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, 1925-11-19
Prince Asaka Praises u. S.
IS HONORED AT DINNER HERE.
ROYAL Visitor in Golf Match To. day With
Film Actor.

FILM ACTOR.
After demonstrating his ability as a
speaker and his fondness for dancing
last night at the dinner at the Hotel AS
tor given by the Japan Society in honor
of him and his wife, Princess Asaka, the
the Prince Asaka, member of the reign
ing family Of Japan, turned his attentions
10 golf and tennis, in both Of which he
is said 10 be adept.
He arranged to play golf o.day with
Sessue HayakaWa. Japanese film actor.
Later, he will engage in a tennis matcn
with Z. Shimizu, Davis cup entrant.
From midocean, Prince Asaka sent a
radio asking that there be dancing at the
japanese Society dinner last night and
he and the Princess were among the first
to leave the dining room for the ball
room.
The royal Lair, who arrived yesterdl ~
on The liner Paris after three years of
study in Europe, are travelling incogni-
to They will sail from San Francisco
for Yokohama il January. The Princess
Is a sis'er OF he Emperor of Japan and a
daughter Of the beloved Emperor Meiji.
Prince Asaka, who is straight, slim
and hOyish, looking, was applauded en-
Enthusiastically last night when he refer
red feeIingIy in his speech to the United
States, and expressed the hope and the
belief that this friendship would always
continue.
we have always been admiring the
marvellous power and efficiency of the
American people, he declared. Com.
biued with your traditional ideaIjsm and
moral vision, such power and efficiency
are molding a great nation whose chief
aim is, | fully believe. the establishment
Of an enduring peace upon this earth.
That lofty aspiration Of yours We of Ja-
pan share to the fullest measure and
herein we see a common bedrock upOu
which | confidently believe we can build
a firm irG~estructabIe structure Of peace
and friendship for all time to come.
Japan highly prizes the friendship
of Americana friendship that is marked
by great historical events and that has
never been found wanting in time Of
need.
The OLD era Of international strifes is
fast yielding its place to a new era of in
lernational cooperation"
More than 700 persons were at the
banquet: Talks were made BY DIR. John
, 1925-11-19
THREE REYNOLDS OFFICIALS QUIT
LONG BEACH POSTS
Police Captain, Corporation Counsel and
Sewer Commissioner Tender Resigna.
tons.

Police Captain Walter Barriscale, Will
lam McConville, Commissioner of Sewers
and David B. ToIins, Corporation Coun-
sci, all of whom served under former
Mayor William H. Reynolds of Long
Beach, rendered THEN resignation yester-
day to Mayor William J Dalton, who de-
feated Reynolds Tuesday by a narrow
margin in a bitter y fought contest.
Dalton was re.elected.
Captain BarriscaIe has held office for
six years. In his resignation he gave
no reason for leaving the force, but in
a statement afterWard he said he re-
stntCd the action Of Mayor Dalton IN
appointing John +. Sweeney, a former
New York City police Inspector, as a
captain CT the local force en- October 1.
AT that time BarrisCals, Who had preli-
ously had command of tie entire force
was placed in charge Of the I'd Precinct,
in the west end section of the city, and
Sweeney got the LIST Precinct.
Sergeant Edmund j. Butler, a Barri-
scale appUintee. resigned last midnight,
Two patrOlmen were dismissed by Mayor
Dalton. Dalton said he preferred not to
discuss tie charges against them be
cause he was UNIV Hing TO give them
a bad name" The men said their
MINES ha1 appeared On petitions urging
the nomination of Reynolds, and that
this might be the reason.
M~cCCnyilIe's resignation also was to
become effective at once. loIins asked
thar his take effect as Ct next Deem
Der BIN. Y. Herald Trjtune.
, 1925-11-19

ing office has just published a new Rus.
sian %guldebook along the lines of Baede-
ker with all the information brought up
to date and covering the changes
wrought by the revolution. Ibid.
, 1925-11-19
Wit and Humor.

