, was educated at Harvard, and has served in the New York State Senate. He| was chairman of the Progressive State committee of New York in 1912. ! JOHNSON EXPECTED TO BUY CLUB SOON Oakland Owner Says Plans for Purchase Virtually Are Complete. is a son of | By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, Wash.,,November 11.— J. Cal Ewing, owner of the Oakland club, here attending the annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Base Ball League, announced today that Walter Johnson, Washington Ameri- can League pitcher, virtually has completed arrangements to purchase the Oakland club of the Coast League. Alleged Accomplice Arrested. Clayton Hubble, 20, Baltimore, charged, with Harvey Elliott, also a Baltimorean, with complicity in al- leged improper treatment of a young girl last summer, was arrested in Baltimore yesterday and returned here by Detective C. J. P. Weber. Harvey Elliott was arrested in Sep- tember, given a hearing in Police is a report by Mr. Shearer after an (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) Courts Gaining on Fewer marriages and fewer di- vorces were recorded in the Dis- trict of Columbia during 1923 than during the year previous, the Cen- sus Bureau announced today, al- though for the rest of the United States both marriages and di- vorces increased in number dur- ing 1923, as compared with 1922. There were 5739 marriages in the District of Columbid during 1923, against 5760 in 1922, while divorces here during 1923, num- bering 126, were 35 less than the 161 divorces granted during 1922, Maryland showed 25,678 marriages last year, against 22,928 in 1922, and 1,605 divorces for 1923, com- pared with 1,426 for 1922. For the country as a whole, di- vorces showed a more rapid in- crease than marriages last year, the statistics showing that the number of divorces were 11 per cent more than in 1922, while the As Divorces Increase 11 Per Cent Court and held for the action of the grand jury. “Dan_Cupid” number of marriages was only 8.4 per cent larger than the pre- vious year. : Marriages numbered 1,223,825, as compared with 1,128,045 in 1922, while divorces granted numbered 165,139, against 148,815. Nebraska was the only State in which there was a marked decrease in mar- riages, it being about 25 per cent. Census Bureau officials explained it was due, to some extent, to an amendment to the marriage law in 1923 requiring the posting of an application for marriage li- censes for ten days before the li- cense Is issued. The largest rate of increase in the number of divorces was in the State of Washington, slightly more than 60 per cent, due, ac- cording to the Census Bureau, to a change in the divorce law which caused a considerable decrease in the number of final decrees in 1922, the first year the new provision was in effect, {and when an analysis last night show- | the conclusion that |MRS. HARDING NOW B DIE IN ELKS' HOME OF ARSENIC IN KEG FILLED WITH CIDER Two Others at Bedford, Va., May Succumb and 17 Are Seriously Il BEVERAGE PURCHASED FROM NEARBY FARMER Officials Think Receptable Had Contained Arsenate for Spray- ing Trees. Special Dispateh to The LYNCHBURG, Va,, November 11.— ight residents of the Klks National Home at Bedford, 25 miles from here, are dead, and two others of 17 seri- ously ill are not expected to live, as the result of arsenic poisoning be- lieved to have resulted from drink- ing sweet apple cider at luncheon vesterday. The cider was taken from a keg, ed traces of arsenic in the beverage, county officers investigating came to the poison had been left in the receptacle after it had been used to hold arsenate of lead for spraying fruit trees. Lixt of Dead. The dead are: Chester Tucker, jewelerfl Lima, Ohio. Alvin Spalding, railroad man, Love- land, Colo. Joseph A. Kenny, hotel man, Marion, Ind. ¢ ¥. | ¥. O'Connor, lJal-! , Tex. Thomas Madiggn, railroad contrac- tor, Long Island City, L. L George 4V. Slade, lumber merchant, | Saginaw, Mich. S. Whitney, Dmaha, Nebr. B. F. Allen, Ore. The cider was made Friday by E. M. Richardson, a farmer residing! above Bedford, who long has served the Elks' Home, and was brought to institution Saturday. ¢ yesterday afternoon the first | illness were reported, and when the affection became general | H. R. Mosby, superintendent of the| home, sent out a call to surrounding | towns for physicians and nurses to| augment the staff of the home. Other Lives Saved. Relief was rushed to the institu- tion and the attendants worked all night. As a result it is believed heavier casualties were forestalled. When it developed that the men were victims of poisoning Supt. Mos- by sent a sample of the beverage to the laboratory at Randolph-Macon, where, it was announced, the evi-| dences of arsenic were developed. The theory that it was the keg that was responsible, it was said, was borne out by the fact that some cider brought (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) railroad man, 1a general contractor, showman, Portland, AT POINT OF DEATH Barely Alive, Doctor Reports—Had Looked Forward to Armi- stice Day. | By the Associated Press. MARION, Ohio, November 11.