Evening Star Newspaper, February 7, 1925, Page 16

BRIG. GEN Air Service arpearing before a special aitcraft MITCHELL IN CENTER OF ARMY AND NAVY AVIATION SENSATION. ommittee of the House yesterda, Photograph showing Gen. Mitchell made public his the assistant chief of the Army reply to Secretary of War Week in which he described the War Department as “being incapable of creating, handling or administering air power in an efficient manner. VIOLINIST CALLS ON THE PRESIDENT. Dr. Ante Tresich Pavichich, Minister of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, in Washington (left), who pre- sented the famous Jugoslav violinist, Zlatko Balokovic (right), to Presi- dent Coolidge yesterday afternoon. REALTY MEN HT *RENTCOMMISIO Independent Dealers Also De- clare Against Principles of All Rent Legislation. After a confusion of parliamentary moves sting for almost two hours 2 meeting of independent real estate brokers at the Masonic Temple, Eighth and F streets northeast, Terday expressed its opposition to the general principle of all rent legisla- tion, and opposed in particular the Rent Commission, Supported the licensing b dependent real estate board The original meeting was composed of indeyendent real estate brokers, alesmen and several members of the Washington Real Estate Board E. M. Bishoff was lected temporary chairman and N. E. Ryon temporary secretary of the meeting. ves- Hits Opponents of License BilL. R. L. McKeever of the Real Estate Board icclared that the Jaw had been suggested fo Senator Rall at the Senator's request “I think only crooks would: oppose the licen bill and 1 don't think that any one here is in that class,” de- clared Mr. McKeever A motion expressing disapproval of all rent legislation, and another ap- proving the licensing bill and object- ing to the Rent Commlssion were car- ried. A motion was then madc an independent real ‘estate board. After various parliamentary moves the ‘motion to form & separate -or- ganization was ated E » made, of man of Clifton Ter orm & temporary inde- pendent board to fight rent legisl tion. This started another verbal battle, in which members of the pre ent Real ite Board . took an ac- tive part. Objection was made (6 the yresence of the mbers of Washington Real Estate Beard, but as they had been invited by commu- nication the chair ruled they were entitled to stay. to form orts Joseph to upon motion Motion to Adjourn Withdrawn. The motion was then rescued when a motion to adjourn by Mr. McKeever was withdrawn, in order to allow & Yote on the question. The suggestion 1o form a temporary organization, as stated, was defeated. After adjournment about 1S per- mons who were not satisfied with the outcome of the original meeting started one of their own and formed the District Realty Board. N. E. Ryon was elected president; Earl W. Ilings, vice president, and Mrs. S, Cross, secretary-treasurer. 5 This meeting then opposed the Ren Commission, and, while it did no oppose the licensing law, ask Congress to see that representa- tives of the independent brokers were 1o be appointed on the commission, pointing out that there are only 119 members of the Real Estate Board end 472 independent brokers. b “Mr. Squeers’” Last Pupil Dies. LONDON, February 7.—The death is announced of Edmund Plummer, age 93, last survivor of the boys under the ty- rannical schoolmaster “Mr. Squeers,” at Dotheboys' Hall, as pictured in Dick- ens’ “Nicholas Nickleby.” Today is the 113th anniversary of Dickens' birth. 1 and disapproved an in- | licensing | the | it voted to | Copyright by Harris & Ewing. ;Robinson~ Expands - Naval Experience By Trip in Plane Another convert to aviatién was obtaiped yesterday afternoon when Assistant Secretary of thé Navy Theodore Douglas Robinson made his first flight in an airplane from the naval air station at Anacostla to Dahlgren and return. Mr. Robinson had been tendance at the Lampert aircraft inquiry committee hearings, and having heard both sides of flying, decided to investigate the angle in which he was less familiar. Lieut. A.. J.» Williams- piloted the new Navy official, and when the latter stepped to the ground he expressed ‘the desire to do all traveling in the future by airplane. This conversion, however, did not entangle the Assistant Secre- tary in the squabble over a sepa- rate air force, it was pointed out. in at- ALEXANDRIA CLERK BELIEVED SUICIDE Wife Gets Letter Mailed Day Thomas Rowen, Jr., Disappeared, Saying He Would Die. pecial Dispateh to The Star. ALENANDRIA, Va., February 7.