Evening Star Newspaper, February 4, 1926, Page 17

NEW SWEDISH MINISTER pointed representativ irriving in New York y Wallenberg. PRIMA DONNA POSE Company posing as ARRIVES. of Sweden in Washington, and Mme. terday. The new Minister succeeds € Wollmer Bostrom, newly ap- Bostrom ‘apt. Axel Copyright by P. & A. Photos. FOR SCULPTOR FROM VIENNA. Elizabeth in the opera “Tannhau ser.” now has a New York studio. CENTRAL BOOSTS ORATORY CONTEST, 3,000 Pupils at High School Rally Inspired by Talk of Director Leigh. ex eld this morn- | form of an opening rally terest of the third national ¢ ervises Dispatch to The St Va., Feb RICHMOND, Liquor seized in the jail at o be used as evider several days ago. of wire and co th quor gurg the prisoners got arunk One of them had a sumed Mme. Jail Spree, With | Musicand Dancing Destroys Evidence officers and placed uisa Courthouse. ce, dlsapy Prisoners in some way got a ples xed one of th t which a tin cup ¢ d under the jug as it w d cur, and as and Jeritza of the Metropolitan The sculptor is Victor Frisch of Vienna, who contest and the first wratorfeal contest. The scope and pur woses of the movement and a full slanation of the detalls of t ontest, which Is a wd in a W Washngton she prinet distrct by The plained by /. Miller, and nul director mani arly »f the con rested on pupfls Asseml 1 being sponsor- | authort- | the there bootleggers supplied music for en, Others danced. Now agalnst the cheduled for trial & is no local natfonal and international. Bm- phasis was placed on the fact that xperfence in conducting the contests snstrated the fact that pre | sratorical training was not neces- sary to make ditable showing tles generall; the <0 fur registered this year test would bx Central’s Enviable tate in partie ual event lendar Prot. Mill xperience stants win or to e t the full determina the shington with the school eld o broad, - 1he final in Washington on Octobe tional finals T ston on June ind national finalists rapean nses pald. 1 his remarks, Mr. arfous features this att ketching gh mentioned touring party, the fin; would v ke leading vpoints of neral frmrest in ¥ nany, Hoiland, Be! wnd. He touched alue of the tour « splendid cultu subsequent college Other Opportur sts. ies r of represent- vl the the educational | declaring it to be| 11 background for | training. | or, fact, in g: honors in the com In his closing ren: led attention to the a result largest and in the ¢ 2 also cal | ness and {und to th indivic [ emtation of ‘tho oration st |71 wish every boy 1 to cateh the spirit his splendid comp Record, ir the big an ue of the awnrds this dvantages al in the preparation and pr Star's Territory Districted. rhe Washing! will be districted as fol Each public high scho. ct of Columbia itself, m amplon will r ie of the sther con ged pu- | tr this | trict to bring | The cl ategory $£100 in esenting | trict of Columbi ings to | one district. ced | trict will be $10u prize All the high schools, publlc | and Montgome Montgom A prize of $100 also will be | this distrl All { public, private and ps paroch| in Prince ¢ and Charles all seven he taken ex the | vate and parochial schools in th be grouped into in the high rochial, in Lou territory soven districts. school this pri- Dis- this dis will count as one dfstrict. offered in schools, ed | doun, Arlington, Falrfax and Prince William cc s and in in Virginia, w emphs h prize of §100 of n tour, fac! e Ot dition, the winner of the ct and of The Washington Star’ top | will recelve a cash prize of a place in the national with all expenses paid. Stressed. | in closing, the speaker referred to|From the Kansas City Times. the fine ontest as a openings in esult affo expressing of . the able and Iutensive Constitution of the United «f the great ypport forded ambitious pupils to gain valu- ded ool Wty by the af- tates and | divination or Alexandr I count as on finals, automatically carries with it the priv- ilege of making the IlSuropean district, ill, therefore, be 10 districts ashington Star's contest, the winner in each recefving §100. mpionship In ad- territory 60 and a whi tour The Occult Sciences. | The name occult was given in the pride |middle ages to those “sclences” that were supposed to be subject %to the tion or influence of hidden qualities or nowledge of the|supernatural powers, such as magie, fortune telling, fundamentals of the mancy, alchemy and astrology. necro- In American Government, as well as the |[modern times the expression ‘occult opportunity of wi ning «ud dlgtingdon 1n forens recognition ' sclences” has becn appli endeavor, of mystigim and gEelaric Rallvsophy . private | +{ mot being completed by Sculptor Beng 'OR POTOMAC PARK. This work, del Piatta of New York, will be erected, probably this Summer, in Potomac Park along the river and near Copyright by P. & A. Photos. Opera Wide World Photo. \EXTRADITION ASKED IN GRAVE BREAKING Return of Broker From Florida Sought—Body in Wrecked Car Declared Stolen ciated Pres: BINGHAMTON, Yo 4.