Evening Star Newspaper, March 23, 1925, Page 17

INSPECTING TH ARMY POLO TEAM AT FORT MYER YESTERDAY. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., Gen, Pershing and Maj. Gen. Hines (left) inspecting the players, the ponies and the equipment. Left to right: Lieut. J. A. Smith, Maj. A. H. Wilson, Capt,,C. H. Gerhardt, Lieut. E. McGinley, Capt. P. P. Rhoades and Maj. L. A. Beard. WHERE 33 CHILDREN MET DEATH IN STORM Col. Samuel -Hunter of the Illinois National Guard and his aides searching the remains of the school at De Soto, Ill, where the bodies of 33 children were taken from the ruins. Philadelphia navy yard, completing River, made the ama; NEW COREYS ARWY DEFIESCANADAWILD Covers 200 Miles to Lodge Protest With Provincial Officials. By Conolidated Pres. CALGARY, Alberta, March 23.— Twenty-two miles of frudging over a slippery road six inches deep in slushy snow took all the romance out of the hike of more than 100 unmar- ried, unemployed men, who set out from Calgary Saturday morning on a 200-mile trek to Edmonton, the cap- ital of the province, to protest to the Legislature against unemployment. At Airdri this 20th century “Coxey's ar crashed aboard a Canadian Pacific Railway freight train Sunday morning. They were permitted to remain on the train until| 1t reached the outskirts of Edmonton, | where the pilgrims were ordered off | rallroad pronerty, g rding to re-| Forts sbecivat here todey. Paning | marched into Edmonton, where lhl\,\'l joined with Edmonton’s unemployed | for a demonstration Monday at the| Parliament buildings, where the Leg- | islature is in session { The “army,” which st out from, Calgary Saturday morning, was head- ed by n.” A. J. Boulter, n ex- perienced World War vetera onds Almost Impassable. Thrinlzrlms could not have chosen a more unsuitable day for the start of their tramp than Saturday, but having made their bluff Friday night they had to go through with it. The main highway to Edmonton, hitherto rough, but hard with its Winter coat- ing of ice and snow, was suddenly converted by the warmest weather of the Winter into half a foot of mussy mush, than which there is no worse footing in the world. Nevertheless, 125 husky men, more than half of whom were war veterans, startéd out. Foxily they swung around the C. P. R. yards, planning to hop a freight. but they delayed too long and missed thelr train. Then there was nothing o it but hit the trail or back down. The 22 miles of the march to Alrdrie may, be left to the imagination, but only 25 of the company dropped out. Their only sustenance en route was raisins, bread and cheese hought b the leaders at the last Calgary store, and this fare carried the mcrchers through 10 hours of strenuous muscle- wrenching marching. They were aveary and =oaked to the knees when they reached Airdrie, but still game. The villagers gave them hospitable treatment, filled them with hot coffee — —— her first trip of 50 miles. The flying Fight Begun in Boat After Wreck Rages Seven Years Later By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 23.—A fight which dates from the sinking of a British tramp steamer by a German submarine in 1917 and which has been waged in various ports of the world was renewed here last night when John Frain and Benedict Ma- | | rino resumed hostilities | troversy centers about the disappear- The con- ance of a pair of trousers, Frain said that he and Marino were aboard the British tramp steamer Mapag when it was sent to the bot tom by the submarine. After days of hardship in an open boat they were picked up and taken to port, where Marino accused Frain of taking his trousers. There the fight started. The men staged fistic demonstrations in Liverpool, Marseille, France and ‘other ports. Marino said that he lost track of Frain a vear ago, but that last night he met him on the river front and Frain immediately renewed the fight. Frain was sentenced to three days in jail. and food and let them have the ba ment of the Methodist Churcn sleeping quarters. Less thar: half a dozen blankets were carried in the party, but the room was warm and extreme weariness made tie board flooring a grateful bed. morning the hikers were agai fed, and they were merry anc when they rustled choice on the freight The ‘“army” reached Red Deer, just 100 miles from Calgary and i monton, about 4:30 Sunday afternoon. “Gen.” Boulter sent out a small scout- ing party for food, the great majority sticking to their chosen traveling lo cations, being fearful that if they went up town the crew would puil the train out without their company, Two hours later they were all aboard when the freight left on the next lap of its journey, 40 miles to Wetaskiwin. When neither