Evening Star Newspaper, May 14, 1925, Page 2

‘Terminal Employes Admit Taking Property Valued at $9,000. Police and postal authorities prob. ably eéstablished a record for the speedy disposal of a major case today, when K. E. Dellinger of 621 Morris street northeast, and A. B. Coffman of Alexandria, Va., pleaded guilty tothefts from the United States mail totaling approximately §9.000 at a hearing be- fore United States Commissioner Need- ham C. Turnage. They were held un- der $2.500 bond each for action of the grand ju Yesterday Detective Howard Vermil- lion of police headquarters was sent to Baltimore in response to a call from that city's Police Department regard- ing a suspicious individual being held there after an attempt to pawn'a watch. Vermillion took up the investiga- tion there, took the suspect, Dellinger, into custody and sent back word as to the residence of the suspect in this fcity. Detective Cullinane visited the ' ‘Newspaper Trials Usurp Courts’Work Attorney Asseris By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 14.—“Trial by newspaper’ has usurped the func- tion of judges and juries, declared Attorney A. R. Sheriff, chairman of the Chicago Bar Association's committee on relations of the press to judiclal proceedings, in a state- ment after Chicago judges ruled to bar cameras from court tri.s. “‘Our great trials are made cheap vaudeville acts,” ne satd. “Trial by newspaper has msde our courts a laughing stock. “‘But it is time for the pendulum to swing back. The first impulse has been felt with the ban on news- paper photographs of court scenes. “It is no part of the functions of the courts to supply pictures, enter- tainment. thrills or food for gossip to the general public. The court- rooms are open to all who wish to attend in person.” COMMENT A OFFICALPARISPLAN 1 THE EVENING REFORMS IN GRAIN TRADING PROMISED [Chicago Exchange Head Says It Will Co-Operate With Jardine. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 14.—The Chicago Board of Trade will start at once to met the “constructive suggestions” of Secretary of Agriculture Jardine made vesterday in Washington, Frank L. Care president of the Board of Trade, said today. The wide fluctuations in grafn | prices which caused Secretary Jardine to order an investigation of operations of grain operators had confronted the board with a situation entirely new in peace times, Mr. Carey sald. He also disclosed that representatives of the board had conferred with the Secre- tary last Monday. “When there has been opportunity to digest the full report,” said Mr. Carey's statements relative to the Secretary’s declarations of yesterday that excessive speculation must be curtailed, “the exchange will at once set about to meet the constructive STAR ASHINGTO 'ROCKEFELLER WEDDING TODAY; BRIDE GETS INEXPENSIVE GIFTS Police Guard Will Bar Curiqus at Nuptials of Heiress. Couple Wil Honeymoon in France—Taking Car, But No Servants. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 14.—A squad of | police guarded the town house of John D. Rockefeller, jr., today as a precau- tion against overcurious crowds at the marriage of Mr. Rockefeller's eldest child and only daughter, Abby Rocke- feller, to David Merriwether Milton, A squad of more tHan 75 detectives and uniformed police was detailed to guard the residence during the wed: | ding to keep either curlous or sus. picious, persons from loltering in the neighborhood. Special traffic police- men also will be stationed near the residence. ‘The police protection was ordered despite the objections of the family, who desired that the ‘wedding attract as little notice as possible. The ceremony was set for 4:30 o'clock this afternoon. RSDAY | | | | of Bannockburn on the last | way, MAY 14, 1925 TWO UPSETS MARK CHEVY CHASE PLAY Woodward, Leader in Quali-; fying Round, Defeated by Voight in Golf Tourney. Two matches the results of which were considered rveversals _marked the first round of match pla¥ in the Chevy Chase Club's Spring golf teur- nament today. Donald Woodward of Calumbia, who won the qualifying | round yesterday with a brilllant 73 | was defeated todav by George J. Volgt | green. Woodward, who was up most of the missed a four-foot putt on the eighteenth green to square the match. In the second unexpected re. | sult, Walter R. Tuckerman, veteran , it e plaver of the Chevy Chase Club, who has twice won the tournament, was defeated by the long driving of James C. Davis, jr., of Columbia. Davis won 2 and 1. Roland| R. MacKenzie had an easy match with R. A. Loftus of Chevy Chase, defeating Loftus 4 and 3. Carl F. Kellerman, jr., of Columbia, and Charles M. Mackall of Chevy Chase had a close match, the decision going to Kellerman on the eighteenth green. | Colunaby | ns | F Maxwell, whose tee shot hit a rock in the ditch and, bounced on the green, took three puts. Today’s Pairings. rings and qualifying scores fol- Mzht—A. McCook Dunlop. McCallun l, Tu 1'no\\'! g Coala: 5 e Ssores | %3 Kellerma; Cha M. Mackal Roland K. MacKenzie, R. A. Lojtis. Chevy ¢ Chevy Chase, 77, vs, €. J. R0 Capt. Fraser Hale. cond fight—NMerie Thorpe 86, vs. R. T. Harrell, Washington, 83 F. H. Wiims, India Maxwell, Merion, N ». R. P Dlluiqw English. Columbi Columbia. A8, vs. A. L. Chri 86 B. Stevinson. Colus M. L 1), Indian Spring. . 