Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1924, Page 2

IIPANESEADWIRAL SCORESSUSPION fie Hres He Sees Nothing nister in U. S. Pacific Fleet Maneuvers. the Wssociated Press. TOKIO, December Oxada, the comn of the Imperial joint na t§d , the pondent dpciatea P th responsibllity (sserting that the (pesial 1 o concern about | the. Amer preposed Pa- dific maneuve uch from 6 — Admiral der £ al squadrons, of the As- would assume | new corre: ss th carried 3,000 “ithough maybe onl / little larger scale and of groater @uration than usual naval maneu- wers, “signify very littie in our eyes,” He said. 5 h i Ho said that were he a statesman e would fecl far more deeply about :tn attitude of the press, “ever in- ghnt on maki capital of matters| his kind “Fere the ijterior inte exarcises, out Japan, Attitude of Press. ahout . while and fume of Americ fret i e sus- | by limited | but 1 do assert | the sense of the ese nation or navy. ) tenches us to feel and pathy with men of the s written that and sympathize Individually, per- hting man in the serv- of my country, 1 am sympathetic tremendous enthusiasm | the warriors of a neigh- try trying to foster spirit among the men be- hind the guns so that they may ac- auit themselevs with honor redit in case of emergency doing just sam~ thing. Su; splrit of should not be dis- couraged t will do immense zaod instead of if given broad, far-sigh t anship to guide It for the a th one a =gnally, as a horing a martial the . Expresses 014 Principle. “#ha word ‘prepavedness,’ invented tn_America, expresses a principle as ol as time a ng men of arm sald Admriral Okada “T am pe tly frank in pressing | myself.” he said shouldn't T be? T am not talking a diplomat, for under no circu stances am I forced to suga opinions. The only fear t sesses us foldiers is that we may ho able to fulfill our duty to the state | and the Er mency in of us. We have no other der the sun. We ha d condemn | the idea that we should be In any | way concerned about the coming maneuvers of the ertcan Navy. We are not so hysterically disposed and suspicious about what other na- tions may do. On the contrary, our sympathy goes out toward those. no matter of what country, who love their motherland and for that love forget every selfish Interest. We our- | selves have been trained In this faith from the cradle.” H thus_ex ion expects worry un- | e | FRENCH DEPORT 50 | REDS, OPENING WAR | ON SOVIET MENACE! 1qging all sorts of subtle and dan-| gerous plots, but the question now is h¢ing talen up by the soherer organs Le Temps prints the details of an afleged new Communist organizatiol chlling for the formation of ‘“cells”| 18" each factory, railway station and whorkshop, as well as in publie offices d among military and naval units. | Tt is intende the account says, tHat from these nuelei Communist ae- | tiwities shall spread throughout the countr; All the units would give vaguestioning obedience to the execu- | tive branches, one of the underlying objects of the plan being elimination | the “parlor bolshe " and other ntellectual reds, making the move- | n‘en' purely proletarian. i (Moscow ordered, the paper adds, that the org: ition should be eom- vleted before December 1, so0 it could Le put into operation as & whole on January 1 to start a campalgn for “political maste The prefecture of police announced this noon that all necessary measures Tad been taken to prevent public or- der being disturbed by a* manifesta- o0 which the Communists were report- +@ to intend making this afternoon as protest against the expulsion of foreign Communist® from France.* The government stated yesterday that th order would be enforced cgainst undesirable alie $120,637;7715 ASKED FOR AGRICULTURE: CUT OF $3,114,260 (Continued from First Page.) of : marketlng and distributing roducts, $539,107. ction of migratory birds, $149,. control of the Japanese beetle, 0.000; control of the Mexican bean eetle, $3 00: prevention of spread nf the uropean corn bores, $383,630; broventing spreads of moths, $740.000: Yofl survey investigations, §193,710. Bureau of Chemistry, $1,497,188, in- clgding $785.860 for enfoicement of thi food and drugs® act; Forest Ice, a total of 35,143,915, of which $288,000 would be ' for combating 7dpest fires and $426,900 for improve- t of National forests; Bureau of t Industry, $3,834,638, of which 108,275 would be made available for Wastern agricultural irrigation, $39,330 for dry land agriculture, $180,080 for cotton and truck disease: $345,280 for blister-ruft control, $48,- 3 for citrus canker and $128,325 for orghard diseases: Bureau of Dairy- ing, $484.340; Bureau of Animal In- dugtry, 35,355,166, of which $40,520 wguld be for eradicating dourine, $431,363 for eradicating hog cholera, 315,860 for other diseases of animals, 3609,451 for eradicating the cattle k, and indemnities for eradication Yguberculosls, $2,578,000. eather Bureau, $2,343,192; farm- co-operative demonstrations, $1,- 40; co-operative agriculture ex- fon work, $1,300,000; agricultural riment stations, $1,440,000. PRICE STANDARDIZED. ARSAW, December 6.