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Evening star., 1924-11-25
DEFENSE QU|zz|NG
FORBES JURYMEN
Venire Tentatively Accepted
by Pr0SeCution-Mrs. V0taW
to Be Witness.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, November 25.-Defense
counsel today resumed examination
of the IL veniremen tentatively ac-
cepted by the Government attorneys
in the trial of Charles r. Forbes.
former head of the Veterans Bureau,
and J. w. Thompson, contractor, of
ST. Louis and Chicago, charged with
defrauding the United States Gov
ernment.
Two of the jurors answering a
question of Judge G. II. Carpenter
said they had sons or relatives
wounded in the World War. A third
venireman said he was a World War
veteran, but was not wounded dur
ing his Is months service in France.
The defense was allowed 10 chal-
lenges and the Government G.
Mrs. Heber Votaw of Washington,
sister of the late President Harding,
was disclosed as one of the chief
Government witnesses when defense
counsl obtained ruling permitting
them to examine the list of three
score prosecution witnesses. Mrs.
Votaw, during Forbes administra-
tion, was connected with the Vet
erans' Bureau in vocational reha bill
tation work.
Defense Wins Point.
Decision to try the defendants
on the charge of defrauding instead
of second count in the indictment
charging conspiracy to bribe a Fed
eral officer in the awarding of Gov
ernment hospital contracts came
after long argument on a prose-
cution motion to consolidate the
charges.
The motions disposed of, John w.
H Grim, special assistant attorney
general, proceeded with selection of a
jury and tentatively accepted the first
IL veniremen, rendering them to the
defense. Court adjourned while the
defense was examining the first pro-
spective juror.
Defense counsel was headed by for
mer Senator J. Hamilton Lewis and
Felix Stransky of Chicago, and Ru-
dolph Loughlin of St. Louis, repre-
senting Thompson, and Col. James s.
Easby-Smith of Washington, repre-
senting Forbes.
The IL mon tentatively accepted by
Government counsel are:
Michael Finn, South Pullman, miner.
Henry w. Austin, chairman of the
board of the Oak Park Trust and
Savings Bank, who lost a son in the
World War.
C. P. Fatland, Sheridan, farmer.
George F. Hay, De Kalb, justice Of
the peace.
Frank w. Hadlock. Elgin. retired.
Ernest A. Clark, Chicago. contrac-
Theodore Dabeox. waukegan, engi-
B. p. Jensen, waukegan. contractor,
Evening star., 1924-11-25
BEAN KING TAKEN;
WORKED ON FARM
State Plans for Prosecution
of L. (. Sands in
100000 Crash.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ALBION, N. Y, November 25.-wil-
liam A. Munson. Orleans County
prosecutor, today began prepara-
E. Sands, worlds bean king" ar
rested in Tampa, yesterday, more
than a month after he fled from
Albion, leaving his financial affairs
in a tangle and liabilities of nearly
$1,000, 600.
A statement made to Mr.. Mum
son by Mrs. Grace K. Clerks, manager
of Sands bean business, it is under
stood, covers every phase of his trans
actions upon whichr prosecution can
be based. These consisted chiefly of
the alleged use of spurious bills of
lading and duplicate bills of lading
upon which money. it is charged, was
obtained from banks.
Mrs. Clerks said today that when
the financial crash Of the bean king
occurred in September, Mrs. Sands and
Mrs. Clerks went to Chaffee Lock, Ont,
where they stayed several days.
During the stay in Canada they
plAuned flight through Canada to
Texas and Mexico, she said. Because
of misunderstanding, Mrs. Sands
and Mrs. Clerks got on different Sec
tions of trains leaving Buffalo and
were separated until they reached st.
Louis.
Mrs. Clerks is hazy about Sands
movements during this period. They
had planned to motor to San Antonio,
but did not meet again until they
reached that city. From there the
trio motored to Monterey, Calf, and
thence to Mexico City and Tampico.
Later they returned to San Antonio,
where Sands rented an apartment six
weeks.
Mrs. Clerks left the Sands party in
San Antonio and went to Huntington,
Ind She stayed with a friend for
several weeks. until private detectives
arrested her.
Evening star., 1924-11-25
THREE MEN STICK
W|THPER|LEDS SHIP
Captain and Two Operators
Remain When All Others
Are Rescued.
6y the Associated Press.

