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REFEREE DENANDS LICHT ON 59154 Bird S. Coler and Former Broker Must Account for Bond Money. Br the Associated Press. NEW YOR! April 25.—Bird S. Coler, commissioner of public welfare, and Elverton R. Chapman, formerly B stock broker, who constituted a com- mittee for certain holders of the County of Sante Fe, in the former Ter- ritory of New Mexico, are directed in R report filed today in the Supreme Court by James W. Hyde, as referee unt for $399,142, with interest 4 at the rate of 6 per cent amount which Coler and in are asked to account for is referee reported that $48: had been turned over to Commissioner Coler as surviving partner of W. N. Coler & Co., investment brokers, which went into bankruptey. “He allowed the said sum to be- come mingled with his own moneys, said the referee, “and thereafter the me became dissipated. In_June, 1917, the defendant Bird S. Coler, in- dividually and as sole surviving part- ner of sald firm, was adjudged a bank- rupt.” ccount passed on by Referee ew out of claims held by Grant B. Schley and others, who be. gan suit in 1913 to collect on bonds issued in 1891 by the County of Santa Fe when in the Territory of New Mexico. Referees Named Thrice. Three times the Supreme Court ap- pointed referees in the accounting proceedings brought against {‘oler undl Chapman. | The County of Santa Fe issued the | bonds to build a railroad. Moore & Schley, bankers, bought $172,300 of the bonds for themselves and others &nd W. N. Coler & Co. bought $229,000 for themselves and others. When Pima County, Arizona ter- ritory, later defaulted on a_similar Yond issue, the United States Supreme Court ruled the issue invalid on the ground that the territorial legislature had lacked power to authorize it. This decision rendered the Santa Fe County | bonds invalid. When they were congressional act in 1897, Coler and Chapman, the latter representing Moore and Schley. were appointed a committee to collect $401,300 from Santa Fe County. They failed, the referee’s report because the County concealed ets. The bondholders took the matter to Congress, and when the territory of New Mexico asked admittance to the Union, is was given statehood on the condition that it pay the bonds of Santa Fe County. That the state might raise money for the debt the government conveved to it 1,000,000 acres in public lands in 1910. Jan- uary 13, 1913, Referee Hyde's report says, the State of New Mexico paid over to W. N. Coler & Co., of which Bird S. Coler was the sole surviving partner, the sum of $483,294, in full settlement. U. S. SOON TO START LARGEST SUBMARINE Keel for Gigantic V-4 Will Be Laid May 1—Craft Will Be Mine-Layer. validated by a ¥ Another step in increasing the power of the American Navy will be taken at noon on May 1 next, when the keel of the gigantic mine-laying fleet submarine, to be known as the V-4, will be laid_at the navy vard, Portsmouth, N. H. Two vessels of the V type now is building, and one of them, the V-1, now in commission, is making the longest self-sustained cruise ever taken by a submarine alone. She is in Central South Amer- ican and West Indian waters. However, while details of the ves- sel for which the keel will be laid shortly are withheld, she will be the largest vessel of the undersea class ever developed, and will be capable of performing a mission for laying a mine barrage on independent duty. She will be even larger than the V boats built and bullding. She will have many entirely new features. The construction of the V-4 was - thorized by the act of August 29, 1916 and funds for her construction were appropriated in the naval appropria- tlon bill of 1924, which provided for *one fleet submarine, mine-laying type, heretofore authorized, to have the highest practicable speed and greatest desirable radius of action, and to cost not to exceed $5,300,000 for construc- tion and machinery and $850,000 for @rmor, armament and ammunition.” OFFICERS ARE ELECTED BY CARROLL LAW CLUB William J. McGuire Is Chosen Chancellor at Annual Ban- quet at the Raleigh. carroll Law Club of Georgetown niversity in its annual banquet at the Raleigh Hotel, Thursday evening, installed new officers for the year, headed by the chancellor, Willlam J. McGuire. Guests of the club were Rev. Charles . Lyons, S. J., president of George- town University; William Leahy, and Howard Boyd, of the District of Columbia bar and professor of the Georgetown Law School. New officers installed include: Chan- cellor, William J. McGuire ; vice chancellor, John H. Brubaker: re- corder, Richard Mahar; treasurer, Matthew A. McLaughlin; censor, Wil- liam F. Clark. The retiring officers are: Chancellor, Francis vice chancellor, recorder, Joseph A. urer, Spencer Cleve- Jand; censor, John H. Brubaker. GLOVEé GIVE POLICE CLUE Found on Seat of Abandoned Motor Car, Which Was Stolen. A dainty, little pair of kid gloves ose attention from the llowing their discovery yes- in Baltimore, on the seat of an abandoned, stolen 8\|l0n|0h|‘lfi. evi- dently left by an accomplice in joy- iding. O utomobile was stolen from the Gregg Livery Stable Service here last Mhursday. Police believe that the carelessness of the owner of the Floves, combined with the fact that they contain certain cleaner’s identifi- cation marks, may lead to the arrest of the