Evening Star Newspaper, October 22, 1924, Page 17

CETTING A LINE Walter Hough, obtaining offic the ON THE al_records of th 138 « records contains IN COMMUNICATION WITH THEIR FATHER, WHO IS cs—William, jr.; Beverly Janet and Beity Moffett ports from their father, Rear Admiral Moffett. Coast today. the chief of the Bureau of Aeron journey from the P ~ ARTHUR MAY HEADS LANGUAGE OF THE irator of the National Museum; Ma CATHOLIC WORKERS Officers Named for Chanty Organizations at Meet- ing Last Night. The annual bu ness meeting of the of Washington was the blue room of Club. The following officers vore elected the coming vear: Jrestdent, Arthur J. May; vice presi- vont, Frank R. Weller: secretary Joseph . Sullivan; treasurer, Hugh #):eflly, and director of the central \flice of the charities, Rev. John rady Reports Cathot To1d last might the Clty el for of ‘the activities of the by the chair committees the of various O'Grady explained that irpose of the Catholic charities was © co-ordinate and supplement the W ork of the various Catholic chari- ftable institutions in the city and to s four im- departments—a department which cares for relief prob- cannot be the parish con- Vincent de Paul department supple- of the parlsh caring for the poor Iu their own homes by supplying trained ser The children’s de- yartment investigates all applications for admission to St. Vincent's and St. Joseph’s Orphan Asylums and keeps In touch with all children discharged jrom these institutions. The cor- rectional department keeps a worker in attendance at the Juvenile Court, Whose duty it is to assist Catholic boys and girls who have come into the court by interesting a big brother or big sister in their welfare. The boys' welfare department co- operates with the local Boy Scout Council in the organization and di- yection of Scout troops in the vari- ous parishes Calls Parents to Dr. T. ¥. Murphy urged ‘parents to devote a little time toward aiding thelr sons in the laying of a founda- tlon for the proper development into manhood. “Let dad be a comrade to the boys occasionally,” he sald, and there will be a material reduction in the number of crimes attributed to young men under 21 years of age. ¥rank R. Weller, chairman of the Loys' welfare committee, reported that Boy Scout {roops were now or- ganized in 14 white and 5 colored parishes, and it is hoped during the coming year. to establish a Scout troop in every parish in the city. tossa Downing reported for the Jiig Brothers’ committee. The court worker from the Catholic Charities office has been present/t the Juvenile Court for 287 hours, from May 1 to Neptember 30, In addition to this there were 160 office interviews, 100 Visits to homes and 183 visits in be- half of clients. At the present time there are 17 Big Sisters and 29 Big Brothers actively interested in Cath- vlic girls and boys. Miss Gertrude Marron, case super- visor of the Catholic Charities office, yresented a typical case illustrating the actudl service which is being ) rant o phmeyin operiy nee Hoctety. n the work ganizations in relief, parishes which handled by of the St This Aid. - upsevine the work of the Vincent | Paul Society. At the present time itholic Charities h the | | or- | | | | H. B. Johnsor ALLEGED WHITE INDIANS. S Dr. J. P. language of the Indians brought to Washington from Panama by R."O. Marsh. aracters. Her home port is Lakehurst, BAND CONCERTS. . Tonight at 7:30 o'clock, h mk d, na vard, ed States Navy Band, et L estor March, “My at the by the Charles Congratulations,” Blankenburg Ovetture, “Isabella” Von Suppe Suite, “The Western World"..S (a) “The Red Man.” (h) “The White Man." (c) “The Black Man irand scenes from the “Cavalleria Rusticana”. Prologue from “Pagliacci Leoncavallo “Dance of thg Boccala opera Mascagni Characteristic, Serpents’” Suite- () (b) n a Rose Garden “Hymn to the Sun Rimsky-Korsakow “Wedding of the Winds, Hall cal com- ..Stuart Blues,” Braham Acciani Valse Lxcerpts from the edy ‘Florodoro™. Fox trot, “Lime mu House Finsle- “The Star Spangled Banner.” the United States Soldiers’ Band Orchestra, Stan| Hall, tomorrow evening \at o'clock, John S. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster. March, “The Flying Ac Overture, “Lustspiel”... Oriental scene, Home Zamecnik .Keler-Bela In a Persian ....Kettlebey comedy .Jones Pollock ot,” McKee oxy Cure for the ....Pollock pangled Banner.” URGES PARTY LOYALTY. MAYFIELD, Ky., ~October 22—A “third party” movement at shy time is but an outbreak of the dissatisfac- tion of the people with Government as it is, Gov. Pat Neff of Texas,de- clared in an address here Monday in the interest of the Democratic n tional campalgn. The Texas execu- tive urged upon his auditors a re- turn to “the representative form of Government advocated and praeticed by the Democratic party.”" An especlal tribute to Woodrow Wilson was paid by the speaker, who contrasted his administration ~with those of Warren G. Harding and President Coolidge. us from Poppy” Fox trot, * Waltz su mu Forget-Me. ale, Blues™ The Star “A rendered by the office. A report on the actlvities as carried on within the courts was given by J. J. O'Brien. The organization’s first activity will be a dinner given by the execu- tice committee to Archbishop Curley of Baltimore at Rauscher's November 24, Teams will be organized for the soliciting of contributions. The ap- peal will be held the week following the dinner, and it is hoped that the $30,000 budgey Will, have been made up by December 6.- John H. Pellen spoke in the inter- est of the St. Vincent de Paul Sdciety. Other reports were made by Michael Helster, chairman of the membership committee, and C. P. L. Moran for the employment committee. 7 The following members were elect- ed for the coming year: Right Rev. P. C. Gavan, Rev. A. J. Olde, Raphael Semmes, C. P. L. Moran, Raymond Wise, John H. Pellen, B. F. Saul, Henry J. Auth, Michael D. Schaefer, Adam A. Weschler, Michael Helster, Robert McChesney, Harry R. Carroll, J. Leo Kolb, John Walsh, Frederick J. Rice, James F Johnson, jr., and Da- vid Dunigan, ABOARD THE SHENANDOAH. Children of stening to radio re- The big dirigible Slicmndnah is scheduled to start her return Copyright by Miller Service. LAUNDRESS HELD -~ INa00.000 PLOT Girl, 24, Declared to Admlti Widespread Blackmail Operations. | By the Associated Tress. NEW YORK, October | Pelrose, vears old, who was ar- rested in the Jersey City, N. J., laun- dry ‘where she was employed as a orter, has confessed that she was the lnre by which a Boston blackmail ring of lawyers extorted $60,000 from Albert Victor Hearles, millionaire artist, according ‘to detectives who questioned her during the night. She also confessed that she was the bait in other plots-that netted blackmail- ers more than $600,000, the police de- clared. She is being held for extra- dition to Boston, where she is want- ed on four indictments charging con- spiracy and other offensex. While she’told.the police that her name was Pelrose and that she had been em- ployed in the laundry for two years, the police declared she was: Eleanor Barnes, alias Sheila Barton and a half dozen other names. Brought Ofcials Ouster. The police said that she admitted that with Mrs. Blanche Paul she had occupied an apartment in Boston to which Searles was Inveigled and fleeced. This matter, with others, led to the disbarment of Willlam J. Cor- coran, district attorney of Middlesex County, and his subsequent indict- ment for extortion with six others, including two Jawyers. { After the extortion, Miss Pelrose | and Mrs. Paul fled from Boston, the police quoted the former as saying, first going to Hartford, Conn. Be-| coming involved there in another blackmail case in_which Abraham Lévy of Hartford, Yale student, was the victim, she was arrested on com- plaint of the ‘student’s father, Harris Levy. Released in $100 bail to await hearing on charges of bigamy and | blackmail, she fled to Springfield, Mass. When she was recaptured there she attempted to commit sui- cide and was near death in a hospital for several days. The police said the prisoner freely admitted taking part In the black- mail plots but declared she received only $200 for her services. She said that among the victims were a prominent tenor and two motion pic- ture financiers. 22 Helen Four Get Commissions. Residents of this city commissioned in the. Officers’ . Reserve -Gorps of -the Army are Carl H. Claudy, 2807 Wood- ley road, as a major and staff spe- cialist; Roe Fulkerson, 2828 Connec- ticut avenue, as a lieutenant colonel and staff specialist; John F. Don- oghue, 1 New York avenue, as a cap- tain in the Dental ‘Corps, and Ralph F. Thompeon, 1209 Floral street, as a captain'in the Quartermaster Corps. .. Assigned to Guard. Sergt. Merrill Modglin, detached enlisted men’s list, at Fort Washing- ton, Md., has been detailed as.an in- structor with the Nebraska National Cuard, with gtation at Lincoln, Neb. TAR Harrington, ethn director of the Panama Museum, and William Gates of Tulane Univers | of the Smithsonian WASHINGTO ogist of the Smithsonian; Dy. The typewriter used in making Copyright by Harris & Ewing. Robert Woods Bliss, former Third Assistant Secretary of State and now United States Minister to Sweden, photographed at the State Depart- ment yesterd ational Phot