Evening Star Newspaper, November 19, 1927, Page 2

CINNSON CLERS 7 AN Eiimination of Interference Will Aid Listeners-in Getting Distance. Br the Associated P As a result of its most recent gen- eral order, afmed at facilitating long- distance reception, the Federal Radio Commission was enabled today 1o announce a list of 25 radio ¢ annels and the stations working thereon Which will be cleared of interferen by December 1. These 25 channels tnke in most of the space in the Yroadeasting band between 600 and 1.000 kilocycles, in which area the commission has resolved to stop inter- forence from heterodyning and all oiher causes that can be reached. P, ough the accompany 11.:A).§F:§Ec;|}::n3s shows that the | hewly designated band includes im- ce | Cole | another attempt to fix | | situation, oY EVENING DISTRACTED BY CREAM THEFTS COFFEE FAN CALLS IN POLICE Who Spoils Francis Gruelle Cole, an assistant examiner in the United States Patent Office, appealed last night to police | about the great cream inystery of apartment 22, 1440 R street. after| finally admitting failuve of elaborately conceived trap for | burglars. “Send the captain or the lieutenant | or somebody around hcre 1 telephoned last 1 trap for the | lacteal-minded thief had collapsed in a pile of furniture. “I've got to have some relief from these cream hundits | and 1'd like to get your co-operaiton,” | Forced to Go Without Coftee. | The desk sergeant at No. 2 precinct idn’t appear very excited about the | but he promised to send *somebody” to see Mr. Cole this eve- | ning without fail. porwant stations scattered throughout the United Sta statement said. DX Hunters Aided. “Over these cleared channe thus be possible for rural and 1isi scctions of the country e with a particular taste for DX will ‘ find the tracks cleared for them | all the W the continent inj the case of the Pacific| Coast stations power to deliver a signal in th der good reception cond S. U Francisco_can be heard for three hour: ewark shuts dow on 710 kiloéycles. and Portland witl “ome in on WEAF's wave length | after the big Long I.*I:llnd transmitter % s closed for the night. B oa: Denver, as a mile-post for | eross-continental radio tourists, w ill be heard when two 500-watt stations in New Y City are_off. _.\n!l Porto Rico, which ares I;O\!i&\‘lllr‘s chan- nel, will prove a long. distance South- ern test when the Kentucky broad- | caster has closed down. Cleared for New York. | | t will note | Listeners a se “Four cleared channels have been rovided for four high-powered New Tork stations, WEAF, WJz, WOR and WABC, the last named assign- ment becoming effective with the De- cember 1 changes, in order to secure for this 5,000-watt transmitter a clear- ed channel across the continent. “Chicago has been assigned some | five cleared waves, and, while this is the largest number given to any single community, it must be remembered | that Chicago, by its central location, | js in a position to furnish programs | for the entire United States, both East | and West, and for this reason, co sidered from the standpoint of the tr mendous audience of remote listene surrounding Chicago, it was deemed desirable that this number of cleared channels be freed for the Chicago broadcasters. “Other centrally located cities in the Middle West, such as Cincinnati, St. Louis, Cleveland and Detroit. are also given the opportunity to share with Chicago in providing radio programs of the great Mississippi Valley and Central Western audience. “The South is particularly well rep- resented in this picture of cleared channels, Atlanta, Nashville, Louis- ville as well as Fort Worth and San Antonio, Tex., having been assigned cleared frequencies. Eleven More to Be Cleared. “With 25 channels cleared, effective December 1, and with the remaining i1 channels in the 600-1,000 band to be cieared before licenses are renewed on those channels in January, it is the purpose. of the Radio Commission to bring to the remote and rural listen- ers during the present Winter season as high a degree of reception is possible. an improvement correspond- ing to that accomplished for city and local listeners by the commission’s earlier actions.” The list of cleared channels fol- Jows: 600 kilocycles—499.7 meters: WBAP, Fort Worth, Tex. h WOAT WOAI, San Antonio, Tex. Divides with WBAP. g 610 kilocycles—491.5 meters: KGW, Portland, Oreg. ‘WEAF, Bellmore, N. Y. 630 kilocycles—475.9 meters: WSB, Atlanta, Ga. WSUIL Iowa City, Towa. Daytime only. 640 kilocycles—468.5 meters: WRC, Washinggton, KFI, Los Angeles. 660 kilocycles—454.3 meters: WJZ, Bound Brook. N. J. KFRC, San Francisco, ilocycles—447.5 meters: WMAQ, Chicago. Divides with WQJ 0. Divides with WMAQ. Divides > 30 kilocycles—440.9 meters: WJIR-WCX. Pontiac, Mich. WIBG, Elkins Park, Pa. a.m. 1o 6 p.m. KFSD. San Diego. WAAW, Omaha. 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Operates Only in Summer. 