Evening Star Newspaper, September 18, 1925, Page 17

Work honoring Be: tion, at the Const statue, Pennsylvania auspic avenue and BARNES WINS WORLD GOLF TITLE HERE. Farlane, American tilteholder, putti delphia and 36 here. ceremony Tenth s of the alumni of the University of Pennsylvania, ry of the Interior e of the signers of the Constitu- held yesterday at the Franklin street, conducted under the Mueller, Star «taff photographer. Th “Long Jim” Barnes, British open champion, and Willie Mac- & on the eighteenth green at Columbia yesterday. hundred saw Barnes win the unofficial world champion ship, 12 and 11. AIRCRAFT BOARD OF INQUIRY M this picture was made. Left to ri Citys Dwizght W. Morrow of Engiewood. N. J., President Coolidge. Senator Hiram Bingham of Connect tary affairs; IN WASHINC Rear Admiral Franl chairman of the board; ght: Mich.; Howard E. Coffin of Detrnit and Representative Carl Vinson of ; | i A gallery of several irty-six holes were played in Ph Underwood & Underwood. { Leaves Gallaudet College. Herbert E. Day, for 25 years professor of English at Gallaudet, will leave to become superintendent of the State hool for the Deaf at Fulton, Mo. Harris & Ewing. * NEGROCONFESSES | TOKILLNG G 14 Hit Her Over Head With Rock When She Threatened to f Tell of Robbery. By the Associated Pre CINCINNATI, Ohio, September 18.| —Jim Henry, a negro. 38 vears old Jast night cenfessed to County Pros.! ecutor Charles £. Bell that he kiiled Edna Boswell, 14.year-old daughter of an Addyston farmer In the presence of several county officfals, the negro. who was shot in the hip when he attempted to escape after being arrested. told how he way- | 1ald the girl. robbed and attacked her. | and finally how he heat her so severely | that she died several hours later. | An angry crowd having gathered | around the Addyston jail when the| news of the arrest spread. the negro| was brought to the county jail here| for_safekeeping. i The primary motive for the crime, | the negro asserted. was robbery. The | assault was an afterthought. | The negro's story went into details of tha attack. the assailant declar-| ng that he struck the xirl a half Aozen times on the head with a rock.| He did not intend to kill her, he sald, but struck her because of his anger over her statement that she would tell on him. | The girl left her home, a mile from | Addyston Wednesday afternoon to buv groceries and medicine for her lflm—} fly, several members of which were | M. When she did not return her| family communicated with Addyston | and learned that she had not appeared | at the grocery. Searching parties were organized hurriedly and they scoured the woods hatween Addyston and the girl's home for four hours before they found her dying in a woods between her home and the town. SEES PARENTS T0O BUSY NOW TO REAR CHILDREN! Deets Pickett Plays and Dances Are Danger to Morals of Youth. By the Assoclated Pras LINCOLN. Nebr., Parents are ton busy with their own amusements to pay much attention | 1o the rearing of their children, Deets Pickett, Washington. 1. €., research secretary of the board of temperance prohibition and public morals of the Methodist Episcopal Church, declared in an address hefore the annual Ne- oraska conference last night. “We will have to admiz, 21l things considered, young people are more reckless than they were in the days of our grandfathers he declared. The automobile, radio, excessive al. | lowances and increased lefsure. ke | said, tend to stimulate recklessness in_youth. The erotic dances, ¢rotie plays and salagious novels. which, he said, are the product of men of maturity. are | endangering the morals of youth. Says Erotic Books, September 18— | | window | denounced Hot Coins Thrown ot Coine Throen RN TESTS HURT Children’s Fingers =] Pated coins of the thrown from a rear Lincoln telephone ex change. 629 B street northeast, vester. |day atierncon by wonldhe practical | T€Mporary Blindness jokers burned the fingers of four chil dren who engaged in a scrambie for them. The children, all residents of the northeast section. are Alice Guif- | freda, 12 vears old. and Pauline Guif- | freda, her 10-vear-old sister. enth street: Elizabeth old, 132 Seventh stree Williamson, 6 vears street. Detective Thompson of the ninth cinct visited the telephone ex- 114 Sev- y. 5 vears and Marion . 