Evening Star Newspaper, July 26, 1925, Page 2

.9 2 = * BROADER LEAGUE | HELD WORLD NEED Swiss Official Declares Body’s Principle Must Save Civilization. By the Associated Press. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., July 25. —If civilization is to survive, the countries of the world soon must join in & political unit larger than the League of Nations and resembling it in character, Dr. William Rap- pard of Gene member of the per- manent mandates commission of the League of Nations, said in a lecture at the Institute of Politics tonight. He asserted that the absence of the Tnited States from the present league was “the most declsively unfavorable circumstance surrounding the birth of the league In the first of six lectures on “In- ternational Relations as Viewed From | Geneva,” Dr. Rappard, for four years a member of the League of Nations secretariat, pointed out that to study such relations was to study the league itself. “I believe that the league's essen- tial aim, the substitution of law and order for chaos in international rela- tions, to be absolutely beneficent and 80 clearly in the line of human evolu- tion that no one but a madman or a criminal can repudiate it. Primal Instinct Active. “As in the course of history the in stinct of preservation drove individ- uals into organizing their groups into states, so, I-am convinced, states can- not indefinitely live together on the surface of the globe without organiz- ing themselves into some kind of larger political unit for the mutual protection of fts component parts. “That, as I see it, is but a matter of time. As a citizen of a country which witnessed at close quarters the destructive fury of the last war, I would add that it was high time they did so if civilization is to survive.” Approaching what he called a deli- cate question in the “confidence of a student speaking to students,” Dr. Rappard said that in the matter of America’s relations to the league there were “no inopportune truths,” and that the desire of Some league enthu- slasts to disgulse unpalatable facts had done more harm than good to the cause. B The League of Nations was in re- ality composed of three leagues, he stated, one to execute the peace treat- ies, another to promote international co-operation and a third to outlaw war. Of the first branch he said: Sees Confldence Lost. “Deprived of the immediate co-op- eration of America, which would un- doubtedly have made for moderation, impartiality and justice, the council has too often used {ts unbalanced power in the national interests of its| members rather than in the general interests of the {nternational commu nity. Thereby it has lost in public confidence what it has gained in pub- lic notoriety.” He added, however, that Europe and the world were the better for this part of the league, but would be better still for a more perfect league to execute more perfect peace treaties. Dr. Rappard next described what had been accomplished by “the league to promote international co-operation,” the spirit of friendly co-operation and honest compromise it had fostered in Geneva being perhaps the league’s greatest achievement. He sald that American representa- tion, though unofficial and advisory, was none the less effective. Discusses War' Outlawry. Of the “league to outlaw war,” Dr. Rappard said that it was the nearest approach to a league to enforce peace, | the original idea of the founders of the League of Nations. “When the league to outlaw war shall have become universal in its membership,” he went on, “and is gen- erally respected in its atms and du ties, war will be outlawed, but not necessarily rendered forever impos- sible. It will doubtless persist as in- dividual crime and collective revolu- tions persist even in well ordered com- munities, but it will have become local and relatively inoffensive, because generally condemned by public opin- fon. Then,. when the international machinery for the just and peaceful settlement of all international dis- putes shall have been perfected, the time will be ripe for the formation of a league to enforce peace and for the general disarmament of the world.” The recognition of the compulsory jurisdiction of some international tri- bunal for the settlement of inter- national disputes, Dr. Rappard said, was absolutely essential to the success | of “the league to outlaw war.” Big Armies Feared. The statesmen of continental Europe fear that the great military organi: tlons of their countries growing out o the war may get beyond their control and “force the ministers out,” Maj. Gen. Sir Frederick Maurice, chief of operations of the British general staff during the war, sald earlier today. Nothing that the large majority of statesmen in all great countries had placed limitation of armaments in the forefront of their political programs, Sir Frederick, leading the conference. sald he did not undervalue that ideal- istic side of the issue, but declared that the