Evening Star Newspaper, July 30, 1925, Page 17

A BIG DAY FOR LITTLE GUESTS OF THE GOSPEL MISSION SUNDAY SCHOOL. thirty youngsters were entertained at Arlington Beach yesterda of the mission. by Supt. This picture was snapped during the “bathing hour.” THE EVENING One bundred and Harvey Prentice and his co-workers HOUSE WHERE BRYAN DIED IN DAYTON, TENN. The home of Richard Rogers, where the Commoner lived during the Scopes evolution trial, and where he died, in the corner room at the right. EXPECTS TO LISTE} equipped coffin. After he dies and i world by means of a powerful radio PROTEST CHANGES DAY OF AR CIRCUS Will Be Saturday, Lord’s Day Alliance Objecting to Program Sunday. In compliance with the request of the Lord's Day Allfance, the War De- partment today announced a change in the date for staging the big benefit air circus at Rolling Field from Sun- day to Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The order making the change effective was issued today by Brig Gen. Samuel D. Rockenbach, com- manding the district Washington who is sponsoring the s! The letter the alllance was addressed to of War, and it protested against holding of an alr circus on a cernment reservatic Su desec: tion of the Sabb: It was stated at the War Department today that it is the policy, under such circum \stances, to comply with the wishes of religious organizations in cases such as the one presented The show will featur: of “aerial dare-deviltr; 3 stunt aviators from the Pacific and will include 2 monster of military and civillan many points in the east Charitable Aspect Cited. At the same time today the chari- table and beneficial objects of the . show were emphasized by Mrs. R. T. Morris, chairman of the rellef com- mittee of the Army and Navy League, under whose auspices the clreus is being given. The demonstration, she announced, is being staged by the to raise funds for the Soldiers, Sailors' and Marines' Club at Elev enth street and Massachusetts ave- This club, = explained, s ned and managed by the Army and v League, for the purpose of pro- in the istance am lian Coast, conclave planes from Navy viding club facilities for service and for extending a: ‘to familles of men in need First Benefit Held. The air circus is the first public e fort the club has made to raise fun Jt is virtually self-supporting, Mrs Morris sald, but money is needed a present to help pay off on the Eleventh street property and meet other expenses of the organiza- tion. The club is not intended primaril for amusement, but as & temporary stopping place for men from distant | stations, or in the city for short tme. to Eave them {rom the almost prohibitive prices of a hotel or the league | IN UNTIL JUDGMENT DAY. Fred R. Kimball of Los Angeles and his especially buried, Kimball expects to keep in close touch with the affairs of the The photo shows him testing the outfit. t. Dr. i | Pink The Department of will deliver to the Americ clety for distribution thie Fall one of the most remarkable new roses wet developed. It has heen rescued from Agriculture n Rose So- the considerable assortment of hybrids | left the Bell, Md., expers {farm by Dr. W. Van Fleet a time of his death four vears ago. It will* be named the “Mrs. Van | Fleet” after the originator's widow. The new rose Is a pink rugosa, a Japanese bush rose type, many mem bers of which now are planted in patches about the Speedway. But it bears a double blossom and blooms through the entire Summer very freely, <ing it probably the only truly everblooming tall bush rose. It ows about seven feet high and has L 10-foot spread The rugosa type is practically im- mune to disease and is hardy in the most northern locatlons in the United States. Thus it practically assures cut flow northern 2 sngland and Minnesota up to the time of killing frosts. at ental the |- This represents in part the ideal | Van Fleet are now under test and o toward which Dr. Van Fleet worked {ali his life, but he died before its squalor of a cheap lodging house, she asserted. | Among actlvities of the club, she !said, were the purchase of layett | for babies of men in the Army, Nav {and Marine Corps, donation of food {and groceries to needy service fami- lies in time of sickness or other mis. {fortune, and, In oue case, the treat- {ment of an enlisted man's child for infantiie paralysis, including the pur- chase of a corrective brace for the feet. * Eight months ago, it was stated, an | Army sergeant willed the club § | the largest donation the club has ever | received at one time for relief work. { This has been used up and more is { urgently needed. | The club Is directly under the super- | vision of- the league, of which Mr | Calvin Coolldge is the honorary presi- jdent, Mrs. John W. Weeks and Mr: | Curtis D. Wilbur honorary vice presi- dents, and which has the following regularly _constituted officers: Mrs. | Bmerson H. Liscum, president; Mrs, | Bli A. Helmick, Mrs. Willlam C. Gor gas, Mrs, Edward J. Dorn and Mrs. a mortgage | Louls Kingsley, vice presidents; Miss Emma J. Nourse, secretary; Mrs. O. | M. Lissak, treasurer, and