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MISSING MARINE OFFICER IN FINANCIAL STRAITS
OFFICIAL WEATHER BUREAU REPORT
Snow, rain and colder tonight; lowest
temperature, 30 degrees. Temperature
for yesterday—High, 44; low, 31.
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MITCHELL MAY SUBPOENA COOLIDGE
Milton E. Ailes, Financier, Is Dead
MRS. STILLMAN ASKS DIVORCE
OFFICEBIN
FINANCIAL
STUNTS
Missing Marine Lieutenant
May Be on Way to Join
Foreign Legton
ANNAPOLIS, Md., Oct. 30.
Circumstances which hive de-
* veloped in the disappearance of
Lieutenant William Faga,
young marine officer, who has
been A. W. O. L. from this station
since October 6, indicate that he
may have been overwhelmed by
the financial burden that he was
carrying and was not able to
face the situation at Annapolis.
May Be Off For France
Friends think that it is possible ■
that his worries unbalanced him,:
and it has even been
that he has joined the French >
Foreign Legion.
It is also known that Faga had ;
, Seen traveling in rather lively cir
cles in Washington and Annapolis I
and that his salary as a marine ;
lieutenant was not sufficient to '
meet the financial demands.
It is certain that he owed con- )
•iderable money and this is thought i
to have been the chief reason for ■
* his disappearance.
Had A«ave Extended
.. Faga had been on leave for two ;
weeks and applied by telephone for
Its extension. This was not granted '
and he returned to Annapolis, where I
he secured a few days more. This !
leave was up on October 6. but i
Faga did not report, though he •
was seen in Washington that day. i
Since that date October 6, so far '
as is known. Faga has not been
seen by any of his friends or ordi
nary associates.
POLICE ASKED TO FIND
MISSING J. GORMAN
Police were asked today to search
for John Gorman, seventeen, who
has been missing from his home,
410 M street southeast, since Mon
day.
Gorman weighs 150 pounds, has
dark complexion and hair, and wore!
< red sweater with light trousers.
MILLINER ASKS TO BE
ADJUDGED BANKRUPT
Marian Carson Teeple, 2021 Four
teenth street northwest, who says
•he is a milliner, today asked the
District Supreme Court to adjudge
her a voluntary bankrupt, listing
her assets at $l5O and her debts as I
12,316.86.
Attorneys Cromelin & Laws ap
pear for petitioner.
Today’s Scratches
At
FIRST RACE—Billy Todd, Elu
sive, R. E. Clark, Poinsettia. Con
tact, Barracuda, Invasion, Wuhu,
Ray Jr., and Great Beginner.
SECOND RACE—Gauntlet, Royal
Flag, and Steady Lady.
THIRD RACE —Phidias, Sweep
stakes, Mac O’Boy, and Yoohoo.
FOURTH RACE—Muldoon. Be
gonia, Red Pennant, and Blended
Depard.
FIFTH RACE—Sir Peter. ,
SIXTH RACE—Lang Syne, Pandy.
Franer. Finnister. Sutler, Green
woods, Nettie Sweep, and Torch.
, SEVENTH RACE—Xanthos. Di
•pratty, Ferguson, Bonfire, Johnny
p verton, and Fusileer.
JYeather, cloudy; track, heavy
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Lions That Halted
Railroad Are
Preserved
CHICAGO, Oct. 30.—The fa
mous man-eating lions of Tsavo,
that stopped work on the Brit
ish Uganda railroad and caused
Parliament to take action, are
again at bay.
They are harmless, however,
crouching in a glass case at the
Field Museum of Natural His
tory, where they were placed.
The two animals, splendid
speciments for the taxidermist,
were shot by Colonel J. H. Pat
terson, English engineer and
sportsman, but not until they
had killed 135 coolies and work
ers in the Uganda construction
eamp in 1898.
SETSIHIIL
15 FACING
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Commissioner in # e Jia. Who
Bombarded Damascus
Thorn to Painleve
By FREDERICK K. ABBOTT
International News Service
PARIS. Oct. 30.—Premier Pain
leve, having rid his cabinet of M.
Caillaux, now finds himself again
facing serious difficulties because
it a personality. This time it is
General Sarrail, French Commis
sioner in Syria.
Unless Premier Painleve throws
General Sarrail overboard he will
find himself facing such stiff op
position in the chamber next week
that his government may find dif
ficulty in continuing in office.
The general impression prevails
that General Sarrail’s recall is al
ready prepared, if it has not gone
forward.
Concourt Called Successor
M. Paul Concourt. the socialist
deputy, is understood to have been
' tentatively selected as'dfvil commis
sioner to succeed General Sarrail.
The appointment of a civil com
missioner would make it easier for
the government to sidetrack Gen
eral Sarrail.