—An agree- has been entered into by all the h oil refiners under which all oil | be sold at the same price in the estic markets, while exports of products of the Polish refinerfes will be made in common. The agree- ment {s to last a year with the un- derstanding that it shall be renewable fap three years if the members con- somt. e price of refined oll for export, free on the rail at a border station, isfixed at §$05 per tony. . | cent. | aidate by Congress Rebels At Report Five Months Too Late Congress has reared up again in protest against administrative red tape.. Phe particular occasion 1s the receipt of a report which is five months behind the real facts as known to Congress. Senators and Representatives wera surprised to find that, al- though the project of marking the American battlo lipes in France with monuments had been abandoned mofiths ago, a report of the Battle Monument Commis- sion, semt to the Capitol by the White House, said that prepara- tions for such a step Wwere pro- ing. hen inquiry was made mem- bers of the commission at first Guestloned whether such a state- ment had been made, but they found later that the report cov ered the fiscal vear ending last June. e COOLIDGE'SVOTE ABOVE 1520 TOTAL {Reports of 10 Big States Show 186,180 Lead Over Harding Figure. By the Associated Press. The vote for the three leading presidential candidates in the last election in 10 of the largest States totaled 16,530,042, according to figures received here from secretaries of State after the official canvass. The official figures for all States have not yet been received. President Coolidge received 9.991,- 958 votes in those 10 States, John W. Davis, 4,372,625, and Senator La Fol- lette, 2,165,459, The States are New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Massachusetts, Indiana, New Jersey, Missouri and Iowa. In each of them Presldent Cooltdge received more than half a million votes. In the 1920 election those States cast 14,437,104 votes, of which President rding received 9,805,778 and James M. Cox 4,631,326, 604 Per Cent for Coolidge. Analysis of the statistics indicate Senator La Follgtte drew slightly more from the Republicans than from the Democrats. Coolidge received 60.4 per cent of the total vote in N vember In the 10 States, Davis, 26.4 per cent, and La Follette, 13.2 per cent. In the 1920 election Harding recelved 68 per cent of the total vote In the same States and Cox per La Follette, it would appear, drew 7.6 per cent from the Republi- cans and 6.8 per cent from the Demo- crats, Coolidge had a plurality of 5.619,333 over Davis in the 10 States and & plurality of 7,526,499 over La Follette. The President also had a majority of 3,453,874 over the combined Davis and La Follette vote in the 10 States. Pennsylvania gave Coolidge a plu- rality of 992,289, the largest plural- ity ever given any presidential can- that State. Illinois gave Coolidge the second largest plurality with 876,246 and New York the third largest with 869,262, Big Coolidge Plurality. From officlal returns now in, it is shown that Coolidge's plurality ex- ceeded the vote for Davis in more than a quarter of the States. La Fol- lette polled a larger vote than Davis in at least fivé States, including Wis- consin, where his plurality over Cool- idge reached 142,084 Interest in the national election apparently was not very Keen !n the South. Practleally every State in that section, excepting Georgia, showed a smaller total vote than in the presi- dential election of 1920. FORMER DICTATOR OF VENEZUELA BURIED Gen. Castro, Who Ruled Country for 10 Years, Laid at Rest in San Juan. By the Associated Press, SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, December 6. —Gen. Cipriano Castro, the man who for almost 10 vears as dictater held the destinies of Venesuela in his hand, was buried here vesterday in alien, but not _unfriendly, soll, shrouded ip the flag of his mnative land, from which he was an exile. Gen. Castro died at midnight Thursday frem hemorrhage of the stomach, after a lingering illneas. The last rites over the body of the one-time dictator were simple. {This was due to the fact that his family desired a quiet funeral. Lope Bello, a Veneguelan exlle, deliyered an oration at the grave, to which the body was borne by nephews of Castro after a service in the Catholic church. As relatives of the dead man were placing wreaths on the newly made mound the sunset gun at the army post at K1 Morro, which overlooks the old cemetery, was fired, and the Stars and Stripes were lowered, giv- ing to the scene suggestion of the honors which once were Castro's. Not many of the refugee compat- riots of Castro pald their last re- spects to his memory. This is at- tributed to fear that the Venezuelan government might obtain knowledge of their whereabouts. HOPES TO END WALKOUT. Mine Union Commission Seeks to Persuade Miners. SCRANTON, Pa, December 6.