— The police in their search for Thomas | Rowen, jr, are working on the theory that he has committed suicide. In a letter to his wife ‘the day he disappeared he said, “When you get this I will be dead.” Friends express hope that he will reappear. Rowen was seen walking toward Hunting Creek bridge about 3 o'clock in the afternoon of the day on which he dlsappeared. Acting upon this clue, Capt. Durrer and Officer Rawlett of the police force yesterday searched the territory on both sides of Hunt- ing Creek, but without finding any trace of the missing man. Director of, Public Safety Paul Mor- ton has issued posters giving a descrip- tion of Rowen and bearing a photo- graph. A reward of $50 is offered for information that will lead to lo- cating him. The poster describes him as having light complexion, blue eyes, {light brown hair, slightly bald, height 5 feet 10 inches, weight 150 pounds, 24 years old. “He was employed in the time- keeper's office of the Southern Rail- way, was a member of the volunteer fire department and fond of base ball and foot ball. He was also a member of Andrew Jackson Lodge, No. 120, A. F., and A. M., of Alexandria. During the war he was a member of the Post Office unit, located at Quantico. Lately [he appeared despondent. This is at- | tributed to poor health. | GEM e THEFTS REPORTED. Jewels Vealued at $40,000 Stolen From Miami Homes. MIAMI, Fia, February 7.—Police here yesterday ' were asked to ald im the recovery of $40.000 worth of jew= elry . reported .to have' been stolen from twe- Winter residences- at Miamt Beach a week ago. Policewere asked to join private detectives, it was said; in an investi- gation into the alleged robbery of the homes of E. R. Thomas, New York manufacturer, and Mrs. C. E, Won- derly, each of whom ' was said to have lost $20,000 worth of various kinds of jewelry the night of Jan- vary 30. o N She objects to being nold with the ho Elizabeth Miller, 16 years old, a gypsy, claims her father sold her in marriage to another gypsy for $500 and three “skinny” horses. She ran away from her husband in Toledo, Ohio, and has asked protec- tion from. the police. By Uulted News Pictures. WGHES SLP AVAY | FRO COFFEE NG Senor Schmidt of Brazil, World’s Largest Grower, Tried to Corner. BY CLAUDE O. PIKE. Correspondence of The Star and the Chicag: Daily News Foreign Service. RIBEIRAO PRETO, Brazil, January 4.—Omne of the most striking figures in the coffee world is Senor Fran- cisco Schmidt, quite generally called the coffee king. But like many mod ern kings, Schmidt is well on the wa to being dethroned. A few vears ago he tried to corner the world's coffee market, and, now, in his old age is readjusting his holdings to continue fn business. Although he has been forced to dispose of many of his fazendas to make up the losses on his “coffee corner,” it is said he can still lay claim to being the world greatest coffee grower. Senor Schmidt is past 70 years old. Ha'f a century ago he and his wife came to Brazil as German emigrants and found places on a fazenda as ordi- nary workers, caring for the trees. They were industrious and in a few vears had saved up enough to pur- chase a little tract near .this city, then beyond the frontier of the coffee district. This they ¢leared, the wife laboring with her 'husband felling timber, burning the brush and help- ing set out toffee trees. Bought When Land Was Cheap. As they saved more money they bought more land. In those days land was cheap. As the trees began to bear the Schmlidts were able to give all their attention to their own coffee crops. Every cent of profit they put into purchasing more land, clearing it_and setting it out to coffee. Their holdings grew untll the lowly emigrant and his wife about 10 vears ago moved into first place as coffee* producers. In 1918 they owned over 60 coffee fazendas, and could step into any bank in Brazil and borrow $100,000. In 1918 came the freeze that killed | millions of coffee trees and brought on a short crop. Prices soared almost overnight. Schmidt proved to be a man of action. He got reports from each of his fazendas before daylight on the night of the heavy freeze. He made an estimate of the damage that had been done. Then he directed his agents in_Santos to buy every pound of coffée offered in the mar- ket that morning regardless of price. Outwitted His Co: In a few days he had purchased about every avatlable pound of coffee and before many of his fellow-coffee growers had realized what was up. Most of the Brazilian fazendeiros and their famlilies were making merry at | the watering places. When the news | of the freeze was flashed to them { they melted away to their homes to face’ the prospects of a hard year ahead and no mansy to spend. On this venture Schmidt is said to have cleanied up $1,000,000. The next year at crop time prices broke and Schmidt decided to steady the market. He started buying, but prices con- tinued to fsll. He could not hold the market and when all was over he_had (sustained a heavy loss. (Copyright, 1925, by Chicago Daily News Co.) 1 petitors. How much real value stands back of the stock you are asked to buyt