Public opinion is deeply aroused
over the course of action General
Sarrail has followed in Syria.
Charges have been made before the
senate committee by M. Millerand
that General Sarrail’s policy has
cost no less than 3,000 French lives
and has led to serious damages
to French property.
It is also pointed out that France
has received protests from the
United States on the course Gen
f/a.l Sarrail took in bombarding
Damascus, and faces heavy claims
for damages from both the United
States and Great Britain.
Command Near End
The Echo de Paris, which has
carried on a persistent campaign
for Sarrail’s recall, declared it had
information from an authoritative
source that the general’s command
Is all but at an end. It stated
that M. Briand consented to re
sume his place in the new cabinet
as foreign minister only with the
express understanding that General
Sarrail be recalled.
Reports from Syria today indi
cate that conditions are quiet in
Damascus, but there is danger of
new attacks from the Druses.
By International News Service
PARIS, Oct. 30.—Djebel Druse
tribesmen have renewed their
attacks upon Damascus, according
to dispatches received by the foreign
office today.
General Sarrail, French high com
missioner, has wired that a column
under command of General Gamelin
is under attack from the Druses
on the outskirts of Damascus, but
>■ holding out and is defending the
city with slight losses.
WASHINGWNTIMES
NTUI 1Q QQK Entered as second-class matter at
INU. lO,OOt> Postoffice at Washington, D. C.
FIKE LORO
SEEN IN
0.0.
Fur-Swindler, Famed for Mrs.
Virginia Martin Theft, Used
17th Street Phone
A man answering the same gen
eral description of the mysterious
“Lord” Cornelius Beaverbrook,
and using the name of Baron von
Beaverbrook, was reported to the
Washington police today, as hav
ing been seen here. -
He is wanted by locai U
ties for swindling
Martin, of Wardman
he married under of
Lord Cornelius
Seen Last Night
The man was seen In a pastry
shop on Seventeenth street north
west late last night.
He was using the telephone in
the shop, and apparently in answer
to a query as to who was calling
the man replied:
“Baron Von Beaverbrook.”
He gave his address at a nearby
apartment house just around the
corner.
The Detective Bureau scoffed at
the suggestion today that the man
whose real name is supposed to be
John V. Weidmeier would come
back to a city where he carried on
one of his biggest operations.
It was Weidmeir-Edwards-Von
Edwards. Lord Beaverbrook or
Baton Von Beaverbrook, who is al
leged defrauded Miss Virginia Mar
tin of this city of $40,000, and Mrs.
Clarinda Hunter of $6,000.
When the man who called him-
Baron Von Beaverbrook, who it is al
talking over the phone, he appeared
very nervous and did not answer
readily to the question put to hint
by the man on the other .end of
tne wire.
I.(Hiked Older
The “Baron” looked older than
the pictures held at the Detective
Bureau of the alleged swindler.
He was dressed not in the fash
ion of one who could use his appear
ance to an advantage in society.
He talked in an unmistakable
halty voice and presented a picture
of a man who was not in the best
of circumstances instead of the man
who left St. Louis with $29,000 in
his pocket.
In his cel) at St. Louis, where he
was held before he got out on $5,000
bond, the "Baron” gave a glimpse
of his philosophy of life.
“Women were made to fall, and
the richer they are the quicker they
fall."
The “Baron” is also wanted in
New York for the alleged swindle
of Mrs. Rose Burkin. From her
the police say, he got approximately
SIIO,OOO in furs and jewels.
Part of the jewels and furs taken
from Mrs. Burkin were later found
to be in the possession of Miss
Martin here, and were turned over
to the police.
SOCIETY~CO U PLE~P A Y
FINE IN MORALS COURT
CHICAGO, Oct. 30.—Thomas E.
Lawrence and Julia Gruner, St
Louis society people, today ended a
series of court actions by paying a
fine of SIOO each in Morals Court
here.
The couple were surprised in a
Chicago hotel last August by de
tectives led by Lawrence’s wife, who
sought divorce from the St. Louts
clubman.
Mrs. Gruner, widow of Jack
Gruner. St. Louis sportsman, and
Lawrence were given a continuance
when they first appeared in court,
but later sentenced to thirty days
in the House of Corrections, with a
one-month stay.
WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1925
Noted District Banker
Succumbs to Attack
of Heart Disease
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COPYRIGHT SY HARRIS * EWIMO
MILTON E. AILES,
President of the Riggs National
Bank, and leading Washingtdn
financier, who died suddenly at -
his home at Harper’s Ferry, W.
Va., this morning at 11 o’clock.
