Evening Star Newspaper, July 22, 1924, Page 17

PARIS GREETS THE AMERICA! mander Lowell Smith is talking with members of the French reception committee. THE S. S. Leviathan, being thrown overboard into a waiting tugboat and rushed to the train for Washington. VISITING IN MAINE FOR “SOLITUDE AND REST.” EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO ROUND.THE-WORLD AVIATORS. First photograph taken after the arrival of the squadron near Paris. Com- This photograph arrived in New York last night aboard the Copyright by P. & A. Photos. John W. Davis, Democratic candidate for President, at Rockland, Me., where he took the boat for Seven-Hundred-Acre Island, the summer home of Charles Dana Gibson, artist. In his trip north the candidate was met at the various rail- way stations by large crowds. ~ CITIZEN SOLDIERS INAQUATIC TESTS Camp Meade Men to Compete for Medals Tomorrow. Regulars Studying. Spectal Dispatch to The Sts CAMP MEADE, Md, July There will be an aquatic meet here tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock to determine the swimming and div- ing championships of the Citizens' Military Training Camp, according to an announcement of Brig. Gen. Har- old B. Fiske, commanding. Each company will enter one man for each event, but no individual will be per- mitted to enter more than four events. Medals will be given to the winners in each class, with a silver loving cup to be awarded to the highest individual point winner. The events are 50-yard dash, free style; 100-yard dash, free style; 220- yard dash, free style; 100-vard dash, breast stroke; 100-yard dash, back stroke; fancy diving (Jack knife, swan, back dive); $S0-yard relay, team to comsist of four men each. The relay teams will be composed of men from the following organiza- tions: 12th and 13th Infantry, 13th Engineers, 3d Cavalry, 6th Field Ar- tillery and the special training com- pany. Regulars Take Course. Twelve enlisted men of the Regu- lar Army are here taking the train- ing course to fit themselves for com- missions in the Reserve Corps. When they have finished this years train- ing they will be eligible for exami- nation for a reserve commission. Their names follow: Sergt. Frank R. Macferran and Private Joseph R. Mellor of Edgewood Arsenal, Md.; Privates Walter H. Hendricks, Daniel 1. Moler, Charles F. Miller, Leonard H. Dawson and Theodore E. Smith of Langley Field, Va.; Private Luther C. Goins of Fort Monroe, Va.; Pri- vates lvan D. Richardson and V. B. Richey of Fort Hoyle, Md.; Privates ¥loyd E. Ault, office of the chief o, Infantry, and Aloysius Seipel, office nDr the chief of Cavalry, Washington, . C. $300,000 FIRE DAMAGE. Auto Bodies and Live Poultry Burned in New York. NEW YORK, July 22.—Fire today caused $300,000 damage at the plant of the Standard Commercial Body Corporation in East One hundred and fourth street. A two-story brick stru ture housing 1,000 complete and incom- plete automobile trucks and horse drawn vehicle bodles was desrtoyed, The fire spread to an adjolning poultry market, §10,000 worth of live poultry being destroyed. YOUR BONUS Questions That Bother You Will Be Answered in This Column. Address: Room 722, News De- partment, The Evening Star, Washington, D. C. Susan. You will be able to bor- row about 10 per cent of the face value of your certificate after it is two years old. The loan value of your certificate is the reserve value it has, considering the amount of ad- justed service credit you have in your certificate. T. J. S. You are entitled to vour son’s ‘bonus in addition to the amounts you receive from the Veterans' Bureau. If your son was married and his widow is unmarried she has first_claim, or the children of this marriage have a claim before yours. G. W. C. Your total adjusted serv- ice credit amounts to $192. Increase this sum by 25 per cent and then add 20 years’ compound interest at 4 per cent and you will have the amount of the face value of your certificate. Bit, S. E. The face value of your certi te will be about $1,575, based upon an estimate that one year of your service was afloat and the bal- arlce was home service. This is only an estimate, because you did not give me accurate dates, W. J. C. From the information in your letter 1 estimate your adjusted service credit to be about $625. You did not give me your age, so I am unable to compute the amount of the face value of your certificate. Add a 25 per cent increase to your credit and then add compound interest for 20 years at 4 per cent to arrive at the face value of your