Evening Star Newspaper, March 29, 1926, Page 2

ro » PASTOR WILL BURY CHAPMAN, HE SAYS, Closest Friend of Condemned Man Will Save His Body From Dissection. March been Conn 1 Chapman ¢ held in execution body of ¥ event of 1 by other would not enlarge n whether igious s cell nent at HIGHER ANNUITIES ARE DUE EMPLOYES OF U. S., SAYS WORK (Continued from First Page.) to be accurate actuarial data > board has submitted. clus f th pparent upon several ssely connected with ) wat the rule of mathematics in determining ement their estimat ease in the pay about 100 per h or icult. are established ble t the in operation 1ine, their au- Estimates Now Di tables wa 3! ritants nnual- rement is e in- cent com- the e vears u than caljzed. and i e compani neies s The in pparen 1 pe wher 41y is sod t priv unders an cure ba cre men iously he Gove: and is Withdrawals Half of Payments, “Many who would ment I ion believe tha sho maintained on liberalize retire- the fund a mutual tributions sed as at pres: ith the Gov guar: the fund. Tt wisdom for the liabilities and the ill be called deficiency. conditions ul forecasts when the G there ernment At the 2393 1 mus; is over ement m em- now av- 10 per month, 100,000 " Y,000 he f to the fund, f the present law, izmented by in- employes sification ac orney Gener of the law status hold d the origi aries that artic would ary upon reaching s prescribed in the n Federal appropri- cessary to supple- ccordingly been before the pas been 1, sala 2 A the civil-servic D )tion by the eve ecome fund ha extended m Fund. m of sies do ot E which the fund will probabl 1f-supporting | and the P ach time when {t swould probabl be nece: ry for the ment to appropriate to this s been variously imated in the past nywhere from 10 to 25 vears. hoped thu T king its ap- the present fund, the board willing to state a_definite ' on this sub, point around I many controversies have waged oponer d opponents of a irement system seem- to conclude the Government has been evading | ts responsibility and has been ‘dissi. | pating’ the contributions of the em- ployes. Any implication in the report that paving annuities from employes’ butions the fund has not been | administered i cordance with the | statutes, or d by Congress | after extended discussion prior to the enactment of the present retirement law, is without foundation. The act directly provides that the fund shall be supported by the employes them- 80 far as po ble, from their ns, and implies that the if and when the time ar shall make up any deficiency by | appropriations from the general Treas- | ury To this extent Congress did not adopt theory propounded by the Bctuaries in this report that appro. | priations should be made by the Gov-| ernment simultaneously with contri. | butions by the employes. “In determining the status of the present fund the sctuaries propose that the Government shall henceforth make annual appropriations in ad- vance of the actual needs of the fund, Defends n making &nt plan the D the the | mive bond for spe | Bureau of Pen: | not, in my opinion, be extended to the Duke of Guis of Pretender, Expected to Abdicate. e, Successor May Give Honor to Son, Prince Henry, or to Duke of Vendome. Press. ch The death in Duke of Orleans, pre- tender to the throne of nce, has caused consternation in ro st ranks. » always had postponed settling the of who should he his suc nd with his death all royalist By the Associated slon is the Duke is thought eg0 ciaim to what honor of the either in f The next in e Duke of G Chartres, i he wil ja t Is deemed the pretende young wh Henry of to the Duke he Duke of Nemours. Orders Exile. of Guise own . If the law ip were applied, as it case of the Duke of ans, the Duke of Guise would be obliged to go into exile. to the present the duke has kept out of politics, which S welght to the helief that he will renounce his rights to the pre- tendership. The Duke of Guise, however, Is re- rded by the official world as the new head of the Orleans family and, as such, the pretender to the French throne. For this reason he will be| obliged to seek residence outside | France | 1 Vende Law The Duke fina Duke of Orleans and great-grandson of the last King of | France, King Louis Philippe 1. died Sunday at his villa in Palerma, Sicily, from pneumonia. Heé was a7 vears | old and had heen in exile 40 