Evening Star Newspaper, May 31, 1924, Page 14

s . THE THIN PRESIDENT COOLIDGE AND SECRETARIES WEEKS A THE EVENING SIOUX INDIANS PLACE FLOWERS ON SON’S GRAVE. Joseph Takethe-Shield and his wife, who came all the way from South Dakota to take part in Memorial day services at Arlington national cemetery, placing flowers on grave of their son, who was killed in action in France. JEWISH DELEGATES TO SEE PRESIDENT Several Hundred Here for Anti- Tuberculosis Session to Call at White House. WILL VISIT MOUNT VERNON Relief Society Will Convene Here Tonight. Several hundred delegates to the twentieth annual convention of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, which will meet tonight at 8§ ofclock, will be received at the White House by President Coolidge this aft- | etnoon. The delegates, from every section of the United States, will be accompanied by members of the local | committee of 200. | This afternoon the delegates will be | taken to Mount Vernon, where offi- of the Denver sanatorium, in the | erest of which the convention s | being held, will lay a wreath on the témb of Washington. Dr. Work to Speak. ‘With Harry Sherby, chairman of the local convention committee, in the chalr, the convention will be formally opened by Dr: Hubert Work, Secre- tary of the Interior. Other addresses of welcome will be made by Repre- sdntative Frederick N. Zihlman ‘of Maryland, acting chairman of the House District committee; Isaac Gans, phesident of the Washington Chamber of Commerce; Mrs. Charles A. Gold- smith, honorary chairman, ladies’ ro- cpption committee, and Joseph L. Tep- per, chairman, national directors of the society. = Response will be made by Dr. Phil- 1ip Hillkowitz, president of the so- cfety. The Marine Band will furnish nfusic. iEntertalnment features this eve- ning include violin selections by Max- millan Rose and dance numbers by ‘ht-year-old Rita Ullus. There will so be a chorus composed of the llowing: Ethel Hatzdaw Gawler, prano: Flora Brylawski, contralto uis Thompson, tenor; John Mar: lle, baritone; and Lewls Atwater, companist and director. Tomorrow there will be a public s meeting at 2 p.m. and & banquet ‘night, both at the Hotel Washing- . e a 1y 5| 1 v af Talk by Dr. Krause. Particular interest is held in the tomorrow on “The Jew and Tu- reulosis” by Prof. Allan Krause of hn Hopkins University. Dr. Krause is in chargé of the tuberculosis dispensary of the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is managing- editor of the American Review of Tuberculosis. Another feature tomorrow will be the illustrated talk by Dr. Chaim D. Spivak, searetary of the soclety, who will review twenty years' anti- tuberculosis work of "the Denver Sanatorium. e Dr, William C. trit Abe Martin Says: ~ It used ¥ be when a feller sold his home he wuz headed toward th’ poorhouse, but t'day it's a sign he’s jest beginnin’ t’ live. Farmers must laugh when they read o’ “tired” business men. (Copyright, John F. Dille Co.) health officer, will extend the address of welcome at the business session tomorrow morning. - Dr. Philip Hill- kowitz, president of the society, will deliver his annual address. There will also be on this occasion reports of the various committees by the following: Ben Grimes, treas- urer; H. H, Frumess, auditor; H. J. Schwartz, Dr. A. S. Taussig, Max D. Neusteter, J. B. Pizer, D. H. Krohn, Mrs. 1. J. Kolinsky, Dr. E. Friedman, 8. F. Disraelly and Dr. 1. D. Bronfin, superintendent of the sanatorium. Sol Herzog of this city will preside tomorrow night at the banquet. Sen- ator Lawrence C. Phipps of Colorado and Representative Edgar Howard of Nebraska will be the principal speakers. A musical Bruman, pianist, Floravanta, soprano, the entertainment. program by Eugenia and Miss Clelia will round out Child Hit by Wild Shot. Struck in the back by a “wild” shot from a shooting gallery at Arlington Beach yesterday, Inez McGhee, twelve, Durham, N. C,, 18 in a critical condition at Emergency Hospital. The child* was visiting at the home | of her aunt, Mrs, Mabel Dilger, whose husband is perintendent of the amusement place across the river. It was said at the hospital this morning that the child was unconscious, ; | \The highest temperature ttat came | 1871 National Photo. MAY 19 DEGREES COLDER THAN GENERAL AVERAGE New Yotk Reports Maximum Tem- perature of 71—Rainfall High, But No Record. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 31.—“Decidedly unusual” is the term used by James H. Scarr, forecaster of the United States weather bureau, to character- ize the month of*May, after complet- ing a summary of New York's last thirty days. Mr. Scarr compared this month's weather with that of every May since 1871, when weather data were first assembled. in May was 71 degrees, while ordi- narily the mercury bubbles to 90 de- grees without evident exertion. The average temperature of May since is 60.6 degrees, while 1922 brought an average of 54.5 degrees. No record was established for rain- fall, the outpouring of the clouds not being a - continuous proceeding, but serious enough to ruln clothing and dampen spirits. In 1908 the total rain for May was 9.1 incies, while this year, without discounting what May might do_today, the total was 5.28 inches. This, however, is far ahove the average for the month, which is 3.18 inches. There- were only seven days “three-fourths” clear all through the month, while nine days came and went without a trace of the sun. NEW CABLE PUT IN USE. First Message Sent Over Ketchi- kan-Seattle Line. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 31.—The first commercial message to be sent over the new cable line running from Kotchikan, .in the Alexander Archi- pelago of Alaska, to Seattle, Wash., which was constructed under the di- rection of the United States Signal Corps and is operated by that corps, was received in New York last night. The message was sent by Edward G. Morrissey, editor of the Ketchikan Chronicle, to the general manager of the Associated Press. It extended to him, and through him to the members of the Associated Press and through them to the general public, hearty greetings from Alaska. In sending the message Mr. Mor- rissey said the Chronicle was ‘“at- tempting to live up to the traditions and obligations of membership in 1he Associated Press by having the Asso- clated Press receive the homor of sending and receiving the first mes- sage over the new cable.” Mr. Morrissey characterized the laying of the cable as a splendid per- formance, and said it would prove a monument to the efficiency of the Signal Corps and an important Work in the development of the territory of Alaska. A e & In «Holland many of the young women who marry are wor . hour, STAR, WASHINGTON, D WILBUR PLACING WREATH ON TOMB OF UNKNOWN SOLDIER YESTERDAY. National Photo. ING BLUE LINE PASSES IN REVIEW ON THE WAY TO ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY FOR MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES. tional Photo. H TO GET SIDELIGHTS ON THE CONVE? D. C, SATURDAY, i MAY 31, 1924. . PRESIDENIT COOLIDGE DELIVERING HIS MEMORIAL DAY ADDRESS AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY YESTERDAY AFTERN National Photo. OFFICERS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, WITH WREATH WHICH THEY PLACED ON TOMB OF WOODROW WILSON. NTIO! James Lucey of orthampton, Mass., known as “the shoemaker pal' of President Cool- idge,” who will attend the Cleveland convention. He says he is especially interested in the presidential platform for the next four years. Two Killed, Several Severely Injured, |D. C. YOUTH HEADS | NAVAL RESERVISTS END ER|TCH|E AID SOUGHT By United News Pictures. On Memorial Day Automobile Trips Tragedy Strikes Connor Family When Rim Is Blown From Wheel of Car by Collapse of Tire. Youth Dies in Collision. Tragedy ended two holiday auto- mobile rides yesterday. A tire blew the rim off a wheel of a machine fh which Jeremiah J. Connor of 46 M street northwest was taking his family to Chapel Point, Md, when four miles beyond the District line. The automobile up- set, bringing a death, a critical in- jury and less serious Injuries to those in the car. John H. Ott, nineteen, of Allen- town, Pa., lost his life, and persons in the automobile he was driving were injured in a semash-up which occurred at 13th street and Florida avenue. One Sister Dead, Three Hurt. Marie Elizabeth Connor, fifteen, is dead. Catherine, nine, wias tendered the last rites of the Catholic Church at Providence Hospital last night. Anna Marie, seven, and Josephine, thirteen, are being treated at the same hospital today. Mrs. Connor is confined to her bed at home, while physicians await indications which will_allow them to pronounce her condition _definitely. ~Mr. Connor. dazed, moves between hospital and home, suffering himself from bruises and shock, yet constantly on the go Dbétween the bedside of his wife and the hospital cots of his children. Tragedy has settled on the home at 46 M street today, where yesterday laughter and light-hearted prepara- tion for a holiday outing brightened the sunny morning. The accident occurred when a tire, blowing off, with the mdchine travel- ing at about twenty-five 'miles per threw the rim between the wheel itself and the body of the car, encircling the axie. The car EwWung along zig-zagging a short distance: then, control lost, the wheel ran over the rim and huried the car over on the left side. Crushed Under Auto. Marie, who was killed, was seated on the right side of the machine. She was thrown through the air to the ground, and the top of the machine crushed her under it. Mrs. Connor, sitting on the left side, sustained bruises and injuries to the body, but her condition is thought not serious. Mr. Connor also was sitting on the left, and miraculously escaped serious injury. Catherine, the nine-year-old girl, broke her arm in the fall and suffered s0 a broken ankle. On the leg just above the instep a huge gash was torn in the flesh, exposing the bon Although her condition was so criti- cal last night that extreme unction, the .last sacrament of the church, was administered, a slight improve- ment was reported from the hospital oday. Josephine and Anna Marle luflerag their condition serious. With Mr. and Mrs. Connor on the ride were Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Du Frane, friends of the family, who were in their own car. Mrs, Du Frane sald today that their machine was in advance and had been in sight of the Connor car untl just previous to the accident. Then, "having missed the car, they returned about a mile over the poad and found it demolished and the injured about to be taken to the hospital. Marle Elizabeth died short- 1y after reaching Providence Hospital. A certificate of accidental death was issued by Coroner Nevitt. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made. Marie was a student of the eighth grade at Notre Dame Academy, North Capitol and K streets. She was one of eight children. Mr. Connor, who is a bit more than fifty years of age, is emploved in the shops at Ameri- can University. He was known as a cautious driver of an automobile. | The second fatality yesterday took place at the foot of 13th street hill. Ott's automobile was going South on 13th street, when it smashed into an automobile operated by Theodore R. Hagans, colored. eighteen, of 1758 N street, going east on Florida avenue. Ott's car was overturned and he was pinned to the pavement beneath it. He was rushed to Emergency Hos- pital, where he was pronounced dead. In the automobile with him, Mrs. Ella Ott, grandmother of the de- ceased, sustained injuries to the. face and left wrist. Mrs. Stella Hard- grove, thirty-eight, of 4506 13th street, where Mrs. Ott and her grand- son were Visiting, and two children of Mrs. Hardgrove were occupants of the car. They sustained shock and slight bruises. Eapt.. R. E. Doyle of the elghth precinct ordered ~Hagans arrested and he was detained at the police station pending an inquest today at the morgue. FRACTURES SKULL. Young Boy Injured in Bicycle Mis- hap—Other Accidents. Arthur Lee Bowle, twelve, suffered a fracture of the skull yesterday as a result of & collision between his bi- cycle and_the automobile of a neigh- bor near his home on Central avenue, Berwyn, Md. He was operated upon at Sibley Hospital last night, and physicians this morning said he prob- ably would_recover. Edward Rowley, twenty-one, 1231 Florida avenue northeast, was injur- ed in a traffic accident on the Fred- erick road near Ridgeville, Md., yes- terday. In an effort to prevent a col- lision between_his motor cycle and. an automobile he mage & quick turn s not regarded as 1 CLASS AT ANNAPOLIS. | Armand M. Morgan, Central Highi D. C. Men—Second Detachment | (o.Qperation of State Commin* School Graduate of 1919, Wins High Honor. HAS MARKSMAN'S RECORD Schaol Officials Gratified by Naval Academy Triumph. Armand M. Morgan, graduate of the Central High School here with the class of 1919, is the honor man of the graduating class at the United States Naval Academy. Mr. Morgan, who is the son of Mrs. Fannie E. Michinard of 3708 Fulton street northwest, won first scholase tic honors with a mark for his whole course of 83478 out of a possible mark of 940. He was appointed to the Academy from Texas. He is twenty-two vears old, having entered the Academy in 1920. He ompleted his course at Central High School in three and a half years, dur- ing_which time he was "active in marksmanship contests. His previous schooling had been at the Thomson School. He took part in the mnational rifie matches at Seagirt, N. J., in his first year, and later was selected for the natlonal matches at Camp Perry, Ohlo. He is a member of the rifie squad at the acadamy and manager of the fenc- ing team. School Officials Gratified. Central High School officials today expressed gratification over the an- nouncement that’one of their alumini hod won the coveted position of “honor man’ at the Naval Academy. While at Central Mr. Armand won several medals for marksmanship. The 1924 graduating class at the academy numbers almost 500 men, Eighteen other men were graduated with the “star” rank, having obtained marks of eighty-five or better for the ‘whole course. They are: Robert S. Hatcher, Texas; Willlam L. Richards, Maryland; Edward W. Clexton, New York; Irving T. Duke, Virginia; Truman J. Hedding, New Mexico; Chester C. Wood, Maryland; George' W. D. Waller, jr., Maryland: Frederick A. L. Dartsch, Iilinois; Ed- ward V. Dockwiler, California; Wil- liam P. Cochran, jr. Pennsylvania; Wendell E. Kraft, Iilinois; John J. Schelbeler, New ~York; Edward L Woodyard, Texas; Clarence E. Ek- strum, Wisconsin; Arthur B. Eiliott, West 'Virginia; Henry H. Harrison, District of Columbia; William G. Fish- er, New York; John A. Hayes. New York. 4 cycle striking a culvert and throwing him to the road. He was treated at Empergoncy Hompital for a sovere in o T ENTOR OF “DEATH RAY™ AT CONTROL BOARD OF MACHINE. of device which is attracting great attention on account of its possibilities in warfare, photographed in his laboratory in England. It is reported that the British government has