Evening Star Newspaper, April 3, 1926, Page 16

APRIL 3, 1926. ' THE' EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ©: , SATURDAY, - of Seer TENT OF ey of vis of I are attracting the os NO LONGER NECESSARY 70 “DRIVE FROM THE BACK SEAT.” used by Washington fraffic officials in deciding whether an applicant should have a driver's license. AGRICULTURE'S EXHIBIT OF Agriculture Jardine, posed among the blooms in one of the depart ASTER 1 visitors. Miss Hulme is pers At ALIES. nal secretary Miss Rita Hulme, @ ent’s greenhouses, wh to her wncle. National Photo. least, not with this ear, which is The car is equipped with two steering sets, two clutches, two foot brakes and, in fact, two of almost everything. COOLIDGE EXPLAINS INCOME TAX GAIN Believes Stimulation to Busi- ness Resulted in Big In- crease in Revenue. Presiden olidge believes the in- ereased i tax _collections for March largely from stimu- . which had antici- tax reduction. emphasized at evening, lated pated It was Hovse vesterday tha althounzh income were 0,000,000 Tast Congress should hold Anwn propnsed increases in permanent exenses of the Govern- ment to gnard against a possible deficit in the fiscal vear ending Jun= 30, the Whiie however, tax receipts above March Far Above Estimates. 30,000 Quit Farms In Maryland in’ Five-Year Period Spocial Dispatch to The Star BALTIMORE, April 3.—A de- crease of 30,000 in the farm popu- latfon of Magyland urred be- tween 1920 and 1925, according to a report of the Maryland statis- tictan of the Department of Agri- cul*ure 1he farm population was 279,225, and in 1 319, of whom 201.001 and 48,318 colored. figures 216,231 were 62,994 were colored. The numbers of males 10 years old or older on the farms in 1925 slightly outnumbered the females, the figures heing: Males, 99,501; females, 90,526, Numbers of farms operated by owners or part owners were 35,- 135 in 1925, and 32,805 in 1920, NEW NATIONAL DRY | in were In the 1920 white and Copyright by P. & A. Photos. statistics issued by showed collections Final the for v VICTORY A. Char Aintree, The FOR THE gland, course after wi h bookmakers had not th, | against him. TAKING PAULINA FOR A RIDE. Longworth, walked. Paulina was AMERICANS. s Schwartz of New York, surrounded ning the Grand Naf Horner, owned b cace fans at the mal Sgeeplechase. ght much of Jack Horner, giving t by Underwood & Underwood by But the father. Speaker Nicholas making her first trip to the Zoo when the camera man noticed the proud father standing in front of a cage and explaining the queer habits of monkeys Copsright hr P. & A Photos. FAMILIAR SALVAT of the Salvation Ar 10N ARMY ny will give morning and evening in the interest of missionary Kyung Duk, Lieut. You Chang Soon, Ensign Kim, Cadet Kim and Cadet PITTSBURGH graphed at the Capitol yesterday, the late Calvin Coolidge, son of ~ Mercershurg Aeademy. SCHOOLBOYS HONOR MEMORY TUNES SUNG IN A STRANGE TONG special concerts at the Temple, 606 work. Left to right OF THE F made and presented hirdhouses t the President and Mrs. Coolidge. 1D Mere Young Coolidge E. These six Korean officers E street nortawest, tomorrow : Adjt. Sin Soon I, Lient. You ak. SON. These poys, photo- ershurg Academy in memory of was A student at Copsright bs P& A Photos $600,000 in Bonds, | Roundout Robbery Loot, Brought Here An awed procession of employes filed through the of the chief inspector yesterday to take a glimpse at nearly $600,000 in bonds, part of the loot recoyered from the sensational Roundout mall train robbery in 1924. Nearly $2.000.000 in sect < was taken in this hold-up, wh is generally conceded to hbe the most daring in the annals of the Post Office De- partment Nearly all the loot was recovered by posial inspectors and the per- | tion sent here vesterdar was for proper distribution in this section The honds were sent here from Chicago, where they have heen kept as cott evidence. Most ‘of the 3600000 was in Gov- ernment honds, and these were turned over to the Treasury De- partment yesters The remain- ing bonds will be returned by the postal officials to their original owners in this city and adjacent territory. postal | office | | | 5 s § | the NEW GOVERNMENT CONTROLS ECUADOR Head of Council Named Un- til President of Republic Can Be Elected. By the Associated Preas. QUITO. Ecuador, April 3.—Dr. Is | dro Avora has heen appointed “presi | dent of the council of government « Ecuador. He will hold office unti Constituent Assembly meeting 24, elects a President of the Re public to suecceed Gonzalo S. Cordova who resigned his mandate after military coup last Juiv Viteri La Fronte has heen named foreign minister and i» Pedro Leo poldo Nunez minister of ‘finance. May A triumvirate. known as the mili firy consultative council, has been in ontrol in Eecuador since the military of last July. The triumvirate aded h_\[ n. De La Torre, and Luis Tiseasury | including Napoleon Dillon and ING OF THE GRAND NATIONAL, STEEPLECHASE IN EN March were slightly less than $500. 