Evening Star Newspaper, October 5, 1926, Page 17

INTERNAT ")\ AL ORATORICAL FINALISTS ARE FETED IN CHICAGO. Three of the finalists in the International ical Contest, who, with the three girl finalists in the national contest, were h;‘l'fi‘h'll' 'nt luncheon in Chicag: The international finalists will compete here on ng of THIS WOULD MAKE ENOUGH PIE FOR THE WHOLE JAIL. This huge pumpkin was raised by Shir- ley Cockerell, serving a 20-year term in the District jail, and presented by him to Maj. W. L. Peak, super- intendent of the jail. It will make enough pie for 500 prisoners. Photo, taken on District Building steps TUNNEY BECOMES SIOUX BIG CHIEF. Gene Tunney, crowned heavyweight champion, in the feathered regalia presented fto him as he is made a chief of the Sioux Indian tribe during his visit to Ann Hardin, Louisville, eon; Guita Bearman, Minn P. Mac(r: In the photo, left te rlghl Herbert Moran of Toronto, William M. Newton of Ll\el"p(m W, ken, Assistant Secretary of Commerce, who attended the lunc h polis; Myrtle I’«»«‘), Washington, and Herbert Wenig, Los ‘\ngnlvs e World Photos. Philadelphia to receive a diamond medal from the city. Horse (left) and Chief Eagle Hawk nnn mm: Col ness l ought h\ (-l-n WILLIAM S PLUNGED TO HIS DEATH. liams veered from the road into San l"l‘anl‘lsl‘(- ay while dri AUl tEfles tho canivias RiEs e oy Williams figured in the news headlines recently when he w Smedley Butler and demoted in rank. ' This photo of z v and ylelded the Marine tried on charges of right by P. & A. Photos, m the b; DISMISSED AS HEAD OF WASHINGTON . Dr. Suzzallo Loses With Governor—4,000 Stu- dents Threaten Strike. Wash. o, for ty of Waushington, the in a tight wion between sup s educafional pro- nd H Hartley. ) October was of two years porters gram and Regents ot ftv of whom are a ]l]v‘r nt ernor. last night reque: resignation, effective today. clined to quit, 80ns had been given for his dismissal @nd that he had had no hearing. The regents then gave him a leave of ab- gence and appointed David Thompson, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and dean of faculties, as acting presi- dent. Su ed Suzzallo's He de Students Threaten Strike. Four thousand of the school's six thousand five hundred students held a torchlight procession through the eampus last night, chanting “Strike, They gathered in front of ampus _home, where he refrain from demon- return to their classes men that he Unsigned not doors of all d “nothing to say.” es appeared on the fraternity houses this ing students to refrain classes tod The which purported to have been student committee, pirit of revolt of apprectation to Dr. War Gov. Ha educator Dr but In a spirit Suzzallo.” s Opposed. feeling toward the have begun when lo. chairman of the State defense, during the World recommended an eight-hour day n lumber owner, opposed the sug- was adopted by the e \1ni\o>r<ll\ president i Activ oy War Dr. Suzzallo was graduated from Le- Jand Stanford University in 1898 and taught there and at Columbia, Yale and California and other universities. In 1919 he was offered the presidency of the University of Pittsburgh at double the salar re. « MRS. SWEENEY BURIED. Services Conducted Saturday for Long-Time Resident of City. Mrs. Ellen Sweeney. 93 years old, widow of James A. Sweeney and a resident of this city for the past 70 ears, died at her bome, 2706 Cathe- ral avenue, last Wednesd: peral services were conducted in the Church of St. Thomas the Apostle Saturday, Rev. Thomas Walsh offi- elating. Interment was in Mount Oltvet Cemetery. is survived by three allagher, Mrs. Mrs. Eliza- beth Sullivan. a son. Dennis E. Sweeney, 13 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Four grandsons and two great-grandsons acted as pall- Pearert e —— nelly and Fight| 11 years president | protesting that no rea: | | will Explorers Battle 18-Foot Boa Which Lscapcd in Station By the Associated Pre LONDON, October 5.—Lady Rich- mond Brown and Frederick A. Mitchell-Hedges, explorers, who have t returned from Central America, yesterday battled with an 18-foot boa constrictor in their col- lection. which had broken loose from its cage at Paddington Sta- tion. Lady Brown and Mr. Mitchell- Hedges captured the reptile and heaved it by main force back in its cage. While spectators in the sta tion scattered in all directions, Mr. Mitchell-Hedges caught the snake the neck while Lady Brown caught it by its wmiddle. avoiding the great coils which could’ have crushed her easily WILL OF VALENTINO MAY BE GONTESTED Family Will Refrain Only in Case His Brother Guglielmi Is Named Co-executor. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES. October 5.