Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1926, Page 4

* FOUR DIE IN MIDAIR CRASH OF 2 PLANES Landing Gear of One Hits Wing of Other as They Try to Pass in Fog. d Press 1L, De aside By the Asso RANTOUL, row swept Christmas s Iield, where plunged to death in a their planes The two ships, roaring through a fog that hung over the field, locked together at dusk vesterd yed 400 feet to the ground. Two of the victims were flying on the eve of departure homeward for holiday visits, There w: brief flash of flame when the planes splintered again arth, a mile from the hangar they did not catch fire Herold G. Foster of found still alive in the twisted cockpit He died before reaching a hospital. Three Killed Instantly. First Lieuts. Henry W. Kunkel of Columbia, Mo., and Albert J. Clayton of Philadelphia and Second Lieut Ralph W. Lawter of Huntington, W. Va., were killed in They were Regular Army. 0s- ter, a World W Re- serve officer, just completing month duty tour. 3 Lieut. Lawter had informed his mother at Huntington that he had ob- tained permission to fiy an Army plane to that place, with his bride of three months. for a Christmas visit. and at Philadelphia the parents of Lieut. Clayton, a direct descendant of the first Governor of Delaware, were preparing for his holiday arrival. He ‘was unmarried. Leaves Wife and Two Children. Lieut. Kunkel, who returned last Sumsmer from three years' service in Hawaii, is survived by a widow and two small daughters, Mrs. Foster lives at the field and was prostrated by the anceident. An’ inquiry has been ordered, but slthough several other ships were in the air, it is believed a traveling sales- man passing the fleld was the. only vewitness. Brother officers believe. the rash came when the pilots, suddenly seeing each other through the fog, at- tempted to swerve. The landing gear of Lieut. Kunkel's PT locked with the wing of Lieut. Lawter's De Havi- lane MEDICAL C CENTER WORK. Marked Progress Reported ‘Walter Reed Hospital. Good progress is being made in ex- tensive reconstruction work at the Army Medical Center, Walter Reed General Hospital, according to reports received at the War Department. Ap- proved plans provide for a modern| hospital group arranged to afford the best facilities. At present a new mess and kitchen building, two ward build- ings and connecting corridors are be- ing constructed at a cost of approxi- mately $£900.000 from funds provided by the Veterans' Bureau. That in- cludes the installation of modern kitchen and bakery equipment, re- srigeration and elevators. A d- some recreation buflding is being con- structed under the direction of the quartermaster general by the Amer- fcan National Red Cross at a cost of approximately $160. Under a special appropriation of $2,000,000 two large wings will be added to the present main building, and clinical labora- tories and ward buildings will be con- structed to the north of that building. A contract has been let to grade a large area and to make required changes in the various utilities systems made necessary by the new construction. The replacement of the temporary bufldings made it necessary to pre- pare an entirely new post map by the quartermasters. That work required intensive study, not only on account of the size of the project and exten- sive changes in the underground pip- ing, but also because the construction wéf'k must be carried on without dis- turbing the current functioning of the hospital. BOY SKATERS DROWN. NORTH MANLHESTLR, Ind., De- <ember 23 (#).—Eugene Wright, 7, and Fred Thompson, 12, were drowned in Eel River yesterday, when ice on which they were skating gave way. Treacherous ice frustrated ef- torts of rescuers to reach them. James Wright, 6, brother of Eu- zene, one of the skating party, was nearest shore and escaped. He sum- moned help. Their bodies were re- covered. SHIPPING NEWS Arrivals at and_Sailings From New York. mber Sor- spirit of the at Chanute Army officers head-on crash son 1« four at ARRIVALS AT NEW YORK. Parls—Havre .. 