opinfon that limitation of armament has become a practical necessity had become o general as to predicate some general course of action. He added: “European statesmen have realized that as a result of the war armies have reached a point where they are beyond their control. These huge mili- tary organizations now under the stated were undoubtedly the chief factor in bringing on the war, and there now is a fear on the part of European statesmen that the military organizations may take control of the state instead and force the ministers out.” Doubts War Danger. Bellef that there is no danger of another war for at least 10 or 15 years was expressed by Prof. Edwin F. Gay of Harvard, leader of the round table conference on the economic recovery of Europe. He said there was a spirit of optimism for the recovery of Eu- ropean countries prevalling, and that he himself did not share the fear ex- pressed by some writers of an expan- sfon of Bolshevism or a period of de- cay in Europe. The population of the United States will reach the 200,000,000 mark in a hundred years and cannot pass that record without a new source of food supply, Dr. L. J. Reed, professor of blometry and vital statistics in Johns Hopkins Unive: said at today’s round table on agriculture and popu- lation increase. “This new food supply must either be found in the tropics,” he continued, “or provided by processes for mak- ing artificial food from organic sub- stances. The latter would not be practical unless the cost of chemical processes were rendered much cheaper than they are at present.” Prof. Edward M. East of Harvard University, leader of the round table, sald that Socrates, fleeing from the persecution of his wife, Xantippe, was Wrong in supposing that self-preserva- tion was the first law of Farming by electricity is being de- veloped in Japan through government HAWAIAN FLIGHT PLANS NEAR READY Selection of Starting Point and Test of Boeing Plane Are Remaining Details. Selection of a starting point for the Paclfic coast-Hawailan naval seaplane flight, September 2, and tests of the giant’ Boeing PB-1 seaplane now in final assembly stage at the factory, are the only remaining details to be completed for the greatest aircraft flight project over water yet attempted by any nation. All other details of the non-stop hop across 2,400 miles of Pacific Ocean to the Territory of Hawail have been completed, and the personnel now are checking over the plans and rehears- ing arrangements at the naval air station at San Diego. Efther that place or San Francisco will be select- ed for the starting point. Three planes in all will be employed, under the command of Capt. Stanford | E. Moses, commander of the aircraft squadrons, battle fleet, and the actual ‘ing command of Comdr. John Rod- gers, a_pioneer naval aviator and a native Washingtonian. Two are the avy development known as the { PN-9, one of which established a 28%- hour-endurance-flight record at Phila- delphia about two months ago. These two craft were built at the naval afr- ft factory ay Philadelphia, and after successful trials were knocked down and shipped by rail to San Diego, where they have been assem- bled and are undergoing slight modi- fleations to meet the necessities of the gruellng trip before them Test Flights Soon. The PB-1, a much larger plane than the PN-9 type, is 93 per cent assem- bled at the Boeing factory in Seattle, Wash., and, according to reports re- celved here, will be ready for test flights about the 1st of August. This is & monster craft, having an all-metal hull and two Packard “2500" motors, each developing about 800 horsepower, mounted tandem in the wings. The PN-. h are fitted with two Pack- ard 00" motors, each developing 400 horsepower, and are mounted in the wings on efther side of the all- metal hull. The cruising radius of the PN-9 type and the PB-1 is sufficlent to get them to Honolulu. uccess of the flight not only wiil give naval aviation the credit of mak- ing the longest seaplane flight over water, but will be a glowing tribute to the new types of planes and the new motors which have just entered the airplane engine flield. The Bureau of Aeronautics knows the PN-0 can fly more than 28 hours without landing, by cruising up and down the Delaware River, as it did on its record-breaking flight, but to strike out into open sea with land 2,400 miles away is another matter. The aircraft will not be without protection as far as possible, nine ships already having been detailed to take up stations at 200-mile_intervals along the line of flight. They include the Langley air- craft carrier, the aircraft tender Aroostook and the following destroy- ers: MecCawley, William Jones, Meyer, | Doyen, Corry, Reno and Farragut. [ Overshadows Former Feat. Successful completion of the flight will completely overshadow the Navy's transatlantic fight of 1919. On_this venture the longest hop was 1,380 miles without a stop, from Trepassy | Newtoundland, to