Evening Star Newspaper, April 21, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Rain tonight and probably tomor- row morning. Colder tomorrow. Temperatures—Highest, 90, at 3:45 vesterday; lowest, 61, at 5 am. ™ Full report on page 9. i ag N.Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 ch - Foening & WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Yesterday’s Circulation, 104,643 ¥ post 1 as second class matter office, Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON D. C., PHURSDAY, APRIL 7 _FIFTY-FOUR PAGES. #* (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. HUNDREDS, IN PATH & Timmes 2= Mot OFFLOODS, FACNG, & o Bt IMVINENT DEATH rvdstrbo vkl W E | | Red Cross at Litile Rock Is-| sues Frantic Appeal for Boats and Men. By the Assocated Press. CHICAGO, April pro- tect their appearances during the next 12 months, the women of the United States will spend 28 times more than Uncle Sam plates spending for battleshiy airplanes to protect our mnatio boundaries, according to Mrs. h J. Maurer. head of the N. Cosmeticans School, a at the Midwest beauty e Maurer said women spend, 7 ax per cent more. than VILLE’S INUNDATION| men do for clothes. ~Woman's heauty bill for 1926 totaled $1,825 .000, she declared, #ome of the items of adornment contributing to this fizure being hats, hosiery, furs and dresses s BANDITS DUTRAGE o ISLADTO PRESTS " EN \ BELIEVED CERTAIN GR Main Mississippi City Threaten Territory. .| Calles Blames Clerics for Hold-up of Train and Killing of 100. Breaks Levee Again Associated Press. IXICO CITY, April Sur- vivors of Tuesday night’s train trag-| ledy in Jalisco State, arriving in Mex- | o City today, estimate the total, dead at about 100, of whom 46 were mem- rs of the soldier guard and from 50 passengers om_ five to Ameri wer> on the train, | was injured. vors, who reached the| relief train, said the ban- | s who derailed the engine 1d then attacked the train, shouted: ‘Long live Christ the King | They robbed the express coach of pesos, but did not lock the engers in the burning coaches, as | 2 stated in previous reports. After rob- | w score of towns. |bing ' the passengers, they ordered 1 to cover Isha-{them to leave the coaches, which were Humphries | then set afire en, Bolivar | o Green- | Wounded Trapped in Coaches. and soldiers, north of inunda clieved in to 60 were even none 000 acres an of the | geme of the passenger: i it " 1\' | however, were so severely wounded as ollandale, | 45 he unabie to move. These were left also are | within the coaches and were burned |10 death. Three .wounded soldiers Of | survived of the military escort, these thres saving theéir lives by discarding their Insigniaand posing as civilians. The attackers poured a heavy rifle fire through the coaches immediately after the derailment of the train, which was bound from Guadalajara to Mexico City. The soldier guard re- turned fire from the windows and platforms of the coaches until over- come. The bullets of the attackers are said to have caused the majority of the deaths' among the passengers. The charge that a Catholic priest divected the attack against the train was made by Patricio Villalobos of Tepie, a passenger in the second- class coach, who was among the wounded brought to Mexico City. This priest he said, rode around the scene of combat in an automobile. Another priest, he charged, boarded the train after the military escort had been silenced, ordering his men to kill all passengers suspected of being soldiers. Knife Fallen Bodies, Villalobos had one leg shattered, He scaped death in the fire through' the ssistance of a woman and Sergt. sidro Anduaga, one of the three sur- vivors of the military. escort. nduaga, with five soldiers, fought from the military car until his comrades were killed. Then, unable to prevent the rebels from entering the car, he dropped to the floor, sham- ming death. | The rebels entered and knifed the bodies. Anduaga received thrusts in the ribs and legs Two rebels re- Py | mained in the car until it was in 1 From Dorena, the|fames. ~ After they left Anduaga h"“’;‘fl”-l';“*“e\“‘?r‘dml‘(v} crawled outside, met Villalobos and | t so far area, which ex to the Gulf, a part of the e over the Ar- connecting_Little Rock | ock.