Evening Star Newspaper, February 11, 1926, Page 17

LIKE A BIT snow OF LACE. ene like the fine after the taken vesterday afternson. Washington. HOPING THAT THE COAL resentatives McKeown and Carter ings of Oklahoma, Capitol steps vesterday. BILL FIREMENS Then, in LEAVES CANCELED Snow Creates and Auto Thieves Become Active. Tha record snowfall erveated an emergency of the District Commissioners. The city heads, acting on reports from Fire Chief George S. Watson, have suspended the 24-hour leave granted each week 1o members of the Fire Pepartment. The unusual caused by the heavy snow has heen aggravated by an unusual amount of sickness among the District fire-fight ers. Chief Watson told the Commis- sioners 45 firemen are now on the sick list, while 115 are off « ve every day of the week. He added thai an effort will be made to make up the leave lost by firemen when con ditions become normal While thousands of were kept off the city snow and ice conditions of in the opinion b tay The Capitol in the background work of a lace § STRIKE MAY Conholly of Pennsylvania Emergency‘? vesterday | situation | woven into a ttern, 1 fall o The photograph was snow of the ceason in heavi, BE_SETTLED. homa. Wilson of Louisiana, Stea and Byrns of Tennessee buil of Okl the House, |Russia to Move | Alout Tribe From Stricken Islands By the Aseociated Pr VLADIVOSTOK, February The Siberian revolutionary | mittee made arrange transfer the entire tribe of Alouts, inhabiting Kommander lands in | mainlax | xith fhumting enpipment | 11— com and foed for one vear he Soviet government has found that this race, which is a branch of the Eskimo family, is in danger of extinetion because of the severe conditiong on the islands, 1t was on one of the Kommander Islands that Vitus Rering. the Danish navigator. who was noted for his discoveries in the north Pacific Ocean, perished with the members of his expedition in 1741, Bering Sea, Rering Strait and Bering Island on which he was lost, were named in honor of the navigator, who while in the service of Rus: was the first person 1o prove ~ Asia and America awere separated ELDRIDGE AFTER Just to show that they talked of the coal strike. AMERICAN SEA HEROES HONORED. ficially repre. Britain. States liner Pre ting Great i ident Roosevelt for his fine work in resc Iehild tright). of- Fried of the United 2 the crew of Capt. hanking Capl 25 men from the British steamer Antinoe during a raging storm a coal shortage ex gall of Alahama, Thomas and Hast- t a fire of copies of old hillx on the Wide World Photo CRASHES AFTER “SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT.” “eliminate 90 per cent of airplane accidents by a Frenchman to smashed at Villacoullay after what BRITISH LDIERS LEAVING lined the streets of the ancient towr COLOGNE. n to watch the of arture of England’s Thousands persans Army of Occupation. the last of the Tommies 1o leave the Rhineland This helicopter, designed was flight.” Acme was termed “a perf, t test 4 Ph PREPARING FOR “AN EVENING OF MUSIC University making the decorations for their gymnasiu m, where ed attraction of the evening of February 22, Washington's birthday. The stugents are will he a feat oN of Gre lament. AT MOUNT VERNON.” ing the entertainment. which promites to he a novelt | *Cold” Vain Alibi For Drunk Who A plea that he was overcome by the cold failed as an alibi in Po- lice Court today for James Jones, colored, charged with intoxication, and he was ordered by Judge Isaac R. Hitt to pay a fine nf £10 A policeman =ald the court that Jones had heen arrested la 4 mer the same charge and had <!A!Dd at that time he was over- come by the heat Jones was pulled out of a snow- drift ~ vestarday. the policeman stated DR, PEARSON New Maryland President Conducts Land Grant Col- leges’ Meeting Here. THE WAY TO PARLIAMENT. VISITS | proposed UNIVERSITY DEANS Britain en route to the House of Lord: Carriage of the King and Queen for the opening of Par- The photograph shaws the Queen’s side of the state coach. o bs P. & A Students of George Washington 'An Evening of Music at Mount Vernon roduc- Washtogton % ‘GERRY BILL FOUGHT wid “Hor” Before - B ICHIGAN PARK Change Would Work Harm ]Citizens Fear Juvenile Court The | sociat | street proved, which po Court might seven AT triet er: Fear was expressed applied