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15,;- ROBERT 'r. SMALL
: Special Correspondent
. Of The Evening Sentinel
(Copyright. 1923)
ignition as solicitor general of the
United States had been “discounted"
they say in ‘Wall street, but nev-
érxh'eleas \Vashington will not seem
1116 same without “Jim” Beck. He
hp! been more or less a. part of the
ital for the last quarter of a.
gntury—cx'er since he came here in
00 as an assistant attorney gen-
eral." The beginning of his Wash-
. ington service even antedated that
92‘ Jules Jusserand. the former
French ambassador. who came to
regard himself as an institution if
not indeed a landmark.
" ‘Mr. Beck‘s government service has
not been continuous. but even when
' was out of the service he was
frequently a. visitor to \Vashington.
éalicd here by legal business before
the departments or before the Su-
preme court and calledinto consul-
tation by the occupants of the
White House.
. ”The solicuor general
the public service, his friends admit.
n.’ disappointed man. lie hala tillr-d
the highest places in the goxern-
merit have been withheld from him.
Like Bascom Slemp. who l‘t-slgnt:tl
ifia‘socrctary to the President. Mr.
.Beck had expected a. cabinet call.
310 had first of all expected to suc-
ceed Harry M. Daugherty as attor-
aey general. But Mr. Beck “:15
appointed solicitor general by Pres-
' Idept Harding. Perhaps that mili-
fitted against hint. There nevcr has
to; a. cabinet portfolio. liis work
as solicitor general has been de-
scribed by those “ho lime followed
It as brilliant. The government
scarcely if 0\ er has had a anl‘t: clo-
quont. more learned pleader at the
Liar of the Supreme court. Mr. Chivt‘
{engeneral himself. has been one
of Mr. Beck‘s t’rankest admirers.
in 'tlie diplomatic shifts which
i-"hial‘ked the beginning of Mr. (fool-
‘ 'Idge's new term. his Cui‘Ct'l‘ might
be switched to the diplomatic corps.
HIS’eyes particularly were set upon
.tfi'c‘court of St. James. lie is known
and esteemed in England.‘ As a
matter of fact during‘the war there
. wan almost worship for Mr. Beck
.. in London. Ills book liming to do
with the outbreak of the \Vorld war
and called “The Evidence in the
Case," published at the'end of 1914.
ms regarded in England and in all
the allied countries as the lint~sl
"brief" Which could
They called his arguments unan-
‘Iswerable. The work was quoted far
. and wide, and it was felt: in ling-
land particularly that it was a [Orif-
runner of. American intervention or
participation in the war. or course
there followed the long years of
disappointment "over there"
at last she glad tidings came in
1917 that America was "in."
Through the dark years of non-
action in America, however. there
was no‘loss of esteem for M r. Beck.
He frequently \isitc-d the other side
' Q‘v
were fit for an ambassador or a
ruler.
Ehere .is no doubt that England
welcomed James M.
The same
,wc-n'ild have
Bock with open arms.
vauid have applied to any of the
alfled countries.
I‘l-esident Coolidge. huwmrr. has
had his own ideas, or his own ad-
; vice.
years of arduous Work
.pil'tment of Justice
in the De-
going for
, ,mittcd his resignation. it has
"hung fire until now. but “Jim"
Beck. good soldier that he is. has
carried on without a murmur. He
will not admit to his most intimate
'_ friends today that he had felt the
“ slightest disappointment, but know-
ing his proved ability and knowing
human ambitions, Washington for
once at least, has been. able to put.
two and two together and call it
four.
'1‘ It is a tritc thing to say that such
and such a man has been "one of
.the most popular ofiiclals in the
government." The phrase should
have been saved for Mr. Beck. He
has been all that and more. A gifted
orator. he has been sought
after-dinner speeches through
the
has given willingly or his time and
talents to every public
3’6 has been untiring in
“iodine government. .
regime. His work was
:1: his presence in the
r.
‘contldence.
e is being wiped
nail.
btedly will
being a. poor man today.
