Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1925, Page 10

10 * PROTECTIVE ISSUE RAISED AT CENEVA Britain Opposes Pledge of Aid Against Aggressor States as Price of Disarming. By the Associated Press. INEVA, December 7.—A contro. versy deemed of immense importance 1o the future of the League of Na- tions has developed in the league dis- armament council, which is laying the foundation of an eventual interna- tional conference on disarmament, to hich the United States, as well as TRussia, will be invived France and Belgium z insisting that the proposed special commission which will prepare the agenda for the conference should study the possibility of devising a plan for making more precise the oblizations of the member states to render stance to the league when any state h resorted to war in defense of the ague cov: enant. Endangered Locarno Conference. XVI of the ered the Lo- ermany re- that” her ment posi- into account in membar of the i upon to help This brings in covenant, whict carne conference wctical assu weakened be ken nv, as a 3 be calle in the impos aggressor state Great Britain, repre is opposed a study, b t should be 1d that ent out of the n the ented by Lord launching into that the cov- 1 to remain inwise to make ent upon the is of war um_contend that ill be difficult of at certain countrics, once cannot int finite the le; e they such e it cont pr rmy inment i med t from on supp throw in.t them. comes the neces. . whereby definitely com nting assistance than is provided for ir icle XVI ‘What the This and fir gre coun Hence, ity states w rovides. t an articl onor ag the ommend to the itary. naval and ply the what m league | im b wte could suc. wmic and fina | precise military be obligatc e studied. lieve that an cessfully de to what would 1 operation ing her can cor outbri imong 1 members. of t armamer 1 will be held today in an endeavor to reach an agreement. WOMAN SURPRISES BURGLAR AT DCOR - Catches Man Attempting “Jimmy" Apartment Lock—Many Thefts Are Reported. { her noises door of nt, Mr Moore, Belmont street, yestel day afternoon found an unidentifi colored man in the act of “jimmying «d to police that he hurried away when discovered, but she able to ge 1 des him. ment was made when repeated knock d been ignored by Mrs. Moore. H Warden, 610 Jighth uthwest, reported the theft gold watch studdied with monds, valued at $100, nd told the police he would offer arrest of the theft Report of a v committed early yester- night ing wa wOAN Vinkow, in business at 938 hird street. Articles of wearing ap pavel valued at $30 were taken A burglar usir show window Gilbert L. E . 106 Florida av nue, between 9 o'clock Saturday night and 8 o'clock vesterday morning. Two pairs of shoes were Burglars _gained premises of Ernest @enth street. lat They ransacked ti nothin Grover wood, 417 to )8 Thir- night. took Satur place, but tewart and Benjamin Noj xth street, told police of 4 theft committed in their 1oom esterday morning. The former w robbed of §11 in cash, while the lat ter lost §5 n leaving the robbery. AL JOLSON HERE TO AID STONE MOUNTAIN DRIVE Popular Actor Gives Number of the house shortly after Own Songs and Short Talk for Memorial Project. Al roady sthout torium ~hou terprise. The popular actor of his songs intersper monologue and gave short talk on the memorial being hewn out of the hig granite mountain 16 miles from Atlant; Jolson came to tell filled the all the way from an audience that Washington Audi- ifternoon why it one Mountain en- g 4 number d with comedy 3 . chairman, ope the meeting with a short t William Hard, associate chairman, sided and introduced the speakers N. Randolph sident of the Stone Mountain Me) ion, made the principal \ugustt . sculpto executin e panorama on the mount: o spoke. Mme. Adelle Patterson sang several operatic numbers. JEWS FOR WORLD COURT. CINCINNATI, Ohio, December 7 (#).— Resolutions directing all lodges of the order to support organizations working for the entry of the United States into the World Court were sdopted here vesterday by the na- tional executive committee of the In- dependent Order of B'Nai B'Rith. he commission will be in session in today, discussing among other ihings co-operstion with other organ- jzatlons in an effort to create good n of penalties on any | obligations to| iption of | The attempt to enter the apart- | dia- | a reward for the | made to the police | L brick broke the | establishment of | the | An unidentified man was | ' { | Noted Lecturer Dead. ANAT Y s ) Siate) | RU! L H. CONWELL. NATIONALLY KNOWN DEMOGRATIS DEAD {Ed H. Moore, Ohio Leader, !Who Nominated Cox, Sudden i Victim of Indigestion. ! | By the associated Press. i | ‘1 YOUNC 'OWN, Ohio, Deceraber 7. ‘\ | —1d H. Moore, nationaily known law- | | yer ana De tic political leader, | | feel dead last night during an attack of indigestion at the home of M. J.