fenders.” approved increas District Supreme Cot pressing assessment o owners who fall in ar to Children. Michigan Park Citiz n. meeting at northeast in princ provides nst < and functions of the J to the District Supreme ( that w change made accorded handl older and hs The associatio that clau: se the numbe; ast night e, «the Gor be to Hit. pred a Assessment Penalty of cent gainst ars esolution was disapproval 8 per government penalty > Dis in the pay WIFE OF ANTINO| CAPTAIN GREETS HIM UPON ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND. She was the first person to meet skipper of the sunken British steamer when the S. S. President Roosevelt, with the rescued crew of the Antinoe, docked at Plymouth. After a six-day battle with an Atlantic storm, the crew of the Antinoe was taken from the sinking vessel by the heroic sailors of the President Roosevelt. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. ment of their share. 50 per cent, for street paving in front of their erty. Four per cent was der be enough Aautomobile thieves continued H)».(‘ sotivity, although those drivers wh Braved the leahound pavements ware | unusually eautlous. Four automo Dr. Raymond Allen Pearson, ne Iv elected president of the University of Maryland. visited the seat of the YOUTHFUL DRIVERS, blles were reported sivien vesterday. The car of Dr. Matthew . Don hue, 1717 Thirty-fifth street. was stolen from Thirty.sixth and M streets. while the antomobile of W E. Kerper of Forestv 1d stolen from Fourth and S streets E. F. Clark of the Black and White Taxfeab Co. reported the taking of an automobile belonging panv from in front of 1438 T street, while John M. Pritchett, 1408 K street, sald his car was stolen from in front of that address Only one accident was police yesterd: Mrs Lend. 65 vears old, of street was hruised ahont when strick by an antomobile driven by Charles A. Sparks of 331 Colum bia road. at the intersection of Four- teenth and Girard sireets ADAMS IS QUIZZED. Wheat Body Omcer Examined for Libel Suit Against Ford. SPOKANE,. Wash., Febroary (). —Testimany concerning the or- ganization of the Washington Wheat Growers' Association. was given v terday by A. (. Adams, secretary of the organization. in making an affi- Aavit use in Aaron Sapiros mi Hon-dollar libel suit against Hen Ford. Under reported to Madeline Mc 1827 itrard the legs cross-examination by Wil- lam Henry “ llagher of Detroit, reprezenting Sapiro. Adams denied Pite organized the Washington assocla- tion. He acted as counsel for the asscelation, Adams sald, but was not paid for his nization plan. He also denied the accuracy of a state- ment In an article in the Dearborn Independent. Ford's paper. saying the assoclation was “dead” in June. 1924 Direct examination. which eccupied A large Rart of the forenoon, was con- ducted by Ward H. Choate of De- troit, Fords attornew. was | to the com-| 11 W||I Check Up on Ages of High | Schoo! Boys Holding Permits. Eldridge to. initiate a throughout tomorrow | Trafic Director M. O. {day anncunced he il sweeping investigation Washington high schools to determine how muny, if school students’ possess driv mits which they by { resenting th: . Director Eldridge vestigation under the {Inspector E. W. Brown of the Traffic Burean. Inspecior Brown says he will send a tr officer to each of | the high schools tomorrow to com pare the ages given the traffic burean by high sch students h drivers’ permits with those thev Ziven the schaol authorities The action is a result of a sugges- tion made by Assistant Superintend. | ent of Schools Stephen E. Kramer that he would welcome the co-operation of traffic officials in stamping out jov- | riding among high school students. | Mr. Kramer estimates that half of the high school students are under 16 * per- secured misrep. has pl supervision of have appropriate action be faken agains lany who have misrepresented their ages to traffic officials in order to se- cure a permit to drive an automobile. The fine for misrepresentation of age on the part of an applicant for a driver's permit is $25 to $300, or 10 mit. Tn order to be better equipped to solve educational problems in her posi tion as president of the city hoard of education. Mrs. Lena P. Crouse of San Diego has completed a four-year course at the State eului& high | ed