Evening Star Newspaper, December 2, 1925, Page 2

) LY STAR. D, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 2. 1928. Cincinnati Wants Him DRY LAW CRUCIFIED, REFORMER ASERTS United Committee Official Says Politics Makes Pro- hibition a *Byword.” A pport on the status of prohibition | intAmerica. which may rival the re rept sensational survey made hy in vegtigators of the Federal Council of Churches, will be made public shortly | by the United Committee for Prohibi tion Enforcement, comprising %% of thy leading Cathollc and Protestant | temperance and reform hodies of the | Unired States This was indicated today at the Raleigh Totel. when the committee | voted 1o zive to the public later the | enfire report of Clinton N. Howard of | LIEUT. COL. C. 0. SHERRI Rochester, N. Y.. chairman of the | committee, who revealed in a meet- | tng at the Metropalitan Preshyterian | LT, COL, SHERRILL *hurch last night some of the stric i tures on prohibition of today which he | MAY QUIT SERVICE ntends incorporating into his ».-mn“ ment Prohibition has crucified be- | tween 1wo political thieves.” eried out | Heward. at the meeting last night of | hd Tnternational Reform Federation. heen (Continued from Fir S racory AN States to accept it. As valuable as| yn-:; part ‘of hik! weport AN Als: fiy R O e here ar the et ihis sally. Representative Up. | Present time when there are o many o De T af Georgia later ve |important projects divectly under him shgw. Democrat ks heeting | 10 be iad out. it i* not considersd joibed from the floor of the Mee'TE | likelv that this would stand In the That snch a charge awmaker. and . WAY of the colanel getting a position | fort” to him as a “Ary” Awmarer ANG | o veving sneh a munificent salary that he knew “the heart of T PAET| 1" i=* understood that Lieut. Cof B iasie DgartEe Sherrill is the first selaction of the 3 . o drink. | ity of Cincinnati for the position of Prnere i qustesimuchiinna; Aink- | eity manager. and in the avant that Ing and cowardice In the [ePUT TR this fails, 1’ is reported that the party as there is in the DEMOCYAOC aiharc being considered are Louls party.” declared Mr. Upshaw. " Brownlow, former (ommissionar of they are getting away with it ! the District of Columbia. and (ol 30,000 Drunk Here, He Says. | Charles \W. Kutz former FEngineer Commissioner of thé District, and Reading from a lengthy MANU- | now [*nited States Army engineer seript. which comprised only Part of i oficer in charge of the (incinnati his report for the United Committee | giciricr, for Prohibition Entorcement. Mr. How-{ " ne ot (ol Sherrill's big projects | ard charged that in the National CAP-| here is the improvement of Anacostia {tal alone there had heen “‘more Than, park which, when completad will he 30,000 arrests for drunkenness under!ane of the greatest riverside parks in prahibition This. he said. was “mAK-' the world. and the suggestion has ing the eighteenth amendment a hi been made that it be named Sherrill | in@ and a byword” and was not cause | for. any friend of prohibitien tn POINt officer who has worked so hard for with pride as accomplishment from |jte improvement. mearly six vears of prohibition ; a e “The American people.” he declared. il mat long toterate tha spurious CIVIL WAR FEARED brand of prohibition now in force. We have not vet had the kind of prohibi tion that was promised. Retroaction has set in, and a whole legion of hoot lesginz devils have enfersd American " The conclusions and eonstructiv criticisms to be presented for reform of the present svstem of prohibitlon from the boundary. but scufing and were to he lald hefore the committee gyirmiching are continuing, with ex late this afternoon by Chairman |cjtement in the horder towne consid Howard cred ai a dangerous level. ‘Cosgrave's i ast-minute trip to London was a sur Administration Assailed. Iafimmiisiuinioltenden imabiafaus, Sharp criticism of the Government held secretly. they gave rire to & flood by the report brought rousing re-'of wild rumors, the worat aponse at the meeting last night from claims faflure of the negotiations will, | Topresentatives nf several ailled or-‘once for all, open Irish wounds which | canizations which are meeting In jately had been thought closed. and S miington this week. including the | plunge Ireland into the kind of civil International Reform Federation. the !strife which it knew in 1914 IF COSGRAVE FAILS (Continued from First Page.) o AN HOLDSBACK Park after the distinguished engineer & IN BOUNDARY CRISIS | Norngu? i of which | called by THE EVENING WASHINGTON, ANIMALREST FARM N/ serione: To conmiss queen }GHANGES ARE MAI]E‘cm.m Prorok’s Expedition Uncovers Skeleton in Tuareg Country Which Is Believed to Be That of Fabulous Woman, Tim Hinan. | Criticism of Star Article Fol- | lowed by Improvement of By the Amagiated Press akull had feminine characteristics. but i | i | e NEW YORK. Decembesr ?.—The|the body hones were apparently of Conditions. 4 ’ a masculine type. 1t ix thought | [ralym.--\nwrlra“ expedition i the [ & EIS e axpedition h | Sahara headed by Count Byron|found the body of the ancient heroine who Ix the reot and whole ¢ the | Kuhn de Prorok hae disinterred the structure of Tuareg mythology I W sere and friends While members and frien: LR as ah e e Humane FEdncation Societv w icizing or ‘jcla of Sun-| 'omb of Tim Hinan, the legendary | The weapona usually buried with A,.‘T'”’.