Evening Star Newspaper, August 9, 1924, Page 12

perilous position on the hood of a car, with the ball stuck to the radiator cap with che gum, the Columbia pro drove further than most people can from a tec. Copyright Harris & Ewing. WHITE HOUSE NEWSPAPER MEN HOLD BALL GAME. President Coolidge surrounded by members of the two teams composed of journalists and photographers who glean news from the Executive Offices, at their annual base ball game on the Ellipse. PRESIDENT SEES SCRIBES PLAY CAMERAMEN. President Coolidge, Mrs. Coolidge and C. Bascom Slemp, the Pres game MANY DEMOGRATS 60 T0 CLARKSBURG District Residents Leave To- morrow to Attend Davis Notification. Many Democrats prominent in the party's councils will leave Washing- ton tomorrow for Clarksburg, W. Va. to attend the notification ceremonies for John W. Davis, Democratic nomi- nee for President, Monday night. Among them are Senator Glass of .Virginia, Senator Harrison of Missis- sippi, Senator Harris of Georgia, John ¥. Costello, Democratic national com- mitteeman for the District; Charles A. Douglas, Oliver P. Newman, former Dis- “trict Commissioner; Henry Minor, na- tional committeeman for Mississippi; ¥rank J. Merkling and Col. Edwin A. Halsey. Democratic women will also be well represented at the cercmonies—Mrs. J. Borden Harriman, national com- mitteewoman for the trict; Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter o the Jate President Woodrow Wilson; Mrs. James M. Thomson, Mrs. Mary Wright hnson, former national committeewoman for the Dist Mrs. Frank Hiram Snell and Mrs. C. C. Calhoun. Clem L. Shaver, Democrati acting chairman of ational committee, erday for West Vir- of conferences with that headquar- West would be opened at Chicago some time next week and later Far Western head- quarters would be established, prob- ably on the Pacific coast. Mr. Davis will be the guest of Mr. Shaver at Fairmont, W. Va., tonight. Mr. Davis passed through Washing- ton last night on his way to West Virginia. 3 Mr. Costello, the national commit- teeman for the District, said today that as soon as he returns from Clarksburg next week arrangements will be made for the opening of local Tremocratic headquarters and a cam- paign begun to get the residents of the District who vote in the States to cast their ballots for Davis and Bryan. The Democratic national committee is to meet in Clarksburg Monday ynorning, and_will then complete its organization. Mr. Shaver will be elect- ed chairman, and other officers offi- cially designated. It is likely -also that the campaign committee will be announced at that time. This com- mittee may include some who, are not snembers of the national committee, itself. The Davis-Bryan Association of the District of Columbia yesterday open- ed headquarters in Room 220, Invest- ment Building, near the headquarters of the Democratic national committee. Conrad H. Syme, former corporation counsel of the District, is president of the association. The Davis-for-President Club, of which Carter Keene is president and Coi. Robert N. Harper is vice presi- dent, has made arrangements for hearing the acceptance speech of Mr. Davis over the radio in the crystal Toom of the Ebbitt Hotel. PLANE CRASH HURTS TWO “Virginia Aviator and Companion Victims as Machine Starts. BRISTOL, Va.-Tenn., August William Duff, aviator of Castlewood, Va., was serjously injured and Tate Cox of this city was badly shaken up last night when an airplane in which they were riding crashed to the ground near here. . Physicians tonight said that an ex- amination indicated that Duff's back was broken.. The full extent of his injuries will not be known until to- . morrow. The machine fell as it was party leaders, 4ers for th ident’s secretary, highly amused at a ludicrous performance i YOUR BONUS Questions That Bother You Will Be Answered in This Column. Address: Room 722, News De- partment, The Evening Star, Washington, D. C. Q. I was a sergeant in the Regular Army for 20 years previous to the World War. During the war I served as a lieutenant and after the war reverted to my enlisted status as 47 sergeant. Will I receive the bonus, and if so what will be the amount to which I am entitled?—S. T. A. You are entitled to the bonus proyided the commission you held during the war as a lieutenant was rot a provisional or permanent one.] In other words, if your service was rendered as a temporary officer, you are entitled to the benefits. To judge by the general terms of your letter, you are entitled to the maximum ben- efits. The maximum benefit for serv- ice on this side is $500, and for serv- ice on this and the other side, too, the maximum benefit allowed is $625. To the sum to which you are enti- tled add a 25 per cent increase and to that result add compound interest at 4 per cent for 20 years to com- pute the amount of the certificate to which you are entitled. Q. I enlisted in the Navy April 21, 1919, and'served overseas and was discharged August 12, 1922. Am I entitled to the bonus?