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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-04
AMERICA DRAWS
DENN|STOUN
D|VORCEE
May Seek Fortune Here, Urg-
ed by Sympathetic Letters,
She Declares

By DAVID M. CHURCH
BY international News Service.

LONDON, April AIRS. Dorothy
Dennistoun may seek fortune in a
commercial career in America-or
open an antique shop in London
she told International News Service
in an exclusive interview today.
wonderful letters from un
known American sympathizers, .
together with glowing accounts OF
America she has received, may
send her westward, she declared,
to hunt the financial success the
suit against her former husband
failed to bring.
The pretty divorcee whose testl-
mony Of 'love sacrifices" for Col.
onel Ian Dennistoun thrilled social
London, expressed keenest disap-
pointment in the decision of Justice
McCardie yesterday. BY 1t, the
$4,000 damages and debt claims
awarded her by the jury was
trimmed to a meagre $4,000, a
small fraction Of what the case
will cost her. The costs on the
pretty plaintiffs side alone have
been estimated at $4,000.
Judge Biased, She Says.
Its very disheartening," Mrs.
said. 1.-The jury found
for ME on practically all counts.
Then the judge, who was against
me from the beginning, upset every
thing. ] really can't understand it.
/ can't see the advantage of having
q jury at all
Mrs. Dennistoun said she had not
decided whether she would appeal
from Justice McCardie's decision. but
indicated she probably would not.
It'll take two months to figure
out the costs of the case" she said.
II haven't the least idea of what
/ will have to pay, but the whole
thing seems decidedly unjust"
She frightened again when she
referred to America, where Sym
pathetic letters" may draw her If
she does not go into business for
herself in London.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-04
HOWARD UNIVERSITY TO
HEAR ST. MARY'S MUSIC

The st. Mary's Church choir will
be featured in a special musical pro-
gram at Howard University tomor-
row at p. M, Roy w. Tibbs d.
recting
righteousness" will be the sub
ject Of Kelly Miller before the noon
day assembly, Monday. The senior
class and German club will meet in
the library hall at S O'clock.
The chamber Of commerce of the
school of finance, George w. Cook,
dean, will occupy the main builc-
ing o'clock Tuesday, followed by
the weekly meetings of the French
club and junior class.
The Kappa Sigma Debating So
ciety will hold it's spring debating
rehearsal Thursday. April Q, in
library hall, 8 to 1890 p. M, from
which teams will be selected. How
ard University will close next Fri
day for Easter recess, and omen
Tuesday, April IA.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-04
SANITARY BOARD TO REPLY
TO EVANSVILLE QUERY

HYATTSVILLE, Md, April A.
Charles w. Clagett. of HyattsvilIe.
counsel for the Washington Subur-
ban Sanitary Commission, today Is
preparing an answer to charges
contained in a complaint filed with
the Public Service Commission of
Maryland by a number Of property
owners in Franklin street through
g. L. Aiello, attorney, in which they
ask the service commission for an
authoritative ruling on the powers
and obligations of the sanitary COM
mission under the law.
The Franklin street residents are
complaining against being charged
for connections with q new 12-inch
main the Washington suburban
sanitary commission Is laying In
that street to replace the present
six-inch main.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-04
7. NJ. HARDNESS
SOUGHT BY
WIFE
Missing From Home Here z
Months, She Fears He May
Be III or Hurt

An appeal for assistance in locat-
ing her husband, Thomas M. Hank
ness, a life insurance agent, who
disappeared from his home at lilo
K street southeast while suffering
from a nervous disorder two months
ago was made today by Mrs. Hark-
ness
She. fears that her husband is
suffering from loss Of memory, and
has become public charge or that
he has met with accident. He left
home February z, and no word has
been received from him since. Mrs.
Hardness, with five children to care
for, is i'll from worry.
She describes him as being ga
nice looking man, about feet 8
inches tall, with hazel eyes, dark
brown hair, heavy eyebrows and
lashes and rudy complexion" He
ls thirty-seven years old. When
last seen he wore a greenish gray
overcoat, tan hat, dark blue suit and
black shoes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-04
BOARD
ROW CROWS
HOTTER
Talk Heard of designations.
Minority to Back Pacific
Mail Fight
By FRED ]. WALKER.

