Evening Star Newspaper, May 6, 1926, Page 17

\ OF APPLE BLO! Hancock, Md., was the queen, and the crown bearer was little Virginia OM THE EVENING FESTIVAL. The court of the Miss Priscilla Bridges of Cather. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. in t right: Jea Betty Yoder, Alexia Kennedy. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (., THURSDAY, S UNDER BLOSSOM; - he Shenandoah esterday. nette Kelbig, Viola Combrye and Copyrignt by P. & A. Photos. MAY 6, 1926. STAL 'ON MIL Valley. The coronation of the qu TARY ACADEMY CADE that 25,000 persons witnessed the parade and at MARCH IN V n was th PARADE. It is estimated led the annual apple blossom festival of the Shenandoah event of the two-day festival. Copsright bs P. & A. Photos ONE OF WASHINGTON'S PRIZE DOGWOOD TRE! attracts the attention of thousands of persons at this season joined heartily the campaign to save the beautiful dogwood. It is located in the Capitol grounds, where it Residents of the District of (4 mbia have on Star Photo. superstitious. was made shop, 1617 Capyr D the Distr street northwest, t by Underwond & Unde ood ADY FOR arrive this tractor yester This radi vs British The photograph was taken Copyricht 1y P & A, Photos. ILLMANS COME BACK New York yesterday divorce troubles forgotten. They ths. Mr. and Mrs. aboard the have been i Jumes A, Stillman . Olympic—all their Europe for several Photo by Acme. BANK ROBBER SHOT |SUICIDE OF WIFE INPITOL BATTLE Two Customers Marooned J. V. Meehan, Grieving Over Between Combatants in Death, Puts Bullet Through Fight in Boston. $ His Brain. - | S By the Assoctited Press | Grief-stricken by the suicide of his BOSTON, May 6. A robber, who wife last Friday, Joseph Vincent held up the Upham'’s corner branch of | Meehan, 49 years old, today sent a the First National Bank today, was|bullet through his brain while seated &hot and captured after a spirited |in a large easy chair at his home, pistol ®attle with the manager and a | 4127 Seventh street. patrolman { Since Monday, the time of his wife's He was struck in the temple by a | funeral, Meehan has shunned his bullet from the gun of the manawer.|home, living with his sister, Mrs. Lawrence S, Bearce, as he crept across [ Annie M. McKenna, at 518 or the floor of the bank toward the main | street. entrance, carrying with him a bag full | This morning he was to have met of money. He was beiieved to be fa-|a real estate salesn to talk over tally wounded. the sale of the house and went there The man had fired two shots on en- | earl The real est n arrived tering the bank, and forced the re-|later and, unable to aro one, ceiving teller to fill a bag with money. | telephoned Mrs., McKenna, — Mrs, Then the manager opened fire. A | Marsaret Simmons, Meehan's niece, duel ensued while two customers stood | Went around to the houd®, but fearing in the middle of the floor with their to enter the place alone went to a hands in the air. Patrolman Harold | nearby store and obtained the aid of Cameron arrived. emptied his revolver | Acneas Lane, the propr and was reloading his & Looking into the par Bearce's shot took effec an’s body blood Fired Into Ce ) wound in t Two customers were floor | his right of the bank, two voung men were levolver. near the door and business was pro- ‘{"""‘ Emer ceeding as usual, witnesses said, when | Meehan dead. the robber entered. He fired two| Last Friday Mrs. David Eden, a sis- shots into the ceiling and shouted: |ter of Mrs. Meehan. on returning from lveryhody hold up your hands! I|an errand, found the latter prostrate havenmt shot a man for five vears.|on the floor of the bathroom of the ¥ U inii oy, | Fon ot et Eden_home 5 Aspen street, with working.” and a safety He walked over to the cage of|razor b ., Despondent Douglas €. bell, r : teller, | se of she ha - ugl npbell, receiving teller, | because of and forced him to fill a leather bag | Meq SWCIE © o o enna with the money bhefore him. n obi’ his\ afice. Nhnager WBbacce | Hie T!.