—En- couraged by its success in averting a strike at the operations of the Le- high Valley Coal Company, a com- mission assigned by John L. Lewls, president of the United Mine Workers, to investigate the unauthorized walk- out of the 12,000 miners of the Penn- yivania Coal Company, hopes to per- suade them to return to work. The commission will attend a meat- ing of the Pennsylvania workers grievance comittee today. Last night the Lehigh committee decided not to issue a strike order. Chrigtmas Is Coming Shop Early So You Can Mail Early MRS. BUZZ! FREED INMURDER TRIAL Woman Once Sentenced to Die in Schneider Death Is Acquitted. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 6.—Mrs, Anna Buzzi, twice trled for the mur- der of Frederick Schueider, wealthy contractor, with whom she had lived seven years, was freed by a jury In Broux Supreme Court early toda Although she had been a prisoner since she was found guilty aud sen- tenced to dle in the electric chair in her first trial, June 1923, she elected to spend the first night of her freedom with the jail matron, who has been her constant companion since she went to the Bromx Jjail five months ago. Prior to that she had spent 11 months in the death house at Sing Sing prison. Sho stayed the night with the matron outside the jail, however. Schneider was shot in his automo- bile on a lonely road in the Bronx The prosecution alleged Mrs. Buazi was afrald he would discontinue re- lations with her. Prosecutor's Wife Called. Mrs. Buzai's defense had rested al- most entiredy upon alibi, and the principal witness called by her coun- sel was Mrs. John Mofieehan, wife of the district attorney whose office was handling the prosecution. Mrs. | McGeehan testified that she had| talked with Mrs. Buzzi on the tele- phone at her home less than an hour after Schneider's body had been found. Counsel for the defense claimed that Mrs. Buszi could not have committed the crima and have reached her home In time to answer Mrs. McGeehan's call. The principal witness for the State was Mrs. Buzzi's brother-in-law, Wil- llam Turk, who swore that he had loaned the defendant t revolver with which Schneider was killed at her request, and that she had eon- fessed the crime to him later. PRESIDENT TO SEEK | ACTION IN RENT AND | TRAFFIC SITUATIONS (Continued from First Page.) should provide for two new judges at least, one of which would be specifi- cally designated to take care of such traffic cases, and that there should be at least 50 more traffic officers, in ad- dition to the 50 now employed, and | that there should be 100 extra foot- men who could be assigned for traflic | work when the occasion required. On motion of Representative Blan- | ton, Representative Henry C. Rath- bone of Illinois was instructed to draw up a report and make recom- mendations to the joint committee of House and Senate at its first mesting. | All of the five members of the sub- i committes were present and each | made definite recommendations. Chairman Rathbone discussed par- tioularly the evils of the smoke screen, saying that it was absolutely unjustifiable, that it served no legiti- mate purpose and was prima facle evidence of intent to violate the law. Raps Collateral. i Representative Blanton sald that the | main evil is the takipg of nominal col- | lateral, and allowing it to be forfeited. He urged that every person arrested should put up bond for appearance in court, and that his appearance should | be insisted upon. Then if he fails to ap- pear the coilateral or bonds should be forfeited and a bench warrant granted. He declared it should be an offense to give incorrect names and addresses. He believed that the traffic legisiation should declare the use of tha smoke creen a felony, and that a fine of not less than $1,000 and six months' {m- prisonment should be imposed. He argued for & three-month sentence to be imposed upon any one interfering with an officer in making an arrest. In discussing what he believed to be culpable delay on the part of the district attorney, Representative | Blanton said, “we should let this district attorney know we are not going to let him play with the law any longer. We should let him know we are going to remove him from office if he doesn't do his duty, We