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LAST RITES HELD FOR MGR. MACKIN Archbishop Curley Says; Mass—Thousands Follow | Body to Grave. With simple, dignified service, | matching his life for 57 vears as a Catholic priest. all that was mortal of Mgr. James F. Mackin, the only pastor St. Paul's parish ever had, was 12id 1o rest in a humble plot in Mount Olivet Cemetery today. | In the church which he built, and | where he spent-many hours each day. now heavily draped in black, one of the most impressive religious services ever conducted in the Nation’s Capi- tal at a funeral was assisted by digni- taries of church and State, diplomats and ministers of other great nations, heroes of the United States in war and peace, admirals and generals, Goy- ernment officials, leaders in milita political, civic, professional and so- | cial life. The office for the dead was chanted more than 500 priests trom all of the archdiocese attired in| cossacks and white lace sur by parts hlack plices Mass. Archbishop Say s of requiem A pontifical hizh mass was celebrated by Most Rev. Michael J. Curley, Archhishop of Ba |rr_\m'e. while his excellency, Most Rev. Pletro Fumasoni-Biondi, apostolic _delegate to the United States, representing the Pope, occupied a seat in the sanctu ary. A" choir of moré Than 150 priests sang a Gregorian mass More than a scors of dignitaries of the Catholic Church, attired in red} and purple robes, -occupied places in the sanctuary. The sermon. emphasizing especially Mgr. Mackin's simple, sincere faith and his love for children. was preached Rev. John McNamara, pastor of St. Gabriel's parish, young- est pastor in the archdiocese. Was Children’s Friend. The dominant thought and desire of Father Mackin as a priest for 57 vears was summarized by his pane-| gyrist thus: “To appear before God with an- nointed hands unstained and priest- Iy heart undefiled, to go from earth with the conviction that he had given his best and done his best for the people under his care, was the hope of his life, and the whole of his priestly career stands out in witness 10 his efforts to realize his heart's desire. He would save himself through | saving others. How Father Mackin wooed the love of the children to bring them closer through all their life to the church, and that he learned from them much that made him simple and slncere, was emphasized by Father | McNamara. who pictured the dead above all else a friend of little one He said: “If there is ome characteristic that made an impression on young and old | it was his love for the children. To woo the children and win their smiles was a part of his daily life. To thei end of his days he sought them on the street_or in the playground, where he shared their amusements and even In.| dulged in their sports. Learned Secret of Youth. “Mindful of the lasting impressions of childhgod, he knew that in late vears thes children.would see.in the church what they saw in him. and he hecame a#lofié of them to win their love, notifor himself, hut, _Chir] and His Fch. But ff algo received. The children 5 masters. They taught him the secret of eternal youth, and in every gather- ing of younz or old he was welcome | hecause his face reflected the'smiles {im | | Of course there isn't a bit of truth it. but some of the fans were wondering today just why—that is to say, if the President forgot his coach- img—or, in other words. if he didn't get his signals mixed when he stood {up at the wrong time in the seventh inning of vesterday's gala opening base ball gzame at Griffith Stadium. Not that any. one dowbts that Mr. Coolidge i a real dyed-in-the-wool fan in his own right." His evident en- joyment_of every moment of yester day’s contest dispelled any doubts that ‘might have existed along that | line But it was plain that Mrs. Coqjidge, who knows her base ball better than many of the average regular attend- ants at league games, was just a bit disconcérted over her distinguished husband’s faux pas, if one may call it that. % Could Hardly Belleve It. She was S0 surprised, in fact, that she seemed hardly to believe her eves when she casually became aware that the President deliberately had arisen from his seat in the Yankee alf of the seventh inning and was standing nonchalantly while others re- mained seated. Her eyes seemed to be saying: ¥, Calvin, what are you doing’ You are making yourself iook ridicu. lous. Please sit down quick. It is not the proper time vet to get up. You are always forgetting. _But Calvin Coolidge remained stand- ing and somewhat dubiously, but auite diplomatically, Secretary of State Kellogg followed the example of his chief, as did, In Succession, Secretary Mellon and Attorney General Sargent. Mrs. Coolidge, with a plain air of ex- asperated toleration, finally stood up herself, and simultaneously so did many of the spectators. Tells Him of Mistake. All sat down again, however, as the first haif started and Mrs. Coolidge appeared to be telling her husband all about his mistake as play began. In the home team's half, the Presl- dent was again the first out of his seat and this time the entire throng arose as one “to stretch.” Throughout the game the Presi- dent frequently manifested his In- assistant to Mgr. Mackin at St. Paul's; Rev. Philip Sheridan, son of the famous general, now stationed at Towson, Md.; Rev. Edward Buckey pastor of St, Matthew's parish; Rev. Maurice Alexander, stationed at Solomon's Island; Rev. James Reynolds, St. Matthew’s; Rev. Thomas Walsh, St. Thomas', and Rev. H. A. Quinn, Tawneytown, Md. Flowers Bank Coffin. Mutely speaking the righ regard in which Mgr. Mackin was held in high places were magnificent floral offer- ings which banked the marble steps of the sanctuary behind the coffin, Conspicuous among these was a floral wreath, 5 feet in diameter, the order for which was cabled by Mme. Jus- serand, wife of the veteran French ambassador who recently retired. Large groups of Holy Name men nd representatives of other church wcieties joined in the funeral cortege. The Knights of