Evening Star Newspaper, November 24, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Burean Forecast.) Partly cloudy and somewhat colder tomorrow fair tonight; Temperature—Hi vesterday: lowest, ay. Full report on New York Stock Market Closed Today No. 30,522, Fiertnés and colder, ghest, at 3 p.m . 55, at 530 am. to page 9. Entered as second class matter Washington. C. D. BRATIANU, PREMIER OF RUMANIA, DIES AFTER OPERATION Son of Man Who Set Up Present Monarchy Domi- nated Nation 25 Years. BROTHER IS APPOINTED AS HEAD OF CABINET Queen Marie Visits Dying Man. Guards in Bucharest Ordered Increased Threefold. By the Asenciated Press. BUCHARES' Rumania, November 24.—1lonel By nu, more than a quarter of a entury dominating personality in the political life of Ru mania, died early today, Thus in a period of a scant four months Rumania has lost a crowned and “uncrowned” King—King Ferdi- nand dying last July soon after Bra- tianu, upon whom he depended greatly for advice, had taken over the pre- miership again. The premier died at 6:43 o'clock this morning from a complication of dis- eases, which proved fatal after an op- eration vesterday for an abscess of the throat and for the removal of a diseased gland on the left side of his lower jaw. He was 63 years old. Dies While Asleep. “Don’t be impatient; I shall make a good fight,” were the last words he wrote on a pad, which he handed to his young secretary. Then he lapsed into sicep affer renewed inhalations of oxygen until death came. i The cabinet was called into session immediately at the premier’'s house,| and the premier’s brother Vintela | was appointed premier by the regency council. He immediately composed a new cabinet, consisting of former ‘members, and gave directions for the trebling of guards throughout the capital. Troops throughout Rumania were called to quarters. Queen Marie was in constant tele- phonic communication with the dying | premier and personally visited him late last night. Queen Visits Him. “Do vou feel better?” asked the Queen of the man who more than any one else was responsible for Carol's renunciation. The premier raised his arm and feebly grasped the Queen's hand, sa. ing haltingly: “Yes, vour majesty 1ow good and gracious it is of you to come here at such an hour.” Ion I C. Bratianu, familiarly called Jonel, a_diminutive, to distinguish him from his father, who was also pre- mier, came of a rich Rumanian fam ily, long a power in the politics of the Balkan country. Born at Florica, the Bratianu fam- 11y estate near Bucharest, he fell heir to a tradition of wealth and position. Father Led Uprising. His father led the uprising of 1843 azainst the Turks, placed the Hohen- llern family on the throne in 1863. and became the first prime minister. From radicalism the family—now {mmensely wealthy by their control of the oil and mineral resources of the country—gradually turned to conserv- atism. Jonel Bratianu was premier and foreign minister in various cabinets. It was his custom to retire when the pressure against his virtual dictator- #hip became too severe, but from his country home he still dictated the Jolicies of the country, and was al- ways ready to return when his per- sonal leadership was needed. Gained World's Attention. The recent years of Bratianu's pre- miership have constantly been mark- ed by events that attracted world- wide attention. Crown Prince Carol eloped and renounced his rights to the throne. King Ferdinand died and Carol's son Michael, now aged 6, was named King, with a regency in charge. Recently Bratianu caused various arrests in what he regarded as a plot on Carol's part to return to the country from France and try to attain the throne. The arrests culminated in the court-martial of Mihail Manoilescu, who was acquitted. Only last Sunday Bratianu, then suffering from influenza, character- 4zed as ridiculous reports that he in- tended to establish a republic. His party, the Liberals, he said, had af- firmed constantly that Rumania could prosper only under a herediiary monarchy. RENOUNCES UNEQUAL TREATIES WITH CHINA Ir. Wu Holds No Pacts Binding Unless Nationalists Have Part. for a By Cable to The Star and the Chicago Daily affairs, this evening issued a declara- tion calling for the abrogation within the shortest possible period of all «ynequal treaties and agreements con- cluded hetween former Chinese gov- ernments and governments, corpora- tions and individuals of foreign states.” Dr. Wu's declaration, which is th most notable