Evening Star Newspaper, August 20, 1926, Page 6

U.S. FILES DISSENT | ONARMS CONTROL Joins Britain and Four Other Nations in Minority Re- port at Genéva. By the Associated Pre GENEVA, Switzerland, August 20. --The United States, Great Britain Japan, Italy, Chile and Sweden ves terday introduced a minority report on the question of international con trol of armaments, declaring that the proposed board of supervision would he a kind of international general taff, the creation of which would be open to merious objections. This action was taken after a majority of the military disarmament commis- sion, which is preparing for a dis- armament conference, had advocated the organization of a permanent body for the collection and dissemination or armament information, with the prerogative of ruling as to whether armaments showed an aggressive or defensive tendency. The dissenting nations declared it would be extremely difficult for the commission to reach unanimous re ports and expressed the opinion that the members would be influenced by divergent political considerations which were bound to hamper an im partial inquiry. Furthermore, it was believed that tnquiries on the spot where a decision might be taken were certain to lead to unfortunate political results. 1t was also deemed possible that one country might bring a charge against another for the purpose of obtatning information about secret de- fensive organizations of the country accused “The delegations of Great Chile, United States, Italy Japan,” save the minority report, “are entirelv unable to accept for their governments anything in the nature of inquisitorial commissions, In conclusion the report says that the introduction of restrictions upon the sovereign rights of states tends to militate against the creation of an atmosphere of good faith among nations. The German delegate decla the control now imposed on was incompatible with a state soverelgnty, and added: “It should be applled only to a vanquished nation.” P SHIP LANDS REFUGEES. Three Florida Realty Men Rescued at Sea in Golf Clothes. NORFOLK, Va.. August 20 (#). — Saved from almost certain death as their motor boat was sinking beneath them, H. R. Anderson, Elmer Mad dorf and S. W. Trap, real estate salesmen of Miami Beach, were land- ed here vesterday by the British steamer Campus, Capt. A. Kerdyson, master. The men were rescued 30 miles off Miami Sunday. When the campus sighted their signal of distress they had been helpless for 10 hours. The trio had put out from Miami in a 40- foot motor boat for a trip around the waters of Florida. They ran into a orm and thelr motor broke down. The boat filled rapldly and sank a few minutes after they had been hauled up on the deck of the Cam- pue. Clad in knickers and golf stock- ings. they were soaked to the skin when the Campus picked them up. SLAYER FOU.ND HANGING. Buicide in Cell Follows Murder of Woman in Presence of Children. Special Dispatch to The Star BALTIMORE, August 20.—Noosing his bedsheet through the electric light socket, Peter Biedjenski, held in clty jail for murdering his landlady Mrs. Katherine Fink, July 17. com: mitted suicide by hanging yesterday. Although a dozen prisoners and guards were within earshot and sev- eral guards must have passed the cell in the time it took Biedjenski to strangle, the suicide was not discov- ered until a guard happened to peer into the cell. He cut Biedjenski down, but life wus extinct. Bledjenski was & former boarder at Mrs. Fink’s home, and slew her in the presence of her six children. The children wero vir- tually orphaned by the killing, as their father deserted them years ago, and all trace of him is lost. Make coniracts I_MUST LEAVE TOMORRQOW ! | | | THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C.. .FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1926. THE DUMBUNNIES—A Leisurely Farewell. FANNY, 1 JUST HAD A E S EJRAW%ALLNG ™ME BACK To .RABBITBORO: L WAER ™My NEW CHIFFON DOWN THE STA'&IFOFN' To SEF AIN LEAVE IN THREE MINUTES, SR TEN-TWENTY o 73 5 1 OH- GO CATCH i\ A CRAB! MY | TRAIN DOESN'T/ LEAVE TiLL TWELVE - TEN Y S, ‘GHOST OF OLD RUBY’ DUBBED IGNIS FATUUS Spectral Light in Ce'metery Caused by Vapors Arising From Marshy Ground. By the Associated Py NOWATA, Okla., August 20.