Evening Star Newspaper, July 5, 1926, Page 17

JAPAN'S PRE statesman, who has been counters, is an ardent expert in th He spends a_half hour each morni himseif in trim for the day TER USES THE made a t routine. BOW. Reijiro Wakatsuki, Tokio et in numerous political en- nt Japanese sport of archery. h the baw and arrow to keep Wide World Photos. e anc ng THE READY FOR TONIGHT" CELEBRATION. held on the east front of the Capitol this evening. She is Bell Morgan Van Hoesen, and she will take the part of “Dolly Madison.” EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, ‘D. C., . MONDAY, JULY 5, 1926. Ladies and children of the D. A. R. and (. A. R. will have a big part in the celebration to be The young lady standing in front, on the left, is the youngest member of the C. A. R. ashington Star Photo. H. Crew, Easi com and Volfe, Williams ign B. M. Coleman, Lieut. C. manding the Allen Lieut. J. J. Orr. TOUR OF DUTY AFLOAT. Officers making reserve cruise 3 C. McKinney, Lieu Lieut. Comdr. A. M. Norris, Lieut. (J. n destroyer Allen. Left ._Harold' E. Richardson, J. M. Fewell, Photo. ¥.) Washington Star HUMAN FLY AT PHILADELPHIA. performer, mbs Hotel Barti Veterans of Foreign Wars. President Cleveland, who termed hi from a window sill of the sixth floor He once topped Harry H. ? old or to b before former human fly.” He i hanging ! 1d Photos. MEMORIAL IN FRANCE where bronze monument c troops in Bay of Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney and co [ UNVEILED. memorates Nazaire, on June 26, 1917. Cerem landing st Memorial is work of st $100,000, which ised by popular subscription, under auspices of St. Nazaire Assoc Wide World Photos. nship. City, the resort city. S ACCLAIMED. He and Danny Gore of Sp defeated his chief rival in the finals of the national tou; Master Wi Harper of iefleld, Mas: & , is the new winner of rious in the semi-finals, held July 2 in Atlant Here is Willis being carried by others who were in the contest along the Boardwalk of P. and A. Photos. “FOURKILLED BY CAR HIT BY W.-B-A TRAIN Fifth Victim of Maryland Ac- . cident May Die—Eight Fatalities Elsewhere. By the Assoviated Press. BALTIMORE, July Four per- #ons were killed and a fifth believed fatally injured yesterday when a train on a branch line of the Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad near Odenton crashed into a sedan at Silver Crossing. The dead are Mrs. Marle Brown, wife of a ser- geant at Camp Meade; Pvt. Lester Eblen, 6th Field Artillery Meade: Corpl. Garber, 6th tillery, and one unidentified man. bbons, also of Camp Meade, Jospital there with injuries Iy will cause his death. als of the road were unable to how the accident occurred. ay the weather was clear and jew unobstructed for several hun- ds down the road. car was dragged 125 feet by the force of the impact. The bodies of the dead were so badly mangled that sdentification was difficult. Four Killed on Long Island. BRIDGEHAMPTON, N. Y., July 5 ).—Two men and two women were vesters when their automo- ck by i motive at ing here. The victims were CI 3 and Albert Colling, 26, and Caroline and Lillian Allen, sis- Weers, all of Elmhurst, Long Island. Illinois Train Kills Four. CHARLESTC 1., July s were killed, t Iy, when the car in which they truck by eastbound were. Big Four v train No. 14 at a crossing near The dead: Frank Moffett, 27; George Moffett, 2 S Moffett, 21, and Lucille Decker Weber, 18. Al are residents of Charleston. The Moffetts were brothers and had moved here from Char ton, Mo., only a week The girls were led instantly their hodies thrown down the ks by the impact. The men died rd. shortly afterw MRS. McKEE’S FUNERAL Will Be Held at Home of Sister Here This Afternoon. Funeral services for Mrs. Amo Banford McKee, who died in Tuscon, Ariz, Tuesday, June 29, will be con- ducted at the home of her sister, Mrs. B. S. Garber, 2806 Cathedral evenue, this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Rev. James Shera Montgomery, chap- lain of the House of Representatives, will officiate. Interment will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. Mrs. McKee was ihe wife of Fred McKee, vice president of the Security Savings & Commercial Bank and vice president of the Securities Cor- poration. FLYER ON ANOTHER TRIP. Maj. Gardner to Tour France, Spain and Northern Africa. LONDON, July 5 (#).