Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1925, Page 2

THE SUNDAY FDWARDS RESIENS DLEBISCITE POST Santiago, However, Is Not Officially Informed of Envoy’s Action. By the SANTI Alt octated Press CH December reported that A Edwards. head of the Chilean deleza tio the Tacna-A: a plebiscitary commission, has resigned, the Chilean EC has not received the iz The foreign minister, Senor ar said today that Senor been asked to come to a number of im ons having to do with ca Go le 19 res os-Jarpa ad situation nt, the gave full support to the ken the head of the Chil tion at Arfca it is stated that the res Edwards was due government and fol ry course taken by all in important posi it is therefore possible ted rointed ion of the new presi teroa-Larrain, is set He intrusted im0 Ibanez with the organiza he new eahinet 2 e ion Rumored. December 10 (8 rrespondent at Agustin Edwards, todav from Arica for his resignation as head ilean delegation to the Tacna itarv commission in the nds of the Chilean delegates Maira nd Gallardo Nieto, who are to trans ety These two dele. ce charge of the Chilean lebiscitary matters for Resizn SANTIAGO. ( that ehis ds Is said to have sent to Gen. Pershing. neutral of the commission, inform him of his resignation. U. S. OFFICERS ARRIVE. Group Assigned ot Aid Pershing Reaches Arica. December 19 () — up of American army officer: to duty with the American on to the Tacna-Arica plebis commission arrived today and ARICA, Chile, STAR. WASHINGTO! HERO WHO BALKED BANDIT TRIO HAD NEVER FIRED PISTOL BEFORE Gray, Quiet, Modest Man: Wonders at Sud- 1 den Fame. “No Time to Think of elf,” He Says, Tell- ing of Hold-Up. George Maxwell, 9 Florida avenue northeast, who was shot by An- drew Beclett, colored messenger, in frustrating a hold-up yesterday morning, died at 2:30 o'elock this morning at Emergency Hospital. Beckett, the hero of the sensational encounter. was ordered placed un- der arrest pending action of the coroner. A gray-headed. placid-faced. quiet voiced colored man of 35, who has watched Washington grow m a irge villize to a metropolix during the last half century, will wake up this morning rather puzzled to won- fer whether he is really the hero whose name was on thousands of tongzues last night or whether it was dream: whether o not he is Andrew Beckett, pay roll mes wrmed. who routed three hold-up men with the pistol of one them and saved the $6.000 he had been Intrusted with after Itx capture For up until vesterday ng at 1332 Fourth street. was just one of the multitude of ordinary, ploddi; faithfu! workers, unknown ind unnoticed. spinning a quiet life pan in industry. He had lived a peaceful life. He had never carried a pistol: he had never fired one. But suddenly the climax of his life was presented to him--a cholce be tween personal safety and duty to a trust—when he was driving his de tivery truck into an allev on F street hetween Twelfth and Thirteenth streets. heading for the rear door of ink R. Jelleff’s store with a $8.000 roll on the automobile seat be side him Revolver Against Stomach. ANDREW BECKET I felt sort of funny there until Detective Alligood came up. “When I saw him coming, I rabbed the bag from the back of the nachine, where the man had thrown it and held onto it until I could ive it {0 Detective Alligood after he caught the man.” That's the The fact that ett refused 1o take the ¢ way and “stick ‘em up.” but bbed the pistol of the hold-up man and used it to frustrate the attempred daylight obbery. made him one « the most talked of characters in Washington last night. The two men who were Beckett while they were in chine which they intended to use to make a get-away were taken to Emergency Hospital. One, (eorge Maxwell of 8 Florida avenie north east, was dving from bullet wounds in the abdomen last night. The other. James Simpson of 815 Spring man's court recovering from a bullet wound in the lex. | "The third man was arrested later | vesterday afternoon by Detectives Into his stomach a revelver was| Trammell and Livingston. He gave pressed | his name as Paul Blackistone of 1331 Stick ‘em up.” he heard. as he| Wallach street, stating he was a for- ooked into the face of a colored man. mer employve of the White llouse. masked by a handkerchief, and at the lientifies Third Man. barrel of the pistol sticking into his | poyert pieked him out of a Elde ¥ . of four men at police headquarters, Weren't vou nervous ahout YOUr|igenpifving him with the words, “I'd self?" he was asked. And here's what | (eRUIEE WL IR LS Wori oS ULl ; g | charged with hold-up and robbery. T declare. sir. 1 didn’t have no| 'nejactives Davis and Alligood came nd senger about B tells Andrew way he unarmed, Kk Beckett, liv o by ma shot the group TALIANS SET NEW - LEGISLATIVE MARK “ascists, in Short Session, Add to Premier’s Power, Reduce City Rights. i v the Associated Press ROME, December 13.