Evening Star Newspaper, March 11, 1926, Page 17

KING GEORGE CONi RATULATES THE a picked team of French stars in the interna ntative ottom, the Harry Updike behind the plate. ICTORIOUS RUGBY PLAVERS. nal rughy match at Twickenham, Middlesex, by THE Twao base ball teams—the Re e first or: abe Ruth of th Wide World Photo. The British team defeated score of 11 to 0. King George is shaking hands with W. W. Wakefield, captain of the British team. ARMY BLIMP TA-5 FALLS; TRIO SAVED Engine Trouble Causes Crash of Dirigible in Hamp- ton Roads. By the Associaied Press. HAMPTON, Army dirigib! manned H. Johns h Winters in its period of ! took a nose dive ton Roads. None of the three men | aboard the ecraft was injured, and it w stated at the flying field that the craft will again be in condition within the next £ When oped with the | dirigible, the pressure of the wind on the ship tore open the front section nd considerable excite- ed in Hampton nd ula by its a aranc helple: > air be: ment was c over the penin while it hung fore it settled ashed around over | the ship was in body of water lined with small craft bent on lendi sistance possible to th A large num Monroe ship fin: the work from Fort : on the scene when the ¢ came down, and aided in f getting the three W Seaplanes hovered in the vicinity of the crippled blim; sister dirigible of the on hand to send wi Cqol judgment those who 3 probably e. pars of TA. ous cor on handli prevente quences, as the m of keeping it in the air and out of the water prevented irreparable damage. the OF BELGIAN KONGO LAND Brussels Excited Over Reports of Conditions of Loan From America. ted Press March 11.—Excitement was caused in political and financial circles yesterday by a report that a loan of $100,000,000 to Belgium had been made by American bankers on the essential condition that their agents take over control of the finances of the Belgian Kongo. The incident has necessitated post- ponement of Finance Minister Jans- sen's trip to London, England. He will appear before the cabinet tomor- row and explain the status of the loan negotiations. ‘The Belgian Parliament recently au- thorized the government to arrange for a $150,000,000 loan, which was to be divided among New Yerk and sev- eral European financial centers. . Commissions Awarded. Commissions in the Officers’ Reserve Corps of the Army have been issued by the War Department to Francis Drischler, Alexandria, Va., and to | Jury Is Too Late With Its Verdict In Alienation Suit By the Associated Press NEW YORK. March 11.—While a jury A Brooklyn Supreme Court was deliberating yesterday on the $50,000 alienation of affections suit brought by Albert Stone against Charles Z. Weiner. Stone and Weiner settled the matter be- tween themselves for $4,000. Five minutes later the jury an- nounced that it had decided to award Stone $20,000. Ju: e verdict and authorized the settle- ment. ASSOCIATION AGAIN HONORS FAULKNER Re-elected President by Michigan Park Citizens—Other Of- ficers Chosen. Robert B. Faulkner, president of the Michigan Park Citizens' Association, re-elected president and named a candidate for election to the Citi ; Council last night at 3923 Twelfth street s re-elected nclair was sistant ry; M. J. Kilerlane, treasure Trundle, delegate to the Federa- tion of Citizens' Associations; J. W. Connolly, C. H. Richmond and H. Hoddinott, members of the executive council. The following committee chairmen were appointed: B. B. Pettus, membership; Dr. J. A. Kiernan, laws and legislation; T. A. Gillis, public utilities; J. W. Connolly, publicity; L. S. Trundle, education; J. T. Reside, streets, and S. H. Hod- dinott, police and fire protection. Demands for immediate enlarge- ment of school facilities for white resi- dents of the Michigan Park section were made following a report of a conference held with Supt. of Schools Frank W. Gillis re- ported that 187 ry school chil- dren of the community were being hampered by being crowded into in- ate buildings, including a port- and pointed out that, while pro- n for a 16-room school is to be made under the provisions of the projected five-vear school building program, immediate relief must be affected. Four hundred new homes being erected in this section will bring a great increase in the number of children to be taken cdre of, he warned. Dr. Ballou was ald to have taken the plea under advisement. Condition of the paving on Twelfth and_Thirteenth streets from Taylor to Upshur streets is so bad residents of the community will be forced to y to have