Evening Star Newspaper, May 13, 1926, Page 17

THE PRESIDENT AND M Land spent yesterday afternoon CELEBRATING HO ITALIZATION DAY. S. COOLIDGE VISIT WAL with the disabled World W Little Peggy McLaughlin, one of the tiny patients of the Children’s Hospital, in the uniform of a nurse. Peggy and other children took part in special ceremonies in TWO WOMEN HURT WHEN CARS GRASH Backing Auto Knocks Down Another—Boy on Bicycle | Injured. | | Two Capital traction street cars col 1 Ndad at Fourteenth and U streets | yesterday afternoon when an electric | switch diverted one of the cars into | the path of the other, according to a | report by the police. Two passengers. | Mrs. Loujse Krieselman, 30 years old, 4727 Thirteenth street, and Jack- | snn. 25 vears old, 1457 Monroe street, | e severely shaken up. | Car 141, operated by Motorman P. Camphell, northbound on Fou: teenth straet, made a left-hand turn into U street instead of continuing north, police reported. causing a col- lision with a southbound car operated by Motorman Elbert Robinson. Traffic was interrupted for a short period. Backing Car Hits Woman. Mrs. Louise Thompson. 66 years old, 3741 Military road. stepped from the curb at Twelfth and F _streets early last night, and was knocked down by the automobile of James L.| Sollers, Seat Pleasant. Md., backing to the curb. Mrs. Thompson, suffer- ing from probable internal injuries and shock, was taken to Emergency Hospital A col ariven by M street Charles €. accurred Michigan northeast. aged and ohservance of Hospitalization day. on bhetween an automobile Tsaac Allen, colored. 808 and the motor cvcle of . Diller, 4201 Twelfth street, vesterday Aafternoon at and Porto Rico avenues Roth vehicles were dam- Diller recelved injuries to his left foot and right hip. Robert Westley, 14 years, 60 street southeast, was injured ves terdav afternoon when his bicycle and an automobile collided at Sixth and 1 streets. His legs were injured. Bicycle and Auto Collide. Landon Jackson, colored, 14 vears, 218 venth street. recelved an in- jury to his head last night when his hicycle and an automohile collided at Twenty-eighth and K streets. He was given first aid at Emergency Hospital. Franeis B. Smith, 20 years old, 1008 E street southwest, driver of a truck | of the Penn Oil Co., Resslyn, Va. | was slightly injured vesterday after- | noon when the truck he was driving collided with an automobile at Thittieth and O streets. He was treated at Georgetown University Hospital, Frencii Debt Bill Hearing. By the Assodiated Press. The House ways and means com- mittee plans next week to take up a bill te authorize acceptance of the! French war debt settlement, but there | 1s little indication that definite action will be taken until after it has been approved by the French Parliament, | which meets the latter part of the | month. Secretary Mellon. who heads | the American Debt Commission, prob be the first witness heard by ab! e . | ington | by a committee of 50 workers in al Washington Star Photo THE _EVEN NERAL HOSPITAL. select! The Chief Executive and the First Lady of the g this method of observing Hospitalization day. Wide World Photo 'STAR, WASHIN ATTENDING THE ANNUAL MEETI er'{llnd being welcomed by John W R Ellis, vice president, and £ X + RE son of the Washington which will be pl Wednesday ear East. ay 26. HURT AT QUANTICO FIRE. | Corp. Reed Victim as Flames Dam- | age Store $10,000. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 13.—One | man was hurt and damage estimated | at $10,000 doné by fire at the deparb‘ ment store of John Kaplan, at Quan tico, at 6:30 o'clock yesterday after noon. 'The fire department from the Marine Barracks at that place re- sponded and soon had the fire under control. The chief damage is by smoke and water to the stock of goods, Corpl. John Reed, who was fightinz the fire, was Injured when the hose got away from him, and he under treatment for cuts and bruises’in the post hospital” at Quantico. According to reports from Quantico back-fire from a lighting plant caused the blaze. | BANQUET T0 CLOSE. PALESTINE DRIVE — | More Than $30,000 Pledged by Washingtonians to Fund to Aid Country. With the total of contributions al- ready received well over the $30,000 mark, the United Palestine Appeal, | through which $50,000 is to be raised in Washington for rehabilitation work | in the Holy Land., will be brought to a close tonight with a banquet at the Willard Hotel. Rabbi Stephen S. Wise of New York. chairman of the national Palestine appeal for $5.000,000 and who is regarded as the