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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-19
81 Canvas Held To Be
MiIlion-DOllar
Velasquez

VANCOUVER, B. c., May.
10. Unexpected wealth has
come to Mrs. Stuart Livingston,
of this city, through the medium
of a square of canvas, begrimed
with the dust and dirt of three
centuries.
After lying unclaimed for
years in a Winnipeg junkshop,
the canvas has been identified
as genuine painting by Velas-
quez. It's value is fixed by con-
noisseurs here as in the neigh
borhood of $1,000,000.
The known history of the
picture dates back to 1885,
when it was owned by Lieuten-
ant Governor Cauchon, of Mani
toba. On Cauchon's death his
possessions were sold by public
auction, the Velasquez among
them. It was knocked down"
for 81 to the Honorable H. M.
Howell, then Chief Justice of
Manitoba. Mrs. Livingston re-
ceived the painting as a we'd
ding gift in 1900.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-19
WILL GALL 100 IN !
DIVORCE MILL
PROBE
Prominent Stage People
Among Those Rhode island
Is to Subpoena
nv international News Service.

PROVIDENCE, r. l., May 1s.-
Attorney General Charles P. sisson
was preparing 100 subpoenas today
to be served on petitioners and
respondents in divorce suits heard
here during the past eighteen
months to be called as witnesses in
the trial of Francis p. Dougherty
and Leonard w. Horton. local at
torneys, named as leading figures
in Rhode Islands alleged divorce
mill"
Several prominent actors and
actresses, are included in the list
OF witnesses, according to the at
torney general.
Trial of the two attorneys, &C
cused of obtaining scores OF
divorces by fraud, was expected to.
open in superior criminal court here
within the next few weeks. The
attorney general declined to state
whether divorces, granted persons
who have remarked, are to be
vacated
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-19
left To WATCH
H|NDENBURG
CLOSELY
Socialists to Be Respectful
But Maintain Vigilance,
Reichstag Is Told
By S. ID. WEYER.
international News Service.

BERLIN, May 19.-Outward re-
spect, with an underlying attitude
of suspicious vigilance, will be the
socialist attitude toward President
Hindenburg. outspoken debate in
the Reichstag showed today.
The fear that his election was
not only a gain for the monarchists,
but an actual step toward restora-
ton of an imperial Germany DEM
onstrated itself clearly in the dec
larations Of deputies.
In reply, a spokesman made no
direct appeal for restoration, but
interpreted the election as a gesture
against republican government.
Socialist Deputy Breitcheid open
ed the debate with this statement:
I'VE fear the republic is not safe
guarded under Hindenburg, but his
regime will be a transition toward
restoration of the monarchy.
Hindenburg Honor Bound.
I'VE do not believe Hindenburg
has inwardly found his way from
monarchy to the republic in a few
days, but we believe he regards
himself as honor-bound to defend
the republican constitution with his
whole strength We would defend
Hindenburg from those of his
friends who want TO interpret his
oath differently"
aBreitscheid supported Foreign
Minister Stresemann's security pact
proposal, which would, he said.
protect us forever frog the an
nexations OF France and Belgium"
He urged German entrance to- he
League OF Nations.
There is only one alternative:
War or the league" he said.
Count Westarp, monarchist ED
err, speaking for the nationalist,
made no direct answer to the
charges against Hindenburg. but
said:
1.-THE fourteen million who voted
for Hindenburg by no means APP
prove of the republican and demo-
cratic system"
Count Westarp supported the So
cialist deputy's demand for Ruhr
evacuation, threatening 'incallulable
consequences" il the allies did not
retire in August.
Dawes Plan i'm Danger.
There is IA danger that the
Dawes plan will be strapped if the
allies fail to evscuate August 49,
he said.
Westarp opposed entrance to the
League of Nations.
Our alternative is not the league
or war, but the league and war;
he said. I'VE were disarmed in the
midst of worli EristliHg with arms
and surrounded by 1000, 900 soldiers
armed TO the teeth against our
100 goo. We remain Under the three
fold pressure of: Ncnevacuation of
the Ruhr the disarmament note,
and the noneVaCuation of the Co
logne zone"
He said that Germany's ironclad
condition of entrance into any Sc
curity pact must be general dis
armament.
$50 far we ara the only ones dis
armed he said
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-19
SURVEY s
HERC(JLEAN
TASK
Conflicting Views From Roads
and Shippers and Public
BefuddIe Members

