Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1926, Page 2

-9 e COOLIDGE FAVORS ORATORY CONTEST Reiterates Approval—Sees Importance in Training Young People. Yresident Coolidze, who delivered ar address at the final meetings of the National Oratorical Coniests of 1924 119 s aguin given signal proof h terest in the movement and f the hizh valuation which he places upon it as a citizenship contribution. Upon being informed of the details of the plan for repeating the or eal e ts on an even larger he re ted his approval test in a forceful letter to of The Star, which ed elsewhere in this which emphasizes the im tharvugh! rounding people in ¢ men:al aid down fore oung address at the r in the Wash sident Coolidge mal O feal Con St ion of its held in the world. Views of Coolidge. he possibility ulness of the of wi con. ation h ponsi (i ntaining its ind power, bu: | intribtion nations and : aspirations and the field for Institutional which the thoughts women everywhere are Thot problems In this r wanization ure essentlally the same 1o which mankind has been itself from the beginning Thesa are the problems | inir justice alike to weak and \ssuring peace with honor, of ming conscience In places of au- too long usurped by mere ume humanity that has the rule of law ale of great na- ederations will at by which to tions upon the tion to leader- h work of world states- 1y be born in some of these and women because of that lie in the back- und of this occasion. It is none at a hope to entertain of so worthy an enterprise.” International Phase. contest will contain hoth nd international feature In its national phases it will center wround an intensiv study and an enlivening interpretation of our con- stitutional system by the high school boys and girls of the United States. In its international phases it will bring ether picked youthful speak- e from the various nations with a iew to bringing about a better un- derstanding between the different countries by means of a frank and friendly statement of ional view- points and aspirations In the sphere of government, The Washington Star offers b ing nrizes for the eonfestants in its territory. ‘Ten cash priges of £100 each. one of $200 and a Summer tour of Eurone Work Gaining Momentum. | With the midyear examinations ended in the local public h.gh schools, | active work in arranging for the oratorical contests in each school will begin in earnest the coming week. Contest commlitees have been named by the schos prine and special etings in which the contest will be ained and enthusiasm aroused to cipation and engender school pri 1 the competition will be d. Al dy many have signified intention of taking part in the ntests which offer a greatly increus- ed incentive for participation this ear as a rosuit of the superb Eu- wean tour with all expenses paid hich aits each of the seven final-| in the big national contest, which take plice in Washington in their studies The nation it e §s vill June. Mucl in the 15 natice sion of tude ni wided interest to the contest hinzton territory already | Ve a result of the exten- the contests this year to in- by counties in~ Maryland {a. From all of this new come reports of keen inter-| st among principals and trachersand | 1dv the work of interesting pupils | articipating is under way. H In addition to pres ectivities in newly added territory, | sord has just been received at the! wational office of the contest in The r Building from Prof. K. J. Morris, | rincinul of the Hyattsville, Md., High | hool, to the effect that the matter| heen presented to that school, | hat m iterest has been aroused nd that have alrcady ex- wressed their jntention of participat- mnd Vir reported | Tas e TELLS OF PLANES’ USE IN PROTECTING COTTON House Member Outlines Work Against Boll Weevil and Other Pests. the ol wee tack cotton e vesterd Dem of airplane in combatting il and other pests that were outlined in the by Representative uistana zes the air- combattive iculture of- field for the devel- al aviation. n evidence of the widespread in this question of control by ! “there have been ear representatives flerent countrics in this hive studied and oh- ined by the seriments at the Delta "allulah, La., and five | are now carrying tased upon information re- ived while here.” The outstanding feature of dustiug by airplane. he said. is the speea of the application, adding that last year one commercial