700 kilocycles—428.3 meters: WLW, Harrison, Ohio. One trans- Mmitter, WLW, Cincinnati. One transmitter. WMAF, South Dartmouth, Mass. Bummer months on] 710 kilocycles—4! ewark. Francisco. cles—416.4 meters: WGN, Chicago. Divides with WLIB. WaLI orth Eigin, 1ll. Divides Sundays meters: 3 meters. Divided Divides with with " the cOMMISSION'S | seems, | without it. | upon “Which have adequate | go. al in the Bast | g undest slun n ul | INNAVY EXPANSION |OPPOSES DRY PLANK | i Mr. Cole likes cream in his coffee, it In fact, he can't drink coffee He has had to go with- every morning | ut his coffee nearly | for the past few months, however, as a result of the harassing activities of the mysterious cream pilferer up on R ners to pick up stations in alli o7 with the the Pat Imbued here of inventive atmos. it Office, Cole hit | idea of rigging up an intri ate apparatus. consisting of silk thread, tr and kitchen furniture, gned awaken him from the ser when his bottle of | cream was lifted. Patent OEce Employe Summons Aid After Ingenious Traps Fail to Catch Thief His Breakfast. With the co-operation of the milk man, he tied the thread around a decoy bottle of creamn and ran it under the door to a trigger-like prop supporting W pite of chairs, pans and other phernalia calculated to break the COLORFUL CROWD T0 SEE GRID GAME President and Mrs. ‘Coolidqe to Attend Army-Marine Contest Today. Teaded by President and Mrs. Cool- idge, a colorful crowd this afternoon will ‘see the annual All-Army-Marine foot ball clash at Catholic University we of the early morning hour: Trap Proves Failure. The R street cream burglar was too smart to be tricked by this device, however. He carefully avoided the decoy and took the real cream, just the me. Fhe thread was then | changad to th bottle, with the | aid also of t n. and the thief then refused to at the bait, and left the cream & Cole took the apparatus awa after laboriously set ting it a number of evenings in suc- cossion, and the very next morning his eream was gone again. "That meant no coffee to frazzied n Last night he stru <led again with the triggers and chairs and pans, but couldn't get the blamed things to function properly nd neigh- bors, hearing the racket as the pile tumbled time and again. must have thought a riot was happening in Apartment At any rate up the whole business in disg! decided to call in the polic ltation It isn't | | Examiner Cole threw | st and r con so much the value of the am_ that worries me,” Cole ex- ned today. “but I must have my ffee in the morning.’ COOLIDGE BELIEVES President’s Convictions Not Caused by Failure of Geneva Conference. Although President Coolidge expects the American Navy to be increased by some additional cruisers, it was explained at the White House yester- day afternoon that his desire for a naval program of expansion has not been prompted by the failure of the naval limitations conference at Geneva last Summer. ‘While the President has made it plain that he will ask Congi for sufficient money to add several cruisers to the Navy, there has been no indication at the White House as to the number of craft he will recom- mend for authorization. It Is said, however, that the cruiser plans are considerably advanced over those for the submarines and that there is a likelihood of a delay in the construe- tion of the underwater craft. ‘This condition, it has been explained, is necessary because the authorities of the Navy are still experimenting with new theories of submarine boats. So far as the failure at Geneva is concerned in its relationship to the administration's naval expansion pro- gram, it is said that Mr. Coolidge looks upon the effect of that unsuc- cessful parley -as totally negative, in- asmuch as the United States had pre- vieusly decided upon its building pro- gram, subject:to changes which might | have been necessary if an agreement had been reached with Great Britain and Japan. o IN PARTY PLATFORMS Neither Major Political Body Should Take Such Action. By the Associated Press, PHILADELPHIA, November 19.— Bishop Thomas Nicholson of Detroit, president of the Anti-Saloon League of America, does not believe that the major political parties should insert a plank of prohibition in their plat- forms. The bishop, who is attending the | annual meeting of the hoard of home | missions and church extension of the Methodist Lpiscopal Church, spoke today at a luncheon of leaders in the | prohibition movement. “My reason Senator Borah,” said Bishop Nichol- son, “is that we do not need to ask the political parties to put a pro- hibition plank in their platforms. A plank is something the political party promises to get. The people have spoken through a two-thirds majority of Congress and by the ratification of 46 States. They have put prohibition in the Constitution, which constitutes an order of the people to the political parties to obey and enforce it. “We should hold the party in power to the enforcement of the Constitu- tion. The duty of the party that | clects a President is to see that there is mo nullification of the Constitu- tion.” | WINS ANNULMENT. s—389.4 meters: ‘hicago. Divides cago. Divides Chicago. Divides Sunday only. les—379.5 met Lincoln, Daytime only. Scheneetady, N. Y. veles—3 8 meters: Monica, Calif, wort, Towa. 361.2 meters: cinuati, Divides erson City, Mo. Divides th WSAL KFWE, los WEW Operates in Daytime. meters: Angeles, 830 kiloeyeles—3; WW.J, Detroit v .m. to 6 p.m. kilocyeles—344.6 meters: S. Chicago. Divides with WCRD. %, Chicago. Divides with WLS. tockton Calif Anchorage. Alaska. les -336.9 meters: . Nashville. 