certificate. B. C. S. You are entitled to your son’s bonus credit if at the time of his death he was unmarried and left no children, and provided you were dependent upon him. R. W. T. From the figures con- tained in your letter I estimate your credit of adjusted compensation to be about $625. Add a 25 per cent in- crease and compound interest at 4 per cent for 20 years to compute the face value of your certificate. Any American Legion post or Red Crass chapter will be glad to give you any assistance you may need in filling out your application blank. Or, if you will come to room 722 of The Star Building, I will be very glad to help you. g M. R. M. Since you have remarried you are not entitled to your husband’s bonus credit. Your children have a claim. Or your husband’'s mother or father has a good claim. Mrs. G. E. 1f your son was un- married and left no issue you are en- titled to the benefits of his adjusted service credit by making application. The fact that your husband is re- ceiving war risk insurance will have no bearing upon your:claim for the bonus. G. A. B. If you are an enlisted man detailed to the school you men- tion I believe you are entitled to the benefits of the bonus. Mem- bers of the S. A. T. C. are not en- | titled to the bonus, but I should judge that you are not really a member of this branch of service. B. C. L. Your adjusted service credit is about $381. You did not give me your age in your note, 8o I am unable to tell you the amount of the face value of your certificate. ¥ Meridian Hill Park Will Have Marble “Serenity” Statue| made by Jose Clara and presented to the people of the United States by Charles Deering, for erection on pubilc ground in the District of Columbia, will be placed in the lower section of Meridian Hill Park, near W street. That section is now being graded to a lower level than the hill where now stands the equestrian statue of Jeanne d'Arc and the standing statue of Dante and will form the setting for the fountain into which the cascade from the high ground will flow. Until certain details are settled, the exact site of the “Serenity” statue in the park will be held in abeyance. The design and site of the statue have been approved by the Commission of 3 rts. Fine A P Add a 25 per cent increase to your credit,’ and then add compound fin- terest at 4 per cent for 20 years to compute the amount of the face value of your certificate. In a few days we will run a table of factor numbers again for the benefit of those wWho did not see it. H. E. W. T estimate your certifi- cate to be worth about $1,136. C. C. K. You are not entitled to any of the benefits of the adjusted compensation act. You were not in the service long enough to acquire any adjusted service credit. Mrs. M. J. C. The two children you are caring for have no claim for the bonus if their father is still living. See him and try to persuade him to name either yourself or one of the children as his beneficiary, in case of his death. That is your best hope of securing some of the bonus for this soldier’s children you are rearing. A. Love. You are entitled to the bonus_for the service you rendered. You did not tell me your age, so 1 cannot tell you your factor number. S. J. Send me your full name and address and I think I can help you. Evidently your father is entitled to some help in the care of your brother, but there is no way I can help you unless I have all the particulars. Q. I had a brother who died in the service, I was the beneficiary of his insurance. He was unmarried. I have been married but am now a widow, and obliged to earn my own lving. Am I entitled to_the ‘bonus credit of my brother? A. L. M. A. Brothers and sisters of deceased service men are not entitled to the bonus. This is very unfortunate, for the law does not authorize payments except to wives, children, mothers and fathers. Q. My son enlisted as a single man though he was married and by that marriage there is one child. He died in the service. His widow has re- married. Is the widow, or the child or the mother entitled to his bonus credit? Mrs. W. R. A. The child of the marriage is entitled to the bonus credit of your son since his wife has remarried. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. GREETING COMMANDER SMITH. Tired from their long air journey, the American round-the-world aviators were forced to receive a rousing welcome when they arrived near Paris, Photo shows members of the French reception committee talking with Commander Lowell Smith. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. HER VISIT WILL BE A SHORT ONE. Senorita Blanca Lourdes, who arrived in New York from Firpo, heavyweight boxer. S failed to satisfy immigration officials pects to take the next boat for Cuba. |SCHOLARSHPS TO AID BUSINESS GIRLS ARE PROPOSED BY CLUBS| By the Associated Press. WEST BADEN, Ind, July 22.—FEs- tablishment of scholarship for busi- ness girls by the 568 clubs of busi- ness and professional women in the United States was recommended in the annual address of President Adelia Prichard of Portland, Ore., in opening the sixth convention of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Club. Miss Prichard sald action on this recom- mendation tomorrow will be about the most important work of thé con- vention. Reports recelved from all states in the union except one, which are all represented by the 1,000 delegates, show that $2,000 has already been loaned by clubs iIn alding girls in- tent on entering business or pro- tessional work, but who lack the edu- cation and training the national fed- eration regards as standard. Seck Higher Standards. “Better business women for a bet- ter business world,” Miss Prichard said, “Is our slogan. We have two main endeavors. _First, to raise the standard of girls entering business BUILDING AND LOAN LEAGUE SHOWS INCREASE Half Billion Added to Assets and Membership Grows by 13 Per Cent. By the Assoclated Press., CLEVELAND, Ohlo, July 22.—The annual report of H. F. Cellarius of Cincinnati, Natlonal Secretary of the United States League of Local Bufld- ing and Loan Assoclations, read at the opening session of the convention today, shows $598,408,927 was added to the assets of building and loan assoclations of the country during e last fiscal year with an 1 membership of 838,736, S The report stated there are 10,744 bullding and loan associations in the United States, with a total member- ship of 7.202,880 with assets aggre- gating $3,940,939,880. The Increase in membership during the last fiscal year was a little over 13 per cent, while the increase in assets was a little less than 18 per cent. Building and loan companies in the United States advanced more than $1,260,000,000 last year on mortgage security toward the building of homes. Pennsylvania made the largest in- crease in assets during the last fiscal| year, with total of $121,000,000. In the opening address today Miss Anne E. Rae, Niagara Falls, N. Y., president of the league, declared that settlement of the tax question by Congress forecast prosperous busi- ness conditions a increase The marble statue of “serenity” | fVomen in Session From All Sections of Country Seek to Raise Standards of Work for Sex in All Fields. or profession, the ethical and second, to ralse standard_of women al- ready in business. Our program is gradually to extend our influence throughout the world where business women are found. “Tt is part of our hope to form an international federation. Our clubs are gradually giving business women social standing and getting them rec- ognition in their communities. Many girls today have found it necessary, as I did at the age of sixteen, to hunt work in an office and live in a hall bedroom. Our mission is to provide training for such girls before they are thrown into business and then through our clubs to surround them with the advantages of society. Mrs. Prichard said many clubs were already providing scholarship in bus- iness colleges and universities, Provided as Loans. The scholarships were generally provided as loans, none to exceed $400 to any one girl. Following her annual address, Miss Prichard_announced she would run for re-election as president. This | gave the convention its first political | aspect. Inasmuch as Stella Atkins of Savannah, Ga., the second vice presi- dent, has ‘already announced her can- didacy for president. Delegates of the various states met today to name a member on the nom- inating committee. PASSENGERS TAKEN FROM HELPLESS SHIP 200 Transferred in Middle of Lake Ontario When Engine Goes Dead. By the Associated Press. LEWISTON, N. Y., July 22.—Two hundred passengers of the steamer Chippawa _were transferred in the middle of Lake Ontario last night to a sister ship, the Cayuga, after the Chippawa developed engine trouble and had _drifted helpless for more than an_hour. The Chippawa left Toronto about 5 p.m. Four miles out trouble de- veloped. Temporary repairs were made and the steamer proceeded slowly toward the American shore. The temporary rig failed to hold and in_mid-lake the engine went dead. Signals were sent out by wireless without response from either shore. The Cayuga on her trip to Toronto came in sight shortly after 7 o'clock. The passengers were transferred to the Cayuga, and the two steamers, lashed together, steamed slowly into the mouth of the Niagara riven Most of the passengers were ex- cursionists from New York, Philadel- phia and other eastern cities. Stowaways Bring Paintings. NEW YORK, July 22.