\m his only surviving ne; o relative, opened fire. The bandit dropped be-| v s hind some tile work and the duel POSTAL RECEIPTS HERE JUMP 13.23 PER CEN followed. Survey of 50 Citigs Shows Increase Meanwhile, one of the young men | standing near the doorway summon- of 8 Per Cent Over 1925 Figures. siman_Harold Cameron. As Cameron reached the door and look- | ed in the gunman was crawling along the floor toward the main entrance. The bandit saw him and fired three times. Cameron emptied his service pistol and dropped back to reload. The gunman lay on the floor and re- | April postal receipts in Washington weré 13.23 per cent greater than the receipts last April, the Post Office De- partment announced today in making public last month’s postai receipts at the 50 selected post offices, represent- ing about 55 per cent of all receipt As a whole 50 selected post offices T easy bullet temple, and with till grasping _the ysician responding Hospital pronounced the on of | 17 VU. S. Envoy's Daughter to Wed. RERLIN, May athy Schurman, Jacob Gould Ambassador to € 4 . will be mar- “ied on May 19 to Lieut. James Me- Alugh, it was announced today, filled his weapon Then in a crouching_ posture, he ! started for the door. As he passed the swinging door before the manager's ofice Bearch fired one shot that en. teved the zunman'’s temple. Storekeepers on the street said that after the first clash between the | showed an increase of 6.08 per cent, handit and the bank manager two | their total having been $30,851,460. men ran from in front of the bank. Jacksonville had the largest per. It was believed that the gunman |centage of increase with 30.36. Fort might have heen a member of a gang | Worth was second with 28.29 per cent. of three or four robbers, the rest of ; Houston was third with 20.70. Balti- whom were posted outside. more was fourth with 19.75. St. Louis, At the hospital the bandit was_: Buffalo and Springfield, Mass., showed identified as Mastoris, who | decreases.as compared with a year lived a short distance from the bank. | ago. };l..ns :u- m]r! jobs™ were found on | i S im. the police The police az Mas-| DILL BILL COMPROMISED. is had attempted to get away with ntained about $17, . SLuon Differences in the Senate interstate commerce committee over the Dill radio-control bill finally were com- posed today and the thpasure was approved unanimously Under the compromise radio sta- tions broadcasting for hire would he deemed to be common carriers, and could not censor matter offered for transmission, American - INSPIRES HIS OWN | | | | | 1 | BLOWI TAPS FOR THE memorial tablet in Arlington | S S HEROIC CHAPI ational Cemet AINS WHO GAVE yesterday afternoon. THEIR LIVES DURING WORLD Staff Sergt. Frank Witchey blowing Scene e bugle. opyright by Underwood & Underwood. at unveiling of COL. CROSFIELD GUEST | AT U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY British Veteran and Legion Officials Return Later Today for Dinner at Racquet Club. A visit to Annapolis as the guests t Rear Admiral Fulton, commandant | of the Naval Academy, was the chief |event on the program today for Lieut. | Col. George R. Crosfield, president | of the Interaliied Veterans' Associa- |tion, and_the party of American Legion officials accompanying the British World War veteran on his | visit to Washington. Returning _to the Capital this afternoon, Col. Crosfield ~and his party wiil be tendered a reception and dinner at the Raquet Club this evening by Capt. Julius I. Peyser, | commander of the District of Co- | lumbia Department of the Legion. The first day of Col. Crosfield’s it yesterday was a busy one. The hief event was his reception at the White House by President Coolidge, to whom he outlined his observations of the situation in Europe with re- spect to peace and the part his or- ganization is playing in that move- ment. The President evinced a keen interest in the work of the organiza- tion, On Friday, following a luncheon tendered Col. Crosfield’s party by the Belgian Ambassador, they will leave for Pittsburgh. Royal Baby in “Movies.” LONDON, May 6 (#).—The baby daughter of the Duke and Duchess of York shortly will appear on the screen in Buckingham Palace and other houses of rovalty in pictures taken by her father. He will use his own cinema camera, with which he made films of the Duchess on their honey- wmoon, {B\' the Associated Press. BERLIN, May 6.