Evening Star Newspaper, March 29, 1927, Page 2

T PACTWITHMEXICO | INDIAN HEIRESS, 20, | [xow o erx ON SMUGGLING OFF Terminating of Treaty Ends Need of Notifying of Arms Shipment if Ban Lifted. The anti-smugsling treaty with Mexico, entered into a vear ago pri- snarily to, prevent illegal shipments of liquor into the United States. was terminated last night in accordance \with the State Department’s recent notification to the Mexico City &ov-| ernment. Termination treaty has an r the embargo placed Government on the shipment of arm: d other munitions In Mexico. So long as the smuggling treaty wus ef- fective the IWeshington Gevernment “or a period of one month, in event the arms embargo was lifted, would ve bLeen required to mnot Mexican authorities in advance shipments of arms into Mexico, along with the the parties to whom such arms were consigned Threat Made Greater. the smu - to unreported ship- has been removed. o threat imposed in the emt argo re effective than for the embargo n be | % dny time fit to pu the smuggling it bearing on the Amer y is ended, thi ments ue this policy. that the rms embx would br# raised were current in W ington 1ast week, when it was dec to abrogate the anti-smuggling treaty but the State Department that any consideration has been given recently to such a s! Any lifting Repor & of the embargo at this tim i les, wou i colutionary re arms from the United | threaten hlished Mex: Mexico to see States and t throw of the ernment. Will Have Little Effect. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Andrews sald today that denunciation | of the smuggling treaty would not af fect seriou assignment of cus- toms agents or officia the border patrol. Tt w long enough to be tested, he explained, | and predicted that its abrogation would | not affect smuggling into the United tever steps the State Depart States. | ment may have taken to negotiate a treaty of amity and commerce with { Mexico, as one result of the termina- tion of the smuggling pact, have met with practically no favorable response from Mexico City. This Government bhas done no more than “sound out™ the attitude of the Calles administ h respect to a_commerc but reports from Mexico City te that the Mexican government desire to negotiate such a treaty while the relations between the two governments are still somewhat ! strained. Sl TY COBB FINED $100 FOR DISPUTING UMPIRE| Refused to Take Place in Outfield When Wilson Is Selected Arbiter. By the Associated Press. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 29.— Ty Cobb must pay $100 for his part in an argument recently with Umpire Frank Wilson of the National League, which resulted in a forfeited game, Judge Landis, base ball commissioner, announced here today. Cobb and Wilson were old enemies when Cobb was pilot of the Detroit Tigers and Wilson' was umpiring in the American League. Wilson is with the National League now and when he was selected to umpire a game in Florida recently between the Boston Braves and the Athletics, Cobb re- tused to take his regular place in the Philadelphia outfield. His remarks from the bench caused an argument | which finally resulted in a forfeiture’| by the Athletics. No fine was levied | against the club, ¢ i BANDS TO GIVE BENEFIT. | 8t. Mary’s Industrial School and Baltimore Groups to Unite. Rehearsals are now in progress for a joint benefit concert to be given by the St. Mary's Industrial School Band and the Baltimore Evening Sun Band. The proceeds will be given to St. M¥hy'n School. e combined St. Mary's Band, which has accompanied Babe Ruth on several tours, and the Evening Sun Band, which has given many concerts in Baltimore, will number 164 plece: and will be directed alternately by Brother Simon of St. Mary’'s and Frank Morse of the Sun Band. The concerts are to be given May in the gymnasium at Catholic Univer- sity in the afternoon at 3 o'clock and the evening at 8 p.m. Tickets will be placed on sale later. Red Cross Issues Appeal for Men in Nicaragua. Books, magazines and other reading matter, to help while away hours off duty, were asked today by the Dis- trict of Columbia Chapter of the Red Cross, to be sent to the 5th Regiment, United States Marines, now on duty in Nicaragua. In issuing the appeal the Red Cross reminds the Nation that the Marines in Nicaragua are virtually cut off from every source of information con- cerning happenings in the United States. Feading matter should be sent to District headquarters, 821 Sixteenth street, as soon as possible, or arrange- ments for calling for them can be made with Mrs. Harry Barne: utive secretary; telephone, Main 1910. Japaglese .lAvaa(l»cr Of Consulate Guard Attempts Suicide | | teer firemen injured in line | Associated Press, SHAL Murch nking at the time there last week, at aboard the Jupanese this morning. He s of the outra 1empted sufc Aruk on the cruise report particulars to om wmanderdn-chief of the Japanese squadron. After the interview he tried to take his life. That he forbore to fire on the mob of undis Cantonese soldie who at nd looted the consulate was 1y becuuse he feared th uld mean he massac consular officials and their famil on duty with | twe as not in effect | With € O e, | of Violation of the Mann act. | her estate, she was left virtually with- ;| to produce sufficient revenue to sup- | port er. |FIGHT FOR PASS | compulsory for | | | other THOUGHT KIDNAPED Agents Speed Search for Girl, Traced With Youth to Farm House. By the Awsociated Prees, SKOGE of March 28.