Evening Star Newspaper, November 7, 1924, Page 17

t ' / AMERICAN GIRL REPORTED ARRESTED AS A SPY IN CHINA. Miss Aloha Wanderwell (standing at the right), who is touring the world W by automobile with her brother, is being held at Mukden as a spy, according to news dis derwell and her brother was taken recently when the: opped in Shanghai MARKED HIS BALLOT FOR THE LA FOLLETTE-WHEELER PARTY. Senator La Follette in a voting booth at Madis was a HENRY FORD ndidate for district attorney. FIRST SHIP LEAVES DETROIT FOR BU n, Wis., the same polling place where he cast a vote for himself 40 years ago, when he Behind the Senator are his daughter-inlaw and his son. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. spatches received at Shanghai. This pholog aph of Miss Copyright by P. & A. Photos. John Hays Hammond, who will rep- resent the President at the Florida centennial in Tallehasse, a caller at the White House yesterday after- noon. Copyright by Harris & Ewing. NOS AIRES.. The manufacturer of “flivvers” has started a steamship line, opening the service between Detroit and foreign ports. The ships will take on additional tonnage at Montreal, after passing the 14-foot channel of the St. Lawrence River. TRADE BIARDHTS STREET CONDTIONS Declares Lack of Paving and Deteriorations Menace, in Report. There are many miles of unpaved streets in the District of Columbia and many miles of paved streets that have deteriorated to such an extent that they are a menace, it w point- ed out in the @nnual report Washington Board of Trade tee on strects and avenues has been forwarded to the sioners. The report, which recommendations in highways has been adopted the entire board, Congress finally p ation bill a comparativ are squeezed out of the hopper for improvement. is that str improvements have not been and are not keeping pace with the rapid development. and growth of the city, a condition not in keep- ing with any modern city, much less the greatgst capital in the world.” Pointing to the necessity of ex- tending Fourteenth street through Walter Reed Hospital, the committee called to the attention of the Com- missioners that the tracks of the street cars would not run through an¥ section of the hospital devoted to=the wards or rest sections, and added that “the citizens and the sol- diers want it; the Commission have recommended it, and the War Department has approved it.” Commis- contains regard many to the and stz approved by s that “when the i Halted By Congress, The legislation was halted on ac- count of the insufficient time for con- sideration during the closing days of the last Congress. The report in discussing the ex- tension says: “When it is remembered that thero are so few streets lead- ing to the north of the city it be- comes a highly important query whether the city's growth is to be shyt in and throttled off by a hos- pital or if the hospital should be moved, especially where the hospital is in a place where it cannot develop and grow as large as a national hos- pital should.” Other Extensions Asked. Other extensipns are recommended for New York avenue to the District line, the extension of New Hamp- shire avenue to the District line and Vermont avenue from Florida ave- nue to Georgia avenue. In connection with thée parking of autemobiles, the plan to move back the ewrbing and sidewalks where trees reached- the edge of the side- f the National Capital and , ! the Borland law and the-gasoline-tax 1w * BAND CONCERTS. Tonight at 8:15 at the United States Marine Corps Institute Hall, Eighth and I streets south- east, by the United States Navy Band' Orchestra, Charles Benter, director. Miss Gretchen Hood, guest soloist. March, “The Stars and Stripes Forever” . .Sousa Overture, Tschaikowsky Two numbers from “Natoma,” - Herbert (a) Dagger dance (b) Indian invocation Clarinet solo, “Ist Concerto” op.. 73 ... -.von Weber (Charles Brengler, bandmaster, U. 8. N) Valse di Concert, “Jolly Fellows,” Volistedt Soprano solos, four Indian love Iyrics ‘Woodforde-Finden 1. “The Temple Bells” ss Than the Dust.” ashmiri Song” Till 1 Wake” (Miss Gretchen Hood) Grand fantasia from the opera, aust” .Gounod Descriptive, “A Hunting Scene,” 4 “Adoration”..Borowski from “Blossom Time,” Romberg Finale “Star Spangled Banner.” Note: Beginning this date, these concerts will start promptly at 8:15 p.m. Romance, Excerpt By the United States Soldiers® Home Band Orchestra, Stanley Hall, tomorrow evening, November 8, beginning at 5:45_o'clock. + John S. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster: March, “United States Field Ar- tillery” . ..Sousa Overture, “Fingals Cav Mendelsohn Entr'Acte, (@) umbertime”. . (b) “Summer Showers”...Logan Selection, “Il Trovatore Verdi Fox trot, “Eccentric” (request) Robinson Waltz, “Old Timers” (request) Lake Finale, “Come On Red!”