Evening Star Newspaper, March 16, 1926, Page 17

THE COUNTESS IS COACHED. Vera, Countess of Catheart, receiv- HE HEADS THE Z00’S EXPEDITION. William M. Mann at the AFTER ANOTHER ALTITUDE F! LIGHT. Lieut. John A. Macready his wife after his recent altitude flight at McCook Field, 0. The plane instruments registered 39,000 feet, which Wide World Photo ing last-minute dramatic Instructions before she went on a local stage last night as the star in her own pla This was the first time the countess had ever appeared on a stag greeted b, Dayton, OF a hole 300 feet in diameter in Kansas is causing all sorts of worry. odor of sulphur hangs about the place, and the theory ig advanced Washington Zoo yesterday before leaving on an African expedition. He hopes to bring back many rare animals for the Capital youngsters Copyright Ly P. & A. Photos. to gaze upon. WHER WO AND A HALF MILLION DOCUMENTS ARE ¥ men are employed in the work, which is in charge of J. Martin McKee. TAKONA PARS D, MANACERISURCED Bread Like Mother Used to Make Held Bugbear to Brides . By the Aseoctated Press. TURNED OUT EACH MONTH. the folding room of the House of Representatives, where the documents are prepared for mailing. Scene in Sixty National Photo Wide World Photo. DELIVERS PH rich of the N dent Coolidge when the latte: IDENT'S SUND. Air Station, whe is takes a that an old volcano is showing signs of life. Chief Mate E. Diet- flying newsboy” for Presi- week end trip on the Mayflower. AY Dietrich, with his bundle of newspapers, flies down the Potomac until he finds the President’s yacht. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. Wide World Photo. SOLICITOR OF TRE, n ceremony URY Robert J. Mawh th was administered by Clarence T. Ellis, chief clerk of the Treasury PEPPER OPENS FIRE does not breals the existing record. DEPARTMENT 1S SWORN IN. new solicitor of the §$90 Set as Top Price for Burials In City of Madrid By the Assoctated Pre g ! CHICAGO, March -Bread like a Pics Council Takes Request for mother CEls Wiin MADRID, March 16.—First much prej :y, the an- to fourth class funerals may be had Community Referendum ; Under Advisement. ' | Whether the voters and taxpayers | ©of Takoma Park, Md., are willing tol have their taxes increased 10 o | nual meeting of the American So- ciety of } " Engineers was tol vesterday Lieut. Col. Coleman, U. S. A., who had charge of the bread supply of the Ameri- can Army during the World War. He defended the modern housewife who bu; bread. and's mother the bugbear in Madrid beginning July 1, if an ordinance introduced in the muni cipal council is adopted. ‘A maximum price of 700 (about_$90) is provided for a fi class funeral for an adult. Thi price includes an automobile hearse, two automobiles for the mourners and burial in the cemetery. The highest price which may be set. Friends and relatives attended the Treasury Department, yesterday. Washinston Star Photo. ONRIVALS FOR SEAT Pinchot *““Counterfeit” Back- er of Coolidge, Vare Brew- ery Candidate, He Says. ted Press PHIA Wharton March 16.—Sen Pepper has per cent to pay the salaries of a town | red. “Asa 7T highest price Which may b S SR P e manager and a municipal engineer | 2 ttle Lride can charied for (e il of ach ‘e svenin g In b trianey is & proposition which may be sub- p across the street to the bakery est 60 pesetas A second-class wative Willlam 8. Var n nomination for the sresented to the | mitted to the voters at the election May 1 The suggestion was Town Council last night at a meeting in the Takoma Presbyterian Church by Albert A. Spear and J. C. Nellis. They cited the rapid growth of the town and consequent increase of town business, resulting in excessive demands upon the time and energy of the mayor and members of the Town Council ‘The first provision is that the coun- cll authorize an increase in the town to it. and get a better loaf of bread than her husband’s mother or anybody's mother makes. “Home baking wears out mother by useless labor and the home- baked loaf costs more and is not so good as the bakery loaf,” Col. Sherrard said. .. FLAG ON SEA cost 400 pesetas adult funeral ), third class, nd fourth class, 100 pesetas 50), ($15). LEITER ESTATE | | | TRAL S PENED | United States Senate at the primar | election in May. Declaring that Gov. Pinchot's elain Ito allegiance to the Coolidge admir | istration was “counterfeit” and that the people wanted “some one who i not the candidate of