Evening Star Newspaper, March 20, 1926, Page 16

v stopped at Woodstock, After 10 miles by automol idge in rear seat: Attorney SHAKESPEARE Stratford THEATER they were taken the last 6 ieneral Sargent and John Coolidge in middle seat. BUKRNS. n-Avon was destroyed by flames several days ago, the est loss being in the library and picture gallery. However, iGH IN u Plymout| 10 The memorial theater at reat- jents of the town salvaged many of the priceless relics of the %Imhmlu SECRECY SHROUDS MURDER INQUIRY Sands Still Missing Link in New Evidence Chain in Taylor Case. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, March 20.—District At- torney Asa W. Keyes of Los An geles, who 1s Investigating the mu der of William Desmond Taylor, mo- tlon pleture director, has left here for the West silently as he came Quitting Boston, presumably for Detroit or Chicago, Keyes, who has kept unflaggingly on the trail of Taylor's slayer since the mysterious murder three vears ago, refused to disclose his plans. Even the hotel where he stayed declined to make public his forwarding address and other efforts to trace his movements were fruitless. Keyes while here admitted that he had examined new witnesses in Phil- adelphia and New York. “But,” he said. “until we hav cated and questioned Edward Taylor's missing butler, 1 can make no further revelations. We came here from New York what was told us by Mary Miles Minter, who was at Taylor's home a few hours before the murder. “We are anxious to see Mabel Noi mand, who was with Taylor just be- fore he died, but she left New York before we arrived.” Keyes declared that the success of his investigation depended on com- plete secrecy concerning his new evi- dence. The district attorney had been re- ported as holding the belief that Sands will be discovered in either Detroit or Chicago. From the time of the murder. no trace of the man sver has been found, although numer- ous clues have been followed. ARMY ENGINEERS HEARD. Corps Resents Charges Made by Commercial Contractors. The Army Engineer Corps defended itselt before the House judiclary com- mittes yesterday against charges by commercial contractors that its work 18 inefficient and not conducted on an economical basis. Maj. Gen. Harry Taylor, chief of the corps, flatly denied charges that em- ployment of day labor oa public jobs under direction of Army engineers was inefficient. He said contract labor on many public works might be ad- visable, but that day labor in some instances would be preferable. He opposed the bill before the com- mittee designed to curtail the present work of Army engineers. e JERITZA TO SING. NEW YORK, March (#).—Mme. Maria Jeritza, Metropolitan Opera so- prano, will make her radio debut next Friday evening at the last of the series of concerts of the Victor Talking Ma- chine Co. Emilio de Gorgoza, bari- tone, and Afrem Zimbalist, violinist, also are on the program. The concert will be broadcast ‘hrough stations WJZ, New York; KYW, Chicago: KDKA, Pittsburgh; \WBZ, Springfleld, Mass.; WGY, Sche- nectady, and WRC, V ington, D. C. 1t will begin at 9 o'cluck, Bastern time. 1 result of | World Photo, Probe of Congress Sought to Find Out If Criticism Is Just Declaring newspapers and mag- azines were constantly “belittling Congress” and printing articles constituting an ‘*impeachment of Zthe entire membership,” TRepre- sentative Thomas, Democrat, Okla- homa, introduced a resolution vesterday for a congressional in- q ¢ Into attacks on Congress in general, “It there is decadence,” he sald, “let us find it out ourselves and prevent this pyramiding of: eritl- Iiis resolution would provide for an investigation by a special House ttee into ‘“‘possible govern- tal improvements.” e RETIREMENT FUND DATA IS SOUGHT Secretary Work Urges Civil Service Actuaries to Com- plete Their Report. | 4 A request upon George B. Buck, chairman of the board of ‘actuaries of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, for information-as to the probable date when the board would complete its report to him on the condition of the retirement fund was made by Becretary Work of the Interfor Department in a letter to- day. He states that the Secretary of the Interfor would be expected 1o report at an early date to the Senate and House committees on civil service on the results of the work of the board of actuaries, which he had ap- pointed. The letter, in part, fol- lows: y, December 24, 1925, this de- partment entered into a contract with you as actuary to ‘report, in conjunction with the other members of the board, upon the condition of the Civil Service Retirement Fund. This contract carried approval of the plan of actuarial work for the fiscal year 1926, submited by you. : “In addition to reporting on the val- uation of the system, I desire that the board recommend ‘such changes as in its judgment may be deemed neces- sary to protect the public interest and maintain the system upon a sound financial basts,’ as authorized in sec- tion 16 of the act mentioned. “As the need for revised retirement legislation has been discussed for years and is now the subject of study by the Senate and House committees on civil service, it-1s expected that the | Secretary of the Interior will report at an early date on the results of the work of the board of actuaries which | he has appointed.” HAWAII FEELS QUAKE. | HONOLULU, March 20 (®).