Evening Star Newspaper, March 7, 1926, Page 12

(. OF C. MEMBERS GUESTS AT EXHIBIT Show Will Be Closed Today, But Reopens Tomorrow at Full Blast. *Chamber of Commerce Night” at the industrial exposition brought the membership of the Washington Chamber of Commerce to the audi- torfum last night to view the ex- hibits which have been staged under auspices of that civic body to illus- trate what the National Capital is producing. Headed by Leese, Rudolph Jose, mar_of the exposition committe and Isaac Gans, chairman of the re- ception committee, the officers of the organization welcomed members and their guests. Featuring the evening's program was the opening of & fiddlers’ contest, which will close Saturday night, when a silver loving cup will be awarded the winner by the Chamber of Commerce. Rounds of applause greeted the old-time musiclans as theyr plled their bows on the Audi- torium stage. An added attraction cas @ continuous concert by Meyer Goldman's musicians. Varlety of Exhibits. Industrial exhibits, which now ap- proximate 100 in number, continued o hold the attentlon of the throng of visitors. Of particy: wife are the ¢ the latest advancements and necessary home. She may see tn electric refr! heating apparatus i booths, each type embodying im provements in construction and oper- ation. Vacuum cleaners are demon- strated for those interested and wash- ing machines present a wide selection. Varous fixtures that make for con- venience are on display. Window shades made In Washington are ex hibited, while door, window and porch acreens are being given a timely dem- onstration, One booth specializes in finely upholstered furniture, while elsewhere may be seen fireplace fi tures. Information about tho gas meter and uses of gas may he gained n a gas com “exhibit. selection of radio sets also i shown Food products are given attention in the exhibits. T Washington bakerles have nstructive displays. The br may ses how this product eady for market and otherwise gother information about haking. Dairi iave prepared displays informin public In regard to milk produ A Local Motor Truck. ‘The automobile industry sented by a motor truck tur in Washington and by severs of passenger cars, motor car spring: Among the spec of the American Office Department, District playground Neighborhood House, Di al Guard and four art g The exposition wiil by but will reopen at 2:30 o to run throug night” will be row, “Red Cross night,” Tuesd: " Wednesday: President Martin A general chair- r interest to the louse hibits which fllustrate ful ad u is made an exhibit re those Attentlon will be called to the ex- positton by a parade at 10 o'clock ‘Tuesday morning. A Charleston con- test will open Wednesday night, with trials repeated the following evening, coming to a close with the award of a silver loving cup on the last night of the show. D. C. TO JOIN 50-YEAR French Open Drive To Cut Exemption On Athletic Heart By the Associated Press. PARIS, March 6.—"Athletic heart” has been the reason for the exemption of s0 many young men from French army service recent- Iy that the authorities are taking measures to combat this evil. Long distance foot racing, espe- cially in the district around Paris, has become one of the most pop- ir forms of sport in France, at- tracting many aspirants for hon- ors, who ore their own trainers and do not attain proper condi- tion to undergo the strain of dis- tance running. Army doctors are carrylng on propaganda anfong the classes called for conscript service,, lectur- ing the young men who are found to have “broken down hearts” as the French call them, and calling on them to spread the doctrine of more careful training for athletics that placa a great strain on the system. This propaganda s said to be bearing fruit already in fewer army exemptions for “ath- letic heart.” o BANKERS ACCUSED INROAD'S FAILURE C.. M. & St. P. Junior Bond- holders Charge Receiver- ship Was Precipitated. By the Associated Press, CHICAGO, March 8.—Financial n- terests and individuals accused of im- proprieties in bringing about a re- seivership for the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad had their day in_court today. In seeking to be permitted to in- tervene in the receivership in behalf of holders of approximately $16,000,- 000 of the road's junior bonds, Nathan L. Miler, former Governor of New York, alleged yesterday that the re- cefvership was determined upon in ad- vance and precipitated by Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and the National City Bank, bankers for the St. Paul, to effect & reorganization of the St. Paul's finan- cial structure at the expense of the holders of junior bonds, of which it $230,000,000 are cused the St. Paul's board of di- of being puppets for the interest: Aflidavits in Record. Field, attorney s, read into the record in the i of Federal Judge James H. Wilkerson today affidavits by virtual- v every Individual or firm mentioned Mr. Miller. v . Colpitts, member of the New n of engineers which ren- dered a report of a survey of the St. Paul prior to the receivership, denfed that there was anything Irregular in his firm's employment, and stated that he nor his firm had any in- terest in the St. Paul or its securities. It was alleged that the firm was em- ployed solely to render a report dem- nstrating the need of financial reor- .