Evening Star Newspaper, June 19, 1926, Page 14

en yesterday celebrated his ef prepared the birthday LLMAN CONDUCTORS OF WR irnest J. Vidiee onductors on train which ‘was wrecked Thursday morning. upon the arrival of the conductor Fiffeen persons were killed in the ¢ RS, SETON ON WAY T0 AMAZON JUNGLE Noted Woman Writer and Ad- venturer Sails With Field Expedition. B the Accociated Press NEW YORK, June 30-30 carbine. mera and the hing for eont Thompson Seton. author and hi cr.is on her way to South 19 o typewriter, ¢ most feminine of | race th a ™ Amer al ind a lion if the: She nember the 17eld Musenm expedition s w liner Chica the companion River of iition. leads vich inelides another a 3d already has hot M Press. pointi v nivelous pa inine pink s’k b funable I'ark avenue < Went on Tiger Hunt. On the recent trip to India, which resulted in her prize-winning book. “rex +hih." Mrs. Seton went | ~ <hoots, u a double nation rifle and shotgun | of Lord Lyton's, “so heavy it nearly | off the elephant every <he said Hoton in g smart searlet dre &, snakeskin shoes and a | T2 thefy K toque. presented uthful picture as she spoke of her own daughter and her famous au thar hnshi nd Since my child married and my nd married hix hooks, I've had > in the last five s to induige | i woman, ) to its eredit a an Seo-ponnd® hear '3 90 feet ton told the 2 to her gun mas in_her | uloir on fash ntelon on five et Jaient passion fo for trav and for writin s- She said she had kept ecaterpil- | In her room at the agze of 12 and | Paris correspondent for several lier native California’s papers at 14 Entered Sivoke Forest. | once penetrated the unfre- auented Sivoke Forest at the foot of | the Himalayas, with only a half-caste guide for companionship, she sai | ‘I've learned to know India by heart, through its devitalizing rain T rain: through seeing its women relizious fanatics with their lips sewed together by a silver thread; through I 1S my own ravans across the t, through being struck at by a ot cobra.” Asked if her.husband never feared | her, Mrs. Seton replied: | No.' He is resigned. After all, one | max slip on a banana peel and die snuddenly at home. She Ordered to St. Louis. Col. August C. Nissen, United States Cavalry, at Omaha, Nebr.,, has been ordered to St. Louis for duty with the Organized Reserves of the 7th Corps Area, | Youths, Including Step-Brother of | | Young men in eighty-second birthday annivers: cake. NG HDAY. Senator Francis B, he was given a little party. The STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (. PAPAL the Pope at the Holy Name Cathedral, City ECKED TRAIN. J. W. the ill-fated Penns, railroad Photo snapped at the Union Station, Washington. sh. Photo by Acme rac Youth, 21; Trapped In Sand Is Saved From Suffocation Special Dispateh to The Star CUMBERLAND, Md.. June 1 Falling into a two-freizht-car pacity sand washing bin Cumberland Cement and Co.’s plant at ca- of the Supply Corrigansville, Or- ville E. Pentenbrink, 21 vears old, an emplove, as compelled to stand erect for about 10 minutes while the watered sand slowly but completely engulfed him in a man- ner almost identical to the action of quicksand. As he found himself trapped Pentenbrink shouted for help, but In thajr excitement fellow worl men failed to throw him a rope so that ke could be pulled o The flow of wet sand was checked from the chute and workmen immediate- Iy afterward dug Pentenbrink out, preventing his suffocating Pen- tenbrink was placed on locomo- tive of the Western Maryland Rall- way and brought to the Western Marvland Hospital here. Ile was jous when dri ed from sand, but 1 vered soon.after- ward, suffering no hurts. GIRL'S NECK BROKEN; 3 J0Y-RIDERS HELD Victim, Face Charges of Murder. By the Associated Press JOHNSTOWN, Pa. June 19.