can't have enforcement of the law unless we have officers who enforce the law.” Mr. Smith reported 103 traffic deaths, 82 caused by motor vehicles, up to the first of June, and the rate has increased since then. He said that only four eperators of these| death cars are unknown, and that only 25 have been held for man- slaughter. Representative Gibson, Republican, of VermarX, said, “I understand that 10 persons have been killed In the past 30 days. This is a terrible con- dition, and we will be lax fn our duty if we do 'not take steps to| remedy it.” He said that there should be some administrative head apart from the police force with the right | to lssue and revoke licenses. FHe advocated Jjall sentences -and the revocation of licenses for those driv- ing while drunk. LEISINGER MYSTERY HERO DETHRONED AS POLICE BARE TRICK (Continued from First Page.) came from Snow asking for the in- spector. McKimmie took the m sage, but failed to tell Inspector Grant about it, the latter said. In- stead, he told of his “tip"” and re- ceived permission to work on the case. The {nvestigation further disclosed, according te Inspector. Grant, that | white 1ue wutier seed Frayery wiil appear beiore one of most distinguishe this sedson, when they present Frederick Ballard's comedy, +Believe Me, Xanthippe,” at Poll's Theater next Wednesday afterncon, December 10, at 4 o'clock. Mra. Coolldge and the wives of the cabinet officers and of commanding officers of the Army and Navy will occupy boxes, and all Waskington society will be represented. The play is given publicly ax a means fo: Institution. The players are componed of cx-service patients and aoldiers belonging to the hospital's enlisted personnel, the nurses. Two performances of “Belleve me Xanthippe” have already been given on the stage of the Red Cross Bullding at the hospital, to the delight of performance, with an excellent cast. the men. It moves FRANCE WLLPAY, JISSERAND SAYS Will Meet Obligations to U. S. to Last Cent, He Asserts in Speech. By tie Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 6 will pay its debt to the Unit to the last cent, in the opinion of Jules Jusserand, French Ambassador. He referted to the debt in a speech vesterday after he had been given the degree of doctor of laws by New York University “When we pay last cent,” he sald, will not forget that blood than any of the allies, much treasure, and that we were the only country that supplied the battlefield. I think you should know that not more than one-sixth of that money went to France. The rest of it was spent in the United States, and I hope that account will be taken of our spe- clal position on that use of the money you were preparing, and also that while we were borrowing we were also lending to our allies, and that not one of them has paid u: Dr. John Grier Hibben, president of Princeton University, who preceded Ambassador Jusserand as a speaker, sald that in his opinion at least part of the French debt should be can- celed by the United States. we shall pay to the “but I think you we &pent more FRENCH DEBT ISSU DELICATE QUESTION FOR U.S.TO SETTLE (Continued from First Page.) glven to Great Britain, the London government will be compelled by her own public opinion to ask for a re- vision of the debt agreement with the United States. And America would be in an embarrassing situation if she discriminated between Great Britain and France. The French insist that their capac- ity for repayment does not compare with the financial ability of England. President Coolldge himself appeared to recognize this theory when he said in his annual message the other day that terms might have to be made in laccordance with the differences in the | financial abilities of the countrles in- volved. Italy has been using that argument in conversations with the United States. Better Terms Needed. So it is a foregone conclusion that if the United States wants to collect any money from Italy, France and the others better terms will have to be accorded than were given Great Bri- tain. But this is not the only reason for British concern about the French negotiations with the United States. The French have not agreed upon a plan for repaying to Great Britain the money borrowed by Paris from London during the war. The British cry against the American debt set- tlement was that France had not be- gun to pay and that England would have been in a better position to ac- cept the American proposals at the time if France had started to pay up. Mr. Coolldge has said that every- body should pay everybody else. He said “the principle that each country should meet its obligation admits of no differences and is of universal ap- plication.” French Debt to Britain. A plan has been put into operation whereby