Evening Star Newspaper, January 2, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER. S Weather Bureau Forecast.) temperature tomeht: ezing: tsmorrow clou rali at nigat: lttle ch vature. Temperatures. 3:20 pm. yesierday: 7:30 a.m. teday. Full repos I abaove dy. followed ange In tem- Highest, 47 lowest 31 at rt on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 11 as secol tice. Wa BLANTON ATTACKS CITY HEADS' VETO OF FIVE-CENT FARE Urges Commissioners Withdraw Unfavorable Report on Bill. 1o CITES THEIR STArTEMENTS DENYING KNOWING FACTS Declares Each Said He Relied En- tirely on Letter Drawn Up by 1 Fisher and Stephens. | District Commissioners in a | nd class matter shington, D. C. Dies at Walter Reed MAJ. GEN. WILLIAM H. HART. asked by 5 v Year day letter nresen homas 1 nton. | from their ' of Texas to wi District oral commi the dce intil vince the bill le report upon e hill. which he spon < had ar | of apportun jority the board = that individually the three sioners told him they had not directed the unfavorable re the had heen sizned Fisher, secretary fes Commission pinion of the cor s H. Stephens. resolution, Mr. wits with and Corporation in overcoming ob- 1o his bill and convincinz Con 5 that the street railway com pantes should be forced to live within their charters and thus give a half | million peaple in Washington a a-cent carfare and save 66,000 school children from the “crime” of an §-cent carfare. | Charges §30,000 Spent The North American Co. of TYork. Mr. Blanton advises the Com- missioners, owns 73 per cent of the common stock of the Washington and Electric Co. and the olling stock of the Capital Trac- tion Co. and of The Washinzton Rapid Transit Co.. and he and other mem hers Congress have received miorocco leather hound volumes of “specially prepared bunk to guil Com missioners and Congress,” which cost 1 holding corporation $70,000, he afted by E Pu by V. Uil the B Year match as the £ anc only n etary New s, 1 Fishe Stephen Counsel a ol for “Bunk.” New of cla 1t and when the companies are forced charters Mr. Blanton ter Commissioners and to the people of Washington his services gratis to defend the 3-cent carfare bill all the way 1o the Supreme Court of the United States. His letter to the Com- mi: mers follows: ‘Gentlemen and Friends: ‘During the past week, after mak st appearance through !h!; re came to the committee on District of Columbia vour letter dated December 22, 1925, reporting un- my bill, H. R. 3805. that require the street railways of 1gton to keep their agreement orm their contract made with people of Washington by not charging more than the s-cent fare by their charte Inas. on constitute the Public mmission, and these street ve could not have char; cents authorized by ters unless you permitted it, of these charters wh 1t said railways shall never n 5 cents. yvou have permit them to re the people here by chargins 3 cents, and the purpose of my s to have Congress annul your tion. I very naturally did not ex pect you to approve it Says All Signed Automatically. i of the high-salaried zeneral at-| evs of these street railways from hington to New Y¢ nbined her could not have framed a n adroit argument in their behalt 1han is contained in your letter. Even Vefore asking vou about it T knew tha none of vou had any personal knowl- thout it hen I took the matter up with : individually each one of vou in admitted that you had no per- 1 knowledge of the facts asserted 1" but that you were de upon some one else for same. President Rudolph frankly nitted that he had to depend upon the office of Col. Bell. who had char matters and that he signed ers as pr 1t of the board, havingz knowledze correctne facts fur by O railway to their rs to the street back move 1 to te w te W 1 vour er. Jend vers ch le without of the nished pers of the s office nni: hat he his oreed likewise the very not =zive personal atien to depend and in Col. Bell's f and to and that he vouch for the ssertions, as he nal knowledge of such but ely upe flice 1o prepare was the compile such such letters, conidn’t personally correctness of the did not have pers them Traced Back to Fisher. “As far as Col. Bell would o w. tn say that he had general knowled and felt morally certain that the stated, fizures given. and conc’ drawn, were all correct, althouzh he did not dictate the letter. and had nn persenal knowledze of the correct ness of its contents, hut thai he h 1o depnd npon hi tant. Mai. Wil Il E. R. Covell