Evening Star Newspaper, April 24, 1926, Page 2

¥ Uatin § elighted With Trip Through ! § #ndustrial America. S WILLIAM ULLMAN. Spring breezes followed the visiting an Journulists around commereial, industrial 1. With th made mainl: automobiles, es are essen- pleasurable touring aud these 1 editors are having in large de- spin over splendid high- auty spots that ir praise and admira- have Ame of e North Ameri i t ney being 1\ motor busses and 1vs and fa This morning was spent by the visi-| < in inspecting the laboratories and works of the General Electric here they marveled at the gen!- modern electrical science as yped by the wizards of Schenec- of Again on the Higways. I'his afternoon they are on the high- n en route to Utica for the The itinerary calls for a visit ight milton College, where it is ex- be 1 that the Latins will re- ed by Elihu Root night the party wi inner given by the tie Co., and presided over by Presi- dent Gelard Swope of that big cor-! poration. In opening the festivities,| AMr Swope proposed a toast to the of every republic repre- president ed. Jie then welcomed the visitors to Schenectady and invited them to come American Journalists | Kellogg’s Niece to Wed MISS CLARA LOUISE OTTIS, Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Ottis of St. Paul, whose engagement to Bruce Burnham Harris, son of New- ton Harris of Champaign, IIL, has been announced. Miss Ottls is a deb of this season, having finished school in 1924. She is the niece of Secretary of State and }(;lfl Kellogg. Harris is a graduate of . honor, common sense and executiv ability could enforce the law. He said the question as to whether a man should be appointed only in case he ympathy with prohibition had he was in never office. was in b o ce Andrews if a great many more people were making home io the I plant as his personal referring to the great| ments in_the electrical field, Swope sald he did not know of zle thing that had more dmpor- | of living than electricity, “Back | 919" he said re was a ratio ty 1d-a-half for | every man in the country, while to- day there horsepower. 20 per cent Travel Over Storm King Mountain. e to Schenectady vesterday are threeand-a-quarter an increase of more than over the splendid Empire highway that leads across Storm | Mountain, and from whose high- point may be obtained an inspiring up and down the Hudson ut one its most appealing stretches, and e Latins were lavish in their praise " the engineering genius that made possible an automobile trip across the hard, rocky slopes of such towering wndet Hundreds of cameras| licked 1 thus the famous Storm | King country of North America may expect soon to hecome a leading part | of the illustrated features of the day | n the progressive press of the repub. ics of the South and Central America. ANDREWS 0PPO§ES SALE OF BEER IN . FLAT STATEMENT | v did not wish to be cross- | sut_had not gone on the | and time. | Reed Opposes Statements. H Harreld suggested that | might submit such state-| the committee could tuke r consideration and deter- | hether they should be included rd. v Reed said that he consid- he reception of such state- ments was entirely outside of the rules wn by the committee. Mem- Congress, he said, had been mine w the r e in the present every-day stand. ! brew than were using stills to make ws sald that he did not i never gone into sblem, that he was ic in liquor. Questions Maynes Activity. read a letter which R. H. Dana to the t Tarding in which at- alled to the fact that Prohibition Director Haynes and Wayne B. Wheeler hud decided upon the removul of some prohibition agent, a Congressman bobbed up and protested nst his removal. ‘Sen- ator Reed ed Gen. Andrews if he knew anything &bout that. Gen x said that he did not know ) out it; that nothing of the kind had happened since he was in offics fe said that Mr. Haynes wus in prohibition en- he understood tention when 1 2] was Reed wani to Haynes wasn't spending me making probibition ie country ted know Senator whether some of his ov t any crime? reld. n. Andrews said that he belleved, that Mr. Haynes had.made six or eight speeches in different parts of the country since last September. Defends Speechmaking. “Did he get his expenses paid Ly the Government and draw his sala while going to make these speeches asked Senator Reed. Gien. Andrews said he probably w his expenses. He added that when he went away to make speeches he had his expenses paid, too. He said that he had made a speech at gue in Chic W. C. T. U. convention in Detroit and that he had spoken in Philadelphia. “Have you other agents making speeches?” asked Senator Reed. Gen. Andrews said that he pre- sumed that specches were made by the various administrators in their respective distric He sald that he considered the making of these speeches an important part of the work, and that they helped to obtain -operation which was necessary for Jaw enforcement. to file sworn state. their official position. | ded that the com- | statements | T dr @ at sta- | compiled by Robert Coredini, stical secretary of the World | Le Coredini was } tor Reed cross-ex- | ruble length re- | his work in s cities und his salary. 