Evening Star Newspaper, May 26, 1926, Page 2

REVIEW IS REFUSED INPRIVTERS AVAR Justice Hitz Declines to Re- consider Decision In- creasing Wages. Jnstice William Hitz has declined ccede ta the plea of the Wash- ton Newspaper Publishers’ Asso- ciation that he reconsider his recent tentative findings as arbitrator grant- increases 1o newspaper Washington, which, the publishers informed him, may lead te “disastrous results” in the news- paper publishing industry here and elsewhere. The publishers, in representations made 1o the arbitrator on behalf of the association, asked that he recon- sider before making his tentative re- port final, the evidence submitted in the wage matter hetween the Colum- bia Typographical Union. No. 101, and the publighers’ association. Specifically, the publishers asked that Justice Hitz still consider the matter of his findings so far open as te permit him to confer with other members of the hoard of arbitration in order that the “views and reasons for vour tentative findings may he stated and considered by the full board and any misapprenhensions on your part, it such exiat, cleaved away. Decision Called. * In presenting their plea to Justice Hitz. the representatives of the asso- ciation declared: The handing down hy vou. disinterested arbitrator. of you ings without conference and exchange of ideas with the other members of the board (even though in tentative form) with the statement that you had made up vour mind on all points except the matter of the duration of the proposed contract. and the further statement that you did not propose tn give any reasons for your decision, we belleve unprecedented. We assume that even though vou have formed definite ideas. your mind i< still open and that you will recog- nize that the other members of the board have a right to know the rea- sons for vour tentative findings and ihat they may have an opportunity 1o point out any fallacies in your con- clusions.” Effect Held Harmful. Regarding the general effect of the findings. the publishers declared: Nothing can be clearer than that to make this tentative report final will creats for the term it coninues a class of skilled workers preferentially treated to an unexampled extent. It thiz were carried through the news- paper publishing industry here and slsewhere, the industry could not, we helie urvive, aside from the most Prosperous newspapers. Such enormous increases. save in iso- lated instances. could not be met by passing on the increase to the ultimate consumer. If the principle of the award is § and =hould he applied to the Union joh printing offices in Wash- ington. these shops couid not com- sly exist.” ng the apprehended effect of wage increase findings, and what they regard as their want of justifi- cation either trom the standpoint of comparative wages here and else- \where or cost of living figures of the Trepartment of Labor, the publishers declared: We feal strongly and confidently that if yvour honor had taken up and discussed the various points at issue with the other members of the hoard of arbitration. no such extreme and radical decision would have heen reached.” Rig Increases Cited. In this connection, the publishers urged the great responsibilities of an arbitrator, as a means of effecting industrial adjustments without the costly recourse to strike, in giving full hearing consideration to the views of both sides and “malintain- ing the confidence of employers and employes alike.” In citing the effect of the increases, the publishers showed that for the day scale they raise the annual in come for the normal 42 hour week to $2.808, an increase of $405.60, and for the maximun 46 hour week to $3.200.44, an increase of $578.24, over the present scale. For the night scale income hased on the 42-hour week is increased to $3.120. an increase of £499.20, and income hased ou the 4 eek is raised to $3.563.04, an in <o of $692.64. ‘A we see the case,” the publishers declared in their representations, “the evidence submitted showed that the newspaper printers here have heen liherally paid as compared with their w craftsmen in this and other citier and as compared with all skill- ed workmen in other walks of life, and with the clerical forces who comprise the majority of Washington's citi 7enship. We know of no testimony whatever that was submitted that would have justified an Increase on this score. Cost of Living Lower. “In the cost of living statistics of the Department of Labor, the changes since the last arbitration by Judge McCoy, in 1920, showed a decrease Father than an increase. And since when a negotiated scale was agreed upon, an Increase was shown by the last figures of the department of approximately 2.7 per cenf, or sbont 21 cents a day on the day scale “\Ue feel.” the publishers deciared “that in the face of these facts we are entitled 1o know and discuss with You your reasons for the tentative View that unprecedented increases ould be made.” R tice Hitz declined to change his tentative findings. granting wage in- creases ranging from 16.9 to 24.1 per cent. The final award made the basic scale retroactive to November 11,19 eliminating the retroactive feature as