since he assumed o cal control of the king govern- . turther declare ies and agreements and have expired have as a| rse become null and void Any treaty or azreement purporting 10 be made by any Chinese authority with any foreign government, corpo. ytion or individual without. the par- icipation or sanction of the Natio j<t government is of no validity what- foever. No ftreaty or agreement re Jating to China. to which the National- 3ot government is not a party, will be dremed binding on Chin JUNKERS. PLANE FAILS. fiv to Harbor Grace, N. The plane was towed back into the hurbor agparently undamaged 4 ADMIRAL BULLA ch WASHINGTON, D. €, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1927 THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. RD. CHAIRMAN . OF RADIO COMMISSION, IS DEAD Retired Official Had Started Two Weeks’ Leave From Work. | | | 'Known as “Father of Radio” in Navy—Had Distin- guished Career. Rear Admiral William H. G. Bul lard, U. 8. N., retired, chaivman of the Federal Radio Commission, a dis tinguished naval officer and an out- standing leader in the field of radio development and administration, died suddenly early today at his home, 1726 Massachusetts avenue. Death was said to have resulted from heart at tack and high blood pressure. Admiral Bullard yesterday started on a leave period of two wecks from his work with the Radio Commission, intending to undergo a rest cure and possibly A slizht operation at fthe Naval Hospital. Death came in his sleep at 530 o'clock this morning, members of the family said. Funera | arrangements had not been complated | today. Serving as one of the principal Amer- ican delegates to the International Radiotelegraphic Conference, which is winding up its sessions here, Admiral Bullard was enabled to keep the Radio Commission in close touch with the changing broadcasting situation as developed at the conference. He had given much of his time to the commission’s recently developed ef- forts to clear up many of the bruad- casting channels now in use in this country, and under his guidance the | REAR ADMIRAL W, H. G. I BULLARD. | = S commission was preparing 1o assign short-wave broadcast bands. He had served as chairman of the commission @ince its formal organization March 15. His death today the second to occur among the membership of the commission within two months, Col. John F. Dillon of San Francisco died late in September. Adm Bullard was appointed to the commission to represent the Penn- rania-Ohio region, one of the five intowhich the country is ontinued on Page 3, Column FRIENDS OF CAROL FORESEE VICTORY End of Bratianu’s Control Held Near as Premier’s Brother Assumes Post. By the Associated Press, PARIS, November 24.—Rumanians friendly to the former Crown Prince expressed the belief today that the death of Premier Tonel Bratianu would expedite a legal return to the country | by Carol and possibly enable him to |attain the throne. ven with Vintela Bratianu in power as premier, these quarters were convinced that the long sway of the Bratianu family over Rumanian affairs was neaking its close. Bratianu's defeat in the recent Manoilescu trial in Bucharest has been regarded by Carolists as certain evi- dence that oppositionists were gaining the upper hand in Rumanian affairs. In this trial Carol's hopes to return to his country at least as a regent for his son, the boy king. figured largely. The fall of the uncrowned Bratianu dynasty. as Carolists view the matter, removes the most powerful element opposed to Carol. Ionel Bratianu was his arch foe. TRIAL WEAKENED BRATIANU. Manoilescu Acquittal Hastened Death of Premier. BUCHAREST, November 24 (#).— The death of Premier lon Bratianu undoubtedly was hastened by the ac- quitting of Mihail Manoilescu recently, on a charge of conspiring to restore Prince Carol to the Rumanian throne. The (rial was felt to have done ir- reparable injury to Bratianu's party, the Liberals, and to have strength- ened greatly the National Peasants, his chief opponents, who have always maintained a sympathetic attitude to- ward former Crown Prince Carol, whose 6-year-old son Michael is now King. Political leaders, however, do not believe that Bratianu’s death envis- ages Prince Carol's return, although it undoubtedly enhances his position considerably. WILL OPPOSE CAROL. New Cabinet Reported Planning to Carry Out Present Policies. LONDON, November 24 (#).