Evening Star Newspaper, June 12, 1925, Page 17

League Park. eag Judge in raising the pennant in ist’s Mate Roche ARRIVAL OF POLICE AVERTS LYNCHING Negroes Ready to Hang One of Own Race on Com- plaint of Girl, 9. Bent on lynching a member of their race, accused of attacking a 9-year- old girl, a_frenzied mob of colored residents of Hillsdale, just north of St. Elizabeth's Hospital, was dis- persed by police last night just as it was about to place a rope about the neck of the allexed assailant. 1t was the first lynching party in the District since the demonstration resulting from the murder of Police Sergt. Fritz Passau, more than a quarter of a century ago. The captive, Charles Craig, 42 years old, a roomer at 2610 Sheridan road routheast, was surrounded by the ex- cited crowd of men and women after he was alleged te have assaulted Ber- tha R. Lancastér, colored, of 264914 Sheridan road, in the former house. The milling crowd already had badly mauled the prisoner, and the ominous rope was being brought into play when Detective Berry and Po- Jiceman Repperger of the eleventh precinct arrived on the scene and scattered the 100 or more participants. Prisoner Cut and Bruised. Craig, badly frightened and suffer- ing from cuts and bruises, was taken 1o the police station and given treat- ment before being locked up. The prisoner is sald to have been under the influence of liquor. 1t was learned by the police that the Lancaster child had been playing with other children and had gone into the house where Craig roomed. Her screams attracted the attention of neighbors and soon a crowd had gath- ered about the vicinity. The mother of the child took charge of Bertha and tccompanied her to Freedmen's Hos- pital, where she was given a thorough examination and treatment. Identity of those in the mob was not established. It is not probable that any prosecutions will result. The prisoner was detained to give the police time for further investiga- tion. It is probable that he will be arraigned in Police Céurt tomorrow, when attending physicians will appear and tell of the extent of the injuries to the child. MACMILLAN EXPEDITION WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS Not Officially Advised on Course to Be Followed in Flying Over Disputed Territory. The MacMillan Arctic expedition, under the auspices of the National Geographic Society, will carry no offi- cial instructions on the course to be followed in flying over disputed terri- tory or claiming lands it may dis- cover, Secretary Wilbur said yester- day. Donald B. MacMillan had requested such instructions fram the Navy Sec- retary and his request was submitted to the State Department. No. reply is expected. 7 No foreign-government has’ raised a question as to the right of the planes to fly over Ellesmere land or establish an advance base on Axel Heiburg land. RAISED WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP PEN center field, the Navy THE EVENIN G STAR, WASHINGTO. ndis, Band played—and th Kenesaw Mountain La AVY AVIATORS MAKE FIRST HOP OF THE NORTH POLE FLIGHT. They took the two flyi which will accompany the MacMillan expedi Left to right: Lieut. M. A. Schur, Lieut. Comdr. R. E. Byrd, Chief Boatswain E. E. Reber and Chief Machin- on from Philadelp! Bookkeeper Who “Kidnaped” Bride Wins Own Case Persuades Witness That “Revolver’ Was Only Marriage License. By the Associated Pres: NEW ORLE La., June 12.- | William Rumsey, 35, bookkeeper, who crowded an “abduction,” a wedding and a successful fight from the entire New Orleans police force and amateur sleuths as well into a solitary here recently, yesterday proved that he is as good a lawyer as he is bookkeeper, cave man, groom, “fugitive,” et cetera. After Rumsey left his high desk and a dull morning’s balancing to go awoo- ing in Lochinvar style, he “kidnaped” his bride from an equally dull morn- ing’s dictation in a downtown business office, married her, established her in 2 newly furnished bungalow and sat down to wait for the searchers. The following day he was charged with carrying concealed weapons and dis- turbing the peace of his bride’s em- ployer. Yesterday he answered these charges. Frederick Taylor, the em- ployer, who_lost his stenographer, tes- tified that Rumsey exhibited a large revolved when he ‘“persuaded” his bride-to-be to accompany him. “Are you sure it was a revolver,” asked Rumsey, appearing as his own attorney. “Maybe it was just a marriage li- cense rolled up,” suggested Rumsey The court waited expectantly. The witness hesitated and looked at the Judge, who was smiling. “Maybe it was,” he conceded, gra- clously. “Not gullty,” the court announced. WILL TEST APPLICANTS FOR POST AT HOSPITAL Competitive