Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. §. Weather Burean Cloudy, prd] ers Jate tonight and tome ly warmer tonight; Highest, at b p.n. ye: est, 40, at 6:30 a.m. toc Full report on page 7. sly followed by cooles Forecast.) orrow tomorrow sterday; low- Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 ch tered office; sec 571 T W ond class matter ashingtoa, D. C. ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ny Star. The Star’s tion is deliver “From Press to Home Within the Hour” carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- ed to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 101,620 WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1925—FORTY-SIX PAGES. TOKILEDBYBON NSOFIACATHEDRA AT FUNERAL RIE Country Placed Under Mar- tial Law After Series of Qutrages. 20 WOMEN, 10 CHILDREN AMONG BLAST VICTIMS Xing Boris, Recently Attacked by Assassins, Among First at Explosion Scene. Body of Slayer Found i - b at Exact Spot W_here His Vietim Was Killed : A erees . April 1 Macedonia_rev jzation’s intellect- of. Nicola Mileff, s assassinated last February, s Areanization swore ~ven- Yence. The method used to get f “Was dramatic. Yesterday morning the dead bod man known under the nan anouleffl was o Mool e exact spot where Mileft fell. Pinned to the body was the statement that the or- ization had shin Manouleff, Whe Milef’s murderer. dlso o facsimile urporting to hav: ften by Manouleff, confess- that he had killed' Prof. Mi- and giving details of the tionar chief, By the As , April 17.—Latest that 140 persons, includ women and 10 children, were explosion of an infernal chine in the Cathedral of Sveti al during the funeral of Gen. Georghieff yesterda Six generals and thirty other officers were among ment, the greatest excitement pr vailing. Martial law been pro- claimed throughout the country, while the military authorities have ordered a curfew established, the streets to cleare: 7:30 p.m. D ll lht‘lmem!m of the government were present at the fu- neral services in the cathedral, none was usly injured. Premier Tzankoff was one of those injured, but was able to preside over the cab- tnet du its emergency session to- day. G 3 sen. Georghieff, whose funeral wa being held when the explosion oc- in ed in the street ay night. The assassination - followed an attempt upon the ling Boris as he was motoring isamb Placed Under Roof. b ypare v was detonated e hanim, Tt had been the roof in the south- cathedral, and spent e upon the crowd in edifice. large ern part most of t pa { number of persons were Upon of the disaster the King im- went to the scene < tor of the central prison ated in the street here to- vise there were no di ht or this morning the province trains are being hed rigorously. Citizens are en and forming patrols to main- in order under the direction of the war minister, Gen. Voulkoff. was assassi day, but ot turbances Sofia_or All Bodies Recovered. task of searching the debris in consumed hours, but ies w believed to have 1 this mor The in- cathedral 1 s a te with ancient religious f of clothing in confusion. were several acts of bravers during the disorder which followed th; explosion of the bomb, men among .the gathe cking to assure the safety of men and children by carrying them out * FATHER AND SON DIE spectacle, IN ELECTRIC CHAIR| Stewarts of North Carolina Exe- puted for Double Murder in State Last Year. Associnted Press. C. W toe LEIGH, April 1 arles W. art, and_Elmer Stewart, 23, his son, paid with their lives in the electric chair today for a double murder perpet wick Count ar. The fat to the last, was led and was pronounce dead after three shocks. Two shocks were required to execute the son The two men were given the death sentence for the murder of Sam Lily, @ United States deputy marshal. and Deputy Sheriff Leon George, while the officers were searching for prohibition violators. The elder Stewart entered the death chamber at 10:28 a.m., displaving no sien of nervousness, and gazing into the faces Of newspaper men and wit- , he said: be Christians; don’t do any- because it don’t pay. care of your souls. God bless you all.”” The son followed the father to the chair at 10:43 o'clock, leaning heavily on the arms of the two guards as he was escorted into the chamber. He smiled faintly as he took his seat in the chair, and as the prison attend- ents hurried to bind him he smiled again and said: ‘Take your time, boys, I'm in no Radio Programs—Page 34. t pre- | that about | ated in Bruns- | ‘?Lukeman to Modify Borglum’s Work to Fit Into New Groups Will Retain Lee’s Head Carved on Stone Mountain. |Plans Hal?;f Fame and Stone Stairs to Monument. | B the Associated NEW YORK, Lukeman, who has been chosen to succeed Gutzon Borglum as sculptor in charge of the carving of the Stone | Mountain Confederate Memorial near said today that the large head ¢ carved on the face of the mountain by Mr. Borglum would not be removed. Mr. Lukeman said the complead work of his predecessor on the granite {mound would remain and that tae {only changes in it would be certain { modifications necessary to make the large figure harmonize with the com- | posite zroups which the new sculptos will add. The central figure repre sents Gen. Robert E.