0 asked you to make this com )il ¢ ked Senator Reed, “and 1 to the commit Worked 6 Years on Figures. "he id that Wayne B.| ed him to do so. He sxid he had been working on the fig. ures which dealt with statistics of Arunkenness and arrests for the iast <ix vears When Gen. Andrews took the stand today he resumed his tement of vhat he had been seeking to accom- niish since he took office as head of prohibition enforcement, and de- ~eribed the leglslation which he now vecommended for the Dbetter enforce- prohibition law. — He on to the terms of the so-called Goff Lill to strengthen the | Volstead # bill for supplemental \ppropriations for prohibition enforce- | ment, a_ bill to place prohibition agents under the civil service, a bill for better border control, @ bill for incrensed penalties for violation of “he law, a bill to increase the number f Federal judzes and a bill to amend ¥ w relating to extradition®all of | which, he satd, would improve prohi- | hitlon enforcement. H Gen. Andrews said that as a result the changes made by him in or: sanization and policy there had first Aeveloped an improvement in the en- cement of the local laws and that Liey were getting closer co-operation | from the district attorneys with good s alled atte Questioned on Stills. Senator Tlarreld called attention to the widely heralded statement that in a4 vear 172,000 stills had been captured and that Gen. Andrews, in reply to a | question by Senator Heed, hud said that probably not one in ten of the illicit stills had been taken by the Gov- | wrument. | ‘How many of these were stills?” sked Senator Harreld. “Aren’t most <f them fermentation devices?” “They were booze-making devices, weren't they?” interjected Senator Roed Yes,w replied Gien. Andrews. Senator Harreld then read a list which showed that 12,000 distillers ,000 stills, 7,000 worms and fermentation devices had included in the list of 172,000 "es captured by the Government. <o brought out that the agents d captured more than one still in the same place frequently. 1 reply to a question by Senator Gen. Andrews said that he t all of these devices were for making spiritous liquors. Opinions Not Considered. been 1sed | de: I | Senator Reed asked Gen. Andrews what his salary was and the general replied $7,500 a year. “Isn't Mr. Haynes the liaison officer between the Anti-Saloon League and the Prokibition Enforcement Unit?” nanded Senator Reed. At this point Senator Harreld rap- 1 the table, declaring that the time v el Was up and that therefore Gen. An-[Davis went to the telephone, finished drews did not have to answer the question. The committee then ad- journed until 2 o'clock. Tells of Drinking at Yale. My. Post, chairman of the Yale Daily News, questioned by Senator ed regarding a referendum on p hibition taken at the university, said that the greater the attempt to en- ohibition the stronger was the opposition of the students. He said that the students go to the bootleg- ers for their liquor. “Does a student of ordinary intel. ligence have any difficulty in getting all the whisky that he wants?” asked Senator Reed. “No,” was the reply. “I suppose that all of the students at Yale are intelligent,” commented Senator Reed. this liquor drunk on the cam- pus and in the students’ quarters and Isewhera?” asked Senator Reed. “Yes. D. A. R. CONVENTION NEARS CLOSE, WITH PEACE PREVAILING __(Continued from First Page) | My, Dawes, Mrs. Cook spoke of him as¥the President” and the speaker joined in the laugh that greeted ths error. Speaking on the Constitution, Mr. Dawes said that its strength lies in the fact that “it is the ultimate judg- ment of the American people of what is sound and just, and it s guarded by a wonderful system of checks an® balances which prevent passing opin- fons of the public to evolve into laws. Why Nation Has Lasted. “That,” he continued, “is why the American natlon has lasted and will continue to last, and why our Gov- ernment is regarded as the greatest advancement of the happiness of man- kmsdocremry of the Navy Wilbur and Miss Janet Richards were also intro- Tuced to the audience. Both spoke briefly, Miss Richards telling of the early struggles of the National Soclety of the Daughters of the Amer- jean Revolution. Secretary of Agri- culture Jardine, called attention to the fact that many of the Revolution- ary heroes were farmers. In tho early days the country was over- whelmingly” agricultural, he said. Yesterday afternoon the delegates to the Congress made their annual pilgrimage to' Mount Vernon, headed by Mrs. Cook. Wreaths were placed on the tombs of George and Martha senator Harreld asked Gen. An- diews if he had given instructions to ewiploy as agents only men who were 1 sympathy with prohibition. Gen. Andrews said he had never given any h instructions. He said that he be- ed that a man not in favor of pro- ion because of hie sense of duty, Washington and the visitors were shown through the historic home of America’'s first President. Mrs. Eleanor Washington Howard, the last Washington who was born at Mount Vernon, was honorary chairman of the pilgrimage >ommittee, and Mrs. “&".H!am J. Morton