‘.I'?,’.f.':[ “ nllIH.Havvll\:”n( r(nn’nd | 2oddess and ancestreas of the [ persons af high rank wers not found by a 'veporter ai fhe nrganization's' TUATER. save a dispatch today (o | Garments of a dignitary were found Be Kind to Animals Farm near Po. | 'he New York Times from Abalesss | piled In a nanternom of the burial tomac, Md.. steps are heing takan de. ! HORRAn. In the Sahara Desert chamber. Reads, carbuncles. garnets | <lzned 1o put tha farm on the footing | The hones of a well built person |and ohjects of gold and xilver were originally contemplated for it—as a | about # fest in height., whose fine | dug np in the mound covering the | place of refugs and rest for friendlass | f8atures resemble those of premen:- fskeleton. The heads. which were Aay Tuarex nobles. were found reci- | similar to those of the third and animals Following The Star’s article of Sun fourth centuries found in the temple ing on an slaborate couch sunk i | mpRinte hate poured ints The | #olid rock, tha dispatch atated. Thit [of Tanit at Carthage. gave the first vg:n' (;'1‘1‘:.‘.'.::' vr‘?,'« e eacription of | WAA Aurrounded hy hage of grain, | clue to the date of the tamb | comditione: a1 the farm was unjust,| KrApes and dates, fond for the four- [ Masslve hracelets on the arms of | untair and erroneous. ney inte the other world the skelaton were helieved to he of | e falloming changes ai the farm | The sacientists wers unable 1o de- [ gold and silver alloyed with other | have been made since Sunday: termine whether the hones were | meial. probably antimony. which was those of & man or woman. but the | nged hy the Carthaginians to zive | “Three of the dogs suffering from . | dlsease have baen taken into dog hos- | natives wers convinced they wers|&old and sflver fewelry additionsl | Ditale in Wasnington and will be! those of Tim Hinan herself, The| weight and hardness. | Tooked afrer carefully. Others wiil be - - ik et hospitals should the need LEWIS SAYS STRIKE 1S UP TO PUBLLC Miners Anxious to See Op- | erators Comply With In- dorsed Plan, He Declares. David R. Burhans. secretary Humane Bducation Society. has gone | to the farm 1o take active charge of the place. replacing Mre. Sarah Fanlkner. who has heen relieved of | her position ther Doge suffering from mange or other diseaser will he ienlated. on the advice of veterinarians, according to Mr. Bur hane A schedule has whereby th Viits each week will he made 1 the farm by vetenarians who will sas that afflictad dogs receive proper medical treatment. A supply of medicine, =aid tn he more effeciive than formerly used at the farm. has heen taken there. and will he administerad hy trained men. of the animals has heen MILITIA, 1S CHARGE Former Chief Urges Freeing Guard From Control of the General Staff. heen arranged Br the Assoriated Press HARRISBI'RG. Pa By the Amsociated Press. Divorea of the Militia Bureau of the December 2.— Mhsidict ot 3 ey m"“‘w.r Department from szeneral staff John L. president of the United completely changed. #o tha Qi % i Mine Workers. declared last night halanced ration will be given | control’ through appointment of an | 5 R€ POl 0t he refusal of the A number of changes have heen made | assistant secretary to handle all Na in the living quarters for the dOoR% | jona] Guard affairs under appropri in order to fnsure added comfort. The | . 0 (4 aie from those for the puppies have heen given a special i ended by place, and their warmth and shelter | Regular Army is recommen onblic as represented by Gov. Pinchet assured at all times. | Maj. Gen. Gnorge C. Rickards. head and the anthracite operators. Kennel Layout Changed. of the Pennsvivania National Guard,| “The Mine Workers wish the puh = lic succers.” he said. "in ite efforts > = i made hy | In his annual report made publie to. ~ . ‘s o " = | e g N2% | the governor's terms of settlement which zet along well togather will he [::i: . Rk which the public has overwhelmingly hard coal operators to accept the pro- posala of Gov. Pinchot for settlement of the controversy “the fAght is now between the anthracite - consuming quartered in the same place. | War De < * ” ki Indorsed.” partment general staff 1o 1ake = e The house on the farm, the cond | (37 DORAIITEL, B0 S fnctiona | WIth thle statement. the miner tion of which was desc han haen | Of the chief of the Militia Rureau e e o ome Star, has heen T, Tlp ld ba apparent tn the gen. | S Phingfleld. Til o cia Thoroughly cleaned. Mr. Burhans will | it should be apparent in the KA/ and members of the tridistrict scale nccupy the house himaeit and oversee | 52! &G, RS TR0, SAMINICE ont | committee, who had been in Harris the cars of the animals S s o | DUTE since last Saturdav. when the [ S b SReEUIALE A K01 i governeor invited them to the capital Every effort ix being made by Jamee | oo tgmiljar with the National Guards pita 1o receive his plan for snding the sus pension, left here during the day. as hope of a resumption of negatlations on the baais of the executive's propn sition faded. . Briges of the organiza tion, and 1o remedy have heen wha are working with him\ helleve president | | i | that the project will be successtul. | | i | those associated with him any condltions which may found faulty. and those of all the States and know their proh lema through more intimate contact with them than it is possible for any other \War Department agency to have “1 am convinced.” the general de clared. “that sound husiness principles and best Interests of national defense | Will be merved when the chief. Militia | - Rureau. shall have his duties fully de. Membhers of the society wha have telephone and written fo The Star criticizing its article of Sun day on conditions at the farm have denfed. in the majority of ca that | Ainad by regulations. if not by law, the farm was in bad condition. Vet-|and he permitted to exercise them erinarians who Inspected the place at | Ay experlence leads me to tha eonclu U'nited Committee for Prohibition En-' The report that a considerable num- | the request of Mr. Briggs were offered | sion that it (the National Guard) oreament. the National Legislativé par of Free State troops has been|ihe use of The Star to give an account |should have a separate appropriation Conference. the National Temperance ‘moved o the Donegal border is con- of what they found there. They ' This would eliminate the feeling Council and the National Committee sidered untrue. agreed. for the most part. that the | which now appears to he prevalent in ) L 27 of the Prohibition Party (COpSTIENL. 