Evening Star Newspaper, October 23, 1925, Page 17

CELEBRATIN The bronze tablet wa fighting ship was constructed and MONUMENT TO VICTORIOUS FOOT BAI red. vellow and white ears of corn h n "MERELY FRIENDS, AGTRESS' DEFENSE Wilda Bennett Denies Charge of Alienating Affections of Charles C. Frey. Bx the Associated Press OLA. N. Y. October 23.—- Bennett. musical comedy ac- tress. and Charles C. Frey, turfma are merely friends and nothing more, according to testimony given by the actress. She is being sued by Mrs. Frey for $100.000 on a charge of alienating Frey's affections. Miss Bennett told a jury vesterday | she had not known Frey i until she was served with papers in the alienation snit What were vour relations Frey.” she was asked. “Friendly. always." Ever anything more with Ever known as his wife?” No. ¥s She Had Chaperon. Neither Frey nor any other man ever staved at her biz Long Island home unless her cousin and chaper- on was present. she insisted. In- stead of living in her house, as charged, Frey had a cottage just across the street “Did you e live in that ecot- tare?” Mrs. v's counsel asked “Yes, at present,”” the actress answered with a tilt of the chin. She met Frey first in 1923 at the Emplire City raec track. “He told me the name of a good horse,” she said. “I bet on that horse and later told him he had saved my life, because that made me a winner. I told him to drop in to =ee me some time.' Pajama Party Denied. Frey. who preceded Miss Benneit on the stand. denied that he had ever hreakrasted in his pajamas with the actress, as had been testified hy a former butler of Miss Bennett's. Shown a bathing suit picture of himself with his arms around o voung woman, he denled that it was Aiss Benneti. and =aid he could not - who it was; that it one of a large number. Miss Bennett took off her hat exhibit her hlack hobbed hair to for the court and Mrs. Frey to contrast | to the long. lizht and fluffy hairi it of the photograph. Frey refused to who lived with him for three months in one of his two New York apart- ments, but denied it was Miss Ben- nett. "“He denied that Miss Bennett lured him away from his wife. “If any advances were made, 1 made them,” he said. Claims Largest Beet. SCOTTS BLUFF, Nebr., October (#). —John Kellum of Morrill, Nebr., just harvested a 32-pound beet, which, he helieves, refutes the claim of a Fort Morgan, Colo., root title of “‘world 1 St U r bheet.” The Colorado heel weizhed 26 A pounds, advices received here sald. to the was | might be | name a woman | 128TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CONSTITUTION'S ton navy yard October 21, when the building and launching of the United States frigate was commemorated. unveiled and will be placed at the entrance to the Constitution's wharf, where the old { sent down the way s into the water. TEAM A monument of as been erected at lowa City in honor of the Towa University foot ball team the strong Illinois team, which was headed by the star, “Red” G The eleven thoroughly trounced nge. Wide World Photo. Island in Florida Made Bird Haven By Coolidge Order Creation of a reservation in Florida for the protection of native birds was authorized today by an execntive or- | der issued on the recommendation of the Secretaries of Interior and Agri- culture. The refuge, named the “Brevard servation,” embraces a small is- land of public land containing about 12 acres near the southern extremity of Mosquito Lagoon, Brevard County. It will he placed under the jurisdic- tion of the Biological Survey of the Department of Agriculture. OFFERS RESIGNATION " BECAUSE OF WOMAN Manager of Relief Association Says { Appointment as Clerk { Threatens Work. { Charles S. Baker, co-manager with W. Gwynn Gardiner. under order of the court, of the Provident Relief As- soclation, vesterday tendered his res ignation to the District preme Court. In asking to be relieved of his po- | sition, Mr. Baker tells the court he | tears that the good work done by the | managers to straighten out the affairs | | of the concern has heen jeopardized | | by the appointment of Mrs. Irene Mc rthy, one of the Brosnan siste | who began the legal proceedin; against their brother, John Brosnan jr.. former president of the associa- | |tion, as a clerk in the office. | Gardiner, in a letter submitted to [the court by Baker, explains