-Lee. Mr. Lukeman revealed that his first contract with the memorial committee is for plaster of paris models for the | composition to immediately surround | the central figure. “The only changes in Mr. Borglum's work alre completed,” said Mr. Lukeman, “will be such as a gen- | erally required by what is known as sonality infart.” I will not scrap um's plans or models, be 3315 BACK SAFE AFTERBATILING 8 HOURS WITH STORM Weathered Worst Gale in Years—Gathered Val- uable Data. Press. Apri Augustus | | By the Associated Press. | PULHAM, England, April 17.—To the cheers of British Army officers, soldiers, workers and crowds of spec- | tators, the army dirigible R-33 re- turned home safely shortly after 2 | o'clock this afternoon after her 2s- hour battle with the elements over the east coast of England and a storm- | swept North Sea. - The runaway.eratt, which tore away from her moorings at the Pulham air station yesterday | morning during one of the fiercest | males in recent years, was sighted by | the anxious watchers at the airdrome {at 1:54 o'clock this afternoon. She manuvered for position and landed | safely a quarter of an hour later. | Are Greeted at Coast. | A favorable wind allowed the sorely- | stressed crew of the R-33 to start their ship homeward from a point near the | Dutch coast after davlight; and she | made a slow stead flight across the | North Sea, which vesterday she had passed over it the opposite direc- | tion, driven onward by the wind. the R-33 came in sight of Lowe- stoft Harbor about 1 o'clock her crew | got the first glimpse of British land they had seen during 27 wearying | hours. Hearty cheers went up to them |as the ship passed low over the shore- ‘hm-. An excited crowd had waited on | craft, with her damaged prow dri swept out to sea yesterd: Got Valuable Data. After the R-33 passed over Lowe- stoft on her homeward journey the trip ively uneventful, but to |avoia difficulties her skipper raised the ship higher in the air than when she was over the water. dritish air ministry officials are loud in_ their praise of the stability of | the R-33, which withstood the severe | buffeting it has been submitted to, and their opinion that the crew will gained much valuable experience their forced journey. Fitted devices hidden a v in | the gondolas and with many instru- ments distributed throughout the ship | for the purpose of recording air pres- |sure and stresses, all of them placed or the purpose of gaining data for ship construction, valuable infor- | mation is_expected fo be obtained as | a result of the runaway flight. High Praise for Crew. As the truant ship approached home { Vice 8ir Marshal Sir W. Geoffrey Sal- mond wirelessed to the crew: “Your efforts splendid. They redound to the credit of ajl. Much praise is being meted out to Flight Lieut. R. S. Booth, 26, who has had crammed into a short space of time the experience of vears, for ke was responsible rtor navigating tie ship to safety. His wife, who waited at the Pulham air station since yes- |terday evening. was one of the first to greet him. Full praise also is being giver to the young wireless operator, Spencer Keeley, who was on_duty ha during with special AUGUSTUS LUKEMAN, is reported to have done his ‘scrapping.’ )f course, I will make original plans for the composition to embody the central head. But I want em- phatically denied that I will blast Mr. jorglum’s work from the mountain- side. There is no reason why we should eliminate what he has already done, and there is nothing to be criticized in his work.” Mr. Lukeman said all his models would be made in duplicate to in- sure against any delay by breakage or other accidents. The contracting carver in charge of the manual task of cutting the composition now is employing between 20 and 30 of the " (Continul umn 5.) EFFORTT0CHANGE CTEENS COUNGI PLANTDBEPLSHED Sectional Representation Proposal, However, Ap- pears Sure to Lose. cause h ow When the Federation of Citizens’| Associations meets at the District | Building tomorrow night, there prob- | bly will be discussion of the conten- | tion of the Southwest Citizens' As: ciation that the Citizens' Advisor: Council should be made up of a defi- nite number of councilmen from each | locality, but there appeared today to be no chance of the council plan being | changed at this time. Jesse C. Suter, president of the/fed- eration, stated today that the machin- ery for amending the council plan is similar to that of amending the con- | stitution