Evening Star Newspaper, May 20, 1925, Page 1

Y WEATHER. (U. 8. Weatber Bureau Forecast.) Increasing cloudiness and slightly ‘warmer tonight, followed by unsettled weather, with 2 possibility of show- ers tomorrow. Temperatures, 76, at noon today; lowest, 49, at 5:45 a.m. to- day. Full report on page Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 Entered as second class matter ‘Washington, 29,604. N post_office, 0SS OF COLONIES OR LONG, HARD WAR THREATENS FRANCE Flood of Red Propaganda In- creases Acute Problem in Paris. FRENCH AFRICAN FUTURE RESTS ON COURSE NOW Painleve Under Bitter Fire of Socialists, Unable to Adopt Fast Policy. 4 BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. By Cable to The Star and hicago Daily PARIS, May 20.—On the success or failure of the effort to thwart Abd-El- Krim's action in Morocco depends the entire future of France in Africa. If Abd-El-Krim cannot be crushed, the spirit of sedition which has made self felt in Tunis, Algiers and Mo- occo since last Fall will gain ground and- France will efther have to face a colonial war in which hundreds of thousands of men and millions of dol- lars will be involved or renounce her North African possessions. Extremist to Protest. This is fully realized by the government which is endeavoring to zive all the assistance it can to Field Marshal Lyautey, although it also realizes the difficulties criticism it will meet a: n as the chamber conver early xt week. The extreme Socialist and Communist ready indicate the feelings of mists in the chamber. They penly against any adventure in which may cost the treasury ., and the nation s0 millions of fran thousands of lives Paris is well plastered with Commun- posters asking the people if they want “this murderous, fratricidal wz while thousands of pamphlets are be- ing distributed among the young sol- diers going to Morocco describing the hellish condition country, where they “will be compel- led to march under a blazing sun until fall from exhaustion and then, brutal officers do not shoot them mercilessly, they are bownd to. be killed by Abd-El-Krim's sharp shooters illfully hidden behind rocks.” Troops Revolt. Asked to urged either tc -Krim or turn own leader: The soldiers surrender to Abd-F their arms against their Under the circumstances, the Pain- | leve cabinet is taking only half-heart-| =d measures and. in order not to help | the unhealthy propaganda which s} going on in the country, it keeps con- cealed the actual fizures of French losses in Morocco. Socialist newspa- pers, including the widely read Quo- tiden, which represents the views (\{; the majority in the chamber, demand immediate peace nezotiations with Abd-el-Krim, and suggests that the cabinet send at once civilian delegates selected from members of the So- clalist party If the cabinet vields the delegates will be much similar to the commis-} dars appointed by Kerensky after the Russian revolution. It is openiy ad- mitted, even by the government, that the situation in North Africa is ex tremelv serious and that it will re- quire a great effort to crush the mov ment skillfully engineered by Ab el-Krim and his Communist support-{ ers, who are preaching sedition among the Arabs against the French Mountain Tribes in Fight. In adduion to a well organized Rif-| fian army, Marshal Lyautey must be prepared to face now an attack from | 30,000 Berbers, hardy mountaineer! tribes, as well warriors from the| south. A certain effervescence has been noted among the so far friendly or neutral tribes of Alger Tunisian Nationallsts, who caused se- rious trouble last October, are hard ar work again_endeavoring to arouse | the Tunisian Nomad proposition. Marshal Lyautey's dispatches reached Paris today, indicate a lull on | the whole front. but mention the sig * nificant fact that Abd-el-Krim’s emis- | saries were able to get through the lines and have started props work anew, informing Moroccans that Abd-el-Krim is preparing a new of- fensive against unbelievers and that his success depends largely on wheth- er they are willing to take up arms and attack the French from behind and cut or harass their lines of com- munication. The French authorities are having a hard time hindering this insidious propaganda, for nobody can tell whether a peaceful Arab, slipping quietly into a coffee bazaar or offering ! his Wares for sale, is really a mer- chant or a dangerous propagandist. (Copyright, 1925, by Chicago Daily News Co.) HUGE LOSSES REPORTED. Reds Make Most of Alarming Stories . of French Losses. PARIS, May 20 (#).