Evening Star Newspaper, September 24, 1925, Page 17

BRITISH M. P. HERE FOR CONFERENCE. ber of Parliament, the first of the English delegates to arrive in America for the Interparliamentary Union to be held here soon, and his American wife, who was formerly Miss Claflin of Morristown, N. J. snapped in their New York hotel room. FORMER PRESIDENT OF CUBA HONORED. Alfredo Capt. Arthur E; ns, mem- They were Kadel & Herbert FRENCH DEBT COMMISSION sion to o Marquiz de Chambrun, member as tendered a luncheon at the Pan-American Building yesterday by the director general, Dr. L. S. Rowe. Left to right: Rear Admiral Benson, Acting Secre- tary of War Davi Padro. charge d'affaires of Cuba. the diplomatic corps. SHOTEUN PATROLS * COARDECTY BANKS San Francisco Adopts Plan to Check Hold-Ups—Ar- mored Cars Used. By the Consolidated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. [Baby Left in Yard | Wakes Alexandria Senator Goff of West Virginia, Dr. Zayas, Secretary of the y Wilbur, and Dr. Arturo In the rear are Dr. Rowe and State Department officials and members of | Man at 5 AM.] \ | Spacial Dispatch 1o The Star. ALEXANDRIA. Va.. September 24. —R. B. Adams was awakened at 5 o'clock this morning at his home in Rosemont by the cries of a baby. He) listened a while and the sharp ring ) of his doorbell brought him out of bed. A neighbor’s boy told him a baby was in the var Hastily dressing Adams investigated and found a snugly bundled neatly ) dressed infant bearing no marks of } identification. It -had been left inside the gate. Adams called the police and September | the baby was taken to the Alexandria : 24.—Bank robbers are going to have , Hospital to be held for investigation. to “do their stuff” n less than 20 min- | It is a boy, weighing about 9 pounds, utes here in the future if they ex- |and appears to be less than two weeks pect to avoid the arm of the law. While some eastern cities are plan. | ning advertising campaigns to per. suade potential violators of the law that crime doesn’t pay, San Francis co is setting about to make a battle Hine of branch banks in the clty and to patrol that line with armored cars. May Lighten Court's Work. Though hold-ups in branch banks here can’t compete with honor with many eastern citles, they have hecome so common a8 to he hranded a menace, and Chief of Police Daniel O'Brien and Capt. Duncan Matheson of the Detective Bureau b Meve armored cars and shotguns will | By the Associated have a deterrent effect and lessen the work of the courts. 2 |2 Two armored cars. with a crew of |1, two dstectives for assigned to start the war. One wil patrol a group of 25 branch banks in the southern part of the city and the other will protect 21 institutions in the northern part. Later other cars and men will be assigned to the duty, if there s need and the new scheme works satisfactorily. 20-Minute Schedule. The plan is for a car to visit one bank after another, keeping a con- tinuous patrol and calling at each bank at intervals of about 20 minutes. ‘The squads are to pay particular at- tention to suspiclous-looking loiterers and to actually frustrate any attempt o4 hold-up. If a robbery is attempted the armed squad will be on hand with- in 20 minutes at the longest, and if the hold-up gentry improve their tac- tics and smo perfect operations that they can finish & job in less than 20 | seif and consider the service that one’s minutes, why, then arrangements will have to be made for the patrols to pass at more frequent intervals. ST. JOHN’S ROLLS HEAVY. Third Oldest Gollege in Country Begins Session. Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., September 24.— 917 South Carolina avenue southeast, the | yesterda: largest freshman class for many years, | der Sou: John's College of this city, thej With an enlarged faculty and third oldest colleglate institution in the country, began its session yvester-| day. The faculty now Enoch B. Gray. president of the col- lege, stated that the freshman class would number 90, and that its mem numbers 26. Dr. bers were from 17 different States. | The unit of the naval reserve, which Ix a feature of St. John's, has its full quota of 50 new members. The whole student body will num ber ahout which is an. incre: | e | row morning at 8 o'clock. old. CHRIST'S ATTITUDE neighborhood | Roger Babson Says He Probably Would Have Favored Accept- ing Interest. WELLESLE Mass.. September ‘The probable attitude of Jesus ard modern business investments