Evening Star Newspaper, June 7, 1923, Page 5

| 'LIFTING OF PARKING BAN AIDS BUSINESS Merchants. See Increased Trade Due to the Lessen- ed Restrictions. Washington business men we greatly pleased today when the lift- ing of the ban on parking brought a very noticeable increase in store pd- tronage. This was evident from the carly morning hours, when patrons who have been unable to park their automobiles within four or five blocks of the stores in the business section took advantage of the Commissioners’ revocation of the restrictions on parking. All Lines of Business Better. All lines of business in the down- town section showed a decided im- provement in trade today, but the big department stores felt the change most har J. Coulmbus, executive of Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association, who had been keeping in close touch with the situation, was much gratified today at repor! from retail stores throughout the business scetion, These stores unan mously reported that there was a brisk improvement in trade as a di- rect result of the parking resirictions being abandoned. The larger stores along Tth stre served much larger crowds of pur- chasers today than on ary previous @ay this week. Harold H. Levy. man- ager of the Hecht Company denar ment store, 4. “Trade is much he ter today Credit to Commissioners. The action of the District commis- sioners in removing the restrictions on parking has helped a great deal. They are to be congratulated on their foresight in preparing to handle the tremendous traflic, but experience teaches. We learn as we go along, and the Commissioners found that it would be possible to allow parking in the downtown scction without serious interference with traffic. They are rving the public_better by allow- them to park. It has been a very at hardship not only to the stores but to the people themselyes. an comments made by our tomers today show that the publ ap- A. Lisnér, proprietor of the Palais Royal. said “It was a very good idea tor the Commissioners to remove the restrictions on parking. Business _immediately picked up, showing that the purchasing public appreciated the opportunity afforded them, It was the best thing to do, and ‘the Com: missioners are to be congratulated. PLEA OF THEATERS HEARD. Movie Men Ask Modification of No Parking Rule. cation of the mo- parking rule, put into effect down- for the Shrine convention, was requested of Commissioner ~Oyster today by the owners of motion’ pic- ture theaters. The theater men asked that the ban. which still remains on parking after 6 o'clock in the evening be lifted for Saturday and Sunday nights, In response to the appeals of bu: s men, the Commissioner yester- y removed the restriction ‘during the day everywhere except on Penn- sylvania avenue. It was decided to retain the no- parking rule after 6 in the evening because of the night celebrations which are drawing thousands to the congested area. Harry, M. Crandall, representing the theater bwners, and Charles J. Colum- bus of the Merchants and Manufac- turers’ Association, told the Com- missioner today they agreed with him that there will be need for the anti- parking rule tonight and tomorrow night They expressed the belief, however. € it could be removed for Satur- day and Sunday nights for the accom- modation o theater goers without causing traffic congestion. The Commissioner promised to con- sider carcfully the request cf the theater representatives. His courss | of action probably will depend upon how large a crowd is still in the city_after tomorrow night. All of the special Shrine traffic regulations ends at midnight Sunday. POSING AS SHRINER MAN LANDS IN JAIL Fined $100, With Alternative of Sixty-Day Sentence, Prisoner Has But $2. th George Albert Hess—that is the name he gave—a young man on the bright side of thirty years, charged under section 38 of a special police regulation. Posing as a Shriner, and using his clalm to membership in that organization to panhandle Shriners | for funds, was tried in the District of Columbia branch of Police Court to- day by Judge John P. McMahon and convicted. He was fined $100 and in default to serve sixty days in jail. He had 1 than $2 when arrested and it looks as though he will serve the sentence in jail. The man says that he is a “floater”—that Is to say, a man with- out any fixed place of abode or em- ployment. He was wearing a_ fez with the name of “Oasis Temple” of Charlotte, N. C.,, when arrested. He claims that he is from Dallas, Tex. Noble John Cole of Abou Saad Tem- ple, Ancon, Panama Canal Zone, and Noble Ralph R. Taylor of Almas Tem- ple of this city were approached by Hess, who panhandled them for funds. The man’'s actions raisea the sus- picions of the two Nobles and they reported the case to Motor Cycle Policeman J. L. Preinkert of the seventh precinct. and Harry L. Line- burg of the tenth precinct, detailed downtown this morning at 7 o'clock at 14th and Pennsrivania avenue northwest and the arrest followed. The complaining Nobles said that Hess was stopping members of the organization and claiming to be a Shriner was asking financial aid. They say that he is a fraud and not a Shriner. Hess told the police, they say, that he came to Washington be- lieving that he could pick up some easy money posing as a SHriner. DEPOSED MINE LEADER HELD ON GRAVE.CHARGE Alexander Howat Arrested on Ac- cusation in Pjttsburgh and Morals Court Ofders Hearing. By the Associated Pres PITTSBURGH, June 7.