Evening Star Newspaper, March 21, 1925, Page 3

COOLIDGE SEES DRY TEAMWORK NEEDED Holds States and Cities Must Aid if Enforcement Is to Be Success. Trohibition in the United States will not be adequately enforced the opinion of President Coolidge, un- til the States and municipalities give better co-operation This belief of the Executive stressed the ‘White House as the result of a report of the g jury in Philadelphi: which, ong other thin recom- mended that enforcement officers be put under civil servic and that the prohibition unit be transferred from the Treasury Department to the De- partment of Justice in was at and Approves Saggestion. resident Coolidge is represented as belng in entire accord with that part of the report regarding placing the prohibition officers under civil serv- ice. Several times he has made rec- dations to this effect, but Con- ss had ignored his proposals. As for transferring the prohibition t to the Department of Justice, the resident is represented having riginally approved it. But upon fur- ther study of the matter, he is con ed that it would be better to keep £¢ where it is. A spokesman for the President said ®hat the latter is of the opinion that Philadelphia grand jury, in its port, failed to point out some of .%he defects in prohibition enforce- 3uent, especially the lack of thorough xu-operation by the State and munic pal police with Federal authorities. ~He thinks that adequate enforcement s impossible unless the authorities ®ive every ald to the Federal Gov- &rnment or unless the Federal Gov- ®riment takes over the police work “which should be done by the former. ederal Duty Outlined. The Federal Government can do a &reat deal in enforcing prohibition, the President believes, but its func- ®ion should be in preventing smug- ng. looking after liquor with- drawals, and co-operating as far as possible in arresting bootleggers. But when it comes to small sales of iquor in localities, it is the duty of cal police to prevent these, 5 2 COURT HALTS SELLING OF BANKERS’ FORD PAPER Issues Injunction Preventing Mar- keting of Shares Buyers Thought Was Regular Stock. By the Asso NEW ed Press. YORK, March 21—A tem- »o injunction restraining the sale of bankers’ shares of the Ford Motor Co. of Canada, Limited, has been is- sued against the Continental Co. and Marshall & Co. of this city, State At- torney General Ottinger announced In asking the injunction from tho State Supreme Court, the attor- ney general's office asserted that be- tween 5,000 and 10,000° persons had bought the shares under the impres- sion that they were buying Ford Motor Co. stock. Ford stock, according to the attor- ney general, was purchased in the en market and banking shares were issued against it to be sold to the public at a rate which brought the Price of the stock above market value. The Ford Co. of Canada has denied a its stock. More than 50 letters Henry Ford asking about the stock were introduced as evidence. A per- manent injunction will be sought to SPECIAL NOTICES. WILL BE A MEETING 0 HE ders of The Corcoran Fire Tnsurance e District of Columbia at their No. 004 11th &t. n.w.. on Monday, 6. 1525, for the purpose of electing Bin directors for the ensnng. 12 m., close 1 p.m. LOUIS R s AL THE PARTNERSHIP HERETOFORE EXIST- ing by and between Max Miller, Simon Freed- mao and Oliver Blondheim. trading under the firm name of Philadelphia Decorating Co.. §11 9th st. n.w., Washington, D. C., has this day # been dissolved; said business, under said name, t0 be_continu ddress by said Mi acd Blondheim as co-partners, said Freedman having withdrawn his interest therein. Max Miller, Simon 8. Freedman, Oliver Blondheim, T o (8) Polis open . PEAK, Sec S WIDOW 1 viola and gold watch 033, " SELL Phone TO hain, =0 (I(hwirfi inds of hedees, and__aheiblery * forniehed and A. 