1825, hy Chicagn Daile Naws Co | doge were in “fairly good shape.” |the Reguiar Armv thai monevs used | 4 A harging that there was a veal g . | ‘whan thefr onditlon on being taken | for the National Guard are heing COMMittee Won’t Take Evi- “crisls {n- prohibition.” Mr. Howard ROAD DENI 1o the farm ia taken inte considera- | taken from funds necessary for the & oclared that. despite the OA ES s 5 eupport of the Regnlar Army. . last might declrey olstead act. the N UNSAFE iion L4 o dence Till Tuesday—lowa Constitution and the ’0:.:'!“ had heen ‘cha'urh!d hy a a0d of poisonous lquor o hers had heen “political assassina- CONTROL DEVICES tion of prohibition”™ in Rochester. X Jom r Reome city. Mr. Howard said. charging ihat there was one saloon New York Central Answers | vhich ed of the fact that it was e After the founder of the Wom en's Christian Temperance Union. e Willard Saloon. i e e Defors the Civil War cried Mr. Howard, “did the slave pow or guccesd In =0 breaking down Amer- feap life" as had the evils attendant on the present svetem of prohibition. Mentioning by name some other Charges Made to Commerce Commission. By the Assoriated Prase Charges that unsafe train control devices have stalled hy the | Yentioning by Bam e X' Y. New York Central were denied by the | R mz & traternal clun declared by road today hefore the Interstate Com. O eaker 1o be breaking the law. merce Commission. | e e expinined the iy cowld | Tye complaint was made by the not get r';l of them Sprague Safety Control Signal Co.. “Why don't ye heen i appeal 10 the Fed oral Gbvernment T some one in the which also asseried that the w | audience asked him York Central's purchase of safety de- | w“ - . vices was in violation of anti-trust Prefers “Man in the Moon legislation. This latter charge the ‘Fou might as well appeal fo the paflroad asked the commission to dis- man in the moon as to the Federalimiss and leave to the conrts. Prohibition Department.” was his| H. S Balliet, signal engineer for the S nawer railroad, testifiad that the devices in- M imong the factors responsible for «alled at a cost of $5.000,000 com- the situation. Mr. Howard said, were plieq in every particuiar with the administration 1o the failure of the “ommerce Commission’s requirements. handle the problem and the “lack of = fendly to b support of organizations fr Prahibition | OYSTER 2 1-2 POUNDS. | Behind the report and recom & epdatione nf Mr. Howard. as finally Diapared, will he the 23 constituent |Rings on Shell Indicate Age 25 or ies of the [nited Commitiee for o tan Enforcement, said (o repre 30 Years. Says Virginfan. B dreds of {housands of SUDPOFL- | spaial Drspateh tn The Star | ers' of prohibition among both Cath RIGEMOND, \ta.. December, 3. | olige and Protestants of the United . o i jonar W. McD. Lee of the Stages. fisheries department has hrought to Cover Whole Country. the city the largesi ovster aver seen ? 3 in |in Richmond. The oyster and shell The organizations P“"“'p‘::(;";‘: in | weighed 21, pounds. the shell measur- | the Unit : ':"m"\‘”;:- t'l‘M” K e |Ing 1013 inches long and 5 incher in itatietter head. are o . Asso- | O ctation of Catholice Favoring Prohibi- i~ The hivalve was taken from the Service Commit- | catars of | tion, Baptist Social the Rappahannock River. | teey Catholic Clergy Prohibition | near the home of Mr. Lae. who savs | League. Church Temperance Society. that it is hetween 25 and 30 years| Wamman's Christian Temperance Union | old. This is determined hy the Tings | of Delaware, Disciples of Christ Board | onthe shell. Mr. Lee says that he | of ‘Temperance :%d Social Welfa) hae seen ovsters as large as this on Fiving Squadron Foundation. Wom: |several accasions. an's Christian Temperance Unlon of 5 larida. Tnternational Order of ;?o Templars. International Reform Fed KIPLING IS ILL. eration Massachusett=2 Prohibition i i | Committee. Mathodist Episcopal Roard of Temperance. Prohibition and Pub- | lic Morals. National Clvic League, Na- tinmal Raform Association. Natlonal g Temperance Society, New York Civie | BURWASH. England. December 2 Leazue. Pennsyivania Prohibition | (#).—Anxiety is felt over the condition | Commirtee, Woman's Christian Tem- |of Rudyard Kipling. whe is ill with perance ["nion of Penneylvania. Pres- | hronchitis. Meterian Department of Moral Wel- | The writer's secretary, however. an fare. Prohibitien National Commitree. | nounced this morning that he was Making Satisfactory Progress, | Taformed Church in the United 'making satisfactory progresx. Ststeq. Sone of Temperance, United |[————— Societr of Christian Endeavor. Uni vertalist Department of Sncial Service. Bther speakers at the mesting last ht of the International Reform ' Federatlon were Virgil G. Hinshaw. | Rey. William Sheafe Chase, Rev. John | Matteotti However. Secretary Announces. |'P® exisience of a cheka. or political Extravagance Causing Dishonesty Wave| "\ i aseistence Fand. | Over Nation, Says Maryland Official alan agreed with one excep. ton that there were “a few had cases | of thea mange. a number of minor ses and some distemper.” This con dition is to be found when a number of miscellaneous animals are brought together without ample funds for their care. It was stated. One Veterinarian Disagreas. They Declares Militia Handicapped. “qt fa my Arm conviction. based on |long experience and close study. that had the chief. Milltia Rurean. heen permitted 1o adminlster the affaire of the Militia Bureau. as I believe was contemplated by the Congress. and to {have handled the appropriations in his Senator Files Demurrer. Br the Acaociated Prass Counsel for Sanator RBrookhart te- Aax filed 2 demurrer 10 the charges of :\:‘\n u'l‘\ (n!;flx: n{! M.!