Evening Star Newspaper, January 24, 1925, Page 16

“MA” FERGUSON, GOVE Justice ( BRIGHT NEW FLAG RAISED AT FRANCIS SCOTT KEY HOME SITE. tion to which was called by an article in Thursday’s § the building by a group of Washington’ No. 15, of the American Legion. e EDWARDS CHARGES G0 OVER T0 MARCH Accusation of Liquor Deal Against Senator Held From Grand Jury. JERSEY CITY, N. J The h that U Edward I. E $3.800 lig January 24.— ited States Sena wards was involved r deal that eventuall ough will not be presented Hudson County grand jury March, Prosecutor John Mil- e trial 12 defend Weehawken liquor scandal w led until then, due to the a Awaitx Retrial of Liquor ( said that the testimony 3 furlbut a ating Sen given retrial the grand jury scredited.” et use if he t witnasses would be ¢ that George agreed fair £ not ial on the thi mei inced nt nt of E. H disa freed gXreement because the pr of the held by the jur d be fhudge Charles « rs said last night Mable WilleBrandt, Assistant e telegram to- Kkers/ ng disap on f the of the furthering indicted ann 2 within Juror's Compl Mrs xpres n of the HELD IN KALLING BROTHER Boy Accused of Shooting Man by Side. of Sick Mother. N. J., January 19 years old, was ar- charged with hav- hot, and killed his brother, his senfor, as the latter with thelr invalid mother pomas Moore’s home, in Mount easant ar here, last night County Detective Lore, who arrest- ed Moore, said his investigation had ruvealed that the h for the past emal years openly had shown af- 0 his brother's wife, and Thomas had warned him to cease attentio: ILLVILLE ed vemterday 1a PORTRAIT IS UNVEILED. Ceremony at Colored Press Club in Honor of Crispus Attucks. of Crispus Attucks, the blood in the war of as unveiled last night Club (colored), 1501 A portrait 5t man to shed independence, w the Press leventh street. The portrait is an oil painting by Willlam Samuel Noisette. Crispus At- 1ucks, a colored man, was killed on Boston Common by the British troops March 8, 1770, | trial AR ERXARER Y P e PE RS SRS R P Star Engineers of D. C. and Near- by States Discuss Power Factor Problems. Electrical engineers of the District of Columbia and four nearby States | concluded their regional convention | today at the Hotel Washington with | technical discussions of power factor correction and an exposition of inter- connection of power systems through frequency changers. L. W. W. Mor- row, assoclate editor of the Elec- trical World, urged that all new business of electric power companies | be installed for high power factor peraticn and reecommended that a co-operative ent should he | made to bring this about movem to th Electriexl E | operation Mr. Morrow for ale power greater Industry Dixcussed. power factor the electrical sald, have on the Industry, been discussed vet on an Industry-wide evils associated with low factor conditions be. ach year en though incentive for the institution of c ective measurcs increases.” Lower | power factor, he added, yme to years, th has be recognized as the major handicap to better and efficlent electric service and the industry are triving for a commercial and engi- neering method for its correction. | Such correction is a business problem | he said, and not a technical problem ‘| World's Largest Frequeney Changer. H. R. Woodrow of the Brooklyn Edison Co. told the convention of | the experiments leading up to and | the actual installation of the WO, largest frequency changer at | the pi | His talk was illustrated with motion pictures showing the methods used in | installation and the mac s tion . Many of the delegates vention today went on trips about Washington Hoover Addresses Group. need of common thought be we conomists and engineers was pointed out Secretary of Com- m Hoover in an address |at an informal banquet of the insti- tute, at the Hotel Washington. Mr. | Hoover declared the economist's science |is largely a qualitative science, and an amalgamation of thought be | tween the two nces would bring about much of value to the public Brig. Gen. William Mitchell, as- ststant chief of the Army Air Service, | to1d the electrical engineers that the | Unfted States is the only nation that [has within Its borders all the ele- ments necessary for the development aircraft. He alluded to the World War as ing od for military aviation. Gen. Mitchell said that at {the close of the World War both | sides were preparing to use planes threwing out a deadly gas. Each was afrald to use it. however. he sald, in oper- to the sightseeing The te ¢ and destruction from airplanes, e Lpd Two-Year-0ld Shot in Head. Special Dispatch to The Star LONACONING, Md. January 24— ‘Made!lnu Custer, two years old, was wounded in the brain Thursday by a bullet from a revolver accidentally discharged in the hands of her brother Cecil, four years old. They are the |children of William Custer, near here. |The child {s at Western Maryland Hospital, Cumberland, and is not ex- pected 1o recover. has been replaced by a new Old World War veterans, who helong to the George ELECTRIC EXPERTS nt of the company in Brooklyn last night, | because of the feared snread of death | The old, threadbare flag ory, placed on atten- . Kileen Post, Washington Star Photo. THE FIRST GRADUATING CLASS OF THE MACFARLAND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. 