Evening Star Newspaper, May 12, 1927, Page 2

OND. . BULDINGS ity Planners Adopt Plea to’ ! Preserve Impressiveness of Public Structures. Tiwith a parting plea to Washington it® keep down building heights in or- der to preserve the impressiveness of ifhe Capitol dome and other public ‘Buildings, the nineteenth National i€onference on City Planning ended i#ts three-day, session at ark Hotel last night. The 300 or eore advocates of well| tanned and well zoned cities Will ispend the mext few days inspecting Yecent community developments in Baltimore and Philadelphia before dis- Banding and going back to the four idorners of America to put inte prac- fice the ideas they gained from ea ‘ether during the conference. 7 The admonition to Congress aunicipal authorities not to let Mructures dwarf the impressivene Pt public buildings here was incor: porated in a general resolution adopted Jast night, calling upon communiti throughout the country to restri pssive heights wherever th firove a detriment to the orderly devel- opment of a city. . Congress Urged to Act. #Be it further resolved,” the reso- fation read, “That such limitations are ekpecially necessary in the National Capital, where the dignity and im-| pressiveness of public buildings may | b injured unless appropriate stand- firds for the development of private property are set and maintained. Hav ing in the mind the importance of | maintaining the dominance of such | national structures as the Capitol ome and the Washington Monument, the conference urges Congress and| the municipal authorities to limit | phrictly the height of bulldings in the | National Capital.” | The plans of Mussolini for the re- ponstruction of Rome were unfolded | to the city planners last night with| graphic lantern slides by Henry| Burchell, secretary of the Italy- American Society, who assured his audience of experts that Italy’s premier bas no intention of ruthlessly overturning the ancient city, but, on the contrary, is merely striving to #olve its present-day planning prob- Jems with the least possible disturb- ce in the old part of the city. Other Resolutions Adopted. +:Among other resolutions adopted by {3e conference at its final session yere: :’An expression of appreciation to the Cemmittee of One Hundred and other cal organizations for the hospitality dtiown to the delegates while in Wash- on. ifAn indorsement of the standard fiic code of the Hoover highway fety conference. irCreation of a committee to consider advisability of urging a Federal gus every five years instead of at year intervals. The committee also 1 consider whether it would be pos- le for small communities within an jumeration district to get more de- led information on its population n a census i§ being taken by pay- the Census Bureau for the addi- fial work involved. 1 Differut Opinions Held. i}rhm was s6m@ difference of opin- .Edamun‘ the delegates-as to the v lom of recommending a five-year us, but all agreed there could be harm in having a committee con- er the matter during the coming r. esident John Nolen laid before conference a score of invitations cities throughout the country r to obtain the 1928 meeting of conference, but.this question was to the board of directors to decide r, lrhs following were elected to the rd of directors for the ensuing : John Nolen, Cambridge, Mass.; vard M. Bassett, New .York; Col. &7 P. Wetherill, Philadelphia; Fred ] , Oakiand, Calif.; B. H. Saunders, . J.: John M. Glenn, New Herbert Jones, Kansas Gives Mussolini Credit. iIn his illustrated lecturs Mr. Blyrchell declared the idea of replan- ning Rome was not original with Mus- ®dlini, having been talked of by vari- ©us rulers from time to time as far back as 1817. The present Italian siatesman deserves the credit, how- ph(;, for taking hold of the work, he iStudents of art and architecture throughout the world need have no fear that Mussolini will sacrifice any of the historic remains of the “Eter- mal City” in attempting to meet Rome's present congestion, both of ::.;‘;nc and population, the lecturer {Horace W. Peaslee, local architect, aroused interest at the afternoon ses. sipn yesterday by his outline of how ithe architecture of private buildings in Washington is being improved ‘through voluntary co-operation be- tifeen builders and an unofficial jury of architects, which meets weekly to 80 over the plans of proposed struc- tures and makes suggestions to the developer This system of co-opera- tion was conceived by the Washington Chapter, American Institute of Archi- tects, and has produced admirable re- sults, Mr. Peaslee said. He urged the delegates to consider adopting the plan in their cities. . Pinedo Reaches Charleston. CHARLESTON, 8. C., May 12 (®). —Comdr. Francesco de Pinedo, the Itallan fiyer, continuing his four-con- tigent air voyage, arrived in Charles- ton at 1 p.m. today from Philadelphia, making the trip in his giant seaplane ini5 hours and 35 minutes Find Emigration Plot. . GENOA, Ttaly, May 12 (P).