Evening Star Newspaper, July 24, 1926, Page 10

THE AIR IS FULL team of star swimme Crystal Pool, il races are a feature or t e A COOL. GAME and Eleanora Thompsou playing CHAMPIONS. g for A. the w-quuonm. e Ilinois (lu- National A. A. U._champion 1 Exposi Copyright by events at hip " swimming P. & A. Photos. THE EVENING lolph had ordered (b ph was t STAR, ‘D FOR THE m. Du CHILDREN 0O g the hot wea AT WARDMAN PARK POOL YE! TERDAY i‘ilil\ n lhmimz hh- AFTERNOON. Misses Kathryn Copyright by Underwood & SES(UIMUST RAISE 2MILLION OR CLOSE Finances in Serious Situa- tion, Kendrick Admits—Fight on Sunday Ban Grows. By the Ascociated Press | PHILADELPHIA, July 24--New | Issies continued to unfold today in | the controversy over what ministerlal | assoclaitons charge wtempt to | Philadelphia Sunday.” The fight, precipitated by ope the Sesquicentennial on the Sabbath in alleged violation of the blue 1 of 1794, has taken additio aspects, including the issue of Sun-| day base ball. Latest developments | “wide an make open on | | ng | on Austin, difector zeneral of cited into court on a warrant’ charging violation of the Sunday-observance law. Decision of the Methodist men's com- mittee of 100 to appeal the Common || Pleas Court decision which refused to-| fesue an injunction to keep the ex Position closed on Sunday. Announcement th Americans have to test the lega A test of receipts to mest expenses itate either the city or the directors of the centennial raising $2,000,000 to keep the exposition going until the fived date of December 1. | The Presbytery of Chester urges | boycott of exposition and will ask the | governors of various States to close thelr respective exhibits on Sunda [ declared that the situation was serious. “There is no doubt that money will be neeied to keep the ex- pesition going,” he deciared, “but 1| really don't know how it will be rased.” CHINESE STRIKE PARLEY FAILS IN SETTLEMENT Conferees Adjourn Sine Die, With Canton Boycott Against Hong- kong Unended. By the Associated Press. [} CANTC China, July 24.—Without having achieved their purpose, settle- ment of the strike and cotl which have been enforced m Canton against Hongkong for 13 months, representatfves of the British colony and the Canton government have ad- Journed their conference here sine die, ané the longkong delegates returred home today. The conference, however, succeeded i drawing up certain proposals for submission to the respective govern- ments for approval. There is growing evidence that the strikers themselves are tired of the situation and desire a settlement. Most of the original 120,000 strikers who flocked to Canton from Hong- kong in a great anti-British.demon. | stration 13 months ago already have | occupants of the vehi 1) deserted the cause. It is conservative- Jy estimated that not more than 7,000 remain active in the boycott. POLICEMAN STOPS ALLEGED RUM AR Lone Officer, Without Use _of‘ Gun, Catches 3 in Early Mornmg Chase. \\1lhuu( resorting to Traffic Police- hotter early this ended a wild and exciting an alleged rum car on N Tenth and Meventh streets, the car and 432 quarts of al i corn whisky and arresting three le. Two pistols, found in the Unalded and the u ¢ his nan Wil niorning unloaded, t of the cz One of the trio was Gilbert Shapiro, 2 yvears, 1164 Neal street northeast, owner of the expensive high-powder- eq car. Another was Norman Presley Sparrough, 22 years, 621 H street, the third being Willlam Henry Allen, colored, 24 years, 2227 Thirteenth were machine and were killed. OVERCOMIN ball fros at the THE WATER HA the water du oW D. . C,, SATURDAY, I THE CAPITAI ther they will be tu n on Otis street between Warder street and The sprinklers we d on each afternoon at 3 o'clock and off at JULY 24, 1926. put in operation yesterda Washington Star Photo. ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND ST * lives at Third and G streets, and the flag whi The Star Spangled Banner is about six feet long and req; stitches. daily work for six months. ITCH Mrs. Ann Higgins, who she knit, using 100,000 ed Washington Star Photo. 