....Fisher “The Star Spangled Banner.” terling, walk and concrete the space between the trees for parking was approved. Public parking spaces under Govern- ment control is also recommended. Measures for the safety of the chil- dren on the streets, such as the reser- vation of certain play streets for children, are recommended as well as proper artistic treatment in the lay- ing out amd improving of streets. In touching upon the street ap- propriations as made by Congress, George C. Shinn, chairman of the committee, says in the report that leaves matters in ‘an unequi- table status for the property owners in Washington and urges upon Con- gress the modification of these two | laws and others covering street im- provements, Time wipes out the facies of imagi- nation and strengthens the judgments of nature. A PRISON TERM GIVEN 10 EX-POLIGEAN Gets Year for Non-Support. Court Sorry This Is Maximum. “One year at Oococoquan—I would make it longer if I could,” Chief Justice McCoy said today in-Crim- fnal Division 2 when he sentenced Henry G. Bissell, former Washington policeman, who had pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with failing to support his wife gnd children. “You went to Pittsburgh and mar- ried anothdr woman, but since she won't prosecute you for bigamy I can sentence you only in this case,” the court continued. Bissell had been re- manded last week when called for sentence because the Government thought it could secure a bigamy in- dictment. The seatence is the maxi- mum under the non-support law. “Since there are no adequate laws to prevent the sale of firearms, gun- toting can only be stopped by the im- position of severe sentences,” the chief justice said in another case. Be- cause of a plea of guilty, the court made the sexitence of Benjamin Lewis, colored, five years in the Denitentiary. Lewis had shat Rose West, also col- ored, July 6 last. Lewis served 18 months in the penitentiary on a sim- flar charge some years ago. “I think you are an automobile thief,” the chief justice told Charles | H. Rawlings, colored, who was con- | victed of stealing an automobile July 21 and taking it into Virginia. Raw- Jings asked for mercy, but Justice Mc- Coy sent him to the penitentiary for three years. Thomas W. Brooks, colored, was given a term of- three years in the penitentiary for larceny from the United States. While soliciting orders for work in Government departments the man stole two photostat lenses, each worth $250, it was charged. The lenses were recovered. LS T TN AUTO NOISES BANNED. Police Told to Insure Greater Quiet on Streets Because of repeated complaints about unnecessary and unusual noises on the part of motorists, Maj. Danfel Sullivan, superintendent of police, this morning again called the attention of members of the force to the necessity for strictly enforcing the law. Maj. Sullivan said. that complaints of violation of the law had been gen- eral, Wide World Pho HER HOBBY IS THE PLAYGROUND. Mrs. Mary T. Norton, elected to Congress from New Jersey, photographed yesterday in one of the Jersey City playgrounds. Mr: ground and the day nursery. Representative John Philip Hill, re- elected to Congress in Maryland, who called on the President yes- terday Mr. Hill has defied the prohibition agents by itti the natural manufacture” of and “hard cider.” National Photo. Ex-French Officer Jailed in Russia Ushers Soviet Envoy to Paris Office By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. PARIS, November 7.—When M. Rakowsky took over the Russian embassy Thursday afternoon he was ushered through the sumptu- ous palace where czars and grand dukes used to reside during their visits to France, by a former French officer whom the cheka had kept for many nfonths In soli- tary confinement in one of the filthiest Moscow Jjails in 1919. When the Frenchman recalled the unpleasant memory, Rakowsky smiled and answered: “I was no better off, for I have been kept for more than a vear in a filthier Rumanian jail, with Ru- manian policemen threatening to shoot me every second d caped death merely by the swift action of a Russian battalion on the Rumanian front, which turned bolshevist and carried me off in triumph to Russia under the noses WORLD MUSIC CONGRESS TO BE CONSIDERED HERE Meeting Sunday Afternoon Has Backing of Notable Men and Women. A meeting to consider establishment of a world congress of music in the interest of world fellowship will be held. “Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the American Foundation for Homeopathy Hall, 1811 H street. There will be a program of music by Miss Charlotte M. Hallett, pianist, and Mrs. Wayne B. Wheeler, soprano. Rev. Dr. W. L. Darby, executive sec- retary, Federated Churches of Wash- ington, will preside. Sponsors of the movement for a world congress of music include: Dr. John J.