Evening Star Newspaper, June 1, 1926, Page 2

2 - BT LEWIS DESCRIBES RESICNATIONPLEA Former Tariff Commissioner Says Coolidge Was Irri- tated at Refusal. Br the Associated Dress Former Commissioner David Lewis of Maryland gave the Senate tariff investigating cormittee his own account of the circumsia surroundine his reappointment to Tariff Commission and the request that he give President Coolidge vance a blanket resignation, to used at the pleasure of the White House. The fncident has ! charging political manipulation within the commission and formed the of addresses in the Senate, in w the administration’s tariff policies were assailed, particulariy by Norris, Republican, Nelrask Mr. Lewis said that on Septe 8. 1924, the day before his comis ! expired, Commissioner Culbertson called him to his office and told kim 1 just returned from the White and President Coolidge intend appoint him, but wanted hiey sign an undated lett ion to be i 1 was talked with ¢ Iy about the request. dignation followed son expressed sympat View.” “He told me to talk with me. House at greeted me very co was going 1o reappoint reached over and pick misslon ; “Abou ture he stopped brought that letter. T said no. The President appeared irritated and then{ signed it 2, ‘It doesn’t matter; vou will hold office only at my pleas- ure in any event.’ “1 told him !Z he would hear my reasons for not sigwing it he might agree with my view. “‘Oh, mo, 1 wouldn't,""” dent replied. Offered Out. “Seeing that he was irritated 1 told him that no one knew of his signing the commission and I told him to destroy it if he did not care to ve- appoint me. The President refused to do it, saving he had no intention of using the letter if he had cbtained it, but that if ‘they should come to the parting of the wavs their separa tion would have been jer.’ President Coolidge : Marvin to delay the sugar report. Mr. Lewis stated, as the chairman tried to “weasel out’ of goinz ahead with it the President wanted | 1 went to the White welock. asked me if 1 the Presi- to Step man can weasel once, can't weasel alw, he “There has been too much wi anyway.” Turning to what he sai “pathology of the Tariff Commis Mr. Lewls said instead of the¥cc slon standing out independentl free from influences, “two members of the commission were recruited from the sugar lobby.” | Members of the comm d the law and obstructed | arings by the col i Replving to the ch : son of the Tariff Commission that he had violated confidenc exposing Culbertson’s letters and papers, Com- sioner Costigan told the Senate igating committee today that the but he added. seling | sion, he said, { Dpositive of be | heen cited hy those | | th | review 3'1 attooed Message Of Love Causes Loss of Law Suit By the Associated Press LONDON, Jun marks on Robert Clifton’s left arm bearing the wore I love Nell,” has adversely seitled a suit against him instituted by a taflor to re- cover a bill coniracted six years ago. Clifton 1 ceived the 1. — Tattoo ified that he never re- suit and said he had never seen the tailor bhefore. The judge asked the ta if he was Clifton lentity. 'The tailor replied that when he meas- ured ClifionYor the suit he noticed too mmark on his left arm beur- the word 1 love Nell.” 't ordered Clifton to bare his left arm and there were the words. This decided the case st the defendant. CADET CORPANIES IN ANNUAL MATCH Five Senior High Schools Represented—Competition Unusuaily Keen. Fourteen of the 24 cadet companies representing the five senior high schools are drilling today in the thi ninth annual drill of the Washing- Tligh School Cadets. The remain ing 10 companies will drill tomorrow, five in the morning and five in the fternoon. Eight Central companies drilled this morning while three }ast ern and three Western companies took the field this afternoon. One company each from McKinley Manual Training School. Eastern. Rusiness, Central and Western will ke the field tomorrow afternoon, be- ginning at 2:30 o'clock. when the largest crowd is expected to be on and preparatory to the selection of winning company and the presen- tation of the Allison Navlor Gold Medal to the winning captain by Secretary of War Dwight Davis. Anxlous to be on hand for the out- anding event of the school year, members of the Board of Education have postponed their regular meeting until Wednesday week. While the ratings given the com- panies drilling today were, as usual, guarded with tha utmost secrec was apparent from the high-grade drfiling that this vear's winner will come close to the 100 mark. It is not unusual for tenths of 1 per cent to separate the company ratings, and as the cadets know this, they showed that they are determined not to make the slightest slip. The Adjutant, the vear book of the Cadet Corps, which is circulated at the competitiva drill as a souvenir, contains an article by Maj. Gen. Han son E. Ely, U, & A.. “Congratulations to the Brigade.” Gen. Ely tells of his of the cadets in March, and auds their drilling ability. Col. Wal.