vears. The son of the late Comte de Paris, he was a soldier, Arctic explorer, traveler,-author and bon-vivant He was a prince of spendthrifts and did away with several fortunes. Louis Philippe was born at York House, Twickenham, England. When King Louis Philippe abdicated in 1848, he gave up the throne in favor of his grandson. the Comte de Paris, and fled to England. The second repub- | lic then was proclaimed and Cavaig- | nac was dictator until the return of | wais Philippe THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 0, MONDAY, MARCH | [FRENCH ROYALISTS LOSE CHIEF ‘AS HEAD OF BOURBONS DIES Lonis Napoleon to United States, whither he had been exiled by King Louis Philippe. Soon afterward came the 4 etat which culminated in the second | empire, with Napoleon III as emperor, Then followed the Franco-Prussian war and the abdication of Napoleon, singe when France has been under a republican form of government e Duke of Orleans in his boyhood was permitted to attend college When, howeve head of the Bourbons in was exlled tended the British Milit Jege at Sandhurst and served in the Indian army In 1800 he again went to IFrance and endeavored to join the Krench army. He was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, but served only a few months, when he again was sent out of the country Shocked French Royalists. Louis Philippe married the Arch- duchess Marie Dorothea of Austria. She obtained a divorce. The -duke shocked the French royalists because of an attachment to a Parisian ac- tress, and particularly when the ac tress wore the Bourbon family’s jewels on the stage. riy in the World War he endeay ored to give his services to France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy and Bel gium for army duties, but all of them refused him. With the duke at the time of hix death was only his sister, formerly Queen Amelie of Portugal. day in Paris, became ramily then ag ROBINSON ATTACKS - ITALIAN DEBT PACT WITHOUT SECURITY (Continued from First Page.) “he reaches the concl integrity of internat is better maintained by ing the figures In the settlement that the debtor may be deceived into be: lleving that he pald his debt in full by simply returning the princi- pal It is not astonishing that such policies, originating with the Secre tary of the Treasury, should discredit our reputation for frank dealing.” Senator Robinson criticized Senator Smoot, chairman ¢f the finance com- mittee, arging that he I ed tact when he had declared on the floor of the Senate hopelessly uncollectable | the billions which Ame ns have in. vested in European securities “He did a similar thing In his ref. erence to the French debt. when he asserted that under no conditions may | ance hope for anything like as | fuvorable terms as have been accord- | ed Italy in this settlement,” said Sen- | ator Robinson, adding that the franc has been declinink ever since. Senator Robinson said that the ts have not made, or sought | the foreign debt settlements | al issue. The Republican na- | tional convention in 1924, however, | had done that thing and had invited political support on a platform boast- ing of the manner in which the in- terests of the American taxpavers were safeguarded by the admini. tion in debt settlements with Gr Br enator Robinson declared. He sald that Republicans had ap pealed to the voters on a promise that the settlement th other debtor | nations would be modeled ter the rrangement with Great Britain. the on that obligat ! o manipulat priation 1o the retirement fund in ad- vance of actual needs. “The Government is in the position of guarantor of the fund, and, being the foundation of cur economic struc ture, does mot need to give hond or make deposit to insure specific per- formance of its obligations, If a like theory were extended to other Fed- eral activities it would follow that the Government should carry insurance on its buildings. maintain a deprecia- tion account against its property or ific performance as a contractor. “Certain proposals of the actuaries are sat to the Department, but others would involve administra- tive d@ifficulties. T approve the pro- vision for a uniform retirement age, and the extension of the optfonal re- tirement feature to the Government and employe alike, so that compul sory retirement may be enforced at the minimum age if the exigencies