Evening Star Newspaper, July 21, 1924, Page 17

QUEER “BATTLE OF THE cultural College, and it is was equipped with a shield representing her home state. INVENTOR OF "DEATH RAY” 4 English inventor, who arrived in New York Saturday. on:trate his machine in thi THLLED, 15 HURT INAUTO ACLDENTS country. James E. Donaldson, Ice Dealer, Fatally Injured When Car Hits Wagon. } |ing SEVERAL HIT IN STREETS Cafe Proprietor Suffers Fractured Skull When Machine Leaves Road. James E. Donaldson, ice dealer, 50 | years old, 432 Twelfth street south- west, was fatally injured by an au- tomobile early yesterday afternoon while on the rear stcp of his wagon, in front of 912 Massachusetts avenue Donaldson died at Imergency Hos- pital 35 minutes after the accident. Donaldson was handling a piece of ice preparatory to making a delivery, it stated, when an automobile crashed into the rcar of the wagon. He was caught tween the two vehicles and badly crushed. Norman Hawkins, colored, 2351 Champlain street, alleged by the po- lice to have driven the machine that caused the dealer’s death, was ar- rested later. Police detained him to await the result of a coroner's in- quest. is Ambulance in Crash. A Government ambulance from Fort Myer, Va., conveying a patient to Walter Reed Hospital, and the automobile of Carl B. Roebken, 1202 Jefterson street, collided at 16th and Gallatin streets shortly before 7 o'clock last night.- Then the automo- bile of J. A. Hyder, 1202 W street, bumped into the Rowwken car. Mrs. Mary Roebken, 60, and her daughter, Esther, 22, were thrown to the street and injured. They were given first aid at Walter Reed Hospital, and. later transferred- to Emergency Hospital. Both sustained numerous cuts and_bruises. Louis Zambelli, manager of Roma Restaurant, 707 12th street, was seri- ously injured yesterday afternoon when his car left the roadway near Hyattsville, Md., and was ditched. It it stated that Zambelli became con- fused when signaled by the driver of another car who wanted to pass and made too quick a turn. . Skull Is Fractared. When the injured man reached Homeopathic Hospital surgeons found him unconscious from a fracture of the skull. He was operated upon without delay, and it was sald this morning that his condition was Sligntly improved. Charles Camputo Shd Mino Moresl, emploves of the Anfe, were in the car with their em- ployer. | They were only slightly hurt. *hile on the rear step of his ice w?.';‘,}’ OF front of 407 H street e fheast yesterday afternoon Wil- N ¥ Barrett, 517 H street north- 125t was injured when struck by a S ee-drawn vehicle in_chargc of Goorge T. Willard, 1641 New Jersey Svende, He was trealed at Provis STATES™ FEATURES clebrated in a number of strange wa The fair fighters battled with padded spears and volley balls. § ARRIVES. H. Grindell ‘Matthews, He plans to dem- CLAIMS BIG PARTIES HAVE FAILED WOMEN Alice Paul Points Out That Few of Sex Have Been Indorsed for Office. Complaint that the major political political partics have failed to give proper recognition to women in mak- nominations for (ongress was made last nig a statement issued by Alice Paul, e president of the Nationul Woman's Party. In only three of the states which have held primaries, she said, has a woman received the nomination on any ticket. In Illinois Mary Ward Hart was nominated by the Demo- crats for Congress at large. The Democrats also nominated Jesse Cor- lett of Philadelphia in the second Pennsylvania district. Four other women nominated were by the So- cialist or Prohibition parties. Miss Paul urged the “great need of the women-for-Congress election | campaign which the Woman's Party | is undertaking. 0LD CRIME REVIVED. Bring Alabama Man From Oregon for Assault 22 Years Ago. ' BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 21.—The State will provide funds to return Oliver Cameron from Portland, Oreg., to Birmingham to stand trial on charges of ass¢ult with intent to murder and carrying concealed weapons, in connection with the sup- posed slaying of W. J. Gay, near here 32 years ago, which Cameron thought he had committed. Deputy Sheriff Hill left early today for him, follow- ing receipt of a letter from Gov. Branden, saying that the State would finance Cameron's return. It had previously been announced that the man would not be brought back, as the county could not provide suffi- cient funds. o dence Hospital for shock and prob- able fractures of ribs. Mrs. Nettie B&rro:. 