—lgnis Fatuus is the name bestowed upon the “Ghost of Old Ruby,” by sclen- tific minded skeptics here who have received calmly stories of a spectral light apvearing frequently in a coun- try cemetery between Nowata and Claremore, Okla. The term is that of a phosphores- cent phenomenon produced by vapors arising from marshy ground. The fact that there is a small marsh in the vicinity of the spot where several have said they have seen the light, lends support to the theory John Parrish and Frank Kincalde, farmers of the Old Ruby community, kept vigil until 2 a.m. vesterday in the hope of glimpsing the apparition, but their watch went unrewarded Hundreds of sightseers have vis- ited the spot on recent nizhts and tell varying storles of what thev have witnessed. Farmers of the commu- nity, however, continue to plow their fields. ess ROSSBOTTOM TO LEAVE POST WITH U. S. LINES General Manager Will Resume Army Duties and Be Succeeded by D. S. Burke Temporarily. Thomas. H. Rossbottom, general manager of the United States Lines under the Emergency Fleet Corpora- tion, 1s to resume his dutfes with the War Department as manager of the Panama Rafiroad Steamship Co., it as announced yesterday by Presi- dent Dalton of the corporation. Gen. Dalton said it was understood that the War Department would ask for Mr. Rossbottom’s return Septem- ber 1, and his duties with the United States Lines will be taken over tem- porarily by his assistant, David S. Burke. Rossbottom was loaned to the Fleet Corporation by the War Department and the period for which he was avail- able has been extended from time to time. Gen. Dalton announced that in con nection with the reorganization of the corporation, effective September 1, Capt. W. E. Griffith, former manager of the operating department of the corporation, has been selected as di- rector of the New York district, re- lieving Capt. R. D. Gatewood, so the latter might devote himself exclusive- Iy to the supervision of maintenance and repalr work upon all ships of the corporation. The reorganization is planned to consolidate and regroup the various functions of the corporation as & means of increasing its efficiency. Fish -}}et Gets Dead Shark. Special Dispateh to The NEWPORT NEWS, August 20.— James Walker, a fisherman, vesterday found an eight-foot shark. dead, in his fish net. The fish” was towed ashore and two ni€n hoisted it out of the boat with rope and tackle. your Aesop Poor old Aesop was a slave, toiling sadly in the sun, and he journeyed to the grave with a minimum of fun. 13 true his freedom came after ars of sturm and drang, and he ayed the statesman game with old Croesus and his gang. Then to point an argument or a theme to illustrate he would sit down and invent some small fable to relate. People wearied of this trick which they held to be a crime, and they wished the poor old hick "wouldn’t fool away his time. When a mighty crisis rose, throwing monarchs in the shade, Aesop stood upon his toes, with a fable ready made. The entombment of a king, or the crowning of a queen ofily caused this man to spring fables, morals in between. Fables introducing frogs speaking wisely in their lakes, tales concerning talking dogs and declama- tory snakes. In the day of peace or strife-he was with his stunt at grips, every incident of life brought some tables to his lips. So he went his way alone, friendless, sad, his course he steered, and all sorts of bricks were thrown when the fable man appeared. He was hated like the wight who makes moderns swear and yell, who comes up, his face alight, with a funny varn to tell. But a Boswell was at hand, trailing Aesop night and day, writing down, with patience grand, all his fables, without pay. Since that, as in Homer's case, many cities make the claim they were Aesop'’s native place and should share his deathless fame. Perished are the soaring screeds of that dim and dis- tant day, records of herolc deeds, all forgotten, passed away. All forgotten are the words of the orators and seers, of the kings and other birds living in those vanished years. But the Fables Aesop told in his tiresome, droning way, men’s attention gain and hold as if published yesterday. —WALT MASON. (Copsright. 1926.) FUGITIVE WANTED HERE JUMPS BEFORE TRAIN Joshua R. Bennett, Colored Attor- ney, Commits Suicide in New York Subway. Believed to have realized the futil- ity of attempting to avold arrest by police who have trailed him through a number of cities, Joshua R. Bennett, colored attorney of 1937 Fourteenth street, committed suicide in New York City on Friday, August 13, the Wash- ington police were advised today. Ben- nett, the report states, jumped fin front of a northbound subway train at Seventh avenue and Fourteenth street. Bennett has been sought by the lo- cal police for two months on a num- ber of warrants charging embezzle- ment. Detective Harry K. Wilson, as- signed to the case, trailed him to New York City and forwarded a warrant for his arrest. The New York police picked up his trail and the suicide