Evening Star Newspaper, April 28, 1925, Page 15

) ! ' Refused by Mexican, Chinese VE CEREMONY AT TOMB OF FRAN( the historic spot, and a wreath sent by President C. national treasurer of the society; Mrs. Henry Williams, a descendant of the War of 1812. SCOTT KEY, IN CEREMONY AT GRANT MEMORIAL YESTERDAY. Monday, April marked the 103d anniversary of the birth of U. S. Grant, and a spaci ceremony was held at the memorial in the Botanic Garden, under the auspices of the Sons of Veterans. Gen. Nelson A. Miles was one of the speakers. National Photo. Wesleyan Plans AFAYETTE PLANS 1 orere” e OFFEND 3 GONSULS| o Homer Pupits Seats at St. Louis Banquet By the Associated Press. NEW HAVEN, Conn., “Wesleyan intends to stop keep. bhooks comings and nings of her honor students sald James MecConaughy, the new president of the univer- sity, in an address before the New | Haven Alumni Asscciation of that | college here last night. | ‘In the near future” he | sald, “all junicrs and seniors who rank above the average will be told that they need not attend classes except when they believe it will be the most beneficial thing for | ! be| ihem to do. It is ridiculous to wwther table than that| eqt men of proven ability and ma consuls of Great Britaln | ity as though they are children be:seate I helieve that the day is not far | Consuls. off when certain students will be | C'uban consulate, it was told t if they can find better the consuls of these five| 1eference on portions of their the only ones in this| course in the libraries of New York {zens of the countries| City to go there and study for & nd give thelr time to, week or so. After that it will be Other consuls here but a short step to the practice ‘e LAmeri itizens, some of them of sending men to l:_umpe for the naties of the countries they repre-| independent study of modern lan- sen@ and most of them have local busi-| guages.” nesd connections. | | Tributes to the part Lafavette play- | od in the American Revolution were | volced by ers at ceremonies yes. | PLANS FOR MAY DAY. | terday, at which a bust of Lafavette | G Was unveiled by M. Daeschner | Cuban Labor to Stop Work and mbassador Daeschner spoke of the oy unswerving efforts of Lafayette in Stage Denionstrat championing the canse of democracy, of His work batiras » siatesman and ac B soldier for American freedom And of the relations existing hetween ‘he sister republics, the United States end France Oceasion The occasion misht an a syl of the frl th two countries April 28, | S on the s Lukens and Venezuelan Officials. Br the Associated P | ST. LOUIS, April 28 Consuls for Mesco, China and Venezuela in St Touwls declined invitations to attend | the fl,afayette centennial dinner here | last{night at w 3 Daekehner of cipal 'spealke they tonside: signed t which the Only very ed it discriminatory to be eat | and At the stated that couBtries city who are they repre congular ¢ Cuba, April 28.—May day ted in Havana with a authorization for HAVAN: will be celeh monster parade, which has been granted by the sec of the interior. Suspension of street car traffic, load ing and unloading vessels in the har bor and other work will mark May 1, which is observed as Labor d_a\ in Cuba. Afternoon newspapers will not . : publish on that day, it has been an- Darsoluier CeCiaTed. nounced, and morning papers will be celebration committee, and a member e R f the French Legion of Hono: " urged ARTS EXPOSITION OPEN- i adoption of the suggestion of Presi- ! dent Coolidge that September 6 be _ | vecognized nationally as ‘“Lafavette! French . President Officiates at| da because, he added, “Lafayette pahington Paris Showing. ‘ and Washington will live in the imem ory of man when Caesar and Napoleon PR ‘ 5 = " | PARIS, April 28—President Dou Al e mergue today officially inaugurated | ithe International Exposition of Dec- M|NSTREL SHOW PLANNED orative Arts, in which 21 nations are | participating. About 4,000 persons were present X. of P. Lodge to Entertain To- morrow Night. | v;h\' invitation. The exposition will be i Symbolic. | well be taken ndship between Ambassador | opened to the public tomorrow. A latiol ahow vl be EiVenibE DL Shipbuilding Increases. {he Columbia Lodge of the Knights|i American shipbuilding increased R petnias tomorrow might at the Wil-| slightly between March 1 and April | Tard Hotel as a benefit for the drill|1. The Commerce Department report- | eorps, which will represent the Grand | ed today that on April 1. 