—An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Bucharest saye that the newly form- ed cabinet of Vintela Bratianu, which was appointed by the regency this morning following the death of Pre- mier Tonel Bratianu, has announced its intention of carrying out the pol- icies of the late premier, and will not allow the return to Rumania of for- mer Crown Prince Carol, now in rance. The Bucharest garrison has been fully mobilized, the dispatch says, and all public buildings are occupied. QUEEN HEADS GROUP. | Marie Accepts American Highway i Association Presidency. PORTLAND, Oreg., November 24 (P).—Samuel Hill, Seattle capitalist, announced here today that Qeuen Marie of Rumania had agreed to ac- cept honorary presidency of an as- sociation proposed by him, having as ita object the beautifying of the Pa- cific ay from Vancouver, Brit- to Mexico. Marie was entertained by Mr. Hill when she visited the West |last year. 20 GANG MEMBERS TAKEN IN'RADS | Hasty Truce Made in Chicago When Underworld Fears Federal Action. By the Associated Press. "HICAGO, November 24 —Fifty Chicago gangsters, including “Pete Genna, last of the original leaders of the “Genna Brothers Gang." at one time the most powerful underworld or- ganization in the city, were arrested in police raids on gangland haunts last night. : The Genna gang was the first of the bootleg bands that sprang up on a highly organized scale after the advent of prohibition, and until a few years ago was all-powerful. Of the six broth ers, five lost their lives in gang feuds that developed with the formation of rival bands, or left the country under fear of death. Hasty Truce Reported. As the police war against gang ter- rorism assumed really large propor- tions with the wholesale arrests and the killing of one gangster by the po- lice there were rumors of a hastily ar- ranged truce among the underworld leaders, whose fights against “compe- tition” are charged with responsibil- ity for the deaths of more than three hundred gang members in the last three years. The leaders, believed to be in fear of extinction if the police roundup con- tinues, were further spurred into patching up ‘their grievances by the revelation that Federal authorities were preparing to take a hand by de- porting many gangsters as undesirable aliens. Fourteen gangsters arrested in earlier raids were arraigned yesterday on charges varying from disorderly conduct to conspiracy to commit mur- der. The cases all were continued. Aiello Not in Court. Joseph Alello, leader of the North Side gang, whose entry into the gam- bling and liquor concessions in the South Side territory of Scarface Al Capone precipitated the most recent outbreak of the gunmen’s war, did not appear in court, and his attorney’s announcement that Aiello had suffered a nervous breakdown, brought laughs from members of the Capone-Tony Lombardo faction present in the court. Detective Sargt. Thomas Lynch, ac- cidentally shot by one of his own men in a chase after a car believed driven by gangsters yesterday morning, died last night. His was the second death in two days as a result of the police drive, Frank Herbert, a brother of Big Ed Herbert, bootlegger-gangster, having heen slain by the police when he refused to halt for questioning. Shortly after midnight today a bomb explosion wrecked the front of # small cigar store on the South Side, which was said to have been a gam. bling house, but it was not believed that the bombing had any significance in the war between Capone and Aiello. POPE RECEIVES ENVOY. Pontiff Tells German He Envies His Trip to U. 8. 24 UP).—Pope Dr, Friedrich ROME, November Pius today received Wilhelm von Prittwitz-Gaffron, re- tiring German Ambassador to Italy, who has been appointed to the em. bassy at Washington, and Frau Von Prittwitz-Gaffron. The audience was most cordial and the Pontift said that he somewhat envied them being able to go to the United States, which has always been one of his most ardent desires. By the Associated Press CHICAGO, November 24.—Because a maid misunderstood directions and packed the wrong jewels, she unwit- tingly saved Mrs. Lucius Foster, wife of a Chicago banker, a strand of pearls and a diamond pin valued at approxi- | mately $38,000, Mrs, Foster revealed tast night. > Mrs. Foster's suit case, containing her jewels, was stolen last Sunday night, while she was about to leave tuffalo, after a visit with Mrs. Arthur dun Pont. Thinking the maid had packed the jew which she had requested, Mrs, ter estimated her doss at about §15,000. 