—Rela- tives of Rudolph Valentino, the late screen shefk, will refrain from con- test of his will only provided Alberto Guglielmi, the actor’s brother, is named co-executor of the estate with S. George Ullman, attorneys for Guglielmi and his sister, announced | in court last night, when the will came up for probate. Ullman, who was Vaientino's business manager, is named executor and trustee by the The hearing was continued for a week. The will leaves virtually all the estate to Ullman as trustee for Guglielmi and his sister Maria, and Mrs. Teresa Werner, the aunt of Val entlno’s second wife, Natacha Ram- bova. It provides for final distribu- tion to be made in accordance with! oral instructions given Ullman. “Our clients are eager to avold liti- | “!gation and are making every effort to arrive at an arrangement that will enable them to avoid it and yet pro- vide what they consider proper pro- tection of their interests,” said attor- neys for the Guglielmi heirs. U. S. TO ADD 15 VESSELS TO ITS MERCHANT FLEET Old Ships to Be Reconditioned Be- cause of Steadily Increasing De- mand for Tonnage. By the Associated Press. Steps to put 15 additfonal cargo ships in conditlon for service have been taken by the Emergency Fleet Corporation because of the steadily increasing demand for tonnage. The ships will be selected from the laid-up fleet, and it probably will cost from $8,000 to $20,000 each to put them in shape. The corporation also has initiated a | resurvey of the laid-up fleet to deter- mine what ships are most available in | i | | | | tinues and a further t” abips the event the British coal strike con- increase in | Rev. PRESIDENT ATTENDS MEETING OF HARDING MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION. MEET “MISS ARLINGTON. the title of M County, Va., girls for the h as the central figure on the ¢ the Leg or of unty’ TSR Tast 1 ight n and Virginia day parades, October 12 and 14. Chief Crazy are shown with Gene. Wide World Photos. yesterday, shows, left to right, Maj. Peak, Commissioner Rudolph and Capt. Barnard District reformatory. BN a bl'a.lliy ontest of Arlington being sent to the Sesquicentennial 's “Gateway to the South” float in Washinzton Star Photo. “l\'l‘ FIGURES IN EVIDENC AT McPHERSON HEARING. A scene superintendent of the Washington Star Photo. at the hearing in Los Angeles of imee Semple McPherson and others on charges of conspiracy in connection with Iwr kidnaping story after her strange disappearance last Spring. Melviller o Los Angeles hotel doorman, who testified e saw Mrs. McPherson w May 18. President Coolidge, photographed with other officials of the memorial association, with whom he attended the annual meeting vesterday at the Treasury to consider plans for the memorial to the late President. Others in the group include Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, Postmaster General New and Secretary of the Interior Work. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. 'COL. WILLIAMS’ DEATH| FOUND ACCIDENTAL Defective Steering Gear Blamed for Plunge Into San Fran- cisco Bay. By the Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO, October 5— The Examiner says a naval board of inqulry yesterday determined that the death of Col. Alexander S. Williams, who plunged into San Francisco Bay last Thursday night in his autome bile, was a ‘“clean accident” and “in the line of duty. The board, it was reported. on ex- amination of the steering gear of Col. Williams' automobile, found it was| warped to such an extent that it would tend to pull the car to the left, and this factor, together with the| confusion of passing trains, caused | the colonel to accidentally run his| car into the bay. | Official report of the inquiry must 80 to Washington, and service regu- | lations prohibit any public announce- ment of findings by the board at this time. Private funeral services will be held here today, and the body will be sent to Arlington National Cemetery in ‘Washington for burial. AIDS PASTOR-SLAYER. Fort Worth Church Gives $11,000 to Defend Minister. FORT WORTH, Tex.. October 35 (—DMore than $11,000 was sub- scribed by the congregation of the First Baptist Church here Sunday as a fund to help defend the pastor, Dr. J. Frank Norris. charged | American Electric Railway Associa- with the slaying of D. E. Chips, lum- berman, on July 17, it was announced yesterday by Dr. Norris. The minis- Ser's trisl 8 qat Lor Novembes b Twenty Cabin Beds, Express and Baggage Service Feature German Superplane By the Associated Press. BERLIN, October 5.