Evening Star Newspaper, July 3, 1926, Page 4

NAVAL RESERVTS [EAV N CRUSE 71 Officers and Men From i Washington Joined by 46 ! From Baltimore. Washington and Baltimore Naval Reserves left the Washington : Yard non today aboard the U. 8. destroyer Allen for their two weeks ining, during which they ew York City and Newport, latter place it will n_maneuvers with the scouting flect. ompliment consisted of < wnd 109 enlisted men. It is comms by Lieut. Comdr. A. 8. Wolfe, N. There are two regular off woard, five officers 1 Reser nd five offi- i . Wash. in the enlisted whom have while ashington men pe ttached to the ship. Bal d men aboard. id that he would - or bay tonight, s out through the Atlantic coast so North River, off New York, tomor- The officers and men liberty tomorrow and m is repr nnel by 68 men, 4 but would contin capes and up th as to arrive in the Ninety Monday. Will Join Squadron of Other The Allen will leave New Y for Newport, where it will j The following will _oper alone and will r at night. The next day it will engage in squadron tactical exercises, continuing through the night and the following day. Fri- day of next week it will be in New- port, where the officers and men will be taken on a tour of t and naval torpedo s urday and Sunday will be given over to inspections, athletics ard liberty at Newpo nd the following Monday another visit will be made to the tor pedo station. In the afternoon of that day the vessel will again get under way with the fleet for division tact nuing through the night with a night search and attack problem, continuing through the fol- lowing forenoon. In the afternoon of July 13 there will be individual ship exercises, and on July 14 squadron s“again, followed by day tor- . returning to Newport for nd going out again the fol- ¢ to operate with the bat- day and night. Following squadron maneuvers again on July 16, in the morning. the vessel in the aft- ernoon will be detached and start for Washington, where the crew will be sembarked at the Navy Yard here 17. The Washington contingent on the Alle ollows Officers—Lieut. H. E. Richardson, Post Oftice Department: Lieut. (junior grade) J. M. Fewell, 607 South Caro- nue southeast; Engjgn B. M. , the Wyoming; Ensign J. E. 368 Emerson eet north- Ensign W. H. Crew, Naval Re- search Laboratory. Enlisted Men's Roll. listed personnel: ( , tiremen, third cla: street: Merril Vicfor Beagle, third cl: Alexandria; i Bartholmeu Blade, chief ma- mate, Hyattsville; Frank sgett, coppersmith, second > street southes Ives place s - Brown, ond class andria; Busch, ru non street; mess attendant, st street; William mess attendant, second class, Hanover street; Leo T. F. Curtin, fireman, third class, 1343 Emerson street northeast: Henry Jerome Eng- lish, fireman, third class, Mount Rainier; Walter Scott Ferguson, sea- man, first class, 1736 G. street; John Edward Fitzhugh, fireman, second class, 1495 Newton street; Willlam G. Flowers, seaman, second class, 2640 Nichols avenue southeast; Bartley Patrick Gordon, seaman, second class, 1008 Twenty-second street; Louis A. Grosperrin, fireman, third class, 1304 Dlontello avenue northeast; Maurice Milburn Hager, fireman, third class, 422 Sixteenth street southeast; Leon- ard Ogden Hilder, seaman, second Glen iam. Joseph seaman, class, 2221 Chester street Richard C. second class, 1360 G William McKinley ‘s cook, first class, 1341 avenue; Richard AXW nuel Carr, nd class, 479 N Francis Christian, 1 Spring rowl; third southwest; Lewls Albert Quis man, second class, 20 I street Logan Rollins, . second class, 503 Fifteenth street southeast: Louis Edwin Shomette, fireman, third class, 312 First street southeast; John Wi liam Shultz, chief storekeepe: Varnum street 4 second 1008 Twenty" James Thomas, 1400 S street ank Titrington, 5 ndria . seaman, sec- vania. avenue 2 southeast; George seaman, second cl Charles Walter Tucke tendant, second cl southwest; Henry H. swain, 418 C str WILLIAM A. CRAWFORD, NEWSPAPER MAN, DIES Writer Prominent Here Since 1905 Requested Body Be Cremated Without Funeral Services. died in Garfield Hos- ¢ after a long illness. cremated at Lee's establishment today. no funeral services, in with M uwford's The body undertaking There wero st, Ireland. January awford came to the tates with his parents when man and began his news- er in Terre Haute, Ind., on iter he was a_mem- of the ffl of the Uhicago Chronicle and then city and news editor, respectively, of the old Chi- cago Interocean Leaving Chicago in 1905 he came to this city and served as night editor in the Washinzton bureau of the As- sociated I until 1914. He also was chief aff here of the Central News of Amer! nd Central News of London, Ltd., until a few years ago. Since that time he had writ ten