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WEA' ar ‘Weather Mostly cloudy, night ard tomor ture, followed by Temperoture—H P, yestor today. il report —————— 30271, Entered as post_office, seco! probably showers to- ay; lowest, THER. Bureau Forecast.) ow. Mild tempera- oider Sunday. ighes E on page 9. nd el shing b WASHINGT( ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1927 —FIFTY-FOUR o Star. service. PAGES * UP) Means Associated Pre: The only evening paper in Washington wit Associated Press. news the Yesterday's Circulation, 104,812 'WO CENTS. e FRANCE ANDITALY LIKELY TO REFUSE -~ ARMIS OBSERVERS Indicate Rejection of Invita- tion to Three-power Naval Conference. | | U. S. DISAGREEMENT WITH LEAGUE CITED IN PARIS Briand, However, Favors Accept- ance—Rome to Reiterate Need for Small Armament. By the Aesociated Press PARIS, March 18-—France i likely to send even an observer to the three-power naval disarmament con ference proposed by President Cool- idge, it was stated today, since Wzsh- ington's strong disagreement With the League of Nations' Disermament Commission was apparent ir the note made public yesterday at Geneva. Public Opinion Indifferent By Cable to The Star and Ch 5. Copyrig PARIS, March 18.—Inqubies ir arliamentary circles show that the| Deputies are taking no interest in the | Question of the three-power naval con- ference. Public_opinion is indifferent or opposed. The entire decision, therefore, rests with the government nd the government is divided. { Foreign Minister Briand is in favor f accepting out of courtesy to the; {'nitefl States. Premier Poincare is| aid to be reluctant, and M. Marin s opposed. Paul Boncour, French delegate to the League of Nations, is opposed, as are military and naval circles. Ttaly’'s reported refusal, if confirmed, will strengthen the opposition here. Exchanges Have Unfavorable Effect. | Publication of Secretary Mellon": | latest debt letter and the Uniud | States Geneva memorandum are ha'- ing an unfavorable effect on Frenth opinion. Alongside ths Melion letior are printed dispatches from Washing- ‘ton describing the unprecedented pres- perity of the United States, showing & national income greater than Great Britain’s total pre-war weaith and a huge budget surplus. Regard:ng the pneva memoran- dum, the following are some of to | day's hendlines: “United States Op- sed to European Disarmament ethods,”” “Once Again United Stat Marks Hostliity to the League, “United States Rejects ue Ex- perts’ Proposals,”™ “Declares It Does Not Accept Any Proposed Disarma- ment Measar “‘Refuses to Prom- ise Anything Tries to Ruin the Geneva Arms Conference.” Refusal by Italy Indicated. | By Rudm\ not | The Star and Chicago Daily e Copyright, 19: ROME. March 18.—TItaly will refuse President Coolidge’s second disarma- ! ment conference invitation exactly as she refused the first, according to every indication in Rome today. No irtimation as to Dictator Mus- solini's, reply has been given by the official agency, but the correspondent 13 informed from the highest quarters that the reply almost certainly will be negative The reasons for this attitude are exactly the same as before. Italy is a Mediterranean, not a world power. | The question of her naval armament | 1s based on considerations ‘altogether | different from those which affect the | United States, England and Japan. In other words, as long as France will not disarm Italy will not disarm. Need Light Armament. Besides with her long coast line, Ttaly has intimate need of such kinds | of light armament as destroyers #nd ! submarines in a manner not paral-| lcled by any other power. As forecast to the writer, the text of the Italian reply will be approxi- mately as follows: While appreciating to the utmost the honor done Italy by the second | invitation from Washington, .the Ital-| dan government feels that the sug- gestion it should dispatch an observer | does not really change the problem as | it existed on receipt of the first note. Observer's Power Questioned. The question immediately arise: what is an observer? If the observer mctually remains an observer, then it | 15 useless to send him. Information can be had just as easily through! diplomatic channels. If, on the other | Yiand, the observer is to be more than | ®n observer, and is to take part in- formally in’ the conversations, then | the result of the conference might | bind Italy, at least morally, in a man- ner distasteful to her national in terests, ther wo is an , her deep T 10 accept. TWO STUDENTS SHOOT AND KILL THEMSELVES| Overstudy and Worry Over School Play Blamed for Suicides of Youths, 21 and 17. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, N ©ld 1. Bereget, 21, junior student at Tulane Unive killed himself early tod His parents attributed overstudy. GALESBUR: Farl Main, killed himself s, the idea of an ob nomaly which Italy, to et, finds herself unable | 18.—Har- hitectural shot and t his home. he act to ch sity. v i, 1L, March 18 (). high school junior, t night with a rifle. | I | This {forum on Ame land WRIST OF PRESIDENT STRAINED SETTING HANDSHAKING RECORD/ | Associates Say Tendon Became Sore After| Army and Navy Executive Neared 200,000 Mark. | A severely strafned tendon in Presi- dent Coolidge’s right wrist is due to the fact that he has done more hand haking than ny esident of "Nt generation, Although the President i< conscious of the accompanying pain almost con- stantly and cannot lift anything of any real w with his right hand without severs pain, his condition not considered at all serious by Maj. James F. Coupal, his personal physi- cian, Tt was upon the insistence of the latter that the President consent- od ye ¥ to having the wrist tight- Iy handaged and a healing lotion ap- plied. Regardless of his ailment, the Presi dent goos about his daily routine just as though nothing had happened. ~He suffers no additional pain from the use of his hand in signing his name 1o letters and papers, which he s alled unon to do many hundred times a day. Fortunately, the daily receptions at the Executive office, when crowds of the | RecePtion. When } | | visitors, | several one thousand, dent’s office ng anywhere from 25 an . and occastonally o] filed through the Presi for greeting and | handshake, wer s off three weeks ago. It was thought best to do away with these daily handsh: in advance of the o of Spring, which always brings the largese crowds of tourists and visitors to the Capital. a | ¥ he opinion of the President's nd associates that the strained tendon from which he now is suffering |is the result of the many times he shook hands during the few months. The fact that Mr. Coolidge has establi a record so the number of shakes is toncerned is said to be sufficient reason to attrih- ute his ailment to this form of Presi dential activity. But the President's method of shaking hands with great numbers is said to be the real cause of all the trouble. He does not give a (Continued on Page rong grasp Column 5.) MEXICANS DISEUSS POSSIBLE. AMITY Gossip on Tellez’s Informal Proposals to U. S. in Land Dispute Heard. Ay the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, March 18.—The exican public is discussing with «idity the announcement of the State Lispartment at Washington that the diterences between the United States and Mexico at present are in no more <riical state than was revealed in the correspondence concerning Mexico's new oil and land laws as they affect American interests, and its expression of hopa that an amicable settlement may be reached through negotiations. There is much speculation here as to whether Manuel Tellez, Ambassador to the United States, who is now on his way back to Washington after a hurried visit to Mexico City, has in- structions to sound out the Washing- ton Government as to the kind of ad- j:mlment of the controversy it de- sires, Official Statement Lacking. There is gossip also on the question whether informal proposals made by Senor Tellez may open the way to a definite arrangement of the dispute. While the Ambassador was here he had a number of conferences with President Calles, and it has been as- sumed that these, at least in part, had to do with the conmtroversy over the oil and land laws. No official acknowledgement has been made that Senor Tellez carrfes back with him plans for a settlement of the trouble. Sheffield Plans Visit. If Senor Tellez does not bring up the oil and land question when he ar- rives in Washington, first-hand in- formation on the subject probably will ‘be given President Coolidge in June by James R. Sheffield, United States Ambassador 10 Mexico, who purposes to return at that time for his class reunion at Yale, While Mr. Sheflield’s trip will be a personal one, it is expected that he will confer with both the President and Secretary of State Kellogg on the Mexican situation. There is no rea- son to suppose that Mr. Sheflield will not return to his post in Mexico. KELLOGG SI NT ON ISSUE. Makes No Comment on Group's Plan To Oppose Lifting Embargo. The State Department had no com- ment to make today on plans of the Foreign Policy Association to organ- ize n Nation-wide protest apainst lift- ing of the American Government's em- bargo on arms shipments to Mexico. While representatives of 25 organi- zations, including professors of inter- aational law and editors of weekly magazines dealing with international