126 Seventh | change to invesiizate. telephone company | Officials of the the would-be jokers and declared they would he dismissed from the companyv’'s service if their guilt should be established. ZONING COMMISSION MAKES NINE CHANGES Commercial and Residential Shifts Effected—Four Appli- cations Denied. Following a public hearing at the District Building vesterday, the zon- ing commission granted nine changes fn the designation of property in various sections of the city and denied three-week leave of absence on ac- | former Secretary of War four other applications. authorized were. The changes Both sides of North Capitol street | from \\afn Buren street to Eastern avenue.from residential B and first commercial C to residential A area Lot hounded by F, M. Thirtieth and Thjrty-third streets southeast from first and second commercial, B, C and D areas. with 60-foot height limit, to ! residential A area, with 40-foot height | 1imit. Property between S street and the | Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on the west side of Thirteenth street south- east, from first commerclal C to resi- dential B area. . Property from 1011 to 1015 Thir- teenth street northwest. and alley lots between I. K, Twenty-fitth and Twen- ty-slxth streets northwest, residential to first commercial Rear of 3434 Fourteenth street | northwest. from residential B to first | commerefal (* area. One lot on the east side of Twenty- third street northwesj between M and N streets, residential C to second com- mercial D. orth side of Lamont street north between Georgia and Sherman avenues. 40-foot C to 55-foot D area. Rear of lots fronting on north side | of M street northwest between Thomas Circle and Thirteenth street, from 60- foot to 90-foot area. Atlanta ‘Banker Dies. BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. Septembe: 18 (#).—Col. T. O. Smith, 66, presi- dent of the Birmingham Trust and Savings Co. and one of Birmingham's foremost citizens. was found dead in hed today. Preliminary inquiry indi cated that death cansed by heart attack during the night DRY AGENTS' SIGHT and| | | | Stomach Trouble Result | From Getting Evidence. | By the Associated Press. | CLEVELAND. Ohio, September 18. | | —Periods of blindness and serious stomach disorders among their num- | ber Federal probibition enforcement | agents here attribute to their sam-| pling bootleg liquor to obtain evidence. Six agents in this district have re-| cently suffered from partial blindness {and stomach disorders sufficiently se. | rious to send them to the hospital | for treatment. . | Drinking liquor at the place it is| sold is a necessary preliminary, the | agents said, so as not to arouse sus- | piclon of the seller when the agent | | asks for a bottle to take away. The bottle of liquor is used as evidence in | court. | These men recently engaged in sampling bootleg liquor have suffered | from temporary blindness or stomach trouble: Smith, George Hope- | 3 vder, Cleveland; W. | : E. MacAdams and F. J. Kennedy, De | troit, and Julius Deboskey, Akron. Smith collapsed vesterday as he was leaving the Federal Building, where | he had given evidence in a liquor | case. He had just returned from a | | count of blindness. | Hopewell went into convulsions | | September 5 after sampling liquor and has been off duty since. MacAdams | reported loss of sight with partial re- | covery. Kennedy reported impaired | vision. Deboskey’s physician reported | his_stomach seriously impaired. i _William F. Brennan, an assistant in | | the enforcement bureau here, said { there is nothing but liquor distilled from denatured alcohol and vile mashes on the market now. GUATEMALA FILES CLAIM | AGAINST CABRERA ESTATE $1.400.135 Alleged Due From For- | i mer Premident, Who Was Deposed | and Died in Prison. | By the Aasociated Press. | SAN FRANCISCO, September 18 A claim for $1,400.135 was filed in Su- [ perior Court here today by Adminis- | ter W. J. Hynes on hehalf