—Fifty- six _persons are in custody here fol- lowing discovery of a wide-spread plot to promote illegal emigration to America. District of Columbia Memo urer, the sum of....... 1 wieh to pay on the foliowl i This date 3 (Cash or check with subscr May 1, 1928 $...... v May 1, 1929 §. Total Signed .... Mail (N R —IT sou fill in cach of the #in only after “this d above, | i I I I I | | 1 | | I 1 1 1 ! d Wardman Goammn Lo PUEIRE I SOl M eedere e TR SRS ‘They Died for Us—Their Memory Must Live 1 subscribe and promise to pay to the order of John Poole, treas. " {Please orini.)’ Address..... (Please vrint.) | | | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., The silver cup typifying the high school oratorical championship of the United State: the fourth which will be awarded to the winner at the final meetin, National Oratorical Contest in of the Washington Auditorium PLANNERS FAVOR PARKS AT FORTS Proposal to Preserve Hunt and Washington Sites Im- presses Delegates. The proposal to preserve TForts ‘Washington and Hunt for park and historic purposes when the War De- partment abandons them was looked upon with favor by the experts who attended the three-day conference on city planning problems, which ended yesterday. The city planners, coming from every section of the United States, had an opportunity to view the possibili- ties of using these old forts in beauti- fying the river approach to the Na- tional Capital when they took a boat- ride down the Potomac yesterday aft- ernoon on the U. S. 8. Porpoise. They were impressed particularly by the vision Fort Washington presents from midstream, with its lofty ele- vation picturesquely shrouded in foli- age and fine old trees. John Nolen, president of the City Planning Con- ference, expressed the hope last night that the plan to save this fort will be_realized. Maj. Carey H. Brown, executive as- sistant to the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, said the delegates generally thought the pro- posal to save the old forts as addi- tions to the park system of the Fed- eral city was a desirable one. Action on Sites Deferred. While Congress has not taken definite steps looking to their transfer to the Park, Commission, Fors Wash- ington and Hunt are safe fofithe time being, since the, War Department has deferréd temporarily its plans for disposing. of them. Efforts to have them made available for park devel- opment will be renewed whenever the government is ready to dispose of them as military posts. Before the City Planning Confer- ence dishanded last night Charles W. Eliot, city planner of the National Capital Park and Planning Commiss- sion, conferred with leaders on the advisability of clarifying the last plank in the comprehensive platform approved by the conference for the guidance of all American cities in regulating the subdivision of large tracts of property. The plank in the platform referred to by Mr. Eliot read as follows: “The general requirements for pub- lic parks and recreational spaces and sites of public buildings should be included in the master plan. When a landowner has submitted a plat of his land and the authorities have desig- nated in it such a principal public park, recreational space or public building site as part of the master plan, the municipality should take prompt steps to acquire such land, or, failing so to do, should act upon the plat, so that the owner can make use of his property. The subdividers should be encouraged to provide small private recreational parks.” Might Hasten Decisions, Mr. Eliot said he thought this sec- tion might put a planning commission in the position of having to decide in some cases whether it is going to buy a particular park site far in advance of the time when it would be possible or desirable to make the acquisition. He said those with whom he talked in- dicated a willingness to give further study to this portion of the program during the coming year. There were a few other suggestions made by delegates for further study in connection with these recommenda- tions relating to subdividing property. The conference voted yesterday after- noon to continue the committee which prepared the platform, so that further thought can be given to the entire program. ASSUME SUiUKI ORDERS. | Japanese Banks Also Take Over Java Sugar Obligations. TOKIO, May 12 (#).