Evening Star Newspaper, May 4, 1925, Page 1

| WEATHER. (D. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Unsettled with occasional showers tonight and tomorrow morning, fol- lowed by fair; cooler tonight and to- morrow.” Temperatures—Highest, 71, at noon today: lowest, 51, at 6 am. today. Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 22 ch jITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. ““From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system cove every city, block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Saturday's Circulation, 97, Sunday’s Circulation, juss maiter . C. Entered as second post_office, Washingion, No.. 29,588. WASHING ON, D. C., MONDAY, * REDPLOTTOWREGK WONEN'S COUNGL MEETING CHARGED Educator Declares Agents of | " | The District of Columbia must pay Internationale Are Here |iowe motten, owner of a farm in Spreadmg |ns|nual|0ns. Virgini contiguous the work- {house site at Occoquan, $7,500 dam- | ages because es | the workhouse invaded his land and frightened the members of his family land made it difficult for him to get ind keep help, causing in the opinion | the court te nuisance for nicipality is responsible to 0 SAYS PATRIOTIC GROUPS HAVE BEEN “TOOLS” of which the m 1 damages a priv Insists Have Reason to Fear Activities of Only Communists Judge Oscar E States la Bland of the United Court of Customs Appeals, to- rendered the opinion of the Dis Woman Leaders. v Aping prisoners from | la | | approachead Menace of Escaping Prisoners ' Wins Farmer Verdict of $7,500 |Occoquan Man Who Had to Carry Gun to Protect Family Is Victor in Suit Against District. detained. guarded, and the evidence, the control over the prisoners ‘lax and inefficient” so that a e number escaped. These prison- s were dangerous, it was claimed, Totten's premises in large numbers, trespassed on his land, annoyed his family so that Tot- ten sald he had to go armed and was finally required to abandon the premises and move elsewhere. While the calling a thing a nui- ance does not make it such, Judge Bland the allegations of ten's bill according to a says and the evidence adduced | The convicts were left un- Tot- | A\ MAY 4, 1925—THIRTY- FOUR PAGE "'WO CENTS KEEP PEACE OR LOSE ALL U. S. HELP, EUROPE WARNED BY HOUGHTON New Ambassador to Britain Outlines Firm Policy Be- lieved That of Coolidge. AMERICA MUST BE ASSURED WAR METHODS ARE ENDED Pronouncement Before Diplomats at | trict Court of Appeals, afirming a Pilgrim Dinner Declared of \n dlleged plot by the red inter. |Judment against the District ren-|at the trial abundantly warranted the e X ; ; : in finding there had been a 2 mationale to break up the Interna-|dered by a jury some months ago. i‘"wp '_”mm‘aed by the District of Far-Reachmg Imporlance. tional Council of Women, representing | Chief Justice Martin dissented but | Columbia, which had damaged Totten 39,000,000 women in 42 countries and | did not set forth his reasons. in the use and enjoyment of his land — now in session here, was brought 1o| Totten bought his farm in 1905 and | A municipality, the court said, has sttention of council officers from | was in peaceful possession of it for |no right to create or maintain By the Associated Press o so e th e five vears before the District ac- |nuisance and if it does so act to the , e AR ToM Ly S e ilton Fairehild president of |auired the Occoquan site and began [dumage of an adjacent _property LONDON, May 4.—The new American Ambassador, Ala 1 haracter Education Institute, a|th® erection of buildings and used |owner an action at law ““" lstito B. Houghton, speaking tonight before a distinguished audience 3 Charac — : % @lthe property as a place of imprison- |him even if others may also sustain ] PR W g i Great Britain clared national organization of school su-{m& PURERY S0 % BUL] oonera were | injury from the same source. here, which included the prime minister of Great Britain, de Lrt:‘ perintendents, visited the headquar- I in friendly, but firm terms, that, unless peace based on good wi ters office at the Washington Aud are ~stablis in E e. he feared American assistance for 1 were re-established in Europe, he feared American a ance f torium prepared to lay before the in-| | lled. SR uh - g g te ’[', ',,“;I 1;1: ers “-‘nw he e 39 Kl le bl 27 Hurt’ the reconstruction of Europe must cease. The Ambassador m national ¢ s wha sa : T T £ hi P 4t he referred not only te definite evidence that the world Com-| D | - g it clear in the course of his address that he referred not only munist organization had agents in the In French Troops® | STORM BREWING OVER DRAPING | iora. bt monetary aid Capitol who were using various partl- | . With . - % - e did from the former American Ambassador to | Q Coming as it did fro: ! 