Evening Star Newspaper, December 24, 1926, Page 6

LAUSANNE TREATY 1S HIT BY KING Senator Asks Investigation| of 0il Influence in Adop- tion of Terms.’ Tin Soldier Gone From Toy Counter Ry the Assoviated Praas PARIS, December 24.—The tin soldier of past vears has all but Adisappeared in France this season, heing replaced on the fov counters by tiny sets of foot hall players, In striped jerseys. The choice of foat hi flects the popularity 1l plavers re- The Lausanne treaty with Turkey, | which may be taken up by the Senate | immediately after the Christmas re 6ess, was chavacterized as the “low | tide of Christian diplomacy™ by Sen ator King. Democrat, of U'tah. in a statement vesterday. The statement was An elaboration of the assertions made by the Senator In the resolu- | tion of inquiry he introduced in the Senate Wednesda The resolution asks the foreign ve. lations commitice to investigate what part, it any. the State Department took in obtaining the Shester Oil con cession “for the exploitation of oil deposits in Mosul and Armenia’: what connection there is between the | Chester Oil group and Standard Oil | interests, and whether the Cheste interests were in any way connected Wwith negotiations of the Lausanne | treaty. Upon introduction Wednes day. the vesolution was referred to the foreign relations committee, which also has the treaty under considera tion. The committee will take up| Senator King's proposal after the holidays. when he will urge that it be reported for passage by the Senate. Holds 0il Firm Interested. Senator King said it was his un derstanding that the Standard Oil Co. ‘was the niost powerful advocate of ratification of the treaty. and that concurrently Standard Ol interests | are seeking ol concessions from Turkey. out hould he noted.” he said. “that our government. whic at the open ing of the Lausanne conference had demanded the liberation of Armenia | and the protection of the Christians | ©f Turkey, abandoned these and other essential conditions just as soon as Angora had ratified the Chester oil | ©oncesions five months after the open- ing of the conference. It should he moted that some of the principal ad- visers of the American delegation at Lausanne were the agents of oil and toboceo_interess. YAt Lausann the Turks decreed | that of the sur iving 2,500,000 Chris- | tians in Turkey, all but 300,000 should be expelled. which. in effect. consti- | tuted the expuision of Christianity | from Asia Minor.” | TU RI\ISH 0. K. EXPECTED. Treaty Sent m (‘Ilnmbfl' of Deputies. Held “in Harmony With Policy.” ANGORS. Turkey, December 24| (®).—The Lausanne treaty between the United States and Turkey, which {# meeting with opposition in the American Senate. has béen deposited ‘with the Turkish Chambér of Depu- ties, where Foreign Minister Tewfik Rushdi Pasha expécts its prompt rat- fication. ‘The official Anatolian Agency quotes the foreign minister as saving that the treaty is “in perfect harmony with the new policy of Turkey, which 15 to establish the most amicable re- Jations between Turkey and the civ- flized world.” Cites America’s Friendship. “There never has been a hostile at- titude between the two countries,” _ Forelgn Minister Tewfik said in pré- Senting the tréaty to the chamber, “and at present there axists no-ques- tion to resolve hut that of consecrat- ing mutually the relations already .ex- ng. “You Aare peyfectly aware of the t position of America in the po- tical and economic world and of its &micable attitude toward vs. It will, therefore, be very advantageous to reinforce relations hetween the United Btates, one of the great powers of the civilized world, pursuingl a pacific world policy, and our nation, which Tepresents an important force in the Near East. which constitutes a pro- longment of the development of civ- flization toward Asla. of which it is ‘ the political axis. and which also is “ firmly imbued with a desire for peace.” THREENWOMEN ACCUSED IN ALLEGED DRUG RING Five Men Amnad Wlth Them in North Carolina—New York Man in Group. By the Assoriated Press. ASHEVILLE, N. €., December 24.— y Ryan. alias John Hammond of New York, said by officers to he the ng of An extensive narcotic ring operating in North Carolina and South Carolina for the past several vears, and seven other persons, three of them women, Ryan's chief aides. are in the Bun- combe County jail here charged with unlawful possession of morphine. The others taken into custody and committed to jail by Magistrate L. L. Froneberger under bond are Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Ledbetter, Asheville; Mr. and Mrs. J. .. Chernault. ir.. of High Point; Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Starnes of Greenville. S and A. M. Christo- pher, aliax * Christopher, of this city. Ryan was placed under a $10,000 bond to the Superior Court, the Ledbetters under $2.000, and the Chernaults. Starnes and Christopher under $1.000 each. In default of bond they were all lodged in the county jall, ®end it was stated that all seven of them would he turned over to the Federal authorities Blondes Get Physical 0. K. LONDON, December 24 (#). — Blondes are not only preferred b gentiemen, but, according to the fa. mous surgeon, Sir W. Arbuthnot Lane, they are much hardier. “Fair-haired persons have enormous advantages over dark-haired,” he told the American Women's Club here. | Swami | Abdul Rashid, pr | terview the Swami, and all declared to be i here. A dozen new varieti lor foot hall games have also ap- peared. December Rocial- ist newspapers kere have come out strongly against the old-fashioned iden of giving children tin soliders and toy guns for Christmas, on the ground that they foster warlike ideas, RELIGION BLAMED LONDON FOR HINDU'S DEATH Assassination of Swami Shradenand. Laid to Theo- logical Differences. Ry tha Associated Press NEW YORK, December 24.