Evening Star Newspaper, November 11, 1926, Page 2

s 2 PRESIDENT' TA PLAN QUESTIONED Persons Not as Financially Fortunate in 1926 as in 1925 Start Inquiries. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Inquiries are beginning to come in from all parts of the country as to Thow the two plans which have been | proposed for a rebate or credit to the taxpaver will affect those corpora- tions and individuals who may have made money in the vear 1925 but who were not as fortunate in the vear 1926. In other words. if a man paid an income tax of $5,000 during the 1926 an@l met with f sial reves #0 that in March, 1927, he had no income tax to pay. the credit of 10 or 12 per cent which it is proposed be glven him would be a credit against zero. Under President Coolidge’s plan to refund cash, the taxpaver in ques tion would get back a tenth or more, which would be an actual rebate. This illustrates only one of a great number of difficulties that are arising in connection with the announcement of the Administration’s decision to return in some way $250,000,000 of tax receipts. May Reopen Whole Problem. { Although the surplus has actually been used to pav off a portlon of the public debt, it has been su. d that the Government could make rebates out ‘of current Treasury receipts, which would mean, of cou i creased borrowing in the quarterly financing operations of the Treesury. Tt is beginning to look more and more as if the rebate plan injected at this time will compel a reopening of the whole tax problem. The meet- ing just held here of corporation executives asked that the additional | tax recently levied on corporations be | repealed at once. This means that | other interests equally anxious for | relief will want changes made at the short session of Congress. It will be | difficult to resist the pressure for a | revision of the whole revenue law in | ®0 far as essential rates are con- cerned. Tp to now felt that littie could be at the short session hecause it auto- matically expires on March 4, but 1927 is not an election year and mem- bers of Congress would have no objec- tlon to staying on through April or May. Indeed, the insurgents already are talking of forcing the Pr 10 call an extra session or publicly that he w there will be filibusters on import appropriation _bills. These ti were used effectively on President | Wilson on_one occasion and he yielded to the pressure for an extra | session. Tax Plan Furnishes Issue. From a political viewpoint, the Democrats will juoin with the insur- gents in forcing an extra session be- cause the Republican majority will | be sp slender that it will be possidle | to shoot arrows at the administration in preparation for the 1928 presiden- | tial campaign. Until . Coolidge | announced his plan for a tax rebate, there was no issue on which an extra session could be forced. | There will hardly be an excuse either if Congress should speed up its work and revise the tax law in the months and February. The mecessity for speed will prob- ably not appeal to those who want to force an extra session. As far as justification is concerned, the insur- zents will insist that they want to give the taxpayer permanent relief instead of temporary aid and the whole thing lends itself so easily to political manipulation that it is not at all unlikely that the administration may be compelled to yvield to the clamor for sion, as well as the pre on of many mportant sections of the revenue law. (Copyright, 1028.) the administration has ccomplished | | | | | | GRAND JURY PROBES DEATH OF BARBEE Twenty-Five Witnesses in Burnt Mills, Md., Shooting Appear at Rockville. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE. Md., November 11. Twenty-five witnes were being heard before the grand jury cuit Court here today in the case of Richard Il Rule, charged with the murder of William J. Barbee Hal- loween night. Barbee and a party of friends were on their way to the Indian Spring Golf Club when they stopped at the Blue Ridge Pleasure Club, on Sligo | road near Burnt Mills. Rule appeared at the entrance in a Scottish costume, and some one remarked, “Oh, the jolly Scotchman,” according to _informa- | tion given the police. An altercation and_blows ensued, and a shot was fired, which caused the death of Barbee. MRS. M. L. NAILOR DEAD. Expires at Argonne Place Home After Long Illness. Mrs. Margaretta 1. Nailor, 88 vears eld, widow of Allison XNailor, for ¢ vears prominent in Masonic her: died at her home, 1652 Argonne place. last night after a long fliness. Mrs. Nailor was a descendant of Revolutionary stock. She came to TWashington as a_bride soon after her rriage to Mr. Natlor on October 12, Her hushand was a 33d degree Mason and a4 member of the Supreme Council of the Masonic fraternity. He died in 1908 Funeral services will be conducted at St. Pauls, Rock Creek, Episcopal Church Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. MRS. BESANT LECTURES. ‘Washington Auditorium Audience Hears Theosophist. Dr. Annie Besant, i nternational president of the Theosophical Society, Jectured last night in_Washington Auditorfum in place of Jeddu Krish- namurti, who has been obliged to end his lecture tour because of {iiness. Dr. Besant told of the Theosophist helief in the coming of a new Mes- siah, for whom Krishnamurti, whose education she has supervised, is now 1he living vehicle of inspiration. Krishnamurti's book, “At the