'y Chase, 86, vs. J ressional, 86 —S. H. Kauffmann. i ey dall. ir. Banpeckburn, “h Chase, 87 YI P T | | Keiman. umbi; “huse. lumbia, RO, va. hase. Chevy Cha: A1 0. B Hatch spring Jdig 3 e a6, Ve, Kyle. Chase. 81 George 1 S. Smith ir man. Columbia a. S5, ve Robert Stead Gilmore. ¢ Third il Chase, X% va Tus Cran L. B Pla man. | en. C. G C'B. Asher. Columbia, & Menamin. Hi ad; ir., Bannockburn, holson, ‘Manor. AR Fourth fight—G6. E. 90, ve Duncan, rizzell, lgn; Congr s 2 Washington, 00 G. E. Hamilion, ir. ( Chace, 01 vs. J. W, Brawner, Columbia, 01: Denise Barkalow. Washington. 62, V& Carlson. Washington, 0. Walter F, . Chievy Chase. 91 imbia, 92 Jame Dr. A._H. Haug) Prescoit. Colum) Indian Sprink. PAINTERS SETTLE STRIE: GET S04 Compromise Affecting Paper- hangers and Decorators Also Reached at Noon. The sii-week strike has in volved approximately union painters, paperhargers and decorators, officially ended at 12:35 o'clock today when the master painters signed an agreement with the union officia calling for a new wage scale of §1.50 a day. The union painters and paperhan ers. at a meeting of cach tion last night. voted to ac compromise settiement of 3 original demand was $10 employers expressed their nGt to grant any increase scale will run two vears. 3 agreements have heen made affecti the wage scale. The situation this morning as were sent to some of the instructions to t until ment had been signed which 1,000 organiza nt Th. intentions new was somewhat the union painters jobs wi the Failed to_qu: 93—M Mille Immediately r. Ban- The officiating Kburn' B E. Hinton, Columbia: J. H. after the Bric} ensiein, Chevy Chase! house and discovered a large amount of tles, items of jewelry and wear- ing apparel there i By the time Vermillion returned! with Del v last night, the latter| had confessed, implicating _Coffman. | ‘Coffman was arrested at his home in | Rosemont, an outlying suburb of Alex andria, Va., and this mornins the case | was brought up before the United {States commissioner. Virtmaily All Recovered. Virtually all of the property has| been recovered. according to Postal In .spectors W. F. Chester and D. G. ,Sutherland, who came into the case when local police discovered that the two prisoners were employes of the Washington terminal raflway posi office. Both are alleged to have made con fessions which admitted looting par- icels in parcel post transit while at {tieir work in distributing the mailed items for transportation on various {outbound trains. ! Unofficial valuation placed by’ the po- | ;yro on the articles alleged to have/ leen stolen by Dellinger is approxi- mately $6,000, while $3,000 w Net as Rhe figure in the case against Coffman Much of the property has nothing by which it be identified. The Post Office Department will await com- plaints such cases from persons who forwarded the parcels, and will jcheck up, as far as possible, on the {unknown proper but a large amount In other first-flight matches com- pleted carly this afternoon W. R avy Clidte. . et | McCallum of Washington deteated | Gote ir. Cofuraina: D. H, Luttrell {McCook Dunlop of Chevy Chase, |ington: Robinson White, Columbia and and O Dunphy of | m&n Bapnackbure, o gian lumbia defeated Fuller of suggestions which it may contain. This will be in line with the policy followed by the exchange since the enactment of the grain futures act Rules Constantly Changing. “The desire of exchange to solve its own heen clearly shown vering balf a centur v the constant pe- vision of its rules the exchange has met_the changing conditions of | world commerce. Long ago it made impossible the old abuses that devel oped into what were known as cor. ners. For many yvears there have| | Peen no situations of that character, for the exchanze itself promulgated rules that prevented them. In the past six months there de. veloped a sittiation that w wholly ¢ to the exchange. Never before had the exchange heen called upon to meet such widespread fluctuations in peace times America had a bountiful wheat crop. Al other countrles, with the possible exception of Australia, suf- fered shortages. A buyinz power that was world-wide was thrust upon the exchange, and this buying continued i unabated many weeks, and to a limit- ed extent is still present. Under the stress of such unprecedented circum- | stances the exchange functioned re- markably well. If abuses crept in | they were strikingly few when viewed from the great of business asacted. Nevertheless, it ix