— kidnapers homa Indian agents ed places to speed a s Millie Nahar heiress, who home here S Ithough fnformation s from her urday. athorities had but little on which to base their search, they believed abduetion may be linke in attempt to gain control of her fortune five years ago, when she was taken from her home at Red Fork to the Roaring River country of Missour! Ty Roach and his wife. with whom she lived since her abduction told officers she left with a an automobile bearing Kansas license. The girl intro- i the youth us a friend she met visiting Mr sh's sister at swego, Kans said they were going to rotion P e show L raced to Farmhouse. sped time Sunday, -d there and officers southern Kans ed in the hunt. she was discovered wa dishes in a ¥ she told of attemp! to obtain a part of her inheritanc 1t §400,000. She said her kid s rolled dice to determine who ould strike her or otherwise mis- eat her. On her return she found ®T | her estate involved in litigation which, | alleged, grew out of con- s she made while a prisoner on aring River Previous Inquiry Extended. Federal authorities also extended an investigation of her connecetion with es charging two Tulsa men ng liquor to an Indian and The men | ere convicted on the lquor charge a trial at which she appeared as a | star witnd An appeal is pending on the lquor verdict, while the second case, in which | she is listed as chief prosecution wit- ness. had not been called. | During litigation to fix the status of { out funds as her income was derived entirely from property left by her par- ents. Her government headright falled | Szt i AGE OF ARLINGTON CITY MEASURE IS OPENED (Continued from First Page.) { { | | } | county share of the gasoline tax, amounts to $120,000 per annum. “An examination of all State records { for the last previous annual period for Iswhich figures are available dtscloses {that - the county stands to lose by incorporation only approximately $64,- 500 instead og $120,000, as stated by Mr. Jesse. Instead of 360, 000 from the gasoline tax, which he says we will lose, the records show only approximately $47,000 from that source for the past 12 months, during all of which time the present 41;-cent tax was in effect. In addition to that the county was allotted approxi- mately $14,000 under the State aid| law, which was discontinued by the last General Assembly, so the county will receive no more revenue from that source. “The only other State aid available is that on the State highways within the county. Here, again, the State records show that Mr. Jesse s grossly in error. The actual expenditures | made by the State on such roads dur- | ing the last fiscal year of record were. only $17,614 instead of $60,000, as im- plied by Mr. Jesse.” Opposes Jefferson Annexation. { Mr. Orr pointed out that the recent | move on the part of the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce to have the city annex all of Jefferson district south of Four Mile Run, including the valuable Potomac railroad yards, would involve a 10ss of revenue to the county of practically the amount of the present State aid on roads. “If Mr. Jesse is willing to permit the people to decide for themselves the very important question of incorpora- tion, as the bill proposes, instead of presuming to decide it for them, he will find the voters will weigh very carefully all the pros and cons, and that they will demand that all data submitted during the campaign by the opposing sides shall be something besides mere guesses,” Mr. Orr said. The Senate pilot, Senator Ball, suc- ceeded today in having the bill re- ported to the Senate by the committee on countles, cities and towns. It placed on the calendar for a vote on Friday. But the House skipper, waiting an opportunity to dash measure to pieces when it rid the lower wing of the Capitol. He has announced his strenuous oppo: to the bill at this time. Other Legislation Pressed. It appears to be an ironclad rule here among the legislators not to pass a local measure at the spe session, when the representative from the county affected comes out in open de- nunciation of the bill. If this under- standing is adhered to in the Arling- ton city bill the hopes of Arlington County sponsors of the measure are doomed. Other legis Mr. Jesse, is the tion of Interest to the county, however, was having free and easy sailing. The zoning bill was