of the service or the effectiveness of the employe demands, Opposes Sequestering Pol “I do not believe that the Govern- ment should initiate a_policy of se. questering funds based upon hypo- thetical conditions which may never eventuate, and which would tax the | general Treasury. “Another feature of the proposed | bill which the department is unwill- ing to approve is the setting up of an involved and expensive system of ac- counting by the controller general. It such records are necessary they should be maintained either by the | ons or an officer of | e Treasury Department. “The payment of annuities should th widow or other relative of a deceased employe, but should terminate at the death of the annuitant. “Employes retired on account of disability should have equal benefits with those retired on account of age. “It should be remembered that this retirement fund was not intended to be a gratuity or a charity to ex-em- ployes in want, but, instead, as having been held in trust against final s tion from service. That the Government should eventually be call- | ed upon to contribute any part of this | annuity s, I believe, unfortunate. | The salaries of its employes should | warrant monthly deductions sufficient | 1o revolve this fund and to avoid the | appearance of a beneficence—a policy | perhaps akin to that of industrial in- surance. “Ordinary business acumen would suggest that the annual percentage levy on earnings should be propor- tionate to the salary, and annuities | should bear definite relation to deduc- tions or premiums paid. The higher to place it upon a permanently self- supporting basis. They further in- clude this plan of annual appropria- tions by the Government in their esti- mates of the cost of systems proposed by Congress and themselves. 1 may say that the department is unwilling to subscribe to the theory that the Government should makg an. appros salaries will bear it and habits of liv- ing will have been established before retirement, demanding larger incomes. “As the divection of the first 'step Jjs more important than its length, a Smaller maximum increase would ap- pear to be indicated, but definite, legis- lated, Increase of annuities is due to retired Government servants.” | cient | opinion PLACING WAR QULT NOW IS PROTESTED Time Not Ripe, and Might Harm Friendly Relations, Church Committee Reports. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, March time has elapsed World War to determine guilt of the nations involved, in the of a special committes pointed by the World Alliance for International Friendship Through the Churches to. consider the question The committee made public its titude yesterday in a letter to Dr. Kapler dent of the German Evangelical Alliance of Churches, who had requested a statement of the thsufii- since the the relative ap- attitude of World Alliance toward the | submission of the question of “w guilt » a formal investigation. The special committee decided that the consider m of the question at this time would be “unwise, unfortu- nate and fruitless” This décision was approved by the executive :coun- cil of the American council of the World Al 1ce. An official investigation of war guilt might seriously jeopardize the movement toward more friendly re- lations “now proceeding at such a gratifying pace,” the special commit- tee stated, The Rev. Dr. Arthur J. Brown headed the committee, which included the Rev, Dr. Russell Bowie, Dr. Ham- ilton Holt, Dr. Frederick Lynch and Mrs. Edgarton Parsons. : WAN TRIAL f)ATE SbUGHT Gordon Indicates Case Will Not Come Up for Several Weeks. United States Attorney Gordon again announced today that no date has heen_set for the third trial of Ziang Sun Wan, the Chinese student. charged with the murder of Befl Sen Wu, an undersecretary of the Chinese educational mission in Januy , 1919, As soon as he can arrange with At torney Wilton J. Lambert, represent ing the prisoner, Maj. Gordon said, he would ask Judge Stafford to set a date for the trial. The case is still on the calendar of Criminal Division 2. the prosecutor statéd, and any transfer to another division or to some other jus tice would have to be made by Justice Stafford. As the new trial jury will not be empanelled until April 6, and the court will not resume jury trials after the Easter recess until April 12, it is considered