Confronted with a mandate
from Congress to investigate the
entire freight rate structure of
the country, the Interstate Com
merce Commission today is en-
tangled in a maze Of conflicting
views from shippers, railroads,
industries, chambers of commerce
and private citizens.
The Hook Smith resolution or
dering this sweeping investigation
Is regarded in some quarters as
merely gesture to reduce freight
rates on agricultural products.
Preliminary to carrying it into
effect the commission extended
general invitation to the country
to present views on the general
subject of revising freight rates,
with the result it has literally
been bombarded with suggestions.
Mammoth Task
Members of the commission are
aghast at the problem that has
been presented to them and some
feel they face a practically impos-
sible task il the provisions of the
resolution are carried out.
One commissioner said the details
are sufficient to occupy the minds
fof the regulatory body for the
remainder Of their natural lives,
even without taking into considera-
ton that the commission already
has under way number of other
special Investigations.
Western railroads, realizing that
. cut in freight rates on live stock
and agricultural products would
have a serious effect on their earn
ing capacity, Immediately asked the
commission not to give them q
cut but to increase the rates suf-
ficiently to enable them to earn
the ~ per cent on their valuation
as provided by the transportation
act Of 1920"
Eastern Roads Follow Suit
Eastern railroads quickly followed
suit with a declaration that there
is no warrant for any revolutionary
readjustment Of rates as among
commodities or as among parts Of
the country"
Various industries and individual
shippers are asking for special re-
adjustments in certain rates on ac-
count of competing commercial
conditions, shifts in trade condi-
tlQns and other problems that beset
them.
The comission realizes that the
chances for sectional disputes over
questions of basic industries are
considerable. What may seem
fair rule in one particular case will
be the basis for bitter denial az a
point not far distant The facts
which are being developed by the
commission will require endless
shifting before findings will be
possible.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-19
MODERN MAN MORE
HEALTHY THAN ANCESTORS

CHICAGO, May 19-Despite the
theory that luxury, lack of exercise
and the invention OF work-reducing
devices are making modern man a
pampered weakling, he is actually
bigger in stature. healthier and
stronger physically than were his
ancestors. according to Herbert c..
Hooks, secretary of the Evaporated
Milk Association. in an address
here.
Scientists declare our ancest ors
were shorter in stature. had brittle
bones and other physical defects
and were much more susceptible to
disease" said Hooks
Modern man is healthier be.
cause he knows what to eat. Diet
is an essential factor in the deveI-
opment of the body. Our ancestors
did not know food values"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-19
AGED. WIFE-SLAYER TO
DIE FROM OWN WOUNDS

RICHMOND, Va, May 19.-At-
tending physicians today said that
John w. Moody, sixty-nine years
old, who slew his wife yesterday,
in what was apparently a suicide
pact, will probably recover. After
cutting his wife's throat, Moody
slashed his own throat and then
turned on the gas.
Mrs. Moody had been bedridden
for months and wanted to die,
Moody declared. He was also in fail
ing health and did not care to live
longer he said.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-19
AUTO, CARRYING GIRL TO
HOSPITAL, KILLS MAN

WILMINGTON, Del. May ia
man was killed here when his auto
mobile was struck by another ma
chine which was carrying the
victim of a previous accident to a
hospital.
A second man was injured seri-
ously in the crash.
The victim was William B. Hind.
man, forty-fiye years olds, Of this
city. He was struck by the ma
chine in which Helen Berkeley, OF
425 East Third street, was being
taken to the hospital. She had
been hurt a short time before
James McGonigIe, a private in the
First Engineers at Fort du Pont, sui
fered a broken thigh in the acct
dent in which Hindman was killed
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-19
Coolidge Hears New Plan.

