Evening Star Newspaper, February 13, 1925, Page 17

4 DEEPLY HURT.” SAYS G eupplanted a few days ago by the electrical hobby horse, at right. which I do not like to discuss. manner—and, tell me, is it any wonder that 1 hang my head IN MEMORY OF THE morial, under the auspices of the Maryland Division of the Sons of Veterans, T have always considered myself a sad Spacial services were of the Gettysburg address were on the program. MYSTICISM FAILS AT CRUCIAL PERIOD] “Professor,” With Wizard Powers of Persuasion, Takes Ride in Patrol, Oriental mysticism and the occult powers of famous Ninth street psy- chologists fafled to forecast the ap- pearance of Detective J. ©. Kane of No. 1 precinct vesterday or prevent “Prof.”" Morris Kahntroff, one of the emploves of the “Man From India Who Makes Millions Think " from tak- ing a ride in the patrol wagon The men of mystery occupy space at 616 Ninth street, where the “pro- fessor” and the “Man From India” hand out words of wisdom. This i followed by a concentrated high- speed sale of razors. soap, Smoking sets, necktie clips, salve, books, crystal reading books, and septic pencils. “Bhutla" knive: Gu Ga Pin,” a panacea for many ills, also is advertised among the wares Bureau Procurex Warrant. The Better Business Bureau has de- | against | elded to begin a campaign false advertising, and after visiting 616 Ninth street they decided to swear out a warrant against the “professor’” on the charge of falsely advertising s razor. The party arrived when the fessor’ in full blast. - “If spend your last dollar I'll pa ear fare to any part of the ci out the professor, as he started In giving away septic pencils and gold lead pencils right and left. Next came the sale of a knife containing a large blade, a glass cutter and corkscrew, all for 50 cents. A® soon as the professor retired and the band started up and it' was an: nounced that “The Man From India" would speak at 8 p.m. the detectives served the warrani on the “pro- fessor’ and he was placed urder ar- Trest “pro- you our Bondsmam on Time. Immediately the man in Arrest drew the calling card of his bondsman from his pocket and by the time he arrived at No. 1 station in the patrol wagon & messenger from the bondsman was on hand. He was charged with false adver- tising and later was released on §100 cash collateral. G. 0. P. CAUCUS SCORNED Representative Schafer, Wisconsin, Replies to Ouster Move. Representative Schafer, Republican, Wisconsin, one of the dozen La Fol- lette supporters whose names were omitted from the Republican caucus list, declared yesterday on the floor of the House that he would make no at- tempt to attend the meeting. * Asserting that he believed in loy- alty to his constituents, and not in government by party or caucus, Mr. Schafer said he did not care about patronage. which, it has been sug- gested, will be considerably affected by any action excluding the insur- gent Republicans from organization councils. Representative Sinclair of North Dakota, another of the 12 not invited to the caucus, has declared his inten- tiom to go to the meeting and sta; there unless “voted out.” horoscope | {French Academy | Gives Dictionary Place to “Garage” By the Associated Press. ! PARIS, February 13.—The French Academy has admitted several new words to the revised dic- tionary. The committee now is engaged on that section beginning with _the letter H, having finished the G sectlon. The word “grouse' has been admitted after long d cussion, but is Frenchified by spell- ing it with a double S—grousse. The word “garage” was also ac- cepted. Jean Richepin proposed “flapl.” in common use for “seedy.” or “down in the mouth,” but it was ruled out by tha majority. T0 ENLARGE SCOPE OF JUVENILE COURT | Bill Drawn Restores Jurisdiction Over Desertion and Non- Support Cases. A bill designed to restore to the Juvenile Court jurisdiction over de- sertion and non-support cases will be submitted to the District Commis- sioners taday by the commission on public welfare legislation. The com- mission is not aware of any opposi- tion ‘to the bill, and for that reason is hopeful of having it acted on at this session of Congress, Until & few vears ago the Juvenile Court and the District Supreme Court had concurrent jurisdiction over non- support cases. The presence of the words “hard labor” in the penality, clause of the existing law, however, resultad in a court decision which had the effect of confining non-support cases to the District Supreme Court, where indictment by the grand jury is necessary The bill now being offered by the welfare commission merely provides that the words “hard labor” be stricken from the existing law. At its mheeting yesterday afternoon the welfare commission also ap- pointed & committee of five to study the question of the commitment pow- ers over children that should be given [ to the Juvenile Court in the proposed new ‘organic law for that court. committee is composed of former Judge Milton Strasburger, former