With rumors of impending resig-
nations flying thick and fast, the
United States Shipping Board to-
day continued in the throes Of its
greatest internal row and attor-
neys prepared for the legal battle
which is expected to decide
Americas future merchant marine
policy.
A complete airing Of the con-
troversy was promised today by
counsel for the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company if the courts
grant their plea for a temporary
injunction preventing sale of five
president" type passenger liners
to the Dollar Steamship Company
for $5,625,0OO.
Sale Held Up Till April Is.
The Pacific Mail, present oper-
ators Of the ships, whose combina-
ton cash and stock offer Of
So, $780, 900 was rejected, have Sc
cured restraining order returnable
April Is.
Three minority board members,
Commissioners Plummer, Thomp-
son, and Benson. who bitterly OPP
posed selling the vessels at what
they termed "the absurdly low
Dollar figure" were expected today
to lend their aid to Pacific Mail
as a means of blocking the sale.
The comprise the die hard ele-
ment in the board who believe that
the merchant fleet has now passed
the treasury draining stage and
should be disposed of at a figure
which solvent business would de-
mand for its product.
Majority's View.
Opposed to this is the majority
Chairman O'Connor and Commits.
sioners Lissner, Haney, and Hill
who believe the merchant marine
act Of 1920 authorized sale Of the
ships to Americans at almost any
price just so existing trade routes
were maintained.
On April Is, Chauncey Parker,
chief board counsel, will endeavor
to prove the board was within it's
rights in accepting Dollars offer,
and for that reason a temporary in
junction should not be issued.
If the Pacific Mail injunction is
granted, then the fireworks will
commence, according to former Sen
ator George e. Chamberlain. of
Oregon, its attorney, who promised
today to call Plummer, Thompson
and Benson to the stand in an effort
to make it permanent.
Chairman O'Connor has declared
the board will carry the fight to
the highest tribunal, if necessary,
to secure approval Of the board 8
contention that it has a right to
sell all of it's ships at fair rates
if the buyer agrees to the routine
terms laid down for the protection
of American commerce.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-04
DEATH
BLAMED ON
WOMAN.
Teresa Freeman Is Convicted
of Staying Sister Freed
at Rockville
Teresa Freeman, colored, of Wash-

Teresa Freeman, colored, Of Wash
ington, was convicted of second
degree murder this morning at
Rockville The charge grew out of
the shooting of her father. John
Green, near Chevy Chase, Nd. on
November, %, last. Her sister,
Annie Timberlake. who was tried
for the same crime with her, was
aquitted.
The testimony during the trial
brought out the fact that both
women went to the home Of their
father to obtain furniture, which
they claimed was theirs. Both had
revolvers. The father objected to
the removal Of the furniture and a
quarrel ensued in which he was
shot and killed. The women main
tanned that the father attacked
them.
The jury was out two hours, and
at o'clock this morning returned
the verdict. The Freeman woman
is subject to a penitentiary sentence
Of from 2 to eighteen years. Judge
Robert c. Peter, before whom she
was tried. will pronounce sentence
in few days.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-04
D. c. WILL OPEN
50 TENNIS
COURTS
Funds, Available July I, Will
See Additional Greens
Here This Summer

More than sixty public tennis
courts will be opened before the
close of April, it was announced
today by the office Of Public Build
ings and Public Parks. The courts
are now being put in condition and
will be opened as soon after the
middle Of the month as the weather
permits.
It is expected that the number Of
courts will be increased during the
summer, with funds which will be-
come available at the beginning Of
the fiscal year, July 1.
Plans are being made for laying
out Of new courts in the Anacostia
Park area, more than $4,000 hav-
ing been appropriated by Congress
for improvement of the park and
provision of recreational facilities.
Construction Of a field house is now
under way there.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-04
DOUBLE BLOSSOM CHERRY
TREES TO BLOOM SOON

The double blossom cherry trees
on Potomac Park will succeed the
single ones in bloom on the speed
way on Monday. according to the
present predictions OF the horti-
culturists.
The double blossoms will be at
their best on Easter Sunday, 1t is
expected. Double guards Of police
will guard the trees tomorrow, when
record breaking crowds are expected.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-04
GIRL IN ATTACK
CASE NEAR
DEATH
Madge ObenhoItzer, Said to
Have Been Assaulted by
Ex-KIan Organizer