Germany is to pay France and the other powers who fought the war to victory, A plan now has to be devised whereby France will pay Great Britain as well as the United States. There is some reason to be- lleve that the British will not be so much disappointed If they fail to get a revision of American debt settle ment it they can only count on a sat- lsfactory adjustment of the French debt to Great Britain. The American Government has scrupulously refrained from mixing in the question of interallied debts, insisting that what Europe owed the United States had nothing to do with what was owed by one power to the other in Europe, as each was a sepa- McKimmie had gone to Snow shortly after having received the telephone oall and informed him that Inspector Grant had sent him thore. Snow thereupon gave the Inform’llon re- sulting in the discovery of the auto- mobile. Next day the public was told that McKimmie, whose brother had been killed while on the police force, and who was working on the case ener- getically because of this fact, had brought about a “break” which might —and later did—solve the mystery. One of the reasons, it s alleged, for Snow's inquiry to Maj. Sullivan anent the case was the statement attributed to MoKimmie at the time of his talk with Snow which is sub- stantially quoted as follows: “This is fine. Inspector Grant wil ‘write you a beautiful letter for this” When Grant had faced McKimmie with Snow, he asked McKimmle, he said, how in the world he could write a letter to a person whose name was unknown to him and whose name had never been mentioned to him. HOUSE VOTES RECESS. Menibers of the House decided today that a one-week lay-off over Christ- mas was sufficient, and, without a di senting vote, adopted a resolution of- fered by Representative Longworth providing for a recess from Saturday, December 20, to Monday, December 29. Senate concurrence is needed. House leaders planned to limit the New Year recess to ome day—Jan- Vuary 1. ransaction and should be main- almed 'as such, But when President Coolidge admits the theory that “terms and conditions may have to conform to differences in the financial abilities of the countfles concerned, he says what Burope has wanted him to say and what Europe will con- tinuo to argue, namely, that all debt questions are interrelated in certain particulars. Nevertheless the Amer- fcan Government is not disposed to call a conference on World War debts, but to act in the situation with In- dividual countries, hoping that the Quiet hand of diplomacy may work out & harmonious solution when once everybody gets into the mood to pay everybody else. (Copyright, 1924.) HOLDS U. 8. STAND UNFAIR. London Paper Says War Debts Are on Different Status. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, December 6.—The Morn- ing Post today voices objection of what it takes to be the view of the United States that the interallied debts are llke any other international debts and that France and all other war debtors must pay in full. French and British public opinion considers this view unsound and morally wrong, says the paper, which continues: “It savors too much of rigid Prus- sianism to be compatible with the sage traditions and genial mentality of the American people. The inter- allied debts, llke any other interna tional issues, have to be argued, sub- moothly as a profession; M. E. Church Fools Tax Office; Land Exempt as Sacred Special Dispatch to The Star. KANSAS CITY, Mo. December 6.—That some person named M. E. Church had fooled the Wyandotts County tax collector many vears, came to light yesterday in &hs treasurer's office when Albert H. Reed, No. 341 South Seventh street, Kansas City, Kan, offered to pay his taxes. Mr. Reed purchased some prop- erty six years ago through C. D. Sharps,glawyer and real estate dealer. He bought it on time pay- ments and received the deed this r. He presented his deed ves- terday and asked the amount of taxes he Was to pay “You don’t owe anything on that lot,” =aild one of the clerks. “That is listed as M. E. Church ground and church property is not taxed.” “M. Church is the name of the man from whom I bought it,” sald Mr. Reed. “Is'nt there a fice on that lot? treasurer. “There isn’t a church of any kind within six blocks,” replied Reed A special Investigation has been ordered. 04 ARE INDICTED FORNILES UPRISING Grand Jury Recommends Re- moval of Mayor and Chief of Police. M. E. Church edi- asked the county By the Assoclated Pres WARREN, Ohio, December 6.