Evening Star Newspaper, February 18, 1926, Page 17

AT THE NAVY Japanese embassy. Capt. Left to right: Capt. Yamamoto, Se DEPARTMENT Tsirkn Yamamoto. called 1o THE EVENING YESTERDAY AFT ERNOON. pay his respects cretary Wilbur, Capt. The newly naval attache of the of the Navy Wilbur. appointed to Secretary Kiyoshi Hasegawa and Admiral Eberle. Wide World Phato IN WASHIN Amet on the eveni 'ON'S BIRTHDAY n | v is celebrating f February 22, at ostume will feature the Count Salm saw his son in Palm HE PAYS $106.000 FOR A BIBLE. W miversary entertaingment. BALI Post of the with ball Dances in Batley Photo Stuart Walcott birthday Hotel. Carter ashington’s the Wa hington A. 5. W. Rosenbach of Phila- JIRL. WHO S 10,000 persons tempted to h answered 20 curtai "ORED TRIUMPH WITH METROPOI t= own last night, when M her sing. calls at the end of the opera. Florence. standing, and Marion and her ion, 19 vea The young girl re The pho zraph ther. TAN OPERA €O. The r< old. made her operatic debut in “Rigoletto.” 2 ed the greatest ovation of the se shows Talley fam- arles M. Talley. the Beach, but the photographers were barred. The nurse was dodging from a small army of cameramen when this picture was snapped. Copyrizht by P. & A Poutes, Dr. COFFIN OF THE FOUNDER OF THE OLDEST CITY IN THE UNITED STATES. Menendez de Aviles. who landed on the coast of Florida on August It is now on exhibition in St. Augustine. having heen brought from Av pain, where the explorer was buried in 1574. By the coffin stands< Augustine Ponce. a direct descendant of Ponce de Leon. Copyrizht by Und The coffin of Pedra VANQUISHED AND VICTOR. Helen Wills (left) and Suzanne Lenglen 1563. and founded St A 565. and founded St. Augustine photographed just before they met in the mixed doubles at Nice. The fornia star and her partner. Charles Aschelman, were defeated by the French champion and Baron Murpurge, Copstight by P. & A. Photos delphia, and the Melk copy of th a fortune. The b is the fi claimed that the $106.000 ix the greatest a a single volume. tenberg Bible, for which be paid t printed from movable type, and it is unt of money ever paid for WASHINGTON X-RAY SPECIALIST DIES Dr. Charles A. Pfender Suc-; cumbs in Boston After < Operation. | Dr. Charles A. Pfender of 1818 streety, well known authority on X and various forms of electrical trea ment for diseases. and who had prac- | ticed in this city since his graduation from George Washington Medical School in 1905, died in Boston vester- day following an operation. He went to Boston for treatment December 1. Dr. Pfender long had been identi- fied prominently in his specialty with local hospitals and societies. He was roentgenologist at Sibley Hospital from 1916 to the time of his death, and had beld the same position at the George Washington Medical School since 1914, | He had served also in the ity at the Tuberculosis I 1913. In addition he had fessor of roentgenology at Georgetown University since 1921, and during the | World War served as a rentgenologist | on Medical Advisory Board No. 3 Ever active in teaching and learn- ing In the various forms of Xeray work, Dr. Pfender was associated with leaders in that work in various gocleties. He was 2 member of the Roentgen | Ray Society, the Radiological Soclety | ofy North America. the District Med- jcal Society, the Soclety of Paristol- ogy and the Helminthological Society. He was a member also of Calvary Taptist Church and the University | Chub, Born in Round Top. Tex.. January | 15. 1878, Dr. Pfender v the son of the late Amandus Pfender. ' ‘had heen a dent of this city ~ontinu- ously coming herc to attend hington University in is survived by his widow, | ender. ices will since. be conducted prist Church Saturday | afternoon’ at Rev. W Abernethy will Interment will be in Glenwood Cemetery: Honorary pallbearer: ed from his profes TEST FOR COMMISSIONS. A final examination of applicants for appointment as second lieutenants in the Regular Army will be held in the United States, the Philippines, Panama Canal Zone, Hawaili and (hina from June 21 (o June 25, in- clusive. The examination is open to all eli- gibles and is designed to fill all va- cancies aceruing to June 30 in the combatant branches—Infantry, Cav- ield Artillery, Coast