—Alexander Howat, deposed leader of the Kansas United Mine Workers, who has been in Pittsburgh for several months, was arrested today on_a serious charge preferred by Mrs. Inga Soren- sen of Chicago, in behalf of her six- vear-old son. Judge Tansard De Wolfe, in morals court, held Howat for a hearing. Howat denled the charge. . NG Store Episode. From the Loulsville Courler-Journal. “Come, come, my man. You have been looking around a long tim without buying. What do you want?" “Guess 1 want another floorwalker,” stited the gentleman addressed. “I'm . the owner of this outfit” = ‘ 'Leads Big Thro: '{Of Lu Lu Tem W. FREELAND KENDRICK ©Of Philadelphia, past imperial tentate. WEEK OF UTOPIAN GAYETY ENDS TONIGHT (Continued from First Page.) at sea by a demonstration in the tidal b n. At noon the imperial representativés were entertained at luncheon in the W hington Hotel and Louis Potter gave an organ re- { cital in Epiphany Church. Bands Are’ Tirel Undaunted by their concert at American League Park and a series of private screnades to newspaper offices, department stores and along t the Shrine treets of the city, bands began another series of con- certs throughout Washington at. 2 o'clock this afternoon. The band of Za-Ga-Zig Temple of Des Moines. Towa, played at St. Elizabeth’s Hos- pital. At exactly the same hour the naval displa; oft Hains point a cavalry and_fleld artillery exhibi- tion on the Ellipse and an exhibi- tion of riding by the cavalry at Fort Myer, Va. were to get under way. The latter event was to be for the benefit of the members of the imperial divan and their wivi Between 3 o'clock and 4 o'clock thi; afternoon twenty-four more concerts were to be held at hospitals and popular sections of the city, not to mention the impromptu concerts that were staged throughout the day by wandering bands. At the same time the rodeo, a concert by chanters in the auditorium of the new National Museum and a base ball game at American Léague Park were on the program. In the Red Cross building a reception is to be held to all mem- bers of the Red Cross in Washington. The 3d Battalion, 5th Regiment, United States Marine Corps, is to hold a massed band concert and dress parade drill near Washington Monu- ment at 5 o'clock. An hour later C. V. Dykeman, the newly elected imperial potentate, and his imperial divan will be entertained at dinner by the divan of Almas Temple, the executive committee of the 1923 Shrine committee and their wives. From the dinner the guests were to go to the reviewing stand to watch the historical pageant. Floats In Line. The floats in line tonight, as issued by the pageant committee, foilow : FIRST DIVISION., 1. Welcome float. Floats of visit- ing temples: a. Mecca. b. Aladdin. c. Boumi. SECOND DIVISION. 2. Solomon's Temple, symbol and in- spiration of Masonry. 3. The Knights Templar in the cru- sades. 4. Jacques Dg Molay, last grand commander Knights _Templar in France. THIRD DIVISION. 5. Pocahontas Saving the Life of Capt. John Smith. 6. William Penn Makes Peace With Indians. 7. Boston Tea Party— Masons Throw_Tea Overboard. 8. Patrick Henry, Mason: “Give me liberty or give me death!” / FOURTH DIVISION. 9. Paul Revere, Mason, rpuses Min- ute Men. 10. Gen. Warren, Grand Master of Masons, Killed at Bunker Hill. 11. Signing Declaration of Inde- pendence. All Masons save one. 12. Mason Rings Liberty Bell, July 4, 1776, FIFTH DIVISION, 13. Washington Crossing the Dela- ‘ware. ¥ 14. Washington Attending Masonic Lodge, Vailey Forge. 15. Franklin Pleads America’s Cause, Court_of Louis XVI # 16. John Paul Jones, Mason, Father of United States Navy. SIXTH DIVISION. 17. Washington, the Mason, Laying Corner Stone of Capitol. ' 18. John Marshall, Grand Master ‘of Masons, Our Greatest Chief Justice. 19. Lewis and Clark, Masons, Cross Continent to Oregon, 1805. 20. Union Masons Carry Confeder- ate Mason Through Lines for Burial. SEVENTH DIVISION. 21. Abraham Lincoin, Savior of the Union. 22. Albert Plke, Soldier, Sailor, Au- thor, Great Mason. 23. Peary, Mason, North Pole. 24. Theodore Roosevelt. Mason, Rough Rider, Governor, President. EIGHTH DIVISION. 25. Shrine Hospital for Crippled Children. 26. The Little Red Schoolhouse, the Hope 48 A;neg:ca. . Francis Scott Key Writing “The Star Spangled Banner.” . 