Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1925, Page 17

D, ¢, FRIDAY, MAY Edgar L. G. Prochnik, former charge daffaires of the Austrian legation. recently appointed Minister from h; country, calling at the White House vesterday to present his credentials. National Phigte WORLD FLYERS DECORATED WITH MEDAL OF )N OF HONOR. France pinning the medals on the flyers at the French Embassy vesterday afternoon. Lombard of the embassy; Gen. Fechet, assi Gen. Fechet; Ambassador Dae Ambassador Daeschuer of Left to right: Capt. F. DIANA LEAVES HER LOFTY PERCH. The ¢ tant chief of. the Army Air Service; Lieut. D, C. Lingle, aide to Diana, long on the tiptop of Madison Square ( ner, Licut. Leigh Wade, Licut. Arnold and Maj. Renault of the embassy. « National Photo Hugh A et of Company ( h School FOR WINNER OF CADET WAR GAME: «tant chief of staff, presenting Capt. Paul Kay ment. with the regimental gold medal at Central F Stadium yvesterday afternoon. shingt it-Gaudens masterpiece, Gen sarden tower, New York ty, has been taken down and the building is to be demolished. The statue will be turned over to New York University. Wide World Photo, MEDAI smiling widew, Mrs. Bernice Zalimas, who is charged with put- g arsenic in her husband’s soup. Photograph taken in a Chicago courtroom, where her trial opened May 6. By United s P tested at the and Lieut which de- McKINLEY BED SOLD AT AUCTION. W.F. Henritze of Roanoke, Va., vesterday purchased the brass bed from the historic McKinley suite in the Ebbitt Hotel, paying $160 at public auction. The bed has a _pink-silk canopy. Copyright by Underwood & Uhderwood FRAUD IS CHARGED FRENGH ENCOUNTER| I RAL MERCER STRONG OPPOSITN I. C. C. Asked to Divest Van Riffians Give More Trouble naval air station, Anacostia, by Comdr. E. E. Wilson L. D. Webb, both of the Bureau of Aeronautics velops 400 horsepower, was constructed at Paterso STUDENT SOLDIERS RECEIVE AWARDS AT CENTRAL HIGH STADIUM. tary instructors lined up in the stadium, with Brig. Gen. Hugh A. Drum (center) holding cups. snapped before the presentation ceremony. Washinzton Star Regimental winners and mili- Photograph The ( ( { } ! MOST POWERFUL AIR-COOLED ENGINE. Tt i N.J « sht by PASSENGER AIRLINE PRIZES AWARDED IS CHRISTENED HERE' FOR CLEANING CIT Big Sikorsky Plane in New Twentieth Century Club Sweringens of Control of C. & 0. A motion asking the Interstate Com merce Commission to divest O. P. and M. J. Van Sweringen and_their asso. eiates of all ownership and control of | the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad | and the Hocking Valley system was filed today by counsel representing a minority of that company’s stock holders. The motion was made in connection with the contest beinz waged by the | minority group against the Van Swer- | ingens’ Nickel Plate merger plan | Thomas R. Gay, attorney for the| minority committee headed by George Cole Scott of Richmond, read to the | commission a lengthy statement of | reasons upon which action was ‘v sought. The section of the document incorporating the motion was allowed | te go into the commission’s record. Ask Application Be Denied. The motion asked that the Van| Sweringens and their associates be re quired to show cause to the commi: sion why all of their actions as Chesa- | peake and Ohio directors should not | he revoked. The commission was fur- ther asked to withdraw the permis: sion_which it had hitherto given to the Van Sweringens to be directors of | tha railroad., and to require them to | sell all of their stock and release con- | trol Likewise the commission was re quested to dismiss the entire-applica- | tion by which the Van Sweringen ir- | {erests seek permission to consolidate the Nickel Plate, Chesapeake and | Ohio, Hocking Valley, Erie and Pere Marquette railroads You are reviewing this entire case. | or rather onme view of this case | Commissioner Mever prolested after Mr. Gay had hegun presentation of the petition. “That Is rather mww.«l} in_our proceedings at this time.” i “We think is important Mr (}ay; said | When the reading of the document | was concluded, Commissioner Meyer | ruled that only the motion contained | in it should be held in the record He refused to hear argument by W.| A, Colston, chief counsel for the | Nickel Plate, in opposition. Fraud Is Alleged. The Van Sweringen control had been “used to defraud rights of the| remaining stockholders of the Chesa- | peake and Ohio by attempting to | transfer their property without giv- | ing them any assurance of return, the petition asserted, rectors and officers of the Chesapeake | and Ohlo were declared to have “ab- | dicated their duties and functions in | behalf of the stockholders and to| have become the agents of the said | Van Sweringens” for the purpose of | “despoiling the stockholders of the =ald companies. | The Van Sweringens also charged in the petition with their stock control of the Che: apeake | and Ohlo and Hocking Vi com- | Colombat’s | vored by the nature of the ground were |a fraud on the stockholder: “using { was declared Than Expected as Rein- forcements Arrive. Br the Associated D PARIS, May S.