Evening Star Newspaper, June 16, 1925, Page 2

.9 - HOPE FOR TAK CUT 5 SEEN N SURPLLS Receipts From Income Levy Indicate Excess of $150, 000,0C0 This Year. 4 In-Slaying Triangle BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Tndications today were that there would be a surplus of Approximately $150,000,000 at the end of the present fiscal vear This is higher than any ecalculation, and, though the ara necessarily unoffictal at thi hecause all avatlable data h heen colleciad from the var ternal revenue districis. it satd. on reliable authority budget surplus will come $150.000,000 figure without question. This surplus is far beyond expecta- tions. President Coolidge in transmit- ting the budget gave as the Treas- ate a surplus of $68.000.000. dered too little on which o base a tax revision. Even in March of this vear. when it was apparent that the Teceipts were larger than an ticipated, the Coolidge administration hesitated to predict a big surplus, be- cause many people paid their income taxes in full on March 15, and there was no way to know what the June instaliment would be without analyz ing about 7,000,000 individual returns. an impossible task in such a short time. Retroactive Cut Discouraged. So Congress was discourageds from applying any retroactive tax cut, and | Treasury officials advised that the | country’ wait till June 15 before be. | £Aning to grow optimisiic about an. | other tax cut | Meanwhile leaders in both the Sen-| | i previous figures time not in be the the us may that to. | | | | ate and House. knowing that Congress even went further in economizing than did the Executive's recommendations, hegan to estimate the probable surplus and talk of » 1ax revision. It has, however, heen mostly talk. Now the definite figures are coming in. i From all the internal revenue dis-| tricts and the Federal Reserve Banks| facts are being telegraphed every dav | which show a gradual increase in the | amount of tax recel ¢ the end! of this week the .June {nstallment | data will be virtually eomplete, and | some announcement may he expected from the Treasury as to the probable | size of the surplus gk The neat (4 e il appiy (o (ne | "I, husband. George W. Gill. maney cahed Ruring i APDIY 1o the | " Below: Gill, a Loyola student, Is di- i e fepiUying the present vear | rectly charged with the murder, it be- L © felt by the taxpaver next|ing alleged he enticed Read out in a oD boat, knocked him overboard and beat Size Is Uncertain. {him "with_an joar until e drown The size of the re on that will| Mrs. Gill watched the struggle from & be granted canmet ‘seupdon that Wil | peat. Seif defense and fne anwritten estimated rately. as an analysis|1aw enter into the case. of the rates will take some time. Senator Smoot’s belief that there will i be a $400.000.000 surplus is regarded | here as conservative. It may Ro above thal. depending. of course, on ! what kind of business conditions pre- | - vail for the rest of 19 U PRUBE K"J-ING Broadly speaking, a has been vindicated in far collected River Springs Man, Skull Fractured in Fight, Dies in Washington Hospital. Top: Robert Re Ceatenary College student. Middle: Mrs. George “W. Gill, held big principle the data thus U proves that notwith- standing the substantia! reduction in' tax rates granted in the last law | passed. the country prospered suff. ! ciently to pay almost a3 much income taxes as hefore. Thus if the rates are lowered azain. officials think. even | more taxgble income wiil be reported and that“the zovernment will get the henefit of er receipts. The cam- paign for low: surtax rate has already received a greager stimulus in the actual fizures on 12test returns than it did in months of theorizing argument. and it is beginning to be @™ for granted now that all fac- Following the death Henry | Blackistone, 65. in recent years a care. tions will e on at least a 25 per | taker of the hotel at River Springs, cent surtax. And the Treasurs may Md.. near Leonardtown. at Providenca recommend even lower rate_than Hospital Sunday. a murder investi- 25 per cent gation was set on foot today in St. (Copyrisht Marys County fo locate two parsons = . 3 alleged to have inflicted blows on NEAR TWO BILLION. The head of the decensed with a blunt instrument which ultimataly caused Total Income Tax Receipts Estimated his death from a fracture of the skull. Sheriff J. G. Abell tolay was pressing at Treasury. |for early arvests. Blackistone's hody Predictions at the Treasury Depart.