Evening Star Newspaper, June 16, 1924, Page 2

SHOWER OF FLOWERS GREETS MAJ. KIRBY Director of Engraving Burean, Re- turning, Welcomed Enthusiastically. WORKERS IN DEMONSTRATION Delegations Visit Office to Pay Tributes to Chief. Tn the midst of a profusion of flowers, well-wishes and congratula- tions, Maj. Wallace W. Kirby, U. S A, resumed his position as director the bureau of engraving and printing today for months, under suthority of a special act of Congress. Maj. Kirby, who originally had been detailed there on February 15, tem- vorarily from his position in charge of the engineer reproduction plant at Washington barracks, was recalled March 15, by the War Department, following « ruling by Controller Gen- eral McCarl that Maj. Kirby could not accupy a civilian position while in withoyt specific authoriza- of Congr In the interim the under Acting Di- Twyman, who was stant dircctor with Maj. in February, and will continue that post i Popularity Demonstrated. | Popularity of Kirby was | abundantly” evidenced this morning as bouquet after bouguet of flow. poured into the director's office many delegations from the, me to welcome b These emplo ood will and willing te with the director program of improving both the and the working conditions at nevmaking g program of o ation will he tak tion further by Maj. Kirby, wno ertook to make a study of the uation during his assiznment there, ronth by the Mc- in ness to co-op nh under con- will Maj be nothing drastic or radical Kirby indicated today, | consiructive program for im- proving further not only the morale of the emploves, but the output of the Lureau. - Morale Improved. corps of the bureau, subjected to severs times Within the past sharp chang ¥ one re experience ble emplove & there | highly improve here is present over here now,” | he said. “real hearty good will. You | know what that will mean in the bu- | the most e back Ma who had b cxecutive order in who were recently o014 positions Maj. Kirby had had previous prac- tical exp > in the bureau, v after the war, when L perintendent of the photolithogr: phic #ection. He is an expert on reproduc- tion processes, and was in charge of map making for the A, F. ] BIG PAVING PROGRAM LAUNCHED BY CITY| “ontinued from First Page.) [ thusiastic friends | Kirby were the en dism March, 1 restored to their ¢4 east between Varnum 15th and 18th and 20th streets, street northwest between 16th streets, 9th street northwest between Emerson and Farrdgut gtreets, Upshur street northwest between 2d and ith Streets, “th street northwegt Wetween Varnum #and Webster streets, Quincy street northwest hetween 10th street Kansas avenue, T vior street “m‘&‘!;‘:l Wwest west of 14th street (approx- imately 400 feet), 2d street north- east between Bryant and Channing streets, Bryant street northeast be. iween Lincoin road and 4th stre T street northwest between 35th and ith streets, S street northwest be- tween 36th Tth stre Thirty-eighth street northwest be- »n Windom and Albemarle streets, | nceton plac northwe: between | Varder place and Georgla avenue Kearney street northe, between 18th nd 20th streets, 9th street northwest between Butternut an dar streets, Sth street northwest | ween Butternut and Cedar streets, Chesapeake street northwest betweer | River ro and 44th street, Otis street | northwest between fth street and | rark place, Farragut street north- | west between Georgia avenue and | 13th street, Kenn street north- | west between 5th nd Sth streets, #4th street northwest between Ne ark and Ord streets, 34th street northwest between Lowell street and Klingle road, Klingle road northwest between 32d and 34th streets, 17th street northwest between Webster and Allison streets, 9th street northe west between Crittenden and Decatur sireets, 4th street northwest between Taylor and Upshur strects, 13th street northwest between Allison street and lowa avenue, Jefferson streat north- west between 13th and 14th Streets, Allison street northwest between 7th | treet and Illinois avenue, Varnum street northwest between 14th and 15th streets, Garrison street northwest between Belt road and Wisconsin ave- nue. 35th place northwest between T and 1 h street northwest between n and Kennedy streets, 7th street northwest between Kennedy and Longfeilow streets, Sth street northwest between Ingraiham and Jefferson streets, 9th street northwest between Hamilton and In- sraham streets, Kansasavenue north- west between Allison and Buchanan treets (ten-foot center parking), ew Hampshire avenue northwest between Grant Circle and Allison street (ten-foot center parking), 15th #treet northwest between Varnum and Webster streets, Kansas avenue northwest between 13th and Quincy streets, Quebec street northwest be- tween '10th and 13th streets, Vine strect northwest between Baltimore and Ohio railroad and Maple street, Arkansas avenue northwest between eorgia avenue and Emerson street, h street northwest between Irving and Kilbourne streets, 39th street northwest between Van Yuma streets, 12th street northeast between Otis street and Michigan avenue, 5th street northeast between T and W streets and V street north- east between 4th and 5th streef FIREMAN SAVES BOY. Rescues Eight-Year-Old Lad From Drowning. Losing his footing as he was step- ping from the Capital Yacht Club, foot of 6th street southwest, to a scow, Alvin Beamer, eight years old, fell into the water yesterday and was rescued from drowning by L. P. Whaley, member of the harbor fire company. Alvin, who lives at 482 L street southwest, was playing with several companions when he fell into the river. His screams were heard by the firemen and Whaley kicked off his shoes and plunged in, pulling the boy to safety. Whaley while serving in the Navy was known as an _expert swimmer, holding many honors in that sport. | Ness and Staff Officer Pmm:ed. Commander Gilbert J. Rowcliff of the Navy has just been promoted to the grade of captain by the President on the recommendation of the naval board of promotions. He was recently on duty in the office of naval opera- tions at the Navy Department and is now on the staff of Admiral R. gx{nll. commanding the United Staf ponsi- | | plane PUGILIST SLAIN WILLIAM (BILL) BRENNAN. U. S. WORLD FLYERS ARRIVE AT SAIGON Make Hop Safely to Capital of French Cochin- China. Associnfed Press. KONG, June 16.