— nch ~ Morocco, The situation in where Marshal Lyautey is endeavoring to drive Abd-ElKrim's Riffian invaders back into the Spanish zone, is said in the latest dispatches to be as satisfactory as possible. The Riffians, however, are ving the French more trouble than expect ed, and are reported to be receiving reinforcements, notably on the French left winz, which up to the present has not met with much difficulty. The a mbling of I e forces of Riffians has been observed in the re- gion of Quezzan, indicating that Gen. olumn is likely to en- ounter zreat opposition. (Quez is 60 miles northwest of Fez and near the border.) Meet Strong Resistance. All three French columns continue to operate prudently, in accordance with the insiructions laid down by Marshal Lyautey, and have been able 10 make c n headway except in the center, where Col. Freydenberg meeting with determined resistance. The Riffiians in that sector are fa- not only is the flonded Ouergha River im- passable, but the heavy clay soil south of the stream makes troop movements almost impossible. Several visioned by airplanes North of the Ouerzha the tribesmen have constructed a series of trenches along the slopes of the hills, after the style of those used in the World War. Military men_believe, however, that the French will be able to carry these when Marshal Lyautey begins 'in ea nest the operations he has planned Advices from Tetuan. zone, show that the Spanish troop: are continuing to blockade the rebels and have captured several of their convoy French reinforcements of men and supplies have been sent from Algeria to the fighting zone in Morocco. Handling Pistol Is Fatal. Within a few minutes of being warned of the danger of handling a | revolver, Alfred Armstead, colored, 20, and the di- |accidentally shot and fatally wounded himself in the right side at his home, 121 P street southwest, last night. He died en route to Emergency Hos- pital in the ambulance. Coroner Nevitt is investigating. and it that the approval of their actions ziven at various meet- ings of the stockholders was “not .puies in a manper that constitutes- a valid authority glven by votes® « : | “DILPOMATIC IMMUNITY” | NO.BAR TO DIVORCE SUIT | is | French | outposts, still isolated, are being pro-| ir: the Spanish | | | i | New York Supreme Court Declares French Vice Consul's Plea ““Piece of Impertinence.” By the Associated Press | NEW YORK. May S.—Application | {of Pierre Moracchini, French vice con- | {sul in New York. to have a separation uit brought by his wife dismissed on he grounds of diplomatic immunity. ‘\ as denied today by Supreme Court ustice Lydon. The separation suit was a counter- | |action by Mrs. Moracchini to a suit {for divorce brought by the vice con-| ul last vear, in which he named sev-| |eral co.respondents. including Leon | Rothier. bass of the Metropolitan |Opera Company. After four days of testimony a verdict was returned in {favor of Mrs. Moracchini. Asserting that Moracchini had invoked the| American courts to secure a divorce and then pleaded diplomatic immu- nity from a counter-suit when his own case went against him, Judge Lydon held that the motion for dismissal was ““a_plece of impertinence.” Counsel for Mrs. Moracchini read into the record a certificate from Sec- retary of State Kellogg which said the records of his department did not show that Moracchini has ever been recognized as a French vice consul. - BALLOU TO SPEAK. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superinten- dent of schools, accepted an invita tion of the institute committee of the Teachers’' Council today to address the teachers on “Subject Matter and the Child in Education.” The super- intendent will speak to the teachers FIRST FRUITS OF THE RUM WAR. d Joaded with 600 cases of Scotch whisky, at the barge office in New York. This was the first haul made by Federal agents along rum row in the newly declared war against the rum runners. of the first nine divisions in the Cen- tral High.School auditorium, May 2 at 8 p.m. He il address the teachers of divisions 10 to 13 the following aft- ernoon at 3 o'clock in the Dunbar High School auditorium. Patrol boat No. 207, its deck Copyright by P. & A. Photos. PHOTOS Lewis and W. F. S. Hawk were rec having been sent from Honolulu. photographs by wireless. New York C. of C. Refuses to Exhibit Picture of Christ for Propaganda | | NT IN SEVERE RADIO TEST. These pictures of Ma, ed in New York yesterday by radio, This constitutes a record in sending Wide World Photo. iGERMAN VILLAGE ADOPTS | NOVEL NEUTRALITY PLAN Official Flags and Banners Fash- Declines to Send Painting to South and West to| ioned so That Any Combination Prove Wall Street Has Faith—Religious Dif- ferences Basis for Debate. e Associated Press. NEW YORK. May 8.