Evening Star Newspaper, November 29, 1926, Page 2

* WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9| 2 29, 1926 et b THE EVENING STAR, SOCIETY WILL AID MOVEMENT TO KEEP CAPITAL CHILDREN FIT SPEECH BY.FLURY 1 UNCHALLENGED School Officials Take No Cognizance of Tribute to Eugene Debs. Adhering to their announced policy of not interfering with the private political and religious views of teach- ers. unless they are preached in the classroom, nelther the Board of Edu cation nor Dr. Frank W. Ballou, su- perintendent of schools. had taken of. ficial cognizance today of Prof. Henry Flury s enlogy of the late Eu- gene V. Debs, Socialist leader. at a memorial in the Masonic Temple yes terday Mr. Flury is professor of hinlogy at Eastern High School, and came into public notice recently when he was attacked by Maj. Gen. Amos A Fries. chief of the division of chem- fral warfare, and Distriet commander of the American Legion. for publish- ing u friendly interpretation of so- cialism in the Forum magazine. The Board of Education's policy of non- interference was expounded as a re- #ult of that case Called From Audience. Mr. Flury was not listed as a speaker at the memorial service for Mr. Debs, who died a few weeks ago. He was noticed in the audience, how ever, informed that he would be called on and wrote down his remarks while other speakers occupied the platform. He prefaced his remarks hy declaring that he spoke as a “citizen and a tax- paver.” His speech follows 1 pay tribute to Debs as an cator of the working class, of the Inwly, these who toil, those who dream and .those whose dreams are unfulfilled, those whom Jesus of Nazareth fame to save, those whom the church has forgotten Whether Debs was right or wrong in his proposal of a new social philoso. phy. time alone will tell—but that he wae right in trying to soften racial prejudices, that he advocated self- sacrifice for the welfare of all. that he dreamed of a world in which the class strugsle no longer existed. in which theva was a struggle or war of ideas. gs Nietzsche suggeste—not a struggle for profits which is the foundation of modern warfare.” he said. Dignity of Labor. “IWa teachers, in theory. teach the Algnity of labor in the class room: in practica many of us are snobs. Debe taught labor a new dignity -a real dignity, in fact. T put Debs in the same class as James Whitcomb Riley. He loved little children and wanted to take them out of the mines and fac tories and put them in school He was an inveterate foes of child labor. Fanatice like Henry Ford would sep arate the workers by fanning the flames of race hatred. Debs would nnite them by G. Valenti spoke in Meiman in Hebrew and L. M. Her shaw for the negroes. C. M. Voltz, childhood playmate of Debs and one of those who visited him while he was imprisoned in the Federal penitentiary at Atlanta, told some of thea inner qualities of the Socialist leader. Judge Jacoh Parkan of New York chided Washington for having no vote. Frederick Heller was chairman. LIFE CALLED QUALIFYING GROUND FOR HEREAFTER ~Dean of Cnt;ledml at Chester, BEng- land, Speaks at Church of Epiphany. edu- Italian, Unless man qualifies himeelf during B8 sofeurn on earth he cannot hope for any_sort of life in the world to come, Rev. Dr. F. S. M. Bennett, dean of the Cathedral at Chester, Eng 1and. said in his first address here at noon today in the Church of the Fpiphan “The outstanding lesson of the whola organic process of life is that any organ which would enrich itself must first qualify itself.” Dean Ren- nett daclared. “and. therefore, if we Who are here are to have any life at all hercafier we must qualify our- selves. And rhat is the sale purpnse of the life we <pend here to qualify ourselves o sonl, that hun- of ¢ and our thinkings whict ourselves Declar that people today the world to come. il ng frst rerent v Benne sped the images of frer wi were forefathe eated hy t owe've sup. it eternal punish- spoke briefly man must fe hereafter. piete destruction if | his soul. as is the Dean Rennett con helieye ch thing the is “eternal punish speaker sald, hecause there is to be punishment there must be life, and that life is to be attained man s efforts to qualify his nere. and such qualification marits not punishment or destruction bt the reward of an eternal life. Dr. Renrett is visiting Washington the invitation of the College of Treachers of the Episcopal Church, which plans to bring to this cfty twice a vear an outstanding figure of Angelican communion. At 3 this afternoon Dean Rennett the vergers and the Washington ment only by o clock conferring with office staff of Cathedral. DR. LOUIS A. JOHNSON IS CLAIMED BY DEATH Had Practiced in Capital for 34 Years—Served Overseas During World War. J Johnson, 38 vears old. Ajed vesterday at his residence. 200 Sighth street southwi He served overseas during the World War with the rank of captain. commanding hos pital traine Nos. 46 and 52, and had practiced here for the past 34 vear: He was a former president of t Clinical Society and Southwest Cit izens' Association. He {s survived by Irene Etephenson dsughter, Miss Tsabel Harris Johnson. Interment will taka piace in Arl Cemetery at a time to be announced later. BOY HELD FOR ARSON. Paul A. McGraw. 