the work done unless Congress includes the items in the ap- propriation bill, it was declared. Future meetings of the association are to be held on the second Wednes- day of the month at 4200 Thirteenth street northeast. Street car service on the Brookland- North Capitol line was declared to be the worst in the city, and a committee was appointed to confer with other as- sociations affected by the service and representatives of the Washington Railway and Electric Co. Snowdrops from Italy, prunes from Holland and orchids froma local con- George B. McCeney, Laurel, Md., as a second lieutenant of Infantry. Photo by Acme, PEAKING OF INITIATION! lanta, Ga., dej newly organized American I dians, the greatest alliance of the ribes in an history tr L 3 Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. lents of Washi u black paint and shoe polish i Wide World Photo, was the fiftieth anni- versary of the invention of telephone. Three hundred thou- sand telephone employes wore an- niversary buttons such the photo shows on Miss Ethel Downs of. the local office. Copyright by Harris & Ewing. Yesterday A% | ITALIAN DIRI IBL] was constructed in It Rome across Switzerland, Poland, Sweden, Germ: sen and Ellsworth. “RA WHICH RECORDED THE JANUARY ECLIPSE OF THE SUN ne of the most remarkable cameras ever constructed, was e pictures of the sun’s eclipse of January 14. considered in South Sum: i ABOUT READY FOR ) aly for the Amundsen expediti ORTH POLE FLIGHT. The ship, ac ny and Russia to § omers was to test the Einstein theory. NAVY DEPARTMENT’'S EXHIBITION SHOWS EVOLUTION OF THE UNITED STATES BATTLESHIP. Secretary Wilbur .ndAA‘I"::;l;..l Eberle examining the models of American war vessels which are displayed at the MAN GOES ON TRIAL Girl Was Shot on Wedding Day. Alone With Accused, Her Father Says. By the Associated Press. WEWOKA, OKI: March 11.—Rita May Gosz, 17-year-old farm girl, was dressed for her wedding and was waiting for her parents to accom- pany her to the church, when she was shot to death, February 14, by her fiance, Erman P. Higdoh, it was testified yesterday at the opening of Higdon's trial for murder. Details of the love affair between the girl and her sweetheart, termi- nating’ in the killing at her home, were related by J. M. Gosa, her father. Higdon is 22 years old and lived on a neighboring farm. He and the girl had been sweethearts the father said. sa sald Higdon had been left alone with the girl and that he came to the church with the word that Rita May was missing. He described the search for her and the finding of the body, a bullet through the heart, in a ravine near the house. BANKER HELD UP. John W. Calvert Robbed of $30 at Point of Pistol. John W. Calvert, 1750 Corcoran | street, assistant: treasurer of the Na- tional Savings & Trust Co., was held up at the point of a pistol and robbed of $30 by two men near his home last night. The taller of the two displayed the pistol and threatened to use it, but Mr. Calvert offered no resistance. While holding the pistol in one hand, police were told, the armed man proceeded to search the pockets of the victim, his accomplice standing by. They then fled.’ A report of the affair was made to the police, and Mr. Calvert and De- servatories were sold im Tondon streets during the Winter, tective Nally toured the city in an unsuccessful search for the. Navy Department. Scientist Undergoes 72d Operation; IN FIANCEE’S DEATH| Skin Grafted to Hands X-Ray Burned |PROFIT-SHARING MOVE By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md., March 11.—Dr. Frederick Henry Baetjer, roentgen- ologist of Johns Hopkins Hospital and Medical School and one of the most famous scientists in America, vesterday underwent his seventy- second operation as a result of X-ray bur. Skin was grafted to his hands from another part of his body in an effort to stay the burns, which are caused by frequent or prolonged exposure to the X-rays and have already cost Dr. Baetjer elght fingers and one eye. Dr. Baetjer is regarded as an authority on radio activity and the Roentgen rays. Beginning his studies of their physiological effects shortly after their discovery, 25 years ago, the sclentist for years has been ex- perimenting with them and using them- in the treatment of disease. FEDERAL JOBS OPEN. Laboratory and Chemists’ Assist- ants and Packers Needed. The Civil Service Commission to- day announced open competitive ex- aminations to fill vacancles in the day announced positions: Chemical laboratorian at $4.32 a day, mechanical laboratorian at $4.32 a day, and metallurgical laboratorian at $4.32 a day, Naval Academy, An- napolis, Md., and in the Navy Yard service throughout the Fourth Civil Service District. Junior chemist, Chemical Warfare Service, Edgewood Arsenal KEdge- wood, Md., at $1,860 to $2,400 a year. Packer at $4 a day, and packer's helper at $2.50 a day, Quartermaster Supply Office, here. Cold storage wharehouse tucker, Center Market, Bureau of Agri- cultural Economics, Department of Agriculture, here at $4 a day when actually employed. Full information and application blanks may be obtained from the office of the secretary, Fourth United States Civil Service District, 1723 F street. Capitol Heights Meeting. Special Dispatch to The Star. CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md., March 11.—The first meeting of the newly formed People’s party will be held at the Prince Georges Theater tonight, beginning at 8 o'clock. Town affairs and the election in May will be dis- cussed, addresses and musle featuring ! the evening. BANKING BILL CHANGED. Section 9, Relating to Branches, Rewritten in Senate. ‘The Senate banking committee, in considering the McFadden banking bill passed by the House, has rewrit- ten section 9 to permit State banks holding membership in the Federal reserve system to create branch within their own States under certain restrictions. The fight against section 9, which would have placed restrictions on the branch activities of each bank, was led by Senator Glass, Democrat, former Secre of the Treasury, who charged it would tend to destroy the national bank system and drive State banks out of the reserve system. il g COLLEGE BUILDING BURNS GREENSBORO, 3 (#).—The Curry uilding at thé North Carolina College for Women here was completely destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon, entailing a loss of approximately $90,000, only half of which was covered by insurance. The building was used as a_ train- ing school and was attended by ap- proximately 50 grammar grade pupils of the city, all of whom escaped without injury. The structure was lo- cated in close proximity to other col- lege buildings and residences, and the city’s entire Fire Department had hard work to keep the flames from spreading. \ . 'C., March 114 Copyright by P. & 1,800 FARMERS JOIN Frederick County, Maryland, Asso- ciation to Buy $500,000 Plants. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., March 11.— Frederick County, through its co-oper- ative marketing association, vester- day announced the most ambitious farm ownership project ever at- tempted in Maryland. The plan, which involves the purchase of nearly 20 grain, milling and supply plants of the city and county, provides for an investment of more than $500,000, with 1,800 farmers as stockholders of the profit-sharing organization. For three years the Frederick County Farm Bureau Co-operative As- soclation has been conducting plants in this city, Emmitsburg and Bruns- wick. The projects have been success- ful and led to the drafting of plans for the acquisition of all other farm supply plants in this city. Do vty “Y” FOLK ENTERTAIN. Play Presented Before Officers and Clergymen. ‘Wives of the employed offi the Washington Y. M. C. A. ang. u?: woman employes of the association were hostesses at an entertainment given to_the officers of the Y. M. C. the "board of managers and a group of Washington clergymen in the auditoriumi of the Y. M. C. A. central building last night. A play- let, “Marrying Into the Y,” was the feature of the evening's entertain- ment. Mrs. C. Fleming and Mrs. E. M. Wiles were in charge of produ tion of the playlet, and Mrs. H. W. Clair took the leading part. MR London is to have a church exclu- sively for children. With the excep- tion of the minister, the organization of the church will be of boys and girls. Corsets of Czar’s Court Go on Sale; Buyers Not Found By the Associated Press. LENINGRAD, Russia, March 11. —The local Soviet authorities, con- tinuing their liquidation of the properties of the czarist regime, have placed on the market 124 cor- sets and 600 pairs of shoes once worn by the ladies of the imperial court. About one-tenth the orig- inal prices are asked, but so far there have been no takers, since the articles are at least 20 years behind the styles, torian times, while the shoe: stylish during the earliest years of the present century. WOMAN ENDS LIFE AT YOUTH’S FUNERAL | Fear She Would Be Called to Testi- fy of Mysterious Shooting Is Blamed. By the Associated Press. SANDUSKY, Mich,, March 11.