Evening Star Newspaper, May 29, 1926, Page 14

e T T ROYAL VISITORS FROM SWEDEN CALL AT THE CAPITOL DURING Gustavis Adolphus, Representative Porter of Pennsylvania, who had charge of (he visit of the rosal party to the Capitol; Crown Princess ra, Speaker Langworth, Berf Kennedy, doorkeeper, and Lonise Alexand RNV K J. Rogers, sergeant-at-arms. A BUSY DAY IN WASHINGTON. w0V s Left to right: Crown Prince Capyricht by P. & A. Photos. 29, 1926. FIRST PHOTOGRAPH OF PILSUDSKI'S TROOPS AT THE KIERBIEDE BRIDGE IN RECENT REVOLUTION. Gen. Pilsudski led' the rebel forces against Warsaw in the revolution, causing Premier Witos to flee, and then the presidential palace was captured. This bridge leads from Warsaw to Praga, and it was occupied by the rebel troops when the picture was taken. Copynzht by P. & A Photos. MARYLAND BOYS WIN INTERNATIONAL JU OR CATTLE JUDGI ING CUP. Secretary of Agricul- ture Jardine presenting the cup to the boys who will represent the United States in the coming contest in Fngland. Dunnigan. Ralph Walker is receiving the cup, and the other two winners are Stanley Sutton and Arthur Copyright by TUnderwood & Underwood. propellers turning in_opposite directions. Sesquicentennial in Philadelphia. ! | | TO SESQUI. Capt. G. H. Bureau_of Construction and hn Ericsson and patented hips with two goes to the & A Photos The model Copynght by P THE MICROSCOPE FASCINATES WASHINGTON'S ROYAL VISITOR. Being a ycientist and explorer, the powerful microscope draws the Crown Prince of Sweden like a magnet. at the Bureau of Standards yesterday afternoon during the sight.seeing trip of the royal party. Wollmar - Bastrom. at extreme right. Swedish Minister, Copyrizht by ‘This photograph was taken The Underwood & Underwood EXAMINATION: SALE FIVE WOMEN DEAD COLORED MAN GETS:SHRINERS ARRIVE REMAINS MYSTERY. IN FACTORY.BLAZE G. W. U. Honor Committee | Still Unable_ to Name Guilty-Students: | | | | Thati of mimes "0 copies of ex. | Amination . guest o of the admi ze Warhinzton " <urrepiitious- den x at pric ration huilding of University and amonz stu- from’$2 to'$15 | after hours ion the committee. com e cd of teachers, President Wiltiam | Lewis announced todar, on N crsity's honor ednesdry when o offered to se'l a el 10 ho prompily reported the mat- w one of bix peotessors. The dis- dont Les » {eachers 1o change examination questions. | Members of the ¥ 1 ident Lewi declared today: “have | w.ted 1o me thiz morning, by i~ they are mee ing with conside; %'e dificulty in establishing heyvond 2 domt who the zuilty parties are They expeet to be abie to make a m ¢ definite report Inter inday. I will handle the offenders. if thir identity is definitely established. h. hlv, ef cousse. - A theft and the! b ietice of fraud is no less serious | whien committed by universitys stu- | d nte, is my bellef. Students Disgusted. “The episode is regrettable. to sav the least. T am happy. however. that | th~ mass of the students ave disgust- | over the incident. and it was " it i so speedily discovered.” F ""he copies of the éxamination we; sto'en from the room in which thgy W mimeographed. above, President TN offce, which Dossesres, & et ented lock. ~Anong the classes /af- fected were those-in pofitical s«ifim 2 <h, psychology and Spaniy. Prof. dohn R: Laphdt heads the honor committee, 4 FRENCH CAB.INETAMFJETS. -entirees Detehbs of rr/nc, Com." munique Declares. PARIS, May 29 (#).—The cabfnet met for two hours this morning, con- sidering financial questjons, and de- cided to continue its del tions this afternoon. A comm; ue igsued after the meeting saldy “‘Instructions have been confirmed and re-enforced for the defense of the franc untll its Tecovery. B T ~Fifance Miffster t4ld” news- fiam the' third [ i Sutton Top Shon. 1y ates, was in | shift: was /preparing to leave and.as theix - repugnance .to - it -that / [ | been razed. Two of Victims Had Started, on New_Jobs 15 Minutes Before Fire. : Dy the Associdted Press. 7 ROCKFORD, M. May 2§ —Miss Mary Wallaek and Mre. Emi{ Strom- dahl, new night-shift emplgyes* who had been working only 137 minutes, were two of five women/ burned to death .when a spark from a’ ‘saw ignited a_ quantity of cefluloid 'in the Another victim way' Mrs, Harriet illie. 