Evening Star Newspaper, July 23, 1925, Page 17

GAY TROUSERETTES AT THE BEACHES. Ruth and Dot Grinder of Germantown, Pa., are spending a few weeks at Ocean City, N. J., and when they appear on the sands the camera men are sure to flock around. The phsgraph tells the tory. Wide World Photo. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, JULY 23," 192 WHEN THE DEFENDER OF THE BIBLE 700K THE STAND AT DAYTON, TENN. William Jenfings Bryan being questioned by Clarence Dar- row, attorney for the defense in the Scopes case. the yard of the litile Dayton courthouse. SENATOR AND WIFE CALL AT PHE SUMMER WHITE HOUSE. Senator and Mrs. Frederick H. Gillett of Massachusetts as guests of the President and Mrs. Coolidge at White ¢ tor is reported to have conferred uation in China. PUBLISHERS WANT POSTAL RATES CUT Southern Group Tells Con- gress Committee Breaking Point Is Nearing. ‘850 Missouri Mules Enlist With Spain In War Upon Riffs By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, July 23.—The Mis- | souri mule, which has played an important, if not conspicuous, part in recent wars, is entering the con- flict in northern Africa, where the Spanish and French are trying to subdue the Riff tribesmen. Market reports note a shipment from here of 40 cars of mules to Barcelona, Spain. Included with the 850 mules in the train are 135 horses. It took dealers several weeks to fill the quota. The mules sold from $110 to $150 and the horses from $70 to $75 each. WORK URGES CURTAILING BUREAUS TO CUT BUDGET States Could Perform Functions of Many Better Than United States, He Declares. | Turning over to the States of ad- ditional governmental functions was advocated today by Secretary of the Interior Work as one w to cut ready almost reached the breaking|gown the Federal budget. Some of point newspapers deliver their | he things now done by the Federal entire editions n the cities and nearby | Government, he said, “the States can towns by their own service for one of [ 40 4 well or better.” He did not go these two reasons: More prompt de- | =% Vo livery service or less cost,” it adds. ‘Authority should be centralized in Want Rates Cut. Washington,” he added, “but respon- sibility for operation should be de- Attention is called to the fact that|centralized in States wherever pos- many periodicals entitled to second- | gible. ss mail rates have deserted the| Mr. Work also proposed that dupli- * postal service because they find they|cation of effort among the bureaus in can transport their products by freight | Washington be curtalled by giving more economically. | executive officials authority to dis- We maintain that even the present | continue such activities as are found sis of second-class rates Is unreason- | ynnecessary. ably high. We strongly protest; Different bureaus of the Govern against any justment that would in- | ent performing the same or similar crease these rates and urge that the | functions has long been a source of investigations of your committee Will | ynnecessary waste,” he safd, “in the be such as to prove to you the advisa- | gperation of our. Government. The billty of the restoration of the rates on (situation has largely developed second-class matter that were in effect | through creation of independent es in 1920, after the second advance of | tgblishments in Government instead the war revenue act, which are the|of delegating new activities to estab. same rates that were advocated by |lished departments and bureaus.” Senator George at the last session of Congress,” the brief concludes, Representatives of the American Newspaper Publishers’ ~ Association were present at the hearing, which was a resumption of tha held in Washington Monday and Tuesday. They included Jerome P. Barnum,| rracuse, N. Y. Post-Standard, chair- man of the A. N. P. A. postal com- mittee; L. B. Palmer, New York City, ‘manager of the A. N. P. A., and Elis} Hanson, Washington, legal counsel for the same organization. After the hearing here the com- mittee will go to Northern States for further sessions. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., July 23.