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April e.
Interest in the case of d. c.
Stephenson, former khan organizer,
charged in five indictments with
mistreating Madge Obenholtzer, CEN
tered today around the little white
bed in the Obenholtzer home, where
the girl apparently was fighting a
losing battle for life.
Physicians remained constantly
at the bedside watching for indica-
tons that will tell whether the
blood TRANSMISSION resorted to in q
last desperate effort to save Miss
Obenholtzer's life was a success or
failure.
The girls condition, it was said,
resulted from her swallowing slow
poison on March 1S, after Stephen
son, an Indiana political power, Is
alleged to have attacked her in q
sleeping car en- route to Hammond,
Ind.
Maintains Same Attitude.
Stephenson today held the atti-
tude he adopted 'wnen arrested and
charged, in one instance, with as.
sault with intent to murder. He
consented to talk, but not about
the Obenholtzer case.
PENDING arrangement on the
charges contained in the indict-
ment, no statement will be forth
coming from the defense, he said.
When questioned concerning the
significance of statement at the
time of his arrest, that "poIitics
was behind this" Stephenson SAID
the explanation would be brought
out later, perhaps at the trial, and
refused to amplify on these re-
marks.
Meanwhile, it was learned, Earl
Klenk, former deputy sheriff, and
Earl Gentry. one of Stephenson's
bodyguards, both Of whom were
indicted with the politician on the
conspiracy count, prepared to re.
turn here to answer charges. Ar
rangements have been completed
for their bonds.
Former Associates
KIenk and Gentry have been as
ISOLATED with Stephenson since the
latter's days as q khan organizer,
which were terminated some time
ago when he broke with Atlanta
khan officers. Those who recalled
the dynarniting of Stephenson's
yacht last summer, said K1enks
life was endangered by the blast.
Miss Obenholtzer Is twenty-eight
years old, Stephenson thirty-three.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-04
HERR|OT POLICY
ONF|NANCES
CLEARED
Long Maturity Tax on Capital
to Be Proposed, French
Spokesman Says
By FRANK e. MASON,
international News Service.

PARIS, April 4.-Premier Her.
riots policy on Frances financial
stringency was made clear today
by a spokesman for the French
foreign office.
1.-THE Herriot government has abb
solutely no thought of raising
money by new loans, but in a few
DAYS, when It has satisfactorily
balanced the budget, the govern
ment will propose financial reform
laws which will include some sort
of a long maturity tax on capital"
said the spokesman to newspaper
men.
ssHerriot is confident that II his
government should fall" continued
the spokesman, 'his successor will
be forced to settle financial Ques-
tons in a business-like manner.
1.-THE cabinet will receive the
suggestions of the new finance
minister, De Monte, In regard to
the Vatican, with respectful atfen.
ton. The French government,
however, has no intention of send
ing a French ambassador to the
Vatican. Herriot feels that II his
cabinet must fall, he prefers to
have it go down on STRAIGHTFORWARD
issues rather than on equivOcal
measures"
Herriot, it was announced, viii
begin this afternoon a study Of
the reply France ia to make to
Germany in regard to . peace
security pact.
A new financial project win be
submitted to the cabinet Sunday,
Finance Minister De Monte an
nounced. President Doumergue
will preside at the cabinet meeting
Tuesday when the project win re-
ceive final approval. 1t then will
be sent Immediately to the Cham
her of Deputies.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-04
CANTATA, 1.-THE PASSION"
ST. JOHNS OFFERING

A cantata entitled 1.-THE Passion"
will be sung by the choir of st.
Johns Church, Sixteenth and II
streets northwest, at 4 o'clock to-
morrow afternoon and again on
Good Friday at 8 p. m. Parts will
be taken as follows: Christus. p.
r. Kidwell; high priest, George F.
D: Rollings; PLATE, 0. F. Kuldell;
Judas, r. c. letters; false witness,
A. S. Parsons and o. F. Kuldell;
evangelists. Newton T. Hammer,
John l.. Mitchell.
The words for this cantata were
written in 1885 by Heinrich Schultz,
but the story is not complete. An
addition has been composed by T.
Guy Lucas, the organist and choir
master at st. Johns Church.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-04
ARRESTED AS HE CLAIMS
CAR LOADED WITH RUM