of the gov- | | ernment of Guatemala against the es- | {tate of Manuel Estrada Cabrera, for- | mer President of Guatemala. Cabrera was deposed in 1920 and dled in a Guatemala prison December 25, 1924. Several weeks ago a claim for $17,000 | for legal services was filed against the | Cabrera estate by a former legal ad- | viser of the deposed president. { _Hynes said that thus far only $22,- 701 belonging to the Cabrera estates had been located in San Francisco. Of this amount about $11,000 is in cash. The Guatemala claim repre. sents moneys pald to property own- ers In Guatemala whose property was Cabrera during hls term as president. | was made aft | | E | | To Write Bryan Memoirs. Dr. John Pollard, dean at William and Mary College, and close friend of the Great Commoner for 30 years, has .been selected by Mrs. William J. Bryan to help write her husband's biography. Po&A “Divine Healer” Fails in Houdini Test; Names Police Chief as “March 30, 1864 l By the Associated P PITTSBURGH, September Dr. Alice Dooley Pittsburgh Church of Divine H failed last night on the stage of ater here to answer three qu placed before her in s by Harry Houdini, magician. The t Dooley had ac to prove 18.—Rev £ the aling, pastor ol cepted Houdini" herself a_ medium. Admitting her failure to answer the questions. she asked for a private test and Houdini suggested that he st her name to the Sclentific Am offering to pay the expenses of her: and hushand for a week in New York for that purpose. She accepied the offer. No date was set for the pro posed test Mrs. Dooiey two of the que attempted to ions, but did answer touch Fiftieth Anniversary of Service ‘O;Edisonv as Guest at Dinner on U. §. Also Will Be Celebrated Saturday. Rear Admiral William . will be the guest of honor at a testi monial dinner to be given a Mayflower Hotel Saturday ni marking his seventieth birthday. Secretary of Commerce Hoove will be among addresses will tion WRC. the be sepakers. broadeast by sta- \ | “the | than 180t | Telegraphers and Historical Associa- | i tion Gewton D. | aboard the White Star liner Olympic. | Baker and Bishop Boyle of Pittsburgh | Which marked the close of their three- | 3 “The | day convention. [ Among the 300 invited are Attorney | neral Sargent, Secretary of avy Wilbur and Most Rev. Arch- bishop Fumasoni-Biondi, papal legate. Not_only will the difiner celebrate | S a telegraph operator. the admiral's birthday, but also will commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of his service to the United States as a naval and civil official. Senator Guy D. Goff of West Virginia has just returned from South America bringing greeting from Admiral Go- mez of the Chilean navy to Admiral Benson. Martin Conboy of New York chairman of the committes on a rangements, Peter Drury is treasurer nd Edward J. O'Connor is secretary ONE HURT, ONE MISSING. Five Tanks Gasoline Aboard Ves- sel at Jacksonville Explode. JACKSONVILLE, Fla.. September 18 (®).—L. G. Mott, fireman, is in |a_local hospital suffering from burns about the head, and C. F. Simmons of Bloomberg, Tex., the radio operator of the Texas Oil Co. tanker Solitaire, is missing, as the result of an exp{) sion and fire on board tae vessel here today. Five of the ten tanks of gasoling on board the ship exploded. Fire Chief T. W. Haney also was badly burned, but remained on duty. The tanker, which arrived here from Port Arthur, carried a cargo of roofing paper, together with the gaso- a | destroyed or confiscated by agents of |line, which was being unloaded at the time of the. explosion. the | SON. | | ist ing | tion the rema e demonstr me “but I'm goi upon the content envelop I failed.” to_try answers were: e name of the first from Pittsburgh, whom rope? Answ Not but possibly March 30, the it Indian possible Dooley nd the nce on age was an effort “to prove that re honest mediums.” Houdini offers $10,000 to any medium who sue. srms the te prizes offered tions and total o § me. Is ! »uld bring the ENSON TO BE GUEST TELEGRAPHERS END AT BIRTHDAY DINNER ANNUAL CONVENTION| Liner, Hears Story on His Early Skill at Key. NEW YORK, September 18.