Evening Star Newspaper, March 31, 1925, Page 17

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, DAY, MARCH 31, 1925. Lieut, Comdr. Ralph Davison, U. S. N., who soon will attempt a non-stop flight from the Pacific coast to Ha- waii, One of the big all-metal planes will be used in the flight. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. WASHINGTON GIRL WEDS COMPOSER OF MUSICAL SCORES. Sigmund Romberg, who is credited with composing the music of several successful musical comedies, and Lillian Harris of Washington were married in Paterson, N. J., a few days ago. The photograph shows their friends giving them a start on their honey- moon after the ceremony. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. PLANNING CAMPAIGN FOR NATIONAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN WASHINGTON. Heads of Congregational churches of 11 States and districts who are in the National Capital for a conference regarding the building of a national Congregational church in this city. Photo- graph taken yesterday, when the delegation called upon President Coolidge at the White House. Copyright by Harris & Ewing. Luther C. White of Massachusetts, who has been appointed superin- tendent of the Federal prisons. He takes the post made vacant by the resignation of Heber H. Votaw, brother-indaw of the late President Harding. Copsrikht by Undersood & Tnderwood NEW YORK'S ONLY WOMAN BELL-RINGER. Miss Mary H. Gilles, who will play the new Grace Church chimes in New York City on Easter Sunday. She stands beside a three-ton bell presented to the church b one: of the members of the congregation. The church is at Tenth street and Broadway. By Uaited News Plctures SECRETARY MELLON AND SON SAIL. York City yesterday, when Secretary of the Treasury Mellon and his son Paul sailed aboard the steamship Araguava for Bermuda, where they will apend = dlese wacalion: Copyright by Underwood & Cnderwood Cat” and Bear Acts; To Be Eliminated From Circus Bill Public Distaste Declared Reason for Action by Ringling Brothers. Photograph taken in New left) conferred with Preside olidge yesterday, and urged that the United States Government make an_ef- fort to claim additional territory near the North Pole. He told the President that he would start on another Arctic exploration trip in June. Left to right: Comdr. George C. Asbesta, U. S. N. R. F.; Donald MacMil- lan, Representative Britten, and Comdr. E. F. McDonald, U. S. N. R. National Photo. PHONE VALUATION DISPUTED POINTS UP Utilities Commission to Con- sider Issues on Larger Assets of Company. SALVATION ARMY READY FOR DRIVE for Telescope Bought Of Methodists Aid Priest Prove Claim By the Associated LOS ANGELES, March 31.—What he saw through a Methodist tele- scope_gave Father Jerome S. Pi- card, “padre of the rains,” the data on which he based his celebrated system of sunspot weather fore- casting, the padre told an audience at the City Club here last night. “I was laughed at” he said, “when I timidly advanced the theory that storms are connected with spots on the sun. But with a little eight-inch telescope we bought from a Methodist school I was allowed to continue my studies and after I had made some 3,000 observations and had com- pared with 4,000 Government weather maps I became convinced that I could predict the coming of a Pacific t storm as much as two and a half weeks in advance.” ASSIGNED TO PARK WORK HERE Engineer Officer Will Aid Col. Sherrill on Memorial Bridge Project. Will Launch Campaign $50,000 Budget To- = | MOrrow. March 31.—Trained antmal acts, involving lions other jungle beasts of the feline class and the larger species of | '* i bears, will not be shown by the|*PPeal Biafric: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey launched Fifty-thousand circus when that w takes the road |dollars is the goal set by the organi- this Spring, officers of the circus sald. | zation to carry e et e Such acts already have been elimi- X S nated from the circus as it is appear- ool B ef work, maintain tis Summer mps, among the ing in New York, | Charles Ringling, on own- | underprivileged children and the ers, explained ;l;' decision as due pri- ip.-m.