6y tie Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 25.-Dis-
Abled in a furious norther and angry
sea, which was reported to be pound
ing it on Tampico Bar, the Ward
liner Esperanza, 4,764 gross tons,
which left New York for Tampico
November 13, with a crew of rs and
J20 passengers, is manned only by it's
captain and two wireless operators,
according to wireless messages pick
ed up by the Independent Wireless
Telegraph Co. here.
The passengers and the bulk of the
crew were taken off yesterday morn
ing by seagoing tugs out of Tam
pico. after the tanker Baldhill had
stood by, helpless to lower lifeboats
or offer any assistance because of the
gale, which lashed the shallow wa
ters over~the bar into a maelstrom, in
which no small craft could survice.
The liner was reported in 81 feet of
water, pounding the bottom as 1t
plunged from the crest of each wave,
and listing dangerously. The tugs
which went to the rescue of the
Esperanza offered to take off all on
board, but the captain elected to
stand by and his radio operators vol
unteered to stay with him.
Driven Toward Bar.
The first distress call from the liner
was picked up here yesterday. Re-
ports from ships in the vicinity soon
afterward told that the Esperanza
was in serious difficulties and was
evidently drifting ashore, unable to
make headway against the norther,
which was driving her toward the bar
The tanker BaldhiH was the first
craft reported to reach the crippled
ship. but it was unable to give as
sistance, having all it could do to
keep It's own mastery over the gale.
The wireless reports did not state in
what manner the seagoing tugs were
able to remove the passengers and
crew, nor did they give the number
of passengers aboard. Although 1t is
known that there were 120 when the
liner left New York, it stopped at
Havana November II. How many
left the ship there and how many
boarded 1t has not been ascertained.
When the liner drifted into the
shallow water near the bar and
struck bottom 1t was still too far
from shore to make use of a breeches
buoy, and the" sea was too rough to
permit the launching of the ships
boats The Esperauza and sher:hunlan
freight were at the mercies of the
storm until the tugs effected their
rescue
Evening star., 1924-11-25
Music Features Meeting.

A musical program was the feature
yesterday afternoon at the meeting
Of the District OF Columbia Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs held in the
Hotel Roosevelt The program was
given under the direction of Mrs.
Ruby Smith Stahi. chairman John
H. Marville. bass soloist at the First
Congregational Church and Eighth
Street Temple, sang number of
songs. MIR. Marville was accompanied
at the piano by Mr.. Lewis Atwater.
Evening star., 1924-11-25
TEXTILE FIRM REFUSES
TO GIVE 48-HOUR WEEK
New Hampshire May Enact Law
Setting Time Of Work
in Industry.
By the Associated Press.


MANCHESTER, N. H., November
25.-The management of the Amos
keag Manufacturing Co., which en-
p1oys approximately 1900 textile
operatives under normal conditions,
yesterday declined the request of the
joint council of employees providing
for 48-hour week. The manage
ment indicated that a 48-hour week
would prove an additional handicap in
running the mills and preventing
curtailment.
Leaders of the workers assert that
no strike action is contemplated, the
employees being content to allow the
question Of the working week to be
dealt with by statute at the coming
session Of the Legislature. Capt. John
J. Winant,- governor-elect, declared
in his campaign that he would favor
the adoption OF q State 4S-hour work
Ing week law
Evening star., 1924-11-25
Location Is AU
To Hot Dog Man;
He Buys Building
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BOSTON, November pa good
location is everything in the hot
dog" business, Samuel Shanker
says. When he persisted in stand
ing with his hot oven and hot
dogs in front Of a lunchroom on
Berkeley street he was arrested.
That's a good stand. l can't af-
ford to lose it," he remarked as he
paid a So fine from a $1,000 roll
Of bills. Then he went out and
bought the building, paying more
than $4,000 for it.
Shanker said he had made
enough money selling hot dogs"
in the past five years to buy five
houses and have a little cash on
hand besides.
Evening star., 1924-11-25
RUMANIAN 1925 BUDGET
WILL TOTAL $4,000, 900
Railroads Get Larger Allowance
for Expected Deficit and
for Repairs.
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
BUCHAREST, November 25.-The
Rumanian budget for 1925 will total
31,075.000,000 lei (about $4,000, ,000),
according to a statement issued by
Finance Minister Bratiano.
1t will provide for services on the
country's entire funded or CONSOLE
dated internal and external debts,
but apparently not for unconsolidat-
ed debts like that to the Baldwin
Locomotive Co. 1t will also create q
special fund Of 2,o0o,000,000 lei to
relieve the situation of the govern
ment employees.
The ministry of communications
gets 5000, 100000 more than last
year, presumably to make provisions
for offsetting the deficit in the state
railroads and for partially recondi-
tioning the rolling stock.
Tho finance minister estimates that
export taxes in 1925 win yield $780,
0oo.ooo.
Evening star., 1924-11-25
NABBED ON TRAIN.