—An earth disturbance lasting several sec- onds, accompanied by a miniature etidal wave, frightened residents of the Hawailan Islands at 10:80 p.m. vesterday. Keveral sectons of the islands reported shocks which were distinctly felt a half dozen times, No damage was reported, ¥ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O., SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1926. ahe speetad truin from Washington the presidential party entered a closed automobile. iles by slelgh. The President and Mrs. Cool- Photo by Acme. PRESENTATION OF THE person or_organization for S. Cabot, Orville TESTING THE ALTITUDE INSTRUMENT CARRIED BY altitude revord at McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio, may have broken the H. B. Henderson of the Bureau of Standards is making the test, feet. DENIES BABES ARE TORN FROM MOTHERS’ ARMS Arthur E. Cook, Aide to Labor Sec- retary, Defends Administration of Immigration Law. ' Denying that immigration officials are “tearing babes from their mothers’ arms” in rigid enforcement of the present inmimigration act, Arthur E. Cook, asistant to Secretary of Labor Davis and llaison officer for that de- partment and the Bureau of Immigra- tion, yesterday upheld the present law as getting “highly satisfactory re- sults.” He declared that a policy of numerlcal restriction of immigrants is here to stay, in addressing the sec- ond forum luncheon meeting of the City Club. “There never has been an Instance of a babe and its mother being sepa- rated in the five years I have been with the department,” Mr. Cook de- cleared. Immigration officials, acting on advices of the Secretary of Labor, always have found a means of keep- ing mothers and their babies together, usually by paroling the babies in their mother's care, he said. Immigration merely for inereasing the number of laborers needed in cer- tain industries is wrong, he declared. Mr. Cook told the City Club mem- bers that the present system of plac- ing immigration physiclans and in- vestigators in foreign ports in order to stop immigrants who would not be admitted here has proved a great ben- efit both to this country and to the immigrants themselves. Belgium and Holland have asked that the plan be employed there, he sald. COL. COOLIDGE LAUDED. JACKSON, Miss., March 20 (@) Resolutions prasing the life of Col. John C. Coolldge as an exambple for patriotic Americans and extending sympathy to the family were adopt- ed by both houses of the Mississippi Tegislature at its final session yer | terday. , inventor of a metal Wright, 8. Albert Reed and Earl Rev. John White of Sherburne, conducting tho funeral service for Col. John Coolidge today. There whi be no hymn winging or eulogy at the service. Wide World Photo. COLLIER TROPHY AT BOLLING FIELD. the outstanding invention in aviation in_ America, and this year it went to ndllo right: George Lewls, P. ropelier. The Coolidge family plot in the cemetery at Plymouth, Vt., where the father of the President is being buried today. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. The' trophy is awarded to the dams, Gen. Fechet, G. L. ‘Washington Star Phots LIEUT. MACREADY IN RECENT FLIGHT. The Army officer, tryin, ARRIVAL OF Cool RESID AL sterday, and This is Lucienne Moineau, French musical comedy star, who arrived in the United States aboard the 8. 8. Aquitania yesterday. She v;lllb perform at a New York night club. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. for an record, although his instrument, the lapograph, registered only 39,000 noting temperature and pressure changes. MACREADY FLIGHT BAROGRAPH HERE FOR OFFICIAL CALIBRATION Bureau of Standards Experts to Start Tests to i)eter- mine Actual Altitude Reached by Veteran in Attempt to Shrouded in mystery and with eyes of all aeronautical America and France turned toward it, the baro- graph in the alirplane used last Sat- urday by Lieut. John A. Macready of McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio, to smash the world altitude record has reached the Bureau of Standards from Dayton for calibration. ‘The delicate instrument, which re- corded an altitude of 39,025 feet, or 661 feet lower than the record held by Pilot Callizo of France, may on call- bration show a much higher figure and glve to the veteran Army alti- tude flyer the world record, which he once held. And, experts of the Bureau of Standards declare, the chances of the barograph showing an even much lower reading than first reports gave were just as good. Rarely have the altitude instru- ments been calibrated