Evening Star Newspaper, January 12, 1925, Page 17

CHARLES B. WARREN AND HIS NS. The former Ambassador to Mexico and Japan, who will be a member of President Coolidge’s cabi- net as Attorney General, and his three sons, photographed at their home in Detroit. Copyright by Kadel & Herbert. GIRL KILLS GREAT EAGL iss Ida Tilden, daughter of a California THE - EVENING WIFE OF NEW FRENCH AMBASSADOR. Mme. Paul Daeschner, wife of the French who will succeed M. Jusserand. A recently posed portrait of Ambassador to Washington, Copyright by Kadel & Herbert. FRENCH SCULPTOR MAKES BUST OF POPE. This is the first like- Another grand duke on the way to America. He is Boris, brother of Grand Duke Cyril. The grand duch- ess and his mother-in-law are accom- panying him aboard the steamship Olympic, which sailed for New York January 10. By United News Pictur ONCE PRIDE OF THE NAVY, NOW THE WORLD’S LARGEST FLOATING CRANE. The U. S. S. Kear sarge has been turned into the largest floating crane at the Charleston navy yard. The ship once had a place among the greatest battleships, being near the top of the list of superdreadnaughts 25 years ago. Wide World P sheep rancher, and the big eagle which she recently killed. The bird measured 7 feet 8 inches from the tip of one wing to the other. The cagle THE LARGEST AND SMALLEST ELKS. Francis Curley of Pittsfield, Mass., the largest member of the B. P. 0. E:, shaking hands with Charles Leonard, one of: the smallest Elks. The meeting took place at Lodge SELLS PAINTING FOR $25,000. Ignacio York, and his painting, “The Shepherd.” negie Institute of Pittsburgh for $25,000. Zuloaga of Spain, now in New which he has sold to the Car- Zuloaga is claimed to he one ness which Pope Pius XI has allowed a foreign sculptor to make. It is the work of Francis Cbnge, a Frenchman, and it will be unveiled soon & A. Photos. was killing sheep when it was shot by Miss Tilden conomy Policy SECRETARY EXTOLS oy " economy policy of the i Miss Guard Says Labor Head| “ons"ar the Jateer iie . of Voiced Cry of Inarticu- late Multitude. One of the latest i of ex- pense to be clipped from the a nual budget is the small sut much- sought-after monthly publication called the Diplomatic List, wherein the names and official titles of all 's of embassy and legation staffs heretofore have been made available by the State Department. Department officials have decided that new editions of this diplomatic book will be printed hereafter only when there has been an accumula- tion of necessary revisions. sequently hostess now can be certain, without special inquiry, of the prect of diplomatic officials, or of ect spelling of some of tha Jawhreaking names of those sent to represent distant countries. The change has heen n particular cause of disturbance social retaries and society editors, accustomed for years to the possession of a ready-reference tabulation of all Washington An appreciation to Jate president of the eration of Labor, written Lae Guard, his secretary for 25 vears, | the current issue of the Official 1 of the Cigar Makers, of which pe was former president marizes his character in owing words erty was his devotion He abor tinues sts amuel Gompers, American Fed- by Miss R.| Con- < or of the ct his passion, was not Columbus of moveme Miss Guard but that he would Casabianca, had the need arisen, | who knew him could doubt | justice hers the con- | e been to “He voiced the cry of the inarticu- | Jate multitude, the human cry for better homes, better food; for opp tunity for leisure to inhale the pe diplomats, fume of flowers and gaze upon their v e viare hnd et §2% n2 | FILIPINO COMMISSIONER ADMITTED TO D. C. BAR Unselfish A abition. tract of the tribute follows: | n spurred him, a noble, | sh ambition to give and give f in the service of humanity which was paramount in his life was duty, service. When duty called, no other consideration weigh- ed: to service he consecrated his de- votion, his love “K ness, charity, fait ness, love, hope, cheer, belief—these AT . Pedro Guevara Once unse Was Senator in Islands—Others Given | Right to Practice. Pedro Guevara, Philippine resident commissioner to the United States, was admitted to the bar of the Su- preme Court of the District of Colum- he gave in unstinted measure to all|pia today on motion of John Paul supplicants at the wide-open door of | Rarnest, chairman of the examining hix heart | committee. Before coming to Wash- “He was neither awed by position|ington Guevara had served in the nor coerced by He bowed to| philippine Senate from 1916 to 1923, no an for place power; he was Other lawyers from outside