58, looxl‘ilxnbae lace northeast, and Leon man, Ror “brother, 40, 709 North Capitol street, were knocked down by an au- tomobile at Pennsylvania avenue and Seventeenth street last night about 45 o'clock and slightly hurt. They were treated at Providence Hospital. Corbett Lucas, colored, 17, 3221 K street, was injured and his bicycle demolished as a result of a collision between the bicycle and an automo- bile in the Monument grounds yes- terday afternoon. He was taken to Emergency Hospital. An automobile driven by Harvey Evans, 1321 Columbia road. struck and slightly injured Perry Howard, colored, 1829 Fifth street, at Four- teenth and U streets last night. He was taker home. Mathias Diggs,. colored, 54, Con- duit_road, stepped from the curb at Ninth and Q streets last night and was knocked down by the automobile of Mrs. street. Hospital for an Lena Bodek, 1520 Seventh He was treated at Freedmen’s injury to his left knee. Edward Buckoff, 31, 1130 Sixth street, yesterday morning lost cot- trol of his machine near Pennsylvania and Branch avenues southeast, scene of a recent fatal accident, ard the machine left the roadway. Buckoff ard Harry Brodie, 110 Massachusetts avenue, a companion. were injured. They were taken to Providence Hos- ital. . John Madden, 16, 1259 Morse street northeast, was injured by an automo- bile while on his bicycle near his home yesterday. ~He was given first aid_at Casualty Hospital. Howard Stokes, 219 Ninth street southwest, ard James Phillips, 1057 Lamont street, were slightly injured in uwmobue. wddenq yesterday, THE EV SELECTED AS A REAL “SPANISH BEAUTY.” 3 CELEBRATION. State day is the biggest event of the summer season at Utah Agri In the “battle of the states,” each girl who took part in the sanguinary conflict Wide World Photo. N Miss Jean Lowell of Los Angeles, a movie star, who has been declared “the perfect Spanish type” by Manuel de Los Rios, a famous matador. PRESIDENT'S PARTY ' BACK FROM CRUISE |Visit to Birthplace of Wash- ington Features Week End River Trip. President Coolidge, accompanied by Mrs, Coolidge and their son John and the President's father, Col. John Cool- idge of Plymouth, Vt., returned to the White House this morning after a restful and enjoyable week end aboard the presidential yacht May- flower. It was evident when the lit- tle party alighted from the automo- bile at the White House entrance that all of the members had been bene- fited by the quiet of the two-day cruise. Interest was added to the trip by a visit to the birthplace of George Washington, at Wakefleld, Va. sev- enty-five miles south of the Capital. This little journey ashore not only afforded interest, but it served to place the party in something of a dilemma. Before leaving Washington Satur- day afternoon for the cruise the President made known his desire to visit the birthplace of the first Presi- dent, and a White House automobile was ‘sent to Wakefleld to be on hand when the party arrived. It was a lucky thing, too, because after spend- ing an hour at Wakefield, during which time the party wandered about the isolated spot and paid tribute to the memory.of George Washington, the tide had gone out and the Presi- dent of the Nation and the members of his family found themselves ma- rooned on the banks of the Potomao. Motoring to Colenial Beach. Because of the low water it was impossible to bring the small boats from the Mayflower, anchored out in the channel, close enough for the party to board them and return to the ship. "The President accepted the situa- tion with his customary calm and quiet. The Mayflower was instructed to lift anchor and proceed to the pier at Colonial Beach, 15 miles up the river, and the little party proceeded to that point in the White House automobile. Members of the party said afterward they found the ride through that part of the country in- teresting and pleasant. They arrived at Colonial Beach 15 or 20 minutes ahead of the yacht and they sat in the machine. at the pier, watching the holiday crowds until the ship ar- rived. & Strangely enough no one at the resort recognized the occupants, and went about their_ ways ° totally ignorant of the fact that the solitary automobile stationed in the sand near the pier contained the President of the United States and the mem- bers of his family. Recognition Brings Ovation. It was not until the trim White yacht headed in thut word got about it was the presidential party. Almost instantly~ hundreds of persons gath- ered about the machine and the pier. When the President was recognized he was given a real ovation. 1In answer to the cheers that greeted the party as it was leaving the President waived his hat and smiled. The party ' was back 'aboard the {]ltht lhel(ire lg. 'l‘m'll hz:r. just_in ime to participate in ] inday religious gervice, which the President Wide World. Photo. OFFICIALS AT BELGRADE FEAR NEW ELECTIONS Leader Seeks to Form New Cabinet ‘Without Going to Excited Populace. By Cable to The Star and the Chicago Daily | News. Copyright. 1924 VIENNA, July 21.—Although Pasic has resigned as Jugoslav premier, every effort is being made to avoid new clections because it is thought | that new elections now, considering | the present state of excitement, would lead to armed clashes among the par- ties, which are divided by race, re- ligion and political leanings. King Alexander has commissioned the president of the Skuptschtina, Jo- vanovic. with the formation of a new government. Jovanovic is trying to form a coalition government leaving out Pasic and Pribicvith, who are said to antagonize the Croats, but retain- ing the present foreign minister, Nin- cic, Slovene clericals are expected to favor Jovanovic. 