—Mrs. Warren G. Harding was reported as | hovering between life and death to- day by her physician, Dr. Carl W. Sawyer, who reported her condition as unchanged from yesterday. Little hope was held for her recovery. ‘While mistress of the White Hous Mrs. Harding, with her husband, in- augurated the custom of visiting the tomb of the Unknown Soldier on each Armistice day, and she had been look- ing forward to celebrating the sign- ing of the armistice again today, her friends said. Dr. Sawyer's daily bulletin on his patient’s condition follows: “Mrs. Harding had a poor night. She feels weak and exhausted this morning. Her general condition is not so good.” BROOKHART’S LEAD CUT BY OFFICIAL CANVASS Towa Senator Has 743 Votes Over Steck on Partial Count of Counties. |- By the Associated Press. DES MOINES, Iowa, November 11. —County boards of supervisors in 40 of Iowa’ counties today resumed their work of making the official canvass in the United States sena- torial contest between Senator Smith W. Brookhart, Republican, and Daniel F. Steck, Democrat. At the close of the tabulation last night, official returns from 59 coun- ties and unofficial returns from 40 counties showed Brookhart's lead to have been cut down to 743 votes. The complete official vote from all counties probably will not be avail- able before tomorrow night. — MONOXIDE GAS KILLS. Woman Found Dead in Seat of Automobile. PELHAM, N. Y., November 11.— Mrs. Eva Robinson Taylor, socially prominent, was found dead from car- bon ‘monoxide gas poisoning yester- day in the seat of her automobie in a garage. Her husband, Sutherand Tayor, Jr., was killed in an automobile accident last August. Having motored to her former home to obtain some personal be- longings in the house she had re- cently disposed of, Mrs. Taylor ap- parently left the car in the garage with the engine running “and the doors closed. She presumably re- turned through a door connecting the garage and the kitchen. The coro- Ber 8aid death was accidental, ¢ Foening Star. as fast as t tion is delivered to Washington homes he papers are printed Yesterday’s Circulation, 98,235. Y-EIGH! WO CENTS [ d gy, LODGE T0 BE BURIED WITH SINPLE RTES Government Officials Wil At- tend Funeral Tomorrow. Military Escort Unlikely. 11.—Simplicity be obser at the funeral to- morrow of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge in accordance with 'the fam- ily's wishes President Coolidge directed that the officers in command of military units here do all in their power to carry out the wishes of Senator Lodge's relatives. It was said to be improb- able that military ecscorts would be accepted, however. As representatives of the President, Secretary of State Hughes, Secretar: of War Weeks and Capt. Adolphus Andrews, naval aide to the President, will attend. There will be delegations from the Senate and the House. v. Cox and a delegation of the Legislature will represent the State. A suggestion by the governor that the body be placed in the Hall of Flags in the State House, to lie in state until the hour of the funeral services, was not acted on by the family. Today friends who wished to pay their last tribute went to the home of Dr. Willlam Sturgis Bigelow, etong friend of Senator Lodge, to which the body was taken from the hospital where the Senator died. PICK FUNERAL DELEGATES. Hughes, Weeks and Andrews to Represent President. Arrangements have been made by President Coolidge to be represented at the funeral, he requesting Secretaries Hughes and Weeks and Capt. Adol- phus Andrews his naval aide, to at- tend in that capacity. At the same time officials of the Senate and House made plans for delegations to repre- sent those bodies officially at the services. The Senate committee, designated by Senator Cummins of Towa, presi- dent pro tem, was announced as fol- low: Walsh, Massachusetts; Curtis, Kan- sas; Borah, Idaho; Swanson, Virginia; McLean, Connecticut; Smoot, Utah; Ashurst, Arizona; Pittman, Nevada; Sterling, South Dakota; Underwood, Alabama; Wadsworth, New York; Fernald, Maine; Watson, Indiana; Gerry, Rhode Island; Hale, Maine; Mose: Spencer, Mis- New Jersey:; Keys, New Hampshire; Pep- per, and Reed, Pennsylvania; Cope- land, New York; Edwards, New Jer- sey; Green and Dale, Vermont. The House will be represented by the Massachusetts delegation. PRAISED IN LONDON. LONDON, November 11.