Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1926, Page 12

BLIND CALLER veteran of way by selling lead pencils. AT WHITE HOUSE. E. F. Oldenburg, a blind he World War, came all the w: President Coolidge’s autograph for his coliection from Spokane to obtain 0I4I.hm}burg paid his by Copr . % A. Photos. T WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL CADET OFFICERS CALL UPON introduced the regimental commanders to the Chief Executive. Left to right: THE PRESIDENT. Lieut. Col. Wallace M. Craigie, Lieut. Col. J. C. Marsh, Central, » MIAN 8 1926, U.S. A . A., yesterday commander of the 1t Regiment: it Lieut. Col. Joseph E. Sorrell, Technical, commander of the 2d Regiment; Col. Edward D). Andrus, brigade commander: President Coolidge, Lie ATTEMPTING TO SALVAGE THE SUBMARINE S-51. Sallors of the Navy the five-ton pontoons above the watery grave of the ill-fated S-51 off Block I mmed last Autumn by a passenger steamer. Col. (‘fuig!a and Lieut. Col. Lloyd A. Free, Western, commander of the 3d Regiment. Har Copyright b s & Fw adjusting cables to one of land, Newport, R. I. The Photo by Aeme. submarine was ATHLETE SLJ0IDE AFTER PSTOL DURL Quarrel With Wife Over His Previous Marriage Is Blamed. By the Associated Pross EASTON, Pa.. May h his v tempted to ed he had minated in t Ackroyd, fo: faytte Coll luated 8.—A s said, ten she learn- i Dbefore, cul quarrel at 2r a shot hin: celf ATy A brie! and Will State nol had pistol ckroyd ovd, who said b ened to < Ackroyd was foun room in his farmhov rafused to come the door op: drawn, fac the doorway. stol in his ha Both men fired twice, Lut the sh missed. Then Ackrovd stepped back and shot himself in the head while stiil at 1 M MM o stood in montnas a ~econd wife Martin and nerly lived school on the Pacif During the World W the American expedi’ 23 DISTRICT KIWANIANS VISIT FREDERICKSBURG Annual Interclub Session Held With Groups Also From Alexan- dria and Man al District, ¢ of Co- d Vir- an- with group the guests of Kiwanians of the Cap which e 1al interclub therings of clu nelghboring clubs Twenty-three members of the Kiwanis Clulr of Washington, to- zether with members of the Alex- ander and Manassas Clubs, joined with the Fredericksburg Club at the Princess Anne Hotel, I'redericksburg, Va. Addresses were made by Julian lames, president of the Iredericks: Lurg Club; Judge J. M. H. Willis ice president: Iili Swaverly, repre- senting the assas Club: Mark lansburg! 1 e ¥ - meton Club. e Senator F e, Va. lock members of lubs throughout the district stood at attention and repeated the “American’s Creed” by Willlam Tyler Page. In_ addifion to Mr. Lansburgh, \Washington members at the meeting included Harry Kimball. past presi dent, and George Winslow, secretary wanis Far pedestri car is Leap Ew owadiye, at Sparta, | | | riot. ne. The streets of London are thronged with the strikers. Photo received b&'_‘ THE CHAMP heavyweight Tiiram_Dempsey champion is tr & to meet a OVERTURNED MAIL TRUCK IN A LONDON STREET. 5 Several persons were injured in this particular The mail truck was attacked by the strikers and was wrecked before the soldiers arrived upon the radio. pyright by P. & A. Photos. AND IS DADDY. o, Tistening (o the flddle strains prod; the training camp _Jack Dempsey, who wears the ced by his father. Hendersonville, N. (. Th 1 } PRODUCING T Tustitute, which production i | Confederac; vesterday at the by radio. IR_SHOW IN WASH in Washington to pla «d under the auspices of the Robert E. A CLOWNISH TALE, BU featured clowns of Rin in the Ca Drani at NGTON TONIGHT e Man on the Box™ A GOOD ONE. ling Brothers reading to a group of his little friends. The circus has a two-da ¥ al—Monday and Tuesday. Lee Chapter of , one of the id Barnum & Bailey’s cireus, v stand natic the the Club of Virginia Willard Hotel tonight Unifed Daughters of TRIKERS DESTROYING A BUS IN LONDON STREET. Strikers and their sympathizers in a riot Elephant and Castle, a street intersection in the poorer section of the V. wrecked and burned, and the driver, his helper and a constable were injured. Photo rec ity. A bus was ed from London Photo hy Acme. 0.5, JUDGE ACCUSED OFIFLEGE A Alien Property Counsel. By the Aseociated Press and propert: n to Daniel F. Tmpeachment alie awards were lin the House Hickey, former employe of the Tn- ternal Revenue Bureau, income tax unit, for removal from office of Fe eral Judge Isaac M. Meekins of t eastern district of North Carol The petition charged th Meekins acted as Ax fixer 1 counsel for the alien y n under Thomas W. Mi his_politieal influenc oner of probably w % Government.” wred that the jude 1 salary of §3.000 g trustee in the Roessler her Chemical Co. when ho | ings of some of the company’s stoc i other offic Mr. Hickey de; received an annt e Acsociated P W YOR ¥ S-.