Evening Star Newspaper, November 14, 1926, Page 1

“From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at 60 cents per month. Telephone Main 5000 WEATHER. (T. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy and slightly warmer, prob- ably followed by showers today. To- morrow showers with mild tempera- ture. Temperature—Highest, 51, at 4 Pp.m.; lowest, 34, at 4 a.m, Full report on Page 7. No. 1,130—No. 30,147. “REDS” STORM CHIGAGO CITY HALL AS MARIE DEPARTS and Arrest Several—Ban- ners Assail Queen. SQUAD HALTS ADVANCE ON STATION AT ARRIVAL Royal Guest Gives No Sign of See- ing Workers—Busy Through Evening in Metropolis. | By tho Associated Press CHICAGO, Nove; Three Yundred Communists ying in- tendiary banners derogating Queen “Marie and the Rumanian government, anjected into Chicago's welcome to the Jueen tonight a feature not included fn the plans which she approved for * reception. eeted with social and military yomp, M swept through the packed concourse of the Illinots Cen- “ral station and into the royal car to find in the background of the welcom- jng throng members of the Interna- tional Worke Defense League, flaunting legends, pepers and hand- bills assafling her and the government khe rep ants, “Down with | “Down with Que of Bukovina 2,500 politics tnanian Jails,” scriptions which wived ber Terrorism,” rie, Oppressor d Bessarabin,” and 1 prisoners Lot in Ru- were among the in- the Communists ny aloft Queen Gives No Sign. m « dismal no in- the de- eded to the clty presented to ity council, who e city. . sheltered fr car, gave The Quee in by her i dicatton it nunciation, all, w ayor Dev gave her the keys to As she left the city 1 by one exit the bedraggled battulion of Commu- , which had marched in disarray e ts to the building, stormed another door and ried nners into the Municipal only to find that the target s had gone > beat them back and ex- rvoyal party and the welcoming commilttee saw le demonstra- tators who stood in the rain along Michigan avenue to get a fleeting glimpse of the guest Torchies Light Path, the city _before ain arrived at 5:20, but the hes lit her path as she tollowed a mili-| the station, she mum tossed by a| turnad to smile ountless times » pose for photographers. it the ety hall occupled 15 minutes, when she was away to the Lake Shore Hotel, where the 27 rooms of ) tloor are to be her home until ¥ b she was mall dinrer given in Draks Hotel by the iittee and at 14 o'clock > hotel dining | reception ur and a meet her | after midnight | supper was served | n closed a day which | 16 hours before with the de- | parture from St. Louis. room guests greeted he halt otted t welcomers, 4 when tl Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. he WASHINGTON, D. ITALIAN FLYER SETS 246-MILE Maj. Bernardi’s Feat Beats America Out of Permanent Possession of Trophy. Lieut. Schilt Second at 231 Miles an Hour—Tomlinson Comes in Last. BY FREDERICK R. NEE Staft Correspondent of The Sta NORFOLK, Va., Ttaly tonight sits on top of the of seaplane racing, supremw in « respect, and America has bowed low in graceful tribute to a wonderful wc complishment. i America has never before conceded defeat in alrcraft design and construc- tlon. But at the naval air station, November 13 world handed ove Mario de the palm of glory to M ernardi, who, at the trols of a Macchi-Fiatt seaplane, shat tered all existing performances of sea- planes, no matter by whom or where they were made. The handsome little Italian won the Schnelder international seaplane trophy race, cheated America out of permanent possession of the cup and flew at the remarkable speed of 248.496 miles an hour for 52 minutes Hampton Roads, this afternoon, she | n- | RECORD TO WIN SCHNEIDER CUP MAJ. MARIO DE BERNARDI. seconds over a triangular course 0 kilomet ctory today nee more rs the running for permanent pos session of the trophy. IHad she won at Baltimore last year the prize would have been hers. The regulations pro- vide three victories in five consecutive vears, and last year marked the last opportunity to win before start'ng all over again. | America never had a chance to win. Looking the matter squarely in the { " (Continued on Page 2, C n 6.) HALLNOTESBARME 10 MURDER JRY Widow’s Lips Quiver at Start, But She Soon Re- gains Composure. By the Associated Press. | SOMERVILLE, N. J., November 13. ——Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall sat in the | little courthouse here today and heard | letters, telling of the professed love of her dead husband for another woman, also dead, read to a jury which seemed less interested than the curi- ous throng in the courtroom. The widow of the slain rector sat between her brothers and co-defend- ants, Willle and Henry Stevens, as extravagant phrases, represented as those of her husband addressed to Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills, singer in his church choir, were read into the rec- ord by the State, which charges the trio with the murder of Mrs. Mills. A slight quiver of the lips as the reading was started, and the woman defendant was calm again, a very possessed but sorrowful figure. Letters Dwarf All Else. The letters dwarfed all else of sig- nificance of the trial day. Submitted as evidence in the morning, after they previously had been identified, they were admitted, but not until the de- fense had vainly urged their exclu- sion. Most of the letters were written from Maine, where the Rev. Edward W. Hall was on vacation in 1922. A Christmas card sent in December, 1921, was among_the letters. Only two references to Mrs. Hall appeared. One told of Mrs. Hall's wondering “Why I am taking only three Sun- days off” The other said: “I can’t talk to you any more in the presence of Mrs. Hall or Jim.” The letters were introduced by the Follows Rally. ion cli- ¢ Defense 0 _hours be- Demonstration Tha « maxed o Council fore the Queen's Dunne, editor of was the viewed Tally Worker, eaker. He re- £ the Ruman- prosecution as having been found with a diary, said to have been that of Mr. Hall, found in Mrs. Mills' home after her death. They were printed in part in 1922, James Mills, the husband c the slain woman, and the “Jim" tho letter, having testified that he was paid $500 by a New York newspaper ARDENT LOVE READ ng g that fn th workers toward they neared it squad counte: t and most of & point « avenue fr: As soon as they hast two largest said and member Cotzof Alleged Orgles Cited. Dafly owd Queen was a There were no tume, cars as the station, ca of the Q and Priv appeared derby a throug but qu tlon. Places Wreath at Monument. intersp eral ances, bu mMOrrow * for the was to have here. Annou ht "(Cont vernment t biects, e worid where royalty gets any the Queen will have to | i i | nly country for the publication rights. Most Signed “D. L. T.” The letters were signed for the most’ part “D. L. T. the th but when a police ined. Queen” | queen,” being a und once angel sweetheart” = sticks of se re broken in the e: ross Michigan n the passed, e impatience Thelr wide, murder > city i5 ppression n M hail, feet seven more d aration, and a s f: our road.” One letter kisse for the De I am not wild Worker and handbtl peace members of the party { writer in another ful and exalted.” .. was often spoke ana another of “holding you but some were read bearing the name of the minister. he use of the initlals was not ex- used, “gypsy favorite expression, “Dear, dear a salutation, as \ i dear wonder heart,” i “dear, dear heart of mine."” of the lover was re- flected in an expression, “darling, only referring to a sep- gestion for a meet- ing was alluded to as “seeing you on of “burning that nothing else nor flerce,” sald the letter, “but peace- want to feel the wonder of the with _you, hold you close ¢ left hand and stroke your are paupe e spends thousa on rer demanded nee ‘I am strength to be yo! a declaration dld waht to get dreamland, ‘ have next Frida ers nnd peam which welcomed neck-craning mul chee are Ton were a; irrounded (Continued on Page 6, Column 2) with my right, d to the jury. storing and later, heavenland. Once the writer said, a blessing to me v boy tonight, but I know there was one health and king” was oh, how I ¢ with you to We can afterncon together.” “Your letters and “I am a up ur gyps; Flyer Who Leaped, Leaving Passenger In Plane, Is Banned By the Assoclated Press BAKERSFIELD 18.—Asserting Widmer, pilot for the Transport Co., should jumped from his failing while it contained a passenger, Don Cardiff, fuspector of the Bakersfleld afrport, today announced he would ban Widmer from further flights from here. Donald Rossiter, a passenger, was killed when Widmer's plane crashed after a tai early yesterday but to safety with a parachute. Ce fel November arles B Pacific Alr not have r mall plane LONG STRIKE LOST BY BRITISH MINERS Settlement Leaders Accept Represents Defeat on All Major Objectives. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 13.—To all in- tents, the long coal stoppage, which dislocated half the country’s indus- tries and is estimated to have cost the nation $1,500,000,000, has ended with defeat of every important claim for which the miners fought so tena- ciously. It may still be a week or more be- fore there i a general resumption of work, but the termination of the strifo came today when* the miners’ delegato conference recommended that the miners accept the government's peace proposal. The card vote of the delegates was 432,000 in favor of recommending that the districts ac- cept the terms, and 352,000 against the proposal. That the miners, who vote by dis- tricts, not by ballot, will accept the recommendation is regarded as a fore- gone conclusion. Peace Virtually Imposed. The settlement s described by mo- body as a negotiated peace. It is peace virtuaily imposed by the government, and was accepted only after bitter opposition by a minority of the Welsh miners and in the face of a probable stampede of the men back to work had it been rejected. “The royal commission’s report, which figured so largely in the earlier negotiations, is disregarded. The owners gained most of their points for the settlement, which means longer men and complete disappearance of the national principle in arranging the conditions of work. All that the miners saved out of the wreckage is a “shadowy” national tribunal with the short life of six months and very attenuated powers. No Arbitration of Hours. The explanations the miners re- quested from the government con- cerning the government proposals, glven today, show that the tribunal will have no power to arbitrate on the question of hours. The miners may, however, appeal to the tribunal in the event of any district sett ing to conform to what is considered the standard agreement. The government tried to secure peace for a period of three years by providing that no standard agreement can be made for less than three years, The miners' objections to the gov- ernment's peace Propos rise to much acrimonious correspond- ence, throwing little light on the na- ture of the objectiol The settle- { ment is likely to satlsfy nobody but the great public, which wants coal for its stagnant industrie: Peace is as- sured for a time because the miners’ | funds are exhausted to such an ex- tent that another fight is improbable, possibly for years to come. pses not only f Princess Ileana only the latter inized him ndows of his ca vigorous inspec- [1s mences trip to Iiving Queen co ville, to Pa ons are the t semi-public he and Henry appear- | ha murders, » do what she peases ¢t which she | 4ng M ed will not be held | ‘"N Ewer h wait_ for to that | somerville. ‘olumn 2. 2l Mills murder trial MONU- 1514 a Star reporter vesterday, that|that on the afternoon of September | Stevens {14 he returned from Philadelphia and | - | Mrs. Hall, one of those charged with | Hen were | gether the night of the night that Dr. William H. Eger, a sales engineer, at a local word that will summon him to Somer- testify hotel awaiting in the Hall He will swear, he brother of surf fishing to- eptember_ 14, rd Hall ifled to go to His statements may fur- ary ta|njsh an alibi that will be of impor-|to te] tance to the defensey { i'—lenry Steve;ls Fishing o Murder Night, Washington Man Will Testify at Trial Mr. Eger sald yesterday that he lived next door to Henry Stevens at | Lavalette and had known him for 10| | ars. They | gether and fished to- sterdz frequently he recalled v_Stevens asked him to go fish ing. They fished for several hours, {he said, sitting together on an up- | turned box. He went home, he said, {and a conversation he had with his | wite fixed 10:25 o'clock in his min |as_the hour he returned. Mr. Eger belfeves that what he has the free. hours and decreased wages for the | fement fail- | have given | . | ¥ Will set Henry Stevens| _I0 WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION C., SUNDAY G. U BOWS TONAVY:; ARMY STOPPED, 14 TIGER DOWNS YALE Princeton Captures Big Three Title and Brown Humbles Harvard, 21 to 0. | MICHIGAN GETS 17-T0-16 VICTORY OVER OHI0 STATE | Middies Outwit Georgetown to Take 10-7 Triumph—Flanagan Wins for Notre Dame. - — Georzctown University's powerful foot balt eleven bowyed