Artillery, Air Service, Corpe of Engineers and Nignal Corps—after the commission- ing of the next graduating class at the United States Military Academy. It is estimated that there will be 150 vaeancles. Information regarding the lect- | pnal associates, evamination may he ohtained at any |at the home of his relatives, 3013 Thll'vwl‘.flurxe ation o from of the Army i W miltary post « adiutant zewera Legartmenty = Boy, 9, Accused Of Hitting Girl, 11, With Stone, Sued Preston Sisk, § years old. 3 Varnum street, was sued for 310, 000 damages today Distriet Supreme Court by Pritch- ard, 11 years old. boy is charged with as being al- leged that April 17, 1925, he threw a stone which struck the girl in her left eve, practically destroving fts viston. The suit is broug girl's father, John S. Pritchard, through Attorneys Harlan Wood and Rolland L. Nutt. The oldest employe of the courthouse not recall when a child of 9 had before been made defendant i a vivil action to recover damages for an assault.® The declaration alleges that the girl was near her home, 310 Var- num street, when the the stone without just provacation. The missle striking her eve, it is alleged. split open the pupil and permitted a I portion of the lense to escape through the wound. As a result of the alleged assault. the court is told, the girl suffered great pain and was pgevented from attending schoul for a long time and the vis: ion of her left eye has been pract- ically destroyed. GRANDSON OF FAMED BAND LEADER DEAD Page Donch, Native of District, Succumbs in New York. Gl Hugo Hugo Page Donch. native of this | city and grandson of the late Henry Donch, who was leader of the Donch Band, which was famous in Washing ton many vears ago, died in New York Tuesday after an illness of about three months. He was about 35 vears old. Mr. Donch was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Donch. He was edu- cated in the public grade schools here and later graduated from McKinley High School. At the outbreak of the World War he tried to enter the Aviation Corps, but was unable to do so, due to a wegk heart. Later he had a position with the War Housing Corporation. He had been living in New York a little more than two years. Mr. Donch was a member of Mount Pleasant Lodge, F. A. A. M, and was well known in this city, Like his grandfather and other members of the Donch family. he was fond of music and played the piano well, although he never followed music as a profes- sion. He is survived' by his mother and father, his widow, a son, Hugo Page | Donch, jr.: one daughter, Jenevieve Donch, and two brothers, Carl H. Donch, manager of the branch of Riggs Bank, at Fourteenth street-and Park road, and Willlam Donch, an employe of the Treasury Department. Funeral services will be conducted mth strest, tomorrow afiernoon at ck. Interment will be in Rock ey, . o 0 Hotel Hamilton. Left to dent), Lo Flader, Montgomery Judge Denounces Be- thesda Official’'s Failure to Turn in Collateral. | Special Dispatch to The ROCKVILLE. Md.. February 18.— | Upton Perrell, former justice of the I peace at Bethesda, was sentenced by | Judge Peter of the Circuit Court this | morning to pay a fine of $250 and costs on his recent conviction of mis- conduct in office. It was alleged Perrell failed to torward to the Rockville Police Court >ollateral and papers in an assault ase. Upon his indictment several months ago, he resigned as justice of the peace, after seven years' serv- ice. Judge Peter characterized the act as reprehensible and obstructive of justice, But said that inasmuch as the defendant is no longer in law enforcement the punishment of a fine would be sufficient. Reserve Corps' Commissions. Franklin W., Ryan, Department of Commerce Building, has been commis- sioned by the War Department a major in the finance department, and Karl Schaffle, 3309 Macomb street, a major in the Medical Corps, both in the Reserve Corps of the Rice. 230 North Royal street AIROEHES heet e ptain of Infantry in the | Alexandria, missioned a Army, | THE NATION'S PHOTO-ENGRAVERS HOLDING A SESSION IN THE C members of the executive committee of the American Photo-Engravers’ A ssociation arrived from Chicago. J. Maxson Cunningham of Washington, Stiles of Washington and E. If the