Evening Star Newspaper, March 22, 1926, Page 15

FUNERAL PARTY rried LEAVING THE PLYMOUTH o the little cemetery in a sl marched behind it, and the next sleigh contained the President, Mr ney General N JUST BEFORE THE SMITHSON capture some new animals for the Washington ~viathan. Left to right: F. Zoolog KRESGE VINDICATES WIFE IN REPORT, Settlement Was Made Solely on “Spiritual Basis,” Statement Declares. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 22.—An agree- ment ‘purely and simply on a spirit- ual plane” induced Mrs. Doris Mercer Kresge to drop her suit against her husband. Sebastian Kresge. for $1.000,000 worth of stock, which she alieged he promised her in a pre-nup- tial contract. ‘The agreement Kresge financlally life. These revelations were made today fn a statement Issued over Mr Kresge's signature, the first author iged version of the terms upon which Mrs. Kresge withdrew her suit last Vindicates Mrs. Kresge. The statement save that it 1= issued in “Justice to Mrs. Kresgze and to vin dicate and exonerate her rompletely | from the charges, innuendos and sug- | gestions” made In a pictorial news per. | Though the statement sed through Mrs. Kresge's att did not specify the monetary terms of the settlement, it said “Mrs, Kresge's right iIn certain sharves of Kreage's stocks has heen confirmed, thereby making Mrs. Kresge inde pendent the rest of her life.” The setilement was effected, the | statement said. “in order to avoid| widening the breach alrea between Mr. and Mrs. Kresge and * prevent the airing of domestic griev- | ances in a conriroom.” Mrs, for also made independent No Conditions ‘Tmposed. sated that he had “im- | nditions whatsoever upon basis for reconciliation. was suing for Since the withdrs heen reported, th fled their mariia difficulties. Mr. Kres emen® did not mention | this. 1 Mrs. Kresge was “ex | tremely uns in the negotiations | and concurred in the opinion of those | responsibie for the .settlement that the settlement should not he influ enced by any marital considefatien, but should he hased “purely And sole: Iy on a spiritual plane.” Supreme Court Justice Wagner and the pastors of the twn ltigants were thanked for their services in effecting the gettlement. LEPER COLONY -PLANNED. Bpain to Establish Model Camp in Drive Against Disease. MADRID, March P.—In its campaign to isolate lepers and to rid the country of leprosy, Spain will es tablish a model leper colony near the | city of Granada. Hospitals also will | be erected at Fontilles and Alicante. | The campaign to rid the country of leprosy has been intensified following | an inspeotion trip by Dr. Francisco | Murillo. director general of sanita- | tion and of leper colonies, through the rovince of Andalusia and the Leven Mra, Krese shares of st of the suit couple hav as well as haneial <h ine region. . |feld - | Ma! Lan Fong, regarded as the| greatest actor in China, has won his reputation through his portrayal ofl temale ical Park; Walter P. Chrysler and Charle existent™ | ) N-CHR LJER EXPEDITION SAIL Zoo, and the members le G. Carna n, -alist; Dr. William Safety Engineers Would Eliminate Harmful Noises| e | By tha Asanciated Press. NEW YO March liminary plans for a country-wide effort to end noises that affect the nerves, cause loss of sleep and im- pair the hes announc yesterday by H. W. Mower man of the American S Safet Engineers Committee the Elimination of Harmful N Physiclans, psyche psychiatrists will join in_devising means of protecting the health of Amerfcans from the ill effects of he said. Soises made by trolley cars, trains, power stations and indus trial plants will be measured by in- struments to ascertain the differ- ent intensities that result in harm- ful effects CIGAR STORE EMPLOYE ADMITS $600 BURGLARY Youth, Working in Anotker in Chain T Awa Robert Das old. 403 Third United Cigar store vania avenue and F #ld by police 1 the hurglar Penn:ylvay street, " duriy the ¥ mid K, ere One, Robbed ree Blocks . Police Sa son Tenley, treet tormation ansfield the ¢ pecial Foliceman th liy ecinet and Young vicinity of the ning hours, of the bur taken from s room. Un- ectives stioning e n. he w d Walds finally confe has ACTORS HIT.ADfiATEURS. British Stage Folk Complain Bit- terly of Competition. LONDON sional actors in Gre plaining bitterly amateur: sider s to be held . Sir John- e are said 1o he 400,000 amateur actors in the eour big store 1ad company ramatic and operatic clubs. Reginald Bach of the Stage Guild savs they lease provincial theaters for week engagements; con- sequently when professional touring companies