Evening Star Newspaper, April 23, 1926, Page 2

> PEACE PARLEY 2 RFF WILL BE RESUMED Krim’s Reply to Franco- Spanish Terms Received. Briand Urges Patience. By the Associated Press TAOURIRT A definte reply from Abd-el-Krim the Franco-Spanish peace terms was brought back by airplane from e R today by the Caids Ham {Cheddi and Haddou Ben ‘Hannou. The preliminary negotiations be- n the Franco-Spanish and Riflian zates will resumed tomorrow 1l Ajoun, Briand Defends Peace Move. L PARIS, April ) earnestly desires peace in the Riff and is seeking a rapid and real end to the Morocean warfare, Premier Briand told the Chamber of Deputies today. Indignantly refuting a Socialist sug- tion that France and Inerely negotiating for form in order to hide their real intentions, he ‘It is not a game we are plaving— it is a reality. We are seeking sincere- Iy and loyally to reach a solid, guar anteed prace. There was no reason doubt the natives' desire for peace. The war had put the Riffian tribes un. de he yvoke of Abd-el-Krim, “but these tribes are the very type of mous. independent communes, and the French government has not the Fight to misunderstand their desire to recover t r libertie: Abd-el-Krim has abandoned his dream of hecoming Sultan, the pre. mier declared. and now the situation must e reorganizea. Not Alarmed by Setback. “The Niffians would remain cnemies they had the impression that we lack the strenzth to make our will prevail” he said. “The conversa tions were begun upon a program envisaged in advance from the Riffian viewpoint. We must not be alarmed by the difficulties of the first con- oot i have pa to at France he added. to if aled to the Chamber to ence, and warned all French- men to beware of the interpretations of the Moroccan situation in some newspapers hostile to France. I Cummunist Deputy, protested violently against posed exile of Abd-el-Krim. he silenced by a_ Nationalist Deputy, who shouted: “While vou are at it usk for the Kaiser's return to Berlin!" CAPT. VAN LENNEP DENIES BUILDING “SPITE FENCE” Answers Injunction Suit of Mrs. William Henry Dennis. George- town Neighbor. Doriot, the pro- only 1o Denying that he Is erecting a “spite fence’ to shut off air and light from the property of Mrs. Lulu L. Dennis, widow of ~William Henry Dennis, prominent lawyer, Capt. Gustave Van Lennep, owner of the old Wagga- man property at 3300 O street, today asked the dismissal of the suit for an injunction brought by Mrs. Dennis. Capt. Van Lennep admits butlding 2 fence on his property, but declares it is of light wire and Will not shut ont lizht and air from the property of his complaining neighbor. Mrs. Dennis had charged that the fence was nearly S feet high and was but a short dis tance from her living room and din- ing room from which it would exclude both light and air. In her petition she referred to Capt. Van Lennep as a subject of the king- dom of Holland. He denies this state- ment, asserts he is an American citi- zen and served as captain with the American_forces in the World War. Attorney Max Rhoade appears for the officer. BERENGER SUBMITS FORMAL PROPOSAL FOR DEBT PAYMENT from ¥ (Continued rst Page.) ment in principle had been reached between Secretary sador Berenger under which France would pay annuities for 62 years. bezinning at §25,000,000 and rising to £100,000,000. AGREEMENT HELD CERTAIN, French Officials Confident Proposal Will Be Accepted. PARIS, April 23 (P).—The govern- ment is in constant communication with M. Berenger, the Ambas: 10 the United States, who had re- ceived full instructions concerning his appearance before the American Debt Commission to submit France's latest proposals for the funding of the coun- try’s debt to the United States. It is taken as almost a forezone conclusion that an agreement will be reached in the United States. Great hopes are based on this, for It is generaily held that an agreement with the United States, followed by a sim: indispensable preliminary to stabilization of the franc and the restoration of France’s finances to a sound basis. “Safeguard” Clause U The difticult point, however, is the “safeguard” clause in the agreement, under which France would be per. mitted to pay up to her ability in ase Germany should default in her reparation payment. While Premier Briand and one or two of his minis- ters are understood to be disposed to | 1bandon this clause, Finance Min! Peret & and a large number Parliament and papers continue insistent on tention or the substitution clause 50 worded as to give a antee in fact if not in form. ‘The newspapers today print long lispatches from various versions of what purport he the -terms of settlement son between Ambassador Berenge and Secretary of the Treasury Mellon. iHenry Franklin-Bouillon of the foreign affairs committee of the Chamber of Deputies. told the Asso. ciated Press today he would eombat with all his force any debt funding scheme with the United States follow- ing the lines said to have been agreed upon. ter of news it re- of guar of member the principal Calls 1t