ompiling the . and upon Corporation Counsei Franeis H. Stephens for the law I then took the mutter uy with Maj. Covell. He assured me that he i not dictate the letter, and tha he did not have any personal knowl of the facts, ficure. il < stated therein. lat that Ne V. Fisher had prepared the awhole matter, and was zoverned I he opinion of Mr. Stephens that railways must be allowed 1o a fair return on their invest 10t sions 1 | By the Associated Press after all. when traced hack vour disapproval of this bill is ed on the action of Secr guided by the opinion o ‘I do not claim to be a legal wizard, hut T have had 30 years' exp around court houses, 8 vears of which | 1 occupied the Circuit bench in Texas. and T am willing to pit my ability to assemble facts against that of Secre- tary Fisher, and I feel that my opin- | fon of the law should have equal weight with that of Mr. Stephens. | Henee I am going to request, as a spe- cial favor to me. that vou withdraw your dlsapproval of this bill from the (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) {and | Udine, EN.HART EXPIRES AT WALTER REED Dies Shortly After Rogers, Other Figure in Noted Army Dispute. Maj. Gen. William H. Hart, termaster general of the Army, died early today at Walter Reed Hospital, where he underwent major opera- tion a fortnizght ago for a serious in- ternzl disorder. He had been at the hospital for several weeks n. Hart's condition had been such since the operation that little hope had been held out for his recovery. although at one stage it appeared he was convalescing. While the nature of the ailment was not closed at the hospital, it was under-. stood the trouble was of cancerous rigin. e veteran Army have been 62 years old in March. His four-year term as quartermaster gen- eral would have expired next August Controversy With Rogers. The death today of Gen. Hart erased from the picture the last principal in a startling Army controversy, which began some months ago with the fil- ing of serious charges by the late Maj. Gen. Harry L. Rogers, former quartermaster general, cember 12 in Philadelphia. Gen. Rogers alleged that Gen. Hart, who was his successor in office, a officer would seeking to terminate the former's tenure as quartermaster general. The chief of staff of the Army was furnished with affidavits by a woman soclety paper writer to the effect that Gen. Hart gave her in- formation for publication which was derogatory to Gen. Rozers, and that, further, Gen. Hart had signed the name of a society paper to a tele- Kram urging cretary of War Week to investiga Gen. Rogers' adminis tration of the office of quartermaster general At the time of the alleged happenings, three years ago. Gen. Rogers was nearing retirement, and he ¢ rged that Gen. Hart attempted to discredit him in the eves of superiors in order to, “get his job.’ Found Unwarranted. by the War Department and found 16 be unwarranted, it was announced last October. Gen. Rogers failed to appear personally in Washington ir substantiation of his charges, due to ill health, and several of the wit- nesses alleged to be involved in the controversy were said to have given conflictinz accounts of the trouble. Gen. Rogers. who had been under treatment in idelphia for heart trouble. died Idenly Gen. Hart succeeded (ien. Rogers as quartermaster zeneral on August 28, 1922, In announcing the former's selection Secretary Weeks said: “Col. Hart was selected for this important post not only because of the high efficiency diplayed by him during and <ince the World War, but hecause of the uniform excellence of his en- tire service s an officer in the Army d his familiarity with the details and functions the Quartermaster Corp, of Decorated in France. When appointed quartermaster gen- ch | quar- | who died De- | |ing business and the prefecture. post | g | office and theaters are inaccessible. | ! brought improper pressure to bear in his | | —This | beginning to recede. | —A national | opened through the newspapers and al he was on duty as quartermaster | ply officer and gzeneral ruperin. rendent of the Army Transport Serv- ice, New York and was comended for this service by the Secretary of War. During the V War Gen. jlart, then @t colone! as quartermas- rar se Section Nazaire, France. He was awarded the Distin- <uished Service Medal for exceptional- meritorious and distinguished serv- ices, and France gave him the decora- tion of the Legion of Honor. Gen. Hart was unmarried. est