Gazing al a group Of nine children. an
old lady called one of the little girls:
Are all Of these children your sisters
and hrothers?" she asked.
Yes, num- replied the youngster
What is the largest one named?"
Max. num-"
And what do you call the smallest
one?"
Minnie, mum"
, 1925-11-19

H. Finlay, DR.. Henry Van Dyke and
Henry W. Taft. president of the Japan
Society, who acted as toastmaster.-N
Y. Herald Tribune.
Evening star., 1925-03-21
INDUSTRIES FIGHT
TO USE OWN CARS
Steel, Wire and Coke Concerns Pro.
test I. C. C. Ban on Private
Equipment.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, March 2l.-The
United States Steel Corporation and
seven other steel, wire and coke COM
panies yesterday Joined in the legal
battle Of railroads. industrial cor
porations and public utility concerns
for the notification of the order of
the Interstate Commerce Commission
prohibiting the use of privately
owned coal cars for the transporta-
tion Of bituminous coal.
Under the commissions order
which went into effect March l, the
use of private cars was abolished
and only railroad cars, or commercial
cars, as they are known, are now per-
mitted.
The suit is similar to those filed
by 35 railroads recently and a large
number of steel, iron, coal and coke
companies for the invalidation of the
car ban.
Besides United States Steel, the
plaintiffs in yesterdays action are
the Illinois Steel Co., the Carnegie
Steel Co., American Steel and Wire
Co, National Tube Co., American
Sheet and Tin Plate Co, United States
Coal and Coke Co, United States Fuel
Co. and. H. c. Frick Coke Co.
These companies maintain that the
use of private coal cars is vitality
essential for the operation of their
plants, and they contend that If, by
reason of the commissions ban, they
are unable to obtain the amount OF
soft coal that is required to operate
their furnaces, thousands of employees
VIII be thrown out of work
Evening star., 1925-03-21
Z0NlNG PLAN AIDED
BY CLEVELAND PARK
Citizens Association Pledges $50 to
Finance Fight Changes in
Present Law.

Resolutions urging continuance of
the zoning plan for the District Of
Columbia, approving the Capper plan
for the District and supporting the
plan OF the District Commissioners
for a city council were adopted bv
the Cleveland Park School and Com
munity Association meeting last
night, at the Cleveland Park Con-
gregationsl Church
John Ihlder OF the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States ad-
dressed the association and urged
that the citizens get behind the Zon-
ing Commission In the suit now being
fought to test the constitutionality
of the zoning law. The association
agreed to raise $50 to aid in the
fight
The plan for development of thc
District presented by Senator Capper
of Kansas was approved in a resolu-
ton presented by Mrs. p S. Smith.
Arthur Smith was named chairman
of committee to survey the streets
in Cleveland Park and report to the
District Commissioners those streets
on which repairs are most urgent
The association approved the plan
for organization Of city council
but suggested that the membership
be selected from delegates to the
Federation of Citizens Associations
F. S. Perry presided.
Evening star., 1925-03-21

