Evening Star Newspaper, September 29, 1924, Page 17

THE EVE NG NGTON, D. C, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1924 BALTIMORE BOYS SENTEN 19 years old. ar ot hang in ¢ made to raise money for a new trial ) 'ED TO BE HANGEYD. Thomas J. Foran, 17 years old. who have been sente Itimore for the murder of Charles Dobbs. d An effort is heing 1 jeweler. in the case. Copsright by P & A Photos. Mrs. William von Phul, jr.. of New York, who won the first National all- comers’ cross-word puzzle tourna- ment held in New York Saturday. Copsright by Underwood & 1 nderwood. GROWS CHOICE AVOC tive of the Chief Execu DC 5 FOR PRESIDENT COOLIDGE. W. C. Coolidge of Fort Myer, Fla, a rela- e, with a package of avocados grown especially for White House use. Wide World Photos. IT COMES DIRECT FROM PARIS. these two well known Par; new Broadway show. Saturday afternoon. n dancers, Mitty Photograph snapped aboard the steamship Paris This is the correct dance pose which nd Tillio, will reveal in a A Copyright by " Pho A PART OF WASHINGTO} Forge, 'z, ARMY bration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the meeting of the First Continental Congr was again turned into a Winter camp of the Revolutionary Army. AT VALLEY FORGE AGAIN. As a feature of Philadelphia's cele- , at Valley Here are a few of “soldiers of Washingtons Army” submitting to an inspection of arms by Gen. Washington and members of his staff. Copyright by I'. & A. Photos THE LINER LEVIATHAN L ship. W shipyard in South Boston. A FI Workmen removing one of the great propellers of the steam. e in midocean the ship dropped a blade of the propeller, and a new one is being placed at the 1 United News Pictures COOLIDGES ATTEND - MASONIC SERVIGE Sermon at Temple Heights Isi Heard by Hundreds—Prayer for President. i President and Mrs. Coolidge were the guests of honor at special re- ligious services held on the grounds of Temple Heights. the site of the proposed new Masonic Temple, Con- necticut and Florida avenues, vester- day afternoon. and attended by hun- dreds of persons The service, which was a highly impressive ofe. was arranged by the Worshipful Masters' Association under the auspices of the Grand Lodge, F. A M., of the District of Columbia. There was a special praver for the President, and the sermon that followed was an appeal to indi- viduals to recognize in Freemasonry a means of bringing back the per- sonal life of God. using concepts of the prophets of the eighth century B. C., as an illustration Choir, Glee Club and Band. The service was in F. Roberts, grand n trict charge of Charles | ter of the Dis- and Rev. John C. Palmer, grand | lain. Rev. Ze Barney T. Phillips. pastor of Ipiphany Church, delivered the sermon. Benediction was nounced by Rev. Charles pastor of the United Brethren Church. Music. under the direction of J. Wal- ter Humphrey. was by the quartet of S Paul's F lish Lutheran Church, the Almas Temple Glee Club, con- ducted by J. P. Shaddick, and the United States Navy Band, led by | Charles F. Benter. For his text, on this occasion, Rev. Phillips took, “He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with thy God Text Harding Favored. Rev. Phillips after announcing his text explained that the late President Harding said that was the one text in all the Scriptures that he had used as a guide for his actions throughout his life. Rev. Phillips during the course of his sermon declared that “no man can wrest from any one the power of character, for it is one of the secret processes of God. No one can wrest the secrets of the human heart from another. No man can understand love until he knows love is God “There have been periods in our history,” Rev. Phillips said also, “when men, in one guise or another, have attempted to attain to infallibil- ity. There is no infallibility, but of | the love and great, tender mercy of God. Some others have thought they could unlock the doors of mystery by a short way ~ Assigned to Air Squadron. Lieuts. Theodore C. Lonnquest and Felix B. Stump of the Naval Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Department have been assigned to duty on the air- eraft squadron, battle fleet, and Lieut. William B. Young, Naval Supply Corps, at_the recruiting barracks, Hampton Roads, Va., has beeh tran ferred to the Washington navy yard for duty. Four