—Alarming and ; sensational reports published abroad, telling of serious reverses and héa losses allegedly suffered by French In thelr campaign against the Riffiian invaders, are plofted to the full by the Communists and extreme Socialists in capital with posters appealing to the soldiers to disobey their officers’ com- mands and atempting to stir up the people to manifestations against the dispatch of further reinforcements to Morocco. Painleve Statement. This campaign has drawn from Premier Painleve a plain statement of the situation and a defense of the government’s policy. “When the government took office, Marshal Lyautey (governor general of French Morocco) asked for help,” says the statement. “Reinforcements, the dispatch of which had been care- fully prepared by the preceding government, were immediately ped to him. “Marshal Lyautey has been abun- dantly supplied with heavy artillery, air service material and automatic arms so that the operations could be as rapid as possible and the least costly in men. “The road to Fez, which the in- vaders aspired to threaten by shaking the loyaltx of the tribes that had sub- initted to our protectorate, right up to the outskirts of the city has been (Continued on Page Tumn North | of life in that hot} while | being ex-| Paris. 1 The Communists have placarded the | ship- | 7. D. C. Denmark Grants MacMillan Right To Land in Arctic By Cable to The Star and Chicago Dally News. COPENHAGE May 20.—The Danish government today, after more than two months' negotia- tion with the American State De- partment, has granted Donald Mac- _Millani permission to accompany his expedition to Greenland, where he will be allowed to land at West Greenland ports. | ‘The delay in granting the per- mission was due to the allegation that a member of his previous ex- pedition killed an Eskimo. (Copyright, 1925, by Chicago Daily News.) PARLEY DISCUSSES .S, COURT ENTRY Question Raised at Arms Cut Session in Geneva by Burton. IB! the Associated Preass. | GENEVA, May 20.—The question { of American adherence to the World Court of Justice was raised today in | the international conference for the control of traffic in arms and muni- tions by Representative Theodore E. Burton of Ohio, chairman of the American delegation. : This occurred during a discussion of {how to settle disputes regarding the | interpretation of the proposed con- { vention for arms control. The con- i vention provides for settlement of dif- { ferences by the World Court of Jus- { tice if direct negotiations between the | differing countries fail, or by any jcourt of arbitration if either of the | parties to the dispute are not members | of the Court of Justice ! ames Hague Tribunal | Mr. Burton moved that differences might also be referred to The Hague tribunal. He said America’s proposed adherence to the Court of Justice con- templates the necessity of making i special agreements in advance for the | submission of disputes to the league’s { tribunal. | Representative Burton today helped | save the arms conference from a { wreck threatened by Jugoslavia's sud- | den introduction of an amendment { making the conventlon effective on | the same date and under the same ! conditions as suggested for the one regarding the private manufacture of arms. This amendment was of- fered as a substitute for the clause requiring Russian ratification to make the convention effective, and it was the result of the fears of the smaller non-manufacturing states that the convention would be unfair to them because it does not hit private manu- facture, which they regard the root of armament evil. Jugoslavia’s proposal was active- Iy supported by Rumania, Greece and | Turkey, and in principle by France and Brazil. Admiral Souza Silva of | Brazil insisted that the convention was unfair to smaller states because iit required them to publish arms sta- tistics, while the manufacturing coun- tries would not have to do so “We want to know what is going on in these big manufacturing coun- tries. This convention means the im- porting countries will be controlled by producing State,” he said. Representative Burton declared that i Latin American countries ought to be included in the list of states which must ratify the arms traffic conven- tion. He said be sympathized with | the purposes of the Jugoslavian pro- but he questioned whether pub- y regarding private manufacture would be sufficient. There was gov- | ernment manufacture also to be con: sidered, he said. Fights Postponement. Mr. Burton then vigorously com- bated the proposal to postpone the operation of the present arms pact until the one dealing with the private manufacture of arms is adopted. His- . !tory has proved the postponement of which | good intentions often has been the graveyard of the noblest aspirations he declared. ““The League of Nations assembly said it was not best to join the two that understanding that we came from the United States,” Mr. Burton said. He replied to “the arguments of those who fancy. the solution of the en- tire armament problem rests with the prohibition of private manufacture because they say it represents indus- trial interests whose prosperity is pro- moted by war, and is therefore a bar- rier to peace.” He declared the private manufac- ture of arms was flexible, depending upon the demand. While it reached big proportions during the war, it was now vastly reduced, he said. Lightning Kills 8 in Belgium. BRUSSELS, May 20 (®).