Evening Star Newspaper, June 1, 1924, Page 11

Flag Code Grossly Violased in D. C. On Memorial Day by U. S. and Others Emblem Found Improperly Draped or Half-Staffed on Federal Buildings, Hotels, Theaters and Homes—Rules Cited by Expert. Memorial day saw widaspread vio- |4 n wiolation of the f Tation of flay etiquette on federal build- | these violatlons, ings, monuments, business houses and even on the national hoadquar- sist: ters of some of the proudest patri- | trian statue of Shertdan, draping the otic societies in Washington, 1t was | flag over the horse's Teet. rarts of the flac code violated In charged last night by Col. James A.| {hese instances were quoted by Col. Moss, U. S. A, retired, authority and | Moss as follows: “When the flag of the United States writer on the f 25 t = 3 splaghd in a manner other than Heading an inspection party of five, | hy heing flown from a staff it should Col. Moss made a tour of the eity, | be alsplayed flat, whether indoors or taking photographs and noting flag out. When displayed eithor hori- zontally or vertically against a wall, violations. He “caught in the act”|the union should he uppermost, and he reports, such societies as the|to the flag’s own right-—that is, to Daughters of the American Revolu- Col Moss. based his charges not on the observer's left. Bunting for Fentoons. “SWhen festoons, rosettes or drap- ings of blur, white and red are de- theory or custom, but wpon the offi- | Sired, bunting should be nsed, but al flag code adopted at the mational | never the fia flag conference held in this city last June, attended by about 100 socleties, including those whose buildings were “Do not use the flag as drapery in any form whatever.” “Throughout Washington on Me- draped Friday In such manner s to | morial day,” said Col. Moss, “all of wiolate the code. Violation n Stafing. The principal violation on build- these rules of flag etiauette were violated by government and munic- ipal authorities, patrietic socieites and private citizens. The general fngs as charged by Col. Moss was | ignorance of flag etiquette through- that the flag was half-staffed all day | out this gountry, which inspired the Memorial day. Pointing out how this | calling of the national flag confer- is in direct violation of the code, Col. | ence 4ast June is well known, but it Moss quoted from the code as fol- lows: ‘On Memorlal day, May 30, the flag 1s displayed at half-staff, from sun- rise until' noon, and at full-staff from is especially regretable that there should be wo much of it In the capital of the nation. Active ervision Favered. “While our schools, patriotic so- noon until sunset, for the nation lives | cieties and other bodies have of late and the flas is the symbol of the years been making am effort as a living nation.” parg of the general work to educate ‘Among the buildings where the flag | our_citizenry in flag etiquette. ana was reported to be at half-staff in- | there has been considerable fmprove- stead of full-staff on Memorial dey ment, it 1s guite evident that there afternoon were the following: Senate |} mueh room for improvement office building, Memorial Continental | There is a decided need for a virile, Hall, the American Red Cross, Pan- energetic flag association which American building, New Willard Ho- | shall devote all of its time and en- tel, Ralelgh Hotel, Keith's Theater, Powhatan Hotel and others. On the ergies to bringing the flag of the fted States into greater consider- Tnf Public Library Col. Moss found mo flag |2tlon and higher regard by the citi- at all. #enry of the repablic.” Col. Moss is a veteran of three Statues Improperly Draped. campaigns, In Cuba, the Philippines Monuments in various pards of the |and during the world war in France. clty were discovered to hwe been draped with the American fid@, which bad heen placed in various positions He has written several books on military and flag mubjects, including an officers’ manu: Chauffeur’s Casual Remark g Trapped Slayers of Franks (Contfnued from First Page.) ally extending their search to other cities. After a week's hunt a Brooklyn film was found whieh said it made the spectacles and {ts Chicago agen- cles were then cunvassed. Thousands of records were earefully scrutiniged until one was_ found which tallled exactly with ahat of the glasses in question. Such a_record was found by an an Wedne: night, and the trail led direct to the Leopold home, « few blocks from that of Franks. Leopold and Loeb, his bosom friend, were arrested at e. Told Straight Story. Then came the surprise. Leopold readily admitted ownership of the spectacles, explaining that he is an orinthologist and in his study of birds had often visited the swamp where the body found and prob- ably lost his glasses on one