—Maj. Lester Gardner of New York, who recently completed a three-months airplane jaunt through all the principal Eu- ropean airways, left the Croyvdon ain drome yesterday for another air tour of France, Spain and northern Africa before returning to America Maj. Gardner, a publisher and at the one time commanding officer of the aviation camp at Waco, Tex., covered about 16,000 miles on his jaunt, visit- ing most of the capitals. For a great part of the way he was accompanied by his wife. BISHOP CITES NEED OF SELF-SACRIFICE Right Rev. Theodore S. Henderson Preaches at First Congrega- tional Church. Discussing self-sacrifice among men and nations as a requisite to great- ness, Bishop Theodore S. Henderson of Cincinnati delivered the morning sermon yesterday for the First Con- gregational Church, now worshiping in Washington Auditorium, before a congregation of about 1,500, including President and Mrs. Coolidge and their son John. The symbol of self-sacrifice used by Bishop Henderson, who is adminis. trator for the Cincinnati area of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and preached in the vacation absence of the minister, Dr. Jason Noble Pierce, was the sign demanded by the doubt- ing apostle Thomas, who said, “Ex- cept I shall see in His hands the print of the nails, I will not believe.” The pastoral prayer was by Rev. Don Ivan Patch, associate minister of the First Congregational Church. Bishop Henderson recalled that he rand President Coolidge both received honorary degrees of LL. D. from Wesleyan University, Connecticut, at the same commencement in 1921. AUTHOR IS INJURED. Ben Ames Williams Hurt in Fall From Aquaplane. LACONIA, N. H., July 5 (#).—Ben Ames Williams, the author, was cut and bruised yvesterday when he fell from a swiftly moving aquaplane behind a launch on Lake Winne- pesaukee, off his Summer home on Bear Island. He was rescued by those on the launch and taken to the Laconia Hospital. i s King Boris Thanks America. SOFIA, Bulgaria, July 5 #).—King Borls vesterday received in audience Parclay Acheson of New York, direc- tor general of the Near East Relief, and thanked him in behalf of the Bul- | garian people for the aid extended by American organizations to the refugees. “T hope some day to visit the United States,” said the young King, “and thank Americans personally.” ALIEN PROPERTY PROBE WILL OPEN Senate Committee Will Meet Tomorrow to Lay Plans. Other Inquiries to Begin. Steps for putting under way the first of the nmew inquiries sponsored by the Senate during the congres- sional vacation will be taken tomor- row when the special Senate commit- tee named Saturday to inquire in af- fairs of the Alien Property Cus- todian’s office holds a preliminary meeting to map out a program. Another Senate inquisitorial body is a subcommittee of the foreign re- lations committee, which is to look into charges made by Senator King, Democrat. Utah, that American citi- zens in Cuba have been deprived of their property and that Ambassador Crowder at Havana has failed to pro- tect American interests. Borah Heads Committees. Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho, is chairman of both the alien property and Cuban committees. Senator John- son, Republican, California, and Swanson, Virginia, are the other members’ of the body which will in- quire into Senator King's charges. Another inquiry sponsored by the Senate is to be conducted this Sum- mer and_Fall by the Shipping Board and the Department of Commerce, to report on a policy that will assure an adequate_and permanent merchant marine. Chairman Jones of the com- merce committee was the author of the resolution directing the investi- gation. Probe of Business. Senator Walsh, Democrat, Montana, sought in the closing hours of the Senate to get actlon on his resolu- tion to direct the Federal Trade Com: mission to investigate and report on combinations in business. This meas- ure remains before the Interstate Commerce committee. The House authorized no vacation time inquiries by its committees, but its managers appointed to prosecute the impeachment trial of Federal Judge George W. English, of the Eastern Illinois district, will hold sessions from time to time to prepare