Evening Star Newspaper, June 8, 1926, Page 17

AND HIS CUP. teur golf chaw the troph < t Al erican-born golfer to win the British champion: etser, who recently eld, Scotland, with He is the first Jesse Swi pionship at Mui o the United States. hip. Copyright by P. & A. Photos THE EVE'NIN‘GST)\R, WASHINGTON, D. 0, TUESDAY, JUNE DIRECTOR VAN WINKLE GETS Winlkle, di was awarded the honorary degree nt exercises of the N of master of phil; at the ew Jersey College for Women, AT CHRISTENING OF LITTLE PRINC Duke and Duchess of York and their baby photograph of the ,» Princess Elizabeth Alex- andra Mary, granddaughter of the King and Queen of Great Britain, was taken at the christening in the pri Palace. te chapel of Buckingham it by Underwood & Underwood. signature of Pope Piux XI, has J Georgetown Univer: professors of alma_mater of zs and apostolic The Pope own_ College, colleges in the benediction.” Copy s wore on th our rwood. games of hand throughout the evening to see that all the carnival attractions HINDENBURG SIDES WITH EX-RULERS Refuses to Order Properties Confiscated if Favored by Plebiscite. Associated Press. RLIN, June S.—That President Von Hindenburg will decline to order the confiscation of the properties of the former German rulers ould the | plobiscite of June 20 be in favor of such action, is indicated in a letter which he has directed to Col. I erick Von Loebell, the monarchis leader. The re of the property of former William and the members of his family and of other German rulers would be “an attack on the constitu- tional foundations of the s e and in violation of the fundamental laws of morals and justi declares the Pres- ident. The 1 erties i marks. By the BI val estates and other prop- alued at many millions of he question of seizing the holdings of the former rulers long has been the subject of heated dcbates throughout Germany. It is the con- tention of President Von Hindenburg that should the plebiscite result in a victory for those favoring confiscation, one of the pillars on which the State rests would be removed “and we should be opening the door to a s and steady decline.” He expr the hope that in the plebiscite the people would “avert this menace to right and justice.” A refusal by the Pr an order for confiscation if it is de- creed by the plebiscite would bring about a crisis in polit affairs and automatic: mean his retirement from office. It is likely that the letter pitate heated debate in the cialists have an- interpollation demanding that the Government announce its attitude on the commission. The president’s letter forms the sub- heated ate in the news- Papers, bringing condemnation from the organs of the lefi and praise from those of the right. The Socialist declares Vorwaerts that the political parties hitherto have ! outside partisan | left Von Hindenbur, eriticism, but ths partisan party polit 1o be treated like any The Berliner Vol ther person. Demo- trit, doubts whether publication was authorized by the president. The Taegliche Rundschau, People’s Party, belleves the printing of the letter will let loose new storm The Lokal Anzeiger, German Na- tlonalist orgun, sees in it a heavy ac- cusation against “those stirred up the base instincts of the masses.” The Kreuz Zeitung, mon- archist, hopes the letter will be “an eye-opener for all ill-guided voters.” The Deutsche Tageszeitung, Junker paper, declares the agrarian interests especiaily are grateful to the presi- dent for his pronouncement. The Vo: he Zeitung, Democratic, clalms the president has become the xicum of machinations greatly to be epl dent to sign who have ! opened w kill. Deputy Sheriff Raymond Cr: ain at the carnival last night, after the issuance ame within the la The “pad- (eft) of Arlington County was on Washington Star Photo Bennett J. Doty of Memphis, Tenn., who is accused of desertion from the French Foreign Legion and is reported to have been sentenced to be shot for firing on French sol- Our Government fis investi- Copyright by P. & A. Photos. Strong Man, Weight 290 Pounds, Jailed For Hitting Midget By the Ascociated Press. NEW YORK, June 8.