Evening Star Newspaper, September 10, 1925, Page 17

MEETING OF EXECUTIV This session opened the four-day COMMITTE OF NATIONAL convention at Catholic University yest CONFERENCE OF THE EVENING CATHOLIC CHARITIE erday. Front row. left to right Rev. Dr. John O’CGrady of Washington, J. F. Murphy of Detroit and Rev. Dr. William Kirby of Washing- ton. Back row: Mrs. L. York and James F C. RAL OF LIEUT HOUGHTO ut. Arthur A. ter, Finck annery of Pittsburgh. of Detroit, Mrs. Thomas Burns of Ch Photograrh taken at the funeral Houghton, one of the victims of the Shenandoah at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston. Interment took place at Arlington. a snburb of Boston. WADSWORTH HITS ECONOMY IN ARMY Living Facilities Bad, Equip- ment Lacking Through Bud- get Paring, He Says. By the Associated Press. GETTYSRURG, Pa., Speaking marking the dedication of Naw York State's $30.000 the hattlefield here. w. Wadsworth, jr.. of New man of the Senate military affaire, “deficiencies” in Army, occasioned. he said, by the “mevere economy” program of Con- gress and the Bureau of the Budget Septemher 10, at ceremonfes sters monument on Senator James York commiitee alleged States pointed the United “Forty thousand men of the Regu- | lar Army are living in rickety wooden, war-time cantonments with leaky roofs and saggirg floors, be- cause we have made no appropria- tion for permanent barrack said Senator Wadsworth. He added that thers were not enough gas masks on hand to equip the Regular Army and none for the National Guards or the Organized Reserv The officers at Panama Julu, he asserted. could point out the need of weapons and facilities “vital- Iy necessary” for the defense of the Panama Canal and the naval hase at Honolulu After asserting that “w fully short of airplanes Wadsworth sald, “the Army live on its fat much longer. gress and the Bureau of the Budget, he added. had been “terribly severe' in their treatment of the Army “If this severity is increased.” he aald, “in the form of further reduc- tionk in personnel or the continued denial of supplies and facilities, the whole machine, creaking and groan- ing as it is today, will break down.” The monument, which is of Ver- mont granite, pays tribute to 41 di- vision and brigade commanders to whom no memorialization has hitherto been made by the State. fear- nator ar VICTOR LAWSON'S FRIENDS HOLD MEMORIAL MEETING Editorial and Civie Comrades Honor Memory of Chi- eago Editor and Publisher. By the Associated Pross. Associates CHICAGO, September 10.—Editorfal | friends and associates in civic matters of the lais Victor F. Lawsgn, editor and owner of the Chicago Dally News zathered today at the City Club in a meeting to his memory S. J. Duncan-Clark. vice president of the City Club and chief editorial writer of the Chicago Evening Post: Charles H. Dennis, editor of the Daily Naws and long managing editor for Mr. Lawson, with whom he had been assoelated for 50 years, and Allen B Pond, a founder and former president of the City Club, were speakers. Mp. Lawson was a_founder and lite ) member of the City Club. chair- | and Hono- | Coprrizht by Underwood & Underwood |“Still Waters” Hit | By Dry Chief Wins | Applause of Wets After it had drawn criticism yes- terday from Wayne B. Wheeler, gen- eral counsel of the Anti-Saloon | League. Augustus Thomas' new play, | “Still Waters,” came In for praise |1ast night by G. C. Hinckley, na- tional secretary of the Assoclation Against the Prohibition Amendment Mr. Thomas has returned to the stage after an ahsence of a quarter century to take the part in his pla of a United States Senator, who votes one way and drinks another. Mr. Wheeler described the play as “propa- ganda” and predicted its early fail ure on that ground, but Mr. Hinck- |ley lauded it for “dealing with the corruption and rottenness attending | tha prohibition experiment “So far as we know, is the first play to be staged which adequately presents the case against prohibition, d Mr. Hinckley, whil Mr. Wheeler asserted that the play wright had “become blinded by pas- ion to the majority mind of the Na- tion. HOME FOR D. TS FINDS | DRY LAW RUINS BUSINESS | Tax Assessment Canceled When 75 | Per Cent Decrease in Patients ( Is Reported. By the Associated Press CHICAGO. September 10 The {Board of Review, adjudicating tax |assessments in Cook County, vester- |day uncovered a business which has { ! cannot {been perhaps fatally wounded by the | Con- | advent