joined in a protest against any aange in the embargo policy. it was wade clear at-the State Department that officials wish to avoid any public d on of Amerlcan-Mexican rela- | tions pending settlement of the dis- pute over the oil and land laws Silent on Arbitration. ieorge M. La Monte of New York, treasurer of the Foreign Policy Asso- clation, headed a delegation Wedn ¢ that presented to Secretary Kel- & a petition for settlement ot the fexican questions by arbitration petition, likewise, was reccived in silence. At a meeting in the Lee House yes- terday, the association conducted a an-Mexican relations, ewis <iannett, associate editor of the Nation; Kirby Page, editor of the World Tomorrow, and Dean Edward T. Devine of the American University CGraduate School stressed the need for rification of the Government's obli- ions in protecting the foreign in- tments of its nationals. Stresses Controversy. Dr. Devine declared the controversy over the application of the Mexican oil and land laws to American prop- lerty was a proper subject for arbitra- | tion. | Prof. Albert H. [ternational Law at American Univer- {sity, characterized the sending of American Marines to Nicaragua as a use of force,” which could only be {authorized, under the Constitution, by Congress. £ v Putney of the In- REEDHITS SAPIRD FEES INFORD Tells Jury of Thousands He| | Says Were Obtained in | Co-operative Plan. i { By the Associated Press. DETROIT, March 18.—The thou-| sands of dollars Aaron Sapiro was al- | leged to have obtained from the co- operative associations he organized were listed for the jury today by Sen- ator James A. Reed in the million- | dollar libel suit against Henry Ford. | The Senator who is defending the | automobile manufacturer against Sa. piro, who claims his reputation was | injured by storles printed in Ford's! publication, the Dearborn Inde- pendent, was hurrying to complete | his opening plea. He showed irrita- tion at frequent interruptions on the| part of the plaintiff’s attorney,! William Henry Gallagher, and insisted he was cutting the corners at every opportunity. | ““Bearing in mind Sapiro's frequent | declarations of no desire for large re- muneration in organizing these co- operative associations among the far- mers,” said the Senator, “I want to! tell you of some of the collections he ! made.” 1 The largest amount obtained, ac- cording to Mr. Reed, was $142,000 from the Tri-State Tobacco Associa- tion, and the next largest figure was | a total of $48,000 from the Buvley! Tobacco Association. | Other Alleged Deals. The Senator said Sapiro obtained $6,000 from the potato growers of Colorado, $30,000 from the dark to- bacco growers of Kentucky and} $17,500 from the Maine Potato Co-| operative. In Oregon he received $5,500 and from the Carolina Peanut Growers $5,000, the defense attorney said. Attorney Gallagher read to the| court a ruling made in the Michigan | Supreme Court on what should be touched upon in an opening state- ment. Judge Fred M. Raymond said | he had had that decision in mind in | his frequent warnings to both at-| torneys, and he believed the guilt was | equally divided in failure to comply with his requests. Sapiro’s work among the California prune and apricot growers, the Col rado and 1ldaho potato growers, | tobacco planters in Kentucky, and | peanut growers in Carolina were taken up by the defense attorney. “In spite of the fact Sapiro repre- sented himself as not being anxious | for mone; said the Senator, “he | drew a salary of $25,000 a year from the California Prune and Apricot irowers’ Association after organizing them. | Tdaho Activities Reviewed. i i “The head of the ficld department got $12,000 and a stenographer who had heen drawing $65 a month was | put on the salary list at $6,000. Sapiro and his assoclates drew $80,000 for organizing the assocfation and draw- | ing up the articles of incorporation. Sapiro_went into Idaho and sug- gested to Mortimer Stone, an attorney there, that the local potato assoct: tions be organized into a State organ- tzation, Stone and Sapiro to split the fees. The two, although the growers of that State objected to Sapiro’s con- nection, finally perfected the organi- zation. A contract was made with Weil & Zuckerman, a San Francisco commission house, to handle the po- tatoes at $12 a car more than should e been paid In Kentuck. of the Burley Association, starving for lack of money, asked permission to sell their tobacco on the open market instead of handling it through the company, Sapiro insisted on holding them to their contracts It appeared at noon recess that Reed would be unable to complete his opening plea until late afternoon at the best and perhaps