for magazines and periodicals. He reported many important events, and after the armistice was sent to Paris to “cover” the Versailles peace conference for the Central New Mr. Crawford had no known living elatives, s =3, Of more than 45,000 unemployed in | “Ulster, Ireland, 32,000 are men and 13,000 wWomegh . . ... ] R SURALALILUTIRIADI U BRI Jt s, however, RIDING PAST HER THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, HOUSE WITH JusT ONE FooT o~ THE PEDAL Copr. 1926 (N. ENGLISH WRATH STILL GROWING AT SOVIET GOLD FOR STRIKERS Denial of Moscow That Money Is From Government Treasury Not Generally Believed—Revolution Held Unlikely for Present. BY SIR PHILIP GIBBS. By Cable to The Star. LONDON, July 3.—The majority of English people are becoming perturb- =d and angry by the undoubted evi- dence that Soviet Russia is sending over money and corresponding with British Communists in_order to pro- long the coal strike and cause revolu- tionary trouble by preventing any set- tlement which may restore British in- dustry. Debates in Parliament show that there are many Conservatives who view this as international treachery and are strongly in favor of breaking oft diplomatic relations with Russia in spite of the government's refusal. Winston Churchill and Lord Birken- head have denounced Moscow with a violence that would have heen suffi- cient with any ordinary government to cause immediate severance of diplo- matic intercourse and possibly a declaration of war. But Soviet Russia is no ordinary government and its leaders are not sensitive to accusations against their morality and honor. They content themselves with cold denial of any pelitical intrigue against the British constitution and assert that the money sent is in aid of British miners’ wives and children and does not come from government sources, but is a volun- tary levy by Russian trade unions in a spirit of charity and comradeship. obvious to all but prej ced brains, blind to truth, that such large contributions, amounting to many hundreds of thousands of pounds, could not have been collected by Russian factory workers on starva- tion wages. Whole Game Given Away. The whole game is given away by an official manifesto just issued by the Third Internationale denouncing the spirit of compromise which is ap- pearing in the latest speeches of the miners’ leaders in Great Britain and urging British Communists to do all in their power to prevent any kind of settlement. The truth is that while the Sovie: government dissociates it- self from all revolutionary agitation in England, its political propaganda departments are busily at work buy- ing, corrupting and poisoning men of evil character or weak heads in Great Britain for the one and only purpose of causing social revolution. When I was in Russia, during the vear of the great famine, I met one man, the notorious Radek, who made no secret of that idea and purpose. Sitting there in an untidy room in Kremlin, littered with books in all languages, this red-headed man with horn-rimmed spectacles was cynical in his avowals. He talked very little of communism, which had ceased to in- terest him, but a great deal about Russia’s ambitions as a world power, and he said that as long as the British Empire conflicted with Russian inter- ests in world affairs, it was only natural*and inevitable that Russian propaganda and secret agents would do all they could to stir up trouble in India, Afghanistan and wherever they could weaken British influence. That policy continues unofficially, and i« is in England itself that Russian propaganda hopes to stir up most of the trouble Dy causing industrial paralysis and social strife. P rhe Blue Book just published by the British government proves that the Communist party in Great Britian is acting under direct orders from Moscow and that its organization and literature are supported by Russian money. Paid Agents Elsewhere. In London, Glasgow, Sheffield and other cities there are semi-educated young men, mostly of the clerical class, who have been appointed as paid agents of social revolution. _They produce miserable little sheets filled with class hatred and appeals to mob passion, which they publish in back parlors and distribute to little groups of their own class. Outside factory gates they slip dangerous little leaf- lets into the hands of workingmen. At night, after working hours, they get up on wooden boxes and address owds at street corners with hyster- al appeals against capitalism, the iddle classes and the idle rich. Lloyd George has ridiculed _this communistic activity and its Russian supporters. He pours scorn upon these little revolutionaries in the mean streets who send plaintive let- ters to thelr paymasters in Moscow asking for enough money to pay a typist and lamenting that they are in debt for 14 pounds. There is a comlic side to all that, and it is ce: that these back street bolshevists mostly young and work-shy agitators, are unimportant in numbers and have no power as a political party. They have, however, the poisonous power of disease-infected microbes. They are working as disease germs work in the human body. In many factorles of England and Q. ‘World) Press Pub Ca ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md. July 3 (Spe- cal).