Evening Star Newspaper, December 3, 1925, Page 2

EY THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3. 1925. TEXAS GOVERNOR'S ¥ o hores Hinden, wr et GIRL DISAPPEARS TROUBLES GRON o v WPARKHURSTCASE NEW YORK. Decemher 3.—RBuried | chief fuel used in the production of | in subterranean reservolrs through- steam. . | Mrs. Ferguson Back in Aus- Rockville Court Sends Of- | . . | have heen ex nsted e petrolenm = he luxuries class. The coal! . : tin With Text Book Con- }31.\.\..'”. nt e Narican Soctors af| minme - suspension. me. stated. | ficers to Seek Mary Prige, 2 BUDGET ASKS FUND T0 LINK PARKWAYS Seeks $600.000 to Acquire Lands Between Rock Creek | ONE KILLED, 3 HURT INAUTO ACCIDENTS Dictatorship Ends | | | I | | | i | 26,000,600.000 barrels of ofl awaiting ' away from’the use of coal for house- ! lease through new methods of heating and toward the use of oil. production when all surface wells but stated the latter method st | [ Men Left Lying in Road Afier | Car Strikes Pole—*Hit- | out the United Statex are more than| Mr. Hood's report traced a drift Mechanical Engineers reported to the addition to turning people to the uss & and Potomac Drive. « rhe B0h in 4 series rhar Congress 1251 a0 pn propery oid Prestaen o b ihe N an s o BY WiLl, Rock Cre the P. KENNEDY. Park National ¢ In the the and its 2 piral the n Becessible 1o peaple ovder complete 'nd that T thorize vears aza. s Creek Park mav with the” n the the n the hudget 600,000, land r Congress < usked wtion of » purchase and to ok order nning tock ect the water flowing into a connectinz I and Norment to P V“'\« thed it and to m ay b the ed ( Archbold the p Parks drive the Potomsc N nal Ci sid t ipital Commis ne whi h <ome of its riation. 600,000 allowed and $1.100.000 1ot ereat the +ppro Rureau an Link Park With Bridge. This development of the tem it with Arling ! Rridge. with contemr Vernon b vard, with the Lee Highwax. with the palisade Falls the riverside houlevard planned when the Washington water front has heen Improved. and would greatly relieve traffie o congested thorough fares. 1 an_ imporiant park svstem and connecting drivewavs in the western part of the National Capital Congress purchase of of Rock Creek for th he Nationnl the nex ed author wdditional northern park the sy would link Me: the le n now means 159; land provided in 170 acres of for in the purpose izing the purchase houndaries of to the District lin Park oceupies the eek from the Zooloz rd to the Distric of 1.60% less than 300 mile. with a miles. The narrew and and thickly <outhern nor of the hill level, hut these limited few narrow pe of nd alonz the creek the whole hilly in the extreme. Most of the i timbered and much of the wood is of considerahle age and heauty. especially in rhe narrew and gorze like portions of the valley. nffer Ing very heautiful s aceners was created 206,000 h 22 per cent b Congre valley. which v on from’ P Park Nearly Creek he « an area width " and high the some e the re ratively eption of nlate hortom 1 <ome Creek 1913 Park and tn date <pent in he land in 1 rcquirine 1uthor ed in P oup the Rack Cresk he 7 n acqui a of the 'mac Park vears azo the Park (‘opy noked 1ipon the Zoo as hlock physical connection nd Poiomac parks when the gates of the Zoo are locked at snun down. they recommended the qui Klinzle Valley. on » Branch Vall, The purpose of making throu Klingle \alley the Zoo Rock Creek the the cast side 2 park was nightfall. r to detour around S A Continuons Park Drive. Throuzh the afforts of Capt mond D. Stephens of the Budget Red- Bu- reau. the Zoo anthorities have granted | complished by the dire Col. Sherrill's affice certain roads in of the Zoo and turn over all on fheicreals continuoy the partial the southern in the future the east side the purpese of mak park drive from Creek Park to Potomae Park Zoo gates would then he moved 10 the west side of the creek. on davs like Sundav. Easter and similar when i rowded with children. all antoma bile traffic could he diverted at outside gates. In this connection < emphasized that this very tew zoological parks in the coun tr in which automobile traffic is al any rime e of corner inx Monday the Zono oceasions the it When plans are carried ot there will eloped a heautiful parkway vhich antomobilists can drive from the District line on the north, right through he dey through P front mac Park with 1 drive on hoth sides of It will also con- nect proposed houlevard along Washinzton Channel on the elty =ide, past the Navy Yard and to Ana which is to he one of the water-front parks in the whole country It w 1d 0 connect with he Palisade drive to Great Falls and the projected memorial houlevard Mount Vernon Congress recentiy ceptance of lzand known as the Glover trac dedicated park use by Anne Archbold and Charles C. Glover, and later the Park Commission purchased from Clarence Norment another large tract, all three of which west of the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway Even members of Congress, mich lass individual citizens, realized what the Park Commission is planning te do with these tracts The