National Photo. “HIZZONER™ TAKES A VACATION, Mayor Hylan of New York, ac- companied by Mrs. Hylan, strolling on the shore at Palm Beach. The chief executive of the metropolis spends several weeks in the South each Winter. Sweet Story of Bovine Blossom Told in It’s Exciting Tale of Cow’s Thrilling Rescue From Butcher’s Hammer, Added to Bucolic Charm. cows to the comes due a mortgage Do not =ell your dairy butcher when the nt or the landlord wave: foreclosure in your face. for milking purposes, test her occa- sionally, according to Uncle Sam’ directions, and stave off the landlord with an outbreak of prosperity. Such is the moral taught in the Department of Agriculture's new movie, “Weighed in the Balance, ‘which tells the story of how Blossom, the dairy cow, very nearly became a planked stea Case of Blossom. Blossom was not inherently a po- tential source of beef. - She was born a dairy cow, reared a dairy cow and When her time comes to die, she de- sires to pass on to the golden mead- ows still a dairy cow. But for the Pocahontas rescue feat performed right under the gory, up- raised sledge hammer of the heart- less butcher, who was about to nudge Blossom for a row of pink buttercups, the Department of Agriculture at this moment would be looking for a sub- stitute bovine heroine for its new Photoplay. One may follow intimately the near-tragic story of Blossom by wait- ing to see the department's new farm film, but for those who feel they can't procrastinate, here, in brief, is Blos- som's story, as shown in the picture. Blossom’s Own Story. “The first I can remember,” Blos- som begins, shifting her cud, “was a beautiful green pasture, where the cool shadows and murmuring brook furnished ideal surroundings for a young calf to grow up in.” The first scene, by the way, shows a beautiful young rural lady with her arms around Blossom's neck. The young lady, if you must kmow, is Dorothy Benson, daughter of Blossom’s owner. Dorothy is saving: “What a d calf! Let's name her Blossom. seems that Blossom has not yet been christened. Dorothy, the subtitles explain, has a bashful, but earnest, sweetheart, John Hardacre, the son of a close-fisted member of the county farm bloc. Dorothy whispers this secret into Blossom’s. understanding ear. In the course of time Blossom turns DESERTS NEW YORK. Hammersteln to Make Headquar- ters at Chicago. CHICAGO, February 7.— Arthur Hammerstein, who arrived here with his wife, formerly Dorothy Dalton, film actress, annpunced last night that he will move his producing head- quarters to Chicago, and that if he is unable to obtain an independent the- ater In New York by next season. he Wil not produce there. The change, Mr. Hammerstein's statement sald, is due to a contro- versy with the Shuberts regarding A _clause in their cont et wriil ain calling on him to present his pro- ductions only in Shubert theaters or those of affiliated organizations, if there are such organizations in the cities concerned. Mr. Hammerstein is here for the svening of one of his productions. Keep her | Copyright by P. & A. Photos Agriculture Film With Love Element to be a full-grown cow and she | surpr Dorothy by presenting her | with a little Blossom. About this time | Dorothy learns that Mama Blossom is £oing to be sold to Old Man Hardaére. She sprays Blossom’s neck with tears, but despite that Blossom ambles off to the Hardacre barn Well, anyway, things begin to hap- | pen at a fast rate shortly thereafter. Old Man Hardacre is about to be foreclosed on: Blossom, hard up for food, swallows her cud, and the butcher up the road a piece begins whetting his sledge hammer. The butcher comes to Old Man | Hardacre to buy a few steaks, and, needing a few more cents to pay off the mortgage. the hard-hearted Hard- acre fellow throws Blossom in for good measure, spare ribs being much | in demand. rts Race With Death. { young Hardacre and | Dorothy begin to busy themselves about the farm. Dorothy's sweetie has rushed to town and arranged with Wall Street to renew his dad’s loan, saving Blossom, and when he returns to find his dumb friend already on the way to the abbatoir, he begins a thrilling race with death. The flivver throws a wheel at the cross-roads, however, but who should happen along at this strategic in- stant but Dorothy Benson herself, in a nice new roadster? In the far dis- tance the two can see Blossom's de- jected tail swishing through the gate of the slaughter pen, and they realize they may be tao Tate. Skidding the last half-mile to a stop, Dorothy hops ouf).sees the cruel sledge. about to crack Blossom's noodle, and lays her own head on the spot marked X. Of course, everything ends most happily, and the fade-out shows Blos- som munching caulifiower in the Hardacre truck garden, while young Hardacre and his sweetheart,” Dor- othy, gaze on approvingly. content in the knowledge that old man Hardacre had turned the farm over to his son, ahd that Blossom had come through with flylng colors in the cow-testing competition rocommended in the De- partment of Agriculture's vest-pocket treatise, “Cow Testing in All Its Phases,” or something like that. 1 out Meanwhile LOSES UNION FIGHT. Head of Outlawed Pressmen Re- fused Reinstatement. NEW YOREK, February 7.