Evening Star Newspaper, March 25, 1925, Page 2

o 2 NAVAL DISARMING PARLEY PROBABLE President’s Order for Study ! of Plans Puts Proposal in Definite Form. % According to the White House, the plans of Presldent Coolidge looking toward another conference on mnaval disarmament to be held in Washing- ton are taking on a more deflaite and actual aspect. Sccretary of State Kellogg, at the Prerident’s request, has entered upon an intensive study of the minutes of the original arms conference in order to Letter acquaint himself with what trarspired then and how it all was arrenged and handled, and also to familiarize himself with the treat- ment of those elements of naval armament for which no formula of limitation was found. Not until ecretary Kellogs completes this survey and has submitted his view to the President will a definite decision be reached It is stated In official circles that while the President is eager to call such a conference, %e will not do £o until he is satisfied that the inte ested world powers are all agreeable He also wants to feel sure there is some prospect of successful achieve- mert. Tae President feels that there opportunity now for a conference to taks u 1 complete the work of| the 1921 meeting, which laid down the rule as to capital ships and alse found it possible to limit pro- portionately aircraft carrier tonnage and to fix the maximum size of auxiliary craft and naval gun A decislon as to extending an invita- tlor. or even as to informal sounding out of sentiment at foreign capitals with regard to a furtaer conference is unlikely, however, until the Secre- tary has completed the preliminary survey just undertaken. y probably will require with the Secretaries of avy and with the naval itary experts of the Govern- ment, so the President may be made fully aware of the practical and tecanical aspects of the supplemental conference proposal. ‘There has been no time for such conferences as yet, because the data of the original con. ference are extensive that Mr. Kellogg, with other duties requiring most of his attention, cannot com- plete his examination for some time. There is no doubt that the air- craft question occuples a large place in administration consideration of the arms limitation matter. In view of thes recent controversies as to rela- tive military value of bhattleships and aircraft and also because of the pressure for heavily increased air- craft appropriations, that subject al- ready has been given much thought. There is a decided feeling in some quarters that failure of the original conterence to reach an aircraft limi- tation agreement does not foreclose another effort to that end. Whether this view reflects to any extent recent official thought on the question in London, Paris, Tokio and Rome is not known In any eveent, it now appears cer- tain that no informal overtures to other governments to learn their vilews on the conference project will be undertaken until the subject has been fully explored here and a def- inite conclusion Dby the President made possible. The various foreign offices understand the tentative na- ture of steps thus far taken in Wash- ington apd there is little chance of any misunderstanding on that score. The governmenis have kept in touch through their diplomatic mis- sions here with the progress of American officlal thought. Similar conversations may have taken place also at the various capitals between | American ambassadors and foreign of fice officials, but there have been no recent reports of that nature to the Washington Government. £ M. E. UNITY BEATEN IN TEST VOTE HERE 8Y MARGIN OF TWO (Coninued from First Page.) signmerc of ministers probably next Monday At te morning se elders)f the various districts in the Baltimre conference presented their repors, which were on the whole entirly favorable and optimistic. DrE Regester of this city, pre- | sidig_elder of the Washington I tric decalred that all churches in his disict were “prosperous and in fine cotition.” He reported the dedica- tie of the new Emory Church, which h said was growing rapldly., The pv church at La Plata, Md., was de- | Fibed by Dr. Regester as “a com- odious and beautiful house of wor \ip,” and he commended highly the ongregation for its achievement. sion, presiding v A class of ten young men “pro- »ationists” was admitted to “full con- nection” to preach in the conference. They are Willlam W. Stevens, jr.; Lee H. Richcreek, Charles L. Reiter, Charles York, Julius D. Russell, Delford N. Calvert, Roswell V. White st, Ernest T. Harrison, G. H. H. r and John H. Person. These ministers were placed on the superannuated list Rev. G. D. White, Falls Church, Va.; Rev. C. W. Mark, Hillsboro, : Rev. L < Spindler, Frostburg, Md.; R .M. Richardso; alem, Va.; Rev. G. W. Gaither, Stevens City, Va. Rev. B. O. Watson of this city, who recently resigned as secretary of the Federal Council of Churches for Washington, announced during the consideration of ministers, that he did not wish to be placed on the superannuated list, but that he had been proffered a general secretary- ship for the American Friends of Greece, which position he desired to accept subject to approval of the conference Besides