Evening Star Newspaper, January 9, 1927, Page 23

' el OVET PRSTNERS CAMBLEDFORFOOD Certain Class Plotted for _ “Honor” of Being Com" mandant of Barracks. 1IUS B. WOOD. Star_and Chicago Daily vright, 192 This is the sirth of @ meries of dix pasches by Jumius "B Wood, recounting “an drmericane: in 28 “Rovier Russin Prisons, from’ the iast of which e was Fecently reicased BERLIN. January 8.—The prestige of heing commandant of the gruesome | Tehkerie Mountain diseiplinary bar racks of Solovetzky prison was the goal of a certain class of prisoners in that abnormal outcast world, acc ing to Julius C. Chevalier of Tex: who now is breathing once more the air of freedom. Unlimited authority over't within horrors always brought retri- bution, possibly due to the repugnance of the higher authorities at the ruth less slaughter inflicted there. There was never a commandant of Tchkerie among the several flitting incumbents during Chevalier's confinement at So- lovetzky who did not fall from grace and come to his end either by shoot- ing or heing reduced to the ranks of the ordinary prisoners. ‘Two notable prisoners at Solovet zky last vear,” said Chevalier, “were one Cohen and onme Mikhailoviteh, former members of the Tcheka in €rimea. Each was sentenced to five vears at Solovetzky on the charge of “accidentally” killing 000 Crimeans. Was Prisoner of War. Mikhailovitch, a lame Hungarian prisoner of war, remained in Russia and became powerful with Cohen, who halled from Minsk. On punt of their party standing, Mikhailoviteh be- came commandant at Tchkerie, while Cohen was placed on the prison col- legium. Neither lasted long, for cliques within the prison changed and they lost grace. Mikhailovitch was de- posed as commandant and Cohen was arrested on charges of intimacies with a woman prisoner, possibly trumped up, and was himself sent to Tchkerie., “When T went to Tchkerie to make an estimate on certain electrical work, another former Hungarian prisoner was commandant. He had two nicknames, ‘Pugnose’ and ‘Well- bred, the latter resulting from an incident when he overheard a group of prisoners discussing hogs, use the expression ‘wellbred’ thought they were referring to him in sar- casm, and sent them to Tchkerie for months, When the authorities heard of his needless cruelties and murdering of prisoners, he was shot. “Another unusual prisoner was the Czechoslovak, Philologue Kret- itch-Nemenitch, 68 years old, who spoke 13 languages. He resided in Siberia and was sent to Solovetzky on a technical charge of militar espionage. He was made director of the Solovetzky meteorological station, making daily reports to Mos- cow on tides, winds, snow, etc. Made Song About Him. mong the many songs composed by the prisoners was one that went roughly like this: ‘Spring has come. Krevitch-Nemenitch told us so. I saw the first ‘gull arrive, but when I Jooked outside I thought I saw only the gleb hoki.’ “Like all the prisoners’ songs, some of which were extremely gruesome and profane, this song is not under- standable outside Solovetzky. ‘Gull §s prison vernacular for frigate birds, Which come to the island at the earliest breath of Spring. Gleb boki is the name given to one of the steamers transporting prisoners to the island. Sitting 8-feet from the shore in the ice through the Winter, the gray steamer looks like an ill- mened_gull. O amother striking _character _at Solovetzky was an 80-year-old for- mer czarist general, who refused to desist from conspiring against the government, He had a compara- tively easy job as night watchman in our electrical shop. “Why don't you quit fighting and accept the government as it sume one once asked him. The fi old man insisted he asked no quarter and intended to die with his boots on. Gambled for Food. . “My own position at Solovetzky was poseibly unique. First, I did not belong to any party and was !ml in- volved in any of the cliques. Second, my mechanical ability made me a dis tinct asset to the prison and brought me privileges. Prisoners involved in cligues and unable to serve a useful purpose in prison undoubtedly had a terrible time. Famished men gambled for food, knowing that to lose = pound of bread meant starvation, While the gambling itself might be | punished by death. A i “The prison rations were divided into eight grades, the highest of which were allowed to the boat- | nen maintaining communication with shore through the ice floes during the Winter. They had abundant clothes also, as well as a daily cup of raw alcohol to drink. In contrast, the fowest ration was issued only ever Your days, and had to he eaten im- mediately to prevent other starving prisoners from stealing it. T never heard of any prisoners ng in company barracks of illness, | Fhey were always sent to the hos- pitais, though they were compelled to work to the last minute. But I did see prisoners dving in agony after eating raw rye which they had pick ed from leaking grain sacks, and BY JU Radio_to The News. o horror | gy qqy | miles in the air ‘and never mis | Welsh, Dog Flyer Ready For Trip to Cuba With Scout Fleet Special Dispatch to The Star. NORFOLK, Va., January 8.—When the VT Squadron, . 1, leaves Nor- folk, probably Monday, to join with the scouting fleet in maneuvers off Cuba, Buddy, the champion flying dog of the world, will be right there. recently completed 50,000 ed a wink of sleep. He is always calm. Official mascot of Lieut. Comdr. E. W. Spencer’s crack outfit he has been fiving since he was 4 months old. Buddy is a good luck plece, Comdr. Spencer says, for the VT gang rode during last year 216,000 miles without g0 much as a forced landing. There are 12 planes in the outfil. COUNTY IS STIRRED BY MOB RUMORS Prince Georges Murder Un- solved After Two Weeks’ Investigation. Special Dispateh to The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., Janu- ary 8.