—A 0- pound strong man was remanded r striking strong. could -pound Frederick vhich occurred last boarding house frequented ets and strong men. midget complainant was Schmalfeldt. JOHN D. SPRECKELS, CAPITALIS, IS DEAD Funeral to Be Held Tomor- row in San Diego — Was Outstanding Figure of West. Albin By tho Associated Press. SAN DIEGO, Cal, June 8—Fu- neral rervices will be held hera tomor- row for John Diedrich Spreckels, 73, capitalist, who died yesterday after a long iliness. Mr. Spreckels was one of the outstanding figures in Western financal, artistic, political and mari- time life. The services will be held at the Spreckels Corondo home. The body will be cremated. His active life had to do with much of the plonecring of the sugar busi- ness. but his sphere of acti tended to newspaper publishins, ing vessels and steamships, develop- |ment of trade with the antipodes, { banking and real estate. Surviving members of the family in- |clude two brothers, Claud A. and | Rudolph Spreckels; Claud Spreckels of | Diego, a son; Mrs. Hamilton of Menloe Park, and Paul Wegeforth of Coronado, AUTO TAX REPEALED. Mexico Lets Down ;rs for Cars Imported Into Country. NOGALES, Ariz., June 8 (®).—A dispatch to the Herald from Mexico City today said that a decree repeal- ing the 10 per cent import tax on | dent Calles. The new law, the message said, placed a tax on imported cars on the is of weight rather than on factory price, which provision had seriously { curtailed the shipping of automobiles into the country. Seminary to Be Dedicated. ST. LOUIS, June 8 (®).—Arrange- ments were under way yesterday to entertain 100,000 or more Lutherans from all parts of the Nation and abroad at the dedication here Sunday afternoon of Concordia Theological Seminary’s new $3,000,000 home. Alexander automobiles had been signed by Presi- | MUSCLE SHOALS | PLANS PROTESTED, Fertilizer Makers Declare Nitrates Should Not Be Sold at Too Low Price. By the Associated Press. WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va., June 8.—Opposition to produc- tion of fertilizer at Muscle Shoals at a figure below that demanded by pri- By the Associated Press NEW YORK, June 8.-—An Ameri- can crime wave is lapping the shores of France and robbery “in the Ameri- can manner” is being practiced along the Paris boulevards by young Frenchmen ‘“of the better class” under the tutelage of 5,000 American crooks posing in the fashionable ho- tels as prosperous business men, ac- cording to a French police official, who has come to learn methods of crime prevention. Rene Cassellari, former police com- missioner in Paris, arrived yesterday to study American methods of signals and other means of checking crime. Frank Hight, managing director of the Willard Hotel, aring the medal of knight, first-class, Royal Order of Wasa, conferred by the Crown Prince of Sweden, Gustavus Adolphus. Copyright by P. Harris & Ewing. MAKING THEIR ANNUAL PILGRIMA ass of George Wash the 1926 graduating gton Universi 5 TO THE TOMB OF GEORGE WASHI i assembled at Mount Vern: were addressed by Huston Thompson, chairman of'the Federal Trade Commission. The university’s commencement exercises each yea r. American Crooks Teach Young Parisians Latest U. S. Crime Methods, Says Visitor He said that holdups of jewelry stores and banks had so increased in Parls that “we have become ap- palled.” He said that not the Apaches, but the sons of middle-class families taking up two-gun crime as the of examples set them by America robbers who swarmed Europe. These Americans, he asserted, were almost impossible to trace, instead of occupying underworld haunts and the “bright-light” resorts, where the local criminals flock, they live in the best hotels, dress richly and well and look | just like “the averagze well-to-do American living abroad.” vate enterprise was expressed here today by Spencer L. Carter of Rich- mond, president of the National Fer- tilizer Assoclation. President Carter, George R. James of Memphis, Tenn., member of the Federal Reserve Board, and F. S. Lodge of Chicago were among the speakers on the opening program of the seecond annual meeting of the as- sociation. “We believe Muscle Shoal ily a power prop should be treated as suck ter in his address. *“The nitrate plants should be kept in condition as & part of our national defense. Should Limit Price. “Should