Evening Star Newspaper, July 15, 1925, Page 17

WHITE HOUS| messenger Exe to Swampscott, Mas AMUNDSEN AND PARTY GREETED AT OSLO, NORWAY, BY THE KI SENDS SPECIAL MESS] where President Coolidge is spending the Summer. ER TO PRESIDENT EACH DAY. ative Mansion yesterday at 2 o’clock. Special mail and documents are carried THE EVENING John Boardley, one of the Copyright by Harris & Ewing. Thousands of Norwegians were on hand when Roald Amundsen, the polar explorer; Lincoln Ellsworth and others of the expedition landed at Oslo. given over to a celebration. RAILROAD HEARINGS The photograph shows speeches of welcome, the members of the expedition were received by the King, and the entire day w Amundsen stepping upon the Brid 500 Red Cross Life- | PORTO RICO DRY HEAD Saving Stations to dge of Honor. There were many Copsright by P. & A. Photos. MAY RETAIN OFFICE WILL BEGIN SEPT, 1] Be Bstabliched o s Western Carriers Expected to| Demand Increased Rates i in Financial Report. | ad_earnir Commi ating Septen ch Cha oads of prepared b er will give evenues nunities cc and - opr The car incre: ints have commissions by the 74 com | E ings | should show | Rates Question | Up. irpose ¢ inquiry is to fares llar tions au eased.” ermine riers & L proceedin fecting rates 12 that the have been be an um on vestment g0, Milwz has vestigation earnin; PERSHING SOON ON WAY. Will Leave Friday for Key West to Sail for Arica. | Gen. John J. P president of the Tacna-Arica plebiscitary commis. sion, and his legal and military staff | of assistants, numbering ns in all, will leave this city Friday aft- | erncon for Key West, Fla., where they will embark on the United States cruiser Rochester for the long water | p through the Panama Canal to | Arica, on the wist coast. The s sions of the joint commission which to conduct the plebiscite in the dis sputed territory will be held in Arica \d the important nd will ndoubtedly require the perscnal a ention of the commissioners and their | maslstants forn many,. months’ time, pe |and | equipment | structior lGuarae Maryland Move to Check‘; Increasing Drownings | Is Launched. Special Dispatch to The Star. | BALTIMORE, July 15.—In an effort to halt the increasing loss of life by waing in Maryland “vaters, tRe ltimore chapteér of the Americah will establish life-savin ns at or near the approximately | er-front communities in Mary- | | anization will be known as | i Cross as Sign He Will Become * John T. Barrett, prohibition director | for Porto Rico, g#rived here today and | went into conference with Prohibition Commissioner Haynes. Neither would discuss the result of the conference, although the nearness | the date, August 1, when Porto Rico will he created an administra- tive district, with headquarters at San Juan, under the enforcement reorgan- ization, led to the belief by someloffi the Ches: e-Savi ke American Red Cross orps. It is being formed | tion of Carl A. Rietz, | of the corps, along lines ap- | by the ational Red Cross adquarters in Washington. | Practically no effort has been made | to disseminate information on water | safely in this territory, Red Cross of-| For this purpose, the | R. C. Life-Saving Corps | and of a commod ins will be in c e of regions | havin number of districts, com- mande sutenant commanders | will oversee the work in the districts | and lieutenants will have jurlsdiction | 1t individual communities and public | beaches. The organization also pro- | vides for a number of officers of minor rank roved ficials Ch will by Capt ¥ peake A in cor Experts to Instruct. Instructions and demonstrations in | life-saving will be given by experts | and members of the corps to qualify for this work in the future. A mem- ber of the corps qualifying a life- er will be given proper insignia to wear on his or her uniform or bathing suit The corps will draw into the organi- zation persons of both sexes from the age of 12 on. The first grade is the junior grade, from 12 to 17 years, and the senior grade from 18 y up- w i, with one insignia for women another for men. These insignia | 1ot be awarded until candidates | ed exami (;\i\ons in rescue ays, boats, first-aid grappling and dragging apparatus and other emergency neces- | sities will be placed at strategic points. nmunities co-operating will_place set lifelines, especially for begin- | and Later, Mr. Rietz Two File Bankruptcy Pleas. Julius Johnson, a tailor at 903 New | York avenue, yesterday filed a peti- | tion+ in voluntary bankruptcy. He his debts at $5,601.18 and_esti- tes his assets at $1,960.50. He is represented by Attorney P. W.Austin. Application to be adjudged bankrupt also made by J. M. Shaw, trading as the Acme Repair and Bicycle Co. 1749 Pennsylvania avenue north- Through Attorney James B. Flynn he says he owes $738.91 and| that his assets are worth $757.67. sts [ Ordered to Delaware. Robert P. Glassburn, Coast Artillery Corps, now a student at Ieole de Guerre. Paris, France, has 1 to Wilmington, Del., for | the Delaware Nakiuna]) A i duty with | other | to winners of contests. lof Willlam F. Friel, |orary executive committee; H. Trout- cials that Mr. Barrett was here for in structions to be followed under the| new plan of enforcement This would mean that Director Bar- | rett would be retained and given one of the 24 Federal administrator as-| signments, but confirmation on this| was