4 meters: ‘ashington. To 7 pm Louisville - Atlantic, Towa Divides with WIAS S, Ottumwa, low only. Divides with KICK. WKAQ, Juan. Porto Rico, 940 kilocycles—319.0 meters. KOIL, Council Bluffs, lowa. Divides wi l\g.\n KFAB, Lig#oln, Nebr. KOIL. KOIN, Portland, Oreg. 950 kilocycles—315.6 melers: KDKA, Pittsburgh, Daytims with | cree Charging Illegal Ceremony. with| Mrs. M with | avenue, with | Daytime | Divides with | Mrs. Edwin J. Morris Awarded De- Shade, otherwi Edwin J. Morris, 4402 Georgia has heen awarded an inter- cree of annulment of her to Morris, Septembe e lknown | as Mr: locutory d riage [ | 18 Shade married Leslie M. Shade, October 31, 1922, and obtained a limir ed divorce m_him in Virginia March 18, 192 e savs her law | ing, but that at 6 o'clock she looked Pigeon Messenger Gf Lost Battalion Now Stuffed Trophy | By the Associated Press. A request to the War Departme from Boston that the carrier pigeon Cher Ami, which was the only means of communication with the *lost hattalion” of the 77th Division for four days in 1918, be exhibited in the Massachusetts cap- ital brought a reply yesterday that the hird was now among the stuffed trophies on display by the Smith- sonian Institution. Cher Ami lost an eye and a leg while carrying messages which re- sulted in relief reaching the “lost battalion,” commanded by the late Maj. Charles W. Whittlesey. The bird brought back to the division Ioft a clear message from Whittle- sey which enabled his battalion to be located and rescued after it had been surrounded by Germans. RREST IS ORDERED INMYSTERY DEATH Unnamed Man Wanted in Probe of Fatal liiness Fol- lowing Card Game. A warrant for a man whose identity is being kept secret was.issued yester- day by Martinsburg, W. Va., police as a result of investigations pending -an | inquest next week into the death of Leo A. Livers, 37, promiuent business man of that city, who died Friday in a Baltimore hospital following his par- ticipation in a card game in a Mar- tinsburg hotel room of Spenser L. Wise, manager of the Chevy Chase Dairy of Washington. Livers was said by two companlons to have been struck by Wise during | the card game at the hotel in which all four were participating, but police believe this could not have caused Liver's death, since he drove his auto- mobile home after the incident and did not appear hurt. They declined, however, to say for whom the warrant was drawn. Participants in Card Game, Clyde E. Smith, insurance man, and ter Fitzsimmons, loan broker, were the other two at the card game, and police said that they were ex- pected to appear when needed. Livers left the hotel without as- sistance after thé game and drove home, they told police, where Smith, who accompanied him, assisted him to the front door. Mrs, Livers said that neither she nor their three children heard him come home. She said that he w-s not in his room at 3 o'clock in the morn- in and saw him in bed and thinking he was asleep she did not disturb him. Finds Him in Convulsions. Several hours later she said she heard a thud and ran into his room to find him in convulsions. He soon lost consciousness, and never re- gained it. Physicians at the University Hos- pital in Baltimore, where he was ken, declared his death was due to a fracture of the skull. H Hannis, who was appointed e's attorney to prosecute the case, said an inquest would be held after Liver's funeral, Sunday afternoon. PR MAN STRUCK BY AUTO SPENDS NIGHT ON DUMP of Hit-and-Run Driver Found Injured This Morning. Vietim fering from a fractured left leg, received in a hit-and-run_automobile |accident in Northeast Washington early last night, Charles Henry Smith, | vine Corps; Maj. Gen. C| Stadium, "This will be the first time that Pre: dent Coolidge has viewed this spec tacle, hut Mrs.. Ceolidge has been r attendant, and wiill present cmblematic of victory to the | team at the conclusion of the At the winnin me. Davis, Secretary Maj. Gen. John nt of the Ma- arles . Sum merall, chief of stalf, and members ot diplomatic and residential society also will lend their presence to the throng that is expected to tax the capacity of the stadium Army Has Wild Mule. Marines are coming up in full force | from Quantico, led by their famous band, while the Army also will be on hand with their band and mule mascot. It announced that the mule this vear is the wildest that could be found the entire sery making the ¢ task in riding it doubly diffi- eventeen have volunteered for b, however entertainers will be headed by Altrock, base ball comedian, who also will attempt to ride the mule. A foot ball will he dropped from an airplane and Altrock will attempt to catch it. Whether he catches it or will present it to Gene Tunney, heavy- welght champion, who will' hold it for the opening Kick-off. The heavy- ght champion, a former rine, will then assist the head linesman. Prominent Officers to Attend, The Army contingent will be led by Gen. Summerall and will include Ma Gen, Hanson Kly, retiring command- ant of the War College, and his sec- ond id, Brig. Gen. Briant Wells; Robert H. Allen, chief of Infantry; Maj. Gen. Herbe 3. Croshy, chief of Cavalry; Maj. Gen. Lutz Wahl, adjutant general, and g. Gen. T. Q. Donaldson, command- it