—The pub- lic activities of United States Senator Lodge often have filled much space in the English newspapers, and his death attracts corresponding atten- tion. All the mewspapers print por- traits and lengthy obituary notices. “He was a very stalwart American,” says the Times, commenting on the passing of the Senator. “He was of the type that is fast vanishing. Al- though he maintained a traditional, and, .it may be hoped, obsolete an- tagonism toward England, the disap- pearance of such a remarkable figure cannot but be felt as a loss.” WOMEN ROUGED FREELY IN FIRST CIVILIZATION Beaded Egyelashes, Hands and Wore Ornamental Coiftures, Excavations Reveal. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 11.—Women of the world’s first civilization used rouge elaborately, beaded their eye- lashes, manicured their hands and wore ornamented coiffures, according to discoveries made in excavating the an- clent Sumerian city of Kish by the Field Museum-Oxford University expe- dition, and reported to D, C. Davies, director of the museum here. ‘Women had equal rights in the ear- liest known empire, it has been de- veloped by finding cylinder seals, used for legal and property transactions in the tombs of women. “Vanity cases,’ containing red, black and green pigments have been found in the tombs. Jeweled hairpins, silver band rings, beads of lapis lazuli, carnelian, serpentire and jasper, earrings and bracelets, taken from the tombs have given excavators definite ideas regarding the modes of feminine adornment in 3000 B. G Manicured NOVEMBER 11, 1924 Men With Hobbies, Fat, Profane Ones, Best Surety Risks By the Assaciated Iress 'OLUMBUS, Ohio, »vember 11. —Men with hobbies and fat men usually are good risks for surety compan Fred M. Withey, president of theNational Company, today told members the Columbus Ad Club, “The nut,” or n@an with a hob- by, Mr. Withtey said, “is a good moral risk because he is too busy with his pet subject to take oth- er people’s money; the fat man is a good risk because his thoughts center on eating rather than dishonesty “The married vice Surety of man is a better moral risk than the .bachelor by a six-to-one ratio, and the violently profane man is a good risk be- cause he takes out his peeves in swearing rather than in stealing.” Withey said. Women as a rule are more hon- est in business affairs than men, the speaker said. When they go wrong he said, their peculations usually are not large. RULES FILIPINGS CAN BF CTIZENS Army or Navy Service Not Required, Justice Hoehling Declares. Natives of the Philippine Islands are eligible to become American citi- zens even if they have not been in the military or naval service of the United States. Justice Adolph A Hoehling of the District Supreme Court so decided today, when he overruled the opposition of the bu- reau of naturalization to the grant- ing of final papers to Ambrosio Javier, who was born in the Philippine I lands March 24, 1886, and made his declaration of intention November 30, 1921. Javier had never been in the military or naval service. The opposition was based solely on the ground that a Filipino, unless entitled by virtue of military or naval service, is not eligible for naturaliz tion under, the provisions of any ap- plicable law of the United States. The bureau claimed that the Filipinos do not owe permanent allegiance to the United States and quoted the pream- ble of the Autonomy act of August 29, 1916, in which appears the state- ment that it “always has been the purpose of the people of the United States to withdraw their sovereignty over the Philippine Islands and to recognize their independence as soon as a stable government can be es- tablished there.” Court Finds in Favor. Justice Hoehling admits there is no specific legislation by Congress as to the naturalization of native-born Filipinos not having military or naval service, but ,drawing an ana- logy through the action of Congress in providing for the naturalization of the Porto Ricans and the debates ac- companying the passage of that act, the court reaches the conclusion that Congress had in ming relief for the native-born Filipino who might come here and take up his permanent resi- dence. In the absence of any declara- tion by Congress the court finds Javier is entitled to admission under section 30 of the act of June 29, 1906, establishing a Bureau of Immigration and_ Naturalizaiton. “Reduced to its last analysis,” says Justice Hoehling, “the contention of the Bureau of Naturalization comes to this, that a native-born Filipino does not owe permanent allegiance to the United States; therefore section 30 of the act of June 29, 1916, affords no relief. The proposition itself would be without support of any kind but for the provision of the autonomy act of August 29, 1916, which, in its pre- amble recitals indicated an intention to withdraw sovereignty of the United States over the Philippine Is- lands and to recognize