Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1927, Page 5

THE TVENTING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €., TUESDAY. S MANY FAMILIAR D. C. BILLS FILED Cramton Measure on Fiscal Relations Again Intro- duced in House. As the mass of bills already intro duced in the House is sorted over, a pumber of strangely familiar meas- ures affecting the District are found azain offered for consideration. Con- spicuous among these is the proposal by Representative Cramton, Repub- lican, of Michigan, to have the Fed- eral Government’s share in the cost of the National Capital limited to an annual contribution of only $9,000,000, Jeaving the rest of the budget to come from District taxes. This is the same sure that was turned down de- ~cisively in the House District com- | mittee last year “hariman lehlbach of the louse | sertice committee has introduced | Y sed retirement bill, which | will have the support of civil service employes. It provides for maximum | annuities of §1,200 instead of $1.000, as at present, and for optional retire- ment after 30 years of service. This hill later will be introduced in the Senate by Senator Dale, Republican, of Vermont. Mr. Lehibach also has introduced a hill for abolition of the Personnel | Classification Board, transferring its | present dutics to the Civil Service | Commission. Charge for Pupils. Cramton also has introduced a measure for incorporation of Howard University, and another for rullmnnl\; ion’ from children attending ton public schools whose reside in Maryland and Virginia. Chairman Madden of the House ap- propriations committee has introduced 2 bill to increase the rate of assess- ment for laving water mains and sewers in the District, where the pres- ent rates are based at $1 and §1 per linear foot. and proposes an crease of $2 and $3. This leg proposal was first hrouzht forward as a rider on an appropriation bill, but was knocked out on a point of erder in_the House. -utative Gibson, Republican, ont has” introduced a bill for regulation of osteopathy in the Dis- Representative Gilbert, Demo- t, of Kentucky has made wood his se to the House District com- mittee last year by introducing two bills calling for a change in the laws of descent and distribution. to correct alleged discrimination against women. | Mr. Gilbert has another hill for regu- | lation of the bonding business, | Prohibition. farm relief, immigration, flood eontrol, aviation and hundreds other bills introduced in the House yes- | terday A national referendum on the re- peal of the eighteenth amendment was proposed by Representative Mc- Teod, Republican, Michigan, while Representative Oliver, Democrat, New | York, suggested a similar referendum to determine by local option the al- coholic_content of beverages consid- | ered “intoxicating.” Representative O'Connell, Democrat, New York, pro- posed the repeal of the Volstead act | and the substitution of a similar law o be known as the national temper- | ance act. Volstead Law Change Proposed. Modification of the Volstead act to permit the manufacture of % per cent alcoholic heverages was pro- | posed by Representative Niedring- | #“hans, Republican, Missouri. Farm velief came in for attention in several bills, one by Representa- 4 Sinclair, ~ Republican, North Dakota, calling for appointment of | a commission by the President to investigate a general system for marketing of farm products. ‘Amendment of the regulations of Federal farm loan banks to permit easier credit was sought in measures by Representatives Garber, Republi- can, Oklahoma, and Moore, Demo- ecrat, Kentuck Congress would give its consent to the States to enter into compacts for \ fiand control under another bill| offered by Representative Garber, | while one by Represeniative Wood- yuff, Republican, Michigan, sought £140.000,000 for conservation of the | navigability of rivers. $100,000,000 for Aviation. Another bill introduced by Repre- sentative McLeod sought $100,000, 000\ for Federal aid to private interests in | the development of aviation, while | Representative Cur Republican, | California, reintroduced his measure providing for a department of national defense, with three assistant secre- taries for air. Rills by Representatives O'Connell | and Oliver, hoth of New York, and Gallivan, Massachusetts, all- Demo- declared that an emergency ex- | isted in the coal mining