«xon of its many institutions. The :I’;:"L‘ a\'"mf‘“ T ‘““l“““ 0}”{'“_” S |campaign will continue to April 11 olals s S| All plans for t! d-rals Ive Boers, eapecially children and women. |, All Plans for the fund-ralsing dsl< “Many parents object to taking chil- | ;o “Committer, headed by Rudolph dren to a show where men and women | yromY ST E5 REEECE | whbold enter cages with ferocious beasts.” he |xonte OUISK TIEDers avel Tewbold said. “The public seems to brefer|ypycxman, treasurer: District Commfs- acts in which the animals themselves | f CEeT Toeapuriers DISrios, Commps: seem to take an interest in their |yoUsF 1HN0 L Tfudolph, John Podle, part, as do dogs, seals, herses and Mather/3r: Tatac Gans, Wil Gude, I. L. Goldheim, Robert |Ham J. elephants. N ~ e i 1 liam F ot L. McKeever,"W. S. Hox», jr.; Gen of these latter kinds Anton Stephan C Logan Dayne Roger Whiteford and Radford Moses ued, it was explained, jungle beasts will still be carried the show’s menagerie Spent $300,000 in 1024. The budget quota this vear has {been set a little higher than in the { past, it was pointed out by army offi- cials, due to the increasing demand upon the organization for relief. New BULGARIA BALANCES HER 1925-26 BUDGET }?;“L‘,‘.’,‘;’c‘r‘"}':in?‘ik"i(;JS.L?‘,;E‘(‘:.“‘(;;"i‘r.‘i'f | town, which was taken over last Fall as the social service center in that Sacrifices Railway-Plans and Keeps | community, also have made a larger By the Associated P YORK The first step toward fixing a new The Salvation Army’s 18 valuation for the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. is being taken this afternoon, with the Public Utili- tles Commission meeting to go over the evidence submitted at the recent hearings. & 1t is understood will discuss several items entering into the valuation on which the views of the commission and the company differ. These disputed questions are: What value should be placed on the land and buildings owned by the company? The company submitted one estimate of real estate value and the District assessor placed different ap- praisals on the property How much should be deducted from | the reproduction cost of the property | for depreciation? The company con- | tends that the actual depreclation existing in the property is not great as the total of $4,500,000 it has in its depreciation reserve. Should the commission any allowance for several pieces of land owned by the company but not yet (used in rendering telephone service? How much should be allowed in the valuation for overhead, including what is known as going concern value? How the for tomorrow. on the commission its work of the su- FINDS FOUR STARS HOTTER THAN THE SUN. Dr. C. the Smithsonian Institution, who has estimated the diameters of 10 stars and calculated their heat with his new radiometer (at right). Four stars, according to the work of Dr. Abbott, have been discovered to have a greater heat than the sun. Copyright by P. & A. Photos Her Love for Baby May Win GREECE WILL DISCUSS Alleged Kidnaper Leniency] NEW BALKAN ALLIANCE Ready to Take Up Agreement That with the case that she'd get out of 7 : her difficulties in some way, for | Would Link Her With Rumania HIS UNDERGROUND RADIO IS SUCCESSFUL. Dr. James Harris Rogers of Hyattsville, Md., has announced that his underground radio experiments have been successful to such an extent that he has reached the Pacific coast. Radio inventions of Dr. Rogers were of great value to the United States Navy during the World War, Copyright by . & A. Photos. SEA FOOD CONSERVATION PLANS TO BE OUTLINED; Maryland Commissioner to Discuss Proposals With Leagues acts with animals will be contin- nd the larger in ake ! | Maj. Joseph C. Corps of Engineers, timore as engineer officer on the staff of the commander of the 3d Corps Area, today was ordered to this city for duty as an assistant to the director of public buildings and public roads of Mehaffey of the stationed at Bal- much valuation and should be allowed for working capital, supplies Washington saw the last of a e different sort of a “triangle” last watertals € | relief funa necessary. commission *s conferenc propositions, accountants commission then will be in a position to Meanwhile, ane, attorney for the company, is to a brief covering legal points in the valuation dispute, and this doc- tion Counsel fore a final determination e of the telephone approximately - evidence submitted 000,000 as of present-day price levels. of Citizens' ended the value s Federation likely for a week or two longer. BUSINESS IS HEALTHY, TAX RETURNS REVEAL The Treasury's estimate of $430,- 000,000 for March Federal tax collec tions is one of the most nearly rect estimates ever to Acting Secretary Collections t at the close of business Satu officials generally vhat business conditions were s was apparent are accepted corporate lommendation with regard to better than measuring and personal, and viewed aliowed active and healthy business, morrow for home, the National Capital. He will report first to Gen. Tavlor, chief of Engi- |neers, and then will be asgigned to duty with Lieut. Col. Sherrill in the construction of the Memorial Bridge and in the development of the na- tional patks of the District. In ad- dition he also will be attached to the enginers