‘n-r hflv;n‘d‘_:“ the Republican State central commit e i the actions of the Secretary o r cite ! o mange, no cases of Aistemper, | mendations of the general ataft. a |ate elections committes hearing on I one - thin fog. and he hellavad | Stréngth of 190.000 could have been |the lowa senatarfal contast they were properly fed. ,'h"h:d "a"_';‘:i‘“"'si:"" throughotit |5 G, Mitchell. representing Rronk- v " !the vear: 2 A|“]:lr‘l‘f_t! x.:rr-"nn:.vmg:‘”;—";-;:{ “Due to the restrictions piaced | hart. dsclared that the allegations D ans feomn his awn private funds. | pon 1t hy higher autherity, fhe |were irrelevant and was manifestly an Rac heen commended on svers hand | Militia Burean was forced 1o #105 | aitempt on the part of an element of for his work in hehalf of animals.| “"""',.,':':?,f“m':':," A Tadimra (e [the central committee to dominate rfends expressed the hellef that Sirict K‘:v.t-nh‘t'?\ndhlxnrr:l which -hn:\d he | number of armory Arills, thus leaving remedied hecame known. the remedtal | 7, considerable unused halance of measures would soon follow. This s | fonds which were appropriated by the evidenced. it is stated. in the renewed | C'ongress for these specific purposes. | that intereat in the farm which, it & be. | “T do not wish to be thair will over the voters of the State. He declarec that the only materfal allegation contained In the charge was Brookhart did not receive suf. underatood | ficient votes to he seated ar a Senator lieved, will result in material henefit | #~ condemning the whole War De-|from lowa and that that charge was to the animals quartered there, partment policy as it relates to the heing investigated in the Brookhart- National Guard. for I trust I am too | Steck case, | liberal-minded 1o do that. A= a result | H. E. | of my experience during one vear as | | & member of the War Department | Brookhart's election Spangler, counsel for Cen- tral Committee, deciared that Senator was fraudulent MATTEOTTI KILLING | general staff, four vears as chief. | hecause after taking the oath as re. DECLARED NOT PLOT {filitia Bureau. and 43 years of con- quired by the State law that he was | firuous active National Guard serv- (a Republican he repudiated the Re- | ice, T feel qualified to speak ‘on this ol a ted the candidate of arty and suppor e Finds Muth to Pralse. | he Tival party. Under the law, he “There ia mueh to praise and com- |said. thera was no procedure to force parativels little te condemn. Jealousy, | Brookhart's withdrawal, and as a re. Animosity and personal advancement |sult he received several thousand TRt have me place in this great nn- | votes by heing on the straight Repub- Hertaking, which has wan such hearty (lican ticket with President Coolidge. appro The committee agreed fo postpone publican party 30 days hefore the elec- tion and became a member of a rival Br ths Assaciated Press ROME. Decembar 2 and slaving of The kidnll‘l"ll the Socialist deputy which cansed such a asnga tion early last vear, was not premedi tated. hut the result af 3 apantaneous A numbar impulse hy of hot-headed 1 "I E o1y recommend the ad- | consideration of ihe Rrookhart-Steck | youthe who sought to prevent him | i.apilitv of aholithing the title of | contest until Monday to permit coun- from participating in the sittings of | [IEMNGL M0 Rireau, and inatead te | sel for hoth contestants to complete the chamher. |amend the law 80 as to make this |checking over the ballots and agree. This is the finding of the Court of sistant Secretary of War, | ing on eliminations. J. M. Parsens. Review. an published in this morning's | e 2 A "dafinad by | counsel for Steck. said he helieved he newapapers. The finding holds five | oo, : |and Mr. Mitchell would throw aside men for trial and liberates all the 25 | 7. Rjckards served as chisf of | by common agreement four or five others named in connection with the | ;"\ equ for all but two days of the thousand votes. crime. The five held are Amerigo| g, q) year covered by the report and ' The committee decided to hear the Dumini. Albine Volpl, Gluseppe Viola. | ! P evidence of the central committes be- | signed the document at the request of hiz successor, the present chief, Maj. Gen. Creed €. Hammond, Oregon National Guard. Gen. Hammond made no reference to hin predecessor’s conclusions in the Amleto Poveromo and Augusto Mala- cria. According 1o the Court of Raview, these five, exponents of extreme po- litical measures. conceived the idea of | fore passing on the demurrer and the | commlittee’s witnesses will be heard | tomorrow. Evidence in the Brook- | hart-Steck contest will be taken up at { 10 o'clock Tueaday. kidnaping Matteotti, but, - unfortu- | 1o e PG FTERG10G (o the report. but pacely, the kidnaping rasulted i B nvafl ioh s e nBartnl omicide. To e terein 1ne amerton | W e e cmirarer, 7| AL JOLSON WILL AID irculated at the time of the crime of o a2 ione were confined to requests MEMORIAL BENEF'T for modification of the non-recognition | Actor to Bring 30-Piece Orchestra policy of the department as to new guard units, particularly in the case for Stone Mountain Per- formance Here. Police enemies of fascismo. Regarding a report that Filipelli and Naldi. two of those released, were Interasted in the proposed oil conces. siona to the Sinclair Co., which Matte. | ofti was about to oppose in the Cham. | her of Deputies. the court states that this story was proved to he false. of air units for the four guard divi. sions atill Jacking them. $2,666 FOR ITALY’S DEBT | Natives Living at Cumberland. In a telegram to Admiral Cary T | Grayson today Al Jolson. the interna Special Dispateh to The Star | ttonally known and popular entertain- CUMBERLAND. Md.. December 2. ar. announced that he intended to _Loeal Ttallans have raised $2.666 a8 | hring his own orchestra of 30 places THREE LOSE LIVES INTRAFFIC TOLL Two Other Persons in Hos- | pital Seriously Injured—12 Slightly Hurt. Trafe took a toll of thres lives vesterday and placed two persons in hospitals serfously injured. as well an 12 persona slightiy injured. Ruth Mahaffey. 