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OFFICER SHORTAGE § INNAVY STRESSED Special Effort to Have En- , listed Men Qualify for An- ; napolis, Is Urged. Continued shortage of officers in the Navy has led officlals of the Navy Department to make special efforts to increase the number of midshipmen from the enlisted per- %onnel. Attention of all commanding ofMcers is specially invited to the fact that while the law provides that one hundred enlisted men may enter the Naval Academy each year, only twenty-thres were obtained from that source this year out of forty- six enlisted mien who took the en- trance examination. “So long as the present shortage of offi s exists,” says a circular let- ter issucd by the chief of the bu- Teau of navigation, ‘“speclal effort should be made to have enlisted men qualify for the academy. That is par- ticularly necessary since the number of appointments by members of the Senate and House has been reduced five to three. All commanding ure, theriore, urged to be truction of enlisted men now es at once and plac work in charge of capable, d instructors, who will make effort to secure to the service =poi nts to the academy from the enlisted personnel. Is explained that the law au- 100 such appointments an- as a result of competitive ex- amination given enlisted men of the regular Navy and Marine Corps and members of the Reserve Corns on ac- tive duty in the Navy or Marine Corps who are not more than twenty years of age and who have been In the service least one year. The mental nd physical requirements of these candidates for appoiniment as midshipmen are the same as those for candidates nominated by senators and Tepresentatives in Congress and by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia re appointed each year by om the United States > appointments are cus- given to the sons of officers sted men of the Army, Navy A e Corps without permanent places of residence. Vacancies in the quota of the District of Columbia are filled by the Commissioners, fol.owing competitive examination of candidates residing in the District. WOMAN DENIES . SLAYING HER INFANT | | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO! Devotion for Judiciary Square Park ‘Birds 4 Feed for Strange| Friends Costs $20 | a Month. Woe to Bad Boys Who May Tease | the Pigeons. ©Old Mother Carey's devotion and| love for her feathered friends has been equaled, if not surpassed, by Miss Marie C. Stillwell, w! for twenty years has crossed the street from her home, at 423 4th street, every day d fed the ever-i creasing number of pigeons that congregate in Judiciary Square. The pigeons seem to know her. for. | although there are others who throw the cooers crumbs from day to day, no one has fed them so continuously and for so long a time. The hungry | birds form an escort to Miss Still- well as scon as she appears, shortly after daylight. They swoop down May Robinson to Face Trial Thurs-{upon her, one or two now and then day—Says Noise in Satchel Caused by Balloon. perching upon her shoulders, und show In their best bird-like manner how glad they are too see her again. They are very gallant, too, for after the last crumb and grain of corn is gone, the pigeons, no longer May Robinson, colored, arrested on | hungry, form an escort for her again & charge of having slain her unnamed | While she leaves the park and enters fnfant and disposed of its body at Jazz Beach, Arlington county, V will be arraigned in Police Court Thursday morning. according to police plans. Crandal Mackey, former wealth's attorney for Arlington coun- ty; Inspector Grant and Detective Mullen yesterday afternoon questioned the prisoner about the alleged cutting of_the baby's throat The prisoner repeatedly declared the child was still-born and that it >t cry, as witnesses had told Mr. xplaining the noise in the by witnesses to have a crying infant, the woman said the only of a toy balloon she had in the satchel. Thers was a page of some kind in the istle, the accused woman declared, and the gradual re- lea of the air made the noise con- tinue some time. She further told the investigators she did not know of the disposition of the body, a woman in the house where she resided, she stated, having promised to dispose of it. May Robinson, it is stated, admitted tdentity of a piece of a towel obtained from the shallow grave of the body of the infant. It belonged in the house where she roomed, she stated, and said the body was wrapped in such a towel. THE WEATHER For the District of Columbia, Dela- ware, Maryland and Virginia—Gen- ‘erally fair tonight and tomorrow; no change in temperature; gentle to moderate winds, mostly southwest and west. West Virginia—Fair tonight and tomorrow; not much change in tem- perature. Records for Twenty-Four Hours. Thermometer—4 p.m., 83; 8 p.m., 12 midnight, 71; 4 a.m., 68; 8 a.m. noon, 84. Barometer—4 p.m., 30.00; 12 midnight, 29.99 common- 8 pm, -m., 29.94; +at 4:40 p.m. vesterday; lowest tempera- ture, 67.1, occurred at 6 a.m. today. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of the water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls—Tem- perature, 79; condition, clear. ‘Weather ia Various Cities. e Atations. Pt.cloudy Pt.cloudy Cloudy Cloudy v Atlanta .. Atantic City Baltimore Birmingham . 