__The three American Army airplanes flying around the world landed safely at Saigon, the capital of French Cochin, China, at 2 o'clock this afternoon. NEW ENGINE AT AKYAB. American Ships Rush Replacement to MacLaren. By the Associated Press. HONGKO) June 16.—The spare airplane from Hakodate, Japan, Burma, India, to enable . Stuart MacLaren, British around-the-world flyer, to resume his flight, was landed at Ak June ccording to radio advices re- ceived here from the American de- stroyer Preston. ' to MacLaren damaged w ch he started his landing at Akyab. For a time it was feared he would be forced to aban- don his flight, but services of the American destroyers in rushing a new to him have made possible plans for continuing his circumnavi- gation of the world. SEE MAGNUS JOHNSON VICTORY IN PRIMARY Supporters Predict Senator Will Be Renominated Today—Many Candidates in Field. the piane 1In flight, while By the Associated Press. ST. PAUL, Minn, June 16.—Five conteésts involving thirty-one candi- dates held first interest as voters of Minnesota went to the polls today to nominate party candidates in a state-wide primary. These contests were for the Republican senatorial nomination, Farmer-Labor and Re- publican gubernatorial, and associate and chief justice of the state su- preme court. For the Farmer-Labor senatorial nomination supporters of Senator Magnus Johnson predicted his_renomination Three candidates sought the Re- publican senatorial nomination, Os- car Hallam, St. Paul, former supreme court justice; Ole 'Sageng, Dalton, state senator, and Thomas D. Schall, now representative from the tenth district. Hallam and Sageng man- agers made the strongest claims in their final statements. Gubernatorial candidates were plen- tiful, six sceking the Republican nomination and seven the Farmer-La- bor indorsement. Absence of clear- gut issues made the outcome doubtful nd the bravest predictions only nar- rowed the field to three or four. Republican gubernatorial candidates were: Theodore Christianson, Daw- son; Franklin F. Ellsworth, Minne- olis; O. P B. Jacobson, Fergus Falls; Curtis M. Johnson, Rush City; George E. Leach, mayor of Minneapo- lis, and Julius A. Schmahl, St. Paul Gov. Preus is not a candidate. On the Farmer-Labor ticket candi- dates for governor were: Tom Davis, Minneapolis; L. A. Fritsche, New Ulm; Victor E. Lawson, Willmar; Floyd B. Olson, Minneapolis; W. W. Royster, Glenwood; William A. Schaper, Minneapolis, and Thomas Vollom, Erskine. This contest is considered by political _observers more of a toss-up than the Repub- lican race. The Democratic ticket shows no op- position for state offices, but several congressional fights were on the bal- lots, Both Republican and Farmer- Labor parties also had contests in many congressional districts. Polls opened at 6 a.m. and close at 9 p.m. DEMOCRATIC KEYNOTE MAY BE MADE AT NIGHT The Democratic keynote speech which is to be made by Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippl may be delivered at the night session at the Democratic national convention in New York Tuesday, June 24, instead of at the opening session the morning of that day. The change is being considered by Democratic leaders because of the wider distribution which the keynote speech would receive over the radio at night n earlier in the day. It is estimated t millions mare voters would hear the ch if delivered at night. Should this plan be adopted the morn- ing session, which is due to begin at 11 o'clock on the opening day of the con- vention, would be devoted to election of the various committees and other routine matters. MAINE PRIMARY TODAY. Senator Fernald Is Opposed—Klan Backs Brewster. PORTLAND, Me., June 16.—Maine voters went to the polls today to nominate Republican and Democratic candidates for governor, United States senator, representives, state officers and members of the legislature. Sen- ator Bert M. Fernald, Republican, was opposed for renomination by for- mer Representative Frank E. Guernsey and Louls A. Jack. Fuiton J. Red- man was unopposed for the Demo- cratic nomination for senator. The only contest for a congres- sional nomination was in the second district, where Representative Wal? lace H. White, jr., Republican, was opposed by Cyrus N. Blanchard, while Bertram G. McIntire and Al- bért W. Plummer sought the Demo- cratic nomination. Frank G. Farrington and Ralph O. Brewster were the candidates for the Republican nomination for governor, with William R. Pattangall unop- posed for the Democratic nomination. The Ku Klux Klan during the cam- paign announced its support of Brew- ster, who has sponsored a proposed amendment to the state constitution forbidding use of state funds for sec- tarian high schools. Farrington, who is president of the state senate, op- poses the amendment on the ground that it would prevent state aid for many academies which serve as free high schoola, S ) THE EVENING POLICE SEEK MOTIVE IN BRENNAN MURDER Bootlegging Quarrel Seen as Pos- sible Cause for Shooting Prigefighter. STATE TROOPER ALSO DIES Two Under Arrest Have Criminal Records. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 16.