- ce M. Craigie, U. 8. A., professor of science and tactics. has an article in the book on “The Competi- tive Spirit.” The hoard of judges officiating at ill are Maj. Fred L. Walker, A Maj. Paul W, 1 b A.. and Capt. . Infantry, U. 8. A. to 00000 IN GOLD documents were not intended to be | confidential and that his sole purpose | in offering them as evidence was o “retain the truth.” | A letter put into the record pre- viously, written by Culbertson from Rumania, criticized President Cool- idge’s action in appointing Commis- ioner Brossard, whom Culbertson id had been associated with the ar lobby.” Costigan arned what Mr. ing to tell id today he had ‘ulbertson was go- | the committee 24 hours before he appeared recently and that he was “shocked.” “In ]fmknu; through my papers for something to offset Mr. Culbertson's self stulification I came across the Bucharest letter and put it in evi. dence for the public i rest,” he de- clared. l would have been gravely &t fault if I had withheld the letter.” | JUNE WEEK EVENTS ~ BEGIN AT ANNAPOLIS Close-Order Drill, Dress Parade and Social Functions on Card Today. Special Dispateh to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md, June A typical “June week” program was presented at the Naval Academy to- day, with a snappy close-order drill in the morning, dress parade in the evening and numerous concerts and social functions scattered the day. This morning, beginninz at o'clock, -there was an exhibition of close-order Arfll by battalions, the st Battalion, commanded by Mid- shipman George C. Weaver of Penn- sylvania, executing its drill on Wor. den Field, and the 2d Battalion. com- manded by Midshipman Charles E. riner of New Jersey, on Farraj Field. ) The special feature of the dress parade will be the presentation of | the regimental colors to the 6th Company, which won them in the flag competition embracing profes- sional branches and drills. The col- ors will be presented to Midshipman Robert B. Piere of Nebra com- manding the winning company, hy Miss Gertrude Freeman of 259 Park- side avenue, Brooklyn, There will be speclal social events for all three of the upper classes. The graduates and their friends will be entertained at a garden party by the superintendent. The second class will have its “Ring Dance” and there will be a speciial hop for the members of the third class and their friends. The winners of the gunnery medals for the vear, all from the second class, was announced this morning. They are: Gold_medal, Midshipman Clarence E. Coffin, jr., Indiana; silver medal, Midshipman Edwin R. Van Sickle, Wyoming: bronze medal, Midshipman Charles C. Pyne, at large. 1 over 10:30 Mistaken Identity. Prom the Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. A slightly dressed, pompous-looking woman_swished into a street car and soon after settling herself missed her handbag. Of course, an unkempt workingman, and Irish, must have taken it and she so accused him point- blank. A final look located the miss- ing bag on the floor under her and she began to apologize. “"Niver mind it a bit, mum,” protest. ed the accused. “Ye thought I wuz a thafe an’ I thought ve wusg a lidy, an’ both av us wus wrong." DUG UP ON FARM Treasure Buried During Civil| War Traced by Key Left to Heir. By the Associated Press. DEMOPOLIS, Ala.. June 1. -Tal of treasure trove are rivaled in the find of buried gold estimated at more than $200,000 on the Whitfleld farm. near here. The cache. belleved to have been hidden from Union armies during the Civil War by C. Boaz Whit- fleld. was discovered by means of a key left to his son Gayon Whit- field, Middlesboro, Ky. The treasure consisted of $20 gold pieces, minted in 1850 and before. It was found in an old powder can that crumbled on touch. Gold pieces had been found on the farm from time to time, but search for buried caches was not made by the Whitfield family un- til the location of the key in Ken- tucky. A ‘gang of negroes digging for a buried “boundary stake,” unearthed the treasure vesterday. The negroes dug for a whole week without success. They then stumbled on the powder can and its contents. Nine heirs may bid for the gold. Some of them are descendants of brothers of C. Boaz Whitfield, who was the son of Gen. Nathan Bryan Whitfleld. ploneer Many of the South's aristocratic and wealthy familles burfed money and gold and silver plate during the Civil War to prevent seizure by Union soldiers. Old-timers here, however, cannot recall where such amounts have been involved. large FREDERICK DOUGLASS HONORED BY PUPILS Several Hundred Colored Children, Parents and Teachers Make Pilgrimage. Several hundred colored pupils of the public schools, together with their parents, teachers and school princi- pals, folned in the annual Memorial day pilgrimage vesterday to the home of Frederick Douglass at Cedar Hill, Anacostia, in tribute to his life and services to his race and country. The pilgrimage was arranged by the principals of the colored schools, in co-operation with the Sterling Re. lief Association and the National Fed- eration of Women's Clubs. ‘An address on the significance of the pilgrimage was given by Miss Veronica Young. while Bruce Under- due spoke. on the characteristics of Douglass, and Prof. Kelly Miller of Howard University, gave some per- sonal reminiscences of the negro lead- er. Other speakers were Howard H. Long, assistant superintendent of schools, and Mrs. M. M. Marshall. A drama, *“The Land of Equal Chances,” was presented by sixth grade pupils. Readings, recitations and several vo. cal and instrumental numbers also were included in the program. J. C. Bruce, supervising principal of the thirteenth division, presided at the exercises. 