Evening Star Newspaper, February 29, 1924, Page 17

HISTORIC DOCUMENT FINDS PERMA! T RESTING PLACE. Herbert Putnam, librarian of Congr placing the original copy of the Declaration of Independence in an especially constructed marble vault the main lobby of the Library of Congress. Coolidge being among the attendants. The vault was unveiled yesterday, the President and Mrs. tional Photo. A YIEY Bt T 'WORKING ‘UP AN APPETITE FOR BREAKFAST. Grey Billy, one of Uncle Sam's thoroughbreds, takes his morning exercise at Fort Venning, Ga. Capt. W. A. McClure, his master, jumps a table where several enlisted men- are eating: breakfast. . LAUDNONTICELLD AT FUND NEETIG Jefferson Home Called One of | Most Fitting Memorial to Statesman. the home of Thomas Jefferson in Virginia, was charae- terized as the most fitting national memorial to the great statesman and &8 one of the purest types of old co- Jonial architecture, rich in historic value, at a meeting at the New Wil- lard Hotel yesterday afternoon for the purpose of forwarding the local campalgn for $40,000 toward the pur- chase of the place as a shrine for the nation. Thomas Jefferson was extolled as one of the greatest American states- men and as one for whom no great national memorial of any kind had been set up. No shrine could be bullt, no memorial erected. it was empha- sized by more than one speaker of the afternoon, which would carry so much of the spirit of the author of the Dec- laration of Independence us his own home, designed by himself. Of Monticello it was sald by Jeffer- son himself: “All my wishes end, whero I hope my days will end, at Monticello.” Many Virtues Extolled. Senator Willlam Cabell Bruce out- ltned the characteristies of the states- man, which, in his.opinion, placed Jefterson.among the greatest Ameri- cans, Washington, Jeflerson, Frank- lin and Lincoln. Of all American Presidents, Senator Bruce sald, Jef- ferson had been the most accom- plished—a. )inguist of many lan- guages, able lawyer, author of the Declaration of Independence, of the statute of Virginta for religious free- dom, father of the University .of Vir- ginia, architect of his own.home. and 2 man beloved for his refined and delicate nature, as’ well as’ admired for his virtle manhood. He was ex- tolled, as the author of sound po- litical maxims, as a skilliful, tactful politiclan of the higher order and praised as a graceful dancer. The other most accomplished Presidents were said to be John Quincy Adams and Theodore Roosevelt. Senator Bruce sald he knew of no memorial to any great man which ‘would be more “interesting and at- tractive” than the Jefferson home, *revealing his character.” Senator Woodbridge N. Ferris of Michigan emphasized the inspiration the life of Jefferson to the youth of the land. Praising the statesman’s development of self government, and his passion for it, Senator Ferris de- oclared “at this hour the lack of self government is the one serious thing ‘we have to conside: Monticello ehould be purchased, he said, and dedicated to “a lofty appreciation of & lofty and a perpetual democracy.” Things Jefferson Omitted. Miss Janet Richards stressed the things which Jefferson did not do. In spite of his love for fine blooded horses, Miss Richards said, Jefferson never ' gambled, nor permitted his horses to race; he never smoked, and he never had a serious falling out ‘with any of his friends. Miss Minnegerode Andrews pointed out that Jefferson had been reviled es an athelst, but as a matter of fact had been misunderstood on this point, simply because he had stood for re-. ligious freedom. He had cut out the sayings of Jesua from the Biblg, she Afonticello, Women’s Bureau Head Addressed As Wife of “Rip” “Mrs. Rip Van Winkle, chief of police, United States.” The director of the woman’s bureau of the Washington police department—whose name, by the way, is Mrs. Mina C. Van Win- kle—smiled as she picked from her morning mail a letter bearing that address. Although the letter bore ear- marks of a practi joker, it turned out to be a sincere request from 2 woman in London for im- formation concerning the work of policewomen in this country. BRITISH EMBASSY - GREETS NEW ENVOY Sir Esme Howard Temporarily Staying at the Shore- ham Hotel. Sir Esme Howard, who succeeds Sir Auckland Geddes as British ambas- sador to the United States, arrived here last night fully prepared to enter on the discharge of his duties. He arrived at New York Wednes- day and was accompanied to this city by his private secretary, H. V. Tennant, and Henry G. Chilton, coun- selor of the embassy, and also by William Phillips, undersecretary of state, recently appolnted ambassador to Belgium, who hae been on a visit to Bermuda. The party was met at Union station by the full embassy | staff and the ambassador was escort- ed to the Shoreham Hotel, where he will remain until he takes up his residence at the embassy, on Con- necticut avenue, Here Fifteen Years Ago. The new ambassador {s no stranger to this city, having been stationed here about fifteen years ago. Recent-. 