was chairman, ed Senater { THE KVEN DAT AND SUICIDE LETTER ARE FOUN Police Drag River for Man. Addressee of Note Doubts He Killed Self. 0 ! A o vest and a suicide letter which bore the name of George W. Rrown, 533 Third street northeast, was found near the north wall of the ‘Tidal Basin, not far from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing about 11 o'clock last night by Sergt. W. F. Shelton of the Park police. The message was addressed to Mrs. Florence (i. Perry, 411 Fifth street northeast, former wife of Brown, and contained n statement that the writer “intended to ersl it wil.” An hour before the garments and message were found, it is. states man was seen seated there, and wheu his ubsence was noticed and the gar- ments and message found police start- ed dragging for the body- 1 Writes Life is Lonely. i Dragging was abandoned about day break and resumed about 9 o'clock. The note, in part, read as follows “My dear Floreuce G. Perry: “After leaving you tonight I made up my mind to do as I sald. I could ne live without you. [ am not a coward, nov have I ever been one. I am so lonesome, so good-bye. I my body is found, it can be buried ! in Arlington. I should worry. May wul rest in peace and you have happiness. vou were all 1 had to live for. Why should I care what T do? You tried and 1 hope this will be a success.” A request that E. H.' Brown, brother, residing at 1430 G street northeast, be notified in case of accl- dent was an entry in an identifica- tion book found. among Brown's ef- fects, and a bottle of medicine was also found. “Mr. Brow he is to you, is no more to me than Mrs. Perry told a Star reporter. {o was my husband for 10 days, but when I found out so much about him I had the marriage annulled.” Brown, a former Treasury Depart- ment and Mount Alto Hospital em. ploye, and Mrs. Perry were married in Itimore, Md., August 22, 1922, and two years later the had the mar- rlage annulled on the grounds of his having deceived her Thought to Take Life. Since the marriage was annulled, . Perry stated, Brown has caused yance and trouble. She was so terribly wrought up over his con- she said, that she attempted to e her life, knowing her three chil- n would be taken care of. But the durned old pistol was so v she said, “the shot went Early this morning. she said, she refused to respond to the ringing of her doorbell, fearing she would find Brown there to repeat his annoyances. Later £he did respond to a call from the police, “Then,” she said. “I made him re- peat his message a second time to make sure the caller was Brown.” Mrs. Perry resides at the Fifth street address with her three children, and is employed in the Post Office De- partment. She spends most of her not Mr. and for that reason she had to put up with the many annoyances to which her short-while husband subjectec not believe Mr. Brown is . Perry declared. Perry sald her husband had previously left suicide notes for the purpose of annoying her. AUTO DEALER KILLS SELF; HAD NERVOUS BREAKDOWN W. F. Davis, Called From Confer- ence, Finishes Telephone Conver- sation and Shoots Himself. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, April William ¥, Davis, president and treasurer of J. M. MaGuire Co., Boston agency of the Plerce Arrow Motor Car Co., com- mitted sufcide by shooting himself in his office yesterday. Called from a conference with Myron B. Forbes, president of the Pierce Arrow Ci a conversation and shot himself twice in the head. Ife died soon afterwards in Massachusetts neral Hospital. Associates said that Davis suffered a nervous breakdown after his strenu- ous labors in connection with the re- cent automobile show here. Davis was 38 years old. e leaves a widow and a 5-year-old son. ACTRESS DROPS SUIT. Fails to Press Claim to Lead “Hush Money” Cast. NEW YORK, April 24 (P)—Counsel for Miss Justine Johnston, actress, un- til recently playing the feminine lead in “Hush Money,” at the Forty-ninth Street Theater, yesterday withdrew a motion for an injunction restraining Charles K. Gordan, Denise Moore, Hirma Bloomingdale and the Claire | Productions, Inc., from removing her | from the cast. She already is removed, {and Miss Moore is playing the part. Miss Johnston charged a conspiracy to cause her to be dropped from the cast. This charge was denied in af- fidavits filed by all those named as defendants in her motion. i G HURTTIN WALL CRASH. Two Workmen Buried Under Debris After Collapse. Collapse of the morth wall of a buflding at Georgia avenue and Euclid street yesterday afternoon caused the injury of two rolored workmen, who were buried under the debris. Robert Walker, 46 vears old, 2623 Sherman avenue, suffered a broken leg, and Leon Richards, 18, of 2726 Georgia avenue, also suffered a severo injury to his leg. After belng removed from the debris by fellow workmen both ‘men were sent to Freedmen’s Hospital, where their recovery is expected. WOULD AID PORTERS. The Pullman porter, with his ever deadly whiskbroom, was defended in the l}louse yesterday by Representa- tive Celler, Democrat, of New York as really a subject of exploitation himself. He sald the porters and malds got only an