—Intense | religions feeling was seen here today as the probable cause of the assasi- nétion in Delfhi, British India, of the Swami Shradenand. noted Hindu leader. Cable dispatches said the was s<hot by a man named umably a Moham- Swami's attendant, was severely injured, hold the asaailant median. The Dharam Singh, but was able to and turn him over to the police. The shooting occurred when Abdul Rashid was refused permission to in with whom he de- to discuss problems of isiamic ‘When asked to call again sired theology. | he drew a gun and fired three shots, killing the Hindu leader instantly. The Mohammedana and Hindus are the two chief religious cults of India, and Delhl, since the vanishing of Mahatma Ghandi's political co-opera- tion project, in which he sought to have the two sects present A common front to the government, has been the scene of heated theological and political _discussions. The chief differences between the sects, which Abdul Rashid may have sought to argue with the Swami, are two in number. The first is that the Koran contains a commandment against idolatry, while idols are a part of the Hindu religion. The second is that the Hindus hold the cow to be a sacred animal, while the Moslems are confirmed beef eaters. ARMED LABOR MARCH LEADER GETS RESPITE West Virginia Governor Explains Action, Usually Forérunner of Pardon. By the Associated Press. CHARLESTON, W. Va., Décember 24—Edgar Combs, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment as one ©of the “leaders of -the armed march from Kanawha County into Logan County in the coal strike of 1921, was granted a_respite last night by Gov. Howard Gore. The respite, usually the forerunner of a pardon, is the first on record in West Virginia for many years. Combs, Who was convicted of con- spiracy to murder, was taken to his homeé = near the State prison at Moundsville, where his family moved when he wak placed in jail, and there notified of his release. A vear ago Combs' senténce was commuted to 11 vears' imprisonment. The governor, in announcing the respite, said he helieved, with the coming of the new vear, it was for the best interests of West Virginia to leave behind all felling over industrial troubles, 2 sesioie 30 0'Bar Realty Bankrupt. Florence K. O'Bar, trading as the O'Bar Realty. at 1010 Vermont avenue, vesterday filed a petition in veluntary bankruptcy. She lists her dehts at $13,127.40 and estimates her assets at $12,000. She is represented by At- torney Charles P. Henry. Application tgp the adjudged bank- rupt was also filed by Frank Parsons, a journeyman painter, 4821 Forty. seventh street. He schedules his lia. bilities at $3,006.26 and places his assets at 3511. He is representéd by Attorneys Douglas, Obear & Douglas. There are 5,000,000 hog producers the United Sta Medicai )‘eCcna'. ok ‘.‘.M Dr. CLAUDE S. SEMONES Eyesight Specialist is a Preseription for Colds, Grippe, Flu, Dengue, Bilious Fever and Malaria. “They seem to be able to fight against disease very much hetter.” Christmas to Our Many Friends and Patients—by R. FREIOT and Staff 407 Teh Swest N. W. In French Slores} FHE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24 1996 Upper: Working for the newly organived\ citizens” committee of the Children’s Hospital, a flying squadron of taxix and workers yesterday can- vassed the city, enlisting the interest of Washington shops in the move- ment. 'Bhe party started from the residenced of Mrs. James F. Curtis, the moving spirit of the committee. Mrs.- Cugtls in - center. Lower: §Miss Ethel Richardson, of thel\workers, receives her last- minute instkuctions frem Mrs. Cuftis. GARY CREATES TRUST FOR BEIEFIT OF FAMILY Fifth Avenue Hom to Be Replaced by Apartment in Spring, Is Rjeport. By the Associated Pyies. NEW YORK, Iecember 24.—Elbert H. Gary, chairmmn of the TUnited States Steel Corpawration, has turned over his home at the corner of Fifth avenue aml Sixty-nevenmth street to the Chatham Phen\: National Bank & Trust Co. to estatklish a trust for his wife, two daufiters and two grandchildren. it is said to be the Antention of Mr. Gary to vacate the rasidence in the Snring to permit erectfon there of a 10-story co-operative ap4rtment house in_whichs he will occiypy a special suite. The property transfekred to his family consists of a ledse held by Michael 'E. Paterno for 84 years, the rént on which after the Mirst year's nayment of $42,000 will be\$84,000 for the next 20 years. For \each suc- ceeding 21 years thereaftery readjust- ment of leasing price is to b made. The two children to whom jthe trust is made are the daughters\ of Mr. Gary's first wife. They awe Mrs. Harry Willis Sutcliffe and Mrs. Robert W. Campbell. Mrs. Gary, t two daughters and grandchiliren \are to share equally in the rental returns. WALKER DISTILLERY SOLD FOR $15,000,000 Toronto Plant to Be Operated fim 9 Oonnection With Gooderhamy’. and Worts. By the Associated Press. 