1y he represented his government at Madrid. He visited several old friends here today and also arranged with the State Department officials . for his formal presentation at the White House at the earllest conven- 1ience of the President. GETS 0. R. C. COMMISSION. Joseph Adams, 514 M street, has been commissioned by the War De- partment as a first lieutenant, mili- tary police, in the ized Reserve Corps of the Army. —— e sald, and had pasted them together in & blank book for his own personal study. Mrs. Gouverneur Hoes explained the working of the campaign In Washington which is to raise $40,000 in five weeks, and declared that there would be a minimum of expense at- tached. Headquarters had been con- tributed by the New Willard Hotel, she sald, and Keith's Theater had of- fered certain facllities which would be accepted for the purpose of for- warding the campaign. She an- nounced the workers would meet at tea at her home, 1410 20th street, Thursday afternoon at & With Mrs. Richard Parker Crenshaw, Mrs. Hoes is conducting the campaign un- der the executive committee for ‘Washington, of which Dr. Larkin W. Glazebrook {s chairman. Dr. Glaze- broak. presided .at- a Wide World Photo. | SHOWING OF CASKET 'FACTORY FILM DENIED Defense in Conspiracy Case Sought to Convince Jury Manufactur- ing Was Done. SEE PRODUCTS IN STORAGE Taking of Testimony Expected to Be Finished Monday. Justice Hitz of the District Supreme Court late yesterday afternoon de- clined to permit counsel for the de- fense In the Crystal Glass Casket consplrac: up” a screen in’ "Criminal "Court 'No.' 1 on which to display a motion plcture showing the operations in connection with the manufacture of glass caskets at Ada, Okla, The defense had the film ready and a projecting. machine on hand to show the jurors that caskets of glass were actually made. The lawyers for the defense noted'an exception to the ruling of the court. The application of the defense for a visit by thé jury to the storage place rented by the company was granted, and the jurors in company with counsel and 'a_ deputy marshal viewed a stock of glass caskets, one of which was said to be more than six feet long, while others were of varfous sizes. Attorneys T. Morris ‘Wampler, Robert E. Lynch and Harry A. Hegarty for the defense had told the jury they would exhibit the caskets In the courtroom, but later decided.that a view by the .jurors at the storage place would be more con- ventent. The defense announced the close of its case, and Assistant United States Attorney Bilbrey will call a few wit- | nesses Monday in rebuttal. The case is expected to be submitted to the |dury late Monday afterndon. Books Accurately Kept. The books of the Crystal Glass Cas- ket Company were efficlently nad ac- curately kept and disclosed no at- tempt on the part of officlals of the icompany to make false ‘ehtrieb,” ac- cording to the testimony given yester- day by Willlam R. Buchanan, certified public accountant, offered as a witnesy ,for the defense. The witness furnished and read a detailed audit of the company's finances covering a perlod from Sep- tember 22, 1917, to Audgust 1, 1922 Every §tem was properly supported by vouchers with the exception of a few instances, the auditor stated. ! When_Assistant United States At- torney Bilbrey began his cross-exam- tination of the witness it was dis- .closed that the ledger from which the statement had been made was not |in court. ~The assistant prosecutor declared he could not proceed with the examinatibn in the absence of the book. The witneps stated that all the entries of which tI ledger was a summary might be found in the other books. 'He could not account for the absence of the ledger, as the books had been in storage for several onths. Attorney T. Morris Wampler for the defense asserted that the absence of the ledger was a surprise to him .88 the books had been turned over Lo the witness and had by him been sent to the storage company. o latter custodian, it was «hown, de- livered the box of books to the cham- bers of Justice Hitz this morning, whence they were transferred to the courtroom. ‘The witness was excused -until later this afternoon and & ity was sent to the rage plant to make inqujry concerning.the lost book. : {m | “THE SAGE OF DANVILLE" LISTENS-IN. We have with us once more “Uncle Joe™ Cannon, who once was a familiar figure on the streets of Washington. The former Speaker of the House is spending a quiet time in the old home town of Danville. 