Evening Star Newspaper, June 21, 1926, Page 17

THE FEVENING ENGLISH BOY SCOUTS PULL of York to the Farningham Home for Boys, OVER NI INCHES. in Dundee, v FEET TALL, Albert Johan Kramer of WEDS WOMAN cotland, a few days ago to W THE DUKE OF Swanley, YORK'S € Kent. AR. An incident of the visit of the Duke Copyright by Underwood & Underwood exhibit at the Sesquicentennial. At uniform of 1841. figure. STAR, WASHINGTON, THE OLD AND THE NEW NAVY. At right, an enlisted man of today—and not a wax 105008 JUNE 21, MONDAY, An interesting bit of the Navy's left, a wax figure wearing the Navy Copyright by P. & A. Photos FIVE Amsterdam, Holl helmina FEET TWO Albert stands 9 feet and 3 inches; his bride measures 5 l'r-rl am] b inches. 11 Photo. 1_Exposition English the One of the features of this exact reproduction George Washington's home of & Underwood, EDERLE LENGTHENS SWIN OFFSHORE Goes Mile and a Half Qut in Channel With Helmy and Sister. BY GERTRUDE EDERLI Ry Cable to Tha St CAPE GRISNEZ 21.—TYesterday I swam a mile and a half from shore Tshak Heimy | and my sister Margar Tt the farthest from shore T had been this season, but T found it nur én Joyabla than inshore « As we ne; Helmy, my me not to swim ton close afraid the captain it lifehoat, thinking This would ca to New York, with Margaret tance hehind. We thought octopus which we h habiting the channe! glant porpoises in vear, which he = but Rurgess assures and octopus are they are not handsome. will not meet either in swim T have with vossel advised | nd, as he was lower a =4 we tur foll some dis we cen the my channel! received many cheering letters from American well wishers, which I appreciate. The postmaster bicyeles out from Boulogne to deliver | them, taking the whole day for the | trip The telegrapher has promisal me a pair of haby Bel- gian hares to take home. me today he could not show th now the babies have heen ordered but have not heen delivered yet. 1976 (Copyright APPLE WEEK PLLANNED. Marketers Back Drive Oct. 31-Nov. The Washington mociation was organized at at-the City Cluh Frid ton marketers of apples here to ar- | range for celebration of \ 1Apple | week. Octoher 31 to Nover | year this city won the cup awarded | the ional Week Asso- ciation to those o h a popula- | tion of 500,000 fo tion of National ,\,m, A<<on’|hm\ to 5. Apple Week ,\=; a lulnhnnn l‘onh | | | | i week. FORT GREENE TO BE SOLD |, | Newport, R. I, F:\ns to Exercise | Option—Sale to Be July 22. By the Associated Press The Fort Greend military vation, Newport, It L, will be s by the War Department at put auction July 22. The City of Newport advised the War Department of deeire th purchase the reservation | but failed to exercise its option with in the six-month periol allowed by law,’ reser- | 1d | |Youth Dane | aiate! | river, they hest celebra- | | partment, at VETERAN SWIMMER IS TRAINING GIRLS FOR CHANNEL TRIP. the American gi English Channel fhis Summer. William H. Burgess, trainer, and s, Lillian Cannon of Baltimore (left) and Gertrude Ederle, who are determined to swim the Photo snapped at Cape Gris-Nes, France. Wide World Photo, IN THE & T1GHT. , Edward \! Brownii STILL milliona g, and th “Pead ) cup which she is giving to the winner of the wor Id championship Charleston contest in New York. The affair is a be efit for the United Jewish (Ilnr"lpn Wide World Photo s A the Rheims Cathedral, b: War. The myoney to restore the heautiful building was recently .mn to France by John D. Rockefeller, sr. Wide World Phote FLIVERING THE s attending the congress. PRESIDENT'S MESSA( A s speaking before 15000 delegates in the Chicago Coliseum. E TO CHARISTIC CON Seated behind the c: GRESS. Secietary of Labor net member are the Copsmight by P. & A. Photos. ng Charleston in Rowboat Capsizes Craft and Six Arc Drowned By the Associated Pross MARIE, Mich., outh which | v!\ once of the lighthouse | He told | D capsized, mann. in age from Canadian Sault Ste. Mar had June ; Who won rnoon. Tessier, 15, nior Charleston con. ault recently, hnd au. S in C; he pplauded, Teser danced But at the foot o s from the shore 2 and failing to ve e appeated with | They were P K. and es have not basn recovered NORFOLK, \n, Hudnell, whose address i ble, killed at noon an airplane operates shed to earth near the United States naval operating base. Claude | J. Coley of Norfolk, pilot of the ma ine. sustained a broken nos bly _other injuri His u)mlmm considered seriov e accident occurred only a short distance from the point where Lieut. <, U. 8. N, and Herbert Fentre: d in a similar accident June not toda by civilians vi ml'! was -y P Stations to Be Exchanged. Hiram T. Frenen, medical de he Army medical center, this city, and Sergt. Harold N. Magee, Medical Corps, at Fort Sheridan, TIl., have been ordered to exchange sta- tlons and duties, Sergt. 