Evening Star Newspaper, June 16, 1925, Page 17

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ., TUESDAY. JUNE 16, 1925. ° 17 PAN-AMERICAN TABLET an-American Union by deleg: ference. The tablet remains i NVEILING YE ates of the republics of Latin Amer the custody of the Pan-Americanr Union, although presented to the Highway Education Board. TERDAY AFTERNOON, lor Beltran Mathieu of Chile shaking hand: in front of the bronze tablet which was presented to Secretary of State Kellogg and to the F American Highway Co it was designed and is National Photo RABY TIGCERS GET THEIR FIRST VIEW OF THE GREAT OUTDOORS. The cnbs have heen kept in the tiger house at the Zoo since their birth, and the camera man was on hand yesterday when they were allowed ontside with their moth ENTRIE GENNA GANG DECLARED CAUGHT Raid Said to Have Produced Evidence to Convict or Y Rid City of All. By the Associated P CHICAGO. June 16 Six leather bound books, which, according to the police. form ‘s complete revelation of the operations of one of Chicago's Jarzest liquor rings. have come into possession of authorities through the drive on the city's zangsters In a raid on the headquarters of the Genna Rrothers. one of whom, Mike Genna, was siain in Saturday's street fizht hetween gang members and police. the ords of liquor names o d the uthorities found rec. receipts and shipments, hippers. the prices received paid for the ring's even were receipts fc one revealing that mash used as much v T xas a month revealed, police of a fourth person identity s the connec With the gangs who par ticipate 1 Saturday’s fight State’s Attorney Crowe charaeter fzed the doc ents as enovugh 1 munition to send to the penitenti or drive out of the city every one of the Genna o “from the four Gennas, who are left, down to their lowliest imported distiller or shotgun man Alien Smuggling Charged. Joining in the effort to purge Chi eazo of illlelt liquor operations, Fed- | eral authorities started a drive ex perted (o rival in effectiveness the Llockade of the Atlantic ram row They evolved a new program for cking aleohol distribution in Chi- o under Government permits h which, they believer this ne of business can he reduced by at least 85 per cent Howard Eby. head of the immig tion bureau in Chicago. disclosed \like (ienna had heen questioned last week in connection with the activities of Vincenzo A A Genna agent, ello, vested in Tampa. Fla. Azzarello as sal to have had seven immi-| nts with him. believed to have | ed into the Bermudas. Eby said the Gennas were importing inen from ern Italy and Sicily. delivered in o for $300 “x head.’ n smugg of the country. by way DR. GRANT.GIVEN $20,000. Friends Rector in New York. NEW YORK Dr Present Purse to Former lune ). - Friends Percy Stickney Grant of the Rev who resigned about a year ugo workmen were hurt, four seriously, rector of the Episcopal Chureh of | when a slingful of seven 800 the Ascer 1nnounced vesterday ' steel glrders Slipped a cable that they had raised a testimoniaj day while being hoisted to the top pirse of $20.000 for Dr. Grant. The 'of a building under construction at purse was presented to him last ' Fourth avehue and ThiFty-second | Thursday at his country home in|street and crashed 15 stories to the | Redford ‘Hills. West Chester County. [ground. Members of the committee which | The most serfously: hurt was .a want_to Bedford Hills reported that |steel worker, Mr. Grant has shown much improve- | the swinging derrick into the -weil | made by ment from the physical breakdown of & year sgo. | Twelve Weorkmen $250,000.000 POWER MERGER VOTED IN SOUTH Ten Companies Serving 250 Com- munities in 3 States Involved. Groups in 14 Others Affiliated. By the Assoviated Press PINE } Merger of Light Co., c e 16 wnd |Cotich Longino properties in Arkansus Louisiana and Mississippi, with the ctric Puwer and Light Corporation was apbroved at 4 meeting here yester day of the buurd of directors of the [OFTuer Company. This will bring together in one group 10" eleciric power companies, serving more than 250 communilies in these States, und effect u close affliation with other properties in 14 States of the ciric Bond and Share Co group, in luding the National Power and Light Co., which owns the Arkansas Cen tral Power Co. supplying electric power. light and street railway service in Little Rock. and the Memphis Power and Light Co. The properties involved in the mer- ger are