Evening Star Newspaper, January 9, 1927, Page 2

2 ALES OF LIQUOR 10 CHILDREN HIT Inspects Seat in House Mount Pleasant Citizens Or-| ganize Drive on Bootleggers in That Section. Aroused to indignation, and alarmed by what was construed as recent evi dence of the sale of intoxicating liq uor to children of hizh school the Mount Pleasant Cit Associa tion last night adopted resolutions calling for drastic action against boot leggers of their territory in an effort to prevent the further sale of liquor to minors " Citing an instance of d rious Injury to voung hoy: drunk liquor, Maj. A. M cnairman of the fire and police pro tection committee of the associatio pleaded with the 70 members of t association at the meetins “pro tect our children from their own im mature judgment by keeping liquor out of their hands.” Holcombe, h and se- | who had | age, | | | funds avail i | ! : 21 | i The first dennite action against the | bpotleggers of Mount Pleasant will be taken by the committe Maj. Holcombe is chairman. Dis members were instructed by the a soclation last night to seek law violators whoss names were fur nished the body by Capt. F. M. Corn Well of the tenth police precinct, who also addressed the jation’s meet ing. Many of the names submitted by Capt. Cornwell last night . those of orenders who had been rested several times without havins been convicted at trial, he said Says Citizens {an H . Discussing the supposed difficulty in ing the convicuon of hquor law Sffenders, s1a). Holcomb declared that the residents of the city can help bring about these convictions if “we, are willing to pay the price of making real efforts.” | “I am not prepared to believe that our authorities are helpless to deal with the violators who are caught| red-handed,” he said, *'I admit T don't | ow how it is to be done but I be: eve it is up to us as citizens to find ut. 1f serving on juries will ald in| '&1: enforcerhent of our laws then we must serve willingly, remembering | at it is for our own children that e are working.” Maj. Holcombe made it clear that e sought only to curb the sale of jquor to children, saving “1 don't care whether adults drink oison liquor or not; I don’t intend lecture my friends and associates: n what I think they should do, but 3 do want to protect our children. 2 “It was illegal to sell intoxicating fiquor to minors before prohibition vas enacted and that same principle mains toda: ‘Wants Better Jury Service. William Henfy White, attorn #150 spoke in favor of the prevention t the liquor sale to minors although e, too, failed to include adults as rsons to be protected under the quor laws. As a means of enforc- ng the law for the protection of hildren, however, he suggested that sidents of the District serve will- fgly on the juries, that they seek the aid of Congress in giving to Wash- gton two additional police courts take care of the great number of ses while they are new, and the tenance of a “live committee” to actively in the prosecution of v law violators. As for the Jaw,“however, Mr. White id: "I have no more use for this 'w than I would have for one that says you must go to my church; it's ¢ same thing, but still, while we ave it, we should enforce it, pa 'rly as it regards the youngsters." Miss Bertie Backus, principal of the owell Junior High School, who at- nded the meeting, expressed her atitude to the association for the pport it promised in the adoption of ¢ resolutions and in the other action took. George E. Hurt, music director of e Powell Junior High School, also oke, declaring the conditions of rinking among the children to be “de- lorable, outrageous and tragic.” Capt. Cornwell, who spoke briefly, eclared that the police are doing all at they could to enforce the law gainst ‘the sale and manufeture of quor, and he promised that he and is men would continue in their ef- rts, with the aid of the members of e association. MOTHER'S ARREST SOUGHT Wife of Army Officer Accused of % Kidnaping Her Daughter. “ “LEAVENWORTH, Kans., & January P).—A war) t for the arrest of e wife of ) Melvin J. Faris, an Bstructor _fn ~ the ~ Army Service hool at Fort Leavenworth, was i €4 yesterday charging her with the idnaping of her 4-yearold daughter Gtherine yesterday morning wThe child was taken from a kinder en by a woman whom witfiesses entified as Mrs. Faris. She had left ;rhhu;hand ahout a week ago to go the home of her parents in Col X Ca i in Colum “XNo trace of Mrs. Farix had fQund by officers last night. #GAS” TAX TOTAL GAINS. Hirst 11 Mo;nh‘sof m;a More Than % $100,000 Over 1925 Period. %A substantial increase in the Dis thct's gasoline tax revenues for the clendar vear of 1926 appeared certain Y@sterday with the compilation of the T#turns for November, amounting to 8,168.81, which made a total of $9 4.17 for the first 11 months of th ysar. A complete report of the re irns for the vear will not be avail- na_!r-hunm February. -The gasoline tax produced $521 867.22 for the first 11 months of 16 A United States Map = For School Children., Let them learn from an map the facts about our country. A full eolor map. inches heavy been up-to-date wonderful 21 by 28 lendere aders of Thie map includes time zones, data on areas and populations, distan: between cities, altitude and tempe) ture charts, State historical data, pic. tures of national officialx, a map of Washington, D. C., and much other instructive data. 