—David Simons, who was head of the Press- men’s. Local Union that was out- lawed from the International Print- ing Pressmen and Assistants’ Union after the pressmen’s strike of Sep- tember, 1923, yesterday lost his fight to bé reinstated as a member of the International Union. The appellate dlyision of the Supreme- Court, re- versing a county court decision, held unanimously that Simons was not en- titled to an order compelling the unfon to reinstate him. The appellate court found that. it was “without power to compel a vol- untary unincorporateéd association to either admit or reinstate an appli- cant for membership.” “That power rests exclusively in such association,” the decisfon said. Eeib st lsnlina | his Betore you Invest—Investigate. Prince Troubetzkoy stopped off in’ Washington yesterday on his way to Hollywood, where he will take a leadking part in new photoplays. The prince is after the laurels of Valen- tino, Rod Le Roque, and other idols of the screen. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood Dr. Otto Wiedfeldt, former German Ambassador to Washington, photo- graphed when he sailed on the steemship Albert Ballin for home. Dr. Wiedfeldt's not vet arrived in Washington. pyright by P, & A successor has Photos. HERRIN KLANSMEN RASENEWISUES Declare Pact Outlined by De- parting Sheriff Will Not Bring Peace. \ By the Associated Press. MARION, 11, February 7.—The prospect of peace In Willlamson County remained an issue today, as the board of supervisors of the county awaited the' report of its committee, which met with Sheriff George C ligan at Springfield Thursday. The report was to be made in the after- noon. A =et of requests outlined by Ku Klux Klansmen here last night might complicate the situation, it was said. | Declaring that the peace pact out- lined by Sheriff Galligan and the board’'s committee would not improve conditions, the klansmen planned 2n amendment giving the board of su- pervisors full control of the county Jai The Klan leaders also said that it would be useless for the sheriff to leave the county, as he hid agreed. 1t would make no difference, they as- serted, as long as*he was not running office. Another peint they dis- puted was that Galligan would re- ceive his salary for the rest of his term, although not acting officially. The klansmen's proposal would pre vent Randall Parks, office deputy, from assuming the duties of sheriff, as Galligan and the committee had agreed upon, but it would not pre- vent him from retaining his present position, they said: No objections to Parks as an individual were volced, it merely being said that he was a rela- tive of Delos Duty, former State's at- torney and antl-Klan leader. DECISION IS'RESERVED ON GOULD APPLICATION Judge Withholds Action on Hear- ing Evidence Concerning Heir's Marriage. By the Associated Pres NEW YORK, February 7.—Supreme Court Justice Aaron J. Levy resérved decision - yesterday on an application made by the heirs of the late Jay Gould for a modification of the order relating to the disposition of the share of the heirs of the late George Gould, principal executor of the Gould estate, The application, made vesterday, by counsel for Frank Gould, was for an order to direct Referee O'Gorman .to hear evidence relating to the mar- riage of Frank, whose income, pend- ing a decision of the effect of his father's will, has been held-back, Marine Officers Transferred. Capt. F. Fisk has been transferred from Quantico, Va., to San Capt. J. E. Snow, from Peking, China, to San Francisco; Capt.' C. E. Rice and First Lieut. F. E, Armstead, from the Asiatic station to San Francisco; Capt. O. T. Pfeiffer, Capt. O, Salzman and First Lieut. F. B. Reed, from San Francisco to Guam; Capt. C. R. Ford- ney, from Port au Prince, Halti, to-the United States; Second Lieut. E. F. ;Ku d(r;:n P'fi:"" to Pensacola, , AN r s ut. D, Keyhoe hag been retired, > i | Dlego; AFTER FUTILE his brother Floyd from Sand Cave, atterpting to reach his brother by means of the original n IN NEW YORK'S BEAUX ARTS BALL. ATTEMPT TO SAVE (center), in a state of exhaustion afte: BROTHER. Homer Collins r making one of his attempts 1o save Kentucky. Homer has persisted in rrow passage Wide World Ibo Mrs. Reginald C. Vanderbilt once Miss Gloria Morgan, in the costume she wore at the recent ball of v of Beaux Arts. ects and authors the Soci tors, arch House Turns Back $63,406 Left Over From Own Funds | __ Willlam Tyler