to the Navy at Annapolis, yesterday while Notre Dame upsetting all forecasts by defeating the Army at the Yankee Stadium In New York Princeton and Brown carried on to Michigan eleven triumphed, but .not without being hard pressed. Nav victory over Georgetown, 10 to 7, was due partly to its excep- tional ability to gain by overhead at- tack and partly to' the poor general- ship of its opponents. Georgetown repeatedly threatened the Navy goal, but was successful in only one scor- ing thrust, while the Midshipmen jtook advantage of two of their three &ood chances to send the ball across | the goal. The IHilltoppers shoved thelr way to a touchdown in the second period with Nork carrying the ball across. Fleld Goal Wins for Navy. In the third feriod Shapley took & pass and ran through a broken field to Navy's touchdown and in the fourth Hamilton won the contest for thelMldshlpmen with a 16-yard field goal. he Army was beaten, 7 to 0, in the Dame. Flanagan, South Bend half- back, crashed through the Cadets’ line for a 63-yard sprint to goal and O’'Boyle kicked for the extra point. Princeton went into the air to conquer Yale, 10 to 7, at Princeton and clinched the Big Three champion- ship. Two daring overhead in the second period swept the Tigers to thelr sensational triumph. Baruch hurled the long forward that brought the touchdown by Caulkins and also kicked a field goal. Goodwine got a pass had been intercepted. Against Harvard at Cambridge, Brown held the upper hand all the way, and scored three touchdowns, winning 21 to 0. At Columbus, Ohlo State jumped into an early lead, but Michigan winged its way to a 17-to-16 victory. NAVY’'S PASSES WIN. Middies Outwit Georgetown to Win, 10 to 7. ANNAPOLIS, Md., November 13 (#P)—Forward passing, the Navy's strongest offensive method, again proved successful today when the Middies outwitted & heavy Georgetown team to win, 10 to 7, in the last quar- ter of a gruelling game. The flnal period punch, which aided the Midshipmen in defea Princeton and Colgate, was apparent again as Navy marched almosc the victory after the earller quarters had proven unfruitful of winning plays. Although seemingly saving itself throughout the early part of the game, Navy on all except one occa- glon was able to muster an invineible line at crucial moments. —Six George- town offensives pressed deep into Navy territory only to be turned back. The Hilltoppers only once were able to pass the Navy 20-yard line. Navy started a team largely made up of regulars, but taking no chances with the Army-Navy service classic impending, it threw in substitutes often. Georgetown Blocks Funt. The first half was a succession of punts and lacked sparkle until, as the second quarter waned, Waite, Georgetown end, blocked Hamilton's punt on the Navy 20-yard line. Nork passed to O'Neil, who ripped off 10 vards and Nork himself carried the ball around Navy's right end for the first score. tra point. X avy ted the score in the third period when Shapley, who replaced from Thompson and dashed 45 yards to plant the ball on the Georgetown 40-yard mark. Shapley it a one-man score by taking a short pass from Hamilton and fighting his way through a frenzied Georgetown line to the goal. Hamilton's toe add- extra point. e atiit an even break, George- town fought hard in the last quarter, but the Navy punch would not be de- nied. Runs by Ransford, who had i gone in for Goudge, and a forward Pass, Hamilton to Hardwick, placed the ball in_midfield. Lloya speared another of Hamilton's lofts from the air and added 30 yards more. Shap- jey found the Georgetown left end penetrable for 14. Taking no chances on losing the ball, with only two minutes left to play, Hamilton dropped back and shot a placement across the bar for the winning 8 points. FLANA DOWNS ARMY. Notre Dame Back Filters Through Line to Run 63 Yards. Special Dispatch to The Star. p;'E\\' YORK, November 13.— Christy Flanagan, & broth of a boy with the blood of Old Irin in his veins and the fire of Old Erin in his soul, gave New York's record gridiron gallery—80,000 persons—the thrill of their lives and his team a dearly de- sired victory this afternoon when he lof the Yankee Stadium to score the touchdown which enabled Notre Dame to vanquish Army, 7 to 0. Christy’s was a classic performance. It came on the third play of the third period in a foot ball battle as tight nd as tense as ever was waged. It me unannounced—unsuggested by anything that had gone before. Rut its suddenness and unexpectedness only made it stand out the bolder, while the sensation it created crystal- | lized into one of the nolsiest, albeit most orderly, demonstrations the local {ball yard has witnessed. 