Judge J. W. Latimer. Walter S, Uf- | tord, Joseph D. Sullivan and John Inider. The commission has been endeavor- ing to determine whether the court should be restricted to committing its wards to public agencies, or whether it should also have power to commit children to licensed private agencies. The question of licensing private | child-caring agencies will be consid- ered ‘at the next executive meeting of the commission, to be held at the District Building Tuesday. Mrs. Ly- man B. Swormstedt acted as chair- man of the commission vesterday in the absence of the chalrman, Justice Prederick L Siddons. S e Delays Surcharge Inquiry. Chairman - Winslow of the House gommerce committee informed the House yesterday that his committee could not take up satisfactorily at thig session the question of Pullman surcharges. . His statement was made when Representative McLaughlin, Republican, Nebraska, asked that his bill to abolish the surcharge be taken from .the committee and brought to the House for a vote, The | NERAL. AND HE HANGS HIS HEAD. The White House stable’s commanding officer, In an exclusive interview granted The Star, the General says: dle horse of high degree sterdy a2t the Tinegln Ma Music, speeches and the reading ONLY SIX-FOOTERS ON THE WHITE HOUSE POLICE FORCE. Six new members have been added to the White House regulations require the men to be at least 6 feet in height. These men are being measured by the sergeant in charge. |$3,500,000 House Office Addition ORDER ARREST OF 2 DEPUTY SHERIFFS Grand Jurors in Annapolis Liquor Ring Probe Charge Road- house Attack. By the Associated Preas. i ANNAPOLIS, Md.. February 13. While the Ann Arundel County grand jury yesterday was probing charges of bribery in connection with the al- leged Annapolis liquor ring, warrants for the arrest of two deputy sheriffs {who live in Annapolis were fssued at Linthicum Heights. The deputies, Louis F. Myers, and his brother. John R. Myers, are al- leged to have forcibly entered a road house. attacked the wife of the pro- { prietor and shot at the proprietor. The grand jury today had before it Herman L. Ginsberg, who alleges two woman volunteer dry agents ac- | cepted a bribe from him. Ginsberg's | witnesses and three deputy sheriffs also testified. The women. Miss Vir- ginia Wilson and Mrs. Esther Coul- bourne, have not been summoned. | CAT TAX BILL FLAYED. HARTFORD, Conn.. February 13.— A bill for taxation of cats was vig- orously opposed at a hearing before a Connecticut legislative committee. Willlam H.. Fairchild, a Jjustice of | New Fairfield, declared that every | pair of rats permitted to Jive pro- | duced descendarts to the number of 259,709.842 in three years. and that the surest way to limit the rat popu- lation was to encouragd cats. He safd that If cats ‘were taxed cats, and it would be some job for the cat wardenc™ Mrs. Ellen T. Lewis, representing a humane soclety, deplored the neces- sity of collars for cats, because they would be in danger of hanging every time they climbed a tree. No one favored the bill, “yould have to put collars on all the | neral (at left), Tt is a matter one who has performed his duty in a dignified 1 sincerely, hope that the President will not entirely forget m By United News Pictures. ’, Frank O. Lowden, former Governor of Illinois. who was a caller at the White House vesterday afternoon. National ‘ Wins Support Authorization for the architect of the Capitol to secure plans for the proposed $3,500,000 addition to the House office building so that each member could have at least two office rooms was proposed in an amendment to the legislative appro- priation bill yesterday by Represen- tative R. Walton Moore, Democrat, of Virginia. It was approved by the committee of the whole and is ex- | pected to remain in the bill when the House finally | today. George National approved. The House had a fleld day of fun in considering the legislative appro- priation bill. When Representative Connally proposed .to change the name of the ‘“legislative drafting service” to ‘legislative counsel” on the ground that they did the thinking for members of .Congress, Represen- tative Samuel Winslow of Massachu- setts arose in defense as promptly as he could. He said that his committee on interstate and foreign commerce would never have gotten anywhere without this service because there were 17 lawyers on the committee who did nothing but “chew the rag.” When he referred to the faet that his first assignment in the House was on the committee on weights and measures, his colleagues, conscious of the fact that Representative Winslow runs Representative Tincher of Kansas a close race for the distinc- tion of being the largest man in the House, laughed and cheered in ap- preciation of the joke. ‘Whereat Representative Upshaw of Georgla, with extensive experience as an evangelist and chautauqua lec- turer, proposed that some one ‘pass the hat,” because his colleague, Wins- W. Hess. director of the