D. ¢, WEDNESDAY Francisco Ochoa Ortiz. the new M ister from Ecuador, who arrived in Washington recently. He mad irst call at the State Department yesterday afternoon. National Photo WHERE EIGHT MEN WERE KILLED ABOARD THE SCOUT CRUISER TRENTON. The accident occurred off Ha tigation to determine the cause of the exp deaths of 8 men and the serious been obtained, but the inv 2-MONTH STUDY OF LANGUAGE OF WHITE INDIANS STARTS HER Dr. J. P. Harri E ngton of Smithsonian and Aides Seek to Solve Origin of Race Whose Member Were Brought From Panama. telieving guistie study that intensive lin- will solve the origin of the ‘white Indians” recently dis- covered in Panama by R, O. Marsh, who later brought themsto Washing- ton, Dr. J. P. Harrington, ethnologist Institution, today into a tific retreat” with the Indians at 6200 Connecticut ave- nue, for a two-months study of the language spoken by them, ‘With Dr. Harrington, under whose direction the study will be made, are Mr. Marsh, R. P. Vogenitz, chief translater of the 1'ost Office Depart- ment, and Maj. Harry P. Johnson, di- rector of the Panama Museum, The scientists were equipped with a phonograph and a kymograph, an in- strument which records the exact length of %he consonant and vowel sounds on smoked paper. In addition, they had species of insects and plant Ife from Panama, and from time to time it is planned to make trips to the mithsonian to inspect animals there—this for the purpose of getting the names of the subects in the Indians’ native language. Origin Is Clouded. As far as Dr. Harrington can learn, there is no connection between the language spoken by the White In Y. M. C. A. TEAM HEADS PREPARE FOR CAMPAIGN an went “se Drive for 700 New Members Starts Tuesday—Workers Have Luncheon. Governors, lisutenant gevernors and secretaries of state met at a noon luncheon in the City Club yesterday. They constituted the leaders who are to direct the Y. M. C. A. membership drive which starts Tuesday, and will continue through November An- drew H. Phelps of the United States Chamber of Commerce, chairman of the execitive committee, outlined plans for the campaign, and urged the officers to get their teams organ- ized that 700 new members may be enrolled. = William Knowles Cooper, general secretary of the local associ- ation, pointed out the plan of the “y” 'work, and gave concrete ex- amples of its workings. J. A. Bell, A. J. Schippert and C. E. Fleming were other speakers. Those who will direct the drive will include Mr. Phelps, T. P. Hick- man, W, H. Gottlieb, R. L Bradshaw, Dr. A. B. Bennett, Guy W. Lane, Louis Joynes, Rusgell Shelk, Harold Graves, 8. H Bond, Bert H Wise, E. H. De Groo!e, Ir. Tonken, Richard Nash, George W. Offutt, Galt Bowen, J. Marquis, Charles R. Stark, Henry C. Brown, C. E. Beckett, R. E. Myers, Page McK. Etchison, W. O. Hiltabidle, E. A. Drumm, George Scadding, Nel- son Blake, J. A. Bell, G. R. Spears, R. A. Davis and Earl B. Fulle A _meeting of the officers and the dians and the ruvian tribes. The only key origin of the white tribe lie more or less tradition—that the an- cestors came to Panama from the east in ships: that they had golden halr, and ruddy, freckled skin The white Indians have naines fo each of the five species of monkers in their regions: for marine animals and for the different plants, but for objects with which they are not famaliar they have only one name. As an example, Dr. Harrington sald, fhere is only one word for paper, books, magazines, letters, cards, newspapers and library. Mr. Marsh is now arranging for an expedition to Panama to leave in January for a visit to the tribe of In- dians from which he brought those now in Washington to this country for sclentific study. Officials of the Smithsonian, including Dr. A. Hrd- licka, curator of the division of phys- ical anthropology, have offered their services on this expedition. The Indians now here are: rita, meaning ‘“Pearl;” Olo, ‘gold,” and Chippug meaning “white,” the latter two bo the father and mother of Margarita, the chief of the tribe, Phillip and Al- fred PETWORTH CITIZENS RE-ELECT PRESIDENT Pa- the in Maya, Aztec or to Marga- meaning Tincher and Other Officers Chosen, and Underground Auto Parking Considered. Timothy S. Tincher was re-elected president of the Petworth Citizens' Assoclation at a meeting in the Ma- sonic Temple, Ninth and Upshur streets, last night. Other officers elected were: Vice president, Graham Hill; secretary, Gilbert I. Jackson; financial secretary, R. J. I'. McElroy, and treasurer, Joseph A./Rice. Wil- liam L. Rhoads and James G. Yaden were elected to represent the asso- clation at the Federation of Citizens’ Associations. Resolutions