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Evening star., 1926-05-04

David c. Winebrenner. Sd secretary
of state of Maryland and past COM
mander of Francis Scott Key Post, al
Frederick. Md, of the American
Legion: Mgr. c. +. Thomas, Rev.
Abram Simon. Mrs. Margaret Nc
cluer Of Kansas City, Mo-. presi
dent of the National American War
Mothers: District Commissioner Cuno
H. Rudolph. Representative Rath
bone of Illinois; Mrs. Alfred j. Bros
seau, president general of the
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion. and Fred Slower, national com
ma ander-in-chief of the Veterans ut
Foreign Wars. of Kansas City, Mo-
A reception will precede the ban
quet at 7:30 o'clock. in the Chinese
room. The banquet. which will start
at S o'clock will he broadcast by
station WRC. There will be dancing
from 1890 O'Clock until o'cl"c|.
with two orchestras in attendance.
Veterans from the local hospitals Will
he guests. and Frederick RuchholZ
will have 10 disabled veterans az his
guests on this occasion.
The newly organized club is com
posed Of veterans of former wars, and
the affair Thursday night is expected
Ia he a brilliant one.
Evening star., 1926-05-04
SOCIALISTS PLEAD
FOR SALE Of BEER
War Debt Settlements Called
Brazen DiScrimir alton at
Party Convention.
Rv tho sssnciaicd Press

Rv tho .ssociaicd Press.
nlTTSEl RGIl May 4.-l lDecisla-
tirn that will permit domestic use "t
Ncht wines and hoor and the manu-
facture for sale of alcoholic BEVERAGES
hy the Federal Government alone. I'M
der strict SAFEGUARDS and proper re
Strictions." was advocated here Nester-
day hy the Socialist party Of AMERICA
at the close of its national conNen-
lun
\ resolution relating ia prohibition
was adopted after considerable debate,
durinc which Repl'ese ntative Victor
l.. Berger. Wisconsin, warned the
delegates the liquor question was the
issue at stake in the United states.
and unless they acted upon 1t the
Socialists would not go into the cleo
tion.
Old Parties Condemned.
The resolution declared: In the
failure of prohibition enforcement IN
rho United states the Socialist party
secs the result of blind. hlundefln lnS
legislative met hodS 50 ChararteflS'h'
of Repunlican ard Democratic poll
tiCianS -
Denouncirg the present method pur-
sued by the United States Government
in settling war debts upon an arbl-
trafy basis and its braXcn diSri inlnH-
lion in favor of reartionatN govern
mentS the convention HppioNen i"
resolution taNoring complete cancel
laIion by the United states of all gov
erftnental war GehtS. Including sums
due from Germany. interallied war
debts and reparation claims.
Reject Communist Appeal.
The national executive committee
WAS emnoWcred 10 appoint a SpeCiai !
committee from the membership al
tho marty to make a study OF the az
riclIltural situation and formulate
nolitiral ana economic program 70
suit what was termed the collapse OF
agriculture in the United States.
The convention rejected oHertureS
of the Workers Uommunist party
Of America to join hands in united
front in congressional and state elec-
tions this year and in soliciting the
cooperation of economic and p"ntlc@i
organizations of the workers.
Evening star., 1926-05-04
MOVIE PRODUCER SUES
ESTATE OF NOVELIST
Menchen Says He Paid $35, 900 for
Novels Which Had Faulty
Copyrights.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 4.-Asserting A.
that he had paid the late Laura Jean
kLibby $1,000 each for exclusive mo-
xion picture rights to seven of her
novels. the plots Of which. through
faulty copyright, had been pirated
byA other producers. Joseph Menehen.
jr.,t motion picture producer. today
preA ented a claim to $4,000 OF the
novelist's $37 900 estate.
T1sa attorney for Miss Iibby's es-
tate s1isputed the claim. ard Sur~o- =
gate Wingate postponed argument
until two weeks from yesterday.
MencS,en contends that Miss LIB
by ohta.ined copyrights on only ore
title Of certain of her novels with
double Miles. and other publishers
Evening star., 1926-05-04
COAL FIRM WINS SUIT.
Navy Must Pay $1.105, ,56O.59 for
Sequestered Fuel.