Dr. Regester, other presid- ing elde n the Baltimore conference reported £ their districts as follows T. 7. Lambert, of Alexandria district; J. Howard Wells, Baltimore district; W. O. Talbert, Lewisburg district; M. 1. Fearnow, Moorefield district; H. M. Cant R oke district; G, W Richardson, Rockingham ~district; Frank A. Tyler, Winchester district. No more business is on the program for today, but there was a service in the afternoon at which Rev. Luther Bridgers of this city delivered the sermon. Discussion of t Home for the Aged which the church is build- ing at Gaithersburg, Md., will occupy this evening's session. A business meeting tomorrow morning will open at 9 o'clock. . ALTEMUS ESTATE $95,000. Frank S. Altemus, who died Febru- the ary 23, left an estate valued at $95,- 000 according to the petition of his gdaughter, Mrs. Mary A. White, for the probate of his will. The estate in- cludes premises 1348 Euclid street as- sessed at $76,751; 205 D street, valued at $4,000; 1321 Farragut street, as- sessed at $5,903, and personal prop- erty. The heirs and next of kin include the widow, Mrs. Hannah A. Altemus; the sons, Frank, Clarence, Wiilliam and Howerd; two daughters, Mrs. White and Mrs. Amelia S. Brady, and grandchildren, Edward and Catherine Altemus, THE EVENING:- STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O WE Moss-Grown Confidence Game Costs : Washington Man Ironworker, Made Custodian of Newly Found Friends’ Fortunes, Adds His Tin Box Treasury Stuffed With Paper. The moss-grown and hoary confi- dence game whereby the “sucker” is given a batch of worthless paper to guard carefully while his funds are disappearing in the pockets of the operators, cost Lucian Lippman, 45, ironworker, of 1700 Seventh street, $5.000 Monday, he reported to police last night. He met the first confidence man at his bank Saturday night. This chap whispered to him that the bank was not in a safe condition. He sald that he had been left some $30,000 to be distributed in charity and.that he was withdrawing it The wheels of the confidence ma- chinery spun smoothly around until Mond Then Lucian drew $5,000 of his $7,000 from the bank and, with his “friend,” went on a round of pleasure seeking, each alternating in grabbing the check. And so it went until they met a third man in La- fayette Park. After he had wormed himself into their confidence, ar- rangements were made to pool the resources of the trio. Luclan was picked as being the most trustworthy of the three and unanimously was voted treasurer. Tin Box Holds Cash. Confidence man No. 1 had previously tendered Lucian a chamois bag to place his_five one-thousand-dollar bills in. Lucian had acted accord- lingly. A tin box was produced and | everybody put in their money. One | put in a bulky-looking $30,000 Lu. HEFLIN SFES FOES OF NATION ACTIVE Alabama Senator Addresses Woman Democrats on His Ideal of Partisan. Senator Heflin of Alabama address- ed the Woman's National Demoratic Club at a luncheon- given at 820/ Connecticut avenue tod He gave his conception of a true Democrat, in part, as follows: “A Democrat believes fundamental- in the principles of right and ice Democrat advocates a principle 1y ju o policy because he or she be- lie that if such principle or policy is applied or adopted it will be to the best interests of the public. For Rule of People. “A Democrat is one who believes | in the rule of the people and that the Government was established for | the purpose of protecting and pre- | serving the rights and liberties of| the masses. “A Democrat believes that it is| the duty of the Democratic party to and firm agalnst the forces that| scek to pervert the Government from | the ends of its institution for the | purpose of making it a tool and handy | rument of predatory power. A Democrat believes that a public office is a public trust, and that all political parties should be held strict- ly responsible for those in positions of power. ator Heflin declares, however, “we have fallen upon a time whe the desire and effort of certain crafty | and avaricious people to get control of the Government for selfish and sinister purposes have become a serious menace to the rights and in- terests of the masses. “One of the greatest questions that onfronts us today is how to prevent these governmental instrumentalities, intended to bless and benefit the peo- ple, from being used to their hurt and injury and the undoing of free government in America. The Demo- cratic party is the only party that has the courage and disposition to fight the monster agencies of greed and privilege now found In the strong- holds of the Nation.” M. E. CONFERENCE OFFICERS CHOSEN More Than 400 Delegates Attend Sessions Under Way at Frederick, Md. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., March 25—Rev. R. F. Coats was elected treasurer and Rev. C. F. Harper secretary at the re- organization session today of the Wash- ington conference of the Methodist Epis- copal Church, which opened yesterd: with Bishop W. F. McDowell presiding. The sessions will continue until Sat- urday. The address of welcome on be- half of Frederick was delivered by H. D. Hutchinson, representing the magor, and the response was by Rev. Dr. J. W. Owen of Atlanta, Ga. everal speeches were made this morning, including one by Rev. Clark T. Wilson on prohibition. More than 400 delegates are said to have arrived in the city. e e FAMED FRENCH ACE ARRIVES IN CAPITAL Capt. Nungesser and Companions to Stage Sham Battle Over City This Week. Capt. Charles Nungesser, formerly of the French air force and one of the outstanding aces of the World ar, arrived in Washington last night. Capt. Nun- gesser will appear at a local theater next week in con- nection with the showing of a film. With him Capt. Nungesser brought two air- planes, Lieut Maurice Weiss, a stunt pilot and Gaston Catellin, a French Army me- chanic, and it is planned to stage 3 mimic sham bat- tle over the city between the fa- mous ace and Lieut. Weiss Fri- CAPT, NUNGESSER. day or Saturday. Capt. Nungesser has 45 German planes officially credited to him. He has been decorated 30 times with the croix de guerre, and for avenging the death of Norman Prince, an American_pilot who flew in the La- fayette Escadrille, he was awarded the distinguished service cross by the American Government. During his stay in Washington Capt. Nungesser is Uving at the Racquet Cluby they place | His $5,000 Savings Own Cash—Later Finds ! cian put in the chamois bag and his $5,000, and the other also contributed to the tin-box treasury. There was a sudden movement. One of the men wanted a string to tie the box up. In the scrimmage for fhe string, Luclan thinks, his $5.000 went out of the box, and another chamois bas with scraps of paper was substituted At-any rate, Luclan took the box home. He didn't linger long about opehing it. Monday evening, to the distress of Jake and Mrs. Sickle, with whom he boarded, Lucian didn't eat any dinner. “Are vou sick?" asked Jake “Yes,” replied Lucian Had Had Medicine. “You been eating lots of sweets and stuff and you better take some medicine.” “I've took some.” So yesterday morning, when Lucian dilly-dallied with his breakfast, Mrs. Sickle again thought that Lucian was feeling badly. “Did that man make you sick,” she asked. | for some time. DRY AGENTS EXCEL DIME NOVEL DOINGS Exchange Shots in Hot Chase, Arrest Four Men, Smash Big Stills. Activities of two local prohibition agents in southern Maryland yester- day read like a chapter from a dime novel. The prohibition men, whose names were not disclosed by local prohibi- tion officials, left here at 6 o'clock last night. By midnight they had confiscated two stills, destroyed an ox-cart with 30 gallons of alleged liquor, allowed the ox to continue on its way; arrested four men, selzed two automobiles participated in a 15-mile chase along the southern Maryland pike, enlivened by volleys of pistol bullets, and poured away 12, 000 gallons of mash before cailing it a if-day's work. Two Big Stills Smashed. The i t stop was Mechanicsville. A 500- on still was seized and destroyed No arrests were made. Then the two agents walked into an- other still operating. It was the 5 Having destroyed it and poured away 12,000 gallons of mash, ac- ing to Div lonal Chief Harry Luckett, his agents started away, when into the place rolled a large au- tomobile Its business, it seemed to prohibi- | tion agents, was to load up some of, the product. The car and Rowlan a Oliver Brawner, colored, brot . were taken into custody and sent | to Baltimore to answer charges today of oper an_automobile with smoke screen and carrying dangerous weapons. Two revolvers, according to Chiet Luckett, were found in the machine. i The agents ran across an automo- bile which furnished a thrilling cli- max to the day’s work. Down the road they sped after this machine The fugitives opened fire. The agents shot back. This continued for 15 miles, with the only damage from | bullets being holes in the tonneau of | the fleeing machine. Two Men Arrested. At the end of the chase this ma- chine finally surrendered. George and William Dodson, also colored and also brothers, were arrested. Charges of illegal uossession and transportation of liquor were made agalnst them. | One hundred and fifty galions of liquor, according to Chief Luckett, were confiscated. There was one other arrest. At the second still “Buddy” Blake, a 15-year- old boy, alleged to be an employe, was taken into custody for investigation. Formal charges had not been pre- ferred against him early today. . MAN KNOCKED DOWN SAYS AUTOIST FLED Earl Rulapaugh in Hospital With Injury to Head—Boy May Have Fractured Skull. Barl Rulapaugh, 21, Landover, Prince George County, Md., was vic- tim of an alleged hit-and-run traffic accident at Florida and Montello javenues northeast this morning while on his way to work on his motor evele. Rulapaugh was knocked unconsc- ious, but revived, reported to the police and was taken to Casualty Hospital, where he was treated for a severe injury to his head. Police have the number of the tag on thé automobile. John O'Donnell, 12, 1229 New Jer- sey avenue, is in a serious condition at Sibley Hospital suffering from a probable fracture of the skull. The injury was sustained yesterday afte: ndon when the boy was knocked down at Third and O streets by the auto- mibole of Sidney