—Extradition Fred broker, v charge February Beale, violating o | smetery, of on for {binco Brokerage Co. has been missing | since September 28, when his auto- mobtle, wrecked and burned, was found at the foot of an embankment nenr Hancock. A body, belleved to have been that of the broker, was found in the car, but police haited services when it was found e charred corpse was that of H. Davis, dead six months. | had heen violated in the | 0se to the scene of (hr-J accident | District Attorney A. E. O'Connor | of Hobart present a formal ap-| | plication for extradition, probabiy to- morrow at Albany | After Beale dlsappearance police learned that he hud collected $1.600 in Monticello and about a month earlier had taken out a life {nsurance | policy for $10,000, with double In- | deminity in case of accldental death. CONVICTED OF FRAUD. Four Found Guilty in+ Morosco | Company Case. NEW YORK, February 4 (). Four men were convicted last night of mail fraud in the sale of Morosco Holding Co. securities. They are George R. Bentel, Benjamin Leven, | william €. Amos and George Dorr. he cquitted Aibert | Blum_ of charge. Indlct ments against two other defendants, rge Hynson and G. H. Plerce, = trinl, which lasted more cks, Oliver Morosco, as witnees, testified that itlre fortune in the com- had been formed to pro his theatrical projects. It was charged that investors lost $2,000,000 through the sale of stock. Notie intentfon_to appeal was glven by counsel for Bentel, who was formerly president of the company. SINGERS ARE WANTED. "Aug'meuted Chorus Planned for I“Lf’henxfln" by Washington Opera | Voice trinls to select singers for a | greatly augmented chorus for the opera “Lohengrin,” which will be sung by the Washington Opera are telng held today and tomorrow at 1814 G street by Edouard Albion. Mr. Alblon hopes to give the opera as Wagner intended, which requires the use of a huge chorus. In some parts of the opera four separate cho- r quired. In particular, Mr. {and the whole the railroad bridge. KE! PING DRY WITH MR. VOLSTEAD. amendment (left) in Washington to urge th He is the champion boy rifle shot of the world. Gordon Apgar, 13, of Daytona Beach, Fla., who captured the title at the annual sportsmen’s show in Madison Square Garden, New York. Copyright by P. & A. Photos The author of the prohibition discontinuance of the use of rubbing alcobol. The director of prohibition, James E. Jones, was under the umbrella with Mr. Volstead when the photograph By the Associsted Press DETROIT, Mich., Febraury 4.—The moviegoing public is tired of “gsex plctures; it wants old-fashioned melo- drama with plenty of comedy relief clean as a whistle.” This was the united opinion of pro- ducers, distributors and exhibitors meeting here for the formation of the American Cinema Assoclation, an or- ganization for handling pletures from thel Inception to thelr exhihition of the reasons advanced ormation of the new assoclatio os expalined by A. J. Moeller of De: trolt, its president, {s to give exhib. itors a volce in the selection of terlal for screening for a- | {tlon to taken. Wida World Photo {Public Wants Melodrama and Comedy, {BIRTHS SHOW HUGE Olympic Captain ot Sex Pictures, Cinema Men Think ! motion pictures, the president ex: ed, is a primary object The distributing interests of the as- soctation are represented by 32 branch offices in principal citles of the - try. Affillated with the company trom the producing fleld are the Da vid Hartford Productions and allied Interests. Affillation of efght other independent producers will be considered later by ctors, Moeller sai f the assc elle Detrot, vice pre Detroit, secretary, ski, Detrot, 1 Ixecutive offices will ba tn Datroit in- in_addi n P, W oiff, J. Blake, ard Lesz- with general offices {n New York ard an office in Los Anceles. Tha studio of the David Hartford Productions, Inc., {n Detrolt, will be maintained, but most of the pictures will be made in Hollywood. $1,000,000 AIRPORT SITE SOUGHT BY EDSEL FORD Through the American Cinema or- ganization, its members hope lo de flate fllm prices. Protection and ad vancement of independence in the pro- duction, distribution and exhibition of | CHECKS YEARS OLD FOUND IN DEAD DOCTOR’S DESK $3,000 in Cash and Paper Guarded by Policeman at Home of Dr. Bigelow. 