PHILADELPHIA. May P).-On
the testimony of Edwin l.. Carpenter
coal expert. a jury in the Fedora
District Court yesterday entered a
verdict against the Government for
81 l05 $50 50 in favor of the Berwind
White Coal Go. for soft coal seques-
tered for Navy use under presiden-
tiai orders.
Both sides had agreed to accept
Mr. Carpenters figures.
Evening star., 1926-05-04

writing on the envelope. he sa4d, and
nothing inside but the money.
Belief was expressed that the money
might have been placed in the desk
by members of the crew Of n rum' ship
seized last week and on which lwas
found memoranda showing alleged
payments of large sums Of mosbey
for protection
Evening star., 1926-05-04
VETERANS WILL GIVE
BANQUET AND DANCE
New Club Will Be Addressed by
Prominent Officials Thurs
day Night.

Arrangements have been completed
for the ball, installation and banquet
of the American War Veterans Club,
to he given Thursday night at the
MavfioWer Hotel.
Features in connection with the
event include the presentation of two
silk f1ags-one An American flag, and
the other the club emblem. The pres
entation will he made on behalf OF
the donor of the flags by Judge
Robert E. Mattingly. Others who
viii make short addresses include
Right Rev. James r. Freeman. Rishon
of Washington: Senator Copeland Of
New York. Senator Tyson of Pen.
neSSee. who. as major general, com
handed the Goth Division, A. F.. F..
Evening star., 1926-05-04
.BUCkNER TO PROBE
LEAVING OF. $4,000
Money Found in Envelope on Desk
of Police Captain-No
Glue Left.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK. May A. 4.--Investiga-
ton OF the finding of $500 in cur
rency in the desk of a captain of the
marine division of the police depart
ment last Thursday was carried to
the officesAof United States District
Attorney Buckner, after police adj
mitted themselves unable to discover
where the money came from.
Capt. Hugo Nunsche who directs
the operation OF police boats engaged
in pursuing rum runners. found the
money in an envelope in his desk
last Thursday night. There was no
Evening star., 1926-05-04
BRANCH MUSEUM OPENS
George Gray Barpard's "cloisters'
Contains Gothic and Roman Art.

NEW YORK, May 4 H).-The
Cloisters, museum of Roma nesque
and Gothic art, discovered and as.
sembled by George Gray Barnar rd.
sculptor. will be opened today on
Washington Heights as a branch of
the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Said
To he the first branch museum in the
country, 1t was made possible through
foundation established by John U
Rockefeller. jr
Eomanesque sculptures from the
Cloisfer of SAINT Guilheln lie. Desert
a nd the Monastery of Sar rt Michael at
Cuxa, near Prades. in southea stern
France. are featured.
Evening star., 1926-05-04
Stay Denied to Condemned Men.

RENO. New. May I R.-Sanko
Jukich. sentenced to die by lethal gas
the week of May is for murder, hss
been denied a. writ of habeaS corpus
IN Federal District Court here. At
torneys for the condemned man
brought his case to the Federal court
after exha usting ALI remedies in the
State courts
Evening star., 1926-05-04
Mattresses and Pillows
Specially Priced

Here are two splendid May Sale values that
we consider most unuSual. : ~~,
Our best quality cotton mattresses are in the
group. Soft and comfy, covered in durable
woven striped ticking.
The Monticello Pillow is of real goose feathers
and down covered in a neat feather proof
striped ticking.
Mattress Size, 54 by IA inches. !. $3.50
Mattress Size, SO by IA inches. .$12.75
Bedd Section Seventh
Evening star., 1926-05-04

and producers used the plots under
the alternate titles.
Miss Libby died October 26, 1924
lea wing the hulk Of her estate to an
elder sister; Mary r.. Taylor OF
BROOKLYN.
Evening star., 1926-05-04
BERENGER DUE TO SAIL
MAY 20 TO BACK DEBT
Ambassador Expected to Lead
Fight for Ratification and Later
to Return Here.

Amba ssador Berenger of France is
expected to sail for Paris May 20 TO
participate in the considera ton by the
French Parliament of. the debt agree
ment he negotiated with the United
States last week.
NJ. Berenger is member of the
French Senate and was for nlne years
chairman of its finance committee.
He is expected to lead the fight for
ratification OF the agreement and to
return here as Ambassador.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-07-06

President Coolidge expects p1strlct NOlAls
Imi.sionsr Frederick A. fleming = retire
from office Immediately.
The President already Is looking for SONS
one else to take his position.
This announcement BY the White House
spokesman today Is tantamount to dis
missal from office Of Commissioners Fenning,
IS 3 result of testimony concerning admins
tration Of his office before the House Judi
ciary Committee.
The Presidents spokesman did not indie
cate whether or not the President actually
has asked Commissioners Fenning 70 quit Or
whether Commissioners fleming has notified
the White House Of bis intention to resign.
'TANTAMOUNT TO DISMISSAL
However, the fact that the President did not make
any announcement of Commissioners Jennings own
attitude or intention Is taken proof that the
nouncement is being made the Presidents initia-
tive.
The Department Of Justices report on Jennings
conduct, which ordered BY the President ct the
beginning of the Investigations has not been received
at the White House, il was said
This fact indicates that the President desires Fem
ming to retire without questioning the legality Of his
actions in the conduct Of his Office.
Continued Page 2. Column 4
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ANDREWS.
DRY CZAR,
RESIGNS