joyriders. —_— Socialist Author to Speak. August Claessens, Socialist lecturer @nd author of a number of books on socialism, will open the lecture series Periods of Relaxation Frequent in Day of Financier. Exercise and Careful Diet Big Factors in His Health. Special Dispateh to The Star. NEW YORK, April 25—Until the John D. Rockefeller is living on hi: place at Lakewood, N. J., where he arrived from Ormond Beach, Fla. a week ago today, in health and spirits. birthday, he appears to be in even golf is improving. The world of business and finance, which wears most men out, has left Mr. Rocke- feller physically and mervously sound. What is the secret of his health? It lies in a well balanced daily schedule, in alternative periods of activity and rest and in plenty of outdoor life. Since hsi early thirties Mr. Rockefeller has lived such a life. On sunny afternoons, when other men were anxiously watching the ticker, he was walking through the woods, or planting things. Leads Active Life. Mr. Rockefeller has more time for rest and recreation now, but he still uses them both to enable him to lead an active life. Although he makes no special point of punctuality, this is the daily program of the richest man in the world now, on his 375-acre home at Lakewood: 0, arises. reads the newspapers. 0-8:45, plays game of numbers or chats. 8:45-10, attends to business affairs. plays nine holes of golf. » eats luncheon. plays game of numbers and takes drive in ca -7, rests, then converses with guests or is read to by personal secretary. 7, eats dinner. 810, plays game of numbers, talks with friends or listens to music played by John Yordi, his valet. Occasionally tunes in on the radio or has a moving picture show. 10, retires. Relaxes Often in Day. The frequent periods of rest are an extension of Mr. Rockefeller's prac- tice, dating from his early thirties, of taking a short nap every day after luncheon. He never rests long, but he relaxes completely, both mentally and physically, when he does. Two or three short rests of from 15 to 45 minutes each keep him mentally alert and in the best of physical condition throughout the day. Like most elderly men, Mr. Rocke- feller is unable to:sleep late in the morning. He usually arises between 6:30 and 7 o'clock. He begins the day by reading the morning papers. His personal secre- tary, N. W. Davis, does much of his other reading for him, but Mr. Rocke- feller always goes through the new. papers himself, paying as much at- tention to general news as to the financial section. Eats Normal Breakfast. At 8 o'clock Mr. Rockefeller eats just such a breakfast as any normal healthy American eats—grapefruit or the juice of an orange, cereal with milk, an egg or two with some bacon, toast and coffee or milk. He does not use cream. To that extent he “dlets.” He uses separated milk because he does not wish to increase his weight. For the rest, he merely takes pains not to overtax his excellent digestion The moderation which he has exer- cised in his daily life for years begins at the breakfast table. After the meal comes the first of the thrice daily demonstrations of one of Mr. Rockefeller’s cardinal habits —never to exert himself mentally or physically immediately after eating. He plays a game of numbers, or talks about some interesting feature of the days news. Much has been said about Mr. Rock- efeller’s golf, but little about his num- bers. Yet the latter is scarcely less important, in the preservation of his powers. One is his physical, the other his mental recreation. Numbers is the sort of game a financier who has dealt with figures running into the billions would choose for relaxation, for it involves the numbers 1 to 13. It is much like a certain variety of solitaire. A set for four people, which is the equivalent of four decks of playing cards, costs 65 cents. It may be played by one per- son or by many, each having his four sets of cards numbered 1 to 13. Financier Is Good Player. Mr. Rockefeller indulges in the game almost every day, sometimes as many as three times. He is a good player and usually takes the measure of his competitors, whenever he has them. Rarely he plays alone. The after-breakfast session of num- bers is ordinarily quite brief. Mr. Rockefeller is soon considering mat- ters of business, consisting principally of reports and requests for advice from the heads of the various benevo- lent and educational institutions which he has created. He keeps intimately in touch with the work they are doing as well as with their administrative affairs. He gives each problem the thorough and deliberate consideration which for years he gave to his busi- ness. Matters relative to the upkeep of his homes also receive Mr. Rocke- feller's personal attention. His 800 acres in the Pocantico Hills and his 375 acres at Lakewood were both landscaped very largely according to his own plans. Still Saves Nickels. Whenever any one -has' -saved enough dimes and nickels, Mr. Rocke- feller will exchange them personally for new $1 or $5 bills. These are al- most the only financial dealings which he still looks after himself. Throughout the day, the giving of coins continues. He will see & boy at the side of the road while taking his afternoon drive and will stop to give him a dime. He glves them to pho- tographers, to reporters and to almost everyone