of the trips; The boys told a straightfor- ward story of their activities on the day Robert Franks disappeared, de- claring they spent the day riding sbout in Leopold's car and after a day and most of a night of question- ing, their story remained unshaken il. The authorities were to admit. that their state- correct. Meanwhile, in an outer room of the night who would share in them. State’s Attorney Crowe had only a brief statement to make tonight When he wound up almost forty-eight hours of continuous investigation. “Fianging Cane,” Crowe Sayw. “I have a hanging case and 1 would be willing to submit it to a jury to- morrow,” he sald. “I shall present the facts, including the confessions, to the grand jury early in the week." He added that the separate confes- sions of the bovs agreed in every detall, except that each iccused the other of striking young Franks over the head with the chisel and each claimed to have driven the automo- bile. The resources of three Chicago milionaires will be involved in the fight to free Leopold and Loeb. Nathan Leopold, sr., termed the confession of the boys. “a lie” Authorities tonight also were still loath to believe that desire for money, of which they apparently had plenty, s » commanding motive for the alleged crime. fully reared in surroundings as near the ideal as money and inteligence -an produce. Money has mever been a consideration in their nineteen years of 1ife, and when one of them THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, JUNE 1, 1924—PART 1. FLAG CODE VIOLATED MEMORIAL D. These two familiar _monuments, Jackson's statue above, Scott's statue below, were draped with the Ameri- ¥ knet, or hung in than with the blue “union” to Tett, RAIL BODY ABOLITION | BILL FACES FAILURE Senate Plans to Vote on Measure, But House Action Is Doubtful. Hope of enacting the Barkley bill | lish the Railroad Labor Board s session of Congress has been almost abandoned by Some of its leading supporters. The Senate interstate commerce committee approved the bill yester- day, and plans were made to press it to a vote in the Senate, but in the House Republican organization lead- ers stiffened their opposition, and Representative Barkley, Democrat, Kentucky, author of the measure, said if it became apparent that a vote would(he blocked there tomor- row he might give way to other leg- isTation. Just Drive It; That’s All A number of representatives sup- porting _the Barkley proposal have | been urging him to make one more effort to obtain House action, but mot to prolong the fight. Many friends of the bill will oppose ad- |————————————— Cleveland Park . 3403 Rodman St. journment, but they are not hopeful of securini a majority e GIVES OPERA FELLOWSHIP Caruso Foundation to Support Student in Italy. NEW YORK, May 31.—An operatic fellowship, affording $1,200 and traveling expenses for a vear's study will be awarded this year by aruso American Memorial ion, it was announced today. Plans are uhder way to give a similar aks & (lompany . Pennsylvania Avenue Seventh Street For Town or Country Wear Plain Gray Flannel Trousers iced las : 2z : - the Britsh - golf ; White clubs, and are now o ! taken up for golf Flannel . Trousers and beach wear. They make an ex- cellent combina- tion with a blue coat, but may be worn with any type sport jacket. Three shades of gray— $10 & BLUE SERGE SUITS for MEN $3'7.50 Blue serge suits of selected fine woolen fabrics—superbly tailored. We cannot refrain from praising these garments. They are out of the ordinary — different—better. Some are two-button and three-button, single-breasted. Others are double-breasted effects of unusual values- — careful attention to detail, from the cutting of the fabric to the last needle stitch, which gives Saks tailored clothes their custom-like character and fit. Makes a smart ap- pearance com- bined with a dark coat. P e Spatienily’ foum had[sent out for’dinner the first day of | fellowship annuall Hoo o have #oris aibtive talien: of arrest, he feted a $50 bill to| The contest for 1924 will be limited Higuostsg he s 4 ant, _explaining that was | to tenors and sopranos. Only singers % 3 DO £ > Ll betwee the of twenty and “‘"“‘“““_‘[ and had been cal ‘ hjcagoans, born and |twenty-seven 3 . who have had alonyg with a ‘dn(- n others to sub- ed, sions in one of | sufficient prelim ¥y training to pre- stantiate details of the boys' state- . sections | pare them for actual stage experi- | To inspect Ko west on Porter from ments. s, as well as victim, at- | ence, are elig They must be | Conn. ave. (or east from Wix, ave.) Finally the chauffeur was asked a same private school in|American citizens. 10 4th at., and then two blocks north. few perfunctory question He | their childhood. The fellowship fund, acounting to | Betached brick house. 