A proposal that the United States
fund the entire European debt on
basis of payments over a 100-year
period at interest of 212 per cent
per annum was laid before Pres
ident Coolidge today by B. F.
Yoakum, railroad financier.
YOakum, in outlining his plan,
told the President that a definite
arrangement for payment Of inter
est and principal of war debts,
coupled with an ensuing reduction
Of taxes, was not only desirable,
but necessary for the full re-
covery Of industrial and trade
activities.
LNniency, Yoakum said. is inn
perative on the part Of this Gov
eminent. A stringent campaign of
collection, he warned, may well re-
suit in reputation.
Adoption of his plan. the
financier said, will tighten the tax
burden OF both Europe and Amer
lea. will result in the collection of
every dollar of the public and the
private debt owed by Europe, and
will "bestow upon the United States
the moral and spiritual leadership
Of the world along with it's com.
mercial leadership"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-19
c. c. BURIED IN AVALANCHE OF FREIGHT RATE ARGUMENTS
Shipping Board Moves
to Scrap 200 Of
$50 Vessels

Tentative decision to recon-
mend that 200 of the 800 tied
up ships of the Government
merchant fleet be sold for scrap
ping has been reached by the
subcommittee of the Shipping
Board in charge Of scrapping,
it was learned today.
Pending a report from the
Emergency Fleet Corporation
carrying a recommendation as
to the specific ships to be thus
disposed Of, the subcommittee
is withholding its report to the
board.
It is understood that $50 Of
the lake boats and fifty other
types win make up the 200 ships
to be strapped.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-19
DEMPSEY AND WIFE
ARRIVE IN PARIS

PARIS, May 19.-Jack Dempsey
and his wife. Estelle Taylor. movie
star, arrived this afternoon. An
enthusiastic crowd, estimated at
5000. greeted them.
Dempsey will referee the Breton
nell-Hertz fight at the GaunIont
ring tonight.
He expects TO stay in Paris a
week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-19
TRAlNMAN KILLED
IN LOUISIANA CRASH

NEW ORLEANS. La, May 10
One man was killed and two were
injured when an Illinois Central
switching train placing cars at
Harahan Junction ten miles from
here, crashed into another string
OF cars on siding early today.
The dead: James L. Smith:
Charles Coombe, switchman. and
A. j. Carroll. switchman, were
injured.
Heavy fog was blamed for the
accident.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-19
SENATOR cUMMINs is
Ill AT HIS HOME

DIES MONIES, Iowa, May 10
United States Senator A. r. Cum
Minis, seventy-five, was I'll at his
home here today from an attack
of bronchitis and laryngitis.
His physicians said that while
the Senator's condition was acute,
no alarming symptoms have pre-
scented themselves.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-19
SITUATION
TAKEN Up BY
CABINET
Mystery Surrounds Impulse
That Started Latest Move
for Negotiations
By Fl. X. REYNOLDS.