'The map iz ideal for home or office use, as well ax for students, and is available at postage and handling charge—a fraction of ordinary retail value. Use This Coupon. heThe Evening star M Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, 21st and C Sts. N.W hington, D. C.: Enclosed find 10 cents in stamps (or ooin), postage and andling charge for the United States Map. s prompt prosecution of certain alleged liquor | ESSAYS ON OWNING of which | MRS, JOHN W. LEY, Photographed as she s leaving the Capitol after making her first visit to | Washington since her election to the House, where she will take her seat March' 1. Her addition to the House will make history, as it will he the first time four women have served at_one time. Mrs. Langley was elected in a “vindication campaign” to clear the name of her hushand, a former men ber of the House, who has just bee paroled from the Atlanta Penitentiary. L. | | HOMES 0 WIN'$100 Contest, Offering Three Prizes, Is Announced Under Thrift Week Auspices. An essay contest in which three prizes aggregating $100 will be award- ed is announced by the own-your- own-home-day committee of the gen- eral committee for the observance of National Thrift week in Washipgton, January 17 to 23. 3 “Own Your Own Fome™ is the sub. ject of the essay, which, according to the announcement of the commit- tee, should be a treatise on the value of ‘owning one’s own home to the community as well as to the individ- ual, and the significance of home owning in its bearing to economy and general thrift. The contest will be conducted through The Star and the three win ning essays will be printed in this newspaper January - 20,. which has been designated as “own-your-own. home day” of < Thrift week. The only requirements for the contestants is that they be residents of the Dis- trict or of the neighhoring States; that they confine their essavs to a length of 300 words, and tHat they have their manuscripts at The Star office by midnight January 15—next Saturday night Manuscripge should be addressed to the Own Your Own Home Contest, care of The Star. Prizes in Contest. The prizes as anneunced by the committee are: $50 for the best essay, $30 for the second best, and $20 for the third choice of the judges. The judges of the contest, as made known by Joseph A. Herbert, jr., chairman of the committee, will be Gen. Anton Stephan, president of the Ci M. A. Leese, president of the Wash. ington Chamber of Commerce; €. Graham, president of the Roard | of Trade; Ross P. Andrews, presi- dent of the Merchants and Manufa {turers’ Association. and Mre, J. Ga {field Riley, president of the Women's!| | City ¢ | | The prize cssay contest is a feature. of the meven-day ohservance of Na | tlonal Thrift week, which is, in turn, |a week set aside for a thrift cam. | paign that is fostered by the Y. M. | C. A, cooperating with other social, | civic, commeretal, educational and re. ligious organizations, Other N | | pecial Days. Other days that have been “desig- nated throughout the week and the chairmen of, the particular commit- tees in charge of the special activi- ties are: Bank day, Francis G. Addi- son, jr., Budget day, Robert L. Flather; Pay-Bills-I ly day, 8. H | Talkes; s ¥, W T, i Darbey; Life Insur: v, Paul D.| | Sleeper; Own-Your-Own-Home da Joseph A. Herbert, jr., and Safe In: yestment and Makea-Will day, Y, K. The gospel of thrift and economy | | will be preached during Thrift week | I not only to businexsk mey and other adults of the city and nearby ties, but to high school and g | school students s well. Sy coun- | | wilk he sent to the school hu on days appointed by the school | principals to deliver short addresses |10 the general assemblies. | Officers of the general committee, | which is composed of men active in | business and civie life of the Distriet, {are: Victor B. Devber, chairman; ( IH Hillegeist first v chairman; George . Shinn, wecond vice chair- man; Frank W. White, treasurer, and . Fleming, secretary PRISONER CUTS WEIGHT. DES MOINES, January 8 () Laxt May a young woman who weighed 186 pounds w rrested on a liquor charge and escaped prosecu tion by jumping bail. Thursday, a dainty miss of 98 pounds appeared in Municipal Court and was identified by two policemen as their former prisoner. Judge Tom i i | | Sellers decided to let the matter of identification and ac- counting for the missing 88 pounds go over to the grand jury Police Honor Phone Girl leg | within {long-felt need. | Having THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ., JANUARY 9, LEADERS T0 RUSH HOUSE OFFIGE PLAN Will Make $10,000,000 Avail- able by Legislative Ap- propriation Bill. In order that work may hegin this Summer on the new $10.000.000 House Office Building. leaders_of the House {of hoth Republican afd Democratic