Evening Star Newspaper, June 19, 1924, Page 21

COOLIDGE TO START BIG POWER PROJECT Agrees to Push Batton Opening First Unit of System in i2 Northwest. \ Presiden: Coolidge today agreed to Ppush the button starting the first unit of the Skagig hydroelectric power €vstem, at Seattle, Wash.,, which will be ready late in August. The invita- tion was extended to the President by Mayor Edwin J. Brown of Seattle, who was accompanied to the White House by Senator Dill of Washington. Mayor Brown said that when all of the units of this system are com- pleted the power produced will be creater than that now furnished by ara Falls. \e President saw few callers to- y. devoting the greater part of his time to a study of departmental mat- ited a specialist early In before coming to his of- His first worth of Los Angeles, who is active in Republican politics in California , @nd who called to pay his respects and to talk politics. Representative iraham of Pennsylvania. also smilingly said the McAdoo people urely optimistic when they pub- lish claims to the effect that their candidate, if nominated, will be abic 10 carry Pennsylvania in November.” He said the selection of Gen. Dawes as the running mate for President ool appears to meet with unani- proval among Republicans in on LET WOMEN IN SEMINARY. . But Lutherans Insist They Be Over Disturbing Age. NEW YORK, June 19.—Women will be admitted to the new courses in foreign missions at the Philadelphia Theological Seminary of the Lutheran | ¢ Church, “provided they are ©old enough not to disturb the young theological students,” Dr. C. M. Jacobs, professor of church history at the seminary sald yesterday at the convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of New York and New England. Two divisions of the church in New York voted to merge with the min- istorium or third division. The merger. if approved by the ministorium, will swell the membership of the synod to 650 churches. SEEK 1928 CONVENTION. South American Cities After World Sunday School Meet. 4« By the Associated Press. GLASGOW, Scotland, June 19.—Rio Janeiro and Buenos Alres today ap- peared to be strong contenders for the 1928 convention of the World Sunday School Association, whose ninth quad- rennial convention opened here yes- terday. Athens also is a strong con- tender. At a luncheon today under the aus- pices of the International Near East Association it was announced that plans were under way for an interna- tional orphanage, in which eighteen countries would participate. Rev. Robert McGowan of Pitts- burgh and Rev. R. M. Hopkins of St. ' Louis were among the speakers at this morning’s session of the conven- tion. The lord provost of Glasgow and the corporation of Glasgow will hold a civic reception for the dele- gates tonight. National Bank 911 F Street Open_at 8:30 A.M. Daily 3% Compound Interest Paid on SAVINGS ’| paying to Walter ASKS KLAN RECEIVERSHIP Head of Order in Revolt, Charges Graft to Officers. By the Associated Press. MUNCIE, Ind.,, June 19.—Receiver- ship for the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan is asked in\a suit filed in circuit court hers yesterday by James F. Hildebrand, Muncie insurance agent, who alleges that the Ku Kilux Klan is_insolvent and owes $6,000,000. Hildebrand is national treasurer of the Independent Klan of America, a seceding organization. Hildebrand charges that the Klan's money is being divided among officers, according to the discretion of Hiram W. Evans. It is alleged in the com- plaint that more than $5,000,000 was paid into the Knights of the Ku Klux lan treasury by Indiana members. which was to have been used in building a university to be known as the American University; that 500,000 Indiana persons bought robes of ‘the Ku Klux Klan at $6.50 each and that $3.50 of this sum was to go into the fund to establish the university, but that after receiving $5,000.000 in this way the defendant organization di- vided the money among its officers and did not use any of it for the pur- pose intended. It is alleged the Klan gave William Joseph Simmons, former head, $145,- DECLARES LIQUOR PRICE WILL GO UP Mrs. Willebrandt Tells Daugherty Probe of Enforcement. Sessions End. Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, assistant attorney general in charge of prohibition enforcement, promised the Senate Daugherty investigating committee today that the “price of liquor along the Atlantic seaboard will be a lot higher pretty soon.” Recalled for a brief period just before the committee adjourned its sassions today for the summer, Mrs. Willebrandt said measures now in course of preparation, including addi- tions to the coast guard, would en- able the government to cove with the smuggling situation effectively. The “rum row™” fleet off the At- lantic coast, she said, now has sixty- two ships tossing at sea anchor and dispensing whis| Precence of the howed there was 000 and $100,000 to a sculptor for | carving the likeness of Robert E.Lee on the face of Stone Mountain It is also alleged that the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan organization is Bossert, imperial representative in Indiana, $20,000 a week. TWO STEAMERS IN CRASH. Coastwise and Circinus Collide Off Block Island. June 19.—News of a col- c Island yesterday be- steamers Coastwise and received in a radio mes- Boston, lision off sage today from the Coastwise to her owners. The port bow of the Coast- wise was stove in, and she proceeded to an anchorage in Vineyard Sound for the night, leaving for Boston to- day after temporary vepairs. The Circinus which left Providence erday for Philadelphia and Pa- Coast ports, proceeded after the accident and it is not known whether she sustained any material damage. The Coastwise is bound from Norfolk for Boston with coal Two Children Hit by Auto. Narcissa Sullivan, seven, and Kath. aryn Brown, nine, the former resid- ing at 2308 Wyoming avenue and the latter at 2319 Wyoming avenue, cross- ing at 23d and California streets on their way to school this morning, were knocked down by an automobile and slightly injured. Mark Sullivan, father of one of the children, is Washington correspondent for the New York Tribune and is in New York to attend the Democratic convention, e e The flappers in Japan wear their hair long. while the grandmothers are the only ones to go_in for the bobbed style, it being a badge of decrepi- tude, senility and dotage. ‘Will Trade or Use Second Trust Note in Sale of New Home in Columbia Heights 6 Rooms, A. M. L, Near 14th and Park Road CYRUS SIMMONS 3118 11th St. N.W. Col. 9636 Evening, Col. 2031-J Capital and Surplus, $500.000.00 The Columbia A fundamental es- sential of business success is a good bank- ing connection. ff We’re here to serve District of Columbia business, and offer you every help, made avail- able by complete fa- cilities, experienced management and ade- quate resources. | Our officers will be glad to confer with you. HITE as a golf ball flashing in the sun, vessels and their agents on shore.” Rush L. Holland, assistant attorney meneral, and Charles Kerr of the Department of Justice section of war transactions litigation, testified Lriefly, explaining their work. e Evelyn Nesbit Divorced. NEW YORK, June Nesbit, former wife of Harry K. Thaw, today was divorced by her sec- ond husband, an actor known to the stage as Jac The decree, a t Montani fro ence N. Montani, was signed by me Court Justice Wagner, who heard the divorce testi- mony two weeks ago. 19.—Evelyn | and dancer | lifford. | il James POSSE RENEWS HUNT AFTER CAPTURE OF 2 One of Weigle Brothers Still Miss- ing in Maryland-West Virginia Man Hunt. Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md, June 18.— Weldon Shriver and John Weigle were taken prisoner in a second posse hunt yesterday, marked by a battle in the mountains across the state line in West Virginia. Possemen are starting out again |- today. Weigle is one of the brothers|.. wanted in connection with the am- bush of Tuesday, in which Constable ¢. M. 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