Evening Star Newspaper, May 14, 1927, Page 2

CODLIDGE SILENT ON 1912 PETITION Makes No Comment on Re- port He Opposed Third Term at That Time. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Reports from Massachusetts say that President Coolidge, while a State Senator in 1912, signed a petition urging Congress to initiate a consti- tutional amendment prohibiting a “third term” for any President. President Coolidge is maintaining complete silence regarding these re- ports. Nor is he likely to comment $n any way upon the so-called third- term issue at this time, it is said. He ignored recently a letter addressed to him through the Forum asking him to state his views on the “third- term” tradition and to declaye whether he intended to be a candidate to suc- ceed himself next year. > The President has not announced his candidacy for the Republican: nomina- tion next year. Nor will he do s0. If the nomination comes to him, it will be Decause the leaders of the Republican party, backed up by the rank and file, hand it to him. His friends de- clare that under the circumstances it .would be neither good taste nor good “politics for him to discuss the “third term” issue at this time. Report From Bay State. A dispatch from Worcester, Mas: has quoted Michael J. O'Shea, who i the p: has been a Republican polit- jecal worker, as ing that in 1912 he personally obtained the signature of | President Coolidge to a petition urging Congress to adopt a resolution propos- ing a constitutional amendment against a third term. O'Shea was fur- ther quoted as saying that the peti- tion was signed in duplicate, and that one set of signatures was sent to Washington and that he has retained the other, which “he will make public at the proper time.” A search of the records in the office of the Secretary of the Senate, to which this petition was sent, has pro- duced the petition, but signed only by the late Senator Henry W. Blair of New Hampshire, president of the so- called Anti-Third Term League. No other signatures or list of signatures has been found. So far the list re- ported to be in the possession of O'Shea has not been made public. In 1912 the petition circulated by the National Anti-Third Term League was directed particularly against the nomination of former President Roose- velt, who was seeking the Republican fiomination against President Taft. A considerable group of Republicans in Massachusetts, among them the late Senator Murray Crane, was opposed to Roosevelt and in favor of the re- nomination of President Taft. Aimed at Roosevelt. The Blair petition in one paragraph declared: “No person who has held the office of President for terms, or any part of terms, whether consecutively or other- wise, shall thereafter be eligible to be ¢hosen to the office of President or ‘Vice President.” It is clear that it was aimed par- ticularly at the candidacy of Col. Roosevelt, who served three and e half years of the McKinley second | “term and four years in his own right. A large number of questions, ask- the President if he did sign such '@, petition in 1912, were submitted at ‘the White House press conference yesterday. No answer was made to “Opponents of the nomination and ‘pe-clection of President Coolidge hope President “in a hole” with :-m:pgrz. that he opposed re-election of Col. Roosevelt in 1912 on the nwng that no man should serve as ive for more than two terms. - are already asking whether he was opposed to giving Roosevelt another term in 1912 and i3 now ready to take another four-year term himself. Every effort will be made to make political capital of the incident, if the signature of President C is produced by O'Shea. Coolidge to Keep Silence. Supporters of President Coolidge, who wish his re-election in 1928, ‘maintain that the signature of such a petition, if Mr. Coolidge did sign it, should have mo real bearing on the situation which exists today. They point out that, notwithstanding re- peated efforts, the Constitution has never been amended so as to limit the re-eligibility of any person to the of- fice of President. They point to the most recent party declaration_on the subject, when in 1912 the Democratic national plat- form contained a paragraph urging ' thé adoption of a constitutional amendment, limiting a President to one term. After the election of the late Presl- dent Woodrow Wilson in that year little was heard of that part of the Democratic platform. Mr. Wilson was renominated and re-elected in 1916. Republicans sought during the Wilson administration to draw from President ‘Wilson some statement regarding his own_ attitude on re-eligibility for the presidential office, but they never suc- ceed There is no indication that the policy of silence on the part of Presi- dent Coolidge toward the Republican nomination in 1928 is to be broken. HEAT RECORDS BROKEN. Brush Fires Accompany Soaring Mercury in California. L0S ANGELES, May 14 (#).—Nu- mierous brush fi.es accompanied soar- ing thermometers in southern Cali- fornia yesterday, when records of 80 years' standing were shattered. The Torest Bervice successfully fought four fires, one of which covered 50 acres, In Los\Angeles, the mercury climbed to 98, breaking all May heat records since 1896. Redlands and San Ber- nardino topped the list of surround- ing cities with a temperature of 105. The Imperial Valley jumped into Non-Stop Flight ‘Of 4,000 Miles to Start Tomorrow By the Associated Press. CRANWELL LINCOLNSHIRE, England, May 14.