Evening Star Newspaper, August 15, 1925, Page 12

CHURCHES PROTESTED THIS PARADE; 300,000 PERSONS WITNESSED 1T. Long Beach, Calif., has just staged the biggest "bl!hin" beauty parade” on record, 324 girls takir ing a parade in the California ¢ ng part. ity. Al the churches ofrthe city protested the parade; and the créwd of spectators was the latgest ever witness- Wide World Phato. ATU RDAY, AUGUST 15, 1925 A REAL BATTLE WITH TEAR BOMBS, STONES AND CLUBS AT READING, MASS. A score of members of the Ku Klux Klan and anti-Kl men were injured in the recent clashe waiting behind a wall for the troopers to make their appearance. 4 ? PLEASE DONT ASK TO TAKE US OUT. | WE DO NOT STAGEDOOR ENCOURAGE - | JOKNNIES X GERTRUDE HOFFMANN GIRLS. SHAM HOLD-UP TQ TEST TEAR GAS. As the “robbers” are at werk the clerk pats op ‘his hands; but 'he steps on a pedal on the floor, thaus releasing the tear gas. The test was made in New York, and it proved 2 saccess, the gas being hidden in various places, WALTER AMONG THE CHICKENS. The Washington base ball team's premier pitcher has just purchased a country home on rgetown jroad a few miles from the city. and he intends to raise chickens. The phato shows him with the first of his flock. WINTER GARDEN “BE! any m IT OR NOT!” Chorus gals won't meet “stagedodr Johnnies” and they are planning to discourage the young men in every way possible. Here we have the latest plan of Misses Louise Blackburn and Catherine Gallimore of the Gertrude Hoffmann troupe. LIQUOR PRISONERS FAGE DEPORTATION Prosecution Plans Ousters Where Possible in Raids on Gulf Coast. By the Associated Press. NEW. ORLEANS, August WHerever possible, deportétion pro- ceedings will be brought against baot leggers and rum “‘syndicate” leaders caught in the prohibition offensive under way here and on the Gulf caast,’ dry chiefs announced yesterday. The Government's program for pros- ecuting those found involved in- the liquor traffic, even offenders- whose previous records are clear, tended to include action for. deport tion following a conference between Assistant Attorney General Sager and A. R. Bugler; “assistant general chief “agenis, and local prohibition 15.- on service to co-operate with the Army of more than 200 agentg asigned to New Orleans and ad jacent territory:in an effort to ‘“clean up™ the coast. Many Believed Aliens. Ih cdwes where. citizenship has been acquired by maturalizition, - the Gov- ernment will attempt to have the grati i ights of citiZenship 'of convieted baot., leggers revoked. Many of.the men against whom. affidayits wil be pre- sentéd to the Federal grand . jury are belioved to be allens. ¥ . +E. C. Yellowley, national' chfet of prohibition agents, who has beep here directing the campalign begdn last Tuesday, leit-for Washington, where I confer with Assistant Treasury Secretary Andrews and - Roy Haynes, prohibitiof commissioner, ri sarding the resulis of the New Orelans raids. Agenta are gatlll bringing 4n scat- reced “llquor stocks found in outlying sections of the city. The total bootles. value of cantraband liguor seized sing; the surprise ralds were begun. at 5 o'clock Tuesday morning was estimat- ed to be nearly $1,300,000. MOSCOW 1S GROWING. Population Was 1,811,000 on Janu- uary 1, Report Here Shows. The population of Moscow on Janu ary 1,.1825, was 1,811,000, as compared with 1,772,000 on January,1, 1924, and 1,817,000 in 1912, official statistics re- ceived by the Russian information bu- reau here show. The area of the‘eity was 71,260 acres as compared with 43,700 acres in .1912. ; The death rate for last year showed a decrease of 9.2 ver thousand from 1913; the.marriage rate showed an Increase of more than 700 per cent and the birth rate showed, a small falling off. Deatlis were 27,083, as compared with 39,126 in 1913. Marriages were 25,187, as compared with 10,093 in 1918, and births. were §1,781, as com- pared with 54,649 {n 1913. The num- ber-of suicides was 310, as compared with 960 in 1918 & Sager sald he will ask the immi- | Wide World Photo. | CHARLES H. WOLTZ DIES. ! Retired Federal Worker Succumbs at Age of 72. Charles H. Woltz, 72 yeéars old, died | vesterday at his home, 308 South | Capitol street | Mr. Wolt | Va.. in 1853 years | United | He was born in_Fincastle, and first came to-this city ago as an employe of the ates Railway Mall Service. s retired in 1920. He is survived by his widow, Annie