14 yvears oid. of @08 Thirteenth street, will face a charge of arson in e tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. The Dr. Louis A hie widow, Mrs. Johnson. and & charge has been preferred by Police-| man Q. E. Heyne of the first precinct, who arrested the boy as he stood watching firemen_extinquish a hiaze in the basement of a three-story house at 014 Twelfth street northwest, after midnight Saturday Que‘!lloned he s sald to have ad mitted setting fire to some trash in the basement of the store on the first ficor. He had a grievance against the progrietor of the store, police said. He at present confined in the House of .v_eanun. - that there | it | gton | Juvenile Court | Rummage Sale and -Tea Room Will Be Conducted_ for Seven Days. Child Welfare Society to Make Effort to Complete $100,000 Endownment. The physical condition of thousands of Wachington children each vear is | improved by the educational and cur: tive methods employed at the Child | Welfare Society centers at Children’s | Hoepital, for the support of which a rummage sale and tea room will he conducted for seven days, heginning | Wednesday, at 1315 F street. | With the slogan, “Keep the Well| Child Well,” ever hefore it the socety | meeks not only to cure an ailing or 11l child. but to protect the heaith of normal children by maintaining a strict_ surveillance over their weight height and other indicative tendencies. and by the education of mothers as to the proper care of their children at home. Nutrition classes are con- ducted and in these especial atten |tion is paid to the proper feeding of the little hodles. Often a serious dis- | ease e discovered and itz progress halted in the voungsters in this class. In some cases the undeveloped malady i< of such a nature that the child is entered in the hospital and there treated until the allment is arrested and removed to assure him of a healthy adulthood. Example of Effort. One of the hest examples of the work In this direction is found in a 12-vear-old boy who is now only a | haif pound under weight, whereas he { had been 22 pounds below norma'. He i still under the care of the so. ciety and every indieation is that in a very short time he will return to the weight a growing hoy should have, The lad was a member ot the nu- trition class, where an effort was be. ing made to Increase his weight of 841; pounds. Shortly after eQtering the class, he developed an acul con. | dition of the chest, which was \mme- diately discovered by the attending physicians. who examined him care fully each day. An X-ray phot | Eraply was made and the diagnosis was @mberculosis. In two days the hoy vema in a state of exhaustion and his temperature was ahnormally high, and In the meantime his weight dropped to 77 pounds. Tm- mediately he was placed in the hos- pital, where he was kept in bed for nearly three weeks. At the end of that time. during which he received the excellent treatment his case de. manded, his temperature was normal and he was transferred to the camp on Upshur street, where he remained until it closed. At the camp the little patients found their improvement placed on a competitive hasis, as prizes were awarded to the youngsters making the most rapid physical gains, and so they were given a pleasant incentive to comply with the Instructions of thefr doctors and nurses. The 12- vear-old boy, in whom tuberculosis | was discovered in its early stage, won first prize for the hest gain in weight during the time he was there. 199 for his This is one of the youngsters being helped to_health -through the minis- trations of the Child Welfare Society. . where he will remain this vear, and his weight is 9815 pounds-— less than a pound below the normal height. The 211g-pound galn was made, too, within a period of three month: Seeks $100,000 Endowment. The soclety will maintain its vigi- lanca over this boy .until he is as- sured of an equal chance at healthy manhood with the thousands of other lads his age. His photograph is In- dicative of his_ present, condition. While this is but one case of thou- sands, the work of the soclety is just as effactive among the others fhat come within its range, the records of the hogpital show: ' ‘Heretofore, hy virtue of necessity, not Infrequent appeals have heen inade for Anancial assistance in the conduct of the work. This year, however, the Child Wel- fare Soclety is making a strenuous effort to complete its $100.000 endow- ment fund s that the work at the Mary Gwinn Memorial and the Cush- man Memorial centers can be carried on without further appeals for aid. A good portion of this fund is already on hand, hut if the remainder is to be raised, the society announces, com- | plete success must attend its efforts | which are combined In the rummage | sale and tea room which opens Wed- nesday at the old Federal Bank Bulld- ing. 1315 F street. The rummage sale will be opened for seven days from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and all sorts of goods will he on sale. Washington's social set is ex- tremely active in the conduct of the sale, as all the workers and “sales- persons” are membhers of the highest circles. The tea room will be open each day from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. and will be conducted by a group of young society matrons and debutantes. Mrs. Breckinridge Long is general chairman _of the sale, Arthur O'Brjen is director of the tea room. Miss ‘Allison Roebling Is chafr- man of the committee of geven young women hostesses for each of the seven days. Other members of the general committee under Mrs. Long Includes Mrs. Marshall Langhorne, Mra. Thomas Rell Sweeney and Mrs. John Allan Dougherty. SPEAKER GIVES UP JOB AT CLEVELAND Quits as Boss of Indians to Enter Business—No Suc- cessor Is Named. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, November —Tris Speaker, leader of the Clev land Indians since mid-season 1919, today r gned as manager. i Speaker set forth he had absolutely no differences with the ball club_over | salary or anything else, that condi-| | tiona” are as amicable *as they ever | have heen, hut he made up his mind | that it he was to get anywhere in the husiness world he would have to take the definite step he has decided upon sooner or later. Speaker has several husiness prop- { omitions under consideration Trie is the fifth American League manager to either resign or he retired by the club owners since the close of the 1926 campaign. lLee Fohl. hoss of the Boston Red Sox, was first to tender his resignation. Owner Phil Bail announced the re- tirement of George Sisler. Dan Howley has been named to pilot the Browns. Ty Cobb, most colorful of all ball plavers, quiet as leader of the De- troit Tvgers. He has been replaced by | George Moriar former player and | of recent vears American League um- | pire. Owner Charles Comiskey of the | Chicago White Sox surprised every- I body & couple of weeks since hy break. {ing into print with the announcement he had given Eddie Collina his walk- |ing papers and promoted Ray Schalk !to the managertal role. | Speaker has won undying fame as ! fielder, base runner, thrower and bats- fman. No siuccessor has heen chosen. 2 | 'UNION STATION PORTER Out As Manager TRIS SPEAKER. CHRISTMAS SEALS WILL GO IN MAILS Temorrow Allotments Will Be Sent Out From Headquarters of Tuberculosis Group. Allotments of 1926 Christmas seals will be mailed to thousands of Wash- ingtonians tomorrow from the head- quarters of the Washington Tuber- culosis Association, 1022 Eleventh street. Fach allotment will he accompanied by a letter. The money received will he used to finance the various health activities of the association for the coming vear. Nearly 800.000 additional seals were rushed to Washington veaterday from Philadelphia_ by airplane in the per- | | | IS KILLED BY TRUCK! Electric Through Gate, Falling With Driver Into Elevator Shaft. Crashes | | Conveyance Quander, colored, a porter, | old, 1317 Sixth_ street, was killed about 7:30 o'clock morning while at work in |T"nton Station. He was operating an {electrie truck that crashed through a gate protecting an elevator shaft. The truck and driver fell tn the hot Ltom of the shaft, a distance of 30 teat | The truck fell upon Quander, he | heading him and crushing his head {and portion of his hody. Police of | the sixth precinct investigated the {accident and had the hody removed to the morgue, TAXI LINES PLAN FIGHT. | May Go to Court Over Order Limit- | ing Cabs to 1.350. Several large taxicab companies are planning to test in the courts the legality of the recently adopted mendment to the police regulations imiting the number of taxicabs and | publlc vehicles in the District to 1.250, according to reports reaching the District building today. The 1,250 limitation has been [ reached. it was announced hy Wade H. Coomba. superintendent of licenses, and two companies which previously had planned to add cabs to their ser jce will be prevented from doing 0. One com| ;, It was said, ordered 'ore _the amendment | | George | 28 vears | Instantly | yesterday sonal custody of two young women, Miss Margaret Preston and Miss Ethel M. Johnson. They were sent in Tesponse to an emergency appeal from Secretary Ufford of the local orfation. COL. LISTER BURIED. while Mrs. | tion.” | INDORSES MELLON - LIQUOR PROPOSAL | |Wayne B. ‘Wheeler Favors Private Corporation to Pro- duce Medicinal Supply. Wayne B. Wheeler of the Antl. Saloon League, in announcing yester- day a meeting of the league legisla- tive committee this week, stated that he approved the Mellon-Andrews pro- posal for setting up a private corpora- tion to purchase and manufacture all medicinal whisky in the country. In earller statements Mr. Wheeler had expressed some doubt as to but now declares he knows of no op- position to the proposal of the Treas ury Department, providing the activ- itiex of the private corporation were conducted under proper regulations. Wheeler Explains Position. “There was opposition to the crig- inal plan for Gevernment ownership and distribution.” he explained. “The Secretary of the Treasury never in- dorsed the plan. If the laat bill pro- posed includes the authority needed to limit the distilleries that may open. this will go far to settle the queation as {0 whether it is best to buy liquors | abroad or manufacture them in the | United States. It is an added reason for early action on the bill which Gen. Andrews requested.” “This proposal.” continued Mr. Wheeler, “will doubtless carry a re- vision to give Government authority to limit the number of distilleries that may open to make whisky for medi- | cinal purposes when the time arrives for makIng or huying A new supply. This will go far to settle the question as to whether we should make the new enpply here or huy it abroad. Under the exiating 1aw there {8 no power to limit the number of distillers who may apply for permits to manufac- ture, and the Government would have to give