| Grimes, where he lived here. He had returned from a trip to Pittsburgh esterday and ymplained of indiges- tion when he reached the Grimes'| home. On the way to his room he fell | | dead. High hocr its in Mr, Moore’s political uded victories fn spectacu- for mavor of Youngstown | nineties ainst candidates | 1 by the American Prote tive Assocfation: his managership of | the candidacy of Judson Harmon for | President in the Baltimore Democrat- | ic convention, ir 1912 his successful | fight to h = M. Cox nominated | by the Democrats at San Francisco, in 19 Al Smith | Klan at the 19 against the Ku Klux | York convention in and New Committeeman for Ohio. For many vears he w National Committeeman for Ohio. | A was known a hard-| hitting and relentless fighter, both in the courts and in politics, with a tenacity which never gave u s 1c trait was exemplified in the cisco convention, when politiciar zarded the candidacy of James M | Cox as hopeless at first. When he | s nominated, credit for the ement was given to Moore's xing and single-handed cam- s Democratic i clined to be Cox's manager for the national election and stepped aside in favor of George White of Marietta, Ohio. In the courts, M for his defense of andled ma Moore ws minal c civil s noted es. He ny cases for Born at Milton. Mr. Moore was rn at Milton. near ; . October He became a school teacher at the age of 17 and taught for 11 vears. Meanwhile, he studied law with his fa ander F. Moore: was admitted to the bar in | 1583, and began to practice law in | Youngstown, in 1891. In 1840, he married Emma Mec: Kinney, who died in 1903. Two sons were born to them, Harold and Mark, now practicing law in Cleveland. Mr. Moore married Martha Reznor in 1905 and she died in 1913. | | WORK DECISION UPHELD BY D. C. APPEALS COURT | Action in Case Involving Title to“ Lands in North Dakota and | | Florida Sustained. The Court of Appeals of the District | Columbia today sustained the | action of Hubert Work, seeretary of the Interior, and William Spry, com- ioner of the general land office, | se_involving title to public | lands in Florida and North Dakota. | | The decision of the lower court was | affirmed Marie Perry in October, 1916, made | n enlarged homestead entry on lands | n North Dakota, and in June, 1919, | {Fred B. Humiston filed a contest | charging a failure to maintain resi- | idence and cultivate the land. The | | Secretary sustained the contest and | the woman sought an injunction to | prevent a patent to Humiston. The { court held that the law imposes the duty of deciding such contests in the | department and the judgment of the ay not be reviewed by the { courts. suggested that when | title has passed a suit in equity might {lie to have the title impressed with a trust in favor of the woman. | " The second case related to a forest {land selection in Florida. Henry T.| i Reed sought to restrain the secretary ; {and the commissioner from cancelling | | his selection of land and from issuing | {a patent to William H. Gleason. The {lower court granted an injunction which ‘was upheld by the appellate tribunal. iof WOMEN’S BUREAU PLANS WORK FOR THE FUTURE Labor Department Unit Proposes Special Study of Home and Community Facilities. Outlining the work accomplished during the past year, the Women's Bureau of the Labor Department an- nounced in its annual report today that an ambitious program involving « study of home and community facili- ties and family obligations is to be undertaken shortly. A study of elimi- nation of unnecessary fatigue, the bureau feels, also should be taken up without delay, and points out that a special appropriation will be neces- sary to carry out a study of this mag- nitude. Work of the bureau during the past year covers several special studies as well as surveys in six States of con- ditions surrounding employment of women in industry, and deals with the changes which have occurred in the employment opportunities of women in certain lines as a result of the application -of research in the industrial field. Parisian women who find cigarette smoking too tame are now Indulging Will and stumg gut intolerance. ir\: igars and jeweled pipe . ; money { maritan Ilivered his famous lecture * {"Diamonds | into education for the needy but am | thousandth | taining interview THE . EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, DE CEMBER 17, 1925. DR. CONWELL DIES; | HAD NOTED CAREER Famous Clergyman Made Millions as Lecturer, But Gave All to Charities. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, December 7 The Rev. Dr. Russell H. Conwell, re- nowned Baptist clergyman, founder and president of Temple University, lecturer, author and philanthropist, died yasterday after a long illness. Consclous_until the end, Dr. Conwell bade goodbye to his only daughter, Mrs. Anna Buttell, and several close friends, who had been summoned to his beside, and then passel quietly away. He was 82 vears oid. Dr. Conwell has been in failing | health for more than a year. About| 10 weeks ago he was operated upon | for cancer of the bladder. For a time he appeared to be growing stronger { and hope for his recovery was held out. He took a turn for the worse: Saturday and died at 2:05 a.m. yester- Funeral arrangements had not been completed last night, but members of his family said he probably would be buried Wednesday at Worthington, Mass., where his first wife is buried. The body will lie in state tomorrow in Baptist Temple, one of the larges churches in the country