Evening Star Newspaper, June 26, 1926, Page 12

PITCHING AC m is sk in center: S HONOR GU Walter John AT DINNER GIV] JUNE 26, 1926. EVENING SECRF l\I(\ N SON the S f A of the photog ulture the apped yester laborator aph was s S ON THE JOB. Bureau of Animal Indust William N. ng_his vacation at w Jardine, son of ork in one where this ational Photo. BY SENATORS. The Hmelight shines upon Walter Johnson, ved down toward the bottom of the percentage list. He was the honor guest at a dinner given in the Senate restaurant . Senator Capper and Secretary of Agriculture Jardine. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. STAR, WASHINGTON, D.” ©,” SATURDAY, returned from a trip OUR BOBBY IN ACTION. young Bobby zraph shows him driving on the of tlu- rmnpflnkm ones of Atlanta won the British open title. With such playing as is seldom witnessed, This photo- mningdale course in the first ro mll Copyiaght by Underwond & Undersood HOLY LAND SKULLS BEING SENTTO L., D|scov'=r|es May Shed Much New Light on Ancient Biblical History. BY JOHN GUNT By Ca and Chicago D ATRO, re en route to America. ted from the ruins of the te city of Mizpeh by | F. Bade of San Fri the Mizneh expedition School of Religion. sailed from Lgypt tod: ing the skulls embedded in great 1 tin. He hopes to have spected by competent anthro- s as he arrives in i Star « June 26, were excava Iar ancient Dr. Wi Dr lbck hem i soon » might he the skull of Goliath, id Dr. Bade jocularly. Dr. B At Mizpeh last six months is considered importance archeologi working near the pres- | Tel en Nasbeh hel some square stone: nment. After investi- 1 that they led to ruins five days to The of cally ent an’ enormou: 16 feet at some places « at the top for chariot The walls converged on a citadel in excellent state of preser ind D inscriptions which that old city of Mizpeh ally been found it Lis discoveries, some would other sitate r in, 5. in which it ham journeved to | in which it s the the de- 1 Jeremiah 41 Mizpeh was nsed lites after rusalem. ound eight cisterns, some choked with hones, which together with other remains must put bibl history back a thousand ye alls date to about 800 B. C 11920, by Chicago Dally Xews Co.) E- CANTWELL SR., DIES Veteran, 87, Was Wounded in Battle at Manassas. Enoch James Cantwell, sr., 87 yvears old, Confederate veteran and for many years an employe of the Penn- sty rond, died at his den Marviand avenue south- day, after a short illness I came to this city be: War, but at the out- contlict went to Virginia Contederate Army. “He wounded in the battle of Manas- and later went to work for the raflrond then being operated by the Pederal Government between \Wash ington and Philadelphia. He after- ward wor a foreman for the rennsyly ailroad until retived Confederate of the o enlist in the vived by imtwell, wh T, Cantwel, W1 of this city. 1 services will he conducted | Monday afternoon at | nt wil in Con-| his widow, Mrs. and two sons, and G. B. Cant- residence in| most hing “Tndependent the orid,” g Examiner, rain.” rts th They | s of the | v resi- | [ prisonment for m M.& left yests Association MASSN WASHINGTON BOOSTERS OFF ON ay_aboard the Southlar The trip ends Monday morning, back in Was . WASHINGTON.D.C * outing of hington. on the annual boos! Local business men to the mlmbl‘r the Merchants w OFF ON_ THE leaving Washington yesterd Canada, and return (o the € LONG VACATION. VIRGINIA’S CRACK MILITARY ORGAN to France, stepping down a Richmond streeet in the parade honoring the son of Virgini The nrfll'rr part 0( the State lurnfll out to \M‘Itonle I‘lfll' Comdr. Byrd. He will al early. in the Chief Justice William Howard Taft 2o to _his Summer home, in Autumn. n Service. N MARCHES IN W ‘LCOME TO LIEUT. COMDR. BY! LARGEST FLM UNDERGOES RD. The Richmond Blues, just who flew over the North Pole. 1 by P & A Phe OPERATION. The famous Wethersfield elm, at Wethersfleld, Conn., is being operated on and plastered up with cement. 