that he | | had agreed to the appointment of | Mrs. McCarthy because of the illness | | of her husband. who is in a sani- | !tarium in New York. and because she | {has three small children. He saught |to dissuade Baker from his purpose | of resigning and declared that the af- | fairs of the association would proh»i ably be set in shape by December 1, {when hoth managers could he dis. | charged by the cour { Baker complains of an interview with Mrs. McCarthy when he declares she accused him of unfairness and | | declined to tell him by whom she had | been employed and at what salary. | U. S. POSITIONS OPEN. | ‘Examinations Will Be Held to Ffll‘ Various Vacancies. The Civil Service Commission to- | day announced open competitive ex- | aminations to fill vacancies in the following positions: sl Firefighter, quartermaster service, | for duty at Walter Reed Hospital,| Washington, D. C., at $129 a month.| Detail draftsman at $5.84 a day. design draftsman at $7.60 a day, field | service of the Navy Department, for | duty at the navy vard, Norfolk, Va., | and Washington. D. €, | Full information and application | < may he obtained at the office | tary, fourth civil servics | district, 1723 F streety | witnes |clined to assist in ! documents at the War Department. | | alleg2d. more than two vears having | |or other proceedings. |ing that predictions of an imminent THE EVENING STAR, HEADING SCOTTISH RITE John H. Cowles, mander, Supreme d Raoul Exercises at the Charles- uncil. Scottish es: V. Palerm Wide World Photo. grand commander of Northern Juri GOING INTO THE WILDS OF NEW GUINEA BY AIRPLANE. left Stirling. former ass dation ROGERS' CHARGE DROPPED BY ARMY General Refuses to Take Re- sponsibility for Claims | Against Hart. Amons the countless vocations and avocations in which men seek either a livelihood or mere sport, none can reckon many miraculous escapes for its followers as automobile racing Ralph De Palma, w one of the drivers on the peedway last July, has participated in approx imately 1,000 automobile races during a career extending throu a score of years. During that time he has suf. fered injuries and has gone off the track more than once in what seemed to be his last swerve from the rearing road But each time he came back to see If he could drive a little faster and both get and give a keener thrill. De Palma’s narrow escape at the in- | augural race at Laurel will be well re. membered by those who saw that clas. | sic. Tossed from his car on one of the | steep banks. De Palma’s apparently | helpless body fortunately slid from and newspaper articles derogatory to | the path of the approaching motors Gen. Rogers for the purpose of pre-| just in time to escape certain death. venting the latter's reappointment as | Rut hazardous escapes are not con quartermaster general. Gen. Hart|fined to the career of the sraying succeeded to that post. | == By the Associated Press. Charges filed against Maj. Gen. Wil liam H. Hart by Maj. Gen. Harry s, retired. have dis igating officer no basis for fur- ther proceedings. The charges filed with the War De- partment alleged that Gen. Hart caused the publication of magazine WASHINGTON, 3d degree, of Lo n Masonic Grand Lodge, and Leon M. Abbott D. CILS. Left to righ sovereign grand com- Rite. Southern Jurisdiction of the 3d_degree, grand master, National d degree. of Boston, diction. Copy Members of the American expedition which ago Tuesday en route to Dutch New Guinea to study the pygmies. The party is headed by M. W. stant curator of the National Museum, and is being sponsored by the Smithsonian Foun- Wide World Photo. Race Drivers, Undaunted by Injuries, Come Back Each Time for Thrills haired veteran of the automnbile rac- ing game. Jerry Wonderlich, who will drive at the Laurel howl tomor row. in a comparatively brief career on the motor speedways has had his close calls, ton. Jerry's car blew a tire in the one hundred and sixtieth {1ap in the Altoona race in June, last vear. The speedinz machine headed for the dirt inside the oval and land ed its driver in the hospital for three months, Wonderlich later was re ported killed at Altoona. but. like Mark Twain, he promptly “‘denied” the report Another race star, Bennett Hill. lives 1o tell the story of a seventy- five-foot leap into space after hur- dling the safety wall of the Indianap- olis track. “Little Bennie.,” as 1S known, because of his diminutive | stature, landed beneath the upturned machine and was a patient in a ho pital for many weeks. Undaunted, he returned to the tracks and set a new world record for 250 miles at Culver City in 13 In the course of the investigation es whose affidavits were at tached to the charge filed at the War Department are sald to have contra- | dicted the purport of statements con- | E s HE tainca i hed e dmenns: oo non.