outstanding Jewish orator of this country, will make the principal speech. Chaim Nachman Bialik, Hebrew national poet, who has heen visiting in Wash the last few days, also will speak, Isidore Hershfield, chairman of the Washington drive, will preside over the banquet session, to which more than 750 contributors to the cause| have been invited, all of whom gave| $25 or more to the fund. An intensive drive has heen waged | final effort to get as near the quota as possible. Team captains will make their final reports tonight and the winners of the two Joving cups, presented to the teams, men's and women'’s, which collected the greatest sums for the cause, will be announced. Among other speakers tonight will be Louis E. Spiegler, head of the men's division, and Mrs. John M. Safer, leader of the woman workers. B T Li;tl? Water on Mars. According to the Journal of the University of Chicago, a recent spectrum study of mars shows that the planet abounds in desert conditions. It was found that the quantity of water vapor in the atmosphere of Mars was only 6 per cent of that im the atmosphere over Mount Wilson at the time. This, cclentists <av, indicates that the hemi sphere of Mars facinz the earth is as dry as the Sabare Desert. Astrophysical | L WHO SAID THE DAY OF THE BICYCLE HAD PASSED? Municipal Cycle Garage at Vincennes, thusiastic riders who throng the roads leading into DAY.” M Florence Hutchin- t Relief headquarters holding the ha d at the va The appeal is made for 30,000 orph s on “Bundle ns of Photo eceiving statio Washin MAKING U the May day procession, offey The sign depicts the Iatter offering one doHar i return a 10-hour working day. I'he Thousands a suburb of Paris. the French capital. of the two-wheeled vehicles, belonging The garage is conducted by the municipality to take care of the bic ¥ rmer presids NG OF THE UNITED STATES CHAMBER v ;shlrm of the organization. At OF COMMERCE. left, L. C. A group of German workers, in opinion of American capitalists. credit, demanding in sto snapped in Berlin, Photo by Acme WEDDIN after the mar leon Jerome Bon: OF WIDE INTER. p of Miss Bla parte, well known R. Sloan in the chapel of St. Bartholomew's Church he The photograph shows Gov. Ritchie of ierson, member of executive committee. At right. Copyright by Harrie & Ewing Photograph taken hter of Mrs. Napo- fety, and Julian New York. 2 P. & A. Photos. arked in the cles of the en- Henri Manuel Photo. from Acme. to old and you WOMEN OF CITY CLUB TO HONOR MRS. MUSSEY Testimonial Banquet Arranged by Friends Tonight on Occasion of Her 76th Birthday. Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, founder and honorary dean of the Washington College of Law, will be tendered a dinner at the Women's City Club to- night by a group of club members on the occasion of her seventy-sixth birthday. Judge Mary O'Toole of the Municipal Court will preside as toast- mistress at the dinner. Mrs. Mussey, who has been active in local civie and legal affairs for many yvears and is now chairman of the women's committee of the Citi- zens' Joint Committee, is an honorary member of the Women's City Club. of which she was the first president. The dinner to be tendered her tonight, which has become an annual custom, was arranged by Mrs. Mussey's pro. fessional, business and personal friends in the club. FUND INQUIRY ASKED. Couzens Would Learn if U.. S. Workers Were Solicited. A resolution calling for an investi- gation to determine whether Federal employes have been solicited for cam- paign contributions, whether the civil service law 'is being violated, or | whether money has been paid for Fed- eral jobs, was introduced in the Sén- {ate vesterday afternoon by Senator Couzens, Republican, of Michigan. The resolution was referred to the civil service committee, of which Sen- ator Couzens is chairman, for study and report. A great many orators mix the oil of eloquence with the water of weak ArBUMEDly By the Associated Press. | CHICAGO, May 13.