else he meets. Mr. Rockefeller does not give dimes and nickels as a philanthropist. His $500,000,000 gifts for education and sclence are the expression of that aspect of the man. Dimes and nickels are to encourage thrift. The presentation is a.significant bit of ritual. Usually Mr. JRockefeller takes the recipient’s right hand in his own left hand. Then he presses the bright coln into the waiting palm with precise emphasis, accompanied by a direct, almost questioning, glance of the eyes. “Will you save this? Or will you spend it thoughtlessly?” he seems to ask. Mr. Rockefeller is consclous of the psychology he is using. TImpartial in Giving. The numbers of crisp bills which he gives to his servants and workmen in exchange for their nickels and to be conducted by the local socialist organization at the Musicians’ Hall, 1006 B street northwest, tonight, at 8 o’clock, when he will speak on “Can Wealth Be More-Jusily, Distrisuteds" dimes proves that his practice gets part way, at least, toward the goal which he desires. He attaches no strings to these little gifts, however. qmmuuuwg\mm' are England and Germanys | dogwood blossoms in Pocantico Hills, | the best of | As he approaches his eighty-sixth | finer fettle than a vear ago, and his | JOHN D., NEARING 86, KEEPS FIT BY BALANCED DAILY SCHEDULE i JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER. tially to those who spend them as well as to those who save them. Playing at a leisurely pace, made all the more leisurely by stops to distribute dimes and nickles, Mr. Rockefeller finishes his golf about noon. He often sits down to rest and chat between holes—not because he is tired, but because he believes in al- ways keeping well within his strength. When he plays alone, he often tries again after a bad shot, but when he has competition he most scrupulously observes every fine point of etiquette and seems to have no difficulty in keeping pace with men half his age. ‘. He h: n extraordinary slow and steady back swing, and he drives with a right-hand push which goes through like an uppercut in box- ing. He is regarded as an extremel. helpful partner. “Take—it—e-e-e: It is like a mother quieting a feverish child. Game Is Improving. The course at Lakewood is level, with two brooks and several bunkers and many tre It is about 2,800 vards long. Mr. Rockefelier usuall turns in a card of slightly more than 50. His game is constantly improv- ing. He drové 175 vards at Ormond Beach, Fla., last Winter. No matter how lively he is feeling, Mr. Rockefeller never plays more than nine holes at Lakewood. It is another expression of his moderation. A bath and a rest complete the schedule for the morning. Luncheon is served at 1:15. Again, Mr. Rocke. feller eats a well balanced and full meal. He often soup, hot meat and vegetables, salad and dessert— almost as much as at dinner. After the meal Mr. Rockefeller takes another short rest. usually preceded by a game or two of numbers. About 3 o’clock he starts on his daily auto- mobile ride. He has four expensive cars at his command, and three chauffeurs, all of whom have been with him more than 15 years. Mr. Rockefeller usually chooses his for companionship Mrs. . A. Evans, his chatelaine, or his personal secre. tary, Mr. Davis, or friends from Lake- wood or New York. His favorite drives from Lakewood are toward As- bury Park and Point Pleasant, but he follows no fixed routes. A pretty view, a distant clump of trees, or the sunlight on a side road catches his eve, and after consulting his guests as to their opinfons, he in- structs the chauffeur in calm, meas- ured words: “Oh, Phillips, I think we might turn here.” Takes Long Drives. Mr. Rockefeller's automobile e peditions have covered almost every nch of the roads within 40 miles of Lakewood. Sometimes he drives as many as 70 miles in an afternoon. He likes to fravel slowly in order that he may enjoy to the utmost the beauty of the countryside. Five o'clock usually finds him back on the place, although he sometimes stays away until nearly dinner time. If he returns soon enough, he takes a short rest. Then he talks with visitors or has his secretary read to him. Apart from the newspapers and cur- rent periodicals—he has them all, from the radical to the conservative— he likes biography. Fiction has rarely interested him. Eats Any Wholesome Food. Dinner at 7 o'clock is complete but not elaborate. Mr. Rockefeller eats any wholesome food with zest, and when there are guests he has a few sips of coffee with them. He talks easily and with good humor during his meals. His retentive mina has wtored away thousands of anecdotes upon which he sometimes draws. But he more often discusses current af- fairs or expresses the idle thought of the moment. In full view of the dining room is a row of tall, lithe hemlocks. Re- cently, during a lull in the conversa- tion at the “table, Mr. Rockefeller looked out the window, as he oiten does, and saw them swaying in the breeze. “Aren’t those hemlocks lovely?” he asked. “Aren’t they friendly? See them bowing to us.” The evening is likely to bring one of many sorts of entertainments. Sometimes Mr. Rockefeller and his guests play numbers for an hour. Often there is music. Several years ago Mr. Rockefeller discovered that his Swiss valet, John Yordl, was a musician, and it is often he who plays the piano or the organ. Sometimes friends who are amateur musiclans give him a musical evening. Mr. Rockefeller's preference is for sacred music, especially old hymns. Seldom Uses Radio. . Radio equipment has been installed at Lakewood, but Mr. Rockefeller sel- dom uses it unless an important speech by a public man is being broadcast. His. muslc box is scarcely more fre- quently exercised. 