Evening Star Newspaper, April 15, 1926, Page 17

FIFTY-GALLON ST enforcement unit and th agents. At the hearing yesterday HOME FROM TRIP TO EGYPT. Natalie of Washington arriving in N They left the Capital several months of Egypt. HST. LIGHT FETE SETFORAPRLLES Northeast Business Men’si Association to Stage Parade | and Street Dance. The Northeast sociation will A 28 to stage 1 lee the communit to plar Men's As- forces on public has w Inid Bu: marsk u nessed, according .members of the genera! commiites night at the Northeast Savings k, Eighth and H streets. The scene the celebration will be H st last Ba which has been made briliiant by in- | @ stallation of new street lig promised and long awaited by 3 cast citizens The celebration is to be featured by w parade of decorated cars rate floats, band concer ing, but will be digni the committee decided. Beauty contests were banned by the commitee on the sund that they | inevitably cause ill 1 mong the are willing contests do | sulchritude of | 1o enter {nto pu not truly represer e community Elephants, *eircus features u T vause they would not be with the desired tone of the celeb: tion and because association members were unwilllng to pay a circus mana- ger for allowing him to participate in | the parade. | The parade will move from Tif-| teenth and H streets northeast| through H to North Capitol streets, make a loop through Fourth street and back through X Fifteenth | S0 we to Five professional bands will add life | 1de and will provide concert ic afterward. They | de at Sixth will play following tl Four- and H streets, Te teenth and H The meeting was presided over Harry P. White, president of the soclation. All the 175 members of the body are expected to participate in| “the parade. | SERVICE TO BE EXPANDED. New York and London Photo Ra-| diogram Transmission Planned. i LONDON, April 15 (®.—Capt.! Richard H. Ranger, designer of the photo radicgram system by which | photographs have been transmitted successfully across the Atlantic Ocean by wireless, expects to begin a New York and London service within few weeks. ¥ His method was demonstrated in| November, 1924, when photographs | were transmitted from London to .\'ewi WYork newspapers for publication, with the co-operation of the Radio Corpo- yation of America and the Marconi Wireless Co. Associates of Capt. Ranger estimate that it will cost from $5 to $10 each to transmit photographs, although no definite rates have been announced. 1 and H [ L DISPLAYED AT THE SENATE HEARING still which was exhibited as one of the average kind confiscated by Government nated that one out of ten stills were captured. it was es John Hays Hammond and daughter ew York aboard the S. S. Olympic. ago and recently completed a tour Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. OPENZITH LOYAL LEGION CONCLAVE Dames of Many States Here, With White House Visit on Program. The National Society, Dames of the Loyal Legion, convened its twenty- seventh annual meeting this morning New Willard Hotel, with dele- v States nony carried out the traditional ritual of the order. marine bugler summoned the gites to the annual conclave, and the pages entered, escorting the national resident, Mrs. ®lary Logan Tucker, other national officers. After Tucker had called the society to order Mrs. George F. Dudley offered prayer. A salute to the flag was fol- lowed by music, and an address of greeting from the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the District of Columbia_ was delivered by Gen. | Charles Hobbs. Roll Call and Address. The national recorder. called the roll and M livered her annual address. ville then read the minutes for 19 d reports were submitted in order by the national treasurer, Mrs. Thom- as Biddle ania; the national registrar, Mrs. John R. Hoff- man of Tilinois, cellor, Mrs. Isabelle Boniface. sion recessed while the delegates went to the White House, where they were received by Mrs. Coolidge. They had expected to greet Charles Willi | % | nd the national chan- | the President, too, but were told that | Mr. Coolidge Avas indisposed. Mrs. Coolidge received the members of the society unassisted. Upon returning | from the White House luncheon was | served at the Willard, and this after- noon the congress reconvenes to hear the reports of the State presidents. Secretary of Navy to Speak. might the delegates will accept an invitation, Patriotic Council, to