and of which Dr. Conwell was pastor. Although Dr. Conwell had earned more than $11,000,000 on the lecture form he believed to have died Imost pennil havi given all his earnings to charity. Only recently he mortgaged his home and used the for improvements at the Sa Hospital, of which he was the founder. He also was the founder | of Garretson Hospital in this city and had been a large contributor to both institutions. Dr. Conwell was dressed more peopl speaker than any cote memorized 28 lectures he gave without notes to have ad public | y. Hej of which | had de- | ‘res of the first time | He was mostly | s H 14 6.152 times when he was 16 years old the author of many books, blographies, storfes and trav th, estimated { Transform 1 in millions tion of w ved from his lectures bitious, caused the Rev. I tussell | Herman Conwell to known as | “the penniless millionaire.” He ga as he earned, keeping for himself| only his actual penses. Thus, | through his varfed career, from farm | 0: and his efforts on behalf of | boy to college president, he was best | placed in trust companies by Gerr known as a philanthropist, lecturer ‘man. But these were far from being the only activities with | which he had been associated, for, in | turn, he had lived the life of a soldier. newspaper man, war correspondent, author, immigration agent, lawyer nd traveler. Desires to Help Students. It was his desire to help struggling ‘oung students, men and women, which led him to found Temple Uni- | versity, Philadelphia, which, under his presidency, grew from modest be- ginnings to a school with an_enroll- ment of man thousands. He also founded the Samaritan and Garretson | hospitals and the Baptist Temple in Philadelphia. Dr. Conwell's great popularity was | gained as a lecturer, for in that capa- city he appeared not only before thousands in the United States, but | throughout the civilized world. He | dwelt upon many topies in his 54| ars on the platform, but his “Acres | of Diamonds” was the outstanding | theme and was delivered for the six time in 1921. And from this lecture alone he earned approxis mately $4,000,000. Born in’ South Worthington, Mass., February 15, 1843, he was educated | at Wilbraham Academy and Yale. En- listing in the Civil War as a captain in the 46th Massachusetts Infantry, he | rose to the rank of colonel and was | wounded. After the war he practiced aw and founded a newspaper in Min- nesota. As a newspaper man he was corres- pondent for the New York Tribune during the Franco-Prussian war, ob- with Bismarck and Emperor William I. Later he made a world tour as a newspaper correspond ent. Entering the ministry in 1879, his first charge was at Lexington, Mass., where he remained for several years before moving to Philadelphia. WILL ELECT OFFICERS. A. T. A. Tonight Also to Plan for| Auto Show. | Election of officers for the ensuing vear and the assignment of space in| the forthcoming automobile show will feature the regular monthly meeting of the Washington Automotive Trade | Association, to be held tonight at the | City Club.” The Washington Audi. | torium will be the scene of the 1926 motor_car exhibit, the week of Jan uary 30 to February 6. Officials for the next year will be chosen from among the following | President, Raphael Semmes and Stan. | ley H. Horner; first vice president, Oscar Coolican ‘and Fred Halle ond vice president, J. M. Dugan; urer, L. S. Juillien and J. M. Howard; secretary, E. M. Wallace and Fred Haller; directors, Rudolph Jose, T. W. Barrett, Whitney Leary, Neil Walcott and Paul B. Lum, Nicaraguan Envoy IIl Dr. Pedro_Gonzalez, the Minister from Nicaragua, is seriously ill in Garfield Memorial Hospital. Although | his physicians do not consider Dr. Gonzalez’s condition to be immediats ly dangerous, it was admitted that he is “very ill.”" Dr. Gonzalez has been in Washington since last July, having presented his credentials at that time as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary. His home here is at the Wardman Park Hotel What Do Catholics Believe? Free Lectures on The Catholic Religion Paulist i"athers At Shrine of the Sacred Heart 16th Street and Park Road Every Evening (Saturday Excepted) At 7:30 Nov. 29 to Dec. 13 | Trust Co. All Are Cordially Invited Questions Angwered. No Controversy R L R L L2 L 22Tl 7 T 22227 “Sour” Alteration Sends One to Jail, Other to Hospital Harold Butler, colored, of 907 ¢ place, doesn't like sour cream in_his coffee. Moy Dick, an employe of a chop suey establishment at 2006 Georgia avenue, doesn’t like patrons with sour dispositions. Harold's and Moy's dislikes clashed early today and when the atmosphere had cleared Harold had a bullet in his leg and Moy had the police on_ his tr: v Moy claimed it was cream, but a bill that cur old’s disposition. He alleged the negro handled him roughly and that the gun went off during the struggle for its possession. Butler was taken to Freedman's Hospital and Dick to the eighth precinc BILL OPPOSES LIST | OF FAIR COAL PRICES | Commissioners Powerless to Force Dealers to Reduce Cost to Consumer. | | not sour led Har- Suggestions that the Commissioners take some steps to regulate the pri of bituminous coal in the