juris- 1fettered by pledge promise. | gictijons authorized to practice in That for 40 years the men and wom- [ Washington today were: Charles ,S. of should have placed and|pgagnjell, Tennessee; Robert Porter ‘ ced the scepter In his hands was Donohoo, Illinois; Haines H. Hargrett, recognition of his selfless, Gaorgia; Preston B. Kavanagh, Illi- desire to serve those Who|noje; George E. Kelleher, North Caro- service, the demonstrated |, "ang Edgar Watkins, Georgla. of his leadership, the estab- corruptibility of his char- friend- rank but arr “He He « MACDONALD IN COLON. Former British Premier Inspects had no d not personal ends to serve. | whether his was the whether hig was the sant road. Reckle quences to himself, with bla arless zeal he threw into the for right and justice the full of his keen mind, the concen- force of his trained intelli- | the strength of his profound | owledge of human nature and s e ; Panama Canal. el COLON, Panama, Januar; say MacDonald, former Bri premfer, arrived here yesterday on board the steamer Camito from Central America. He made a tour of the City of Colon, escorted by the Governor of Panama and the port captain of Cristobal, and also inspected the Gatun Loc Later Mr. MacDonald left on the Camito for Kingston, Jamaica, where he will spend two weeks before depart- ing for London. . —Ram- & Believed in Hix Country. “He believed in his country, mwichless greatness its tions, in the fundamental upon which its government To quote his words America is not merely is not merely a land. It is not merely | a country, nor s it merely a senti- ment. America is a symbol; It is an 1. The hope of all the world can | be expressed in the ideal—America.’ Always unafraid, always alert to danger to the country he loved so| well, to the tollers he served so gen- | erously, to those who come after him |ows of the evening dreaming of the the memory of his life will forever|days that had passed. The tranquil, | be an Inspiration to nobler manhood, |downward path that loiters through 10 higher ideals. I the quiet, His life was step.” in the | institu- | principles s found- | a name. It himself; not.an apology for himself. To the last hour of hi full of hope as is Springtime. He carried more than three score years and ten. He found no time to sit in the shad- i the budding lightly his a demonstration” of life he was | | | | J | Reporter Overcome by Excitement | i | | dence last night. whiie waiting for a 1 | green valley knew mnot his berg, U. SAYS SHIP BOAR | ¥ice chairman of the | poration, in the Church of Santa Suzanna. Wide World Photo. 1 CAN SAVE BIG SUM wiu seve = | Atlantic Than Land Plummer Declares Efficient Man Would Make Both Ends Meet. CAPT. EDWIN T. POLLOCK, U. 8, N., supt 5. Naval Observatory. If the moon revolved about the earth In the plane of the earth’s orbit about the sun, we would have | @ solar and also a lunar eclipse about every 33 or 20 The solar eclipses would be visible as total or | but at different parts successive months. idea it Expenses of the Government's mer- chant fleet could be reduced $16,000, 000 a vear by “any competent ship- ping man,” Commissioner Plummer, Shipping Board committee in- and its sub- days annular of the However. this not exist and is | auent” intervals that occur which are visible at any given place. In the total cbscuration of the sun may as long as eight minutes, but average is about three minutes. for any eclipse lasting that lo sometimes even less, if the positions for observation are favorable, observ- | atories send expeditions even to the opposite side of the earth to take advantage of that three minutes’ time to observe the relative positions of the sun and moon—the times of mak- ing and breaking contact of their discs—and_especially to take photo- graphs of the corona and the flaming proturberances extending hundreds of thousands and perhaps mitlions of miles from the sun Frequently one party will have clear weather and favorable condi- tions, while others will have made | the long trip for nothing. In Sep- tember, 1923, observatories In the United States and also in England, France and Germany sent parties to California. One American observatory located in Mexico, tak- ing a long shot. The long shot won, for southern California and Lower California were cloudy and our air- Ho ones, board told ng today stiga sidiaries He explained that Government sels do not have to earn imterest on the investment, nor do they have to <et aside an annual sinking fund cover depreciation and other such ex- penses. This condition about equal- izes the advantage foreign ships hav. over American