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\ \ \ NEW SOLICITOR GENERAL TAKES OATH OF OFFICE. The ceremony 1ok place in the Supreme Court room at the Capitol. Left to right: William J. Donovan, Assistant Attorney General: Attorney General Sar- gent, William R. Stansbury, clerk of the Supreme Court, administering the oath, and Solicitor ( W. D Mitchell. al Phot ’ . hussy, SOFIA BOMB PLOTTERS JUST H turns at_conversing with a Greek necks. Fifty thousand persons wit Cathedral bomb explosion. 1 " AUDITORUM ORGAN 10 BE DEDICATED Recital by Archer Gibson Willil Feature Program for | Tomorrow Night. ; A S The new $50,000 pipe organ in the Washington Auditorium, acclaimed as | one of the finest. most artistic and scientifically developed instruments tonally that has ever been produced will be formally dedicated tomorrow night at 8 o'clock with a recital by Archer Gibson. noted organist of New York. The exercises also will include addresses by Robert N. Harper. presi dent of the Washington Auditorium Corporation. and Maj vmond A Wheeler, assistant Commis sloner of the D iwin C. Ra gineer ¥ tri Rrandendurg will preside The organ was bulit upon the speci- It was manu Md the fications of Mr factured at Hagerstown M. P. Moller Co.. and is represented as being the crowning achievement of its' half century of organ building. | Like 100-Piece Orc The giant comparabl. son estra. pipe organ has a symphony of 100 pie approximately speaking pipes, the largest of which is « 32 feet long and of a diameter large enough 10 permit & man to crawl in side, and seven distinct divisions solo, swell, choir, great, echo, ancillary and pedal all controlled from a four manual console and pedals The dedication recital arranged Mr. Gibson follows Bach, (a) “Toccata and Fugue.” (bl | “Passion Chorale,” (c) “Loure’: Han del, (a) “Allegro ma Non Troppo™ (from an organ concerto), (b) “Minuetto,” (c) “Largo” ( xes”): Widor, “Andante Cantabile” (from “Fourth Organ Sym phony'). Wagner, fantasia, *Lohen arin Rubinstein, “Kamennol Os trow': Kreisler. (a) “Liebesfreud,” (b) “Tjebesleid.” () “Old Vienna Refrain’; Gibson. (3) “Spring Song,” (b) “Impro: visation Drdla. “Souvenir De- “l.a Demoisalle Elue’”; Wagner (3) “Prelude” (“Parsifal”), (b) “Prelude and Liebestod” (“Tristan and Isolde") (e) “Pilgrims’ Chorus" ( 100 stops. orchestra 6,000 by | annhauser”) PROTEST DISSOLUTION . OF VIRGIN ISLANDS BODY Civil Liberties Gov. Handed to Natives, Union Charges Williams Was High- | A charge that Virgin Islands Croix Cou body, in &n Gov had il, the Wi ms of the dissolved the St native advisory “arbitrary and high-hand ed manner” has been made by the American Civil Liberties Union in Y statements filed with the White House and the Navy Depariment J. H. Holmes, acting the Union, asserted vived an old Danish the Dissolution refused to pointees. The union declared increasing friction was evident in the island between the natives and the naval authorities intrusted with the admin ation. A protest. it sald, was made some time age against the prosecution of Roths- | child Francis, a native leader and ed- ftor for contempt and libel. An in- vestigation of conditions in the islands | { was vrged | Secretary Wilhnr e talled report from the zovernor be. | fore mAKINE AnY. comyuent, chairman of the governor re law permitting because the council accept and seat his ap- i avaiting a BEFORE GOING TO GALLOWS. Friedmun, Koeff and Zadgorsky taking priest before stepping upon u table to have ropes knotted about their nessed the hanging of the first three men to pay the penalty for the Sofia e World Thoto Canned Tomatoes Surest Safeguard During Hot Wave and at the same time be nourished during the hot That's the dope that comes from the Navy, where in the old coal-burning ships the men are for -d to work in temperatures of from spells Eat canned tomatoes to keep cool daily ) to now on duty in the Navy Depart- ment giving out information about | the Navy and its activities, and who h ved long at sea and in the firerooms of the old coal said tween a drink tomatoes, there ix noth that will one stand of to- salt degrees Lieut. R. 'W. Gruelick, who is in 1 that help burners, of the heat as much as a can matoes, well with and_pepper seasoned When men on other ships were being carried out of the firerooms at the rate of three or four or more and they just SEEK FORT BUNKER HILLAS U. . PARK shoveled more coal. FRENCH PRESIDENT GIVES n hour on ount of the heat, he aid, he fed the men in his fir room tomatoes right from the can, just hefore the [~ Brookland Citizens Plan Drive for Branch Library at Final Meeting. to Have Commencement Thursday Two big projects, one to have Fort WILL GRADUATE 19 es Senator, weal bonnet Yoth She lives at Cartersville, Ga. Wide World Photo St ng a scarf and for party. which her birthday she made nniversary Mrs. W. H. Felton, the only woman ever 1o hold the office of United EMBASSY FOLK AT THE SWIMM enter), daughter of the