Evening Star Newspaper, March 1, 1926, Page 17

THE EVENTNG STER. . WASHINGTON, D..0, :NONDAY, MKRCH T, T1926. ST s NN LHE e BEACH POOL 1S THE NEWEST GAME ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST. The pastime has taken south- ern California hy storm, and it may be played with cues, like ordinary pool, or with larger lets. This photograph shows the game being played with mallets, something like those nsed A RELIC OF THE DEATH OF LORD KITCHENER in Terrace Garden, London, is the one in which Lord Kitchener DURING THE WORLD WAR and Col. Fitzgerald left alls and n n croquet, Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. This hoat, exhibited the ill-fated Hampshire. In the foreground of the photograph, loaking into the bow of the hoat, is Col. Sir Arthur Hol- braok. i P TRAIN-AUTO CRASH ‘\Boy Finds Letter - And Flag Dropped By the Associate { CALDW Ohio bov's kite ¢ e in t of a tree sent a letter ¢ | to the Governor | | March 1.—A hranches its way nd a naval Two Other Members of Geor- gi aFamily Severely In- jured at Crossing. n torn American station at Lakehurst The boy. John Marchis, 12, of Ava, Ohio. climbing to rescue his kite, found lodged in the branches the addressed sovernor To via Shenan doah,” and the flag, together with pieces of the outer covering of the fll-fated dirigible, which crashed near Ava six months ago. SURGEONS TO HEAR DR CHARLES MAYO }Other Notables Maryland, Virginia, D. C. and West Virginia Session. = letter he Associated Press i BERTON. Ga.. March 1.-Five| Rons were killed and two serfously rnhrred last nlzht when a Seaboar Mr Line passenger train struck an futomohile at Ogleshy's Crossing near here. The d | Mrs. W. E. Fortson Reatrice Fortsor attie Fortson, 11 The | d W. . Fortson and William Fortson The vounger members of the party 1l were children Mr. and Mrs. ortson Mr. Fortson (oid persons after the | rash that he stopped at the crossing look for & train which he knew to e due Seeir ne ng of the train e said, he proceeded acro the prack when th ain siruek them he train nta to Wash Ngton ¢ the dead and hinred here. Lena Fortson, rl Fortson, 2 on Program of Special Dispatch to The Star CUMBERLAND, Md., March 1.-The ! American College of Surgeons of Mary- Jand, Virginia, West Virginia and the . District of Columb will meet here | tomorrow and Wednesday IVORCE FOR MRS, POST.! or. cn H. Mavo, b o ® |surgery. University of Minnesot ! cul School will k on “The | Hospltals 1o a C v Dr. Guy L. Hunner of preside at the health conference | American College of Surgeons: | Tt Is. and What It Does,” will be the subject of an address by Dr. Allan Cralg, assqelate director of the Ameri can Cellegé of Surgeons. The Rev. C. RB. Moulinier of Milwaukee, president of | the Catholic 1lospi Association. will {talk on “The Measure of a Hospital.” “The Importance of Experimental . : !Surgery to the Community,” will be Wilton Winans Freeman. jr.. of New RO (5 1,0 PG D, protes Fork and Cincinnatl. The wife claim- |, ¢ surgery at the Johns Hopki :Od that after their ma ge March | fedical School, and surgeon-in-cl £ last at Jamaica. N. Y., her husband | o6 tne johns Hopkins Hospital i Paris and that when she fol-{ "0 ¢ the features of the health ses owed he refused to take up domiclle | sjon \ill be a film. “How the Fires of prith the Body Are Fed.' POST FOR N. D. BAKER. | L al GIGLI STILL GUARDED. Former War Secretary Heads Unit|gings in New York With Many brought Xpress sfessor of Medi e of { Niece of Lady Astor Procures De- cree in Paris. March 1 (®).—A red Mre. George B. of New York Citv, who was the former Trene Langhorne Gib. gon. daughter of Charles Dana Gibson, and niece of La The suit was filed on b The couple ried 216 ee granted Mr: timore will “The PARIS What has been Tost divorce ruary April 2 was also of her. of Crime Commission | Wikcasel Sl EbuS o e i P-—New:| NEW YORK. March 1 (#).