Horta, Azores, Ma: 16 and 17, and completed in 15 hours and 18 minutes. However, the di tance from continent to continent— i. e.. Trepassy to Lisbon, Portugal— {s 2,305 miles, and the total flying time was 27 hours and 1 minute. Two stops for fuel, repairs and other de- lays were made, however, one at Hor- ta and the other at Porta del Gada, in the Azores. By flying one complete day and | night, the two PN-9's and the PB-1 | should complete the jump to Hawail in about 26 hours, barring trouble. They will fly a loose formation, but in case bad weather renders it im- practicable to keep together, each plane will proceed independently, en- deavoring to maintain touch = with other planes by radio. On arrival at Hawail the planes will land in Pearl Lochs, as near as possible to the naval air station on Ford Island. Making Daily Trips. The personnel of the flight are mak- ing daily flights in PN-T's, the prede- | cessor of the PN-9, both craft being uerodynamically similar, the only dif- ference being in metal and wood con- struction. Their work has included simulating a forced landing in open | sea to obtain data for the ships that will guard the fiight. One PN-7 dropped near the U. S. S. Gannet, a seagoing tug converted into an air- {craft tender, and killed both its en- | glnes. The Gannet steamed to lee- ard and trailed a messenger, which was picked up by the plane and the | towline taken from the surface craft. While In tow zasoline and oil were | passed to the plane in 5-gallon con- | tainers. Upon the completion of this the plane was hauled to the stern of the Gannet and then cast off. Start- ing with one engine, the plane again { taxied up to the stern of the ship, and a life raft was put over the side. It was found practicable to have men work on the plane from the life raft in smooth water, but it is not belleved that this could be done in a rough | _Comdr. Rodgers will pilot one of the | PN-9's and Lieut. Allan P. Snody will pilot the other. Lieut. Comdr. James | H. Strong has been designated the | pilot of the PB-1. The following offi- cers also will be detalled to the three Lieut. Arthur Gavin, Lieut. R. vison, Lieut. B. J. Connell and Lieut. Rico Botta. All the personnel are from Pacific coast ships or sta- tions. Comdr. Rodgers was born in Washington January 15, 1881, and | appointed to the Naval Academy in 1899. He was graduated in 1905 as an ensign and went to the fleet for duty. In 1911, then a lieutenant, he ordered to Davton, Ohlo, to “con- fer with the Wright brothers for in- struction in the art of aviation,” as his orders read. This perlod of in- struction with the aeronautical plo- neers was followed in Atgust, 1911, by a detail to the Naval Academy for aviation duty. In December, 1911, he was ordered to San Diego, Calif, to establish a naval air station on North Island in San Diego Harbor. This station has been in existence since that time, under continual expansion, and now is the model station of the Navy. The large part of the following year was spent by Comdr. Rodgers at the Naval Academy on aviation duty, and then he returned to general service with the fleet. He entered submarine duty in 1916 and remained in that service until 1918 and saw service in the war with the mine-sweeping de- tachment operating in the North Sea. In July, 1922, he re-entered naval aviation' and was placed in command of the Naval Air Station at Pearl Harbor. After the recent joint maneuvers in the Pacific, he was glven command of the aircraft tender Wright. German Woman of 80 Honored. Correspondence of the Associated Press. BRESLAU. Germany, July 5.—The unusual honor of making a woman honorary senator in the University of Breslau was recently conferred upon Therese Dahn on the occasion of her eightieth birthday. She is the widow of the celebrated German novelist, Felix Dahn, s THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, l PREPARING FOR D.. G, JULY 26, NON-STOP FLIGHT TO HAWAI 1 Upper, left to right: Lieut. Arthur Gavin, assistant PN-9 pilot: Comdr. John Rogers, in command and pilot of one of the PN-9 planes; Lieut. Byron J. Connell, assistant PN-9 pilot. Center, left to right: Lieut. llen P. Snody, pilot of the second PN-9. the monster PB-1, now being constructed, will attempt the flight. Lower, left to right: Lieut. Comdr. L. W. Strong, who will fly the PN the flight; Lieut. Ralph E. Davison, assistant pilot of the PN-1. Girl Married in Hospital Bed When Hurt on Way to Wedding BOOKS OF PACKERS MUST BE EXAMINED Meat Companies Ordered to Open Records to Agri- culture Department. By the Associated Prese CHICAGO, July Meat packers must “open all their books to the United States Department of Agri- cultu Federal District Judge Adam Cliffe ruled today that he granted a writ of mandamus against the Swift, Wil- son and Cudahy companies. ‘The packers gave notice of an appeal. This decision was the outcome of a suit begun by the late Henry C. Wal lace, as Secretary of Agriculture, who maintained that to administer the packers and stockyards act it was necessary to go through the packers’ books. The packers maintained that this act applied only to their interstate business and have obtained a super- sedeas pending an appeal. They con tend that examination of their books violates their constitutional rights. ABDUCTION CHARGED IN FIGHT FOR CHILD Canadian Barrister Asks U. S. to Deport His Wife and 5-Year- 0l1d Daughter. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, July 25.—The le- gal battle of J. Henry Cooke, Cana- dian barrister, to regain possession of his 5-year-old daughter, Shirley, from his estranged wife, Hilda Betty Cooke, took a sensational turn today when Mrs. Cooke and the child faifled to appear at a superior court hearing on Cooke’s habeas corpus petition, Attorneys for Cooke openly charged that Mrs. Cooke had unlawfully ab- ducted the child and fled to Reno, |s Nev., where they said she was with her mother. They asked that Mrs. Cooke be adjudged in contempt, but the court continued the case until next Tuesday and directed counsel for Mrs. Cooke to produce their client and the child at that time. Mrs. Cooke fled to Ontario several months ago with the child, following a court decree awarding the child to Cooke, but denying Cooke the divorce which he sought. They were appre- hended recently at Reno, where Cooke instituted deportation proceedings on the ground thelr passports were not properly vised. Recommendation that the child be deported was for- warded to Washington a few days ago by Government officials here. WAITRESS IS “HEAVER” IN U. S. PARK LANGUAGE Chauffeurs Called ‘“Gear Jammers” in Vocabulary Peculiar to Yellowstone. By the Assoctated Pres ASHTON, Idaho, July 25.—Yellow- stone Park has a vocabulary all its own and tourists visiting it the first time have many surprises in store for them. An automobile driver is never a chauffeur in the park. He is a “fgear-fammer.” A waitress is always a “heaver” and a cook is known only as a “‘meat-burner.” Most of the employes in the hotels and camps of the park are students. Twenty universities and” colleges arg |represented among the hundreds of waitresses and housemalds working it Jately to be allowed the big hotels and camps. There are also many school teachers among the Woman bmployes and this year most of these motored to the park in their own cars. The chauffeurs and other man employes of the transportation and hotel company also came chiefly in their own autos. Many of the stu- dents motored all the way from New | receive the death penalty in a Chi- them | nese court. His appeal was denied . 'en February 26, 1924, y 2 » York, and large numbers came from California, Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., July 25.— Seriously injured this afternoon while on her way to be married, Miss Bessle Martin became a bride in Franklin Square Hospital, where she was takgneafter the accident. Miss Martin'is now Mrs. Charles Elmer Gischel. Her husband and four other persons, ineluding her mother, were in the machine with her when it was in collision with another automobile. The ceremony was performed by Rev. S. H. Orrick of St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Chapel, who was to have married the couple at church SCORE ARE TAKEN | INRAID FOR BEER 200 Gallons of Alleged Alco- holic Brew Siezed by Police. A refreshment parlor and alleged brewery was raided by Lieut. Corn- well and police of the Second pre- cinct last night who took more than a score of patrons from 1459 P street northwest to the Second precinct as witnesses. When the police entered well dressed girls and men were seated at tables enjoying foamy amber liquid refresh- ments. They were lined up in the room while a search of the house was made. In the cellar, police say, a complete brewing plant was found. An adjoining storeroom yielded 200 gallons of al- leged alcoholic beer and 100 empty bottle: Edward A. Hawkins of that address was arrested on charges of sale and illegal possession of, and manufacture of intoxicants. Five Other Raids. The Second precinct raiders also conducted five other raids last night. The following were arrested: Charles Williams, colored, 445 Neal Place, charged with illegal possession of 7 gallons of liquor; Alberta Dor- sey, colored, 16 Decator street, charg- ed with selling liquor and illegal pos- session of 3 gallons; Willlam J. John- son, colored, and E. S. Carole Robert- son, colored, both of 1513 Marion street, charged with selling and il legal possession of 10 gallons; Iretha Edwards, colored, 86 O street north- west, charged with selling and illegal possession of 2 gallons, and Agle Lee, colored, 613 N street, charged with {l- legal possession of 5 gallons. Assisting Lieut. Cornwell were Sergt. James D. McQuade, Precinct Detective N. O. Holmes, W. J. Barbee and Policemen N. G. Thayer and Loren Christensen. - FIRST WHITE MAN DIES IN CHINESE EXECUTION Russian Bandit Korniloff Is Se- cretly Put to Death by Strangulation. By the cAssociated Press. . 