—With newspapers gradually weaning away from use of the postal service, there is danger of still more defections if the United States Government continues to raise rates on second-class mail, as- serts a brief by the Southern News- paper Publishers' Association, pre- pared for presentation today to the Joint postal committee of Congress. The brief takes exception to a belief that the postal service should be self. supporting, and that the rates should be so made as to take care of its ex- Penses. Rather, it points out, the rates should be based on the answer to the question— “What will the traffic bear?” “The traffic to newspapers has al- ROBBERS FIND 3 VICTIMS. $125 Watch and $275 in Cash in Day’s Loot of Thieves. Dr. Charles C. Graham, 616 Keefer place, was robbed of & gold watch and Chain, valued at $125, yesterday fternoon. The theft was committed in his office at 927 Seventh street. He | suspects a strange colored man who was in his office shortly before he missed his watch. Mrs. George C. Byrd, 1317 Columbia road, was robbed of her handbag, con- PSR Pay Provided Engineer Force. With the approval of the Acting Sec- | retary of War, Gen. Taylor, chief of engineers of the Army, has allotted $105,000 out of the last annual lump appropriation for river and harbor between Park road and Kenyon street last night. The bag was snatched by a colored man, who left the scene in an automobile. Richard H. Manuel, 1353 Four-and- | one-half street southwest, was robbed | of $273 yesterday afternoon. He told improvements in all parts of the coun- | the police his room was broken into try 2. ttc payment of salarfes of [ during his absence. civil engineers, clerks and other em- |. ——— b Bandits Get $5,000 Pay Roll. ployes of his office at the War De- partment employed in connection with 4 that special work and not provided DETROIT, July 23 (P).—Four arm. for in the regular departmental ap-|ed men in a touring car late yesterday held up the pay roll car of the Mills- Fox Baking ind robbed two em propriations. The action involves no increase or other change in the operat- L ployes of the firm of §5,000 in cash, g luies ol the off taining $2, while on Thirteenth street | Court, Swampseott, Mass. The Sena- yith the Chief Executive regarding the proposed 4 tax reduttion and the Copyright by Miller Sé FRES AT OFFLER " ANDGETS AWAY Prisoner Escapes From Po- liceman Almost in Shadow of Precinct Station. Quietly drawing a pistol while he was being marched to the second pre- cinct station house last night, a co ored prisoner fired on Policeman R. L. Hinton and, running through & nea by house at 509 M street, escaped. It was at Seventh-and N streets, {about 9 o'clock, that the colored man, apparently about 28 years old, at- tracted Hinton’s attention by suspi- cious actions. Closer. Closer inspec- | tion by Hinton revealed that the man had a police badge and a pair of hand- cuffs on his belt at the right side. Hinton tock him into custody for investigation and started toward the station with him. .Reaching M street just around the corner from the sec- d_precinct station, the prisoner sud- denly Jjerked away, drew a revolver and fired on Hinton, missing. Hinton returned the fire, but is also believed to have missed. A description of the mhn was sent to all police last night, but a cit wide search was in valn. Investiga- tion is believed to have established that the man’s name is McNeel and that he left a house at 641 N street last night carrying twe suit cases and a music rack. He is believed to_have come here from North or South Carolina. The fugitive is 170 pounds In weight, about five feet eight inches in height, wearing a small mustache, a gray suit and a gray hat turned down over his eyes. FIRE COSTS $500,000. 200 Families Homeless in Detroit Apartment Blaze. DETROIT, July 23 (#).—Fire swept the Gladstone-Linwood residential avenue district late yesterday after- noon. destroying seven apartment buildings and one residence before be- ing brought under control. The loss | was placed at $500,000. Two hundred families were made homeless. | A crowd hindered the efforts of fire- imen. A check-up has failed to reveal | any missing persors. Police Sergt. {John Kroon was badly burned, but { will recover. | The fire started in the basement of a | six-story apartment bullding under | construction, presumably when a gaso- | line can exploded. Children, who were | playing with the can, escaped injury. Burglars Fail to Open Safe. Burglars made an unsuccessful at- | tempt to rob the safe in the W. L. ! Douglas Shoe Store, 905 Pennsyl- | vania avenue, late last night or early ! this morning. Detective Weber said the work was done by amateurs. Two screwdrivers, used in an at- tempt to open the door of the safe, had been broken. Before attacking the safe, however, the Intruders had broken open a cash register in which there was no money. Entrance was gained through n second-story win- dow from u five vscipe. The aviator’s helmet, the very new- est thing in headgear from Paris. This particular hat was brought back by Mrs, Charles de L. Oel- richs of New York. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. MONKEY BUSINESS GETS E fi i The newly appointed Nicaraguan Minister to Washington, Pedro Gon- zales, photographed when he arrived at the legation yesterday afternocn. ational Photo. bid for fame by attacking D. C. teaching has brought him into the lime- light, photographed at the Zoo today v n photographed only the photographers can explain. th o monkey. Why he was so |PLANS FOR SPENDING MILLIONS By the Associated Press. 1 NEW YORK, July 23.—Leopold| Schepp, 83-year-old philanthropist and cocoanut magnate, sought surcease | today in his country home,-n New Canaan, Conn,, from a deluge of sug- gestions as to how to spend his money | for benevolence. H On the heels of his appeal to the public to advise him how to do good with his millions came an avalanche of mall, telegrams and personal ap- peals. Three thousand letters bulged | his correspondence yesterday, and mail from distant parts of the country had not yet had time to arrive. The most | of the letters were frank ‘“‘touches” for funds and pleas for jobs. offered concrete suggestions. All but fifty of the letters failed to| hit upon Mr. Schepp's main purpose —the most good to the greatest num- | ber for the longest time. OId men, | young men, mendicants, evangelists | and heads of charities poured into his offices. Cash to Buy s Husband. The mafl appeals for ald ranged from the romantic request of a! ‘woman, fat and 40, for $4,000 to get| a husband to the request of a man | for endowment of “a refuge for poot souls about to commit suicide.” It was too much ror ine philan- thropist. Wearily he packed his things and departed. Those who called In person were told to write letters setting forth their claims for alms. To answer those who appealed by mail, a printer was ordered to strike off 10,000 formal notices acknowledging their requests and stating that all appeals would be referred to. Philip Ritter, intermediary for Mr. Schepp. | A committee will be appointed to adjudicate the most worthy claims and Mr. Schepp will abide. by its de- cisions. . - Some of the letters were brief, oth- ers-were 30 pages long. Many of | them were captioned with the words A 3 FLOOD PHILANTHROPIST SCHEPP “urgent,” “important” and “please read. The flood of missives may be increased to 100,000, Mr. Ritter fears, when mails from far cities start com- ing in. Some of the few altruistic sugges- tlons pertained to plans for the aid of boys and girls, a subject close to Mr. Schepp’s heart. He has already blished a $2,500,000 fund to help young boys. One person submitted a lengthy es- | say on the difficulty that men and women with false pride have in beg- ging money. people to overcorie false pride was suggested. Another seemed to beneve that Mr. Schepp needed money, instead of try- ing to give it away. He offered real | estate in the Bronx without charge. A man who said he had a remark- able cure for rheumatism suggested Mr. Schepp put the healer in busi- ness, buy his optput of medicine and distribute it among rheumatics. An- other suggested vocational boards for psychiatric analysis to separate the mentally it from the unfit. Still another suggested Mr. Schepp finance an invention of the writer, en- abling one-handed persons to play the saxophone. A physiclan sought ald to stamp out flliteracy in New York's East Side. He claimed 56,000 illiterates. As a 9-yearold boy Mr. Schepp bought cocoanut palm fans for 18 cents and sold them for 36. He con- tinued to deal in cocoanut products throughout -his life and amassed un- told millions. Two Are Retired. Capt. Donald S. Grimm, U. S, In- fantry, has been placed on the re- tired list of the Army on account of disability incident to the service. Staff Sergt. James Hawkins, 25th Infantry, at Douglas, Ariz., has been’ 1etired on account of age, An institution to teach | The photograph was taken after the judge decided to hold the closing session of the trial in By United News Pictures | 1 é § ALLES FAVORABLE TOGERMAN RERLY Hope for Security Pact Is Brighter With Attitude of Conciliation. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 23.—Germany's re. ply to France's note outlining the ob- servations of the allies with respect to the German security pact proposals has been thoroughly studied by the foreign department experts of the three countries directly concerned— Great Britain, France and Belgium. London now is awaiting a commu- nication which it is learnéd that M. Briand, the foreign minister, has sent to the French Ambassador in London, outlining _the deductions made by France after careful examination by the foreign office. Despite all criticlsms of the Ger- man reply, it cannot be doubted that the impression created is on the whole favorable. Even in France, where many of the press comments have { been written in a more or less ironical | tone, there is an admission that Ger- many's attitude is conciliatory, and { hope for a satisfactory outcome is en- | tertained. England Hopeful. In England most of the comment is |based on gratification that Germany pevidently is anxious for a settlement |and framed her reply in a manner to | encourage hopefulness. The fact that | the speech of ister, Dr. G Reichstag yesterday was recefved without any pronounced opposition is the German foreign min- Germans to do nothing to hamper the progress of the negotiations to which | it is hoped the reply will lead. that further discussions would develop something definite. He exhorted the German people to have faith in-the promises which had been made to Germany by the allles. Referring to the “great problems” of the present, the foreign minister declared econ: omic distrust in France and Germany could be removed only with the co- | operation of great world powers. | GERMANY JOINS CHAMBER. | Admission to International Body Held | Important. 3 BERLIN, July 23 (®).—Germany's | application for admission to the Inter- | national Chamber of Commerce has | been accepted. Financial newspapers | regard Germany’s joining this organi- | zatlon as a move of great importance. { The Boersen Courier Suggests that the lexecuflnn of the Dawes plan and set- tlement of the interallied debt prob- lem may be seriously influenced by this move. “Germany now is a full-fledged mem- ber of the International Chamber of Commerce, the Boersen Courler said, “corresponding to her political and economic importance. Representatives of other countries have realized their work in the chatmber is ultimately ren- dered difficult if not illusory without Germany’s participation. “Membership in the chamber may bring great advantages to Germany, especially in the discussion of the rapa.ralv problem. Doubtless the i &smv Stresemann, in the | Dr. Stresemann expressed confidence | INVENTION IS OF SPECIAL INT] tires, has been placed on exhibition in the National Museum. ham of London, England, and beside it stands Frederick L. Lewton, curator of textiles of the museum. | regarded as reflecting the desire of the | ROUgE, THE GIBSONS AT FRENC prominent in society of Washington beach at the famous French watering place, Deauville. are spending the Summer at the resort. Dairymen Order Vast Playground To Improve Work By the Associated Press CHICAGO, July 23.—A 2,500-acre national “playground” in North- ern, Wisconsin for members of the dairy industry, established in the belief that men who play together can better settle problems of the industry, agreed upon a meeting of dairy executives here last night Plans call house in a Vi was at for a $150,000 club- in timbered region near Crivitz, Wis. A model dairy equipped with blooded stock wiil be one of the educational features CARNEGIE STEEL PLANS FOR LONG RIVER HAUL Buys Transfer Station Site on the Lower Mississippi for Un- loading Barges. By the Associated P BATON ROUG Baton Rouge Morning Advocate says that the Carnegie Steel Co. of Pitts- burgh has acquired a tract of land in West Baton Rouge Parish, with a 3,000-foot frontage on the Mississippi River, on which will be built an ex- port warehouse to handle shipments of steel to South America. Details of the transaction were not available. Will Build in Few Years. PITTSBURGH, July 23 (#).