—State's At- torney Crowe has been told by a recently released convict that eight convicts left the honor farm of States- ville Penitentiary in a State-owned automobile on a night 18 months ago, robbed the First National Bank of Tockport of $18,000 and returned with their Joot to their honor farm refuge. At first, unwilling to belleve the testimony, Mr. Crowe communicated | with officials of the bank, and then |announced that he would take the | witness, whose name he declined to disclose, hefore the special grand jury when it takes up the pardon and parole investigation next week. When A. P. Bailey, cashier of the looted Lockport bank and one of the officials terrorized by the robbers, was informed of the story, he said the convict’s recital appeared within range of possibility. ““When the bandits left the bank Convicts Left Prison Farm, Robbed Bank and Returned, Crowe Is Told| we commandeered another car and followed them,” he said. “They took a trail direct toward the penitentiary. We traced their movements all the way to the gates of the honor farm, e the trail was lost. ‘'We never thought to look inside the honor farm for bank bandits.” In . addition to the statement concerning the Lockport rohbery, Mr. Crowe's secret witness gave informa- tion concerning conditions on the farm; including alleged tips to Joliet and Lockport by honor convicts, All evidence in the crime and the Statesvill, prision break in the hands of prosecutors in Chicago and Joliet will be assembled at an important conference here tonight attended by Attorney General Carlstrom, State's Attorney Crowe and State’s Attorne Hjalmar Rehn of Joliet. The parley ‘was called, the prosecutors have said, to lay ground work for a sweeping investigation of all phases of the crime situation. THIEF LEAVES NOTE. Promises Some Day to Return Girl’s Diamond and Money. A ‘“conscientious thief” yesterday broke into the home of Miss Iva Painter, 216 Eighth street southwest. removed from her purse a diamond ring valued at $2656 and $80 in cash, and pinned to-the emptied purse a note promising ‘“some day” to return its contents. “Dear Miss Painter,” the unsigned missive read, “I am returning your purse now. Séme day I hope to return the money and ring."” Miss Painter found the purse and ite message in the hallway of her home when she returned yesterday s DOCTOR GOUGED JACKSON. Bill Shows He Called on General, Drank Grog, Charged $8. NEW YORK, May 18 (#).—A doctor who called at his home for dinner and “a glass of grog” only to leave and send in a bill for minor services ren- dered while there -did not merit the approval of Gen. Andrew Jackson. In the Americana collection of the ‘late Willilam Green Shillaber of Bos- ton, sold at auction here, was a physi- cian’s bill to the general. On the back Jackson made this notation: “Receipt in full of an extraordinary and unjust acct, called to take dinner & a glass of grog on 3rd. of July, 1804 bled Mrs. J’.‘ & charge §38. No medicine Was givahe POSITIONS UP TO $3,800 LISTED FOR APPLICANTS | Civil Service Commission An- | nounces Examinations in Several { Branches of Government. The Civil Service Commission today announced open competitve examina- tions to fill the following vacancies: ssociate chemist at $3,000 a year, assistant chemist at $2,400 a year, de- partmental service, Washington. Engineering aide at $1,680 a year, senior engineering aide, at $1.860 a vear, Bureau of Public Roads for duty at Arlington, Va., and office of the civil engineer, Coast Guard, Wash- | ington. Associate engineer at $3.000 a year, assistant engineer at $2,400 a year, supervising architect's office, Treasury Department. Forest ecologist at $3,800 a vyear, associate forest ecologist at $3,000 a year, and assistant forest ecologist at $2,400 a year, Forest Service, Depart- g\em of ‘Agriculture, for duty in the eld. Assistant chief marketing special- ist (grading cotton linters) at $3,800 a year, marketing specialist (grading cotton linters) at $3,00 a year, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Depart- ment of Agriculture. Automatic scale operator, customs service, New Orleans, at $2,200 a year. Telegraph operator, departmental service, Washintgon, at $1,680 a year. Full information and application blanks may ,be obtained from the office of the United States Civil Serv- ice Commission, 1724 F street. Redding Now Recovering. PARIS, May 13 UP.—Joseph D. Redding, San Francisco lawyer and author, who suffered a stroke here {last week, is greatly improved. He wag able to take an autemobile ride today. Py TYDINGS TALKS TO CLUB. Representative Defends State's Rights at Chevy Chase. | Special Dispatch to The Star. CHEVY CHASE. 3 Representative Millard E. Tydings of | Maryland was the speaker last night | at a meeting of the Democratic Cam- paign Club of Chevy Chase, of which | Mrs. B. Ashby Leavell is president, at H. H. Glassie e's rights and Jeffer- Mr. Tydi refer- the home of M Defending St sonian democracy red to Maryland's high citizenship under religious liberty established with the birth of the State, ahout 300 years ago, and spoke in opposition to | | the Kederal education bill, which he | characterized as an infringement of | | State's rights. EARLY SENTENCING OFTWONEN ASKED. Sacco and Vanzetti Defense | May Appeal to U. S. Supreme Court. | By the Assoctated Press. | BOSTON, May 13.