—Eight persons were killed by lightning last night and damage estimated to amount to milllons of francs was caused by i ¢ | storms in this section the | Buys Vanderbilt By the Associated Pres: NEW YORK, May 20.—Vander- bilt and Astor mansicns, on Fifth avenue, have been bought within a month by Benjamin Winter, realty operator, who came to this country penniless from Poland 24 years ago. His purchases mark a further step in the passing of this world-famous thoroughfare from a residential avenue of the socially prominent to a high-class business section. Yesterday Winter acquired the ornate residence of the late Wil- liam K. Vanderbilt, at Fifth avenue and Firty-second street, for $4,000,- 600. Several weeks ago he bought the Vincent Astor home, at Sixty- fifth street, for $3,000,000. After the death of Mr. Vander- bilt, in France, in 1920, his widow sold the Fifth avenue home and migrated to Sutton place, along the East River, in the Fifties, a region once conspicuous for brew- eries and gas tanks, but which has now become a _social center. Adjoining ~ Mr. Winter's latest acquisition is the home of Mrs. W. ch WASHINGTON, D. O, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, questions involved, and it was upon | OBSCENE MAGAZINE DRIVE SPREADS 10 SCORES OF CITIES Officials in All Parts of U. S. Ask Details of Proced- ure Here. 16 MORE PUBLICATIONS ARE BANNED BY GORDON Concentrated Fight That Will Wreck Indecency in Publish- ing Is Seen. The fight to drive lascivious litera ture and obscene “art” from public sale in Washington has been taken up throughout the country, and in the last two days United States District Attorney Peyton Gordon has received letters from the officlals of cities spanning the continent, asking for im mediate informatior as to the method of waging the campaign here. In addition, press dispatches from large cities in the Middle West and even the Pacific coast today recounted the inauguration of similar cam paigns against literary indecency’ sim- ilar to the war that was launched in the National Capital early last week Chicago, where a number of the maga zines banned by Washington are pub lished, is already embarked upon a determined fight to rid its new: stands of lascivious publications. Battle Severe Here. In the meantime, the battle in Washington continuing with in creased severity. and District Attor- ney Gordon announced today that he will not cease until it will be impossi- ble for men and women, boys and girls, to buy a single copy of a ques tionable magazine or a lewd picture within the limits of the District of Co lumbia. Sixteen more publications were ordered banished yesterday, bringing the total during the last week up to 26. Maj. Gordon has on his desk letters from a score of persons in cities throughout the country, even asking him to send them a list of the forbid- den publications, with a promise that similar action would be taken in their respective districts forthwith. In many instances the requests came trom school and college officials, who declared Washington had set an ex- ample the entire United States would follow within a few weeks, completely wrecking the publishers of indecent magazines. Schools Join Fight. One of these letters was signed by a high official of the University of Min- nesota, who declared that State would swing into the fight immediately. The Parent-Teachers' Assoclation of the State, he declared, had already de- livered ultimatums to the State offi- cials and prosecutors demanding im- mediate and merciless action. He asked Maj. Gordon to supply him with the names of the publications he had banned so that Minnesota would have a nucleus to start on. Still others were received from Il- linois, Indiana, States in the North and South and from the Pacific coast. An Assoclated Press dispatch fro Chicago today also declared that “a widespread drive against salacious magazines is indicated in reports from cities throughout the country.” Wash- | ington topped the list of these cities as the originator of the crusade that is gaining momentum everywhere. “From Washington City to Wash- ington State,” the Associated Press dispatch _continued, officials (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) | TAKOMA PARK GETS 5-ACRE PLAYGROUND Col. Sherrill Announces Purchase of Tract at Third and Ven Buren Streets. Takoma Park's park and recreation