Evening Star Newspaper, March 19, 1925, Page 17

THE NEW ATTORNE ngton yesterday, John G. Sargent GENERAL TAKES OATH OF OFFICE. was sworn in at the THE EVENING STAR, WASHI THURSDAY, About an_hour after he arrived in Wash- Department of Justice. Left to right: Charles B. Sornborger, chief clerk of the department, administering the oath; Assistant Attorney General Holland and Attorney neral Sargent. CHILD HEALTH EDUCATION E: from all States in the Union have gathered in the metropolis to plan the coming year’ Ernest R. Grant of Washington, Dr. Thomas D. Wood of Louis Strachan, Dr. Lindsley R. Wi Columbia University. COMB HELD AS CLUE| INAUTO ACCIDENT Found on Running Board of| Car Traced by Numbers Witnesses Give. A sidecomb reported to have been found on the running board of the automobile of Thomas G. O'Neil, 1311 Randolph street, is held by police of the eighth precinct In connection with the investigation of serious in- juries received by Miss Georgiana Vinton, 72, of Lowell, Mass., guest of Miss M. Louise Robbins, 1416 Chapin Btreet, when struck by an automobi at Fourteenth and Clifton streets about 7:45 o’clock last night Miss Vinton was crossing from the east to the west side Fourteenth street when an a obile going north struck her and knocked her down, the driver ing to stop to inquire the extent of her injuries or offer assistance. Suffering from legs and severe injury to her skull,| Miss Vinton, fully conscious, was taken to Garfield Hospital and treat- ed by Dr Her condition wa reported as serious fractures of her | Witnesses Give Number, When police learned of the f the eighth precinct | “hit-and-run” ident Lieut. Sullivan and Policeman Smith | made a hurried investigation d| were given an automobile number by witnesses to the affair. The numbe and make of the car reported by the witnesses, it was said, correspond make and number of the car of O'Neil. The car of O'Nell, found parked in| front of his ltome, showed evidence of having been in an accident, police reported, and the comb found on the yunning board was identified by the injured woman as having been lost from her hair at the time of the ac- | cident. Police also reported that| Miss Vinton had another similar comb | in her pocketbook. Questioned by denied that his the police, O .\'ml‘ ar had struck the | pedestrian. tle explained that the | slight damage to his car reported found by the police was done when his car was in an accident in Vir- ginia. Miss Ellen Vinton, a cousin of the injured woman, sides at 1869 Mint- wood place. Miss Georgiana Vinton bhad spent the past two Winters here. She had planned to leave for Boston tonight, preparatory to going abroad. Three-Sided Crash. Three persons were injured as a result of a collision at Tenth street and Maryland avenue southwest about 7:30 o'clock last night in which three | wvehicles were involved. The injured! persons are Mrs. Grace Reed, 42, and Lester Reed, her S-year-old son, re- siding at 1030 Sixth street northeast, and John A. Shea, 19, 614 Fifth street. | Charles Stewart, 28, 3403 O street, | was driver of an automobile that| collided with a motor cycle ridden by | Shea, the impact causing the motor | cycle to strike an automobile helang- tpg to H. A. Burch, 326 Pennsylvania avenue southeast. Mrs. Reed and her chlld were passengers Burch's automobile. Stewart left the scene of the accl- dent, according to the police, but was stopped by a civilian and turned over in |ana M XPERTS MEETING IN NEW YORK. illiams, Mr: Brooch Queen Sent To Mrs. Kellogg Is Impressing Capital Gold Ornament Contains Three Amethysts and Lovely Pearl. By Consolidated Press NEW YORK, March 19.—The youth of the last generation were known by their jewelry and how ard when th wore it. The youth of today and those of middle age also are known by thelr sport clothes and the way they wear them. For the younger set, nothing is more popular now than the jumper frock of fine kashmir jersey. The skirts are featured by kick pleats and the jumpers by col- lars of crepe or georgette of con- trasting colors. One piece of jewelry which is at- cting much attention in Wash- ton and which can always be worn h the best taste is the brooch resented by Queen Mary to Mrs. llogg, wife of the new Secretary of State. The ornament of gold and contains three big amethysts and a pearl. It has been worn for years by the queen Young men eal impression Easter will who want on thelr send them s a corsage bouquet. That is simple. Now comes the trick. Have the orchids Interspersed with ostrich feather strands, delicately shaded to match the petals of the flower. The latest of Susanne Talbot's milli- nery creations to reach America has absolutely no brim in the back. It is a smail hat composed of alternate strips of fine black picot straw and pekine ribbon, with a narrow up- turned straw visor in front (Copyright, 1925.) to make a ladles fair orchids to to Policeman held him Jured gen Milton D. Smith, who for