this lead to the manufac- ture of fertilizer, the latter should be made and marketed on the as would be the c conducted by private enterprise. “To turn over the two Government- owned nitrate plants and the Waco limestone quarry at Muscle Shoals, representing a cost to the Government. of some $50,000,000, to a lessee with rent free, or at a nominal rent, power turnished to such lessee at cost, would constitutee a moral injustice to a sic industry intimately related to a culture.” Lodge placed the capacity of Amer- ican fertilizer plants at 10,000,000 tons & year and said that not more than 6,500,000 tons was used last year. Scouts Credit Theory. | James expressed the opinion that in- discriminate extension of more credit to farmers will not help them out of | their difficulties. | Charles J. Brand of Washington, secretary-treasurer of the ation, reported that the fertilizer industry, representing a capital invest. ment of $300.000,000, has met the same setbacks as the farmer during the past { five years, although there was some improvement last year.. | The chief difficulty toward greater tuse of fertilizer is the lack of more | perfect farm instruments for applying | it, said Mr. Brand. o Tree Limb Hurts Woman, While passing the Department of Commerce, at Nineteenth street and Pennsylvan avenue, shortly after 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, Miss Anna C. Rider, 1222 New Hampshire avenue, was struck by a falling branch of a tree, knocked down and injured about her knees. She was taken to Emergency Hospital in a passing auto- mobile. 2 FARM SCHOOL PLANS TO RAISE $15,000,000 Co-educational System to Be Adopted in Expansion Move. Gifts Are Announced. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 8.—The Na- tional Farza School conference decided @t its closizg session yesterday to launch a natlon-wide drive for $1,- 000,000 for expansion of the National Farm School at Doylestown, Pa. The expansion program will include establishment of a co-educational sys- tem a@s well as the perfecting of an extension department to enable stu- dents to visit farms and instruct farmers in scientific methods of agri- culture. The funds to be raised will represent a 10-year budget and the drive is to begin immediately, with payments in the next five year: Joseph H. Hagedorn of Philadel- phia, chairman of yesterday’s session, announced a contribution of $100,000 from Joseph Schonthal of Columbu Ohio, who also offered $600 annuall to support a_boy at the Doylestown institution. Dr. Abraham Schechter of Houston, Tex., offered on behalf of a citizen of that city a 40,000 acre tract to be used for experimental purposes. Louis Piznitz of Birming- ham, Ala., said he would support a plan’ for the establishment of 25-acre farm units to be worked in co-opera- tive partnership by graduates of the school. SUICIDE ATTEMPT DENIED. Robert Savage Says He Was Try- ing to Influence Film Actress. LOS ANGELES, June 8 (#).—Rob- ert Savage, former Yale athlete, was not attempting to take his life Sat- urday when he slashed his wrists with a razor, he told the court yes- terday when arraigned on charges of insanity growing out of the episode. He was trying to make Clara Bow, motion picture actress, to whom he had been paying brief but ardent court, feel sorry. for. him, Savage tes- tified. > - ———— The original manuscript of Thomas Hardy's “A Pair of Blue Eyes” re- cently was sold for $75,000,000 in Lon- Hearing on the insanity charges was set for Thursday. The wrist slashing followed a trip to the marriage license bureau with Miss Bow, which the actress said was to humor him. CAMPAIGN FOR WATER BONDS IS CONTINUED Arlington County Civic Groups In- formed of Advantages System ‘Will Bring to Community. Special Dispatch to Tho Star. CLARENDON, Va., June 8.