facilities have been increased by the by the National Capital Park Commis slon. Lieut. Col. Clarence O. Sher- rill, member and executive secretary of the commission, announced that that body had purchased at reason- able figures a tract of ground between Third and Fourth, Whittier and Van Buren streets. This area, Col. Sherrill said, is beautifully wooded and gently roliing, 8o that It will make an attractive local park and playground in a section that is rapidly developing in the northern part of the city, wiere local parks and playgrounds are ‘exceedingly lim- ited in number and entirely Inade- quate to meet the growing demands of the public. Proper steps are to be taken to make this plot of ground available for recreational purposes. Penniless Immigrant 24 Years Ago, and Astor Mansions K. Vanderbilt, 2d, wife of Mr. Van- derbilt’s son and owner of the fa- mous race horse, Sarazen. Nearby is the home of Gen. Cornelius Vanderbilt and tarther up the ave. nue is the mansion of the dowager Mrs. Vanderbflt. These mansions have been a bar- rier to the northward march of trade and W. K. Vanderbilt pur- chased adjacent property to stave off_tradesmen, but to no ayail. Mr. Winter has bought $20,000, 000 worth of property within six weeks, including the Astor and Vanderbilt homes. On the former site he will erect a large apart- ment building and on the latter a commercial structure. Coincident with the passing of the Vanderbilt house was the an- nouncement of the sale of the his. toric Park Avenue Hotel to a syn- dicate, which will erect a 35-story office structure on the site. The hotel, built in 1873 as a home for working girls, in recent vears has ‘been the scene of the quieter and more exclusive soclal Iife of the city. purchase of a five-acre plot of ground ! WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION MISSING WITNESS PROBE REPORTED Crowe Taking Action in Shep- herd Case—$25,000 Bribe Alleged. | By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 20, vestigation of ~Grand jury in the disappearance of Robert White, important witness in {the trial of William D. Shepherd, { charged with the murder of his foster son, William N. McClintock, by ad- ministration of typhoid germs, is un derstood to have been ordered by State's Attorney Robert Crowe to- day. The State’s attorney called a special session of the grand jury for 3:30 p.m., and, although he refrained from dJ- vulging the purpose, it was generally believed that the vanishing of White was the reason. Earlier it had been reported White had been located by representatives of the defense, but W. S. Stewart, chief of defense counsel, declared there was no foundation for such reports. Claimed by Both Sides. White, although subpoenaed by the prosecution, was also claimed by the | defense attorneys, who declared they were anxious to find him because his testimony would bear out their con- tention that the prosecution was “framed" against Shepherd. White's disappearance was in with other intimidations {to bribe State State’s attorney. line and efforts witnesses, said the He pointed out that an effort had been made to kidnap Dr. George Fosberg and that more recently Miss Gladys Roberts, former secretary for a detective agency, wus beaten after she had testified she had heard her employer tell Shepherd to tell one story and stick to it. Earl P. Clark, former salesman for Faiman's school. reported recently he had been offered $17,000 if he would make affidavit that the prosecution against Shepherd was “framed.” White's disappearance brought the first sensation of the trial. Information has been obtained that White, with his wife and two children, abandoned his home and vanished with a rented automobile last Friday. A letter written by Mrs. White to Mrs. Marie Budlove, a friend, said: “We had to leave; our lives were in danger.” Mrs. Budlove turned the letter over to the prosecutor, who said every {effort would be made to find White jand when he is found ‘“there will be action,” he warned. He has put sev- eral detective squads on the search. Teils of $25,000 Offer. The Chicago Herald and Examiner says it learned from William Adams, a blind news vender, of an alleged $25,000 offer made to White 10 days ago to leave for Florida. The offer included a furnished bungalow which would be given him on his arrival there, Adams said White told him. Adams quoted White as saying he would accept “if they mean business.” ‘White was known as the bodyguard of C. C. Faiman, science school head, who confessed he supplied typhoid fever germs to Shepherd and taught him how to administer them. White and Shepherd at one time nearly came to blows when they con- fronted each other and White indenti- fied Shepherd as the man he had seen | at Faiman's school. The search for White and delayed convening of the trial court today subordinated interest in the selection of jurymen. Thirty-six veniremen have been examined to obtain three tentative jurors, 13 being excused by agreement, 17 for cause, 2 by State’s peremptory challenges and 1 by a peremptory challenge by the defense. The funeral of a former Circuit Court clerk postponed the opening of today's session to 2 p.m. WRIT PROTECTS PRIESTS. Greek Catholic Church Discussion Leads to Court Action. PITTSBURGH, May 20 (#).