arrive a week before or a week after the amatenr performances the professionals have difficulty in gatting full houses, City Chiropractors Meet. At the monthly meeting of Washington City Chiropractors’ the As- sociation in the rooms of the Central | Chiropractic College, 1914 street, Saturday evening Di Win- S. Whitman spoke on “Chiro-. practie Legisiation in the Distriet of Columbia.” Dr. Charles A. Thompson presided. Several chiropractors were in attendance from Virginia and Seventh L N s Charleton, photographer | butcher knife, and, securing a pistol, mother and sister, ‘\' in, EVENING STAR. 1= of Vermont Militia * son John and Attor- Phonto by Acme The expedition expects 1o ork Saturday aboard the irector of the National ft New T. Mann, d WOMAN INDICTED | IN'MAN'S KILLING. Forgery, Housebreaking and Rum Violations Also on Jury Calendar. Bessie E. Alexander, colored, was indicted today by the grand jury for murder in the first degree in connec tion with the death of Devoia Wool ridge, also colored. The tragedy occurred February 27, at the home of the woman, 512 U street, and followed a quarrel because Woolridge, it is declared, insisted on saying he was pay- ing court to the woman. Bessie i sald to have left the room after Wool- ridge had picked up a bottle and a shot him separating the rooms. ered to the police. The grand jurors exonerated Nor- man M. Detter of a charge of homicide growing out of a traffic collision Feb- % at Fifteenth street and Penn- svlvania avenue. His automobile col- lided with another car In which Rose- mary Corby was riding with her through a swinging door She surrend- The child received injuries resulting in_her death. The grand jury also ignored a charge of false pretenses against Frank <. Willlams, of bigamy against Augustus Putnam and of larceny after trust against Albert Rlair, Nine in Rum Charge. of the national prohibi- t are charged in indictments nst nine persons; Norman Good- Edward Cotton, Leroy Hunter, 'homas Contee. James Pevton tein, Joseph B. Coad, Brown and William T. Stekeley. Others indicted and the charges against them are: Robert H. Nelson, false pretenses; James D. Merchant and Christie B. Merchant, making ms to Veterans’ Bureau; Wil Tollman, larceny after trust; B. Odell, forgery: Stanley E. ing; Tsaac Burroughs assault with dan- Howard A. Thomas, Johnson, embezzle Thomas and John smoke screen law, s, forgery; Mary An ebreaking. Violations n gerous robbery; weapon uis K. S derson, hous THIN AIR KILLSF[)THS. Near Vacuum Revealed as Means of Protecting Stored Clothes. Mountain climbers and aviators are famili: enough with the disabling and even deadly effect of rarefled air, but it has remained for scientists to thin air in heneficial ways. Back and R. T. Cotton of the | Depariment of Agriculture have just reported on the work they and of | have done in using rarefied air td kill | insects in stored articles subject to | thelr depredations, They have found that moths and other insects Inside a locked trunk may be killed by expos- ure for a few days to atmosphere from onefifth to' one-thirtieth - of normal. A trunk was placed in a vault.from which almost all the air was ex- hausted and after two days all the | moths were found to have been killed and a few days longer exposure killed other insects. 2 £ The method is sfad to be more ef-" Maryland. & fective than fumigation. AUST BEFORE BURIAL ERVIC arrival of the Coolidge f and just before (he simple intern 1 White of Sherh e, DELAWAR RIVER BRI Moo f New Jersey (left), Gov Moo e Ralph Modjeski, chief engine at bridge across the Delaware River between Camden, delphia. FORMER WOMAN LIQUOR AGEN TRIES TO K WASHINGTON, D. -C, al procession at the Pl OFFICIALLY 'E. after the mouth cemetery ce conducted by Rev. John Photo by Acme. Photograph taken nt sel Pennsylvania (right) and inspection of the new N. J., and_Phila- Underwood & Underwood. T ILL SELF IN CELL inchot of the offici Copsright by Daisy Simpson, Noted for Radical Enforcement Methods, Was Held in El Paso on Charge of Receiving Narcoti By the Amsociated Press. EL PASO, Tex, March 22 The colorful career of Daisy Simp- son, who established a record of law enforcement unique for one of her sex, seems doomed to a tragic end in an k1 Paso hospital. With a seifinflicted bullet wound in her abdomen. the 36-year-old for- mer prohibition agent, whose methods of apprehending dry law violators were so drastic as to bring the cen- sure of Federal courts upon her, hov- ered on the verge of death today. Overcome by the shame of Jail con- finement after her arrest on a charge