investigation persons were taken v Hospital. Other Persons Hurt. A taxicab, driven by William Alger, 1842 M street, collided with the auto- mobile of Robert C. Brown, 1466 Co- lumbia road, on Girard between Four- teenth and Fifteenth streets, shortly before 10 o'clock last night. Carrie Allen, 53, occupant of the automobile, was slightly injured. Mary Moore, 65, 1203 North Capitol street. crossing near North Capitoi streets, last night about 7 o'clock, was struck by an automobile driven by James R. Wannan, 5413 Ninth street, and her head injured. She was treated by Df. D. D. Mulcahy, Four-year-old Julla Sommerville, colored, 319 Dixon court southwest, ran in front of an automobile near Third and I streets southwest, ves- terday afternoon, was struck and knocked down, but not injured.. She was examined by physiclans at Emergency Hospital. Richard R. Callahan, 912 Pennsyl- vania avenue, was driver of an auto- mobile that skidded against a trolley pole in front of Cathedral Mansions about § o’clock this morning, and was badly damaged. The steering wheel was broken, the. windshield shattered and the fender twisted. Louise Mitch- cock, 21, 5205 Wisconsin avenue, oc- cupant of the machine, sustained cuts and brulses, and was taken to Emergency Hospital, | The in- | to Emer- | National Photo. child health education work. Left to right: Experts Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. ! | g FRIENDS FROM NF member of his NGLAND. binet, Attorney General John MARCH 19, 1925. olidge and the newest 5. Sargent. Photograph President taken at the White House yesterday soon after new cabinet member had taken his oath of offi Mrs. John G. wife of the new Attorney General. The repro- duction is made from a photograph taken several years ago at the Sar- gent home in Ludlow, Vi. Copyright by P. & A Sarger Photos National Photo. MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT'S SPECIAL MIS the White House yesterday shing, Rear Admiral J. H. Dayton. SION TO SOUTH Back ro Bowditch and Maj. John G. Quekemeyer. THE BRYANS REACH THE WHITE HOUSE. to call upon President Coolidge yesterday afternoon. But they only went there William Jennings and his brother, Charles W., recent Democratic candidate for Vice Pres dent, who were accompanied by Mrs. Charles W. National Photo. MEMBERS OF GENERAL COUNCIL OF PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES CALL AT THE WHITE HOUSE. President Coolidge photographed with group, which includes William Jennings Bryan, Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Bryan, Rev. Dr. C. E. Macartney, chairman of the General Council, and Rev. Dr. L. S. Mudge, secretary of the General Council. SCHURMAN AS ENVOY TO BERLIN WILL BE ON FAMILIAR GROUND WFE N ASYLOM, HUSBAND SUICE Navy Yard Employe Makes Will and Dies by Re- volver Shot. Losing hope for the recovery of his wife from a mental collapse which she suffered last Fall, Joseph P. Var- ner, Navy Yard employe, made his will Monday, took leave of absence from work yesterday, and early today ended his life with a revolver. Varner was heard to fire three shots this morning by Ada Peacock of 3007 Foote street northeast, adjoining Varner's home. She notified the po- lice, and Varner's dead body was found with the weapon nearby. Mrs. Varner became an inmate of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital last Septem- ber. Ever since that time her hus- band has been brooding over his wife's condition, friends sald today. Mon- day he visited the home of Mrs. George C. P. Kern, 911 L street north- east, and made his will in the pres- ence of Mrs. Kern 'and a neighbor. He again went to Mrs. Kern's hous yesterday and announced he had tak- en a month's leave of absence “to vis- it his father and relatives in Tennes- see.” Mrs. Kern is looking after the body pending word from the dead man’s relatives. ——— Natives of District to Meet. The Society of Natives of the Dis- trict of Columbia will meet tomorrow svening at 8 o'clock at the Washing- ton Club, 17th and K streets north- west. Clifford K. Berryman will give an Illuetrated talk. BY ROBERT T. SMALL. If Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman, newly appointed Ambassador to .Germany, had any enemies, he would give them great jcy. He is forevermore writing books. He has written them on every subject from “Kantlan Ethics” and “Agnosticism and Religion” to *“Why America Is in the War.” He has been out in China “’crost the bay” these last four years and has sev- eral tomes in preparation on that troubled country. His forthcoming stay in Berlin will give him an op- portunity to contribute further to after-the-war literature. When Dr. Schurman goes to Ger- many he will be treading upon the familiar ground of his student days. He was educated at Heidelberg and at the Universities of Berlin and Gottingen. As a matter of fact, Dr. Schurman is by way of being one of the best educated men In the world today. In addition to