of the Washington district. Other officers of the Marine Corps besides Gen, Lejeune who announced their intention of being present at the game include Maj. Gen. William | . Neville and Brig. Gens. Byron Wil | ams, R. H. Lane, George Richards | nd P H. Fuller. GENE TUNNEY SPENDS BUSY DAY IN CAPITAL v of War avy Wilbur, not, he Gene Tunney, world heavyweight | boxing champion, who arrived in | Washington last night, had a busy morning and was scheduled for an even busier afternoon and evening. This_morning he visited Secretary_of the Navy Wilbur and Maj. Gen. Le- | jeune, commandant of the Marine Corps, following a sightseeing tour of t noon he was presented ent Coolidge at the White se, and then was a guest of the Press Club at luncheon. \is afternoon he arranged to at- tend the Army-Marine foot ball game at the Catholic University Stadium, where he will hold the ball for the opening kick-off and then officiate as a linesman. “Tonight at 8:30 Tunney will lecture on the “Art of Self Defense” at the Washington Auditorium and illustrate his talk by shadow boxing. The pro- ceeds are to go to the Belleau Woods Memorial Association. Following his address he will pre- sent letters to the All-Marine foot hall team. The entertainment will be fur- nished by the Girls' Glee Club of corge Washington University, who will sing war_songs; films by the United States Signal Corps, music by the Marine Band and Arnold Joh son's Orchestra and a short play | the Criterion Players. Gen. Lejeune is expected to attend. i MADDEN SEES HOPE FOR ESTIMATE CUTS TO STICK TO BUDGET (Continued_from First Page.) secure appropriations for purposes which are not directly associated with the general flood problem. He is| fearful that the sentiment existing for tlood _control legisiation may make it possible for some haphazard legisla tion. Holds Precaution Necessary. However, he is certain this can be avoided at least to a large extent it the lendership gives careful scrutiny to each item and each bill. He con- tends in this connection, that these precaution are necessary, becaus the taxpayers of the country must be protected and are entitled to just as much justice and fairness as are the problems to be considered by Congress. Mr. Madden was not in a_position to predict just how much will be ap- propriated for flood control. He said that he hears rumors of all sorts and would not he surprised to see an effort made which would call for the appro- briation of possibly £1.000,000,000. e would not be surprised, either, to see an attempt made (o obtain annual ap. propriations amounting to as much us $100 000,000, his éxperience In studyi governmental fiscal matters he i3 con- Vinced that <ach an apwunt could not be expendad »ach year in a vise and meritorious manner. 1fe sald that rnment could not spend more ,000,000 or $40,000,000 for this Purpose For this raason ce intimat- ed that he will oppose a program call- ing for annual appropriation above those figures. Mr. Madden said ihat the approp: tions necessary for huilding the craft already uthorized Ly Congr will be forthcoming as will be the colored, 44 years old. 914 southeast, spent the night on the dump at’ Nineteenth and F streets | then told her that the decree was final tnd that <he had the right to rem After her marriage to Morris she learned that she had never been divorced from de and so began suit for annulment of her second mar- | ringe. The in‘erlocutory decree was sigiicd b | | | g Jif. cles—309.1 meters: n Francisco, Calif. | W New Y Divides with WEOQ, § to 6 p.m WBOQ, New WABC 920 kilocycles—305.9 meters: WHT, Chicago. Divides with WIBO- WHAZ. WIBO, Chicago. Divides with WHT- WHAZ WHAZ, Troy, N nly KOMO 90! W KS 1,000 kilocyel 1.8 meters: KFWO, Avalon, Calif. KMOX, £t. Louis, WPSC, State College, with WBAK, day onl WBAK, Harrisbur, with WPSC, day only KOW W, Walla Walla, Wash, York. Divides with Y. Monday nights ttle Pa. Divides Divides el Pa, heast, where he was tound about 30 o'clock this morning and taken Casuaity Hospital ‘a8 returning home from a the Anacostia River ixth and Ben- [ ning road when he was knocked down ¥ an automobile, Believing he would able to waik home he took a short 035 the dump and while there nd was unable to summon as- This morning he was found y the watchman on the dump. SIX ESCAPE FROM JAIL. November ged with s ng g 0 an Henry | Mosiey 1 zun battle here in Sep | tember, cscaped from the county juli l-l':’. night with five companion: . The men had sawed two n hars {trom acorridor window 18 feet nboy the street and had used a blanket to lower themselves to freedom, | Padgett’s case becupied the. abtens | tion of court officials vesterday. when defense attorneys abandoned efforts to reach an agreement with the State on the amount of bond and an. nounced they would seek his release on a writ of habeas corpus tomorrow. State's officers had refused to con- der & bond, | hing t and was 1 | | cond street | approp ations to be asked for improv. ing conditions in the Army. he Merchant Marine's futire, he be- lieves, Is one of the real problems this Congress will be cilled »non 10 solve. Undecided on Ships. He hus not made up his mind just should be done to Keep the American flag afloat on the seas, but he would prefer