1. E. De Reef was chairman of the program committee. — Diamonds mined in South Africa in the first three months of this year had a value of nearly $§8,000,000. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ( ICOOLIDGE BANISHES HOPE FOR TAX CUT President Does Not Antici- pate Further Reductions for Several Years. President Coolidge does not antiei- pate further tax reductions for several ve it was made known at the White House today. 1t was explained in this connection that what surpluses accrue this year and the following, and throughout the period until there is another ta~ duction, can be used in paying oif the national debt, as the President was sented as believing there is no safer fnvestment for the < money than by applying it avenue. As this debt is re- duced, the ann interest to be paid necessarily will be smaller. Neither does President Coolidge feel that the revenues of the country are coming in to such an extent that there 1s very little danger of the Government facing a deficit. He he- lieves a deficit is unlikely for the present vear, hut it was repeated that his concern is for the fiscal year to end June 30, 1927; and the following vear. Warns of Extravagance. The President was represented as saying It s a known certainty that a deficit cannot be avoided if there are reckless appropriations and use- less expenditures. As for the amount of the surplus likely to be:found in the Treasury at the end of the pres- ent year, the I’resident was unable today to attempt any estmate, “Throughout the tax revision study in the House and Senate Iast Winter the President warned against toc great a reduction, contending there would be a deficit nnless the business of the country was kept booming as it is today and uniess strict economy war practiced by the Government it self. Despite his admonitions. the re- ductions made were considerabiy larger than those the President. le acepted this with good grace, but with repeated remind ers that CONgress must cease appro- priating for purposes not urgent, and must put a check to appropriations that would continue indefinitely. It is these latter appropriations that are causing the President the greatest anxiety in the matier. He ix sald to feel that with the of the department heads he ceed in bringing ahout further e or omies, but as for the continning propriations, that remains with Con gress. For that reason he has been more than ordinarily insistent that the latter use great care and co-oper- ate in the administration’s economy program. Taxes Gauged by Business. Whether there is to be a surplus or a deficit in the Treasury next year or the year following depends to a large extent upon ihe business condition of the United States. according 1o the President’s viewpoint. The condition of the Treasury is now largely in- fluenced by the sizes of the incomes of the citizens of this countrv. 7he more prosperous the people, the larger will be their income and necessarily the larger will be the taxes they will pay into the Treasury. There. fore, the President, in discussing the matter with those enthusiasts who are talking so optimistically at this time about surpluses and further tax reductions, has reminded them to give serfous thought to this phase of the question. The President also has reminded them that with a diminishing of busi- ness throughout the country incomes would be reduced, there “would be much unemployment and income tax payments would be smaller. Also if the Nation's foreign commerce should experience a similar slump. there would follow a_reduction in the tarift revenues, all of which, he pointed out, would soon eliminate the dreams of surpluses and would result in a de- pieted treasury. he President. more- over, is Insisting that the legislators should hear these things in mind while they are considering proposals for ap- propriations. Although the President i not an ticipating any further tax reductions for several vears to come, he believes it probable that some adjustments may be made in the present law that would serve to make more equitable the distribution of the tax burden. ARMY FINGERPRINT AUTHORITY EXPIRES Walter S. Kaye, Pioneer in Identi- fication Work, Was 63 Years of Age. Walter S. Kaye, chief clerk of the identity section of the adjutant gen- eral's office, known as the fingerprint