pro- gressing through committee stages to- day and undoubtedly will' pass the House and become law on Thursday. The bill to autho the county to impose sidewalk and sewer assess- ments on abutting property owners was reported to the Senate yesterday and is due to be voted on Thursday. It already has passed the Iiouse, Othe ires nearing enactment are the Ball bill for relief of volun- of duty and the administration bill making it sunties to publish annual financial atements and esti- mate: Two mew firemen’s bills were intro. duced in the Senate yesterday after- noon by Senator Ball. One 1 4 misdemeanor for motorists to drive aweross fire hose in Arlington, Fuirfax or Prince William counties and the bestows police powers on fire chiefs and their deputies. The bills ure designed to prevent a recurrence of the trouble experienced by county fire companies while fighting an ofl fire in Rosslyn recently, when sev- eral hundred dollars’ worth of hose was ruined by automobiles, Senator Ball today amended his city referendum bill 80 as to make pro- vision for outstanding bond issues in the three magisteria] districts. The new ecity, under this amendment, Under the ancient Samurai code of homor. officers who felt they had = failed in carrying out duties in- trusted Lo thew committed suicide. LY X, would tuke over a road bond igsue in Washington district and school bond issues in Washington, Arlington and Jefterson districts, r-old Creek { Th i ! kes it | 1 SEATTLE san % FRANCS® SAINT Lousg LA 9, _san oieco %ofaacve: Ton IGOSLAVS WARN PONERSOFALBANI Tell Foreign Ministers Mobili- zation Is Going on Under Italian Officers. By the Associated Press PARIS, March 29 vernment, says a Havas dlspatch {from Belgrade, is reported to have sed the forelgn ministers of the t powers that according to news | received from Albania the situation there is grave, with mobilization con- | tinuing actively “under direction of | featian officer The Jugoslay the Belgrade government has t | ced to all the suggestions of th | @ {Eation into the situation along the { Jugoslav-Albanian frontier. -But in | view of the repugnance of Italy to a { commission of inquiry, it is thought | possible that the whole question. ought to a head by Italy's allegation { that Jugoslavia was mobilizing on the Albanian frontier, will be settled di- rectly between Home and Belgrade. <plan the Belgrade government is known to be willing to accept in principle. CHANGES PROPOSED INHIGHWAY PLANS P G Commissioners to Hold Pub- | lic Hearing in April on Recommendations. The co-ordinating committee of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission today prepared mendations for a number of changes mn the highway plan involving pro- posed streets and roads that are shown on the highway map, but which have not yet been opened or extended. the Distric mmissioners, who will hold a public_hearing on all of them about the middle of April in time to enable the National Capital Park and Planning Commission to take final ac- tion at fits monthly meeting April In the arex west of Rock Creek Park and north of Tennyson street the co-ordinating committee recom- mends changes in the lines of Aspen, Beech, Chestnut and Elm streets. Connecting Link Proposed. [n the territory between Foxhall road, Potomac avenie, Q street Bdmunds street the committee s pro- posing to eliminate from the highway Posed roadway to provide for a street that would be a connecting link be- tween the Glover Parkway and Poto- mac avenue, Another proposed change lies south of the Naval Observatory and is de- signed to provide a connection from Wisconsin avenue and Observatory Circle in the vicinity of U street. The recommendations also include street acilities for development of the area L of Wisconsin avenue urid south of Observator; cle, In the Piney Branch valley a ‘hange is to he recommended_east of Sixteenth street by whic Shep- pard street would be connected to the parkway under the Sixteenth et Bridge. The committee is recommending o change to pro- vide highway entrance Into the area st of Bladensburg road lying be twee National Training School | for Boys and the Pennsylvania Rail- | roud tracks. Recommend Cross-Town Route. In_order to provide a direct east and west cross-town route to Brook- land the committee is recommending a change on the highway plan by | which Montana avenue and Franklin { street would be connected to Michi- gan uvenue at a polnt between the Frounds of Trinity College and Glen- | wood Cemetery. It was explained by ficials of the committee that this change was recommended because it i planned eventually to have a bridge to carry Franklin = street across the Bultimore & Ohlo Rail- road tracks. The final recommendation is for the extension of Mount Olivet road east from Bladensburg road to M street, which eventuaily will become an ap- proach to the upper Anacostin Park. This recommendation includes provi ston for laying off a circle