Feet of the Master,” which he wrote when 12 years old, was cited as an example of his powers. Car Upsets in Crash. Going north on Seventeenth last night _the automobile of ander C. Rosen, 19, of 3525 New Hampshire avenue northwest, over- | turned after colliding with a car | driven by Thorton P. Dewhirst, 22, t 428 Manor place northwest, at eventeenth and Q streets northwest, throwing Rosen from the machine, | Rosen was bruised, but otherwise escaped injury, according to the street Alex: police. His car was demolished. ‘mtn. presided. s | the National Capital by | Club to keep themselves informed on |a voice in Congress and the right to in Cir- | THE_EVENING STAR. WASHI NGTON ‘BLIND WOMAN, GROPING DOWN STAIRS. SET UPON BY ROBBER Mrs. Louise Donaldson, 62. Is Gagged and Then Bound | Hand and Foot. Intruder, Frightened hy| Workman Next Door, Flees | Without Loot. Groping down the stairway to meet, she thought, a neighbor's child, Mrs. Louise A. Donaldson, 62 years old, 809 I street northeast, who has been blind. for five yi was seized hy an /| unseen hand yesterday afternoon. bound and gagged and then left pros- | traie on he steps as her assailant ran from the house alarmed by the noise | of workmen next door. | Nirs. Donaldson man the front window and glass for aid. She was neighbor, Mrs. Helen Ricker. 811 street northeast, who cut the cords that bound her and untied a clumsy | gag which had fallen about her neck Tied Hand and Food. | “1 was sitiing my front room | when I heard a noise at Mrs. Donald- | son’s window,” Mrs. Ricker stated and 1 was astonished to find her tie hand and too I ran back to m house und got my sci and eut the heavy twine with which she had | been tied. | Suffering from the reaction of ¢! experience, Mrs. Donaldson wa fined to her bed today too w late her story again, but her 13-ve old daughter Dorothy, who returned | from Taylor School just as her motier | had been freed, told of the attack. “Mother heard a noise downstairs, she said, “and thought it was zed to creep to | apped on the | heard by | she sometimes down the Just as hbor's little girl who here. She started and called ‘Rlanche.’ was one step from the bottor smebody grabbed her ani stuck a oth in her mouth and tied her hands nd feet. Hands Hard and Rough. “Mother sajd that the man grabbed her had hard, rough hands. He heard a noise next door and ran out of the house, but he finished her feet Vit el that 1] vears ago Mrs. Donaldson - suffered o similar experienc > girl said, although her a: Yeste the house witHout nything. although cash were close at hand. 1l sailant day's i ol and rings GIZENS CALLED | T0VOTENEETNG Invited by Gen. Stephan to! Attend City Club Dis- cussion Saturday. While the people in the States are being told of the voteless status of radio_Satur-| day night, all residents of the District who can do so should attend the meeting in the auditorium of the City the movement designed to give them vote for President, Brig. Gen. Anton Stephan, president of the club, said today. Gen. Stephan said if there are an in Washington who are not quite clear on the question, they, as well as the public generally, are invited tc be at the City Club at 7 o'clock Satur day evening and hear well informec speakers tell why national representa tion should be granted the 500,000 in habitants of the Capital City. Speakers Announced. The numerous reasons why it just to deprive Washingtonians representation will be recited by E win C. Brandenburg, Charles W. Darr Edward F. McGrady, M E. Hendley and John J. Deviny. Gen. Stephan said today that since announcement of the Saturday night meeting was made the City Club has received many requests for informa- tion of all kinds on the subject to be discussed. The president of the club also reiterated that the program does not centemplate general suffrage for the District. i “The object of the educational cam- paign now being inaugurated,” Gen. Stephan continued, not the estab- lishing of a different form of govern- ment for the District than is now operating, nor controlling its opera- tion, by the recognition by the cit- izens of the United States and their representatives in Congress of the right of the half million residents of Washington to a form of suffrage which will give them representation in Congress and in the electoral college. Way Clear, He Says. “That is national representation in imple language. On this score there is unanimity among the people of the District, and they are supported in full by national organizations. The way is clear. A constitutional amend- ment proposed by Congress and sub- mitted for ratification to the several States is the only sane course that can be taken. “It would seem unreasonable to suppose that such an amendment would meet with serious opposition umong the States, especlally since they would not tolerate a similar con- dition being inflicted upon them. The task before organized Wash- on ix to get Congress to the | wisdom of taking tion. ic Washington ma lied upon to do that, but the demand must come from the citizens of the States, and before it will come from them the case must be explained, the mode of action indicated and the jus- tice and importance of the question made so apparent as to be unmistaka- ble. That is what the speakers on the City Club program hope to do.” POSTAL RATES BATTLE OVER PAPERS RENEWED New Supports Moses in Plan to Modify Law Without Revis- ing Structure. Anna The old fight over newspaper postal rates was renewed yesterday before a special congressional committee, with Postmaster General New indors- ing the proposal of Senator Moses Republican, New Hampshire, to mod- ify the postal lsw without revising the whole postal structure. Senator McKellar, Democrat, Ten- nessee, served notice that he would lead a fight at the approaching short session of Congress to have the rates on newspapers and periodicais re- duced to the 1820 scale. Good business practice requires the lowering of rates, he argued. REPORT GIVEN FROM D. C. Parent-Teacher Council Delegate Shows Growth of Organization. Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., November 11. —Growth of the Washington Council of the Middle Atlantic Parent-Teacher Associations and District of Colum- bia's interest in legislation to make the Board of_ Education elective and broaden powers of the juvenile courts there were reported at this morn- ing's session by Mrs. Giles Scott Raf- ter, District of Columbia president. The Middle Atlantic council met in connection with the Maryland Parent- Teacher convention, and reports were heard from various State leaders and the organization's officers. Mis. Henry O. Holland of New York, chair- - . CIVICIMPROVEMENT CONVENTION ENDS Paving Conference io Close Program Today—Delegates Guests at Races. The American Society for Municipal Improvements wound up its conven- tion today at the Mayflower Hotel with a brief technical program dealing with details of municipal construc- tion work, and most of the 250 dele- gates will leave for their homes to- night, not to assemble again until next November, when the society will neet at Dallas, Tex. The fifth annual Asphalt Paving ‘onference plans to complete its pro- sram today. Poole Named President. New officers of the American Society for Municipal Improvements slected vesterday afternoon are C Arthur Poole of Rochester, N. Y president: J. B. Hittell of Chicago, first vice president; John Klorer of New Orleans. second vice president; third_vice president; of Wichita, Kan: wsurer, and C. \W. S. Sammelnan of St. Louls, secretary. The new president_succeeds T. Chalkley Hat- ton of Milwaukee, and the Texas delegation which invited the conven- tion to meet at Dallas was headed by E. A. Kingsley, a past president of the soclety. Many of the delegates of hoth con- ventions were the guests this after: noon at Pimlico of the Standard Ofl Co. of New Jersey and those delegates who are golf enthusiasts will partic- pate in an allday tournament tomor- row at the Congressional Country Club. Exhibits Are Recommended. sidents of the District interested in its development were urged today by Engineer Commissioner J. Frank- lin Bell to view the exhibits on dis- play at the Mayflower Hotel in con- nection with the convention. “In co-operation with that society, | Government and District officials have assembled a remarkable exhibit, which the public is invited to visit. Models of park, water supply and monument- al features and prospectives and pic- tures of important buildings are on exhibition. This display will be on exhibit for the remainder of this week." o Thief Snatches Purse. While Miss TIsabelle Smith, 1301 Massachusetts avenue northwest, was sitting in an automobile on Pennsy vania avenue setween Seventh and Eighth streets yesterday afternoon, a white man stepped up to the car, snatched her purse and ran down the street. According to Miss Smith’s account to the police, she screamed and the man dropped the nurse and disappeared. She gave the police a description of him. before going out the BELGIUM PRESSES Minister ‘at Peking to Renew Offer to Submit Treaty Disnute to Court. By the Associated Press. PARIS, November 11.—The Belgian | zovernment ix still negotiating with |the Peking government in an effort to untangie the Sino-Belgian treaty | problem caused by its abrogation by | China, the Associated Press learned | today | The Belgian Minister at Peking has | been instructed to renew efforts to obtain an official Chin: glum’s offer of November 4, suggest ing that both countries submit their differences to The Hague tribunal. Peking's only reply, it was stated, was the treaty which was originally signed in 1965 Should the Belgian Minister's de |mand go unanswered, the Belgian | Rovernment will take the position that it must submit the question to The | Hague tribunal unilaterally instead of | jointly. Belgium, it was asserted, is | as anxious as ever to maintain the endliest relations with China, but cannot admit of a modus vivendi of limited duration as China has sug- gested. This would leave Belgium's rests in China unprotected and un- in of the future if no arrange- ments were made before the expir- ation of the time limit of the modus vivendi. JAPAN WILL NEGOTIATE. Reserves Action on Some Parts of ! Peking's Note. replying to a note from the Chinese government proposing negotiations for a new treaty between the two coun: tries in licu of the existing pact, made known its willingness to meet the Chinese in such a discussion, but de- olares that such action should not be construed as acquiescence to any as- serted right on the part of China, in respect to which reservation is made in the Peking note. Japan is ready, says the text of the note, which was made public today, to negotiate for a revision of the tariffs and commercial articles of the