Evening Star Newspaper, January 30, 1925, Page 17

JAPANES] cisco Bay for a week’s visit. . CRUISER FLEET VISITS SAN FRANCISCO. THE EVENING crew busily engaged in transferring coal 1o the fight SHE JOINS THE FRENCH ROYAL GROUP. Gloria Swanson, Amer- ican screen star, who is now the wife of the Marquis de la Falaise de la Coudray, scion of an sucient French family. This photograph was snapped at Gloria's home, near Paris, a few days ago. ACTRESS BATTLES TO REGAIN MILLION Mary Miles Minter’s Suit to Force Accounting by Mother Starts. B Associate ANGE M M mavs she 6 Mary money she | stage and | when she g formed a golden gulf across which the actress and her mother faced each other a onents in a lawsuit In an action filed in Superior Court Yesterday for an accounting of funds, which she alleges her mother received for her as her guardian, Miss Minter, giving her name as Jullette Shelby “also kno as Juliette R stated that her mother, Mrs lotte Shelby, “also known Miles Reil repeatedly tused to v January millions, during a career t began had acounting by Mrs. ncluded $700,000 earned contract with sky Corpora Her ble to esti- but nto a from ing by the Shelby tim accord Miss Famc d the sum mp Minter unde Pla the vears 1 LS ers-1 gs she was un <he said, was ran seven as Mrs all her purchased Tha court was asked Shelby to ount me received ¢ daughter and all with that money RECLUSE FOUND DEAD IN SEAT PLEASANT HUT| TJohn Whittier, Native of England, Was Carpenter Doing 0dd Jobs Near D. C . Epecial Disoatch to The Sta SEAT PLEASANT, Whittler, 61 lived alone near here in his hut vesterday Gar farmer. not been seen al weeks, and the farmer suspicious and investigated. | native of England, and carpenter, working at odd jobbs Washington suburbs The hody s taken to Forestville, | Md to order at once for ney n behalf of property Md.. January 30, vears old, who was found dead Patrick Me- —Joh He had for seve became He w by neighbors | in for burlal PLANS PEACE MUSEUM. PORTLAND, Oreg., January 30— Samuel Hill, 4 son of the late James J. Hill of the Great Northern Railroad, | today announced plans for a museum at Maryhill, Wash., devoted to the ause of world and fnterna- tlonal amity Hill said many priceless art treasures had been col- lected and many others were prom- ised. The treasures, he said, were stored at points from Portland to Paris The mansion tertainment gium, who was planning to visit the Unitegd States asx Mr. Hill's guest when' the World War interfered. peace M will be for the Albert of museum building originally built of King a en- Bel- | for | ot | tributes By United News Picturea. Three Japanese ships steamed into San The photograph shows a coal barge alongside one of the cruisers, Fran- with the & A Copyright by P Photos. TWINS WITH A REMARKABLE RE( 92 years old, of Brighton. England, have never had a quarrel. partners in the fishing business for have never suffered a serious illness. Foster Son Sues | When Disinherited ; In Favor of Dog| By the Associated Press LOS ANGELES wuary 30— t of the will of Mrs. Mary P. which provides a $5 a k income for her dog, Ted, and cuts off without a cent her adopted son, Clarence A. Russell, was filed in Superior Court yesterday by Russell Russell's complaint al his * foster mother was suffering from delusions when she ned the will, and that her re for dis- inheriting him and settling an income on the dog was that she thought he had not been kind the animal Besides relatives estate puted the dog. two women share in the $10.000 under the terms of the dis- FRENCH CUSTOMS ;WADE EFFECTIVE IN SARRE @overning Commission Declares Embarrassments to Section ‘Will Be Avoided. By ihe Associated Press GENEVA, January Basin. the political status will he determined by 1336, has entered upon regime. whi 20.