11l Wide World Photo, COME FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA. E. Koerner, LL. D., president of the supreme court of Czechoslovakia, and Dr. Frantisek Chvalkovsky. minister from Czechoslovakia, who called on President Coolidge ve terday afternoon. Miss Edna G. Henry, recently ad- judged “the best citizen of In- dianapolis.” She was awarded a silver loving cup for “outstanding and unselfish service to her city Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. DENIES BALKAN TROUBLE. Bulgarian Minister Declares Nation Not Involved in Controversy. Denial of Bulgarlan participation in any trouble alleged to be brewing in the Balkan states Is set forth in a letter received today by The Eve- ning Star from S. Panaretoff, Bul- garian minister to the United State in which he refutes in part the &on- tents of a recent dispatch printed in connection with information received here by the Jugoslav legation. The minister's letter follows in full: “In the issue of the 27th of Febru- ary of your estimable paper a com- munication, based on information received here by the Jugoslav le tion, says that ‘The Belgrade go ernment s apprehensive over inter- national trouble again breaking out in the Balkans because of activ- ities of Bulgarian bands of comitadjis along the frontlers of Greek and Serblan Macedonia.’ The said Infor- mation further states that ‘the comi- tadjis were led by Todor Alexan- droff and were supported by Lazaroff, Bulgarian minister of war.’ “The Bulgarian government has re- peatedly declared that it has not al lowed and will not allow any forma- tion or equipment of bands of comi- tadjls in Bulgaria. To the reiter- ated accusations of the Belgrade gov- ernment, to the contrary, it. has pro- posed that an international commis- sion be appointed by the council of the league of natlons or by the al- lled powers to investigate the truth- fulness or the falsity of these ac- cusations. The Belgrade government has persistently rejected such an in- quiry. Jugoslav newspapers, which are honest enough {o tell the truth, make no secret of the lamentable state of affairs {n Macedonia, which they attribute to the intolerable Ser- bian administration. They also at- tribute to the latter the formation of bands of insurgents, which are or- ganized on Macedonian soil and sup- ported by the native population. If any international trouble, hinted at by the said information, should arise !in the Balkans it will come from the Belgrade government, which desires to fish In troubled waters, and not from Bulgaria. I may add, in con- clusion, that Lazaroff is not Bul- garian minister of war and has no ;:og’nlectlon with Alexandroff or comi- g KELLER BILL INDORSED. Public School Association Commit- tee Backs Salary Measure. ‘The Keller teachers' salary bill was indorsed by the legislative committee of the District Public School Assocla- tion at a meeting last night in the Franklin School. The committee also adopted a resolution urging the board of education to prepare a compulsory attendance and school census bill. Robert L. Haycock, acting supe: intendent of schools, and represent: tives of the high and grade school teachers’' unions attended the meet- ing. — HAWAIIAN BILL APPROVED. Provisions of the federal highway act, federal farm loan act and the vocational training act were extended to the territory of Hawall under a House bill approved by the Senate yesterdy. SCHOOL THEFTS STIR POLICE. Because of nurierous robberies in public school buildings police offi- cials have directed members of the force to pay _special attention to such buildings. In most instances the buildings have been entered between Friday afternoon and Monday morn- ing, desks pried open and money and uables stolen. Blair School was entered Iast night but the intruders 13iled tQ find 3n5thing they, wanted. 4 National Thoto. Mrs. James M. Thomson. wife of a New Orleans pablisher, and daughter of the late Champ Clark, who “it mentioned as a democratic candidate for Congress from her district. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. ASSERTS DUTY OF U.S. IS TO HELP WORLD William J. Bryan Sees No Other Nation So Deeply Indebted. ALREADY HAS GIVEN MUCH Address at Banquet Before Inter- national Association. “This country has given largely and has borrowed largely—there is no other nation so deeply indebted as America—and if this nation did hot glve more than any other to help the world it would be culpable beyond thought,” declared William Jennings Bryan In rosponding to a toast, “Art and Letters the Universal Bond," at the annual banquet of the Interna- tional Assoclation of Art and Letters at the Hotel La Fayette last night. Mr. Bryan visualized art and litera- ture as the bond of union and meet- ing place of all peoples. Five Continents Represented. The banquet was unique in that its guests, speakers, menu and en- tertainment - were representative of the five continents of the earth. Dr. Clarence J. Owens, president of the organization, Introduced the aiplo- mats, who responded to the toast and who were from Europe, Asia, Africa, America and Australia. Hon. Donald Mckinnon, high com- missioner for the commonwealth of Australia, outlined the literature, art and characteristics of his country and made a plea to the association to help in getting better copyright privileges in America for Australian authors. Others who replied to the toast and stressed the importance of the arts and sclences as a means of peac world brotherhood and_understand- ing were: Asia, Mirza Hussein Khan : Alal, minister from Persia; Africa, Yousry Pasha, minister