parties in charge of this project pro pose to make a short eut by making ble in the legisiative ap. propriation bill without going through the formality of passing substantive ation authorizing this building. Representative Isanc Bacharach, Republican of New Jersey, a member of the commission in control of the Hovse Office Building, admitted yes- terday that this plan is about to he carried out. This commission consists ¢ the Spe Minority Leader Gar. ett, the Architect of the Capitol and Bacharach Representative Dickinson of- Towa is chairman of the subcommittee on the legislative budget of the appro- priations committee, He is favorable to this method of expediting action Hearings on the legislative appropria tions bill are to he started soon. The legislative budget does not come restrictions of the Rudget Rureau, but is submitted to the Bud- ket Bureau solely as a matter of information and Government hook keeping. The authority for the new ‘Hnnwb Office Ruilding i entirely with- in the jurisdiction of the House itself. Moore Sponsored Study. The pl: to be carried out have heen befare the members of the House for more than a ; and were em. bodied in a report made by the architect of the Capitol pursuant to a resolution fathered hy Repr tive R. Walton Moore. Democrat Virginia, which authorized an appro- priation of 2,500 to make this study. The recommendations of the archi tect of the Capitol are hased on can- ferences with the ailied architects of Washington, who made a comprehen- sive study of all questions involved. These recommendations estimated th cost of the proposed building betwean $7.000,000 and $10,000,000, The site of the new building is he- tween Delaware avenue and New Jer sey avenue south of B street, It ir directly south of the Capitol Fuild- Ing and west of the present iouse Office Ruilding. 'The recommenda- tions call for a twin structure with ornate entrances hoth on the New Jer- sey and Delaware avenue corners, House Is Favorable. The vista down South Capitol street to the river wold not be blocked ane ! an ornamental terrace is provided be- tween the two huildings witn subway | connections, A quiet poll of the House has heen made by hoth Republican and Dema- cratic leaders, who report that they have found no opposition to this plan | of most expeditiously providinz ade- | quate quarters for members of the | House, thus meeting a general and | The problem of pro- viding adequate office space for mem- | ™ jbers of the House with the growing volume of business has bean a serious | one, especially during the last years, i It is felt that with the outgning| Congress authorizing this structyre, there will be little eriticism and that the work can be carried on to a large | extent while Congress is not in ses. sion. RIVER FAILS TO YIELD MRS. HOUCK'S BODY | Dragging Proves Pmitlu»—-‘l‘em‘ on Scarf to Determine Nature of Blood to Continue, Yesterday proved another day de- void of developments in the search for Mrs. Gladys Houck, missing wite | of Dr. Knutt Houck. psyehiatrist of | St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, now under observation at Walter Reed Hospita Dragging of the river by the hav precinet police proved fruitiess. analytical tests being made by trict Chemist Fuller on the scarf found in the river Christmas day have failed thus far to prove the! stains found on the wrap were caused by human blood, but it a nounced that several more days may pass before the final announcement of the outcome of the tests can be made. | A test may later he made at the Ku. au of Standards to discover whether @ mearf of such material would float several days in the river. Detective Ben Kuehling last night stated that the investigation waxs vi tually at a standstill, Meanwhile, Dr, Houck seemas to b in good spirits at Walter Reod K pital. He spends hix days reading and sometimes engages in candy making in the diet kitchen of warid 86, assisted by attendants and fellow patients. KILLS FARM WORKER | WITH HIS BARE HANDS | | Rhode Island Man, 72, Confesses | to Deed, But Says Foe Had Attacked Him. By (he Associnted Pross, PROVIDENCE, R, I, January 8. confessed that he Kkilled a | with his bare hands, Keene, 72-vear-old farmer R, 1., was being held dny e victim was known as “Gunhoat” Smith, The men had a fight several years ago. \When they met Monday night near Keene's farm, Keene sald, Smith hit him on the chin and between the eves. Keene's confession continues: “1 took him haek of the neck and- down he went. 1 expect 1 broke his 1 do not know. “Then I eaught him by the collar and thrashed his head up and down ms many times as he slugged me on the forehead when we had the other yun-in, When we had this other run in. which was several years ago, he struck me on the forehead 13 times, and luxt Monday night 1 took him by the collar, raiked him up and slummed him down in the road 13 times.” Then 1 went home." Smith d The wion was giv ¢ Charles . son, State nttorney general MANY DIE IN WRECK. Moscow Train and Five Cars of Express Are Smashed. MOSCOW, Janunry K (). Many persons were killed nid wcores