Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1924, Page 3

UESDAY. DECEMBER 23, DISCOUNTS GOLD .5 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. 1924, HALL TAKES POST EXPRESSES GREEK Pershing in Southern Pern. LIMA, ru, December 23.—Gen. Pershing, head of the American dele. gation at the celebration of th ne #ine Steamship Line Requires Hubby’s dependence, left yesterday for a lnur"“‘"l the Kansas City Star| of.‘the sbuthern provinces. He was| She—Oh, isn't the music divine accompanied by Dr. Alberto {iwm‘kfl.i He viné? Whis litte ‘ons, director general of deucation, ofli- | jazz {s more dan de vine—it's de be: fally appointed as his aide. ries, CRATITUDETOU.S Minister Tells of Many Serv- ices Rendered to Older Nation by New. . Progress toward establishing closer Telations between Greece and the Tnited States was outlined by the Minister of Greecs, Charlampos Simopou’ s, in an address at a ban- quet given in his and Mvs. Simopou- los' honor by the Greek-American Club of Washington in the Arts Cla- last night. The occasion marked the 1 dinner of the club. © no nation in the world does e feel a greater, a stronger and e binding tie than to the United said the speaker. “In the days of our war for independ- len we were struggling against such desperate odds to throw off the Turkish yoke and regain our freedom, the eloquent voice of Daniel r was raised in this very city avor af our cause, and it was, in- d, the first plea in our behalf to be ieard in any legislative body of the world,” he said 2 “The work of the American Red Cross, the st Relief, the American of Greece, the American Women's Hospitals and the 1 for Father Children of | recent and too well any reference here; | help extended by | ns it wol have aved ‘many he- con- » have refugres, ter then described various s in the development of Greece and told how, through the part play ed by both Amer relations between the liave been -developed riendly lines along most Dr. Mitchell Carroll, vice president, | presided and introduced s as toastmaster. Brief addresses were made by Dr. George Horton, American Consul in Greece and Smyrna; Oscar T. Crosby, Allen W. Dulles. in charge of the Near East affairs of the State De- partment; Dr. John Coustas and Senator other Mr. guests and Mrs. Dr. and Mrs. Carroll, Mr. V. L Cheblithes, Dr. and Mrs Mr. Crosby, Miss Darlingto Dassoulas, Dr. mantopoufos, Mr ugherty, Mr. a Mrs. Dulles, were: . Dr. Cambouri, and Mrs. Constas, Mr. and Demas, M. John Allen | i ans and -Greeks, the | two cauntries| Hugh Kerr Fulton, Miss Holt, Dr. and Mrs. ¢ Horton, Franklin D. Jo Kinuriotis, Senator and Anton F Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Simpson, T. Thomaides orgs C. orpe, Dr. and C. D: Xanthopolos. Son Dolo, and Simopoulos, Dr. Mr. and Mrs. Col. and Mrs. Washington SPECIAL NOTICES. i AUTO AND OTHER INSTALL- onths: give full details. n Kinds of A HER L. & : 10th st. n.e. ank declated a 3% semi-annnal dividend on its tal stock, payable January 15. 1925. to- sireholders of gecord as of December 31, iMe books® for transfer of | with {and | cified 3. TIATLEY. FRANK i PN THAT THE | ockholdets of the | gue Base Ball Club | office’ of the club, Hall | D C.. v Tuesdar. Jao- | 2 o'clock noan, for the | pose of electing a hoard of directors for the | cosuing year, and for sueh other busihess as | mas be properly brouzht before eaid meeting. | E. B. EYNON, Jr., Sectetars. TOWN_TALK TAVERN. 1136 17th BT, Dioner, $1: Luncheon, 30¢: Breakfast, 50c.| BPECIAL MONTHLY RATES. '23%. | = AKE_WEEKLY TRIFS { ore, Md.; Wilmington, Del. nd New York City N AND_STORAGE NG LAY- SMGOT, "Sae T, LINOL d 'cutting. by expert. J. 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Davis while a prisoner in that station hou tember-27 last was made by § Arthur C: Belt in his testimony be fore the Police Trial Board at its hearing vesterday of Pierson and five other policemen on charges in connection with beating alle have been adiministered to Davis After an afternoon session given over almost entire ta alibi wit- nesses. the board continued the case until after January 1, the date to be fixed later. Sergt. Belt's Statement. ergt. Belt told of Pierson elf going to Davis' cell to talk the prisoner. . He - said that Pferson said he was going out to get a witness to identify Davis as the man. who beat Policeman Musselman and and that he did go out and bring in| After this identification, and | a Mrs. Dove. he said, he, Pierson, Mrs. Dove went Sergt. Burke out of the station Belt said he went to a lunchroom later was mét by Pierson,” who took him to his home, in Chevy C ) in a District automobile, .and that Plerson left him to return to the ation house about 2 o'clock Prestdent Wahly of the Loard spe- certain words allegel to have been used against Davis Ly Pierson at the time the two were at.the 1 door, but Belt denled <hat the licuten- ant used such words. When Attorney P. J. Ryan, for the prosecuting wit- ness, Davis, asked Belt if he didn't ask Davis to see his knuckles, Attor- ney Leahy objected, and this precipi- tated a wrangle betaveen - counsel, which Pregident: Wahly had difficulty prove that the witness