Evening Star Newspaper, June 17, 1925, Page 17

FORTY-TWO KILLED IN WREC USED BY STORM. town, N. J., during a heavy elect going to Germany aboard the S. L ACCIDENT ON THE FIELD. Umpire “Brick” Owens being carried from Shibe Park, Philadelphia, after he had collided with Spurgeon, a player. Tt is reported at the hospital that Owens is suffer- ing from two broken hip bones and a possible fracture of the leg. CAULS EDUCATION 128 JREGRADTED N SHAV ADDRESS ATRANDALLIONCR Chicago Judge Is Speaker at| Commencement in Junior High. Dr. Johnson Presents Diplo- mas to Class Completing Work—Three Speak. | atriotic address by Judge Albert | Dr. J. Hayden Johnson, member of George of the Chicago Municipal {the Board of Education, presented di- Court featured the commencement |plomas to 20 graduates of the Randall exercises of the Shaw Junior High |Junior High at its second commence- School Monday nizht, in the Dunbar |ment yvesterday morning in the Zion High School Auditorium | Baptist Church. Judge George appealed to the| The commencement address was de- duates to uphold their country’s|livered by Prof. J. Francis Gregory of flug and pointed out that the negro |the Miner Normal School. Garnet C. is an “inseparable portion of the peo- | Wilkinson, first assistant superintend- ple of America.” ““The negro is bound |ent of schools, also spoke. 3 to enjoy all of the f Ameri-| The invocation was pronounced by | can citizenship he nd the |Rev. P. A. Scott, pastor of St. Paul's basis for that is the edu ion re-|A. M. E. Church, while Rev. Willlam ceived in our common schools. J. Howard gave the benediction. The “It is through education that one peo- | presiding officer was Rev. F. I. A. Ben- ple may be developed, not divided by |nett, member of the school board. A race, color or creed, but united to!violin solo rendered by James bring about the condition for which |Young of the Miner Normal Schooly the fathers of this country lived and |and the girls' glee club sang two se- died.” lections. One of the features of the exercises s the presentation of “Student s by a trio of the graduate Morris_Thomas spoke on “Prepar: 3dith Minor, on “Inspiration, hedonne Howell, on “Aspira- A Honors Awarded. Rev. D. F. River invocation and s and Mrs. Coralie pronounced the the benediction, | Cook, member of the Board of Education, presided. Rev. F. I. A. Bennett, also a member of the school board, presented certificates to the graduates. Garnet (. Wilkinson. first assistant superintendent of | bert John Dyson, Joseph Edelin, Ben- | schools, awarde honors to Zai-|jamin Franklin Hailstorks, Joseph dee Hill and I Robinson. 1 Lucas, Leon Queen. Lorenzo Shorts, Wesley Howard String P s | Walter Tate and Morris Thomas. Estelle 1. Pinkey and J. H. Douglass | _Girls—Sue Emma Anderson, Hazel furnished music.” A reception was held | Bernice Brooks, Beatrice Elizabeth | in honor of Judge and Mrs. George in | Butler, Winifred Inez Colding, Dor- | the school library following the exer- |othy Amelia Diggs, Thelma Victoria | cises. Dudley, Helen Iola Durbin, Mamie | The graduates follow: Arletha Eula | Alien Fleet, Sarah Beatrice Henson, Alexander, Dorothy Mae Allen, Thel- Theopa Himes, Evelyn Maria Holmes, | ma Theodora len, Agnes Amelia | Shedonne Rose Howell, Edith Victoria | Jdna May Brooks, Lelia Alma | Minor, Dorothy Elizabeth Nelson,! ashti Marle Har; aidee Araminta Pocahontas Reed, Dorothy | Rivers Hill, Inez Elmor: N-omi Shorter, Arrahwanna _Zellia Slade, Sophia Leona Thigpen, Lillian Alberta Thomas and Marion Ramona | Willis. and tion.” The graduates follow: Boys—Frederick John Daggs, Wil-| Mary Helen Jackson Evelyn Lee Cons e ette Jo Williams, beth Neal, Leor Louise Payr Alice Redr Reba Luc, Anna Belle 1 Hildred Ruth Johnson, , Olivia Bird- Me- Eliza- Anna Edna ome, Elsie 4 Samuels, Shorter, e Anna Tay- »hnson, Teresa_Jone . Della Lee, Ruth | |LONGW | Pleases Paris Club by Making Ad- | Hress in French. | Rosalia omas, Helen Lorraine Turner, Mary Just‘nh!ne‘ PARIS, June 17 (®).—Nicholas Wheeler. Nevada Welmar White, Le- | Llongworth of Ohlo, speaker of the nora Winkler, Leola Williams, Mattie | House of Representatives, was the Elva Willian Magnolia Young and | Suest of honor yesterday at a lunch- Alic Wooton eon of the Interallied Club over which Ch = | Marshal Foch presided. Mr. Long- £ Clinton Brown, worth pleased the distinguished »wn, Alfred Rus. | gathering by beginning his speech Theodore Canady, Leslie |of thanks in French. Clyde Dun-| “I have sworn ten times, before rly, Felton | two portraits, to defend the Constitu- sson, Finnie Harris, Law- | tion of the United States—those of A. Hawkins, William Hender- | Washington and Lafayette/” he said. Hopkins, Byron Minor |“The intimate union for right and s Hardy Jones, Ernest |justice, of which