train ¢rew nor pro- vincial police would interfere with the rallway program of the unem- ployed, C. P. R. officials dispatched their own police on a passenger train leaving here Sunday afternoon, but the army was allowed to_stay aboard the train until it neared Edmonton. While determined to make a spec- tacular protest against the pro- vincial government's attitude toward them, the little army was remarkahly well behaved, atern discipline being enforced by “Gen.” Beulter, and by his lieutenants, other seasoned war vet erans. These LEmer nes-comm sioned officers in the Canadian Army, assisted by ex-privates, swung the company along in semi-military fash- ion, relleving the tedium by leading, in full-flavored songs reminiscent of Flanders field, - well bright locationg AN HOUR. This i as | Copsright by P. & A. Photos. the PN-9. at the boat, in a trial over the Delaware ing speed of 128 miles an hour, piloted by Lieut. C. H. Schildhauer. United News Pictures. 13 KILLED IN TRAIN CRASH Two Fast Mail Trains Come Together, Due to Fog Ob- scuring Stop Signal. | By the Associated Press. FRANKLIN. La, March 23.—A heavy fog, which enveloped a stop signal, was responsible for a head-on collision iof. two fast mail trains on the Southern Pacific Railroad near here yesterday, causing the death of 13_persons and seriously injuring 6. Frank Mathews, engineer of the eastbound express, was held responsi- ble by-a coroner's jury for the acci- dent. It Is said he did not see the signal because of the fog. J. E. Crane, conductor, seeing the dim red lights .go by, knew something was wrong and seized the bell rope to signal the engineer. But it was too late, for just as his train cleared the switch it went crashing into the | westbound. The'eastbound had failed | to g0 into the siding. |* The decaa: | ¥rank Staffora Tex., news butcher, E. Conery of New Orleans, vet- eran engineer on No. 109, Frank Nebily, fireman on No. 109, _August Aupast, baggagemaster of of Port Arthur, Nine negro Ppassengers have not been identified. The: seriously injured: { ;oA . Thibodeaux, fireman, on No. V12, Frank Mathews, engineer on No. 12. Three unidentificd negro passen- gers. —_— SENATOR TO VISIT BRAZIL Jones' Will ‘Study Shipping Prob- lems 'in’ South America. Senator Jonés, Republican, Wash- Ington, will sall Saturday for South America to spend a month in Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and possibly Chile, studying shipping conditions. He will be accompanied by his wife. On his 1eturn to Washington late in May Senator Jones, who is chair- | man of the Senate commerce com- mittee, will begin drafting a ship- ping bill- designed to separate the functions of the Shipping Board and the Fleet Corporation. Hp discussed shipping, problems to- day with Mr. Coolidgy INLOUISANA National Photo. AT THE PRINCETON, INI the morgue, where storm vis in Princeton was 100. IFFIN, IND.. OBLITERATED BY STORM. ports from the section, this town wi MORGUE. ms were taken. Mlle. Irene Laurent, 15 years old, who has discovered a substitute for explosive oils which is considered of great cconomic importance in France. The girl is a daughter of a chemist. Wide World Photo Friends and relatives outside The death toll of the storm Copyright by P. & A. Photos. According to latest re- Il not be rebuilt. Only a handful of survivors live to tell how the cyclone struck the little town and destroyed it within a few minut Copyright by P, & A. Photos |Wedding Bells Sure to Ring Again, The hand of the law reached ot urday night to still the wed- ding bells for 16-vear-old Elsie May Thompson and 18-year-old Arthur Charles Nairn, high school classmates of Indian Head, Md., but Elsie and Arthur let it be known in no uncertain tones that the stilling was only temporary. Arrested at the home of Mrs, J. W. Matthews of 500" Virginia avenue southeast by Detectives Thayer and Talley, the indignant elopers declared that true love was not to be balked hy a little setback such as their parents had put in their way, and freely an- nounced their intention of getting married “later.” . Police were informed that Elsle and Arthur had succumbed to Cupid while attending school to- gether. Elsie is a junior and Ar- thur a sophomore. Those little strolls' to and from school .each morning and afternoon by the {BANDITS DISPLAY GUNS AND APPROPRIATE $54 | Police in All-Night Search for Four Highwaymen Who Robbed Two Pedestrians. An all-night search for four high- waymen, two white and two colored, was conducted by police of the Ten- leytown substation, but none' had been arrested this morning. John A. Parsons, 3211 McKinley street, victim of the colored men. told police the highwaymen alighted from an automobile