Archhold tract, comprising ahout 1313 acres. is a strip on the vest side of Arizona avenue running from Reservoir road on the south to north of U street. Miss Archbold has al=o promised a future dedication of a <imilar D on the east side of Ari zena ave tate fs subdivided. This additional tract is hetween Forty-second street and Arizona avenue Adjoining this Archbold tract on the north is the Glover tract. of more than 75 acres, in a series of strips on both sides of Arizona avenue north of Jawetl street nn the west and Massachusetts avenue on the east Acquires Norment Tract. authorized the ac very’ generous gifis Then the Park Commission acquired | by purchase the Norment tract, which runs eastward from the juncture of the Archbold and Glover tracts, from Forty-second street between Ulm place and the north side of \" street, and north of the new Burleith suhdivision to Thirty-fifth street at its juncture with Wisconsin avenue. just north- west of the site for the new junior hizh school and three squares north of the Western High School. The Park Commission cof the purchase of land between Reservoir road and the Potomac River on both sides of Arizona avenue, fol Inwing the old creek hed, west of eorgetown College grounds and com 1g aut on the river front facinz the (Continued on Page 25, Column L) tol stretching | tinnet, 1 palisade | wWith | jan m | Alfons the | vear a special act | extending | .| Civil Government Commission | oological | hetween | {and hy | sn that |int Hitical fnventory is ‘one of the | heT | will has| world | Primo de Rivera we), who has formed a Spanish cabinet of civil mbers with the consent of King (helow). SPAIN ABOLISHES MILITARY REGINE Is Formed With Primo de Rivera at Head of Cabinet. Rs the Asenciated Prass ADRID tonsa has the militars December ced 1o the directorate civil eahinel River ministry 3 Al of Capt he members at Wing Tholition and fts pesion by a nnde, en. Primo de the new arrives and 1ok King Gen de Rivera that it <ome time ago an his purpose time was considered ripe with the military direc- te and establish civilian govern- vhich in 1923, Alhucem averthrown. nounced when the to do away ment was aholished en- tember when the ministry was King Gives Consent. Since Gen Moroeea last Monday there has heen rumors of an impending chanze in government. Yesterday afternaon De Rivera lald his plans hefore King Alfonsn and late lasi night the King ave his consent them and De Uvera announced persannel cahinet the of he new nominaliy a majority The zovernment GIvHlian: ifor It confatns o soldiers The chief ohstack confronting it ave halancing the hudget and the ques tion of restoring the economic and financial stability of Spain Much toward this end already has been ac te by the veduction of military expenses in Mo by virtually forbidding strikes rigid maintenance of order is omy roceo. Constitution Still Suspended. The ministerial declaration contains the following: The constitution will he mainiained ezrally, hut will continue suspended The zovernment will effect large econamies. “The government will make a po- from 1918 to 1926, not with the spirit of persecution. but for pose of presenting tn the coun the hard facts of the situation The censorship will continue. A census of the national wealth he made 1o determine upen na tional taxation Taxes on the source of national | wealth will be made lighter to permit 10 the Potomac | River and along the speedway 1o the | a1 ) of | ington e Archbold tract and!and that the public behavior is gratl o public | fving to the Police Department. | | the outcome now. ue. on condition that her ss. | 2Ut i their free development Diseipline and order ned will he main PEDESTRIAN RULE PROVES SUCCESS IN SPITE OF RAIN| (ontinied from First Page.) is starting most auspiciously One of the earliest and most inter. ed ohservers of the operation of the new ragulation was Director of Traffie M. 0. Eldridge. It was on Mr. Eld eck | ridge’s recommendation that the Dis- | connection. | et Commissioners adopted the pedestrian-control plan. and =o his was naturally the broadest and happiest smile ne his ohservations led him from corner to corner and little or na an tagonism to the regulation was mani fested It's a success!” exclaimed the di- rector. “That is apparent aiready [ don't think wa need have any fear of What this morning me that the is enough regulation to is here convince right. that is the chief factor. mensely pleased.” Not only was the public co-operat- ing this morning. but many pedes. triane. while awaiting the signal to go. voiced the opinion that pedestrian regulation, with the protection afford- ed to walkers. long had bheen needed in the National Capital. “Just what 've needed declared pedestrians and motorists alike. Police Start Training. The squad of four bluecoats detail- ed to enforce the pedestrian-control ordinance began its work at Four- teenth and F streets and will move to a different Intersection each day I am im during the next few weeks until the | existence of the regulation has been brought home to all who use the streets. Commanded by