concern applied 347, 000 pounds of powdered calcium ar- senate on cotion, peaches, pecans and ugar cane with s ‘actory results 1nd at & cost for operation of $55 per hour. ROUND UP ELK HERD. Between 500 and 700 Captured in JMontana to Be Sent to Bay State. AT FALLS, Mont., January 30 whoys have rounded up be- 00 and 700 elk in corrals on the national bison range near Mis- soula, Mont., for shipment to Massa- chusetts, officials of the Federal Blo- al Survey declared todiy. The elk are to be turned joose on the emasket range at Middleboro, Massi, a b00-acre preserve. Contrary to reports, the elk are in cod condition and have not been af- ted by storm or famine. There is no snow on the bison range, where 1 Blological Survey maintains bison d elk herds, t. fords over tractiv cptent of comme [DILLON 0.0 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JANUARY ! PRESIDENT’S INDORSEMENT OF ORATORY CONTEST THE WHITE HQUSE WASHINGTON My dear Sir: January 21, 1926. The school children of America once more @re to take part in a National Oratorical Contest, based upon & study and exposition of the Pederal Constitution. This is well; for our future citizems can- not be grounded toc firmly in the fundamental principles laid down by our forefathers. In these da of the world, it is good to turm to our national chart, which hus proved so suitable a guide of our Study of this document will temd to instill and maintain respect ard reverence for our institutions and to counteract the insidious pPropa= ganda of those who would destroy what has been built up with such expenditure of labor and self-sacrific destinies. 8 of unrest in various kost sincerely yours, To the Editor, The Evening Star, Washington, D. C. parts 2000000 FOD PR I CAARTERE Huge Combine to Give Large Share of Profits to Philanthropy. By the Associated Press BALTIMORE, January 30.—A char- ter for the Ward ¥ood Products Cor- poration, assessed at an authorized capitalization of $2,000,000,000, was filed with the State Tax Commission today. Willlam B. Ward, chairman of | the board of directors of the Ward Baking Corporation, is named as pres- ident of the concern. The new corporation has a total capitalization of 20.000,000 shares of no par value stock, half of which are preferred and half common, but all of wh.ch carry voting rights. A clause of the charter authorizes the board of directors “from time to time to make contributicns from sur- plus or met profits of the corporation for the purpose of erecting or main: taining one or more hospitals, infirma- ries, dispensaries or humes for invalid or aged employes of the corporation, or for producing healthful surround- ings for employes.” WARD IRKED BY MONEY. NEW YORK, January 30 (P) —The glzantic bakery merger under the presidency of William B. Ward, which filed & _charter today in Baltimore was termed by the sponsors a ‘merger | with a soul.” The charter application that the profits, after limited divi- dends on preferred stock are pald, may be used to promote the weliare of the American child, and make It fit mentally and physically for citizen- ship. This philanthrophy may be carried out hefore dividends on the common stock are paid. Friends of Mr. Ward quoted him as saying to the lawyers who drew up the papers: “I have so much money I don’t want any more. I want to glve it away and do it in such fashion that I won't be eternally talked about.” The profits may be used in build- ing hospitals, recreation grounds and in helping establish child welfare or- gunizations. specified FFICIAL HELD ON FRAUD CHARGE Kastel, Reputed Head of Bankrupt Brokerage Firm, Is Arrested in San Francisco. By the Associated Press. AN FRANCISCO, January 30.— Philip Kastel, held In San Francisco on an indictment chargirg use of the 1eils to defraud in bucketshop opera- tion In connection with the bank- ruptey of the brokerage firm of D.llon & Co., in 1921, was arrested today by a postal inspector. Kastel, known as “Dandy Phil” to the habitues of Broadway's night life, was held in $5,000 bail pending receipt of requisi- tion papers trom New York. NEW YORK, January 30 (#).