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Ritchie of Maryland at Annapolis and a ball in honor of Gov. Trinkle of Virginia at Colonial Beach. Both the governors will be among the guests of honor on the trip which starts June 16. Ticketx Limited to 200. Tickets for the trip have been limited to 200, and at yesterday's meeting 116 were sold. A notice will be sent to all members announcing the trip and allowing them ten days | in which to make reservations The outing will leave Washington iy the afternoon, and go by train to Baltimore, where the party will be taken by special fleet of taxis to the Colonial Beach boat. It is hoped to reach there by § o'clock for the ball After the ball the boat will proceed to Chesapeake Bay and arrive at An- napolis Saturday evening. Sunday morning the party will stop at Norfolk, and those who desire, may g0 to church. A visit will be paid to the naval base, where it is hoped to have arranged a drill by the sailors. Sunday afternoon the boat will sail for the ‘capes and to the three-mile limit, then turning for Baltimore. It is planned for the party to arrive in Washington Mon- day ‘morning. Officials To Be Invited. Besides the governors of the two neighboring States the chairman of the Senate and House District com- mittee will be invited as well as the District Commissioners and other officials and additional ghests. The committee in charge is com- posed of R P. Andrews, Charles Co- lumbus, secretary; J. C. Graham, Dr. M. G. Gibbs, F. V. Killlan, H. H. Levi, P. M. Dorsch, Samuel Zirkin, Lewis A Payne, F. P. Fenwick, M E. Horton, Chales L. Howser, Albert James Colliflower, A. William E. Russell, Louls Levy, Fred A. Spicer, A. J. Sundlun, Richard L. Lamb, Stanley Lansburgh. F. W. Harper, A. F. Jorss, J. C. Cal- lahan, Paul F. Grove, S. M. Selinge R. B. H. Lyon, Maurice Kafka, Harry Crandall, Philip King, George DeNeele, Henry Lansburgh, Joseph A. Fisher, Eu- gene Young, I. L. Goidheim. John Dunn, E. P. Avalear, E. H. Neumeyer, jr.i M. A. Leese, Gen. Anton Stephan, Sidney West, Carl Droop, John Eckert, Harry E. Hill, M. D. Rosenberg, Rob- ert Buckley, J. Harry Cunningham and Burdett Stryker. POWER OF McCARL FACES COURT TEST IN POSTMASTER CASE (Continued from First Page.) A. Auth, relinquished, and the great office which he holds in trust for the people transmitted to his successors shorn of its dignity and vigor. med for 15 Years. President Wilson vetoed the na- tional budget act in 1920 because it made the controller general remov- jable only by concurrent resolution of both houses Harding in 1921 signed budget act, under which a general is appointed for 15 vears, but which left him removable only by Congress and under no circumstances by the President The Solicitor General" bristles with references troller General McCarl. the “numerous clashes and conflicts between the controller and the executive departments and bureaus.” He charges that, “in effect, the controller ~ general practically lolds that he is not bound by the decisions of the courts, and that he is the court of last resort upon questions relating to the obligations of the Government to its creditors; that while the opinions of the courts may be useful to him in the performance of his duties. there is no obligation upon him to follow them.” In certain respects the Oregon post- master case, with its bearing on the McCarl situation, harks back to the recent conflict between presidential prevogative and senatorial authority in the Warren case. It applies even more directly to the Andrew Johnson impeachment trial. Madden Backs McCarl. Controller General McCarl, since he s appointed by President Harding on July 1, 1921, has been the stormy petrel of Washington. He has accu- mulated more enmities and enemies than any other Federal official of his time, through his determined policy of cheeseparing in the name of the bud- et and defying even the President of (ho United States to interfere with him. McCarl contends he is the serv- ant of Congress, and Congress alone, by it created, by it alone removable and to it singly-and exclusively re- sponsible. Chairman Madden of the House ap- propriations committee is one of the thick-and-thin supporters of Me- Carl’s supreme authority. No one accuses the controller general of any- thing but patriotic motives, but many question the wisdom of his methods. He comes of Western fighting stock. of Congress. President the new controller brief t® Con- He refers to | Tnsurgene; blood, for he once was private etary to Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska, 3 (Copyright, 1925 NG _STAR, WASHINGTON, D. T The War Over the Air INFIGHT ON CARTER Civil, Spanish and World War Bodies to Aid Men Dis- charged at G. P. 0. An