- Backwater of pread today over Monroe . and the town of We; Monroe, across the river. Cold and Disease Add to Suffering. Cold_weather came 4 Dy, parts of the fod L to add to suffering of thousands of refugers huddled in wps or crowded together on high ground, und there were outbreaks yes- terday of mumps, measles and whoo; ing cough at refugee .camps | Wynne and Parkin, Ark., and at Van Buren, Ark. Estimates are that a score of lives have been taken along the whole river system, and Gov. Martineau of Arkansas dispatched ational Guard medical officers and ate health-officers to the refugee camps to prevent. spread of co: tagious that might clai they spread. Stops Landing oc; [ the point White Riv- tiver at levee 1 sse the Arl curred in e the as we working on it would hold and were H. R. Halsbury, cot- in 1922 second major nain Mississ t oceurring reak in the stem, the t Dorena waters are ward the St. Arkansas b s a assisted him to safety ergt. Filberto Cabrera, another sur- y also said a priest directed the | attack from an automobile. The reb- he added, forced the passengers | to shout, “Long live Christ the King,” ng those who did not obey promptly. Captured in Mountains. Cabrera, wounded, fled to the moun- tains, but was captured and conducted { to the rebel camp. Shortly afterward, be said, he was told, “The padre says you can go,” and he returned to the e of the disaster. Manuel Garefa of Penjamo, a track | w , who suffered Bullet wounds in | the arm and leg, said the rebels in- | vaded the cars, stabbing all passengers | whose dress indicated they might be | soldiers. They robbed the passenger: {of clothing and valuables and after | ward ordered everybody off the train. | Many of the wounded were unable to get out, and were burned : Rassilio Manin, was atly wounded. He claims the fight \d over two hours and that many the passengers were wounded be- - part of the military escort | fought inside the cars until the rebels | climbed in, Then the fight continued mong the cowering pass he s Main Defense Crumbles. » of the Miss crumbled, The ma at Whit 150 this took form of the mouth of bove Helena and w in effect 1 defen: the St, Francis not dis- Hickman, Ky., | Levee today wer ankment by force of At Kr situation her serious wash At River ts in inhabi- upper floors or on Refugees from iife with rthen wave all prev that loss of | 1o i@ Crest Expected Sunday. {caw the crest Sun bulletin said. t ¥ort & The rebels, butchered the remaining passengers mistaken for soldier: | did not leave until the arrival of 4 | tary train. Surviver Bec mili- mes Insane. Antonio Diaz, a member ol the ional Confederation of Mexican W | returning to Mexico City aft Holy week vacati me in when _his_wife d_and (Continued on Page | from Hankow that, Michael Borodin, | sealed and They | 115 NARNESSEALE WALL OF RUSSAN ENBASSYNPEKN Force Gate to Allow Guards ° of Other Protocol Powers to Enter. FOREIGNERS CAPTURED BY BANDITS IN YUNNAN | Hankow to Prevent Repetition | of Nanking Outrage. iated P PEKING, April 21.—American Ma rines today scaled wall of the Soviet embassy compound and forced the after which guards of the other powers entered Guards of the protocol powers took over control of the western wall of | the compound. The move was de- | seribed as necessary for carrying out the regular defense program of the | legation quarter, The Chinese authorities agreed to the step, but owing to a hitch the tes were lJocked. A few Chinese police are cupying the premises recently x but they are expected to leave soon. [ when the Soviet compound will be vacant except for the foreign guards along the wall, Soviet consular offi- als still occupy the embassy proper. By the Ass gate R still_oe- ided, Soviet Demands Refused. The Peking government dispatche instructions to its representatfve in Moscow today to inform the Soviet zovernment that a careful examina- tion was still being made of the docu- ments seized in the raid on Soviet buildings in the embassy compound at Peking two weeks ago, and