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Evening star., 1923-06-08
RED CROSS Is HOST
AT HEADQUARTERS
$500 Guests From Every State
Shown Through Building
Yesterday.

More than twenty-five hundred
guests. including visitors from every
state in the Union. were present at q
reception to out-of-town visitors at
the American Red Cross national
headquarters yesterday afternoon.
The reception lasted from to 6
o'clock, during which time visiting
Shriners and their wives and other
out-of-towners. including many men,
bers of various chapters of the
American Red Cross, inspected the
headquarters of their Red Cross"
Guests were received at the door
by hostesses and were asked to sign
their names on the guest book. They
were then shown through the building.
The hostesses were composed of
officers and the wives of officers at
tached to the Washington division of
the Red Cross. Among them were:
Mrs. James Feiser, Mrs. Arthur JEFF
Evening star., 1923-06-08

fers. Mrs. De Witt Smith, Mrs. Charles
Foster. Miss Givenwilson. Mrs. Arthur
Dunn, Mrs. J. A. Smith. Mrs. r. C..
Agne, Mrs. James E. Nicholson. Mrs.
James 4. McClintock, Mrs. Charles
Turner, Mrs. Robert Bondy, Miss
Clara Noyes. head of the national
nursing service; Mrs. l.. l.. Nutting.
Mrs. j. A. Hendricks, Miss r. Staples.
Miss Bertha d. Friedman, Mrs.
Thomas +. Green, Mrs. Jennie Draper,
Mrs. Carl Hunt. Mrs. Longfellow, Mrs.
William Mcfarland, Mrs. j. B. Gre
Teal and Mrs. F. A. Winfrey.
The committee In charge OF the re-
ception was headed by Mrs. John
Allan Dougherty. chairman, with
other members of the committee as
follows: Miss Mabel Boardman. ma
tional secretary of the Red Cross;
Miss Clara Noyes, B. A. Harlan, ma
tional purchasing agent for the Red
Cross; Dewitt Smith, assistant to the
vice chairman; evils e. Stein, executive
secretary; III. F. Enlowe, national di-
rector of live-saving: r. A. Winfrey,
financial accountant of the Washing
ton division; j. r. Jeffers, assistant
manager of the Washington division;
and life-saving of the Washington divi-
sion.
An emergency room fitted with
ten cots and another room ready to
be fitted with hundred beds inside
of a half hour, in the event OF a
catastrophe, were of especial inter-
est to the guests.
Music was furnished by the Navy
Band.
Evening star., 1923-06-08
SAYS ENTIRE ESTATE
GOES TO THE WIDOW

