Evening Star Newspaper, April 16, 1925, Page 2

9 *w COOLIDGE IS HOST . TO GEN. MACHADO Cuban President-Elect Has | : Luncheon at White House. ! Going to Mount Vernon. Gen. Gerardo Machado, elect of Cuba, who is in Washington on a three-day unofficial visit, was the guest of honor at a luncheon at the ‘White House this afternoon. The affair was limited to a few , and was informal. With the dent-elect ere his daughter, A Machado, and her chum, ss Mercedes Madrazo; Charles Man- vel de Cespedes, former representa- tive of Cuba to this country and now secretary of state; Rafael Sanchez Aballi, who has been selected to be the next Cuban Ambassador to the United States; Mr. and Mrs. Nestor Mendoza, and Dr. Martinez Oritz, who is to be the next Cuban minister to Paris. Kellogg Also Attends. Others tary of State Kellos logg, Secretary of the Nav) Wilbur, Senator and Mrs. Claude A. Swanson, Senator Irvine L. Lenroot, Representative Stephen G. Porter, the Undersecretary of State and Mr the Cha d’Affaires of enora_de Padro, the v of War and Mrs. Dav sistant Secretary of State and Wright, Dr. and Mrs. Nicholas Mur- ray Butler and N s Butler, Comdr. William Gl Jr; Maj. Willism H. Shutan, Col. Sherwood A. Cheney and Capt. Adolphus Andrews. The table decorations _included Ophelia roses, narcissus and maiden- hair fern. This luncheon was the principal en- gagement of Gen. Machado today. He spent the morning resting and receiv- ing friends in his suite at the May- flower Hotel. He intends to do his sightseeing later. Will Vi Tomorrow Gen. Machado and party will visit Mount Vernon and Arlington National Cemetery. The journey to the home of George Wash- ington will be made aboard the presi- dential yacht Mayflower, which Presi. dent Coolidge has tendered to his dis- tinguished visitors. At Arlington a wreath will be placed upon the tomb of the Unknown Soldler. At 5 o'clock this afternoon Gen Machado and his party will attend a tea in his honor to be given by Mr. and Mrs. R. Govin, at their Massachu setts dvenue home. Tonight the party il be guests at the PanAmerican TUnion, at a dinner given by Secretary and Mrs. Kellogg. Last night Gen. Machado attended a dinner in his honor at the home of the Belgian Ambassador. eeted by Coolidge. In less than four hours after arriv- Ing in Washington yesterday after- noon Gen. Machado was received at the White House by President Cool idge. The meeting between these two men was in the blue room White House, and was formal in its There was a brief exchange ations, during which the good will prevailing hetween the peoples of Cuba and the United States is under- st00d to have been touched upon. Gen. Machado was escorted to the White House by a zrqup of officials of the Cuban embassy and from the State Department. The introductions were performed by Secretary of State Kellogg. Neither the White House nor Gen. Machado made public the conversa- tion that occurred during this meet- ing, but the latter issued a statement to the press when he returned to the Mayflower Hotel, in which, among other things, he stated that he had come to the United States to fulfill-a “high purpose of friendship and good neighborhood that I belleve will be gratifying to the people of our two countries Assures “Every Guarantee. He said further that during his ad- ministration he would strive to pro- mote “liberty, justice and welfare and prosperity of the people” of Cuk giving also assurance of “every guar- antee” to American interests in the Republic of Cubx and the Isle of Pines, His statement in full follows “I have come to the United States, id Gen. m the luncheon were Secre- : and Mrs. Kel- and Mrs. Mount Vernon. his Machado, “to satisfy - Coolidge before entering upon the duties of my administration and to ful- fill, at the same time, a high purpose of friendship and good neighborhood that I believe will be gratifying to the people of our two countries. Expresses Admiration of Coolidge. “An admirer of your great Pres dent, even before he hecame the Chief Executive of this powerful republi had_cherished that wish with many cordial anticipations that have been amply justified in my visit today, of which T will conserve an enduring and ‘most pleasant memory, largely due to his extreme kindness and im- pressive personality. “I now feel at lihdrty to say how much [ appreciate the constant cour- | tesies and splendid hospitality 1 have been shown. since I landed on the shores of this marvelous countr; also to express to the great and noble people of the United States of America how close! y Cuba feels to her sister nation. “As a soldier of Cuba’s war of inde- pendence 1 remember with profound gratitude the timely and unselfish aid of the people of the United State: the President-elect of vour sister re. public I can assure you that I will continue to entertain the warm senti ments of sincere friendship and soli- darity in the pursuit of high ideals that united our peoples on the fleld of Tattle, Elected on moral and democ government will platform - of atic princ further and main tain, in every direction, those wise policies best suited to insure liberty Justice and the welfare and prosperity of the people. Every guars be extended to American interests in the republic and of the sound my Isle of Pines will always receive the most favorable treatment. “It Is my intention to give every possible