—Rumors of mob fever last night stirred sections of Prince Georges County in connection with the murder Christmas eve of Daniel Kuhne, hermit truck farmer. Thomas Oakes and Ernest Johnson, two of eight negroes who had been under examination were reported to have confessed, but this was officially denied, and a statement was made that both have offered alibis and would be given a hearing Tuesday on the simple charges of drunken- ness and disorderly conduect. With their release, which is ex- pected to follow the formalities of a hearing, the murder mystery, going in its third week, will be as deep as on Christmas morning when the charred body of Kuhne was found in his burned house near Duley Station. With the arrest of two negroes in the adjoining county of Chatles, Sheriff R. L. Cooksey and Common- wealth’s Attorney Ferdinand Cooksey solved the murder of Edward Car- penter in 24 hours. Confessions were obtained from the negroes at La PJata. _The Charles County authori- ties will call attention of the Prince Georges authorities, it is said, to the similarity of the crimes, in which Kuhne and Carpenter were similarly beaten and robbed, and the Charles County prisoners, now held for safee keeping in Baltimore, will be ques- tioned as to their probable connec- tion with the Kuhne case. SEVENTH-YEAR SECTIONS DIRECT FIRST ASSEMBLY Subject at Langley Was How New Year Is Celebrated in Other Lands. The seventh - year sections had charge of Langley's first assembly of the new year. The subject was ‘“‘How New Year is Celebrated in Other Lands.” Those taking part were: Anna Mae Howard, Dorothy Black- burn, Ethel Egdal, Frances Dowden, Janet Logan, Jessie Nafey, James mith, Mildred Simpson, Margaret Felter, Louise Presler, Frances Dolores McGonigal, Marion Sill. Several songs were presented by Jrnest Waesche, Richard Volland, Gilbert Bates and Ryland Wil Harry Val of Miss J. A. Tennyson's sectlon gave an original poem. The Intraclass Soccer League is proving popular, judging from the enthusiasm shown by the competing teams and student body. The follow- ing is the standing of the league to- day The winner of the semi-final contest between TB2 and 8A3 is to play 9B3 for the championship. The teams progressed in the league as fol- low A2, TA3, TBZ, TB3, 8A3,8BI, 9A2-3, 9B1, 9B3 reached the second round by defeating TAl1, 7A4, 7B1, 7B4, SA1, 8A2,° 8B3, 9A1, respectively Sections 7A3, 7BZ, 8A3, 9A23 and 9B3 survived the second round by defeating 7A2, 7B3, 8B1, 8B2. 7B entered the semi-final by defeating TA3; 8A3 defeated 9A2-3 to enter the semi-final. Langley's soccer squad is composed of the following boys: Captain Aubrey Martin, Roy Good, Henry Halley, Frank Flanagan, Mario Juliano, John Washington, Max Bassin, Harry Vig- nau, Addison Payne, Joseph Carroll, William Seyford, Fred Seyford, Max which, swelling, stuffed their empty | stomachs.” i GRADUATION ISHELD | FOR TEAROOM CLASS| Lewis Trnlning‘Scyh;ols Hold l?.x—h ercises—Turkey Dinner Is Served | by Pupils for Alumnae. Graduation exercises for tearoom class No. 4 of the Lewis Training Schools was held in the auditorium of the school building, Twenty-third and Washington Ci on Wednes- day. A turkey dinner was served the graduates. which was prepared by another class in the school. Speakers at the graduation exer- cises, which were held in - the eve- wing, included Mary Catherine Lewis, vice president of the schools: Hen- ry J. Staley, secretary: Paul I, Cheetham, resident school manager, and Clifford Lewis, president of the schools Those Who received which Were presented by President Lewis, were: Ethel Bowers, Laura G. Bradley, Ruth S. Burhans, Nelle Elizabeth Carter, Florence Abbie Goss, Eleanor Warfield Dorsey, Ellen Thomas Haller, Lucy B. Hamilton, Emily Jean Kolb, Leah Leona Ku- baeh, Marcella L. Lanigan, R. Elea- nor Lewls, Lena G. Mahoney, Alic M. Miller, Georgia Fay Price, Celia Ann Robinson, Ann Josefa Schana Iydia Blizabeth eidenspinner ‘Amalia Tmmel Shoemaker, Emm Loulsa Snapp. Madge E. Weimer Hazel F. Wilson s Batavia, Java, has just legalized the installation of radio receiving sets diplomas, Feldman, Harold Hartstack, Wilson Forrest, Canthon Vogt, Morris Kozee, George Bryan. Charles Crone, Willard Fellner. The following pupils of Langley are regular savers in the school bank: Thomas Jones, Dorothy Stringfellow, iwynette Willis, Charles Mullican, amuel Feldman, ‘Harold Hartstack, Isadore levy, Harry Levy, Martha Dean, Catherine Hodge and Henry Howard. Several Maids of Honor at British Court Wearing False Locks. By Cable to The Star and New York World LONDON, January 8.—King George has banned shingled and bobbed hair, with the result that some maids of honor and other women connected with the court are wearing false hair THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, JANUARY 9, 1927—PART 1. . STATISTICAL SURVEY HOLDS INSTALLMENT BUYING ' SOUND Oregon Paper Receives Replies From Every City of Over 50,000—System IKRASSIN'S WIDOW SEEKS FRENCH 0B Wishes to Keep Family To- gether, as Soviet Envoy Died Leaving But $25. | i | By the Associated Press. LONDON, January 8.