1nstead, the Maid Packs Wrong Jewels and Owner Saves $38,000 When Auto Is Looted loss was only several cheaper jewels, valued at $3,000, Mrs. Foster said. “When I prepared to leave Chicago for Buffalo,” Mrs. Foster said, *I asked my maid to pack the strand of pearls and the diamond pin, but she misunderstood me, fortunately, and packed the others, “1 did not know this until I return- ed home and looked over my jewels. 1 was surprised to find them here, and wired Mrs. du Pont at once. du Pont told the Buffalo author- The robbery ook place as Mrs Foster and the du Ponts were eating dinner at a Buffalo hotel. The suit e was packed in the du Pont automwbile, which was entered. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION PRESDENT OPEN THANKSENNG DAY AT GHURGH RTES Springlike Weather Prevails as Capital Prepares for Turkey Feasts. HUNDREDS OF POOR REMEMBERED WITH FOOD | Millions Throughout Country Hear | Chief Executive Read Proc- lamation Over Radio. Washington, pointing the of the Nation day to the spirit | day and after turning as |10 divine services, arranged |ita full attention to that sador | fof the harvest (festiv royal | | highness, the American turkey, President and Mrs. Coolidge set the | xample for the country by attending | ices of the Kirst Congregational | ch held in Keith's Theater, while at St. Patrick's Catholic Church. the annual Pan-American mass summoned diplomats and high Government offi- | jals, and other churches of the Capl- | tal held seasonable services. Army Band at White House. At the White House following the servic at the theater, the Army Band prepared to serenade the Com- mander-in-chief of the Army and Navy. New England quiet will pre- vail_through the day otherwise at the Executive Mansion. The President and Mrs. Coolidge will have Mr, and Mrs. Frank W. Steains of Boston, their house guests, for dinner. Four turkeys have arrived at the White House as candidates for the post of honor and the Chief Executive's cook | picked the largest and best for Mr. Coolidge’s table. Although Amherst College fs In_ recess today, the brief vacation prohibits John, the Presi- dent’s son, from being with his parents for Thanksgiving. Mr. Coolidge created an innovation in the more than 300 years of observ- ing the festival in this country by personally appealing over the radio It night to his fellow-Americans to give thanks for the blessings the Na- tion enjoys. Millions were reached in this great radio hook-up, hearing the President, from his study in the White House, read his Thanksgiving day proclamation, which was framed about a month ago. Spring-like Weather Prevails. Despite an unpromising forecast for Thanksgiving weather, a pale Novem- ber sun peeped across the Anacostia River and smiled down upon the Capi- tal, shrouded in light mist and smoke, while countless chimneys sent their smoke lazily toward a cloud-flecked sky, Overcoats were cast aside in the Spring-like mildness of the morning. ‘The mighty wheels of the Nation's business were stilled, as the Govern- ment departments were closed for the day. Postal deliveries were suspend- ed and the schools were silent, their pupils Intent on the good things of harvestide for the nonce. Mr. and Mrs Washington did their shopping yesterday and judging from the throngs, augmented by the re- leased Government workers who laid their tasks aside around noon, the merchants have ample cause for giv- ing thanks, Numerous organizations arranged to celebrate the day and amid Jjollity the poor were not forgotten. Hundreds Given Food. The Salvation Army distributed 40 baskets of good cheer yesterday to its regular relief cases and at noon today was ready to give about 150 free tur- key dinners to those who applied at its building at 102 B street. More than 200 baskets were distrib uted yesterday to deserving destitute families from the Central Union Mis sion, while at noon today all the poor who came as guests were given a Thanksgiving dinner at 613 C street. The menu consisted of roast pork, sweet potatoes, vegetables, bread and butter, coffee and pumpkin pie. Rev. George G. Kundahl, the mission's evangelist. preached a midday Thanksgiving sermon in the mission chapel. Superintendent John S. Ben nett issued an appeal for funds to pay the Thanksgiving bills. Seventy-five baskets were dis- tributed yesterday from the (ospel Mission, 214 John Marshall place, and today 50 families and about 200 men were expected to participate in the Thanksgiving dinner, which will be served from to 2 o'clock. Con- tinuous services will be held from