to have ail of the merchant ships operated under private ownership, but he is inclined to doubt the practicability of turning the ships over to the railroads of the country to operate. The President was advised hy Mr. iden today that the appropriations smmittee of the House has completed sufficient preliminary work to muke it possible to get through the various departmental supply bills by the middle of March. The deficlency bill. which was eaught in the filibuster jam At the last session, will be brought be- re the Iouse immediatoly after it convenes In December and will require little debate. if any, he said. He explained that this bill will be about the same as it was when it passed the House at the last session ex- zept that it will not include those iten providing for emergencies which now no longer exist, and will include sev: eral new items for deficiencies which have arisen since the closing of the last Congress. The alien property ap- ing hoi | | | M ve | By the Associated Pros I not of the reigning house. | The Gracia, propriation bill will be reported out before the House adjourns for the Christmas holidays. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. EXKAISER'S SISTER WEDDED T0 YOUTH Princess, 61, Married to? Dishwasher, 27, Despite | Protests of Nobility. BONN, Germany, November 19.— In the simplest of clvil setting, the ex-Kaiser's widowed sister, Princess | Victoria Schaumburg-Lippe, today be- | came the wife of a young Russian| <migre, Alexander Subkoff, despite a| chorus of disapproval from her | Thus the once powerful German Em- | peror acquired a new brother-fn-law— | a youth, reputedly of good family, but | of recent years a diswasher in hotels, | a professional dancer and motion pic- ture “super.” | No member of the Hohenzollern family was present. The only wit- nesses were the bride's chamberlain, | Baron von _Solemacher, and Prof. Ruttneft of Berlin. Former Kaiser Displeased. The former Kaiser is reported to have been displeased at the union of his f1-year-old sister with the 27-yea old Russian, but was unable to inter fere as the old law by which his con- ent would have been indispensable was superseded hy the so-called nobilit of 1920 and no longer is op Moreover, Princess Vie- toria s financially independent of the Hohenzollern family and was free to follow the dictates of her heart. w Scon after Princess Victqria's en- sagement to Subkoff was announced. October 10, protest hegan to be heard from the German nobility. The former | Kaiser, who had given his consent, withdrew it, and the Evangelical Pres- byterian Church in Bonn refused to | allow its building to be used for the | wedding garding the marriage as | unethical due to the disparity in| he azes of the couple. “Nobhody’s consent—=not even the Kaise required for my mar-| riage,” the princess said in- reply to | the protests. | At the age of 17, Princess Victoria | fell in love with the handsome, 26| vear-old Prince Alesander of Bulgaria. | Prince Bismarck and Emperor Wil- liam I opposed the match, the former | because he feared a conflict with Rus- sia, whoze Czar, Alexander, hated the Bulgarian prince, the latter hecause he did not wish his daughter to be married beneath her. The prince was Bismarck and the Emperor won over love. Made Modest Marriage. Disillusioned, Princess Victoria made in November, 1890, what was regarded as a modest marriage to Prince Adolphus Schaumburg-Lippe, who was 30. The princess was devoted to sports, especially tennis and horseback rid- ing. Her husband fell a victim to drink. For a while there was much talk of the princess' friendship for her husband’s nephew, also named Adolphus of Schaumburg-Lippe. Princess Victoria became a widow in 1916 and since then has led a some- what adventurous life, so that the former Kaiser Wilhelm and the whole family broke relations with her. Only 2 few friends remained faithful, but most of them also turned away after she became involved in alleged affairs with the young officers of the English occupation forces at Ronn. Young Subkoff is the scion of an old Russian family. He has had an adventurous career in most of the countries of Europe since he left Rus- sia with his mother in 1922.- He de- veloped ambitions as a motion picture e but only played in a few minor' roles, NATION-WIDE BAND OF GUN SMUGGLERS HINTED IN SEIZURES (Continyel from Fi Page.) ing activitles were Natlon-wide, the investigators interested themselves in news from New Orleans that Govern- ment operators had raided two ves- sels there and seized ammunition stores. Search was under way for Guillermo Rosas, Jr, who, with Mannerstam already is under indict- ment in connection with alleged arms smuggling _efforts in behalf of Mexican revolutionists. Among the articles scized in the Albany rald was a carbon copy of a letter addressed to Rosas at New Orleans, which talked of deals in arms and ammunition. Last reports were that Rosas was somewhere in Texas, NEW YORK PLOT NIPPED. Ammunition-running With Southern Nations Halted With Seizure NEW ORLEANS, November 19 (#).