them all an equal chance. Some of the less responsible_ would take a long chance to make a large i supply and dispose of it illegall Excepts to Claims of Wets, Mr. Wheeler took exception to re- ports of alleged gains made by the wet in the recent senatorfal elections. They failed, he sald, to account for the gains in that body by the drys. | ““For instance,” sald Mr. Wheeler, |“in Alabama and Oregon these offset the wet gains in Massachusetts and | Wisconsin. The Pennsylvania fight {is not vet mettled. In several other | States the drys made gains by elect- {ing dry leaders where the issue was not so clear as in the States men- tioned. In Missourl and New York | there was no change. | Wets Well Organized. There has not been an election since the eighteenth amendment was {adopted in which the wets were better organized or spent more money to elect thelr wet candidates and where {they failed so dismally. Fven the | United _ States Brewers’ Association spent $15,000 in one county in Ohio to try to defeat Senator Willis and elect Mr. Pomerene. lLarge sums of money were spent by the\wets in Tl nois, ‘Washington, Nevada and other States. No one expects that the wets can put over their wet bills. The bills to put prohibition agents under civil service and the reorganization hill Indorsed by the drys have passed the House by large - majorities and are at the head of the calendar in the Senate. There {8 every reason to believe that they will pass. The Goff- yfimhum bills, recommended for pas- sage by the judiciary committee the House and Senate, will pass un- less the wets prevent a vote by fili- buster. When the best the wets can do to defeat law-enforcement legisla- tion I8 to use the indefensible filibus- ter method, the weakness of their cause is self-evident.” | Effect of Supreme Court Ruling. | Automobile salesmen:and manufac- | turers are unduly disturbed, Wheeler |sald, over the recent decision of the | Supreme Court authorizing the for- | feiture of automobiles under the old | inter .l revenue Jaws when geized for ruti running. Their fear that auto- mobiles innocently sold on the Install. nient plan would be a total loss when w0 seized was not well founded, he sated. They have two remedies, he ex- plained, by requiring a bond of the purchaser that the automobile will not he used for illegal purposes or by recourse to the method now provided by law for the innocent owners when | the autos are seized under section 3450 of the Revised Statutes, In discuseing the elections in On- tario, Canada, todav, Wheeler stated: “The liquor election in Ontario rep- resents a strategy in decided contrast to the wet program in the United States. In two referenda elections in | Ontarié the wets lost. Now they raise the issue through the election of pro- vincial officials. In the United States the wets insist that the referendum is the only way to settle this ques- 1 | Pharmacy Reported l;hlmt Police are investigating a report of a theft committed in a basement room of the Annapolis Pharmacy, Eleventh and Saturday morning. Merchandise valued at between $50 and $75 was stolen. Or;lerod Here for Duty. Capt. John H. Gardner, jr., Army Signal Corps, at Fort Ha has been ordered to this cif in the office of the chief signal office War Department. Dog Fire .H;-r(—)ine Now Plays Nurse After Auto Crash Infantry Officer Died Last Week in | Kansas. Funeral services were held at the| Arlington National Cemetery this aft. ernoon for Lieut. Col. Ralph B. Lis- ter, United States Infantry, who died | at ' Fort Leavenworth, Kan. last| Thursday. | He was a native of New Jersey and | hegan hiz military services in the Spanish War as a second Heutenant in the 1st Colorado Tnfantry. In 1900 he was appointed to the Regular Army and reached the grade of lieutenant colonel on July 1, 1920, During the World War he served as a colonel| of infantry in the National Army. SENATOR ODDIE SUED. Charged With Fatling to Pay Note for $6,282.50. Tasker L. Oddle, Senator from Ne- vada, was named as defendant in a suit filed today in the District Supreme | Court by Herbert H. Cookson of San Francisca on a promissory note for $6,232.50. The note was given at Renn, | September 15, 1919, and when it ma | tured was not pald. it {s stated, and frequent requests for payment. since maturity have been disregarde: At- ;umey ‘Walter A. Johnston ‘pun ox Flora, the stout-hearted bulldog of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Rupp, 5840 Conduit road, who barked her way into the annals of animal herolsm Saturday when she aroused her master and roomers in the house just in time to enable them to eacape from flames, in playing the role of nurse and comforter today. For her mastef, Otto R!IDP.‘{A heginning to belfeve that there's no such thing as good luck. He's in bed with a broken arm, the re- sult of a collision yesterday after- noon at Thirtieth and Q streets between his automobile and a car owned and driven by Andrew J. Morris, 312 Quackenbos street, Who escaped injury. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wain- wright—the same Arthur Wain- wright who, alarmed by Flora's barking, dashed into the burning house and aroused his employer— were In Rupp's car and sustained cuts and bruises. They were treated by Dr. Elliott M. Campbell, while Rupp’s arm was set at Emer- &ency Hospital. Flora was not in the car and so she didn't know anything ahout the accident until her master came home with a brokem arm. But ehe is keeping watch by his bed today, now and then licking his hand and looking inquiringly & all who enter - the room. whether the plan would be feasible, | of | and H streets, between Friday night | WORLD PROBERS HOPEFUL ON CHINA Modification of Extraterrito- rial Systems Urged, With Gradual Relinquishment. By the Associated Pres Despite the chagtic conditions pre- vailing in China the international commission which recently completed | I | treaty rights in that country has made an optimistic report to the 13 governments concerned. It not only found immediate modi- fication of some of the extraterritorial vatems advisable, but recommended gradual relinquishment of the remain- ing privileges, timed to cofncide with China’s peggress toward moderniza tion of her legislative and judicial systems In such way that the 254006 foreign individuals and 6473 foreign firma affected would he assured ade- quate protection. Further, it suggested that steps he taken to corract abuses hy foreign nationals under the treatles and short comings in their application by rep- sentatives of the governments. At the same time it did not minimize the apparent impotence of the Chinese authorities to check crime at present, and cited a long list of outrages com- mitted while it was meeting at Peking which went unpunished. although the perpetrators were known. Authority Limited. Created by the Washington confer- ence of 192 the commission’s au- thority was limited to making a study of conditions under the treaty, urged by the Chinese government in view of the advance of nationalistic feeling in that country, and reporting its concln slone and ‘recommendationa (o the powers represented. Any actions that ensue must he taken by the govern ments, which now have the report un- der consideration. The report was signed for the United Statea by Silas H. Strawn of Chicago, chalrman of the commission. The Chinese commissioner, Wang Chung-Hul. signed with the reserva- tion that his approval of the recom- mendations did not imply approval also of the statements made as to facts found. There were four recommendations, some of them subdivided. If they are “reasonably complied with,"” the commigsion stated. surrender of ex- traterritorfal rights would be war- ranted. The first sald that administration of eivil justice In China must be pro- tected against ‘“interference by the executive or other branches of the government, whether civil or mili- tary.” The second declared that should adept a definite program for improvement of legal. judicial and prigon_systems: enact through legis- China | hecessary codes for civil, commercial and criminal procedure and laws cov- |ering bankgng. bankruptey, patents, land expropriations, etc., and provide also for the adequate financing of the machinery thus set up. The third suggested that pending tulfiliment of this program the treaty powera “might consider the abolition of extraterritoriality according to such progressive scheme (whether geo- graphical, partial or otherwise) as may he agreed upon Modification Outlined. The finual recommendation outlined a plan for immediate modification, in co-operation with the Chinese, of exist- ing extraterritorfality svste The suggeated modification included: (a) Administration hy extraterri- torfal and consular courts of such Chinese laws and regulations as may be adopted. (h) Transfer of ‘‘mixed cases” at law hetween extraterritorial foreign- ers and Chinese to ‘“the modern Chinese courts” without intervention of forelgn assessors, existing special mixed courts also to be brought into accord with the “modern Chinese Ju- Alcial system” and lawyvers of treaty power natfonality to be permitted to practice fully before both courts in mixed cases. (c) Extension of protection to Chi- nese individuals or shipping interests by extraterritoriality-protected foreign- ers to be suppressed by the treaty powers, which also should require compulsory registration of thelr na- tonals in China. (d) Extension of reciproeal judicial assistance between Chinese and extra territorial courts and officers, includ ing enforcement by each of the proper writs and processes of ,the other, and recognition and enforcement of arbi- trational settlement of civil disputes. (e) Pending abolition of extraterritor- fality, nationals of the treaty powers in C'hina to be required to pay all Chi- nese taxes duly recognized by the powers as applying to such nationals. Regarding the recent crimes cited, the report noted the “callous attitude’ of Chinese military chieftains, which brought about, even in Peking itself, “such complete disregard of the prin- ciples of justice.” Immunity Is Assailed. “By virtue of Chinese law ltself,” (e report contined, “the legal posi- tion of the military renders them im- mune from jurisdiction of the ordi- ary courts,” while their power, in fact, often renderz them immune from all courts. This immunity is liable to be extended to the friends of the mili- tary and to commercial firms and or- ganizations In which they are inter- ested. Ample evidence of the fore- going Is brought out by the fact that the military is constantlv committing crimes which go unpunished.” A preliminary summary disclosed that the “growth of nationalistic feel- ing in China, along with the rapid ex- pansion of foreign interests.” under- lles the demand for aholishment of un- equal