|Will be sent to Leonardtown as soon ment point to income tax collections |aS the coronér’s certificate permitting for this fiscal vear far in excess of | t8 removal from this city Is signed. the estimate made prior o the open. The Maryland authorities will be. in ing of the vear. The tota! mas reach | compiete control of the investigation £1.775.400,000 by June 30. it was said, | into the murder. which would send | Beaten by Two Men. vhich v the receipts more thar 0,000,000 above th. igi 2 0,000 above the original| g, kistone a week ago Saturda It was while he estimates, | Official reports to the Treasury June | visited Maddox, Md. 1 were said by Acting Secretary Win-|was en route to his home, it is re- jton to have shown that only about | ported to the authorities, that re- $200,000,000 in the June payment due | marks he made aroused the ire of Jast night would carry the vear's re-|two persons, who set upon him and ceipts above the estimates, and he ex- peat him. The beating was 8o se- pacted the installment to range from |vere that Rlackistone was left un- $320.000.000 ~to 000,000. This | congcious in the road until found by , Wwould provide a surplus of receipts |, person, who brought him to his over expenditures which would ma-{home, From there he was removed terially ed the estimated amount |y, providence Hospital, where he TR Vhich fhe Government could |gjeq from a crushed skull Sunday LA reduce outstanding indebted- | afier lingering more than eight dava. A coroner's inquest, to be held | when the body reaches Leonardtown, | will constitute the first formal step in the official disposition of the mur- | der. The deceased is survived hy » widow and four children. He was of an r 1995, whie Refunds to Be Heavy. While it appeared certain that vear's receipts the ould run higher than had bheen previo v caleulated, it was officially disclosed that e refunds | of tax overpavments hsd amo H To- $132.000.000 Tine 1 whien wag |8 distant relative of the family of measurably higher than had been e o e diok ieipated. This condiiin offs i s £ i S0mS ERient by, ittt '::"":I‘j‘wu connected, therefore, with one lection of back taxes. but it was point.|{?f the mokt prominent of the old ed out the tax audits were continuing | {amilies of St. Marys County. #nd almost daily decisions by the board s of tax appeals were likely 1o increase | TO CURB DELINQUENT YOUTHS the total on refunds before the emleOKIO SEEKS of the month It was evident that Treasury of-| ficials were giving close attention te | the results of the March and June tax | nstallments to ascertain the effect of lowered rates on returns from the | C0Trespondence of the Assoclated Press higher surtax brackets. The Treasury| TOKIO, May 20.—A campaign for :’.’.“sf,";'s"""l"" held that if the high- | the reform of ‘furyo seinen,” a term rtaxes were cut, capital would ', v flow quickly into productive enter.|USed to designate Japanese boys and prise and the result would be an in.|8irls of criminal tendencies, is to be crease in taxable instead of tax-ex.|undertaken by the metropolitan police empt incomes. department. The police at present have a special staff which deals with incorrigible youngaters, but its num VAN ORMAN MAY BE HELD | ooy Squmgmere o Tl i WlNNER\OF BALLOON RACE effort to weed oul the embryonic crim- als of Tokio Commission Will Announce Deci- | sion on American’s Claim to Bennett Cup This Week. By the Associnted Press BRUSSELS. June of the American Van Orman. that 8. The l\atm:‘ balloonist, Wade T. he won the recent Gordon Bennett Cup balloon race from Brussels apparently ave being serious considered by the commission | which will decide the question. A | decision will be announced Friday or | Saturday e The race Dr. Earl R. Dudding, 201 E street, announced today he is de- termined to =ell his body and if Johns Hopkins Universi 0 whom he made an offer for $5.000, vefuses, he will turn to other prospective huyers. Dr. Dudding. who Is president of the Prisoners’ Rellef Society, which has its national headquar- ters here,'is motivated in his offer by a belief that criminals or even degenerates may be reformed, re- habilitated by the careful adminis- tration of doses of strychnine. Dr. Dudding, who has a medical education, though he néver prac- ticed, received word from Balti- more today that hiz letter offering to sell his body to them for scien- tific investigation of his theory had been referred to the dean of the medical school of the univer- sity. The unusual theory of Dr. Dud- ding is based on an actual experi- ence, he says, which occurred whilehe was confined in the West Virginia State {Penitentiary, in- started from Brussels June with * 18 contestant Van Orman in the balloon Goodyear 111 traveled 441 miles and landed without assistance, he said. on the deck of’ the steamship Vaterland, off the Ushant Licht, France. Under the| rules of the race a landing at sed and the acceptance of assistance consti- tuted disqualification. M. Veenstra of Belgium, who traveled_more than §00 miles in' the balloon Prince Leopold, claimed the victory. saying he first landed at Cape Torinava, Spain, and later was hlown (o sea. Quite Correct. From the London Humorist Sciool Teacher—What s@nimal the ‘greatest fondness for man?. Bright Pupil—Woman. 