Evening Star Newspaper, May 26, 1925, Page 17

POLICE CHIEFS, Martine of New York, of the White House police, CLOSE-UP OF SPAI KING leaving their castle a few days when the picture was snapped. PONTIFICAL MAS: ATTENDING CONFIE Dick Vola Tnspectol AND QUEEN ago for the races in Ma vdrid, man writes that the Spanish ruler was annoyed of the White Hou:e pol McKenny of New York, Ge: Ali and Victoria The camera- of his footmen Kade] & Herbert th one Copyright by AT ARLINGTON STARTS WEEK OF MEMORIAL SERVICES. PHOTOGRAPHED AT THE WHITE HOUSE. Left to right: JACK IN “LUNNON TOWNE. seeing New York again. aton Amphitheater yesterday, the Right Rev. Joseph M. Lonergan of Illinois officiating. JAPANESE BARRE | DESPITE SERVICE | Supreme Court Rules on| Members of Army. Navy and Coast Guard. Prc were vester Br the Associated Further steps aken by flw‘ 1 Alization 2 \ one of the opinions, b with Chief Justice the cour 1 that ) entered the | and served sub- | time until Ma. in the United States C Guar not entitled to naturali- | X tending citl- aliens who serv. and Coast ! Guard during the war. | In two other opinions, by Justice MeReynolds held that Chinese wi rought to| he United chants ineligible not by Americ parentage ut | s of ( hlm'\(\[ 1hp lead in | Alaskan Teachers Write to Inquire Who Is President| Shut away with the out school from communication de world, a group of teachers stationed at Um- settlement on_the Aleutian Alaska, have queried ducation of the Interior Department as to who Is the President of the United States. The teachers, who are in the Alaskan service, had not heard the results of the election of last No- vember. R LEADS IN PENNANT RACE. }St John's College Has High Quota at Training Camps. John's College has jumped into the contest for the pen- | nant to be awarded to the Washington ness High School, which has held the | 0ol which has the largest percent- | age of envollment for the citizens’ mil- ary training camp on-June 1. Busi- lead for several weeks, is second. schools fol- fourth other Central, | Eastern, e ol Chang Chan and other native- ovota was admitted to citizenship | born Chinese of San Francisco that their wives were not entitled to ad- mission to the United States because District Court for Subsequently, on mo- | tion of the Governr the certifi- cate of naturalization was canceled on the ground that it had been illegal. Iy procured. that the cancel > the law rel: of persons Coast Guard durin, amend the general n: which con - per )f the whate race and those of African | nt, the oniy exception affecting 11ipinos. In one of AMcReynolds by the Federal Jassachusetts. tion was proper be. ing to the natur: serving in the war did not the Justice the b, heid nion court they were alien Chinese ineligible to citizenship. In the case of Cheung Sum Shee The Supreme Court held | and other Chinese merchants of the the same city, however, the court held | that the | ta citizenship, 1830, be interpreted the court s «<lude that Congres: Iy in the' chants from entrys their \\x\ Ithough ineligible entitled to admis. fon under the treaty with Ghina of The present exciusion law must id, with a to preserving treaty rights unless 1y annuiled. and it could not con intended absolute to exclude the wives of such mer- |POISONED HUSBAND, WOMAN CONFESSES | Plattsburg Police Seek Her Ac- complice—Drug Given in Chocolate Drop. | By the Associated Press PLATTSBURG, N. Y., May 26.—A woman was being held in the Clinton County jail here today whilt authori- ties sought another person believed to ing of her husband. District Attorney B. Loyal O'Con- nell announced last night that Mrs. Jessie Farr, 35, of Champlain, had con- iTessed that she had poisoned her hus- { band, Herman. g Farr, who died Thursday, had been | seized ‘'with convulsions while eating ’hh lunch Wednesday noon. A phy- | sician suspected poisoning and an au- opsy was ordered. The stomach was cent to Albany for analysis and the | report came back that strong evidence of poisoning had been found. Put Poison in Candy. District Attorney O’Connell said | Mrs. Farr had admitted that she had |placed poison in a chocolate drop. | The candy was put in her husband's lunch box when he left for work Wed- nesday, she said, according to O'Con- nell, and Farr ate it that noon. ‘The identity of the second poisoner sought in the case was not divulged. Mrs. Farr was ordered held pending investigation. T Two Run for Delegate. Special Dispatch to' The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Vi -——Two candidates have for the Democratic nomination - for House of Delegates for the legislative district composed of Stafford and i lliam counties, They are C, Ja. . at present delegate, and H. Dodge, hoth of Prince William County. There