hear the Secre- tary of the Navy and other speakers at the Willard. Business sessions will ! sonnel and city planning authority, | which has" passed both House and extended by the National | be resumed tomorrow and continued | throush Saturday Delegates are present from New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New Jer- sey, Massachusetts, Ohio, Connecticut and Michigan. McLEOD BILL REPORTED. Measure Abolishing Capital Pun- ishment Given to House. Submitting a favorable report to! the House yesterday, by order of the House District committee, on his bill to abolish capital punishment in the | District of Columbia, Representative McLeod, Republican, of Michigan, sald that States without the death penalty “have not only been satisfled that the crime wave has decreased, but have long since condemned this procedure as barbarous.” He predicted that capital punishment soon would e abolished in all States. Indiana, | THE EVE ms of the prohibition Copyright by P. & A. Photos. WATCH THE HIGH J P RECORDS GO. FIRST PHOTO OF WILLIA ‘Washington from San Diego, (' S. Williams and his S TRIAL. counsel, Maj. Russell This picture, telephoned to shows, left to right, Col. Alexander utnam; Lieut. Comdr. on and Capt. Clifton Gates entering the building where the court ¥ martial of Col. Williams is being heard. Miss Grace Lear of the girls’ track team of George Washington University is out to break all n photograph was taken yesterday afternoon, when she was oing through the regular Spring practice. . * i poms vcowmm by Underwood & Underwood. IRISH REPUBLICANS CELEBRATING THE EASTER UPRISING OF SEVERAL YEARS AGO. Photo by Acme STAGE WORLD BOWS AS CURTAIN FALLS. Miller, actor, being carried into the Little Church Around the Corner, v | stageland mourned the passing of the well N ork, yesterday. OUT OF RETIREMENT FOR removed from the hangar at La trip to Philadelphia was postpone The casket of Henry known actor, and police were forced to control the rr»;ds attempting to attend the funeral. The photograph shows Copyright by P. & A. Photos. De Valera deliver- ing an address at the graves of Republican leaders Easter morning. In the uprising the Sinn Felners seized the government buildings of the Free State and made a desperate attempt to hold them. PARK PLANNING BILL 'Brilliant Display of Northern Lights SENT TO CONFERENCE, Observed in Parts of U. S. and Canada House and Senate Disagree on| Number of Commissioners Who Should Be Residents. ‘The bill to give the National Capi- tal Park Commission enlarged per- Senate, was sent to conference to- day by the House on motion of Chairman Zihiman of the House Dis- trict committee. The most important difference be- | tween the two houses on this meas- ure is that the House designated that one of the new members on the com- mission should be a bona fide resi- dent of the District of Columbia, while the bill that passed the Senate provided that two of the new mem- bers should be bona fide residents of the District. | The conferees appointed by the| House are Representatives Zihiman of Maryland and Gibson of Vermont, Re- publicans, and Blanton of Texas, Dem. | ocrat. Mr. House concur in the Senate amend- | ment on the bill authorizing the com- | pletion of purchase of land for a con- | nection between Rock Creek and Vot | mac Parks. The House provided that all of the $600,000 should he taken from the surplus revenues of the Dis- trict. of Columbla. The bill as it pass- ed the Senate provided that the $600,- 000 should come equally from the Fed- eral Treasury and the District surplus on a 50-50 basis. Zihlman withdrew his motion Mr. Blanton insisted that time otted for debate on this question. Zihlman also moved that the By the Assoclated Pross. NEW YORK, April 15.—Northern lights—in some places the most bril- liant seen’in years—last night were observed In various parts of Canada and the United States. As the long fingers of light waved and bent across the heavens, in some places giving the effect of a moonlight night, tele- graphic, telephonic and radio com- munication was badly interfered with. Probably in Toronto and at Brown University at Providence, R. 1., a bet- | ter vision of the phenomenon was seen | than elsewhere. At both these places it was declared to have been vivid and extensive. In the Canadian city, where the aurora borealis is no uncommon sight, the display was unique by rea- son of the fact that the silver bands of light waved fan-like, not alone in the Northern sky, but also in the East and at one place even in the South- east. SOVIET ENVOY VERY ILL. Leonid Krassin Has Blood Transfu- sion at Hospital. NICE, France, April 15 UP).