Catastrophic. “The agreement is catastrophic from all 1 can learn from Washing- ton.” sald M. Franklin-Bouillon. **How could any French Parliament adopt h a thing? “Abandoning the safeguard clause sbove all seems to me to be scanda- lous. We surely cannot engage our- selves to make payments to America without having a zuarintee that ac- counts will be taken of our capach for payment, notably of the sums we will or will not receive from Germany. “We cannot bind ourselves to pay all the costs of the war.” Under the new English law a wife can now get a_separation order on the grounds of her husband's crueity to her children instead of only to herself. ., French Morocco, Aprilj n' aid: | iono- | Mellon and Ambas- | i dor roone with rGeat Britain, is an | the | 1d the remeinder of the cabinet | Washington giving | ’ “It is with great regret that I learn ! v |WOMAN DROWNS IN TUB DURING HEART ATTACK Husband Finds Mrs. Howard Bell, 56, With Head in Water in Her Home. Elizabeth Bell, 36 vears old, of 6 Fourteenth street southeast, was drowned in a washtub at her home vesterday afternoon, as a result of a heart atiack while washing clothes. Howard Bell, her hushand, found her hody slumped over the tuh, with her head submerged in the water | when he reached home from work. Mrs. Bell has been suffering from heart trouble for some time, and had a severe attack yesterday, her husband twld police. The coroner issued a accidental death, MRS. BROSSEAU NAMED PRESIDENT-GENERAL AT D. A. R. ELECTION | certificate of | i | THE ROOSEVELT URGES DRY LAW'S REPEAL Comes Out Flatly Against U. S. Prohibition—0Once Had Dry League 0. K. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 23.—Theodore Roosevelt, son of the late President, vesterday urged the repeal or modi- fization of the Volstead act and the substititution of local option in the States,” permitting alcoholic heverages of a content legal under the Constitution. Speaking before the Rureau of Advertising of the Amert can Newspaper Publisher's Associa tion. the former Assistant Secretary of the Navy asserted that the prohibition 1oy various | |George White Nash of New York, who withdrew in the interest of har- mony early in the Congress, was given 26 and Mrs. Cook and a number of others were given several as an espe- cial compliment from faithtul ad mirers, The vote for the vice presi dents general rexulted as follows: Murs. John B. Heron, Pennsylvania Eugene H. Ray of Kentucky, Julius Y. Talmadge of Georgl, Read Ranks of New Jersey, Mrs, William O. Spencer of North Caroli | Mrs. Lyman Stookey of Culifornia and Mrs. John M. Bedvers of the Dis trict of Columbia. Mrs. John Campbell was elected honorary general. After the results of yesterday's elec. it had been read again this morn ing. Mrs. Cook presented the newly elected national officers 1o the del Mrs. Brosseau was accorde 1 tremendous veception and at its end | she made a hrief address, sayving Feels Very Humble. “1 fell very humble. Onc my life T have felt my so acutely: that was when at the base of a great pyramid in Egypt. 1t is going to be difficult to | follow in the footsteps of one whe has ziven so much of her energy and her | time and her mind to this organization in the past three years. In accepting | this mantle of office that has fallen | from the shoulders of Mrs. Cook, 1| realize now how long the mantle is| and how short the wearer is.’ | In their turn the other officers were introduced. as follows: Mrs. Matthew Brewster, chaplain general: Mrs. Sam uel W. Earle. recording secretary gen eral; Mrs. Lowell F. Hobart, organiz ing secretary general: Mrs. Adam M. Wyant, treasurer general: Mrs. Her- bert M. Lord, corresponding secretary general: Mrs. A. Helmick, regis trar general: Miss Alice .. McDuffee, historian general: Mrs. Gerald 1, Schuyler. reporter general to the Smithsonian Institution; Mrs. Horace M. Farnham. librarian’ general, and Mrs. I. S. Frelinghuysen, curator gen- eral. A brief business session faced the delegates this morning. The work of the resolutions committee was the only thing of outstanding importance, and among the resolutions adopted was one putting the Daughters of the American Revolution on record as in dorsing and requesting the passage of the bill before the I'nited States Con- sress for the benefit of policewomen. which is sponsored and supported by Mrs. Mina Van Winkle, head of the Women's Bureau of the Metropolitan Police Department. Favors Equal Standing. In part the resolution, which was passed without a dissenting voice, fol lows: “Whereas the administration of criminal justice is one of the funda- mental principles of the Constitution of the United States and by precedent and practice justice also lies in pre- ventive and protective work on be- half of women and children, and “Whereas, this service is most ef- fective where policewomen serve in a unit as a woman's hureau with a woman director having rank equal to that of other officers.in police depart- ments who are immediately subordi nate to the chief of police or the com- | missioner of