MILTDN E. AILES
DIES DF HEART
DISEASE
Noted Financier Expires Sud
denly at His Harpers
Ferry Home
Milton E. Ailes, president of
the Riggs National Bank, died
suddenly of heart disease today
at 11 o’clock, in his summer home
at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
According to word received at
the bank today, Mr. Ailes was
conversing with friends when he
collapsed in a chair, dying short
ly afterward,
Mr. Ailes had been in poor
health for some time, but his
condition was not considered
serious. He was fifty-eight year?
old.
Milton Everett Ailes was horn
August 19, 1867, in Shelby county.
Ohio, son of Hezekiah S. and Jane
Ailes. He was a graduate of the
high school at Sidney, Ohio, Na
tional University Law School, with
degrees of LL. B.; in 1889, and LU
M., in 1890. He came to Washing
ton in 1885, to take a position in
the Internal Revenue Bureau, be
gan the study of law, and was ad
mitted to the District of Columbia
bar in 1890.
He was appointed private secre
tary to Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury Wilke during McKinley s
first term and became private sec
retary to Secretary of the Treasury
when Mr. Vanderllp was appointed
Assistant Secretary.
He served as Assistant Secre
tary of the Treasury front 1901 to
1903. At that time he was con
sidered the youngest man to ever
hold such a position in the Gov
ernment service.
In 1903 he resigned from the
Treasury Department to become
vice president of the Riggs Na-
FLO LEEDS
MAYBE
NAMED
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Former Actress Seeks Separ
ation on Statutory Grounds,
It Is Said
NEW . YORK, Oct. 30.—The sen
sational Stillman * case sprang
into the limelight again today.
Mrs. Anne Stillman, it be
came known, has begun suit for
divorce from James A. Stillman,
former president of the National
City bank.
The action, it is understood, will
be tried befre a referee appointed
bv the supreme court in West
chester county, and will be on
statutory grounds.
The filing of the new suit came
as a surprise. It has been be
lieved that the Stillman action
was definitely closed.
Sult Kept Secret
Attorneys for both Stillman and
"Mrs. Stillman took every precau
tion to prevent knowledge of the
suit becoming public.
Stillman could not be found today,
i Mrs. Stillman was inaccessible at
i Grande Anse, Quebec, fifty miles
from a telephone.
In the forthcoming hearing of
the divorce suit it is understood
Mrs Stillman plans to use against
her husband the same evidence that
she adduced against him when he
sued her for divorce and named
i Beauvais, an Indian guide, as co
! respondent.
I At that time Mrs. Stillman met
her husband’s accusations of mis
conduct with Beauvais by charging
him with misconduct with Mrs.
, Florence (“Flo”) Leeds, a former
I chorus beauty.
Other Women Named
Stillman asserted that the Indian
guide was the father of baby Guy
Stillman, and Mrs. Stillman denied
it. She countered by alleging her
husband was the father of Mrs.
Leeds' son. Jay Ward Leeds.
Later, Mrs. Stillman amended her
answer and named other women as
co-respondents.
It is not known whom Mrs. Still
man will name in the present suit.
DR. wTLEY’R’ESIGNS’ FROM
COLUMBIA HOSPITAL
The resignation of Doctor Har
• vey W. Wiley as a member of the
board of directors of the Columbia
Hospital was accepted today by the
District Commissioners.
i A recommendation was made that
i W. W. Everett be appointed to fill
i the vacancy.
' LEGIOhFPOST TO GIVE
HALLOWEEN DANCE
Prizes will be awarded for the
I most original costumes at a Hal
| luween dance to be given tonight
iby the Jacob Jones Post, of the
' American Legion. The dance will
ibe held in the Marine Barracks,
Eighth and 1 street southeast, and
will start at 9 o’clock.
tional Bank. He was elected presi
dent of the Riggs National Bank
June 14, 1921, which position he
held up to the time of his death.
Hilleary Hoskinson, vice presi
dent of the bank, and other friends
went to Mr. Ailes’ summer home
yesterday, spent the night there,
and were conversing with their
host when he was stricken. A
physician was called, but death
came before he could he given aid.
Mr. Ailes was prominent during
the world war as a leader of tlve
Liberty loan drives.
He is survived by his widow. Mrs.
Mary E. Ailes, and three children—
i Mrs. Pere A. Wilmer. Mary Ailet,
and Milton E. Ailes, jr.
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Wealthy banker Stillman’s alleged “sweetie”
Noted Brigand Tires
of Being Hunted
By International News Semite
BUCHAREST, Oct. 30.—Tomescu, noted Rumanian brigand,
is thinking of giving up the brigand business, complaining
that he is annoyed by being constantly hunted like a wild
animal. I
Tomescu desired to get his trou-4
bles before the people, so he cap
tured George Andronescu, burgo
master of Cetatenl, took him Into
the woods, and for two hours told
him his troubles, and the burgo
master returned to Bucharest to
pub the interview in the local
papers.