—Leonid | Krassin, Russian Soviet Ambassador to Great Britain, who has been suffer- ing from anemia for some time, has undergone an ogeration and a blood transfusion at the Belvidere Hospital. He was described as being in a state of daneerous weakness, which, it is repo-ted, may incapacitate him for official duties during the next year. Krassin was in Paris last Feb- ruary undergoing treatment for the same- disorder, going to the Riviera for a long rest. i 2.5 # As far west as the Rocky Mountain regions of Colorado and Montana, the people for a half hour observed what seemed to be a huge band of mist, in- termingled with a glowing green phos- phorescent light in the heavens from the Northwest to the Southwest. Fi- nally the scene drifted westward, as though carried along by a breeze, with ripples showing now and then along the most distinct line of the wave, | with the strongest points of glow ap- | pearing at the crest of each wave. In Toronto the phenomenon was followed by & sharp drop in the tem- perature, thermometers registering 22 degrees above zero last night. It was | thought that the cold would continue today, but that the mercury would rise again tomorrow. At Cambridge, Mass., Harvard Ob- servatory officials said a marked in- crease in the number of sun spots presaged the vivid display. URGES WORLD GOOD WILL. Prof. Pupin Calls on Statesmen to Follow Scientists’ Lead. NEW YORK, April 15 (P).—States- i men were urged to follow the lead of | scientists in establishing international |good will, in an address by Prof. Michael Pupin yesterday before a meeting of the International Electro- technical Commission. The meeting was attended by 150 delegates from all over the world. Prof. Pupin said, “Our Congress would do well to note carefully the manner in which the commission has operated in the past 20 years, creating an atmosphere of good Will which the recent World War failed to diminishy' Wide World Photo. “GENERAL PERSHING” UPSETS RACE “DOPE” Winning Army Pigeon Was Ex- pected to Trail Behind “Arrow of Gold,” Seventh. | | | The victory of “Gen. Pershing,” ! popular Army homing pigeon who | vesterday flew 189 miles from Wash- | ington to Fort Monmouth, N. J., in !5 hours and 10 minutes, winning a ! race in which 11 other Army pigeons were entered, upset the tions of the pigeon experts c Stenal Corps, it was admitted today. While | “Gen. Pershing” has been known |as a rellable homer and previously | took second place in a 400-mile race, it was thought “Arrow of Gold,” who has flown from Camp Meade twice in remarkable time, would take first place. The race was flown under some- what adverse conditions, as there were low hanging clouds and a quartering wind against the flyers. General Pershing was not released {until 11:20% a.m., being the ninth | bird to start in the race. He overtook jand passed Speck, Bad News, Ruffles !and General Harbord in order to win. | A close second in the race was Mabel | K, who had previously been trained for 400-mile flights, Mabel K. arrived !in five hours and 30 minutes, her time |being just 10% minutes longer than that of the winner. Speed Boy, who finished third, is a veteran flyer. General Harbord ar- rived fourth; Reliance arrived fifth, Guidon arrived sixth and Arrow of Gold-arrived seventh. Signal Corps officers state that the results of this race indicate the ad- visability of training birds for long- distance flighta the TEST SAIL IN THE CLOUD! hurst, yesterday for a 3 0 ed, but it JACK AND JILL IN “MUFFIN part in the Mother Goose play, afternoon a matinee will be given in embassies and legations. BLUE LAW DEBATE WITHOUT VERDICT Joseph Burkhart and Rev. R. W. Martin Argue Before Women’s Group. A debate on_the proposed se laws™” for the District was held be- fore the Women's (' st night with Joseph Burk: to , denouncing the proposal { necessary and an infraction.of pe al liberty and with Rev. Robert Martin of Pittsburgh upholding the Lankford bill. No vote was taken by the audience. Mrs. Mina Van Winkle, head of the Woman's Bureau of the Police De- partment, who is chairman of the rec- reational committee of the club, pre- sided. During his argument