Evening Star Newspaper, June 18, 1926, Page 17

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (.. FRIDAY. JUNE 18, 1926. PRESIDENT COOLIDG N NATION DAY BOOK AND PAITKION OF FAITH. to the White House yesterday afternoon by members of the commis-ious of the Sesquicentennial and the Thomas The President made the first donation toward the purchase of Monticello, the Virginia home of Jefferson, which will bec: descendants of signers were among the group caliing ¢ the White House. The hook and pledge were efferson Centennial. e a shrine. Several THE CARDINALS ARRIVING IN CHICAGO FOR EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS. Three hundred Catholic churches vmed the chureh officials, including the papal delegate, by ging the bells, and thousands greeted the special tr: This photograph shows the cardinals on the observation platform of their special train P & A. Photos Copsr by & o BENJAMIN ROVAL HOLCOMBE, U. S. lent Coolidge, took place at Gull Rocks, Newport, R. I. . and Mrs. Holcombe. Mrs. Sidney Ripley, Mrs. Herbert Mrs, Lieut. Andrews, Mrs, Underwood & Tne OFF FOR RECORD WORLD TRIP. Linton Wells (eft) and Edward S. Evans (right) ready to leave New York on their attempt to circle the globe in record time. John Henry Mears, in center, who once made the trip in 35 days. The two travelers, now aboard the S, left New York in a speed boat and caught their ship at sea in save a half_hour. AT THE WEDDING OF MRS. MARGARET FAH TOCK STOKES AND 1 ceremon which united the Washington social leader and the junior aide of Pr Seated: The Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Theodore Douglas Robinson, and TABLET TO SHENANDOAH HEROES. This tablet will be unveiled soon in the dirigible hangar at Lakehurst, N. which was once the home port of the ill-fated airship. The tablet is to be presented by New Jersey Veterans of Foreign Wars as a special honor to the men who lost their lives in the crash of the Shenandoah in southern Ohi Coprright P. & A Photos CTIZENS CAMPS - OPENED THIS WEEK, Washington Contingents Will order to Shipman, Copyright by Underwood & Underwood . Larrimore. ARMY MUSIC CLASS RECEIVES DPLONAS Twenty-Seven Students in I Exercises at Washington Barracks Auditorium. Twenty-seven students at the Army Music School, Capt. R. G. Sherman, commandant; W. 0. William €. White, principal, received diplomas this morn: ing in the fourteenth annual gradua tion clas: 1911 The exer torium at jen. to it= organization, at Fort Ja ve th s were held in the the Washington Barracks The chief address was made hy Lutz Wahl, zeneral of the assi Arm: sented the diplomas. ¢ veved Davis, Army Music the graduates. and em andardizat the hest under wishes whose Sechool i ion of M United States’ Army He suggested as ( points of admonition to () Loyalty commanding stantly to to the officer:. develop e school since N. Y., udi- Brig. adjutant Wwho also pre- ien. Wahl con of Adjt. Gen, diveetion the ted. to od the 1=ie foris in ands. Davig® fou he graduates hoo! and the endeavor con e and stant bring fresh and valnable suggestions to when they themselves i band leade the many phases in | I did not kS the co-operat the interest man in of the school methods ix the attention find such ideas presented | actual | (3) develop continuously | of n the ion of = of supétic upholding all the age past—cou he authorities work as dership to w hordinates and wrsi (4) be hu the teachinus of hard-hoiled rtesy and o tience are the hest equipment for suc ceRs, The nther €. Sweeney, War College, who hrought n=on F. Bl uccess Lies in the A ings of Ma apoke on Get the Other speaker director Gen. H Fel wi Col. the Arms the gree: of ity low's Point of Capt. Sherman presided and Chap- Jain Milton O, Beebe pronounced the invocation. The cleve! rly designaied Symphonette,” made up of members Army Band, under the direc- tion_of Second Band Leader Thomas ved several selectio; The numbers included Arthur Lange's arrangement of Lieurance's Minnetonk: % Waters of the Young “March Triu and written by . Veteran: mphale, “'Heroes of the Air, Frederick Clark, direc- by by Kempinsl tor of Keith's Orchestra. / Only two men listed for diplomas They J. Dawson, receive were Pvt their (First who took “sheepskin: Class) W the solo course and had to ask return to his regiment hefore the course’s comp. tion, due to illness in hix tamily, and Pvt. men’s iline: John had A. course, who, due to his mother's ange to leave Taylor to a service entirely, Those receiving diplomas were: Band leaders’ Dressler, Sta Sergt. Henry Chura, Sergt. Eugene B. | Private First Class Ernest B. Papi, course Stafl ff Sergt Gentile. Soloists’ cou Class John Pol ! Private Erskine ¢ Al of the band the Sergt. Juan Mellado, —Private First . Bandsmen'’s course— bright, Private Louls Avani, Private Albert L. Belli- veau, vate Hervey H. Private Harry Clark, Clark, Private Harr Private William Victor Lapa; Marchese, Private Charles P. Moliere, | way to Trivate Clair R. vate Hen Steinberg, Private Lonis Swart, vate Paul B. glia, T M. Moo Parker, Private Frank . Private Luther Pursley. Private Stan. | Jey Roder, Private Walter Roder Skidmore, Private W, Weale, Bontempo, Pri- Walter | | Laughter at “Rose Marie” Drowns g Sound of Shot in London | a march | Joseph | FIFTEEN condition. PERSONS KILLED WHEN passenger train early yesterday morning at the Blairsville, Pa., intersection, and 15 men, women and children were These two photographs were taken shortly after the crash, the picture at the right showing the rescue crews at work in the wreckage. WASHINGTON-BOUND Pullman car, where the 15 passengers were killed. TR n Express of the Pennsylvania Railroad was erashed ired are in the Johnstown and Latrobe hospitals, five of them in a eritical The photograph at left shows the smashed Washington Photographs cop; into by another fast ht by P. & A PARISIAN ACTRESS COMMITS SUICIDE| 'N DEATH OF T.J.ROUSE| Apng G.0.P. M Theater Office. Br the Aseoria® LONDON, June 18, Regina Flory. French revie actress and dancer, her- 1f fired the shot which caused her death last night in the private office ! Amer musical Marie,” w the stare. andlence « n Mile. F By the |of Sir Alfred Butt, managing dirvector March of | of the Drury Lane Theaier, police Frazee: | lesrnai today. The sound of the shot was drowned n a burst of laughter from the au | dience at a humorous comedy ich was being play: A= a result no one 1 among the players knew ! of the trazedyr. wag conve touch in_the “Rose on n the | MARINE IS EXONERATED iJewish Holiday Gives Democratic Coroner’s Jury Holds Rider of Motor Cycle Was Killed in Un- avoidable Accident. A coroner's jury today held that Thomas J. Rouse, vears old, a mem- her of the United States Coast Guard, stationed at A . came to his death yesterday fn a coliision with an | automobile operated by Guy Edelin, 38 vears old, a marine, of 124 Eleventh streetesoutheast, as the result of an unavoidable accident. Rouse was driving a motor cvecle north on Seventh street, when he col- lided with the automobile that was running west on East Capitol street. The sight ‘of the automobile was ob- scured by a street car which was run- ning along parallel with it at the in- tersection. The collision resulted when the motor eycle went across the street in front of the street car, striking the ns with Sir | automobile before either operator had | Alfred when she suddeniy produced a | chance to aveid the accldent. | small automatic pi bag and fired stol from her hand- a shot into her head. NO NEWS OF STEAMER. Ships Rush to Place Where the Leicester Struck Iceberg. ST. JOHN'S, 8 (P).—Word Newfoundland, June was lacking this morning as to the fate of the British steamer Leicester, which late last vate Miles night reported that she was strug- Irwin, vate Lewis S, Private Allen Pri Pri- Greenfeld, | gling for th Private | deck almo: awash Several the pos 15 iceberg. tion ahout Patkins. ! Tslands. The leicester was outward houn:! from Montreal with United Kingdom and soon after passing Straits of Belle I:le, port with. her for ter striking an eamers are on the miles east ard she last gave. of the Funk grain for the struck the ice through the P | | The mother of the deceased, a resi- dent of Norfolk, Va., had heen stop- ping in this city recently with a rela- tive, Mrs. Carrie Lockhead of 623 D street southeast. DIES FROM POISON. J. Turner, 42 years old, fth sireet southeast, died George Washington University Tospital early today as a result of having swallowed a quantity of voison while alone in his home yes- terday. He was found by his son-in-law, P'oliceman T. D. Bacon of the sixth precinet, when Racon returned home in ‘the afternoon. Coroner Nevitt was told’ that Tur- rer was in a nervous condition yes- terday and