that consequently the government has no way of complying with the Soviet | demands in connection with the raid. The Chinese representative was told to inform the Soviet that the raid was conducted on premises outside the embassy proper, which the police scrupulously refrained from entering. | Illegal Practices Alleged. | “True,” the reply states, “diplomats | enjoy special immunities, but that | does not confer on them the right to | carry out lllegal practices. Even a casual preliminary examination re- vealed arms, while the seized docu- ments disclosed much Incriminating evidence, such as communistic propa- ganda and an extensive secret cor- respondence with places throughout the country, the object of which was to undermine the Chinese govern- ment's authority.” HANKOW, Eight U. 8. Warships in Yangtze to Prevent Outrages. SHANGHAI April 21 (®.—Rioting and looting were prevalent in Han- kow, said a wireless dispatch from that city today, with a panic im- minent. = Eighty-five Americans were hugging the edge of the foreign set- tlement, reluctant to desert their prop- v, yet fearing to venture far in- land, It was learned authoritatively that if the Chinese at Hankow should:-at- tempt a repetition of the Na outrage, the foreign jwarships act without delay. Among the forc warcraft anchored in the Yangtze. Hankow at the present time are efght American vessels—the Isobel, Cincin: nati, Noa, Preble, Pruett, Monocacy, Pigeon and Villalabos. An uncoufirmed rumor was received Russian adviser to the Hankow gov- ernment, pre reported in a hos- pital in the fo guarter of Han- kow, was under s Foreigners . Chungking. Lin, the chief Marshal Chang commander ‘of the Northern alllance, has ordered Gen. Tsung Chang, the Shantungesé - to stop the Northerners, from - on foreign ships in the ¥ai Allbusin King, in Szechs Jin Chung- e, has been All foreigners have departed one Frenchman, a_Japanese, two ne and ten Germans. Evacuated foreign bunga- lows have beefr demolished. Chinese Soldiers' Beat Woman. A Dutch woman, whose name was withheld by the Dutch econsulate, to- day was badly beaten in the Chinese city here, and was forced to flee from her assailants, who were described as soldiers. | “"The woman, who arrived in Shang hai recently from Java en route to he home in Holland, entered the native city accompanied by a Chinese guide The populace appeared friendly and it was not until she was about to re- turn to the international settlement that she was stopped. Four Chinese soldiers, with bayonet- ed rifles, barred her pas: from the native city and demanded to know what she was doing there. Before she could show her passport she was | beaten and badly bruised with the | rifle butts, Boy Swallows Pair of Dice. | Special Dispateh to The Star. | ALEXANDRIA, April 21— | While attending the Fire Department arnival here last night, Joseph rper, 16 years old, swallowed a small pair of dice. The incident gave the boy no alarm and a health offi said it would not result seriously for _‘.Vassar President Be Pettyville Near Extinction, Helping to Smoke Up U. S. Tobacco Crop LOUISVILL bie Colleg Educational night, was apparently un- moved when approaghed following his lecture with & report that the Athletic t Vassa¥ has ruled against smoking by girls on’ athletic teams, “The matter of whether or not & girl should smoke appears to me a trivial one, without direct bearing on the subject of education,” Dr. Mac. ‘racken said. 1 have devoted my whole life to an | attempt to achieve some idea of what education means; I have striven with no little diligence to discover the rela- tion batween education qnqx«dnmoc- o April 21.