R. Woltz; two sons, Charles 8. Woltz | of Philadelphia, and E. N. Woltz of ths ciity, and four daughters, Cora Waltz of Baltimore, and Florence, | Irene and Annie Woltz, all of this city. hns late residence on Monday-at 2 p.m. ! Interment will be in Glenwood Ceme+ | tery, with Rev. Di 'DRY REORGA NIZING- | Andrews Expects to be ‘Able to / } Announce Appoinmn_u; Next Week. | An additional touch of speedfwas in evidencé*at the Treasury t in the | work of Assfstant Secretary #éndrews !in perfecting the prohibition peorgani- zation plan to become .effective in a {litile more than two weeksy' * A score of State directorsf and divi. sion chiefs had been calfd by Mr. { Andrews: for conferences tgday, and it | was' his hope that he wowjd.complete Dis conferences with dry wnforcement officials Monda: These conferences have afforded the Assistant Secretary an of jportunity to ‘pbtain first-hand a wides; ihforma.- tion on the enforcement situstion, and also have ¢nabled him 1> ive ths dry officers his own views fis to-effective means of enforcing the law. 1t has not beén Mr. /indrews. desire to complete selection{ of - the “mren to fill the 24 administrafive to be created in_this courftry, Borto Rico and Hawaii befare conferring-person- ally with the preseint” ofMcefs. It is inow his belief, howgver,” that e will | be able to announce.'his apr nts ! | ate next week |PLANS TO HONOR CLABK. ST. LOUIS, Aufrust 15° (R —Prelim- {inary plans for construction of a ,000 monumerit to the late Champ Clark, Speaker of the House of Repre- sentatives, were studied here by the |Champ Clark Monument Commisaion. The monument, is provided -under ‘an appropriation ol the State Legislature and will be ergcted on the céurthouse square @t -Bawling Green, Mo.; Clark's home. | IR [IPITAR | Paving Contracts Awarded. " Three ‘stre( t paving contricts were awarded by f.he Commissioners &t the board session today, providing for the surfacing of the following. atrgets: North Cajpitol street. from V- street to Michiggn avenue; Twenty-second street. between C strest tween i Funeral services will be held from, White -officiating. ). | PLANS ARE SPEEDED/| Copyright by Underwbad & Underwood g e it Copsright by P. & A. Photos msuflcf NATIONAL GUARD LEAVING FOR SUMMER MANEUVERS AT VIRGINIA BEACH. This photograph of Company B, 121st Engi- neers, was taken just before the fighting men boarded the stéamer Southland for their trip to the Unsung Lincoln Press Agent’s Work WESTERN ELECTRIC PUTS PLANT "ABROAD ON SALE| Withdr{wal From Europe Laid to Increased Demands From America for Products. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO; :August 15.—The West- ern Electric Co. has arranged to sell its European .subsidiary, the Inter- national Western Electric Co., to the International Teléphone “and ' Tele- graph Corporation, offictals of the for- | so, scattering -pi mer company announced here. Increasths demands for the manu- facture of electrical products- for American use was given as the rea- son for the Western Electric's with- drawal from the forelgn field. The International Western Electric, which has been selling telephone equipment and other electrical goods in all parts of ‘the world, will under its new ownership continue to hold the foreign patents of the Western Electric Co. and to distribute its products. George E. Pingree will become pres- ident of the International Western Electric, with Phillip K. Condict as executive vice president. The 1924 sales of this company and its' allied Companies were $43,800,000. Lawn Fete Planned. The Young.People’s Society of the Epiphany Episcopal Church have ar- - lewn-tete (o be held at chusetts. avenue Wednes- day. - There will be various booths and-dancing. | Held Vital as By the Associated Press. ., 2 _ CHICAGO, August 15.