is some talk of a third candidate from Stafford County, be implicated with her in the poison- | Li . Alcontara of Honduras, Inspector O'Connor of New York, Sergt. A. L. Duffy of Ireland, Capt. O’Connor of New York a His fistic_highness, {8005 i14a Siitas wesinghilin wightssnlEngland’s bepiial champion, with his bride, will make an extended tour of Europe hefore Honoring the Nation’s hero dead, a solemn pontifical mass, 5 | la habit of- honoring eut. Noonan of New York, Sergt. Walter Capt. John Biugert of Austria National Photo. School at Wardman Mr. Dempsey of ATTENDS The heavyweight Copyright by P & A. Photos tion of the school. ‘opsright by Underwood & Underwood games of the day. Veteran Battle Creek Mail Carrier Seeing Washington as His City’s Guest | SeceRCIRree b s R ‘ “Pa” Jeddings and His Family Honored By Michigan Citizens for His 40 Years’ Service—Will Be Received at W hite House. “Pa” and “Ma” Jeddings, accom-|They are under panied by their daughter BAlarie, are | George Clark, secretary to the late at Congress Hall Hotel to sightsee | Representative Arthur B. Willlams, Washington as the honored guests|who, at the time of his recent death of the citizens of Battle Creek, Mich., |in Johns Hopkins Hospital, was in appreciation of 40 years of faithful | looking forward to personally con- service by " as & letter carrier.|ducting his old friend and letter Tomorrow they are to be central|carrier about the Capital. They are figures in a liftle office reception by |to see all the sights, make side trips Postmaster General New and on the|to Arlington and Mount Vernon. In| following morning they are to be! fact, for the last two weeks they have Ereeted at the White House\by the[been studying a Washington guide President himself. book, so they have a good general Bernard Jeddings took out the first |idea about all they intend to see. | sack of mail when free delivery “aq‘ e PLEA FOR PLAYGROUNDS. the guidance of established in Battle Creek in 1886. For nearly twoscore years he haq‘ been a carrier in one of the prmcxual residence districts. Bables born in homes along his route became heads | piney Branch Citizens Suggest of familles and he carried mail to| their homes and to their children. | “Probably mo citizen of our town| has so thoroughly and constantly | represented cheerfulness and kindiy service as he has,” A. L. Miller, the chairman of the citizens’' committee | that planned the honor trip to Wash- | ington, wrote to Postmaster General New. Not long ago he was retired, on allowance, and that fact, in con- nection with his remarkable service record, was commented upon in a letter of commendation from Pom.-! Purchase of Groynd. The Piney Branch Citizens' Assocla- | | tion, meeting in Hamline Church last night, voted to ask the Commissioners to purchase a plot of ground on | the west side of the Macfarland Junior High School building, to be converted into playgrounds. A com- mittee was appointed to investigate the proposal of the Washington Rapid Transit Co. to trim trees along master General New. the route of the company to Petworth, “Pa” and “Ma" Jeddings had never |to accommodate the double-deck met Uncle Sam, even though *“Pa’|busses recently ordered to be tried had been working .for him so long|out by the Public Utilities Commis- and cheerfully, so the old home folks | sion. thought they ought to run down here | Resolutions of sympathy on the and see something of the Government | qeath of John W. Keener, member he had so faithfully represented in|of the executive committee of the a humble capacity—Pattle Creek has tion, were adopted, and. F. C. its useful and|skinner was elected to fill the va- [cancy. Miss Helen S. Reed was elect- | | outstanding citizens. Mr. and Mr So Jeddings are hereled to membership. President v as_ guests of ir _fellow . .cltizens, B..Henderson.presided, 50TH ANNIVERSARY Cl Carey of Indiana, who graduated in the class of 18 Seminary, who is in Washington to attend the fiftieth anniversary celebra- WINNERS AND JUDGES OF MOTION PICTURE CONT! 5 rk Hotel vesterday. 