to show higher altitude than originally re- corded, the experts explain. How- ever, the barometer used by Lifeut. Macready January 29, when he was forced to discontinue his climb as victory seemed imminent owing to motor or supercharger trouble, when calibrated by the bureau produced figures several thousand feet in excess of what the original calibration re- vealed. The final official figures for that flight are 38.704 feet. Immediately on its arrival, the barograph was turned over to H. B. Henrickson of ‘the aeronautical instruments sectlon, who .will do the actual work of checking the unof- ficlal reading of 39,025 feet. Final results cannot he expected before Tuesday, {t was announced. Ac- cording to the ruling of the Fede tion Aeronautique Internationale, Set Record. whose stamp of approval of the flight makes it “official,” Lieut. Macready must attain an altitude of 100 meters or 300 feet in excess of Callizo's fig- ure. The French pilot's peak was reached at 39,586 feet, and unless the calibration shows Macready flew to 39,886 feet, the Frenchman still holds the world altitude record. The method of calibrating the baro- graph at the bureau, in simple terms, is to take the instrument on exactly the same flight in the laboratory by means of reproducing the exact tem- peratures and air pressures as en- countered on the climb. The baro- graph will be placed in a bell jar and the various atmospheric pressures ap- plied to it. At sea,level the pressure is about 20.9 inches on the mercurical standard used and decreases corre- spondingly with the higher altitudes. The mercurical standard gives the ex- act pressure as it should be for the higher altitudes, and the barograph must check with this. The experts also take into consideration the vari- ous degrees of temperature recorded at intervals on the altituds fiight. These temperature checks bear an important relation to the density of the atmosphere. Since the pressures and the temperatures are not corl- stant, the experts are called in to strike a proper balance. Several tests will be “run” on the barograph and the results checked and cross-checked until the bureau experts are satisfled with the results. The figurgs then will be turned over to the National Aeronautic Assocla: tion, provided they are in excess of the January 29 ntark, made by Mac- ready, and the assoclatiog will homo- ‘opyright by Underwood & Underwood. JOHN D. SHERMAN DIES; NOTED IN JOURNALISM Former City Editor of Chicago Tribune Succumbs After Sev- eral Years’ Illness. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO. March 20.—John Dick- inson Sherman, 67, veteran Chicago newspaper man, died last night after an iliness of several years. Born in Chicago, he entefed newspaper work after leaving college and formerly wasg city editor of the Tribune and the old Inter-Ocean. He had been connected with the Western News- paper Union since 1914. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary King Sherman, president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, who was with him at the end; his mother and four brothers, three of this city, and Sampel G. Sherman, general manager of the Rocky Moun- tain News and Denver Times, of Den- vexr, Coh).dd . n an address last year before the Medill School of Journalism Mr. Sherman told the story of the cele- brated “public be damned” interview attributed to_ the late Commodore Vanderbilt. Mr. Sherman said he elicited the statement from Commo- dore Vanderbilt when he interviewed him concerning the operation of his railroads. ‘Warburg Scion to Wed. SAN FRANCISCO, March 20 (4).— ‘The engagement of Miss Joan Stett- heimer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wal- ter W. Stettheimer of San Francisco, and Paul Warburg, son of Felix M. Warburg of New York, was an- nounced here yesterday. Felix War- burg s senlor partner in the banking firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. logate it. The homologatior: consists of certifying that the flight was made under the rules of the international organization and that the Aeronautic Assoclation knows the results o have Leen arrived al correctly, ge and their son John about to enter the house ARTY AT THE COOLIDGE HOM THE PRINCE RIDES IN A falling snow do not bother the heir The photo show: cotland hunt is scheduled. master of hounds, at Ladykirk, Cow’s Dislocated Hip Mended When Motor Car Hits Her Some cows take prizes for milk production, others for quantity out- put of bulter fat, but ome up in Brockton, Mass., tukes them all for luc This bovine was accustomed to going about her duties in life on three legs—a dislocated hip pre- venting the use of the fourth. Then, one day while being driven from ad on to the main highwa; hit by an auto- mobile operated by & woman. The cow's owner didn't let the auto driver's sex stand in the way of the hareh words that came to his lips. Before he had finished, however, he noticed the al for the first time in yvears, was