of recelving narcotics through the she shot herself late Saturday ., after appeais to her former associates failed to ohtain her re- lease on hond. Author of many a ruse in her law- enforcement activities, she - resorted to a ruse in the attempt upon her life. She smuggled the pistol into the jail in a bundle of clothing. after she had deceived United States Mar- <hal Scott White into helieving she had left the weapon in her trunk at in Mails. a hotel where he supervised her clothes packing. At the time of her arrest Saturday she gave her name as M B. B. Moore of Los Angeles. She was not identified as Daisy Simpson until vesterday. An automobile which was sefzed at the time of her arrest was claimed yesterday by Julitis Duya who gave his address 2s San Fr cisco. He said he had lowned woman the car temporarily. A note addressed to Bert Sinkens of San Francisco as “the only one I .depended upon” indicated that the woman planned to take her life. The note, scribbled on a telegraph blank, read: “I can't stand fail. broken my heart. don't want me. the only pended upon, I am rea They don’t know my name. Although she had held law-enforce- ment assignments in various parts of the country, she attracted chief attentlon as dry agent at San Fran- cikco. She frequently set traps to catch liquor law violators and led several spectacular ralds. She re. signed her commission Novem- ber. ne the The shame has Dearest, if you one I de- to dle. st SEES TUNG OIL INDUSTRY ESTABLISHED IN SOUTH Commerce Department Chemist Be- lieves Tree Nuts Will Become Source of Profit. Department of Commerce experts believe that tung oll, extracted from nuts of trees of the Aleurites family and used in the manufacture of high- grade varnishes and linoleums, may branch out as a profitable industry e South. m(‘.‘h(‘. Concannor., chief of the de- partment’s chemical division, who has just coricluded a_personal survey of prospects in the South, reported today that growing possibilities have been proven In =Florida, Alabama and Louisiana, and that cilmatic and other conditions seem favorable in other Southern localities, including parta of Georgia and Mississippl. All commerclal tung oil now on the markets is imported from China, the United States last vear purchasing over 100,000,000 pounds, valued at $11.400,000. Mr. Concannon declared it was his ynderstanding that an American com- pany is planning to construct a cen- tral crushing plant, equipped with modern machinery, in the vicinity of Gainesville, Ga., as soon as trees which have been planted bear suf- ficlent nuts to warreane commercial extraction of the oil. Experts declare, the report said, that preliminary experiments have demonstrated the possibility of obtain- ing a tung ofl of superior quality from the cultivated nuts. Approxi- mately 2,000 acres, with 200.000 trees, were said to have been set out in vari- ous sections of the South. Swedish Navy Band to Tour U. S. NEW YORK, March 22 UP).—The Royal Swedish Névy Band, consisting of 40 instrumental sololsts under the | direction of Capt. Erik Hogberg, ar- | .rived last night from Gothenburg for | a two months’ tour of the United | Btates, SELLING FISHERMEN FISH, TORRACA’S NEXT TASK Peasant Who Induced Thousands to Lose in Lottery Has New Field for Glib Tongue. By tha Associated Press. SAN FERDINANDO, Apulia, Italy, March 2 Selling fish to fishermen is on the program of Ignazio Torraca. He s the llliterate peasant who caused some hundreds of thousands of Italians-to go broke recently by making them believe he could pick winning numbers in the governmental lottery. “If Torraca could play the Piper of Hamelin to the entire Italian nation, he can sell our sardines,” was the idea of the president of a Pola com- pany which puts up sardines in olive oil. “And he can sell them along the coast of Apulia where fish are so tame they answer to the landsman's whistle.” Accordingly Torraca has been offered and accepted the exclu- sive selling agency for the region. It is stated that he will go to Pola to talk terms as soon as he recovers from a slight nervous collapse brought on by the recent lottery notoriety. QUEEN’S FUNERAL SUNDAY Royalty Expected at Rites for Louise of Denmark. COPENHAGEN, Denmark, March 22 (#).