Coleman, 1013 Fourth street. . A piece of lumber projecting from the rear of a motor truck leaving an alley” near Fourth and G streets northeast this morning struck and injured Annie Reeves, 305 K street on her way to work. She hospital treatment for an her hand. L. C. WHITE CHOSEN | U. S. PRISONS HEAD Luther C. White of Massachusetts was appointed today as superintend- ent of Federal prisons. He takes the post made vacant by the resignation of Heber H. Votay, brother-in-law” of the late President Harding. The new superintendent has been acting as purchasing agent for the Atlanta prison. He has also been working toward development of a system of industrialization of the Federal prisons in order that all pris- oners may be given vocational train- ing and under which much of the material and supplies required by the prisons may be produced by the prisoners themselves, refused injury to A} HOMES T0 BE GIVEN VETERANS 10 SEE STORM SUFFERERS| OUSTER OF CARTER All Actual Needs of Victims to Be Met—Death Toll Reaches 827. By the Associated Press. T FRANKFORT, 1L, March —The American Red Cross will begin rehabilitation work at once in the tornado area in five States, Henry M. Baker, national director of disaster relief, has announced here. The work will include replacing and refurnish- ing homes, clothing and all necessl- tles for victims, but will not attempt to replace deficits in investment loss- es, which, Mr. Baker called business rehabllitation Director Baker will be in charge of the entire region. Each county will constitute a district with an executive offic The need of the victim and not his loss will guide attempts to re-estab- lish him on as nearly a pre-disaster basis as funds will permit, Mr. Baker said. A survey will be made by train- ed workers to ascertain the needs of o R G e R storm sufferers and the Red Cross “Tq he golng to make you sick for | Wil then attempt to make up the de a week?" Jake interposed s “Forever,” groaned Lucian. Every Oeat for Rellef, And then the story came out. Lu- Every penny contributed to the cian last night decided to ask help Cross fund for tornado relief, of the police, and Detective L. A. Baker said, will be used in th O'Dea was assigned to the case. storm area. A community organiza- Lucian is not married, and has been | tion in each county will work with living at the home of the Sickles)the Red Cross in adjusting claims, the local committee having power to ap- prove, reject, increase or decrease claims recommended by the Red Cross. When the work is completed the accounts will be turned over to the county committee for audit, after which the record will go to the War Department for final audit and ap- proval Vocational training and trust fund assistance in cases where mother or children were left without support are provided for in the rehabilitation plan The emergency period probably will continue 10 days, M Baker said. He said that in all the Red Cross disaster work he had never witnessed such complete devastation and suf- fering nor a disaster that embraced such a wide range of territory. The total deaths in the five of the storm area today stood at § with the addition of to the Mur- physboro total and 1 at McLeansboro. The bodies of 13 Murphysboro ne- gresses, taken to Cairo and buried there, were not included in the former check. By States, the deaths States n 2; Tennessee, 18; Missouri, 14. Total, Injured, 2,939. Total casualties, e, D. C. SCHOOL PARTY VISITS CLEVELAND (Continued from First Page.) remarkable things T have observed on the inspection trip.” Despite the economy measures, Buf- falo is paying considerably more than Washington for its new schools. That city is paying from 37 to 35 cents per cublc foot for its elementary schools and 42 cents for its high schools. Ac- cording to Mr. Harris' figures, Wash- ington pays between 31 and 33 cents per cubic foot for the elementary schools. He estimates that the new MeKinley Technical High School will cost 35 cents a cubic foot. Buffale Program Ending. While Washington Is just planning to 1 h its five-year $19,000,000 school development program, the committee aun learned that Buffalo {s nearing the completition of a similar project costing $15,000,000. 1In its execution th :ffalo school designers adhered strictly to the 26-room type of elementary school. All cities visited thus far by the committee have adopt- ed the large type of elementar: building. Washington, however, has hung on persistently to the 16-room elementary building in the face of Dr. Ballou's advocacy of the larger school. In Buffalo, as well as the other cities visited, all new bulldings of the elementary type have gymnasiums and assembly halls, features which Dr. Ballou has tried vainly to have Congress approve for Washington's schools. Instead of separate “gyms" for boys and girls, as found in the schools of Rochester, Philadelphia and Baltimore, Buffalo’s schools have one large room set aside as a gym- nasium, divided in the center with folding doors. Thus boys and girls can be segregated whenever desired. These “gyms” are in almost constant use, as the New York State law re- quires all pupils to devote four periods a whek to physical training. Buffalo