to overtime. Pripters Accept Award. In the arbitration proceedings print- ers hased their contentions for an in- cvease purely upon their rights to a living wage, consisting of a sufficient income for the maintenance of a fam- ily in the necessaries of life as well as 2 margin for savings . recrea- tion.” according to John N. Breen, their attorney. Although the final award did not hive a retroactive effect insofar as overtime pay was concerned or pay for night shift workers for work be- fore 6 p.m..” said Mr. Breen, “‘we ac- copt the award as finally given, de spite the fact it did not embody all the advantages of the tentative to ing wage printers in as the Aceording to the printers, the award approximately 400 men empl “fulltime printers” and employed in temporary posi- tione. The new wage scale of $9 a day for day work and $10 for night work supplants a former scale of $7.70 for day werk and $8.40 for night work, with A retroactive feature allowing the new scale effective as of Novem- ber 11, 1925. The new overtime rate of $1.93 per hour for day overtime, in lieu of the former $1.65 per hour: and of $2.13 per hour for night overtime in llew of the former $1.80 per hour. is not n“nfi-d in the final award as re. troactivk) but is effective as of May 24, ABD-EL-KRIM. RED CROSS SESSION MAKES PAYNEHEAD Chile “Pronoses and Peru Seconds Governors’ Head as Permanent Chairman. The second Pan-American Red Cross Conference, meeting in the P'an-Ameri- ean U'nien this morning at -its firs plenary session, perfected its Ani 7ation and cleared the slates of rou- tine matters preparatory to consider ing the important problems that are on its official program. First consid ation of the program will come this afternoon at meetings of commis sions which were appointed this morn ing. One of the fivst things the delegates did at the opening of today's session was to elect John Barton Payne chairman of the board of governors of the League of Red Cross Societies and chairman of the central committee of the American National Red Cross, as permanent chairman of this confer- ence. The election of Judge Payne was proposed by the delegation from Chile and. oddly enough, was prompt- Iy seconded by Peru. unanimous. At the suggestion of the delegation from Peru the Presidents of all of he American governments represented in the conference and the governor general of Canada were elected hon- ovary presidents. This time gation from Chile seconded the motion, and the conference commented audi: bly at this deliberate exchange of courtesies between the only two na- tions of the Western which have serious political ences. differ- Othrer Officers Named. For secretary general, the delegation from the Argentine proposed the name of Dr. Getulio dos Samtos. secretary general of the BrasMan Red Cross and colonel in the army medical se ice of Brazil. Dr. dos Santos.was elected unanimously, and the following assistants were named similarly: Dr. Rene Sand and T. D. Kittredge, repre- senting the secretariat of the League of Red Cross Societies; Don Carlos R. Troncoso of Argentina, Dr. Gerard de Villiers v Rodriquez, (‘uba; Senora Carmen T. de Pinillos, Peru. and Dr. Thomas Green of Washington, D. . Senora de Pinillos is one of the few women of Latin America to have public an office conferred upon her, When she went to the table of the sec. retaries-general she was given a warm reception. and thanked the confers in a brief address. Klection of the presidents of the conference s quickly disposed of. although one from each of the nations represented had 10 be named. Many Vice Presidents. The election resulted don Julio R. Garino, Ar: tina; Dr. Juan Manuel Balcazar livia Marechal A. Ferreira de Amaral Brazil; Dr. James W. Robertson. Can ada: Dr. Pedro L. Ferrer, Chile: Don A. R. Larrosa, Colombia: J. Rafael Oreamuno, Costa Rica; Dr. Carlos ugaray, Cuba; Dr. i K sco Sunches : Dr. Jose R. Aspe, Dr. Ricardo- J. Alf Pan- ama; Dr. Juan V. Ramirez, IParag De. Alfredo Gonzales, Prada: Dr. ¢ los Leiva. I Salvador; Senora Heloisa Dodswarth Machado. Urugugy, and Dr. Juan de Dios Villegax Huiz, Vene- la. relegrams of felicitation wer from a number of the Presidents and Red Cross societies of the different countries represented. Another such message was from the Queen of Spain In turn. the conference wired a mes- sage of regret 1o the Red Cross of Japan over the latest earthquake disaster in that country. Messages of felicitation were also ordered wired to the Presidenis of the American na- tons, apprising them of their election as honor: presidents of the con- ference. U'nder the rules of procedure adopt- ed. the nat of the American con- tinents may have delegates prexent with power lo vote. Representaiive from the Red Crosx socleties of I rope and Axia are accepied in ad visory cavaciies. Five commissions were appoinied to consider the ques- tions on the agenda, organization and opaganda, relief, health, n ing and the Junior Red Cross. Thes: commissions will meet this afternoon to complete’their organization. BISHOP FOUND GUILTY . BY TRIBUNAL IN MEXICO By the Associated Pres | MEXICO CITY, May 26.