—The of iwhich plebiscite in a new customs governing commis- sion of the Sarre declares it will en- deavor to carry out without causing difficulties or grave embarrassments to the inhabitants A report made to the League of Na- tions vesterday on the situation in the Sarre makes no attempt to hide the importance of the new adminis- tration under which the French cus- toms system henceforth applies to the Sarre, and the free esportation and mportation of goods between Ger- many and the Sarre come to an end. After explaining that the period the exemption of all customs charges ceased January 10 by virtue of the terms of the Versailles treaty, the governing commission infarms the league that it will exert its efforts to diminish the difficulties which the change will inevitably ‘bring in fts| train. The commission also reports a notable increase in the population the Sarre Valley, which it at- chiefly to heavy Immigra- the end of 1923 the census population of 750,000 tion showed At a QUEST FOR MUSICIANS. i Society Orchestra | Contract Under Negotiation. | NEW YORK, January 30.—Nego- tiations of the contract to cover the services of musicians of the Phil- harmonic Society Orchestra, began vesterday at a meeting of members of the executive committee of the board of directors of the society, and representatives of New York Local, No. 302, American Federations of Mu- siclans. Clarence H. MacKay, chair- man of the board, presided. Recently the union demanded, among other things, a weekly in- crease in salary of $25.. Sinee. there are approximately 100 musicians in the orchestra, this increase is gen- erally prohibitive, especially in view of the fact that the organization, like many others of its kind, is conducted with a large annual deficit now, | Philharmonic » | ehier | hatrea | tween pa | amidst | defin STAR, 'WASHI Introducing something new and startling in earrings, Miss Ann Me- Kay, young actress of Los An wears a yard or two of gold chai suspended from her hear paratus. Wide World ORD. Matthew and Mark Gunn, They were Also, Matthew and Mark By United News Plet 80 years. ‘SOLDIERS LEAVE; HERRIN IS CALM Coroner‘s Jury Continue Probe—Thousands At- tend Funeral Rites. S B H RIN, 1iL. Janu, gures in a bitter factional strife which frequently in recent months has swept Williamson County into a fury controlled only by the iu- flux of National Guardsmen rested to- day in the same cemetery, the victims of each other's.pistols, and the com- munity wondered what the aftermath would be. State troops were withdrawn amidst outward calm _ Many thought that with S. Glenn Young, Ku Klux Klan liquor raider, and Ora Thomas, deputy sheriff and anti-Klan leader, dead, peace would ensue, but others figured it would be only a short time until would force new fighting be- isans of the two who shot ach other to death, along with two of Young's followers, last Saturday night Young's hody Thomas to the scenes County 25.000 30.—The followed cemetery that of yesterday unparalleled in Wil- It was estimated participated in the led by a dozen scores of klansmen in llamson 15,000 to funeral service, preachers and full regalia Troops Leave Town. The troops departed early last night, leaving clearing up of the quadruple slaying to the coroner's jury. X session was held today, and it was stated that of tomorrow probably would be the last. It would connect the odds and ends of testimony and possibly pursue some leads, it was stated. A report that two men were wound- ed when Thomas faced Young in a little cigar store and began firing was under investigation today. TMHe jury was sald have learned the names of those men from doctors yes- terday Unless was coroner's new to more definite obtained it appe Jury could finding—that Thomas with the precise ma ths of Thomas and adherents, Bdward Forbes Warren, left to conjecture information ed that the make but one er Young's and Homer SCARLET FEVER REMEDY DISCOVERY REPORTED Yale Professor Says New Serum Will Cure Worst Cases Within One Day. By the Associated Press. HARTFORD, Conn., January 30.