3 e Blackistone, according to THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C 'CLINTOCK FIANCE CORTED D Miss Pope Reveals Interest in Breaking WIll That Left Shepherd Million. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June ¥ Pope will divide Billy McClintock's $1,000,000 eatate *“30.50" wiih lowa | cousina of his mother if the will ieav- |ing 1t to Willlam Darling Shephe! his foster father, is broken. she tes fled upon cross.examination in Shep- herd's murder trial today. Resumption of the witness stand in the Shepherd murder trial by Miss Pope was delaved an hour thix morn- Mise 1sabel missibility of other evidence Speaking in a barelv audible voice, Miss Pope resumed her story. broken by adjournment yesterday, a link in the chain of circumstances the prose- cution is trying to forge about Wil- llam D. Shepherd, 50-vear-old lawyer, accused of using typhold germs 1o slay the youth who for 16 vears had been his foster son “You know, don't vou. Miss Pope, that some lowa cousins of Mrs. Mc Clintock contemplate a suft 10 break Billy's will, leaving mos [to.Mr. Shephera?” asked W. S. Stew art, chief of defense counsel. at the onll of a cross-exumination which had { lasted an hour and a half. | ““Yes,” replied the voung woman 1ssued a ma.r e license 1o marry the vouth as he died of typhold fever. a death Shepherd is on |irial for cauming by Administering germs. “You have made some arrangements with the cousins to gei some part of tha money if the will Is broken haven't you?" was the next question. “Yes," repiied Miss Pope. “What part of it would vou gei, a dower interesii’ pursued the dafense attorney. More Than “Dower."” A moment of slight confusion. while she apparently weighed dower, which under the Ilinois i« one third, againsi the larger share ahe would receive under the acreement. and the pretty little witness shook her head in negation. “No. T understand it would be ‘fAfty she replied Court then recessed for lunch Concluding her direct testimony gun late vésterda:. the frail ful voung brunette reiterated that the Shepherds' attiiude toward her changed when they learned of her engagement to marry Billy and rhat Shepherd had talked with her of his study of tvphold germs Dealing lenientiv jtion to bring out that she had men. jtioned only “typhoid” in her coroner's inquest testimony and in a toung McClintock while student at Dartmouth College. Han- H.. she had written that Mrs. rd had telephoned her an acknowledgement of the wedding an- nouncément. and had been “wonder- tul. Upon first learning of their enguge- ment, Miss Pope also testified, the Shepherds had expressed pleasure over ning a daughter” instead of “los- ing a son.” Most of tha cross-examination was consumed by Stewart having Miss Pope identify passages from more than twoscore letters she had written to Billy, letters in which she expressed great friendship for the Shepherds and pleasure at being in their com- pany. The voung woman will he recalled this afternoon for redirect examina- tion. PARLEY SEEKS TO ADJUST TROUBLE IN LABOR RANKS of the prolonged strike of plasterers and bricklayers in Chicago and New York invélving some of the largest construction firms in the country was taken this afternoon when repre- sentatives of the International plas- terers and bricklayers met with Secre tary Davis and other Labor Depart ment officials at the de point at issue in the strike is whether the plasterers’ union may organize in cities where the bricklayers’ union has already enrolled plasterers in its ranks. Construction projects totaling upward of $75,000,000 were said be involved in the settlement. Much difficulty was experienced in bringing both parties to the dispute together, and the hope was expressed that with both parties on _friendly ground a settlement might be reached. RANDOLPH WAS DUELIST. R. Walton Moore Points to Error in Account of Speezh. In The Star's account of the dedi- cation of the new concrete bridge r Pimmet Run. Arlington County, Vir- ginia, Sunda, Representative R. Walton Moore. who made the dedica- tory address, was quoted as stating that the duel hetween Clay and “Cal- houn oceurred in that vicinity. Mr. Moore's reference was to a_duel be. tween Henry Clay and John Randolph of Roanoke. In calling this to The Star’s attention, Mr. Moore states that a very picturesque account of the duel is given by Senator Benton in his “Thirty Years in Congress. ‘The account relates that the piercing of the coat of Randolph was the only damage done, and when the affair was over, Randolph said to Clay. “You owe me a new coat,” to which Clay replied, “I am glad that the debt is not greater.” Inquiries to the origin of the name of the Run are answered by Mr. Moore, who states that it was named for John Pimmet, an fmmigrant Virginia in the 17th century, who later ook up land In what is now known ax Arlington Count {Cured of Criminality by Strychnine, | Dudding Offers Body for Research 1810, having been convicted of a *major crime. 