Evening Star Newspaper, October 30, 1926, Page 16

= " o tment f =and there would be no more sla MICHIGAN'S “BIG THREE” CALL ON 'PRESIDENT BEFORE “BATTLE OF BALTIMORE.” » - THE EVENING Three of the main cogs of Michigan's foot ball machine calling on President Coolidge with other members of the team yesterday when the squad stopped over in Washington en route to B: quarterback; with the Naval Academy. Left to right: Benny Friedman, Benny Oosterbann, left end. timore for their game today “Hurry-up” Yost, coach, and Copyright by Harris & Ewing. STAR, WASHINGTO MINNEAPOLIS FIRE CHIEF DE! 1G PPARATUS. C. W. Ringer, chief engineer of the Minneapolis: Fire Department, demonstrates his new apparatus for sucking the smoke clouds out of burning buildings in order that firemen may fight the blaze unimpeded by the suffocating fumes. Wide World Photos. D. O, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1926 MRS. WILSON ATTENDS DEMOCRATIC FUNCTION. Mrs. Wood- row Wilson, widow of President Wilson, the National Women's Democratic Club here yesterday to attend a tea at which she was one of the guests of honor. iving at headquarters of ‘opyright by P. & A. Photos. der, veteran St. Louis Cardinal pitcher u‘ld outstan come at his home i %fl.rbue ball town of St. Paul, WORLD Nebr. Mayor Skekes of St. ERIES FI g hero.of the 1926 world serles, receiv |Ilf Paul, standing in the wagon with Al achievements at a barbecue and base ball game arranged in his honor. AT. Grover Cleveland Alexan- a big wel- ex, is laud- Wide World Photos. $5,600 WOR'I I OF ROOSTER. that figure, which won the chas centennial poultry show. her. he white Wyndotte cock, valued at onship of ail classes at the Sesqui- He is_held by his owner, Mrs. Curtis of Hicksville, Long Island, who displays the cup he won for Elwood A. Wide World Photos. veiling MEMORIAL UNVEILING KECALLS TRAGEDY 0. at the German garrison town of Adlershof of a memorial to the 10 members of tl German naval dirigible 1-2, who lost their lives when the airship exploded and ¢ I flight over Johannisthal in 1916. Photo shows the memorial ‘service in progress during unveilin ke WAR. Impre. ‘monies mark the un- crew of the ing a trial e e ashed du 2. Copyright F &. A. Photos. Navy Overwhelmed As All Eligibles Seek Air Training APONEHERHA SLAN N QUARREL Marshal Going to Serve Fed- eral Indictment on Celle- brone Finds Him in Morgue. By the Associated Press. Mess-cook and bos'n, gunner's mate and veoman and every other class of “gob,” who qualify under the 28-vear age limit, aspire to become “aeronauts, flight surgeons deduce from the overwhelming number of applications for enroll- ment in the flight training course at_the Pensacola station. The Navy Department declares the stipulation that only chief petty officers may apply has been of no avail. It has been unofficially estimated that if enrollment was unlimited the physical test for present applicants would take two The next course begins v 4, 1 with a class of 25 By the Associated Press CHICAGO, October 30.—Chicago’s “beer racket” claimed another victim vesterday, police belleve, when Santo Cellebron, 32, shot to death in a|f Cleero restaurant quarrel early yes- terday, was identified as a henchman of Al Capone, beer baron and gang leader, and as of the 78 men BLOUSE IDENTIED one The relations of the des bootleg _activities was e when a deputy marshal went to Cicerc to serve Cellebron with a bench war- rant and found his man in the morgue. Cellebron was one of the indicted men | who did not surrender at the Federal Building. Those indicted included Al Capone and Mayor Joseph Z. Klenha Mof Cicero, a suburb. A few days following the recent ma- chine gun fire which cost the lives of “Hymie" Weiss, bootlex chieftain, one of his henchmen. and the wounding of | Attorney W. W. O'Brien and two others, several peace confi nces he: tween opposing bootlegzing factions were held with the resultant announce that peace had leen declared ving. | Capone at that time in_ statements to *the newspapers pleaded for peace, say iug that “there is enough bu for all of us.” by the Federal grand jur: Cleaner Recognizes Garment Found in Trunk Said to Be Ormiston’s. By the Associated Press. | LOS A S. October 30.—The xaminer says that a white flannel sport blouse, one of the articles of feminine apparel in a trunk seized in New York, as belonging- to Kenneth T G. Ormiston, has been identified by W. C. Farley, owner of a cottage at WILL HOLD BAZAAR. e i Carmel, Calif., as property of the mys- @irls’ Friendly Society of Epiphanyimnuus woman who spent 10 days with the fugitive radio man at the | cottage immediately following the dis- Al branch bazaar and 8ub- | gppearance. last May of .Ajmee Sem- per of the Girls' Friendly ‘Soclety’ of | nja McPherson, Angelus Temple evan. Epiphany Church -will' be held in the | gelist. rish hall, 1317 G, street, Monday,, The clothing is expected by the au- - 3 > aeloek. | will De | thorities to form the link with which Dueting a1 = Dok . Db ’¢ | they will definitely