—Mrs. O. C. Merrill, president of the Montgomery County Federation of Women's Clubs, was guest of honor at a meeting of the Rockville Inquiry Club at the home of Mrs. Joseph W. Jones, near Olney. Mrs. Merrill gave a talk and there were other interest- ing features, after which refreshments were served by the hostess. The fines and collaterals collected in the police court hers during May totaled $1.720.25, according to a report of Judge Samuel RIEES to the county commissioners. Of this amount $696 was automobile fines, which has been forwarded to the State Motor Vehicle, Commissioner, and the remainder has been credited to the county police fund. Licenses have been issued by the clerk of the Circuit Court here for the marriage of Miles B. Sloan, 28 and Miss Emma B. Fodor, 24, both of Baltimore; John L. Marks, 36, and Miss Hazel W. Wilson, 23, both of Washington; Robert S. Dean, 22, and Miss Iva L. Gibson, 27, both of Wash- Scotland they have formed ‘“cells” of four, five or six individuals who work under direct instruction from Russian paymasters and, witibut acknowledg- ing themselves as Communists, try to inflame ill feeling between- masters and men and to create an atmosphere of discontent and class bitterness. Believes in Workmen. For a long time I have refused to believe that all this underground work should be taken seriously and even now, after the experience of the generul strike, I am still convinced that British workingmen are largely immune from these mental poison mongers who are not working for lib- erty and prosperity, but for destruc- tion and misery. But what is more serious is the in- tellectual sympathy of certain trade union leaders with Lenin's gospel of social revolution. Cook, who is sec- retary of the miners’ union and who for nine weeks has refused all efforts for compromise and conciliation, avows himself to be “a humble dis- ciple of Lenin.” In his only publish- ed book he advocates the overthrow of capitalism and the forcible selzure of industry after ruining the present employers, Many members of the Trade Union Council, the most important indus- trial body in England, including men like Ben Tillett and Messrs. Purcell, Swales, Bromley and Hicks, are hon- orary members of the Moscow Soviet and advocate alllance with the Red International. These are the men who were responsible for the general strike and who at the present moment are the leaders of millions of British workingmen, able to paralyze British industry. As during this coal strike it is being slowly strangled. Ex-Premier Ramsay MacDonald and his Parliamentary Labor party have repeatedly denounced communism and all its works. They have asserted many times that if they don’t destroy the Reds the Reds will destroy them. Honestly and sincerely they detest this Russian alllance, this Russian gold, this revolutionary propaganda. But they support men who have no such scruples. ington, and George W. Johnson of Bath, N. Y., and Miss Bessje M. Hope, 22, of Washington. Upon the advice of two physicians, the county commissioners have ad- Judged S. Rebecca Jamison of this county to be of unsound mind and have directed that she be committed '\?d Springfield Asylum, Skyesville, A carnival for the benefit of the building fund of the Forest Glen Council, Knights of Columbus, began last evening at the Knights of Colum- bus Hall, Silver Spring, recent! pleted at a cost of around ,000. It will continue this evening and Mon- day, Friday and Saturday evenings of next week. John C. Brennan, Frank L. Hewitt, John Culver and Paul Twombly are in charge. Sheriff Clay Plummer has sold to Carroll Walker of Gaithersburg 200 acres, including the buildings, of the 335-acre farm he recently bought from Harry Kanode. It is located near Galthersburg. The price was not dis- closed. Peyton M. Mannar has been ap- pointed a deputy game warden for the State at large and Frank B. Proc- tor has been made a notary public for the county. Both have subscribed to the oath of office before the clerk of the Clrcuit Court here. Women of Grace Methodist Church, Gaithersburg, gave a “laundry show- er” at the Methodist Home for the Aged at Gaithersburg Thursday eve- ning. It was largely attended. Mrs. Eleze Crawford was