Evening Star Newspaper, March 10, 1925, Page 13

“OPEN-FACE HACK” PREI lous, president of the Arabian missi THE EVENING on to the United States. WASHINGTONIAN WEDS FOLLIES BEAUTY. Lois Wilde of the Zieg- feld forces and Leslie Central Congreg stage musician, and Mrs. Follies. EO0DING CLEARED BY LOAN INURY Senate Committee Finds No | Discrimination in War | Finance Transactions. Sheriff wil Loans obtained by Senator Gooding. Republican, Tdaho, and related inter- | ests from the War Finance Corpora- | tion. in no wise curtailed the privi- Jege, ability or opportunity of other interests in that State to get aid from the corporation, says a report filed | late vesterday with t nate by a special committee which investigated these transactions. The Senate investigation was made the request of Senator Goodin publication of charges that he s official influence to ob- ential treatment from the Corporation | at after had used h fain prefe War Finance Loans Were Repaid. The committee findings follow “That Senator Gooding and his re- Jated interests did borrow War Fi- | nance Corporation funds through the Southern , Live Stock Loan Co. amounting to $167,000 That Navinger & Darrah Sheep Co. also borrowed §30,000 through the [ Southern Idaho Live Stock Co. and Mrs. Navinger is a sister of Senator | Gooding's brother's wife | "That all of these loans were repaid | with interest “That the loans % and relate Joan obtaine Sheep © the privilege. of other intcrests or Tdaho to secure War Fi ratlon fund The special committee consisted of Genators Howell, Nebraska, chairman, 2nd McLean, Connecticut, Republicans and Overman, North Caroli crat. BLIZZARD IN MANITOBA. nator includ- avinger & wise curtailed r opportunity individuals i nce Corpo- lity Province Reports Worst Weather of Winter. WINNIPEG, Manitoba Manitoba province ve rienced its worst bliz ter, and reports reachi ved tr country roads impassable, with a Stiff wind piling the falling huge drifts in all districts 11 snowing late last night Chere has heen a pronounced drop n temperature, and the weather bu- reau predicts “clearing and cold.” March 10.— told of almost northwes snow into It Wants Marriage Annulled. Fred L. Smith vesterday filed suit for an annulment of his marriage to Clara Louise Smith, which took place in Alexandria, Va., January 22 «They lived together until 1922, when, Smith sayvs, he learned that his wife had been divorced by her former husband, when she had given him to understand that she had been awarded the decree. T 3ward C. Kriz appears for the plain- us. | children are | 1east Demo- expe- | t | was | beriff of Washington, who were married at the tional Church, Brooklyn, Sunday morning. Sherif a 1l have a speaking part in the new Copyright by P. & A. Photos AMARYLLS St SURPRIES JARDIE Interest of Public in Gorgeous Blooms Is Revelation to Agriculture Secretary. Dr. William Jardine, the new Sec- retary of Agriculture, received one of the first big surp s of h 8 tration yesterday when he visited the twelfth annual free amaryllis show in- the department greenhouses and noted the interest of the public In these tropical plants, which have been brought by department experts to a state of cultivation achieved nowhere else in the world There wer vis ow yesterday, including man tables—Government officials, members of the Senate and of the diplomatic corps. The official representatives of the Latin American countries which > the native habitat of the amaryl- r “knights’ star lily,” have been invited to inspect these cultured blooms by Dr. William A. Taylor, chief of the Bureau of Plant Industry, under whose administration the show is conducted. Visited by Children. Late today, several thousand school o vigit the greenhouses and each day for the rest of the show from 4 to 20 schools will be in at- tendance. It is estimated that at | 0.000 school children are being tracted by these blooms. everal famous botanists were in reenhouse today explaining the | growth of the bulbs and the “tricks of the trade” by which the colors of the blooms are varied | Internal Revenue Bureau employes were early visitors today, and a gen- eral visitation by workers in the | Treasury and Interior departments will be made after office -hours to- day In order to avoid crowding at the |show as much as possible, all large | groups intending to visit the green- | house are requested to notify the | superintendent in advance. In this way, they will add to their own| \sure and avold delays, the super- | pl Tatendent explained today matrons started a new fad -sterday by picking out their favo- rite plant in the show and having their pictures taken standing besid the blooms. This provided a little sidé show, much enjoyed by the pub- | |ie. | ociety WOMAN IS WOUNDED. | otor Convay ‘Aktacked Ty Brigs ands in Desert. BAGDAD, Mesopotamia, March 10.