nutritive value of food were gauged by its weight, the modest look- ing bowl of soup that heads the course Hst of all well ordered dinners would | take first place hands down. At least, so it would seem from observa tlons made at the “Weight and Meas: ure luncheon” of the Columbia tion of the Metric Association at Con- gress Hall Hotel vesterday. The luncheon was tendered by a few Washington members of the as. { sociation in honor of Walter Wood !of Philadelphia and Mrs. Otto Hahn and Howard Richards, both of New York City. The speakers included Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, Mrs. Hahn and Representative Britten of Illinois, all of whom urged universal use of the metric system of weights and measures. ‘To show faith In the fairness of this system, it was decided that every person attending should pay only for the amount of food he consumed. Thus, a set price of 1 cent for every 5 grams of food consumed was ar- ranged. The diners were carefully weighed before the luncheon, but it | was found that the menu had ap- pealed to every one so thoroughly that rechecking with the scales was found unnecessary, and a flat rate of a dollar a plate was accepted all around. 5 Each course of food, however, was weiched upon being placed on the table. The soup weighed 200 grams, the entre 160 gram, 73 grams nd coffee with cre: ams. Tt on the I weizhts these o iy e . ol kg insl PITAL. w. 1. L. Anderson. EX-JUSTICE PERRELL ' Food Prices Are Charged by Wéight | At Dinner of Metric Association | FINED $250 AND COST the few extra grams being tossed in for good measure without additional charge. Dr. Wiley made an appeal for ex tension of the metric system of weights and measures to American currency. He pointed out that the nickel 1« the only coin whose weight is prescribed in this system by law. | the statutes providing that it weight 5 grams. It would | possible, Dr. Wiley said, to make this coln a qomplete set of metric weights and measures in itself, since its pre- scribed weight' s such to permit its colnage In a definite size and thickness. DELEGAEON INCREASED. Two More to Join Drive for Philip- pine Independence. MANILA, * February 13 (#).—The Philippine independence mission forces in the United States, headed by Sena- tor Osmena, will be reinforced soon by two more delegates, the national supreme council has decided. The de- cision to send additional delegates was prompted by ington that congressional committees !\Vlll soon be holding hearings on the | independence question. Speaker of the House Manuel Rox ind sentative Claro M. Rec will probably be selocted as the addl- shall | be quite | news from Wash-| | Photograph taken at the Union Station this morning, when Their_se: awrence, H. C. Campbell, Wells W. Hawtin, E. W. Houser (pre: ions are being held at the ROCKEFELLER OFFER ENTHUSES EGYPT Press - Discussing $10,000,000 Mu- seum, Which Would Have Inter- national Control 30 Years. By the Agsociated Press CATRO, Egypt. February 18.— The Egyptian press is interestedly diccuss- ing the offer of John D. Rockefeller, jr...to donate $10.000.000 for establish- ment of an Egyptl museum and re- search_institute, which was disclosed here Sunday by an announcement characterized as premature. The offer has made a profound impression among the Egyptian people. It is understood that one condition attached to the proposed donation is that an_international archeological body shall direct the museum and re- | search institute for 30 vears, after | which_everything shall revert to the | Egyptian government. Chauncey Pelknap, -Mr. Rockefel- connection with the proposal, has left Cairo for New York to explain to Mr. Rockefeller the attitude of the Egyp- tian government toward his offer. The | hope is warmly expressed in many quarters that some arrangement may | be reached by which Egypt may be able to avail heraelf of Mr. Rockefel- ler’s generosity. . Two hundred and twelve thousand two hundréd and ten tons of fish pas: | gleefully. Fire-Warning Light Changed From Red To Amber Flashes n of the street ar has resulted change in the fire-warninz siznal from the red to the amber lens it was announced today by Col. 1 €. Moller, assistant director raffic. By stazzering the lizhts for the new co-ordinated