Evening Star Newspaper, January 26, 1926, Page 17

STAR, WASHINGTON, TAKING DOWN THE the stenographe found in a Philadelphia suburh. Court stenographer. Marshall. W lor, and (stand A PAIR OF BIG SMOKES. largest cigars in the world, now inches from tip to tip. " BERLINS IN PARIS show, Grand Central Palace, New York. CONFESSION OF PHILADELPHIA PRISONER. at left) confessing that he dismembered the body of Anna May D nation of four hours, The confession illiam B. McClenaha Miss Leone Osborne with two of the being exhibited at the annual tobacco The cigars measure 6 feet 6 Wide World Photo. CHAPLAINS RESENT FOR 10DAYS' REST: ATTACKS ON CORPS Will Listen to French Jazz, Declare They Are Not Mili- Get Clothes and Search for Sunshine. By o Associated Prese S January 26 who was Ellfln Mack Paris, from London uining that shyn their sin have come t instead of maint which has characterized tons with the press ever iage, they calle together i) : thel atter was clearly expressed in a 'fi-\‘;;:’:’:fi'{"’;::‘“““ o an "’l‘nl"r‘:‘llrf'solutlon which was unanimously els. They talked the fut lrving J;nrlm‘ and | exp tarists, But Doubt Wisdom of Pacifist Agitation. Outspoken resentment the spreading sentiment for the demili- , | tarization of the Army chaplains was ssed at a luncheon of the Chap- Assoctation of the Army of the ess | latns rela- | United States at the Asmiy and Navy e their | Club vesterday. the | The position of the soclety on this adopted by the members, “We do not bel that wa permanent or civilized method ing difficulties between nations,” tnsic Slonet rood | TePOTt stated. “IL is a state of an- e o sov Epod | archy. However, ours is not a dream e e s b M |woniaie (cantun that the B s tieed e Berlin. “We | last war has been fought or that s o exciaement, | 3o 1ved in war? honeymooners. = W | Remains as Reality. Paris about ten duys. we are goilg t0| .The resort to arms still remains g o I i u few shows|p. final arbltrament of international i v barets can offer| gicpute, much we may de- By 9 plore the fact or wish it otherwise. Will Deter Shoppin We are not militarists, but at the saine time we doubt the wis lom of trs. Berlin explained that she was | pqcifist agitation. No nation or peo- golag shob Lut.” she added, “not | 1o can ‘long endure unmless its man- ekl : s hetween | jo04 s willing and prepared to de- geasons. O profer to wait for the |fend gt. ‘We therefore believe in and Spens. ol e shall strive for a policy and program WWor e Jle of human| r adequate national defense. e s focided HollEst || o ment (njfiia Phemylero (aub; the sensation: weir marriage. Beriin with ing, avently nodded Chére was nothing sudden in ¢ ed the song writ > €T, of the word. He lives with them ! 1 beer thinking often | 5ny ghares their problems and be- | D O DO Y s - {comies e conANan R len Atlantic ity o1 honeymoon porters folloy nd made a sensa- Will Continue to Serve. tional story out of a pertectly natural “If there be any inherent incon- happening. \We resent greatly the gigtency in this work, let them who sensatfonal s can be readily un- | charge it make the most of it. We derstood. who are enlisted in the Chaplain Ve have not been in hiding at all, America will never again become in- ject to the same if not greater temp- | tations than the civillan and we hold Ithat the chaplain is a vital adjunct to an adequate system of defense. In time of peace the chaplain is a minis. ter to his men In the highest sense our Corps are prepared as citizens, as r a few davs in New York patriots, as God-fearing men, to con- urally, we wanted to be.tinue in this capacity to serve our » never even tried to hide. | country, its saflors and its soldlers.” told everybody we had nothing |~ The report of the memorial com- o say except that we were happy mittee indicated that a memorial tab- i “the | 1d a site in Arlington Cemetery SEENCD hapby: have been selected and the commit- e not i in all they ca our have got us safely married, is n. f the divorce. “Well, we are not vet ready gratify them.’ Hints Surpris Berlin partly revealed the g orise for American and English | producers in London will stage it. viends,” which he had been hinting | The whole thing is practically settled, | ring his London visit, by saying but I must reserve details until later.” | hat he expected to remain in Eu. The Berlins, though somewhat tired ope for the next six months absorbed | and nervous, were most amiable to ) in new work the corespondents. When Mrs. Ber- “There is something in the wind [lin retired Irving Femained to mix .bout & new show in London,” he re- | cocktails for his visitors. marked, “but I can't say yet with “I used to do this for a business, whom, mor about what. uusioal comedy, mot a revue, and ik out, now they It will be a - tee was authorized to go ahead with the work of erecting it. B ws will open in London in September, aft- er which I will take it to the United | States myself. The book will be | composed by & well known author, I ur- | will do the music and one of the best to] he sald: “now just to oblige my 1t 'rriends e got a special touch’ ’ { { | | | | | | |CANADA OFFERS AID | Ready to Co-operate With Nova | mine fields of Cape Breton. David L. ed next to , whose torso wax Left to right strict. Attorney Tay- by P. & A. Photos SCIENTISTS STUDY THE “RADIO of the