veesels, he said, and if foreign ships break even Government vessels should do the same. The witness cited instances where experienced operators are showing a slight profit in operating Government vessels Mr. Plummer 8ald he had made sev-| eral recommendations to Leigh C. Palmer, president of the Fleet Cor- but apparently they were not_welcome. “When the Leviathan broke a pro- peller at sea last Summer, he said, he was aboard and urged that the officers wire for instructions to pro. ceed to Boston for repairs, as this would save more than was required to send the passengers by rail to| New York. Although the chief engineer of the Leviathan had requested that four| propellers be built so all could be changed on one dry docking, he said, only two were available and on the | next trip another broke, necessitating a second dry docking with the loss of | Planes went as high as 17,000 feet a trip and about $250,000 p.ssenger | Without getting above the clouds, anE | while in Mexico proper, conditions | were more favorable and results were WINS BET, DROPS DEAD. the the earth does infre- «clipses condition only at te ves- to some cases U obtained. In January, 1926, an eclipse occurs in Sumatra, to which England, ]Franck and Germany, as well as the | United States Naval Observatory | (Congress willing) are preparing o send parties. p | will , January 12.—Antonio | Z, a newspaper reporter vester- day placed a bet of $100 on Countess Claridge in the first race at Oriental Park and dropped dead when the filly won. Suarez stood on the terrace in front of the grandstand during the race. He followed every motion of the horses as they raced around the track. Countess Claridge took the lead early and malintained it to the stretch, when she tired, and Pilades gave her a terrific struggle, almost nosing her out at the finish. Suarez was greatly excited and as the horses went under the wire he toppled over and died of Horse Race. Be General. The eclipse which occurs in our country on January 24, 1925, is one which, weather permitting, will af- ford a large part of the population! the one opportunity of a lifetime. The last one visible in New York was in 1806. The next total eclipse of any moment to be visible in the United States will not occur until about 1970, and will be visible in Flovida.w However, in.1930, in Idaho, in 1932 in Maine, in 1945 in Montana, in 1954 in Nebraska and in 1959 in Massachusetts there will be partial eclipses visible, but hardly, from a scientific standpoint, worth observ- | ing. he present ectipse accurs early in | the day in the United States—the sun | rises partially . eclipsed from _the Rocky Mountains, to just east of the Dakotas, when it is tetal at sunrise, while on the eastern shore éf Lake Huron the eclipse begins at sunrise. There the totality lasts but 1 minute 42 seconds, while as one moves to the east southeast the length of totality increases, so that at New Haven, Conn., the length is 2 minutes. Further to the eastward the . time length of totality increases slightly and then decreases as the path of the WOMAN DIES SUDDENLY Mrs, Alice F. Muhle‘nbér:. 70 years old, 1655 Newton street, dted of heart disease in a drug store near her resi- prescription. Mrs. Muhlenberg is survived by an adopted son, Maj. H. C. K. Muhlen- S A. Funeral arrangements have not been completed, Navy Expert Asserts. — { while | tric streamers,and flaming protuber- | of the sun spot cycle. No. 1, in New York. 'LOS ANGELES TO GET ECLIPSE AT BEST BY PUTTING OUT TO SEA1 onger View of Phenemena From Observers Can Get, eclipse curves to the northeast and | ends north of Scotland Many American pbservatories are preparing to make observations in New York and Connecticut, while the United States Naval Observatory is preparing to use the U. §. S. Los Angeles (formerly the ZR-3) to go to sea to the eastward of Montauk Point and south of Nantucket to take pho- | tographs of the, various phases, and including movies of the corona and shadow. photographs of the “shadow | bands,” the “flash spectfum.” etc Good Weather Forecast. going over the ocean the Los Angeles will be where 'the totality of the eclipse is longer than aver the land, and with a possible. altitude of 6,000 feet, will be well clear of earth haze and morning mist, and probably will find less interference from clouds —certainly she can get above the Jow clouds. The “long distance weather man” predicts good weather, how- ever, op that day. Let us hope his forecast will be better than some for less time ahead. | The prinicpal reason for desiring photographs of this eclipse is that few have been secured