—The Chambe: of Commerce of the State of New York has refused to sponsor/the show- ing through the United States of a painting having Christ as its central figure. ~ A resolution. introduced by Irving T. Bush, president of the Bush Terminal Co., calling for the nation- wide exhibition of a painting by George Inness, jr.. “The Only Hope.” was tabled yesterday after a sharp debate. In urging the sending out of the painting for exhibition in schools, art galleries and colleges, Mr. Bush sald it would “carry a message of hope to the people of the South and West and show them that the people of New York are not just Wall Street money- gatherers—that Christ and hope and idealism are part of our lives.” Darwin_P. Kingsley, president of the New York Life Insurance Co., op- posed the project. Mr. Kingsley Is president of the chamber. “We should remember,” he said, “that there are many members of this chamber who do not believe that Christ is the hope of the world. There are many of other faiths. I do not think the people of the South or the West who think we wear hoofs and horns would change their minds through viewing this picture.” The plcture, 16 feet by 6, i sym- bolic of the idea that religion is the hope of civilization. It shows a city deserted and ruined by war, with the figure of Christ child in the center of the chaos. 5 The painting was shown to Presi @dent:and Mrs. Coolidge recently, at the | White House. The artist. M | | r. Inness, s 75 vears old, and lives in Lake: land, Fla. Mr. Bush said Mr. brought the picture to his suggestion, and that for sale. Inness had New York at All Hodse.lzblders Must Furnish Box For Carrier Mail The Post Office Department to- day renewed its demand that all who receive mail from street car- rlers shall provide a door slot or receptacle for it. Carriers every- where were instructed to report to postmasters all dwellings not provided with receptacles, and postmasters were ordered to serve notice on occupants of such dwell- ings to provide them within a reasonable time. Postmaster Mooney said_today that, generally speaking, Wash- ington residences were not behind in"equipment for receiving mail, the campaign of more than a year ago for slots or boxes having been very successful. However, new houses have sprung up since and a general canvass again will be made with a view of having every house so equipped to speed uj carrier and insure safety ‘mall he deliverss of Colors Is Possible. GROSS-SOLSCHEN, Germany, April 13—This little village has _hit |upon a novel idea for maintaining | neutrality in the display of national | colors as the occasion demands. The | official flags and banners of the vil- [1age have been ordered made in strips | of four colors—black, ’(‘onvspnndfinr‘c of the Associated Press. | readily possible. If the official republican flag is to be displayed the white strip can be covered, leaving the black, red and | gold exposed to view. If a monarch- istic organization wishes to hold a | festival the gold can be made to dis- |appear, leaving the imperial black, | white and red. When occasions de- | mand display of the Prussian state flag the snap fasteners can be brought |into play to show only the black and | white strips. | o s o 1 | Pea Sheller Claims Fortune. Mrs. Mary O'Connor Tindall of 36 Doon street, London, who has been shellilng peas in Covent Garden, in London, for 50 years, and claims the world champlonship for that art, has put in a claim for the fortune o John O'Connor, the recluse shoemaker of Hastings, Nebr., who died 12 yeafs ago, leaving a fortune of $150,000, which has grown to $250,000 since. However, she is but one of 506 O’Con- | nors trom all over the world who ha {put in claims for the fortune. Mrs. |'Tindall thinks she is the late recluse's | sister. All women want to live to a ripe old age, yet the majority of them are ashamed to acknowledge thelr years, | York-Yorktown Service Stops in City. Airplane passenger service hetween New York City and Yorktown. Va., via Washington, D. C.. was inaugzu- rated this afternoon with the arrival at Bolling Field at 145 o'clock of the giant Sikorsky transport, which a few minutes after it had settled to earth was christened the Yorktown. The plane