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Evening star., 1924-10-06
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia, Maryland and
Virginia-Fair tonight: tomorrow il
creasing cloudfness and cooler; gentle
% moderate west shifting to north
and northeast winds.
West Virginia-Fair tonight, cooler
in northwest portion; tomorrow
cloudy and cooler: probably showers
in extreme west portion,
Records for "a Hours.
Thermometer-4 pm, rs; pm, IS;
IL midnight, 81; am, 81; s am, 81;
1880 am, "a.
Barometer-4 pm. 1925; s pm.
1925; II midnight, 1925; am, 1924;
s am. 1925; 11:30 am, 1924.
Highest temperature, rs, occurred
at $50 pm. yesterday.
Lowest temperature, 56, occurred at
am. today.
Temperature same date last year
Highest, 81; lowest, 43.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of the
water at am. Great Falls-Tem-
perature, 5S; condition, muddy.
Evening star., 1924-10-06
MAKES new PLEA
FOR WORLD COURT
Ex-Justice Clarke Says It
Represents Only Way to
Insure Peace.
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO. October 6.-John H.
Clarke. former justice of the United
States Supreme Court, spoke here
last night in behalf of an interna-
tional court for the prevention of
war. At the same time, in his address
before the Sunday Evening Club, he
expressed opposition to extreme paci-
fsm.
In view Of the present civilized, or
the lack of civilized, method for deal
ing with international disputes" he
saio' any nation may at any time
become involved in war. and II ia the
part or prudence to make necessary
PREPARATION with regard to it's needs.
sut with Gen. Pershinx making
warning statements about the next
war ana our present administration
.ahihs this warning seriously enough
~ ueciare a defense day to test our
strength, 1t is time for US to think
SERIOUSLY of this question of peace, for
cyliizatlon cannot go through an
other war and survive"
FORMER Justice Clarke declared that
.ne interest OF an individual or ma
..oh In peace was measured by inter-
est In Christianity. He said that the
Christian nations could not consist
entiy send out missionaries to preach
the gospel and at the same time en-
gage in war
Prayer will not reoreanize the
word for peace" he continued.
prayer will not make an end of war.
or 1t would have done 60 centuries ago.
you can't Danish war by carrying
banners, nor by passing resolutions.
IL can only be prevented by establish
ing a political institution more new
erful than war institutions. and by
arousing public opinion to compel
our Government, be IT Davis, Coolidge
or La Toilette, to take q great ma
tion's part in the consideration of
this greatest of moral questions Of
all the centuries"
Evening star., 1924-10-06
SEXTON indicted
ON GIRLS CHARGES
Man, SO, Faces Three At
tempted Assault Accusa-
tionS in Court.

The regular grand jury panel today
returned three separate indictments
against William NJ Collins. 69-year-
old sexton of Georgetown church.
who was arrested last July on charges
OF attempted assault on three little
girls in the Sunday school room of the
church. The ages of the children
ranged from Z to IL years.
John A. Mitchell of Chevy Chase,
and his brother, James w. Mitchell of
Washington, were indicted on a
charge of forgery. The men had
been employed as solicitors for numer-
Gus publications and are said to have
forged and uttered number of worth
less checks. They were arrested in
November. 1929.
Larceny after trust is charged in an
indictment against r. Walter Power.
He is said to have received a check
for $4,000 to be invested for Alfred f.
Davidson and to have appropriated it
to his own use.
Thomas c. Fuller is charged with
larceny after trust in an indictment
reported. 1t is alleged that Septem-
ber last he stole an automobile be-
longing to the Fuller Oil Corporation
which had been intrusted to him for
the use OF the company.
Others indicted and the charges
dSdlHSC tIleHl are httZllstI,
Samuel Harvey. Paul Blasangame,
Ernest Smith. George A. Gornaley.
Thomas l.. Murtaugh, alias Thomas
L. Murphy; Norman P. Stine, Nick
Edponson Collins, Clarence w.
Pritchard, Hobert w. PestIe, alias
Harry Pratt; Kermit T. Schall and
Bert r Poster, non support; James
T. Holmes, Harry w. Freeman and
John A. Cross, murder, first degree;
Thomas c. Fuller, alias T. c. Fuller.
grand larceny and violation section
s51-B, D. c. Code: Harry Pierson
Clayton, larceny from the United
States; William F. Winter, violation
section 1875, Penal Code; Clarence Crow
ell. Roland Hayden and William
Smith. transferring stolen automo-
bile; Thomas w. Brooks. larceny from
United States; Lloyd c. Remson,
forgery; Joseph w. Ayers. forgery
and uttering; Worthy Snowden, grand
larceny: Walter Tyler, housebreak-
ing and larceny; Wardie Parks, as
sault to rape; Luege Mareane, seduc-
ton. and Aubrey j. Farrell and Pablo
Ortis, carnal knowledge.
Evening star., 1924-10-06
DENIES GUARDIANS
BREAK UP HOMES
Stuart Says Board Tries to
Keep Families Intact When
ever Possible.