| BY ELUSIVE SLASHER ers himself is understood to have de- | the investigation | and to have disclaimed responsibijlity | for publication of the charges nlmnsl} simultaneously with the filing of the Baltimore Police Hunt Culprit Among Street Car Crowds. $500 Reward Offered. Preliminary = examination of the charges’ by the -inspector general dis. | closed that the statute of limitations already had run against the offenses | By the Associated Press elapsed from the time of Gen. Rogers | - DALTIMORE, Md., October 23— retirement before the accusations | RePOrts by 11 young women that against his successor were presented | their clothing has been siashed while to the department. Despite that this | they e tho T martlal | cars caused police yesterday to begin Reneral's office proceeded with an In. |8 search for the perpetrator of the vestigation. Its Teport to Maj. Gen.|alleged attacks. All of the victims reported that John L. Hines, chief of staff. is ex-| pected fo close'the incident so far as | the Eashes were about seven Inches the department Is concerned. in length and sharply edged. although ]in only one or two instances had their skin been pierced. Plain clothes men have been stationed on a number of cars and the United Railway Co. of- NO OIL FAMINE DANGER PREDICTED FOR AMERICA ‘} f&r:n;l]’eagfigfielr'.ewartl for apprehension Expert Says Such P’“""““‘:lCANADK-GVEVTS‘ U. S. WINE Prophecies Have Proved BY AUTOS, SAY POLICE False in Past. By the Associated Press. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, October 23.—Amer- - HULL, Quebec. October 23.—Two leans, nesd snat; worry ahout 2 | men whom the police accuse of trans. porting “high wines” from the arid {amine. President R. L. Peeler ot the California Petroleum Corporation told | Porfing 'high wines trom the arid a profit were arralgned yesterday on members of the Chamber of Mines and 0il. The area in which oil may be found | formal charges of being fillegally in in the United States is 350 times the rger!;;‘flzg;! l:iq:elr. r'l?ll(ice exnh‘un i . he said, add. | that tho seems like carrying e e coals to New Castle, “high wihes' can be bought in New York State for $6 a gallon and sold here for $24. The men gave their names as Gio- vanni Tavero of Watertown, N. Y and William Fraser of Ogdensburg. They were released on bail of $300 each, pending a hearing October. exhaustion of the country's petroleum resources should be compared with the statement of Benjamin Crew, in 188 that California productjon was a dis appointment, and that the Pennsyl- vania fleld was rapidly diminishing, | and a warning from the United States | Geological Survey in 1909 that only 10| Police allege the men have been more vears of sufficient production |bootlegging “high wines,” containing could be expected. |2 high percentage of alcohol. into Que- hese prophets.” he pointed out;;bec from New York by automobile. have heen filled with pessimism, and | Their machine has been confiscated they have all been wrong. by the liquor comm % were riding on crowded street | 116IRLS ATTACKED | WINTRY SNOW HITS | SHENANDOAH VALLEY P | Also Visited by Heavy Precipitation. By the Associated Press. HARRISONBURG, |23 —In the clutches of an unusually | early Winter, the Shenandoah Valley | experienced its first heavy snow of | the season today. The precipitation | continued for over an hour, more than an inch of snow remaining on the ground. Light rains which fol- lowed the snow destroyed much of the white blanket FROSTBURG. | P.—Two | vesterday, and a heavy precipitation | continued last night. The storm, the first this Winter, was general throughout the mountain section of i Maryland. Va., October Md., October 23 JURY STILL UNSELEGTED FOR STEPHENSON TRIAL By the Associated Pres NOBLESVILLE, Ind., October 22.