28. “The Star Spangled Banner. Long May it Wave!” Grand chorus, fifty voices. OIL CASE PAPERS FILED. Mr. Discovers the Taft to Arbitrate British- Costa Rican Differences. Chiet Justice Taft, who was selected by the governments of Great Britain and Costa Rica to arbltrate their dif- ferences over the Amory oil conce: slons, yesterday received the argu- ments of counsel in the case. Coudert Bros. of, New York present- ed the case of Great Britain and Mr. Gonzales the case: of Costa Rica. Each side has sixty days more to present counter arguments, following the subinission of which the arbitrac tor has ninety days in which to con- sider and render decision. The United States, although not a party to the. dispute, is commercially interested in its determination. —_— An English sparrow has lived, for thres months undergrdund as the pet of the miners in an Itlifiols mine, | machine guns, . chemical K THE EVENING e e e e ———— % |GARDEN OF ALLAH COLUNNS PRAISED Art Work Attracts Consider- able Attention—Designer Tells Significance. As was anticipated by those respon- sible for the Garden of Allah, much interest has been taken in the col- umns and other Egyptian ornamenta- tlons by the thousands of persons who have come to Washington for the Shrinc celebration. The twelve Egyptian columns stand- ing at regular Intervals in the gar- den have called for much favorable comment and praise, and many of the visitors have closély studied the de- tails of these handsome replicas of the columns of Karnack and other old temples of the Nila region. Columnx Differ. Discussing this feature today. Mor- timer Clarke, designer of these col- umns, said: “To the casual observer, Egyptian columns of any single type appear to be the same, but a closer inspec- tion will show' that they are quite different. Although the decoration on the tops and bases of the shafts and on the capitals themselves is similar in any one type, the broad band of figures in the center of the column lends variety to any group of columns. It is this center band which gives individuality to the column. ~ A frieze of gods and kings, tells the story of the Hfe of the time of the erection of the column “Appearing on the twelve columns in the Garden of Allah, in various groups and postures, are the gods Osiris, Amen-Ra, and the: hawk- headed Horus, the goddesses Isis and Hathor, and various kings and queens. Various Attitudes. “These figures are shown in the attitude of worship or giving off- £prings to the gods, some burning in- gense and other watering the sacred otus. “The objects in the hands of the figures are crooks, flayles, scepters and pegs of life, all symbols of power, ete. “It is doubtful if the gods and pharoahs on the columns in Karnak from which these figures have been copjed, ever looked down on a more BOTgeous scene than yesterday's pagaent which passed beneath them. nor had more inspiring volumnes of music wafted up to them in their golden ays. PERSHING STAGES FIGHT FOR NOBLES Infantry Platoon Attack on Monument Lot Draws Thousands. A demonstration of an attack by an infantry platoon, supported by mortars, tanks and warfare weapons, is being given on the Monument grounds this afternoon. for Shriners and other vis- itors in Washington. The event has been arranged by Noble Gen. Per- shing of “Aladdin Temple 2nd Noble Gen. Bandholtz of the district of Washington and is in charge of Capt. T..T. Lemoreux of the 12th Infantry, assisted by Lieut. W. D. Killen, alsc of the 12th Infantry. Music is fur- nished by the Army band. “The principle to be illustrated {shows an infantry platoon advancing jinto action in approach formation; the preliminary reconnaissance by scouts; deployment of platoons and formation of firing line; the fire fight; actlon of machine guns, mor- tars, tanks’ and chemical warfare units in aiding the attack, and the manner of bringing up reserve am- munition. Attack From East. The platoon will attack the machine gun nest west of the Washington Monument from the east, advancing across the field north from the Monu- ment. When the platoon reaches about the center of the fleld it is stopped by heavy enemy fire, and is unable to advance farther. A runner is sent back with a mes- sage requesting ald from the machine gun section supporting the attack. The machine gun section is sent for- ward into action in an endeavor to subdue the enemy resistance. Re- serve ammunition is brought up on mules from the rear. This process is still insufficient and light mortars and gas projectiles of | the chemical warfare service are called upon for aid. The fire from the enemy machine gun nest still proves too heavy to permit the ad- vance of tho infantry platoon and the tanks are sent for to aid in break- ing the resistance. The tanks advance, 'deploy and pass through infantry lines with the ma- chine guns and 37-mm. howitzers, succeeding *in subduing the enemy and galning fire superiority over them. The infantry platoon follows the tanks, using marching fire, and charges the enemy position. The machine guns follow up the infantry platoon to. aid in consolidating the captured position and to prepare against counter attack. The Medical Corps personnel come on the field to care for wounded and killed. 