old treaty, but does not believe a re- vislon of the entire pact is “either contemplated or sanctioned in any ex- ng stipulations between Japan and China.” BUILDINGS BOARD MEETS NEXT WEEK Smoot Silent on Views Pend- ing Discussions to Be Held Wednesday. The Public Buildings Commission will meet in the Senate Office Build- ing at 10 a.m. Wednesday, it was announced today by Senator Smoot of Utah, chairman. Since this will be the first session of the commission Chairman Smoot has been able to attend since early Summer, due to his absence from the city, important developments may be forthcoming in the large program of ‘ederal construction in the National Capital. Secretary Mellon also will participate in the meeting. In making known the definite time for the meeting, Senator Smoot said he would adhere to the policy he has observed since his return to Wash- ington last week of not discussing his views until the commission meets, Although sites have been selected for the Archives and Internal Reve- nue Buildings in the area south of Pennsylvania avenue and west of Center Market, officials have been marking time rdcently on the carry- ing out of ghe plan pending further consideration of the program as a whole. One important phase of the prob- lem is the suggestion that in placing and constructing the new buildings, the commission should look far into the future and consider how the plans thus far worked out would fit in with conditions in yvears to come. In this connection the suggestion has been obtained that the Government should have in mind the ultimate im- provement of the entire triangle be- tween Pennsylvania avenue and the Mall, the Capitol and the Treasury. Tt is expected that the building commission will go thoroughly over the plans that have been mapped out thus far when they meet next week. . When a person is lying down his heart makes 10 strokes fewer per min- ute than when he is in an upright position. Stenographer Sticks to Job as Father Settles Royalties Suit for $1,000.000 By the Associated Press. » PHILADELPHIA, November 11.— Untll yesterday a worker in a textile mill in t John B. Bolton today was listed as wealthy, possibly a mil- lionaire. The sudden change in his financial standing, which came through the set- tlement out of court of a suit for $6,000,000 brought by him in Boston against John H. Van Heusen, collar manufacturer, will not for the pres- ent, however, alter the plans of his daughter Eliza, a stenographer in a bank. Her alarm cloak was set for the usual hour this morning, She said she would report for work promptl Bolton said he would not know ex- actly how much his fortune would be until he consulted his attorn His fellow workers in the Bromley manu- facturing Co., recalling that a jury in_July, 1925, had awarded him $1,314,241, felt that he would receive at least $1,000,000, perhaps more. Van Heusen fafled to obtain a new trial and had taken exceptions to the Mas- sachusetts Supreme Court, where the case was pending when the settlement was reached. In his suit Bolton claimed that through his knowledge as a weavtr he had invented the material used by Van Heusen in the manufacture of semi.rigid collars and that Van Heusen had agreed to pay him 30 per cent of the net profits in consideration of his assignment of patents. Candidates for Corn-Husking Title Follow Rigorous Training to Get in Trim By the Associated Press. s GALESBL:](G. 11, November 11.— Warriors of the gridiron are not the only ones who are in strenous train- ing now, nor are the grid classics the only events that attract Autumn crowds. Out in the rural districts young men and older ones, too, are eating, sleeping and exercising according to set standards to be in trim for corn- husking contests. While grid players are working and dreaming foot ball, farmers are doing the same for corn husking. The dif- ference lies in that the latter can turn, his practice hours into profit, because his corn is being picked while he is getting in trim. The popularity of husking contests, which have been developed anly with- in the last year or two, has g’m by leaps and bounds, county contests this year have attracted as many as 5,000 spectators. Last year more than 15,000 _thronged the flelds near Bur- gess, I1l, where the world champion- ship was decided. Training plays a large part in the success of a champion corn husker, acording to Elmer Williams of Toulon, world champion. Regular sleep, too, Williams_said, is needed to furnish the stamina for the grueling contest in the fleld. Contests last 1 hour and 20 minutes to win. Judges who follow each picker clean up on ears missed. Other judges weigh the husks left on the ears in the wagon and the picker with the largest score after deductlons for these two items arémade Is the win- ner. The crowds follow their favorites into the field the saime as in golf, - CHINA FOR REPLY reply to Bel- | | the decree of November 6. renouncing | TOKIO, November 11 (#).—Japan., and more than fast picking is needed , D. C. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, MINISTER CHARGED WITH SLANDER 1Witnesses Say They Heard Cleric Make Remarks About Washington Woman. Il}' the Associated Press. TRENTON, N. J.. November 11.