these two portraits Emmett Johnson, Alfred Jordan, Cur- |are symbols of the post, cannot fail ley King, William Haley Perry, jr.;ito persist in the future.” Edward Jerome Queen, Beverly Gi Marshal Foch in his speech re- son Robinson, Louis Walter Roy, |called the war-time role of the Ralph Scott Shumate, James Henry | United States, and alluded to the Smiler, jr.; James Snowden, Henry ' Longworth family's connection with Towles, Timothy Romeo Veal, Clyde | France, pointing out that Gen. Count Weatherington ='W ymond {de Chambrun, Mr. Longworth's Watson, Andrew ette Whison- | prother-in-law, was now in command ant, Howard Taft Williams and Leon | of the French forces at Fez. 1 nn Wormley. | ORTH FOCH GUEST. ze, Cas: Anderson, Ralph B Cornelius Walter sell Andrew rence 1 i anese our safutation of | g Turksey wili | the kiss is simply incomprehensible, 1 weizht seven times v.hull\\ hile in China it is considered actu- TeP Bl i Wisgraces | To the Ja Olives bei have a tot THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, A special train of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, carrying excursionists bound for Hoboken, was derailed during a storm at Hacketts- ical and rain storm. The wealthy German passengers of the train were ATTORNEY GENERAL GETS A DEGREE. Attorney General Sargent (left) and Judge Charles H. Darlington, both Vermonters, who received Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. honorary degrees at Tufts during the special ceremonies of June 15. Ralph Gorman Hills of Washing- ton, president of the 1925 class of Princeton. He also is intercollegi- ate shotput champion and captain of the university track team. Wide World Photo. EY” PL. h YS BIG PART IN WINNING HIS OWN GAME Y crossing the plate for the first run in the seventh inning. This tally ! Brownies, for they failed to score in the nine innings. STORED FOR THE LONG TRIP aboard the Peary, the MacMillan the ship at Boston after they had STERDAY AFTERNOON. Johnson was enough to defeat the St. Louis National Photo. in command of the MacMillan-National Geographic Society expedition, and Chief Wireless Operator McGee, who have charge of the radio. planned to keep in touch with the Navy Department each day. WEEHAWKEN POLICEMEN ARE ACQUITTED BY JURY Prayers of Priest, Who Was State’s Chief Witness, Are Answered. { | Week of Instruction in Extra Study, Reported Making Satisfactory Progress. 150 MIDDIES AT NAVY ACADEMY By the Associated Press JERSEY CITY, N. J. June 17.— The prayers of the Rev. George F. Bennett and his Roman Catholic par- ish at Weehawken for the acquittal of 12 men charged with giving protection to bootleggers have been answered.|midshipmen, just turned members of Ten of the men, ingluding nine Wee- | hawken police, were acquitted late last night by a jury in Judson County Court here. Two others were dis- charged before the case went to the Jury. Father Bennett was the principal state witness. He testified at the first trial last January and at the retrial just ended that he had run upon the men at the Weehawken river front last August. He threatened to punch the face of the first bootlegger who would attempt to continue landing! cases of liquor from the rum runner tied at the dock. Nine of the defend- ants are members of his parish. Last Sunday, the day before thel trial started, he led his congregation in prayer for the acquittal of the men. He said they had learned a lesson. Yesterday he repeated from the witness stand the story he told last January. Explaining his prayers, he sald it was the custom of the Catholic Church to pray for any one in trouble. The jury deliberated five and a half hours. Courtroom spectators cheered the verdict. | Goast having recent| | the Hawaiian maneuvers. the first class at the Naval Academy | i ‘paVaiioh apervers. at Annapolis, today began the second week of their three months' instruc- tion in aeronautics, as ordered several ‘weeks ago by Secretary Wilbur. Although they have been studying jthroughout the Winter and were look- ing forward to a ‘‘vacation” in the form of a cruise this Summer, the midshipmen have tackled this new subject with surprising interest and progress made so far has gratified those in charge. The ground school, embracing ev erything in theoretical aeronauties, formally opened last week, after seve weeks of organization work, by Lieut. Benjamin R. Hol- combe, personnel officer of the Bu- reau of Aeronautics. Lieut. Holcombe watched the first week's work and returned to the bureau satisfled that the course would progress smoothly. Four Classes Each Day. The midshipmen are attending four classes a_day with no opportunity for study between the periods. In addi- tion to the theoretical instruction actual air experience as passengers or observers and practice in- aerial gunnery work will be given. Every precaution will be taken to The plan Roads, Va. going physical examinations rate of six a day for fitnes plane pilots. They will formed, however, if several course. Reconstructing Six Planes. In addition to student aviators are cles of aircraft. men are assigned to each plane. command of the ground course. the academy, Lieuts. 