—A 4,000-mile non-stop flight, the most ambitious in the history of British aviation, is scheduled to start tomorrow with its objective Calcutta, India. Lieut. C. R. Carr and Flight Liéut. L. E. Gillman of the Royal \ Air Force will pilot a Hawker- Horsley bombing plane on the flight, which, if successful, will smash - the present non-stop flight reford of 3,415 miles, made be- tween Paris and Djask, Persia, last October. The plane will be equipped with | radio and will carry 1,100 gallons | of gasoline. Lieut, Carr expects to | complete the-flight within 48 hours. | WORK IS STARTED ON REFUND ORDER Phone Company Will Get Three Years to Make Pay- ments to Patrons. Preparation of an order directing the distribution of the fund impounded by the Chesapeake & Potomac Tele- phone Co. to its subscribers who are entitled to a refund under the com- promise agreement on rates entered into by the company and the Public Utilities Commission was started to- day in the offices of the commission. The order will be issued just as soon as the District Supreme Court approves a joint application of the company and the commission with- drawing the valuation and rate case which has been in litigation for the past two years. The impounded fund ranges be- tween $140,000 and $150,000, according to the commission’s calculations. The commission, it is understood, plans to give the company three years in which to complete its distribution, the same limitation granted the Potomac Elec- tric Power Co. for returning to the public a share of the fund it im- pounded. The company is expected to begin distribution of the impounded fund soon after the formal order is issued by the commission, but it may take some time. It was pointed out, to locate some former subscribers en- titled to a share of the impounded fund who have either left Washington or discontinued telephone service, The company will be directed to make every effort to locate these persons. The refunds will be effected in the case of present subscribers by means of credit on bills instead of cash pay- ments. Checks will be made to for- mer subscribers when they are located. The amount of the refund will amount to about $5.90 to the individyal sub- | scriber who has paid for unlimited service from June 10, 19. ‘This rep- resents the difference between the $5 rate charged by the company and the new rate of $4.75, which is retroactive to June 10, 1925, under the compro- mise agreement. The refund to subscribers on the limited service lines will vary acéord- ing to the number of messages used, as the lower rates for this type of service were effected by an increase from 35 to 40 local calls a month without any change in the $2.50 rate. Iph B. Fleharty, people’s counsel before the commission, has completed the draft of an application for with- drawal of the valuation and rate case from litigation, and is expected to present it in the District Supreme Court Monday. .y FUNDS TO BE SOUGHT FOR SMALL TRIANGLES $50,000 to Buy Some of 35 Park Areas Will Be Asked by District. The District Commissioners have planned to insert an item of $50,000 in the budgetary estimates for the next fiscal year for the acquisition of small park areas in Washington, it was revealed today in a communica- tion to the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and public ' parks of the National Capital, and a mem- ber of the commission, recently urged the Commissioners to take steps to purchase the small areas, pointing out that there are a number of tri- angle sites which should be devoted to_park. purposes. The Commisisoners indicate that they are in entire sympathy with the desire of the Park and Planning Com- mission to build up the park system, but explain that there are many ur- gent demands for all available funds. At any rate, they said they would en- deavor to have the Budget Bureau and Congress grant an_appropriation of $50,000 for the .acquisition of some of the 85 remaining triangle sites adapt- able to small park areas, which are assesed at approximately $60,000. s S R R HAS “EGGNOG” SQUAD. Special Dispatch to The Star. PHILADELPHIA, May 14.—An “egg- nog” squad, to watch drinking in the saloons and cafes in the central part of the city, was placed in charge cf Inspectors William Cennolly and John T. Holton by Director of Publi: Safety Filiott. At a conference with the inspectors of the various police divisions the director sald he wanted to have them take steps to break up celebrations and to keep an eye on the clubs and speak-easies in their districts. Further warning to see that the cabarets and night clubs, many of which have received permits to stay open until 2 o'clock. Sunday morning, obey the police regulations and do not midsummer form with a peak tem- perature for the day of 110 degrees. e e e e e e e e e e e e e They Died for Us—Their Memory Must Live District of Columbia Memo: I subscribe 2nd promise to pay to the order of John Poole, treas- urer, the sum of.. I wish to pay on the following basis: ‘This date $.oc0es (Cash or check with subscription.) May 1, 1928 $.....0 May 1, 1929 §. Total $.eeeeeeceecs Signed (Please (Please B—TIt of, 204 nish to pay gour o Daces above. ter “th! tlau! date. stay open longer than the allotted time, was also given the inspectors. ———— rial Commission: (] ) Dollars. orint.) rint) Rt THE EVENING STAR, U. . WATCHES 0L AND GAS SITUATION Government May Adopt Pol- icy of Conservation to Block Exploitation. The Federal Government is keeping a close eye on the gasoline and ofl situation with a view to conservation of the supply, it was said yesterday at the White House, and while in- terested in the prevention of exploita- tion of both produc it intends to take no part in price fixing. . On