fol- lowed, according to the report. The particular warrant forwarded to New York charged Bennett with the misappropriation of $200 in connec- tion with the estate of Sarah Jones. The complainant was John T. Risher, 1216 Pennsylvania avenue. French irritation has had the effect of drlving an increasing number of American and English tourists to Spain where, it is confidently expect- ed, they will cheerfully exercise the tact that charms. heating now “STANDARD" FURNACE OIL AND “STANDARD" DISTILLATE FUEL OIL For any type burner. in any quantity. Stock and equipment adequate for any demand - Best facilities inWashington for prompt and efficient service STANDARD OIL COMPANY (N.J.) Transportation Bld Washing%bn. D.C. 9 Main 9032 STEUBENVILLE’S 12 MURDERS STIR OHIO TOWN TO CLEANING HOUSE that the only way to obliterate this condition is to get rid of Patton and Carter. The grand jury added, however, that it was not in posses- sion of sufficient evidence to indict, and it is now conducting a third in- vestigation. In the meantime the Ministerial Association, under the leadership of Rev. Dr. D. W. Merrell of the First M. E. Church of Steubenville, and the W T. U., went out and hired pri- vate investigators, and upon the basis of their findings submitted affidavits to Judge J.' S. Paisley of the Court of Common Pleas which are sald to re- flect sadly upon the character and efficiency of the mayor and the chief of pol Judge Paisley, acting on the grand jury reports and not on these affidavits, {immediately su- spended the mayor and the chief, and then the startled town of Steubenville found itself looking Into a pretty ket- tle .of fish indeed Mayor Named Substitute. Under Ohio law the president of the city council becomes acting mayor upon removal of the mayor. But Mayor Patton, about two hours be- fore his suspension by the judge, called upon his friend, Justice of the Peace James Gavin, and informed him he was going out of town a while and would he please be mayor until he got back. The justice of the peace said he would and Mayor Patton signed an order putting him in charge. He then packed his bag and left town. When Dr. E. J. C. Sander, president of the council, started to Step into the suspended mayor's shoes, he found them already fllled. The city solicitor was loudly called upon for an opinion and he decided that while Dr. Sander might legally ful- fill the executive functions of the mayor, Justice Gavin would have to take over the judicial duties—they having been placed in his keeping in due form before the real mayor was suspended. One mayor is under suspension; another mayor is execut- Ing the municipal affairs, while a third is sitting on the bench in Po- lice Court and dispensing justice right and left. A policeman named Ross Cunning- ham has been appointed acting chief of police. The city's leading news- paper, in 10-point type, set two col- umns wide, recalled that Mr. Cunning- ham is the grandson of a well known constable, and “has always been on night duty on the force. When he first came he was put on the patrol wagon detail as a driver. Later he was put on an outside beat downtown, and again later was transferred to the north end beat. The past Sum- mer his beat has been the south end of the city.” Deposed Chief Hits Back. The deposed chief is not willlng to admit that Cunningham will have his job for long. The charges against him will come up for a hearing before Judge Paisley, in the Common Pleas Court, some time next week. The judge and Carter, however, are bitter political enemies and have been for a long time. Carter has intimated that if he is not able to swear the judge off the bench on the ground of prejudice he will rip the roof right oft the town and show a few things a lot of people would hate to see ex- posed in the open air. There possibility that the chief ju the State of Ohlo will be asl hear the case. Mayor Paton’s term has been a short one, and none too sweet. He came into office last January on the pledge that he would see a reform brought about. All mayors seem to be reform mayors, and the so-called denizens of the underworld have made it a point to contribute liberally to any and all campaigns. Mayor Patton’s reform movement is yet to start. The chief complaint nst him has been his alleged refusal to enforce the prohibi- tion law, and on this there hangs a tale told round many a Steubenville fireside. Dry Agents The city council Patton to get busy on enforcing the liquor law. Mayor Patton countered by telling the council he would en- force it if the council supplied him with prohibition agents. But this the council refused to do. because in Steubenville a