—Bishop ! Manriquez Zarate of Pachuca has been found guilty in his weliminary trial of having in a pa 1 letier o tested agains: the 1eligivus ciauses of the constitutién and sentenced to con- finement in jail pending a final trial. The hishop, however, was not taken into custody. He was permitted to £o under hail, on the condition that he remains in Pachuca for trial later The charge against him. in addition to that of having viplated the law in protesting against the religious clauses of the coustitution, alleged that he atiempted to incite the people 1o rebellion. SCRIPPS LEFT $2,000,000. Property of Publisher Is Appraised. HAMILTON, Ohio; May 26 (#). The personal estate of the late E. W. Scripps. newspaper publisher, today wan appraised at $1.943.777.87. This does not include his newspaper and other holdings, which were placed in trust under the terms. of his will Seripps died ahoard: hix | yacht oft the coast of gAfrica \ i months ago. Personal ROSS SESSION The vote was, the dele- | Hemisphere | Juan Cuevas| read ' e train- | Yiin * TOBE BRIADCAST | Thousands Will Be Able to Sit at Home and Judge Merits Over WCAP. housands of Washingtonlans will e able to sl in their homes and informally judge the veven youthful orato {every section of the United States When they speak in the natfonal finals of the third annual national oratorical | conteat at the Washington Auditorium on the night of June 4, through ar- rangements completed today to hav (he entire program broadcast by radio L over station WCAP. The radio pr neomptly at 8 o ie niusic by the m will start k and will include ¢ the leadership of trained Easi heer leaders. by a | 8roup of 2,600 high school students. ! Dinner for Georgin Orator. | Definite plans were announced to- | day by Senator Walter F. George of Georgla, oultrie Hitt, president of the Georgia State Society, and Itepre- sentative Carl Vinson for an elaborate dinner to be held at the White Peu cock on the night of June 2 in honor of Joseph Mullarky, eorgla finalist in the contest, It the dinner is not Riate Roclety function. but will be at tended by §5 of the most prominent Georgians in the National Capital, some of whom are not members of the State soclet) M Ruth Patillo, proprietress of the White Peacock. being herself a Georgian, 1= giving the dinner her pe - I attention. There will be no pro. gram— speeches—and himsell will not he called make any remarks. Th: the dinner state it wiil simply be an nformal Southern dinner for the pur- pose of giving the Georgians an ap- portunity to meet Mullarky. extend him greetings and wish him success in the national finals, Other Georgians who have signified their In‘entions of attending the din- ner include Representaiive and Mrs. Charles Edwards. Representative and Mrs. Samuel Rutherford, Miss Laura M. Berrie head of the Government Workers' Council and McCleskey Gar- Iych, chairman of the commitiee on ngements. Arrives Morning of June A delegation of the Georgians will meet voung Mullarky when he arrives at the U'nlon Station at 7:30 o'clock on the morning of June 2. All Georg- ians in the city are invited to be on hand. . The final district finalist will be | chosen at Philadelphia Friday night. Out of eight contestants there are but | two girls, but inasmuch as girls have won out in four out of six district finals against similar odds, it wnuld‘\ not be surprising to have the City of | Brotherly Love send a fifth girl to | Washington on June 4. | Miss Myrtle Posey, Eastern High School senior and winner in the local | area, which includes Maryland and Virginia, will be a guest of honor at | the weekly luncheon of the Kiwanis Club to be held on the roof of the Hotel Washington tomorrow after- noon at 1 2 DISMISSAL URGED FOR PAROLE CHEF llinois Attorney General Also Asks Welfare Board Head Be Discharged. By the Ansociated Press CHICAGO, May Attorney Gen- eral Caristrom announced today he had advised Gov. Small to discharge Will Colvin, chairman of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles, and also Chauncey Jenkins, director of the State Department of Public Wel- fave. There had been no concrete evidence to fnvolve either Jenkins or Colvin, the attorney general said. but the ituation had become so bad in con- uection with paroles that he had ad- visad the governor for his own good t make a change. ‘I'he governor, he sald, made no repiy 1o indicate whether he would take any action. v The disciosure by the attorney gem- eral of his conversations with the gov- ernor late vesterday, after the latter had gone befora the grand jury In- | vestigating prison conditions at Jollet, came on the eve of the appearance before the special grand jury investi- gation of an alleged “pardon mill" | here of Colvin and Jenkins. “C‘onditions were so blat nection with the parole situation, the attorney general declared, that he deamed it proper to advise the chief executive in the matter. SMALL DENIES t” in con- ANGES. Declares Persounel of Welfare Body nd Prison Is Still Intact. SPR IFIELD, 11 v 26 (W) | Governor Small today announced that | no changes had heen made in the per- {sonnel of the State Department of Pub lic Welfare cr of the Statesville prison and that public announcement would follow any changes made. l BEAUTY PARLOR SUED. | | l Girl As<ks $10.000, Claiming Wart Treatment Infected Hand. Justive it | Division | ing tes lor treatment Miss Noia Gordon, the income te8x unit of the In- ! ternal Kevenue Bureau, is suing Miss Marearet E. Sheetze, proprietor of a | beauty shop, for $10.000 damages. Miss Cordon ciaims that her nnger !and hand became infec'ed as the sult of treatnents obtained at the | defendant’s esiablishment, where she 1924, for removal of v louls Addison Dent Sheeize, while At- Wolf and Nathan appear. for the young and a jury in Circuit &ed todav in hear- ting tu beauty par- a vouung clerk . Cavtou plaintiff, | Protest Park Road Order. | A protest against the recently | adopted amendment to the traffic reg. ulations making Park road a two.