Herbert l.. Davis. auditor of the
Supreme Court of the District of CO.
lumbia. having concluded hearings,
has returned his report to the court
respecting the estate of William S.
Duvall. deceased, who resided in the
District of Columbia for number of
years preceding the establishment of
his residence In Chicago, ILL.,, during
the year 1915. On June IS. 1920, Mr..
Duval died in ChicaS go.
Auditor Davis finds, as matter Of
fact, that William S. Duvall, at the
time of his death, was a legal resi-
dent of. and domiciled in, the city of
Chicago. Ill. The auditor further
finds that the succession of personal
property is governed by the law of
the domicile of the intestate at the
time of his death, this without regard
to the status of the property at the
time of his death.
of law, that the approval by the pro-
bate court of the account of the ad-
miniStrator in this cause was not a
final adjudication, and. furthermore,
that the entire estate of the decedent,
William S. DuvalI, as shown by the
final account of the administrator,
plus any accumulated interest and
less advances made to the widow, be
conveyed to Gertrude r. Duvall. the
widow of the decedent, as there is no
surviving child.
Under the Chicago law the widow
is entitled to the entire estate, while
under the District code she would
take only one-half the personal prop
erty and a widow interest in the real
estate. &
Evening star., 1923-06-08
TELLS OF EFFORTS
. TO OBTAIN PATENTS
Witness Says German For
mulaS Were to Be Used
for Benefit of All.
BY the Associate Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WILMINGTON, Del, June S.-Harry
+. Danner, New York city, secretary
of the National Association of Cotton
Flnishers and secretary of the Amer
ican Dyes Institute, was witness
To-Day in the governments suit in the
1ederal district court to compel the
return of German patents seized dur
ing the world war and sold to the
Chemical Foundation, Inc, the de-
fendant in the present proceeding
Objection by the defense to his
testifying was overruled by the court
with the understanding that excep-
tlons might be offered later.
Tells of Activities.
The witness gave details of the ac-
tivity of the institute In association
with others in the promoting of the
dye industries of the country through
securing control of the seized German n
patents. to be>used for the general bene-
mt of the entire dye and chemical in
duStrieS
Letters and papers were submitted
TO the witness, including a copy of the
minutes of the meeting of the execu-
tive committee Of the American Dyes
institute. January 81, 1919. at which was
submitted the report of the special COM
mittee appointed to confer with the alien
property custodian in reference to Sc
curing the patents Also the details of
the suggested formatio of a holding
company to take over the German pat
entS and dispose of them for the benefit
of the entire dyes and chemical indus
tries and suggesting $500 as fair
price for them.
Payments Made.
Letters were also read showing
that some of the interested industries
hnanced the cost of making abstracts
OF the lists of German dye patents
seized by the alien property custo-
dian. Mr.. Danner said he attended to
the matter of paying out the money
for this purpose. He said $4,000 was
advanced by five members of the
American Dye Institute, each giving
$1,000
One of the letters. from F. E. Beryl
to the American Dyes Institute. gave
detailed review of the work of alb
stracting the German dye patents in
the office of the alien property Gus
todian, with complete classification
of them. The total number was be-
tween 4,200 and 1900.
The certificate of incorporation of
the Chemical Foundation, Inc. and its
bylaws were offered in evidence, with
a list of subscribers to its capital
stock, as follows:
L. ]. du Pont de Nemours & Co.
$4,000; General Chemical Association.
$4,000: Grasselli Company, $4,000:
Keller & Merz, $4,000; National Ami
pany, $4,000
Minutes of the foundations organiza-
ton meeting, showing the election of
former Alien Property Custodian Fran
CHS +. Garvan as president, also were
offered. together with minutes of direc
tors meetings, at which plans for dis
posing of the purchased dye patents
were arranged.
With sixty-four pieces of docu-
mentary exhibits offered out of about
800, the court adjourned until Monday.
Evening star., 1923-06-08
SC|T|ES IN COAL
SHORTAGE SURVEY
Engineering Societies Board
Meets to Plan Committee
Activities.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated fress
ST. PAUL, Mimi, June s.-Plans for
conducting a nation wide coal stor-
age survey were announced here TO-
day, when the executive board of the
American Engineering Council or the
Federated American Engineering So
cieties convened for a two-day ses-
sion. President Mortimore E. Cooley,
dean of the Engineering School of the
University of Michigan, presided.
COMMITTEES to aid the main coal
storage committee of the federation,
headed by w. l.. Abbott of Chicago,
are being organized in e1ghty-sx CIT
les, from Boston to San francisco.
Actively cooperating with the red
Grafton will be local sections in these
cities of the American Institute of
Mining and Metallurgical Engineers,
the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers and the American Institute
of Electrical Engineers.
Seek COnl Solution.
The federation, it was stated. is
acting in harmony with the United
States Coal Commission, the Depart
ment of Commerce and other agencies
In an effort to approach solution OF
the nations coal problems.
The storage of coal has been dis
cussed for many years" said Dean
cooley. various groups nave Sdic
fully studied some of the important
factors involved. However, all OF
this material has never-been brought
together. analysed and disseminated
in an authoritative statement. The
general concensus of opinion is that
the storage of coal is of prime i'm.
portance in solving the complex coal
situation.
Study Main Features.
The United States Coal Commission
and the Department of Commerce are
making studies of the main features
of the engineering. chemical and eco
nomic aspects of the storage of coal
The bureau of mines has done like
wise. However. the work of the three
agencies named and that of the engi.
neering societies can and will be CO.
ordinated to avoid duplication.
THE object is to determine the engi-
neering, chemical and economic fac
tors involved in the storage of Goa
and the influence of those factors or
storage at the mines and by various
classes of consumers"
Evening star., 1923-06-08
IMMIGRATION AND LABOR
ISSUES In HAWAII, TOPIC
Representative johnson, Visiting
Islands, Favors Conference Said
to Be Proposed by Japan.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HONOLULU, June Sterilization S
problems of immigration and labor
for this country at least, must come
to head in Hawaii. and conference
in Hawaii will come nearer to pro-
ducing a peaceful settlement than
anything else, according to a state
ment made yesterday in a luncheon
speech by Representative Albert
Johnson, chairman of the House i'm
migration committee, who is visiting
the islands
IF there is to be an immigration
conference, as Japan is said to have
proposed" Mr.. Johnson said, why
should not the preliminary confer
ence be held in Hawaii? Here lies
the bulk of the evidence. Japan is
said to be willing to meet us half
way, and Hawaii is half way"
The congressional delegation left
for San Francisco on the transport
Grant
Evening star., 1923-06-08
URGES WORLD PARLEY
ON ECONOMIC ISSUES
Senator Copeland Declares Indus
trial Depression Will Come Un-
less Something Is Done.
Ry the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. June S.-Immediate
convocation of an international eco
nomio conference of representatives
of all nations was urged today by
United States Senator Royal ).
Copeland in an address before the
Queensborough Chamber of Com
merce.
The immediate need of the world
is work." he said. MY appeal is for
an attempt at economic agreement
regardless of political differences and
intrigues. In certain lines In Amer
lea we have prosperity. but the idle
ness of the rest of the world should
warn us that our prosperity is likely
to be transient. All signs indicate
approaching financial, commercial
and Industrial depression. In my
opinion, the surest guarantee against
this imminent peril is the calling of
an economic conference"
The United States, he said, should
take the initiative in calling such
a conference. which could not. but
be satisfactory to both fri/nds and
enemies of the league of nations.
The world court, he declared, was
"one of the ingredients of the pre-
scriptfon which might save the
world" but an economic conference
would be to the court what a loaf
is to a crust
Evening star., 1923-06-08
PRESIDENT OF ARGENTINE
ASKS LEAGUE RELATIONS
Requests Congress to Facilitate
Return of Normally With
Covenant.