5 Oscar II—Copenhagen DUE TODAY. Yort Victoria—Bermuda vives—Cartagena aracaibo—La G x President Roosevelt— mmu crhaven: Munamar—Nassau DUE TOMORKOW. JMunargo—Nassau 34 Nerieea—St. John's EXPECTED ARRIVALS AT NEW American Merchant—1London Arabie—Antwerp \ thenia—G YORK. Coltie—Liverpool e Grasse—Havre Majeatio— Manchuria— Harrivon—World i n x'mm.flm.. cruise . . b amaria_—Livery anta_Teresa—V Southern Cros: repo-—Valparaiso Voltalre—Buenos Alr OUTGOING STEAMERS. SAILING TODAY American Shipp ondon Lituania—Hamburg, Copen e ): R e e e L it ..4:00 P.M, n 73:00 P.M Noon ast 11:00 AM. Los, 3:00 PM. 1:00 PM. porte Finland— Angeles _and Franci President. Monroe—World crus Dominic and 1dad : Qcean Prince—Cape Town Cauto—Progreso . . San Mateo—Puerto Colom ‘Faubate—Santos SATLING TOMORROW. Minnekhada—Plymouth, Boulogne, and Hamburg : Veendam-—Plymouth, Houl Rotterdam «oamo—San Juan Orizaba—Havana Munargo—Nassau Vestris—Barbados. Rio do Janeiro, Montevideo and Buenos Al ¥ort Victoria—Bermuda ... ¢ arenco—Pirarus Tellepline—Rotterdam Noon 3:00P.M. Yoon oon Noon 3 3:00 PM. Ene Tiarbara— a—Cristobal @ e T P00 e 001 500 By PPy 213 3 and drop- | LIEUT. ALBERT J. CLAYTON. MENNONITES END LONG PILGRIMAGE 300 Pacifist Religious Order Members to Establish Col- ony in Paraguay. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Dail: ws. Copvright, 1926 BUENOS AIRES, December 23. Three hundred Canadian Mennonites members of the pacifist religious or der, arrived today en route for Para guay, fnaugurating one of thé mo: interesting migrations for a ‘religious ideal since the Puritans sailed on the Mayflower. Four hundred others are en route from New York, and 2,000 more have paid for passages at various periods up to April of next year. The move- ment is being closely watched by members of the sect in all parts of the | world, including the rich Mennonite | colonies in lilinois and Iowa, which | next year will send some of thelr members to Paraguay. , |,/ take along their It is expected that several hundred thousand non-combatant people will settle in Paraguay during the pext | few years. For 400 yvears the Men- | nonites have been wandering the face of the globe seeking a place to wor ship and educate their childven a cording to their ideals, which include abstinenice from fighting of any na- ture. | Granted Broad Charter. { The Paraguayan government has | granted them a charter, including the terms they have been seeking for four centuries. They and their descend ants for all time are granted immu nity from participation in warfar either as combatants or non-comi ants. The charter is probably the most liberal ever issued to a foreign people by any government. It cre- ates a Mennonite state within Para- guay, and places the government of this state in the hands of the Men- nonite trust commissions. ‘The Mennonite churches and schools are exempt from restrictions of all kinds and they are granted the priv- ilege of teaching their own language, German, to the exclugion of Spanish. They are exempt from all customs duties, national and municipal tax- ation for ten years. The present movement is the out- come of political strife in Canada dur- ing the last nine years, when veterans of the great war found Mennonite non-combatants not only speaking German, but refusing to send their children fo Canadian schools. There have been bitter quarrels. ‘The Mennonites began looking for new homes and the agents visited several parts of the world, finally de- ciding upon South America, where seven years =2go they discovered beautiful . and fertile land, on the eastern Andean slope in the region known as Paraguayan Chako. Preparations for Colony. The Mennonite agents were the first white men ever to enter the region in which their colonies are to be estab- lished. After ‘preliminary negotla- tions, a charter was granted five years ago and ever since preparations have been under way for the Men- nonites who have now begun to ar-| rive. They broke up their homes in Canada, abandoned their farms and boarded a steamer for the long voyage to Buenos Aires. Upon their arrival here they were transferred direct to a small steamer which will carry them 1,700 miles up the Parana and Paraguay Rivers to Puerto Casado, above Asuncion, where they will settle on 3,000,000 acres of fine land with plentiful water and sun- shine. The advance agents have built hotel, dwellings, warehouses and h installed a system of irl!fialh\n. The colonists will work back from the river, building up transportation f: cilities, just as the Puritans worked westward toward Ohio. The Paraguayan government has sent troops to build fortifications against attack by Indians and als to police the outskirts of the Men- nonite community. As a consequence they will not be required to defend themselves as did the pioneers in North America. The President of Paraguay will board the steamer Asuncion and welcome the Mennonites in an address delivered in German. Mennonites from Illinois and Towa and other American States are expected to start thelr migration early next year. ATTACKS OIL COMPANIES. Mexican Department Says Small Group Causing All of Trouble. MEXICO CITY, December 23 (P).