—Both houses )t Parliament adjourned tonight for | the Christmas holidays after having | approved. in the brief session since November 18, more legislation de { signed to change radically the political | | complexion of Italy than in any ses- sion since the advent of Fasciem. Indeed. it is believed probable here | that no parliamentary gathering in modern times has completed in one session such a_program of significant lawmaking. Parliament has acted to iprotect the government against its | Italian opponents abroad, it | greatly increased the power of the premier and transferred a large part of local government to the central authority through its “podesta” tem Outstanding Laws. Among the laws to which the two uses have given their assent, and | | which were summed up in today’s ses- | sion of the Chamber of Deputies by sident, Antonio Casertano, the outstanding ones follow First, the law empowering the gov. ernment to revoke the citizenship and | confiscate the property of any Itallan ibroad who utters words or commits icts which, even though they do not constitute crimes. the government considers likely cause disorders within the realm or damage the pres tige of the existing regime abroad. Second. the law making the premier responsible only tn the King. instead of jointly to the King and Parliament as heretofore. and also providing fo "Vhr‘ fining or imprisonment of those | speaking or acting in a manner de | rogatory to him | Third, the law recognizing the | Fascist ' Emplovers’ Assoclation and {the Fascist Labor Union as the only organizations th 1gh which workmen m: present demands concerning | working conditions and wages and em { plovers may present their conditions of {emplovment. This bill also provides for the compulsory adjudication of all dis- putes hetween emplovers and em. ploves by special labor courts created under the provisions of the law, this being designed to abolish strikes and lockouts. The Fascists assert this law | is intended to initiate a new period of | class co-operation in production to ri [ place the epoch of class struggles. | ! | Istreets and av RANT ASSUMES SHERRILL'S PLAGE Takes Over Active Control of Parks and Buildings . Office. b Active supervision of the work of the office of director of the office of publie buildings and public parks of the National Capital has been assumed by Maj. Ulysses S. Grant, 3d, who, President Coolidge has indicated, will be chosen to head that Important branch of the Government which has in charge the development of this city. Lieut. Col. Clarence O. Sherrill, who has resigned as director to take effect December 31, said vesterday that he had turned the office over to Maj. Grant as acting director. Col. Sherrill yesterday forwarded his resignation as a lieutenant colonel in the Engineer Corps of the United States Army, to take effect January 1. This will follow the usual course through military channels, and it is expected will be acepted in due course. Col. Sherrill is making plans now to leave the Capital December 30 and be in Cincinnati January 1, ready to take up his pew task as first city | him in this city at 3 o'clock vesterday | manager there. Co. Sherrill was the guest of honor vesterday afternoon at a farewell luncheon given him by the emploves of his office who wished him success in [ With her father since July, will return | his new field of endeavor. ASK STREET .EXTENSIONS AND LAW MODIFICATION Trade Board Committee Would Change Some Provisions of Borland Statute. Extension of Fourteenth streat through Walter Reed Hospital te the Distriet line, of New York and New Hampshire avenues and the modification of the Borland law were urged Friday at a meeting of the nues committee of the Washington Board of Trade. The committee also discussed the de. sirability of paving between ali street car tracks. George (. Shinn was elected chairman of the committee Oliver Metzerott, vice chairman, and A. M. Hood, secretary. extension [SON’S RACE WITH DEATH FAILS Hour Late After Jou by Rail, Water While Dr. Pedro Gonzales, former Nicaraguan Minister to the United Siates, was critically ill_in Garfield Hospital, his son, Dr. Robert Gon- zales, made a race with death to this city from Managua, Nicaragua, hut lost, his father dving vesterday morn ing one hour hefore his son’s arrival. The son i& now stopping at the Ham- flton Hotel after the trip in which he used practically every | of transportation, except the air, in an effort to reach his father's bedside. It took him just nine days to make the journey. Leaving Managua eary on the morn- ing of December 10, the voung Dr. Gonzales traveled by rail to Chinan- idega, from there he rode a mule to ‘Tenni«mw. then went by gasoline boat {to St. Lorenzo in Honduras. | After passing through the capital of | Honduras, he made a trip of more n 400 miles by automobile to the { Port of Cortez, whence he sailed to | New Orleans. “rom New Orleans he came to | Washington by rail. He was unable {to catch a train which*would have ar- rived in Washington at $ o'clock Fri- fday night and caught one which got ;mmnlng only fo find that his father had died an hour previously. | Dr. Gonzales and his sister, Miss | Hersilia Gonzales, who has been here {to Nicaragua with the body salling from New ix announced edro Gonzalez died of uraemie Poisoning. He was 65 vears old. He was attended at the end by hi old friend and physician, Dr. .Juan Rautista Sascasa. viee president_of Nicaguara, who 15 in Washington on prab York Decem s known means | AS FORMER ENVOY DIES HERE Dr. Robert Gonzales Arrives at Father’s Bedside One rney From Nicaragua and Motor Car. a spectal misslon for the Nicaraguan Liberal Party, it is sald. e was at- tended also by several prominent local physicians. | In this