surviving lay at the War Department, is a cous: in, who will make arrangements for the funeral upon his arrival here from the Middle West. It is expected inter- ment wil be in Arlington tional Cemeter Gen. Hart resided at 2400 Sixteenth street. Gen March West ed a ind Hart was born in Minnesota, 1864. He graduated from Point in 1888, was commission- second lieutenant immediately was rapidly promoted through His near- | lative, it was said to | The charges were fully investigated | Sreat lake between Epernay and Vitry- | le-Francois. ¥ . WASHINGTON, D. SATURDAY, JANUARY A A 1926 ~-TWENTY-EIGHT FLOODS IN HOLLAND STOP RAIL SERVICE ANDCOVER TOWNS Meuse, Waal, Rhine and Lek‘ Still Rising—Damage Is Very Heavy. N 5 =3 N N FRENCH aTY OF CAEN PARTLY UNDER WATER Life-Saving Boats Taking People From Housetops of Bel- gian Village. | | | | | By the Associated Press AMSTERDAM. Holland, Januay The flonds in the valleys | Rivers Meuse, Waal. Ithine and Lek have assumed the character of catastrophe. with the waters still ing Railway dykes have several places and others threaten 1n follow. The damaze is so serious that considerable time must elapse after the waters subside hefore railway tra’ fic can he resumed Several villages are flooded and it fearcd others will sufter likewise. ' the ri \ collansed a1 ASSES THE ACID TEST ¢ Foening Star. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION PAGES. * The authorities are working day and night to the population. The town of Venlo, on the Meuse, is com pletely flooded. RRoermond, 14 miles to the southwest. is without electric lights, but the telephone and tele sraph services are operating. the ap paratus having been transferred to upper stories out of the reach of the water. An Arnhem ssist SMOOT CONFERS ON NEW TAX BILL Declares, After Meeting Mel- lon, That Only Few Minor Changes Are Likely. dispatch to the Tele zraaf says Queen Wilhelmina is pro ceeding to Nymegan, on the Waal river, in order to inspect the immense damage. CITY NEARLY ISOLATED. Some Caen Residents Wit for 36 Hours. out Food A series of conferences on the new tax bill now before the Senate finance PARIS, January 2 UP).—The city of | 1 miriee wus inaugurated today at Caen, known as the intellectual capital | oo™ 'S8 TS BERE T L of Normandy, is suffering severely | :puyman Smoot of the Nenate finance | | from the overflow of the Orne RiVer- | ;i1 1ee, Secretary of the Treasury The property damage will reach sev. | {oTimIttee, Secretary of ! leral million francs. Only one death | gt P (ARF @CREC | thus far has been seported. | substantlally as reported | No trains are in operation and a| . . . ang means committee. will be number of the inhabitants of the dis- | 1o5% B0, MEERS (RN Y ron trict, isolated by the water, have been | . i, changes,” according to Senator \ithout food for 36 hours. 1n the clly | smoot, in a brief statement followins itself none of the restaurants are do- [ 4100 T & hrief SAteiment follow e Treasury. | Another session was planned for 4| clock this afternoon. when Senat Smoot indicated the entire situation regarding the bill would be reviewed and the “minor points likely to be aken up by the Senate will be ziven | special attention What chanzes tee, or the Senate itself the House bill. Senator reveal. It was evident. however Senator plans to 20 over i detail_ with tary his advisors before rey Senute conference this by tor erspercer. special Board of T i the House | by the The conditions are worse than during ' ./ the flood of 1910. Paris breathed easier today. despite considerable waterfront damage, be- cause the rise in the Seine vesterday was below that forecast, but it is now said that the river will not reach its maximum before next Tuesday. North ern France is hard hit. Part of M Zieres, on the Meuse, is under w while the village of Stockheim- | Maeseyck, in Belgium, fs submergod. with_life-saving boats taking people off the housetops. One death—that of 4 child—is reported. The waters are continuing to rise alonz the entire Meuse Valley. Many factories are shut down. The Saone River threatens to sur- pass its flood mark of 1852, while the Champagne region reports that the overflow: of the Marne has created a may make in Smoot did not that the the matters Melion and ting out the Seer « morning Smoot. E. Koch. | atiorney of the Anpeals, now with Sen ttor Smoot: Secretary Mellon, Under secretary of the Treasury \Vinston nd Joseph 8. McCoy. the Government aetuary. aitenda