walking natur- ally. Investigation proved the animal's hip had been put back into place by the impact of the col- lision. He took b GEN, MENOHER, 64 k the harsh words. TODAY, S RETIRED . Winner of Many Honors Dur- ing World War Closes Long Career. Maj. Gen. Charles T. Menoher, com- manding the 9th Corps Area at San Francisco, closed his active military career today on reaching the age of 64 years. He will be succeeded in that command by Maj. Gen. James H. McRae, recently relieved from com- mand of the Philippine division. Born at Johnstown, Pa.. n. Men- oher was graduated from the Military Academy in July, 1886 and served in the Artillery arm until November, 1918, when he reached brigade rank. He took an active part In campaigns in the Philippines from 1899 to 1901, and during the World War command ed the 42d Division from December, 1917, to November 10, 1918, and the 6th Army Corps until his return to the United States in January, 1919. Under his command, the 42d Divi sion took gallant part in all the im- portant engagements from Chateau- Thierry to the conclusion of the Ar- gonne-Meuse offensive. For his serv. ices he was awarded the distinguished service medal by the United States, the Leglon of Honor by France and the order of Leopold by Belgium. In July, 1920, he was appointed chief of the Alr Service and held office un- til October, 1921, when he resigned. Since then he has commanded the Hawallan Division at Honolulu and the 9th Corps Area at San Francisco. EMPEROR PREFERS HORSE TOKIO, March 20 (#).—Although au- tomobiles are used throughout Japan. the Imperial Household is determined that its stately and aristocratic horses and carriages must be preserved. Consequently it will construct 17 beautifully decorated carriages this year. Estimates have been invited from Japanese firms and the cost, it Is expected, will be about 300,000 yen. No imperial carrlages have been used since the great earthquake of . when most of them were dam- 1 .aged by fire, . NOWSTORM. TEAD. The President and Mra. The thermometer at Plymouth registered 10 below places in the road from Woodstock the snow had drifted to a depth of 6 and 8 feet. Photo by Aeme. Weak coliar bones and British throne when a fox i . C. Duniop, Photo by Acme. SIX FUGITIVES HELD | | INBROADHAY FEHT {Richard Whittemore, Slayer and Escaped Convict, Among Accused Gem Thieves. By the Ass: NEW YORK, March 20.—An auto mobile chase and fight along Broad way yesterday resulted in the arrest of stx men and a woman, one identi fied as an escaped murderer and con vict from Baltimore. Thres of the others are accused with him of a $100 000 diamond robbery here on Jan uary 11 | The ted Press x men were held as fugitives from justice, and the alleged mur derer, Richard Reese Whittemore, was charged in addition with homicide and robbery. His wife, Mrs, Margaret ‘Whittemore, 22, was arrested, charged with illegally possessing firearms, as she was about to leave the city. Gave Cleveland Address. Whittemore gave his first name as nd his address as 1132 Thorn veland. Three other [ ers, who said they were Leon Kraemer, Jacob Kraemer and Joseph H. Langdon, game the same address The other two men gave their names as Bernard Mortillaro and Pasquale Chiarelle of New York City. Mrs. Whittemore was registered at a hotel as Mrs. Margaret Collins, ac cording to the police. In a trunk were three loaded revolvers, a quantity of cartridges and three black silk masks, the police said. Jeweler Identifies One. Leon Kraemer, arrested under the name of L. I. Lewis, was identified, ac cording to the police, by Folmer Prip. a jeweler, and a girl clerk, as the man who, last December 23, robbed the jew eler's offices of §11.000 in jewels. Whittemore confessed, police say that he robbed a bank messenger in Baltimore of $7.000 on March 11, and also that in escaping from Baltimor: prison in February, 1925, he attacked a guard, who died later. MARY GARDEN IGNORES PRICE OF ALL CIGARS By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 20—Ma Garden believes that a man smoki: a 5-cent cigar with the picture of a beautiful woman on the band gets just as much pleasure out of it as the man smoking a §1 cigar. “However,” she said as she sailed for Europe on the Aquitania early today for her annual sun baths on the Riviera, “as far as I am concerned, the 5-cent cigar is similar to the $1 cigar in one respect—both smell awful.” Miss Garden was commenting on the suit brought by Maria Jeritz Metropolitan soprano, against a cig: company for using her picture on cigar bands. ‘Among scores who saw the Chicago prima donna off ‘was Glenn Hunter. the actor. Miss Garden expects (o sing in Paris in June “just to keep up her pep,” and to return next Oc- tober. Dorothy Gish was another passen- ger on the mame steamer, wWho ex- pects to do some work in Europe be- fore her return. She is under con- tract with a British film company to star in three pictures. Princess Bibesco also was aboard,