behalf of President Coolidge, it was said, however, that the Govern- ment is ready to do anything it can to prevent illegal combinations which might unduly increase the price of oil or gasoline. The President, it was said, believes that the primary concern of the Gov- ernment in the oil situation is the | problem of conservation. His views were elicited by inquiries regarding the Government’s attitude toward the announced intention of oil producers in the Oklahoma Semi- nole fleld to artificlally restrict pro- duction, It is the President’s opinion that low oil and gasoline prices are a re- sult of increased supplies, but he be- lieves that the question of prices is not one with which the Government can deal, except indirectly. It was recalled at the White House that a year ago, when complaints were made against the high price of gasoline, the President asked the'Eed- eral Trade Commission and the Re- partment of Justice to look intg the. situation. , The Ofl Conservation Board aw; pointed some time ago by the Presi- dent has been considering the ques- tion of conservation and the preven- tion of exploitation, but it has reach- ed no decision. 1.5, ROAD BUILDERS PLAN SAFETY DRVE President and Other New Of- ficers of Association In- stalled After Banquet. New officers and directors of the Americon Road Builders' Assaciation today started on a national campaign to cut down highway accidents, which, according to a survey reported yes- terday by the association, take a greater toll eve: ar_than all the Q‘merlcun casuaities of the World Var, Charles M. Babcock of Minnesota was installed as president of the as- sociation at a meeting last night fol- lowing the annual banquet at the Mayflower Hotel. Sam Hill of Seattle, 8. F. Beatty of Chicago, W. A. Van Duzer of Pennsylvania and 8. H. Henry of North Carolina__were in- stalled as vice presidents. Miss Ethel A. Birchland of Connecticut is_the new secretary, and James H. Mac- Donald of Connecticut, treasurer. Upham to Pirect Campaign, Charles M. Upham, managing di- rector ef the association, will direct the safety campaign with Paul L. Griffiths of Pittsburgh. Lectures, mo- tion pictures, radio speeches, placards stressing the dangers of careless driv- ing, and a “careful-driving” club will be some of the means used to combat the growing menace of highway ac- cidents. Following the meeting the new board of directors met to organize. The new board comprises J. R. Draney and_Richard Hopkins. of New York, A. E. Horst of Illinois, T. A. Little of Missouri and Fred R. White of Towa. ‘Washington’s streets and highways are a disgrace to the Capital, Thomas H. MacDonald, chief of the Bureau of Public Roads of the Department of Agriculture, declared in an address at the banquet. The people of Wash- ington are ashamed of these streets, he said. Blames Truck Traffic. Mr. MacDonald blamed heavy truck traffic for this condition, which, he said, could be remedied by limiting the tonnage of trucks using the city streets and highways near the city. The trucks, he declared, have torn up the streets so badly that they must be patched constantly to keep them in_condition. Pyke Johnson, Washington repre- sentative of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, urged closer harmony between road builders and automobile manufactur.rs to secure and keep better roads throughout the country. John N. Mackall, chairman of the Maryland State Roads Commis- sion, also indorsed the proposal. Mr. Babcock and Ray Hall of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce of the Department of Com- merce, also spoke at the banquet, which concluded the annual meeting of officials of the assoclation. A golf tournament is being held at the Con- gressional Country Club today for the delegates. o PONTHOZ MENTIONED AS BELGIAN ENVOY Minister to Argentina Semi-Offi- cially Named as Successor to Baron De Cartier. By the Associated Press. BRUSSELS, May 14.—Count Van Der Straten Ponthoz, Belgian Minis- ter to Argentina, it was semi-officially stated today, is to be designated as Ambassador to the United States, to succeed Baron Cartier de Marchienne, who will go to the London embassy. CENTENNIAL OF NEGRO JOURNALISM OBSERVED Colored Newspaper Men in Capital Celebrate Founding of Free- dom’s Journal. The centennial of negro journalism in’this country was observed by col- ered newspaper men of Washington at the Musolit Club last night. A feature was the exhibition of a facsimile of the Freedom’s Journal, colored journal published in New York in 1827. Among guests were Ernest H. Dan- fel, Avery C. Marks, jr., Willlam Moore, Daniel O'Connell, Willis Thorn- ton and Aubrey Taylor, all of local newspapers. Carl J. Murphy of the Baltimore Afro-American represented the colored press. Speakers included John H. Wilson, Dr, George H. Rich- ardson, Dr. Emmett J. Scott, Ralph W. Matthews, W. M. Jones, Mortimer M. Harris, Robert J. Nelson, Lafayette M. Hershaw and Robert A. Pelham. Entertainment included a_comedy What as originally intended to be a relatively unimportant speed case arrest on Bladensburg road early yes- terday developed into the seizure of a two-and-a-half-ton truck with its cargo of 800 quarts of alleged corn whisky and the arrest of Albert Brown, col- ored, 31 years old, of Norfolk, on charges of violating the prohibition law. Prohibition Agent W. H. Schuitz, Sergt, J. O. B. Gray and Policeman Thomas Heide of the twelfth precinct were on the road about 5:30 o'clock, when they saw a truck driving rapid- ly. Heide decided to attempt to make a speeding case. After overhauling the truck and while