facility pansion of our commercial with the United States my visit to this country I will endeavor to obtain all information on the ways and means of intengifying those |, relations on Jines of a greater exchange of com- modities and mutual advantages and concessions, With the best spirit of reciprocity and co-operation between both countries. For Cleser Trade Relations. “The statistical situation of Cuba in her eommerce With the United States i truly remarkable as a showing of what has been attained under varying conditions. A stabler outlook for our principal industries and productions would show unlimited possibilities for the future of profitable business and trade between the United States and Cuba. “‘Anything that may be done during my administration with this end in view will have my strong support.” relations Though useful Baths are being installed beneath King’s Cross Railway Station, in Lon- don, for the use of passéngeérs, President- of thef sh of shaking hands with President | as | American residents | necessarily will be short, | Senator’s Trial Opens Upper: Senator B. K. Wheeler, Photographed as he arrived at Falls, Mont., for his trial. Lower: Judge Frank Deterich, presiding. MASTER PLUMBERS PAY STAND ASKED Failure to Give Views Tomor- row to Be Held as Grant of Increase. The Washington Operative Build- e Association announced today, through its secretary, Rufus S. Lusk, that unless word was received from the Master Plumbers’ Assoclation by ! 1 o'clock tomorrow outlining that or- ganization's policy on an increase in wages demanded by plumbers their silence would be taken as agreeing to_this increase. The Master Plumbers’ Association has had under consideration for some time a demand by plumbers that their wages be increased from. $10 to $11 a day, effective May 7. After the builders’ assoclation had enlisted all master organizations—with the ex- ception of the plumbers and steam fitters—in their fight not to grant an more increases at this time, the com- mittee was appointed which conferred with the master plumbers’ organiza- tion and sought to obtain from it an agreement not to grant the in- crease demanded by the plumbers. A eommittee was appointed by the master plumbers, which was to have reported that organization's decision to the builders. So far no word has been received from them 70 Agreed to Stand Pat. “Their silence,” Mr. Lusk said tod: “if not broken by tomorrow, will be taken to mean they have agreed to the increase asked by the plumbers. This despite the fact that 70 employers have signed their names to an agreement not to increase wages. If the master plumbers grant the increase, our, organization will consider their action as prejudicial to the best interest of the community and the building industry generally. Spreads to Maryland. abor troubles in the District spread v, when a sympa- ‘alled on the con-| struction work on the Chateau Para- dis, at Ammendale, Md. With the ap- | pearance of non-union painters and | one of the employer painters in over- lalls ready for work, the entire staft {of union painters was' immediately | {called off. It is understood that me- { chanics represented in the local Building Trades Council working on the job also may be asked to quit. A sympathetic strike has also been called on a job between Thirticth and !Thfifl}'-first streets on N street. This | action is significant because it involved a cessation of work on the part of | carpenters on the job. The union| { carpenters do not belong to the Build: | !ing Trades Council and have hereto- fore remained aloof from the troubles of the mechanics of that organization. To Confer With Davis. Arthur Chamberlain, president of the master painters, said that the work on the Chateau Paradis had | been started under a union contract, |and as Meyer Davis, the owner of the bullding, carries a union card in the | Musicians’ Union, he intended to get {in touch with him right away on the | situation. Similar action on several | other jobs, it is understood, is also { being considered. | ! " John Colpoys, mediator for the De- | partment of Labor, has made no further progress in his endeavors to et the employing painters, the union men and the citizens' fair wage com- mittee in a conference. He is visit- |ing the various leaders in the con- {troversy today in an effort to obtain | their views as to the basis of such |a conference. William T. Galliher, | chairman of the fair wage committee, probably will call a meeting of that organization tomorrow to review the situation. Views Are Uncertain. The disposition of the employers in |regard to the suggestion of a long time wage' contract in the building trades here seem to be that such {n contract would be all right if it |did not involve an increase in wages. William _J. Gallagher, representative of the National Painters’ Union, said |that he favored a long term wage contract, but would given no indica- {tion as to whether the men would |consider the acceptance of $9 a day! instead of $10, “We are ready to consider any proposition that is placed before us, but we do not know what the men would want to do. They seemed to have expressed their ideas when they demanded $10 a day and struck,” declared Mr. Gallagher. QUEENSBERRY SUES WIFE. Marquis Names Canadian Finan- cier as Co-respondent. LONDON, April 16.