5 Prisoners captured can be seen be- ing escorted to the rear. The gas which is used is an essence of pep- permint oil, which is quite harmiess, but'is used to show how the poisonous gases permeate the atmosphere. WORKERS ENTERTAIN SHRINERS FROM HAWAII Bureau Unions Give Lunch for Government Employes in Honolulu. In honor of President Sandy Mac- intosh of Honolulu Federal Employes Unifon, No. 127, who is drum major of the drum corps of Aloha Temple, A. A. O. N. M. 8, Harry Murray, collector of the port: G. Myers, Mel Turner and members of the drum corps and patrol who are members of the union, the entire uniformed body of Aloha Temple were enter- tained at lunchcon today at the bureau of engraving and printing by the two unions of federal em- ployes at the bureau affiliated with the national federation. The invita- tion. was given by Mise Belle Tro: land, president of tHe women's union, and E. Borland, president of the men's union of the bureau. The Shriners were received by Director uls A, Hill and Assistant Director John Perry, and after ex+ change of greetings in the director's office, the visitors were shown through the bureau, literally sing- ing their way through the long gal- leries as the guides led the way. At 3:30, when the shift of employet changes, visitors and employes filled the rotunda to listen to Hawaiian songs and to see a hula hula dance by Leo Feldman of the drum corps and Tom Carter, one of the Hawaiian members of the patrol. Tanste Mac- kenzie, famous ywalian tenor, yesterday soloist with the Aloha chanters. w,wmqm?-wmmm These xea Aght 10 be seen he W ton navy y 2100 p.m—Concerta: chanters. Masonic Temple—Zora valry and Fi and Imperial Council. tendanc. erta: ‘alter chanters. Maxonie N. Y., with chanters. 4100 p.m.—Coneertx: Tre Maxonic Temple—! House of the Temple—. 3130 p.m.—Baxe b: Museum. building. ton Monument. Potentate. Divan and of Uncle Sam's that are prov House of the Temple—El Kahir, Ce Washington circle—Sphinx, Hartford. Thomas circle—Kalurah, d Artill alry and Field Artillery exhibition in Ri Fort Myer for the members and ladies of the'Imperial Divan Reed Hospital—Crescent, d Eastern Star Home—Damascus, War Department stand—Al Me: Treasury stand—Medinah, Municipal building stand—A Seventh street and Pa. ave.—Mocha, London, Ont., Ca Masonic Temple—Wahnabl, Houxe of the Temple—Cyprux, Albany, Washington circle—Rajah, Reading, Thomas circle—Jerusalem. 3 3130 to 5:30 p.m—Tea, in honor of Mray C Almax Temple Shrine committee, Washington eircle—Pales Thomas circle.—Midian, Wichi American League Park, Detrolt vs. Wasl 4100 p.m—Concert by visiting chanters, & of unusual Interest t SHRINE PROGRAM THIS AFTERNOON 2 m —Can ntext, tidal hasin, y 2100 g Tex, doubles and fours of the championship class in racing boats, cedar type. Singles, tandems and doubles in {he closing class events over a half-mile course. Canvas canoe and titing contests, overboard and npset races, mix- ed tandems and “tall-end” races. St. Elizabeth's Hospital—Za-Ga-Zig, Des Molnes, Iowa, with Terre Haute, Ind. Rapids, Towa. Conn. ghamto: ¥ y exhibition on the Ellipse. 2100 p.m.—Rodeo, Unlon station plaza. 2130 p.m.—Concert, American League Park—Zem Zem, Erle, Pa. 3 to 5 p.m.—Combined maneuvers of infantry, tank corps and chemis warfare service, Monument Grounds. Army Band In at- Trenton, N. J., with Rochester, whville, Tenn,’ hicago, 111 far, San Antonfo, Tex. ew Orl o V. Dykem Shoreham by Iadies of te War Department stand—Mecen, New York city. ury stand—Ben Hur, Municipal building stand—Nemesix, Parkersburz. W. Va Seventh street and Pa. ave.. lanm. Newark, N, J. Austin, Tex. Boumf{, Baltimore, Md. Kor: In. Cleveland, Ohio, Providence, R. 1. Kans. auditorium, New 4100 to 6 p.m.—Reception to all members of the Red Cros 5100 p.m—~Dress parade and massed band concert by the 3d Bat 5th Regiment, Marine Expeditionnry Force, near Washing- 6100 p.m.—Dinner at Hotel La Fayette, in honor of the new Imperial . Dykeman, the Imperial Divan, by Almas ies and the executive committee of the 1923 Shrine committee and ladies. 8:00 p.m—Historical Pageant Parade, Military and Naval, Shrine floats, sixteen Shrine bands. TOMORROW'S PROGRAM. 