injured Iway collision 60 miles from farm hand George H. of Limerock, without hail | of the central telephone au_headquarters joined in giving Theo Marie Miles, telephone operator, a surprise birthday party vesterday. Sergt. Charles Wise, in charge of telephone service at 'the bureau, was host. ‘ ¢ last night. A crowded Mos- train and a northern express of five cars,swere completely smashed ‘The ¢rews of hoth locomotives were killed outright and the hospitals are crowded with those injured, most of them workers. ¥ i melodramatic [Ue affai AS VETE Bulletin Is Issued on Condi- tion of ‘Marine Corps Pet by Four Doctors. Consultation on Doughty Bulldog Mascot Discloses Unfavorable Outlook. Sergt. Maj. Jiggs, doughty dog mascot of the Marine Corps sinking fast, A consultation of veterinarians yes- terday afternoon at the hedside of the martial mascot, at the Dr. H. A. Locke Dog and Cat Hospital, 1422 Irving street, where he was brought “Wednesday morning, resulted in the tatement that his condition is critical and his chances of recovery slight. As the news spread in Marine cir- cles that was dangerously ill, the telephone at the hospital was kept busy with anxious inquiries, generals down to the newest recruits caling up to ask— “How is Sergt. Maj. Jiggs today?" Although the dog is living up to the tradition of the Corps, enduring his illness without growling or com plaining, he is steadily growing weaker and it is fearad the warrior's days nr«‘uhoul done. sarly ‘last night the attending veterinarians issued the following of ficial veport: “Conrultation on Sergt. Maj. Jiggs, held in Dr. H. A. Locke Deg and Cat Hoepital, 1422 Irving streat, Sat urday p.m. “Dlagnosis: Gastro-enteritis super- induced hy overfeeding and possibly bull- in the famous canine warrior | SERGT. MA]. JIGGS SINKS FAST, RINARIANS LOSE HOPE ere two Prognoris: Unfavorable. (Signed): EUROPE S STIRRED BY SPY SCARES Other and All Eye Russia. Big Sums Spent. PETIE By the Associated Press. LONDON &—Europe is being stirred by its first International scare since the World War, Secret agents, myste; plots and counterplots —all the adventurous secret service stories of pre-war days, when every Kuropean country was supp: spled on and plotted against by every other count re being revived by sensational “revelations” in a half dozen countries. otland Yard has redoubled its watch for spies at the Channe] ports. Sir Wyndham Childs, one of Scot- land Yard's chiefs, knows almost the hourly, movements of every suspected foreigner in Great Britain. Even Arjerican residents, who generally are congidered harmiess, must have iden. tity cards and must report their move- ments in Great Britaln to the police. Former Officer Held, The spy plot excitement began pop- ping in earnest with the arrest in Paris recently of a former officer in the RBritish Army, Graham Vivian Stranders, whose wite is German, He is awalting trial as a German spy. Then a woman, known as the “Eye of Moscow,” recently was imprisoned in France. In Essen a long-trusted Ger- man employe of the tamous Krupp Works was arrested and charged with espionage in behalf of France. He was reported to have committed sui- cide after his arrest. Czechoslovakia furnished the most sensational spy drama of all in the retirement of Rudolph Gaida, voung ro of the Czech legions in Siberia, from high army rank after a scandal involving_wine, women and milita necrots. mixed up in the meshes of the Soviet secret service, which ix the bogie of all the Kuropean governments. Great Britain is ever watchful against “Hoviet spies.” Fven a party of innocent appearing Russian teach- ers desirous of attending an educa- tional conventien in England have women, | been refused admission to the country. Plots in Mediterr; In the Mediterranean rule of Mussolini, Rivera and Ke have resulted In numerous plots and counterplots. They are mostly domes- but the secret service nets foreigners involved in nean. suntries the often catch them. At the root of Kurope's revived spy system fs t fact that although the League of Nations eliminates the old European menace of secret treaties, it does not teuch the secret services. Consequently the governments are still spending large sums of money watching each other. ®o far ax known, Great Britain and the United tates are the only coun tries having a gentlemen’s agreement to put their cards on the table and holdly ask each other for any informa- tion ' desir military or otherwise. If the information wanted is so secret that the other country cannot disclose it, the gentlemen's agreement is that there will be no spying, snooping or plotting to get it, Cowsack caps, like those worn by the famous riders of Russia, are being waorn by London seciety women. cough, on 15th St N. Tuesdny. . ‘elock. " at 24 @ 2, Get all the 1j ¥, AVolo raw mfi eream. 