of respect on the death of E. W. Oyster, a member of the as- soclation, were adopted. Fifty dol- lars was voted to the new library at the Petworth School. The Commissioners will be request- ed to consider the matter of under- ground parking facilities for auto- TTobiles in the congested area of the downtown section. It was brought out that the many residents, of this outlying district find it difficult to locate = spaces convenient to thelr places of employment, and the un- derground method was difcussed as a possible solution to the problem. Eight new members were added to the association’s roster. full complement of 200 workers will be held at the Central Y. M. C. A.. 1738 G street, Friday night at 8 o'clock, and final plans will be adopted. OCTOBER 22, 1924 INVESTIGATING THE FUNDS (¢ mittee which started work in Wash Borah of Utah and Caraway of Arkansa committee; H. P. Leete, special urer of the Democratic national committee, and Clem Shaver, chairman of Democrati njury of 13. SHOWS BLOODLESS ELEGTRIC SURGERY Specialist Demonstrates Use | of “Radio Knife” for Per- forming Operations. Br thie Associated Press NEW YORK, October 22 —Gastric urgery may be revolutionized by a new method of operation, according to H, B. Devine of Melbourne, Aus- tralia. Although the on of the Clinical Congress of American Collego of Surgeons which Dr. Devine made this statement vester- day was closed, he later summarized the main features of his address. The | | treatment is based upon experiments with animals, the surgeon said | _The chiet features of the operation, Dr. Devine said, are the severance of the diseased nerve and the segre- gatlon of the afflicted .part of the stomach from the healthy Surgeons heretofore have been com- pelled to remove part of the organ by means of extremely difficult and dangerous operations, hut the new method is so simple that it will come | within the scope of the general prac- titioner’s ahility, Dr. Devine declared. Dr. Devine said his discovery was made possible by the work of Prof. J. L. Hunter, another Australian, who applied the results of experiments with the nervous system to the func- tions of the stomach. The two ex- perimenters found that the sympa- thetic nerves play a prominent part in cases of nervous indigestion and other stomach ailments. Each visiting surgeon, upon regis- tering for the Congress, was asked to sign a pledge placing himself on record as opposed to the division of fees by general practitioners with ex- perts and specialists. This practice is one of the customs the congress was organized to combat. Dr. Max- imilian Stern, at the Broad Street Hospital, during the day, demon- strated for delegates the use of an operating knife that cuts human tis- sue by means of an electric current without drawing blood. The instru- ment is known as the “radio knife, Dr. Stern, who has experimented with the knife for six months, said it has vastly reduced the margin of dan- ger In urological operations, during which the patient frequently dies ‘of hemorrhages that cannot be stopped, HEADS NARCOTIC ENVOYS. Representative Porter to Represent Government at Geneva Conference. Acting under the unanimous aus thorization of Congress, Representa- tive Stephen G. Porter, chairmag of the House committee on forelgn af- fairs, will again head the American delegation to the international con- ference for the control of narcotics, held under the auspices of the League of Nations in Geneva, Switzer- land, on November 17. Other members of the delegation will_be Bishop Charles E. Brent of New York, Dr. Rupert Blue, former surpeon general of the United States; Mrs. Elizabeth Washburn Wright and Edwin L. Neville of the De- partment of State, portion. | )F THE POLITICAL PARTIES. ngton yesterday. Seated, left to ‘ri Standing, left to right: Frank accountant; James W. Gerard, former ion started tod. Dwmg Knowledge Saves Life When Ex-Sailor -Falls tie Associated Press, CHICAGO, October —Harry Wright, 26, a building cleane ve stories from the ago skyscraper when he lost his balance, but landed on his feet and suffered no worse injurie than two broken ankles and a di located right arm. Wright explained that he w champion diver while in the Navy during the war, and when he fell was able to balande himself in such a | way that he landed “rightside up.” 