4 Occasionally he has moving pictures shown in his house. Last fall, be- fore he went to Florida, he saw pic- tures of his grandchildren at play. Mr. Rockefeller's bedtime is 10 o'clock. That is the least movable part of his schedule. On Sundays there is no morning business session and golf is replaced by church. Otherwise the daily pro- gram is in effect. Motorist Hits Child. Edgar Peterson, colored,” 7 years old, of 602 Twenty-third street, was knocked down by an automobile op- erated by an unidentified colored man at Twenty-third and F streets late yesterday. The motorist failed to stop. The boy was taken to Emer- gency Hospital in a passing automo- bile and treated by Dr. Reese for contusions of the thigh. His condi- tion was pronounced not serious. e Spain’s chief outlets for oranges most costly car, and takes with him ! { knew M TOKIO NAVY PLANS HELD REASONABLE American Officers Consider Maneuvers in Natural Order of Events. Proposed ‘‘maneuvers’ of the Jap- anese fleet in the Japan Sea May 27 next, as announced from Toklo yes- terday were described by naval offi- cers here merely as a celebration of ‘the battle of the Japan Sea. The reported intention of the Jap- anese to send their fleet to the Japan Sea is not looked upon, it was said. as a reciprocal display by- that navy to meet the United States display of force in its present maneuvers off the Hawalian Islands. The big maneuvers *which were scheduled for the Japanese navy last Fall, and a part of which were held, had to be abandoned on account of a lack of funds, it was pointed out, and for this reason the naval experts say that Japan certainly can not make much of a display at this time, as the shortage of funds still prevails. So that it may be taken as little more than an assemblage of such vessels | as are available to commemorate the battle of the Japan Sea when the | Russian fleet was defeated. Maneuvers in Two Phases. The Japanese naval maneuvers were conducted from October 2 to October 24, last, and were divided into two phases. The first lasted 10 days and consisted of air and sub- marine attacks on the naval base of Yokosuka, Kure and Sasebo, and air attacks on the city of Osaka. On completion of this phase the navy was divided into two fleets. The attacking fleet proceeded to Omami- -0-Shima (Loo Coo Islands), where exercises were conducted #n fueling and provisioning at sea and simulat- ing an enemy approach from that di- rection. The defending fleet as- sembled at Tateyama, southeastern point of Tokio Bay, and then pro- ceeded to intercept the blue fleet. Contact was made first by defend- ing submarines against an attacking airplane carrier near Tokio Bay, and later by the two fleets in the vicinity of the Bonin Islands. Wilbur Not Alarmed. However, these maneuvers were suddenly stopped by the chief umpire soon after the contact of the opposing fleets, and the outcome of the engage- ment was not known. Later, it was learned, however, that the ex cises had to be abandoned because of a shortage of funds. Secretary Wilbur, several days ago, pointed out that it is necessary for the fleets to have maneuvers to keep them in training for actual service, and such movements by either nation are not to be considered as having ulterior motives. TEXAS M’CLINTOCK INQUIRY DUE TODAY Chicago Prosecutor to Get Evi- dence in Death of Mother of “Millionaire Orphan.” By the Associated Press. HOUSTON, Tex., April 25.—John Sharbaro, assistant State’s attorney of Cook County, Chicago, arrived here tonight and announced he would be- gin his investigation of the last llne: of Mrs. Emma Nelson McClintock to- morrow. Mrs. McClintock, mother of William N. McClintock, the ‘millionaire or- phan,” whose death in Chicago a few months ago led to the indictment of Williar D. Shepherd, his foster father, and Charles C. Faiman, head of a medical school, on_chargs r is said_to have become View, Tex., in 1909, and to have died a few weeks later in Chicago. Mr. Sbarbaro announced he would make his headquarters in Houston, while conducting his investigation and that he would question every one who McClintock or Shepherd at Bay View. OPPOSES NOMINATING WOMEN FOR GOVERNOR Baltimore Democratic Federation Resolution Approves Stand at Convention. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, April 25.