5 iss Owena Latimer, Virginia Roehl, a judge; Left to right: Howard T. ELEBRATION. Mrs. Mary Stewart from Mount Vernon “Copyright by Harns & Ewing. isher, Howard Crawle: IN WASHINGTON. The judges select ian Hoffm: MAY BE STARS OF Washington THE MOVI A CHARIOT RACE AS IT IS CONDUCTED BY SCHOOL CHILDREN. This photograph was taken at Brookla d S streets northeast, yesterday, where the pupils held a field day. The first-grade children are taking part in a thrilling “chariot race.” | THREE PLEAD NOT GUILTY ‘Deva.st(ltln” Hail TO PROHIBITION CHARGE! Capital Men Freed on $1,000 Bond | in Maryland Drug and Chemical Case. | Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Glassner, Md., M Maurice Caro —Isador and Simon Kalner of Washington, co-defendants | in the Maryland Drug and Chemical case, pleaded not guilty to a charge of violating the prohibition law in Federal Court here this morning, and e released on $1,000 bond each for trial, The hearing was set for yesterday | and when the men failed to appear | Judge Roper ordered the bonds for- feited. They explained, however, that they had left Washington in ample time for the hearing, but had been delayed on the road by tire trouble, and Judge Soper reversed his ruling. CALLED IN OIL PROBE. Bankers and Sinclair Among List Today. The Federal grand jury investigat- ing naval oil leases called more wit- nesses from the Southwest today. Henry L. Phillips, president of the Counsel Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing Co., of | Tulsa, Okla., was the first to be heard. George D. Flory of the First National Bank of El Paso, Tex.; A. D. Brown- fleld of Corrizozo, N, Mex., and J. W. Zevely, counsel for Harry F. Sinclair, were among others called. Asher Called to Norfolk. Special Dispatch to the Star. NORFOLK, Va., Mey 26—J. L. Asher, Federal prohibition agent of Washington, was summoned today to testify before the special grand jury investigating crime conditions in Nor- folk. Four other agens also were called. More than 100 dry law convictions | have been returned here as the result of an inguiry by Asher, | found to be the cor: | is quite possible, howe Due to Cmder.s in Air, Is Conj ]fl‘ture “I'mdmg of Substance in| Center of Stones Is Source of Belief. Special Dispatch to The St " BALTIMORE, May — Cinders blown into the air by Curtis Bay blast furnaces may have caused the hail storm Sunday that did thousands of dollars’ damage in and around Balti- more, according to Dr. A. W. Berry of Johns Hopkins University, assist- ant State geologist. Cinders were of hailstones that fell at many places. Prof. Berry said that the presence of foreign matter at the center of | hailstones was not unusual “All hallstones,” he said. nucleus of some sort, but it is gener- ally very tiny—almost microscopic. It | er, that cinders and particles of ash blown-into the air by Curtis Bay factories may have become the centers of hailstones. “It is possible that some of the cin- ders, carried to great heights on warm air currents, may have caused the storm. It is possible—anything is possible. ~ As a rule hailstones are formy o&j at very high altitudes.” of the particles found consisted of sharp jagged fragments of some hard but very light gray stone or slag. In most cases they were spongy, but a few were solid and crystalline. They ranged from one-eighth to three- eighths of an inch in length and were of irregular shapes. Dies of Acute Indigestion. Walter Tapscott, colored, 28, 1428 Swann, street, was taken suddenly ill at his home vesterday afterncon. He removed to Emergenc Tioépital, where he soon_died, Death resulted from an attack of acute indigestiony . Bertha Martin, William Wile, a judge, and J. Na ontest promoted by the Paramount Compa front row: Misses Owena Latimer, Margaret Zolnay and ) At back: Howard T. Fisher and Howard Crawley. “have a | e ted candidates for the Paramount judge; Miss Margaret Zolna. H. Wall, nal Photo. ES. Five winning applicants in_the Left to right. arian Hoffman National Photo ool, Tenth and Monroe one of the National Photo. KISS GIRL SLAYER THEY GANNOT FREE Jurors Ween in Court After Disagreement in Trial of Olympia Macri. | By the Ascociated Press. W HAVEN, Conn., May Eleven of the twelve jurors who heard her case were united today in an effort to free Miss Olympia Macri 20-year-old mother, whose trial for the murder of John Bagnano, father of her child, ended in the jury's dis agreement. Mrs. Joseph Whitney, of a New York judge, who sat with the defendant during the trial, is also working for her release. She of- fers to adopt Miss Macri and her | nine-month-old baby The eleven men stood for acquittal {raise a bond of $22,000 for the girl's release. In a statement they declared that the shooting was justified both in law and fact, as they believe she |8hot in self-defense. Some of them wept In court and kissed the defend ant when the disagreement was re ported. Irving A. Andrews, Yale graduate and a farmer of Orange, held out to the end for second degree murder conviction. Though opposed to capital punishment and moved to tears by the girl's story, he said he was com pelled to do his duty as he under- stood the oath. Miss Macri broke down when the jury’s disagreement was announced Yesterday afternoon. It was two hours, ! before she was able to return to the county Jjail. She_testified she met | Bagnano when 15 years oid. . Hi child was porn Jast August, the widow of the jury who have offered to