questioning the driver, police WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY. Speed Case Shows 800 Quarts of Liquor In Large Truck., Police Inform Court relate, the fumes of alcohol were dis- cerned. This produced a further in- vestigation into the truck, with the result that 800 quarts of corn liquor, in carefully packed tin, containers, were located, according to police. At Police Court later Brown was fined $10 on the speeding charge and demanded a jury trial on the liquor charges. Brown, according to police, said that two Baltimore men met him while he was “on vacation” in Nor- folk yesterday and offered him a job. Upon his acceptance they took him to Baltimore, pointed out the two-and- a-half-ton truck to him and gave him 850 to drive it to Norfolk. He pro- fessed surprise at the discovery of the liquor. CIRL AMONG THREE ORATORY WINNERS Dorothy Carlson of Utah Gets Place in Finals to Be Held Here. ‘While boys were winning in two Eastern regional finals last night, a Salt Lake City girl triumphed over seven young men in the Western zone finals “at Los Angeles, giving the young women their first place in the fourth National Oratorical Contest finals to be held in the Washington Auditorium, May 27. The lone girl winner is Dorothy Carlson of Salt Lake City, Utah, and that State's first entry in the National Oratorical Contest, The victorious hoys in the Eastern zohe finals last night are: Jefferson Meagher of Binghamton, N. Y., who won_at New York City, and James M. Tunfiell, jr. of Georgetown, Del., winner at Philadelphia. Miss Carlson is 17 years old and, in addtion to heing her State’s first oratorical contest representative, she is the first girl ever to win the right to represent the Western zone in the national contest here. Her victory was outstanding, too, because she was the only girl in a_field of eight speakers. . Victory No Novelty. Jefferson Meagher, who, by virtue of his victory in Town Hall, New York City, will represent the zone embracing most of New York State, northern New Jersey and Connecti- cut in the national finals, is 18 years old and a senior at the Binghamton High School. He is president of the senior class and an honor student throughout his high school course. He won the contest with an oration on_“The Constitution.” Victory is no novelty to young Meagher, for he won also the 1926 Franco-American contest, which was sponsored by the American Goodwill Association, In that conquest he was awarded a trip to the Pacific Coast. He plans ,to enter Hamilton College in_the Fall James Tunnel, jr., is 18 years old, and he won with a speech on “The Constitution.” In his victory young Tunnel defeated seven other boys. Last night's three contests carried out the trend of ill luck for the “home contestants,” those who represent the city in- which the regional finals are heid. Strangely enough, five of the six zone finals already have been won by orators who have journeyed to the scene of battle from other towns. First of all, William Alexander Loker, The Star’s repr sentative in the national contest, came to Wash- ington as the representative of Leon- ardtown, Md., and defeated eight of this city‘s orators. Then Carl E. Al- bert of McAlester, Okla., won in Kansas. City, where the Midwest finals were staged, defeating the Kansas City entrant. Girls Fare Badly. The New York contestants were de- feated by the Binghamton boy, the Philadelphia representatives were con- quered by the Delaware contender and the Los Angeles spokesmen lost to the Salt Lake City girl. Maxwell Lancaster of Birmingham, Ala., is the only contestant to win in a contest held in his city, this year. Miss Carlson’s victory at Los An- geles gives hope for the fulfillment of the recent forecast of Randolph Leigh that the national finals contest fleld would be composed of five boys and two girls. The boys’ guota is already filled and Chicago will complete the score when its finals are Held May 21. The girls had fared pretty sadly in the contests prior to last night, and National Contest officials were begin- ning to fear lest they should fail en- tirely to “make” the finals. A girl victory was expected rather from New York, where three young women held places in the contestant field of eight. In Los Angeles Miss Carlson was the only girl, and at Philadelphia all eight contenders were boys. o FUGITIVE FROM DISTRICT HELD IN LOS ANGELES William L. Coghill Disappeared Four Years Ago After Discovery of Shortage in Employer’s Funds. ‘William Love Coghill, a bookkeeper, whose disappearance here 4 years ago was coincident with the discovery of a shortage of $1,286.86 in the ac- counts of the Federal Heating Co., 310 Thirteenth street, where he was em- ployed, has been arrested in Los An- geles, it was announced this morning at police headquarters. A tip from a woman with whose daughter Coghill is said to have been assoclating, led to the arrest. of the hookkeeper, who left a wife behind in the Capital, with a telephone message: “Good-by, Honey, you'll never see me again, It is expected he will be returned here. PHYSICIAN.ARRESTED. Dr. Charles J. Demas Accused of Violating Narcotic Law. Dr. Charles J, Demas, 35 years old, 1301 Massachusetts avenue, was ar- rested yesterday afternoon on a charge of alleged violation of the Har- rison narcotic law, after a woman addict, sent to his office by revenue agents, is said tp have obtained hypo- dermic injections and prescriptions for narcotics. Dr. Demas was taken before United States Commissioner Needham C. Turnage and bonded for $3,000 for hearing June 16. ——— PLANE LEAVES ISLAND. Brazilian