Evening Star Newspaper, November 22, 1927, Page 17

20 NEW BOAT MAK PR speed boat, n il, design attache here, which n n first tests. The heat named causes most of the craft to S T d b le a speed of more than 6. RAIN SPEED, Y dohannes The novel “torpedo™ um, former Danish les an hour on the stern, which speed. Wide World Photos. fter the f. it of wate 1 ta THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER PR Lowden, former Governor of Iilinoi 1L, as guests of Dr. Walter D. Scott, president of Northwestern University. the stadium as the two “presidential possibilitic AND THEY CARRIED OFF T™IE Kansas University, Ka honors in this ye: v day” faculty members of the university tume Pippit (left) PRIZE. Two collegiate hoboes of nd Ted Evans, who won first masquerade, in which students and strive for the realistic in hobo cos Herbert Photo, dent of Me Peekskill member o " MILES PAYS BILL, - ENDS HOTEL SIEGE Captain Has First Warm Meal in 17 Days—Plans 1o Quit Hostelry. siege of the Ritz Towers toda at an end, at least temporarily Capt. A. Graham Miles paid his bill and packed away his first warm meal in 17 day The self-imprisoned guest of the Park avenue hotel apartment had gervice restored to him and greeted a barber and a manicurist among his first callers when truce was estab- lished. s diet © and tap water was com peace by d scrambled ham To Leave Hotel. Despite e still remains 1 \ tair reat ened the suit and his re ment releas any ciaims he “Why," the the waiver s pre *the awa zement from ptain exclaimed when ented him, nk T barter a haircut, of the talking h ouster pro tened. th th watchful to of ntended Club Arn 3 i he ind Nav n a few davs. was lifted a shor mpe e PR Without S through and a wind his rooms it 1 to e rded offers of nu QUITS ELLIS ISLAND. ian Here to Mother, Gives Bond. YOI Atexandr y Eng er in Chicago, Princess, 1 € land vesterday detention by it Ellis detained sit of will not W from to visit 3 heen She had nd pendin nd former )10t in a cemetery here. tate- | shave Visit P~ her formal- NAGEL WINS OUT INFILM DISPUTE {Head of Actors’ Unit, Under| Criticism, Upheld by | Equity Association. By the Associated Press, HOLLYWOOD, Calif., November 22. —Conrad Nagel, president of the film I branch of the Actors’ Equity Associa- tion, and one of the founders of the | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, came out victorious in a stormy meeting of the Equity here last night ‘in which the academy and Na- | el's relation to it came under the fire of a moisy minority The arguments started when Nagel, |in_announcing that an Equity com- mittee had been unable to negotiate with the produ a standard con- |tract for actors, said this work was it undertaken by the academy. alizing, he =aid, that there had been_criticism of his administration, | he offered his resignation. Lois Wilson, member of the Equity jexecutive committee, took the floor at |once to announce that it Nagel's res- ignation were accepted she would re- n. and she believed the 15 other members of the committee would do likewis I's resignation was refused, {with only a smattering of opposition, bhut his opponents continued to heckle throughout the meeting with | at he was attempting to ry water on hoth shoulde; The question of repelling the inva- sion of foreign actors, which was scheduled to be one of the major | questions discussed, flickered out when 1 resolution prepared by a committee 1< tabled. The resolution asked im- {mizration officials to investigate the atus of foreign actors in Hollywood [for the purpose of deporting those who had no legal right to continue in the TUnited tes he resolution | pointed out that there were 600 jobs for actors in Hollywood and 6, tors secking work. ARCHDUKE LEOPOLD EARNS 850 IN FILMS Works in Hollywood—Ran Out Austrian Nobleman as Extra of Funds on Tour. respondence of the Assactated P HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — In _ six months of work as a motion picture extra the Archduke Leopold of Austria has earned . The fuke tourist and tried ! his funds ran out title ting sereen exployment. Most extra 1 far less than $850 per half year. | Just_now the Austrian nobleman an lishman in a picture Paul { Leni. German director, from the nch eclassie, “The Man Who Laughs” under the supervision | of the Czechoslovakian, Paul Kohner ees. here movies came as the is 85, Erects Own Tombstone. . af the WEST PLAI | “just to he prey own tombstone ¢ Man, Ao Mo, red.” b ted Pre l R. G. Smith put up his He is