1 1erics 1bassad raanizations as their tools o] Fight With Fanatics | OF FLA N PRESIDENT’S BOX | ;cimany. following his recent visit to the United States and cor discredit the purposes of the conven-| | } it il et A e tion | e ferences with President Coolidge, the pronouncement was calcu Dr. Fairchild said that he had defi-| By the Associated Press . " 7 .. |lated to create a profound impression upon the statesr nite reasons to believe that these Sronnan Nadl I Employing of Two Emblems at Ball Park With Star| ;5 O ©5 % PR ear the new Ambassador, and perhaps be nts were responsible for the| Mail's Jerusalem correspondent | . . AR [ rifenr e aiaaian) SSF sportint dcfiiered by Americats e e reports that 3 persons were Kiled [ Fields Meeting Arouses Association of regarded = among lli.c\{m‘rv ‘z“;. et dehnercdibe ionbie pacism nniliaaics fem Sl and 27 wounded in a fignt between 5 3 - e envoys to the Court of St. James in years. Because of its Sl o e troops and villugers at Aliat, near | UNiON Painters and Contrac- Which Coolidge Is Head. tance and the authoritative note which it sounded, it was assumed since their arrival in Washington. His Homs, in French § | i i daT i . joubtedly be voicing : : : - ose traine lomacy that he must undoubtedly be voicing own orzanization, he said. has ol | Parking Violations Regarded| The troops sere sent to the piacs | toF e oy those trained in dip . : lowed closely the international edumi; Y g | to quell an outbreak of fanaticism s Settle Down for Long There is a stingmg little storm brew- | States Flag Association, is to hang it | the views of the administration at Washingtor tional activities of the council, and| . . among the who burned . ing in patriotic society circles t0day | unfuri : 4 fo : ! s0 : nfurled, with the stars to the le . R Jor less intangible: it involves. in 1 in this connection has run azainst| @S Deliberate Ignoring | aiivea'their n two families Drawn-Out Fight. i (osiens o skt o) D theistars to ithe lert|l Security Pact May Benvoled. | or loss intangible; tlie 'red wlottne who had refused to accept the local | force around the unsuspecting head of of 4 ";x'«'x'r 'fi;-"” . S Special e-l;::nnvn!m e \\‘. P:u‘m‘v’\:;q e o i y rop! i resid “oolidge because A h rts to give the presi-| 1, the fac P e statement came at the wa Kussian Sends Word. | of New Rules. pEaphst; AATE ? President Coolidge because the Amerl | gential box the most decorative effect | o a sime ahen considerable suspicion | only human lives The second source was a letter nnm[ T Wiin the failure this Morning at & decorated at the opening game of the | Poseible. those who dressed up the|and distrust of Germany are being |toll, nor S dor pudiso) et o conference of the strike leaders and | ; ne 1| Clark Griffith Park for the opening|voiced in varlous parts of Europe, | S0V . 1t destroyed a high official of the Russian Council | “ base ball son here several weeks| . 3 { ¥ | ¢ one anothe Women, whose name was withheld | After having personally observed employers to come near to any settle-f,oc® LY VRS AT OISR FROER | game neatly draped two standards | particularly France, because of the | ment beli anotl for fear of possible vengeance by the | many violations of the new restrict | ment on the present wage controversy | contea standards. ross the front of the box, with the | election to the presidency of Field | faith an Soviet authorities, in which she ex-|ed parking rules when they became {involving the union painters, both| "Open charges were made in New |fw0 fields of stars meeting. This lat.