Evening Star Newspaper, September 28, 1925, Page 17

ATTEMPTS TO RAIS in an al LAST PICTURE OF ILL-FATED CRAFT. The submarine S5 gra which ended in disaster. City of Rome. FRE PREVENTION TENT FORPASTORS Washington Ministers Re- quested to Appeal for Elim- ination of Fire Hazard. Pastors o 1 Washington churches will be requested to open Fire Preven- tion week Sunday with an appeal from | their pulpits to their congregations to co-operate in the campaign to elimi- nate fire hazards from the District. J. Leo Kolb, chairman of the com- mittee on arrangements, hopes to make the movement to reduce fire losses as farreaching as possible this year, but he pointed out today that the extent of the committee’s plans will depend upon the result of the appeal for funds The slogan, “Prevent Fire—Clean > has been painted on the side- in all p of the city, so that the message will be kept constantly before the public. Placards to Be Posted. The committee also hopes to have placards in store windows. signs on the front of street cars and many other means of ur; every house- holder and business man to look after his premises for might start 2 Accumulations and attic partment offic potent causes of f tee points out that this is a which every inate. n; trash in cellar: as one of the most and the commit- The more than 60,000 public school | children, as well as the thousands in private and parochial schools, will be enlisted to aid in the campaign. Pam- phle I be distributed to the school children to be taken home to their parents. Appeal Made for Funds. An appeal for funds to defray the expenses of the fire-prevention cam- :n was made today by J. Leo Kolb, rman of the committee. Contributions should be sent to C. J. Gockeler, tr urer of the committee, at the District ional Bank Build- ing. $201,500 BID ACCEPTED. Chase & Skinner Offer for Caswell Is Taken. ubmitted by aner of $20 Milita rolina, s The bid and L. B. Fort Caswell North C O. Chase 500 for the Reservation, cepted today by the War Department as being the | best and highest bid received and in | excess of the appraised value of the proper Chase is connected with the Hillsboro Hotel at Tampa, Fla, and Skinner’s home is Sanford, Fla. No Semse of Humor. From the Pittsburgh Sun. There is no use trying to joke with a woman. The other day Jones heard a pretty good conundrum and decided to try it on his wife. * “Do vou know why I am like a mule?” he asked her when he went " she replied promptly. “I know you are, but I don’t know why you are.” SUBMARINE $:51 FAIL. empt to rescue the imprisoned crew of the submari but the effort to lift the craft failed. condition which | are looked upon by fire de- | hazard | resident can help elim- | This photograp h was taken from on 1. photo- hed at Boston just before she left on her “availability test” cruise, The sub sank when struck by the steamship Copyright by P. & A. Photos. London Prohibits Banjo in Open Air And Taxi Whistle By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 28.—Lon- don is the least mnoisy of the world's great cities, and seemingly it intends to remain so. A hall porter was fined 10 shillings re- cently for whistling for a taxi. Only a few da¥s before an ardent swain, moved to music by one of those clear moonlit nights that so seldom come to London, was hauled into the captivity of the police for twanging his banjo in the open air. Neighbors had complained that the sounds vio- lated the accustomed quietude of their evening. The law prohibiting citizens to whistle for taxicabs was enacted during the war as part of the de- fense of the realm act, known as “Dora.” ~ Other similar means taken to help win the war included making it illegal to sell cigarets or cigars after 8 p.m., or choco- lates aftér 9. These measures are still_enforced and nobody seems greatly to mind. Occasionally, however, there arise complaints that the Briton has lost his boasted liberty. Though he cannot whistle for a taxi he is still permitted to in- dulge in what the continent con- siders one of the most extensive customs of the Englishman—he can still whistle in his bath. POLICE PLAN TO RACE FOR “CAT-EYED LIL” Alleged Jewel Thief Advance Agent Held for First Of- ficer Who Comes. By the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, Wis., September 28.