Evening Star Newspaper, October 7, 1926, Page 17

DISTRICT VISITORS RECEIVE IMPRESSIVE WELCOME AT SESQUI. Capital, headed by the three District Commissioners, parading through the grounds in Philadelphia sterday for the observance of “District Day.” at the head of the procession of visitors, {Ollnwed by the United States Army Band. STAR, WASHINGTON, COMMISSIONER AND MRS. RI The delegation from the National “SQUIRE.” Commissioner Cuno H. entrance to the Sesquicentennial A battalion of Marines marched Washington Star Photo. qui Auditorium exercises in celebration of District day there yester- day, and Mrs. Rudolph make the acquaintance of “Squire” drives the old gig up and down “High Street of 1776. D. O, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1926. UDOLPH POSE WITH THE Rudolph, who presided at the Ses. ‘Walters, who Washington Star Photo. EXPOSITION DIRECTOR GREETS DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS. A. L. Sutton, director of the Sesqui- ‘centennial Exposition, welcomes the District’s Board of Commissioners on behalf of Mayor Kendrick, at the District day observance. Left to right: Commissioner Dougherty, Commissioner Rudolph, Director Sutton and Commissioner Bell. Washington Star Photo — FLOODS INUNDATE ILLINOIS SECTION WITH HEAVY DAMAGE, nfall, the Sangamon River floods a wide area near Springfield, Ill. This sc Midland Railroad at that town shows a train of loaded coal cars left on the track to pre- has been seriously affected and heavy damage caused by floods in this and ailroad serv other Middle Swept out of its banks by almost ATTENDING THE SE? cene along the Chi- shown together in attendance at the Copyright by P. & A. Photos. Sesquicentennial yesterday. SQUI FOR NIPPON DAY. the Japanese opera singer, and Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese screen star, Mme. Tamaki Mivra, celebration of Japanese day at the ‘Wide World Photos. RRIVES. One of the old taxis Npe ottt % in which French reinforcements were rushed to the front during the battle of the Marne arrives in New York. The old war relic, which still goes on its own “legs,” is being sent to Philadelphia for exhibition at the Sesquicentennial, and also at the American Legion Convention to convene there shortly. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. West sections. “Spite” Puncture Of Auto Tire Costs Woman Jail Term BILLS ALL ‘PEACHES LEAVES BROWNING $250 Dress Brings to $6,000 Total for Finery Bought Before She Went Away. By ‘the Assgciated Press. BOSTON, October 7.—Miss Marion V. Bray, 32 years old, was sen- tenced to two months in jail and A fine of $10 by Justice Elmer Briggs in the Roxbury District Court yesterday after she had been convicted of having put nails and broken glass under the tires of an automobile owned by Morey Pearl. an orchestra leader. Commenting on the suggestion that Miss Bray had provocation for the deed because of the nolse made by Pearl's Orchestra in a nearby dance hall, Judge Briggs said: “If you live in a you've got to huve Jazz bands.” The sentence _was pronounced after Miss Bray”and her counsel had declined to accept a suspend- ed sentence, with the admonition, “If she doesn’t go straight she'li go away.” She appealed. Br the Awsociated Press NEW YORK, October Lidward Jvear-old wealthy and promoter, is #till receiving bills for clothes bought by his scheolgirl bride just before &he left him, but he has received no word from the girl Jatest bill, dresses which the bought and had charged ing. was received by him today. Last Saturday he had 1 bills for $6.000, representing wraps, ik stockings and other feminine ap: parel which were purchased on ¥ Peache Srowning calls ¥ w real estate Browning, jazz locality for 0, covering old wife to Brown 16y e 'FEDERAL BANK AIDS COTTON MARKETING hias not yet said whethar she was considering "pting ‘an of- fer, veported to have been made from Chicago. to appear on the for $2.000 Rrowning has in- risted separation is onfy weelk theiy | afrtern | Peach . presumably from New J home of her mother, in West @ Hundred and Fifty-seventh street, At the same time the zive out the following state- | vestorday " Browning's said 3 te. | Farmers of Alabama, Missis- sippi and Louisiana Given $60,000,000 Help. @ W. Browning is still ipartments at the Kew (Long Island) for Mrs. self. Mr. Brown- untaining a city home wiinz and himself at the twa . By the Associated Press. | NEW ORLEANS, October 7.