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Evening star., 1926-10-23
BAY STATE VOTERS
IN DISTRICT SOUGHT
Letter Urges Them to Cast Their
Ballots for Butler to Assure
His Victory.

A communication received today by
the Massachusetts voters who are
residents of Washington from Francis
Prescott, chairman of Republican
State committee of Massachusetts. in
dicates that Senator William F. But
ler who is a candidate to succeed
himself, is facing a difficult fight and
will need every possible Republican
vote if he is to be elected.
In this appeal the Massachusetts
voters were reminded that they
should vote in this election as a
means of publicly recording their sup
port of President Coolidge.
After reminding the Massachusetts
voters in Washington, of whom there
are more than 1000, that it is possible,
for them to vote by mail, Chairman
Prescott in his appeal stated that the
attention of the people of the nation
is now centered on the Republican
vote to be cast in Massachusetts, be-
cause it is the home State of the Pres
ident. He added that inevitably at.
tempts would be made to draw CON
clusions by reasons of the size of that
vote.
He called the voters attention to
the Presidents recent telegram to the
Massachusetts, State convention in
which he said that the people OF
Massachusetts, had never failed him
Let us make good the confidence
President Coolidge has expressed, "
Chairman Prescott wrote. Our tick ct
is one of the strongest ever presented
and 1 ask you to make arrangements
for securing the ballot and having ii
executed in time for the coming cleo.
ton"
Evening star., 1926-10-23
CF1ILDRUNJNING TO GET TRICYCLE.
IS STRUCK BY AUTO AND KILLED
Charles Whitacre, a., Is Hit
as He Darts Across Street
Near Home.
Driver Swerves Car, But Is
Unable to Prevent
Accident.

Four-yea old Charles Whitacre
child Of Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Whitacre
719 Sixth street, was fatally injured
by the automobile Of George Younger,
1875 Eleventh street southeast, while
crossing the street in front of his
home about 2:30 o'clock yesterday aft.
ernOOn. He died at Emergency Hos
pital 80 minutes later
Charles was running over the road
way from the west side Of the street
to greet his nurse and gain possession
Of his tricycle. she was bringing out
to him, and was struck by the car
after he had passed directly in the
rear of a parked machine.
The child was left playing with
other children when the nurse went
20 the house to get the tricycle., and,
police We're told, the nurse called to
him to remain where he was until she
could reach him.
Younger swerved his car to the side
of the roadway when he saw the dan
ger of the accident, but his efforts to
avoid striking the child proved futile.
He raced to the hospital with the in
jured boy. The latter was so serious
ly hurt, however. that surgeons were
unable to save his life
A verdict of accidental death was
returned by Coroner's jury at the
inquest held at the District morgue
this afternoon. Younger had been pa
rolled pending the inquest. The child
is survived by his parents and a sister
Catherine, & years old.
Evening star., 1926-10-23
REPORT CR|T|C|zES
FRANC0-U. S. PACT
Commission of Paris Cham
Der Hostile to Debt Accord
Without Safeguard.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, October 23.-The finance
committee of the Chamber of Depu
ties next Wednesday will De present
ed with a voluminous document deal
ing with the Franco-American and
Franco British debt agreements.
The document consists of a report
of Adrien Dariac, chairman of the
special debt commission of the cham
Der. M. Dariac does not recommend
either ratification or nOn-ratlflcatlOn
by Parliament of the Franco -Ameri
can accord, but his arguments leave
no doubt that he is hostile to a favor
able vote on the Washington agree
ment in it's present form.
Safeguard Letter Lacking.
IF 1 had a letter from the United
States Government similar to that re-
ceived in the British debt agreement
safeguarding against transfer upheav
ais and commercializatiOn of the
debt he said, my recommendation
would be: 'Ratify at once"
NJ. Dariac expressed the opinion
that Article VII of the agreement
reached between Ambassador Beren-
ger and Secretary Mellon was the
cause of all the trouble. The article
provides that France, at the request
of the American Secretary of the
Treasury, shall issue debt bonds suit
able for sale to the public.
This article NJ. Dariac added,
created the greatest disappointment
among the French people. =
Who knows what will be the disposi-
ton of future American Governments
toward France in the course of 62
years? (The time agreed upon for the
payment of the debt of France)
American Speeches Quoted.
Quotations from speeches of Ameri-
can congressman and financiers favor
ing annulment or cutting down the
French debt are contained in the re-
port. No mention is made in 1t, how
ever, of utteranceS of Senator Borah
in reference to debt cancellation.
Minister of the Interior Sarraut has
announced that January apparently is
the earliest possible moment for the
Chamber to take up the debt.
Sentiment hostile to ratification of
the debt agreements without reserva-
tions shows no sign of abatement.
Evening star., 1926-10-23
TRADE COMMISSION
MUST ANSWER SUIT
Court Rule Follows Appeal for
Review of Baking Pow
der Action.