SIDENTIAL “TIMBER” VIEWS t Dawes and Frank 0. ot ball game together at Evanston, A flurry of snow descended on s, bundled up in their fur coats. Wide World Photos. MIDW 1D BATI Vice Pr , attending the Northwestern-Towa occupied adjoining s John Drake, who as skipper and crew of his 18-ton schooner Pilgrim, reached London the other day in his lone cruise of two and a half years from Seattle, Wash. Wide World Photos. HER FIRST V ance under her recently TURE BEHIND THE the daring transatlantic aviatrix, making up for her first stage app: gned vaudeville contr the first look at the girl flyer as a stage atfr FOOTLIGHTS. Ruth Elde ct. ction. New York is having \ 1 Pho! IN THE RANKS. M of th APPEARS WITH R s shown in this courtroom sce ico, going through i v Academ, THE SCREF film actress, who has just a United Artists, to try her fortune actress already has made a son of the Presi- as a student at Young Calles also is a Paramount News P’hoto. SN IMPORTS MORE TALENT. rived in this country under contract with me for h Camilla Horn, German in the studios of Hollywood. The the German film world. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. INVENTS NEW - pounds, this new life-saving suit, d many hours, has just been invente which was res storing sandwiches and drinking w ently tested at Los Angeles, h Weighing only 20 esigned to keep its we r afloat for d for tr: ic fii The suit, accommodations for ater. seiated Press Photo, 1US AT CT ATI TRIAL. , seated between the defend Romola Remus, daughter of George Remus, on trial at Cincinnati for the nt (at left) and his attorney, Charles K. on. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. VISITS TO MASONIC to subordinate grand master ‘of tri th inaugurated last evening ce " Lo Vit of Gi for | Gr cia Be and tia wh marks by eny officers L m; me 1 of LODGES NEAR END Grand Master and Other Officers Making Final Calls The final week of grand visitations odges by the Dis- by was ict of Co e officers emonial neh Loc ndge, No, sitations Erench Deputy ibbs, who itz I Al and olitha J D <0 Ve also on_of ich Followi ench L d” of the wer i t 1ster wde for stirring th when | quet b iHis Hapsburg | the ceremonies helped him appreciably in get- | but the which Geor of Year. Masonic slumbia, of the € e w ons in the ympanied and Lodge, h official | N Benjamin . and Per series of fc began is 11 M od Grand tor inspived Grand unkum to ind complimentary aw president of the plul Maste casioned i grand master. the visitation . which evening: received the G by W, ial prepara s cvent. the by in Masc ot only nd the 1 Lodge were | the grand mast M. making | be to | up of 1 to the family burial{o 5 and | Clemencean, The asonic con, v r 0 en 0 at Wa tly visitations sver tonorrow ony Laod members G. Harding 1 yeals younzer 830 o'clock to had the the st Octobe last and will end tomorrow evening. mother lodze | piloted in James T B, Leeds, 150 its treasurer Mas e in spe comment is master of the lod socia f 1927, enlogistic B. ons had been feature cpresentative | nd master of ban- Temple followed | unofticial record master | i treasurer | C sed by the of Clemenceau’s Sister Dead. RAMBOL (P).—Ad Irance 1LLE ne Cier wart pron dicd yesterday Fran Eays he never felt better in his life. lingering iliness. « after pha | and | B short ind Lod 1talpha Smith ix being the gz wil'| W 17, made TORPEDO SPEEDBOAT MAKES 63 MILES AN HOUR IN TEST RUN \New Fields in Naval Warfare and Commu- tation Seen in Fishlike Craft Piloted by Mrs. William B. Leeds. | commute to New York during the Summer months. | iarles I, Proctor, Gero von Gaerni- | . | fields in peace-time motorhoating, tor- | o CPA eSS O O . who helped pedo warfare and commutation yester- | gy, the invention, and Plum 9| day were regarded as possible develop- | alr re talking about the pos: “|ments from a torpedo specdboat | fies of taking the boat to $ \ test run by Mrs. William hrough the Panams the former 1 s Xenia, Plans 56-H, it 62.07 miles an hour i Natee - to Island Sound. Fonomlu in nned by The boat | Plum i’hl- next great test for his orsepower ight Whirlwind air- | new speedboat, e 1t s A reamiine | Encourased Ty the sucee body 33 feet long. Its chief difference public trials, when a speed of { in construction from that of the aver miles was announced, he said torpedoboat 18 a fishlike tail | yesterday that he would build a some- | which projects from the stern, giv what tar boat for a Pacitic Oc {ing the b the appearance of a tiny | test next Spring. T e i of the