3 TWO GENERALS RESIGN. posed to Poli g WARSAW, Moscicki has | tions of Gen. Szeptycki. Poli | Haller and Szeptycki i the resigna- Joseph Haller and Gen. accepted Gen. Haller headed the troops in the Posen region which for a short ime after the Pilsudski coup d'etat {hreatened to oppose the new regime v force. Gen. Szeptveki recently fought a : bloodless duel with Count Skrzynski, former premier, their differences aris ing from the Pilsudski coup. The ‘|nfl\ were instructed to fire one shot {each The general missed, while vnski, a dead shot, lowered his weapon without firing.” They were not reconciled. LI Modern school methods are being adopted in manyparts of Mexico. | ' Condemnation oenn At Ninth and ¥ 1 [ing the Attorne £ | States to in op-| SITE FOR PLAYGROUND IS ABANDONED BY U. S.| Order Alffecting Ninth and E Streets Northeast Tract Is Rescin The site for a proposed playground strects northeast has { been ahm’dnnnd ¢ the Government. y re. n in request- 1 0f the United ite condemna‘ion pro- | ceedings when the owners refused to {sell. WHhen the condemnation order was vissued, owners appeared at the com- i mission’s offices’ to inform the Govern- ment representatives that plans had heen perfected for the erection of an apartment and that contracts had been ‘let. The commission decided, in view jof this fact and the possibility that the Government might be forced to pay an additional amount on account of ‘this, to give up this site. Officials of the commission could not explain today why these facts did not come to | the attention of the commission from its investigators until after the con- demnation order had been issued. Representatives of the commission have been directed to institute a further search for a pla: in the northeast section, terson tract at Fifth street and Florida avenue northeast has been suggested as a possibil TREMOR IN OKLAHOMA. MUSKOGEE, Okla., June 21 (P).— Residents of Muskogee at 825 a.m. vesterday experienced what they de. clared was a severe earthquake shock. Houses trembled and late sleepers were awakened by a low steady rum- ble that lasted for three or fouy sec onds. No damage was reported. | R T Pisto]l Taken From Auto That Fig- POLICEMAN IS WOUNDED AS SEQUEL TO HOLD-UP ured in Hi-Jacking Case Injures M. S. Prestelle. As a sequel to a hold-up by liquor “hijact vesterday morning, Policenan M. §. Prestelle of the ninth precinct was struck in the leg by a bullet accidentally discharged from a | revolv the hands of a fellow policeman. Several hours after Andrew Minor, 1223 Twenty-second street, had re-! ported to the police that he had been ! robhed by for med oc men of Ihis antomobile and 10 s of whisky, Minoy, having later found the car | abandoned. was stopped while driving it by Motar, (‘yele Policeman James A. Godhold ) street and Ilorida avenue northeast. Finding a revoiver in a compartment of the car, Godbold {retained it. Policemen Prestelle, Jonde, colored, joined after he had taken the as the three mined it, Jones tubroke™ it and handed it to Godbold. As the latter . the revolver accidentally dischavzed, the bullet striking Prestelle’s lef. He was treat- ed atv-Casualty Hospital. in Sheridan Godbold weapon, = Two Stabbed in Family Row. Daniel Freeman, colored, 49 vears | old, of 265 Seventeeth street southeast, and his two sons. Clifton and Ray- mond Freemar, the former 25.and the latter 22 years old, were involved in a family row in the father's home late yesterday afternoon, according to the police. The father landed behind the hars on R charge of assault with a deadly weapon, while the sons landed 1 Gallinger Hogpital. Raymond Freeman received a stah wound in the region of the heart and his condition was reported as serious. Clifton was stabbed In the side and abdomen, | by Schumann-Heink, at 65, Blames Mothers For Shortcommos of the Modern Girl | | By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., June 21.