Columbus were repre- sented officially by James A. Sullivan, State deputy; M. J. McAufliffe, past State deputy; M. D. Schaefer, past State deputy and navigator of the Fourth Degree; John J. Downey, dis- trict deputy, and Dr. A. D. Wilkinson, past grand knight of Washington neil. -t Honored by Noted Men. Diplomats, men of high rank in the military service and some occupy ing important positions in the Gov- a of the children and his soul the radi-| ance of youth 2 | “There is no priest in this arch-| dlocese more revered and loved than was he: none whose death could bring ! greater sorrow, and not the least of | the reasons is to be found in the words | which he penned nearly 60 years ago: | ‘Some may love to gaze upon thej mountains” and forests, but I prefer| to walk the narrow streets, where the ! poor spin out their husy lives. I love to catch the eyve of a child and try to win a smile In which there is no! counterfeit. 1 value more the smile | of one of these little ones than any. thing that comes from those who are | old enough to make themselves agree- | able. | Besides the pontifical mass cele- | brated in St. Paul's Church, masses | for Father Mackin were celebrated in each of the more than 30 parish churches in Washington, and in the| chapels of about two score religious | houses in the city the members, of | the respective communities gathered and recited the office for the dead. Most of the many hundreds of priests throughout the archdiocese said their masses today for the repose of the soul of Mgr. Mackin | Priests Bear Body. | Fellow priests bore the hody to the | 13 ‘e, while scores of prominent men | served as hono palibearers. Outside St. Paul’s Church thousands waited for n two hours while the church service was in progress to wit- ness the start of the funeral cortege to Mount Olivet, where several thou- ®=and more witnessed the interment. At the grave the choir of priests sang the Benedictus, and absolution was pronounced by Rev. Leo J. Fealy. Mgr. George J. Dougherty, vice rec- tor of the Catholic University of America, and Mgr. J. Tierney of Mount St. Mary's College, Emmits- burg, Md., attended the apostolic dele- | gate Assist at Service. The tfical priests who assisted at the pon- mass were: Rev. E. 8. S, of St. Mary's Seminary, more, assistant priest: Rev. Clarence Wheeler of Holy Comforter Church and Rev. T. J. McAdams of St. Joseph's Church, assistant deacons; Rev. Philip Sheridan of Towson, Md., deacon of the mass; Rev. Alonzo Olds of St. Au- | gustine’s, subdeacon: masters of cere- | monies, Rev. William Carroll of the | Church of the Assumption, Rev. Law- | rence Shehan of St. Patrick’s and Rev. Henry Quinn of Taneyiown, Md.: Rew. | John' Callahan of ~St. Matthew's, thurifer; acolytes, Rev. Thomas Bren- nan of ‘St. Peter's and Rev. Kennedy of St. Joseph's The choir of 150 priests was con- ducted by Rev. C. C. Kerr of Mary's Church, Hagerstown. Church Dignitaries A!lenll.‘ Among the other church dignitaries | present were: Mgr. Cornelius Thomas : Mgr. Joseph Cunnane, , Baltimore; Mgr. Mat: Cyprien’s; Mgr. John Mur Elimbeth’s, Baltimore; Mgr. Holy Rosary Church, Mgr. E. J.° Wunder, Mgr. M. F. Foley, St. s, Baltimore: Mgr. P. C. Gavan, Shrine of the Sacred Heart; Mgr. B. J. Bradley, president, Mount St. Mary's College, Emmetsburg, Md.; Rev. Charles Lyons. S. J., president of Georgetown University; Very Rev. Louis O'Hern, superior of the Apostolic Mission House: Very Rev. Peter J. O’Callaghan, formerly superior of the Mission House, now rector of the Col- lege for Home. Misslons at 8t: Melchesidech, N. Very Rev. E. R. Dyer, rector of the Sulpician Seminary, and Very Rev. Father Hogue, pres dent of 'St. Charles College, Catons. ville, Md. T who acted as pall bearers ur&tv. Hugh Curley, formerly an St. | St. Andrew thews, St. v, St. { mack, Joseph |~ ernment service, as well as many dis- tinguished in civic, business, profes- sional and social life of the Capital, acted ‘as honorary pallbearers. The list includes the following: George E. Hamiiton, C. C. Glover, COOLIDGE MAY HAVE GOT SIGNALS MIXED WHEN HE ROSE IN SEVENTH Wife Looks Ashamed of Distinguished Spouse, But She Finally Follows His Example, as Do Cabi- net Heads and Others. E. J. McVann, “Daniel W. O'Donog- | hue, Milton E. Ailes, Capt. E. Francis Riggs, Dr. H. J. Crosson, Joseph D. Sullivan, Hon. Sir. Esme Howard, Hon. Ladislas Wroblewski, James T. McCarthy, Cornelius Cusick, Edward T. Dillon, 8. R. Golibart, Thomas E. Jarrell, Col. J. S. Easby-Smith, Wil- ton J. Lambert, T. P. Boland, John D. Leonard, Dr. A. J. Gannon, Ad- miral R. S. Griffin, J. Maury Dove, jr.. R. C. Warthen and Thomas L. McEneany. Patrick J. Haltigan, Thomas W. Brahany, Dr. John O'Donoghue, W. D. Barry, P. J. Roche, Willlam E. Shea, Aeneas Collins, Dr. J. 8. Clem- ence, Dr. John Foote, John R. Brown, Col. A. C. Hodgson, Joseph L. Shaw and Edward F. Donavon. Dr. Cornelius Cusick. Thomas F. Fininn, Willlam D. Barry, John P. monton, Louis R. Peak, M. A. Coughlin, Harry S. O'Nelll, Gen. Frank McIntyre, Michael F. Cough- lin, Richard L. Lamb, John E. Cam- Dr. F. O. Roman, H. K. Hickey, Joseph C. Simms, Maj. M. E. Guerin, James W. Murphy, Robert . Howard. George D. Horning, M. E. Fagan, John T. Rudy and George M. Anderson. Capt. Francis Sullivan, M. A. Keane, P. J. Farrell, Joseph E. Wild- man, Paul W. Eaton. D. E. McComb, D. J. C. O'Connell, Albert Schulteis, Charles H. Burke, William O. Dun- das, Kdward F. Dougherty, Hugh J. Fegan, Charles H. Knott, George M. Fagan, Elmer 'Murphy, Raymond Codrick, E. J. Deeds, E. T. Kehoe, James O'Dea, Leon Albert and Col. J. R. McAndrews. The route followed by the funeral procession was south on Fifteenth street to 8, east on 8 to Florida ave- nue, east on Florida avenue to Blad- ensburg road, and along Bladensburg road to the cemetery. Traffic was di- verted on V street between Four- teenth street and New Hampshire avenue and on Fifteenth street be. tween U and W. “GHOSTS” IN ROME VILLA DEFY POLICE AND PRIEST Artichokes Dance, Coffee . Pot Snatched From Hands, Doors