country he was recognized {as a leader of the Liberal Party of Nicaragua. After the Chamorro revo {lution in that country, which auto matically threw out his party as a member of the coalftion government. Dr. Gonzalez resigned as Minister to th: country. However, his appoint | ment never had been officially can celed, although his resignation is said 1o have been officially turned in No vember 14. He was first appointed Minister to this country in June and arrived here early in July. He was well known as a lawyer and educator, d had held many important positions for his gov. ernment. aduated from | Leon in the early | wurd appointed undersecretary ’lnvm'lur in his native country | the University §0s, he was after of the Later he was made undersecretary of for elgn affairs under President Sascasa, who was the her of the present vice president Nicarauga. | He first came to Washington during President Taft's administration in | connection with the Emory conces { sions in Nicarauga And in 1916 he [ was sent to Argentina minfster | plenipotentiary to that countrv. Fi nally, before coming here as Minister, he was engaged in the practice of law in Managua and was dean of the law school in that city. | Besides his son and daughter in this | Gonzalez leaves a daughter, | city. Mrx Dr Virginia Ramirez Brown of Nica rauga. The son is a well known phy- {sician of Managua and i= a graduate "of Columbia University CHANGE 1S SOUGHT N UTILITIES BODY | Covell Plans Bill Making Per- i sonnel Lawyer, Engineer | and Commissioner. !Second Wife Pays | Alimony to First And Frees Spouse | | Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, December 1 Ernest Strasser. a private detec tive, was released today from jail in Brooklyn after his second wife, Mrs. Eleanor Strasser, had pawned her jeweis and raised $200, which was paid Mrs. Rose Strasser of Demarest, N. J.. in y satisfac- tion of unpaid alimony. Strasser remarried some years rt of | t | | | | biased | | | | { monthly | fessor of international politics LEAGUE TEST SEEN- IN SYRIAN QUESTION Bound to Come Before Man- dates Commission, Claim Speakers. Specia’ Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, December French problem In Syria was cited t day am a test of th andate systerr of the League of Natiens by two of the three speakers who addressed the Foreig Polley Association at luncheon. Among the Zuests wera many represeniatives of Eastern nations Dr. Alfred Zimmerman former p: sald University College of The Syrian fore, come before the m: mission in due course T} sion has arranged to hold session mext Fet report of the goverr during 1925, This first occaslon o has been exposed cross-examir “The final fair will the world 18 not a nexation Wales question will, there lates con to rec itictsm to ¢ the upset of to muke 1 that the man shum—a but a x dnate syster u of ar empt an elastt mandate ded it as viol The Dr e great praving them In they 3 fighting While ather the fight ag started the trouble and Prof. Fdward M lumbia University, Unless he admitted merely a name perialism the ist he made of the French t ship. It 18 to he hoped that ar comm of experts wi ed ne and publ than as ad Farl ald stem of the e mandates leag he an ir by i) new old appoin to all the be ju Arab propagar SUBMARINE S-19 READY ious] | TO RE-ENTER SERVICE Series of Severe A resolution was also adopted pro-| viding for the establishment of a sub. | |committee on legislation to work with Government by Podestas. Fourth, the law establishing ago. after his first wife had « tained a divorce. the decree requir ing alimony. Strasser was com- time to think about myself. T was s 5 : in for credit in the case, for it was thinking about all that money that 1 N anpeared! on ihe e was carrying for Mr. Jelleff and how | (Ne¥ who appeared on the scene nined Gen. Pershing's staff. They s | Sersbi L | a svs ests of Vesse Ifrancis P. Parker, Lieut. | . Reorganization of the Public Utilitles Testsgor ur W. Brown, Lie Col. W Furlong, Lieut. Col Pyle and Maj. C. L. Crockett American delegation recently heen handicaped by a shortage ior personnel Manuel Ro. s ‘hilean employes the American the boundary delegation led a mplaint alleging mis- t by Peruvian soldlers. They that while tranporting pro- a field party working near were stopped by the ians under the command of a itenant, who struck them and im- soned them for a whole day with- food, finally releasing them with blows and insults Chileans lodged their com- with the Am, an delegation soon as they returned to Tacna alleze that the Americans failed take satisfactory action upon it. 1s and L Espinoza, o le to as POTSDAM PRESERVES HISTORIC LINDEN TREE Subjects of Frederic—; the Great Petitioned for Justice Under Its Branches. By the Associated Preas BERLI tive December 19.—A protec- il nas been built around - Linden tree for the petl ift 1ind." under which g Frederick the Great in front of the old le to appeal to overeign for justice when other means had failed. The tree is known o he 230 vears old Socialists making to the Potsd Council agafnst precervation of the tree asserted that it really served to keep the people in fgnorance of the disdain with which Frederick regarded them They bed how the petitioners herded together under the tree until it pleased his majesty to appear at window his castle. He sent his let down to collect the petitions hut scarcely ever read them. Once in e some flagrant case of injus ce was broached tr the King by cne of his ministers. The Socialists de clare, however, that Frederick hardl ever meted out justice to those w came from far and near to wait pa tiently for an answer under the lin. den tree. EATING TAX IS OPPOSED. iron the histor sut 1sed Potsdam their protest recently whil British Hit Plan of Levy Against Heavy Food Consumers. LONDON 19 (#).