unlikely that a date earlier than April 19 will be agreed upon be- tween counsel and the court. TODAY IN CONGRESS Senate. Additional debate on the Ttalian debi settlement is expected on the floor of the Senate this afternoon. Interstate Commerce committee continued to hear testimony on the proposed regulation of interstate busses and motor trucks. Agriculture committee met to dis- cuss pending farm relief measures. Judiciary committee held a regu- lar executive session to act on pending bills and nominations for office. The special joint committee on the leasing of Muscle Shoals will meet this afternoon. House. House agreed to conference re- port on District Public Library biil. House District committee meets tonight to continue consideration of Fitzgerald workmen's compensa- tion bill, and hopes to complete its work on this measure. House takes up unanimous con- sent calendar. Interstate commerce committes considers railroad matters in exec- utive session. Patents committee holds execu- tive session. Committee on agricul- ture continues hearing on relief measures. Merchant marine committefs con- tinues hearing on Bacon Wi to amend the shipping act. Judiciary subcommittee copsiders & number of migasures pertaining " to the courts, ) . fot I placed in the show Lo demonst coup | AMARYLLIS SHOW DRAWS THOUSANDS Record Expected to Be Set. Latin American Diplomats Holding Reception. With a five-day attendance of 18,309 at the thirteenih annual amaryllis show of the Department of Agricul ture prospects are that all records will be broken before the show closes Wednesday night Members of the diplomatle corps today are holding a eception at the greenhouses, Four teenth and B sreets, in recognition the fact that the an vilis is a native of South Americ Several original plants from B il have been (e the careful cultur lsts of the De- Latin-American progress mad of the plant by spec partment of Agriculty For the first time in the history of the amaryllis shows, a “certificate of merit” has bheen awar by an offf from the Washington The presentation was throug Club. aturday White Amaryllis A white amaryllis, from careful culture for more than 10 years, and flowered for the first time March, 1922, is the outstanding flower of the shdw. The Washington orists’ Clul was given permission by the Department of Agriculture to name the white amaryllis, and tazed ceremony Saturday, calling it the M. Byrnes." This was done in tribite to the late superintendent f the Deparfment ot culture greenhouses and grounds, who pro- duced the first white wryllls and who originated the amaryllis show. The Florists' Club was represented by O. A. C. Oehmler, president; Al bert Schnell, vice sident; Harry Lew secretary: I.. G. Park Z. . Blackistone and F. H. Kramer. The certificate was handed to 'J. Wise Byrnes, who has succeeded his father as superintendent of the green houses. David Bissett, assistant to Mr. Byrnes, in charge of ar rangements made Named. which resulted Attend. were made the show 1 arrangements today n attendance tomorrow of more than 1,000 **Wash- ington beaut from the principal girle' schools and academies in the Capltal. They are to come to the amaryllis show in sightseeing busses Today 16 parties of high school visitors from 13 States viewed the exhibition as part of their sightsee- ing in the Capital. Practically _every ate and ional House of Rep- resentatives has inspected the show and complimented the officials of the department. The show is open daily from 9 am. to § pm. member of the KEYES T0 SUBMIT RECENT EVIDENGE Prosecutor to Return From Taylor Murder ““Junket” Through East Today. By the Associated LOS ANGEI next developms mond Taylor murder awaited today with the scheduled return from the East of District Attorney Asa sves and hix assistant, Harold 1. Davis. Taylor, a motion picture di rector, was_found mysteriously slain four % Those friendly to the district at- torney say that new information ob tained by him during a 60- visit to New York., Chicago, Philadelphia and other Eastern cities will result in an early solution of the mystery. Buron Fitts, chief deputy distr attorney, said last week that two en- tirely new witnesses have heen ques- tioned locally, and that others, includ- ing Mabel Normand. film comedienne, and Mrs. Carlotte Shelby, mother of Mary Miles Minter, former