Transatlantic Ship Re- sumes Flight. PERNAMBUCO, Brazil, May 14 (@), —The Brazilian transatlantic plane Jahu, commanded by Joas de Bartos; left the Island of Fernando de No- ronha, off the Brazillan coast, today for Natal, on the mainland. The plane was towed to the island on April 28, after falling into the sea while on a hop from Cape Verde Is- lands to Brazil. Resumption of the V| sketeh by Bdward M. Saunders and Chayles K. Hall, & news. ol flight was delayed while new propel- sbipped to. the FEDERAL BUILDING IDEALS QUTLINED [Charles Moore, in Banquet Address, Says Program Calls for Greatest Artists. The Government building program is going to call for the greatest works of artists, Charles Moore, chairman of the Fine Arts Commission, told the American Institute of Architects at its annual banquet last night in the auditorium of the United States Cham- ber of Commerce Building. It will call for architects and sculptors and mural painters, he said, to continue the his- tory of this country in pictures. He told them to remember, however, that this is the Capital of the United States, and that nothing can be too good, too fine or too large. Unless they can have the biggest and fin: plan here the people of America w not have it, continued Mr. Moore. The expense is not too great. Tells of Difficulties Faced. Mr. Moore went into the history of the various commissions that have made plans for Washington, and told of some of the difficulties faced by the Fine Arts Commission in its work. He pointed out that art in this country really got'its start at the Chicago World's Fair, and what the artists had done there for a season they would be expected to do here forever during the course of the Government's build- ing prograni. George B. McClelland, former mayor of New York, praised the work of the American Institute of Architects and said that they had aided him, while mayor, to save the quarter of a billion- dollar building . program from ‘“the blight of the engineer.” C. Grant La Farge, chairm.n of the committee on allied arts, also spoke. Milton B. Medary, jr., of Philadelphia presided. Award of Medals. e craftsmanship medal was award- el to Frank J. Holmes, the fine arts medal to Lee Lawrie and the insti- tute's gold medal, awarded to Howard Van Doren Shaw who died last year, was presented to Mrs. Shaw. The following results of the election were announced at the banquet: Mil- ton B. Medary, jr., of Philadelphia, re- elected president; Willlam Emerson of Boston, first vice president; C. Herrick Hammond of Chicago, second vice president; Frank C. Baldwin of this city, secretary, and Edwin Bergstrom of Los Angeles, treasurer and director. The following were elected to the board of directors: Willlam H. Lord of Asheville, N. C.; Olle J. Lorehn of Houston, Tex., and Myron Hunt of Los Angeles. — iy HEALTH OFFIGERS HOLD CONVENTION Reports on Various Tonicsi Will Be Submitted This Afternoon. _Health officers throughout the United States and Canada gathered today in the boardroom of the District Building for the forty-second annual meeting of the Conference of State and Provincial Health Authorities of North America. At the opening of the meeting two eminent health authorities were by unanimous acclamation elected to hon- orary life membership in the confer- ence—Dr. Thomas Crowder of Chi- cago, Pullman Company sanitarian, who has never missed a meeting in the past 22 years, and Dr. John Fer- rell of New York, United States repre- sentative on the International Health Board, who has attended for 13 con- secutive years. In the absence of the president, Dr. R. M. Olin of Michigan, Dr. Don M. Griswold of Towa, vice president, pre- sided and announced that the presi- dent’s address would be delivered by him in person or read Monday, the second and final day of the meeting. With those present at the meeting this morning were Surg. Gen. Hugh S. Cumming, United States Public Health Service; Assistant Surg. Gen. W. F. Draper, District Health Officer Wil- liam C. Fowler; Dr. M. R. Bow, deputy minister of public health of Alberta; Dr. A. C. Jost, provincial health offi- cer of Nova Scotia; Dr. Maurice M. Seymour, deputy minister of public health of Saskatchewan; Col. W. P. Chamberlain, chairman, board of health, Canal Zone, and Dr. ¥. E. Trot- ter, president, territorial board of health, Hawaii, The program this afternoon called for the following reports: Communica- ble disease practice, school hygiene, child hygiene, full-time county health units, social diseases, relations be- tween medical men and health officers, medical service, public health nursing, laboratory service and tropical and subtropical public health. The matters discussed this morning included court deciions on pasteuriza- tion, scarlet fever immunization, Malta fever and contaglous abortion and milk. The morbidity reports scheduled for today have been post- poned until Monday. The delegates will meet tonight at 8 o’clock to con- fer on interstate and provincial rela- tions. e “Y” HOLDS MEETING. A review of the past activities and a program of work for the future are recelving the attention of local of- ficials of the Young Men’s Christian Association at their annual meeting this afternoon at Camp Letts, near Chesapeake Bay. Thirty staff officers and department heads left headquarters of the Y. M. C. A. at 1736 G street shortly before noon in automobiles to attend the combined meeting and outing. An inspection of the camp, operated by M. C. A, as a Summer 1s included on the program Y. Willlam Knowles Coopu-.;feunl secretary, and other officers will read their annual reports, Policies and activities for the eng resort | exert a modify! MAY 14, 19217. AGTRESS EXPLAIN KELLY LOVE NOTES Dorothy Mackaye Testifies as Prosecution Witness in Murder Trial. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, May 14.—Love fires of the Dorothy Mackaye-Ray Raymond-Paul Kelly triangle today were left to smoulder in the records of Kelly’s murder trial over the week end, while the defense awaited the next session of court to “explain.” Miss Mackaye, actress widow of Raymond, testifying as an unwilling witness for the prosecution yesterday, left a strange story of errant affec- tions incomplete as she told of circum- stances leading up to the first fight between Raymond, her song and dance husband, and Kelly, young film acter. The State charges the fist fight :aused Raymond's death. After reading to the jury and in- ting where necessary love let- and alfectionately phrased tele- which revealed the passion that existed -between the actress and the film man, Miss Mackaye struck at the reputation of her husband by branding- him as a drunkard and a wife beater, Several times under cross-examin: tion by Kelly's attorney, W. L Gi bert, as she told of her husband’s “hangovers,” she joined in the laugh- ter of the audience. Frequently she smiled. a- Voice of Raymond. The voice of Raymond was heard in the trial, when the prosecutor read what it termed its “trump card,” a telegram from the actor, on the road with his show, to his wife, replying to one in which she had asked for a loan of $200. Accompanying the message was a money transfer order sending $200 to Miss Mackaye. The telegram had been sent April 3, 13 days prior to the fist-fight between the actors. The other letters and telegrams, which revealed the love of Kelly for the actress, were introduced in a less one-sided form, telegrams from Miss Mackaye to the film actor also beinz given Kelly’'s missives were filled with terms of endearmient and occasional passages in a schoolboy code which Miss Mackaye translated, in which he spoke of her as “My Wife” “My Brat Face, My Wife,” “I. Mr. P. M. K.” became the “Ele- gant Mr. and Mrs. Paul Michael Kelly when translated by Miss Mackay She said she and Kelly had spoken ;)f marriage, but usually merely in un. Warning From Judge. With the cross-examination sched- uled to continue Monday, thea actress, her attorneys said, will be given fur- ther opportunity to tell her side of the story. But the State also has more ammunition. It announced an- other batch of telegrams between "Miss Mackaye and Kelly were on their way here from San Francisco and will be offered as avidence. A heated exchange between attor- neys brought a warning of jail sen- tences if they did not cease what the judge termed their “nonsense.” Court attaches today estimated that the trial would continue_throughout next week. Teno Yobu, Kelly’s Jap- anese houseboy, .'also known as “Jungle,” is expected to follow Miss Mackaye as a witness.. The prosecut- inz atforneys haye announced that he will testify that Miss Mackaye re- mained all night at the film actor’s apartment on several occasions, sup- porting the previous testimony of the actress” negro maid, Charlotte Lee. SAYS SHE'S RAYMOND'S WIFE. | —— New York Actress Quoted as Holding Dorothy Mackaye False. NEW YORK, May 14 (#).—The New York American today quotes Florence Bain Raymond, New York dctress, as saying she is the wife of Ray Ray- mond, slain actor, and that he and Dorothy Mackaye, who claims to be his widow, were never legally married. Florence Bain Raymond, the Amer- ican says. claims she was married to the actor in Newark, N. J., January 8, 1909, and was never divorced. Miss Mackaye testified in the Kelly trial that she and Raymond were mar- ried in “Gretna Green,” Md., August 1, 1921, There is no town so named in Maryland. The New York actress has retained Nathan Lieberman as her attorney and_expressed willingness to testify at Kelly's trial and also at that of Miss Mackaye, who is accused of con- cealing facts concerning the killing of her husband. SECRECY SHROUDS BALKAN COUNGI Foreign Ministers Withhold News of Parley on Fate of Little Entente. BY EUGENE CRAWFORD. By Cable to The Star and the Chicago Daily News.. Copyright, 1027. VIENNA, May 14.—The foreign ministers of Czechoslovakia, Rumania and Jugoslavia, now meeting at Joachimsthal to decide the fate of the little entente, are keeping coni- plete secrecy regarding the trend of their deliberations. The importance of the conference is such that about 70 nmewspaper men have assembled to follow the proceed- ings. They have been obliged to con- tent themselves thus far, however, with uninformative communiques and evasive answers to questions. Facing Greatest Crisis. Their reports to their respective pa- pers, therefore, consist largely of con- jecture. : One thing on which all agree is that the little entente is facing the greatest crisis since it' was founded seven years ago. All further assert that the three statesmen hold in their hands the greatest possibility for in- suring peace, which a group of states- men representing such small powers r had. ev;t is believed that the entente will adopt & more liberal attitude toward Hungary. The alleged Italian men- ace in the Balkans will be ignored seemingly, and each country will be left free to solve the problem of Rus- sian relations as it pleases. Rapprochment Step Seen. But it is believed Jugoslavia will take at least preliminary steps toward a rapprochment with Russia, in order to persuade Great Britain to luence on Musso- licy, for it is known sires to keep Russia ly, 80 far as possible. political observ- a Balkan Monroe lini’s Balkan Great Britals 1solated W French President Thanks Coolidge ForU.S. Sympathy By the Associated Press. PARIS, May 14.