Evening Star Newspaper, April 5, 1925, Page 6

6 / STOKES INDIGTED . INPAPPAS DEATH Colored Man Accused of First-Degree Murder. Two Others Held. Charles Stokes, colored, was in- dicted yesterday by the grand jury én a charge of murder in the first de- “cc in cpnuection with the death of !}z“.m«\ Pappas, proprietor of a Greek \gs at 1202 Seventh street Pappas was attacked early zuing shortly after he had <{Pplace of business. a mon- ench bespattered. with blood found by the police near the by mg, was discovered In a AR norse show grounds | acrbss the river Ia Virginla. He is said 1o Mavd ser red time in the peni- tentiary The ‘indictment is in two counts one charging the use of a wrench in nflicting the fatal blow and the other charging the use of a blunt instru- Bant, Indictments for false pretenses were bturned against Robert Payne and Thomas Smith. 1t is charged th Bayne represented to an automobile dealor that he owned a car on which e was allowed $700 on the purchase a mew machine September 26 last. Smith 15 said to have sold a pressing puchine to James 1. Di Carlo for $175, Epresenting himself as the owner Hestaura; March 5. ENVOYS WILL ADDRESS ASSOCIATION OF ART Convention to Have Poetry Fiesta as Evening Feature, With Special Dancing. The International Association of Art and Letters will hold its annual convention at the Mayflower Hotel on April 18. The afternoon session 1l be devoted in part to short resses by diplomats interested in the organixation. Both morning and afternoon sessions are open to the ablic. The morning session, at 10 am., will be devoted to business. The afternoon sessions will open at 2:30 with an address by Dr. Clarence J. Owens, president of the organization In the evening there will be af noetry fiesta. Margaret Widdemer of New York will give a poetry recital at 8:45 pm. A ball will follow with terpretative dances. Maurice Jar- s of New York will announce in| vhyme the characters impersonated t the ball. Those attending will| dress to represent famous characters | in poetry. Mrs. J. D. Sullivan,{ Bradford Apartments, is consultant on costuming. Tickets for the ball be had from Mrs. M. V. Smith, radford Apartments, and general nformation from Mrs. K. J. Fenton, Wardman Park Hotel KAPPA SIGMA DINNER. Alpha Eta Chapter Has 100 Pres- ent for Annual Affair. The Alpha Eta Chapter of the Kappa | Sigma_Fraternity held its thirty-third | annual banquet last night at the Frank- | lin Square Hotel. More than a hundred members were present. Ben B. Cain, jr., was toastmaster. Addresses were made by Kenneth R. Romney Senator Earl Mayfie'd. The | Walton League. U. S. FACES MENACE OF WORST KIND OF RULE, BORAH WARNS from First Page.) political. power. ' Dislodged from this he Lecomes a political tramp. the helpless victim “of farbitrary rule.” Supports Aims of Auditors. Senator Borah expressed full sym- pathy with the aims of the Izaak “Outdoor America,” he declared, “is a teeming phrase sug- gesting health and happiness and meaning in its fruition a more sturdy and self-reliant people. “I am pleased to speak,” he said, “in an atmosphere where reference to our own country will not be regarded as rude and provincial.” Before launching into his discussion of the domestlc problems Senator Borah detailed the aid that has been given by the United States to the Nations of the world. “The philanthropy of the American people from the beginning of the Government, and especlally of late vears,” he sald, "has no parallel in history. After furnishing the men and the means which made possible the winning of the war, for which rvice we claimed neither annexa- tions nor reparations; after, through the Dawes plan, lessening the deadly and destructive grip of the Versailles treaty which Europe in & mad hour fastened upon her own life; after all thi# we are lectured day by day and week after week from abroad and at home as to our duty to other nations. Whatever we owe alsewhere, our first and highest obligation is here in America. Our first concern is our own people. Says U. S. Must Be Free. “Peace will not be secured by sur- rendering our own vital interests or by surrendering our heirlooms of inde- pendence and complete freedom of ac- tion. There are international obliga- tions resting upon us and which we have never, and never will disown. But when internationalism is pushed so far as to disparage or eeek to undermine that sound nationalism upon which all civili- zation rests, so far as to traduce loyalty to government and to siur patriotism, it then becomes a deadly menace to be fought every inch of its way and de- nounced from the doorstep of every American_home. The men who orga: ized this Republic, who have bullt here a Nation of commanding influence and power, were intense nationalists. They believed in America. And the men who will preserve this Republic, who will lead our people to yet higher and nobler