John Ender, colored, 452 Ninth
street southwest, is locked up at
the Fifth precinct charged with
illegal possession and transporting
thirteen half-gallons of whiskey.
When Policeman Thomas D.
Bailey found the automobile he
had been chasing on Harrison
street southeast, he searched it
and says he got the liquor. While
he was examining the car Enders
came up and claimed ownership
Of the car, but not the liquor. He
was arrested.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-04
HANDCUFFED PRISONER
MAKES NEAT "GETAWAY''

Granted permission to use the
wash room while waiting for the
interurhan car to take him to
Alexandria in answer to a charge
OF second offense Of selling whiskey,
Robert V. Hicks, thirty-five, walked
out or the station at Twelfth and
pennsylvania avenue northwest last
night and escaped.
Hicks was handcuffed and under
the care of Policeman z. o. Hines,
OF Alexandria. Hicks had been ar
rested in Alexandria some time ago
for violating the prohibition act
and while awaiting trial Jumped his
bond and fled to Pennsylvaia, where
he was captured. Police have been
given a description of Hicks and
are searching here today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-04
z. J. DAVIS TO LECTURE
AT POLLS TOMORROW

A lecture on Christian Science:
It's Availability in Human Expert
ence," will be delivered In PoIfs
Theater tomorrow afternoon at $3.50
by Richard ]. Davis of Chicago
Davis il a member Of the Board
Of Lectureship, First Church Of
Christ. Scientist in Boston. He will
be introduced by Elmer /. Baldwin,
first reader of First Church Of this
city under whose auspices the
lecture is to be given. The lecture
q tree and the public - invited
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-04
200, oO0- YEAR-OLD
SKELETON IS FOUND

MOSCOW, April 4.-The dis
covery of the complete skeleton of
a 20O,000-year- mammoth is re-
ported from Siberia.
It is said to have been found in
the Angara river district. and the
Academy of Sciences has sent a
special expedition to the spot.
The last find of the complete
skeleton of a mammoth was in 1901,
in the same vicinity.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-04
Last Hope for Peace"

Palm Sunday will be observed at
the IL o'clock services at the Chapel
Of the Atonement, No. sos Fifty.
sixth street northeast, by Mathis,
Holy communion service and a ser.
mon by Reverend Alonzo A. King,
the vicar of the chapel. His subject
Will be 1.-The Last Hope for Peace. !"
AT choral evensong at $40 o'clock
the subject of the address will be
The Triumph Of Humility" Palms
VIII be distributed after the ser.
vices.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-04
EXPLORER Is HONORED BY
GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY

CAIRO, April 4.-Hassanein Bey
has been presented with the Elisha
Kent Kane medal from the Geo
graphical Society of PHILADELPHIA
for his efforts in exploring the
Lybians desert.
The presentation was made at
the International Geographical
Congress by the American min.
lister, J. Morton Howell.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-04
COOLIDGE LISTS
NEW SPEAKING
DATES
Tour Will Keep President
Busy Until Early Part
Of July
By GEORGE E. DURNO
Ending a months silence inso-