allied veterans’ committee, com- posed of the department commanders lof five organizations of ex-service men, will launch at once a determined effort to obtain the immediate rein- statement of war veterans discharged by Public Printer Carter in the re- |cent Government Printing Office lay- | off. | At the same time the committee will investigate what legal recourse dismissed ex-service men have in cases of unwarranted separation from the service in violation of laws and executive orders designed to protect | them, The committee was formed at a mass mecting of members of veterans’ organizations last night in the board room of the District Building. The committeemen, named in a resolution (unanimously adopted by the roomful of delegates, H. M. Mounton of {the G. A. R, Arthur League, United | Spanish War Veterans; Willlam Ho- |mer Carroll, Veterans of Foreign { Wars; Frank L. Peckham, American Legion, and D. J. Hussey, Disabled Amerfcan Veterans of the World War. The resolution was Introduced by J. J. ldler, department adjutant of the American Legion. The action of the meeting was the culmination of a series of discussions | regarding specific instances of alleged discrimination against ex-service men by the public printer and concerning | laws passed in their protection. Assalls Efficiency Board. Harland Wood, an attorney, de- clared that the United States Bureau of Efficiency is successfully cireum- venting the law and the will of the President and of Congress by fall- ing to include in its system of efficlency ratings the mark of “good” prescribed by the act of August 23, 11912, as the prerequisite of a veteran's retention In preference to civilian employes. He described u case which he argued before a local court, dur- ing which, he sald, this “Inefficiency of the Bureau of Efficiency™ was dis- covered. He urged that the veterans join hands in compelling the bureau to include the rating of “gond™ In their list. James A. Burns, judge advocate of the District Department of the United Spanish War Veterans, declared that the Civil Service Commisslon is violating the law and several exccu- tive orders by refusing to give elgi- ble ex-service men preference for appointmients in the civil service, as demanded by law. Eugene F. Smith, president ot Co- lumbia Typographical Unlon, No. 101, and a member of the Spanish War Veterans, told of several cases of in- justice meted out to ex-service men at the Government Printing Office He said that one veteran, after being taken back on the force when Mr. Carter recognized the error made in dismissing a veteran with an effi- clency rating high in the 90s, was be- ing punished anyway through notice {of suspension for an alleged misde- meanor which occurred in October. Mr. Carroll safd he knew also of this case and could assert that the veteran was not getting a square deal at the hands of the public printer. Rating 95, In Discharged. Another case cited was that of P. Huffman, member of Vincent B. ostello Post of the American Le- gion, who was discharged February 3 after two and a half years of em- ployment at the Printing Office. Un- til six months ago, it was stated, he had been given an efficiency rating f his discharge, it was asserted, his civil service rat- ing was 100. Another discharged veteran, Jack | Matthews, called on to state his se, said that when he enlisted in the war in 1917 he was an expert linotypist, but that as a result of be- ing sent back from the front to ?hn hospital on seven occasions during the war he had lost some of his for- mer speed at the linotype machine. He declared that despite his slowing up he had an efficiency rating high enough to preclude his dismissal un- der the law, but was nevertheless discharged. He told of his unsuc- cessful efforts to be reinstated. Maj. O. W. Clark, acting assistant director of the Veterans' Bureau, in charge of the bonus work, declared that all the men under his super- vision were veterans and that he would see that they got employment in another part of the Veterans' Bu- ! reau when the time came to dissolve the bonus division. He was roundly applauded. Department Comdr. Carroll of the Veterans of Foreign Wars presided at the meeting. A ARREST MAY CLEAR $15,000 GEM THEFT Richmond Police Charge Captive Attempted to Dynamite De- partment Store Safe. RICHMOND, Va, March 21.