Gen. Lincoln G.. Andrews, as
sistant Secretary of the Treas
ury and head of the Govern
ment's prohibition machine,
submitted his resignation to
Secretary of the Treasury Mel
lon today.
No statement was forth
coming from Melons office as
to what action would be taken.
It was understood, however,
that the resignation would be
accepted with regret. .
Reorganization Complete
Andrews, in a long conference
with Mellon, informed the Secre-
tary that his reorganization of the
prohibition service virtually has
been completed.
He accepted the position more
than year ago on the under
Continued on Page 2, Column ID
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R0OMER { n D s
LIFE BY GAS

Isaac Powell, so years old, OF 10
D ST. s. E., was found dead today
with gas tube in his mouth.
The body was found by Mrs
Grace Moore, the landlady.
Mrs Moore told the police of the
Fifth precinct that Powell had
been Ia roomer in her home for
about year. He paid his rent
regulsrly and in advance, although
the only position she ever knew
him y hold was in the City Post
office several months ago.
She does not know from where
he cane or whether he has l,any
relatives or friends. He never ave
any Indication Of his intention to
end ha lifes
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-07-06
WAL KOlJ |
CR|PPLES
SUBWAY

international News service
NEW YORK, July 6.-New
York City was today in the
throes of great subway
strike.
At POI a. m. today motor
men and switchmen of the
marlborough Rapid Transit,
one of New York two big
subway lines, went on strike
for higher wages.
Service Badly Crippled
By 9 o'clock, peak hour of the
morning rush. service on the In
terborough, which operates from
the city limits of New York to
the limits of Brooklyn, was seri-
.ously crippled. Some trains were
running - at half speed, and
manned by strikebreakers i'm.
ported from Chicago, Cleveland
and other points West.
Police guarded all subway sta.
tions to prevent violence. More
than 1000 policemen were as.
signed to duty at stations and 0n
the trains, guarding the strike
breakers.
Several Arrests Made
Several arrests were made mp tt
9 o'clock, but no violence was re
ported.
Neither the. company nor strike
leaders had authentic figures or
the number % men affected. Lead
! lcahlalaaa On Pare !. Column ~.
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I AK. RA I /
ADVANCED
$3.50

A tax rate of $50 for the
current fiscal year was an
nounced today by the District
Commissioners, upon the
recommendation of Auditor
Daniel j. Donovan.
Donovan reported that the
application of $3.50 on each
800 of the full value assess
ment of real estate and tangi-
BILE personal property will pro-
duce an estimated revenue of
$18,752,OOO as against the re-
quired sum of $18,645,277.
Revenue Under $1.7O Rate
A comparison as drawn by the
auditor to the operation results of
the $1.70 tax rate effective during
the year ending Thursday with
the rate recommended for the cur
rent year. The former rate pro-
duced a revenue amounting to
$14,503,593 the auditor said.
With deductions chargeable to. the
water and gas tax funds and TO
the surplus revenue funds, Donovan
fixes the amount to be paid from
the revenues Of the United States
and the District of Columbia at $50.
241 $50. Supplemental charges
against the Districts revenue fund
bring the total to be raised to S34,
345 PIT.
Donovan also drafted a. synopsis
of the estimates submitted to him
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
81 ADyFeTIsEMTNT
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REF. NORM
|5SQN3HT
M PROBE
Continued on Page 2. Column 9

The Senate Slush Fund Com
mittees today ordered the
sergeant-at-arms of the SEN
ate to require the presence I"
of Representative John NJ.
NORM (Rep.) of Pennsylvania
at the Senate hearings. The
order, tantamount to placing
NORM under arrest, was issued
after the Congressman three
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-07-06