—In a reso- lution passed this week the Baltimore Federation of Democratic Women puts its official stamp of disapproval on nominations for women governors. The resolution reads: “Resolved, that upon the report of the delegates of this federation to the convention 6f the United Democratic Women's Club of Maryland, held at Salisbury, April 18, we do hereby in-| dorse and approve the stand taken by our president, Mrs. Mortimer W. West. “And be further resolved, that there be recorded as the unanimous sense of the Federation of Democratic | Women, Incorporated, of Baltimore, in view of the recent public reports with respect to the nomination of a woman for governor of Maryland, the federation’s emphatic _opposition to the ill-timed and hasty thought giving rise to this ambitious-proposal.” Some of the other women political leaders, however, claim that the plan to nominate Mrs. Hubbard for gov- ernor. has not been abandoned, Mrs. George M. Gaither, secretary of the United Democratic ' Women's Clubs of Maryland, denied reports that the move to nominate Mrs. Hubbard had been dropped. She said the organiza- tion, meeting at Salisbury Saturday, merely decided it would be better to defer action until the Fall convention. Deaths Reported. The following deaths have been reported ;loo‘;.hfl Health Department within the last 24 ra: Touise Schad, 76. 922 9th st. n.& Herman W. {emkm!. 76, 627 3rd Mary A. Healy, 88, 515 G st. n.e. Michael B. Leahy, 30, Georgetown Univer- l“% Hospital. larence Strothers, 50, 2. 2 James Crowley, 46, 12 Sallie R. B . 1341 Fairmont st. Robert P. Baly, 68, 510 I st. Robert Fuller, ‘27, Walter Reed Hospital. John Alvey, 74, Providence Hospital. Thomas J. Boerum, 78 625 Kennedy st. William H. Kay. 76, 708 Massachusetts ave. n.e. Louise T. Henderson, 17, 408 M st. se. Dorothy H. Ault. 19, 1322 Military rd, cgfie:)r(u A. Sanderson, 75, Stoneleigh Tt Geneva L. Thompson, 56, 828 Madison st Edward McCarthy. 72, George Washing ton University Hospital Victor F. ontgomery. 24. 805 6th Ophelia M. Cooper, 80, 1314 11th “:lndre\v J. Hatfleld, 53, Walter Reed Hos pital. Louise M. Shoonmaker, 77, 1722 P st. Edward E. Lee, 70, Freedmen's Hospital Oscar Slye, 42, 1414 %nt. Frances Green. B8, 60 Pierce st. George Hasking, 21, 1321 0th Marie Payne. 23, Freedmen's Hospital. Gertrude Green, 41, 513 F st. terrace s.e. James Redmond, 34, 622 B e, Harriscn English, 50, 10 Sus Annie Taylor. 40, 2120 9th s George O Neill, 81, Freedmen's Hospital. Eimira Miller, 85. 66 L st. ‘Mllnc Cooper, 8 months, Providence Hos- pital. . “The- Portland cement - industry of the United States produces 150,000,- 000 pairels a yeany GRASSHOPPER WILL Multiplying of Those Used With Tractors Affects South’s Seed Trees. By Consolidated Press. CHICAGO, April 25.—A new factor in the lumber industry of the South— the so-called grasshopper saw-mill, hitched to a tractor and as migratory as a flea—has been brought to light by the Southern Pine Assoclation for prevention as a menace to be dealt with at the annual Forest Week ob- servance here, beginning next Mon- day. Here is the way the situation is described: % “A veritable swarm of small saw- mills has descended upon the second- growth pine forests of the South and is working such destruction of the prospects for future forests that the whole - business community, from Maryland to Texas, is deeply con cerned.” The association has recently con- ducted the most elaborate survey forest. conditions and lumber indus- tries ever made in the South.. The result of the survey, disclosed here for the first time, is to be placed be- fore the fonal Lumber Manufac- turers’ Assoclation at Its annual con- vention here next week in connection with American Forest week. It is authoritatively stated that the survey shows that, with three-fourths of the virgin pine forests of the South already gone the way of the lumber- man, the number of small sawmills has almost trebled within the last five year The new mills are small, portable, powered by the tractors which take them from place to place. Search for Single Trees. “The verb ‘to hop' expresses their attack on the forests,” said a spokes- man for the pine association. ‘“‘They prey on the second-growth pine and the seed trees left behind by the great commercial sawmills. They search out remote clumps and even single trees, attack the farm wood lots and even the farmyard shade and orna- mental trees For the past three vears, the pine association claims, these small opera- tions have “flooded the Southern pine markets with enormous quantities of poor lumber, wastefully manufac- tured.” Their output is placed at 40 per cent of the entire production of Southern pine lumber, and is charged with the responsibility for making the 1924 cut the largest on record. This output from small mills, com- parable with the coal output from so- called snowbird mines during periods of high prices and great prosperity in that industry, has run the production to record figures in the face of predic- tions by practical lumbermen five years ago that the 1924 cut would be less than that of 1919. The new mills entail the investment of virtually no capital, $1,000 being sufficient to set one up in business, and pay as low as $2 for stumpage, as compared with from $10 to $12 per 1.000 feet paid by larger operators. Because of these conditions, the “grasshopper mills” have generally made huge profits, the survey dis- closes. Set Back for Years. Before the “grasshopper mil along, according to the survey, ture, abused and neglected, w producing timber at the rate of 7 000,000 feet a year, against an annual | ‘out of 12,000,000,000 to 15,000,000,000 feet, but the cleaning out of the young new forests long before maturity and the eradication of seed trees will tend to set back regeneration for many years.” The mopping up work of the Small mills comes at a time when the larger companies, to great extent,are engaged in reforestation. At a re- cent meeting of the pine association in New Orleans, a count showed that 25 per cent of the largest lumbering operations in the Southern pine belt had adopted a reforestation policy nd that many other large operations had it under consideration. Fireworks will fly, it is expected, at the National Lumber Manufa turers’ convention as a result of the submission of the Southern pine re- { port. The national organization has | adopted a policy of reforestation and will undoubtedly study methods of { checking the “‘grasshopper mills” from making further inroads on young timber and seed trees. Congress may ibe asked to pass a law protecting those classes of timber. | FRENCH COURT DENIES SOVIET PROPERTY CLAIM Possession of Ships Involved in Decision—Sets Precedent for Banks of Russians. By Cable to The Star and New York World. PARIS, April 25.