noon until 9 o'clock tonight in con- nection with the day of thanksgiv- ing. Members of the board of trus- tees will conduct the services and in the afternoon a demonstration from the children will be given in the chapel of the mission. Dr. W. Sin- clair Bowen of the Episcopal Lay- men’s Service League will bring the message at tonight's gathering. Prisoners Dine on Pork. By a special order, Superintendent W. L. Peak of the District Jail is permitting prisoners to receive food from home today and this privilege ill be extended tomorrow. It was also granted yesterday. Two 300- pound hogs, grown at the Lorton, Va., reformatory, will supply the roast pork for the Thanksgiving din- ner at noon of the 466 prisoners. The menu also includes brown gravy, mashed potatoes, stewed tomatoes. cranberry sauce, celery, cake and coffee. ¥ The spirit of the festival prevailed likewise at the hospitals. The patients at Walter Reed Hos- pital have something in addition to thelr Thanksgiving dinner to ook forward to today, for the new perma- nent Red Cross house will be formally opened this afternoon. The President and Mrs. Coolidge have been invited to attend the opening, which wil! be held from 4 to 6 o'clock. The two- story red brick structure of Colonial architecture will be decorated with palms, ferns, Autumn leaves and chrysanthemums and yellow and orange effect. All the members of the cabinet and their wives, as well as the justices of the Supreme Court and their wives and other high Govern- ment officials, have received invita- tions to attend. Last night the last moving picture was presented in the old wartime Red Cross Building and the veterans sang their war songs during the evening. ending with “Old Lang Syne. Then ! they made a pilgrimage to the new building, which the Red Cross officials sonsidered particularly touching Tonight_a_hoasewarming, _dane! the way to surrendered ksgiving thoughts to give | rest i ing| ~ (Continued on Page 3, Column 3, BUT * ¢ Foening SHar, (#) Means Associated Press. Yelter‘thy'l Circulation, 101 “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washingion homes as fast as the papers are printed. ,314 TWO CENTS. UT SOMEHOW % OR OTHER { = 1 Do NoT (% CHOOSE Tt EXUBERANTLY THANKFUL| - F THANKSGIVING (?) 1927 —_— PRESIDENT WORKS DESPITE HOLIDAY Spends More Than 2 Hours, Dictating on His Message | Before Going to Church. | | Although a devout believer in the principles of an annual day of Thanks: | giving, the President did not take the | holiday enjoyed by thousands of Gov-| ernment officials and clerks today, but went to his study on the second floor of the White House and struggled for nearly two hours with the preparation of his message to Congress, Thanksgiving day, however, did not | alter greatly the customary routine of | the White House. The President | arose at his usual early hour, and by | the time he had gone through some | setting-up exercises in his hedroom | and had personally given himselt a good, clean holiday shave, he was joined by Mrs. Coolidge for breakfast After going to his study the Presi- | dent sat back in a big, stuffed, ea chair, looking off at the cheerful in- spiring_view to the south of the White House, as he slowly dictated to Erwin Geisser, his personal ste- | nographer. The President hecame so absorbed | in this task that he barely had time to go to his desk in the executive office for a brief glance at his mail | before making ready to leave for the | religious services. An invitation has been received by the President and Mrs. Coolidzge to | attend the formal opening of a new | Red Cross house at Walter Reed Hospital this afternoon at 4 u'clock. | but at noon it had not been decided | whether or not they would attend this ceremony. DRY HEAD INDICTED ON LIBEL CHARGES : New Jersey Man Accused of Link- ing Judges' Names With Vice Conditions. By the Associated Press = NEWARK, N. J., November 24.