— Witnesses for Miss Theresa Fetzer of | Washington in her suit azainst Rev. A. James Clark for $100,000 for al- leged defamation of character testi- fied they heard the preacher make statements concerning her at a Sev enth-day Adventist conference in Ak- ron, Ohlo, on January 26, 1924, Miss Fetzer aileges that Rev. Mr. Clark told the Akron audience that Dr. J. H. Miller, another member of the cit, was too intimate with her. She was then a Bible worker of the faith. Rey. Mr. Clark denies making the ry statements. FORMERLY LIVED HERE. Rev. Mr. Clark Was in Charge of For- eigh Missions of Church. Rev. A. James Clark, now president of the New Jersey Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists, was in ! charge of foreign mission work at the Adventist headquarters in Ta- koma Park in January, 1924, when it is claimed the defamatory state ments were made, it was said at the headquarters today. Dr. J. H. Miller, a chiropractor, and Miss Fetzer were both in Washing- ton, and members of the denomina- tion. The church itself wiil take ab- solutely no part in the suit, accord- ing to Rev. C. S. Longacre, a leader of the Adventists here. At the time of the alleged state- ments Dr. Miller is said to have been endeavoring to expose certain practises which he charged to Dr. Miller, but denies he made any ref- erence to Miss Fetzer. NEW SPEED COURSE FOR BOATS SOUGHT Corinthian Yacht Club to Re- quest Congress 0. K. of | Proposed Channel. With the specific view of provid- ing a speed boat racing course in the Potomac River parallel with Potomac Park from the Railroad Bridge to Hains Point and which will be in close view of persons on the seawall, the Corinthian Yacht Club plans to obtain legislation to dredge out two feet of silt lying be- tween the channel and the park wall W. A. Rogers, vi commodore the club, which’ promoted the Presi- dent's cup speed boat race and the first national regatta two months ago, conferred with ‘E. A. Schmitt, engineer in the United State engineers’ office for this di | trict today, on the cost and feas | bility of the project. Mr. Schmirt promised to submit an estimate a day or two and declared the plan to be practicable and advantageous. Successful completion of this dredg- ing project which would be about one and a half or two miles in length would indirectly open the way for at least two river projects now being consldered by interested organiza- tions. First, the unpleasant odor emanating from the mud and grass close to the sea wall would be elimi. nated as the vegetation cannot grow in water more than six feet deep. Then, the mud could be deposited in an area near Hunter Point on the Vir- ginia side of the river as a fill-in proj- ect for the proposed District of Co- lumbia Alrport. In connection with the airport project, the suggestion has been ad- vanced that a vacht basin be con- structed immediately below Gravelly Point, which would adjoin the pro- posed fllled-in airport. The yachting basin would be so inclosed as to be free from running ice and would serve as the headquarters for virtually all vachting and pleasure boat activities. At present there are about 340 pleas- ure boats scattered in Anacostia, the ‘Washington Channel, Georgetown and at the Corinthian Yacht Club. Should the airport proposal be ac- cepted by Congress in conjunction with the speedboat racing course dredging, it would be necessary to erect a retaining wall from the “Vir- ginia side of the river to hold tha mud as it is deposited and allow it to settle and form a firm foundation. Tleana Bew;rdx Policeman. DENVER, November 11 (#).—Pa- trolman Jack Hawthorne was the proudest man on the force today, be- cause Princess Ileana gave him a silk handkerchief embroidered with the Rumanian coat of arms, with the com- pliment that he was the best appear- ing policeman in Denver. FOR FRIDAY. FIRST RACE—The Consolation Steeple. chase Handicap: purse, $2,000: 3-year-olds and up: 2 miles. laudis homas Tnle o .o Orientai ‘Hope SECOND RACE— and geidings: purse, Miracle Giant All Blue Dexter iValdex Royal Charge . iKershaw_Stable-George W Loft entry. IR, W. Carter entrs. THIRD RACE—3-year-olds and up: claim- ing: purse. $1.300: 6 furlongs. *North_Breeze. Contract *Midinette #Gold Ro. Leatherwood *Marat . Byway .. Sonny Ll New Beautv . *Evelvn Sawyer Danger _Sixnal." g Koschisko s Rosedale. Bald Plate . Warfare FOURTH RACE—2. $1.300: 6 furlongs. Festive .... Trip Along . {overtiire Candy May . +H. P. Whitney entry. FIFTH RACE—Pimlico Serial. Weight- for Age Race, No_ 3: all ages: $4.000 added: mile and a furlong. Doreen 123 Mars ... Phingees oot 133 Exita Dry' tCelidon . 120 +Rancocas Stable entry. SIXTH RACE—3-year-olds and up: claim- ing: purse. $1.300: 6 farlon e *Flving Al Drumbeat Romi -year-old fillies: purse, Tigress . ... Black Curl . .. 104 L 118 tBeaming 107 Warning . Immolator . Mark Master s {53333 SEVENTH RACE—The Timonium: year-olds and up: clalming: purse. $1.5 Taile and @ furlong. *Tomahawk. 