average wage of $870, and that their tips amounted to no more than $20 a month. He proposed an investigation by Congress into the subject. Veterans Plan Banquet. The American War Veterans' Club held a special meeting at the City Club last night to discuss plans for the banquet, installation and ball to be given at the Mayflower Hotel May 6. Charles Riemer, secretary, report- ed more than one-half of the tables for the hanquet had heen sold, AR, WASHINGT( N Clemenceau Suffers Property Seizure. Due to His Neglect of Overdue Tax Bills 'URDAY, By the Associated Press. to pay a $10-penalty for delay in set- tling a tax bill, Georges Clemenceau, b war premier, recently was subjected | refused to pay. He also ignored subse- :. selzure of @, plece of furniturd from is modest apartment in Passy. Ie bought the furniture back from the tax collector’s emissaries, however, be- fore it could be take: Bri wen Ny 1 t couj mazing owledge of ire and of absorbing o He was glad, he said, in 1egestion tish The meeting w ance of the anniversa | speare’s « rge, iu Sir ntry. as the patron of the peaking Union bec | “real father of the 1 ! was made by 8 Amba last night at a meeting of tl ington branch of the union and the death England’s The chief marvel of Shukespeare's 2 the | combination as told URGES SHAKESPEARE BE ACCORDED HONOR Sir Esme Howard Proposes Bard as Patron of English-Speaking Union Speech Here. that Shakespeure use he was i - Esme Howard, dor, in un add W of day of int th tron and pé safd, in universal hum love me wis him Engl be lish the sh language” the 88 sh- Shakespeare Society in the audi- torium of the Department of the In- terior. a double oberv Shake wasn’t notifled when his taxes fell due. PARIS, April 24.—Iaving refused | When he finally got a summons, he went to the collector’s office. That offl- cial proved stubborn and quent summonses. Then the agents appeared and seized the furniture. Aux Ycoutes concludes its account by asking, indignantly: “Can one {magine Britain executing 2 tax judgment against Nelson, or iermany against Biemarck WILLIAM B. HARTLEY IS CLAIMED BY DEATH Member of Association of Oldest Inhabitants Had Lived Here Since Civil War. un B, Hartley, years old, | retived merchandise broker, Civil | War veteran and prominent in frater- 1d church circles, died ut his 513 A street southeast, after an illness of about three weeks. ITe was a member of the Assoclation of Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbis Mr. Hartley was a past grand chap- lain of the Grand Lodge of the In- t. | dependent Order of Odd Fellows of the of hi that Shakespeare “‘remains to us u myste- rious figure, having left behind noth- ing but the achievements of his su- preme_genius Dr. Willlam Mather Lewis, presi- dent of Georgea Washington Univer- sity, the other speaker of the ev ning, Shakespeare’'s world continued to grow becat declared the influence of works throughout the he knew and deult with the essentlals of human nature, both in his comed and Sup: culiar to his time. 1. Mr. Lewis said, probably has achieved m app tragedy, ertic manifestations By his universal speare through wit of i rather than thi pe the medium of art toward an under standing and will to peoples than machine poli by tical man. pe the treaties ever all ce among | and concetved G. U. DEBATERS WIN OUT an The time with her children, it is stated, Julius ¢ Charles Georgetown man, and the judges were: Chief Jus- artin of the District bicy regenting Claims, Huston 11:30 o'clock, lislon with a_taxicab. at Casualty Hospital. Harry Walters, 28 years ol street, was the victim of a h automobile on K between Twenty-fifth | was born in Georgetown and spent and Twenty-sixth. streets about 10:45 He received an in- jury to his forehead that was treated at Bmergency Hospital by Dr. Pas salaqua. ; The wheel of an_automobile belong- | hy ing to Walter H. Robinson, 56 Fifty- | liam A. Ray, third place northeast, at Seventh und | first husband. I streets vesterday afternoon, broke off and struck Josephine Jackson, col- | been completed, but services will be ored, 35 vears old, 440 1 street, frac- | conducted at the S. H. Hines Co. ‘She was treated at | funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth street, Establishment United Air Service, Subject Dis- cussed, Georgetown in Negative. independent ymas P, tice George E. ) Court of Appeals ward K. Campbell of the Court of Assoclate Justice Wendell P. Stafford of the District Supreme Court, of the Federal Roac Law ‘Thompson {Trade Commission, Sweinhart, former president of the National Press Club. of were given u united Loughlin, Walter School, Chief Justice and Henry oL and-Run” Driver. el o'clock last night. turing her knee. Emergency Hospital by Dr. Potter. Shrine for Holy Memories Between the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and Tidal Basin, in Potomac Park, there is to be erected soon a beautiful memorial temple to both the dead and the living who represented the District of Columbia IN TEST WITH RUTGERS Independent Georgetown University debaters won their third intercollegiate debate last night when they cision over Rutgers University, in a contest involving the establishment of Afr Servce. The contest was held in Gaston Hall. Georgetown defended the negutive side of the question. The Georgetown debaters comprised de- J. Thompson and Anthony B. Brennan. Joseph A. Kazak was alternate. Rep- Rutgers were M. hristensen, and Harry Solger. professor at the was chair- Licausi, Xl L. THREE HURT BY AUTOS. Harry Walters Is Victim of “Hit- William Higgins, 17 vears, 1200 N street, sald to have been riding his on the wrong side of the street tion last night about as injured in a col- He was treated [ old, died at the 2500 K [ Macomb_street, nd-run of Columbia and was for : years chaplain of Union Lodge, 11, I. 0. 