service, will be intense nationalists— they also will believe in America. “The part we are to play in inter- national affairs may be a matter of debate, and the future alone can de- termine. But whatever that part may be, it will be effective, it will be fruitful to humanity and advantage- | ous to civilization just in proportion that we give strength and character to our own citizens and maintain the integrity of our own institutions, just in proportion that we conserve and Intelligently develop our own ast resources, Jjust in that we retain political power In the hands of our own people—Iin short, just in proportion that we preserve America as God gave it into our keeping and as its wise leaders from Washington down have transmitted it on to this generation. The high- proportion | THE SU est hope of the fut the surest guarantee of an international world governed by law insead of force is a strong, free, independent, untram- meled, uncontracted America. Kvery effective move toward disarmament and peace since the war, as the dis- urmament confersnce and the Dawes plan, has been made by the United States, and made possible and frult; ful becausé we were an untram- meled and indeperdent nation.” CHICAGO PRACTICE HIT. League Says City Makes Sewer of Illinois River. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 4—Charging the Chicago sanitary distriet with visit- ing flood and pestilence upon farms and communities along the Illinols River, the Izaak Walton League of America today called on the Federal Government to make the district obey the laws of Illinols. In a resolution alleging violations of State laws, the league declared that the Illinois River had been made an open sewer. Congress was asked to provide In bills dealing with the withdrawal of waters from Lake Michigan that the Chicago district receive no permits to withdraw water until it had “given adequate assur- ance that its canals would not be used to discharge water now pro- hibited by the laws of Nlinois” It was recommended that such bills re- quire erection of sewage disposal plants. In another resolution a Nation- | wide campaign against pollution of streams and lakes was urged, with particular reference to infection of bath- ers and swimmers. BILL CHANGES PLANNED | City Commissioner Remain on Body. When Congress meets in December the District Commissioners will sub- mit in modified form the bill to change the membership of the Public Utilities Commission. At the last session the bill pro- vided for the addition of two new | members of the commission—a law- yer and an engineer—who would be |able to devote all their time to utility | problems. -~ The three District Com- | missioners would have retained mem- Lership on:the utllities board under that measure. The present plan of Engineer Com- missioner Bell is to have the bill pro- vide that only one District Commis- sioner remain on utility service with the proposed lawyer and engineer. B | Motorman Is Exonerated. Edward Gumpman, motorman for the Capital Traction Co, was exon- erated by a coroner's jury yesterday afternoon in the death of Earnest Newton, colored, who died as a re- sult of injuries sustained when u | street car, run by Mr. Gumpman, ran into him at First and B streets southwest. The collision was de- clared to be an unavoldable accident The boy died us & result of @ fra tured ull, hemorrhage and shock. Lt is stated Bell Will Propose That But One| DAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D tal the flat nd that thls work NAVY TO REMODEL TWO BATTLESHIPS INTO OIL BURNERS \Continued from First Page ) the speed down to 12 knéts, which meant that they could not keep up in the fast company of presant-day battle craft. They have since been on Itmited service, and in the event of a war would have been of prac- tically no use, although they were specified as among those to be re- tained under the arms conference ratio. These are the last of the coal burners, and coal-burning battieships are no longer satisfactory units of the Unlted States fleet. Conversion to ofl will increase the effective steam- ing radius of these vesse]s greatly, and place them on a parity ‘with other units of the fleet; will increase the comfort of the personnel manning them; will increase the economy of operation, and will increase their mobility, and hence that of the battle fleet, by decreasing the time con- sumed in refueling, and will make the battle fleet homogeneous &s regards kind of fuel used. This is important, as it will relieve colllers from service with the fleet, making it necessary only to have tankers in the supply train. Will Get Extra Hull. One of the very important altera- tions is that of “blistering” the ships. These “biisters” are in reality an- other huil, placed outside the present one, for the purpose of making the vessel more invulnerable to submarine | attack. As far as