expert of the Army, died at his home at Occoquan, Va., this morning, ac- cording tp word received at the War Department. Mr. Kaye had been con- nected with the War Department for about 41 vears. He was born at and. Yorkshire, England, April 29, 18! He was one of the pioneers in the work of identi- fication by means of the fingerprint system, and since the iidoption by the Army of that system as applied to all enlisted men, has been in the imme- diate charge of that work. He was recognized throughout the country as an authority in his particular line and has frequently assisted police author- ities in various parts of the United States in the identification of crimi- nals and others. Arrangements for tne funeral have not been completed. AUTO CRASH KILLS TW ON MARYLAND HIGHWAY Ten Others Injured in Accident. Dead Were Members of Negro Jazz Band. By the Associated Press. SALISBURY, Md. June 1. -Two negro automobile drivers were killed and 10 members of a negro jazz band were injured in an automobile colli- sion near Ocean City this morning. The musicians, in two machines, were returning from a dance at Ocean City when a car driven by Willard Shockley, negro, of Salisbury, side- swiped the first automobile and crash- ed head-on into the second, instantly killing the driver, William Green of Cambridge. Shockley was crushed to death when his machine spun around and piled into a road sign. State police, after investigation, blamed Shockley for the accident, declaring that he was drunk and that his machine was traveling more than 60 miles an hour. S Commissioned Lieutenant. John P. Schaefer of Riverdale, Md., has been appointed by the War De. partment a first lleutenant of Infan- try, Officers’ Reserve Corps of the Army, BRIAND RECEVES recommended by | TUESDAY, High School Competitive Drill Leaders v Donovan, aide to Col. CONFIDENCE VOTE Wins Support of Chamber of Deputies as He Opens Financial Battle. By the Amsociated Press PARIS, June 1.—The Chamber of Deputies voted confidence in the Rriand government this afternoon, 313 to 147 Premier Briand opened his liamentary battle in the Chamber to- day by demanding the postponement interpellations the crisis and the measures government expects stabilizing the franc. The interpellations pared by the Radic d Bertrand Nogaro fst Leon Blum. The demand for postponement of interpellations on financial matters is a continuation of the fight which Prem. Briand began last Thursday in the Chamber when he received a vote of confidence, 320 to 209 Premier Briand sald that the gov- ernment could not permit debate on financial matters at the present time 1se of the repercussion it would broad. In the present critical 1 he appealed for a union of all parties as he was faced with the second attack by Radicals and So- cialists within six days, CITY-WIDE TRAFFIC CONTROL PLANNED Capital Divided Into Three Areas in System Devised for Lights by Moller. par- on which adopt the to for had heen pre and the So- y-wide extension of the automatic traffic control lights were virtually completed today by Col. 1. C. Moller, assistant director of traffic. The increase in the lights, however, is contingent upon the pas- sage of Congress of the proposed amendment of the District traffic code which provides that the funds raised from fees for operators’ pel mits shall be used to purchase auto- matic signals. Col. Moller has divided the traffic control systems into three areas, each separately controlled. Under this ar- rangement the fire signals in the three zones may be operated inde- pendently. The Massachusetts avenue and Six teenth street system now In operation is designated as area 1. The second area wlill cover the downtown section lying between Pennsylvania and Mas- sachusetts avenues and Fifteenth street and North Capitol street. The other group includes Maryland ave. nue, Rhode Island avenue, Connecti- cut avenue, Woodley road, Wisconsin avenue and Pennsyivania avenue and M street in Georgetown. Installation of additional signals on Sixteenth street and on Massachu- setts avenue will begin shortly. The lights have been ordered and are e pected to arrive within the next few weeks, GEORGETOWN’S STREETS ASSAILED BY ELDRIDGE Plans for a ¢ 0ld Paving, Laid 46 Years Ago, Held Responsible for Loose Plaster and Rattles. ‘The poor condition of the streets in Georgetown is directly responsible for the loose plaster and rattling windows complained of by residents in that territory, according to Traffic Director | M. O. Eldridge. With the ald of the District High- way Department Mr. Eldridge made mprehensive investigation of the streets on which the complainants Jived and learned that the surfacing on some of them is 46 years old. A number of them, he said, have sur- facing at least 34 years old. . aturally, hea trucks passing over these poor surfaced streets will product vibrations,” sald the traffic director. ‘“‘Even passenger vehicles going at a high rate of speed on such thoroughfares will cause vibrations.” EEs Michael F. Galvin Dies. CINCINNATI, Ohio, June 1 (P).