| ganization. Other affidavits made by Frederick . Ecker of New York, Donald G. Gieddes. formerly a director of the St. Paul; Percy A. Rockefeller, former director of the Paul; Robert C. Adams of the Equitable Trust Com- pany of New York; Jerome H. Ha- of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., and H. E. , formerly president of the St. d now one of the three Fed- eral receivers, were read. All Denied Charges. All denfed specific charges made by Mr, Miller and asserted generally that nothing improper had inarked the precipitation of the St. Paul into re ceivership, or the road’s acquisition of the Terre Haute and the Gary short lines. At the conclusion of the arguments, Judge Wilkerson took under advise. ment the matter of permitting inter. vention by the interests represented PHONE CELEBRATION Anniversary of Invention by Bell to Be Observed by Employes of Washington Office. ‘The fiftieth annlversary of the in- ventlon of the telephone will be cele- brated at & famlly night gathering of the Telephone Society of Wash- ington, composed of emploves of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co., on Wednesday night at 8§ o'clock in the ballroom of the City Club, After appropriate observance of the dccesion the evening will be given over to dancing and enter- tainment. Similar gatherings of em- ployes of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. and assoclated companies will be held in & number of other citles on the same night. Blue pin-buttons bearing the nu- meral “50” and a telephone have been distributed to the 300,000 em- ployes of the Bell system, to be worn on March 10, in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the tele- phone. Telephone officlals &nd employes | everywhere on that day will pa honor to Alexander Graham Bell, in- ventor of the telephone, and Charles J. Bell and Thomas A. Watson, his ssistants in his early experimental work, and to the ploneer men and women who assisted in laying the foundation of the present Bell sys- tem. ———— PLAN EASTER CAMPAIGN. Committee of Associated Charities and Citizens' Relief Meets, A speclal meeting of the Easter campaign finance committee for the Associated Charitles and the Citizens' Relief Association held in the office of Arthur Hellen yesterday, for perfecting plans for the coming an- nual appeal for the support of the city-wide and non-sectarfan family welfare work of these allied organi- rations. Cleveland Perkins, who fs chair- man of the campaign committee, pre- sided at the meeting, after which he announced that the Potomac Electric Power Co. had generously agreed to help in the distribution of the Easter subscription slips {n connection with its malling of electric light bills from day to day beginning Tuesday. MOTHER OF D. C. MAN DIES Death of Mrz. J. L. Williamson Oc- curs in Worth Carolina. Mrs J. L. Willlamson, mother of Dr. Fred Y. Willamson of this city, died_at_her home in Cerre Gordo, N. C.. Sunday. Funeral services and interment were in Cerro Gordo Mon- day. Mrs. Willlamson, who would have been 61 years old yesterday, is survived Dy her husband, J. L. Willlamson: another son, Dr. Howard L. Williamson, of Whiteville v and a daughter, Mrs. C. Q. ‘Townsend, of Fair Bluff, N. (. She| also had four aisters and two brothers, by Mr. Miller. Ho fixed April 8 as the date fcr the hearing upcn fixing a date for fore- closure and sale of the St. Paul, and set March 15 for a hearing on the further application of funds of the St. Paul to satisfying tho terms of acquisition of the Terre Haute and Gary roads. * TPotato Crop Leads. Potatoes are the largest single world crop among the vegetable products. The lowly spud is now produced in greater quantity than either rice or wheat. It has become an important food crop in every temperate and cool climate in all parts of the world. Emelle N. Plack, executive vice president of the Morris Plan Bank of Norfolk, Las been made a director of the institution. Mrs. — e e ‘The Improved Burner you have been waiting for, Not the cheapest, but the best. Most economical to operate, No obsolete principles of gravity feed nor trip buckets, cet fully protected with posi tive automatic safety devices. omeln and See‘ It in Operation 1705 De Sales St. N.W. Ask Those Who Use Them Grant Oil Burner Co. 407-8 Insurance Bldg. Maln 8151 —Sulesmen Wanted— APARTMENTS NEW BUILDING 1421 12th St. NW. 5 Rooms and Bath, $85.00 3 Rooms and Bath, $59.50 OPEN FOR INSPECTION IMMEDIATE OCCUPANCY Hedges & Middleton, Inc. Realtors 1412 Eye St. NW. Franklin 9503 outstanding. | for the rr~; THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, BODIESINHARMONY ON FARM RELIEF House Committee and- Mid- western Delegation Near Agreement. By the Associated Press. After a tempestuous day of activi- ties in the offices of the House agri- cultural committee, farm relief advo- cates sent here from the Des Moines agricultural conference and members of the committee last night found themselves in agreement that pros- pects had brightened for getting be- fore Congress a measure that would prove satisfactory. Chairman Haugen, who at one time yesterday announced thé legislative program outlined by the committee representing the corn belt States as “‘not worth the paper it is written on,” prediced after a series of conferences later in the day that the committee would be able to agree on a measure agreeable to the farming sections. Harmony was restored, apparently, after the conferees had agreed on the part the tariff should play in the plan. Mr. Haugen said he belleved a ma- Jority of the committee would vote for the general scheme of establishing a national farm board to supervise mar- keting of surplus crops, for which the farmers would be guaranteed an ade- quate price by means of a fund col- lected through an equalization fee. Phe detalls, he explained have yet to be worked out. The tariff laws relating to farm commodities must be strengthened, Mr. Haugen said, declaring the pres- ent flexible. tariff allows an increase of only 60 per cent on import duties, ‘which should be increased to 100 per cent, whenever necessary, on corn, wheat and other staples. The