4. Fat plain, nourishing food. Aets on your body. Telephone Main 982 |and his second te a woman who had | Western Nations Watch Each | d to be | Gafda is alleged to have been | nal | RICH BROKER WEDS HIS MAID SERVANT Frank W. Savin, 76, Marries for Fourth Time—Bride Is 43 Years Old. By the Associzted Press, PORT CHESTER, N. Y, January The imposing mansion of Frank ar-old millionaire reporters, was the scene today of the wedding of its own- | and his servant, Anna Marie . Schleis, a native of Bohemia, whose broker, harred to age is 43. Last night, for the final time, Anna Marie dined in the servants’ guarters Today she breakfasted with her em- ployer and hushand, amid an awed assembly of her fellow workers, the maids, the butler, gardner, et al. The wedding formed by Rev, Kilbourne, rector of 8t. Peter’'s Protestant Epis- copal Church here, Mr, Savin I one of the oldest members of the New York Stock Exchange. His bride has been his housekeeper for the last 14 years, Preparations at e the home of the banker hegan early today for the ceremony, awakening into activity both the hig house and the quarter: of the servants. Automobile loads hronged the lawns, and when re- fused admission to the ceremony stamped about to keep warm in a temperature of 15 degrees above zero. After the ceremony Mr. Savin de- clined to be interviewed. His adopted son, who is also his brother-in-law, Charles Monroe Savin, brother of Mr. Savin's previous housekeeper who became the third Mrs. Savin, said before motoring awa “I advise you to get off this prop- ‘re trespassing. Take my of reporters advi ' | It was Mr. Savin's fourth wedding, attended him in his housekeepe $250,000 FIRE LOSS AT NANTASKET BEACN Flames Destroy 174-Room Atlantic House in Less Than an Hour. Cottages Burned. household ax a By the Asociated Press. HULL, Mags., January 8.—A fire at Nantasket Beach, which leveled the 174-room Atlantic’ House in less than an hour, destroyed two large cot- tages and damaged five others, with an estimated loss of $250,000, was brought under control early todav through the combineds efforts of fire- men from 10 towns. Nantasket Beach i a popular Summer resort near RBoston The flames were fought in the face | of a 45-mile onshore gale with the thermometer d to 14 degrees. | pray from scores of hese lines froze on the ladders, and four firemen were infured in falls. Refore the flames were discoy the interior of the hotel was ablaze. The burned cottages were within 200 feet of the hotel and eaught fire from the heat given off by the larger d If You Tire Easily —if you should also have a persistent light Joss of weight, some chest pains or hoarseness you may be developing consump- tion and you'should lose no time to See a Doctor or Have Yourself Examined at the Free Health Department Clinic iduy evenings from To Prevent Consumption 1. Avoid house dust and impure or ht and sunshine » FAW cream an b, Get enough sleep by ‘retiring early enou 6. Try to I\.'lbld worry. Be cheerful. Health Insurance A Physical Examination Every Birthday Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis strueture. The burned bufldings were unoceupied. ursduy or Natweday 0.9 o'clock lose wir, day or night. ble into your home, butter made of unpasteurized h. ’l‘llllli kindly. Your mind 1022 11th Street N.W. Who have poid.for the above bulletin (legal notice) 1927—PART 1. MAYFLLUTLTES POTS TS WEEK President Also Near Choice for Vacancy on District Municipal Court. Before the end of the weeck Presi- | gent Coolidge ix expected to have | made up his mind on the two civilians e will appoint to the newly ereated | Public Utilities Commission for the District. | 1t is thought als | ready to fill the vacane on I!\P | Municipal Court of the District eaused by the recent death of Judge Charles V. Meehan. This is the opinfon of two intimates of the President, who have been assist- ing him in the choice of men for these |important local positions, and who, because of this relationship, have dis. sed the.matter with him virtually ¢ day or so within the past week 10 days. The various names presented for eonsideration for the commission and the municipal bench have been put through several processes of elimina- tion until the point has heen reached where the President is giving serious consideration to less than four men for the commission, and he is reported to have virtually reached a decision as to one selection. The President is resented bheing just as near de. Judge Meehan's suc- . although it is thought he will not announce this appointment until after he has disposed of the Public Utilities civilian personnel. People’s Counsel Choice. Appointment of the people’s coun- sel, the office created by the amended utilities act for the purpose of having a representative of the public at all hearings and other transactions of the commission, ix expected to he announced simultaneously with the commissioners. Those with whom the President has discussed the utility commission appointments are inclined to think he would have reached a decision hefore now had he not heen weigh- ing the advisability of appointing a hi-partisian commission. The Presi- dent ix known to have received a number of appeals to appoint Democrat to the commission, as he id in the case of the District Board of Commissioners when he appointed | Commissioner Taliaferro, Without