50,000,000 for Australia. Sir H. Rider Haggard at a recent Authors’ Club dinner in London pre- | safeguard the midshipmen and sev- dicted that Australla could adequately | eral new large twin-motored sea take care of 50,000,000 white persons.!planes will be sent to Annapolis and He made his statement in connection 11 be manned by six complete crews with his plea that a concerted move- | from the scouting squadron No. 1, ment be put under way to redistribute ! 't couting [Fleet. the population of the British empire | composed of officers nd men with for the safety of the empire itself, and | long experience in flving biz boats. S05 salesuinrding e AORIIONs. TRIS4LEIS-PA - A58 Q- hell WaX AUNK D &CcouaL 0Lages Lieut. Valentine Shaeffe craft squadrons battle Heet. Serget. Harvey Retired. Gabriel Tiarvey Ca Fort Huachuca, Ariz., h: f TAKE UP STUDY OF AERONAUTICS| Class of Enthusiastic Embryo Officers, in Second | One hundred and fifty enthusiastic|to Annapolis by rail from the Pacific | v returned from | Naval Ai craft factory at Philadelphia and the aircraft squadrons’ base at Hampton The midshipmen now are under- at the as air- not be in- of their standing until the close of the course, for even are unqualified for pilot training they must receive the ground their studies the tearing down and building up 6 obsolete airplanes and 25 airplane motors, to give them a working knowledge of the intrica- Twenty-five midship Lieut. Comdr. George Murray of the Aslatic fleet now is en route to take | The faculty at work includes Lieut. H. V. Baugh of the naval air station at Pensacola, Lieut. D. W. Tomlinson of Chapline_and Schoeffel of the Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology, Lieut. Ostrand of the Bureau of Ordnance here and of the air- 10th {1 been placed on the retired list of the By United News Pictu |ELECTRIC INDUSTRY ADDS $400,000,000 TO CAPITAL Ligkt and Power Stocks Held by 3,000,000 Investors, National As- sociation President States. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, June 17.—The light and power industry in this coun- try last year attracted some $400,000, 000 new capital from the jnvesting public, and the total number of inves- tors in light and power securities to- day is close to 3,000,000, president F. T. Griffith told the National Electric Light Association convention here yes- terday. “The light and power industry of the United States,” he said, “will need to raise money at the rate of $2,000 every minute for the next ten vears. the financial demands of the industry during the coming decade, and this stupendous task presents one of the outstanding problems of the industry. It is most gratifying that the public is coming to our aid in ever-increasing volume and numbers."” FINAL SOCIAL OF YEAR. Army and Navy Union Pr&gram Scheduled Tomorrow Night. The Army and Navy Union, U. S. A., will hoid its last Summer social of the year tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in the auditorium of the In- terior Department, Nineteenth and F' streets. The public i8 invited. Pupils of Miss Marybelle Moles will give dance numbers as a part of their first annual commencement. “All's Well,” a one-act musical tablold, will {be presented by Harlan J. Cramer, {G. E. Stearns, Goldie Grainger, Mary- belle Mol Dorothy, Phyllis and net Buck. Phoebe Knappen, . Adelalde Boyd and Hann: lizabsth Gross as ‘Crinoline It will require $10,000,000,000 to meet | TO ARCTIC REGIONS. One of the three Navy planes being placed ship which starts Saturday for the far North. The planes were put aboard been thoroughly tested for the work in the Arctic regions. By TUnited N ws Pictures FOR THE LOWEST ACCIDENT RATE. This bronze trophy, “Sentinels of Safety,” will be awarded by the Explosives Engineer to the coal or metal quarry developing the lowest accident record for the coming The records are kept by the Bureau of Mines. Ed S. Finney. Ass ecretary of the Interior, left; James H. MacLafferty, assistant to Secretary Hoover, right. National Photo (HOWARD TOEFFECT TWO FOUND GULTY ECONONIC CHANGES, N “TORTURE” CAS Consolidation of Several De-%Bride’s Hushand and Father partments Will Be Made |Discouraged Her Suitor With in Summer. | Steel “Twisters.” Howard Univer ized during the & gan. | By the Associated Pre WHITE PLAI tiy will be rec immer in the inter est of economy and efficiency, it was Convicted of tc nnounced today by the executive|suitor, a brid committee of the board of tr ees. were in jail Among_the changes proposed are andolp) < the consolidation of the junior college | Newark, N. J., the hu with the college of libe s. the |liam MacClymo merger of the work of the schoc tate broker, the commerce and finance under the on William Holland of lege of liberal arts, the c tion of 3 rd. J youthful commercial college of education replace the | artist weighi 12 A jury yester school of education and the creation|day found them guilty of second de- of a college of applied science to re- | gree place the school of applied science.