each, have been | was discussed hy Roger W. Babson in an address today at the Nationa] Busi- ness Conference at Babson Park. “The acceptance of interest for the use of money.” he said. “‘was frowned upon by the church for centuries. Of course, no one knows what Jesus' teachings today would be on the ques. tlon of accepting interest, but prob-, ably He would approve it as a reward for saving. There was no borrowing for business purposes in Jesus' day— | the borrowing then was by the poor | to keep body and soul together—but had there been, it is logically assumed that the pavment of a market wage | for the use of money would be ap-| pwoved. On the other hand. the ! church would have urged its people to keep out of debt. * * * ““The surest way to select securities in which to permanently invest is to follow Jesus' principles of forgetting money is to render."” VETERAN MUSICIAN DIES. Alfred Giacchetti Was Member of Marine Band 35 Years. Alfred Glacchetti, 67 years old, a musician of the United States Marine Band 35 vears, died at his residence, He at one time served un. Mr. Giacchetti was retired several years ago. Mr. Giacchett! was formerly a mem- ber of the old Pistorio Band here, which is well remembered by old resi- dents of Washington. He belonged to the Musiclans’ Union. He Is survived by his widow, Mrs. Theresa Glacchett!: a daughter, Mra. Lynden S. Helm, and three brothers, William, Joseph and Frederick Giac- chetti, all of this city. Funeral services will be conducted in St. Peter's Catholie Church tomor- Interment of nearly 75 over that of last year. will be in Arlington C?elery. P. & A. Photos. ing their first meeting Warfield, Albert Schulteis, Ford Jobn H. Dodge, J. N. Doyle, and Fire Marshal L. V. Seib. ¢ terms for the payment of Fran DISTRICT FIRE PREVENTION GOMMITTEE. - Washingtoni Commissioner Fenning’ Ben T. Webster, Commissioner Fenning, J. Leo Kolb, chairma ARRIVES HERE of the commis: i l ; i Russian Prince Here. Prince Sergi Romanovsky, stepson of the Grand Duke Nicholas and nephew of the Queen of Italy, who is in Washing- 1on arranging an exhibition of paint- B Underwood & Underwood. office yesterd L E. Young, Charles F. Roberts, B. Members of the commissio s war debts 1o the United ¢ on; Deputy Lamoureux, financial expert; Deputy R. Vincent-Auriol, financial expert; Minister Cail- laux, head of the commission; Myron T. Herrick, American Ambassador to France: James Butler Wright, Assistant Secretary of State; Senator Louis Dausset, reporter of the budget, and Senator Ferdinand Chapsal, member of the commission. who are in Washington to meet ates, photographed at the Union Wine Promotion. Tho J. How- ell, who has been made chief clerk of the Post Office Department, suc- ceeding Robert S. Regar. Harris & Ewing ennon, H. E. C with the .3 merican Debt Commis- Station yesterday. Left to right: P. & A. Photos GEN. HUTCHESON at Mount St. Albans. ns appointed to further the campaign for safety against fire, photographed follow- E Y,rfl to right, front row: Lieut. 0. R. Moxley, C. J. Gockeler, Iraac Gans, Acting Fire Chief A. J. Sullivan and Isaac Nordlinger. Second row: Dr. W. A. 2ainey and Dr. Frank W. Ballou. Back row P. Benns, R. Pierce, Paul F. Grove, J. A. O'Leary, Osgood Roherts, W. J. Burrows, Charles Linkins, Robert M. Buck, ational Photo Co. HISTORY OF PREHISTORIC | Less Than Five Cents to Be Refused, |TESTIFIES THAT NOEL MAN NEAR, EXPERT SAYS Anthropologist Predicts Connec- tion of All Links of Human De- velopment in Short Time. By the Associated Press. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., September. 24,—Dr. A. E. Jenks, head of the de- partment of anthropology at the Uni- versity of Minnesota, believes. that “within a few years we will be able to tell accurately the complete history of pre-historic man.” Returning from five months’ re- search in western Europe, he ex- pressed this opinion today. His studies abroad included examination of the fossil bones of 20 Neanderthal men, ranging from a child of 4 years to a man and ‘woman nearly 60. ‘With an accurate history of pre-his- toric man available based on known facts instead of guesses, Dr. Jenks sald, “we can then, if we only have wisdom, without doubt control the fu- ture trend of culture. 2 The fossils he examined were found at Laquina, in France. Ryan Again Heads Carmen. KANSAS CITY, Mo., September 24 (#®)—Martin F. Ryan of Kansas City, was re-elected . president of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America at a convention vesterday. Frank McKenna, Montreil, Canada, was elected. vice. president., e | | By the Amsoctatea Press. | MARSEILLE, France, September 24.