—E. M. C. A. You are not entitled to the ben- efits of the adjusted compensation act. Only persons whose service be- gan between April 6, 1917, and No- vember 12, 1918, are entitied. Pro- vided a'man’s service began between these W0 dates, he is paid for all service between April 6, 1917, July 1, 1919, S Q. Please help me to get my adjusted compensation if I am entitled to it. 1 served over 18 months in France. I am now confined to the Jail. Wili ar me from the ben ? should T do?—A Soldier. Stiar wiat A. If you will send ‘me your fyll name and address I will mail you an application blank. I believe the of- ficer in charge of the jail will allow You to fill out the application. You are entitled to the benefits of the law. Q. I served as a yeowoman duri the war. Am I entitled to the bonus? 1 have been carrying a $1,000, 20-year endowment policy with the Veterans' Bureau. In view of this fact would the Government consent to make me cash payments instead of giving me another {psurance policy?—Mary Louise. A. You are entitled to'thé bonus for the service you rendered between April 6, 1917, and July 1, 1919. The war. risk insurance you are carrying has nothing at all to do with yourad.- justed service certificate or policy is- sued to- you for and on the account of the service .you rendered. The Government cannot ~make you any cash payments unless the sum due you is iess than $50. Your certifi- cate will be a gift either to yourselt or to a person you may have named as beneficiary, while you pay for the endowment policy you are carrying with the Veterans' Bureau. To the mother of the veteran who is serving 30 years in Atlanta and whose letter was unsigned, please note our answer in this column to “A Soldier.” ~Your son is entitled ‘to the benefits. If you will send me his name, an application blank will be mailed to him. To readers who want application blanks, send a two-cent stamp and we will mail you one. ‘Be sure to write plainly. —_— Mexican Mills Shut Down. MEXICO CITY, August 9.—Four- teen weaving mills in the federal dis. trict have been closed down,because of a strike called by the weavers’ syndicate after it was found impossi- ble to reach an agreement on reopen- ing a mill which was closed down by its owners more than a year ago. It is believed the textile industry in the federal district may be paralyzed for, the newspapermen’s base ball Henry Miller News Picture Service. A.F.OF L. TOFIGHT MINERS" EVICTION Gompe;s Instructed to Ask West Virginia Aid to End “Inhuman Practice.” By the Associated Press, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., August 9.— The executive council of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor today au- thorized Samuel Gompers, president, to demand of Gov. Morgan of West Virginia that the eviction of coal miners from company-owned homes in that state cease at once. The council further pledged to the United Mine Workers of America, an affiliation of the American Federation of Labor, all aid in “protecting mine workers and their families in West Virginia.” A resolution adopted by the council said in part: “The executive council has learned through authoritative sources that miners living in the mining villages in West Virginia are being ruthlessly evicted from their homes. “These evictions are taking place without due process of law and are contrary to the instincts ' of hu- manity: Calls Process Inhuman. “The inhuman process of .throwing the miners, their families and their household goods out of the houses owned by the coal corporations into the roads and byways is being car- ried out by gunmen, so-called private detectives, who are in the employ of West Virginia coal companies. “We denounce the actions of all these engaged in this un-American policy of home evictions in_ some of the mining sections of West Vir- ginia. Be it resolved that President Gompers communicate with Gov. Mor- gan of West Virginia and, in the name of the executive council, de- mand that the State government give to the miners of the State the protec- tion to which they are entitled as human beings and citizens of our re- public and that the eviction of fam-: ilies from their humble homes “by private gunmen in the employ of coal corporations shall cease. To Ald Mine Unions. “Be it further