Evening Star Newspaper, July 16, 1926, Page 11

NOTABLES CALLED IN ILLINOIS PROBE G. 0. P. Leaders in State Will Testify in Inquiry Into Primary Expenses. . By the Associated Pyess. CHICAGO, July 16.—A good por- BAND CONQERTS. At Washington Barracks by the Unltwe'\i States mvm band leader; Thomas ¥. Darcy, second leader, at MO o'clock tonight. March, “Coronal ! Elhnm Overture, “Feace Fullv-r' Rel 9 Bull‘ "T\I!‘Q ced m Dan Henry the VIII" a. Morris Dance, , Excerpts trom “The Burgo: +.Luders DETROTER-WINNER VENING/ STAR, OF BALLOON RACE Vietor in Elks’ Bonust Bo! ‘in FM( Apparently Set-, ; ting New Record. £ | By the A-ng-u{i:-_(g. tion of Illinois’ who's who in Republi- | can polities will u;suty before the spe: clal Senate committee investigating the alleged expenditure of. §3,000,000 in the Illinots Republican senatorial primary, when the hearing is called in Chicago on July 26. Egdwin A. Olson, United States district attorney, yes- terday was notified by Senator James A. Reed, chairman of the’committee, to advise men who have been asked to testify relative to the procedure of the hearing. Col. Frank L. Smith, Rwubllcan nominee . for United States Senator, and Senator William McKinley, de: feated by Smith in the April primary, are reported to have been summoned. Samuel Insull, public utilities head, ¥ will be questioned relative to recent charges called to the attention of the Senate by Senator Caraway of Ar- kansas that he contributed 3500 000 to the campaign of Col. Smith. Mrs. Medill MCCorm!ck was the only woman whose name was report- ed. She will be asked about reports that she contributed $30,000 of her own money to the campaign of Sen- ator McKinley. The charges made by Senator Cara- way involved al Daniel Schuyler, Chicago attorney, and John H. Walk- er, president of the Illinois Federation of Labor. George E. Brennan, Democratic national committeeman, and candidate against Col. Smith, was the only Democrat reported called. Leaders of Cook County political factions alsa will be heard. The hearings are ex- pected to last three weeks. BYRD RETURNS HERE. Home Folky at Winchester Add Rotary to Many Honors. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., July 16.— Comdr. Richard Evelyn Byrd, North Pole hero of the United States Navy, who came home Wednesday night to receive a gold medal and a tumultu- ous greeting at the hands of citizens of this and a score of other northern Virginia towns, left today for Wash- ington, after having another honor conferred upon him—honorary mem- bership in the Winchester Rotary Club, authorized by the international organization. 1dyll, “The Ml In ¢ Bierberg Sélection from “The anld' March, “Distant G%nq 'Th. Star Epln‘hd Banner” Th United States Marine Band will give a concert at uw Sylvan Theater, Monument Grounds, at 8 o'clock ton t. with Willlam H. Santelmann, leader, and Taylor Branson, sec- ond leader,. conducting. "The numbers on the program will be announced by Maj. S. D. Rothafel (Royy), Maring Corps reserve. ‘ There will be o concert by the Marine Band at the Sylvan Theater Saturday night. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band, upper tomorrow_ even! o'clock, John 8. mann, bandi Emii A. Fenstad, oy B March, “The New Ebbitt,” Zirnmermann Overture, “Joan of Arc”..Verdl Suite romantic, “Atlgntis,” Safranek Synopsis (1) *“Nocturne and Morning Hymn of Praise. (2) “A Court Function,” (3) “I Love Thee (“The Prince and Aana”), (4) “The De- strucion of Atlantls.” Scenes from comic opera. “The Mil ...Sullivan Fox trot, “Don't Wake Me Up,” Waltz sul'.e, ‘Spring, Boflulk: Finale, “Sleepy Time Gal," Whiting “The Btar Spangled Banner. Hoover to Address Police Chiefs. Secretary of Commerce Hoover will deliver an address at Chicago on Mon: day before the International Associa: tion of Police Chiefs, and will speak at Minneapolis Tuesday on inland waterways before a group interested in that subject. e Similar honors were conferred upon | = his brother, Gov. H. F. Byrd, and upon Rear Admiral Louis M. Nulton, POISON OAK superintendent of the United States || Naval Academy, who is also & Win- chester boy. The honorary memberships were i presented by the Rev. Dr. F. T. Mc- Faden, Church, an honorary member of the ‘Winchester and Richmond clubs. B P Y S A Will of Mrs. Oalbert Probated. Rev. Eugene A. Hannan, former ||| Cathoic| | pastor of < St. Martin's Church, has asked the District Su- preme Court to probate the will of |} his aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth R. Colbert, who died June 29. Under the will Father Hannan is named as executor. The estate s valued at $176874.74, and includes premises 2015 place, valued at $15,000, bonds and other sect T Sl6 074,74, Mra. Colbert s sur- vived by nephews and nieces, Rev. E. A. Hannan, Mary A. Whyte, Al na C., John E.