TAMPA, Fla, November 25.-Lewis
e. Sands, bean king of the world"
wanted at Albion, N. Y, on charges
growing out of the failure of his
company, in which 100000 is said
to have been lost, was arrested here
last night. He had been trailed from
Elwood Park, near st. Petersburg,
where he had been working for the
last week as a day laborer on cell
cry farm.
Sands was arrected at a railway
station while awaiting q train to re-
turn to New York. 1t was said he de-
cided to go back after learning of the
arrest of Mrs. Grace G. Clerks, former
business associate. Since his disap-
pearance from Albion, Sands told off,
GERS, he had been living at Gulfport,
a suburb Of st. Petersburg, with his
father and other relatives until he
went to work at Elwood Park.
Evening star., 1924-11-25
african Village
Reaches Hottest
Mark on Record
By the Associated Press.

LONDON. November 25.-Until
recently Death Valley. Calf,
where a temperature of 154.1 de-
grees in the shade was register
ed at Greenland Ranch on July
10, 1918, was considered the hot
test place on the earth's surface.
According to the quarterly
journal of the Royal Meteorolosi-,
cal Society, this record has been
broken at the Italian settlement
of AziZia, in the semi-desert
region of North Africa, about 25
miles south of Tripoli, where a
properly sheltered thermometer
rose to 1864 degrees.
The Washington times., 1924-03-18
Notable Audience VieWs
"The Cherry Orchard

The Minister of Switzerland and
Nine Peter were among Mrs.
Charles w. Wetmore's guests in her
box at Polls Theater last evening
to see the Moscow Art Theater's
production of THE Cherry Or
chard." "Others in the brilliant au-
dience We're the Counselor of the
Peruvian Embassy and Nine. Prada,
the Misses Patten, Mrs. James Mar
wick, Mrs Thomas +. Walsh, Mrs.
John Allan Dougherly. Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Brett Noyes, Mrs. Mimi
gerode Andrews, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Eliphalet F. Andrews, Mr.. and Mrs
Arthur Peter, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
lie Rust, jr.: Mrs. Theodore Noyes,
Mrs. William Hard, Mr.. and Mrs
Franklin Ellis, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Washington Davidge, Camdr. and
Mrs. Harvey Delano, Miss Dorothy
bennett. Mrs. William Littauer, Mr.
and Mrs. George T. Odell. Willmott
Lewis. Foxhall Daingerfield, and
Marion Law
The Washington times., 1924-03-18
Mrs. Coolidge Box
Holder For
Benefit

Mrs. COOll0Rc Will attenQ the
benefit performance Of "Roxie and
His Gang" at Polls Theater this
afternoon and will have with her
in the box, Mrs. Frank w. Stearns,
who, with Mr.. Stearns, Is at the
White House, Mrs. Albert Whittier,
of Boston, John Coolidge and Cal
vim Coolidge, jr. The proceeds Of
the entertainment will be used to
purchase radio sets for the Walter
Reed, Mount Alto and Naval Hos
pitfalls.
President and Mrs. Coolidge had
as their guest at luncheon yester
day the American Ambassador to
Mexico, Charles b. Warren.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Nelson Norris
who have been guests at the White
House, have gone to New York and
will sail shortly for Europe.
Jusser0nds Honor Guests
At Japanese Emb0ssy
The French Ambassador and
Nine. Jusserand were the honor
guests at dinner last evening of
the Japanese Ambassador, who en-.
tertained q company Of tWenty-siX.
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The Secretary of War and Mrs.
Weeks were the honor guests at
dinner last evening of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Hays Hammond, who enter
tanned a company of tWenty-six.
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Former Secretary of the Navy
and Mrs DENLY will return Thurs
day from visit to their home i'll
Detroit.
The Washington times., 1924-03-18
Bulgarian Diplomat
M0rries Scot Boronet