making any promises in this connection, the President is known to have respected these appeals (o the extent of asking those who have been looking over the availahle material erats as well as Republicans. Several have since heen suggested to the President, and one of these, John W. Childress, for a number of years a real estate operator in this eit understood to have made a fave impression. On Preferred List. Louis Addison Dent, now | with the Department of Justice, i= | the choice of the Republican leaders | in the Distriet, and although hie name | ix known to be on the so-calléd pre- ferred Jist of candidates now before | the President, there ix nothing to in-| dicate that the President has decided to appoint_him. ! Alonzo Tweedale, for many auditor of the District, also nown | to be under serious consideration. | There ix a large field of candidates | for the Municipal Court vacancy, but the President is known to have trim-| med this list down to a half dozen or | names, one report being that he now is endeavoring to decide between | two men. Needham C. Turnage, United States | commissioner in this city, is under-| stood to be one of two who are looked | upon most favorably. The name of | the other has not been learned, but it | is known that the preferred list of | candidates for thix place includes H. 8. | Barger, Nathan Cayton, Samuel | Cusack, Alfred Schwartz, Duncan Bradley and Charles £. Morganston. RBecord Held Favorable, The record of Mr. Turnage as United Statex commtissioner, as presented to the President, is understood to have | made a very favorable Impression | upon him. fle ix a native of North ! Carolina, and has been a resident of | the District for nearly 19 vears. He | has always heen active in the interest of the Fepublican party, but has| never voted in his native State since | taking up hix residence here. Mr. Barger, who also ix being seri- | ously considered, was at one time| associated with Fdward F. Colladay, | Republican national committeeman of | the District, in the practice of law. | He is understood to have the support of the Republican leadership of (he | Distriet for this position. In the matter of making this ap-| pointment, as well as those to the Pub- lic Utilities Commission and the ap- | pointmant of a people’s counsel for the | Utilities Commission, President (ool idge is heing guided 1o a considerable extent by the opinions of Attorney | General Sargent, to whom he has re- ferred the papers relating to all those who have been proposed for these places and who has conducted a very thorough canvass of the fleld of can- didates. The Prewident also has sought the opinion of Samuel J. Pre cott, chairman of the Republican State committee of the District INDIAN OPENS FIGHT ON DEPORTATION Seeks to Make Test of Law Defin- ing Aborigines From Canada as Aliens. that he will be sociated | vears By the Associated PHILADELPHIA, January X. le- gal battle to determine whether North American Indians are to he regarded as aliens when entering the United States from Canada or accorded the, rights under treaties nearly 200 years old opened in Federal District Court yesterday. Paul Diabo, a full-blooded Iroquois, is the central figure in the test case which, eventuallyy may reach the United Rtates Supreme Court. The principal question involved is whether the immigration act of 1924 can, “b implication,” repeal the treaty of 1794. Standing stanchly behind Diabo is the Bix Nations, a confederation of the big Indian tribes of North America, the most. powerful of which is the Iroquois. Diabo was ordered deported last March by the immigration authorities because he came from Canada with- out a passport. The Six Nations in- duced Diabo to make a test of the matter. Yesterday he was surrendered to the immigration authorities by his counsel, Adrian Bonnelly, supposedly to be deported again, but Mr, Bonnelly immediately filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the Federal Dis- triet Court. Judge Dickinson granted the writ and directed that the case be heard January 18. b S Twg' thousand pairs of shoes and 2,000 pairs of stockings were dis- tribufed reeently by the school horities of Greenock, % o nemployed. o0 1 one | to_include Demo- | | bers of money paid to Carpenter. I said that he was present, | railroads and termin: | United States Board of Mediation, de- ABANDONS RUBBER PLAN.! Firestone Firm Quits Mexican Plantation Project. MEXICO CITY, January & (®) The American Chamber of Commerce has received a letter from the Fire stone Tire and Rubber Co. of Akron. Ohio, maying that the company ha abandoned its project to grow rubber | in the Mexican state of Chiapas. Soil, climate and all natural condi tions in Chiapas are favorable for rub- ber production, but the Firestone Co. explains that it found “other condi tions” such as would militate against the project. No detaiis as to were given. PRISONERS RUSHED TO BALTIMORE JAIL Colored Youths Said to Con- fess Slaying Carpenter { | | | | “other conditions’ AUTO TAG CONCERN SENDS ENVOY HERE Warns D. C. to Shun Former Official—Ships Another