Destroyers Figure in Unusual Accident in West Details unusual accident which occurred in Francisco Harbor Saturday in the battle fleet the Navy Department today in a dispatch from Admiral S. S. Robison, commanding While engaged in fueling five destroyers which lay alongside, the oiler Guyama “dragged anchor” and finally ran afoul the Arizona. The destroyers Wood and Hull, in attempting 1o get clear of the Guyama, fouled the Tennessee and sustained damage to their propel- lers and undersides. No explana- tion was given as to the cause of the anchor being dragged, but it was assumed here that an unusual wind must have arisen. No damage to either Arizcna or Tennessee,” the dispatch said. “Investigation still under way to ascertain damage to other destroy- ers, but believe none resulted. Court of inquiry in session.” of an San were given \ DAUGHE‘;SAYS DAVIS ANSWERED EVASIVELY Declares No Reply Was Made to Charge of Misrepre- sentation. By the Associated Press. COLUMBLUS, Ohio, September 29. Harry M. Daugherty, former Attorney General, in another statement here vesterday, asserted that John W. Davis, Democratic candidate for Pres- ident, has not answered his letter of a week ago, in which he charged that Davis, in his speeches, was condemn- ing him without a full knowledge of all the facts. “Now that I have read Mr. John W. Davis’ letter I find that it is not at all responsive to my letter to him,” said the Daugherty statement. “It is practically a reiteration of his speeches, which justified my writ- ing him as I did. From the responses 1 have received from all over the country, T am satisfied my position is well understood and what took. place in Washington now is well known. WALSH T0 RESIST * ROBSONADVANE | i Senator Will Fight 0. K. on | Boost in Rank of Oil . Deal Figure. A statement cratic Senator prosecuted declaring issued by the Demo- national committee quotes Walsh of Montana, who the oil investigation, as that he will resist the attempt to promote Rear Admiral Robison, chief of the Bureau of Engineering of the Navy Department, to the rank of rear admiral on the permanent list. Such an attempt, it was added, also would be followed by further in- vestigation of his part in the leasing of the naval oil resedves. His pres- ent rank on the permanent list is that of captain, and he holds only temporary rank as rear admiral be- cause of his assignment with the bureau. Walsh Statement. A statement by Senator Walsh, Is- sued by the committee, said: “It will be interesting to prosecute an inquiry into how it happened that he, among all the eligibles in the Navy. schooled in what he knew about the reserves by Doheny and imbued with exactly the same ideas about them as those entertalned by that gentleman, should have been selected to head the Bureau of En- gineering to which was intrusted the care of the reserves. “Those interested will be reminded that he knew and approved of the transactions, notwithstanding the ! secrecy that attended them and the lack of competitive bidding, that he conceived the plan of circumventing Congress by stretching the power granted so as to permit paying for the tanks with ofl—two barrels for one barrel of storage—and that he inaugurated the system without any knowledge as to whether what would be left would be adequate to the needs of the Navy in any kind of an emergency." ISkeletons of Indians Unearthed ! in Mound Beside Florida Lake | By the Associnied Press | WEST PALM B ber 29 —Bones of 14 hum some almost intact, have | covered 11 shores of Lake Worth and at a point | where that body of water is separated | from the ocean beach by some 50 vards of high land The skeletons were found by work- men who are cutting a new roadway along the lake shore to displace the ocean boulevard. They were di covered about 18 inches beneath the surface of a mound 10 feet high and 40 feet in diameter. Excavations for the new road were laid between two mounds _to avoid moving so much earth. The burial mound is composed of beach sand. The skeletons were found lying In tiers. the skulls point- ing to the apex. The skeleton of a baby was found beside one, that of a dog beside another. been un- Beside the skeletons were found colored beads, evidently of glass, some in amethyst and amber. A pair of scissors almost rusted away, BERGER TELLS WHY HE’S FOR LA FOLLETTE Fought Senator 25 Years, But Now Says He Is Better Than Other Politicians. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September — Why Victor Berger. after opposing Robert M. La Follette for 25 years, is now supporting the independent candi- date, was explained last night in an address by the Socialist Congressman |trom Milwaukee, Wis. “We started a Socialist paper to fight La Follette,” explained the Congressman. “I have fought him for 25 years, and now I have come here to ask you to vote for him. - “The Socialist party did not grow as it should. That was the fault of conditions. “It is because we have very few American workers who are ocmpelled to stay workers all their lives. There is always a chance for them to get ahead on the shoulders of the CH. Fla, Septem- | 1 skeletons, | miles south of here on the | im-Pennsylvania Federation of Labor. [two bone needles, and iron bracelets rusted into the wrist bones also were discovered A lead bullet also was found Picces of potteryware believed to be | { baked of clay with a shell binder were found in numerous quantities. | Contour of these pieces indicate some | of the bowls were three inches decp and 18 inches in diameter, while others approach the broken parts of vaselike bowls. All of these are red or black in color. the outside sur- faces indicating that they had been | molded in reed or fiber baskets. So far the excavators have explored about one-third of this mound. The {mound standing opposite it, of the name proportions, is composed of fresh water shells, mostly small, in- terspersed with a few conchs. Layers of charcoal lead to the belief that this mound was used for firing pur- poses. Those in charge of the road work declare that the skeletons unmistak- ably are those of Indians. A third mound stands nearby. ‘DAWES TO REST 4 DAYS. EVANSTON, IlL, September 29.— Back from his speaking trip to Min- nesota and Wisconsin, Charles G. Dawes, Republican candidate for Vice President, vesterday entered upon a four-day period of resf and prepara- |tion for the final month of campaign- ing. Mr. Dawes will leave Wednesday night for Memphis. Tenn., where he will speak Thursday night on the first trip into the South made by amy of the presidential or vice presidential candidates of the three major parties. On his return he will spend a day or two here and then start on a ten- day tour of the transmississippi in- terior States, outlined by the Republi- can national committe: migrant. “La Follette is no hero; he is a shrewd politician, but he has a bet- ter record than any other politi- cian. * Among other speakers were Morris Hillquit, wealthy Socijlist leader of New York; Joseph W. rts, Soclalist candidate for Governor of Ohio, and James H. Maurer, president of the WHEELER TACKLE COLORADO TANGLE + Gives Aid in Fusing Two Sets ! of Electors—Speaks in Denver Church. By the Associated Press. DENVER, Colo, September 20.— In additin ‘to delivering three cam- paign addresses here today, Senator Wheeler, independent vice presi- dential candidate, promised to take a part in determining Colorado cam- paign strategy for the La Follette ticket. He was expected to announce an indorsement in behalf of him- self for Senator Adams, Democrat, who is seeking a long term in the Senate as an opponent to Senator Phipps, Republican, and likewise he was called upon to express a selec- tlon between two prospective sets of La Follette-Wheeler presidential electors, or to negotiate a fusion. He will leave Denver early Tuesday for Cheyenne, en route via Montana for the Pacific Coast. Senator Wheeler varied his cam- paign routine vesterday to the extent of occupying a church pulpit for the evening. He dealt only indirectly with political topics in the address, delivered at the Grace Community Church, but declared that he had found on a recent trip to Europe that countries, after many years of semi- monarchic and militaristic govern- ment, were turning to leadesship representing their agricultural and working population in order to ob- tain better prospect for peace and social justitce. Senator Wheeler pleaded for law enforcement in the United States, and repeated a campaign mention of Treasury Secretary Mellon as “hav- ing been forty years in the whisky business,” but notwithstanding being now in control of Federal prohibition