NSoHtlnueu from First Fage.D
relinquished. and the great office
which he holds in trust for the people
transmitted to his successors shorn
of its dignity and vigor."
Named for 10 Years.
President Wilson vetoed the ma
tional budget act in 1920 because 1t
made the controller general remoy-
both houses of Congress. President
Harding in 1921 signed the new
budget act, under which a controller
general is appointed for Is years, but
which left him removable only by
Congress and under no circumstances
by the President.
brFf1ss Ths Solicitor %t,b rGeeecnssaras brief
troller General McCarl. He refers to
the numerous clashes and conflicts
between the controller and the
executive departments and bureaus"
He charges that, "in effect, the
controller general practically holds
that he is not bound by the decisions
of the courts. and that he is the
court of last resort upon questions
relating to the obligations of the
Government to its creditors; that
while the opinions of the courts may
De uSeLui 10 MIN IN the performance ce
of his duties. there is no obligat tion
upon him to follow them
In certain respects the Oregon post
master case, with its bearing on the
McCarl situation. harks back to the
recent conflict between presidential
prero gative and senatorial authority
in the Warren case. 1t applies even
more directly to the Andrew Johnson
Impeachment trial.
Madden Backs McCarI.
Controller General McCarl, since he
was appointed by President Harding
on July 1, 1921, has been the stormy
petrol of Washington. He has accu-
mulated more enmities and enemies
than any other Federal official of his
time, through his determined policy of
get and defying even the President of
the United States to interfere with
him. McCarl contends he is the sery-
by it created, by 1t alone removable
and to it singly~ and exclusively re-
SponSible.
Chairman Madden of the House ap-
propriations committee is one of the
thick -and-thin supporters of Nc
Carts supreme authority. No one
accuses the controller general of any,
thing but patriotic motives, but many
question the wisdom of his methods
He comes of Western fighting stock.
Insurgency is In his blood, for he once
was private secretary to Senator
George w. Norris of Nebraska.
Copyright. 1925.
Evening star., 1925-03-21
GOVERNORS ASKED
ON BOOSTERS TRIP
RitChie and TrinkIe to Be
Honor Guests at BaIIs-Ex-
tenSive Program Arranged.

The prosperity Booster Trip OF
1925" will be the most elaborate an
nual outing ever held by the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Associa :
tion of Washington, according to
plans outlined by r. P. Andrews,
president, at luncheon at Rauscher's S
yesterday.
Not only will the trip start on Fri
day, day earlier than last year but
it will include a ball in honor of
Gov Richie of Maryland at Annapolis
and a ball in honor of Gov. Trinkle
of Virginia at Colonial Beach. Both
the governors will be among the
guests of honor on the trip which
starts June 16.
Tickets Limited to 200.
Tickets for the trip have been
limited to 260, and at yesterday S
meeting 116 were sold. A notice will
be sent to all members announcing
the trip and allowing them ten days
in which to make reservations.
The outing will leave Washington
in the afternoon, and go by train to
Baltimore. where the party Will be
taken by special fleet of taxis to the
Colonial Beach boat. 1t is hoped to
reach there by s o'clock for the ball.
After the ball the boat will proceed to
Chesapeake Bay and arrive at An
napolis Saturday evening.
Sunday morning the party will stop
at Norfolk, and those who desire, may
go to church. A visit will be paid
to the naval base, where it is hoped
to have arranged a drill by the
sailors. Sunday afternoon the boat
will sail for the 'capes and to the
three-mile limit, then turning for
Baltimore. 1t is planned for the
ortx 70 -,
day morning.
officials To BE Invited.
Besides the governors of the two
neighboring States the chairman of
the Senate and House District COM
mittee will be invited as well as
the District Commissioners and other
officials and additional guests
The committee in charge is com
posed of r p. Andrews, Charles Co
secretary; L. c. Graham, Dr.
NJ. G. Gibbs, F. V. Killian, II. H
Levi, 2. NJ. Dorsch, Samuel Zirkin,
Lewis A Payne, +. p. Fenwiok. NJ
h. Horton, Chales l.. Howser, Albert
Sigmund, James L. Colliflower, A
A Auth, William f. Russell, Louis
Levy, Fred A Spicer A. J. SundIun
Richard l. Lamb, Stanley Lansburgh.
F. W. Harper, A. f. Jorss, ]. c. CAL
Idnah, faul r. Grove, ). M. Selinger
K. b. H Lyon, Maurice Kafka, Harry
Crandall, Philip King, George DeNeele,
Henry Lansburgh, Joseph A Fisher, Eu-
gene Young, l. L. Goldheim, John S.
Dunn, E. P. Avalear, E. H. Neumeyer
jr.: NJ. A. Leese, Gen. Anton Stephan,
Sidney West, Carl Droop, John Eckert
Harry E. Hill, NJ d. Rosenberg, Rob-
ert Buckley, J. Harry Cunningham
and Burdett Stryker
Evening star., 1925-03-21
COOLIDGE SEES DRY
TEAMWORK NEEDED.
Holds States and Cities Must
Aid if Enforcement Is
to Be Success.