1ated Press. TER, Mass. February 4. policeman today stood guard at the desk of Dr. Charles E. Bigelow, widely known in this section for his charity, because of the dlsgovery that the desk contained $3,000 in cash and undeposited checks. Dr. Bigelow dfed Monday. day his attorney Yester- opened the desk. {Many of the checks, made out by patients, ago. The physiclan had a wide practice among uli classes. He had the repu- tatlon of never sending a bill. There are no immediate relatives. The attorney who opened the desk had drawn up a will. Dr. Bigelow, who was in his sev- enty-second year, served as chairman of the Leominster Board of Health for vears. were dated several years WIN CHILDREN'S THEATER. Turkish Women’s Union Victor in Fight for Special Films. CONSTANTINOPLE, February 4 (P).—The Turkish Women’s Union, the first organization of its kind in Moslem Asia, has just won a fight for special motion pictures for chil- dren. Through the influence of the | union the managers of ail motion pic- !ture houses in Constantinople have agreed to co-operate in the building of a special movie theater for children, and after its completion children less than 16 years old will be barred from | all other movie houses in the city. Until this project is reallzed one of the existing theaters will show =pe- cial programs on certain days. Freedom by Installment. Near Burma, India, there is still a section move is under way to allow the slaves there to buy their freedom. They will be allowed to pay on the instaliment plan. This is the only place in the British empire where slavery of hu i BN paiate: where slavery exists, but a | i |ruary 4 (@) 1,000-Acre Purchase in Indiana Sanctioned——Seeks 400 More at Chicago. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 4—sale of 1,000 acres in Hammond, Ind., to Ed- sel Ford for the probable site of a Chicago alrport and factory center, | has been sanctioned by Judge E. Miles Morton in the Lake County, Ind., Cir-| cuit €ourt. Action looking to the pur-. chase of 400 acres more in Cook Coun ty (Chicago), adjoining the 1,000, also was taken. At the same time a petition was | filed for permission to sell a narrow tract to the Sinclair Pipeline Co., so that a direct ofl line to the field may be installed. More than $1,600,000 is expected to be the total involved in the purchases of the two tracts. MlLI-.S MOURN WOOD. Flags at Half-Staff in Model Vil- lage Magnate Bullt. SHAWSEEN VILLAGE, Mass., Feb- —TFlags of American Wool- en Co. mills here and of all textile mills in Andover and Lawrence are at half- staff for William M. Wood, former president of the company. The body of Mr. Wood, who com- | mitted suicide at Daytona Beach, Fla., Tuesday, is being shipped to Andover for burial in the West Parish Ceme- tery Sunday. This village is the model community which Wood built for his mill workers at a cost of $20,000,000. Custom Not Wanted. From the London Post. The wee Scots lad was in the habit of entering the village baker'’s shop and asking the proprietress there to glve him two ha’pennies for a penny. This continual request so irritated the lady behind the counter that one day, losing her temper, she scolded him and told him not to return. The young Highlander readjusted his bon- et on his head and sald gravely: “Michty! It'sa ‘wunner tae me how A0 K9oP YOI QUSRS CAl 5 SLAYER AT LEXINGTON, KY. The militin of the riding in tanks and armed with machine guns, prevents attempts to lvnch Ed Harris, « n the murder of three persons. te of Kentacky, ? ro charged with The prisoner was tentenced to death just 16 minutes after the trial opened LIVINGSTON CHAPTER OF D. A. R. GIVES A BIRTHDAY PARTY. The Daughters of the American Revolution met at the Grace Dodge Hotel last night and celebrated the anniversary of their organization. Left to right: Princess Zitkala-Sa of the Sioux tribe, Mrs. Ravmond B. Dickes. Mrs. Chester Aduir and Mrs. Wayne B. Wheeler. . : DECLINE IN BRITAIN| Thawed From Suit B[}DY UFTUMN sk ot )N FURNACE By the Assoctated P NEW YORK braa 4 — or snowstorn: Heavy tax- | itrition and birth ntly Heavy Taxation, Insufficient Nu-| trition and Birth Control | Blamed O'FLAHERTY he Star apd € | Police to Question Hushand. | 73. Arrested on Request of Children. BY HAL By Cable to LONDON, February 4 ation, Insufficie control ara h for the for which ago Daily gating hoard in responsible! which rate Wales hours, 1 iree stewards thaw uniform, in which he had remained for five . before they re. move it. During the I dropped to 18.3 per thousand of popu- | lation, as compared with 187 finj France. While the number