000,000, or $100.000,000 more than it estimated would be received. hut over the heav was shown at the White Hou In f President Coolidge believes the collections were quite patnral. He holds the opinion, how- ever, that the returns for the next three quariers of the year under the new tax law and that the full effect spread tax reductions ordered hy Con Wi < gress will_not be felt until the end of | for the heavy auarter. as seen by the i« the likelihond that many < already have paid their to rather than use the quarterly system One reason this jdent tions Pre A er allment Next The President Treasury surplus evitable at the end of this fi June 30, but it is the next fiscal year for which Congress is now appropriat- fnz that is causinz him concern. The gross public debt of the Nation a< cut during March to $20,082,740,- 241 by $193.402,049, the Treasury stated. Al the same time the general d chargeable also against the debt sed from $340,831,406 to the net reduction in the month actually 5127489, Year Is Problem. had_counted on the which appears in- was ine £4%6.041 846 the debt dunr amounted to €33 MISS J. M. McKNEW DIES. School Teacher Suddenly Expires Following Surgical Operation. Miss Jane M. McKnew, 1421 Colum- hia road, a teacher in the public chools since 1595, died suddenly yes- afternoon following a minor su operation at Garfield Hos. pital. Miss McKnew was a teacher at the Wilson Normal School and was on duty Thursday. Funeral services will' be held at the home of her brother, in River- dale. tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. Misa McKnew has been a model kindergarten teacher in the schools 9 She went to Garfield Hos- pital yesterday to have a scar Im- proved over which she was extremely sensitive. While the operation was a slight one, physiclans report the ether had a particular effect upon her and she failed to revive. terday 1 9 e Patrolmen of Dresden, Germany, are to cover their heats on roller skiates. receipts | will materially decrease. | of the wide- collec- | 1 vear, | BODYISLAUNCHED Dr. Clarence True Wilson | Heads Legion—May Seek Director Like Butler. B the Assaciated Press PORTLAND, Oreg., Dry April 3.—The Legion of America, a temperance niza to be national in scope i baving for its purpose the strict cement of laws nched here today by a group of prominent | Portland citizens, ] “This movement ig entirely differ- ent, new and separate from the Anti- Saloon League or any other existing | enforcement organization. and pro- | poses to do—in a dignified and cour- | ageous manner—he things which the { was others are t equipped to do,” a by the found- d. order every | States will | ers of the or) Under the communit have an active militan, local unit for i ed by the na of the legion. i suggestions lately made by ministration at Washington, 1 Secretary Mellon, that ‘prohih up to you and your commu of the Methodist Board of Morals, is president and Gov. Walter M. Pierce of Oregon honorary presi- dent of the Dry Legion, the statement said. The organization has received the approval of Gov. Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania and J. D. Brown, for- mer president of the Farmers' Union, the statement added, continuing: “When the idea is financed on a large scale some nationally known char- acter like Smedley D. Butler will be asked to become permanent general.’” Temporary headquarters of the or- ganization will be at Portland. 3 g | Damage Suit Is Settled. | Special Dispatch o The Sta: | FREDERICKSBURG, Va. April 3. —Settlement for $6.906.67 has been agreed on between the heirs of Ennis 1. Musselman and the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Rall- road Co. in the sult to recover $10,000 for Musselman's death in a train acciden( at Cherry Hill. ARKABLE PHOTOGRAPH at Beecher’s Jump of the Aintree four-and-one-half-mile course, where many . Charles Schwartz of New York. Bright Boy, owned by another New Yorker, S. owned by an American, A CONTEST WITH NEW IN MAIL PAY CASE Newspaper Publishers Challenge Postmaster General's Motion to * Bar Them From Intervening. The Interstate Commerce Commis. sion has heen asked by the American Newspaper Publishers’ Aseociation to | deny a motion filed by Postmaster General New on March 26 in an effort to prevent the publishers from inter- vening in the railway mall pay case now pending before the commission. The publishers challenged ‘the right of the Postmaster General to consid- oration before the commission at this time, on the ground that he failed to move against them within the time prescribed by the rules of the com- missfon governing its procedure. In addition to chalienging his right to consideration, they vigorously at- tacked hoth the Postmaster General and the valiroads on the ground that both pri in the present prx ceedings have joined forces to pre- vent a_consideration of the public in- torest by the comm!ssion. Your petitl not only denies that the . hbusiness of collecting, handling and distributing the malls is A monopoly.” the petition read, “but it also insists that it has an interest, A vital one, in the compensation