the Arkansas Light and Pow- er, tbe Louisiana Power, the Louisiana Power and Light, the Pine Bluff Co. the Mississippi- Power and Light, New Orleans Public Service, Inc., Texas In terurban Railway, Dallas Power and Light, Dallax Railway and the Idaho Power and Light: Nevada Power, the Utah Power and Light and Utah Light and Traction. The aggregate value of the properties involved in the merger is estimated to exceed §250.000,000. DIVORCE IS GRANTED T0 MORTIMER'S WIFE | Forbes Case Witness Allows Her Charge of Cruelty to Go by Default. By the Associated PHILADELPHIA, June 16 “atherine T. Mortimer was granted a finat divorce vesterday from Elias H. Mortimer, whose name was prom. inently mentioned in the trial of Charles R. Forbes, former head of the United States \eterans’ Bureau. Mre. Mortimer charged cruel barbarous treatment. Mortinter not_contest the suit. Mrs. Mortimer, the daughter of the late Dr. George B. Tullidge, prominent Philadelphin. physician, and Mortimer were marcied in 1920, but separated three months later. HURT BY FALLING STEEL. Injured When Girders Crash 15 Stories. NEW YORK, June 16 (). and did Twelve of the building. He fell seven stories, landing on a_concrete floor, National Photo AUTOMATIC PLAN - OF CONTROL URGED Director Eldridge , Sees Washington Traffic System Not Up to Modern Idea. shington is far behind other cities in so far as automatic traftic control roncerned, hat i= the way Director of Traffic Eldridge summed np his observations gained on a traffic survey of six prin- cipal cities last week. The National Capital, he also found, has more automobiles in use for shop- ping and business than any other ci in the country, not excepting New York City. This is due to.the fact, he helieves, that Washington has not elevated roads or subwavs to ald in relieving the traffic flow Light Signals in Prospect. Tn an effort to start Washington on a belated move to catch up with other cities in traffic_control work, the Dis- trict Commissioners this afternoon opened bids for the purchase of -the city’s , first_automatic light signals Divector Eldridge is expected shortly o make recommendation to Commi sioner Fenning regarding the proposed location of these lights. Director Kldridge was greatly im pressed with the efficiency of the auto- matic signals, which are synchronized |and operated” automatically so as to alternate the direction of traffic at| definite timgs intervals. In case of | emergenc such as a fire call, the |lights may be set at fire headquarters | %0 as% to shut off all traffic instantly. | When improvements now being | planned are gradually effected, he sald. the National Capital will be the safest | city In the United States. i Inspection in Other Cities. Mr. Eldridge pajd a fiying visit to Philadelphia, Atlantic City, Syracuse, Detrolt, Chicago, St. Lonis and Co- Jumbus. In each city he personally inspected the traffic control devices in operation and conferred with police and court officials. - He found that Syracuse apparently has the most complete controlysystem. Most of the traffic officers have been | ussigned to other duties us a resuit, he said. Detroit s preparing to in: | additional automatic light | relieving 155 policemen. Chicago also |is planning extensive @dditions. The. parking problem in. the cities Visited is heing worked out in the |sme way as locally, he observed. | No parking at any time is allowed on |a number of congested streets, while on others the time is limited. There [is & noticeable tendency to eliminate !left hand turns In the downtbwn sec- tions, he states. —Mrs, | | e~ | Virginia Epismpal Graduates 35. | Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., June 16—A ! class of 35 was graduated today from Virginia Episcopal School here, Rev. George Floyd Rogers, | formerly pastor of St. John's Episco- Ipal_Church, new of Charlotte, N. G. the | who was knocked by address to the graduating ciass being plo: According to_dispatches, the stockingless fad originated in Holywood, Calif. And away out there milady is using a yard of ribbon instead of sheer hose. The photo thows Pauline Garon, movie star, donning the narrow strips of silk. Copyright by Kadel & Herbert ? SILK RIBBONS INSTEAD OF STOCKINGS. ) ! CABINET MEMBER'S :SON TO WED. the Secretary of Commeree, and M whe are to be married June 25 at the Memorial University. The wedding follows a college romance. Re United Newe Protires Herbert €8 Hoover, jr. son of « Margaret Wat<on of San Francisco, Church of Stanford Bride’s Bouquet and Ebony ‘Coffin Ordered by Woman Who Slew Self American, ifi Note. to Pnrisim{ Undertaker, Asked That She Be Buried in Rose-Colored Satin Gown With Jewels in Place and Many Flower not ‘succeed i1 another note If doctors are By the Associated Presi, PAL June 16.