industry as | a result of labor troubles and proposed that a Federal board of arbitration he appointed to adjust such contio- versies, Chairman Johnson of the House im- | migration committee proposed a re- duction of immigration quotas by 10 | per cent a year for five e after | mext July 1, at the conclusion of | which the annual quo would be | made 1 per cent of the number of persons horn in the individual na- tions but already resident here. CITIZENS TO OPPOSE in- PHONE RATE CHANGE! Takoma Park League Will Proteni “Metropolitan Schedule” for Nearby Maryland. The proposed substitution of what 8 termed a “metropolitan schedule for the present rates to subscribers Yesiding in Maryland by the Ches: peake & Potomac Ttlephone Co. wa opposed in resolutions adopted pight at a meeting of the Community Teague of Takoma Park, Md., held in the The officers of the league were in structed to stronzly oppose the crease and to secure the co-operation of other civic bodies in the move: ment. It was pointed out that the chief usefulness of a telephone to residents on the Maryland side lay in the in ter hange of calls With subscribers on the i so-called proposed to increase the subscription | Yates approximately 20 per cent and at the same time cul the service in two by requiring the payvin rharges on all calls originating the District of Columbia. ce, a_ member tional Park and Planning addressed the meeting, the historical bac ion, which was Leg of the Mary Jand Commission, outlining briefly created by the Jature, largely through the effort Montgomery and Prince Geo, representatives in the Leg ature. } Mr. Lee stated that u'ne e 1 parks looks toward parkwiys s < similar to Rock is expected that much of this land will be ziven by the own- ors. Dr. C. C. Galloway, president 0l the Jeague, presided at the.meeting. gene It ! today applied to the | wife 'F. Kennedy appear for :Two Delegations Carry Petition to| | terd akoma Presbyterian Church. | under. the | it of toll | in | LAUDS COLLEGE COURSE. F. B. Guynn Holds Higher Educa- cation as Asset. <ured the generation Increased education has prosperity of the coming F. B Guynn, county superintendent | of schools of Charles County, Md.. told | the students of mithern RBrothers’ I B ness University this morning | “Where a college education is now | a common asset. it was formerly one of extreme rarity and importance Mr. Guynn said. “A college education is now taken for granted and a busi ness education has become all-impor- tant to husiness succes: Mr. Guynn urged the {to study modern busines from all aspects, a 50 students methods KING OF GYPSIES { Emil Mitchell Petmons for Annulment of 15-Year-0ld Daughter’s Marriage. smil Mitchell, King of the G District Supreme Court for annulment of the mari of his 15-vear-old daughter, Ju horn, otherwise known as Oshorn and rmerly the Julia of the tribe, The suit tuted in the name of the daug the her as next friend, that a “death threat” k bound to her hushand, L. Oshorn. This is the third attempt of King | Mitchell to separate the couple since their ma age at Rockville November 17. He first had the daughter and her husband arrested in Police Court on a charge of the larceny of two dia- mond rings and § which the king | claimed had been taken by the daugh- ter and given to her husband. Prince: is insi eps the child- William [ v « t Charge Dismissed. charge was dropped when an bility eharge was made by the Juvenile Court, before Juds O"Touvle, who dismissed the EY incorri; king in Mary charge, King Mitchell tells the District Su- preme Court that ughter through fear has been force con- tinue live with Oshorn, “threatened to kil the parvents and | family of the said Julia Osborn, if she leaves him and returns to them.” Mitchell s his daughter was born December 24, 1911, and will not be 16 years old until Christmas eve. The defendant, Osborn, is ars old, the court is informed. The child | left her father’s home November 6. King Mitchell declares, to visit a ter in Philadelphia, where she mained until November 14. Married at Rockville, The defendant induced car! her gypsy raiment and subs tute “suitable clothing such as usually worn by young girl accompany him to the District Columbia and thence to Rockvi { where the marriage was performed, Osborn, it is stated, gave the girl's age as I8 years when applying for the license, which was granted with- out consent of