—"Use of force,” if necessary, in securing ohedi- ence from children was advocated by Mme. Schumann-Heink, famous opera singer, yvesterday in flaying the mod- ern girl and blaming the mother for her shortcomings, as compared with the girls of other days. The singer, who is rounding her sixty-fifth year, is here to sing before the sixth annual convention of Dis- abled American Veterans, which con- venes today. “When I hear children crying and exhibiting forms of temper,” she satd, “I know from experfence their moth ers are doing wrong for not correct- ing them. Different methods must be used; some children listen to reason, mine did: but others must be forced into submission."” Mme. Schumann-Heink was unable to ses where a singer's profession should conflict with her domestic life he atiributed her success to constant | study, and added the reason why her voice had not failed was hecause she had declined to sing soprano in her youth. “Study in small towns,” was the advice she had for young artists, adding that teachers and schola were to be found there as readily in_metropolise: At the singe function *s request, no formal marked her arrival in At- greeted at the station delegation of disabled veterans nd later attended mass at Sacred Heart Church, Atlanta in the afternoon. DESIGN IS REJECTED. Fine Arts Commission Disapproves of Osage Memorial. Disapproving the design submitted the Interfor Department for memorial to be erected at Pawhuska, Okla., to honor members of the Osage Indian tribe ‘who died in the World War, the Commission of Fine Arts today declared that there is a splendid opportunity jo erect a beautiful me- morial to the Osages. “The design should be made by one skilled in the art of sculpture or architecture and who has feeling for the traditions and history of the Indians,” sion told C. H. Burke, Commissioner of Indian Affairs At the same time the fine arts bod. approved a design for a_memorial chapel to_be erected at Plattsburg Barracks, New York, submitted by the Q\m;rmlltfl‘ Qeneral of the Army. a of | of this city. the commis- | VIRGINIA HEIRESS EXPIRES Miss Arents, Niece of Late Ihj.- Lewis Ginter, Is Heart Victim. RICHMOND, June 21 (#).—Miss Gi Lewis Ginter and probably the wealth- iest woman in Virginia, died here yes- from a heart attack. s of the Ginter fortune, Miss Arents’ philanthropic work in - Rich- mond had endeared her to the people | From the time she came into possession of her extensive prop- she became the patron of many worthy ¢ s, and among her phi- lanthropies were the establishment of hospitals, schools. | ational centers and henefits. Born in New”Y wk City, Miss Arents is survived by sister, Mrs. Albert Young, nd two ephews, Arents, and Lewis Ginter Young. ¢ London women now favor the Eton crop. followed by visits to | various points of interest in and about ! ce Arents, niece of the late Maj. | George | ?UBSTABLES BESET " GLOBE CIRCLERS |Late Arrival at Cherbourg Probable as Result of Bad Weather. BY LINTON WELLS, a1 Correepandent of The Star and the rth American Newsnaper AMianee JARD S S. AQUITANIA, June radio).— The Aquitania is still { endeavoring to make up time lost fn the unfavorable weather of the first two days of Edward ans and myself. depending upon ival on schedule at Cherbourg on our dash the record for circling the are watching the log these days with come anxiety, The weather clear with fust enough breeze counteract the Summer svltriness, but we still_have | nearly 1.000 miles to go in 40 hours and the speed of the boat has heen | increased from 22.5 knots to 23.1 so that we can connect with our plane in Cherbourg at 6 o'clock Tuesday morning. | A late arrival will necessitate the | expenditure of several thousand dol- [lars for a special plane to carry us | direct from Cherbourg to Berlin. to connect with our Konigsberg train at | 6:40 Tuesday evening. A second difficulty arose when a radio from our Paris rapresentative informed us that it was impossible to hire an Amphibian plane at Cher- | hourg. This will make it necessary | for us to leave the Aquftania on a | fast boat and motor to the fving field to catch a land plane, thus wast- ing another good hour which we ean ill_afford. 1f we make the flight direct to Rerlin our refueling stop will he at Cologne instead of Paris. These are only expensive annoy- { ances and do not endanger the suc cess of the trip. We have a margin of elght hours at Moscow and one way or another we will get there on time. ‘ (Copyright Spe its veyage. its 1o give us a good start to heenk glohe, is 19268, by North American Newe. vaner Alliance.) A. M BILLINGS DIES Succumbs on Yacht Whi]e Parents Hasten to Side. NEW YORK, June 21 (#).—Albert Merritt Billings, 32, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. K. G. Billings of New York land Santa Barbara, Cal., dled yester- day aboard his yacht, the Trople, off 1 City Island. Death was attributed to | an” embolism—the obstruction of an {artery near the heart by a blood clot. Mr. Billings was born in Chicaxo and served four vears im the Navy as |an ensign during and after the war. |Since then he had been associated in business with his father, a capitalist. His parents were hastening to his side n their yacht when he died. st American exhibits were the features of the successful fair at Monteviden, Uruguay, this year. p- ”