151 steel v | Y.odge at the conclave to he held at aggregating 184,208 gross Seattle in July. were under construction in the The show will be under the direc-| The number under construction tion of Charles . Shackelford, captain | March 1 was 170. but the tonnage in- of the drill team and past commander | volved was only 173.454. There ; of the Commander ¥nd men will| 8 wooden vessels. with a tonnage of . William Franklin, Lou Abbot, C.|12,073. under construction on April 1.| Y atrey and William Zeitler. The |wbile the number March 1 was 23 and shop will be followed by-dancings _ 4he-tonnage 11,414 % sels, were olidge was placed on the tomb. [Tour Thursday to Take i |the commission. |number of details regarding the park dfor the plajntiff, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 28 1925. FREDERICK, MD. The United Daughters of 1812 made a pilgrimage to In the photograph are Mrs. Robert J. Johnson of lowa, Francis Scott Key, and Mrs. Alma Weston, whose grandfather fought in National Photo. BOXER CALLS UPON THE PRESIDENT. Introduced by Representative Fred A. Britten, Johnny Dundee, star of the ring, talked with Presiden: Coolidge yesterday. Dundee meets “Honey Boy” Finnigan at the Capital Sporting Club tonight. At left, G. Logan Payne. At right, Representative Britten. - National Photo PARK COMMISSID WL MAKE SURVEY HIPS, COL. Aviation Bases | Entire District, Including | Proposed New Sités. The United States today s “bask ing in shadow of the valley of | | ignorance in national defen=e more | than at any other time,” Col. William | Mitchell, former assistant chief of the | Army Alr Service, declared in a brief | address at a luncheon tendered him vesterday at the Racquet Club by Air Service officers on duty in Washing ton. Col. Mitchell's tour of duty as assistant chief of the Air Service with the rank of brigadier general term: nated at midnight Sunday, and his address yvesterday was his official good-bye to his comrades here. Col Mitchell now is on a leave of absence, at the conclusion of which he wil sume his new duties as air officer of the 8th Corps Area at Fort Sam | Houston, Tex. Col. Mitchell sought 40 impress upon the officers, numbering about 70, the value of organized efforts in the mat ter of air defense. ‘“There is nothing difficult about adopting an aeronautical organization in this country,” he said. *“An air force should be ‘charged with the de- fense of the country. We should have 2,400 ships available for us in two weeks' time. The existence of a di- islon of Air Service and two brigades would secure this country so that no hostile power could put foot in this country. We should locate our bases near the larger cities. There are 14 of them with a population of over 500,000. Our men should be trained all ‘over the country and not in the | swamps of Florida or the deserts of Texas.” is the First-hand information regarding the park situation will be obtained Thursday, when all the members of the National Park Commission make a complete survey of the entire Dis- trict, according Lieut. Col. Clar- ence O. Sherill, executive officer of The commision met in the office of public buildings and public parks in the Navy Building this morning. A siuation in the District, including plans for additional purchases, were gone over by the comission, but Col. Sherrill said following adjournment of the meeting shortly after 1 o'clock that there was no formal announce- ments to be made of any purchases. Study Proposed Sit _Col. Sherrill said that the commis- sion decided that it would meet again at 9 o'clock Thursday morning, when the full commission will make a com- plete inspection of the present park- ing system, and also urvey of lands, which the commission has under con: sideration for the purchase and addi- tion to the natlonal parks here. Col. Sherrill would not indicate just hy the commission was called to- gether again so soon, but it was be. lieved the members desired to see the blots of land before making any rec ommendations fer purchase. National Capital Park Com. s function is to plan the ex- tension of the present park system