0. ., of which he was member’ for 61 years. He was a member also of the I'red D. Stuart En- campment, No. 7, L. 0. O. For more than 60 years a member of the Jirst Methodist FProtestant Church of this city, Mr. Hartley formerly was president of the board of ste ds there and served as su- perintendent of the Sunday school for 20 years. A resident of Washington continu- ously since the Civil War, Mr. Hart- ley continued in business us mer- chandise broker until retiring about four 'years ago. He served in the United States Marine Corps during the conflct between the North and South. He was & member of Burn- side Post, G. A. R. Funeral services will be conducted at the resldence Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Re Baltimore and Re pastor of the First M. P> Church here, will officiate, with the Grand Army of the Republic, the Odd Fel- lows and the Association of Oldest Inhabitants taking part in the serv- ices Mr. Hartley is survived by a son, Willam P. Hartley: two daughters, Miss Eunice F. Hartley and Miss S. Dorothea Hartley, and a tbrother, Joseph H. Hartley, all of this city. His wife was the Saral Pritchard Hartle rict W. A. Melvin of T. J. Turkington, COMMISSIONERS WILL ACT ON TRAFFIC CODE TUESDAY Three Pages of Suggested Elimina~ tions and Suggestions Believed of Minor Nature. The joint recommendations of Traf- fic Director M. O. Eldridge and Supt. of Police Edwin B. Hesse for condens- ing the District traffic code will be acted on by the Commissioners at their semi-weekly board meeting Tues- day morning, Individually the Commissioners to- day made a careful study of the rec. ommendations, which _cover three closely written pages. The recommen- ions were not made public, and the Commissioners declined to comment on them. It is understood that virtually all af the regulations which Maj. Hesse and Director Eldridge suggested for scrapping are of a minor nature. The most important one would lift the rush-hour parking ban on ¥ and G streets. e MRS. M. A. ESKRIDGE DIES. Native of Georgetown and Lifelong Resident of District. Mrs. Mary A. Eskridge, 84 years residence of her daughter, Mrs. Lily M. Bradley, 3039 yesterday, after an illness of two weeks. Mrs. Eskridge her lite here. She was married twice. IHer first husband was the late William A. Ray. She was married the second time to the lite Thomas Eskridge. Besides her daughter she leaves a son, Wil- both children of her Funeral arrangements have not Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. in the armed forces of the great World War. Names will be placed eit the sacred crypt of the corner stone. ‘We appeal to ever: to those for whom som favored. g Your contribution to the $200,000 cost of the memorial, whether it be intermediate sum, should not be a burden, out of all the 26,000 names to be enshrined, ohi - Ars. As both a memorial and a place where military concerts may be held, the classic structure will serve a dual purpose. Of exquisite beauty, dign built of w;lite :}r‘urhle. e not only for their country but for-you, % her in the marble dome above or sealed within for $1, $10, $100 or $1,000, or any but a personal tribute to the one, who means the most to you. (Signed) n Chairman, District of Columbia Memorial Commission. RS OF MEMORIAL COMMISSION: Isaac Gans, John M. Gleissner, E. Lester Jones, Edward B. McLean, I. R. McDonald, MEMBE Charles A. Baker,. Gist Blair, Edward F. Colladay. Jox Edson, : William, Corcoran Eustis, it | ‘WASHINGTON, D. C,. District of Columbia Memorial Commissio 1 hereby subscribe and promise to pay to the order of Joha Poole, treasurer, the sum of I inclose check in full payment of above subscription. ity and Greek simplicity, the temple will be By it the names of those who made the sacrifice, y Washingtonian to contribute to this memorial; e one near and dear served, and to those not so I will pay my subscription May 1, 1926, $ Please Make Checks Payable to John Poole, Federal-American National Bank * will be preserved to posterity, FRANK B. NOYES, Frank B. Noyes, G. Logan Payne, Julius 1. Peyser, Anton Stephan. 1926 APRIL [CLASS OF ‘B GIVES . FENNING OVATION Speaks at Reunion of Old Washington High School Alumni. 