the uine desire of the exchange to rect any abuse that may be found, clergyman selected was Rev. Cornelius | Woelfkin, pastor of the Park Avenue | Baptist Church, where the ~bride father has taught a Bible class fa years Only members of the two families | were invited to the ceremony itself, but the guest list for the reception numbered 1,200, The bride's year- old grandfather is expected to the wedding. Gifts, which have heen arriving at | the Rockefeller house for several for the most part are comparatively inexpensive, the Rockefaller distaste | for lavish display having previdusly | suggested this. The bride selected a gown of white | satin and old point lace and for her I'bouquet she chose pure white orchids | with an oceasional gardenia. Miss | Ellen Milton, the bride’s only attend. ant and a sister of the bridegroom decided upon a dress of beige taffeta | covered with periwinkle blue chiffon. | and a houquet of orchids of bive. | mauve, vellow, pink and vari.color shades tied with lace. The bride. | om's brother, Alfred Milton, chosen best man. Ushers were not considered necessary. | Abby Rockefeller is heir-apparent | to the greatest family fortune in the world. She i3 21 years old. David|in Milton is 25 years old, and recently was admitted to the bar. He-is weil 1o do, but not extremely wealthy. The CCARRY ON CLUB" - HANEY WILL REMAIN DENIES ANY MALICE N SHIPPING BOARD were ajtached to the document meeting of the Master I'ainters ciation and the union 1810 M street, the Sm ry of the M ers the word veved 1o those men who were ness to start work began on these men will go hack and some Monday E C. Wash- M. Bea- United States' Withholds! Views on French Debt Until Funding Plan Is Told. A paR i Chevy Chase ". B. Pyle e bkt Colabia. S Watts, Columbia e o ket s, Crmmin D6 T Smith. Chevy Chase Whshingion IO ton Roads &85 SanP v e Bannockburn ¥. Driggs. Chevy Chase. N L e S amor T i A e ¥ "Chnae U. S. WANTS ARMS BUREAU FREED OF LEAGUE’S CONTROL the | ults in the second flight follow: | R. T. Harrell, Washington, defeated | Merle, Thorpe., Chevy Chase, 1 up: " B. Hatch. Columbia. defeatad B. | Murphy, Bannockburn. 3 and 1: John | R. Maxwell. Merion, defeated S. H. | Wilms, Indian Spring. 1 up: W. E | Kyle, Texas, deteated R. T. Davidson, | Chevy Chase, 8 and 3 . Rob. inson, Toronto, defeated E. B. <h, Columbian, 1 up: E. 8. Smith, jr., C lumbia, defeated A. L. Christman, Co. lumbia, 1 up; M. B. Stevenson, Co lumbia, defeated J. M. Leavell, Indian | Soring. 3 and 1; Robert Stead. jr.. de- | feated J. . Gilmore, Congressional, 4 jand 3. | | In the third flight John A. Mell- (Continued from First Page.) e friends since henny of Chevy Chase defeated S. H o X | #Wauffmann of Chevy Chase, 6 and 4. QUALIFYING PLAY FAST. 1 period « and the K jobs at By the Associated Press. The Treasury will have no further comment on possible negotiations for funding the French debt until officia steps have been taken by the I're vernment. This decision was made known offi clally today and it was added that Secretary Mellon held the view that public discussion by government offi- cials of the French situation should be withheld because it might have an ill effect on French plans. It was indicated that Mr. position had been influenced to an ex- tent from the White House, coupled with an eagerness on the part of the Treasury to convince the French gov ernment of its willingness to help them in every possible way. - No Official Advice: Gratification of officials here at news that the French government will be- Zin within two weeks active negotia- | tions is tempered only by the absence so far of official advices from Faris, | " First news of the development was | transmitted an Associated Press of it 18 expected fo find its way ulti-| dispatch which sald that Foreign Min- {mately to the dead letter office, not|ister Briand ani Finance Minister " t 3 cl fHaux wer n fa of re: ing X n jevioe Bnco i Rt v U eresiient with tlils country on ithe as it has done in the past. But allinger 15 not marrled. Coffman | debt question within 15 Avait: | in view of the fact that the situation b Ao LE CHINERR ing word through regular governmen- [ Which developed is unprecedented, it B e } | tal channels, officias here character- | ts deemed judicious to avold hasty ac- ance in the debt situation | tion that might be of a disturbing impottant in months and | character and to deal with the ques indicated pleasure that France is|tion in a broad, thorough manne ready to make a definite off “During our conference with Secre- 2 { tary Jardine Monday it became evi- | | dent that he is desirous of lending STILL LANDS CARGO| mowever. the information served to|full eco-operation to the grain ex- | quicken interest in the possible form | changes of the country. I am con | the French refundinz program wil|fident. too. of his desire to co-operate —— | assume, with this Government’s views | with business generally in a construc- {as to use in this respect of repara- |tive way. The views of Secretary Jar- | tions payments from Germany occu-|dine will be brought to the attention | pying the foreground. It is generally | of the directors, who have for several {accepted that France must include inel weeks been studvinz the general prob- her financial balance sheet the reve- |lam of price fluctuations.