Evening Star Newspaper, April 14, 1926, Page 17

THE VICE PRESIDENT'S BOX AT AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK YEN DAY. President Coolidge was unable to attend the first game of the season, so Vice President Dawes threw out the first ball. . TO BATTLE FOR LEAGUE HONORS. authorities, these two managers, Connie Mack of the Athletics and Bucky Harris of the league champions, will be fighting it out for the pennant all Summer. Photo taken BUTLER'S CHARGES LAID TO TOOTHACHE i Dental Trouble May Have| Made General “See Things,” Dentists Testify. | By the Associated Press. MARINE BA SAN DIEGO, Calif., April 14.—The dental troubles of Brig. Gen. Smedley D. Butler have | hecome the first line of defense in the court-martial trial here of Col.| Alexander S. Willlams of the N on the general's charge that vas drunk in a public place. Weeks ago, just after he ordered the arrest of Col. Willlams as a result | of the conviviality growing out of a | diner party given by the colonel in Gen. Butler’s honor, the general re- tired to the Naval Hospital at Balboa | Park to have several teeth extracted. | On the day the court-martial opened, Monday, Gen. Butler digressed in his description of the defendant’s alleged drunkenness to relate how the catas-| trophic Coronado cocktail episode was preceded by the extraction of one of | his teeth. | Naval Denti Testify. At yesterday’s session of the col- onel's trial the defense called two dental surgeons to the witness stand to tell how bad teeth can corrupt a man’s whole outlook on life; how dental lesions can impair the functions of organs far removed from the jaw ‘bones of the toothache victim, and how they often cause a man to see visions, or jump confusedly to errone- ous. conclusions. Both of the dental surgeons, Lieut. 1. G. Conditt and Lieut. Comdr. Frank €. Tichy, recalled on the stand that Gen. Butler had been having plenty of trouble with his teeth just before the eventful dinner at Col. Willlams' home. The judge advocate of the court, Capt. Leo Hermle, led the dental ex- perts into admitting that most of their testimony was hypothetical. Browbeateing Is Charged. .Should the toothache defense fail, | another avenue of defense may be explored by the colonel’s counsel in accordance with intimations of defense atteorneys yesterday. These intlmations involved the question of whether or not Gen. Butler attempted to “browbeat” his subordi- nates into submitting written state- ments supporting his charges. According to many base ball before yesterday’s game. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. !Borah’s Bill Urges | Radio Commission With Full Control Creation of a national commission of three members to be appointed by the President to control radio was proposed in a bill introduced in the Senate yesterday by Senator Bohah, Republican of Idaho. The bill would divide the United States into five radio zones and the commission- would have power to issue and suspend license for cause Appeal could be taken from its decision to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. The measure would reaffirm the applicability to radio of the anti- trust law and the Federal Trade Commission Act HISTORIC LIGHTHOUSE TOPPLES UNDER GALE Structure at Cape Henlopen, Del, Built in 1765, Falls Into Sea. - ! { ! ) { By the Associated Press. LEWES, Del, April 14—Historic Cape Henlopen lighthouse, on the Delaware Bay miles south of here, crumbled and toppled into the sea yesterday afternoon. A " northeast gale—the long-time enemy of the “Old Man of the Atlan- tic,” as the lighthouse was known— with the aid of an unusually high tide, destroyed the pre-Revolutionary structure. Henlopen was the second oldest lighthouse on the Atlantic coast. It was built by the British in 1765, a few years after the construc- tion of the light at Cape Henry. For years the insecurity of Hen- lopen light d been apparent and unusual efforfs had been made to preserve it for historic reasons. All Monday night great waves from the ocean ate into the sand foundation at the foot of the ancient structure. | Harassed by the gale, the | pounded higher and higher until they | beat away the last supports and the | lighthouse tumbled over. | During the Revolutionary War, the British seized Henlopen and burned the interlor. The United States | Government repaired the damage and mounted a lens manufactured in France whose rays were visible 40 miles at sea. One of the last dramas within sight of the lighthouse was during the ‘World War in 1918 when the ofl tanker William