- The Department of Commerce and In dustry, which jurisdiction over the enforcement of the petroleum and alien land_laws, in a statement ye. terday declared that a small group of unnamed oil companies was attempt- ing “by all kinds of machinations” to cause suspicion among the other companies and prevent them from ac cepting the new laws. | Officials of the department continue to insist that most of the foreign oil | companies already have accepted or will accept the regulations, which, among other things, stipulate that | foreign oil interests operating in Mexico must abandon the protection | of their governments HORSE SHOES AT HEARING SACRAMENTO, Calif., December 2| () —Two heavy horseshoes, one of them with nails in it, were taken from a’ pair of negro convicts at Folsom Just before they were ushered into the presence of the State board of prison directors. The negroes disclaimed any inten- tion of pitching the horseshoes at the board members, however. They ex- plained that when they were told the | board would hear their pleas for pa- ole they uzht they might well “good luck pieces. LAUTER. Photos LIEUT. Army Air Service RALPH L. FARMER ANDWIFE. FOUND MURDERED Man Killed With Own Gun, Wife With Hatchet After Go- ing to Investigate Noise. ted Press. 1IELD, Ohio, December wrles Hallerman and his wife ed at their farm home, 12 miles south of here early today by an_unknown assailant. The bodies of the couple were found in the yard of their home by the dead man’s brother, Leo, who lived with them. 16 Hallerman sald hi brother and sister-in-law went to the yard when they heard a noise. Shortly after they left the house he said he heard Mrs. Hallerman scream: “Oh, Sam, don’t. Oh, they're goink to Kill Charles.”” 'Then he said he heard shots. 5 Running into the yard, Leo said he found the bodies. Both had been instantly killed, Hallerman by a shot in the temple and Mrs. Hallerman by blows over the head. He says he saw no trace of their slayer: A hatchet apparently had been used to kill Mrs. Hallerman, who was 44 years old. Hallerman, 45, appa ently had been killed with his own shotgun, which, according to the brother he had taken with him from the house. Leo Hallerman told Sheriff R. S. Ramsey, who is investigating the kill- ings, that-he heard an automobile go down the road as he came out of the house. Sheriff Ramsey is work- ing on the theory that revenge may have -been the motive for the crime. Ramsey received reports that threats were made against Hallerman at Jeffersonville, a nearby village, by a man who is under surveillance. Considerable chicken stealing has been reported in the neighborhood re- cently. AIR MAIL BIDS SOUGHT. New York-to-Atlanta Route Will Cover 773 Miles. Bids will be opened February 23, 1927, for the proposed commercial air mail route between New York and Atlanta, according to an announce- today biy Postmaster General New. The route will cover a total distance of 773 miles, and the rate of postage will be 10 cents per half ounce. The announcement says that the depart- ment reserves the right to decrease the number of intermediate stops or the number of round trips per week. It also claims the option to change the termini of the route by agree- ment with the contractor. The schedule for the trip South from New York is as follows: Leave New York—9 p.m. Leave Philadelphia— Leave Washington, D. C Leave Richmond—1 Leave Greensboro—2:25 a.m. Arrive Atlanta—6 a.m. the next day. The northbound schedule is: Leave Atlanta—9 p.m. Leave Greensboro—12:40a.m. Leave Richmond—2:40 a.m. Leave Washington, D. C.—8.55 a.m. Leave Philadelphia—4:25 a.m. Arrive New York—6 a.m. By the Associ were The terms of Morris Plan Loans are simple and practical and fair—it is not necessary to have had an account at this Bank to borrow. For each $50 or! fractionborrowed you agree to de- posit $1 per week in an Account, the proceeds of which may be used to cancel the note when due. Deposits may be made on a weekly, semi- monthl or monthly basis as you prefer. Loan Easy to Pay $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $1,000 1$5,000 $100.00 $10,000 $200.00 WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1926, ‘SMOOT TAKES ISSUE THDEBT PLAN ‘Opposes Proposal of Co.um-““, bia Professors for Settling |’ 1 $300.000 Wartime 0b1|gahons = S |or of | Chairman Senate finance d the Sen: Smoot the authority issue in | h the plan| of professors sonomics at_Colum bia University for settling Europe's | wir-time obligations to this country. | Summing up the war debt situation | in its relation to the views of the professors, Senator Smoot said ’ umbia_professors complain ted on ‘ settle ent value with | on an equality. | ment of 80 per cent y Great Britain and 