public safety, and “Whereas this can be accomplished by the careful selection of educated | and experienced policewomen. condi- | tions for whose admittance to this | service may not fall below standards | now fixed by the United States civil | service: | Therefore. be it resolved, That in harmony with the patriotic duties of | the Daughters of the American Revo lution, we indorse these principles, | nd further indorse and request the | passage of legislation now pending in | | Congress for the establishment by law [ of the women’s burean in the Capital { of this Natlon.” At 1 o'clock the | to reconvene again at 7:30 o'clock to- night. This afternoon Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook. who remains president general of the society until noon to- | morrow, and many of the delegates | will %o to Mount Vernon for the usual | exercise of placing a wreath on the of Georze nnd Martha Wash | ington. Special cars have been ar ranged to take the crowd that usually attends this ceremontal. RIVER FLOODS MOSCOW. M of Colorado v i i | hefore smallness 1 stood | 15 in | | | i | | | | congress recessed | tomb Smaller Towns Also Inundated by Streams in Freshet. MOSCOW, April 23 (). lce jams in the river Moskva have turned it out of its banks, and the low-lving quarters of this city are flooded. Several ractories are inundated and the water continues to rise. In the province of Ryazan., the Pavlovka River is at freshet and sev- eral villages have been submerged. A large part of the city of Pskov, capltal of the province of the same pame, is inundated by waters from the Velikaya River. Texas Bans Beer as Medicine. AUSTIN, Texas, April (®). —The Attorney General holds medicinal beer is intoxicating liquor under Texas laws and can be sold only upon pre: seription and by permits. Sa le of the new beer without prescriptions re- cently was authorized by the Federal Zovernment. | | | H | | | | The ideals and life of John C. Ham-| | mond of Northampton, Mass., who | | died vesterday, “were all a great in- spiration” to President Coolidge, he said in a message of condolence ves- terday to, Mr. Hammond's son, Maj. Thomas J. Hammond. Mr. Coolidge, who first studied law fn Mr. Han mond’s office, sal always co sidered that I had a great advantage in the intimate relationship that I had with him.” Bdward J. Clark, private secretary to the President, and who was Maj. Hammond's roommate at Amherst College, left last night to attend the funeral, The message in full follows: “Haj. Thomas J. Hammond, enforcement act “has brought about law violation on a more commer clalized and gizantic scale than our country has ever known before.” When Mr. Roosevelt was u candi date for Governor of New York in 19 he indorsed by the State Anti- Saloon League as. their hope against the “wet” sentiments of v. Smith Mr. Roosevelt said that he is « posed to the return of the saloon. “1 am convineed.” he said, “that the repeal or moditication of the Volsteud law does not_predicate the return of the saloon. That can be by enactment. A} Vere ald Vote for Repeal. Ia of the Federal 1 for the modi the Volstead law member ress 1 would vote ication or repeal of and the subs enactment aleoholic eantent the Constitution might limitation would be left to the individually. 1 helieve this to be a solutely necessary in order 1o check tihe murder, corruption and other evils that have followed in the train of this | law. 1 want no misunderstanding on this, however—public officials should endeavor. and genuinely endeavor, to enforce this law. ually pernicious with the foolish laws are those public oMecials who, truckling for popular favor, refuse to try honestly to enforce the law they stand on the statute hooks. Mr. Roosevelt said that if he were in public office he would make every effort to enforce the law, because f is the duty of every public official, regardless of what his personal opin- ion may be. Sees Enforcement Costly. "here will he necessary crease of officials and m this law is to he enforced,” he said. “Those who advocated the Volstead law must face this fact and be pre- pared to stand their share of the burden. It is no excuse to say vou do not like a law and do not be- lieve in it. If it ix a law it must bhe enforced. There is hut one sound way to act when one disapproves of a law, and that is to endeavor to re- peal it.” Mr. Ro to such a point permit as De States a big in- inery if | velt said that our laws are in our own hands, both to make and to repeal. “We are fouling our own nest he said, “when we flaunt and disobey them. “Widespread law violation is sweep- ing our country. In its wake are crimes of every sort and description There is nothing more contagious than crime and license. The murders in Herrin and the latest burglary in New York are bred by the same con- ditions.” PUBLISHERS ELECT. NEW YORK, April 23 (@) A. Schaefer. buginess manager of the | Fort Wayne (Ind) Journal-Gazette, was re-elected president of the Morn ing Newspaper Publishers’ Associa tion of America at the annual meet ing here