parent or g rdian, and under the Maryland laws the girl was incapacitated from entering intu a valid marriage. Attorneys M t who re. | § her to « o T.ane nd THarry King Mitchell. | | : c t ¢ EQUAL RIGHTS PLEA MADE TO CONGRESS | v Capitol—Urge Leg- islation. Bearing petitions declared to carry the signatures of thousands of persons throughout the country, two delega- | tions of the Equal Rights League and | National Race Congress of America went to the Capitol tod to present to Congress a plea for “equal rights” iegislation. This action was decided upon at a conference of leaders yes ¥ Thomas H. T2. Clark chairman of the leagu. tion comr on, he: tion, which® called upon tive ¥. W. Dallinger, of setts, who was asked to p petition in the House, Re Jernagin, vice headed the 'delegation which upon Senator Gillett, of Mas setts, and requested present of the petition 1o the Se The peti tion said in We, the undersi United States of the abolition of the inder which millions zens live because of n extraction and descent, do petition your honorable body to abolish by ap- propriate legislation color segregation vel, in Feder - al territory where to provide adequat tacilities for colored outh and give Federal aid to South- ern education; to end the military oc- cupation of Haiti as a violation of the tion of Independence, of inter. | national law, of the right to the | Haitian people to maintain their in- Gependent national existence; to ca oiit your sworn obligation to enforce [the fourteenth and fifteenth amend- ments to the Federal Constitution and to afford protection of life by paswage | of a Kederal law against lynching and | mob violence.” CHILD WELFARE UNIT SALE OPENS TODAY| ! Many Articles of Value Offered by Managers of Children's Hospital Benefit. f Washington, | leral peti- . William else- tional the nd educ vouth | The rummage sale of the Child Wel- wiety of Children's Hospital | pened todav at 914 street with a | large attendance of ny tables of articles were on display # luncheon was served at noon, the direttion of Mrs. Arthur O'Brien. ssisted Ly several prominent youns society women. Mrs. Breckinridge L n at the su an able the public tional » inl for this sale, for the benefit of ihe Child Clinic at Children’s Hospital. Mrs. O'Brien's neheo today mary P. Griffin, Mit- ell, Miss Betty ; nees [ MeKee and Miss Telen Robinson. | Those in the lunchroom tomorrow clude Miss Alice Cutts, Miss 1. Miss Helen Strause, itzhugh and Miss Wini | g« = general 2 as- has | ddi- ch s Welfare sisted requested at the 1 Rose- Miss s | Miss Louise ¥ fred West. The sale will be open daily from 10 to 1t has not been decided when it will end. ot content with heing the ipality in the worl@to levy a tax lof the | the | William a Dewey fantr; e ant I | uel Jiuf, Morzan pe in-chief, suy spection Service. fivst | PRESIDENT OMITS HILL AND TILSON Sh|p Board Member and| Georgia Aspirant Not In- cluded in Nominations. he name of W. S. Hill, a member hipping Board, who had ex pressed the belief that administration favor had left him, the list of nomir Renate today by President Coolidg Another name conspicuonsly ahsent from the nominations was that of Wil- liam J. Tilson of of House 1% whose Ppointment in ht hy mocratic tors from that State Mr. Hill, who had | n in contro- versy with other members of the Ship: ping Board the terms of ship ted some time ago that he nformed that administra- would be brought to bear tions t to the ind n been pressuve N jese more the it nomi “State De-| of Minne- of State @, to he im wing: tobert 1. Olds Undersceretany n of Oklahy tary of ew Hampshire, urkey; Dwight Morrow of New Jersey, to be Ambas- sador 1o Mexico: Noble 1. Judah of Hiinois, to be Ambassador 1o Cubit T, Francis-of Minnesota, to be Minister aund consul and Addison K tions are rtment—1 1o be Nelson T. John an Assistant Sey seph C. Grew of mbasador to to be Southard of sul general to Seymour Lowr Assistant Secretary 1wy to succeed . Lincoln ews, and Henry H. Bond of Mas: husetts, to be Assistant Se he Treasury to succeed resigned; Walter to be regist to succeed H retired; « and, to be Bureaun of ‘uokisey hoth of the Distr sene Mey memhers o New ¥ of the Charles S. 0. Woods ar_of the \ peel Charest of counsel for evenne 1 1L Har L of Colmnbia, New York edeval Farim n, he o be rlment. War he adicr followin to be major ger Davis, Hdwin D. Leitch Is d P, vseph sene : i Wynans and hnels Engincers; Georg Henry J. S . Reeves, Hatch, n Deman, Ca Walter ¢ < 1. Cocheu, In- Rosenbaum, In th with the vles 11, Infantry rank of b to be the r: X to be inspector W with the rank of major ‘ol. William Horton to be qui master pral with ank of bri al; Col. § 1o be 10 the ¢ William C. ol ord zen to rank u! m be chief of t jor gener De phriam F, to be s to the Department of Com- codore L. Cogswell of thi er of wills for the Dis- of We: icitor nevee; ity to 1 v Corp. Tanne, Department rown of Oh etary of Comm of the District of Columl ommissioner of navisatio nders of New York. to be e United States nd John L. Crone of New ey Lavfield of Pennsyl rvising inspectors, Sieq T Arthu Eugene aminer 1o he In- [ Public Health Se Tiealth ' Grubbs and Milton 11, senior surgeons, lanne to be surgeon assistant surge doc o be Horton, Lentz, vice. imuel B foster 1o be A. Fullerton s o be first followingg Ralph Kdmund Public Nesbit er, John I Kienzie, Leo J. Ieh, Cl Hand, W Joseph 0 he memb 2 Board of Vocation: ation, Claud M. Henry of South Dakota and Ed- ward P, Frank of Kentucky. To be a meémber of the tes Employes Compensation Com- on. Mrs. Bessie D'arker Brugge- an of Missouri. To be chicf « Servies Commission, Howard A. Ed- of this eity, he a member of the ppeal, Forest D. and leral Board of skin of a member of the 1 Re- 1 to succeed . ssin- ned, Roy Young of Min- Feder new appointments in- nominations sent to the were the following for 2 wd Service: Read Ad- miral Frederick C. Billard, reappointed ant_of the Coast Guard: obert B. ef. nomin ns for the foreign were the following appoint- m the District of Columbia* Lay ary in the 5 vole, to he three, Clavence .J consul of class five; . ndt to be consul class 6 idolph E. Schoenfeld to be coun- ~|1I of class six also. only cluded in the Senate Comd neer-in In the service ments fre Juling [ lass be Swimmers in “Dog Race.” ty of grey- swimmers at held a “dog he masks heads and at the from boxes resembling boxes at the canine Capitalizing the popula hound racing in England, a ing resort recently race” They were papier-ma in the form of dogs’ start plunged the starter's events, ng man for teller in bank. Should have ar experience in other st be able to pre. best of eredentials. Address Box 153-R, Star Office | MONEY for Construction the Without Red Tape, Irrespective of Amounts hobhed “heads, theShwn of Nen +dt, Thuringia, has’ rided to im- B. . SAUL CO. was missing from | Ww. | encral to Li- | and con- | Wahl to be | Mur- | . Kosar | United | Adams to be ensi- |CIGAR STORE FIRM DENIES FINE ARTS BODY’S AUTHORITY (Continued _from_First Page.) Toard of Trade pler of the Amer Archite and ‘ul' the Washingt ! the Washington ican Institute of | Operative Builders' Asso on, which the representati i jections 1o the type of structure un- | der wideration. The Fine Arts | Comm immediately sent to ali | the members copivs of the plans, @ reauest for nswel The letter = h into n over n ts ob sion an early f the fine it the reason fo private building of Pennsylvani nue, declaving that the historic Ave: | longs 1o the people and should 1 to sink into blighted reason of the low char- buildings that line it.” issue of use by the ci sany of the Fourteentd |12 street frontages for show window P declaring that the show windows, extending three fect heyond the building line, will occupy 540 | square feet of United States property. “Phis space, it s understood,” the mission said, “is occupied under a | vevocable permit issued by the Com- of the District of Colum customary under the huild- | code in the case of show windows. | Phis occupation of public property by show windows makes the designing of | suitable frov moredifficult, but | [not_impossible. Such show windows seviously impair the orderly appe 1ce of commercial strects.” 