—The Soviets have no claim to property of Russian com- panies or Russians in France, accord- ing to a ruling by the Marseilles Com- mercial Court, before which Ambas- sador Krassin had taken his govern- ment's action for possession of ships belonging to_the “Kopit,” a shipping company. These ships were brouzht from Odessa to Marseilles after the Bolshevik revolution. The Marseilles court gave judsment against Krassin, and the precedent of its decision is most important because of the Soviet's efforts to get possession of other Russian property in France, including banks. = The court declared the French gov- ernment’s recognition of the Soviet republic does not constitute or fmply acceptance of the Soviets' legislation,, which, in fact, is contrary to that of France. The text of the judgment goes on to state that the new legis- lation of Russia cannot be sanctioned by French justice any more than the cancelling of loans contracted by the czar's government could be admitted by French jurisprudence. (Copyright, 1925.) FOUR HELD IN ROBBERIES. LATIN AMERICA IS NOT SECOND IN IMPORTS FURNISHED TO U. S. Europe as Purchaser of FATAL TO FORESTS|stoces 0o #rom Third Place and ranks yest 1o Our Products, Figures of Department of Commerce Reveal. BY HENRY L. SWEINHART. If one doubts that “trade is a battle” he will be strikingly reminded of that fact if he will look at the latest report just published by the United States Department of Commerce on the for- elgn trade of this country during the past year. There his eve will en- counter numerous charts scattered through the volume, in which the heavy black lines project themselves across the page like the bore of 14 inch or 12inch or various other sizes | orlguns from the largest to the small es In this same volume the reader will find other charts which look like ragged mountain ranges, the peaks representing the volume of value of exports and imports over a ‘range’ of years. These ‘“peaks” right -be considered as the heights at which the “guns of commerce” shown in the other charts are aiming. In some in- stances these heights rise like Hima- layas; in others they are mere foot- hills. Trade With Europe Largest. One of the most comprehensive of the charts shows a series of “guns’ rising one above the other, giving both the imports from and the exports to Furope, North America, South America and Asla for the 19101914 period and for the years 1922, 1923 and 1924. In commenting on this chart of geographical distribution the report says: Europe, on account of dense popu lation of ‘relatively high purchasing power, is by far our most important customer, taking, both prior to the war and during the war, over three fifths of our exports, and even since the war, in spite of widespread de- pression and exhaustion, over one- half of the total. North America usu ally absorbs about one-fourth of our exports, while Asia has, during recent years, taken nearly one-eighth. South America takes a somewhat larger pro- portion than before the war, amount- ing to about one-sixteenth during re- cent vears. “Europe also holds first place as a source of our imports, supplying dur- | ing the last few years a little ‘less than one-third of the total, but is very | closely followed by Asia and North America, each accounting for some what more than onefourth. From | 1917 to as late as 1920 the great con- flict in Europe resulted in bringing the imports from that continent to a point below those of North America | 2nd Asia. Imports frem South Amer- | ica constitute about one-eighth of the total Latin America in Second Place. Latin America moved from third tc | second place during the past calendar year as a supplier of imports o the | United States, and retained second place as a purchaser of products from this country, being outranked among the great trade regions of the wi only by Europe. The imports a slight increase, from $1,05 in 1923 to $1,059,600,000 in 1924, while exports from the United Statea to the | other American republics combined in- creased from $695.000,000 to $771,200, 000, or 11 per cent. Increased sales in Latin Amer! is polnted out, were made possible by the higher prices paid by Europe for products from the former ection. Exports to Argentina in, ed 4 per to Pavaguay, 40 per cent; and ruguay, 21 per cent. Other out- standing increases were to Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela and Mexico. Lower sugar prices account for a slight decline in imports from Cuba. The balance of trade with Latin America is normally much against