dic st to The of are inhabitants evacuati “"| INCREASE IN PNEUMONIA ' CASES HELD NOT SERIOUS latter homes. town Cologne in Darkness. COLOGNE, Germany, January 2 (#). city was without electricit: last night, the swollen waters of the | Health Office Comments Rhine having reached the underground N lighting cables Varfous sections of the Rhineland report that the waters are gradually on Effects of Cold Wave. But Says There Is No Evidemic. A slight increase in the number of Subsctiption 1s Started. cases of pneumonis in the District | BRUSSELS, Belgium, January 2 (®). | following the recent cold wave has | subscription has been!not alarmed District health authori- e O S e e tles, who pointed out most em: the sufferers from the floods, which | Phatically today that the disease has have attained the proportions of a not reached the epidemic stage. disaster. There were 24 deaths in the Dis- The minister of labor has convoked | trict last week from pneumonia. com- | the chiefs of fire brigades to examine | pared with 15 for the corresponding the possibility of requisitioning thou- | period of last y The total num- lea . Al.temp father : in 2400 for ‘he attem theft Police Countess sought fisht ates. Through her tiled in the preme Secretary Refusal such trar iciou Secretary valid law™ to decline to admit her The countess was excluded on | zround that she was of communistic but in her petition she said proposed friends and to make a definite aszree ment | Feakins, bas <h to undertake. the the ind ing porarily as for husines: belong to any of the cl Boy Held in Armed Pay Roll Robbery t on Father| WORCESTER, Ma Charged with the point an attempt to pay a zang of coa and hursday raizned roll Alban Loui today Thex o7 f tended fc i vse youns foreman. holding of rob intended for shovelers at the January 2 up his revolver him of wages roundhouse Paquette, 17, with Orlando n ered pleas of not guilty pted hold-up followed the automobile presumably a Paquette worked on the jol where his father confessed. zetawav, who COUNTESS KAROLYI SEEKSCOURT'S AID Asks D. C. Supreme Court to the senate commit-| FOrce Kellogg to Admit Her to United States. Catherine the aid of th to gain attorne of t t & Belknap Distr Court a Kellogz American passport of the instructions wrongful, She had uct the she tyr no nings abject United of her States with my agent 4 lecture tour Your petitioner.” non-immis it a ot is to tourist pleasu Karolyi entrance petition be consul Seeret nnical said further right Times Building. New which I eventually she rant the United States tem or . ew of Columbia Su forced today ourts in her to the United Curtis York Fos- she asking that to in- at Pari to issuc “is” arbi- and ca- that the under “any the visit “to Mr. w. B said, alien desir- temporarily and does not sses excluded sands of pumps throughout the coun-iher of pneumonia cases on the Health | from enterinz the United States un- try and concentrating them in the in- udated regions, especially at Liege, where 8,000 houses are under water. REPORT NO CHANGES IN STRIKE SITUATION Hywel Dav record for the last compared with 20 for of 1324 ! spell would have | to increase pneumonia | cases if people were well wrapped | jand thelr houses properly heated. ! Health Officer William C. Fowler ex. | plained. Some of the cases may have ! | been caused in homes I and James T. Dewey, | fuel economy was practiced during commissioners of conciliation ap- | the cold wave. pointed by Secretary Davis to at-| o AR e | COUPLE BEATEN, GEMS WORTH $10,000 STOLEN Department s week was 37, the same week The recent cold no tendency By turned to \Washington today with a | K message that the situation remains ! unchanged as a result of the two-day | negotiations. The conference Journed yesterday to resume Tuesday. The commissioners report to Secretary Davis when he returns to the Labor Department TeRtediandionn ssetipit Monday and will leave Monday night for New York. in Crime. Although they did not care to dis- | By the Associated Press. cuss some of the details of the con-| CHICAGO, January 2—Jewelry val- ferences which met in executive ses- | i " sion, the conciliators indicated thar | 16 at $10.000 was taken from Mr. and who were also | again i) | Son of Wealthy Manufacturer Ar-| nothing had been done on which to | Mrs. William Feldman, base a hope for speedy termination |bheaten by three young men who rob- | OF jite) stilice Ibed them as they returned to their New Year Revelers