Pratt was sunk by a U-boat. Its rays shone for the last The question came up during the testimony of Capt. George F. Stokes, | adjutant of the 4th Regiment of Ma-| rines, who explained the alleged differ' | ences between his testimony and a; statement bearing his signature by re- | Jating that the statement had been written in accordance with Gen. But- | ler's instructions. ! He said he and other officers had been ordered to submit statements of what they observed of Col. Williams® condition. When the statements were submitted to Gen. Butler, he testified, they were handed back with the re- mark: “You boys know what wanted. time on September 30, 1924, when the Government opened a new steel lighthouse nearby. { e i Charges Breach of Contract. | Samuel P. Wright yesterday sued Owen L. Carter for $3,000 damages | for alleged breach = of _contract. | Through Attorneys Toomey & Toomey, the plaintiff says he is agent of a well known brand of cider, and April 12 jlast made an agreement with Carter to purchase sufficient quantities for the Fall season, which was to be put up in half-gallon and gallon jugs with attractive labels. Carter has not kept Now go back and write ments new state- his part of the agreement, it is con- “tended. | Wide World Photo. . WUy LEy Al UWed Os - , daughter of the late William Jennings Bryan, who has announc- ed her candidacy for the nomina- tion for Representative from the fifth Florida district. Copyright by Kadel & Herbert. DELEGATES TO P. WAS WEALTHY STEEL MAN Retired Head of Own Company Was Outstanding Figure in Industry. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohlo, April 13.—Price McKinney, 63, for 16 years president of the McKinney Steel Co. here and head of one of the city’s best known familles, committed suicide by shoot- ing here late yesterday. McKinney was found in the bath- room of his suburban home by a but- He was seated in a chalr with a pistol in his hand and a bullet wound in the head. McKinney retired as president of his corapany last May and since then led a retired life. He was succeeded by James W. Corrigan, a son of McKin- ney’s old assoclate in the steel busi- ness, James Corrigan, sr. McKinney, many times a millionaire, was one of the outstanding figures in the steel industry. In addition,’ he lflwned gold and sflver mines in Mex- ico. —_— MAUNA LOA SPITS SMOKE. | Lofty Mountain in Hawaii Shaken by Earthquakes. HILO, T. H., April 14 (#).—Mauna Loa, which burst into activity with streams of lava Saturday was sending down billows of smoke today. Whether the mountain was belching fire could not be seen from the peak, 13,676 feet above sea level, was hidden by clouds that reached far down its slopes. The island was shaken today by numerous earthquakes. Residents of Wood Val- ley, in Kau district, south of Mauna Loa, took fright us the quakes con- tinued and began moving out. WEDNESDAY, UNDER THE CHERRY BLOSSOMS. The Japanese Ambassador to ‘Washington and Mme. Matsudaira walking under the blooms along the Tidal Basin yesterday afternoon. NEW COMMANDER TAKES THE CONTROLS. - Wide World Photo. Comdr. Charles E. Rosendahl, recently appointed to command the dirigible Los Angeles, photographed in the control cabin of the air liner. He was the senior surviving officer of the ill-fated Shenandoah. 'AN-AMERICAN PRESS CONFERENCE PLANT A TRE shows Walter Williams, elected president of the Pan-American Journalists, turning the first spadeful of earth. {PRICE McKINNEY SUICIDE; :PIPE BLAMED FOR WILD BALL ‘ | DAWES “PITCHED” AT STADIUM But Then He Could Never Obey Even “No Smoking Rule of Players, Some Say After Premonitory Wind-Up Sends Sphere Far From Goal. Vice President Dawes was offering: no excuses today for his deplorable showing on the occasion of his first appearance. as twirler yesterday at ;l:lark Griffith Stadium. | He knows, apparently, that little | can be said for one who so flagrantly | he. The old whip just wasn’t in.form, that’s all. It had been deprived of the, limbering up process so essential to good flinging, and when the su- Pr:me test came, failure was inevit- able. It is pointed out that the general publicly flaunted yesterday one of the most important of training rules, ab- stinence from tobacco. Charley Dawes doesn’t think much of rules and regu- lations, anyway, and the. no-smoking |one he regards as a hidebound ordi- nance grown hoary with age and de- | serving of no place in the by-laws | governing modern ahletics, | Mike Martin Horrified. | To @emonstrate his deflance of the smoking ban, he horrified Mike Martin