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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-11
INQUEST BEING HELD
INTO DEATH OF GIRL
Driver of Car Said to Have
Struck Lucille Coleman
Is Missing.

An inquest is being held at the
morgue this afternoon to determine
responsibility for the death of Lucille
Coleman, II years old. colored. Of 40
c street who was struck by an auto
mobile last Friday morning.
Decision to hold the inquest was
made by Coroner J. Ramsey hewitt.
despite the fact that l.. w. Thomas,
637 F street northeast, alleged driver
of the car which hit the Coleman girl,
has been missing since the day of
the accident. Thomas absence caused
a postponement from last Saturday.
Edgar Raymond Clark of Pitts
burgh, driver of a second car which
figured in the accident, is in attend
ance at the inquest. The machines of
Clark and Thomas collided with such
force at New Jersey avenue and E
street that the latter machine ca
reened over onto the sidewalk and
knocked down a lamppost before it
hit the Coleman girl. Her legs, hor-
ribly mangled, the girl was twice op-
Grated on, but died several hours later.
She was standing on the sidewalk
waiting to cross the street when the
accident happened.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-11
NEW YORK TOFETE
GERTRUDE EDERLE
Biggest City Honor Planned.
She Goes to Germany to
See Grandmother.

Special Dispatch TO The star
ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, y. j.,
August 11.-"Were going to give
Trudie the biggest reception New
York ever had
With tears streaming, Mrs. Ger
trude Ederle, mother of the channel
conqueror, heard Magistrate Charles
a. Oberwager, head of committee
from the United German Societies OF
New York, tell yesterday OF plans for
welcoming her daughter home from
Europe.
The committee called on Mrs. Ederle
Al her Summer cottage at Highlands
y. j., and presented her with bou-
quet of roses.
The United German Societies vel
coined Gertrude Ederle last year.
MAGISTRATE OberWager said She
came back a little disheartened, but
she knew she could conquer. When
she comes back we will greet her.
We have big plans under way. We
want the whole world to know how
We appreciate what an American girl
of German blood has done"
Mrs Ederle took the roses ana
could not reply for a minute Two
of her children. Emma, Is. and Henry.
& were looking on Then she thanked
the visitors.
Mrs. Ederle will go out on the vel
coming boat and he the first TO greet
her daughter when she arrives home
on the Berengaria August q.
CCopyrlght 1926 by Chicago Tribune News
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-11
ATTACK ON LEAGUE
SEEN IN TREATIES
ItaIo-S Spanish and Russo
German PactS Run Counter
to Geneva Plan.
BY PAUL SCOTT MOyvRER.

By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
PARIS, August 1.-Two important
treaties have just been signed in Eu-
rope. One is the treaty Of arbitration
and non-aggression between Spain and
Italy. The two dictators, Mussolini
and Primo de Rivera. go further. how
ever, and taking as a model the re-
cent Russo German treaty, promise
benevolent neutrality in case one or
the other becomes involved in eX-
ternal complications.
Seems Attack on League.
This provision. as in the case of
the Russo German treaty. seems to be
a direct attack on the League of Ma
tons system. which provides for a
coalition of all members against the
designated aggressor. Thus, under
the Russo German treaty, if Russia
attacks Rumania, Germany, even
after 1t joins the league, is obligated
to refuse to participate in possible
league action in Rumania's defense.
In the same way, if Italy attacks
anybody, Spain now is obligated not
to participate in possible league &C
ton against Italy.
In contrast to this anti-league
tendency is the strongly pro-
league of the treaty Of arbitration
and non-aggression just signed be-
tween France and Rumania. This
treaty expressly stipulates that both
parties intend to fulfill their obliga-
tons under the league in case of any
aggression against the status quo in
Europe. but obligates neither to come
to the defense of the other except un-
der the leagues authority.
New Accord Forecast.
similar treaty, it is expected, soon
will be signed between France and
Jugoslavia. Two systems thus now
stand opposed. The one, adopted by
Germany. Russia, Italy and Spain,
provides benevolent neutrality toward
possible aggressor. The other
adopted by France, Poland, Rumania
Czechoslovakia and Jugoslavia. pro-
vides for a common cause under the
league covenant against a possible
aggressor.
Copyright. 1926. by Chicago Daily News Co J
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-11
BUSINESS LEADERS
FIGHT TAX RISE
Committee Named by Trade
Board to Confer on District
Expenditures.