— Three indictments charging criminal libel of three judges stood today against Rev. Dr. Marna S. Poulson, State superintendent of the New Jersey Anti-Saloon League. The indictments were returned by the grand jury of Essex County. in which Newark is located. after an in- ation of statements by Dr. ulson in which he said he had ed Judges Walter D. Van Riper, Frank A. Boeltner and olas Al- bano “with general charges that therc was a vicious combination existing between organized vice and dis: ganized law enforcement.” Dr. Poulson, who said he spoke as an individual and not as an official of the Anti-Saloon League, declared he inferred no personal corruption in his charges. He said the Anti-Saloon League would support him in any charges of vice conditions in the city, however. ] The indictments grew out of Dr. Poulson's charges in a recent debate with Arthur Garfield Hayes of the| American Civil Liberties Union, in which he asserted three judges in Essex County “were in on the gam- bling game.” Later, in statements to newspapers, he named the judges to whom he said he had referred in the debate. He subsequently said he had “merely linked them up witk general charges that there was a vicious combination existing between ; organized vice and disorganized law enforcement.” Stops—O\;'n Burial And Proves by Papers He’s Alive Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, November 24.—- Otto Olsen stopped his “own" burial yesterday when he proved to the police he was not dead. Saturday a body was found in a doorway and identified as that of Olsen. ~ Coroner Blades signed & certificate of death. Police of the Kastern district, consequently, were surprised when Olsen walked into the station and explained he was sent to jail Satut day for being drunk, and Identificd ship papers taken from the corpse as having been stolen from hir. Radio Programs —Page 13. { board President Spared Gasoline Tax by Ruling of McCarl Gasoline for President Coolidge's White House automobiles cannot be taxed by the District of Columbia, B rding to J. Raymond McCarl. Controller General of the United a decision to N. P. Webster, 1 disbursing agent at the White House, McCarl said that a rlaim by the gasoline company for an additional 2 cents per gallon on account of taxes rhould not be paid. “The general supply committee contract of July 13, 1927, made by the Secretary ‘of the Treasurv with the Republic Oil Co. for gasoline for nse by the executive departments and other Government establish- ments,” McCarl said, provided for “prices free from the District of Columbia road tax.” Mr. Webster said the contract price was $.109 per gallon, but the company. which was not named in the controller general's decision, had presented invoices for $.129 per gallon. COAST GUARD CAPTURES RUM BOAT AFTER BATTLE Runner and $10,000 Cargo Taken After Patrol Forces Craft Ashore. By the Assaciated Press. SANDUSK November 24.—A 33- foo' rum runner, captured Tuesday night with a $10,000 cargo aboard after a battle between Coast Guards- men and members of the crew, was | brought into port vesterday. The hattle occurred more than three miles offshore. Chased by the coast patrol, the liquor-laden craft finally was beached and after a pursuit of several blocks ashore two men were into custody. They registered L "White: Eberle, 22, Lakeside, Ohio, and Mi*e Paljo, Cleveland. The cargo included 100 kegs of whisky, 10 kegs of assorted lquors and 100 cases of Canadian beer. It was one of the largest hauls made in this section of the south lake in re- cent months. e TEACHERS FORM UNION. 40 Per Cent of Seattle High School Instructors Organized. SEATTLE. Wash., November 24 (#). roximately 40 per cent of the said today. Milliken, temporary chairman, indic would he to gain favorable action from the school board on a request for a salary increase. ted one of the first objectives | NEW MERGER PLA GIVES PUBLIC SHARE Traction Proposal Based on System Used in Philadel- phia, Officials Find. The street car merger plan drawn | up by the engineering firm of Charles Hansel for the public utilities com- mittee of the Federation of Citizens' Associations is radically different in many respects to the scheme proposed by Harley P. Wilson, according to first details which leaked out today. The Hansel plan, which the federa- tion is expected to sponsor, 1€ it is ac- ceptable, is was intimated, is pattern- ed after the so-called Mitten method which governs the operation of the Philadelphia transit lines. Funda- mentally the Mitten olan, it was said, is designed to protect the interests of all parties directly concerned with the transportation system—the puhlic, the street car employes and the stock- holders. Public Owns Share. The public through the municipality and the employes of the car com- panies under this plan it was pointed out would own a pre-determined ratio of the stock of the Consolidated Co. This would give them certain protec- tive rights, it was explained, and re- sult in a more efficient and economic operation of the transportation sys- tem Like the Wilson plan the Hansel scheme