their inde- pendence as soon as a stable govern- ment can be established there. Degree of Permanence. “That act was passed over eight years ago,” continues Justice Hoeh- iing, “at which time the Filipino had been under continuous allegiance to the United States for some 17 years —in short, the allegiance of the Fili- pino to the United States has now existed continuously for more than a quarter of a century. An allegiance which has thus existed and continued without interruption, with no present fixed limitation in duration as to the (Continued on Fage 2, Column L) i | | | | ST.PAUL'S ROBBED; ALTAR IS DAMAGED Vandals Steal Alms at Catho- lic Church—Safe Foils Burglars. Secreting themselves in St. tempts to break saf where precious vessels are stored, robbed boxes containing of- ferings for the poor and those at the shrine of St. Anthony. An altar cloth on the main altar, made of pur linen, was ruined by the vandals when burned by a cigar or cigarette stub and later drenched with water. Total damage could not be estimated, because the amount in the poor boxes is not known, but the intrinsic loss is placed at less than $17% The altar cloth was the item of greatest value. Poxt Card In Clue. Detectives Springmann and investigating the case this morning, found a post card, never mailed, which evidently had dropped from the pocket of one of the intruders. behind the main altar. This contain- ed a local addrens. It furnished in- formation which will be run down in an effort to identify the person who | had intended mailing it when lost. The initials “D. C.” were appended to 2 personal message on the card. Amateurish bungling characterize the work of the church burglars. The;‘ attempted to break into the taber- nacle safe from the rear, and when this was found impossible, even after stripping the about the safe, it was pushed inches from the front of the altar so that it jutted out from its aperture at the rear. Detectives hold the that a clever burglar, using proper tools, could have broken this safe easily. The poor boxes iclded little, for they had been emptied only the day before. And the offering boxes at the shrine of St. Anthony also had been recently emptied. Safe Yields Nothing. The burglars opened a side altar safe and obtained nothing for their pains. Three vials of holy oils and unctions were taken from small vault, and these were outer casing the open later found, having been discarded as use- | less by the thieve: Mgr. J. F. Mackin, pastor of church, personally conducted detectives around the scen dalism. He said that it is customary to lock the church at 6:10 every night. Since the doors were not forced from the cutside, the only in- ference for the detectives to draw was that the thieves had hidden themselves inside for the night, be- fore the doors were closed. The exit was made from the front door. which was left open. This door could not be opened from the outside. Sanctuary Not Entered. The sanctuary, at the rear of the the the altar, used for storing the vestments | of clergymen, was not entered. The fact that the altar cloth was not even damp when found early this | morning confirmed detectives in the belief that the burglary took place during the middle of the night, since the water would have taken some time to dry. BRITISH AND PEACE MOVE BEGUN {U. S. Asked to Use Good Offices to Heal Breach, Is Report. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, November 11.—The Mexican foreign secretary, Gen. Aaron Saenz, is unofficially informed that parliamentary steps have been taken to bring about a resumption of diplomatic relations between Great Britain and Mexico through the friendly offices of the United States Government, he stated last night. Officially, however, he knows nothing of the matter. The Mexican government has al- ways been willing, the secretary add- ed, to engage in decorous diplomatic discussions upon all points pending between the two countries. — Radio Programs—Page 20. Paul's | Catholic Church, 15th and V streets, | | last night, vandals, after fruitless at- into the tabernacle | Darnall | of police headquarters, who started | opinion | another | of van- | MEXICAN PRESIDENT HONORS TOMB OF UNKNOWN ON ARMISTICE DAY Wreath of Chrysanthemums and Palms Placed With Simple Ceremony. ADMIRERS PAY TRIBUTE TO MEMORY OF WILSON Observances at Arlington and Na- tional Cathedral Draw Hungdreds on Sixth Anniversary. Flanked by detachments from the three armed of which he i j commander-in-chief, President Calvin | Coolidge toda tribute from the | nation and in memory of those paid the supreme sacrifice, placed a huge wreath of chry hemu and | palme on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlingtongvational Ce tery. : The President’s visit to Arlington was the outstanding feature of Wash- | ington's of the