Evening Star Newspaper, March 20, 1925, Page 17

FIRST PICTURES FROM WEST idea of the havoc created by the ex; buildings, showing how the force miners waiting at a_ police from the mine on account of the fire. ne for news. VIRGINIA MINE EXPLOSION, plosion, in which 34 lives were lost. of the explosion tore away the roof. R \e rarties are having PLEATD COOLDEE N KARDLYTS CASE President Asked to Let Hun- | garian Count Talk Freely During U. S. Visit. President Coolidge today received a | #mall delegation representing them- aelves as “friends of tha Magvar re- public.” who petitioned him grant ta Count Karolyi, former President of te Hungarian Republic. freedom of speech while in this country.- The count gave a promise to the State Department befors coming to the T'nited States that he would ot make any political speeches in this country The petition laft with the Prasident by this delegation set forth the fact that there are many cilizens of this country who would like to hear Count | Karolyi talk, and that in a spirit of fairness and in a sense of justice, Tie WHUNY. Be permitiat to-adiregs Fath- erings and discuss matters. of moment without molestation “We do not sesk the cause powers hehind this action that pre- vented Count Karolyl from political movements and from making public addresses,” it was stated in the pe- tition. “We simply feel. that while for- sign personages of aggressively auto cratic record and intentlons, persons whose political existence depends on religious and racial war, are ad- mitted into the country uncondi- tionally, the man whose ideals are “built upon fundamentally American | principles, whose only crime is that he forsook the caste of the feudal Jords of Hungary, who is stili schem- | ing to destroy the Magyar race, the Hapsburgs, the most hated family in the history of the world, is not allowed to move, ac speak and write freely.” A o Visit Before coming to the White House | the State| this delegation called at Department. Those in the party Rev. Frank Kovacs, pastor of Yonkers' Presbyterian Church; Akas Kosvta, president of the Freeman's Magyar Republic and a hephew -of Martin Kosvta, who accompanied Kossuth on hix visit the United States: John Darlda Mnd Mrs. Guetar Szivos Dr. Kovacs' request was heard by Willilam Castle, ir.. chlef of the State Deépartment's western European divi- aioReFho was understood ta havesin- were to nort me] the aga-ald enemy of |-o nte Department. | the | Joseph -Belaly 'Food Prices Drop In Local \Iarkpl Down 2 Per Cent the first time months food prices in ton during the month uary 15 to February 15 showed a decrease, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Labor Departme nnounced today A dec se of 2 per cent was shown in Washing- ton for the 30 days covered in tha report, while ai the same time food" decreased in 47 of 51 cities surveyed, ranging from a 7 per cent drop in Houston, Tex., to .a decrease -of léss than half of .1 per ent in Minneapolis For the year period ended with February, 19 food prices in Washington showed an increase of 3 per cent, in common with 48 other citles, Only two of the 51 cities surveyed showed decreases over the year. Food prices in the Capital iIn February were 58 per cent higher than the average cost in the year 1913 For in many Washing- from Jan- iPORTRMT OF SUFFRAGIST |BOUGHT AT SALE FOR $80 Painting of Susan B. Anthony Wnn: | Valued at $2.500—Auctioned to Pay for Storage. 1A | pioneer life-sjze portrait of the famous siffragist Susan B. Anthony, | valued at $2.500, was obtained at an auction sale by the Susan B. Anthony | Foundation vesterday for the sum of | 380, the portrait having been auctioned v the American Storage Co. to raise 10 to pay for storage. Tnatead of -the msual competition be- tween bidders there developed a spipit f-co-opération at the eale. Mrs. Anna Hendley, president of the foundation, bl as high as she was authorizec to g9, | and others made donations until the sum of the purchase price of $80 had been raised. | __'The portrait is by the late Jerome K. Uhle. Tie Susan B. Anthony Founda- tion will decide soon where the picture | will be hung. SRS SNEF WA O Chorus girlk in Australia are best pald workers of thelr class lh' world the in — formed his caller-in effect that Count | Karolyl was familiar with detalls of | his promise to refrain from political activities