Evening Star Newspaper, March 17, 1924, Page 17

THE EVENING MR. MeADOO GOE: at Mar Stephens is about te “snowhal 1" McAdoo with a ball of cotton. CAMPAIGNING THROUGH THE SOUTH. This photograph was taken a few days ago tta, Ga.. when the democratic presidential candidate delivered an addre: Miss _Elizabeth By United News Photos. NOVEL METHOD OF BIDDING FAREWELL TO AMERICA. Miss Ethel Leginska, one of the lead ing woman pianists, playing on the deck of the steamship Aquitania just before she sailed for Earope. The concert formed her “au revoi URGE ADEQUATE CARE OF ALL DEFECTIVES Step Toward Abolishing Illegiti-| ‘eeble-Mindedness ‘Advocated. macy an PLEA F Surgeon General Cummings and Others Address Mass Meeting. Adequate institutional care for mental and physical defectives as a step toward abolishing illegitimacy and feeble-mindedness was urged by Surgeon General Hugh S. Cummings, director of the United States public health service, in his address on “The Value of the Florence Crittenton Work from a Public Health Stand- point,” 2 wuspices of the Florence Crittenton Home and Dr. Kate Waller Barret, at Calvary Baptist Church yesterday afterncon. Gen. Cummings dwelt on the need for greater care and consideration for the unmarricd mother and the child Lorn out of wedlock. Delinquency is the outstanding characteristic of ociety today, he said, and one of the ntributing causes is the desire of ris at the age of adolescence, to o into the world to make their own way only to meet up with unscrupu- lous persons and cventually finding themselves in a home of this sort. ives Aid In Seventy-two Cities, he Crittenton Home is established eventy-two cities. In_thirty-two ortunates inhabit- ing these homel, Gen. Cummings “tated, and has found that 80 per cent of the inmates are infected with ur have been exposed to' venereal diseases, and as the unmarried mother is admitted carly in the pre- natal stage and allowed to remain until the child is six months old, the mnother is given treatment for rellef of diseases, thus creating greater im- munity in the child. He said a large portion of the children born out of wedlock die within a year or so, due 10 the lack of proper nourishment. Justice Frederick L. Siddons, who presided, stated that this was one of 4 series of meetings having for an object greater service In this cause und to cducate the public as to what Siddons lives of the o home is doing. Judge aid that before condemning a wom- an mothering a child while yet un- married inquiry snould be made into the reasons for the erring step. - An married mother is not a creature art from her kind and should not o branded, as she is often the vic- tim of circumstances. He expressed the conviction that where the pa- ternity of a child can be established ihe father should be compelled to provide for its maintenance the same as Is required by law in legitimate marriages. Advoeates Change in Laws. In advocating a change of the laws to provide the same legal status for illegitimate children as is accorded the legitimate ones in regard to malntenance, support and the right of inheritance, Willlam Hodson of the Russell Sage Foundation said this type of child Is a human entity, subject to the same needs and de- sires as all others. The unmarried mother and the child born out of wedloc, he sald, should not be treated on the basis of hysteria, but on a rational -consideration and treatment of the triangle—father, mother and child. He advocated the catabliehment of paternul Identity CRITTENTON HOME | meeting under the | ¥ ublic health service ade extensilily investigation into | ™ 1o her admirers in thi Wedding Gifts { Up for Division In Divorce Suit In a suit for a limited divorce filed today in the District Supreme Court Mrs. Helen Richards of 228 outh Carolina avenue southeast asks the District Supreme Court to decree an equitable division of her wedding presents. She declares she has been obliged to leave her husband, James C. Richards, a manual training teacher at the Smallwood Public School, because of alleged cruelty, and that while he permitted her to take certain of the presents, he retains others ywhich were sent to them jointly and declines to malke a division of them. Mrs. Richards tells the court she was married August 16, 1922, and has one child. She left her hus- band February 7, she states, and wants alimony for herself and child. They have been occupying a home belonging to her husband’ parents and adjoining the parents abode, the wife says, and she charges that much of her unhap- piness has been caused by the proximity of the “in-laws.” Her husband” has promised to move away on several occasions, but has failed to do so. Attorneys W. A. Coombe and E. D. Detwiler appear for the wife. — country 1 without subjecting the unfortunate| mother to the