—An agreement has heen signed under which the Mt tsul Bank, the Mitsubishi Bank and two other companies will take over the obligations of Suzuki & Co. to the | Java Sugar Trust, as recently fore- cast. Orders valued at approximately $75,000,000 are involved. The action will help maintain the price of sugar on the Java market. rial Commission: . .. (8 $..00e0ss0.) Dollars, ng basis: sypscriotion in three annua) fn lat 11 you wish to bay ib oue STUDY OF CAPITAL NEEDS T0 BE MADE Board of Trade Officers and Committee Chairmen to Map Work. xecutive officers and all committee chairmen of the Washington Board of Trade wil! meet in an unusual con- ference Monday evening at the Wil- lard Hotel to map out an intersive program of study of thé needs of the District of Columbia in anticipation of a concerted drive during the next session of Congress for legislation to remedy unsatisfactory conditions in the Capital and its governmental ma- chinery, Edwin C. Graham, president of the board, announced today. Plans contemplated by the officials of the board call for probably the most comprehensive and far-reaching program ever undertaken by the or- ganization in the interest of the prop- er development of Washington. Exhaustive surveys of a multitude of matters affecting the welfare of the District are proposed in order that complete and convincing statements of' facts might be laid before members of Congress together with definite recommendations for needed Ilegisla- tion. Concise summaries of the find- ings are to accompany the reports, according to present plans, and every effort possible will be made to make available for the cammittees of Con- gress all desired information. Fact-Finding Program. Members of the Board of Trade have in mind a scientific program of fact- finding that it.is ;hoped will obviate the negessity of extended puplic heary ings before. committees ' of - ‘Congress }m proposed legislation affecting Wash- ngton. ng-drawn-out public hearings, it is pointed out, in the past sessions of Congress, in many instances, but served to deal death blows to impor- tant and desired measures by creating a confused state of opinions regarding the needs of Washington and the wishes of the majority of the local residents, Fiscal relations, representation for the District of Columbia in Congress, revision of taxes, regulation of traffic, provision of more adequate housing for the. District Police Court, schools and streets, are among important sub- Jjects which will be made the object of surveys by the committees of the Board of Trade, under the new pro- gram of activity. The Board of Trade now is perfect- ing a detailed index of all measures affecting the District of Columbia which were considered during the past session of Congress, This index was compiled with the aid of a numbe of congressional officials. ' Figures on Estimates. In addition to copies of proposed measures affecting the District of Co- lumbia and data to be collected con- cerning local institutions and facili- ties, officials of the Board of Trade will have available for study figures included in the estimates for the operation of the District Government which the District Commissioners have agreed this year to make public to representatives of local trade as- sociations as well as to the Citizens’ Advisory Council. Mr. Graham will preside over the conference Monday evening which will be a banquet session to be held at 6:30 o'clock. Other executive officers who will attend the session Include, J. Harry Cunningham, past president of the board; William W. Everett, first vice president; E. J. Murphy, second vice president; Ben T. Webster, secretary: ‘Walter H. Klopfer, treasurer; Edwin C. Brandenburg, general counsel, and Richard L. Conner and Robert J. Cottrell, assistapt secretaries. Bach committee of the Board of Trade is to be assigned a definite program of study and survey in prep- aration for the projected submission of statements to the committees of Congress. . COSMOPOLITAN CLUB PLANNING BIG FIESTA Elaborate Entertainment Program to Be Presented at Spring Fete May 25. Plans for an elaborate entertain- ment program are being made by the committee in charge of the annual Spring flesta of . .the Cosmopolitan Club, to be held May 25 at the May- flower Hotel, anhouncement was made today by George E. Wyne, general chairman. The committeg also has extended invitations to a number of nationally prominent personages, but has made clear that no speeches are to be in- cluded in the program. The flesta. which changes its form of presenta- tion yearly, .is to be conducted along the general lines of a supper dance, with many incidental entertainment numbers. The festivities will be held in the Mayflower Garden, The committee, in charge of the fiesta, besides Chairman Wyne, con- sists of P, A. Davis, Frank Driscoll, Walter Gawler, P. . Gordon, E. C. Gramm, Michael Heister, Willlam King, James S. McKee and L. E. Ru- bel, with Frederick J. Rice, president of the club, ex-officio member. Frosts Kit_Centnl Japan. TOKID, May 12 (#).