Evening Star Newspaper, June 29, 1925, Page 5

PRESIDENT AWAITS PASSING OF CRISIS Demeanor Is Calm as Ten- sion Relaxes With Good News From Sickroom. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG PLYMOUTH, Vt, June 29.—With his customary calm. and from all out- ward appearances in full_control of emotions, President Coolidge is patiently awaiting the passing of the crisis in the illness of his father, Col. John Coolidge. which the five physi- cians in conference last night said would be reached early tomorrow aft- ernoon. xd news was given by cians early this morning the colonel’s progre: The 4 good night, they said. was splendid and they hopeful wing this statement of the day there wa noticeable relax {nz in the Coolidge homestead. There was a letting down in the high ten sion of the past day or two. IL was plainly seen t the President’. nd Mrs. Coolidge's spirits arose and that they are very hopeful of the colonei safely passing the dangerous period. the physi- regarding latter had His spirit all seemed f Up Before Seven. The a'clock, night of the walked President was up before 7 after a somewhat restless After a word or two with one doctors near the bedside, he slowly about the front lawn of the old home. He bowed pleas- antly to the several secret service men and newspaper men and some of the neighbors, who were grouped about the roadway a short distance away. Mrs. Coolidge joined him and they shook hands with Dr. A. L. Chute of Boston, associate professor of genito urinary surgery at Tuft's College, who performed the operation on Col. Cool- idge vesterday. and who was return- ing to Boston this morning, Their ex pressions evinced their gratitude and appreciation of the act this man had performed. Dr. Chute did not think his presence was needed further. Operation Minor One. The operation is one that might be fermed a minor one but for the age of the patient and the infirmities that 1ccompany one of 80 years. Besides this the colonel's heart has been known for some time to be what is commonly referred to as bad. It was because of the latter that only a local anesthetic was applied The picture presented by this op- on vesterday afternoon was ngely like the early morning hour two vears ago when the colonel ad- ministered the oath of President to| his son in the very same room where | this scene was being enacted. The| kitchen table brought into the little low ceilinged living room. It was padded only with an old patch- work quilt. The brave old man was reclining in a chair in the adjoining room as all the preparations were under way ynd he watched it without 2 word, without a tremor or trace of fear. When the time came he is said to have asked, “I've been tryving to Tow how I'll walk there.” The operation itself was described by the physicians as cystostomy, and consisted of cutting into the bladder #0 a3 to make drainage possitie. HURT IN 200 FOOT DROP Pilot and Passenger Nar- rowly Escape Death. NEW ORLEANS, June 29 (#).— Falling after their plane became un- manageable, Lee J. Mason. pilot, and T.ouis Faust, a passenger, escaped with their lives after a 200-foot plunge into a field near here vesterday. Mason, who suffered a broken leg, he 'started looping the loop at Approximately 1,500 feet, and was un- able to right the ship after the fourth turn in the air. At about 200 feet, the airplane crashed straight down- ward, burving its nose in the ground. Faust was only slightly bruised. The plane was demolished. Plane ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES. TONIGHT. Tnez Eudora Pery will lecture at an open meeting of the Practical Psychology Club, at 8 o'clock, at the Playhouse, 1814 N street CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. The Sigma Chi fraternity will hold & luncheon meeting tomorrow at 12:30 o'clock at the University Club. Troop i3, Bo outs, will hold its twelfth semi-annual parents’ night and celebration tomorrow evening at %:10 o'clock at the Y. M. H. A. Build- ing. Eleventh street and Pennsylvania avenue. A fleld day will be held July <hall Hall. ivolution” will be discussed at the meeting of the study class of the United Lodge of Theosophists Wed- nesday evening at 8 o'clock, at 1731 K street. Washington Boys’ Independent Rand will hold a lawn fete for the henefit of its uniform fund Wednes- Thursday and Friday evenings Ninth street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast. Band concerts, yefreshments and sale of a variety of articles will feature the entertain- me [o[———=|o]————alc——— o} A Good-Looking Motor Boat —launch or canoe deserves to be kept that way. We have the best kinds of marine paints-and can rec- ommend to you no better boat pro- tectors than Navy Deck Paint House & Roof Paints DuPont Varnishes Floor Wax & Polishes Copper Bottom Boat Paint —and Copper Bottom