patd to the railroads for the carriage of the malls. It was surprised that the rallroads should have based their original motion on an allegation of a monopoly, Which, in fact, does mnot exist, It is even more surprised that the Postmaster General now has joined them In such a plea to this commission. “Your petitioner has already called | the attention of this commission to | the diversity and the extent of the | competitive " services engaged in by | the Post Office Department: the effort of Congress to put the purely husi- ness functions of that department, | especlally as regards transportation, | on a sound business basis, and the | failure of the Postmaster General and his department to conform to the wighes of Congress and to meet the demands of business practice.” OF THE RU thoroughbreds fel PARK WONDERS SEEN FROM SKY TOPIC FOR GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY Lient. Macready and Capt. Stevens Lecture on 20.- 000-Mile Trip and Difficulties Encountered at Highest Altitudes Attained. Lieut. John A. Macready. hero of re- cent altitude climbs, and Capt. A. W Stevens, holder of the world high para- chute drop record, lectured jointly be- fore the National Geographic Society last evening on a 20,000-mile airplane trip they made photographing national parks of the United States. They covered a course in two months that would have taken them a year by rail; they soared over points highly Inaccessible in any other vehicle, and went back and forth in Glacier Na- tlonal Park In 10 minutes over a route that (akes a day and a half by over- land travel. Lieut. Macready described how high altitudes are attained by means of a supercharger which forces compress- ed air into the engine cylinders and said that of the three obstacles to skv climbing the cold is the least, lack of exygen is tha next and lowered air pressure {s the greatest. Fffects on Machine. It is not the aviator but the ma chine that reaches an altitude limit, or cellftng. he explained. After the plane attaing its highest the aviator usually remains there 20 or 25 min- utes manipulating throttles to see whethar he can force the plane a few foet higher. The fiver feels the lack of oxygen A numbing of the senses and a wing up of mental action. When the snow is on the ground, Macready said, cities like Indianapolis and Columbus Inok like specks: when snow {8 absent it is impossible to dls- tinguish even a large city from 35,000 feet or more. Rut the camera, espe- cially designed, can take photographs from any height that a plane has yer attained, according to Capt. Stevens. Lieut. Macready said that the plane which he used in his most recent alti- tude elimb was désigned primarily in the hope that a flight to take pictures might be made over Mount Everest and that it was still hoped that such a flight could be arranged. He also anfounced he would undertake addi- tional altitude flights. For Military Purpose. Macready said that the reason for making altitude attempts i8 not pri- marily to make records, but is for a military purpose. “The plane that is on top wins,” he said, “just as the man who gets on top in a fight is the victor.” Stephen T. Mather, director of the National Parks Service, helped finance the trip to photograph national parks from the afr. The result was more than 3,000 views of the natural won- ders of the United States, which give new sangles of many famous. scenes, such as the Grand Canyon, the won- ders of the Yellowstone, Yosemite, Zion Canyon, Mount Rainier and the Estes Park. From an aviator's viewpoint the Columbia River is one of the most beautiful In the world, aid Mount Rainier holds the finest scenic lure for the aviator cameraman, Capt. Stevens said. Co-eds Stop Men's Smoking: BERKELEY, Calif., April 3 (®.— Male students at the University of California who found solace by smok- ing during strenuous final examina- ions are deprived of the privilege in |an order issued by Fred Byers, head of the Students’ Welfare Council. Byers said co-eds had complained that smoking during the examinations frri- tated them and made it impossible to concentrate. - The race wa Sanford, fini Contentment has one advantage over wealth—people don't try to bor- row it from: you. . The picture was' by Jack Horner, hird. ight by P. & A. Photos. SCHOOLS CRITICIZED BY GENERAL FRIES Caravan Club of Masons Backs Up Officer's Disapproval of Local System. The District school system came in for criticism at the weeRly meet Ing of the Caravan Club of Masons vesterday, Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, president of the club, leading in the attack. Declaring he has heen interested in education here for many_years and has four children in the public schools, Gen. Fries declared he is deeply dissatisfied with the system here. He was joined by nearly the entire membership of the club in a general expression of dissatisfaction. AsKing_ the question, “Are you satis- fied?” Gen. Fries received a chorus of “noes”’as an answer from his auditors. Gen. Fries said he had endeavor- ed to teach his