went back to the cell “with his teeth sharpened. for Davis," and he charged that counsel for the defense was trylng to olscure the main Issue in the ca Archie Lee Cummings and Horace T. Trammel testified that they took Policeman Milstead, one of tho de- fendants, alleged beating, and that they picked him up at Wisconsin avenue and M street northwest. All live at Falls Church, Va. On cross-examination, both President Wahly and Attorney Ryan sought to get from the wit- nesses how they could fix the time so exactly and so far back. Both tes- tified that it was. the last time in the season they had hauled sugar corn to market. Trammel, on questioning, however, could not ‘specify other nights that they had hauled produce to_market. Policeman Ralph Proctor, another of the defendants, was on the stand. a part of the afternoon, having taken the stand at the morning session. He produced certain privaté records which he kept showing the runs he had made in the wagon to the patrol box and certain records from the po- lice incldental book, in which he took part or entered on the oflicial record. Denies Davis Was Ordered to Bed. He cpuld give no explanation of why Policethan Dalglish, station clerk, ae- companied him to_the hospital at the time Davis was taken there, and de- nied that Dr. Millstead at that insti- tution ordered Davis to bed. Im his testimony before the board -he sald thatoLieut. Plerson and Sergt. Bell went to the cell to talk with Davis, but a report he made immediately subsequent to the incident in ques- tion, and which was put in the record, said that only Pierson went to the cell to talk with Davis. Policeman Harry A. Reed, who ar- rested Davis,. and Lieut. John M. Walsh, of No. 10,.also testified yes- terday. c ACTRESS WEDS COMPOSER Charlotte Greenwood Is Married to English Author: YORK, December 23.—Char- lotte Greenwood, musical comedy star, and ' Martin Broones, English author and composer, were married quietly in Jersey City, N. J., yester- day,; it was learned. ' Details of the marriage were not revealed. Mr. Broones composed the music for a musical comedy in wnich Miss Green- wood played. - He had come here re- cently from London. CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS. CATHOLIC, St. Patrick’s Church Christmas—Midnight Mass REV.DR. CARTWRIGHT ‘Will be celebrant, and MONSIGNOR THOMAS Will preach. -Holy Communion will be administered. EW The ‘other Masses_will be- gin at 6:30 Thursday- morning. The last Mass will be a Pon- tifical High Mass at 11 o'clock, when Monsignor Thomas will be celebrant and the Rev. Dr. Cartwright will preach. NO SERVICES EITHER . AFTERNOON OR NIGHT ed to| home on the night of the | - AS BUREAU HEAD | Flower - Bedecked Desk ‘ Awaits New Director-When He Assumes Office. The directorship of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing today was assumed.by the Aifth man within three vears. ; . Alvin W." Hall, 36 years old, who has been busily engaged within the bureau as an, Investigator and expert on efficiency _and planning since shortly after the sudden dismissal of 28 chiefs; including the director, March 21, 19. sat down at the di- rector’s desk this morning, faced an array of floral .tributes from his friands, and took up the reins, which have changed hands so often since James L. Wilmeth dropped them that sensational April Fool's day morning, more than two-and-one-half years ago. Appointed yesterday afternoon by Secretary Mellon, Mr. Hall was sworn in immediately thereafter. He suc- ceeds Maj. Wallace W. Kirby, who has returned to his Army post at the Engineer Reproduction Plant at Washington Barracks, after ser temporarily “off and on” since ruary 15, 1924, Cauxed National Sewsation. a’ conditions sury ofi unsett which Tres : lieve ssals, which raised ation, James L. Wilm officlals were ousted by ecutive order on the night of March 31, 1923, “for the good of the serv- and the next morning a new re- headed by.Louis A. Hill, as di- took char A movement rted to reinstate the ousted als and exonerate them from oud of suspicion. They were all back, Mr. Wilmeth declining. The Treasury on February 15, 1924, borrowed Maj. Kirby, an expert, for- merly connected with the bureau, to eorganize the plant and to take back all those ousted officials who cared to return. Seventeen of the 28 re- turned. Maj. Kirby's regime, | interrupted when €ontroller { arl ruled he as an Army | could-not hold the post. In | terim. Paul_E. Twyman was | director. Congress passed a Jjoint | resolution, however, ~which placed Maj. Kirby back for six months, from June 16 to December 15, 1924. It had been hoped to retain Maj. Kirby |for a while longer, but Congress | failed to extend his time | IneMclency Still Continues. { Charges made-by Charlés B. Brew- r of the Department of Justice, about | the time of the dismlissals Presi- dent Harding, that there was wide- spread duptication of bonds and or irregularities in the bureau are still under investigation by a special House committ Treasury | officials have always stoutly denied | Brewer's charges. | There are at present three assistant | directors at the bureau, under Mr. Hall—Paul