Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1928, Page 2

: il E DISCUSSION NEEDED ON TREATY CHANGE French Amendments to U. S. Peace Proposals Delay Final Acceptance of Pact. e By the Associated Prese nendments to the Ameri- f ration treaty be- two countries increasing the govies of international be excepted on will ren- s two gove coment Department it Jostions. s a mer ns should ion, even disputes be- | The United | 4 had proposed stions of Pt domestic char- ters involving & third coun- ing the Monroe | d e ehcmcd from arbi- n be reached. communication was s t oficials said that| i see no immediate THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. YVI}DNESDAY. KIDWELL ‘FLOPPED, LEARY CHARGES Oil Juror Renounced State- ments After Making Affidavit, U. S. Attorney Testifies. Tadward I, pot Dome James wtorney, with o the testimony Kidwell, nror, W Jr.. former Tea- accused today O'Leary, assistant U, S “flopping” with respect | he intended to give the contempt ige against Harry Sincladr and his associates Denying that he had tried st ang time 1o intimldate Kidwell, O'Leary tostified before Justice Siddons that after Kidwell had sworn to certain | facts in two aMdavits, and the juro | father and mother had also ~ made | sworn statements, Kidwell told him on {the eve of taking the witness stand | Uihat they would not stand by the ! | statements they had made. | I told Kidwell," said O'Leary, “that | T was going to put him on the stand | und that we would go to bat. 1 said 1 would pitch him a fair ball and he must knock it out straight. It was ut that time that 1 fivst realized that Kidwell was “flopping.” | Judge Danlel Thew Wright of coun. | &l for the respondents, jumped quick- | f | | | | Phraseclosy ax con- | French note was too, n exact determination o proposed new ex-| it is expec «wm h government e more r)r\ tly 1!10 0) rvation. gested that in r:\sv‘ nts should be unable | agreement & Xl(‘\ mit an arbitra- ispute should be ! The Hague tribunal un- | s of The Hague conven- overnme: \s Tere pointed out that Hague treaty the! reservation that the i the right to form in which tted to arbi | s to be ex in any which resery exact nserted wot ANTI-SOVIET PLEA MADE TO CLUBWOMEN AT FEDERATION MEET i | this connection she a the choices of the committee ne honor clubs n clubs, having a of less than were one class and a like num- 50 members were lubs bell Club Communi- ntralia Chi n's Club| se, Min- ew Castle. Del » of Centralia, “'gh, Wom Afure Leag n of Philadelphia, esne, Pa.; Wom- Pa., and Wom Wis. Honorable i of Rockford Woman's Progressive | it and Moniay of Johnsoy, City. Tenn. less thenm 59 members Wom- Child Wom Oreg ayton 3 of Iron uh of Coquille, b of Kenec ion: Community ngton Flate e come in the g Gla Chairman of the tree ed this w clubs Jemept ree « Feder into uni no hax ne 1. ried, mern ship. d 4% clube nembership added from non-uni- r toreign ciubs with ® 1154 have also buen to1al number of aggregite mem Ve ) States h 37 pew nllowing in respectively erral States mith wtated s House Hearing. | he federation at 1o the $0 the Ketcham sricultural ex nearing was be 21 metnbers ie Lint 1daho #, Bire " the Hawe « Conger | feiera N et Nat which poses v Yoy s ums th B I per ¥ Cosgrave Biarts for U, § o) Pres tie Jrieh Viee Hrate e guorn en _inule 1o ek Blote con « o Yre those vino et ¥ ) Were wmong i fureve . 1t Budget Considered Doiwtite pr water ying 8 comtinmng ot el e end ng hesrings on Lumtiet hudg s, A 135 prediminng -y | the Mayflower Hot of the 40,000,600 i 1o his feet and objected to this | tatement of O'Leary’s going into the “ecord an the giound that it was an oxpression of an opinion. Justice Sid dons sustained the objection Claims Affidavit Renounced. oned further by attorney, O'Lea 1l said to him that he W not identify on the stand 1 J. O'Reilly and Barton P. Stewart as | the Burns detectives who had shadow- ed him and talked with him in the | museum grounds and - outside the | courthouse, “Yes, vou