—Police- ton D. Baker. former Secretary of | men in plain clothes were on guard AVar, was appointed veste: man of a subcommittee of the Nation- | qer yvesterday when Benlamino Gigli al Crime Commission. organized 10| zuve his first New York concert since study the social influencse which! he fled an alieged blackhand threat in make criminals, and to aitempt to de- | Petroft last week. There was no dis- ixe means of correcting them. The | {ince” ubcommittee ix 10 be known as the | "'(yitics said the singer was nervous »mmittee on social education and in- | quring the first of his program, hut istrial conditions and their relations | glosed it with & remarkably fine ren- ime. dition from “Pagliacci.” | NE YORK. March 1| = . ' Slayer, 74, Gets Life Term. Vivian Martin Is Bride. LINCOLN. 1ll.. March | (®.—Wil { NEW YORK, March 1 (®.—Vivian am Shyer, 74, was sentenced to life | Martin, the actress, now at the head mprisonment today for the murder of the cast “Puppy Love” was mar- o William Telfer, following a dispute ried yesterday to Arthur W. Samuels, over a 25-cent aditional payniei. 1. |composer and advertising man. The drink of moonshine whisky. ~ A jury | ceremony was performed at the home Rfter deliberating 13 hours returned a | of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Baragwanath verdict of guilty yesterday. (Meysa McMein). 4 4 ! | ! | | Maj. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, AND THE JUDC SPECTACLES BOUNCED OFF. A bouse landlady of Evanston, 11l took a number of her tenants, co-eds of Northwestern University, into court, charging them with disorderly conduct. She said the girls danced the Charleston until early morning Miss Martha Robel, one of the co-eds, showed the steps to the . and the latter shouted, “Not guil Phota hy Acme boarding A BABY WITHOUT A COUNTRY. bis nurse. was horn in the United States ahoard S, S. Olympic, The mother and child are being held at- Ellis Island beca of the child, an American, has not arrived to_claim them. Copyright by P. & A Miles Barsan. photographed with Beiti<h <hig > the father Pho GRAVES OF MINUTE MEN U DER THREE FEET OF WATER. The historic Cambridge graveyard at Harvard Square, Cambridge, Mass., the burial place of many of the Minute Men of 1776 and other Revolu- tionary War heroes, flooded as a result of the thawing of a recent three- Harvard University in the background. FLOATING MOONSHINERS CAUGHT BY THE FEDERAL OFFICERS, the “floating distillery,” and this 300-gallon outfit was captured near Beaumont, Tex. it was a rich pri Pastor Expelled, Elated by Action Of ‘Bigoted’ Flock By the Associated AS CITY, K March 1. Chester J. Staton, 22 years old, former licensed Baptist min!ster, was expelled yvesterday by the unanimous vote of the congrega- tion of the Armourdale Baptist “hurch. Staton recently was summoned before the hoard of deacons of the church to explain a published ar- ticle in which he upheld statements which Luther Burbank. the plant wizard. had made on religion. “1 feel ed that 1 have heen excommunicated from such a group of bigots,” Staton said when he was informed of the church's action. RUM GANG SWIMS CREEK TO LIBERTY Signals Baffle Raiders in Attempt to Capture Frog Hollow Violators. SECRETARY OF LABOR DAVIS 1S HONOR GUEST AT PALM BEACH LUNCHEON. Left to right, front row: Norman Mack, Col. Murphy, Secretary Davis, Edward T. Stotesbury, John W. Kephart, A. B. McDade, J. M. Reese, (no name) and Lawrence Fuller. PANAMA CANAL WAR GAME IS REGARDED A “DRAW” Naval Forces Drive Back Defend-! ers to Miraflores Locks, But Um- pires Fail to Decide. By the Associated Press PANAMA, March 1.-~The “war hetween the haval forces and the defenders ashore ended early yes- games terday when the umpires called off the | operations. The umpires and other officials later discussed the games, but failed to reach a decision. The invaders drove back the canal defenders toward the jungle, succeed- ed in avoiding the outposts and ap- proached close to the canal near the Miraflores’ locks. Though not offi- cially announced, the general mpres- ion is that the canal was successfully aptured by the invaders and all the batteries on the Pacific side were silenced. The fleet for torpedo returned practice to and sea war, today tac- av_chair- | jnyide and outside the Century The-|tics on the high seas. Maj. Follett Bradley, commanding the France Field alr station, fell nuto Gatun Lake when his plane developed engine trouble during a reconnia sance. Bradley was accompanied by Roy Jones as observer. They returned to the base safely after a twoand-one-half-hour tramp through heavy woods. The plane sank. Third Victim of Hotel Fire. EAST ST. LOUIS, March 1 (#).