—Leonid Kras sin, Soviet envoy to Great L who died recently in London. always was known as a “spender’: therefore, {it was no surprise to his associates and friends that he died virtually pennil his estate consisting mere- Iy of five £1 notes, or about $23 There fs no record of any proper in his name. His widow. who has lived in don for vears educating their daugh ters in lavish style, now has gone ‘o France to seek a job with a View to keeping the family together. Krassin Lived Sumptuously. Until he became ill, more than a year ago, Krassin always lived sump tuously, being known on this account as the “bolshevik king " Fven in the early days of Sovietism in Russia, when Lenin was at the height of his career, Krassin was supposed to have money. and Lenin always called him “the rich engineer.” Krassin came of an aristocratic Russian family. As a civil engineer in the days of the Czar he earned enormous fees. While his allowance as Soviet emissary was not large as salaries go in diplomatic circles, he was allowed liberal living and enter- tainment expens Big Doctor's Fees. During the time he was treated for anaemia, the Soviet envoy w $-1 tended by imous French and Ge man speclalists, whose fees amonnted to a fortune. This roused the ire of Krassin's Moscow enemies, but, never- theless, the bills were eventually paid by the Soviet governmen:. Krassin _was the fathe: children. His first wife livi ingrad. Two daughters were at Cam- bridge, but they abandoned their studies after their father's death and are planning to follow their mother's footstep's in seeking work. The other children are in Russia. The question of a widow's pension for Mme. Krassin is known to aave been discussed in Moscow. A de cision will not be reached, however, unless she returns to Russia :nd as- sumes residence there. f the de- cides otherwise the pension may not be granted. of seven in Len- CLASSES RESUMED AT EVENING SCHOOL New Students Begin Work at K. of C. Center—Justice Smith Joins Faculty. Classes were resumed in all sub jects in the K. of C. Evening School during the past week with a consider. able registration of new students for the beginning sections. Prof. Thomas J. Fitzgerald of the Law School was called to Philadel- phia last Thursday to attend the funeral of his aunt. Justice James F. Smith of the United States Court of Customs Ap- peals has accepted a position on the faculty as judge of the practice court, succeeding the late Judge Charles V. Meehan. Judge Smith during the Spanish-American War served as col- onel of volunteers and on the Phil- ippine Commission which formulated the code of law now in force in the Philippines. On the organization of {nsular government of the islands he was appointed judge of the Supreme Court of that Territory. He then served as governor general of the islands, and upon retirement from that office was appointed by President Taft to the bench of Customs Appeals Court. : Prof. James R. Ryan of the law faculty, who has been connected with the evening school almost since its inception, resigned, effective January 15. Mr. Ryan was recently appointed a special attorney in the office of Charles D. Lawrence, Assistant Attor- ney General in charge of customs. He | will be stationed in New York. of Rev. Dr. Ignatius Smith's public | lectures on the development of mod- ern philosophy will be made in a few days. The course in philosophy by Rev. James McConville of the Catho- lic University will be conducted on Tuesdays and Thursdays at T o'clock. The first-year law class has organ- ized a debating society to be known as the Edward Douglass White De- bating Society. The officers of the society are: President, John J. O'Leary; vice president, Willlam J. Kane, and secretary, Miss Freda A. Kelleher. Robert E. Lynch, profs sor of criminal law, has been ap- pointed faculty director of the so- cie The Student Council will start the social activities for the new year with an informal dance, to be held at the Knights of Columbus Hall, Tenth and K streets, on Saturday night, Janu- ary 15, beginning at 9 o'clock. The committee in charge consists of Eugene F, Luckett, Miss Jean F. Fox, George O'Neill, Miss Emily McArf and Carroll Flynn. LECTURES ON WATER TO DUNBAR STUDENTS Dr. Paul Bartsch Shows Pictures of Organisms of Both Fresh and Salt. An illustrated lecture was given to students of English V classes at Dunbar High School on Wednesday morning by Dr. Paul Bartsch. Nu- merous slides, giving a vivid idea of the structure and varying beauty of the minute organisms of both salt and fresh water, proved an {lluminat- ing supplement to the study of the essay, “On a Plece of Chalk.” Per- nal experiences of Dr. Bartsch on board the U. S. 8. Albatross and touches of humor enriched the address Dr. Bartsch is particularly inter- ested in marine research, having in- vented a camera for deep sea while letting their own locks grow again. The Marchioness of Carisbrooke and Princess Arthur of Connaught, mem- bers of the roval family, are two of the offenders; but in the King's pres- ence the marchioness wears a switch and the princess wears a bandeau wound around her head. (Covyright. 1927.) Sndihs dehds Gives $100,000 to School. NEW_ YORK, January 8 (). gift of $100,000 by J. E. Aldred, N York business man, to enable the Mas- sachusetts Institute of Technology to establish # bureau of munieipal and {industrial re arch was announced here today High costs of coal and gear have made herring fishing so unprofitable that many fishermen of Scotland are leaving for Canada, photography. The February graduating class is preparing for the class night exercises, o be held Tuesday evening, January 25. Pauline Gaskins has been chosen class orator and Augustus Cannady class poet. The history and prophecy will bé given by Bessie Baskerville and Evelyn Jackson, re- spectively. The class colors are purple and gold. The officers of the class are Josephine Coleman, president; Oliver Hill, vice president; Cecia. jenkins secretary, and Pauline treasurer. Joseph H. B. Evans, director of agencies of an insurance company, visited Dunbar during the week. el Two rival air forces In Germany have combined, and, backed by the government, now control & monopoly on all' commercial aviation in that sountiy, Gaskins, i stallment Announcement of the opening date | Upheld as Aid By the Associated Press, PORTLAND, Oreg.. January 8.