—“Cat-eyed Lil" McDill, whose biography is written in the records of police departments the country over, is being held by police here for the first officer who comes with handcuffs and an authorized claim on her. East, South and West want Lil, urgent requests that she be held com- ing from many cities. There is no charge here against the woman, who, it is maintained by many warrants, is one of the Nation's craftiest and most industrious advance agents of jewelry thieves. ~Consequently she will be re- leased under the first extradition re- quest honored. Today it appeared that police of several cities will participate in a race for Milwaukee. Telegrams urging that she De held were received from Cleve- land, where she is wanted in conec- tion with a $10,000 jewelry theft; from Cleveland Heights, and from Baltl- more, where police are investigating another $10,000 gem burglary. She has been arrested in New York, Chi- cago, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cin- cinnati, Toledo, Kansas City, New Or- leans and Redwood City, Calif., on larceny, petty larceny and burglary charges, and several of these cities have been enriched by bail which she left. Housekeepers’ Alliance to Meet. The Housekeepers’ Alliance will meet at George Washington Univer- sity at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. A Diving boat, with air-hose overside, wl The divers placed a sling about the sunken boat, e of the Government seaplanes. By Acme Photos. Capt. John H. Diechl of the steam- ship City of Rome, which struck the submarine S:51. The steamship commander says the submarine was cruising_ without side lights when the accident happened. ‘Wide World Photo. LTHUANAN DEFES. [FAGE COUNGI Former Premier Angrily Pro- tests Decision Relating to Status of Memel Territory. By the Associated Press. NEVA, September 28.—Shouting defiance of the League of Nations council, M. Galvanauskas, former Lithuanian premier, and now Minis- ter to Great Britain, stamped angrily out of the meeting room today dur- ing discussion of the convention de- fining the status of tlie Memel terri- tory drawn up by Norman H. Davis, former American Undersecretary of State. The Lithuanian minister's action was inspired by the council’s decision regarding complaints sent to the league from minorities under Lithuan- ian rule. The council instructed the secretary general to transmit copies of such complaints to all the council members, leaving them free to call the matter to the council attention if the complaints appeared to warrant such action. Denounces Procedure. “It is nome of the secretary gen- eral’s business to forward such infor- mation at the league's expense,” shouted M. Galvanauskas. “You have all got foreign ministers and other diplomatic agents to inform you. ‘When protests reach you why don't you take them up with us first and give us a chance to investigate?” M. Boncour of France, presiding, tried to calm the agitated Lithuanian. Lord Cecil offered to draft a sub- text so worded as not to hurt Lithuania susceptibilities, and M. Hy- man of Belgium proffered his services in like capacity, but, not waiting the result of-their collaboration, M. Gal- vanauskas slammed his chair to the floor and made his stormy exit. The Memel territory, with a popu- lation of 170,000, was detached from Germany by the Versailles treaty and placed under the control of the Council of Ambassadors. It was hand- ed over to Lithuania in February, 1923, subject to certain conditions intended to regulate the use of the port by both Lithuania and Poland. Issue Settled in 1924. Difficulties between Poland and Lithuania over the administration of the territory were settled in March, 1924, when the league council ratified a convention prepared by a neutral committee headed by Norman H. Dayis. At that time M. Galvanauskas de- clared before the council that Lithuania’s acceptance of the terms involved a great sacrifice, but that she accepted them gladly because she wanted to support the league, which he termed “an organism which is now inseparable from the mainte- nance of peace.” French Casualties at Suedia. BEIRUT Syria, September 28 (#). —The French claim that their total casualties 1n killed and wounded dur- ing the three days operations which culminated in the rellef of the Suedia, a garrison, numbered less than 30, | high-pitched reply from another. WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 SURVIVORS OF THE SUBMARINE 351, Dooley G. Kile, Michael E. Lira and Alfred Geier, three members of the crew of the submarine who had miraculous escapes from death when their craft was struck by the steamer City of Rome. Photo taken in Boston. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. “OLD BILL” CLAIMS THE AGE RECORD. Floyd Bowers of Washing- ton, N. J,, aboard “Old Bill,” the oldest horse in the United States. On September 20, the horse celebrated his fifty-seventh birthday anniversary. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. Radio Chorus of 100 Children Grew | From Plan to Quiet “Kids” in Theater | Special Dispatch to The Star. BOSTON, September those kids.” C. W. Dimick, president of the Lan- caster Theater, his hands behind his back and a worried frown shadowing his countenance, paced the aisles of the playhouse costing detracted glances toward the balcony. But the bubbub persisted, “Hey, Skinny,” came a raucous shout from one corner. “Aw, sit down and let the rest of us see somethin’,” came a And and 28. — “Darn then a chorus of bickerings squabbles by the ensemble. It was the kids’ afternoon at the motion picture theater and President Dimick's afternoon of headaches. “Darn those kids, I'll have to find something to keep them quiet.” That was five years ago. And Pres- ident Dimick did find a way to keep them quiet. As a direct result, a sextet and a chorus of 50 children will make their initial bow to the ra- dio audience in an unusual program which will attract young and adult | to Westinghouse station WBZ Thurs- day evening, October 8. The children’s chorus, known as the Lancaster Theater Chorus, began when Mr. Dimick had slides of popu- lar songs flashed upon the screen and requested all the children in the house to rise and sing aloud, because he had noticed that they became noisy after they had been seated about an hour. The idea was highly successful. After singing for about 10 minutes, the children were satisfied to remain quiet—their restlessness had vanished. Mr. Dimick continued the plan for several Saturday after- noons, and noticing that the voices of many of the children were excep- tionally good, he decided to develop them. He picked a chorus of 100 | children and engaged R. L. Harlow | of Filenes, who s written and di- rected many musical train them. Today the chorus contains 100 chil- dren, all between the ages of 6 and 12 years, representing 19 nationalities. Every Saturday afternoon there is a musical intefmission, during which the children rise and sing mgny songs under the direction of Mr. Harlo comedies, to| Beautiful.” A special rehearsal room adjoining | the theater was constructed, where the children are permitted to go any time during the week and rehearse with Miss Frise, organist at the the- | ater. Regular rehearsals are held every Saturday morning by Mr. Har- low. Only children who possess mu- | sical talent and desire training with all their hearts belong to the chorus, the others having been weeded out. There is a waiting list of over a hun- dred. Important as this musical citizen- ship training is, however, the story | would be incompiete without the back- | ground against which it is set, the| unique basis on which the theater is | conducted. Any crippled child, any deformed child, any deaf or dumb child “owns the theater,” to quote Mr. Dimick. They need never purchase a ticket, and may always walk in past the gate- man; but under two conditions—every boy must remove his hat before the gateman will admit him, and no chil- dren are admitted under any circum- stances before school is out in the afternoon. The radio program, in addition to selections by the entire chorus, will consist of solos, duets, trio and sextet numbers. HESSE PLANS CHANGE IN OFFICE SYSTEM Will Use New Methods in Han- dling Work of Police Chief Clerk. One of the first moves of Edwin B. Hesse when he assumes office in a few days as major and superintendent of police will be to bring about a number of improved methods in handling the work of.the office of chief clerk of the department: The new superintendent was chief clerk for 19 years and is thoroughly famillar with the many duties and problems of that office, and it is understood he has in mind a plan under which the new chief clerk will be able to perform his duties with less difficulty. Mr. Hesse is not ready et to explain the details. It has been definitcly determined that the new chief clerk must be chosen under civil service, and it prob- ably will be several days before any- thing definite is done toward filling the vacancy caused by the promotion of Mr. Hesse. Mr. Hesse said today he would not assume active charge of the' depart- ment for several days, since he is de- sirous of having an inventory taken of the property of which he was custo- dian as chief clerk. r FAIL TO SOLVE DEATH. Coroner and Jury Hold Cause Un- known in Richardson Case. RICHMOND, Va., September 28 (#). —Mrs. Herbert E. Richardson, jr., ‘whose body was found in bed in her! apartment here last Monday soon after her husband was taken to a hos- pital suffering from a self-inflicted bullet wound, came to her death from “unknown causes,” a coroner's jury reported today. There was no evi- dence of violence, the jury stated. BANDITS KILL MAN. ‘Watchman Slugged to Death as Robbers Blow Safe. DENVER, Colo., September 28 (#).