is the first city visited by the committee which does not have a junior high school. Although only about 60 miles from Rochester, the center of junfor high school development in ‘America, Buffalo has not converted its system of education from the tradi- tional 8-4 to the progressive 6-3-3 plan. School authorities are favorable to it and have organized the sixth, seventh and eighth grade classes on the de- partmentalized plan, in preparation for the change, but say that politics has preciuded the actual conversion The committee also learned with sur- prise that Buffalo does not contemplate the erection of additional technical high schools, but plans to build in their stead trade schools where graduates of the elementary schools may fit themselves for vocational handicrafts. The labor unions and employers are co-operating with the school authoritles to make these schools a success. Unions Give Credit. Ernest S. Heartwell told the committee that although the unions have their apprenticeship rules, they have agreed to give credit in terms of apprenticeship to the pupils who take the course in the trade schools. More- over, he pointed out, the unions and the employers absorb into the industries the embryo artisans turned out by the trade schools. The committee, however, did not get excited over the trade school idea; for Washington's industries fade into insignificance in compari- son with those of Buffalo and there is little need for such schools. Only two schools were inspected by the school planners in Buffalo, a new senior high school, the Bennett, now under construction in a_ rapidly de- veloping residential subdivision, and an elementary school, opened two months ago. The high school is cost- ing Buffalo $2,000,000, exclusive of the site on which it stands. This was donated Dby a philanthropic friend of the public schools. The distinctive features observed in the high schools were a large nat- atorium With galleries at each end for spectators, a huge athlotic field, linolcum floors on a concrete base and open stairways. Another inter- esting feature of this school was two passenger elevators, the first seen in any of the schools visited by the committee during its expedition. “Too costly for Washington,” was Mr. Harris' comment. Supt. Assigned to Fort Benning. Col. William H. Waldron, Infantry, on duty with the Organized Reserves at Huntington, W. Va., has been as- signed to the 20th Infantry at Fort Benning, Ga - ! | | I Will Fight Public Printer Un- der Law Governing Ex- Service Men’s Jobs. Veterans’' organizations in Wash- ington have definitely decided to take legal action looking toward the prosecution of Public Printer George H. Carter under the law making it a misdemeanor for a public official to discharge ex-service men with “good™ ratings, it was announced to- day by William Homer Carroll, de- partment commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Mr. Carroll said he will seek a con- ference tomorrow with Attorney General Sargent. He will endeavor, it was indicated, to ascertain whether the Department of Justice inte, take any action on protests o have been referred there by Presi- dent Coolidge. The protests charged that the public printer violated the laws concerning employment of ex- service men in the Federal Govern- ment in connection with the recent summary al of scores of en Dl of Government Printing Office. Legal Course Undecided. Just what course the legal action will take was withheld by Mr. Car- roll, pending presentation of his plans 0 4 mass meeting of veterans' bodies Saturday night in the boardroom of the District Building. At a similar mass meeting last week, attended by members of the American Legion, the G. A, R, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the nited Spanish War Veterans, and the Disabled American Veterans of the World War, a com- mittee composed of the department commanders of each of these organi- zations was authorized to see what legal recourse could be had against Mr. Carter for his alleged “injustices” to veterans. “The act of August 23, relating to ex-service men employed in the Government service, provides a fine of §1,000 or an imprisonment for one year in cases where the head of an executive department violates the provisions of the act by willfully de- moting or discharging veterans with good ratings,” Mr. Carroll stated today. 23, 1912 Will Ask Removal, “We are golng to seek Mr. Carter's removal and prosecution under this act. We have given the public printer every opportunity to adjust matters, but he has consistently refused to listen to reason, so legal action is the only alternative. He has been so in- formed.” A statement drawn up at a meeting of forgier employes of the printing office in G. A. R. Hall Monday been forwarded to President Coolidge. The statement declares that “deep- seated and justifiable discontent and disorganization exist” at the byg print shop under the Carter regime. The statement follows, in part “Several serious charges have re- cently been made against the present administration of the Government Printing Office, and knowing that in the investigation which you are re- ported to have ordered you would like to