Tomescu told the burgomaster
that inasmuch as he robs only rich
people and always helps the poor,
that ire feels he Is not being rightly
treated by the royal Rumanian
gendarmerie, who are constantly*
on his trail. Furthermore, the
gendarmerie recently shot and killed
his colleague, Munteanu.
The burgomaster suggested that
Tomescu come to Bucharest, sur
render to the police, and take a
chance of securing a royal pardon.
Tomescu is thinking it over. He
doesn’t care to spend the rest of his
life fleeing, so he thinks of retiring
and reforming.
Meantime he continues to rob
only the rich.
! HOM El
EDITION
Stillmans Again In
Divorce Court
The Suing Wife, the
Rich Banker, and the
k Other Woman.
DRY FORCES ASK FOR
MORE AID IN FLORIDA
More reinforcements, by land
and sea. are necessary if the coast- 1
lines of Florida are to be barri
caded against the inflow of boot- '
leg liquor. General Lincoln C. An- !
drews, enforcement head, was told
today* by* Benjamin T. Simmons, .
administrator for Florida.
More agents and more boats are ‘
required to stem the tide of booze !
running from Havana, Bimini, the ’
Bahamas and other adjacent wet '
spots. |
SPAIN TO FIGHT TILL
ABD-EL-KRIM SUBMITS
MADRID, Oct. 30.—Submission of
Abd-El-Krim to the Sultan of Mo
rocco and the admission of Spain
to the Riff country as a protector
is the only basis upon which Spain
will negotiate peace with Abd-El-
Krim. it was officially stated to
day.
The newspaper Sol ?'ate« today
that Abd-El-Krim paying
his troops with money* lound in the
palace of Raisuli.
HEID HOLDS
PHESIDENT
ACCUSED
FLIER
Asks Court to Call Him and
Threatens to Do So If
Generals Refuse
By WILLIAM K. HUTCHINSON
Congressman Frank R. Reid
(Rep.), of Illinois, announced this
afternoon he would probably de
mand a subpoena be issued for
President Coolidge as a witness
in Colonel “Billy” Mitchell’s court
martial. As Mitchell’s chief civil
ian counsel, Reid declared that
the Pnswdent had been named by
the War Department as the i
ing colonel's accuser and prosecu
j tor.
“The accused has the right to
|be faced by his accuser,” said
Reid. “Under the ruling of the
court and the position taken by
the trial judge advocate that the
! President was the accuser and
1 prosecutor, we are entitled to have
j him confront the accused at this
I proceeding.
May Subpoena President
I “If the prosecution doesn’t pro
’ duce him, we probably will subpoena
the President,” declared Reid.
• The name of President Coolidge
was given Mitchell’s “jury of gen
erals” as his prosecutor yesterday
by Colonel Sherman Moreland, trial
judge advocate, when defense coun
sel insisted that no commanding
officer of the abused had indorsed
the court-martial charges or or
dered their investigation, as re
quired by military law.
h “Who did recommend the court-
I martial and order an nivestigation?”
’ Moreland was asked.
i “The Secretary of War at the in
stance of the President, who is
Commander-in-Chief of the army,”
Moreland replied.
Colonel Blanton Winship, law
member of the court, then used
this statement as the basis for a
decision on over-ruling a defense
motion to quash the whole proceed
ing. »
Wrong, Moreland Says.
In his opinion, later confirmed by
! the "jury of generals,” Winship held
| that President Coolidge, as com
i mander-in-chief of the army, wag
I Mitchell’s commanding officer as
I required by the army manual.
I Moreland, when, questioned this
afternoon, declared he had not -
( named President Coolidge as Mit
i chell’s accuser.
I “That is the construction placed "
i on my statements by the defense,”
j said Moreland. “I said the Secretary
; of War, at the Instance of the
j President, had ordered an investiga
tion of the charges against Mitchell.
I see no need for calling the Presi
dent.”
Mitchell Pleads Not
Guilty After Court
Denies Bill He Asks
All his technical defenses swept
away Colonel Billy Mitchell, storm
center of the nation’s aircraft con
troversy was formally arraigned
today before his “jury of gen
erals” and pleaded “not guilty”
to charges of conduct prejudicial
to military discipline by his vig
i orous verbal denouncements of
1 American aviation policies.
! Mitchell made his plea of not
’ guilty eight times, denying each
1 one of eight specifications named
lin the charges on which he is
I being court martialed. He faced
the court of generals, the highest
military court ever assembled in
the United States erect and spoke
in a firm clear tone. t
Follows Another Reverse
The pleading followed directly on
the heels of another reverse for
the defense. The court having de
nied a motion by Mitchell’s coun
sel for a “bJI of particulars,” set
forth in detail the part of his
public were -onwidered
as violating tn of wag