Evening Star Newspaper, June 29, 1926, Page 14

i € FORGERY:CHARGES | ADDED T MURDER Alabama Convict Boss Ac- cused of $119,282 Short- age in State Funds. By the Associated Press. RIRMINGHAM, Ala, June 29— Charles R. Davis, former warden of Flat Tep conviet mine, who will stand 1al on charges of murdering James Knox, an inmate at Flat Top prison camp'in 192 rccused of disbursing $119,282 from the treasury of Ala una through falsified affidavits. The information”camo from a feport ren 5 aminer C. C. Brooks. the entire psru-h of Warden Davis' regime at Flat Top. the report showed. Brooks’ report was fled with prose- iting_officials of Jefferson County at office of Gov. W. W. Brandon in rged with having caused through forgery and payrolls, the report B sensational ' shortage wdding” of owed, giving report the harged that Da noney to X items for a were listed to support this charge. Six Flat Top employes were entered on the payroll for time not actually served, causing an outlay of $2,259 Ly the State, the report further charges, while in one case a guard was retained on the payroll 13 months after he left the State's em- oy, it stated in the report. State miner Brooks, in the re. vort, also charged that expense ac- counts and requisitions for supplies uvolving thousands of dollars were fled, usua by Da and occa- ally by his Charles R. Davis, former deputy warden of Flat “f'op, through the use of the name “J. \W. West,” a notary public, on affi duavits mzhnur the knowledge of the o HOOVER IS DEFENDED IN SENATE BY LENROOT Statement Inserted in Record to Bhow Secretary Had No Part in Fixing Wheat Price in War. Answering an attack on Secretary Hoover made recently in the Senate tor Reed, Democrat, Missouri, Lenroot, Republican, Wiscon: put into the Congressional several documents showing of wheat was fixed dur. d War on the advice of mmission appointed by President Rf»epnn&ihlll!\ for the war-time pri ng was attributed to Mr. foover by Senator Reed, who sought to show that the then food adminis ration had been actuated by a policy inimical to the best interests of the farmers One of the documents put into the record by Senator Lenroot was a statement by President Wilson put- 1ing into effect the price recommenda- tions of the special commission and saying tha at his own request, Mr. Hoover aken no part in the de- nor has he in any way d an opinion regarding that The office boy says that a young woman of his acquaintance has be- come so adept in applying color to her lips, cheeks and eyvebrows that she is titled to hold a card in the painters’ n GLEANSE BETTER THAN SOAF, AND ATER e Company, 433 Fonrih Ave., New Yorb The flecht Co. 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Mr. McQueen lost his footing while examining some of the concrete work in company with several men engaged on the big Federal contract. e The staft of an engineering works in London is made up entirely of women, The Va THE POLAND INSISTENT OVER COUNGIL SEAT { Stands by Locarno Pacts and Wants Place, Says For- eign Minister. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, June 29.—The Vossi Zeitung today publishes an interview with M. Zaleski, the Polish foreign minister, dealing with Poland’s de- sire for peace and the country’s at- l“ude toward the League of Nations. l‘olund like all Europe since the " said M. Zaleski, “wants peace, wal lue is in the Fine Materials Silk Pongee Striped Tubs Checked Tubs Flowered Tubs Striped Rayons Plaid Rayons Novelty Ravons e300 Dotted Swisses Figured Voiles Dotted Voiles Striped English Broadcloth Foulard English Broadcloth Plain I’_nglish Broadcloth Irish Linen EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, which is necessary to the internal re- construction of Poland. “Our attitude toward reconstructing the council of the League of Nations and Poland’'s membership in it is un- changed. Our demand for a perma- nent seat in the council is not indi- cated by national egotism, but by a realization that candid co-operation with the other League of Nations powers is imperative. Such co.opera tion is impossible so long as Poland is unable to have an active part in Leage of Natfon's decisions. “Obtaining a seat is of vital im- portance not only for us but for all who desire the restoration of Europe. The Locarno pacts have been signed by Poland, and there Is no indication that the treaties will not be lived up to.” PASADENA, Calif., Catherine Kisk, grand opera sin 25 years ago, when she appeared with the Metropolitan Grand Opera Co. in New York, died in a sanitarium here vesterfay ‘When *‘Venice Nights,” an operatic 200 Dresses 1,100 Dre D. C. miscellany, jvas presented in Madison Square Gafden in New York more than 25 years ago, Mme. Fisk was the soloist. A year later she and Lillian Nordica _ toured the country with Nahan Frano, famous conductor. This trio spent three seasons on the road. Mme. Fisk came to Pasadena 10 vears ago. She scores of pupils, refusing to ac R T ALEXANDR]A Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 29.—The Alexandria playgrounds today opened a third playground, known as the George R. Hill playgrounds, in the rear of the residence of Mrs. George R. Hill, on the west side of Wash- ington between Gibbon and Franklin streets. Mrs. Hill has donated the use of the grounds during the Sum- mer season. It is designed primarily for the children of the southeastern section of the city. Mrs. T. Clifton Howard, president of the Alexandria TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1926. — extreme northwestern section close to the city limits for use of the children in that section. The two other play- grounds now in operation are the Friends, located on’ the north side of Queen between Washington and Co lumbais streets, and the Justus Schnei der, located at the head of King street of Union railway station. The grounds are supported entirely by veluntary ofterings. ‘The following is committee in excursion to be given by Alexandria Lodge, No. 758, Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks, to Marshall Hall July 7: Herman, Friedlander, chairman; George H. Railing, secre. tary; Jerome Kaufmann, Raymond Blumenteld, Carl Rothmund, Dr. J. J. Harry Hinken, Howard Carter, William E. Moore, George Kimball, Clarence F. Johnson and Henry Cellan. The dog wagon is still making its| rounds about the city gathering in| unlicensed and unmuzzied canines. | Today 14 dogs were taken to a fer tilizer plant in Arlington County and Garvey, charge of the arrangements for the . C. H. Partlow, A meeting at 8 o that an for the Summer gladly send War. bia Memorial Bank. exterminated by gas. Playgrounds As: ation, is anxious to secure a piece of ground in the that ses that re regularly ‘The funeral of Margaret E. 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