1%vear-nld te phone operator. living at 4903 Wis. consin avenue. was crushed under the wheels of a large truck operated by Neal Jackson, eolored. of 910 Twenty seventh strest. while he was crossing At the intersection of Twenty-seventh and Q streets late yesterday. She was with sister at the fime, on her way to visit a friend in Columbis Hospital. The aister saved herself by jumping out of the path of the truck Jackson was arrested immediately after the accident. pending action of the coroner's jury. The front wheel of the truck is be lieved 1o have passed over the hody of Miss Mahaffey. She was taken to Emergency Hospital in an automobile operated by Mrs. S. P. Demmier. 1901 K street. Physielans pronounced her dead on arrival at the hospital Rrakes Found Defective. At an inquest today Jackson was held for the action of the grand jury. Policemen Godbold and Schotter of the Traffic Burean testified as 1o tests of the hrakes on the truck. which Is listed to Schroff Bros. trucking con- tractore, at 1005 Wisconsin avenne, The hrakes, according (o tests made on Twanty-fifth street hetween @ and & mtreets late vestarday. falled 1o fune. tion up o requiremen The foot brake stopped the car. according to Traffic Rureau records. at a &peed of 15 miles per hour. in 60 feet the re quirement being at least 40 feel: the hand bhrake stepped the truck in 150 feet at the same speed. more than 100 feet in excess. Police pronounced the brakes defective following thix test, stating that compresaion of the motor. if no gamoline should he fed. should Atop the car within the &pace that the emergency hrake stopped it Col. Walker Among the Dead. The other two deaths vesterday re sulted m accidentx on previous days. Col. William H. Walker, 70 vears old. of Maryland Park. Md.. a retired newspaper man of Washing- ton. died in Casualty Hospital vester day from injuries received last Sun day when hit by an automobile said 10 have heen aperated hy Herbert Wil liame. 1126 Firat street. in Capitol Heights. Md. Willlams. by orders of Maryiand authorities, had hesn re. leased after the first investigation of the accident. Col. Walker was Ohlo. in 1854, and came to Washing ton 35 vears ago. He city editor of the Washington Post for 15 vears, and was at one time Sundav editor Later he was night editor of the Ax sociated Press in this city. and had heen actively connected with news paper work until retiring about fixe vears ago. He is survived by his wife Walker. and a daughter. Miss Jean- ette Walker, of Marviand Park. Md. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. pending an inquest to be held hy Maryland authorities tomor- wow. horn in_Dayvton Mrs. Dora Thomas Lynn Dies of Injuries. Thomas Lynn, 70 years old, of 521 Thirteenth street northeast, also died veaterdar. He A= hit bv an auto | moblle aaid to have hasn operaled by Robert 1. Waters of Arlington. Va . near the Highway Bridge. in Virginia. on Thankagiving eve. Waters took him 1o hts Emergency Hospital, where death ensied vesterday from a frac- ture of the skull Thess two cases being fust over the District line, will not he subjects of inquesiz hes Six-vear-old Willlam Hill of &1 Rhode Tsland avenue northeasi iwhn was knocked down hy an an‘omobile operated by Vietor H. Ruel, 22 Fvaris xireet northeast, early Sunday in front of St. Martin'’s Church, North Cap ito] and T streets. ix in a serious com ditlon at Stbley Hospital, with appre. hension felt by physicians for ult mate outcome hoth ocenrrences Hit-and-Run Case Reported. A “hit-and-run” motorist added another serious injury last night when an augomobile hit Mr. and Mre. Wat- son Coleman. local attorney and hix wife, of 318 East Clifton Terrace. as they stepped off the curbing at the intersection of Thirteenth and Fairmont streets. Mrs. Coleman was taken to Garfield Hospiial. suffering from severs head injuries, fracture of the ribs, internal injuries and shock. Mr. Coleman was not seriously hurt, The automobile did not atop. It sped west on Fairmont street and disap- peared in the atream of traffic on Fourteenth streat. Other Trafie Accidents. The 11 other persona injured slightiy in accidents and the placer where the accidents accurred ware as follows Tracey Keefer, 13 years 0ld. 322 See- ond strest northwest, a newshoy, was struck by an automobile operatsd by Paul Golivart, 1932 Calvert strest, at Sixth and D ‘atreets and slightly in- jured about the hody. Mrs. Agnes Williams, Hyatteville, Md.. 43 years old, hit by a straet ear while crossing in front of 804 R straet southwest: badly bruised. Paul Ford. 5 vears old. of 1127 New Jersey avenue, cut ahout the hody when knocked down by an antomobile operated by James Hawkins, 11 Sev. enteenth street southeast, at the mouth of an alley next the residence of the hoy. James M. Lowe, 35 vears old. 3420 N street, broken leg and cuts 1o the face and hand when struck and knocked down by an automobile oper- ated by M. Fritts, 873 Ninth street, on Wisconsin avenue near N street. Woman Hurt in Collision. Mrs. H. K. Richardson, 20 years old, Cottage City, Md., injured about the arms and body in collision hetween au- tomobiles of Harry G. Richardson, in which she was passenger, and Elmer Taylor, at Firat and B streets. Leon Chase, colored, 1213 17 street, slightly hurt when run down by aute- mobile operated hy 1'. 