The extent to which the Board of
Chiidren's Guardians goes to keep fani-
lies intact and avoid taking children
from their natural homes is emphasized
IN statement prepared today by James
Stuart. agent of the board.
Social work." Mr.. Stuart said, should
oegln and end in the home. No agency.
either public or private should take or
receive child from it's home. except
as last resort for the Child moral and
physical safety after hope. of home re-
Mobilization is lost
THE object of social work from it's
very inception and name should be. and
Is, home-making, home rehnlildsng Fra
affirmative action toward keeping rTT-
family circle unbroken in so far as is
humanity possible. The unit of society
is the family. When that unit is broken
society suffers.
Court "Last Resort.
"The basic principle of our work
as a child protective agency is to
take no case to court recommending
change of guardianship to the
public agency until it is conclusively
shown that the child's welfare de-
mands this extreme action, and that
all available public and private help
cannot raise the standards of the
the child. Every possible home with
relatives is also tried with the hope
of keeping the child with its own
people # its parents cannot provide
suitable home.
yet, in some quarters We have
been called home breakers Some
misinformed members of the public
looked upon the public child protec-
tive and child caring agency as a
. to fnnY h
from their mothers breasts. 1t
apparently is not known by these
people that every child under our
care has been committed by court
which not only hears all the evil
dence fully, but which has always
been loath to remove a child from
its home. even under the most urgent
and compelling reasons
A few DAYS with our investigators
would convince any one that we man"
every effort to make sultapie ao
justment for the welfare OF ever!
child in every case. without court
action. of a total of 155 cases IN
vestigated last year, only 50 wer"
found to require court action. Yet
all were reported as in need or our
care
Mauy Placed With Relatives.
According to Mr. Stuart, nearly
half of the 100 children now under
the boards care have been placed
with relatives and friends at no e&-
pense to the public.
Mr.. Stuart included in the state
ment a table showing some OF the
social defects that contributed to the
delinquency of the children commit
ted to the board during a six-month
period. They included feeble mind
edness or insanity of a parent, deser-
ton. improper conduct of parent or
parents, intemperance, non-support,
cruelty, criminal tendencies of on"
or both parents mother forced to
work out and divorce.
Evening star., 1924-10-06
DEATH OF STUDENT
DECLARED ACCIDENT
Coroner Finds Georgetown Sopho-
more Fell From Window
80 Feet Above Ground.

