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MEARCH 10 1926." “'HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. MISS ELIZABETH WINSTON, Washington pianist, who is giving a recital in the ballroom of the Willard Hotel this CUTT N ON AUSTRALIA. Dorothy Knapp, isroadway actress, talking with Leon Gordon in Australia through the station installed at the sixth annual radio show and convention now being held in the ball- s Na In a series of tests the sub- The vessel Dunbar, Washington sculptor, recently completed the statue of the famous Indian, and the unveiling took submarine, which was launched recently place yesterday. Members of the Crow, Apache, Kiowa, Sioux and Osage tribes saw the unveiling. The 1 feet long, was submerged 200 fee room of the Hotel Pennsylv in THE MIGATY GET ANOTHER TU Richard Morris Hunt from the New New York Wide World Photo. ‘MB1 York nt was considered one of the greatest ai H as a special honor his figure was carved in stone and placed the famous Vanderbilt ne. DRY RAIDERS SEIZE | 20 QUARTS LIQUOR Four Squads Visit Mather| Building and Make Four Arrests. Following an investigation of re. ports of liquor selling in the Mather Building, 916-18 G street, police of the first precinct and revenue agents yes- terday afternoon conducted a raid that netted more than 20 quarts of assorted intoxicants and resulted in charges egainst four men. Ralds were made in the basement and on the seventh and ninth floors. Members of the raiding party formed four squads and visited the three fleors simultaneously, operating with- eut any show of excitement. Benjamin Lusk, 131 Webster street who conducts a moving pic change in the bhuilding, appes night and furnished bond to charges of alleged sale and posses police charging they found liquor in metal boxes used in connection with the movie exchange business. Clarence R. Frane. 804 Tenth street. alleged by the police to have been on the scene as a purchaser, was arrested on a charge of illegal possession. it being alleged that he was seen to dis card two bottles of liquor after the ralding party entered the building Robert Jones. superintendent of the building. was arrested for allezed il legal sale and possession, and William Brandler, 5375 Champlain street, was accused of selling one quart of S pteh whisky. Bond was given for the ap- pearance of the men in Police Court. civic BoDY TO ELECT. Lyon vma}:.—v... Meeting Is Scheduled for Tonight. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYON VILLAGE. Va.. March 10.— Election of permanent officers for the new Lyon Village Citizens® Associa: | flon will take place tonight at &/ o'clock at a community meeting i | the office of Lyon & Fitch. Tempo-} rary Chairman Monroe H. Stocket:| will preside. { The election will follow adoption of | A constitution to govern the activitie. | of the organization. A tentative con atitution has been drawn up by a spe | clal committee, headed by Stuart T | Ashton. who will present it for the action of the association. The pro | posed constitution is modeled along | the lines of those of a number o civie bodies in Arlington County and | Washington, incorporating the hes' | features of all of them, Chairman Ashton states. SRR dadin Marriage to Bigamist Annulled. Annulment of marriage has been granted by Chief Justice McCoy of the District Supreme Court to Mrs. Mary M. Wilson from Thomas C. son, former policeman and marine ser-, geant, who was recently sent to the penitentiary for four vears for big- amy. Wilson had a wife living when | supply | ot honor to Frederic on top of Copyright by P. & A. Photos Unions of Bandits Formed by Waifs In Russian Towns By the Associated Press. I0SCOW. March 10.—Follow- literally the Communist slogan, “Workers of the world, unite!” groups of the vagrant children which floed Russia have formed themselves into local “trade unions™ and “guilds. In the Shadrinsk district of the Urals the street gamins have or- ganized a “pickpocket trust,’ the specialty of which is eviderit. ‘In Ekaterinburg groups of homeless boys who have specialized in petty larcenies have formed the’ “Young Bandit Union.” The town of Briansk. capital of the province of that name, has heen divided by the mendicant children into wards, each ward being gov- erned by a commission of five “juvenile directors,” and no mem- ber is allowed to trespass in the ward of another. Among the “unions” established by parentless children in Moscow the strangest is the ‘“Amalgamated