radio laboratory of the Bure used in, studying queer tricks of radi ~upposed to top an electrified surface carth. A MEETING O] THE WIZARDS. getting some inside foot ball inform Grange is playing on the Pacifi with the Chicago Bears, the team which appeared in Washington. Lif. wizard.” at Santa Rosa, CEILING.” J. H. Dellinger, chief u of Standards, with the apparatus radio ceiling” is 0 miles from the by P. & A. Phot which reaches out « | | { § | Luther Burbank, “plant wizard,” ation from “Red” Grange, “gridiron Coast Wide World Glenna Collett, woman's golf cham- pion, spending the Winter at Palm Beach. She is playing over a num- ber of the courses in Florida in spe- cial matches. right by P, & A. Photos, | % D. (. TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1926. ARMY AVIATOR SETS A NEW- record. TAKING AWAY THE LAURELS OF % | | % { WASHINGTON CHILD POSES FOR FIGURE IN GROUP OF THE FIRST AMERICANS. William H. Roberts of the National Museum needed a model for the figure of a tiny first American, so Kenneth C. Baker, jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth C. Baker of Washington, job. The face of the clay model is taken from photographs of Pueblo Indians. PSS S SRR e e g 6 8 A SR emEemeeaaaas | fDaughter Is Married at Celebration TO STARVING MINERS Scotia to Relieve Distress in Cape Breton Field. By the Assoclated Press. OTTAWA, January 26.—The Domin- fon government stands prepared to co- | operate with the government of Nova | Scotia to alleviate distress in the coal “If people are in distress, starving,” said Charles Stewart, minister of the interior, in the House of Commons last night, “the government stands ready to sup- plement action that should and must be taken by the local government.” The government, the minister add- | ed, would assist in bringing to a con- | summation the order for 120,000 tons of coal for the Ca National | Ruilways. For the present the gov- ernment_did not purpose to increase the tariff on coal or any other com- | it modity, but within a few days would name a commission whose du it would be to investigne every indu tdy in the Dominion. Of Parents’ 65th Wedding Anniversary ‘While Maj. and Mrs. Samuel Wil- lard Saxton were celebrating their sixty-fifth wedding anniversary today t their residence, 1347 Harvard street, heir daughter, Mrs. Mary Saxton ieward, was married there at mnoon to Reese E. McDuffle of Cincinnati. | The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. U, G. B. Plerce in the pres- ence of a small gathering of relatives. Enjoying remarkable health and vigor for his 96 years, Maj. Saxton greeted all gathered at the home for the wedding ceremony, as did Mrs. Saxton, and both were busy through- out the day in connection with the event. Maj. Saxton was born in Deerfield, Mass., but has resided in Washington since shortly after the close of the Civil War, during which be served in the Union Army. He served the Government here 56 years before his retirement from the Treasury Depart- ment. Maj. Saxton is the last living member of the Brook Farm Literary Community, which was established in Massachusetts. Mrs. Saxton was born and married to Maj. Saxton In Ames- bury, Mass. MEXICO DENIES REPORT. Border Mine Restriction Not Modi- fied. MEXICO CITY, January 26 (P).— The foreign office today gave dental to & report from El Paso, Tex., saying that prohibition agalnst foreigners owning or acquiring mining property within 100 kilometers of the border | had been lifted by President Calles. It was stated that it was unneces- sary to issue a presidential decree for the protection @f foreign mining prop- [ erties within the zone, because all such operations were under permit issued by the President after an understand- ing had been reached to prevent dis- agreements under article 27 of the con- stitution. SEAR SR e Charleston in Vogue. SAN FRANCISCO, January 26 ). { —In the “Street of Dim Lanterns” they are dancing the Charleston. The | younger generation of San Francisco's noted Chinatown has accepted the ultra-modern step much to the disgust of staid celestial parents. volunteered for the National Photo {J. M. BECK TO DELIVER | WASHINGTON 0RAT|0N| Former Solicitor General to Speak at Celebration Feb- ruary 22. James M. Beck, former Solicitor General of the United States, will de- liver the oration at the 1926 official celebration of George Washington's birthday anniversary, to be held at Poli’s Theater February 22 at 11 a.m. Announcement of the program was | made yesterday after a meeting of the | committee on arrangements of the | District of Columbia Federation for | Patriotic Observance. The federation, created under authority of the Dis- trict Commissioners, represents 88 na- tional and local patriotic and civie organizations. Carmi A. Thompson, national com- mander of the Spanish War Veterans, ywill be introduced as presiding officer at the celebration by Commissioner Cuno H. Rudolph. Rishop James E.