—King Haakon of Norway, King Gustav of Sweden and probably the Prince of Wales will be present at the funeral next Sunday of Dow- ager Queen Louise of Denmark, who died Saturday from a heart attack, superinduced by pheumonia. King Christian is deeply affected by the death of his mother. Crossing from his palace to that of the Dow- ager Queen yesterday, he encountered a group of press photographers. Stopping and shaking hands with each of them, he said: ““This is the home of my chlldhood, which now disappears.” -~ - MONDAY, - MARCH 22, 1926. burial ground. A of the President’s father from the sleigh hearse and carried it to the grave. COMMUNITY CENTER TO GIVE at the Park View the play, “Turtle Dove, tion of Miss Grace Myers. Left garet Thrift, Viola Crawford, BELL ASSERTS D.C. 1S OVERORGANIZED Says Commissioners Must Deal With Too Many Bodies. The large number of organizations in Washington make it impracticable for the Commissioners to deal with all parties interested in all subjects affecting the District, Engineer Com- | missioner J. Franklin Bell deck today in his reply to the recent cism of the Washington Boa Trade that the Commissioners failed to consult with the citizens on the city's needs in recommending legis- lation to Congress. Writing to J. Harry Cunningham, president of the board, Commissioner Bell said: “There are so many business, civie, professional and special organizations with which to deal that conferencas with all interested parties on all suh- Jects are impracticable. Public hear- ings are held frequently on matters of general interest.” Explains Extension View. Commissioner Bell also explained his reasons for agreeing to the com- promise bill providing for the exten. sfon of Fourteenth street through the 1Wnlwr Reid Hospital grounds as fol- lows: “You may not be familiar with the ecircumstances that made it advisable to agree to a proviso restricting travel through the grounds. Not only was the original bill defeated by the pre- vious Congress, but am amendmeni ‘was made to the appropriation act so that the Commissioners cannot open that part of Fourteenth street from Montague street to the hospital reser- vation—almost three-quarters of a mile in extent—and the property own- ers are very anxious to open that sec- tion and develop their properties. Several of them are willing to dedi- cate the street, but some condemna- tion will be necessary, as there are houses in the way. “If you should consult the members of the District committee of the House of Representatives, I believe that you would be convinced that the original bill would fail of favorable report by that committee, and would certainly be defeated by the House itself should a favorable report be rendered. Compromise Necessary. “The restricted traffic clause was not designed by the Commissioners any more than it was by the property own- ers, but my conferences with the chairman of the District committees of the Senate and House and the hos- pital authorities convince me that some such proviso must- be inserted or the bill would continue to fail o enactment, with serious damage L those property owners between Mon- tague street and the hospital. ‘A compromise is hardly ever sat- isfactory, but I have heard of .no al- ternative that is any better. “I had many conferences with the interested property owners, and, while none of us desired the restrictive clause, those most familiar with the circumstances are willing to accept it as the best obtainable. Even as it is, 1 am afraid the bill will not be enacted; and if it fails, the conditions in the large area this side of the hos- pital are going to be very trying. I am in full accord with your views that the Commissioners should keep in close touch with interested property owners and others relative to legisla- tive and budget matters, and have initiated steps to that end during the past (v‘ yearas.” rd of honor made up of members of the Vermont National Gu JAPANESE immunity Center tomorrow ni to right: Mary Louise Lippold, Joyce a Blankin and B etty Rose. | | Used by Athletes Br the Associated Press. NEW YORK. March 22.—The first successful scientific measure ments in horsepower of the enerzy expended by an athlete in action is announced in an article by A. H. Hill, professor of physiology at University College, London, in the current issue of the Scientifie American. Prof. Hill, a Nobel prize winner in medicine, found the athlete ex- pends £0.000-foot pounds of energy in running 100 vards sec- onds—‘enouzh, if em with a mechanical efficien per cent. raise the subject’s hody (about 140 pounds) 144 feet into the E During a prolonged athletic effort the athlete’ heart pumps blood at he rate of 14 to 18 gal- lons a minute, the article states, 99-YEAR-OLD VETERAN | SUES FOR ACCOUNTING Franklin Jones Asks Court to Com- pel William H. Taylor to Ex- plain Money Transaction. 