Evening Star Newspaper, September 24, 1927, Page 5

fiole!!sy and Absolute Hon- esty Gave Germany Con- fldence of America. A | : BY DAVID LAWRENCE. | Bhiogles on the death of the Ger- | 4ma8 Ambassador, Baron von Maltzan indfcate more eloquently than any- thing else the changed attitude of the Unfted States toward Germany in‘the 10 years that have elapsed since the outbreak of war. The German Ambassador came here in an atmosphere which had by no means been cleared of the feeling of | suspicion and resentment engendered by Count von Bernstorfl. The Ger- man embassy, which had since the veutrality davs been as ostracized, was not a place to which official Washington relished invitations. Bar- >n von Maltzan knew that the basis of the fll-feeling was not so much war hate as lack of confidence. Wash- fngton had mistrusted the German embassy of 1914, and had come to look upon_the tri of its military and naval attaches as an abuse of neutral- ity which the exigencies of war did not excuse. Won Absolute Confidence. The baron was not the first Ambas- #ador to follow the resumption of dip- lomatic relations, but he made the greatest strides toward healing the old sores. His method was simple— he opened his home to the officials and diplomats of Washington and his per- sonality was such that all memory of the ar rce and superiority comple which had characterized the embassy n 1914 was erased. Yet Baron von Maltzan in no sense | cringed or toadied to Americans. He was courteous to everybody and was as careful a diplomat as official Wash- ington has ever had. But even this would not have been sufficient to win him the place he occupied when he died. He had achieved something which few diplomats accomplish—he had the absolute confidence of the American Government. Followed Formula of Honesty. To win confidence, Baron von Malt- gan followed a formula of honesty and straight forward dealing. If he gave his word on behalf of his govern- ment it was kept. Nobody doubted for & moment that the Berlin government was behind him. But, best of all, the German _ government demonstrated time and time again that its word could be relied upon. Slowly but surely America regained her faith in y, due to the skill h Baron von Maltzan con- ducted the diplomatic relations here, the Germans stand on an equality with all other nations in so far as the value of a plighted word is concerned. All this has happened in 10 years. ‘War hate is no longer manifest and official Washington accepted Germany in her former place as a great power Jong before the League of Nations ve Germany a permanent seat on council at Geneva. To the person- Ability of Baron von Maltzan, his good judgment, his tact and his honesty may this good result be attributed. As Secretary of State Kellogg said in his eulogy, Baron von Maltzan's place will be hard to fill. (Covyright, 1027.) DEATH OF MALTZAN RAISES DIPLOMATIC PROBLEM IN BERLIN (Continued from First Page.) cheated and lied te me throughout my Bnren Maltzan feplied: “I beg par- don, but as far as I am concerned, 1 do not deserve this reproach. May 1 respectfully remind you of the ob- servations I made to you in 1914 on my return from Peking, when I point- ed out Germany's wrong policy in Xastern Asia? Furthermore, it was I who, as representative of the foreign office on-Germany’s Eastern front,as early as the Summer of 1917, at Viina, pointed out the necessity of a separate peace with Russia.” The former Kaiser reflected for sev- eral minutes on these words and then shook hands with the baron, saying: *Come with me into my study—you are to have my renunciation.” task ol restoring harmony between the two peoples which the dead Ambassa- dor had set out to accomplish. Claudel Conveys Sympathy. The first to convey his condolences to the German embassy yesterday was Paul Claudel, the French Ambassador, who called in person and asked that his expression of sympathy be for- warded to Baroness Von Maltzan and the German government. During the day a telegram of sym- pathy was_received at the embassy from Sir Esme Howard, the British Ambassador, who is at his Summer home at Manchester, Mass. MINISTER IS DROPPED BY OREGON METHODISTS Rev. Guy Fitch Phelps, Lec.arer and Author, Accused of Improp- erly Talking to Officials. By the Assoclated Press. SALEM, Ore., September 24. Guy Fitch Phelps, lecturer, author and minister, was officially read out of the Methodist Episcopal ministry by a_resolution which unanimously passed the Oregon Annual Conference Rev. The differences between the church and Phelps were declared to have Dbeen brought on by alleged improper remarks made to church officials. Phelps has been a resident of Salem for several years. He made a trip to Russia two years ago, where he studied communism in its working order. Since his return he has made numerous lectures on conditions theze. NORMA SHEARER TO WED. Film Star Will Marry Irvirg Thal- berg, Director. LOS ANGELES, September 24 (®). —Norma Shearer, film star, and Irv- ing Thalberg, director, will be mar- sied at Thalberg's Santa Monica home next Thursday evening, the actress’ mother announced today. ? The couple applied for a marriage license yesterday, giving Miss Shearer's age at 23 and Thalberg’s as 28, but refusing to say where or when the wedding would be held. Louis B. Mayer, executive of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, where both are employed, will act as best man, and Douglas Shearer, brother of the bride, will give her away. sliallaiiyos o it Students to Receive Medals. Speci 1 Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., September 24— Good_citizenship medals of the Na- tional Society of the Sons of the Amer- ican Revolution will be awarded lead- ing students of 10 county high schools and the Maryland School for the Deaf here this year, officials of Sergt. Law- rence Everhart Chapter of the S. A. R. announced. Winners will be judged on their personal conduct, scholar- ship, patriotism and obedience. T, Augustus F. Moulton, 73, has do- nated $175,000 for a union building at Bowdoin. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGT! IRON HORSE FARR OPENED BY 15,000 Maryland Governor and Daniel Willard to Speak. Pageant Feature. Special Dispateh to BALTIMORE, Md. More than 15,000 sp | hand at Halethorpe at morning for the formal opening of the Iron Horse Fair, celebrating 100 years of railroad transportation iov. Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland and Daniel \Willard, president of the | Baltimore & Ohio Iroad, were sche ak at 1:15 o'clock, and apa wing the developments of with models and relics f rts of the United ates, nd England, was adin start at 2 o'cloc hour the crowd was expected to h 40,000. Arrangements have been handle 50,000 visitors a_day, special trains running to Halethorpe every few minutes from Camden S:wtion. Halethorpe is 7 sniles from here. The pageant personnel numbers 500, 10 o'clock this made to foot tribe. head when the proc HISTORY IN VIVID LINES. Airplanes will buzz over- ion starts. Modes of Transportation From Most Primitive to Date Shown. BALTIMORE, September 24 (#).— Within the spacious Halethorpe oval, seven miles from here, the history of man’s effort nquer space are vividly exhibits which outline the hi of Ameri From the primitive Indian *t to the modern giants of the rail important development has In the great Hall of Tran: at the center of the oval, s deyelopments, such as the air ¢ ‘bridge constr tual specimens, or elaborately constructed models. The exhibition includes as an out- standing feature a pageant tracing transportation from its crudest begin- nings to the present. In sharp con trast, huge locomotives, some of them pulling trains of luxurious Pullman coaches, follow the Conestoga wagon prairie schooner and representations of canal boats of pre-Civil War days in a five-mile-long parade. Quaint wood-burnihg engines with | balloon smokestacks, puffing along un- der their own steam, draw gayl painted coaches in which the “great- grandparents” of present-day America King George V, an English locomo- tive, resplendent 'in dark-green paint and shining brass, has its place in line with the 95 1d Atlantic and a replica of famous “Tom Thumb.” Engine No. 6100 of the Canadian National Railways, the largest in the and this includes Indians of the Black- |2 British Empire, is In striking contrast with the upright boilers and scalloped smokestacks of ancient relics of rail- roading. The exhibition, which will be open for two weeks, also takes into account allied services of the telephone, tele- graph, postal service and steamship lines. Even the evolution of the bag- gage cReck is on exhibit, as is the de- velopment of baggage. ACCUSED SLAYER YER CALMLY HEARS CASE OUTLINED Youth Charged in Court With Mur- dering Grain Merchant Insists Killing Was Justified. By the Associated Press. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., ber 24.—Outwardly calm parently unperturbed, Arthur Peter- son, youthful slayer of Samuel A. Rudd, aged grain merchant, today listened to instructions to the jury and recitation of the various penai- ties the law inflicts for first and sec- ond degree murder and manslaughter. He had maintained throughout the trial that he killed the merchant in a fight that followed a revolting pro- posal (o him Argument was expected pleted today and the case given to the v tonight. The State's announced that the; © the extreme penalty for t-degree murder, while defense counsel was expected to contend that manslaughter verdict should be re- turned Pettorson’s testimony as to ths kill- ing was in contrast with that of Con- v Donaldson, held as an accessory before the fact, who testified that robbery was the motive for the killing. Alienitss introduced to testify as to prenatal influences on Peterson that would have made him unable to resist impulses, also differed- as to the emo- tional stability of the youth. LIMITED DIVORCE ASKED. Mrs. Henrietta R. Nutt Charges Husband With Cruelty. Rolland L. Nutt, an attorney, 201 McLachlen Building, yesterday was med defendant in a suit for limited orce flied in the District Supreme Court hy Mrs. Henr 9 Fourteenth street noi Through Clifford E. Septem- and_ ap- 0 be com- heast. Attorneys Harry A. and Grant the wife charges cruelty. The couple were married in this city December 27, 1917, and have two children. —_— Engine Victim Loses Arm. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., September 24.