Thomas r. Riley. 22-year-old sopho-
more in the foreign service school at
Georgetown University, who received
fatal injuries in a. fall last Thursday
night from window of the Kappa
Alpha Phi Fraternity house at 1925
n street, met his death accidentally,
coroEer's jury ruled today at the
District morgue.
A police investigation Of the youths
death was instituted when it was
learned that Riley had had an alter
cation with another young man at a
dance in another fraternity house a
short while previous. Two fraternity
"brothers'' of Riley took the inceEsed
student to the room from the window
of which be later fell fracturing his
skull.
He was found unconscious in the
courtyard beneath the window by
William Bannigan and William ].
Donovan, who rushed him to Emer
gency Hospital, where he died.
From testimony given at the in
quest 1t was indicated that Riley,
after being locked in the room. tried
to climb out the window, but lost his
balance and plunged 80 feet to the
ground.
Evening star., 1924-10-06
AER0NAUT'S DEATH.
IS UNDER INQUIRY
Accident Fatal to Capt.
SkeeI, Race Pilot, at Day.
ton, Unexplained.
BY the Associated Press.

DAYTON, Ohio. October 6.-Most of
the distinguished guests who were
here for the international air races
at Wilbur Wright Field left for their
homes yesterday. The death of Capt.
Bert E. SkeeI, Pulitzer race pilot,
cast a gloom not easily dispelled, and
resulted in cancellation of many
social arrangements.
The sale of tickets for the Pulitzer
event amounted to approximately
$1,000, and will be turned over to
the widow Of Capt. Skeel, it was an
nounced.
1t was also reported that arrange
ments will be made to present to Mrs.
Skeel a substantial purse from re-
ceipts OF the races. Neither attend
However, it was said that Capt. Skeel
probably would have won $4,000 had
he not been killed.
An Investigation of the accident
was still under way. but no report
will be filed by the board Of investi-
gators until complete inquiry has
been made.
Frank Russell, vice president of the
company which built the plane, ex-
pressed the opinion that the motor
exploded, causing the wind to enter
the fuselage and tearing 1t to pieces.
The air pressure was estimated to
have been 800 pounds to the square
inch at the rate Capt. Skeel was rae
ing.
movement was started immedi-
ately after the races by aircraft
manufacturers and pilots to prohibit
driving for speed in future Pulitzer
races. 1t will be necessary for the
National Aeronautic Association to
formally take action in the matter.
Action virtually was assured yes
terday when a conference was con-
Quoted by Godfrey Cabot of Boston,
president-elect of the National Aero
nautic Association, and Maj. r. w.
Schroeder, vice president-elect.
The officers decided that elfmIna-
tion Of the dive at the start of races
and speed trials would be a wise step
in insuring the safety of pilots.
A copy of the resolution providing
for the abolition of the dive will be
forwarded to the Federation Aero
natutique Internationale at Paris for
action.
Evening star., 1924-10-06
Veteran Breaks
Talk of Hines by
Sarcastic Remark

A dissatisfied World War veteran
talked back to Director Hines of
the Veterans Bureau today while
he was making an address before
the annual meeting of the Req
Cross, over which President Cool
idge was presiding.
Il cannot picture" Gen. Hines
was saying, this Government as
unwilling to take care of every in
terest of the disabled veteran"
Here's one-$25 a month" re-
piled a voice from the rear of the
auditorium.
Gen. Hines continued while the
man was led out by a detective.
He gave his name at police head
quarters as Nikolo Sesum, As years
old, a World War veteran. He was
taken to Gallinger Hospital
Evening star., 1924-10-06
HIGH SCHOOL REPAIRED.

A concrete coping has been placed
around the temporary partitions At
Western High School to prevent rain
from seeping into the building, as
was the case during the wet period
last week when the water leaked
into the school, forcing it to close for
two days. The work was done by
the District repair shop.
Installation of the heating plant at
Western will be completed within
two weeks it was said today. Unsea-
sonably cold weather ir the mean
time would force the closing of the
school.
Evening star., 1924-10-06
4 Die in South Africa Train Crash.