BUENOS AIRES, June S.-President
de Alvear. In a message to congress
yesterday asked that legislation be
passed to facilitate Argentina's re-
turn to normal relations with the
league of nations and requested ap-
proval by congress of Argentina s
adherence to the league covenant.
This was given by the Irigoyen gov
ernment in 1919. but without the con-
sent of congress.
President de A1vear recalled the
retirement of the -Argentine dele
cation from the league assembly i'm
1920 because of that body's rejection
of the Argentine proposal that all
sovereign nations be admitted to
membership in the league.
Anticipating the message the cham
ber of deputies had already voted
credits to meet Argentina's annual
payment toward the league expenses.
Evening star., 1923-06-08
REPORT PHIDIAS' VENUS
HAS BEEN SENT TO FRANCE
Neapolitans Stirred by Rumored
Loss of Famous Statue Exca-
waited in 1918.

NAPLES, June 8.-Considerable ex-
citement has been caused by a report
that the celebrated statue of Venus
Genetrix, by Phidias, excavated here
in 1913, has been taken to France.
The statue. of which the Naples Mu-
scum possesses the only copy of the
Roman epoch, was originally bought
by Marquis Pinelli, who sold 1t to the
Rothschilds for 10000 francs.
So far it has not been determined
how the statue could have been taken
across the frontier
Evening star., 1923-06-08