—An automobfle joy-ride, in which Mary [ beth B 16. met death from a roken neck, resulted last night in | three vouths being neld without bail for court to answer charges of mur- | der. : Those under a O'Brien, 21: Frank 8 Robert Simmons, °1 of Patton, near here. Simmons is a stephrother | of the dead girl. | Police declare the girl’s neck was | broken during a st with the | the automobile. The hoys brought Miss Bogan to the office of a phvsician here Thursiay night. | where she was pronounced dead, A coroner’s recom- mended the young men be exoner-| ated on manslaughter and murder | charges, but recommended they be held to answer charges of violating the prohibition law. The boys testified at the inquest that all four had been drinking liquor and the girl's neck was broken when she jumped from the moving automo- bile. ! Officers Are Promoted. Lieut. Col. Daniel W. Hand. Field Artillery, on duty at the War Depart. ment, has been promoted to the grade of colonel. and Maj. George W, Ewell, Quartermaster Corps; _stationed' -at Fort Sam: Houston, Tex., has been promoted. to ‘the grade of lieutenant coloneél. ¥ Toseph Cat 19, and | ( —_—_ If you need work, read' the want columns of The Sag Edgar C. Sn; ranzements for the celebration in Wash dents of the Capital asked to subscribe toward the fun for fireworks. rman of ar- th of July ng nd s & Ewing MASONS OF CAPITAL GO TO Maso, ¥ idated, was repaii by ic Lodge minute book, which contains a record of ch Lodge, No. 15, and of the Trestle BIRTH OF NAVY COMMEMORAT holding tablet commemorating the s; from Marblehead, Mass, The ship Washington. At left, At right, Lieut. Gov. Allen of Mass: “ ON HIS THRONE X Congress, se: o, shortly after his arri The back curtain is of red and gold velvet SATURDAY, JUNE 19, Cardinal Bonzano, representing d_on his throne (right) in in the Windy P, & A. Photos . Secretary of the Navy Wilbur ing of the first American warship was the schooner Hannah, commis- John G, Stevens of Marblehead. achusetts. CIAL PARADE OF WELCOM al Bonzano, representing cknowledge the greefings. TO PAPAL LEGA he Pope, was greeted by thousands. Rev. Francis J. Hurney, aseistant pastor of St. Patrick’s Church, who received the degree of doctor of laws from La Salle College, Phila- delphia, at commencement ex- ercises this week. Copyright by Harris & Ewing THE OLD DAYS AND THE NEW. master of the canvas-covered Fitzsimmons, son of a former hea former heavyweight champion, defeated Sharkey. The in TE. Street scene in Chicago schen ardinal is standing in the car y Tom Sharkey (vight), once a nare, hoxing with young Bob weight champion. Jim Jefferies, center. The elder Fitzsimmons Copyright by P. & A. Photos v FREDERICKSBURG, V. hoard Club made the trip, leav Copyright by P. & A. Photos s vario s degrees in ing the Capital last evening. local Masons who are employed in the Government Printing Office. The famous book, which TO PRESENT GEORGE WASHINGTON RECORD BOOK. W. C. Perry holding rge Washington receiving Masonry. Members of the B. B. had become Washington Star Photo, ATHLETE ON PROBATION AFTER STAGING HOLD-UP Kansas Man Tells Court He Acted - on Impulse—Got $200 From Restaurant. By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, was suspended “today for Alexander Reily Hodges, former University of Kansas athlete, who pleaded guilty to holding up a restaurant near Colum- bus Circle on April 20. He was order- ed by the court to report once a week to the chief of the'Catholic Charities Probation Bureau for three years. Hodges was arrested. after a half mile chase which ended when he was | felled b nightstick hurled after him by a patrolman. He was charged with holding up the cashier of the Fisher Food Co. and taking $200 from the cash register. He was indicted for first degree robbery, but was per- mitted to plead guilty ‘to robbery in the second degree. June 19.--Sentence 3 He had been without funds for sev- | g, eral days at the time of the robbery and told police that he decided to rob the restaurant on a sudden impulse. He held up the cashier with & cig- arette case shaped like a revolver. Steamer Is Safe. T. JOHNS, Newfoundland, June 19 UP).—The British freight steamship Leicester, which sent SOS signals Thursday, came safely into port last night under her own steam. Her bow was down to the hawse pipes and her stern high in the air, in consequence of water taken'in through the hole in her prow made by heavy ice in the strait of Belle 1sle. New Auto Driving Permit Application Form Made Public by Director Eldridge Traffic Director M. O. Eldridge made public today the form of the application for new automobile operators’ permits which will be issued after enactment of the amend- | ed District traffic code. Every motorist is urged by Mr. Eldridge to make a careful study ot the application” before filling it out. The applications will be distributed by the police and should be malled or ‘brought in person by the appli- cant to the Trafic Bureau with the necessary $3 fee. Applicants will be reguired to give the following information: Name, address and, if non-resident, place