8. Garnes, 2538 | Georgia avenue. at Fourteenth strest and Rhode Island avenue. Virginia Jackson, colored, 4 vears old, 618 N atreet, struck by aute- mobile operated by Martin McCarthy. TAugust Belmont’s Opera Box Sold | For Nearly $200,000 By the Assoclated Preas. NEW YORK. Decemhor 2. The eatate of August Belmont has mold hin bhox In the “dlamond horse. shoe” at the Metropolitan Opera House for nearly $200.000 to Paul H. Helms of New Rochelle, N. V., president of the General Raking Corporation, it was learned last night. Only 10 much transactions have taken place at the apera house Within the last 31 vears Mr. Helm's hox adjinine those of Mre. W. K. Vanderbilt on one side and Frederick A. Jufllard. POLICEMAN VICTIM OF NIGHT ATTACK |Effort to - Mutilate White House Guard Is Being Investigated. Two separate investigations hy po lice ofclals were under today the eireumstances surrounding the mvaterious alashing of Policeman Paul A. MeDuffie of the Whita House guard foree 1ast night. MeDuffie liss on a rot At Providence Hoapital suf | fering from a stah wound three inches long. apparently made in a vicious at [ tempt ar mutilstion The wound is not merfous and an operation will prob way into ably not be necesrary. according 1o hokpital authoritiss. While detec tives from polica headquarters and from the fourth precinct joined in the fnvestigation into the hrutal as Aauit upon a brother police officer, Sergt. C. L, House police force also Instituted ar inquiry. McDuffie. who is # man of regular habits and a non-drinker, according 1o Sergt. Dalrymple, telis a stralght forward but disconnected story of an attempt to assist three soldiers. the foolish™ acceptance of a drink of whisky, a fight bhetwesn a colored woman and the three soldiers and the attempted mutilation. Accosted by Soldiers. He told police he was aceosted hy thres men in uniform on Seuth Capi 10l street near R atrest ahaut 8 n'elock Jast night and inld that anather sal dier had been assaulted and rohhed Growing friendiv with the men afrer A short talk. he volunteersd 16 accom Pant them tn ses their comrade at their request. when thev learned he was » policeman. On the was indefinite place, which McDuffie can not describe accurately, hut which pn fice of the fourth precinet helieve i Francie atreet between First and Sec ond xtreets southeast, the soldlers gave McDuffie a drink of whisky. Mc Duffie sald it must have been drugged for even before he reached the house to which the soldiers led him he had been partiallv overcome. and reached the place onlv in time to fall on the | floor 1n a stupor. From this point McDuffie said he remembered nothing. except a vague recollection of a fight hetween the colored landlady in the house and the three soldi remember taking part in the melee but woke up some time after mid- night and walked out. On his way home. his head resling from effecis of the daped whiskey. he sud- denly felt a sharp pain. He walked home and found he had heen stahhad And immadiately donning his clothes | walk to Pravidence Hospital Wound Not Serfous. MeDufe reached the hospital ahout 1115 o'clock this morning. and was Immediately axamined by Dr. 1. A Keefe. Hix wound was declared nnt erious. Recoversd today from the effect of the doped whisky. he insistad he did not remember where he had heen assaulted. could not recall the names of the soldlers and could not identify them again if he saw them. The en tire case ix a mystery to police. who have no clues on which to proceed other than the Indefinite location of the house on Francis place. McDuffie is 32 vears old and mar ried. ilis wife and thre> children are in South Carolina. he said. He lives at 333 F street southeast, only a short distance from the place where he save he met the soldiers. Sergt. Dalrymple said McDuffie had gone off duty vesterdayv afternoon at 4 o'clock and gave him a clean bill of health as to habits. McDuffie was appointed a member of the White House police force last January. He | 1= a six-footer. powerfully huilt The police theory is that McDuffie was lured to the mysterious house 1c ba robbed. and twhile Iying on the floor in a stupor the vicious attempt at mutilation was made out of spite hecause he ix a policaman. Flaherty and Fowler of headquarters and Holmes of the faurth precinct ara | working on the case. STILL AND 4 AUTOS SEIZED BY RAIDERS | A large still, three automobiles and approximately 300 gallons of liquor were seized and five persons iwere arrested by Capt. Guy Burlinzame and his flying squad in ralds vester. day. A fourth automebile was seized by_other raider: The still, of 200-gallon capacity. was seized at 4002 Kansas avenue. When police entered the front door, it is re. ported, S. C. Krushner, 19 years old, attempted to go out by the rear win. dow. He was grabbed by a raider before he could get away, police re ported, and was arrested on a cha rge of manufacturing and illegal posses. fon of llquor. 1In this raid 1.200 gal- lona of mash. 1.900 pounds of sugar and 150 gallons of liquer were raport- ad_confiscated. The same aquad captured an auto. moblle operated. it is alleged. by Nathan Wright. 23 vears old. of 240 V atreet, at Eighth street and Barry place after a long chase last night. Wright war charged with fllegal pos. xession and transportation of whisky. 1 Dalrymple of the White | 's. He =aid he does not | the | Detectives | CHILE COMPLAINS 10 GENEVA LEAGUE Protests Pershing’s Action on Arica Plebiscite in Memo- randum to Drummond. | i i i [ By the Amsoriated | GENEVA. December 2. The vears [ 14 contraveray hetween Chile and {Peru over ihe soverelgnty of and Arica has heen brought tn the |sttention of the League of Nation= by the Chilean minister at Bern Valdes Mandeville. whn has depositerd with Sir Erie Drummond. the leagus | secretary zeneral. 