—The brokerago firm of Dillon & Co., in connection with the bankruptey of which Philip Kastel was arrested to- 7 in San Francisco, failed in 1921 for $300,000. Kastel, member of the firm, was alleged to have withdrawn a total of $150,000 from the firm's ac- counts. In the bankruptcy proceed- ings William J. Falion, crimilnal yer, testified that Kastel was only the resl head of Dillon & Co., but the company itself.” Fallon himself later—in August, 1924—was tried for conspiracy to de- fraud in connection with the failure of the brokerage firm of E. M. Fuller & Co., and was aequitted. s e ROW AT RIVERA MEETING. PERPIGNAN, France, January 30 (®P).—A report was current here to- night that “a serious incident” oc- curred at Barcelona, Spain, today afier a_ speech deliversd bi Premier Primo de Rivera at the military club. The Spanish speaker dealt lengthily with the organization of the army. Provides Memorial For 2 Seamen Lost In Antinoe Rescue By the Associated Press NEW YORK. January 30.—The memory of Ernest Heitman and Uno Wirtemen, seamen of the liner President Roosevelt, who lost rheir lives in one of the first at- tempts to rescue the crew of the il fated British freighter Antinoe will be perpetuated by two sea men’s rooms for the annex to th» Seamen's Church Institute, it was innounced today. Miss M. FEliza beth Lester of Philadelphis is the donor. Marshall Field, with a_donat of $10,000, is among other con- tributors to the building fund. The annex is now under construc tion. PAJANIA GIRL GONG HOME WITH FATHER Blanche McGlone, Stérting to! Toledo After Hearing in Juvenile Court. Blanche McGlone, who won fame when she smashed into a lamp-post riding through a snowstorm clad in pajamas and a bathing suit, starts on her way home to Toledo, Ohio, with her father today, a sadder but wiser young lady. With a strict boarding school and the watchiul eye of the Toledo pro- bation officer facing her, the youthful defendant_of both the Poiice and Juvenile Courts, prepared to take the outgoing express this morning. It was only the word of her father, who sald she was 14, that caused Judge MacDonald in Police Court yes- terday to transfer the jurisdiction of the case to the Juvenilé Court, and it was also her father'’s pledge that he would take care of her in the futur that caused Judge Sellers, in the Ju- venile Court, to be lenient. Judge Sellers accepted the girl's de- nial of a charge of being intoxicated while driving, saying that the charge of driving without a permit was enough for the Juvenile Court to hold her, if the court so ruled. The de.endant pathetically admit- ted that she was ashamed of her con- duct and that her parents were won- derful to her. in every way. Judge Bellers told the young defendant frankly that she was on the wrong road and admonished her to do better. Representative William W. Chal- mers, also of Toledo and a friend of Mr. McGlone, was present at the trial, but made no appeal, Previous to the transference of the case to the Juvenile Court the case was heard behind closed doors in the Police Court. Reporters were barred, and four almoq. found themselyes cited for contempt of court because they maintained their right to congre- gate in the corridors while the star chamber sessions were being held in the probation office and the chambers of Judge George H. Macdonald. Judge John P. McMahon, who was presiding in court across the way, ordered them removed under pain of contempt of court. During the trial before the Juvenile Court judge it was brought out that Blanche had run away from home, leaving an invalid mother. It was also brought out that what her sister sup- posedly had claimed to be “embassy refreshments” was only corn whisky. Replying to why she was in a bath- ing suit, topped by pajamas and a coat, when she had crashed into a post at Eleventh and § streets several Jays ago, during a snowstorm, Blanche gtated that she had just gotten up and had not time to change. Blanche was incarcerated nll the time since her arrest because of fall- uve to give bond °f $500 at the House ;o Detention, where she was forced to scrub tioors early each morning. Radio Bill Regorted Back. The House Merchant Marine sub- committee yesterday reported the White radio bill back to the full com- mittee for further instructions. The The nature of the “serious incident” | measure would set up machinery for bas not yet been learned, ' regulating the radie industry, 2TBLASTVICTING TAKEN FROM MINE Alabama Camp to Bury lIts Dead Today—Shaft Soon to Be Reopened. | By the Associated Press BIRMINC Ala., January 30.