™ { nue fo be received from Berlin under | Only several days ago the board of | the Dawes plan. but the Washington | trade took cognizance of public state- Government #oes not desire to be |ments made by grain men to the ef- jlaced in the position of collector for | fect that speculation had interfered “rance of her claims against her late | with the normal flow of grain prices, enemy. and authorized an_inquiry to receive Ambassador Daeschner, any information submitted by uny of {cated from Paris, rather than a spe. |those who were quoted in thé news. jclal envoy, will conduct the negotia- | papers to bear out their statements. | tions with the American Debt JFund- ! Any such information received as to ing Commission. In this connection it | any extensive speculation or improper s not known' here whether signifi- | trading was to be submitted by the cance attaches to the arrival in New | board to the Federala Grain Futures York vesterday of Jean Parmentier, | administration. noted French financial expert. He said — —— President Divwes and Owen b: Youns, | SALE OF 400 SHIPS TO FORD OPPOSED AS CRIPPLING U. S. Denied by Some. The operative huilders about 35 local builders, nize this increase, and will 1o work non-union painters |day. They sav they have ample who will ork at this wage say that they do a large of the painting Washingt { that salaries paid by them hangers and painters amount to more than $300.000 a vear Many of the union pai through their territory of war mate-| were getting $10 per day during the rial en route to a government recog- [strike from those emplovers wha re . nized by two-thirds of the signers of | fused to use non-union men will im the convention and licensed to import | mediately ack to a §9530 basie arms. Other amendments were also | This, according to William J. Ga proposed which contemplated an even | lagher, international organizer of wider search of arms carriers than unjon painters. represents a real Great Britain_had susgested. { ment of unselfishness on the part Uruguay offered an amendment re-| his men in the cause of harmony « quiring arms-exporting countries to!peace in the local building industr respect the internal legislation of im-| Tt is asserted, however. by i porting countries. This was consid- | painters that several menibers of (h {aualitving round of the (havy Chase|ersd to have a close relation o SC- organization will not recosnize the i Club event yesterday. Woodward had |tions of the WVersailles und Ofher|creuse. |a card of 73, mude up of a 39 out and | treaties, which oblige ex-enemy, cotv: la scintillazing 34 on the last nine. :;leinzf‘fidgx;ta:;‘nsanun pr 5 His card was only one shot in front |the par = i of a pair of 74s made by Capt. Fraser | <‘The French delegates have been in- u Hale of Chevy Chase and Charles M.)8isting that this question mi Building As Mackall, long-hitting youth of Chevy|borne in mind. Apparently lrance “The Operative ase. The golf shown in the quali-| Wishes to prevent Germany, Bulgaria. s only attempting fying round was of the highest caliber | Austria and r““":":?“';r"f‘l‘“‘p";:!;’;‘&’{‘:‘ possible the cost of homes 3 3 s under proposed arms cof . {and other constructio Sweriseen In a similar event about! rek wWhih are denied theri Under|time, and to biovent the | Washington, being _required to | ties which ended the 4 H : o s the peace treaties whicl a five-day week in Washington MmiE e et Olght, &nd only oneiof v iieecer | have been successful during the |those got in. Gardiner P. Orme of o osen e g |Columbia and John R. Maxwell af‘ - - ~r O TN 4> s L Do nt an inc | Merion, Philadelphia, tied at 82 for | BETTER SERVICE SEEN. |the ~stonemasons. stonecutte |one place, and Grme won in a plavoff S |".