—In the arrest of Norman C. Barfield, charged with attempting to blow a safe in a de- partment store here, detectives expect to bare important information about the robbery two weeks ago of the home of Col. Fred Scott, when $15,000 jewels were taken while Col. and Mrs. Scott were at a dinner reception. Barfleld was taken after he had been chased across the roofs of several buildings and he had fallen and badly hurt himself. He refused to give the names of two al- leged confederates, but later said they were Walter Anderson and Lee Miller. Barfleld says he escaped from the jail at Savannah after being convicted of robbing a jewelry place of $20,000 and sentenced to‘serve 20 years. Barfield will be tried March 27. H. W. WELLS DEAD. Son of Late Admiral Was Long in Navy Department. Henry Welch Wells, 68 years old, son of the late Rear Admiral Clarke H. Wells and an employe of the Navy Department 40 vears, died at his resi- dence in the Woodley Apartments vesterday, after a short iliness. Mr. Wells was a member of the District of Columbia Society of the Sons of |the American Revolution. . He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Amelia Wells, and a son, Maj. Clarke H. Wells, of the United States Marine Corps. Funeral services will be conducted at the residence tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. Rev. Dr. Herbert Scott Siith will officiate. Tnterment will be in Philadelphia, Pa. Fire Loss Estimated $250,000. SCRANTON, Pa., March 21.—Fire, thought to have been caused by spon- taneous combustion of olls and greases and resulting in an estimated loss of $250,000, destroyed the Delaware and Hudson hine and erecting shops at, Carbondale last night. VETERANS COMBINE| {use of private coal cars By Will Chapter VII—*“Our The great cities of the Atlantic lit- toral, as I have shown in a previous article, stand in some remote danger of attack and wholesale destruction by air. Such a catastrophe is im- possible just now; but if the world loses its sanity and swings into an cra of competitive aerial armanient, it may be distinetly possible a decade or two hence The Western littoral presents a dif- ferent problem. The mainland seems safe. California, Oregon and Wash- ington are 6,000 miles by sea from the land bases of any hostile nation; whereas an enemy from the European continent has only 3,000 miles to ne- gotlate, As compared to the Atlantic coast, the Paclfic has only a few cities, and these not as yet mearly so vital to our industrfal and economical life. Destruction of the Atlantle cities would be a stroke at the heart: that of the Pacific cities, merely lopping oft a llmb. The enemy would have a far easier alternative. Thrust out Into the Pacific, lying clear across the Pactfic, are Alaska and Hawail, terri- torjes, and the Philippines, our only considerable colony. He who names any nation as an an- tagonist in “the next war” is usu- ally doing his little, harmful bit to bring on that war. But the Jin- goes and scaremongers have already wrought 50 much mischicf of this sort, that perhaps a disciple of peace can afford to be frank. The one na- tion capable, for a generation at least, of fighting us from the West Is Japan. Every schoolehild knows that. Philippines Vital Link. In relation to the Philippines, of course, Japan occupies a pecullarly strong position. There they lle, across the gateway between the Pacific and the Indlan oceans, a most important point for the mastery of the Eastern Asiatic reglon. In case Japan cares to colonize and shows a talent for colonization—here are still disputed points—they afford rich booty. And the extreme tip of the Philippines lies only 330 miles from Formosa, part of Japan. From that point to Manila, the cap- ital and chief bulwark of defense, is only some 300 miles more. Since bombing planes can now fly 750 miles in a straight lne, and fighting aux- illarfes even further, the Japanese, planning invasion with an air force, would not have to consider sea trans- port for thelr planes, though an aux- fliary fleet with supplles would still be necessary. To destroy fiimsily built Manila by afr altack, or to cause ils evacuation, would be child’s play compared to the reduction of an American city. There