Evening Star Newspaper, October 25, 1926, Page 15

PHOTOGRAPHS RECEIVED FROM THE HURRICANE ZONE IN CUBA. the storm’s terrific devastation among the frame houses on the water fro suburb of Havana, showin, THE EVENING' STAR, WASHINGTON, D. A scene at Luzano, A number of the more then 600 persons reported killed and of the thousands of injured in the hurricane resided in this suburb of the Cub ban capital. A PERILOUS PERCH, THIS. Recent steamshovel operations on the estate of th iam Baker, two-story house on a dubiou 18-foot column of dirt. The hguse sh at Catonsville, Md., have left this foundation, at the '0? of a dwindling hortly will be razed Copyright by P. & A. Photos. PLANS OCEAN DRIVE ON PIRATE ISLANDS Texas Man 1o Build Highway Over Spots Where Fabled Fleet Was Wrecked. By the Assoclated Press ARANSAS PASS October 25. Swashbuckling lemen, whose business instincts led them far afield when Spat have supplied E Robertson of | Brownsville, Tex., with a romantic background for an ambitious adven- ture. Col. Rob drivewny off the of land T on is building an oc the low-lving within siglh Drive on Island Beaches. The proposed ocean driveway will be the longest in the v nd when it is completed autoists may drive from Brow - to Corpus Christ, Tex., over the island beache: Pirates ¢ anish main have cast_thelr this stretch of sand More than 400 years ago, tra- dition savs, a fieet of galleons, laden with pirated treasures of the Monte s, il fiom the New World for « troplea of shore. sturbance cast the about, drove it out of jor daye, and finally fleet on the Texas coast, ¥s' march north of the Rio Grande. More than 300 urvivors are said to have cscaped by making thelr way overland to the Panuco River, now t shipping outlet for the Mexicun oil ficlds near Tampico. » Believed Buried. is supposed to have ng the ure cara- oon are to ins have been sandy hills sporadic > over which t ke near sear several > man by the name of A ars . Muely of Corpus 1 to have stumbled onto | of one of the Spa » to finance salv de an attempt, to find some record of & k at the spot flotsam, but dis- wuthentic to connect fabled treasure fleet. s throw of the pro- the wreckage of fleet still’ lies, but it is hid- have volded s of fifteenth ry pirates to ot the new world pain. covered moth his find with Within & s posed oce: the supposed 1 countless vthe and sixteent transfer t} to a crumbling § CITIZENS MEET TONIGHT. Interfederation to Discuss Pub- licity at Lee House. The Interfederation Conference of the District of Columbia, Montgomery County, Md., and Arlington County. Va., citizens will meet tonight at 6:30 o'clock at the Lee House. A civic publicity campaign to bring the attractions of Washington to the attention of the country at large will be inaugurated. The problem of bet- zering bus and street car transporta- tion between Washington and subur~ ban districts also will pe disg Hartley’s Friends Organize to Block Recall as Governor By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, Wash., October 25.— Supporters of Gov. Roland Hartley vesterday formed an organization to circulate petitions expressing confidence in the executive, whose recall is the object of a movement started recently after the dismissal of Henry Suzzallo as president of the University of Washington. The governor declared the reca ment was “founded in and greed” and would great detriment to the State, MILD QUAKE SHAKES WEST COAST GITIES Ten-Second Visitation at San Francisco—Tremors Cover Wide Area. By the Associated Presas. SAN FRANCISCO, October 25.—A mild earthquake, lasting about 10 sec- onds, shook San Francisco yesterday at 2:52 p.m. No damage was done. The shock was felt by residents of Palo Alto, 30 miles to the south. It was described thera as ““very mild. The quake was felt as far north as Santa Rosa, 64 miles distant, SAN JOSE, Calif., October 24 (#).— Vibrations of an earthquake, per- ceptible for several seconds here at 2:53 p.m. today, were registered for a period of from four to five minutes on the seismograph of Lick Observatory, !on Mount Hamilton, near here, said associate dlrector Dr. Aitken de- Dr. Robert Altken, of the observatol !scribed the quake as of minor in- tensity and on the same line as the earthquake of 1906. Dr. Aitken esti- mated the center of the disturbance as from 15 to 100 miles from the observatory LR S MASONIC CHIEF OPPOSES PUBLIC SCHOOL RELIGION John H. Cowles, at Scottish Rite Session, Would Confine Teach- ings to Home and Church. By the Associated Press. OMAHA, Nebr., October 25.