Evening Star Newspaper, January 2, 1925, Page 17

THE EVENING STAR, OFFIC] RS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, HEADED BY MAJ. GEN. HI YESTERDAY TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL RECEPTION. BRITISH VISITORS AT WHITE HOUSE. The British Ambassador, Sir Esme Howard (left), Lady Howard and Viscount Cecil of the White House reception. 4,000 ARE GREETED AT VHTE O President Extends Time of New Year Reception to Meet All. Throwing White Ho open the of d 1o« to all who car President and Mrs. Coolidge yester Ay received 4,000 visitors at their New Year reception. | Chief Executive and his wif 2 half stood in the | hands with their \ding and ivin Be at cception ed- d at 2:30, bu en that ved Mr. Coolidge directed be continued until all who de- 1d the opportunity to call number rece . greater | n previous ve but the pro- | eral public to the | ial was 1.rmr" r four hours and room, shakin and ext ar greet the was less formality than in the more re- White | it a re- Year receptions of war period, when Washing- naller eity, looked more on dent and his wife as neigh- s and on nce at the recep- n much like a call on any of their er frien i Hundreds Wait in Cold. cabinet, the diplo- Congress, the judiciar rs of the Army and mbers of patriotic or- eived first, but this two hours despite a cold, mp day The public part of the rec etion « inc women n women of four nd babes in arms, bankers and Iah atives of man. rk. Those who had ssed through the blue room, and were ived by Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge In than an hour, and the remainder of afternoon was given over to the re- ing of those who arrived at the House singly or in twos and | more ind rep- other lines formed in line | Attended Lincoln Keception. Both the President and M ften stopped to talk with s cy knew persor r woman or some child. The President ed for several minutes with one | Grand Army of the Republic veteran, R. | G. Scott of Linn Creck, Mo., who a8 a | member of the 24th Towa Infantry tended the New Year reception of 1564, iven by President and Mrs. Lincoln. | carlier part of the ceremony 1 of the diplomatic and 1 of the: Army ana Mirine. O T | was more colorful and more Coolidge me of thosc aged man | jth the members rps Lo, | fonoy | from the effects of her son's convic- {a girl employed in the pencil factory | answer a ¥ elwood at Copyright by Harris & Ewing. Priest in Robes Chases Poor Box Thieves in Street By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 2.—Frank Hughe , and Charles Howard, 28, were pursued last night from Holy Name Church through the r crowds on Broadway ther James Halligan, w vestments, when he tampering with the church, according Z his them box his the in polic two men were captured r a short ch ind were ar- "he police said they found a bottle of glue, a safety pin that had been straightened and §$9.53 in small change, smeared with glue, when they searched the two men. Poor box robbers usu- lly use chewing gum or glue to get at the coins, according to the police when the general public Many of those in the latter group remained half an hour or after passing through the blue room to listen to a continuous concert by two sections of the United States Marine Band. Members of the diplomatic corps and many other officlals were entertained ng their call at the White House at a diplomatic breakfast at the Pan- American Bullding given by the Secre- tary of State and Mrs. Hughes. Most of ) the members of the cabinet and their | w held open house during the | afternoon g | All the Government departments | were closed for the day and both and House were in Tecess. formal than was received. Senate MOTHER OF LEO FRANK | DIES OF HEART ATTACK | Lynching of Son for Murder of | Girl Attracted Nation-Wide Attention. G LEAVING THE WHITE HOUSE. S AND GEN. MILES, ARRIVING AT THE WHITE HOUSE Copyright by Harrls & Ewlng. The Secretary of State and Mrs. Hughes photographed after the New Year reception yesterday afternoon. NEW YEAR COMES IN WITH PLENTY OF OUTDOOR SPORT FOR THE YOUNG FOLK. many of them rusty from long y from th streets. ENTRY OF ESKIMOS RESENTED BY CHINA Landing of 12 at Harbin From Wrangell Island Subject of Protest to United States. Opposition to the entry of 12 Amer- n kimos recently taken from | Wrangell Island and landed at Har- By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 2 Frank, mother of Leo who Iynched near Maretta, Ga., inj is dead here from heart disease. | ank was convicted of murder of a| 14-year-old girl in a pencil factory | and was sentenced to death. Hi ynching followed announcement that e Governor of Georgia had com- muted his sentence to life imprison- ment. Mrs. recovered ank had never tion of the murder of Mary Phagan at” Marietta, of which he was man ager. Since his arrest his