vesterday. Other officers were re-elected as fol lows: W. H. McConnell. publisher of the Springfield (IL) State Journal, vice president: E. J. Treflinger, pulr lisher of the Richmond (Ind.) Item secretary and treasurer. Emerson B. Knight of Indianapolis, president of Emerson B. Knight. Inc.. was appeinted (o direct the advertis ing during the ensuing year. The as sociation plans to spend $40.000 in newspapér advertising and for the pro- motion of field. It was decided to meet again in Chi. cago in October during the an- nual convention of the Audit Bureau [of Circulation. The association. which was organ- ized five vears ago, covers 26 States | LAVAFLOW NEAR EVENING STAR, WAS Dry Agents Find Giant Still in Woods; prevented | ution therefor of some | permitting the increase of | | crease that | the morning newspaper | and comprises §3 morning newspaper | members. AGREEMENT MADE BY CONFEREES ON CITY-PLANNING BILL (Continued from First Page.) Planning Commission to adhere to the policy laid down by that commission The conferees also agreed to restore the House language permitting the commission employ experls on a per diem basis. All that remains to complete the enactment of this measure is for the Senate and House to approve the de- cigions of the conferbes and send the bill to the President for signature. In the case of the Rock Creek and Potomac parkway bill, the conferees will have to return to their respective branches of Congress and ask for fur- ther instructions. House Wants D. (. to Pay. On this bill the House provided that the entire $600,000 be taken from the surplus of District taxpayers, while the Senate adopted the plea of Sen- ator Phipps of Colorado, that the Fed- eral Government should bear a part of the cost of this project for two rea- sons, namely, because practically all of the more than a million dollars spent on connecting these two park- ways in the past wis appropriated on a vato basis, and, secondly, on the zrounds that the joining of these two parks Is ax much a national as a o development. It was further pointed out that the surplus_ of the District was accumu- lated during the years when th United States was meeting its obli tions towards the National Capital on A 50-50 basis {President Found Great Inspiration In J. C. Hammond’s Life, He Writes of the death of your honored father, John C. Hammond. He had been for vears a dominating figure in North- ampton because of his great abllity, antiring energy and known integrity. 1 always considered that I had a great advantage in the intimate re- lationship that I had with him us a student of law in his office. Hix care and precision and conduct of the busi- ness of his cllents, his sound judgment and broad knowledge of the law, his fidelity to the court und his high pro- fessional idenls were all u great in- spiration. ~_The one we loved has wone, but T hope we can find some consolation in the knowledge that at the end of a life of well doing, full of when he was gathered to hix he was prepared for the “Northampton, Mess. v - an unfoltering faith. led by | ascended to Dynamite Nece ptured a yesterday namited Toeal prohjbition agents c: still_near Forestvile, Md., so large that it had to be to_be destroyed. The still was uncovered just before the forest fire in that vicinity started. As the agents approached a colored man, down in the woods near the still " dropped two buckets of corn whisky and ran away through the underbrush, throwing lighted matches hehind him as he ran to set the brush on fire. The ‘agents, working under Assist- ant Director Livingston, found a steel tank of 850-gallon mash capacity, ca- pable of running off some 250 gailons of poison corn liquor a day. The ab- sence of wood lining in this steel tank, according to the agents, would resull CENTRAL TRUST €0, BUYS MORE PLOTS N. Y. Avenue to Enlarge Washington Building. and G street, which Centrul Trust o, f several the Washinzton has been trying to quire months to Fifteenth street and New formally trans- company today. which include the t 1426 New Yor Bullding. 1417 ( Merchants’ Bank Building York avenue. were ferred to the trust hese properties Holtzman Building nue: the Kimball street, and the old and Trust Ruflding, 141315 G _street, together with the Kvans Ruilding, al ready owned by the company. will in- the sze of the Washington Building almost 50 per cent above the plans orfginally contemplated. The building, when completed, will have a floor area of about 400,000 square feet at was represented in Edward J. Walsh Albert O. Huger of Boston made thiough J. . Ken nedy Campbell and Shannon & Luchs. The newly acquired bulldings will razed mmediately and the Evans the of transaction Washington and sale was e structure so as to present architectur ally one entire structure. As soon as the foundations are completed the actual erection of the building will go forward. The structure. which i to cost_approximately heen planned by Bullfinch & Abbott Coolidge, Shipley, of Boston, HAWAIIAN VILLAGE Tide, Advancing Slowly Miloili, Devastates Ranch