Evening Star Newspaper, March 18, 1927, Page 5

BRITAIN STARTLED . BYHERD'S ARREST . Ex-Naval Officer Accused ci PRI EIEFEIELSTITSLIESI LSS LI ! Having Secret Plans of Largest Submarine. 7Py the Associated Press. LONDON, March 18.—England was showing great interest today in the arrest and detention without the privi- lege of giving bail of the aval officer, Lieut. . Me is charged by the h illicitly possessing offi- among them the plans of Great Brita largest submarine. So important is the case regarded that the director of public prosecu- tlons will conduct the case for the admiralty when Mayers is arraigned a week hence. He was arrested ves- terday at the request of the admiralty and remanded in the Bow Street Po- Jice Court for a week. Employed by Ship Builders. admiralty cial documents, ¥ | the people of a bearing on a charge ag: who veluntarily retired f last January and since has ployed by the submarine department td., builders of war craft s complete secrec details of the charg, . which the prosecution described s one of considerable gravity. The magistrate, in declining the responsi- Vility of granting bail, said that his yefusal was due to the serious nature of the case. 1le added t the pris- oner might make application for re lease to a higher court if he so desired. Secrets Closely Guarded. It is believed that the admiralty was fearful of a disclosure of secrets re- garding its largest submarine, the X-1. He was charged with having posgession of the plans of the X-1 and _the O-1.. The X-1 was launched in June, 1923, and when completed will have cost £5,000,000. It is 350 feet in length and has four large guns in armored turrets. The caliber of these guns and the number of tor- pedo tubes and other det the craft have been kept a clos who was born h ars old. v respect- inst May- brilliant | Comdr. | CAPPER PREDICTS D. C. VOTE STUDY BY NEXT CONGRESS (Continued from First Page.) the people of the District of Columbia should govern themselves, in any way satisfactory to them, provided only that there shall be certain limitations pro- tecting the beauty and security of the National Capital. There is a particu- larly strong demand from the people of the District for “home rule” of the public school system, and in the next session of Congress we shall have to consider bills providing for election of the Board of Education. This is a matter that should have the careful study of every one interested in self- government. Favored Representation Plan. “One of the last official acts of the committee of which 1 am chairman was to favorably report to the Senate a resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution whereby the people of the District of Columbia would be given the right to elect one or two Senators, and members of the House of Representatives in proportion to population, with the additional right to District people of suing and being sued in all the United States courts. This is not ‘home-rule,’ but it is at least some recognition of the fact that the District of Columbia are actual citizens of the United States, and as such entitled to some Qdirect representation in the Congress which makes the laws under which they live. Certainly there is no jus- tice in the present system which sub- jects residents of the District to all the duties and obligations of citizens, including the payment of taxes and the call to arms in time of war, but denies them any direct participation In the enactment of legislation affect- ing_their daily lives. “The resolution that our committee favorably reported will undoubtedly be reintroduced at the next sessi then be referred to the judicla mittee for final consideration. If the members of your organization believe in the principle embodied in the reso- lution, then you must use your indiv- idual and collective influence to induce members of the House and Senate to study the proposed plan. I am sure that those who study it with any degree of care will be convinced of its essential justice, and will be glad to vote for the proposed amendment to the Constitution, Commends Women's Work. “It is by the continued application of the influence of such organizations as yours that the resolution will be adopted finally. T have great admira- tion for the persistency and determina- -| tion of women in working for legisla- t war career of the rines. in the submersible division navy. i ERIE, Pa., March 18 (P).—Virginia Gibney, 32, Philadelphia chorus girl, found dead in her room in a hotel ‘here today, died of natural causes dur- ing a_quarrel with Karl H. Bechtel, a Buffalo, N. Y., t 4 Dr. Elmer Hess r tion that they want. They are bound Moved to Our New Address 1336 Conn. Ave. N.W. J.C. Harding Co., Inc. oner's inquest aft. the young woman'’s bod Formerly 720 12th St. N.W. WASHINGTON'S LEADING FLORIST What Flowers Will Do— A basket or bouquet of Gude's fragrant cut flowers or a beautiful potted plant will bring more joy and happiness to the “shut-in" friend than dozens of written messages. Flowers and floral dec- orations for all occasions —formal GUD or informal. BROS. CO. Three Stores for Your Convenience 1212 F St. N.W. Main 4278 3103 14th St. N.W. 1102 Conn. Ave. Main 1102 Col. 3103 Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association i SR EXXTEIHIRIX Featured in the tan. Dobbs Casca This popular snap brim model is still riding on the crest of popular favor for this Spring. *10 Here Exclusively Tie Hecrr Co-F