Prohibition in the United States
will not be adequately enforced in
the opinion of President Coolidge, un-
I'll the States and municipalities give
better cooperation. This belief of
the Executive was stressed at the
White House as the result of report
of the grand jury in Philadelphia
which, among other things, recon-
mended that enforcement officers be
put under civil service and that the
prohibition unit be transferred from
the Treasury Department to the De-
partment of Justice.
Approves Suggestion.
President Coolidge is represented as
being in entire accord with that part
OF the report regarding placing the
prohibition officers under civil serv-
ice. Several times he has made rec
, concentrations to this effect, but Con-
Sress had ignored his proposals.
As for transferring the prohibition
unit to the Department of Justice, the
president is represented as having
originally approved it. But upon fur
ther study of the matter, he is con-
WINGED that it would be better to keen
1T where il is
y spokesman for the President said
rhat the latter is of the opinion that
the Philadelphia grand jury. in it's
report, failed to point out some of
the defects in prohibition enforce
o"ent, especially the lack of thorough
Ep-operation by the State and munic-
?pal police with Federal authorities.
..He thinks that adequate enforcement
Us impossible unless the authorities
give every aid to the Federal Gov
iernment or unless the Federal Gov
,@rnment takes over the police work
~hlch should be done by the former.
Federal Duty Outlined.
The Federal Government can do a
great deal in enforcing prohibition.
the President believes, but it's func-
HIon should be in preventing snug
Eling. looking after liquor with
uraWals, and cooperating as far as
possible in arresting bootIeggers.
But when it comes to small sales of
aiquor in localities, it is the duty of
Ihe local police to prevent these.
Evening star., 1925-03-21
FOREST" BUILT IN HOTEL
"Gypsy Ball" Is Staged for Am
baSSador Moore.

NEW YORK, March 21.-Four hun
dred pine trees from the forests of
Maine were set up in the Ritz-Carlton
Hotel to provide sylvan background
FOR gypsy ball. ending early to-
day, given by Mrs. William Randolph
Hearst in honor of Alexander p.
Moore, American Ambassador to
Spain. The ball was followed by a
bon voyage" breakfast to the Am
bassador. who sails today for Spain
to resume his post
Soft blue lights created the illusion
of night beneath the open sky and a
campfire and tent completed the
gypsy motif. Two palmists told for
tunes and an organ grinder and
monkey strolled among the guests.
all of whom were dressed in fancy
costumes.
Evening star., 1925-03-21
CENTRAL HIGHS PLAY
IS MARKED SUCCESS
students in Clever Farce Please BIG.
Audience at First of Five
Performances.

stop Thief the 1925 edition or
otntrai High Schools annual Spring
piay, started It's five nights run La 81
night In the school auditorium,
Inc play, farce in three acts. was
written by Carlyle Moore and as pre-
sented by the dramatic association
was thoroughly enjoyed by tho Iarga
audience.
stop Thief" is a fast moving
hilarious comedy concerning two
CROOKS, boy and a girl who. pullinr
their last job before going straight ,
fail into the soft snap of despoiIine,
an upset wedding party. Beside the
natural incapacity of family to keen
sane at such a time as a wedding
the crooks are aided by the fact that
both the bridegroom and the nros-
pective father-in-law are kIento-
maniacs. And so follows a grand
mixup of thefts. secret returns Of
stolen property and the crooks ulti-
mate possession of everything of
value in the house.
The whole thing was very well
done. The cast is adequate and the
direction by Miss Sybil Baker and
her assistants is consistent. Miss
Marion Hall and william RradIa,,
make good team of crooks. Frances
keenan, makes a delightful fapper
sister OF the bride. Andrew Allison
, is quite at ease as the business as
socfate of the father-in law and Lii
liam kleeblatt and Manton Wyvel are
good as the brides mother and father
Others in the cast are Mary Arm
strong, Franklin Clarke, BENJAMIN
Doehrer, Robert Miller, Inez Leon.
Fred Haskin, Harry Wender. Robert
Andrus, James Suter, Tad Clapp, AL
win Pack and Cecil LoveweIl
The scenery bJ1i1f ond-
the boys'of the manual training de-
partment, Is worthy of high appre-
claton, the costumes are in good
taste and the music furnished by the
Central High School Orchestra is in
Keeping with the production.
Evening star., 1925-03-21
Broker, Stage Star
Wins Freedom to
UndergoDopeCure
Ex-Vauderille HeadIiney
Noap $3O-WeekIy Pi-
anist in Small Cafe.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. March 21.-William j
Montgomery. who, with his former
wife. Florence Moore. was once q
vaudeville headliner and a Broadway y
musical comedy star at a salary OF
$1,000 week for the team. now is
drug addict, working for $50 a
week as pianist in small restaurant
In court yesterday, he plead ed
guilty to possessing narcotics, but
his sentence was suspended when he
requested that he be permitted to
continue a cure which he is taking
He said that he had developed the
habit after a physician treating hin,
for a fracture OF his hip in Detroit
three years ago had given him q
narcotic.
Evening star., 1925-03-21
TWOBAND|TSSLA|N
TWO ARE CAPTURED
Sherift's Posse in Waiting
When Gang of Five At
tempts Bank Robbery.
BY the Assoc ated Press.