of consolidation also proposed the re-routing of car lines and the re- arrangement of tracks which, it is estimated, would result in a saving of more than $1,000,000 a year in the operating expenses. This more econ- nomie operation it was said would inevitably be reflected in lower street car fares. Capitalization Is Lower. While the Hansel plan suggests a capitalization for the consolidated company the amount was not re- vealed, but it was indicated that the figure is considerably less than the ,000,000 proposed in the Wilson merger proposition. The capitalization proposed by the Hansel engineers, however, it was said, is intended to give the public a distinct advantage. The Hansel p'an was outlined secretly by officials of the engineering firm at a_conference yesterday after- noon with a subcommittee of the federation’s public utilities committee Newspaper men who had been invited to the conference by Maj. Clayton E. Emig, acting chairman of the utilities committee, were excluded by officials of the firm and some members of the subcommittee. Publicity Is Favored. The Hansel officials took the posi- tion that they were reporting to their client and that it would be unethical for them to do so in_the presence of (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) IM'ANDREW'S ACCUSER MIXES HISTORY BEFORE SCHOOL BOARD !Quotes Ethan Allen as Author of 1 Regret I Have But One Life to Give for My Country.' i By the Associated Press. CHICAGO. November 24.—William McAndrew walked out on his school trial court yesterday, to stay out he said, until such time as the hoard is ready to address itself to the charges on which it suspended him from the superintendency of schools. McAndrew minced no words in de- claring he was tired of sitting through sessions of his own trial while the board “entertained various paid pa- triots, The defendant's “walkout” came as a result of his attempt, through coun- sel, to offer a statement in his own defense to the 16 charges of insubor- dination and improper conduct. It was the first word the superintendent had attempted to offer in reply to charges of permitting pro-British text books to flood the city schools. Statement Not Read. The statgment was not read, the board voting, 5 to 2, against hearing it. Upon hearing the result of the vote, McAndrew walked out of the room. His action precipitated an uproar, a field day of recrimination, argument and heated talk. “The defendant,” Busch, counsel for McAndrew, 4 sald Francis X. il withdraw from the trial until the board sées fit to confine itself to the original charges of insubordination or we are permitted to make a defense.” Frank C. Righeimer, counsel for the school board, termed the departure of the suspended superintendent as “a weak defense” and a “four-flushing re- treat.” He suggested an adjournment until the superintendent “deems it worth his while to return and face the music.” Trustee Walter J. Raymer, a former president of the board and one of the two who voted to hear the McAndrew statement, joined the argument. Member Speaks in Defense. “I am willing to listen to evidence of insubordination,” Raymer said, “but not to the opinions of the long- haired gentleman from Seattle or the gentleman from New York who admits that he was editor of a publication that was banned during the war, or to the personal opinions of Charles Edward Russell, an avowed Socialist, whose greatest ambition would be realized when nation is pitted against nation.” During the Righeimer said: “Do vou think, Mr. Raymer, that our children should not be taught the argument Attorney FRAUD IS CHARGED N ELECTIONS BY ARLINGTON GROUP | County Citizens, in Sensa- | tional Petition, Ask Court to Order New Vote. SERIOUS IRREGULARITIES ARE LAID TO OFFICIALS Returns of November 8 Called II- legal—Papers Served on Sheriff Howard B. Fields. Gross irregularities in the Arling. ton County election of November 8, including the use of liquor and money to influence voters in favor of one »llf the successful candidates, Sheriff Howard B. Fields, are charged by a group of 17 county citizens in a sen- n.