Determined to do everything posi-
BILE to keep the District tax burden
from becoming too heavy, the Wash
ington Board of Trade has named i
special committee to confer with the
Commissioners on District finances
ana the relation they bear to expendi-
lures in future.
The committee consists of Joshua
Evans, jr., chairman, and John Ihlder,
George w. Offutt, jr.; John A. Petty,
William S. Torbert, Frank p. Leetch,
f. c. Graham. Maj. Gen. Anton
Stephan and Asa Z. Phillips.
The first meeting of the committee
with the Commissioners will be held
at 4: 80 o'clock Friday, at which time
an analysis of District finances will
be started.
Opposing Rising Rate.
Appointment of this special group
by the trade board is an outgroWth
Of a conference between Engineer
Commissioner Bell. Auditor Daniel j.
Donovan and leaders on munlclpal
finance in the Board of Trade.
Those who attended that conference
agreed that the tax rate of the Dis
trict is soaring too rapidly. and the
conference ended with the under
standing the trade board would name
the special committee to go thorough
ly into the entire question of future
expenditures and their effect on the
tax rate.
Will Scan Deficiency Bill.
The committee will study especially
the proposed item of S1,0O0,OO de-
f1ciency appropriation for the current
fiscal year. The committee chairman
Mr.. Evans, is particularly interested
in the question of deficiency appro'
priations which help to swell the tax
rate. The question Of keeping the
tax rate for 1928 down will also be
studied. The committee expects to
devote considerable time to it's in.
vestigation.
Commissioner Bell at the original
meeting expressed his desire to CO
operate with a body which will help
us to keep down expenses rather than
tell us some new project to spend
money on"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-11
KHAN SEEKS RIGHT
|. TO MARCH. MASKED
Informal 0vertures Made TO
Secure Permit From D. C..
Officials.

Informal overtures with view
to permitting monster parade or
Pennsylvania avenue next month Of
Ku Klux Khan have been made to
the District Commissioners and
Chief of Police Hesse by L. A. Muel
Ter. head of the local Khan organ
ization, It was disclosed today az
the District Building.
Intimations of the desire of the
marchers to stage the parade wear
ing masks were given municipal OFF,
Gals in the brief conferences held
with the Washington representa-
tive here of the national order.
According to Maj. Hesse. the Khan
head sounded out the attitude Of
the Police Department regarding
possibility of amending the regula
tons against masking on the streets
so as to permit of an exception In
the case Of the proposed parade
which would be held I'm conjunction
with the national convention in this
city September IS, IA and 10 next.
No Permit Is Asked.
The police Superintendent is SAID
to have indicated his opposition 10
a masked parade of the Khan. II"
said no permit for any kind of pa
rade has been asked to date.
To amend the regulations would 70
ouire O. 3O-day interval before it's en-
forcement would become effective.
Immediate action would be necessary
in order to change the police regula
tons in time for the parade. 1t was
pointed out.
Kleagle Mueller is known to have
discussed the matter with District
Commissioner Rudolph just prior 20
the latters departure for his vaca
ton nearly a week ago. Mr.. Rudolph
Is understood to have told his inter
viewer that he would stand by any
recommendation which the police SUI
perintendent might make In this con
nection.
Predicts Big Crowd.
Questioned regarding the confer
ences, Mr.. Mueller said today that he
had no official knowledge that there
will be a parade at all.
1--WE haven't even asked for per
NIT. yet. I haven't any definite In
formation about a parade he eX
planned.
Mai. Hesse said that In reply to
his query as to the approximate mum
Der Of Klan visitors expected here FOR
the convention. Mr.. Mueller would not
commit himself, except to announce
his belief that there would be as
many. If not more, than were mere
last August. Khan officials estimated
there were 1000 here at that time.
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statements In the newspapers ne
called nv proposition 'Jim's BLUM. ana
NOT TO this hour has he eve- SAID ne
accepted my proposition.
IT submit to all fair-minded people
that the acceptance OF q chalienge
by Jim is not the acceptance OF q
challenge issued by Miriam.
Says Moody Not Bound.
"If the vote had been in my favor
Mr.. Moody had carefully worded his
reply so that he would not have been
bound and he would have immediately
said that he was only bluffing with
Jim"
The challenge to resign. which Mrs
Ferguson refers to, was one made by
her in her first campaign speech of
the recent primary. She offered 7"
resign her Office II Moody led her by
one vote, provided he would resign as
attorney general if she led him by
Is, 900 votes.
Mrs. Ferguson also bases her re
fusal to resign on the charge that
the primary was illegal because those
who bolted the Democratic party In
1924 to vote for the Republican candi
date for governor, DIR. George &.
Butte, were permitted to return to the
party and vote in the recent primary.
Says Boilers" Turned Tide.
She alleges there were 10000 such
"bolters," and if they had been ex
cluded she would have led Moody by
over 100 900 votes.
Backing Mr.. Moody was the or.
ganized force OF the Ku klux Khan"
continues her statement. I'm other
words, my proposition was based upon
a Democratic primary and not bolt
ing Ku Klux Khan primary. Even If
Mr. Moody had accepted my PROPOSE
ton directly to me, would have been
released by reason Of political fraud
and illegal election"
She further contends that she was
denied the right to have supervisors
at every election box by an opinion
rendered by Attorney General Moody
She declares this made the election
unfair
The statement uses the phrases
political wolves" and political shy
locks" in reference TO Moody's fol.
lowers, and concerning the demand
that she resign her office. says:
They are thirsting for blood and a
pound of flesh. 1 shall not accede 10
their demands, but shall remain at my
post to perform the work which ]
promised the people I would perform,
regardless of consequences"
Mrs. F'erguson's 1924 compaign.
which ended with her election. was
made largely upon the Khan as an
issue. She stood squarely upon an
anti-Klan plank in her platform.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-11
HOLD-UP MEN GET $4,000
FROM LONG ISLAND BANK
Cashier Had Just Opened Vault.
Customer Entering With De-
post Also Robbed.
nv tba Associated Press