—An injunction restraining Frank Skiprke and others from interfering with services conducted by any priest who may be appointed by the Russian | Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of | New York in tne Church of the Inter- cession of the Holy Virgin, Carnegie, was granted here vesterday. Factions of the church engaged In a controvery recently when efforts were made to place favorite priests in charge of the parish. Radio Programs—Page 31. HOW’'S THAT? LIVERPOOL EXCHANGE TO KEEP COTTON PACT Association Cancels Notice of In- tent to Quit Standards Agreement. By the Ass LONDO! iated Press, . May 20.—At a meeting of the signers of the universal cotton standards agreement held at the American_embassy today, it was an- nounced that the Liverpool Cotton As- sociation had canceled the notice it had previously given of its inten tions to withdraw from the agree ment. verpool Cotton Ex- withdraw from the niversal cotton stand: st here several da ago, it then beir understood that cer- tain adjustments would be made in the agreement, among them one giv- ing Liverpool larger voting strength in_the group of exchanges. Negotiations have been in progress for some time between the Depart- ment of Agriculture and Liverpool ex- change officials. A factor which cot- ton men urged was that much cotton formerly sent to Liverpool had been routed to other European points since Liverpool announced she would not continue to observe the universal standards. Decision of the change mnot to agreement for ards was forec oS- Ry St ¥ MEMORAL BRIGE BAL HELD GNORED Contractors Say Sherrill’s Failure to Ask Bids Flouts Congress. Charges by the Associated General Contractors of America at their ex- ecutive meeting today that the Engi- neer Corps of the United States Army is ignoring the intent of the bill authorizing construction of the $14.- 000,000 Arlington Memorial Bridge, b; preparing to perform the work with its own forces, and without receiving bids, were made todav The members of the association state that the true intention of Con- gress is that contract bids should be made, together with a guaranteed day labor cost by the Army engineers, and that choice should be made between the two. According to members of the association, while Col. Sherrill has expressed his intention to build the bridge by contract, he is actually not doing so, in that instead of asking for bids for the entire project he is merely getting bids on material from some contractors and the Army engineers indicate that they are to comstruct the entire project themselves. Charge Faith Breach. This, the association claims, is “not only a direct violation of the Repub- lican party platform, but appears to be a breach of faith with the Secre- tary of War and the committee on appropriations. The contractors declared today this wili result in the cost of the bridge being more than $14,000,000 because. they state, a private contractor is under bond to complete his work at his bid, while the Army Engineer Corps is not =o regulated. They generally deplore the en- trance of the Army Engineer Corps into the construction industry of the country, it was stated, and among many points they cite as to the cost- liness of this is the erection of the local highway bridge. Their figures show that the contractor’s bids for this bridge amounted to $1,000,000, while the cost by day labor, or work done by the Army engineers with- out contract, amounted to $3.400,000, or a loss to the public of $2,400,000. See Huge Losses They also state that the various State, county, municipal, and Federal Government projects erected last year amounted to $500,000,000, of which amount $250,000,000 was a di- rect loss to the taxpaying public be- cause of the fact that work done by governmental agencies is not under contract, and that any excess has to be paid for by the people. J. W. Cowper of Buffalo, former president of the association, in an ad- sewhere. dress to the executive committee, de-: clared that the Engineer Corps of the Army did not make correct estima: on variqus projects due to incompe: tency, or else “deliberately with malice aforethought.” In suggesting that estimates by the || Army Engineers might be deliberately falsified Mr. Cowper said he knew of one project undertaken by the Armny Engineers, where they figured 241,000 man hours, thereas on a similar project ten miles away it had been (Continued on Fage 2, Column 3.) 