11,000 MINERS AGREE T0 RETURN | i & {Peace Terms Accepted by | Scranton Unions—Charters Restored. ated Press 5 TON, Pa., January 24—For the first time in two months peace |today prevailed throughout District { No. 1, United Mine Workers of Amer- ica, embracing the upper section of the anthracite region, a basis of set- | tlement the Pennsylvania Coal | Company’s strike having been |reached last night of The 11,000 men who on November walked out in obedience to a strike all of their grievance committee and jin deflance of their union officials will return to work Monday. Under |the terms of the settlement plan, which was drafted by represent: tives of the strikers and approved at |a conference with the commission ap- pointed by International President John L. Lewis- to investigate the sit- uation, all grievances are to be taken u nets The plan also calls for the restoration of the charters of the 10 local unjons which were revoked by the miners’ organization and assur- ance that no discrimination will be shown against any of the strikers. Differénces that cannot be adjusted are to be submitted to the conciliation board of the district, and in the event of further difficulty the matter is to conciliation. Figures compiled by a committee of the general grievance body showed hat the strikers had lost $3,827.750 in wages during the walkout, with a loss in the coal output of 850,000 tons, e should always accept the square yard of sunshine and make the best ot-it, at once through the regular chan- | be decided by the anthracite board of | x The oath was udn M. Cureton. Gowi Ferguson is writing a series of articles for The Sunday Star, one of them appearing in tomorrow’ i 4 , “SATURDAY, / INOR OF TEXAS, TAKING THE OATH OF OFFICE. She was inaugurated Tuesday as the first woman Governor of her State, the ceremony takimeg place in the House of Representatives chamber of the State House, in Ausi nistered by Chief magazine section, Copyright by P. & A. Photos. Larry Semon, screen comedian, shackled by Dan Cupid. married in New York a fev ago 1o Miss Dorothy Dwan, his lead- ing lady. Photo taken at the cere- mony & Hern Army Puts Bread On Sale to Service At 2 Cents a Loaf By the Associated Press. BOSTON, Janua 2 cents a loaf ¥ Bread at went on sale in Boston yesterday. Baked fresh at the Fort Strong Bakery, Boston, it was sold in 16-ounce loaves at the Army quartermaster sales stores. The price, according to the quar- te department, is what it costs to make the bread. Stores at the quartermaster department )1d to members of the mili- naval service and Coast ard services. Other commodity prices at the sales stores, it was revealed, in- cluded: Gasoline, 11 cents a gal- lon; motor oil, 33 cents a gallon; potatoes, 15 cents a peck TR BUILDING MEASURE REPORT SEEN SOON House Committee Recommendation Expected to Be Submitted Monday. The $150,000,000 public buildings | bill, which includes $50,000,000 for housing Federal activities In Gov- ernment-owned buildings in the Na- tional Capital, and which has been the subject of hearings for the last few days, probably will be reported to the House on Monday. This was indicated at an executive session of the committee on public buildings and grounds today, during which a number of amendments were made. . The executive meeting will be re- | sumed’Monday ‘mofiing at 10 o'clock, at which time it s hoped that favora- ble action will also be taken on the bill authorizing $14,750,000 for the Arlington Memorial Bridge. "It you need work, read eolumns of The Star, the want CLARK GRIFFITH AND “OUR BUCKY” MIX WITH OTHER NOTABLES IN FLORIDA. right: Gene Sarazen, golf champion; Mrs. Sarazen, Tris Speaker, manager of the Cleveland Indians, and his bride; Stanley Harris, manager of the JANUARY: 24, 1935.. tars of the links and diamond at Tampa. Left 10 world champion Washington team; Leo Diegel, golf pro. of Washington; Clark Griffith, president of the Washington team; Bobby Cruickshank and Johnny TROLLEY 21 persons on this Jersey City car were motorman, standing at his post and plunged 25 feet from a trestle, did Farrell, famous golfers. 