30 feet in circumference. The tree, 0 years old, is 98 feet high and fe W Photo. SRR SR DALL AR s 1 LE K PRI : e s i VA 18 B e K B, S PLANE BEING HOISTEI loaded at a New York w v curried the plane to Spitzbergen and back. The aieship which flew to the where it is being exhibifed tenced in Slayin John Kulick, corporal rine Corps, was senten Justice*Stafford in Crimi to serve 20 years in the Kulick shot and killed private, during an alter ing the refusal of the J out of bed when ordere poral. under found Kulick guilty of n second degree. According to the test lick vakening a ines at the b n\(lnllm X, Ban. w back _into i moved the private on the during which, intended to hit the man tol and was surprised ploded. James Leonard Prior and A hiss st Proctor, also colored, rel at 110 Flo A maximum penalty imposed on Jesse who Killed James March A sentence of 10 The sentence is the verdict of the jury, said, enue April 17 of 15 years' im-, nslaughter mallwood, colored, | Butler, also colored, | 20 last with a bric! 'MARINE CORPORAL 1S GIVEN 20 YEARS Found Guilty of Killing Pri- vate—Three Others Sen- g Cases. 1 in the ced today nal Division penitentiary John Ban cation follow- private to get d by the cor- a4 minimum which murder in the nony, as Ku- ree number Washington he pulled the who put_them agam re- slapped the fight_ensued, he only with his pis- when it ex- colored, was s in the peni- conviction of abbed Edward during a quar- t. A1 K. in the peni- | tentiary was given Robert Lee «'he«kfl was convi the killin colored, slaughter who n cted of ‘man of Edward straw hat in the | Jackson, also colored, at 2415 Virgini avenuecFebruazy. 6 last, l | Aa ALEX. BRITTON RITES TO BE HELD IN CHURCH Burial of Prominent Attorney to Follow in Oak Hill Cemetery This Afternoon. Alexander Brit- hington attorney, his home, No. 1 Chevy Chase, Thu ay night. will be conducted in St | Margaret's Episcopal Church, Con: necticut avenue and Bancroft place this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. Dr. Herbert Scott Smith will officiate. Interment will be in Oak Hill Ceme- tery. Ten members of the American Bar Association are to represent officially that organization at the services. They are John J. Hamilton, Benjamin Minor, former Chief Justice Stanton C. Peelle of the Court of Claims, Daniel W. O'Donoghue, John E. Laskey, Thomas Dunlop. George C. Hoover, Capt. Julius I. Peyser, Julius A. Berkhard . Atkins. Honorar: vers are as lows: John L. 1 son, William F. ment, Brainard 1. Warner, § 1 nk Clements,” Laurence Underwood, T orge 1. ooy Adolph iloehling, Charles J. William . Galliher, Mr.. Britton, who was head of the legal firm,of Britton & Gray, had long been one of the Capital's leading citi- zens, “The widow, three brothers (Martin, John and Willlam Lee Britton) and two sisters (Mrs.. Flora B. Carpenter and Mrs. Belle Galt), all of this vicinity, survive. Funeral services fo ton, prominent \ who died at Bradley Lane; fol- Willlam E. Pear- m, Clarence N ell uml Junior Units Refused. for the establishment of Reserve Officers’ Train- . in the public high schools of Cleveland, Ohio, and in the Univer- of Minnesota, granted fln l'HB been withdrawn by the r De- partment, without statement ul rea; sons, ' Authority President Inspects On Its Way to President Coolidge today inspected Thomas Jefferson’s historvic = gig, which ix passing through Washing again for the first time since 5, when it had. the, honor of con- veying Jefferson from Monticello to | Philadelphia with the oviginal draft of the Declaration of Independence. The old two-wheeler, a victim senilits, had to be carried on it ond journey. Mounted on the cl of an automobile, the carriage taken to the White House shortly | after noon in charge of its guard of Jefferson’s Gig Plnladelplna besqu Is appointéd Ly the Thomas on - centennial commission. brief visit at the gig was sent on s the District line delphis t the Sesq its way toward it will sxhibition ; centen- position The chalse arrived here lite fternoon fi place, Frederic | trip_is under the auspic American Automobhile The gig was quartered s the lobby of the Mayflow The . the = 25,000-YEAR-OLD FOSSIL ELEPHANT BONE FOUND Discovery of Shoulder Blade in Arizona Discloses Important Archeological Deposit. By the Ascociated Press. JCSON, Ariz., June 26.