26 per cent pr nt value with Italy. Do they propose to correct this want of equality by rais ing the I n settlement to that of the British, which, of course \\..ul. impos burden impo 15178 fic0 oy taly, OE.A0 they mu..w { that the British be reduced to 50 per | cent and the Italian raised to 50 p cent, which would make an | settlement for i an impo: s do they propose that the British se }mnm shall be brought down to the} | Italian 26 per cent, thus imposing no | | real burden on England at ali? It the | | last is their proposition, then wh - | not Italy say its 26 per cent should be | yli‘du(l‘d 1o zero because we are collec | ing nothing from another debior, |for instance, Armenia? The whole | | proposition an a It it | means anything. 3 cancellation. It seem | state the professors : | cellation and a method of | settiement of the question which in ably ns canceliation As their suggestion is unde |it is proposed that the United g0 into a joint conference to fix the amounts of these debis upon the stand- lard of ‘equal and generosity. | They do not state at whose expense generosity is to take place. Of cou not of Columbia University, which enjoys the privilege of mption from taxation and therefore would feel not at all any cancellation of debts. The whole proposition of the Columbia prefessors amounts to a pro- | posed conference between ourselve a_minority of one, and our debtor all the rest of the proposed conferees. | The debtots are to how much, if | any, of their debts they wish to pay. | andards of ‘equality’ and ‘gen- * will be applied by the debtor “Like so many good-intentioned pe ple, the Columbia profe instead of ‘accomplishing the benefits which | they seek to confer, are actually do- |ing harm to those they say they would help.” BRAKES FOUND 0. K. AFTER CAR ACCIDENT Public Utilities Commission and Railway Officials Report - | Investigation. | disingenious to Officials of the Public Utilities Com- mission and of the Washington Rail- way and Electric Co. yesterday exam- ined the street r which Tue: evening hit another car at North Cs itol and H streets, slightly injurir several persons. They reported that the brakes and all other mechanical cquipment of the car were in good condition. “It is the opinion of the officials,” said C. Melvin Sharpe, executive istant to the president of the Wash- | ington Railway and Electric Co., “that | the accident was due directly to the failure of the human element at a | critical moment in traffic matter examiration shows that hte were appliéd on a sanded t but | due to the wet, treacherous condition of the track rail the car continued to slide into the rear end of the H street car passing the intersection at the time. Officials of the \\/:thms,mnl Railway and Electric Co. deeply regret the accident, coming at this Christn season, but are thankful there were no serious injuries.” | VOTES 310 000 FUND. | Red Cross Cammxttee to Aid Ref- | ugees in Bulgaria. Co-operating with other nations rep- resented in the League of Red Cross Societies, the central committee of the American Red Cross today authorized | an additional appropriation of $10,000 to-be used in caring for refugee chil- dren in Bulgaria during the Winter months. One-half of this amount will be made available January 1 and the balance on February 15. There are in Bulgaria approximately 100,000 refugees, who have been herd- | ed into the little country during the | past few years as a result of the ob- | ligatory exchange of populations in the Balkans under the Lausanne the Red Crosg explains. i witnesses from' Bulgaria, it is | continued, state that these people are living under the most lamentable con- ditions, inadequately housed, malnou ished and without opportunity to earn | a living. Many of the children are | suffering from diseases, due to malnu- trition. used to maintain kitchens, upon which thousands will depend for life | during the next five months, gt lin 2 Labor unions of Mexico have' been asked by the National Railways of | Mexico to accept a reduction in wage: s0 that the governmenf may pay its increasing number of bill Loans are pass- ed within a day ortwoa]rer ling lication— few esxcep- tions. Deposit Weeks $2.00 $4.00 $6.00 £9.00 $10.60 $20.00 MORRIS PLAN notes are usually made for 1 year, though they may be given for any period of from 3 #0 12 months. MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. S. Treasury 1408 H Street N. W. ““Character and Earning Power Are the Basis of Credit” TLicut., Col. | tion { opment pass. { the Mau The American money will be | ¢ | FASHIONABLE SCHOOL IS BURNED TO GROUND Ely Court at Greenwich, Conn., | Destroyed