prohibition agent is considered on a par with a horse thief and a kidnaper, even among the gentle folk who deplore the use of strong drink. This is the result of what appears on its face to be an absurd and dan gerous method of enforcement in Ohio. The city of Steubenville, for instance, has no enforcement officers, but a few miles away the village of Bloomfleld, population 200, not only has an enforcement force, but two “dry” or ‘“kangaroo” cou The kangaroo court is one which jumps from place to place and back again The fwo Bloomfleld courts are pre- sided over by the justice of the peace and the mayor. The enforcement force consists of half a dozen “two-gun” men under the direction of a marshal. They dash about the countryside raiding and arresting, but they confine their efforts chiefly to Steubenville. The violators are haled into the Bloom- field courts and fined. Half the fine is kept by Bloomfield and half goes to the State. None goes to support of the prisoners, who are put in the county jafl at Steubenville. Bloom- field has collected something like $80,000 in the last six months from the fines, while Steubenville hasn't received a nickle, though most of the money is Steubenville money. Nearby Town Reaps Benefit. Until recently, under a fee system abolished by the State Legislature last session, the dry agent collected and retained as pav 25 per cent of the fines. The result is a double-barreled shot against Steubenville, which re sults in wails from the drys, who see evidence that the law is openly vio- lated in their own city, and cries from the wets, who see all the good Steubenville money going to the village of Bloomfield. Undéf the Ohio law it is a simple matter to set up a dry court and a In Disrepute. had told Mayor Glasses Fitted MeCormick Medical ) Eyes Examined Collexe Graduate Dr. CLAUDE S. SEMONES Eyesight Specialist Phone Main 721 400410 McLachlen Blde. 10th and G Sts. N.W. L UIIIIIIIIIIIIHMEMBBEHIEEH FAMILY SHOE STORE And for your added conven- Saturday! 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Tales of extortion, persecu tion and bribery are heard on every hand in complaint against this system —which many Ohio countfes refuse to condone. In addition, Federal prohi bition officers and State prohibition officers swoop down from time to time and take their share of the spoils. It is stated that stills—supposed to be confiscated after a raid—are found “marked” and running by subsequent raiders. Pay for Vice Rights Alleged. Steubenville, with a population of 33,000 and the usual foreign element, attracted there by the many steel plants, is one of the prettiest and most prosperous of Ohio's smaller cities. But it has long been noted as & “wide open” town. Certyin men have the gambling rights, the house of prostitution rights and the boot- legging rights. and they are said to pay for them. Theslot machine gambling privilege is valued at $30,000 —which is split three ways, one-third going to the owner and two-thirds go- ing to city officiale, whose names are given freely, but apparently without indictable proof. Of the 12 murders in the last three months, 9 or 10 were bootleg killings, with no arrests. The number of mur- ders, by the way, backs a city the size of Pittsburgh off the map in shame. Steubenville is a town thoroughly aroused. The majority of its citizens are good citizens. They have awak- ened to the task of unbinding them- selves from chains forged by their own indifference. P LUTHERANS MAY MERGE. TIowa, Ohio and Buffalo Synods Dis- cuss Proposal. DUBUQUE, lowa., August 20 (#).— A proposal to merge the Iowa, Ohio and Buffalo synods of the Evangelical Lutheran Church was being discussed here today at the Iowa Synod conven- tion. Churchmen from 21 States are attending the sessions. Leaders declare doctrinal differences which separated the three synods for many years have disappeared. The merged organization would be called the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of America, —- . It costs $12,000 annually to launder the elephants of a large circus. Bach elephant is regularly soaped, sand FIRE UNDER CONTROL AT SEQUOI FOREST 65,000 Acres Burned Near Fresno. 3,000 Fight Northwest ‘Woods Flames. By the Associated Presa. SAN FRANCISCO. August 20 After burning over 65.000 acres brush and timber in the region of the Sequoia National Forest, fire in the timber country east of Fresno was brought under control yesterday. One man dropped dead while fis ing the flames. The efforts of more than 225 men kept the fire from reach ing a stand of giant Sequolas in the Sequoia National Park. 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