—The police are continuing their efforts to de- termine the motive which caused two men to shoot to death Bill Brennan, heavyweight pugllist, in his Wash- ington Helghts €abaret, the Club Tia Juana, early yesterday. James A. Cullen, a state trooper, and friend of Brennan, died early today from wounds he received in fighting the bandits after they had shot his prize- ring friend The two men charged with the murder are Frank Rassi and James Hughes. Both, according to_ the police, have criminal records. Rassi is a taxi cab chauffeur and Hughes is a pugilist, known in the ring as Terry O'Néill. Find Bottles in C: Rassi, the police say, has engaged in bootlegging, and as a search of the cabaret revéaled a barrel filled with _empty whisky bottles, it is thought by the authorities that a quarrel over ~bootlegging operations may have resulted in the murder. No | attempt was made at robbery. | The killing occurred at 4:30 ves- terda morning, when the cabaret | was deserted, save for the waiters, | Brennan, his sister, Shirley Sherma who was employed ‘there as an ente tainer, and Cullen. One of the men, whom Miss Sherman identified lat as Hughes, entered and asked Bren. nan to step into the hall for a mo- ment Found Brennan Dying. Brennan complied, and almost im- mediately two shots were heard. Miss Sherman and Cullen rushed into the | hallway, on the second floor and { found’ Brennan dying on the floor. | The girl snatched at the coat of one of the men, and as he broke away, | he fired twice. One of the shots lodge® in Cullen’s neck and the other narrowly missed Miss Sherman. Bren- nan died while being carried to an ambulance. The assassins gained their way to Broadway by smashing a glass door at the bottom of the stairway and, after knocking senseless a passing police lientenant, held up an automo- bile, forcinz the driver to dash t top speed. They were captured by two policemen. who pu led them in Detectives learn that Brennan had ejected two men from the resort some two hours before the shooting. They think that these two might have re- turned later and sought revenge, al- | though they attach more fmportance ¢ bootlegging operations theor: William James Brennan, thirty-one old, formerly of Chicago, had lived in New York during the years in which he was noted as a “trial horse” for coming heavyweights, He retired from the ring last fall with a re- puted fortune after being knocked out by the late Billy Miske. Brennan's greatest claim to fame rested in his having staved twelve | rounds with Jack Dempsey. arting his professional career | 1914, Brennan engaged in 121 ring | battles, record books show. He gain- ed the sobriquet of “Knockout Bill" by flattening his opponents in sixty- five of these contests. The only men who knocked him out were Dempsey, Firpo and Miske, but he also lost de- cisions to Johnson, Harry Greb, Miske and Battling Levinsky. Brennan was born in County Mayo, Ireland. e | UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN GIVES HONORARY DEGREES Poet Laureate of England, Orville Wright and Orchestra Director Among Those Honored. Associated Press. A ARBOR, Mich, June 16.—Rob- ert Bridges, poet laureate of Eng- land; Orville Wright, pioneer inventor of heavier-than-air machines, and Frederick cago Symphony among the twelve persons awarded honorary degrees by the University of Michigan today. The British poet laureate, who has spent the last three months on the campus here, was given the degree of doctor of laws. A doc- tor of engincering degree was conferred upon Mr. Wright, and a doctor of music degree was given Mr. Stock. ‘Among _others honored were Miss Willa Siebert Cather, authoress, New York; Glenn Frank, editor, New York; | Thomas Hunt Morgan, zoologist, New York, and Wilberforce'Eames, bibliog- rapher and librariar, of Brooklyn, N. Y, Education, religion and politics aré the three most important things in |1ife, Glenn Frank, editor of the Cen- Byt Orchestra, were class, numbering 1,800. A. T. SEYMOUR REPLIES IN DAUGHERTY PROBE Tells Inquisitors Conflicting Deci- sions of Supreme Court Delay Prosecution. The activities and attitude of the Department of Justice in prosecu- tions under anti-trust laws were dis- cussed today before the Senate by A. T. Seymour, assistant attorney general, ‘While Mr. Seymour dealt in par- ticular with implied charges in pre- vious testimony that the department had failed to proecute adequately, cases brought against the Southern Pine Association, he went over the entire subject of the enforcement of the laws in that respect. The Southern Pine Association, Mr. Seymour sald, had been attacked for its conduct in price questions by a proceeding now pending before fed- eral courts. Some of the delay in bringing the subject to a conclusion, he said, was due to conflicting deci- sions of the Supreme Court. MAUGHAN TO FLY JUNE 21 Picks Longest Day for Dawn-to- Dusk Flight. MITCHEL FIELD, N. Y., June 16.— Lieut. Russell L. Maughan will start his dawn-to-dusk _transcontinental flight from here on June 21, if weather conditions ~permit, MaJ. Davenport Johnson of the Army air service announced last night Lieut. Maughan has chosen this date be- cause it allows him a maximum of daylight. He intends to make several more tests in the plane he will use in'the westward trip. SELF. INMATE KILLS Found Hanging From Barn Rafter at St. Elizabeth’s. The body of James W. Stowe, twenty-three, an inmate of St. Eliz- abeth’s Hospital was found by an em- ploye in the dairy of the institution, this morning, suspended from & rafter in one of the barns. Stowe, who is from Salem, Ohio, and was fas a former sallor in the Navy ‘was admitted to the hospital sixteen months ago. Dr. J. B. Gable of the medical staff at the hospital took down the body. Coroner Nevitt, gave a certificate of suicide. The man's death was re- ported to the Navy Department. and hjs relatives have been notified. L up | a commandcered taxi-| in Stock, director of the Chi- | tury magazine, told the graduating | STAR, WASHINGTO. 