Serst. F. Burke, the four policemen at teenth and F streets courteously but firmly required pedestrians to wait at the eurh until traffic was moving in the direction in which they da- sired to cross. s Four- the | 11 o'clock this morning | the aath of office hafore the de Rivera's return fromn | 1 have seen | The public it co-operating and | w. tract to Defend. By the Associated Press AUSTIN. Tex. December \ guson was hack on the Aftor fav visit to find a new seasion of the 000 school-hook 1o the nd Attorney Gen- 3. “Gov. | | | { Miriam [ job today {home town of | appeal i Legislature con threatening | hreach hatween her eral Dan Moody South Texas stock raisers and dairy- men, in an appeal from Galveston ves- terday, asked for a special se o {Appropriate funds to reimburse them {for stock killed hy Federal and State | authorities combating the recent foot- and-mouth plague, Some of smaller K owners were Ieft i “destitute circumstances,” it was represented, “hy failure of the jState o pay cattle killed.” It was harged that owners gave up their cat- [tle “thro presence of | Texas rangers The stock the demand of ihe | presented a petition to the governor threatening to have the speaker of the House call a special session if she did not issue a call by December i tw 10 her Temple, for a special ind A $R0 act widen a on ihe sioek by | Text Rook Contract. he zovernor's chairmanship of a { subcommitiec the State Text Rook Commission that made proverted contract with the American Rook ¢ lin the face of the attorney general's opposition, seen as a possible ground further diverzence he { tween the The subcommittee dig | regarded an adverse opinion from | the attorney genecal and made the { contract in the ihsencs of tirust affida The comaan jthe aMdavii matier aftar |the contraci. but that fatled to the attorney approval ANVHSS now | made to determine whether ihe | ook commission approved its « | tee’s action. S M. NX. Mares | superintendent of public instruection j dissented in the committee’s vore (o award the contract An opinion from the attorne eral to determine (he legalii: A $2.500 Book ¢ is n for two. rect receiving disposition & n.mit gen it pending The Federal Government ating the Texas highway Federal funds are no in the ate highwayv cofytran, formed the basie of the recent wnit Agalnst the Amerfean Road Co.. in which the State was awarde | a 800 006 jndgment In'a statement la<: thelr visi: to Texas Wilson, chisf enginee Burean of Public | O'Leary. bureau ficer that under investization es were not in Federal aid projects that the contraets in maintenanee Government construction, S. Funds Not Involved. is fnvesti | \ night explaining Capt. P St 1 Roacs. - nd administrative the hizhway h said marters nection hey litization relate while the Federal confines fts ald solel with | | | | | l | | owners' plea was added to | 30 legislators who | | of 1he | hedatde forty day. Although a sixth annual meeting vester- oil fnel is rapidly in the homes. according to the terday of O, | Hood of tates Rurean of Mines. chairman of the fuels division of the society he vepori of the power division. heided by Frank 8. Clark of Roston, a KIPLING NO BETTER BUT NOTIN DANGER Novelist Has Double Pneu- monia—King George’s Phy- sician Is Called In. replacing heating of yeport ves- the United By the Amociated Prese LONDON, December Rudvard Kipling. the noted writer, is lving ill with double pneumania in his home in the little village of Burwash. in Sus sex He pasa his condit changed He is heing attended, among others hy Lord Dawson. physician King George, who was called into consult tion vesterdav by Mr. Kipling's re lar physician. Lord Dawson described the condition of the patient anx ious. but not dangerous When the announcement that Mr. Kipling was il it was said his condition was not serfons. His friends, however, were somewhat alarmed, knowing well his disinclina tion to he in the public eve and his love for almost hermit privacy Rested Former Attack. that Mr 1 a fairly n this me good ning 1nd un nizht was made It was Sunday Kipling first complained of pains in the chest, but it was not until Mon day that # physician was called to the The local practitioner, Dr evening the | Curties. found that the disease had de made | veloped to a point where he theught it wise to summon Lord Dawson. Mr Kipling is thought 1o have caught the cold which developed into bronchitls {and then turned into pneumonia whil of the I“aderal | josaphine K W 54 State author- | England explained | & Sitnation. | in his shirt-sleeves in the hitter weath invelved | oy while walking ahout the grounds of . Which i pis home last inday morning Mrs. Kipling. alded by two nurses, is constantly at the hedside of her dis. tingnished hushand. who once hefore in 1899 in New York City, was criti ecallv 11l with pneumenia and his re covery not expected. At that time pling. one of his daugh the disease and died ters, contracted of-| Another daughter. Elsie Kipling. who wife of Capt. Rambridge of also fell {1l with pnenmonia. John Kipling. a vounsg escaped the disease and was kill while fighting with