—Con- tinuing their policy of arquainting citizens with the plan for a modern water supgly for Arlington County, leaders of the movement addressed large gatherings at Fort Myer Heights, Clarendon and Nauck Tlast night. These meetings and others planned for this week are being held that the citizens will become thoroughly ac- quainted with the plan before they go to the polls June 15 to vote on bonds for installation of the mains into the county from the United States Gov- ernment reservoir at Dalecarlia. The plan was explained to the Fort Myer Heights meeting, which was held under the auspices of the Fort Myer Heights Citizens’ Assoclation, by Arthur Orr, chairman of the citizens’ committee soliciting signers to appli- cations for the water. Following his remarks questions pertinent to the issue were asked and answered ap- parently to the entire satisfaction of the gathering. Unanimous indorsemert of the plan was registered at the meeting of the men’s Bible class of the Methodist Church, which was addressed by L. C. McNema, member of the Arlington County Water Supply Commission. It was stated that all but four residents present had signed applications for the water, and these joined the fold last night. In addition several of the members volunteered to aid the com- mittee in obtaining other signatures. The meeting at Nauck, which was under the auspices of the Nauck Col- ored Citizens' Association, also went on record as unanimously in favor of the plan. Harry C. Daffell, chairman of the Arlington County Water Sup- ply Commission, who addressed the meeting, came away Wwith 24 signed applications and the promise of many others before election day. Kensington Elects Mayor. Dr. Lucien B. Ernest last night was elected mayor of Kensington, Md., de?eaung the incumbent, Louis R. Valentine. The vote was 143 to 23. Hosmer Hartshorn and B. Hammond were elected to the city council. They succeed Harry B. Appleby and H. A. Filer, VAR BRIES STORY SERESOF PSET Loses $10,000 Dowry to Sol- dier, Weds Army Clerk, Fails in Suicide Attempt. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 8.—The story of the loss of a $10,000 dowry and a romance which faded out in an attempted sui- cide was told vesterday by friends of Mrs. Alexia Morris, wife of Charles S. Morris, a bank employe and a former stenographer with the Dawes reparation commission. Deserted, in an apartment from which her husband had removed the furniture, Mrs. Morris, a native of France, attempted to kill herself by swallowing poison and turning on the gas in her kitchen stove. In the last days of the World War her dowry of $10,000 was given to an American_ soldier_stationed near her native town of France. The soldier vanished a few hours before the wed- ding, leaving the girl penniless. Morris, then a fleld clerk in the Army, heard the girl's story and was instrumental in apprehending the fugi- tive soldier, who was sentenced to a term in Leavenworth. But the dowry had been converted into dellars and was gone. Morris and Alexia were married soon afterward and at the end of the war moved to Milledgeville, Ga., the home of Morris. They moved to Chic: where Morris found employment with the bank in which Vice President Dawes has an interest. Mr. Morris has refused to visit his wife and announced that he was suing for divorce. He named a Minneapolis man as having won the affections of his wife. “Mrs. Morris and I sepa- rated because of her numerous love affairs,” he sald. Morris denied re. ports that he left his wife penniless. e MISSION SCHOOL GAME CAUSES RIOT IN CHINA Anti-Christian Students Attack Others on Pretext When Ad- mission Is Charged. By the Associated Press. HANKOW, China, June 8—A volley ball match between two mis- slon ‘schools conducted urrder foreign Christian auspices was turned into an anti-Christian riot here yesterday by the interference of students in Chinese government schools. The fighting resulted in many broken heads and other serious injuries. Seizing as a pretext the demand that visitors to the match pay an ad- mission fee of a few cents, the gov- ernment students attacked those of the mission schools with bricks and stones, driving them into mission compounds, which were then besleged for several hours. The police offered no_interference. The distribution of anti-Christian pamphlets before the rioting is con- sidered evidence that interference with the match was premeditated. BAND CONCERT. At the United States Capitol tomorrow at 5 pam.. by the United States Marine Band, Wil- liam H. Santelmann, leader; Taylor Branson, second leader. Nibelungen”... Wagner 1 in Witcomb, Grand scenes from “Jewels of the Madonna'. Vi ari ‘Waltz, f Principal Arthur S. Music de ballet. “The Shoe,"” Ansell (a) The Sabot, tempo di ma- zurka. (b) The Ballet con moto. (¢) The Court Shoe, grasioso. (d) The Sandal, moderato. (€) The Brogue, allegro molto. “The Star Spangled Banner."” RICH MAN ESGAPES BURIAL AS PAUPER Supposed Suicide Identified as A. J. Gleason, Head of Business Colleges. Shoe, andante By the Associated Press. JERSEY CITY, N. J., June 8.