efficiency of a| “The run to Tfonolulu from San y,:q“‘”,.: ’h'p e :of Franciseo would he the ideal test for Pring the hoat,” he sald, “inasmuch as the | By the Associated Press. YOR November 2 Y It ur Run. ‘[\'L‘nvl over E cquipped with a 500 i s of the Eric of Denmark, Prince t hristoher of Greece and naval at- | eventual use of my invention will be e Dt tasion ,'.m.,\'\'ili il lega. | for torpedo boats in time of war. I ions 1 Wasl nwere among [ will start work immediately on a 24 passenzers on the craft, the I | boat, using the same ideas as n Tail. as Mrs. Leeds guided it to a new | Lest boat, which can speed from N for a craft loaded to | I'rancisco to Honolulu in hours 00 pouc o tost was made off | We liobe to make the run early next Id Spring Harbor, Long Island, Sun ‘ Spring. day | Jona Plum, former maval o attane? the Danish legation m) Cardinal Bonzano Improved. hington, who invented the boat,| ROME, November 22 (#).—Cardinal sees its bigsest value as an auxiliary | Bonzano, former apostolic dele 1. to torpedoboats in war time. He | Washington, who underwent an emer- visualized the ft being dropped |gency operation on G from o i , running 64 or |a good night and showed some im: more miles . Shooting two or | provement . withi 1hss fever: and ! three torpedoes from its forward tubes [a regul: but. his condition was a1 an enemy ship and returning under [ still gray its high speed to the safety of iul Because of the possibility of compli- mother vessel, cation setting in, the ca insisted Mr. Le Who sat beside his wife [on takine communion. w he re- Auving the test, suggested develop |ceived with ereat devotion while all a, ment of the boat would improve com- [those in the sick room knelt rever- | dort and speed to Long Islanders who eatly. s 4 : » v SEIZED ALCOHOL BELIEVED POISON Man Arrested in Baltimore Said to Have Papers Showing It Unfit for Drink. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMOF November 22.—Be lieving that a large quantity of alco- hol seized by prohibition agents in a garage here is poisonous, Assistant Prohibition Administrator John J. Quinn has ordered an analysis of the lcohol by Government chemists at hington, Quinn announced that in the pock ets of Benjamin Lerner, arrested dur: ing the raid on the garage, were found three reports of Philadol chemists showing that they had analyzed liquer for Lerner and found that it was “un- purposes. was released in $7.000 bail for ving_before United States Commissioner Supplee. According to Quinn, agents have sought Lern and he was finally located and arres ed by Capt. William B. Murray of the Philadelphia prohibition force. G BORAH RENEWS CONTEST. ‘Will Again Present His Resolution to Outlaw War. Action on his resolution to outlaw war will be sought again at the com- ing session of Congress by Chairman Sorah of the Senate foreign relations committee. Mr. Borah's proposal would pro- prohibition {vide for codification of international [ States will be cleared up. aw, would denounce the recognition | of war as a legitimate means of set- tling disputes and would set independent international tribunal to hear disputes. proposal to outlaw war can be hased on nothing more than the plighted word of the nation,” he said vesterday. “But there is nothing more behind any tr now entered inte between nations. 1 for months | MEXIGAN ENVOY PRAISES MORROW Ambassador Will Effect Agreement. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Senor Manuel Tellez, the Mexican Ambassador to the United States, who has just returned from Mexico City, said today that the new American Ambassador, Dwight W. Morrow, had made a very favorable impression in his first conferences with Mexican officials, Senor Tellez said everybody was hopeful that the American Ambassa- understanding of Mexico's problems and a better appreciation of Mexico's opportunities to do business with the rest of the world. The Mexican Am- bassador had not received the text as yet of the decision of the Supreme Court of Mexico on the oil land con- troversy, but pointed out that the court usually delivered its opinions orally and then designated a justice to write the opinion for the record. Discusses Usual Procedure. Judging by the press reports of what the court said, however, the Ambassador felt that it the facts and circumstances in subsequent cases were the same as in the one decided there probably would be the usual number of decisions to conform to precedent. In Mexico it takes five de cisions to establish