curious gaze of the morbid throngs in the courtroom and without the usual publicity. Mr. Hodson said there was need for legislation to force upon the i father the support of the ummarried mother and her child, the obligation ! to extend throughout the child's minority. He condemned the system| of ‘“unofficial compromises” as re- { sorted to in many cases, stating that | the amount usually settled upon was jinsufficient to maintain the child alone | for more than a year. t Dr. Barrett Gives Views, @ Dr. Kate Waller Barrett, president of the National Florence Crittenton Mission, said that_Jesus Christ was the first worker for the Crittenton Home when he said, “Go and sin no more.” “Always remember that when- ever you condemn an illegitimate child or unfortunate mother you are defiling the Constitution of the United States, which tells us we are all cre- ated free and equal,” Dr. Barrett said. She pointed out that from the time of the establishment of the home in New York city in 1882 until ten years ago the average age of- women com- ing into the home was twenty-eight years, an age, she said, at which a person should be fully aware of what they are doing. The average age now is less than sixteen years, some institutions hous- ing girls as young as thirteen years, who have bartered away_ their woman- hood before they ever kndw what it means. She said the Crittenton Home takes in those whom others do not want and will not have, and expressed disapproval of the genera] practice of adopting children, as half of the .in- mates of the Crittenton Home are either adopted children or orphans. Commissioners Indorse Work. Commissioners Rudolph and Oyster were present, lending their indorse- ment to the work of the Florence Crit- tenton Home. Representative La Guar- dia of New York, who was to have ad- dressed the. meeting, was unable to be present. Senator Copeland sent a message commending the work of the home as being .invaluable and one meriting the financial and moral sup- port of every ome. The invocation was given by Rev. William S Abernethy, pastor of Cal- vary Baptist Church. Several vocal se- lections were given by Miss Beatrice Seymour Goodwin. Dispute Over Money Leads to Fatal | Copyright by Kadel & Herbert CONFESSED SLAYER IN HANDS OF POLICE Joseph Jefferson, Colored, Surren- ders After Eluding Police Since Saturday Night. | ADMITS KILLING H. L. SMITH Shooting. Eluding the police since Saturda: night, Joseph Jefferson, colored, better known as “Fats” confessed slayer of Henry L. Smith, also color= ed, in one of the stables at Benning Saturday night, surrendered early to- day to the police and was held on a charge of murder. Jefferson had telephoned Detectives O'Brien and Keck to meet him at 9th and N streets. He was waiting for them when they arrived at the intersection. Jefferson, who is a native of San Antonio, Tex., freely talked of a game in which several stablemen were engaged and of the trouble that followed a dispute about money. A colored man caled “Sad Sam,” he said, warned his that Smith was about to attack him with a file and he used his pistol. . “I popped him good and proper,” the prisoner stated. “If I hadn't popped him I'd been about the city today with my brains out.”” “Did you fire only once? O'Brien’ asked “Only once,” the prisoner respond- ed. “Once was enough, wasn't it? Jefferson _said he had not been drinking before the trouble occurred. Coroner Nevitt arranged to hold an inquest over Smith's body this after- noon. Detective e CALLS CHRIST OPTIMIST. Visiting Pastor Says He Brought ‘World Confidence. Rev. Dr. James F. Alblon of Port- land, Me., preached the sermon at the Church of Our Father, 13th and L| streets northwest, last night The }of workers is expeoted. | service, bears hope for the future. |There are many building tradesmen first note struck in Jesus' life, he said, was one of optimism; the last, one of good cheer. “The first message Jesus Christ Bave,” the preacher sald, “was ‘Be- hold, I bring you tidings of - great Jjoy that shall be to all people.” And his last note was one of confidence and victory. ‘Be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.’ Christ came to earth, Dr. Albion pointed out, not as a sacrifice to an angry God for man’s sins, but as a prophet to save man by arousing his faith in the priceless value .of his own soul. —_——— SPARKS FIRE HOME. $1,500 Damage Results at House of Carl J. F. Graff. Sparks from a chimney yesterday morning set fire to the home of Carl J. F. Graff, 3150 Highland place north- west. The fire gained much headway before the - arrival of firemen and caused dafnage estimated at $1,500. The loes is covered by insurance. An overheated gas stove started a fire in the oySter house of J. H. John- son, 705 R street northwest, late last night. Only slight damage resulted. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, MONDAY, MARCH 11, KING RUM FROM THE SEA. Federal agents bringing uj contraband from the two-masted schooner Little Fred, whicg cases of sank off Portsmouth. Divers were employed to raid the sunken vessel. HE LEADS ROUND-THE-WORLD FLYERS. charge of the world flight Sergt. A. L. Harvey, his mechanic Wide World Photo, Maj. F. L. Martin (left). United States Army aviators, and of ship No. 1, which will lead the squadron from the hop-off in California. SURPLUS OF WORKERS | REPORTED IN CAPITAL | Almost Immediate Improvement in Situation Is Seen by Employ- ment Service. Although there is now a surpius of skilled and unskilled workers in Washington, prospects for the em- ployment. in the near future of those now out of work are encouraging here, the Department of Labor an- nounced today. February showed a good demand for stenographers and typists and continuance of the call for this class The supply-| of domestic help. the department d clared, is somewhat larger than the demand. Very few new building projects have been announced. How- ever, local building tradesmen are fairly well employed. The present employment situation in Washington, according to R. L. Pilkington, director of the local office of the United States employment out of work, he said today, but every indication points to a building pro- gram this spring which will employ every avallable craftsman. ——— SAFE ROBBED OF $160. Cement and Supply Company, Bladensburg, Report Burglary. Officials of the Hudson Cement and Supply Company, Bladensburg road, Langdon, réported to the police to- day that the safe in their office had been burglarized between closing| time Saturday afternoon' and this morning and robbed of $160. The combination had been.worked. En- trance was gained by removing a screen from a rear window. i 3 ARRESTED IN HOLD-UP. | Alleged Highwaymen Taken After ! Escaping in Auto. James Jackson, 2223 Cleveland ave- nue northwest, early yesterday was, held up by three unidentified colored ! men at Westminster and 9th streets | northwest and robbed of $25. They disappeared in an automobile. Three colored men are under arrest in the eighth precinct for alleged participa- | tion in the robbery. ) Maj. Steese Relieved of Duty. By direction of the President, Maj. James G. Steese, a retired engineer; officer, was today relieved from fur- ther duty in connection with the gov- ' ernment railroad in the territory of Alaska, to which duty he was as- signed’ under the provisions of an| n;:;‘of Congress approved March 12, 1914. Will Welcome' Sir Esme Howard. ‘The Pilgrim Society of the United States will give a dinner in New York_city tomorrow night to welcome 8ir Esme Howard, the new British ambassador back to the United States, where he served as counsellor of the British embassy in 1906-8 under the late Ambassador Bryce, —_— Exhibit Ends Tonight. The annual exhibition of the Wash- ington architects, which has been in progress at the Art Center, 1106 Con~ necticut avenue, during the last two weeks, . will close tonight .at 10 o'clock. Copyright by Tnderwood & Underwood. -1924. INSURING PURE WATER FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. C. J. Lanter, chief chemist at the filtra- tion plant, making analysis of the Capital’s water. The tests are made at short intervals to see that th water is always kept to a high standard of parity. Copyright by Kadel & Herbert A BIT OF ACTION ON TAMPA'S PLAYING FIELD. Shirley, a recrnit of the Washington team. tagging: Mira, Cuban rookie, in a practice game. GOVERNMENT'S ATTORNEYS irley was playing first ba: NFER WITH W YOMIN 'S GOVERNOR. Before to annul the Teapot Dome naval oil leases, the special counsel of the government conferred with Gov. William B. Ross of Wyoming. Cheyenne. CARMEN OPERALOGUE|11 PERSONS INJURED J.C.GITTINGS, MEMBER AT CENTRAL HIGH ' IN AUTO COLLISIONS | ists and Mrs. Albion to Give Performance. Hour Concert to Open Community Program Tonight. Music fete, Central High Com- munity Center, tonight, & o'clocfl. Doors open at 7 o'clock. Program. Part 1. 