—Dr. MacCracken, president who addressed the Assoclation Ky., Ark. ). —Pri reported do Hits Millwood, were mi: Elaine, near wind then was | 1 that | in 18 message n top of over the telephe | Association £aid he wi w alkin Hickn PADUC Workers on_tH TContimaied on p Levee Threatened. ) Levee neat 7. Column 1,) ° W | lieves in Women racy. .1 made an effort to set forth | my life’s findings in a lecture tonight. I am oftended that the newspapers hould, in fate of my purpose, quese tion me on a triviality of this ¥ Dr. MacCracken explained that the ssar College faculty does not inter- e in matters of student interest. Such problems as cigarette smoking on the campus are handled entirely by the students, he said. “Of course, if you visit the campus vou will see girls smoking. Prohibit- ing girl athletes from smoking Is a very sensible rule, so far as J can see. I see no real objection to girls smok- ing, anyway. Our . grandmothers smoked. “Tobacco is one of the country’s most important crops. The nien can't smoke it all up, Why shoyldn’t the women help?” ; i Vi wevies of affidavit Y NS s = / A ven)l WhSHiNGroy 7N7;2‘8 —— WISTRIAL GRANTED IN FORD LIBEL SUIT Judge Orders Jury Dis charged on Grounds Woman Gave Interview to Paper. April 21.—An order of . granted upon motion of de fense counsel, today ended Aaron Sa ‘s $1,000,000 libel suit in: Henry Ford Jud red ag M. Raymond ordered the jury discharged and instructed a | upon the pleu of ding the Ford de- fense, ip the absence of Senator Jumes A. Reed of Missouri, that Mrs. Cora Hoffman, eleventh juror chosen when the trial started six weeks ago, had granted an interview, the substance of which appeared in last Tuesday’s De- troit Times, Judge Raymond expressly cleared Mrs, Hoffman of allegations made m a by Ford detectives R UL mistrial be entered Stewart Hanley, d other employes that she cussed a . $10,000 bribe with “Kid Miller and that she had wrongly stated She was a qualified juror and asserted disbelief that Sapiro had indulged in any misconduct, as asserted in the affidavits. Attorneys for Sapiro and Ford agreed with Judge Raymond today to meet here Saturday, April 30, to deter mine whether a date for a new trial of Sapiro's $1,000,000 libel suit against Ford could be agreed upon. Will Confer on New Trial. “I am extremely loath to grant a motion for mistnal,” erted Judge after Wili aghe ‘chief of counsel for Shapiro, and 11 leéy had debated the motion at length “Up to the time that the public press ered with the functions of this court, the court believed no mistrial should be granted “Jt s deeply regrettable plorable that a case which as much money and labor come to this conclusion “But when that newspaper became known it seemed now, impossible to proc Gallagher, in a formal statement last night, disclaimed any to come into court today and argue against the part of the motion for mistrial as based upon Mrs, Hoffman haying granted the interview, but promptly at the opening of court he launched into a 45-minute address so ear-marked as an argument against the motion that when he stated in conclusion it was not such an appeal, Hanley was taken by surprise and had to have the eourt reporter read to_him G er's final remark: Fifteen affidavits by Ford detecti and other employes contained no evi dence to prove that N had talked to a newspaper said Gallagher, One of the affidavits was by lawyer and appended to it W 1 de- has cost should report reporter, Ford nothing else submitted to prove that Mrs, Hoffman had talked to the re portter. Assume she did talk, gher. ‘“She talked after she had b accused and not about the merits of the ¢ but as to the merits of the ‘harges against her."” ustice, not only blind, but cled and chained,” was G description of the trial Asks Trail With Eleven Jurors. that if from mana- her's Gallagher demanded Hoffman was eliminated jury, the trial, never with the remainin, the fact they probably T diced ‘We don't want jury, which even Ford employe charges is open suspicion lagher said, “we want to go ab with 11 or 10 or 4 or 3 juror 1 I do not want to oppose the motion. Hanley, heading thedefense counsel in the absence of Senator Reed, who was taken to the Henry Ford Hospital this morning, was taken by surpris by lagher’s concluding asked that the court reporter to_him. “Why, Hanl the d been preju- a verdict from a a read it I am astonished” said Mr. I thought the motion for a s the 4 ‘ontinued on 1,000 HOUSES BURNED. LONDON, April 21 (®).