of the federation, and that a change could not be put’ through in | time to affect the first election to the council, which takes place on May 2. Commissioners’ 0. K. Needed. | Mr. Suter explained that not only | must the delggates have two weel advance notice of a proposed change before acting on it, but the District | Commissioners also must pass upon | any proposed amendment. George M. Yeatman, president of the Southwest association, declared today his organization contends mem- | bership in the council should be ap- portioned among the several sections of the city, and he indicated he ex-| pected the question to come up at the | meeting of the federation tomorrow night. While there is pending in the fed eration an amendment to the by-law: of the federation under which would be created a council of 12 members, 6 from the northwest and 2 from each of the other localities, Charles A. Baker, the sponsor of the amend- | ment, announced today that he would withdraw it when it comes up for disposition tomorrow. Concurs With Plan Now. Mr. Baker explained that he offer- ed the amendment several weeks ago at a time when the federation was | considering a plan for a_ council in which he saw objectionable features. Two weeks ago, Mr. Baker said, the ' federation adopted the present | council plan, in which he concurred, and for that reason he would drop his pending amendment to the by-laws of | the federation. Engineer Commissioner Bell, who was instrumental in proposing the cre- ation of a citizens' council, said today | he would not express an opinion on the question of how the council should be created. He sald he felt| that was a matter for the citizens | to_decide. | In connection with the objection | raised by the Southwest association | to electing a council of eight mem- bers from the city as a whole, Com- missioner Bell pointed out, however, that it is not the intention of the Commissioners to have the council | deal with neighborhood affairs, but to confine itself to consideration of prob- lems affecting the entire city. In considering the annual District budget, for example, Col. Bell plans | to have the council advise the Com- missioners only as to what the total | of the estimates should be and how | funds should be distributed between | ~ “(Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) By the Associated Press. LAVOYE, Wy April 17— Lavoye, oil boom town, whose right to its place on Wyoming’s map re- cently was denied by a Federal court, today meekly prepared for the end of its existence, according to the mandate of the law. The townspeople, numbering * almost 1,800, who were held in trespass on Lavoye's site because the Ohio Oil Co. holds a Government lease on the soil, were deliberating plans for dismantling buildings and homes and for moving all they founded here in the ofl rush of 1920. The hamlet's business leaders, at an impromptu meeting last night, voted almost unanimously to abide by the law’s decree. The decision was a surprise, for when Federal Judge T. Blake Kennedy ) |0ld Boom Town Prepares to Move After Order by Court to Quit Site. (Continued on Page 4, March 6 ordered the inhabitants | to vacate within 60 days there was a hostile feeling of resentment and an almost unanimous senti- ment to resist the ouster. Tt was tentatively agreed at the meeting to establish the new Lavoye three and one-half miles south of the present location, which is in the center of the Salt Creek ol fields. Lavoye's business buildings are mostly flimsy frame structures. Litigation for possession of the surface of the land which Lavoye occuples has been in progress for nearly four vears. The Ohio Oil Co. contended the presence of the town materially interfered with its | operations under a mineral lease | to develop oil properties. Lavoye's attorneys believed the town was a public necessity and claimed pos- session under squatters’ | HOME OF MAN HELD | Ind., following an alleged attack made | and fire. {the house shortly after the fire and CALLAUX REVEALS DEBT SETTLENENT AMIONE FIRST ANS Finance Chief in Completed Painleve Cabinet Sees It Vital to Stabilization. - BRIAND FINALLY TAKES POSITION IN MINISTRY French Public Shows Relief When Leaders Agree to Serve, But Senate Not So Happy. By the Associated Press. PARIS, April 17.