Presi- dent, he said, also should be empow- ered to declare an embargo on any corgmodity. ‘The manner of levying this equilization fee will have to be de- termined,” the chairman sald. “How- ever, whenever it is placed, it will be absorbed all along the llne. If the manufacturer pays it he will deduct the amount from what he pays for a crop. It is bound to raise prices to some extent and we must face that MARCH 7, honestly. But the farmer is entitled to this relief. An_executive conference held in Mr. Haugen’s office was characterized as the first effort to “get down to brass tacks.” It was attended by Representative Purnell, Republican, Indiana, and by several of the Middle ‘Western delegation. “We are hopeful,” said George N. Peek, chairman of the committee ap- pointed at the Des Moines meeting. ““We expect to get the sort of relief measure we came here to ask for.” SALESMEN ENTERTAINED. F. H. Smith Co. Force Given Luncheon by Concern. Members of the local sales force of the . H. Smith Co. were guests at a luncheon tendered yesterday at the Hotel Hamilton by the company to the sales team making the greatest volume of sales during the month of February. §. J. Henry, president of the com. addressed _the juncheon on “First Mortgage Real Fstate Bonds." Other speakers were C. Elbert Ana- dale, vice president, and B. F. Dawes, general sales manager. Willlam Horn acted as toastmaster. 1926—PART 1. SUIT AGAINST CAROL 15 LAID T0 REVENGE Mme. Lambrino Reported Smarting Under Rebuff by Her Son’s Father. By the Associated Press. BUCHAREST, Rumania, March 6. —Although the newspapers have car- ried no announcement, the news has leaked out that Mme. Ziz! Lambrino, former morganatic wife of Prince Carol of Rumania, has started court actlon against him for 10,000,000 francs damages. The news was a complate surprise to Mme. Lambrino’s friends here since she gave no indication of such intention when she left Bucharest. But she did express a determination to see Carol and endeavor to per- suade him to find means for provid- ing their 6-year-old son, Micrea, with a surname. It is the general assumption here that Carol rebuffed Zizi in Paris, and that she has instituted the suit in revenge. Her intimates say she is smarting under the deep-rooted con- viction that she and Micrea have been il-treated, and that in this frame of mind she can probably make Carol’s position exceedingly unpleasant. At the present time it is impossible to forecast what political effect the action of Mme. Lambrino may have, but the likelihood is that nothing star- tling will develop, as no one in a posl- tlon to know the details of the affair believes that his political conflict with the Bratiamo brothers was the essential cause of Carol's renuncia- tion of his rights as crown prince. Ionel Bratiano, premier and mini ter of war, and Vintila Bratiano, min- ister of finance, at a meeting of the crown council December 31 advised the King against hurried acceptance of Carol's renunciation. Furthermore, the government's retirement this month, n accordance with constitu- tional requirements, is virtually cer- tain anywa. Secretary Kellogg is recovering from a light attack of grip and is ex- pected to be able to resume his reg- ular duties at the State Department Monday morning. MOTHER’S DAY WORKERS,| DENOUNCE ‘GRAFT’ PLANS Declare Nobody Will Be Authoriged to Sell Anything Under Gu!” of Patriotic Activity. Declaring Mother’s day celebrations during the fire: twe rewins of Xay arc becoming a “seasoh of graft on the and other schemers,” the Mother's and other schemers,” the Mothers' Day International Association gave notice in a statement yesterday that “no person or organization will be authorized to sell red or white carna tions, souvenirs, handkerchiefs or other merchandise as patriotic charity or welfare workers."” o In addition,” the statement said ‘mother's memorfal monumer: schemes have been and are again planned to be worked on the public through our celebrations. Not in any {manner has the Mother's day move | ment ever had the least thing to do with the sales, solicitations and mis representations of these money getters and plotters. We appeal to all Mother's day friends to aid us in protecting our movement from ex- ploiters and impostors.” Price Reduction —and its result A year ago Packard reduced the price of Packard Six closed cars nearly one thousand dollars. The result—more than twice as many Packard Six cars were sold in 1925 as in 1924. Seventy per cent of the Packard Six cars sold in 1925 were bought by the next. And those who bought, and who if necessary made any sacrifices to get their cars, have no payments to make this year—or the next—or The average Packard Six owner those whonever before had owned a high grade motor car. Thousands of these new owners bought their cars on the payment plan, the average payment seldom exceeding $150 per month. If you have a car at present, please let us examine it. If it is market- expects to keep his car nearly three times as long as the car he traded in. And hewill. Ninety-eight per cent of those who bought Packard Six never left the Packard family. cars during the past six years have Thousands who wanted Packard cars last spring could not get able we will apply our purchase price against the down payment on a new car. Many bought Packard Six cars last year without paying out more than $200 in‘cash at any one time. this spring is to order it now, Packard Cars Are Now Being Sold on the Basis of the New Tax Packard-Washington Motor Car Co. Connecticut at 0. S COOLICAN, PRESIDENT. Potomac 5000 them. The demand was far greater than the supply. One sure way to get a Packard Six May we tell you more about the Packard Six and the financial ease with which you may have one?