in Path. on By the Associated Press HILO, Territory of Hawaii. April —Creeping slowly on at a speed of about 8 feet per hour, the lava flow from voleano Mauna Loa was today slowly approaching the seaside villaze of Milolil, where refugees from the village of Hoopuloa, destroyed by lava last week, are being cared for. The | fow yesterday reached the B. M. Allen estate, where it destroyed four 1inch |turns true bills, the negroes. Columbus | (1" 30 feet 111, inches (683.2 and other property, doing $10.000 damage. Cowhoys arched for several hundred head of cattf. which stampeded into the mountains as the bullding burned. It ix feared that the animals may he cut off by lava and destroved. At the McWayne repared to move ver, branching from the Hoopuloa flow two miles aove the ranch rum bled slowly toward it, on a front of 200 to 300 feet As an accompaniment to the latest outhurst of Mauna Loa, Hilo the sharpest earthquake in Vears yesterday. One building was Sshaken eight Inches from its founda tion, Heavy tremors on the southern wide of the island were also attributed to the renewed activity of Mauna Loa. Prof. Thomas A. Jaggar, director of the Hawalian volcano observatory, the mountain vesterday 1o vbserve the flow at close range. houses ranch emploves goods as a lava Today in Congress Senate. The Belgian debt settlement and the proposal to reconsider the vote on the Italian debt agreement are expected to occupy the time of the Senate today. Manufactures committee met again on the resolution for an in vestigation of the strike at Passaic, N, J. Advocates of strict prohibition enforcement are nearing the close of the presentation of their case before the judiciary subcommittee. Military affairs committee met in executive session. Public lands committee held an executive meeting. House, Previous to taking up the private calendar today the House listened speech by Representative -, Democrat, of Texas, rank- ing member of the ways and means committee, on the Mills bill affect- ing alien property. und to speeches by Ghuirman Johnson of the vet- erany’ committee and. Representu- tive Browning, Democrat, of Ten- nessee, on Lhe veterans' relief bill, which is pending in the House, "The louse veterans’ committee to- day continued hearings on guardianships World War veterans. The rules committee niet in ex- ecutive session. Subcommittee of the judiciary committee conducts hearing on Zihlman children’s court bill. Naval affajrs committee con- tinues hearing on purchase of air- craft, with Recretary Wilbur as witness. Cominittee on interstate com merce continues hearing on Kelley price-tixing bil Foreign affairs committee siders migcellaneous measures, Committee on agriculture, in ex- ecutive - session on farm rellef measures. frrigation and reclamation com- mitee” considers Bowlder dam pro- posal. Joint committee on public lands continues hearing for investigation of Northern Pacific land grant. of con- A recent survey reveals that de- fective vision is much more frequent among country children than.among city children, HINGTON, Three New Sites at 15th and | The properties on New York avenue | increase | the size of the projected Washington | The Washington Central Trust Co. | The | Building will be hlended into the new | 26,000,000, has | D. C., FRIDAY, ssary to Destroy It in the liquor distilled there hav high polsonous content of fusel oil. A 45.horse power converted fire en Eine boller, recognized as one of those stolen from the local fire depart ment here recently, was found at tached to the plant. Tubs contain- ing 3,000 gallons of mash were at the plant awalting use in the tank. The tank and hoiler were so strong- Iy set up that the wrecking imple- ments in the hands of the agents were almost in the attempt ed destruction and dynamite was pro- cured and the stil and tank demol ished. The agents did not ascertain the ownership of the property which wis xel back fu the woods. It ix b |lieved that the operators of the still were (respassing squatter z REED SAYS BORAK REVISED REMARKS Pennsylvania Senator De- clares Idahoan Had State- ments in Debate Altered. Arlsing to a question of persona privilege, Senator Reed of Penosyl vanin, told the Senate yesterday thiat Senator Borah of Idaho. had changed the record of his remarks of \Wednes day in opposing a motion to tahle the proposal to rveconsider the Italian | debt agreement h e debate enator declired “The Senator from Penns may be assured, as the record show, that | have never sileng when that motion to tahles has heen made. 1 always have voted against the proposition to lav anythin upon the table. It is a universal record of mine here and the Senator cannot challenge it " Several nators, in from the chamber of Senator Bovah, questioned that he always in the past | had so voted, and later, Senator Reed d, the foreign relations committee rman revised his remarks %o that ppeared in the Congressional d ax follows Senator from Pennsylvania assured the record will | show, thut I have repeatedly protest he said, the Idaho Ivania will