Examination Is An- nounced for Choice of Anibulance Driver for Freedmen’s. The Civil Service Commission today announced an open competitive ex- amination for ambulance driver to fill a vacancy at Freedmen's Hospital at a salary of $720 a year, with quarters, subsistence and laundry, arnd vacancies in positions requiring similar qualifi- cations. Applicants must have had at least six months’ experience as a paid driver of automobiles and be capable of making | minor repairs. In addition they must have had at least three months' ex- perience in driving a horse-drawn vehicle and in the care of horses. The duties are to operate the hos- pital motor-driven ambulance as nec- essary and to make minor repairs thereto; to drive a horse-drawn am- bulance as necessary and to take care of the horse, and to keep the lawns around the hospital buildings in good condition. Fu'l information and application blanks may be obtained at the office of the local secretary, Board of Civil Service Examiners, Freedmen's Hos- pital, Washington, D..C. e SRRt Take Course in Engineering. Second Lieuts. Emerson L. Cum- mings, Reginald L. Dean, Merrow-E: Sorley, Philip R. Garges and Emerson C. Itschner, Corps of Englneers, at Fort Humphreys, Va., have been or- dered to take a course in civil engi- neering at Cornell UniverSity, Ithaca, N, X. n NT, AND THE! WERI‘} CLAWED BY a to Boston in three and one-half hours. = By United News Pictures. FIVE HIGHWAYMEN ARE SENT T JAL Two Alleged Confederates of S. A. Schwartz Admit Their Guilt. Justice Hoehling in Criminal Divi- slon 1 today sentenced Charles B. McDonald, a young white man, to serve three years and six months in the penitentiary., McDonald had pleaded guilty to the indictment for highway robbery of avhich Sidney A. Schwartz, a member of the bar, was recently convicted. Theodore W. Merritt, who also admitted his co plicity in the hold-up of John W Work, from whom $180 was taken, was given a term of two years and six months, Both boys were con- nected with another charge of robbing the manager of a gasoline station at 3801 Georgiw avenue in November, 1924. They were given similar sen- tences for this crime, but both terms are to run_ concurrently. Three other young men were en- gaged in the gas station robbery. They were Frank Hernek, who will_serve 18 months in the penitentiary; Victor Purchia, who got 20 months in the penitentiary, and Scott W. Smith, who received a sentence of 30 months: Schwartz, who is charged by the police to be the leader of the youthful highwaymen, was sentenced last Mon- day by Chief Justice McCoy to serve 6 vears in the penitentiary. He has noted an appeal to the 'Court of Ap- peals. COURT PAROLES GIRL WHO STOLE FOR FIANCE Report of Wedding Moves Judge to Impose Suspended Sentence Upon Bride. Gertrude Caswell, a young white woman, indicted on a charge of em- bezzling $1,600 from her employer, | Florence M. Lewis, was placed on probation for four years today by Justice Siddons in Criminal Division 1 under a suspended sentence. At the time of her arrest, last year, the police said, she used the money, which she took from her employer, to aid her lover, who was conducting a jewelry shop at Atlantic City and was in financial difficulties. Probation Officer Steele told the court the couple were married recently and recom- mended she be given another chance. William Stepney and Amos Will- iams, both colored, were sent to the penitentiary for two years each by Justice Siddons. They stole an auto- mobile belonging to Henry J. Brown April 16 last. Probation was extended by the court to William Mitchell, colored, for four years for a violation of the ‘“‘dope” law, and to’ William Tatum, .| colored, for three years for stealing a radio set April 3 from Harry P. Dawson. _— Miss Martha Berry of Mount Berry, Ga., has been awarded the Roosevelt medal as a tribute from the Nation in acknowledgment of her pioneer work in education among the hill people in the South. THE FIGHTING TYGERS lett, John Heydler, Ty Cobb, Stanley Harri Detroit team won the game by a score of 7 to 4. National Photo. VISITING IN WAS Richard Cro e Indian, owns a raises race hors, \Predicts F lapper Styles for Males For Health’s Sake| By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, June 12—In view of low-cut neck effect, short and spider-web stockings, are now mode, girls 1 better chance for health n boys, who usually wear too much clothing, in the opinion of Dr. snard il of the National Institute of Medical Research. Because of these fads women and girls permit more of the ultra- violet rays to enter their bodles, and if the fashion continues, he avers, it is probable that statis- tics will eventually show that they are