the Rritish in the World War. In conse of his illness the brilliant for a long time was unable to is the hut n recovered ed forces auence writer a The Federal officers took cognizance | vork. of A 4 statement made in court in tin that pavments of Federal aid $250.000 behind and ald that {1his had been erroneously interpreted In some quariers as meaning a shortage of $250.000 Acconnts statement ald as in pointed is not completed out patd and that manay until won While the Government does not pay |the contract di merely reimburs. Ing the State for work already dene, that | of Kipling to fame “Plain Tale” Won Fame m rhe Hills the meteoric He had written stories. but had heen unable to publisher either in the United or in England nally one delving among manuscripts in Plain Tales tha foundation for many find n States Aay cer- his frunk. Kipling hrought out a series !of hia tales. and these ware published as “Plain Tales From the Thence forward. and while ver in his twenties, he disposed of his writings {the Federal hureau is interested in hoth in prose and in verse and fame seeing that settlement with [ statement said The ohject the the contractor, tha of our visit to Texae i= primarily to determine whether any | late Woleott Ralest e The couple lived for severai vears in Federal funds are involved in road sitnation.” said the nfficials Today was expected to bring appointments hy highway commissioners 10 succeed | the two who resigned. following the | recent suit_of Mr. Moody against the American Road Co. {OWNERS TO BE HELD '~ IN TRAFFIC DEATHS CAUSED BY BRAKES t the i (Continued from First Page.) [ wha charged with the equipment iof a truck in accordance with law | will come in for detailed examination. Paragraph 2h. section 11, article IX, lof the traffic regulations is the an- I thority on which Col. Eldridge will I pursie his campaign for jon trucks and other vehicles in | Washington. This section provides that every motor vehicle shall he |equipped with twn sets of brakes | with sufficient power ta stop a pas- | senger vehicle going at 20 miles an hour in 50 feet by application of the | font brake. and 75 feet by application of the hand brake. Trucks under the 1%-1on capacity come under same specification. but trucks above this tonnage are to be stopped, ac- cording to the regulation. by sither brake within 40 feet, going at 15 imiles an hour. The provision s, {however, that the festing street by hard surfaced and level when chec |ing on brakes is | The tests on the truck which killed | Miss Mahaffey. Mr. Eldridge report- ed. showed that the foot hrake did inot function so as 1o stop the truck within the required limit and that the hand brake failed to stop the truck within almost twice the limit. CHARLES 0. EMBREY DIES; SERVED IN CIVIL WAR Veteran of Confederate Army Was 88 Years Old—Funeral to Be Held Tomorrow. Charles 0. Embrey. 88 years old, veteran of the Confederate Army, died at his_residence, 807 A street north- east. Tuesday, after a brief illness. Mr. Embrev was born at Marcus, Culpeper County, Va. For. many vears he was a merchant at Bealeton, Va.. but moved to Washington about 18 years ago. During the Civil YV ar he gerved as sergeant in Company I, 11th Virginia Infantry. He was brig- adier general of Camp 171, U. C. V., and took an active interest in the work. He is survived by six daughters Plymouth, Ohio: Mrs. James Staley Berwyn. Md.: Mrs. Leroy Simcoe, Au- rora Hills, Va.; Mrs. Mary Katherine Colbert, Miss Laura Embrey and Miss I Nettie Embrey of this city, C. W. Em- brey, Lovingston, Va.; J. N. Embrev. Rockfish, Va.. A. M. Embrey, Gary. Ind.. and Oscar M. Embrey, College Park, Md. | Funeral services will be conducted | at Calvary Baptist Church tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment will be in Arlington Cemetery, and four sons, Mrs. Beverley H. l,.sue.l the governor of new | | | | <afe brakes |moratorium by special tate makes prompt | was his. India on wife was of the York. Mr. Kipling was horn in December 30. in 1885, His Caroline Ralestisr. Aauzhter er nf New Brattlehoro, Vi. and than came to England. WAR DEBT PACTS NEARLY COMPLETE: 2 NATIONS TO ACT SOON (Continued from First Page.) I join with him and sav to him that in the desire to have the debt ques tion settled as speedily as possible on A basis satisfactory to both France and the United States™" Only 3 Others on List. The only ather nations on the Treas. nry's debtor list which have not made advances for funding their dehts are Austria. which was granted a 20-vear aet of Congress; ! Nicaragua and Liberia. the | ment and Treasury today | advances El en of the American debtors have concluded funding agreemenis with the American Debt Commi bhut not all of them have heen by Congreas. The Jugoslavian debt funding com- mission will reach Washington about the middle of this month, according 1o advices reaching the State Depart This little Croats and kingdom of the Serbs, Slovenes, horn out of the World War | and still sometimes known as Serbia, owes the United States a total debt of about $66.000.000. of which the princi pal is about /000,000, including cash of $76.000.000 and sale of war supplies in the amount of $25.