—A fierce fire which is believed to have caused many casualties and destroyed about 1,000 houses in the town ‘of Kana- zawa, is reported i1 an Exchange Tel- egraph dispatch from Tokio. ~ The fire swept through the town, which is in central Japan, fanned by a high L doing damage estimated at 5,000, ven (about $2,500,000. - . ' Kanazawa has a population of age 2, Column 6.) 129,000, | building pro the | n- | |in | dicated and seems | g | should intention | | thi: | projec Hoffmann | "TWO FLYERS KILLED s a copy | of the interview, although there was | said Gatla- | n { | Mrs marks and | hing before the | | R R Four Flyers Die in Air Collision All Romance Fades E For Oberlin Maids: | No More By the Assoclated OBERLIN, OF mance is dead So, least stud April R Oberlin Coll at think Ob: nearly 100 years Oberlin first college nited to admit me and women equal basis, has had as ¢ its traditions romantic midnight sere nades by the college men below the windows 6f the But now t have placed ser the for turbing residen on village e its old or the evening after 11 BRIDGE PR 1S URGED FOR CITY Dougherty Suggests District Replace One Oid Struc- ture Every Year. pe o'eloc Adoption by the District of a hridge am providing for a s placement of all of which were built for traffic advocated today by missioner Procter L herty. The Commi least one of rey have been estimates for the next fis the process of p probably will replacement of one ! Mr. Dougherty pointed out, has not r ed a bridge for sev- eral i nd for that res be no delay in building new ones which will meet the demands of modern tr: The flooring of the Klingle Road Bridge is to he renewed Summer, but this is only a repair . and the bridge should be re- placed, he believes. Commissioner Dougherty is familiar with the bridge situation in the trict, having served as a member of the bridge committes of the Wash- ington Board of Trade which studied the subject thoroughly and mad: ommendations for improvements, tematic structu ht Com- removed now he in item carry an for the The District, OGRAM jon the public highwa the old | | he on there | Dis- | | County IN SEAPLANE CRASH Naval Craft Disappears in Hamp- ton Roads and Cadet Pilots Are Drowned. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., —Richard W. Kennison of Boston, and Wilbur F.” Bingham of New York City, were Killed today when a seaplane in which they were flying crashed into Chesapeake Bay between the ripraps and heir bodies were recovered afterward. The men were cadet at the Hampton Roads naval base and were on a training fl when the accldent occurred P ns on shore who witnessed the accident said the machine apparently a fish stake in taking off from the water. They wene of the opinion thaf a large hole was torn in the pon- toon and the men probably injured ai the mz time. PLANES CRASH OVER DUKE April at Ceremonies for Royal Pair. LONDON, April 21 (#).—The arrival of the Duke and Duchess of York at Government House, in Melbourne, to- day was marred by a tragic occur- rence, says an Exchange Telegraph dis- patch. Two a almost directly, g:aw % and burst into m»mrtour occupants being Willoughly | | To' the best of my recollection, 21. | | the Monticello Hotel in Norfolk, and | first woman summoned for jury duty | Pres | home, at 234 Fourteenth street south- CLOTH NOT GUILTY Serenades (F PUBLIC DRINKING jArlington Verdict Follows Prosecutors’ Charge . jovial Com: of all-time, all-American” ball star of the University Virginia, was found not guiity in Cir- Court here today of charges of being under the influence of ardent spirits in public places. The verdict of acquittal, announced by the jury it 1 o'clock, after less than 10 min utes’ deliberation, brought to an end one of the fe ver instituted under its drastic “prohibition ouster” statute. ' In rendering its verdict of vindica- fiveman jury of Arlington | County citizens decided that the {charges filed by Thomas D, Baillie, | editor of the Chronicle, county weekly. { involving . Gloth's allegea of the county ind on a Democratic convention trip to Norfolk in 1924, were not sustained ¢ the evidence. | May Have Taken Drinks. testimony, | tion, the Most of the that colcerning the so e boat trip of three vea | closed to the court, that while “Billy” | Gloth may bave