30.08 Bismarck . Cleveland Denver . Detroit . Fl Paso. Galveston Helena ¥ioron, 8. Jacksonville. Kansas City. Tos Angeles. 20.98 Louisvicle .. 30.04 Miami, Pt.cloudy Pt.cloudy Clear Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy Pt.cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear Cloudy Pt.cloudy Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Pittsburgh Portland, Portland, Ore 30. TRaleigh,N.C. 30.42 8. Lake' City 29.62 San_Antonio. 29.98 Ran Diego... 2084 8. Francisco 29.98 20,98 k 02 SPASHE b0 %54 FOREIGN, (8 am., Greenwich time, today. Statione. London, Fingland Parls, Franc Berlin, Germ: Copenhagen, Denmark Stockholm, Sweden. Horta (Fayal), Azores Hamilton, Bermuda Favana, Cuba.. Clear Colon, Canal Zone Cloudy e Timber is being grown In the United Btates at only one-fourth the rate our-remaining forests are dis o7 Clear Clear Cloudy noise was that| {shot him her home. When she returns from | worms many and friends in birdom about the kind hd 5 o'clock in is the work, between the afternoon, given the bird 4:30 @ a second banquet inhabitants of | park. Sometimes in the evening they |throw stones and sticks at the birds, Now and then | are treated to peanuts a sparrow or robbin will hop up for {a bite or two, and they as well as| just the pigeons go away well pleased. Brushes Snow Away. When winter comes and the ground in the park is frozen so hard that it is impossible to dig up the appetizing of the birds do not fly south. but remain right in Judiciary Square. for Miss Stillwell never forgets them. Jiven when the ground is covered with snow. Miss Stillwell takes a broom with her, sweeps off the flakes und scatters the food just the same. Thne pigeons must tell their relatives for year in and ithered friends increase This vear, Miss Stillwell cest number , although the to estl year out her £ In numbers. says. she has of ar exac she s sure that ther tween three and four hundred pets w await her daily feasts Not satisfied with looki ds lone, Miss Stil for any sq rels tha park. “She always has some nuts on hand for them. But food is not every- thing in the lives of birds and sq re's, so Miss Stillwell, when she sees that the fountains are turned off or that there has been a long drought, arries out a little pan of water for them so that they may indeed eat, drink and be merr Woe to the little boys who like to D. C. Cuban Volunteers Quietly Observing 25th Anniversary Twenty-five years ago today the {first District of Columbia volunteers landed in Cuba and prepared for im- medlate action against Spain. The survivors of that contingent today | are quietly observing the anniversary for no formal commemoration has | been arranged. However, there will | be a reunion in the National Guard | armory November 20, which marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the, mustering out of the regiment The District regiment landed at Siboney, Cuba. Sunday, July 10, 1898, at dawn, the men and supplies being placed ashore in small boats and an improvised pontoon. Upon disem- CHILD IS EXONERATED | FOR KILLING BROTHER | Jury Declares Fatal Shooting, Fol-| lowing Quarrel, Was Un- premeditated. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, July 10— after he hit me with a| brick,” Lawrence Jackson, colored, seven years old, small for his age, told a cor- oner's jury yesterday afternoon In the investigation of the fatal shooting of Wilbur Jackson, ten years old, held at Demaine’s mortuary chapel. Young Jackson said the dead brother hit him in the stomach with a brick and then it was that he used his father's gun, the load entering the chest of the brother, who died Sunday morning at the Alexandria Hospital. The jury also heard the testimony of Silas Jackson, father, and Cassell Jack- son, eleven, brother of the slain boy. Commonwealth's Attorney Wilson Farr was present and together with Cor- oner T. Marshall Jones they interro- gated the three witnesses, including the lad who did the shooting. The jury gave a verdict to the ef- fect that Lawrence Jackson was ir- responsible 2nd that the shooting was without premeditation. Testimony of Cassell Jackson was that he and Lawrence and the dead boy were playing and got to throwing gravel at each other. Lawrence be- came incensed and upon their refusal to desist went into the house, got the father’'s shotgun and fired from one room into_another, the load going through a beaver-board partition. The lad who did the shooting was turned over to the custody of his father, a8 Commonwealth's Attorney Farr stated that owing to his youth no criminal action could be taken against him. “The World's Finest” ED. PINAUD’S Lilac Talc Exlguhllg quality. Write today for sample, enclose Sc. arfumerie ED. PINAUD 86 Fifth Ave., New York 5¢ for PINAUD'S Lilac Talc 1h the most speedy remedy we know for Honduchs a0 Ml Fore barking from the old troopship. Ca- tania, the District soldiers were rush- ed to the front trenches before San tiago and occupied this position until July 14 when a flag of truce was - the Spanish infantry. Hos- ties ended, and the voluntee m’ Washington prepared to part in_the formal surrender of tlago Sunday morning, July A quarter of a century 5 with it is the ment of volunteers, which, perhaps, will_ever again represent this city in any future combat. To perpetuate the memories of the campaign and keep alive the events of the Cuban fracas. an informal gathering of some of the survivors recently was held, and, following a suggestion of one of the ‘members, a reunfon for November was decided on. At this meeting it is proposed to have present every man who served with the regiment, and a tentative last regi- committee has been named to arrange | grandpa up a lot of times when he was lots drunker than you are.” Window Shades for the affair. Maj. Thacker V. Walker is chairman :nd Willlam A.