Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1925, Page 17

THE A DISAPPOINTED WALLABY. He was brought to this country to b presented to President Coolidge. but the Chief Executive declined to view his peculiar make-up. Therefore, Mr. Wallaby went to the Zoc and here we have him posing with the head keeper. T. H. Blackburn: ‘ | sl : AT THE MITCHELL TRIAL. Mrs. William Mitchell (left) and Mrs. Zachary Lansdowne, widow jof thelate iconnmandes of ithe Shenmfosk. TEN KILLED AND MANY INJURED IN PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD WRECK. The Mercantile Express, bound from St. Louis to New York. while traveling in a heavy fog yesterday morning, crashed into the rear sleeping car of a train from Washington. Ten of the passengers in the cleeper were killed. and the list of injured reaches 29. The wreck occurred at Plainsboro, N. J. Photo by A ographed in the courtroom yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Lansdowne ht by Harris & Ewing e her testimony vesterday. o Carl Wolfe, substitute halfback and star kicker of the Rutgers foot ball SOUTHERN UTE INDIANS IN WASHINGTON FOR A BUSINESS CONFERENCE. Their tribal matters are ! team, who wears eveglasses and has MENTIONED IN THE MITCHELL TESTIMONY. Capt. Paul Foley, U. S. N, judge advocate of the Shenandoah court of inquiry, who, ac- cording to Mrs. Zachary Lansdowne, prepared a copy of testimony for SECRETARY OF WAR JOINS RED CROSS. Liule Beverley Moffett daughter of Rear Admiral Moffett, chief of the Bureau of Naval Aero heing talked over with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. John Ayres, chief of the Wiminuche tribe of moun- in Ute: seated. The Indians come from New Mexico and Colorado. DECLARES HAYNES PUBLIC WELFARE IS NOT DEMOTED REPORT SOON DUE Assistant Secretary Andrews Commission to OQutline for; Explains Change Recently | District Heads Work Ac- { Ordered in Dry Forces. complished in Legislation. % tement was fssued Assist- | The Commission on Public Welfare | ry of the Tre 2 y at a meeting at the Dis- | i Building vesterday afternoon de- cided to submit to the Commission- Haynes in which it v ers an early date a comprehensive the recent appointme 3. | report of its work during the v Tories to the new b cctor of | which consisted of the preparation of had compieted the re-|several important pieces of legisla- organization of enforcement ma- | tion. The commission, of which 1usline§ aid the change was | prederick L. Siddons of the District { demotion Comy Supreme Court is chairman, agreed *$ but rather was in-/,n the outline of the report and as relieve him of all remaining | soon as a few changes in phraseology administrative detall and|p,ve peen made it will be forwarded him free to de |, Commissioner Rudolph important field cordar with the last Summer.” experience and inti conditions cou the state ntinued, “his thorough ac nee with methods and poli nd with perscnalit among shibition, | Court I TImportant Measures Drafted. vear the commission of four important namely, to create a board of public welfare in the District gov- yment, to provide for a mothers’ pension law, a proposed new Juvenile bill to provide r | friends and foes of men all combine fto| The meeting yesterday was the first » his s since the commission adjourned for the Summer. While the commission has not completed its task of golng over nes b ¥ t | Me welfare laws of the city~to deter. time | mine where new legislation is needed, § My < is in complete charge of | it did not take up any mew matters headquar here ! vesterday T POLICE COMBING CJTY FOR NURSE’S ASSAILANT | feintioaucct in rein | the session begins. This the high regard in which his! the licensing of welfare agenci E measure o passed the House at the last ses: Miss Hazel Reed. Attacked at Gar-| but failed to obtain action in the rus! . N s in the Senate. This bill would con. field Hospital Entrance. Gives 1 ate in the new bourd the functions Description of Man. now perforined by the Board of Chari tie: the Board of Childr s Guard Hazel Reed old, mem- | Ians and the board of trustees of the TeRe e e e ¢ Garfield | ning School for Girls. Welfare Hospital, is recovering today from an | Workers and city officials believe it will attuck by an unidentified white man | bring about economy und greater effi- neur the Elevenih street entrunce to| ciency in the administration of the the hospi grounds about 8:30 c welfare work. o'clock Wednesday ht e —_— eed explained that she wis entrance to the grounds' JAN OVERCOME BY GAS. man grabbed her and vacant lot at AT T cventh street and Sherman avenue, Emergency Action May Save Life bruising her throut and njuring r bruising i nd injuring her o? Stariloy Tooneets: Mi: Reed's cries for help, Detec-| . Lowry was told, caused | € to