10 to 11 a.m—TU. S. coast guard life saving drill, tidal basin, 2100 p.m—Cavalry and field artillery exhibitions at the Riding Hall at Fort Myer, Va. 3100 p.m—Infautry demonstration by 1st Battalion t the 5th Regi- ment, Marine Expeditionary Force, near Washington Monu- ment. This will be a big night for that men who clean the streets. wings,” they will march up Pennsyl- vania avenue as the last unit in the Shrine pageant and as they go they will give the thousands along the thoroughfare a practical demonstra- tion of how to clean a street in a hurry. This spectacle is not being planned in a show spirit, but in order that the road to Mecca may be free from waste paper and other refuse for the big dance which is to follow the pageant. ‘Will Spread Meal. As the “white wings" gather up the paper and litter other employes will meal on the asphalt surface to make easier the gliding of e thousands who will dance in the merriest street carnival Washington has ever wit- { nessed. : The meal will be distributed from wheat drills at the rate of about two hundred pounds to a block. Although, perhaps not noticed, the ‘'white wings"” have been working in day and night shifts since Monday to keep the downtown streets clean. After the day parade of Tuesday and the brilllant procession last night the street cleapers attacked the de- tris left by the crowds and cleared the streets within a few hours. Gather Tons of Paper. Tons_upon tons of paper scattersd about by the crowds have beef gath- be busy spreading two tons of corn | | | White Wings Will Show Skill Cleaning Avenue for Dancers ered up and hauled away after each force of humble city servants—the|€yent. Morris Ilacker, superintendent, to- day complimented his men upon the Garbed in the spotless uniforms that | cfficient service they have rendered have given them the title of “white in maintaining Washington's reput: tion for a clean city during this week, when visitors from every sec- tion of the country are here. The Commissioners, in turn; com- mended Mr. Hacker for the service khis department has rendered in keep- ing the streets ciean, assisted by T: L. Costigan, in charge of street clean- ng. WASHINGTON ADOPTS IOWA SONG AS OWN “Tall Corn” Tune Furnished With Words Fitting District People. Approaching the catchy tune of “Ioway,” which has been resounding through the streets of late, hundreds of Washingtonians in the grand- stands of the Garden of Allah last night sang some impromptu words to the song of special significance to the National Capital. Led by Charles Riemer, local bus! ness man, who improvised the new version, the ctowd sang: ‘We are from Washington—Washington, Home of Uncle Sam, " Finest in the land. - are from Washington, hington; Hurrah for the U. 8. A. Plays “End of a Perfect Day” At the Request, of Mrs. Harding FRED V. LOWER, Trumpeter of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, ai Zenobla Temple, Toledo, Ohio. ‘when R The selection band appeared in concert at the White House. a gold cormet. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1923 5 : Destroy'ers Here for Shrine Entertainment ; , NAT»iq, Doty o o thousands of rine visltors. They are COLLISION VICTINS LEAVE HOSPITA Only 4 of 11 Hurt on Car Still Under Treatment at Alexandria. | \ All but four of the eleven persons injured in the.head-on .collision be- tween two trains of thes Washington- Virginia electric railway yesterday it Riverside, Va, have been dis- harged from the Alexandria Hos- pital. Three of these are exnpected to leave the institution this afternoon. J. W. Dodd, motorman of one of the trains, who had both legs fractured, probably will remain there for several weeks. Accident victim who were still at the hospital ! morning, besides Dodd, were: Wallace L. Parks of Cleveland. Tenn.; C. A. Hudson of Laurel, Miss., and Warren of Benton, Tenn. Officials of the railway company, who investigated the collision, held Motorman Dodd responsible, it was announced today by A. L. Reynolds, gencral manager. Dodd failed to stop his train in time, Reynolds said. _The motorman is a veteran in the | Washington-Virginia railway service |and was operating the train en route to Mount Vernon, which crashed into the northbound train. ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA. Va, June 7 (Spe- clal).—At the one-hundredth annual commencement exercises of the Epis- copal Theological Seminary of Vir- ginia this morning in the chapel of that institution the degree of doc- tor of divinity was conferred upon a class of four and the degree of bach- elor of divinity was conferred upon a tlass of seven. The sermon was preached by Rev. Murray Dewart, rector of Christ Church, Baltimore, Md. After the awarding of diplomas the alumni meeting was held and an essay was read by Rt. Rev. B. B. Tueker of southern Virginia. His es- say was on “The Alumni.” Immediately afterward the alumni dinner was served. Those receiving the degree of doc- tor of divinity from the seminary in- Copeland i | 1. cluded the following: Rt. Rev. W McDowell, bishop coadjutor of Ala bama; Rev. Frederick M. Kirkus, Wilmington, Del.; Rev. William