possibly took the polson hy mistake, the bottle being where her bottles also were kept. | R Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, June Galen L. Tait and J. Enos Ray_dis- covered that the Jewish New Year ceremonies begin on September 9 and | continue for several days they found themselves in deep troible. As chairman of the Republiean and the Democratic State cent commit- tees, respectivelv, they had met on uesday evening and azreed on Sep- tember 9 as the day for the primary election. Both want {in that election. appointed members of election officinls. The New Year is a emn festival and members of the |race neither vote nor work on_that iday, or on the day followins. | “iVe'll postpone the election a day or two,” one of the two chairmen s {reported to have said to the other. { The Iaw provides that the primary slection shall be betwesn September '8 and 15 “What day of the week is 9th?" one of the chairmen asked. 18.~When the Jewish vote And each party has that v as cast the aryland Leaders Problem | Tt's Thursda id “and the next day is after that is Saturday hold a primary on a S holiday."” They agreed that | hold it on Sunday. | “Then hold it on Monday |one to the ot “Rut Sept 1 day.” 1 other. celebrated on Mond: i Mr. “Gosh! B one, iday and We' can't aturday h\lfv ¥ they could not said is 014 Defender’s ind it will be the 13th." Mr. that one of the pair of chairnien to whom speech W ful, ealled up various pers nnounced that Septem- i ber 14 was thi The Democratie | State central committee authorized | him to n the That bedy {was very harmonfous | The Republican State central com- { mittee, Mr. Tait’s committee, has not met to d has not glven him any \uthority. apparently Tuesday the 14th that is left in the ma of There aren’t any I more. i all dates. YOUTH HELD IN ATTACK. Truck Driver, 21, Accused of Ill- Treating Child of 5. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., June 13.—Perry Grove, 21 years old, is held in jall here without bond on a charge of attempted criminal assault on a 5-year-old girl, the daughter of the late Millard F. Rice, formerly a member of thé Mary- land State Legislature. § Grove, who is married, is said to have lured the child from her home in Frederick and to have taken her \into the country In a truck. She re- turned two hours later with her cloth- ing badly torn and severely bruised. Grove: declares he was drunk, and pecalls nothing nl*}w incident, COBB TO TAKE OATH. Colored Judge Will Assume Office Next Monday. § Justice George C. Aukam of the Municipal Court will administer the oath of office to James A. Cobb, negro attorney. nted by Presi- dent -Coolidge -as judge. The ceremonies will take place Mon- day' Between ® and 10 am. in the | courtroom where he will serve, 321 John Marshall place. Cobh will occupy the place made vacant by the death of Judge Terrell. Mrs. ‘Charles Murr president of the Murray Oil Co. is America's only independent woman oil oper- ator, 1 | | eral months. CHARLES DOWNER DIES IN BALTIMORE HOSPITAL | Prominent Vermont Politician, Friend of Sargent, Had Lived Here Three Years.' Charles Downer, prominently iden- tified with public affairs in Vermont, where he served in the State Legis- lature, and a resident of Washington for the past several years, died in Baltimore yesterday kins Hospital, after an illness of sev- He was 60 years of age. Mr. Downer, who was well known in administration circles in the Capi- tal, where Attorney General Sargent and Senator Dale of V: among his close friends in Sharon, Vt, where funers ices and interment will take place. After receiving his early education at Boston Latin College, Mr. Downer graduated from Harvard University and Harvard w School. After serving two terms in the Vermont House in 1898 and 1902, Mr. Downer was elected to the State Senate from | Windsor County in 1904. In that year he served as a delegate to the Republican national convention. One of the largest tracts in Ver- mont’s system of State forests, con. taining 800 acres, and adjoining his estate at Sharon, was given to the State by Mr. Downer and bears his name. During his continuous. residence here for the past three years Mr. Downer made his home at the Wil- lard Hotel. He was a member of the Metropolitan Club of this city, the Union_Club of Boston and the Har- vard Club of New York. . Tarantulas are bred in Australia for