WITH SUBWAY trains running at half schedule and
all traffic operating at snals pace New York today
felt the strike of the underground motormen and.
switchmen keenly During the rush hours, the Inter
borough Rapid Transit Subway System could not cope
with the horde of office-bound workers Frank He'd
ley president of the |. r. T., and George Van Nance
and James L. Quackenbush, other r. T. officials are
watching the developments closely. Hedey predicted
Is per cent normal service today adding that strike
breakers, imported from Cleveland and Chicago, are
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being doiced at marlborough barracks at One Hum
dred and Forty-ninth Street. Harry Bark, Edward r.
LAWN and Joseph Phean representatives of the motor
ID report traffic at ! virtual standstil Philip
Eusack, James S. Doyle and Abraham i. Merrill Of
the + r. T. system made all arrangements for the
recruiting Of train operatives just what cumulative
effect the te-up will have New York's traffic is
hard to predict that the strike arrived ct time
directly upon the return Of holiday vacaonsts-
the influx of people was at high point.
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The Winners

of the Is Cash Prizes
in The Times and
Herald classified Best
Letter Contest" are
announced today in the
Classified Section.
Turn to Page II and
see IL you are one Of
the lucky ones.
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All E1uotoa ny AhteIuAtloHht
promptly in the grain carrying
trade In the gulf ports to handle
the wheat crop.
A shortage Of ships base been
caused by the British coal strike,
All available vessels having. been
utilized 70 carry coal
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SO q. S. SHIPS TO BE USED
~ 0RAIN-cARRYINc TRADE

re shipping Board today in.
AersAsd president Coolidge that 50
aittpzaa nhipa ucnla = plAesd
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2, r dice Guardson
N. Y. Sub 2 Trains
i. r. + OfficiaIs Report
500 Normal Serpice
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ADvEBTIsEMgNT

Atlantic City'a best moderate urice
hotela, ElboronS and New 1Foaupfss
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-01

Unsettled tonight and Thurs
day, with local thunderstorms;
not much change in tempera-
ture. .
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-01
MOVIE OPERATORS
co OUT ON STRIKE
But Theaters viii Not Be
Closed, Owners Say.

Approximately seventy-flve union
motion picture operators in from
forty-f1ve to fifty theaters today
were on strike following the failure
of wage scale negotiations that at.
tended expiration of a wage con-
tract at midnight Tuesday, Arthur
w. Lyday business manager of the
operators union, said. Theater own
ers said no theaters would be closed,
however.
All downtown motion picture
houses opened at their usual hours
today.
Stage employees, numbering nearly
one hundred, went on strike at noon,
Lyday said. They are affiliated with
the operators in the International
Alliance of Theatrical Stage EN-
ployes and Moving Picture Machine
Operators of the United States and
Canada. Only picture house stage
employees are affected, 1t was said.
Theater owners agreed to pay the
operators $1.05 an hour, but they
have remained firm in their demand
for $1.20. They originally demanded
$1.40. Their present compensation
is 81 an hour. Continuation of ne.
gotiations is expected
Officials of stage employees and riu-
sicians' unions said thay had re-
ceived no orders from national or.
CARNATIONS to Join the walkout in
conformity with a national agree
ment between the unions, Lyday
said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-01
ELEVATION EFFORT
HITS MONEY SNAG
Only 2-Cent Levy in 1927
Budget, Realtors Told.

An effort Of Indianapolis Real Es-
tate Board members to obtain rapid
action on elevation of the Belt Rail
road tracks between English Ave,
and w. New York ST., today struck
Ia financial snag.
Despite the assurance obtained at
a meeting of the realtors today in
Mayor. Duvall's office that the Belt
Company will present plans for the
Improvement within the next ten
days, city officials pointed out that
the 2-cent levy in the 1927 budget
for elevation will suffice only to
pay the city's share of elevation in
progress on the Belt tracks between
Michigan and Thirteenth Sts., and
on the c., I. G. w. and Pennsylvania
lines, at State Ave. and Cruise st.
Track Elevation Engineer NJ. N.
Bebee said he tried to obtain a Accent
levy, but that it was cut to 2 cents.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-01
MORE TROOPS CO
TO RIOT SCENE
Strikers Fired on In Cotton
MiH Dispute.
BU United Press

Bu Untted Press
MANVILLE, r. l., Sept. 1.-Thir-
ty-five members Of the 103d Field Ar.
tillery, National Guard, arrived by
motor truck from Providence early
today to reinforce eleven State po-
lice, who Tuesday night battled five
hundred strikers Of the Manville-
Jenckes cotton mill.
All Of the eleven troopers were cut
by stones hurled by the strikers, and
five Of the strikers, according to po-
lice, were wounded when the troop
ers returned fire which they said
came from the crowd.
After the rioting Of the evening,
order was restored, and quiet pre-.
vailed up to dawn today.
State police said shotguns were
fired by the strikers as they advanced
to storm a bridge leading to the mill,
held by police. Volleys fired into the
air. as we'll as the use Of tear bombs
failed to halt the advance and the
police finally fired directly at the
crowd
For an hour and half the strik-
ers battled with the troopers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-01
TWO BUSINESS
( PLACES LEASED
Reserve Loan Life Location
to Mimeograph Firm.

