Evening Star Newspaper, May 19, 1925, Page 17

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, MAY 1925. 19, AN EXCLUSIVE PHOTOGRAPH OF THF home in Hanover on his way to Berlin, Frau Hindenburg, wife of the Pre NEW GERMAN PRESIDENT. Von Hindenburg where the inaugural ceremonies took place. Th She will be the official hostess at the Chief Copyright by P. wing his white is e's palace. & A- Photos HUNDREDS NARROWLY ESCAPE DEATH. Only nine persons were injured in this elevated train crash in Brooklyn. The wrecked cars were prevented from falling to the street by the couplings holding them to the remainder of the 1 Copyright by P. & A. Photos. RE offi, with glasses. and Mrs. Houghton at his right. RESENTING MANY 1 opening of th COUNTRIES AT BRITISH EXPOSITION, British Empire expo This was “ambascadors’ row™ at the dent’s son. tion at Wembly. United States Ambassador Houghton in center —_———— TKEE of the American Tree Associat sands of Lorain, Ohio, residen beautification program. MACMILLAN POLAR FLIGHT the Navy at Mitchel Field ANES ARE GIVEN TEST. The shi nd. where the tests are being conduc . Nold, Comdr. R. E. Byrd, Lieut. Schur, M n holding letters of registration of thou- who have planted trees in the municipal were officially turned over to Left to right: Chief Boatswain and Grover Loening, plane manu- Copyright by P. & A. Photos, MOVIE STARS ARE MARRIED IN MEXICO. ico City 1 Juarez. Agnes Ayres and Manuel Reachi. By United Bert Lytell and Claire Windsor tleft) photographed in Mex. Mary Aikin, News Pietu after their wedding Others in the picture are Edwin Carewe, director; e O hoan S il a4y s R s PROCESSION ESCORTS VON HINDENBURG FROM HIS TRAIN UPON ARRIVAL IN BERLIN. A first and exclusive photograph of the new President of Germany's procession passtig through the Brandenburg gate. Von Hindenburg was on his way to the inaugural ceremonies, with huge crowds lining the streets, Copyright by P. & A. Photos. PARTED LLEGALY, MANY HAVE REWED THE KING AND QUEEN OPEN BRITISH EMPIRE POSITION AT WEMBLY. The photograph was taken when they were en route to the exposition, accompanied by their son, Prince Henry. ‘ ¢ Pronounced Quake Lasting Nearly 2 Hours Registered Hy the Associated Press pronounced earthquake was registered early today on the 3 | Stirgin Uiy Terems JBoard of Trade Directors Ask b 0 begani e 104 s 3 ‘ Landlords and Tenants ndorf estimated its | [ Daughters of Revolution Are Neither Reds Nor Pacifists, President General Says. Disclosures in Rhode Island | Divorce Mill Scandal Continue. The highway division of the Dis-|for the twelve months beginning July trict government could spend ;Jpprox—;L One of the most important in- S > |creases being considered by the coun- “l““"l»‘ “"33'““;’ to advantage on all| . i s, the specific item for repairs to classes paving including | worn-out asphalt streets. The last bridges, in the fiscal year 1 €. 3 B.|appropriation for that purpose was searance and |Hunt, engineer of highways, told the |$800.000, and the engineer department of rental|Citizens’ Advisory Council at { believes it could use $1,000,000 to ad-| following | estimates at | vantage on that work in 1 lona conference on the ! Another notable proposed increase District Building last night. who supervises lasted until 2:35 a.m. location as 8,000 miles from Wash- to “Play Fair.” Director ington. The definite direction was | mot determined | of work, By the A PROVIDEN( Many coupl divorce m developed todas eral Sisson, who quiry that already indictments, says that mill under fire parted 2 Jegally, and that many remarried or abroad By the Associal BALTIMOR Md., May 19.—The | General Socie of the Daughters of | the Revolution was defended against charges of *r “pacifiam by Mrs. Minnie Strong Latham of Ar | 1ing N. J.. president general, at | the opening session he annual convention here “This seems tremes, tremes’ in clized, but my mind extremes speech are quite as prevalent. “It is charged that the leaders of these patriotic tions are reds and pacifists. there are no more patriotlc women in the ountry than those in this or ganization.” “When Defense day was mentioned,” | 3 3 .