°Tigert, Department of In- terior, education; Dr. Carl Engel, De- partment of Music, Congressional Li- brary; Mrs. John F. Lyons, president National Federation of Music Clubs; Mrs. J. N. Speel, president Women's Clubs of the District of Columbia; ‘Wade H. Cooper, president the South ern Society of Washington, D. Mr. and Mrs. Louis F. Post, Mrs. John J. O'Conner, Dr. Julia M. Green, Dr. F. W. Ballou, Department of Educa- tion, Washington, D. C.; Dr. Clarence J. Owens, president Association of International ‘Arts and Letters; Mrs. Frank A. Seiberling, department of finance and legislation, National Fed- eration of Music Clubs; Mrs. David Allen_Campbell, president the Ameri- can Fine Arts Association; Col. John Temple Graves, Edwin Markham, Mrs. George A. Rickers, Dr. Henry Allen Tuper, and Miss Ella May Powell. Home ice-makers that frecze a 2-pound block in 10 minutes have of the Rumanian troops. And now Iam an am or. The changes of destiny are always queer.” He offered the former prisoner a cigarette as a sign of reconcili- ation and proceeded to inspect the embassy, examining the furniture, which is velued at $100,000. When he was shown' the chests contain- ing the silver, gnd he was told they were worth® 5,000,000 francs, he asked: “Is this the pre-war or the post-war estimate?” and showed satisfaction when it was announced that the present valu- ation was at least $1.000.000. Rakowsky appeared greatly in- terested in finding the closet where the secret archives are concealed, and seemed disappointed when told that it was useless to try to find them, since it is probable that while the former amb dor did not touch the state silver and fur- niture, he had destroyed the secret documents. (Copyright, 1924, by Chicago Daily News Co.) NEW POLICE DEADLINE ESTABLISHED FOR YULE New York Also Assigns 100 Extra Men to Guard Shoppers in Rush. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 7.—Estab- lishment of a new, police deadline, in- cluding the leading shopping districts of the city and assignment of 100 extra policemen to guard Fifth avenue, were announced today by the police department to protect shoppers and merchants during the Christmas shopping period. The new deadline, one that has long existed about the Maiden Lane jewelry district, will go into effect Monday. It will extend from Fourth to Sixtieth street and from Third to Seventh avenue. extra force of detectives also has been assigned to the Maiden Lane and Wall street districts. Brooklyn likewise will be specially protected. RADIO MAKES PICTURE. Wave Crosses Ocean and Operates Camera. NEW YORK, November 7.—A radio wave, flashed across the ocean- from England last night, set off a powder flashilght, clicked a camera and made a photograph in the Grand Central Palace at a radio exposition. Maj. Gen. J. G. Harbord, president of the Radio Corporation of America; Helen Keller and Harold Bolster, direc- tor of the exposition, were photo- graphed by the unseen radlo photog- rapher, who was stationed in Carnar- XoR, Malos, An | | | Cleveland' av. - | tinuea, similar to the | tha Joot to New' York. Norton is a believer in the public play- Copyright by I. & A. Photos. THE POSTMASTER GENERAL IS ENROLLED. Little Dorothy Gould Fowler enrolling Postmaster General New in the forget-me-not drive for the benefit of disabled American veterans of the World War. Clark, general chairman of the Disabled Veterans, at right. WINNING BEAUTY OF RADIO FROLIC. Howard Chandler Christy, illustrator, sketching Miss Mary Roberts, ong of the winners of New York’s “Radio Frolic,” held .at the ADMITS HOLD-UP. POLICE DECLARE C. F. Weaver Said to Confess He Beat Elderly Clerk While Aide Took Gems. Returning from Winston-Salem, N. C., in custody of Detective Howard Vermillion, Curtis F. Weaver, 26, ar- rested for alleged participation in the robbery of the jewelry store of Sam- uel F. Cooper, 50512 Eleventh street, the morning of May 13, and beating Charles F. Adams, clderly clerk, into insensibility, this morning admitted his part in the affair, according to the police. Weaver, arrested at his home, snue, Winston-Salem, on his return from a trip to Cuba, de- nied participation in the hold-up and robbery of jewelry valued at $20,000, and willingly consented to come here. Questioned at police headquarters today, the prisoner is said to have weakened and made what is termed a voluntary confession. He did not admit knowing the elderly clerk, po- lice stated, although both roomed in the same house at 1007 E street at the-time the robbery was committed. Took Boat to New York. It is related by the police that the prisoner told of having gone to the store with an accomplice and ex- plained that he fastened the clerk 604 to a chair in a rear room and struck | him over the head with a revolver, his companion taking the jewelry. Leaving here, he is said to have con- he and, his companion took Having disposed of the loot, Weaver is said to have related, he and his | companion went to Cuba, where they engaged in the liquor traffic. Weaver recently returned from Cuba to Day- tona, Fla, and only a few days ago he reached his old home in Winston- Salem, where his father was killed by a falling building two years ago. Weaver was measured and photo- graphed at police headquarters and taken to a police cell. He wasWor- mally charged with assault and rob- bery. The maximum penalty for the two offenses is 30 years' imprison- ment. Forbids Marriage of Son. Special Dispateh to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., November No. wedding bells will ring for Carl Sandridge and Miss Armeta Lewis, both of Crozet, if C. M. Sandridge. father of the former, can. prevent it. Court clerks have recelved’ tele- phone messages from the father, urg- ing them to refuse a marriage license in case his son applies for one. He said the young man {s only 17 years Grand “entral Palace. By United News Pictures. |Desire of Youth | To See Capitol | To Be Gratified By the Associated Press. CLAREMORE, Okla., November 7.