4th 103 i 100 };g *Gatewor 5 110 *Cupid's Curse. tSuanyland Stabie entry. YApprentice allowanre, Zatmed. | in | 1926. ‘West Point. I cannot, alas, describe in detail every single thing which I did and saw. It would take too many pages. | Therefore must I be forgiven if some of the other hospitality shown me should not be mentioned in this sketchy record I am making of my days. None of it will be forgotten, for in spite of the little time left to me to do anything for myself 1 take upon my hoyrs of night to write my diary. as I have done ever since the war, and these pages will one day be a precious possession for any country. So when I get home the King and my children will know all I did, saw or felt, step.by step. Nothing will be lost. Hardly hands w was hurried spite of my had 1 finished shaking ith those many ladies than I off in an-open car, in heavy cold, with Mr. Ralph Jonas, president of the Brook {lyn Chamber of Commerce; Maj. Wil- {lis MacDonald, and Maj. Frank I. Hanscom to Brooklyn, where I was to be received by the 106th Regiment. Before stepping into the motor a pri- vate offered me, with a beaming smile, a stupendous bouquet of orchids. Later I sent him my picture on a post card as thanks. Prefers Open Automobile. I love_driving in an open motor if I can. New York can really only be understood in an open motor. It'S a pity to have a roof over your head n1 not be able to look out at those rdinary buildings _ unequally of this greatest of Besides, thus I could better ee the population in that part of town whom 1 had not yet had occa- sion to greet. Schools and Girl Guides, Boy Scouts, all the vouth of Brook- lyn, were lined up in smiling array to see me drive past. T felt entirely at home in the military atmosphere vchich greeted me, a ably reminded of man with my own regiment at home. After having hung a wreath beneath the regimental wer memorial tablet T was solemnly led into a huge covered hall, where tho regiment was pre- sented to me. We walked down the tront, and afterward the regiment marched past us while we sat on a raised platform. I was declared hon- orary colonel of the regiment and | given a wondrous silver sword by Col. Thomas Fairservis. 1 felt immensely ttered and keenly appreciative of the honor done me, and here again 1 was able to admire how beautifully My Impressions of America By Her Majesty the Queen of Rumania | Written Exclusively for The Star and Other Members of the North American Newspaper Alliance. the American troops know how to march. The giant armory was lined 11 around its four walls by an en- i:hus stle publie, who took a flatter- jing in this manifestation in my { honor. | My son was offered a silver cigarette Lcase with the badge of the regiment. { He blushed pleastire like a { schoolgirl and‘his satisfaction beamed lfrnm hls face. i Throat Becomes Sore. This ceremony was, of course, fol- lowed by the inevitable presentation of great numbers of people, but the hour fixed to go back & n came, as always, too soon. 1 loved the brisk drive home, wl ing at a fantastic pace, with my shrieking motor cveles in front. at the side and behind me, dusk coming on and New York becoming {more and more mysterious, but I can- not say that this made the drive have a good effect upon my That evening at the Sulgrave In- stitution’s dinner, despite my good doc- tor's care, for the first time 1 was afraid that perhaps my throat would cause me serfous trouble. T was real- Iy suffering badly and needed all my royal training not to give up that evening. The banquet wa A choice compan me. Mr. John W. Davis, former Am- bassador to England, the chairman for that evening, and one of my per- lwonal friends, must have found me { poor company, because, alas, my voice had almost completely disappeared and T had a shooting pain on the right ide of my throat. I really hung on with deadly determination, meaning at ny price to carry it through to the iend, but T could not help thinking of an old pioneer friend, who used to say to me when things were difficult: “One step at a time, your majesty— no man can do more.” The speeches made that evening { were particularly charming, for they expressed to me a delightful apprecia- | tion of my country and of the efforts the King and I had made for the weltare of our people through many years. Enjoys Warmth of Speeches. beautifully done. as there to meet of Princeton University and Dr. John H. Finley, all three spoke convincingly and found words which went straight to my heart. The delightfully couched address of Dr. Finley was a little treasury of witty eloquence. And I was very much amused at being com- pared to a Penelope who dld not re- | main at_home. If only I had not been suffering that evening, I know that banquet would have been one of the most charming meals that had heen offered me in New York. I must_hurry over those last days in New York, for there is still such an enormous amount to relate. The hour I had been sitting peace- fully by myself in Calvary Church, of which my friend Samuel Shoemaker is minister, was an hour of almost heavenly peace. The simple service was a boon to my soul. I loved the singing, the beautiful atmosphere of devotion and Sam’s forcible sermon. which rang with truth. The rest of the day, although Sunday, was for me no day of rest. I visited the exhibi- tion of Mr. Nagy's fine pictures. He is a friend of my sister, and it is a great deal owing to his firstrate les- ons that she has become an able artist. I bought one of his colorful masterpieces, which will one day be hung in my daughter's palace in Bel- grade. There was a big lunch, where I at last was able to meet the many ladles from the different States sent by thelr respective governors to bid me wel- come to this big country of yours. At the end of the repast I handed to each a message to take back with them, even to those States which, alas, ow- ing to the immensity of your dis- tances and the short holiday accorded me, I shall not be able to visit. Gala Opera Beautiful. All this too rapid, too harried, with the feeling that that there were many, oh, so many, I would have liked to have known more closely and yet I|dreds of tons are thus worked each had always to pass on. I feel that I Mr, Davis, Dr. John Grier Hibben | ‘Hey,Queen,Where’s, The King?” Boy of 6 Shouts at Marie By the Associated Press. DENVER, November 11.