— The case against D. C. Stephenson, Earl Klinck and Earl Gentry entered its tenth day in Hamilton County Cir- cuit Court this morning with all ef- forts still directed toward obtaining a Jury. The men are charged with murder in connection with the death of Miss Madge Oberholtzer, Indianapolis girl, who took polson, after an alleged ab- duction and attack. In a dying state- ment she is alleged to have charged the men with withholding medical aid after they learned of her condition. Attorneys expressed the opinion that | conditions were right for getting a | jury at almost any minute: In the next breath they said the same condi- tions might prevent the box being silled before next week, he | Mountain Section of Maryland| inches of snow fell here | | | | C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1925. = = AMERICAN SOLDIERS GU!/ fantry, from Fort C RD PANAMA ton, five miles from orders by workers and radicals, who were demanding lower rents. % Bras of the 33d In- Three battalions anama City, are now guarding the capital, following street dis- The troops were sent at the request of President Chiari of Panama, and they have orders to disperse all groups of more than five persons Frederick Lent, president of Elmira College. a pioneer college for women in America. He will be the guest of the Elmira Club of Washingtou at a dinner tomorrow night. MITGHELLAPPEALS SUMEIVENEXWIFE Wisconsin Supreme Court to Decide What Colonel Must Pay to Support Children. By the A October 2 Whether Ce William Mitchell, Mil- waukee, must pay $6.500 annually 1o his divorced wife for the support of their three children. instead of $4,800,! will be decided by the State Supreme Court within two weeks. | A Milwaukee court granted the ad- | ditional n on the application of Mrs. Caroline 8. Mitchell, who con-| tends that while her income has de- | cre: d Col. Mitchell’'s income has in- | creased from his father’'s estate. The | Mitchells were divorced September 27, 1922 | Tn appealing, Mitchell contends that the lower court erred in not giving a hearing to his application for custody | of the children so that he might sup- | port them himself. He also contends | that the court has no right to expect | the children to be maintained as lav- | ishly as they were before the divorce. | The children are: Elizabeth, 18; Har- | riet, 14, and John, 4. | BODY FOUND NEAR TRACK ; HINTS MURDER ON TRAIN Brother of Victim Says Robbers| First Shot and Then Hurled Man From Car. | | i By the Associated Press. PUEBLO, Colo., October body of Harold Hanks, bury, Conn., believed to have been shot to death by two men in a hox car of an eastbound Missouri Pacific freight train, was found yesterday 80 miles east of here. Hanks was shot through the head when he resisted the attempt of the two men to rob him and his brother Tracy, according to the story of the latter. Then the robbers, one of whom was a negro, threw the dead man from the speeding train. ‘Warning Tracy Hanks that they would stay on the train and kill him it he attempted to leave the car, the pair swung outside and fastened the elde door. Hanks finally unfastened the door, climbed over the train and notified the train crew of the murder. At Horace, Kans., the crew searched the train thoroughly, but found no trace of the slayers, who, it is believed. jumped from the train immediately after the Killing. . Houghton Praises Pact. LONDON, October 23 (#).—Alanson B. Houghton, the American Ambas- sador, called at the foreign office yes- terday and warmly congratulated Au- sten Chamberlain, the foreign secre- | tary, on the success of the Locarno| Security _Conference. Similar calls were made by the Swedish Minister and ‘I'e Egyptian charge d'affaires. y SINGLE-HANDED, HE C Maurice D. Jester of U. S. PTURES BIG RUM RUNNER. oast Guard patrol boat No. 113, in New York Wide World Photo Boatswain waters, who “landed” the Carone, the largest rum runner ever caught by the Federal forces. Robinson Is “Dry,” Wheeler Asserts; Led State Fight hinson of to succeec is a “dry Indiana the late ccord- 1 for il in in the Arthur J 2 named as ator Senator Ralston ing to Wavne B. Wheeler, couns the Anti-Saloon Leazue. and crease the prohibition ranks nate, “The appointmen son in Indiana is very encourasing to the dry forces,” he said. “He led the fizht in the State Senate for prohibi tion when the State went dry He will greatl. dd to