8 p.m. Concert by the Army Band Con- cert Orchestra, Capt. P. W. Lewis, commanding;” William J. Stan- nard, leader. March, “Gen. Lejeuns,” Taylor Branson Overture, “Orpheus in Hades.” Offenbach Selection, “You're in Love,” Friml Valge, “Wedding of the Winds,” Hall (a) “Nights in the Woods,” De Bozi (b) “Just One More Kiss,” Berger (c) “Linger Awhile".......Rose Musician L. Saidenberg, xylo- phone soloist. Intermezzo, “Just a Gem,” Tobani March, “Borussia’ pm. Community singing, everybody. Directed by Robert Lawrence. Part 2 9:10 p.m. “Carmen,” operalogue, Mrs. Edouard Albion, assisted by Rose Pollio, Dorothy Mansfleld, Albert Shefferman, Louis Annis. George Wilson at the piano. “Star Spangled Banner. Tverybody. The music fete to-be given tonight at 8:30 o'clock at Central High School by the Community Musio Association is to be a combination program in two parts, with a ten-minute inter- mission of ‘community singing. The. first part of the program will be under the direction of William J. Stannard, with the Army Band Concert Orchestra of sixty pieces, commanded by Capt. P. W. Lewis. Part two will present Mrs. Edouard Albion, better known as “Peggy” Albiou, who will give “Carmen” in operalogue form, assisted by Ross Pollis, Dorothy Mansfleld. ~Albert Shefferman and Louis Annis, soloists of the Wash- ington Opera Company, with George Wilson at the piano. Mrs. Albion’s recognized ability as a story teller will bring to her listeners all the ro- mance and tragedy of the “Carmen” plot, while the assisting artists will illustrate the story with the most popular musical numbers of the opera. The community singing intermission will be directed by Robert Lawrence, assisted at the plano by Helen Burk- art, and by Mrs. H. Clyde Grimes at the organ. ‘There will be 1,000 seats free to the public, and 1,000 seats reserved for members of the Community Music Assoclation and for those desiring reserved seat privileges for 25 cents. No children under four years of age will be admitted, and all other chil- dren must be accompanied by adults and_ sit with them throughout lhg concert. The doors will opea at 7 o'elock. 1 LRy : " | crashed. chusetts Avenue—Eight Pas- sengers Hurt. | aRMY BAND WILL .ruy;m}: ALARM SOUNDED | Another Accident Results in Dis- | covery of Liquor. Eleven persons were injured in au- tomobile collisions vesterday, accord- ing to police reports. The most serious accident occurred on Massachusetts avenue near 224 street, when the machines of Earl Moffett, 5718 13th street, and Bernard | Spille, 2518 Hall place northwest, A passerby, seeing both ma- | chines badly damaged, feared fire | might result and sounded an alarm that brought several engine com- panies to the scene. Eight Persons Hurt. Moffett sustained a fractured collar bone. The other injured persons are Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Sinclair of Balti- more aud Mrs, R. T. Payne of 5727 13th street northwest and her four children, Elizabeth, four, and Thelma, cix. All were treated at Emergency ospital. B Perturning of the automobile of Raymond Sullivan, 711 Massachusetts avenue mortheast, and breaking of a lamp post at Sth and B streets north east late yesterday afternoon resul ed from Sullivan's car being_struck by an automobile driven by Thomas Lyles, 320 K street southwest. who was later arrested in South Wash- ington. He is charged with trans- porting one and one-half gallons of Whisky, failing to make known his identity after accident, reckless driv- ing and with colliding. Twe Cars Collide. A collision between - automobiles driven by John M. Keogh, a_marine, and William H. Baker, 200 L street southeast, occurred last night at 18th and P streets northwest. Keogh sus- tained an injury to his head, while Mrs. Hallet Grimm, Concord 'apart- ments, occupant of the car, was badly shocked and bruised. ‘They were treated at Emergency Hospital. Keogh was charged with failure to have a driver's permit and required to deposit $40 collateral for his ap- pearance. Mrs. K. Wagerman, 918 M street northwest, was slightly hurt yester- day -aftqrnoon when her automobile was struck by another machine near 14th and Water streets southwest. The ‘driver of the other car failed to stop: 4 HURT WHEN AUTO CRASHES INTO POLE Two Men and Two Women From ‘Washington Are in Balti- more Hospital. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., March 17.—Four ‘Washingtonians were still in Frank- 1in Square Hospital here today follow- ing an antomoblile accident early ves- | ticing Attorney Here for | Twenty-Five Years. | John Constable Gittings, for more than twenty-five years a member of | the locat bar, died here Saturday. A native of Maryland, Mr. Gittings {read law under the late Albert Con- | stable of Elkton and was admitted to practice before the Maryland courts before coming to Washington. He was in partnership with the late Daniel W. Baker, United States at- torney, and Henry H. Earle of the New York bar. Later he formed the firm of Gittings & Chamberlin with Justice Morrill Chamberlin, with whom he was associated for sixteen vears. Recently, with his son, Thomas Morton Gittings, he prac- ticed as Gittings & Gittings. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bertha Morton Gittings; two sons, Thomas M. of this city and Samuel of Birmingham, Ala., and two daugh ters, Isabelle and Claire. Funeral services were held at 2: pn. today and interment was pri- vate in Rock Creek ceifletery. Notification of the death of Mr. Gittings was made to Chief Justice McCoy of the District Supreme Court today by.Attornev George P. Hoover. Mr. Hoover told the court that Mr. Gittings died Saturday evening, and | remarked that although this was not | the proper time to eulogize the dead lawyer, as memorial services would be held later by the Bar Association, he wished to pay a tribute to the ability and integrity of his dead as- sociate. Chief Justice MeCoy, in_directing that the -notice of the passing of Mr. Gittings be spread on the records of the. court, expressed the. regret of the bench at his death. ' The court referred to Mr. Gittings as a “vigorous and honorable opponent,” and said both bench and bar would miss him, Mr. Gittings had been counsel for Mrs. Rose Keeling Hutchins, widow jof Stilson Hutchins, for the entire twelve years that the estate of the millionaire has been in litigation, and was in attendance before Justice Sid- dons last Wednesday when the court refused to proceed with a retrial of the controversy this spring. court had set the date of the trial for the second Monday in October, but when a calendar inspection had disclosed that to be the thirteenth day of the month, Mr. Gittings ob- Jjected and asked the court to change to the fourteenth. terday morning when their machine crashed into a-pole on Monroe street, oppositeq Carroll Park. ‘The injured ate: Loyis H. Aronson, twenty-five, 704 §th _ street ~southwest, Washington, D. C.; ruptured bladder and bruises. His condition is regarded as danger- ous, but not critical. Mrs. Louise Banan, twenty-four, 211 ]E!_h street southwest; fractured jaw, |broken arm and nose. Mrs. Catherine Simmons, twenty- ol Left to right: Owen J. Roberts, Gov. Ross and Atlee Pomerene, photographed in Copyright by Urderwood & Laderwood ST. PATRICK’S DAY "OF LOCAL BAR, DIES| CELEBRATED IN D. C. :Washingtan Opera Company Solo- | Most Serious Crash on Massachu- :Kative of Maryland, But Was Prac “ngh Mass at St. Patrick’s Cath- olic Church Opens Observ- ance of Occasion. DANCES PLANNED TONIGHT Ancient Order of Hibernians and K. of C. to Entertain. “The wearing of the green” pre dominates among Irish residents of ‘Washington today in honor of St Patrick, the patron saint of Erin. The Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Ladies' Auxiliary of that boay began the day's celebration by tending solemn high mass at St. Pa rick's Church at 10 o'clock. Rev. I M J. Egan of St. John's Church Westminster, Md, was celebrant Rev. Thomas J. Lee of St. Cyprian's Church, deacon, and Rev. Joseph Ken- nedy of St. Joseph's Church, =ub eacon, and Rev. James A. Smyth of St. Peter's Church delivered the ser Bishop Shahan, rector of the i iversity, was the presid- ing Drelate. oth organizations will hold a com- bined entertainment and dance at the tholic Community House. 601 1o street northwest, tonight. The pro- gram will consist of Irish love and folk songs and dancing. The pro- ceeds of the affair will go toward the organization's charity fund. Several hundred are expected to at- tend the Knights of Columbus an- nual card party and dance at the New Willard Hotel tonight. Herbert E. Parker of the Washing- ton Council is in charge of the af fair. Candy and flower booths have been arranged and are under the di- rection of the Cecilian Circle of Wash- ington. —_— MRS. G. G. ANDERSON DIES ‘Wife of Forest Service Employe to Be Buried Tomorrow. Mrs. Amie V. Anderson, wife o George Graham Anderson, the latte connected Wwith the forest service, Department of Agriculture, for the last twenty-three years, died at her The | home, 1420 Decatur street northwest. yesterday. Funeral services will be conducted at the residence tomorrow at 2 pm. Rev. Josiah Sibley, pastor of ‘the Second Presbyterian Church, Chicago, will officiate, assisted by Rev. W. A. Eisenberger of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. Interment will be in Glenwood cem- etery. Mrs. Anderson was born at Jersey Shore, Pa. She and Mr. Anderson celebrated their fortieth wedding an- niversary on the 5th of this month. They had been making their resi- dence in this city since Mr. Anderson came here from Savannab, Ga. to accept a pbsition with the Depart- ment of Agriculture. She wos a member of the Women's City Club and had for many vears taken much interest in the activities of the New York -Avenue Presbyterian Church. Besides her hunsband, shre is survived by a daughter, Mrs five, same address; lacerations and|Chester Morrill, and a sister, Mr shock. Walter Thomas, twenty-nine, 809 6th street southwest; cuts and bruises. According to the police, it is thought Anna Huff of Canajoharie, N The first bananas shipped to London the driver did not see the sharp turn | could not be sold at any price, and were at the scene of the accident in time|left to rot because nobedy would eat to avert the crash.