| The The trustees also have planned to|ploy in develop further the hools of law, | ers, Hol were wrapped music ard religion. . around his wrists in MacClymont's The reorganization program comes | office, to which he was lured one eve- as a result of a survey of the various|ning last July, until the links cut schools and departments by Dr. Rob-|into his flesh and blood spurted. He ert Josselyn Leonard. director of the|then promised, he said, to cease his school of education of the Teachers'|attentions to Miss MaeClymont. She College of Columbia University. The|iwas married to Stelle shortly after- survey was approved by the board of | ward g trustees last October, when it was de-| ~ Judge cided that the general expansion of |and refused to admit Scel o Meb- e osisens s “he“d!;._}n efused to admit Stelle and Ma mont to bail. Conviction calls for e |a maximum prison sentence of five e Teachers to Retire. vears, but there were indications that ' Another direct result of Dr. Leon.|the court would be lenient. Holland A the adoption of = lconferred with the judze after the Tetirement plan. for teacnema ot ol ) verdict was rendered and said he five years was fixed as the retirement W fied with vindication |age, provided the teachers have given the university at least 15 years of | continved service. The act of retirement, S. N. Y., June turi n unwelc s hu e toc M. Stelle ¢ { bond broker tw as police em- \ prison- | i Bleakley deferred sentence i Threatened Girl, They Say. The defendants denied they had |lured Holland to the office. They it was an-| s to take effect as of June 30, ! 3 ; 926 Kelly Miller and George .| acCIvmont s i Cook, whose deanships were abolish. | S€arehied him unsuccessfylly for such ed in'the reorganization program, will | 3, tetter Holland punched MacClymont be retained as members of the faculty | sy et Nt . G o) subdue him. the defendants said The ' trustees, . however, dropped |, MRcClymont said he did not hurt from: the facenty on et sine Sopped| Holland much, but in a demonstra- vear Alain L. Locke, |)rnf0'<liul' l\}}l‘“n with a court attendant of how philosophy; Alonzo H. Brown, profes.{he twisters were applied, the at- Bor of muthematics: Mets P oy |tendant fell to his knees gasping ard, assistant professor of French, (With pain. SHAGY ABat et and Orlando C. Tharnton, instructor |, MacClymont testified that after 3ie the twisters were applied Holland |In finance and Business organizatlon. |, mjtteq that he had been a cad and ot what he deserved S S ! WARNS OF COUNTERFEITS. | LR AT R { STAGE LURES WOMAN M. P. Secret Service Notifies Banks of | Spurious Currency. Mrs. Philipson Will Chief Moran of the secret service| Footlights, London Hears. today issued warning to banks and | Lk B ; : others concerned that three new coun. | ;; FONDON. June 17. (@) The Dally terfeit bills had been discovered. {Exvrtaiiangs tukt M Hilton. Ehille: et oills fiod been discovered. o |5on. who was the first woman after Hlom e e el a3 fol | Lady Astor to sit in the House of Com. | note. on the Chase Natfonal Baml |MONS, i returning next week to the e I o R Ponal ioank |stage, where she was long a _popular 1902; check letter ‘E' charter No,|f2vorite under the name of Mabel 2370; Treasury No. X153788H; bank |Russell g , The paper does not suggest that she No. 26527; portrait of Benjamin Har- |, reyiring from Parliament or how R ivedollar Federal reserve note. on | e Proposes to fill both the theatrical the Federal Reserve Bank of New @nd political roles. York, check letter ‘C,’ face plate No. 1139; A. W. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury: Frank White, treasurer of the United States; portrait of Lincoln. Twenty-dollar_Federal reserve note on the Federal Reserve Bank of Bos- ton, Mass., check letter ‘C": plate number indistinct: D. Houston. retary of the Treasury; John | ber, Burke, treasurer of the United States; ! 1.06. portrait of Cleyeland,” Return to BIG DROP IN FLOUR. MINNEAPOLIS, June 16 (®).— Flour, 35 to 45 lower, at 8.60a8.65 a barrel. Shipments, %975 barrels. Bran, 28.00. Wheat, No. 1 Northern, 15al.561 July 1%; Septem- 1.41 No. 3 yellow, 1.05a Oats, white, 44%ade%. 55a2.70,