Evening Star Newspaper, October 25, 1927, Page 13

UNCLE SAM'S SHIPS PREPARE FOR ANNUAL NAVY DAY. While Washingtonians will not have an opportunity to visit one of Uncle Sam’s big fighting ships like the U. S. S. Texas, h practice, on Navy day this Thursday, a destroyer will welcome visitors aboard at tl Navy Yard and there will be much else of interest there. All parts of the yard, including the gun factory, will be open to visitors. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. THRILLS ONLOOKERS IN NEW PLANE STUNT. Fritz Raab, Ger- man stunt flyer, “‘got away” with this one the other day at Templiner. Although the motor boat “Ill lasl.bl:le Inl‘({w l;lllly to (.t“l:udg;?( 'i‘l.' :Ilda:: ly slow t rmit Raab to land safely on ck froi I"!(:;:“lsll’lfl:::“ o l)e. i Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. AQUAPLANE EXPERT HANGS UP ANOTHER ENDURANCE RECORD. After riding the swaying board all_night, Elmer Peck, California’s outstanding performer on the aquaplane, welcomes a steaming cup of coffee as part of the breakfast he holds on his knees. Peck broke all records by staying on the swiftly towed board for a 24-hour non-stop ride. The motor boat which pulled him also established something of a towing record. Wide World Photos. THIS HAZARDOUS COURSE SUGGESTS A GOLFER'S NIGHTMARE. OId pipe, brick bunkers and other novel obstacles have been strewn around to make this tricky little front-yard golf course of a gas company at Hell Gate, N. Y., look like a Chinese puzzle. But the nine-hole course can be played—it’s fair if the ball rolls through the pipes—and employes of the company say it’'s guaranteed to improve your game. Copyright by P. & A. Photos, OLD FLIVVERS RACE AT MILE-A-MINUTE CLIP. The start of the historic race of Drake University collegiate flivvers the other day over the 60-mile stretch from Drake Stadium to Grinnell Stadium. Of the 22 flivvers entered, several were reported to have made the distance in less than an hour. Copyright by Associated Press Photo. ARMS PACT ASKED | MOROCGANS HOLD PRIMA DONNA IS TROTTING DEVOTEE. Grete Stuckgold, the Ger- man operatic soprano, who will be heard at the Metropolitan Opera House this season, maintains a stable of trotting horses. She is shown here at the reins behind one of her own trotters on the ;l"ndrf in Ig‘erlhl. erbert Photos. NEW SEIZURE PLAN |GOVERNOR PROBING FORLIQUOR URGED . W. W_MINE STRIKE Camp Wants Confiscation of All. Contraband Without Court Action First. By ths Associated Press. Revision of customs regulations to mpermit confiscation, without first ob- aining court action, of contraband iquors of any value has been sug- ested by Commissioner Earnest W. ‘Camp of the Customs Bureav to a fouse ways and means subcommittee. Yesterday he told the subcommittee hich. is inquiring into administration @f the customs service that existing Fegulations permitted confiscation Without court action only of property 3ot in_excess of $1,000 in value and rgued that, regarding liquors, this | ;mlutlun should be removed. May Modify Suggestions. Mr, Camp explained that his sug- jgestions had not been passed upon by he Treasury Department, which jmight see fit to modify them. " Another recommendation, while not yeferring specifically to prohibition ‘enforcement, would make it more diff cult to land liquors from rum-runners | by requiring all vessels leaving Ameri- | ican ports with trans-shipments to | obtain a manifest of their cargoes. | The commissioner also urged re- wision of the customs regulations to enable agents, in determining the {value of an imported article, when) no foreign, expoct or United States | ~alue could be ascertained, to appraise | !ghe article according to the value of ithat most nearly comparable. | Seen as Economic Plan This, it was explained by committee | Anembers, would eliminate the neces. | #ity of sending agents abroad to deter- mine production costs, a practice that | has caused some opposition from for- ‘nments. proposal would eliminate the requirement of authority for |!uw’ Secretary of the Treasury in demand ing access to the books of foreign porters in the event of a controve: and, should access be refused, to place | jen embargo against the exporter’s [products. Mr. Camp suggested the Becretary be given authority to crease the tariff duty by 50 per cent #n such cases. RADIO AS POLICEMAN. German Delegation at Parley Sug- gests International Service. By the Associated Press, Raci» as an international policeman | has been suggested by the German del- | egation to the International Radio | Conference here, which proposed that # wave be reserved for the exchange f criminal information among coun- ries. The Germans said that such a rec pmmendation_was made by the In- ternational Criminal Police Confer- ence at Amsterdam last July. MRS. MARSHALL FIELD ILL | PARIS, October 25 (#).—Mrs. Mar- | shall Field of Chicago, who hus been | 81l here, was said to have passed a bet- ter day by attendants at her hotel @partment today. Mrs. Field slept longer than usual, ut is still very weak, it was said, in- |4 Colorado Executive Person- ally Inquiring Into Walkout That Tied Up Coal Fields. By the Associated Press. DENV TR, Colo., October 25.