Mr. Burkart declared that Washington's police- women ‘“are doing more good than all the clergymen put together.” Mrs. Van Winkle interrupted him to say that that was overstating the question and placing a responsibility for the spirituality that her police | women could not live up to. “If we are good policewomen,” she said, “it because we were given religious training. Rev. Martin insisted that the Lank- ford bill was misunderstood and de- | clared that it would not prohibit Sun- { mission charge: to take the commercial as Sunday, he said. Mrs. Grace Keefe, representing the Natlonal American Athletic Federa- The hill would serve pect out of “community” theater in Washington. - . U. S. POSITIONS OPEN. ! Power Sewing Machine Operators Wanted by Two Bureaus. ' The Civil Service Commission to- day announced an open competitive examination for power sewing machine operator to fill vacancies in the mail equipment shops of the Post Office Department and in the Office of Public Bulldings and Public Parks of Washington. The entrance salary for this posi- tion in the malil equipment shops is $3.60 a day, and In the Office of Public vear. vision, are to operate sewing machines used in heavy canvas work, to darn land repair by -hand defective mail cks or other canvas equipment; to fit patlhes; and to perform related | work as required. | Competitors will be rated on thei physical ability, and training and ex- perience. Full information and application blanks may be obtained from the office of the United States Civil Service Commission, 1724 F street. g Cape Town, South Africa, is to have two comumercial airplane lines. Muflins, Hall, Sixteentl and Harvard streets, tomorrow evening. { day amusements if there were no ad-| Bulldings and Public Parks $1,140 a The duties, ynder immediate super- | The Navy dirig n account of a s ight. made a short flight around the naval air statios Jean and Carol Cromelin, who take at the Little Theater, Pierce On Saturday honor of the children of the cabinet, Washington Star Photo! MORALS OF ARMY, CONFERENCE TOPIG Prominent District and Other Churchmen and Educators Called by Mr. Davis. \ survey of th of the Army and recommendation of pl am of 1a0ral training for soldiers the principal business of a three-da: conference to be held here May 4-6 ecretary of War Dav the conference, says it will be attended | by a large group of prominent church | men and heads of colleges, 31 of whom live in Washington. Coincident with this conference, the 30 chaplains of the Reserve Corps will | meet here under War Department or | ders, to advise concerning advanced | methods in the fleld of religious en deavor and suggest ways in which | these plans may be applied to work among soldiers. No Denominational Lines. is to be pan-sectarian con the War Department sets atement made publ sentative: will participate. r consultation was religious necessities 1€ to intensify the general prog will b who calle t rence. torth today. tep denominations | similar meeting | held in June, 192 in | vancement of the moral and religious | life of soldiers by development of cer tain resources which are available within the military _establishment and by marshaling those forces in | communities near Army posts which are ready to co-operate in this work. These recommendations were accept | ed by the War Department and are i now in effect. . District Delegates Called. The Washington churchmen and col lege heads who will attend follow: Rev Andrew R. Bird, Rev. John J. Burke Stanley Durkee, Right Rev George A. Dougherty, Rev. W. L Darby, President Charles W. Lyons Rev. Willlam J. Kerby, Rev. Thomas ;H. Lewis, Right Rev. Thomas J. Sha- jhan, Rev. Wallace Radcliffe, Right { Rev. Edward A. Pace, liam A. Wilbur, Rev. Charles Wood, Right Rev. P. C. Gavin, Rev. W. S Abernethy, Rev. George M. Diffen derfer, Rev. W. A. Lambeth, Bishop McDowell, Rev. Henry H. Rev. James Shera Mont William Knowles Cooper. fiss Agnes Regan, Rev. J. J. Muir | Right Rev. William Right | Rev. James ¥ Jason | Noble Pierce, . John Paul Tyler | Rev. Hugh K. Fulton, Rev. Arlington | A. McCallum, Rev. Hugh A. Daiton Rev. Joseph R. Sizoo and Staff Capi Ernest R. Holz. Protects His Bootlegger. HOLLYWOOD, Fla., April 15 (#).- Refusal to give the name and address of a bootlegger from whom he pur chased hooch may cause R. J. Taylor. 63, to spend 30 days In jail, agcording to Municipal Judge Malcomb Porter. N