— | A motor convoy proceeding from Bag- dad to Beirut was attacked recently by brigands in the desert. Mme. | Maillard, wife of the French vice| | consul Bagdad, was mortally | The others of the party, | |including Vice Consul Maillard, were I not injured. The brigands escaped. at Mgsopotamia, or Irak, since the| independent state. It is under mandate of Great Britain, the ! vision "RRED BY THIS VISITOR IN WASHINGTON. Mgr. Yzia Joury Papadopu- does not like automobile: sterday to see the sights of the Capital, he picked the slowest horse and the e: So, when he started out striding carriage in the city. National Photo, SHIPPING FAMOUS PLANTS FROM OLD ESTATE. “STAR, Frank Fancher of Chicago, winner of the regimental drummers’ con- test at the Washington Barracks. Fancher, who has won 182 prizes with his drumming, was awarded a gold medal. Copyright by Harris & Ewing. Percy Joseph Ennis holding two of the boxwood plants from the Washington field, Va., which have been purchased by Miss Evelyn W. Smith and are being shipped to her home in Westchester Count: York. The famous plants are to be set out as a memorial to Miss Smith’s father, Maj. Orlando Jay Smith. Washington Star Photo. WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 10 THE N EW GERMAN AMBASSADOR ARRIVES. Baron Ago von Malt- zen, the German Republic’s new representative in Washington, arriving in New York yesterday with his wife and daughter. Photograph taken aboard the steamship Mrs. Assistant after her from Washington to Boston. Willebrandt had a narrow when the plane’s fuel ran over Boston Harbor. Copyright by P. Mabel U. Walker S. Atte airplane Willebrandt, ney General, flight Miss escape short recent & A. Photos. allin, in New York Harbor. By United News Pictures THEIR ENGAGEMENT 1S ANNOU daughter of Sculptor George Julia UNCED. Rowan Zolnay and Thomas abeth n Zolnay and wife. ummerlin, jr., whose engagement was announced in Washington Jast Sunday. Mr. embassy in Rome. WHO CAN DENY THAT SPRING IS REALLY HE Summerlin's father is States Photos. United & A the nt by - counselor of Cops Old Father Winter may be hiding around the near- est corner, ready to take his cue and pop out on the stage again, but the boys say he has made his final exit. This photograph was snapped in one of the local playgrounds vesterday afternoon. TEN THOUSAND AMARYLLIS BLOOMS DISPLAYED IN WASHINGTON SHOW. The Department of Agriculture’s annual exhibition is draw- ing flower-loving Washingtonians TRACTION COMPANY TO REBUILD TRACKS Capifal Line to Undertake Work on M Street When New Pave- ment Is Laid. The Capital Traction Company an- nounced today that it plans to re- build its tracks on M street from Twenty-ninth to Thirty-second streets at -the same time the District is widening and repaving that thorough fare. The project company approxim work will start week in March. cost the railway tely $100,000 and probably the las: Officials of the trac. tion company plan to keep ahead of | the paving contractor, so that both sides of the street will not be blocked at the same time. The District program calls for a new concrete base seve inches thick, with a smooth granite block surface FRAU EBERT’S PENSION. Widow of German President Al-| lowed Only $141 a Month. BERLIN, March 10.—Frau . Ebert, widow of the first German president, is entitled to a pension of only 592 marks, or $141, a month under the present law, which makes no pro- for her other than as the widow of a government employe. Effort will be made by friends of Attorney | great war has been recogmized as an|the family to have a special law passed aséuring Frau Ebert an ade- quate income, and vi GEORGIANS TO UNVEIL STATUE IN CAPITOL | Memorial to Gen. Joseph Wheeler | Chosen as State's Representative | in Statuary Hall. The statue of Gen. Joseph Wheeler, selected by the State of Georgia to represent it in Statuary Hall, at the Capitol, will be unveiled Thursday morning at 11 o'clock, with appro- [ priate exercises. Addresses will be made by Senator Harris of Georgla, on-in-law of Gen. Wheeler, and Senator George of Georgla and sev- eral members of the House from that State The statue will be unveiled v Miss Julia Wheeler Harris; daugh- ter of Senator Harris and grand- | daughter of Gen. Wheeler. : Gen, Wheeler, who won a reputation |as a' dashing' and gallant cavalry |leader in the onfederate Army during | the Civil War, served as the senior | cavalry commander of the American forces in the war with Spain,in 1898. For ‘many years Gen. Wheeler was a familiar figure in the social and po- litical life of the Natlonal Capital. He served as a member of the House for 18 years. Arrangements have been made for caring for the public at | the unveiling of the statue on Thurs- day. New P:lt for Lieut. Col. Shaw. Lieut. Col. George C. Shaw, U. §. In- fantry, attached to the office of the As- | sistant Secretary of War, has been de- | tailed as executive officer and recorder of the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle- Practice. He will relieve Brig. Gen. Fred H. Phillipe, jr., Tennessee National Guard, who has been retired. .CHARGE REAL ESTATE AD | | | Citizens Say Lot Near Sixteenth Street Reservoir Was Priced Too Low. The Sixteenth —Street Highlands Citizens' Association last night adopt- ed a resolution to bring a real estate advertisement that appeared . in a local paper yesterday to the atten- tion of both the Washington Real Estate Board and the Befter Business Bureau on the contention-that the ad- vertisement was misleading. The meeting was held in the Sixth Pres- byterian Church. It was declared in adopting the res- olution that the advertisement re- ferred to stated that the property to be sold was represented as being in that section just off the Sixteenth Street Reservoir, and because of the advertised price it was charged that the advertisement “tended to depre- ciate property very near the reser- voir.” The association adopted another resolution expressing regret at the removal of the policeman who was formerly stationed in a police booth at Fourteenth and Kennedy streets, and requested that one again be placed there. The final resolution authorized Paul F. Grove, president of the association, and Dr. Lewis J. Battle to present & letter to both Commissioner Oyster and Superintendent of Police Maj. Daniel Sullivan, and take any other steps necessary to insure the placing of a policeman in the desired place. The protection afforded by the police- man, who was stationed. in- the booth until February 22, was greatly praised by members of the assoclation, HURTS PROPERTY VALUES | itors in the city, for it is the first Spring-blossom show in this section of the country. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. TRAIN ROBBER SHOT BY POLICE IN FIGHT Dead Man Identified as One Who Took Part in Hold-Up Near Gary. By the Associated Press. SOUTH BEND, Ind., March 10.—Carl Hern, whose right name is belleved to be Carl Livingston and who has sev- eral other aliases, who was shot dead in a gun fight with the police here | early Friday, was identified here last night as one of the two robbers who held up the crew and passengers of a Pullman car on the New York Cen- tral Railroad near Gary February 26. The identification porter and news agent who were on the train at the time. Hern and three ocmpanions ‘wers riding in an automobile when a.po- liceman stopped them to ask where they obtained their automobile, which was believed to have been stolen in Chicago earlier in.the day. Michael Spicuzza, another of the four ocou- pants of the car, was wounded in the battle. He was taken to Chicago, where he will be questioned regard- ing the hold-up. The robbers who held up the train near Gary obtained several hundred dollars’. worth of jewelry and money from passengers .after locking the Pullman conductor and porter in a compartment. They escaped when the train slowed down near Chicago. Diamonds sold by the De Beers cor- poration of South Africa last year had a total value of $17,262,000, which s $3,000,908 more than in 1983, was made by the | SEAT FIGHT FUNDS VOTED BY SENATE Authorizes Hearings Brookhart, Schall and Bratton Contests. in Authority and funds Senate elections committee investigations. this Summer contests involving the seats of Senators Brookhart, Republican, Towa; Schall, Republican, Minne and