E. Twyman, Clark R. Long and John J. Deviny. The House ap- propriations committee has recom- | mended in its report on the 1926 bud- | get that there be only one director. | Alterations in the system now in ef- ifect can be easily made, Treasur; officials _ indicated, yithout n sity of dropping from the bureau | of the three men who are serving | assistant directors. . ! In announcing Mr. Hall's appoint- | ment yesterday, Mr. Mellon issued the to the tion and | gime, | ome the invited however, was eneral officer the act {1n stopping. Ryan said he wanted to | following statement Sorry' to Losxe Maj. Kirby. “Congress did not renew the per- | mission given by the joint resolution of the last session to Maj. Wallace W, Kirby ct as director of -the tureau of Engraving and Printing without resigning his commission as major in the United States Army | { | | | had been in the Army, was unwiling to give up his profession and the directorship became vacant. “Mr. Hall has been head of the planning unit of the bureau and knows its, opération, having been as- signed to this position by the United States Bureau of Efficiency some two vears ago. Maj. Kirby, with Mr. Hall's assistance, has helped to com. plete the economies in the bureau made possible by the iegislation sponsored by Chairman Madden of the appropriations committee and to restore the former good morale in the organization. The Treasury is gorry to part with Maj. Kirby, but believes that Mr. Hall will prove a capable successor. Born in Pennsylvania. The new director was born in Har- leigh, Pa., August 23, 1888, his grand- parents haviag been born in Eng- land and settled: in the Keystone State. Recelving his early " education in the public schools there, he later was graduated -in law by National University. Mr. Hall entered the em- ploy of Pardee Bros & Co., an in- dustrial concern-of Pennsylvania, en- gaged In coal mining and public utliity operations. He was connected with this company or its subsidiaries until 1918, when he joined the Gov- ernment service here, as a senior cost accountant, in ‘the .cost-accounting section, Ordnance Bureau, War De- partment. He was made chief of the statistical unit, in which capacity he was in supervision over the activities of about 3,000 clerks and account- ants engaged on Government ac- counts in many parts of the country. From the War Department Mr. Hall was transferred in July, 1920, to the Bureau of Efficlency, where he has been an expert accountant, taking up varjous problems presented to that bureau from different branches of ‘the Government. 1t was about two years ago, shortly after the sensational dismissal by President Harding of Director “James L. Wilmeth, ahd 28 other.chiefs of the bureau overnight, that Mr. Hall first came in direct touch with the Bureau ; 3 of Engraving and Printing. ‘He was assigned to service with the so-called “Long committee,” headed by Clark R Long, now assistant. directos | of the bureau, which was appointed by Antolnlfi'c Heating Corp. 1719 Conn. Ave. N.W. Maj. Kirby, whose father before him ! . Consent for Trip Women Bound for Yuca- tan Assumed to Seek Divorce. Special Dispateh o The Star. NEW YORK, December 23.—There is a slight misunderstanding about the new divorce laws in Yucatan, Mexico. Notice sent out yesterday by the New York and Cuba Mall Steam- ship Company, whose ships touch at Mexican ports, says it will not trans- port married women to Yucatan un- less they produce written consent from their husbands for the divorce. It is assumed the only reason a mar- ried woman would want to go to Yucatan is to get a divorce. Some time ago a divorce law was passed In Yucatan which out-Renoed Reno. All an outsider had to do was to live in Yuecatan a month, pay $25 |to a lawver and ask a justice of the |peace for a divorce, granted forth- ‘with. But the Mexican authoritles have become a bit conscientlous about the thing, hence the modification. The Mexican Embassy at Washington an- nounces Yucatan divorces are not good unless supported by the law of the American State whence the di- vorcee hatls, 3 NEWSPAPER MEN VICTIMS | OF BERLIN POLICE CLUBS Hungarian Writer Beaten Up Dur- ing Repression of Communist Demonstration Sunday. By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News. BERLIN, December 23.—Among the victims of the police In the Com- munist demonstration Sunday to wel- come the liberated writer Erich Mueh- sam are three foreign correspondents, members of foreign press assoclations, who went to Anhalter Platz before the station to see Muehsam arrive. The worst sufferer is Aranyosi, the Hungarian representative of several {Scandinavian papers. According to Aranyosl, he was in the front rank of the crowd, when it was charged by i police. He showed his press creden- [ tials and endeavored to explain, but he was answered by filthy Insults and beaten over the head with a hard rubber stick until he fell down and fainted. He is now lying in bed with a black eye and severe brulses about | the heaa. The other two correspondents were only slightly hurt. The German gov- ernment is Investigating the matter, and has stated that it deplores the incident. The