3 “1 thought I would never tsll the Dr. Dudding recounted to- bul when one gets in such bad physical condition as I am he begins to think of things—doctors say I will die within a year of-heart trouble. “While serving my term in the West Virginia penitentiary I"be- came ill and was.ordered given a dose of calomel. The attendant made a mistake, and instead gave me a large quantity bf strychnine. Instantly 1 was convulsed. For three days I was in a critical con- dition, but finally recovered. “Immediately afterward all my criminal instincts disappeared. T was cured. I am convinced it was the strychnine. Strychnine is well known as the drug which best con- trols the human body. I believe the administration of this drug so changed the nerve structures in my brain as to remove all former criminal potentialities. Scientists could perform experiménts on my brain and, T believe, discover meand of curing criminals ing while attorneya argued on the ad- | of his estate | letter to | he was al rtment. The | 0| to| TUESDAY, 2] Upper: Three-day-old Mountain * ptivity. Lower: Baby Yak, born M, ing the camera for the first thne. h are the first (0 he born day, huddling close to its mother upon view- ;Zoo's Hard-Pressed Stork Brings he- | beauti- | | Two Mountain Sheep and Baby Yak Added to Col.| ! with Mise Pope 1Stewart was able upon cross examina. | i | | 1 ‘|« Henry handed Three ew Additions to “Family” lection—Former Are First to Have Been Born in Captivity—Othe The mammalian stork its equivaient may world. has been at Washington's famous Zoological Park during the past week and ax a result Supt. Willlam Mann i seri ously considering the advieability of creating a rezular maternity hospital for the use of his pet The park has heen presented two baby mountain sheep and one be wildared little vak by proud mothers in the past five davs and Dr. Mann expecting the arrival of several more infants of other species momen. tarily. bringing both joy and be wilderment to the head of the Con neécticut avenue inclosure. | These. together with the previous arrival of four bear cubs, three tigers and & quartet of Australian gulls, the latier of whom seem never (o gel heir All. and keep the birdhouse in A constant hedlam with their shrieks for more food. put the National Zoological Park here far and ahove any other in this country for produe- tiveness this vear. In addition. the mountain sheep giv S. DANA LINCOLN CLAIMED BY DEATH Vice President of Lincoln National Bank Prominent in Frater- nal Circles. or whatever in the animal avertime be working arrival of the Washington" Dana Lincoln. 65 vears old, first president of the Lincoln National Company, and long prominently iden- tified with large business interests and | in other circles in this city. died at his residence in the Roydon apart- ments, 1619 R street, today after an illness of about 10 days. He had been sufferqing from hardening of the ar- teries. Lincoln was identified with bullding interests here and had ve real estate holdings. He had also long been prominnnt in fra- ternal and club circles. For many vears a member of the Masonic fraternity, Mr. Lincoln was a member of Lafayette Lodge, No. 19. F. A. A. M.: Mount Vernon Chap- ter, Roval Arch Masons: Orfent Com mandry, Knighte Templar, and Almas Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He was a member of the Kiwanis, Rotary. Racquet and City Clubs. and of the Columbla Country Club. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. S. M. Chase. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. CHARGES DIPLOMAT UPBRAIDED OFFICER Police Department Claims French Secretary Took Offense ‘When Halted. A statement will be filed by the Metropolitan Police Department with the Department of State regarding al- leged discourteous treatment of a Washington policeman by .Jules Henry second secretary of the French em- bassy, after the diplomat's automobile had been stopped near Dupont Circle. Henry, according to Motorcycle Po- liceman Edward M. Brown of the Tenleytown substation, was speeding and driving recklessly on Connecticut avenue last night. Unaware of the diplomatic immunity of the driver, Brown gave chase across the Connecticut avenue bridge, finally forcing the machine to the curb. the policeman his