enforcement.” —_— Fifty-four countries are now co- operating in the fight against ill health [ | a motor car here last night. The car did not stop and the identity of the driver is unknown, although the police have begun a search for him Miss Landrum lived with her { brother-in-law and sister, Rev. nd Mrs. Hugh R. Murchison, the former | | of whom is a professor in the Pres- | byterian Theologi WOMAN FATALLY HURT. Auto Driver Speeds Away After Accident. COLUMBIA, §. C., September Miss Hortense Landrum, 49 knocked down and fatally injured by Seminary here DAVIS SOON ENTERS ON BIG OFFENSIVE Plans Vigorous Campaign in Middle West, East and Border States. v By the Associated Press. LOCUST VALLEY, N. Y., September 29.—John W. Davis began prepara- tions here today for the last big of- fensive in his campaign. The offensive will cover three gen- eral fields, the Middle West, the East and severs! of the border States. It will inaugurated next Wednesday in Maryland with addresses at Fred- erick and Baltimore and will end with a rally in New York City on the night of November 1. Returning to New York Thursday from Baltimore, Mr. Davis will speak that night at Madison Square Garden with Gov. Smith. Then he will make a one night stand in New Jersey and another in Rhode Island before start- ing westward through upper New York State. In the last month of the campaign the Democratic presidential candidate will deliver more than a score of set addresses and will give an even great- er number of rear platform speeches as he travels through New York, Ohio, Indiana, Hlinois, Kentucky, Mis- souri and other states. IN RABBITBORO—Dick Came Too Soon! SAY, MA! PSS FLOPPY SA\D 1 _WAS PERFECT TODAY ! SRRIE A FLOPPY SAL BY ALBERTINE RANDALL ABOUT DORA SHE. SAIP SHE WAS A PERFECT NUISANCE ! | | BUTLER DISNISSAL " STIL UPIN AR i Continued lliness of Director | Delays Mayor Kendrick’s |- Letter of Notification. By the Associated Pross. PHILADELPHIA, September Brig. Gen. Smedley D. Butler, resignation as director of public safety is reported to have been re- quested by Mayor Kendrick in a let- ter prepared a week ago but with- held because of the general's illness. has been ordered to remain at home another day. The mayor declined to confirm or deny reports that he would send the letter to the director’s home in the event Gen. Butler was unable to come to City Hall today. He previously stated that it would not be handed ! the director until he returned to his | desk. Butler Warned by Physician. whose Gen. Butler's physician declared that should he disobey orders %o remain home it might result in a* “complete physical breakdown with# possibilities of serious consequence: A mass meeting will be held tonighty [in the Acudemy of Music to protesi against the proposed removal ofk Director Butler. More than 4,000 tickets have been distributed and ar-3 rangements have been made for an overflow meet The meeting wa s called by the Law Enforcement League, representatives | of which have been summoned to Washington by Attorney General Stone to tell what they know about allegations of political corruption by Federal office holders in Pennsylvania contained in a telegram sent Presi- dent Coolidge by William R. Nichol- son, jr., secretary of the league. Joseph M. Steele resigned as presi- dent of the enforcement league Sat- urday because he did not approve of the message. Resolutions urging the retention of Director Butler were adopted vester- day by the congregations of many of the city's churches. WOMAN NOMINEES AIDED. Alice Paul Pledges Party Support to Six Candidates. ‘The National Woman's Party center efforts in a “woman-for- gress” campaign for the five woman candidates for Congress in Pennsyi- vania, Alice Paul, vice president of the organization, declared in a state- ment yesterday. It was emphasized that only six States have nominated women for Congress and these women, ‘“with one exception, have received only those nominations which no man wanted.” Both major political parties were criticized for unwillingness to permit women to run for the higher offices, except “where there is sup- posed to be no chance of victory. Naval Officer Resigns. The resignation of Lieut. David M. Collins of the Navy, attached to the recelving ship at New York, has been accepted by the President, to take ef« fect November 10.