flee. i a reported gas leak at 205 Pennsyl- nia avenue last night about 11:30|a few day: National Photo TABLET PRESENTED BY ITALIAN NAVY LEAGUE TO NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STAT] afternoon. Left to right: Assistant Secretary of the Navy Robinson, Secretary Wilbur, Signora Di Martino, wife of the Italian Ambassador; Comdr. a special cage constructed to pro- Wide World Photo her and sent it by Mrs. George W. Steele, wife of the commander of the naval air station at Lakehurst, N. J. pyright by P. & A. Photos. The presentation took place yesterday E. S. Di Mombello, who presented the tablet; Col. Villa, Italian military attache; Robert W. Kelley, who accepted the tablet for the Navy League; Capt. Walter R. Gherardi, aide to Secretary Wilbur, and Comdr. Scaroni, Italian military attache. NIV NERGER Fairbanks Predicts Early Ad- justment of Movement In- volving Millions. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELI November 13.— The Times quotes Douglas Fairbanks as saying an amalgamation of the releasing system of United Artists Responding to a call to investigate|and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer “proba- bly will be agreed on here” within and that a conference | v : Miss Reed, badly shocked and suf-| G “oinl o™ /e Washington | of interested parties has been called ering from Injuries, hurried to he hospital and wax given treatment. | pog 2 Gl o It wap mot until yesterday afterncon | Dac. affected Stanley Teonetts, 35 that the police were advised of the | p,;se; and rendered him unconscious. attack. Gas had escaped from an open Gas Light Company found the gas|for Sunday. The proposed merger would involve | vears, occupant of a room in the|millions in motion picture capital | g and would bring an unprecedented | number of stars under the banner { burner of & heater in the room. The of a single organization. It would Foreign bankers have offered to|flow was cut off, and the unconscious unite under one control the pictures can’ Colombia o large sum for rail-|man was taken to Emergency Hospi-|of Douglas Fairbanks Mary Pick- tal, where he wds treategby Dr. Proc voad construction, but the overnment His recovery is expectedy uas beeu slow in acceplii Lor wadge, ford, Norma and Constance Tal Buster Keaton, Rudolpn have said what we wanted. ‘airbanks tants. i Mothers were given advice on health | parghts never punish th Coleman, Vilma Banky, Jack Gilbert, score of other well known plavers. Fairbanks, says the Times, stated of the proposed combine: It is almost certain to go through d what they wanted the agreement can be ched and within a few days.” Over America’s Measure Becomes Acute. EXCLUDING BULBS was one of the or-|Dutch Traders’ Controversy ganizers of United Artists. CHILDREN GIVEN TESTS. Glen Echo Conference Under Au- spices of State Board. Special Dispatch to The Stai GLEN ECHO, Md., November 13.— Children of pre-school age were exam- ined at a health conference held Tues- | administration day under direction of the Maryland Board of Health at Community Hall. | Dr. Howe of Johns Hopkins Hospi- Baltimore, and Mi; Safety BY LEOPOLD ALETRINO. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. AMSTERDAM, November 13.—The sontroversy between the Washington and the Dutch bulb traders has become acute. The intention of the American Gov- ernment to extend the prohibition of Hermonie | ymnortation of bulbous plants to in- | were in attendance, With| clude narclssi, Harry Houghton, Mrs. Yomens. | plant diseases Srnest Houghton and Mrs. Smith | has arounsed the bulb growers. Here it is pointed out that the fear | on the ground that| would be introduced, Copyright by Harris & Ewing. nautics, enrolled the Secretary of Red Cross drive yesterday afternoon. POLICE ASSOCIATION % RESENTS CRITICISM Says C. of C. Attack on Handling of Bootleggers Encourages Lawbreaking. Criticism emanating from the Wash }ington Chamber of Commerce regard ing the methods emploved by 3(;\.,\- E. Burlingame’s “fiylng squ ron’ in pursuing bootleggers through the streets lust night drew fire from the Policemen’s Association solution, offered by Sergt. Milton . Smith, president, condemning the chamber's action as unjust, unfair and {not based on an investigation was { adopted. . Nominations_for the offices of the association to be filled at the Decem ber meeting were reported by the general board, as follows: Candidates for Offices. Patrick . Torney of the fourth pre- | Jcinct and Horace E. Lineberg of the tenth precinct, for president; George ?B, ‘Wheeler of the sixth precinct and James L. Billman of the third, for f vice president; Paul W. Proctor of the Traffic Bureau and Joseph S. Davis of | the first precinct, for second vice pre ident; William J. Kerns of the first precinct, for