and to purchase additians for i After the purchase the commission has nothing more to do with the lands, but they then become part .of the property which comes under the jurisdiction of the office of public buildings and public’parksa $3,000 DAMAGES CLAIMED “Hit-and-Run” Collision on Po- tomac River Charged. The Potomac River has its traffic accidents and also its “hit-and-run” operators, according to the allegations of a sult for $3,000 damages filed t day in the District Supreme Court Paul Frederick against W. L. Owens. Frederick tells the court that May last he owned a boat valued at ,000 floating in th river near Mar- shall Hall. Md.. when Owens’ boat coi- | Referring to his successor, lided with the boat of the plaintiff, | Gen. James I. Fechet, Col breaking and damaging it. He also | said there could have been “no hetter i e O Wens ROter ” tHa \ Coliatt oice.” He is in favor of officers “left him in a perilous and sinking | “coming up” to commanding positions yndition and in danger of losinz his: and is in faver of continuing the fy life,” it was with difficulty that he | ing pay of the aviatc reached shore. Frederick asserts. At-| Maj. Gen. Mason M. Opportunity Best. Col. Mitchell said the best oppor- tunity for air development iz in the United States. “But,” he declared, “it should be in charge of airmen, for none others are qualified. with a ground Army in the war was to butt our heads against a stone wall. -In the air we made tremendous strides. Our application of air force | a tactical maneuver by every country ! of Europe today. strike behind the infantry lines. In the next war we will not be tled to the ground arms unless as a last re- sort. The ground army will be used in the future to patrol, insure do- mestic tranquillity and hold posi- tions.” “I found it impossible,” Col. Mitchell continuedg “to do anything in the War or Navy Departments on the matter of air defense. gress and the people and we'll con- tinue to take it to them until it is recognized Brig. Mitchell Patrick, chief All we did | to the St. Mihiel operation is used as | “It is the duty of the airmen to| So I took it to Con-| ear Great Cities. tornev= Rourke and Jaeger appear | of the Army Alr Service, presided. {1ntroducipg- Coly Mitchell, Geny. Rats-in- 1915, | trait of a high ranking Army officer MITCHELL REPEATS HIS VIEWS ON AIRCRAFT PREPAREDNE vesterday afternoon funcheon. Col chief of the Air Service. Lieut. Comdr. R. E. Byrd carrying the 10-pound boat which he will take with the MacMillan expedition to the Far North, The boat, which may be carried in a small bag, can be launched from an airplane, and will cupport three men, National Photo |AIR SERVICE SHOULD HAVE 2,400 {ITCHELL ASSERTS "R()tirin,'.' Assistant Chief at Luncheon Tendered by | His Comrades Here, Makes Vigorous Plea for rick sald he has known him for 20 years and that during the last three and a half vears he has discussed with him nearly every major and minor | { subject affecting the Air Service. Mitchell alwavs gave his | opinions and they were decided and | strong,” said Gen. Patrick. “I haven't always agreed with him, as no two men can agree unless one is a_‘ves- ves' man. If there were any differ ences, they were as to the methods | followed and not results to be| achieved.” Gen. Patrick said what Gen. Mitchell | advocated was to the best interests| of the national defense and the Air Service. “He has done good work and he | knows more about what an air force can do and how it should be handle than any other man in the country,” he added. Gen. Fechet also pald a glowing tribute to his predecessor, declaring there is “no man in the United States or the world who has the record in the air Gen. Mitchell has.” Gen. Fetchet sald he cannot bring to the Afr Service the “‘wonderful vision that Gen. Mitchell has. I haven't the ca- pacity to take his place. But I shall work hard for the Alr Service and carry out Gen. Patrick’s orders. Novel Table Dress. Col. Mitchell's reference to “deserts” in Texas brought from Gen. Fetchet, a Texan, and recently on duty as com manding Kelly Fleld, a few kind words about his native State. “The Lone Star of Texas,” he de clared, turning to Col. Mitchell, “is worth’ more than the single star of the brigadier. I know his heart strings are in