“' poTkets etctionipld | {replete with spectacular shots, the | Burton Amendment Held Benefit to|Union. Through our effo H Police Advi Hi | '; bi eyt iblick sh are going 1o pay increased : Columbia man laying a niblick shot | 2 {are going ay increased w ouse on Police Advice. { m. |dead from the water ditch in front of | Non-Members. {the plumbers have comp: |the fourth green to win when Max-| By the Associated Press. e Insthen o - | = | well, whose tee shot hit in the ditch | introduced today by | dolla ded by the 1 Controversy between niembers of [ President Coolidge has definitely |and hounced on the green. took zhrn'fhtflfinig"rff.:?:«?;‘ ehairman of tha | Who are going to pay incr |the Carry-On Club, 1600 Rhode Island |decided to reappoint B. E. Haney of | putts American delegation to the Geneva ;;" ‘;‘:’d"j;"l‘;‘”»*l“,l' also pay av rincess Vi 4 e e ste e dol ontianeqnd frincess Von der Lipski| Portland, Ores., as a member of the | \Woodward's score follows arms trafic_conference, is intended | InStead of the dollar demanded. | ig consulted Ean both sidel hav- {Shiptg Board. Par—Out, 4 443 4 4 4 5 3—35. {merely to divorce the fnternational | i1V will continue to use | definite predictions e to the satrome | Semator McNary, Republican. Orei}! Woodward—Out, 5 5 5 3 4 4 4 5 4| office puoncest St S e iom | efforts to prevent higher St . i : o : : deration from contr 3 forthcoming from either. gon, who called on President Coolidge {—39. | maypnder coualdar ol { this time. However. when cond Two issues stood out'in the con:|loday to renew his advocacy of Mr.f Par—In 3443444 44-34—a0. by the Leagueof Nayons . lare such in this city th troversy, ‘the seniding of the princess' | Haney's rea~—ointment, advised Mr,| Woodward—In, 3 4 43 34 43 4| 1t wassnd st he el TOPIINCR | wages are fair and just Coolidge that Mr. Haney would accept | —34—73. et It I o W e an " Jon.ug | Iean prosperity to all conce supervision. | | | l prop: ABBY ROCKEFELLER. Mellon's DAVID M. MILTON. couple have been c childhood They_will sail for France Saturday. | Miss Rockfeller has dismissed her maid, and no servants will accompany the newlyweds, who will, however. take with them'a gyay roudster, their joint property They will put up in a modest hotel Paris. Returning to New York, they will live in a Park avenue apart- ment and depend upon Mr. Milton's income as an attorney . ters wha Woodward Heads Star Fleld at Chevy | Chase Club. Donald Woodward, star golfer of| he Columbia Country Club and cap- ain of Columbia’s golf team, led a field of the finest players who ever |competed in the tournament in the Low Cost Sought, Lusk Says. In a statement issued toda S. Lusk, sec € the uf Operative PACIFIC RUM FLEET, BESET BY TWO FOES, | | Daeschner May Negotiate. ssociat ap: the ’Manager Says Princess’ | President Has Definitely De- Baby Sent to Detention | cided to Reappoint (Continued from First Page.) %, those whe ages to mised back on the bootleg market. To com- bat such a move highly trained men will be needed, he sald. PRICE JUMPS IN NEW YORK. 14 (A.P).—The up in New Yor NEW YORK, May price of liquor, goi % is going down in California. The rea. | son is the dry navy's blockade of the » East coast rum row. Many of the ships, unable to do business here, have sailed for the Pa- cific coast, where customers are r ported to be bringing loads ashore regularly and without difficuity. Some estimates place the value of | whisky landed in and around San Diego within the past 48 hours at more than $100,000. As a result the Dbottom has fallen out of the gin mar- ket in California. Scotch is reported to be selling for $4 a Guart in Los Angeles, compared _with previous prices of $6 to $9. Two cutters are reported as unable to cope with six rum ships off Southern California. New York newspapers say that though liquor is still plentiful here it is coming from reserve stocks, and wholesale prices have gone up 510 to $15 a case ashore since the blockade started. The World says that cham- pagne, which formerly sold at $85 or $90 a case, now costs $100. Rye whisky is very rare and Scotch is as 4 it is indi- | 4 rned, Federa! t the meet union 11-month-old son- to the House of De- - | tention by police during her absence |Teappointment. He is a Denjoc: | The first flight. made up of prac- | Will not oppese them {In Baltimore Monday, and notice given | There had been considerable dount|tically all the stars about Washing- | "It 1s understood to he the belief of | The settlement is the re by the princess, differently interpreted |48 to Mr. Haney’s continuing 2s a{{on, with only two exceptions, is prob- | \fr. Burton and his colleagues that if [ eforts of John B. C Hioss by her counsel and by the men, that member of the beard, it having been labiy the best first flight which ever |the office were left free to function |Mediator, who brought abe she intended changing the use to reported frequently that he might|played in a similar event about the |ag an independent agency it would be | N8 from which the com; which the home shall be put. retire when his term expired next|Capital. All the stars, with the ex:|in a pusition to give more satisfactory |Sulted. He addressed the In a_statement issued in behalf of month, either through failure of re-d ception of Miller B. Stevinson and |servite 1o nations which may be mem. | 12st night. the princess her counsel, Col. Ashby lappointment or declining reappoini- | Albert R. MacKenzie, made the frst|pers of the arms traffic agreement but e Williams, and Capt. Edward Stafford, | ment. : |16 MacKenzie withdrew, while Stev. | which are not aMliated directly