— Lewis H. Everhart, 50 years old, a resident of Knoxville. this county, was truck by a shifting train in the Brunswick rallroad yards last night. His left arm was amputated at the hospital here. It is thought he will survive. PR Miss Evelyn W. Smith is the founder and president of the largest big tree nursery in the world. It comprises 700 acres. THE WALNUT ROOM PRESENTS 2 2R D eq glitters with gold . wraps (\\‘\0\ \ “_e\' \“q “\ode HE magnificent eve- ning mode sparkles with crystals and . and brilliant itself in color, metallic cloths and lame. From whatever | $10,000 to the National Shrine of th | be tia Rogers Nutt, | URDAY, SEP IRISH WOMEN GIVE $10.000 0 SHRINE Presentation to Be Made for Erection of Altar to St. Brigid of Ireland. The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, an organizatiol of 60,000 Catholic women, will gv Immaculate Conception at Catholi University for the erection of an altar in the crypt in honor of St. Brigid of Ireland. The presentation will be made to Right Rev. Bishop Thomas J. Shahan, rector of Catholic University, on the campus_at 3 o'clock this after- noon. The presentation address will made by Mrs. Mary Horan, tional president of the auxiliary. The exercises were preceded celebration of solemn high mas: the crypt of the shrine at 10 o'c this “morning, following Bishop Shahan’ preached a s Large delegations af the auxilis to Washington from various invited to the exeroises at the uni. versity. The exere!s quet at the Raleigh Hotel at 7 this cvening, at which the ers will be Bishop Shahan, Horan, Mrs. Ellen Ryan Jolly of Pav tucket, R. L: Rev. Dr. Bernard Mc- Kenna, director of the shrine, and P. J. Haltigan, national director of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. The local members of the auxil headed by Miss Julia Linskey, t president, are assisting the na- tional officers in every way possible, and a committee from the Ancient Order of Hibernians, headed by Joseph A. Daly, district president, is also co- operating actively in perfecting the details. will close with a ban- o'clock . Spotlight. From the Mesa (Ariz.) Journal-Tribune, There are just two kinds of people in this world. One kind is trying to get free advertising into the newspa- pers. I can’t think of the other kind just now. —————————Te |WANTS HEADQUARTERS OF WAR MOTHERS HERE Washington Chapter Delegation to Present Invitation to National Convention. Instructs An attempt to have the national headquarters of the American War \Iuml '8 brought to this city will be ade by the delegates from the Washington Chapter to the national convention to be held in Milwaukee from September 27 to October 1, at a meeting in the Hamilton Hotel last night. ~The executive committee of the ional organization has aiready ipproved the plan and it only re- mains for the convention to ratity it. . Martha C. O'Neill left for the convention ~ yesterday and Mrs. Eleanor C. Wagner, the president, ind Mrs. Matilda Stevens will leave this evening. The other local dele- gates, Mrs. Mary T. Shanahan, Mrs. Olive Carpenter and Mrs. Emil Wal- ter, will entrain for Milwaukee to- morrow. The meeting last night passed a resolution urging the enactment of legislation which would place dis- abled emergency officers on the same footing as to pay as disabled officers of the Regular Army. WAGE SCALE ADOPTED. Norfolk Longshoremep Agres oo ! Compromise Raise. NORFOLK, Va. September 24 (#). ‘The compromised wage scale, grant- ing an increase of 5 cents an hour for day work and 10 cents an hour for night work for longshoremen, was adopted at a meeting of the Norfolk Longshoremen’s Union here last night. Under the new scale, longshoremen vill receive 80 cents an hour instead of 75 cents for day work and $1.20 in- stead of $1.10 an hour for night work. OIL BURNER EIRMS MERGE Aetna and Nokol Concerns An- nounce Consolidation. CHICAGO, September 24 (#).— M er of the Aetna Automatic Oil Inc., of Providence, R. I, and the American Nokol Co. of hicago has been announced by Morgan J Hammers, president of the Nokol Co, and_John Scheminger, president of the Eastern concern, who will become Burner, a vice president of the merged or- URGES PIPE UNDER CREEK Fine Arts Body Makes Recom- mendation on New Bridge. A recommendation that the 48-inch water pipe across Rock Creek at M street be placed under the creek in- stead of immediately under the pro- posed new bridge was made to the District Commissioners yesterday by the Commission of Fine Arts. The preliminary design for the bridge as drawn by Municipal Archi- tect Albert L. Harris was approved by the commission September 15. By placing the water pipe under the creek, the commission believes that the cost of the bridge proper may be reduced materially and that a lighter and more graceful design can be de- veloped. . Clohes make the man. In fact the averuge man owes a lot to his tallor. Shannon RITES FOR H. B. MILLARD. Irrigation Projects Promoter Founded Preparatory School. Funeral services for Homer B. Mij- lard, sr.. 68 years old. who died at his residence, 1918 N street, Thurs- day after a short illness,. were con- ducted at the chapel of J. William Lee's Sons, 332 Pennsylvania avenue, this afternoon. Elmer Baldwin, firs. reader of the First Church of Christ Scientist, officiated. Interment wa private. Mr. lard was one of the founders of the West Point Preparatory School here and had been employed in the office of Senator Tasker L. Oddie of Nevada. For many years he was en- gaged tn tns promorion €f ITrisRLe projects in Oregon. in which Stata be had large timber holdings. He was a member of the Masons in Oregon & Luchs I!\C. Announce Tkar John A. O Brlen E. Whyland Schaffer Have Become Affliated With J Busmess Their Property Departm ent —Dignified —Elegant —Fashion-right Black — the smartest of all colors for Fall —{s chosen by Fashionables for its sophistication and distinction. 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