of prohibition. ! A. W. Martin, director of the Wash ingtonian Home, a haven to which |folks once upon a time went to see the green elephants and fiying hippo- |potamuses, due to overindulgence in !liquors, told the board business has fallen off more than 75 per cent in the \last five vears. and asked that the tax valuation of the property be reduced to $1,800. “Business is bad more than 75 per cent. {tion we {a recuperative basis and operate on a much smaller scale than in the past,” it was said. | On the groind that the home was not run for profit, the assessment was | canceled. It has fallen off Since prohibi- _}SUES LOVER OF 26 YEARS. | | Forced to Marry Another, Di- | vorces Him, But Suitor Has Wed. CHICAGO, September = 10 (#).— Charles Archer White, 55-year-old banker, is defendant in a suit for $50.- 000 damages filed by Mrs. Eleanor G. !Carlton. 45, who alleges breach of | promise. | Her attorney said the principals were once engaged 26 vears ago. but | parental objection caused the girl to marry another. Later she was di- vorced and again met White. They {found their vouthful romance had not |faded and she assumed they would he married. But several weeks ago she found that White had married recent- Iy another woman, 20 years old, and the suit followed. 8 Still Waters' | vere obliged to reorganize on M T. R. Donohoe of New National Photo icago Richmond B. Keech, named by the District Commissioners as assistant corporation counsel. He is a native of Washington, and was educated in the local schools. Photo ARLIGTON BROGE PLANS QUTLAED | All Bids to Be Let4n 30 Days, ! Col. Sherrill Tells Rotarians. by Edmonston In an address before the Rotary | Club yesterday. Lieut. Col. Clarence O. Sherrill, director of public bhuildings and public parks, announced that every major bid for the Memorial Bridge will be let within 30 days. Tt is hoped that the bridge will be completed by March 4, 13930, Col. Sherrill outlined a vivid pro. gram, now the immediate alm of his office, for not only completion of the { Arlington Bridge., but also the con- | struetion of a public stadium with a seating capacity of 100,000 persons, a scenic boulevard making Rock Creek and Potomac Parks one great park system and the creation ofadequate | bathing facilities. It is hoped, Col. Sherrill said. that the presence.of the bowl would at- tract to Washington international athletic contests, such as the Olym- pic games, and such national attrac- e battles as the Army-Navy foot ball game. The international | matches would also probably be played Fere from time to time, he said | “This stadium Col. Sherrill con- | tinued, “would pay for itself in a year. | One foot ball season was enough to pay for the stadium at West Point.” To meet bowl. Col. Sherrill sald he believed the issue of bonds would suffice. The speaker pointed out th: such a tremendous snthletic field should vyield rich terest, and ex pressed confilence thai the people here would take them up. | BUILDING PROBE RESULTS | INFIFTY INDICTMENTS | ‘Elgvsn Officers, Promoters Straw Men of 17 Philadelphia | Associations Held: By the Associated Press. | PHILADELPHIA, September 10.— | Fifty indictments were returned | against eleven defendants in the re- | cent building and loan investigation by the grand jury within two hours yesterday. The prisoners, who are officers, promoters and alleged straw men of 17 buflding and loan assoclations | taken over by the State July 14, were arrested about three weeks after the crash. The indictments were ren- dered against them singly and in groups for each offense. The indletments all contain charges of borrowing on notes by uttering false statements concerning the finan- clal condition of the assocfations; not making records of the loans thus ob- | tained, and allege a conspiracy to so obtaln the money and then converting | the money to their own uses, Chinese do not care to eat butter, beef or cheese, although they are not averse to cats. STAR. WASHINGTON, polo | he expense of building the | bonds for | and | DRESSED UP AND NO PLACE TO GO. That's about the with the former ruler of Germany. D. C., situation He posed with his stepsons, Prince Wilhelm and Prince Lonis Ferdinand, sons of his wife, the Princess Her- mine. Photo taken in Doorn. Pa. | By the Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary, September 10.