heretofbre at | this phase of the sun spot hich is now on the up curve minimum having been last the entire cycle lasts years. We know that sun spots are great electrical storms; that when they oc- cur there are electrical disturbances on the earth affecting cable and tel- | egraph communications, sometimes | even burning out cables if precau- tions are not taken. We know that during a total solar eclipse the elec- ances from the sun, extending out hundreds of thousands and perhaps millions of miles, are visible at that time only and can be photographed | with special plates. By comparing photographs taken during different eclipses an idea can. be had of the power of the electric storms (sun spots) on the sun at different stages Another that “communications” Navy. It is believed that radio communi- cations also are affected by these electric storms, and Mr. J. J. Carty, vice president ‘and expert of the American Teleptione &' Telegraph Co. is “positive of it.”” While the moon shuts off the view of the sun’s disc only a few minutes, that company and the Western Union Telegraph Co. are preparing to make measurements on a.few.circuits in the area of totality to see if there is any difference of potential due v the electric currents in -the .atmos- phere and from the sun acting ca these _circuits, or .not acting so strongly as when there is no inter- vening body. ¥ The party on the Los Angeles will consist of Capt. Edwin T. Pollock, superintendent; Capt. F. B. Littell (mathematician), .U. S, N.; Mr. George H. Peters and Mr, C. B. Watts, asso- clate astronomers, of the Naval Ob- servatory; Mr. W. L. Richardson, photographer, Bureau of Aeronautics; Mr. Keiss of the Bureau of Standards and a representative of Sclence m Servlr.o. has is an affect vital to on the manager of Wide Werld Photo. HUGHES PRESIDES AT LAW MEETING ‘Reslgnatlon as Secretary of | State Not Forerunner of Candidacy, He Says. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, January 13.—The execu- tive committee of the American Bar Association received reports from several special committees and con- siflered a meeting place for the 1925 convention. Charles Saturday =ided. Secretary E. Hughes as Secretary wha resigned of State, pre- Hughes today declined to comment on his retirement, but in- dicated that his resignation was not to be regarded as a forerunner of political candldacy. He said that after a brief vacation following his retire- ment March 4 he would return to the practice of law as a member of the firm with which he was formerly connected in New York Mr. Hughes will deliver an address tonight at a dinner. JOHN C. COPENHAVER HEADS GRAND JURY Chosen to Serve for Next Three Months—Other Members Are Selected. John G- today by Copenhaver was selected Justice Hoehling, Criminal Division 1, to serve as foreman of the grand jury for the ensuing three months. ‘Other members of the grand jury are: David E. Barry, Garry D. Sherman, Everett S.' Eidson, Leo A. Roach, Thomas E. Alderton, Er- nest H. Ady, Winfleld M. Fellows, Oakley G. Isaacs, Louls P. Darrell, Joseph E. Ferguson, J. Walter Jett, Edward B. Iser, Andrew D. Johnson, Jay H. Garman, Harry Coleman, James H. Edes, E. J. Lynch, Thomas 8. Pocock, Thornton P. Boland, G. R. McKee, Francis J. Purcell and lsaac Narcisenfeld. PHONE PIONEER DIES W. T. Gentry, 71, Succumbs After Long Illness. ATLANTA, Ga., January 12.~William T. Gentry, 71, formerly president of the Southern Bell Telephone Co., died here yesterday after a long ill- ness. Mr. Gentry was born in Gordons- ville, Va., April 14, 1354, and became a telegraph operator at Charlottesville, Va., at _the age of 15. In 1884 he came to Atlanta as the. ‘local telephone ex- change which Had scarcely a hundred members. The Virginian took a prom- inent part in the development of his company and when he retired trom active duty, owing to his health, in 1919, he was president of a public service coporation which served ap- proximately 430,000 . subscribers in nine States and which had an Invest- o4 ‘eapital eof about $69,000,001 - | Night” of the greatest living artists. {Gayly Clad Envoys At Parls Reception Dimiinished by Two, By the Assaciated Press PARIS, January —The New Year day reception to fereign dip- lomats by President Doumergue developed that the number of states represented by men who at- tended clad in simple black even- ing dress has reached four. Time was when only twe such costumes showed up conspicuously amid the striking uniforms, gay with golden embroideries and waving plumes They were worn by the diplomatic representatives of the United States and Switzerland The