—Discovery of a giant shoulder blade of a preh toric elephant, probably a mammoth, | estimated to be at least 23,000 yvears old, in a mine site 25 miles southwest of here has brought to light one of the most important fossil beds in the Southwest, it ‘'was announced today by Dr. Byron Cummings, director of the Arizona -State museum. The huge. bone, almost completely fossilized, was.exhumed by Dr. Cum- mings, who 18 also professor of arch- eology at the University of Arizona: Capt. D. W. Page. archeologist, of Washington, and Charles Udall, owner {of the mining tract. Dr. Cummings said the fossil bed discloted is at least 10 ‘acres in ex- tent, and that he plans to continue | excavations there in the belief that Ihé will find the rest of the elephant's skeleton and possnbu other prehis- Temaing, Hotel. PROHIBITION BIG ISSUE IN JAPANESE POLITICS Diet Declines, However. to Ban Sale of Liquor to All Less Than 25 Years 0ld. By the Associated Press. TOKIO. June Although a ma | liquor e of intoxicants would be ¢ the age of 25 couraged, and prohibition is hecoming a big political issue n Japan. Already a number of social organi- wations have joined the campaign to raise the age limit from.2L to of those denied the right to buy intoxi- cating drinks. Many regard this ma- neuver as a step!toward complete prohibition. At the next election approximately the “dv 11,000,000 new first ballots. Promotes to amend the present 00 affiliated organkat will_continue thefr drx until election time. S.- Aoki. president of the National People’s Prohibition Association.. has said_“it will ve only a few vears until we have absolute prohibition in phis counte* < of the move White | clined to approve | amendment to the voters will cast theis| |BURGLAR ROBS HOME: ;| OF $1,400 IN JEWELRY| [CMner. Awnkened by I.wht Scares‘ Intruder Away, But Finds House Ransacked. awakened by i of his rei ady Herman . Korman, a light on th | denca, at 12 ne; 1:38 this morning. frghtened a bur; away by shouting that he wonld shoot, but _disca 1 later that | mtruder already had ransacked 1b place, taking jewelry vaiued at about $1.400. Police and neighbors were but no_clue to. the thief was ed. An examination of the pr showed that he had gained entrance to the house by climbing a ladder placed against a .dining room window. | He _escaped through the basement. The jewelry, police were told, con- sisted of a ining 44/ diamond: an Elk | emblem 4 v and diamond | | stickpin. = A small_amount of money | also was taken. The loot was dis- covered -by the burglar in an un: | occiapied upper room. Korman, awakened | house, thought at first ing milk for thefr baby. Dis-| | covering her in her room, Korman, | |though unarmed, rvan _downstairs shouting that he would shbot, and the thief fled. aroused a light in (hv was his wife | Three Army Refirements. Col. ‘Ralph Harrlson, Finance De- partment, at Fort Sam [louston, Tex., will be placed on the retired list of the Afmy November. 20, on his own a plication, "after more than 41 yea service. Because of disability incurred in the lile of dity, Lieut. Col. Edward T. Donnelly, Ist. Fleld Artillery, has been retired ‘in the grade of colonel. He | was recently” stationed at Fort sill, Okla. First Sergt. Luke ~Mitchell, 10th Cavalry, at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., has been placed on the retired list on his own applieation, after more than - IDJ years! | ! Burkin, DURKIN' “NERVE” - BREAKS AT TRIAL| 'Slayer Sobs, I Didn't Know,’ When Widow of Victim Tells Her Story. By the As iated Press. CHICAGO, June 26.