Evening Star Newspaper, March 17, 1926, Page 17

MAKING INDIAN'S LIFE MANK. of physical anthropalogy of Altonknei (“The Lone Tepee™), he vepresented by a fig THE END OF THE TREES ON has been necessary to cut down the shade trees which bordered the thoroughfare. take: MOTHER ACCUSED OF KILLING SON, 5 Body of Second Child to Be Exhumed to Be Tested for Poison. vesterday afternoor the Associated Press. ATRMONT. Minn.. March 17 Mrs her Atz was heid in jail here today. charged with first-degree mur- Aer In connection with the death of her son Raymond. 3 December 24, She vigoroush the charge. Authorities vears nld planned today to ex hume the hody of her Z-year-old daugh- | ter, who muccumbed last May. Sheriff W. S Carver of Martin County, who swore out the warrant, explained that he will have an analysts made at the University of Minnesota of the vounger child’s stomach. death. he sald, came after convulsions similar 1o those suffered by the hoy. The warrant was issued after a re. port made by the medical school of the University of Minnesota stated that polson had heen found in the bodv of Raymond in sufficient quan tity to have caused his death. When officers sought to arrest Mrs. | Atz she attempted to escape through | & back door to her new sedan, they mald. Her hushand., Charles Atz ahout two years ago in an explosion in a garage where he was employed. The deaths of hoth children follow- od visits to the home of her sister, Mrs. Arthur Goerndt. near here. When questioned by the sheriff Mrs. | “uncall her red her arrest was 1sserting a belief that not died from poison. Atz decl: ed for, had ANTI-TRUST ;\CT INVOKED. Fertilizer Manufacturers to Be Ar- raigned on Charges. Preparations are under way at the Department of Justice to procecd against certain fertilizer manufactur ers under the Sherman anti-trust act. following investigation throughout the South in response 1o a Senate resolu- tlon by Senator Harris, Democrat, Georgla. The Georgia Senator charged in his resolution, which passed the Senate more than a year ago, that the price of fertilizer sold by ‘several manu facturers in the South was uniform nd 100 high. He alleged the manu- facturers had entered into a combine 1o keep up the price, in violation of the law. HARVEY B. COX CHOSEN. l«.rgent‘s ;!slstn; };ow Counsel of Federal Farm Loan Board. Harvey B. Cox yesterday was ap- | pointed general counsel of the Fed- eral Farm Loan Board. Mr. Cox will be legal adviser to the board in lts relations with the banks. Mr. Cox. whose native State lowa, has heen on the legal stafl of the Department of Justice for many years, and for the past three vears has heen special assistant to the Attorney General nf the Nat in the museum. on | denied Her | died | William H. Egberts of the division nal Museum making a life mask who will be the first Comanche to National Paota. JEVENTH STREE T NORTHWEN’ |Chased by Police, | Rum Car Plunges Over 6-Foot Bank Mt in an au embank- A seriez of =om tomohile ment at Benning road and Central | avenue northeast .last night failed to ald Wilbur Ritchie, colored, 24 vears old, of 1061 Potomac street, in his attempt to escape Capt. Bur- lingame's flying squadron, which had been chas.ng him for 2 miles. The chase started at the Marl boro pike and continued at whirl- wind pace across Riggs road te Central avenue, where the fugitive ran the automobile over an em- hankment. The car somersaulted. When it came to a wrecked heap at the hottom of the embankment, Ritchie got ont and tried to make a getaway. hut was arrested by Po- licemen Hayes and Fleischaur. - Paolice reported that 23 gallons of i a 48.gallon g0 of corn whisky | were lost by breakage in the wreck. | Ritchie was arrested on a charge of | over o f-foot transporting and illegal possession of liquor and reckless driving. JURIST PILGRIMS TO HOLD BANQUET HERE APRIL 30 . = B Delegates to London Meeting Plan Reunion During Convention . of Law Institute. | The Pilgrims to the Shrine of the | Common’ Law will hold a banquet April 30 at the Mayflower Hotel dur- | ing the annual convention of the| | American Law Institute. - The PIl- ¥ re composed of the jurists and rs that attended the London meeting of the American Bar Asso- They gave a dinner last year has brought forth that it be made an ciation. and its success the suggestion | annual affair. | Henry E. Davis, chairman, and F. |Remn Noel, secretary of the dinner ! committee, in sending out notices of | the coming event, express the hope that all who were on the trip to England. with their familles, will avall themselves of this opportunity to renew acquaintances and recall the !trip together. Many reminders of the | trip will be in evidence and features| | will be added to the program of last | vear. The dinner will be followed by { dancing. The Chinese room of the hotcl has been engaged. Other members of the banguet com- mittee include Robert Ash, William W. Bride, Charles Henry Butler, Charles W. Darr, George E. Hamilton, Stanton Pellee, Charles H. Le Fevre and A. Coulter Wells. TURNER WILL FILED. Chapel for Chufch Farm School to Be Built for $25,000. The will of Therese M. Turner, who died February 15, has been flled for probate. She leaves $1.000 each to the Associated Charlties, the Association for the Blind, the Washington Cathe- | dral and St. Margaret's P. E. Church. A trust fund of $25,000 is given to | i | EVENING - STAR, WASHINGTO Switzerland, who and the Secretary of State _rega taken when they landed in New York. In order to widen this street, it This photograph was Washinkton Star Photo.& RING A PATH TO THE COOLII s were filled with snowdrifts. GALLI-CURCI TO SING. ‘Will Appear in Concert Here This Afternoon. Galli-Curei, the world-famous coloratura soprano, who has won con- tinental and Australian honors in her recently completed tour of other lands, returne to Washington after a two-year absence in a concert this {afternoon at 4:30 at Poli's Theater. Mme. Galli-Curci's program this afternoon will include songs ranging in period from the old Italian, through German lieder to English and French writers of the present time. Homer Samuels, her pianist-composer hus- band, will accompany the singer at the piano. Manuel Berenguer, flautist, will_play the obbligatos to several numbers GETS FOUR DESTROYERS. Coast Guard Anti-Rum Fleet Aug- mented by Navy Vessels. By the Associated Press. Four destroyers, the Davis, Wilkes, Shaw and Tucker, were ordered turned over to the Treasury Department to- | s directing the syle show at a local theater this week. All the girls ing part in the show are from Washington Copsright by Harrin & Ewing Moran, who iE HOMESTEAD AT PLYMOUTH, V' The path from the home, where the , WEDN CAROL Mar SUING Mne. PRINC Dunne, a New York girl, ex- hibiting the “Mrs. Coolidge rose” at the thirteenth international flow- in Grand Central Palac R Wide World Photo st Lo The section had a heavy s President’s father is seriously | Sculptor 'Coming Here Next Week To Rush Work on Ericsson Statue Work on the carving of the statue of John Ericsson, which is to rest in West Potomac Park south of the Lin- coln Memorial, will be started next week and will be pushed with as much haste as possible, =0 that the monu- ment may be ready for dedication on May 28, when Crown Prince Gus- tav Adolph of Swederi and the crown princess will be here to take part in the ceremonies, James E. Fraser, the sculptor. will come to Washington to carve the statue, It was learned today at the office of public buildings and public parks, and has abandoned the plan to have the large stone sent to New York for that purpose. Because of the shortness of the time intervening before the proposed dedication date, it was said, Mr. Fra- ser will send the full-size model by truck from his New York studio to Washington to be used as a guide for carving the big stone. CAR FALLS INTO RIVER. Passengers Removed Through Win- dow—Injuries Slight. CHICAGO, March 17 (#).—A score of passengers were thrown into peril late vesterday when a street car run- ning between Berwyn and Lyons, sub- urbs, left the rails and plunged into the Desplaines River while passing over a trestle. Firemen made a prompt rescue. None was killed. The water was between 3 and 4 day by Secretary Wilbur to supple- ! feet deep where the accident occurred ment the Coast Guard fleet engaged in liquor smuggling patrol duty. The ships are in reserve at the Philadelphia Navy Yard and will be reconditioned and fully equipped be- fore they are turned over to the coast guardsmen. Commissions Awarded. Charles Schreiner to build a chapel for a church farm school at Glen Lock, Pa. A