- 000,000, The communication from Ambas- sador Daeschner was the first to he received from France hy the Amer- icar Government since former Finance Minister Cafllaux and his debt commission left Washington several weeks ago. after failing to fund the $4,000,000,000 French debt to the United States. Caillaux_taok back to France the unaccepted American offer. which provided for a tentative five-vear arrangement. under 'which France would have pald $40.000,000 annually for five years on account of interest alone, and within the five would have reopened the entire sub- Jeet. BRITISH PAY 14 TIMES AS HEAVILY AS ITALIANS | Churchill Says if Debt Terms Had Been Equal Present Installment Would Be Small. Br the Associated Preas. LONDON, December 3.—Winston Churchill, chancellor of the ex- chequer. ‘replying to questioners in the House of Commons today, said that if Great Britain's debt to the United States had been funded on the same téerms as Italy's, the amount which the British government would pay to the American Government during the present vear would he ap- proximately $11.000,000 instead of $160,000,000, o} & Eipicures are people wha dislike ta waste good hunger on poor food. Hills.” | vears | semi-bituminons and bitn has led ta the hurning of more oils. Mr. Clark's re- port stated the pulverized coal i< heing used more and more in mod ern steam stations and the growine centralization of sieam power pro- duction has resulted in enormous increases in generating capacities of different stations. TRIAL OF 3 NAVY of cheap minous coals. - OFFICERS ORDERED |Court-Martial to Hear Charges Resulting From Crash in Hampton Roads. By the Associated Fross “Three 1 officers conrt-martial collision val were ordered af the the van tried by as a resnlt last Milwaukee American schooner Renjamin Rrunt off Hampton R Those he brought anrt are Capt. Frank L South Manchester, onn mmand ing the Milwaukee: Lient. (junior grade) Thomas A. Cory of Little Rock Ark.. officer of the deck of the light cruiser Raleigh. and Ensign MceF. Moore of Omnge, N. J officer of the deck of the Milwankeoe In addition the diredted that a letter of admonition he sent by Vice Admiral Josiah McKean, com. scouting fleet Capt Watts. commanding the Raleigh was directed as a September and A li hefore Pinney to the tast the o = manding William light cruiser ! The court-marti vesult of the findings of a court of in- | quiry. headed by Rear Admiral Charles P. Plunkett. commanding the third naval district at New York. The court of inguiry also found that the master of the Van Brunt had violated the rules of the road prescribed by Haw. win the with of he charged performance Capi. Pinney negligence in duty. Lient. Cory with culpable in efficiency in falling to maneuver the Ruleigh. the leading vessel of a farma tion which included the Cruiser Cin cinnati such a way that all ves could avoid unnecessary risk of colligion, and Ensign Moore will charged with inefficiency in the per formance of duty Vice Admiral McKean. now at New York. has been directed 1o appoint the court, which is evpected to sit at Brooklyn navy vard MRS, RUINELANDER WARNED OF KLAN Motive by Father-in-Law’s Attorney Is Defended by Her Husband's Counsel. Rr the Assaciated Press WHITE PLAINS 3.—lIsaae N. Mills Leonard Kip Rhinelander. who suing his part-negro wife Alice Beatrice .Jones. for Annulment of marriage, today of summation for the relating how the .Jones ignored a warning that Klan might act against Mills sald that Leon R torney emploved hy | father. had warned Mrs | that unless she and her wealthy |young hushand separated the Kian | might take action against her family Thie warning was given, Mills sald. after a window in the Jones home had been broken by a stene thrown by Aan unknown person. | Mills defended the action of Jacobs. which defense counsel, Lee Parsons Davis. had bitterlv attacked in his summation for the defense. saving that Jacohs “had merely lost his head Mills also continued his criticism made yesterday against | Philip Rhinelander. Leonard's father. for neglecting the son. which the lawyer stated was largely responsible for the mistakes made hy the voung man. | The counsel for plaintiff. who oc cupied the entire court day vesterday in hix summation. is expected to speak most of today. The defense summation already has heen siven. The case i= expected to reach the Jury some time tomorrow. VETERAN FEDERAL EMPLOYE DEAD Scott Nesbit, 79, Had Been Service Here 35 Years. N. Y.. December chief counsel for plaintiff by family had the Ku Klux them Jacobs. 