By the Associated Press,
WOODMERE, Long Island, n. Y,
August 11.-Three robbers today held
up Cashier William F. Brewer Of the
Hewlett Woodmere National Bank.
took $4,000 in bills from the vault
and escaped in an automobile, in
which a fourth member of the gang
was waiting.
Shortly after the cashier opened the
bank for the days business the three
men entered and covered him with
their pistols. Brewer had just swung
open the vault door. While one OF
the men pointed a pistol at his head
the other two scooped up the bills
in a satchel.
Frank Addison, a local business
man, entered the bank to make a de-
post Of $500. One of the robbers
grabbed him, shouted a warning to
his confederates and took Addison
500 away from him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-11
BUILDERS ATTACK
APARTMENT PLAN
Declare Proposal for $3.50.
a-Room Type Threatens
Property Values.

Charging that the action OF the
Government in opening its facilities
to an unnamed individual concerned
in erecting apartment houses for
Government employees, mot for phil
anthropy. but for the usual per cent
on money invested to the exclusion
of others, is discriminatory and
socialistic in it's tendencies, the ex-
ecutive committee of the Operative
Builders Association of the District
of Columbia at a meeting yesterday
afternoon declared that any builder
here can meet any person or organl
zation in the erection of any type OF
apartment house in fair competitive
market and would do so.
The general opinion of the builders
is that the Metropolitan Life In
surance Company of New York
is the orga niZatiOn concerned
primarily in the movement and that
the statement in a current article IN
a national magazine that the com
pany will lend money at per cent tc
build cheap apartments is an indict
ment of higher rates charged and an
admission that those who finance
builders find that they cannot erect
cheap apartments when high interest
is charged.
Oppose Any Discrimination.
The builders felt that any move tc
give an organization or an individual
the right of eminent domain excluding
others is contrary to all democratic
principle and that it is only natura
If the Government intends to put its
full machinery at the disposal of one
individual that individual could builC
at almost any price.
The builders, expressing their in
tention of seeing the entire situation
through, declared it "a disgrace for
the United States Government to pay
its employees so little that they have
to become beneficiaries of philanthrO
phists.
1.-The Government employees are I'M
derpaid; they should receive a decent
living wage that would give them
full right to live and afford the de
cencies of life" stated Rufus S. Lusk
president of the Operative Builders
Association.
It also was asserted that thou
sands of the Government clerks oWr
their homes, and such an act as pro
posed would bring a considerable de-
preciation of the value Of their homes
as we'll as those of other property
| holders.
| The apartment house situation would
be brought to a point where it would
| be severely damaged, and the situa
! ton would reflect not only on the
| builders but on banks, financia
houses and the investors themselves
it was stated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-11
SHE WILL SHOP IN PARIS.
Sails for Home August 81 From Cher
bourg on the Berengaria.
By JULIA HARTMAN.