Chief Justice Mccoy Of the District
supreme Court yesterday issued a rule
on the Federal Trade Commission to
snow cause November Il why the
court should not review the action of
the commission in a proceeding insti-
1uted by the commission against the
Royal Baking Powder Go. of New
YORK. The company, through Attor-
UeyS O'Brien & OBrien. asked fo, :,
writ of certiorari from the court re.
fulflng the certification OF the entire
record of the case to the court for
review.
The suit is brought against the
commission and commissioners Hunt.
Humphrey My+rs and Nugent fnd,
N-idually. and il is charged that Dir
regular. improper and unlawful acts"
were committed by certain members
of the commission in attemptinC 10
reopen and reprosecute case dis
missed by the commission March %.
1895. The order Of dismissal was va
Gated in part, the court is informed.
and now an attempt is being made to
set aside the dismissal entirely
Among the alleged irregular acts
charged in the petition are
-parte conferences concerning
Cacating OF dismissal with agents and
representatives Of rival and COM
petlnS making powder manEfa cturerS.
Failure to notify or 70 serve upon
counsel for the Royal Ga. petitions.
Htfidavits. exhibits and other material
submitted tu the commission by such
rival and competing companies.
open participation hy officers and
tounsel OF competing companies in the
prosecution of the notion TO Vacate
THE order of dismissal. extending even
TO the extent Of permitting oral argu-
mentS by counsel for rival com
panies.
Maintenance uf = secret and CON
fidential file. containing petitions and
allegations presented by rival con
Germs, the contents of which have
been Withheld from counsel for the
Royal. and
AN attempt ~ retain rs secret and
confidential the report OF Trial FIX
sminer Edward NJ Averill, which
found favorably for the Royal on the
important issues Cf the original action,
particularly with respect to the effects
of alum on the Wholesomeness and
taste Of breadstuifs.
Evening star., 1926-10-23
TRAVELLERS AID WEEK"
COMMITTEE WILL MEET
Dinner Tonight Will Be Presided
Over by Frederic A. Delano,
Campaign Head.

4 dinner meeting of team organ
izations which will work next week
for Travellers Aid week" will be held
tonight at the Burlington Hotel.
Frederic a. Delano, campaign chair
man. Will preside.
The campaign workers will en-
deavor to secure $15,500 to continue
for q year the work of the Travellers
Aid Society staff at the Union Station.
Chairman Delano has obtained the
cooperation of Washington pastors
who tomorrow will make special men
ton of the drive at their church
services.
'TraVelers' Aid representatives,
Chairman Delano said today, bring
the stranger who is in difficulty or
needs protection into contact with the
city'S religious. civic and charitable
resources. There is no distinction
made as 20 age, sect, race or creed in
the service of guidance and counsel
10 all who need it.
Evening star., 1926-10-23
SOLDIER TO WE'D
FORMER NUN HERE
Woman Who Spent rs Years
in Convent to Marry
Old Friend.