while in the United States ompetent (o act as his own Above: Below, At bottom: ‘| Corperation Counsel A photograph which gives some The disaster took place at Barrack- ville, near Fairmont, the mine being owned by the Bethlehem Mining Corporation. the shaft entrance after some of the debris had been cleared away. The photograph shows in center: A view of one of the Anxious relatives of the a difficult tinre in getting the bodies Vhotos by United Sta s and P. € A. Photos TRAFFIC DIRECTO ‘BOARD'S BUSINESS ‘Session of Commissioners Today May Fill Position Sought by Many. The District Commissioners will hold a’ boatd session this afternoen at which) time they may appoint a divector of traffic. i ~The - members of ¢ated this morning, however, that they have not vet made up their minds on.the question, and that ac- tion’ may be deferred until Monday or Tuesday to permit of a more, thor- ough study of the qualifications of several men who are reportéd to be under serious consideration. - Among the names which appeir to be in the forefront are M. O\, Eldridge, official of the A. A. A Capt. R. G. Kiotz, trafic engineer of the Public Utilties Commission, and Capt. Frank Flynn, World War veteran Friends of (%! T. Harry Shanton, a former New York police offical, have visited the District Building to urge his appointment. It is also understood that while the Commis- sloners have given serious considera- | tion to the appointment of Assistant Ringgold Hart; that ‘official has indicated he would not ‘accept the position. “RATES: FOR ‘MAJ. ADAMS. Burial Is With Honors in Arling- ton National Cemetery. Maj. John H.: Adams, quartermaster at Fort: Humphreys, Va., died at ‘Waiter Reed Hospital Tuesday.. He |had been in the hospital since March 5. Funerl services were conducted at Gawler's chapel this morning at 10:30 o’clock. Interment, with full military honors, was in Arlington Cemetery. : |. Maj. Adams, who was 51 vears old, had been in the Army about 27 years, {having served as an enksted man in the Quartermaster Corps until the World War. Soon after the outbreak |of the war he was commisaioned a !captain and reached the rank of |lleutenant colonel. He was awarded a distinguished service medal for the eficient manner in which he {handled his work in the office of the idirector-of purchadey the board indi- The latest photograph of taken at office in tho Capitol yesterday after- At right: Vice President Dawes, his noon. National Photo. il Hid RESULT OF TERRIFIC EXPLOSION wrecked by the force of the mine explosion at A house at Fairmont. W. Va., arrackville, a mile away. T & A Photos BAIL OF HALF A MILLION IS REFUSED. William D. Shepherd (left), whose half-million-dollar hail was refused by a Chicago judge. Shepherd is ih jail, awaiting trial on an indictment charging “murder by inoculation with typhoid germs.” Attorney at right. Copsright hr Underwood & Underwood 'AIRPLANE CARRIER SARATOGA WILL BE LAUNCHED NEXT MONTH | A new naval first dip at_ Camden, N. 3, -April when the first-line ' airplane carrier Saratoga slides off the ways of the New York Shipbullding Corporation. When completed and commissioned with the fleet, some time late in 1926, she will be the biggest and fastest craft of the kind in the world and will carr a fleet of 72 combat, obser- vation and bombing planes. Launching of the Saratoga wlll mark an epoch in American naval construction = significant of the changes man's conquest of the air already has made in preparation for sea battles of the future. Mrs. Curtis, D. Wilbur, wife of the naval Secretary. will act as sponsor for the big ship at the christening ceremonies, with high officlals of the Navy and.other Government depart- ments witnessing the event. giant will take her Converted From Battle Cruiser. Lald down as one of the six battle cruisers authorized under the 1916 {building program, the Saratoga was converted under the arms limitation treaty, with her sister ship, the Lex- ington, also to be launched in the near future, into an aircraft carrier before her construction was very far advanced. The four other cruisers were acrapped on the ways. The original plans called .for a heavily armed and armored fighting ship to make approximately 35, khats an hour, but with the change in mis- #ion to that of aircrift carrfer 'the Saratoga had to be redesignéd and rebullt from the