will" O'Leary he replied to Kidwell, O'Leary-then said that Kidwell told Jim that his father and mother would not testify to the truth of statements | they had mad in amMidavits in the | possession of Mr. O'Leary. g on struck by a Bal- Where are those Papers we gav Catphing Aremhenishuciiby o Ba Pilawen anked O'Leary, acoord timore & Ohio engine at Evarts street, ing 1o the latter's testimony. in Northeast Washington, early today, O'Leary said that he made no re ien automobile, aban- | Py to this question, but determined {to hold on t e aMidavits. chase, threw fi g jto d on t o O'Leary teferved alsp to a state b rores 4'".”":',":[,, T ment made by Kidwell a tew duys nd finally wrecked the | DEMOCRAT WOMEN RUM CAR SMSHED ADOPT DRY EDICT ~ ON RAIL CROSSING |Uitimatum on Law Enforce-| |Occupants Leave Machine on | | ment Ready for Party’s Na- | Tracks and Escape After tional Committee. Wild Pursuit. Pevton ( . ry testified that Kidw testified ic women who attended the 1 n of the Na- ional Woman's Democratic Law En adjourned forcement League, which last night r & two-day session at 1. prepared today »lay their ultimatum before the meet ing of the Democratic national com niittee hers tomorrow Tne demand of the Democrat will be given to the com- mittee by the women's organization 1nd behind it will be thie implied threat to refuse to support a presidential candidate regarded as wet. The three candidates mentioned during the con vention were Gov. Smith. Gov. Ritchie and Senator Reed of Missouri. Heflin Attacks Gov. Smith. Another attack on Gov. Smith was +d last Senat Hetlin ma, wk declared hefore the lcague t! there is "no te in 1} Union where the eighteenth amend ment is violated so generally, so no toriously and so fagrantly” ag in New York “What De T fn«' annu | vou conven v doned in a po hack into the rom the thro for half a mile a ocomotive v ree liquor on the wi nd. that O'Leary had offered to “protect’” him splains “Protection “1 told him. response to an 1 help him to pr that the only way was by ging what oee Answ o pss X1 ally S0 «mall t heavy sedan, ts. Splint tons, | could have been put in | e strewn along the tracks, | and the ¢ 1l be { the car. a « liter- | hey pague for'a dry L ague for a dv o . eclared O'Leary, “ir ppeal on his part that ct his ‘good name I could protect hin the truth of 15KeLs, We N out wrecking railin crow red the Trahe was ne ited « track t e t midation ed emphatically it any promise t. threats to him’ ine the in o't hat he had “held o Kidwell or made any n any eceasion Moy fir that O'Leary h rains The on c engine W rge E. Lamses the throttle. The car had broken a rear wheel in plunging over a low em- hankment and bouncing ove bound track. When the engine struck the machine burst immediately fames, the gasoline tank liguor which remained in the car i niting. s run New K « time it was revealed d warned Attorney N | Metomas Tawken he ousht to be prepared to furnish a bond for K well in view of probable contempt tion, This was after O'Leary told Kidwell he would have to use iMdavits against v if the juror d hix story on the witness stand ened to d r the at the east de- . hs intelligent person,” ke manded, “will claim that Gov. Sm opposition to the eighteenth amen ment and his efforts to make it null and void in the State of New York make him a suitable and desirable person to exvecute hibition laws under the eighteenth amendment for the United States? Patrick H. Callaghan of Ken- . a Catholic and nent of mith. defended his faith at the « 1 of Nenator Heflin's spe Agreeing that thele were numerous wet Catholics supporting Gov. Smith, he inxisted that the issue was one of liquor and not of religic Warns Against Nomination. He declared he believed that if Gov Smith ran for President and had the support of every Catholie in the coun try he could not be elected if he did ave the support of thousands of tants ‘Let the people rule” has been ac cepled as the league® camp gan, it was announced. The W of the Nation-wide