brutal methods of tffe Prussian police clearly demonstrated that a reform Is needed. That the spirit of brutality is stil prevalling in parts of Germany is further shown in the condemnation and three months' {imprisonment of former Maj. Szermak, { president of the Bavarian Automobile | Club, for attempting to dynamite the { villa of Painter Wehrung in Zebruck. | Wehrung was held by the major to be | guilty of having republican sympa- thies (Copyright, 192 by Chicago Daily News Co.) 114,315 VERMONTERS AID CAMPAIGN OF COOLIDGE State Leads Nation in Number Who Contribute to Expenses. B the Assoviated Press, RUTLAND, Vt. December With $64,311.75 given by 14,315 per- son: Vermont, President Coolidge’s native State, led all other states in number of contributors to the Re- publican committee campaign fund, saccording to Benjamin Williams of lroctor, State chalrman, who made | his report yesterday. The State also had the largest number of contribu- tors in proportion to registered vote ever made by any State in any sim- ilar campaign, the report shows. Con- tributions ranged from 10 cents to $2,500. FASCISTI ARE REASSURED. Mussolini Electoral Bill Said to In- dicate His Strength. ROME, December 23.—The execu- tive committee of the Fascist party has sent a circular letter to its pro- electoral bill in no wise indicates that a general election is imminent. It further declares that the govern- ment’s decision to introduce the bill is proof of Premier Mussolini’s par- liamentary' security. the Secretary of the Treasury to make a sweeping investigation of the entire plant and the system employed there. In his capacity with that committee Mr. Hall became thoroughly conversant with ‘every detail of the operation of the Government's big money and stamp fac- tory. He was later appointed head of the planning uait at the bureau, whose duty it became to look over the entire fleld of operation, keep in touch with every detall and work out if possible plans proposed to improve the service. Mr. Hall's home is at 1210 Floral street northwest. He Is married and Phone Columbia 9613 18th and Columbia Road In Chevy Chase, Md. ! Forty Owners Will Tell You— The restricted community of LE- LAND, delightfully situated in Wash- ington's coun try club residential dis- trict is THE place to livel New Detached Homes for $8,775 yp 10% Cash—4T5 Monthly vincial branches stating that the new | FLOW T0 RUSSIA Hoover Declares Total Likely to Reach Soviet Will Be of' . Little Importance. _~ The recent imports of “gold Russia has been recelving ag feflected in cur- rent fizires on the world movement of that metal, in the opinion of Secre- tary Hoover, are a result of the “cash and carry?’character of Russian for- elgn trade. “The Secretary expressed the spinion that the amount of gold Russia might be expected to obtain under the circumstances probably would be small. Unofficlal reports recetved from Lon- don are to the effect that last week all the old exported from the United States to England, amounting to over $7.000,000, was reshipped to Russia. “Rusgsia has lately been developing a favorable balance of trade under its state trading _arrangements,” Mr. Hoover said. “The population of Rus- sia is deprived of the opportunity of purchasing = commodities which it would naturally consume under free conditions, while at the same time a steady outflow of grain, furs and some metals, such as manganese and plati- num, is maintained. All of Russia's sales are paid for in cash, and there are also purchases of imports, such as cotton, for which that country has pald in cash obtained from their sales. ““The imports have not sufficed to consume all of the credit balance built up by its export trade, and, in conse- quence, Russia has lately taken the difference in cash.” The situation as to the supply of what might be considered necessaries of life to the Russians is obscure, Mr. Hoover said, but a people %5 per cent agricultural can be expected to sub- sist on a remarkably low level of con- sumption of manufactured products for a long period. FIRE IN ELEVATOR SHAFT. Short Circuit Ignites Grease in ‘Woolworth Building. NEW YORK, December 23.—A slight fire caused by an electric short cir- cuit that ignited greass in a freight elevator shaft of the Woolworth Building during the 5 o'clock rush hour yvesterday afternoon brought fire apparatus from all downtown fire statfons and caused large crowds of homeward-bound office workers to collect. All passenger elevators continued to operate and carried thousands of | persons from the building. There was no sign of panic. Dense clouds of black smoke arose in the elevator shaft and spread throughout the cor- ridors of the upper floors and curled from the top of the tower, more than 0 feet above the street. A red light on top of the building made the smoke appear reddish from the streets and caused a report that the fire was a serious one. ——— HOLD-UPS NET $35,000. Robberies in Detroit Marked in Instances by Violence. DETROIT, Mich., December 23.—A series of hold-ups and robberies in Detroit and_ vicinity netted robbers approximately $35,000. 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