Miss Bessie MacFarlane. deputy
county clerk of Bessemer, Mich. has
acted In the capacity of bridesmaid
no less than 1874 times.
Evening star., 1923-06-08
DENIES USING SPIES
ON RICHARD CROKER
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DUBLIN. June S.-Richard Croker
jr.. was cross-eXamined by Patrick
Lynch, counsel for Mrs. Bula Croker.
at today's session of his suit to break
the will of his father. one-time Tam
many chieftain. Mr.. Croker slid he
had never used detectives to spy upon
his father, but admitted that he had
employed one McCahill to inquire into
the transfer of the Croker property
at Palm Beach, Fla.
McCahill also went to Savannah
and Molena, Ga, and JacksonVilIc,
Fla. to investigate information the
witness had received concerning Mrs.
Bula Croker.
Sent TO Northampton.
The witness testified that he had
sent James Edward Carter, a member
of the New York Democratic Club, to
Northampton, Mass, last autumn to
make inquiries of people who were
reported to have known Mrs Bula
Croker there. His brother. Howard
Croker. also visited Northampton and
interviewed Mrs. Clara Bingham and
Mrs. r. L. Davies. The allegation
has been made during the trial that
Mrs. Croker was the legal wife of Guy
Il. Marone, through a ceremony per-
married Mr. Croker, the testator.
Mr.. Croker testified that Carter had
come to Dublin with Mrs. Bingham
and Mrs. Davies and that he, the wit
ness, had paid for the trip.
He had made no agreement except
10 pay their expenses. and the Ictual
loss they suffered by leaving North
ampton. He thought it was a legiti-
mate expense to provide them with
the necessary travelling articles and
said he was paying their Dublin
hotel expenses.
Paying Expenses.
Further testimony brought out that
of eight witnesses. two of whom were
from Monclon, New Brunswick, and
with whom he had been in commune
cation before last October. When Mr..
Carter left for Dublin with the wit
nesses the money for the purpose was
ter could not state the amount or
produce receipts for the money. He
testified that his first inquiries
through Mccahill and Carter in re-
gard to his fathers wife were made
between 1914 and 1915.
When his father told him of his
marriage to Bula Edmundson. who
was known as the Indian Princess.
representations made respecting her
age and family. He testified to re-
ceiving phone messages from persons
within o1ding their names. to the eff
feet that the details printed in re-
gard to these points were false. 1t
had been testified al Palm Beach that
Bula was we'll known on Broadway
before her marriage.
Mr.. Croker said he had not raised
the question of her alleged marriage
with Marone in this suit; that allega-
tion had been made by his sister, Mrs.
Ethel C. White.
Evening star., 1923-06-08
TRUCK DRIVERS HELD.
Caught Delivering Beer, Detroit
Police Claim.

DETROIT, Mich, June Silk driv-
ers of trucks said to have been bear
ing loads of beer to an excursion
steamer were under arrest here to-
day. following seizure of the trucks
by the police last night.
Most of the drivers, the police say,
begged to be allowed to deliver their
beer at the steamer, declaring "the
excursionists would be terribly dis
appointed If they failed to put in an
appearance"
The seizures resulted in confisca-
tion of sixty-two barrels and 1900
pint bottles of beer.
Evening star., 1923-06-08
COLORADO LABOR FAVORS
MODIFYING DRY LAW
Resolution for Return of Light
Wines and Beer Adopted at
State Convention.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DENVER, Col, June s.-Modifica-
tion OF the Volstead act and the re-
turn Of light wines and beer were
favored in a resolution adopted at
vention of the Colorado State Fed
Grafton of Labor, according to Presi-
dent Earl Hoage OF Denver. who has
returned from La Junta, where the
convention was held.
The resolution reaffirmed the stand
taken by the federation at it's annual
convention last year and pointed out
manifest evils" in present prohibi-
ton enforcement, according to Presi-
dent Hoage.
Evening star., 1923-06-08
SHOE MEN ELECT WILENsKY

DETROIT. Mich, June 8.-Jacob
Wilensky. of Atlanta, Ga. was eiecteS
president. and Indianapolis was
chosen as the 1924 meeting place by
the National Shoe Finders Associa.
tion at. the concluding business ses-
sion Of its annual convention here
today George Knapp of St. Louis
was reelected secretary Of
the organization
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-17

