Evening Star Newspaper, March 11, 1925, Page 20

20 CHILDREN T0 BAGK PATRIONIC PROJECT Navy Secretary Announces| Fund Campaign for Recon- ditioning Constitution. Death Culminates Dying Soldier Nuptial Contract Bride He Chose From 20 Applicants to Inherit All His Property. NIO, Tex. March 11— ‘hand of death wrote “Paid in across an - unusual prenuptial pa to obtain funds with pact in San Antonlo Tuesday aft- t sondition and preserve - oon, when George Appel. 36, a torical frigate 1d War Veteran, breathed his last authorized by Se The bride that Appel chose from the Navy Department, {among a group of more than 20 wom- tion has been placed in the hands of | en last January inherits a $10,000 in- Rear Admiral de Steiguer, Unitcd |surance policy, a house and lot and States Na commandant of the $300 in Liberty bonds, under his will Boston navy vard | Appel was confined to the base hos- Congress authorized the recondi- |pital at Fort Sam Houston, suffering | tioning of the vessel, but did not|with tuberculosis after the war. He appropriate any fuuds, and it Is the |had contracted the dreaded disease in | plan of Secretary Wilbur to have [service in France. With full knowl- | each sch ) ontribute on an |edge that he had less than a vear to| average of 21 cents. Incidentally. |live, he left the hospital to wait for the first contribution came to the|death in a little house he bought here Department today from Daniel Jen- |The lonely waiting for death irked nings. son of a Civil War veteran, |him, and last January he advertised who lives in Boston, Mass. {in San Antonio papers for a woman | to marry and care for him during the last months of his life, promising her full inheritance. Among the many applicants, he | chose Mrs. Cora Bell Cronson and | they were married January 20. Appel became worse and last Satur- | day he and his wife started for Ari- | They were unable to continue The end | Tnauguration of a nation-wide Secretary's Letter to Admiral. | Secretary Wilbur in a letter to Ad- | miral de Steiguer suggests that the | patriotic societies should be ap-| proached to aid in the collection of the funds and suggests that In connec- | tion with the movement Associate | Justice Holmes of the United States |zona. Supreme Court might be willing to|the trip and returned home. write a couple of new stanzas to the |came yesterday | poem which his father dedicated to| A military funeral will be held for the reconditioning of Old Ironsides. |Appel today under the auspices of the | retary Wilbur's letter follows ll(.-d Cross witn a picked detachment “ongress has just passed a bill re- | from Fort Sam Houston. the reconditioning of The Secretary of is authorized under that act to e the ship In as near ae its| original condition as possible and to | | LEGAL TI;\.NGLEVS ENMESH recolve private donations for that WEALTHY COAL DEALER| purpose. XNo money is appropriated ;’;1,”;’,“ \I\'(\\’x:kh]x‘llnl ne limit of cost is | gg5 473 Verdlct for Film Ac!resll Is Followed by Wife's Suit for I am putting this whole matter in vour charge, and as there are 16,000, . $34,600 Alimony. By the Associnted Press. 000 children in the United States tending school a contribution of cent per child would rebuild the | Co itution. I would suggest that NEW YORK, March 11.—As the re- the amount necessary for the recon- | SUlt of a suit last year in which ditioning of the Constitution be ap- | Madelain Traverse, film actress, won portiongd among the States In the |$85,473 from Herbert Lyon Smith, coal proportion that their school children and off desler; Smith yesterday be- o the total cost on the basis of | came entangled in legal proceedings cents upon the theory that 16,000,- b‘rouKhl by his wife for $34,600 back 000 are attending the schools, col- | aiimony. L 3 nd universities of the eountry,| The wife, Mrs. Fannie B. Smith, said she was married to divorced him in 18 | ordered to pay her ou have already been in com- mony. She charged he disap- ication with the Daughters of , and it seems to me appropriate peared in 1896 and failed to make nents, Special Objects Sought. that the campaign be managed by them under your supervision Traverse sued the aged *T thinkithat thers sxiftwo things| o3l fnan for $248.500 Ton detanis of to be accomplished by the campaign. | per’ in motion pi Sl il arousing of patriotic interest in the | nilg of "the case and identified the history of wars, particularly in the|gefendant as her former husband. E i 5¢C- | terday ordered Smith to show cause ondiy, renewed interest in the 'Con- | ot "mit, ST 2 not be ad- stitution of 1787, for which the shib| 5 aged in contempt of