fiim ac tress, who were questioned during pre- vious investigations, would be inter- viewed with the return of Keyes. Others say that Keyes' trip will be looked into by the grand jury as a junket and that a ‘“showdown™ will result to end once and for all the in vestizations that have repeatedly hobbed up since Taylor, a film direc. tor, was found slain in his apart- ment. Keyes, in a telegram to Fitts, has declared that one of his first acts on arriving in the city would he that of jssuing a statement completely cov- ering the status of the case, to set at rest numerous conflicting reports that have gained circulation regarding the progress of the investigation. APPOINTMENTS END M. E. SESSION TODAY Committee Reports and Character Roll Feature Morning at Winchester, Va. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., March - Appointment of ministers by the. Bal timore Southern Methodist conference was scheduled for this afternoon when the session opened for its final day. Reading of the names of ministers as to their moral character occupied much of the morning session. All of the roll was passed as “blameless.” Annual reports of committees show- ing financial conditions were heard. Many churches were shown to have contributed more than their assess- ments. Three additional lay delegates were being elected shortly before noon for the general conference to be held at Memphis, Tenn., in May. Yesterday's session of the confer- ence was given to ordination of dea- cons and elders. and a sermon by Bishop Warren A. Candler on “King- dom of Heaven, Its Nature and Perm- anency.” Seven services and meet- ings were held in Braddock Street Church, Those recelving _deacons' orders were Irving Orndorff, Claude A. Lar- rick, David R. Cleckner, Harry W. Fowidr, William Clews, Harold H. Hoyt. Charles R. Curtls, James H. Brown, William Preston Good. Edwin Byron Cook, Richard R. Neese and John Saunders Schwartz. Following a sermon last night by Rev. Dr. Frank H. Patker, Emery University, Atlanta, Ga.. those who received elders’ orders were: John B. Grimes, John Wesley Seay, Elmer Allen Wiltshire, Arthur W. Groscup, Newton C. Rice, John Knox, Clarence E. Kirby and Obed L. Gocheno Noted Brain Speci;lilt Dead. STROUDSBURG, Pa., March 29 (®—Dr. Willlam R. Fisher, promi- nellln‘btr:.ln“speclullnl and er‘wgi ded Vest ‘He was borm Mepe, A e ¥ DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WINS. FLORISTS’ Committee from the Washingtor its thirt nmmed | first white amary A ary thix committee, ; Hlis, which flo ) V. Byrnes, Blackstone, Albert Schnell, vice president. Back row, Da vines, for the | vered for the first time i 29, 1926. Florists' Club awarded the Department on March 26 arch, 142 superintendent of greenhouses ai d Bisset, foreman AWARD of Agriculture a certificate of merit for t on stand is one of the department’s pure white varieties e superintendent of the green In pictu i grounds; 0. A. C. Oehmier, president; Z. D, | uses and grounds, who produced left to right, L. G. of greenhouses; H. Kramer, VETERANS ACCUSE HEAD OF HOSPITAL His Removal Demanded by Soldier Patients in Charging Harsh Discipline. 20— Charg disciplin the United Veterans' Hos at Aspin here, a veterans' commit present the majority of of the institution, last vd that a petition, ask of Dr. Henry Rolf 1ding officer, had been sent to the head of the United States Veterans' Bureau Washingten That the petition had been sent be came known after the committee of veterans had demanded the dismissal of an orderly. who. they charged, had beaten a tubercular patient. Dr. Brown In a statement is true that a tubercular beaten last night,” but ries told by patients and the orderly conflict It §s possible the orderly was defend ing himself. I don't know. At rate, 1 discharged the orderly i stantly.” Concerning malintain . ne e, said to patie night annou ing the removal Brown, comm: ts said: “Tt atient was the ch in the peti tion sent to Washington, Dr. Brown declared that “no hard-boiled Army methods are in Vogue or pr the hospi Our good health and good conduct, whiel may be expected of any gentleman. RUNAWAY BOYS DIE IN FREIGHT WRECK Texas Trio Caught Under Car as Train Leaves Rail and Topples Over. By the A ated Press. HOUSTON, Tex., March What is Lelieved to have been a ruaway ex- ploit _of three Eureka, Tex. vouths ended