132 Crystal Sets and $425.25 Already Giv- en for Shut-Ins. Hope to Fill All Needs By End of Present 7-Day Period. ‘With the cash and equipment fund growing steadily, The Star's campaign to place a radio set at the bedside of every deserving invalid in the District begins its third week today with a total of $425.25, and 132 crystal sets, thirty- two pairs of headphones and other es- sential equipment for installation. Six- teen dollars, six sets and two pairs of headphones werc added to the fund since Saturday night. By the end of the week it is hoped that sufficient funds and equipment will have been donated to give a set to every “shut-in” whose name appears on the list of those eligible to recetve the ap- paratus. The cash will be used to pur- chase headphones, antenna wire, insula- tors, aerfal poles and other necessary apparatus, Any surplus in this fund will be used to buy crystal sets which may be needed to meet the requests of the many invalids who are looking ex- pectantly toward radio to brighten their drab existence while confined to bed with pain-racked bodies or disease. Seeks to Aid AlL It is the aim of The Star to give a radio set to every deserving “shut- in" If there are any in Washington who have been overlooked. their names should be gent to The Star. An affidavit signed by a physician or clergyman familiar with the ‘case should accompany the invalid’s name 2nd address. As a convenience to those who have crystal sets which they care to do- nate to the fund and are unable to bring them to The Star, arrangements have been made to collect them. Such persons should send their name and address to The Star in care of the “radio shut-in fun Boy Scouts Helping. Reports have come to The Star that sets donated to the “shut-in fund have been left at the Piggly Wiggly ang other stores In the elty. If the prédprictors of these establishments in whose care the sets have been left vill notify The Star they also will | be collected oy Scouts detailed to the special squad_installing the sets donated to The Star's fund have been ordered | by Thomas A. King, deputy | dommissioner, to report to t |in" headquarters, in room 536, The r building, this afternoon at 4 clock, to receive additional assign- ments. Until the close of school Wed- | nesday the boys will work in the aft- ernoon and evenings. Afterward, to the tremendous task of installing the sets in the homes of the invalids. PLANS TO KEEP OPEN GOVERNMENT HOTELS Manager Watson Says Woman Em- ployes Will Be Accommodated Unless Railroad Makes New Move. The government expeots to continue to operate the hotels for woman em- ployes and will operate them until or unless the Baltimore apnd Ohio railroad, owner of the land on which the hotels are constructed, takes steps tc evict the government from the property on which the hotels now stand. This was the declaration to- day of Robert Watson, directing man ager of the United States Housing Corporation, which operates the gov- ernment hostelrics which more than {1,200 women make their home in Washington. i In the meantime the Baltimore and | Ohio railroad is preparing to consider what steps shall be taken because a filibuster prevented passage of the deficiency bill, which carried an ap- propriation to pay rent on the gov- crnment hotels property. The rent has been paid up to July 1, but on that date initial payments on the $74,315 rent due for the property are due. A somewhat similar situation arose two years ago, and the railroad com- pany agreed to take the govern- ment's word the money would be paid. TURRET BLAST BRAVERY WILL BE HONORED Memorial to All Americans Lost at Sea Is Planned by Committee. “In all the annals of history, there have been few events comprising such a combination of the powerfully ter- rible, the acutely palnful and the gloriously brave as occurred in that steel turret” on the U. S. 8. Mississip- pi, where a flare-back from one of the big fourteen-inch guns killed three officers and forty-five men sev- eral days ago, Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske declared in a statement to- day. Admiral Fiske is chairman of the executive committee of the Navy ‘Marine Memorial, which will be dedi- cated to Americans lost at sea. “Another terrible but glorious page the sea. Another reminder has been given to our people of their debt to seamen. “It i to show their appreciation of this debt that the Navy and Marine Memorial has been planned, and is being pushed now to completion. It will stir the pulse of the American people to a fitting sense of gratitude and_ stimulate seamen to further deeds of valor and self-sacrifice.’ TIMBER FIRM AWARDED $120,970.80 JUDGMENT Justice Siddons Approves Claim Filed by M. H. Eichberg Against U. S. Fleet Corporation. Justice Siddons of the District Su- preme Court today granted a judg- ment against the United States Ship- ping Board and Emergency Fleet Corporation for $120,970.80 in favor of Maurice H. Eichberg, trading as the National Timber Company, for alleged breach of contract in con- nection with the purchase of lumber the wooden fleet during the world Q:r. eAlturney B. J. Laws, special counsel for the P]'leet Corporation, te an appeal. T e Fondering of the judgment fol- lowed the action of the District Court of Appeals, which refused the ap- plication of the Shipping Board for a mandamus against Justice Siddons to require him to submit the case to a jury, which the justice had de- Clined to do after dismissing excep- tions of the Shipping Board to a re- port of the auditor of the court. The Shipping Board claimed that Justice Siddons was ignoring a previons de- cision of the Appellate Court the case. In Eichberg’s answer to the application for mandamus he told the court that Justice Siddons was following the direction of that court as laid down in its decision. Elnhhca ‘was represented by At- torneys Cll: don and J. Harry Covington. however, they will devote more time | | | has been written of the service of [semble, “March” nton Robb, Spencer Gor-|Brilliante™ C, MONDAY, JUNE 16, 1924 Contributions to Radio Fund Rapidly Nearing Requirements| END ANNUAL OUTING I Radio Fund Receipts l Cash contributions to The Stars “radio shut-in (und” received since Saturday night, follows: Previously acknowledged. .$409.25 E. C. Atwood oo 300 Mrs. H. A. Goodman, 3628 Georgia_avenue 1.00 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Turner, 1332 Belmont street ........ 100 1.00 1.00 2.00 5.00 .