| Hickey secretary. The other mem- | bers are Maj. Fred Hodgson, Repre. sentative L. C. Dyer of Missourl. wh served with the regiment; Jonn Watts, | John P. Johnson, Ulys Stapies, Jere | A. Costello, Capt.’ C. S. Domer, Norris K. Thorn, Richard Espey and James| J. Hearn. Present plans call for the staging of a review for President Harding, as the origiral troops passed before resident McKinley on their way to war. Special invitations will be sent to members of the regiment who served in the world war, and the fol- lowing names thus far have been re- celved by the committee. Gen. George H. Harries, who com- manded the 1st D. C. Regiment; Col. Leroy_W. Herron, Col. C. Fred Cook, Ma). S. Clifford Cox, Maj. Richard J. Donnelly, Maj. Thacker V. Walker, | Capt. John Lew!s Smith, Capt. Harry Walsh, Lieut. Kenneth A. O'Connor, Lieut. Morris Ketcham and Lieut. | Thomas Walsh. g The Laurel Tour Inn The Balfimore-;luhhgton at Laurel, Md. Luncheon, Tea, Dinner. Accommodations for motorists or for the saason 5 COLGATE’S RIBBON DENTAL CREAM is recommended by more Dentists than any other denti‘rice. It contains no grit. “Washes"teethclean and polishes them. Does not scratch or scour the enamel. CLEANS TEETH THE RIGHT \ And Squirrels Wins Mother Carey Pets’ Love frighten the bir | Miss Stillwell 1 | little rascals now ds and squirr around. Mis and then s when hievous like to or tie a string to & grain of corn so that when the hungry bird that has happened fu the park eagerly | Erasps it the boy pulls the string and | almost chokes the unfortunate bird to | death. If there were a stick handy it certainly would go hard with the boy t that moment. However, Miss Still- Well declares boys must be getting bet- ter. for it is not often that they com- mit such inhumane acts. Miss Stillwell came to this city about thirty-three years ago from| Michigan. All this time she has been mployed in the bureau of fisheries. | She has lived alone in her apartment on 4th street for twenty rs. Al. though she has no relatives in the' city she has made many friends out- side the bird famil Through her Interest in the birds she has made ances and has become figure in the section in 1% many who do not Iy, she is the ‘dear old pigeon lady.” Nurses in the park. and mothers, too, tell their young charges about her, true storfes that delight them know h ses through n_her way too she has many For a long time two beauti- dinals would come up to he and feed out of her hand. Miss St well spends $20 a month feeding her little friends “Really I spend more for them tha I do for food for myself.” “But 1 certalnly am’ repaid for U. S. SHIPS IN SCOTLAND. Arrangements Made to Entertain ' i 1,700 Naval' Cadets. i | Botannical to work and the n GRE! OCK, cotland, July 10.—| |The TUnited States dreadnoughts| | Arkansas, North Dakota, Delaware | and Florida arrived here today from | ! Scandinavian waters for a len»day‘ | visit. British cruisers welcomed the | | visitors with salutes. Special ar- | | rangements have been made for en-| | tertainment _of the . officers, 1700 | cadets and the crews of the American { v during their stay on tne| Experienced. | From the Kansas City Star. ! A noted bishop was one day bask- | ing in the sun in Central Park, New York. hoping thereby to ease his, rheumatic limbs. After sitting for some time on a bench he attempted ito rise and found it difcuit, almost | impossible, to do so. A little girl | nearby rushed to his ald, exclaiming: |“Do ist me help you. I've helped D. O, TUESDAY, 30.C.CONVICTS TAKEN TO PRISON To Serve Aggregate of 338 Years in Leavenworth; Slayers in Party. Thirty-six prisoners, under sen- tences from two to thirty years, left last night, in charge of Mal. W. L. Peak, superintendent of the jall, for the federal penitentiary at Leaven- worth. It became neocessary to take the prisoners to the western prison be- cause the penitentlary in Atianta was fllled. The prisoners sentenced next fall, when court convenes again. probably will go to Atlanta, it is sald, as conditiuns there will change during the next few months. George H. Wilson, superintendent of charitles, who also has supervi- sfon of the iocal prisons, hopes to be able to reduce the number of pris- oners sent to distant prisons soomn. Additlonal mocommodations for pris- oners at Lorton, Va., are belng pro- vided, and Bupt. Wilson hopes to be able to accommodate at least 200 more there thio fall The prisoners who left here