campaign gonduct ed for & slogan was Miss Helen Pun phrey of Rockville, Md. She won Second prize of $30 went to Mrs. ¥ T. Pattangall of Maine for the sio gan “Put Force in Enforcement.” Mrs Amy B. Gardner of seattie won §20 for ‘the slogan, “Onward, all ye voters, Raise the standard h Guard the Constitution, your powder dry DS - ASRESULT OF FALL Local Attorney, Classmate of Woodrow Wilson, Expires in New York Hospital. Pursues Liquor Car. 16 Dlaze enveloped the engine eal 1z BRamsey from the conirols and ing his hair. He succeeded final ping the engine, nost un. Q Chap ge flaming trail of burning ine and liquor marked the progress of the ked machine as ! drazeed | alon; 3 Rail the en- Contempt Predicted. O'Leary testified he had told Hawk ! that Kidwell's would pave proceedings and that a sing * Iy in stoj > | der i biy cmpt number of persar favari testified that I Akers had tried to 1t the near beer saloon against %, O'Lear eald, the e compe! take som tempt wits r told stake my fawyer He | alro reminded the juror, he sald. that he tokd him not to answer 1V QUes- tions on the stand unless he i *tood them and added Don tr help the Government, don't try to he me” O'Leary at one part in his testi rezarding nidation that | 5 | k- tant district responsibility cens could iy s road men est gine to be The h burg 1 hitoaiat |10 o Bladens. | toreyel eht et | tion and hold sc sl Kidw The car | L aanell which ends | 4" ;‘, e | the reputation on 5 car was sl Dakota avenie and i ad northeast by Me Officer J. G Helm, twelfth who set out in pursuit turned into Evarts street, the railroad tracke Closely followed by the driver of the car hurdie the embankn right rear wheel brok I a4 companion jumped neand ran as Helin Seeing thut the rear of the car on the tracks, the policemi | milk who appeared nearby and wid him o telephone the patrol gon 1o tow ar i began liquor from machin in cc the poli attempted ent and drive was there his The driver the e > from Approached w nor P ansi for am ptoarn tp blame, for d the offices 1 am,” he| the car aw m the Kidwel) being ke If any one fs raid remos ng tr Frantic Nign He hid taken from the car wh igine com ning toward the Avenue Bridg Just as ,l.4!u| the curve there from brokendown car Snrad nisheniileat oit v too late to avert the craxh Residents of the nefghborho aroused by the sound of the en, whistling distrexs wignals immediate after the cr wignal for track men 1o g approaching trat A met of Maryland lcense weeth with a picture of the driv weveral cards advertising an dependent taxicab service found the wreckage, were taken to 1 Ifth time Fails. gallonw of 1i he heard a w ¥ Not Sure whing ridor in the Mr. Hawken cutor said he Mdavit of Sleuths. ident in the of Kidwoll ,m-li wernment pr the attorney Kidwell had | T on an presen the « W shown which t L Dakota the engine a few rods suth It von don’t know for sure whether O'Tetl Art were the men 4 the juror, ma sy Mr. | testified well then safd he ddn't know i were o | sald he waldl | the Mr Hawk then has never told cach occarion ve and that 1x O Leary told Haw ell chianged his test @ would have to dinst i the first Kidwell 15, Mr, O'Leary tal ‘Leary « on me e s ire win not the amiduvit v was then 1} that If Kid mony in court Wity i tfying ahont Vit on December fed emphat y that the jJuroy protested to him nst the paragraph identitying Frank J O Reilly ax the b ative, who ul E have approu nenr the courthouse during th pot Dome trial. Kldwell wus even In the room when he dictated [the afidavit to a typlst, O'Leary testified, and he adfed that b O'Lenry, was not in the room when Kidwell later s it old 1tes ' he Wiy It “ in in the precinet use uth re. ay r the slthough ieve him quor car CHINESE DRIVEN BACK {ABOARD BLAZING SHIP| New York Pnhre Use Clubs on ol ";',’.,:'/.'"j,,:";..',.