A romance that began a number
of years ago in New Bedford, Mass
is expected to eliminate in Wash
ington next month with the marriage
of Sergt. Frank Levesque, Company
G, 18th Engineers. Camp Humphreys
Va, and Miss Anna LIE Brun of New
Bedford
Sergt. Levesque, reached by tele
phone at the camp today, was re1i.
cent about discussing the forth
coming wedding, but an Associated
Press dispatch from New Bedford
said the ceremony will take place in
the District and that Miss LIE Brun,
who until recently had been a sister
in convent. plans to come to Wash
ington on November S.
Met 25 Years Ago.
Twenty-Five years ago they met in
New Bedford. She was 16 and he
was 21. A few months later she
bade farewell to her family and en-
tered the Gray Nunnery at Montreal.
Two years later she took her vows
as a sister of charity for life. She
taught school. mothered orphans and
nursed the sick in Montreal, Mime
apolis, Toledo and Lawrence, Mass.
Last April. after long consultation
with her superiors, she obtained spe.
cial dispensation from the Pope re-
leasing her from her vows because
'the world called her and she must
return
With recommendations and a God
speed from the sisters she returned
to New Bedford to become a nurse
Meanwhile Frank Levesque had en-
tered the Army. He went to Fra ance
during the World War and entered
Germany with the conquerorS. Most
of his leaves while stationed in this
country were spent with his mother
in New Bedford. She died a short
time ago. but on a visit he met Miss
lie Brun and old acquaintances was
renewed.
Evening star., 1926-10-23
LIQUOR GANGSTER
KILLED BY BLAST
"Three-Fingered Pete" KO-
sinki Believed to Have Been
on Way to Blow Safe.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, October 23.--The prema-
ture detonatiOn of an explosive i'm the
doorway of West Side store early to-
day trapped and killed Three fingered
Pete" kosinski. %. liquor gangster,
and buried his torn body beneath the
debris of the shop front.
With the identification of the vie.
tim, police turned from the theory OF
another trade-war bombing to BELIEF
that kOSlnSki. on a Safe-blOwing mis-.
sion, was killed in an attempt to oh
tain defense funds for Joe Salts.
clique chieftain, awaiting trial for nun
der. Kosinski was captured recently
in the Wisconsin woods with Salts
but was released He was the leader
of the Salts gang while Salts was in
Jail.
The door of the modest grocery
store Is directly opposite a large fac.
tory, and after a survey of the scene
detectives decided the explosion was
not OF the usual black powder bomb.
but Of nitroglycerin. A fiivver patrol
had passed shortly before Kosinski is
believed to have accidently set off
quantity of soup in lodging within
the shelter of the doorway.
Members of the family of Peter
Loskio, proprietor of the store, said
they ran to the front of the building
in time to see two men run away Will"
the third fell. The I-oSkiOs We're
thrown from their beds by the eXplo-
sion. which demolished the front OF
the building and awakened the entire
neighborhood.
KoSinski had a long record of crime
in Chicago, and was sent to prison
many times for safe blowing, robbery
and burglary.
O'Brien Leaves Hospital.
Attorney William w. O'Brien.
wounded seven times in the gang
shooting 10 days ago, which cost the
lives of "Hymie' Weiss and another
gangster. left the hospital yesterday,
prepared to resume his defense or
Salts and Frank koncil. alleged gun
men, charged with murder, when their
trial is recOnvened Monday.
Trial of Salts and KunCil, charged
with Staying John "AIittorS' Foley,
rival gangSter. was interrupted "a
week ago when its jury was disqua'-
flied.
The court learned that one juror
selected had been an inmate of an IN
sane asylum.
Evening star., 1926-10-23
.ELkS OF s STATES
TOUR SHENANDOAH
Gathering of 1000 Delegates at
Caverns Today Climax of
Big Outing.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
HARR1SONBURG, Va, October 23.
One thousand Elks from Is lodges
in 6 States will assemble tomorrow at
Shenandoah Caverns. 20 miles north
of here. as the climax of the orders
good fellowship tour Of the Shenan-
doah and Cumberland Valleys. This
gathering is expected to be the largest
interstate event ever held in this part
of the country.
The automobile tour will begin
early tomorrow at Chambersburg and
Waynesboro. Pa. Members of these
lodges, with those at Gettysburg,
Hanover and Wilmington. Del, will
converge at Hagerstown to form the
main body of the motorcade. Elks of
Frederick, Martinsburg. Winchester
and Washington then will join in the
procession to the caverns. The Har.
risonburg Elks will meet their broth
ers at the caverns.
The Hagerstown Elks are sponsor
ing the tour and assembly, which Is
for the purpose of giving the members
of the various lodges an opportunity
Of becoming acquainted with one an
other.
Evening star., 1926-10-23
ADMITS STEALING
S1OO,0)O IN MAILS
Man Arraigned in'Atlanta Ac-
cused of Taking Checks
Sent to Reserve Bank.