taken a drink or two tof intoxicating liquor, “among friends,”” and may have exhaled sus- picious omas, it could not be sworn that he was drunk as charged Gloth, taking the witness stand his own bhehalf, admitted toda as a matter of fact he did take * drink or two"” on the Norfolk steamer and later at his hotel in Norfolk, but emphatical denied having been drunk any time during the trip or al any other time charged. efore the jury retired shortly be- fore 1 oeclock, Judge C. Vernon admonished the crowded n that he ition upon announcement »f the verdict, and eonsequently there was only crescendo of shuffiing A murmuring when the jury announced “not guilty.” his seat in front of the bench and ook hands with the jurors, with adjournment of court ~the beam- broad-shouldered common- wealth’s attorney surrounded by a crowd of pel of both sexes wishing to shake his hand and con- Free Kiry The jury this morning heard the defendant on the witness stand den ntly the charges of Thon D. editor of The Chronicle, Arling: County weekl that Gloth was a state of intoxication from ardent on the public highways of on County last year and on a boat trip to Norfolk of the A delegates to the Democra district convention Only nk or Two. especially ago, dis in courtroo demonst T took a drink or during that trip,” Gloth told the court, but I absolutely deny that I was at iny time under the influence of liquor. I had one drink on the boat before dinner with my friend, Charles T. Jesse, and think I had another one with him ind Sheriff Fields before I went to bed that evening. The next day at “Yes, ves After the convention c (Continued on Page wicus, T believe, Column 2.) Arlington | of | v | this morning b insobriety | al aspects of | would tolerate no | Gloth immediately left | ¢ | Brosseau, anno two | I(VIi\'il War Veteran ;Acquim‘d of Killing | “Talkative’ Boarder | DEMOCRATS FAVOR PRC7OSAL FOR 1928 CONVENTION HERE Capital, as Neutral Territory, Approved by Prominent Members of Party. CONFERENCE TO BE HELD ON PLANS TO MAKE BID {WORTH April H. Plerce, 86-ye War veteran, Civil who shot has been a murder ough a d when Knsley demand ance after he had been e ad as an undesirable boarder He talked too much told him (o leave my I not come back,” Pierce at his day. wvas aly chinnin or har the woman peace Ay house I wanted him to get The jury u ont deliberated nine Maine Those Indorsing Glass’ Sugges- A R tion That City Is Ideal Place. CRATRAY on as the convention city ratic party in Committeewoman Among CONTESTFORD [EADERSHP CLOS Mrs. Sherman Walker or Mrs. Charles Bissell May Get | Biggest Vote. 128, sug Glass of approved by a number Democrat did t Washington s 1 territory The opinion w it Was y fac vention and guest sud ap s ex- peal to ed selected as them that ington can ities for hous- fc pro- the neces: the cc dele; and carin ates yul nent of ard to the , who is Dem tain t | o sent | aders in re s of the here the | era Daughtes Indications at the American Revolution es: today are that the race for | seven posts of vice presidents general | 8inia and the biggest vote and the head of | M€ mbe: the ticket are between Mrs. Sherman | Demc Walker of Washington State and Mrs. | numbe Charles H. Bissell of Connecticut. | of Mrs. Bissell is heading a delegation of 126 voters from Connecticut which gives her much potential power, but. on the other hand, Mrs. Walker has | . 2 nation-wide reputation as chairman | of Columbia, of national defense with representa I heartily | tion in every State. estion that the next The race between the honorary vice ional conve held in residents general is apt to be very hington. D is & Bes : all three candidates are | Senator Glass has said s of splendid service, and th of the National post is regarded as mext only to that |0t president general. In intervals|r during the morning session the vote | of various delegations were called out » and the polling proceeded at a e ominent newspap: ment on it. ‘rged as Neutral Zone. D eman for said moeratic the Dist Costello, i | | | Democrati al convention. The nearest to he convention in Baltimore in I shall do everything in my to