—The Street Beggars' Union of Marseille has taken action on the high cost of living. All menibers now have a sticker-on the giass of their framed permits to ask alms in public, vhich read: &, ‘The Union of the Needy and Work- less of Marseille, at a meeting held In the Rose Hall, declded that owing to Marseille Beggars’ Union Decides| | the alarming increase in the cost of | living, it should invite its members to refuse any offering under. 5 cents. “It therefore respectfully begs generous supporters to conform this decision. which was unanimously voted by 57 members present.” As French coinage has 1l-cent and 2.cent pleces, this resolution bars ac- ceptance of these coins. except in multiples conforming with the new regulation. i WOULD DIVORCE SINGER. Husband Says Demands on Him Are Tod*Heavy. LOS ANGELES, September 24 (). —Emmitt Sandell Davis, husband of Mariska Aldrich Davis, widely known under her first two names as an opera singer, sought a divoroe here vesterday. The court took -the case under advisement. Davis sald his wife demanded he give her a separate income of $300 monthly, insure his life in her favor for $50,000 apd make will leaving all his property to her. He told the court that his Income was $§300 a ‘month. Davis gave his wife's address as 150 West Fifty-seventh street, New York, ¥ {OLD CHARGE IS BROUGHT. Rabbi to Be Tried for Betraying Jews in Russia 20 Years Ago. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. MOSCOW, September 24.—The Soviet Russian court®at Kieft has brought to trial a Jewish rabbi, Usher Liebovitch, for his alleged activity, more than 20 years ago, in betraying influentlal leaders of the Zianist move- ment and leaders of the Jewish revo- Jutionary party to the czarist secret police, of which he Is alleged to have been an agent. Four other persons, including a | lieutenant colonel of gendarmerie, | who 1 said to have ordered the execu: tion and banishment of scores of per- sons in the Jewish city of Berditchev, are on trial for similar offenses. {opyright, 1925, by Chieago Daily News.) its | to, l HAS DEMENTIA PRAECOX | Alienist Says Youth Understands Predicament and Can Aid His Counsel. By the Associated Pre: EWARK, N. J. September 24.— [(Dr. Le Roy J. Kirkman, the first jalienist to take the stand today at the opening of the hearing on the sanity of Harrison W. Noel, Mont- clair kidnaper and murderer, testified he had examined the youth at five different times and believes he un- derstands the predicament he is in and is fully capable of alding his 1 counsel. On_cross-examination Dr. Kirkman sald he believed Noel was insane and was suffering from dementia praecox. The tips of Noel's fingers played back and forth across his upper iip as he heard the doctor testify, and his eves turned toward the floor as he slumped lower in his chair. David Daly, father of 6-year-old ftary Daly, siain by Noel, displayed intense interest in the opening of the legal skirmish that will send the youth to an asylum or to the electric chair. Dies Suddenly at Home. John Christian Kieny, 85 years old, 126 Bates street, died suddenly at his home early last night. A certificate v AR HEADS CATHEDRAL Hutcheson, retired, director general of the National Cathedral Foundation, and he will | t with the American commi T. Herrick, United States Daeschner waits. to extend greetings ‘WORK. Bishop Freemal High School Boys Seek Compromise On Fraternities High school fraternities seeking recognition of the Board of Education have planned to =end representatives to a conference to be called by school officlals next week at the Franklin School. The object is to work out a compromise agreement under which the disapproved organizations can win the school board’s approval Faculty supervision of the Greek letter organizations will be Insisted on by school officials. AVENTINE OPPOSITION TO RETURN IN ITALY Formal Decision to Be Taken Next Month—Deputies Pro- tested Marder. By the Associated Press ROME, September 24.