remains the etrong point of Cavite, our center of resistance. While none can say categorlcally, except Army experts who have looked over the ground, it is possible that Cavite might fall before aerial attack alone. If we in- tend to defend ourselves by force, the Philippines will need a lot of alreraft. Hawall as Strategic Point. Hawaii is a strategic enigma. It seems likely that an enemy from the East would walt, before trying to occupy this cross-roads of the Pacific, for the issue of naval battle. However, if Hawaii is insufficlently protected by air an enemy might concelvably “sneak” loads of air- planes and airplane supplies on to one of the small, outlying islands, and make that a base of operations for reducing Honolulu and the Pearl Harbor de- fenses. In connection with both Hawali and the Philippines, let me recall a prin- ciple I have laid down before. In fight- ing naval vessels with air bombs you work best when you can draw your enemy close to your own shore and base your planes on d. And holding INDUSTRIES FIGHT test I. C. C. Ban on Private Equipment. Dy the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, March 21.—The United States Steel Corporation and seven other steel, wire and coke com- panies yesterday joined in the legal battle of rallroads, industrial cor- porations and public utility concerns the Interstate Commerce Commission prohibiting the use of privately owned coal cars for the transporta- tion of bituminous coal. Un8er the commission’s order, which went into effect March'1, the use of private cars was abolished and only rallroad cars, or commercial cars, as they are known, are now per- mitted. The suit is similar to those filed by 35 railroads recently and a large number of steel, iron, coal and coke companies for the invalidation of the car ban. Besides United States Steel, the plaintiffs in yesterday's action are the Illinois Steel Co., the Carnegie Steel Co., American Steel and Wire Co., National Tube Co., American Sheet and Tin Plate Co., United States Coal and Coke Co., United States Fuel Co. and, H. C. Frick Coke Co. Thesé companies maintain that the is vitally | essential for the operation of their plants, and they contend that if, by reason of the commission’s ban, they are unable to obtain the amount of soft coal that is required to operate their furnaces, thousands of employes will be thrown out of work. “FOREST” BUILT IN HOTEL “Gypsy Ball” Is Staged for Am- ‘bassador Moore. NEW YORK, March 21.—Four hun- dred pine trees from the forests of Maine were set up in the Ritz-Carlton Hotel to provide a sylvan background for a “gypsy ball,” ending early to- Jday, given by Mrs. William Randolph Hearst in honor of Alexander P. Moore, American Ambassador to Spain. The ball was followed by a “bon voyage” breakfast to the Am- bassador, who sails today for Spain to resume his post. Soft blue lights created the illusion of night beneath the open sky and a campfire and tent completed the gYPsy motif. Two palmists told for- tunes and an organ grinder and monkey strolled among the guests, all of whom were dressed in fancy costumes. BUYS COSDEN RANCH. Syndicate Headed by Percy Rocke- feller Gets Florida Property. OKEECHOBEE, Fla., March 21.—A =yndicate headed-by Percy Rocke- feller, son of the late William Rocke- feller, and August Heckscher, both of New York, yesterday purchased the Southern Cattle Ranch in this county from J. S. Cosden of New York and associates. The property contalns 180,000 acres and was sald to have been sold for $1.500,000 cash, The purchasers did not announce for what the property would be used. | eventually T0 USE OWN CARS| Steel, Wire and Coke Concerns Pro- | for the nullification of the order of | Irwin. Western Defenses.” Hawaii and the Philippines would be largely a matter of coast defense. The public in thinking of the Pacific question tends to forget Alaska It is important now; it might be more im- portant later. The forces from the East might want the diplomatic advaritage of a foothold on the American continent, and Alaska as a possession is not to be despised. A force moving in this direc- tlon might use the Kamchatka Penin- sula, a Russtan possession, as & jump- Ing-off place, preciseiy as the Germans used Beigium in 1914. % It would then lle