Evening Star Newspaper, April 5, 1926, Page 6

THOMPSONMISSION GET FW CHEERS Most American and Native Interests in Philippines Lukewarm Over Plan. BY WALTER ROBB. By Radio to The Star and Chicazo Daily News. MANILA, April 5.—President Cool 1dge’s appointment of Carmi Alder- man of Oh 1o he comm r to make nomic Philippi here wi Ameri 1s the @ the last © tors have become an old story both clements. Gov. Gen. Leonard Wood is greatly pleased. xo stating himself. in Bagufo, where he is avold- r heat during the Many prominent American residents are skeptical. Held Political Move. H. L. Heats, president of the Amer fcan Chamber of Commerce, says: “The Thompson appointment seems to be one of political expediency, with no other purpose than to delay set tlement of the Philippine question and camouflage the lack of in- terest the Coolidge administration takes toward (he entire problem. The Coolidge administration, through Gen Wood, :s fast developing into a weaker one In the Philippines than Wilson's administration, under Gov. Gen. Har- rison, when Amerfcan business in- terests are taken into consideration What is needed is not delay, but a settlement of the question, So that continuity of American business can proceed upon a stable basis under the sovereignty of the United States.” Doubt Is Prevalent. Honest natives and Americans with interests censure America rs for equivocation and un and applaud President Cool idge if Commissioncr Thompson's ap- pointment signifies a desire for permane relations between the islands and the United States, but doubts naturally abound. La Van- dian, an influential native paper, lls the Wood-Forbes mission of ;ars ago and says v experience t lipinos more or less understand what actuates such invitations, but it is to be pre- sumed that Thompson's work will be #0 ample and thorough that it will be several years before unother man is designated for precisely the same errand * (Copyright, 1926, by Chicago Daily News Co.) i KING GREETS FRANCO, BACK FROM FLIGHT Tumultous Welcome Given Spanish Pilot Who Flew From Spain to Argentina. 1 received > Jukewarm, because dui visiting in as By the Associated Press PALOS, n. April 5 omar. Ramon Franco and his fellow flyers, who bridged the Atlantic from this port to Buenos Aires in the seaplane Plus Ultra, reccived a tumultuous welcome on their return today. They came into the harbor on the battleship Buenos Alires, which was placed at their disposal by the Argentine gov- ernment as part of its tribute to the daring which marked their flight from the start here on January 22 io the arrival in the Argentine capital on February 10. The Buenos Aires was met at sea by a squadron of Spanish warcraft and Luoge numbers of private boats, decornied and _ blowing continuous whis® 6 biasts of welcome. ving in port, Comdr. Franco and rides, together with the cap- tain of the Beunos Aires, boarded the Spanish warship Cataluna, on which King Alfonso awaited them. The King embraced the Argentine |! naval captain first and then, in turn, Comdr. Franco, Capt. Ruis de Alda, his relief pilot: Ensign Duran, the observer, and Pablo Rada, the mecha- nician of the Plus Ultra. Also participating_in the welcome were the dlmnnmh(' envoys of the North and South American nations, Including Ogden H. Hammond, new American Ambegssador. head ! + study of eco- | national conditions in the | the l Goes to Foreign Post I HENRY A Former George and member of Kap who | accepted a in the Samoan T ) S Se 0 judge . He will remain two "BERANO, ashington student ma_ Frat, s, 'STAY OF SENTENCE | FOR JONES BROTHERS Winfield and Neufeld, Convicted in Liquor Conspiracy, Given 40 Days, Pending Appeal. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, April 5.—A forty- day stay of sentence has been grant- ed Winfield and Neufeld Jones, | brothers, in jail here awaiting trans. {fer to the Atlanta Penitentiary. The | men sentenced to two { each, for conspiracy to divert fllegally. | "An appeal of the Jores brothers' case to the Supreme Court is now pending. Disallowance of their case lin the District Court of Appeals fol- lowed their sentence in the local Dis- trict Cowrt. Their arrest and convic- tion_followed a rald on the plant of the Maryland Drug and Chemical Co. here. EVELYN NESBIT DENIES . SHE WILL REMARRY THAW Says if He Were “Last Man in World” She Would Not Have Him. the Associated Press TIC CITY, N, . velyn Nesbit, asked yester 3 at re by her former husband, Harry K. Thaw, declared: ‘If he were the last man in the world, I would not re- marry him." Evelyn said she had met Thaw two weeks ago at a Philadelphia hotel to talk over a projected book he expects to publish soon. She said the visit had been arranged through friends. Concerning the report that Thaw had asked her to remarry, she sald: “That is greatly exaggerated. How could I reparry him, when I have never received a divorce from my former husband?” Evelyn returned here from Chicago some time ago, and has been appearing nightly as hostess and entertainer at a Boardwalk cafe. April 5,-- Ay about neiliation NEW HOME W, R.SPEARE Co. UNDERTAKERS Founded 1872 1623 Conn. Ave. Branch 4209 9th St. NW. (Petworth) Phone Poromac 4600 ALMUS R. SPEARE CLYDE J. NICHOLS CARD PARTY AND DANCE ° TO BE GIVEN AT CITY CLUB THE 'PUBLISHERS ASK CUT IN CLASS POSTAL RATE Return to 1920 Schedule Would Give More Business to Mails, Committee Is Told. By the Assoclated Press. Pleas of newspaper and magazine publishers for a reduction to the 1920 | o¢ level in class postal rates wer }New Dresses=~An Event! [ F EVENING STAR, | newed today before the congressional Joint postal subcommittee. George C. Lucas, representing the National ~Publishers' Association, American Publishers’ Conference of Trade and Agriculture Papers, South- ern Newspaper Assoclation and Na- tional Editorial Association, told the committee that the 1920 rate would bring back to the mails a large quan- tity of magazines now transported and | distributed through other agencies. flic of the tramway companies urope is declining because of om- ro- | nibus competition. WASHINGTON, D. C, CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. President Charles William Lyos Georgetown University will be honor guest of the aplya _at its luncheon at the University Club to- morrow, 12:45 p.m. He will deliver an address on “Our 's Debt to the Medical Profe: The District of Columbia Pul School Association will meet Wed day, 8 p.m., in the boardroom of the District Building. Miss Rose L. Hardy will speak on “The Revislon of the Elementary School Curriculum”; Gen. | Amos A. Fries will present his views ic MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1926. on “Home Study for School Children,” and Dorsey W. Hyde, jr., president of the Monday Evening Club wil tell of a_suggested health program for the Washington schools. Takoma Park Civic Study Club will meet tomorrow over Takoma Theater. Dr. Heber H. Votaw will speak on “Random Reflectio and solos will be given by Mrs. Waldo L. Schmitt and Miss Elizabeth Waters. Proctor *L. Dougherty and Robert R. 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