have justice done to the employes as well as have the interests of the Government safeguarded, we desire to submit the following: “Deep-seated and justifiable discon- tent and disorganization exist and have existed for some time, independ- ent of the methods pursued in the re- cent dismissals, which were made ir mediately following a country-wide search for printers under the promise of permanent employment, Such i justices as were perpetrated by that action simply augmented the disaffec- tion already existing. “With no motive other than that of a desire to see a great institution in which we take much pride once again function properly with a contented force, we place ourselves at the plea ure of those who have been det to ascertain the facts. “Believing that the charges row pending against Public Printer Carter deserve and will receive an earnest investigation, we beg to remain, It was signed by the following: E. J. Patch, John B. Dickman, John D. Ligon, F. N. Whitehead, Jarvis B. Moulden, C. C. Hipkins, E. E. Calhoon, J. Fred Roxbrough, Louis C. Johnson, Lorenzo C. Hover, Charles William G. Glenn, Edward Y William M. Sipher, John H. Hogan, Claude B. McDonald, M. J. Scanrell, William T. Taibott, W. H. Bechert, Charles A. Read, John Delahunty, John O'Neill, Margaret A. Evans, C. R. Shelton, Louls Winters, John R Durisoe, William E. Grimes; Ja G. Roberts, James T. Huggins, § K. Young, James W. Mathers, John B. Jaques, J. E. Colton, Ernest J. El- wood, Charles W. Summers, John C. Lightcap, David J. Roberts, John C. Euler, Charles W. Irey, Frank C Kemon, Joseph M. Eggleston, Henry D. Langdon, Martin Schram, Willlam Fleming, James Kane, James S. At- kinson, Daniel L. Samson, M. G. Howe, Arthur W. Emory, Arthur L. Fesse den, Sam W. Edmunds, John C. Sulli- van, Olive I _Gilmore, Howell D. Young, Harry L. Swiggett, James M. Montgomery, Ambrose O'Keefe, J. L. Garrett, Henry M. Beadle, Alfred Thomson and Daniel O'Connell. DENIES SINCLAIR BID Jones, . Fisher, ALONE PERMITTED Counsel Says Other Com- pany Had Chance to Get in on Teapot Grant. By the Associated Pre CHEYENNE, Wyo, March Charges by the Government in the Teapot Dome case that noné other than Harry F. Sinclair was allowed to bid on the lease of the Wyoming naval oil reserve were attacked by George P. Hoover of Washington of defense counsel, in his final argument today. Mr. Hoover cited the testimony of G. K. Thomas, secretary of the Prairie Oil and Gas Co., to sustain his con- tention, declaring Mr. Thomas had testified that the Sinclair bid was bet- ter than any other company could have submitted, Mr. Hoover said Mr. Thomas’ testi- mony showed that Thomas learncd of the detalls of the Sinclair bid in Washington in March, 1922, several days before the contract was signed, and that since he could not offer a better proposal to Albert B. Fall, then Secretary of the Interior, than that made by Sinclair, he decided to make no bid in behalf of his com- pany. Australie,. Awards “Suh” Contract MELBOURNE, March 25.—The com- monwealth government has ordered two submarines to be constructed by Vickers Limited, total cost.of £716,000. in England, at a | DNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1925, MELLON, AT 70, BUT “MERE CHILD”! IN FAMILY OF MARKED LONGEVITY Father and Mother Both Lived to Be 95—Came From Ireland. Great Fortune Built on Loan to Frick—Sec- retary Is Worker. BY ROBERT T. SMALL. Andrew W. Mellon, at 70 years of age, is just a mere child as the Mel- lons go. His mother and father both | lived to be more than 95, and as the ccretary of the Treasury looks to- day—slender, wiry, erect, clear-eyed he would seem fit to g0 on to that ripe old age, just this side of the century mark, himself Mr. Mellon 1s just one generation removed from the old sod of Ireland It has been a long generation, it is true, extending over nearly one-half the life of the American Republic, but his father, Judge ‘‘Tom” Melion, came to America from the Emerald Isle after the usual hard struggle of boys | in that country. By some good chance of fortune, the elder Mellon settled in Plttsburgh, and with the ANDREW W. MELLON. rise of that vast industrial empire 9 L the Mellons came into one of the|l!alk on Government finances, which greatest American fortunes. The | Wa» @ real ralo ire. Ay T { Mellon brothers, combined, probably Oiaco and taewith Andeaw Y have the greatest family' fortune, |lon today it is dim toi yiusdine | Andrew Mellon himself has been | him as the man who fought Standard rated as second to the Rockefellers, | Ol to a standstill. The Standard had although there are some who believe | told him he could not build a ViDs | the Fords—Henry and Edsel—should | line from his Pennsylvania fields | rank in second place. In any event, |to Marcus Hook and tidewater. It | Andrew Mellon is by far the richest | WAS u terrific struggle. There was [ e e e public office In | g0y miles of pipe line went throug | i Mr. Mellon's eyes are smiling toda \ Chosen by Harding. but it is easy 10 see where the grim When President-elect Harding let it | ness once lay be known to some of his closest ad- The Mellon fortune, in large pa | | visers that he was going to try to|was built upon a $20,000 loan which | | Eet Andrew Mellon for his Secretary ‘ather” Mellon once made to Henry | {of the Treasury, most of them just|C. Frick. Judge Mellon always liked | | smiled. It was always Mr. Harding’s | to help young men in whom he felt| philosophy, however, that you couldn't | confidence. Frick was one % | be ruled oft a race track for trying.