of births decreased, the number of marriages | remains practically the same as be- | fore the war, indlcating that the| | number of children per marriage has | declined by one-fourth | The Rev. James Marchant, secre- | tary'of the National Birth Rate Com- migsion, de ed today that the 1- ing birth rate had a terribly adverse | Committee Will Be Named to In-| effect upon the commerce and litera- | - e ture of the nation, owing to the fact | vestigate Alleged Official that the decrease was oceurring | Connivance among skilled workmen and profes- | sional elements and in the cducated | and wealthier section¥ of the com- munity. This, he feels, is dua to the crush- | ing burden of taxation, the heavy cost of education and late marrfages. It means, he declares, a preponderance | somie the wi- {of births amons tie fecble-minded, |7 ToF sow h die Enowd the criminal and the unemployable, | 248 anadian | 3 with the consequent lowering of the | 80V : i e the | mon _called whole national life. House Com- | something Socleties which are interested in He said England’s social regeneration plan a ilhi‘ baserer, series of meetings to snquire into the furnac the underly wses. One orgoni- zation declares that the lower birth | rate is due to the lack of fertility duced by fmproper ok of | ! nutrition and wrd | (Copyright, 1026, by Chicago Daily News Co.) BIG BEN, HARVARD CLOCK, PASSED OUT AFTER SPREE Timepiece on Memorial Hall Tow- er Is in Disgrace for Actions After Years of Sobriety. By the Assoclated Pres | | CAMBRIDGE, Mass., February 4.— Harvard's “Big Ben,” the clock in the tower of Memorial Hall, is in dis- graee. The timepiece has gone on a spree after vears of sobriety, b For three days Ben has been acting queerly, but the crowning misbehav- lor came vesterday. Horologist Wal- | ford went up to see what was wrong. He took along a bottle of something or other, gave a little to the clock, |and straightway things began to hap- | oldes custod So | wife was | Ainally asserted visit that CHARGES OF SMUGGLING STIR CANADIAN HOUSE |3 By the Associated Press OTTAW., O Februs “harges that smuggling on ale from the 4 across Canadian border has been going large mons The government's motion for journment of the House until 5 was opposed stubbornly day by the Conservative oppositio which seeks a committee investi tlon into the charzes. H. H. Steven trade and comme ative administrati | charges Tuesday, he minister of customs, G. H. Boivin, has prom- ised to appoint 2 committee at once. e “Mother is away PLAYS DOMINOES AT 100. SR The police said they were not | Centenarian to Continue 20-Year fied with Solomon's explanatio | Contest on Birthday would place some charge ag: I £ necessary to hold him for questior ing the {the body tion the sons call The children said their parents ha zer sons sajd when they came home from school : noon for lunch thelr father told ther CENTRAL FALLS, R. I, February 4 (®).—Leprelet M. Logee will cele- brate his one hundredth birthday to- morrow by continuing his domino tournament with Henry Gallaghes The tournament has been in progre: for 20 vea during which they have played 14,000 games. Gallagher has two-game lead, which his centenarian | rival hopes to wipe out on his birth- day. Logee was born at Burrillville, became a textile operative at 12 and retired to play dominoes when 77. . Flattery to Him. From the London Tit-Bits. Manager (about to give clerk a le ture)—Mr. Jones, of late your work has been very perfunctory. Clerk—I've been working here for three months now,.sir, and though T've tried my best, that’s the first bic of praise I have recefved since T came hexe, Thank you, sl RITES FOR MRS. WALTER. | Services Held for Native of Ge: many Who Died at Age of 85 Funeral services for Mrs. John 1. Walter, 85 years old, who died at he: residence, 1328 Thirty-fourth street Monday, were conducted at Peck Me | morial Chapel thiss afternoon at & | o’clock. Rev. Irving W. Ketchum pastor of the chapel, officiated. I terment in Cedar Hill Cemetery Born in Strashu Germany, Mrs | Walter came to this city in 1% and {had lived here continuously since | that time. She iy survived by one son, John L. Walter; two daughters Mrs. James F Reynolds and Mrs. Elzabeth Wells: 20 grandchildren and W great-grandehidica. n. The hands leaped from 1145 to| 42:80, hesitated, and reeled to 8:30. Here they abandoned the last vestige | of dignity and Charlestoned back and | forth between 3:20 and 4 o'clock. | Tired at last, Ben flopped to 12:30 as | neighboring clocks sounded 1, and there the hands stuck. Walford plans to let him sleep it off today. Then he'll resume the in- At i