—Gov. W. H. Adams today started a personal investigation the Colorado coal strike called by Industrial Workers of the World, which has tied up several flelds. Gov. Adams went directly to Walsen- bure, headquarters of the I. W. W. and center of the southern district, where the walkout cut production to about one-third of normal. Whether he would officially recognize the I. W, W. at a conference the organization imed he had granted was undecided. The governor denied he had granted the conference, but said his office was always open to any one. More Pickets on Duty. As the strike entered its eighth day I. W. W, leaders mustered more man nd woman pickets in an effort to close this area 25 mines have shut down and \ting in the Walsenburg district. In the area 25 mines have shut down and the remaining 15 have continued with only a small part of normal forces. Predictions that the rike would ! spread in the northern field were sup- ported with the announcement that 700 more miners voted to suspend work today. This would cripple coun- ty mines in_addition to the Boulder properties, idle since the walkout | started. Strike Organizers Make Boast. I. W. W. organizers declared that the strike was the most effective in the history of the State, despite the action of United Mine Workers in at- tempting to remain at work, Commissi ners of Huerfano County, in southern Colorado, who recently wgreed to handle the situation without State aid, threatened to ask Federal xamination of strikers with a view to deporting those unable to show citizen- Dercentage of the strikers oreign descent. Authorlties ate more than 40 per cent are icans. TREAT FOR VETERANS. “Chrysanthemum,” Japanese Op- | eretta, Tonight at Reed Hospital. “Chrysanthemum,” a Japanese op- eretta, which was given recently at the City Club, under the direction of Paul Bleyden, will be repeated at Wal- ter Reed Hospital tonight. Those in the cast include Helen V. Harper, Le- ona Anthony, Marguerite B. Venable, Margaret Morgan, Frances Fallon, Selma_S. Klein, Mary V. Doyle, Mil- dred Brashears, James A. Barr, Mae Harris Clarke, Anita Tilley, Margaret Hoover, FEvelyn Burns, Margaret Blount, Shuta Meyst, Jane Bates, Marifana Machen, Jane Lynn, Frances lotte N. Keefer, Margaret Ana Maria Sherwell, Chris- , Marian Hartley, Mildred Loretta Clark, Dorothy Audrey Stansell, Adelaide Shuler, Virginia Ludlow, Helen A. Ryan, Frances Sherer, Alice Sherer, Dorothy England and Anita V, Muel- Iy = 2 T - “pilot” above the wings. EVEN THE POTATOES HAVE HEARD ABOUT LINDBERGH'S FEAT. To prove it, W. E. Paiton dug up this freak from his potato patch at Pendleton, Oreg., the other day and immediately dubbed it the Spirit of St. Louls. The 17-inch potato plane is complete even to “wheels” and the Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. MRS. WYNNE SILENT ON WEDDING REPORT { Prominent Society Member Re- fuses to Discuss Talk of Marry- ing Bostonian After Divorce. Mrs. Nancy Hoyt Wynne, authoress and prominent member of Washington society, declined to discuss reports to- day that she will be married to Theo- dore Curtis of Boston, now with the Paris branch of the Guaranty Trust Co., soon after she receives the final decree of her Paris divorce from Ger- ald Wynne Wynne. Mrs, Wynne in- timated that she would have some announcement to make next week. Nancy Hoyt Wynne is the daugh- ter of the late Henry M. Hoyt, who was solicitor general in the Taft ad- ministration. Her mother was the daughter of the late Morton McMi- chael, once mayor of Philadelpbia, and her grandfather was Henry M. Hoyt, who was Governor of Pennsyl- var She was married in London a little over a year ago to Mr. Wynne Wynne and the two came to Washington last Autumn, both engaged in writing. After some months Nancy Hoyt re- turned to her mothers home and an- | nounced her intentions of seeking a divorce. Nancy Hoyt has written two novels, “Roundabout” and “Unkind Star, and a number of short stories, which have been published in magazines and She is a sister of Elinor widely known as poet and novelist. - BRITISH FLYERS ON WAY. Hydro-Airplane Squadron Hops Off From Naples. | NAPLES, Italy, October 25 (#).— The British squadron of four hydro- airplanes, now on a 25,000-mile flight to the Far East, took off from Naples today for Brindisi, the mext leg of their _Plymouth-to.Singapore Al The plln;‘ w;a‘ here several % ing overhau o John Martin Remembered on Birthday MISS MORSE DENIES As Many Notables Send Him Greetings| CHARGES OF MURDER John Martin, former member of the news staff of The Evening Star,. who for five years has been fighting to re- gain his health on a cot in a sani- tarium at Asheville, N. C., was greatly heartened in his grim struggle last week by the receipt of birthday mes- sages from many noted personages, including President Coolidge. With others who remembered that Mr. Martin would celebrate his forty- cond birthday anniversary last week were Vice President Dawes, Secretary of Agriculture Jardine, Assistant Sec- retary of War Davison, Gov. Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland, Walter Johnson and Isaac Gans, member of the Board of Education. John may be pardoned if he cher- ishes just a little higher than the oth- ers the letter from Mr. Gans, for when it came it meant the continued fulfillment of a man's word to his friend. When Martin reluctantly laid ideshis note paper and pencil six vears ago to begin his battle against failing health at Asheville, Mr. Gans. then president of the Washington SETTLEMENT LOOMS. Julian 0il Firm Seeks to Dissolve Receivership. SAN FRANCISCO, October 25 (#). —The Examiner today says a settle- ment of the financial difficulties of the Julian Petroleum Corporation, which crashed several months ago because of a $100,000,000 overissue in its capi- tal stock, is being worked out and that it is hoped to dissolve the receiver- ship within 45 days. Quoting S. C. Lewis, president of the concern, who is under indictment in connection with its failure, and who has been taking a leading part in the rehabilitation negotiations, the Ex- aminer says the refinancing plan in- volves the floating of a $10,000,000 'bond, issue and a $2,500,000 bank loan on the concern’s assets, which are believed to be worth $30,000,000 to 340,000,000, ___ . ity Chamber of Commerce, made him a promise to write at regular intervals and detail the current doings of Capi- tal folk whom John knew. Others might have accepted the mer- chant's promise with a smile, seasoned with the usual grain of salt. Mr. Gans is a busy man, not alone as head of a large department store, but is an un- tiring worker in civic affairs of the Na- tional Capital. But John Martin knew that Isaac Gans would not fail, and through the years the letters have | come regularly, to cheer the bed-ridden journalist in his fight. Dispatches from Asheville state that Martin seems prouder of the latest letter from Mr. Gans than of any of the others, for all of which, however, he_was profoundly grateful, John Martin was a familiar figure in the newspaper world here, covering politics, legislation and other features. His last assignment was the disarma- ment conference. John says he still has hopes of get- ting “back in the game,” thanks to the encouragement of his legion of friends, U. S. POSITIONS OPEN. Commission An. nounces Six Vacancies. Civil Service The Civil Service Commission today announced open competitive examina- tions to fill vacancies in the following positions: Assistant sclentific ald at $1,600 a year; junior sclentific aid at $1,320 a year;. under laboratory apprentice at $1,140 a year. > Junior patent examiner, Patent Of- fice, at'$1,860 a year. Assistant educationist (foreign edu- cation), Bureau 6f Education, at $2,400 a year. ¢ Assistant surveyor draftsman, For- est Service, Department of Agricul- ture, at $1,500 to $1,860 & year. Full information and application banks may be obtained from the office of &: 'an 1724 F, styeet, u’v ?:uw‘w Presents Testimony to Disprove Slayings Alleged as Means to Control $100,000 Estate. By the Associated Press. NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., October —A complete denial and the prom- sed testimony of more than a score of character witnesses today was in- cluded in the defense of Miss Bessie Morse, 40-year-old spinster, on trial before Judge John P. Kirkpatrick on charges of conspiring to take the lives of three of her relatives, who share in_the family inheritance of $100,000. Miss Morse is being tried jointly with Mamie Todd, her negro maid, who has turned State’s evidence and on the witness stand. charged that her mistress borrowed §$320, which whs turned over to her tc hand to gunmen hired to bring about the death of the three. The plot was alleged to have been directed against Mrs. Grace Dey, her husband, Eimer, and their adopted son, Raymond Brittain. The defense began the presentation of its side of the case, vhe lawyers repeatedly stressing the fact that no evidence was adduced by the State to prove the presence of Miss Morse aur- ing the negotiations of the negress and two special datectives posing as potential killers. David Willentz, chief defense coun- sel, has characterized the story of the maid as ‘“a fantastic dream of a dis- eased mind.” Reserve Corps Commissions, Commissions in the Reserve Corps of the Army have been issued by the ‘War Department to Joseph A. Walsh, 1413 Taylor street, as captain of En- gineers; Raymond Davis, State De- partment, as a first lieutenant of En- gineers; William R. Longest, 1439 South Carolina avenue southeast, as a_second lieutenant of Infantry, and Matthew H. Schrenk, Cherrydale, Va., as a second lleutenant of Infantry, ——— e BT 08 in Turkey, two BY LLOYD GEORGE| KIDNAPED FRENCH if Gigantic War Looms World Fails to Use Jus- tice, He Claims. By the Associated Press. LONDO:! October 25.