—A survey of the United States on in- buying made by the Port land Oregonian, to be published to- morrow, states, the newspaper says, that the predominating conclusion of the six months’ investigation is “that installment buying is economically sound.” The Oregonian sent questionnaires to bankers in every city of over 50, 000, in turn to be distributed to 14 diversified businesses as well as I ers of industry and economies. survey, the newspaper says, most comprehensive ever undertaken on the subject. Answers Are Compiled. smpilation of the questions and < shows the following: has installment,_buying. . or indirectly, in- Yes, creased production and made for g=neral by prosperity? 1,080 1 2. Come td ooz 0200 3 the 804 ' A answe In your opin Summer slump in by 353 Affected ~the amount savings accounts® (An ambig- wously woilied auestion to which b swer has little signifi- as it is not epecific as to is good or bad. Bankers contend it has ad” an excellent effect on ving.) (e o’ 2 dangerous credid aterially the of of whether the nffect increased purchases ad_ the peyehologival e fect of inducing purchasers to plunge’ without sufficient real ization of eventual payment 8. Reduced the amount of morncy lable for investment® 784 0. Increased the cost of goods to the consuner® 981 Bank Classified Findings. The Oregonian says that the statis- 1 department of the Lumberman's of Portland digested fied the findings of the sur- and that from the thousands of replies the following conclusion is based on the majority of answers “Installment buying is the bacl bone of America’s prosperity. by leveling out the production curve. Tt has almost banished unemployment, creating more jobs through the in creased production made necessary by 080 450 8 to Prosperity. encouraged thrift and ambition, pre- vented spasmodic business depressions and made it possible for the wage earner of America to find contentment in the possession of those things which even the rich of other countries seldom can afford.” The minority opinion holds, the newspaper states, that “installment buying and selling is a menace, caus- ing the workmen to pledge his future and place a mortgage on his earning power, which will tend to bring a reckoning day that will shake the credit structure, should ‘hard times’ develop.” The Oregonian says that specific opinions were requested as to the per centage of working men's future wages in the citles surveyed that was mortgaged for purchases on defarred payment plans and the average ar- rived at w: 9 per cent. More estimates were asked, the newspaper states, as to the percentage of installment buying that was for the purchase of homes, automobiles, clothing, jewelry, radios, non-essen: tials, furniture, washing machines and other household equipment. When the average of these replies were figured, the newspaper says, the results were as follows: Homes, 28 per cent; automobiles, 35 per cent clothing, 9 per cent; jewelry, radios and non-essentials, 10 per cent, and turniture, washing machines = and essential household equipment, 18 per cent. The survey shows some marked dif ferences of opinion on the wisdom of installment buying. Thomas A. Edison, in his questionnaire, says that in stallment buying tends to stabilize production; that, it is'increasing in volume and that he does not believe either the bankers or manufacturers can control it. . S. Woolworth, chairman of the board of directors of the K. W. Wool- worth Co., states that he cannot see any advantage in installment buying, saying that the price of the articles is bound to be higher; that the in- stallment purchaser very often buys what he can very well get along with- out and that the family or individual is happier and more contented if cash the tremendous consumer demand. It has reduced the average cost of neces- sitles and Juxuries through quantity manufacture. It has increased wages, is paid. Answers to the questionnaires shows a diversity of opinion as to what con- stituted essentials and non-essentials. {PINCHOT PLANS BATTLE HERE TO SAVE NATION'S RESOURCES Goy. Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylva nia is about to take the warpath in Washington. He will pitch his tent here as soon as his expiring term of office_ends at Harrisburg on January 17. Throughout the remainder of the congressional session “the forester” will wage ceaseless warfare against the interests who oppose conservation of natural resources. | Pinchot will, he announces, blaze away in particular on behalf of the United States Forest Service, for pro tection of the Nation’s natural water resources, and against those whom the governor dubs “the land grab- bers” and “the electric monopolists.” Another target of Pinchot's batteries will be Muscle Shoals. He will op- pose -every offer thus far submitted for the Government nitrate and power plant’ in Alabama. The preliminary plans for the Pinchot campaign " in Washington were laid here a fortnight ago by his militant wife, Cornelia Bryce Pinchot. The governor's lady, ever since he married her in 1914, has been a pri- mary factor in his public work and political crusades. She will continue to enact that role. Mrs. Pinchot placed her husband’s Washington plans before members of Congress who are expected to co-operate with him. Conspicuous in .this group, which will consist mainly of old-time Republican Progressives, is Senator George W. Norrls of Nebraska. Maintains Home Here. Gov. Pinchot long has maintaineq a home in Washington—No. 1613 Rhode Island avenue. He Hved there while and after he was United States forester, and it will be his battle headquarters at the Capital during anuary, February and March. Pin- chot says his sole purpose in taking up temporary residence here is to fight for things he has stood for all his life. He expects that there will