of the Organized Reserves of the District. Maj. Mehaffey is regarded as well qualified for his new assignment, as he has served in this city before for several years, both in the office of the chief of Engincers and at the White House as one of the military aides of the President. He is a native of Ohio and is a graduate of West Point of the class of 1911. During the World War he rendered efficient serv- ice as a colonel in the Army, in charge of engineer work in France. He has held the rank of major in the regular establishment since July, 1920, and is a Year junior to Maj. Oscar N. Solbert, now on duty in the office of the director of public parks and also an aide to the President. URGED BY SHORTRIDGE. Appointment of Judge for Vacancy Asked of Coolidge. Ses President Codlidge today the appoint- ment of Judge William ©. James of the southern California district to fill the vacancy which would be caused by tHe retirement of Judge Erskine M. Ross of the ninth judicial circuit. Senator Shortridge made no rec- uc- cessor to Judge Bledsoe, resigned. Che California Senator will leave to- S of Women. Conservation legislation for the pro- tection of sea food in the Chesapeake Bay will be discussed by the joint com- mittee on conservation of the Maryland and Virginia League of Woman Voters at a meeting to be held in the Hotel Hamilton Thursday. Swepson Earle, conservation commissioner of Maryland, will outline the program of legislation, |and Miss Lavinia Engle of Maryland | will_present the program of work for the joint committee. Delegates from Virginia will be: Miss Adele Clark, president Virginia League of Woman Voters; Miss Nora Houston, chalrman of the legislative clearing house; Mrs. C. E. Bolton, chairman of { the conservation committee, and Judge Rose MacDonald. Maryland's delegates are: Miss Engle, manager of the Maryland League of Woman Voters; Mrs. Josiah Kerr of Cambridge, chairman of conservation; Miss Emma Weber, chairman of the Baltimore conservation committee; Mrs. Ashby Leavell of Chevy Chase, Mrs, H. J. Patterson of College Park, Mre. John Stowell of Federalsburg and Mrs: W. B. Copper of Chestertown. METCALF TAKES POST. Although reluctant to give up his or Shertridge recommended tos farm loan business in Karsas, Wilder | S. Metcalf of Lawrence, Kan., has |agreed to give up his business for the present and accept the post of Commissioner of Pensions pending appointment of a successor. Mr. Metcalf notified acting Seere- |he 'had taken the oath of office as pension commissioner and expects to arrive in Washington next week to take up his duticss night. Two women and a sleeping baby . comprising the three ‘“angles, took a train to Charleston, S. C. One of the women was Mrs. Catherine Eubanks. In her arms was sleeping Billy. They were go- ing back home. The other was Mrs. Marian Wil- liams. At her arm was a detec- tive. They were going back so Mrs. Williams could face a charge of kidnaping Billy, in the alleged transportation of the infant from his Charleston héme to this clty without knowledge or consent of Billy's parents. Following them were mixed sen- timents from newspaper men and police, who touched .tangents of the case here. As far as 21-year- old Marian Williams was concern- éd, there was hope among those here who had come into contact WOMAN IS NOT ACCUSED. Mary Wracks Merely Witness in Rockville Murder Trial. Mary Wracks, colored, 23 years old, who, it was announced yesterday by the Police Department, had been turned over to the Rockville authori- tles to answer a charge of murder, is not facing any charge in Rockville, it was announced from the Maryland town this morning. The woman is only a witness in the {case In which her cousins, Annfe Tim- tary of the Interior Finney today that | berlake and Teresa Freeman, are ac- cused of the murder of their father, John Green, who was killed in his home near Chevy Chase last Novem- ke .___?.____.______ i the knowledge had seeped out that the reason she took Billy to this city was because she loved him, had cared for him and tended him when she lived in Mrs. Eubanks’ home, while Mrs. Eubanks worked. As far as Mrs. Eubanks was con- cerned, the consensus of sentiment was that she might relent in_her intention of prosecuting Mrs. Wil- liams, although there was no sign of such relenting at her departure. And, as far as sleeping Billy was concerned, every one wished him the best of luck, because he's the sort of laughing, gurgling young- ster any one would want to snug- gle. At least, this is what they say at the House of Detention, where he spent several days. And so the drama moved out of Washington. The next setting will be where the first act was staged, In Charleston, S. C. SAILORS GET 8-HOUR DAY French Order Cuts 12-Hour Rule in Merchant Marine. PARIS, March 31—Eight sailor does any work or not, will be counted as a full day in the French merchant marine under an order which is to be promulgated Wednes- day. The new rule will be effective April 10. 