—The Carnegie Steel Co. yesterday exercised an option on 80 acres of land at Baton on which it is proposed to erect a steel transfer station. The amount involved was nbt made publi The company held the option since last Fall, but negotiations were held up pending decision on the proposed erec tion of a bridge near New Orleans. The company intends to construct the transfer station River becomes navigable throughout the vear, which, it is expected, will be in four or five years. The sta- tion will serve as a transfer point for | steel from the river to the railroad. when the Ohio | comrnittee for economic restoration, which is the most important of the | chamber’s numerous committees, will seriously influence the execution of the Dawes plan and the settlement of the interallied debts. Necessity Emphasized. “It should be recalled that at the re- cent convention of the chamber at Brussels the absolute necessity of Ger- many's membership in the chamber was strongly emphasized in connec- tion with discussion of fulfillment of the Dawes plan.” Germany will be represented in the International Chamber of Commerce by the Associated Chambers of Com- merce of Germany, the Central League of German Banks, the Retailers’ League, the Federation of German In- dustrialists and the Central Union of Wholesalers. " The Boursen Courler added: “Ger- many's joining the chamber is an event of great economic importance. There Is scarcely an economic or po- litical question of international sig- nificance which has not been carefully discussed by a standing or special committee of the chamber.” BEACH. Mr. and Mrs. Preston Gibson, and New York, photographed on the Many Americans Wide ‘World Photo EST TO MOTORISTS. This machine, which weaves the fabric for cord The device was invented by Emanuel Ing- National Photo SCOTTHASLITLE HANCE FOR LFE Clemency of Governor or Ap- | pearance of Brother Might Cheat Gallows. By the Associated Press CHICAGO, July 23 | thread of remote possibility hangs the chance of Russell Scott to_escape death, awaiting him on the gailows at sunrise tomorrow. This possibility |ing for clemency | they have arranged with Gov | 1 and the last-minute appearanc | | | | —On the slender depends on a hear which his attorney of Robert, his brother, indicted n, but never found. cott says er of Jc Robert was the rea eph Maurer, a drug clerk a year ago. A telegram gned with Robert’s name and la established as a hoax, caused Gov Small to grant a week’s reprieve six before the time set for Russell's | execution Jast ay | Will Not Stay Execution. | “No eleventh-hour | will halt the execution this time. | the only public indication from the | governor, made in a letter from his cretary to Windsor, Ontario, friends 1 of_Scott working to save him | _But Scott's attorneys are hopeful They have a fund of $5,000 raised by a group of Detroit clubwomen to aid Scott, and they say new evidence has | been uncovered which they feel will {induce the governor to grant a fur | ther reprieve. They will ask for a 90 | day stay to develop this new evidence His spirits sinking as the time draws inmear for his execution, Scott thinks only the return of brother can {save him. His wife, Catherine, and { his aged father, Chomas, have return { ed to visit him, after making every ef. J(ul'( to obtain the brother’s returr | Pleads Over Radio. The wife made a plea last nigh {over the radio to Robert, “if in the hearing of my voice,” to come back {and called on anyone who might know | where he is to send him, asking all those who oppose capital punishment to add their appeals to Gov. Small in her husband’s behal Appeals to the Governor and President Coolidge in Swampscott Mass., continue to pour in in a steady stream. The President has referred them all to the Attorney General and { declined to take action, regarding the case as beyond his jurisdiction. A personal appeal to the President would be made by two Detroit club women interested in raising the fund for Scott, his father said on his re turn from Detroit yesterday. Scott has given out his probable last interview, in which he opposes capital punishment. “If T am hanged, then some day my innocence will be proved and there will be a great movement against capital punishment,” he told news- paper men. to Textile Workers’ Wage Cut. NORTH ANDOVER, Mass, July 23 P).—Notice of a 10 per cent wage re duction, effective July 27, were posted in Sutton Mills here. Three hundred textile operatives will be affected by tug reduction. ¥