$426.25 Crystal Sets and Equipment. Crystal sets and equipment received since Saturday night follow: Previously acknowledged — One hundred and twenty-six sets, thirty pairs of headphones, sixty aerlal posts, antenna and lead-in wire, crystals and other equipment for in- stallation. W. E. Swift of the R G Corset Company of New York, two crystal sets. Dr. R. A. Oakley, 1840 U street northwest, one crystal set with head- phones. Miss Mary E. Bowles, 242 16th street southeast, two crystal sets. Dr. and Mrs. M. L. Turner, Berwyn, Md.. pair of headphones. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Turner, 1332 Belmont street, one crystal set. Total—One hundred and thirty-two sets, thirty-two pairs of headphones, sixty aerial posts, antenna and lead- in wire, crystals and other equipment for installation. WOMAN IS INDICTED AS HUSBAND SLAYER Eleanor Williams. Color;d, Held for Second-Degree Murder. Others Under Crime Charges. Total Eleanor Williams, colored, was in- indicted today by the grand jury on a charge of murder. in the second degree. She is charged with causing the death of her husband, James Wiliams, April 11, last, at 908 Des- mond street southwest, by hitting him over the head with an ax. The conple quarreled the preceding day and the woman said her husband at- tacked her with a knife. The grand ‘jurors ignored a charge of homicide against Eugene E. Duffy, colored, who was operating an auto- mobile which caused the death of Willlam B. Godwin at Georgia avenue and Kenyon street November 9, last. Others exonerated by the grand jury are Sarah Mickey, charged with aban- donment of a chlld; George Dorsey, charged with an ‘assault; Samuel Thompson, grand larceny, and John P. Martone, grand larcen Others indicted and the charges again them are: Walter J. Cole- man, false pretenses, William T. King, assault with intent to kill and | assault with dangerous weapon; Louis Henson Willlams, housebreak- ing and larceny; James Brown and John A. Hawkins, alias John R. Han- kins, robbery; Thomas Byrum and Robert Byrum, alias Thomas Byrum, forgery and uttering; Frank Hyman, alias Frank Berry, bigamy; William Kinard, James W. Johnson and George Lee, robbery; Kenneth W. Cugle, Philip Thomas, Martin J. Duns- worth, Frederick Q. Pensel and Fred- erick A. Reel, non-support. NEW FRESHMAN CLASS FORMS AT ANNAPOLIS| Candidates Who Successfully Pass- ed Mental Test to Receive Final Exams.\ Special Dispatch to The Star ANNAPOLIS, Md., June 16.—Forma- tion of the new fourth or freshman class at the United States Naval Acad- y here began today with the ar- rival of a number of candidates who had successfully passed the mental requirements. These youths. who come from every section of the coun- try, will be given a final physical ex- amination, and if they qualify will be sworn in as midshipmen. For the next few months they will be inducted into the lofe at the acad- emy, insured to its routine and re- ceive fundamental instructions in drill and seamanship. The regular scholastic work of the institution will begin on October 1, when the three upper classes return. Due to the recent congressional ac- tion in reducing the appointments, this new class will be the smallest in several years, approximately 250 mid- shipmen being expected. PIANO STUDENTS LISTED IN RECITAL PROGRAMS L. A. Potter, Jr., Announces Enter- tainment Tonight and Tomorrow Night at Calvary Baptist Church. Louis A. Potter, jr, will present a group of piano students in two recitals, tonight and tomorrow night, at 8 o'clock, at Calvary Baptist Church. Ruby Potter, soprano, and Herman Hoffman, viollnist, will be the assisting soloists. Tonight's program will be: En- (Hollaender), Miss Lavisson, Miss Spahr, Miss Grinder, s ‘Wilson; elementary grades— Crossing the Bridge” (Friml), Gwen- dolyn Clark; “A Curious Story” (Hel- ler), Dorothy Potter: duet, “The Lily Pond (Paldi), Phillis Kimball and Dorothy Potter; “The _Breakers” (Kern), Phyllis Kimball; inter- mediate grades—“Sonata in G,” first movement (Mozart), Flizabeth Baghy: “Strains from the South" (Spindler’ Helen Weich: “Polonaise in E Flat (Lack), Lynette Rice; violin_ solos, “Pale Moon” (Logan-Kreisler), “Melo- dy” (Tschaikowsky); advanced grades —duet, “Valse Petite” (Cyril Seott), Virginia Graham and Dorothy Thom- as; “Novellette” (MacDowell), Mildre: Bpahr; “Grand Valse in E Flat (Chopin), Dorothy Thomas; “Im- promptu in C Sharp Minor” (Rhein- hold), _ Martha Lavisson; songs, “Blue_Flower” (with vialin' obbliga- to), (Ridge), “The Answer” (Terry), “Springtime 'in the Forest”, (Denee), Virginia - Grabam; ‘Love Walts" (Moszkowski), Edwin Moore; “Bal- lade in A Flat” (Chopin), C. C. ‘Williams. The second program, tomorrow night, will include: Intermediate grades—"Sonata in C for Two Pianos” (Mozart-Grieg), Louis Potter, 3d, and Mr. Potter; “Invitation to the Dance” (Weber), Trixie Groff; “The Toe Dancer” (written especially for the erformer by Walter Nash), Louls otter, 3d; songs, “Oh, Cease Thy Singing, Malden Fair” with violin obbligato (Rachmaninoff) and “June Morning” (Willeby). Advanced grades —'"Valse Brilliante,” for two pianos (Moszkowski), Miss Olrik, Mr. Moore, Miss Rupprecht, Miss Bethel”; “Pre- lude and Fugue” (Mendelssohn), Kir- sten Olrik, reciplent of 1923 gold medal; “Carnival” (Gries), Kathryn ‘Wilson; “Waltz in A Flat” (Chopin. Elsie 'Grinder; “Gnomes’ Dance (Liszt), Elsie Rupprecht; “Concerto in D Minor,” first movement (Mac- Dowell), Miss Olrik and Mr. Potter; violin, andante and flllgo modw trom “Concerto in D Minor" “Scherzo in B Minor" (Chopin), Edwin Moore; “Petrarca Sonnett”’ (Lisst) and “Prelude” (De- bussy), Iva Bethel, and “Polonaise (Weber-Lisst), Mr. Wil- liams and Mr. Potter. [ BUSINESS BOOSTERS 250 Washington Merchants and Others Back From Strenuous Week End Campaign. TRIP IS VOTED “BEST EVER” Capital City Advertised as Strictly “Up-to-Date.” Two hundred and fifty Washington business men, headed by Ross P. An- drews, stepped off the special train this morning at the Union station all ready for Increased