corresponding secre: James ‘Wilson, sixth precinct, fina cial secretar. the twelfth precinct, for treasurer, and Otto Hauschild of the sixth precinct, for chairman of the general board. A copy of the resolution denounc- “Ting the attack on the “flying squad. supported by the government phyto- |[oN" Was directed sent to the cham- Charlie Chaplin, Gloria ber and.to Frederick A. F Swaneso ras Melghan, Ronald pathological service, is a_sufficient z o Frederick A. Fenning, e o e 1o guarantee that absolutely clean bulbs | POlicé commissioner. It reads: Norma Shearer, Lew Cody and a Vs are being shipped. “Encourages Lawbreakers.” The growers are concerned regard- effect the prohibition would upon the Dutch bulb trade. ing the outcome of a conference to be held at Washington Monday, No.|Soclation of the District of Columbia vember 16, and already are devising [Protest such actfon on the part of ys and means of counteracting the | members of an organization that it have | feels should lend its aid and support “Resolved, That the Policemen’s As: to the men who daily risk their lives The writer understands that a dep- | that law and order may be maintained affairs and agriculture in order utation of bulb growers has called |in the Nation's Capital, and the mem- upon the Dutch ministers of home|bers of the Policemen's Assoclation to|feel that such criticism coming from urge that Holland retaliate by taking |Such an organization tends to encour- sithilar measures against the impor-|age the lawless element in their ex- tation of American fruit. ploits, and it further feels that the (Copyriht. 1926. by Chicazo Daily News Co.) | Criticism ‘was not made in good faith; GET MARRIAGE LICENSE. Miss Vanderbilt and Earl E. T.|ment to such characters as the boot- Smith to Wed in January. that the party who made it did not Investigate conditions before he spoke and that it has reasons to believe that the Chamber of Commerce of this city should not lend encourage- legger, and when the Chamber of Commerce accusses policemen of ‘bri NEW YORK, November 13 () | tally assaulting bootleggers' they are | cultural Board of the United States|and obtained a license. found very few consignments which The constant control ' in exercised by the growers themselves, were infected. Mingling with 4 _dozen applicants who probably never before had rubbed el- |bows with any of New York's 400, e nanelo ‘\5‘3’:1‘3;:’!};‘(‘]“- daughter | w1 defend its members agalnst any flance, Earl E. T. Smith, coffee a“d‘and all such charges, unless specific sugar broker of New York, yesterday | is imaginary, as the Federal Hortl-|visited the marriage license bureau B o {making a dangerous and false accusa- tion, one which this association re- sents, against a body of honest, hard working officers, and this assoclation cases are cited and proof furnished.” | Receipts of leading railways of They stated they would be married | France this year to August 19 were fl*flry. but had not decided $121.000,000 more thz sponding period of 19 in the corre Warren C. Adcock of | War, Dwight Davis, in the annual CHAUNGEY OLGOTT 1S CONVALESCING Noted Actor Attributes His Recovery to Prayers of His Friends. convalescent to which he w two weeks ag Cha friend He also ascribes covery to he han She has just prese r roduction « S ptor who rese, the poilus’ | Jesus.” Sees Efficacy of ¥ “Ther is no do have been healed home near the La recovered from illne when he was sup; “When known 1 poor throu for me pourir f) parts of th itry fro ) sakd th pray now the ers answered I am ride in the park Valued Above Million Dollars. | Displaying a sculptured p hands rising out of a block of marbi 1 Mr. Olcott said , “I wouldn’t take a million dolla | for these hands. The Detroit Museu: | wants to buy them, so dees my friend | John McCormack, but I would ne part with them. “My wife’s hands are like butte | fiies, and the sculptor 1 | spi ling rd the soul in 1 | the way, is a sevent | daughter, her parents were « the same ame. It is an old be liet that those born under these ditions and with a call posse pow ing in their hands. sculptor he wa inspired i work by St. Therese [ Sifesia Nominations Delayed | Special Dispatch to The Star. | 'SILESIA, Md., November 13 | brief informal meeting of the Broad | Creek Citizens’' Association was _held {at the Silesia School, November 7. 11 | was intended to havi |officers for the ensuing vear, |owing to the small attendance, occa | sioned by the inclement weathér, the | nominations were postponed until the December meeting. Matters of varied nature were discussgd. Due t the fact that the Silesia School, the | regular meeting place of the organ zatlon, is soon to be disposed of, f1 ture meetings are to,be held at the gpembers’ homes untR a permanent Place is procured,