in Northeast Italy Panic-Stricken by Violent Earthquake: ROME, January crowds, celebrating New Year night in theaters, at street festivals or in their homes throughout northeastern Italy were thrown into a panie last night | In some | by a violent carthquake. places the shock lasted several sec- onds and in others as long as three minutes. The ntovement was apparently cen- tered in the mountainous regions north of the Adriatic Sea. It was felt most violently at Trieste, Venice Verona. but Padua, Revenna. Manfaicone and many other in laly “ken. places also —Many holiday | and Juzoslavia “’""’IRfldiO Programs—Page 23 apartment from a New Year celebra- !tion early vesterday. machinery manufacturer and friend of | the Feldman family. was later arrest- | Taxman, 18, and Samuel Reidman, 19, | as his companions. The jewelry was recovered. Mrs. Feldman is in a ous condi- tlon from the beating administered No loss of life was reported but a | few people were Injured as the crowd rushed out of theaters and other places of amusement, frantically seek ing safety in the open. Some were injured when chunks of plaster or | masonry fell upon them. i At Ttieste the manager of the Na- tional Theater checked a stampede by ordering the orchestra to play the royal humn, and music had a similar effect in quelling panics elsewhere. The earthquake was felt in sMilan |cabinet a plan for the creation of an | and Bo_ln:lm and was recorded strong- | “Academy of Italy similar to ly in Florence and Rome. French Academy with its membership of *“40 immortals.’ Gabriele d'An nunalo. Italy's famous soldier poet. will be the first academician. 19: attacked the owners when they en-| ! tered. | Mussolini Plans ‘Academy of Italy.’ ROME, January ). Premier | der the a distaste for She | from the poet. saving: “He is still my husband. count of money dificulties and alway warted to reiurn to Russia to work| with him. dedicated worthy of being loved by the poet.’ “Yessinin despaired of world ahout art. and dancer had been Mussolini has decided to submit to the | hours later the | home. a s The police believe she was attacked and lectures. and then beaten to death. scxrching for the taxi. other act now —— any immigration act of 1924 * % o in force HOLDS SUICIDE OF POET DUE TO PASSING CRAZE where rigid | Isadora Duncan Denies She Was, Estranged From Sergei Yessini: the Associated Press. CAGNS fenied that she I left Mo: One of his to me—'ta where so few consolation lies Woman Found Slain. CHICAGO. January Mary her Trac uggle. n. France, January : dora Duncan, the dancer, blames the: recent suicide of Sergel Yessinin to a “‘passing fit of madness,” coupled with | the reports of the boards alike in form. a materialistic world. 1sa was estranged cow only on ac- poems was Isadora. alone life in a persons care in ed and confessed. He implicated Paul | Leningrad on December his wrists and hanging himself. Miss Duncan were married in . and last vear reports that the zranted a divorce from Yessinin by the Soviet author- when she resisted. The trio had ob. | ities in Moscow were confirmed by!day, to place the Fasclst Children’s tained entrance to the apartment and | members of the Duncan family. He muyst have taken his life during a passing fit of madness. | My | that his poems wlil survive his tragic | Fred Poncer. 21, son of a wealthy | death. the thought Sergei Yessinin committed suicide in | cutting | He 28, 2 York. | was ). —Mrs. Sullivan, 43 years old, went on | a New Year day taxicab ride. bruised body found in 4 vacant lot a mile from her | Boy es in the snow indh‘ule(ll A few was | military DIVORGE 1S SOUGHT * BY MRS HALLOF Former Delight Potter Arnola Sues Ex-Dancer, Who Claimed to Be Prince. Delight Potter Arnold, wh the debutante daughter of Maj. and Mrs. Davis G. Arnold was one of the most ‘hol-nlar members of the younger set here a vear ago, today filed suit in the Circuit Court at Rockville, Md., fot annulment of her marriage to “Count’ or “Prince” Roufat Halilof, former dancer at the Cafe Le Paradis. In the bill of particulars M loff told the court that her “‘prince™ had wooed and won her as a noble- man and a gentleman. with a good ! name, a reputation for good character and the ability to support a wife Scarcely had they reached New Yor on their honeymoon., however, she .aid, before the “prince's”’ baggage was seized in a beach-of-promise ac. don. Later, the young bride declared, she learned that he was only nobleman; that he had passed a num Ter of worthless checks in Washing- ton. and that he was even wanted in a number of European cities for al leged criminal offenses, Says He Is “First Bey Haliloff admitted when cornered in ew York, it is sald. that he had no aim to representation in the Russian 1 nebilit In his home city. Tiflis. in he tiny state of Georgia. the cabaret ncer asserted. he was recognized s a “first bey.” The nearest Enz: lish equivalent to that, he declared. was “prince” and as a prince he had lheen accepted by social circles of New York, Washington and other ces. 