Brotherhood of Young Pigeon Thieves.” Only those who have shown special aptitude in stealing birds and, re- selling them are eligible for mem- bership. SIBLEY FUND DRIVE - PASSES $50,000 MARK Teams Report Progress of Cam- paign While Gathered at Lunch- eon at City Club. The Sibley Memorial Hospital campaign passed the $30,000 mark at the noon luncheon meeting in the v. A total of $12,- 38 In new gifts was reported, making the total for the drive $50.6 ‘The team of which W. F. Studdiford is captain _won prize with $1,168 while ) . Hysong was second with § William Knowles (' of the Y. M. C. principal speaker of th outlined selling points for Sible; William F. McDowell, chairman of the women’s organization, presided. Among the notable gifts to the Hos- pital are $5275 from nurses and alumnae: $5.000 from the Sibley Guild. an organization of church women ‘who linen for the hospital, and zeneral was the per, A of the late Arthur A. The latter gift came from < of the family. and the room memorial room to be named in the new building. INVENTOR GETS MEDAL. Typothetae Honors Frederic E. Ives for Picture-Printing Work. PHILADELPHIA, March 10 (#).— The United Typothetae of America last night presented its gold medal ¢ a room at the hos- | SENORITA RAQUEL MELLER, star of the continental stage, who wilt “appear * hr * this “country in April. She has planned her Amer. ican appearance for many years. Copsright by Underwond & Underwood. KEYSTONE STATE POLITIGS OUTLINED Half-Hour Conference With President Coolidge. President Coolidze today heard Rep- resentative William S. Vare, Repub- lican leader of Philadelphia, discuss Pennsylvania politics for more than half an hour, and although the latter said afterward that politics was vir- tually the only subject touched upen, he would not say whether the pos- sibility of his becoming a candidate for the Senate was mentioned. i The Philadelphia leader considered the conference with the President ax “extremely pleasing and highly satis- factory.” Although Mr. Vare would not' say he had decided to oppose Senator Pepper. for the Republican nomina- tlon, or thit he was even contemplat- ing this step, it is thought in political circles here that he has practically made up his mind to enter the race and is only awaiting what he. de- scribes as the opportune time to make his anrouncement. Other Party Leaders Heard. The President talked politics with others of his callers today. Col. R. B. Creager, Republican national commit. teeman from Texas, told the President that the Republicans are better or- ganized In Texas than they ever were hefore and that they will have a full ticket in the field for all the State ofiices as well as 18 candidates for Congress. Regarding the praspects of the party, he declared that if “Ma” Ferguson, the present governor, was successiul in becoming the Demo- cratic candidate for re-election the Republicans would defeat her. Politics in Ohio were touched upon during a brief conference between President Coolidge and former Repre- sentative C. L. Knight of Ohio. The latter is being commonly mentioned as a possible candidate for the Repub- lican nomination for governor. Muscle Shoals Discussed. | Representative Snell of New York, | chairman of the House rules com. | mittee, whose resolution providing for |2 committee to arrange for the sale of the Muscle Shoals property was pass. ed by the House some weeks ago, con- |ferred with President Cooolidge today. regarding this legislation. He said afterward that he received the im- pression that the President is espe- {cially anxious to see this matter dis- | posed of without any further delay. Answers Wife's Charges. Fred H. Ewers has filed an answer denying the charges made against him by his wife, Gladiola I. Ewers, and submitted a cross-petition in which he asks that her suit be. dis- missed and he be given a limited divorce on a charge of cruelty. Ewers says his wife is employed as a stenog- . Ives for his|rapher at $35 a week, while he gets inventions used In illustrated print-{$32 a8 week He is represented by At- ing. Among the score of honors award- ed Mr. Ives is the Rumford medal. he went through the marriage cere- mony December 22. 1923, plaintift. considered one of the greatest dis- torneys Halper, Sadler & Schweinhaut. PR Queen Marie of Rumania has been entist. . He is 70 yea,\"s old, 1y engaged by an American motion pic- with the | tinctjons that can be awarded a sci-' ture concern to write an :original sce Representative Vare Holds' Copyright by P. & A. Photos FIVE NEW YORK STORES OPERATE BY SOCIETY WOMEN FOR.