—A divorce pe- tition by the Marquie of Queensberry against his wife, naming Sir James H. Dunn, a Canadian financier, as co-re- spondent, appeared in the list of 605 undefended petitions to be heard dur- ing the coming court sessfons which THE EVENING POLICENAN 5 HURT ARRESTING ROBBER Sustains Fractured Shoulder When Man Caught in Store Makes Break for Liberty. An early morning fight between Special Policeman J. B. Giibert, 69 years old, and a powerful unidentified colored burglar he w: rresting after discovering him in the act of burglar- izing the Beck Hazzard Shoe store at 435 Seventh street earnly to re- sulted in a fracture of Gilbert's shoul- der, recovery of a burlap bag with shoes and silk stockings and the escape of the burglar. Gilbert noticed at about 5 o'clock that the skylight of the shoe store in the rear of the building, had been broken. He arrested the burglar as he came out. Keeping him covered with his revolver, Gil- bert marched the burglar, with the bag over his shoulder, to a police box the corner of Seventh and D streets. There he put his revolver in his pocket to call the patrol wagon when the bandit seized him and in the | scuffle both fell. When Gilbert went after his revolver again, as the man started running down the street, he found his right arm powerless. Thief Drops Overcoat. Gilbert called the sixth precinct patrol, and a search of the neighbor hood revealed only 'the burglar's ove which he had shed in_his race for liberty. The bag was left behind. : In the bag was found a neatly con- structed rope ladder, in which broom | handle sections and thick boughs of saplings formed the rungs, attached by clever knots to two thick ropes at each side. This evidently was used in the descent through the skylight. Burglary Next Door. The scene of the burglary was next door to the store of Charle: man & Sons, which was burg some time ago by a similar method. The skylighit above the rear of the Kaufman store is now protected by thick steel bars. Three young colored men were arrested by Gilbert in con- nection with an attempted robbery of the Kaufman clothes store about four years ago. Gilbert, who has done duty in t neighborhood for upward of 30 vears, during which time several penite tiary sentences resulted from his ar- rests, was taken to Garfield Hospital from his home, at 442 Randolph street today, where an X-ray photograph of his shoulder was made. Police of the sixth precinct are mak ing a search for the colored man to- day. They were given a_detailed de- scription by Special Policeman Gil bert. DIRIGIBLE R-33, TORN FROM MAST, FIGHTING BACK THROUGH GALE (Continued from First Page.) and within three hours after her headlong flight ~began, the -worst danger had passed, although there always was the possibility of a break- acked | | fraternities, {of the down of the motors, which might prove disastrous. S Flight Had Been Planned. i Immediately after the accident every wireless station in the east of | Engiand as well as in the continental | countries bordering on the North Sea | were informed of the airshif’s plight. | Vessels in the North s so were directed to keep a lookout for the craft. ’ The R-33 was commanded by its first officer, Flight Lieut. R. 8. Booth, | and 20 men of the regular crew of | 28 were aboard. It had been planned for the R-33 to make a test flight | today and for this reason there were | more men of the crew on her than would have been the e otherwise. The British air ministry has an nounced that the Pulham air station has received a wireless from the F at 3:30 o'clock and at that hour th dirigible was from 60 to 70 miles northeast of Lowestoft. She wa making an approximate speed of 35| miles an hour on a course 35 degre: from true north. AWAIT NEWS HERE. | Similarity to Shenandoah Accident Brings Great Interest. The similarity of the accident to the R-33 to that- which sent the, American dirigfble Shenandoah on a | wild ride through a storm in January, , aroused much interest in naval | tion circles here. Officials sought through every channel for the latest bulletins upon the progress of the British ship's flight, and indicated confidence that she would weather the test as did the Shenandoah. Despite the almost total loss of her nose cap, the Shenandoah rode out an 80-mile gale after an all night strug- gle. Steps were at once taken to remedy the weakness; and that ship, as well as the Los Angeles, now em. body specally designed braces which are believed to insure them against breaking away, even should the wind rise to hurricane force. At 4:30 o'clock the air ministry an- nounced receipt of a message from th R-33 stating she was approximately miles northwest of Amsterdam and still maintaining her northerly course. It was officially stated that no rela- tives of members of the crew were on board. This was in denial of a report in circulation that when the R-33 broke away relatives of some of her crew were on the airship and had been carried off with her. It was also re- ported that Corp. Potter, a survivor of the R-38 disaster, was on the R-33. . LUKEMAN IS CHOSEN TO REPLACE BORGLUM AT STONE MOUNTAIN | (Continued from First Page.) ture of the fair. He rose to the im- portant position of studio foreman for Mr. French and had under him a studip force of more than a hundred men. His experience and training gained in that position were of the greatest value, especially in model- | ing colossal figures. He saved enough from his earnings to go to Paris and take the course in sculpture in_the great Acole des Beaux Arts.” The statement declared that, on re- turning to New York, Mr. Lukeman renewed his acquaintance with Daniel Chester French and was assoclated with him for 10 vears.. Mr. French was one of Mr. Lukeman's strongest indorsers. 