by hurling the ball from the grand- stand yesterday with his underslung pipe in his mouth. Mike looked grave in anticipation of what was going to happen, too. And on his face was a broad “I told you so,” smile when he saw the lusty heave go off on a Lange% in the general direction of the press. box, far from the scram- bling form of -Walter Johnson, ‘thg: sphere, « «- « « ineglected his Spring training as did | Wide World Photo. examplar of righteousness and hide- bindery. ‘ Dawes, who is a right-hander, never- theless had something on the ball, it is admitted. He wrapped his finge: around the sphere with almost pro- | fessional confidence, the grip indicat- ing a contemplated wide incurve. In realtity, however, it was the widest outcurve that the ball park had en- joyed for many a day. It may have started toward the waiting Walter, but it lost its bearings en route and bit the dust on a line with the Ath- letics' dugout, some distance from Johnson. g Camera Men Duck. A small army of news photographers instinctively ducked for safety when they saw the preliminary wind-up, and they were glad they did in view of later developments. These pho- tographers are all stanch followers of the old reliable hurler, Cal Cool- jdge, and more than ever are they convinced that he is the peer of all executive tossers, bar none. They stand on his record of some half a dozen starts without an error. Friends of the Vice President have come forward with various alibis in behalf of their distinguished mound artist, however. They deny that diso- bedience of rules had anything to do with his wild streak of yesterday. They eclaim, briefly, that Pitcher Dawes, tipped off that he was to hurl against the Senators, tried to put too much dynamite behind the horsehide 5 TO COMMEMORATE FIiRST MEETING. APRIL 14, 1926. * WALTER JOHNSON GETS ANOTHER LOVING CUP. all the way from Springfield, Iil. Edwin Marshall, 9, an essay prize winner, cam¢ to present a cup to the Washington team’s pitching ace. Edwin won his trip to the Capital with an essay on “Why Walter Johnson Is My Favorite Ball Player.” Dr. hoy Chapman Audrews, - ican scientist and explorer, who narrowly escaped death when caught in an air raid by Chinese forces bombing Kuominchun. Andrews is planning his fourth trip to Gobl Desert. ‘Wide World Photo. The photograph Copyright by Harris & Ewlgx. 'BOY, 12, KILLS SISTER, 4; MOTHER AWAY AT TIME Was Showing Friends How Youngster Was Unafraid of Pistol, He Confesses. By the Assoclated Press. NEWARK, N. J., April 14—Four year-old Catherine Cocuzza was shot and killed yesterday by her brother, Joseph Cocuzza, aged 12. The boy disappeared after he ran to the street shouting, “I shot my sister; she doesn't answer me; get a { doctor.” | The shooting occurred soon after | the boy came home from school at { the noon hour. His mother was not tin the house at the time. She later | denied having a gun in the house, { but police found, hidden in a closet, a .22-cabiler pistol with one chamber | _'The boy was found late last night at the home of a playmate and confessed to shooting his sister, but sald it was accidental. “I pointed the gun at her to show some of my friends that she wasn't | afrald,” he sald. ‘“Always before when T played with the gun I looked to see if it was loaded, but this time I forgot.” Prosecutor Bigelow would not per- | mit the boy’s arrest because of his jage. He was placed in a parental | home for the night. Publisher Dies From Wound. BUENOS AIRES, April 14 (®).— Marcus Rosenwald, publisher of the Tucuman E] Orden, who was shot Monday by Carlos Hilmer, manager of the Quilmes brewery, after an ar- gument, died yesterday. Hilmer is under arrest. | President Fred Belgium sent nearly $400,000 worth recent month,: - RAISING THE STARS AND STRIPES. Copsright by P. & A. Photos. Secretary of War Davis raising the flag in center field before the opening of the American League season. preceded the flag raising. Did Annie Booze Have Any Booze? Two Police Say So Any Booze? Annie Booze. The question and the name were connected up in an arrest of the latter on suspicion she had the former by Policemen Thompson and Bridges of the ninth precinct last night. Wandering _around wondering whether locate any booze for confiscation and arrest purposes they seized upon Annie Booze as the answer to their quest. Annie told the desk sergeant, after much confusion, that her last name was Booze; the officers told the sergeant that they found 16 quarts of booze—alias whis in the illegal paesession of Annie. Annie was charged with