—Two Italian stowaways on the steamer Neponset, which arrived today from Genoa, had with them four oil paintings.and five old Italian prints, immigration au- thorities said. The men were sent to Ellis Island for examinatiom. South America in the party of Luis Angel e was detained at Ellis Island after having concerning passport vises. She ex- Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. PICKETT DENIES GLAIM OF WETS Dry Leader Says Statistics Show Alcoholism Deaths Less Than 2.6 Per 100,000. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 22.—Figures on the death rate from acute alcoholism | ascribed to prohibition by Dr. A. W. La Forge of Chicago {n a recent address at Cleveland before the American Institute of Homeopathy, were contradicted ‘today by Dr. Deets Pickett, the World Service Commission. Dr. La Forge was quoted as say- ing: “Unless prohibition is repealed, American cultural ideals will decay soon. Prohibition is a gangrenous force which corrodes and mortifies our cultural ideals, and, sloughing off, leaves such pestilence and crime in its wake as to soon threaten the decay of American culture and ideals. Before this alleged prohibition the deaths from acute alcoholism were about 2 per cent. With the advent of dry legislation the death rate was advanced to 25 per cent.” The statement issued today by Dr. Pickett says: “In_the registration area in the year 1922 (the last available figures) the death rate from alcoholism, both acute and chronic, was actually slightly less than one-fourth of 1 per cent. If it had been 25 per cent there would have been 297 alhoholism deaths per 100,000 instead of 2.6 per 100,000 of population. “Before prohibition the death rate from alcoholism was 5.8 per 100,00 It is now a little less than half that. LA FOLLETTE MANAGERS PICKED IN PENNSYLVANIA Executive Council of Fifteen Mem- bers Names Charles Eutz as Chairman. By the Associated Press. HARRISBURG, Pa., July 22.—Plans for conducting the campaign in Penn- sylvania of United States Senators Robert M. La Follette and Burton K. ‘Wheeler for President and Vice Presi- dent yesterday were placed in the hands of an executive council of 15 members at a conference here of rep- resentatives of labor and farmer or- ganizations and the State Socialist party. The conference also chose Har- risburg as headquarters for the State branch of the National Conference for Progressive Political Actlon. The executive council named Charles Kutz, Altoona, chairman of the State Farmer-Labor party, chairman, and Charles Oyler, Harrisburg, affiliated with the Machinists’ organization, secretary. ‘The party name under which the names of La Follette and ‘Wheeler will appear on the ballot is to be chosen at & later meeting of the committee, Mr. Kuts said, research secretary of | TAKING HER PET FOX FOR A STROLL. Miss Adelaide Hughes created quite a stir among the shopping crowds on F street yesterday afternoon when she appeared with her pet fox. were forced to pose for the camera man. And, of course, they Copyright by Harris & Ewing AMERICA WINNING OLYMPIC HAMMER-THROW. Tootell of Dart- mouth in action at Colombes Stadium. A member of the American Olym- pic teara, he won the hammer throw lection gathered by our athletes now ABSENTEE VOTE MAKES BRITISH COLUMBIA WET | | Official Recount May Change Re- | | sults and Actwal Fate of Meas- | ure Is in Doubt. By the Associated Press. VANCOUVER, B. C, July 22.—Sale | of beer by the glass here Is favored | by a majority of 53, it was announced vesterday after tabulation of tne | absentee vote of a plebiscite heldp last | week. | The count of the absentee vote changed a “dry” mafority of 189 on the home vote to a “wet” majority | of 53 An official count of ballots | has been demanded by the tempe ance party. Whether any city or municipality in the province will be allowed to open beer bars remained in doubt While officials of the secretary's department started to | complete the tally of beer plebiscite | results throughout British Columbia. With returns from a number of smali towns still outstanding the provin- cial majority against sales of beer by the glass stands