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Been‘ln Service in Washington Since 1900, 3
” Been Satisfied ,With Diplomatic Station
. wasmxo'rox. May 2.-—His res-V
is leaning-E
positions or hoaor and esteem. but
been any question about his him-ss‘
V’ Justice Taft, who llsod to be sollci- '
7 Mr. 1;;ch also had thought that I
be prepared. ;
until :
and the honors laxished upon hiini
Mr. Beck saw his latest four.
naught, and so, t-arly in March, hoI
for
length and breadth of the land. lie
enterprise.
his zeal
But Mr. Beck was in the Depart-
giant of Justice under the Daugher-
‘ ' _ almost
Wily independent of the attorney
De-
~ "out was an assurance of pub-
But the Daugherty
out, tooth
’mr a. trip to Europe, Mr. Beck
resumethe pri-
pljactice of law. with offices in
ark. ‘Like former Secretary
he will go out to make his
fortune. although he is far
.iB'eck is in his 65th year. Her
e of‘Philadelphia. and ié'a
Moravian college
service began
Wynn. ago. when he
.mted assistant district at-
.m Mn part of Penn-
suen followod his
as assistant at-
- 1903 to 190?
33.1mm York. The
World war affected
_t, his own voil-
_o'yer to a. study
acts. He pub-
r or five War
'0. being called
'ew-Freedom' -
nun
.Years ‘-—— Would Have
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May. Day Chlebrated
Gaily in London
LONDON. May 2.——May Day in
England passed quietly with the
usual village and other local cele-
brations. In London the stock
exchange was closed for the day
While the members took their an-
nual group walk lathe country.
it was lubor's big day and more
than ten thousand men. women
and. children marched along the
embankment to the accompani-
ment of. bands and gathered in
orderly groups in Hyde Park. for
the annual carnival and May pole
dancing.
WILL OCCUPY
GREEK PULPlT
IN. STAMFORD
1Judge Ells Gives.
I Preacher Tim e to I
Perfect Defense for;
Court—Hearings
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STA “FORD. May L's--
George lx’nlozianes. Stamford mer- _
It-hant and cobbler. will occupy the}
ipulpit of the Annunciation Greek:
lOrthodox church in this city. Sunday. 1
,despitc a ruling of Monsignor Alex-.
iandv-r. archbishop of America. sus-
Lllf‘lltlll‘lfl him from performance 0!
Iprlr-rtly dutir-s for nine months. it
nuts tlcrlarrnl hvforc Judge Arthur
El-‘. lills in Supt'rior court in llridgeg
:purl yesterday.
The affairs or the Greek parish
illl‘C uct'llpyillg the attention of the
'eourt undrr a writ of mandamus, ap-
nwlied for by Attornry Arthur D. Aus-
{tin, counsrl for a committee of four
:(‘I‘llllT'h members who claim to rep-
resent the majority of the parish-
ionrrs in seeking to oust Kalogiancs‘
as priest. -
Attorney Austin asked the. court
atoday for a. temporary injunction rc-
Istraining Kalogianes from perform-
iance of services in the church until
the allegations contained in the unit
for mandamus are proved or dis-
proved.
Allrn'nvy Joseph L. Melvin of
iStami‘ord. appeared in court as coun-
f'sel for the priest and his constitu-‘
sterious
grown up
age of 81.
tion as a. mystic,
pita their disappointmgnt in th
ure of o e of her prophecies.
a. "second Christ",
Bishops of FChurchf of
England- (sauce to
WitneSSOii'ening» of
' Sodficotth‘ok , '
Loxpo‘iv. nay 2—-:_When 24 Bish-
ops of the church of England gath;
or to witness thcppening of the my-
Southcott ‘Box- .. ‘ ,
which many strange .b'eliets have
since the death of Joanna
Southcott in *1331.~ it is‘contidently
expected that a "ghost will be killed.
Johanna. Southcottwvas- born in
Devonshirc in 17.50 and died attire
- She had a. wide-reputa-
and had a. group of
followers estimated at'100.000 who
believed her to bent. prophet. des-
0 fall-
_ 'made
in— 1830; that she would 'givc birth to
As she was dying she had many
manuscripts and papers locked in a
box. and stipulated that it was not
to be opened except in the presence
of 24 bishops of die Church of Eng-
land. The then Archbishop of Can-
terbury ignored the pleas of her fol-
lowers to call‘ together the bishops
for this purpose. He refuged to
have anything to do with the absurb
idea.