1f new elections are called. there will be a bitter fight, as the opposition now has more deputies than had the Pasic government. The Comraunists are with the opposition and with help from Moscow are in- creasing agitation. Many Commun- ists lately have been arrested. WINS HUNGER STRIKE. French Labor Union Capitulates to Starving Engineer. France, July 21.—After maintaining a hunger strike for eleven days, M. Spinetta, an en- gineer, won his dispute 'with the workers of the Co-operative Glass Works here, and is again taking his meals more or less regularly. Spinetta had resented the attitude of a section of the workers against him. He appealed to the labor federation, and it at first refused to interfere. When the hunger strike became serious the federation de- cided to capitulate, ruling that while it deplored the engineer's unusual method_of argument it did not feel justified in resisting him. VETERAN TAXI DRIVER ONCE PICKED UP KING Dean of London Cabmen, 77, Ex- pects to Stick to Job for Years Yet. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 21.—John C. Fisher, aged seventy-éeven years, London's oldest taxi driver, has been steering hansome cabs and motor cars through the twisting streets of London for fifty-six years and he likes it. He says that he will not retire until he falls off his seat or the cab falls out from under him like the one-horse shay. Fisher rises at 3 o'clock each morning, reads the Bible for a half hour, takes breakfast at 4 and then walks two miles to work. The good old days don't appeal to him gnd he declares that life is less strenuous now than it was when he was a boy. Fisher drove one of the first taxis in London, but the red letter day of his life is -when he picked up King Edward and drove him along Piccadilly from St. James |street to Knights bridge. ALBI, ted aboard the lain whenever on board. ‘The yacht dropped anchor again at 7 o'clock last night near the pier at Mount_Vernon, and docked at the Navy Xard this moraing ol § S'lgols The last photograph of Vice Consul Robert Imbrie of Washington, killed by a mob at Teheran, Persia. The picture was taken in Persia a short time ago. Teheran has been placed pnder m: 1 law. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. el MAY CAMPAIGN FOR HER HUSBAND. Robert M. La Follette, taken at her home in HE IS ENTERTAINING THE DEMOCRATIC CA! artist, at his summer place on an island in Pebobscot Ba; IDATE FOR PRESIDENT. Charles Dana Gibson. John W. Davis, the nominee, was met at Dark Har- bor. Me., by the artist, and taken to the island cottage, where he will spend several days before the openinz of the campaign. A new photograph of Mrs Washington. It is ex- pected that she will take an active part in the campaign of her husband. GERMAN TRANSFORMS QUICKSILVER TO GOLD Process. Discovered by Accident, Too Costly for Any Prac- tical Use. By Cable to The Star and_ Chicagn Daily News. Copyright. 1924, CHRISTIANIA, July 21.—The Ger- man professor, Meithe, whose experi- ments in producing gold from quick- silver have been reported from Ber- lin, is now stopping in Christiania. “My discovery was only accidental,” he told the writer. verywhere the decomposition of quicksilver into gold has been considered impossible, as it contradicts all hitherto recognized theories. 1 made the discovery while trying to apply colors to diamonds. For this purpose I used a quicksil- ver lamp. Suddenly I detected a coating inside the lamp and on an- alyzing this coating 1 found it con- tained gold. 1 repeated the experi- ment under different conditions, al- ways with the same result, the quick- silver decomposing into’ gold and helium. Gold produced this way is in the form of a chrystalline hexa- hedron with a glossy surface. Hither- to gold has been considered an ele- ment, but now it is hardly pos ble to speak of elements. However, the discovery has no practical value for at the moment production of one gram of gold would cost a million dollars. But, of course, it is impossi- ble to say what the future would bring.” The professor added that so far he had produced only one milligram of gold by his proce; THREE D.C. NEGROES HELD Liquor Charges Follow Arrests and Seizure of Six Autos. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., July 21.—Rob- ert Ackin, George Cooks and Law- rence Dietz, all colored, and from ‘Washington, were held in $1,000 bail today by United States Commissioner J. Frank Supplee on charges of il- legal transportation of liquor. e men were captured on the Washington boulevard yesterday by Agents Major A. Hart and Leo Wood- ward of the Washington flying squad, after a chase of several miles. Six cars, three of them alleged to have been rented at an automobile agency in Washington, and 386 gallons_of alleged whisky were confiscated. The drivers abandoned their cars and escaped, one of them driving his car into a telegraph pole and wrecking it. VAST STADIUM PLANNED. VIENNA, July 21.