— Mossboro, Shelby County, mining camp, tomorrow will pay the last { mark of respect to 27 of its number who were killed in # mine explosion vesterduy. It will be a day of fu-} | nerals ir little town, located In an| isolated I n of one of Alabama's : mineral hi In place of the lar services in the various| churches of the community, burial| | rites will be held. | | Rescue crews at daybreak today| had removed the last of the bodies— | 11 white and 16 negroes. For ‘veary | hours the crews worked 11 waist | deep water among twisted steel and| | heaps of fallen stone to extricate some of the forms terribly mangled |by the concussion which resulted ! from a *“windy"” shot Seventeen of the 44 men in the pit emerged allve, | virtually unhurt. | The blast loosed a pond of water| used for washing coal. This flowed [ to all parts of the pit and made huz-| | ardous the rescue work. | Wkhen the day of sorrow is past,! the camp will turn its mind to re. sumption of work. Lessees of the property—the Premier Coal Co.—ex- pect to put the mine in condition for operation immediately and many of the former workers will be ready to check in when the call comes. The explosion was described as very “severe,” most of the victims being killed instantly. A charge of black powder is believed to have blown backward and In the misfiring set off coal dust or gas. The ever-present black damp after such blasts was quickly cleared by fans which were not disturbed, PSR FOUR CLAIM MONEY WIEDEMEIER ABANDONED Missouri Court to Deciae Owner- ship of $15,203 Held by Detective. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, January 30.—The Mis- sour! Supreme Court will be asked to decide a four-sided controversy over $15,293, abandoned here by John V. Weidemeler, following his arrest Octo- ber 18, with the wife of a prominent Chicago furrier, The money is held by Robert Kalser, chief of detectives. Kaiser was order- ed by the Criminal Court of Correc- tions to turn the money over to the sheriff. He declined, fearing contempt jof Circuit Court, as four persons, claiming they were duped by Wiede- meier, brought attachment suit in that court. Following Wiedemeler's arrest sev- eral women in various parts of the country claimed to have been victims of his money-raising schemes. P. R. R. BACK ON BLOCK. Discards New Train Control Sys- tem After Experiment. ‘The Pennsylvania Railroad will dis- continue the experimental train-con- trol system on its Lewistown branch in Pennsvivania and use the informn- tlon worked out in the train control experiments on its heavier traffic iines, the road announced last night. The electrica¥ and mechanical apparatus used in the train-control system will be removed from the track and en- gines, and the former method of op- eration bv block signals resumed. The installation on the Lewistown branch, according to the road, was never intended to be permanent, but was put In merely for test and obser- vation purposes with a view to trying out various features of train control and developing and improving them. — Having no use for smokestacks be- cause it is propelled by Diesel oil- burning motors, the Swedish-Amerl- can liner Gripsholm has ‘‘dummy’ stacks in which it has placed its elevators, 31 1926—PART 1 CODLDGE PLAN AT BY NCARL RULIG Controler General Refuses to Approve $3 000 Park Commission Expenses. President Coolidge's plan to in- crease Government facilities for out- door recreation of the American peo- ple has hit a snag in the office of the Controller General of the United States, J. Raymond McCarl. The President's Co-ordinating Com- mission on National Parks and | tional Forests, and some allied offi- fals have bumped up against a dis allowance of $3,000 expenses by the Controller General, who held the money, due “Diamond G Ranch” in ! Wyoming, cannot te paid out of | appropriations for the Forest Service and Yellowstone National Park. The expense for a part of a tour made by the pfficlals in question were | for “use of 38 puck and saddle horBes, pack saddles and pack equipment, ! riding saddles and riding equ.pment, | bedding, tents, and all camp cquip- | ment and service moving camp as required for a party of ten persons. The trip of inspeciion was taken from August 7 to August 21 last year at the rate of $200 per duy. Says Expenses Unauthorized. The vouchers the forest had been approved by supervisor of the Wyom- ing district, and by the Director, Na- tional Park Service, and acting for-! ester, but were disallowed by McCarl | on the basis that there was no luui o “specifically ex-| penses.' ' The