illegal possession; the booze confiscated. Annie’s age is said to be 28 and the Booze residence is said to be 432 Third street northeast. PARK VIEW INSISTS ON SCHOOL ADDITION Citizens’ Body Again Appeals for Enlarged Building to Provide for Growing Population. last night they -could The Park View Citizens’ Association, meeting in the Park View School, Jast night again voted to appeal to the Commissioners for the purchase of ad- ditional land to the rear of the school for the erection of an addition to pro- vide for the rapidly growing popula- tion of the section. A committee com- posed of George H. Russell, Miss Fran- ces 8. Fairley and Fred §. Walker, president of the assoclation, was ap- pointed to communicate with the Board of Education and Commission- ers and urge that an item providing for the purchase of available land be included in the school estimates for 1927, A circular distributed to citizen: groups in all sections of the city urg- ing the cleaning up of premises and painting of property by owners was indorsed. It was pointed out that the task of keeping the community clean and presentable would be compara- tively simple if the collectors of trash would exercise more care in the pur- suit of their duties. It is not an un- common sight to see the streets in more unsightly condition after the trash. collectors have -made their rounds than before, it was said. Mrs. Edward Nelson Dingley, vice president of the League of American Pen Women, spoke on #Civic Pride.” S. Walker presided. Alleged Alcohol Patient Dies. Joseph Cornwell, 50 years old, roomer at 218 Seventh street south- west, was arrested 10 days ago by police of the fourth precinct and charged with intoxication. He was taken to Gallinger Hospital, where he died early last night. Police are try- ing to locate relatives of the dead York. ¥ A parade of the Washington and Philadelphia players Copyright by P. & A. Photos GERMANS FLOCKING TOBERGDOLL TRIAL ECase of Draft Evader, Ac- ! cused by Young Girls, Opens Today. ssociated Press. i b SBACH, Germany April 14— This little town in Baden was rvowded today with people who had come from all parts of the region to attend the trial of Grover Bergdoll, the | American draft evader, who is under indictment for seduction and impair ing the morals of minors. They ap parently, however, are doomed to dis appointment, as the case will be heard behind closed doors before one judge {and two jurors. It is said that of the seven wit nesses who will be produced by the | state one will be Lelsel Schmidt, a | 17-year-old girl of Heldelberg, whom | Bergdoll is charged with having se { duced three years ago. She was born {in Cairo, Egypt, the child of German | parents. She has been studying chemistry at Heldelberg University and is said to be extremely nervous. | Since Bergdoll escaped to Germany | from the United States he has been | rather a spectacular person, driving {about in his high-powered motor car \and spending money lavishly. Con siderable symathy ~for the draft evader is being shown because a private _detective of Philadelphia. named Robert P. Sachs brought the e s against him. Sachs is now believed to be in the United States. Since he was arrested Bergdoll has been given the chance for plentiful recreation' in the big prison grounds and has ordered his meals from restaurants on the outside. Recently. it is declared, he has been in a surly mood. Reports that the state during the trial is desirous of preventing a | scandalous sensation are causing | much speculation among the villagers | of Mosbach and those who have come | here for the court proceedings. FORD CASE ON HEARING. Injunction Sought Against Com- pany Alleging Patent Infringement NEW YORK, April 14 (#).—Suit for an accounting and an injunction re- straining further alleged infringe- ment of choke and needle valve patent rights was begun in Federal court yesterday against the Ford Motor i 0. The plaintiffs are Jacob R., Sher | man F. and George O. Titman of | Rahway, N. J.. who. through Henry J. Locke, their -attorney, set forth | that they are the holders of the patent | rights in question, which relate to the control of the flow of gas in auto- mobile carburetors. According to Mr. Locke, it was not until last year that Ford cars were equipped with valve controls, which infringe upon the plaintiffs’ rights. the defendant corporation claiming that the method of control was de- of rabbit skins to this country In a‘man, who are believed to live in New | veloped in its own plant, independ- ently of the Titman invention.