be a determined drive launched against the Forest Service (now a division of the Department of Agri- culture) during the short session of Congress. Cattlemen and sheepmen desiring increased grazing privileges on the mational forest reserves are the “interests” Pinchot expects to buck in the forestry fight. He ex- presses his determination to wade into that particular fray “up to the neck” and crusade for the Forestry Service, with which he first became associated 28 years ago. The Pennsylvania executive will lend his aid to Senator Norris and other congressional forces opposing the transfer of Muscle Shoals to private enterprise, either in ownership or for operation purposes. Pinchot considers that every proposition yet put for. ward for the consideration of Con- gress is deficient in that it fails to make adequate provision for protec- tion of the public's rights. It is in the domain of electric de- velopment known as “glant pewer’ that Pinchot expects to roll up his sleeves and punch the congressional bag most vigorou: During his four-year gubernatorial term at Harris- burg he sponsored a far-reaching plan for “giant power” in Pennsyl- vania. “Giant power” is sometimes confused in the popular mind with “super-power.” - Pinchot calls “super- power” the plan “of the electric mag- nates for an electrical hook-up all over the country for profit-increasing purposes.” “Giant power,” in the Pinchot conception, is a plan for bringing’ electricity to the farmers and reducing rates to the small con- sumer by giving him the advantage of economies in production, which now go entirely, Pinchot says, “into the pockets of the electric overlords.” Not to Forsake State. Pinchot emphasizes that he does not dream of removing himself from the strenuous sphere of Pennsylvania politics. He plans to make a number of trips into his home State during the congressional campaign at Wash- ington and expects to live at his Key. stone home, Milford, Pa., after the fon fs over. _Pinchot thinks ‘the “Bill” Vare senaforial seat scrap will ington to say things and do things about prohibition. It will promptly be inquired, when these facts are brought to national at tention, what Pinchot has up his re sourceful sleeve. Many think a presi- dential ambition is concealed there. If the wetand-dry issue continues to agitate the political waters hetween now and 1928, it is well within the ange of probabilities that the Penn governor would aspire to be an out and-out bone dry nominee for the presidency. His platform, of course, would include the other issues,.like conservation, “giant power” and anti- monopo Pinchot has just turned 61 years of age, but is as spry as a man 10 or 15 ‘years his junfor. He is rich and can’afford to finance his own political crusades, as he did when he tried to become the Republican nominee for the Senate in the now notorious Penn- sylvania primaries of 1926. At all events, the placid waters of politics at the National Capital are in for a season of stirring the like of which, under similar circumstances, has not been seen for moons. F.W.W. (Copyright. 1927.) MAN AND SON JAILED AFTER COURT CLASH Cross-Examination Followed by Alleged Attack on Attorney at Staunton, Va. Special Dispatch to The Star. STAUNTON, Va., January $.—B. R. Daniel of Craigsville, Va., was given five days in jall and a fine of $50, and his 20-year-old son, Justine Dan- iel, a similar term, but no fine, for contempt in the Augusta County Cir- cuit Court here today. The father, enraged at Attorney ‘W. M. Bass, after being cross-exam- ined, struck the lawyer. Spectators and court attaches pre- vented a fight. Judge Holt lectured the man severely and passed sentence. As Daniel wgs being taken to jall his son trled to interfere, it is said, and made remarks about the court to which Judge Holt took exception. His sentence followed. It was testified that the boy said he would “beat hell out of Judge Holt." MODERN “JOHN ALDEN” HELD AS CONSPIRATOR Marriage in Cuba and Futile Di- vorce Petition Conflict With Immigration Law, By the Associated Pre PROVIDENCE, R. I, January 8. — Havogim Maroukian, Yernaouhy Ma. roukian and Garabed Aprahanian, principalg in a modern John Alden case, in which one man sent his friend to Cuba to marry his sweet- heart, bring her to America and then divorce her, were sent to jail today in_default of bail. They are charged in Federal Court with conspiracy to bring a certain woman into the United States as the wife of an American citizen, with no intention of living with her. The plan svas balked when Judge Baker, in Superior Court, after learning that the husband and wife had lived to- gether only two weeks, refused to grant the divorce. THIRD OF FRENCH SENATE T0 BE ELECTED TODAY Millerand and Caillaux Among Candidates—Little Change in rage during his Washington sojourn and he will be found near the firing line when and if the Senate begins probing Philadelphia election eccen- tricities like ‘“zero wards.” An outline of Gov. Pinchot's pro- gram, which has come into the writer's hands, does not enumera “non-enforcement” of prohibition as one of the big Federal trees at which he will swing his ax, but his aggres- sive views on that subject are well known. Pinchot has consistently charged that prohibition is breaking down because there is no 100 per cent attempt to enforce it. He has taken the name of Andrew W, Mellon, Secre- tary of the Treasury, especially in vain, in that connection. Pinchot is hardly ltkely to omit the opportunity of coptact with ‘conditiony ai Wash Complexion Forecast. By the Associated Press. PARIS, January S.