BY the Assoc ted Press
STEELVILLE. Mo. March 21.-A
sheriff's posse, forewarned, was wait
ing yesterday when five bandits at
tempted to rob the Farmers Bank
of Steelville. The result was that
two of the robbers were killed, two
were captured and one escaped. No
loot was obtained. One citizen was
shot during the exchange of shots.
Revolvers and shotguns poured
their deadly fire upon the robbers as
they attempted TO scoop up available
cash when Cashier d. +. Hartnett and
d. l.. Wingo, bookkeeper, had been
forced into the vault The captured
men identified their dead companions
as "Bozo" Walter. 33 years old, Of
Mitchell, Ill, and Basil Doman, 80, Of
Madison. Ill.
Doman Was Driving Car.
Doman was driving the bandit car,
and Walter. according to one of his
companions, was shot by possemen
after he began the shooting by firing
at random during the robbery. One
OF the captured men was wounded.
S. A. Schwider, Steelville automobile
dealer, was the only member of the
sheriff's posse wounded. He was shot
through both legs.
a motor carrying a 1924 Missouri
license plate arrived in Steelville this
morning, and business men who had
been questioned about the Farmers
Bank became suspicious of the men
in the machine.
Sheriff Enke was consulted, and
posted citizens at strategic points
near the bank. armed with shotguns
and other firearms.
Four bandits Entered Bank.
The robbers approached the bank
al l o'clock. Four of them entered,
and DOMAIN remained at the wheel
After Cashier Hartnett and the book
keeper had been forced into the vault
one of the robbers seized all the cash
in sight and poured it into bag.
Another began shooting. General
firing started
Walter was carryP the sack He
collapsed from woV after running
so yards, and thef 0ney was recoy-
cred The fifth bI Hit eluded pursuit
and no trace of IN has been found
tonight.
Evening star., 1925-03-21
COURT HALTS SELLING
OF BANKERS FORD PAPER
Issues Injunction Preventing Mar
, keting of Shares Buyers Thought
Was Regular Stock.
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, March 21-A tenn
porary injunction restraining the sale
or bankers shares of the Ford Motor
co. of Canada, Limited, has been is
sued against the Continental Co. and
Marshall & Co. of this city. State At
torney General Ottinger announced
today. In asking the injunction from
the State Supreme Court the attor-
ney generals office asserted that be-
tween 5000 and 10000 persons had
bought the shares under the impress
sion that they were buying Ford
Motor Co. stock
Ford stock, according to the attor-
ney general, was purchased in the
open market and banking shares were
issued against it to be sold to the
puollc at a rate which brought the
price of the stock above market value
The Ford Co. of Canada has denied
any interest in the bankers shares of
It's stock. More than so letters to
Henry Ford asking about the stock
were introduced as evidence A per-
manent injunction will be sought.
Evening star., 1925-03-21
BUYS COSDEN RANCH.
Syndicate Headed by Percy Rookie
feller Gets Florida Property.