—The hearty eaters England are much exercised over proposals of the chan- cellor of the exchequer to impose a luxury tax on cafe and restaurant checks which exceed a tain amount. taurant proprietor also are op- the suggestion, which was » first by Winston Churchill him contending that such a tax would ruinous to their business, par. fevlar to the wine trade. Cafe patrons, with the backing of e managers, arzue that persons who drink wine with their meals would ge: the worst of it all around. as they would be paving at least three taxes on each bottle consumed—first, the import duty: second, the restaurant keeper's tax, and lastly, the luxury tax contemplated by the government. December “LITTLE VIENNA.” Capital of Bukovina Prides Itself on ‘Austrian Customs. SOFIA (By Mail)—Czernovity, capi- tal of Bukovina, prides itself on being known as “Little Vienna.” Situated on an eminence above the River Pruth, it is a fine city, which has so far failed \ecome Rumanized. 1dings, streets and general ap- pearance are Austrian. which is nat- ural. as Bukovina was formerly part of the dual empire. On a Sunday after- noo the inhabitants present an inter | esting contrast in dress and deport- ment. There are staid German burgh. ers wearing frock coats and top hats. There are tall, well built Bukovinian and Ukrainian peasants in white smocks and baggy pantalpons. Out- g'de their houses sit venerable Jews vith long beards. Up and down the middle of the streets parade spick-and- epan Rumanian officers in light blue uniforms. As In Vienna, able cafes that morning to night. there are innumer- are crowded from German is spoken @ by every one. IS to take care of it. Because I didn't want to have him lose it through me. So I grabbed that pistol and hit the man over the head with it and then he fell off the running board of the auto- mobile. Another darker-skinned col- ored man came up and snatched the bag with the money So I took out atter him, in my hand and evervthing went on down to Twelfth street, where a hov pointed the way to go. Then I saw the man gzetting Into the automobile and an other man at the wheel. So I started shooting, not aiming at anything in particular, but just in the general di- rection of those two men. One of them | said. “Don’t shoot,” but I was afraid | they was going to shoot me, and I| didn’t want to give them a chance. Evervhody crowded back and awayv | being in the neighborhood the ecapture of Simpson et jumped from the automobile Started to run awav Frank Jelleff, proprietor of the store and emplover of Beckett, sald last night that he would be “amply rewarded” for his keen a of duty and his courageous act in the face of disheartening odds. Beckett has been emploved in Washington for the greater part of his life. He was once at the women's wear shop of Seaton Perry. formerly located at Ninth street and Pennsyl vania avenue, the site of the present Parker-Bridget (o. Twenty-s years ago he went to the firm of Smoot, Coffer & McCalley, which later became the house of Frank R Jellefr. He is married, but has no childven, he and J3INRUM CASE T0 ASK NEW TRIAL Group Convicted in Indian- apolis Agreed on Fur- ther Fight. By the Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS, December 19.— All of the 23 defendants found guilty by a jury in Federal Court here ves- terday to violate the| National probibition law by the al-| leged illegal withdrawal of whiskey from the Jack Daniel Distillery at St.| Louis, Mo., will file pleas for a new trial, it was announced late today by attorneys for the men. Most of the 23 men were prominent in politics in the cities where they resided. Twen- tv are from St. Louis; one from Chi- go. and the rest from Cincinnati. All were at liberty tonight on bonds | of $5.000 to $10,000 and had left for their homes. John Marcus of St. Louis. ene of those found guilty, is the only one of the 23 upon whom sentence has been passed. Judge Robert C. Baltzell to- day sentenced him to 15 months im- prisonment at the Federal prison at Leavenworth It was said Marcus was sentenced ahead of the others so that Ohio offi- cials might obtain custody of him. \ charge of murder is pending against Marcus at Toledo. Judge Baltzell or- derad him held here a reasonable time to permit Ohio authorities to institute an appeal to the Attorney General at Washington to set aside the Federal court sentence so that Marcus could be removed to Ohio. I'he others will be sentenced De- cember 30. ‘The maximum sentence for the offense ix a $10,000 fine and a two-vear imprisonment. Essen. former Missouri con- indicted with those con- ed yesterday, but who was not brought to trial because of illness, will be tried as coon as his health per- mits. It was indicated the Govern- ment would not push the indictments here against Lem Motlow, wealthy distiller of Nashville, Tenn., and Tom Hefferman and Henry L. Dahlman, associates of Motlow, also indicted. but later released by a United States commissioner in Tennessee. SLIGHT EART.HV TREMORS FELT IN NICARAGUA SAN JUAN DEL SUR. Nicaragua, December 15 (#).