1 HARBIN, Manchuria, July 26.— The first recorded case of an official execution of a white man by Chinese authorities_occurred today when the notorious Russian bandit, Korniloff, was put to death by strangulation. His execution was carried out in the most segret fashion. The prisoner was given only a few minutes’ notice and was scarcely able to articulate his fast wishes. He pleaded desper- 0 make his final appeal to the authorities for mercy. Korniloff when . first arrested on a civil charge escaped from the court- room with the ald of confederates, killing several persons in gaining his liberty. He was later recaptured and sentenced to death November 30, 1923, being the first white man to This and a sister ship, and together with Lieut. Rico Botha, engineer officer of The bridal machine, a taxicab, was struck, according to police, by another taxicab. The machine with the bridal party was turned over and the occupants pinned in- side. Physicians at the hospital said that the bride was suffering from internal injuries, in addition to cuts on the arm and body, and ad- ! vised her to stay in the hospital for forty-eight hours for observa- tion. Both the bride and bridegroom asked permission to have the cere- mony performed at Miss Martin's bedside JACK HART FOILED INPLOT T ESCAPE Saws, Keys and Pinch Bar Are Found in Cell of Bal- timore Murderer. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., July 25.—Jack Hart, a member of the Norris murder gang, serving a life term in the Mary- land Penitentiary, was caught Friday night preparing for his third attempt at escape from the institution, it was learned from an official source today. Hart, it is sald, had a pinch bar, saws and keys concealed in his cell. The discovery of Hart's plan to es. cape was attributed to the careful at- tentlon of a guard to cell locks on Hart's tler. Hart, with Frank Tilson, another convict, escaped from the penitentiary January 13, 1924, He was recaptured in Chicago on December 17, 1924, and returned to the penitentiary four days later. Tilson has not been appre- hended. Hart made a previous at- tempt to escape May 10, 1923. He was found later concealed in a hole in the prison wall. Keys Cleverly Hidden. The walls of the cell tiers are paint- ed yellow. The cell locks and lock boxes are painted a vivid red. One of the guards, it is said, noticed there was a difference between the red lock box on Hart's cell and the other lock boxes of the tier. On investigating he found a small piece of red paper pasted to the lock box. When the pa- per was removed the guard discov- ered a small hole in which a number of keys had been concealed. Warden Patrick J. Brady is under- stood to have ordered Hart's cell searched. Under Hartis mattress, it is*sald that a six-inch pinch bar was found and later when the mattress was ripped to pleces three saws were discovered. Hart, with Waller Socolow, actual murdered of William R. Norris, John L. (Wiggles) Smith and Charles P. (Country) Carey, was sentenced to life imprisonment ~following the hold-up n;\d x;‘uzrder of Mr. Norris here August 18, 1982, " DISMISSAL IS FOUGHT. Bill Would Bar Saunder’s Bank- ruptey Being Lifted. MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 25 (#).—A bill seeking to prevent the dismissal of bankruptcy proceedings instituted against Clarence Saunders, former head of the Piggly Wiggly Corpora- tion, was filed in Federal District Court here today. The petitioner, Clarence L. Keeton, Memphis, one of the three creditors who caused the examination of Saun- ders recently in Federal Court pre- liminary to protesting his discharge, charged in his bill that Saunders “lived in a style seemingly impossible for a bankrupt and failed to obey the orders of the court. Palm fiber, so popular for making native raincoats in China, is being brought to this country to be made into protect, against isture and 925—PART 1. 15 MAPS PARLEY ONBELGAN DEBT Preparations Begun With Official Notice of Mis- sion’s Sailing Date. By tho Associated Press. The Treasury has been advised of- fictally that the Belgian debt funding commission will sail for America July 30, and upon receipt of that informa- tion yesterday began preparations to enter discussions with those envoys upon their arrival here. Present plans contemplate that the American debt commission will first hear the statement of the Belgians, headed by former Premler Theunis, and talk over with them their views as to the ability of their nation to pay. As in the case of the Italians, whose funding negotiations have come to a temporary halt, the capacity to pay will govern the terms which the American commission may be prepared to consider. Secretary Mellon will return from his Summer home on Long Island at the end of this week to confer with his subordinates, and the policy to be followed n the meetings with the Bel- gluns then will be decided. Meeting