3 It was announced today by the undersecretary-of state for merchant marine that the order had been ap- proved by the state council, which also invalidated previous regulations requiring 12 hours’ “presence” as the equivalent of eight hourd HOTke hours’ “presence” abroad ship, whether a Buchax and Jugoslavia. By the Associated Press. ATHENS, March 31.—The news papers today publish a report that the Greek government, having been indirect- Iy sounded, has declared it is ready to enter into pourparlers with Rumania with a view to the conclusion of an al- lance. In view of the existing ties of alliance between Rumania, Jugoslavia and Po- land, it is added, the proposed Greco- Rumanian alliance would render pos- sible within the little entente a triple alliance, the sole purpose of which would be the maintenance of the bal- ance of power in the Balkan SEEKS MALARIA REMEDY. League Commission Delays Quinine Conference. GENEVA, March 31.—The malaria commission of the League of Nations health organization, after considering a report on malaria in Brazil, decided yesterday that the proposed inter- national conference to discuss the world’s quinine requirements could not be held until 1926, as experts were studying the possibility of em- ploying other alkaloids derived from the cinchona bark, which is grown in South America and British India. This bark now is considered waste material, but it is hoped research will show it useful in combating malaria. Dr. Samuel. T. Darling of _the Rockefeller Foundation of New York has been elected a corresponding member of the commission. e An airplane service connects Prague, Constantinople and Apgora, / State Employes’ Pay at Low Level. BY WALTER COLLINS. By Cable to The Star and Chicago D SOFIA, Ma get for 19 up. It balances at 5.840,000,000 levas the equivalent of $49,000,000 at the present rate of exchange, an increase of 200,000,000 levas over last year. Payment of public debt services, in- cluding war charges and the upkeep of an expensive volunteer army, ab- sorbs two-fifths of the budget, while state railways and cducation are the next two most important items. government is congratulated on bal- ancing the budget, afthough this was accomplished by not executing rail- way development schemes and mak- ing only a trifling increase in the salaries of state employes, who re- main shockingly underpaid. On’ the revenue side of the budget, direct and" indirect taxes bring in 3,870,000,000 levas and railwa: posts and telegraphs, 1,330,000,000 levas. (Copyright, 1925, by Chicago Daily News Co.) HANDIWORK OF CHILDREN. Bird House Received as Gift by | President Coolidge. President Coolidge was given a bird- house today by four Philadelphia children who had made it. He as- sured them it would be given an ap- propriate place on the White House grounds. The children, Allen and Charles Denniston, Charlotte Gerhard and Brook Roberts, were presented to the Fresident by, Senator Peppery Iy News. | operates, h 31—Bulgaria’s bud- | 5 and 1926 has been drawn | The | Fifty thousand dollars, however, it was emphasized, will not meet the organization’s budget throughout the year. Last year it spent almost | $300,000. The Salvation Army in Washington besides the fresh alr camp | for poor mothers and their children at Patuxent, Md., and missing persons and employment bureaus, the follow- ing Institutlons: Evangeline Home for Working Girls, at 1330 L street; Kemper Bocock Memorial Home in Georgetown, the Industrial Home, at First and B streets: a hotel for col- ored persons, at Seventh and P streets, and an auditorium and head- quarters, at 607 E street Brig. William H. Barrett and Adjt Ernest R. Holz, both officers of the Salvation Army, will be In direct charge of the $50,000 campaign. The finance committee is composed of Mr. Jose, Mr. Deyber. Mr. Poole, Mr. Fla- ther and Mr. Hoge. Contributions should be sent to the army head- quarters, at 607 E street. BIG FIRMS TO MERGE. Two St. Louis Dry Goods Houses Announce Plans. ST. LOUIS, March 31.—The merger here of two large iwholesale dry goods firms was announced last night by Festus J. Wade, banker. The Ely & Walker Drygoods Co. has bought the merchandise, leasehold and fixtures of the Carleton Drygoods Co., two of St Louis' best known houses. Sale will be consummated July 1. The firms will operate under a central management. The combined eapitalization ix $15,054,225, and their sales im 1934 gxceeded $60,000,000,