—An ammunition-running plot, originating in New York and involv- ing Honduran and Mexican smugglers, was nipped here yesterday when cus- toms officers seized 7,500 rounds of 38-caliber cartridges aboard the steam- ships Choluteca, bound for Puerto Cortez, Honduras, and the Lake \;\'un[co, with Tampico as its destina- tion. Five members of the Coluteca's crew confessed ownership of 4,500 rounds of artridges taken from their quarters. men, Franklin Waods, Carlos Juan Potellia, Joe Martinez and Juan Lopez, declared they re- ceived the shipment from unidentified men in New York, who told them they would be met in New Orleans by agents who would instruct them on its distribution. The seamen said their confederates failed to appear. District Attorney Wayne G. Borah sald he was convinced the story was true and ordered the men released, pointing out that the offense of ac- cepting a contraband shipment was committed in New York and that his office was powerless to take action. The men were di: , however, by officials of the Cowley- ship Co., owners of the ve: 3 Customs ents reported they found 3,000 rounds of cartridges in an un- accupled stateroom ahoard the Lake | Wimico. The crew denled knowledge | of the presence of the bullets and the vessel was allowed to proceed after 1 part of the cargo had been cated. District Attorney Borah expressed the opinion that the shipments were to be disposed of to smugglers at Puerto Cortez and Tampico, who in turn would retall them in small lots at exorbitant prices to gunmen. He saw no connection with revolution- arfes in the seizures. TRADE NAME FORBIDDEN. Word “British” Not Permitted onl U. S.-Made Soaps. TUse of the word “British” to de- scribe bath or toilet soaps manu- tactured in the United States was pro- hibited by the Federal Trade Col mission in an order issued yesterda against the Carlton Soap Co. Inc., of ew York. British-made soaps have gained widespread popularity, the order said, and the commission considers the use of the word British in describing soaps manufactured in this country as misleading advertising. [ | sald that the President offered some Above—E. J. Misner, aerologist who saw the twister of Thursday comi warned the personnel of the station. Below—Chief Quartermaster Kub bandaging one of the Navy’s carrier pi | | HAVOG IN GOUNTY BEING SURVEYED Red Cross Storm Report Ex- pected Tuesday as Relief Work Goes On. | Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., November 19. the Naval Air Station at Anacostia, ing up the river from Alexandria and ants at the station A num- ec and igeons in; as: red in the tornado. ber of the pigeons were blown away and some of them killed. PRESIDENT LEARNS OF MERGER PLANS Wilson Holds Executive Notj Unfavorable to Program for Street Car Union. During a long talk today with Har-| ley P. Wilson, author of the tra merger plan for the District of Co- Jumbia, now before the Public Utilitie: Commission, President Coolidge was represented as making it very plain that he favored the general princi- ples of a unification of ownership, but did not commit himself to any particu- lar plan of consolidation. Mr. Wilson went away from the White House after being with the President nearly half an hour, not only with this impression of the Pres- ident's attitude toward merging the traction lines, but he saw no reason why the President would oppose his plan if it ever reaches the point of be- ing referred to him for comment or decision. When pressed for something more specific, Mr. Wilson was reticent 0 say that he felt after his talk with Mr. Coolidge that the latter would put his stamp of approval upon the so- called Wilson merger plan. It was explained by Mr. Wilson that he called on the President to ask him as to certain features of the merger plan of the Poston traction system, which was prepared under the super- vision of Mr. Coolidge when he was Governor of Massachusetts. Mr. Wilson explained that he want- ed the benefit of the President's knowledge of not only the general subject, hut particularly the creation of a board of trustees which was pro- vided for in the Boston plan. He added that the President was v helpful in clarifying his mind on et tain features of the Boston plan, which happened to be very similar to some of the features of the plan pro- rosed for the District. Mr. Wilson cxplained that in this connection his own merger plan is to a large extent modeled after that of Boston’s, at least so far as the board of trustees feature is concerned. He suggestions that might be taken as idens for improvement and showed considerable interest in the subject. Mr. Wilson declined to reveal what the suggestions were that Mr. Cool- idge offered, but he did say that he personally felt just as well satisfied with his original plan as he was be- fore talking ‘with the President, and gave no indication that it is his in-| tention to make any great alterations in his original plan since learning the views of the President. ¢ BRIDEGROOM ACCUSED OF PASSING BAD CHECKS Alleged to have given a worthle: check of $43 in payment for a § wedding ring purchased at the jewelry store of Schmedtie Bros. 1217 G street, several days ago, Frank Lem- uel Hooker, a paperhanger, 32 years old, giving his address as 606 M street northeast, was arrested in Alexandria last night by Detectives Vernon W. Thompson and Ira E. Keck and locked up at No. 1 police station. Hooker told the