'GOMPERS PRAISES " RULING ON STRIKERS | Labor Head Says Supreme Court Action, However, Does Not Cure All Judiciary. Ills. “Constructive and | were the characteristics applied by President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor to the decision of the United States Su- preme Court. holding strikers to be entitled to a jury trial on a charge of violating a ecourt Injunction. In a statement issued last night Mr. Gompers construed the decision as a recognition by the court, “in some degree, that the growing tend- ency of the courts to assume auto- cratic powers must be curbed If the Whole court system is not to be im- paired.” He modified his statement, though, by declaring that it must not be thought the decision “cures all the evils of the judiclary.” “It may- well be” he said, “that this decision marks a great turning point in American court procedure. A great cloak of autocratlc power is shorn away. But the injunction re- mains, It may still be issued in la- bor disputes where no such Injunc tion would lie if there were no labor dispute in progress. The- injunction itself, as used in labor disputes, must go before the Constitution Is fully and finally vindicated and made su- preme in our court system. progressive” PASTOR TO HUNT GIRL. Father De Paolo Seeks Miss Doro- thea Jones, Who Disappeared. Rev. P. De Paola, pastor of St Anthony’'s Catholioc Church, Brook- land, has undertaken the task of lo- cating Miss Dorothea Jones, 18, 2919 Twelfth street northeast, whose dis- appearance Saturday afternoon, after leaving her place of employment, was reported to the police. The pastor declared yesterday he fully expects the young lady will be lo- cated shortly. His investigation is to be made quietly, he said. Mrs. Charles F. Jones, mother of the missing girl, is in possession of information, she belfeves, that will assist in locating her daughter. If the daughter has left the city, the mother stated, she went away aione. She had no young man companions other than James McLynn, 1111 P street, who says he is to become the husband of Dorothea the last of this month, according to the mother. Senator Borah e N & is chairman of the com ght: Senators Bavard of Delaware. SPEWAIIG: utsneyt for Tal Follsiss Ambassador to Germany and treas- national committee. Copsright by Harris & Ewlng An explosion in a gun turret Monday resulted in the mpton Roads during target practice. Few details of the disaster have Copyright GOVERNOR ORDERS PROBE OF MURDER Arrests Withheld Pending Round-Up of Evidence in Muirkirk, Md., Case. i | | | | | | Special Diepateh to The Star | BALTIMORE. i | | October 22.—Acting under direct orders of Gov. Ritehic of Motor Vehicle: Baughman is investizating the par |plaved by State police in the killinz last Sunday of Owen Weems, a negro at his home near Muirkirk, Md. Thi< Investigation is independent of one by Prince Georges County authorities. Sheriff John J. Fink of Prin Georges County came to Baltimore tc day prevared to arrest the three State | policemen alleged to have been impli- cated in the shooting, but, on learning that Coroner Musgrave at Laurel had released the men until the inquest at | Upper Marlboro, returned to awalt re- sult of the inquest Sheriff Fink said the investigation conducted by his deputy, Thomas H Garrison, showed the following facts A negro woman living at Muirkirk had gone to Laurel and obtained a war- rant for the arrest of her husband, alleging he had beaten her. The war- rant was given to a town officer to serve. The town officer asked the as- sistange of the three State policemen. Commissicner Mistake in Homes. For some reason as yet undetermined the party mistook the home of Weems for that of the megro they were secek- ing. Under cover of darkness they surrounded the home. Two of the party entered. The other two, with flashlights and pistols in hand, took up positions in the yard. The two men in the vard heard soms one approaching. They raised thelr pistols, it is alleged, and flashed their lights in the direction of the sounds. The footsteps they heard were those of Weems returning to his home. See- ing the lizhts and the drawn pistols. it iIs reported, he turned to flee. As he did so, three shots were fired. The bullets entered Weems' head and he fell dead. el WILBUR HELD UNLIKELY TO APPEAR IN OIL CASE | | Conference With Hughes Leaves Impression That Sulpoena Will Be Recalled.” It is “extremely unlikely” that Sec retary Wilbur will appear in the Pan-American Oil case at Los An- geles as a witness for the defense, although he has been subpoened. The naval secretary sald he gained this impression in-conference with Secretary Hughes, and the naval {Judge advocate general. No decislon however, had been reached, he said The impossibility of complying with the subpoena requiring production of the departmental files without sub mitting extremely confidential data was seen by Mr. Wilbur as probably influencing the recall of his sum- mons by the California court.