—Serious trouble for the Luther government is pre- | dicted on the question of whether two flags shall fly on German embassies and consulates abroad, instead of only the flag of the republic. : Thousands of members of Republi- can organizations after holding mass meetings yesterday paraded through the streets singing republican songs, and protesting against re-introduction of “the K rag,” meaning the black, white and red merchant’s flag. The Socialist and Communist parties voted to introduce non-confldence mo- tions in the Reichstag and the Demo- crats and Centrists voted to censure the government, even after the cab- inet had modified the flag decree, which President von Hindenburg signed last night. The cabinet's counter signature of Luther Cabinet Faces ACrisis in Fight Over 2 Flags for German Embassies | | Committees From America | P ety the decree, it is believed here, may result in withdrawal of its Democratic members, The modified decree stipulates that both the flag of the republic and the merchant flag shall fly on German embassies and vonsulates outside of Europe, but only in seaports in Bu- rope, including Germany. The conflict dates back six years, ) both the merchant and republican flags being provided for in the con- stitution. Tt has been the practice, howe to fly only the republican flag, and use of the merchant's flag has been urged by the shipping in- terests, who claim the republican colors are virtually unknown, hamper- ing commerce. - The cabinet decree carries out the shipping interests’ wishes, but the Left parties assert it is a veiled attempt to reinstate the colors of the monarchy. NEW YORK PRISONS FULL. Capacity of 7,200 Convicts Reached for First Time in 14 Years. OSSINING, N. Y., May 6 UP).—For the first time in 14 years the prisons of New York State are filled, James L. Long, superintendent of prisons, an- nounced vesterday. 'There are now a. total of 7,200 persons confined in the four State: prisons and two hospitals for the criminal insane. Treaty With Ganada Given 0. K. A House bill to carry out the Lake- of-the-Woods treaty with Canada was approved vesterday by the Sen- ate foreign relations committee, PIRATES TAKE 20 CHINESE. Parts of Bodies Sent to Relatives Until Ransom Is Paid. CANTON, May 6 (#).—Twenty Chi. nése were carried off for ransom ves- terday by pirates, who captured a motor boat in the busiest section of the Pearl River here. The captives were taken to one of the numerous river islands, where for years pirates have had their strongholds, defving authorities. It |is the pirates’ custom to send rela- tives portions of the captives’ bodies until the ransom is paid. . A machine-gun firing 500 quarte: pound shots a minute has been per-: fected. SPELLING REFORMERS URGE 30,000 CHANGES and England to Meet to Make Language International. v the Associated Press NEW YORK. May the spelling of 30,000 words are need- ed to make the English language en- tirely _phonetic. the Simplified Spel- ling Board reported at its meeting yesterday. The board advocates one spelling for each of the 43 sounds in the Eng- lish language, instead of the 7.8 spel. | lings per sound for consonants and 18.6 spellings for vowels now in use. A committee of five was elected by the board to join a delegation from the Simplified Spelling Society of Great Britain in a two.day conference at the sesquicentennial celebration in Philadelphia to make English an international language. . BANKERS OFFER CUBA AID. Myers, Morgan and National City Bank Extend Credit. HAVANA, May 6 (#).—The Treasury Department announced yes- terday that Myers & Co., J. P.' Morgan & Co., and the National City Bank of New York has made offers for financing the public works program of Cuba, including the proposed central highway, school bulldings and aqueducts. The cabinet Is to discuss the three offers. There are persistent rumors that the National City Bank already has arranged, to establish immediately a revolving credit of $60,000,000 at 6 per cent interest, to be drawn on as needed ;{ the Govehnment. Myers & Co..and organ & €. Are sald to have made similar offers. 6.—Changes in | VIVISECTION FOES Medical Science and Prog- ress Greatly Helped by Experiments, They Say. The medical | answer before the | committee today to the | anti-vivisectionists for a hibit experiments on de | trict of Columbia. | Dr. Reid Hunt of the 1 | feal Colle and also an | the American Pharmacopen | made Dis profe its riet appeal of law to pro < in the iDs vard Med official of Conven | tion, defended the use of animals by | the | cures | citea medical profession for the ills number in finding of mankind. He of illustrations ¢ | how valuable discoveries have heea | tested out and verified by the use of | animals before they were triel on hu- man beings. | Dr. Hunt testified that a law to | prohibit _experimentation on animals |in the District of Columbia would be lin conflict with the Federal pure food |act. He pointed out that that law in- cludes the pharamacopea stand: and that one of the requirements i that tests be made on animals to de termine the strength of e < | Dr. Hunt said doctors have. heen 1 to use animals, but that no other sa isfactory method of