French An Sabine and Paulette Willm. MING POOL. Mlle. Irene Daeschner mbassador and Mme. Daeschner, with daughters of the naval attache and Mme. Willm of the embassy, at the Wardman Park pool DO Yol IEMBER THESE THREE? They are together again in vaudeville Father and grandfather u to laugh so heartily at them ont of his theater chair. Yes, they are Weber and Fields, with Fay Templeton, who in private life is Mrs. William Patter i that be rolle Pittsburgh. RE PTION FOR AMERICAN GOLD STAR MOTHERS. Americans were received by killed in the World War in France. &t Photograph taken in 1 ST. PAUL’S ACADEMY ‘PROPA‘GANDISTS THREATENING \ NATION, DECLARES KELLOGG Pupils in Elementary Department Principles of Constitution Assaulted by Those W he |°¥™ment of these [ Advocate Class Tyranny in Place of Government, Secretary Asserts in Minnesota Address. Bunker Hill acquired as a park and ¥ the other-to obtain a branch Nibrary | Commencement exercises for 19 pu in- Brookland. were launched hy the v | Brookland Citizens’ Assoctation at x:e‘p”" who have successfully completed | p o final meeting of the season in Brook- | Work in the elementars department of | = gy FAIR GROUNDS, Minn.. land School last night. te be ¢ g |1he St Paul's Academy will be held in | June 9.—Secretary of State Kelloge. BROIoR ana D F o ey O D |8t Paul's Church,, Fifteenth and V| in a speech at the North American cen the Fourth of July celebration to be | Sireets, at 7:30 o'clock Thursday eve- | tennial celebration delivered vesterday staged by the association on Fort|ning. : after President Coolidge had conclud Bunker Hill promises to he the most | prizes will be awarded to honor pu- | ¢ an address, warned against tamper- successful affair of its kind the or-|pjle of both the high school and the |ing “Wwith the foundation principles ganization has ever held |elementary classes. An address to|upon which, through the Constitution, fl‘.l‘" .[1: {;T b ','.[.,fLT.."Tl'.?'f“,'fil,'.,:.?'2»'!“‘ students he made by Rev.| representative democracy is built.” patriotle "concert, a prominent Speaker | aa mnator ot L B L aPPOINt | The Secretary declared that the will addrens the gathering and in the|e o Wil he el wirch. | Xhe | principles of the Conatitution were evening an eluborate display of_fire- | the most blessed sacrament being “assaulted” by ‘‘propagandists Works is planned. Athietic events| The names of the graduates from Who advocate the overthrow of the will add to the occasion. RE Rl antary rtment are Da-| Government and the substitution of Urge Parls Appropeiation. vid Chambers, as Collins, John | class tyranny” and by “a consider- 5 3 : i |Mackall, John Murray, Lawrence able body of our citizens who in the’ gress to make @ liberal appropriation | ;; Virginia G vw'“t"j‘-;a; -“‘::\L‘”m% patient of ‘lh‘v mnsmunu_nal w’slrlf;‘— in (he next budget for the National |fisalie Lavina, Apnes 1oie. Beoing | ions and by insidious approaches an Capital Park Commission, with special | \inoux, Helen Murphy. Ethel Mur. | 2tt8cks would destroy these guaran- reference to the purchase of Fort|phy Jrances Murphy, Barbara Vin. |tees of personal liberty. Bunker Hill, which lies between Thir- | cant and Josephine \Watanabe. | I doubt if you are aware,” he add teenth and Fourteenth, Otis and Perry | prizes for perfect attendamce dur.|ed, “of the amount of destructive, streets northeast and is one of theqj,y the present scholastic vear will be | revolutionary propaganda which is be- chain of historic points from which |yairded to Mary Hannon, Anna Me. | ing secretly distributed in this coun- Washington was defended during the |ermott, Frank Parker, ilelen Mur.|try by foreign influence.” Agnes O'Connell, Helen Brandstatter Ann Rouspolis and Robert Zveare. Work Promised. commission recently made a careful inspection of the Bunker Hill site. Mr. Phelps also offered the resolu- | Piano Class 'l While Mr. Kellogg, who has been | a_resident of Minnesota 60 years, six of which he represented the State in tion under which the association will | the United States Senate, made no begin a movement to have a branch | | direct reference to the present or public library erected in the Brook-| The music department of the public | past political situation in the North- Jand section. President W. V. Lewlis |schools, under the direction of Dr.