—Sixty million dollars, or the resources of the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of New Orl farmers of Alabama, Louisiana_through co-operative mar- keting organizations and agricultur: credti bodies to ald in the order marketing of the cotton crop, it was !announced here last night. | The offer was embodied in resolu- s adopted by the directors of the al Intermediate Cregit Bank here | vesterday. While the resolutions apply only to | L * | three States in this district, it was ex- | revie, eXpects | ained that three such banks in the on the | South can make available to Southern 'e | farmers $150.000,000 for similar use. | The money can be obtained through | the cotton growers’ assoclations, which operate without capital, but re- uire some time to act, or through gricultural credit branches, which can be formed quickly, and have bor- Browning. ap- n the where- | read the news. o edition GETS STAGE OFF Girl $2,000 Contract. *Cinderella () —Rufus | ion | week, as the husband, Ed-| fro her elderly r ward W. Brownin a ‘Ulfferences over the contract are | expected to be settled in New York | Friday. - Her mother s opposing 4 | {oging power from the Federal banks Bt for e B o A s s [of_10 times their cantial miovk. o s P o Aok | T E. Davis, president of the Farm e e e Loan Bank here, said that the bank was anxlous to serve in a large way. *h ke ire's seven affairs™ ap- in would T hes™ pearances in sketches. SR, | Rockefeller Kills Moose. HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, October 7| | #®.—John D. Rockefeller, jr., has bag- { | ged a moose and is having the head Tune de-| prepared for shipment to his home in New York, according to word received here fromy the big game country Tune Detectives Busy. LONDON, October 7 (P). tectives are busy now in London vis fting night clobs harels in an SNIOUL RO proteet ! musical around Caledonja. shows agains v - | tion created under the railway labor {a vear. Com their physis SOME OF THE DISTRICT VISITORS AT THE SESQUI YESTERDAY. missioner Daugherty. The “Town Crier” was on the job yesterd: tors for District day. In the group, left to right: Mrs. Norman Good, M. A. Leese, E. D. Shaw, the town crier; Isaac to greet the Capital visi- ans, Mrs. Gans and Com- Washington Star Photo. EXPRESS COMPANY REFUSES PAY BOOST Leaders of 65000 Workers Will| Appeal to Mediation | Board. By the Ascociated Press CHICAGO, October 7.—Demands of 65,000 American Railw Express Co. employes for a wage increase of 1113 to 12 cents an hour were refused yes- terday by company officials after a conference with a committee of em-| ployes. 5. V. Bradley, vice president of the | By the Associated Press. | SOMERVILLE, N. J.,, October a— The story of a man who was driven to suicide by the loss of his wife and a catch of fish was told last night to Somerville authorities by Hearsarek. He said he, Stanley Sa- 1botka and a third man were fishing off a railroad bridge over the Raritan River last night and, after a sizable catch was made, the third man leaped Stanley | Loss of His Wife and Catch of Fish Drives Man to End Grief Under Wheels of Train to his feet and ran away with all the fish. As the remaining two started for home, Hearsarek said, he reached the end of the bridge and looked back to see Sabotka in the path of a train. In reply to his warning, Hearsarek related, Sabotka sat down on the ties and shouted: : “My, wife left me, the fish are gone, so T might as well be gone myself!” The body was taken to a morgue. Brotherhood of Railway and Steam ship Clerks, who presented the em- ployes’ demands. said an appeal would be made to the new board of media- PLAN TUBERCULAR FUND. Starmont Aid Needs Money for In- digent Patients. act. Company officials declared circum- stances did not warrant an increase. Another conferenfe will be held to- morrow. U.'S. NEEDS FIREMEN. Civil Service Examinations for De- partmental Jobs Announced. The Civil Service Commission today announced open competitive examina- tions to fill vacancies in the depart- mental service in the positions of sta- tionary fireman (low-pressure plant) at an entrance salary of $1,020 a year, and stationary fireman (high-pressure plant) at an entrance salary of $1,140 i1l he rated on iy, training and Plans for raising a fund adequate to care for indigent tubercular patients at the Tuberculosis Hospital on Up- shur street were mapped out yester- day at a meeting of the Starmont Aid for Tuberculosis in the Hamilton Hotel, with Mrs. E. J. Brennan pre- siding. A resolution was adopted urging ad- ditlonal accommodations for patients able to pay their own expenses. It was brought out that the hospital, the v one of its kind available here, is crowded to capacity. | Reports were received on the ac Summer. 