mother had been broken in health and spirit and for some time ad been undm‘ the care of a physician. She and many others believed her son to be innocent Last night telephonc opefator to alled on the switchboard | a relative and .when the | reported there was < no ellboy was sent to her 1d her dead on the floor. | room and fo o ule « dteas aitack, Manchuria, has been made by the Chinese authorities. Opposition, it is stated, will be removed if they prove that they means. of ustenance, Diplomatic action the part of the United States had been requested by Delegate Sutherland to return the Eskimos to American territory and to provide for their sustenance. The State Department, however, has $o far taken the attitude that there has been no evidence that the Eskimos had attempted to colonize Wrangell Island or that ‘they had been force- fully removed to Siberia, and there- fore no official action on the part of this Government was called for. otified of the condition of the Iiskimos, the American Red Cross sent $100 fo the American consul at Harbin fot their relief. E A bin, can have on Recent tests have shown that less than one-half of the heat of conl con- wmed in furna utilized to waial s Q! Copyright by Harrls & Ewing. ears in the atties, WASHINGTON, D.: C., FRIDAY, JANUARY OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY, HEADED BY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY ROBINSON AND ADMIRAI EBERLE, WAITING TO BE RECEIVED BY THE PRESIDENT AND M A NEW YEAR GREETING. Scretary of the Treasury Mellon and his daughter, Miss Ailsa Mellon, greeting Maj. Gen. John Clem, G. A. R., at the White House reception. National Photo. Every sled in Washington was out last night, Only a few accidents were reported to the police, the snowy weather keeping automobiles Washingion Star Pbot | JOHN W. DAVIS RETURNS |TWENTY THOROUGHBREDS |ROYALTY INVOLVED TO PARIS FROM AFRICA| PERISH IN STABLE FIREi IN WOMAN SLAYING | Praises French Colonial Policy. |Flames Destroy Race Horses in| Will Go to London With Wife. By B A PARIS, January 2.—John W. Davis. former American Ambassador to the court St. James, returned terday from his trip to Northern Africa. Mr. and Mrs. Davis, after spending a week or more in Paris, plan to Jeave for London, thence re- turning to New York. Commenting on his observations in Africa, the former Ambassador. said: “The French are doing wonderful work. The colonizing is progressing excellently in Moroeco, where the natives are treated with great del- icacy and tact, while Alglers is like a qulet Parisian suburb.” | of yes- German Experts to Come. BERLIN, January “2.—General Di- rectos Aeidlitz of the Middle Europe Travel Bureau -and _ Maximilian Krauss, Bureau for the Promotion of Tourist |Traffic, will leave for New York Jan- uary 3, from Bremerhaven on the steamer Stuttgart to repay the visit of the several score American rafl- vy and steamship traffic managers Sdmmer. ' They will aw in New York to travelers with information re- Cenuul Euiope. chief of the Governmental | Barns at Glenview Farm in Kentucky' By the Assnciated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky Twenty thoroughbred horses perished and considerable equipment and sup- plies were destroved when fire of un- determined origin razed a stable on Glenview Farm, owned by R. Baylor Hickman and his son, Baslor O. Hick- man, near here, last night. The loss was estimated at $50,000, with no in- surance, Crayon, January 2. which was 5§ was among the horses Others lost included Lady Always, Lady Winifred,” Tally, Pousse Cafe, Nancy Wyatt, Irish Rose and .Topy Hannah. Four two-year-olds which were to begin their racing careers this Spring also were destroyed. TWO HURT IN THEATER. Ceiling Section Falls Into Orchestra During Show. PAWTUCKET, R. I, January Two persons were serfously injured when a section of the State Theater here fell 35 feet into the orchestra during _the afternoon performance estorday. Joseph Sabourin and his | wife, Corinne, wers the victime. The theater réuts 2,000 and was half full Lat the thue of ke accldent. years old, destroyed. | Tomo Gjonovich, ~ Montenegro | Prince, Jailed as Witness of Mur- der at New Year Party. By the Associated Press. DENVER, Col., January 2.