bS lHc tsSOtidlcu
ATLANTA. October 23.-Henry B.
Davis, % years old, was arraigned be
fore the United States commissioner
today following his arrest yesterday
ON charges Of stealing approximately
S10O. 900 in checks from mail consigned
to the Federal Reserve Bank of At
lanta during the last few months.
Davis was arrested when he at
tempted to cash an altered 81 900 Fed
eral Reserve Bank check.
He led officers to a. cache near At
lanta where he had concealed checks
ranging in amounts from Sal ,1z3.22 to
$500, which he said had been stolen
from mail cOnsignments to the Fed
eral Reserve Bank.
Davis told, officers he waited in the
lobby of the local post office while a
representative Of the Federal Reserve
Bank called for mail. Several letters
usually fell to the floor, he said, while
the messenger transferred the mail
from the box to a mail pouch, and he
managed to make away with several
of these before the man completed
his task. !
Post office inspectors said they had
trsailed Davis to California and back
here before his arrest Davis is al
legged to have cashed stolen and al
tered checks for $1,000 and $500 at
banks in Knoxville. Tenn, the only
two stolen checks which he cashed
Evening star., 1926-10-23
BAN CRITICISM OF MARIE.
Ohio w. C. T. u. Leaders Again
Squelch Attack on Smoking.

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, October
% P).-A second attempt to introduce
on the floor of the Women's Christian
Temperance Union convention a
resolution censuring the attitude of
Queen Marie of Rumania on cigarette
smoking was overruled by the chair
in the closing minutes of the annual
session yesterday.
Mrs. Carrie Flatter State treasurer.
told the delegates that as Queen
Marie Is the guest of America, the
w. c. T. L. should not take any
stand in Judgment of her actions.
The chairman of the convention
silenced the debate at his point. A
resolution was later adopted pledging
efforts of the organization TO pro
tect the youth of the country from
the cigarette habit"
Evening star., 1926-10-23
BRAND AND HOESCH
WORK FOR ACCORD
Foreign Minister and German
Envoy Discuss Plans for
New Relationship.
By the Associated Press.

Dy tHc AssOCl0tcu IICSs'
PARIS, October 23.-M. BRAND
foreign minister, and Herr Won
Hoesch, German Ambassador, had
their first interview yesterday since
the Ambassador returned from Berlin,
and they assured each other that
their governments are just as de-
sirous of coming to a working agree
ment as they were at the now famous
luncheon at Thoiry. 1t was at the
Thoiry meeting, Immediately after
Germany was admitted to member
ship in the League Of Nations, that
NJ. BRAND and DIR. Stresemann. Ger
man foreign secretary. succeeded in
laying down a basis for accord be-
tween their countries, not only on all
problems existing between them di-
rectly, but on all problems in which
they may be mutually concerned.
No concrete proposals were submit
ted at yesterdays meeting, as both
M. BRAND and Herr Won HoeSch are
understood to have agreed that much
progress already has been made
toward getting approval by public
opinion of both countries of the tenta-
tive accord reached at Thoiry.
They likewise agreed that it would
be wise while continuing the exami
nation of outstanding Franco-German
problems to let time do it's work in
building up sympathetic atmosphere
Diplomatic circles point out that
the work of drawing up detailed plans
for lettering the relations between
Germany and France and deciding
what mutual concessions will prove
most fruitful in appeasing public
opinion in both countries will take a
long time, and that French public
opinion must not expect results too
quickly.
The French before committing
themselves, for example, to any ar
rangement whereby the occupation OF
the Rhineland would be given up in
return for immediate financial aid
from Germany, naturally want all
phases of the question examined by
their technicians from economic and
military viewpoints.
Evening star., 1926-10-23
Drive for Health Nurse
ecial Dispatch 10 The Star.

Hpocial DISPATCH 10 The SIa-.
FRONT ROYAL. Va, October %
The Warren County Public Health
Association held "a number of meet
ings throughout the county this week.
About Is speakers and entertainers
toured the county speaking in more
than a dozen different schoolhouses
and churches The object is to secure
a public health nurse. Warren Coun-
~ is now without a State nurse owing
to the transfer of Miss Cora Coventry,
who went to Sussex County,
Evening star., 1926-10-23
Official Accused
OF Delaying Paper
Opposing G. o. p.