‘";: Members of President Polk's Crew, !,,l MRRCRIRE Flumg With Baggage. h 1 addross Bal roached the weene tdent nnd was arrested jee mald they did not he to be connected with the | | | | 1 | Crowley Fentworth, local attorney Connerticut avenue, for the| past pected with various branches of the Government, died in Belieue Honpital, New York, yester day from u fractured sku r In the day when he 1oor in the 1 and struck his head on ) years co | afternnon atement € After he b ted the affidavit Governn mecutor watd be | gave It to the Juror and Kidwell r | |1t The Juror told O Leary was Correct,” ‘the latter te KING RE the tub rrect He wan 60 w oof P et kradisted Sisow him niwhit Aetects puunt of Vi e Mr i iz Jeeton W ow [ n mer 14 1eft Howard, 0 ne for New York P2 I e [ the A 1 dimeovered by 8l g, MeAtpln. when | noan wdjoining | ¥ aih fall shont ated Presn crry Compinie York Bowitw thin (3 tye 1, Junvary 11 ruttvond Nrehont fought w fee dn gy the crude rabber coigo on e Dollar | graduistion from | ner President ok, which Behoul, After bensing | o, s nmtractor in e | Wik Behool, and dater | Sandoiph, 8, Y., and | 1l e wan connecten | United Brates fuol nin Air Forviee War Depint 1919 and and b i wamislant to the Atlorney Gen e dett U Dt tment 1974 and wan un altor the Interptate Commerce Com Lor Vhe Solluwing 1w years. senlgned i December, 1926 WAR CLAIMS AWARDED. man American Mixed Claime Comminsion yesterdsy snnounced awards totaling about 83,600,000, i ik e for §1,625.960 10 the Inter Harvester Co of Chicagn - arbmrough on Mo v wvsrded 4643 049 ew York, snd hin as nud Vil ¢ it Dk W Junuary 11 (9 i ton newspper W itness n the Fall | v otrial, wan here | Wite, who In il " : FARGO, N | Donadt King Wentw Vroe nive i e | an $inclie consy “terduy With o MiA King Drecembien and hing it e Folio ) ew York Yo wkdyn 1 e ¥ The [ Toturned Wim \ | ye In W fiom e crn ound the | w tuken Wil her ] fiom a tram “n ot tidon is for B retura 1o Uider such cireum Rt it b e wakd of ey wite il Werous and nder such Lot mine my abmoncs even tho, date for my anl fire datungee Nunaied wan eat) thoisand horw | Warhington us Uit definite ton 1 oam xeunc wtition axtiomely i CHEm e will b exeuned no o definite Wanhington NAMED TO ASSESS LANDS. Tustice Hitz of the Dintrict Supreme Court has appotnted Willimm K nowlen Cooper, Willlam Jowa and ITxane deh rend a commisnion to ansess the valuo | af the dand designated o Fort #locum Park and adacent squares which wio nuaded by the Natlonal Capltal Pk Parkway and Playgrounds Cominis s for enlargement of is plans for Lt section, which ea sonth of Ta [ Pk Commienioneis Wil appear he At Pubwuary 16 o b in At ted wind will then aniounee daten for the hearing of ovidence. Assistant 1 everst e Bew with Tration h Aoobliar the holds When hie Tennped The Llizw confined 1 . {no niernhiern of [ \Warhing tho diner at | stanecen, Wity e | will he Chiniene ‘ Bht 1 hel buggage 1 hisck Lo thelr qumiters The ship carvied a ) white craw of betwean Cupt. Lowery b permieeion (o g ing they aid ot tuke thelr belong Ings The men, however, disregarded his order and started carrying their hakgn arhiore . A Federnl law provides a fine on a ‘tll-lhk’! line if & Chinese member of & crew deseris and enters (he country tiegally wy et " 420 with t e diiy 0 ¢ by policemen in o e 1 M WL can st retarn to crew of i widition 1o 4 40 T the thinese pok provid " selon on the The G 1 g wer, A "y work showed 1 kkreysiing 8 . Kilauea Becomes Active WA, s In 1o iluiren, i) e e voleain i the W, bt o mhow il ate 15 whort beture midnight lust nixhit Laava vomed from Vwn cruch Hala Tt e pit of the voleano, a1 1he awarde (otglea 164 261764 wile the fmouth el of e fHoor, sne Nowiog, | United Ktates Attorpeys Gen Henry semainder weie 1 e United statesV Another glowing hole apgeared b the 1 Glassio and A Leftwich Blnclale l.uiu““-‘n & v .-,_q:wu“ Iu l“ “ “uy” ,,a.