3 two periods the embattled (Contin#1d on Page 6, Column 3.) { MORNING, victory, and in the Middle West the | third period of its game with Notre | drives | touchdown for Yale after a Princeton ing Purdue, | length of the fleld to turn th tide to | O'Neil drop-kicked the! Hannigan, intercepted a forward pass | then made | sprinted 63 yards down the oozy turf| | | IN NOVEMBER 14, 1926.—138 MAKING THE Sundiy Stae. PAGES. NATE SAFE FOR Tk ik G O P L DUGE DECLINES TO AVOD SLAYERS ! | Clings to Policy, “Live Dan- gerously”—Appears More | Frequently in Public. ——e !n: the Associated Press. | ROME, November 13.—FPremier Mussolini, who preaches the doctrine, “Live dangerously,” is living up to it by mapping out a program for the future which will carry him more than ever before the public, despite pleas that he protect himself from further attempts at assassination by secluding himself. Protection by keeping out of the public eye, the Duce feels, according | to those close to him, would be trea- con to the Itallan people who see in {him a symbol of the nation’s -spirit {of indomitable fearlessness. Keeping in the limelight may be an optional privilege for the ordinary mortal, but it is an obligation and a duty for a generalissimo who preaches the doc- trine, “Live dangerously.” Risk should not be the spice, but the staff, of life | for a weak nation which dares hope to 1 be strong. I Many Times in Peril. Practicing what he preaches, the | premier, since the recent attack upon | him at Bologna, has shown himself |in public at every opportunity. He has walked through the streets and driven daily in his limousine from his | home through the crowded center of Rome; has reviewed troops and Fas- cist militia; has shown himself on the famous baicony of the Chigi Palace; | has presided at a public session of |the Chamber of Deputies and in a | dozen other ways has offered an easy | target’ for bullet or bomb. | " And now he has mapped out a pro- gram for the future which entails | more, rather than fewer, direct con- tacts with the people. “I am confident,” he repeated on | several occasions this weeck, “that | dothing @nd nobody can harm me !until my task is completed.” Although refusing to shut himself off from the people, the premier has consented to other means of protec- tion from would-be assassins. By means of the new law for the defense of the regime, every man, woman or child, suspected even remotely of op- | posttion to the regime, is being closely | watched on every occasion when the | premier 1s within the range of danger. | The throngs are literally honeycombed | with police agents, scldiers and mili- tiamen, while the most rigid cordons prevent any one from coming near { him. More Drastic Regulations. Regulatlons governing entrance to {the Chamber of Deputies and the | Chigi Palace, whenever he is present, |have been stiffened. When the ! premier is fn the streets no one | carrying a package of any descrip- tion or who is acting suspiclously is | allowed within several hundred yards, | This compromise arrangement of still exposing himself but protecting | himself is explained as the result of | the necessity of steering a middle | course. So much of a barometer of | the regime is he that his personal ep- pearance before the people is consid- ered essentfal. When other Fascist |leaders speak, the crowds scream, | “I1 Duce, Il Duce, we want to hear the voice of Il Duce!” Sometimes, |even when he commands silence, I shrill volces continue to cry, “Our Duce:” BOMB HURTS 5 AT GAME. Fired as Part of Festivities, It Falls in Stadium. COLUMBUS, Ohio, November 13 | (#).