—A slight earth- quake tremor was felt here yesterday, | and today there was a stronger shock, but no damage has been reported. The Ometepe voleano, set on an is- land in the middle of Lake Nicaragua, which has been active for several days, continues to emit sand and ashes. of conspiracy | VICTORIA, B. C., Recember 19 (). | Gonzales Observatory here recorded | an earthquske beginning at 8:22 | o'clock this morning and lasting two | hours. The disturbance was placed 5,500 miles to the southwest. BUENOS AIRES, December 13 (#). The La Plata Observatory today reg- istered strong selsmic movements, be- ginning at 12:17 p.m. The distance | was estimated at 4,500 kilometers (about 3.000 miles), the epicenter being given as Easter Island, in the Pacific, or 1,000 kilometers southwest of Saint |ern | those who FRIES DECLARES POWER IS GREATEST PEACE AID Points Out Difficulties of Planes in Chemical Warfare And Against Warships. Airplanes are a vital factor in mod warfare, lly in making chemical forces effective, Maj. Gen Amos A. Fries, chief of the Chemical Warfare Service, said Friday night in an address hefore the University Club. The talk was illustrated by motion pic tures of chemical units in action, both in peace-time and war-time in cluded pictures of the bombing tests from planes, which were conducted under the personal direction of Col espec and | William Mitchell. ie are Taking " with the seeking efforts methods Fries declared of of abolishing war, Gen. war with the United States would be for other nations to knpw that this ts resources and man power within 24 hours, equipped with the latest chemical arms. In referring to the mooted airplane question, Gen. Fries praised the ef fectiveness of airplanes to “blind the eves of a fleet.” but declined to state that he believed a bombing plane could sink a great battleship. RUSSIA NOW “U. S. S. R.” Government Seeking to Eliminate Other Word From Use. Correspondence of the Associated Press MOSCOW.—Americans having occa- sion to write to Russia are reminded by the Soviet government that com munications addressed simply ‘“Rus sia" are in danger of being returned. The proper designation of Russia and the other states comprising the Soviet is U S. R.” which Jnion of Socialistic Soviet Re- The government apparently wishes to eliminate the word “Russia” from the present-day vocabulary as being t0o limited in scope and as suggestive of an area formerly under the domina- tion of the Czar. YALE CLUBS TO GO ON AIR Will Broadecast Program From Hartford Station. The Yale Glee and Banjo Clubs will broadcast the first program from Yale University through WTIC at Hartford January 8. This program will be char- acteristic of the tour programs of these organizations, and will consist of popular college songs which present the true university spirit. The Yale Glee Club recently won first prize in a contest of 13 college glee clubs which was held at Carnegie Hall. New York City. Colleges from all over the country were represented, including all of the members of the Big Three. HOPE LOST FOR SHIP. Schooner With Crew of 8 and $400,000 Cargo Believed Sunk. MIAMI, December 19 (#).—Hope for the safety of the schooner Bessie M. Daustin, with a crew of eight men, which salled from Boston No- vember 20 for Miami, has been abandoned here by the Stedman Produce Co.. to whom the schooner's cargo, valued at $400,000, was con- signed. No word from the vessel has been ' received since it cleared from | $ielena, in the Atlantic. ° Boston. ’ and made | ppreciation | that one of the greatest deterrents to | country was in a position to mobilize | tem of government by “podestas’™ ap- | pointed by the cent | a1l communes of 1e lation. thus virtually svstem of local administ tio Fifth, the law giving extensive ad- ministrative powers to all prefects in | | the kingdom. who also are appointed | | by the central government | The closing sirting of the Chamber {of Depu ratified the commercial { treatv with Germany. The sitting | was concluded by a short address by | President Casertano, who sald the | Deputies closed their session with | “serene consciences. having fulfilled | their whole duty toward the country."™ ! He then invited the Deputies to stand and extend greetings to the King, “the isvmbel of civie and political virtue i Iand to Premier Mussolini, “the provl- | dential leader of the Italian people.” | [ANDREWS TO INSPECT | SOUTHERN U. S. PORTS than 5.000 popu- | eliminating the ative elec- Will Leave December 26 on Tour | to Determine Needs of Cities i Under Heavy Traffic. | Andrews of m.i completed plans for an {inspection trip through Southern cus. | toms ports of entry to acquaint him- el* with the needs of the service due to the increased traffic which the ports have been called upon to bear. | The survey will begin at Wilming | ton. N. C.. December 26, and will in ! clude visits to Charleston, Savannah, Jacksonville, Key West, Tampa and | Mobile. Mr. Andrews will be accom- | ried by Assistant Solicitor Vallance | | 0 the State Department. i | While the survey is outlined pri marily for a study of conditions in the customs service, Mr. Andrews also will meet various prohibition enforcement { officials and observe the workings of the prohibition organization he has | bhuilt up along the Southeastern and { Southern seahoards | He will travel on the Coast Guard cutter Modoc. | GETS IRISH RADIO JOB. | i iy 4 Fluent Linguish Made Official An- nouncer for Free State. DUBLIN (By Mail).