{auonal court petition for a new elec- tion. v\\'hfle the charges are directly spe- cifically against Sheriff Fields and his “friends and adherents,” a number of the allegations are so broad that they | involve all other county officers voted | upon the recent elections. _For this reason, the petitioners tell the court that substantiation of the charges may render necessary an en- tirely new election of all county offi- cers. An investigation of the whole election is asked. New Election Asked. The petition, filed just 15 minutes before the expiration of the 15-day time limit fixed by State law for such contests, charges, briefly, that the clection of November 8 was “illegal and undue” and the returns therein Ise, and the court is requested to de- lare the election “null and void.” The papers were filed at 4:15 o'clock vesterday afternoon in the offlee of the clerk of the Circuit Court of Arlington County, at the county courthouse, and they were served on Sheriff Fields shortly thereafter by County Coroner B. H. Swain. Bernard Miller of Culpeper and Thomas F. Dolan, jr., appeared as counsel for the complainants. Petition Is Attacked. Sheriff Fields today characterized the petition as “a pack of lies,” con- cocted by his “political enemie: “There isn't a word of truth in this whole document,” Fields declared. “It's just a cheap political trick by & bunch of soreheads who don't know when their own candidate is defeated. I never made any campaign promise not to arrest bootleggers, as charged, and I think my record of arrests, the highest in the State, answers that charge. 1 never paid any money or gave ary liquor to voters, nor did I pay their poll taxes. I will answer all the charges fully when my day in court comes.” The signers of the petition follow: Patrick R. Burke, L. C. Lloyd, W. W. Locke, G. B. McKeown, Leary K. McKeown, Cora L. Kines, C. Louden, William D. Rotheri, 8. L. Baker, Myrtle Hawley, E. C. Johnson, Don H. Hager, L. W. King, J. E. Hayms, J. Eustace Crux, Stephen E. Childs and Z. O. Kines. The first and last named petitioners swore to the affidavit, which was executed before George D. Ricker, notary public. Disqualified, Is Claim. The papers charge, among other things, that three of the election judges were disqualified by reason of their being Federal employes. The judges in question are James W. Head of the Arlington election pre- cinet, E. J. Skidmore, the Virginia Highlands precinct, and E. W. Cush- ing of the Carne precinct. Other charges follow: That persons not qualified to vote entered the Carne precinct, at Halls Hill, and sought to influence voters in favor of I'ield and against his nearest rival, A. C. Clements. ‘That these unqualified voters assist- ed 1n_marking ballots and that they furnished sample marked baliots. That money was paid to voters at this and other precincts “to induce and influence them” to vote for Fields. That ballots were delivered to vo- ters, already marked in favor of Fields. That many voters were induced to vote for the sheriff by the use of in- toxicating liquor.” That certain State taxes of some of the voters at several of the pre- cincts were paid by “friends and ad- herents” of the accused officer. Viola Is Charged. That at “practicall very precinct in Arlington County large crowds were permitted to congregate within 100 feet of the polls, in viniation of the State election laws. The petitions had the effect of a bomb explosion at the county court- house. The group of citizens spon- soring the charges had been working with great secrecy for the past two weeks, and no hint of their activity was received in official quarters, it is understood. The group, it was learned by The Star, said they became “suspicious™ over the outcome of the election, par- ticularly with regard to the returns from the Carne precinct, made up largely of colored voters, and a care- (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) ITALY AND ALBANIA SIGN DEFENSIVE ALLIANCE PACT Treaty Approved by Nations at Tibana Tuesday, Report Reveals. By the Associated Press. ROME, November 24.—A treaty of defensive alliance between Italy and Albania was signed on Tuesday at Ti- bana, it was announced today by Ste- fani, the Italian news agency. The treaty will be registered with the League of Nations. Italy and Albania signed a treaty of friendship and security last year. The treaty was the subject of much crif cism in Jugoslavia, where it was de- clared that Italy was making an Ital- ian protectorate of the smaller coun- try. Considerable tension between the two countries prevailed for a time, but eventually more or less blew over. Argentina Names Attache. BUENOS ATRES, November 24 (#). —The Minister of Marine yesterday immortal words of Ethan Allen—My (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) ‘l;)]:ll‘:ifl(:d CIII’;L P{dm Escuatry, chief of the Argentine Naval Missi United States g