Co-ordinating Commission, | which was appointed by the Presi- | dent’s Committee on Outdoor Recrea- | tion, consisting of the Secretaries of | War, Interlor, Agriculture, Commerce and Labor, made one tour last Sum-' mer, during which they toured Yel- lowstone Natifonal Park and other Government reservations, it was e plained by an official close to the com- mission, and they had planned to| make another trip during the coming | Summer. The expense money objected to h)" authorize the McCarl were only a part of the ex penditures of the commission on the trip. it was explained. as others had been turned in on the basis of daily subsistence and traveling expenses. | Whether McCarl would also object to | this was not clear last night. Might Embarrass Work. It was thought likely the disallow- ance might seriously embarrass the work of the commission unless some way out of the dfficulty could be found. Officlals in charge had not as vet had time to study the decision, it | was safd last night. and could, there fore, mak ) suggestions to how the difficulty could be ironed out. 1 work of the commission, as stated In McCarl's decision, was mtlined in & resolution adopted by the President’s Committee on Outdoor Recreation, “providing for the creation of & commission to 1uves igate and re port on all profects under considera- | tion by the Departments of Interior i and Agriculture dealing with proposed ' enlargements or adfustments of na- tional parks or national forests which involved the two departments.” Commission Personnel. l commission consisted of Dr. | W. Temple, member of Con: | from Pennsylvania; Charles Sel- don, Maj. William A. Welch, U. S. A.; Col. W."A. Greeley, forester; T. Mather, director of the Park Service; Barrington Moore and Arthur Ringland. Public hearings were held in Wyoming, Arizona, New | Mexico and Colorado. and on October 19, 1925, the commission submitted it report to the chairman of the Dresi dent’s Committee on Outdoor Recrea- | i Tio ‘croation) of the commigalon | here involved,” said McCarl, was not uthorized by and neither of the | ppropriations from which it is pro- | posed to pay the claim specifically au- thorizes the expenses of a~commission | of this character.” McCarl’s action was said last night o have ne beiring on the Snuthern Appalachian National Park Commis- | Nivt, wiuen is ope.aiing under a spe- cial act of Congress last February, ap- propriating $20.000 for its services. NINE GALE-LASHEE SHIPS IN DISTRESS, TWO ARE WRECKED (Continued from First Page.) years,"” he protests. is to be done.” “Yes, but you have & wife and two children and not enough muscle," said the Roosevelt's officer. . “But 1 am thinking of the wives and children of the fellows over vonder,” the steward protested CREW PRAISED IN HOUSE. know what Resolution Offered to Thank Captain | and Men of Roosevelt. Expressions of appreciation for the heroic service of the crew of the liner President Roosevelt in rescuing | the crew of the British freighter| Antinoe were made in the House yes terday by Representative Tilson, Con- neciicut, Republican leader; Fish, Re- publican, New York, and Stephens, Republican, Ohio. Mr. Fish also introduced a resoiu- tion to express the thanks of Congress to Capt. George Fried and the crew of the Ropsevelt. TWO VESSELS WRECKED. Crew of One Ship Drifting in Liefboats Off Florida. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Janu- ary 30 (). —Two vessels were wrecked near Palm Beach by the gales that swept the Atlantle during Friday night, according to radio messages picked up at Rainbow Pier this after- noon. Efforts were belng made to rescue | part of a crew left adrift in lifeboats 12 miles southeast of here. The messages were received by the ! Palm Beach Radio Co. The steamship America picked up the captain and three of the crew of ' the ill-fated Tifton of Boston, a four-' masted schooner, which turned over in the gale, the master of the America, a Norwegian vessel, wirelessed. | He said the remainder of the crew were left in lifeboats. A later message said he will land the rescued sailors at Havana. His message expressed the hope that the drifting crew may be sawed. The tugboat Endurance was wreck- ed 6 miles out, according to a radio message from the America. All of the crew were saved, he sald. The tug was left with all lights shqwing. gan Gus Jordan'a “cowhoys of the sea” prepared, immediately after