— A serum that will cure the most hopeless cases of scarlet fever in 12 to 24 hours has been discovered, according to Dr. Francis G. Blake, professor of medicine at the Yale Medical School, who was one of the speakers at the convention of the Connecticut League of Nursing Edu- cation here. The serum is produced, he said, from immunized horses. He did not state when the serum would be available for general practitioners. killed | of | 7.5 Cents Given as Per Mile for Running Auto in Capital District Govern ‘ From 15 to 20 Cents—Fuel, Repairs, ' and Labor Included in Estimate. | ut mile srists ever fizure Have you mc Just what you inelud Well 1, tir eIf th ng gas, of et save you gov studied the terest- has rived at te figures e minimum cosf itomobile its a mile. some may aperated according to the tabulated by the municipal engineer department and presented to the House subcommittee on | of, Columbia appropriations. “We do not believe that can operate a number of , ‘many of which are in relatively poor con- | dition, for any less than that amount.” Maj. Holcombe, Assistant Engineer Commissioner, told the committee. “I kept data on my personal car for |quite a while and it cost me about 10 cents a mile to operate. Of course, many of these cars are ular type) cost down. cents a n operation “What sentative It cludes labor repl at but I believe that ble cost rd mainte that include? Ayres asked includes everything zasoli oll, tires and materials,” Maj MORGAN COMPANY HITS does * Repre- it in- repairs Sees Provision for Bonus Payments and Debt Liquidation as Detri- ment to $50,000,000 Loan. By the Associated Press, HAVANA,- January 30 the newspapers yesterday statements to the effect that J. P. Morgan & Co. of New York had protested to the Cuban govern- ment through the American embassy against the passage by Congress of a bill which provides for the payment |of halt of the overdue bonuses government employes and one-fourth of the Cuban floating. debt before June 30 The bill, which has passed the House and gone to the Senate, calls for the expenditure.of about $14,000,000. The statements appearing in the news- apers reported that J. P. Morgan & Co. were of the belief that final passage of the bill would have an ad- verse effect on the $50,000,000 loan to Cuba. Neither confirmation nor denial of the statements.was.available at the palace or the American embassy. LOSES $40,000 IN GEMS. Several of published New York Diamond Merchant Rob- bed by Quiet-Mannered Bandit. NEW YORK, January 30.—Joseph Robinson, 60, dealer in diamonds, was robbed of $40,000 in unset jewels yes- terday on the third floor of a Canal street building by a quiet-mannered man, who pressed a weapon against his stomach and commanded him to make no outery, to | ment Figures Maximum May Reach District | anybody | the only | the service of the chauffeur; (names a pop- interesting testimony which helps to bring the | g of as worn out | fore it Holconl« | PROPOSED CUBAN LAW| RECONSIDERATION LEGAL FAMOUS BALLET MASTER REVIEWS all the girl dancers for the hig revues on the London stages. Dolan. former coach of the New York Giants, who has been called to New York to testify be- fore the district attorney in the al- leged base ball bribery case. “Cozy™ COMMITTEE INVITES Richards, Mrs, Edgar B. Meritt, hration in the new AMERICAN PUPILS BEFORE HE SAIL boat left the dock hix American pupils gathered on the deck and he gave them some last-minute instruction in the art of dancing PRESIDENT TO vice president of the called at the White House yesterday to invite President Coolidge to the George Washington's birthday cele- Washington Auditorium. John Tiller went but before hic Tiller trains & Underw k to England yesterday. Copsrizht by Underwos a WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY Federation CELEBRATION of Women's Clubs, Gen. George and lIsaae Gans, who Nationa P Minimum Cost 1 KILLING ADMISSIO BY SOLDIER PROBED Authorities Are Not Entirely | satisfied With Story of Woman's Death. Tires ner B r- Juncture fan kept large ngineer Comr posed I ar ords liar with the rec in the engineer on their cars \ slightly hat are department, at and T think 7% cents a mil very low compared with their records. 