‘,/v.'tfl“ &x ‘A’""“‘ “wu, | | I ssion’s Aed Cluiine 6100145 Vrivate | T he fore haw ww e | made today by Maj. I {zreater lifting power. | the Lon iy | ot 1) raln, W ey . DEFENDS LATIN POLICY. Miss Clara W. McQuown Says U. B. Is Not Imperialistic in Nicaragua. The policy of the United States in Nicaragua was defended by Mixs Clara W. McQuown of Washington Club, lacturer on current history who ad- dressed the District League of Repub. lfiean Women in the league headquar- ters, 823 Fifteenth street Monday. Miss McQuown ridiculed the charges that the administration is pursuing a course of ilism in Central Ameri Mr of the league, ided Follewing the meeting. tea was ed with Mrs, Fredevick T. and Mrs, Samuel J. Pres ing. an, vice president serve hnson olt, presid BOURNE PREPARED FOR MANAGUA HOP | One-Stop Flight to Marine Headguarters in Nicaragua Starts Tomorrow. JANUARY: 11, | Final preparations for his one-stop projected flight between Washington and Managua, Nicaragua, were beins Louis M. Bourne, of Brown F . Quan- tico. Va. in the hope that weather ditions will permit his taking m Bolling Kield at daybreak tomor for a non-stop flight to Miami F Marine Corps. Licut. Jacob vadio operator and pilot, and snjamin 1. Belcher, pilot and Mai. Bourne is charged with delivering to the Marine flving forco at Managua a threcengined okker monoplane to be nsed in trans- port work between the scene of oper itions against the rebels and Marine n Niearague, Final Tests Mad The ship and its crew were at Quan- tice this 1 but late this after noon it will he brought to th Naval Air Station at Anacostia for final re ng. Maj. Bourne today was mak- < a final smvey of the eraft and w0 running tests with the radio in Yesterday ran full o ng Field plane at o giant 1 when it took 15 flight t v darger companied by Plachta it 1 mechan Boy oft load This ad of fierncon Maj. taking the gross 11,000 pounds. under the tot Kker monoplane America off from New York for Paris, but that craft had wing, thereby giving it A greater part yesterday tosts, with ot of the usefuk load carried \ternoon was in sand. Maj. Bourne backed the tail of the ship alm vml on the concrete roadway north end of Bolling Fivld me point used by Col. Char ndhergh when he too oft Meaxico City—and had contemp'ated that he would have to use a greater portion of the field, owing to the soft md soggy ground and a light cros wind which was blowing. ¥ Bizgest Obstacl® Removed. skirting the A vfive seconds Maj » opened wide the three Wrisht Iwind 220-horsepower engines, the plane had left the ground. or at a 1t one-fourth of the length:of the hix demonstration removed the portant obstacle in the pat Mai Bourne and his crew leadin v success npletion of 1} The moment Maf. Bourne inzton the weather offi mi will collect metereological ions between that city and M that the Marin transport an take off the morning after its ar rival at the Florida city for the non. stop jump to Mdnagua it conditions rmit. B Wh Wi M LEADERS INDORSE RETIREMENT PROBE Lehibach and Madden Ask Mixed Group for Civil Service Inquiry. of the House and Chairman Chairman Lelhach ‘.\‘1 service commitiee Mudden of the House appropriations Jittee, which today recommended sise an appropriation of $19 us the flrst annual installment N 30-year program for amortsing Government's share of the cost of retirement, appeared he se rules committee in sup Madden resolution for the Civil service tore the H port of th wion of a mixed commission W comprehensive sty of service retirement situation 1t i« contemplated that such a study 1l phases of the retitement prob lem would estublish a basis of facts for permanent legislition for ment system which would be abs Iy fair to the Government and to all aployes on a dependable business basis As [ ment riginally posals ure retitement ke civil 118 now, the civil service retive fund s not o intended made for liboralizing law. or for taking care Inequities ax thev have heen found IR an Lehibach called attention that thus far no one Knows exactly what the ultimate cost of the retire ment svstem will be and, therefore the committess of Congress cannot legialate on A permanent and sure basis because ensential facts are not known. In vis during committ lanted for prohah e passed Congrens vetitement ot oo of