—Former Premier Lloyd George thinks that the most terrible war in the world his- tory is threatened unless the nations make up their minds to seek justice and protection from established right, and not from force. The growing zeal for arbitration which was displayed by the smaller nations at the recent Assembly of the League of Nations is due to fright over “the snarling sounds which dis- turb the nerves of Europe,” the war premier declared in an address under the auspices of the League of Nations’ Union. The peace of 1919 left some ragged ends that need adjusting, he declared, or they “are bound to irritate and in’ flame the canker.” Treaty Interpretations. The great source of peril to the peace of Europe, he asserted, was in too harsh an interpretation of treaties or in failure to give an honest effect to clauses in them which impose obli- gations on victorious nations. He said he referred particularly to “the wholesale defiance” of provisions for protecting racial and religious minorities in annexed territories and the continued occupation of the Rhineland. But above the causes of disturbance, Lloyd George declared, was “the fla- grant disregard of promises given in reference to disarmament.” Since the military strength of the allied nations was more formidable now than in 1914, he continued, it would thwart any attempt on the part of the Lea- gue to deal with certain questions. Any dispute, he asserted, which would involve the surrender of any advan- tage enjoved by a fully armed nation would lead to a desire on that na- tion’s part to avold arbitration. Breach of Faith. This continued existence of large armaments was a breach of faith, he charged, on the part of nations “who entered the war to uphold the sanctity of treaties.” As a source of “permanent anxiety,” Europe always has the Balkans with which to reckon, he pointed out. Russia, he argued, should be read- mitted to the fraternity of nations, be- cause she might emerge from her present internal troubles *“the most redoubtable country on earth.” The recent naval disarmament con- ference was termed by the former premier “an incalcuable calamity to the cause of peace and good will.” o Asks Reading Matter for Troops. Current magazines for Uncle Sam's fighting men in Nicaragua are desired by the District Chapter of the Amer- ican Red Cross, it was announced to- day, with the statement that Mrs. Mason Gulick, wife of ‘Col. Gulick, commanding the Marines in that coun- try, will leave the United ‘States to join her husband on November 11. Mrs. Gulick made her appeal yester- day, asking that reading matter be loft at the chapter’s headquarters, 821 Sixteenth stregt. This will be taken gy ~l‘lj::v Gulick 'to Nicaragua. * ac-1 otherwise, it is charged, Fanatical Tribesman Re- fuses to Give Up Four of Family. By the Assoclated Pre: PARIS, October 25.—A dispatch to Le Matin from Rabat, Morocco, says that further and more formidable obstacles have arisen to the liberation of the kidnaped members of Resident Gen. Steeg’s household. It {s now feared that they have been captured by Marabout Si Hocien Ou Temga, who dominates the region near the Atlas Mountains. In this case their release would become a political question and not one of a monetary ransom. Temga, who is a fanatical old man, declines to negotiate, the correspond- ent reports, and he has already put to death two members of his family who talked with French political offi- cers. It would be most difficult to come to an agreement with him, for he prefers to keep the four persons as hostages so that he may be assured that the French will take no action against him. The members of the party kidnaped were Yves Steeg, nephew of the resi- dent general; Jan Maillet, a relative by marriage; Mme. Marie de Prokorcv, a young Viennese, and her motber, Baroness de Steinheil. Temga has also succeeded in getting possession of two little girls of the Arnaud family. They were carried off by tribesmen who murdered three members of the family several weeks ago. All efforts to induce Temga to give them up have failed. BARKER DUE FOR TRIAL. Alleged Bad-Check Passer to Be Brought From Milwaukee. Detective Ira Keck, member of In- spector Pratt’s bad check squad, start- ed this afternoon for Milwaukee, Wis., to bring back Frank F. Barker, 23 vears old, under arrest there on charges of having passed several ai- léged worthless checks in this eity. Barker, resident of Covington, Ry., and member of the National Reserve Officers’ Association, was arrested at the instance of Col. Leroy Smiih of this city, who was in Milwgukee to address a meeting of that orgamszation, Identification of Barker was made comparatively easy, it is stated, as he is 6 feet 5 inches tall. It is charged the defendant passed checks for sums totaling $365, fome upon friends and others upon hotel keepers. o SUES GAS COMPANY. The Washington Gas Light Co. was sued yesterday in Circuit Court for $23,000 damages by Heber L. Thorn- ton, for the benefit of the Great Amer- ican Insurance Co. Through Attor- neys Clephane, Latimer & Hall the plaintiff says that he is the owner of the apartment house at 410- Cedar street, which caught fire on May 5. By reason of the failure of the gas light company to locate the shut-oft valve in the service pipe so that the firemen could find it, meter explosions occurred and damaged the property more than it would have been dam-