24, 1926, | Cosmissioner Frederick A. Fenning was givem an ovation at the fortieth annual reunion of the class of 1886 of the ld Washington High School, held last night at the Mayflower Hotel. Mr. ¥enning, as the concluding speaker, made reference to the charge against’ him when he told the class mates he had heen so busy prepering for a speech he was to make today that he couldn’t find time to prepare himself for the occasion last night. | The Commiesioner suggested that the [rext of his speech today before the House Investigating committes would be taken from Josh Billlngs—"Every- thing would be all right unless so many people didn’t, remeniber go many things that never happen.” Tho '8§ classmates were reminded by Mr. Fenning that he used to “listen in" on their meetings many years ago when they met at the home of the late Commissioner L. G. Hine and he was courting his present wife, Mr. Hine's daughter. Pledge Honor to E. A. Paul. Both Commissioner Venning and Dr. Frank W. Ballou pledged their support in naming a junior high school in the near future in honor of Prof. E. A. Paul, principal of the Washington High School. who was killed shortly after 1886. G. A. Lyon, assoclute editor of The Star, one of the original sponsors of this move- ment, spoke on the subject. 3 Mrs. John F. (Sallie Burroughs) Harper was elected class president for at the reunion last night. Other clected were: Lieut. Comdr. Lewis P. Clephane, first vice presi- dent; Miss Evelyn B. Hodge, second vice president; George Francis Wil- lams, secretary and treasurer, and Charles H. Bates, class poet. Mr. Bates was toastmaster, while all expenses of the banquet were defray- ed by Ben I'. Welch, outgoing clas president, who s a Philadelphia realtor. FPifty-two members of the original class, together with thelr wives, daughters and guests, out of the original class of 272 students were present. Mr. Willlams was present- ed by the class with a silver vase in recognition of his notable servi as secretary and treasurer. While the Washington High School fn 1886 was the only high ool in the city, and is really the predecessor of all the high schools which followed, fnasmuch as it was housed in the old Central High School, at Seventh and O streets, the classmates regard them- selves as Centralites. The guests included Mra. Ellen Spencer Mussey, Dr. and Mrs. El- mer S. Newton, Assistant Superin- tendent of School Stephen E. Kramer and Mrs. Kramer; Dr. Frank W. Bal lou, superintendent, and Mrs. Ballo Alvin W. Miller, principal of Central, and Mrs. Miller; Gideon A. Lyon, as soclate editor, The Star, and Mrs. Lyon; Miss Annie M. Wilson, director of art in the public schools; Miss Flora M. Crane, a teacher of '86; Mrs. Wil- liam E. Chamberlin, representing the Central High Alumni Record, and George W. Hodgkins, secretary of the Central High Alumni Assocfation. President Welch had as his personal guests his son, Philip S. Welch, and Mr. and M Harry S 8. rnest Palmer and Miss Helen s s brother-in-daw, 8. Jay McCathran, jr., and his wife, and his brother, Harry S. Welch, and his wife. Officers of the class of '86 last year were Ben T. Welch, president; Miss Marian White and Allan Davis, vice presidents; George Francis Willlams, secretary-treasurer, and Mrs. Willard E. Buell, historian. Members of (lass Present. Members of the class present were Willlam L. Boyden, Lewls P. Clephane, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Brandenburg, Col. and Mrs. Henry C. Fisher, Mr. and Mrs, T. M. Michael, Miss Bertha Caron, Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Knight, Mrs. Efile B. Decker and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Torbert, Mr, and Mrs. George W. White, Dr. and Mrs. J. Ramsay Nevitt, Mr.'and Mrs. Allan Davis, Mrs. George W. Rea, Dr. and Mrs, Guy M. Neely, Miss Marian White, Miss Mirlam J. Austin, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph N. Saund Blanche P’ Beckham, Mrs. ack, Miss Lewanna Wilkins, Dr. and Mrs. Willlam A. Bevard, Mr. and Mrs, Clarence R. Cranmer, Mrs. Frederick O. Roman, Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Shoemaker, Mr. and Mrs. George Francis Willlams, Mr. and Mrs. Wil- lard E. Buell, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph . Harper, Mr. and Mrs, Charles S. Davis, Mrs. E. G. Temple, Mrs. D. L. Leibermann, Miss Evelyn B. Iodge, Col. J. M. Shindel and daughter, Mrs R. 1. Nevitt, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas ( Barr, Mrs. Denie M. Moses, Mr. and Mrs. Tew, Asa E. Phillips, Mrs. Charles E. Bright, Rev. and Mrs. Charles H. Butler, H. L. Wilkins, Mr and Mrs. Charles H. Bates, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Benton, Dr. and Mrs. Edgar Speiden, Mr. and Mrs. Fulton Lewls, Miss Emma S. Jacobs, Turah Glttings, Dr. and Mrs. Edmund Barry, George Herbert Ross, Mrs. Julius A. Eisenbeiss and Mrs. Franklin P. Nash, HAVRE DE GRACE ENTRIES FOR MONDAY. amp . Irish Smile ... Tommy Foster. | 1P. H. Faulconer entry. SECOND RACE—Purse, $1.200; claiming; 3-3eanolds and ot 0 Petonisl’ Haiming Roi_Confidence.. 1 the woman was drowned,” Coroner G. IRrinder ™ 108 McCrimmon - 108 | Hover declared. “A slight contusion 'c‘fm’.‘e‘f . %03 ]l}lnr Q'h:rlvxl“ 2d 108 | on the side of her head and one leg Mabel K. ..ol 0 198 g ST were noticeable, but they were not of *Good Boy 93 *Martial Wand.. 80 [such a nature that death could have Golden W Carltor 08 | resulted from them ‘arlton .. & Little Dave ... o] tar | Clem Theisen o8 ¥ o3 100 Atomin EoL THIRD RACE—Purse, $1.200: claiming; 3.yearclde and up: 1 milea . Cuming: . Demijohn . Jimmie Trin ... ‘Hohuqn Invictus FOURTH RACE—Purse, 200: Flaeh purse: 3-yearald Aile: 4 Ritonew Silver Song ... 