waterline up. As redesigned the Saratoga will be 888 feet long over all, with a maxi- mum béam of 105 feet and a fiying deck reaching from the stem to stern a clear sweep, with the exception of the smokestack and navigating bridge huddled to the extreme starboard side amidships,,in order to leave full room for the landing of planes. She will carry eight 8-inch rifies, the limit of. size for ships of her type under the treaty; will have a displacement of @bout 35,000 tons and a-speed of .be- tween 33 and 34 knots. She will bo driven by electric motors, the power being generated by steam turbines of 180,000 horsepower. Original of Its Type. There is no counterpart for this figst American first-line_carrigr in any * ather navy, athough Jepan has under construction similar ships of almost as great size but considerably lower | speed. The British navy also Is| working out plans for new carriers, | which are still regarded by naval au- thorities generally ‘as experimental | to a large extent. The treaty fixed relative tonnage in carriers, but ald not include a replacement program, as it was designed to permit raplac. ment at any time when more has been learned about the actual func- tioning of the ships. Completion of the Saratoga and | Lexington will not take up the full treaty tonnage of the United States, and the Navy General Board recom- mended during the last sesslon of Congress authorization of an addi- tionnl 20,000-ton first-ling craft. No action was taken on that Tecowm- mendation, however, and tentative designs for the ,additiondl ship.now probably will await actgal. service tests with the two converted battle cruisers. Ll HEBREW SYNAGOGUE WILL ELECT OFFICERS Charles A. Goldsmith Is Vnoppo:ed for Prendancy—Sxx Seek Board Posts. Offigers will be elected by the Wash- {ngton Hebrew Congregation at. its regular annual mesting” Wednesday nfght, April 1, at the temple. Amend- ments concerning membership are also to be up for consideration. THe. ballot for the election con- tains the following: President, Charles A;:Goldsmith; vice president, Simon yye; treasurer, Jacob Eisenmann; board members (three to be elected). Dr. Bernard A. Baer, David Baer, Levi David, H. A. Jafte, Gus Louis, Harry Wolf; trustees (three to be elected), Adolph Weyl, Leo Baum, Jacob Brock. Dr. “Livingston's only surviving [ Nation Appreciates Sympa- daughter is still a missionary at Chitambos. . Her lwwul father dJad shere in 1878 BOSTON CARDINAL HONORED IN ROME. ican Church of St. Susanna. EASTERN HIGH STUDENTS TO and 3. Left to righi Roberta Harrison, nath Graves and George Finger. JAPAN THANKS U. 3. thy in Tokio Disaster, Min- ister Shidehara Says. Ambassador Bancroft at Tokio ad-| vises the State Department today that | after he had tendered the Japanese| government such American relief as is needed for the Toklo fire victims, Foreign Minister Shidehara gave out the following pyblic state- ment: “The Japanese people are again| deeply impressed by the spontaneity of the sympathy shown by the United States to this country whenever it suffers from a calamity. “I firmly believe that such an ex- pression by the American Ambassador of communion of interest cannot fall to strengthen further the bond of traditional friendship between the two countries.” Cablegrams sent Bancroft at Tokio by Secretary Kel- 10Eg instructing him to express the sympathy of President Coolidgs to the Japanese Emperor because of the fire disaster there and to ascertain whether relief from this country was needed for the victims Wera- made public vesterday afternoon by the Secretary of State. “The Assoclated Press reports mi- jor conflagration in Tokio,” the mes- sage said. “You may express to the foreign office the profound sympathy of ghis Government that this misfor- tune has fallen upon a city which was already struggling so gallantly against previous adversities. = You may further make plain our hepe that the Japanese .authorities will have no hesitation in calling upon us if there is any assistance we can lend. “Present the sympathy of the Pres- ident to the Emperor and his govern- ment. Ascertain and report at once extent of fire loss and need of relief, American Red Cross instructed to give every desired aid. to Ambassador Wins Suit fer Salary. A jury in Circult Division' 2 before Justice Stafford has granted a. ver- dict for $2,528.33 