in death early vesterd: their bodies were found in wrec of International and Great Northern freight train No. 56, which was de- led at Malone, Tex., o the way from Houston to Fort Worth. The youths were: Arneet Freeman, 15; 5, and Jesse Gidden, 17. were derailed. The cause has not yet been determined. When the cars left the track they plowed along the right-of-way and then toppled down an incline. The youths are believed to have heen caught underneath a car as it turned over. WALES UNDER KNIFE FOR TROUBLE IN EAR Prince Undergoes Slight Operation to Relieve Pain and Is Re- ported Recovering. ag Riley Hunt, By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 29.—The Prince of Wales early today underwent what is termed a slight operation to relieve him. of pain due to an abscess in his ear, saperinduced by an attack of in- fluenza. Announcement had been perfo: Palace was con in a bulletin posted at 2:45 a.ni. It was signed by four physiclans, among them Dr. Ar- thur H. Cheatle, lecturer on aural surgery at King's College Hospital. The bulletin said: “H. R. H., the Prince of Wales had a return of the pain in the ear, the condition being u sequel to the in- fluenza. 1t was accordingly decided that a small operation to incise the drum was necessary. This has been done and rellef has followed.” So accustomed s the public to re- gard Waleg as the embodiment of Physical health and vigor that the announcement that he was laid up from an operation came as something of a shock. The secrecy. which formerly was preserved regarding illness among members of the royal family has been abandoned of late years and the policy adopted of taking the public into con- fidence, partly with a view to averting exaggerated gOSSip. During the forenoon the following official information) was given out at St. James' Palace: The Prince Is making good prog- ress. He had some slekp and he has no pain.” : that the operation in St. James' . Gloged dutomoblles are growl: Soptiarty T Ehgland, e any | cticed at | les are rules for | Hundreds of Gold cekers Join Rush By the Associated Press AN BERNARDINO, Calif, | M ch 29 Several hundred per- sons figured in the rush vesterday for the gold camp in the mer on the Mojave Des h who returned from the region 100 Airplanes were used in addition to automo b to reach the distriet af.- fo provide facilities 10 care for residents of the new camp have been started. Several build- gs are being ere A and work start on the construction of a pipe lne to take water in The country has been staked out for many miles by prospectors. Ed Herkelrath, who made the strike reported here to contain values running to $1,000 a ton, expects to ship 10 tons of high-grade ore this week new hills, seers Kr ert, s said | GIRLS ATTACKED, ESCORTS ROBBED | | Trio of Armed Negroes Stop Party’s Car in Woods in Kentucky. By the Associated Press, MADISONVILLE, Ky., Three young women were attack |and ‘their escorts, |24, and A. L. Millg, 22, robbed on the highway from here to Karlington early last night when three unident! fied negroes held up the car in which they were,riding eports reaching here said negroes flagged the car and at pistol points forced the yvouns people to get out, then, after robbing the young men of considerable money, one of their number stood guard over the two voung men while the other negroes took the young the woods. Sheriff Hubert Woodruff and depu ties left for the scene immediately upon being notified and a large posse of citizens is expected to form and join the officers in the search for the negroes. At the point at which the robbery and attack took place last night sev- eral cars have been fired upon recent- Iy from the woods hordering the road, and a number of hold-ups have been staged. The young people had been to Madi- sonville and were returning to their homes in the Mortons Gap country, beyond Earlington. STOCKS AGAIN BREAK FROM 4 TO 20 POINTS By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 29 —Another wave of selling orders swept over to- day's stock market, carrying scores of issues down 2 to 10 points. United States Steel common, General Moto: and Hudson were among the or more issues to establish new low leveis for the year. The announcement that banks had called an additional $10,000,000 in loans apparentiy was the signal for a heavy bear attack on United