on the street near his home late last night, dis- played pistols and robbed him. of $16. He was unable to accurately describe the robbers. The victim of the white men is Lewis McNeal, 3419 Porter street. He was at Thirty-third apd Porter streets several hours earlier, he ex- plained, when the white men left thelr: autpmobile, displayed. .pistols and robbed him-of $38. He described the men and machine and is positive he can identify the robbers. Hagerstown Election Held. Special Dispatch to The Star, HAGERSTOWN, Md, March ‘23— Voting was heavy today in the elec- tion of three members of the ecity council, the results having an im- portant bearing upon the question of whether the city shall build a new lighting plant. N Wheat 1{s° harvested -in Decembar in New South, Wales, Youthful Elopers Inform Police youthful neighbors attracted the attention of Mr. Cupid after a while and he finzlly landed a fatal dart right through their hearts. Forgetting algebra, ancient his- tory and word analysis, the cou- ple set out Saturday evening in an automobile for Washington, a small sum of cash in the boy's pocket with which to buy the license, pay the minister, rent an apartment and provide other nec- essary things. It was too late to get the license and arrange the ceremony so late at night, so they decided to drop in on Mrs. Matthews and ask her advice. ‘She was giving it to them when the detectives arrived and spoiled all the plans. “We would'nt care if they got married if they weren't so young,” members of the respective fam- ilies explained to the police in asking them to prevent the mar- rlage. GIRLS POOL THEIR CASH AND QUIETLY FADE AWAY fPo]ice Asked to Aid in Locating Catherine A. Hamilton and Edith Roesle. Pooling their cash and packing /suit cases, two I4-vear-old girls, Edith Roesie, 312 Sixth street South- east,’and Catherine A. Hamilton, 249 | Sixteenth street southeast, left their homes Saturday night and failed to return, Parents of the children appealed to the police to institute search for them. It is stated that the children had discussed the question of seeking employment, having become tired of school, and it is thought by the po- Hoe that. they probably left the city. Edith's black .halr is_bobbed and she has medium complexion. Her companion’s brown hair is bobbed and her complexion is iight. Police ot other cities have been asked to aid in the search. TAILORS EXHIBIT CRAFT. Correspondence of the Associated Press. BERLIN, March 4.—Readymade clothes had their inning at the Ger- man capital recently when the first Berlin clothing fair was held on the new exhibition grounds, on which, in rapid succession, there have recently been held the radio, the automobile and now the clothing falrs. Over 1,000 firms applied for space in the three large halls set aside for the, purpgse, -1t was.the largest fair that Berlin has yef scem. MONDAY, MARCH 23, DR. SIMON: SWORN IN AS ACTING PR DENT OF GERMANY. The lic (with hat in hand) leaving the Reichstag after taking the oath of office. late President Ebert. FIRST F ALL THAT REMAINS OF THE BREAKERS HOTEL AT PALM BEACH the ground, with a property loss at the hotel have returned North CARD CHANBER - ELECTS ZALOUL Premier at Time of Sirdar’s Murder Heads New Egyp- tian Parliament. By the Assoclated Press. CAIRO, Egypt, March 23.—Former Premier Zagloul Pasha was elected president of the Chamber of Deputies In the new Egyptian Parliament today, receiving 123 votes out of 208. Premier ar Pasha read the speech from the throne, outlining the government’s program. It was punc- tuated with applause and at the ter- mination there were cheers for the King. The speech reiterated the deep re- gret feit by the Egyptian government for the assassination of Sir Lee Stack, the sirdar, and its best hope that his slayers would soon receive their mer- ited punishment. Egypt's with Great Britain, which had affected by the incident, again were becoming those of their habitual friendship and good understanding, the speech said. the chamber, was pfemier when the sirdar met his death and opposed the present government in the recent par- liamentary elections, Zagloul, in a speech delivered short- ly after his election, declared that as president of ‘the chamber he did not represent any particular party, but the parties in general. It is understood the government does not regard Zagloul's election as lack of confidence in the ministry, taking the view that personal rather political considerations led to his selection. NEW STAMPS IN DEMAND Sales of the new Harding 13-cent postage stamp and the new 1%-cent stamped envelope on March 10, the first day of their offering at the Post Office Department's philatelic