the stre: h of the prohibition forces in the United States Senate.” SOCIALISTS IN U. S. Senator Rohin APPEAL TO HUNGARY! Charge Premier Horthy Plans to| Railroad Communists to Whole- sale Executions. directed to Prime Min- ister Horthy of Hungary and the Hungarian legaiton in Washington against the court-martial of Mathias Pakosi, people’s cofmissar in 1919 government, and others con- nected with the Independent Socialist Party, was announced here today by the International Committee for Po- litical Prisoners of New York and the International Labor Defense Counell of Chicago. J. P. Cannon, secretary fense council, charged that the Horthy government is commencing new. wholesale court-martial pro- ceedings against members of the In- dependent Socialist party, “100 have already heen Civil trials open to the p been refused. he said to all the information received in this country this will mean the death sentence in three days and execution two hours after the verdict." A protest of the de- blic have COAL SHORTAGE DRIVES NEW YORKERS TO OIL Demand Born of Coal Strike Creates Huge Draft Upon Liquid Fuel Supply. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October no anthracite, many New Yorkers are turning to fuel oil for heating homes and places of business. There has been a marked increase in Fire Department permits for in- stallation of fuel-oil heating appara- tus. Representatives of organizations marketing fuel-oil equipment say that orders have reached the point where deliveries have to be deferred. The New York State Coal Commis- sion is- not recommending installa tion of fuel-oil burners because of cost to the small householder. public buildings are now equipped with fuel-oil heaters, although in not all_cases are they being used regu- larly. One of the largest hotels is making daily use of its equipment. 23.—Having the | and “according | Many | Jester is a native of Virginia. Copsright by P. & A. Photos JURY NOTTO HEAR MISS ROXY STINSON Witness in Alien Property Of- fice Probe Kept Under Cover in New York. Br the Associated Press YORK. October —Roxy | Stinson, a star witness in the invea | tigation last vear of former Attorney | General Daugher being | under here by Federal agents. It is announced, however, that she will not testify before the Federal zrand jury investigating the alleged frregularities on the part of former Alien Property Custodian Thomas W. Miller. He has been subpoenaed Miss Stinson, divorced wife of Daugherty's friend, Jess Smith, who | committed suicide, was met vesterday |at Manhattan Transfer, just outs lof New York, by a_ Department of | Justice agent and taken to the Sub. | treasury Building in Wall street for la few minutes’ questioning. After- | ward she left through a private exit and disappeared. She is not regis | tered at any of the larger hotels and her traveling bag was left in the |parcel room of the Pennsylvania Station. 1t was sald she probably would return to Columbus immedi P In the Brookhart investigation last | year Miss Stinson told of large sums of alien property funds which were | deposited through her former hus band in the Midland Bank of Wash ington Courthouse, Ohio. of which | Mal Daugherty. brother of the former Attorney General, is an official. is kept cover is : FILTERED RADIUM RAYS | AID CANCER TREATMENT of Permits Longer Dosage—Results Burning Qualities | | Removal Good, Physicians Say. Br the Associated Press. NEW YORK. October 23.—Physi. cians of the Memorial Hospital, New York, announced that by filtering out 90 per cent of the caustic beta rays emanating from radium and the high voltage X-ray tube, and using princi- pally the healing’ and stimulating gamma rays, radiation treatment of cancer of the tongue, lips, nose, ears or other part of the head, has been | improved greatly. In the six months since the new { methol has been under experimenta: jtion more than 1,000 cases have been treated with what are considered very satisfactory results. Owing to the elimination of the caustic rays. much stronger applications of the beneficial | rays can be used, and painful effects | are largely obviated. How permanent the benefits {eannot be determined without long | observation, but it was said at the hospital that there was reason to be: lieve recurrences would be reduced be | cause of the heavier dosage. I