resolved, that Presi- dent Gompers advisé President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers of America of the adoption of this resolution by the executive council and tender to the mine workers' or- ganization such assistance as can be given by the American Federation of Labor in protecting mine workers and their familles in West Virginia.” ‘The council’s resolution was accom. panied by a statement by William Green, secretary-treasurer. of the United Mine Workers of America, jn which he declared “that the average citizen who enjoys the blessings and protection of free government in- stinctively rebels against' this in- human and un-American practice of eviction, whatever the general public opinion in regard to the economic or industrial issues involved. Musicians Plan Labor Day Strike. CHICAGO, August 9.—Labor day, September 1, has been sét by unign theater musicians here as a strike date unless theater owners, who have offered a 5 per cent increase, accede to demands for a 10 per cent wage boost. The salaries now range from $07.50 a week to $87.75 a week, ac- cording to classification. About 700 musiclans - and . are ja- B BTRO EARLY LIFE OF MURDERER. This picture of Richard Loeb, confessed slayer of Bobby Franks, is one introduced as evidence at the trial to prove his childhood was a “dream life.” Years Ago—Later OWEGO, N. Y., August 9.—It is per- haps little known to the world that John D. Rockefeller numbers among his closest friends Mrs. Susan J. Life of Owego. But Owego people believe that there is no other person outside the circle of his immediate relatives whom Mr. Rockefeller hglds in such high regard. This lifelong friendship had its foundation seven-four years ago when the two were schoolmates at the district school in the Hiawatha neighborhood, three miles east of this village. ‘The future oil magnate was 11 years old and Mrs. Life, then Miss Susan Le Monte, was 16. She is 90 now. She helped him in his stdies when he was a backward student and he has never for- gotten that he owes her a debt of gratitude. He has jokingly referred to her as his best teacher. Visits Her Often. For several years Mr. Rockefeller has not failed to visit her at her home in Owego while on the.annual pil- grimage to the scenes of his boyhood. Only last week when he spent two nights in Owego he found opportunity to call three times upon Mrs. Life— the last time at 7 o’clock in the morn- ing to say good-bye before starting back to his home at Tarrytown. So much for the fact of the friend- ship. To trace its origin is to go back to 1850. When the Rockefeller fam- ily came from Moravia, N. Y., to the Hiawatha neighborhood in that year. They lived in a modest story-and-a- half cottage next door to the school- house. And there were five Rocke- feller children to swell the roster there. Notwithstanding the fact that the young Rockefellers lived within a stone's throw of this small temple of learning they were not much given to study. Mrs. Eliza ‘Rockefeller, mother of the brood, was far from pleased with their progress. A little farther east lived Marcus La Monte, a substantial farmer. There were four children in his famliy. The La Monte ‘chiliren were the star pu- pils in Hiawath School. Susan La Monte was the brightest star of all. It was only natural that she should early become a teacher-and later the proprietor of & select finishing school for girls, the Rye Seminary at Rye, N. Y. She was-a born schoolmistress and disciplinarian. How she got her first experience in teaching and disciplining children is an Interesting story, especially so when it may be recorded that in a group of eight children upon whom she first practiced evenings after school hours were John D. Rockefel- ler and his two scarcely less famous brothers, William and Frank Rocke- feller. Mrs. Life's Story. But let the story be told in the words of Mrs. Life, when interviewed at_her home in Owego. “My mother was .a Yemarkable said Mrs. Life. “She always insisted that we children—there were four of us—get a good report from the schoolmaster - before we -were al- lowed to go skating or coasting after school. So we found it necessary to study much at night. “Soon after the Rockeféller family removed to our neighborhood, Mrs. Rockefeller came to my mother and asked how it wi hat her children did so well in their studies. Her chil- dren, she sald, were backward. My mother explained her system of for- bidding all amusements unless school reports were good. She added that ‘we children spent a great deal of time over our books in the evening. “Mrs. Rockefeller then asked if her children’ could join the nightly study pcfigd .at our home.. My mother re- lied: s ‘You will have to ask Susan. She does not like to have any disturbance going on while she and the other children are at their books.’ + P. & A. Photos Rockefeller Regards Woman, 90, As Among Dearest of Friends Mrs. Susan J. Life Aided Oil King With Lessons 74 Headed Seminary His Daughters Attended. Rockefeller children would be good and so they came to our heuse for the evening course of study. There were John D, the eldest: William, Frank, Lucy and Mary. John D. and Lucy worked very hard at their books, but William and Frank were full of mischief. When these two grew uneasy and restless and would begin to kick each other under the table my father or my mother would take them into another room and let them play. Stuck to His Books. “But John D. always stuck to his books. Even then he was determined to succeed in life. After the Rocke- feller children had been at the dis- trict school a year, the older children were sent to the academy at Owego. John D. and Lucy were at once pro- moted. We La Monte, children and the three Rockefeller children walked together three miles to this school in Owego. My! but it was a cold walk in Winter. “The late William Smyth was then principal of the Owego Academy. 1 went into the academic department, and during school hours did not come in contact with the Rockefeller chil- dren. They went two years to this academy before they removed from Owego. “It has been reported that T was a teacher of the Rockefeller brothers at this school. I was never really a teacher there, but there is a founda- tion for this impression. The precep- tress of the school became ill. Prin- cipal Smyth called me to her desk and asked me to take charge of the room temporarily. The preceptress, it turned out, was suffering from ty- phoid fever. She did not return to her duties for six weeks. During this period I kept order in this room. “The only teaching of the Rocke- feller children I ever did was at our own home in the evening, as I have said. “Tall me,” said the interviewer, “was Mr. Rockefeller good at arith- metic?” ° “Excellent,” said Mrs. Life with a smile. Mrs. Life is a_remarkable woman. She is of more than medium height and stately. Her hair is pure white, but her blue eyes still sparkle when she becomes animated in conversa- tion. Her memory of the events of her childhood is clean cut. She doesn't look her age by ten years. Mr. Rockefeller's regard for Mrs. Life is shown by the fact that he sent his daughters to be educated at Rye Seminary while Mrs. Life was its head. Some of his granddaughters also were students in this school. WILL MAKE HEALTH TALK. Howard Professor to Address Ne- gro League. Dr. A. B. Jackson, director of pub- lic health education at Howard Uni- versity, will deliver an address on “Health and Business,” at the twenty- fifth annual meeting of the National Negro Business League, which meets in Chicago -August 20, 21 and 22. Other prominent negroes from Was ington are also to be present, it is stated. > The National Negro Business League was founded by the late Booker T. Washington, in Boston, in 1800, and for 25 years has served to develop business enterprises of the colored race. » Cardinal’ Mercier Il BRUSSELS, August 9.—Cardinal Mercier is indisposed, due to his con- tinued exertions, and of late has been obliged to remain in armchair, al- though he receives visitors as usual. ‘His eminence. is:suffering from Dhie. Henry Miller News Picture Service. L. DAVIS DRIVES ELECTRIC TRAIN. Democratic candidate for President at the controls of a new big electric himself through New York. locomotive, which he actually drove Copsright Underwood & Underwood POSTMASTER GENERAL GIVEN FLAG. Leon H. Moore of Claremore, Okla., yesterday presented Mr. ew with the State flag of Oklahoma, a gift from the postmakers of Oklahoma DEFENDERS O ATTACK ONCAPITAL Meade Reservists’ “War” Maneuvers Viewed by Of- ficers of Japanese Army. Special Dispatch to The Star. CAMP MEADE, Md. August While the “war” still raged at Camp Meade, eight officers of the Imperial Japanese Army were interested on- lookers. These visitors were members of the Japanese military mission now touring the United States, and paid their visit to Camp Meade on Thurs- day. They were received by Brig: Gen. Harold B. Fiske, commanding general of the camp. The party was entertained at the mounted officers’ mess. The party of military observers was composed of Lieut. Gen. K. Wada, Maj. Gens. J. Masaki and F. Kurosaki, Cols. M. Surusha and M. Miroota ' (surgeon) and Majs. S. ‘Washidzu, T. Iseki and F. Kawadu. Despite the presence of the Japanese