—Abraham Lincoln had a press-agent. He was Robert J. Walki ingenuity brought millions 1n financial aid to the Federal Goverament in loans frem Europe in 1863, when the Civil War was-at its crisis. Once he got into a balloon and rode !across England, ‘the firet mar to do ropaganda. --Another time he rode through London behind six milk-white horses in an equipage more glorlous than that of the Aus- trian Ambassador, to show the British that the “rafl splitter”” had money. Walker, was 50 described by Prof. W. E. Dodd, University of Chicago historian, in the last of a series of lec- tures on “Little Men of Great Influ- ence in_American History.” The President's . press._agent . was sent to-London to put-a stop to Con- federats Toans and to borrow.as much as he could to sustain- the credit of the Federal Government, gald Prof. Doad. = #53 “He took ‘his own-checkbook with him. He spent a great if not the greater part of his fortune to support the wealth and dignity of the United States. P B “‘His ride in the balloon was a sen- sation. The propaganda he scattered was in the form of & pamphlet like Wilson's 14- points dropped in the World War behind the German lines. ‘Only Walker's pam) ’ proved: to Great’ Britain’s satisfaction that Jef- ferson Davis had répudiated ten mil- lons of Mississippi’s debts in 1340. Summer tra ry “Jt was a stroke of genius. Within {a month the credit of the Confederacy, fell from par to nil. The.Southerners were frantic. Of course, it was false- hood pure and simple. The London Times, hitherto friendly to the South, opened its columns to Walker. “But that was not all. Walker be- gan to borrow for Lincoln. Lincoln was in sore need. Walker went to Hol- land, where he borrowed more for Lin- coln. But i s at Frankfort, Ger- many. that Walker performed mira- cles. There he induced Jewish bank- ers to lend the United States $250,000,- 000. It was as great a stroke as win- ning the battle of Gettysburg. Lincoln was saved in Europe.” After he returned to America, Prof. Dodd showed, Walker was never of- tered a_job, and he never even ap- proached adulation in Washington. He was not reimbursed, and he and |his wife, the granddaughter of Benja- min Franklin, were reduced to pov- |erty. He began to lobby in Congress, and received money from the Rdssian | Minister to bribe members of Con- gress to vote for the purchase of Alaska. He attempted a bribe or two, failed and then testified to his own humiliation and shame. He died and | was buried unmarked and obscure. Gettysburg Victo Modern fashions are declared by some authorities to be responsible for ‘women; low necks, short skirts dnd silk underwear have given them new | health, youth and beauty. ing grounds. the prolonged - youthfulness=of - our | Washington Star Photo {FORD MOTORS SUED; INFRINGEMENT CHARGED St. Louis Conéern Manufacturing Transmission ‘Bands Says Patents Are Violated. By the Associated Press. a | ST. LOUIS, August 15. — The Ford Motor Co., is Infringing on bands, the Parks & Bohne Co., Inc., of St. Louis declare in a bill of com- plaint filed in United States District Court. The latter concern seeks an injunction and an accounting of prof- its it lost and damages suffered as a result of'the aleged infringement. The plaintiff says that in 1916 Thomas Lockewhite of Idaho City, Idaho, invented improvements on transmission bands and was granted two patents, which later passed under the control of the loeal company, en- gaged in the manufacture and sale of automobile parts. The petition states the- invention met the popular ap- ‘proval and there was a heavy public demand for the bands. The Ford con- cern ‘is specifically charged with knowingly contriving to-deprive the St. Louis firm of the profits which accrue to it.under the invention by \unlawfully manutacturing and selling bands containing principles of the in- veption. Officer Is Transferred. Capt: - Clyde —W. -Soogin, - Dental Corps, has been transferred from the General Dispe; his city, to Wal- ter Reed General Hospital for duty. patents for automobile transmission | A force of State troops, rushing from various towns, stamped out the trouble. UNCLE SAM IS KIND TO UNSUCC out the day at Ellis Island, New York ! who await deportation for various re {FREED IN LUNACY CASES. Woman and Girl Cleared at Jury Hearings. . Mrs. Elizabeth Fraser was acquit ted today by a jury before Chief Jus. tice McCoy a charge of insani Mrs. Fraser was taken into custody several weeks-ago at the office of At torney James A. Toomey, where she pushed her umbrella through the win- dow panes while waiting to have an interview with the lawyer. She visited an up-town office building earlier in the day and threw ink on a law whom she met in the elevator. Mary Lucille Cole, 16 years oid, was also acquitted of a lunacy charge. She is an inmate of the National Training School, and has been under observa- tion several weeks at St. Elizabeth's. Physictans declared her insane, but | the jury, after hearing the gir story on the stand, sent her back to the ‘training_school. ! MISS PRICE ACCUSES | PARKHURST IN COURT | Says Young Berwyn Man Attacked | Her on Sligo Avenue Near Silver Spring. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., August 15.—In Police Court here today Miss Mary | Price of Silver Spring, Md., victim of an assault_last Saturday night, ac- cused Robert- 8. Parkhurst, who was arraigned on the charge and has of | fered an alibi. She said she.was 16 vears old, and was on her way home when attacked at a‘lonely spot on Sligo avenue. Park- {hurst.i8-22. 'She admitted that she gave a false statement in blaming a negro: | Mr. and-Mrs. Charles S. Peters. Parkhurst of Berwyn, Md., parents of the defendant, were in court. They alibi, and the Wearing gave promise of lasting throughout the day. | THREE FINED. IN PROBE OF STEAMER GAMBLING | Hyattsville Peace Justice Follow- ing Arrest on St. Johns. Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, August 15—Capt. R. B. Reed of the steamer St. Johns, | plying between Washington and Co- hearing before Justice of the Peace Herbert J. Moffat here yesterday by Attorney George H. Calvert, jr., of Washington, charged with per- mitting a gaming table on the St. Johns, August 9 last, while the steam- er was in Prince Georges County. A plea of guilty was entered and County Prosecuting Officer Alan | Bowie suggested a fine of $50 and | costs, the assessment being paid. | At the same time Attorney Calvert entered gullty pleas in the cases of Paul H. Schlichting, saild to be of Baltimore, and Willlam Bryant, who were also assessed $50 each and costs. The warrants in the cases of Schlicht- ing and. Bryant charged them with seiting up and keeping a gaming | table and also with managing a gam- |ing table. {in Washington were prepared to offer evidence of an | | Pleas, of Guilty Entered Before | lonjal Beach, was represented at the | The photo shows K « t by P. & A CESSFUL IMMIGRANTS. Through. . milk is passed out to the immigrant women and children who have knocked in vain at Unele Sam’s door, and asons. Copyright by P & CRANDALL HOUSES * SOUGHT N CHAN Giant Movie ‘and Vaudeville Combination Seen in Negotiations. A. Photos. Establishment of a_gigant picture and vaudeville larger than any other sin tion ever formed, embr: picture and vaudeville ho ington,and. other cities jn land, Virginia'and West V seen today when it becan Harry Crandall, - oW National franchise in owner of a chain of mot houses, {s negotiating wth terests for partial sale of hi: i ahdl’ surr tes. The negotiations, which have be in progress for two months, ing completion, Mr. Crandall s day. Those upnderstood to be | to” purchase the Crandall | Washington, Baltimore, Roanc | tinsburg, Cymberland and oth about Washington are the St: terests, represented here Dby Ju | Brylawski, manager of the Earle | ater: the Fox Interests and thre. |large " theatrical -Gombine: | names Mr. Crandall did not reve | $3,000,000. Offer Reported. One offer has been made, it was derstdod today, to pay the W. ton-theatrical magnaté $3,000,000 | one-fourth interest in hjs ch | Crandall to remain here as | of ‘the chain for 15 years. the deal includes the First National Prodpcing to Crandall ~when he rell | ownership in the Washing ange, was not made know “No:decislon has beed reached . the matters are still in | Mr. Crandall said today. than likely that somethin will be known within two weeks Crandall will leave W s Tuesday for Indianapolis to cofivention in the Indiana c { The Crandall houses in W3 | ton are the Metropolitan, Amba: | Tivoli,” Savoy, Avenue Grand { Central and Strand; Gumberland, M. | Rialto; Roanoke, Va., Apollo, and Mar tinsburg, W. Va., Strand. The Colon: is under construction at Georgia | avenue and Farragut street | Purchase of an interest in the | Crandall theaters in and near Wash | ington was looked upon todayin the | Capital as a step in the greatest com- | bine .ever. undertaken in the motion picture and theatrical business—a b ness enterprise whose total cap | Would involve many millions of doll and whose interests would virtually control the entire theatrical world. £ F. Albee, owner of the Keith chajn of | theaters, is connected with the Stanley interests. Goes to Active Duty. Lieut. Col. Charles T. Leeds, Corps of Engineers Reserye, gf this city, has been ordered ®. active duty in train ing in the office of the chiet of engi neers, War Department. i