anti-alrcraft pro- tection goes, they are practically ob- solete, although they will have to give many more years of service as a result of the arms treaty. The ves- sels while in the yards will have | placed on the weather decks armor protection against armor-plercing | | bombs with which they might be at- tacked In the event of war. The space under the blister wili be used for the storage of oll and thus provide & cushion effect in the event that the vessel is struck by a torpedo. In addition, tire cruising range of these vessels will be in- creased from 7,000 to 14,000 miles, with greater mobillty so they can get under way in an instant. At a time of coaling, their crews are dis- organized and tired, whereas it only takes & dozen or so men to handle the hose lines in oil refueling and it | can be done right outside an ememy’s harbor. The determination o proceed with the rejuvenation or modernization program follows a decision that the work does not violuté the treaty, although In some British circles this view was taken. It was the British efforts largely which prevented the overnment from carrying into ef- | fect the program for raising the| elevation of turret guns after| Congress had provided the necessary funds The act of Congress authorizing the work specifically provided that! “the alterations to capital ships and | construction of new vessels under the authorization contained -in this act shall be subject to the limitations prescribed by he treaty limiting naval armament, ratified April 17, 1923 The orders for the first of the .aix vessels to prepare for the work ls an indieation that the United Stutes | entertainment feature was the Gladyse Wilbur School of Ballet Dancers. Ben " Cain gave banjo selections. A plariet was presented by Mr. Cain and Jack | Hayes. J. , B. Meeks and Sweeney gave dance specialties. All-Kappa Sigma Orchestra rendered ] — Two Officers Transferred. Maj. William M. Johnson, Corps of | Engineers, at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and Maj. Wallace L. Clay, Ordnanc Department, at Honoluly, Hawai have been ordered to this city for duty in the offices of the heads of their_respective departments. A 3 Fa1 i riffith f§ "oal Larponh'nn ood lean oal \__ O O I Offices Insurance Bldg. 15th and I Sts. SEVERAL AVAILABLE ROOMS W. H. West Co. 916 15th St. OFFICES FOR RENT In the Boys’ Section Of Interest to Boys of 2. to 20 Years Of Special Mention “The Longie” Most popular suit for boys 13 to 19 years. The sensible way of easing the boy into his first long trouscrs. English model coat, one pair of golf, one pair wide bottom long trousers, and smart vest in mannish fabrics and colorings Small Boys’ “Longie” Suits 128 The most popular suit for boys of 5 to 9 years. Styles like big brother's, with Eng- lish coat, blunt vest, one pair straight and one pair wide bottomed long trousers. New Spring Wash Suits Becoming S mother loves—fabrics that lau models—the kind English Loose-fitting vest, and, of course, two pairs of full lined Pants Vest Suits$12£ a nder $ Boys’ New Spfihg Blouses Our largest showing of the Two- English Model Coat, blunt knickers. Good quality fabrics in popular mixtures, all correctly tailored for boys 7 to 18 years. New Spring Topcoats $7.15 Smart Little Topcoats, in the very serviceable as well as dressy mixture effect, in the newer English loose fitting models, for boys 2} to 10 years. " (.. APRIL 5 is not in violation of the treay. The Prime Miniser of England in & state- ment before Parllament stated that the changing of the v s from coal to oll burners was prevented By thy treaty | FUND IS STARTED FOR NETS TO MAKE BASIN FISH-TIGHT (Continued from First Page.) as to the type of net that will be necessary in order to retain the fish and at the same time will not affect the flow of water into and out of the basin when the gates &re open. The Tidal Basin has a real purpose in its existence and is not for me: ornamentation and beauty. At flood tide the gates at the Inlet bridge on the speedway are opened to im- pound the waters flowing by the rise of .tide. Then the gates are closed. When the tide is slack on the ebb the outlet gates at Fourteenth street are opened and the water allowed to flow out into Washington channel and harbor, which serves to flush it. Otherwise the water there would be- come to some extent stagnant, as it otherwise would be backwater. It is estimated that it will take approximately $1.000 for the materials With which the nets will be oon- structed. Tt will be of heavy grill- work, sufficient to withstand the wa- ter flow and any debris which may come down the river. It is not necessary that the contri- butions shall be individually made. They .may be collected by fishing clubs and other organizations fnter- ested In the gport and the provision of an additional food supply in Wash. 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