connect the An- served from 5 to 7 o'clock, and Miss | gelus Temple evangelist with the con- Eliza Moncure will be in charge of |tents of the Ormiston trunk and to the waitresses, Miss Irene Harding | SUPPIY proof of the State's.charges . | tha e was the radlo man's com- 1s chairman of the affair. Miss Dor-| A% AT P00 00 o Dtive in e desert othy Jost will have a table of jewelry, | shack in Mexico. Miss Elinor- Norris will have the| 'Farley, who also owns a clothes candy table, Slaughter | cleaning establishment at Carmel, wilk sell fancy Miss | identified the clothing by laundry Florence Donaldson and arks. He told investigators he pel Sensel will have a table of nally delivered the blouse on M all descriptions. Mrs. to the Carmel cottage occupied a table of fascinating.bags of all s i iston. He said he was met at the and the grabbag will be in charge of | g, by a woman, who received the Mre. A. H. Mullikin. | blow . together with two dtesses. Deaths Reported. | Farley declared the blouse, two | dresses and two suits of clothes were Bradley. 85 3925 Upton_st o e Georee Thseon. er. % 1731 taken to his establishment by “George Melntyre,” the name which Ormiston Colgmbi ), 122 Raleigh st. se. Recse. 8 Releen st ¢ 1918 1 admitted using at Carmel. hin William Jones. Freorge G. Draeger. 67 Slayer Gets 20 Years. ‘Panagiotis Placokephalos. TUnited States Sol- Church to Serve Supper. The ann i Alonzo Green, colored, wds sen- tenced vesterday by Justice Hoehling 7 . |to serve 20 vears in the penitential y_Hospital Hos. | Green recently pleaded guilty to mur- Tuberculosts Hos: | o i the second degree in connection t vith the death of John Delaney M Georse W 7 last. Green struck Delaney over the head with a stick of wood near Half and M streets southwest. The sentence is the minimum under the law for murder in the second degree. Assistant United States Attorneys Fihelly and Collins appeared for the GayerRmells " *rneodors @iery. Hom Clarri Divea, © West. 47 Wylliam West 4 Rudolph Balley '3 Charies West. 2 Gerirude Alexan ospital Shencs Simmone. 2. 501y Hanover E’fln Lightsy. 4 monm._clflll'fl‘llh rgency Hospital Georgetown Uni SPANISH KING LAYS CORNER STONE. King Alfonso and Queen Victoria attending the recent laying of the corner stone of the new provincial hospital of Valdelatas. + Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. ARMY INVESTIGATES SOLDIER’S POISONING Walter Reed Inquiry Board Named After Clerk Dies of Potion. A military board of inquiry at Wal- ter Reed Hospital today was appoint- ed by Brig. Gen. James M. Kennedy, commynding officer of the post, to in- vestigate: the. death of Pvt. Clyde Lyle, 23 ‘years old, a clerk at the post exchange, who dled last night at the hospital from the ‘éffects of a dose of potson, which police say he took while three companions were visiting him at_his rooms at 8620 Georgia avenue. Lyle, who is said to have slipped. away from his companions to drink the poison while standing at the rear of the house under his wife's window, collapsed in the arms of his friends. He was taken to Walter Reed and Capt. Francis ‘E. ' Weatherby and Lieut. Hiram F. Sharpley of the medi- cal staff administered first aid, but all efforts to save his life proved futile. Lyle's wife, Annie, 20 years old, a bride of a few months, on learning of the death of her husband, suffered a nervous collapse and also was taken to_Walter Reed for treatment. No explanation of the soldier's death could be given by the wife or the three friends, Pvts. Victor J. Aube, Jeff Day and David Butler. Coroner J. say Nevitt was called into”the case this morning. Lyle's body was placed in the morgue of the hospital pending the outcome of the findings of the board of in- quiry. Police of the tenth precinct, who investigated the tragedy last night, said a vial which hal contained the polson was found in the youth's hand when he staggered, fainting, into the house. A letter containing the names of | 50,000 Japanese citizens was sent to the United States giving thanks for AN ELOQUENT WARNING TO THE SPEEDSTER. In order that the reckless motorist may visualize what is in store for him, the Rotary Club at Lima, Peru, ha d this auto wreck on a monu- mental base of eoncrete. It is on the road between Lima and Callao, where speeding is prevalent. Copy right by Underwod and Underwood. Barnett, Millionaire Indian, Appeals To U.S. for Funds to Pay His Expenses By the Assoclated Press. Help and advice from the Great White Father is sought again by Jackson Barnett, Creek Indian, who was raised by the Aladdin’s lamp of petroleum from a. tepee and a blanket to affluence, but now finds himself embrofled in financial and legal diffi- culties. An annual income of $70,000 is pos- sessed by the Indian, but he is unable to meet current expenses and seeks permission of the Interior Depart- ment, his guardian, to use part of his estate, Assistant Secretary Edwards sald today that he believed arrangements would be made to advance funds to Baumnett. The estate is tied up in