offered $220.000 cash for the “death ra; | 15-DAY PRACTICE CRUISE| ;IT S. S. Eagle No. 56 Returns With \ to Leave After Two Weeks. Their fifteen days of service in the | Navy completed, officers and seamen | of the United States Naval Reserve, District of Columbla Battalion, re- turned today aboard the U. S. S Eagle, No. 56, their training ship. The vessel docked at her berth, Wa- ter and O streets southwest, at 9 o'clock after a quick run from Quan- | tico, Va., where she had stopped for a day Commander John A. Schofield, com manding the District Battalion, was on the dock awaiting the return of the vessel, and made a preliminary inspection, accompanied by the ves- sel's captain, John Balch Blood. Com- mander Schofield praised the crew for the fine condition in which they kept the vessel, and complimented them upon the completion of a suc- cessful cruise, du which they touched Norfolk, V Cape May, N. J;, and Philadelphia. Capt. Blood said that they had rain | during practically the entire v but that all drills and exerc the schedule ‘were carried out in de- | tail and that the men enjoyed perfect | health during the entire voyage. Of course, the recruits had a touch of seasickness when the little vessel was rocking and;rolling her way in the Atlantic Ocean, while traveling be- tween the Chesapeake and Delaware capes. | | After the yessel was tied up and the officers and men were physically ex- amined, they were placed on the in- active reserve list for another year. For the fifteen days of active service they will be paid at the armory Mon- day night, Capt. Blood announced. The vessel wiil remain In port for two weeks, when another detachment of the local reserves will go out for fifteen days. This time the vessel will be in command of Lieut., H. J. Nichols. 8 Pray for Prohibition. Protestant ministers throughout the country have been requested by the Woman's National Committee for Law Enforcement, representing eleven women's _ ofganizations, to _ offer prayers Sunday to keep “wet” or “damp” planks out of platforms of the two major political parties. In many churches action will be taken on regolutions asking both parties to Insert| in their platforms strong plank# for law observance and en- forcement. * Club to Present Plays. Two one-act plays and a_program of music will be presented by the Local Talent Club at the Thomson. Community Center, 12th and Lstreets, tonight at § o'clock. A dance will follow the entertainment. Those who will"take part in the dramatic produc- tions are Mrs. Elizabeth Phillips, Mrs. Mary Disbrow. Mrs. F. Porter, Mrs. Gertrude Griffith, Miss Bsther Bictola, s Pegj en, iss De s Dufty, Mise Katherine O'Brien, Miss Carolin i | H. Grindell Matthews, inventor Copyright by Kadel & Herbert ON INTERCITY PAR Asked for Washington-Balti- more Development. $275000 FUND AVAILABY Appropriation Expected to }{ast1 Beautification Work. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., May 81.—A st committee to co-operate with Ball more and Washington authorities the development of the park regid between the cities has been su gested to Gov. Ritchie by Willtam ) Elliott, chairman of the prosra committee of the Baltimore confe ence on parks, parkways and pls grounds, In his letter Mr. Elliott also aslj the governor to appoint three del gates to the conference, which wil e held here Monday and Tuesdai and pointed out that passage of Ui bill establishing a federal park conl mission, with an annual appropris tion of §1,100,000, of which 25 p cent will be avallable for expenditut| in the area between Baltimore i Washington, assures a far-reachin development of an intercity pa system. X Washington Links. “The first link will leave Washin n at 16th street,” Mr. Elllott sai “The other will leave Washington Maryland avenue, run through Bl densburg and_Camp Meade into ti causeway at Brooklyn. “Washington is apprehensive abo the Rock Creek water supply, whi has been depleted about 50 per ce by veal estate development, and planning to establish a forest resers ike our Patapsco reserve and the s tional park at Fontainebleu, in Franc “There are,at present large woode tracts, aimost 100,000 acres in arel which could be converted into suci a_ reserve by systematic plannin The probable expansion of Washink! ton’s park system will be first i Montgomery and Prince Georgr Counties, and ultimately will extend ! Baltimore, I believe. “I have for many years endeavor to create interest in surrounding o National Capital with extensiy parks. -Since the suburbs of Balt{| more ahd Washington are not muc more than twenty miles apart §/ present, it will not be a tremendo step to continue the national pari| to_this city.” In “conclusion, Mr. Elliott urged that the state do its part toward making the approaches to the Na tional Capital beautiful by a lin system of parks all the way througi the counties bordering on the Dis trict of Columbia. John Barton Payne, former Secre- tary of the Interfor and now presi- dent of the National Parks Associa- tion, will be the principal apeaker st plevence gn. day.