detectives ho was married two days ago in Alexandria, his bride living at 60 Lawson avenue, Nlarendon, Va. Five charges of p: ing worthl cheecks and one ot grand larceny have been preferred against the prinsoner. the grand larceny charge involving the alleged theft of a diamond ring, belonging to Alvin Wil cox, T Thirteenth street southeast. ecks he is alleged to have passed were for merchandise. BARELY ESCAPES DEATH WHEN AUTO IS WRECKED Jack A. Davis of 219 Delray avenue, Bethesda, Md., narrowly escaped death when the car he was driving was de- molished by a car of the Washington Railway & Electric Co. at Bradley lane and the old Georgetown road at 8:30 o'clock last night. Davis, who was the only occupant of the car, and who was only slightly injured, was taken to Georgetown Hospital by a passing motorist, where physicians sald he was suffering from shock and reported his condition not serious. Motorman Tudor H. Heeter of 102 Highland avenue, West Chevy Ch: | the TORNADO SURVEY ESTIMATES LOSS WITHIN $100,000 (Continued from F Touis tornado and 17,000 are victims of the Mississippi flood. Many citizgns of Washington came forward today with generous offers to 1id the local suffere mong them was John A. Brickley of the Hill Euilding, who announced he would be glad to turn over to some worthy family the use of a six-room house for two or three months, free of charge. The basis upon which relief will he extended to individual families will be the needs of the family and not its losses. However, heavily a fam- ily may have suffercd in damage to its home, if its resources are such that it can recover from the disaster without ~ assistance from the Red Cross it will be expected to do so. On the other hand, families whose homes were damaged and whose finan- cial condition and resources make it impossible for them to recover with- stance will receive help. The assistance given by the Red Cross carries with it no obligations on the part of the recipients. Gen. Barnett has explained that the Red Cross does not loan money, but, when it is needed, gives it outright. Survey Being Conducted. Persons experienced in disaster re- lief are now obtaining full information about the resources, liabilities, losses and needs of families in the stricken eca of the city. This information will be treated as strictly confidential. On the basis of it awards will be made to rebuild or epair homes, as needed. Families receiving help in this way will be notified of the amount awarded te them and told to make their own arrangements with contractors and other business concerns to have the work done. Firms thus chosen by the various families are to be asked to send their bills to the Red Cross, with a receipt from the beneficiary, signifying that the work has been done and the items listed have been received. The contractor or merchant will then be paid by the relief or- ganization. In expending the money each family will be left to its own initiative, ex cept for the necessary supervision by Red Cross officials to make sure the money is expended for the purpose for which it is awarded and that the family is receiving full value for the money, FOOT BALL FANS PLAN RALLY THIS EVENING Former Students of “Big Ten" Schools to Celebrate Closing of Western Conference Season. The close of the 1927 Western Con- {ference foot ball season with today’s games in the West will be celebrated by former students in “Big Ten" schools in Washington, who will as- semble at the Washington Hotel this evening at 9 o'clock. The affair, which is the seventh an- nual round-up of alumni and alumnae of the i Ten is expected to bring a record turnout. Graduates of the college whose team today wins the \Western champlonship, which depends upon the outcome of Michizan-Minnesota and the Illi- nois.Ohio State games, will lead the trinmphal march, to culminate in a dance, » n 1500 invitations have heen issued to xraduates residing in this locality, and an attendunce ap- proaching this number and including one member of the cabinet, Secretary Work, Senators and many members of the House of Representatives, is anticipated Everett Pr nders, secretary to the ident and a graduate of the Uni- ersity of Indiana, class of 1907, has accepted an invitation to award prizes for alumni attendance. Miss Agnes F. Wells, dean of women at the University of Indiana and vice president of the American Association of University Women, will be present. New Rubber Delayed. FRANKFORT-ON-MAIN, Germany November 19 (P).