—Seamas Hughes has been appointed by the postmaster general of the Irish Free State to the position of announcer at the new broadeasting station. Mr. Hughes has been known only as secretary of the Cumann na Gaedheal, the government party organization, and an unsuccess- ful candidate for the Dail. But he won the post on examination. It was an essentlal qualification that the announcer be able to speak Irish fluently. Mr. Hughes is not only a fluent speaker of Irish, but is familiar with French and German. The new statfon has a wave length of 390 meters and a power of 1% kilowatts. Tests have shown that it can be picked up readily not only in Ireland but all over Great Britain. TOLD HOPE | | | | Assistant Secretary Treasury ha S DOOMED. Belgian Queen Gets Discouraging Report From Seer. Correspondence of the Associated Press. SIMLA. India.—Queen Elizabeth of Belgium has been told she will never achieve her greatest hopes, whatever they are. Traveling incognito and aceom- panied by a lone lady-in-waiting, the Queen entered a fortune teller's tent while visiting the old town. “Madam. vou have had unbounded { ambitions,” the Hindu soothsayer said s she studied the Queen’'s hand. You were greatly desirous of occup: |ing a high situation but you mu: | abandon that hope and console vaur- self, you will never achieve your wish or_see your hopes fulfilled. The Queen smiled as she replied: “I have a situation that suits me quite walL." L 2 HURT IN TRAIN WRECK. ‘Engineer and Fireman Injured—30 Passengers Escape. HUDSON, Ohio, December 19 (). —The engineer and fireman of a passenger train from Akron to Hud- son, on the Pennsylvania road, were injured late today when the engine plunged down an embankment. Thirty passengers in coaches escaped with minor bruises. The two coaches were deralled but did not go down the embankment, al government for f | them 10 the new the Commissioners and Congress URGES SHANGHAI STATE. Briton Proposes Community SHANGHAL ~To make Shanghail city of international disputes sep: arate international swte under suzerainty of the Chinese republic the plan proposed by Sidney . Powell a British encineer. Mr. Powell, in ex plaining his proposal, says: “As Shanghal is populated by peoples ef many nationalities, its status would be protected by the League of Natlons and In the event of disputes between the stale and anv other state league would make concessions other national righis would surrender state.” Mr. Powell proposes that after the lapse of a short time all foreigners he withdrawn from administrative positions in the new government if the electorate de sires. He further believes that the state should form its own army nd navy, but purely for protective meas- ures. HELEN KELLER TO WSPEAK. Benefit for Blind Arranged Here January 13. Miss Helen Keller, whose ren able carcer under ige afictions blindness. deafness and, for the f ten vears of her life, dumbness as well, is known to the world. will speak here January 13 at Memorial Continental Hall in the interest of the American Foundation for the Blind. Miss Keller is devoting her life to the work of the organization which is serving as a correlating agency for all institutions of the country engaged in the care service of the blind. Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor, president of the National Geographic Societyv, will preside at the zathering to be-ad- dressed by Miss Keller. ark- of t POLAND SEEKS aPITAL. Government Opens With New York Bankers. WARSAW. December 19 (#).— Minister of Finance Zdielhowski an nounced today that, with a view to improving the present crisis, caused by lack of capital in Poland and in- sufficient currency circulation, the Bank of Poland has resolved to in- crease its paid-up capital and to in- vite foreign capital to participate. The government on its part, the minister said, had opened negotiations with the Bankers Trust Co. of New York for a loan against a lease of the tobacco monopoly SEEKS YULETIDE FATHER. Boy’s Mother Willing to Wed Man Who Will Care for Them. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., December 19 (#).—~With five days remaining before Christmas, a 4-year-old boy is seeking a “daddy” who will make that day history for him. And in order that the hoy may have that Christmas present. his mother, 24, is willing to marry any man who will provide for them. That is, nearly any man. fers a husband about 30 who is a brunette. “Blondes are too changeable, said. The woman and the bhoy, whose father has been dead for four vears, came to Chlef of Police Miller and asked help in finding a husband and father. She pre- ears old, she -— HUNTING FOR FUGITIVES. Texas Sheriff Says They Fled Fer- guson Farm in Liquor Raid. WACO, Tex., December 19 (#).