for the trial before the Senate. ARMY LENDS. RADIO SETS. S ALY Scientists to Take Equipment on South African. Trip. The expedition which the Smith- sonlan Institution and the National Geographic Soclety will send to southwest Africa next month. for solar radiation experiments «will be equipped with two Army radio sets, the loan of the War Department, The instruments may be used either for radiophone or radio tele- graph purposes and have ranges suf- ficient to keep the scientists in com- munication with the outside world | while they carry on their work from | freated by police surgeons. Mock Murder Trial of Moses S urprise at Church, With Hung Jury By the Ascociated Press. SHENANDOAH, Towa, July 5.-—A mock trial of Moses for murder in connection with the slaying of an Egyptian, prior to the march of they children of Israel from bondage in Egypt, held as an inducement yester- day to church attendance, resulted in a hung jury. One obstinate juror in the men's Sunday school class of the First Presbyterian Church, where the trial was held, persistently heid out for conviction of Moses of first degree murder.. Claude Porter, Democratic pfings nominee for United States Senator, acted judge of the mock court. This was the second of a series of features to bolster Summer church attendance. Last Sabbath golfers maiched to church in their knickers after a morning round of the links, as the tor had suggestes The evidence in the case of the State versus Moses was read and in- terpreted from the Bible by two church members, who were appoint- ed . defense and prosecuting attor- neys. The trial served its purpose, the largest classroom in the church being packed to capacity, with many standing outside. PLEA MADE IN BEHALF OF COLORED AMERICA Sesqui Meeting Here Calls for Abolishment of Race Prejudices. An open statement calling on fel- low Americans to make the sesquicen- tennial of American independence “the beginning of a new American epoch for abolishment of color cast proscription, segregation and public ostracism” was adopted at a colored sesquicentennial observance held ves- terday at the Asbury M. E. Church under the auspices of the National Equal Rights League. A report was made by the com- mittee of the league which presented a petition to President Coolidge at the ‘White House Friday against the seg- regation of colored employes in the Government departments. “Colored America makes this sesqui- centennial request,” said the state- ment adopted at the meeting, “that Government ‘and people now begin fulfillment of life, liberty and ecivil equality as a fair return for 150 years of fighting and dying for country Maurice W. Spencer presided at the meeting, which was addressed by Prof. Kelly Miller, James L. Nell, William M. Trotter and Rev. J. U. King. OFFICER HURT IN FALL. Samuel I. Young, Colored, Was Pursuing Suspected Rum Car. Policeman Samuel I. Young, colored, of the second precinct, was seriously injured yesterday afternoon as a re- sult of falling from a commandeered automobile near the bridge over Rock Creek at Q street. He sustained a fractured collarbone, possible fracture of the skull and numerous cuts and bruises, but did not lose consciousness. Young was on duty at Fourteenth and T streets when he saw a speeding. car occupied by a colored man being pursued by Sergt, W. F. Terry of the Traffic Bureau, believing the car con- tained intoxicants. Young com- mandeered a car and participated in the pursuit. He was taken to Emer- gency Hospital, where he is be‘l‘x;‘g e the mountain top where the expe-|driver of the suspected rum car es- ditlon will be located. 35 ESCAPE DEATH AS BUS LEAPS BANK Passengers, Many of Them Stu- dents, Thrown to Front of Car in Madison, Wis., Accident. By the Associated Press. MADISON, Wis., July 5—A party of 35 persons, many of them students of the University of Wisconsin, nar- rowly escaped death at midnight last night when a sightseeing bus crashed over a bank to the edge of the Bara- boo River. All were thrown violently to the front of the car, sustaining cuts, bruises and mild fractures. The more seriously injured include Pauline Hayden of Springfield, Mass., and Melvin Schneider of Appleton, Wis. Twenty-nine were given hospital treatment. First reports that the party in-| cluded some delegates to the national convention of Sigma Kappa Sorority were later said to be untrue. The acci- dent occurred when the driver of the bus turned out to avoid a collision with an automobile which had Jjust emerged from a covered bridge. Among _the injured are Pro. Charles Fisher, Pittsburgh; Mary Anderson, Lansing, Mich.; Henrietta Pratt, Lans- ing, Mich.; Charlotte Campbell, Han- cock, Mich.: Helen Armstrong, Detroit; Wilma Koeter, St. Louis. HELD ON GIRLS’ CHARGES. Three Men Accused After Auto Ride on Lonely Road. GREENVILLE, 8. C., July 5 (#).