yester- day will mserve an aggregate of 338 years, minus time off for good be- havior. Roy Gordon and Edward Brown, bth colored, are to serve thirty years for murder. Rufus Gordon, brother of the former, was recently ex- ecuted for his part in the murder of Simon Miller, a grocer, and his con- fession exonerated Roy. Friends hope to obtain a pardon for Roy. Other slayers in the party are Theodore Ward and Charles Morrow, also colored. twenty years each, and Willlam Isaacs, colored, twelve yea ‘William Hunter, ntenced to years for blackmall, was taken Leavenworth &t his own requ He would have been taken to Atlanta sey- eral months ago had he not told Maj. Peak he feared trouble with fellow blackmailers sent there. Hunter, it is stated. claimed his former friends had threatened him because he gave testl- mony against them two to Upholstering At Half Price Have your upholstered during July at half price. furniture Our entire stock of tapestries, brocades, lain and embossed ve- {ours and mohairs at half price. Lansburgh Interior Decorating Co. Jullus Lansburg! 637 F St. N.W. Mzr. ForfiSal F ST. PROPERTY Excellently located for retail merchant. Can be sold subject to lease as investment or possession of street floor with upper floor leased. Price, $125,000 Ellerson & Wemple 734 15th St. JULY 10, 1923. AMERICAN TO CONDUCT PROBE OF JERUSALEM Cacred Places to Be Visited by Cemmittee From United Btates. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 10.—An invest! gation of conditions in sacred plac in Jerusalem and elsewhere in Pal- estine will be conducted by Dr. C. H Boynten, representing the American committs on preservation of the sacred places in the holy land, it was announced today. Dr. Boynton left New York yesterday on his mission. Financlal crisls is facing the patriarch of Jerusalem, who. with the rother of the Holy Bepuichre, has taken care of the shrines for seven- teen centurfes since thelr rediscovery during the relgn of Constantine, It was reported. Revenue for the care of the holy places was drawn from Russia prior to the war, Since the revolution, but little has been re- celved from that source, according to the American committee. Name Just One! From the Kansas City Star. Bhe (after a short guarrel)—Well, yes, I'll admit I have many faults. He (with deep conviction)—Yes; T'll say 80! she (very surprised)—Is that What are they? so? 5 vital in ironing out political friction in internationa] affairs in the far east and assuring peace in the Pacific, es- peclally at this time in view of the disturbed conditions in China, where the power of the central government has been weakened materially and bandii outrages have become numer- ous. Proclamation of the Washington treaties might have had a stabilizing effect on the situatiop, it is believed FRENCH PACT VT GRATIFING TOU.S. Ratification by the French chamber | For a somewhat different reason of deputles of the four-power Pacific|the delay over the submarine and Eeadtv dravn ao b thie weid fer- | B&3 warfare treaty is & cause of re- ’I b "l et - ‘;":"] €T" | gret to officlals here. It had been ence In ngton last year, follow- | hoped at the time of the Washington ing the actlon of the chamber in vot- | (;uufcr;‘nchh that the doctrines laid 3 down In that treaty as binding upon ing favarably ou;the n&val pactIaat (e siguatories could ho oxtended Wweek, has been received with gratifi- i without delay to all other nations. atlon by the State Department.|&dding a new chapter to international Offictals have expressed some regret, |{or. That world process cannot go however, at the forecast that 2 the | has been ratified. three other Washington treatles | Ot Vital Importance. would not be put through at once. The submarine provisions of the Although the five treatles .‘raad;‘;rer‘;‘l‘s;m:r‘buéy S ot netter Im | po o Great Britain than to upon at the limitation of armament| the other signatories because of her conference are independent documents, | geographical situation. It is to be they supplement each other to a cer- recalled that the British delegation |at the conference sought to outlaw tain degree, and It is belleved their|gubmarines entirely. The Root reso- effoctiveness in removing possible|lutlons cmbodied in the submarine causes of war would be appreciably and gas warfare treaty were written diminished If any one were not ratf or tue purpose of finding a compro- fled by any of ihe powers involved.|mise ground in which naval opinion of all_the powers could combine. e L | _In the absence of the text of the Immediate ratification of the Chi- | French government's proposed reser- nese treatles, one dealing with cus-|vation to the submarine clauses, offi- toms matters in China and the other |cials here are unwilling to comment wili poiitical questions there, seems |on the probable effect. “Jrom_the AVENUE o NINTH- $ en yoié’i/zink of PalmBeach NATIONALLYH 1!!. !lil ;Iil:ll | l o Ill | | Il | - il i il | Phone Main 603 No matter what size shade you need—we make them to order at Factory Prices. They work easily and can be kad in the color you designate. Phone us for estimates. @ & Blvd.|—{ 830 13th St. N.W. 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