—More | 700 members of the Old-time | last night attended a dinner Police Commissioner Richard E Enright, retiring president of the as sociation, in toasting Thomas A. Edi who, with Mrs. Edison, was! dinner guest. told the story Mr. Edis first position Many years ago, when Mr. Edison was assigned an office in Boston, Commissioner Enright sald, the manager of the Bos- ton office assigned Mr. Edispn to_take press dispatches from New York, wired the New York office to put on| thelr fastest man to “burn the wires; up.” At that time R. J. Hutchinson, sender In the New York office, was acknowledged the fastest sender in the world, the commissioner said, and he was chosen to send to Mr. Starting out moderately, Mr. Hutch. | inson gradually increased the sneed until he was golng at a Mghtninglike | After sending about 4,000 | s without a break at the other end he stopped and as 4 getting this?" Quick as Mr. Edison, foot.” Mr. Enright then introduced Mr”| Edison to Mr. Hutchinsoh, the man who tried to “burn him up” so many years ago,.and the two shook hands. . )i a of n's Edison. | flash came hack frem | Yes—send with the other Driver of Horse Arrested. Albert Smith, 26, Lanham, Md., was arrested vesterday at Eleventh and M streets southeast by Policeman T. E. Balley on the charge of driving a horse-drawn vehicle while. drunk. He put up a fight and his scalp was | cut by the policeman’s baton. He was treated at Casualty Hospital and later sentenced to 30 days in jall in Trafie Court. Maj. Gen. James G. | street Benson | By the Associated Prese. : STON. The board conferred yesterday with President Coolidge at the White House, where k F. Fletcher, retired, of this city James F. Parker of Salem. N. Y. i n cut, William F. Durand of Los Angeles, Arthur O. Denison of Grand Rap illedgeville, Ga. Harbord, retired, of New York of the House committee on National Photo. PRESENTATION OF F Catholic Men, the dele tins Conucil to St M Band in the background. 185 HOUSES RAZED, HELD INSANITARY 950 Persons Forced to Seek Other Shelter in Year. Re- port Shows. es attende who were were Approximately 930 pes living in insanitary quar forced to seek other place. during the past fiscal yvea of the Board for the Condemnation of Insanitary Buildings, the Comission ers were advised today in t nual report of that hody The estimated number o of dilapidated or insanitary who were benefited by repairs made by the board, was the report stated. The valu aled approxi The nts | Maj. Commissioner: - health officer: n W. Oehmann. building inspector, and A J. Atkin. son, condemnation inspector, pointed out that 369 buildings were examined during the vear, 323 of them in alle; Of this total 25 o 75 alley houses were condemned alley buildin street and 173 re repaired, 1 not acted upor still are under con: organizati board made repairs totaling value $404,032, the report stated The Commissioners were informed that four cases, filed under the alley eviction law, now are pending in Po. lice Court. SAY MERCHKNDISE' LAWS SHOULD BE MADE UNIFORM Delegates Conference Stress Need of Leg- islation Affecting Business. 125 were ey build demc struct ings 0 ion. the in Back From National Need for standardization of laws affecting merchandising and_similar phases of business in Washington was emphasized to the District Com- missioners today by the local dele. gates to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, which met in Detroit last week. Only twe’ District laws total of 33 State laws drafted with a view to uniformity meet the standard laid down by the conference, the dele gates, Walter C. Clephane, Frederick Tyler and Charles Imlay These are the negotiable instrumen act of 1899 and they warehouse re- ceipts act, they said. The other 31 local laws designated by the confer- ence as in need of standardization do not meet with the established form, it was declared. The committee urged the Commis- sioners to prevail on Congress| to remedy this condition in the intefest of better business. out of a A project for the construction of a tem of canals in Poland to connect e Baltic and the Black Seas is being advanced by a syndicate there. ’ TO