Carload of Numbers. The Marking Device Corporation of Chieago. which holds the contract for furnishing the Distriet with 1827 automobile tags, is sending an offi cial to Washington this week to con fer with District authorities over the delay in completing the contract otice was also recelved at the District Building yesterday afternoon, on stationary bearing the corpora tion's seal, advising authorities here not to enter into further negotiations with a certain official of the company, whose name was given and who, it was stated, has disappeared. The notice to this effect was attested by the company’s secretary. M. C. Hargrove, District purchasing for Pay Envelope. By a Staft Cor~espondent of The Star. LA PLATA, Md., January 83— {While a coroner's jury tonight was reaching a_ decision that J. Edward Carpenter, Navy Proving Ground em- ploye, who was murdered early Fri- day morning for the contenta of his $91 pay envelope, “came to hix death by a bullet wound inflicted by Otis Kimmons and Arthur Swann,” the two colored youths, who were captured as | they were about to flee to Washing ton, Friday night, were lodged safely | in the Baltimore City jail, where they were sent this afternoon because of threats of possible violence. Immediately upon the close of the linquest, State’s Attorney Ferdinand | €. Cooksey announced that warrants carrying the specific charge of first degree murder would be served upon |the prisoners Monday and a special grand jury will be impaneled Feb- ruary 21 The prisoners will be brought back to La FPlaia then to stand trial for the murder of Mr. | Carpenter, whe leaves a wife and {seven yvoung daughters. The ‘inquest_tonight was condu 1 { by Walter Thompson, the coroner, | and Allie T. Twiford officiated as | | foreman | Feeling at Fever Heat. The coroner's inquest last night came ax a climax to a hectic day in La Plata. Since the brutal murder of Carpenter, early Friday morning, the populace had joined the authori- | tiew in the search for the murderer | and since the capture of Simmons and {Swann on Friday night, feeling has been at fever heat. Many expressed satisfaction last night that the two alleged murgerers lof Carpenter were, promptly trans. ferred from the county jail to the | Battimore City jail | After the two men had given full | statements to States Attorney Cook- | sey in the presence of a Baltimore de- |tective and other county authorities, |in which they admitted they had been responsible for the kiling of Carpenter, and they had been transferred to the county jail, a_crowd of 60 to 109 per- sons persisted in hanging about the doors. Crowd Persists in Staying. On two or three occasions the erowd about the jail was dispersed, but seon gathered again. While Simmons and Swann both | stubbornly refused to admit their #uilt when first questioned yesterday morning, they weakened in the face of the evidence shown them by State's Attorney Cookse It consisted of the | gun said to have been used by Sim. mons in the actual shooting, cloth- ing. also the, property of Rimmons, | and $27 in money which Kimmons | was detected in the act of trying to throw out of the automobile bringing them back to La Plata from Pisgah, where they were arrested. The re- volver, clothing and money were | blood stained. Money in the hands of the prisoners hore the serial num- i i At first Swann was questioned. He but Sim- mons did the shooting. Simmons, however, in his confession, charged that it was Swann’s idea to hold some one up. He told the authorities that Swann stood guard while he battled with Carpenter, and that Swann had shot hirm. Tentative funeral arrangements call for burial of Mr. Carpenter at Hilltop. The brother of the deceased took charge of the transfer of the body from Washington, where he died at Providence Hospital vesterday morn- ing, to La Plata. HOPE FOR DIXIE RAIL PEACE STILL HELD Officials of Both Sides lclievel Settlement May Avert By the Asso RICHMON , January 8.—Hope that a settlement of the wage con- troversv between members of the Order of Railroad Conductors and the Broth- erhood of Railroad Trainmen on the 22 systems in the Southeastern territory may be reached without & resort to a walkout by the men, even if one is authorized in the balloting now under way, was seen vesterday in the statements of leaders on hoth sides. W. N. Doak, vice president of the trainmen’s organization, declared in Washingten that there is nothing alarming in the situation, nothwith- standing the strike vote, while Presi- dent Albright, general manager of the Atlantic Coast line and chairman of the general committee of Southeast. ern railroads, reiterated that the wage negotiations are still under way as far as the carriers are concerned. Sdwin P. Morrow, member of the ared in Washington that the matter i still in negotiation. ‘The order of the train wervice officials calling for a vote “for a strike” or “against a strike” declared the brotherhoods had been notified by the mediation board on December 23, that “it seemed im. possible for the board to accomplish anything to bring about a satisfactory settlement.” Railroad officials generally declared again vesterday that they were with. out information regarding the vote which is now in progress. RITES FOR IBVING 1. LEWIS New York Editor and Story Writer Buried in Hollywood. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., January § (). —Irving Jefferson Lewis, ort story writer and for 20 years manag- editor of the New York Morning Telegraph, was buried here vesterday. He died unexpectedly Wednesday night, » Lewis came to California in 1924 when he retired from active news. per work. He was born In Clev and, Ohio, in 1869 and began his career as a reporter on the Cleveland :"‘l:mA Dlnkr. He was a member of uthors’ League of America and the Friers' Cluly " 2 - Il'nL Miguel F. Sequeira, a officer, received another telegram yes terday from the Marking Device Cor poration, stating that another carload of tags has been shipped. Mr. Har grove was also notified vesterday that the company would be able to com plete its contract. The company is under bond to furnish the 100000 tags ordered. D. C. MAY HAVE TO WAIT. Muager of Tag-Making Concern Can. - not Be Located. Special Dispatch ta The Star CHICAGO, 111, January 8.—7he Di * trict of Columbia may have to wa some time for its 1927 aute licens* plates This conclusion wasx reached toda after a check was made on the recor” of the Marking Device Corporation c. this city. which holds the contract f~ the plates. The contract was aw A last August and thus far a rat®® small percentage of those contracte ) for have heen delivered The corporation has been under the management of Nathan Leonard. who has heen in the plate-manufacturing husiness for xome vears and has made plates for a numher of municipalities. The village of Oak Park, a suburh of Chicago, awarded Leonard the con tract for its 1927 vehicle tax plates. The contract was awarded fn October and called for final delivery on De ce 1, according to Dudley C. Meyers, commissioner_of public works Neo Plates Delivered. No plates at all were delivered hy Leonard on the date they were due and Oak Park granted him 15 daye’ extension of time. On December 15, Leonard was unable to defiver a single plate, so the jobh was given te another pany of this city and the work was completed in three days. The or- der was for 15,000 plates, “Leonard made the plates for us three years ago,” Meyers explained. “At that time he furnished a bond that the job would be done, His work was held up to specifications. This vear he had the lowest bid and we decided to give him the contract. He gave no good r@axon when he fell down on December 1, hut said that his matecial had Leen delayed.” The address of Leonird’s company that is known in Washington is 3345 North Lincoln strees. Investigation today showed that he moved out of that building on August 1, or ahout the time that the District of Columbia contract was let. Neot in Phone Beok. Teonard could not be located today. His name is not listed in the Chicago Telephone Directorv. He has left the Lincoin street address. and his new shop on the corner of Sixteenth street and Union avenue was deserted. _The shop at Eixteenth wtreet and Union avenue is a two-story frame structure run by a Mr. Hennings. Leonard leases the machinery and Space, it was stated. and also holds auto license contracts for Rhede Island and Ohjo. 1le has had lahor trouble in his plant, it was reported, but there is sufficient machinery in the plant to do the work. ¥ This shop was ciosed today, and efforts to locate Mr. Leenard in the neighborhood were una vafling. NICARAGUAN LECTURER WILL SPEAK ON MEXICO Col. Sequeira to Talk on Religious Situation and Rebeilion Here Tonight. A lecture, “The Truth About Mex ico.” treating of the religious crisis in Mexico today, together with a discus sion_ of the present political situation in Nicaragua and its analogy with the Mexicun situation, will be delivered hy Nicaragua. in St. Dominje -"Tx 1 Sixth and F streets southwest, tomor. row Iovflgn‘l:K at 8 oclock. _Col. ueira s now tourij he United States and giving lectures | the various large cities in the interes! of the Central American Unfon. con stituting the states of Nicaragua, Hon duras, Ralvador, Costa Rica and Gu. temala. to consolidate the five states jinto the United States of Central America. This lecture is being heid under th auspices of the Holy Name Society of St. Dominic's Church, and there will | be no admission charge. Col. Sequeira has the approval of the Pan-American Union in presenting this lecture to the people of the United States, the union being the organ of expression of the sentiments of the various republics of the South and ‘ent Am!flmh December Circulation Daily..... 99,938 Sunday.108,818 District of Columbis 5 FLEMING "NEWBOLD, of EVENING i B DAY does solemnly swear that the act Ciiiag: during buied. during 0 B 10207 Ve an Tolion DAL Yy 3 Day 3 3 b L i I 0 i 3 1 Total daily net ei Tl e tin D gt mimber o ot Daily average net circulation SUNDAY. 110.98¢ 19’ nren a8 Less adiustments . Total Sunday net circulati . Rk 2 diaon . su e e this “ |=7:"'T"’m“fi% d ! ' !