the opinlona expressed discussion before the ru o I executive sapston an hour and n halt that any legislation At the present King to a change in the law 1t s probable that of W commission will he appointed o make w careful study of manent legista will sesxion of e facts on Which p e bused Madden resolition provides for miniesion of five members whom shull e w House member one w Nenate member. and three ap. Potited by the Promidont, one of whom shudl veprosent the exceugve depart Wit iati @i e A an vethement ayvatems b m ool t ulew mittee exprossed considerable sition o much ke up mmtsslon, polntng out that the employes, who are paviog at the present tme (wo-thinds of the oot of the vettrement wsystem. would not be faivly reprosented. Mombers of the rules commitios also called at- tention that the executive appolnts ment of outalders to a congreastonal committen in the past had not proven nitinfactory The vules committes has taken the question under execitive conalderas ton n- o ot the Flying Party Departs. MENTCO CEryY o™ Tho Hoimton Clamber of Commer wond will fiying a0 dupaited iy Vathiena Field today 10 the twa com wercil planes 1 which they flew G Moustan 10 Mexnico Vit The aturt wam il @ BAL 4w e e hoavy fos wifl clouds thieaten Panuary S S e from | for | the ! which | it wecms | | 1 | anchored he 1928, D. C. TRAFFIC SIGNS CALLED SUPERIOR Capital’s Signals Better Than Most, but Too Numerous, Engineers Are Told. Washington was pointed out having an excess of traffic signs, in | L report submitted today to the Amer- ican Engineering Council at its an- nual contention at the Mayflower | Hotel, but the local signs were de- ribed as belng far superlor to the majority of the more than 100 mmvl)ml citieg of the country utilized in a traflic sign and signal survey. Washingtonians played a prominent part in compiling the report, which was submitted to the council by A. C. | Oliphant, who directed the study un- | der the guidance of a committee of ex- | perts, headed by W. B Powell of Buf- falo. Washington's so-called “limited progressive syatem” in dealing with traffic signs and siznals was favorably ceferred to in the committee's findings The office of the director of traffic in | Washington was given credit for its | co-operation in the study. Many valn. able recommendations and helpt suggestions have been developed from practices inaugurated Ly the director | of traffic and his associates in Wash- ington, the report asserted Goal Is Announ ing the d. standardi zation, the report said that the com mittee had as its goal a uniform ad, on over the country of simple stan.d irds, %0 that a motorigt would knos at once wWhere to look Tor the sign il controlling his movements and def initely be aware of what each color meant and its significance to him The report, in which 500 engineers had a part. grew out of the confer. rces called by Secretary Hoover on and highway It cited the fact that the is co operating especia wraffic ordi With Mr. Powell, who is a traffic pert, these members ved commitiee: Thomas Fitzge presider the Pittshurgh Co-: W Cole of the Me e Ins 0.; E. P. G ew Yor yi Sidney J ctor of Public Safety Divisio i tional Safety Council of Chicago: | A. B. Barber of the Chamber of merce of the United States Lloyd of the Bureau of W. James of the Bureau rnest Smith. manager of the Ameri. can Automobile Association W. Marsh, trafic engincer of burgh; Col. C. E. Sherrill, city | zer of Cincinnatl; Theodore D, Ta stroet safety. committee ex on the 4, vi Railway ropolitan odrich of of Pitts- | mana- Pratt | zene: Association of Wallace, executive American Enginee America, and L. secretary of g Council. 