—Last- moment identification yesterday saved a millionaire from burial in a pau- per's grave and ended a six-month search for Albert J. Gleason, head of the chain of Drake Business Schools. Police Inspector Underwood declared he was convinced that Gleason was a suicide. The body was being prepared for interment in potter's field after lying unidentified in a morgue since Fri- day, when it was found floating in the Hudson River. As it was being boxed a report was received from the police that two water-soaked checks found on the body had dried suffi- clently for the signature, “A. J. Glea- son,” to be faintly discernible. Wil llam D. Spears, principal of the Drake School here, was immediately notified, and he made positive identification. Gleason disappeared from his East Orange home last Thanksgiving day after a break in his domestic affairs. A futile effort on the part of his wife, Mrs. Emma. J. Gleason, to have him adjudged insane for the protection of his business interests and a suit for separatea maintenance resulted in a property settlement between them. A jury found that he was sane, but a dissenting_opinion was given by a lunacy commission appointed by Chan- cery Court. Gleason was 59 years old. Dr. Ar- thur P. Hasking, assistant county physician, said indications were that death was caused by drowning. — . His Resignation Accepted. Resignation of First Lieut. Harry EVLUTION SERVON CAUSES DY Dr. A. G. Lyon Deposed as Head of Greater Palm Beach Ministerial Body. By the Associated Prese ST PALM BEACH. 8—Rev. Dr. Arthur of the Union C was deposed as pres isterial Greater Palm Reach because of his re- marks on evolution fn a baccalaureate sermon preached before high school students at the Baptist Church here Sunday night. Along with the resolution which automatically ended Dr. Lyon’s ten- ure of office, the Ministerfal Associa- tion adopted one which joined the Baptist congregation in protesting against portions of the baccalaureate sermon. During the course of his Dr. Lyon said that the Darwinian theory opened up a new vista and had pushed the view of the energles of God back 800,000,000 years. The resolution adopted by the Min fsterial Association, composed of pas- f eight denominations, protested against certain statements made by Dr. Lyon, such as: “The sreatest hook has not vet been written and the greatest story has not vet been told.” In discussing the action, Dr. Lyon sald that it was “not a quesf evolution, but a question of of speech. No group has a right to dictate to me whit subject I may choose for a baccalaureate sermon.” URGESiAAGAvINST SLAVERY. Federal Council of Churches Asks U. 8. to Join Parley in September. Appealing for ‘“‘the complete aboli- tion of slavery and all forms of forced labor akin to slavery,” the Commission on International Justice and Good Will of the Federal Council of Churches last night made public a memorandum It presented to the State Department seeking the Ameri- can government’s co-operation. Having specifically in mind the international conferénce on _slavery tand forced labor summoned under League of Nations' auspices for Sep- tember, the commission declared that in 19 separate areas over the world slavery exists and that even in re- glons controlled by the United & “certain forms of peonage closely akin to forced labor?” exist. sermon, Two Officers Exchange Duties. Lieut. Col. Frank H. Adams, Quar- termaster Corps, attached to the of- fice of the quartermaster general, War Department, and Lieut. Col. John 8. Chambers, Quartermaster Corps, at headquarters, 9th Corps Area, San Francisco, have been order- ed to exchange stations and dutfes. o A. Mosher, Philippine Scouts, bas been accepted by the President, to take effect June 20. Seventy thousand people have set- tled in Palestine since the World War.