1 in Scott Neshit, 79 vears old, émploye of the Government here for the past 35 vears. died at the Cairo apartments this morning. | Mr. Neshit was born near Pitts- | burgh. Pa.. but settled in Missauri at |an early age. He was prominently | connected with the development of {the southwestern part of that State | and won recognition for his work in pursuing the James brothers, famous Missouri bandits. He came to Washington during President Cleveland's administration and was made appointment clerk in the Treasury Department. He was later made disburaing officer of the Coast and Geodetic Survey and after holding this position for several years was appointed general receiver for insolvent banks of the District of Columbia. After retiring from active husiness, Mr. Nesbit purchased Alwington, a large country estate near Warrenton, Va. Mr. Nesbit is survived by two sons, Harrison Nesbit, president of the Bank of Pittaburgh, and Lieut. Comdr. Donald Nesbit, U. S. N. He also leaves two daughters, Mrs. Grace Hordern of Washington and Mrs. Laz Noble of Warrenton, Va. Funeral services will be held at Alwington _tomorrow and interment will be in Warrenton. the Altamont Times, “is a doorbell that will tell who is ringing the darn “What this country needs.” says. thing.” A Enion | he : the | hegan his second day | Who Caused Arrest. | Spacial Dispaten 1o The Star ROCKVILLE, Md.. December When the case of Robert Park hurst, charged with assault and bat tery hy Mary E. Price. was called in Cireuit Court here Miss Price Aid not appen Her father silver Spring, that peared from home Monday and trace had since heen found. Judges Peter and Worthington issued an at tachment and two officers were sent to look for the girl. Court then recessed. A letter, today Price of she disap George W atated no said to have heen written | by # newspaper man to the girl and | intercepted by her mother, ix in the hands of the prosecuting attorney for | invesiigation Parkhurst was arrested Following A preliminary was commitied to Jail hut the girl retracted her story and | he was held by the grand jury only | for assault and battery and released | lon 500 bail. Mrs. Charles S. Peters. | Parkhurst, mother of the defendant {1iving in Berwyn. Md.. is candidate | for the Democratic nomination for | | in August. ! hearing he | without bail United States Senate next vear. 'COOLIDGE RECEIVES PARLEY DELEGATES | | | | | House Today—Election to Be Held Tomorrow. ! | ‘Warehoulemen Guests at White | | | | es to the thirty-fifth {convention of the American housemen's Assoctation. which | seseion at the Willard Liotel {celved by President Coolidge at | White House at noon today The cold storage division spent the | morning inspecting the Arlington ex perimental lahoratories of the Depart { ment of Commerce, and the merchan. | dize aivision heard two officials of the | | Department of Commerce explain de- | velopment of co-operative measures which have resulted in economy hoth the public and the husiness | azencies fnvolved R. M. Hudson. chief of the dlvision of simplified practice of the depart ment. declared that the failure of ' | the members of the assaciation to | henefit further by the <implified method of warehouse forms was due to lack of full aceeptance of the plan . J. Junkin. chief of the com | mercial laws division of the Depari. | | ment of Commerce. urged that the | system of co-operation. now heing de | veloped. wherein varions manufac. | | turers make use of the same ware. | { houses. he made more widespread. | | Grear economy will result, he prophe sled The following present qfficers of the merchandise division were re.elected I. Edsar Lee of Chicage. president: | P. L. Gerhardt of New York. vies i president. and W. Lee Potter of Ohio, | treasure The election of officers of the asso. | ieiation is to be held tomorrow aft | ernnon. ' NATION-WIDE FETE SPONSORS ~ RETIRE; | PROTEST MANAGEMENT | (Continued from First Page.) annua ! Ware, | is Nl were e the | Interment |tee. Despite the fact that his name |is used on the literature of the com mitiee as an honorary vice president he denied that he had accepted any | =uch a position | A communication from the finance director of the committee to a prom linent Ohin husiness man. under date {of September . states ihat the com. | | mittes desired to send out its 48 State | {directors to organize local committaes | to take charge of the celebrations. | and that the committee desired funds {10 Ao this. A subscription blank was | {inclosed and it was urged fhat checks he made pavable ta Mr. Shaw. He was abont fo make a suhscription. | | Mr. Shaw, the treasurer of the organ- | lization. received no money whatse | ever. but it is understood that one | inationally prominent man did give a | icheck for $1.000 to the committee. | The literature of the committee is! costly and elaborate and coniains let | ters of approval from scores of well | { known persons. many of whom said | they were glad 1o join a committes | {which had so many distingnished | | persons named as patrons Prospectus Is Elahorate, ‘The prospectns recites the of the Nation and declares committee is o arrange a “nation | wide celebration™ @f the sizning of | the Declaration of Independence. | I"That a pageant is to he stagsd on the | steps of every State capitol in the | country hesides In varions towns and ! cities 1 in regard to the Philadelphia ex- position in 1926 the ‘prospectus mays | that it is in no way connected with it. ‘but there fs no conflict of purpose hetween the two movements, hut on the contrary a fine