1 Is Given. | The survey had as its the headquarters the on place. & extended h the council members exp Appreciation of the thorevizhnes . of the report, the council placed its stamp of Approval upon it The council favored crestion of tional hvdraulic labora‘orv w of Sta s and foc counc as of discussions, in B tr on in the Coast and to the Intarior Department. in t hoped the engineering func the Government will be center Peace Greatest Duty s the great Howard J ir, told the the council's dinner last night at the fayflower Hotel, “If there is one countr the world with which both from inclination and from interest, we desire peace . these United America,” he declared, spi flery generals, peppery admir Jingo journa! Taking as his subject “The British ire and World ol the Am r litded the League of Na. affirming: “Despite those who and ule it, we ¢ confident the eight year direct and posi assad t of s and ve peacemaking al association work before Insisting wealth of Nat peace, Sir exceptiona He m to attempt policy one way or ano to the Leagu It must v that he fuen, had no Ar with regund Iways be borne in 1 t the great work of the promotic permanent peac it is largeiy tion. of gettin one eoun the world to peal to force W the Inished Dean University presided “at the 1 that the three fat were “their lack other tongus nderstandis g ical backgr The Chin fred Sze, an alum Kuest at un is b temocr as well ¥ tor he Dexter N S, Kimhaill of proside neheon ngs of eng of command of heir lack of econom, 1 their lack of his Sao Ke Al Cornell, was 4 Prosent also retary of the Navy | 18.000 s | | Ransdell of L nna and Represontatives Snell of New York and Newton of Minnesota and Wyant of Pennsviva PRIEST LOSES $100 IN CHICKEN THEFT ! Rev. E Phagher. Culholir U.. Re- ports Loss—Colored Bandit Takes Victim's Shoes. | $100 v valued feured i fee today o Mareis 1an University, told police of th, 0 chickens, valied at $100 from wniversity premises Monday nisht dys Dade 28 vears ol 1208 Car Uhire street southwest. and Anna Nhivley 84 vears 63 M street sotttheast hoth colored. stated that a handit Beld them up at the A pistol last night at Half and ety Mouthiwest taking $20 (rom the tormer and a pate of shoes (rom he latt Miss Julia Lo Clements northeast, teacher i Edmonds School Ninth and D siveets northeast, asked lca 1o Investigate & theft in her sehool yestarday, when a bilitold, com taining $25 compact. valued at $12, | and A vegistration card and diivers NIt Wero stolen | Theft of $5T from a teweliy box tn | his home vesterday was reported by | Frederick Lacy, lll Ninth stieet |STARTS ON MAIDEN TRIP, Glant Teav, and & pa ery reports Chickens of shoes made to Rev. B Phe e thert wt MR streot Anplmu Carriel Sauluu Delaware Breakwater, * DELAWARE HEEARWATER, Dol January 1L U The giant aliplane | carrier Maratoga, wWhich had aice last Friday Wrating her vadio compasses, passod put to sea this llh“w" ~ [y Ve N —, g — as |her handbag, ! Landi nager of the Motor Truck | gy of its existence more | 1 wall L Orchestra | Parracks | Branson | Overture I Grand scenes Deen | 1aing eatahlishe | avatem DR. STREETER ROBBED. Physician Erroneously Listed in Theft Report as Colored. Dr. Priscilla Streeter, 1905 Fifteenth street, who was the vietim, yesterday of a young handbag snatcher, was r ported in vesterday's Star as being | colored. This was an error, the mis. | -ake heing copied from police reports | of the theft. John Byrd, colored, 1627A V street, admitted stealing the | handbag following investigation After a slight accident between her \utomobile and another at New | Hampshire avenue and S streets, she stopped her car and got out to see it any dimage had been done, leavingz containing 8145 and under a laprobe on the When she returned, the “ome che front se ks, t. handbag was gone, but several colored | people standing nearhy informed her that a colored boy about 12 vears old was seen taking something from the machine. The theft was reported to the prin-| cipal of the Willam B. Magruder Senool, identified by witneuses the theft and~ covered D. C. MAN FREED He admitted IN PLANE THEFT Quuck Landis Acquitted in Fairfax Justice Court of Charge Made by Builder. Special Dispateh to The Star FAIRF. y 11.