lacking. Mr. Barrett indicated he would, return to Porto Rico, but just | when he was not sure. The island director described prohibition condi- tions in his territory as good and de clared that 70 per cent of liquor and contraband smugglers fall into | the hands of the law. Plans for ad ministration of the Porto Rico en-| forcement district, in his opinion, will have to be worked out on a basis dif- ferent from any of those in the | United States, since the American in- | ternal revenue laws are not applicable | on the island EMPLOYES OF KANN'S PLAN ANNUAL OUTING Officials and All Workers in Store to Attend Event to Be Held Saturday. Plans for the annual outing of of- ficials and employes of S. Kann Sons Co. at Glen Echo next Saturday are being completed by the committee on arrangements. They will go to the park on special cars, which will be assembled at the northeast section of the . Capitol Grounds, leaving there at 9 o'clock. On arriving at the park each em- ploye will be given a strip of tickets, which will entitle the bearer to all amusements of the park. There will be a base ball game between the Black Cats and the Cellar Rats at 10:30 o'clock. George S. De Neale is man- ager of the Black Cats and its battery is Dave Williams and Clarke Wam- pler, pitchers, and D. Cameron and H. Cronin, catchers. W. A. Corn- well is manager of the Cellar Rats and its battery is G. M. Langley and/ L. Tubbs, plichers, and W. Ragan, catcher. After lunch athletic stunts are scheduled. These will be followed by dancing_contests. Prizes totaling a value of about $200 will be awarded The outing committee is comprised general chair- man; Sigmund Kann, Simon Kann, B. B. Burgunder and Sol Kann, hon- man, dance; Miss Larson, entertain- ment;: W. A. Cornwell, transportation: George De Neale. executive: F. Murphy, prize: Miss I. Randall, re- ception; L. Pearl, printing; J. B. Mor- | months of 1925 | World | when needed. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1925. Desiree Ellinger, prima donna in Boston's “Rose Marie” company, who flew by airplane to New York to take the place of Mary Ellis, star in the New York company. Miss Ellis was taken suddenly ill, and an audi- ence waited in the seats for Miss Ellinger. Copyright by P. Photos. & A BEFORE RECEIVING THE OLD MEDAL. cently after completing a serv e of five vears in foreign waters, His complete trip during that time covered 300,000 miles. Capt. Roald Amundsen, who attempted to reach the North Pole by airplane, en route to an audience wtih Norway's King at Oslo. At the palace Amundsen was awarded a gold medal by the ruler, and other members of the party were given honors Copyright by P. & A. Photos U. S. Army and Its Work II—Citizen Army Idea Is Practical and Economical and Establishes Great Emergency Reserve Force. By Gen. John J. Pershing. (Editor’s note—The following is the third of a series of siz articles, writ- ten for the Associated Press, describ- ing activities of the Army of the United States during the Summer The two great civilian components of the Army of the United States created by the national de se act of 1920, are the National Gu: nd Or- ganized Reserves. These are the sec ond and third lines—and the bulk of our defenses. The Organized Re- erves, with the Officers’ Reserve Corps and the Enlisted Reserve Corps, are new. In a sense, even the National Guard as it exists today is The World War changed its aracter The National Guard is now orgs into 18 Infantry divisions divisions and certa panies, mostly Coast A Guy still has its dual capacity-—be- longing to the State normally and to the National Government only, in_ad- normal times or emergencies. The War was the last of these. Because of its organization, the Na tional Guard will be capable of real and almost immediate national use It was never more efficient than at present and never such a strong element of national de- fense as it is today. The States Are profiting from this new efficiency since the World War. Internal disorders have been few and far between. In the few instances that have occurred, the squadrons have been masters of the situation. been sent to only one State, there was no Guard. 160,000 in Training. where The present aggregate strength of | the National Guard Is 180, and men. More than 160,000 of these will spend two weeks in fleld training this Summer. The Regular Army signs officers and enlisted men to the Nationzl Guard as_instructor-inspec- tors. Before the World War these usually acted in their inspector capacity. Now they are acting mostly as instructors, , The, relations between the Regular Army and the National Guard are most harmonious and help- ful to both. The National Guard will devote its attention this Summer, as during the last three, to the training of small units. Such training is basic and must needs be thorough. There will be no training of units larger than the bat- talion. The National Guard training system is progressive, beginning with the individual and going up through the squad, section, platoon and com- pany to the battalion. Every effort is made to accomplish as much train- ing as possible during the Winter months, in order that the two weeks in camp may be given over to fleld exercises. This avoids duplication, wasted time and means a general speeding up of training. Target prac- tice was completed by most units dur- ing