approximately at 1,000. OPPOSES NOTE PAYMENT. Executor of Oyster Estate Fights Illinois Bank Suit. | wealthy dairyman, today & District Supreme Court to dismiss a suit for $7,000 brought against him | by the Elgin City Banking Company of 1llinois. The bank claimed this amount to be due on three promissory notes given by Mr. Ovster in May, 1920, which the deceased had refused to pay and which his executor also de- clined to honor. Mr. Brandenburg, In explaining the transaction, tells the court that one W. S. Dunham in May, 1920, sold Mr. Oyster a show stallion, named Cohel, for $15,000 and he gave five notes (m“ deferred purchase money. It is claim- | ed that Dunham guaranteed the horse to be sound and fit to be entered in horse shows. Mr. Oyster paid two of the notes, but when the third one be- came due notified Dunham that when the horse had been entered in the Chicago show it was discovered that he was umsound, and gave notice that | he would not pay the remaining notes. . Through Attorneys Tobriner & Gra- ham and Darr, Whiteford & Darr the executor also points out that the plaintiff's suit should be dismissed because the period of the statute of | limitations had passed before the fil- ing of the suit. — Three Charged With Theft. William H. Proctor, James H. Davis and William Robertson, all colored, charged with stealing a diamond rirg valued at $500 from Arthur Mason, colored, 1035 Twenty-first street northwest, were held for the action of the grand jury in the United States branch_of Police Court yesterday by Judge John P. McMahon. Their bonds were fixed at $1,000 in each instarce. The specific charge is that the three defendants while delivering ice to the home of Mason stole the ring, which was later found concealed in the can- vas curtain of the ice wagon. Some folks are kept so busy wor- rying about tomorrow that they have Bo time for anything today. provincial | cla and added a few points to the col- in France. Copsright by P. & A. Photos. PROTEST FRENCH SHIPPING RULES Board Charges Regulations Constitute “Undue and Un- fair Discrimination.” The State Department has been asked by Chairman O'Connor of the Shipping Board to press its efforts to persuade the French government to revoke a recent order requiring ssification of Shippinz Board and other American passenger ships under regulations of the French Veritas So- ciety. Ambassador Herrick at Paris already has been requested to take steps in the matter. The order is scheduled to become operative in August. A resolution adopted by the board, made public today, asserts the French attitude is one of “unaus and unfair discrimination” agaiust Ameri- an ships and, further, that the United ates is not accorded opportunities for French trade that other countries rece The board may invoke re- talitory measures, it was pointed out, under the merchant marine act of 1930, which authorizes it to put into effect the American classification regulations against countries which discriminate in classification against American ships. American passenger vessels are in- spected and classified under regula- tions of the American Bureau of Shipping. The United States govern- ment accepts the foreign passenger ship classifications of both the French Veritas Society and the British Lloyds. While the Veritas Society recognizes the Llovds classi? fication, it declines to accept that of the American bureau. The order which it is sought to have annulled requires that American ships enter- ing French ports must unload, dry dock and submit to French inspec- tion and classification. This is ob- jected to as ling unnecessary expense and de a o of the board, is expected to ador Herr the matter of persuading the French Government to accept the American Bureau of Shipping classification as sufficient. The protest grew out of a complaint lodged by - the Robert Dollar Company. The President Adams of the Dollar Company's round-the-world service was due to dock at Marseille today. now en route to I discuss with Am P e Girl Reported Missing. Gertrude Morris, 15, Park avenue and Fourteenth street, is reported missing since 9 o'clock last ht. She visited a married sister at 710 Ken- nedy street and left there about 9 o'clock to return hon Members of her family. ular her failure to reach home at 1 peaicd to pelice of the t« t Lo search for her. Police were tuld that the gir! was accompanied by two youne men when last seen. rtrude nad not returned home at breakfast time, her relatives reported, and police wers again appealed to for aid in the search. x