on Mary- Jand avenue at the summit of the hill in the line of Twentleth street north- east. All of these proposed changes pre- viously had been gone over by heads of departments in the District govern- ment and were given a final study by the co-ordinating committee, of which Maj. Cary H. Brown s chairman, to day before being submitted to the Commissioners for public hearing. MRS. LILLIAN ROOME DIES. Funeral Services for Church Work- er to Be Tomorrow. Mrs, Lilllan Husted Roome, widow Dr. Edward Roome and daughter Gi. M. Husted, died at her 1_Western avenue, Chevy Chase, Monday. Funeral services wiil be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the restdence, Mrs. Roome was a_member of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, and had been an active worker in its affairs for many years. She founded and taught a Bible class which bore her name. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolu- tion, and had served for many years on the board of the Eplscopal Bar and Throat Hospital. She is survived by her father and two sisters, Miss Mary Tusted and Mrs, Williwm A, Walkex, of of Judge home, 5 It is understood, the dispatch adds, | powers on the subject of an investi- recom- | The recommendations will be sent to | and | plan_certain short stretches of pro-| CMI:M ry wyHOT- SqPRwiss B e | | | HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON BEC ¢ POLACENTIA g - INEw vORK O wAsHINGTON Wgoluuns HAVANA Q INGS TON CURACAQ > PINEDO ARRIVES IN NEW ORLEANS ON LONG FLIGHT ued from First Page) north to Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle, and eastward to Malta, Mont.; Chicago, Montreal, Boston, Washington and New York, proceed- ing to Placentia, Newfoundland, where he will begin the return flight over the Atlantic, by way of the Azores, to Lisbon. His goal is Rome. The trip totals about 30,000 miles. Flew Over Brazilian Jungles. The most spectacular part of b flight to date was that northward ov the Brazilian jungles from Paraguay part of this hop paralieling the famous “River of Doubt,” discovered by Presi- dent Roosevelt and now on the maps the Rio Roosevelt, A forced landing In that tangled wilderness, sheltering wild beasts savages, would probably have m disaster. Another danger w present in the sharp electric storms which sweep the region at this time 3 Speaking of his Comdr. De Pinedo said: “I was out of c in Brazil for two days. The place where I had been told to land (near € de Caceres) was like a well and there was not a long-enough stretch of water for our seaplane to get off. It took us two days to find a place where a getaway was possible. Brazilian Weather Terrible. The weather in Brazil was terrible. Between Manaos and Para, on the Amazon, we went through five stormi Brazilian storms are terrible in inten- sity. Many times the lightning flashed apparently within a few feet of the plane, but did not strike u The rain was torrential during the Manaos-Para_hop. I was very glad when that trip was over.” Today's flight took Comdr. De Pinedo from Buenos Afres, Argentina, | to New Orleans in 16 days, the fastest time ever made between these two on | ports by any means of travel. \CARROLL IS ORDERED TO ATLANTA MONDAY | Theatrical Producer Instructed to Surrender to Start Term of Year and Day. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March —far] Car- roll, theatrical producer, today was ordered to surrender Monday to begin the sentence of a year and a day in the Federal Penitentiary at Atlant Ga., imposed as a result of hls famo ath tub” party. Notices were sent to Carroll and his attorneys by Alexander Gilchrist, clerk of the United States District Court, who last week received the mandate of the United States Supreme Court refusing to review Carroll's case. The producer has been at liberty under $5,000 bail since his conviction on a charge of perjury. Carroll's transfer to Atlanta expected to be made early next week it was sald today at the Federal Bullding. THOMAS F. RILEY, MARKET MERCHANT, SUCCUMBS Funeral Services Under Masonic Auspices Tomorrow Afternoon at Eldbrooke M. E. Church. Thomas Franklin Riley, 58 years old, a_merchant of Center Market and a lifelong resident of this city, died in his home, 5114 Wisconsin avenue, yes- terday, after a long illness. Mr. Riley was a charter member of the William R. Singleton Lodge, No. 30, F. A. A. M., and was a member of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics. Funeral services will be conducted in the Eldbrooke M. . Church to- morrow afternoon at 2 o%lock. The services will be under the auspices of his Masonic lodge in conjunction with the Junior Order of United American Mechanics. Interment will be in Mount Zion Cemetery. Mr. Riley is survived by his wife, Mrs. Blanche Riley, and five children— Russell W. Riley, Mrs. Edna H. Snooks, Mrs. Doris G. Stanley, Thomas Frank Riley and Sarah Riley, all of this city. o TS e 1 BAND CONCERT. TOMORROW. By