— Secret indictments against 104 per- sons, alleged to have participated in or been responsible for the disorders which occurred in Niles, November 1, and various recommendations, includ- ing ousting of Mayor Harvey C. Kistler and Police Chiet L. J. Rounds of Niles, are contained In the report of a special Trumbull County grand jury which investigated clashes be- tween Ku Klux Klansmen and anti- Kilansmen. The report, submitted yesterday to Common Pleas Judge Charles M. Wil- kins, after the jury had been In ses- sion 10 days and examined 257 wit- nesses, commended Gov. A. V. Dona- hey “for the prompt and thorough manner {n which he restored order.” Sheriff Is Commended. The report goes into full details concerning the disorders. It points out that parades by the Klan and the Flaming Circle, an anti-Klan or ganization, were advertised at Niles November 1 and that trouble resulted at a previous Klan parade because of songs and remarks “da- rogatory to Catholles and foreign- born.” Referring to Sheriff John Thomas, the report says ‘“we are fully con- vinced that he did all in his power to preserve order.” Enactment of a law establishing a State constabulary and repeal of charters under which organizations are attempting to function as State police were recommended. No war- rants will be issued nor arrests made until next week, it was stated at the county prosecutor’s offices. POLICE CLAIM CAPTURE OF YALE’S BOOTLEGGER Raid Discloses Paraphernalia for Making “Imported” Liquor, Say Officials. By the Assoclated Press. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Decomber 6.— Charged with possession of liquor for sale and trespass on Yale property, Howard Hovey, who the police say is known as the “university bootlegger,” was arrested last night on the cam- pus. He had a suit case containing six quarts of whisky, it Is stated. After his arrest the police searched bis home, not far from the campus. They say they found a large quantity of liquor and paraphernalia for bot- tling, making, coloring, labeling and wrapping “imported” liquors. While the ralding party was In the apartments there came a telephone call. City Attorney Whitaker an- swered, representing himself as Hovey, and was told to send “two quarts to Morlarty. —— e mitted to reason and remolded ac- cording to pressure of circumstances. Difference of Status. “These debts are entirely different from all other debts, and if the Amer- foan people refuse to admit the dis- tinction they are forfeiting that con- sideration enjoyed allke by nations and individuals who are willing to submlit thelr claims to the bar of reason.” The paper further maintains that the ground for placing these debts In a special category is that they would never have existed if the allles had been beaten in the war, in which case, it says, the American Congress instead of laying down the terms under which France and Great Britain must pay would be discussing how the United States could pay a fat indemnity to William Hohenzol- lern. It argues in effect that America owes more to Great Britain and France than vice versa, and asks: “Is 1t sound morality or even good business mulct France of sums lent to her for helping to save Ame, ica, and Incldentally the Monroe doctrine from the clutches of Ger many? LA Japanese Slighting Army and Navy to Build Air Fleet By the Associsted Press. OTTAWA, December 6.—Japan is reducing expenditure on both her army and navy to save money for development of her air force, in the opinion of Maj. Gen. J. H. MacBrien, chief of the general staff, department of national de- fense, who returned yesterday from Japan, where he was the ac- credited representatiye of Canada at the Japanese army maneuvers. Gen. MacBrien sald Japan was not preparing for war, but merely taking adequate steps to protect her foreign trade. Japan is nof seeking an outlet for surplus population, Gen. Mac- Brien asserted, but is trying to in- dustrialize the country so as to support all of her population, and at the same time s planning to develop her agricultural possibil- ities to the limit. He pointed out that Japan was more and more becoming a wheat-consuming coun try and was importing rice of a low grade so as to export her own rice of better quality at higher prices. PRESIDENT BUSY - AFTER SHORT TRIP Coolidge Is Well Pleased With His Visit to Middle West. President Coolidge was at his desk shortly before 9 o'clock this morning visibly benefited by his brief trip to Chicago. The change and the long rest afforded by the ride to and from Chi- ~ago appeared to agree with him. When he reached his office today it was evident that he was eager to tackle the mass of papers that accu- mulated during his short absence, and to go through with the long list of engagements scheduled for the day. The President and Mrs. Coolidge and those who accofupanied them on this trip arrived in Washington last night at 8 o'clock.,, According to friends with whom he discussed his trip since his return, the President was