| Marshal von Hindenburg, who is as | Ghich b pressed her regref that Russia would | efrectiy S Thoniing. Mrsmd ‘ i sides expressed their determination to | York today by the United States Flag act compounded the Violation of | serted by some to represent those re- | W rits et e ation due 19| tor Eldridge announced that thes |~ vacteen ean Iutioe i | honorary. Tresident. that “a fameant | the same thing occurred at the open-| to the peace and interest of at le If human_ society the hostility of the government, which | Parking regulations will be strictly e The- contractory g, Dulere | oite atiths ke, 1 v ik [Proathsnti| e gatis BAC year. | some of the allies. again as a whole that good faith mus had broken up the council and refused | enforced tomorrow morning. | today outline a plan for the raising of |2 /B0 0% LG B0k o artent particl | Feeling in patriotic circles here this | Interlocked with this ‘idea, it has at Jeast be assumed i to permit any of its groups to meet| “It is true,” said the director, “that | » larse sum of money to take care of |, P agnade at the, Clark Grimth | OrninE Was rather acute over repe-|been commented, may be the fate of | “Peace cannot come from v in public. The hearts of a large body | we announced leniency would be ———e |any of the master painters who are ity Al the chonbxiball! e m:n:;' :-r (n‘w”xfy x\vl(‘nl ;:;\;1‘ ,‘;.I: \,.;;;‘n‘m,. \»:vn"u\ pact ~propc 1! :.,\ lr_.nr it v‘::..«; n\ry;zv{,v;:n hin. of Russian women were with the| shown for the first 10 days for minor {beinz financially affected by continuing | this Spring. The burden of the charge | shoulders. of | the Pesqa Upen the | many and warmly seconded by Enz ot Ll iBout St stter continued, and expressed the : el S e e i o he | pr y an | establishment of real peace. Indeec ! roblems that } Jetter continued. and expressed the| won slgns are displaved at regular y ind other plans have been held in | presidential box were “draped” instead | Flag Association in Washington de-| snire. hau been some speclation af |tormenting Furope. We kn . changed so that some delegates could | intervals on a_street, telling of the Dome and Elk Hills |ovevance during.the past four weeks |of belng “hung." . . o o j clared she did not see how It was pos- | to whether the effective working of | meaning of the wreckage and deva be sent to the convention five years | restricted pari¥hg hours, there is no O e e e O e ro e et I which several patrlotic socletias. are | movcen the misernsopi® Lo have|the Dawes pian might be impaired by tuon & Ereat war brings in its trair Ml i i | excuse for a moteRiliparidng. fasuth | the matter would be satisfactorily set- | Which several patrh ool S jec Jnistake this vear. and | this fanning of the smouldering fire |we know what it means to borro Dr. Forrchii ata: "When you find |'s block. The loniency was Intendod 1o Suits Are Ended. | tied s e ot the O f| iy o e Ereaifiont ot Ho| o glstzust capital under difoulige a body of decent, respectable Women | pe applied for 10 days to questions on S | At the conference this morning be-|an‘ American fiag on any occasion. | misused, 1“5}5\1Pfi;r:“i;ll‘|)r'i‘;o"h\n\[“ il e ‘\";\] el Ly e n;.» s i from other lands, interested only in e — | tween the leaders of the controversy | i it S Bske sy = 5 any of these things in mind was open | money, for we saw ou the highest purposes of humanity, un- | Which a driver might be in doubt. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. | nulber of sumrestions were made | tioaa ermorem iogarmon b ng the ma. | he hicuDbose he has a right to do as| (o conjecture. He referred to none |shrink in value until it mo able to set foot on the soil of the| Counts 66 Breaking Rules. The Government is this weelt mov- | for the purpose of ending the strike. — - of Uigst = Bl cuntepied il sels WIS EHives of thosc doHATS ok 5 United States without being insulted; fes i s - = FEOL 4 o 1 making it plain not only that “the | dollar and accused of all sorts of pernicious| The director said he counted 65 |In% toward new criminal indictments | The situation, however. ecime ded | I e taniaant o~ teabe Wik 85| L Aetivities it is obvious that something | machines parked on Sixteenth street |383inst Albert B. Full Edward L.|locked when the contrastors plainly | [ sential to the continuation of assist-| LS. Aid ctica is the matter. The one great organi- | “ ot WEIEE O T SCHEE SITe¢" | Doheny, Edward L. Doheny, jr, and |stated they could not aiford fo crant ance from the United States, but that| “We know wholly the nat zation in the world which has reason | ! VIO% 1ew SIgNs belween |y, pry F. Sinclair, but public expect: waze increase if they desired. aic | | the answer to the question whether |rest and resentment which these to be opposed to international con-|U street and I street that were erected | tjong of eurly results from civil action | the equally determined st1t2ment from ! there was to Le peace must come from | happy conditions create i foste cord, to the sanctity of the home