the in: | ing | vears of age, and he is anxious that | days in jail and revocation of the per- | PUBLISHERS PROTEST COMMISSION RULING | Declare Dlsmlssal Motion of Rail- roads Was Based on Errors. The American Newspaper Publish- ers’ Association renewed its attempt to get the Interstate Com- merce Commission to consider second- ass postal rates and Post Office De- | partment methods in handling its bustness. The ussociation filed brief protesting thé recent order the commission. which refused to low the ation to intervene pending p! edings for fixing charges carriers ma ke for handling the mails. While the commission gave no rea- | son for declining the publishers’ | original petition. the brief declaged | that a motion in hehalf of the | roads asking its dismissal was “based {on errors of fact and law." The rail- | rond had denied the association had | *any interest or participation™ in the | matter of pay for carrying mails, This denial was declared in the brief instance of rever- “to the dis- doctrine of the public be damned’ in respect to a question in which the public’s interest is more vital than that of any individual, as- socfation or corporation.” The brief insisted that the commis- sion had full authority to consider the issues raised by the assoclaton, and that the Post Office Department's method of transacting husiness should be investigated in the light of the In- quiry into cost of railroad service. vesterday A drop of her blood heneath a rose- | | t | she danced with him |Ford Is Fine Old-Fashioned Dancer, Knows Steps Perfecllv, Expert Says By the Associated Pres NEW YORK, February 11.—Henry Ford is nothing short of “marvelou as a dancer, in the opinion of Mi Margaret Alien, president of the Na- tional Stage Women's Exchange, who has just returned from Detroit where She said Sat- urday Mr. Ford was “grace itself “Altnough Mr. Ford frowns on the Charleston, he can give the younger shieks carde and spades in the old- fashioned dances, and beat them to a frazzle,” Miss Allen said. ‘“‘He knows all of his steps perfectly. I know the old dances pretty well myself, but more than once Mr. Ford found me making little deviations from the cor- rect form and laughingly pointed them out."” WILL ADDRESS PILGRIMS. Rev. John La Farge, S. J., to Be in Washington Tomorrow. John La Farge, S. director of the Pilgrims of . spiritual Mary's, il-| will be in Washington tomorrow and will address the Pilgrims and their friends at 1743 Rhode Island avenue at 7:30 p.m. The address will be given under the auspices of the Auxiliary of the District of Columbia Chapter of Historical Research. 5 This branch of the Pilgrims of St. Mary's was formed by Father La Farge during_his visit to Washington on January 7 last, and its members, though small in number, are already actively engaged in historical research work. Its membership Is open to Catholics, men and women, who are in- terested in this laudable and praise- worthy work. The object, scope and work of the Pilgrims of St. Mary's, its auxiliary and chapter, will be explained hy Fa- ther La Farge at this meeting. e At the age of 73 Mrs. Mary F. S. bush was formerly supposed to bring | Toy of Hartford, Conn., has published a girl beauty, her first novel, A MUST STUDY AVIATION. Navy Officers Will Be Examined on Subject. All officers of the United State: Navy of the rank of captain and b low, except those restricted to engi- neering duties only, must study avia- tion and know it, for the Navy De- partment has ordered that they will be examined in this subject when they tike their regular tests for pro- motion. The number and kind of questions to-be put on the examination papers is to be left to the president of the naval examining board, but gradually will be increased. In order to assist those who may be among the first to come up for ex- amination, the department In its cir- cular letter gives the scope that the examination may cover, and it ranges from a description of aireraft to the organization of the Bureau of Aero- nautics and its relation With other bureaus and departments. It also gives samples of the questions that may be asked, | ISADORE RAYNER DIES IN BALTIMORE HOSPITAL Washington Man Taken Ill of Pneumonia on Eve of Voy- age Abroad. Isadore Rayner, 25 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. William