NEWCASTLE. Union Of South Afri-
ca, October 6.-Four persons were
killed and a score of others injured.
four OF them seriously. when the
Natal mail train from Durham jumped
the track on the main line at Min
dale early today. and crashed into a
freight train standing on a siding.
The nrst car of the passenger train
was demolished.
Evening star., 1924-10-06

Democrats have been turned toward
Coolidge. Whatever the detection of
Germans is toward La Toilette, and
unquestionably 1t will be large, there
will be acquisitions to make up for 1t.
Copyright. 1921.l
Evening star., 1924-10-06
Former Publisher Dies,

PITTSFIELD. MASS. October g.
Robert Edwin Bonner, formerly pub
Usher of the New York Ledger, died
at his Summer home, In Lenox, today.
He was 10 years old. He was prssi-
dent Of the Princeton class OF 1875.
Evening star., 1924-10-06
Transferred to Manila.

Warrant Officer Byron H. Mills; u,
s. A, has been relieved from duty
at Boiling Field, and ordered to
Manila for duty, taking the trans
port sailing from New York Novem-
Der for San Francisco.
Evening star., 1924-10-06
Two Bandits Raid Dice Game

BUFFALO, N. ", October e.-Two
masked robbers invaded a social club
at Niagara Falls yesterday and rob
bed is men whom they found In a
dice game of $1,000 in cash and valu-
able jewelry
Evening star., 1924-10-06
COOLIDGE VISIONS
RED CROSS IDEALS
ACTUATING WORLD

CONTINUED from First Page.)
Evening star., 1924-10-06
Prosperity Counts.

what really counts with the German
voter is the old-fashioned argument
about prosperity, hard times and
all the results that are supposed to
Ne imminent IL the election is thrown
into the House of Representatives.
Many business men, Germans and
others, have become apprehensive
that vote for la Toilette means
confusion, so many of them are de-
serting Davis to make sure that Cool
idge will win Nebraska's vote. Evil
IDENTIFY the statement of Glenn Shaver,
Democratic national chairman, to the
effect that the election was likely to
he thrown into the House of Repre-
sentatives for decision has had just
the opposite effect from that which
he Intended. Instead of winning
votes for Davis. many conservative
Evening star., 1924-10-06
LAUREL ENTRIES

fJ. %. ,.
SECOND RACE-Purse, So COO; claiming
steeplechase; 4-year-olds and up; about
Has
Evening star., 1924-10-06

Watchmen manned all fences about
the park, with teeth set and boards in
hand. They were determined they
shall not pass" Several rowdies had
been seen slipping in the first day, in
spite of all vigilance.
Evening star., 1924-10-06

Asleep on her shoulder, one fan was
dozing away as early as 10 o'clock in
the $1.10 bleachers, next to his wife
or sweetheart
Evening star., 1924-10-06

Albert West, 9o1 Buchanan street
northwest. and Vincent L. Bailey, $40
Massachusetts, avenue northwest, were
the flrst and second persons. respec-
lively. In line for the standing room
only seats in the grandstand.
: A reporter asked West for his name
and address.
Evening star., 1924-10-06

FOURTH RACE-Claiming: nurse 81 400.
3year-olds and up; mile and q furlong.
Guelph .......... lie 'Goldbug ... 1eS
SLunatta ........ 11O sYaukee Princess 100
Floating 0n...... 1O5
Evening star., 1924-10-06
FRal Parr and II. Garth entry.

'fNdI
THIRD RACE-The Joppa; purse, $1,5O0:
'or o-year-olds. ~, furon0s
Evening star., 1924-10-06

apprentice allowance claimed.
Weather clear: track fast.
The Washington times., 1924-05-02
Fashion Of Hand Painted Gowns
Originated on "Blue Coast
Heavy Crepes or Cream Twill
Painted With Red Roses, or
With Blue Design for
Blondes, Makes a Bizarre,
But Fetching, Creation for
the Woman Who Seeks
Something Different
BY CONNIE WING.