not until Mon- | day. If held over until next week | the plea. in all probability would pre vent Henry Ford from taking the stand on Monday, as planned. | The Senator, however, said he was | making every effort to get through, for he was anxious to get to Wash: ington for a meeting of the Senate| Investigation committee tomorrow. _| Half an hour hour before the court® " (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) , when the members actually {on the railwa | king have begun prep: | Luiz de Caceres, Brazil, at 3 p.m. yes- CANTONESE LAUNCH OFFENSIVE AGAINST NANKING AND PORT Shanghai Expected to Be Easy Prize—Foreigners Not in Danger. ORDER GENERAL STRIKE UNTIL CITY IS CAPTURED Shantungese Troops Attempt to Prevent Workers From Departing. Loochow Left Undefended. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, China rch 18. Both Nanking and Shanghai are se- riously threatened by the Cantonese armies, which are engaged in a large- e offensive against the northern- to the northwest of this city. The violence and scope of the southerners’ thrust, together with de- fections from the northern ranks, in- dicate the early fall of Nanking and the possible isolation of Chang Tsung- Chang's northern forces in Shanghal, in which event this great internation-| al port would become an easy prize for the southerners. Strongest pressure is being exerted in the direction of Chang Chow, Wusth and Soochow, all of which are v between Shanghai and The latest successes of the rners include the capture of ng, a short distance south of and Lishui, southeast of Nanking. Southe W uki Soochow, Nanking. Little Resistance Offered. The Shantung forces are reported to be offering little serious resistance, which is considered as tending to con- firm reports that Chang Tsung-Chang is trying to drive a bargain with Chang Kai-Shek, the Southern com- mander, under which the former would withdraw from the Yangtse Valley The American missionaries in Nan- ations to carry out the suggestions of the American consul, John K. Davis, for early with- drawal of the aged and infirm, as well as women and children from Nanking 1ghal. groups have been arriving here for the last week, and the total number of refugees is expected to reach 100 by the week end. It is em- phasized, however, that general evac- uation of the foreigners from Nanking | has not yet been ordered, Misslonaries arriving here report that the ricksha and baggage coolies are virtually boycotting the foreign- ers in Nanking, making it difficult to | move baggage except at exorbitant rates. | i ot believed, however. the | (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) AT R | DE PINEDO ISL0ST ON WAY TO BOLMIA Italian Flyer Last Reported at | Brazilian Border—U. S. Planes Depart. ! i | | 1 i Small By the Associated Pre RIO JANEIRO, March 18.—Up to 11:30 o'clock this morning no word had been received from Comdr. Francesco de Pinedo, Itallan fiyer, who left San terday, continuing his four-continent flight. Advices reaching the National Tele- graph Service say Comdr. de Pinedo was unable to take off yesterday at San Luiz de Caceres, and the plane was towed down the Paraguay River to Gahyba Lake, on the frontier be- tween Br 1 and Bolivia. There the plane took off and headed toward the Amazon River. Good Will Flyers Depart. i The United States Army Pan-Ameri can good will flyers left at 6 o'clock this morning on their flight northward along the Brazilian seaboard. A message over the national tele- graph _lines says the flyers passed over Victoria at 9:35, but 10 minutes later returned and landed. Victoria is about one-third the distance between Rio and Bahia. Beires Completes Fligh PERNAMBUCO, Brazil, March 18 (#).—Maj. Sarmento Beires, Portu- guese round-the-world flyer, has com- pleted the crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, arriving at Port Natal, Brazil, at p.m. today, it Is announced here. He was flying from the Island of Fernando do Noronha, off the Brazillan coast, where he arrived yes- terday from the Bissagos Islands, near the coast of Africa. | Today's hop was a short one, Fer- nando do Noronha being only 125 miles from the coast. There is no con. firmation of the earlier report that Maj. Beires made an earlier start this morning and was forced to return. FURNITURE MEN AWAIT TRUST CHARGE VERDICT 72 Manufactories and 57 Individ- uals in Hands of Federal as TOIC A DAWES ADAPTATION. IS | | ~ 9 AUTO TAX CHANGE T0.BE CONSIDERED Commissioners to Study Raising Rate on Gas and Cutting Out Personal Levy. The plan advocated by Tax Asses- sor Willlam P. Richards for abolish- ing the personal tax on automobiles and the substitution of. an increased levy on gasoline