7 ;. Brogg playing his A. annual golf tournament Y. Brogg's tee shot went ito shatlow water, Dot 166 played the ball to the green. TEN'KILLED AND 40 INJURED IN BUS CRASH NEAR NYACK, N. ¥ filled with women and children crashed into the side of a buildin; The bus was en route from Bear Mountain to ) on who ‘was driving the car. Sparrough and Allen were held on charges of illegal possession: and transporting, additional charges of driving after revocation of permit and reckless driving being filed against Allen. Policeman Schotter, mounted on his motor viding north on Rhode Island ave- lodl when the alleged car appeared moving west on Rhode Island avenue. Allen, be- lieved to have recognized Schotter, made a quick turn north on Seventh stveet. Schotter, noticing the three {men on the front seat and realizing the car was heavily laden, started in pursuit, Stepping on Allen the gas, was {able to make approximately 60 miles an hour. He made many sharp turns and his brakes hecame so hot that the car stopped at Eleventh d, N streets, with Policeman Schotil close behind. The three occupants of the car submitted quietly to arrest, sald the liquor had been brought from Baltimore and were led to No. 1 police station and locked up. PRINCESS TO MARRY. PHILADELPHIA, July 24 (#).— The engagement of Princess Dorothee de Croy, daughter of Princess Gial- laume de Croy of the Chateau de Bellignie, near Bavay, France, and Iouis C. Olrey Lusson, jr., was announced yesterday by the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louls .C. Olrey Lusson of Ardmore, The wedding is to take place at the De Croy chateau on August 11, Bavay is in northern France. Fireman Cut by Falling Glass. Fireman George F. O'Brien, 32 vears old, of 1323 Florida avenue, was cut on the shoulder when a pane of glass fell on him from a skylight at No. 4 engine house, Virginia avenue between Fouranda-half and Sixth streets southwest, ahout 8 o'clock %t night., He was able to return to ty after heing treated at Emer- geney Hospital, STEPS REPORTED BEGUN TO REOPEN 21 BANKS Connecticut Capitalist Said to Have Offered Money to Aid Georgia Institutions. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., July 24.-—Negotia- tions are under way for the reorgan- ization and reopening of 21 Georgia banks which closed after a receiver- ship was granted for the Rankers' Trust Co.,, with which they were afs { fillated, the Atlanta Constitution said D. Manley, president of the trust company, the story said, had an- crank Ballard, Bridge- nker and capitalist, has 0.000 for reorganizing the Georgia State Bank and its 20 branches. X State Bank. He said Ballard was a personal friend. The Georgla State Bank is capital- ized at $500,000. It, together with its branches, is now in the hands of the Georgla, State banking deparyment. HOWARD 10 REOPEN. Theater Will Resume Monday, ‘With Non-Union Musicians. Howard Theater, colored playhouse at Seventh and T streets, which closed ‘Thursday night when a union orches- tra accompanying the revue billed there struck because of a resident non-union orchestra employed at the Howard, will reopen Monday after- noon, and will continue to operate without the union musiclans, it was announced at the theater today. The Howard will maintain its policy of - employing _non-union musician which E. B. Saunders, house man- ager, declares is necessary if udmls- sion prices are not to he raised, ent musisians are ' paid bels union scale, Manley is president of the Georgia' | Wide World Photo. A king on horseback. Playing der the name of the “Duke of Toledo,” King Alfonso of Spain recently took part in_the poio games at Hurl AVIATOR AND HIS BRID! prominent part in the round-th after thel a sharp curve. This photograph was taken shortly after ‘a sightseeing bus Ten of the passengers were pinned.beneath the fne ew York City when the driver lost control through bad hr-kes. avy Photo by Acme, Unknown Soldier’s Tomb Will Remain Unfinished Until Congress Votes Funds Though Congress at its lnlth Ses. authorized the Secretary of War obtain competitive fplans for th mpletion of the tomh of the Un known Soldier in- the Arlington Na- tional Cemetery and authorized an ap- propriation of $50,000 to he made for that purpose, it neglected entirely ta appropriate the money. Consequently, Q. M, Gen. B. F. Cheatham, who has been charged with execution of the act, finds himself without funds to meet even the preliminary expenses of ad- vertising for competitive designs. All' that can be done until Congres provides the funds specifically author- ized will be to prepare the regula- tions to govern the competition. Their issuance to ive bidders will e