(HARITY. By Debuta matrons and stage stars Joined in conducting the stores for one day, the profits of the venture going to the Neurological Institute. Rhoades, chairman of the debutante committee. | | | When the barn swallow and the bobolink are numbered among the ar- rivals from Winter quarters that are coming in almost daily now, they will have eompleted a journey of over 10,000 miles round trip, from north- eastern United States to Argentina and back. A few individuals among the yellow-billed cuckoos, olive-backed thrushes, nighthawks and cliff swal- lows may have penetrated so far south, but the barn swallows and bob- olinks invade the region of pampas and the tango en masses. Under the auspices of the United States Biological Survey, Dr. Alex- ander Wetmore of the Smithsonian Institution has been carrying on an investigation of the migratory habits of northern birds in their southern- most ranges. Most of the really long- distance fliers are shore birds, he says, with notable exceptions mentioned above. The majority of the common birds with which most of us are fa- miliar stop before they get very far south of the Equator, and sojourn in, the north of South America. The results of Dr. Wetmore's inves. tigations In the southern part of South America are contained in a re- cently issued illustrated bulletin of e Smithsonian Institution. In it he claims that northern birds have three maln routes of southward travel. They may go down the east- ern coast of South America via the Brazilian coast, or along the Pacific, taking in the mountain scenery of the Andes en route, or they may go SHOW SLATED TONIGHT . AT NEW EASTERN HIGH Wileon Players to Offer “The In- timate Stranger” for East Wash- ington Community Center. ‘The Wilson Players will present wThe Intimate Stranger,” a comedy by Booth Tarkington, under the auspices of the East Washington Center of the Community Center De- partment tonight In the auditorium of New Eastern High School, teenth and East Capital streets, at 8 o'clock. The cast will be the same as in the performance given by the players last week before the Columbia Heights Center under the direction of Mrs. Aurora M. Poston. Pomorrow night, at 8 o'clock, the Community Center Department will show in the same auditorium two | motion pictures, one, the *‘Gateway to the West,” a historical pieture .of the French and Indian Wars, and the other, “Life at Camp Clinton,” a three-reel picture of the training of reserve officers in the Army, pre- mented in co-operation with the United States Signal Corps motion picture division. Raw rubber received and shipped from Great Britain last vear had a total value of $110,000,000, while that handled in the vear before was worth ‘enly $60,000,000, ‘ e N Seven-|p, ;10,000-M1LE ROUND TRIP TAKEN EVERY YEAR BY BIRDS FROM U. S. Bobolink and Barn Swallow Coming Home Again After Journey From Northern Part of Country to Argentina. straight south down through the cen tral part of the continent. From Dr. Wetmore's observations it would seem as if the bulk of the migratory bird population contrived to pass South with the coming of Fall to the northern hemisphere, and follow the advance of the southern Spring south of the Equator, remain ‘ng in their Winter location through the southern Summer. With the com- ing of colder weather in February and March they withdraw northward to their breeding grounds in the United States and Canada, thus man- aging to live in a Palm Beach atmos- phere of eternal Spring and Summer. 13 KINDS OF BIRDS ARRIVE Other Varieties of Migratory Songsters Expected Later. Through inadvertence an article in last Sunday's- Star concerning_the hopes for an early Spring as indicated by the arriyal of migratory birds stated that within the preceding few days no fewer than 26 varieties had been seen or heard from a certain porch in the northwest section. The bird expert who furnished The Star the material on which the story ‘was based states that only about half this number have, as vet, been noted. The list, compiled from the observa- tions of a preceding season, extended over severdl months, and it is still far too early for many of. these feath- ered songsters. MAN. 51, KILLS GIRL AND SELF ON REFUSAL Fifteen-Year-0ld Girl Had Been Caring for Home of Him and His Brother. By the Associated Press. ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio, March 10. —Because she rejected his offer of marriage, Thomas W. Butler, 51 years old; a bachelor, shot Mary Pogachic, 15-year-old schoolgirl, to death last night, and then fired a bullet into his ead, dying soon afterward. The shooting occurred at the Butler home, near here, where the girl had gone to prepare supper for Thomas and Joseph Butler. Mrs. Pogachic, mother of the girl, told Sheriff Sam- uel Dunfee her daughter had been taking care of the house for the brothers since their sister died re- cently. Mrs. Pogachic. said Butler asked her daughter to marry him, but that she refused. A D TR Bermuda’s First Car Line. Bermuda, long known as a peaceful isle, has its quiet threatened. Per- mission has been granted for the con- struction of the first street car line there. Great' Britian laid claim to the island as a resilt of a ship- wrecked sailor landing there in 1605, although the island had been dis- covered by a Spaniard in 1515. ‘In the Bermuda. group there are 365 dif. ‘ferent islands, to], This. photograph shows the actress Jane Cowl purchasing from Miss Carol Wide World Photo. LD WAV BULD SILE IS 0POSED Veterans’ Body Representa- tives Ask That It Be Retain- ed as Haven for Needy. Hospital avenue for ex-Union soldies veterans of other wars. was consid- ored today at a hearing before the naval affairs committee. The board of management of the temporary home is composed of rep- resentatives of the Grand Army of the Republic, the United Spanish War Veterans, Sons of Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion. As a_member of “this board. Paul H. McGahan asked the committee that the temporary home be allowed to continue its humanitarian work for the veterans -in this . building, either through the Government deed- ing over the property or under a long-term lease with a provision that everitually title would revert back to the Government when there was no longer need for continuing the home. Building Sale Proposed. This_property is listed among sur- plus Navy Department real -estate which the Navy no longer needs and which the McGee bill propeses shall be sold. Admiral Gregory of the Bureau of Docks. and Judge Advocate General Cameron, representing the Navy De- partment, explained that the Navy has no longer a need for this prop- erty, but that it does need the nioney, and that for this reason the.property was listed for sale. Mr. McGahan pointed out that for a considerable period now there has been an appro- priation in the District appropriation bill for maintenance of thé home. This was granted first in"1890 for the sum of $2,500, and in the District budget for 1927 the director of the budget approved $7,000 for main. lt’l;_flhfl(‘e. e occupancy of the old Nav. Hospital site by the home dates (‘l‘m.r} July 1, 1922, as a consequence of a five-yvear lease with the Navy De. partment at the nominal rental fee of $1 a year. The board of manage- ment of the home bears all mainte- nance and repair costs ‘and not one cent of the money appropriated in the District bill can be used for these purposes, but is spent entirely for the care of the members. The board of management has spent more than $3,000 for repairs, and the building is today in better'shape than when it was taken over. B. W. Bonney President. Byron W. Bonney, a Civil War vet- eran, is president; and Key A. Hud- low, a Government employe, is super- intendent. Mr. McGahan told the committee that in 1920 the home cared for a total of 435 veterans, and in 1925 this number had increased to 1,306 veter; ing _the first two monthi~ol presefit-year there was: a total of 287 persofis cared Tor in the home, against a total of 435 for the entire year 1920. : H‘ may be admitted to the home Societ. : IS A BIG BUTTER AND EGG “opsrght by P. & A. Photos EXPERT. Waulfert, dairy marketing expert of the Department of Comme finds markets for American butter is figured that ten million dollars’ was sold Dog Put on Trial For Cat’s Murder; Faces Execution By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, March 10.