system the traffic engineers were unuble to arranze the signals that _all_of them would flash red simultaneously when fire on or aci are: The rangement Co-ordina on Sixtee setts avenue in a satisfactory ar flashir L fire warning siznal ording to Col. Moller. was to shift to the amber lense, which had not been chanzed in process. Under the mnew stem two lights flash as a fire warnins, eithy ber and " or amber The _amber lizht, however Llink intermittently When motorists burning,” said Col. Moller, should immediately draw curb to give the fire apparatus the rnight of way. hose who have stopped to make a left-hand turn should clear the mtersections im mediately MEXICO WILL AID CLERGY TO DEPART Special Facilities Planned for For- eigners to Leave Country. only for lights “they to the see 1w Bs the Associated Press MEXICO CITY. Fehruary 18 -The government is continuing to close the Catholic schools in enforcement of the religious ¢ of the constitu- ion. which prov that hools may be conducted by forri Five have been closed | wpe. Hidalgo, in the federal district, apels have bheen The Colegio and all private cf closed at Tacumba. Teresiana at Mixconac. also in the federal district, which was closed Tuesday, has been reopened by a spe- clal arrangement providing for c tion of religious instruction. The minister of the interior has announced that special facilities wi be given to foreign priests and clers men who desire to leave the countr. $200 PEARL IN OYSTER. ller's lawyer, who has been .here in: Whereupon Traffic Cop Orders An- other Dozen, Raw, CHICAGO, February 18 (#).—Cele- brating his. night off, John McDady, a traffic cop, dined on oysters. Sud- denly he bolted from the restaurant. ‘Waiters thought he had gone to call the wagon, swear out warrants, or something. But_he came back A jeweler the pearl he found in worth §200, He PO T . smiling told him | this nation in « \ e BRUISES ON'BODY - OF CONVICT FOUND Severe Beating Indicated in Probe of Charges Man Was Ciubbed to Death. 1RIA Press. Al ot Feb 1% the death of “vlor. conviet. shifted back to Tuscumbia today. where authori | ties °d the official report of the coroner’s jury which yvesterday viewed the body of Taylor when his grave was opened at Town Creek. In its | report the jury said that bruises and cuts were discovered on Taylor's body |and. although the charze that these lows produced death was avoided | the findings of the jury are declared | to be in sharp contrast to the offieial report filed with the prison hoard set ting forth that the prisoner died of | heart troubie Charges by J. G. Taylor. aged father of Hoote Taylor, that his son was clubbed to deidth by twe negro trus led to the present investigation as indicated that the find jury would be of prosecuting mer hands The jury found . that ‘aylor's left jaw was la than his right and | that six bruises or cuts were notice {able on various narts of his body Several of the marks stilb were blood shot. it was declared, indicating that the blows caused the Row of blood when they were dealt. Taylor, who | was 39 years old, died at Flat Top | mine last November. He was serving a 10-vear sentence for second degree | murder. ; ANNUAL DAY OVI;'VFRAYER. | The women's department of tie | Washington Federation of Churches will observe the annual day of prayer at the New York Avenue Presbyte rian Church {omorrow morning at 11 o'clock. This observance is fostered throughout the country by the Wom an's Council for Home Missions and the Federation of Woman's Foreign Missionary Boards. The program here will include a celebration of communion conducted by Rev. Dr. Earle Wilfley and Rev. Dr. W. S. Abernethy, president and vice president, respectively, of whe Federation, and Rev. Dr. . Sizoo, | pastor of the church. The depart | ment extends an invitation to all Christian women of Washington to at tend. Praises Navy's Part in War. An address on the part the Navy played ' in the World War was [ delivered vesterday to the patients and personnel of the Naval Hospital here by Lieut. Col. Thomas J. Dick- son. He asserted that the Navy in | effectually transporting the men and materials of the Army not only put position to fight its with its allies but saved th morale of its allies when it was at bt oo e