8 memorandum re | garding the delay in holding the pleh |iscite provided for in the award of President Conlidge as arhiter to and | the dispute. The memorandim i< arna regardesd b | some as a protest against Gen. John 1. Pershing. president of the plebi citary commission, retarding the vor Ing on the question at issie The commission.” says the memo. randum. “has heen sitiing at Arica | for four months. and Chile has ful | fAilled a1l the conditions laid down b n. Pershing. including a guarantee for impartiality of voting and with drawal of troops. Nevertheless Ger | of the commission withant putting |the agenda *he question of fixing # | plehiscite d or voting condltions “Delay Helps Peru.’ | Continuing. the memorandum o presses the helief of Chile that | postponement of the plehiscite wouls {increase the animosity hetween Chile |and Peru. and eave that therefore Chile ardered representative st n the sitting en. Perehing | Ariea nart | ot the commission until was willing fn disensz a date for the not tn take plabiscite, Tt charges that Deru i< abtricting the plebiscite and foment {Ink trouble s cleverly that Gen | Perghing considers inadvisable the fixing of an sarly date for the voting If Gen. Persiing persists in not hastening the pleiiscite.” the mem orandum adds, “he is plaving the game of the Peruvians and hacoming | involuntarily the hest collaborator of | Peruvian obstruction In mome quarters the idea prevails that the depositing of the memorar Aum i& for the purpose of opening the way for an official submission 1o the Leagune of Nations of the Tacrna | Arica dispute he Chilean communicatic League of Nations is an outgrowth of the apparent impasse created I the request of Angustin F Chilean member of the Tarna-Aric plebiscitary commission. o Ge Pershing that he call a session for the express purpose of Axing the date for ! the hnlding of the plehiscite. whic ie to decide whether the disputed territory shall remain Chilean ar re vert back tn Pern. Gen. Pershing up {to the present has not acquiesced The present trouhle really begar | with the arrival at Arica some time ago of Arture Alessandri. former President of Chile. He Immediatel began a Rerfes of speeches, the gist of { which that Chile still possersion of the provinees cuzerainty over them was and heid | OFFICIALS HERE SILENT. me Ohservers Think Move Step by | Chile Avoids The report that Chile had filed the League of Nations a_memorandum Guarantees. virtually protesting against | Pershing’s course in the Tacna-Arica | plebiscitary preparations was receives in official circles here without com ment. | Some ohservers. however, saw possible connectinn hetween the Chilean move and the fact that it {100k place one day before the date set for that government's compliance [ with the 11 guarantees called for h: Gen. Pershing in October tn assure | non-interference in the ple! e | In this connection they recalled the | statament last week of Augustin Ed wards, the Chilean plebiscitary com ! misesioner. that if his demands for ! immediate promulgation of the elec {tion law and the fixing of a date for the voting were not complied with hy the commission, Chile would cease learrying out the program of guaran i tees and would return to Tacna and Arica the soldiers and officials already ! withdrawn. No official night, however indication was given to that Chile's ar*ion at Geneva was regarded as a move de signed to improve the stra‘egic po sitfon of Its representatives at Ariea In the event of its non-fulfillment of the guarantees |ALLIED TROOPS BEGIN Three-Fourths of Withdrawal | From Germany Expected Be- fore End of December. | Bx Radin to The Star and Chicagn Daily Naws RERLIN. December 2.—The firet | Biftish troaps reached their new | quarters at Welsbaden today and the | French are ready to depart. although avacuation of that part of the first | zona accupled by the French will only segin December 0 with their departure ]'rnnl Bonn. | From Mayence, tha troops go to . where headquarters of the Bonn {army’ corps will be installed | The general ailied staff at Mavence |believes that three.quarters of the {evacuation will he carried out by the {end of the vear and the remaining {quarter in January { French troops will be reducad ahont 130000 men who will he withdrawn w [France. lLong delays are occasionad by the amount of material to he I moved and bad weather. (Copyright. 1925 by Chicago Daily News Co ) PRIZE ESSAY CONTEST. Sons of Revolution’s Offer to Dis- trict School Pupils. Announcement of its annual prize essay contest for pupils of the private and parochial &chools was made ves | terday by the Sons of the Revolution |in the District of Columbia. The sub. ject of the essav will be “Edmund Rurke” and his services in the cause ‘erguson. E. L. G. Hohenthal and, : | their contributien toward the Italian |in a private car to take part in the 1032 Bladensburg road, Although another occupant of the |°f, American liberty Teers Bickett Special Dispatch to The Star “The war. for some reason. seemn|govarnment deht to the United States. Stons AMountain Memorial ‘paneflt par- g R e R NS ho ssepsd !!Drepflrt-d!l':\ sk contsal nulonsnrasidel thatithe Mr. Pickert of the Methodist Epis- | 'gALTIMORE. December 2.—Inflai- 1o have hrought ahout a resckiessness | The contributions were voluntary.|pormance. to be held at the Washing- | Harris Sacks. 5 vears old. of 4425 Dolice to have destroved much of the | fT1AYS shall he transmitted by the cemal board f Temperance. pronibition | o4 living standards are causing A —somewha understandable in those |and It I expected the amount from o Audiiorium next Sunday after. Ninth street, hit by automobile op. Alleged Ilicit carga, suffcient was |[[InCIPAlS of the schools and noi e ané public morals praised the helpful | wave of dishonesty, affecting business, | subjected 1o actual war exp«rlones.!hno will be greatly increased, as only [ noon at 3 o'clock. erated by James Hill, jr., 133 Wehster %aved for evidence. | the pupils lf"'- >~_r'» that mn- but “canomic results of prohibition. But according to State Auditor Lewis M.