—Nine persons were {injured at |the Ohto Stadium today, filve when a ‘ mortar bomb fired in the pre-game | celebration exploded In the midst of 6,000 people seated on a_temporary | grand stand at the Ohlo State-Michi- | gan game, and four in_the crush of | humanity about the stadium gates. The. bomb, intended to add color and noise to the game, failed to ex- plode in the air and was wafted into the stadium’s open end by a strong | south wind and burst after it hit the | floor planking of the bleacher: | was fired from a mortar. Youths Use Train in Game. MAYFIELD, Ky., November 13 (#). |—They had a new game here—some | Mayfleld youths—and it was to see | who could stand nearest | passing freight train. Robert Alex- | ander won, and his face still has a | few bandages on it, but etherwise he is all right. It| a rapidly | TODAY’S STAR. PART ONE—68 PAGE General News—Local, National and Forelgn. Schools and Colleges: Veterans of the Cr D. A. R. Activities Girl Scout Ne! Page Boy Scouts—Page 36, Radlo News and Programs—Pages 43 and 44. District National G Clubwomen of the Civillan Army News—Page 45. ews of the Clubs—Page 54 Serial, “Lafla’— 5 Parent.Teacher Activities Y. W. C. A—Page 51. At the Community Centers—Page 58. Financial News—Pages 59, 60, 61 and 64, PART TWO0—20 PAC( Editorfals and Fditorial Features Washington and Other Society. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4. Children’s Book Week—Page 4. Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 12. Around the City—Page 13. PART THREE—12 PAGE .\m;ls‘l’ments"l‘hefl.lers and the Photo- pla; Music—Page 5. Motors and Motoring—Pages 6, and 8. Fraternal News—Page 9. Army and Navy News—Page 10. PART FOUR—4 PAG Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 PAGES. Magazine Section—Fiction and 1%a- tures. Pages 26 and 27 at War—Page 30 ge 31. ard—Page 43 10 PAGE! Classified Advertising. GRAPHIC SECTION—12 PAGES. ‘World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—1 PAGES. Mutt and Jeff; Reg'lar Fellers; Mr. and Mrs.; High Lights of History. S GERMAN FLAG ISSUE RAISED IN REICHSTAG Nationalists’ Press Attack on En- voy to U. S. Displaying Emblem Here Armistice Day. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, November 13.—National- Ists are bent on obtaining from the government an_explanation of why Baron Ago von tzan, German Am- bassador to the United States, hoisted the German flag on the embassy at Washington on Armistice day. They have filed an interpeliation in the Reichstag demanding to know what steps the government is taking to call to account the person responsible for this, which they declare “is in- compatible with the self-respect of the German people. They ask also what measures are belng taken to prevent “the repeti- tion of similar humiliating occur- rences.” Attacking the German Ambassador, the ultra - Nationalist ewspaper Lokal Anzeiger, declares “this must be branded as the most disgraceful act of self degradation of which a German diplomatic missfon abroad can be found guilty.” On the other hand the German foreign office approves the Ambassa- dor's action, on the ground that Armi- stice day is a Nation-wide holiday in the United States, and that it would have been highly fmproper for Ger- many to fail to follow the request of the dean of the diplomatic corps to display the flags. [GARNER 10 FIGHT FORTAX CUT NOW Ranking Democrat on Com- mittee Hits Coolidge Plan. Mills Favors It. By the Associated Pres 5 Proof piled up here vesterday that President Coolidge’s tax-credit plan, 1t it ever gets through Congress, will emerge bearing the scars and bumps of an embattled passage. One of the proofs was the coming to town of Representative John Gar- ner of Texas, ranking Democratic member of the House ways and means committee, who generally has a say, and a powerful one, as to the policies of his party in financial matters. He had with him a pro- cut in the corporation tax from 13i5 per cent to 12 per cent and for re- peal of the automobile tax. The Texan's arrival in Washing- ton coincided with that of Repre- sentative Ogden L. Mills of New York, a Republican, on the ways and means committee, and his unbending op- ponent in everything relating to finan- clal legislation. As if they were squaring off for a resumption of their perennial argument, Mr. Mills found the President's credit plan the only practical way of returning to the tax- payers ‘at this' time the $250,000,000 surplus in the Treasury, while Mr. Garner saw little good in it. Has Not Prepared Bill. Mr. Mills did not say he would initiate any legislation to carry out the President's plan. He explained that he would prefer to confer with Chairman Green of the committee first. The chairman, with a num- ber of other Republicans who have expressed themselves, have been rather lukewarm to the proposition. Mills did say, however, that it would be “folly” from a financial