Virginia, and Virginia is about to lose a great horseman and a great flyer. But Texansyare the. greatest-hearted people in thé world.” Gen. Fetchet asked the assembly to | rise and stand in a moment's tribute to Col. Mitchell to signify their sense of loss in his departure. E The luncheon table was arranged in the form of a :T,” a ground signal | telling the aviator which way the wind blows, and at the angle formed | by the letter was a large Martin bomb- ing propeller. Plate cards bore a por- “Gen. labeled “War Dept.,” holding a yard stick In one hand and beckoning to & small boy tagged “Gen. Mitchell,” be. side which was an overturned pot of “beans,” the contents of which were marked “Truth About the Air Serv- ice.” The “War Dept.” is represented Now, are you going to be to which “Gen. Mitchell” re- Naw, I won The caption read, “Spills the Beans.” The luncheon was arranged by Maj: Railways in the Province of Alberta Canada, total 4,822 miles, compared | with 1,060 miles in 1905 and 4,097 miles | where Col. William Mitchell, former sistant TEN-POUND BOAT u. N., the Potomac yesterday. and will support 730 pounds. .S URGEDTOAD B SHPS 10 FLEE TO BE !Senator Edge Advocates Two | - 35,000-Ton Liners to Join Leviathan in Trade. By the Associated Press NEW_YORK, April 28 Walter E. Edge of New Jersey, chair man of the Senate merchant marine committee, returning yesterday from rope on the steamer Leviathan advocated the Immediate construction by the government of two fast liners | of 35,000 tons to take their turns with the Leviathan in a schedule of weekly | The Leviathan | transatlantic sailings. makes ohe trip every three weeks. “We now have $250,000,000 tied up in junk as the American merchant marine,” said Senator Edge, urging the additional liners so the Govern- ment would have something,to liqui date when it went out of the steam ship business. He would transfer the ships eventually to private opera- tions. Advocating revision of the Vol stead act. the. Senator said condi- tions in England were preferable to those in the United States. “I did not see a single intoxicated verson in England,” he asserted. U. S. NEEDS DRAFTSMEN. Civil Service Tests Announced Also | for Teachers in Indian Service. The Civil Service Commission today announced open competitive examina fons to fill vacancies in the followi position: Principal topographic draftsman at $2,100 a vear. topographic draftsman at $1,680 a year, junior topographic draftsman at $1.330 a year, depart- mental service, Washington, D. C.; senior surveillance inspector,ordnance department at large, War Department, at $1,860 a year; teacher of home eco- nomics (pre-vocational grades) at $1,200 a vear, teacher of home eco- nomics (junior vocational grades) at {$1,440 a year, principal of home eco- nomics at $1,560 a year, Indian Serv- ice; assoclate milk spectalist, Public Health Service, at $3,000 a year; bank note designer, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, at $3,800 a year. Teachers of home economics in the Indian Service are allowed furnished quarters, heat and light free of cost, and where a physician is included among the personnel of the school em- ployes receive free medical attention. Full information and application blanks may be obtained at the office of the, Civil Service Commission, 1724 F street. Miss Wilhelmina bourne, England. means of a * plaint until recently held fell and broke her leg, but covering when she £hitle gnd Ated, Smith of East- cured by *of a com neurable, was re TAKEN WITH MACMILLAN EXPEDITION. who will command the Navy planes during the Far North trip, trying out his “feather hoat™ on The boat. made of rubber and inflated with a hand-pump. Senator | contracted brom- 50 cents and AT FAREWELL LUNCHEON. Photograph taken at the Racquet Club chief of the Army Air Service. was the guest of fellow officers at a farewell Mitchell stated that he would continue his fight for a separate air service.. Col. Mitchell was a brigadier gene Cop hile assistant al v Harrie & Ewing Lieut. Comdr. R. E. Byrd. carried on an Vocal Intoxication cal Intosication | £\ TION PROVED, - By B potce - (RTAEN HEAR sl Scientist Tells Disciples’ Congress Theory Is Now Beyond Questioning. rplane. gland the April words itish constitution” has been | dropped by the Birmingham po- | lice as a test of persons suspected of having imbibed too freely Instead. the suspects, blindfold ed, are requested to step lively along a chalked line, pick up a hat at one end and then bow times to the captain in charge of the test CHICAGO, April 28.