the German universities, he studied at Parls, at the University of Edinburgh and in Italy. He has as many college de- grees as Carter had oats. As a teacher, philosophy was his hobby. His 28 years as president of Cornell brought that institution up to the first rank of American universities. Eats in Chinese Fashion. Out in China Dr. Schurman has been having a_pleasant time despite the upset condition of the country, with- its revolutions and various presidents and everything. Among the foreign correspondents in Peking Dr. Schurman is known as the “dining diplomat,” for despite his nearly 71 vears he can run the gantlet of nightly banquets better than col- leagues far his junior. And in China a banquet is a ban- quet. ‘Before you get through all the courses there may be 28 of them. Naturally the tables groan, as all festive boards should. But the Chis nese have the happy faculty of put: ting the meat and chicken bones and all left-over bits of any course right down on the tiled floors. Fach diner has a nice little garbage pile by his chair at the end of the meal. The tables have to be kept clear for more and better food. Naturally at these feasts of Lucullus much wine is drunk. Something has to wash, the food down. The Chinese are great feeders™ and Dr. Schurman believes in . following the customs of the country as much as one can. When he went on a grand sightseeing tour along the Chinese Eastern Railway, they put two dirers on the train. Strong For Americanism. Dr. Schurman in China always has been stalwart in his-real American- ism. He is a descendant of the old Dutch famlilies of New York. His pet aversion in Peking has been the Russian bolshevik ambassador, Leon Karakhan. The two have loved each other like a couple of strange bull- dogs. Karakhan has never lost an opportunity, spoken or written, to rap the American Government for its attitude toward the bolshevik govern- ment. Dr. Schurman has replied in kind. Dr. Schurman probably Is a most ‘conscientious. diplomat. Despite the difficulties of travel he has, during his stay in China, visited every Amer- ican consulate in the country. The last one he reached was at Yunan-Fu in ‘west China, and to get there the doctor had to make a detour through a portion of French Indo-China. But he made the grade. He also has vis- ited every Chinese offictal of any im- portance, Tegardless of whether or not he was “recognized.” Dr. Schurman is taking to Berlin with him a wealth of experience, a vast store of tact, an energy mar- velous for one of his or any other age, and if he does not make a dis- tinct mark in his ambassadorial rank the best judges of diplomacy will be woefully mistaken. (Copyright, 1925.) O Peru has such a density of eleva- tions and climatic peculiarities as to be able to grow aimost any product that is known to man, National Photo. DAUGHERTY LAUDED AT RICKARD TRIAL U. S. Prosecutor, in Address to Jury, Raps “Unwarrant- ed Reflection.” By the Associated Press. TRENTON, N. J, March 19.—Arthur N. Sager, special prosecutor for the Government in the Indictment and trial of George L. (Tex) Rickard and five others for conspiracy to violate the law in exhibiting the Dempsey- Carpentier fight film, devoted a part of his address to the jury at the close of the trial today to a defense of former Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty in partioular and Gov- ernment officials in general. “The tragedy of this sordid, com- mercial enterprise (the alleged con- spiracy) lies in the unwarranted and unjust reflection cast on former At- torney General Daugherty,” he began. “The conduct and statements of some of these defendants has, through the machinations of unscrupulous polit-Y ical foes and personal enemles, put a stain on the character of a man who in all respects at least honestly and courageously administered the office of Attorney General” Denles Films Countenanced. Sager outlined the attempts of de- fense attorneys in their cross-exami- nation of witnesses and those of the defendants themselves prior to their indictment last May to create the im- pression that the Department of Justice, under Mr. Daugherty, had looked with a kindly indulgence on the exhibition of the Dempsey-Car- pentler films in 23 States. The jury, he sald, could judge “of the baseness and falsity of the charge that the Department of Justice, under the administration of President Hard- ing and the direction of bis Attorney AMERICA Photograph taken at Left to right, front row: Former Representative Hicks of New York, Gen. Per- R. E. Knox, secretary; Comdr. John R. Bearsdall, Maj. E dward National Phot FASHIONS FROM THE ENGLISH RACE TRACKS. Extreme styles produced by London’sfashion makers and worn on the race courses at the Spring meetings, The girl wears the newest boots and the student shows knickers that resemble the old-fashioned bloomer: Dawes Will Open Fight for Changes In Rules April 21 First Speech to Nation Will Be at Meeting of