agency, amounted to 32,446, representing about 150,000 pieces. The sales were to stamp collectors, who bought in blocks of 6, 12 and even 100. Many asked that 1%-cent Wash- ington stamped envelopes, bearing in addition Il-cent Harding stamps of the three methods of manufacture— coil, rotary -press- and flat-bed press— be mailed to them s0 as to bear the cancellation date of the first day of sale and establish the specimens as among the first issued. z STORM VICTIMS AT DE SOTO, ILL. De Soto. This family was entirely wiped out when the home was destroyed last Wednesday relations | been | Zagloul Pasha, the new president of | of millions, last Wednesday. Hundreds Airmen Disprove Consciousness Is | Lost in Long Fall Ry the Associated Press | NEW YORK, March After a series of tests at Mitchel Field yes- | | terday Army fiving officers said that the theory that a person falling from a great height loses consciousness | during the descent has been disproved Sergt. Randall Bose and Corp. | Arthur Bergo went up in a bombing | plane, and, coached by Lieut. M. L. | Blliott, parachute officer, performed four delayed parachute jumps. Each {man on the first jump fell 1,000 feet | before opening his parachute, while | Sergt. Bose dropped 800 feet on his |secona lap. Both said thgt though they were falling with terrific velocity when they opened their parachutes they were full: onscious. Officers in charge of the test said that they demonstrated that a man falling from a high building is con- | scious until the moment he strikes the | sTounad { 0SLO BIRTH RATE FALLS, BUT POPULATION GAINS | | Norwegian Officials Alarmed by Decrease Traced to Deliberate Control of Births. Correspondence of the Associated Press. OSLO, Norway, March 4.—The | steadily decreasing birth rate in Nor- way, especially in the larger cities and industrial districts, has alarmed government authorities, who appealed | to the medical facuity of the Royal | University of Oslo for a solution of | the problem. The physicians con- | sulted decjared that the decreasing | birth arte was due largely to delib-| erate birth control. Back of @his was seen the feminist movement, with its attempts to estab- lish for women soclal conditions equal to those of men, .the followers of which declare their unwillingness to raise more than two or three chil- dren. A clinic has been establish- ed in Oslo by leaders of the feminist movement. Most of the clergy in the country have taken a decided stand against birth control. The birth*rate in Norway, according to figures just published, has declined since 1900 from 32 per 1,000 of popula- tion to 24 per 1,000, while in the ecity of Oslo it has declined n the same period from 40.44 per 1,000 to 11.71 per | 1,000. In the meantime the population of the city has grown from 95,600 to 270,000 Tires without sufficient air give an alarm through a mew invention that iz attached to the automatic wheel. ZHRSE S | to destroy new chief executive of the repub- He will complete the term of the Burial of members of the Hughes family of Copsr Photo The big hostelry was burned to of men and women who were gues! OMPERS WIDOW DROPS WILL FIGKT $40,000 to $50,000 Estate to Be Divided—Few Wit- nesses Called. al proof of Gomp: ican Federation taken be Supreme Court morrow. Mrs. his second wife draw her contest o will consent to the proba will of November 2 in wh band spe ally declared sh have no share in his at her dower intere Mrs. Gompers request the will of the labor shortly after his secor which he left estate, now valued and $50.000. wi bate of that instrumer the court When it will neys Newmyer , late pres the case be necessary on At & King, represen uel J. Gompers, the executor, the witne who signed will at the time it was execut Mr. Gompers. Undue Influence Charged. The second wife, through Att Julius I. Peyser, in her caveat t will charged that the Gompers had unduly influen the will maki chief beneficiary and to 1 will excluding her 3 s from sharing the estate. It is under stood she decided early this month to withdraw from the contest and to make no opposition when the ca came before a jury for determination. This action of Mrs. Gompers made it unnecessary for the sons and two granddaughters, who are seeking the admission of the later will, from call- ing Gov. Albert Smith of New York, S ator La Follette and a num- ber of other prominent people had been summoned when it thought there would be a real contest over the will The share of the widow dower right am nts to one-third the personal e and one-third of the income from the real estate. The house, No. 3500 Thirty-fifth street, is valued at about 325,000, and the rest of the estate Is In personal property. her under