| way thoroughfare between Sixteenth | and Seventeenth streets was received | by the Commissioners yesterday from | A group of property owners and | residents on the block. = The com: munication bore 11 signatures. It | was referred to Trafic Director M. O. Eldridge. | . M. Dourheirgue is the first Protes. | |tant President of the present Frengh | Republe, o S8TAR. PLANE SERVICE STARTS. Paris-Berlin Air Communication Resumed After Long Period. DURGET, France. May 26 (®). rplane communication between Paris and and Berlin became a reality today for the first time since the war | when two French commercial planes | left the airport here for the Eeflnln; capital. Almost at the same hour a German piane left Berlin for Paris. hese are the first airplanes to pass | over the once hostile countryside from capital to capital since the recent anco-German agreement was sign- ed. The planex will land at Cologne each wi The fight time Is esti- mated at 713 hours. FORTS PURCHASE: 1S URGED IN BILL Capper Presents Measure to Senate to Save Potomac Sites for District. The matter of purchasing Fort Washington, Md.. and Fort Hunt, Va., to he added to the park syatem of the District of Columbia and vieinity in connection with the plan the Potomac watershed, was formally presented to the Senate today hy Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas when he introduced s bill «niholzing and directing (he Natfonal Capital Park and Planning Commission te Ac- quire these two parceis of L nd which are on the Potomac River about 1i miles helow Washington. Senator Capper is chalrman of the Senate District committee and is also A member of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. He held a. conference with Maj. 17 8. Grant. 3d, director of the office of Public Building and Public Parks of the National Capital and executive ofs ficer of the planning commission. re- garding the desirablity of obtaining these two posis and the hest method by which it could be brought ahout. enator Capper said today that Maj. Grant and he hoth agreed that it would be better to acquire the two pieces of land by purchase, because that would give the money to the Army to be used in its permanent con- struction work at Army posts through- out the country. Grant Urges Purchase. Senator Capper also added that Maj. rant maid that these two forts should be by all means acquired as a part of the park sysiem and they should not be allowed to pase into private hands, perhaps 1o be re-purchased by the Government later when the Park and Planning Commission finde it necessary to cross the border lines of the District of Columbia and acquire land in the States of Maryland and Virginia. Every effort will be made by Sena- tor Capper 10 get action on the meas. ure at this session of Congress, in order to foresiall any possibility that the two posts might pass into private hands when their sale in authorized by Congress. Officials both in the legislative and executive branches of the Government are united in trying to retain thes: lands under Govern ment control. Zihiman Pushes Measure, In an effort to quicken action on the matter in the House of Representa- tives. Representative Fred N. Zihiman of Maryland, chairman of the House District committee and also a member of the Park and Planning Commission, to sive changed the reference of the bill which he introduced Monday to buy these lands from the District of Columbia committee to that of the milita fairs committee. The House military affairs commit- tee has before It the War Depart- ment's bill authorizing that branch . Zihlman sald that he had heen conference with Representative James of Michigan. who is handling the foris sale bill in the military af- falrs commitiee. He sald that an effort would be made to include the authorization for the purchase of the two forts by the National Capital Park Commission in the same bill. A similar measure has been re ported to the Senate by the military affaivs committee of that body. which falled to take any action on retaining e two posts for the nationai park tem. However. there s u belief now that the House military affairs committee will give serious considera- tion to the plan to purchase these forts, as it was that committee which, when the matter was up some months ago, prevented their sale at that time by taking them out of the firsi re- quest of the War Department for the sale of fts