card. Then, Brown says, the -diplo- mat took it upon himself to upbraid the officer, claiming that the delay oc: casioned him was wholly unnecessary and ridiculous. Grabbed Officer’s Cap. Still further, Brown claims, Henry made an unsuccessful attempt to grab hia cap, actually did grab theé identifi- cation card out of his hand, and de- manded his number. John Joseph Keenan, 29. an Army clerk, was arrested last night for the military authorities while enjoying an automobile ride with a girl. Lieut. E. J. Bond requested Kee- nan's arrest on charges of- desertion and forgerv. He was surrendered to Army officials today. r Infants Expected. Zoo the disiinetion of heing the only one to hreed that specie of mammals in captivity. Both of the mothers and both the babies are doing well, thank vou. and the bit of a vak. al- though now Iess than 48 hours old, has already found its way 1o the wat. trouzh where it spends most of ita time wallowing In an exaggerated mud-pie bath Both Dr. Mann and Headkeeper Blackburn, sre elated with the condi- tion of their bear cubs and tiger kit tens. The cubs nre growing rapidly and have been basking out-of-doors for. mapy months. The tiger kittens, howetef, had their first squint of u dilpted “sunshine vesterday. being gi em the freedom of the big outdoor cage vesterdas When the dodr was opened for them the Jittle fellows refused to go near | 3t at first. Then they crawled threshold gingerly selves athwart it the coaxing of the keepers. Finally, growing tired of their procrastina- tions, their mother strolled leisurely up 10 them and sent them squesling ont inte the vard with a couple of Insty cuffs apiece |EQUITABLE BUILDING HIT BY A BOLT OF LIGHTNING |Stone Fragments Showered | Street When New York Office | Edifice Is Struck. By the Associated Press. i NEW YORK, June 16.—The 37-story , Equitable Building in the financial district, the largest office building in | New York, was struck by lightning | early today during an electrical storm to ite refusing to heed | Bank, owner of the National Mortar |which cooled off the metropolis after | another torrid day. The bolt struck a coping on the roof |and showered stone fragments to the | streets 485 feet below. | The crash echoed and re-echoed |through the canyons of skyscrapers like an explosion. No one was injured |as the atreets were practically desert- |ed. Some of 1> fragments were as [ big as base balls, Streets were roped |off as a precaution. i . |JAMES J. DOYLE NEW HEAD OF W., B. & A. General Manager Succéeds George T. Bishop, Who Retires After 20 Years. | James J. Doyle, vice president and general manager of the Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Rail- way Co., was elected president of the company at a meeting of the board of directors in Baltimore today, succeed- ing George T. Bishop, who becomes chairman of the board. Thomas P. ! Littlepage of \Washington was elsct- |ed second vice president and secre. |tary, and Harry T. Connolly of An- ! napolis, general manager. The changes in the executive staff {were due to the desire of Mr. Bishop, | who has been president of the com ipany for the past 20 vears, to be re- Ilieved of the more active duties of that office. The new president, Mr. Doyle, has resided in Baltimore for about 20 vears, during which time he has been connected with the company lin various capacities. Mr. Connolly, jthe new general manager, has been | general manager of utilities at Annap- iolis untll his election today. The officers. elected are as followi George P. Bishop of Cleveland, chair- man of the board of directors; James J. Doyle, Baltimore, president; George Weefs Williams, first vice president and general counsel; Thomas P. Little- page of Washington, second vice president and secretary: Harry P. Connolly of Annapolis, general man- ager. The company in its annual report as of December 31, 1924, had total as- sets of $17,743,666.32 ' and carried 4,429,387 revenue passengers during the year. The company operates 108 cars over a total of 146,662 miles and the operating revenue last vear totaled $2,818,084.87. with operat- ing expenses of $2,017,303.24, leaving a net operating revenue of $800,781.83 prior to depreciation and taxes. Five Killed at Distillery. LISBON, June 16 (#).—Five work- men were killed and seven seriously injured by an explosion today in & distillery near Oparte - JUN and parked them. | to | A 16, 1925 CAPTA OF POLCE vVetéran _Lieutenant, Terror, of Underworld, Wins Promotion. Rurlingame of the sixth precinct, veteran member of the Po lice Tepartment. today was promoted | by the Commissioners o be a captain | of poilce, effective July 1. He will| succeed Capl. Russell Dean, retired, | and will 1ake charge of Capt. Dean's precinct, No. 11. AU the same time the i ers promoted Acting Lieut. ‘eremiah A. Stilivan to full lieutanant to_fll ! the vacancy caused by Burlingame’s elevation, and made I'v(. Coléman R.