The foreign debt situation was
taken up by the Cabinet today with
the expectation that some of the
mystery which has surrounded the
Governments efforts to come to
an understanding with it's European
debtors would be cleared up.
Included in the Cabinet are three
members of the American Debt
Commission - Secretary of State
kellogg, Secretary Of Commerce
Hoover, and Secretary Of the Treas
ury Mellon. The commission, as
such, has held no meetings for
has been made officially that it has
embarked upon a definite campaign
with view to funding the $1,000
O0O, 900 still outstanding on account
of war loans made by the United
States.
Since representations made to
the debtor nations were not in the
form of notes or other written com
munications, butt informally, and
through diplomatic representatives
acting under instructions from the
Secretary Of State, the impression
has developed in Europe that the
American Debt Commission and the
State Department were at logger
heads over the matter of procedure
in the debt funding operations.
Reports Are Denied.
Denial of these reports have been
made by the officials concerned,
but there has been no disposition
to make clear in what manner and
at what time the State Department
received from the Debt Commission
it's instructions to call upon the Eu-
ropean debtors for action in the
liquidation of their outstanding OBJ
legations.
Speaking with apparent authority,
both the State and Treasury De-
partments have discussed the latest
debt-collecting m6ye, but agreement
has been lacking between them as
to the number Of nations to which
representations have been made,
and the status of the negotiations
said to be in progress between the
United States and France, Belgium,
Italy, Rumania and Czechoslovakias
In some quarters, it was sug-
gested that the instructions to the
State Department to proceed with
an aggressive drive to fund the war
debts had come from President
Coolidge, and not from the Debt
Commission, but this report lacked
confirmation and only added to the
mystery which envelopes the whole
foreign debt situation.
Meeting Likely Soon
The rapid progress being made
in the Franco-American debt CONVEX
sations probably will result in a
meeting of the American Debt Com
mission at an early date, it was
learned today. Senator Reed
Smoot of Utah, the leading Con-
gressional representative on the
commission, was understood to be
en- route here to confer with Secre-
tary Mellon and other officials.
Another development which was
looked upon as having a bearing
on the debt situation was the de-
parture for Europe of Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury Charles
S. Dewey. 1t was stated that
Dewey was going abroad ION a
vacation" but he was expected to
hold informal conferences with Off
Gals of debtor nations and to assist
in making clear the position of the
United States in it's endeaVor to put
all debts on a bonded basis.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-19

nationwide publicity campaign soon
to be inaugurated and urged labor
to use no union-earned money for
non-union goods.
About 100 delegates are in at.
tendance, representing all labor or
CARNATIONS in the State and Dis
trict Of Columbia. The sessions viii
continue for four days.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-19
BUSINESS SERuCE
~ :MC''

TAKEN FROM TODAY'S CLASH
FLED ADVERTISING SECTION
SCREEN and gIassed-in porches,
special personal attention.; all
other repair work done.
RUGS cleaned and washed.
DESIGNING and dressmaking.
HOUSE WIRING a speciality.
CARS washed. polished, creased
motors cleaned Is e. Commute
service: work guaranteed; reason
able prices.
FIRST CLASS SODDING.
PAINTING. paperhanginE and plas-
tering; rooms. So up.
FINE PRINTING-Busines social,
commercial: mail service.
PATENT AMENDING Adroit
service.
BUILDING and house repairs; neat
quick work.
TURN TO PAGE es AND FIND
S''-S
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-19
British Little Concerned.
By International News Service.

LONDON, May 19.-The British
are taking only mild interest in
the request of the United States
Government to Dine European ma
tons that they take steps to settle
their war debts.
Newspaper comment is following
the same trend as OF the last four
years, reiterating :hat It would have
been better if the United States had
cancelled the war debts.
The die hard Morning Post took
the position that tie United States
was aiding German propaganda in
claiming it's full war debt from
France. 1t said the aptitude Of the
United States strengthened Ger
many's defense that it was no more
to blame for the war than other
nations.
The Westminster Gazette, in a
dispatch from Washington, said
Great Britain was going to get a
proportionate reduction of settle
ment if one IS granted France.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-03-13
Honor Cannof Be
Taken From "Chris''

Again we are told that columbus
did not discover America" This time
the authority cited is Prof. Antoine
Meillet of the College Of France. He
points out numerous remarkable cor
reSpOndence between the speech Of GER
tain Polyncsian peoples and the abort
gines Of California. and also between
that Of Australian and Patagonian ma
tives, and frem those grounds argues
thar there must have been In early
ages intercourse by navigation between
Pacific Islands and the American con.
tinents. Whereupon lnjudiciOus report,
ers and commentators loudly proclaim
that Columbus was not the real dis
coverer of America"
The learned professor Is probably
quite right. both in his facts and In the
conclusion which he draws from them.
But his reporters and commentators.
in their Interpretation OF his dis
course, utter sheer nonsense. II would
be just as rational for them to say that
William Of Normandy did not conquer
England. because the Romans Con
quered il centuries before his time.
America may huve been discovered
dozen times before Columbus. Ger
tainly 1t was discovered by the Morse
men: probably by the Chinese; pos
sihly by the Irish; perhaps. as Profess
sor Meillet believes. by Australians
and POlynrSans. But what did their
discoveries mean. permanently. 10 the
world! Absolutely nothing. In the
year 1901. In spite OF all those dis
c0veries. America wns-save for few
vague traditions and sages-as un-
known to the world III large rs though
not one of them had ever been made.
1t was not until Christopher Column
bus discovered il that America stayed
discovered. and WIS permanently col
anized b, Europeans and opened up 10
the world. That is why Columbus IL
regarded and always will be regarded,
and Should he regarded as The discOv-
erer OF Alnerica.- Exchange.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-03-13
Lifting Power Of Loue