33 Feet on K Street. property under development | frontage of 149 teenth street and of street, with a depth of 10 northern end of the lot, illard Building. “The location [ comuanding of sites on the Avenue,” the commission said. It Will face an open square of great dig nity and planned to he of much bea The neighboring buildings, for the possess dignity of mass and crial and o f them claim chitectural merit. The glder ones must soon give place to suuctires i returns 1a ke value of the at al) in keepin® with and orderliness son on ave: | Jurisdict the north side conditions by er_ of the ised the | stores con The has adjoining the is of the most all one th structures shall he the sense of dignity soon 1o be ¢ uite possible, and it is alto able, that those pri persons who are about i do so with a sense of lmllmll-lll a {2 willingness to contribute somethin [ta the good order of civie develo rticular case of the Co, it is felt 1wed buildin her than im commercial ve in a good < an il ding s a cupies. properiy nee y There advertising vi building: whe ned and unfitting nent to the business it ¢ ter of Avenue v, and in the n ania ave | that would enl is wds of the people, is one {of the e i this ¢ | historie significance direct tween the le ||Il! tive departments of the It has been a maiter of national re- that thix truly great avenue sink into blighted on of the private at reproach as 1o the xouth side of the the new public building Iready started prog d completion. As to the ix virtually asured that utrol from the “at ‘the ve nment. Avenue program to its destin it ment will ¢ ixth street, loaving ks in private ownershi of these blocks are alr by buildings which to which exception caunot at the present ne, he appearsnce of any new build- ing, however, that is 1o be erected on the north wide of the Avenue becomex atter of concern both to those dents of W 0 who are im- bued with pride in the progressi velopment of a city destined to wmong the most terly and Leautiful ever built by ma to the whole States, who Capit t seven Several a ves most e gladly spending their | Capital. All of these people feel—and have U the new building . should have d support of all | the encou iliffe, Al-|private property owners, and that no|to take credit in the fing structure should be erected out of har- {mony with the proposed developm Their right to such a feeli on the fact that it is the lab the expenditures of the Government | which give commercial value to Ave- nue frontage. e associations of ing many taxicabs. Ex-cab-drive | Greece are buy Seventh Strect " DENIED BY SENATOR the | at| with | | found to he Ihvahl and wealth on their National | (OOLIDGE CLAIMS Robinson Takes Exception to Statements on National Prosperity. of the President's an- to Congress relating to long the Mississippi was “disappointing” b Arkan That part nual mes: flood control 1 shinson of - of the further of the Pr so general they do ne ial ey also asserte prosperity that of charaet as nate. nority the refer wm relief | character basis to | in their | form a | Lation that | un- | nk - ny | t sub Robinson great sontended we operation Senator the claim of justified. e Failures, part ufacturing p | business of re claim of prospevity With rezard to flood control, tor Robinson took particularly with the recommendation that Tand in the flooded district shall be W material portion of the cost of con structing levees and other public work necessaTy. stem which fmposes g vt of the cost of the vied out for the reason, the indebtedness heretofor which constitutes a tax bur heavy that it is almost N that the ability to pr funds 1y has been exhaunsted by localities most immediately affected.” It also was contended by the Demo- cratic leader that it will be impossible to safes iinst a_recurrence of | the great ster without dealing with the tributaries to the main riv POSTAL REVENUES DECLINE, SAYS NEW Net Loss of $28,914,716 Shown Last Year, Says “No s stantial can be sider I we 1 den so fiscatory | Report to Congress. There was a net loss last year | amounting to $28.914,716 in postal op- 1 erations, Postmaster General New dis- | closed to Congress slerday in sub- ‘mllling recommendations for changes in postal rates, s the only c showing a profit, it 174,429, while second-class 1 papers and periodicals, showed a 1o of men anges in r e the lcent post: post cards, Reduce the postage on mag and newspapers when sent by others than the publisher or news agent to 1 cent for each nees, Provide for collecting 1 cent addi tional an ounce on first-class matte; when mailed with postuge deficient more than one rate Provide for colleeting on delivery business reply cards and business re ply letters at the rex e together wilh not more than 2 cents on each card or lette Provide ( mail in_quantit 20 pounds. of identi dressed pi at 1 excepting hooks, ete., on which the cents a pound, but in no {less than 1 cent per piece, effect would restore the l-cent twmi mum