3 Many Noted Works. Among the works of sculpture, the statement continued, that Mr. Luke- man has to his credit ar Statdes of Willlam McKinley Adams, Mass.,, and Dayton, Ohio. for was published today. Lady Dunn also filed a petition, which likewise was undefended. ! ruling of BEquestrian statue,of Bishop cis Asbury, at Sixtee Pleasant stréets, W: STAR, WASHINGTON, HGH SEADOL FRAT BAN IS REAFFIRMED Board, However, May Con- sent to Conference on Modification Plan. The Board of Education ended its sparring with the fraternity question vesterday afternoon emphatically by reaffirming its stand in opposition to secret societies in the Washington bigh schools. At the same time the board informed school authorities that it expects prompt and vigorous en- ement of the anti-fraternity rule which has been in force since 1921. The board also served notice that it is prepared for the legal fight which has been threatened against its au- thority to control school organizations, und requested the District Commis. sioners to direct the corporation coun- sel to defend it in any action that may result. Greenwood Only Dissenter. The resolution again putting the board on record as unalterably op- posed to high school secret organiza- introduced by Edwin C. nd adopted without discus- vote of 7 to 1. Ernest Green- wood dissenting. “I realize it is futile to argue,” Mr. Greenwood sald, “but 1 want to go on record as opposing this strongly.” Capt. Julius I. Peyser, | who has championed the cause of the was the only member ab- sent Mr. Graham's resolution that it was the matter of “mature conclusion™ in 1921, when the amend ed rule against the fraternities was adopted, -that the influence of unap proved organizations was “‘detrimental to the welfare of our schools.” “No new evidence has been pro- duced to cause the Board of Educa| tion to feel that the conclusion | reached in June, 1921, was not justi fled,” the resolution continued. “On | the contrary, the recent disclosures | have tended to convince this board that many of the charges made con cerning the influence of unapproved organizations are well founded Stand Is Reaffirmed. ““Therefore, be it resolved, that the Board of Education reaffirms the pro- visions of rule 84, as amended on June 1. 1521, in regard to the penalities pro- ed for membership of students in approved organizations. School officers are notified that th Board of Education expects efficient supervision and prompt and vigorous action in the enforcement of this rule.” After the adoption of the resolution, Mr. Graham indicated that the board, “when convenfent,” might consider the modification of the anti-fraternity rule along lines proposed by an alumni committee of Lambda Sigma Fraternity of Central High School. It is my opinion,” he said, “that no rule can stand forever without modi- fication to changing conditions.” Lambda Sigma's ajamni committee recommended as a compromise plan for the solution of the fraternity con- troversy that school officials regulate the secret organizations. It also pro- posed that membership be restricted to seniors and juniors; that a member chool faculty be admitted to membership as an adviser; that the consent of the parents be a prerequi- site to membership, and that all meet. ings be held either in the homes of students or in the schools. Agrees to Conference. In reply to Lambda Sigma's pro- posals, the board agreed to confer in- formally and unofficially with the fra- ternity’s alumni committee at a time designated by the president, but made it clear that it does not plan to enter- tain “‘conterences” of anv kind on the fraternity question as long as legal action is contemplated. The fraternity question bobbed up twice sporadically ‘before final action was taken. At the outset of the meeting. Mr. Greenwood squelched the reading of a communication from L. I. McDonough of the Eastern High School Alumni Association “applaud- Ing" the board’s stand in opposition to secret societies, on the ground that it was an ex-parte presentation of the e. Again, when the communication from Lambda Sigma was read propos- ing a conference with the board, Mr. Greenwood moved that it be approved, but his motion died without a second. Probationary Teachers Win. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintend- ent of schools, reported to the hoard that the District auditor, Daniel J. Donovan, had reversed a tentative ch held that probationary teachers are not entitled to salary placement. Teachers now serving on a probationary tenure will be credited with previous ‘training and given a proper. salary- placement, The super- intendent lauded the work of Maj. Raymond O. Wilmarth, business man- ager of the school system, for his suc- cess in having the auditor change his opinion. Miss Anna E. Sullivan, principal of a special school under the supervi- sion of Walter B. Patterson was re- tired by the board under protest. An appeal from her atterney, William E. Leahy, was referred to the committee on_appeals. The Park View Citizéns' Associa- tion notified the board that it is un- alterably opposed to the eréction of an eight-room third-story addition to the school, and urged that provisions be made to give the school a 16-room extension. Mr. Greenwood, chairman the committee on bufldings and grounds, announced that the commit- tee would hold a public hearing on this protest Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Franklin School. Gymnasiums Are Sought. A communication from Miss Alice Wood of the Western High School faculty urging that corridors be con- structed to conneet the present build- ing with its new addition was referred to the finance committee. A request from the Columbja Heights Citizens’ Association that —gymnasiums be placed in the Central, Wilson Normal and the proposed new junior high schools, was sent to the committee on bulldings and grounds. At the instance of Dr. J. Hayden Johnson the board voted to ask the corporation counsel for an interpreta- tion of the new compulsory education and school census law. Members of the board were invited by Dr. Bullou to accompany him on & tour of in- set forth Strauss Memorial Fountain in New York. Memorial to the réturning dough- boy, in Red Hook Park, Brooklyn. Four colossal statutes in marble for the Royal Bank of Cariada, Mont- real. Equestrian statue in bronze of Kit Carson for Trinidad, Colo. Equestrian statue of General Gregg, commander of the Union Cavalry at Gettysburg, for Reading, Pa. Statue in bronze of Franklin Pierce, fourteenth President of the United tates. in front of State Capitol in New Hampshire. Memorial to Women of the Con- federacy -at Raleigh, N. C. The statement concludes: “Mr. Lukeman has agreed to go to work at once upon his model for the central group and his plan for the memoriai hall, which; when finished, will be submitted to the association for approval. Also he has given his assurance that hé will devote himself to ‘the Stone Mountain Memorial until it is completed.” D. C, THURSDAY, BRITISH DIRIGIBLE R-33 TORN APRIL 16, 1925. LOOSE BY GALE Aircraft wrenched from mooring mast and carried far awal before crew of 20 aboard could gain control. Latest reports decl to that of the U. S. PRIEST CONVICTED ONGIRLS' CHARGES Red Court Sentences Pole to Six Years in Strict Isolation. Shenandoah, By the Associated Press. LENINGRAD, April 16. — Father Branislav Oussas, the Polish priest who was one of those to have been exchanged for the two Polish com- munist officers recently murdered while en route to Russia under police guard, was today sentenced by the Leningrad District Court to 6 vears’ imprisonment and strict isolation. He had been arraigned on charges of immoral treatment of young girls in his employ. Oussas refused to participate in the trial and was not represented by counsel. The court decided to try the case in his absence and several young women were heard in camera. much of the testimony being unprintable. The case has excited much interest throughout Russia. Crowds packed the courtroom today, but the sensa- tion seekers were disappointed when the judge announced that the testi- mony would be heard in private. Denles Court Competent. Father Oussas denied the compe- tency of the soviet court to try him, insisting that he should be tried un- der the Polish criminal code in his own country. The public prosecutor, M. Krylenko, said a diplomatic pass- port did not give foreigners the right to commit crimes in Russian territory. The prosecutor said that the case possessed political significance far transcending its mere criminal fea- tures. #We are not posing as hypocrites,” he sald. “‘We do not deny that our court of justice is a class court: it is an organ of revolutionary regime. As the fundamental aim of that regime Is to safeguard the soviet republic, it is our duty to try this man, who is a danger to the state.” Father Oussas was formerly a member of the Polish repatriation commission here and as such he em- ployed a staff of female typists and clerical assistan! POWER PLAN:I' SEIZURE IN MEXICO IS PROBED Sheffield Makes Friendly Repre- sentations on Action in Jalapa Strike. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, April 16.—American Ambassador Sheffield has made friend- 1y representations to the Mexican for- eign office on a complaint filed with the embassy by A. Bbone, manager of the Light and Power Co. at Jalapa, capital of Vera Cruz State. The manager protests against the action of the Vera Cruz ~overnment in taking over the plant to settle a conflict between the company and its striking workers. The government took over the plant after the city had been deprived of light and power four days. O S SR FAIR WILL BE HELD. Mithras Sanctorum Will Open Fete Monday Night. The first indoor fair and exposition of Mithras Sanctorum No. 100, U. A. S. & P., will open Monday night in Pythian Temple. It will continue to May 2. Proceeds will be turned over to the Odd Fellows' Home. The attractions will include danc- ing .novelty games and side shows. A popularity contest' will be conducted as one of the features. Diamond rings and watches will be given to the most popular Rebekah. e spection of the new Armstrong High School addition Saturday morning. Changes in Personnel. Changes in personnel, approved by the board upon the recommendation of Supt. Ballou, follow: Resignations—G. G. Smith, clerk, child