—Severe frosts have damaged the mulberry crop in 7 & s s st e central Japan to the estimated t of §s000,000, R NS & ORATORY CONTEST CUP 1S SELECTED Beautiful Silver Trophy Is Picked for National Champion. representative of the high school oratorical champion- ship of the United States, now is waiting in security for the finals of the fourth Oratorical Con- test, May when its permanent owner will be determined. Randolph Leigh, founder and direc tor of the national contest, selected a large, urn-shaped sterling silver cup from the big stock of a Washington Jjeweler yesterday, and the choice at once became the exemplar of the na- tional championship. A proper in- scription, bearing testimony of the purpose of the cup, will be wrought in its face before the finals in the Washington Auditorium, and after that contest is over, the name of the United States champion—its holder— will be engraved n the silver, also. More Than 10 Inches High. Highly polished and picking up myriad reflections, the championship cup stands 10% inches high from its own base to its top. Not until the seyen regional cham- pions from the various zones into which the country is divided for pur- poses of the contest have delivered their orations and they in turn have been judged by a ju of United States Supreme Court Justices, will the winner of the cup be determined Three Possible Owners. So far only three of the possible future owners have been named and the first of these was William Alex- ander Loker, the Leonard Hall School student of Leonardtown, Md., who won the championship of The Star area in the regional finals here one sveek ago today. The other contenders for the possession of the cup are Maxwell Lancaster, the Birmingham region winner, and Carl E. Albert, champion of the Kansas City zone. Three other contenders for the national championship and its typify- ing cup will be chosen in regional finals tomorrow night at New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles. The Chicago zone entrant in the contest will be selected May 21, just six days before he must deliver his oration as a bid for the national championship in the Auditorium here. . EPISCOPAL CHAPEL WILL BE MOVED St. John’s, Mount Rainier, to Transfer to District, Con- vention Decides. The silver cup A proposal to transfer the activities of St. John's Chapel, Mount Rainier, Md., to a proposed new building at the west side of Eastern avenue, at Rhode Island avenue, was authorized this morning by the thirty- nual convention of the Di 5 Washington, by a_vote of 53 to 30, after delegates had been divided in a sharp discussion of the matter for several hours. To make this plan possible, it was necessary that Brookland parish cede part of its parish rights to St. Mat- thews parish in which §t. John's Chapel is geographically located, al- though jurisdiction over -he chapel proper passed recently to Bishop Free- man and is administered through the Department of Missions of the Diocese of Washington. Rector Opposed Plan. ‘When the matter came before the convention this morning sharp opposi- tion developed to the transfer. Rev. E. H. Stevens, rector of the Church of Our Savior, which serves the Brookland parish, objected . to the transfer to his neighborhood on the grpunds that such a move would weaken the work of the Church of Our Savior in its attempts to build up its congregation. Numbers of the Church of Our Savior congregation voiced practically the same view, The opinion was expressed that establish- ment of the new church in the Brook- land area would tend to draw people from the Church of Our Savior and at the same time would not serve the people of the Mount Rainier section. Proponents of the plan, however, de- clared that it was the only logical move to make and that the depart- ment of missions had gone into the situation very thoroughly and felt that transferal of the activities of St. John's would mean the establishment of the church in a strategic position and furthering the work o fthe dio- cese as a whole and strengthening its activities ni the Mount Rainier and Brpokland communities. ! Land Offered at Bargain. The point was brought out that the owner of the propertyshas offered it to the church at 60 cents a foot, whereas private concerns have offered him $2 a foot for it and that the lower offer toithe church would hold only dur- ing the duration of the. convention, whtich ends this afternoon. Rev. H. T. Cocke of the committee on new parishes and congregations, which' brought in the report on the transfer proposition, made a strong plea for the transfer, urging paro- chial co-operation for the good of the diocese as a_whole, but it remained for Rev. G. Berkley Griffith, director of the work of St. John's parish, to voice an eloquent appeal that its ac- tivittes be concentrated in the new and strategic location, which proved one of the’deciding factors in author- izing the change. - REQUIRES VACCINATION. Harvard to Demand Preventative Treatment for New Students. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 12 (#).— Vaccination has been made a require- ment for entrance into Harvard Uni- versity. The board of overseers adopted a resolution that beginning with the academic year 1927-28 a cer- tificate of successful vaccination be required of all new students allowed to: register in any department of the university. THURSDAY, KELLOGG DENIES PLANTOGOABROAD Secretary Says He Will Not Head U. S. Delegation to Naval Arms Parley. Secretary of State Kellogg took oc; casipn to deny in person mte vester: day' that he is to go to Genéva next month as head of the American dele- gation to the three-power eonference on limitation of naval armaments. Mr. Kellogg's denial, made after a conference at the White House, set at rest published reports that Lhe President was considening naming the cabinet officer in view of the fact that Great Britain and Japan had desig- nated ranking officials as delegates to Geneva. On the contrary, Mr. Kel- logg eaid, the President never has considered such a course. As usual under such circumstances, the Secretary of State will remain in Washington, receiving reports from the American delegates, who are yet to be named, and directing the policies in connection with ‘the conference on the basis of these reports. Hugh R. Wilson, newly appointed Minister to Switzerland, it was stated, may act in some official capacity at Geneva, as he will have arrived at his post before the conference con- venes on June 20. Officials would not say whether Mr. Wilson bas been given any definite instructions, how- ever, and the Minister himself was not in a position to give eonfirmation to any reports. He called at the White House yesterday to pay his re- spects to the President before leaving Washington Monday. It was believed here that Mr. Kel- g€ would be in a better position to direct the American delegates at Geneva by remaining in Washington. There would have been criticism, no doubt, from senatoral circles, had the President designated the Secretary of State to head the American delegates. e LABOR LOSES POINT INANTI-STRIKE BILL Amendment to British Meas- ure Defeated—400 Otheds to Be Debated. By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 12.—Trench war- fare on the government’s trades union bill, dealing with coercive strikes and general strikes, began in the House of Commons yesterday. ‘While J. RamsayMacDonald, leader of the Labor party, was engaged in ‘‘sniping” at the “iniquitous measure” from his Philadelphia bedside, where he is convalescing, his Labor col- leagues in Westminster bombed the government defenses with 400 amend- ments. These will be d-bated during the next 12 days and nights, and nu- merous all-night sessions are expected as the committee stage progresses. The first phase of the battle w: four-hour debate vesterday . afternoon and evening, ending with a go - ment victory, The Conservatives de- feated, by a vote of 302 to 152, an amendment, introduced by the Labor- ite, Sir Henry Slesser, to the first line of the first clause which deals with general strikes. There was considerable shouting, singing and minor disturbances among the Laborites during the debate and the voting. The government ranks are sitting tight with a huge majority, knowing that they can apply cloture ;‘ulhlensly and thus force the bill into 2. The Labor members are planning every known means to obstruct the measure, If the government curtails the debate and proceeds to force the bill through without full discussions, !t.he Laborites will claim a moral vic- ory. RANSOM OF $2,000 _ASKED FOR BOY, 17 Youth Disappeared From Home in Chicago Week Ago—Gang Not Suspected. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 12.—Ransom of $2,000 was demanded for Truman F. Moos, 17, missing a week, his parents disclosed today He disappeared after leaving home to buy a newspaper. The night before he was said to have been seen with a youth with whom his parents had forbidden him to associate. * Last Tuesday a man telephoned Mrs. Moos sayin: her son was safe and well and that a demand for money would come later. On the next day, Mrs. Moos said, a man. talking through the speaking tube at their apartment building, said Tru- man would be freed if $2,000 was paid. Detectives, however, did not serious. Iy connect the disappearance with re- cent kidnapings engineered by gang- ster. extortionists. MRS. T. L. TANSLEY DIES. Mrs. T. Lionel Tansley, 30 years old, of 6916 Sixth stret, died last night at her residence, following a long illness, Mrs. Tensley was the daughter of Mrs. James Connor and is survived by her husband, T. L. Tansley, an: attor- ney of this city; a small daughter. Doris, and two brothers, Thomas F. and James Connor. Funeral serviccs will be held Sat- \urday morning at 9 o'clock at the Church of the Nativity, at which