H. Dubose, Sewanee, Tenn., and Rev. Theodore M. Barth. Those receivihg the “degree of bachelor of divinity included Revs. Paul Due, Frederick G. Goodwin, Henry J. Tulver, John Ridout, Thom- as L. Ridout and Edward P. Roth, Ordination ‘services at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning in the chapel will bring the exercises to a close. The sermon will be preached by Rev. Karl Block, Roanoke, Va. Attending the services today were a large number of visiting ministers and many friends of the students of the seminary from different sections of the country. Shriners are gathered at the site of the temple of the Washington Ma- sonic National Memorial Association this afternoon to hear the band con- cert which will be given beginning at 2 o'clock by the members of Islam Band known as the “Mission Dollar” Band of San Francisco. In addition to thg band concert, the choir accom- panying the band is scheduled to give selections, and an address describing the $4,000,000 temple being erected at George Washington Park by the Ma- sons of America will bring the exer- cises to a close. Two colored men, said to be from Arlington county, were arraigned in the police court today before Justice Duvall on a charge of violating the orovisions of the prohibition law by transporting liquor. They had four gallons of corn whisky in_eight fruit jars when arrested in a Ford sedan last night as they came on Wash- ington street. Both entered pleas of guilty and were held for the action of the grand jury and gave bond in the sum of $§600 each. The men were represented by Attorney W. S. Snow. The arrest was made by Prohibition Agents W. E. Burrell and C. H. Pack- ard and Sergt. Campbell and Police- man Gill. The car was confiscated. The new tax ordinance will be adopted by city council at a meeting this afternoon. Hot ashes in a shed in the rear of 406 South Fairfax street shortly be- fore midnight last night brought out the fire department. The shed was destroyed. The damage was small. The Southern railway authorities here have no tidings concerning the whereabouts of George W. Anderson, patrolman, who Wwas employed Shrine Park, this city, and has be:fi missing since last Saturday. PRINTERS ON STRIKE. SIOUX CITY, Iowa, June 7.—A strike of printers on the Sioux City Journal and the Sioux City Tribune and the Livestock Record, was in ef- fect today. The printers demand $44 for day and $47 for night work. The publishers have offered $42.50 and $45. The printers’ contract expired June 1. ‘The publishers declare they will now operate under the open shop plan. R.T. BRAGDON DIES SUDDENLY Ralph T. Bragdon, forty-six years old, 2852 Belair place northeast, died suddenly at his home early today. It is thought his death resulted from an attack of pneumonia. _Forestry Clubs Forming. Forestry clubs, formed by boys and | broker. girls, afe becoming popular, accord- ing to records of the forest service, United States Department of Agri- culture. Beginning with a forestry club organized last year in Crestone, Colo. e movement has spread to man. her localites in that state. These clubs are being formed under the direction of local men and women inf ed in both forestry and agri-| cul in co-operation with ti 0! agent and the forest service. ‘{B. B. HAMILTON EXPIRES ON TRAIN COMING TC D. C. Son Was With Parent Who Had Premonition This Would Be Last Visit. Benjamin B. Hamilton, eighty years old, retired Buffalo, N. Y., banker, en route to this city with his son, Brace H. Hamilton, 2024 R street, died on the train at Sunbury, Pa, shortly be- fore 4 o'clock this morning. The son continued to this city with the body, reaching here at 9 o'clock. The deceased, a native of Buffalo, Mad resided there practicaily all his lite, He had made occasional trips %o this city on visits to his son, and 3ad a number of friends here. 1t is stated that the father had been 2 patient in Memorial Hospital, Buf- falo, the past vear, and had recently expressed a desire to come to the home of his son, believing he had but a short time to live. The son, responding to his father's request, went to Buffalo, and was re- turning here when death occurred. Coroner Nevitt was called upon to give a death certificate. The body | will be taken to Buffalo for inter- ment. AIRPLANE RACES T BOLLING FIELD Aviators Compete for Shrin- ers First Time in Three Years Here. e For the first time in three years, air- plane races were held at Bollipg Field today, augmenting a regular fiying circus which has been In operation for the benefit of the Shriners since Monday, and which closes tomorrow evening. The races offered the last word in thrills for the hundreds of visitors at the fleld. Perhaps the most spec- tacular of all was the contest among three Martin bombers, huge planes which seldom participate in this type of work. They covered three laps around the navy yard