—In the Prater a “Stadion” is to 'be built, partly by 2 syndicate from aproad, holding 50,000 persons; where sporting dis- plays, open-air performances and con- certs are to be given. The cost is estimated at $1,000,000 to $1,300.900. At the Reinhardt Theater A. A Milne's comedy, “Mr. Pim Passes By.” in the clever translation of Helene Richter, has been given here for the first time. The performance is ex- cellent almost throughout, the miseen scene being the work of Max Paulsen, the ex-director of the Burgtheater, who interprets Mr. Marden capitally. A veritable” masterpiece is the Mr. Pim of Hugo Thimig, one of the greatest actors on the German stage, who has just reached 70 years of age. Most of the papers call the play “boring” and “uninteresting,” but the audience has thoroughly enjoyed it. 1 must not conctude without mention- ing _the fine acting of Erika Wagner as Mrs. Marden, and Camilla Spira as Dinah, and the beautiful stage- I By SONHELD I DEATH OF BOTH PARENTS Killed Father and Mother as Result of Old Feud, Wit- nesses Charge. United News Pictures. By the Associated Press. MONTICELLO, Ark.. July 21.—Sto- ries of a family fuel which culminated in the killing of Mr. and Mrs. E. S.! Piffin by their fon, Cloy Piffin, thirty Saturday, were told by witnesses yes- terday at the coronor’s inquest into the tragedy. The elder Piffin shot and killed Joe Freeman, .aged twenty, brother of Cloy Piffin’s wife, last December dur- ing a quarrel, it was said. County officials say that the quarrel arose from the fact that somie one had been playing practical jokes on E. S. Pif- fm—tampering with his farm machin- ery and similar acts—and that -Piffin suspected Freeman. Wounded From Ambush. Before the elder Piffin was brought to trial he was fired upon and slight- 1y wounded from ambush. Later he was convicted of murder in the sec- ond degree and sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary. Recently he was granted a ten- day furlough to return to Monticello and wind up his affairs. 4 He and his wife were in Monticello yesterday circulating a petition to have the governor grant an exten- sion of the furlough. They were re- turning home when they met theif son on the road. Cloy" Piffin, according to his-alleged confession, declared that his father threatened him verbally. He quoted the elder Piffin as sayin, “I've run you out of this county once, and now I'll make a good job of it.” The son, officials say, claims that his father then reached down in His buggy as if to seize a weapon, and Cloy Pifin opened fire, the father dying instantly. Shooting of Mother. In the alleged confession the son quotes his mother as then saying: “Well, he did not finish you, 1 will He shot her in the breast, officials say, and she died almost instantly. Cloy Piffin claims that he was searching for his. live stock “in the woods, and came out on the road, meeting his parents by actident. County officials declare that a-search of the father's buggy disclosed no weapon, only a penknife being. found in his pocket. At BATH ROBBED OF $2,500.- Bandits Hold TUp Attendants While Patrons Are Asleep. NEW YORK, July 21.—Patrons of a Turkish bath establishment on the East Side were robbed as they slept early yesterday by five bandits wear- ing smoked glasses and rubber gloves who held up attendants and rifled the safety deposit boxes. The robbers escaped with $2,500 in cash and jewelry. ———— Amerfcan honey is belng “used “in England as a conserve at the break- fast_or_tea time. . ° . Photo b YOUNG TEXAS N FIGHTER IN ACTIO: years old, is a young edition of Billy Sund: S. Hayward, jr. Meredith, N If Nelson Loris, fifteen A licensed preacher. he now is conducting a series of revival meetings in New York C; YOUR BONUS Questions That Bother You Will Be Answered in This Column. Address: Room 722, News De- The Evening Star, Q. I see after reading a copy of the bonus act that veterans must file applications for the bonus before January 1, 1928. 1f I fail to file an application (for certain personal reasons) and die prior to January 1 1928, would my wife be entitled to receive the amount of my adjusted service oredit or the full face value of my policy, which is about.$1,3007 —W. M. A. If you fail to file an applica- tion before January 1, 192§, and die before that date your wife would be entitled to collect only the amount of your adjusted service credit in ten cash installments. If you file an__application before January 1, 1928, naming your wile as your blneficiary, she would receive upon your death 31,300 in casn., Q. If a wife’'s maiden name were Alice Brown Smith and her hus- band’s name were Jones, what would be the proper name for Jones to use in naming his wife as his benen- clary?