— Michael F. Galvin, widely known Cin- cinnati attorney, died yesterday. He was 64 years of age, S I AREINIRED. financial | Is Goston Hulin | f the annual competitive drill of the N. Craigie, Jets, and Maj. INAUTO ACCIDENTS Three Suffer Skulls, Two in Collisions, One Hit by Taxicab. Half a dozen persons were seriously injured in holiday traffic accidents | vesterday in the District and nearby {Maryland. Thomp o Fri | Ma., received a £ his automobile collided about a mile west of \ with a car driven by colored. of 1734 T street | Thompson was bro by Claude Young, Aquasco {taken to Providence Hospital. Carter |reported the accident to the local police last night as soon as he reached the city, Visitor Is 14 o, 2 Geor ve old, of County, 1 skull when last nizht actur and pjured. Steven arthmore, 1% fracture of the skull mobile of Althos sachusetts avenie, a passenger. collided Iast night with the a Mern, 324 Varnum Island avenue and Kleventh Lenehan was stll unconsciou morning and reported to be in a criti- cal condition. Mrs. John Hern nd Bertha Crown. occupants Hern's car, were severely shaken up While standing heside his automobiie on Benning r east, near the Potomac F Vower Co. plant. Harry . Hanlon ‘Ian years old. Landover. Md. was | knocked down by u taxicab driven by R, C. Miller, colored, 1800 Eleventh stree! nd received a possible frac {ture of the skull and a cut over his |eve. He was taken to Casualty Hos |pital. ~ Miller was arrested and held !to await the outcome of Hanlon's in Juries. Three-vear-old Israrl Markowitz, 811 Four-and-a-half street sonthwest, sus- tained a fracture of the left leg ves terday afternoon when knocked down by an automobile near his home. Walter L. Walker, 42 years old, 1 Fifth street northeast. driver of the automobile, w ested and charged with having inadequate brakes on his car. when the auto 443 Mas h_he was bout ock smobile of John street. at street. this stalled north tr Woman Hurt in Crash. Anton Contella and John W. Fidler. 354 1 street southwest, were drivers of automo. biles that collided at New Jersey ave- nue and K street vesterday afternoon, resulting in injuries about the face and head to Mrs. Edith B. Contella, occupant of the former car. She was treated at Homeopathic Hospital. While cleansing his automobile in front of his home, at 1334 1 street, vesterday afternoon, Daniel Freeman, colored, 45 yvears, was knocked down by an automobile driven by William I. Blake, colored. 1019 > street, and in- jured ‘about his right arm and head. He was given first aid at Freedmen's Hospital. PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS APPROVED IN BERLIN German Papers Look With Favor on Coolidge's Plea for Cut in Girard street, Military Forces. By the Associated Press, BERLIN, June 1. President Cool- idge's Memorial day address at Arling- ton. in_which he urged Europe to rediice her armaments to relieve tax burdens, is displayed prominently in this morning’s newspapers, which in general comment favorably upon it. 1" The Berliner Tageblatt says Mr. Coolidge rendered signal service to | the cause of peace in taking such an impartial standpoint on the ques. tion of war guilt and not hlaming Germany alone for excessive arma- ments, while designating competition in armaments as one, if not the ex- clusive, cause of the World War. The Lokal Anzeigd, however. espe- cially In reference to France, (hinks that more than the President’s “mild words" are needed to make a lasting {mpression in furtherance of America's disarmament effort. LIGHTNING KILLS THREE. Considerable Property Also Dam- aged by Indiana Storms. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. June | (®), —_Three persons were killed by lizht- ning and considerable property dam- | age done by storms in Indiana late vesterday. The dead are: Oran Pat- ton, 44 of Greensburg; George E. Paine, 31 of Terre Haute and Kenneth Wessel, 16, living near Linton. A heavy wind storm unroofed sev- ! eral houses and damaged other build- ings at Marion. Communities near Marion also suffered damage in the sale. - - & Fractured! Rhode | ORATORY WINNERS ARRIVE TOMORROW Georgia and Hollywood, Calif., Contestants to Be Guests at Banquet. Two of the six out-of-town district titleholders in the third annual Na tional Oratorical Contest will arrive in the Union Statfon tomorrow morn- ing within an hour and a half of each other, preparatory to the staging of the national finals at the Washington Auditorium on Friday night. They are Joseph Mullarky. Augusta, : who will arrived at 7:30 a.m., and Her- bert Wenig, Hollywood, Calif., whose train is scheduled to arrive at 9 a.m A group of prominent Washington Georgians, who tomorrow night will tender young Mullarky a banquet at the White Peacock, will meet him at the 1'nion Station fomorrow morning. Wenig, who comes from Hollywood High School. also will be welcomed by a group of friends. Miss Myrle Posey. The Star's en- tran in the national finals: and Wenig will both be