unquestionably well pleased with his economy experiment in the use of regular railroad trains and the or- dinary railroads accommodations rather than the special trains or pri- vate cars, such as have been used by him and his predecessors in the past. So well satisfied was the President with this mode of travel that it would not surprise his friends if, on all future trips away from Washington, Mr. Coolidge should choosa to travel as he did on this trip. He and Mrs. Coolidge occupied a drawing room on a regular train and ate their meals fn the regular diner. At breakfast yesterday he discomfited the dining car steward with one of his dry bits of humor. That official appeared near the end of the meal to inquire if the President and the First Lady found the coffee to their liking. Jokes With Steward. “It was delicious,” replied Mrs. Cool- idge, smilingly; whereupon, the Pres- ldent, with solemn face, asked: “Why, did you think there was something wrong with it?" The train made only a few stops during the day and at only one of these — Connellsville, Pa.—had a crowd gathered to greet the Presi- dent. The same town had given him a greeting on his westward trip, and yesterday there was a gathering of several hundred at the station with a band and a basket of flowers. Both the President and Mrs, Coolidge left the luncheon table to acknowledge the greeting from the rear platform. The former shook hands with sev- eral members of the band and thank- ed_them for their musie. ‘When the basket of flowers was handed up, a man in the gathering stepped forward to explain: “Mr, President, we want you to know that these flowers are from a girl's musical organization and that th girls persuaded a lot of Demo- crats to vote for you," Others Were Dolng It. “Well, I guess somebody did a good deal of that sort of work,"” the Presi- dent replied, with a faint smile. The day's rest appeared to have brought complete recovery to the President from the nasal irritation which resulted from dust in the pa- vilion where he inspected tWe cham- plons of the International Live Stock Bxposition. ‘Whether any of the dozen or so conferences the President held while in Chicago had anything te do with the task of inet building he goon must undertake was not made known by any members of the party that re- turned with him. He spent some time in conference with former Gov. Frank O. Lowden of Illinols, who 1s known to be held in high om by the President. The former Iili- nols Governor, however, declined a place in the Harding cabinet, notified at Cleveland he could net accept the at Clevelad he could not accept the vice presidential nomination it had given him, and recently announced he did not ire to be considered for the vacancy in the cabinet re- sulting from the death of Secretary Wallace. Visit With Strawn. Silas H. Strawn, one of Chicago's leading attorneys, also talked with the President yesterday, and had a large part In mak! the arrange- ments for the Executlve' T ralsing funds to build a chapel on tho grounds of the Walter Reed Howspital, which is greatly nceded by that Wwomen's parts being taken by howpital WORLD AIRMEN'S REWARD BACKED Letters and Telegrams Voice Approval of Measure 0f- fered by Rathbone. With his bill the feat accompligshed by the Army airmen in fiying around affairs committe Rathbone of Illinois said today would vigorously press for early ac- legislation tion and passage of during this s the sion of Congres:; Widespread approval of the plan to for a al- hbone's office in the form of letters and tele- show the country's gratitude hitherto impossible undertaking, readyl is coming into Mr. Ry grams. Representative Rathbone yesterday calling for promotion to the ranks of majors of Capt. Lowell H. Smith, Lieut. Eric N Leigh Wade and Lieut. Arnold and promotions to Alr Service and Sergt The resolutfon calls reward of §10,000 for congressional afternoon introduced a biil Nelson, Lieut Leslie P. first lieutenants in for John Harding, Henry H. Ogden. for a monetary each man and also medal of honor. the e a From his sick bed in Dayton, Ohlo, Fitzgerald, supporter who air- plane, sent word to Washington en- indorsing the measure Representative Rq G. recognized authority and of aviation in Congress does most of his and traveling thuslastically and pledging his support. SALARY BILL SIGNED. President Coolidge signed the de- ficiency bill today, which. among other things, effecting the personnel of em- the salaries of firemen and ployes, provides for public’ school policemen. The bill employes' Federal Field Service and teachers, salaries in continuing signed by the President today. . WILL INSPECT FARM. The full near Laurel, Md. purchased District for the proposed feeble-minded persons. by The Commissioners have