bring the convention ington. T will confer with other members of the national con mittea in regard to the matter.” Mrs. Gertrude M. Pattangall, Demo- tic national committeewoman f | Maine, replied | *I should regard Washington as the best city in the country im which to hold the Democratic national conven tion." Second. Choice of Fields. W. J. Flelds, Democratic Governor of Kentucky, replied choice place of hold ic national convention My second choice is Was TR d rate. Wa he polls will be open until 4 30 this | afternoon and delegates wil be resis tered up to that time. The voting strength of the Congress already | registered is 1,891, it s announced iss Margaret Bar | nett of Penns: chairman of the credentials committee. Electioneering Is Active. | Electioneering was active in the | lobbies al morning, and conference: of anxious managers made the morn | ing_session lnck delegates and offic | varlous slates o drawn up. Those are conceded practic y 1, are Mrs. William erman Walker of W ington, Charles H. Bissell . John B. of New York Isabel W Gordon of Massachusetts, Mr: | liam Burney of Sputh Carolin: patch, Norfolk, Va., Star's inquiry as b The ° ocratic newspaper, the » tch ees with Senator | ashington is the logical e e 1928 na rentio William Rock Painter of Missouri. | no? r;‘,:cf.l\',snl .rrn:gmar\lrx:::r‘\ilx\"ma; The test of the strensth on ,"“, Part| virginia and the South, but because of the “‘h“: candid: ". will have ";'Al is meutral territo that would tend Ll b iy the ballot results and | ¢, ¢roq the delegates from outside 2 g ssure or loca tere and en- e venc” Erouiides afithe. White| FESSRUTe" Or Jochlt triterestic it Sho House will he the scene this afternaon, | 8Dle, Them 1o write @ B beginning at 3 o'clock, of a reception ";"f‘_”“'} M{‘ " in a natic mos- by the President and Mrs. Coolidge to | l{(“ sir S '] ST SRV P v onal the delegates. It has been the cus- | Viewpoint. I 1% b o tom of President Coolidge to receive | K¢ g VORI b the delegates each year durf their | £ Glass' suggestion. coogress, but this is the first time | ce, Oldfleld Says. they have been received on the White | 3 4 = x House n. It was decided to turn | o gt \xn” ity the a into an impromptu lawn | ° K ot fum DerOe S0, ng) party becs of the upset condition | g i B o i - of the White House, to the repair v's whip in ouse, said Corl Ao uhate we here are several ideal places to Nitved 7. Brosseau, president | hold the convention and one of them £ ak t W ington. 1 believe that the make the introduction g ! Qi | facilities in Washington are ample, - will receive from Pres i | United States Fl hoth to auditorium and hotel accommodations. ss of Honor, which h S awd cause of work in the anie woper, Vi ternal revenue under the Wilson ad- s of Americanism. The Presi- | i« \so will present service medals | ministr: prominent in party at he concurred in ber of State and chapter re- 3 g mber ¢ v pinion that Wash- al territory, would | be an ideal place for the next Demo- ic national convention f the facilities here can he made \dequate for the convention Washing- ton should be given serious considera- fon,” said Mr. Roper, He said that n Rer nsas, nal § e collector of in- inter | dent |toar scause of the lameness of his wrist the President probably will not shake rds on this oceasion. This detail will | be left to Mrs. Coolidge. During the reception the United tes Marine Band, which will be stationed in the rear grounds, will give a concert. \as inclined to favor Cleveland Many Are Disappointed. Fia N cone Gty the asat | Objections from the floor were voiced | choice of Senator Glass, because of its | today when it was learned that Presi- | auditorium which seats more than 13,- | dent ana Mr. Coolidge had been com- | 000 persons and because of the Sum- | pelled to limit invitations to the White | mer weather in that city. The con- | House reception. vention is always held the last of When the sident general, Mrs. | June, As a Washingtonian, Mr. nced that only those | Roper said, he would like very much 1 wdmitted to the [ to see the convention held here, ates from several | however Y Livingston | ¥ ew York protested | - o T o Sk | that only a partial quota of tickets had | HSEAtOr € er . of Utah, been rec l\t“d Many of the delegates, ‘*-IH. H-; while the National Capitai | they claimed, would be disappointed at | Would furnish a most attractive Abd not being able to attend the receptior -h“l‘m: for the national con- which is their only opportunity to S O !':"M believes the the Pr dent during the sessions hould soles city that weuld A some political advantage attach- > it Mrs. Brosseau explained that it was | ¢, 1t ¥ the custom to limit the guests at the| ‘I am sure Washington would be White Hous jon to about 2,500 | &, Very attractive place, with many owing to the jent accom- | Advantages,” Senator King commented. B s g™ | “T am personally inclined, however. to Skt | tavor Cleveland, Ohio. There would dvantage to gain. | with tickets wo e | White House { States, including Rowe Schuyler of > & Favors Cleveland. 1 Prose Wonsen Callid Here Says HOuSCWiVCS Are BESt Jlll"Ol’S Tootie, mnosey little white arms, Mrs. Lillie Green With poodle, in her in the District of Columbia, today smilingly accepted the white shect of paper bearing greetings from the dent of ‘the United.States and a command to report at the courthouse for jury service irom Deputy Marshal W. J. Kirkland on the steps of her east.. She expressed her willingness to serve on a jury. Mrs. Green had just come home from the store wlen the deputy mar- shal walked up and rang the bell. rs. Lillle Green?" he asked. ‘es,” she replied. I have a summons for you. Mrs. Green shifted Tootie from the right arm to the left, extended her right hand and accepted the summons. Thus, local history was made and the | be some politic | It is a doubtful State and there are Democrats there.” many strong The Senator said he had not heard nite discussions yet as to the election. Walsh, Democrat, of Mon- not prepared at this time s to the prob- able selection of the convention eit was not inclined to regard Washing- | ton a_ likely choice. | Mrs. Johnson S. Poe, Democratic na- | tional committeewoman for Maryland, replied: Appears position.” W. A. Julian, Democratic national committeeman for Ohio: “As usual Senator Glass displays ex- cellent judgment. No better place could be sclected than Washington, Personally I favor Cleveland, Ohio.” Clyde L. Herring, Democratic com- mitteeman for Iow “Appreciate Washington's advan- tages, but prefer a Western eitxr * Pty g anot ITALIAN FINANCES GAIN. Budget Surplus Exceeds Estimates fox; Jury Duty nst capital r as her She has no scruples punishment, however, conscience ncerned, she said, and if she were convinced in a capital case of ‘the guilt of a defendant from the evidence presented she declared she would not hesitate to vote guilty de- spite the fact that electrocution might | result. to be a very attractive pr ed in Washington for 14 : here from Pennsylvania s a stickler for circumstantial evi dence being of the most convincing type before a person is condemned upon such evidence, she said, but she preferred to await the presentation of a concrete problem before discussing the theories she holds. As far as women on jury service arc concerned, Mrs. Green said, she be- lieved they would make better jurors than men, for they exercise many Judicial qualities in the running of the ordinary household, sitting, as it were, on cases of domestic problems-daily. first of the female sex to be accorded ‘the privilege of immediate eligibility for wr‘{.m had been brought within the ji stion of the District by Over 100 Per Cent. ROME, April 21 (P).—Notable im- provement in Italian finances is re- corded in the treasury statement for March. The budget surplus exceed- ed the estimates by 107,000,000 lire and amounted to 249,000,000 lire. Rev- enue exceeded expenditures by 489, 000,000 5 2 9. 3 T feel I am very fortunate in being the first woman summoned for jury duty, and I want to do the very best that I can under the circumstances, for 1 know that women are just as well, if not better, qualified in many | respéets to sit on a jury than are men,” Mrs. Green said. “I will have no Resitancy in serving.