guests of honor at the Georgia banquet tomorrow nlght, (o gether with Mullarky. Grandfather to Attend. Despite the fact that Wenig must journey five duys across the cont nent to participate in the flial contest he will have a group of distinguished supporters on Kriday night. Randalph Leigh, national director of the con test_announced today that Edward O. Wenig, the voung orator's grand father, is a member of the New York Stock ‘Exchange und will be on hand together with a group of prominent New Yorkers to root for his grand In contrast coms word from Phily diphla that the father of Thomas I Cleary, the parochfal school lad who won in that area, who is a stone. on. vows that he will ‘be at the uditorium to cheer his son “if I have o start today and walk.” Clearly modestly gives much of the credit for his vietory to Rev. Joseph Fortescne, of the St. Jaseph's ollege High Schaol, which he rep. resents. He sava: I wanted to win for St. Joe's sake. Now 1 should like to win for Philadelphia's sake. Will Attend Drill Competition, Back of Cleary's victory is the de- termination of Father Fortescue to bring a victory to Philadeiphia for the Sesquicentennial. Commenting Yon his pupil's triumph, Father For- tescue sald: “Last vear | was dis. appointed to see a small up-State school defeat the hest in Philadelphia, %o I made up my mind then that St. Joseph's would do its hest to give Philadelphia a_winner this vear.” Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintend- ent, today announced he would tomor- row invite Mullarky and \enig to attend the final afternoon's drilling of the annual competitive drill at American League Park. They will {occupy A hox Word received today was to the effect that St Joseph's High School has decided 1o send a delegation of | to root for Cleary. ‘The delegation will be seated in the balcony next to the Kastern cheering ranks. 'The only school delegations on the main floor will be those from Pennsylvani and New York. FLEET CORPORATION LOSES §1.407 SUIT Western Union Upheld in As- sessing Commercial Rates on Telegrams. “The United States Shipping Board nergency Fleet Corporation is not entitled to Government rates on tele grams but must pay the c mercial rates according to an opinion of the ! Court of Appeals rendered Justice Josiah H. Van Ors Western Union Telegraph 0. brought suit for $1.407.59 for the unpald difference between the Govern- mental rate and the commercial rate on messages transmitted for the Fleet Corporation during the months of June and July, 1922. The case is & test and will be expedited to the United States Supreme Court under a stipulation of counsel The case turns upon the construc tion of section 5266 Revised Statutes, which provides: “Telegrams between the several departments of the Gov- ernment and their officers and agents in their transmission over the lines of any telegraph company to which has been given the right of way shall have priority over all other business at such rates as the Postmaster General shall annually fix, ete.” In determining that the Fleet Cor- poration is not such a governmental agency as to entitle it to the cheaper vate, Justice Van Orsdel says: “While the service obtained from the tele- graph company may in part have been employed in relation to Govern- ment business. it was the separate contractual obligation of the corpora- tion totally independent of any direct authority received from the Presi dent. 1t logically follows that no con- tract is here involved with which the President, in carrying out the pro- visions of the act of 1917, was in any way concerned. The service was per- formed for the corporation and the mere fact that some of it may have been rendered in connection with Government business in no way af- fected the corporate status of the Fleet Corporation or convertad it into either a department of the Govern- ) ment of the United States or an agent jor officer of a department within the purview of section 5266. The finding of the District Supreme Court. in favor of the telegraph com- pany was affirmed. . Congressional Latitude. From the Kausas City Star. 1t does not seem possible that Con- gress really can imagine that it can by mere statute law prevent the feminine {population of the United States from swiping dress designs wherever they may be found. ' 1t might be possible for Congress, if it wants to copyright something. to copyright the lilies of the field, the rainbow in the sky or the dimple in a miling infant's cheek. It might get away with such”a law. But it can’t copyright mother’s intuition of the kind of a dress she looks well in. It's useless to ask her where she got the design. It simply came to her, and if somebody else in Paris or elsewhere hud the same idex you can't prove anything to mother from that coinci- dence. So much for a law copyright- ing dress designs. No further seek fs | merits to disclose. . A Fatal Japanese Superstition. From the Pans Le Figaro Hebdomadaire. Every sixty-first year in Japan is supposed to be extremely unlucky and is called “hinoe-uma.” The supersti- tion is that every girl born in that year will deceive her husband or will fail to find one. Last year 300 of these unfortunate victims of supersti- tion committed suicide. 