| Freeman will pronounce the inve tion and the benediction will be given by Rabbi Simon. Music will be fur- nished by the Marine Band and the PLANE RECORD. ley Field, Va., who broke all seaplane records over a 200-kilometer route. He re: an hour, beating the old record of 104.715. The large photo shows the plane which wa Inset. Lieut. THE SMITH BROTHERS. Col. ing in the mountains. They sent this picture to their brother-in-law, Speaker N ASK REVALUATION OF GAS COMPANIES Utilities Body Seeks Funds for Work in Special Appropriation. fes Comi ongress for The Public Utili planning to ask cial appropriation of $50.000 in order | to make an expert revaluation of the property of the Washington Gas Light Co. and its subsidlary, the Georgetown Gas Light Co., it was re. liably reported today at the District| Building. The two companies last week sub- mitted to the commission the results of a recent inventory of their prop- erty and requested that a falr val tion be fixed. The inventory, estimated by utilities exper companies approximately $80.000. The commission has not vet advised the companies officlally it will make a revaluation t that it is contemplating askins for a special appropriation for purpose is taken to be clearly indica- tive of its attitude. Virtually all of the $50,000, it was said, would be used for the services of two valuation ex- perts. The last valuation on the property of the two companies was set hy the commission ir t proxima with a p this represents an $6,500,000 The utilities officials foresee in the request for a revaluation another struggle for Increased gas rates based on a valuation higher than the $16,- 000,000. While the commission’s ex- perts believe that an increased valua- tion might be falr if based on present- day values, they are confident the figures of the companies, while not disclosed, are considerably in excess of any the commission might fix. MISSIONS GET $2,488,587. Seventh-Day Adventists Give $26 Per Member Average. A total offering of $2,488,58750 was given by Seventh-Day Adventists in the United States and Canada in sup- port of forelgn mission work during 1925, it was reported today by Prof. J. L. Shaw, treasurer of the Forelgn Misslon Board. The were made through the “G0-cents-a- week fund” and averaged approximate- 1y _$26 for each member. The Potomac conference of the church, which includes the District of Columbia and Virginia, contributed a total of $296,710.69 during the year, or 57.2 cents a member per week. Balducei Banqueted. Joseph Balducei, for eight of about increass vears president of the Men’s Soclety of the Holy Rosary Parish, Third and ¥ streets, was tendered a bangquet last night at the Roma restaurant by offi- cers and members of the soclety. A Washington Quartet. The entire pro-: gram will be broadcast from Station . gold medal was presented to him by Anthony Manganaro, his successor as (gresident, on behalf of the society. orge Theodore Roosevelt, cretary of the Navy (left), and his brother Kermit, photographed at Srinigar, India, after they had been hunt- ap-| contributions | C. McDonald, stationed at Lang hed a speed of 111.206 mile- used in breaking the & A. Photos former Assistant cholas Longworth. HAUGEN BILL VOTE IS EXPECTED TODAY Few Democrats Oppose “Farm Relief” Measure. Hit Coolidge Speech. A & Underwood The House expects to vote today ot the Haughen bill to establish a co-op erative marketing division in the De ment of Agriculture. This meas {ure has the administration’s support and is the first agricultural measure { to be taken up in this session of Con | gress. It was called up under privileged | status yesterday and debate limited to two hours, and the discussion was completed before adjournment. While there was little opposition to the bill, a number of Democrati members took occasion to criticlze the administration’s attitude farm relief, but Representative Sum ners of Texas was the oniy one of these to announce he would vote against the measure. Crumpling & copy of it in his hands, he said it was ‘only mashed words.” Representative Haugen, Republi can. To author of the bill and ehairman of the agricultural comm tee, replying to the serte: that the measure 1tende. emergenc , Lut con- e program to benefir the farm He added that within a | few weeks the committee expected to report legislation affording more im mediate griculture. “Let the President make a more speeches,” said Representative Sumners, “and we might save the $225,000 ' appropriated in _this bill | Wouldn't it be just as effective for |the next campaign?—which is the | only purpose of this measure. | SEEKS LAW CODIFiéATION. | In order that his committee ms get to work on codification of the tlaws of the District of Columb! | which bas not been done since 18 as recommended by the District Com missioners and others most intimate ly acquainted witn the need for ac couple tion, Representative Fitzgerald of | Ohio, chairman of the committee or | codification of the laws, asked the House committee on accounts for | $7,500 v for this purpose. | " The District Commisisoners notified | Mr. Fitzgerald tiat they had intended | to have this codificaton cf the Dic trict statutes made under the pend | ing legislation to broaden the powers |of the Commisisoners and to give | them general municipal authority, but it now seems probable that measure will be killed in commuttes. o A e Asks Absolute Divorde. | Mrs. Marie A. Hoffman today sue John M. Hoffman for an absolute di | voree. were married Octobe: 30, e no children. The d b 19 wife charges misconduct and names a_corespondent. She also asks for alimony, declaring her husband msakes $45 per weel She is represented By Attorney W. Bissell Thomas.