—One woman was killed and an- other seriously wounded yesterday in |a clash between police and pilgrims growing out of the attraction of large crowds to Nagy Szakacsi. Hungary reports that the Virgin had ap- ed recently to a voung peasant there. The population of the district hag 'SUIT AGAINST FORD |BEAUTY SHOW SAVED | COMPANY IS HALTED Arlington | | State of Mississippi Temporarily } Enjoined From Pushing Anti- Trust Proceedings. By the Associated Press W ORLEANS, September 10.— The State of Misslssippi was tem- porarily enjoined from proceeding in State courts with the suit of its State revenue agent, W. J. Miller, against the Ford Motor Co. to colect $12,000,- 000 alleged to be due for viclations of the State's anti-trust laws, in a de- cision in Federal Court here late today. | _The court, composed of Judges |Rulu§ E. Foster of New Orleans, Ed- i“‘!n A. Holmes of Yazoo City, Mis: | and Henry D. Clayton of Alabama. | granted the temporary writ of r straint after extended arguments were presented. W. R. Middleton, general ‘for the Ford C sald that the com- pany was acting within ite rights n setting the resale price of its prod- ucts, based on the claims that the manufacturer and not the dealer was responsible for defects in material or workmanship, and that guarantees ! were the direct responsibility of the | manutacturer. | _ The State revenue agent’s attorneys, id. . Cassidy of Brookhaven, Miss. | W. M. Riley of Meridan and J. H. { Sumrall of Jackson, asserted that the Ford Motor Co. s6ld Ford cars, trucks, tractors and parts for cash, and was violating the anti-trust law of Mis- | sissippl by setting the retall price of merghandise in which it had no title. The court announced that a hea ing on the injunction will be held in Jackson during the November term of the Federal District Court, at which time motions will be heard for and against making the Injunction perma- nent. FLYERS THOUGHT LOST. Hope Abandoned for Five Missing in France. PARIS, September 10 (#).—Hope has been abandoned for the French airmen Fernand Laporte and Henri Priol and their three assistants, who were lost at sea Sunday in a hydro- plane competition between the South Coast of France and the Coast of Cor- sica. Search for the missing men has ceased. A British steamer has reported to the Navy Department the finding of a float bearing a.number which en- abled it to be identified as belonging to Priol’s seaplang counsel Wida World Photo. TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF GOLF STARS TO THEIR HOME IN ATLANTA. Gunn_certainly received a big welcome from the home folks after their remarkable playing at Oakmont, Bobby retained the amateur national championship, and Watts Gunn was his opponent in the finals. |Police and Pilgrims Fight at Site | Of Reported Miracle; Woman Killed been greatly excited by the reported {miracle, in spite of a pastoral letter |issued by the archbishop | cese branding it a a fraud. Thou |sands of pilgrims have visited the | place. . Large crowds were expected on the occasion of the feast of the of the dios| THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1925. THE LAST OF THE FRENCH ARMY LEAVES THE RUHR SECTION. The army of occupation, placed in the Ruhr not long after the end of the World War. leaving German territory and cro ng the bri the Rhine at Dusseldorf. The Freneh soldier on the birycle was the last French soldier 1o lea e the territory Bobby Jones and Watts Photo by Acme. WIN PLAYGROUND . ATHLETIC EVENTS | Ruth Stein, Rufina King, Olive nativity of the Virgin, and four police- | were sent to the town they were attacked by a d they used their arms. Four alleged insti gators of the trouble were arrested men | AS “PROS” DROP OUT | Show Girls Conclude That Ama- teurs, Not “Sheer Beauty,” Are Wanted in Contest. By the Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., September | 10.—Miss Dorothy Knapp and Miss |Kathryn Ray, New York show girls, whose appearance as Miss Manhattan {and Miss Coney Island in the national beauty tournament now in progress here threatened its disruption, today voluntarily withdrew from the contest. In letters to the pageant committee they said they had taken the step rather than embarrass the pageant management. “It was my belief that the publi desired sheer beauty,” wrote M Knapp. “regardless of the occupation of the contestant, but T have come to able that the pageant honors shall be awarded to an amateur, and hope that this will form the precedent for the future. 