|west. his remarks were considered was empowered to appoint a com- K. N.C. Barnes, has announced a pub- | significent in view of the fact that he mittee to further that project. lic demonstration of piano class work | was speaking in one of the strong- Lee R. Wilson. secretary, proposed (at the Thomson School, 12th and L|holds of the Farmer-Labor and La that when the association reconvenes streets, tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. in the Fall that it make an intensive [ The method taught effort to increase the membershin. way.” originated hy Dr. W. Otto Miess Mr. Wilzson alsn told of a conference | ner of Milwaukee, Wis, Ch on Mron: he had with District officials relative lall sections of the city will parti tn several street improvement proj |pate. ects for-the Brookland Qnsiebporboete The. nubu%m%,. o is_the “‘melody | Follette movements. After praising the Norwegian - | migrants for their contribution to the 1| development of the American Govern- ment, Mr. Kellogg continue: “There cannot rest | | | | i i | i im- | able search and seizure: honestly and efficiently {o serve his country and to preserve its ideals and institutions. We are blessed what T believe to be, the hest government that the wit devised. Let us appreciate these blessings, and. while T am not one of those who helieve that institutions which exist cannot be improved, do not let ns tamper with the founda- tion principles upon which. through the Constitution, representative de- mocraey is built Defends Supreme Court. “The men who framed our stitution, who designed the structure of this Government, were deeply versed in the history of government and drew their knowledge from the wisdom of ages of experience. The great contribution our forefathers made was an impartial judiciary with power to protect the guarantees of Con- liberty written in the first 10 amend- | ments of the Constitution, known as the bill of rights. We have been so long enjoying the benefits of these constitutional guarantees that 1 fear we sometimes forget the long strug- gle of the human race and the sacri- fice of blood and treasure made to establish them, and inconsiderate way we may imperil them in a demand for improvement. “I shall not today take the time to narrate all the provisions guarantee- ing freedom of religion, of speech, of the press, of peaceful assemblage and the right of petition for the redress of grievances. These, with the rights of the people to be secure in their per- son, their houses, against unreason- the right to he provision of the Con- no ecne shall be com- trial hy jur; Atitution that in a hasty and| Copyright by Underwood & Underwood the Spirit of Freedom. he garden of the Palais de I'Elysee President Doumergue. The Gold Star Mothers are making a pilgrimage to the graves of their sons. RUTH ST. DENIS DANCES IN THE LEXINGTON PAGEAN years have been spent in the prep: UNDE! the Bu GROUND, HE IS WE eau of Standards ha HING placed his intricate apparatus in an air cell 35 feet underground, and for more than a year he ha HE EARTH. Dr. Paul Heyl of ght been weig the carth. In another year we will know how many tons the globe weigh- JRAMA. Veteran Seeking To Evade Wife Is Shot a: Special Dispatch to The Star CUMBERLAND, Md., June 9. Robert Seggie, of Myersdale, who braved German fire and carried from the World War a shell scar in his leg, is nursing a bullet wound in the same member, in- flicted by his friend and néigh- bor, F. P. Brown, also a veteran, who encountered eggie acting suspiciously in the darkness, and, thinking him a prowler, opened up with a revolver however, it developed, seekin to avoid Mrs and was using the friendly shadows of Brown's garage to hide his departure from home on a lit tle excursion dow after Mrs. Seggie had forbidden his Segxie. detecting the him. and intruder was stalking Seggie, not seeing him. made a leap for con cealment, directly toward where Brown stood. The latter misinter preted the action as an attempted attack, and fired. ANDREWS PLANNING E | S ! { Copyright by Underwood & Underwood | process of law, are not merely ex- | pedients of government, but are ever- | lasting principles on which the free- | dom. the prosperity and the happines: | of our people rest, and by | impartial judiciary is enabled to pro tect the people in the perpetual rights | Denounces Foreizn Propagandists | _“I do not think ger | liberately | stitution hy take aw v these rights, by this constant the Government is not imaginary. of destructive, ganda which is revolutionary being secretly | fluence “If these with our people are mnot »vernment and our atisfie | fabric of government BOLTS HIT 2 BUILDINGS. is builded.” dence Damaged by Lightning. | coln {and the residence of Eilmer R. Becl with, 2001 Douglas street, were struck by- lightning |afternoon during the storm. It was shortly after 6 o'clock whe: lightning struck the cornice at th northeast ing and shattered it. No fire |ed. according to the police, and th ‘damage amBunted to about §30. Twenty-five minutes later liwhtnin {struck the Beckwith home and di {damage estimated at $130. Fireme an vesterda pelled to be a witness against himself on any one a|lin g criminal case nor be deprived of | were summoned to the school highar ~and - more- Mred-dutwhmlm umm_wmwufmmlmm il i which an there is much dan- | that the American people will de propaganda against doubt if you are aware of the amount | Andrews propa- dis- tributed in this country by foreign in- institu- great'foundation stones on which our | Langley Junior School and Resi- Langley Junior High, School, Lin-| road