the United States Marine Band Orchestra_at Marine Barracks, §:30 o'clock, Willlam’ H. Santelmann, leader; Taylor Branson, second leader. NOONDAY LENTEN SERVICES B. F. KEITH'S THEATER 1280 to 1 0'Clock Speaker Tomorrow: Rev. Jas. Shera Montgomery Services Conducted by Rev. H. D. Hayes Every One Invited—No Collection SECRET OF TONG SLAYING IS PROBED Sunday School Teacher Asks Faction Leaders to Let Her Bury Chong. | While the District government through the agency of Coroner Ram say Nevitt, at an inquest this after noon, was making a last desperate ef fort to tear away the veil of Oriental secrecy surrounding the manner in which Lem Chong, waiter in the Can- ton Pagoda Restaurant at 1343 E street, met his death Friday afternoon at thé hands of a Chinese killer, the mpetition of the On Leong and Hip Sing factions for the body of the tim was overshadowed by a third peal for the body made to the leade of both factions by Miss Louise Tay: lor, a Sunc taught and aided In converting to Christianity.several years ago. Lew Toy, leader of the Hip Sings, and Charlie Soo, chieftain of the On Leong clan, both have been presenting conflicting claims for the bo Chong. ach claims him as a member of their respective organ fons. In the background, according to the po- lice, may be the fear that the tong which does not get the body as the r mains of a member may have to face the accusation of responsibility for the death, Teacher Asks for Body. While the two Chinese faction now calm and quiet, after hectic day and sleepless nights last week, wer preparing to go to court, if need be, to assert their rights to the body of Lem Chong, a letter arrived at both | headquarters. It was from Miss Taylor. It was a simple missive. It recounted that Chong had been a student in her Sun- day school class, that he was a Ch tian and that she desired he be given Christian burial. Many years ago, | it was learned, Chong atfended the | classes of Miss Taylor at the Calvary | Baptist Church. She asked custody of the body for a funeral, expressing willingness to defray all expenses. The letter left the tong leaders somewhat nonplussed. Both On Leong | and Hip Sing factions were non-com- mittal. Both evigently had decided to awalit the action of the coroner’s fury in the cz The Hip Sing interests were being guarded at the inquest by | their attorney, James A. O'Shea. Surprises Are Expectedt. The inquest this afternoon, which opened at 2 o'clock, was expécted to produce surprises. Hefore going to the | District morgue, Assistant United | States Attorney L. Russel Kelly, who |was placed In charge of it, was | closeted for some time with Maj. Pey- ton Gordon, district attorney. Plans for unsealing the lips of the three Chinese who were close by at the time of the murder were made. Au- thorlties at the courthouse are con- vinced that the whole story of the murder may depend upon getting in- formation which has thus far been refused to the police, One of the items into which the probe will be inserted deeply is ex- pected to be the ¢ 1y which ensued ween the time Lem Chong re- ved his fatal wound and the time when police first learned of the shoot- ing, which was within a stone's throw of police headquarters. The Chinese in the restaurant-at the time had previ- ously told police they waited to report to Wing Moy, proprictor of the res- taurant, before taking further action, and when Wing Moy appeared on the scene, according to the account of the circumstances thus far obtained, the flrst move was to 1 Emergenc; Hospltal for the ambulance. The po- lice came in later. FREED OF ONE CHARGE. Club Hostess Who Went to Jail Singing Wins Point. NEW YORK, March 29 (®).—A complaint against the irrepressible “Texas” Guinan, night club hostess, who opposed Mayor Walker's “hay whistle” (curfew) law, and went to jail singing after the “300 Club” was rafded, was dismissed terday. The charge was “malintaining a nulsance.” Assistant United States Attorney Robert Watts, who recently opposed her attorney’s motion for disnfissal, withdrew his objection. He told news. paper men that the Government hav- ing instituted contempt proceedings against Miss Guinan, it did not de- sire to proceed on two charges. Lither charge, he said, on convic tion, would mean a fine, i - e mprison Borai:ifi fiookéhop Discusses Policies With Noted Group p- a, By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 29.—Sen- ator Borah and New York business men, financlers and editors had symposium on international rela- tions in a smail room back of a basement bookskop last night. . Senator Borah sat smoking with his back to the fireplace and an- swered questions on foreign rela- tions, the Chinese and Nicaraguan situations and other such topics. The understanding was that any- thing said was not to be published. John Haynes Holmes, Oswald Garrison Villgrd, Bernard M. Ba- ruch, Herbert B. Swope, Thomas W. Lamont, E. R. A. Seligman, Everett Dean Martin, Samuel A. Lewisohn, Federal Judge Learned Hand and Charles A. Beard were among those present, The meeting was arranged by Alvin Johnson, director of the new School for Sogial Rgsearch, D. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1921. BOY, 14, IS'WINNER | INORATORY MEET John Oscar Bell Takes Honors at Alexandria; Girl Is Manassas Victor. A young soldier, standing youthful guard against an older field, fought for—and won—coveted honors for his school in the first group meeting of The Star Natlonal Oratorical Contest area last night in the Alexandria High School, while 500 students and parents cheered and sighed at his victor John Oscar Bell, jr., 8 historian and potential diplomat of the Washington-Lee High School, which was the “youngest” scRool to send a spokesman into oratorical battle, won first place in the first Virginia district group contest with his oration on “The Benefits of the Constitution.” Girl Wins Honors. | Before the smoke of battle had liited at Alexandria - another winner was chosen in the second Virginia group contest, held at Manassas late this | morning. Competing against two boys, Mary S. Pattie won first place with n oration on “The Constitution Miss Pattie defeated Henry G lter rell of the Haymarket High School, talking on “Lincoln and the Constitu tion,” ‘and Frederick S. Leinbach of the 'Swavely School for Boys, who spole on “"The Constitution In winning in the Alexandria group contest Sergt. Bell, 14 years old, won la place in the Virginia district finals, jwhich will be conducted in his own school April 7. In his_victos ht he defeated Miss Viola Barrett, | Ale ia. High School, adjudged winner of second Harmon Francis, 18, of the Mason High School, and Miss Wards, 17, of the Lee-Ja 100l Audience Is Enthusiastic The contest last night was perfect in the enthusiasm of the audience and in the sportsmanship of the contest- ants themselves. Warned by the chairman that applause during a speech would handicap the orator, not a sound was heard from any quarter of the auditorium during the speaking jperiods. The backers of the speakers displayed great sportsmanship in the ! silence they held during the addresses | of thelr representatives’ rivals iss Jennie Wards was the first to | Her subject was “The Con- | of My State to Constitu- Government.” John Bell, | youngest of ail the contestants, was |second: Harmon Francis was third, with “John Marshall and the Consti- tution,” and lastly Miss Viola Bar delivered her oration on “The Mean- ing of the Constitution Today. The winner walked manfully from (his place on the stage to a position near the edge of the platform. He spoke easily and clearly, while F gestures were those of the veteran speechmaker, so determined and | measured they were, His natty blue uniform, cut by the gleaming white Sam Brown belt, was reflected reas- | !suringly in the uniforms of jus jof his “buddies” out there in the dience, and while he spoke one urally thought of West Point and the manly men who speak there. | Friends Hold Celebration. | Although allowed 10 minutes for the delivery of his spe Sergt. | Bell required only 7% minutes to send his oppopients down to emphatic defeat. The announcement of his victory by Charles Henry Smith, member of the Virginia State Legls: lature and chairman of the meeting, was a_signal for a veritable riot of |enthusiasm. Sixty uniformed cadets lof Bell's company who had journeyed to the hostile battleground to root for their school’s representative dashed for the stage. Seizing the happily be- |wilderea Bell, they hoisted him to! | their shoulders and, amid t ! |and applause of their “civiliar ngent, they rushed him to waiting busses. ! Unknown to the little non-com, | Ludwig, faculty director of the cadet corps, with the assistance of the com- pany, had prepared a buffet supper at his home for Bell—win or lose- and it wi there the shouting mob bore their champion. An hour later, the reached the home of . Mrs. Frances C. Bell, a teacher of | languages In the school the boy at-| tends. Waiting with his mother for | his return was Mrs. Marie Malott, | head of the English department, and | his teacher. Mrs. Malott was chair- man of the oratorical contest commit- tee of the Washington-Lee School, and it was she who worked so hard with her boys and girls to prepare them for the coming contests. May Win Higher Rank. John Is a real boy and he made that clear In a brief chat with'a reporter | for The Star, Admitting his small | stature handicaps him in athleties, John said he has concentrated all his re: ve energies on the cadet corps. | He entered that outfit as a corporal, but has since been promoted to nd they do whisper that his last night, coupled with his good drill work, has merited for him | a promotion to the rank of lieutenant. As for his soldiering, John Bell by It naturally. Another John crossed the Pacific some years ago when the Federal Government needed military