treaties. A surver of the “anomalies” due to ployment of many law syatems by various foreign courts, lack of legal training of many consular officials who conduct such courts and the condition, “obviously unfair to Chinese litigant makes appeal from foreign court de- cisions lie in appellate bodies remote from China, was included Attached tables showed that 98 per cent of all extraterritorial foreigners are Japanese, British, American, Por- tugess and French, In the order named, Japan leading with 218,351, a majority of whom are in Manchuria. The British total is 15.2 Amerfcan 9.844. The Japanese commissioner placed the 1924 total of Japanese na. tionals in China, Koreans and For- mosans included, at 1.032.716, Russia leads among the non-extra- territorial foreigners, with 83,235 in- dividuals and 1,270 firma, — BUS STOPS LIMITED. Red Star Line Given Partial Intra- state Rights. BALTIMORE, Md., November 29— The Public Service Commission this morning refused to grant the Red Star Bus Line, Inc., permission to do an intrastate business between the District of Columbia Line and Balti- more, via Washington boulevard, and the application of the same company for the operation of intrastaté busses between the District of Columbia line and Delaware. At the same time the commission granted the company the right to op- erate busees in inffastate business ‘be- tween the District of Columbia and Annapolis, via Forrestville, Upper * Marlboro, Hom‘fl and Parole. lative hodles, not hy executive decrees. | FIGURES AT MURDER TRIAL i | an exhaustive study of extraterritorial | JURY IN RULE CASE PARTLY SELECTED Accident to Be Plea in Killing of Barbee on Halloween Niaht. By & Staff Cowreapondent of The Star, ROCKVILLE. Md., Novemher 29, Richard Henry Rule, 22 years old, of 1627 Sixteenth st the son of Hen- ry Rule of the National Capital Press, this morning went on trial-at the Montgomery County courthouse on a charge of murder in connection with the shooting, October 30, of Willlam J. Barbee, jr. 19 vears old, of 1822 Vernon street, at a boys' clubhouse on the Colesville pike, 4 miles north of Silver Spring, Md., following a fistic encounter between two Hallow- een parties. On the bench are Judges Robert B. Peter and Glenn H. Worthington. The State Is represented by Joseph C. Cissel and the youth is represented by Attorney S. Barnard Welsh. Counsel announced the defense will plead not guilty, and argue that the shooting, which’ Rule had admitted, | was accidental, while he was in the | act of defending himself. The entire | morning session of court was con- | umed in an attempt to obtain jurors, and at noon but seven men had heen | selected, although the panel of tales- men had been exhausted. Court was temporarily recessed while Sheriff Clay Plummer made his second trip | through Rockville in search of pros- pective jurors. Relatives With Defendant. Rule appeared In court this morn- ing accompanied by hix mother and father and a brother, Gordon Rule. The father of the slain vouth also was in court at the opening of the session. he trial Is not expected to last be- vond threa daye, despite the delaved start this morning and although a | total of more than 40 witnesses are 10 he called. State's Attorney. Cissel announced that he had subpoenaed as prosecution witnesses the 15 vouths Who were companions of Barbee at | the time of the shooting. The defense in said to have more than 12 wit nesses, most of them \Washington boys, who, with Rule. conduct: U the clubhouse on the Colesville pike which they called the Blue Ridge Pleasure Club. According to testimony adduced at the coroner's inquest, Rule drew a gun from his pocket and fired the shot which killed Barbee, after he had heen taunted by one of the lat- ter's party, who cried: “\What ho, here's the Jjolly Scotchman.” Rule was dressed, it was sald, in Scottish Kilts and & tuxedo coat. On Way to Dance. It was also testified that Barbee's party were bound for a sorority dande, which they understood was being held in a barn on a farm nea: Burnt Mills, Md., that they lost their way and had swpped at the Blue Ridge Pleasure Qb to_inquire the location of the fa@n. Defense wit- | nesses stated they wmistook the Bar- hee party for either drunken revel- ers, who intended them harm, or for rohbers. When an argument ensued between the two parties, it was testified, Rule and Samuel F. Perkins of Mount Rainler, Md., engaged in a tussle and rolled on the ground. Separated, they stood up and Barbee cried to Rule: “Why don’t you pick on some one your own size?” A moment later, it was testified, Barbee stepped for- ward and Rule flashed his revolver and shot. The defense counsel will emphasize that at the time of the shooting, which was near midnight, voung Rule was virtually surrounded by more than a dozen strangers. CITIZENS’ CONFERENCE WILL MEET TONIGHT Interfederation Members to Take Up Several Questions of Organization. The Interfederation Conference, composed of representatives of the Citizens’ Federations of the District, Montgomery County. Md., and Arling- ton County, Va., will hold ita month- Iy meeting tonight at the Lee House at 6:30. s is customary, business will be transacted about the dinner table. Several important matters affect- ing the organized citizenship in the District and its environs will be con- sdered by the conference and new projects are expected to be initiated at_the