children what the old frigate Constitution stood for. and had severely criticized Superintendent of Schools Ballou for not allowing a collection to he taken among local school children to add to the fund for restoring the historic vessel. Judge Charles H. Miller, former district attorney of Alaska, another speaker, emphasized that the Masons are deeply interested in educating the youth of. the country in the ideals and principles of the Master Mason George Washington and his labors in shaping the destiny of this country. The speaker insisted also that it is the duty of the American people to uphold the Constitution. He laid par- ticular stress on the eighteenth amend- ment, pointing out that it is not a question whether a person believes in it, but that it must be upheld because it is a part of the Constitution. The Caravan Club, composed of members of the Mystic Shrine, has about 50 members. It was stated at the luncheon that it is hoped to add many more members. The potentate of Almas Temple. Charles D. Shackel ford, delivered a brief address and told of his hopes of seeing the club grow rapidly. s ~ COUNSEL AT TRIAL IN HEATED DEBATE Admissability of Evidence Causes Clash at Court- martial of Lieut. Faga. The trial of Lieut. William H. Faga of the Marine Corps. a World War | veteran, hefore a general court-martial at the navy yard here. was opened | this morning with a heated debate be- | tween opposing counsel over the ignor- ance or knowledge of the nine naval and marine officers sitting on the court of the du; of officers in the Marine Corps. The dispute was set tled definitely when the court ruled on two points that it did not need the ad- vice of a quartermaster sergeant, who was presented as a prosecution wit- ne: Capt. T. T. Taylor, judge advocate, declared_emphatically, “there are six naval officers, members of this court, | who know absolutely nothing of .the duties of a quartermaster sergeant in the Marine Corps, and there are three Marine officers who probably do not know any more.” Van Doren Makes Retort. Luclen H. Van Doren, chief defense counsel, retorted that to adduce such testimony regarding such marine reg ulations served to “stultify the court,” and asked that the sergeant's testimony be stricken out. The court sustained Van Doren The sergeant, Earl Smith. an over seas man, who has been quarterma: ter sergeant at the Annapolis post un- der Lieut. Faga, testified that the cused officer had made no actual phy: ical inventory of the arms accouter ments, clothing and other property under his keeping at the Annapolis post as is required to be done guarter- Iy by marine regulations. Attorney Van Doren stated he would show that | the accused officer had memor: which were intelligible to him r ing the amounts of property his car Smith's Further Tes| Further testimony was given hy rgt. Smith, and he identified a voucher from the controller general's | office showing an expense of 75 cents | for transporiation of a marine for under imony. . Jose Rafael Bustamente, was aided by a civil cabinet. with Modesto Larrea Jijon as premier. A fragmentary Ecuadorian capital Thursday ind} cated that there was a government crisis. 1t quoted the head of the pro visional government as declaring, after a meeting of the cabinet and the military consultative council to consider the cabinet crisis “T believe we will reach an accord to change the present plural form of government into a single form of gov ernment.’’ KOREAN SALVATION ARMY OFFICERS ON WAY HERE Six Korean officers of the Salvation Army, four men and two women, ar rive in Washington tomorrow merning to tell the people of the National Capital of the army's work in their native land. They will be attired in native costumes and tomorrow will conduct two public meetings at the army temple, 606 E street. .at 10:80 am. and 8 pm The officers are under the care.af Ma). and.Mrs. Alfred Hill, European officers. who have spent many vears in Korea. The party is touring the United States and Canada. . These in the party are Adjt..Sin Soon . III: Ensign Kim Tong Soo. Corps Cadet Kim 111 Yong, Corps Cadet Pak Tong Tk, Lieut. You Chang Soon and Lieut. Yoo Kyung Duk. This yvear marks the eizhteenth an niversary of the commencement. of army work in Korea. In addition to the usual difficulties confronting all pion y leaders had to contend with a_very disturbed and. in some cases very embittered national mentality when they first entered Korea. . The officers in the party are talent ed. Sin Soon ]Il has been named, in Canada the “Billy Sunday of Korea," and is widely known for’ his oratory. None of the party knows English well, all speaking through _inter preters. The army invites the puplic of Washington to attend the services to morrow and hear the stories of the ix_Koreans. dispatch from the which Lieut. Faga is being held ac ahle. The court sustained objection .made by Attorney Van Doren to.testimony of Serzt. Smith that the accused veteran had . taken items of Govern ment property. from the storercom, leaving no receipt for such goods.