With| (Canade P Bonmdary Bact charge “members of the Carry On| During his service on the board Mr. |inson, playing far from his usual fine | the League of Nations itself. nada Fasses Boundary Pac Club now refuse to vacate the prémises | Haney has on several occasions c OTTAWA, Ontario, May 14— iy treaty with the United.States to es tablish, clearer demarcation of the in o | ae | game; took 85 for the round. and the princess is convinced that the |Into sharp disagreement with some of |~ Hale's round is worthy of note. He | ternational boundary was approved by the Senate today without protest mer whom he knew as a delegate to the the | commission which put forth Dawes plan. |VIENNA GETS NEXT WOMEN’S MEETING, COUNCIL DECIDES | (Continued from First Page.) members of the club desire to dis-|his associates as to questions of |played with Roland MacKenzle and | credit her efforts to have the house| policy. He cast a dissenting vote in| was out in a mediocre 41. But com- occupied by the blind veterans, and [the plan for giving the Emergency |ing back he burned up the course, | that the sending of her son to the|Fleet Corporation a free hand in |starting 2, 4, 4, 3, 3, and finishing with House of Detention, and also the pub. |handling ships. In the sale of the|a 33 for the in nine, notwithstanding lication of reports concerning her dis. | President tvpe Pacific liners to the|a 5 at the sixteenth hole. MacKenzie appearance were maliciously done by [Dollar interests, however, he voted |did not play his usual brilliant game, the members of this club—whose em- |With the majority of the hoard. but was well in with a card of 80. ployes had full knowledge of her - = Mackall had a chance to beat Wood: COURT SIGNS WRIT whereabouts and of the time of her ward’s 73, after a 37 out, but a § on IN FRATERNITY CASE return—to retain possession of these :the seventeenth hole cost him a premises at the expense of the prin- | chance for a His partner, James __ _(Continued from First Page.) Tbe production of Canadian news print during February was the great- est on record. | (Continued from First Page.) W not strongly engines put bad. “We have built inte and some of the them were pretty The Country Home AND The Bousehold Linens Milady will find at this season of the year AT The Linen Closet 1209 Connecticut Avenue | ust the place to replenish her linen closet. Everything that the house hold requires In quality linens and accessories will be found on dizplay. iready purchased three vessels from the Shipping Board,” he Council for seeking to obtain entry added. “We took these three boats high as $60 a case. {into the United States of wives, chll-;ffll' ploneering. and we know their 6 3 dren and widowed mothers of men re. | limitations. Two of the hoats are of Lo BT _Isiding in this country. about 3.000 tons. The third, the East Passibly bearing on future action| Mrs. Noble Newport Potts, presi-|Indian. is slightly larger, and is now against the Paciic coast rum row | dent of the National Patriotic Coun.|beinz put into shape for service to are Tokio dispatches saving that|cil, also issued a statement in reply to | Denmark, which we hope will begin Japan is negotiating a liquor treaty | \rs. Philip North Moore. president |about Auguct 1.” with the United States, xivin® Jap-iof the .American National Cowneil, in | anese ships the right to bring liquor | whick she repeated some of her pre- | into port under certain restrictions|yvious charges. and authorizing the United States to Denies Any Malice. | A. F. Westfall, house manager of | the cluh and spokesman for the group of 29 disabled and 8 non-service men now occupying the premises, today denied the charge that these things had heen “maliciously” done by the cess.” | C. Davis, jr., took a 7 at the same | nole, but, neverthele: Out in an ordinary 39, Woos was the epitome of steadiness,and ac- | | curacy comingehome. He stdrted the not held in school huildings or during |round with three 5s. three over par, school hours and that membership is|and then only had two more 3s on not limited to students of public or his card, these coming at the long private schools. The objects of the | eighth and the seventeenth. His card fraternities, it was explained, are for | WILL OFFER LOW PRICE. men take action against rum runners from Japan. .80 far reported, however, are British £and Belgtan. While all indications are that the| blockade of the Atlantic rum row con- | tinues to be effective, the first case of gunfire since the blockade st: has developed. New York's marine police report that a Coast Guard fired . at a small boat, presumably one re-| garded as a rum smuggler, at the harbor entrance. Contraband liquor worth about $750,000 seized by Federal agents as long ago as 1921 and ordered destro; | ed by the court is still in the Army base warehouse, in Brooklyn, it has been learned. United States Marshal Jesse