-and Loretto A. Han- nan. Attorney Paul E. Johnson ap- pears for the executor. Colu pastor of the Presbyterian || PQISON IVY And other itching skin irrita- tions and eruptions immediately relieved by the use of “THE CREAM THAT HEALS!™ IV sl ad VAL of cu‘l Yo, o " Ask your dmulnnbmth ‘renhmemmed:wmxm back guarantee. m b 1a Wl CHICAGO, July 16.—Belleved to have broken American jrecords fo distance and enduunegu the Detroiter, virtually given up as descended at Jeunl terday and won the loon rl.em Fla., late yes- lks' natlonn bal distance: from 0. is 85 mllv- and thc: hll’l’oou was in the air 41 hours. The victorious ballogn is the [entry of the Detwlt F\ylg ‘Society and was manned by A. osser and Charles D ‘Willlams. “The owner wins a 81 000 prize, an trophy, for (hl endurance rd and a edll from the Nationale Acnmutlcu So- city. to the time of receipt ofl ‘word it wn' believed Syend Rassmus. w Elward J. Hm which came to earth at Postland, Ark., 635 miles away, at 6:16 a.m., had won the race. ‘The two other! bu.lloanl lapded urllfir t! M‘ Ohio, 'gurun. ‘Tenn., Capt. Hon‘mfl of St. Louls, in whlch his daughter Ednd was a pas- finzflr at Thompsonville, Til., Wednes- y. The latter was forced down by a leaking gas yalve. The evening re, amateur drama- tists in the little town had given a play entitled “The Girl Balloonist,” in wblch the heroine stepped from a balloo: In fln l'ncrnln the play repeated it- self in . uduh Edna Honeywell who accempan er fath w«: out of his ballpon after it sifted down into the barnyard of thg Mr. Curry. And, like the girl In tho l? Miss ‘Honeywell wore knickers and seemed pleased with her trip. About 45,000 unemployed in mark sre\recelving support from labor clerk of the Circuit Court. st In a storm, H. LEADERS PIGK SLATE AN MONTGOMERY COUNTY ogratic .Or‘uuuuu Wil Support Ritchie,' Pr. Jones for organization o t !f.xhlch Maj. E has’ picked dates it will support at the pri- ary election on September 14, and begun 1o hustle in their behalf. Gov. Ritchie and his assoclates on he State tis u'g on the list, and be backed for ons are as follows: e, Dr. Eugene Jones; Preston Ray; House of Delegates, E. Brooke George L. Edmonds, Richard e and ‘Hnrv ‘White; regis- errie E. &-tag‘l. cougl john Gardner; sher State’s attorney, pr- TO7ENA OVRR WHOLE BOOY Bailey, R. F. 'r':n"pm‘z 'Als., Jan. 19, 1026. ©, FRIDAY, JULY 16 19% commlsstoners, 'm-r “BORROWING” FUNDS HIT, loners, first er; second dis- trict, Clagett C. Hil(nn. fol trict, Dr. Benjamin C. Perry; fift) trict, Lacy Shaw; wunty surveyor, Joseph N Starke Cawhllk Used to Mh Bitd'. MOUNT VERNON, N. ¥, duly 18 (P).—The sound of the cowhell re- placed the clatter of the grackle yes- terday in Mount Vernon's first vlc- orious lurml’h against gyptian pl ‘The hln;-, wh!nh infest the twnl trees to the dis: traction of the citizens, fled in dis- gust. But they returned when the cowbells. ceased.to ring. | New Warns Fostal Employes on Using U. 8. Money Even for Day. Post office employes were warned today againgt ‘borrowing” even for a day any of the department mongy in_their care. Reports t employes have con- yerted funds to their own uges, sub- stituting personal checks or due bills, ulted in the issuance by Postmas- er General New of. a. notice that he “will not countenance or condone such conversion iy any circumstances whatsover, if ordy for one day and returne Any émploye found guilty not only will be w gma P- burnd retary ¢l with' zzlement punbhlb!i b plthor ne or lmprbonmnt up to 10 Reservist Made Permanent. First t. t M. Young, l:epda‘lml col fl;-‘t ‘illeugemnltu in the ical RS e gl m’ gnd will remaia on duty at his pres- ‘#nt station. Motorists _should nm;mhvr that gome folks are deaf and therefore nol try to blow pedestrians out of their beerves the Natlonal Safety st . . 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