Slam in Haunted House. By Radlo to The Star and Chicago Daily News. THE EVEN X terest in the proceedings and while he did not strain his vocal cords to any extent, he did plenty of hand- clapping, not once taking his eves from the field. Mr. Coolidge increased preceptibly the tempo of his clapping when Pitcher Urban Shocker of the oppos- ing team got tired and sat down on the third-base line, while trying fo feld a roller from a Washington bat, and he continued his hand-elapping until the big hurler finally struggled to his feet again. In fact, Mr. Cool- idge seemed 10 get more enjoyment out of this little episode than he did out of tossing the first ball. Gave Him Big Thrill The ball-tossing, of course, gave him a big thrill, especially in view of the fact that his favorite, Walter Johnson, was walting for the catch. The President uncorked one of his typical “smoke balls” and but for a well timed drop-shoot en route, it might have gotten out of Barney's reach. Being something of a curve artist _himself, however, the , Bix Train fathomed the presidential slant and without much difficulty.” As for Mrs. Coolidge, there was no more ardent rooter in the stands. She diligently kept her own score on the official -card on her lap, €lap- ped ‘vigorously whenever uny of “Bucky” Harris' boys performed to advantage, and even yelled, with both fists clinched, when “Goose™ Goslin tripled to left. In contrast to the somber black coat and suit of the Chief Executive, she wore a sporty costume of white and orange, set off by medium- brimmed hat of white trimmed with orange flowers. The three members of the cabinct in the presidential box appeared to enjoy the show immensely, Secietary Kellogg taking an active psrt by hoisting the American colors to the top of the park flagpole just before the game started. Secretary Mellon, who sat at Mrs. Coolidge’s right. con- sufted her score card at interval and Attorney General Sargent, a the other end, looked on with inter- est, although it did em at times he was wondering just what it was all about. Mrs. F. Y. Dalziel Denies Barefoot Golf Fad Report NEW YORK, April 23.—Mrs. Frederic Y. Dalziel, society leader and big game hunter, denies, as does Mr. Dalzeil, that she, while a guest at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., took daily jaunts over the golf course in her bare feet, there- by establishing a new golf fad. She declares the report an “‘abso- lute, complete and total error” and that she never appeared outside of her own apartment in her bare feet, except on the bathing beach. Mr. Dalziel likewise declares the story, which originated in a dis- patch to the New York Times from the West Virginia resort, is abso- lutely untrue and without any foundation whatsoever. — STATE REGENTS GIVE - INTERESTING REPORTS Work of Chapters in Respective Commonwealths Reviewed—Per- i sonnel of Officers. Interesting reports have been given by the State regents of the D. A. R. of the work accomplished by the chap- ters In their respective States. The State regents and vice regents are al- ‘ways prominent at the congresses of the soctety. The regent and vice regent from Alabama are Mrs. Walter Ambrose Robinson and Mrs. C. M. Tardy; Ari- zona, Mrs. William Lee Pinney and Mrs. Walter 1. Morrison; Arkansas, Mrs. Harry C. Anderson and Mrs. Allen Cox; California, Mrs. H. J. Mannhart and Mrs. Jesse H. Shrev Colorado, Mrs. John C. Bushinger and Mrs. Alfred B. Trott: Connecticut, Mrs. Charles Humphrey Bissell and Miss Katharine Arnold Nettleton: Deleware, Miss Eleanor Eugenia Todd And Mrs. Edward Farrell: District of Columbia, Mrs. John M. Beavers and Mre. James M. Willey: Florida, Mrs. Theodore Strawn and Mrs. Brooke H. White. jr.. Georgia, Mrs. Julius Y. Talmadge and Mrs. A. L. Wilkins; Hawaii, Mrs. Howard Clarke and Mrs. 8. C. Huber; Tdaho, Mrs. W. 8. Titus and Mrs. A. P. Ludberg: Illinois, Mrs. Charles E. Herrick and Mrs. James S. King; Indiana, Mrs. Henry B. Wil- son and Mrs. Charles W. Ross: Towa, Mre. Robert H. Munger and Mrs. Alexander William Hawley: Kansas, Mrs. Robert B. Campbell and Mr: Herman L. Peppmeyer: Kentucks Mrs. Eugene H. Rav and Mrs. 8. L. Beard: Louisiana, Mrs. 8. A. Dick- son and Mrs. Charles W. Philips: Maine, Mrs. B. G. W. Cushman and Mrs. Blaine Spooner Viles Maryland, Mrs. Daniel Mershon Garrison and Mrs. Charles Thomas Marsden; Massachusetts, Mrs. James Charles Peabody and Miss Isabel Wyman Gordon; Michigan, Mrs. L. Victor Seydel and Mrs. Addison Drake Kent: Minnesota, Mrs. Marshall H Coolidge and Mrs. L. C. Lefferson; Mississippi, Mrs. Robert N. Some ville and Mrs. John A. Hardy; Mis- sourl, Mrs. W. W. Botts and Mrs. W. W. Graves: Montana, Mrs. Verne D. Caldwell and Mrs. H. R. Wahorke; Nebraska, Mrs. - Elizabeth O'Linn Smith and Mrs, C. 8. Paine; Nevada, Mrs.. J. E. Gelder and Mrs. 0. H. Mack: New Hampshire, Mrs. George H. Warren and Miss Alice M. Chesley; New Jersey. Mrs. Charles Read Banks and Mre.! Joseph J. Summerill;: New Mexico, Mrs. Franeis C. Wilson and Mrs. Georgé K. Angle: New York, Mra. Charles White Nash and Mr: Radcliffe B. Lockwood: Nofth Caro- lina, Mrs. Charles W. Tillett and Mr: STAR, WASHINGTO OAHL DEFENDERS READY FOR'BATILE Island Assumes Realistic War Attitude as Enemy Fleet Nears. 4 Dress. : . April 23.