Page, clerk of the House, reported today that he had turned back into the Treasury from last year's appropriations for that body a total of $83, The sum included $ clerical hire, $19.681 unpaid bonus to clerks, $10,435 for other em- ploves and 3511 for Speaker Gil- lett’s automobile. Congress spends on ftself less than one-half of 1 per cent of all appropriations,” Mr. Page esti- mated, adding that next year's estimates represent a net cut of $29,000. gt s U. S. BEGINS INQUIRY OF CHICAGO MARSHAL | Department of Justice to Investi- gate Alleged Laxity Among Of- ficial's Assistants. The Department of Justice has in- stituted .an investization into condi- tions in the offise of the United States marshal in Chicago with a view to correcting alleged laxity among the marshal's assistants. Officlals are interested. among other things, In the disappearance some time ago of liquor from Government warehouses < under the custody of Robert R: Levy, the marshal. Mr. Levy conferred yesterday with Attorney General Stone and Assistant Attorney. General Holland and today Senator McKinley of Illinois called on the Attorney General in reference to the ‘case. Thus far the department hae felt that na;blame attaches directly to Mr. Levy In connection -with disap- pearance of the liquor stock, but of- ficials'are - inquiring into discipline ameng his assistants and have begun a_study ,of the whole record of his office. | PRELATE GOES: TO ROME: Year Pilgrimage. NEW YORK, February 7-Cardinal steamship Berengaria. today ‘on his holy year pilgrimage to Rome. The liner -carried the requisites for celebration of mass aboard and serv- ices will be held daily during the voyage. ~With Cardinal were Mgt Dennis J. Dunne, chan- cellor, and Mgr. B. J. Shell, assistant chancellor of the cardinal's digcese. Before Cardinal Mundelefn Ieft his home 320,000 was presented.to hitm by Francis J. Lewis, head of the Leeds Manufacturing Co. Count de Thorigny, Monaco, who visited in the United States for about a month, also was a passenger: AT Al S Ordered to Fort Humphreys. Maj. Luther R. Maddox, Engineer Officers’ Reserve Corps, of this city has been assigned to duty at the En- gineer School, Fort Humphreys, Va. Will Leave Serviee. Rear Admiral Frank T. Arms, Naval Supply Corps, will be relieved from active duty March 31 and proceed to %his home. Cardinal Mundelein Sails on Holy | Mundelein of Chicago salled ‘on the | Mundelein | the Prince of | The society is composed of painters, Copsri INDIAN STATEWILL - ABOLISH SLAVERY Figures Showing 51,419 Held in Bondage in Nepal Sur- prise to British. t by Und d & LU | i | [ | By the Associated Press LONDON, F % a 51,419 slaves ave owners of these figures rtling surprise British public who have been generally unaware of the existence of slavery in this In- { dfan state. which, although indepen | ent, is under the aegis of the Brit | ish empire | The Maharajah Sir Chandra Sh | shere Jung, prime minister and | faéto ruler of Nepal, who also h the rank of general in the Bri army. has undertaken to suppress evil. In a speech mandu, in December, and | reported here. he appealedfor assist | ance in this task from the people in { seneral. He declared that | rests upon the slave overloaded with the | parents and childrer | ing_pictures of ru | of husbands and w children by the | Announcing that a date | ed when slavery would {legal in Nepal, the prime | | i came as majority of t Heaven's which curse trade leaden and drew mov hless separations ives, parents and owners would be fix the gov- suppre slave outlined a scheme whereby ernment would assist in the sion by buying siaves from owners inclined to sell and libers them He intimated that the scheme would operate gradually ;but would look to the ultimate and complete eliminatior of the traffic. The government of Nepal, he added, had allotted for the purpose 51 LEAVING ANNAPOLIS DUE TO LOW-GRADES Greatest Number Is in Freshman and- Seggnd-Year Classes—No ‘Graduates Affected, By the Askocimted Press. ANNAPOLIS, Md, February | Fifty-one¢ midshipmen-were found far behind in their scholastio work as a result of averages determined by the mid-semestér tests ihat they will be compelled to resign from the Naval Academy, Rear Admiral Henry B. Wllson, superintendent of the in stitution, announced yesterday The greater proportion of the de- linquents are distributed am the fourth, or freshman, c b third class. None of tho |quit are members of the graduating | erass. Sy ! Sergt. McClure Retired. First Sergt. Rubin McClure, Infantry, at Fort Benning, Ga., been placed on the retired list of the Army on account of age. fth | Cardinal to Visit Bermuda. | NEW YORK, February | Cardinal Hayes sailed the Munson, liner Munargo on an ec- clgsiastjcal visit to the Bahamas, which ‘are included in the archdie- cese at New York. 7—Patrick sterday on