meeting. R. E. Plymale, president of the Arlington County Federation, will preside over the meeting. TWO WOMEN APPOINTED. Fxecutive orders authorize the ap- pointment of Mrs. Georgianna Wehh to a position in the customa fleld service of the Trr sury Department ‘without regard to civil service rules,” and the reinstaterient of Mra. Latra V. Rooney as an operative in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, vithout regard fo the length of time she has been separated from the service. Mrs. Webb is the widow of Edward B. Webb, customs agent, who was shot and killed in the performance of his duty by a smuggler October 7, 1926. Mra. Rooney is the widow of Theodore A. Rooney. who dled Feb- ruary 7, 1926, after 26 years' mervice in the bureau. As Mise Laura V. Walker she served in the bureau as a claseified employe from November 9, 1901, to January 13, 1908. In each case action was based an the recom- mendation of the Secretary of the Treasury. | Upper left: Richard Henry Rule, defendant in the Barbee shooting case, which opened - in Rockville today. Upper rirlll: Wi J. Barbee, father of the slain boy. Lower: Henry Rule, father of the youth who s charged with the kill- ing. RUMPLOT CHARGED Other Financial Institutions’ Officials Indicted After Seizure of Vessel. By the Associated Press. ROSTON, November 2 rum-running plot, which ered when the steamer Cretan wi seized here last August with an $800.- 000 cargo of alcohol. had resuited to- &ay in the indletment of more than two score defendants in three cities, including Lewis H. Rothchild, vice | president of the Chelsea Exchange Bank of New York, and two other officlals of the bank. Rothehild, who at 28, I8 one of the youngest respon: ble bank officials in' the country, was a foot ball star at Lrinceton. With ames V. Boise of Brooklin. an assist- it cashler, and Harold Smythe of New York, assistant to Rothehiid, the banker i& accused of conspiracy to smuggle lquor on a vast scale. Indicted in August. The indictments were returned in August, but only made public here when several of the defendants were arrested. Besides Rothchild and his aldes. those indicted included Capt. August Alkine and 22 men of the crew of the Cretan, Max Bernstein, Frank Con way, Leo Friedman and Joey Kott, all of New York: Charles Schwartz, active in Philadelphia politics; Sam- uel La Sar, Philadelphia, and Morris Rotman, Providence, R. I Operations of the syndicate were cloaked under the gu offensive real estate business at Broadway address, the CGovernment charges, and its ramifications ex- tended to two continents. Three of the more prominent mem- bers of the ring are at liberty, but most of the others have heen served with warrants. Rothchild just re- turned from a trip to E pe. Schwartz and Rotman were accused of being handlers of aleohol and others, including the missing defend ants, with having various parts in the activities that led to the purchase of the Cretan, a former Merchants & Miners ‘Transportation Co. hoat. Crew Freed On IIRII: ‘The hoat was bought hy Carl Postal, jr., one of those indicted. In the name of the Atlas Chartering Co., the in- dictments charge, although under new ownership the vessel retained its old colors of red and black and cleared from Boston on July 1 for its first voyage. The ship's papers showed it was going to Philadelphia hy way of Port land, Me., but when it returned here meveral days later to take on addi- tional cargo without having touched at Portland, customs authorities started a search that revealed the liquor hidden under hales of paper. ‘The crew was released under bail, :flltk(he craft was fortifled and sold for unk. HICCOUGHS SEVEN DAYS. Missourl Patient Finally Cured by Use of. Drug. KANSAS CITY, November 20 (#). —After hiccoughing seven davs, Har vey Reflley, 43 vears old, was cured at a hospital here last night by the use of what physicians termed an antl. apasmodic drug. Although the doctors refused to reveal the name of the drug, they announced part of the scores of sug- geations that kept hospital telephone operators busy vesterday The “home remedies” included “swallowing of eight plums, snuffing red pepper and castor oil. HOG KILLS MAN. Vicious Animal Resists Effort to Be Driven Away. JOHNSTOWN, Pa., November 29 ®.—R. 1. Miller was fatally injured yesterday by a vicious hog, which at- tacked him as he was trying to drive 4t from a vard at his farm near here. The animal. which knocked Miller down and tore his throat witn its tusks, defled all efforts of Mre. Miller to frighten it away, and before she could summon assistance her husband disc 10 BANKER AND 40 RUMANIA CRISIS WAITS ON MARIE Friends and Foes of Carol Hope Differences Will Be Composed in Paris. .F.Y the Associgted Press. | PARIS, November 20. — Queen Marie's arrival from the United States tomorrow is regarded as offering the possibility that trouble over the Rumanian dynasty growing out of the serious fllness of King Ferdinand will he composed in the French capital. Former Premier Rratfano, whose | political influence in Rumania fs most powerful, and Nicholas Jorga, leader | of the opposition, will ha in Paris | Former Crown Prince (‘arol already is {here and has announced that he again will meet his mother. Rratiano is opposed to (‘arel return ing home in order to be ready to head the Hohenzollern dynasty in case of the demise of Ferdinand. (arol ah ! dicated his right to the