—Miss May | Crumpton, an American mi: for i Killing herselt she said Alice necessary, send for who commit the two French doctors who treated ted sulcide by shooting while riding | e, or any one they may recommend. in & taxicab in the Bois de Boulogne, |1 want no American doctors, nor any left a mote giving explicit directions | AMericans. for that matter, o touch with regard to how she should be laid | 'Tna proprietress of t at out in her casket, which she had which Miss Crumpton was at ordered and paid for before, she’ killed ' trihuied her apparent = to. herself. ward Americans b Aan unsuc ful “Please have a bonquet of roses. |operation she is said to have under like & bride’s, put in my arms.” she [gone in the United States requested in the note, which was ad-| Inquiry revealed the fact -that dressed to the undertaker. and which | Miss Crumpton had no American |friends in Paris bevond business ac- tain the reason for her committing | guaintances. She iz mid to have suicide. known a certain Sergt. Henri Ducroc “I want an ebony coffin, with silver ' of the French Army, with whom she handles.”” the note continied. I wish |is understood to have corresponded. to be laid ont in my rese-colored satin | It is said the dead woman has a sister. gown, which vou will find in my suit | Mrs. Frank Farrell, living in Dulith, and to have on my earrings and Minn. was opened in an endeavor 1o ascer- case bracelet and my silver purse. | More mail arrived for Miss Crum 1 want my hair pinhed up and ar-ton yesterday from Washburn, W ranged gracefully. 1 want no religious | Another letter which arrived was in |cevemony. | wish my casket to be an envelope of the Hotel Mariborough- covered with flowers, with roses pre- | Blenheim in Atlantic City. dominating. The body is being held for orders Kvidently Miss Crumpton feared she | from relatives. 'ZANNI QRDERED HOME; | WORLD FLIGHT DROPPED | Argentine Aviator, Who Came to Grief When Plane Fell in Japan, to Sail Back. ORATES HALF A DAY, PROTESTING STATUE Sculptor, Armed With Sandiwiches, Talks 12 Hours Against London Memorial, | By the Associated Press LONDON, June 16.—A curious scene was enacted in Hyde Park vesterday By the Associated Press, | BUENOS' AIRES, June 18.—The minister of war vesterday sent a cable dispatch to Maj! Pedro Zanni, the|It had to do with the agitation againsat Argentine aviator, to return Imme- | the niemorial executed by Jacob Ep- |diately to Argentyna. The message stein, sculptor, to W. H. Hudson, fa- mous naturalist and writer, who died lin London in August, 1922, Premier | Baldwin unveiled this memorial on | May 10 last and it has been the sub- {Ject of bitter criticism on the ground that it was lacking in artistic merit. With the object of attracting the at- \fellowed a request from Zanni for in- | structions. The aviator was informed |that he should consider his mission im fiy around the world ended. Represented in Convention. | Zannl started from Amsterdam last iAfter many viclssitudes he reached Tokio in October. On account of the tempt 1o fly across the Pacifife until |2 sculptor named Hague undertook to I May. In taking off at Osaka on May | deliver a 12-hour continuous oration AL |peared before the memorial at § Bexyontdenais | o’clock iri the morning with a supply S Y PCRAFTS IN PARLEY. |0 2" sudience of stragglers. which | SHO S « |only grew to any extent toward eve- 1 The speech was continuous except for interruptions for the consumption 18,000 Pennsy Railway Employes | bystanders who asserted that the ora- |tor was a nuisance. The police treat- cesentatives of 18,000 Pennsylvania | to interfere, and Hague, who attempt- ilroad employes of lines east of ed no, oratorical flights, was allowed | to Washington and Norfoik, Va., meet 'spite the almost overpowering heat of today for the fifth annual convention |the sun. railroad's Eastern region. The meeting is held under the em-| ‘On a British golf course has been officers to fill_expiring terms will be lare requested to refrain from picking elected and rules, agreements and |up lost balls until they have stopped | September to fly around the world. |conditions Zanni postponed his. at- 14 his plane fell and was damaged |denouncing the panel. | of sandwiches and began his oration | © | ning. of sandwiches and altercations with | NEW YORK, June 16 (#).