B. Moore said that the axe had not been DUt to the liquor because he and his men have been overworked. SEAMAN IS DROWNED. BOSTON, Ma; May 14 (A.P)— Joseph H. MeGrean, a seaman on the # Coast Guard patrol boat drowned early last night; \ Mills, The liquor ships off the coast | rted | The resolution referred to by Mrs. Potts was the first on the agenda of | the peace committee of the Interna-| tional Council urging the teaching of | | 1eague organization and principles in the schools. This gvas passed without a dissenting vote, the American dele- |gates not voting. Lady Aberdeen, | president of the International Council, explained the first day she was in Washington that this resolution did not refer to the United States, but only to states which are members of the league. On the day of the vote Mrs. Philip North Moore explained | that the resolution was not intended to affect, and could be considered in no way to have affected, the policy of the National Council. Mrs. Potts charged that such avow- edly pacifist organizations as the Na-! tional Council for Prevention of War, of which- Frederick J. Libby is execu: tive secretary, are members of the National Counecil. and that a promi- nent member of the International | Council also is one of the founders of | |the Internationa! League for Peace! land Freedom. | | i | |ping Board | chairman of the board, said last night. 0'Connor Says Cost Will Not Stand | in Way of Deal BUFFALO, N. Y., May 14 (A.P.). —Informed that Henry Ford would | buy 400 of the United States Ship- vessels, provided the| price was reasonable, T. V. O'Connor, [ ] i “The price will not stand in the way | as long as the boats are going into American hands and will fly the Amer. ican flag.” Mr. O'Connor_explained that the price would be fixed by negotiations. In regard to the statement of :mem- bers of the Shipping Board at Wash. ington, that they had no knowledge of the proposed sale and did not know that Mr. O'Connor had stopped. at Detroit, Mr. O'Connor said that some of the members of the board knaw of his purpose, but that it had mot been brought up at a board meeting. The first inkling of the conference with Ford was given by Mr. O'Connor in a speech on the steamer Greater Buffalo on Tuesday night to the Buf- falo and Detroit delegation that was accompanying that boat on its maiden trip from Detroit to Buffalo. There was no conspiracy on the part of the men to send the baby to the home, he said. “In fact, we did not serd the baby to the home. The police did it. with our consent, ai- thouzh scveral of the boys protested, wishing to take care of the bab; ‘tne police had been called to help them, Westfall said, because of the illness of the maid. Police advised the action taken, he said, as a means of caring for all concerned without in- ordinate expense to the disabled men's club. Manager - Westfall said today he heard that some kind of a notice had been placed on the bulletin board at the house, serving notice that the club would have to vacate tomorrow morning, but said the men were not worrjed. He said neither the prin- cess nor her counselor personally had said anything to him or to officers of the club about vacating. The men do not claim to own the building, Mr. Westfall said, but do claim they have | some interest in it, as the: in the past 18 months $4,720 in varl- ous charges, including interest on mortgages on the property. Counsel for the princess said she had paid the promotion of a high moral stand- | ard of living, proper scholastic stand- | ing, good fellowship and the better- | | ment of the individual and the social {life’ gf their members. Meetings, it | was fnphasized, are held in the homes of t§ members with the consent and under the supervision of parents of | members. “Notwithstanding the commendable | and laudable objects sought to be ob- | tained” by the membership of the organizations, the petitions declared, they have not been approved by the superintendent of schools. The suits were filed by the boys, all minors, through their fathers. When informed that the long- planned legal action of the fraternities had been taken, James T. Lloyd, president of the school board, said the board is prepared to make its de- fense. The Commissioners, he pointed out, have Instructed the corporation counsel to defend the board. GEORGE C. BUTTE SWORN. { Takes Office as Portd Rico Attor- | bettered the 76 which won last year by three strokes. Scores of 92 marked the limit for the last 16. Orme and Maxwell haived the first two holes in ordinary bs in the playoff, and Orme made a great hot to halve the third in 4, laying a nashie shot dead from the rough. His shot from the bottom of the ditch at the fourth to win was a classic, for not only did he have to get the ball up fast, but he had to hold it near th hole. He laid it three feet away, and The Alqi;assador 1750 16th St. Apartments in high-grade build- i ing on fashionable 16th St. 24-hour elevator and telephone service. Apartments contain 3 rooms, i bath and porch. [i Convenient to bus line and two Al colors of Hand-blocked (Irish) Round Thread Phone Main 8899. Specials Plain and Fancy Prices: 44 inches, shrunken to 36 inches. 