rate on open envelope direct vertising. Provide a single fee giving any class {of mail the expedition in i | tion mow given matter p: special handling rate, and also special delivery at des Authorize the of third-cla not less tl ogues, seeds ient for the lw(l ng and handling nked and penalty matter. with the exception of penalty matter of the Post Office Department. ments of the dep mate cost of Rayon has hecome o popular in Eu- rope that Belgian rayon manufaturers are working to capacity, and exten- | sions to the plant FURNITURE | By the Acsoe | gers have not yet Lo | ana | planes e Gov. | | day | mittee -WARS NOT YET OVER, LORD ALLENBY SAYS Dangers of Strife Still . Present, Field Marshal Tells Cav- alry Regiment. ted Press. December 6.—War dan- disappeared, de- ared Field Marshal Lord Allenby at a reunion of the Royal Bucks Hu sars. The cavalry was with extinction, he said, not_died yet. Whatever the pacifists may say we have not vet done with fightin; i Allel sserted. re laxt war was one to end war. let us hope it has done so, but it is very likely that it has not “If we have another war, the be countries in which tanks and ot win viete 1 don't want to det splendid work of they must have them.” LONDON, infantey, but 0 help WILL TRY TO SPUIT PARTY OVER SMITH Prohibitionists Plan War in South if Governor Is Nominated. A threat to attempt to split the Democratic party in the South if Alfred E. Smith is nominated its standardbearer was made to- by D. Leigh Colvin of New York, chairman of the executive com- of ~the Prohibition party's cor which met in at the Raleigh Hotel. the meeting, Mr. 1o select either In- Chicago for the mna- uf the Prohibition . Which likely will be held after ajor party conventions, prob- ably in July. Definite action on the timie and place was_jinticipated at a meeting late today “We look for our ranks if the dry plank [ Al closed session tio ittee, sentiment of was The Colvin said, dianapolis or tivnal conventivn large accession (o ser parties do not i their platform idate,” Mr. anning to mpaign in_ ou: e organized in sidential and Jutes in the If Smith is nomi concentrate in the Juili, with the determination of ear- rying the electoral voles ufeseveral of the Southern Stutes” Indorses Sentii . Martin of llasbrouck Heights, chairman of the New Jer organization of the party, in- this senthment, said: “A law right, such as won , will enforce itself, but a law Liting & wrong intrenched finan- socially and politically re- for its enforcement a politic composed of volers unani- favoring such enforcemes. Ical papty and_enf ich there is sharp within its own such as exists both in the Re. publican_and Democratic parties on the probibition question. recently-expressed b s the which is . we will has and we ek vice presidential field ever since, ted, we will w d support of the party in pows committed (o its enforcemen ot have proper enforcement, 0 _our position all along. We should have a new alignment of parties,” Mr. Martin asserted. “There is now no real di\'lxi-m be- The Demo- v, gives e ion within its e MORRIS PLAN BAN Under Supervision U. S. Treasury 1408 H ST. N. W. A Gift That Will Make Things Easy for Mother Have you ever done one thing over and day, year what mother does meals. over—three times a in, year out? That'’s ! Cooking As you watch her in the kitchen you look forward to the time when you can make things casier for her. And now for Christmas you can get her a famous step-sav- ing and Kitche Mayer's labor-saving Hoosier n Cabinet, Here at they are priced from $39.75 in white enamel up to $83.75. Between D and E MAYER & CO. t from the | threatened | but it had | plan for the Missi | sembled by various engineer boards, |, o | | | DAVIS GETS REPORT ON FLOOD CONTROL, Secretary Discusses Plan| With Jadwin—Moses Asks Campaign. The War Department flood control ippi Valley, based on exhaustive reports and data as- now virtually complete, was placed | in the hands of Secretary of War i and he discussed it lwin, chief of Army | ‘cision had been to when it would be sent « or as to when it would be itions are atively brief, The spe T undersiood to be although the control plan, hen transmitted to Congress, will embody | | detailed reports as a basis of the en- | gineers’ recommendations. A coalition hetwe and the Mississ uniform tood relie Propo; teday by Republican, of New Tampshire. Declaring that the