Two leases on business locations
in the War. Memorial Plaza district
were announced today.
The A. b. Dick Company Of Chi.
cago. which manufactures the
Edison Monograph, has leased the
ground floor Of the Reserve Loan
Life Insurance Company Bldg. 429
N. Pennsylvania ST., for ten years,
through Klein and Kuhn, Inc. The
Dick Company will maintain
branch office for Indiana in the
location.
A five-year lease on the entire
second floor at $50 N. Meridian ST.
has been secured by the Sando Ad-
vertising Company, now in the
BobbsMerrill Bldg, which is to be
torn down for the Memorial Plaza.
Consideration twas $4,000 a year,
this deal also being negotiated by
Klein and Kuhn. The building, the
ground floor of which is occupied
by the Stutz automobile agency, is
owned by the University Realty
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-01
TOLL
IL DEAD, 100 HURT
City of Horta Emerging From Worst Catastrophe1n Its
HStory-Homes of Hundreds Wrecked.

earthquake rocked the volcanic form
alton Of the island yesterday as
though Horta and Fayal lay upon
the breast of a painting monster.
Order has been restored, and by
Tuesday evening a temporary lighk
ing service was started to provide
light for the two scall parks where
large numbers were gathered. Be-
yond the parks, Horta appeared to
be a city of the dead, with troops
and f1remen patroling the streets be-
tween ruined houses.
The>~earth shock came at a. m.
Tuesday. A bright sun was shin
ing in an azure sky as the people
of Horta woke and began prepara-
tions for their daily work in the
quiet simple life of the ocean island
only beginning to be modernized
with OK carts beside new world
f1ivvers in the streets.
Confusion followed the quake.
Thousands ran aimlessly through
the streets Automobiles dashed at
"a furious pace. Clouds Of dust rose
from the fallen houses. When the
dust subsided an appalling picture
presented itself Instead of the quiet
little town with its whitewashed
houses against the hills-in reality
extinct volcanos-all were in rrin.
People gathered nj open spaces fear.
ing new shocks.
The injured were taken to hos
pitals, some in automobiles and some
on the arms of relatives. One man
had just left his home to go to his
work at the custom house when the
quake shook the island. He ran
back, to find his home demolished
and his wife and child dead in the
debris. Another man fed from his
house only to be killed by a huge
piece of stone which was dislodged
from the building.
Had the shock come during the
night the death toll would have
been mt tch greater.
Three Of the worlds largest cable
companies have stations here. The
stations suffered little damage.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-01
FIRE, AF TER
EXPLOSION,
KILLS BABY
Cleaning Mixture, Being
Used in Home, Ignites-
House Destroyed.
GIRL, IA, ALSO INJURED
Attempts to Reach Child Are
Futile.

Flames, started by the explosion
of a cleaning mixture, destroyed the
home of James Hall, At. Negro, 1409
n. De Quincy St. this morning. and
burned to death his baby son. John
Edward, 2.
Sarah Hall. IA. a sister of the
dead child. was seriously burned
and may not live. hospital attaches
said. Hall was burned about the
arms and legs.
The explosion occurred when
Sarah. cleaning a bed with mixture
Of gasoline and carbolic acid. put
a lighted candle up to the mattress.
as she said she had seen nurses do
in a hospital.
Girl Runs Out
Her dress afire, the girl ran
screaming into the back yard fol
lowed by her mother and father,
The baby, playing on the floor Of
the bedroom. was forgotten while
they extinguished the flames. con
suming the girls clothes. Hall was
burned when he wrapped a blanket
about the daughter.
In the meantime, the flames had
spread. John Williams. 81. Negro,
1923 n. Riley Ave. for whom the
baby was named, attempted to reach
the boy by wrapping a blanket
around his head and crawling on
the floor. but -7as driven back by
the smoke and flames.
William Barefeld. Negro. also
failed in an attempt to reach the
child.
Damage $500
The home, a fve-room cottage,
was destroyed. The damage was
estimated at $4,000.
F1remen/ were forced to run a
hose from Sixteenth st. to prevent
spread of flames to other houses.
The baby's body burned beyond
recognition, was recovered when the
flames were extinguished.
DIR. J. H. Hatfield. $40 N. Emerson
Ave. gave the girl, Sarah. first aid
and said she was suffering from
second degree burns. She was taken
to city hospital.