obsolete posts. BYRD PROUD‘OF MARINES. Commends Record of Two Local Men With Expedition. Charles Kessler of Foxhall Heights and R. J. McKay, also of this city, members of the Corps, who were furloughed in order WASHINGTON, . D. "policy and the general l i ted States Marine | to permit them to take part in the | Byrd polar expedition, ommended for thelr work in a radio- gram from Comdr. Byrd to Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, commandant of the Marine Corps. Byrd reported that Kessler and Mc- Kay “have done greut work and con- tributed much to the success of the expedition. I am proud of them."” Man Would Adopt W:il 's Son. k T. Kane, a warrant offi- cer in the Coast Guard, today asked the District Supreme Court for per- mission to-adopt Harry McLean Hol- Jami. son of his wife by a former marriage. His wife was divorced in Halifax lust December and the decree of the court gave the custody of the Loy to his father, Arthur Holland, but the Loy was in Washington at th time and 1t is claimed the decree a to his custody is not binding here. As his heir, the petitioner says, the boy will be able to recelve better edu- cational sdvantages in Washington. Attorney Blon B. Libbey appears for the petitioner. Bitten by Dog, Boy Sues. | Because a dog bit him. Eugene S Kdwards, a minor, through his fath Aubrey W. Edwards, 1902 Lincoin roud northeast, today fled suit in the District Supreme Court to $5,000 from Vina own The boy charges the dog, Is viclous and on May 2 bit him on both legs and on his right hand. father says he has spent $200 in try Ing to cure his son. Attorney Josep! A. Donovan appears for the plaintiff. | $15,000 Damages Asked. Suit to recover $15.000 damages has been filed {n the District Supreme Court by Emily Sirota, a miner, against Tlarry E. Young, owner of an automobile, which struck her at Third and G streets April 8. The child claims to have heen seriously injnred. Attorneys Wil- ton 1. Lamhert, Rudoiph H. Yeatman and A. M, Schwartz appear for the plaintiff. recover | rland, ‘the dog's | The | were highly | i | | is saild to have| | i C., POLISH MINISTER REPORTED MISSING Malczewski, Former Wari Department Head, Cannot Be Found in Hospital. By the Associated Press. WARSAW, Poland, May 26.—Gen. Malczewski, who was minister of war in the cabinet overthrown by the Plisudski coup, has mysterious- Iy disappeared. | After the Internment of the cabinet | At Wilanow it was stated that n$ was suffering frem a nervous shock | and had been taken to a sanatorium. When his family tried to find him, however, nobody knew of his where: abouts, and all trace of him has! been loat. Gen. Rozwadowski, Gen. Jawinski | and Gen. Zagorskl, who w. n- terned at Wilanow with the cabinet members, have been transferred Vilna on alleged serfous char the exact nature of which Ix divulged. Inflation In Charged. department has ja- bonds 1o the extent of 30,000,000 Zlo M. Zdiechowski, ho was minister of finance in the Witos government. descrthes this ax a veiled form of inflation. 5 Pllsudski purposes by unifying the entire code of Polish law (o wipe out what he terms the bureaucracy which has hampered the nation's develop ment. In an interview, Marshal Pilsudski declared as for the country's forelgn inciples of do- mesiie administration, there would be no change. \Vhen asked 1o state what would be his attitude should the Na- ! tional Assembly refuse to elect a presi- dent satisfactory to him. the marshal laconlcally repited: We shall see whut we shall do when we come to thar.” Reticent Before Journalists. Pilsudskl was reticent during his wlk with the journalista, and at one rime remarked that they could net get him to talk by throwing compliments at him. An aide ended the interview by saving. “When Pilsudski is presi dent he will give another intervie In the provinces there have heen clashes hetween members of the right and lefi parties during political meet ings preparatory 1o the gathering of the national assembly next week fo elect a president. Some additional biood has heen shed in factional fight ing. A score of persons were infured in street fighting In Lemberg, growing out of meetings of Soclalists and na- tional Democrats. The police inte vened and used their clubs vigor- ously. The fact that civilians are still in possession of some 3.000 rifies given them 8t the time of the revolution ia causing some anxietv to the pro. visional government. BIG PLANE TO STOP HERE IN MORNIN Atlanta-New York Passenger Air- eraft to Be Met by Official not The treasury sued treasury morning of the first giant passenge: carrying aivplane to sttempt a fiight from Atlanta to New York. The plane, making the trip under the auspices of the Junior Chamber of Commerce of Atlanta, and piloted by Capt. Roscoe Turner. I scheduled 1o arrive at Boll- ing Fleld at 10 o'clock, making_the first lap In the Atlanta-New York fight in five hours. The pioneer passenger plane o this ronte, to demonstrate the practi- cability of commercial aviation, will be met by the members of the Geor- gia delegation in Congress. headed b Renators Willlam J. Harris and W ter F. George. Postmaster General Post Ofce Department to participate in the