'or months prior to her marriage to the dancer, Washington society had heen watching closely the ardent court- 1p of Martin Marshall Marston of his city of the lovely Delight Arnold. onsequently her union with the “prince’” came as a shock and sur- prise. The “prince,” it was said, first met her when her father befriended him when he was a helpless war refugee. . Hall- to! visit | | SHIPPERS AND CARRIERS TO STUDY PROBLEMS Twelve Regional Boards Will Meet in Chicago With Railway Representatives. Members of the 12 shippers’ regiona! | adv ry boards will hold their fir: meeting at Chicago January 7 and 8, the American Railway Association an- nounced today to_discuss interrelated problems of the shippers and carriers and oganization questions. With the shippers’ representatives will meet members of the contact com: mittees appointed by the carriers to co-operate with the boards. railroad lofficials and members of the car | service division of the railway associa- {tion and of various state railroad com | missions. | Economic and transportation ditions in the twelve divisions, which -orrespond in a general way with the | Federal Reserve district, will be con- i sidered, together with plans to make con- o that, taken together, they will give the railroads a composite picture of conditions that will enable them to anticlpate transportation demands. Success of the raflroads in handling the record freight volume of 1925 was atttributed by the association in large | measure to the co-operation of ship- ipers through these regional boards a bogus | service. (#; Means Associated Pre: EElephants and Dog Run Amuck in Busy Times Square Area By the Associated Prees NEW YORK, January 2.—The escapades of four animals brought the perils of the wilderness 1o New York night when three ele phants znd an apparently mad wolfhound were chased throngh the Times Square district and the doz killed after a stray bullet had lodged in a woman's fur coat The three pachyderms were fright ened when a plece of scenery fell backstagze in a Harlem theater They holted throuzh the stage door. with their keeper clinzinz precari- ously to Joe, the dog’s collar. Scat terlng motorfsts und pedestrians they ran down Seventh avenue and turned into the West 123d street police station, ing the front with 1} cfore the policc on duty h ed from the shoclk their 1 arrival the elephunts were ind_the bhack door splintered. They were finzlly guieted Miss Madeline Biard narrowly escaped injur olfhound passed. pursued @ patrolman in icab. A bullet atmed o1 the vicocheted and lodzed in Miss Riard's coat. hut she Wwas unburt. The dog was killed “fter a chase of 1 hlocks FORBES CONVITION UPHELD BY CORT | Appellate Body Holcs Former Veterans’ Bureau Head Must Serve Sentence. last door a planist when the by | By the Associated Press CHICAGO. January Charles R. Forbes, former director of the United States Veterans' Bureau today lost his appeal from conviction of conspiracy to defraud the Govern ment in connection with contracts for hospitals for disabled former soldiers. The United States Circuit of Appeals affirmed the conviction in the District Court | John . Thompson. wealthy St | Louis contractor, who was found zuilty with Forbes. appealed with Forbes. and beth must go to prison unless they appeal the Tnited States Supreme Court and obtain a stay of sentence to prevent their re moval to Leavenworth Penitentfary Federal Judge George Carpenter. be fore whom they were tried, sentenced each to two vears in prison and fined them §10.000 each. (®).