110 Ingrid .... Sweep Ne '.l 104 Gmfle 15 Ghema . FIFTH RACE—Purse, $1.500 = finder purss: 3-year.oids and up: A 70 yards. Edward Gray .. 1 s . 02 93 28 . 108 *War Man ... 106 RACE—Purse, $1.200: claim- ‘and up: 1ve mi = SIXTH RACE—Purse, $1.200; 3-30ut-oita shd am: 1o len; M. COLMAN. Registered by Tonight for Annual Council. The clet patriotic ceremonies lons have heen formal meetings at the Willard Hot where headquarters has been estab. | G, AR Hiahed, the convention will be opaned | Chiey 3 ociPson, Seton at pilgrimage delegates home to Annapolis, will pay DAUGHTERS OF 1812 BATHERING INCITY 1,000 Are Expected to Have vanguard of the National So- of the United States Daughters | companied Mary Shackleford, sopran of 1812 began arriving in Washington [and Vernon _Kirnbrough, today to attend the thirty-fourth as- soclate council of the organization|ang her solo, which will last throughout next week. | ford, “Tell Me Love Oh I Am Dreax More than 1,000 delegates were ex-|ins.” and “Love Love. pected to have registered by night coming from all parts of the Natfon While’ an elaborate program of | number of hostesses and business planned for the PEN WOMEN OPEN * BEANIAL SESSION Mrs. Edna M. Colman Wel- comes Noted Writers at Authors’ Breakfast. A distinguished group of Amer authors assembled at the speaker table at the authors’ breakfast in th flower today, when the Leag of American Ven Women opened blennfal convention Mrs. Edna M president of the League of American Pen Women, welcomed the guests and officlated, while delegates from various of the league's branches placed thelr State flags tn the stand t the speakers’ table Ellis Parker Butler acted as toas master and introduced the speakers [¥ith” characteristic wit and origina ty. Wilmot Lewis, correspondent of 1) London Times, speare’ ture”; Mme. Olga Samaroff American planist _and music spondent of the New Post, spoke on “Musi porting”; Luise Sillcox the Authors' League, on Florence Strauss, scenarfo edftor of the First National Pictures Corpora tion, spoke on ‘Scenario Wri and Richard Washburn Child, a and former Ambassador to ke on “Journalism.” ‘Ambidexterous by Mrs. Minnigerode Andre which she caricatured guests, @ unique and humorous feature. Daisy Woodruff Rowley, composer ar director of tha Alabama Academy Music, directed her own orchestra which’ furnished music, and later olman, nationa baritone both of Birmingham, in renditions of her own duet, “Oh Wondrous Light, sung by Miss Shackle Tables Named for Books. Tables were named for books by « The table of t Connecticut delegation, adorne: three dozen beautiful Mrs roses, wus designated W s | derfoot in Egypt,” a recent Mr whose home is in Connectictt, wn tomorrow morning with a|candidate to succeed Mrs, ( where the ; a tribute to the | Women. the officers of the Navy and tiring national preside: The table of Mrs Jjoin in a service in the chapel of the | president of the Distric Naval Academy. to join in this initial ceremony. The pilgrimage will be headed by |presidency, was named the the president national of the order, and |a descendant of the late Pr Mrs. Samuel Preston Dav will include all the national officers and those of the Washington soctet; Mrs. Charles Fisher Taylor of Wash- ington is chairman of the feature. The delegations will be received at | Willlam Atherton DuPuy ente the Naval Academy by Rear Admir: L. M. Nulton and will attend serv! in the chapel at 10 o'clock. F ing luncheon in Carvel Hall, daughters of 1812 will be received b; Gov. Albert C. in the Senate chamber of the napolis State House. Xty delegates are | branch ces | der Work: How - the | ence M. Ritchie of Maryland, | speaker’s An- of the another candidate Pen Women the Harrison Table Mrs. E. Nelson Dingley's table Seventy-flve Years of White Hous Gossip,” was in honor of the latest book of Mrs. Edna M. Colman. Mrs 1| guests at her table, “Uncle § in honor of band’s daily news column. 7 Busch, national vice p dent of the pen women, sat at the table. The table of the Florida branch, of which Mrs. Buscl is president, was named in honor of The group then will continue on to | her recent book, “‘lager Vines. Baltimore, where they will visit Fort McHenry, scene of the repulse of the | Mrs. British fleet in 1814. The Daughters of 1% make the pilgrimage, wili the F street entra Hotel at 7:45 o'cloc ing, and make the trip b: CREW ILL, bus. TR SHIP RUNS Officer, and He Fails to Keep Steam Up. ’ By the Associated Pre HAVANA, Cuba, April 2 bor yesterd: When the steamer was four days vas cap- After eating the fish the crew became 11l and only one officer and a y The sailor stoked the boflers until just out- side the harbor, when he became too The officer steered the vessel for the harbor, picked up’ a pilot and tried to keep steam up, but harbor _the ship went out of Cristobal the swordfish tured. sailor were able to carry on. 11l to continu: of the the at the