Love is represented as being
sightless, but that, my dear read
ers, is-well, simply poor taste to
pass such judgment, to say the
least. Love, after all. is what
every woman is seeking; some,
it is true, have, to hunt more dill
gently than others, but in the
struggle, would you but stop to
think, the most essential weapon
in the feminine hand is Beauty.
Few Dianas are fortunate
enough to have beautiful faces,
so the idea of ravishing costumes
was conceived.
Nice: A Fashion Center.
"The Blue Coast" isn't that a
perfectly intriguing name that the
French apply to the Riviera and
the succession of resorts and sum-
mer places along the sea?
Well, Nice, near by, manages to
be combination Of big city and
a popular resort. There are fine
hotels, marvellous shops, ocean piers,
Casinos and theaters, in fact, all
the joys of a large town in the
Sunny South. However, it is a
town Of fancies; there nearly al or
the styles that later appeal to the
United States are originated, and
there is where some artist who per-
haps temporarily was impoverished
painted a frock for demoiselle
who wanted to be different"
Little realizing, perhaps, that it
would set fashion for hand-painted
gowns.
Batik, to be sure, was a process
of treating silks with oils, quite
Russian, L believe, but this, chintZ
art is something entirely new and
bizarre. The materials used are
heavy crepes or creme twill oriental
silks. The flower designs rather
follow the Spanish, large red roses
the keynote in many.
Fit Conservative Tastes.
For the more conservative. person
the dresses are painted in two
tones of that lovely misty blue that
is so becoming to the blonde type
Why, when I make mental, pic
ture of the blonde-hlue combination
do / also think OF ice? oh! I hope
you will not, make the mistake q
wearing no ether color to break the
harshness that is inevitable whel
too much blue is used,
Selected Today.
A very striking three.piece suit
made of heavy white Russiann'
crepe, painted in flaming red pop
pies and blue corn flowers. Thu
The Washington times., 1924-05-02
LONG WORKDAY
ISSCORED BY
COOLIDGE
He Advises Paper .Boxboard
Makers to Adopt Usual
Hours in Industry

( u - i 90.
President Coolidge today urged
the paper boxboard industry to elm
mate Sunday work and long work
days. In q message to Secretary
of Labor Davis. who called repre-
sentatives Of the industry into con
ference here, the President said he
believed that in the long run 1t will
be found more satisfactory to lave
the usual hours which now pre-
vail in industry. and the usual ces-
sation Of work on Sunday
The President expressed his sat,
isfactton that Secretary Davis had
assembled boxboard manufacturers
in Washington.
Hits Long Shifts.
81 trust that you may be able to
devise method so that, in this
industry, there may be no work
upon Sunday that is not distinctly
of an emergency nature" the Presi-
dent said. II also hope that you
may find method to abolish the
alternating week OF eleven-hour and
thirteen-hour shifts" he added.
Secretary Davis told the confer
ence he was firmly convinced that
the American public Is determined
to end unnecessary Sunday work,
that it is determined to end the
IL, IL and 1S-hour day, and that
unless the industries in which these
labor conditions exist can by mu-
tual agreement within the indus
tries end this situation we will
soon be confronted with the same
situation that we are facing in the
case of child labor. When all other
means of ending child labor failed
there arose a demand for a consti-
tutional amendment which would
abolish this inhuman institution for
once and for all.
Regulate Selves.
Davis said he believed it would
be better if all industries could be
brought into tune with present
day public opinion through peace
full conferences rather than to have
regulations forced upon industry by
legislation and constitutional amend.
lmentS."
There is nothing in existing law,
Davis said, which prevents any as
ISOLATION from agreeing to cut out
Sunday work, nor to prevent them
from reducing the hours of labor
to the prevalent eight-hour shift
III this accomplishes the object
sought then no law is violated, and
tif there is anything in existing law
which would prevent the absorption
of the 25 per cent acknowledgment
in the boxboard industry, if that he
necessary to humanize the industry,
then such law ought to be amended
or repealed Davis said.
The Washington times., 1924-05-02
.EMBEZZLER IS
GWEN THREE
YEARS
Five-Year Sentence Imposed
on Drug Peddler Who is
Put on Probation