war has come and gone, and ene of its smaller consequences has been that Germany's and Russia’s ambassadors new belong to the uniformless minority. | | { CONCERT AT CHURCH International Artists Group Will Give Program at First Congregationa The International Artists will give a concert tonight at the First Con- sregatienal Church, Tenth and G streets, at 8 o'clock. The Internatienal Artists is | greup of men composed as follow: Nicholas _Vasilieff, Russian teno: Ary Dulfer, Dutch violinist; Fela Rybler, Polish planist and accompa- nist. ‘The trio is probably one of the best known in the musical world today. The program which they will present is: “La Folia” (Corelli), Mr. Dulfer: = “Northern. Star” (Glinka). Lensky's Arfa (from opera “Eugen Onegin”) (Tachaikowsky), “Sweet Li- lac” (Plotnikoff), Mr. Vasilieff; “Pas- toriale et Capriccio” (Scarlatti-Tau- #ig), Nocturne (left hand alone) (Scria- Nocturne (left hand alone) (Scria- bine), Ballade Opus 47 (Chopin), Miss Rybler; “For You Alone (Geehl), Miss Rybler, Mr. Vasilleff and Mr. Dulfer; Spanish Rhapsody (Liszt), Miss Rybler; “Dusk” (Ary Dulfer), “Orientale” (Ary Dulfer), “Menuett Caprice” (Ary Dulfer), Mr. Dulfer; Arla (from opera Le Roi d'Ys") (Lalo), “Nuit d'Etoiles” (Debussy), “That (Vanderpool), Mr. Vasilleff; “Etude No. 19" (Paganini), | Dance” (Sarasate), Mr. Dulfer. N | MRS. LEAH M. KELLY DIES AT SISTER'S HOME Been Resident of D. C. for 25 Years. Mrs. Leah Merryman years old, died at the residence of her sister, Mrs. W. C. Stokes, 5307 Eighth street Friday. Mrs. Kelly had been a resident of this city for the last 25 years. She was born in Balti- more. Besides her sister, she is survived by her mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Merryman. Funeral services wiil be conducted at the Church of the Transfiguration tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. John Queally will officiate. In- terment will be in Glenwood Ceme- tery. Kelly, 29 SCHEDULED TONIGHT| “Spanish | Was Native of Baltimore and Had | OIL MEN'S ADVICE SOUGHT BY WORK Chairman of Conservation Board Seeks Practical Views on Policy. The new oll | took ita first step wastage of the nation's dwindling eil reserves today when Its chairman Secretary of Interlor Work addressed letters to 23 leaders of the oil indus- try asking them for “frank state ments of facts and opinlons” for use in devolving a definlta government | al pelicy to conserve the petroleum { and gas ressurce The inquiry Is designed open a fres exchange of views from prac tical ofl men from which the board | expects authoritativa data on the present extent and expense of petrol- | eum preduction and recommendations |28 to what method might be em | ployed to cope with the problems of | overproduction and waste. | Lists Subjects for Review. | “It is the purpose of this heard." |said the letter, “to conduct this in | auiry so far as possible as a cc operative study to which representa- tive oil men must be the largest con tributors. The opportunity is here for the men who know the facts to come forward and suggest safe lines remedial action. For general guidance in formulation of suggestions would be glad to have your views on the subjects as given below “Generally, In what direction do you consider that waste in produc tlon could be reduced and stabiliza- tion effected? “What is vour estimate of over production, if any, at this time? It there is overproduction, what is costing the indusiry in expense storage, In dumping of surplus the fueb market, or in other ways What are the underlying causes such overproduction, and the re dles? conservation board toward curbing to we of OFFICERS CAPTURE GALLONS OF LIQUOR Quantities of alcohol, wine, whisky and gin were seized and several ar- rests made by police and Federal agents Saturday night and yesterday The largest seizure was an autamo- bile containing 36 gallons of whisky, which was abandoned on Bladensburg road by the driver when he was be- ing pursued by Sergt. Eby and Po- liceman Helm. While raiding the house of Ger- trude Queen, colored, 1327 Ninth street, late Saturday night, Henry Cozzens, colored, 1229 Ninth street, is alleged to have made an attempt to draw a pistol on Policeman J. F. Dankmeyer. Dankmeyer dealt Coz- zens a blow with his first, knocking out a false tooth. He then placed him under arrest and held him to answer a charge of concealed weapons. Arrests during the 48 hours ended at § o'clock this morning were for offenses as follows: Selling intoxi- cants, 22; {llegal possession, transporting, 7; driving automobiles hile under the Influence of liquor, §, and Intoxication, 67.