—The Island of Oahu, far-lung western outpost of the United States and key to the Na- tion’s web of defense in the Pacific, has been transformed by the Black forces, defending the islands from an attacking fieet, Into a veritable armed camp, it was revealed to a corre- spondent of the Assoclated Press to- day after an inspection tour of all defenses on the island. Just as the Blue fleet, which is steaming toward the islands from the east in an aftempt to recapture the island from the land forces, is travel- ing under war conditions as far as possible, the Army shore defenses have been arranged along lines which would be drawn in defending the is- land against actual instead of theo- retical attack. ‘War Touch Realistic. The Associated Press correspondent accompanying Maj. G. H. Tenney of the military intelligence office was permitted to view the inner defense at Fort Ruger, which is situated on Diamond Head, known as the Gibral- tar of the Pacific. In an effort to surprise the invading Blue fleet nu- merous other mobile defenses scat- tered over the island were kept Se- cret. The Island of Oahu today re- sembles an area under martial law, thousands of soldiers wearing hat bands distinguishing Black forces from neutral military men. Courlers wearing red arm bands lend a re- alistic touch to the scene today, dash- ing to and from general hesdquar- ters. Squat tanks are held in readi- ness along the road to repel naval attacks. Approximately 5,000 miles of multi-colored telephone wires are strung along the road, forming lines of communication from vario artil- lery control spotting stations to bat- tery headquarte, The isiand roads are dotted with signs telling of the presence of armed forces in the vicinity. Army and Navy airplanes are circling overhead continuously. Submarines, part of the Black forces. stationed at Pearl Harbor, are constantly maneuvering in the outer harbor. Watch Kept for Spies. Sentries pace the roads leading to the forts and mobile units due to the current rumor that spies are operating from the Blue fleet against the land forces. Trucks filled with officers and sol- diers trundle through the city streets and rural roads. being shifted from one post to another to meet the prob- lem of defending the island as the danger from the enemy becomes ap- parent. All important guns are carefully camouflaged by the land forces to pre- vent the invading sea forces from sighting them. Eight hundred officers and men of the Hawalian National Guard who were called to service in the “emer- gency” will be brigaded with the reg- ular troops on Thursday. Although it is impossible to state the time of contact between the land and sea forces, it is believed that a clash will occur on Friday night or Saturday morning. Admiral Coontz and his staff were guests last evening at a banquet ten- dered him by Rear Admiral J. D. Mc- Donald, commander of Pear! Harbor. Admiral Coontz and Maj. Gen. John L. Hines today completed last-minute plans for judging the maneuvers. PROTESTS TO BE IGNORED. United States Fleet Will Visit Aus- tralian Ports as Planned. Australian ports will see a section of the United States battle fleet this Summer, in accordance with schedules already announced, despite several protests from Individuals and organ- izations in various parts of the coun- try, Secretary Wilbur said. The pro- tests are being answered with a form letter. A copy of one of these letters de- clared that if all the information on the subject was available, “speakers jand writers would not attempt to ham. rer their Government in its efforts to promote friendship abroad and to make certain of our ability to main- tain peace for our own fands,” and gave assurance that no alarm was caused by such maneuvers while, on the contrary, they developed interna- tional friendships. Certain Drills Required. “Every nation that may maintain a navy,” the letter continued. “wants it to be efficient; its ships must' be in good running order; its men must be able to operate the ships. For this reason the maritime nations of the world require’certain drills, exercises and maneuvers of their ships, and all maritime nations exercise their men and ships annual “It caused no alarm anyvwhere in the world this year when England's fleet and the French fleet held their annual maneuvers. It causes no alarm in this country when the Japa- nese hold their annual maneuvers. In the recent cruise of a Japanese squad- ron to the coast of California and the Panama Canal much good feeling was created and many friendships made between the visiting Japanese squad- ron and the Americans on the West Coast. Movements Create No Fear. “The movements of the ships of for- elgn nations for the purpose of train- ing their men or for friendly visits creates no fear in us, as they are both proper things for a sovereign nation to do. There Is no reason to believe that the annual trainin of our men or our friendly visits are looked upon any differently by foreign nations than wa 100k upon their routine cruises and training.” The Secretary inclosed in all these letters a copy of a dispatch from Ad- miral Takarabo, Japanese minister of marine, commenting upon the recep- tion by Americans of the Japanese MWILLAN RELIE D, C, | ON AMATELR RADID Polar Explorer Expects Their Co-Operation to Maintain Communications. Amateur radio operators of the United States will occupy a foremost place in the field of radio reception while the MacMillan Arctic expedi- tion, under the auspices of the Na- tional Geographic Society, is in the Polar regions. The Navy Department and the society will rely solely on these operators to pick up the code messages from the top of the world, relating in detall just what is being accomplished. At present there are about 20 ama- teurs in the United States owning apparatus capable of picking up the dispatches sent on the high-frequency wave length, it is understood. The entire progress of the expedition will be sent back to the States by telegra- phy, and, according to the nature of the information, will be addressed either to the Navy Department or the society here. The amateurs will be asked to co-operate in receiving these messages and transmitting them im- mediately to the addresses for distri- bution to the public through the Ppress. Vocal Broadcasting Plans. The vocal broadcasting from the polar regions will be in the nature of entertainment only, it was learned to day. Commander Donald B. Mae- Millan and other members of his com- mand hours to be designated later, will go “on the alr” from station WNP —Wireless North Pole—which will be sent out on the high-frequency wave length to station WJAZ, outside of Chicago, where it will be “stepped up"” and distributed to the ultimate con- sumer. As there is a slight shadow of doubt of the success of this vocal broadcasting, owing to