By Cable To The Star.
CAPE GR1S-NEZ, August Ii
Gertrude E.derle after encountering
enormous receptions in both England
and France. will set forth today for
Germany. the land of her forebears.
Trudie will go with her father.
sister. official photographer and this
writer 10 Calais. boarding a train for
Stuttgart. near which city lives her
paternal grandmother. She will visit
there several days before going TO
Paris for a few days shopping prior
20 her sailing for home. August 2l.
from Cherbourg on the Berengaria.
Boulogne and Calais Will give the
champion rousing send-off. recep-
ton BY United States Consuls Cor
coran and Smith of Boulogne and
Calais and a demonstration by thou
sands OF her French admirers Will
precede her departure. 4
Trudie spent much Of yesterdaYff
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-11
Fenning, as Irresponsible Citizen"
Will Not Be Served With Warrant

Being a responsible citizen" For
mer Commissioner Frederick A. Fen
ming will not be annoyed with per-
sonal service of the traffic warrant
sworn out for him by Policeman Or
VILE Staples of the third precinct, 1t
was announced today by Inspector
Charles Evans, assistant superintend
ent of police.
Police of the third precinct will
notify him by telephone that the
warrant has been issued, 1t was ex.
planned. Policeman Staples reported
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-11
FLOODS HIT NEBRASKA.

CRAWFORD. Nebr., August IL up.
Heavy rains in the Pine Ridge Sec
ton of Dawes and Sioux Counties
have caused an estimated damage Of
g. half million dollars. Many
streams are out of their banks, rail-
road tracks are submerged. and it Is
reported that every bridge on the
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
between Crawford and Andrews, 20
miles west, has been wrecked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-11

sick today, so that indications were
the case would not come up in Police
Court for a day or so.
Staples and a Mrs W. D. Smith are
the chief witnesses of the alleged viO-
lations, which involve traffic regu-
lations against parking too close TO
another vehicle and blocking a pri-
vate driveway.
MIR. Fenning is known TO have dis.
cussed the matter with Supt. of Po-
lice Hesse, although the nature of
the conference could not be learned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-11
Alimony for Policeman's Wife.

Justice Siddons in Equity Division
2 today awarded Mrs. Eva W. Floegel
temporary alimony of SO per month
from Ernest F. F1oegel. a policeman
of the third precinct. The wife was
also given temporary custody of the
child. Attorney Richard l.. Merrick
represents Mrs. Floege,. who asks
separate maintenance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-11
MEXICO ASSURED
OF CHURCH FEALTY
IN EVENT OF STRIFE
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clauses in the constitution and says
these make impossible the life of the
Catholic Church in Mexico. 1t also
says the church is seking only to
have the constitution amended to Sc
cure religious liberty like that in the
United States.
President Gales says we are
rebels, the statement asserts. He
says Catholic are not prosecuted; he
says he only wants us to obey the
law. 1t is precisely this effort to force
us to comply with laws destroying the
life of the church that constitutes per-
secution.
1--WE Mexica naCthlocis,' the state
ment reads, will initiate the conduct
Of French Catholics In the World
War who, despite the fact that they
had been greatly wronged by their
government through anti-religious
legislation and exploitation of their
rights, We're among the first to show
their patriotism when the conflict
began"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-11
RUMOR OF REVOLUTION
IN CRETE is SECUTED
Greece Abandons Military Expedi
ton on Hearing Disorders
Are Minor.
BY the Associated Press.