—Settlement of the war debts will be one of the first cares of the new finance minister, M. Calllaux, according to friends with whom he talked vesterday. M. Cafllaux will, first of all, said, set about to provide a safe working margin of cash for * the French treasury, and then, with a view to final stabilization of the franc, will take up the debts, which he considers one of the greatest ob- stacles to a complete financial reno- it is aillaux, it is added, will confirm surances that nce intends to repudiate no obligation, but he will negotiate closely as to terms and perhaps as to amounts. An indica- tion of how he regs is found in his speech of February 19, on the occasion of his “‘rehabilita- tion™ after the amnesty, in which he sald: Blames Past Regimes. “Our country would have met the crazy financial chaos which continued long the armistice if never- tiring city had not thrown on her shoulders the burden of n(l\'nnc~} ing the entire cost of repairing the war damages, with the partial pay- ing of some nd the weight of the int 1 He then declared that the formula “Germany would pay” had produced a_disastroys result, making France advance 57,000,000,000 francs on Ger- many’s account. As the total dam- ages in the evastated regions amount- | ed to $2,000,000,000 francs, there re. mained 25,000,000,000 stili to pay, while, he said, “the treasury is out of breath ang the smaller sufferers still live in the ruin Undoubtedly a wa out would be found, M. Caillaux continued on that fon, but when this strait was d by the treasury the questions Ministry Is Presented. “What shall we recover from Ger-| whose contribution, like Bal- zac’s magic skin, gro time'st 4s spoken of? To what extent will the sum recovered be attached by our creditors? Wil this manner of being paid satisty them? The new premier, M. Painleve, pre- (Continued on Page 5, Column 4.) IN ASSAULT BURNS Blaze Follows Burial of Girl Ac- cuser of Ex-Klansman in Attack Case. By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 17.— Fire of mysterious origin early toda: damaged the home of D. C. Stephen- son, former grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan. The blaze was preceded by an explosion, neighbors said, and fire department officials declared that they found In the house several re- ceptacles containing gasoline. In ad- dition, all the gas jets were open, the firemen added. The fire followed by hours the funeral of Miss Madge Oberholtzer, 28, who died last Tues- day, apparently from the effects of poison which her relatives and hen physician say she took at Hammond, on her by Stephenson. A plea of not guilty was entered yesterday by Stephenson to five grand jury indictments charging him with attacking Miss Oberholtzer. He is at Iiberty under $25,000 pending trial, the date for which has not been fixed. Girl's Home Nearby. Miss Oberholtzer's home, from which her funeral was held, i$ only a few doors from the damaged Ste- phenson house. Both residences are at Irvington, a_suburb which is the seat of Butler College, the institution from which Miss Oberholtzer was graduated. Persons living near the Stephenson home said several automobiles were seen in the grounds surrounding the house shortly before the explosion Stephenson was not at the house, having moved to a_downtown hotel several weeks ago. The fire re- called the mysterious burning of his yacht at Toledo, Ohio, some time ago. The fire started shortly after 1:30 am., was extinguished by 2:45 a.m., after the roof and practically the whole interior of the residence was destroyed. Police who began an investigation after the fire said apparently the house was unoccupied and that all the house furnishings with the excep- tion of a few small articles and por- traits had been removed. A bed in a garage at the rear of the house seem- ed to have been occupied during the night, the officers said. Neighbors Aid Police. Neighbors told the police that re- moval of the furnishings was started about three weeks ago. John O’Brien, chief of the fire de- partment, made a thorough search of safd that in addition to two 12-gallon receptacles containing gasoline he found 10 gallons of the same com. bustible in smaller cans placed in different rooms. Gasoline in a 6. gallon earthen jar in the dining room apparently caused the explosion, Chief O'Brien said. John Cramer, deputy State fire| { marshal, said authorities of that de-| partment would be assigned to investi- ' gate the fire. TWO CENTS. SHIP BOARD DENIES POWER OF COURT Challenges Right_ to Review Sale of Steamers to Dollar Line. A defense of the action of the Ship- ping Board in awarding the five Pres- ident ships of the California-Orient Line by sale to the Dollar interests was filed today in the District of Co- lumbia Supreme Court. The answer to injunction proceed- ings brought by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company to halt the challenged the jurisdiction of the court and its power to review discre- tlonary acts of the board as deter- mined by majority vote. Presented by general ecounsel for the board acting as special assistant attorneys general, it asserted the sale was authorized with due considera- tion_of the law, of good business. prac- tices and of the interests of the United States. Suit Is Amended. Justice Hitz on_ the application of Attorneys George E. Chamberlain and Bolitha 'J. Laws for the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. today