and | Saturday night in preparation for to- over il r " {the leaders of the nnion men that | the peoples of Europe themselves. If | And that knowledge natur enot to a better understanding among | day irecover fieimaxal ol xenerxen @ e e O | | there was to be peace, then America | has taught us to look upon the afte women is the world communist or-| Director Eldridge conferred with |900MeC ‘." disappointment. It i ;“' i s d ] | | would help in the reconstruction to|math of the war in Europe symp: nization. We have definite evl-|acting Superintendent of Palice | UK€l to be 1927 before a final deci- jbefore their men that did not involve | the extent of her ability. | thetically and with an honest desire nce that they are behind all these|Evans, who sent an order to precinct |$i0n by the United States Supreme |an increase | “The full measure of American|to help. But. we, too. are a practica activities. T am not prepared to men-! captains directing them to begin | Court will be rendered. That will be | Neither "Woulld Gonceds: | —_— helpfulness,” Ambassador Houghton | people. When we lent our savings t tion names just now. But there are|rigid enforcement of the new parking [ three years from the date the Gov- o | liaw?s Brovison Notin GorlR | declared, “can be obtained only when | make it possible for the peoples o agzents her: ashington, a rules | ernment’s legal proceedings were first| Both sides of the controversy azain| | aw’s Provisiol e i the American people are assured that | Central Europe to get to work. it wis organizations which have made the ™ luor the mew code there. are a |inatiiut Widespread fears that |outlined their views, with the result | sion Not in Con-| Reports Northeast WIndS‘ the time for destructive methods and |because we knew that only in th protests ains e international | goore of busy streets on which park- | the wealth of the defenda e her: sifle ‘was. convinced that | . . it . : solicies has passed and that the time | way could Europe as a whole be mads Council have bex ¥ con- | f nts may be | that neither side was convinced tha I i e | L e o e e ™ | In& is prohibited during the morning | puying “the law's delays” appear to | its attitude should be changed. | flict With Constitution, | Pushing Her Steadily To- | for veacetul’ upbuiiding has come. | to function economical same sort of activity is strikingl Sidiieening ashihouts noRdeE folslavatiitvle founastioh. | It was plainly said by the contwzct- Ronsit c ; e [ Vhen we lent dent in connection with every leave a wide lane for the heavy flow | "'no gefendants are taking full ud- |ors that if an increase in wages came ppellate Court Rules. ward Porto Rican Town. il national ~movement of women—in | & RE (8 #EC TR EAE COWD OB S8CT | vantage of their rights, and proced- |about in the present strike and on{ As the guest of honor of the Pil-| e sy could t fact, with every movement tending toy .k, O PRET Qo iing reatriction | Ure in our Federal courts permits ex- | other pending demands business would | jesime. Mg Houghton wasomps Jis | joved. Thi s T Tomal and home probjems. " “1U* lapplies to the west side in the morn- | 3SPeratingly protracted delays. One|pe driven away because of increased | The publicity provision of the Fed-| The diriible Los Angeles reported | s S iy, |Ening: ¢ 1S mer=2 common sens ) i ling and to the east side in the eve- |of the rights which even the United | cost until there was almost a stand-|eral income tax Jaw is validly within | her position at 6 o'clock this morning | the most prominent gathered to wel went at the Job with a certair Reds Have Cause For Fear. uing. ‘But o all strects where these | Z /8 70 (509, (SLER0l PRIOUT, Coetl sum. the legislative power of Congress and [by dead reckoning at 460 miles from |come him. In addition to Premier Bald. | earngstucss leC thatigoyto No't ShaTaa Y h“s‘m,«:ruw‘(;‘ hours apply, green ’:”""!pre«-edenco. Uncle Sam. n the oil| The contractors who declare they|does not offend a the fourth | Mayaguez, her Porto Rican destina- | win, to introduce him. were the Duke | “"S{% i) for us to assume that reason to fear the activities of the|With ~white lettering have been . ., ceqings enjoys no privileges in|have made a survey of the situation|amendment to the Constitution and | tion of York, former Premier MacDonald, |y, ot 'S RarUTal for Us to ussume tha woman leaders of thonght through.