— Bandits slugged to death a night watchman and blew open the safe in the department store of the A. T. Lewis & Son Co., in the heart of the business district, last night. The watchman's body was found in the basement. The safe is located on the second floor. Vera Cruz Election Riot Fatal. VERA CRUZ, September 28 (#).— Serious riots occurred yesterday dur- ing the municipal elections, and before the fighting was over Red Cross workers had gathered up 14 casual- ties—one dead and 13 wounded. Numerous Reds were arrested for in- citing revolt, | By the Associated Press. 1925, WASHINGTON SHRINERS PARADE ON THE BOARDWALK AT ATLANTIC CITY. The annual cere- monial session of Crescent Temple of the Mystic Shrine of Newark, N. J, is always a big jollification for the leading the Boardwalk parade. LOCAL COMMITTEE HAVING CHARGE OF THE PECKINPAUGH TESTIMONIAL. tern Shriners at Atlantic City. The photograph shows Almas Temple, headed by Henry Lanshurgh, By Atlantic Press Sei Photograph snapped at American League Park. Left to right: Harry Goodman, Graham Clements, Mrs, M. Shannahoffski, Thoma her Li SENATE ELECTION (e STIRS WISCONSIN Voters Tomorrow to Decide Between La Follette and Coolidge Supporter. MILWAUKEE, Wis., n voters in a special elec- tion tomorrow will name a successor | to the late Senator Robert M. La Fol- lette. They will decide whether to send to the Senate Robert M. La Fol- lette, jr., to follow in the footsteps of his father, or to elect Edward F. Dith- mar, anti-La Follette Republican, who announced that he will support the policies of President Coolidge. Three other candidates also are in the race. With the time for voting less than 24 hours away, the principal candi- dates continued to_outline their pol- icies. Young La Follette, who won the Republican nomination, addressed a meeting in his home town of Madi- son. Dithmar, Republican, running as an independent, was in the western part of the State to make several ad- dresses. The campaigns of three other can- didates—John M. Work, Socialist; W. G. Bruce, Democrat, running as an in- dependent, and George Bauman, So- cialist-Labor—ended Saturday night. La Follette's Special Plea. In the election issues young Bob La Follette has specialized on the phrase, “I shall continue the work started by Robert Marion La Follette.” He has generally indorsed in full the platform of the 1924 Cleveland La Follette- Wheeler _party convention. The So- cialists, however, who supported this third party movement in 1924 are openly accusing young La Follette of repudiating that part of the platform relating to the congressional curbing of power of the Supreme Court and Governmenta ownership of utilities. The issue has been placed before the voters by the Republican nominee as between a “man who will stand behind the President and one who will fol- low in the footsteps of ‘Fighting Bob La Follette of Wisconsin.’ " Dithmar has placed the same issue before the voters as La Follette. He is stanchly behind President Coolidge and his administratiof, and in favor of the administration’s principles of economy, pointing out’ that it is his desire to apply the principles of the Coolidge administration to the State administration of Wisconsin if elected. Work has attacked La Follette on the grounds that he is not holding. to his pledge to follow his father’s lead. He maintains that the honest thing for La Follette to do is to denounce his father's plans and principles, in view of the fact that he has foregone the third party and is running as a Republican. Bruce Uses the Mails. Bruce, whose campaign has been confined to a mail appeal to the voters, because “it seems so useless for a Democrat to run for any office in Wis- consin as an independent,” has held before the voters his determination to work for the development and com- pletion of the Great Lakes waterway project. Bauman has not put any issues be- fore the voters. The contest waged in 1924 for and 14 September 28. | arguerite Lanoir and Eddie ‘Tango Is Danced By British Queen At Servants’ Ball| By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 28.