Evening Star Newspaper, July 23, 1924, Page 4

VAR MEMORIALS . -CURBIS FAVORED« Pershmg and AtHes Want Dead Honored Rather Than : Commands Glorified. t By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 23 the American War Monument Com- mission are agreed fhat American monuments abroad shall be limited to those approved by .the American government agd shall be for the memory of the dead and not for the glory of individual divisions or com- mands. ‘They have’@greed.informally that from tHe *ylew of me- morials _the ‘Atherican’ “baittefialds: abroad shaH not take on the aspect Gettysbure. The comm)ssio has niearly fmished its work in Burope, and the.members are dispersing Wwith the intention of meeting in Washington for the prepa- ration of their report, which will b made directly .to President Coolidge The general impression among the members is _ that “the-. cemeteries should be made as beautiful as pos- sible by flowers, shrubs, trees, walks, roads and evervthing that the-art-of landscape ~ gardening. can _furnish without over-featuring monuments or memorial structures. Somé members of the commission appear to think that already too many- monuments have been sct up without following 2 harmonious gonceptiom Pershing- The commission has traveled since July 1 through all_of’the Amefican battlefields and battle cemeteries in France. Gen. Pershing, Capt. R. G. Woodside, commander-in-chief of the American Veterans of Foreign Wars, and several other members of the commission_are sailing for home to- day from Cherbours on the George Washington. Senator Reed of Pennsylvania and Col. and Mrs. John Philip Hill will than August 5. Col. of Maj. 3 Mass., in the name of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, today laid a wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. FORMER SAILOR HELD IN RUM-SHIP KILLING Says Revolver Was Discharged by Accident, Causing Death of “Buddy.” By the Assoctated Press. NEW ORLEA Chalmers, formerl member of the crew of the British stea p Gene- vieve, wanted in Atlantic City in co Novem- July 23.—Louis of the crew on New Jersey cosat, was arrested here Yesterday by a Department.of Justioe agent on instructions frem Washing~ ton. The request for Chalmers’ ar- rest came through the British Am® ‘bassador. Chalmers is held in the house of detention pending the issuance of|f joonz orders to return him to Atlantic ty. When informed of the charges rible when_it oz taken "his pistol from under his pillow just before going on watch in the wheel- house. On deck, he said he met Pike and stopped to talk with him. His pistol, which was in his hand, in some way was discharged he said. Pike Sriapied. ukSanaTorch (Ba the deck, dying in a few minutes. “Of course,” I was sorry and -felt awfully bad about it, but # never|4§ occurred to me or any one on board that anybody would think it was mur- der.” Chalmers said. Chalmers said the Genevieve made. several trips South and l:xxmxl""fle aboard unt weaks. -whern he left the we:ul :.nd ci.ml here to ocatch a ship! for Italian Diplomat Dies. 5 TURIN, IT, Y. July za—Caum Vittorio Calvi Bergolo, father - of Capt. Carlo C-Jvl 11,4 Bergolo. who is the husband of ‘olanda, died suddenly yesterday. The count had spent most of his Hfe in diplomatic activities and had been Minister at Athens and Copephagen. —The members ot Lo ion Mmute’s‘i)elay in Air Mail to Balk™ Slayer’s Fight to Evade Gallows Appea! Jor Isaac Woolfgang, 60, Must Reach Here Tonight at By Consolidated Press. _.8AN RAFAEL, Csl, July 28.—Twice before within six months Isaac Woolf- ¥ang, 60-year-old convicted murderer, has suffered all the mental tortures of approaching death in San Quentin here, only to be snatched back’ from the very brink of the gal- lows by eleventh-hour reprieve Tod Wool{gang stands in the shadows of the same gallows and again for the third time, he may be snatched back-—this time trough the d of the Government mail plane which is hurtling through air lanes between Ban Francisco and New York, -earryving -with j¢ & last appeal for the e of the cordemned man, directed to the United .States Supreme Court at Washington, Whether Woolfgang's life agdin is to be spared depends on whéther the mail plane reaches New York on scheduled time and whether the -ap- peal which it carries can be put aboard the fast mail train leaving almost immediately for Washington, and, lastly, whether the sealed packet of court papers finally can be deliv- ered to the clerk of the Supreme Court at the National Capital before midnignt Wednesday. -~ " Minute's Delay Means Death. Should the packet reach its destina- tioh one minute too late, the hang- man’s noose, which twice before has reached out for the aged killer and twice before has had its clutches cheated, this time will be successful in claiming Woolfgang's life as for- feit. He will march up the 13 steps at San Quentin-gibbet and swing into eternity. 8hould the papers reach the Su- preme Court before midnight ronlthl. however, Woolfgang's life will eaved at least for a few months, = FRANK GOULD WINS SUIT. ;| Court Agrees With American in - - Architect’s Fee Case. VERSAILLES, France, July 23—A court here today decided in favor of Frank Jay Gould the suit brought by his architect, M. Bouclet, for fees in connection with work alleged to have been done by the architect in planning how to transform a tract of Mr. Gould's property into an area suitable for a stud farm. The architect had drawn up.an estimate which Mr. Gould found too large, and had sent in a bill for services which the American also considered exorbitant. The court today de- cided the architect had no claim for fees because no work had been done in connection - with his estimate. _ ‘He who would gather the roses of suocess must not fear the thorns. PERPETUAL BUILDING "ASSOCIATION Pays 6 Per Cent on shares maturing in 45 or 83 months. It -Pays 4 Per Cent on shares withdrawn be- fore maturity Surplus $950,000 - 12—Twice “Dodged Noose. delivery of the appeal before the legal time limit automatically acts 3s & stay of execution until the highest court of the land can pass upon the case. Woolfgang is known as “The Miik Bottle Bandit,” because he shot a policeman to death in Los Angeles when he was caught stealing a bottle of milk. He was first saved from the gallows last February. At that time he was in the prison death honsa and_the gallows were being made ready when the court repricve wus granted. Trip to Gallows Halted. The second time that the com- demned man was spared was last April. The night before the pro- posed hanging the California Su- preme Court granted a stay of exe- cution _but, .through some slip-up, the "aMicials of San Quentin were not notified. ~ Wbdolfgang had been dressed for the trip to the gallows, as the time set for the hanging was only twenty minutes Away. when finally word was received that the court had halted the hanging. So great was the mental suffering of Woolfgang. that on that occasion his hair turned snowy white over night and for several days after the sensational eleventfi-hour reprieve his mind was affected. In the belief that the condemned man was not mantally responsible tor the cfime, his attorneys have ex- hausted eveFy Possible legal avenue in this_State in an attempt to save him. The reason for utilizing the government mail plane in rushing the last appeal to Washington woa- that the attorneys were unable to complete tle bulky mass of lega. papers for the United States Supreme Court sooner. The apyeal, it it reaches Washington in time. will at least temporarily stay Woollgang's execution. It was put aboard the mail plane leaving here ‘fuesday morning at 6 o'clock and is due to reach New York today at 5:05 p.m Sees Jugoslav-French Alliance. BELGRADE, July 23.—Negotiations have been opened in Paris for a Franco-Jugoslav defensive alliance, according to the newspaper Vreme, -which declares that a treaty will be m.,ned before the end of the year. CLAFLIN Field New Branch [l Store _in ai e 922 14th OPMXTE fore your out. ing begins. you with & Claflm Ophtal co-nn; i I::h!l;ldm good glass be. A clean, healthy sMw is usually a lovely skin, but the use of the proper s0ap s necessary. 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