—The Gior- nale d'Italia says the Aventine opposi- tion has decided to return to the cham- ber of deputies although some of the members advocate general resignation as a new form of protest. Formal decision will be taken next month when the executive committee meets. (Opposition members of the Italian chamber abstained from attending Parllament last Fall in protest against the murder of Deputy Matteotti, one of their number. They likened their action to the secession in ancient Rome of the Plebeians, who entrench- ed _themselves on the Aventine, one of Rome's seven hills.) Former Premier Orldndo, who has returned from France, is being urged by his friends to withdraw his resig nation as a deputy and take up the leadership of the opposition which with the return of the Aventiners will be an important bloc.” ¢ Signor Orlando has. thus far resisted these pleas, saving he wikhed to re- main out of political life, the methods | adopted nowadays being to him. PLANE Flr)f; MACCABEES. Head of Order to Urge Use of Air- craft for Officers. DETROIT, Mich., September 24 (). Recommendations that the Maca- bees pyrchase and put Into operation at least one airplane will be made here today by Supreme Comdr. A. W. Frye at a conference of prominent members of the order. The plane would be used by national officers in visiting lodges. The recommenda- tion will point out that time of exec- utives is worth more than $8 an hour and the saving will be sufficient to warrant the expenditure. Strikers Are Punished. PARIS, September 24 (#).—Dismis- sal of one employe and penalties in ten other cases were pronounced by the ministry today in connectlon with the 2-hour strike of telephone and tel- egraph operators Monday at Marseille. of death from natural causes was'Similar punishments will be inflicted at Brest and .Toslon. repugnant | CAILLAUX WELCOMED BY HERRICK. Joseph Caillaux. French min- er of finance and head of the French debt commission, here to confer on, heing welcomed on his arrival by Myron Ambassador while Ambassador Wide World Photos to France, n has appointed Maj. Gen. Grote vote his time and energy to the completion of the huge edifice. Here the new official is studying the model of the cathedral P. & A. Photos FLEEING RUK AUTO *CRASHES NTO AR Sixty-Mile-an-Hour Pursuit Through City Streets Ends in Rosslyn Freight Yard. | Roaring through the city at | miles an hour while fleeing from C: | missioner Fenning's “fving lig | squadron.” two men in a liquor-laden lautomobile crashed into a frel standing at Rosslyn. V. 1a | wrecking the machine and r in the arrest of the occupants. F | gallons of whisky were seized, police reported | The wild flight of the car was be; | 2t Twenty-eighth and P streets, wh |Capt. Guy E. Burlingame, Sergt. G M. Little'and Policemen R. . Lang don and Leo Murray of the “fiying | squadron.” and Revenue Agent Hart { man sighted the suspects. Following close on their quarry. the pursuing police narrowly escaped crashing into the other car when it struck the treight car. | _ Arthur Daniel King. 46 vears old. of Fort Myer Heights, Va.. and Carroll Nicholas, 21 years old, of Falls Church, 'Va., were arrested as they leaped from the damaged machine and attempted to flee, police said. They were brought to police headquarters | here, where charges were placed | against them King was released on a bond of $1,600 to appear for trial on charges o fllegal possession, transporting reckless driving and failing to obey a police signal to stop the car. Nicho las, charged with transporting and illegal possession, was released on $1,000 bond. Two other persons were arrested by members of the flving squadron. They were James Marshall, colored, 27 yea old, of Burrville, and Walter Cla colored, 35 vears old. 328 1 street southwest. They were charged with the alleged possession and transporia { tlon of six gallons of liquor, which, to gether* with an automobile, were seized by the officers. CANADIAN LINER DISABLED Rudderless Off Isle of Wight, She Is in Tow of Tugs. SOUTHAMPTON, September 24 (#). —The Canadian Pacific liner Empress lost her rudder in is of France, which the English Channel yssterday. having more difficulty in reachi port than was anticipated. morning she was off the Isle of Wight, proceeding with the assistance of several tugs, whose task is rendered difficult by the inability of the big ship to steer her course. The Empress of France is not ex- pected to dock here until late this evening, but her passengers will be transferred to tenders and probably will reach port early this afternoon. Actress to Wed Director. HOLLYWOOD, Calif.,* September 24 (#).—The engagement of George Melford, motion picture divector, and Riana Miller, actress, was announced today. The wedding is set for No- vember 26. 5 ®