—A demand for | the early sentencing of Nicola Sacco | and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, defendants | in a murder trial which attracted | world-wide attention, was made today by District Attorney Winfleld M. Wii- bar of the Plymouth-Norfolk district. At the same time defense counsel held a conterence to consider possible fur-| ther proceedings to save the men from | the electric chair. The full State Supreme Court ves- terday sustained the verdict of a jury which in July, 1921, convicted the two men of the murder of a shoe company paymaster and guard in South Brain tree. The court opinion ended a_six vear legal battle in which radical or- ganizations of many lands furnished more than $280,000 for the defense fund. District Attorney Wilbar con- tered today with Chief Justice Hall of the Supreme Court and requested that a special session of the Norfolk Su perior Court be called at Dedham for the sentencing of the two men. In the meantime the Sacco-Vanzetti defense committee of 21 members met defense counsel to consider what ac- tion should be taken in view of the Supreme Court decision. One possible resort, W. G. Thompson, chief of de- tense counsel, said, was a motion to the United States Supreme Court for a writ of error. Such a writ would be based on the refusal of Judge Web- ster Thayer, who presided at the trial, to rule on the action of the jury fore- man in using three cartridges of his own in discussion with other jutors, unknown to the defendants, and on the refusal of Judge Thaver to grant a new trial on this motion. “The execution of any sentence based on_this verdict would deprive Sacco and Vanzett! of their lives with- out’ due process of law, within the meaning of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of' the United States,” Mr. Thompson said. Because of the threats received by the authorities at various times dur. ing the long legal struggle, guard was maintained last night at the homes in Worcester of Judge Thaver and Chief Justice Rugg of the Supreme Court. MILITIA PATROLS TOWN N FLORIDA Guard Necessary as Coroner Holds Inquest Into Death at Hands of Mob. By the Associated Press. LABELLE, Fla., May 13.—Troope of the Florida National Guard pa trolled the streets of this little town of 500 population today. while hehind closed doors the coroner continued his investigation of the death of Henry Patterson. negro. at the hands of a mob here Monday. The negro was taken by the moh after having escaped officers who had rested him for an alleged attack upon a white woman. The woman testifying before the coroner vester. day said that she became frightened when the negro entered her Kitchen !a.nd fled the house screaming. Troops were ordered here late ves terday when Sheriff D. L. McLaugh- lin notified Gov. John W. Martin that the situation was beyond his control and another outbreak threatened. The town was outwardly quiet yes- terday and last night and many negroes who fled Monday were return- ing, having been assured protection. Rumors of threats against the negro were being passed about and cause some apprehension. Contractors building roads in the vicinity continue to maintain the one larze concentration camp for their negro laborers. which was establish ed Monday night to protect them, and | armed white guards keep watch. DISABLED VETERANS GREETED BY COOLIDGE President and Wife Observe Hog pital Day by Paying Visit to Walter Reed. President and Mrs. Coolidge ob- served Hospital day terday by going to Walter Reed Hospital where they greeted a score or more wounded veterans. The latter were in ‘wheel chairs, which had beeg grouped in a semi-circle in front of the administration building. Bee hind each chair stood a nurse at- tractively attired in uniform. As the presidential party walked alonx this line the President shook hands with the veterans and extended words of cheer. Gen. Hines, director of the Vet- erans’ Bureau, and Brig Gen. J. M. Kennedy. commandant of the hos- pital, and members of the hospital staff accompanied the distinguished caller: Mrs. Coolidge left behind weveral boxes of games, books, candy and cake. Dr. h{mon‘l BmTher Dies. Dr. Abram Simon, rabbi of the Eighth Street Temple, today recelved word of the death of his brother, Max Simon, in San Francisco. Mr. Simon died at 7 o'clock this morning. Inter. ment will be 1n San Francisco tomee. TOW,