— The Arnold Hotel fire of February 20 claimed its third victim .yesterday with_the death of Wallace P. Calvin, 37, Chicago, a salesman. Calvin was fatally burned in the blaze in which Bailey T.ee Cato, 52, and H. L. Cole, 62, hotel clerk, perished. EDREAM, PRETTY GIRL PASTOR, 19, | TELLS THOUSANDS OVER RADIO Youngsters Pet Because They’ve Nothing Else to Do, Says Foe of Dancing and Movies, Who Studies Evolution to Benefit Her Flock. By the A iated Press, CHICAGO, March 1<-Back In the little lowa town of Promise City, Pattye Horn, pretty 19-year-old preacher, guides a flock of 100, speak- ing twice a week from the pulpit of the Christian Church. Last night Towa’s youngest preach- er, who “has never danced with & man and who frowns on moving pic- tures,” addressed a congregation that numbered untold thousands, and ad- vised them (o dream. Be a worthy dreamer and your life will be a benediction to your fellow men,” she spoke into the microphone of a Chicago radio station. Faith, courage and perseverance are requi- Sh W sites to a realization of the dreams of , OUtside of church work she finds Vouth/aHe i her greatest pleasure in reading. ' e 2 o & AN After meeting the “right young man” alks on Many Topies. she intends giving up her career and devoti 1 to her home. Prior to her radio sermon, Pattye |“*X{U0E S RCE (0, (0 ML IEIE is.‘l! in her h(il?] uite and talked on ness after marriage,” she insisted im:m,\' other topics, from the Bible to | The girl went i'\l;'\ the m(nNn\: - the Charleston ) i s e A O year ago. Last Easter morning her |tomarhans my s oom oldfash | tather was taken ill and Pattye filled it b, She salCi, 1|his place. Since then she has been | don't believe n dancing, nor do 1plite. ke | think voung men and women should | evoted to fthe church ~She goes smoke, certainly not attend what you s y | from Des n call petting parties.” twice a week to preach Wednesday Sleigh parties in Winter, outings and Sunday evening sermons. on the lake in Summer, church so- - ciables all the vear round, games. Mrs. Alice F. McDougall, America’s charities and picnics—these should | best knewn coffee merchant, who now take the place of the modern dance does a business of $£45000 a month, +hall and thempr,qnss Horn belidyes. started busiress with.only $38. “Young people pet and go on wild parties hecause they have nothing better to do, not because they want 10, she continued. ocial service, brotherly love and Sunday school work eventually will draw them into the right channels. Studies Evolution. Miss Horn, a_sophomore Bible stu- dent at Drake University, Des Moines, lowa, also is taking courses in evo- lution and biology. “But, of course, I don't believe in | evolytion,” she hastened to add. “I take those courses so as to teach my people what not to believe.” Special Dispateh to The Star HAGERSTOWN, Md., March 1. A band of Frog Hollow moonshiners, trapped on a small peninsula in An- tietam Creek, escaped capture by dry agents from West Virginia vesterday by swimming the icy waters of the creek. The West Virginia raiders erossed the Maryland horder for the second time against protests by Maryland authorities, claiming Frog Hollow liquor was the source of extens bootlegging in northern West Vir ginia. The elaborate system of sig- naling by moonshiners was blamed by the capture operators of a number of I stills found in a series of camps where they had been hurriedly de- serted. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood DINNER TO DR. DEVINE BEFORE LECTURE TONIGHT John Barton Payne Heads Commit- Which Wil Speaker at Cosmos Club. Preceding the lecture by Dr. Ed ward T. Devine of New York, an au- thority on soclal service work, at 8 o'clock at the American Red Cross Bullding, a_dinner will be given him tonight at 6:30 o'clock at the Cosmos Club by a committee of Washingto- nians, headed by John Barton Payne. The lecture tonight is the first of five lectures to be given this month under the auspices of the Social Serv- ice Institute, which is being conduct- ed by the Council of Social Agencies and the Monday Evening Club. Other hosts at the dinner will in- clude Bishop James E. Freeman, Sen- ator Arthur Capper, Senator Royal 8. Copeland, Representative James T. Begg. Representative William J. Ker- by, Dr. Herbert Putnam, Justice Fred- erick L. Siddons, Commissioner Cuno H. Rudolph, John Joy Edson, Dr. Frank W. Ballou, Dr. John M. Kober, John Ihider, Walter 8. Ufford, George Wilson, Dr. John M. Gries, Arthur C. Moses and Dorsey W. Hyde, jr., presi- dent of the Monday Evening Club. =g ot Baby's Cries Save Two Families. Special Dispatch to The Star. LONACONING, Md., March 1.