and steel plant, a total distance estimated at about twenty-five miles. Spectators rose to their feet as the giant airplanes tore ever the field at an altitude of less than 100 feet, the roar of the six en- gines being almost deafening. Lieut. Harold D. Smith of Langley Field, Va. was the winner, and Lieut. A Hornsby and Lieut. Harold Clark, also of Langley, finished second and third, respectively. | Small Planes Race. This race was followed by three of the smallest types of planes in the service—two s and one Thomas- Morse—which buzzed around the course at an average speed of about 125 miles an hour. Lieut. Harold W. Beaton was the winner of this event and Captain St. Clair Streett, pilot- ing the Thomas-Morse was a close second; Lieut. L. V. Beau was third. The final racing event, participated in by three De Haviland observation planes, was won by Lieut. H. Z. Bogert. He was followed by Lieut. Paul C. Wil- kins and Capt. C. H. Reynolds. To Race Tomorrow. The winners of today's races will compete against each other tomor- row at about the same time that Lieuts. Kelly and Macready, the famous transcontinental fliers, and Lieut. L. J. Maitland, holder of the worlds _speed record, will match their merits. The winner of this last event will go up against the winners of the first three for the champion- ship of the flying circus. The remainder of today's program was carried out exactly as it was Monday, including a bombing of a village at the south end of the fleld. The bombers today, however, did not wipe out the village, owing to the failure of two bombs to expode. —_— BELIEVE CULT HEAD HAS FLED COUNTRY Officials, After Fruitless Search for “King” Benjamin, Sure He Has Left U. S. i 1 B the Assoclated Pres ST. JOSEPH, Mich., June 7.—Ben- jamin Purnell, missing head of the House of David colony and now listed as a fugitive from Jjustice, probably. has fled to Melbourne, Australia. This was the conviction today of local authorities, following an all- | night search of Berrlen county con- ducted by Sheriff George Bridgman, who sought the cult leader on a war- rant charging a serious statutory of- fense. The warrant was issued on complaint of Gladys Bamford Rubel, former member of the colony, who | accused Purnell of an offense within the six years' time-limit of the Michi- gan statutes. Sherift Bridgman and his men combed Berrien county thoroughly last night, searching the various rroperties ownec 3 the colony. This morning tke sheriff stated positively that Purnell was not in Berrlen county. Prosecuting Attorney Gore said to- day that if it can be definitely deter- | mined that Purnell has gone to Aus- tralla steps will be taken to have him brought back to face the war- rant, regarded here as the outstard- ing 'development thus far of the state’s grand jury investigation into the colony’s affairs. The House of David has a suhcolony in Australia from which hundredd of converts have come to join the larger colony here. Francis Thorpe assistant secretary of the colcny, last nizht laughingly teld Sheriff Bridgman's deputies t Purnell “may be on the seven seas. The rald on the colony was con- ducted by eighteen men. The search aisclosed a considerable amount of clothing belenging to Purnell, but nothing else that would give a tangi- ble clue to his whereabouts. WILL REPAIR WARSHIPS. Brooklyn Navy Yard to Overhaul | 8ix Destroyers Back in U. S. NEW YORK, June 7.—Six destroy- ers of the Mediterranean fleet are expected to arrive at the Brooklyn navy yard Sunday for complete over- hauling of their fire control systems, it was announced. - The_ vessels are the Hopkins, Overton, Kane. Bain- bridge, MacFarland and Sturtevant. The repairs will consume about a month and will require the services of more than 500 workers. ——————— SOCIETY COUPLE TO WED. Cathleen Vanderbilt to Be Married to H. C. Cushing, 3d. NEW YORK, June 7.—A marriage licenge was issued today to Cathleen ! Vanderblit, nineteen-year-old daugh- tér of Reginald C. Vanderbilt, and Harry Cooke Cushing, 3d. a stock They announced they would be_married June 20 at a local hotel. Cushing 1s_twenty-elght years old and a son of Harry Cooke Cushing, jr. He was born in Boston. 