spirit of Ameri- can co-operation.” Former Sepator From Oregon. George F. Chamberlain, listed as honorary secretary of the committee, says he went into the affair because of the idea and the prominent persons {set forth as taking part. Maf. Gen. | Fries said _substantially the same thing. Mr. Chamberlain declared that | he had requested Dr. Bavlis not to use his name as secretary of the com- mittee in soliciting other members, and had asked that he he named “honorary secretary.” for the reason that he had no knowledge of the ac- tual husiness affairs of the committee. Among those named in the pro-. spectus are Postmaster General Harry 8. New, Secretary of the Interior Hubert M. Work. Bishop Freeman, Gen. Pershing, Brig. Gen. Mason M Patrick, S. W. Straus, Cornelius Van: derbilt and many governors and Sena- tors. s srowih | that the | | Mail Ifié[;ectdrs Assigned to Watch Florida Promotions By the Associated Press. TAMPA, Fla., December 3 (#).— Postal inspectors the score have been assigned to Florida. ac- cording to William M. Gober, United States district attorney, and are maintaining a vigilant watch on all questionable promotions in real estate. Mr. Gober said the transactions of many realty firms and develop- ers are under surveillance, and “a goodly number of operators will be prosecuted as s0on as the in- vestigation s completed.” | provement { Church | Staley | articles that MARTIN WIEGAND. MARTIN WIEGAND DIES IN HOSPITAL Business Men Identified With Capital Since 1882 Suc- cumbs to Heart Disease. Wiegand, f1 vears old ident of the Metropolis Building sociation. long a prominent real tate dealer and otherwise prominentiy identified here. died of heart In George \Washington Universit Jospiial vesterday Mr. Wiegand gia, Germany. in Januar came 1o Washington in 1852 the employ of the Thomas W Lumber Co. as woodworker. In he established the M. Wiegand Wor working Co., in whose affairs he active until the day of his death In 1890 Mr. Wiegand married Miss Elizabeth Tripp. and the widow and three children. Henry Martin arbara and Martin Tripp, and rothers, Nicolas Wiegand of Wash ington and Ge Wiegand of G many, survive Mr. Wiegand fe Airector of the Metropol sociation. He Keneshw Apartment American Realty (o Martin pres As in Tharin en was horn ring Smith Ruilding president of the House Co. the the CConeord Im o, and the German Orphan Asylum. He was director of the Chamber of Commerce and the Concord Club and a member of the Roard of Trads and the Association of Oldest Inhabitanis. He was also an a A= was Anna | and-Run” Drivers Sought. three serio ciden marked { trafic 1% hit-and run Another death land several minor the continuanee casualties during The fatality two wera run the past hotrs, Mary by Adow motorists. Fdward Lee | Pu.. sustained f antomohile ope of Delia, vhen an ed by Reavers skidded and crashed Washing. 5 " 15 vears nld of the same town into a telegraph pole on the ton-Raltimore holevard near burg last night. He was taken Ity Hospital hy Chisf of Pol agher of Hyattsville. He ader ce € Left Lying in Road but did Marvland auth him today. The men side until Gallagher. no Hime the aceident ndeer % 10 the scene found the sita informed not sustain ser : rities are to interview R ere lefhiying b the coad: {eda busand g i the twa injured ¢ the crash -e and Ale that Police were ¥ were on tf was heing ter William = ind Iy Jaft < home gerown Hospital, was suffering 1 and nther the vhere it ym A fract His con. the ki Platform. serions Struck On PRl was knocked down wred by serion n automoblle which car loading platform At Sixth sireet and Pennsylvania ave ue last nigh ie removed to Emergency Hospits treated for head inj X-rav photographs being developed 2 vhether there frac the sknl Eighth street have heen mohile today to de: o to fford Mi heast of ‘ er the at poiics of tha raffic the opera rrested he precinet 1aken where he was released in § 1 pending ome ¢ irfes of CYoler The ser njury of Columbia road v was knocked down ¥ automobile on road near She e was taker n the autemohile f Wil hitt. 1648 Gales where it was | tained a paralyzed in HIGHWAY EXPERTS OPEN Freedmen's H A <he 1t had and imhe spine hoth honorary member of the Washington | Saengerbund. a master Mason, Ar minius lLodge, and the Elks He was a communicant of St. John's Lutheran Church. Mr. Wiegand was a mamber of the inaugw committee in 1912, He was active in charitable work. Funeral services will be conducted At the residence, 465 Maryviand avenue southwest, tomorrow afternoon at o'clock Three Lutheran ministers will be in charge. They are iev Richard Schmidt of Zion Lutheran Rev. John Weidleyv f the Church of the Reformation and Rey ieorge Eveler of St. John's Lutheran Church. The services will he private will bhe in Prospect Hill Cemetery. Pallhearers. all husiness associates Mr. Wiegand, are as follows Harry Wilson. Mathias John F. Herrmann. William A. Par sone, Fred S. Kettner. FEdgar Smith Herman Winkler and Gustave Rrahle; of Siebert, 'PARCEL POST SALE GETS SLOW START Bargain Hunters Imspect Mer- chandise Uncle Sam Offers at Auction. Bargain hunters