probably will be giv- en early consideration by the Board of Commissioners, it was indicated to- day at the District Building. The movement in Maryland to in- crease the gasoline tax, which is ex- pected to have reaction in the District in view of the automobile reciprocity relations between the two jurisdic- tions, has given impetus to Mr. Rich- ards’ plan, which was submitted re- cently to the Gibson subcommittee of the flouse District commlttee. Awaits End of Light Episode. Although the Commissioners have not yet had time to consider the proposition, there is a likelihood that it will be taken up just as soon as finis is stamped on the traffic light episode, which is now engrossing their attention. Commissioner Sidney F. Taliaferro, who has supervision over the tax and revenue collecting departments of the municipality, said that he believed the proposition had merit, but that he has not yet drawn a definite conclusion. Officials Back Plan, Chatham M. Towers, collector of taxes, and Wade H. Coombs, superin- tendent of licenses, hdwever, are sup- porting the Richards’ plan. The personal property tax on auto- mobiles is now yielding the District approximately $500,000 a year. An increase of 1 cent a gallon in the gasoline levy, he pointed out, would produce an’ equivalent amount, and would have a two-fold advantage over the personal property tax—make col- lections infinitely easfer, because it would be collected directly from about 25 gasoline importers, and would pre- vent motorists from escaping the tax. WISCONSIN OFFERS PRESIDENT VACATION Urgent Invitation Extended Him to Spend Summer in Bad- ger State. Wisconsin is making a determined effort to get the President to come to that State to spend his vacation this coming Summer. For the third time within the last two weeks, former Senator Lenroot of that State has called upon the President in con- nection with the establishment of a summer White House in Wisconsin. Senator Lenroot today was ac- companied by G. B. Heinemann, Republican National Committeeman consin, who personally repre- . ¥Fred R. Zimmerman in offering to the President several places in the State as locations for the Sum- mer White House. One of these places is the 11,000-acre estate of the late Vietor Lawson, Chicago newspaper publisher, at Green Lake, near Fond du_Lac. Other places offered on_this oc- casion were one on Eagle River, an- other on Sturgeon Bay and three sites in the Minnequa chain of lakes, and one at Trout Lake. Both Senator Lenroot and Mr. Heinemann went awa | pression that the President is well pleased with the Wisconsin proposl- tion, but that he has not yet made up his mind. He was shown photo- graphs of the various Summer homes offered, as well.as the scenery in the surrounding country. He seemed pleased with the reports of the fishing Nearly Hundred Children Faint At Fete to York By the Associated Press. DUNEDIN, New Zealand, March 18. Nearly a hundred children fainted during a great demonstra- tion in which 10,000 of them par- ticipated today in honor of the Duke of York, who is touring Aus- tralasia. The occurrence is believed to have been due to the fact that many of the children had left their distant country homes as early as 3 a.m. in order to take part in the celebration. The strain and the 'k of food was too much for them. The Duke was deeply concerned. He went to the first-aid station where the children were treated to reassure himself regarding their welfare. A war memorial w during today's ceremonies. ARKANSAS s unveiled S STORM - CAUSES 7 DEATHS One Child Missing After Tor- nado, Rain and Hail Sweep Six Towns. By the Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, A half dozen small c southwest Arkansas today were re- covering from the shock of twisting dead and a score or ome critically The storm centered around Klon- dike, where five lives were snuffed out and one person was missing in a single househ8ld. Five in Family Killed. Mrs. Edgar Smith, her twi son, Clifford; Lennie Cash, thew Cash, 17, and Artis Cash, sisters and brothers' of Mrs. Smith, were dead at Klondike, and Inez Smith, 6, a daughter, was missing. Lioyd McAlister, 20, of Willis, and Olga Moody of Mountain View were the others listed among the known dead. Two were known to be injured at Delight, Pike County, and 8 or 10 in- pured at Mountain View. Destruction of a schoolhouse, were one was seri- ously injured, was reported from Mountain” View. School children were rehearsing a play. Training School Damaged. Communities in the vicinity of Ben- ton reported casualties. The twister dipped _near Alexander, where the State Training School for Girls is lo- cated, and several of the buildings of the institution were blown down and two women hurt. A young newly married couple, whose farm, near Texarkana, was in the path of the tornado, were prob- ably fatally injured. Hail and rain accompanying the storm in that com- munity caused considerable property damage. Train service was hampered and in one instance the crew on a passenger train near Hot Springs were forced to get out in the storm and cut a failen tree from the tracks. X . Chile Statesman on Way to U. S. ARICA, Chile, March 18 (#).