the United States. The ratio of excess of im RAIL MERGER PROBE | RECESS IS GRANTED Hearing of Van Sweringen Case Is Adjourned Until May 6 by I.C. C. A temporary adjournment until May 6 of its inquiry into the Van weringen Nickel Plate merger pro- posals was granted vesterday by the Interstate Commerce Commission Attorneys participating in the pro- ceeding, at which dissenting minority stockholders of the Chesapeake and Ohlo, Nickel Plate and Hocking Val- ley systems are contesting the stock basis of the merger, unanimously agreed to the move for a recess. John J. Bernet, president of the Nickel Plate and one of the two witnesses so far called, was still on the stand at_adjournment. In behalf of the commission, Di- rector Mahaffie of its financial sec- tion, developed several new points by questions addressed to Mr. Bernet. The effect of the merger of the Nickel Plate, Chesapeake and Ohio, Erie, Hocking Valley and Pere Mar- quette systems, which is involved in the Van Sweringen plan, upon con- gestion in transportation at Cincin- nati, and details of the propo stock exchange and Jease trans tions were among the subjects brought into the examination. SON OF EDISON WEDS; FORDS AMONG GUESTS Miss Anna Marie Osterhaut Is Bride—Bishop Performs Ceremony. By the Associated Press. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April Thomas A. Edison, the inventor, saw | his son, Theodore Miller Edison, mar- ried today to Miss Anna Maria Oster- hout of Cambridge, with Appleton Chapel, Harvard University, as the place of the ceremony. Bishop Wil- liam F. Anderson of the Methodist Anderson Police Believe Arrests Solve Two Hold-Ups. Police of the fourth precinct last night believed they had solved two hold-ups occurring in the last 10 days, with the arrest of four colored men, all charged with robbery. Precinct Detectives Nally and Ogle made the arrests. The prisoners gave their names as follows: Edward Fleming, 22 years old, 634 New York avenue; Percy Butler, 21 years ol 425 M street southwest; George Jack son, 22 years old, 3 Plerce court, and Nathan Fletcher, 23 years old, of New York City. o The cases are based on the hoid-up of Meyer Shuken, who was robbed ot $35 in his store, at 313 Second street southwest, and of John Lynagh, i200 Third street southwest, who was robbed of $37. Given Army Commission. Robert C. Yates of Del Ray, Alexan- dria, Va., has been commissioned by the War Department as a second leu- tenant of engineers, Officers’ Reserve Corps of the Army. e T e A short sentence -containing the whole alphabet is: “Pack my box with lys dogen liquor jugs,” Episcopal Church, acting president of Boston University, * performed. the | marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Firestone sat with the bridegroom’s father and mother. Prof. Winthrop J. Osterhout of Har- vard, father of the bride, gave.her in marriage; Charles Edison of Orange, N. J., brother of bridegroom, was best man, and Miss Olga Osterhout was her sister’s maid of honor. A reception at the home of Prof. and Mrs. Osterhout - followed the wedding. The immediate plans of the Edisons were not disclosed, but it was announced that they would be “at home” after September 1 at their resi- dence in East Orange, N. J. 12 MOTORISTS JAILED. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE," April 25 —Twelve motorists were sent to jail for 30 days and fings totaling $5,895 imposed last week in’ the campaign being waged by the State and city police to make the roads of Maryland safe, accerding to the weekly report of Automobile Com- lrgnasloner Baughman,” just made pub- ic. s In adidtion the licenses of 21 oper- atore were revoked, 51 suspended -for {and to | of ports in 1924,-amounting to 37.4 per cent, was, however, decidedly lower than in the two preceding years or than before the war, What Some of the Figures Show. The trade ‘between the United ates and Mexico increased in by approximately 16 per cent, sented by an increase of $ in cxports from this ccuntr: 000,000 in imports. The former taled £135,100,000 and the latter $16 100,000. Of crude petroleum, the most important import from Mexico, the quantity decreased materfally in 1 3 s wer value rose from $51,- 500,000 to $68,600,000 The economic recovery of Central America, apparent during 1923, con- tinued through, 1924 and resulfed in increased sales to those countries valued at $64,800,00 in pared with $56,200,000 in the preced- ing vear and only $37.600,000 average for the years 1910-1914. the Central American countries re-. mained at the 1923 level, as increased importaticns of bananas were counter and suga: Trade With South America. commerce department’s report the’ following interesting com. parisons in regard to the trade of the United States with the leading South American countries: Argentina—This country ranks among' the South American suntr in the export tr: of the Uni States, but in dropped to th place as furnisher of raw mate and foodstu v B and Chi S imports from Argentina from $115,300,000 in 1823 to §75,300,000 last year, was at tributed largely to the comparativel depr ed condition of the An t leather and woolen goods ind es, increase in flaxseed produc country. On account of high Argentine goods in Europe e was an increase In total expo hat country. ates to Argentine in. from $112,800,000 in 1923 to $117, 000 last