ecrowded the ference room in the Post Office De partment Building this morning for the opening of the sale of dead parcel | post. under the direction of F. « superintendent of the division of dead letters and dead parcel post They showed little interest in the merchandise put up. however, evi- dently preferring to await more at tractive offerings, The morning’s sale introduction for was merely an the spirited bidding looked for in the afternoon. officials believed. Dress goods, underciothing stockings and table linen were put up this morning. while watches, diamond rings. pearl necklaces, ornate pins and | vanity cases will go on sale at the afternoon session. Among other ar ticles expected to be in demand are automobile tires, carburetors ~and other accessories. Expectant buyers packed the room all day vesterda cavefully appraising the articles they intended to bid for Charles Kracke, the auctioneer often ignored 25 and 30 cent hids on would bring $20 10 £2 in local stores. The majority articles were going for about half of the retail value. Mr. Staley hopes to conclude the sale in twe days, but | as the 2.000 lots are going at rate of less than 100 an hour sale may continue until morning. the the Saturday ST. PATRia( PLAYERS ENTERTAINED AT DINNER Rev. Francis J. Hurney, Managing Director, Gives Testimonial for Revue Performers. Rev. Francis J. Hurney. managing director of the St. Patrick's Players, tended a_testimonfal dinner to mem bers of the cast of the Patter Revue of 1925 at the Occidental Hotel last night in appreciation of their efforts in the production which came to a conclusion Saturday night after a suc- cessful two-week run. Praise of the accomplishments of Father Hurney and the players was given In short addresses after the dinner. Leonard Hall, the Daily News: John J. Daly, dra matic editor of the Washington Post; Frank Baer, of the Washington Times: Maurice Jarvis, Charles Linkine, Ralph O’Brien, and Rev. Dr. Cartwright spoke. The entertainment, following the dinner, was featured by numbers ren- dered by Mary Deery. Orme Libhy, Estelle Murray, Stephen Fegan. Luke Fegan, Royal Foster, Clifford Cox. Clara Roehle. Antoinette Crowley, Lauretta Lynch. Mary Louise Tindley. Elizabeth Hart, Charles Riddlebacher, Margaret Cush, Mary St. John and Gertrude Powers, of the | | dramatic editor of ANNUAL MEETING HERE Road Building Problems—Delemates Research Board Discusses to Banquet Tonight. Technical questions on read huild ing were heing A fifth annval meeting of the i Research Board at the National Academy of Sciences and National Research o 1 An address of welcome line of vear work | activities delivered hy T H. MacDonald, chief of the Rureau of Public Roads repart of Charles | M. Upham. ai of the Highwas Research Board. also skeiche progress nf the work during ti Dr. A. N. Johneon of ni of Maryland presided . mestin Traff cuesed taday the new F of and an out The sotor vear opening to shw eonstrue ject of a report meeting this afternoon by G. . Ham lin. ehairman of # commirtee appoint ed to analyze traffic he his of the Nation Addresses al to he made today by H more and W. A. Van Du T Pennsylvania State highwas ment. Jacob Viner. A. J. Broussean P and 1. Rowland Ribhins Two =essiong will he | row. a business meetinz follawing the general session in the afterncon. A dinner will be held at 1the Washinzton Hotel tonight for the delegates. 201,586 ALIEN GAIN. Net Gain From New World Nearl Doubles That From Old. Allen popuiation of the United States increased by 201388 durinz the fiscal vear 1925, of which the larger portion came from Canada and Mexico. ac cording to the annual repart of tha | Rureau of Immigration of the Labor Depariment. made public today During the past vear the nat i from the New World.” the report said, | “nearly doubled that from the old The total of immigrant aliens. term {ed real immigrants. was 294314 in 1925, compared with 7065808 for the | previons vear. a decrease of 412582 [ or 58.4 per cent. Qunta allotments for | practically all-the iarge countries were { exhausted | APPRENTICES GRADUATE. trafic relation is the sut made 1o the Ma depa held tomar con- | gain Skilled Workers Needed Badlr, Frank Cushman Declares. CLEVELAND. Ohio. December 3 (#).—Ninety-seven zraduates of the Claveland Building Trades Apprentice {School received their diplomas at the | tecond commencement exercises of the {institution last night. Twenty.seven | recetved diplomas as plumbers, 23 as {bricklayers, 21 as electricians, 16 as { carpenters and 10 as painters | Congratulating the craduates, Frank {Cushman. chief of the industrial edu |eational service of the Federal Board of Vocational Education, Washington, declared that the world needs skillad workers -more than it does profes. | sional men. | | Widow of Minister Dies RIGA, Latvia, December 3 (#)-— | Christle Meirovitz, widow of the Lat- vian foreign minister who recently was killed in an automobile accident, was found dead this morning. She is believed to have taken her own life Only 21 Days Christmas is coming SHOP EARLY— And Your Choice of Gifts Will Be Better