polo tournament in San Antonio early
in 1924 is one of the questions to be
discussed. Representatives of the
Army Polo Association will attend the
meeting and lay before the committee
a plan that has been proposed by men,
bers OF the association whereby it is
believed that a successful tournament
can be held.
The Army Polo Association pro-
poses to procure the attendance of ri
army teams to participate in the tour
nament. Additional entries from col
lege and civilian teams, including the
famous Meadow Brook Club of New
York, will be sought by the Chamber
of Commerce and the association work
ing together.
tournaments are held throughout
the country in January, February and
March, and many teams 10 from one
section OF the country to another IL
enter some of the larger tournaments.
An effort will be made to arrange the
local tournament at a time that some
OF the best teams Of the country are
crossing the continent to participate
IN contests on the coast.
Local civilian players and members
OF the Junior Chamber of Commercs
will be invited to attend the meeting
Thursday to participate in the con.
sideration OF the proposed plan.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-17
ASK ABOUT CITY
People In the North and East Want
Information.

Inquiries from tourists are beginning
to arrive at the Chamber of Com
meree in large numbers. according TO
r. II. Durkee, MANAGER OF the pub
licity department. During October
inquiries have been received from sew
eral states. aud one each from Scos-
land and Honolulu.
The majority of the letters received
from tourists request literature de-
scriptive of San Antonio or intorma-
ton about the city. Some go further
and ask specific information as to the
hotels or living conditions. A large
number ask for information concern
ing San Antonio as winter resort
and many others state that they de-
sire to make their homes here.
In addition to the letters from tour
lists. the chamber is continually re-
ceiving inquiries from men who are
looking for a place to invest their
money and from job seekers.
The majority of tourist inquiries re-
ceived in October have come from the
section of the country out of which
most of San Antonios winter visitors
come and where the present advertls-
ing campaign is being conducted. Ill
nois. Missouri. Michigan. Ohio and adj
Joining states are the ones most strong
ly represented.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-17
Legion Intends to Become
Important Political Factor

of fathers who died on Flanders Fields
or of wounded, shell-shocked, tubercu'
lar or other disease-stricken veterans
regarding whose welfare the govern
ment's and the legion's ideas have new
err been in accord. If credence is to bt
placed in reports of investigations
made by the legion, the public has NJ
idea of the number OF homeless chill
dren adrift in America as result Of
the World War.
The hint of solidified political activ
| ity to bring about the ends which le-
zion members assert have long beer
ended, is contained in official conven
ton sessions already held and those be-
ing held today and tomorrow. lmpor
tant Committees are passing up oppor-
tunities to parade and enjoy the usual
fireworks" of legion conventions and
instead are spending long hours behind
closed doors.
There is both talk and strong senti.
ment for an entirely new deal" in the
administration of legion affairs. eau.
cuses are being held that are vastly
different from those that have marked
previous legion conventions. Their an
nounced purpose is ITO determine the
men best qualified for the various elec-
tive offices, rather than candidates
sponsored by factions that would force
them down the threats of unwilling
delegates" Just what is meant by this
is not yet exactly clear. But explana'
tons are expected to come out with
out mental reservations when the time
for nominations for legion administra-
tive offipas swings around.
War Orphans EARNED Out"
Much satisfaction has been mani
tested by legion delegates over the re-
mort of Gen. Frank L. Hines, director
of the United States Veterans Bureau
on recent rehabilitation work. Out OF
every dollar spent, only six cents now
is going toward the salaries OF bureau
employees. The other "a cents, accord
ing to General Hines, is being spent
for actual work of rehabilitation. But
this betterment of methods, according
to this same report, has been in effect
only since last March.
World War orphans are in n much
more serious plight. Even government
officials have no correlated plan of car
ing for them. Thousands and, in some
places, according to legion reports, to
persons who regard them as little more
than chattels.
1t is to remedy alleged governmental
shortcomings in both the rehabilitation
of disabled veterans and in the care OF
war orphaned children that the legion
now contemplates solidified political
activity as a means of helping itself
There is no axe being ground for any
ma rt;cular political party. Two admin
istratiois have been in power since
the war ended, they charge, and both
have failed to measure up to the le'
gion's demands.
But from now on, If indications here
are any criterion of coming events
the American Legion in planning to be-
come party" itself, at least politi,,
cal factor to the extent that it Will end
alleged procrastination in healing the
still gaping wounds OF war.