and T streéts northeast Langdon, corner of the schonl build- | voice, result- »| Confers With State Aides | With View to Consolidating Forces for Campaign. en amendments to the Con de- | stroy the fundan ¥ (principtes “on | Assistant Secretary.of the Treasury: | place it within the power of any legis- | @rnment's prohibition forces. yester. {lative body to do so day held a protracted conference with | "I am not an alarmist. I have con- |Prohibition unit personnel from out With | fidence in the stability, the character |side of Washington. with a view to form of |and patriotism of the American peo. |further consolidating his program of man has | ple, hut the danger to our institutions [against liquor, While there was no official statement on the meeting from source, it was understood Mr. had taken occasion to go |into details of the problems the State | directors or general prohibition |agents individually had faced. Andrews feels that by this method d | he can hest obtain a thorough under- standing of the difficulties of his job I{any tions let tnem go where they can find [as' field marshal of the prohibition a government which does satisfy them. | forces, and he has said that he would This is no place for them. 1 say to |make no important changes of any you and to all American citizens lov- | character until he has familiarized ing liberty and justice ‘hold fast to the | himself with all details of the work | teachings of your fathers’ These| About 20 prohibition officials at principles of our Constitution are the |tended the conference today, but it was officially_explained that they had | not come here solely for this purpose, | the Assistant Secretary having had |them arrange visits already decided fon for other work so thev could all be here at the same time. | VOCAL PRIZE WITHHELD. Music Federation Decides No Male Voice Is Worthy" Prowler Mr. | The pageant-drama. heing held in a new amphitheater at Lexington, Mass, commemorates the 150th anniversary of the hattle of Lexington, Five aration of the special exercites. The photograph shows Ruth St. Denis as Wide World Phot FARMERS TOBACK * DEFENSE DAY TEST { County-Wide Picnics on July 4 to Be Used as Basis for Participation. W Department in fense muster of man power 1 ted States July 4 = has received etter from O. £ Burean Federation, saving in part in carryi out Defense day plans Joving group in America. th are vi tally concerned in adequate national defense. The present defense plan, harking back as it does to colonial days when farmers gathered together on Muster day with their own rifle or musket, expresses such a defense sys tem totally free of militarism. is Gives Approval In reply ting Secretary Davis fndorsed the plan sussested and re plied to Mr. Braufute, as follows “As emphasized in your letter, the American Farm Bureau Federation {plans for county ceremonies on Ju |4th and those for Defense Test |day on the same day foster the na | who established in the colonial days |the necessity for a local Muster day | when every available citizen present ed himself prepared for the defense {of the Nation. The War Depart ment’s plans to carry out the national | defense act are hased on these*tradi |tional principles and customs. One of the maln purposes of the Defense | Test day is to explain these plans to our citizens in order that they max |know their part in and oblizations under this American system. which is based on the teachings of our fore fathers. 1 am sure that the gather |ings held under the auspices of the American Farm Rureau Federation Wil afford an opportunity to local authorities to carry out the plans for the defense test and will pr desired community note the action PAROLED RUM RUNNERS GET HILARIOUS WELCOME Gloucester, Mass., Crowd, With Brass Band, Greets Return of Two From Penitentiary. | By the Associated Press. ILOUCESTER A brass band and a | hundred persons met | and ~ Charles McPhee, paroled rum runners of this efty here last night as they stepped from a train that had Mass., June 9 group of several Albert Gowan brought them from Atlanta peniten. y| PORTLAND, Oreg., June 9 (). tiary The Natlonal Federation of Music| FEfforts by the Chamber of Com n [Clubs last night declined to bestow | merce and the City Council to have e|its annual award for the best male | the celebration cailed off were only because none of the com-| partially successful. They did suc petitors possessed sufficient quality | ceed, however, in inducing those who e | of voice to uphold the standard of rhe | federation. z| William Beller of Chicago wan the d | piano competition and Catherine Wade n | Smith won violin henors. won the d [ Noll' of Westchester, Pa., lmmm—xmam_ Kathryn | were arranging the homecoming cancel plans for a parade. Previously the council men had heen advised by Col. Alfred F. Foote, Massachusetts commissione: of public safety. to whom they had appealed. that there Waa noJegal way-of halting (he-aftale,