By the Associated Press
MOCKSVILLE. n. c.. October
23.-The Post Office Department
at Washington has been requested
to investigate charges of miscon-
duct against James l.. Sheek,
Mocksville poStma ster.
The request was made after the
editor Of the Mocksville Enterprise
had alleged that the postmaster
held 300 copies of the newspaper
in the post office from Wednesday
until Friday because he objected to
editorials appearing in that edition
concerning Johnson J. Hayes. Re-
publican candidate for the Senate,
and John K. Jones. candidate for
solicitor of the seventh judicial
district.
Supporters OF the citizens ticket
made the request.
Evening star., 1926-10-23
PROTEST PENALTY
ON FAILING TO VOTE
Federal EmpIoye Leaders
/ Take Issue With Lenroot's
''Punishment" Proposal.

f Sharp issue with the proposal ad-
vanced by Senator Lenroot OF Wis
G0nsin at a Republican rally Thurs
day to the effect that Government
employees who fail to vote should be
punished was taken last night by
I.uther G. Steward. president of the
Federation of Federal Employees, and
DF Ellery G. Stowell, president OF
the Better Government League. Will
liam G. Deming. chairman Of the
Civil Service Commission, also COM
1nented on Senator I.enroot's plan.
hiitshiS statement put the commission
on record as being thoroughly In &C
cord with the proposition that every
man and woman who has the right
to vote should do so.
Political Activity Forbidden.
Under civil service laws and regu-
lations," Mr.. Steward said, "empioyes
in the competitive classified service
are prohibited from engaging In politi-
cal activity and this places an un
mistakahle obligation on their en-
1loyer. the United States Government.
80 protect them from being made
political foot balls. The same au
fhority which deDrives the employees
of the right to participate in politics
should protect them against such
plan as advocated by Senator Len
root. If they are to have punishment
inflicted on them for failing to become
politically active they should have all
restrictions. from their engaging in
political activity removed"
Dr. StoWell declared it is high time
that the higher officials Of the Gov
ernnent Interested themselves in Inn
proving conditions among the FED
eral employees SO that a true merit
principle. in regard to classification
and promotion. may prevail in the
Federal civil service. This is more
important than trying to badger EN-
ployes about voting or any other
question. I have always found the
Government employees among the
most loyal group of our citizens, and
] wonder at their remaining 50 when
treated as they are at the present
time.
ID. &. Residents Disfranchised.
IF what Senator Lenroot said is
intended to apply in the District. I
believe ii important to state the
obvious fact that it is a hundred
times more important to give every
citizen a vote than it Is to penalize
those who do NOT exercise the tran
chise. To deprive 500, 900 persons of
their vote is one of the greatest in
justices in the country
Mr.. Demings comment was THE
civil Service Commission has no iuris-
diction over the matter of dement's or
efficiency records except for it's own
small force. The civil Service Com
mission is thoroughly in accord with
the proposition that every man ana
woman who has the right to vote
should take pains 10 exercise thar
risht and vote for the candidate of
his choice"
Evening star., 1926-10-23
Gorilla Hunt" to Be Shown.

THE Gorilla Hunt" d five.reel thrill
er taken in the kivu wilds OF the
French Congo by the Ben Burbridge
expedition, will be shown tonight at
s O'Clock at the Cosmos Club for the
first time. to members of the Biologi
cal Society Of Washington at their
first Fall meeting.
A brief talk on goriIEs by c. +.
Aschmeier. National Museum taxider-
mist, who is engaged in mounting a
specimen acquired on the Kivu hunt
will precede the moving picture. DR.
II. c. Oberholser. president Of the So
Ciety. will preside.
Evening star., 1926-10-23
HOG CHOLERA TRACED.
Officials Attribute Epidemic t
Lack of Preventative Measures.

The hog cholera epidemic was at
tributed today by Agriculture Depart
ment officials to lack of preventative
measures by farmers.
Each II months since the 1913 epi-
demic, it was said. has been marked
by immunization of fewer herds, with
the result that 80 per cent Of the
hogs in the country have been sus-
ceptible and the manufacture of serum
decreased.
Confinement of hogs and barring of
dogs from the hogpens were suggested
as means of combating the epidemic.
Evening star., 1926-10-23
lAYMEN ORGANIZED
AT BRADDOCK HEIGHTS
Emmanuel Episcopal Church Meet
ing Addressed by DR.. Bowen
and Others From D. c.

Special Dispatch to The Star
POTOMAC Va. october ga
!aynan's organization was effected at
q meeting under auspices Of the Men $
club at Emmanuel Episcopal Church.
Rraddock Heights Thursday Night.
Neville Peake WAS elected president
and Henry {. Lewis. secretary. Meet
.nss will he held the third Thursday
Of each month. About 80 members
were enrolled. representing the church
and community.
Orga nization followed addresses by
DR.. Sinclair Bowen. DR.. l.. W. Glaze
brook and Lawrence Lee OF the
Episcopal diocese ot Washington ana
others regarding the activities OF
church laymen.