— Agustin Edwards, Chilean statesman, Journalist and capitalist, arrived here today on his way to the United States. seven known more injured, winds which jast night left a toll of | | most important “functions of govern- CAPPER PREDICTS D.C.VOTEACTION 'Véingles Qut Other Measures | for City to Be Taken Up by Next Congress. ORI | National representation for the | people of the District, the right to | elect the Board of Education, expan- sion of the free Public Librar - tem and merger of the street railway companies were singled out as im-| portant local questions to be consid- ered in the next Congress by Chair- ! man Capper of the Senate Distyict committee, addressing the Voteless League of Women Voters of the Dis- | trict at the Women's City Club today. enator Capper announced he willing to let the residents of Wash- | ington govern themselves, provided | proper safeguards are thrown around | the beauty and security of the Na- tional Capital. He told the members | of the league that if they favor the | constitutional amendment under which | the District would have one or two Senators, representation in the House on the basis of population and a | voice in the selection of President and Vice President they should try to in- duce members of Congress to study the proposal at the next session. Expects to Obtain Funds. After recounting what the Sixty-| ninth Congress did for the schools and | playgrounds of Washington, Senator | | Capper observed that proper develop- | ment of library service “is fully as | important as the proper development of the school system He added this prediction: { “I expect that in the next Congress we shall be able to obtain needed ap-| propriations for the extension of the| library facilitles of the District of Co- lumbia, so that every home will be much nearer than at present to the cultural and educational influence of good literature.” The chairman of the District com- mittee made this timely comment on the recent act of Congress allowing women to serve on juries in the Dis- trict. “Will the intellizent, respectable women of the District do their duty and serve as jurors, or will they take advantage of the provision of the law permitting them to decline to serve? If so, we shall either have to make jury service compulsory on the part of women, as it now is with respect to men, or we shall have to abolish any jury service at all by women. The ad- ministration of justice is one of the | | | nt, and the women who advocate political equality with men must be willing to assume their share of the duties and obligations connected with court procédure."” Congress Has Full Jurisdiction. Senator Capper declared this city is the one place in the United States that has taxation without representa. tion, because the Constitution, as it | now stands, gives Congress exclusive Jurisdiction over the Distriet, 3 Continuing, he sai am sure the framers of the Constitution never cx. pected the “seat of Government of the ! United States” would grow to be & city of more than half a million people—larger than several of the {n. dependent, ~sovereign States of the present d; Even if they did con- template that, however, they surely did not realize the extent of other duties that burden present.day mem. bers of the Senate and House of Rep- resentatives. “For one, I am perfectly willing that (Continued on Page 5, Column 2 Traded in Husbands, By the Associated Prest New Charge Facing Automotive one single week. Association, CLIENTS OF “LOAN SHARKS” ARE ASKED 10 AID PROSECUTOR | Stephens Asks “Victims” to Give Him Data of Transac- tions—Secrecy Promised. WILL EXPLAIN MEANS OF RECOVERING LOSSES Trade Association President Commends Star and Offers Full Co-operation. As the first aggressive step in his campaign to test the legality of “auto- mobile finance” companies that charge high rates of inter Corporation Counsel Francis H. Stephens issued a call today for clients of these estab- lishments who believe they have been charged extortionate rates to get in touch with him immediately. Mr. Stephens explained that he would like to have these persons writ him letters, explaining their trans- actions in detail, with the distinct un- derstanding