aid in the Philippine insurrection. In that service, the othe and he was John's father, who died here later. The spirited little orator himself was born out there in Manila P ofore he was 4 years old had sed the Pacific Ocean three aid last night he didn’t remembe any of that, but that he rather felt the experience would serve him in ex- cellent stead in the event of a certain European trip this Summer. Hobby Is Stamp Collecting. John's hobby is stamp collecting, and that, and his love for history, com- bine to give him a knowledge of world affairs that furnish a wealthy back- ground to his oration last night. He Is particularly interested in the Affairs of England, and once through high school, he he wants to go to Harvard to prepare for the diplomatic service—and through those years at college he must work his way, he tells you in a mighty manly sort of way. In his fight for oratorical honors, John defeated six girls of his own <chool and he says he believes he can “peat any girl.” But he was speaking then of girls in oratorical contests and not elsewhere—er—a—that is another matter. When he got home last night, he explained to his waiting mother and teacher that after the “party” at Mr. Ludwig's home, he had taken a-er “what's-name home"—and there Was a peculiar sort of glance cast at the reporter. John’s next oratorical battle will be April 7, when he meets the winners of the Manassas, Leesburg and Fall Church group meetings, for the honor of representing the Virginia district in The Star finals, May 4, and for the cash prize of $100. School Spirit Evidenced. The meeting at Manassas was one in which school spirit was a predomi- nant factor. Enthusiastic contingents from the two visiting schools with the home student body of the Manassas High School supplied the contest with excitable witnesses for the. efforts of the young orators. ' Music -was fur- nished by the school orchestra of the Manasgas institution and went far 'to alleviae the “suffering” of the tense 250 stddents and parent supporters. R. C§ Haydon, divislon superintend: | George | Jennie High tribution tional | ung orator his mothe | | { | ment of the j of $10 in gold and two second p | er a great deal of the future. | i 10 Planes “Raid” | | ; | | | last | B Upper: John Oscar Bell of Alexan dria High School, winner in norther Virginia group finals. Lower: Mary honors at Ma who captured | ssas, Vi William County| of the contest rks precedi Haydon out- ent of schools the Prince was chairma meetin; In his the first spe: lined the polic of national and | international oratori contests, ad dressing to each student the tremend- ous benefits derived fr the nece: tated study of the United States Con- | titution and its Government Like | the presiding office 1t the Alexandria meeting last night, Mr. Haydon} warned against the applause handicap of the speakers 1 Was Second Speaker. ¢ the second sy 3 atic wir The second the three judges. ind third places, however, were tied by voung Herrell and the vouthful Leinbach. In order to stimulate in terest in the oratorical contest and to give concrete evidence of its ind movement, the Kiwa Club of Manassas offered a f! of $5 in gold to the tying contestants for second honors. Following victory the young Manas- sas orator was too flustered to ¢ i- high school course tive and unusually h. As associate edi- | tor of her school paper Miss Pattie is laying a journa foundation for a career as author—of what “I can’t tell vou now, but I am going to write.” Throughout he she has been efficient in Engli: Is Senior in School. 1e Manassas School winner is 17; years old and nfor in her school. She will be graduated this June and the continuation of her study in the Fall rests with her authorship, as yet an_ginanswered question, Mana: High School's first nt in_The r By defeat- articular group Manassas, of Miss Pattle, will bid for the Virginia district final honors in that impor- tant_contest, to be held in Baliston April 7. In that affray she will com pete with the winners of the Lees burg group contest, to be held tomor row: the Falls Church group contest. which will ‘be held Thursday. and Sergt. Bell, the victor in last night’s | group battle in Alexandria. CLUB HOLDS BREAKFAST. Alfalfa Session Attended by Four From Lambs, New York. A breakfast was given by the com mittee of entertainment of the Alfalf: the Army and Navy Club at y, with John Drew, n Lackaye and Eric Lambs, New York, as Those attending were son, Charl E. Berry ahany, John H. Carroil, , Levi Cook, J. Covington, Crissinger, Andrew J. Cum- J. Harry Cunningham, Glen E, liott, Admiral F. Ham, Hibbs, . Himes, Richard W. Hynson, | Dean Ache- | Thomas W dward T ming Bdgerton, Cary P: s Heller, ._Hight, ank J. Hogan, W Jose, | in-ch: IRL, 13, MAINTAINS SHE SHOT PARENTS Held With Man, 35, for Mur- der of Father and Wound- ing of Mother. Associated P M wounded her mot showed her It Thorr Mrs, “ather Killed While Asleep. and