the Spring. These will not need to spend any of their valuable time in the field on this time consuming essential. The National Guard camps ummer will vary in size. be division, some brigade and some regimental. The average sized camp The Regular Army has | this | Some will | tical, all National Guard troops will ned in their own States at their camps. The only exception to is will be the guards of two or more es joined together to form their ional organizations. > officers who have been | | assigned to the Regular Army and Na- | tional will t Guard for in so fz anizations now assigned {who have been War Department branches. | Those | of the or given war-time expansion as practical, with which they are includes those assigned to the eneral staff and to the many units Reserves are to be e duty training under the new War Department plan of unit | training. The main objective of this | plan is the development of teams capa- of expanding and training the skeleton organizations of the Organ- ized Reserves. The first step is to de- velop competent leaders; that is, offi- cers and non-commissioned officers. Will Understudy Regulars. During this Summer approximately 460 different Organized Reserve teams, varving in size from the officer com- plement of a company to that of a regiment, will be called to duty for two weeks of unit training. Several training methods will be employed. v actual command and combat aining, officers of a reserve unit will be superimposed on a Regular Army anization of the same arm. Each rve officer will understudy a Regu- lar Army officer. During the last week the reserve officers will be given an opportunity to command Regular Army companies, battalions and regi- ments. r actual mobilization training, one reserve regiment of each appropriate | branch will be utilized at a citizens’ military training camp in each of the nine corps areas. The first week will consist of a refresher course, and the second week will be devoted to the actual work of inducting our boys into organizations and giving them pre- liminary instruction The Organized Reserves have been farmed. into. the. skeletons of 27 Ig- fantry and 6 Cavalry divisions and, in addition, have been assigned most of the corps organizations. Together with the Regular Army and the National Guard divisions, these complete our new six fleld army system of defense— the effort a major emergency would call forth. Two Units Separate. The reserve organizations have been distributed over the United States ac- cording to population. day only in skeleton form, with the non-commissioned officers, assigned. The full enlisted strength will have to be inducted into the service and train- ed after the emergency is upon us, the young men of each community rallying to the organization allocated to their neighborhood. There is difference between the Re- serve Officers’ Corps and the Organ- ized‘Reserves which is not generally understood. The Reserve Officers’ Corps is a great pool which in an ney will supply officers to the r Army and Nai They exist to- | officers, and in a few instances the| Copyright by P. & A. Photos. HONORING THE MEMORY OF BRYAN PRE CHING IN DAYTON, TENN. CHURCH. The foe evolution tells the congregation of the M. E. Church South a few things about the origin of man. MAJ. PIERRE CHARLES L’ENFANT. The picture shows that preached in his shirt sleeves and waved a palm-leaf fan. William JYennin Wide W P Photograph taken at the first grave of L’Enfant, who made the plan of the Capital, at Green Hill Farm. junction of Riggs and Ager roads, Mary- land, yesterday. Left to right: E. French embas! Mr. Riggs owns the Francis Riggs, Mrs. E. Francis Riggs. te where L gton National Cemetery. FENNING ADDRESSES Recalls Days When Father Was a: Volunteer in New York Department. Commissioner Frederick A. Fen- ning, who now directs the affairs of the Washington Fire Department told the members of the City Fire- fighters’ Assocfation at a smoker at he Lee House last night that his| ither was a volunteer fireman in ew York more than half cen- | | | | | a tury The Commissioner displayed the badge worn by his father as a volun- | teer firefighter and recalled that in those days the men had to pull the| apparatus to the scene of the blaze | while one of their number ran ahead | sounding a trumpet | Referring to present-day condi- | tions here, Commissioner Fenning re- | minded the firemen of the responsi- | bility that rests upon them because of the presence in Washington of so many valuable Government build- ings, housing important records and | documents. More than 150 members of the de- partment turned out for the smaker, which was arranged for by Capt. Ed- ward O’Connor, president of the asso- clation. Fire Chief Watson attended. Some of those officers are now as| signed to Regular Army and National Guard units. The Enlisted Reserve Corps will be a similar pool when it is developed. Approximately 17,000 cers, or approximately onesixth of | the total number, will receive vo | weeks of training this Summer. | Still another method will be that of local unit and combined unit camps. At the first the reserve officers and enlisted men of a regiment or smaller organization will assemble for practi- cal study and tactical exercises. At| the combined camps several units of different arms will join together for' tactical training. In