before them the develop- ment of this institution by the erec- tion of ‘a series of small bulldings, and the purpose today is to get the views of the members of the Fine Arts an architect’s plan for Commission on this plan. Strawn was nominated by Mr. Cool- idge last Winter as one of the spe- nomina- tlon was withdrawn at his request had Some of those close to Mr. that time that Mr. Strawn sooner or later would take clal oil counsel, but his after Democratic arisen. Coolidge have felt opposition since be asked by the President to some post in his administration. and resolution pro- viding for reward and recognition for six the world now before the House myjlitary presentative providing $6,000,000 for the the bonus for these employes, also was membership of the Fine Arts Commission will accompany En- gineer Commissioner Bell on a tour of inspection this afternoon of the farm the home for CAPITAL WOMAN ASKS PARIS DIVORCE Mrs. E. H. Alsop Charges De- sertion—Ted Coy’s Wife Also Sues. | By the Associated Press. PARIS, December 6.—Divorces on | grounds of desertion of the home have | been granted by French courts in favor of two American women, ac- cording to an announcement today. Juliz Evelyn Poett won a deerec from William Wharton Thurston of San Franclsco and London. whon she married in Paris in 1822, anc Frances Bolger from John Augnusti Hartford, whom she married at Dan bury, Conn., in 1923 Demands for divorce on the same grounds have been fileti by Sophir d'Antignac Meldrim, wife of Edward Harrie Coy of New York and Euia M. Jackson, wife of Edward IH. Alsop of Washington. The Coys were mar ried at Asheville, N. C., in 1913 and the Alsops at Atlanta, Ga., the same year. LIVED AT CLUB HERE. Alsop Once Made Home on Rhode Island Avenue. Edward H. Alsop, who was siued for divorce in Parls, according to dis pautches toda made his home at 1640 Rhode Island avenue northwest. Hr had been living, however, at the Met ropolitan Club, of which he was membe: just prior to his =ailir about three weeks ago for Paris. Mr. Alsop is aldo a member of the Racquet Club and Chevy Chase Clu He is reputed to be weoalthy, witi most of his {nterests located in Pitis burgh. COY NOW IN EUROPE. Husband Sued in Paris Once Foot Ball Star. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, December 6—Word came from Paris today of a suit for divorce filed there against Ted Cox. famous plunging Yale fullback and captain, by his wife, Sophie d'Antig- nac Meldrim. They were married Asheville, N. C, in 1913. Coy, who now abroad, was until November of this year a member of the firm of Davies, Thomas & Co. of the New York Stock Exchange. Ted Coy is one of the select coterie of foot ball men mentioned when “all-time” selections are considered. He was the pre-eminent backfield man, punter and drop kicker of his day, and a unanimous all-American selection. His specialty was retriev- ing a lost cause by heroic and un- stopable line bucking. He twice beat Princeton after the Tigers were leading, directed by “Tad" Jones, now Yale head foot ball coach, and then quarterback Coy was graduated from Yale he BELIEVED MARRIED Actress, at Norfolk, and Navy Of- ficer, Recently in Bostan, Are Non-Committal. By the Associnted Press. NORFOLK, Va. December & Whether Mary Miles Minter, former moving picture star, afteady is mar- ried or expects to be married to L Comdr. H. H. Ridder, U. §. N., remained a secret last night despite 24 hours of effort to learn the truth on the part of riends and newspaper reporters. Naval friends of Comdr. Ridder sa> they believe he and Miss Minter were married {n Boston about ten days ago while the former's ship was there They say If such was a fact, Mis Minter undoubtedly used her rea name of Shelby and that accounted for the failure of the event to becom. known. In the meantime, the office denfes he is married and Miss Minter refuses to say anything about the matter. The actress was registered a a local hotel and Comdr. Ridder was said to be aboard his ship. Miss Minter came here Thursda night to meet Comdr. Ridder, who commands the collier Jason, upon the arrival of that ehip. It immediatsl: was reported the coupls were to Lt wed here. However, as far as could br learned no marriage ceremony was performed nor is there any record o a license having been Issued by a: of the courts in this section. Flesh of the lark was supposed i the old apothecaries to strengthen the voice and increase its sweetness. In Bohemia Its eggs are still believed to have the same property ATTENTION— BOYS and GIRLS Look What’s Here! A JUNIOR CROSS-WORD PUZZLE Not-too-hard—Not-too-casy Now you can enter the game with Daddy and Maother. PUZZLES WILL BEGIN IN MONDAY'S STAR And appear thereafter every Monday, Wednesday and Friday,