29 INJURED. All but one of the 22 injured, but no one was killed. The tugging at the brakes when the car not receive a scratch, However, the motorman is held on a charge of assault and Copyright by Underwood & Underwood Mail Delays Text Of Paris Accord Senate Demanded | of quiry are subject to mail delays. Hughes had re- ceived today the formal request of the Senate fdr a copy of the Par reparations agreement, which S ators desired to scan for possible European entangelments, the offi- clal text and the agreement was missing when the malil which was expected to bring it came in. A Dbelated explanation from the Paris embassy sald it had been “ascertained” that the pouch con- taining the agreement had missed the boat and would come by & slower ship, reaching Washington late next week PLANS FINAL HEARING. School Committee to Question Pla- toon Plan Witnesses. The Board of Education’s special platoon school investigating commit- tee will hold its third and final pub- lic hearing at’ the Franklin School this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. A Even Senate resolutions in- While Secretary | number of representatives of various vic assoclations will present their views on the proposal to introduce the platoon system of education in the District public schools, Among them are Mrs. Lucy Swanton and James G. Yaden. The platoon committee, headed by Ernest Greenwood, vice president of the board, has collected a mass of data on platoon schools from all sec- tions of the country, in addition to that submitted at the public hearings by opponents and advocates of the system. z Bladensburg Garage Burns. Special Dispatch to The Star. BLADENSBURG, Va.. January 24— The garage on South street here owned by Headly Gasch was destroy- ed by fire about noon today. The loss, including that on an automobile, is estimated at $600. Cause of the fire was not learned. shington Star Photo. WORK IS SPEEDED ON SHOALS BILL House Rules Committee | | Orders Majority Vote to Send | Measure to Conference. | The Underwood Muscle Shoals bill had advanced a step nearer today to | being sent to conference between the | Senate and House by the reporting of a rule by the House rules committee which will require only a majority | vote by the House lo order that take that course. The rule, reported by the commit- tee yesterday, disagrees with all Sen- ate amendments and provides for ref- erence of the bill to a “full and {rv('i conference,” which would give the| House conferees a free handsin the | negotiations, Chairman Snell of the committee plans to call the rule up in | the House Monday and belleves it will receive the necessary majority vote If it is ordered to cogference, Sen- ate supporters of the Underwood measure were determined today to g0 through with their plan of obtaining selection of Senate conferees favor- able to the bill by a direct vote of the Senate. Opponents of the measure, led by Chairman Norris of the Senate agri- culture committee, at the same time | were prepared to put up a fight of the Senate floor when its supporters move to put aside the custom of ap- pointing the chairman and rankihg members of the committee as gon- ferees because of their opposition to | the bin. Dr. Sun Reported Dead. VANCOUVER, B. C., January 24—A dispatch received from Peking by the Chinese Times of this city stated that Dr. Sun Yat Sen died yesterday. Sev- eral reports that he was dead have been received, but.found false, in recent months. f | under Lieut KNOWS ALL ABOUT A CUP OF TEA. ng tea examiner of the Bureau of Chemistry, who has been appointed vi by Secretary of Agriculture Gore as will select tea standards in New York January 26. DISTRT WOMAN DIES OF SHALLPOX Mrs. Millicent Cooper, Mem- ber of Police Force, First Victim in 19 Years. The first death from District Quarantine 19 years occurred early Mrs. Millicent W cewoman, died Mrs. Cooper had been ill two weeks Ung alc smallpox at Hospital in this morning. when Cooper, po it for about ne anpeared to be get- well yesterday. but ubout 1. k last night she sent for ¢ nurse and sank rapidly. cumbed a few minutes after nidnight ne other patients in smallpox at_the pres- of whom. Miss Inez a sister of Mrs. Cooper. policewoman, Miss Helen A , also is among those quar- as a patlent Vislting Sister. Miss Weber came to Washington from her home in the West a few weeks ago to visit Mrs. Cooper and was taken sick soon after her ar- rival. The Health Department pro- nounced her ailment smallpox. A short time later Mrs. Cooper became ill and also was recorded as a suf- ferer from smallpox. The other