—The public school is mnot the place for {nstruction in any particular religious belief, John H. Cowles, Washington, | soverelgn grand commander of the Supreme Councll, thirty-third degree Anclent and Accepted Scot- tish Rits of Free Masonry for the Southern jurisdiction, declared in & radio address, prior to the opening of the annual session at the Scottish Rite Cathedral here. \ “The place for such religlous train- ing is in the home around the family altar, and in the Sunday schools and churches,” he said. “The public school already is confronted with many problems and the religlous in- struction of the child should be left in the hands of the parents.” The opening session of the council was held here today. Twenty of the 22 living members of thirty-third degree will attend, prominent officers Acmo Photos. three-pound danghter which Philippe N MAINE MONI 0., MONDAY, MENT IS SEVERELY DAMAGED IN STORM. One of the columns of the monument to the American battleship Maine and its crew in.Havana is shown snapped the flerce hurricane which “'.’,p' high around the monument during the storm. MIDGETS ARE NOW PROUD PARENTS. The mother holding the has just been born to Mr. and icol, three-foot midgets, 20 years after their marriage. Mrs. The couple are known on the stage as “Countess and Count Nicol.” Wide World Photos. = ff like a toothpick by the force of ver Cuba. The water was 5 feet Acme Photos. OCTOBER 25, 1926. AND THE DRIVER LIVES TO TELL THE TALE. 100-foot embankment yesterday with William H. 4 when he drove it through a wooden guard rail at the end of Meigs Bridge, at Twents The car rolled over seve Pennsylvania avenue. times, but the 6 minor injuries, had climbed out of the wreckage when rescuers arrived. year-old driver, who re =Y All that s left of the automobile which plunged down rmstrong, & Department of Agriculture employe, ighth street and ived only The Washington Star RETURNS TO DISPENSE SCOTCH HUMOR. Sir Harry Lauder, Scottish comedian, and Lady Lauder, photographed on their arrival at New York aboard the Aquitania for another season on the “boards for the famous fun-maker. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. THIS WOULD PLEASE JONAH. turns the tables on the whale. proof door the ship. GENE AND JACK RECEIVE CHAMPIONSHIP BELTS. Gene Tunney, heavyweight champion, and Jack Dempsey, whom he deposed from the heavyweight throne, receiving the championship belts of the Boxing Writers’ Association before the Maloney-De Kuh fight at Madison Square Garden. tign, an NAVY STORM LOSSES REACH MILLION MARK Pensacola Station Suffered Heavy Damage in September Hurri- cane. Demps A million dollars must be spent, the Navy Department estimates, to repair damage to the Pensacola, Fla.,'Naval Air Station, caused by the September hurricane. The figure includes new construction and changes in existing buildings to minimize damage from fu- ture storms, So great was the force of the recent storm that water was swept into hangars at the station, setting the planes afloat and causing them seri- ous damage. It is proposed to build heavier doors to the hangars and pro- tect the outside of the structures with reinforced concrete curtain walls. The wooden hangars used for stor- age of assembled and unassembled planes were almost destroyed. It is | planned to replace them with steel | structures. Other damage included i blown-off roofing, a wiped-out bridge | and broken windows. SHOT BY POLICEMAN. Negro Patlent in Hospital Is Charged With Assault. Suffering from a builet wound in his left thizh, John Hall, colored, 30 vears old, 339 Third street southwest, is a prisoner-patient in Gallinger Hos- pital, under charges of assault with a deadly weapon and carrying con- cealed weapons. Hall was shot by Policeman O. L. Fisher of the fourth precinct when Hall s alleged to have pointed his pis- tol at him in front of 334 Maine ave- nue southwest, where Hall was en- gaged in a row with Robert Bowdoin, it b Jack’s emblem, if a little late, is happily received. Bavenna, Kaiser Invites 75 to Old-Time Fox Hunt In Prussia—But He Can’t Be Present | FARM BY WORLD ADS By the Assoctated Press. BERLIN, October 25.—Wilhelm Hohenzollern has invited various per- sonages to attend a hunt on his favo- rite preserve at Rominten, in_the heath and forest country of East Prussia. But he will not be there, as in olden days, standing behind a blind as the game is driven past as a target for the huntsmen. The newspaper Montag Morgen says the invitations have been signed “in the namé of His Majesty the Kaiser.” Seventy-five persons, among them Prince Henry, consort of Queen Wilhelmina of Hol- land; former diplomatic officials and military officers, have been bidden to attend next month. The Rominten_estate only recently was restored to Wilhelm by the com- promise settlement of the Prussian government with the Hohenzollerns for property seized when the ruling house