OKEECHOBEE, Fla, March PA
syndicate headed by Percy Rookie
feller, son of the late William Rocke-
feller, and August Heckscher, both
of New York, yesterday purchased
the Southern Cattle Ranch in this
county from j. S. Cosden of New
York and associates.
The property contains 10000 acres
and was said to have been sold for
$l.500,o08 cash. The purchasers did
not announce for what the property
would be used.
Evening star., 1925-03-21
H. w. WELLS DEAD.
Son of Late Admiral Was Long in
Navy Department.

Henry Welch Wells, 6S years old,
son of the late Rear Admiral Clarke
II. Wells and an employe of the Navy
Department 40 years, died at his resi-
dence in the Woodley Apartments
yesterday, after short illness. Mr.
Wells was a member of the District
of Columbia Society of the Sons of
the American Revolution.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Amelia Wells, and a son. Maj Clarke
II. Wells, of the United States Marine
Corps.
Funeral services will be conducted
at the residence tomorrow afternoon
at o'clock. Rev. DR.. Herbert Scott
Smith will officiate. Interment will
be in Philadelphia, Pa.
Evening star., 1925-03-21
ARREST MAY CLEAR
$4,000 GEM THEFT
Richmond Police Charge Captive
Attempted to Dynamite De-
partment Store Safe.

RICHMOND, Va, March 21.-In the
arrest of Norman C. Barf1eld. charged
with attempting to blow a safe in de-
partment store here, detectives expect
to bare important information about
the robbery two weeks ago of the home
of Col. Fred Scott, when $4,000 jewels
were taken while Col. and Mrs. Scott
were at a dinner reception. Barfleld was
taken after he had been chased across
the roofs of several buildings and he
had fallen and badly hurt himself He
refused to give the names of two al
legged confederates, but later said they
were Walter Anderson and Lee Miller.
Barfield says he escaped from the Jail
at Savannah after being convicted Of
robbing a jewelry place of $4,000 and
sentenced to serve 20 years
Barfield will be tried March 27.
Evening star., 1925-03-21
WHITING WILL WED.
Bank President to Marry Mrs
Eleanor CountisS.

CHICAGO, March 21-AIrs. Eleanor
Robinson Countiss, divorced from
Frederick ID. Countiss February .,
Will be married April 80 to Lawrence
Whiting, bank president and former
assistant commissioner of finance at
the Versailles peace conference, it has
been announced.
Mrs. Countiss, who was a daughter
of the late John Kelly Robinson.
wealthy match manufacturer. married
Mr., Countiss in New York in 1910.
They had two children, Henrietta. 12.
and Frederick D.. jr. 10.
Whiting. formerly of Peru, Ind, was
captain of the University of Chicago
foot ball team in 1912
Evening star., 1925-03-21
TURMOIL CONTINUES
OVER CHURCH SCHISM
Group of Catholics Arrested in
Mexican Municipality-Arson
Is Attempted.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
MEXICO CITY, March 21-Addi-
tional disorders growing out Of the
schism in the Mexican Catholic Church
are reported in special dispatches
from Aguascalientes and Guadalajara
In the former city a priest and a
group Of Catholics were arrested and
fined for violating the law by or
ganizing "a procession and marching
through the streets until dispersed by
the police.
In Guadalajara three unknown per-
sons attempted to fire the house OF
Archpriest Manuel Alvarado. Only
the street door of the building was
destroyed, the flames being extin-
guished in time to prevent them from
spreading.
Evening star., 1925-03-21
Pennsy to Close Sunbury Shops

SUNBURY, Pa, March 21.-The
Pennsylvania Railroad Co. announced
yesterday that it would permanently
close the Sunbury shops, in operation
since 1876. The $50 men, mostly, skill
ed workers, will be taken care of at
other points on the system, it was
said