0. Ontario, December 24.- For a considsrdtion of $15,000,000 the Hiram Walker Distillery of Toronto, owned by present members of the Walker family, mainly residents of Detroit, has been sold, it was an- nounced by the Telegram yesterday. The plant at Walkerville has b acquired by Canadian interests will be operated.in connection with the Gooderham and Worts Distillery of Toronto, The combined output of the two firms will be considerably en nd more than that of any other Canadian distillery Eleven millions ‘of the purchase price has been financed and the bal- ance of $4,000,000 has been underwrit- ten by a New Yoxk house, it is said, and will be offered to the. public early next year. AN The anaconda is the most dangerous of constricting snakes. . Midnight Mass and Sermon—Rt. Rev. * Christmas Mldmght Mass W National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (Catholic University) PROGRAM: . Thomas J. Shahan, celebrant. 8:00 AM.—Masses to be said at all 16 altars in crypt. 10:00 A.M.—High Mass—Rev. Dr. Bernard A. McKenna, celebrant. 3:00 P.M.—Benediction—Accompanied by children from St. Vincent’s Orphan Asylum. 17:30 P.M.—Rosary and Christmas Carols. Tickets required only for Midnight Mass, and may be obtained free of charge at the National Shrine. Take Brookland car to first gate of University grounds. ‘When the feast is cleared away and the palate calls for something sweet and tempting—a dessert that will appeal to-all is— eSpec:al KP.vesldents Puddin BUSINESS ENLISTS T0 AID JUVENES Children’s Hospntal Club En- rolls Washington Merchants as Active Members. Launching a_campaign to interest the citizens of Washington in Children's Hospital, Mrs. James Curtis, vice chairman of the Chil dren’s Hospital Club committee, ves terday enrolled between four and seven hundred local merchants in the organization A volunteer mquadron of workers left Mrs. Curtis’ residence early ves terday morning and personally inter- viewed the merchants of the city. Mrs. Curtis reports almost a hun- dred per cent response to the appeal. Mr. Colladay Quoted. E. F. Colladay, chairman of the com- mittee, last night said: “The Children's Hospital ix, and should be, of primary consideration to every citizen of Washington. “Last vear the hospital cared for 80,000 children of the city. At pres ent there are more than a hundred little patients under treatment at the institution. The smervices of the hos- pital are free to those who cannot af- ford to pay for the care their little ones need. Its emergency service operates 24 hours a day.” Among the firms enrolled vesterday were: Woodward & Lothrop, Julius Garfinckel Co., §. Kann Sons, Harris & Shafer, Brentano's, Berry & Whit- more, Bhaw & Brown, Jelleff’s, Dulin & Martin, Wayfarer's Book Shop, Mme. Ash, M. Pasternak, Burchell, Magruder, ' Arthur Burt, Small & Sons, Gude, Copenhaver, Franeiss, Becker's, Tschiffely, Gordon Dun- thorne, Emile, Ross P. Andrews, Hecht, King's Palace, Wardman Con- struction Co., Washington Gas Light Co., B. F. Saul, Shannon & Luchs, Moses, Lanman Engraving Co. and Boss & Phelps. Christmas Colors Displayed. The workers carried bright red and green Christmas colors, placards of the Children's Hospital Club. The placard announces to the world that the shop or merchant displaying it has joined the Children’s Hospital Club. The newly organized citizens' com- mittee i3 assisting the board of lady Visitors of the hospital in putting SAVOY INN Christmas Dinner $1.00 Dinner from 1 to 4 Make Reservations, Columbia T80 OU'LL BE GLAD YOU SAVED YOUR MONEY! When Vacation Time Comes FEDERAL-AMERICAN the | across this yvear's charity ball. Mem. bership in the club entitles the shop or_merchant to two tickets to the ball. One man, a tailor, after listening to the storv told by the worker as- signed to approach him, declared that although he could not afford a com- plete membership in the club he would (akn one ticket to the ball. "he Children's Hnsp“tl " he added, “serves my own people.” ‘White House Assisting. The President and Mrs. Coolidge will attend ‘the ball, which is to be given January 3 at the Willard Hotel. It has been tradition in Whshington since the administration of President Arthur for the Chief Executive and reigning mistress of the White House to attend the party. It is the only event of its kind so honored In the early days of the ball the board members prepared the refresh ments with their own hands. It was, in those days, & social triumph to pro- duce the most delicious salad served at the ball. Membership on the Children’s Hos. lAl board is highly prized in o! the present mem- b-r- lnhfifllb‘v!htlr posts from their mothers or, in some ecases, their grandmothers. Mrs. Frederick H. Brooksa, president of the board, is the daughter of one of the original members. Her mother, Mrs. Bates, was one of the founders of the organization. Her daughter, Miss Frances McKes, takes an active interest in the institution and wl one.day inherit her mother’s member- ship. Miss McKee 18 & debutants of two ‘seasons. e gy Cardinals Greet.Pope ROME, Decomber 24 ().—Pope Pius today received the Sacred Col- legs, headsd by the nonogenartan Cardinal Vannutell, whe presemtsd Christmas greetings. 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