deferred, specifically. the money necessary to pay for the designs and to complete the tomh, according to the one deemed most appropriate. = It is expected that the appropriation will be made at the next session of Con- Bress. Under the provisions of the act passed at the latest session of Con- gress, the accepted for_the “tomb and inclosure’™ i8 made subject to the approval of the Arlington Cem- etery Commission, the American Bat- tle Monuments Commission and the Fine Arts Commission. Governor Byrd Visits National Guard Camp and Capital on First Plane Trip Another’ member. of the Byrd fam- ily of Winchester, Va.; has taken up flying. ‘Gov. Harry Byrd yesterday went aloft for the first time in his life, starting out from Richmond and end- Ing at Bolling Field late yesterday aft- exnoon. 4 In a plane piloted by Capt, F. E. Galloway, operations officer at Lang- ley Field, Gov. Byrd-flew from the State capital to Virginia Beach, where he inspected the Virginia National Guard in annual encampment. He was accompanied on the tour by Maj. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, command- ing--the 9th Corps Area, and Maj. Gen. Arton Stephan of this city, who had been invited to review the troops. After the visit to the camp; Gov. Byrd and Capt. Galloway took off as 3:30 o'clock, arriving here one hour and 45 minutes later. The Governor then left by train for Winchester, Capt. Galloway started back for his home station at 6:30 o'clock but was forced to return to the field on ac- count of inclement weather along the lower Potomac. CATTLE CODE SOUGHT. Efforts to draft’ an international code for combating diseases among Jive stock will be made here next week at a conference between representa- tives of the Mexican and United sta.te: | governments. ‘rhe umm} sm:u will be reprmm. ed by a delegation, headed by Direc- tor Mohler of the Bureau of Animal Industry. The Mesican representa- tives will be Drs. Figueroa and Beru- men of the Mexican Bureau of Ani- mal Husbandry and Dr. Castro Loal, | Mexican charge. d'affaires. Wil seek- to The two commission: h would be draw up a convention, w submitted for wproul FORD ROSE GARDEN PLAN CALLS FOR 10,000 BUSHES Captivated by Massachusetts Wom- Auto Maker Orders Lay Out for Own Home. an’s Achievement, By the Associated Press. MARBLEHEAD, Mass., July 24.—A magnificent rose garden cultivated by a woman here has so captivated Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford that the auto- mobile manufacturer has engaged Mrs. Harriet R. Foote, the owner, to lay out one of 10,000 bushes for his Dear- bern, Mich., home. The greater part of the bushes, which will include several huridred va rieties, will be products of Mrs. Foote's garden, which, with its 800 types, has long_been one ‘of the show places of the North Shore. Mrs. Foote, the widow of a former rector of -St. Michael's Church, met the Fords whenr they visited here last Summer, e FIVE STUDENTS LOST. Party of 19 Broken Up by Storm While Climbing Mountain. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., July 24 (#).— Five students of Southwestern College, ‘Winfield, Kans., were lost last night in the Great Smoky Mountain near Gatlinburg, Tenn. The young people were meémbers of a party of 27 tour- ing the country with a ‘college on wheels.” They were chaperoned by Prof. and Mrs. Willlam Goldsmitis. Nineteen students 1éft 'Gatlinburg Thursday morning to climb Mount Le- ; conte. A thunderstorm came up and raged over the mountain for four hours. The entire party went astray ‘but 14 members found their way back to.camp early yesterday. The remain- ing five, three boys and two girls, whose names could not be learned last ‘night were still mg;ll: ilrtka have £ CHARGE OF MURDER ALSD FAGES YOUTH Alleged Joy-Rider Implicated in Slaying of Woman at Manassas, Va. Held by Jocal police, who arrested him Wednesday on charges of ji riding, thert and white slavery, P E. Woodyard, 20 years old, giving his address $12° Eighth street, is said by Vi authorities also to have a murder ce hanging over his head in that State ! On word that Woodyard is wanted to death of her home, sas, ity _in the shooting Elizabeth Keyes at Independent Hill, south of several weeks ago, the Vir thorities were notified that Woodyard | £ would be surrendered to them if they | presen:ad formal requisition for him. | A requisition from Gov. Byrd is ex.