—A new junker double-decked superplane, with a sur- face measurement of 109 square yards, is being tried out in Germany on a series of test flights. The body of this giant plane is 9 feet 10 inches wide and comprises two platforms, with a cabin spacious enough for 20 beds, as well as for heavy baggage. Adjoining there is a special freight compartment for the shipment of express freight. the ab- sence of which hitherto has been found a vital shortcoming in inter- national air service. Another innovation is an auxiliary engine room, with a separate motor for lighting, for the accelerated filling of tanks, wireless and other services. With the progressive development of airplanes to such dimensions, the continual expansion of aerodromes of the international service has become an urgent necessi At Tempelhof, for example, not even the latest hangars still in process of construc- tion are adequate in size for the new superplanes, which consequently have to be parked out of doors. STREET CAR COMPANIES RESORTING TO PUBLICITY Speakers at Cleveland Convention Urge Modern Advertising Meth- ods to Entice Public. By the Associated Prees. CLEVELAND, Ohio, October 5.— Competition of the private automobile with public transportation services has made it necessary for electric rail- ways everywhere to engage in “selling transportation” campaigns, speakers at the annual convention of the tion declared at the opening session of the meeting here yesterday. Britton 1. Budd, president of the Chicago Rapid Traneit Co., and Thomas Fitzgerald, vice president of the Pittsburgh Railway Co., urged electric railway companies to adopt modern advertising methods, to pro- vide the most modern and comfortable equipment and to compel courteous attention to the public. Frank R. Coates, president of the| association, in his review of events of the past year, said that recognition of the essentiality of street rilway serv- ice has become so gencral that com- munities evmhen are evidencing a aow qo-operativp spirie CLEVELAND R. R. HEAD DROPS DEAD AT CLUB John J. Stanley, Well Known Rail- ways Executive, Succumbs After Making an Address. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, October 5.—John J. Stanley, 63, president of the Cleve- land Street Rallway Co. and widely known street railways executive, dropped dead at the Union Club here last night immediately after a speech given at a dinner in honor ol his friends attending the convention of the American Electrical Street Rail- way Association here. Stanley was talking with friends when he suddenly collapsed. Dr. Henry D. Prill, physician of Stanley's traction line, was unable to revive him. The utilties executive was widely known for his ability as a negotiator in labor troubles. Born March 35, 1863, he never had a formal education }Hm CATHOLIC CHARITIES DINNER GOAL IS 1,000 "Annual Event to Be Held Novem- ber 15 at Mayflower Hotel, Chairman Announces. The annual Catholic charities din- ner will bo held at the Mayflower Hotel on November 15, it was an- nounced today by Michael Heister, chairman of the committee in charge of the affair. The aim of the committes this year will be to get an attendance of 1,000 at the dinner. Last year about 750 attended. Archbishop Curley of Bal- timore will be one of the guests of honor. A meeting will be held by the com- mittee in charge at the Mayflower next Monday night, at which time the speakers and the toastmaster will be announced. The committes is composed of, be- sides the chafrman, James A. Sul- livan, George H. O'Connor, Raymond ‘Wise, Bert Downham, Edward S. Han- diboe, John T. Buckley, P. F. Gordon, James S. McKee, John Saul, Allen Pope, Raphael Semmes, Charles Lan- man, Lewis Brown, Harry Hites, Rob- ert Cottrell, James Ring, Danlel J. Nee, Willlam J. Howard, Miss Mary C. Mattingly, Mrs. M. A. Talty, Miss Mary C. Boland, Mrs. James F. Hart- nett, Mrs. Harry Bicksler and Miss Emily Weems. PR WILL REPEAT PLAY. Primary Department of Riverdale Church Plans Performance. Special Dispatch to The Star. Rl\'ERDALE Md., October ‘The , “From Danger Valley to Safety which the primary department and started with the traction company {of the Riverdale Presbyterian Church as a’driver on a horse car. Stanley was a thirty-third degree Mason and prominent in Masonic ac- Kivitias in Ohia, I presented last Friday night, will be repeated at % o'clock Friday night in the Sundu achool room the Woman Saves Pup By Shooting Eagle AsC hlldren Shriek October wooping (ln\\n toward a_young puppy and killed yesterday by liam A..Wagner. Attracted by the screams of chil- dren, Mrs. Wagner saw the eagle making for the puppy, which was racing madly for a fence In her vard. The woman seized a shotgun and brought down the eagle with her first shot It measured 9 feet from tip to tip of winz . STATE OFFICIAL Mrs. West Virginia Auditor, Ac- cused of Mishandling Cash, Quizzed by Governor. By the Ascociated Press CHARLESTON, W. Va., October 5. —State Auditor John C. Bond was led before Gov. Gore of West Vir- ginia_yesterday to answer to charges of official misconduct in connection