viewpolint to attempt permanent tax reduction at the approaching short session of Congress, and in this he has the back- ing of Secretary Mellon and others of the administration. The argument of Representative Garner_put into concrete form the buzz of opinion heard in a number of Democratic quarters recently that the President's plan would largely | benefit corporations ‘and not con- sumers, The troubles of the Republican party arise from its difficulty in an-| swering the demands of the country | for immediate tax reduction and at the same time the needs of the Re- | publican party for a campaign issue | in 1928, Senator Swanson, Democrat, | Virginia, declared in a statement. | Sees Politics in Plan. “The various schemes proposed all | contain conditions which will permit | tax reductlon in 1928,” he sald. “The | plan to give a surplus in the Treas- | ury this vear in the shape of a re- bate to individuals and corporations who have elected the Republican par- ty, taking the surplus from the people, would be a good political move 1f it were not fairly understood by the country. It would give to corpora- tions a return of taxes that they themselves had not paid, but simply | were agents, transferring these col- lections to the Treasury. It would make these few individuals very grateful, and no doubt ample cam- paign contributions would be forth- “Great Ruby of Russ To Be Light Red By the Associated Press. STOCKHOLM, November 13.-—The great ruby of Russia,” pride of crowned heads for centuries, once treasured possession of Catherine.the Great and considered one of the most valuable of the Russian crown jewels, is now declared by a Russian scientist to be merely a large rubellite and far from prectous. The bogus character of this long- !famed jewel is disclosed by Prof. | Gregori "Aminoff, head of the mine- ralogical section of the Swedish Rogal | Museum. His statement is based on |a report by Prof. A. Fersman, noted Russian mineralogist, published in |the bulletin of the Russian Academy of Science, in which the Russian au- writes about it as follows: as as a matter of fact a light | red tourmaline from Burma (rubel- lite}—genuine rubles are always dark red—weighing 250 carats, of irregu- lar shape and representing nothing exceptional efther as to sige or qual- ity.” % coming in 1928." ia” Held by Scientist Stone of Small Value Thus ends the appeal of one of the most noted pieces of jewelry that have figured in Swedish and Russian his- tory. Originally the Swedish crown ob- tained it as war booty at Prague, its | earlier history being shrouded in | mystery, and Queen Christina, the | spendthrift daughter of Gustavus | Adolphus, once “hocked” it for ready cash at Antwerp, where it was later | redeemed by the Swedish govern- ment. It was in the Summer of 1777, while visiting Catherine the Great in St. Petersburg (now Leningrad), that the Swedish king, Gustavus II1, had it removed illegally from the Swedish collection in order to bestow it on the | empress in return for stmilar favors. Since then there have been many pro- posals to have it redeemed once more by the Swedish authorities, but it is still kept in the Russian collection and n;w the Swedish interest has cooled oft. gram of his own for a straight out | | | iand Vice President and full | ship before the courts. and service will start immediately. " FIVE CENTS. CAPITAL LEADERS APPEAL ON RADID FOR NATIONAL VOTE. Five Speakers Present Stand of District on Problem of Representation. MANY ATTEND SESSION IN SUPPORT OF PLEA Position of Washingtonians Held Same as That of Crim- inals and Insane. The “deplorable plight” of voteless Washington, described as the :\hl:. great capital in the world where no lots are cast for government, was flung Into the alir last night by radio with an appeal to citizens of the en- tire Nation to support pending legls tion to give this voti tation in Congress, vote for Pr lent citiz Over stations WRC of Washington and WJZ of New York, using power sufficlent, it was said, tho have been heard from London to the Philippine Islands, a program of addresses by prominent Washingtonians was broad cast from the City Club, which spon day, to the ntation in effect, ored Nutlonal Repr carrying a message, world District’s Work Outlined Five speakers presented a array of fa zument, telling the story of what the District of Co lumbia has contributed and is contrib uting