reception and the Department The development of commercial avia- tion. will send a representative. If Secretary Hoover returns to the city in time he probably person. Several prominent citizens of Atlan- ta and members of its Chamber of Commerce will be passengers on the trial flight between Gate City of the fouth and the Metropolis. in Congress Senate. The Senate devoted the first two hours to bills on the calendar, with the migratory bird bill the unfin- ished business to be taken up at 2 o'clock. Senator Caraway, Democrat. of Arkansas. d 1 his opposition to a national Pteferendum on the prohibition question. District committee is meeting this afternoon to act on several meus ures passed the House Monday. Agricultural committee held hea ings on the Mayfleld cotton seed oil bill. Forelgn relations committee con- sidered question of the poison gas in war treaty. Finance committee held an execu- tive session. Judiclary subcommitiee meets to consider an amendment to the Fed- eral code. House takes up calendar Wednes- day business, with post office com- mittee having the call. Judiciary committee continues hearing at morning and afternoon seasions on charges of impeach- menf againat Commissioner Fen- ning, made by Representative Blan- ton, Democrat, of ‘Texas. District committee reports four measures. of remedial legislation to correct guardianship «buses, a disclosed during investigation by Gibson subcommittee.of conditions in the municipal administration. Gibson subcommittee continues hearings tonight at 7:30 o'clock in cancus room of House Office Build- ing with Cerporation Counsel Ste- phens, summoned as witness, Subcommittee of appropriations committee continues work on sec- deficiency bill. Intersiate commerce committee continues hearing on raliroad con- solidation. Koreign affairs committee con- ducts hearing on Pan-Pacific con- ference at Hawaii. 3 Agriculture committes conducts hearing on several department bills. Public bulldings and grounds committee conducts hearing on donation of land at Malden, Mass. Special joint committee con- tinues investigation of Northern Pacific land grant, Committee on irrigation and reclamation in executive session on_committee calendar, Ways and mean continues haaring amendment to Ha el committee proposed Wéreotie WEDNESDAY, MAY 26. Mrs. George Pulver, formerly Miss Grace Clarke Waggaman (left), and James Lee, formerly Miss Lilie Roosevell, whose marriages became Mrs. 1926. known today. DAVIDSON WITH 79 FLORIDATOTEST LEADS GOLF MATCH FEDERAL TAX LAW Frank Roesch Second WithjSupreme Court to Be Asked 80 in Title Tourney—Two Ti Da vl e With 86. son. A former champion | ¥ 3k of the Washington Club. led the early starters in the qualifying round of the Middle Atia. today at th Country F Other Moll early Colunl Rannockburn, 86: Washingion, Geo Ben H. D. Da Herron K W. Thomas, Wa: 150 K With a fi than 150 of t rict of Columbia, Virginia, the the vear in Atlantic champ day at the Club ank Roesch, was in second place as the afternoon | round started, vt ic e Washington with a card also of W golt championship Golf and of 9. hington, with a scoren follow bia. 86 . 0. ). De Howard, 87, W. (. Evans. Colum- rge P. Lynde. Waxhing- Le Fevre. Washingion. mon. Washington. 93: Columblia, 93: H. R. shington. 9. nter Golf Classic. eld approximating more he leading plavers in the Marvland and foremost golf classic of this section —the Middle Golf Associatlon’s individual snship into a G fon to It and Awung Washington Country Club. Tacking the presence of a ing title-holder, the field was Vew Wi an official of the OPen to any one of two score or more New will designate o akinc. soiten might succeed of Commerce, which has charge of ©of Columbia, who won the title last | year and is on tournaments the face of the defend- thrown any one of whom oland R. MacKenzle now plaving in England. results in golf vund Washington this will attend in Spring. George J. Voigt of Bannock- burn was installed as the favorite to win and add the Middle Atlantic title to his District champlonship. Other Stars Playing. Another Hufty, the South doughtiest cl | o section title-holder ised to join champion. Page Pinehurst North and and one of the lub wielders in this sec- with & doze or more Capital stars in giving Voigt a battle for William . more, runo vear, has en other Baltini group of b rfolk and the honor. In addition, Richardson, Jr.. of Balti up to MacKenzie last tered, along with several nove st layers fi Lynchbu and a large 0 Richmond, The course of the club has been groomed man: nd is In first Half the fi tying round t “scheduled (o play rounds the semi-final scheduled for Saturdav. A n KFriday night by the club te ent contestants. TWO ASK DIVORCES. Herman Sevely Charges Desertion; Wite Accuses Mayflower Seaman. Herman Sevely today told the Dis- | trict Supreme Court that his wife, be giv tou Sidonia Sev child to Balt turn to him | uary 15, 192 | Lynch and pear for the Mrs. | man on the | flower. Sre her sband On one occasl | stairs, she | ried June 9 vorce of the grou “They were married at Baltimore: Jen- Meta 8. Niederer limited divogce | Alexander V. months for the event lass condition. eld started in the quali- oday, with the other halt start tomorrow. Match will be held F and final rounds are dinner will v, an March 28 ook their imore and refuses o re- He asks a limited di- d_of desertion. 