1925—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. ¢ Foening Star. * ONLY T DRYLAW CONVETIONS HERE Report of 10-Month Period Shows 781 Cases Are Still Pending. Only 724 violators of the national | prohibition act were convicted out of 1,790 cases disposed of in Police Court during the last 10 months. As 2,247 cases were actually docketed during this time, to which number 331 cases | pending at the end of the last fiscal vear are added, a present total of 781 cases are now pending. These figures were divulged today in a written report sent to Maj. Peyton Gordon David A. Hart, assistant United States attorney and prosecutor of prohibition cases in Police Court. Usually these figures are available only at the end of each fiscal vear, but Mr. Hart was requested by the De- partment of Justice to compile them for the 10 months ending May 1. Dispositions for the flscal year 1923 to 1924 totaled about 2,000, over which, in the opinion of Mr. Hart, a slight increase will be shown when the figures for May and June are added to the other 10 months of this fl::‘l_'lnl year. hose escaping convictions for i alleged offenses against the prohlhxill’xlz‘x: law found avenues to freedom as fol lows: Forfeitures. 773; nolle 8 3 dismissals by the court. o1, and cases | reported but no informations filed be. | cause of lack of evidence, 46. The remaining 63 were acquitted by juries. | A table of cases disposed of month by month and the number who es-| caped convictions is as follows: Cases disposed of : 197 ik August September October. Novembe; December January February Mareh April The great number of persons allowed to forfeit their collateral was explain- ed by Mr. Hart as follows: “Most of the forfeitures are those of petty violators, involving the posses- sion of transportation of pints and half pints. In every case where commer- cialism is shown an attachment r- dered by the court.” s The number of nolle-proses and the number of cases dismissed because of‘ insufficient evidence was declared to be caused by the internal revenue men and their informers. “Often a man is arrested,” Mr. Hart said, “and we are morally certain of his guilt, but yet we are just as cer- tain that the case would not hold in court, and we are forced to pass it u FELICITATION NOT SENT. | British = Attitude on Hindenburg Explained by Chamberlain. ! LONDON, May 20 (#).—Specula- tions as to' whether the Brition C;o[t- ernment sent a message of congratu-| Iatk?n to President von Hindenburg }o( Germany on his inauguration end- e‘d today. Foreign Sgcretary Austen Chamberlain, answering a question in the House of Commons, said congrat- ulations had not been 'sent. e explained: “It {s not the pr: i ofthéu"n;fnj:]st 'S government l:oac;ei;:l out felicl ons to the foreign country.” S ‘When other questions i that the British guvernmen:ng:éfll;ed- licitated former President Ebert of Germany when he took office, Cham- berlain replied he did not know what happened upon the occasion of Presi- dent Ebert's inauguration, but admit- ted that on special occasions, “for one reason or another,” ex have been made. ey ons By Ines Haynes Irwin Begins in Today’s Star This is onc of the series of best short stories published in America during the past year. It will appear serially, the con- cluding installment” appearing || in about four days. ’ Beginning in Today’s Star | “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes Yesterday's UP) Means Associated Pre: Miss Grace Abbott Refuses League Of Nations Post| By the Associated Press. ENEVA, May 20.—Miss G Abbott, director of the Childrens’ Bureau of the Department of Labor at Washington, today re fused appointment as vice presi dent of the League of Nations commission for the protection of women and promotion of child welfare, which began sessions to day to prepare a child welfare program. Miss Abbott said her instructions did not permit her to accept office. The chairman of the commis- sion announced it was America’s turn to have the vice presidency and that league officials regretted Miss Abbott's decision because the work was humanitarian and non- political. Don Pedro Sangro y Ros de Olano of Spain was selected president_of the commission and Eugene Regnault, former French Ambassador to Japan, was named vice president. A lively debate resulted from the presentation of a report upon the alleged forced establishment of brothels for French troops in the occupied area of Germany. M. Regnault demanded the report be stricken from the proceedings. The commission voted four against one to eliminate the report, Miss Abbott opposing the elimina- tion PRINCESS' SLEUTHS EIECT CARRY-ON Owner of Mansion Then For- tifies