Next Week Seen. Acting Secretary Winston, the Sec- retary of the American Commission, has made no plans yet to call a meet- ing of commission members who are in the city, but it appeared probable vesterday that a meeting, including Mr. Mellon, the commission chairman; Secretary Kellogg, Senator Smoot and Mr. Winston would be held August 3or 4. Meantime, correspondence is continu- ing between the war loan staff of the Treasury and some of the smaller powers, ~ although Mr. Winston said a few days ago that he anticipated no agreement with any of them for sev- cral weeks. He is satisfled, however, with the progress being made, and believes that at least three of the na- tions,. whose debts are not large. will soon give their diplomatic repre- sentatives here authority to conclude agreements. ' WILL RECALL PLEDGE. Belgium to Cite Agreement to Make Germany P: By Cable to The Star and BRUSSELS, July 25.—Belgium sign ed the treaty of Versailles on an agree- ment in writing by Woodrow Wilson and David Lloyd George that Ger- many would have to pay back to Bel- glum’s creditors all money borrowed to carry on the war, the Belgium debt-funding commission which goes to Washington .the end of July will explain, but Belgium does not hold the United States to the agreement, be- cause Congress refused to ratify the treaty of Versailles. It will be a po- lite gesture, designed to recall to the American people their failure to take responsibility for the acts of their agents The commission will declare itself ready to negotiate terms of payment, but it will not permit Washington to forget for a moment that Belgium considers tself carrying out an act of honor, because it put its signature to a paper, but really consicers Wash- ington has not recognized its own re- sponsibility, or it would not have ask- ed Belgium'to p: Hymans Outlines Plans, Former Minister of Forelgn Affairs Hymans, who represented Belgium at the peace conference, has outlined the Belgian position. He indicated Belgium would not, for an instant, attempt to deny that it owed legally, but said Belgium would not have signed the peace treaty un- less it had been agreed Germany should repay to Belgium all money Belgium was obliged to borrow during the war, as a penalty upon Germany for violating Belglum's neutrality, and that, in fact, Belgium did not agree to slgn the teaty of Versailles until Wil- son, Llord George and Clemenceau, in the last days of the treaty framing, agreed Belgium not only should have priority on reparations, but should also have its debts paid. The debt- funding commission will be charged to give the following analysis of the Belgian position, which Hymans pre- s!emed before the Chamber of Depu- ties. Belgium, as represented by Hymans, refused to sign the treaty of Ver: sallles, after lively debate, until it was agreed Belgium was to have two privileges—priority on $2,500,000,000 in reparations and a pledge that Ger- many be obliged, by special payment, to pay Belgian war debts, because the: were caused by Germany's act in dis- regarding the Belglan neutrality. Says Three Signed. If the big three—the United States, Great Britain and France—had not agreed, Hymans said he could only refer the treaty to the Belgian Parlia- ment. To satisfy him at once, the big three signed letters formally grant- ing both concessions, which Hymans appended when he sent the treaty to Brussels_for ratification. The United States, by failing to ratify the treaty, made Wilson's agree- ments vold, but the Belglan commis- sion will be under instructions to pre- sent to Washington the following view, expressed by Hymans in the Belgian_Parliament: “No doubt the treaty of Versailles had to be ratified by the parliaments, and no doubt the letters of June 18, 1919, signed by Lloyd George, Wilson and Clemenceau were mere promises, but these plenipotentiaries had full powers, and who could imagine that Wilson, who had engaged the word of his people could be denied and dis- avowed and his signature canceled? See No Hope for Aid. “Any way you take it, these are the brutal facts; it is not in our power to change them. The United States, in full sovereignty, refused to ratify the treaty of Versailles. They negotiated a separate treaty with Germany, and we cannot face them elther with the treaty of Versallles or the letter Wilson signed. But the negotiations are going to begin in Washington, and, no doubt, they will turn only on the means of payment. “The nature and character of the concessions made in 1919, and re- fused today, should be recalled to the American people. JIn the tragic hours, the American people gave proof of greatness of soul and nobility. We owe them much and do not forget it It s not in vein, I am sure, that emi- nent plenipotentiaries are going to ‘Washington to plead the Belgian cause and they will invoke justice and public integrity. Vandervelde, the present foreign minister, accepted Hyman's position in the name of the present govern- ment. (Copyright. 