a binding prece- dent. The Mexican_conrt, however it the principle involved is the sam {and the facts are in accord with pre- vious cases, usually decides a number of cases in the same way and the precedent is then set. The procedure for American oil com- panies now will be to file applications revalidation of their titles under e existing law and any propertics quired before 1917, whether | there has been any positive drilling, will be definitely designs as permanently in the possession of their lawful owners. act of Law Relating to Concessions. { AN properties acquired since 19 {however, must conform to the law |and year concessions will ant he theory of the Me: government is that 50 ye nough for minerals to be extr and if it is not, there probably will be little difficulty in getting renewals on Ifavorable terms, as it always will be |to the interest of the Mexican |ernment ta encourage production be- | cause tax receipts depend to no small xtent on royalties from production | There is at present a number of issues pending between the United | States and Mexico, but none is con: {sidered as acute as was the contro |versy ower oil lands. It is possible that a new commercial treaty may be I negotiated embodyving some of these issues, so that all matters in dispute the cted |between Mexico and United In any event the atmosphere is ripe for such lan undertaking and it would not be surprising it before Mr. Morrow |leaves his present post he will try to bring about such an agreement. (Convricht. 1927.) . y bought Australia more American motor eycles last year than any other | country, while Japan was number, and Sweden third, next in Senor Tellez Hopes U. S.! dor would succeed in developing a new | ox ot | that nothin gov- | SHUMAKER DENIES . COURT INFLUENGE Indiana Dry Leader Refutes Charge at Contempt Hearing. By the Associate 2 INDIANAPOLIS, November Emphatic denial that he had ever at- tempted to influence the decision of ipreme Court in his con- s made before that body yesterday Dr. Edward Shu- maker, superintendent of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League. Testifying in his own behalf on a motion by Arthur L. Gilliom, attorney general, to incres r sen- | tence of 60 days at the State penal farm and a fine of $250 because of “‘cor- rupt attempt to influence the decision of the court,”” Dr. Shumaker denied several statements mads by Senator James E. Watson in a deposition taken at Washington last Thursday. Shumaker Accused. After hearing five witnesses, the Su- preme Court took Gilliom’s motion un- advisement. Gilliom, in his first n against Shumaker, char, | annual report to the Anti ue trustees, Shumaker charged 1 Supreme Court judges with prejudiced in liquor cases. veral times declared tson’s recollection of n his deposition, was 1 conversation Watson and Shu- ker in 1926, and ensuing corre- spondence just before the Su- preme Court” was to pass judgment on | the “ler superintendent was the I basis for the filing of Gilliom's motion to iner: sentence. shumaker denied asking Watson to 1l the Republican State committee session to pass a_resolution con- | demning Gilliom for his attack on the ! that he said the Supreme Court ought ta be called hack from its n to decide the case: that he atson the Anti-Saloon League or |any one else would hold him respon- sible if the contempt case was pushed, or that he made any request of Sen- ator Watson. being Shumaker that Senator W event given “faulty.” A te between Senator e | Expected Only Fine. ie: | s'is long | Watson told him that he had talked Yesterday Shumaker testified that to three Supreme Court judges and would be done in Shu- e until after the 1926 elec. Shumaker declared that Wat- son told him he would only receive a fine. Senator Arthur R. Robinson, junior Indiana Senator, on the witness stand vesterday said he was certain Dr. Shumaker did mnot threaten Watson with “the power of the Methodist Church and the Anti-Saloon League’ in his conversation with the senior Senator. Shumaker was at Robin- son’s home at the time. Robinson de- nied Shumaker ever asked him to use | his influence in the contempt case. | Admiral i{elm's maker’s | tions. Estate $150,000. The estate left by Rear Admiral | Tames M. Helm, U. S. N., who died detober 28, is valued at $150,000, ac- cording to the petition of the Wash- |ington Loan & Trust Co., execu |for the probate of the will. The idmiral 18 survived by his widow Mrs. Edith B. Held. two sisters, two brothers and a half-brother, ‘