interests of both sections wel fundamentally same, the S 1id he hoped the two sections upon the method which they prefer to see adopted and that they will unite in a vigorous effort to bring about its adoption. England gislation was 's sets down the prin- ciple in his statement that since most of the damage wrought by the New England floods was to Federal aid highways, it was incumbent upon the H nt to replace the roads. A meeting of members Senate and llouse from New F will he called soon, the Senator said, in an effort to adopt a flood relief program on which united action can | be obtained. CITIZENS TO CELEBRATE PAVING IMPROVEMENT Parade and Mass Meeting to Mark Opening of New North- east Area. Final and ma preparation for the parade meeting (o be held next Mon- day evening at § o'clock to celebrate the opening of the new paved section t Twelfth street and Rhode Island avenue northeast were completed last night by the Twelfth street celebration ommiltee, which met in Masonic Hall, Pwelfth and Monroe streets northeast. in M. McLe airman of the announ that Commis- L. Dougherty and_the neer Commissioner, Maj. Covell, will address the mass meeting at Masonic Hall which will the parade. arded for the three which are offer- for three best auto- so presentéd by mer- for the three best deco- rated privately owned cars, The mass meeting will be followed | ll._v a dance in 8t. Anthor Hall, abile float its, and Greek M. C. on British Flag. Tn connec n with the centenary celebration of the Greek War of Inde pendeiice, M. Caclamanos, Greek Min- ister in London, pinned the Greek military cross of the firstc lass onto the tattered flag of the Asia, the { for FRIEND OF REMUS CALM UNDER FIRE State Fails to Shake Story of Witness That Slayer Was Insane. CINCIN Connors, [T, Decermher f.—Ceorze intimate of ¢ Rem:. half-dozen vears, and the prosecution in Remus' murder trial v the slaving of his wife Imozen offered a sharp fencing match toda with Conners under cross-examinati the third day. Only once did Walter K. Sihha stant prosecutor, seem to find vulnerabls spot in the cool Connor armor. Connors previously had test fied that he was with Remus for three straight weeks, day and night, the defen was released fro Penitentia Imited that p ¢ his ewn or Remus’ trips out of town had broken the continuity of the association n Judge Warns Defense. daughter Romola again was in conrt toc She sat alongside her ther and patted arm from time to time, Judge Chester T hist most peremptory trial today. At the very outset he warned Connors against “wise cracke ing” at Sibbald and told him to cone fine himself to answers to questions. Remus was directed sternly to “sit down: wait while I am talking,” when he tried to enter an objection while the court was ruling. Conners admitted that he habitually went armed after Remus was released from the penitentiary, Once he needed his weapon sorely, he indicated, when Johnny Gehrum. former Cincinnati siloon_keeper, half-pulled a pistol while Remus and Mrs. Remus were talking in the Remus home. Mrs. Remus had visited the $750.000 show place, Connors testified, to talk over their marital dificulties. Remus and his wife retired to the library, he said, while Gehrum took up a post outside the door. Shook presented manner of the Letters Urge Conference. Among the se ore of docue ments which have been introduced, were some letters the State identified as from lemus to his wife, advising her repeatedly to get in contact with Franklin L. Dodze, the former Department of Justice agent, who btained the conviction which sent mus to Atlanta. It was an asso- tion his wife and the Federal azent formed which Remus says drove him crazy. Despite the expressed intention of Clarence Darrow and several other friends of Remus to come to Cinecinnati to testify as character witnesses, the defense was near the ending of its d Charles H. Elston, co-counsel 1id that after Connors left the witness stand he thought thers would be no more than one or two other witnesses. The great human interest drama | continued to play to packed houses. Hours before court opens each day long queues of would-be spectators form in the courthouse corridors, and are there at adjournment with some persons never having moved 30 feet, The first 100 in line are the lucky hey are all who can get into the courtroom. 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