business after a strenuous week end of “boosting Washington” on the annual outing of the Merchants and Manufacturers' Association. The “cap and bells” that were don- ned immediately they boarded the boat at Baltimore last Saturday were cast aside this morning and the “merry boys* who took part in the trip again returned to their daily routine as dignified Washington bus- iness men. Acclaimed Big Success. The trip was acclaimed by all to be the best and biggest ever arranged by the “M and M, and the foiks along the route and at Baltimore, Cape Charles City, Norfolk and Ocean View, the stops on the itinerary, had no doubts in their mind that Wash- ington was “some” place. Everything went on schedule time and worked smoothly, with the exception of an unfortunate occurrence when F. A. V. Brown was tripped by a profecting end of a deck chair and fell, resulting in breaking his wrist. Well filled with the good meals sup- plied under the direction of the “food" committee, the Washington Boosters loosened their belts, took up their whistle and paper hats and prepared to “boost,” which they did in unexcelled style. Even the Navy got its share from members of the party, who blew their sirens and shouted the name of the National Capi- tal as the' equally jolly “tars’ gave them a rousing cheer when the City of Atlanta and fts load of Washingtonians passed through Hampton Roads. Trip to Ocean View. After a short stop at Norfolk special cars took the excursionists to Ocean View and added plenty of “pep” to the already crowded boardwalk there. As they left the resort they were greeted by the cheers of the vacationists and of every one else along the street car route. Pienty of sunburned faces gazed over the side of the boat as it start- ed homeward from Norfolk vesterday | evening. After dinner vesterday the famous ‘M. and M.” Follies put on their show and never an entertainment on fa- mous Broadway received as loud and enthusiastic an ovation. Ross . An- drews, president of the association and “iord high admiral” of the trip, introduced Commissioners Rudolph and Oyster and read the regrets of Commissioner Bell, who was un- avoidably prevented at the last min- ute from taking the trip nator Eall, chairman of the Senate District committee, made a short address, in which he declared that few realized the difficulty attached to making the members of Congress take proper interest in the affairs of the Dis- trict. “They are interested in their own states,” he declared. Upholds Party Government. Senator Ball upheld party govern- ment and the responsibility of men elected on party tic that they support their party on the issue to which it has pledged itself in its platform. He descried the bloc system of government as sectional and as representative, not of the peo- ple, but of “interests.” “This is leading us to the crisis of fifty years ago caused by sectionalism, but thi time the trouble is an economic on said Senator Ball. chairman House District committee, d the District and the “average who, he said, was the main- stay of the country. Despite the fact that the people in the District have no franchise he declared that Wash- ingtonians were helping to shape the destinies of the nation. List of Prize Winners. Many prizes donated by the various merchants were won by the “boosters.” The prize winners were Frank Mitchell, E._ J. Newcomer, Frank P. Carr, E. H. Neumeyer, S. A. Gatti, Preston C. Phillips, Charles Camalier, C. Case, Wallace J. Smith, Dr. J. Rozier Biggs, Louis Levy, M. H. Schlossberg, Eugene Ober, Frank P. Fenwick, Kdward J. Richardson, Fernand _Fetit, Louls A. Charles Lyddane, Aubrey _Taylor, Charles Jacobsen, David A. Baer, W. W. Georges, Harry Sherby, E. C. Scott. R. F. Dyer, Robert J. Cottrell, Jack Shuiman, W. Stokes Sammons, Charles L. Finney, William R. Winslow, Charles S. Flynn, F. H. Harveycutter, J. A Richter, Hoover Zook, William E.~ Schmid, 'Maj. Daniel _ Sullivan, Charles Leavell, Herman Schrot, F. W. Harper, Paul Grove, Walter S. Ward, William Henderson, D. W. Bowie, J. G. Bell, R. B. Behrend, George F. German, Representative F. N. Zihlman, N. E. Billow, John Wal- ler, J. H. Stephens, G. W. Bonnette, Dr. J. W. Laird, F. P. Wilcox, Wil- liam Werner, R B. H. Lyon, M. M. Doyle, C. F. Jacobsen. L A. Slyder, M J. Bouchard, Ernest Johnston, James M. Mount, V. A. Sisler, Frank Baum, George A. Rucker, 'Robert Hickman, Frank . Ghiseil, Z C Cal- lahan, P. F. Aloxander, Charies F. Herrmann, Walter Lehman, William E. Russell, Herbert Guggenheimer. POINTED “PISTOL”; FINED Man Accused of Seeking to Intimi- date Policeman With Toy. Peter Stack. a white man, attempt- ed to intimidate Policeman Hull of the sixth precinct Saturday with a toy pistol when the officer arrested him in a Pennsylvania avenue retail store, where Stack was charged with refusing to pay for a smali purchase he had made. The officer appeared while Stack was in a heated argument with the proprietor of the store. Then it was, the officer said, that Stack drew a toy cap pistol and threatemed him with the toy. Judge McMahon, in the District of Columbia branch of Police Court, today fined Stack $5. — e V. M. I. EXERCISES BEGUN. Alabama Minister Preaches Bac- calaureate at Lexington, Va. LEXINGTON, Va, June 16.—The baccalaureato sermon at the Virginia Military Institute finals was delivered yesterday by the Rev. Middleton S. Barnwell of Birmingham, Ala. An Interesting visitor on the campus was Rev. Giles B. Cook of Virginia, major in the Confederate army and member of Gen. Lee's staff. He is eighty-six years “young." A large crowd of visitors are tak- ing part in the feativities of several days. Drills and parades will feature Wednesday, _when graduation ex- ercises wiil be held. Will Address Badio Engineers. Dr. J. H. Dellinger, chief of the radio laboratory of the bureau of standards, will be the principal speaker af a meeting of the Washing- ton section of the Institute of Radio Engineers in the radio laboratory of the bureau of standards at 8 o'clock tomorrow night. His topic will be “Developments in Frequency Stand- ardization.” Lutherans 0. K. Budget. DE KALB, Iil, June 16.