District by issuing a “fair price” list garded as inadvisable today by I neer Commissioner Bell. Issuance of a so-called * | Light, | fore they ha list, Commissioner Bell ¢ not result in any reduction in the | price of anthracite substitutes now in eral use if the experiences of other | cities that experimented with such a | plan can be taken as a criterion. On | he other hand, he sioners would be powerless to force s Il coal as quoted in the “fair price” list 1. Bell pointed out that in those s which attempted to regulate through the “fair price” system there was a general trend toward an incre ather than a de- crease, as invariably the dealers sold at_the maximum price quoted in the price list. It would be particularly hard to regulate the price of soft coal, too, the Engineer Commissioner said, due to the wide variance in gr: SEIZURE NOT UFHELD. Supreme Court Refuses to Pass on would price Alien Security Question. The Supreme Court today refused to pass upon the right of the alien property custodian to seize securities i insurance companiés for the protec tion of American policy holders. The | question was ralsed in two cases | brought by the Farmers' Loan and | of New York Mahogany End Tables Here is an end table that would make a wonderful Christmas gift. Nicely finished— well made. | district judge here, was distr GULF RUM SHIPS IN PIRATE'S BASE Await Chance to Dash Into New Orleans With “Cheer” for Holiday. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, December Men who claim to possess “inside information agree that the Christmas supply of liquor destined to be sold in New Orleans and other Southern cities during the holiday season is about equal in quality, aithough the price is expected to va A fleet of rum-laden ships is to be making their headquafters the Gulf of Mexico in the vicinity the Cresent City untll such time as their masters succeed in landing their cargoes to supply the demand of the thirsty portion of the populace. According to the available sources | of information, several liquor craft are now maneuvering near Timbaiier wh Is close to Barraeria Bay, made famous as the rendezvous of the pirate Lafitte in past years. Federal prohibition agents are known to be making efforts to nip the ac tivities of the violators in the bud by capturing the rum runners be old their supply of Yuletide cont d. Prohibition agents ha that their recent capture prove that ce n bootleg s are importing in gredients in concentrated form for manufacturing a substitute for liquor quickly. Supplies of raw Scotch malt and grain alcohol were contiscated. | Echoes of the spectacular round-up of more than two score alleged Vio. stead law violators and the capture of more than a million doliars’ worth f liquor and supplies by F Al offi here last August were heard here | Federal court attaches pre to call the cases of those de fendants. Judge W. L Grubb of the | Alabama F District Court s here to preside during the trials of several persons arrested, while Louls B. Burns, recently appointed Federal attor- Judge Burns recused himself. Among the cases on the docket for | trial soon are those of Walter L. Co- | revealed | Disabled Steamer Reaches Port. |off HALIFAX, Nov cotia, December 7 (P).—The Norwegian freight steam-| er Talisman, which sent out SOS cz MRS. MARGARET COX DIES Lifelong Resident Succumbs to Long Illness. Mrs. Margaret V. Co widow of John C resident of this dence, 1469 Merid, after a long illness. Mrs. Cox was the da; late William . mother was the O'M She le O'Meara: a niece, field, and a firs garet T. Whelan. Funeral services will be conducted | at the residence tomorrow afternoon | at 2 o'clock. Interment will be in Oak | Hill Cemetery. x, 65 years old, Cox and a lifelong ty, died at her resi- | n place, yesterday | ghter of the nd_her late Mrs. Sarah A. ves a brother, J. U Mrs. Irene V. Hats- P, T TR T, TR TN TN “TESS” MAKES HARDY CRY DORCHESTER, England, December 7 UP).—Thomas Hardy, confined his home by ill health, was moved to | tear last night when from E of the d'Ubervill lon uccess, were produced in th- draw- ing room of his home Ly the full cast of the London company. With Gli lamps and candles as foot- lights, the plavers enacted the trazcdy of the W dafrymaid, much to the satisfaction of the author, who was| wonderfully impressed by the mnovel | performance. He neves had seen his | 2N PNDZ NP2 “Tess” performed before. | REREDRRRRER 7 Brothers Tomorrow, Tuesday & 18 COSTUME SuITS hen, negro controller of customs; L. A. Meraux, a former police captain L. G. Shield, a former dry enforce ment officer, and Gertrude Lythzoe, | aileged woman rum smuggle “Bishop of Wall Street” Dies. NEW YORK. December 17 (#) Rev. Willlam Wilkenson, known the “Bishop of Wall Street, noon today after a long illnes: of his death wa to the Stock Exc N Cabinets Solid _ mahogany Martha Washington sewing cabinet. Cowan make. George Plitt Co. Incorporated Painting, Paperhanging, Upholstering Draveries Call Main 4224 for Estimates 1325 14th St. 3 finds —will add new joy and zest to living. Arch supporting— they bring 9 AM. energy all day long! But NO sacrifice in style. 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