the existence of a ‘“‘dead” sector north of Chicago, everything will be staked on the code for transmission to the department and the society. It is understood there is a regula- tion or unwritten law governing the keeping in confidence of radio mes- sages intercepted, and while the amateurs are not required to deliver the information they pick up to the addressee they are prevented from transmitting it to any one else. There Is a high standard and code of ethics among, the operators and offi- cials of the Navy Department and the society do not anticipate any “leaks.” Long Periods of Waiting. Reception of these messages by the amateurs mean long days and nights of waliting. Carrier pigeons from the Naval Air Station at Anacostia, D. C., will be taken along for communication purposes between the airplanes In flight and the ships’ base. Efforts will be made to make the pigeons ‘at home” on one of the two vessels 80 they will fly direct to the base when released frora the planes. If they are not acclimated to their new surroundings they will strike out from the polar region for Anacostia and will starve to death en route. SR SRS PRINCE’S SHIP HALTED FOR RITES OF NEPTUNE 800 Novices to Be Received Into Sea God’'s Realm Off Coast of Africa. Ay the Associated Press. ABOARD H. M. 8. REPULSE, April 23 (by Wireless).—The Repulse, bear- ing the Prince of Wales on his South African ‘and South American cruise, was halted last night beneath an almost starless sky to receive Nep- tune's Equator. Neptune's part was taken by a lieu- | tenant commander, attired in robes reminiscent of those worn by the African chleftains received by the prince during his stop off in Nigeria, and he was accompanied by a green- clad “daughter of the sea” who is being presented to the prince today. Nine hundred novices (those who have never crossed the Equator before) are to be received into Neptune's realm. WOMAN’S AUXILIARY SESSION IS OPENED Potomac Presbytery Groups Meet- | ing at Central Church—150 Delegates Present. The business session of the thir- teenth annual meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary of Potomac Pres- bytery, Synod of Virginia, opened to- day in Central Presbyterian Church, Fifteenth and Irving streets. About 150 delegates from the 25 auxiliaries of the 35 churches in the presbytery atténded. The three-day session opened informally yesterday afternoon with an executive commit- tee meeting. Reports of the officers and 1924-25 committees were heard and new com- mittees ware appointed by the presi- dent, Mrs. Oscar Wilkinson, of this city. '%he chairmen of the committees were appointed as follows: Credentials, Mrs; Hamilton Dimmicl program, Mrs. C. R. Lindsay; courtesy, Mrs. Charles Boston; place of meeting, Miss Loula Smoot; publicity, Miss Louise A. Davidson; findings, Mrs. J. D. Steele. Following - the hearing of .reports, Mrs. Mildred Berry led a discussion of the Book of Revelation. This was followed by a talk on ‘“Massanetta,’ the Summer meeting place of the members, by Mrs. T. W. De Vane. The work of the Sunday school exten- sion and publications was explained by Mrs. L. A. Armitage. Then the session was adjourned for luncheon at 3 urch. th"!‘h‘e" election of officers and dele- gates to the Summer conferences was THURSDAY, APRIL 2 ]Pl protests against crossing the | An epoch in aerfal transportation was established today between New York and Washington, when a large twin-engined biplane brought two small grand pianos from Mitchel Field, Long Island, to Boll- ing Field, at Anacostia, in three hours, The pianos were consigned to the firm of E. F. Droop & Sons Co. of this city. In addition to the two pianos, the plane, known as the Sikorsky Air Transport, carried six passengers, including pilots. They were: Igor Sikorsky, designer of the plane and former technical aircraft adviser to the czar's general staff before the Russian revolution; Lieut. Col. Har- old E. Hartney, a famous war pilot now in the reserve: C. B. D. Coll- yer, a former Army aviator and air mail pflot, and now a sky writer, all of whom took furns ai flying the plane on the trip down, and three mechanics, C. Blanchard, Jacob Isimoff and A. Krapish, the latter former Russian officers, Col, Hartney, who is an official of ‘the general airways system, 4 newly organized enterprise for fostering ~ commercial aviation, said the plane.flew on one motor, as the designer claimed for it while Islmoff and Krapish climbed out on the wing and made a minor TOVOTEON PEACE Details of Plan to Settle Pay Dispute Withheld. Plumbers May Not Quit. The Master Painters’ Association will meet this evening to vote on a proposed plan to settle the present painters’ strike. The proposal is a result of a threehour conference be- tween the association’s executive com- mittee and the union men last night withheld from publication at the re- guest of all the parties concerned, who feel that any premature disclosure of the settlement under consideration would completely dfsrupt “an ex tremely delicate situation.” The meeting last night was somewhat stormy and at present the question of continuance of the strike or of its settlement may fall either way. Conciliator Sees Progress. Even if master painters agree on the proposed plan, it will have to go before the entire local union for a vote. It will be imipossible, should any settlement plan be agreed upon to- night by the master painters, for the union men to give it any considera- tion until Monday. John B. Colpoys, United States conciliator, while highly gratified at his success in bringing about a conference between the con- tending parties, Is using every effort to steer the conference clear of the delicate problems. The plumbing situation remains the same and efforts are now being made by thé mastef plumbers and the union men to adjust thelr difficulties and ayold a walkout. It is expected in a short while that some definite stand will be taken by the master plumbers in regard to an increase for their em- ployes. The committee of 15 appointed at a meeting of the Central Labor Union last Monday to wage a campaign against the open shop and non-union merchandise in Washington was en- Jarged last night to 45. Subcommit- tees will be appointed 1o attend every meeting of the 74 unions comprising the central organizations and to con solidate them in the working out of the campalgn against non-unionism. —_— OIL MAGNATE REVEALED AS BACKER OF PRINCE Royal Dutch Head Denies He Seeks Youssoupoff Paintings for Own Collection. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 23.—C. 8. Gul- benkian, head of the Royal Dutch Shell Ofi Co., a British subject of Ru- manian birth and credited with owning the largest private art collection in Europe, advanced 120,000 pounds to Prince ‘Felix Youssoupoff to finance the prince’s suit against Joseph E. Widener of Philadelphia, it was re. vealed In the Supreme Court yesterday when a deposition made by Gulbenkian in Paris was read. Prince Youssoupoff is suing Mr. ‘Widener to enforce repurchase of two Rembrandt portralts, which Mr. ‘Widener obtained from him in August, 1921, on payment of 109,000 pounds. Gulbenkian's - deposition. taken in Paris, said_he made the loan after his attorneys had advised him it was a proper step. It was not a business matter, he said, but merely to help the prince, and at the time it was made there was no thought that he should obtain the Rembrandts, a lien on which was his only security. Gulbenkian has frequently been re- ferred to by the defense in the trial as “the sinister figure” behind Prince Youssoupoff, it being alleged that the prince merely seeks to regain the pic- tures to resell them to the European oil magnate. REALTORS TO MEET. National Board President to Speak Here Tonight. arles G. Edwards, president of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, will address the regular monthly meeting of the Washington Real 'Estate Board at the Wardman Park Hotel tonight. The meeting will start at 8 o'clock. Elaborate arrangements have been made for this meeting. A number of prominent civic leaders in the Na- squadron in its recent cruise to the the principal business to be taken up Robert L. . Mauney; tlonal, Capital have been invited, as Mrs. Eric A. Kang Panama Canal and (Californi This this afternoon. At the session tonight, well as members of thé nearby real ROME, April 23.—The Rome police message, which was addressed to Sec- which will begin at 8 o'clock, the today were summoned to Arrest ghosts which fnhabit villa No. 20, on Isole street. The tenant who made the complaint is a lawyer named Fiffatioli, who stated that he had been very long-suffering, but when artichokes began dancing a shimmy on the kitchen table, jump- ing up and hitting his wife in the face, and when ghosts seized the coffee pot from her hand and poured the beverage into nowhere his pa- tience was exhausted. The police solemnly investigated the house while doors mysteriously slammed and tables overturned, and then summoned special detectives. ‘When these men pronounced them- selves baffled, a priest was sum- moned to exorcise the house, but his words could hardly be heard amid the banging of doors. Where the hoax Hes is still a mys- tery, but the case remains formally inscribed as uneolved on police rec- ords. Meanwhile crowds visit the villa' in -terrified; delight. (Copyright, 1926, by _‘mianol:)"s. Thomas F. Fletcher Hobart and Mrs. Herbert M. Backus; Oklshotha, Mrs. Andrew R. retary Wilbur, said: “Pleage accept my sincerest thanks for the courtesy and hospitality so Hickam and Mrs. John W. Wiker; Oregon. Mrs. Symour Jones and Mrs. A. A. Finch: Pennsylvania, Mrs. John Brown Hi%an and Mrs. Clarence H. Crispin; Rhode Island, Mrs. George H. Fowler and Mrs. John T. Cran- shaw: South Carolina, Mrs. Willlam B. Burney and Mrs. Laudy J. Hames; South Dakota, Mrs. Willis Hemstead Davis and Miss Mabel K. Richardson: Tennessee, Mrs. E. M. Slack and Mrs. W. C. Clemens; Texas, Mrs. Willlam D. Garlington ‘and Mrs., Samuel L. Seay; Utah, Mrs. M. K. Parsons and Mrs. A. D. Barber; Vermont, Mrs. Horace Martin Farnham and Mrs. Wilfred F. Root: Virginia, Mrs. James Reese Schick; Wi ngton, Mrs. Wil lia G. Hopkins and Mrs. H. G. Thomp- son: West Virginia. Mrs. Robert J. Reed and Mrs. W. H. Conaway: Wis- consin, Mrs. Ralph H. Hees and Mrs. Otto A. Lueck: Wyoming, Mrs. May- rice Groshon and Mr= Bry; generously extended to the officers and men of our traniing squadron in Hilo, San Francisco and Honolulu. “I hope and trust that the triendship and good will which has given such an eloquent token on this occasion will exist forever between our two navies. Another letter inclosed was from the president of the San Francisco Cham- ber of Commerce. After referring to the courtesies extended by the Ameri- can flest to the Japanese training squadron and of the program carried out for them.on American ships and on shore Ly officers, enlisted men, as well as the chamber of commerce and other civic agencies, the letter added: 2 “‘The program provided by the citi- zens and by the Japanese colony itself certainly showed tp our visitors that there was not a hostile atmosphere in have convinced E’mm . Dr. James H. Taylor will pre- Ry e new officers will be installed, the Rev. Dr. J. E. Booker will speak synod Home Missions” and Mrs. A. S. Maxwell will speak on “Brazil. Tomorrow morning unfinished busi- ness will be taken up, reports of committees will be heard and the meeting will adjourn at luncheon time. — e VESUVIUS IS ACTIVE, NAPLES, Italy, April 23.—Sudden activity on the part of Mount Vesu- viug, with internal rumblings, the ema- nation of smoke and flames and a slight eruption of lava and ashes, is proving an attraction for the foreign tourists, including many Americans, now here. ‘The director of the Vesuvius Ob- servatory asserts thu:.’ u‘n‘; no ',',;‘°§; danger, t! eruption cau estate boards. John A. Petty, executive secretary of the local board, will make a report showing the work of the board in the past few months. Gilbert W. Dent is in charge of the special reception com- mittee. An entertainment program will be provided. TWO KILLED IN DUEL. Mezxican Engineer and Prefessor Shoot Each Other. MEXICO CITY, April 23.