—President Dou- mergue has cabled President Cool: idge expressing deepest appres tion, both on his own behalf and that of the French people, for Mr. Coolidge’s message of sympathy over the disappearance of the trans- atlantic flyers Nungesser and Coli. The French people, M. Dou- | mergue said, were deeply touched by the American admiration for the heroic attempt of ‘Nungesser and Coli, and America’s whole- hearted aid in the search them. for Cruelty and Misconduct Are Charged to Dapghter of British Nobility. By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, May 14.—An interna- | tional divorce case Involving the daughter of Sir James and Lady Beattie of St. Andrews, Scotland, and London, and her American-born hus- band, Capt. Harold Spencer, became with the filing of a Su- preme Court motion for a change of venue from Wisconsin to this ¢ 1| e against the former Miss Isabella Beattie, al- leging cruel and inhuman treatment and misconduct with William Mae- Queen. MacQueen lately resided in Valparaiso, Chile, and is a former lieu- tenant of the Royal Field Artiller: and at one time was in the British Army intelligence service. Termed Boy Bridegroom.” Spencer filed his suit in Appleton, Wis., his boyhood home, in April. His wife's attorney yesterday filed a mo- tion in Supreme Court here to enjoin her husband from prosecuting his ac- tion in Wisconsin, on the ground that Capt. and Mrs. Spencer are residents of New York State, Spencer was known 15 years ago as the “boy bridegroom™ of the previous- ly thrice-married Mrs. Amanda Cham- bers-Lloyd-Perry-Ballantine, 42-year- old widow of George Ballantine, fa- mous sportsman. Spencer had just resigned from the Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1911 and was en route to Europe when he met Mrs. Ballantine, who was his first wife. They were married in Cairo, Egypt, about a month after their meeting. Spencer gained wide pub- licity as a resuit of a quarrel in a New York hotel on their return to this country, in which, it was report- ed, he bombarded his wife with crul- lers. A reconclliation followed, but later they were divorced. Married in London. _ Spencer ‘and his second' wife, the former Miss Beattie, were married in London April 18, 1918. He alleges in his complaint against her that on his wedding anniversary last month he returned from a trip abroad and found his wife entertaining MacQueen in their Fifth avenue apartment. He says Mrs. Spencer and MacQueen had spent the previous four or five days there. The New York World says Spencer told a representative of that news- paper that his wife and MacQueen re- fused to leaye the apartment on his orders, and continued to reside there for several days. Spencer said he took up other quar- ters, and only regained his apartment when he changed the locks on the doors while Mrs. Spencer and Mac- Queen were absent. He then went to Appleton and made his application for divpree. PERMIT IS SOUGHT FOR POWER PROJECT ON POTOMAC RIVER (Continued from First Page.) “it is not economical to develop the power of the Great Falls merely to supply the small public demand in the District of Columbia, and sound policy in the use of a continuing natural re- source, such as water power, and in the conservation of an exhaustible one, such as coal, dictates the utmost possible employment of the water power. “The District engineer makes this clear, but the board believes that even greater stress should be laid upon this point to the extent of insisting that to the requirement at reasonable fig- ures of all needed property, and prop- erts rights, as an indispensible pre- requisite to the development of any water power, there should be joined the further advance requirement of a defininite, legally enforceable contract between the public utility interests of the District of, Columbia and the li- cense for the water power, binding the former to receive and the latter to deliver all available water power that can be used in place of steam power. Costs Estimated. “On the assumption that these steps will be taken and thereby the founda- tion of a success laid, we concur in the conclusion that, under plans simi- lar to those above reviewed, hydro- electric energy may be generated at and near Great Falls and delivered at substations in Washington at total costs varying between5.6 to T mills, and that even the larger figure will, in view of the present and prob- able future cost of coal, prove advan- tageous to the public, whose obliga- tion to pay rates that will be re- munerative to the public utility com- panies justifies every reasonable measure to enable it to escape the consequences of the advancing tend- ency of the costs of labor and fuel. “If water power is developed it should be regarded as the base supply, to be supplemented only by such steam as is needed, the water power to be increased from time to time as the base load grows. would involve progressive construc- tion of the works described by the District engineer, beginning at Chain Bridge and proceeding upstream. Reservoirs should be developed as needed, the cheapest—that on the Great Cacapon—first.” Mr. Tyler points out that assuming an output equal to the 23 years' a erage, the total annual cost of gen- eral power from the Chain Bridge and Great Falls dams combined will be $3,515,000, or 5.9 mills per kilowatt hour, delivered at the main substa- tions in Washington. HAROLD SPENCER SUES FOR DIVORCE MRS. SNYDER PLANS FIGHT; GRAY CALM Slayers Take Sentence Dif- ferently—Judge Quoted as Against Death Penalty. By the Associated Press. YORK, May 14.