States Steel common, which quickly broke through 120, its previous low, and siid off to 1181 bhefore it met sufficient buying support temporarily to stem the tide of selling. neral Motors crumbled nearly 6 points to 113, an Hudson dropped over 4 to T7%. Jersey Central collapsed 20 points, National Tea, 10 and Woolworth, Gen- eral Asphalt, Mack Trucks, Pullman Delaware and _Hudson, Stores B and R. H. Macy were among the many issues to seil 4 to 8 points below last week's closing levels. ALLEY INSPECTION ON. Eight Men Assigned to Task by Health Department. The Health Depa inspection of sanitar rtment's annual conditions in at the direction of Health Offic | William S. Fowler. Eight sanita inspectors are assigned to the work. The inspectors have heen ordere to make note of conditions due to the lack of plumbing, fire hazards and building defects, as well as improper sanitation: All Easter Music Notes Must Reach The Star Wednesday . For Special Page Saturday Chapman Merrill, | the | two | women into | McCrory | the various alleys was started today | LEITER HERS FILE APPEAL ON INCONE Want $1,018,000 Interest Applied on Principal—Trus- tee Fight Delayed. By the Associuted P CHT battle folk and Suf brother, ween the Countess Berks and her Joseph Leiter, over management their father's estate was quiescent today, but the contest over the Leiter millions broke out in another spot 1 the Appeliate Court 13 heirs of the second and third generations filed an appeal seeking to add an additional | millton dollars to their inheritance by having interest upon the sale of min- | ing property declared a part of the principal of the estate and not in come. Court Ruled Last Year. Judge Denis E. Sullivan of the perfor Court, by whom Lady Suffolk is trying to have Leiter removed as a_ co-trustee, Tast year ruled $1.018,000 paid as interest by Leiter who took advantage of a clause in the will of his father, Levi Z. Leiter, to purchase bituminous properties at Zeigler, 111, for $1,000000 and inter est—should be regarded as imcome and fmmediately divided. In the will | no provision was made for handling the interest The Leiter children Suffolk and_Mrs. Col mpbell, widow of a British army officer-are the heneficiaries and co-trustees of a trust which will ®rminate with the death of the last of them. After that the estate will he distributed Titled Heirs in Suit. The beneficiaries who have carried appellate court ad litem are Leiter, the chil- Colin, Audrey Meta Campbell, the Campbell; Charles <n eph, Lady and dren of Joseph L. Nancy and Mary children of Mrs Henry George the Earl Suffolk. Cecil John Howard, and Reg inald Greville Ho 1, the sons of Lady Suffolk: the Baroness of ens- dale, Lady Cynthia Mosley and Lady Alexandra Metcalf, the daughters of the deceased Marquize of Curzon formerly Mary V i Leiter, and Vivien and Nicholas Mosley, the chil dren of Lady Cynthia. A hearing upon the appeal was for Wednesday. The Lady Suffolk. Leiter suit will be resumed tomorrow. BARBARA BENNETT SEEKS LOST GENS ter Was Being Treated for Accidental Poisoning. By the Associated Preee. LOS ANGELES, March Bar- hara Bennett, former partner of faurice Mouvet, French dancer, and | daughter of Richard Rennett, well | known actor, has recovered from the | effects of a poisonous antizeptic which she swallowed Saturday, she said, by | mistake. | Apparently incident closed. police seck some $3,000 in c: | | 1 considering the po re helping sh and fewels stolen from her apartment while she was being treated at the receiving | hospital. Oceupan of adjolning | apartments reported to the police |that several strangers had been seen near the dancer’s apartment following her removal in an ambulance. Miss Bennett declared last night that stories that she swallowed the poison with suicidal intent were ridic- {ulous. She particularl. |denial that a_ dissappointment in love had prompted her to attempt euicide. “There {s no man in my life,” she said. !" The .incident was explained by physiclans who took charge of her after she left the hospital. She had | reached into a cabinet to get a bottle of a common household remedy and t the poison by mistake, they said. d had dashed the bottle from her tress' lips, and . prevented = Miss ma mis sufficient to cause her harm. . - S’éekl J. I.vnnueli. Inspector Hen deteetives, today ' received a