With Loss of More Than $500.000. iated T WICH, Conn., Court, an exclusive . wag burned to the loss _estimated at upware The school was closed the holidays, and the 100 ¢ had departed for their homes. Hw wrted on the north side near the chimney, and sprend rapidly through the structure which was made up of several build i December school for G with The the ned miles from nd the fire tire school is two nter of the tow zreat headway be arrived Mrs. Parsons Ely, the owners, sa were valued nearly that thé furnishings and decorations, many of which came from urope were ver uable. The students had left all their belongings at the school, and their losses wi n be heavy MARYLANDERS GET Miss Elizabeth he buildings $300,000, and nd BEAUTIFYING DATA Planning Expert Tells of Leg- islation Needed for Har- monious Development. Another step in the plan to unite the District of Columbia and Mont- gomery and Prince Georges Counties Md., in a general beautifying scheme s taken today when the National pital Park and Planning Commis zaged Alfred Ohio, in an advisory cap . Bettman conferred today with U. S. Grant, 3rd, exécutive officer of the commission, and w Maj. B. Brooke I Maryland's planning the matter of legislation be needed from the coming Legislature to perf o-operation. Maj. Lee ers of the Mary in mind certain legislation, be introduced when the convenes next month, bring ahout a co-operative scheme for the beautification of Maryland in conformity with plans laid down for the District of Columbia. Gets Maryla Nothing definite v today’s conferences merely desiring to get of the Marylanders with a view to ad vising them as to the best legislation to accomplish the desired end. He is acting merel in an advisory capacity and is to give such advice as the Maryland people desire. He is déaling particularly with the Maryland delegation at this time, it was pointed out, because of the near- ion, which will land on nd other mem- which will intended to nd View. 1s determined at Mr. Bettman | ness of the date of convening of the 1t which it la- islature, much ¢ the planning ssion of the I is hoped to authorizing the leg! de * To See Virginians. As soon as these matters are set tled, Mr. Bettman will hold confer- ences with representatives of the Ar-| lington County, V nning Com- fon and advisc lation, if they re and deleg: Mr. Bettman was Hoover conference on city planning and is said to be well fortified with information which will be of great as- istance in fostering the regional de- opthent plan for Washington and its environs. He has made a particu- lar study of legislation in connection with city ]\I‘Jnnin;{ they uest it, fon. a member of the as did JAPANESE DIET AWAITS WORD ABOUT EMPEROR Convocation Set for Tomorrow Unless Illness of Ruler Pre- vents Session. By tho Associated Pross, TOKIO, December 23.—Convocation of the Diet set for tomorrow depends entirely upon the condition of Em peror Yoshihito, it was announced tod: No decigion has been reached as to whether the’ premier or the prince regent will read the address from the throne which constitutes formal opening of the parliamentary session. If the Diet is convened to- morrow the address would be read De- cember 25. The household department stated to- day the Emperor slept well last night; but his pulse and respiration fluc- tuated ocecasionally. There is general comment on the remarkable vitality which has enabled the Emperor to resist pneumonia so effectively in his weakened condition due to previously prevailing aflments. Virginia Home Damnged Special Dispatch to The Star. PURCELLVILLE, December 23. ire of unknown origin damaged the home of Deck Warner at Hamil- ton, Tuesday night $1.000. Mr. and rner were away. The Pur- Fire Company prevented & 1 of the flame: McCalium Silk Hosiery CHOOSE THIS GIFT. FOR HER Full-fashioned, service weight silk hose with narrow lisle garter top, in the new shades of light gunmetal, shadow, mellow, fawnee, cendre, parchment, biscuit, flesh and ivory. Three pairs, attractively boxed, with your card, in a distinctive STETSON SHOE-SHOP 1305 F Strebt L'.‘:du“‘Ral-.