—Approval of the foreign mission budget totaling $212,000 was asked of the Lutheran Augustana Synod today. Four migs sionaries to Africa will be commis- sioned tonight and will leave for Tanganylka, Bast Africa, this fall PRESIDENT AND PARTY RETURN FROM CRUISE Spend Week End on Mayflower About Lower Stretches of Potomac. President and Mrs. Coolidge re- turned today from a week end cruise aboard the Mayflower, which took them down the Potomao River to the upper reaches of Chesapeake Bay. The cruise, which began Saturday afternoon, constituted the longest period Mr. Coolidge has been absent from the Capital since he entered the White House last August. He and Mrs. Coolidge were accompanied by several friends, including Frank W. Mondell, permanent chairman of the Republican natiopal convention and chairman of the committee which will notify the President of his nom- ination. The Mayflower steamed about the lower stretches of the Potomao yes- terday and anchored last night just below Mount Vernon. The trip from Mount Vernon to Washington was begun shortly after daylight this morning. . MAJ. SOLBERT NEW CHIEF OF WHITE HOUSE POLICE Former Attache at London Em- bassy Succeeds Maj. 0. M. Bal- dinger, Recently Retired. Maj. Oscar N. Solbert, U. 8. A., Corps of Engineers, formerly military at- tache at the American embassy in London, who has been detailed as an assistant to Col. C. O. Sherrill, officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, was today placed at the head of the White House police force. Maj. Solbert's detail was made at the designation of President Coolidge upon the recommendation of Col. Sherrill and as head of the White House police he succeeds Maj. 0. M Baldinger, who was recently retired. Maj. Solbert also will take over a number of the duties formerly per. formed by Maj. Douglass Weart, who has been transferred from the office of public buildings and grounds to Fort Humphreys, Maj. Solbert will en- ter upon his new duties tomorrow. COLORED VOTERS START COOLIDGE-DAWES CLUB Organization Here to Be Affiliated With Section of Republican National Committee. Colored Republicans of the District of Columbia have organized a Cool- idge-Dawes Republican league, which is intended to serve actively in the interest of Republicanism throughout the coming campaign. This organiza- tion, which grew out of a meeting yesterday afternoon of several hun- dred colored men and women who gathered at Fishermen's Temple, will be affiliated with the club sec- tions of the Republican national com- mittee. Thomas L. Jones, who was a dele- gate from the District to the Republi- can national convention, and Francis Wells, president of the Blaine Invin- cible Republican Club of the District, who attended the Cleveland conven- tion, brought about the organization of the Coolidge-Dawes Republican League. They were elected president and vice president, respectively. The only other officers elected at last night's meeting were the following vice presidents: Thomas Walker, Rev. W. H. Jernagin, John Rhine, Capt. West Hamilton, J. J. Finley Wilson, William O. Walker, M M. Harris, Mre. Julia Mason Layton, Miss Nannie Burroughs, Mrs. Mary Church Terrell and Miss' Eva Chase. The other officers will be chosen at an- other meecting to be held later, when the organization of the league is per- fected and plans for his campaign activities discussed. It was announced that a voter's in- formation bureau will be conducted by the league and that the leagues’ political work will be in co-operation with the Republican state committee of the District. POLICE BAN LOAFING. Out to Break Up Congregating at 7th and Pennsylvania. The police of the first precinct are making an effort to break up the loafing of idle men and boys on the retaining walls of the parking at the intersection of 7th street and Penn- sylvania avenue northwest. Recently Judge McMahon, in assessing light fines for this offense, gave warning that the practice must stop. Joseph Groves, one defendant, was charged with vagrancy. The case was dismissed with the warning came back on the same charge he would be dealt with severely. Grove was defendant in the same court to- day on the charge of intoxication. He was fined $100 or thirty days in jail Failing to pay the fine, he was com- mitted. Aloysius J. Brown and Charles E. O'Hagan, young white men, arrested for intoxication Saturday, and who the police say loaf around the 7th and Pennsylvania avenue parks, were each fined $15 and in default fo serve fifteen days in jail. SKULL FRACTURE FATAL. Mrs. Mary Knoblock Dies at Alex- andria. Mrs. Mary Knoblock, sixty-five, 1109 Prince street, Alexandria, Va., died at George Washington University Hospital yesterday morning as a re- sult of a fracture of the skull, hav- ing received the injury the night of June 11 near New York avenue and 12th street. It was reported by the police that the elderly woman was knocked down by the automobile of Reuben Kline, 1123 Columbia road, who took her to the hospital. Kline told the police he doubted that his car struck Mrs. Knoblock, saying he thought she fell and fractured her skull. The ques- tion of how she got injured will be determined by a coroner's jury this afternoon. KNOWN AS U. S. FORCES. ‘War Department Discards “Ameri- can” in Designating Troops Abroad ‘The War Department has discarded the designation of “American forces" in favor of the designgtion “United States forces” for American troops stationed in foreign countries. This is indicated in a gemeral order just issued saying that troops stationed in China, hitherto described officially as “American forces in China,” hereafter will be designated for all official pur- poses as “United States forces in China.” There is no indication, however, of any similar change in ‘the designa- tion of our diplomatic or consular officers in foreign countries, now