— Teddy, a Belmont fox terrier, went on trial in Police Court yes- terday, charged with willfully chasing and shaking to death a 6-month-old kitten. If convicted. the law will exact its severest penalty. Police Magistrate Glenn declared. The trial involved all the formal- ity of a murder case and is ex pected to hinge on the findings of A post-mortem examination of the kitten's body. which was ordered disinterred for that_purpose. The case was prosecuted at the instance of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Pending the post-mortem exami nation, Magistrate Glenn post- poned the next hearing of the case to March 16. FAVORS ACQUISITION OF LAND IN FORT RENO Bell Supports McLeod Bill at Hear- ing Before House Sub- committee. : . Engineer Commissioner Bell spoke avor of the McLeod bill, which provides for the District acquiring land in the Fort Reno division, in addition to its present holdings. so as to establish a model ¢ommunity and allow the streets to be devel- oped in accordance with the perma- nent highway plan, at a hearing yes- terday hefore a subcommittee of the House District committee. A part of this property is the site of old Fort Reno, one of the his- toric defenses of the Capital, oc- cupying the highest land in the Dis- trict. The proposed development would fit in with the program already started of acquiring old fort sites and linking them into a fort drive en- tirely. surrounding_the National Cap- ital. Commfssioner Bell *discussed ~the plans of District officials for a junior high,_school, stadium and athletic and recreation grounds.on part of the Fort, Reno tract. The National Park Commission is interested, because this * legislation would include prov sion for playground and. park facill- tes. Commissioner Bell emphasized that a patchwork subdivision is now grow- ing up there which is blocking high- way development in accordance with the permanent plan for the Capital. He said he has never heard any ob- jection to this proposal. He described the proposed development as one of the finest ideas in proper city plan- ning ever presented in the National Capital. e ——— in only for 10 days ‘in any one year. Indigency is not encouraged, assur- ance was given to the. committee. ~-Mr:* McGahan emphasized- that - if the lease is abrogated on 30 days’ notice by the Navy Department, the work being done would be seriously erippled. [ other countries during 1 nd eggs all_over the world. worth of American butter and eggs DENANDS FARNESS FOR CHURGHVEN U. S. Concedes Mexico’s Right to Expel, But Con- demns Unjust Treatment. By tae Associated Prese The United States Government has placed itself on record as contending that Amerfcan churchmen should not be made to suffer unduly from | the interpretation of the religious clauses of the Mexican constitution of 1917 by the Calles government. Ambassador Sheffield. it was an- nounced late vesterday afternoon, presented the attitude of the State Department in a note to the Mexican foreign office. While the communi- cation was not made public. it is believed to concede Mexic right to expel churchmen. but coupled with this the suggestion that all American ecitizens in that republic should he given full consideration and ample opportunity when direct- ed to leave. Ambassador Sheffield reported that the threatened arrest in Vera Cruz State of Rev. F. J. Krill, an Ameri can Catholic priest. had been “sat factorily settled.” bhut details were withheld. Jalapa authorities. it was indicated. were favorable to allowing the priest to remain Affairs in -Mexico also engaged the attention of the Senate yesterday. Sen- ator King, Democrat, Utah, asking that correspondence dealing with American claims for 10 years be fur- nished and that Labor and Justice De- partment activities on the border be investigated. Chairman Borah of the foreign relations committee, however, appealed to his colleagues to allow Mexico to solve her problams without undue criticlsm. The Sheffield note was prepared by the Ambassador after he had received instructions from the State Depart- ment-as to the American attitude. * The Ambassador's purpose in pre- senting a note to the Mexico govern- ment was largely to put the Washing- ton Government on record. l POLICIES TOTAL 386,843. | veterans' Life Insurance Figures H Given by Director Hines. The number of converted. United States Government life insurance policies totaled 386,843, and rep- resented $1,563,588,221.75 of insurance on December 31, 1925, it nounced today by Director Hines of the Veterans' Bureau. The assets of the fund total $181,- 427,325.43, showing an increase dur- ing 1925 of $41 5 The investments | provided by law, consist of Federal i honds, bonds of farm loan banks and policy loans. The rate of interest earned on | mean assets for the year 1925 is 4.6 per cent. The premium and interest income is slightly less than $4,000,000 monthly. A

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