court for fail- was_named. T think that the real |y et o0 B0 SN O benefit to be derived from the recon- ditioning of the ship is this aroused — e interest < wu know, we nave nere in tnis| MOVIE SHOW AT SCHOOL. office the silver urn presented to Capt. i Isaac Hull by the citizens of Phila- 7 delphia and the gold sword and the | Agriculture Department Films on gold-mounted dueling pistols given him by the citizens of Connecticut View Tonight at Eastern. “With regard to contributions it| Motion pictures given ty the United seems to me the theory should be to | States Department of Agriculture and get permission from school authori- the community center department, ties to present the matter to public | District of Columbia public schools, schools throughout the country and|will be shown this evening at 8 that this bs urged as far as possible | o'clock in the auditorium of the New on a competitive basis—that is, hav- | Eastern High center. The films are a ing secured permission from some |part of the educational series which States use this In other States show- |have been arranged by the com- inz a reluctance in regard to the mat- [munity center department through the RAr of conimbutiune Bast Washington center, of which Mrs. Lucretia Walker Hardy is super- Plea o School Authorlities. | visor. i Touight's program will consist of In presenting this matter I think | 2% ENE PURTCRY T O ud, school authorlties should be advised | (1ar [E0E Bl Vel SORARES, R0 B0 that the real Purnose is patriotic 2%d |illustrating in addition to an intereat- At iio s ey Is 820~ |ing story the scope of the motion ondary and that no more than 2% | iciyre department of the Department cents per scholar will be permitted. |t Agriculture. and that it is desirable to have every scholar contribute, The total amount | == — contributed by each school should not exceed the apportionment based[a gavel might be presented to each upon 2% cents per scholar. With |school filling its quota. regard to larger contributions, it Detalls Left to Committee. seems to me that citizens of each| “I will leave all these details to State, through chambers of commerce, | Yourself and committee, but wiil be Kiwanis, Rotary, Lions, commerclal|glad to be advised from time to and other clubs, might secure dona-|time in the matter. Undoubtedly, the tions not exceeding $1 for each sub- |first step will be to secure the co- scriber. In those States, however, |operation ‘of the big newspapers in which there may be dificulty in |throughout the country so they will securing these amounts In this way |aid in the dissemination of patriotic large subscriptions might be secured | matter. - from private individuals, and it| “In_connection with this matter, might be permissible for any donor|material will undoubtedly have to be of a large amount to make the do- |Prepared for the orators and instruc- nation on behalf of some State|tOrs to present the matter to the which he might wish to favor with |School boards and to the pupils. that contribution, either his own| “P-S—I think it would be very State or some other. desirable for the Daughters of 1812 it s “important that we should |tO Eet the co-operation of other pa- make clear we are not trying to help | {riotic organizations, such as the ut the Government in an economy |Sons and Daughters of the Revolu- program. The real matter involved | Lion Sons of is the interest of the people of the United States in an historical re- minder of the progress of the Na- tion, and if the people are not willing to support such a proposition they ought not be compelled to do so by appropriation of Congress, Which in effect takes the money out of their pockets without their consent Hint to Justice Holmes. “It occurs to me that Associate Justice Holmes of the United States Supreme Court might be willing to write a couple of new stanzas to the poem his father dedicated to the recon- ditioning of Old Ironsides: “'Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on high, And many an eve has danced to see That banner in the sky!” “I am not sure that he would be willing to do this, but it strikes me that he might be approached by some one from Massachusetts in re- gard to the matter. “I will co-operate fully with you in connection with this campaign bui wish to place the matter in your hands. “In view of the small amount of contribution from each school child it will probably not be possible to give any souvenir in the form of a receipt or otherwise to the individual child, but it might be arranged for some souvenir to be given to a school. 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