—Col Court Judge Evans Writes Decision. The decision was written by Judge Evan A. Evans, who. with Judges A. | B- Anderson and Georze T. Page heard the appeal last November. Among the more important assign ments of error submitted by the de- fense were allegations that Judge Car- penter was prejudicial in his instruc tions to the jury and in dec dur- ing the trial On behalf of Thompson it also was alleged by his attorneys that he was tricked into delivering to the gzrand Jury incriminating papers The opinion. in part. read “Defendant Forbes was director of he Veterans' Bureau. the chief of + board authorized to locate sites and to let contructs for the construetion of hospital buildinzs priated $17.000.000 for The appropriation for ment was later increased au. with orbes at i £455,000.000 in one vear Slias H. Mortimer was witness for the Government. He was lobbyist, i go-between. and is de scribed as “u fixer' for contractors who were seeking Government contracts, He represented Thompson-Black and became intimate with Forbes. Full Recital of Details. story full. complete re cital of the details of the illesal proj | ect this purpose. this depart and the bhu head. paid the chief zrew into concrete definite forn, fat tening on corruption and panion, free and h ent Mortimer testified to the actual transfer of money for corrupt pur noses, the letting of at least one con tract pursuant thereto. and of the plan to ercct other huildings in ac cordance with these illezal and rupt understandings “Briefly outlined. the scheme templated the selection of sites the building of various hospitals submission of bids that would include in each one $150.000 for certain of the officials and u further divis | of the profits: the insertion in | bid of a provision calling for carly | completion of the building. so that | Forbes could let the contract to Black & Thompson. though they were not the lowest bidder. : | No Credit for Mortimer. | “Mortimer's story reflects no credit | upon himself. It was shockingly repul- | sive. But. if believed, it was sufficient, especially in view of its documentary corroboration, to support the verdict. In fact. neither defendunt took the witness stand, and so Mortimer's story in many respects wag undisputed. | “The assignments of error | numerous, are for the most part hard- | Iy worthy of serious consideration. its com ent. 4 con and : the I'rhls was natural, for throughout the | trial the defendants met with fair or favorable rulings say ‘except.’ " | and rarely could 'Mussolini to Im | BY HIRAM K. MODERWELL. Ey Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News. ROME, January 2.—Military train- ing and discipline for all Italian chil- dren from 8 vears up is foreshadowed in the cabinet decision, reached Fri- Society “ballilla” in chirge of the physical education of Itallan vouth. While precise detalls of the plan {have not yet been published, it is probable the ballilla will take over physical instruction work in the public schools. with compulsory drills, and will extend its Scout organizations to include as many boy 5 po: ble, and estab- lish clubrooms for patriotic reading It is probable that the They are zirls will not be neglected. The purpose of the scheme is ad- pose Military Training | On School Children From Eight Up | mitted to be to infuse a nationalistic ascist spirit in the rising genera. tion, with emphasis on military en. thusiasm. Further recruits for the Fascist militia doubtless will be drawn from the ballilla, while all youths will have an incentive to join and work well, since good work prol ably will entitle them to certain emptions from military service. The extensive and well organized Catholic Boy Scout societies will no. be interfered with, but doubtiess every inducement will be held out to attract all boys to the zovernment organization. This accords with Premicr lini’s announced plan to create a new generation of strong and obedient soldiers. | (Copsright, 1026, by Chicago Daily News Co.) Congress appro- | He told how it started and how it | while | Musso- | The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 84,620 TS. CAROL REPORTED INVOLVED IN PLOT - TOOUST MINISTRY jPoIiticaI Row Believed Pri- | mary Reason for Renounc- ing Birthright. TWO CE | HAS BEEN COhTSTDERED DEMOCRATIC IN IDEALS TLove Affairs Held Secondary Mo- tive—Probably Is Still at Milan Hotel. A new love desire to return to his mor wife ernai political affairs are vario dvanced < reasons why tumania sudden to ascend the Kinzx atic 1d anger ov wrol of F zht father e up his throne when his Ferdinand There no theury, for Carol remains elusive. The presumption is that the one-time crown prince is in Milan, Italy, resid- « hotel, though some reports place him elsewhere A Milan newspaper asserts positive that Carol his been there for i month, and