iabor office; A. B. Hoisington, dental hygienist, divisions 1 to 9; Helen Hubbard, teacher, class 1A, Franklin-Thomson 8chool; H. J. Mil- ler, assistant janitor, Central High School; D. J. Donovan, janitor, Hayes School; W. F. Ward, janitor, Polk School; E. G. Ashton, laborer, Brook- land School. Leave of absence—B. W. Porter, teacher, class 1A, Cardozo-Old Bell School. Transfer—L. W. Tweedale, janitor, from Adams School to Hayes School. ‘Appointments — Dulcie Horner, teacher, class 1A, physical training, probationary; D. J. Lynch, assistant janitor, Central High School; J. P. Houlahan, janitor, Adams School; C. F. Arnold, janitor, Polk School; W. D. Allen, laborer, Brookland School: E. L. Bladan, laborer, Eastern High School; M. J. Gilllam, permanent I borer, Eastern High School: B. R. Moryck, temporary teacher, class 3A, Dunbar High School: R .L. Gant, pro- bationary teacher, class 1A, Cardozo- Old Bell School; W. A, Dodson, per- manent teacher, class 1A, Smothers School; H. J. Gray, permanent teachér, class 1A, Cardozo-Old Bell School. E: January, 19 MOTHER CONFESSES SHE POISONED THREE TO JOIN DEAD MATE (Continued from First Page.) knife was spread on bread and cov- ered with butter and fed to the girl, who died December 31, 1920. The mother took a similar dose, without fatal effects. The next to die was Harry, tober 13, 1921. He had suffere an inherited disease, she said | denied poisoning him, and maintained | her denial when told that poison suf fcient to have caused his death had been found in his exhumed body. Charles, 19, who died September 21, 1822, also’ suffered from the inherited ailment, according to a_ physician’s examination during an iliness before she poisoned him, her confession said Another decision to join her husband and dead children prompted adminis- tration of the poison to him in bread and butter. Again she took a dose, but recovered. The last child to die was Waiter, 13, September 26, 1923. His body was exhumed with that of Harry last Monday, and in the formal murder charge filed against her vesterday she was held responsible for his death. He was in bed with a slight iliness| when she said she gave him one of the poisoned bread and butter sand-| wiches Haunted by Son's Death. The death of Walter, youngest in the family, had haunted her, she said, Defore making her statement. At the time she gave him the sandwich she took the usual dose of arsenic and | added a teaspoonful lodine, but only made herself ill. Isabelle carried $1,000 in insurance, the confession said. Harry had $2,500: Charles, $800, and Walter, $230. All the insurance money has been spent, most of it in physicians’ and funerai bills. Dr. A. A. Watts of Gary, Ind., whose certificates of death for each of the four attributed them to iliocolitis, | in the case of David, sr.; meningit in Isabelle's: peritonitis, in Charles’, and endocarditis, In Walte paid about $1,000, she said. | A package of poison, bought for 25 cents before the death of Isabelle, suf- | ficed for most of the doses, Mrx. Cun- ningham said. Before the illness of | David, jr., she said she sent Mae for a 50-cent box of arsenic, which in some manner was misplaced and burned. She bought another box her- self. Mrs. Cunningham denied that she had attempted suicide after being brought to Chicago Sunday for ques- tioning. She collapsed after an in- quiry by Chicago prosecutors, but re- covered sufficlently to permit being |taken to the jail here, where she lapsed again into an unconscious state Tuesday. Regarded as S: Dr. W. F. Houk, deputy coroner of | Lake County, present when she told her story, said she gave no indications to him of insanity. She talked ration- ally in a clear voice, he said. The family was known as peculiar and fanatically inclined toward re- ligion, said Bob Murray, & brother of Tom Murray, who was accidentally Kkilled in 1918 by one of the Cunning- ham bo; Murray said the family was involved in numerous neighbor- hood quarrels and often spent long periods of praying, Bible reading and attendance in church. Mrs. Cunningham was regarded as more peculiar than the rest, Murray said. Mae, the surviving daughter, was censured frequently in her mother's confession. Mrs. Cunningham said the girl often left her alone to go to dances and frequently spent much time away from home. Once when the mother fell into the bathtub in a faint the girl left her alone and did not return for hours, according to the confession. David, the surviving son, near death in a Chicago hospital, has not been told by relatives of his mothers’ ar- rest and confession. He frequently calls for her and cries when her name {5 mentioned, Mrs. Clarence Willlams, a cousin, said. When he was brought to the hos- pital a_week ago and found to be suf- fering from arsenical poisoning the in- vestigation of the deaths was started by Chicago and Lake County, Indiana, authorities. He was first taken ill about six weeks ago after eating his lunch while at work, but recovered and returned to work until he was stricken again about two weeks ago. BRIAND HOLDS UP PAINLEVE EFFORT T0 FORM CABINET (Continued from First Page.) ne. promise of support of the Extreme Socialists, headed by Leon Blum, and last night only the question of the dis- tribution of minor offices prevented the premier from submitting a list of the new cabinet to President Dou- mergue