Rev. F. X. Blschoff will officiate. In- terment will be in Mount Olivet Ceme- tery. o Burglars Rob Safe of $175. Burglars entered the premises of Lawrence P. Higgins, 2630 Pennsyl- vania avenue, between 4 o'clock yes- terday afternoon and 8 o'clock this morning, broke open an inner drawer of a safe and stole $175 and four Christmas savings books. Police last night arrested Edward Fairall, 50 vears old, @f 47 H street, on the charge of being the forgetful tinner, who removed downspouts from houses whose owners had pafd him for repair work on them and failed to return them. The arrest took place at Stanton Park, after Detectives James E. Lowry and Robért 'F. Langdon of the ninth precinct had trafled Mrs. Fair- all to that point. Police alleged they have approxi- mately 100 reports of downspout oper- atiops in which a tloner, after col- Forgetful Tinner Arrested by Police, Charged With Retaining Downspouts lecting from $3 to $10 fer repair work, took the spouts awdy to paint or solder, without returning them. Fairall protested to the police that he was not implicated in more than a dozen cases at the most, repeating his statement at police headquarters this morning. Acording to. the police, Fairall' told detectives he was in straits for money because of the illness of his mother, who, he declared, suffered a stroke of paralysi; time ago. He may be arraigne Police Court (QHQITOWa i i .MAY 12, 1921. Expel Members Involving Moral Turpitude. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES. May 12.—The motion picture industry is tired 'of being “spanked” for the sins of its hangers-on, and in future will protect itself from undeserved chastisement. Guilty of Acts ture industry, in comment incidental P MOVIE LEADERS TO CLEAN HOUSE THROUGH EXCLUSIVE ACADEMY Will Issue Authentic News Bulletin and! NICARAGUA REBELS TOHEAR STIMSON Coolidge’s Representative to Tell Liberals of American Plan for Peace. to the meeting, on a paragraph in the by-laws of the academy which em- powers the directors to expel any members guilty of ‘“dishonorable or unethical conduct or the commission By the Associated Press. TIPITAPA, Nicaragua, May 12— Mary Pickford so declared last night | of any act involving moral turpitude.” On invitation of Gen. Moncada, com- at an organization banquet of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences attended by more than 200 Hays voiced the thought that pos- sible expulsion from the academy would be an effective check on scan- mander of the Liberal army, Henry L. Stimson, personal representative of President Coolidge, will address the leaders of the various branches of |dal, not only among those who are|7yinera] soldiers before their demobili- motion picture production. “Upon us is laid a great responsi- bility,” said the actress, “and we must_accept the fact that our lives do not belong to ourselves. What hurts one, hurts all of us. At times there may be meed of chastisement, but henceforth that chastisement must come from within the industry.” As an engine of protection against “those who would destroy us,” Miss Pickford outlined the academy's plan to publish a bulletin bearing “authen- tic and constructive news of the in- dustry, which will be sent periodically to film fans the world over and will be designed to offset slanderous and misleading publicity from unfriendly sources. “It will have,” she said, “the great- est circulation of any publication in history.” The ‘“chastisement from within" will be based, it was indicated by Will H. Hays, director of the motion pic- members, but those who hope some day to be elected to membership. Active membership is restricted to those who have distinguished them- selves in some branch of motion pic- ture production. “The acaderoy will have a definite tendency to ®micken the advance of the various arts which are represent- ed in motion picture production, to promote co-operation between the pro- duction branches, to bring about further recognition of motion pictures as an art, and bring a consequent im- provement always in the quality of motion pictures,” Hays said. “The foundation of the academy is a real accomplishment. Its organiza- tion follows the definite recognition of motion pictures as an art by Harvard and Columbia universities, and the academy will contribute much to these universities, which are plan- ning to inaugurate schools of motion picture technology.” TRUCK BAN ASKED FOR T6TH STREET Extension of Present Limit for Solid-tired Machines Above Florida Ave. Urged. A proposed regulation to prohibit solid-tired commercial vehicles from operating on Sixteenth street north of Florida avenue was considered at a public hearing conducted by the Com- missioners yesterday afternoon in the boardroom of the District Building. Such vehicles are now barred on the lower section of Sixteensh street be- tween