the messages were received, to go after the crew that was adrift. el il i T A Gilbert Moran has reached Boston after walking the entire distance from Nome, Alaska. The hike occupied two years and extended through 42 States. | over the ! WILL ADVISE ON DESIGN OF MODEL HOMES | | NNGUNCE MODEL | i | HOME SITES SOON Committee to Give Out Loca- tions for The Star’s Dem- onstrations Soon. unde Engi A The supervisory commit the chairmanshi neer Commi Wheeler, in locations for demonetration wil chosen in the 1 Since the £ 25 su d cations submitted by huilder ash. ington, Maryland and Virgi this | committee has toured the and | suburbs inspecting the sites and tak-| ing data in regard to their desirability. Careful study is belng given to this question, as it is desired that the loca tion of exch type of house to be bu < placed in w section of the which is not only acce 1o atest number of peop 1150 would interest the greatest number of persons in that vielnity. Every effort will be made to place| these model homes in such ions of the city and suburbs as will give | all the residents of the city an oppor- | tunity to visit them. Will Name Architects. Immediately selecting r's Adeal hor mounce the =i the selections of lhc' sites and the builders have been an- nounced, the advisory committee of the Washington Chapter of the Am ican Institute of Architects will point the individual architects who are to design the various types to their commission. The architects thus api visit the location and study it thor- oughly with respect to the type be erected and also to ehe desizn of | architecture most appropriate for the | type and location. Every effort will be made by these architects to bring out the aeme of artistic design coms. | mensurate with the type they work on .Immediately the individual archi tects have completed their design the urchitect’s advisory comittee will look plans and submit them to the builders for their inspection and | suggestion In order that the best construction, practicability and artistic des} be attained the architects will with the huilders and in co will work out the necessary details before proceeding with the erection of the bulldings. The process of de slgning and completing the planning of the model homes will occupy a period of approximately a month Immediately this part of the under- taking is accomplished the erection of the houses will start. The actual con- struction and complete furnishing of sinted will | the houses from draperies to window | boxes and landscaping should take about three months, and will result in the completion of the homes by the | end of May. Open During Construction. While the homes themselves will not be fully completed before about the end of May they will be open to the public for inspection so that every detail and phase in the erection of these homes may he studied Ly the people at large. Each step in con- struction will be fully explained and described in The Star. Directions will be given as to how to reach the various sites by automo- bile and street car and all approaches to the building will be properly con- ditioned so' that the public will suffer no inconvenience while visiting the homes during course of construction The Star will make every effort to in- form the public the type of the various materials that go into the houses, and | every detail of the model homes will be given out so that the undertaking may serve not only as an incentive to home owning and the beautification of residences in Washington, but as an educational feature to the many thou- sands of persons interested in pur- chasing their own homes. BREWERY IS RAIDED. Nine Arrested and 25 Barrels of Beer Seized, CHICAGO, January 30 (#).—Nine men were arrested today and 25 bar- rels of beer were seized in a raid by prohibition agents on the Pfeiffer brewery. Five men escaped after a lookout had fired a shot of warning. Beveral sawed-off shotguns were found in the brewery. During the day Federal Judge Adam C. Ciiffe also issued temporary injunc- tions against 6 private residences, 12 soft drink parlors, a drug store and a road house, restraining those named from violating the proaibition laws. WILL TEACH JOURNALISM. Two Selected for Courses at Knox College. GALESBURG, Ills., January 30 (#). —President Albert Britt, tormer editor of Outing and seyeral Munsey publi cations, and Walter W, Whipple, managing editor of the Evening .