|Placed to guide motorists pect that are not at the dis- | say they have cut profits and are con- | therefore Treasury officials may not| The message said the ship's four|the Ambassadors from Belgium. Ja-|from war should seek a settlemen out y,[lw “,:‘,;;dk The rwl‘< hz(t\'t‘f They Signs Placed Downtown. 1 of the humblest citizen of the |vinced that any additional increase in|be enjoined from c ing out the |engines were runming at cruising | BT \‘,"‘;;f“‘!’]‘v‘l-‘ ’;"’:l’f:“‘"i""r“ “;:“’i‘(‘ which so far as is humanly possible J fear the w nown instinets of wom B t to stand in line 2 R o ath rms of rovision, accore o | speed a W frod e Archbis| of Ca bury, Colo-| gh,uld be from conditions leading o eonservatiem. for the protection| Signs also are being placed at the|!and. He has got to stand in line and | the building costs means stagnation. | terms of the provision, according to |speed with a wind from the nerth. {11t “GCrIERY G ory "Sir "Atickiana | Should be free from conditio a 3 5 i |await his turn. The docket of every | The painters on.the other hand,|a decision of the District Court of |€ast. It was slightly cloudy and|p = 22 1o | directly to war. To that end, and i of the home, for the education of |15 or more points downtown at which | Federal court in the country is 8 255 % Eisio Appeals today by Judge C. S. Hat.|headwinds were expected farther | Geddes. Sir Samuel Hoare, the Earl of | that spirit, we have helped. But we children, for decency in life. To|the left-hand turn is forbidden under |crowded. The oil cases will be tac. | however, feel they are justified in ask- | Appea g S o) e along. Craven and Lord Astor. | bave never forgotten that there was a carry out their war against such kled and decided as they are reached, |ing for more wages and do not feel|field of the United States Court of [P = (o o0 1 it limit beyond which we could not g activities they v resort to any |the new code. i % A he G aeaeneC | that their demands will add materially | Customs Appeals, who sat in the! = o Ialmghon fua Loaj Year Records Advance. 3 tivities g esort in = < B8 and no sooner. The Government |that their demands will a i y BReES, 5 Angeles reported she was about 530| Says Guarantees Are Vital means. They will lie. They will cir- ourteen persons were injured in|cannot ask that they be put ahead of | to the cost of building. In face of |absence of Justice Robb. miles off Florida, and was maincaia-( T doubt if the American people o culate the most convenient propa- | traflic accidents yesterday, and in sev-|anything or anybody. | this, however. the contractors pointed | Gorham Hubbard, a merchant. of | ing her schedule. At that rate she|l20K upon their ventures in recon “The full measure of American he anda at depending on local | ergy instances drivers of cars were | : : { out a raise In one trade means a raise | Boston, Mass., had appealed from a |should arrive at Mayaguez about 4 |Struction in any such fashion. Their|fulness can be obtained only when ti Conaitions. ¢ ey Will make use of | arvested. Five persons were arrested Won't Wait Appeals. | an bl At tradis decision of the District Supreme | o'clock this afternoon yiewpoint is much more like vour own. | American people are assured that t iy tools at hand | o an St ~enll s s 2 3 O o 2 . Court in which he had been denied| If she arrives on sched: t Chey, like vou, are contemplating the | time for destructive methods and p We had only to think back over|om, “harees of friving woile drunk Meantime, Messrs. Atlee Pomerena| While the union leaders did not feel | L2%T (i SNGDE N ROERing ™ an | cruiser il hage vecnsdule; the | slow ‘recovery of a world which has | cies has passed, and that the tme | the recent meetings of women's or: {ram " while four. allesed reckless| hooeh D Roberts, the Govern-|that they could get together on theinjunction ngainst Andrew . Mel | tance from her base at Lakehurst to]been badly hurt morally and physicul-| peaceful upbuilding has come ganizations in Washington to see the | grivers were required to deposit $50 | meving 1. the dimrcior ce s Week | proposition at this time they declare | lon, Secretary of the Treasury, and | Porto Rico in less than 30 hours. She |l PY war. If material progress hit “They are asking themselves if that rinister hand of these people. There collateral or remain in custods et o pf Tresh IN-| they are oven to any suggestion in the | David H. Blair, commissioner of in-| left Lakehurst shortly before noon |t has been slow. we can at least | time has in fact arrived. And that has mot been a convention here at|““Thare was 'one arrest for passing a| Fair boeter i e el Doheny. | § N re and desire in no way to take a | ternal revenue. Fiubhard cluimed | yesterd: congratulate ourseives that it has|question they cannot today answer which some sort of ridiculous charge | street car, the alleged offender being | 1. duartet £ > 5 e - armoni- | that his right of privacy was violate een sure. As we The answer must be given to then has not been launched. It is disgust-| John J. Miller, a Baltimoredn, whe | Leourt, Summonaes gre qut for wit.