— Fear that she would be called to tes tify concerning the mysterious shoot- ing Saturday night of 18-year-old Roy Lee is believed to have prompted the suicide yesterday of Mrs. Pearl Dor land, jr., who swallowed poison while attending the boy's funeral. Lee was found shot to death in an automobile outside the home of Albert Sager, near here, where his brother. two other men and three women were holding an oyster supper and party. He had been shot with a .22-caliber bullet, but no pistol could be found. either in a holster which the boy wore or_in the automobile. Disappointment in a love affair was considered by the police to have| caused Roy to shoot himself. Mrs. Dorland was one of the women in the party, and her husband and the other men were arrested, charged with lquor law violations. FORMER MOTHER-IN-LAW SUES PAUL WHITEMAN Mrs. Celia Stack Asks $10,000 for Her Daughter’s Doctor Bills and Baby’s Burial. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 11.—Paul ‘Whiteman, orchestra conductor, has been sued for $10,000 damages by Mrs. Celia Stack, his former mother-in- law, it was revealed yesterday in Sui preme Court when Justice Proskauer denied Whiteman's application for an order to examine Mrs. Stack before trial. H Mrs. Stack alleged that her daugh- ter, Mrs. Nellie Stack Whitman, was married to the orchestra leader on August 10, 1908, and that he deserted her six months later. Her daughter, she said, obtained a divorce in 1914. Her daughter bore a child which lived ix months, Mrs. Stack said, and the hospital and doctor bills and funeral expenses were paid by Mrs. Staclk, ac- cording to her complaint. Whiteman denied he made any promise to pay these expenses, alleged that his form. | er wife left him, and pleaded the statute of limitations. The suit has ording to present p) pitzberge First test of the Norge, which ans, will fly from , where it w Am W 1d Pl This photographic deviee, D astronomers 1 job of the astron- chit by P. & A Photos. HAITIAN'S PROTEST ‘BLOCKEDIN SENATE ';Petition Assailing Occupation Policy of U. S. Kept _ Out of Record. wed by The spec Cop: ate became involved in discussion yester- ver the presentation . Democrat, of Utah {of a paper written by tizen of Haiti assailing American occupation of that republic, When the clerk concluded the read ing Senator Wadsworth, Republican, New York, made a point of order against the paper under a venting reception of memorial or other pap of a foreign country by the President. Point Is Sustained. Senator Bingham, Repu necticut, who was presid ed the point of order, & Reed, Democrat, Missourt, from the ruling. Fervid constitutional ments followed. Senatc a appealed Norris, ebraska, insisted that ruling would curtail the ht « speech in the Senate. Scna W worth agreed th: might be the case, and announced t he would withdraw his pomt of a sub- stityte a motion to expur docu- ment from the Record. “I think it is an extraordinarily bit- ter denunciation of the policies of the United States Government.” he said. “To me it is offensive, I do not like to see it printed in the Congres- sional Record.” Referred to Committee. Declaring that he could understand that the document might be offens to other Senators, Senator King said he would ask that it be withheld from the Record for 4 ferred to the forcign rel tee for determination should be received. Senator Reed then withdrew his ap- peal from the ruling of t , the chair withdrew i nd Senator vorth withdrev point of or- , and the document went to the foreign _relations committee. That closed the incident U. S. SALE IN FLORIDA. General Land Office Will Auction Acreage Next Tuesday. Two tracts of land near the mouth of the St. John's River in Florida, ag- gregating 841 acres and appraised at $5,371, will be sold at auction mext Tuesday by the General Land Office. On March 19, an auction sale of nd on the ocean side of Key ne, an island off the city of Miami, will be held. The land is appraised at $6,840. An executive order withdrawing a number of tracts of public land in Florida from settlement pending classification and legislation was is- sued yesterday on recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior. The tracts are located on Lake Dora and another small lake in Lake County, Fla. Their withdrawal isy such free the to whether it been set for March 22. After White- he married Wanda Hoff. entire- | man made his reputation as jazz king | made of them many years ago may be arroneone, based on_the fact that the surveys found to be faulty and