Botanic Garden, also- was passes it, probably' An increase of $400 in the salary of | tertained distinguished guests. Left to right: Secretary of the ! HEON YESTERDAY Trustees of the university at Harrogate. Tenn Wilbur, former Gov. Frank O. Lowden of Illinois. Wesley Hill, Secretary of the Interior Work and Sir Esme Howard, British Ambassador to Washington. % TO BE PLACED IN STATUARY H once Speaker of the House, which w Capitol. Moses Dykaar. A MUSIC which was printed in 1551, contains of Representatives Expected to Vote Today to Have Plans Prepared. Blanton Wants Membership Cut to 304 by Drawing Names From Hat. |low, whs “not only a statesman, but a first-rate comedian.” Challenge was made by Representa- tive Thomas L. Blanton of Texas that the size of the House be reduced from 435 to 304 members, so as to save $1.000.000 a year and get a better working organization. He sald he would take his chances with other members of the Texas delegation in having their names put in a hat. those drawn out to hold their places in Congress and the rest to drop out. BOY FOUND HANGED. Parents Discover Body Upon Re- turning Home. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, February 13.—When the parents of Harvey Wallace, 17, a student in De Witt Clinton High School, left to visit relatives at noon yesterday he was. reading a text book. An hour later they found his body hanging by a sash cord from a bed- room door. He left no note. Classmates saild Harvey appeared to be happy at school, and had not failed in his studie $11,700 Indemnity Reported. “The House foreign ‘affatrs com- mittee favorably reported yesterday a Senate bill which would authorize the payment of $11,700 Indemnity to the government of Nicaragua for the killlng and wounding of Nicaraguans in .encounters with American marines in December, 1921, and January, 1922, at Managua. s AT s h f you need work, read the want lumns of The Star, Representative Luce of Massachusett mittee on the Library, looking at the bust, which is the work of Sc BOOK 374 YEARS OLD. with one of the ancient musical books in his collection. ALL. Bust of the late Champ Clark, ill be placed in Statuary Hall of the ‘man_of the com- Iptor Copyright by I'. & A Louis Thompson of Washington The volume, 382 pages. : Copyright by Underwood & Underwood and the new National Photo. ‘olice. |GYPSY KING PUTS BAN ON FORTUNE TELLING New Ruler 0. K.s Phrenology, However—Preaches Americani- zation to Subjects. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 13.—King Frank, newly crowned monarch of the Gypsies in America, who lives in the Harlem section of New York, an- nounces as the keynote of his policy that his subjects must stop fortune- telling. He also Deople settle, vote and children to school. them ever. The king, whose title and jurisdic- tion are based on customs and laws extending back to the Middle Ages, advocates the abolition of customs that the Gypsies have followed for centuries. The king himself is quite a modern person, who wears Jong trousers and no crown and is known in private life as Frank Mitchell. The dictum against fortune-telling is classed under the head of for- eign policy because it is here that King Frank's subjects have their great difficulties with the constitu- of Uncle Sam. Fortune-telling send their It is all right for to practice phrenology, how- for fees must stop,” sald the king, his eyes flash- ing. “It must stop entirely. It has practically stopped already. “Another thing I .want ‘to do,” h: said, “is to Americanize my peopl They wander too. much. They should séttle, vote and send their children to school. They are fine mechanics. ‘When they wander they are accused of every thing. It is all false. But they will have a bad name as long as they wande ISR e d SR Most marriages in England that go on the rocks of divorce iand in court between five and ten years after the poneymoon. advocates that his| | NEW AND RETIRING COMMANDANTS. mandant of the Naval Academy., who L. M. Nulton, the new commandant. photographed when they President Coolidge at the White Ho Co-Ed’s Canary Pet Is Ordered Out as | Musical Instrument By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 13.—Ca- nariés are barred as “musical in- struments” at Johnson Hall, the new dormitory for woman gradu- ate students as Columbia Univer- sity, formally opened yesterday. Mice as pets are beyond the pale, too. Miss Frances Hawkins of Denver, Colo., brought her pet mousetwhen she took up quarters in the dormi- tory last week. There was instant objection. and the mouse had to go. Miss Hawkins then adopted a canary, but the student governors of the dormitory have ruled the bird out under the section prohib- iting musical instruments. POLICEMAN ON TRIAL | ACCUSED OF ASSAULT W. H. McGrath Before Trial Board on Charges Preferred hy His Landlady. Charges against Policeman W. H. McGrath, No. 4 precinct, to the effect that he beat and dragged down a flight of steps, Mrs. Sarah C. Cox. his landlady, were