| stand that would pravent a '::""""“‘ by the giving out for publication of | DAMAGE REPORTED SMALL. |ward over the past 1 It must come from the peoples of ing indeed that the Capital of the | deposited $40 collateral for his ap. es to appear before the May grand | ous settlement of the entire situation. | ypo "4nount of his income payment | - 2 ~ |we note a really substantial advance.| Europe, who alone can make the de United States cannot have guests of | pearance, and J. A. Amer, 1352 D |1u¥ on ‘,\114\ 7 and 8. The Government | K i 2 and destroyed the right of the indivi- | _ dm‘ TC-6 was damaged about $500.|The fundamental necessity that the| cision. the standing of these women, both|gtreet northeast, was required to de.| 25 accided to seek new indictments | dual to be secure in his personal|and repairs can be made at Scott|peoples of central Europe shall be | £ the answer is peace, then you in our own country and abroad, with-! posit collateral on a charge of pa on the bribery and conspiracy (-hurges.;KNchERBocKER CO effects and papers. Field, Belleville. TIl., Col. John Pues |enabled once again to o to work |may be sure that America will helr out having them subjected to ail Sorts | b signal. Gocian Avsaming Do rat! ’-‘1”"?" await the outcome of their | . 23l [‘i“ telegraphed the Army Air Serv-|has been met: capital, without which|to her generous utmost. But if of insuits 116 vears old, who gave his addres thn“a from the decision of Justice Judge Hatfield's Opinion. ce last night from Omaha. Col.|the other factors of production could|which God forbid—that answer sha Dr. Fairchild was prepared to lay | ihe orinn’ Timers Ve is address as| McCoy, which quashed the first indict UPHELD BY COURT ¢ Paeglow is in command at Scott Field. | not be made to operate, has been|continue confused and doubtful, ther his charges and the evidence he has| charges of having mo resiteation | MeNts on April 3. Messrs. Pomerene | Judge Hatfield says he is unable to ( The message said the “TC-6 was rip-|supplied; currency values have been I fear that those helpful process collected to buck them before Mrs. |card. no drivers permit amd Tnada. | &nd Roberts decided to move without | agree with the contention of the peti- | ped this evening in sudden thunder |jargely stabilized. Your own long-sus-| which are now in motion must ir lip North Moore, president of the| quate brakes on his car. He de. | delay lvhrwmrd rln‘yv lnd;‘rln\\‘enls. be- | tioner that the fourth amendment is slnrr‘us‘- Request’:nrdtrucfluns for ship- | tained and magnificent effort to place | e ly cease. American catne = o gt Ao | cause the appeal from the McCoy de- | . v . by s ment to Scott Field.” y v on a g hasis has bee . “are . R o . Juv urt. 3 s papers - or success. aking speculative advances. We Explains League Attitude of Appeals before October, 1925. Their | : fects. While it has heen held that “Order has b tablished, ; ctalk 3 i, [y : i 3 it After scts. While s rder has been established. and |can undertake to help only those who Dot giomroe i W00 Policeman 15 Hurt. feciio 10" Some extent. ineired | Defeating Damage § {5 “Songuitutional suaraniees: ot per: | ARMY DIRIGIBLE SAVED | whiess sime oxcont e miegaraie. | oy underiake lo help oniy those wh Four policemen of the third precinct were occupants of an automobile that hit a street lamp post at Virginia and New Hampshire avenues early yester day morning and overturned. Th were Detectives Billman and Casey nd Policemen Montgomery and Me- | Neill. Casey’s collarbone was broken, while his companions escaped with slight bruises. They were pursuing| n alleged rum car, and it was when a short turn was made to avoid a col lision with another car that the acci- dent happened. The supposed rum car soon disappeared. Casey was tak- Imergency Hospital. am B. Trussell, 20 years old, of