1 also believe that all other professionals in the contest should withdraw." Withdrawal of the two New York contestants will lead to the re-entry of Miss Mildred Walker (Miss Pitts- burgh) and Miss Mary Ann Guth (Miss Firfe). who withdrew yesterda according to M. D. Crandall, thei manager. Crandall told the pageant manage- |ment that unless Miss Knapp and jMiss Ray withdrew voluntarily or were disqualified by noon today. Miss Pittsburgh and Miss Erfe would de- part for their homes at once. Other women from Pennsylvania towns also were prepared to leave. On behalf of the pageant directors, Director General Nichols issued a |statement in which it is emphasized that the pageant regulations are ‘“as fair to one contestant as another” and that “the pageant is bigger than any individual or group of individuals init,” and that the committee did not intend to brook Interference from any one because of “‘petty jealousies.” THREE STRIKERS KILLED. Managua Banana Handlers Clash With Government Troops. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, September 10 U —Three strikers were killed and two wounded in a clash yester- | day between strikers and government | forces at El Gallo, on the Rio Grande, | district headquarters for the Cuyamei Fruit Co. The strikers seized the fruit company’s property two weeks ago and have held it since, prevent- ing the exportation of bananas. 3 When | the conclusion that it is more desir-| Brown Among First to Get Track Honors. The annual track meet of all the municipal playgrounds opened today 11 o'clock on the Plaza playground. In the S5-pound class two events were run off. Ruth Stein of Rosedale won the 50-vard dash over a large | feld. Her time was 7.1 seconds. | Vernice Forney of Philips won second | piace. Margaret Tobert of Blooming- 1dala took third place. | The running broad jump, the only other event completed before noon in this class. was won by Rufina King | of Rosedale, who made a jump of 14 |feet and 2 inches. Madeline Cambrey |of Park View was second and El | Regis Perry of Plaza came In third. Wins in 100-Pound Class. In the 100-pound class, Olive Brown of Garfield won the 50-vard | dash over a fleld of 25 entries, mak- ing a time of 8.1 seconds. Mildred Barrett of the Hoover playground came in a close second, with Dorothy | Probey_of Georgetown at her heel Iris Burrows of Jowa Avenue pl |ground so far has captured the honor: {in the 115-pound class. She won first place in the running high jump and [ first in the running broad jump. Miss | Burrows jumped 4 feet and 4 inches in the high jump and 13 feet and 2 inches in the broad jump. Agnes | Shanahan of Twin Oaks took second honors in the ruuuing high jump and | Dorothy Sling of Georgetown took third. at ‘Wins Running Jump. | In the running broad jump. Anne ! Tucker of Towa Avenue tied with Dorothy Sling for second place. | Elizabeth Chaconas of Twin Oaks | was third. i In the 60-yard dash Agnes Shan- {ahan of Twin Oaks came in first, her | time being 8 seconds. Helen Welsh | of Garfield was given second place. FREED OF KIDNAPING. New Yorkers on Tour Had Been Held in South Dakota. SIOUX FALLS, S. Dak., September 10 (#).—Gordon Gray and Luis J. Net- tumo, both of New York City, were { released by police yesterday after hav- ing been held since Tuesday night in connection with the alleged kidnaping of Shirley O'Nefl, 15, from Waterloo, Towa. They were taken into custody Tues- day. Young O'Neil volunteered to drive them here, he told authorities. Gray, 26, and Nettumo, 23, told po- lice they were on a trip across the continent. Resignation Is Accepted. The President has acceptsd the resignation of Second Lieut. Clarence 8. Raymond, Coast Artillery Corp: recently stationed at Fort Winfi Be: Calif. PRESIDENT CALLES’ MESSAGE tive of Mexico opening the second session of the Mexican Congress. ge, and the photograph shows h Wide President broadcast his messa into the microphone. “French Fries” Bow | To German Style For Lowly Potato | | By the Associated Press. | CHICAGO, September 10.—An inter | national fried potato complication has | been settied by cago sclentists. “German fried potatoes are better tor vou than French fried potatoes is the announced result of their in vestigations. “We found that the German fried potato, cooked in relativaly ‘cold’ fat is more easily digested than the French fried potato.” said Dr. A. €. {1vy and Miss Bessie Boggess in the department of physiology. “The po tato gets a more thorough cooking in the German way.' | ‘They also decided that some persons |can get indigestion by a mere glance | at the wrong dish |MISS ROCKEFELLER WILL | BE WED IN GREENWIC University of Chi Completes Plans for Marriage to F. W. Lincoln, Jr., on Sep- tember 26. By the Associatéd Press NEW_YORK, September 10.