gen- erally known as “American em- bassies” = “American legations,” “American consulates general” and “American consulates.” RATE INCREASES REFUSED I. C. C. Holds Proposed Raises Not Justified. Proposed increased rates on lignite coal from mines {n North Dakota to destinations in North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota were found not justified today by the Interstate Commerce Commission. New schedules. which previously had been suspended, were ordered canceled. s if he | HIGH PRAISE IS GIVEN TO WARRANT OFFICER Inspector Geperal of Army Calls Him “Connecting Link” With Enlisted Personnel. VISITORS TO HAVE SMOKER Twenty-Two Men of Grade At- tending Convention Here. Warrant officers of the United States Army from all the corps ares in the United States assembled her today in annual convention for three-day discussion of problems con- cerning the grade to which they b long—a grade comparatively new 1 the Army, having been created under the national defense act of 1920 At the opening session this morn ing in the K. of C. Hall at Washing ton barracks, Maj. Gen. Eli Helmick inspector general of the Army, ch, acterized the warrant o link connecting the enlisted with the commissioned offic complimented the holders of for the way they have accor their work. Keeps Army Machine Oiled. Gen. Helmick pointed out that though the warrant officer d command a company of men, he charged with duties equally if more important— ting in the ad ministration of staff matters. H furnishes the “lubrication” th the Army machine working s the inspector general said Gen. Helmick's addre. lowed by complimenta from the other guests o cluding Gen. John W. chief of ordnance: Brig Bellinger, assistant to master general; Col Bridges, represeyting the ad general of the Army, and Col. AR C. Voris, personnel officer of the nal Corps. Pledged to Service. _ Warrant Officer Peter Koster, ident of the Warrant Officers’ = Ae sociation under whose auspices 1} convention is being held pledged tt assoclation’s efforts in working the advancement of the warrant ficer and summed up the grade's of jectives in the word “service.” There are twenty-two delegates at tending the meeting. Music was furnished by a section of the United States Army Band, W. J. Stannard conducting. A smoker will be held tonight at & o'clock in the Knights of Columbu Hall, and Wednesday the delegate will go on a picnic to Fort Washing ton. Officers of the association, in ad- dition to President Koster, e War rant Officer Hugo May, vice preside and Warrant Offic John Vernn secretary. TEN HELD IN GREAT MAIL TRAIN HOLD-UP Chicago Police Chief Admits Loss Probably Will Exceed Three Millions. pre By the Associnted Press. CHICAGO, June 16.—Three womer and seven men are held as part of the gang which Thursday night per- petrated a $3,000,000 mail robbery at Rondout. IIl, near here, and officers are seeking three additional men and the Randits' cache, where, they be lieve, the approximately forty bags of registered mail will be found in tact. Morgan Collins, chief of police. ad mitted that an accurate check up: the contents of the stolen mail sacks revealed a loss in excess of § all in currency or negotiable s - ties, making it the largest robbery in the history of the railway ce. The chief pointed out t the pouches had been shipped ori inally from Wall street banks to t northwest, and in that connection it became known that the Chicago. Mil waukee and St. Paul train held un had left Chicago fifteen minutes late Thursday night, having been held for an important money shipment from the east. The police believe that one or more of the seven men under arr. i’ sl 200,000 SEE FLYERS START BENNETT RACE i Followers Expect'U. S. or Belgian Balloon to Win Contest—Craft Carry Radio Sets. By the Associated Press. BRUSSELS, June 16.—Seventeen ballonists in high spirits and ani- mated by an earnest desire to win the Gordon Bennett cup, took off yesterday from the great Solbosch Plain, just outside of Brussels, in almost perfect atmospheric conditions, for the fourtecnth competition for the trophy. The balloonists repre- sented seven nations. An enormous crowd, estimated at close to 200,000 persons, saw them ascend. Lieut. Ernest de Muyter of Belgium. three times winner of the cup, was the favorite. He is piloting the Belgica. The Americans, Capt. E. H Honeywell, W. G. Van Orman and Maj. Peck, are regarded as most likely to keep de Muyter from gain- ing permanent possession of the trophy. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., June 15— Though the result of the experiment will not be known untit some of the Gordon-Bennett balloon racers come. to earth, attempts to communicate with them by radio were made last night from the Springfield broadcast- ing station of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Compan ‘WBZ, and these attempts will bc re newed tonight. None of the racing balloons has transmitting apparatus. e e G, SLIGHT PAY CUT SEEN IN WATER DEPARTMENT l;n May Get Small Reduction for Two Weeks Only, Officials Announce. Approximately ninety employes of the water department are facing a possible reduction of $10 or less from their pay envelopes on June 30 as a result of a limitation on the fund from which the bonus has been paid to employes of that department. All expenses of the water depart ment, including the bonus, are paid from water revenues, separate from other District appropriations. Con gress placed a limit on the amount that could be taken from those reve nues for the payment of the bonus. A part of the water department per- sonnel is made up of per diem em- ployes and the number of such em- ployes fluctuates during the year. The present situation merely means that the department found it necessary (0 employ a few more per diem em- ploves during the year than had been expectey. The geduction of the bonus, how- ever, will only apply to the one pay day at the end of June, since the new reclassification salaries become ef- fective July L.