ed when the motion to table has been ' | made. against It has been my the proposition | thing upon the table. My | will ‘show that I have | | versally protested and ctice.” | the p Senator Borah was | when Senator Reed ment. KENTUCKY TROOPS GUARD 3 NEGROES Trio, Accused of Attack, in Jail as Grand Jury Hears Witnesses. rule to to lay rec all voted vote any d here but uni against not present | Br the Amsociated Press MADISONVII Ky.. April | With 500 troops of the Kentucky Na | tional Guard patroling the courthouse | |and the vicinity of the three negroes ave being held on charges of attacking n 16-vear-old white girl, the Hopkins County grand |jury is today busy investigating the | case. | " Circuit Judge last night that jail, where | | Ruby Laffoon stated if the grand jury re Hollis, Bunyan Fleming and Nathan Rard, will be placed on trial at onc T. C. Bennett. commonwealth's atter ney, announced that the death penalty will be sought {f indictments are re turned Briefl dearing Expected. The grand jury’s hearing was ex | pected to he completed early, as only a few witnesses had heen summoned and Hollis has confessed to complicity in the attack, charging Bard and Fleming with the actual crime. |the witnesses called was Adair Stum s rock- | 24, who was robbed and beaten by the | | negroes hefore his companion was tacked The negroes were brought here last night under National Guard protection | from the State prison, where they were taken April 12 to prevent vio lence following the Hollis confession | A crowd of 200 met both trains bring |ing the prisoners, and followed as the negroes, surrounded by the guards- men, were marched to the county jail No disorder was in evidence, ‘ac | cording to officials, but no chances | will he taken. Machine guns { been mounted around the courthouse jand the guardsmen are armed with | gas candles instead of gus bombs. Was Second Such Crime. The erime for which the negroes are held was the second such occur- rence in this vicinity within 10 da In both instances, escoris of voung women were robbed and held under guard by one of negroes while the others atia the women. When the second attack occurred a citizens’ committee was formed to assist the officers. Seve days passed with no conclusive evidence, then a citizen looking for his wife's purse picked up that of a woman boarder. In it was found a letter from Joe Blanton, 30. negro. talking of parties held at Hollis' house at which Bard and Fleming were pres- ent. e confessed, and Burd Fleming werg taken in custody. three werc rushed to places safely. nton Is now held at Hopkinsville charged with complicity in the first attuck and ix sald 1o have been iden- one of the victims. FINED AND JAILED. the then the ‘ked All of saulting Taxicab Driver. Charged with assaulting a taxi collided today Union Daniel F. 30 days in jail and fined $30, follow- near short time later. Policeman R. court that he 3. saw Barret: the of the taxi. Ripples Pumphre; an excuse George 1. MacDonald. Man Overcome by Ga come by the second floor of 109 First northeast. Police took him to Casualty Hospital, where not been danserausly‘n.fleg.ed. APRIL the absence | made this state. | Among | and | Daniel F. Ripple Convicted of As- driver, who is said to have cursed him when their two machines nearly Station, Ripple was sentenced to ing his conviction in Police Court a told the defendant strike Stanley 'umphrey, the driver efense that had cursed him failed for in the opinion of Judge Charles Overstreet, 50 vears old, of New York City, was accidentally over- illuminating gas yesterday afternoon while asleep in a’room on street he was treated by Dr. B. H. Krauge, who found he had 1926. MEMORIAL FUND STEADILY GROWS Contributions Made Public Show Government Employes Subscribe Liberally. 23, i ! Employes of the Civil Service Com- | mission the District who butions to and additional employes of Bullding were among | added their contri- | District of Columbia cording the conteibuiors made the M e | those have ihlic by missio vernment workers of the ¢ivil Kervice Commixston contributed 184675, and the second instaliment of | subseriptions from th Distriet | Buiding amounted 1o $18.52 The subseriptions of £10 and over announced today included the fol- toduy 1al Com- line White. Henry Sverett, William muel Bensinger, ufman, 1. Crane Co. Pyron U, Graham ¢ 1. iates, 1. Do Crampion William 1. DebLacy, Mrs, Joha Willfam J. 1 Brown, £10 White, $100; Shannon, Ihider, p. J. b John Siyd Miss & | 1 [ I Cal Ford Char | s20; Waldman, GEORGETOWN STAR LOSES DECATHLON Titleholder Second to Detroit Athlete at Penn Relay Opener. JK, har and | | | | | | | | | | | i l | | By the Assaciated Press. FRANKLIN FIE April Showi aron ability Kenneth ‘ollege of the City of cored the titleholder Plansky of Georgetown gain the lead at the end of the first five events the intercollegis decathlon championship, the opening | of t two-day Pennsyivania rnivai Doherty captured the high jump, but point_score of 3 Plansky. who won totaled 3681955 points of Bethany College. Pa he l00-meter dash and with re performances. with 3 points, A strained back forced Fmerson Norton of G wetown, one of the foremost contenders for the decathlon to withdraw | D Philadelphia risin, I Dohe « Detroit, out Anthor J University, to 1 | i ty i anly rolled one event up a total TH3T to outstrip the shotput and Vergil Elliott winning hoth broad-jump was third Dash and The summaries 100-mpter dash (decathlon) liott. Bethany College, 11 4-10 sec onds (809.6 points) Anthony J. Plan- #ky. Georgetown, 11 510 seconds (T85.8 points); Robert_ Sturtridge. Depauw, 11 910 seconds (T38.2 points): Kenneth Doherty, College of City of Detroit. 