abdicated. CRASH FATAL TO FOUR. Automobile Occupied by Family Run Down by Train. RAVENNA, Ohio, October 25 ()— Frank A. Klinefelter, his wife, moth- er and, niece, all of Harmony, Pa., were killed about 11 o'clock vester- day morning when their automobile was struck by a Pennsylvania train at New Milford, near here. Mr. and Mrs. Klinefelter, the moth- er, Mrs. Caroline Klinefelter, and the niece, Miss Hazel Klinefelter, 18, were returning to Harmony from an Ohio visit when the crash occurred. Crossing_watchmen said they tried to stop Klinefelter when the latter started to drive onto the tracks, but he failed to heed their warning. Klinefelter was employed by the Pittsburgh, Harmony, Butler and Zelienople Interurban Cew The four bodies were:removed to The newspaper says that the for- mer emperor will not be present, and no decision has yet been arrived at as to whether former Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm will go. It ex- presses the belief, however, that the hunt foreshadows a return to former- day customs. The law exiling the Hohenzollerns goes out of effect after next July, but Dr. Paul Loebe, president of the Relchstag, is quoted by the Boersen Courfer as saying that the Social Democrats purpose to take steps in the Reichstag to prevent hte return of the former ruler even when his term of exile ends. They are said to be convinced that the coming home of Willlam would result in violent in- ternal disturbances, as well as inter- national complications. “His advent would represent a black day in the country’s annals,” Loebe added. NEW AIR RECORD SET. French Fller Carries Supplies to Mont Blanc Scientists. PARIS, October 25 (#).—A novel aviation record has ben established by Lieut. Thoret in carrying food and other material ald to French scientists on Mont Blanc observatory. He made 81 successful flights to the top of Eu- rope's highest mountain, 15,781 feet, between October 16 and 31. Princess Bonaparte Dies. ROME, October 25 (P).—Princess Laetitia Napoleon Bonaparte, widow of the first Duke of Aosta, died today at the Chateau Confalieri, near Turin. She would have been 60 years old in December. The princess was an aunt of King Victor Emmanuel and a sis- ter of Prince Jerome Napoleon Bona- parte, who died some time ago in Brusels, Left to right: Tunney, Joe Humphries; Wilbur Wood, president of the associa- Wide World Photos. MAYER WOULD AID Institute of American Meat Pack- ers Hears Suggestion for Stabilizing Agriculture. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 25.—World-wide advertising of American farm prod- ucts was recommended as a means to agricultural rellef here today by Oscar G. Mayer in his address as president to the twenty-second an- nual convention of the Institute of American Meat Packers. “Since surpluses do not develop every year in every crop,” he pointed out, “the effort to dispose of the sur- plus through advertising would per- mit of great flexibility. “In most cases it would permit con- centration on the commodities which most need it, and, in consequence, it would be possible to increase the con- sumption of foods of which there is a surplus and thus balance produc- tion with demand in a most helpful Mr. Mayer said the packer would like to see the position of the farmer improved, “the farmers better and more coherently organized” because such a situation would tend toward more orderly production and market- ing of live stock, ‘“one of the most vexing problems the packer—and, in- cidentally, the producer—has to con- tend with.” . Edward R. Waite Dies. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., October 25 (#).—Edward R. Waite, 55, editor and publisher of the South Atlantic Port Magazine, died at a private hospital here late yesterday, following an ill- ness of several weeks, during which a major operation had been perform- ed in an effort to prolong his life. Mr., Waite Was a pative of Toledo, Ohlo, Indians Must Pay Income Tax, Board Of Appeals Rules | By the Associated Press. The income of Osage Indians de- rived from the oil and gas rights of the tribe is subject to Federal taxation, it was held today by the Board of Tax Appeals. The decision was rendered in the case of Leah Brunt, administratrix ate of Theodore S. Brunt, a member of the Osage held that the revenue act specifically placed a tax on all in- dividuals and did not exempt the Indians. Six members of the board of 16 signed a dissenting opinion, holding the Indians were granted _general exemptions by treaty. Two other members of the board did not participate in the decision. g WOMAN ENDS LIFE WITH RAZOR BLADE Mrs. Maria Wollwebber, 61, Dies at Alexandria Hospital of Slashed Stomach. By the Associated Press. ALEXANDRIA, Va., October 25.