tele- graphic request from John Russell, Troy, N. Y., usking that police make an effort to locate James J. Russell and’ inform him of the death of his mother, His Wresence in Troy is very much desired. Soviet JRussia_ recently *revived fts buying in. Latvia. that | $3,000 Jewelry Stolen as She| which Miss Bennett declared had been | emphasized a | “irst reports to police were that her | Bennett from swallowing an amount ¢ G. Pratt, chief of | WHITTEMORE LOOT BELIEVED HIDDEN Banton Thinks Gang Leader Is Providing Money for Wife and Pals. By the Asscelated Pross YORK, March 24 Reese Whittemore. learder that devised a “per: Fwith $1,000,000,0 | the greater part away and s str to save him from use it. In the opinion of Distric torney Banton Whittemore says he i counsel wis asclgned him. argues Mr. Banton, Mrs. Whittemo has heen o cuunsel, and Leor and Jace e Lrains of the gang by rict attornes office, ave plentify money, which the detense The ion Richard of & gang crime system,” V inot as a goal. has of $830,000 hidder g 10 get the xecution so0 he penniless and that Whittem inty wit of ‘an : Baltimore with the guard Whittemore fessfon which withh as to the disposal nearly $1,000,000 ob before its career Whi spent The nate Whi mare or s rgUes oid others vut ' TEXAS REPUBLICANS | ASK INVESTIGATION Offer to Contribute $20,000 to Cam- paign Fund if They Are Not Exonerated. Jal con 1tion and murder of a < made a Ids inforr of of fned by the gang was interrupted money was nost the emore savs all the n luxurious lvin sion s known to inerim nore, but not Mrs. Whitt Kraemers. Mg, Dan Whitter ia eager rial for murder and to keep the of jail v th By the Assoclated Press SAN ANTONIO. Te R. B. Creager, Republican committeement for Te y leaders, vesterday or B Republica chusetts, chairman of the Repub national committee, inviting in of the political patron versy, which recently crog | Washington | The Repu | Senator Bu | ing committee d ican leaders \ organization and it Is were 1 abile’ paign con cam stion of 000 to the { party, providing Representative W { bach ‘of Texas, Wood of Indiana Tilson of Connecticut, all Reput would do the same if the investiga exonerated the Texas Republicans | Wurzbach in Wasbington re charged that the party existed only r patronage in Texas and Represent atives Wood and Tiison took his side when he asked Senator Butler to In- { vestizate, COUNTESS OF CATHCART DROPS “ASHES OF LOVE” Withdraws Play From New York arn Stage Because She “Knows It's Bad.” 3 Mareh © . 29.-~The Countess of Cath t has withdrawn her play, “Ashes of Love. from Broadway after a week of scanty au- dien I'm 1 cause that, b ence in NEW YORK, of ve' she said know i very little experi ng. The play, how- the same that I had writ changed so much. 1 shall | have another shot at writing one and | hove to do hetter The play had lin Washington 1 | Earl Carroll S i the piece to New Yor | ing the righ it {with what she said w |jewels, a $20,000 p | did not anncunce !‘ immediate future. 200TOTA for ng ‘Ashes &, { ten < American premiere the banner of oss brought k after rept from Mr. Carr = the Jast of her klace. She plans for the KE TESTS. | Examinations White High School Teachers to Be Tomorrow. and women to- | Two hundred men morrow will School for the annual inations to be held to fill positions ir { the white senior high schools, Harry nglish. chief examiner, announ today. The examinations will he on demic and scientific subje - are today taking. exan nklin School fe tions in the colored schools under direction of Miss Marion P. St assistant superintendent of school DR. F. P. DYER TO SPEAK. Cincinnati Educator to Local School Officials. Franklin Spring exam Address Dr. Franklin P. Qver of Cincinnat | will be the speaker tomorrow a noon at 3 o'c at a meeting for ad ministrative and supervisory officers | of the school system to be held at the Thomson Schoul | Dr. Dyver has been | ot schools in Cine | and is past president of the depart ment of superintendence. He 1 tired from the superintendency wos and was elected 4 member of the be {of education in Cing | sition which he now hold ressed the Teachers' 1 superintendent d Hoston Instity NOONDAY LENTEN SERVICES B.F.KEITH’S THEATER 12:30 to 1 O’Clock SPEAKER TOMORROW Bishop Freeman Conducted by Rev. Frederick Brown Harris | || Every Ome Invited—No Callection