—Royalty at an early morning New Year party of Mrs. Mary Ludwick, divorcee, when polite announced that Tomo Gjono- royal family and a son of the chlef probate judge of Montenegro, is being held in jail with a number of others as a material witness. The prince was shot and slightly wounded in the hand when Carlos Bedner broke up the New Year party, pulled a pistol from his pocket and shot Mrs. Lud- wick through the heart and then turned the weapon on the royal son. Bedner, disappointed suitor of Mrs. Ludwick, is believed to be dying in a hospital from a self-inflicted razor cut in his throat. Prince Gjonovieh became a citizen of the United States New Year eve, when he formally was granted nat- uralizaTion papers. He is employed as a guard at the United States mint here. Police declared he was inno- cent of any part in the tragedy and was being held only as a witness The prince said-he was a graduate of the University of Cettinje, and left Montenegra ¢ tha: time King Nich- R R vich, a member of the Montenegrin | COOLIDGE. Copyright by Harris & Ewi FROM THE NETHERLANDS. Jonkheer Dr. A. C. D. de Graeff, Minis- ter from the Netherlands; Mme. de Graeff nad Mlle. de Graeff at the White House reception. Coffin for Boy Takes Place of Christmas Tree LBy the Associated Press NEW YORK, January 2.—They took the Christmas tree out of the parlor of the home of John S: 7 years old, in Harrison, N terday to make place for a coffin for the boy's body after he had been killed by an automobile driven by Bernard Faine of M hattan, agcording to th. Bl Faine was held on a technics charge of mansiaughter C. L. FOX COMMANDER OF PRESIDENT'S OWN Garrison Also Elects Other Officers at First January Muster Last Night. Charles L. Fox was installed co: mander of the President’s Own January last night in rison at the first the garrison Hall. Sergt. Thomas H. Harris, United States Marine Corps, of this city, past commander of the garrison, w national deputy at the i a and _Comrade Abraham Beachey Tri-Mount Garrison of Boston, Mass. was national officer of the da Besides Comdr. Fox, oth stalled were: Paul J. senior vice commander; Chaney | Howard, junior vice commander; J. T | McTtree, paymaster; George Kastner officer of the day; William D. Benson officer of the guard; Rudolph Zeller. officer of the watch; Judson Knap- pen, chaplain; A. J. Hogan, retirin commander, was installed as junior member of the executive council and | was appointed quartermaster. | The new commander announced the | appointment of the following com- | mittees: Relief, Paul J. Schnelder, C. muster of A. R was involved last night in the slaying | O: Howard, Thomas H. Harris; legis- | lative, 1dward W, Hoban and C. O. Howard; resolutions, Chaney O. How- ard, W. L. Peake, Arthur J. Hog: publicity, J. F. Mcliree, J. N. Kna pen, Arthur J. Renoe; sick, Miss M. E. Naylor, Miss Mary J. Banagen, Mrs. ¢ M. Madert; entertainment, J. F. Mec- Iires, J. N. Knappen, Miss M. E. Naylor. Car Surplus Reported. A total of 230,798 surplus freight cars was in good repair and available for service December 22, an increase of 7,367 over the previous week, the American Railway . Association an- nounced last’ night. Of the total 100,330 were coal cars, a decrease of 463; 93,720 were box cars, an in- crease of 7,015; 15,041 were stock cars, an increase of 1,036, and 10,938 ;’ezflflgtrator cars, an increase of Signorina Mar{a Barmera, year-old Italian girl, Was be signed a regular post in the ment wireless service, 20- as- rn- o | iner. { vhall be | come effective y | Copyright by Harris & Ewing. 1. AND P REFUSED Phone Company Loses Fight for Temporary Writ to Force Increase. BALTIMO Md deral Judge Morris A refused to grant the petitic “hesapeake and Potomac “ompany for a temporary prder to prevent the Publ Commission from interferi ed rate schedule in ) Later the entire will viewed by three Federal judg will decide whether an injmetion issued higher rates were lephone straining case The to have esterday, but the com- mission’s order extended the present rates for two years. MEXICAN AGRARIAN BODY REORGANIZED New Commission Members Ap- pointed and Placed Under Ministry of Agriculture. Dispatch to The Star. 1CO CITY, January tional agrarian commission has heretofore enjoyed autonom came one department of the 1 try of agriculture and developed when the new members were appointed ye terday by Secretary of Agriculturs Luis Leon, chairman of the commis- slon. . In view of the reorgani commission and the recent dismiss of the “villags promoters,” who ca ried on agrarian propaganda through- out the country, as well as thé .z pointment of a special representat of the agriculture department at each local commission in the state capltals, the natfonal agrarian confederation has sent messages to both President Calles and Sceretary Leon requesting a definition of what “small agrienl- tural property” is, fearing that-ihe policy herétofore followed in tHE.qil- lotment of lands will be modified: The confederation also requédts that its ideas be taken into consider- ation in organizing the agrariam com- mission. he n: Whi be- ion of the Pickpocket Gets $193. A pocketbook containing §§4— in bills and a Shipping Board —pay voucher for $109 was picked ffom the pocket of John Mills, 665% McWright avenue, Mobile, Ala., Union Station last night The theft was reported to the police. A bird’s nést was found in & bunch of hydrangea In England.