chairman of the committee in charge. George E. Black, F. B. Karakula and Bartholomew Sullivan, soldier boys from Fort Myer, Va., are under arrest here on a charge of stealing an automobile tire, tools, ete., from the machine of Earl Finzell of Po- tomac. Finzell's machine had been left alongside the road near the Con- gressional Country Club when the trio, it is said, happened along. They were arrested by Policemen Joseph Oldfleld and Andrew Phillips and com- mitted to jall here. — Serious Danger Seen. They dare not denounce trade union leaders who do not conceal their Rus- stan sympathies, because they have to defend trade union interests and depend for their votes upon the rank and file of working men still loyal to those leaders, but not understanding their motives or their sinister philoso- phy. It is a serious danger both for the Labor party and for England. There is no danger, in my opinion, of a revolutionary upheaval in Great Britain at the present time. But the evil effect of this revelation of Rus- sian influence is precisely in opposite extremes. Angér and hatred in Brit- ish minds against this sinister plot- ting of foreign enemies and this cor- ruption of Britsh citizens will lead to reaction and conservative policy at a time when liberal, forward, adventur- ous thought is urgently needed. Fear of bolshevism will tend to check any generosity toward democratic re- form. Even Premier Baldwin, a most liberal minded man, is drawing back a little from his promises and ideals, so friendly to the interests of labor. Opinion 1s hardening against the min- ers, who at first had great public sym- pathy. Conservative thought is be- coming hostile and bitter against the Parliamentary Labor party, which at party greater strength and to play into the hands of Baldwin's most in- tolerant advisers. England will suffer many things patiently, including strikes, crippling taxation and wild speech. But she will never tolerate forelgn gold for an imported revolu- tion. Copsright, 1; Personally Conducted 10-DAY Tours to the North July 10, August 7, 21 $170.76 from Washington Visiting NI Tilands: Quebees S Montreal. in_ Plattabi via_ Pla 1 TLake m;.{.',‘.a ane o Lo hfiAln‘.figfll?;l’-&mnhA e B 'ourt . N.W., fnkton, D & " ot N one time gained honor and respect. The net result of Russian propaganda in England is to give the Conservative. Pennsylvania Railroad D. C, UGUST 2 CLAIMED NDEPENDENCE DAY College Lecturer Says July 4 an Insignificent Event in History. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 8. — The great noisy American public, which vents its patriotic exuberance on July 4 commemorates only a date relatively insignificant in American history, de- clared Prof. Marcus Jernegan yester- day in a bombardment of the popular verslon of the signing of the Declara- tion of Independence. America asserted her independence from Great Britain July 2, and the document was not signed by repre- sentatives of the 13 Colonfes until August 2, Jernegan declared—and he cited letters written by John Adams, a secret journal of the Continental Congress, and newspaper clippings to prove his point. The professor spoke at the Univer- sity of Chicago. The resolution of Richard Henry Lee was adopted on July 2, 1776, the professor said, by the vote of only 12 Colonies, for New York did not vote. On that day, he sald, the Philadelphia Evening Post announced that the Continental Congress had declared the Colonies free and independent States, and on July 3 John Adams wrote' to his wife about the action taken. Then on July 4 the first document of the Declaration, bearing only the signature of John Hancock, president of the Congress, was sent to the printer, and on August 2, the 13 Colontes officially signed the docu- ment, but even on that date six of the Congressmen did not affix their signatures, he added. Prof. Jernegan explained that the error came about when a committee, drawing up a report from the Secret Journal, which was not made public until 1822, ascribed the “unanimous declaration” of August 2 to the date of July 4. RIDE ON FIRE ENGINE FOR MARBLE CHAMPION Kentucky Admirers May Do Other Thrilling Things for Boy Who Honors State by Skill. By the Associatsd Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 3.