1925.) Japan Honors American Woman. Correspondance of the Associated Press. TOKIO, June 26.—A monument to Mrs. Edith Lacey, an American wel- fare worker who lost her life during the earthquake of 1923, has been dedi- cated by the Yokohama Young Wo- man’s Christian Assoclation. Mr Lacey was a leader in the associatio: ‘he monument is in:the form of house which is to be used as a rest and recreation center for the girls of Yokohama and is the gift of Mrs. Lacey's father, Dr. Charles C. Roosa ot Buftalo, N. SChk i =3 25 Sharpshooters Hired by Furriers To Check Bandits Gotham Dealers Act After Thefts of $250,000 in Two Weeks. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 25.—Twenty-five special guards who can shoot with certainty will begin to patrol the fur district within two weeks to combat the depredations which have cost New York furriers more than a quar- ter of a milllon dollars since Janu- ary 1. In making this announcement to- day, John S. Stott, manager of the Furriers’ Security Alliance, sald the special protection was precipitated by the $175,000 robbery of the Eitingon Schild Fur Company July 13. Mr. Stott sald he would advertise for 25 ex-service sharpshooters to supple- ment and co-operate with the city police. Mr. Stott emphasized that the em- ployment of the marksmen was not intended as any reflection on the police, whose work he commended. Police Commissioner Enright has indorsed the plan as “not only good, but necessary. BRIBED POLICE AID GAMBLING RESORTS New York Dens Get Immunity Injunctions’ After Fake Raids, Court Finds. By the Associated Prese NEW YORK, July 25.—Collusion between police and gamblers to per- mit open operation of gambling re- sorts under legal immunity was re- vealed in Supreme Court today when Justice Levy granted an injunction re- straining police from interfering with the Steamer Club, In headed by Joseph T. Ronan, a horseshoer. The revelations centered about fake liquor raids by bribed police officers, £0 that social clubs after secretly in stigating the raids themselves could take advantage of a loophole in the law whereby they can get protection against further investigation by ob- taining an injunction on the basis of false liquor raids by police. Ashamed of False Raids. Deputy Police Inspector Pierne and Corporation Counsel Nicholson told Justice TLevy that they were| “ashamed” to admit that they had| caught three special officers making the false raid, and that the officers ave been charged with misconduct. Four applications for injunctions similar to that obtanied under the | law by the Steamer Club are pending| in the court it was revealed, but J tice Levy characterized the case the Steamer Club as “the most rotten | of them all.” The present applications, said Cor- poration Counsel Nicholson, are based on flimsier grounds than any which preceded them. “We have no hesitancy in that each one of these applications | was made in bad faith, upon per- jured afidavits,” he sald, “and with| the sole object of obtaining an in junction which can be sold to the highest bidder, as already has been done on one occasion.” Called “Simply Shocking.” | Justice Levy declared that the course of conduct as revealed in the| injunction cases, is “simply shocking, and said that the remedy will be| found in equity. “Equity will interpose to prevent| continuous trespasses by public au- thorities, which cause irreparable damages without any existing or ade- quate remedy in law,” he said. “It| will not tolerate purely wanton con- tinuous trespasses perpetrated with- out the slightest semblance of right.” saying | sectton, | th RISK CONCERN BUYS HOME OFFICE SITE Will Erect $1,000,000 Build- ing Near Capitol and Union Station Plaza. Purchase of 4 acres of valuabla business property within the shadow of the United States Capitol at a cash consideration of approximatel: $500,000 announced last night t the Acacia Mutual Life Asso r The transaction is said to have beer the largest recorded in Washingt realty circles in recent y The proper squares 631 and houses on th New J It is bounded by e, C and D and will provide a frontage from Jersey avenue and C street to street and Indiana -avenue. Will House Employes. On a porti malnder of that in sc improved w and recreatio home office ments, gome: will Idin = two on the corne nue and D str immediately, corner of Indi street the c construction of for its excl this building until the 1 fice is erected. The tem building will be so it can be readi ment house. It will I afeteria exclusiv employes, shower baths, bowli leys and other recreational fac Fronts Capitol Groun President Mor y that the permanent will be constructed d growing so diffi future. Under the act of 1913 the condem plaza from Capitol, an be op: at the foo Y road terminal. company’s main on two sides of the C: “In deciding to locate its p on these squares,” de: sidered not the use of and the cc tion for its e character t setting