44 inches, shrunken to 36 inches. Dress Patterns f Handdrawn (Irish) Handkerchief Linen Dress Patterns, $22.00 a pattern. The Linen Closet shrunken linens Price, $110, now 85 cents. Price, $2.00, now $1.49. Linen Dress Patterns, $8.00 a pattern. 1209 Connecticut Avenue. fji car iines. i Representative on premises. e, ceaman, 45 hat_bornei GERMANS SEE SLAVERY | IN REPARATION PROGRAM | In his address, Mr. O'Connor said that he was not concerned over the price to be received for the boats. It might be but $1 or 87 a ton. The had intended to use her residence as | a home for.the blind veterans of the ney General. World War, many of whom are now living at Evergreen, Md., near Balti- | i Store Up Your more men escaped injury by leaping i into the water when the after gasoline | George C. Butte of Texas took the -tank of the boat blew up and show- | ered them with burning gasoline. The accident occurred as the CG 2337 passed between Governors and stle islands on_her way to the fish pler to refuel. McGrean was blown overboard and sank. Engineer Edward Lurkland, Chief Petty Officer Walter Devine and Mills were showered with the blazing fuel. _Clothes afire, they leaped overboard. 4Lurkland and Devine helped Mills back to the boat and then extinguished ! the flames started by the explosion. ¢ _Mills was taken to the City Point | Coast Guard station for treatment. His condition was not serious, it was said. Harbor police were sent to b gin_grappling for McGrean's bod: . McGrean came from North Carolina, it was sald at Coast Guard head. . quarters. —_— . TROOPS KILL 35 BAHDITS AND THEN LOOT TRAIN | By the Associated Press. PEKING, May 14.—The Tientsin i Times correspondent reports that 35 f bandits were shot to death and 16 . wounded as the result of a_ruse by the soldiers stationed at Kaifeng, Hon Provines | Officers’ Federation Denounces Dawes Plan and Opposes Pro- posed Security Pact. By the Associated Prees. | BERLIN, May 14.—The National | Federation of German officers in con- vention here today condemred the Dawes reparation plan as incapable of tulfillment and “of serious damage to German industrial life, besides the political gagging and enslaving of the German people. The convention, under the chairman- ship of Admiral von Schroeder and vice chairmanship of Maj. Gen. Wal- dersee, criticizes the government for not keeping its promise to send the foreign powers a disclaimer of Ger- many's war guilt. The federation opposes the security pact proposed by the government be- cause “it means not only the sacri-. fice of our nationals in the ceded ter. ! ritorles, but voluntary recognition of | the shameful treaty of Versailles.” e 30,000 to Lose Rail Jobs. BERLIN, May 14 (A.P)—As a measure of economy the German rail- way administration .announces 30,000 employes will soon be dismissed. The V' now employ 765,000 persons. essential thing, he said, was to have the boats in American hands to be operated under the American flag. He did not mention Mr. Ford by name, but remarked that he had conferred with a prominent Detroit citizen whose identity might be guessed, for the purpose of interesting him in buying the boats of the Shipping Board. He indicated that the conference might be expected to bear ffuit. SIDDONS WILL AID HYMEN Justice to Perform Marriage Cere- mony for Fraternity Brother. Justice Frederick L. Siddons will of- ficiate at the marriage ceremony of L. Karlton Mosteller, 29, and Mrs. Mabel I Frere, 27, at the Sigma Nu Phi Fraternity house, 1752 N street, tomor- row evening. Mosteller attended the law school where the justice lectures and is a_member of the same fra- ternity. The bride is a widow. This will be the second occasion at which Justice Siddons has tied the nuntial knot. The previous occasion was during the World War, whea-a young lieutenant eager_to m: fore going overseas vravul-dg justiee to perform the ceremony. more. FLORIDA MOB LYNCHED NEGRO, SHERIFF HEARS By the Associated Pres ORLANDO, Fla., May 14.—Sheriff Karel of Orange County was informed today that a negro named West was lynched by a mob last night at Long- wood, 15 miles north of Orlando. The message said the negro was charged with attacking a young woman of Sanford two weeks ago. o SOVIET TERMS REJECTED. MOSCOW, May 14 (A.P.).—Negotia- tions between the Harriman combine and the Soviet government for the Chiatura manganese concession in the Republic of Georgia have been tempo- rarily interrupted because the con- cessionnaires have refused to accept one of the conditions laid down by the Soviet government. 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