— Sheriff L. 8. Lewis of Basque County is trying to locate two men who, he says, fled from the farm owned by former Gov. James E. Ferguson, § miles southeast of Meridian, two weeks ago tonight, when the sheriff raided the ranch and.discovered a 70-gallon stil and 8 gallons of corn whisky. The still was hidden in the bushes hal a mile from the ranch house, Lewls said. No charges have been filed in con- nection with the raid. Sheriff Lewis sald that the farm is operated by hired hands. “Jim Ferguson doesn't know any- thing about it,” he said. the | the | or | and‘ Negotiations | Commission to consist of one lawyer the District Commissioner in charge of police and traffic and one engineer either a civilian or a member of the | | ! | { Engineer Corps of the Army, would be International | provided in a bill now in the process | | of formation by Maj. W. E. R. Covell, assistant engineer commissioner as | signed to public utilities work | Maj. Covell, who framing the measure under the direction of Engineer Commissioner Bell, expects to have it completed this week, and is -lit will be submitted to the Board of “ommissioners for approval and then transmitted to Congress The reorganization plan proposed by Commissioner Rell advocated by the citizens' advisory council. which proposed that the com mission be independent of the Board [ of Commissioners. The council recom- mended that the commiss { posed of two clvilians and an Army engineer. The council alse recom ! mended 1t a “people’s counsel” be { emploved to represent the public at | public expense in all rate and service proceedings and to advise mission. Col. Bell indicated vester dav that he will acquiesce in this pro- ! posal in the new bill, but said he was i not aware how his colleagues would regard it. | Col. Bell inststs | be a separate commission. The Com- | missioners, he points out.are too busy | with other mutters to devote a part of their time to utilities work. His idea, however, is to have the work co-ordinated with the Commissioners’ | duties. PARIS;-IES VOTE WET IN SCOTTISH ELECTIONS iw Two That Ousted Saloon Five i Years Ago Revert to It in 1 Latest Balloting. [ Br Ahe Associated Press | GLASGOW. Scotland. December 19,— | Sixtean parishes in Lanarkshire have completed local option elections under lthe Scottish temperance act. and all have gone wet by large majorities. Two parishes. Cambusland and Ru- therslen. voted licensed drinking tion election five vears ago. The elec- tion just completed showed a reversion in favor of the return of the licensed public houses. $663 PAY ROLL STOLEN. Night Foreman Finds Desk Drawer Rifled, He Tells Police. 1d Tenley, night National Brick Compan police last night thut $663.31, his custody as the night pay roll of the company at Terra Cotta, D. C., had been stolen by a thief. who broke into the office through a window. The money had been left in u desk drawer by Alec Saffell, paymaster of the company, and was to have been distributed among the employes later last night. Tenley left the room for a short time just before the discov- ery of the robbery. \When he re turned he found the desk drawer rifled and the money stolen. Police are investigating. foreman of the left in on be com. | that there should | places out of existence in a local op- | strong | reported to | mitted to jail December 1, when $250 in arrears in payments The first wife consented to Strasser's release upon payment of | the $200. He was also required to give a bond to pay the balance due at the rate of $10 4 week. Strasser | has three children by his second marriage. He said It was impera- tive that he get out of jail and ! earn some money, as his rent was due and the landlord had threat- ened to dispossess his family. 'WRITER FINDS NOVEL differs from that | | DIFFICULT NOWADAYS Public Taste in Feverish State of Change, Novelist Tells Pen Women. the com. | America’s novel-reading public is harder to please in the present day than ever before and novel writing. therefore, is more difficult than at any time in the past, according to Edwin Bateman Morris, who spoke at the meeting of the League of American Pen Women at the Shoreham Hotel vesterday afternoon i “Public taste,” continued, Mr. Mor “is in a feverish state of change. The habits, desires and moral convic tions of the world are being remodel ed in an unprecedented fashion Writing to appeal to this changing state of mind and heart is not easy The successful novel must arrest, surprise and grip. But how difficult to surprise or grip a nation which | | | | | | | | | | has watched with a calm languor the | advent of such revolutionary matters 1x the radio, the bobbed head, the airplane, the present bathing suit, the nude stocking. the nude chorus sirl and all those things which some vears ago would have heen expected to reck the universe with astonishment. The human heart. however. seems | not to change. Kindliness, compas. sion and sympathy are always there. Whatever the ebb and flow of righteousness, whatever the fluctu- ation between prudishness and toler ance. those emotions remain. The novel which has the instinct. the un- derstanding to appeal to the same old fashioned heart to which Stevenson and Dickens and Shakespeare appeal ed will succeed.” DODGES P Farm Bill Avoid Regulatory Features. A bill providing for the creation of a bureuu of agriculture co-operation in the Department of Agriculture will be introduced in Congress probubly before the Christmus recess. It is th result of conferences