40, mother of/ eight chfidren. e othei persons’ were seriously ned and .a numper of other em- vloyes of rm. Which deals in auto- es {and manufactured n visory. suffered minor in- fire swgpt the building late v. Only/eight of the 13 girls king on the/ second floor of the two:story buildjjag survived the tumes, smoke and fiymes which filled their workroom a sffew seconds after.the blast occured/ an the first floor. The bodies of fivgl, Yound near a rear win: dow. were hadly charred. . The explg/sfon came just as the day celluloid Jjuries the night /shiftwas starting. work. In addjfiion 1o Mrs. Lillie and the two new /employes, the dead are Helen Mamalyf 21, and Mildred Cramer, 20, both of’ Rockford. : John Sution, proprietor of the fac: tory. yas seriously burned about the head p'nd:arms-in an attempt to rescue irls on_the second floor. = Police and/firemen had to force him from the buifding.: ; ome of the eight girl Survivors Jifmped “frem “the windows -and - the of hers escaped by the one stairway, tlarough which the flames spread so apidly from the first floor. “The building, in the center of the business distriet, was soon to have EY SENATOR SMOOT BETTER.| | [ Recovers "From “Agute mdig-;fipn Attack Sffered Yesterday. Sefiator ‘Reed Smoot of Utah, who was stricken with acute indigestion while presiding over 3 meeting of the Senate finance comriittee yesterday afternoon, is better today. s His assoclates were greatly alarmied yesterday, but he responded to treat- ment, and four hours later was taken home in an automobile. The Senator’s physician said his condition was not serious and after a rest_he should be able to resume his duties. He suffered a simlilar attack last.year. \ e i) Gen. Hindenburg'’s Salsry. Gen,’ vop Hinderiburg, as President.| of the Germian Reépublic, receives a theri the maln jredson ,for the ntirise in the pound sterling was & political sttwation: B sajary of 815,000 o year, with $18,500< for expensee. £ BOARD OF TRADE i : : MEMBEES TRY THEIR HANDS AT TRAP SHOOTIN DURYD Six hundred members and guests Of the organization went to the Congressional Country Club for the thirty-second annual shad bake. (‘hnr!n Quaries was first in the . trap shooting event, George Miller second. ¥ AFFIDAVIT FILED FOR WHITTEMORE Former: Warden Sw@y Says Prison Slaying Wimqfu Seemed Deranged at f{mei. i By the Associated Press. | BALTIMORE, . Md; May. 20.— New evidence discovefed. sincé Rich- lard ' Reese ~Whitterhore, - “notorious gangster, was convicfed here of first- degree murder is gxpected to form the basis of the bandit)s plea for a new trial ‘on a charge of slaying a peni- tentlary guard jn 125. Argument on the motion will be fheard today by the supreme bench of Baltimore, This’ plea was jindicated yesterday when Edgar Allyn Poe,’counse) for Whittemore, fllei with “the eourt an afMdavit of Col/ Claude B. Sweezey declaring that {John T.. Bowie, the State's star witpess, “at times seemed to be mentally fleranged.” Bowie was the only witneks of Whit{emore's at- 1ack. Col ‘Syeezey ‘was® warden of the prison -wen the Candy Kid es- caped. Mr. Hoe attacked Bowie's re- lighility durirfg the trfal. . . this afdavit, State's At- or has summoned two physicians frho haye examined Bowie since Whigtemore's arrest in New to be a fsure sleep producer. " chine trows a series- of 13 different face. ‘puttine him fo "sleep inutes, the inventor claims. ‘Washington Star Pheto. Two Compromise Flags Designed To End By the Associated Pr BERLIN, May -With the object of finding a solution for the con troversy over the German flag. two designs are to be submitted to the Reichstag flag committee. One repre- sents the old monarchical colors, black, white and red, intersected from the upper to the lower border by a golden square bearing the former im- perial eagle. ‘The other, designed by the govern- ment art custodian, Dr. Edwin Red- slob. shows the historic black iron cross dividing the flag’s surface into four equal aqifdres in which red’ and gold alternate fn‘ succession. For some time there has heen a stormy controversy in Germany over the use.of the merchant flag, contain: ing the old monarchist colors, along- side the colors.of the German repub- lic a8 adopted by the National As sembly at Welmar' in 1919.. The in- sistence of Chancellor Luther that the old imperial black, white and red mer- chant marine flag should have a place beside the black, red and gold Repub- lcan flag over German embassies and legations culminated in the overthrow of the Luther government by the Reichstag on May 12. PUBLIC LIBRARY HOURS. Central Building Open—Branches Close Tomorrow and Monday. The central ‘building of the Public Library, Ninth and K streets, will be open. tomorrow as usual from ‘2 to 6 p.m. for reference use. The same hours will be observed on Monday, May 31, when the reference and circu- lation departments, including the chil- dren’s - room, . the - industrial -division and the new blography room, will be open for service. The Tekoma Park, Sotitheastern and Mounf. Pleasant branches will be closed Sunday and Monday. Altitude in Arizons. Arizona has a wider range of alti- tude than any other Western State. The highest point is San ‘Francisco k, 12,611 feet above the-sea level, e the lowest is on the Colorado GUATEMALA UNDER ARMS. Martial Law Proclaimed in Order to Forestall Revolution. State Department officials: were’ in- formed yesterday by °Guatemalan Minister Sanchez Latour that a state: of martial law had been declared in his country. The President of Guatemala, he said, took this step to forestall a revolutionary movement started by his political enemies. o The minister said he had been in- formed by his government that while the movement was local, the. Pres- ident had decided to take precaus tionary measures to “nip jt. in the bud.” : - Motorists in the United States are spending approsimately $333.000,000 yearly for autvmobile accessories. SENATE RECONFIRMS Long Color War:in Germany| MAJ, PEYTON GORDON U. S. Attorney Favorite for An- other Term Following. Indorse- ment by Committee. . The . Senate. In_executive session late yesterday confirmed the nomina- tion of . Maj. -Peyton Gerdon for an- other term as United States attorney for the District of Columbia. The Senate judiclary committee several days ago made a favorable report on the appointment. Several individuals had protested against cenfirmation, but after care- fully considering the matter a sub- committee, composed of Senators Means of Colorado, Deneen of Illinois and King: of Utah, decided to make a favorable.recommendation. —— Wood ‘Used for Excelsior. Experinients have been carried on under the direction of.the forest serv- ice on the suitability of ailanthus, ‘chestnut and black g for making excelsior. -Black gum produced a good grade of excelsior, but chestnut and ailanthus were found to be unsuitable for extensive use on actount of brittle- ness, chipping and other undersirable qualities. } Niagara Illuminated. The falls of Niagara were illumi- nated qne night as early as 1884 by Albert Bierstadt, for the berefit of English railway men, by flashing pow- | der on the ledge of recks beneath the American falls. Since May 24, 1925, Niagara has been {llumirtated in colors for four hours every night,- fife light- ing arranzements beings thade by the General Dizeirts Ca. . LFE FOR SLAYIG Denzie Jackson Convicted of Killing Last July—Others Draw Varied Terms. Life imprisonment: was the sentencé imposed today by Justice Stafford in | Criminal* Division 2 on Denzie Jack- | son, colored. convicted of murder in'| ‘the second degree for the Killing of | “Willlam™ B. Thompson. also tolored. ‘The tragedy occurred July 28 last in front of 319 O street. Jackson es- |caped; but ‘was arrested August 27 hiding in the attic of his home. James’ Ford, alias James Harris, colored. convicted on 'three indict: ments, with two counts each of house- ‘breaking and larceny, was sentenced to six years in the penitentiary. He broke into the room of Charles A. Lee March 14 last, Into the house of James E. Ross March 19, and into that of John Dorsett March 17, in each case stealing wearing apparel. Charles Marshall. a young white man, was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary for grand larceny and Joy-riding. The accused is wanted