the healthier of the two sexes. “I have no doubt,” says Dr. Hill, “that in the near future both men’s and women's clothing will be de- signed with a view to allowing the body to receive as plentiful a sup- ply as possible of the sun's rays.” THREE BOYS INJURED IN TRAFFIC MISHAPS Two Riding Bicycles Hit by Auto- mobiles—Motor Cycle Of- ficer Hurt. Three boys were listed among six victims of traffic accidents recorded by the police yesterday. Elvin West, col- ored, 15 vears old, of 143 Thomas street, was painfully bruised as a re- sult of a collision between an automo- bile in which he was riding and an- other machine at Fifth and U streets. Oliver Grant, 13 years old, of 1332 Belmont street, was injured at Girard and Fourteenth streets when his bicy- cle collided with an automobile. The bicycle was demolished and the in- jured boy was taken home by his mother. Ten-year-old Grover Young, 5701 Sixteenth street, was injured by an au- tomobile while riding his bicycle through an alley near Thirteenth and Gallatin streets. He received treat- ment at home. Motor Cycle Policeman John E. Fon- dell of the Tenleytown district was in- jured vesterday afternoon when his motor ‘cycle skidded on Connectlcut avenue near Albemarle street and threw him to the roadwa He was pursuing a speeding automobile when the accident happened. Fondell was only slightly hurt. Lucy Tibbs, colored, 51 years old, of 217 Bryant street and Anna Kaplo- witz, 59 years old, of 2183 G street were the other traffic victims. The latter's hip was fractured, while the former was only slightly bruised. Nl I WRECK ON GULF COAST. NEW ORLEANS, June 12 (#).— Advices that the four persons who were killed in an accident near Opelousas met death when their automobile was struck by a St Louis-San Francisco Railway train, proved yesterday to be inaccurate. In- quiry at the, local offices_of .the Gulf Coast line showed that the collision ‘was between a Gulf Coast train and the automobile. | She owns Orby, w The victims, who included Mrs. S. J. Gonselin and three relatives of Lawtell, La., \L"Ore Jburied yesterday. e acn 1ING' 'ON. The widow of the for- er, photographed in her hotel toda: t-acre farm near Dublin, Ireland, and mer of the English Defby in 1907. tional Photo. Silk Shirts Used By U. S. Agents to Trap Dope Sellers Silk shirts' and automobile inner tubes have come into a new use, Federal ngents recently discovered in round-ups of unlicensed narcotic peddlers. Hundreds of ingenious hiding places have been resorted to by the sellers, but the latest device dis- covered was n portion of an inner tube filled with thousands of grains of morphine. The tube was closed at the ends and completely covered with beeswax. The silk shirt of bright color has become a weapon of the narcotic agent in trading with peddlers who are willing to accept this type of merchandise instead of money. The illicit trafficker does not keep the shirt long, for it is easy evi- dence for arrest, and the shirt Is recaptured for use again in the same manner. KEEP PARKS CLEAN, 'SHERRILL REQUESTS Cautions Public Against Throwing Paper and Other Rubbish Around Carelessly. Another strong appeal has been made by Lieut. Col. Clarence O. Sher- rill, director of public buildings and parks, to the public to assist in keep- ing the parks clean. The recent hot spell, when_thou- sands sought the parks for a breath of cool air, showed carelessness on the part of the users in strewing paper and other rubbish. During the past 10 days, Col. Sher- rill said, there has been found a de- cided slipping backward in the matter of cleanliness on the part of the pub- lic, 5o much so that the routine park maintenance force has found it almost impossible to keep the parks clean. The park maintenance forces report that more than double the usual num- ber of loads of rubbish are taken out of the parks every day. The result of this lack of assistance on the part of the public is that the parks are filled with unsightly litter up to and around noon, whereas normally they | are all cleaned before 9 o’'clock in the morning. JURY CANNOT AGREE. Trying Grocer in $40,000 Saving Stamp Fraud. PITTSBURGH, June 12 (#).