—A double frame dweiling owned by Joseph Abbott and occupied by the families of James Staup and James Nichols near St. Mary's Catholic Church was de stroyed by fire early yesterday. The cries of Mrs. Staup's baby aroused her. Flames were then leaping about the | Mildred Graham, 19, and Everett bedroom window. She aroused other' Dowell, 17, were instantly killed members of the family and occupants | when a Wabash train struck them as tee Entertain MISS BOOTH IMPROVING. Head of Salvation Army Recuper- ating From Illness. ATLANTIC CITY, March 1 (®).— | Miss Evangeline Booth, commander of | the Salvation Army, recuperating here after being bedfast at her home in New York for three months, is much improved, it was announced last night. A report that she had suffered a relapse was denied. “She is far from a well woman." her aide said. “but she is showing promising signs of recovery. | PAIR KILLED BY TRAIN. Girl, 19, and Boy, 17. Trapped on High Trestle. CHILLICOTHE, Mo., March 1 (#). of the Nichols home. But little could | they were wall across a high be sa¥ed. trestle here yes(®rday. raiders for their faflure to | day snow. Some of the buildings of Wide World Photo. The newest thing in the crime line Volsteadly speaking, The still was on a barge, and was pulled around the marshes by a gasoline launch. Coprright by Underwood & Underwood COMMITS SUICIDE - TO ESCAPE TRIAL {Farmer, 50, Hangs Self. Shot Boy, 18, Named as Daughter’s Betrayer. By the Associated Press. FAIRFIELD, lowa, March 1 (#®).— Rather than face a first-degree mur- der indictment for the alleged slay- ing of Sam McNeese, 1%, named by his vouthful danghter as her betray- er, Louts Bruey, 50, farmer, welcomed death vesterday by hanging himself in his cell Trial of Bruey was to have started He had heen brooding since his indictment last Friday, sald his sister, Mrs. Fred Raible, who visited him a few hours before his hody was found suspended by two knotted towels in the county jail here. The machinery of justice is at rest and attorneys for hoth defense and prosecution can lay aside events of December 6 last. when McNeese was summoned to the Bruey home and shot to death as he sat in a chair and admitted that Intimate relations had existed between himself and Bruey's l4-yearold daughter. Bruey's plea was to have “heen temporary insanity. After his wife's death, a vear ago, members of his family said he had shown signs of a breakdown. Nelghborhood gossip of the rela tions between McNeese and his daugh- ter reached Bruey on the night of { December 5 and led directly to the shooting the next morning. Bruey notifled authorities and McNeese's parents of the slaying. Under her father's questioning Edna Bruey had told him McNeese last Summer forced his way into their home and assaulted her. The bov's parents gave officials a bundle of the girl's letters to thelr son purporting to show that relations had existed be tween them for some time. WILL TRAIN UNDER FORD. Russian Mechanics to Learn How to Build Tractors. MOSCOW, March 1 (@ .—Fifty Russian workers, mechanics and stu- dents will leave here the end of April for the United States to enter Henry Ford's factory for a course of train- ing in the building and running of Fordson tractors, of which the soviet goverrment recently purchased 10,000, The Ford Company will pay their railway and steamship fares to and from America and their salaries while are learning, but they must pay own living_expense! The first group comprises a number of workers from the Putilov Iren Works at Leningrad, which are pro- ducing Russian tractors of the Ford- son tyvpe. The Ford Company has undertaken to send some of its expert and me- anical instructors to Russia to ac- quaint Russians with the best gmeth- of running Amerfcan trac tomorrow.