Paint. former is particularly adapted for all woodwork on watercraft; latter for metal hulls. THE EVENIN NEW ANACOSTIA BANK TO OPEN COL. COOLIDGE PAST PERIOD OF DANGER; IS IMPROVING FAST (Continued from First Page.l help was sought by the Vermont phy- sicians who had been attending Col. Coolidge since he became ill Frida the President was advised by Atto ney General Sargent, who was here, that his father was in intense pain. Without waiting for advice from the physicians, the President set out for his old home. Rushed by motor to North Station, in _Boston, Mr. Coolidge found a hurried assembled special train with steam up. Four hours later he was z Ludlow, Vt.. 141 miles away and miles from his destination. There the President and Mrs. Coolidge were met by their son, John, and the Attorney General, who accompanied them by motor to Plymouth. Part of the final lap was traversed in a rain, which made the winding, narrow road unsafe for fast travel. At several points the President’s auto- mobile edged its way over temporary bridges erected over night to replace structures washed out by storm. President Visits Cemetery. Another electrical storm broke over the hills surrounding village shortly after the Executive's arrival. By that time he had visited his father and had gome down to the nearby cemetery with Mrs. Coolidge and John to the graves of Calvin, jr., who was brought here for bural just a year | |18 the ago. and the President’s mother. The President found that his father, who had been suffering from | trouble and infirmities of old heart age, had submitted to an operation under local anaesthetic about the time he was making a getaway from Boston. The eporation was per- formed by Dr. Chute, with the other physiclans _assisting, in the room where the President was administered the oath of office as Chief Executive two vears ago by his father. A table had been brought in from the kitchen and over it had been laid a quilt and pillows. The only light was that which came through a bay window. During the operation the patient conversed with (1.2 doctors and later, after greeting tnhe President. remarked that he needed a shave and asked whether the White House valet had made the trip. Through the evening the President and Mrs. Coolidge remained near the bedside, retiring an_hour before mid- night after receiving assurance from the physicians that all was well. JESTS AT STAMMERING ON STAGE PROTESTED Correspondence of the Associated Press LONDON, June 5.—Protest against | the ridicule of stammering on the recently with Sir George Crichton, controller of the lord chamberlain’s office, by J. Her- bert Miall, head of an institute for stage was filed | defects in speech, who contends that there is as much inhumanity in jest- ing with this disability as there would be in the case of blindness, deafness or_other physical ailments. In his reply to Mr. Miall Sir George said that, while questions of bad taste do not properly constitute a ground for censorship so long as personal allusions are not implied, nevertheless the lord chamberlain, who has au- thority to ban plays or any part thereof, will take the Miall protest into consideration so as to avoid, so far as possible, causing pain and hu- millation to those afflicted with defects such as stuttering. Get rid of them this safe, sure| way. Stops the pain at once.} At drug and shee stores DrScholfs Zino- ¥ Carbona Leaves No Odor The eder of Carb, disappears while ft is being used There Is ebselutely e after-odor, and you can therefors wear the Cloaned article A--um-ly., CARBONA cne.mne Fluid| REMOVES GREASE. SPOTS Without Injury to Fabric or Coler 2 2 00 6L e Bt o o B v The the Specially Low Prices —on all other paints as well as the above. timates cheerfully furnished. HUGH REILLY (0. PAINTS & GLASS 1334 N. Y. Ave. _ Phone Main 1703 | 1 | ! short {llness. | several | day for New W. R. WATKINS DIES AFTER SHORT ILLNESS Former Resident of Washington and Once Employed on U. 8. De- partment’s Experimental Farm. . R. Watkins, 74 years old, a former resident of Washington for |about 10 years, died at his home, | near Vienna, Va., vesterday after a Mr. Watkins was for years an emplove of the United States Department of Agri- culture’s experimental farm Funeral services will be conducted at the residence tomorrow afternoon 2 o'clock. Interment will be at irfax Court House, Va. He is survived by his wife, Mrs Catherine Watkins; two - daughters, Mrs. Ola Colvin of this city and Mrs. Pearl = Limstrong of Vienna, and two sons, Rezin Watkins of Vienna and. Hunter Watkins of Washington. LEGION HEAD PLEDGES AID INCIVIC AFFAIRS Capt. Peyser, Newly Elected Com- mander, Announces Policy of Co- Operation With Other Bodies. A policy of co-operation with the various civic organizations of the city in an effort to promote District affairs announced platform of Capt. Julius 1. Peyser, newly elected com mander of the Ameris Legion in the District of Columbia. Capt. Pe: ¢ to. He was not pres- ent at the department convention of the legion last Saturday night when he was elected department com mander. into a movement for progressive and liberal administration of the public school system. Other plans of the new commander include a reorganization of the legion in the District of Colum- bla and promotion of the welfare of the disabled soldier. 