Evening Star Newspaper, June 26, 1926, Page 5

BYRD GETS DEGREE CREATEDFORHI Is Made “Doctor of Longi- tude and Latitude” at Exer- cises in New York. By the Assaclated Press. NEW YORK, June 26—Lieut. Comdr. Richard E. Byrd last night achieved another unique distinction to add to that of being the first man to fly over the North Pole. ated a doctor of lon f the Am a decree ¢ crowd gathered in hear the first of a series of lectures they will deliver throughout the coun- try on the polar feat. Dr. John H. Finley. president of the American Geograph S - unique d 1glas Ro of the Edwin ram by 1 the historic opened the pr commemoratir B 5 “Hail to the hero of Arctic dare, was a lyric of t ting upon virgin 3 the centuries will turn their eyes.” Three hoxes of red roses and other flowers were sent today to Comdr. Byrd's ship, the Chantier, by the same woman who yesterday distributed gifts of $3 each to the crew, after reading that some of the men were penniless and unable to go sightseeing ashore. In sending the flowers she revealed her name as Georgia Etienne, but did not give her address. SERVICE FOR SULTAN. Body of Mohammed VI to Be Buried in Damascus Mosque. JERUSALEM, June 26 (Jewish Telegraphic Agency).—The body of the late Sultan of Turkey, Mohammed VI, deposed from the caliphate and from the sultanate of the former Otto- man empire, who died on May 16, in n Remo, Italy, arrived in Beirut erday. e body was transferred to the great mosque, where a religious serv- OPERA STARS IN MOVIES. Marion Talley and Martinelli to Sing as Well as Act. NEW YORK, June 26 (#).—Marfon Talley, youthful prima donna, and Giovanni Martinelli, tenor, are to be he first to ,“go into the movies,” voices and all, Tne Metropolitan recently signed a contract permitting employment of its singers by the Vitaphone Co., pro- ducers of a d ynchronizing I motion pic t 19ARECONVETED Indiana Sheriff Among Those Sentenced — Prosecutor Only One to Be Freed. 4 . Ind., June 26— ns of Vincennes, Ind., a deputy, were sentenced in Fed District Court here and penitentia convicted, the oth Floyd L. Y 5 spiracy did not end with the convie- tion, as he was not satisfied with evi- dence that Young had extorted mone; from a bootlegger to have his c transferred from Federal to State court. Young, witnesses said, declared he would divide the bribe with an offi- clal of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League. Although it was the Government's contention that Young was the key- stone of a conspiracy to solicit money from liquor dealers in return for pro- tection, he alone was freed. WAR ON CRIME VOTED. Junior Chamber of Commerce De- cides on Policy in Florida Session. the Junior Chamber of C the United States, the national or- ganization of which is now in its seventh annual session here board of directors ice was held. A special train will con- | yest vey the body to Damascus, where the late Sultan will be burjed in the Saladin Mosque, according to his last wish. ay whereby the national organization and local units will be called upon to co-operate in the reduetion of crime and in a study of crime conditions. INWET CONSPIRACY including the Knox County sheriff and | THE EVEXIXG STAR. WASHINGTON, D. ©. WATURDAY. GERMANSTORASE SO LS Loan Is Half of Sum Needed in Effecting Big Steel Combination. By the Assoctated Pre: BERLIN, June ment that at least ‘The announce- alf of the forth- coming §60,000,000 bond issue of the | United Steel Works Corporation of Germany will be underwritten in German and other central European money markets {s hailed as an aus- picious omen by the press generally for future co-operation between Ger- man and American financial circles. While the details of the negoti tions going on between Dillon, Read 0. and a group of German banks headed by the Darmstaedter Na- tional Bank have not yet been com- pletely arranged, it is definitely as- sumed in bourse circles that German partici i any once more is a quali- in international financfal e pr is the firs cly var which is not left entirely to the American money . jon will re- flect itself in an accelerated confi- dence in the German economic posi- - | tion. It was learned in New York finan- cial circles Thursday that the $60,- 000,000 bond issue of the United Steel Works Corporation of Germany would be divided between the American and German markets. A syndicate headed by Dillon, Read & Co. of New York, according to this information, was soon to offer $30,000,000 of the bonds, while the same amount was to be issued through German banks. The United Steel Works Corpora- tion has been organized to acquire the steel, iron and coal properties of the Rheinelbe Union, Thyssen, Phoe- nix and Ghenstahl compani s well as a controlling interest in the Alpine Montan ‘which owns one of the largest deposits of iron ore in the world. Upon completion of the merger the Steel Corporation, ;| United Steel Works will be the sec- t steel company in the anking next to the United Steel Corporation in size and production capacity. Its total as- sets, the bankers report, will exceed 000,000 and its capitalization 000,000, AR It pays to read the want columns of The Star. Hundreds of situations are obtained through them. PITTSBURGH GIRL TO WED BROCK, CONVICT-CLUBMAN Engagement of Miss Burgwin to Banker, Pardoned After Serving Three Years, Is Announced. By the Assoclated Press. PITTSBURGH, June 26.—Announce- ment was made here yesterday of the engagement of Miss Margaret C. Burgwin of Pittsburgh, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs, George Collin- son Burgwin, to Henry G. Brock, Philadelphia banker and clubman, par- doned Wednerday after serving three years in the Eastern State Peniten- tiary for kiling three persons with his automobile, No date was set for the wedding. Miss Burgwin frequently visited the penitentiary while Brock was serving his sentence, and actively assisted him in welfare work among the prisoners. Following his release from prison Brock announced he would devote the rvm;lndor of his life to prison welfare work. Named on Mexican Debt Board. BEFTIN, June 26 (#).—At the in- vitation_of Thomas Lamont, chairman of the Mexican Debt Commission of ankers, Dr. Paul von Schwabach, has ccepted membership in the interna- committee of bankers on Mex- hwabach is a mem- banking house of St. Bleichronder. 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