was seriously injured council toward the League of Nations, which has been the subject of the | Diost persistent charges, was explained Iast night by the international pres nt, -the Marchioness of Aberdeen. ! She said that 38 countries, whose women have memberships in the coun- | il also are members of the league. The councils of those countries work in the closest co-operation with the various league of , she nted out Lady Aberdeen said that invitations this year's meeting of the council 1 been extended by Great Britain and France and that they had ac-| cepted the invitation to the United States instead. Had the meeting been held in either of the former countrie: both league members, there could hav for been no question of league propa 3 ay moning as a result of | ganda, but she saw no reason, she a collision .between his motor cycle| why the vrogram should be|and an automoblie at First and S Tru | simply because they had ac- | street sell, both legs fractured | cepted the hospitality of America. land his head eut, was taken to Sibley It is not the intention, Lady Aber- | Hospi | deen said, to discuss in any way what-| Maj. Gen. John D. Diery, U. S. As soever the question of United States | Beading. Pa., and Lieut. John T. relations with the league or entrance | Clark, U. § Philadelphia, both into the league, and any resolutions | stationed at Ior va., and Miss | adopted in which the Geneva organi zation is mentioned will not be bind- | ing upon the women of this country, | any more than they would be binding | on the women Mexico and Ger- | many, both of which are members of | Mg ] the council and not of the league. The | FAVANA. Cuba, May 4—Sixteen league, she said, no longer was a mat. | Pérsons were injured, two seriously, | ter of dispute in the nations which |in a wreck at a railway crossing at have accepted membership in it, 5o | Cinega, near Havana, late vesterday. there can be no guestion of disloyalty | Nirs. Ruth Swinson. an American, 1iv ~ (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) ' ing in Marianao, was slightly injured. ued on Page 5, Column 4.) U. 5. Woman Hurt in Cuba Wreck. by doubts, raised in some quarters, as to whether or not the statute of limi. tations may not operate in the defend- at least on the bribe s understood to be no such danger in the case of the conspiracy charg The month of May is expected by parties at interest to bring a decision on the civil cases filed by the Govern. ment. Two judges and two jurisdic- tions are involved—the so-cailed Los Angeles case against the Doheny Pan- American Petroleum Co.. for recovery of the Elk Hills oil reserve, and the so-called Cheyenne case against the Sinclair-Mommoth Oil Co., for recov- ery of the Teapot Dome oil reserve. .History of Cases. ge, unless there is speedy action. | Theater Accident. Because the charge of negligence was not sustained, the District Court of Appeals, in an opinion by Chief Justice Martin, today upheld a verdict in favor of the Knickerbocker Theater | Co.. which was sued for $10,000 dam- | ages for the death of David Lyman, a | patron of the theater, on the night of the collapse of the roof of the build- ing—-January 28, 19 -when a large number of persons were Killed and { more than 100 injured. A jury in the | District Supreme Court returned a | verdict in favor of the company, and ! this action the appelate court sus- As there has been some unrest, and |\ now and ¢hen susplelon, over the pro-|YlNe ' L Ll ot that lonzation of the oil proceedings, {t| Chief Justice ) > may be useful to recapitulate the out- standing dates involved. They are as follows: i October, 1923—Senate committee be- gan its investization of the oil leases. January, 1924—Financial transac. tions of Albert B. Fall were brought to light before the Walsh committee by Edward L. Doheny February 8, 1924—_President Cool idge approved the Walsh resolution which made a special law for the ofl cases. February 25, 1924—Congress appro- priated $100,000 for expense of con- ducting the oil litigation. February, 1924—Messri ” (Continued on Pomerene ! the trial justice properly instructed | the jury that the plaintiff was not | entitled to a verdict unless they found the charge of negligence sustained by a preponderance of the evidence. Under this instruction the jury found for the company and the lower court did not err in refusing to set aside the verdict. The Knickerbocker Theater Co. was | represented by