Leslie H, Jackson, formerly en-
ployed by the Georgetown Realty
and Insurance Company, was SEN
fenced today, by Justice Bailey to
three years in the penitentiary for
embezzling $24.4O from his EN-
ployers.
One year and one day in the
penitentiary was the sentence given
James A. Hayward, eolored, for en-
hezzling IS from his employers, the
Commonwealth Building Associa-
tion. Ethel L. Herndon, colored,
received a five-year penitentiary
sentence for violation of the Har-,
rlson anti-narcotic act, and was
placed on probation. For taking the
automobile OF Oscar B. Hunter and
using. it without permission of the
owner, Francis L. Collins was sem
fenced to three years in the peni-
Tertiary and was placed on parole.
Wallace L. Bachelor and Leslie
e. Gross, colored, convicted of
snatching the pocketbook of Mil
dred e. Schweitzer, received a
three-year penitentiary sentence,
which was suspended.
The Washington times., 1924-05-02
DE VALERA'S MOTHER WILL
SPEAK AT PLAYHOUSE

Mrs. Catherine de. Valera Wheel
wright, of Rochester, N. Y, mother
of Eamonn de Valera, imprisoned
Irish leader, will address a mass
meeting of Irish sympathizers at
the Playhouse, 1914 N street north
west, Sunday. night to urge that the
United States use its Influence to
liberate her son. ~r
Senator Lynn w. Frazier and Con-
gresham F. H. La Guardia of New
York also are to speak, The latter
recently introduced in the House
a resolution" of sympathy for de
Valera and a request for his release.
Mrs, Wheelwright is an American
citizen and so is her son. He was
born in New York and later taken
to Ireland to his mothers early
home.
The Washington times., 1924-05-02
= o
h. L. SUDoR ANSWERS
I WIFE'S DIVORCE PLEA

Declaring that the attacks which
his wife claims he made against her
existed only in her imagination, and
that she is subject to religious de-
lusions, Harry l.. Sudor, Postoffice
Department employee, today filed In
the District Supreme Court his ans
wer to the suit of Mrs. Theodocia
Sudor for a limited divorce.
Defendant, represented by Attor-
neys Raymond Neudecker and Mil
ton w. King, tells the court his wife
becomes Subject to fits of temper,
during which she tears her clothing
off and parades about the house in
a nude statc." Sudor claims, also,
that his wife is an habitual user of
snuff and in moments of mental
alteration, sings hymns, curses and
prays, alternately. The defendant
requests the court to award him the
custody of their child and to dis
miss the suit filed by his wife.
The Washington times., 1924-05-02
ANGLICAN PRIESTS MAY
MEET NEXT IN CHICAGO

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, May a.
A national congress of Anglican
priests may be held In Chicago next
year as result Of the Anglican
priests convention--the first in the
United States--which ended with
masses in st. Clements Church
here yesterday.
The plans were not divulged by
the committee appointed. to foster
such a convention, but IL Is known
that many Of its members, will soon
visit the West to arrange sectional
meetings in the interest OF the
movement.
In the closing session a program
as a basis for reunion of the
The Washington times., 1924-05-02
METHODIST CONFERENCE
URGES WORLD COURT PLAN

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, May a
A resolution requesting action on
the world court plans of the late
President Warren G. Harding was
adopted by the Methodist general
conference here today.
The Washington times., 1924-05-02

Anglican church and the Roman
Catholic Church was proposed. The
plan provides for recognition of the
primacy of ST. Peter and the bish
ops of Rome and acceptance of the
irfairbility of the Pope.
The Washington times., 1924-05-02

waist is a banana-colored crepe de
chine piped with white, the little
sleeves are scalloped and the tie is
white.
There is a scarf fastened to the
coat which may be used either as
wrap-around in stock fashion or
he left unarranged as lapels.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-09-19
FOOD SALE SATURDAY

The Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church will give a food sale in the empty building next to the McMullen Grocery on Saturday morning at ten o'clock. This sale is being given to raise money to finish paying for the new furnace in the parsonage and to pay for fire insur- ance on the church property. Come early and buy your Sunday din- Ter.