\Fnu here, will have charge of the journal- ism courses at Knox College the com- ing semester, it was announced today. Harold Welch, head of the depart- | handle: M. D. WHITMAN ment, reslfined to go into newspape: work in New York. Dr. Britt will have charge of the advanced courses and Mr. Wipple the elementary and practical work, Advisory committee of the Wash- ‘ngton chapter of the American Insti- | tute of Architects for The Star’s mod- el homes demonstration. Upper left: Horace hairman; upper right, municipal_architect; center left, . Murphy;_center right, J. H. W. Peaslee, ris, Fred Albert L. Har- | PLANES GAN REAGH POLE, BYRD THINKS Leader of Arctic Party Says He Is Convinced of Their Practicability. By the Associated Prese Convinced by his commander of the Navy section of th MacMillan expedition last that exploration of the Arctic by &ir craft is practical, Lieut. Comdr. Rich ard E. Byrd, retired, is to lead an in dependent ve gions this vear for scientific obser possibly n flight to the 1'ois avy is not to be 2 nected with the expedition, whici: to be financed with the aid of promi nent Americans, among whom are John D. Rockefeller, jr., Vincent Astor and I At Jects 1 be some: similar, not overate in competition with the expedit of the Detroft Aviation Societs h plans to hop off this Spring from Point Barrow, Alaska, for the North Pole, nor with the con ond effort of Amundsen, in explorer, to visit the Arctic by air. Outlines Position, Outlining his position in a state | ment vesterday, Comdr. Byrd sald: { 3 cement of the plans for an experience Summer expedition into those to the North Polar somewhat prema- as none of the dets a experie is have yet My gious last in the Arctie re inced me of the ent of explora tion by airerafi of this sectiom of the world that hitherto has been avse sibl “Fin by a we il support has beer pleaged umber of private cltizens énd are now trying to reach a de. sion as to whether an airship or sie cially designed pianes give the %st assurance of a successful outcome of the venture. “The e%pedition has no conmection with any others that are in contem- plation and has no ‘commercial back- ing’ in a strict sense of the word, be ing an undertak that will be financed and mana by private in divid | " “My plane do not put me in com- petition with the Detroit expedition The Detroit expedition has a splendid leader in Capt. Wilkins and should give 4 good account of itsell.” de Sebour; lower, Nathan C. Wyeth. BRITISH EVACUATE GERMAN TERRITORY Lowering of Unioin Jack Is End of Occupation, Which Began in 1918. By the Assoc COLO January 30.— A historic tovk place today in the lowering of the British flag over British headquarters at the Excelsior denoting the end of British %c In place of the Union Ja rmany, f the allies’ | had kept Versailles ed to un of the by the ceording and 1918 ¢, the long desired 1ily only faint in- f the citizens, le feature ‘was the Curious event stirred appa terest in the hear its remark; almost comple ne of a Day. ' was raised by the ritish anthem was a feeble display of immediate ing. Ont just_the whole the m od of the build- the British it was and the ppointing show for men turning r machines fey a modest athering of Germans hing a small company of imiper- bable Shropshire lads making his tory One real sign of the evacuation was mpany of the B antry, headed by their band, after the ceremony, to the station on the way to Wiesbaden. A number of British officials and_citi- zens witnessed the function and fol- lowed the flag to the station Legal Date to Be Decided. Although Cologne is officially in the hands of the Germans, the actual le sal date for the transfer still has to be determined by the ambassadors’ council and is expected to be in the mddie of February, but the precise date depends on legal and financial adjustments. A blg demonstration for the citizens to rejoice in their new liberty has been arranged for Sunday evening in : Cathedral Square. At midnight eat new bell of the cathadral will be rung, and all the bells of the cit will join in. Ober-Burgomaster Ade- nauer will address the citizens from the cathedral steps, and his speach will be relaved and broadcast in Ber- lin. Monday will be a holiday for all the school b on MARRIED; FORMER WIFE ALSO WEDS = Tennis ExtChampion and Lucilla De Vescovi, Concer Singer, Wed in Massachusetts, By the Assoclated Press BROOKLINE, Mass., January 30.