the brewery in Senator Pepper asserted thai thy ters would nominate neither | Gov. Pinchot nor Vare. “They want s straight Republic | terfeit supporter of the Cooli taxes of 10 per cent, with which - . T . TRE WAS N . > - 3 ¢l | ministration, said the : S ke 'WO OF THE FAMILY WERE MISSING WHEN THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN. Mrs. Ida Fahler, with 11 of her 13 children. aboard the {ministration, d _Senator EEI000 4o Fiih ot ithet ey T L e e to America yesterday to Join Mr. Fahler, who owns a farm in Ohio and fias, two of the children with him. The | “They want scmebody who s ot ¢ o o thie ootinell and e mesponsible Searing range Inage from 3 to 53 years, and they should make thin gs hum on the Ohio “plantation. oto' by Acme. = candidate of either the brew ‘ i Lady Marguerite Hyde Seeks | Tne threccornered fight in o rock The other proposition was to au- thorize the council to increase the taxes 20 per cent, one-halt of which revenue would pay a town manager and the other a municipal engl- neer also at $3,000, to work under the = $10,000,000 Approved in Bill to Enable Shipping Board WHITE RADIO BILL NOW GOES TO SENATE| ‘Russian Palaces, Slightly Shopworn, Put Up for Sale or Lease to Americans LIMIT ON CIVILIANS’ TRAINING PAY BALKED | | Removal of Brother as 5 Trustee. { ribbed Republican State not only ha | brought about an unusual conditlon |in_Pennsylvania politics. but it i expected by some to result in a ref | erendum on prohibition. We expect no test from the pro- town i|ln;m l;,_vnl and the council. The ‘ hibitlon fight involved in the sena council took the matte: der advise- i N 3 torfal race,” vs Rev. \ Founic er under advise to Operate Ships. Measure Giving Secretary of Com- | Bs the Asiociated Press. the usual taxes to the government.| Government Loses in Effort to Cur-|ny ye associated Press. O e Street Work Asked. The council rec a number of | The Senate gave notice to foreign merce Regulatory Powers | Passed by House. LENINGRAD, Russia, March 16. —Americans who have dreamed of sing palaces are given an op- One of the smaller palaces is that on Gargarinskaya street, which Em- peror Alexander II, presented to his morgantic wife, Princess Youryevska- tail 1918 Embryo Officers’ Pay to $33 a Month. l CHICAGO, March 16.—Two deposi- tions will figure in the suit brought by Lady Marguerite Hyde, Countess Anti-Saloon League. ‘‘The result o | the election will bring about no knowl edge of how the people of Pennsy! vania stand on the liquor question requests for street improvements. | shipping concerns that the American { ilai The requests were from property own- | goe" il ho kept on the seas when it | portunity by the Soviet government|ya, as a wedding gltt. This hull?u:pz g of Suffolk and Berks, to remove her, Both Gov. Pinchot and Senator Pey ers on Prince George street, Kthan Al-| % oved un item of $10,000,000 in an| By a vote of 213 to 124 Wit | ceditstng /nels dbeasns, [Thiere; are |\ 8 0ay waghenio \ok tho MIneH. ol brother. Joseph Leiter, as trustee of|Per favor prohibition. ~Liquor law len avenue, Flower avenue between | efation bill yesterday ey % ok 2 of realizing @ Leningrad. ~ After the government| mpe ederal Government lost in the | Prother: Joseph (e | enforcement will be one of the pri: SppEapration yesterday to enable | radio control bill was passed by the|several disused palaces in Leningrad,| natlonalized all property in 1918 the | the $30,000,000 estate of their father, |cipal planks in the Governor's plat Jackson avenue and Sligo street, Flow- er avenue south of ¢ oll avenue, Tulip avenue between Cedar and Holly avenues, Grant avenue, Ridge avenue and Cockerill avenue below Spring the Shipping Board to operate vessels which may have to be taken bacik from private operators because of competition. street. Petitions were received for sidewalks on Davis avenue from Flow- er to Garland avenue, and from Wil- The fund is in excess of the regular lappropriation for maintena of the Government merchant marine. The ; House put that sum at $18,691,000, but v and sent to the Sen- ate. s measure creates a Federal radio commission of five members to co-operate with the Secretary of Com- merce in regulating tr: in the air ! to avoid confusion in broadcasting and other forms of wireless communica- | tion. formerly the property of the emperor or members of his family, which the government will be glad to sell or lease to Americans