—Martin Dur kin, shiek gunman, on t life for killing Edward Federal ‘officer, yesterday, heard pretty widow tell of identifying husband’s body in a morgue. Durkin burst Into tears. As she left | the witn tand she brushed by who' threw up his hands and a and | sobbed. “Oh; Mrs. Shanahan, T didn’t know™ then threw himself forward on ble and cried, his head buried in arms. stant a State’s Attorney Mi Romano declared that Dur he was being hunted for minal offense and knew that Shan- ahan was a Federal agent when he | Killed him. After the shooting, Romano said, Durkin went to the home of Andy a garage mechanic, shaved off che, and told hov had approached him in the & tapped him on the leg and said: know vou, Durkin: we have been looking foi’ you all over the country.” Romano declared that Durkin told Cserp, “You know I couldn’t stand | for a pinch.-.] didn’t mean to kil the ‘dick,’ but he had a ‘rod,’ and in order to get away [-had to plug hin.” o Only five times since the inception of the United States amateur golf championship in . 1894- has e winner ‘been. abla ! ; in | % | reetion of Mrs. MOTHERS' CARPS - PLANS DISCUSSED Mssociated Charities Com- , | ‘mittee Is Told But Half of Necessary Fund Is Ready. | and a nembers of the Summer Associated after- John Joy dozen other Edison. chairman, | | | | outing= committee of the who met the Soci House, cet, gave their en- tic approval to the plans for | the reopening of Camp Good Will and Camp Pleasant, with the hope | that they will be able to care for as many children and mothers during ihe coming heated season they did last year. Camp Good Will, in | its new site in Rock Creek Park last vear, gave free vacation outings to 401 children and 74 mothers or care- takers, while Camp Pleasant enter- tained 435 children and 62 nm!h! Of these 218 wgre allowed to v in ‘| camp longer than two weeks, making 7 Lotal of outings 1.194. The committee estimates that it costs about $1 a day for each camp- er during the season and Harry G. Meem, treasurer, in making his financial statement told the members present that so far less than half « {5 itunde. reqvired focuboth camy on last quota had heen re | ceived. "1le und others thought this might be due’in part to the coolness of the weather up to this time, which had_eaused many to delay their gifts for this popular work. Owing to this urgent need of funds ctual operation of the camps, the tuthorized only the most Charitles, | noon in These incl | | | ing plant fe | 1a 1 Will and a wrge water tank mp Pleasant, purchase’ of n few, new those no longer serys | besides the tents to replace ceable. srnest L. Wilkinson in the Business Hi as an_instructor 1. has been | Gouley wife mp sted by hi: of workers. Camp under the di- B. Glenn: this tenth season in that - Both Mrs. Glenn and inson told the commites some. | thing of their plans Those present, in addition to the ofs |ficers mentioned _above, wereh. Diy eorze M. Kober, Dr. Joseph A. Murphy, George S. Wilson. Mrs, Adolph Kahn, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Ay | Sfmon, Mrs. alter S, . Mr . Neligh, Prof. Georg | Aaron Brylawski, Walla e s Louise 0. Beall, ficld s | committee, | seneral secretary and a new | Pleasant will be ag: Lat heing her a ‘ DRUNKENNESS GAINING. Norway Committee Seeks Means of Protecting Wives of Inebriates. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News, OSLO, June 26.-—Drunkenness fin vay seems to be on the increase, despite prohibition. An official com- mittee has just met to discuss means of protecting wives against the bru- pe | N ality of drunken husbands. The .committee strongly opposes the so-called sobriety courts to which | wives may apply anonymously for{ | protection.” The court would first try | to influence the husband morally, but If necessary would be empowered to imprison him. (Copyright. 1926,y Chicago Dally NewsCo.)