to the Nation's life, defense und Federal treasury, what responsibili are demanded of it, how its vote idents are «1 with the criminal and how they are “punished,” forced to make the “su preme political ce,” and that taxation without representation fs tyranny.”” The situation was cast into the air by one speaker in a series of questions, as @ challenge, to which he declared no satisfuctory answers could be made. No change In the commission form, under which the District now is goverened, was asked Gen. Anton Stephan. president the City Club, presided, introducing the five speakers, who went on the air shortly after 7 o'clock from the auditorium of the ciub before a highiy representative audience of the groups which have been fighting hardest for national representation for \Washing ton. The speakers were Fdwin denburg, Charles W. Darr, Mrs. Anna ¥. Hendley, John J. Deviny and Ed ward F. McGrady. Mr. Brandenburg is chairman of the committee on co gressional hearings of the citizens’ joint committee on, national represen tation and has participated in the presentatior’ of the District's case be fore committees of Cong on two occasions. He was in charge of the latest hearing before the House com mittee on the judiclary last April. He is a former president of the Washing ton Board of Trade, and as such was a ploneer among the vigorous pro moters of the cause of national rep- resentatioon. gent Bran Chamber of Commerce Officer. Charles W. Darr is second vice presi dent of the Chamber of Commerce which was the first of the local civic orgunizations to urge relief of dis franchised Washington by the grant of citizenship right Mrs. Anna M. Hendley has heen identified with the effort to secure the adoption of the national representa- tion amendment by ongress for many years. She is honorary president of the Susan B. Anthony Foundation named for the former leader of the woman suffrage movement. She has been an indefatigable worker, he and elsewhere, to acquaint the people of the country with the District’s cause and arouse popular support of the petition for Washington's en franchisement. John J. Deviny is assistant director of the Bureau of Engraving Printing, and was introduced Stephan as a native of the Distri Columbia, without a vote, and as na- tionally prominent in the printing trade. ' Mr. Deviny is also a member of the District of Columbia bar. Army Band Plays. Edward F. McGrady is chairman the legislative committe n Federation of Labor, in which wpacity he spoke not only his * group and organization in telling terms, but for the entlre city of dis franchised citizens. The United.States Army Band, rected by rgt. Theodore conducting, presented a musical pro gram ef 15 minutes prior to the ad- dresses, and closed with “The Star Spangled Banner. The speakers left no doubt in the minds of those In the hall or the mil lons of listeners-n about the “plight™ of the District of Columbla, and e plained pointedly how the situatly could be helped, first by voters writ ing to Senmators and Representatives in behalf of a resolution now pending which would amend the Federal Con- stitution. Speak On One Theme. All of the speakers concentrated on a fervent appeal to the citizens of the States, listening in by radio, to help convinco Congress that the Dis- trict of Columbia” should be given representation in the Senate and House and in the electoral college Mr. Brandenburg-declared it is in concelvable that the founders of the Nation ever intended that the seat of Government should be a plice where its people would be governed, taxed and controlled absolutely without their consent. Mr. Brandenburg drove home a telling point when he recalled that three nations—Argentina, Brazil and Mexico—have copied our constitu- tional provision for a national capital in a federal district, controlled by the nation, and that they have extended & volce in the government to the resi- dents of their capitals. Many Appeals Made, their constitutions, how- sald Mr. Brandenburg, “full national representation is given to the people in thelr capitals. It is a singu- lar fact, indeed, that of all the gov ernments of the world, the United States, the most progressive, is the only one which denies to the people of its Capital the same national repre sentation enjoyed by the people of the States “As_under the Constitution, we are (Continued on Page 4, Column 2) 4 ! of the Amer-.