H street and Florida avenae. Considerable support was givem the proposed regulation by Mrs. John B. Henderson, owner of the picturesque ‘“castle” which overlooks Sixteenth street at Florida avenue; Frederic ‘William Wile, newspaper correspond- ent, and a representative of the Cuban embassy. Opposition came, however, from trucking interests and property owners in nearby streets, the latter fearing that a diversion of heavy motor vehicles from Sixteenth street would force the trucks to use other streets in the vicinity. A suggestion also was made that the Commissioners limit the loads of all trucks and prohibit solid-tired ve- hicles from all streets. Mrs. Hender- son declared that no truck or bus of greater size than those formerly drawn by a two-horse team should be allowed “any place in Washing- ton."” o WAR-OUTLAWING PACT STUDIED BY BRIAND French Official Reported Consider- ing Treaty With United States. o v ot o T, S gt e Dl PARIS, May 12.—The writer is re- liably informed that Foreign Minister Briand is studying a draft of a formal proposal for the outlawing of war by treaty between the United States and France. The French statesman is much pleased at the favorable reactions of French and American opinion toward the original suggestion for such a treaty, and feels that the time is ap- proaching when formal steps should be taken. o WINEBRENER GIVEN YEAR AND FINED Father of Maryland Secretary of State and H. R. Snook Sentenced in Drug Case. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., May 12.—David C. Winebrener and Harry R. Snaok of Frederick, Md., were fined $2,000 and given a year and a day in the Atlanta Penitentiary on charges of trafficking in narcotics, by Judge William C. Cole- man today. ‘Winebrener is the {ather of- David C. ‘Winebrener, 8d, secretary of state of Maryland. Both he and Snook-live at Frederick and were arrested and in- dicted last year. .. MERCHANTS TO EMPLOY SALES COURSE STUDENTS High' School Pupils Studying Busi- ness to Get Vacation Jobs in Stores. DIES OF INJURIES Capitalist Was Hurt When Car Turned Over Near Laurel Sunday. S. Elbert Hager, 52 years old, Bos- port, Conn., extensively interested in Washington real estate, died yester- day afternoon in the Maryland Uni- versity Hospital, at Baltimore, from injuries sustained in an automobile crash on the Washington-Baltimore boulevard Sunday. In the automobile with Mr. Hager at the time were his wife, who was not seriously injured; his son, Owen, who is in a serious condition from a frac- tured skull at the Baltimore hospital; his daughter, Hope, and a nurse. The latter two were not eeriously hurt. Was En Route Here. The accident occurred near Laurel, Md., when Mr. Hager lost control of the machine, which swung to the left side of the road and turned over as it went down a four-foot embankment. All the injured were taken to Balti- more. At the time of the accident Mr. Hager was on his way to this city with his family. He had intended spending a considerable period of time here. ‘While Mr. Hager never had taken up permanent residence in this city. he came here frequently to look out after his large real. estate and other business holdings. Backed Office Building. ‘He was the moving spirit and princi- pal backer of the large new Wash- ington Office Building, in the course of construction at Fifteenth street, New York avenue and G street, and own- ed the property at 1335 F street, be- sides other large parcels of local real estate, Through his local interests he be- came well known in local business circles and also was identified with large Boston financial interests. ILLINOIS FOR SMITH, BRENNAN DECLARES Democrats of State Still Want New York Governor Despite Wool- “len Boom, He Says. By the Associated Press. FRENCH LICK, Ind, May 12— Iilinois Democrats still want Gov. Al Smith of New York for the Demo- cratic presidential nominee next year, despite the recent launching of the boom for Evans Woollen, Indianapolis banker, according to George E. Bren- nan of Chicago, Democratic national committeeman from Illinois. “Gov. Smith now is supported by Montana, Utah and Colorado Demo- crats, who backed McAdoo in 1924, T have been assured by Senator King of Utah,” Brennan declared today. “Idaho and Nevada, once for McAdoo, are swinging to Smith. Supporters keep coming to Smith because they :"“"v’-. he can lead the party to vic- ory. Brennan has been here resting for several days. Discussing the Woollen boom, which was fathered by Thomas :;lnrt of French Lick, Brennan “Tom Taggart always has his water buckets out in case it should rain.” . BANDITS DARKEN TOWN. Kidnap Marshal and Haul Away Two-ton Safe. PITTSBURG, Kans., May 12 (#).