3. Attornd T. Morris Wa husband. Robert lec wp: wants a nd alimony from iederer, an enlisted presidentiai vacht, Ma charges cruelty and savs is addicted to drink:ng. fon he knocked her down. sserts. They were ma 1925. Attorney A. il‘elnrm appears for tiee wife. | NINCHITCH SEES BRIAND. | Jugoslavia Minister Believed to Have Discussed Entente Treaty. By the Associal PARIS, M ter Ninchiteh of ted Press. ay 26.—Foreign Minis- Jugoslavia saw remier Briand this morning. They are thought to have discussed the basis for the proposed treaty of en- tente hetween the two countries. e | American Hotel Men in Florence. FLORENCE, Italy, May 26 UP).—The museums, art gallcries nd the Cathe- by the American Hotel Asmocia- ! tlon party, which is touring Europe. [ Amopg_ the Galleries places visited were the Mzl and Pitti and (he of 80! Murphy, | iday and | About Inheritance Levy's Constitutionality. | By the Associated Pres TALLAHASS John W. Martin today | torney Generai John B. | institute proceedings in the atitutionality of the Federal inheri generul !Iml he expected to leave for W ington Mond the cour law. The Governor's letter follow: rected to institute pr and suit in the preme Court against the that pr the United States, approved Februar 26, 1926, where said law imposes collected to all ¢l ceeding 80 per ¢ tax imposed, and to enjoin the colle tion of such taxes in Florida.” EVANS AND OUIMET BEATEN IN BRITISH tinued from First Page.) can hopes of annexing pivuship. Peattie is a the cham. Cupar, before passing the He defeated the champion today finish which brought the rowds out of the clubhouses’ tents. e limit, present titleholde: British hopes in cuns out of the fin: POLICE ARE INSTRUCTED were the ¢ of the Metropolitan Police Depart ment with the recently changes in the traffic’code w today by Maj. Edwin B. Heas of palice. { become effe plans to broadcast department _an explanation changes and their effect in to existing regulations. throughoui of the regulation reguiring to come to a compiete stop upon a highway on whic! been erected. amendment, provide for the stopping of all boulevard or arterial highw: former regulation, under placed upon it by the court any - such boulevard“or arterial high way. regulation is to specifica regulation. i b el b Paris-Tokio Plane Wrecked. Warsaw today. a diteh -and was hopelessly damaged the fAiver nor his 'mechaniclan was in Jured. Fla., May 26.—Gov. ithorized At- Johnson te United States Supreme Court to test the con- ey general authority | tion against the col- lection of such taxes in the State of You are hereby authorized and di- per proceedings United States Su- ted States or the proper officiuls thereof, to test the constitutionality and validity of vision in the revenue law of tax upon the estates of descendants and allows a rebate on any such tax izens, or in all cases | where an estate or inheritance tax is | paid to a State, such rebate not ex- nut of the amount of the Federal inheritance tax or estate the State of AMATEUR TOURNEY | Peattie, gave another boost to Ameri- 19-year-old Scotsman, who learned his game at hear 8t. Andrew's. He won the boys' championship lust year just ‘ormer amateur | up. in a breathiess | luncheon and Sir Krnest and Robert Harris, the ief eeping the Ameri- | IN NEW TRAFFIC RULES A move to familiarize all members - | approved made . chiet Every day until the amendments ! ive, June 4, Maj. lesse the & the | Hokkaido, relation The traffic lesson today concerned wokachi. say riving at any boulevard or arterial |geca® (GO A stop sign has | g The effect of thix| said Maj. Hesse, “is t0 of the village of Kamifurano lost their where a sign has been erected, whereaa the the c\m»[ (he further effect of the amended | PARIS, May 26 (#).—Capt. Georges | Developers’ Pelletier Doisy's fight from Paris to | night. Tokio was halted by an accident at | DOUBLEELOPEMENT DETALS REVEALED Star Reporter, One of Prin- cipals, Tells Stery of Pop- ular “Debs” Marriage. _James Lee, member of a piomi- nent Boston family and, incidentally, 4 young reporter on The Evening Star, today atoned for his laxity iu permitiing morning papers 1o “acoop” his own paper on the sen- rational post-marital dovuble elope- ment of two of Washington's young debutantes by sending to The Star a special long-distance dispatch giv- mg all the thriling detals, Tee knew all about the romantic “atory” because he happened to he wne of the principals involved. The others were his bride. formerly Miss Lilie Iooxevelt, daughter of Mrs. Kobert B. Roosevelt. 