‘i;]h Haberdasher Mignagenent, e by vl students | apparatus | ttman of Cin- | city. | t the scheme for| and commission have | Legislature | the viewpoint | el- | on needed | PRESIDENT T0 GET | Wage Increase Fight Up to Congress. of the Washington Navy completely under the award of the Navy ‘lhpuu( Wage Lvard, g to! their fight for increased wages | to Congi inl the White House, | their spokesmen served notice today | James J. Noonan, president of Co. | Tumbia Lodg 1, 'International As sociation ¢ “hinists, made the dec laration today 1that wer the navy yard a private cstablishment the ma | chinists _employed there, between 1800 and 1,008, would not hesitate to “\HIU\ out” in protest against the re- fusal of the general board to grant ‘lh"m even in pay. | Local Board Ignored. “The exact truth of the situation wil be laid before every mei lnr m‘ Congress and President Coolid | so Mr. Noonan declared. ported by officers of the | Federation of Labor, the r machinists are golng to wage a | orous fight be Congress in their efforts to obtain what the contend {the law of 1862 authorizes—a wage to conform as nearly as pos | the corr Machini rd recent | mental ignore carry | | | esta 3 ashington Despite the fact that the local board ecommended an increase of 2 cents 1 hour for the Navy Yard machin- ists, Mr. Noonan pointed out, this recommendation was ignored com- | pletely by the general board. The local machinists appealed from the recommendation of their local board | and demanded $1 an hour as the pay chedule. It is on these terms th they intend to carry their fight over the head of the general board Says Public Deceived. Mr. Noonan protested that the pub- | {lic has been led to believe that the machinists, as a group, had been in { cluded in the award of the depart | mental board, when, in fact, they | have received no increase whatever. heir present scale of 84 cents an hour stands, as before the award af- fecting other small groups of Navy d employ ade. The' m chinists, it was s represent the larges up of artisans at the avy Yard. |~ “While the machinists at the Gov- | ernment _Printing Office and _the reau of Engraving and Printing re. sive over $1.10 an hour,” said Mr. oonan, “the machinists employed at | the yard believe they are entitled at least to $1.00 per hour as per the in- | tent of the law of 1862 governing | ges in navy yards. These facts id not have been given serious con- wtion by the Navy Department. Practically all local boards in the United States recommended the ma- chinists for increases in pay. The joard of Review refused to recommendations. JOSEPH B. BOURNE GETS PARIS DIVORCE General 1 allow | Wins Separation From Julia Bel- rose Bourne, Former Wash- ington Girl. By the Associated Pres PARIS, December —Joseph Baker Bourne of New York has been granted a divorce from Mr Bourne on the ground The couple were married wich, Conn., on May 28, 19: The wedding of the Bournes, of which there had been no advance an- nouncement, caused surprise both here and abroad. It was Mx. Bourne's sec- ond marriage, his first wife, Miss Julia Chapin, daughter of Chester W. Chapin. steamboat owner, haying di- vorced him in 1920. i The second Mrs, Bourne is about the age of Mr. Bourne's young daughter. Miss Pauline Chapin Bourne, who | was one of the witnesses to the mar- riage ceremony. Her father was the | late Louis Belrose of Washington, and known as an accomplished at Green- Mr. Bourne is a member of the New York Yacht Club, the Mayflower De- scendants, the Sons of the Revolution the Military Order of Foreign , and served in the World War. LIKES TREE, TAKES IT. Cowboy Foot Ball Star, However, Couldn’t Qutrun Cop. IOWA CITY, Towa, December 23 (P).—Nick Kutch, cowboy of the Towa ckfield, was thrown for a loss Tues- ot by a local policeman. The cowboy, imbued with holiday spirit, wanted a Chritmas tree, and when an evergreen in ‘front of a grocery store took his fancy, he tucked it under his arm and started home. But a policeman stroiled by just Nick roped the tree, and after a short ase tackled the foot ball star. When Kutch appeared in Police | Court yesterday, he was penalized and costs, with admonition from the mayor to confine his foot ball tactics to the gridiron INavy Yard Workers to Carry‘ round today | cents an hour [n(r«‘aflo‘ ible to| sponding scale of wages paid | lishments in the viein- | Julia_Belrose | of desertion. | ! l_ Believes in Santa | MACHINISTS' PLEA | | Kenyor of San Jose ere he would Christa word from that his broth Just when Russgll P. | (above), a blacksmith | € was wondering w get the money to buy present he received W « : | & $5,000,000 estate. ‘FALL AND SINCLAIR MUST STAND TRIAL PLEA OVERRULED |, First | ' sed from Page) the United States sents: “1. The above captioned cause | set for trial before one of the of your honorable court on Wednes- February Your peti tioners desire the attendance at the trial of the above captioned cause of James E. O'Neil and Harr Black | mer. The said James E. O'Neil and | Harry M. Blackmer zens of the United States a are now be. rond the jurisdiction of the United States, your petitioners being advised that they are, or both lately have been, in