B. Rayner of 2641 Connecticut avenue, died of pneumonia in a Baltimore hospital Tuesday night. He had gone to Baltimore with his father for a short stay, In preparation to making a trip abroad and was stopping at the Rennert Hotel when he became il Mr. Rayner was the grandson of the* late Senator Isador Rayner of Marvland. He received his early edu- cation in private schools of this city land Baltimore, attending Peck’s School and the Army and Navy School here. Later he attended Rutherford College, near Philadelphia. Since finishing college he had de- voted most of his time to literary work and had written a book en- titled “Rhvmes and Reasons.” He lived with his mother and father at the Connecticut avenue address. Besides his parents he is survived by a brother, Archibald C. Rayner, and a sister, Mrs. David L. Johnson. Funeral services will be conducted at the residence Saturday afternoon 2 o'clock. Rev. Charles Wood, pastor of the Church of the Covenant, of which Mr. Rayner was a member, will officiate. Interment will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. — o Too Often. From London Punch. The motor car will eventually drive people underground, says a traffic ex- pert. It often does now, if it hits a man hard e:wfi. \ board Institution this morning and held an | Informal meeting with the senate of deans. Dr. Pearson later came hack - to Washington, where he is presiding over the sessions of the executive committee of the Land Grant Col leges, of which he fs chairman. Dr. Albert F. Woods, retiring president of the university, also is a member of the committe. Dr. Pearson’s visit with the deans was merely a soclal one. He said he would: have to become thoroughly acquainted with the university and conditions in the State before he could make any definite plans of pro- cedure, “My only plan now acquainted with the the State,” he said. what the univeraity ~ has and_ to ‘earn what it needs. I want to’get acquainted with the members of the of regents and department heads and to familiarize myself with conditions. “The university ix well and favo ably known throughout the country. I am told also that it enjoys the best of relations with other univer- sities in this section of the East. I deem it a great honor to have been selected to be its president.” Dr. Pearson. who came Bast directly after resigning the presi- dency of lowa State College, will sall for Europe with his wife and nine-year-old daughter on February 20 for a vacation before taking up his duties here some time late next Summer. i to become university and “I want to see Open Land Grant Hearings. - Joint hearings before the Senate and House public lands committees on the problem of assuring to States titles to lands granted them by the Federal Government were opened to- day with representatives of nearly all public lands States present to urge immediate congressional action on the subject, ’. . ) | gress | vear west. R. R. other | stock ‘watch the place. Other | resolntion Cltizens building program and a re consider the approval of a the Southwest asking beautify the water front in the south Nomination of officers president, charged a group of farm girls, is dead from gas infection con tracted during the World War. who was 38 vears old, died s last night. For his brave: animal Test w: resolutions ict of Columbia, indo: the Columhia He! Assocation to request Cor 1o appropriate $4.000.000 toward the five vear schonl salution tr move by Citizens’ Assoclation the District government 1t Faulkner for President. was held Faulkner was renominated for with E. J. Brennan as & nominee, while L. S. Trundle was renominated as a delegate to the Federation of Citizens’ Associ HERO DIES SUDDENLY. | Balph Test Stopped Mad Cow at Live Stock Show. RICHMOND, Ind., February 11 (@) —Ralph Test, agricultural agent, who bulldogged a mad cow at the Wayne County, Ind., last international live Chicago as it boys and axposition at Test, 1ddenly in stopping the mad s presented with a gold by Armour & Co. Woman Rider Thrown. LOS ANGELES, February 11 (). — Miss Alma Spreckels, horsewoman. knee when her mount. / jumping event at natfonal horse show last night Despite her arena. Her mount took third San Francisco sustained a wrenched Domino, fell in the Los Angeles injury she rode from ol