permitted an amendment to the injunction suit by the addition of the names of R. Stan- ley Dollar and the Dollar Steamship Co. as parties defendant with the members of the Shipping Board Counsel for the board made no objec- tion to the amendment, although they ad called attention to the absence of these names as a _defective pleading in the motion to dismiss the injunc- tion filed several days ago. Rumors that the minority members of the board, who had opposed the sale of the ships, would employ spe- clal counsel and wage a three-corner- ed fight in the case were set at rest vith the filing of the answer of the hipping Board today. The answer is signed by all seven members of the board and as far as the record goes shows no disagreement within the board. The answer alleged that at one time ships operated in the Orient trade by the Pacific Mail had been disposed of to enterprises controlled by foreign interests. Accompanying the answer were a number of supporting affidavits signed by Chairman O'Connor and Commis- joners Lissner, Hill and Haney, who constituted the majority voting for the sale, as well as affidavits from ~ (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) LA SALLE STREET WOLF DYING, FACES ARREST By the Associated Press. LOS_ANGELES, Calif., April 17.— John W. Worthington, “wolf of La Salle street” of Chicago, believed to be dylng here in the face of a peni- tentiary sentence imposed for fraudu- lent operations in the East, today was charged with embezzlement of $30,000 in connection_with brokerage house operations in Los Angeles. The indictment alleges that Worth- ington had backed Balentine & Co. of Los Angeles with $25000 worth of stolen bonds, believed to have been part of the loot of a Chicago mail robbery. It charges that Worthington and Samuel F. Balentine had engaged in a bond juggling conspiracy here which had resulted in the embezzlement by them of $50,000. The charge contained eight counts. Worthington disappeared when the fresh charges of embezzlement were laid against him and could not be located in_his usual haun DAVID I. WALSH Discusses d.xe United States Senate Beginning in the Editorial Section of The Sunday Star the former Governor of Mas- sachusetts and former United States Senator will tell of the needs, importance and fol- bles 0f America’s greatest legislative body, predicated upon knowledge gained in his service there. FIRST ARTICLE NEXT SUNDAY Do not miss it or any of the three to follow. Los Angeles Pays Call on Rum Row; Gets Many Photos By the Assoclated Pres LAKEHURST, N. J., April 17— The navy dirigible Los Angeles in- cluded in its test flicht yesterday a visit to rum row, it was learned today. Many photographs were taken of ships and activities on the row, where several crews were seen heav board a: glant dirigible swooped low over them. Twenty- four ships were counted at anchor along the row. It was intimated here that the photographs might later be put to official use by Government officials. HOLDS MRS, STONER 1S WELFARE HEAD Court Rules Election as As- sociation President Is Legal—Vacates Writ. Justice Hoehling of the District Su- preme Court today recognized Mrs. z Martin Stoner as the duly dent of the Woman's Wel- sociation, which conducts a dental and medical clinic at Eleventh and L streets northwest. - The court vacated an injunction which had been laid against Mrs. Stoner, December 1 last, preventing her from interfering with the conduct of the clinic, by Mrs. Macpherson Crichton, who claimed to be the president of the organization. After the injunction had been se- cured against Mrs. Stoner there was held a meeting of the board of dir: tors of the association, on the second v of December, at which Mrs. mer was elected president and Mrs. William Henry King, wife of Senator King of Utah, as corresponding secre- tary, along with other officers. Jus- tice Hoehling, after hearing evidence and reading over the minutes and b laws of the association, reached the conclusion that he should give effect to the December meeting and recog- nized those selected at that meeting as the officers of the association. Holds Work Suffers. Commenting on the condition of the minutes of the association, the court sald they were not to be ex- pected to be in such good shape as would be the minutes of a_business enterprise, since it is entirely chari- table In purpose. But, regarding sub- stance rather than mere form, the justice declares he is led to the de- cision to recognize the newly elected officers. * The controversy between the two factions of the association has not been for its benefit, the court points out, but has worked decidedly to its disadvantage. Practically the entire medical staff retired and the places had to be filled, and whether the work of the association has since gone for ward as before is {nvolved in conflict of opinion and statement, the court declares. Attorney Joseph T. Sherier appeared for Mrs. Crichton, while Attorney John J. O'Brien represented Mrs. Stoner. STEEL FIRMS ARE SUED FOR MILLIONS BY U. S. Bethlehem Companies Said to Have Received Up to $15,000,000 War Contract Overpayments. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., April 17— Suit for the recovery by the Govern- ment of $11,000,000 to $15,000,000 from the Bethlehem Steel interests for al- leged overpayments for war construc- tion work was entered today in the United States District Court. The defendants named in the ac- tion by the Government are the Beth- lehem Steel Corporation, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Ltd.; Beth- lehem Steel Co., the Fore River Ship- building Corporation and the Union Iron Works Co. —_— Five Reported Dead in Fire. MARSHFIELD, Ore., April 17.— Five persons are believed to have lost their lives early today when fire destroyed a two-story frame building here, the second story of which was occupied by four families. One body was recuve?d. badly charred. - - i 3/ ¥ IARDINE STUDYIG | 3 HOUSING PLANS Takes Up Proposals to Bring Bureaus Together in One or Two Buildings. The problem of proper housing for the Department of Agriculture and fts | bureaus, now scattered over the city | in 46 buildings, is being given careful | consideration by Secretary Willlam M. | Jardine and Secretary Mellon of the | Treasury Department. Secretary Mellon has transmitted to | Secretary Jardine three schemes of treatment for the Department of Agri- culture, worked out by the office of the supervising architect of the Treasury. | The three schemes are as follows: ! 1. Completion of the original build- | ing plan for the Department of Agri- culture, which would mean the con- struction of the central portion of the buflding of which two wings have al- ready been completed in the Mall, and the continuation of the structure until a quadrangle is formed. The | estimated cost of this proposal is $7,300,000. 2. Construction of a center pavilion uniting the two wings already built, | but redesigned so as to substitute two | additional stories instead of a dome | as planned in the original design, ani| construction on Mock 264 on the south | side of B street of a seven-story com mercial type office building. The es timated ‘cost of this proposal $5,850.000. 3. Completion of the center pavilion uniting the present two wings and the entire building to be used as the administration building of the Depart- ment of Agriculture. In addition to this. the purchase of a suitable tract of land at some distance from the city, but in the District of Columbia, where a serles of buildings would be erccted for the use of the many bu- reaus of the department. The estl- mated cost of this proposal is $6,000,000. Committee Ts Named. Announcement was made today of the appointment of a committee of | officials of the Department of Agri- culture by Secretary Jardine to con-{ sider the various proposals of the Treasury Department. | This committee is headed by the | Assistant Secretary, R. W. Dunlap, | and E. A. Sherman of the Forest | Service, Dr. K. F. Kellerman of the | Bureau of Plant Industry, C. W. (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) SMALLPOX PATIENT MUST GIVE' UP BABY Week-0ld Infant Is Ordered Re- moved From Mother at Quarantine Here. Health Officer William C. today directed that Mrs. Margaret H. Mower of 715 Kentucky avenue south- | east, who is at the District quaran- tine station as a smallpox patient, be separated from her week-old bahy, taken with her to the quarantine station. Dr. Fowler said the baby is not sick and that he felt it was safer to change Fowler the infant's food than to leave it with | ( the mother. Another new case of smallpox was reported on the Health Department books today as Edward R. Boone, colored, of 645 Navy place southeast. The twelfth death from the disease occurred last night when Sidney Savoy, colored, of 2239 Tenth street, died ‘at the smallpox hospital. TEST FLIGHT STARTED. Chicago-New Orleans Air Mail Ex-f periment Made Today. NEW ORLEANS, April 17.—The Chicago-New Orleans air mail test flight got under way thid morning, when Lieut. R. D. Knapp hopped off at 5:39 o'clock for Mobile, Ala., the first leg of the flight. He Jused a 4-B De Haviland plane equipped with a 420-horsepower Liberty motor. Reed Visits Italian King. ROME, April 17.