in favor of Miss Joan Finnegan against the estate of Samuel J. Held, deceased. Miss Fin- negan claimed she had worked for Held as secretary for some months before his death and had not been recompenged. - She ~.was - represented by Attorney-Foster Wood. AMBASSADOR'S DAUGHTER ANI D) HER PONY. Emily, linde daugh ter of the Mexican Ambassador, and Senora Dona Emilia Benoit de T with her pony, Dolly Dimples, in a Washington park yest Cardinal O’Connell seated o; PRESENT PLAY. The cast of Army Air Service Makes 480 Trips Airplane travel over the ways system of the Army Alr Service from its establishment, in 1922, to March 1 was free from any fatalities, although 692,700 miles were flown, the War Department announced today. There were 15 crashes in that time, and only one injury resulted. The total -um- ber of completed flights over ths alrways system was given as 480 passengers carried. 688, and ex- press carried, 56,280 pounds. The ajrways system was mapped out by the Army Air Service and is used almost exclusively by Army, Navy and Marine Corps planes. It extends from Mitchel Field, long Island, to Bolling Field, Washington; Langley Fleld, Hampton, Va.; Moundsviile, W. Va.; Davton, Ohio; Detroit, Mich.; In- dianapolis, Kokomo, Ind.; Rantoul, 111.; St. Louis, Mo.; Muskegee, Okla., and San Antonio, Tex. VOTE FOR CHURCH UNION. alr- Central Pennsylvania Methodists Approve Unification. CHAMBERSBURG, Pa., March 20.— The Central Penn ania Conference | of the Methodist Episcopal Church | today unanimously went on record; in favor of the union of the North| and South churches. The laymen's| meeting favored the union, 88 to 2. | The conference by 2 large majority | voted in favor of admitting laymen to conference representation. VOICES U. S. SYMPATHY. Ambassador Bancroft Offers Aid to Tokio Fire Victims. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, March 20.—Acting under instruetions from Washington, Am- bassador Bancroft today called at, the forelgn office and expressed America’s. sympathy over the confla- gration which visited Tokio on Wednesday and asked if American aid was meeded. Baron Shidehara, the foreign min- ister, voicéd his appieciztion of both proffers, but sald the situation was well in hand. Baron Shidehara expressed his con- “Adam and Eve.” sitting: Roberta Taylor. Nellie Dalrymple. Marvel Douglas. Mildred Carroll. Graham Lowden, Angus Heeke, Julius Raddice, Edward Andrus, Joseph Greenwood. | Cnristian n throne in sanctuary of the Amer he cardinal heads the Boston pilgrimage to the Vatican. to be presented April 2 Standing Ase Washington Star | ROCK CREEK G0 Fir i o T Provied b Armscongrece o QR OFFER OF AID, - 7ithoue_Fatatity - COIRSE [S (PENE ; Be Built by Any Nation Will Slide Down | Ways at Camden April 7. EConditions Reporied Excel- lent—Additional 9 Holes to Be Ready in August groomed past th ublic Thoroughls during the nine-hole pu Creek Park remain open around again is being operated b Welfare Board. with O'Brien in charge of and Sergt. Pa of the course E. L. Kilby and C. R were the first starters whe Potomac Park course ope ago, were also the first Rook Creek today, tee after 6 o'clock More than 100 tickets for or cuft of the nine-hole course sold up to 1 o'clock, Maj. O'Br Col. C. O. Sherrill, officer in cha public buildings and parks: Maj bert, his assistant, and Danny gan, professional at Rock Creek Par played a three-ball match over course this afternoon and pronounced It in excellent condition The new nine-hole course, which has been under construction for eral months, will probably be open ahout the middle of Aug Joyce sald. Seed is to be sown w two weeks. . .MISS GLENN LECTURES. Christian Science Board Member Talks at Masonic Auditorium. Biiiy “Christian Sclence reveals that a scientific, indestructible unity exists between God and man, and that man's health, Intelligence and perfection are dependent upon, and the result of, this unity,” said Miss Margaret M Glenn, member of the board of lec- tureship of the First Church of Christ Scientist, of Boston, in a lectur Science last night a Masonic auditorium The speaker was introdu Henry G. Sherwood, first reade Second Church of this cit whose auspices the lecture wa easisLo T the ed by rof th un dolences ovei the loss of life in the tornado in-America. 2 ) 1f you want work, read the columns cof The Star, want