—The sen of death hanging over th heads of Mrs. Ruth Brown Snyd: and Henry Judd Gray, have affected them in led ray, perusing his Bible in jail in Long Island City, sees himself “one o the best examples of what whisky wd sin will ultimately lead on * He is described as resigned t doom. Snyder, the Queens Vil nd s prepare e death sentence. Townsend Scudder, who ir » sentences on Mrs. Snyd.r and . today was quoted by New York American as opp the death penalty in general. Questions Good in Executions. What good,” he was quoted asking in an interview, “will res from sending these people to tl chair? Would it not be better to con fine then to an institution where the may engage in profitable work “It is true I am opposed to capitul | punishment in any form, but, it the wisdom believe of the people demand it, I the execution should folioy sely the verdict.” ture of himself as a “best was sketched in a mote he addressed “to the public.” The not I wish to tike t opportun | of thanking the many kind Christians from all over the country who took time to pray for me and to send me letters of sympathy and literature of faith. Would that I had time to a1 swer each one. But your efforts have not been in vain, for I have been saved. Points Evil of Liquor. “May the day come when people will clamor and fight to enter into churches to hear God's word as they did to enter this building to hear such sordid words of shame and sin. Would that every man and woman who is not living in keeping with the com mandments take heed from this case and turn to God for forgiveness. “L am one of the best examples of what whisky, lust and sin will ulti- mately lead one into. “I have seen so many pitiful cases here as an inmate of this institution as to what liquor and improper rela- tions will exact in payment that it makes me more than anxious to help my fellow men see the light of God as their own salvation.” Mrs. Snyder, Gray testified, does not “believe in God.” Gray and Mrs. Snyder began today arranging for their trip Monday to Sing Sing's death house. They are under sentence to be electrocuted the week of June 20. RHODE ISLAND PERMITS FIRST CHINESE DIVORCE Wife Testifies Husband Kept His Relatives in Constant At- tendance on Her. Special Dispatch to The Star. PROVIDENCE, R. I, May 14.—The first Chinese marriage ever dissolved in Rhode Island courts came to an end in Judge Hugh B. Baker's room in Superior Court when Gooklen Yee Chin was awarded a divorce from Chin Jam Wong. Mrs. Chin testified that after their marriage the couple went to a hotel in Boston, where they remained two days, accompanied by her husband's sister, who was allowed by the bride- groom to remain in the room with the couple despite protestations by the bride. On their return they went to live in his parents’ cottage. From the time of the marriage until she left her husband last “September she was not allowed to leave the house without a member of her husband's family in attendance, she testified. On one occasion she visited her parents for a brief 5 minutes, but even then = sister-in-law escorted her there and back and remained in the room while she talked with her father. CAPTURE THREE PRIZES. Advocates of D. C. National Repre- sentation Win in Debate Advocates of national representation for the people of the District in Con- gress and in the electoral college won all three prizes in a debate on that question at the Knights of Columbus Evening School last night. The con- testants had the option of choosing their side of the argument, and all but one debater tooxk the affirmative. John R. Fitzpatrick and Emmett Jones were tied for first place, and the first two cash prizes were divided. The third prize went to Frederick Roy. The prizes totaled $50 and were do- nated by John J. Noonan. The judges were Charles W. Darr, State deputy of the Knights of Columbus; Rev. Francis Cavanaugh, State chaplain, and Frederick J. De Sloovere, pro- fessor at Georgetown Law School. BRIDE WON BY PHONE. Special Dispatch to The Star. SAVANNAH, Ga., May 14.-—Stran- gers, except for an introduction over the telephone through a girl friend. Moulton Avery .. ifer, jr., of Spar- tanhurg, S. C., and Miss Stella Mo- :ilml of Savannah were married next ay. Young Phifer came to Savannah, but Miss Molina did not see him until night. So impressed was she that they went to Ridgeland, C., Savannah’s newest Gretna Green, and were mar- ried by an obliging justice of the peace at 1 o'clock in th morning. Later the same day they were married according to the rites of the Protest- ant Episcopal Church, of which the bride-is a communicant. Mr. Phifer is a son of Mr. and Mr: This { M. A. Phifer of Spartanburg, and is with his father in the coal business. —— BLAST TRAPS 8 MINERS. WELCH, West Va., May 14 (#).— Eight miners, trapped by an explosion in the Shannon Branch Mine of the Central Pocahontas Coal Co., near here late last night, "vere believed to have been killed. A second blast occurred early today, while company officials and State in- spectors were in the workings. They For the, Great Falls dam alone those figures will be $1,950,000 or 6.7 mills, and for the Chain Bridge :dam alone 1,570,000, or 5.6 mills, ‘The cost per kilowatt hour is com- puted on the assumption of a 10 per cent loss in transmission between the switchboard and the Washington sub- stations. Huge Record in: Ford Case. DETROIT, May 14.—M 26,000 photosts pi Riicad g an escaped uninjured. oy b