—One of th | curious < in reference to the cur rent popular discussion of evolution Prof. John M. Coulter of the Un versity of Chicago told the congress of the Disciples Christ today, i the confusion of evolution with Darwinism. As the result of demon strations made well after Darwin's time, Dr. Coulter declared, “there is no longer any question as (o the fac of evolution Darwi By {DR. STRATTON HEADS NAVY ACADEMY BOARD President of Messachusetts Tech | Chosen as Visitors Begin Un- s explanation,” he « tinued, “is simply one of a m explanations most of which have been proposed since Darwin's time. In his time the method of study was servation and inference. Of course inference is not demonstration usual Inspection Tour By the Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md., April Dr W. Stratton, president of Massa chusetts Institute of Technology, was elected chairman of the visitors to the United Academy vesterday as that body be- gan the annual inspection of the in- stitution, upon which will be based a report to Congress bearing upon the needs of the naval school for the next academic term The board will remain here through Thursday. OFFER TRAVEL PICTURES. Siberia Subject of Free Movie at | Eastern High School. The Community Cenetr Department | of the public schools will present the second of a series of travel pictures in the auditorium at New Eastern High School tomorrow night, in co | operation with the Signal Corps of the United States Army, through its de partment of motion pictures. Russian and Siberian motion pictures will be shown, their first presentation | t othe general public, which is co dially invited to attend. The pictures | Product Proves Worth. include an §,000-mile trip from Vladi-| sANTA yostok along the Transsiberian Rail-| Th firet way into the Ural Mountains of Euro- D 2 pean Russia_in two reels, unusual pic- | pe ton- pacted for the Government tures of northern Russia in one reel| wong eruisers wag: pat thoune: the and a comedy in one reel. There iS 10 | trial flight here yesterday. & Eon admission fee. | Springer, who piloted the 3,800-pound | craft, said it attatned a maximum 3 ; : | speed of 120 miles an hour ana per Senior C. E’s to Entertain. formed satisfactorily throughout the The Senior Society of Christian En. | half-hour test. deavor of Luther Place Memorial‘ board Holds Case Proved “It was not until the pr tury that a new method of evolution. was developed. Plants and animals were pedigreed under rigid control, and were observed in the act of producing new species. It is safe to say, therefore, that the production of-one specles by another has been demonstrated repeatediy that there is no longer any question as 1 | the fact of evolution ‘It is not the fact of evolution that is today heing tested by scientists, hut the explanation of Ne¢ scientific n be over hrown opposition, but only by Progress in scientific | research TEST TRANSPORT PLANE. studving conclusion- ¢ by ignorant further World Flight Cruisers’ Builders MONICA, Calif, April 28 f nine transport planes be. g;!urgh Wl‘" yg'esenl a musical for the W =0 3 nefit of the piano fund in the i chapel of the church, Vermont avenue | onan Pefore High Court and N street, tonight at 8:15 o'clock.| Another woman has been admitted Arrangements are under the direction, to practice before the Supreme Court of a_committee composed of Irving|of the United States. Miss Alize L. Koch, Miss Ruth Campbell and|Barbara Marion of Buffalo intro | Frank Keefer. A program will be' duced to the court vesterday by Mrs given by Christine Nilsson Chindblom. | Mabel Walker Willebrandt, Assistant pianist: NI Norman, soprano: Dr.|Attorney General. and later in tke day reon P. Frailey, tenor: L. D. (i, was received by Mrs. Coolidge at the Wiemer violinist: Jeannette Baker,' White House M Marion is & mem cornetist nd Bess accom- | her ¢ the firm of Deonovan, Raichle | panist, Admission to the concer' is|and Depew. of which Cel. William J. ckets may be had atlDonovan, assistant to the Attorney