—In the midst of an ovation given Queen Marie vesterday by 8,000 children in Chessman Park a 6-vear-old boy | velled in a shrill vol Hey. | Queen, where's the King { Marie smiled. Tt seemed as though she would have liked to answer him, but in the press of ceremonies she did not have the opportuni | | am always passing on and that al-| though more treasures are placed in my hands than many can boast of. I am not given time to look them | over, enjoy them and classify them. That evening was the much di; cussed gala performance at the Metro- politan Opera, which was exceedingly beautiful in spite of much controversy which had quite unnecessarily waged around it. That brilliant performance brought to a close my many energles in_New York. ’ The next morning I awoke at West | Point, alas, in pouring rain. Nothing daunted, however, we carried out the program and I was entirely under the charm of that beautiful corner of the world where the splendid gray boys and those who direct them gave us a glorfous welcome. One moment the sun deigned to shine on us, light ing up the flaming forests, which made a fitting background to the gray stone fortressike building which re- minded me somewhat of Windsor Castle. 1 am truly thankful that T was allowed to see that magnificent company of boys, a counterpart of the brave boys in Annapolis. All too soon we had to tear our- selves away, but not before having had the pieasure of patting one of the perfect horses ridden by the offl-. cers in our escort. I never can re- sist the beauty of a horse. T felt that I would have liked to carry off this noble creature were it even in the train. Pleased With Crowds. That day we passed through sev eral towns where we did not leave the train except one moment at Albany, where we went Into the station hall to look down and speak to the people who had gathered thgre to see us. At Syracuse we were much amused that our train ran right through the streets, so that we could greet the: people in_their houses from our plat forms. The street filled by degrees with thousands of people, and when the train was stopped we talked to those crowded around us, made con- versation, and many a joke flew hither and thither, as is the amiable way. of American crowds. But it was only there in Syracuse that the train actually ran through the streets. Here also we saw our first red Indian in| full feathers. He jumped onto the| side of our car and stood there wor less, like a thing of the past. Two little girls representing Red Cross presented me with a lightfully old-fashioned bouquet tightly pressed white carnations with a cross of red roses stretched across it For lunch we had Col. and Mr: Treadwell, one of the best looking couples of Americans I have yet met. He is a Yankee; she Is from the South. Between them they are certainly a fine example of the American They quit us at Buffalo, which is colonel’s native town. the ! de- Covyright. in the United States. Great Tiritain’ and all other countries by the North Ameridan Newspaver Alliance. Re- Droduction in Whole or in part pro Al rights reserved. JOHN EIKER DEAD. Government Worker Here for 40 Years Succumbs. John T. Eiker, a Government em-' P for the past 40 years, died sud- denly at his home, 1006 Otis street, about 5:15 o’clock this morning. He was 65 years old and had lived here since childhood. | He was graduated from the school ' of dentistry, Maryland University, | and entered the Government service shortly afterward, his first emplo ment being with the Signal Corps. In recent years he was chief of the Di- vision of Rivers and Harbors, U. Corps of Engineers. : Mr. Eiker was a member of the Ma- sonic fraternity. He is survived b his wife, Mrs. Mattle Etheridge | Eiker; three sons and a daughter. One of the sons, John T. Eiker, jr is a resident of New York, the other: Karl V..and Taylor E., and Miss Ma tie Fiker, the daughter, residing here Funeral services will be conducted at the family home at 2 o'clock Sat- urday afternoon. Interment in Rock Creek Cemetery will be private. s e S COL. V.S. FOSTER DEAD. Native of Louisiana Recently Sta- tioned at Fort Bliss, Tex. Lieut. Col. Victor 8. Foster, U. Cavalry, dled at Walter Reed General Hospital this morning after an {liness of several weeks. He was recently etationed at Fort Bliss, near El Paso, Tex. Arrangements for the funeral will await word from his wife at that post. Col. Foster was a native of Louisi- ana and was graduated from the United States Military Academy in January, 1898, and from the Army War College here in 1925. During the World War he served first as a major and then as a lieutenant colonel of Infantry in the Natlonal Army and was made a lieutenant colonel of Cav- :li;rz,\: in the Regular Army in January, 5. ploy s e o 0il Made From Cherry Pits. A food company in Door County, Wis,, is making a marketable oil out of eherry pits. The cherry stones are heated and the shell broken, the ofl heing made from the kernel within. The shell is then used for fuel. Hu season. | ollection | Munargo—N: M 1—( [TALIAN MIGRANTS ALARMING FRENCH Mussolini Credited With