—Senator David A. Reed of Pennsylvania, who came to| Europe to tour the battlefields for the Battle Monuments Commission, was received today by the King and Pre-| mier Mussolini. Senator Reed wa$ ! plained |to take their work aw STRIKING WORKMEN 10 OPEN SHOPS AND CUT COSTS 59 PCT. Painters and Paperhangers Plan to Underbid Employ- ers on Contracts. PLEDGE FINANCIAL AID TO MASTER PLUMBERS Latter Ask and Get More Time on ‘Wage Ultimatum From Opera- tive Builders. Union painters and paperhangers in the District took a new line of tack in their fight with builders and employers today with the announce- ment that beginning today painters will operate their own shops, supply painters to do work at cost, under cut the master painters in price and get their §10-a-day scale at the same time, Similar shops, it was announced from union headquarters, would also be opened immediately to take care of the paperhangers. William J. Gal- lagher, international organizer for the Painter and Paperhangers’ Union, de- clared that the union paverhanging shop can do work for 59 per cent less than prices charged by master paper- hangers. This he partially explained by stating that wholesale prices for material would be charged in place of 1 scales. Union Workers Called Off. ‘Two other developments marked the course of the strike today; they were First—Appearance of non-union painters on construction work in Drogress at 21 I street resulted in orders belng issued from union of ficlals c: & off painters, paper- hangers, elevator installers, plumbers and steamfitters. Second—One hour before the ulti matum from the operative builders, demanding the attitude of the master plumbers as to whether they would grant a wage increase, expired, Fred W. Quinter, chairman of the master plumbers’ ' conference _ committee, called at the office of Rufus Lusk, secretal of the operative builders, and asked that they be given until the middle of next week to decide whether they would pay the increase to the union plumbers. This exten. sion was granted. Hope to Avert Strike. The increase demanded is from $10 to $11 per d . Mr. Quinter explained that his association was endeavoring 10 get a meeting with the union men for Monday or Tuesday, at which it was hoped to avert a strike. He ex- that the master plumbers could not give a definite answer untli that time, but would let the builders and contractors know immediately aft- er the meeting just what stand they would tak . Mr. Lusk stated that he desired a definite answer, and since the meet- ing was to be called he did not desire to do anything that might hinder the conference. He said he would extend the time at the request of Mr. Quinter until the middle of next week. Discussing the plumbers’ threatened strike today, Mr. Gallagher stated that if any of the master plumbers found difficulty in getting loans if they grant a wage increase, his or- ganization has $1,000,000 in its treas ury, and there are also two local banks from which loans to these men can be made. Ready to Fight. Mr. Gallagher asserted that if the builders and employers want to fight “they can get it.”” He said if they were anxious to keep his men out of work, then the union men were ready v from them. “And I want to tell you one thing, that we have only just begun to dem- onstrate our power. If the fair wage committee wants to see just how pow- erful it is, or we are, then we are ready,” he declared. He explained that an advertisement would be run in today’s paper announcing the open- ing of the union shop. Mr. Gallagher said that efforts, as far as he was concerned, to get the union painters to confer with the fair ge committee would be useless. We will confer with the master painters, but I see no reason why we should confer with anybody else. We might as well confer with the street car conductors,” was his answer. JUDGE BEN LINDSEY WINS ELECTION CONTEST SUIT Court Ruling Returns Denver Boys' Friend to Bench for Twentieth Year. By the Associated Press. DENVER, Colo., April 17.—Judge Ben B. Lindsey of Denver's Juvenile Court, retains the bench seat he has held for more than 20 years, Judge Julian H. Moore ruled in District Court today in throwing out the ele: tion contest suit brought by Royal R. iraham, defeated candidate for the office. Judge Lindsey was given an offi- clal majority of 35 votes by the court following a recount of the vote. He was declared elected last November by 117 votes. Attorneys for Graham an- nounced they probably would appeal to the State Supreme Court. Judge Lindsey said a country-wide appeal would be made for funds to aid him In his “fight against the Klan,” which, he charges, Is back of the attempt to remove him from office. RICH MAN WILLS WIFE $5 More Than $200,000 Given to Friend by H. G. Voeckell. LOS ANGELES, Calif.,, April 17.— * Five dollars to his wife, Frieda, and more than $200,000 to James A, Watt, described simply as “a friend,” are among the bequests noted in the will, filed for probate today, of Henry G. Voeckell, eccentric drug store pro- prietor, who was murdered in his shop here last month. One-third of Voeckell's $350,000 estate goes to his son, Charles B. Voeckell. the first American received by the premier since his illness. Voeckell was found beaten to death behind a counter in the shop. The slayers are stlll being sought.