within convement reach by air of the Alaskan malnjand The possession of Kamchatka would be very important in a war over Alaska. It reaches toward Japan on one side as it does toward Alaska on the other. For- tunate'y for peace and humanity, Kam- chatka would not serve, at the present ranuge of airplanes, as a base for bomb- 5 the important Japanese cities, Dou- ble their range and it would. Limitations Are Stated. To digress for a moment, that ques- tion of extending airplane range brings up another disputed point. Any me- chanical device has its limit of efficien, We have about reached that point the big, steam-driven ship; we cannot much exceed 35 knots an hour. The ship has to meet but one form of resi nee —the water. The airplane struggles not only with the resistance of the air, but with that of gravity. The conservatives declare that already we have nearly reached the impassable point—unless we discover some new revolutionary prin- le. By refining the devices we have, | they say, we may Increase its range or size or speed about 30 per cent and no | | more. They proved this to me by fig- | ures, charts and curves, 1 took theso data to an eminent par- | tisan of the united air service. “Rats he commented, “I've seen that stuff! ‘When Langley was trying to build air- planes an eminent professor proved by these same principles that you couldn't fly at an:” Returning to Alaska-—its protec- tion, like that of our islands, is large- 1y & matter of coast defense and calls for both bombers and fighting planes. That new armament conference which President Coolldge seems about to propose must deal prima Iy with alr power 1f 1t expects to get any- where. There will be two main prob- lems, both more difficult than any thing that Harding or Hughes en- countered in the conference on naval jarmament. First is the French de- Sire—one might almost call it the | rench mania—for security | Position of France. France is now queen of the skies: | 8he holds the threat of her alr fleats jove both German her late enemy, jand Great Britain, her late ally. And| she feels that as vet the world offers | her no pledge of sccurity in its place | The “second problem home. Japan should by | justice, a reasonable aircraft to defend this defensive for. comes nearer given, in all allowance of her shores. Yet | . in the conditions, | WL always be a potential attacking force against the Philippines, and, if alrcraft Increase thelr range, against | Alaska. What arrangement can we make With her to secure the Philippines? Japan has shown herself receptive to proposals for aircraft limitation, Either she also fecls complaisant to- ward any reasonable j for check- ing a race of armaments with war and ruin at the end, or she is lying with a brazenness which justifies her most suspiclous critics. “Where Do We Stand?” installment of Will Irwin the aircraft controve morrow. (Copyright, 1925, in TU'nited States, and Great Liritain'by North Ame: Daper Alliance. ALl Fights reserees the eighth s series on follows to- | | Canada (CENTRAL HIGH'S PLAY| IS MARKED SUCCESS Students in Clever Farce Please Big Audience at First of Five Performances. % op Thief, the 1925 edition Central High' School's annual Sprine| ll!fl,\‘. started its five nights’ run last night in the school auditorium The play, a farce In three acts, was written by Carlyle Moore and as pre- | sented by the dramatic association | was thoroughly enjoyved by the large audience. Stop Thief” hilarious comedy o crooks, & boy and a g their last job before “going straight,” | fall into the soft snap of despoliling an upset wedding party. Beside the natural incapacity of a family to keep ane at such a time as a ‘wedding, the crooks are aided by the fact that both the bridegroom and the pros- pective father-in-law are kiepto- maniacs. And so follows a grand mixup of thefts, secret returns of stolen property and the crooks' ulti- mate possession of everything of value in the house. The whole thing was very well done. The cast is adequate and the direction by Miss Sybil Hgker and vhrr assistants is consistent. Miss Marion Hall and William Bradley make a g0od team of crooks. Frances Keenan makes a delightful flapper sister of the bride, Andrew Allison Is quite at ease as the business as soclate of the