Evening Star Newspaper, May 3, 1926, Page 5

PUBLIC S VOTING ONBEST PAINTINGS Referendum at Corcoran Gal- lery Onen to All Visitors to Biernial Exhibit. rnlt‘!r‘l\lh.m on the best Exhibi- an Oil at the Cor an Gallery of 1 today. Every visitor who passed the doors was given a ballot an invitation to inscribe, ca serutiny, the title and tist of the picture which, in his ar spnion, is of outstanding merit. balloting, one of the few of franchise enjoyed hy Wash- will continue all during 'd will end with the clos llery next Sunday eve 1 as the vot are count who painted the win- will_receive a special ted by the Corc n board Adopt Tdea. ndum idea was an Gallery here. This public refe the interest X nstitutions elsewhere | ted the plan. i ¢ picture in the exhibition is | this special prize, i | vility for the W valuable aroused | § v of pro- | | ns | technical \dpoint, al neans indicates winners lacked owever, is the \d entire basis for the present | and although in the several so far held it is true th winner has also b ' Clutk prize winner, neverthel t the public invariably 2 good picture on which ts favor “avorite Purchased. one of these winners was | purchased with the Clark en-| 1t fund and added to the per- | collection of the gl his refere esstul all. visitors ote, and to vote, «a fairly compre- study of vl\»] the exhibition sitors have been | their ballots s through | that they | jously. The not what pic- { artist | v sider the best, | hut what picture he himself Iuk«q; most pleasure in viewing and would like most to own. NORGE CREW SURE OF BEATING BYRD IN FLIGHT TO POLE e _(Continued from known t after sev the exhibition, took _Page) am sure they never would have been overcome with a less enthusiastically cw than ours. Every man- rd turned to work like a m. Men devoted ¢ ck ab # player on a championship ho had not had six hours’ sleep in 1wo days were on the job e: in the morning till Jate into the sunlit night, not only doing a man’s work, but twice that, and doing it with wonder- ful good humor. All knew the fate of the expedition VERNON DORR AND DETECTIVE THE EVENING STAR, BOY, 9, PILOTS CAR ol MILES T0 GITY Vernon Dorr “Borrows” Auto at Leesburg and Drives Through Heavy Traffic. Nine years old and 4 feet 3 inches tall, Vernon Dorr of 623 Fifteenth street northeast yesterday qualified as an expert automobile driver. He pilot- ed a car through traffic from Lees- burg, Va., to Thirteenth and I street a distance of 51 miles, without any trouble. Vernon had never before driven an automobile, his father, Paul J. Dorr, informed Inspector Pratt and Detec- tive Alligood this morning, Allikood having been on the scene when Po liceman Philip K. Clark of - thes first precinct, directing trafic at Thir- teenth and I streets, stopped the hoy. “The boy was so small I couldn’t see him when I looked at the car, sald Alligood. “But he certainly did know how to handle the car. When the_ policeman called to him to stop he brought the car to a stop as well as any old hand Investigation showed the owned by W. Saffer, res Leesburg, who reported it had been taken without his permmssion. Was Visiting Gran Vernon went to Lecshui with hix parents and a sister to visi his grandtatny:, Howard Ryan 3:30 o'clock westerday. Vernom wis told to be on hand At 3:20 the boy and started for W parture was learned minutes later and a State motor e policeman and a Leesburg resident started in got in Saffer's car igton. His de ALLIGOOD. FRANK N. t is to come with rcdouhledl , every man aboard The done | fact is that the 1 the | in what one ml picnic i huge capacity selves u stanc haps what carried us througl ere were many moments when oomy natures would have given up in despair, hough the bulk of the work of preparation is done, delis e adjust. | ments and final touches have vet to be tade. Our navigating instruments | cularly have td be installed and tested and verified, of time and he New Yo Post-Dispatehr') — Development of extensive copper regions is expected to boom Northern Rhodesia, South Africa, which now has #_novulation of only 3.300. | % PAID ON SAVINGS DEPOSITS MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Su 1408 H 8T. N. W. | Vancouver pursuit, but the youngster had out- distanced them. Ver d MOTHER DIES OF BEATING Father of Eight Held—Woman Lived Week After Alleged Attack. British Columbia, John Anchin, mother i . is dead here, a vic- tim of a severe’ beating, police say, ind her husband is a prisoner in the Cleans Teeth Safely Mild, Delightful Flavor Mrs. Anc died Saturday night, s after she was found suf- from internal injuries and . Anchin was arrested after the alleged beating. ‘What Grade of Coal Do You Buy? Do you buy it the economical way or the expensive way? vl The expensive way is to merely assure yourself of getting 2,240 Ibs at the lowest price. The economical way is to assure yourself of getting the greatest number of heat units per Ib. You are buying heat, remember, NOT JUST COAL. A heat unit is a definite standard measure, just the same as gallons, bushels, inches. Thrifty buyers recognize the obvious fact that WASHINGTON, D. C The family had pitined to start home at | MONDAY, MAY 3, 1926. FRANK P. REESIDE’S FUNERAL T MORROW Honorary Pallbearers to Be Busi- ness Associates—Burial ‘to Be in Rock Creek. to Aldio, Fairfax Court House and other towns, reaching Washington in about 2 hours and 40 minutes. Per- sons who recalled seeing the boy driving praised the ability he dis- played. Vernon explained that he was home- sick and was anxious to get back to his sister Kathleen, 16. He was taken to the House of I ntion pending the police investigatic®. This morn- ing word was received that the car owner would not press a complaint and Vernon was released. The child, who is fond of the movies and has witnessed pictures of thrill- ing motor trips, said he had no diffi- culty in handling the car on his first trip at the wheel. WILLIAM CI{NTON IS DEAD. Scotch Poet and Newspaper Writer Was Born in 1845. Funeral services for I side, secretary of the operative Building Association, who died at his home, 2150 Wyoming ave- nue, Saturday night, will be conducted at the residence tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. William A. Eisen- berger, assistant pastor of the Church of the Covenant. will officiate. Inter ment will be in Rock Creck Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers will be men LONDON, May with whom Mr. Reeside had been as Canton, sociated during his carcer. They are many years he was leading writer on |as follows: the Glasgow Herald. He wrote many | John Jo books, including Lost Epic_and | Harry C. L Other Poems,” “A Child’s Book of |Georze W. Saints,” “The Story of the Bible So- | Perry B. ciety” and “The History of the British | Judge William (. and Foreign Bible Society,” volumes | George M. Kober. 1,2, 3 and 5. He was born in 1845. Mr. Reeside, who was 63 years old Wi A native hingtonian and had long been prominently identitied with many_activitics here. 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KILINDINI, Island of Mombosa, British 1 Africa, 3 @), George Eastman, American camera manufacturer and philanthropist, ar- rived here with the other members of his party for a big game hunting and photographing trip. The party left for Nairobi, in the interior of Kenya colony. It is a pity that the best fighters are never in the Army during a war. 5 MILLIONS JOIN PRAYER. Catholics Petition for Success of Coming Eucharistic Congress. CHICAGO, May 3 (P).—Although without a check on the number of Catholics who joined in a nation-wide communion movement yesterday for the success of the coming eucharistic congress, the Rev. Willlam R. Griffin assistact general secretary of the congress, estimated the number at be tween 3,000,000 and 5,000,000, “Reports made b icago pastors indicate that our estimate is very con servative,” Griffin said. D. J. Kaufman, &= 1005 PA. AVE. 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