—The newly devel- oped German product, synthetic rub. ber, probably cannot he put on the market for a year or two, it was stated here today Nows of the approaching advent of was in charge of the car which struck Davis' automobile, Montgomery County police reported that the acci- the synthetic product announced re: cently has precipitated a flood of in- quiry indicating worldwide interest in | —Under direction of Miss Allis Me- eill, fleld representative of the Red )56 connected with national head- quarters, a_survey of the damage done |by Thursday’s tornads in Prince | Georges County is under way with 4 | view to providing for the perman { rehabilitation of those financial assistance. Miss McXN; | pects to complete her sur | day, when she will make h | mendations to headquarters. | porary rehabilitation has been pro- | vided all who have been discovered | as needing aid. It is the belief of Miss McNeill and Dr. C. P. Close of College Park, chair- | man of the Prince Georges ounty | Red Cross Chapter, that this orzan ization will be able to finance all needs in this section. All persons are urged {to join the county chapter, which is now conducting its annuai member- ship drive, as 50 cents of the anr | dues of $1 will fand go to the fund for tornado rel | work here, Thus far Miss MeNeill little assis will | outs of € nar nor joining subnrb of cated on the Wash i rd about a mile from the Dis. | trict line and which the brunt of the tornado in this section. Miss MeNeill found yeste that four houses had been virtually wrecke six badly damaged and a_ number others in the two towns damaged. In the meanwhile, ‘olmar Manor ind Lenox are str to get “on | their feet.”" Mayer John S. White is {planning motion picture shows in Hyattsville and Mount Rainier next week in aid of the stricken residents ind has ordered the opening of all vacant houses in the community for the temporary ommodation of resi lents whose homes are uninhabitable. Many residents in the tordano- stricken area and by sections yes- | terday took out tornado insurance for the first time. CLAIMS DOSUMENTS OFFERED TO MEXICO Former Foreign Minister Says Gov- ernment Refused to Purchase “Faked” Letters. has found be and 1 whi that M Lenox, of MEXICO CITY, ,November 10.— Aaron Saenz, former Mexican foreign minister, declared today that some months, ago, while he was foreign min- ister, ne was approached by a for- eigner who showed him a photostatic copy of cne of the documents dealing with Mexican relations with Nica- raguan revolutionaries. which are now being published in the Hearst papers. The man tuld him that he could ob- tain the original document and other similar documents, Saenz said, and named a high sum for his services. Although knowing that the docu- ment was a fake, Saenz declared he consulted with President Calles, who ordered him to reject the proposal. SOVIET DENIES FUNDS DONATED BY MEXICO Skvirsky Holds Statements in Doc- uments Printed Here Are Crude and Ridiculous. By the Associated Press Denials of assertions in purported documents printed in Hearst newspa- per recently to the effect that the Soviet embassy in Mexico received funds from the Mexican government for conducting “propaganda” in Mexico were issued yesterday by Boris E. Skvirsky through the Soviet Union Information Bureau. kvirsky described the attempt to involve the Soviet Union through the publication of the alleged documents as “both crude and disingenuous,” and .at the accompanying news stories “are wholly ridiculous.” B ky said the persons reported in the purported documents to have received the funds were unknown to him. CPPOSITION GROWS AGAINST BRATIANO RULE IN RUMANIA {Continued from First Page.) of the peasants party, and many others are getting together in prepara- tion for the peasants party congress at Alba Julia on November 20. This congress is likely to present a more unified anti-Bratiano attitude than aver before, Bratiano cleverly has always insist- ed that there be an ‘opposition” in Ru a and seldom has suppressed newspapers or political meetings. but always has been extremely careful to Keep this opposition scaitered. Now there seems to be some semblance of opposition unity. The opposition leap- ed at the Manoilecu trial as an issue and while none of them have particu- lar affection for Prince Carol, they re- alize he has become an excellent peg on which to hang constitutionalism. If Bratiano will grant the reforms the peasants want, there is no chance of Carol's return. It is difficult, how- ever, to see how any political change can come with the Bratianos control- ling the police, army, banks, most of the newspapers and the elections. o one knows how to interpret the astonishing outcome of the Manoile: If the verdict of acquittal was, it shows that opposition to the nos was stronger than had been dreamed. On_the other hand. the uc \ve been ordered by the ewd political move king the Carolist emissary In any case the inn o ation is anything but re- . Outwardly Bucharest is as quiet as a tomb, and any talk of street or revolution is_fantasy or Hungarian propaganda. But there Is a good deal of subsurface seething and rumbling. tianos a to avoid n WEDS DAUGHTER OF PEER. U. S. Naval Officer and Bride Plan ‘Washington Trip. DUBLIN, Ireland, November 19 (). —Patricia, daughter of Sir Thomas Grattan Esmonde, member of the | Irish Senate, and_Lieut. John B. Hef- |fernan of the United States Navy, | were married at University Church nhere vesterday Wainwright Abbott, secretary of the newly established American legation in the Irish Free State. was best man. Those present included Mrs. Frederick A. Sterling, wife of the American Min- ister; Governor General Healy, foreign representatives and various Senators, dent occurred when Davis turned his |learning just how soon it can be ex-| Deputies and army chiefs. machine from Bradley lane and at- tempted to cross the tracks. pected to become a marketable com- modity. The couple will leave for Washing: ton tomorrow.