throne. On the other hand M. Jorga, who is head of the national party, is favorable to {Carol becoming King. What Queen Marie's ideas of the situation are have not been stated Armed Action Hinted. Rumanians in Paris friendly to Carol, openly say that if the former Crown Prince, who is declared to he extremely popular fn army circles in his homeland, should elect to set np headquarters near the Rumanian frontier the army “would have some thing to say.” To this M. Rratiano has made the rejolnder that a dis turber of the peace in Rumania wonld “find a legal ohstacle in his path and also eummary justice fn Rumania.” In some quarters this is considered a warning to Caral not fo mix in Ru mania‘s political affairs Caral asserts that he has no re lations with M. Rratiano, whose abrupt declaration _of opposition tn the former Crown Prince came some what as a surprise. It is reported that all the opposition parties are favor {able to Carol, but fnsist that “legal | methods alone™ shall prevail in any .{ change in the government. Notwithstanding the latest reports jassert that King Ferdinand is doing | as well as could he expected, the chan cellories of Enurope are waiting with intense interest the progress of the patient in his struggle with death and the steps that are heing taken to cope with a formidable crisis avhich it 1s thought will inevitably follow death. General Conflagration Feared. Tt is asserted that the chancelleries feel that in the situation ‘lurks the germs of a_central European confla gration. Should Rumania hecome prey to factions It is said to he lieved that Soviet Russia would he certain to seize the opportunity to attempt to regain Ress; bia and that Hungary would not he slow In ratsing the Transylvaniin question, Tt fs known that Soviet agents in considerable numbers have made their way Into Rumania and are working among the populace. It is sald it was {with the object of providing a safe guard against what is termed this ever-present Russian peril that the Rumanian government has heen striv ing to effect closer relationship with Italy It is asserted that all the Rumanian parties are aware of danger ah and the necessity of providing for hut that they are seeking to turn 1he situation te the hest advantage for their own party interests. A report received in Paris suggests that it may he decided that Kine Ferdinand shall ahdicate the thror immediately and turn over tha affaire of the country to the Regency Coun ¢il in the hope that such a step would avert a ecrisis should he die while ruling. It seems certain, how | ever, that nothing definite will he done until the return of Queen Marle to Bucharest. People Growing Uneasy. A message received by telephone from Berlin by the Paris Midl repor a strict censorship on the Rumanian newspapers and uneasiness by the people over the political sftuation |This message says that the Regency Council virtually took up govern mental functions on Saturday mon {ing. and also that the government Lad retired soms generals and othe: officers supposed to be sympathizers f Ca Certain politicians in _Bucharest, this message says, favor Quéen Marie being given constitutional powers Still another solution under discus lsion in Rucharest is that Prince Michael, son of (arol, and now heir apparent, he proclaimed King under la regency, or that Princess Ileana bhe | called upon to succeed her father. 'BENJAMlN W. CHISWELL, INSURANCE MAN, DIES Vice President and Secretary of Peoples Life—Funeral Set for Wednesday. Benjamin W. Chiswell died at ‘clock this morning at his residence 11 Sixteenth street, after a long il ness. He was born in Buckeystown, Md in 1874, his parents being Willlam F and Mary Elizabeth Chiswell. He moved to Washington as a young man and after a_short time hacam: assoclated with the Peoples Life In surance Co. of this city. A number of vears ago he hecame vice presi dent and secretary, having complets charge of its agency matters and pro duction. He was a member of Colum bia Lodge, No. 3, F. A. A, M., Scot | tish Rite Consistory, Almas Temple, Mystic Shrine; Racquat Club, Nationai Press_Club, Columbia Country Club and Washington Board of Trade. He is survived by his widow, Mrs Ida L. Chiswell; father, Willlam T. Drother, W. Wallace: four sisters, Mrx. H. C. Nicodemus of Frederick, Md Mrs. K. B. Hodge, Mrs. Fenton F. Lelth and Miss Harvey Chiswell of this city. The funeral will be held from his late residence Wednesday ,nflernnnn at 2 o'clock. The pallbearers will be J. R. Mar- shall of Norfolk, Va.. C. E. Thomas of Richmond, Va.. E. T. Hughes of Newport News, Va. J. Uzzell, eorge Caver and H. N. Cole of this city, all of whom have been in the service of his company for more than 20 vears and_ are members of its Twenty-Year Club, LEGION PASSES FREE. Eight Countries to Waive Fees for Paris Convention. INDIANAPOLIS, November 29 (®).—FEight European countries will waive their right to approximately $1,000,000 in passport visa fees to pe: mit American legionnaires to visit the continent while they are in France for their annual convention next Sep- tember. Bowman Elder, national chalrman of the France convention committee of the Legion, said France, (ireat | Britain, Relgium, Italy, Switzerland | Holland, Germany and Denmark had agreed to accept identification certifi cates in place of the customary pass. ports. Ten other countries will be 2;4 to take similar actlon, it was ¢