Myth and fable . have steadily
grown up about the? person of Joan-
na Southcott since then. Claims rc-
around .
gardlng her powers that were never
even suggested in her life are now
implicitly believed by large numbers
of English people. It is held for in-
stance. that. tho Soulhcott box con-
tains papers capable of uniting all
the churches of the world. and also
dangers.
it is in order to settle. the matter
Additional Building News—Continued From Page 3
Roodner May Erect
Building in Railroad Avenue
Samuel
Samuel Roodncr. whose
building is having its found
to conquer.
four-story building. r-ithor in
shall street or Railroad avenue.
when mlrstionml on the subject.
\\‘.\.~‘l~ll.\'t".T0.\‘. May
tion of a quasi-philanthropic finance
corporation to deal in second trusts
has been proposed Secretary
iloovs‘r as a remedy for housing con-
ditions ill the capital.
The plan would enable the Gov-
ernment employes to obtain funds
by
gents... ills principal argument in op-I
ipositlon to the issuance of a tem-.
‘pornry injunction was that he lindI
Ibcon unable to prepare a dcfvnse to:
'll‘m action.
Kaloglanes. who conducts a gem;
and shod repair shop here. '
I priest of the church since’
.1912. the court was informed. ’l‘hv‘
‘liy-law undvr which he is alleged‘
Ito be illegally holding office. was.
adopted in l‘JlT.
‘ ln violation of the by-lnw. Kalo-
gianos is alleged to be acting as»
_]il'it‘si of the church without having
:bcr-n properly ordained by subordin-
r:ll"S of the. lloly Synod of Greece.
‘chlling attention to this allegation
.nnd the fact that liulogianes has held
‘thl‘ position‘nmlrly 13 years, Attor-
Vin-y Austin declared it was "high
Itinuz".some action was taken.
I Judge Ells responded by inquiring
Ir-rnl store
‘hzls been
iit' the congregation would be "shock-
;ed" if lialogianes were allowed to
conduct another service. The court
.uxprcssed disc-inclination to rule on
the application for a temporary in-
junction without giving the defend—
ant a. proper period of time in which
to prepare a. defense.
It was thereupon agreed that the
hearing go over until next Friday at
1 p. 111., standard time. Kalogianes.
a. gray bearded man of advanced
years. listened intently to the‘pro-
ceedings from the rear of the court.
room. He was accompanied by Jo-
seph Silos. the church treasurer. who
will be prohibited from expending
the .church funds in the event of the
issuance of an' injunction.
THE SURVIVORS.
(Bridgeport Telegram.)
Bridgeport sincerely welcomes
the convention of Connecticut's sur-
vivors o: the Grand Army of the
Republic now in session in this city.
Each succeeding year finds feWer
and fewer of the "boys_in blue" on
hand to attend their annual conven-
tions and regimental reunions. Each
Memorial Day finds more graves
with flags to mark them and fewer
left to pay the tribute of a brother
in arms. Yet in the few America
can see the many. In these old and
feeble survivors. America can pic’-
ture the millions of strong and
stalwart men Who poured forth sing-
ing "\Vc are coming. Father Abra;
ham."
No Americans who ever served
their country are more worthy of
honor than these survivors Who
fought in. a great cause. How eat
a cause it was perhaps not even
they at the time could realize.,But
we should know, or if we do ~not
know then we are dull, and ungrate-
Get canadian Ale
seized by the W .burn police yester-
day. The. ski ment. sent' from
Quebec. contained --120 barrels, in
ful and. unworthy of the flag which
they preserved for us. _ '
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.Valued at $14,000
woeunN. 113.83.. May 2.—A~. cite; .
load of Canadian ale. billed as hay, ‘
to a fictitious address in this city was;
necessary to finance construction. the
ASK on) GRAD
TO BE TRUSTEE
“OF TRINITY
' club. the lzmon Club and the drone:-
HARTFORD. May 2.-—-Grcnville
has accepted the invitation or thn
Board of Trustees of tho colleen: to
become a member of that bod}:
President. ltcmsen l). Ogilby on-
nounccd this morning.
Mr. Kano was born in New 1:0-
chelle. New York. in 1554. He has
Ito
Iot’ foretolling all of England's future 'tho 0
together the bisho
I hox's opening.
latest Eplacv to luuild.‘
ationI‘O" street seems to be about built
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amp 0 N is ‘00 tag for "t“ worlds! The Rooduer building in “‘ashing-
““00”“"8 t" “ 1”minnow: street will be. occupied in the
he will soon beein another three orIlippcr floor by the Masonic temple.