number of relatives and friends are given cash legacies. A sister, Mary 8. Lawrence, gets the personal effects, a_legacy of $35.000 and the vesidue of the estate. The value of the estate is placed at $207,500, an Commissions in the Officers’ Re- serve Corps of the Army have been issued by the War Department 1o|of the Western Electric Co. Henry 8. Boynton, 2202 Q street, as a first lieutenant in the Chemical War- fare Service and to John T. Haughev, 1917 1 street, as a second lieutenant in the Military Intelligence Division. | and the street car was partly sub- merged. It remained in an upright position, however, partly supported by the bridgework. For a few min- utes some of the passengers, among them several women, were in danger of drowning. Some of the victims were cut and bruised and a few were taken to hos- pitals. Firemen rescued the passen- gers through windows of the car. Most of the victims were employes An American company is to install 2n automatic telephone system in An- gora. X ITALIANS HERE PROTEST. To Renounce Native Citizenship as Move Against Faclsm. NHW YORK, March 17 (P —A movement to ‘induce Italians in America who are opposed to Facism to renounce their allegiance to Italy while Premier Mussolini is in control has been launched, the New York Herald Tribune says today. At several meetings Sunday New York Italians announced their intentions of taking this step. The meetings were called in protest of the reported action of the Italian govern ment in depriving Vicenzo Vacirca, editor of a local Italian daily and a former Socialist Deputy, of his property in Italy and his citizenship, under the law of January 25, for- bidding criticism of Mussoiini or the Fascist administration. Ordered to McCook Field. Capt. Paul S. Edwards, Signal Corps, headquarters, District of Wash- ington, Munitions Building, has been ordered to McCook Field, Dayton, Ohlo, for duty. 2,000 FOR BiG U] Lambrino, LUNCHEON IN HONOR OF Casaurane was the guest of honor row, left to right: Attorne; of the Nav fall & few days ago, an leads to the public road. Wide World Photo. ROUTS TWO BANDITS. Intended Victim Fights Off Armed Men and Saves Cash. Armed handits reckoned with the wrong man last night when they held up George L. Johnson, 3431 Oakwood Terrace. Johnson had more than $49 in his pockets, he later explained to the police, and the money was intact after he had beaten off two men, The hold-up was staged on the street near the Johnson home shortly after 8 o'clock. The men pointed pistols at him. So bold was the affair that he could scarcely believe the men were in earnest. He realized it was no jok- ing affalr when one of the men dealt him a blow with a weapon, presuma- bly a blackjack, and then he proceed- ed to defend himself and save his cash. The bandits quickly concluded to with- draw. Johnson related the story to Detec- tives Fowler and Flaherty and police of the tenth precinct, giving descrip- tions of the men. ———— e MAIL UNIFORMS ORDERED. Letter Carriers’ Summer Clothes to Cost $20.80 Each. The letter carriers’ uniform com- mittee has awarded the contract for this year's Summer uniforms to Maher Brothers of Utica, N. Y., Postmaster Mooney announced today. The New York firm offered a bid of $29.80 for each uniform. The con- tract for the uniforms for the Huto- mobile carriers \vas awarded to S. Livingstone & Sons, this city. The bid was $8.45 for each uniform, which consists of a coat and a pair of pants. The letter carriers’ committee is composed of nine members elected by the entire force of carriers. Twice a year they call for bids and let the many eneral Sargent. Jose Manu Wilbur and Secretary of Labor Davis. DRIVING FROM RST T E. Secretary of State Kellogg a man as he was playing golf on the course at Pinel © A Guest, the poet, is ME and the luncheon was g noin the ¥ $47.50 Check Boost To $1.750 Basis of U. S. Claim on Bank with the ful ment of halan check 1o th ; r latter oh the check whe Baltimore hranch Reserve Bank of Rich the check reached Department the reserve hank ceived full credit. Later, the f was discovered, and the Govern ment lost in tk lower ce ts when it attempted tn compel the Ralti more National Fixeh Rank to refund the difference hetween the face of the check and the amount for which it was originally drawn SPEEDER IS ARRESTED