|He went on to ba the great {so he went after “the Mellon” of | king and to buil vast Pittsburgh, banker, captain of indus-|Young Frick and A Me try, philanthropist and man of large | partners in many enterprises. affairs. Mr. Mellon came He was skittish as a colt to Marion. Thirty-Elght Mellon Companies. He had led the cloistered life of the In the recent Crlots” with Senator | 2t American lianker, He had ac-|Jhm Counzens of Michigan it was plished much good in the world, | Pointed out in the Senate that there he had donme it in seclusion and |are at least 38 great corporations in | with no blare of trumpets, All his|the United e Kofey nown i ay | friends knew how he shied away from Mellon companies, At ¢ * public life and public functions. It|Mellon was a in more than | was true he had appeared In a Liberty | 70 8reat indu enterprises 4)1« H {loan .parade one day and marched |Tesigned from these directorates, |seven miles with the “boosters.” It[Wh ran fron s to locon ve |also was true that he had made some | Plate glass to im, - ol to ship five-minute speeches for the loan, but | buildings; and h all the inter- | these had been a strain upon a dis- | vening ramifications | position which naturally shrank from | Andrew Mellon is without doubt | public contact. the hardest working man in the Cabi- In some manner, however, Mr. Hard- | net as well as the eldest. He is ofte at his desk at 8 o'clock In the | ing prevailed. One of the President's promises was that Mr. Mellon would | Ing and has been known to stay at {not bave to make any speeches. H;; Treasury until 10 at night and after. Likes Public Ofice, It has been his ambition to write But now that Andrew Mellon has|, “Mellon tax law” on the statute been in office four years he rather |books, but it is said now that when likes it. He has made several 1ong |the new bill goes to Congress it will speeches and once he even agreed to face the microphone and broadcast a BRITAIN PAYS FINAL HONORS T0 CURZON not bear his name. right Moving Van Theft Causes Search for Man of ‘Big Ideas’ 1925.) | | | | | i | i | iSeven Monarchs Represent-| (Mt who hes more tan the | 5 4 the movable property of another | €0 ot Fiteral Servioes in:| >etun: Dod oy ot Sl | Westminster Abbey. e b i r s i lumbia Transfer and | 472 Virginia avenue s« | By the Associated Press. | vesterday morming s = Towering above the ord ONDON, March 25.—The highe: TONDON s March The Mish "; run of traffic, with the firm na | tribute possible for the British nation [ p.inteq on the van, as well as the [to offer to the memory of one of! name of E. B. Terry, the pro- its statesmen was pald to the late| prietor, the thief has a \»(mtlr‘!v [ MEweqnib. 28" Curson: ‘et ‘ngen? toduy, “WEite slephant on s hands, The police auto squad thinks the mon- | when funeral services were held tn| 20 "0 may have been taken by Westminster Abbey, attended by the rum runners to transport liquor representatives of three kings, four| from stills in nearby Maryland ens, the British prime minister, Police of other cities ave been | IBESS X *| asked to participate in a search. cabinet members, leading statesmen and foreign ambassadors. A casket of oak, from trees near Ked- | leston Hall, Lord Curzon’s ancestral | {home fn Derbyshire, was brought from | | Carlton House Terrace to the ancient {abbey in a motor hearse, which was | {followed by other motors. carying | {Lady Curzon, Lord Curzew's three | daughters and other relatives of the family. Immediately after the hearse came motors laden with wreaths and | floral emblems. A ‘detachment of | mounted police headed the funeral procession, which arrived at the abbey just as the chimes of Big Ben, In the itower of the Parliament Building, marked the hour of 11:30. ! The abbey was filled with repre- i sentatives of all classes of the British public. The doors were closed a few | minutes before the services began King George and Queen Mary were represented in the abbey by Earl .Shaflflxbu“}" Queen Alexandra by Earl! Howe, the King and Queen of Bel-|tijon are not eligible to participate |gium by the Belgiun Ambassador and |in the national oratorical contest, ac- |the Spanish majesties by the Spanish | cording to an interpretation of the jAmbassador. Owing to slight indis-|School Board's general ruling barring position, Foreign Secretary Austen|gtudents from all school activities if Chamberlain was unable to act as they hold membership in the forbid- one of the pallbearers den organizations, agreed upon ye: ” terday afternoon at a meeting of the Ahbess Helln/Tolk principals at the Franklin School A deep solemnity marked the open-]acting Supt. of Schools Stephen E. ing of the brief services as the casket | Kramer presided over the meeting, | was borne up the nave, and continued | which discussed the fraternity situ until their close with the singing