Ending a months silence inso-
far as public utterances have
been concerned, President Cool
idge next week will deliver the
first Of series Of speeches bear
ing on major domestic issues
which have been planned to carry
him well into the summer months.
Problems confronting the tex
tile industry-just brought to the
fore by charges of New York i'm
porters that Senator Butler of
Massachusetts,, chairman Of the
Republican National Committee,
is behind a move to increase the
textile tariff will constitute the
subject of the first address, The
President speaking before the
National Cotton Manufacturers
Association, in convention here,
on Monday night.
WOmen's Fair Next.
Ten days later, Mr.. Coolidge will
open the Women's World Faic in
Chicago, speaking over the radio
direct from the White House.
On April 20, the Executive has
agreed to appear before the open
ing session here of the annual con-
vention of the Daughters Of the
American Revolution.
The next speech, according to the
schedule as thus far arranged, is
the annual Decoration Day address
at Arlington National Cemetery.
This occasion probably will bring
forth a discussion Of foreign policy
and the contemplated arms confer
ence. -
Still under consideration is the
possibility OF journey to Char
lotte, N. c., on May 20, in con-
nection with the celebration Of the
15Oth anniversary of the signing OF
the Mecklenburg Declaration OF In
dependence. Final decision, however,
has been reserved.
The first definite of-town speak
ing engagement probably will be
June 8. The President has prom
ised to address the Norse-American
Centennial celebration at st. Paul
Minneapolis at that time.
Vacation In July
Then comes a tentative engage.
ment in Boston on June 16, the
occasion of the one hundred and
fiftieth anniversary of the Battle
Of Bunker Hill. Mr.. Coolidge will
speak either there or at Cambridge,
Mass, on July 3-the latter oc-
casion being in commemoration of
the date upon which Washington
assumed command of the Cont
mental Army.
Decision as to which of the last
named will be accepted will be
made following the return from
Minnesota.
The President expects to start
upon his summer vacation soon
thereafter, and the condition Of the
weather locally will guide him in
his determination as to the exact
date.
Should it be comparatively cool
in Washington, he is expected to
remain until July, in which event
vitation.
If it is as hot as Washington
Junes usually are, he will go to
Boston, and from there direct to
Swampscott, Mass, home of, Frank
W. Stearns, and indicated location
of the Summer White House."
A stay of from two to four weeks
is in prospect at Swampscott, fol-
lowed by a brief visit to the Presi-
dents old home at Plymouth, Vt.
During the time the Executive is
out of the Capital, extensive re-
pairs will be made on the White
House.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-04
Takoma Park Meeting

Chief Inspector Rush D. Simmons
and Inspector D. F. Angler of the
Postoffice Department will address
the Takoma Park Civic Study Club
at it's monthly meeting in the
Takoma Theater next Tuesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-04
Il MINERS DIE
IN GERMAN
COLL|ERY
Water Breaking Into Pits Is
Handicapping Work of
ResCuers

GELSENKTRCHEN, Germany,
April 4.-Eleven miners were be-
lieved killed in an accident in a
colliery here today.
A number of miners still were
imprisoned in the mine and the
total death list will not be known
until rescuers are able to penetrate
the tunnels.
Rescue work is being handicapped
by water breaking into the pits.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-04
To Honor Grants Memory

The Frelinghuysen University OF
Washington will honor the memory
Of General Ulysses S. Grant, at the
new Shiloh Baptist Church, Ninth
and P streets northwest, April q,
at o'clock. A literary program,
followed by q discussion on the life
of Grant, together with musical Sc
lections, will constitute the program.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-04
ADVERTISEMENT

EASTER Excursion to Richmond April
Consult r. F. & p. Ticket Agents
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-03-13
AS THE WORKER
SEES HIS WORLD
Summary and Digest of
Important Events of the
Week, Here and Abroad

President William Green, of Amer
ican Federation of Labor, elected
chairman of Pan-American Fedora
tion of Labor to succeed the late Sam
uel Gompers.
Premier Herriot charges commu-
nists plot revolt in North African
French colonies.
Railroads carrying heaviest freight
traffic in their history, reports say.
Fifty-one coal miners killed in -ex-
plosion in mine at Sullivan, Ind.
Mill strikers in Shanghai, China,
clash with police
President Coolidge urges end Of
federal inheritance tax on estates.
Four workers killed by ship ex-
plosion at Kingston, St. Vincent.
Ten nations sign opium agreement
mere shell of plan offered by United
| Statse.
Human skeletons believed to be
$4,000 years old found in cave. in the
Crimea
Soviet government approves plar
to build 120 merchant ships.
| Bank to be run by Brotherhood Of
Locomotive Engineers in Philadelphia
gets charter.
Senate call son Secretary Hughes
for explanation of ban on Coun,
Michel Karolyi, Of Hungary.
| Two workers killed when steam
pipe explodes in railroad shops al
Winnipeg.
Germany arming secretly for re.
venge on France, inter-allied mill.
tary control commission charges.
David Kirkwood, labor member OF
parliament, threatened with kidnap.
| ping unless he ceases criticism OF
Prince Of Wales.
Three barge workmen killed in oil
explosion at Philadelphia.
Strike of $4,000 New York city
workers in white goods industry ends
when employers grant wage increase
kand 44-hour week.
Hoover figures said to show sugar
interests used tariff to reduce wages
and limit output while profits in
creased.
San Francisco craftsmen and tech
nical engineers organize union and
apply for charter from international