—Rep-|ed the affair as a joke and declined | Altoona and’ Renova, Pa., and south|to complete his self-imposed task de- ! of the Shopcrafts Association.of the | =" representation plan and at' it iplaced a ‘sign: “Visitors and players other questions will be considered. 'rolling.” | | é | { ? é tention of the public and Parliament. | Hague " ap- | Yot A LOVE FEAST WITH THE PARTICIPANTS ARMED TO THE TEE on machine gun) and Gabriel D’Annunzio, soldier-poet of Italy, ahoard D’Annunzio wears the aviation uniform and carries a revolver. to arrange differences between the premier and the poet. Secretary FLLAG DAY EXERCISES OF THE NAVY DEPARTMENT. an andience of officers and Navy Department emploves. UNITED STATES BOAT REPORTED FIRED UPONIN CHINESE WATERS. convaying supplies between Canton and Honan Island when fired upon. returned the fire with her threepounders. Admirai Dewey defeated the Spa HOLDING SEARCH ILLEGAL WOMAN WOUNDED, orShe'seance SOPER VOIDS DRY CASE, Judge Declare | Special Dispateh tu The Stor Declared to Have Shot Hus- |, it i an witemobiie withous reaso| is in violation of the fourth band’s Companion on Island. constitutional amendment. Judge Mot Once Horsewhipped Her. trict Court yesterday, ordered u jury | to return a verdict of not'gulity in the R cuse uf Thomus Lee Turner, churged with possession of Nquor Special Dispateh to The Star “Under the fourth amendment the LYNCHBURG, Va, June 16.—Mrs. |evidence in thix case is not admissi S. W. Ford of Madison Heights is be- |ble,” Judge Soper told the it ‘be- cause that amendment forbids unrea- sonable search of persons or property ing =ought on @ charge of shooting with intent to kill and Miss Gracie Fisdale is in a local hospital with The agent had ajresied the defendant three bullet wounds in her leg, in- on another occ#sion and seemed to flicted Sunday morning, according to | think that one conviction was neces. the police, by Mrs. Ford, who is said sary for search at any time of the to have trailed the other wWoman 1o an man's car. island camp in the James River, where | Turner was arrested by J. Leroy she is sald to have been with Ford. |Asher, jr., of the Washington prohibi Mrs. Ford recently paid a fine for |tion squad, who claimed to have found horsewhipping Miss Fisdale on Main |two quarts of whisky in the car. | street here. Turner declared he knew nothing of The wife waded and swam out to the presence of the liquor. He is a the island early Sunday, police sav, member of a prominent Baitimore fam and. finding Miss Fisdale alone. at- ily. | would not fire, however, according to LEG'ON TO ASK‘U__ S, TO KEEP 5-5-3 RATIO the story credited to Miss Fisdale, and the wife ‘then attacked the other Votes to Bring Need for 4,000 More Men in Navy to Attention | woman, and is said to have obtained her promise to stay away from Ford. Mrs. Ford then is said to have or | dered Miss Fisdale to row her to the mainland, and they were crossing the river when Mrs. Ford discovered an | other revolver lying under Ford's hat | |in the boat. Threateing Miss Fisdale | | with the weapon, she is declared to | have forced her to hand over a wrist | watch, supposed to be a gift from of Budget Official. Ford e Ax the boat touched shore the By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June 16.— | The national executive committee of the American Legion decided at its shooting Is said to have occurred, Mrs. rd then disappearing. ¥ord later found Miss Fisdale bleed- ing profusely. two of the bullets hav- ing passed entirely through her leg, | meeting here vesterday to urge the and brought her to the hospital. United States vernment to make I provision for ‘maintaining the 3 naval ratio fixed by the Washington conference. The committee also di rected James A. Drain, natlonal com- mander, to “bring to the attention of the controller of the budget that it lALLEGED COMMUNISTS FACE TRIAL BY UNION | Seventy-Seven Garment Workers | Are Accused of Being Enemies | crease in the enlisted personnel of the Navy of at least 4.000 men.” The naval affairs committee of the { 2 Orgamnized Tabor. | legion through its chairman, E. E. | 05 I | Spafford of New York, in a report de- { By the Associated Press. | clared that recent maneuvers dis- NEW YORK, June 16.