— Mrs. Maria. K. Wollwebber, 61 years old, widow of George Wollwebber, of 413 East Raymond avenue, Potomac, yesterday slashed her stomach with & safety razor blade and died soon afterward at the Alexandria Hospital. Mrs. Wollwebber had been ill four weeks and this is given by her daugh- ter-inlaw, Mrs. May Wollwebber, as the cause of her act. Her daughter-inlaw slept beside her and did not know she had cut herself, she testifled, although sho sald the woman weakly called to her when she had gone to the bathroom. The young- er Mrs. Wollwebber then discovered what had been done and called neigh- bors. The woman was sent to the hos- pital. The funeral will take place at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon from her late residence. Services will be conducted by the Rev. Mr. Marsh, a Methodist minister of Lorton, and burial will be at Lewis Chapel, Lor- ton. She is survived by a son, Adolph Wollwebber. _— LOSES JURY TRIAL FIGHT. - Le Monde Denied Writ to Compel Hearing. The District Court of Appeals today denied the application of Charles E. Le Monde of Silver Spring, Md., for a writ of mandamus against Isaac R. Hitt, a judge of the Police Court. Le Monde sought to compel the court to grant him a jury trial on a charge of reckless driving and at- tacked the validity of the traffic act, which denies a trial by jury in such cases. He claimed his constitutional rights were violated by the refusal to grant a jury trial. The appellate court gave no reason for the refusal of the writ, merely marking the peti- tion “‘denied.” Retired From Army. First Sergt. Wiley Freeman, 24th Infantry, at Fort Benning, Ga., has been placed on the retired list of the Army on his own application after mere thap 30 ypars' service, The latest thing in whaling ships Instead of the monster of the seas doing the swallowing, as in the Bible episode, the ship does it. in bow of the ship klmrly ‘opens and swallows the harpooned whale and the work of cutt The water- ng him up_proceeds within Wide World Photos T1INJURED AS JAL BREAK IS HALTED Two Prisoners Dying After Battle in Penitentiary Quells Escapes. sociated Press SON_ CITY. Mo., October Seven convicts, two of whom are clieved to be dylng, were in the son hospital here today suffering from buckshot wounds and three guards and @ negro trusty were re covering from minor injuries recetved when the prisoners attempted to es cape from the Missourl State Peni tentiary yesterda; Armed “with Knive . the prisoners attacked and 2 ? overpowered J. T Wynes, and A. K. Wenborg, cell houseguards, and after securing a pistol from Wynes, leaped through a window to a corridor leading to the tuberculosis hospital. Here they at tacked J. L. Freeman, another ghard, who was stabbed in the shoulder be bore the convicts obtained his pistol. A negro trusty, who tried to aid Free. man, was stabbed after he knocked one ‘of the men down with a chair The prisoners then opened fire on other guards and trusties, who ap peared in the corridor and ran to the South stockade, where two of them were shot down by wall guards using riot guns loaded with buckshot. The rest were sprinkled with shot as they retreated to a shirt factory. The flve convicts were taken from the factory building after a two-hour siege, in which tear gas was used without ef fect, More than 100 civillans and Nation al Guardsmen surrounded the prison during the seige, but were dismissed when authoritles sald there was no danger of other prisoners joining in the revoit. Most of the convicts were serving from 5 to 25 years on robbery and as sault charges. The two believed fatally wounded are: James Wadlow, ‘28, sentenced to six years for grand lar ceny at St. Louis, and Raymond Crews, 25, serving 15 years for rob bery of the American Bank at De Soto, Mo. e ACTRESS DENIES REPORT SHE WAS WIDOW OF KATZ Dora Darling Absolved by Police of Any Connection With Death of Diamond Dealer. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, Calif., October 26. —Dora Darling, 19-year-old motfon pic ture actress, yesterday denled she was the widow of Harry I. Katz, weal- thy diamond merchant and art con- noisseur, whose death has been record- ed in police annals as an unsolved murder for almost two vears. Miss Darling was arrested in the same apartment house in which Katz was shot to death in November, 1924, and was quoted as having declared herself to be the slain man’s widow. Police, however, said the report was erroneous and absolved the actress of any connection with the slaying. She is ‘accused of having issued checks totaling $105 without sufficient funds. S A plan to preserve Waterloo Bridge and erect five more structures across the Thames is being discussed in Lon- ’