the Republic of France. “2. That your petitioners and therefore aver, that the attend- nce of the said persons at the trial of the said cause is vital | portant to the United States, because, as vour petitioners aver, they believ that the said witnesses have knowl- edge and information with regard to « n important facts which the | United States desires to prove | said case, and that their testimony as to said facts will be material in connection with the establishment not only of the consp charged 1 tween the defendants in the ahove captioned cause, but in connection with the proof of overt acts done by { the defendants pursuant to said co | spiracy. More particularly your pe titioners believe, and therefore aver | that the said James E. O'Neil and Harry M. Blackmer can tes: the facts concerning the persons w were in the latter part of the 1921 and during the vear 1922 stock- holders of the Continental Trading Co., Ltd., a corporation, and With re- | gard to the distribution by thar cor- | poration to its stockholders of certan | United States 31, per cent Libert g.‘ an_bonds as dividends, certain o which bonds, as your petitioners I | lieve, and therefore aver, were sub auently delivered by or on behalf of one of the defendants, Harry F. Sin- to the other defendant, all Subpoenas Are Sought. “3. That vour petitio petition upon the provision: jact of Congress, being No. 483, of the | Sixty-eighth Congre entitled ‘An | Act relating to contempts,’ approved uly 3, 1926 | efore vour petitioners pray that your honorable court, ur one of the justices thereof, may order that subpoenas issue in this cause ad dressed to any consul general or consul of the United States withi the Republic of France, or within any country in which either of the s witnesses may be, commanding such witness to appear before this court in Criminal Court, No. 2, at the city | Washington, D. on the second day of Fabruary. “And your petitioners further pray t your honorable court, or the be tendered to the said witne: spectively, for their penses in traveling to city of Washington, D. judge entering the order , respectfully repre S | | of from where this upon this honorable ~court sits, and the ex- of his attendance upon the and your petitioners respect fully represent that $500 is a proper sum to be fixed in that behalf.” Salt mines of Galacia have been worked since the thirteenth centu 85 Christmas box. $5. conjunction with justices | believe, | and im- | in the | Albest | s base this | an | petition, fix the amount which shall| NOTTOBE REZONED | Former Chmese Headgquar- ters Location Refused for Apartment House. the southe 1 Q streets an apartmer denied toda A petitior limit on t} 90 feet was umission at a_ pu rday in the board ict Building ! spnosed by influential res tors Goff ¢ of Massacht e | se ever, approved classifications tial to commer Park road be Nine L street sylvania aven eenth stre the south side etween Twent street and Washington circ! t No. 11 in square 4043 on m west side of Capitol avenue northeas betwen Central and Fenwick streets. Char om commercial .to resi dential area, property abutting both sides of Meade street northeast be tween Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth | streets e commiss amendment to th | vent u n also adopted an zoning code to pre ors of commerei purposes requiring frontage con: from barring other persons from s lilar use of horhood property by | withholding fron consents. CHRISTMAS WISHES ARE SENT TO NAVY | Wilbur and Adrmml Eherle Send Messages to All Ships and Shore Stations | . Chistmas greetings today were broadcast to all ships and shore sta tions of the United States Navy to all parts of the world from Secretary Wilbur_and W. Eberle, chief of naval oy i nd woman in and ith the naval service and said Mr. Wilbur's g scretary of the Navy ends Chrismas greetings and wishes for a happy New Year, and especially to those in our hospitals and to th nd families of those who, the past year, have given their ure of devotion and one great comfort in wat it came with the knowledge and satisfaction of work well done and service loyally rendered. “The performance of the Navy for the past vear indicates an advance in engineering, gunnery and in morale nd justifies ncere wish for a | merry Christmas and_ gives promise «‘rr a successful and happy New ear.” | Admiral Eberle's message follow: | “The chief of naval operations ex |tends cordial Christmas and New Year greetings to the officers and men of the Navy and Marine Corps d their families, and to all civilians connected with the naval service. 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