the sake of their webs, the fila- ments of which are made into thread for balloons. FEach tarantula vields from i« o 40 yards of filament, at Johns Hop- | MASONS TO DELIVER RARE MINUTE BOOK George Washington's Record in Volume Repaired for Lodge at Fredericksburg, Va. | Several hundred lof B. B. Frenen' F..A. A. M., and, of the Trestlehoard Club, which is made up of Masons of the Government Printing Office, are to go to Frederickshurg, Va., this afternoon, leaving Washing(on at o'clock to present to the. Fredericks Iburg Lodge of Masons the latter's lodge minute hook, in which is con |tained a record of Gieorze Washing- | ton receiving his various degrees in | Masonr: The hook, which was becoming di- lapidated, was placed in the custody lof the local Masons to be put in re | pair, and is mow in such condition as to last for several more centuries, it is stated. | “he beok, which is considered of in- | estimable value, contains the original record of the initiation of George Washington in the Lodge, No. 4. November 4, 1752, his passing, March 3, 1753, and raising on August 4, 1753. It also records his paving two pounds and three shillings for his initiation fee. Bookbinders of the Government Printing Office, who are Masons, vol- unteered to put the book in repair and Masons, members Lodge. No. 15, Prititer, it is stated, to do the work there. One hundred and thirteen book- binders of the Masonic Fraternity working at the office bore the expense of several hundred dollars involved in making the necessary repairs. That erying is 1.4 work has been proved by a Danish physiologist, who shovs that the tisste change in a crying baby is twice that of a sleep- ing one, - Fredericksburg | obtained permission from the Public | Start Training July 8. Quota Unfilled. Summer mil training got witk un- der way opening camps in the of the Wash- of two or sma West, | ington co until J tary training ca Area open at Fort I Humphreys, Va.: Camp M. Fort Myer, Va.. and Fe The total estimated these camy m entir covered by the 3d Corps will Wa repor in not turn mili- W the 3d Corps Va. Fert ade. Md. t Monroe, Va out o citizens tis, attendance at the are he show oy Department N avy reject plving for ans or for over the coun der training has been provided for by Congress. While applications re ceived by all corps area commanders had reached a fizure well over the 000 total this week, acceptances are still 10,000 short of that number. - Department has taken hovs who intend to ap- pIY to get in their papers promptly i Third men will he as Basi~ Infantrs which the first.year the 34th ide phy rocauses. A totrl 000 lads un course, men students at Humphreys sociated with the | and 29th Regular o + hasic Infantr and advanced Field | Artitiery at np Meade, with the | 17th Tank Battalion, 1st Battalion, | 12th_Infantry and a ma v oof the | 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery: ad vanced Cavalry at Fort Myer. with the 2d Squadron, 3d Ary. less one | troop: st Artillery (including youngsters from the 4th Corps Area taking this course) at t Monroe, with the 12th and 6lst Coast Artll | lery regiments, | The big contingents will he at Fustis and Meade in the Infantry | courses, more than 1.500 bovs bei scheduled for training at the Virginia center and 2.000 at Meade. The few District boys eligible for advanced | Signal Corps trai will go to- the main Signal Corps camp at Fort | Monmouth, N. J., which dees not open | until August 6. In addition te the civilian eamps at Camp Meade, units the Reserve fic Training (¢ . including that from-Howard University, will he under traint there during the period June 11 to July 22 1 Up to June 10, date of the lategt | official report at the War Depir- ment. only 81 per cent of the 34 | Corps Arvea quota for the citizeri' military training camps had_been fill ed. With a minimum of 4,300 to be ;lm!ned. applications on that date totaled 4,701 and acceptances 2,767 The total of applications all over the country on that date was 47,041, U. S. Ship Is Grounded. BIZERTA, Tunis, June 18 (@) The American steamer Storm King, from New York and Philadelphia, went ashore vesterday off Cape Negre with a cargo of 8,000 tons of grain, gasoline and other commodities. It ix | expected that the vessel will be saved, as good weather prevalls, and a pow. erful tug is on her way from Almeria, Spain, to give as ‘}