it on B i Fal When AND THEN SPEEDS AWAY | Captured After Double Chase. Policeman's Motor Cycle Turns Over in Hot Pursuit. Irving T. Hook. 19 years old, o Bethesda. Md., led Motor Cycle Police men Coilins and Preinkert of the fourteenth precinet a double chase last night before he was finally hoo ed on a charge of second offense speeding and reckless driving. After being escorted station at Tenlextown by the two policemen for speeding, Hook, instead of alighting from his machine, stepped on the gas and sped away. The policemen heard reports that sounded like pistol shots, but Heok, when I brought back to the station, denied having fired at them. While engaged in the pursuit along River road, Policeman Preinkert's motor cvcle overturned and he re- celved a slight shock and brufses. HISTORIC FILM SHOWING. East Washington Center to Pre- sent “Peter Stuyvesant.' The East Washington Center of the Community Center ment will show “Peter Stuy " one of the tomorrow evening at 8§ o' auditorium of New School, Seventeenth streef In addition, two interesting reels of “Scenes in Panama and the Canal Zone" will be given in‘co-opera- Eastern High East Capital Corps motion picture division The Canal Zone pictures will appeal to both old and young, with a story of Iife of the natives of cocoanut groves and jungles, with scenes of Porto Rico and Panama City. The public is"invited to attend this weekly showing of mation pictures of educatlonal and historical interest to to the police ! tlon with the United, States Signal | standing in the rear. ¥ P & A P K1CO'S MINISTER OF PUBLIC INS an 'z, Secretary " Photo. 16 FIRES ARE LAID 10 CRAZED WOMAN Young Incendiary Believed Upset by Other Blazes in Her District. By the NEW YORK mantae, who for starting ments A Brook day. Police helieve the woman is a resf dent of the district. who may have heen crazed by recent fires there Sixteen alaims wera rung in bes [ tween the hours of 10 am. and 515 p.m. for 14 fires in the Bronxville sec- | tion and two others less than a mile away. In most cases the damage was slight. but in one it was estimated at_$75,000 The that the fires wers the work nf a demented young woman was hased on reports reaching Fire | Marshal Rrophy and the police. In at least two mstances. neighbors said. |a woman. apparentiy hetween 23 and | 30 years ald. was seen emerging from tenement hallwavs shortly before the fires. Most of the fires were started in rubbish in the cellar, in the haliway | under the statrs leading to upper floor apartments or in the main hallways. Traces of gasoline or kerosene iere | found in several of the fires. |PLAN BIG BROTHER UNIT. "Loell Catholic Association to Aid | March 17.- helieved A woman responsible frame tene. fldings in sought to- is picion Wayward Boys to Be Formed. Big Brother Assocla tion will be formed tomorrow night |at a meeting of representatives of {the forty parish branches of the Wash. {Ington section of the Holy Name So clety, to he held at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Eighth and N streets. Cornelius Ford, president of the Washington section, will preside. The organization will deal with wayward boys and attempt to give them an opportunity to become het- ter citizens. The local organization will be formed along the lines of sim- flar bodies In other cities. A head. quarters will he established and an executive secretary emploved. Mgr. P. C. Gavan, spiritual director of the Washington society. will be hon orary head of the organization. and the work will be carried out by the various Holy Name branches, under | the supervision of the pastors of the | The Catholic series of Yale Chronicles of America, |parishes and the spiritual directors. ock in the | | be elected: Spiritual director. president. Five officers of the association will vice president, executive secretary and treasurer. Mondell as G. 0. P. “Keynoter.” DURHAM. N. C.. March 17 (#).— Frank W. Mondell, former Represent- ative from Wyoming, will deliver the keynote address at the State Repub- lican convention to bhe held in this city on April 8. Announcement of the ac- ceptance of the invitation tend him was made by William contracts for the Summer and Winter ! all American citizens, and with travel ' ham, chairman of the State executive unitorms. stories of foreign lands. eommittee. A