| Mrs. Latham continued, “many saw | Elects President’s Secretary as Vice | nothing but militarism. Thev tell us An appeal to both tenants Press landlords to use “fo Justice in the settlement disputes that might arise discontinuance of the Rent Commis- sion on Friday was de by the| and _|GAMECOCK KILLS MAN i/ WITH GAFFLE ON SPUR it resulted i 33 | Booster Beats Spotiwer, Thin Cmts | (L, L0 or Boasn of le through | the particu Matchmaker in Stomach |its directors yesters 0 persons il This action was taken at a meet- these With Sharp Blade. ‘ln; Sti wriant he e tors i il co of the Associated Press. unanimously a resolution submitted MANILA, April 15.—A rooster kill- { by the special committee on rental | ed a man Monday at Porac, Pam.|legislation, consisting of John Joy panga Province. | Bdson, chairman; Howard Moran The rooster, a fighting cock, had |and George W. Offutt. This com- just vanquished a feathered adver-|mittee previously urged against rent sary. Adentes Mercado match-control legislation in the District. maker, was sitting in the cockpit. The | The resolution reads: game bird turned on him and struck | “\Whereas the emergency law re- | him in the abdomen with his gaffie. |lating to the occupation and rental the razor-like blade which is attached | of private property in force during|tions to get all the information pos to the legs of fighting cocks the World War and since the treaty sible. Marcado died an hour later. of They will hold other conferences May 19 parated by ied its sec- ses were te rlet fever direct iness” and is vesterda have to be a Presumably their Al status will be unaffected unless they return to Rhode Island. That is improbable, because they were non-residents and obtained their divorces on fictitional | or technical domicil 1t is estimated that no less than $200,000 has passed into the coffers of the manipulators of the divorce mill, the price being $2.000 a decree. A boast that he tained that sum is credited by the at torney general to one lawyer under Correspor m g o in woman organiza 1 believe Of Smallpox Class WBMAN DEFENDS e | 1 ‘ Citizen Council Reviews Figures of Budget Estimate | | BellOp i than at the same time last y were given at 909 cases, P Slvrars ot {a record-breaking attendance of the sirict. Building | i In_paving out of the Easoline (ax. 546 fever the collection of | George H. Campbell,” treasurer of | Jumped slightly. 100 e $1,300,000 appropriated for the fiscal|against abutting pro ey s Ward and reading of a selection writ- cil, in the presence of Engineer Com-|to suburban roads, for which purpose Below 1924 Record | PA'I'RI[]'[ S[]mE'l'Y e poses $500,000 Item for Snow Re- Eastern Presbyterian Event| it w hown today in Public The Eastern Presbyterian Church,| 1 casex for the corresponding The estimated amount of work to be | Younger members of the church. No. N street cleaning and 3 T Y % typhoid fever in the council his the church, presided and introduced year 1926. paving under the gasoline tax fund e < ten by Raymond M. Alden, a former | This was the first public appearance of King George since he returned from his Mediter- sy By United News Pictures. | r . . URGE FURBEARAN[}E‘SZI,B&’ZOO ASKED FOR PAVING EHUR[}H []BSERVES Infections in U. S. AND BRIDGE WORK IN DISTRICT | Communicable 4 ases, includ- . - in, allpox, over which there moval, Thinks $96,000 Ample. has been a recent scare, have been less prevalent in the United Stat Featured by Large Health ervice reports from 35 States. Attendance. The figures covered the week ending April 25. Smallpox cases against Maryland avenue, Sixth and C streets | yieek in 1924, Diphtheria cases northeast, which is celebrating its| totaled 1.212 cases, against 1.597 golden jubilee this week, celebrated 25 States sacaslon < ‘oung Folks' night™ last night, with inst 13.546, done under that heading in the next | ticeable in the attendance was the | 3 o Tl ol refiipor toIT fiscal year is $812,000 3 | presence of many former members of | ed an inc rease. with division could expend $1,500.000 in|department fizures on gasoline paving | the church who participated in the| 20" an B hoeonome furnishing needed service during the | amounting to $1,200.000 in 1927, due | Activities of the evening. Jimpaa) allEhtly, 100 cites HepoKe fiscal year 1927, as compared with|to the fact that essments levied g sl erty owners for the various speakers. The program After these two department heads| revert back to that fund. apensc withian ovexture by. the Sab: had outlined the financial require-| The council also will consider a pro- | Path School Orchestra, followed by ments of their sections of the municl-{ posed increase of approximately $50,- devotional exercises by Rev. Isaac pal machine the members of the coun- 1000 in the annual allotment for repairs ] : HONORS SANDERS | missioner Bell, discussed the various scholar of the Sunday school, “Why, | the Chimes Rang,” by Rev. Alfred | bt 1 E. Barrows, pastor of the church. I | James W. Hughes Speaks. the last appropriation was $297,000. | proposals informally and asked que Most of the discussion of street | cleaning needs dealt with the question of how much should be sought for | snow removal. indictment Leonard Horton Dougherty, lawyel yesult of the inquiry dictments were returned a st them, and they were unable to ubtain bond In addition seven secret indictments have been returned against non-resi- | dents, principaily New Yorkers, who gave alleged perjured testimony. Rhode Island" divorce situation | fends itself readily to the operations of divorce mills. Hearings are in se- cret. Neither party to u divorce suit need be present Depositions are seal ed after a hearing While the law -requires an unin- terrupted domicile of two vears before a person can obtain a divorce. Hor- | ton and Dougherty are credited with aving used the addresses of ety rks, automobile showrooms, vacant s and the like as the homes of their | clients Neglect to provide and extreme cruelty have been the most popular | of the causes on which divorces have | been granted. No promirent or wealthy people 1 Francis ¥ are in jail as the Twenty-six in | given: and it is realized that in BUSINESS HIGH LEADS. q"\\l'i‘!hl‘“(«;:“z e et imuey | Mal situation that has existed, it is ota, Business H ol col |reasonable to expect, for a short ("h“(I.Ilillr‘)hl\;uavm;llte:l\E:fi“l‘:’l“l’!‘;nl’;fi;‘;’l‘“ime‘ some difference to arise, it is schools contes | therefore for the highest percentage enroliment | “.pagolved by the Board of Trade, up. T ontest ends June 1. | this time to bespeak co-operation of Weatern Tigh ‘_Mhr;]ul_‘rnl}klr:"*cu‘“:::1,¢1| interested in the settlement of he contest, two short of Its quota | ¢, gifferences; and it is further “Third ‘position is held by St. | ®'Wp 0 CiMICOt SIG 08 John's College. The standing of other |y g 52 000 d to use af high schools follow in the orde ot i e e et Kby, G = rge all concerned to use Central, McKinley, Gonzaga f, hearance and justice to the end nd. Batern, that Congress, officials of the Gov- ernment and the public at large will | osures or so ago with that be f e involved In the latest d Nisson says A year Wilcox Putnam, author, and n a Durfee Arbuckle, former wife of Roscoe Arbuckle, obtained decrees | which were vacated when it develop- | ed that thelr Rhode Island domiciles| New Zealand, with a population of had been largely formalities. Since |less than one-third of that of China, then, until the latest disclosures, it|has a per capita purchasing power 100 was presumed that the State was less | times greater, according to recently popular with unhappy non-residents. |compiled statistics. impresed dealing the evidenc, the hest re: of 1ts mal conditions.” e is 1o be discontinued after | the adjustment to follow the abnor- | ¢ be obtained for a return of nor- | Dater in the week with heads of va ous city departments in order to ac- quire the knowledge necessary to | make reasonable suggestions to the | Commissioners as to the total amounts that should be sought for the various municipal activities in the budget about to be drafted. i Of the total amount mentioned by Mr. Hunt about $3,500,000 would be for all kinds of street and road work, including ordinary upkeep on bridge The balance, of more than a million dollars, would be to take care of cer- taln special