—One-third of the French Seénate of 109 members will be chosen tomorrow in departmental eléctions, but little change in the gen- eral political situation is ex . The most important candidates up for election ' are former President Millerand, former Premier Caillaux, Minister of Justice Barthou, Raoul Peret, President of the Chamiber of Deputies, and M. De Selves, President of the Senate. The issues are so confused that political prophets are wary of making predictions, but the hest opinion is that the result will cause little or ne change in the present’ complexion of saieh quidan WO FATHERSFRE INCONTENPY CASE Decide to Tell Court Where Daughters Are to Get Qut of Prison. By the Associated Pre KANSAS CITY, January 8.—Two fathers who chose to stay in jail rather than reveal the whereabouts of their two daughters were freed today of charges of contempt of court, James A. Hall spent 15 months in the Wyandotte County jail in Kansas City, Kans., rather than tell where his' 9-year-old daughter was so that the child’s mother, from whom he | was divorced, could have her. Wil liam O. Stone, a barber, of Fort Worth, Tex., staved 40 days in the Fort Worth jail for the same reason Both capitulated vesterday and ex- pressed a_willingness to reveal their daughters’ present addresses. Hall's imprisonment may have gone for naught, however, as he told the ecourt | today he had placed Grace Angela,| the daughter, in an orphanage in a distant State and that she possibly had been adopted by now. A search will be made for the girl Both fathers were alleged to have kidnaped their daughters following court decisions giving custody to their divorced wives. OPERETTA PLANNED AT BUSINESS HIGH “Once in a Blue Moon" to Be Pre- sented at School Thursday and Friday. A An operetta, “Once in a Blue Moon,” | will be presented by the students of Business High School next Thursday and Friday in the high school audi- torfum under the supervision of Miss | Emma Loulse Thompson, director of music, assisted by Miss Esther Galbraith, director of dramatics. | “Once in a Blue Moon” is a romance telling of Boh Harrington, who after | an absence of four vears, is expected to return from college to visit Sylvia Montgomery, his boyhood sweetheart. Having fallen in love with another girl at college, he sends his classmate, George Taylor, who closely resembles | him, to substitute for him at a week | end party. George has heen attract- ed by Sylvia’s photograph, and finds her even more charming than he had pletured. Unexpected guests, a rob- hery, and a telegram from the real | “Bob,” announcing his marviage, pro-| duce humorous complications, and a final triumph for the hero and the girl. Those in the cast are: Grace Wood- | en, Frank Davis, Philomena Petrona, | Louise Gillis, Evelyn Forney, William Keller, Alice Drake, Ruth Behrend, | Paul Dobrowolski, Patrick Bradle: Willard Higble, Ida Berman, Lou Leventhal, Edwin Noyes and Juli Wasser, Specialty dances will be given by Marfe Poston, ' Fraternidad Iglesias, | Helen Dolan and Ida Bush. { At the conclusion of the operetta | there will be dancing in the gym-| nastum. | i { | | TEACHING AS VOCATION IS SUBJECT OF SPEAKER | Senior Assembly of Hine Junior| High®School Hears Miss Agnes Winn Praise Opportunities. | In connection with the educatiénal | guidance work carried on at Hine | Junior High, the senior assembly was | recently addressed bv Miss Agnes ‘Winn, director of the division of class- room ‘service of the National Educa- tional Assoclation, who spoke on “Teaching as a Vocation.” Miss Winn declared economically the teaching profession is rapldly coming to com- | pare favorably with other salaried em- ployment and offers wonderful oppor- | tunities. | At last week's aasembly the princi |pal,”H. E. Warner, spéaking on the school lunchroom scrvice, explained the recent addition to the kitchen and the fact that the old equipment is soon to be replaced by the most mod- ern fitting: Christmas plays were given just be- | fore the holidays by the Ninth Year | and 7B Dramatic Clubs. The Ninth | Year presented “When the Four Winds Met,” and the cast included | Dorothy Seaton, Annt Fugitt, Kath-| erine Jardine, Regina Jenkins, Eu- genle Godfrey, Dorothy Dougherty, Dorothy Chandler, Eleanor Stedman, Eloise Stauffer, Mar Kartofel, Isabel Steinmeier, Evelyn Dreyer, Ruth Lee, Mary Elsie Steuart, Rosemary Dunni gan, Eleanor Wilson and Anna Ros enbloth. | The 7B Club gay> “All Honor to Jane.” Those taking part were Verna Hall, Mary Schlosser, Virginia Ladd, Burdell Thrift, Loulse Harrison, Rose | Cohen, Amelia Fagiola, Harry Selby, | Ben Mudrick, Doris Mansfield. Ger- | trude Evens and Ruth Kaldenbach. | WINS SESQUI HONOR. | Berlitz School of Languages Gets| Distinction. | The highest prize for superiority | of method and instruction was awarded the Berlitz School of Lan- guages at the close of the Sesquicen tennial exposition in Philadelphia this | year, it was announced here vester- | day. This award adds another honor | to the long list of awards. Paris ex- | position, 1900, 2 gold medals: Lille, | 1902, gold medal; Zurich, 1902, gold | medal; St. Louls, 1904, grand prize Liege, 1905, grand priz 1908, grand prize; Brussels, 1910, Concours; Turin, 1911, Hors cours; Gand, 1913, Hors Concours; Beirut, 1921, Hors Concours; Mar: sellle, 1922, Hors Concours. The first Berlitz school was estab- | lished in Providence, R. L, in 1878 and | today there are over 300 Berlitz | schools throughout the world. Each teacher teaches his mother tongue, | the teaching is oral and in the form | of conversation between students and instructors entirely in the language to be learned. Students who travel, it is explained, may transfer their un- finished terms of lessons from one to any other Berlitz school in the world. MG S ENVOY SUES FOR PAY. Paris’ Former London Ambassador - Wants 8ix Years' Salary. ' PARIS, Jantary 8 (#).