from Egyp Europe, M. Tsamaoos, charge d'affaires of Greece; Spanish South America, Dr. Don Ricardo J. Alfaro, minister from Panama, and Dr. Manoel de Oliviera Lima, former minister from Brazil, Portuguese. Menu of National Diskes. The menu was made up of national dishes, each of which was followed by entertainment features illustrative of the life of the continents. Miss Charlotte Bell of the Ojibway tribe sang_songs dedicated to the Ameri- can Indian; Greek tableaux and the PIGEONS RELI York and Senator Royal S ASED FOR LONG FLIGHT TO NEW YORK. Representative Anning S. Prall of New . Copeland releasing pigeons at the Capitol ¥ sterday. The birds, which are the property of the Staten Island Homing Club, are carrying messages from Washington to Stat Islanders. LARGEST SHIP GOES INTO DRY DOCK AT BOSTO} d ran into a mud bank in New (Y PLAYGROUNDS | OPENTOMORROW Twenty-Six Under Municipal Supervision Ready for District Children. “Come on, fellers! Get your bats and s have a game | shout—or words to that | effect—will fill the air in every corner | of Washington tomorrow when Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes throws open the gates of the municipal playgrounds for another season of romping good times. Although March, with its lion-like reputation and its possible snow- storms, has not yet passed on its way, the opening of the recreation centers will be the signal for Johnny and Bill and all the other kids in the neighborhood to start rooting through the closets for that ball or bat that was hidden away for safekeeping And if the trusty stick or the tape- covered ball are not readily found, Ma no doubt will be called from the kitchen by a demand that she jotn in the search. Mother will gladly re- spond, knowing that once the imple- ments of sport are located, she will not be interrupted for the rest of the day. Mrs. Rhodes announced that she is opening twenty-six municipal grounds this year, one more than on the open- ing day of last yvear. The additional one 1s the Payne School yard, 16th and C streets southeast, for colored chil- dren. Until the schools close in June, the playgrounds will be open from noon until dark on school days and from 9 to 4:30 on Saturdays. Enlarge List in Summer. Within a few weeks the play- grounds department bopes to open five or six additional grounds in school yards. Later in the summer the recreational system will be greatly enlarged by the establishment of the summer playgrounds in a score of other school yards. The playgrounds ‘that will open tomorrow are: ‘White—Bloomingdale, 1st and Bry- ant strets northwest; Chevy Chase, 41st and_Livingstone streets north- west; GalMnger, F strest northwest between 21st and 22d streets; Garfleld Park, 2d and F streets southeast; Georgetown, 33d and Volta place northwest; Happy Hollow, 18th and Kalorama road northwest; Hoover, 2d chorus from “Alceste” were given by |and Delaware avenue southwest; Iowa the King Smith studfos; Mrs. G. A. Lyon gave a reading of a synopsis and extracts from “The Pastlme of Eter- nity,” a play based on the life of Omar Khayyam,” and Miss Florence Fenton performed a Spanish dance, followed by an Egyptian ballet by members of her dancing school. S Fireman’s Widow Sues D. C. Agnes L. Hdll, as administratrix of the estate of her husband, S. C. Hill, former member of the fire department, who dled January 20, 1923, today filed suit in the District Supreme Court against the District of Columbia for back pay alleged to be due the dead fireman. Mrs, Hill asks & judgment for $1,127.95, which she says repre- |sents ‘salary of her husband from June 1, 1822, to Janua 1 1923, which the District has decline, oReY: She Is répresented by Attorneys i Whitetord & Darr, . Avenue, Iowa avenue northwest b tween Varnum and Webster street Lois Marshall Nursery, Children’s Hospital; Mitchell Park, 23d and § streets northwest; Montrose Park, 30th and R streets northwest; New York avenue, 1st and New York ave- nue northwest; Park View, Warder and Otis streets northwest; Plaza, 2d and B streets northeast; Wililam S. Phillips, 8th, 9th, Longfellow and Madison streets northwest; Rosedale, 17th and Kramer streets northeast; Thomson, 13th and L streets north- west; Twin Oaks, 14th and Taylor strests northwest; Van Ness (Big Sis- ters), 3d and M streets southeast; Vi ginia avenue, 9th, 1ith, on Virginia avenue southeast. Colored—Cardozo, 1st and I streets southwest; Howard, 6th and W streets northwest; Logan, 3d and .G streets northeast; Payne, 15th and C streots southeast; Phillips, 27th-and N streets northwest; Willow Tree, 3d, 4%, B and C streets southwest York harbor several months ago. U. S. Sends Carloads Of Cow Shins to China; . Usedin Mah-Jong Sets By the Assoclated Pres. Tex., February 29. —Thres carloads of selected shin bones from cows slaughtered at a Chicago packing house were ex- ported from Galveston yesterday on the steamship Patrick Henry for Japan, where they will be re- to China for the manu- mah-jong sets. The y of the game in the United States and South America is