needs, Including the fol- erty vard for engineer department | Highway bridge, to build a viaduct to |eliminate another of the remaining railroad grade crossings, to rebuild the | Chain Bridge, to convert a part of the | old Aqueduct Bridge into a recreation pler and to rebuild one of the wharves {on Water street. The proposed total of $3,500,000 for street, road and sidewalk work is about $800,000 more than the total appropriated for the same purposes A lowing: For purchase of a new prop- | equipment, to reconstruct the floor of | While this question | was being debated Engineer Commis- sioner Bell said We can’t just throw money away removing snow. New York spends $6,000,000 a yvear doing ft. 1 don't want to spend $500,000 for that pur- pose. I think we ought to have twice as much as we spent last year, but that is as far as I want to go." It was explained that last Winter | was held, June 18, James W. Hughes, in whose home the first session of the Sunday school 1871, delivered an ddress on “Those Early Days,” fol lowed by Edwin Callow in vocal solos and readings, accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Edwin Callow. Mem- bers of the senior Christian Endeavor | presented a sketch, “Either or Ither,” while Miss Dorothy Reddish sang “The Milkmaid’s Song™ and gave sev- the amount spent on snow removal was $48,000. | RIS EERD . | TEXAS ORATOR WINS. NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 19 (#).— | W. M. Ryan of S ward’s Univer- | sity, Austin, Tex., won tne finals in | the southern division of the national | intercollegiate oratorical contest at { Vanderbilt University last night, speaking on “Marshall and the Con- stitution.” He was awarded first place over contestants from six other States. Ryan will represent the South in the natlonal finals at Los Angeles June | Night,” eral impersonations, accompanied at the piano by Miss Maude Reddish. Tonight “will be ‘Homecoming with Lewis M. Thayer, presi- dent of the board of trustees, as the presiding officer. The exercises will be pened by Rev. Barrows, who will be followed by Rev. Joseph T. Kelly, pas- tor of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, who was the first minister to the congregation 50 years ago. Al- fred D. Calvert will speak on “A Half Century of Service,” followed by selec tions by Miss Esther May Melick. A feature of the exercises this evening will be the presentation to the board of trustees of a gift and the receiving of the golden jubilee offering by the trustees, [ President of State Group | in Capital. | Everett Sanders, secretary to Presi- dent Coolidge, ladt night was elected vice president of the Washington In- diana Society. ) Postmaster General New, Repre- sentative Bert Vestal and Representa- tive Canfield, all of Indiana, were also | elected vice presidents. Fred Purnell, { who during his vear as president is said to have more than doubled the membership, was re-elected president by acclamation. The other officers were named | follows: Misa Meda Ann Martin. s retary; John A. Huston, financial s | retary: Victor L. Garrigus, treasure The executive board is as follow: Former Representative Martin A. Mor. | rison, chairman; Mrs. James P. Horn- | ada Kate Curry, Charles Nottingham, Sen- ator Samuel Ralston and Frnest I. Lewis of the Interstate Commerce Commission, as . Senator James E. Watson, Miss | we foster the war spirit. Is that com | mon sense? We need an Army and Navy. s Until there a substi [tute for war we ve in a National | Defense day. » We object to | the statement that because we al | ways have had war we always will | have war, because it is exactly con trary to the principles of evolution. Reports by officers nd ommittes chairmen occupled most of the day More than 300 women from all parts of the country are attending the | convention DIRIGIBLE FOR EXERCISES. LAKEHURST Only short trips dirigible Los Angeles when it i to fiy to the commencement exercises orge W. St ymmandant I air station, announced N, J May 19 () planned for the until June 1 Annapolis for Comdr of the veater day The airship will remain one week at Annapolis before fiving to Minn for the centennlal celebration th