ATHENS. Greece, August IL
Rumors of disturbances in Crete
caused the Greek cabinet to prepare
for the dispatch Of a military force
to the island. Meanwhile urgent in
quiries of the Cretan authorities
elected the reply that nothing serious
had occurred, there having been mere
" some popular disaffection owing TO
the imposition of certain taxes.
The cabinet therefore Cancelled the
expedition. but the premier declares
the government Will take all neces-
sary steps to check any disorders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-11
NUDITY EXCUSE FIZZLES.
Woman Arrested for Disrobing in
Circle of Her Six Children.

NEW YORK, August IL R).-The
assumption that motherhood of six
children gave her nudity the chaste-
ness of Lady Godiva went awry at
Coney Island when Mrs. Tillie Good.
man changed from mother hubbard
to bathing suit in a circle of her
offsprings. The disrobing act brought
arrest by policewoman, who refused
to listen to pleas of release so that
the matronly naiad might go home
to care for her babies and cook for
her husband After a night in Jail a
magistrate suspended sentence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-11
ARMS CUT PLAN STUDIED

ROME, August II C0.-The pro-
posals which Italy intends to submit
to the disarmament committee of the
League of Nations were scrutinized
today by Premier Mussolini and spe-
cial committee which he had appoint
ed for that purpose with himself as
chairman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-11
Judge Gets Found Dollar.

NEW YORK. August II R.-The
male may be stronger and the female
NAV be more strategic, but a police
magistrate is shrewdest when il comes
to getting possession of a lost dollar.
A man and a woman dived for one in
a subway station. The man got the
greenback. The woman got a copper.
The magistrate got the dpllar. He
fined the man the dollar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-11
PEACE HOPE HELD FUTILE.
Vatican Organ Declares Church
Stands Firm Against Law.

ROME, August II R).-In behalf
of the Holy See, the Vatican organ,
Osservatore Romano, declares that SO
long as the Mexican government s
"persecutive religious law remains III
effect no negotiations are possible be-
tween the civil and ecclesiastical au-
thorities.'
From the Holy Father to the last
faithful" it adds. the entire Catholic
church will trust to the invisible arm
of prayer as all it's force and all its
hope"
The Vatican newspaper devotes a
three column article to Analysing
Mexico's religious law and points out
1.-The true cause of the present dis
turbance."
This cause" it says, Lies entirely
in the governments antt-religious
action, eliminating in the law which
was put into effect on July 81"
Describes Articles of Law.
After describing the articles of this
law the newspaper continues:
"If religious activities are sus-
pended, whose fault it is? The gov
eminent with stroke of the pen de-
creed violent and immediate suppress
sion, as far as possible, of Mexico s
dent Gales intention he might have
saved himself the trouble of compil-
ing the articles of the law, by limit
ing himself to repeating the ancient
order of the prosecutors of the
Christians-it is unlawful for you
to exist Had he done this he would
have been more sincere
Answering it's own question as to
the possibility Of an accord, the Osser
vatore Romano declares:
For several years the ecclesia sti
cal authorities tried vainly to reach
a true, stable accord with the govern.
ment. Notwithstanding that. it would
not be difficult even now TO succeed
if the government had good faith
But it is a question of prosecuting
government desiring the suppression
of Catholic churches in Mexico, and
how is it possible to agree with some
one trying to strangle you?
mo Agreement Possible"
"On the basis Of the law of Presi
dent Gales. which destroys the prin
ciples of Catholicism, the holy see Is
obliged to say that no agreement is
possible. When it was asked by the
Mexican faithful whether they would
De peTIIlIttou " SuDIlllI W lIle law Iii
order to avoid worse evils. the holy
see answered on July 81 that it con
demned the law and all acts which
could signify or be interpreted by
the faithful as acceptance or recog
milton of the law"
In other columns, the Osservatore
Romano comments on the news from
Mexico. 1t remarks that although the
religious law is applicable to PrOtes
tants, their property has not been
seized. 1t also prints the names OF
several alleged murderers, but warns
the faithful against believing news
which throws sinister light on the
Catholics firm resistance, with cpl
sodes of ferocious reprisals."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-11

Capt. Joseph II. Nichols, Ordnance
Department Reserve of this city, has
been ordered To the Army arsenal ct
Rock Island, ILL.,. for duty IN traininR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-11
MOODY PACT DENIED
MY MRS. FERGUSON
IN TEXAS RUN-0FF

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