—A jury in Federal Court yesterday re- ported a disagreement in the case of Fortunato Calabro, Johnstown, Pa., grocer, charged with disposing of $40,000 worth of ‘counteffeit war sav- ings stamps. He was the first of ejght defendants to be placed on trial here on charges growing out of an investigation of an alleged nation- wide counterfeiting ring with head- quarters in Chicago. No date was set for a retrial. Calabro admitted disposing of the stamps but claimed -he was acting as agent for Joseph Lapaglia, who was found murdered in a richly furnished apartment here last October. Police failed to, uncover a clue as to his* slayer and the case has gone into police records as an unsolved crime. Charles Henry Barth, jr., of Hlinois, who is the honor graduate of the Military Academy at West Point in the class of 1925. He received the { Highest number of points in the four-year course. Wide World Photo. INJUNGTION ASKED 10 PREVENT SALE Minority ~ Stockholders Banking Trust Company Accuse President. of Minority stockholders of the Bank- ing Trust and Mortgage Co. today sought an_ injunction in the District Supreme Court against the sale of the assets of the company to Hare & Chase, Inc., of Philadeiphia. The of- ficers and directors of the mortgage company, as well as Hare & Chase, are named as defendants. Judge James F. Smith of the United States Court of Customs Appeals, who is sitting in the absence of Justice Hitz, issued a rule on the defendants to show cause next Friday why the sale should not be stopped. Through Attorneys Wilton J. Lam- bert, R. H. Yeatman and R. H. Mc- Neill the court is told that Charles R. White, president of the company, caused to be submitted to stockhold- ers last Monday evening a contract he had already executed with Hare & Chase, Inc., whereby it was agreed that the assets of the trust company, consisting mostly of first and second trust notes, of the aggregate value of $215,000, would be exchanged for $200,000 par value preferred 8 per cent stock of Hare & Chase, Inc., of the value of about $180,000. Stockholders Opposed Plan. The bill charges that there was spirited opposition to the ratification of the contract and that approximate- 1y 70 per cent of the stockholders pres- ent at the meeting voted against it, but that, by reason of the vote of the president, who owned about 2,400 shares, the officers of the company announced that the motion to ratify was carried. - It is claimed that the president of the company, who cast the alleged declding vote, had an _individual agreement with Hare & Chase, Inc., whereby they would pay off certain of his indebtedness in cash up to $20,000, in exchange for 1,000 shares of his stock of the trust company, thereby purchasing the same at par, whereas the remaining stockholders, over thelr protest, would be compelled to accept stock of a market value less than the actual value of the assets to be turned over to Hare & Chase. The compaining stockholders are D. M. Lea, Clarénce F. Burton, Alfred Higbie, Norman E. Ryon and Edwin Rosengarten. BODY ON WAY HERE. Chamberlaine’s Remains Shipped From France. ‘The War Department is informed that the body of Gen. William Cham- berlaine, U. 8. A., recently killed in an automobile accident in Paris, France, has been shipped to the United States on the steamship New Amsterdam. It is understood that interment will be made in Arlington National Cemetery. Mrs. Chamberlaine, who was with Gen. Chamberlaine at the time of his death, is accompanying the body to this country. Gen. is one of the foremost animal paint- -grs in the world. York. N DO YOU REMEMBER “S Lord’s Prayer Is Read Inside Eye Of Sewing Needle| Micro-Engraving Exhibit Now at Smithsonian Institution. Some months ago the United States National Museum receive note of 46 words engraved on glass so small that it was necessary to enlarge it 88 times before it could be read easily. This micro-engraved letter, which, by the way, was the smallest letter ever received by the museum, was engrav- ed by Alfred McEwen and was a pre- liminary to a permanent exhibit which has just been plated on view in the division of graphic arts, Smithsonian Building. The present exhibit consists of the Lord’s Prayer, engraved by Mr. Mc Ewen, shown inside of the eve of a sewing needle, magnified 145 diame- ters. About 13,500 complete prayers of §6 words each could be engraved in one square inch, but this is very large compared with one of these micro-en- gravings measured by the Bureau of Standards, which was so small that it took 781,050 to cover one square inch. This is equivalent to 43,694,000 words. The micro-engraving on' exhibition in the Smithsonian, made February 10, 1825, is very clear and distinct. It was engraved on glass, with a dlamond point, by means of a pantograph. The machine itself is as wonderful as the | work it does. The first machine to do work of this character was invented and used by the London banker, W. Peters, in 1852. Fifty and sixty years ago micro-engravings were quite com- mon, but at present are very rare. In' times of war microscopic mes- sages could be sent engraved on the edge of a shoe nail, on a ring, a brass button, an eveglass, or any object that is smooth and hard, and these mes- sages would be practically impossible to locate except by the one who knew where to look. That it is possible for any machine to be build so accurately, with appar- ently no lost motion, that it is able to produce work which can be seen only under a high-power microscope, and some of it So fine that it is then read | only with the greatest difficulty, is al- most inconceivable, but the Smithso- nian exhibit proves that it can be one. VICTIM OF ‘PRESS AGENTS, HARRY THAW DECLARES Stories Printed in New York About Him, Sheer Imagination, He Says. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 12.—Harry K. Thaw is out with a protest against stories of his visits to New York cabarets. In a statement to today’s press, he says that when he had been | introduced to various people he has | considered it good policy mot to be | rude. but to accept the courtesies. | “This gentleman's conduct on my | part ought not to be the basis of a lot | of stories made out of sheer imagina- | tion to create a sensation,” he adds. As to storles of lavish entertain- ment he says that he is often the victim of press agents. At the Follies last night Will Rogers rorsd Tris Speaker, pulled him on the stage and said: . “Tris, without Photograph taken on the White House 1 terday afternoon. The National Association of Credit Men is holding the annual convention in Washington. Left to right, in center: E. of San Frangisco, president of the association; President Coolidge and J. H. Frigoe of New MILING GEORGE"? He once managed the Washington hase ball team. Now he is an assistant to Ty Cobb (right), manager of the Detroit team. McBride played shortstop for many years with the locals, later trying out in the difficult job of running the team. 1 Photo. FURNITURE CRITICS TOPASS ONGIFTS Committee of Experts Named to Preserve Best Specimens at White House. Appointment of a committee to pass on donations to the White House of furniture and furnishings with a view to preserving the best specimens of this thoroughly American product and for the purpose of maintaining the in terior of the White House in keeping with the original design, was an nounced today by Lieut. Col. Clarence O. Sherrill, director of public build ings and parks. The committee follows: Robert W Dé Forest, head of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and viee president of the American Federation of Art. Willlam Adams Delano, one of the leading American architects and an expert on interfor furnishings, par ticularly of the colonial period, and member of the National Commission of Fine Arts. Francis C. Jones, an expert on paintings of the . colonial era and secretary of the National Academy of Fine Ar Charles E. Platt, treasurer of the American Institute of Architects and outstanding architect of structures of the colonial period and architect of the Freer Art Gallery. R. T. H. Halsey, chairman of the committee of the American Decorative Arts at the Metropolitan Museum and recognized as an expert on American furniture. E Luke Vincent Lockwood, author of one of the best known works on American colonial furniture and a recognized expert on this subject. Mrs. Harold Pratt of New York, one of the leading members of the Garden Club of America and wefl versed in the collection of colonial furniture. Mrs. Miles White, jr., representative of the lay element in the work of American colonial furniture and fur- nishings. Maj. Oscar N. Solbert of the office of public buildings and public parks Mr. Halsey is to be placed in charge of the work of decorating certain parts {of the interior of the White House this Summer, which is to be done out of the appropriation made last session by Congress of $50 000. Knights Templar Trip. - Five hundred Knights Templar of the District of Columbia and adjacent cities will leave Washington on special Pennsylvania train Sunday morning at 10 o'clock to attend the 112th conclave of the Grand Com- mandery, Knights Templar’ the State of New York. The program of the three days con- clave includes two parades, one on Sunday evening, when the knights will parade from the 71st Regiment Armory to church; the other on Mon- day afternoon, when 15,000 Knights Templar will parade in New York City. There will be a grand Templar ball at the 71st Regiment Armory Mondayy night. William E. Miller, recorder of Orient Commandery, No. 5, Washington Knights Tembplar, is chairman of the committee on arrangements, which is of any desire to harm anyore, I want to Lucy Kemp Welch, English artist,' present to you Mr. Harry K. Thaw.” The spotlight was turned on Thaw, and he arose, smiled and bowed. composed of Charles W. Pimper, Franz A. Birgfeld, Ernest R. Post, J. Fred Huber, William T. Hibbard Snd E. Blood, and