or other forelgners for periods ranging from 25 to 50 vears. The only conditions aro that a buyer or lessee shall put the build- d shall pay palace fell into disuse and has remain- ed unoccupled ever since. The floors are inlaid with mahogany and mother of pearl. The staircases are of ma- hoguny, with balustrades of bronze. There i8 a splendid ballroom finished in_marble. But the entire bullding !is badly in need of renovation. Supreme Court yesterday in a test case by which it had sought to Jimit to $33 a month the pay of civlilans who trained for Army officers in the third officers’ training camp, in 1918. The highest court refused to grant an appeal from a lower court ruling | Levi Z. Leiter, Chicago merchant. The depositions were made by Lady Cynthia Mosley of England, grand- | daughter of the elder Leiter, and Frank O. Horton, Wyoming rancher. Efforts to bar the bulk of Lady Cyn- thia's deposition will probably mark a high point in the trial, to start form. | 'There is also an active campaig: Th | to succeed Pinchot as governor. latest aspirant Thomas W. Phil ., Washington has announced he favor modifying the Volstead act. liam A. Mellon and J V. ¥ | 3 | in proper repair an liamn A, dellon und John W [:elel‘i'!;ledr"::lgg Semate reduced 1t to ,l,;:d:,&ggo, Tho bill provides for issuance of | ing_in_prop p: . in_Ohio, which k;nll%lha!hthglgbudex‘)‘; Todky. | ouT F_[)R ~ o wood section. { C e ¥ d station and operators’ licenses by the = | officers were entitled to the paid| Tady Cynthia’s statement made| e eeeil, on vecommendation of | T4 and then added the fighting fun'l | Secretary of Commerce. Opposition | NEGROES ATTACK WOMAN.| SUES FOR MAINTENANCE. |them. !Quring her recent visit here objects OVERNORSHIP. the clylc improvement committee, | “emiie Caomaval of the House| o it centered about the contentions of | i The test case was that of Edward|to the possible appointment of Wil- e adopted an ordinance restricting the | fgure, Senators Fetcher, Florida, ouse | somie members that no machinery Was | T P. Buckenmeyer, a student at the|ljam J. Warr as trustee of the estate. | Representative Phillips, Republi- B et et te, Wil ang | IEUre; Senators Fletcher, Florids, ahd | provided that would insure against |one Knocks Out Her Tooth by Blow | Wife of Aviator Wants Half His|Ohio state University, who trained| The westerner's deposition attacks the | Sericonibo 43 Ichei at ccorners) tb pEs: | e € | radio monopoly and that it gave the at Camp Sherman, Ohlo, after enlist-| management of the Leiter ranch in| ©3% Enters Pennsylvania Race. trians and motorists. Permission must | iy coamcton trom.the.total vored Iast | 4 Q0L , one major amendment Was| g, unidentified colored men at-| Lieut. Corley P. McDarment of the | the, ar, | il (SUSEaS Do Representative Phillips of Pennsyl be secured from the council for higher | y, . h added to the committee draft of the The War Department contended ! vaile Veatarday . hedges. :em;] v\alfatgo great atnd migl tt“r‘esull_ bill. This change, proposed by Repre- | tacked Mrs. Susle Courtney, 42, &/ office of the chief of Air Service Was|inat he was entitled only to the pay | F PAST AGES Hda:v)fe::re:h? ;nm;\;'nred m; can The resignation of Dr. E. G. Salis-| tire vortes o+ Of Some of the €X'/ sentative Davis, Democrat, Tennessee, | charwoman emploved in the District | sued yesterday for maintenance in the | of a private, first-class, but the Court| CITY OF PA GES. | (i) mom gt Rt State bury 4s & member of the zoning com. | §Chairman Jones of the commerco|Struck out a provision to give the| Building, about 4:30 o'clock this morn-| pygtrict Supreme Court by his wife, | of Claims threw out that contentlon. | Mr. Phillips pledged himself to « mission was accepted. Commerce Department the power to | ing, one of the men dragging her from [\ "o Sue MeDarment, residing Russian Archeologists Discover | platform of ‘“promotion of orderl: New High School Ready. Announcement was made that the | new High School would be dedicated ¥riday evening, and the invitation to the council was accepted. The February report of Town Treas- urer Ben G. Davis was presented and approved. It showed receipts from permits and taxes of $1,339.67, | committee said the Shipping Board had assurances from the Budget Bu- reau that if more money were needed it would be recommended. League Picks i’ew York Expert. GENEVA, March 16 (U®.