in which the applicant lives. Date of birth, age. natlonality, se: race, weight, height, color of hair | and_eyes. Whether permit has ever been suspended or revoked in the District or elsewhere. If so, whether the right to operate has heen restored. Whether the applicant has been arrested since May 3, 1925, for any of the following violations: ing, reckless driving, driving under the influence of liquor or’drugs, leav- ing affer colliding. illegally passing a street car, failing to ohey traffic signal or operating without permit. Mastiff Back on Traffic Job. From the Indianapolis News. Gyp, a mongrel mastiff and bulldo; is back on his self-appointed task of gulding school children safely across the street at Bellefontaine and Twelfth streets, Indianapolis, after a distaste- ul stay in the city dog pound. Nelghbors took up a collection to buy a license and pay the taxes for Gyp, after learning he was incarcerated. For a long time he has aided the groups of children daily in crossing the street on their way to school. i e dadn Union Loan Body Opens. CHICAGO, June 19 (#).—A labor building and loan association to.lend money to union workers for building their homes was in operation yester- day under the name of the Illinois Federation Corporation. The project was launched by the Building Trades Council and other union ~organiza- tiens, P Marine Corps Transfers. Maj. J. R: Henley, at Philadelphia, and First Lieuts, W. E. Maxwell and M. A. Richal, at Quantico, Va., have been ordered to Haiti, and Capt. E. D. Kalbfleisch, at Port au Prince, has been ordered to Quantico. J Maj. F. A. Barker has been trans- ferred from marine headquarters, this city, to New, Orleans; Maj. R. E. Messersmith, Chicago; Quantico to Fort Leavenworth, «Kans.; Maj. G. W. Van Hoose, from Quantico to Fort Benning, Ga.; Capt. W. P. T. Hill, from Quantico to Pek- ing, China; Capt. M. B. Curtis, from New London, Vonn.. to marine head- quarters, this city; Capt. E. T. Lloyd. from Quantico to Key West, Fla.; Capt. L. B. Reagan, from. Quantico to Chicago, and First Lieut. A. W. Paul, from Quantico to Lakehurst, Speed- | from Philadelphia to | Maj. C. H. Metcalf, from | EXAMINATION DELAYED OF TRIO HELD IN PLOT Two Men and Woman Accused of Conspiracy to Kill 80-Year-0ld Wife of One. ated Press. CLEMENS, Mich.. June | xamination of William Scho- | field, 23, Utica High School teacher; | Frank Mott, 60-year-old Utiea cattle | buyer, and Mrs. Lillie Nichols, 46, i widow, was postponed un- | til early next week. The three are | charged with conspiracy to kill Mott's | 62-year-old blind wife. A hullet was fired at Mrs. Mott a week ago as she sat in the living room of her home at ( Later her hus- band, Schofield and Mrs. Nichols were {arrested. ach pleaded not guilty | when arraigned. Mott and Mrs. Nich ols furnished $5,000 bond, but Scho- | field, whose father is a Durand (Mich.) | minister, could not meet the bail re- quirement and is in jail here. Officers base their case on the the- ory that Schofield, pressed for money, agreed to kill Mrs. Mott at the re- quest of Mott and Mrs. Nichols. This is vigorously denied by all three. Both Mott and Mrs. Nichols deny that there is anything more than friend- ship existent between them. The bullet fired at Mrs. Mott struck the back of a chair in front of the one in which she was sitting. —e Col. Babcock Renamed., By direction of the President, Col. Walter C. Babcock, United States Army, retired, has been reappointed secretary and treasurer of- the Sol- diers’ Home in this city for a term of three years. North Carolina Lays {Claim as Birthplace Of Andrew Jackson Br the Associated P The claim of North Carolina as be ing the birthplace of Andrew Jack | son was presented in the House ves | terday by Representative Hammer, a Democrat. of that State. Hammer presented a compilation of testimony dnd source | material extendirtg in origin over a | period of 150 vears in an attempt to refute the claim of South Carolina to the honor of being the warrior President’s hirthplace. Jackson was horn in the Waxhaw | Indian setilement, North Carolina | Hammer said. “and himself never was sure where he was born.” This com | munity has been cailed the le of genius,” he added, because ¢ the brilliant and noble men it has fur- nished." NEW GRAFT CHARGES FLY IN OHIO MEETING Control Board Defers for Week Se- lection of Eite for Home for Feeble-Minded. voluminous By the Associated Press. COLUMBLUS, Ohio, June 19.