| Brown of No. J1 a sergeant. { The promotions were approved by | the Commissioners upon recommenda- | tion of Acting Sunt. of Police Evans, | with the concurrence of Commissioner Fenning. supervising the Police de-| partment. Is Master of Strategy. Burlingame for vears has of the most picturesque figy on | the force. In the Winter of Janaury. | 1919, during the superintendency of | | Maj. Pullman, it was Burlingame | land E. J. Kelly who were put on {the Wan case after threa members | {of the Chinese educational mission, | lon Kolorama road. were found mur |dered. The case was probably the | moat diicnit murder that ever was | solved by lacal police i Buriingame made several trips to New York In connection with the Wan case. but his principal strategy | in Washington during the quizzing! {of the Chinese suspects on that case | fwas devoted semi-successful baf. fling of newspaper men, againai| Maj. Pullman had decreed a | ship. It was Burlingame the decoy machine that | {wouill hring news gartherers on a| chase to the opposite section of the {eity from the one in which the se. {ereted Chinese were being ques- | | tionea During the war he was detailed 1o the spectacular service of implanting the fear of the law in members of the underworid who were threatening 1o jcreate more or less of a rumpus. His | Saturday night vistis took him 1o | dives in various unsavory sections of the city. where he and hix “crew took the initiative of “frisking” all i suspiclons-igoking individuals and bringing in others for investigation. Quelled Race Riot. It was during the race riots, though that Burlingame attained spectacular | heights in police work. = At 7th and T xtreets a crowd of 2.000 had gathe ' A hostile mob was racing up | street helow New York avenue. lingame sized mp the situation in a | Jiffs. He decided to do some ordering | of the military forces which were in {town to aid the police. So he called | { up the first precinct and proceeded to | | give orders regarding the checking of | thix hostile mob. while he, with In. | H irant of the detective bureau. ! | his superior officer. and a group of 20 detectives operated at Tth and T | Streets. | Called military | give Lieut. Guy ‘ommission | { Tth Bur- | up on tha carpet before a official to explain things. he ! | ch a vigorous and clear ex | Planation of his act that upon investi- | gation by the military authorities he | {was highly complimented for taking ! the initiative and dispensing the or | ders he aid. { Rurlingame was formerly assistant | to Inspector Grant and in charge of | the detective bureau in the evening He was transferred to the ninth pre. cinct as a Heutenant and later was sent to the sixth precinci, where he ! was attached at the time of this pro motion { “lerrv™” Sullivan has been acting | lieutenant at No. & precinct since Jan. uary 1, 1924, He has taken & lead. | {ing part in many notable liquor raids | | conducted by that precinct and is one | of the most popular officers in the de- | partment. He was appointed to the force tn 1902 Brown was appointed a member of | { the Police Department November 17, {1803, 'RABBI LOEB NAMES | ZIONIST DELEGATES Reports of Conditions in Holy Land to Be Made at Conven- tion Here. | | | | Reporis of conditions in Palestine will be made at the twenty-eighth an. nual convention of the Zionists’ Or-| ganization of America, to be held here ! from June 2§ to July 1. according to| Rabbi J. T. Loeb, chairman of the pub- | licity committee. More than 1.500( {delegates and their friends are ex ipected 10 attend. i Plans for the convention, an event | of great importance to people of the Jewish race. are being made at head quarters at the Mayflower Hotel. Local delegates to the convention, announced by Rabbi Loeb, are: Jacob Heckman, Rabbi Schwefel. Ruth Aaronson, Rabbi Loeb, L. J. Splegler, Rev. Louis Novick, Samuel Friedman, Paul Himmelforb, Joseph Wilner, Reu ben Aaronson and the alternates, Ar- thur Cottlieb, Dr. Maurice Herznark. John M. Safer, Max Rhoade, Harry Schweitz, Charles J. Stein and Harry Jeftrey. President Coolidge would be asked to address the convention, Rabbi Loeb said, if he were to be in this city at the time of the convention. Cabinet members and the District Commissioners have been invited. The convention will be called to order by ,Jacob Heckman, chairman, and addresses will be made by Rabbis Loeb and Schwefel. The pro- gram_will include a trip to Arling- ton Cemetery, where a wreath will be laid on the tomb of the Unknown { Soldfer, and to the Washington Ca- | thedral. where a tribute will be paid to