the follow- ing executive committee: Mrs. John ;| L. Hines, Mrs. John C. Kelton, Mrs. |S. W. Miller, Mrs. Merritte W, TIre- land, Mrs. Henry G. Allen, Mrs. Ben- jamin Hutchison, Mrs. Joseph Strauss, Mrs. John A. Lejeune, Mrs. John D Deurel and Mrs, Cuester Wells, Copyright by E. & A. Photos. Copyright by Kadel & Herbert Van Fleet’s Crowning Success In Rose Culture Named for Widow| FIGHT ZONE CHANGES Rugosa, Immune to Disease and Hardy in|gp.i. 1sa Northern Sections, Finally Developed, But ‘ Originator Failed to Live to See It. | realization. Practically everbloomers are subject of diseases and do not northern climate well. Fleet sought to produce a bit of shrubbery for the which would flower all Sumi of the rugosa type bloom ally during the Summer after a first flush of blossom in June, but cannot be relied upon for bic ;. | The one other | flowers all Summer, especially in the | | North, is another rugosa which has | | been crossed with the polyantha rose ! strain, with the result that it pro- | | duces ‘cluste {on a tall bush. | much value a | Another new | and uncertain other | all sorts the Van »nspicu 1 all to se which ut flowers. rugosa type of mixed | 1 ancestr; will be de- | livered to the rose society this Fall | and named after Rev. A. B. Mills, .[l)l‘l’]\?l‘ president of the society. | Through the rose soclety the types | for the garden even in | will be delivered to dealers, who Will |area drains | distribute them to { eral other strains the public. developed by Sev- Dr. | { will be released if they prove re-| ! liably hardy’ | BOY STILL IN HOSPITAL. Chauffeur Drove Car When Chfld‘ Was Struck. Nine-year-old Dewey Woods, 510 | Tenth strest southeast, who was seri- ously injured by the automobile of| {C. L. Sherzer, 1204 Hamiiton street,| | while on the streets near | his home | | Tuesday, was reported at Children's | | Hospital today |could be expected. ently stated Sherzer was It was inadvert-{ yesterday. that Mr.{ _ driving the machine | |when the accident happened. His | driver was in charge of the car atl the time. BABY T0 BE HELD. Baby Anne, the 3-week-old infant found in a swing in the front yard| |of a home in Pinehurst Monday night, has been placed under the care of the Board of Children's Guardians by the Juvenile Court for 30 days. If the parents have not been found at the end of that time a further commitment will be sought. James Stewart, executive secretary of the board, said today the board does not give infants in_adoption until it has time to inquire thoroughly into Libe case, : STAR, TLURSUAY, JULY" 30, SHE IS NOW LADY DUNSFORD. v 4 The former Mrs. Guinevere Sincl second wife of the late George J. Gould, who has married Viscount Duns- ford, only son and heir to the Earl of M ddleton. The ceremony was performed in the American Presbyterian Church of Montreal. TAKES PART IN BOLLING Pangborn, said to be the only pilot any distanc next Saturday. FIE Copyright by Kadel & Herbert LD AIR CIRCUS. *“Upside-Down™ fiying an airplane upside down for , who will have a star part in the air circus at Bolling Field Rev. Joseph R. Sizoo, pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, who will officiate at the funeral of William Jennings Bryan tomorrow afternoon. Copyright by Harris & Ewing. FOES OF ROW HOUSES nd Avenue Citizens Adopt Resolution—New School Urged. Opposition to zoning of streets change in the rdering on upper Rhode Island avenue northeast so as to permit the building of so-called row houses was voiced in a resolution adopted by the Rhode Island Avenue Citlzens' Assoclation at a meeting in the Sherwood Presbyterian Church Sunday School Hall last night, It was pointed out that & large tract of land recently had been purchased in the vicinity by a real estate com and fear w expressed that the com- pany might be contemplating the erection of row houses. A resolution/ calling for the replace ment of the Langdon School with a 1. W. Byler Dissatisfaction several was expressed by members of the association | over recelving communications from the District engineer’s office calling upon the former to plug up their rear leading into the main sewer. The rear area drains, it was pointed ut at the meeting, are for draining the cellars, and, in Some cases, back yards of houses, and were de- clared to be essential. The request to have them plugged up was due to the main sewers béing overtaxed be- cause of the water coming from the former, it was stated. The matter was referred to the committee on sewers and waigr for investigation. Chester R. Smith, president of the assoclation, presided. MAJ. SULLIVAN ON MEND. Maj. Daniel Sullivan, superintendent as doing as well as|of police, who has been critically Il | | geist, chairman; John Waters, W. J.| the past few weeks, was reported today as having almost completely recovered. It is probable that he will return to duty August 1. Inspector Clifford L. Grant, chief |of detectives, became {1l suddenly yes- | terday afternoon while on his way home from office. It was said he had a chill and that his condition was not regarded as serjous. Mrs. Grant, visiting a son in Norfolk, Va., was summoned home today. Milk Producers to Meet. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, July 30.—A general meeting of the Maryland-Virginia Milk Producers’ Association, which supplies the bulk of the milk used in Baltimore and Washington, and dairymen at large will be held in Frederick, Md. tomnorrow to discuss the new associa Lion coutract recently drawa up. any | the | A champion in his particular and peeuliar line. John Kendrick, who waon the big pie-eating contest at the outing given Washington children by the Gospel Mission yesterday. Washington Star Photo. B 5 1 l | | | | E | § BODY ARRIVES IN WASHINGTON FOR FUNERAL AND BURIAL AT ARLINGTON. The ton, Tenn., reached the Union Station at 7:45 o'clock this morning, and the photograph shows the casket* being remov Summer breeze turned the Stars and Stripes upside down, o a steeple- jack had to be called in. The photo- graph was taken when he climbed the fiagpole of the Post Office De- partment yesterday afternoo Washington Star Photo | IS PRAISED BY LIONS ‘r“Sincerity Won Him Popularity ““Thrived on Defeat,” Speakers Say at Luncheon. “In‘the face of failure that would have wrecked almost any other man illiam Jennings Bryan strengthened ind grew,” Claude M. Bennett dec In a eulogy of-the Commoner. delivered at a luncheon of the Lions Club in the Mayflower Hotel yesterd: Referring to Mr. Bryan's large fol- lowing among the people, Mr. Bennett aid: “There never was an equal amount of attentfon pald to another man under similar circumstances. It is most unusual for a private citizen.” Bryan's traits of “sticktoitiveness” |and " sincerity were indicated as the of very small blossoms [ more modern and fireproof structure | traits which enabled the latter to These are not of | was referred to the school committee. | Maintain his popularity in_spite of | The resolution was introduced by Mrs. | one defeat after another. “He didn't how to quit. He seemed to in defeat. Whether right or know glory | wrom | guns,” said. Mr. Bennett. The speak- | er also referred to Mr. Bryan's great | power as an orator, and declared that | “he had made more speeches to more | people than any other man in the world.” with Mr. Bennett in pralsing Mr. Bryan's tralts of character. The club is planning an outing for | August b and committees for the out- ing were announced as follows: On tickets and attendance —E. B. Culley, E. L. Evans, Plerre M. Bealer, Charles Hoover, Willlam Loetsch, Riley D. Moore, R. K. Ferguson, Reld S. Baker, W. K. Handy and Arthur C. Smith! | Transportation—Vergne W. Potter, George Haines and Franz Ridgeway. Dinner—Dr. G. B: Trible, L. W. De- Gast, Maurice King and Harry Taylor. Athletic events—Charles H. Hille- | Brown, "Arthur B. Heaton, R. L. Mc- Keever, Edward E. Farren, W. E. | Yost, S. F. Gardner and Harry Claf- | lin. Judges and awards—George Lewls, |James P. Schick and Roger J. ‘Whiteford. i Publicity—Caleb W. O’Connor. W. C. Hanson is general chairman | of the outing committee. [ e Two Church Bodies in Session. Special Dispatch o The Star. HARRISONBURG, Va., July 30.— The Epworth League members of the Baltimore Conference of the Meth- odist Church South are In session at Massanetta Springs, while at Shen- andoah College, Dayton, the young people. of the = United Brethren Church_ Trom . Tennessee, Maryland and the tivo Virginias are in session. he stood everlastingly by his | Robert N. Harper told of his long| ssoclation with Mr. Bryan and vied | | 1 to a waiting hearse. moner, forming lines through which the remains were PHOTO TAK and posed for ihis photograph, stand | W % | W % E | asleep. BRYAN’S CHARACTER |Hundreds on Route in Tribute 1 As “Caravan of Sorrow” Passes By the Ase A 1ot ted Press. caravan tribute, with the of' sorrow, laden Al moved beneath shadow of the Alleghenies bearing the | body of Willlam Washington. Although the early had thinned the ranks assembled along the route over which the iron wheels clicked dim forms of reverent silent admirers whisked past as the train rumbled through small Virginia towns. These faithful few through the long hours of the night had awaited the distant” whistle of the locomotive, bravelng the chill of the mountains to Jenni; Bryan to orning hours i catch but-a fleeting glimpse of the ob- | was the modern defender of the faith. | Secretary of Ag) servation coach as it whirled onward with the remains of him who to them They strained eagerly forward to recelve only a vision of -the mass of flowers which concealed the bronze casket. Save for the one lighted | coach with its significant burden, the train was In darkness. At Roanoke several hundred per- sons waited to see the car. Lateness of the. hour prevented them from coming aboard, although several wreaths were added to the floral trib utes which had been growing as the train_pushed onward. At Pulaski hundreds grouped in the neighborhood of the station and stood with uncovered heads as the train rumbled past, while each small vil- lage through the Alleghenies brought its quota to watch through the night for the