The marriage of Miss Nadedia
Stancioff, daughter Of the Bulgarian
minister to Great Britain, and one
OF the first women to be given diplo-
matte status, to Sir Alexander KAY
Muir, Scottish baronet,. took place
in London yesterday. 1t is an event
OF considerable interest to Washing
tonlans since Miss Stancioff was an
pointed secretary of the Bulgarian
legation here although she never as
sumed her duties in this country.
She expects to give up diplomacy
with marriage, but hopes to enter
the British Parliament.
Inc wedding, celebrated at Bromp.
ton Oratory, was quiet affair. Be.
sides the families Of the couple.
those present included Sir William
Tyrell, permanent undersecretarv
Tor foreign affairs, and General Sir
Ian Hamilton. After the ceremony
the bride and bridegroom departed
Tor a honeymoon in Rome.
AS well as entering British politics
the women diplomatist, who was de.
scr1bed by the late Viscount Bryce
as the international kid" plans TO
write a book dealing with the peace
conference from the woman's point
Of view.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chauncey Denew
OF New York, will come to Wash.
lngton March rs, and will be at
the Hamilton Hotel,
The Washington times., 1924-03-18

prepared for public career in
the venerable University of Lima
and afterward took a course in
the University of Paris.
A problem which will imme-
diately face the Ambassador and
Sonora de Velarde relates to
suitable home for the embassy.
1t is understood that neither will
care to reside in an apartment
house, as did Senior Pezet, for
mer ambassador from Peru. The
chancelry Is well provided and &C.
cu3ies the ground floor of an
apartment 5on Connecticut avenue.
-, Latin America is. now numeri-
cally and politically the most
powerful unit in the diplomatic
, corps at this Capital. Five am
bassadors are already accredited
and it is but a matter of time
when Mexico resumes her. for
mer relations. Mexico was the
The Washington times., 1924-03-18
Y Z =
Monday Supper Club
Closes Successful Season

The last meeting of the Monday
Evening Supper Club for this sea.
son was held last night at the Ham
ilton Hotel and closed with general
lamentations that there were no
more meetings to come. Among the
guests were the Minister of Panama
and Nine. Alfaro, Senator and Mrs.
Arthur Capper, Senator and Mrs.
William A. King, Senator. David /.
Walsh, Mrs. John Allan Daugh.
erty, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Norment,
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Price Wright,
Comdr. and Mrs. John H. AIagruder,
Mr.. and Mrs Mark Reid Yates, MIR.
and Mrs. +. A. Hartman, Mrs. w.
Harry Brown, Mrs. John p. Jack
son, jr.. Mrs. Willard Barse, ami
her niece, Miss Helen Simpson; Miss
Ellen Newton, Miss Elizabeth
Adams. Miss Ruth Hitchcock, Miss
Dorothy Decide, Miss Elizabeth
Howry. Miss Bessie McKeldin, Miss
Ruth Stoddard, Miss Delphine Hey..
Constantin Diamantopoulos, of the
Greek legation; William Price, Will.
lam Bowie Clark. Durham Rogers,
Eben +. Comins. Brig. Gen. George
F. Downey, John Edward Rice, and
Lieut.. William Loventhal.
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Lieut.. Comdr. and Mrs. Comfort
p. Platt have as their guest for a
fortnight. Mrs. Wheeler Glenn, who
arrived yesterday from Baltimore.
Mrs. Glenn was formerly Miss
Eleanor Barker, of Baltimore.
Mrs. Walter Tuckerman enter.
The Washington times., 1924-03-18

tanned informally at luncheon yes.
terday in Rauscher's in compii-
ment to Mrs. Robert Gardner, of
New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. William F.. Mer-
ram have arrived in Washington
from Fort Sewall, Fla, ana will lie
at their apartment, 1863 Connec-
t1cut avenue, until the end of March,
when they will sail for Europe.
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Walter Penfield will entertain at
luncheon on Friday in compliment
to DR.. Marion L. Burton, president
OF the University of Michigan, who
will visit Washington this week, &C.
companied by Mrs. Burton.
\ \
The Woman's National Demo-
cratic Club will have as the speaker
at the sixth Of it's series of Wednes-
day luncheons, tomorrow, Miss
The Washington times., 1924-03-18