—The { council of the League of Nations yes- terday appolnted Arthur Woods, for- remit fines imposed for infraction of | radio regulations. { The five members of the radio com- | misslon would be appointed from five zones, to be established. Operators refused licenses would have the right to appeal to the District of Columbla Court of Appeals. It was stipulated that the President should have power to close any station during war ‘“‘or | the sidewalk into a park and striking her with sufficlent force to knock a tooth out. Mrs. Courtney, a widow, was walk- ing to work from her home, at 477 F street southwest, when at Maryland avenue and Seventh street the two men, in an automobile, tried to at- tract her attention. When she had reached a point near one of the tem- at the Bancroft Hotel. The wife tells the court that the aviator has with- drawn an allotment of $100 per month for the support of herself and child, and asks the court to compel him to pay her one-half of his salary of $360 per month. Mrs. McDarment contends that her husband refused to provide a suitable home for her and the child Appeal by Salyation Army. Children’s clothes are needed by the Salvation Army and Brigadier Picker- ing of the social service department is asking for contributions of all kinds of discarded garments. The heavy de- mand of the Winter has completely ex- hausted the stock and applications for needed articles are coming in daily Ruins Dating 500 B. C. MOSCOW, March 16 (#).—Russian archeologists have discovered on the outskirts of Moscow the remains of an ancient city, belleved to date from the fifth century before Christ, when stone tools were just beginning to be replaced by metal implements. Iron arrows, knives, glass bracelets, l‘..’O\'OI‘HI“Q“'.” and the “protection of | the rights and liberties of citizens.” Although he did not mention prohibi tion in announcing hia candidacy, his | position in favor of modification of the Volstead act was announced In a | statement made public Sunday. | Taxicab Stolen, Then Abandoned. s i mer police commissioner of New York | other emergency. ! D punldings, ot Bev- ';;T“;og & on ham;hea total of $14, * | City, to be an expert attached to the | ol e e e fi{fi'in‘é O aets, the men. left the | and prefers to reside with his sister | Donations of old newspapers, books, | bone combs and gold and silver few-| George D. Mehrling, taxicab drive 19052, Disbursements during ®the | 1eague’s permanent advisory commis:| p, : . : | %ar and one of them attacked her.|and brother. magazines and castaside pleces of |elry were unearthed. Several exam- |left his vehicle near Virginia avenue | sion on opiu | Plans Social Science Society. | i “%u2fneys screams brought a| They were' married at Memphis, |house furniture will enable the officials | ples of primitive pottery Deariog de- | and Third street southwest about 130 c o’clocl his morning, for ime, same period for street work, street Jighting, salaries and miscellaneous |~ expenses amounted to $1,453.99, leav- William A, Dr. E. G. Salisbury, Incorporation in the District of Co- lumbia of the National Soclety of watchman from the building, and the men escaped in their car. After being treated in the public health clinic, Tenn, February 2, 1920. A suit for divorce recently brought against her by her husband in Arlington County, to provide quarters and work for more unfortunate men in the Industrial Home. A postal card addressed to the signs for textiles also were found. The main occupation of the in- habitants, the archeologists say, was and later reported to the police the vehicle was driven off by three white men, one a 200-pounder. The taxicab a t balance on hand of|Kroll, F. D. B. Austin and L. Social Science is sought in a bill in- E;g.'lll.il'.w Biddle, and Town Clerk Ben G. Da-|troduced in the House vesterday by | Mrs. Courtney was taken home. Va., was dismissed, the court is told. | soclal service department or a tele- | cattle breeding, hunting having play- | me T ety attae ¥ Mayor H. ‘aff presided. Coun-|vis and Supt. of Public Works Maj.' Representative Davenport of New Detectives Springman and Darnall | The wife is represented by Attorneys j phone call to Main 8023, it was said, | ed a minor role. Truf.es of .adn ancient “;‘-:d N y - cilmen 1. Rogers, Jobn R. Adams, | W. 1. Fischer were present. York. are secking the men t.\‘:duy. C. V. Imlay and C. E. Walnwright. - will nc.i(! prompt attention. kremlin also were excavated. ward. | 2% t