2336 California siveet; her friend, Miss Grace Clarke Waggaman, davghter of Mrs. Alexander legare, and George Pul ver of Chicago gnd New York, whose name Misx Waggaman now hears. The acconnt of the exciting re mance, given this morning to The Star over long-distance telephona from Rochester. N. V.. was the first authentic story of the affair 1o reach Wachington. and it contained nawe that even the parents of the giria had not been able 1o learn. Announcements Wrong. Mr. Iee stated that, contrary to an nouncefnents issued today from the homes of the girls' familles. the mar riages took pla different times and at Ellicott City, instead of Balti- more, Mrs. Lee and my first.” he declared. “W ber and hecame secretly engaged in January. On May 11. after completing my day’s work at The Star. we decided it would he a lot of fun fo get mar ried at once, and se we weni ta Fil Ticott City that evening. took out the license and were married forthwith. George Pulver and Grace Wagga- man had been engaged longer than we had. When t heard what we had done, they agreed to do the same. and they were married at Ellicott City last Sunday night. Lee disclosed today that afier the Pulver-Waggaman ceremony Sundey night the two couples went fo Roches. ter, N. Y., and that since then they have been enjoving a joint honey- moon at the Lee Summer estate, Bog- danets, at Naples, N. Y. ‘amilies In Ignorance. “I don't know exactly what families back home are thinking.” Lee confessed in reply to a query. I hardly believe they know much about the whole affair, ver." Lee apparently was correct supposition that the girls’ were taken somewhat by surprise. Mrs. Legare was frank In stat- ing today that she did not know where the couples had gone. but indi- cated that. bevond her belief that the Zirls were too young. she would give them he: “biessing. ‘The announcements from the homes were made by telephone to the society editor. They gave the date of the marriuges as May 23, and the place ax Baltimore. Mis. lLee and Mrs mong the “smartest” of the Cupital's ‘debs” of the past season. They have been inseparable companions at so- ciety's leading functions and on the bridle paths. ~Mis. Lee's mother was Mise Lilie Hamersiey of New York, and her futher is a in of the late Theodore Roosevelt. Mrs. Pulver re- sided with her mother at 1 N street, ¥ee Harvard Graduate. Lee is a graduste of Harvard Uni- cersity, class of 1920, and was one of three men under 21 years of age, who were commissioned officers during the World War. He has been studying to enter the diplomatic service when he decided to go into newspaper work He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jamea 8. Lee of Boston and New York. Mr. Lee is a prominent broker. Young Lee lived at the local Racquet Club. Pulver is a graduate of Williams College, Massachusetts, and since the death of his parents has lived with Stephen Higgins, New York broker. In his message to The Star today, Lee said he would come back Washington in a few day HALF OF TOWN SWEPT AWAY WHEN JAPANESE RESERVOIR BREAKS tinued from First Page.) met last Octo- the in his parents rulver were announced h- v to file application with permission 1o test the habitants to escape. At Kamifurano it is reported that some 200 villagers were washed a Fear ir expreased that Matsuyama Spa is a total loss. v bodles floated down the Furano which overflowed fts banks. Considerable anxiety ix felt regarding the fate of other villages connected with the Hirayama Sulphur Min- ing Co. Rescue work is being badly ham- pered by the condition of the coun- tr due ta the flood. Tava covers the railway tracks to a depth of sev- 1 feet, thus preventing trains from ching Biei. An evewitness account of Monday's disastrous eruption describes the de- scent of a huge avalanche of water, mud and lava, sweeping down the | mouatain like a tlidal wave, carrying t trees and telegraph poles and ing the railway near the base |of the volcano. This description is |contained in a dispatch to the Tokio Nichi Nichi from the scene of the catastrophe. There were three explosions, the evewitness said ,the last of which releasing the lake which had lain for years in the crater, let loose the | destructive torrent. Villagers living on the slopes fled shrieking. but many were caught In the flood and drowned were buried beneath the flowing nd lava, eport from says that | A pporo, capital of 137 bodies have been recovered, but this still lacks official verification. A dispatch to the | Kokomin from Asahigwa, near Mount that 40 school children !l vehicies | qre missing and that they are he- the from ved to have been caught in returning home The Asahi reports that 100 resident= {lives and that their village was almost completely destroved. Additional troops and Red Cross workers are riving on the scene, giving aid to the injured and homeleas and digging in the mud for bodfes. GE EXPENDITURE. 26 (P, will be spent such stop to he observed v where a vehicle intended 1o cross |PLAN HU ASHEVILLE, N. More than $60,000,000 it feet of any stop sign described in the | within the mext three vears in bring- |ing modern improvements to the | mountains of weatern North Carolina. | it was announced at a meeting af the | newly formed Western North Carolina Association here last More than $3,000,000 will be spent ‘While taking off for | in a combined intensive advertising Moscow his machine overturned into campaign to proclaim to the world .| the attractions of the mountains and the .afr minietry announcés. Neither 'the comforts - | these “conveniences, aceor hich will vesult from ces, aceorting 66 &n osumaie of Use