that he has given orders 1o the hotel proprietor to make ready the arrival of another guest—'"a zuished lad This newspaper authority for the statement at on the day Carol came to Milan + vounz woman of beauty registered t the hotel as “Princess Lupesco.” The prince and princess, however, are aid not to have been seen often tu- zether in public. Amonz the Milanese it is being suggested that the princess in reality may bLe Mile. Zyziz Lam- brino, the morganatic wife from whom Carol is sevarated. She is the daugh er of a Rumanian zeneral and ha {two children by Carol Princess Near Blindness. A report originating in Serbia savs Carol desires 1o marry a Jewess Other zossip is that the “distinguished lady” for whom rooms have been reserved may be Princ Helen of Greece, Carol's wife. She at present is visiting the Greek roval family in Florence. Her health is said t he none too goud, and she is suffering from an eve trouble which it is averred likely will render her lind With the princess is the 4-year-old Prince Michael of Carol, and vho is destined to take his father's place as heir apparent to the Ru manian throne. Michael is far from being robust child, and the talk | now is that if King Ferdinard should die before he reaches the age of 18 i it will be necessary to constitute & !rezency under Prince Nicholas Fer- dinand’s other son. From Vienna conies word that Carol in Venice with woman with wi fatuated last Disputes in Politics. In political circles it is considered more likely that the amorous aspect { the case has less to do with the renunciation of the throne hy Carol than the political. It is declared that y Carol a long time has been at loggerheads with the present gov. nment in Rumania and that the | friction between himself and the min | isters culminated in a big row over the airplane contract for the army. In which zraft is allezed ' have )ecn shown and which zlso involved | the removal of War Minister Mo- daresco. Carol also is said to bear animosity { azainst Queen Marie and Premfer | Bratiano because of a fear that Bratianos direction of the govern- } ment ultimately will bring disaster to Rumania. A report from Vienna is to the effect that Carol planned the overthrow of Bratiano and that the discovery of the plot caused him to_renounce the throne French politicians see in iction a political drive agalnst ! Premier Bratiano in favor of Gen Averesco, leader of the opposition for whom he desires the premier- “hip. Averesco’s military program, particularly as regards aviation, was wholeheartedly espoused by Carol | This incurred the displeasure of the | King and Queen. dies is confirmation of any incognito at disti Carol's Considered a Democrat. | Carol for a lonz time has been con- sidered a Democrat. Sometime ago | he expressed the belief that present- ay democracy had been “debased hy its own passion to place everything which is utterly worthless in the ont rank.” For that reason mo- irchical tradition. he said. had ! placed a valuable check upon demo- cratic tendencies to run wild. “The concept of democracy.” Carol declared, “is identical with the right | of every man to attain the position justified by his personal worth and capacily, regardless of birth, fortune | or_other consideration. I. too, am \_Democrat._But 1 helieve con- (Continued on Page 4, Column 2) |FOREIGN T RADE IN 1925 SATISFACTORY FOR U. S. Attributed Largely to Better Fi- nancial Conditions Abroad—Op- timistic Future Is Seen. United States trade with foreizn nations was satisfactery during 1925, and world conditions for 1926 promise |an even better result, Dr. Julius Klein, {chief of the Bureau of Foreign and | Domestic Commerce, declared today. | In a new vear's review of the sit- juation, he pointed, among other things, to the betterment of }uropean | tinances, a continued flow of American investments abroad, and the improve- {ment in such manufacturing lines as | automobiles, where he noted a 60 per cent increase for 1925 over 1924. | The increuse in American imports ! during 19 may be expected to con- tinue, he said. since to a considerable | degree its reflects the country’s inter- | nal prosperity. He analyzed the fm- | port increase as representing a greater reed for raw materials and as show- |ing the ability of American consum. rs to purchase exotic foods and uits. At the same time he deplored lan increase in prices, some of them | for dubiouz cause, as in the cases of Dritish rubber and Lrazilian coffee,