8 roomw, 3 chanced to remark that the Leopold | S e . $24,000, was augmented by a gift from | Laths, lot 100 feet wide. For sale by car was in the garage throughout Owner and Builder at reduced price. the day of May 21. Questioners| The entire two and a half years 5 rushed to the two boys ith this in-|that “The Green Goddess” has been 8i " . - W. D. Sterrett | : r ,! formation, few minutes later, | playing in London, an American girl, | Antonio Scotti, Phone Clev. 15 Saks & Company | il iho il pomeniiibon ? y i nual sale of shirts. It is the & lonely pratrie where they pointed T as dawn stre: through the win-[Miss Maude Howell, has been acting |brich and Joseph Stransky are mem- PENNSYLVANK AVENUE + SEVENTH STAEET g ] . : out the.spot whero they tried to et best in all our fifty-seven Saks & Company—Third Floor Seek to Corroborate Tale. Tonight authorities were working feverishly to corroborate the most minute details of the boys' sto “The lagoon where the youths said they threw the typewriter was being dragged and the boys were taken to Tansom. After the &#ime was com- anitted and_the evidences of it were destroyed, Mr. Crowe said the boys engaged in a card game until they 2 bed. I \ Y Phels coutenston also revealed au Popular button=on elaborate plan for collecting the ran- % style, some with ruffles som money without exposing them- welves l‘:. detectives, the state’s attor-: & BV B rime Long Planned. on collar and cuffs, th olice found, went . bout Dreparations. for thetr feat others with sport collar. B o amce: cstablisting ith short sl Jagee X ,,,,2-:"..., oF Sinumed names All with short sleeves. r:hfl!'llnl’ t‘h‘ n&un uo&u- of Q‘elr - plan. Jullus Rosenwald went to the state’s attorney’s offics during the day when informed thé boys had told of & plan to kidnap & relative of hie. e sald he doubted even if they had considered such a step, that ransom could be their motive. Rewards totaling 316,000 were of- fored for information leading te the jdentity of the slayers. The police ofcials from the state's attorney’s ofice and newspaper reporters who Jound clues @)l were wondering to- f);ll‘-‘.;o(\’fl]];h;d:r‘nt(';\g ;1:.10:;‘\‘9&‘;‘;0““-, !‘lh stage manager for the produc- ;)(;n‘thoet ;‘:lslv)r\'\r:)‘;lnp‘.“ce which arrang- Doy, "X aearch waw being mado Tor t re tradition of this historical the Franks boy's shoes and belt, and A B by ventod the dar 16 whioh event—because why? We went Iiongined them. - Late toduy the boys, straightway to fabric mills and e Sote hes satd thes pureuc manufacturers and had shirts mu.f.‘:“’;.."“;Qfen‘;?{”...uu.« "or their ’ 4 made to our own order. Yes,, we drew up ““leopoti tontent stilt appearca non. | [ § > plans and specifications for these shirts, and by g relntw‘;tgr‘;h‘x“nfis:::vlhl‘gxec):: b hirt in th . .th hundred i Raa’ been - placed " for “more than every shirt in the sixty-three hundred is T ESed when a druggist at whose Saks standard. : store he called the Franks !t;::in’;‘ . . . ooty tdentind i : Which means thorough finishing from s o e hem to buttonhole—the shoulder “set” and Ao o e, the neckband curve which make for perfect fit inquest, indefinitely po!lpodnw["!b: X : o Monday moraing, and It was —the width through the chest, those added AR S "ibmite 0" the. June inches of length—that genereus full-bodied- §.“T1"t‘:"(’x§¥;',|,f’;:'§g§l}§§’£&:’n \:\,m:l:::: ness, which means shirt comfort. It means honest-to-goodness fabrics, in the 1.':“:'{:“;"5’:’35’fn.f,"céfi’ef‘:-ci'“;" wlld.est c:‘mxce (:a,fd c&)lo.rs and lpatten}s, ggrrowdstripes, wide stripes, pin stripes, ishable’ by death_murdef and ki plain and figur esigns—plenty of white and conservative patterns. Tfhe Story of the boys, Mr. Crows . . SiZ 131/ to 18 pe el S e An Extraordinary Sale of olzes 157 to Mr. Crowe said that his questiont . . . i 0 BOYS WASH SUITS Glos-striped woven madras shirts, end to end madras, 13, fatention of e fashioned to Saks standard, $1.65. Woven crinkled crepe shirts, made to our own specifications, $1.65. Fine count Plain tan and combina- percale- shirts, in novelty desighs and colors—Bedford tions of white with cadet, i cords and poplins, in numberless patterns and colors— pink, canary, green and I $1.65. : lavender, with coll . o o . ifisde b & i That is all, but it is enough and more than enough. In this, the apex of CUI50 matt i fifty-seven years of fine shirt selling, we more than sustain our matchless rec: ord, and you get the shirt bargains of your lives. Plenty of conservative patterns. Good, strong, serviceabl its, well made and every one perfect—guar- 1 " anteegofasts cr;l]r;{ ";‘;-K-lxcf:; pearse‘;ts w‘ifi buyatlfese suits 3‘ :_ st\rgmer’s supply. Saks &. Company— First Floor Saks & Company—Second Floor, 5 o Sizes 3 to 8 years