28 Arrested in Craps Raid. Special Dispatch to The St HYATTSVILLE, Md., June party of Prince Georges County offi cers, headed by Sheriff John J. Fink, swooped down on a group of negroes Saturday on the grounds of the big automobile race plant under construc- tion near Laurel and arrested 28 on charges of shooting craps. Justice of the Peace E. E. Hatch fined them $1 to $5 and costs. All paid. V2 A He said the strength of the | legion as a civic power will be thrown | G ETHYL GAS' FATE HANGS IN BALANCE Committee of Scientists Be- gins Study of Health Hazards of Motor Fuel. The fate of ethyl gasoline, a product put on the market about two years ago by the General Motors Co., is in the balance today. A committee of seven scientists, formed two months ago at the request of Surgeon Gengral Cummings of the Public Health Service, {s meeting at the Public Health Service office today making plans for a complete investi- gation of the danger to human beings caused by use of ethyl gasoline. The investigation comes a& a climax to in- quiries_ being conducted by the Bu seau of Mines at its Plttsbdrgh ex- periment station, and will, it was said today, be the final arbiter of the ques tion” of whether ethyl gasoline can safely be used In automobiles and in- dustrial operations. In the meantime ethyl gasoline, the manufacture of which caused several deaths last Fall in the plant of the Standard Oil Co. at Rayway, N. JI. hus been taken off the market. The gasoline has not been sold commercial- ly for several months. The inquiry begun today will prob. ably last over several months and may occupy the remainder of the cal- endar year, as Surz. Gen. Cum- ming has asked that a4 report be made to him by January 1, 1926. Able Men Conduct Tnquiry. Members of the committee conduct- ing the inquiry are Prof. W. H. Howell of John Hopkins University, chair- man; Dr. Edward J. Stieglitz of Chi- 0 University, Drs. Keed Hunt and David L. Edsall of Harvard, Dr. C E. A. Winslow of Yale, Dr. W. S Leathers of Vanderbilt and Dr. Albert Chesley of Minnesota "The announced purpose of the con ference is.to “investigate the health hazard to the public involved in the sale of tetra-ethyl gasoline.’ Ethyl gasoline, when it first came on the market, was claimed to prevent the “ping” or knock in a high com- pression engine when on a hard pull. It eliminated the knock, and the fur- | ther claim was made that it reduced | gusoline consumption. Early last Fall several deaths resulted from a series | of experiments at Bayway, N. and the Bureau of Mines announced it had been conducting experiments with | small animals subject to the P\h’\ufl gas from engines using ethyl fuel The bureau said its investigations led | to tha conclusion that lead poisoning | from ethyl gas exhausted from an | automobile was remote. L SRR Battlefield Superintendent Dies. | | Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. j | HAGERSTOWN, Md, June 20| Jacob Monath, superintendent of the | Antietam battlefield for 10 vears, died vesterday at his home at Sharpsburg, | Md.. at the age of 79 years. He was a vietim of the infirmities of age. On.Hntq' See Announcement ‘ Tuesday’s and Saturday’s Star | 5TON, MacMillan Radio Heard in Denmark As Party Pushes Further Into North | roads, D. MONDAY With their short wave radio set reaching out to Florida, Louisiana and Texas, and by relay to Den- mark and Porto Rico, the MacMil- lan Arctic expedition, now nearing the ‘Strait of Belle Isle, between Newfoundland and Labrador, has decided that the world is becoming smaller and smaller. A message sent last night to the National Geo- graphic Soclety and picked up by Amateur Station IMY, of Donald C. Comstock, East Hartford, Conn., vs: “We are accused of being noisy by a representative of the na- tion whose guests we will be in Greenland. Have just received the following message from Copenha- gen, Denmark, relayed from IMY, East Hartford, and 4SA, Porto Rico: ‘Your signals W. N. P. (Wireless North Pole) very loud $340,342,067 TOTAL RAILWAY TAX IN YEAR Record Given Showing Amount Paid in 1924 Larger Than for Any Previous Year. Principal railroads of the United States paid last year in taxes the largest amount for any year in thelr history, lévies amounting to $340,- 342,067, the Bureau of Rallway Eco- nomics’ declared today. This was an Increase