1t was announced that a card par tunes. The y gut 4 : : ! court thr < the | s in British Guiana have musie from e xluul the ip-T working of ~how was formally luunch“d in Lon- mines bat had been ot S Lo qometinn ey 3334 F experience. Full information and ap 3 and bazaar wauld be heid on or about tivities of the organization during the | WEST POINT POSTS OPEN. District and Many States Have Va- cancies for Next Year. The District of Columbia and many States of the Union have vacancies at the United States Military Academy to their credit for the year 1927, nominations to fill which, the War Department announces, should be made as early as possible, so that the candidates may take the entrance examination in March of that year. According to the list the Commis- sioners of the District of Columbia, the Representatives of the first and fourth congressional districts of Mary- land, the two Senators of Virginia and the Representatives of the third, fitth ar®l tenth districts of that State are entitled to one -appoint- ment each in the 1927 quota. Under the law each appointee must be an actual resident of the State, district plication blanks niay be obtained fre the office of the Civil Service Lommis- | November 17 at a pluce to be desig- Elxeel agted lager, i or territory “from which he purports MRS. SYMINGTON ASKS $20,000 FOR LEGAL FEES Declares $9,500 Previously Allow- ed Is Inadequate—TFiles Con- tempt Charge. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. October 7.—Mrs. Thomas H. Symington, who has threatened her husband, wealthy man- ufacturer and clubman, with arrest if he comes to this State, where he has a divorce suit pending against her, has trebled the amount which she wants for legal fees in con- nection with the litigation. Maintaining that the $9,500 'which she was previously allowed for de- fense against Symington's divorce suit is inadequate, che today asked for $20,000 from her. husband to prose- cute her counter-claim for a judicial separation. In documents flled with the application in Supreme Court, she alleged Symington is now in contempt of court here because he filed divorce action in Maryland, where he ob- tained a decree. It is on this ground that Mrs.. Symington, through her lawyer, has threatened to have Sym- ington arrested if he comes to New York. Safety Airman to Get Trophy. Capt. D. Campbell, United States Marine Corps, of the Naval Air Sta- tion, San Diego, Calif., will be pre- sented by President Coolidge, on Oc- tober 16, with the Herbert Sch'ff memorial trophy awarded annually 1 aviator having the hi of fiying hgurs without cident to_ personnel or ma. Capt. Campbell had 839 hours ! to the nav: | est num i serfous terial. and 49 yoar, ’lnebriates Ordered To Drink Jail Water Or Extend Penalty By the Associated Prese. DOVER, Ohio, Oectober 7. —For every day they do not drink a gal- lon of water while they are in Jall a day will be added to the sentence of four men sentenced yesterday by Mayor P. J. Groh for intoxication. The mayor said he was preseribing the water cure, so the men can irrigate their s; tems and break the habit. The quartet was given a mum of 10 days in jail ORGERY CLAIMED | BYMAYORDUVALL Purported Letter of Indian- apolis Official to Stephenson Reveals Corruption. - | | mini- By the Assoclated Press | INDIANAPOLIS, October 7. —- | Thomas H. Adams, Vincennes, Ind., | publisher, who has declared that an | investigation made with assistance of other Indiana editors nas revealed startling corruption in Indiana poli- tics, yesterday made public a photo- static_copy of a letter purporting to have been written by John L. Duvall, mayor of Indianapolis. in