— Malco!m D. Whi'man, former Unitea States tennis champion, was married here today to Lucilla De Vescovi, daughter of the former Baroness Elisa Cleria of Trieste, France, and now of Rome, Italy. The bride is a concert soprano and has been studying and singing in New York the last few years. ‘The marriage was performed at Ra- vensknowle, the estate of the bride groom’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil lem Whitman. Mr. Whiunan practiced law for many years in New York, but recently ioined the textile firm of William ‘Whitman and Co, Inc, as vice president in charge of the New Yark office Pietro de Vescovi, professor of natural sclence in the University of Rome. Simultaneously news came from 8an Francisco that Whitman's former wife, Jennie Crocker Whitman, mar- ried Robert B. Henderson, president of the Pacific Portland Cement Company. She s a sister of Templeton Crocker, the composer, and was divorced from Whitman in Parls last Summer. * ceremony. | His wife's futher was the late | ! Knows Both Machines. | Comadr. yrd is €quipred e | command an expedition vy igibie lor by airplane, as he is gualifed in In 1921 he went to be on the navig: dirigible on jts filg t that ecra 1 flight. Iu f planes f and because of lis « ted to head ne ffy- MacMillan expedi- sev | nected officially with the expedit ay fur me engine: e ish' = aircraft and | Comdr. Byrd | ington on t ! | Although the Navy will not be c | | may N who is in Wash- , to the trip. hand. Comd ve to head th n On the Byrd may i 'PX])E‘dA(]rr' | response to que ¥ ’(h t such a reque ould be granted { The Sec added, however {he hoped dition wou jleave until d been thor- nd it was com all contin erday The object to expl primary of the unde: will be [ Spitzberger especially is f 1 possible to {leave here by April. An alternative, |in case the departure cannot be made before August, is o go to Etah, es tablish winter quarters, and hop off |in the Spring of 1927. | Will Have Four Flyers. | Comdr. Byrd expects to have four as the ship and gro sary. It is his hoy Flovd aterbury, Vt., to accompany n the MacMillan Benneit has been in avia he enlisted in 1917. 6 vears old and tor since 1 Winchester, Va., and Zlect Harry pedition tion work Comd. has been a His home is in he is a brother Flood Byrd ! His spirit of adventure was indi cated when at 12 years of age he made a trip mnd the world alone He holds the Medal of Honar for life saving and el ons for service verformed over and above the call of duty. He was retired for disability in | 1916, due to injuries sustained in an accident in line of duty, but since then has been on active duty muck of the time, his services heing utilized in special fi by Bureau « | Aero ics, ARCTIC PLAN S SHIPPED. i“’ill Be Taken to Final Tests. HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N. J, January 30 (®).—The Foller mon. planes in which the Detroit Arcti ! expedition will hop off in March {a polar flight were shipped to from the plant of the Atluntic Afr plane Corporation | One of the planes has a wing spread of 74 feet and will be pro | pelled by three Wright motors. The {other, with a spread of 54 feet, is equipped with one Liberty motor. When the planes reach their destination at Seattle, Wash., they will be forwarded by water to Seward, Alacka, and thence by rail to Fairhanks, Alaska, where they will be set up and tested. Pilots of the expedition will take them to Point Barrow from which the flight is scheduled on March 21. MOTHER LEAVES BABY WITH STRANGER HERE Child Given New York Police by Woman, Who Says She Was Asked to Hold It. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, January 80.—Mrs Fanny Griffin, negro, of 240 South First street. Brooklyn, today turned over to police of the Bedford Ave- nue station a 4-month-old negro boy who was left with her by a strange negro woman Friday in the Union Station at Washington, D. C.. ac- cording to the police. Mrs. Griffin’s train started for New York before the unidentified | mother came back to get her child, &0 she hroneht the Infant “long with imer, Mrs. Griffin said. Police picced the baby boy in care of the city nursery and communicated with ‘Washingtop police in an effort to locate the mother. | Authorities here were unable 1« | suggest the dentity of the baby re- ported carrfed to New York. No re- iports of missing babies hive been made Lo the police, it was stated Alaska for rail