—Miss yIsabel Rockefeller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Percy A. Rockefeller of New York and Greenwich, Conn.. who will be married on September 26 to_Frederic W. Lincoln, jr. of New York, has completed her wed- ding plans. | Christ Church, Greenwich, at 3:30 |pm., by Dr. John Lewis of Water- rg\ , Conn., assisted by Dr. George Alexander, pastor of the First Pres. byterian Church, New York. A | ception will follow at Owenoke Farm, | the Rockefeller home at Greenwich. Miss Rockefeller will be given { marriage by her father. Her siste in-law, Mr: Avery Rockefelle: in {be matron of honor, and Miss Win- fred Rockefeller, a sister, will be maid of honor. Bridesmaide will _Include Elizabeth Griggs of St. Paul Godfrey Rockefeller, son of Mrs Willtam G. Rockefeller, will be best man. WIFE WINS DIV&%CE. Misconduct and Cruelty Charges Get Decree for Mrs. Kimble. Justice Hoehling in Equity Court today awarded Mrs. Sarah Kimble of 1228 Eleventh street northwest a final decree of divorce against Carey B. Kimble, whom she sued in 1922. The decree provides that Kimble pay permanent alimony and the costs of the divorce proceeding. The wife charged in her bill that Kimble treated her cruelly and trans- ferred his affections to his sister-in- law, with whom, it was charged. he was arrested by the vice squad last Summer. It was upon this incident that the charges of misconduct con- {tained In the supplemental bill were {based. Attornevs Raymond Neu- decker and Willlam C. Ashford ap- peared for the wife. Porto Rico has just enacted a eent gasoline tax, re. in Miss The ceremony will be performed in | Photo by Aeme TO CONGRESS. The chief execn- The m talking AR MERGER SEEN - AS TRAFFIG RELIEF | Would Better Service, Popu- larize Trolley and Reduce Parking. Says Covell. A lnes, merger the street rallway by bringing about and Hice, would induce many ers who now ' rearranze- ments improvements in serv- fce, of the work- in pri- street W.E. R Ingineer Commis- come downtown vate automobiles to use the lcars, in the opinion of Maj Covell, sioner, assigned to utility problems | Maj. Covell voiced this conviction | today in comme on the finding |of McClellan & Junkersfeld, trans- portation engineers, yesterday that one-fifth of the working population of the city travels to and from the places of employment in private au- tomobiles. Assistant Would Popularize Cars. “A merger, by furni and faster transportation haps cheaper car fare, wil edly stimulate street car riding and tend to lessen jhe proportion of the population usfhg private automo- | biles,” Maj. Covell said | This, in turn, he said, would help {to improve the automobile parking problem in the downtown section dur. ing the working hours of the dav Maj. Covell said that if railway service can be adjusted through a merger 8o as to enable persons who private automobiles to get in almost the samo time I use the street cars oftener or said the length of time i may not be brought down an | equivalent with the time requirec for an automobile ride, but that it could be made neraly the same when aliow ance is made for the time it takes a | motorist to find a parking place. hing better and per- undoubt- Bell Sees Improvement. Engineer Commissioner Bell agreed with Maj. Covell that the main ad vantage of a merger would be in im proved service, which, he said. should | stimulate street car travel. Col. Bell sald a merger probably would not mean an immediate fare reduction | but that it would tend to reduce oper {ating costs and lead eventually to a lower fare. A simplification of the transfer ar- rangements now prevailing between the companies was cited by Col. Bell as another way in which a merger could be made to stimulate car riding. The entire report of the transpor. tation survey has not yvet been made public, but as soon as it has a careful study of it will be undertaken to de- termine whether it points to a mer- ger as a desirable move. Promoted to Colonel. Lieut: Col. Homer B. Grant, Coast Artillery Corps, recently stationed at Fort Amador, Panama Canal Zone, has been promoted to the grade of colonel In the Army. He will remain on his present duties. Down In Kansas they have now the “groceterid.” 2 L]