of $8.426,608, or 2.5 per cent, over the amount paid in 1923. The average daily tax bill of the railroads in 1924 amounted to $929,896 and the statement of the bureau said that out of each hundred dollars of operating revenue obtained by the railroads during the vear $5.80 went for tax purposes. In 1923 the average daily tax bill was $909,357, while of each $100 of operating revenue $4.40 was devoted to taxes. The tax bill of the railroads during the past year exceeded by nearly 10 per cent the dividends paid by the carriers to stockholders, and, al- though expenditures made by the roads for Federal taxes showed a slight decrease under 1923, the amount paid to the varlous States showed an increase. New York rank- ed first in taxes received from the collecting $22,102,534, while Tilinois was second with $20,043,496. PEP Eat PEP for pep! It’s the greatest cereal ever. Delicious—and pep-building. It’s crammed with health. Children love its mar- velous flavor. Your grocer has PEP. Ready to serve. 9, the peppy bran food ALL THIS WEEK! Price Sale Unrestricted Choice of Every Hat in the Following Groups: All Sales Final No Exchanges No Will Calls Sizes to Fit Women With Full Coiffures g - Many of These High- Grade Hats Have Already Been Reduced! The Half Price will be deducted from the last reduced price enm the ticket. 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S. ou at 2:50 p.m. here. i 2 : YAl yesterday the Bowdoln, ac- and British Airmen Killed | cording to another message to the Nuttortl Gaoprmphic Boclety's hena- When R-38 Exploded. quarters here, was pushing due - north through thick fog in the Bay of Ialands, its crew getting fleeting glimpses of the rocky Newfound land coast to the east. “If conditions are favorable, says the message, “‘our new ser Diessel engine of 60 horsepower should place us at Battle Harbor tomorrow night. The engine is functioning perfectly. We have been busying ourselves systematiz- ing and preparing equipment so | that on arrival at our base in Etah, | Greenland, we will be ready to be gin immediately our explorations by air.” |teen officers and men of the United MATCH EXPLODES OLD 1&:3"‘« Navy and 27 officers and men |o sh Navy AUTO TANK; TWO HURT | it Wl decienca i Cooper, well known British artist White and Colored Boys, 7 Years| (200720 the hafnes of those, st In the 0ld, Seriously Burned While at |Roval Air Force. the United S Play on Vacant Lot. LONDON, orge today June, (#). —King reczived at Buckingham Palace Dr. Charles H. Mayo of Roch ester, Minn., the American surgeon He was introduced to the King by Lord Dawson of Penn, one of the phy ans to his majesty. Dr. Mayo conversed for some time with the King, who expressed the hope that mutua! advantage would acerue to the medical professions in | England and the United States by the presence of the American and Canadian doctors at the recent meet vz in Lon the Interstate Post raduate Bacillus Acidophilus Milk For intestinal disorders Ask your physician about it Prepared by the NATIONAL VACCINE AND ANTITOXIN INSTITUTE 1515 U St. N.W, 29 here. Would like to work Please listen on 45 m you. By the Associated P LONDON, June 29.- bassador Alanson B unveiled in | Aeronautical memory of the British sailors who were k disaster near Hull, |24, 1 (The dirigible R-38, British built came the ZR-2 when purchased by United States from (¢ ritain | exploded over the River Humbe | Hull, while on a trial trip prepara {to fiving to the United States e American Am Houghton today v of the Royal tablet to the and American the R-38| August the lib A Society a ed En; in and he the DAandMOTHER “Hea therr ustches REPAIRED HERE Wey dont you? RAMSAY WATCIISHOP 1425~F~ST. Paul It avy, the Institute of British | Architects and the National Phy Laboratory. Using a lighted match to satisfy| The fund for the tablet their curlosity as to whether the tank | by the Roval Aeronautical of an old automobile on a vacant lot | Which had numbered severul of contained gasoline, two 7-year-old boy were seriously burned today when the tank exploded. ical was raised Society of the . $1 Will Open a Savings Account Open at 8:30 A.M. D The boys, Stoniae De Loemilius of | 39 E street_and Isaiah Thomas, col- ored, of 413" New Jersey avenue, are | suffering from burns on their faces, |} arms and shoulders. They are af . . Children's Hospital. wrnas b meme oo || 1 1€ LOIUMBIA INatlonal ban gested finding out whether “she had . s e ondiug ot whelaes ol 1 capial 911 F Street Surphus, the tank when the match was brought | $250,000.00 $300,000.00 into play, and received the full forc of the explosion caused by a small | H The 'boys first were rushed to anay, elpru an Casualty Hospital, where it was found the colored boy’s eyes had_been closed G s = by the blast. 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