said to have caused a large de- mand for the bones. FOUR ADDED TO LIST RESTORED AT BUREAU Will Resume Posts at Engraving Establishment From Which They Were Dismissed. Four more dismissed employes will be restored to their old positions at the bureau of engraving and printing tomorrow, it was announced last night by Maj. Wallace W. Kirby, act- ing director. With the exception of William Dean, former assistant foreman of the surface division, who is to con- fer with the major shortly concern- ing the possibility of reinstatement, this completes the program of vindica- tion and .restoration. The twenty- nine employes ousted by executive or- der in March, 1922, by tomorrow morn- ing will all have been cared for. Ten were restored last Monday, four more g0 back tomorrow, thres have died, James L. Wilmeth, former director, de- Clined the offer of returning as di- rector, and others have retired, all vindicated of the aspersions cast upon them by the summary dismissal, un- der a cloud of suspicion. Those who will return tomorrow are Adam P. Ruth, chief clerk, suc- ceeding John S. Clark, resigned; Ralph H. Chappell, chief of the engine and machine division, succeeding Ed- ward P. Gender, resigned; Henry L Wilson, jr., superintendent of the printing division, succeeding John F. Hardle, who has been demoted to plate printer, and Patrick J. Farrell, foreman of 'building and 'cleaners, succeeding Jacob B. de , now on leave. WOOLWORTH COMPANY LEASES D. C. PROPERTY Thirty-Year Contract Embraces F Street Corner, Where New Busi- ness Block Is Proposed. The properties on the northwest corner of 12th and F streets north- west, known as 1201, 1201% -and 1203 F street and 604, 606 and 608 12th street, have been leased by F. W. Woolworth Company of' New York for a period of thirty years from Isadore Saks, president of Saks & Co. of this city. The contract, according to Leon Tobriner, attorney for the Saks in- terest, calls for the erection of a bullding - of' not less' than -three stories. Razing of the present build- ings will begin about May 1 and the new building is to be finished in the P Natfonal Photo. The S. S. Leviathan has been turned into the great v dock for the purpose of hating her hull examined. The ship has been out of commission since she Wide World Photo. G.W. . FUND DRIVE ENDS TOMORROW Final Reports in Local Cam- paign Due at New Wil- lard Luncheon. After a month of intensive wo the campaign organization which h |'been raising the endowment fund for |the George Washington University, | will come to an end at the final re- port luncheon, to be held at 12:30 o'clock tomofrow at the New Willard | Hotel. With over $445,000 reported at the [1ast meeting, it is expected that the | amounts in subscriptions to the fund to be reported tomorrow will swell the total close to the half-million- dollar mark. Prizes to Be Awarded. The division and team groups the local sector of the drive will be formally disbanded and the prizes for the highest individual totals will be awarded. A sliver cup, given by Car- ol Glover of the university board of trustees, will be presented to tho most successful of the man workers Two silver models of pheasants have been offered by Charles L Corby, a trustee, to the worker from the wom- en’s groups who reports the largest individual total. Although tomorrow will mark the formal disbandment of the groups as teams, & number of the individual workers will continue with the soli- citation in an effort to bring the total of the local subscriptions to a higher figure. A great many of the contributions eolicited early in the drive are being received at the local headquarters. Gift of $300 Cited. One of the most recently received was a gift of $300 from Mrs. Clara Vanden, whose son, Joseph Vanden, is attached to the American consulate staff at Glasgow, Scotland. It is the bellef of the campaign committes that a number of subscriptions are still obtainable in this sector. The disbandment of the local groups does not affect the national organiza- tion. A number of the divisions in other cities have but recently been organized. These will continue in the work of raising their individual quotas, it was eald at drive head- quarters today. —_— MAY CONFIRM COHEN. Senate. Mdéve .to .Reconsider .sq Interpreted. White House officials expect con- firmation to result from the move in the Senate to reconsider the nomina« tion of Walter L. Cohen, negro repubs lican leader In Loulsiang, to be cone troller of the port of New Orleans. Should the reconsideration lead ta rejection again by the Senate of Co- hen's nomination, the negro will thereupon resume administration of the controllership without pay in ac- cordance with the plan agreed upon by President Coolidge, Chairman Ad- ams of the republican national com- mittee and Cohen &t a recent White House conference. Pending the re- sult of the move for reconsideration, B. F. Koelle will continue as assist- ant ‘controller of customs, as_an- nounced a few days ago by Emil Kuntz, republican national commite teeman for Louisiana,