22-Year-Old Suit Over 16th St. Site Endsin D. C. Court The District. Court of Appeals, in an opinfon by Justice Van Orsdel ‘today, ended a litigation of 22 years' duration over the property at 920 Sixteeath street, which forms a portion of the Hotel Gor- don. The court affirmed a judg- ment of the District Supreme Court, which held that M heth C. Prall, widow of Prall, jr., had no tile to any por- tion of the property. Mrs. Prall for mary years con- ducted the litigation in person, re- fusing the ald of-lawyers, but lost her reason and was adjudged in- sane, Charles V. Imlay being ap- pointed as committee. Mr. Imlay brought a suit in ejectment against the other Prall heirs, Jennie M. Prall, Annle M. Fahnestock, Emma . Knorr, Gerald §. and J. F. La- vignino. The jury found for the defendants and Mr. Imlay appeal- ed. The appellate court finds no error in the record and affirms the verdict of the jur. SWEDISH COLLEGE 10 HONOR PRINCE, Royal Couple Drive to East Orange, Where Heir Will Receive Degree. By the Amociated Press W YORK, June 1 decorated with colors, Crown Prince Adolphus and Princess Louise with their party through the a tectural canvons of lower New v on thelr way to the U Swedish Lutheran Callere at Orange, N. I.. where the prince was 10 recelve an honorary degree of doc- tor of law.a, Thousands Crowd Station. Several thousand people jammed the Pennsylvania Station last night to welcome the heir to the Swedish throne back from the Capital. Guarded by mounted police, the royal pair drove from the station to the Metro. politan Opera. House, where they were honor guests at a concert of 500 Swedish singers, arranged by the united Swedish singing societies The roval party occupied the J. P. Morgan box. Just before they entered they were given a huge banquet of red roses from Louise Clerc, whose mother was Swedish, and who recent ly was selected by Ernest Linnen kamp. Austrian artist, as one of the 15 most beautiful girls in America The prince complimented the chorns Their auto the Swedish Gustavus rode :ht York mobiles | before the concert began. remarking that he had heard them in Washing ton at the unvelling of & mopument to John csson. Swedish inventor | of the Monitor, used in the Civil Wa He extended greetings from his father. the King of Nweden, and ex sad pride in the accomplishments vedes in America. he conferring of an honorary de- gree of doctor of laws upon the prince was the pivotal event in the com- mencement program of the Upsaia Swedish Lutheran College, at Orange. J.. today. Tomorrow the roval couple will visit Independence Hali. in Philadeiphia They will return by automahile Thu day. stopping at the Edison laboratory in West Orange. N. . he next 10 days will be spent in New York and vieinity, after which there will be visits to Newport, Worcester, Boston, Harvard University, at Cambri Niagara. Falls and Detroit. BUCKETSHOP ARRESTS INVOLVE TOKIO FIRM Alleged Frauds. Amounting $1,500.000. Cover Two Years of Speculation. st to By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News, 'OK10, June 1.-Bucket shop ar rests constitute the latest modern de- velopment in Tokio. Those held are employes of a brokerage firm. Hirose Co.. whose alleged frauds consisted of bucketing_orders during a two-vear period. The total amount involved is stated to be more than 3.000,000 ven (normally _about $1.500,000). and the number of victims is said to be larze throughout Japan Many stock exchange firms are en- dangered, according to the statement of the stock exchange president. Hitherto there has been a high stand- ing among such concerns in Tokio as the Hirose Co.. but during the last three years speculations on margins have been increasing rapidly. owing to the rise in temperature of the get rich-quick element This is especfally dangerous to Japan and the Orlent generally, where gambling, once aroused, reaches an unreserained pitch. It is said that Daikichi Hirose, head of the firm, lost heavily in speculation a year ago. After close examination by the proc- urator, the case has heen turned over the courts for preliminary trial. (Copsright. 1076_by Chicago Daily News Co.) SOLDIERS STEAL PLANE; TWO KILLED IN CRASH Third Swims to Safety in Missouri River After “Joy-Ride” Ends in Disaster. o By the Associated Press. LEAVENWORTH. Kans.. June 1.