1 have looked them over many of em will go up to 15 or 20 cents a mile, and in very ex nal es they' will run higher than that the cost per vear for the maintenance of the cars in their work “My in Pittsburgh—and I had | passenger car that was used that office—would run up to about to 15 cents per mile, exclusive of but the car was used greatly, not only by myself, but by all other members of | the office who needed it for officlal | business The ted Pre NEWPORT, vate George C. ( vesterday, according the dence police, that he killed leason, Newport domes body was found last Sunday moat at Fort Adams, W to the military authorities R s whd confessed Provi- Mary car after sev- by ¢ 4 port police authorities. He will ap- 12 pear before military court named | some days ago to investigate the cir- cumstances of the woman's death on the reservation Cordy was arrested as a result of an | undated letter received by the police. produced some | I threw Mary ason into the by District of- | moat at Fort Adams last Tuesday of cars. night,” the letter said. “That’s all 1 Some of the automobiles described |care to tell at present and will give but still running, have | myself up to you in a day or of 25,000 miles. Maj The letter was signed “Priva George C. Cordy, Fort Adams hearings also als on the longevity gone in excess Holcombe said “We never b has remarked Some of our cars high as 40.000 miles.” HOLDS CHILD LABOR LAW a car be- Al ve to replac bne more than that Not Entirely Satisfied. Chief Patrick L. Sweeney Newport police and the Fort Adams authorities refused to accept Cordy's alleged confession as entirely gen uine, although admitting his story explained a number of matters in con nection with the girl's death. Cordy said that he had been absent without leave from January 11, and on the night of January 19, just one day be- fore the ten-day period ended which would make him a deserter, he de- cided to return to Fort Adams. As he reached the main entrance to the fort, the alleged confession said, he saw Miss Gleason, with whom he had formerly kept company. He ac- costed her, and when she refused to speak to him, he followed her. Near the parapet of the moat he knocked her down, he said, and she rolled under the Yailing and fell 20 feet It Cordy’s story is accepted by the military court, he will be turned over to the Federal authorities at Provi- dence for trial, it was sald Prof. Cook questions the opinion | expressed in some quarters that e | SIGNAL SYSTEM PLANNED. | a sufficient number of State Legisla-| tures have voted not to ratify the amendment that it is finally of. As proof of his opini the fourteenth amendment hree St tes o T, e hut| Ing and quitting time can only be Carolina and Georgla—which | observed when some uniform signal endment, later rati- 5 T | is given in the building to all em- fled through newly chosen Leglsla-| ] 0. "Secretary of the Interior Work Ll proceeded today with the installation of the gong system for the depart- ment. The Installation will be com- Plote tomorrow afternoon, and begi ning Monday morning, employes of the Interior Department will report for work and stop work at the gong. The regular fire gongs now in use in the department buildings will be used, but changes have been neces- sary to produce the desired signal: Three rings of the gongs will serve as the signal for reporting, and the gong will be rung on all floors of The hairspring of a watch weighs | (he DiE bullding. but one-twentieth of a grain per — inch. One mile of such wire would| The Prince of Walés is learning to welgh less than half a pound. play the banjulele. of have gone as Yale Authority Says States Are Not Limited to Single Vote on Proposition. By the Assoclated Press. NEW HAVEN, Conn., January 30.— State Legislatures which have voted not to ratify the child labor amend- ment still retain their power to do so at a later date, in the opinion of Prof. Walter W, Cook, authority on constitutional law at the Yale Law School, who vesterday issued a writ- ten opinfon at the request of the Child Welfare Association of Connec- ticut Interior Employes to Report and Quit by Gong. which Soutn | _Satisfled that a universal report- Measure Is Beaten. OLYMPIA, Wash,, January 30.