— C. M. Stansell, T. E. Griffin and S. T. Tanner of this city, are in the Green- ville County jail on serious charges growing out of an automobile ride with two young girls Saturday night. According to reports from the office of Sheriff Sam D. Willis, the three men, arrested early this morning, have con- fessed. The girls, aged 11 and 15 years, reported to Sheriff Willis that one of. the men offered to give them a ride as they were going from their work to their homes about 10 o'clock Saturday night. The girls entered the car, and the driver later picked up two more men. The party then drove out the camp road, over protests of the girls, where the young girls were im- hours, prisoned in a house for nearly six |diner on the rear of the express train | damaged a small portion of the scaf- and in sleepers of the Royal Palm. | folding. PAPERS N MEXICO MUST CHANGE PLAN Religious Publications For- bidden to Comment on Coun- try’s Political Affairs. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, July 5.—While the government has aiready been enforc- ing the religious clauses of the con- stitution for some months, deporting foreign priests and closing churches and schools, a new decree has been issued providing penalties for in- fringement. The new regulations prescribe va- rious fines of a minimum of 500 pesos or imprisonment for 15 days or more, but the constitution sets forth that lators of the religious clauses I never be subject to trial by jury.” Hence from this on, as here- tofore, the punighment can be vir- t;m!ly whatever the authorities de- sire. Regarding restrictions placed on newspapers and periedicals, the re- ligious press is only forbidden from commenting on national political af- fairs. Article 13 reads: “Religious periodical publications, or those publications with marked inclinations in favor of any religious creed, either by program or title, are forbfdden from commenting on na- tional political affairs or carrying news regarding the acts of the au- thorities or of individuals directly connected with the working of public institutions.” Several Catholic organs throughout the country will be forced automati- cally to renounce their policy and adopt lay principles, withdrawing their support from the church, be- ginning July 31, when this regulation becomes effective. pEIatiR o ROAD WORK ADVOCATED. Chief of U. S. Bureau Wants Fed- eral Program Rushed. Early improvement of all highways included in the 179,700-mile Federal aild system was urged by Thomas H. MacDonald, chief of the United States Bureau of Roads, in a state- ment last night issued by the Ameri- can Road Bullders' Association. “The Nalion's road program for the past four years,” Mr. MacDonald was quoted as saying, “should result in the improvement, to some degree, of about 160,000 miles of highways be- fore 1930. 20 Hurt in Train Crash. VALDOSTA, Ga., July 5 ®).— Twenty persons were injured slightly yesterday when the northbound Royal Palm limited, fast passenger train of the Southern Railway, running an hour late, crashed into the rear end of a night express at Fargo, near here. The express train had stopped for water. Passengers injured were in the car ahead of an unoccupied COOLIDGE DEAF TO PONZI No Action Expected From Presi- dent on Clemency Appeal. Indications are that President Cool- idge will take no action on an appeal for clemency by Charles Ponzi, con- victed Bostonian, who is being held at_Houston, Tex., for Massachusetts | authorities. ' No official comment was forthcoming at the White House, where the appeal had been received telegraph from Texas, but intima- | tion was that the Chief Executive would not act in the matter. SESQUI AIR SERVICE T0 OPEN TOMORROW Mail and