Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-19
NOBLE FILES SUIT
AGAINST CALHOUNS
Sculptor Asks Injunction
Against DispositioRof Moth
erhood Memorial Funds.

Nv. Clark Noble, we'll known local
! sculptor, today filed suit in the District
Supreme Court against Capt. and Mrs
Clarence G. Calhoun, the Universal Al
lance, formerly known as the Woman's
Universal Alliance, and the Mothers
Memorial Foundation for Injunction,
discovery and accounting in reference to
furds alleged to have been collected for
the establishment of a memorial to
motherhood.
Noble, his wife, Emile, and three
others are under indictment for an al
legged conspiracy to blackmail the Cal
houns in a case centering around the
memorial and have filed pleas in ahate-
ment attacking the validity of the
grand jury which indicted them
Noble charges that the Calhouns
using the trust funds raised as afore-
said, purchased property in Maryland,
known as Braemer Forest near Chevy
Chase. and erected thereon an expensive,
attractive and artistic residence" known
as RoSSdhu where the Calhouns now
reside. They pretended, he asserts, to
promote the erection of the memorial
Of this property.
Asks Check on Donations.
The plaintiff wants the court to find
out who has contributed to the memo
rial and the amounts of such contri-
| buttons. He also wishes to learn what
amounts the Calhouns used as expenses
or in the purchase of the Maryland
property. Who authorized the change
| of the proposed site from Washington
to Maryland is another question fol
which he seeks an answer. Sale OF
the Maryland property is asked and
the use of the proceeds to pay his claim
for balance of $50, 900 for work which
he appraises at $4,000, of which he
has received only $4,000 he declares.
The sculptor tells the court that 2.
| years ago he conceived the idea o.
erecting a memorial to the Mother!
of Men," not only as a fitting tributt
! to his own mother, but as a lasting
! memorial to all those great women who
have sacrificed so much for the welfare
| of their countries. In furtherance o.
this plan, he states. he prepared draw.
| ings models and designs which he haC
! copyrighted, and reached the decision
that the National Capital was the
| proper place for the memorial. Shortly
afterward he opened studio here.
Declares Plans Were Approved.
In May, 1924, Noble says, Mrs. Cal.
houn, learning of his efforts to erect
the memorial, called at his studio anc
inspected the plans that he had formu-
lated. She asked him, he asserts, tt
permit the executive committee of hel
organization, then known as the Won.
ans Universal Alliance, to take charge
of the promotion and construction Of
the memorial. Noble says he granted
permission with the understanding tina
he should be paid for his work. June
| 8. 1924, he asserts, the executive com.
mittee of the alliance accepted his de.
signs for mothers memorial and Mrs
Calhoun began her efforts to raise the
necessary money.
Noble declares he prepared scalt
drawings and scale model of his de.
signs for use in raising the funds.
A formal contract was to be drawn
he informs the court, but because OF
objections, chickering's and delays" none
was prepared until the Fall of 1924 OF
early part of 1925 This contract, the
sculptor says, for no reason was re.
jected.
Noble declares his services were
worth more than $4,000, but with thu
exception of $4,000 he has received
against the disposition of any funds
collected for the memorial for mother.
hood
The suit came right after the issuance
of statement by Noble, in which HI
denied the blackmail charge. which HI
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