ST. MARTIN'S. ed the ceremonies of the flag.r tin's School. reported. | DIRECTS MATERNAL AND INFANT HYGIEN} Haines of Lansing, Mich., one of the first woman healih officcrs in the United States, who has heen given an important po- Childcena Bureau of the Department of Lahor. « Dr. Blanche M At the fifth annual convention of ‘the National Council of ng on the new flagpole. the zify of St Mar George Maurer of the council is here hoistinz the flaz. wifh the Navy Former Senator’s ormer Ssomor - EVOLUTIONCASE Meei 2 Are Tt pEY) S ] Howas Wyoming | artm nd TR o Papers Before State Su- preme Court Still Bear Bry- an’s Name as Counsel. Senator illiam were drivers collided at from Welsh, of au Hampshire avenue and § stree this m Mrs, Is Church, 14 Va.. and Miss Na her 'daughter. 20 | sic 1301 New Hampshire r ipants of the Welsh car, were Br the Aseaciated KNOXVIL ~The celebrat which t the tiny her mother were pital by Mr er was so slight whs neces s had receive cut’ over her and numerous bruises which necessitated tréatment. The former Senator s the only occupant of his car. He was driving east on § street on his way to Union Station. Welsh was driving south on New Hampshire a . Welsh's car | was damaged hea “WIZARD” WRECKED BY HIGH PROFIT LURE | Solicited Investments at Huge In- terest Rates to Carry on Own Financial Venture. Davton ferred to a new see the appeal nessee, defen record is among the {in_the court The name of wi nings Bryam, who participat Dayton trial, wars on the {of ‘the transcript. though moner died before pleted or ton, t | Trial Fi The case i |Rhea County a {county stand f {Court” calenda | is therefore sched | ithe first day of Br the Associated Press e o { BATAVIA. N. Y., September 18.—! But the case M. Earl Williams, termed Western |that day. Joi | New York's financial “wizar: went | sel for the pla back to jail ain vesterday after a!night We day of questioning at his bankruptey |the case i {trial. in the course of which he re-|the heel of the doc vealed the system by which he dis-|gned at some later ¢ posed of $300,000 belonging to his:the convenien clients and incurred - liabilities of |counsel.” Dr. Neal said | nearly 0,000. _The bankruptcy| Bryan’s Name on List. | case was adjourned until October 3 | Throughout two trials on charges| Names of the attorneys appear of grand larceny Williams had re-|the record as of coun | fused to explain why he thought he addition to Dr. Neal jwas making money by borrowing|and Mr. Mackelwaith sums of $100 to $5,000 and ing in- [Arthur Garfleld Hays i ter at a rate of 25 to 35 per cent|Malone of New T levery two weeks Thomas of Cha Yester Williams explained he mesliton had been “tipped off” to buy up the |MAke junmatured contracts in a 3 per loan league from dissatis | keep the contrac presented to John judze. in Future. ng in in Scoy rence D: s fol ows e of Tennessea e: T. A. Stew Willlam Tennings MeKen H. F Dayton until they matured | BE¥AN I 0f © tand cash in on them at handsome 1 Hicks a w. profits. He put ali his own money }TJH" g jinto them and all his agents could horrow on promissory notes at the | h interes rate. Th rONtra i {failed to mature, ana to maxe wooa| POLICE TO CENSOR PLAY. on the notes he borrowed from others, LAk keeping up this. circle until the dis- | trict attorney stopped him. Will Attend Opening of “The Good Bad Woman" at Pol Police officials will attend the open- ing performance of the play. ‘A Good Bad Woman™ at Poli's Theater Sunday night to decide whether any part of it should be modified, Acting Superintendent of Police Charles Evans said today. ] - 5 Bryan’s Church Post Filled. PHILADELPHIA, September 18 | .—Appointment of \'W. M. Coby, Birmingham, Ala., as a member of the Presbyterian General Council to fill |the vacancy caused by the death of William Jennings Bryan is announced | Inspector Evans said he would have by the Rev. Charies R mod- | Lieut. Mina C. Van Winkle of ti erator of the Pres Woman's Burcau and Capt. (., E. I Asnembly. ‘THe gen Flather of the first precinct view the chief executive hody production and submit A report as to tion. whether any changes should be made, i ’ of the denomina