9 vears old, a Civ ident at 1605 Kraemer street northeast, today asked the Di | trict Supreme Court to compel Wil- | liam H. Taylor, who he says is ahout | 40 years old and lives at 305 Ninth street northeast, to give an account- ing of varfous sums of money said to have been intrusted to him by the plaintiff during the past five vears, The veteran tells the court that he had confildence in Taylor, whom he had known for some time, and an- thorized him about March 5, 1921, make arrangements to purchase the Kraemer street house. Jones says he is unable to read or write and al- ways make a “mark” when signing papers. He says he was told by Tay- {lor that the price of the property would be $1,000, of which $250 was to be paid in cash and monthly of §10 arranged for the balance. The cash payment was made, declares the veteran, and each month since taking possession of the property he has given Taylor sums of money varying from $10 to $30 per month and aver- aging $20 per month, to be applied on the deferred payments. No receipts were taken from Tay- lor, the court is told, and recently the veteran thought to inquire abhout the state of his purchase. He asserts that Taylor declined to make an ac- counting and Jones called on counsel, who also were unsuccessful in secur- ing an accounting, it is stated. Through Attorneys Thomas S. Ken- nedy and Richard L. Merrick the court is asked to require Taylor té explain all about the transactions. It is asserted that the deeds of trust on the property are signed not by mark but with the name of Jones, who de- clares he does not recall seeifig the papers. i MAINE CONVENTIONS NEAR Democrats to Meet in Portland Wednesday—Reépublicans, April 6. PORTLAND, Me., March 22 (#).— Maine's biennial political conventions | are close at hand. Both will be held in this city, the Democratic next Wednesday and the Republican on April 6. i National issues will be discussed in “keynote" speeches to the Demo- crats by Kepresentative Willlam A. Oldfleld of Arkansas and to the Re- Franklin Jone: War veteran, res LECTURE AND PLAY. ( “An intercepted procession at the sket Caps: Photes Children whe will take part in The play is under the diree- Francis MeMaugh, Mar- Wash Photoe. ight. Connor, wm Star * PAPERS ON FRIEND | | | Rufus W. Peckham Says Man to Whom He Lent Apart- ment Bored Him. By the Associated Press YACK. N. Y socis wominent in i Wash not_only | lent his apartment to Walter L. Hess, | wealthy merchant when the latter lleged to have had love trysts. hut later personally served £ summons in a divorce suit filed by Mrs. Hess Peckham, testifying before Justice Tompkins in chambers, said that it w because Hess bored him =o that he served the divorce papers “Hess asked me for the my apartment,” nd I let him use it in my absence. On my return he told me of having enter. tained young women." “Do You mean to sav," Supreme Court Justice Tompkins, that vou allow men who are not your friends to have improper rela- tlons with young women in your apartment “1 have hecause Peckkam Mrs. Hess, suing for divorce and custody of their 12.vearold son, asked alimony bhased on hus band 0.000 a yvear income. Hear- ing was started after the courtroom was cleared Saturday in an effort to avold publicity, but detafls of the proceedings came out today. Decision was reserved. Hess failed to contest the suit. k ane use of demanded Iways tried to avoid Hees he hores me,” answerad her BRAZILIANS PRAIéECHIEF. Stand at Geneva Pleases Represent- atives of 100 Organizations. RIO DE JANEIRO, March 22 (). — Representatives of more than 100 business and social organizations ves terday visited President Rernardes at his Summer residence near the capital. They paid tribute to the President for Brazil's recent action In the League of Natlons assembly at Geneva, and expressed' ‘“national gratitude for the dignified and ener- getic manner the country's rights h: been upheld at Geneva. DRIFTING CREW RESCUED. Schooner Sunk After Occupants Are Saved by Steamer. Five men aboard a schooner adrift off the Costa Rican coast last week X rescued by the ‘Norwegian awen and the ship sunk by gunfire from the destroyer Moody. radio dispatch re- cefved today by the Navy Department said the schooner broke adrift from the steamer Santa Ine Former Editor Dies. PHILADELPHIA. 1% March (®).—-Thomas W. Loyless. former edi tor of the Augusta, ¢ ‘le and the Columbus, Gs n, died here yesterday at Patrick H. Mell, his so Mr. Loyless had been ill for sev- eral months and his death was not unexpected. The body will be sent publicans by Senator James Wads- worth of New \'Brm to Macon. G where the funeral be held Wednesday.