cases have come to the attention of the Health Office gradually since that time. Following the illness of Mrs. Cooper and Miss Stanberger the Health Of- fice vaccinated all other employes at the house of detention Mrs native of Wisconsin ing her education several vears teaching school she became interested in social serv- ice and police work. She was an ex- ceptional policewoman because of her knowledge of the science of finger- prints and Bertillon measurements, Before coming to Washington she was a member of the Police Depart- ment of Lewiston, Mont. Experienged in Police Work. Mrs. Cooper was appointed a local policewoman two vears ago and for a time following her appointment she worked in/ the finger-print bureau Sandbers. Mrs, « Cooper leaves a 10-year-old daughter, Gladys, who lited with her here, and a son, 12 years old, who is attending a military school in Mary- land. Friends here today Cooper’s father, P. H. lives in South Dakota. rangements have not peted. STUDIES EMIGRANT LAW. ‘Ttaly Would Exempt Some From Military Law. ROME, January 24.—The superior emigration council has decided to recommend a general review of the provisions of the law concerning com- pulsory military service for emigranés in such a way as to extend exemption to those living in transoceanic coun- tries. 1t was also decided to facilitate the reacquisition of Italian citizenship for those who have acquired citizen- ship in a transoceanic country and later returned to Italy. The advisability of negotiating treaties with some American coun- tries regarding citizenship was rec- ommended. v is Another st After complet- notified Mrs. Weber, who Funeral ar- been com- She suc- | Cooper was 33 years old and a| Mrs. Cooper spent | betore | Copyright by Underwood & Underwood George F. Mitchell, super official tea taster for the board which National Pt GEN. KUROPATKIN DEAD IN RUSSIA Was Leader of Czar’s Troops in China and Fought Against Germany. | By the Associated Press MOSCOW, January of Gen. Kuropatkin chief of the Russian Russo-Japanese War, | by the official Soviet | The general,” who was | age. diea at Shemshurino, Pskov district Regarded as one military leaders eve Russia, Gen. Alexel e commander |land forces in the | . but he was held responsible Russia’s loss of the war, when I disastrous defeat in the crucial | of Mukden in 1%05. Returned to Service | Emperor Nich tained unshaken faith in Kuropatk and 10 yea later brought hi of virtual seclusion and made him commander-in-chief of the Russian armies fighting against Germany the northern front In August, he was appointed governor of Tur- Kestan to cope with the serious st ation which had arisen with the Rus- sian offensive against the Turks. H retained this position until 1917, when Kerensky's provisional gove replaced the monarc He v a rested and sent Petrograd, and virtually nothing w heard of b until 1920, when he appeared in role of a Soviet administrator Trained from childhood in the ways of imperialism, it did not take I¢ |for the old general,to incur lwrn\‘n of high Bolsh: t authorit | by his refusal to lead the Sovi army against India and Persia. He had been promised the Mohammedan world by Premier Lenin in return for a successful conquest, but he rebelled at tie thought of demolish ing Orlental splendor with the pr letariat standing in line to replace it. Kuropatkin alway: was the idol of his men. He invariably turned up at the most unexpected places during the heat of battle, never losing an opportunity to place hin self under fire. He was severely wounded several times. Once, while holding Riga agains the Germans in 1917, Kuropatkin had an opportunity to make himself in dependently rich, but he chose to re main true to his army, despite the fact that it was known he could see |no hope for Russia. The German commissioner fs said to have pald him $8,000,000 to surrender Riga and offered him refuge in Germany Kuropatkin took the money, accord- ing to the story, turned it over f the Duma, and it was used agalnst the same commander who had sup plied it. n. Kuropatkin was reditary noble of Pskov. He began his military education in the Cade Corps School of Petrograd and ad- vanced rapidly through the various grades of the army. In 1898 he he- came minister of war, leaving this post six years later to take command of the Russian fleld army 24 comman armies announcer news agern the e developed Kuropatki of th Russo-J. however the born a he Virginia Mason Dies at 98. Special Dispatch to The Star, HARRISONBURG, Va, January 24 “Uncle Joe" Dinkle, 98 years old, of Bridgewater, belleved to have been the oldest active Masonic officlal im the United States, died vesterday. / 4