year. The leading exports tc are petroleum products, ag implements hich - cottor tion in t mat , auto 1924, mu- photographi supplies that country hides and que- stion-picture al imports fr are flaxseed, wool, bracho. Increase Despite Competi zil—As to this country rom the United totaled $65,200.000, and this, des increased competition from England, Belgium and Germany incre s ac inted for nly by gr automobiles, petrolenm coal and barbed wire. from Brazil during 1 0,00, an increase of $36 1e almost entirely to higher offee, the quantity iported showing increase. his country retained 1924 as the third market for goods from the L 'S and rose to products, The value only’ ta E e of imports. e in 1924 were valued 0,000, a little mare, than in 1923; and imports amounted tol $9%,700,000 a compared with * $91,800,000 trate impo; lued at- $4 against $41.11 vear. 1923 were vear as preceding in s to this country 000 fast in the Motorists’ Quiz Hust Be Passed To Get a Permit Queries on Mental Cond, tion and Color of Eyes and Hair Included. The new cards which motorists will have to fill out in applying for oper- ators’ permits after May 3, have been printed and are ready to be put into use, Monday, May 4 A motorist applying for & new per- mit after that date will have to an- swer the following questions on the blank: Have vou ever had a permit to operate a motor vehicle in the Dis trict? Has your license ever been su pended or revoked? Have you ar mental or physical defe firmity? Do you own a m ? Its register number? Date of birth (month, day and year). State age race, color of hair, color of eves and sex. After filling in this information, the applicant must sw Appl traffic rules and gives demonstration, after which he will receive a tempo- T y permit, good for ten days. Dur. ing that perfod the application will be verified as to address and character of applie At the expiration of th: time applicant must return to get reg ular permit, if it is approved. On the reverse side of the new per- mit there is space for entering the record of convictions of violations of the regulations Shell Frames With Toric Lenses Shell frames, spectacles or eyeglasses, fitted with extra fine quality spherical Torlc lenses. Complete outfit. SPECIAL OF- 10 to 90 days and 48 were refused enses, ¥ 1924 as com- | Imports from | large decreases in coffeec | The | ant then takes examination in | HOOVER INDORSES ENGINEER MUSEUI, Estahlishment to Record In- dustrial Progress Would Be Largest in World. hment of the proposed Na Museum of Engineering and Washington w in Secretary Hoover a | staten last night. The museum would be established under the super vision of the Smithsonian Institution “for commenc ng the achieve ments and perpetuating the records of engineering and industrial prog ress.” The projec many disting | organiz | mote it w | Dr. Elihu | Electric Co. | Acheson, Dr 1. H Sr ward vice Michael ad D Dr. Chi Goetha Sch rary treasure: ret: tional Industry dors backed by , and an ned to pro- personnel the General Dr. I Brus Fr has been hed scie tion nk Wright Col Hollis presidents ¥ Herbert nd Mel Holds Project Is F “It t which in tional life has c the world in T is proper this coun short na- 1 so much to discovs f procedurdy 1 Museum ev ntions, of ributed fort and hap- piness their effc tivity the kr done. record further ac- diffusiof of they have ate Hoover will be in the | of the Patent Office Mines, et will replac stitution Washin, world tions sonian In: Mall in h it.in the d s of ir king de industries. elop a mu ith the cen 1 infor W the country 1l means of the yvouth of >pment of this fore- has |BRYAN CHURCH FACTION | ACCUSED OF FALSIFYING Moderator Cpndidate Score Reports as to His Sriends :of | Stand on Religion, ETON, N. J By the As PRIN facti | the A he urch _headed van, Dr. Clarence of the General f. J Gresham heological Se sed today ¢ iel! by nds of Dr. ‘dman of Princeton The. | oloj eminary. recently indorsed | for moderator by the New Brunswick Presbytery The cha to newspapers ser jan Press Ass which Dr. candidate of the liberals ists. Dr. Erdman denies cation and says he is a con n fr epr Charles R e is based on dispatches t by i the Pi ation of Phil rdman w Dr. iman's tches representi nadi parti- hin ate have been e eountry. an’s friends have attacking the dis- wvor to class h and msindate ly orthodox.” as the moderni broadc throt In reply Dr issued a patch as an ‘“end with the modernis that he is not thc THIEVES ROB HOMES. Jewelry, Bonds, Garden Hose and Gold Pieces Taken. Jewelry $200 and a $12 section of e _last night | were reported from the home | of Benjamin rey, 1699 Thirty- first street, during t t week. The jewelry included a leather jewel case, containing 4 stickpins, a gold signet 14 uncut stones of va ) valued at garden le: . Dul entered Kean, the home of apartment . by using Thieves also Miss Agnes 182 street, vest duplicate key. A gold watch and lued at $80; gold pieces of the $5. § hd $1 denominations. a gold locket, & $100 liberty bond and a $50 liberty bond, were stolen. KAHN on 7th St. ( SPECIAL OPTICAL OFFER Toric Invisible Bifocals Toric Invisible Bifocal Lenses (one pair {o see mear and far). Sold regularly from $10 to $12. SPECIAL OFFER. $6.50 Case and Cleaner Included EYES EXAMINED FREE BY OUR REGISTERED OPTOMETRISTS KAHN OPTICAL CO. 617 SEVENTH ST. NW.