|This recklessness has spread—has he.|a partial canvass has heen made. The | " In addition to Al Jolson Mme. streei, at Georgia avenue and Fmer. Mary Botts. colored, 30 vears old, | eriorious compositions will reach said there had been complex prob. i agilbourne. come almost a gambling fever. lamount already contributed comes | Idelle Patterson. well known soprano, 'son street. of 1822 Le Droit court. and John R.|piisiontity maay be bevond disome Jerms arising from social and political | "There 18 no question but that die | “Tnsiallment o' artialpavment | fram 54. most of whom are members | ang Dr. Hanry Louls Smith. presidant |~ Fred Gladman, 27 years old, of 135 Moore, colored. 40 vears oid. of #15 T |iSiIAly may he bevond dispue honesty in financial matters ix more | 3 L = s results. g ‘It iz a great and desperate war, prevalent, Mr. Milbourne said. He declared Mr. Pickert. “If prohibition declared it to he admitted by au- talls, democracy falls. We need lead- | qjrors. He sald men who get small ership, and we need it from the White | salaries should not be intrusted with House.” | the responsibilities of large sums of money. = . “High salariee and wages mm‘;:,:r i g d after the Worl ar appar- Four Arrested in Burglary. ing_an: O pdidl Disoatel 10 Theraies: ards.” Mr. Milbourne declared. “Wirh RICHMOND. Va., December 2. jofation came the need of lowering Rufus and Jesse Dickerson. Rudolph |these standarde or securing money in {ently ea vmond Gardner hava |sxcess of salaries. 55 el r;,d harge of Wur.| _“Thix situation apparently has begn acnested ion (the kTS| " | placed ton great a temptation hefore | clarizing a garage and ofl station at | many persons. Unwilling i deprive “even Pines. Three are in jail await- | themselves of luxuries o which they Snd irfs) mext Monday. Page having [have heen accustomed. large numbers bean ball have arted to fli!hqms'sn ) li in the sum of $1,3500. | methods have made it poasible 1o buy {anything under ‘the aun by payment |of 'a small sum. | “Thie has made getting into debt easier than ever before. and many | have become heavily indebted. Little | dishonesties resorted to to escape debt often have led to greater ones Unmarried men and youths, Mr. of the Christophoro Columbo Society. | of Washington and Lee University, { will take an important part in the Other attractront will be Stone Mountain Memorial, and Hol lins N. Randolph, president of the a Fred Williams, colored, 49, De | sociation, both of whom will make Frees street, narrowly escaped beink | short addresses. The speaking. how- burned alive after being struck oniever. will not consume more than 30 | Milbourne sald, also are affected by |the head by a lighted kerosene lamp, minutes in all, Al Jolson having the the “axtravagance of young women.” [ which exploded, during an altercation | major part of the program. | who demand frequently more than the | with his wife, Kate Williams, at his | A apecfal feature. of the program | men can well afford. He said thix | home last night. { will he the presentation of the fifty- attitude has heen accentuated since Willlams was removed tn Emer-[ntxh and fifty-sixth of the Stone women and girls have eniered the|gency Hospital in the ambulance and | Mountain Memorfal coins, mounted | husiness world In numbers. Abls te|treated for burns about the entire on silver plates. to Senator Reed afford the inexpensive pleasures on|hody. His condition ia grave. The | Smoot of Utah and Representative their own account, the feminine mex | woman was arrested by police at the | Louils McFadden of Pennsvivania, generally has increased demands npon | sixth precinct and is being held pend. [ who introduced the bills authorizing male admirers, he sald e s [ Ing the outcome of the injurfes. the coinage. 3 -~ MAN HIT WITH LAMP. ii’.fi’.‘;fl; Lukeman, sculptor of the | Third street and Alfred Maddox, same Aftreet. were arrested on charges of address, knocked down by bicycle rid. illegal possession in another raid, at | den by J. 8. Smith, 621 Pennsylvania the former address. Twenty-four gal- avenue southeast; former suffering cut 10ns of liquor were reported seized. over right eye, latter a contusion of ‘The third automobile of the day acalp; treated by ambulance surgeon Was seized when Clayton Harris, col- from Casualty Hospital. ored. was captured after a chase, at Evelyn Brown, colored, § years old, Twentieth street and Virginia avenue. of 1813 Fifteenth street, run down and DY the same aquad. A gallon and a bruised about the head Whila cross. half of liguor was reported seized and ing Sixteenth and S streets, by auto. Harris was charged with transporta. mobile operated by K. T. Sullivan, tion and illegal possession. 1735 New Hampehire avenue; treated _ Another automobile was taken by at Emergency Hospital. Policemen Jones and McEwen of the < eighth precinct. when they arrested Walter Yancy, colored, 31 years old, Atlantie City now has a woman of 1715 Seaton place. on charges of chief of the fire dspartment. Miss transportation and illegal possession | Drusilla Taggert having been appoint- | of liquor. Six gallona of whisky were ed honorary chief of the department. ' reported seized. Al Fach must be signed by an assumed name and placed in a separate en velope. Under cover of the assumed name there must be a statement of the pupil’s Teal name and the school he or she attends. The winner will be selected under the assumed name before the envelope revealing the real name =hall be opened. All essays must be sent to Hugh M Southgate, chairman of the commlittes |of indges. before February 10, 1226 | Other judges are Robert M. Thomp and Dr. Robert Johnston n Misz Ella Paterson of Omaha is a pionesr in business, being a binder twine broker and claimed to he the only woman in that line of business.