| pected to reach here the first of next week. Arrested by Greenlow. Woodyard was arrested here by Detective Greenlow of No. 14 pre-| ecinct, as an alleged fugitive from the workhouse at Occoquan, Va., where he was serving a sentence on a boot- leg charge. Scars of buckshot wounds received during his pursuit by work- house guards after his escape were found on the prisoner, who told the police, however, that he made friends of the bloodhounds that tralled him and patted them on the head. ‘Woodyard, who also is said to have a jail record in Baltimore, was ar- rested here after he had deposited a tire and a rim at a Wisconsin avenue filling station to guarantee payment for oil and gas. The car in which he was riding, it is charged, belonged to John B. Cochran, 2360 Massachusetts avenue, and was taken without the owner's consent. ‘White Slavery Charge. Following Woodyard's arrest, op- eratives of the Woman's Bureau pro- cured a warrant fer white slavery against the prisoner. ‘Woodyard denies taking any part in the murder of Mrs. Keyes, which is said to have been committed by several men who appeared at the Keyes home late at night in an alleged attempted “hijacking” affair and called to Mr. Keyes to come to the door. .When Mrs. Keyes appeared in- stead, she was immediately shot to death by members of the party, who then disappeared. MOOSE LODGES 'SCORED. Davis Asked to Revoke Charters of 18 for Alleged Rum Sale. PITTSBURGH, Pa., July 24 (#).— Cancellation of the charters of 18 lodges of the Loyal Order of Moose in the Pittsburgh district, which are al- leged to have violated the national prohibition laws was asked yesterday by the Pittsburgh Council of Churches in a petition addressed to Secretary of Labor Davis, dhecmr general of Capt. ) -world flight, and his wife photographed wedding in Los Angeles, le | the blondes s on. | rates the organizatio: Action by tharchurch body followed raids by prohil n agents on un 18 lodges last Lowell who played a Mrs. Copyright Swith was Mrs, P JIEGFELD BLONDES " DECIDE 70 STRIKE Will Punish Producer for Re- mark That Gentlemen Really Prefer Brunettes. by & By the Associated Press. 1 NEW YORK, July 24—The war of Up in arms he- statement of Florenz gentlemen prefer hru- onde memb of eld’'s Revue have the egfeld that nettes, about the chorus of Zi wse of | organized and voted to go on istrike next Wednesday unless retracts his nounced y the producer it was an- ke, 1, leader of the blonde strike committee, “he -ig in error. When Mr. Ziegfeld denies that blondes are popular, and when _he seeks to exclude them from his next show, the effect on us is very, serious. Our blonde complexior - is: our capital, and when Mr. Ziagfeld us below brunettes he, hurts our standing. If his views are fol- lowed by other producers, a& they are likely to be, it may become hard: for blondes to obtain positions.” The striking chorus girls say that I ask a er cent increase < as compensation for already_done them. Vindic however, is what they most want, Miss Goddurd explained. Mr. Ziegfeld denied that he had disparaged blondes, and said he loves them as much as ever. “If they want to strike,” the pro- ducer said, “let them strike. Any hody that wants to strike during this weather is welcome.” . Miss Goddard explained the: pres- ence of several girls with dark eyes and hair in the ranks of the with the statement that is a state of mind." She s Mr. Ziegfeld's remarks about blondes had caused the blondes of his chorus to be subject to a great deal of ridi- cule. Even the stage hands, she said point at them and say, “You are out.” U. S. SHIP-MUTINY ENDS. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, July 24 P).—A mutiny of the crew of the American freight steamer West Mahawah, bound for Los Angeles, Calif., was quelled through the inter: ,vention of the American consul, O. ‘Gaylor M and the presence on board of a Ill’ achment of Urnguayan Marines. The: 1qarines were sent aboard to maintain order. The crew had re- fused to sail on the West Mahawah, but when the consul intervened the vessel put to sea. Abe Martin SayS‘ Mrs. Jake Hentley has been lingerin’ along fer a vear, an’ t'day her hus- band said, “I do wish she'd git well - or _somethin’ I guess Mrs. Tipton Bud's uncle hain’t fiyin’ as high as_he used to. He hain't 'had a chauffer fer two weeks, an’ t'day he let his.chemist go. (Copsright. John Dille