passage of the caravan. Mrs. Bryan retired shortly after 9 |tempt a determination of the boundary | jur gy o'clock, worn with the strenuous ac- tivities of the past several days. Last night she signified her approval of plans for the body to lte in state here at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church from noon today to noon Fri- day. Hundreds of persons were admitted to the coach at Chattanooga and Knoxville. As the train rolled through the | mountains - into Virginia the tracks were lined with hatless hundreds. Stores were closed in the mountain villages and flags fiew low on their staffs in respect for his memory. Tributes of love came aboard the | train at Knoxville, Lenoir City, Jeffer- son City, Jdnesboro, Johnson City, Bristol and other towns along the route. At Jefferson City a quartet gave the first musical tribute. As the train slowly moved away the voices were joined by those of the crowd as it sang_the words of a favorite hymn of Mr. Bryan. Dr. Richard Rogers, at whose home Mr. Bryan was a guest while in Day ton. and Kelso Rice, young Chalf nvoge policeman; who served as bailix of those who | : ‘Crou‘ds Stand Uncovered as Flower-Laden Bier Rum- bles Through Towns in Alleghenies on Way Here. Mrs. Bryan Approves Funeral Plans. | in the Scopes joined party in Chatta at th of Mrs. Br; funeral request | JARDINE CI;E.ARING PLAN REJECTED BY GRAIN MEN Chicago Board of Trade Directors | Prefer Limit on Individual ! Trading By the Associated Press | cHICAGO, July | the Caicaso voted not to ir in the clearing ho Directors of > a new e as appre ulture Jardine to | stop market manipulation, which he | charges exists. The directors declare |a limit on the ne of individual | | trading would work better than a new | | clearing house system. Backers of the proposal will attempt | to obtain 100 signatures to the peti | tion which will make it obligatory on | the directors to submit the question to | the general membership rstem as ed by |TO MAP COURT DISTRICTS. | Coast Surve;t; F;‘Juflsdiction of | Federal Judges. | The United States Coast and Geo-| | detic Survey has been directed to at-! |lines of Federal | wherever disputes have arisen over | }location of the lines. It w: nounced today by Attorney C | Sargent that some confusion eloped, particularly along the New York-New Jersey State line relative to | the exact location of the judicial di-| | viston, and the Geodetic Survey is ex- | | pected to remove the cause of this| trouble. The difficulties primarily |have concerned the location of the | boundary lines where they follow | rivers or traverse other bodies of water. Judicial districts { | P ! WAR CLAIMS SETTLED SEATTLE; Wash., July 30 (®).—| War-time construction suits against | the United States Shipping Board, in- | volving $1,145,228, were swept from ! Federal Court records today upon | stipulation of counsel. Six separate claims were included in the litigation, vhich was settled out of court by | payment ‘of $439.797 to the Puget | | Sound _ Machinery Depot and the | Garrett Engineering Corporation, Hundreds of Washingtonians rried from the stat TWO HOURS BEFORE DEATH. Rogers home in Dayton, Tenn., William Jennings Bryan stopped his auto { whom silent tribute Wa. paid the Com- to n Star Photo. En route to iue ing along a country road. He then resumed his journey, ate his dinner and died a short while after he fell Wwid PROBE 3 MURDERS BY VIRGINIA YOUTH World Photo. | Coroner’s Jurors View Bodies of Sweetheart, Rival and Detective. CHMOND, Va th three murders, Rudol ears old, occupied a ¢ yday, while a coroner’s have been and beauti was h She was shot down afte which resulted his, her with disorderly peremptory dismissal living, first victim a qua Disse’s, ct conduct and F of his attentions, Two Men Shot Down. Wi Detective J. Harvey lis Britt. auto Burke vere hospital vhere his condit serious Disse fled to t Carter, whose had enraged him, without warning The shooting started when the party was about 1o enter the auto to take their troubles Court The preliminary hearing in Police Court, which was fixed for this morn- ing, following the shooting, was waived, and Disse will face the regu nd jury Monday, when indict ‘ments are expected to be immediutel returned and preparations made the speedy opening of his tri Prisoner in Sullen Mood. Mrs. Peer was slain Disse cative. is sullen and non-communt He is said to have explained shot the detective in order to he could get Carter, v he shot Britt, the driver, interference he feared When told in jall of the deaths of his victims he seemed.mnot to realize the truth of it and asked if he was being kidded. He is said to have re ceived a beating at the hands of Carter, and later said he would kill him, and that if he could not have the woman over whose affection they were. rivals, no one else would have her. He sald he was a jack of all trades and good at none. e Ordered to Washington. Robert W. Raynsford Signal Corps, at Fort H, G. Wright N. Y., has heen ordered to this. city for duty In the office of Chiel Signal Officer, War Department, Second Lieut