—New intimations of attempted graft were made yesterday at a meeting of the State control board considering select- ion of a site for a hew institution for feeble-minded as bedlam reigned, the lie passed freely and fistic encounters were all but realized. The board de- ferred for a_week selection of a site. | New developments in the alleged | sratt_situation consisted in the mak |ing public a telegram sent ‘by the |former State fair manager, G. R Lewis, from Philadelphia, Pa.. to Wil liam Pew, holder of the options on the Ravenua site, which is alleged to name sums of money required for cer tain State officlals to have them recommend various sites. Intimations were made by Attorney Crabbe that he is in possession evidence showing that attempts had been made to induce Col. Sam Bell of Wooster, not to divulge anything con nected with John T. Mogsett's allezed plan to split commission with Bell in return for Director Harper specifically recommending the Apple Creek site. | Questioned by the attorney general, | Bell said he had heard rumors of | night roadside meetings and such a plan to have him remain quiet being proposed, but that he had no definite knowledge of it. e s HARMAN IS RE-ELECTED. Railread Superintendents Name St. Louis Man for Third Time. MONTREAL, June 19 (#).—The American Rallroad Superintendents’ Convention yvesterday re-elected E. H. Harman of St. Louis, Mo., president for the third consecutive term. Other officers were elected, as follows: E. P. Laird, Richmond, Va., first vice president: C. L. Harris, Canadian National Railw: Montreal, second vice president: G H. Shreve, Chicago, Rothachild, reasurer. St. Louis, segretary S of | QUTING HELD TODAY FOR TYPOTHET Caravan of Motor Cars Used to Take Printers on Trip to Benedict, Md. The annual outing of the Typothetae of Washington is being held today at Benedict, Md.. the long caravan of cars having left Peace Monu ment at 10:30 o'clock this morning headed hy Lew Thayer. official pilot In addition to the printing fraternity the allied trades are also enjoying the motor first stop was scheduled Robinson’s Woods, ene mile sout T B, for lunch. The trip lay through Waldorf. Bryantown, lle. the banks of the Patuxent River. base hall game between the printers and supply men was first on the pro ram. Charlle Cook is captain of the printers and Jimmie Sullivan heads the supply men. Athletic Program Scheduled. At the conclusion of the ball game a . program of athletic events was | scheduled. starting at 2 o'clock with the fat men's race for contestants | weighing 200 pounds or over, followed by a 100.vard dash, threelegged race with teams of two men each, horse shoe pitching. sack race. shoe race pitching to the barrel, to veterans only, over 45 vears of age; tug-o'-war. five men to & team, and a naildriving contest. At 3:45 o'clock this afternoon all of the contestants and those who remained on shore will fall in iine. and, headed by the Typothetae Band will march to the boat landing and act as a reception committes to the fish feeders, who are scheduled to land | at that time from the fishing contest on the Patuxent River. The judges !in the various events are George Cole George B. Kennedy, Carroll C. Ross and Al L. Tennyson. The starters lare Fred Gauss and W. A. Edelblut A shore dinner will be served at 4:30 this afterndon, at the conclusion "r\l which the prizes will be awarded | Hugl to the winners in the various events Prizes to Be G A first and second prize will bhe awarded winners in the athleti- | events. while the members of the win | ning ball team will each receive a prize. Four prizes will be awarded in the fishing contest, for the largest fish caught, largest number of fish caught, largest toad fish and largest eel. The committee in charge of the gen- eral details of the outing is composed of S. Percy Oliver, chairman; James | D. Bligh, vice chairmar; John Colpoys, |P. M. Becker, jr.; Will Dunn, W. A. Edelblut, Karl V. Eiker, Lee E. Ey. non, Oscar Fauth. Thurston L. Ferris, Howard S. Fisk, Cornelius Ford. Charles Gunn, E. J. Heirling, Frank P. Howard, John C. Jenkins, George B. Kennedy, E. T. McPhilomy, Thomas L. Moore, A. W. Noack, Sid- ley Oliver, Ralph A. Packwood, Car- roll C. Ross, Frank W. Rowzee, Allen | Smythe, J. R. Stake, H. R. Stanford. | Edward F. Steele, H. C. C. Stiles, Wil- lilam N. Schaefer, James *B. Sullivan, Al L. Tennvson, M. Thayer and ven. Benton Webb.