Mrs. Austin Kautz. who heads
the committee in charge Of the
tea dance which will follow the
bridge and Nah Jongg party to be
given for the benefit Of Columbia
Hospital at Wardman Park Hotel
on March 26, will have among her
assistants the following debutantes:
Miss Helen Strauss, Miss Bessie
McKeldin, Miss Janet Moffett, Miss
Ruth Stoddard, Miss Betty Byrne.
Miss Barrine Drake and Miss
Claudia Read. The Navy Band will
play for the dancing.
Other features of the afternoon
will be White Elephant Table,
under the direction Of Mrs. Walter
Tuckerman, where many interesting
articles will be for sale. Mrs. Ches-
ter Wells will have a flower table
and will be assisted by a number
Continued on Page 30)
The Washington times., 1924-03-18

Grace Abbott, director of the United
States Children's Bureau. Mrs. J.
Borden Hartman, president of the
club, will preside and members are
asked to make reservations
promptly.
The, speaker next week will be
Major General Henry 7. Allen.
The afternoon teas at the club
have been well attended and serve
to bring women of the Democratic
faith together in an informal fash
ion to discuss the all-absorbing
topic Of the hour--politics.
An invitation to all ut-of.town
Democratic women, who are visit
ing in Washington or passing
through. to register at the club has
been extended by the secretary,
Mrs. Emily Newell Blair, through
the Democratic women's publication
"The Fortnightly Bulletin"
The Washington times., 1924-03-18

first of the Latin nations to
raise her ministry here to the
higher rank, but this action was
quickly followed by Brazil, Chile
and Argentina. Peru came some
years later and Cuba now ends
the list.
DIR. Velarde is Peru's second
ambassador to the United States,
the first having been his popu-
lar predecessor, DIR. FedeucO AL.
fonzo Pezet, who came out first
as minister. The Pezets are now
United States of Americans by
adoption, having taken up their
residence in New York.
The Washington times., 1924-03-18
DR.. RotUe Host
At Luncheon Today

The director general of the Pan
American Union, DIR. L. S. Rowe,
entertained at luncheon today in the
annex OF the Pan American Union
In honor of Charles 3. Warren, new.
ly appointed United States ambassa-
dor to Mexico. ACong the guests
were Manuel c. IIllez, charge daft
flares OF Mexico, and Manuel Y De
Negri, secretary Of the Cuban en-
bassy.
The Washington times., 1924-03-18

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The Washington times., 1924-03-18
New ENJOY of Peru
Arrives in
Tom.
BY JEAN ELIOT.

" he new Peruvian ambassa.
dor, DR.. Herman Velarde.
has arrived in Washington
) and is temporarily established at
the Hotel Roosevelt, where he
has taken. an apartment. Reach
Ing New York last week, he
stopped off for a few days there
to attend to some business mat
tiers and possibly to do a little
sightseeing, although he has been
an occasional visitor in this
country before.
{ Nine. Velarde is at present
gin Paris and will not join her
husband here until later, but the
. new envoy is accompanied by his
son, Hector Velarde, who will be
attached to the embassy as secre-
tary.
DR.. Velarde is jurist, one of
. the most famous international law.
yers in South America, and he
: has written extensively on his
. torical and judicial themes. He
had found time, however, to ac-
quire considerable diplomatic ex-
perience and has been in success
sion minister to Brazil, to Colon
/ bia and to Argentina. He was
!, also for two years secretary Of
state and was the high commits.
sioner who effected satisfac-
tory settlement in a vexed ques-
ton of the boundary between Chile
and Peru, which had been in dis
pute for thirty years. It Is pos
sible that the President of Peru
had Nthis triumph in mind. when
he selected one of the country's
shrewdest lawyers for the post at
Washington, where the thorny
Tacna-Arica question will soon
come up for final settlement.
The new envoy Is married to
: Senorita Isabel Bergman, like
himself native Of Lima. Dr..
8 Velarde Is tall, dark and Of lis
G ttnguished appearance, while his
wife, who has had much social
experience, is said to possess great
charm and to be In every sense
a noteworthy addition TO the
diplomatic corps
HECTOR VELARDE spent some
"A months in Washington in
1922, when the mediation between
Chile and Peru over the africa
Tacna question, a problem which
10 called the Alsace.Lorraine of
Latin-America, was heard before
. the Secretary of State. Mr.. We
Iarde was the secretary Of the
special commission sent by Peru
and was here all through the
!, months Of the conference. He is
about twenty-five, is unmarried
and speaks English very well.
:, Like his father. he was carefully
The Washington times., 1924-03-18
Secretary of State
Guest at Bulgarian Dinner

The Secretary of State and Mrs.
Hughes will be the guests of
honor at the dinner that the Min
lister of Bulgaria and Nine. Panare-
toff will give this evening at the
legation.