—Seventy- | closed the necessity for further pro- seven members of the International | Ladies’ Garment Workers Union have been ordered on trial today on charges of staging a Communist May day demonstration at the Metropolitan Opera. House. The defendants include the exec- utive boards of three locals of the union. The trial court is a committee of the joint board of the cloak, skirt, suit, dress and reefer makers’ unfons of New York. Charges_that the defendants, as communistic, were enemies of organ- ized labor, boring from within, were made by Israel Feinberg, a union offi- clal, who filed the complaint. le said he suspected that the Communist party mapped out the May day pre gram. Feinberg also charxed the ex- ecutive hoard members with using union-owned Liberty honds as security for loans for a Communist organiza- tion. If convicted, the defendants may be expelled or suspended from the union, or fined. . g | vision in the Federal budget for the fortification of the Hawailan Isiands and for work on Pearl Harbor. The committee received and ac- cepted the resignation of Russell Crev- iston of Indiana as national adjutant and confirmed the appointment of James F. Barton of Fort Dodge, Iowa, as Mr. Creviston's. successor. The change in officers will be ‘made Au- gust 1. The legion sent a message of appre- ciation to President Coolidge for his ment fund drive for disabled veterans and orphans of World War veterans. Fire Destroys Flour Mill. Special Dispatch to The Star. LURAY, Va., June 16—The flour mill_helonging' to Hugh Wood, at Rileyville, was destroyed by fire ves- terday, entailing a loss of several thousand dollara. The origin is un ig- unwise not to provide for an in-| contribution to the $5,000,000 endow- | i A“h H. Premier Mussolini ‘with hand the latter’s vacht at Lake Garda. Not a shot was fired during the meeting By United News Pietu Wilhur delivered an address hefore Copyricht br P. & A. Photns. The Pampanga. engaged in Unele Sam's vessel is said to have The Pampanga hac heen a part of Uncle Sam's police farce since Copr »c P. & A. Photos FIVE NATIONS MAKE - DEBT PAYMENTS Britain, Finland, Hungary, Lithuania and Poland Meet Obligations to U. S. Five nations ye met their regular paymenis on funded indebted ness to the United St They were Great Britain, the first to complete negotiations, and Finland, Hungary Lithuania and Poland The British pavment, a semi-annual remittance of interes amounted to $68,310.000. It was paid in 2% per cent Treasury certificates with a $75.94 payment In cash necessary to adjust the interest accrued Total From Finland. The total pavment from $153.650, was made in cash. Hungary funded half of its third semi-annual payment of interest, and paid the ather half, $14,905.89. in cash. Lithuania also funded part of frs first annual installment on principal and interest, and turned over to the Treasury $75 in cash, of which $45.225 was fc terest and $30.000 for principal. This payvment also was |in cash. | $500,000 | The first Finland From Poland. ayment on the Polish government amounted to $500,000, but approximately 136,000 | was turned over to the Treasury last [January, and the remainder was re mitted today in The Treasury would retire the American securities turned in on the British payment These securities mature next Septem ber 15. account of that it WANT HUGHES IN CASE. | Opponents of Reilrond Reorganiza- | tion Plan Seek His Services. NEW YORK, June 16 (®).—Oppo nents of the reorganization plan of the Chicazo, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad are trying to retain Charles | E. Hughes to represent them at the Interstate Commerce Commission | hearings on the affairs of the road |at Atlantic City, July 1. At that time the commission will take testimony on_events leading up to the receivership of the railroad. Bankers of the road recently sub- mitted a plan for the reorganization of its finances, but the plan is opposed by the investment house of Roosevelt & Son and the Globe & Rutgers Fire Insurance Co. Asked regarding the report that he had been retained in the case, the former: Secretary of State would make no comment today. | < | VELASCO ASSIGNED HERE. Chancellor of Cuban Legation at Rome Transferred. HAVANA, .(‘uha, I Dionisio Velasco, | Cuban legation at transferred to embasay.. June 16 chancellor Rome, has been the Wazhington - 2y & ). of the