of | tion, but adopted no method for pro- “Nearer, My God, to Thee.” Follow- |cedure. {ing the blessing, pronounced by the| Frank C. Daniel, principal of Me- Archbishop of Canterbury, the abbey [Kinley Manual Training School, organ sounded the dead march from |raised the question of eliglbility for “Saul” and as the cortege left the|the national oratorical contest, stat- precincts a muffied peal of the abbey [ing he had one case of a student bells was runs. Who wanted to participate, but was a Passing through the shadow of the |member of a scrority. It was unani- statue of Abraham Lincoln, which |mously agreed that in the contest faces the abbey, the procession went|the students represent their high through crowded Whitehall, passing |schools and therefore the rule of the Lord Curzon's old quarters at the|board must be applied. {foreign office, and on to St. Pancras| Mr. Daniel said,Miss Martha Wil- station, where the casket was placed | liams had come to him with the stat on a train for Kedleston. ment she was a member of a sororit The burial will be tomorrow in the | but wanted to enter the annual con- family vault beneath the chapel of [test. “I had to tell her she was not Kedleston Church, in which there is |eligible to compete,” Mr. Daniel said. a white marble monument of| As the question of eligibility was the figures of the late marquis|raised only yesterday, Principal A. V in his regal robes as the Viceroy of | Miller of Central High School was no: India and the late Lady Curflon be-|able to determine today if there were side whom Marquis Curzon's body will |any students barred from school ac- rest. The monument was erected by | tivities who planned to enter the con- Lord Curzon soon after the death of |test. Central and Tech are the hard- his first wife, in 1906. est hit in school activities by the fra- ternity ruling. The matter of dealing with the fra ternity situation still is in the hand. of the principals, and-at the meeting yeterday the question was discussed by each principal as he found it. Mr. Kramer said after the meeting tha opinion of the principals on the board's ruling was that the regulation was good and enforceable. While Mr. Daniel believes virtually all of Tech's fraternity students have made known their affiliations, Mr. Mil- ler, who has a check on 36 to date, believes there are a few more vet to come forward. Fraternity Members Barred From National Com- petition by Board’s Order. Washington High Senoot students who have affiliations with fraternities or sororities or any secret organi NOON-DAY LENTEN SERVICES B. F. KEITH'S THEATER 12:30 to 1 O’Clock 'SPEAKER TOMORROW REV. HENRY LUBECK CONDUCTED BY Col. Stratt Going to Syracuse. REV. KYLE BOOTH Col. John N. Stratt, Infantry, on recruiting duty at Chicago, has been assigned to the 98th Division, Organ- ized Reserves, with station at Syra- cuse; N ¥ ivery One Invited—No Collectior HIT BY FRAT RULE Held |- ALIENS THRONGING 10°U. 5. VIA GUBA No Adequate Check Is Pro- vided Against Influx—Reg- istration Urged. deal BY G Correspondentc ORGE . of Th BRIGGS v N HAVANA of checkin smug cted from re piled by countr Would Require Regist regi leg and 1right to 1 providing Begin ilations Cuba Flocking ta imber ing Bl even more r tions was impending During the of 1922 9,723 landed at In o responding per owing | the figures rea The total !rm‘n:‘l-w' for th o nd ! mber 31 last (a , fied as to 1 11 | nder Polish, | Portuguese | 1ish { American an, 114, ar | A most i | founa in 1 { months of J |ber in 1 | indi {ica's into greater souther in the « vear bef creas ate that im present from from to 109, Italians from 150 tc [348, Poles from to 295, Syrians from 158 to 287 ani Greeks from to 231 Spaniards Settle in Cuba. The number comin was lower than in the same qua of the preceding yesr. But the ment of Spaniards to Cuba > barometer of the alien trend toward the United States. Spain and Syria are considered to be the only sout European countries whose nation | generally come to Cuba for the pur- pose of settling Immigration statistics fail cate the number of Chinese arr |in Cuba. Theoretically, they are allowed to enter except as touris unless it can be proved that th come as students or morchants. N | ertheless, Havana has many Chines of the coolie type and the ~umbe: creases constantly. The purpose of many of them in coming here questionably is to slip across | Florida Straits into the United Sta | One observer estimates that of 4,000 aliens who steal into the States through Cuba fully one-third Chinese. (Copyright, 1925, by Chicago Daily News Co.) (The next article in this series will be published tomorrow.) Rhode Island Society Elects. At a meeting of the Rhode Island State Society last night at the Thom- son School, the annual election officers took place as follows: P ident, William J. Crane (re-electe v president, George V. McAlear; re- cording rerary, Mrs. Irene La Dane née Gladding (re-elected); correspond- ing secretary, Mr. Francis; treasurer, Arthur Donnelly; historian, Daniel Heffernan (re-clected). I Crane will shortly announce sonnel of the committee to range for the proper observance by the Society of Rhode Island Independence Day, May 4.