Mar- iThe ground floor will be divided into
Mr. Rowlimr was non-conintittalihome of the
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he said.
A contemporary engraving of Joanna Southcott
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Preparations are now being made
for the ceremony. The location of
the box is known only to four per—
sons. it is reported.
BRlDE or DAY
. GIVEN FREEDO
BRIDGEPOIXT. May
Married after a. hastily planned
rlo’pement to Toronto. Canada. July
1918. and deserted there the
m‘ornmg after- the ceremony was per-
formed. That was the story told to
Judge Nowell Jennings in Superior
court today by Eileen “'elch Doyle
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l\\‘n largo stores—one will be the
s. S. Kresge store. and
the other will be taken over by L.
"Railroad nvvmir- would be a good .Colden.
Wants United States EmpIOyes .
To Be Aided With Mertgages
".-—Fornm- lSs‘rfrt‘tal‘y holds, and would counter- ?
act the present sltuatioa which. on-
tails an exorbitant interest rate on
sot-uni] trusts.
President Poolidgo recenty evinced
deep interest in Washington‘s hous-
ing rituation. and asked the Govern. ‘
merit bureaus in touch with it to sub- .
mlt thrir opinions and recommenda- '
lions to him.
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t‘itlc Railroad and is at the present
itime chairman of the board of the
. l‘Zric Railroad.
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Kane. of New York. a graduate Off
Trinity College in the. class 01’ 1975. L
lie is a director or
the New "York Public Library and
chairman of the committee of super-
visors. lie is a prominent yachts-
man nnd‘was nor-t captain for seven
years or the New York Yacht club.
lie is a member of the Tuxedo Park
club of Nov: Yorkfi
Jl'Di‘fl-I TAKES 4.000 RULE HIKE
OAKhANl). Cab. May l.~—Dudlcy
Kinsell. 51. former judge of the Ala-
meda County Superior Court bench.
r. turned to his home here yesterday
with highway-hardened feet and a
pvtv perspective of life. as a result
or what he. describes as a'casual hike
to St. Augustine. l-‘la.. and return of
1.0m» miles.
Germain White House’s Mistress
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each of
tlior
of East Port Chester. Greenwich.
:Conn.. in prosecution or her suit for
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' » ' SATU‘ RDAY, MAY 2'1.
smm
Norwalks C0113.
tor MAY 10th \
In Week ‘
. , . {1‘ I :7; 9% “A . We are shovingalam
‘ 5} . i (3 31 assortment of patterns
: i “I ITIE,‘ . = in printed and inlaid
. I J. Linoleums, suitable for
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kitchen, bath, bedrooms
and sun parlor; also
'Linoleum Rugs in all
sizes. ‘
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:divorce against.Lco James Doyle of
Port Jervis, N. Y.
The plaintiff testified that at the
time of -hcr.marriage. she was‘ 17
years old and her husband. 19.
follow‘od her to Pennsylvania where
she was to visit a. relativeand in-
duced her to clope.
The marriage was performed by a
gToronto clergyman and the couple
hvent 'to a hotel where they spent the.
might. The following morning. she
fisatd. he left her. To pay’ the hotel
lexponses. she said. she painted-a?
‘gviolin for $15 and borrowed $23
{or the minister who. the day before.
Hind married her.
' Emma. A “'elch. the plaintiff‘s
mother. testified that Mr. “’elch had
,on'ered to finance Doyle if he re-
?sumed marital relations with his
{daughtcn
iwusv testified.
i The decree was granted and the
rplaimir'f permitted
Iuse of her maiden name.
He'
Doyle flatly rcnigged. it
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to resume the 'that beer is
,and dangerous as a. beverage. It has; ice at the Sorbc'nne. l! c‘
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Frank I J acoby
I The House of Kuppenheimer Good Ciothes
112114 No. Main St. So. Norwalk
Good “on: For Near Beer. 2 no scientific n‘.~-ri~'..'
3of which I lino“.
(Dr. Howard A. Kelly. Johns Hop-I
kins Hospital.) _
I consider with eminent German}
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