—If one can believe the gossip that comes down to Mayfair from Balmoral Castle, the royal residence in Scot- land, where the King and Queen have been spending the Summer, Queen Mary recently danced the Frengh tango with one of her head servants at the annual servants’ ball, with which their majesties en- tertain their Scottish servants and tenants each September. In former years the Queen has confined her dancing to the digni- fied waltzes. It was only recently that for the first time she conde- scended to take up the fox trot, and now comes the story that she can do the tango, and, in fact, has done it. Tickets to the servants’ ba Balmoral Castle are greatly sought after, even by the aristocrat go to Scotland every Autumn, but few of them are ever allowed to join in the festivities in which roy- alty rubs shoulders with “gillie: chambermaids, valets and milkmen. CAPTURE 3 BOYS WHO FLED DETENTION Police Still Looking for Raymond Davis, Fourth Fugitive—One ' Has Broken Arme Three of four boys who escaped from the House of Detention Friday have been arrested and returned to the keeping of Lieut. Mina V. Van Winkle and her assistants. Raymond Davis, 12 years old, is still at large. Carl Davis, 16 years old, 1111 Poto- mac avenue southeast, was captured Saturday night near Pennsylvania avenue and Tenth street, after he had been severely injured by an auto- mobile. In trying to avoid capture he was knocked down. Only slightly hurt, he made another start through traffic, only to get struck by a second car and his arm broken. He was treated at Emer- sency Hospital. When he reached the House of. De- tention, it is stated, he boasted of having’ entered a business house a few minutes after his escape Friday morning, and said he had visited four other places since that time and Saturday night. Police are checking up_on his statements. George Narrington, 13 years old, Chinese, was captured at Ninth and F streets Saturday night by a traffic policeman. Thomas English, 10 years old, Quan- tico, Va., the third member of the fugitive quartet, was captured short- Iy after his escape. Inspector Charles A. Evans, acting superintendent of police, has ordered an investigation of the escape. against the La Follette principles was fought out over the wide stretches of the Nation, but now it is confined to the borders of Wisconsin, La Follette's own stamping grouds, where in many years the name of La Follette has never gone down to defeat. This de- spite the fact that the contests in which his name has been to the fore have been many. | vice president; Talbert. Pho SEL WASHNGTON PEA OF AD CLB Organization to Stress Im- portance of Movement at Initial Luncheon Tomorrow. A campaign “to sell Washington to Washingtonians” will be started to- morrow, when the Advertising Club of Washington opens its Winter ac- tivities with a luncheon at the C: Club at 12:30. In accordance with this plan the first speaker of the regularly sched- uled Tuesday luncheons will be Lieut. Col. C. O. Sherrill, director of public buildings and parks. Col. Sherrill will speak on the rious phases of his work in the Distzict. Future Speakers Listed. Other speakers have been obtained for following weekly luncheons and will speak on the various advantages and aspects of the National Capital. Explaining the “selling” plan, John Poole, president of the club, says: “We have in Washington one of the most beautiful cities in the world and one of the most desirable cities in which to live, for it has many ad- vantages that other Armerican cities do not have. 1 feel that the people of Washington should be thoroughly familiar with these advantages, and at our meetings from time to time during the Winter we shall endeavor to bring these advantages to the knowledge of our members and any others who may care to attend our meetings.” Advertising Part of Program. The general subject of advertis- ing, however, will not be neglected by the Advertising Club, and several meetings are planned in which sales and advertising will be discussed by experts. Other officers of the club are J. Oliver Martin, first vice president; Frank Kimmel, second, Lieut. John F. sidy, secretary, and Sidney M. inger, treasurer. Glacial Signs in South. From the Detroit News. Glacial boulders and pebbles found in the blue grass region of northern Kentucky recently show that the great ice sheets once extended to that region and that much more of the Ohio Valley was glaciated than scien- tists heretofore have believed, accord- ing to W. R. Jillson, State geologist of Kentucky. Jillkon tells of the discovery of erratic igneous and metamorphic pebbles of early glacial origin jn northeastern Kentucky. These peb- bles were found at elevations of frem 720 feet on the Big Sandy River to 850 feet on the North Fork of Licking River. This, he holds, supports the hypothesis of Pleistocene glacial ponding in a part of Kentucky which had been regarded as south of the southernmost advance of the glaciers. The pebbles weighed from a few ounces to three pounds and were of granite, gneiss and quartzite, none of them having the slightest resemblance to Indian artifacts or any indication of artificial ware or use, but all being round, smooth, semi-polished, true glacial type, Jillson says.