Associated Press. Vice President Dawes plans to car: ry to the country his fight to bring about a change in the rules of the| Senate to make It possible for a ma- Jority of that body at all times to transact business. The issue made in his inaugural address. His first address on the subject will be delivered at the annual lunch- eon of the Associated Press at New York on April 21. Beyond that he has made no definite engagaments, but he expects to speak in Ohlo and Indiana. After his inaugural address, which astonished and aroused the Senate, the Vice President told a delegation from Marletta, Ohio, which called on him at his hotel, that the matter of the amendment fo the rules was one that would have to be taken to thc country over the heads of Senators unless the Senate acted. Senators Underwood of Alabama and Copeland of New York, Demo- crats, subsequently introduced reso- lutions for a change of the rules, but the Senate took no action further than to refer them to the rules com- mittee. Senator Underwood's proposal would pave the way for cloture under cer- tain conditions, while that of Senator Copeland would require objection by three Senators instead of one to bloci consi@eration of & measure under unanimous consent. D. C. EMPLOYE JAILED. “Driving While Intoxicated” Scored by Judge Schuldt. Pleading gullty in Police Court to- day to a charge of driving while in- toxicated, Ernest L. Mangum, an em- ploye of the District government, was sentenced to 30 days In jail by Judge Schuldt. “Why don't operators. of automo- biles leave drinking alone? All it leads to is death or injuries and many unhappy homes,” the court satd. General, directly or indirectly, con- nived at or countenanced a violation of the law.” Investigation of the Department of Justice files had left him, he said, with a “confirmation and vindication of my faith in public men,” and with a knowledge “that with exceptions so few they are negligible that public of- ficlals are true to their country and their trust” He added: ““Those that destroy public confidence in our officials are hitting a blow at our institutions that threatens the existence of the republic. The four defense attorneys, mainly devoted themselves to a painstaking analysis of the Government's case as produced by 50 witnesses from all parts of the country. The defense closed yesterday without putting any witnesses on the stand. The case is expected to go to the jury this after- noon. - was | By U DENNISTOUN CASE GROWING BITTER |Counsel and Principal En- gage in Debate Over Colonel’s Dignity. ed News Pictures By the Ass LQNDON, March 19.—The Dow | Counte stand in Carnarvon today the sensational Dennistoun trial. Once during the evidence she nearly fainted, but recovered the help of smelling salts. The increasing bitterness which the Dennistoun case is be fought du continuation of cross-examin the defendant today a number of heated exc tween Lieut. Col Ellis Hume W Once Justice McArdie questioning to reprove for the frequent use “nonsense” as characterizing witness' answers. He also remindec Sir Ellis that Dennistoun was 111 Dennistoun asserted that the int duction of money matters i case was “pure invention on the par of former wife, ¥ to s me, but to show up my wife, Dowager Countess Carnarvon took t wit wit was noticeable nges nistoun and S stopped the of the Calls It Generosity. Sir Ellis persisted in attempts get the witness to admit that he had borrowed varlous sums of money from his former wife, after the divorce but Col. Dennistoun, while admitting he had received sums of money fr: her, declared she sent them “out of generosity on her part” and not as loans. When Sir Ellls asked if the Cour tess of Carnarvon had given ( Dennistoun £100,000 upon their m: riage to “preserve your dignlity” and the witness replied Yes, sir, r Ellis flashed back, “Do you think t after you had accepted £20,000 and a flat from another man's wife yo had much dignity to preserve?” Col. Dennistoun, who had testifie] that Countess Carnarvon gave hin this amount in 1922, which was be fore the Barl of Carnarvon die turned to the court protesting, lord, this is blackmail.”” Court Permits Question. The court, however, ruled that the question was permissible. “You think what you like and the jury may think what it likes,” Col Dennistoun finally answered. Questioned regarding an unnamed woman with whom he had admitted misconduct in Paris, Col. Dennistoun £ald that she was an American wom an, and that she had threatened hin with action, but that the matter had been “dealt with." Sir Egward Marshall Hall, in re examination, referred to an outbu by Sir Ellis Hume Willlams yester day, in which the counsel told Col Dennistoun he would have assaulted Sir John Cowans. Sir Edward asked Col. Dennistoun what would hav happened if such an assault had been made, and the witness replied: “I should have been court-martialed there would likely have been a hor- rible scandal.” ] M