of department officlals with national representatives of agricultural co-operative orguaniza- tions. The measure will not seek regula tory or price-fixing laws. but will be drawn in an effort to give co-opera tives every assistance short of actual credit and cash. RICE FIXING. Armour Company By the Associated Press. BUENOS, AIRES, December 19. The Armour Packing Co. of La Plata has admitted to the Government that one of its employes had transmitted “absurd reports” to the Armour Grain Co. of Chicago. The Armour Pack- ing Co. announced that # would send a message to George E. Saunders, Vice president of the Armour Grain Co., informing him that he had been “the victim of a false and abusive communication,” and the employe had been suspended. The company further stated that it was unable to determine how this em- ploye, whom the company believed to be responsible, could have sent such erroneous Information, or the origin of such information, but it believed that he obtained his information out- side of the company’s offices in con- versations with acquaintances. Extreme regret is expressed by the company that “a grave fault of one of its subordinates should haye caused a scandal, which cannot in any way affect the reputation of any func- tionary of the Department of Agricul- ture, but which affects the reputation of this company and may damage it in the opinion” of those who lightly Repudiates Report Of Employe Which Caused Grain Scandal pretend to make us responsible for a fault committed by an inferior em ploye.” The Armour statement was made in a written communication to the minister of agriculture, Senor Mihura, and was signed by Vice President Gresham. It was given out in a cir- cular from the ministry of agriculture, in which it was declared that, despite the conclusiven of the Armour communication, it would proceed to carry out an investigation to the limit. Denles Questioning Report. George E. Saunders, vice president of the Armour Grain Co. of Chicago, telegraphed Honorlo Pueyrredon, the Argentine Ambassador, today that he at no time made nor intended to make any charge questioning the good faith of the official crop report on wheat issued in Argentina. The message was in reply to one sent Mr. Saunders yesterday by the Ambassador at the request of his gov- ernment, asking for full information on charges attributed to company official which had been puh- lished in this country and in Argen- tina. + Being Framed Will the grain | | nious device ¢ | universities Recently Aground, Prove Capac- ity Is Unimpaired. ed Pr DON By the Associ NEW LO. 19.—After the rough waters nea the off B marine Cape Cod se a es of was partia 1th 00 feet they he pressu the Portsmc ne dive of which undersea merged. althougt withstand few mino: mark, but by Navy vesterday. The spot selected for of the roughest sectic marine hase at New choppy seas and treact calling for expert seamansh in these waters th ammed by the City and was sunk. TELEVISION REALIZED. PARIS EXPERT CLAIMS a depth t rarelv sub. A feet leaks devel the were c experts b the the a Londe Inventor Demonstrates Photograph Transmission Device Before French Scientific Society By the Associsted Press PARIS, De. n has bee Edouard T he has machine wi French Ph machine consists « which t lutions per mw from an placed The mirror Vit and the original image o demonstrate the wor machine, M. Relin s a photograph of Lo dent of the socieiy. a ed to a radio tr the system hecomes telet M. Belin savs demonstrate the mac completed a few verifications WILL FIGHT DUEL. Challenges < he transmitted < Lum d'th ere. pres n= apparatus he hopes shortly tn ne after he has minor details anc Hungarian Minister Jewish Deputy. December Agency) which have 1 davs in Par overnment's “n red 1o restr dents In the i u climax in the fssuance of a challenge to a duel by Count Klebelsbers, minister education, to the Jewish deputy Sa dor. Sandor accepted and both have numed seconds Count Klebelsherg considered him- self insulted by expressions which Sandor used in attacking his defe; of the hill. The deputy called Count Klebelsherg a “turncoat,” alleging that he had reversed his war-time support of the policy Ziving the Jew equal standing with the Hungaria COOLIDGE SEES COMEDY. President Attends Musical Show for First Time Here. Hungs aph BUDAPES WJewish T Stormy waged for ment over erus clausu the number Jewist have res President Coolidge last night saw his first musical comedy in W ashing ton since coming h!rf nearly five vears ago as Vice President. He at- tended the production of “No, No Nanette,” at the National Theater, accompanied by Mrs. Coolidge and his secretary, Everett Sanders and Mrs nders e has witnessed but one other le gitimate production, “Robert E. Lee,” the historic drama at the Belasco ‘Theater. Lle hus aiso been to Keith's Theater on two or three occastons, and to several opera productions, Mrs. Coolidge, however, has been & more consistent and frequent theater goer, having attended numerous the- atricals here. College Instructor Drowned. MADISON, Wis., December 19 (#). Maurice S. Coburn of Beachmont, ss., Instructor in English at Univer- sity of Wisconsin, fell through ice of Lake Mendota and drowned today. S Meikeljohn of Pawtucket, R. I., assis tant in economics, who was with Co- burn, reached shore safely.