with the handling of State flnances. The hearing, the first of its kind In the history of West Virginia, was based upon a report made by Attor- ney General Howard B. Lee. The auditor is charged with unlaw- fully withdrawing State funds. More than 100 checks, aggregating $24,200, drawn for expenses of the auditor’s office, are involved. The checks in question were issued prior to the be- ginning of Gov. Gore’s administration. At the outset of the hearing Bond's attorneys moved to quash the pro- ceedings, contending they were un- constitutional and that Gov. Gore was without authority to conduct the hear- ing. The motion was overruled when Attorney General Lee presented a Su- preme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of the law under which the hearing was ordered. The auditor then filed a formal de. nial of all the charges and taking of testimony was started. At_the conclusion of the five-hour hearing today Gov. Gore dismissed two of the 44 specifications against m auditor, after Attorney General had expressed satisfaction that several checks aggregating $800 had been issued to persons who rendered adequate service to the State. The hearing will be continued to- morrow. DIPLOMAT 87, BACK William Thomas Named Consul to Sweden by Lincoln. NEW YORK, October § (#).—Wil- liam Widgery Thomas, 87-year-old veteran diplomat and first American Minister to raise the Stars and Stripes in Stockholm, Sweden, arrived today for a brief stay before returning to his farm on the southernmost coast of | Blekinge, Sweden. The diplomat, who wears a flowing white beard, was voted the “voungest man” aboard thes Swedish-American liner Gripsholm. He began his diplomatic career in 1862, wheln he was appointed Ameri- can consul at Gothenburg, Sweden, by Fresident Lincoln. f UNDER CHARGES Defense Attorney Gilbert is showing a white hat 10 Thomas 0 hat HLAN PROBERS ASK 10 QUIZ DRAGON Governor Appealed to in New Indiana Political Inves- tigation Move. By the Associated Pi INDIANAPOLIS Ind., October 5.—— | Thomias 11. Adams, veteran publisher of the Vincennes, Ind., Commercial, | who has recently made strong declara- | tions concerning corruption in Indt o rday appealed Jackson for pe fon to seek ration of his charges from D, Stephenson, former grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan. Stephenson is serving a life sentence at the prison. He was convicted several months ago of murdering Miss Madge Oberholtzer. Since Mr. Adams’ first announce- ment last week that an investigating committee of the Indiana Republican Editorial Assoclation had uncovered detalls of Stephenson’s alleged politi- cal machinations, newspaper men havs made various futile attempts to interview the former Klan leader. Mr. Adams, who met last Saturday with six State Senators and outlined to them the political conditions he said the committee had uncovered, ad- dressed a telegram to Gov. Jackson | appealing for “the privilega of a con- fidential or public conference with Stephenson.” He expressed a desire that the State Senators and the in- vestigating committee be allowed to attend the conference. Gov. Jackson, in Lafayetts, Ind., for the day, had no comment to make on Mr. Adams’ appeal, and Warden ‘Walter H. Daly of the State prison reiterated that newspaper men would not be admitted to Stephenson's cell. He also said the State Senators would not be given an audience unless the governor gave permission. Mr. Adams also made public a state- ment declaring that “the most des- perate, underhand methods are being resorted to” in an effort to thwart the investigating committee’s work. He also gave out a letter purported to have been sent by Stephemson to Court Asher, one of the grand dragon’s former lieutenants, In the tletter Stephenson declared he convicted on the murder charge * cause certain individuals feared me, and others want me out of the way because of financial obligations.” — NAMED DIVISION HEAD. Medford P. Canby Chairman o: Real Estate Board Unit. Medford P. Canby was elected chairman of the assoclate division of the Washington Real Estate Board at the annual elections of the organi- zation, at the Wardman Park Hotel last night. Mr. Canby succeeds A. E. Landvolgt. The other officers of the division elected were: Hugh E. Phillips, vice chairman, and Ernest W. Farley, sec- retary. Casson Leigh and Willlam B. Throckmorton were elected to repre- sent the division on the board's ap- praisal committee. Clarence F. Donohoe, president of the board, and James P. Schick, exec- utive secretary, addressed the meet- in d talked on the Better Homes position. which the board ls to hold in the Washington Auditortum October 18 to 23. The Washington Real Estate Board will hold its elections next Monday ardman Park Hotek ikt o the W