Passenger Line Between Here and Philadelphia to Run During Exposition. Air mail and passenger service be- tween Washington and Philadelphia will open tomorrow Instead of today, as tentative plans previously an- nounced indicated. According to word received here from Philadelphia, the first plane will leave that city tomorrow noon and should arrive at Hoover Field, at the south end of the Highway Bridge, be- tween 1:30 and 2 o'clock. The ship is scheduled to make a return trip in the late afternoon. Ceremonies inaugumtyhg the air route, which will be operated during the life of the Sesquicentennial Ex- position, will be held at the League Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia, and the first plane will be christened the Kendrick in honor of Mayor W. Freeland Kendrick. Within a few weeks the company plans to have three multi-motored Fokker mono- planes operating. ‘The mail contract, which was given the company by the Post Office De- partment, provides for not less than six round trips a week, at least one round trip a day and at a speed of 90 miles an hour. A postage charge of 10 cents will | be required and all letters should be plainly marked “by air mail.” It is said that letters dispatched over the initial flight will bear a special first flight postage mark with an imprint of the Liberty Bell as part of the| stamp design. | —_— 17 Horses Cremated. DETROIT, July 5 (#).—Seventeen horses were cremated in a fire which burned all day in the F. M. Sibley lumber yard yesterday, destroying 8,000,000 feet of lumber. Damage was estimated at $400,000. The fire was brought under control late in the day, but smoldered thereafter for sev- eral hours. i Fire at New Club Building. Four engine and two truck com- panies were summoned to Fourteenth and F streets vesterday morning by Policeman M. D. Payne, fire having been discovered where the National Press Club Building is in course of construction. A dighted cigarette is believed to have started a fire that NEW YORK MAY USE STRIKEBREAKERS Expected to Import Workers if Subway Men Walk Out Tomorrow. By the Associated Pre NEW YORK, July 5.-—Arrange- ments were being made today for the use of strike-breakers in the event of a subway strike tomorrow. The Interborough Rapid Transit Co., whose underground lines dally transport 3,400,000 of the city's popu- lation, plans to import several hun- dred motormen and_switchmen from Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia it its own men carry out their threat to walk out at_midnight. The City Transit Commission’s pr posal to arbitrate has been by the Consoldated Raflway Work: rs of New York, an independent union organized by the motormen and switchmen. 1. R. T. officials said they could not agree to arbitration unless the Brotherhood of Interhorough Em- ployes, the company union from which the motormen and switchmen broke away, gave its consent. The new union, which is asking wage Increases, claims that 704 of the I R. T.'s 752 motormen and switch- men have joined its ranks. The com- pany officials say that only . about 400 men have left the company union. City authorities plan to press into service all available busses and ferry boats and to operate the latter from one end of the island to the other if there is a strike. RAIN HELPS GARDENS. Prince Georges Farmers Elated by Sunday’s Downpour. Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE. Md., July 5.— Farmers and citizens of Prince Georges County generally are today elated over the copious rains of yes- terday. Vegetables and pastures were badly in need of rain. and it is now believed that all vegetables except the early crops have been saved, as have water- melons and cantaloupes. So dry had pastures become that dairymen had been spreading them with hay. In the vicinity of Upper Marlboro the crops and pastures were greatly benefited. e HEARD WOMAN’S CRIES. Capt. Hart of Steamer Northum- berland Reports to Police. Capt. R. L. Hart of the steamer Northumberland, en route from Balti- more, reported to the Harbor Police that he heard a woman cryving for help aboard a launch off Alexandria at_6:45 o'clock this morning. Police went to the scene and ques- tioned those aboard the only launch in sight, but none knew. anything of the-incident, they-said. ed