—Facing each other with pistols at only 4 yards distance, Carlos Carrile, an electrical engineer. and Prof. Jose Izquierdo shot each other (o death yesterd The duel was arranged when ] men quarreled over the details of the work of a special com- mission from the Aldermanic Council of the Cit a suburb of mem ane Brings 2 Baby Grand Pianos From New York Here in Three Hours| adjustment in an altitude mix- | be flown back to New Yor« late ture of the earburetor on the mo- today. | MASTER PAINTERS &3 Sqor tefemd Emir Away Minus The details of this plan are being | tor, which was throttled down A special arrangement on the tail of the ‘plane enabled it to fiy in a straight line with only one mo- tor at full power, whereas othe: bi-motored ships, whose enginez are not mounted tandem, havs to come down if one of the engines fails. The pianos, minus the trisses (legs), and packed in less careful manner than if shipped by rail were placed in the cabin com- partments and Col. Hartney said no one on board noticed any dif- ference in the performance of the e by the added weight The Sikorsky transport, roughly resembling a Martin bomber, W built at Roosevelt Field, Long Is land, by a group of Russian roy- alist refugees, who did most of work on Saturdays and . The construction work was financed, it is sald, by. cab- aret singers, ballet dancers, res- taurant waiters and cigaretie makers. Sikorsky had a capital of £600 to begin building operations. The plane is powered with two 400-horsepower Liberty motars, mounted on the wings on each side of the fuselage. The wings have a spread of 60 feet and the plane has a length over all of 4% feet. < 1t is prohable that the plan= wiil Chance to Return| | | | | . This country seems about to get | Tid of Seld Zerdecheno. the self- styled Emir of Kurdestan, who for | a short time last Summer, was a | guest at the District jail. Zerdecheno, according to officials of the Immigration Bureau, is to get a through ticket via France to Constantinople next week. He is now at Ellis Island after a month of transatlantic travel, having been denied admittance to Great Britain even though he had a British pass- port. Efforts are now being made to obtain a French vise on a pass- port to land him at Cherbours, France, on a through passage to | Constantinople furnished by the | steamship company which brought | him here. Immigration ~officials say he will be out of the United States for good by May 1. 'F. P. HARMAN DEAD; FUNERAL TOMORROW | Had Been Ill Short | Time. | Frank P. Harman. 68 years old, former president of the Commercial National Bank here and subsequently chairman of fts board of directors, died in George Washington Univer- sity Hospital last night after a short illness. He had just been taken to the hospital yesterday morning. Mr. Harman at the time of his death was president of three coal corporations. Besides his connection with _the Commercial National Bank, Mr. Har- man was formerly a director of the Merchants' Bank and Trust Co. He was president of the Turkey Gap Coal and Coke Co.. Lynn Coal and Coke Co. and the Puritan Coal Corporation, and had long had extensive mining interests in West Virginia. Mr. Harman. who had been a resi- dent of this city since 1911, lived at 1900 Florida avenue. of Virginia, He was a native and had a home near ived by his widow, Mrs. Fugenia Harm-n; two daughters, Mrs Arnold H. @nider of Salisbury. N. C., and Mrs. Clifford C. Early of Fort Leavenworth, Kans., the wife of Maj. | Barly, and three sons, William H. Harman, Everett Harman of Puritan Mines, Wes® Virginia, and Frank P. | Harman, jr., vice president of the | Merchants’ Bank and Trust Co. here. Funeral services will be conducted at the residence tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. Rev. Dr. Charles Wood, pastor of the Church of the Covenant, Presbyterian, will officiate. Interment will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. AR HIS LAST REQUEST DENIED PARIS, April 2 n executioner awoke Laudies Ladkar, an_ Arab con- victed of murdering two Portuguese and_ wounding three others, from a sound sleep in La Sante death house this morning and bade him dress for the guillotine. Extending the usual cigarette and glass of rum, the warder asked the condemned man: “What s your wish?” The condemned Arab re- Plied: “I wish not to be executed.” The guillotine knife fell at 5:45 o'clock. HAVRE DE GRACE ENTRIES FOR FRIDAY. FIRST RACE—Claiming: steeplechass purse, $1,300; 4-year-olds and up: 2 miles +Bac-More Andahon ..... 130 134 187 $Peccant . Clover Brother Bil Jim Coftroih . 1. tlrish Jig - 143 §Dixon Josephine 1 1Queen City stable entry. {FopagGerth sad S. Flanery antey. 5. R. MacComber and Bayard Tuckerman, ir.entry. SECOND RACE—Claimin, 3-year-olds and up: 6 furlonge . 138 134 purse, $1,200; tE. B. McLean entry. FOURTH RACE—Claiming: puree, $1.200; 3-year-oids and up: 6 furiongs, 13 Tuxedo 108 10 112 Mixture . 100 Hlonday' i3 e i 'Wmln&; 1 *Everzlade 113 *Wellfin 112 *Director ¢ 110 Bother ... 101 FIFTH RACE—Claiming: purse.. $1,2 3year-olds: 1 mile and 70 vards - . 1*Geo De M: 113 *Wave Creat . Rodo = -vs B *Doctor Glenn .. 114 Poor 108 *Sister Sue .. [\ 112 Kindre 107 3t. Quentin 108 *Mabel 102 *Cariton 107 Lather . 9% Tony Su 102 " “Also eii Timeleas 112 Muskallone ... . 110 Fhint .. 1108 Qakwood .. Il 108 107 *Belle of Boyee 94 104 Legation . . 104 L99 King's Ciere’ 11 108 THIRD RACE—$1.200: maiden 2.year-old eoite and geidings: 4% furlongs. INight Express.. 116 Voluatesr .18 Gettysburg ... 118 Bill ..., Le Lanark 118 Brush By 11110 118 ink .. D116 Zeod ... ST ld Guard 116 Cann: 116 Red Ca 116 Endo 118 11§ Lewis 116 | vessel { FAILURE AT RESCUE STIRS PASSENGERS Some Say Sea Traditions Were .Not Upheld—Others Defend Homeric Captain. | By the Associated Press NEW YORK, April 23.