the subject of an inquiry before the Police Trial Board yesterday afternoon. In defense of the action, Attorney James O'Shea brought out that the policeman had taken Mrs, Cox into custody, intend- ing to place a charge of assault agalnst her and also that the as- sistant District attorney's 'office at Police Court refused Mrs. Cox a warrant against- the policeman on a charge of. assault. Mrs. Cox told the board that she served notice on McGrath, January 2, that he would have to vacate the apartment which he was occupying in her home. Some of the furniture in the apartment, she said. belonged to her and she went upstairs to tell him to leave it there. The policeman at that time, she further testified, beat her over the head. dragged her the front her arms { jdown the steps and onto porch, where she threw around a_post. When McGrath took the stand in| his own defense he testified that he had had previous trouble with Mrs. Cox. On the day’ in. question, he sald. he had already made arrange- ments to move before he. received the notice to quit. He was stooping over picking up a carpet, he testified, when Mrs. Cox ran up the steps and slapped him. He testified that he then placed her under arrest for assault and was going to take her to the station house and only stopped = when * he reached the front porch, because she was resisting and the steps -were 80 icy, that he realized that to main- tain the arrest the woman might be injured. - Asked by Chairman Wahly of the trial board if he had later sought a warrant for Mrs. Cox, he said he had, the next day, but he was told by the District attorney’s office that he had better drop it, or it might appear that he was trying’.to “covet something up.” He testified that Mrs, Cox appifed for a warrant for him two weeks after the incident, but it was refused by the District attorney's office. ) The total trade union mémbership in Mexico is estimated to be around §00,000, | | schools here. Council for Prevention ! deliver {win met in Washington and en- , Senator McKinley. Dr. John Coprright by Underwood & I'nderwnod B. Wilson. com- 23. and Admiral alled upon National P Admiral H. retires on February use yesterday. onal Photn LBBY WL MAKE REPLY 10 CRITIS Two Society of Friends Groups Ignore Differences and Arrange Meeting. By way of answer to the Board of recently barred the public Libby, which speaking in Frederick J of the National of War, will The of eeting House, night, have been severest Education, him from ex- ecutive secretary his Peace,” at the Friends ) 1811 1 street, an open meeting, to which @pecially invited Libby's ities and all local pastors The speaker is backed in his stand by the two “Meetings” of Friends in Washington, on I street and on Ir- ving street, which will ignore differ- ences that for years have kept them separate organizations, and will unite in the meeting Monday night to sponsor Libby's address. The special invitations have gone out to the pastors, the Board of Edu- cation, delegates to the Federation of Citizens’ Assoclations, the District Commandery of the Loval Legion, the American Legion, the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Daughters of 1812 Backed by Friends. “This is the address,” said an an- nouncement of the meeting, “which Mr. Libby has'been giving in schools and colleges throughout the country, and which the Board of Education characterized as ‘extremely partisan.’ Mr. Libby, in his ‘reply, maintained that it is not ‘extremely partisan.’ The members of the Friends Meet- ings of the city, who are backing Mr. Libby, are giving this opportunity for the organizations named and oth- ers to form their own opinion on the subject.” Rev. Murray §. Kenworthy, pastor of the Irving Street Meeting, will preside Monday night, and also at a meeting Saturday night at the same place, to be addressed by Thomas W Sidwell of Friends School Mr. Sidwell, it is understood deal with the general involved in the controv. over Libby, in an address on “What Is Patrotism Today.” The two sesslons are part of the quarterly meeting program of the I Street Meeting. lecture Price next Monday at er also ubject SEES U. S. SYSTEM LOSING Senator Bingham Cites Doctrine of Separate Powers. NEW YORK. February 13.—Con- gressional investigations were cited by Senator Hiram Bingham of Con- necticut at the Lincoln day dinner of the National Republican Club last night as evidence that the doctrine of the division of governmental powers into legislative, executive and judicial departments is breaking down. “Because-the Senate of the United States believed that the certain offi- clals of the Federal Government were guilty of misconduct, the Senate de- cided to adopt grand jury proceedings to investigate their conduct. It seems to.me that the constitutional course would have been for the House of Representatives to bring an impeach- ‘ment against the Federal officials and for ‘the Senate to act as a judiclal bod yrather than a grand jury,” he'sald, A