this morning. : However, the whole matter is opened again by M. Briand's reluc- tance to accept office in 4 cabinet which may last only a very short time. Public opinion is greatly ex- cited over the delay. France has been almost a week without a govern- ment. Conservative and Soclalist newspapers throw the blame for this mess on each other, accusing the re- spective leaders of putting party poli- tics above the vital interests of the country. Independent journals point out that France is passing through a much more serious crisis than even in 1914, vet neither Democrats nor Socialiste seem to ‘realize the necessity of uniting and forming a coalition in order to save France from the hardships which will resuilt it a solution is not found for the present e the dirigible is beating its way back at a speed of 35 miles an hour. The accident is similar i 4. SARGENT IS CALLED ONE OF IMMORTALS Painter Is Eulogized in All Quarters—Rites Tomor- row Likely. By the Associated Press LONDON, April 16.—If future gen- erations indorse the encomiums puh- lished by today's press, John Singer Sargent, the American artist who died at his Chelsea home yesterday, will have & place in the temple of fame alongside the greatest masters of time. Art critics, editorial writers and so- ciety personages vie in paying homage the genius and personality of the hough it is recognized that art has suffered an irreparable loss in his death, no less emphasis is laid upon his modesty, good nature and gentle- ness “One of the immortals” nation one eulogist confers on him, while others rank him with F Hals or declare that no artist earned such distinction since Dyck is the a Speculate on Wealth. Satisfaction is expressed that dustry and comparatively long as 6§—enabled him to give so rauch and that he left the world rich | in a serfes of works, every one which is in its w; a masterpiece. There is some speculatipn over his presumed wealth, whichg it is said, might have been stly greate He cared little for money, however, and is said to have rejected frequent offers of enormous sums from moneyed p sons who v 1y yearned to be mortalized by his wonderful brush One supposition given circulation is that his investinents alone brought him an annual income of £9,000. Tentati burial at Woking, near London, prob- ably Friday. The funeral will be pri- vate. of | Stricken by Heart Attack. The distinguished artist's death was | caused by heart failure, due to fatty degeneration of muscles of the hear following an atheroma of coronar arteries, D. R. Bronte. pathologisi, testified at a coroner’s inquest today after a post-mortem examination of Sargent's body. H. R. Oswald. the coroner, rendered a verdict that death was “from natural causes.” The artist'’s heart weighed 24 ounces, twice the normal weight, the coroner said. ie found the heart muscles extremely soft and pliable, with fatty degeneration, general ar- terial sclerosis, and also indications of chronic Bright's disease. It was learned that Sargent consulted his regular physician about a month ago regarding the hardening of his ar- teries. Nelson Ward, Sargent's solicitor, who dined with' the artist the night before his death, said he seemed in his usual spirits and apparently was in good health. Sargent reached home about 11:15- Tuesday night. When a parlor maid, Clara Cozens, found him dead in bed yesterday morning, his spectacles were pushed up on his forehead and there was a volume of Voltaire beside him. “Ap- parently he had been reading and dropped off to sleep,” the maid said. During the days immediately pre- ceding his death, Sargent had been busy preparing for his proposed journey to America, where he had intended to remain about six months. Insects infesting cereals kept Yn cartons may be killed by passing an slectric current through the package. Most efficient Office Help is promptly secur- ed by skillfully worded advertisements in the HELP WANTED col- umns of The Star. While it is true & vague and in- definite advertisdment may bLring a larger number of replies, the major- 5. 0f these rephes are of little value to the advertiser and the pro- cedure unfair to the applicant, A well worded advertisement stat- ing in detail the qualifications re- ulred. will narrow your replies to ALE *pOSSIBILITIES ! only one answer is received from it satisfactory .results ob- tained, the advertisement has done its work. In_ today's Star are 54 adver- tisements for Office Help, including ADVERTISING SOLICITOR MESSENGERS SALESMEN CIVIL ENGINEER DRAFTSMAN FIELD AGENTS INVESTIGATOR DISTRIBUTORS GENERAL OFFICE WORK STENOGRAPHER TYPISTS SALESLADIES ASSISTANT BUYER and 11 advertisements Situations, includi ACCOUNTANT BOOKKEEPER SALESMEN CLERK TYPISTS CASHIER SECRETARY STENOGRAPHER If your nead is represented above, consuit these advertisements. for Office al | Van | im- arrangements provide for | “ESTHET ZONNG” ASKED BY ITZENS Bupont Circle Residents Op- pose Erection of Apart- ment Buildings. The desirability of regulating character and appearance of buildings as well as their height and area was advocated by speakers before the Zoning Commu n at the Dist Building today in the cours spir ited debate hether apartmen houses should be barred from mitted on Massachusetts avenue yond Fifte Advocates as to v per apartment based their Masgachu the beautifu and would be ictures tizens' Associa se