most instances these will be Infantry and Artillery organizations. ~They must work in! the closest liaison. reserve offi Army Correspondence Courses. During the past year, 15,925 reserve | officers and 541 enlisted reservists were enrolled in our Army correspond- ence courses. This number is greater than the combined student bodies of Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Princeton and Brown Universities. This military ex- | tension department has as many stu- dents as the combined correspondence study departments of the Universities of Wisconsin, Chicago, California. Towa. Minnesota. Nebraska and Utah. During the past Winter and Sprine weekly and bi-weekly meetings were held all over the country at which re- serve officers gathered in groups from 10_to 500 for study. It is difficult to estimate the mreat amount of time that is now being given to military study by reserve officers while on an inactive duty status. This, to my mind, is most encouraging and promising. It means that our citizen army idea is practical, as well as economical. It is indicative of the new concept of service to coun- {ry that is.being manifest in the {week for the 38,000 children nal Guard as | United States of America. It augurs Blll-ba-ihabrigadg, .80 1AL HERIAL WAllR=1a-the Organized, Feseuies, Mell for the.futurey . . Monument to Dog | FIREFIGHTERS’ BODY 4nd Copper Casket Demanded in Will Recluse Also Leaves $100 to Friends If They At - tend Funeral. Br the Aseociated Press. ST. LOUIS, July will at Clayton, a terday threw light on complex of the late J one-armed recluse, who last offered $5,000 for a home for his pet fox terrier, Joe IV. He planned to assure Joe, 10 years old, tender ¢ after his master’s death, Siler said The document bequeaths $100 each to five of Siler's friends, but only on condition that they attend his funeral The funeral was held last week and all five attended Further precise arrangements the care and ultimate burial of sole companion, the little dog, outlined After creating a trust fund, in addition to funds spent just before he died, for the care of Joe, Siler his will sets aside $30 t be one of the executors for an investi gation to be sure William Mertz, St Louis County farmer, who is cu todian of the fox terrier, fulfills his avowed obligations. Siler’s agreement with Mertz last March, when applicants from through- out the United States sought the custody of Joe, called for a copper lined casket for the dog’s burial and a monument over the site of the canine's remains. The value of Siler's estate could not be determined last night, as his home is full of relics of varying is 48,000 CHILDREN NEED RELIEF IN NEAR EAST Director of Local Organization Makes Appeal for Vital Assistance. A picture of the task confronting the Near East Relief in its care of the refugees and orphans was given today by Harold F. Pellegrin, loc: director of the organization, ing an appeal that the thousa helpless children be not for; during, the Summer months. “There are at least 1,000,000 mea. he declared, “to bo prepared ever n otten or- phanages there.” Besides those in orphanages there ate 10,000 orphan children in refugee | camps who should be taken care of in orphanages. These children range in age from 8 to 12 vears. A gift of £20 will keep one child in an or- phanage until October 1, Mr. Pelle- grin said. ‘Woman Found Dead in Bed. Pearl Robertson, colored, 36 years old, of 407 Third street southwest, was found dead in bed at her home last night. She had been a patient at Gal- linger Hospital, police were told, h ing left there three duys ago. A cer tificate of death from natural causes Was given, ~ BT nd Jules Henry, first secretary of the infant was buried until 1909, when th was re- Photo. IILL SEEK TRAIL OF THRILL-SLAYER {Dozen Cities and Towns § Scoured for Trace of Philip Knox Knapp. casket W gton St 'NEW YORK, July 15 p Knox in Knapp his city, up search believed ar from the of Louis Penella s ed it is but a_matter he is located,” Mr pre apparently I don't thi seen in Ne id, “so I bus up in th for a while Mr. Weeks believ | designed throw track. | be and dese servi experien n aviation whose con z desire to |a super-thrill | brompted the driver, has b | where' his Romulus and believed to slayir is Syracuse, Oneonta Near Romulus | doned a motor car which belong the fugitive ther, Will | Knapp. This led to surmises that |the son had visited the cottage of | his parents on Cayuga Lake. A ) quickening of the quest throughout eneca County resulted, but with no angible resuits. | A man thought to resemble Knapp | was arrested at Oneonta, but w re leased when airmen flew there from | Mitchel .Field and failed to identify { him | The letter made Mr. contained was bootle; was written July 8 | Mitchel Field. public by ions that ng in. It a corporal at | GIVEN HOSPITAL POST. Dr. to ! R. Brown | i Charge at Aspinwall, Pa. Henry Have Dr. Henry R officer at the Brown, chief medical Veterans' Hospital at Rutland, Mass., today was appointed medical officer in charge of the new Government hospital at Aspinwall, Pa., which is to be ready for occu- pancy on or before Ju 5 Dr. Henry Ladd Stickney of Man- chester. N. H., a nt medical offi- cer at Hospital 92, Jefferson Barracks, Mo., was named to succeed Dr. Brown ~|at Rutland. Be sure of the foundation befo:e at- templing Lo pui-up & hlu,