in Virginia on a similar charge and has & record. "George T. Coard, colored, who: pleaded gullty to larceny after trust in eennection with using $300 belonging to Orlande B. Williams en- trusted to- him, was placed on pro- bation for two years. _Pleading ‘guilty to stealing a. motor cycle March 31 belonging to Lloyd Stewart, Willlam H. Smith, colored, received ‘a two-.year penitentiary sen- tence. Levi Edmonds and George P. Redd, oolored, will spend one year in jail each ‘for stealing a davenport January 7 from thé General Stores’ Co. Joseph Gross and Arthur Poach, two 'young white men, convicted of white slavery, were sentenced to one year in jail. . John Constantine, white, will spend one vear in jail for writing a letter to Helen Lamprakos, in which he is alleged to have libeled Cortas Kekent Henry G. Herbert, Nelson Hérrison 'and Henry R. Hall, young white men, received one year in jail each for attempted robbery. Frank Castor, colored, who pleaded gullty to housebreaking and larceny, was sentenced to two years in the peni- tentiary and placed on “probation. STORE REPORTS THEFT- ~ "OF $250 IN.CLOTHING Wearing apparsl valued at $250 was reported stolen last night from: the establishment of Abraham Welss, 1222 Connecticut avenue. Burglars enter- ed the premises by cutting a panel from a rear dodr. Sevéral articles of jewelry and $3.25 were stolen from the apartment of Mrs. Charles Fowler, at 1834 Phelps place, yesterday afterneon by :a thief who jimmied the front door. Theft of two dresses ‘valued at $30 from her talloring establishment at 1541 R N CARTAL TODAY Delegations of '47 Temples Begin Coming in Early on Way to Philadelphia. Delegations from 47 temples of the Antient Arabic Order “‘of Muystic Shrine began arriving at the Union Statlon early this morning at half- hour infervals, to be the guésts of Almas Temple today, tomorrow and Monday. The Shriners are stopping over en route to Philadelphia, where they will hold their annual conclave Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. While the majority of the delegations are’ paving Washington ,a visit on their way to Philadelphia. more than a score will renew acqualntancés of 1923 on June 4, the day following the close of the Philadelphia* convention Including its thief officérs. three uniformed organizations and some 20 women, the Hella Temple party from Dallas, Tex., numbering :nearly 200, was the first to arrive at 7:10 this morning. At % o'clock India Temple Oklahoma and Aahmes Temple Oakland, Calif., arrived. Other Temples Coming. Other temples arriving today are Al ‘Kaly. Pueblo: O. .. Hemenway. potentate; Karem,, Waco, Tex., L. C. Puckett, ' potentate; Ken, Grand Forks, Allan’ V. Halg, potentate: Te- hama, Hastings, R. E. Osborn, repre- sentative, and Rizpah. Madisonville. G. L. Larrier. potentate. ‘Tomorrow delegations from the fol- lowing temples will make. their. ap- pearahce: Al Kader, Portland; Hil- lah, Ashland; Gizeh, Victoria, B. C.: Nile, Seattle; Calam, Lewiston, Idaho; El Katif, Spokane; Hamasa, Meridian, Miss.; El Korah, Boise, Idaho; Khiva. Amarillo, Tex.; Kerbela, Knoxville: B Kalah, Salt Lake City: El Karubah, Shreveport: Moolah, St. Louls: Al Bedoo, Billings: Bagdad, Butte, Mont.. and Afifi, Tacoma, Wash. .. Big Tent Raised. Charles D. Shackelford, potentate of Almas Temple, was in charge of the' big, tent erected on'the Union Station Plaza for the convenience of the visiting Shriners. Headquarters for the potentates and their represent- atives is at the Raleigh Hotel. Mrs. Charles D. Shackelford is theé chief hostess welcoming the. wives and daughters of the Shriners. Scores of members of Almas Temple reported to F. Lawrence Wall e retary, that they were anxious t offer their services over the halidays by helping to take the. visitors on sightseeing trips. Special reserva tions have been made at Arlington for a Shrine represéntative on Me morial day. from rom o ———— Y ——— styeet was reported by Mrs. Jennis L. Taylor. A suit case containing articles of jewelry and clothing was reported stolen from the automobile of Frank E. E. Gremann, University:of Col orado: fR™front’ of” the" National” Me- seum yesterday afternoon. >