1 i From the Boston Transcript. Madge—I'm surprised you den't like Richard. Why, if he had money he'd | be an ideai husband. Marle—That's fiothing. So would agy man. AID FOR VIGTIMS OF SHRINE TRAGEDY Check Offered for Fund While Plans for DuVal Funeral Are Made. Ynile arrangements were being made today for the burial of Marcug B. DuVal, fatally injured in a faill from the platform on which he was working at electric lights of a garden of Allah pillar yesterday, and while J. E. Gale, his fellow-workman, way lying in Emergency Hospital await- Ing the verdict of physicians which ‘would tell him whether he would set on foot to provide sistance to either family, if needed. Bright and early, in The Star's mail this morning, came a check for $30 from Washington Topham, of 43 U street, local civic leader, expressing the sympathy felt by thousands in Washington as a result of the only fatal accident recorded Shrine weelk, and’ suggesting the start of a fund for the famili Mrs. Du Val was interviewed this morning in her apartment at 910 19th street. , She expressed warm grati- tude for' the sentiment supporting the initiation of such a fund as sug- gested, but announced that she could not accept the proceeds, inasmuch as no urgent need existed for such as- sistance. Not Expecting Need. “I thank you and those who are suggesting this kindness,” she said, “but 1 would rather not accept amy proceeds from a fund because I feel that T will be able to support myself. I have a position and I do not feel justified in accepting such an offer- ng.” At the bedside of Gale a different situation was uncovered. Flat on his back lay a man who attempted to hold the ladder steady when his fel- low workman was dangling beside him. He either strained or broke his back in his attempt. And his sacri- fice was fruitless, because he saw his companion go crashing down to death. It was learned that Le hasn't any reserve funds in the family chest ex- cepting the regular pay k, which has not come to him yet for z work. Hard luck seems to have se lected his home for visitations re cently. Just before Christmas he was working in Chicago, when Mrs. Gale, who 1:”3 native Washingtonian, be- came ill. A major opera v - cessitated. Fr o v Treatments T drawing to a close, it Wwas necessary for her to come to Washington in order that felatives might be within call when she would be left alone during the da: ‘Where- upon during the last Christmas season they journeved back. Gale's surplus funds have been used up during that giell;'eod in paying doctor and surgeon Then the only calamity Week in Washington laid its this family. After day on the electri expert of Shrine pall upon working night and t c lights—being an electriclan himself—yesterday morning he was wedged in underneath the top of a column when a truck struck the bottom of the ladder. He heard the crash, saw DuVal fali, ana attempted to make his body a link be- tween platform and ladder and to hold the forty-foot ladder upright. When he ?fi(:xzcil! friend falling to the ground he Gale himself is a Mason, and his dues are paid up to date in Corner- stone Lodge, Chicago. The tragedy of the entire affair is that these men, working to make Washington mora presentable for the enjoyment of others in town, sacrificed themselves in_their work. This is the keynote of sympathy struck in the letter of Mr. Topham which accompanied the initial con- tribution to the Gale relief fund this morning. Here is what Mr. Topham said: “The hearts of all our citizens, as well as those of thousands of our visiting Shriners, are saddened because of the terrible ' accident which befell the two young men in the Garden of Allah this morning. The result was immediate death for one and proba- bly permanent injury and inability for future work and support of fam- ily of the other. “One of these young men is a Mason and married. He is an excellent young man and a good electrician, and had been working day and night, helping to get the electrical display on Penn- sylvania avenue ready and in opera- tion for the Shrine convention. “Aside from the grief in the fam- ilies of these men, they will be put to heavy and immediate expense. which_they are probably unprepared for. I have thought that many at this time would be glad to extend their sympathy and financial assist- ance. I inclose my check herewith to start such a fund.” Cash Goes to Needy. Learning today that Mrs. Du Va felt that need for assistance in h case was not pressing, and that she would- rather have the entire pro- ceeds of such a fund as described tendered to the family of the fellow workman of her husband, Mr. Topham { immediately consented to the use of his check for such an arrangement, and authorized it to be placed to the account of the Gale relief fund. Gale {s twenty-six years of age. He is a native of Chicago and was mar- ried to Miss Thompson of 41 U street here four years ago. After the wed- ding the couple went to Chicago, but since the advent of unfortunate cir- cumstances had returned to Wash- Ington some few months ago. Contributions to the relief fund will be acknowledged by The Evening Star. Address contributions to Gale Relief Fund, The Evening Star, Wash- ington, D. C. Law Guardian Head at Terminal CAPT. P, C. HORNE, SR., 2 of the Washington Terminal Com- pany, who is in command of all po-.. lice at the Union station, and who i directly responsible for police protecs . tion tosthe thousends of Shriners and, visitors passing through the Unfow. station in connection with the §hriuns convention. f