to the i for by the acts erection of these neighborhood wi new center in been neglected fo will result in the el of the unsightly bufld borhood of the Capi there has been so “This company has ab offices scattered all and a large percer is condueted through It, therefore, did not town neighborhood for t of its business, convenient 3 he Union Station. it believes it parking problem for a I se who come to the ness with it The company's home office is now located in cramped quarters in Homer Buildi growth of the associ shown by the an these bra need a down office to b Police said officers probably were | paid large sums to conduct the false raids, and when immunity from search | was obtained through the injun well known gambler conducted large | Ronan, as president of the Steamer Club, Inc., denied that arrangemen had been made with the special rerv-| ice men for the raid, which was the | basis of the injunction granted today., BLOOD-STAINED STONE IS CLUE IN MURDER| Spinster Sisters’ Skulls Crushed With It, Police Think—Finger Prints Sought. By the Associated Press. HUDSON, N. Y., July 25.—a jagged | edged stone believed to have been | used by the murderer of Miss Helen Giliis and her sister, Georglanna, aged spinsters. in their home here on Wednesday, was sent to State Chem-| ist Charles C. Howard in Concord for inspection tonight by the authorities The stone has several spots which, the Investigators think, may be blood. It weighs about six pounds and nicel fits the palm of an adult hand. No finger prints were found on it when local officers made a cursory examina- tion. It was found today on a side piazza of the Gillis home by Sheriff O'Dowd. Though the report of the medical examiner has not been made public, physcicians have positively stated that the sisters’ skulls were crushed with a blunt weapon. Tonight John Perkins, chairman of the board of selectmen, found a pock- etbook containing $36.25 under a mat- tress in the bedroom of the slain sis- ters. This find convinced the author- ities that there was no robbery in the double murder. . JAPANESE ROADS HURT. Decrease in Revenue Laid to Trade Depression. Correspondence of the Associated Press. TOKIO, June 18.—Even Japan is having its railway troubles, a state- ment recently attributed to Vice Min- ister of Railways Aoki shows. Mr. Aoki said that trade depression had caused a decided drop in the raflway traffic revenue and that there were many freight cars lying idle. Unless there 18 a decided improvement in the near future, it is feared the situation may seriously affect the budget for the current fiscal year. During May there was a falling off of 8,269 tons from the normal freight handled. The average freight rev- enue was 518,180 yen, or 22,743 yen less than for the same period last year. More than $1,000,000 was taken into Amoy, China, by Chinese returning bome last year. games without further fear of raids. |D; | home, port of Preside t present about su ce in force and m: e transactio the office of Thom The finance dled the r posed of Pres ard F. Steuart, L. Arthur D. Marks DREAMS REALIZED, INVENTOR IS SLAIN Tire Changing Tool Patenter's Am- bition Believed Cause of His Murder. Special Dispatch to The Star. PHILADELPHIA, July pletion of his life’s ambition to something that would win hin tune is belleved to have caused murder of Frank J. Kenney 9 miles from this night. State police and county s thorities believe that a burglar seek ing his patent and drawing shot and killed Kenney. His body was found with a bullet wound in the head down on a cot on the front porc Kenney a few months ago pertected a <3) for quicker changing of auto mobile tnes. Two weeks ago he was granted_a patent, and then obtained the backing of a Pittsburgh concer: to make them. According to neigh he was assured of a fortune becausc of the successful tests of his inven tion. The condition of the house when neighbors discovered the murder showed the intruder had ransacked the premises. Papers, clothing and other articles had been scattered about. According to George Dix, 45, Ken ney’s stepson, the dead man recently disposed of a house, used part of the money to buy an automobile and cloti- ing, and then secreted the rest some. where about the house. No trace of this money has been discovered. AMERICAN HéADS NURSES. Miss Nina Gage Chosen President of World’s Congress. HELSINGFORS, Finland, July (#).—Miss Nina Gage, an American woman wko has organized nursing work in China, today was elected president of the World Congress of the International Council of Nurses. The sixth world’s convention of the organization which has been in ses- sion here under the presidency of Baroness Mannheim ended tonight. Miss Noyes, another American nurse, was elected first vice president and Miss Gunn of Canada spcond vice president. President Stahlberg of Finland re- ceived the visiting nurses at a rectp- tion today. The next meeting of tha council will be in Peking in 1828, _ -