sixth an- | niversary of Armistice day. As the President entered the c | tery the artillery at Arl boomed forth with a salute of twen- guns, and the presidential came abreast of the amphith ater drummers and buglers of the Fort Myer Band gave the customar honors of four ruffles and four flour ishes. forces who observance ty-one party as Wreath Solemnly Placed. President Coolidge led by his military nad came slowly up the walk and stopped several paces in front of the tomb when Licut. Col. Clarence O. Sherri military aide, handcd him the wreath, The three service detachments, con- sisting of one from the Army, one from the Navy and another from the Marine Corps, cameito present arm After placing the wreath, i President stood with uncovered head for a moment and then turned awa Before the party left Mrs. Coolida: took a single white rose which held, stepped up to the tomb ar laid it reverently on the whit marble, a tribute of the motherho of the Nation. The party then turnce and left. Service at Cathedral. his part naval aides, and Meanwhile another outstandi World War hero was being honorcd at impressive services at the National Cathedral, as friends and admirers of Woodrow Wilson made their annuul | Armistice day pilgrimage, not in former years, to the home of Ameri- ca's war President, but to his tomb, Gathered this afternoon before th palm-banked final resting place their ddol were many of the sar {men and women who appeared before the S street residence last Armistic day, but contrasted with cheers tha swept the throng on that occas were the sorrowful faces of tho who paid tribute to his memory t day. 1t was a brief but impressive cere- mony that took place at Mount St. A n. With quiet solemnity the committe of men and women who had arranged the former pilgrimage filed intv Bethlehem chapel, led by a 7-ye old boy, Samuel White, son of Major Samuel A. White, U who « ried and placed a single floral offer- ing, a large olive branch with a lot cala lily, upon it. Bixhop Gives Invocation. Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bisho; of Washington, opened the ceremor | with invocation, followed by read of several of the late President’s fa- vorite Scripture passages. Then th Columbian male quartet sang *Leac Kindly Light.” A second floral piecc a wreath, was next placed on the tomb by a special committee of George Washington Post of the | American Legion, of which Woodrow Wilson was a member, led by Comdr Percy B. McCo: The benediction was pronounced by Rev. Dr. James H. Taylor, pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church, which Wilson attended Immediately upon the conclusion of the chapel service the principals and spectators adjourned to the Peace Cross in the Cathedral where they were to hear Thompson, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, eulogize the dead war chief. Both the indoor and out- door services were broadcast. Huston Honor Lolge's Son-in-Law. All day long there will be pilgrim- ages to the shrine of the Unknown Soldier. After leaving the tomb ol the Unknown President Coolidge went to the grave of Representative Augustus Peabody Gardner, a son-in- {1aw of the late Senator Lodge, who |died in the military service in 191X Flowers placed on the grave were sent to the President by a_woman in |the erowd gathered around the tomb |of the Unknown Soldier. A floral _tribute from the proving |division of the Bureau of Internal | Revenue was placed this morning by Capt. Hugh Watson and Miss Carolin. Muller. | Capt. Roger army, retired, French the alf Brunschwig, vice president of Grands Blesses de la Face, o be |of his society placed a wreath, {there also was one from the American Veterans of Hellenic descent. Women Hold Services. The American Women's Legion held brief service: at the World War Cross, which Rev. H. H. D. Ster- rett officiated. €omdr. Frank L. Peckham, Ame ican Legion of the District of Ca lumbia, accompanied b his staff, | placed a wreath on the tomb on be- ! half of the local veterans. This afternoon the Legior. 6f Amer-s ican Pen Women will place a wreath on the tomb at 4 o'clock. In the office of the registry of the Treasury there was dedicated at 1 o'clock a tablet bearing the names of five former employes of that office who died during the war. /ill Dedicate Memorial. The Washington General Assembly Fourth Degree, Knights of Colum bus, this evening at 8 lock, at the | hall, 916 Tenth street northwest, will | dedicate a memerial tablet. Rev. A. Calnan will pronounce the invocs tion. Addresses will be made 1 Chief Justice McCoy of the Supreme, Court of the District of Columbia and Frank P. Peckham, commander of the District of Columbia Department of the American Legion. Benediction will be pronounced by Mgr. C. F. Thomas, pastor of St. Patrick’ lcénufid'on' Page 4, Column 3.