—A spot about the size of a half dollar on a medium sized map of Kentucky would cover the homes of two national cham- pions—a girl speller and a boy marble shooter. The ory of Willis Harper of Bevier, Muhlenberg County, places him in the champlonship class entered recently by Miss Pauline Bell of Clark- son, Grayson County. Their homes are 40 miles apart on an air line. Her homefolks burned all the old straw hats in town when the 13.year- old girl outspelled everything in sight at Washington in the national spelling contest. Harper is to get a ride on the biggest fire truck in Owensboro, which city he represented in the marble tournament, when he arrives there next week. There s no telling vet what they will do for him when he reaches the mining town called home. g Bridge Toll Rescinded. Passengers on cars of the Capital Traction Co. will be relieved of the one-half cent tax over the Key Bridge under an order promulgated today by the Public Utilities Commission. Ac: tion was taken in compliance with a recent act of Congre: SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1926. Communists in Rome Spent 50,000 Lire Monthly, Police By the Associated Press. ROME, July 3.—Fifty thousand lire, of which the source is unknown, have been spent monthly in propa- ganda among the poor of Rome by leaders of the Communist party, the authorities announced today. The announcement followed a po- lice rald of a secret underground headquarters, where documents were discovered which described the Com- munist activities in detail. Three well known agitators were arrested and the Communist deputies, Girieco and Molinelli, were denounced to the judicial authorities on charges MEXICO T0 RESUME INTEREST PAYMENT Bankers Announce Money Received in Accord With Last Fall’s Agreement. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 3.—Interest pay- ments on Mexico's external debt, which have been suspended since the De la Huerta revolution, will be resumed within a short time, in accordance with the modified agreement signed last October, the international commit- tee of bankers on Mexico announced. Thomas W. Lamont, chairman of the committee, issued the following state- ment: “The government of the United States of Mexico has, in accordance with the terms of the agreement of October, 1926, between the govern- ment and the committee representing the bond holders, remitted to the com- mittee the greater part of the half year’s funds payable to it with respect to the direct debt. Immediately fol- lowing receipt of the balance of such funds (which the committee has been advised are on deposit with the Banco de Mexico), formal notice will be issued calling for the presentation of cash warrants for payment. “As to the service of the debt of the National Railways of Mexico the rail- ways company has made considerable remittance but not yet sufficient to meet the service for the full half year. At such time as the railways' remit- tances shall have been sufficient to meet the service in question prompt announcement as to the presentation of warrants will be made by the inter- national committee.” —_— KING GRANTS HONORS. Birthday List Contains Only One New Peer—Women Numerous. LONDON, July 3 (#).—An exten- sive list of King's birthday honors was fssued last night, having been delayed a month owing to the gen- eral strike. A feature is the unusual number of honors bestowed upon women in the realm of education. There s only one addition to the peerage—Henry Seymour Perry, in- dustrial leader and philanthropist, is made & baron. Baron Tredegar is made a viscount. Among the few names of interna- tional interest selected for honors are Sir Herbert Samuel, chairman of the Roval Coal Commission, Sir Frank Dyson, astronomer-royal; Capt. A, H. Rostron of the steamer Mauretania and Madge Kendal, veteran actress. Charge After Raids of plotting to overthrow the Fascist government. The raiders, who were directed by Deputy Chief of Police Belloni, worked with elaborate disguises, cir- culating among the working peop! particularly at the public markets. One was dressed as a woman and the others as coal men, carrlage drivers or errand boys. Twenty-thousand coples of a Com- munist newspaper called Proletarian Solidarity and thousands of pam- phlets, documents and letters show- ing the widespread Communist activ ities were found in the series of raids 1ot which today's was the final one MISS RILEY KNOWS NEW ENGLAND FOOD New Housekeeper Will Keep President Supplied With Favorite Dishes. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, July 3.