In- tention to Colonize 500,000 in Neighbor Nation. By the Associated Preas. TOULOU France, November —The rapldity with which Itallan ir migrants are absorbing all the able land in this region, \ the departments of (ier: Garonne, is ¢a ing grave among the French inhabi Tt is stated. and generaliy lelieved here, that lenito Mussolini the Ttallan premier formed a va Prog n of immigratior settling of 500,000 Italians in the south of France within the next five years These colo are not by a means all poor laborers. Many are well-to-do and of good family and pay cash for the farms they purchase. But rich or poor, all are carefully helped and supervised by the ltalian govern ment, which takes every precaution against their being assimilated by the French. There is avail Al U e nts (I involving the t Toulouse an Italian con- | sulate with a staff of 40, an ltaltan bank and an 1 rect the worl lian prelate to di- of priests sent from Italy to minister to the spirtual needs of the colonists. Many of the towns and vil s have Italian schools and stores kept by Itallans to cater to thelr countrymen BOOKS Ohi WA;'(AHLISTED. Appropriate Armistice Day Re.d- ing Suggested by Liora The Public a list of book: appropriate for general reading it Hays' “Brief History War,” “Conscfentious America,” by N. M. dinal Mercier's Stor dinal himself; John Hpoli, a graphic tragic effort; “Cor iran Ar Library has arrang: which might be most Armistice day For gested: C., of the G Objecto homas; by the car Masefield's “'Gal account of that imanding an Amer- rec Amer fea in France, Frederic Palmer, the activit o American Army from the landing of the Rainbow Di- vision to the bezinning of the battle lin the Argonne district For gripping tales by men actually went through the w library particularly recommends der Fire,” by Henri Barbusse, ¥ Thomas Boyd, a doughboy's remi- cences of experiences in the war an enlisted man in the marines: “Three Sold * by Dos Passos, and ‘Fix Bayonets,” by John W. Thoma- son, the marines in action in France now running in The Sunday Skar. Poetry tells a vivid story of the war. Many poets were killed in the war, many survived, their writings on the war have been collected in tw volumes Treasury of War Poetry nong the selec- tions “If ye break faith with We ‘sh though pop! in Flanders field.” Arrivals at_and_Sailings From New York. Arnus—Barcelona. . . DUE TOMORROW. Ponrdonnais—Bordeaux.. . . Verdi—Genoa Manuel La Gluseppi EXPECTED ARRIVALS AT NEW ngston Celtie—Liverpool Colombo—Genos Drottuing! Franconi Hamburg: z Huron—san _Doming Lancastria—Havre Lapland—Antwern Manchuria—San Francisc Mavaro— Trinid Minnetonka—London Pan_Ame 0. e " Aire President Garfield—World _eruis President Hardir remen Presidente Wilson— Trieste. Providence— . SAILING TODAY. American Banker—London Cape Town.... 4:00 P23 1:00 P3 nd Valparaiso TOMORRO. Olympic—herbourg and South ampton ceeee ecns 1.\!,;"1"]_!.1{\[ assa L 100 P, enada, Trinidad and Georzetown +10:00 AN, Strudaholm—Puerto Carna—~Po: Plata In Bremen, Germany, there Is a ratskeller that is nous among tourists. It has been in existence since the fourteenth century, and for 42 cent: glase of wine of the vin- of 1726 is still available though it tastes strongly of wood. October Circulation Daily..... 98,501 Sunday.107,496 District of Columbia. s LEROY W_ HERRON. Advertising Man ager of THE ENTNG and SUNDAY STAR. solemniy swear that the actual number pies of the papers named sold l"% dis: ted during l‘lh'. month of October, A.D. as as follows DAILY. L] [orovorory Girls Win All Prizes in Traffic Safety Essay Contest Sponsored by ]udge Bight girls today were announced as winners of the $50 in cash offered by Judge Gus A. Schuldt of the Police and Traffic Court, in a safety essay contest in the public schools. School officials, in observing that the girls had shut out the boys complete- Iy in the prizes, could not explain whether it was because the girls were more interested in traffic safety than the boys or simply better essay writers. Eleanor Frances Morgan, fifth grade, Cranch School, and Felice F. Fusco, eighth grade, Peabody School, win the two first prizes of $10 each. Miss Morgan wins in the division including the first six grades, whils Miss Fusce wins in the division including the sev- enth, eighth and junior high school grades. Other winners follow: Margaret Watt, sixth grade, Blair School, and Anne Morrison, seventh grade, West School, second prizes of $7.50; Patti ‘Woodburn, fourth grade, grade, James Monroe School, third prizes of $5; Jaquelin Herrell, sixth grade, Petworth School, and Myrta' ‘Willlams, eighth grade, School, fourth prizes of $2.50. Sarah E. Simons and Mary Lackey, Judges of the contes{, announce that “the winning essays Wwere chosen be- cause of originality of treatment and &eneral of form and styls,” Grant | School, and Judith Frellicoff, eighth | b 231ci2i00A9 2000 SBRIIEE2SE 3333523 100; 100633 100,164 3 = o SRS omanm - g. Less adjustments. - o B irculation. . : | of copies for Total d Daily average number service, ete.... verage met circulation..... SUNDAY. Caples. 108,601 i08:361 108.706 g L Daily Less adjustments.. . . Total Sunday net cirenlation.. . ... Average net paid Sunday eircula- tion . Average ice. e 537,481 aber of covles for serve Average Sunday net o tion, LEROY W. HERRO Advertising Man worn to s v of Novm%r;iwe by ) FLMER . YOUNT. Notary Subse 1150 e of Noves (Seal