father-in-law” and lian Kleeblatt and Manton Wyvel are &00d as the bride’s mother and father. Others in the cast are Mary Arm- strong, Franklin Clarke, Benjamin Doehrer, Robert Miller, Inez Leon, Fred Haskin, Harry Wender, Rober! Andrus, James Suter, Tad Clapp, Al- vin Pack and Cecil Lovewell. The scenery, built and painted by the boys®of the manual training de- partment, is worthy of high appre- ciation, the costumes are in good taste and the music furnished by the Central High School Orchestra is in keeping with the production. a fast moving, | ncerning two | 1, who, pulling a R R ARGONNE 16th and Col. Rd. Several very at- tractive two-room, re- ception hall, kitchen, bath and balcony _apartments, unfur- nished. Reasonable prices. Telephone Col. 4630 ARGONNE 2 L F 1 £ | g S e L 7 SATURDAY, MARCH 21, |Gmup of Catholics Arrested | ana Frederick D., jr., 10 1925. TWOBANDITS SLAIN TWO ARE CAPTURED Sheriff’s Posse in Waiting When Gang of Five At- tempts Bank Robbery. ted Press. STEELVILLE. Mo. March 21.—. sheriff’s posse, forewarned, was walt- ing yesterday when five bandits at- tempted to rob the Farmers' Bank of Steelville. The result was that two of the robbers were killed, two were captured and one escaped loot was obtained. One citizen was | shot during the exchange of shots. Revolvers and shotguns poured theli deadly fire upon the robbers as they attempted to scoop up available cash when Cashier D. F. Hartnett and D. L. Wingo, a bookkeeper, had been forced into the vault. The captured men {dentified their dead companions as “Bozo” Walter, 33 years old, of Mitchell, 111, and Basil Doman, 30, of Madison, I1L Doman Was Driving Car. Doman was driving the bandit car, and Walter. according to one of his companfons, was shot by possemen | After he began the shooting by firing | at random during the robbery. One| of the captured men was wounded. A. Schwider, Steelville autorflobile | dealer, was the only member of the| heriff's posse wounded. He was shot through both legs. A motor carrying a license plate arrived in Steelville this morning, and business men who had been questioned about the Farmers' 3unk became suspiclous of the men in_the machine Sheriff Enke was consulted, and posted citizens at strateglc polnts near the bank, armed with shotguns and other firearms 1924 Missouri Four Bandits Entered Bank. The robbers approached the bank at 1 o'clock. Four of them entered, and Doman remalned at the wheel After Cashier Hartnett and the book- keeper had been forced into the vault one of the robbers seized all the cash in sight and poured it into a bag.| Another began shooting. General firing started. Walter was carry collapsed from woy’ 0 yards, and the/ ered. The fifth and no trace of) tonight. TURMOIL CONTINUES | OVER CHURCH SCHISM | £ the sack. He & after running Jney was recov- it eluded pursuit 7_sm has been found in| Mexican Municipality—Arson Is Attempted. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, March 21.—Addi- tional disorders growing out of the schism in the Mexican Catholic Church are reported in” special dispatches from Aguascalientes and Guadalajara In the former city a priest and a EToup of Catholics were arrested and fined for violating the law by or- ganizing a procession and marching through the streets until dispersed by the police. In Guadalajara three unknown per- gons attempted to fire the house of Archpriest Manuel Alvarado. Only the street door of the building was destroyed, the flames being extin- guished in time to prevent them from spreading. WHITING WILL WED. Bank President Eleanor Countiss. CHICAGO, Robinson to Marry Mrs. March 21 Countiss, divore Frederick D. Countiss Februa 5 will be married April 30 to Lawrence Whiting, bank president and former assistant commissioner of finance at he Versailles peace conference, It has been announced. | Mrs. Countiss, who was a daughter the late John Kelly Robinson Ithy match manufacturer, married Countiss in New York 1910 had two children, Henrietta, 12 —Mrs of we: Mr, They Whiting. formerly of Peru, Ind., was | captain of the University of Chicago | foot ball team in 191 Pennsy to Close Sunbury Shops. NBURY, Pa, March —The Pennsylvania Railroad Co. announced vesterday that it would permanently ‘lose the Sunbury shops, in operation since 1876. The 