Attorney Wilton J. Lambert, while the plaintiff was rep- resented by Attorneys Chamberlain & | Smith. _Rgdio Progrms—Page 16. son and property should be liberally construed, the court points out. such guarantees cannot be extgnded to in clude alleged rights per S elther to person or property, no matter how unwise or mischievous an act of Congress may appear to the aggrieved party. B The court caHs attention to the fact | that there is no contention that Con- zress has not the right to require the divulging of the private affairs of the individual for income tax purposes, but only that the publicity provision is in violation of the Constitution. The court says: “We are of the opinion that where | Congress has the power to require the divulging of private information for a lawful purpose it has authority for the due and proper accomplishment of such purpose to require the giving of publicity to the information thus secured. Interprets View of Congress. It seems to us that the provisions for public inspection of lists contain- | ing the name and address of each per- son making an income tax return and the amount of tax paid by him were | considered by Congress appropriate means of securing the enforcement of | the income tax law, and that such pro- | visions are plainly adapted to that end. They may cause many hardships and may prove to be injurious to many persons. It may develop that Congress Wwas very unwise in enacting such pro- vision, but such considerations, in no way, affect the constitutional authority of Cungress in the premises.” BY RELEASE OF HELIUM By the Associated Press OMAHA, Nebr., May 4. the helium gas to escape. A high wi Capt. H. C. Gray, pilot, The Army | dirigible TC-6 was saved from possible disaster here late yesterday when Col. John Pagelow, commander, pulled the rip cord of the ship's bag, allowing st wind made it impossi ble to hold the ship in check. estimal damage to the ship at $7,500. tion of international trade and mar-|ing this we are not thinking spe kets, which came as a natural conse- [ically of any one nation. but rather quence of the war, still persists, [of a situation in which all are alike marked improvement has been shown even here. It has been a somewhat | ying time. We have mno doubt learned a good deal in the process. | involved. ays U. S. Wants Real P Now, with the we ace. king out of that That much at least we can put among |problem in its details the American our assets. But the heavy work is|people have no will or desire to med done, the foundations of a new pros-[dle. They recognize that into it fac per haye been laid. “Nevertheless, what remains to be tors enter with which they are only in directly concerned. Their geographical done is almost as difficult as what (position alone frees them from con ted has already been accomplished. It in- |siderations which other nations must volves considerations which are more |regard. They offer no advice. But I may say to vou that'they hope and disclaims any personal attack, he asserts, ness to spur industry. He declares self ready ‘Watch for Frid Grand Duke Nicholas | Sounds Tocsin to World to Rout Soviet Regime | In a special signed article, to appear in The Evening Star next Friday, the Grand Duke says: _ “The Bolsheviks menace peace of world and individual coun- tries are unable to combat their propaganda.” t amb He promises to leave peasants land gained by revolution, but would compensate former owners; would restore private busi- ’s Issue of The Evening Star. that they fervently p may soon be reached ay that a peace not a peace of mere contrivance and arrangement based primarily on force, for that would merely be the prelude to an other war, but a peace which contains the elements of permanency—a peace |which will deserve and receive the moral support of mankind because it lis just. “And they believe that such a peace can come in only one way. It must be “Let me again express my warm and grateful appreciation of your gener us hospitality. Never before, I think, (Continued on Page %, Column 8 | based upon the assumption of good 5 | faith by all who participate in it. The o lead movement against Reds, but | assumption may be larger, or it my tions; time now ripe for concerted “he smaller, but in preparation as men seek to eliminate ‘it altogether their | work will be in vain. For now, as | always, peace can come only through | mutual and hopetul endeavor. Peace |is an adventure in faith. | |