11 &10 seconds (690.6 points): J. O. Huntsman. Earlham Colleze (Indiana), 12 seconds (668 points) Horace | Bender, G College (Pennsyl- Broad Jump. Vergil Rroad feet &3 Plansky, jump (decathlony inches (X.3 21 feet inches points): Doherty, 1 feet %% inches (T00.88 points): Bender, 20 feet b {inches (673.14 points): Sturtridge, 20 |feet 1% inches (638.72 points): { Huntsman, 19 feet 101, inches (§27.83 points.) points) (718.25 Shotput snd High Jump. Shotpnt (e my— Plansky, 4 feet 49 inches (757.905 pointsy Doher points) | Blliott, 37 feet 4 inches (604 412 points | Huntsman, 37 feet 1% inches (398 peints): Sturtridge feet 1% inches { (336317 points: Bender, 32 feet 4% | inches (43 points). | Hizh jump (decathloni—Doherty. 5 feet 10 inches (T86.885 points):: Hunts {man. 5 feet 6 inches (616.885 points) Plansky and Elliott tied at 5 feet incehs (08 points each): Sturtridge, 5 4 inches 7 point=). Bender pped out of competition. Art Exhibit Transferred. | rhe collection of modern Italian art which has been exhibited at the Na- | tional Gallery of Art, New National | Museum building since March will be withdrawn this afternoon. Its exhibition at the Cincinnati Art Museum will extend from Monday to ' May 10, i have | | Between the Lincoln Memorial | Potomac Park, there is to bé erccte | to both the dead and the living who in the armed forces of the great Wo Loeb, Humorist Toastmaster ELLIS PARKER BUTLER. Author, who will wield the gavel at the authors' breakfast tomorrow, at the opening of the Pen Women's con- wention. FAMOUS AUTHORS WILL ATTEND FETE Ellis Parker Butler to Be| Toastmaster at Annual Breakfast. well known serve as hreak Elis Parker Rutler, humorist and author, toastmaster the authors’ at the Mayflower Hotel tomor- when the League of Women's biennial be Mrs pres the will at agt row Ame convention Fdna M dent, will noon, 1 Pen will opened Colman, national preside and will give address of Speakers whom Mr will short story Washhurn Child to Italy: Wilmot ent of the Florence the First welcone Butler wil troduce include Sophie Richard former Ambassador Lewis. correspond London Times. and Mrs tra scenario editor National Pictures Corpora- writer er prominent clude Mrs. Mary Dr. C. Rowland W. R. Farrington of awail, Miss Dafsy Woodruff Row- ley, Miss Luise Sillcox, secretary the Authors’ League, d Mme Olga roff. music corresponden of the York Evening Post. who, tiie recent Master Series concert New distinetion memo; nor guests in- Rinehart won plaving. from Beethoven's 32 sonatas. Audiphone Installed. Jough hoth the ballroom and the Chinese room will be used for the function, an audiphone will he in- stalled <o that the speeches will be heard by every guest Ambidextrous sketches™ Mrs. Minnigerode Andrews, in which she will caricature at random various guests, will form a humorous feature of the program Miss Daisy Woodruft hama composer, will ac ckleford. soprano, a Kirnbrough, baritone. in her duet. “Oh. Wondrous her solos, to be sung by ford, “Tell Me, Love Dreaming” and “Love Love.” Hoth soloists are coming te Washington trom Birmingham for this occasion Boxes and tablex named by individ- ual hostesses inclide the, “Benjamin Harrison Table” of Mrs. Elise Mulli ken. descendant of the late President and the “Sir William Blackston™ table of Mrs. Walter A. Bloedorn. who is a descendant of the English journalist and commentator. dArawn by Rowley, Ala npany Mary i Vernom singing of Light.”" and Miss Shackle Oh. I Am Berryman Designs Cards. Clifford 5. Rer The Evening Star, place cards. Miss Ruth pages, will be assisted by the ing pages: Miss Celene Du Puy Virginia Frye. Miss Vivian Barr Eleanor McAuliffe, Miss Ruth Howard Miss Pauline Burton. Miss Huna FEr win, Miss Serene Williams, Miss Irene Longforce, Miss Claite Knight and Miss Alice Jackson. The committee in breakfast includes Mrs. son, Mrs. Clarence M ¥li Helmick, Mrs. E. Nelson ind Mrs. E Mulliken has designed foliow Miss Miss charge 1. of th Ander b, Mrs Dingley Reflecting Pool and Tidal Basin, in d soon a beautiful memorial temple represented the District of Columbia rld War. As both a memorial and a place where military concerts may be held, the classic structure will serve a dual OFf exquisite beauty, dignity and built of white marble. "By it the nan | not only for their country hut for purpose. Greek simplicity, the temple will be res of those who made the sacrifice you, will be