—Privately employed agents who drink “a little, | but not too much,” get evidence 1 night clubs for Federal padlocks, it s revealed by the Rev. Harry B. sher, president of the New York ‘ivic League. Five employes of | said. have brougt proceedings ag: places. Their sala | sinco last September amount to $30 | ovo. ! way we work is to get intro- ere liquor is sold “Oun brin:: the league, he about padlock more than 200 Jur never revealc | scene as soon | have secured evidence. The league works dirpctly from out of the deral agents Over 200 Places Padlocked in New York - Through Evidence of Private Dry Agents| | Federal Attorney Emory R. Buck- | ner's office. As to the propriety of a private | organization doing law enforcement | work, Mr. Fisher said “Mr. Buckner feels, and so do I, that religious bodies were respon- sible for_prohibition and they ought to be big enough to come forward and help be responsible. for enforce- ment until the Government has an that really can take The league's agents receive from %45 to $60 a week plus the cost of liquor and other expenses. Whether Broadway was dry, in the ke of raids on more than 50 places terday, was a matter of opinion r. Buckner declined to comment on report that there were now ceasies along Broadway r before. He said that since he had no means of taking such a cen- sus he could not express an opinion. w | | ORDERED ELECTROCUTED. 1Negro to Pay Penalty for Attack | on Elderly Woman. RALEIGH, N. C., May 8 (®.— | Convicted of attacking an aged | white woman, James Jeffreys, 19- vear-old negro vesterday was sen- | tenced Judge M. V. Burnhi | presiding over the Wake Supe “ourt, to be electrocuted at tate’s Prison July 9. The prisoner denied his guilt throughout the trial, and no- tico of appeal was filed by his at- torneys. The attack was alleged to have been perpetrated during De- cember, 1925. The negro was ar- rested and identified by the alleged vietim about three weeks ago. Thix death penalty is th have heen imposed in this co ity mgye WAl seyel Jedls, S by or in first to COTTON OIL PLANT FIRE. $500,000 Loss to Company Located Near Norfolk, Va. NORFOLK, Va., May 8 (®).—Two of the three' main buildings compris- ing the Norfolk Cotton Oil Co., at Money Point, just outside the city, were a los stimated million dollars. The company manufactures fer- tilizer, cotton ofl and cotton oil edible products. Origin of the fire had not been determined. The flames, because of the distance from the city of the plant, got a big start and firemen were able only to save the third of the main bulldings. ery mother thinks there Tike her own: and ever : ds glad thal Lberesn i s ¢ is no other more | than | stroyed by fire last night, with | atia quartér of a| REED DENDUNGES [EACUE ANDDRYS Senator, Speaking in Phila- delphia, Also Assails State’s Rights Loss. By the Assoclated Prese PHILADELPHIA, May 8.—A bitter attack on the eighteenth amendment | the Volstead act, the League of Na tions and American adherence to the World Court, coupled with a plea for the return to the principles of local self-government featured an ad- dress here last night by Senator James A. Reed, Democrat, of Mis- souri, held under the auspices of the Philadelpfia committeé for modifica- tion of the Volstead act. In some circles it was intimated that the meeting was held for the purpose of advancing the candidacy of Representative Willlam S. Vare of this city for the Republican senatorial nomination, but Senator Reed refrain- ed from making any particular ref- erence to the local political situation. The wisdom of having all power and | authority vested in bureaus, boards and commissions in Washington was questioned by Senator Reed, who as- serted the movement need progress but a little further and State gov- ernment “may as well cease to exist and all authority be assumed by the tribunals of the Government.” Referring to prohibition, he de- nfed that he was a “‘wet” in the sense that the term is often applied. but desires: carnestly as any one 1he pruinuLion. ol lemupidnce,s e | CHINESE CABINET lYen to Resign as Premier in Favor of Li, Who Will Keep Other Ministers. By the Assoclated Prese. PEKING, May 8—An emergency cabinet has been agreed on and is pected to be announced soon. It | will be headea by W. W. | premier, who will resign immediately in favor of Li Chingin, former civil governor of Chihli Province and chief allied commander against the Kuominchun (pational army), it is reported. Practically all members of the Yen cabinet functioning at the time of the Feng Yu-hsiang coup will be recalled to thelr posts, together with Wellington Koo, foreign minister and former Minister to Washington, The coalition of the allied forces with the Kuominchun, with the ex- ception of Feng Yu-hsiang, is pre- | dicted. Preliminary to peace, the | Kuominchun must submit to dis- { armament, after which its forces will be distributed among the troops of Marshal Chang Tso-lin, Manchurian war lord, and Marshal Wu-pei-fu. gEEEs SN e Danxille Hotel to Cost $400,000. Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va., May 8—A con- tract is to be awarded on Monday for Danville's new hotel ta_be built by lo- cal interests. Fifteen Mids are expect- led on the project. which will cost DHout $400 900, Wil ihe hotel will be } Yen. | By the Associated Press. PRINCETON, N. five members of the senior class of Princeton University would marry for money, 141 would not, | maining 22 would—pro was satisfactory, it was revealed by a vote tabulated far the Nassau Her- ald, class yearbook. The favorite amusement of almost half the class was bridge, the rest pre ferring reading and golfing. Don Juan was named as the fav- orite poem. Byron was the world's | best poet in their opinion, and Words- worth the worst. Norma Shearer was voted their favorite movie actress with Eleanor Boardman running sec ond. The majority considered evolution —Sixty- | and the re- | viding the sum | |65 Princeton Seniors Ready to Marry | Girls With Money; 22 Ask “How Much?” ISAGREED UPON, the easiest course of study and mod ropean history the hardest ajority perfer tennis the | sport to play and foot ball the game to watch. Walter B. Booth of Owensboro, Ky.. was chosen best allaround man as well as the most thorough gentleman, the most popular man gest politician of the class. Richard R. Quay of Sewickley, Pa.. the seniors decided, was the most re spected man, besides enjoying the dis- tinction of being the handsomest Thomas C. Clark of Canton. Ohio, was chosen as the best dressed man. The class averages 22 v a 5 months in age and mitted they were enga ried. as as to be mar LOS ANGELES TESTED. Navy Dirigible Flown for More Than Three Hours. LAKEHURST, N. J., May 8 (®).— The dirigible Los Angeles was released trom the mooring mast late yesterday and cruised over the training fleld for a few hours. Technicians sta- tioned on top of the hangar made ob- segyations. The craft was brought down after tiree hours and a half in the air and, |although the wind caused some trouble in getting the ship into the hangar, it was accomplished without event. el + Witos to Seek Cabinet. WARSAW, May 8 OP).—Vincent Witos, twice premier of Poland, in 1920 and in 1923, has accepted the task of trying to form a new minis- try to succeed that of Count Skrzyn- | sKi, which resicned over a que oL financial policy lost month, = IPLEA TO U. S. WORKERS. «“Big Bill” Haywood Asks Ameri- cans to Support British Strikers. CHICAGO, May 9 (@).—William (Big Bil) Haywood, former head of the Industrial Workers of the World, who fled to Russia to escape a p ison sentence for war-time sedition, sent a message to Communist headquarters here yesterday urging the “workers of America” to support the British gen- eral strike. His cablegram was re ceived by the Workers' party, of which William Z. Foster is the head MAN AND WIFE KILLED. BRISTOL, Va., May 8 UP).—Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Meeks of Erwin, Tenn.. were killed at noon yesterday when he car In which they were riding to .Erwin from_Bluefield, W. Va., was struck hy a Norfolk and Western pas- senger train at the grade cro I'3 near Abingdon, Va. N Meek as killed iusiantly, while h died a few minutes later, and the big- | holders were seized by the alien proy erty custodian, and that he succeede in having a ruling on the compa tax returns reversed, for which lie alleged to have r- not less thar 20,000 for hi " Viol: f moral and legal ethie other matters while as: \ the alien property alleged as the basis for the the judge's removal fro: action that tt evidence may cal In his petition Hickey set forth Judge Meek: after resigning in D» cember, 1921, as counsel, became “liquidator of enemy ensurance con panies,” the position given him b Miller, “affording a salary of §10,000 a year plus $600 a month for He also asserted that the judge an | Commissioner Blair were two of the | “big four” in North Carolina Repub! can politics. FACTORY IS BURNED. |Box Plant Damaged—Home R: 1 ported Robbed During Fire. | Fire in a box factory at 201 M stre northeast, property of Theodore La: gohr, Bradbury Heights, abo 3:30 o'clock this morning, did $1,00¢ damage. Considerable headway h: been gained before the fire was dis covered. Hundreds of old boxes and mar Ithat were ready for shipment wer | destroved. and’ the machinery al was damaged \eft of $823 was reported at 11 home of Frank Braxton. 703 Smitl row. where fire arred vesterd: afterne Braxton ftold the police that $775 wagq secreted between ma | tresses, while the remainder was hid den beneath a rug. An overheated oil sponsible for the fire. damage was $2,000 | stove was ve The property Honor for Jeanne D'Arc. Jeanne D'Arc day tomorrow will I obseryed by the Society of the Friend | of France by placing a floral wreath |on the Jeanne D'Arc Monument in The wreath will of Lrance. i Mevidian Hill P { bear the iricotor