whicit the mayor promised to abide by the will of D. C. Stephenson in making cer- tain_appointments in exchange for Stephenson’s political backing. Stephenson, former grand dragon of the Ku Kilux Klan and now serv- ing a life sentence for the murder of Miss Madge Oberholtzer, has been named by Adams as a dominating factor in the corruption which the publisher declares he is attempting to expose. Calls Letter Forgery. Mayor Duvall characterized the letter as a forgery. The letter reads: “In return for the political support of D. C. Stephenson, in the event that I am elected mayor of Indianapolis, 1 promise not to appoint any person as a member of the board of public works without they first have the in- dorsement of D. C. Stephenson. “I also agree and promise to ap- point Claude Worley as chief of po- lice and Earl Klenck as captain.” The letter was dated February 12, 1925. Duvall was elected mayor thée | tollowing November. Mr. Adams discussed with his col- leagues last night an Invitation of the city council to submit any eviden-e he may have in connection with cor- ruption in-city government. A com- mittee of the council waited vester- day to meet with Mr. Adams, but ad- journed when he falled to appear. He sald last night he did not receive the council’s invitation until he returned } from Chicago that morning and did not have time to prepare for his ap- pearance before the committee. « Mr. Adams said the alleged action of Duvall in promising to delegate the - | Stephenson tes In the alr during the {claring that the letter was o jappointive power of his office to | in return for political | was in violation of the c ctic | % | gilder. | Duvall was emphatic in de- unauthen- l ITALIAN-VATIEAN CONCORDAT URGED Mussolini Organ Points Way to Complete Unity in Inspired Artigle. By the Associated Press. ROME. October 7.—That a ron- cordat should he concluded hetween Italy and the Vatican is the substance inspired articla pub- D'ltalia, organ of of an evidently lished by Popolo Premier Mu The says Ttaly has closed the evele of her national wars, has completed her task of unification and is preparing for the second period of her power. The loss of the Vati- can's temporal power in 1870 cannot again be discussed. at any rate it is irreparable, the paper adds. Dally necessities have produced a modus vivendi between the church and state which is tolerable for both All countries having Catholicism as the base of their religion either have or have had u concordat with the Vati- can. Instead, with Italy, there is not only in the mational life, but in her international relations. a pre.con- ceived hostility by the, Vatican to the unity of the country, the article con- tinues. The attitude of the Vatican or the interested supporters of former governments, it says, conceal under the pretext of liberty for the church thelr jealousy for Italy’s growth. The Italian sts feel the duty of respecting their church and ars proud that Rome will not be replaced as the seat of the supreme pontiff. For these reasons, with good will on hoth sides, the paper says, it is pos- sible to reach a_concordat giving un- reserved tranquillity to Italian Cathd. lics; such a concordat as would heal the wound caused by the loss of tem- poral power and render possible a union of all the national forces on a higher plane of civilization, progress and power. e g FIREMEN GIVE TALKS. Tell Children What to Do When Blazes Occur. Talks to school children on the danger of playing with fire and what to do when fires occur are being made a feature of the Fire Prevention week campaign now in progress. J. Léo Kolb, chairman of the com- mittee, and Fire Chief George S. Wat- son gave brief lectures at the Cgok School, Seventeenth street near (lo- lumbia road, this morning. Sergt. M. H. Sutton of the Fire Department ex- plained how to summon the engie:s when fire is discovered. A similar meeting was held at noon at the Columbla Junfor High School, Seventh and O streets. Aids Raid on Wife's Home. SEATTLE, October 7.(#).—Patrol- man H. Vangilder supplied the infor- matfon on which officers raided the home of his wife, Mrs. Bessie Van- F ght bottles of beer and on of whisky were found, police The Vangilders lived together. . Travelers in Russia must carry n and od s ot vy a gallo