Love lifts up the lowest to the high
est. places the lowly born by the side
OF the bright particular star. II binils
US to earth; and when our loved me
has been taken from US 1t lifts US 10
heaven. Who shall tell Its glories AMI
Its victories? Without II a life passed
is like year gone by without any s,ill-
mer-cold. chilly, unfruitful, without
pleasure or charm. With II the worst
state Is endurable. The palace 10 but
stable. or an clubhouse without lt--a
very prison; the very prison when le
loved one shares II is palace. Such .s
particular love. When that. upon The
freeing Of our souls from this muddy
veature Of decay" which incloses II, hns
grown into general love for our fell
lows and love Of alteration for orr
Maker we shall not be far or pare
disc, for indeed heavens harmony =
univerSal.-Hain Friswell
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-03-13
Orphan Dec, Adopt Elk

A strange lille family OF animals
has hrcn formpd in Yellowstone park
by the viciSxitudi S Of fortune during
the last tourist season. Early in the
spring. TWO mule-deer fnwns and one
baby elk were captured and placed in
specia, Enclosure at the buffalo corral
near Manilao;a Hot Springs During
their inf:.i.eA they were brought VI,
ON the bottle by the park rangers. and
were visited by thousands Of tourists.
according 10 the Kansas City Star.
Al the end of the tourist season the,
were rurn,'d loose, and 1t was expected
that the nnw half grown deer would
Join the herds of their kindred and that
the youns elk would seek the other elk.
II appears. however, that the fawns
have developed an attachment for their
one-time fellow prisoner, and perhaps
even regard him as foster parent; for
they avoid the other deer at Nam
moth and will not desert the young elk.
The elk Is More restless than the
fawns. and frequently wanders away
from them; but on such occasions the
young deer always set up plaintive
Outcry until they find and rejoin their
companion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-03-13
HOW BANKERS HELP

Seventeen students are securing
an education In the Georgia State Col.
lege Of Agriculture through financial
aid which the State Bankers Associa-
ton is giving. In 1923 the Associa.
ton increased its annual dues SO az
to contribute toward the education
Of boys and girls in club work who
could not otherwise receive higher
education. This year. therefore.
81. 900 was put into a trust fund with
the College to be loaned to students
who need help. 1t was placed in what
Is known as the "EIPreaideat's
Fund.-" fund which has been receiv-
ing voluntary contributions from the
retiring presidents Of the Bankers
Association since 1915. In amount
the fund Is now $7.153. Fifty students
have been helped prior to this year.
waking q total Of sixty-seven.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-03-13
Location Of Famous
London We'll UnknosUn

Even before the Norman conquest
the holy well Of St. Clement, London.
used to be the scene Of many pilgrim
ages, and these continued until the
Reformation. 1t used to be the favor
lite trystinS place for lads and lassiss
on summer evenings, in the time when
the Strand OF London was a country
road and not the Important Loadon
thoroughfare Ii is today. The site Of
the old well Is believed to lie some
where between the law courts In the
strand and st. Clements Inn.
Within few yards Of the site Of
the well stands the church OF St.
Clement, whose bells are famed in
nursery rhyme. Here Doctor johnson
used to have pew. but there is NO
record Of his ever having visited the
well-which was only bricked over
when the present law courts were
huilt.-Kansas City Star.