—A former school teacher, who made a success as a Bos- ton department store cafeteria man- ager, will supervise presidential mez at the White House hereafter. and as- sure Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge an abun- dance of the New England dishes of which they are so fond. Miss Ellen Riley of Ipswich is the woman who has been chosen for the post. Miss Riley was picked for the job because of her wide knowledge of New England cooking. At present she is reported to be somewhere in the Adirondacks, and, although confirma- tion was lacking, it was believed she might have gone to the Summer camp where the President is soon to start his vacation. The new director of the White House table and pantry i daughter of William J. Ril the Ipswich Chamber and former town treasurer. U. S. PAY ROLL LOSES 175. Personnel in Federal Departments Here 61,036 on May 31. Government personnel in the Fed- eral departments in Washington de creased by 175 in the month from May 1 to May 31, the Civil Service Com- mission announced today. Government pay rolls in the Dis. trict of Columbia on May 31 showed a total of 61,036 employes in the Gov- ernment service. There were 755 ad- ditions and 930 separations during the month. The largest turnover came in the War Department where 163 employves were added to the rolls whil 130 were dropped, resigned or we retired. There were in the Treasury Department and 26 additions. The office of public buildings and public parks of the National Capital was decreased by 13 emploves during the month, with 81 additions and 94 separations. Wife Asks Divor;e, Mrs. Evelyn J. Cumberland vester- day filad euit in the District Su- preme Court for an absolute divorce from Charles A. Cumberiand. They were married at Rockville, Md., June 21, 1924, and have no children. Mis- conduct, desertion and non-support are alleged. Attorney R. Colvin appears for the wife. of Commerce | 5 separations NEW YORK FACES SUBWAY WALKOUT City Organizes Emergency System as I. R. T. Refuses to Deal With Union. By the Assocliated Press, NEW YORK, July 3—City officials pave organized an emergency transit system to press into service Tuesday morning should subway motormen and switchmen strike as threatened, The Consolidated Raflway Workers of Greater New York is demanding wage fincreases. The Consolidated was organized Thursday night, when motormen and switchmen of the In- terborough Rapid Transit Co. bolted from the company brotherhood which signed contracts for the next year on the existing wage scale. ‘rank Hadley, president of the I R. T. after receiving the strike ultimatum, sent a letter to the brotherhood terming the Consolidated an “outlaw” organization. He said he would not deal with it, and threat- ened to discharge any employes who persisted in affillating with it. In case the strike materializes, Ferries will_be operated from one end of Manhattan Island to the other, all ble busses wil be pressed into and additfonal street cars strike developments vesterday in Wall Street by a three-point drop in the stock of the I R. T, which runs most of the subways and elevated lines in Manhattan and the Bronx, and also runs to Brooklyn and Quee The Brooklyn-Manha Transit Ce. has subways downtown York' and Brooklyn, unaffect e threat. ted ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3.—Alex- andria Post, N . American Legfon, at its annual meeting, held last night at the George Mason Hotel. elected s, initfated a class of 17 candi- dates and heard : mitted by the va which showed, among other things, that the Legion now has a membership of 263 The Legion also elected 14 delegates and an equal number of alternates to the State convention, which will be held here August 9, 10 and 11. cement was made that in = near future the Legion Auxillary would have a meeting with the Legion at Lee Camp H when a set of colors will be presented to the post by the au . F. Clinton nder; George F. Down- commander: Charles Barrett, second vice commander; v P. Thom: d. nt; W, Mil. Glasgow, Miss Mae E. o officer; W n off storian; D. Charles Laura V. widow Charles King, died at an ad age this morning at her residence, 12 South St. Asaph street, after a g {llness. Her husband was found- of the wholesale g arles King & Son Co. ved by the foll sur hildren Marshall L. Schneider, er of Was King of this { . hington wife of Dr. Elwin ington; Miss Laura city. An_automobile belonging to G. Clair was stolen yesterda; of the M. E st Mohair is made from the hair of the Angora goat and contains no silk. There are, however, fabrics being made in combination Mohair and silk, or Mohair and Rayon. These should be adver- tised as “Silk and Mohair,” or “Mohair and Rayon.” The number of garments in which real silk is included is comparatively very small, and dealers co-operating with The Better Business Bureau are careful to investigate before advertising “Mohair and Silk,” or “Silk Mixed Mohair” suits. Washington merchants have eliminated the term “Silk Mohair,” which had a tendency to mis- lead that large part of the public who do not know what Mohair is and feel that the advertised “Silk Mohair” suit is composed wholly of silk. The publication of this an- nouncement in these columns , is evidence that this newspaper co-operates with and supports The Better Business Bureau for your protection. The Better Business Bureau ‘of Washington 336 Evening Star Building Telephone Main 8164