SrreET May we suggest that you open a charge account at The Hecht Co., where you buy so many Nationally Known Lines. FEEXEEIEEXX new Bobolink Main Floor ttestistatattatatotaty Ft e atatats LY 3 Fiettctetatatistetatit i XX / HE EVENIN lto win eventually, just as they have always won in the past.” Senator Capper told his audience the women of the city also should interest themselves in pending legislation o | exercise the priceless right of fran provide compensation for workmen in- the m but, having jured in line of duty. He said the Dis- | fought their way to equality of suf trict still follows the old system of | frage on the plea that they were requiring workmen so i to file eager to participate in the affairs of suits at law to reco ation. | government, the women should be Hope was expressed by the speaker | particularly zealous to safesuard the that as time goes on more women will | victory by ing their ballots in the Do appointed to responsible positions | interest of good government. n the government of the District. He g pointed out that there has been one Suffrage a Precious Right. woman Commissioner and that women | “No citizen can afford to be indiffer. head the Playgrounds Department |ent to the right of suffrage. It is a | precious right, won after centuries of and the Woman's Bureau of the | bitter and often bloody conflict, and Police Department. Deplores Voters' Indifference. |5t Le constantly and carefully Turning for a moment to national | o arcised to be permanently retained. problems, Senator Capper deplored the | Senator Capper mentioned many of indifference to elections shown by | the important laws for the District R e w i ted by the Sixty-ninth Congress, large numbers throughout the coun- | pIEERE P 0 Pliress on the try who have the right to vote. He | ion of the Board of Public We sald woman suffrage will fall fully |and the act under which worthy to justify itself unless “the woni mothers are enabled to the country participate to a £ | dren at home by rece extent in the primary and assistance from the cit elections. that in the short time this law has oon. ve presidential elections | been in effect allowances have been el s 'II(;‘\'I(: of | made to about 100 families with near- those entitled to vote did so. This was | 1¥,350 dependent childr i in the period before we had woman | The Senator took to task those who suftrage. In 1920 and 1924 less than | Seek from time to time to make the 50 per cent of the qualified voters, in- | voteless District an experimental cluding men and women, actually grousd for sl feene ballots. More than 25,000,000, me; “whioh we iz (tald are, o STH women who should have voted In the | models for the different States. 1924 presidential and congressional G elections failed to do so. Surely that is a disgraceful condition, and one | that If continued will bring our form D.]J.KAUFMAN,Inc. 1005 Pa. Ave. 1724 Pa. Ave. of Government ipto disrepute and ultimately to ruin. “I do not believe that the women are any more derelict in failing to chise than v of greater general He said as Railway running time between Paris and Athens has just been reduced two and one-half hours, Home of the “*2-Pants” Sust Charge Accounts Invited The Best News— in tonight's Star is the little “dope™ below. Spring is due with us— we're all set for it with a grand line of clothes, hats and furnishings. “Lowest in the city pric:s"—and a Modern Budget Charge Account Service. Ruddia ot TIP-TOP TOPCOATS in Smart, Spring Shades—Silk Trimmed $19.75 Should Be $25 $30 Orégon City Virgin Wool Topcoats, 24.75 $35 Knitted Cravenette Topcoats, 29.75 TWO-PANTS SUITS in all the radiance of Spring Shades and Blues, too $2 75 Worth all of “Thirty-Five" The finest white Broadcloth Shirt we have ever seen—with or without collar. $1.85 3 for $5.25 HOME OF THE DOLLAR TIE Ten thousand at one ular price — silk, knit ;r silk and :vool G 3 $100 Money's Worth or Money Back D. J. KAUFMAN -k 1005 Pa. Ave. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1927 GEORGETOWN ORATORS TO COMPETE TONIGHT Four Will Seek Honor of Repre- senting University in National compete for $5,000 in cash. This unmount s divided among the seven regional finalists, according to their relative ratings, the 2 amounts: $1.500. $1,000, $430, $400 and §$350. Four Georgetown College orators |! will compete tonight in Gaston Hal to represent Georgetown in the X tional Intercollegiate Oratorical Con test, which ! Los Angeles, Calif. The speakers from Georgetown entry finals on_April Mullar Although it brought $13,125 in 1908, \e famous picture, “The Gleaners,” ' the French artist L’Hermitte, re- cently was sold for §7 A oy recently took a sick goldfish to the museum of Stepney, England, 3 that his mother had tried to il but without sucgess. Intercollegiate Contest. whom the regional IF YOU EEL tired out, run down, it's likely vou need a good lax safe, sy oning, h ing elimination of body Joseph town in last year This intercolles directed by Randolph L Better America Federat nia ite con e . the @ 1l secondary which sponsored in this ning Star. The 19 take be the third one conducted by the fed- | LMAGNES . [ eration. Like the contest for high | e school students, the subject is on the | CITRATE OF MAGNESIA Constitution of the United States or | 0A the relation thereto of Washington, &ffl_) Marshall, Franklin, Madison, Webster | and. Lincoln. 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