— i Two soldiers from KFort Leavenworth who last night took possession of an airplane and started off on a ‘met death a short time lat the “borrowed” plane fell into the Mis- souri R * near here. A third sol- dier swam to safety. The dead: Pvt St. Jokeph, Mo. Garrett, ' Lexington, Hathaway and ( Leonard Lemay, the third memb of the joy-ride party, were attached to the air service detachment at Fort Leavenworth. Yesterday (. .. Michael of Kansas City arrived at the post fleld in a_new plane to visit his father and obtained permission leave his plane pending better fly conditions. ‘The soldiers appropr the machine, In descending in strong wind the plane fell into the river. to €. nd Pvt. Okla. ett Hathaway, William R. and v Appert Father o; Canning. Appert. A Frenchman. the method for canning fruits and vegetables. although it was a rela tive of his who made the proce practical. Rillleux, also a Frenchman. made the use of sugar more practical by cutting the boiling fuel for a pound from 1 pouad of coal to 2 ounces. In later vears dehydration, the use of compressed air and fhe vacuum have been used in preserv- ing food produ introduced 1o SWEDISH ROYALTY EXTENDS THANKS Crown Prince and Princess End Visit to Capital With Luncheon With Envoy. | A few hours after tha Crown T'r and Crown Princess of Swaden concluded yesterday n whirlw day visit to Washington the Swedish legation made public statement which said the Crown Prince and his wife gratefully the cordial reception h at the White the Con gress untiri of the Secretary of State and of the State Depariment officials as well of other authe “The davs spent he unforgetiable. “Both the Crown Princess g feelings of gratitude for the hospit of which they have rece mia s during their \isi heir royal o5 will in grateful rer sons and inst have come crowning ever memarial 1o (s will memora ovents o anks the { arrangements 16y have been perience much wise have been | able 1o their had four acknowledge en them b 4 by conrtesy House & and the fties in the Capital will Cro retain e with contact the unvel Tohn Er renien: " 10 able to thine derive prea | sujourn Honor Unknown Soldier. f after jCrown Prince lafd Tomh of the Unk iingtan. The fins highnesses in marked hy the | ule as were the Immediately a tery they were where they Justice Taft preme The affair having awn S Washin me elahors previous ¢ rleav a were Justices e of their A lunched given Bliss, American M and Mrs. Bliss pr of the Crown |} Princess, ended their sent them off o of the countrs The Crown Prince presented with the League of American Pen Mrs, E. N. Dingley. act who was accompanied b {Du Py Thanks Kellogg's ides. Gustavt Ade moved as he stoo hefore the ha tion's war dead ut who saw him stand the Tomb of the and then step offering on_the conld doubt his fe The Crown thanks to | Grew nd Assi fler Wright. wi Al capacity ing their roval W left Washington Kellogs | who was in Philadelphia in connection with the opening of the Sesquicenten nial exposition, sent regrets at his inability to be there. When Col. Oscar 7 Army Reserv X s Je royal part he car in addition his desig n as mil ¢ aide to Crown | . A new that president of the John Ericsson publican League of Amer The league was sentatives of organizations States, who came tion Saturday o morial. Alex Witterni setts was_chosen Leonard Erikson tary, and Nelson treasurer. W . two-month s vesterday was Women by dent, n silent reverence plain finks ince he Re Assist to be to assi tional committee it was recalled that President Coolidge in his dedication add fixed the number of ¢ of jescen at 2,000,000 eague’s sponsors, howeve o pre diet what influence in the field of natiu Members of the Crown I* ficial entourage disclaimed knowled of the league's creation or motives and declared that it wis the firm in tention of the pi to e thing of politic his stay in this country D. C.-fa-PHlLADELPHlA AIR LINE IS STUDIED Officials Conferring on Use of Army and Navy Fields as was wil exercise 1 nature Terminals. rtme in i*hila proposed commer War and Navy Dey were confering with hackers of a al airplane passenzer nangurated between \Washi Philndelphia during the tennial in the latter city merce Department has en proval of the project. 1y er said today, although details its sponsors and when it will have been withheld The project. pgpested | phia men, contemy three lnrge Fokker Rolling Field here a in Philadelphia as planes are said to be ab or 1ssengers each. Whether Government landing fields he used for such a commercial purpose has raised a question o the new comme al aviation which was being threshed out in con- ference today. At the Commerce P partment it was said the project do not wan made known until the ni ing flelds is settled 1t that, while the passen be used -only during th exposition !t may after the close of the exposition if a need is shown ENGINEER GETS PRIZE. Inventor of Log-Carrying Devices Wins $1.000 Award. By the Associated Press. A first prize of £1.000 awarded today to ko1 e engineer of the Union L Fort Bragg. Calif. his of log carriage devices in the waste prevention contest of the National Lumber Manufacturers’ Assoc econd prize. of went to W. Ferguson., machine shop foreman of the Coos Bay Lumber Co.. Marshfield, Ore.. for invention of a “line and de- lay graphic recording device for saw- mill carriages.” saw-mill employes. sesqu The Com i1 ap Hoov s 1o start Philndel tes 1the use of Plicnes, = e may the d ter of & was [ All CONESIANTS Wer ypp g