—Passengers who arrived on the White Star Hner Homeric, after seeing the Japanese freighter Raifuku Maru sink with its 38 officers and men, expressed widely divergent views as to whether every possible effort had been made by the Homeric's officers to save the Japa- nese seamen he Homeric docked last night. lost its race with death Tuesday. The division among the passengers was about equal, some saying that everything humanly possible had been done and that it would have been sui- cide to launch the Homeric's life- boats, others statinz that they be- lieved some lives might have been saved had the boats been launched or rafts set adrift toward the sinking Capt. John Roberts was given & testimonial signed by 123 of the 238 It first cabin passengers, Feels Tradition Broken. Liston L. Lewis, New York attor- ney, said, “I was not impressed that the Homeric upheld the tradition of English sailors.” Amos Pinchot, lawyer and publicist and brother of Gov. Pinchot of Penn- sylvania, sald he saw some of the sailors struggling in the water after { their ship had foundered, and added: Numerous persons expressed anger and regret that we did not stand by for a few minutes more than we did after the ship sank Paul E. Albertl, grain and marine insurance man. said: “If rafts had been launched from the Homeric even without seamen on them. I bélleve the seas would have carried the rafis to the men. _There certainly was no herofe effort to rescue the Japanese.” Defended by Clergyman. Among those who defended Capt. Roberts was the Rev. James J. Talbot of Old St. Patrick's Cathedral, who prayed with bared head as the men were drowned “I believe the Homeric's officers strove heroically to reach the sinking ship.” he said. “and that it would have been disastrous to risk the lives of the liner's crew in lifehoats.” “Capt manly possibl Roberis did everything hu said Everett T. Tom e president of Doremus & 3 ising agents. Another pas. senger said Capt. Roberts “would have been a murder if he had sent the boats out.” Capt. Roberts was an officer aboard the Baltic, which effected the rescue of 1,700 persons when the steamers Banker and Industrialist Was 8. Republic and Florida collided off New | York Harber in 1909. Prays for Lost Men. The 38 Japanese seamen of the Raifuku Maru were given general absolution from the deck of the liner Homeric by Father J. Talbot Passengers on the Homeric, arriv- ing last night told how Father Talbot with a group of priests stood on the bridge, head bared in the sleet and raging storm, praying for the unfor- tunates during the hour that the liner lay alongside the sinking freighter. Father Talbot said he gave general absolution in the belief that some of the men might have been of the Cath olic faith. Consul Starts Probe. The Japanese consulate general in New York is obtaining ail information possible in regard to the sinking of the Raifuku Maru. H. Saito, Japanese consul general, aid today that officials of the Kokusai Kisen Kaisha, owners of the Raifuku Maru, with the aid of the White Star Line, owners of the Homeric. which arrived too late to rescue the Raifuku Maru's crew, were investigating the affair fully and were in consulation with the consulate general Mr. Saito would not say whether further steps to investigate the affair through official channels were templated. He also refused to com- ment when asked whether the consu- late officials thought the Homeric had done all pcssible to save the lives of those aboard the Raifuku Maru At the White Star Line offices it was said that Capt. John Roberts, the commander of the Homeric, had made his customary report to the officials of the line and that this report would be forwarded to the British Board of Trade at London, which would have to investigate If any further inquiry into the affair were made Trust Homerie Captain. A statement on behalf of the own- ers of the Homeric today said ““We feel that the actual verified facts of the attempted rescue exoner. ate Cipt. Roberts from the charges of a few hysterical passengers. The di- rectors will, of course, pay serious at tention ta these complaints, but they will not say anything. Capt. Roberts is one of the highest and most hon- ored commanders in our service, and the directors naturally would be in- clined to accept the judgment of his 40 vears' experience rather than the excited and somewhat contradictory sm of less than half the passen- In this connection was cited a tele- gram received from the Raifuku Maru's owners, Kobe: “Deeply appreciate Homeric's ef- forts for unfortunate Raifuku Maru's assistance and request you convey our thanks to her, commander.” Capt. Roberts was commander of the liner Baltic in 1907 when his ves- sel shared in the rescue of 1,700 per- sons after the Republic and Florida collided in midatlantic. During the war he took part in rescue work after a number of submarine sinkings. MRS. B. E. MINETREE DIES. Resident Here 40 Years and Widow of Confederate Officer. Mrs. Betiy Eppes Minetree, 77 vears old and a resident of this city for the last 40 vears, died vesterday at her residence. 1831 Belmont road. Mrs. Minetree wps the daughter of the late John Eppes, a large land dwner in Virginia. and her ancestors played a prominent part in early Vir- sinia history. She was the widow of Col. Joseph™ P. Minetree, a Confeder- ate officer and official of the Southern Railway. ® Mrs. Minetres was in the midst of much actual warfare guring the Civil War and was a collaborator with Mias Nora F. M. Davidson in publishing ‘Cullings From the Confederacy, 1862- She is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Charles F. Fitts of Chicago, Mrs. George H. Evans of Aléxandria, Va; Mrs. H. B. Hollifleld, Mrs. Harry Low- man and Miss Claudia Minetree, and a son, George McPhail Minetree, all of Washingten. Funeral services will be conducted at St. Thomas' Episcopal Church to- morrow afternoon at 2:30 o'cloek. In- terment will be I Rock Creek Ceme- tery. Teacher Pay Raise Vetoed. ALBANY, X. Y. April 30—Gov. | Smith today vetoed the Ricea bill in- tended to bring about s general im- creass in the salaries of the Mew York City school teachers, ’