—W. M. D. A. While I am not certain about it, I believe most women upon the death of husbands use their maiden names and the husband’s last name. Upon the death of Jones, his widow would call herself Alice Bertha Jones. If I am right about widows changing their names upon the death of a husband, it might be more suitable to use the names they will adopt in naming them as beneficiaries. It will not .make a great deal of dfference anyway, because widows will not have very much trouble in proving a husbands death and that they are the widow entitled to the benefits. Q. In ,a recent question which I asked, you replied that I was only entitled to about $10.00 as a bonus on account- of the death of my son, who served In the Army 70 days before his death. I can not understand this 2nd would appreciate a more detailed answer.—Mrs. N. M. L. A. In computing the credit or the amount due a veteran or his de- pendent the first 60 days of service are not counted. All men who are now alive and ‘'who were not in the regular Army and retired, are en- titled to a $60 cash bonus. If they are alive they may upon application to the War Department collget it Heirs of veterans who died in the service are not entitled to the $60 bonus, but to simplify the payment of the federal bonus all are pre- sumed to have collected it, and there- fore the first 60 days of service do not count. Instead of deducting $60 in cash from each soldier’s credit 60 days are deducted. Only service in excess of 60 days is counted towards an adfusted service credit. Q. After the World War I was honorably discharged. 1In 1923 I en- listed again. Then I deserted. 1am afraid to file an application for the bonys. Is there any way out of my predicament?—Q. A. If you have good health you may come out all right. You have until January 1, 1928, to file an appli- cation. After you have been carried on the Army records for a period of two years as a deserter your name is dropped and the War Department will no longer endeavor to apprehend you.. Then you can file an applica- tion and it will be vahd if it is filed pefore January 1, 1928. Of coarse if you - die in the meantime and your dependent attempts to collect your bonus credit he or she will not have & _wery_good claim, - linternational Wide World Thoto GEORGETOWN MEN AT HAGUE SESSION Six Foreign Service Students Attend International Law Meetings. Georgetown University School of Foreign Service has sent more stu- dents to the sessions of the Academy of International Law. now being held in the famous Palace of Peace at The Hague, than all other American edu- ‘cational institutions combined. Six of the ten American students in attendance are from the local school. Five of the Georgetown students are traininees under the U. S. Vet- erans’ Bureau, preparing for diplo- matic careers. The sixth, August S. Chase of Waterbury, Conn., also a veteran, recently joined the school in order to take advantage of the trip. The student group, all members of the law class, comprises Donald C. Barber of Elyria, Ohio; War- ren Patterson of Pottsville. Pa.; M. J Shea of Oak Park, Ill.; Henry Go: man of Naugatuck, Conn.; Connie . Herron of Ottawa, Kans, and James T. Gilmartin of Dublin, .Ireland. Will Tour Europe. Upon completing the course at The * Hague, for which they will be given additional credits toward degrees, the veterans will revisit the battlefields of France and then make a tour of England,” Belgium, Italy and pos- sibly Germany, returning to Wash- ington_shortly’ before October 1. Dr. James Brown Scott, a member of the Foreign Service School faculty, will join the Georgetown boys at The Hague. The ' six Georgetown men were picked because of their high stand- ing. Each is adept in French. The term at The Hague consists of nine weeks, divided into two periods from July 14 to August 12 and from August 13 to September 12. Each period will include the same numbe- of courses and lectures, so . the Georgetown students, attending the first course, will have ample time in which to make a first-hand study of other European countries. Arrange- ments for the trip were made in co- operation _with the, United States ; Veterans’ Bureau. ' For four Summers the Georgetown school has been sending small groups of students to foreign countries. The first of these trips was made to Venezuela, and last Summer two groups were sent to Europe, one to Spain and the other to France and Poland. _— ELECTRICIAN IS KILLED. Southérn Lineman Dies in Fall After Shock. ANDERSON, §. C., July 21.—James ‘W. Crawford, 36, an employe of the Southern Public Utilities Company, was killed here last night when he fell from a pole to the ground, after, it is believed, he had received a shock while working on a transformer. Whether Crawford was killed by the fall or“was electrocuted was not determined.| Surviving him is a brothee, P. E. Crawlord of Atlanta, Ge. _