that the information is to be held confidential and that no court action will be sought from these com- munications without the explicit con- sent of the author. Will Explain Means. The corporation counsel will conc the identity of all persons who com ply with his request, he said toda When he receives information indicat- ing violations of the law, he will in- vite the victimized person to come to his office and explain the deal per- sonally. At that time he will explain how prosecutions, and possibly re- covery of losses, may be brought through his office. “This is a fight to the finish,” Mr. Stephens declared, in announcing his first campaign plans. “It is evident that the law is being violated, that many of our most unfortunate citizens are being fleeced. There is but one thing to do in such cases: Drive out law violators.” Expects to Get Results. Somewhat similar to the methods employed in the warfare against loan sharks in 1913, Mr. Stephens believes this plan will produce results. Furthermore, it will provide bena fide cases, he expects, whereas the stigma of a “frame-up” might be attached to cases worked up by special agents for the express purpose of bringing prosecutions. Although swamped with the usual rush of business that attends the last two months before the courts take thelr Summer recess, Mr. Stephens in- tends 40 open his office to this in- vestigation. He plans to use one of his assistants exclusively for a study of cases brought to his office as soon as the assistant has completed a case that is now before one of the courts. The next step, Mr. Stephens added, will be to select a part of one day, at | least, or an entire evening, if neces- sary, when he and one or more as- sistants will be in their offices to con- sult with persons who would prefer not to put their complaints in writing. He is arranging his program to ap- point a day or an evening next week for this purpose. and later will allot more time as the mumber of com- plaints increase. Backed by Commissioners. This program has the full approval of the District Commissioners. Mr. Stephens was _in consultation with Commissioner Taliaferro again yester- day afternoon and submitted his plans. Commissioner Tallaferro not only ap- proved them, but further authorized the corporation counsel to take what- ever additional steps he believes are necessary to prosecute money lenders where there is evidence to show that the interest rate laws are being trans- gressed. Already a_number of persons have called The Star to compliment it on bringing these interest rates to public attention, admitting that they were victimized at one time or another when they were pressed for immedi- ate cash. All of these persons were referred to the office of the corpora- tion counsel. One man told how he simply had to raise $100. He did not know how to obtain the money through regular- Iy organized financial institutions and sougth out an “automobile financing" company. The company loaned him the money for a few months, demand- ing $25 as interest for the short loan. The man sald he was obliged to ac- cept and when the note was due stil¢ found himself unable to meet it. Ready to Go to Court. “I went to this company,” he con- tinued, “and explained that in exactly week I would receive enoug! money to meet the note. I had learned in the meantime that almost ny bank will extend a note for a The only answer I got from this compan: however, was: ‘Whadaya think this is, a hock shop? Get the money on time or we fore- close. See?" aturally enough, I got the money. I went to a reputable firm this time. I have been wanting to put this mat: ter before the prosecuting attorney ever since, and now I am ready. shall send all of my papers to Mr. Stephens, and I am quite ready to appear in court when he calls me. want to thank The Star, too, for what it is doing. who were caught like I was, and shall ask them to follow my example. I 1 T know some other people Association Offers Aid. The Washington Automotive Trade through . its president, A!legecl Proprietor of “Baby Farm™ with her, at Visalia in 1914, Stanley H. Horner, highly commended The Star today for its war on what Mr. Horner termed “mere pawn brok- ers,” and offered its fullest co-opera- tion in carrying the campaign Friends said Main, a brilliant stu dent, had been worrying about a part he had in a school play. in Wisconsin as well as the declara- tion that there are no mosquitoes in that part of the country. MIAMI FIRM‘ BANKRUPT. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., () —Listing liabilities of $1,499,807.05 and assets of $35,595.99, the J. C. H. Realty Corporation of Miami filed a voluntary petition in bankruptey in Federal Court here today. The peti- tion was filed in the name of O. S. Johnson, chairman of the board of directors. Declsion to enter the bankruptey petition was reached at a stockhold ers’ meeting in Miami, March 4, the petition stated. March 18.—The | declared 'he had not been divoross | belief that Mrs. 'Minnie Williams |from her, while Hives refused to talk, | Horner showed that the legitimate Foss-Hines traded bigamously in|Officers said if Mrs. Foss could not |@utomobile finance companies of husbands as well as commercially in | produce proof that she had been di- | Washington charge only the legal in- babfes during her alleged “baby | vorced from Foss a bigamy complaint | terest rates. farm” activities inspired a continued [ would be asked of the district attor-| *The Washington Automotive Trade search for evidence today hy deputy | ney's office. Association,” Mr. Horner said, “be- sheriffs of Southern California mar-| Later the marriage square was |lieves The Star is doing this city a riage license bureaus. completed when Mrs. Minnie Curtis- [real service in putting down fillegal Mrs. Foss arrajgned yesterday | Hines of Norwalk, Callf., announced | business practices. We have followed charged with having sold an infant'that she still was the logal wife of |the stories carefully and know that and preliminary hearing set for)Hines and that he had left her when |they accurately describe a deplorable March 23. She was remanded to jail| Mrs. Foss came into their home as |condition. In this fight to stamp out when she could not produce $5,000|a nurse. such practices we are with you, and bail. The accused woman, through|You can rely on us for our fullest Investigators discovered that Mrs.|whose hands officers believe many | co-operation. Foss had married Clarence Hines, (unwanted infants passed, is charged| "It might be interesting to show et also in jail here, charged with em- |specifically with having sold “Baby|What the legitimate automobile bezzlement, in San Bernardino in | Hines" for $60, and then, when the | finance companies charge. These are 1 Previoysly a marriage license | child was found to be blind and dis- | the companies the public deals with in 1y, % the first woman to hold a com- | us good service as a man would,” de- | A. Carpenter would be in court at 10 was found i a trunk seized at Ofl- | eased, to have refunded $25, but later | purchasing a car through the automo- howing that Ih: h.d'rephced it with anoflar baby. The Fossy charged ‘hospital, mission of State-wide importance. She | c a very |o'clock today to re e a verdict if succeeds her husband, who died in jone had been reached. . - S B T T w seemed In B l E E E l ” dale, Calif., dealers, :d thez‘.how that ’._5 ‘ ~ LOS ANGELE: through “to a successful end. Mr. Jury at Chicago. By the Associated Press, CHICAGO, March | turniture tana 57 |Women Should Take Part in Pubic Affairs. Governor Says, Naming One to Rail Boar 18.—Seventy-two manufacturing companies individuals today awaited a d verdict of a Federal Court as to whether they should be “Women are citizens just as much acquitted or found guilty of the Gov- ‘s allegation that they, the e oS . as men,” said Gov, Martin, £ § 1 “Florida women must take their part | responsibility under the law s just | fAPF s of approximately 75 per in the affairs of Government,” says | C“PPINDITLE wnder tho law i Just| copi®of the country's bedroom and Gov. John W. Martin, in announcing | gt 00 18 HIG idtia s - | dining room furniture, formed a trust. the appointment of Mre. Robert L. use 1 ton is a woman in no| “The case was given to the jury A wise disqualifies her from holding mwhl noon vesterday, after a trial of Auto Skids and Turns Over Near March 18 Battle Creek. BATTLE CREEK, Mich. UF).—Three men were killed instantly | (this morning when their automobile | ~'gkidded, crashed into a tree and turned ! over into & ditch three miles west of | Pronson. The victims were Roy Gibk ohn Hazlegam and Max L. Lohr @l of Centreville, Mich Hazelgam, driver, was catapulte grom the car and aln buried in fi torn up by th® machine before By the Associated Pregs TALLAHASSEE, Fla., March 18.— Enaton, 45, to the State railroad com- Sniasion. an important position. weeks. ~ After 10 hours of delibera- Mrs, Eaton, the mother of five chil-| “I can say to the people of Florida | tion the jurors were locked up, with will take up her duties imediate- | that I am sure she will give them just | notification that Federal Judge George oman. Two men will serve with Mrs, Eaton and pioned jhe othegagwe' Jebruary, after having served less Further deliberation wa menths, Haun, 3 tore, )

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