on the ground that setts avenue is one of highways of the city marred by apartment Opponents of the restriction con tended that the lower part of Massa chusetts avenue is already losing its position as a pl. and that b ning to e for fine residences ding houses are begin <e an appearance on the street. These speakers tc he posi jtion that well designed | would tend to improve more than boarding he rtments | Opposes Several sized the object to ments if kept “Esthetic proper Zoning.” wners empha- H 1 4 ou 1 sion, without au esthetic pu appeara that some g ed in that direction by chitect’s advis, couneil. which passes on the plans for proposed buildings in co-operation with Ma | Wheeler of the cc 3 xplained, howev oluntary procedure | the bellef that 7 {of bulldings by constitutional Maj. Clayton lieved esthetic and said he brief w court deci: belief. Benjamin Minor ry B. Spencer " zone for to pass upon the He =aid having arn this was « and expressed ning the appearance law would be un E n would fi the citin tons on which he based h ed g would be be glad to commiss; =peaking for Hen owner of proy Massachusetts’ avenue, urged the | commission not to place the avenue in the no-apartment house zone. de claring that boarding houses ar | ing established on certain parts the avenue and that apa houses would be less objectionab, | ! ixtension of Zone Asked i Waddy B. Wood, an architec i opposed prohibiting apartmen se g that Washington has fai realize it has outgrown its swaddling clothes, Mas: huset he said, should not be zor 15 Lo pre. serve it for a few people having large | residences there. estory & | ments, such as are erected Paris | would not be detrime al Massa chusetts avenue, Rufus Lusk ive Builders’ Association, ur commission to permit apartments on assachusetts avenue as far | Twenty-second street. He sail J‘. ociation had not gone into the situ beyond Twenty-second street ave in on ation where conditions might be different “But,” Mr. Lusk declared, “if you {come down as far as Fifteenth street {and prohibit apartment houses, it {will not be long before the people fon Rhode Island avenue, New Hamp- shire avenue and similar thorough- | fares will say, ‘We don’t want apart- | ments. Adm al Strauss, speaking far the | Dupont Circle Citizens' Association, {told the commission that those who want apartment houses kept off | Massachusetts avenue have no selfish interest, but are actuated only by a lcivic pride in keeping the avenue |beautiful. He cited the fact that the i Episc Cathedral is at one end of Massachusetts avenue and that there are several attractive circles with Situss in them along the are. | Others Oppose Plan. He was followed by C. F. Bratenahl, D. D.. of the Episco Al Cathedral. who said he spoke {also as a long-time resident of Wi {Ington in advocating the preserve tion of Massachusetts avenue as one of the attractive boulevards of the city If it were possible to control rchitecture of buildings it would be most desirable,” said Dr. Bratefahl I it is all apartments, that is one thing,” Dr. Bratenahl continued. “But if You permit here and there an apart- ment it will be an eyesore.” Archibald Hopkins said he was au- thorized to speak for Chief Justice | William H. Taft and for Col. Henry A. du Pont in opposing more apari- ment houses on Massachusetts ave- nue. Coleman Jennings argued in fa vor of prohibiting apartments Among those who registered strong | opposition to the proposal to keep out apartments was Mrs. W. B. Lamar, 1915 Massachusetts avenue The commission will continue | throughout the day to hear testimony on_other proposed zoning char in different parts of the city and will render its decisions later ZONING LAW VALID, COMMISSION HOLDS IN REPLY TO SUIT (Continued from First Pags.) Very T the | | area and use of buildings in the Dis trict of Columbia, and that “imme diately after its creation said com mission sought and secured the ad- vice and co-operation of trade bodies, citizens’ organizations and assoc tions and others owning or interested in property in the District of Colum bla in connection with the zoning of the said districts; that, pursuant to the provisions of the said act referred to herein as the zoning act. public hearings were had, and within six months, on August 30, 1920, sald com- mission adopted certain regulations and atlases or maps within or upon which were shown, in colors, the height, use and area district within which properties in the District of Columbia were located; that this orig- inal zoning was made after a most comprehensive study had been made of every section of the District of Columbia, and in many instances and wherever the commission thought it necessary, individual squares and parts of squares were given careful and minute consideration: that since the original zoning, as aforesaid, the Zoning Commission has considered nu merous changes in the existing dis tricting, and from time to time has changed zoning designations: that all of the acts of the Zoning Commission, as aforesaid, have been for the purpose ¢ing out the intentions of the zoning act.” The commission tells the court that it has considered the changing of the Steerman property from residential to first commercial on numerous o | stons, but concluded not to make th change. . e g e Chile is beginning the producti of iron and steel by using hydroel tric power.