Bratton, Democrat, New Mexico, were voted today by the enate. Chairman Spencer expects to have the work of recounting ballots under way during the recess and to hold hearings after Congress sembles. Contests were formally filed vesterday in the Senate and referred to the elec tions committee for investigation. There are three separate in Brookhart's case, one by Dan F. Steck, his Democratic opponent, an- other by the Republican state cen- for the to begin of the tral committee and the third by Lu- | ther A. Brewer, Independent Repub- lican, who withdrew from the con- test. Magnus Johnson, Farmer-Labor, Minnesota, is contesting the seat of Senator Schall and has made charges of extortion of sums from “bootleg- gers” for use in Schall's campaign. Former Senator Bursum has filed a contest for a seat occupied by Senator Bratton. Chairman Spencer said extensive pre- liminary work in the would be necessary and that it w; desire of the committee to get this done during the Summer recess ETHEL BARRYMORE ILL. ¢ Actress Is Suffering From Acute ] Arthritis. | KANSAS CITY, Mo, March Ethel Barrymore, the actress, wa unable to appear in the first per- formance of a week's engagement here last night and retired to her hotel, where she was reported suf- fering from an acute attack of arthritis. The illness is said to be a recurrence of a malady that followed an operation she | cinnati, Ohio, in 1920. The attack is said not to be dan- gerous. Miss Barrymore is playing in Sir Arthur Pinero's “The Second Mrs. Tanqueray.” 10. MOVIE SHOW AIDS LEGION Money raised from the sale of tick- ets to a motion picture to be shown at the Rialto Theater, March 16 to March 20, inclusive, sold through the George Baldwin McCoy unit of the American Women’s Legion, will be used in carrying on the activities of the unit among ex-service men in Washington. Performances will be given in the morning, afternoon aad evening of the period mentioned. Tickets may be purchased from Mrs. Walter I. McCoy, president of the unit, or other members, put | contests | investigations | the | nderwent in Cin- | Wahsington Star Phete. 1 NAVAL CLASH NEAR - (FF PACIFIG GOAST Aircraft Vigilant to Detect Foe as Rival Fleets Draw Closer Together. | i ABOARD A, OFF X1C0, T THE March TTLE, AT T COAST OF Nine. thousand miles of off Lower Cali- been covered to dat of 109 American naval ! war craft: on the one hand by the de- | fensive Biue fleet of 52 fighting | sels, and on the other by the invading Black fleet, which hourly moves closer to its Pacific coast objective powers of observation are t into play day and night, as at fleets move on, with wide protective screens of aircraft called to reraft maneuvers are an integral part of the naval ac- tions, due to importance of ex- tending the observing range of both | force | The Blue scouting fleet is utilizing scout planes catapulted from the decks of the new scout cruisers. These planes look for the wakes of vessels in the sea, or for the white | decks of enemy craft. Larger craft can be discerned at a distance of 20 iles, WHALES ARE TARGETS. 10 | square | tornia ! the maneuv sea has in Crews Practice on Mammals Dur- ing Pacific Coast Tests. By the Associated Press. SAN DIEGO, Calif, March Presence of a large school of whales 10— off Magdalena Bay gave crews of the Atlantic scouting fleet, which fis 1oute to San Diego for the general fleet mobilization, an opportunity for submarine firing prac that “they did not overiook, according® to re- ports to the hydrographic office here. Masters of westbound steamers have reported that several whales bearing evidence of having been kill- ed by battleship shells have been sighted off the Lower California coast en- SAN PEDRO, Calif., March- 10— Gunnery practice, in which 78 surface craft and as many more aircraft will be engaged simultaneously, will: be held by the combined United States flee} off San Clemente Island March 25,°it was announced at the naval base today. e Fraternity Elects Officers. At the annual mecting“of the Dis- trict of Columbia Alumni Chapter of the Delt Tau Delta Frateraity last night office »r the ensuing year were elected, as follows: Dr. Danfei L. Borden, president; Aubrey Marrs, vice president; George A. Degnan, secretary-tre urer, and Claude W | Owen and Camden R. McAtee, mem- bers of the board of governors. A buffet supper ‘was served by the ac tive chapter at George Washington University.