the memory of Woodrow Wilson, to whom the Jewish people look ax one to whom. in a large degree. the success of the Zionist movement is due. Rabbi Loeb said. Members of the local convention committee are Jacob Heckman, chair- man: Louis E. Spiegler, executive sec- : Ruth Aaronson. secretary:| Louis = Steerman, treasurer; .Jacob Bass, Arthur Gettlieb, Jack Horen- stein, Mrs. Isadore Kahn, Rabbi Loeb, Rev. Novick, Mrs. John M. Safer, Mrs. Harry Sherby and Rabbi Schwefel. SAYS LIQUOR SMUGGLING CANNOT BE STOPPED | Secretary to Leave Jflospital in | I Police Promotions | i i | The an | judzment Upper: G Burlingame, from £ tenant to captain. Center: Jeremiah A Mivan, fre acting lieutenant to lieutenant. Lower: Coleman R. Brown, from private to sergeant. | BERLN GETS PARS NOTE ON SECURTY Represents Franco-English Accord on Proposal Cover- ing Western Europe. Br the Associated Pr BERLIN. June 16.—French Ambas- ador de Margerie today presented to | Foreign Minister Strescmann the re-| Iv of France to Germany's proposal | | for a western European seeurity pact. | The French note represents a Franco- | The Evening | er, but throug British accord. The French note was | delivered at 12:10 p.m. | ITALY IS FAVORABL! Answers French Note on German Security Pact Plan. PARIS. June 16 (®).—The TItalian | reply to the French note answering | Germany's western European security pact proposal was received today.| taly expressed sympathy with the | general principles of the proposed | accord. i The Italian note said Ttaly consid ered the negotiations at present pure Iy tentative and did not feel called ipon to state specifically the apinions of the Italian government on all fea- | tures of tha security pact. It said that when the time comes for a de- ision Italy will make known its at titude. | The French foreign effice considered this reply as an approval of the text | of the French note delivered to Ger- many today. | WEEKS GAAINsi STl'iéNGnTH.i Next Day or Two. ROSTON, June 18 (#) —Secretary of War Weeks, who has been at the | Phillips House, Massackusetts Gener- | al Hospital, since an operation for gallstones May 28, will probably leave the hospital Thursday or Friday, it was announced yesterday. In a bulletin issued his physician, it was stated that “Secretary Weeks' convalescence is progressing favorably He iz up in a chair twice daily, and is walking about his room. He is eat ing and sleeping well Expects to hillips House Thursday or CupiECl(;i‘m: Two Victims Past Age Of Three Score, 10 Age cuts no figure in Dan (‘u- pid’s_vietims. Two men well past the Biblical ‘‘three score and ten' today applied to Col. W. A. Kroll, the license clerk, for permission to marry. Each had lost his first mate by death. George E. Bedell. a merchant, of By the Associated Press. VANCOUVER, B. C., June 16.- John McNish, director of a distillery in Scotland, declared today that while “rum row’ virtually had been wiped out on the Atlantic coast, United States prohibition agents were up against an almost impossible task in keeping liquor from entering that country. “Up to six months ago more Scetch whisky had been shipped to the United States than in any time before prohibition came into effect,” he sald “The cost of maintaining the ‘dry’ fleet has been so enormous the United 716 Thirteenth street northwest, 74 years old, secured a license to mar- Ty Mrs. Marcia Thomas, 59 years old. Bedell had been married once. Mrs. Thomas, according to the rec ord, has already buried three hus- bands. She resides at 1858 Cali- fornia street. Rev. H. M. Hen- ning will perform the ceremony. John D. Hinternesch of 1 Florida avenue northeast, giving his .age as 75 years, secured a license for his second . marriage. His_bride-to-be is Miss Katherine M. Hackett of 128 8. Ellwood ave- nue, Baltimore, Md. Her age is States cannot maintain it any longer. As soom as the fleet disappears rum row will spring up agal sk ven as 46 yvears. Rev. Samuel ?. Nicholas 1s named as the offici- ating ‘minister. % | relative here | National | morrow HEH TRBUTES PAD TON.0 MESSENGER “His Circle of Friends Was as Wide as Nation,” Presi- dent Coolidge Writes. “His circle of friends was as wide as the Nation.” - President Coolidge “He never failed. Hisx word was his bond and he never broke faith William M. Butler, chairman of Republican national committee “He was a loyal friend and a de- voted supporier of the high ideals we all try to serve.” Joseph P. Tumulty former secretary to Woodrow Wilson hus the political world of america the | regardiess of party, paid iribute toda\ to one who was above party on heights of journalism North O. senger, veteran political writer Evening Star, who died suddenly yesterdas The guotations few extracts from th of condolence Annie