— The last hope for ratification of the child labor amendment by this ses- sion of the Washington Legislature vanished yesterday when the House defeated, 67 to 30, a joint House reso- lution ratifying the measure, and ta- bled a Senate resolution rejecting the amendment. | turned over era] hours of questioning by the New- | the | arrest Cites Four Job | Which Few Men Desire to Hold “Four t's the way the ‘ t Distr oroner's of are | 1 | | 3 FOUND GUILTY IN'BREVITIES CASE Publisher and Empioyes to Be Sentenced for Fraud Tomorrow. jobs that characterized by Auditor Dar number offic personnel in Donovan v, expla morgue. money XF about | Srephen G way Brev Nat Kunness the magazine yesterday by | charges of using Charles J was acquitted Clow is out today on $5.0 lowing his counsel’s pron | would appear tomorrow | Brown is out on $3,000 bail | ness on 3500 At the trial, | progress before Jud January 18, testimony GOVERNMENT DRY AGENT | e Hosiin: HELD IN BRIBE CHARGES : Indictments Returned by Federal Grand Jury at Savannah, Ga., Also Involve Sheriff. By the Associated Prese. SAVANNAH, Ga..January | gictments that charged pt to| bribe and bribing a Federal prohi bition agent were returned here yes- terday a Federal grand jurs against J. J rdy, Federal prohi- | bition agent of Richmond, Wade Larremore of Leesburg, P. C. Coxwell sheriff of Lee County; E. L. Moreland, | Fred Moreland and Bart Moreland, all of Leesburg: Roy Salters of Al- bany, Walter Womble of Newton and Jack Slappey of Albany. The men are under bonds ranging from $3,000 to $5,000 each The inception of the alleged crime, according to Federal officials, was at Camilla on September 27 when a proposition to buy immunity was made to a prohibition agent. The dry agent was given instructions from the Atianta headquarters to accept the proposition. The ring | auickly "developed. On January | the Government agents ad procured information sufficlent to cause the of those indicted here today, according to the officials. new thorized plained prop not yet star Among items asked for this year for coroner’s office were f “for maintaining a non-passenger arrving motor wagon for jurors’ fees naking autopsies, ants, telephone other necessary supplies plant au- He ex- he was that the work ated, ¥ | 9 bail that nten nd Ku which had been Wor kard aid discontinued It also Otto Kahn, Julius Fle Lasky, W. A. Harr Jacob Ruppert gay they did not testify was said a a0 COMMANDER IVNSTALLED. Barrett Inducted Into Office by Salvation Army. Willian H. Barrett | tion Army in Washington at exer held last night in the army | torium, 605 E str The post was formally Maj. Barrett by Col. R. Il secretary of E Holz told the new « importance of the army’s w National Capital, telling hi was confident he would the which panied work in North and South Carolina Adjt. Ernest R. Holz presided. He introduced his father Holz. Adjt George Garland represented the army officers of Virginia. Addresse were made by Adjt. ¢ The men will be tried Albany. | young people’s secretar The case was brought to annah | Barrett to get a quick Indictment. Capt. and Mrs. Harry McDonald who came here from New ¥ take charge of Corps No. 1 | were welcomed la ent McDonald succeeds Adjt. Agnes M 30— | Kernan, who was transferred to New Rudd, | York. Maj. Maj | stallea audi- Holz, chief ritory. Col oot e the stern t ommander of tha repeat success in orge at and =Y 11 s Mrs. Rudd's Estate Split. CLEVELAND, Ohio, January The will of Mrs. Mary Ann sister of John D. Rockefeller, as filed - for probate, divides a $150,000 estate A between her two children. Her Japanese Prelate Dies. daughter, Mrs. Beulah Rudd Roberts, | correspondence of the Associated Press. lives in Lexington, Ky. Frank H.| TOKIO, January $.—The Rev. Mas- Rudd, Cleveland, her son, is named [ahisa Uemura, probably the best executor. known of native Christian clergymen AR e and for many years identified with Protestant actlvities, is dead here. German Trade Figures Large. | ie was 67 vears old. Death was due BERLIN, January 30.—German im- |10 apoplexy. Rev. Mr. Uemura ports for December, the figures for Was known in werican which w. ssued today, were valued | ¢iTeles at 1,308.000,000 marks, and the ex- ports for th me month at 739,000, 000 marks. also A religious The raiiroad between Paris and Or- leans, France, is to be clectrified.