—Thirteen years ago, two Cal- low, Okla., youths, visiting Wash- ington for the first time, were ar- rested by an irate-policeman for climbing a statue in front of the Union Station. They wished to obtain a better view of the Capitol. Today one of the youths, Wayne . of Claremore, was found to be the winner in the con- gressional race in the first Okla- homa district, and will make a more dignified entry there this time. Bayless’ ability as an orator, marked even then, released them from the clutches of the law, ac- cording to the story told by his companion in the escapade, W. H. Cates, Claremore newspaper ni | Drive to Close Monday—Graves' Team Leads. The team captained by Harold Graves in the Y. M. C. A. member- ship drive, which closes Monday, has secured the largest number of new members to date, it was announced today. It has secured 63, of which 14 are credited to Mr. Graves’ individual efforts. Bert H. Wise, with 12 new members, holds second honors, while R. H. McKeever and A. J. Schippert are tied for third, each with 11. Al- together, 460 new members have been enrolled. The goal is 700. A dinner will be served to the workers in the | Central 'Y. M. C. A. building, 1736 street, at 6 o'clock Monday evening. N | MEET ON SEGREGATION. | Negroes to Have Gathering Here November 30. A segregation mass meeting will be conducted Sunday, November 30, at the John Wesley A. M. Fourteenth and Corcoran streets, un- der the auspices of the District of Columbia Branch, Natfonal Associa- tion for the Advancement of Colored People. Announcement of the pro- gram will be made, later: The monthly meeting of the Dis- trict Branch will be held in the as- sembly hall of the Twelfth street Branch of the Y. M. C./A. Wednesda. |night, at § o'clock. Rev.-Robert W Hrooks, pastor of Lincoln Temple Congregational Church, will speak gn “gegregation.” Ensigns Ordered to Washington. Ensign John W. Price of the oflice of naval communications, Navy De- partment, has been assigned to the battleship Wyoming, and Ensign Karl A. Thieme of that vessel has been ordered. to the office of naval com- municationsy . . _ “Y” ADDS 460 MEMBERS. 5. Z. Church, | By Miller Service Emile Callot; French war orphan adopted by a Germantown, Pa., fam- ily, holding the quaint telescope used by George Washington during the battle of Germantown October 14, 1774. The telescope belongs to a Germantown school. Coprright by Underwood & TUnderwood. CLUB FAVORS D. . REPRESENTATION Change in Constitution to Af- ford Voice in National Affairs Urged. ~ The Twentieth Century Club of the District of Columbia, meeting in- the { Cosmos Club_ vesterday, heartily in- dorsed the resolution introduced in the House of Representatives last | December providing for an amend- ment to the United States Constitu- tion to give national representation to_the District The resolution was brought to the | attention of the Twenticth Century | Club by Mrs. Liman Swormstedt. Th jclub, in_indorsing the resolution, als. expr the hope that all clubs and organizations in the trict would do likewise. Prior to- the adoption of this r lution a lengthy discussion ensued [to the feasibility of so changing the by-laws of the club as to enable It to change its date of meeting without a two-thirds vote. The resolution was defeated. Asked to Suport Bazaar. Mrs. Robert C. Howard, chairman of a committee to aid th Florenc: | Crittenton bazaar to be given at th. Washington Hotel November 24 and urged the club to' support the | bazaar. She asked all present to turn in their old books for sale at the bazaar. Mrs. Montgomery Blair club to support the o mpaign for | funds for the Visiting Nurses Society | which will be conducted from Novem- | ber 17 to 24. Dr. Philip Sydney Smith of the United States Geological Survey, in an address, told of incidents of a recent scientific expedition to Alaska and described the manner of living in Alaska and the many difficulties en- | countered. The club will give a reception for its members at the Washington Club Monday afternoon, November 17, from 4 to 6 o'clock, it was announced. A reception committee ha pointed for the occasion, John C. Merriam, chairman; Mrs. mer D. Ball, vice chairman; Mrs Clarence A. Aspinwall, Mrs. Alber 1 Bushnell, Henry ther in Dis urged the William H, Herron, Miss Martha Hooper, Mrs. William W. Husband, William Mather Lewix, Mrs. Ger- rit S. Miller, Mrs. Elwood 1. Morey and Mrs. Wendell P. Stafford. Engineer Commissioner Bell is to address the civic section of the club at 1634 1 street next Thursday at 13 adogky, L . ~