550 men, mostly, skill- ed workers, will be taken care of at other points on the system, it was said 'Painting--Paperhanging Homes, Clubs, Sckools, Office i Buildings, Apartment Houses Harry W. Taylor 2333 18th St. N.W. Col. 1077 | ST THE ALTAMONT | 1901 Wyoming Avenue Twelve Rooms and Four Baths THE DRESDEN 2220 Connecticut Avenue Ten Rooms and Three Baths John W. Thompson & Co. Incorporated Realtors 1614 Eye Street N.W. Main 1477 APARTMENTS At Reasonable Rentals 23rd & N Streets NORTHWEST 3 Rooms & Bath $52.50 & $55 Now Ready for OCCUPANCY Open for Inspection 1430K Street Main 3830 |attendingothe Earl of Ypres, Broken Stage Star Wins Freedom to UndergaDopeCure Ex-Vaudeville Headliner Now $30-W eekly Pi- anist in Small Cafe. By the Associated Pres NEW YORK, March 21.—William J. Montgomery, who, with his former wife, Florence Moore, was once vaudeville headliner and a Broadw musical comedy star at $1,000 a week for the team drug addict, working fov week as pianist In i small restaurant. | In court yesterday, he pleaded guflty to possessing reoties, but | his sentence was suspended when he requested that he be permitted to| continue a cure which he s taking. | He said that he had developed the | habit after a physiclan treating him | for a fracture of his hip in Detvoit | three years ago had given him narcotic. s e CASE CAUSES ANXIETY. | Earl of Ypres Suffering From Se vere Operation. LONDON, March 21.—A bulletin is- sued this morning by the physicians former French, who under- operation Thursday, Field Marshal went @ severe says he passed a fair night strength is being maintained, but his condition continues to call for anxiety. is the third largest market in the world Japan inery ma- {ore Hur At 36th and A restricted family to business center. 813 to 833 Ken (Just North of 17th ow His | ZONING PLAN AIDED - BY CLEVELAND PARK Citizens’ Association Pledges $50 to Finance Fight Changes in Present Lew. Resolutions urging continuance of the zoning plan for the District of Columblia, approving the Capper pl for the District and plan of the District for a city counell whe Cleveland P. munity Assoclation meeting last night, at the Cleveland P: Con- gregational Church John Thlder of the CI Commerce of the United dressed the association and urged that the citizens get behind the Zor ing Commission In the suit now be fought to test the of the zoning law agreed raise $50 fig were adopted ool and Com mber of ates ad constitutionality The association to aid in th Distri of K Art plar development presented by Ser Wy Nrs was nam [ s Lo i | Pa and report to th District Commissioners those streets | on which repairs are most urgent |""The association approved the for organization of a city coun | but suggested that the members {be selected from delegates to t Federation of Citizens' Assoclatio F. 8. Perry presided of th tor Cappe Smit chairmar presented ir Smit of a commi in Cleveland d S | Mme. Chikako Kuroa | to receive a medical degree from an |school in Japan, has just enterca {upon the practice of her professio i 3 a, first Over 200 Homes Sold In EITH R Sts. N.W. Price, $8,500 Up community. Bus Line BUY NOW. [SHANNON. & LUCH L INSPECT TODAY “Garage in Your Cellar” tucky Ave. S.E. and Pa. Ave. S. E.) 6 Rooms and Bath Hot-water Heat Electric Lights 30-ft. Front Parking Paved Alley in Rear Large Porches Choice of house either with or without built-in garage. Surrounded by new homes. Pennsyl- vania avenue cars start at this point. Open Sundays and Evenings G ENSTEIN INCORPORATED SUBURBS A city section with suburbs, that is, all de hous cars, stores, schools, etc., from downtown. Fourteenth We have erected and LEFT—two spacious, 6- homes, of distinctive sought feature. Most Convenient A Price Action, We OWNERS- 713 14th St. $12, For Your Prompt Inspection and N BROUGHT INTO THE CITY the environment of the tached or semi-detached s, wide lawns, deep rear yards; many with gardens, ctc,, all in convenient prox mity to street and less than 30 minutes You Can Find AUl This Only in St. Terrace The Intown Suburb sold here over 250 houses along such lines, but there are today ONLY TWO room, semi-detached, real architecture and every Terms to Finance of Only 750 Shall Have 1335 Kennedy St. N.W. Open Tomorrow All Day R LUCES| BUILDERS