—The Count de Sainte-Aulaire, recalled a. year ago from the Lohdon ambassadorship, is | suing the government for hat amounts to six years' pa He is on the “available” list at the | foreign office, but as he has no job he | gets no pa; Hors tiring a The office refused his de- | musical programs presented in W | | ington to date there has ever been a | R 93 oot ] SHOTGUN HURDER e (UG TOSUTIR, GABRILOWITSCH. It is doubtful if in the histery of ‘ash | like London, are expected to pass resolutions peti- Con. | @nce tax, the National Committee Op- posed to the Federal Inheritance Tax | | the Munse; | present the matter to the State Leg- | Virgini | delphia; Edgar A. Brown, | South Carolina Legislature; E. A. Har- | riman, Florida; A. P. Frymire, New Orleans, La., and William H. Blod- that the majority of sentiment in the | National Congress is in favor of re- peal of the tax. Special Dispatch to The Star. He insists he should stay | §.—Rev. R. V. Lancaster, pastor of | on the paytroll until he is 65, the re- | the Presbyterian Church here, has re- ceived a call to the pastorate of the Uniont Tabesnacle Presbyterian Church has appealed to ‘the|of Philadelphia program so completely delightful. artistic and entertaining as that which was presented last night by the Eng lish Singers and Ossip Gabrilowitsch in the D. A. R. Hall. The audience, | which practically filled the house, ap. | plauded vigorously and lengthily and probably would still be sitting listen | ing if the arttsts had not brought things to an end about half an hour beyond the usual closing time for an evening concert. That group of talented and finished singers made their American debut about a year ago in the Coolidge fes tival that formally opened the cham ber music auditorium of the Library of Congress. They confine most of their efforts to the singing of old English madrigals. They also sang last night a group of Italian street | songs in the Latin language, but sup plying a comprehensive English trans- lation before each song. This group has learned the secret of really sing ing in a w that is most onmrmm- ing and conducive to appreciation from their audience. They sit grouped informally about the table for most of their numbers and for only one selection was the piano used as ac- companiment. They have marvelous attack, clarity of tone, ability to con- trol without apparent effort organ- effects and remarkable pianis sim Too much can not be said in praise of thelr work and the pleasure it gives thelr audience in general Sufficient to say that it would profit choral societies and smaller groups, as well as individuals, to o, listen to these singers and learn invalu: able lessons that lead to the key of really giving an audience the finest | music available in a most convincing | | fashion The Mann, second English _singers first soprano: 1 oprano; Lillian n Stone, tenor ritone; Cuthbert Kelly, ba inger is an artist with a love but it is the beauty of their work in blend and shading that is fasein- ating. A novelty on their program was the quaint sixteenth eentury “John, Come Kiss Me Now'” sung by Miss Carson and Mr. Kelly, as ar- ranged by E. W. Naylor. Its repeti tion was demanded. Mr. Kelly, inci dentally, proved a veritable English Chaliapin for his dramatic valuation of tone and expression. The encores for the two last groups were “A Farmer's Son So Sweet,” an old folk song arranged by R. Vaughan Wil liame, whose arrangement of “Was- sail Song,” with its lovely long last note sung by the contraito, was one of the finest selections; and Thomas Morley’s “Now Is the Month of May. Mr. " Gabrilowitsch quite sustained the high standard set in the opening group of the singers, for he never played in Washington in better form. He, too, was most enthusiastically re- ceived. His first group reflected the period of the singers, though of Ger-. man musie. It included ‘the prelude from the J. S. Bach “English Suite in A Minol which was played with unusual life and color; Ph. E. Bach's “Rondo Expressivo,” pale and languid after that com- poser’s father’'s more brilliant work and Haydn's “Allegro in E Mino The encore was Gluck's Favotts Later during the program Mr. bril- wits Appassionata Sonata” and played it with extreme brilliance of interpreta- tion and an originality in treatment that brought freshness and grateful ch voice, | roundness to the famillar work., The encore was a Chopin nocturne. All in all it was a concert in a hun- dred, and one that could well stand repetition. LENOX STRING QUARTET. The Lenox String Quartet gave its second January program at the Library of Congress yesterday after- noon in the Coolidge foundation chamber music auditorium. The guest soloist was Helén Corbin Heinl, a pupil of Carrenos and Edward Mac- Dowell, and well known in Washing. ton. Mrs. Heinl acquitted herself e. pecially well in the J. 8. Bach “Sonat in G major,” with Emmeran Stoeber as co-artist on the violncello. They gave Bach with all the precision and tonal effects that are so. essentially his, yet also infused mellowness and color into the playing. Mrs. Heinl' phrases tripped forth, occasionally a bit subservient to the stringed instru- ment but usually in very good duet quality. Mr. Stoeber, who is an es- pecially fine ‘cellist, played his part. too, most admirabl Again Ludwig von Beethoven was honored, his “Quartet in E minor, opus 59, No. 2" being played with care and good interpretation by the quar- tet. The third and fourth movements | were particularly charming to listen | 1y P to and the second violin plaved by | qoite sirescs natey o & Edwin Ideler came through unusually well in certain passages vet without at all getting out of the ensemble picture. The opening quartet was Opus 19 of Emerson Withorne, the American It is entitled “Greek Im- nd, indeed, much of the Greek to many who heard the work. It is one of those typically