bt that that vd admit they had pas irl had sherif! wsleep, Men Had Qi Jones told officers that he nd had “‘spoken to B 1bo ation with Kitty vie time I that the men had quarreled corroborated this ent in last night, the aid. He nied, however, had ki Jones Botli Kitty and Boyd technical charges pending hearing, the time of nd upon the. out wounds. . Physic day that She good chanee for recove BRISTOL TO RETURN T0 AMERICA IN JUNE Admiral's Flagship Scorpion Will End Record Stay in Foreign Waters Soon. Mt his Boyd vil de if that are he a_prelim which wi of Mrs lat By the Associated Press Admi Mark L. umissioner to Tur ently selected to succeed § Williams as commander tic fleet. has ad rtment that he ates early Rear al Bristo! Amer key and re Admiral € f of vised the will return in June. consultation here with State Navy Department officials, Ad 1 Bristol will proceed to the Asi station, via Europe and the Sue anal, and will time his arrival in Asi atie <0 that he will relieve Ad- miral Williams in the Fall. he converted yacht Scorpion, Bris gship, also will return*in June »mpleting what is believed to be the ongest tour of foreign service of any American naval vessel. The Scorpion’s foreign service began in 1908, when she was ordered to the Mediterranean. At the outbreak of the World War she was interned at Constantinople with a portion of he crew, and since the war been Ad miral Bristol's flagship. It is expect § ed, upon her return, that she will be decommissioned and eventually offered for sale. STUDENTS, ON STRIKE. INVADE HIGH SCHOOL Free-for-All Fight tempt; Follows At- Superintendent’s Resignation Demanded. By the Associated Press, UNIONTOWN, Px freeforall fight was staged in the corridor of the Benjamin Frankli High School today, when striking stu dents of the Lafayette Junior Higi School sought to invade that building Hudson Rankin, a_student on guard at_the Benjamin Franklin Building suffered lacerated hand and bruised eye. A number of students were bruised. he strikers, numbering about left classes in an effort to force t resignation of Dr. Milton D. Procto: superintendent of schools. A special meeting of the Schoc rd has been called for tonight to sider the situation. The striking students, who claim to have the sui port of their parents, are seeking the reinstatement_of Dr. J. H. Alleman who was replaced superintenden last Fall by Dr. Proctor, formerly of White Plains, N. Y. March 9.2 Coleman Jennings, John O. La € Light, Thomas P. L s Longworth, Speak T 3 'd V. Oula | Pittman, James B. | secretary | pag the George H. O'Con han, Senator Ke: Iy, ley, Tumulty Wilson and Charle: mp Stanley, Ji ard J. Walsh, ¥ H. Baker. SEEKING PEACE PACT. Russia and Poland Negotiating Non-Aggression Agreement. WARSAW, Poland, March 29 (). — | Soviet Russia and Poland are | trying to mnegotiate a non-aggress pact to guarantee peace through ar- bitration in case of differences. Foreign Minister Zaleski is quoted by the Socialist Party Organ Robot- nik as declaring that the negotiations were not_broken off, as reported, but merely#djourned because of a change in the Polish diplomatic representa- tive at Moscow. . Panama Canal at Night With Ease By the Associated Press. PANAMA, March The ease with which the Pangma Canal could be raided by air at night was demonstrated last night when 10 airplanes successfully ‘“‘evaded’ land batteries and searchlights and approached within effective bomb- ing distance of the canal locks on the Pacific side. Flares released by the planes indicated that they had been successful in out- maneuvering the searchlights. During the exercise, which lasted two hours, four planes theoretically were shot down, NAMED BY PrflESIDENT. A U. S. Delegates to Economic Con terence in Geneva Appointed. sident Coolidge today announce«d e appointment of the following to present the United States at t nference to be held it and, under the aus League of Natlons: tobinson, Los Angele< vis of New York te and forme enev sices of ti Henry M. orman H. T E of Assistant John W president of the ber of Commer Stanford Univ Dr. Julius Klein of TForeign an of the Departu CHEN AVOIDS SHANGHAI. Decides to Leave Affairs iu Hands of His Agents There. LONDON, March (). —The respondent at Shanghat of the Dall Sxpress | today that KEugent Chen, the Cantonese foreign ministe has decided not to visit Shanghal the present time. He will leave gov ernmental matters in that cently taken over by the forces, in the hands of his agents. Uni Alonzo ity, California, « chief of the Bur Domestic Commer t of Commerce. politi et T i SUCCEEDS BIELASKI. 4 / J 4 Roy A. Darling to Assume Gen-; i eral Duties of Resigned Agent. The general duties of A. Bruce Bielaski, prohibition agent at New York, who resgned last week, will be taken over by Roy A. Darling. Darling, who, formerly was in the Bureau of Investigation of the De- partment of Justice, has been a prohi- bition investigator for several mouths ‘