Herself Behind Locked | Doors and Windows. The controversy between Princess Elaine von der Lippe-Lipsky and the ry-On Club over possession of her | palatial residence at Scott Circle came {to | Princess today when the ejected all the members of the club who are not dis- abled ex vics 4 i - self inside the house behind locked doors and windows About half a dozen members of the club who were in their rooms were an ordered to the street at once by three | husky private detectives, who per- mitted, however, one sick member and a blind member to remain. Then the front doors were locked in the f: of the ejected men and the following notice posted on the door: ““This property has been taken over as the national headquarters of the United States Blind Veterans of the World War and is now in their pos- session. “By order of Lieut. Raymond E. Day, national commander.” The notice was typewritten on sta- tionery of the organization, but was unsigned. Summarily Ousted. Within a few moments after word | of the drastic step had reached club iofficials, attorneys for the club were on their way to the courthouse for the announced purpose of seeking an injunction against the princess to prevent her from interfering with the | operation of the club. Simon McHugh, president of the Carry-On Club, ac- companied the attorneys. The closing of the house took place about 11 o'clock, amid dramatic scenes. Led by John Costello, said to be a former Department of Justice agent, the guards proceeded to the up- per rooms, occupied by the club mem- bers, and, in the presence of the prin- | cess, entered each room, demanded of the occupants their names and to know whether they were ex-service men, and ordered those who replied negatively to leave the premises sum- marily on the ground that they were “trespassers.” J. H. Swain, a non-service mem:ber of the club who is a student at George Washington University, was sitting on the side of a bed when the detec- tives, followed some distance to the rear by the princess, appeared. Protest Unavailing. “Who are xgu,” inquired Swain, in- dignantly. “That doesnt matter, we want to know what vour name is,” said a spokesman for the trio. Swain identi fled himself and replied to a query that he was not an ex-service man. “Then you are tresspassing on pri- vate property,” Swain was informed You have got to get out at once. Hurry up and get dressed.” Asking them to shut the door, Swaln complied with their demands under protest and demanded to see their “papers.” The men replied that they didn’t need any papers, it is said. Similar scenes were enacted in other rooms, the youths leaving all their belongings behind them in their hurry. Princess Explains. A reporter for The Star obtained an interview with the princess during the height of the excitement through a basement window. The princess had gone to the kitchen, in the basement, to halt the passing out of lunch through the window to several of the ejected men. “I had to do this,” thg princess stated. “I gave these boys every op- portunity to get out several days ago, but they refused. Two notices which I sent them they refused to receive. They have been most discourteous and deserve no consideration. 1 will qlet them get their things, but they must leave immediately. I am taking this action on the advice of my attorney.” e Shatedle SENATOR SPENCER’S BODY LIES IN STATE IN ST. LOUIS President and Mrs. Coolidge Send ‘Wreath of Peonies to the Funeral Today. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 20.—Prior to its removal to the Second Presby- terian Church for funeral services this afternoon, the body of Senator Selden P. Spencer of Missouri reposed ||in state at a funeral establishment | | Bere. A large American flag draped the casket. The funeral will be public with Rev. John Maclvor in charge, but the ceremony at the Bellefontaine Ceme- tery is to be restricted to members of the family. One of dozens of floral offerings was a huge wreath of white peonies from President and Mrs. Coolidge. as fast as the papers are printed. Circulation, 100,346 TWO CENTS. NATION'S BUSINESS INT3TH CONVENTION HEARS OBLIGATIONS | President of U. S. Chamber of Commerce Reads Signs of Times. DECLARES ORGANIZATION | DEVOTED TO PUBLIC WEAL Leaders in Commerce and Industry Address Group Meetings of Delegates. Representatives of the American energy and ingenuity which have ad vanced mankind further in matertal comfort and opportunity in the last half century than it had advanced be~ fore in a hundred centuries—delegates to the thirteenth annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States—convened in their first general session at the Washington Auditorium today. They gathered to hear from president, Richard F. Grant, an appea for continuation of the fundamenta thinking