modern day works that seems to feel about constantly and in effectually for proper expression for a definite program. Always the melody seems just around the corner and only glimpsed from afar and on the bias. The strings chatter along but say nothing. The minor effects in the “Elegy” were the most obvious and aparently logical of the musical attempts. Pan, as suggested in the second movement, sounded as though his tiny tinkling hoofs had gotten caught irretrievably in a bog, and he himself had grown fat and heavy tr; ing to pull them out. However, the hearing of such works is excellent training in the trend of history to- ward something new and in appreoia- tion of established beauties. H. F. TAX REPEAL FAVORED. Forty States Expetced to Ask End of Inheritance Levy. Legislatures of more than 40 States meeting during January and Februar music tioning Congress to repeal the inherit was told vesterday at a meeting at Buildin, than a score of States have indicated their approval of repeal of the tax, as a result of a protest received from | many quarters. A committee composed of speakers of the State Legislatures and promi- nent tax officials was appointed to islatures. This committee is com- posed of the following: Arthur A. Sherman, president. pro tem of the Rhode Isiand Senate; R. O. Norris, ; Franklin S! Edmonds, Phila- speaker, tt, State tax commissioner, Hart- ford, Conn. - The committee was told Fredericksburg Pastor Called. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., January with perfect nuances . which seemed | ‘h played the famous Beethoven | Officials of more | |Man Rejected by Tennessee Woman Sought After She 3 Is Found Slain. | By the Ass ated P i MEMPHIS, n Convineced that Miss 25, shot to death on the of her home early today slair by a rejected suitor, police tonight | redoubled their efforts to find Marshai { Spigner. 28, who disappeared after the killing. Officers January irace Bennet!, front porch Assigned the case a nounced late today that Miss Bennett was killed with a shotgun at quarters as she was about to unlo | her front door. She had just 1 | turned from her fiest day at work a_ store which she left at midnight Gun-shell wadding was found the small shot in her breast A shotgun was found late today i the rear of the house where Spignes | lived. The man's trunk held only ol work clothes and police say that trace of him could be found Spigner. who has a poilce record in Memphis and in Clarksville, Miss. previously made an attempt upou Miss Bennett's lite, police quoted unnamed friend of the dead woman | saying. This attempt followed Miss | Bennett's rejection of his advances police were told John Garrison close wit emploved in an auto mobile shop near the store \here Miss Bennett worked. sald Spigner was in his place last night and that he had heen drinking and left at mid nigbt, a few minutes before the shoot nett was divorced from e husband who lives at Bemlis, Tenn BANK OF ENGLAND MAY GIVE UP CREDITS Norman, Coming to U. S., Expected to Close Out $300,200.000 Advance Never Used. By the Associated Press, NEW YORK. Ja $.—While officials of the Federal Reserve Bank here say they have information on the purpose of the visit which Montagu Norman, governor of the Bank of England, is about to make to New York, it is believed In financial circles that he is coming to confer with Benjaman Strong, gov- ernor of the Federal Reserve Bank, and other financiers on closing out the $300,000,000 credits extended to the Bank of England in 19 | These credits—$200,000,000 from | the Federal Reserve bank and $100,- 000,000 from J. P. Morgan & Co.— | were obtained by Great Britain as |a precaution, and it is understood here that no part of them was ever | used. The supposition is that they | are no‘longer considered necessary. It was said at the Federal Reserve | Bank that Mr. Norman's visit need ' not be considered of special signifi- cance. FRATERNAL FAIR WILL OPEN ON FEBRUARY 12 Numerous Organizations Already Active in Planning for Car- nival in Arcadia Hall. Fraternal, civic and patriotic organi- zations of the District of Columbia will t intensive work during the com- ing week in preparation for the fifth annual Washington Fraternal Fair scheduled to take place at the Arcadia Auditorium, according to announce- ment yesterday by Chairman Edward Oliver, of the fair committee with headquarters in the Earle Building. The fair will take place February 12 to 19, inclusive. The proceeds are for relief work of the organizations. The Daughters of America, The Song |and Daughters of Liberty, the Wood- men Circle, the Sons of Jonadab, the | Oriental Court. Junior Order of United American Mechanics, the Washington | Basket Ball League, the ‘Brookland |Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star | the Boosters Club. Woodmen of the | World, the J. L. Burneit Council. J. 0.<U. A. M, and the Mount Vernon u re among the units already listed to participate. In addition to exhibits, there will be carnival games, beauty, popularity, | band and guessing contests and posst | bly a style show it is announced | —_—— | MEETING TO BE JAN. 29 pary no Government Semi-Annual Business | Session Date Is Set. | The semi-annual meeting of the I'business organization of the Govern | ment will be held Saturday evening, | January 29, at 7 o'clock. in Memorial Continental Hall, according to an an- nouncement by the Bureau of the Budget to executive departments and | establishment The meeting will be addressed as | usual by President Coolidge and by | Director of the Bureau of the Budget H. M. Lord. who will outline the | Ainancial plans of the Government for ’bfllh the present and the future. How to Keep the EGG 7 .Producing Strain R e e For Sale by all feed and He . has not vet - s poultry supply dealers.