— After kidnaping and binding the city marshal and throwing the town into darkness, six robbers early today Washington high school students who are studying the course in sales- manship which now is offered by local high schools will be given an oppor-| tunity for employment during the Summer in the large department fs stores here, George S. De Nealé an- nounced at a meeting of the commit- tee on training of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association. Pointing to the value of practical laboratory training to students of salesmanship, Mr. De Neale said al- ready a number of such students are employed in the department stores after school hours and that employers would be glad to give students of this course employment during the Sum- mer vacation period. Members of the training committee, who are superintendents of the var ous department stores of W ng: ton, were addressed by Dr. A. L. Howard, head of the department of business practice of the public schools, who described the new course in salesmanship which recently was inaugurated in the local schools. There. are now 90 students enrolled in the course. Corn Imports Banned. BUENOS AIRES, May 12 (®.— The ministry of agriculture lssued a decree today proh importation into the country any variety of corn. This step taken, the min- :try u;n::ncu. nce o e pest borer in som hauled away the two-ton safe of the McCune State Bank, at McCune, miles west of here. The safe contained S ELBERTHAGER ton capitalist and resident of West-| 20 zation. at Los Banderos, 30 miles from Managua, Saturday. Gen. Moncada, after a lengthy con- ference with Mr. Stimson, said that he believed 90 per cent of the Liberal soldiers would have laid down their arms by Saturday, but he wanted the American peace mediator to impress on the soldiers that the United States in_enforcing peace was mot acting in behalf of the Conservatives; that its action was prompted by a desire to help the nation and to assure supe: vised elections in 1928, at which b factions would have an equal cta Epxects Arms to Be Dropped. Upon recelving written assurance by Mr. Stimson that President Cool- idge had agreed to appoint America to supervise the elections, Gen. Mon- | cada said that it was on tbat point ihe believed he would be uble ‘o per- suade nearly all the Liberal forces to lay down their arms, as it would guar- antee the Liberals an opportunity to gain power through ‘heir votes. Mr. Stimson further assured the | general that the United States was prepared to keep a reasonable force in Nicaragua until after the elections, and then organize with American officers a non-partisan constabulary to preserve order. Restoring Representation. After the reading of resolutions from the Liberal leaders asking what guarantees would be given to protect the Liberals from retaliation at the hands of the Conservatives, Mr. Stim- son told Gen. Moncada that the United | States had requested the government of Adolfo Diaz to restore Liberal repre- | sentation in the Supreme Court and Congress and to place Liberal gover- nors in the six Liberal departments, where Conservatives now are in power. Amnesty also would be granted, Mr. Stimson said, and. where necessary, special elections, supervised by the United States, would be held. Some of these points, he added, had already been carried out, and Diaz had given assurance that all- the requests would be granted. Gen. Moncada expressed the belfef that only two bands of Liberals would not agree to cease fighting without resistance. . Trucks and wagons are being pared for the collection of arms they are laid down by both the Liberals and Conservatives in accordance with the proclamation of Rear Admiral Latimer, commander of the United States warships in Nicaraguan waters. Mr. Stimson has postponed his departure for Key West till Monday. He had planned to leave tomorrow. STIMSON IS RAPPED. Nicaraguan Stand Condemned by Mercer Johnston. The action of Henry L. Stimson,! personal representative of President Coolidge, in dealing with the Nica- raguan dispute, “deserves the con- demnation of every American who re- members the origin of our own Gov- ernment,” Mercer G. Johnston, sec- retary of the National Citizens' Com- mittee on Relationy with Latin Amer- ica, declared today in a statement. Senator Norris of Nebraska is listed as honorary president of the com- mittee. S R Teheran and Mohammerah, % Persian Gulf port, are to be connected by a motor truck highway. FOR TOMORROW. FIRST RACE—2- 3 purse. $1.300 435 tadlonge 1y le ... 2 4B - *Fi 'I!Ti claiming; *Trie Pl i *Fair A a Edward F. Whit 3 5 William Garth encry. SECOND RACE—3.ear claiming; puree. ST300; 8 “Ririongs, *Foretime . 105 *Alex Wi PR 19 ol o Figlana oo -. 117 Troax Andre ar-olds _and THIRD RACE—3 claiming: purse. 13007 ediue *Flagship Dexter . *Legation” " FOURTH RACE—The venile: year-olds:, $5.000 added: ?rf,'"'x'u'r‘x'f;nec':‘.“' 3 All Caliao ... tch and Soda 1 entry. 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