was forced to land at Logan Field. Baltimore, owing to a water leak, 'Wh % time threat- ened to_develop, into serious propor- tions. Theé leak 'was repaired and the plane continued its journey unevent- fully. Between New York and Balti more, however, the air s exceed ingly bumpy, the passengers reported and the large plane fought with a strong head wind continuously. Will Continue Trip. The airplane is_scheduled to con: tinue its trip to Yorktown and com plete an undertaking established about a month ago but which failed of ac- complishment on the first attempt owing to motor trouble. The arrival of the plane was cele- brated with brief ceremonies noting the first great stride in land plane passenger carrving aviation in the Eastern part of the country. Claude N. Bennett, prominent in Southern activities in Washington, presided at the ceremonies and before a small gathering of interested spectators in troduced Maj. Henry B. Clagett, com mandant officer of Bolling Fleld, who 1 red. gold and |officially welcomed ‘the plane and its it was not | white—with snap fasteners attached |passengers to the reservation 0 that any combination of colors is|R. Allyn Lewis, Gen. vice president of the Yorktown Country Club and a pas | Gives Banners and Cash to District Employes. the f secutive Twentieth Ce ! ed banners and cash ployes of the city refuse dep who made the best | respective branches the annual inspection | The winners were ice, Ernest Boone and 12 | collection, Roger Wi Henr ! Gross; trash_collecti > Cole {man and William Ha street |cleaning service, Robert Johnson and Fred Holton. Headed by Mrs. son, a_delegation of w | Twentieth Centu | the board roor ing for present: The ceremony ittended Commissioners Rudolph and Bell ar Morris Hacker, supervisor of city use. In a prizes to the er rtment in thei ecords the service hard »men brief address, E: missioner Bell, after members of the Twentiet Club for the interest they s in the work of the city refusc meht, expressed the belief that the prizes which the club awards annual {are going a long way toward buildinz up a better morale in the city refuse service. Col. Be'l declared that the public | zenerally can do a great deal to hely the city refuse division in keeping the Capital clean by refraining fron throwing paper on the streets, and hy co-operating fully with, the collection services. As each of the prize-winners came forward. one of the women from the club spoke a word of encourage Com ank: e Centur e sk ng g 1 | senger on the plane. spoke briefly” on {ment for the dilizence whichs brought the value of aircraft in linking the | about Yorktown with | historic territor New York, City. Count Igor Sikorsky, the pilot on the trip to Washington, and Lieut. Col. Harold E. Hartney of this city also spoke. At the conclusion of the remarks Miss Elizabeth Owens of this city broke a bottle of Potomac water across the plane and christened it the York- town. The United States Navy Band, com- manded by Lieut. Charles Benter, played. Passengers on Plane. In addition to Gen. Lewis and Count Stkorsky, the passengers on the plane included ICarence J. Owens, president of the Southérn Commercial Congress and director general of the Yorktown World Forum: Capt. Jean Henri Clos, historian of the Yorktown Historical Society, and Miss Fanny Washington, great-grandniece of George Washing- ton. Joseph D. Evans, secretary of the Yorktown Country Club; Charles G. Collyer, assistant pilot; C. J. Blanch ard of New York; Millard J. Bloomer, New York City; George A. Galliver, New York broker: E. B. Cockrell of New York City, member of the York- town Country- Club; George'B. Ma- the award. Mrs. Jackson this undertaking who ‘ha four been vears active jin ex | designer and builder of the plane and |Pressed tbe hope and belief that it would continue as an annual custon Less Building in 1925. An examination made by the tional Association of Real I Boards of total number of contracts let for residential building projects for 1925 reveals that while the num- { ber.of projects is greater than that of 1924 the total number of buildings | which they represent and.the number of square feet of construction called for is decidedly les gruder of New and Dan S. Dun- can, -also of New York. Miss Wash ington was the only woman on board. The air line between New York and Yorktown was established with the object of accommodating New York | business men who weekly zo to the Virginia city for the week end to play |golf. The airplane service will reduce the time spent in traveling by rail to about three or four hou The serv ice is sponsored by the Yorktown Historical Society, the Yorktown Coun- try Club and the Yorktown World Fofumy: s b