Teel, living rel; his home the fes f The early ahove are on by Mink Messenger's nea with whom he ma t the time of his death Tribute. friends received 10 My Friends Pay of ation,” including leaders in the politic Nation. hastened 1o man who “never b supporter of the h e to serve whao Part of his 60 vears the unrestricted ¢ were charting e circle as the life vke faith h ideals for the Adence he cour The full letter President « I wish with which death 1o text dge fol Knov I ha of North ncement ¢ o widesp to of be occasion his circle friends the Nation. His newsp in Washington and vitetton Dublie afaies Bad coilr Easdge il sads dink only a remarka nd devote of friends. bu ecogniti one of fine paris abi the sincerest Displaved Sincerity. Chairman Butler man-sized trait N Measenger's ha vhich endeared him he men holding public office the sin cerity as well as kindliness which he disy it times hix profes sional work “N. 0. Messenger hit the bheli. 11 is not an elezant bt 1 know ef other which ex presses so fu thought in m mind. He wa to whom confi dences could with safets Azain positions impo i sorrow was vide per exper a nationa ence itives. e “The hig ed all in he mar e given €ain men in comment advance formation of plans and programs the making. information which if i became prematurely public would have resulted in the immediate aban donment the plans in Our confidence was never He never failed. His wo wnd and he ne oke political world h, t able and definite character who was a friend to aill of ux Mr. Tumulty wired: “I am deepl grieved over the passing of such a noble spirit Jack M er. He was a loval friend and a devoted sup porter of the high ideals we to serve and ance for his of question misplaced was his ith. The only an " one Funeral services will be held tomorrow St. John's Church. Sixteenth Streetx o'ciock. The pall representing My. Messenger hoth of The Evening £ Club, will be: I Eseary. C. K. Berrvman. Ph C. Johnson. L. White Bushey ard V. Oulahan. John P. Miller Gould Lincoln and G. A. Lyon The Gridiron Club Quartet M. Bowie, Fred East. Tudor Morsell and M. Harry Stevens—will render vocal selections at the church and at Glenwood Cemetery A large attendance of the journal istic fraternity of Washington is ex pected at the services for Mi. Mes senger, who was personally known to nearly every news writer in the city not only through his counections with r as a political wr his writings on_busi ness and financial topies which ap peared years ago in the New York Financial American 1t was incorrectly stated in day’s Star that Miss Annie Teel cousin. is Mr. Messenger's only liv Virginia McQuee cousin. survi Messenger noon 2 and H carers w0 - Fred nder Rieh I clates the Gridiron J. F. vester of this city, him. PRESS CLUB PLANS PARTY FOR EDITORS Will Entertain Members of Na- tional Association, Who Ar- .rive Here Today. of the National Editorial ation, who now are teusing the country follawing their annual vention in Richmond. are expected to arrive in Washington by aute this afternon ‘They Members A seos con the to. will be entertained at Press Club tonight, and will go by train to Quanti co and Fredericksburg, returning to the Capital in the evening They will be entertained by the Washington Chamber of Commerce Thursday, starting at 945 with an auto sightseeing trip about the city at the conclusion of which they will g0 to the White House, where Presi dent (oolidge will receive them at 12:15. rom there they will go 1o the Willard. where they will be guests at luncheon of the Chamber of Com merce. There will he an address of welcome by James T. Llovd. president of the chamber, to which one of the delegates will respond. Edward F. Colladay will make an address on na tional representation To Visit Mount Vernon. The delegates then will be taken on {a visit to Alexandria and Mount Ver. non by members of the Alexandria | Chamber of Commerce. ! At the Press Club entertainment | tonight Secretary of Labor Davis will deliver an address. Dr. Charles T. Baylis will speak on plans for the sequi-centennial. and Theodore Tiller will speak on newspaper work. both as & country editor and a Washington correspondent. George O'Connor and Matt Horne will sing. Miss Helen G. Marr will appear in classic dancing, followed by Miss Juanita Froelich. soprano so- loist. Leo Beers will present the act in which he is appearing this week at Keith's. Jazz will be supplied by Brooke Johns and his eight Oklahoma Collegians and by Happy Walker's Orchestra. Few Theaters in Italy. | Corrsapondence of the Astciated Press | ROME, May ?8.—Statistics re- cently made public show that only 16 out of every 100 townships in Italy have theaters. In the entire country. It was shown that 1,363 townships possess playhouses.