officers, the phase of the battle proba- bly was the least interesting of any since the spirited attack was launch- ¢d and the defense begun last Mon- ay. Invaders “Capture” Baltimore. Monday the invaders landed on the shores of the Chesapeake near the City of Baltimore, “captured” that city and began their advance on Washington. The defenders took up a position near Camp Meade and there the two forces clashed. Since the opening day there have been artillery barrages and duels, charges by the infantry and defense positions hastily constructed by the engineers. But the intense heat of the last few days has proved a con- siderable handicap to the invaders. Their effort to break through the de- fense lines and reach their objective, Washington, already made a-difficult task by the defenders, has been made still .more difficult by the scorching heat. The reservists devoted most of the day’to consolidating positions already won. The defenders, too, instead of launching’ counter-attacks, also con- tented themselves in the main with strengthening the positions they hold and preparing for the big push which the invaders are expecting to make when weather conditions become more favorable.” Actual fighting, therefore, was of a desultory char- acter. Col. Hunter to Be Relieved. Lieut. Col. Thomas M. Hunter, Q. M. C., U. 8. A., who has been on duty at the camp as the executive officer, will be relieved from duty here on August 18 and, following the expira- tion of his leave, will be assigned to duty in the office of the quarter- master general, Washington, D. C. Local reserve officers are very much tickled over this plece of news. Second Lieut. Willington A. Samouce, U.'S. A, having reported by letter, s assigned to duty with the 6th Field Artillery, Fort Hoyle, Md. At the present time the 6th is here. Capt. Vernon E. Prichard, the coach of the 3d Corps Area foot ball team, has reported at Camp Meade and is already studying conditions and map- ping out his training ‘course. Several new men are expected to trot out ‘when the first bugle call brings the candidates to the fore for the initial preliminkry work. Orders are now shing to many Army foot ball men throughout the country. ‘Maj. Willlam L. Culberson, representing the corps area, plans to open the training camp August 20, and is taking every precaution to have his full strength on the roll two days in advance. “Outstanding Figures” in Camp. These outstanding figu g Bandits of Berlin Off To Recuperate Nerves At Summer Resorts By the Associated Press BERLIN, August thieves have departed for their annual vacations. There have been no robberies here on a large scale for the last few weeks and the police report that this is due to the fact that most of the porch climbers, burglars, office thieves and professional crooks generally left for their favorite Summer re- sorts with the advent of the hot weather to rest and play, so as to get into proper trim for their Fall and Winter activities in the city. The detectives assert that all professional crooks work under a tremendous nervous strain and that on this account nearly all of them spend at least a month, some of them two or three months, at the seashore or in the mountains S0 as to restore their nerves for “better service,” when they. get back into the crook business again. The petty thieves, who cannot get enough money ahead to take a rest, continue active, however. 9.—Berlin 320th Infantry from Washington. Col, Glendie B. Young, commanding officer of the regiment, is connected with the Loans and Currency Division of the Treasury Department in Washington, when not in the service. He began his service career in 1887, when he enlisted in the National Guard of the District of Columbia. In 1895 he was at the surrender of Santiago, Cuba, with the rank of captain, 1st District of Columbia Volunteer: He com- manded the 3rd District of Columbia Infantry on the border. During the World War he commanded the 372d Infantry when it was in the trenches over there. Maj. John G. Maguire of the same regiment 1id his first military service as a major with the 1st Tennessee In- fantry, whose rendering of the famous “rebel yell” in the Philippine campaizn of 1899. was invariably accepted as a general signal for retreat by the i rectors. Among the ‘“shave-tails,” or second lieutenants, attached to his brigrade in Manila' was Second Lieut. Harold B. Fiske, now commanding gen- eral of Camp Meade. Another old soldier from W: ington with the 320th is Capt. H. B. Myers, adjutant of the regiment, who received his baptism of fire with the 4th United States Volunteers in 1898 at Santiago, Cuba. He also was with