accurately deter- mining * certain factors has been found. = | He referred to one drus used to relieve asthma, s ailments and and said it v that me heart s0 to check bleeding, must be tested on dogs. Says Dogs Aid Progress. “The medical marvelous progr Dr. Hunt contention profession has mad along these line; testified, answering the of advocates that after of ether as an anesthetic as an the result has been doubtful in com- ison to the suffering of the ani- Hunt also cited the perfection of ether as an anesthetic as other contribution of medical science, the value of which was proved by using it on animals. Dr. Hunt said further improve- ments would be hampered if experi- mentation on animals-is prohibited. He said the Germans contend they have found a drug that will stimu- late respiration and thus lead to the saving of lives. This, he said, is one field in which future scientific study vould be rendered difficult by an anti- vivisection law. ; | Dr. William Charles White of the medical research committes of the National Tuberculosis Association de clared it would be utterly impossible for him to carry on his work of trying to save human beings from tubercu losis if the pending bill should become a law. Aid to Live Stock Field. Dr. John Buckley of the Bureau of Animal Industry of the Department of Agriculture told of the various dis- coveries that have been made to aid the live stock industry through experi- ments conducted by the bureau. He sald large numbers of guinea pigs and rabbits are used, but declared that no animal is ever used without some defi- nite object in view. Dr. E. W. Schwartze, of the Bureau of Chemistry, said the use of dogs is essential to the work of that bureau. which is charged with research and regulation in connection with the Pure Food and Drug Act. Dr. Schwartze mentioned receiving some dogs from the District Pound, an- | - INWAR EULOGIZED Tablet and Picture Memorial Presented by Corps for Clergy Heroes. | The Chaplains Corps of the War De. partment, having vesterday dedicated {in Arlington National Cemetery " bronze tablet in memory of the Army Chaplains who died during sery |ice in the World Wi today aid an {other tribute to the “fighting clergy men” in a ceremony in the office of | the chief of chaplains. In the presence of high ranking of: fice of the V * Department and 20 relatives of the dead ¢ plains, a aining the enlarged photo graphs of the 23 men was unveiled, t main on exhibition there as a memao. al to the war heroes of the clergy. | “The two voung sons of Arthur H. | Marsh, chaplain, who served in France with the 18th Infantry, who died of wounds October 7, 1918, drew the cur- a unveiling the memorial. The i rthur H., jr. and Richard | Marion N live with their | mother, Mrs, > Marsh, at 1810 | Belmont road.” Flowers decorating the | memorial were presented by President | Coolidge Was Instructor Here. Chaplain Marsh served for a time as Instructor and senior master at_the ional Cathedral School for Boys | here prior to the war, being transfer- red from Washington to the Bishoj tt School for B Omaha, Nebr At the time of his enlistment he was ar of St. Paul's Church of Omaha nd chaplain of a hospital there. tie sailed for France with the 18th Infantry July 30, 1918, and served with the unit until October 7, when he died from wounds. He interred in the American Cemetery at Vittel, Vosges, France. Other chaplains of the group were from cities all over the Nation. Several Share Ceremony. Dr: Jason Noble Pierce. pastor of the First Congregational Church, par- | ticipated yesterday in the ceremony at Arlington. When the bronze tablet, mounted on granite, was exposed, Dr. Pierce read the names on the honor roll. Dr. Pierce himself served overseas with the 2nd Division. Invocation was offered by Right Rev. ck, Bishop of West ern was senior Red Cross chaplain in France. Rev. Fran- cis P. Duffy of New York, who was overseas with the 169th Infantry of the Rainbow Division, eulogized his dead comrades, and the benediction was pronounced by Rabbi Morris S. Lazaren of Baltimore, also a chaplain during the war. John T. Axton, chief | of Army chaplains, presided. g Scat! | From the Life Magazine. noticed that Dolly and ays together?” they married yet?” Walter the supporters of to a question as to tge! right of the District authorities to make dogs taken to the Pound available to laboratories for research. He said he would look into the ques- tion further, however, and advise the committee. which Stilson Hutchins, the bi raise prompted of