preserved to posterity Names will be placed cither in the marble dome above or sealed within the sacred crypt of the corner stone. ‘We appea i | favored. Your contribution to the $200,000 | for $1. $10, $100 or $1,000, or any interr | who means the most to you. (Signed) Chairman, District o MEMBERS OF MEM( Charles A. Baker, jist Blair, Edward F. Colladay, John Joy Edson, Mrs. William Corcoran Eustis, h Jol E.1 ‘WASHINGTON, D District of Columbia Memorial C Poole, treasurer, the sum of I inclose check in full payms I will pay my subscription Aug. 1, 1926, S Signed. .. Mail Address........... B Isaac Gans, lward B. Mclean, J R TR i e e SR S X S A R May 1, 1926, $. o o o o to every Washingtonian to contribute to this memorial; to those for whom some one near and dear served, and to those not so| cost of the memorial, whether it be mediate sum, should not he a burden, | but a personal tribute to the one, out of all the 26,000 names to be enshrined, “ FRANK B. NOYES, »f Columbia Memorial Commission. IRIAL COMMISSION Frank B. Noyes, G. Logan Payne, Julins L. Peyser, Anton Stephan, u M .ester Jone: McDonald, ———e ey AL 52 1926 ommission : 1 hereby subscribe and promise to pay to the order of John vevsees ($e0ienias..) Dollars. ent of above subscription. Please Make Checks Payable to John Poole, Federal-American National Bank F,---_-_.._L Irene | the Colman, chairman of 0.5, FARMERS W -~ INSTITUTE FIGHT International Body Adopts Principles Reaffirming Its World Character. By the Associated Press. | ROME, April 23.—The farmers of the United States, represented by the American delegation to the general {assembly of the Internatfonal Ins |tute of Agriculture, won the batie ;],IM evenlng for the adoption of declaration of fundamental principles { veaffirming and emphasizing the inter ;.n.ufun.v\ character of the Institute. {The victory, which fs considered of {Kreat significance 1o the farmers of ithe entire world, was achieved after a [threeday struggia on the part of | Louis Taber of Columbus, Ohle | i master of the National Grange, and other members of the American dele gation The declaration posed by the Americans as of checking tendencies toward control of the institute by s dividual nations. instead of b tire membershipn adopted mously by the fir n means that it by the plenary in principles, pro a means the Nessions Strenuo v after a ences, u the title of basic idea mity was of the decls Americans consid the sound progress « “supreme control shall cised by the general assemb meet bhiennially The permanent committee stitute, it was decided, should fine ftself in outlining and de the policles of the gene The president of the institute not have execitive | than those vested in | committee.” The international linstitute shall he |taining a staff, which, as far | sible. will be international, while ar {effort, it is contended, should he made 110 obtain the appoin | number of experts increased confic governments, bhut interests throughout assemb “eha functions athe the permaner character - conserved by n order to insure not the Must Get most were Approval. impor the secretar for the perr the represent The adopted s sponsible geners the e s re a {“is not | overnn tsubject lee,” ana jeommitiee, nsultative P i appe rec commn ssions, ohtain t nments tively interested lin this connect {heen sinted withor lof the United States. The set neiples approved modification the much stronger set, read jord, but withdrawn when a lengthy and bitter battle | TRAIL MISSING CASHIER. W, M. Smithl ;’ark-_st;;n-,\: W. Va., Believed on Way to England. PARKERSBURG, W. Va.. April 23 | (@) —William M. Smith, cashier of | the Parkersburg First National | Who disappeared u week ag Wwhos nts a was announced yesterds cials, has been traced as f Lurgh, but the trail lost was made | n said they believed his way to b he was a na e of srdiy ed the bonded in an shortage shown respec. it 12 persons had iproval a of origina wi would be « e whe rissin in his | SEES LOCAL.PROSPERITY. vruan, eartoonist of | Frank Hogan Addresses Furnish- ings Dealers’ Body. ture of increasing for the Distriet was predicted by Frank J. in an address last night nual banquet and dance of the \V {ington Carpet. Upholstery and ¥ {ture Association the May | Motel. An increase in local posits from §49.000,000 in 1 in 1 was cited as evidence of the increas! prosperity herve during that peri Brief nddresses also were made by J. Morton Lehman, who attended vepresentative of the furni 1550 ciation of Baltimore, and Bert Gutter man, representative of the Phil delphin association. Max Schwarz | president of the Washington fzation, presided. Herman was toastr ter HAVRE DE GRACE ENTRIES FOR SATURDAY. RACE—Purse, $1 and up: 6 f 1o 104 Lad: b e “Tady Glassen. | 1 SECOND RACE—Pu hina purse husiness of i How | sh 000,000 L Hogan orgun Shupiro 200: claiming . $1.200° the ( Vig fiblongs. Jopagan Star | | 2year-olds | 10 1o i e 1o 1y 5 1 Porto Bello Golit Red Rocket $Whiskey Run’ Hawk McDonoush Crow Capticorn . 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