the 3d Dis- trict of Columbia on the border. He went over with the 80th Division. He was severely wounded in the Meuse- Argonne drive and commended for “gallantry in action.” “Cavalry Day” Program. Many high ranking officers from the office of the chief of Cavalry are to- day at Camp Meadg participating in Cavalry day. The gala occasion at the camp “opened this morning - with a cross—country - ride, starting at 9 o'clock. The affair was planned by reserve officers of . the 62d Cavairy Division, which is now in training at the camp. Many Washingtonians hold reserve commissions in the 306th Cav- alry, which is a part of this division. This afternoon there is scheduled a jumping contest. Inasmuch as the reserve cavalrymen have been as- signed to certain mounts for the sta; in camp, horses for the jumping wiil be drawn by lot." Lieut. Col. James is in command of the 306th Cavalry, due to the absence of Col. John Phil- lip Hill, who is'a member of Congress trom Maryland. A banquet will be tendered to: Brig. Gen. Harold B. Fiske, commander of the camp, tonight at 7 o'clock by the officers of the division. Officers of his staff will attend. - Resetve officers of the division from Virginia, Mary- land and the District of Columbia who are not on active duty have been invited to be preseat. .Gen. Fiske has proved a popular leader this Summer. The reception in his honor tonight, as have all others, will be held in the mounted - officers’ mess, where Caterer Joseph Shapiro repare a special. Long Island tional Photo. LUBORMENTOSE CALLES IALEURAL Executive Council to Go to Mexico—Have Conference With President-Elect. | By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., August ¢ At the personally extended invitation of President-elect Calles of Mexico, during a secretly arranged journey here from New York, the executive council of the American Federation of Labor voted yesterday to attend the inaugural of .Gen. Calles at Mexico City next December 1. Gen. Calles and his party were here only three and a half hours, return- ing this afternoon to New York. whence the president-elect will sail shortly for a pre-inaugural vacation in Europe. With him today were Saloman de la Selva, who recently helped conduct for the Pan-American Federation of Labor a survey of political and eco- nomic conditions in Nicaragua: Man- uel C. Tellez. Mexican Minister to Washington; Canuto. Avargas, Span- ish language secretary of the Pan- American Federation, and Hugh Frayne, Eastern representative of the | American Federation of Labor. Guests of Gompers. . Gen. Calles, his party and the | executive council were guests of Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, at luncheon at the Hotel Ambassadér solarium. The president-elect made a short address, as did Mr., Gompers and several of the council, but most of the talking was done by Gen Calles and Mr. Gompers during an | hour's private conference before the | luncheon. News reporters here for the execu- tive council sessions had prepared & long list of questions to be submitted to Gen. Calles through his interpreter. Mr. Gompers engaged him in com- ference immediately after the lunch- eon, however, so that the general had time for little more than a 100k at the questions and a shake of the head. Then he hurried to a train. His opportunity to greet the exeou- tive council of the American Federa- tion of Labor was one of the/greatest satisfactions he had had in'his “life as a fghter,” declared the president- elect in his luncheon address, He re- lated that he had been elected as a Labor party candidate and . pledged assurance that he “never,would be a traitor,” that his government- of Mex- ico would be “eminently constructive” and that all his acts would be direct- ed “toward the betterment of the op- pressed.” .. SHIPPERS FAVOR ‘HAVEN. Atlantic Coast Interests "Approve U. 8. Refuge Harbor Plan. NORFOLK, Va. August 9.—Repre- sentatives of. Atlantic: cogst ' shipping Interests, at a niesting here yester- day, votedsapproval of 2 plan to have the Government ~establish -a harbor of refuge:for-coastwise and small shipping ‘on | the coust @bout midway between the Virginla Capes and Dela~ ware Breakwater. Views of shipping men were requested by Col. Earl I Brown, U. S. A., district engineer at Wilmington, Dei. The site proposed is on the ocean side of the Eastern Shore of Virginia, near Asateague, known as Toms Cove. Plans call for a harbor to ac- commodate at least 50 'vesséls, with a depth of water of 27 feet and a wide channel ‘approach from the.sea, 80 it would easily be accessible for ships caught in storms that.in the past have taken heavy toll o