—Quick place ton, was acquitted vesterday after- noon in the court of J e of Peace i oveton on a charge of rplane, preferred by A Burdette of Groveton. The plane. which belonged to the Groveton Fiying Ciub. a group of 10 Washington and men, of hich Landis was wrecked last week at Baltimore. dette, btainin the warrant, at he was engaged b »uild the plane, but he was completed Landis took it by truek in airfieid at the end of the ¥ Bridge. where it was finished Rurdette ¢hnrged that after ft finished, and nefore it was pa the machine was taken hy Land who planned to go to New York in charged t Roads: | and sell it In court yesterday Landis Burton | he was not in had been w ta return trip he m taken chine. rday night and taken 10 the Fuir an attachment against the pla cons ¢ that the ciub had th pline oved from Bur when the members were convin he was not a licensed mw o) qualified to 1 Aying. LOWDEN T0 ENTER 17 STATE PRIMARIES - Will Be Pllced Before Voters in All Places Where Preferential Ballots Are Cast. nty for mon ared tod By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January heels of his announce: Gov. Frank O. Lowden 1d be entered in the N Republican presidential primary March, Clarence S Buck, manager of the Chicago Lowden headquart ted in the Herald-Examirer ht as saying Lowden also w be entered in the primaries in each the 16 other States tha laws. Petitions for n the N filed by of placing n of the Dlinois Le ne whether Lowd ed in lilinois. s 2 000 PROPERTIES SOLD FOR TAXES District Recovers Approximatsly $310.000 as Result of First Day's Proceedings. ates ta 2000 \es were tax led tod Towers o M hefore the sale so is closed Tuesdav a The District recovered $310,000 in Nack tanes The first day's sale . ADPIOY N whose p R. R and Many ,h‘.m $55.490 79 Cleveland. Property ow whose been clonded ihrough the sile ¢ Cin certificates will have hich o recover wh “hasers Otherwixe quire the tit . BAND CONCERT. TONIGHT, United States Marine ¥ the auditortum, Matin Mareh of ¢ n Rabes roy Horbe sal's Cave Mendelssohn L Nev e Nurvissus vade for Blute Worche " Ainuetto \da Car “ N wh W | tntermes Market* from *Hanset Gretel Humperdineh Marines’ hvmn, “The Halls of Monteruma “The Star Spanaled Kanner Serm— | RADIO LICENSE SOUGHT. Pu-ul Company Plans Nation wide Meossage Clreuit NEW YORK A Peleptaph Cvimmercia Sustem has applied (o the Radio Conimission for Hoense Tanuary . Federal Authoe Lol & paint b et WIS N, oa ot the Haking wp svunuy, il Quayy: ¢ ® Wil ol | who lorated the boy who was | the handbag was re.| Washing- | Landis said he could not Landis was arrested in Washington The [ menbe Catite h a0 agouBeed Yeeisuey § ‘ RRgu splend = TEAPOT DOME CASE INSENATE AGAIN Reckefeller May Be Called in Probe of Profits of Sin- clair Company. | By the Assaciated Pre The long trail of the T. naval reserve in | from its Senate source had woun | way through civil and criminal donbled hack today to ths Senate. It led he pot Dome that its ol ion room 1 inquirsy to the profits of the an he Continen ¢ extinet Says Sinclair Bought Company. In Nebr.. told the Sen inclair, Teapot others had bough |used it as an | sale of ol Of | £230,000 had b Fall, who as Secreta sizned the lease to s The Senator said t ords had been destrr to Sincl were |inal cases against Fa May Call Rockefeller. Senator N« i the g Shiamonr B tinental Trading C and sell to their A barrel” He added kefeller, ir. was i ana Siandar wondered nea'ed in szgestad Demecrat. prose r-‘fl?ul Dome \GREAT FALLS BEAUTY PRESERVATION URGED - Citizens Favor Pow Project if Scemic Featares Can Be Protected. Burdette said he nas Landis "EMOCRATS SEEKING FUNDS FOR MEET AT HARMONY DINNER HERE wornean m nan of trod s n W Rope (0 \veld Strie " N t s P vats The Jackw AN etort in at o o Who under Jpen again party Nty Rut comn dinner the akes to by the trouhl ®uided unpepula Nrow the members ot 1 1100 WALCR hay sponsecs Will hasve sighs ot & dinner passes of w frewwika W . B N enpes anean Moeadon R Nuppe \ t oA Q \ walay whict fis o Oeegon anlvana o Washington WwWwt ot M iAo W ¥ Natiousat AL Al Vo N A .~