entrance engines died and aground. serious condltion. WOMAN’S BODY FOUND Held Unlikely—Slight Bruise on Head. By the Associated Press. ELLSWORTH, Wis, April Authorities investigating the finding of & body of an unidentified woman, clad in a nightgown in Lake Pepin, efforts to death indi- cated that she died nefther of drown- A are faced with mystery determine the cause of ing nor as the result of violence. fisherman found the body. An examination showed no evidence ‘“There was no water in the lungs to indicate that as to what caused death. Woman, 75, Dies on Train. Mrs. Ida L. Wheeler, 75 years old, 16 Whatley street, Atlanta, Ga., ac- Mrs. Gladys Arkebauer, 914 South Fifty- second street, Philadelphia, to the lat- ter's home for a visit, died in a South- companying ’ her daughter, , who will ‘neet at ce to the Willard tomorrow morn- AGROUND IN HARBOR Swordfish Meal Disables All Except -A feast of swordfish was responsible for the ounding of the Itallan steamer Vul- ano at the entrance to Havana Har- The Vuleano, en route to Norfolk, Va., with a cargo of nitrates, was re- floated by tugs after several hours. The men are not believed to be in a IN LAKE IS MYSTERY Both Drowning and Violence Are Mrs. Harriet Hawley Locher an una Clum Atwood entertain, Mrs. Clara Keck Heflebower, i of the Cincinnati branc Grant Baldwin, national chairn: of motion pictures of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and Miss George Ellison, corresponding secre tary of the Cincinnati branch, women, at a table labeled roug Many Windows,” the title of Miss E) lson’s recent book Many Guests Present. Comdr. Walter A. Bloedorn, 1 and Mrs. Bloedorn entertained at theis table, named for Sir Willlam Black ston, English journalist and ancesto, of Mrs. Bloedorn, the following guests Mrs. Curtis D. Wilbur. Mrs, Willlar M. Jardine, Justice and Mrs. Charles H. Robb, Dr. and Mrs. U. S. G. Pierce. Commissioner Bell and Comdr. Harold W. Smith. Mrs. Theodore Tiller's guests in cluded Mrs. Cuno Rudolph, Mrs. Rot ert Stanfield, Mrs. Walter F. George Mrs. Hart Fenn, Baroness Von Be low, Mrs. Howard McCall of Geergia Mrs. Willlam Wolfe Smith, Mrs. alc Pherson Crichton, Mrs. Charles Wil liamson, Mrs. Williain Wright, Mre John Sandlin, Mrs. Daniel A. Read Mrs. Samuel Rutherford, Mrs. Charles Fi. Bdwards, Mrs. Earl Michener, Mrs Henry E. Barbone, Mrs. Home Lyon, Mrs. George Hillver, Mrs, W Ham 8. Hill, Mrs. Harriet Thomas Mrs. J. R. Leighty, Mrs Perry, Mrs. Arthur r Charles A. Johnson and Mrs. James E. Poore. The committee in charge of the authors’ breakfast consisted of Mrs. Larz Anderson, Mrs. Clarence M Busch, Mrs. Eli Helmick, Mrs. E Nelson Dingley and Mrs, El Mulii- ken. e ITALY DECLARES WAR AGAINST BIRTH CONTROL Committee to Fight “Insidious, Pseudo-Scientific, Neo-Malthu- sian” Propaganda. By the Associated Press. ROME, April 24.—Fascist 1taly has declared war against birth contro! propaganda. Minister of the Interior Federzon: has inducted into office a special committee, charged with proposing ‘soclal and police administrative means for protecting the famil against insidious, pseudo-scientific neo-Malthusian propaganda.” While Italy is not serjously affected by birth-control propaganda, Seno Federzoni said, the government be lleves that the nation's greatest riches “is in the multiplication of fts children, which is the strongest in vestment for invincible world ex pansion.” It has, therefore, been decided, he sald, to protect the family by de creasing infant mortality and ccn quering “individualistic, materfalix tic, egeistic” birth control propa ganda. King Installs Gasoline Pump. SANDRINGHAM, Norfolk, England ern Rallway train near Somerset, Va., | Apri} 24 (#).—Another American idea early this morning. Her body Was|hag been adopted by King George at brought to_this city and turned over | his Norfolk home. This is the instal to an undertaker. Coroner Nevitt |jation of a gasoline pump at the royal Bave o certificate of death from nat- 5 e similar to those in use at way. ural causes, and the body probably |gide filling stations. But in giving the will be taken to Philadelphia. Today in Congress Senate. The Belglan debt settlement is due to be called up by Chairman Smoot of the finance committee. ‘Hearings on modification of the prohibition law are drawing to a close before the judiciary subcom- mittee. Interstate commerce committeo concluded hearings on the proposed elimination of the Pullman sur- charge for railroad travel. Agriculture committee resumed hearings on farm rellef measures. Military - affairs committe held executive meeting. order the King stipulated that the pump and tanks were to be of Brit ish manufacture. Heat Kills Delaware Man. ‘WILMINGTON, Del., April 24 (). The first heat casualty of the year in this section was recorded yesterday when Michae! Kuzapaski, 43, died in hospital from heart diseaso due to heat prostration. Kuzapaski fell while working on the railroad. Rt Radio “Trust” Probe Adjourns. NEW YORK, April 24 (®).—The Federal Trade Commission’s investi gation into the alleged $2,000,000,00¢ radio “trust” was adjourned or until May 4, when hearings will he resumed in Washington