and altruistic aggressivencss by which in a century they have built the world's greatest civilization Few occaslons ever have brought tn Washington more distinguished and | powerful figures in American life tha i the more than 500 men who sat i | the Auditorium this morning while Mr. Grant spoke of their opportuni { ties, their obligations, the disturbing and the encouraging =signs the times. thi “World Goes Forward.” He stressed and they applauded the {dea that the organization was dedi ! cated to the service, not of busines alone, but of the comfort, prosper and righteousness of the entire Na | tion. ! Straight thinking. with all the ele ments that enter the intricate struc { ture of American life taken into con- deration, was the text of Mr Grant's address. He expressed the conviction that the world had gone & long way toward a more secure foun dation since the armistice. Russio alone having gome buckward. The | continuation of this progress, he said | demands clear ideas on the part of | all the people to counteract the often sincere but muddled conceptions o demagogues. Problems Nation Faces President Grant enumerated the f{c lowing economic problems which front the country and which busines: must solve or aid in solving The adjustment. in eo-operation with the Internation: Chamber of Com merce, of international economic ques. tions affecting American commerce and industry arising in the wake of the adoption of the Dawes plan Further reduction of taxes to stimu {late industry and the elimination o “ridden taxes’ such as insurance taxes, of which there are in some | States as many as 15 kinds. i Appraisal and nprovement of the |banking and credit machinery of the i country. | The formulation of merchant marine policy The safeguarding of the public ir terest in the adjustment of railroad labor disputes The application of sound economics to the business of argiculture. The maintenance of adequa i production to protect the pos the United States Co-operation between busines agriculture for the promotion and bilization of regional agriculture, an appraisal of co-operative marketing and the determination to the effect of the “exportable surplus” upon do- mestic prices of certain agricultural commodities. Restoration of normal buying methods and aid for the small manu facturer in maintaining his position in the economic world. The adjustment of supply to deman in both agricultural and industrial production. The study and adjustment processes of distribution. The problems involved in urban coun gestion. Government Interference. / a permanent tion « of the “It is not problems on Government possible to solve these the broad principle interference, either wish States’ rights or with business,” said Mr. Grant. ach one has some spe- | cial aspect which demands the closest consideration and study. But each one, if left to decision by the locality or group most offected, would most likely be settled in a manner which would not take into consideration the welfare of the whole country. When any particular bloc or group is dis- satisfied with a_situation there is too much of a tendency to rush to Con gress demanding a_new law. Curing the ills of the world by statute does not work. “The tendency of increasing centrali. | zation of government in Washington is meeting with increasing distrust on the part of the public. The public feels that the Federal commissions and Federal investigations have been overdone. Government inquisition of the private citizen and his business, from the publishing of his income tax to innumerable investigations by spe- clally constituted commissions, is be coming extremely unpopular. Already we see a tendency to curtail the power of commissions ‘or to do away with them entirely. This seems to be a healthy reaction against the paternal- |ism of a cen‘cal government. But wae must be careful not to go too far to the other &treme. A number of the older established commissions are per- forming a much-needed service.” Defends Trade Commission. | A defense of the ederal Trade Com- | mission’s recent changes in its rules | of procedure with an appeal for the {approval of the United States Cham- | ber of Commerce was presented by | Commissioner W. E. Humphrey | Opposition to the changes. which | sharply restrict publicity to be given the commission’s procedure and per mit_settlement of cases by stipulation without Issuance of a complaint, was declared by Commissioner Humphrey to come from “those who believe that these changes will prevent them from | using the commission for personal and political purposes The changes in the commission’s publicity rule have been consistently opposed by Commissioners Thompson and Nugent. Democratic members of the commission. Thelr opposition was {Continued on Page 3, Column . H