litigation at New York, where Barnett is under subpoena to testify November 15. But also he has been summoned to appear in Oklahoma. before a grand jury and wants the White Father's advice on which summons to obey. The issue in the litigation is Bar- nett's right, granted by the Govern- ment, to give $550,000 to the Amer- ican Baptist Missionary Society for a university at Muskogee, Okla.; $200,000 in cash to his white wife and the establishment of a trust fund of $350,000 in a local bank, the income payable to himself and the whole reverting to Mrs. Barnett at his death. Cominissioner Burke of Indian affairs said that exclusive of $560,- 000 in Liberty bonds deposited in trust at New York, $200,000 in sim- flar bonds here, or the probable value of his 100-acre allotment from ‘which is ofl royalty is produced, the Indian has nearly halt a million dollars In Liberty bonds, cash and accumulated interest in banks. His annual income is $67,446. Blizzard Sweeps Armenian Quake Area; Tent Hospital Set Up to Care for Babies Bx the Assoclated Press. LEININAKAN, Armenia, October 80.—A bizzard set in today, sweep- ing over the region devastated by last week's earthquake and adding to the misery of the homeless survivors. Earth shocks continue intermittently. A particularly severe one was felt shortly after midnight. The situation of the shelterless population is desperate and the morale of many seems to have gone. The problem of caring for obstetrical cases i3 most acute. of the Armenian government, assigned to care for the newly born babies, 72 of whom the earthquake { be yiasidi At the appeal | three | Near East Rellef nurses have been | Loz GeorKam Twenty-eight, including' two sets of twins, were born in the American tent hospital. A second hospital under canvas has been opened to care for maternity cases. Leninakan is assuming the appear- ance of a city on the war front. Dugouts, caves, trenches and all sorts of underground shelters are appearing everywhere as the homeless people make frantic efforts to protect them- selves from the snow and the cold. While digging a drain for a new, bowling green at New Cumnock, Eng- land, recently, a workman found some golden sovereigns of the reign of the & 1} CHARGE OF ILLEGAL ARREST INVESTIGATED Musician Says He Was Held for Investigation Without Cause for Nine Hours. Police Inspector Harrison was in- structed today by Maj. Edwin Hesse, superintendent of police, to make an investigation of the charges of L. Reneyl Young, 1409 Eleventh street, that he was falsely arrested and im- prisoned on October 21 by Policeman Wolfe Wilson of No. 1 precinct. Young, a musician, in a sworn statement filed with Maj. Hesse, charged that when he returned to his automobile parked near Twelfth and H_streets Wilson arrested him and held him for investigation in a cell in the first precinct from 3:30 p.m. until 1 am. because he said he thought the automobile contained stolen goods. SEWER CONTRACTS LET. Three Projects, to Cost $30,885, to Be Carried Out Soon. Contracts for the construction of three sewers involving a total cost of $30,885.90 were awarded by the Com- missioners yesterday afternoon. The low bidders and prices quoted follow: The Twelfth street southeast in. tercepting sewer bétween M and O streets, to A. McCandlash Co., Inc., $16,620.81; the East Brightwood Serv- ice ‘sewers on Fourth between Quack- enbos and Peabody streets and on {Peabody street between Fourth and {Fifth streets and on Fifth street be |tween Peabody and Quackenbas | streets, to the Alello Construction Co., {Inc., $7,932.70. and the upper Piney | Branch ~trunk sewers on street, streets and on Third street, between Graveyard Prices Cut to Attract More Funerals Special Dispatch to The Star. ILLE. Va., October 30.— o is engaged in the difficult task of selling cemetery lots at reduced prices. Three vears ago a large tract of land was bought and developed three miles from the city as a cemetery, and_a subatantial sum was spent. Despite the invest- ment, only 15 persons have been burled there. The city is now bringing to the attention of the people that the prices of spaces have been re- duced and that there will be no rules and regulations of tomb- stones and care of lots. COLONY OF JEWISH FARMERS PLANNED Representative Bloom Is Seeking $1,000,000 to Put Orphans on Land. Prediction . that the “Jew will eventually assume an important posi- tion in American agriculture” was made yesterday by Representative Sol Bloom of New York in announc- ing plans for a million dollar “agri- cultural colony for graduates of orphan homes and similar institu- tions.” He said the proposal was prompted by the “successful management last vear of the farm cultivated by the inmates of the Hebrew National Orphan Aslyum in Yonkers, and al- though meant primatily for gradu- ates of Jewish institutions, the farm colony would one_with- out regard to religion, nationality or race.” The colony would be worked on a co-operative basis and Mr. Bloom is seeking to raise $1,000,000 through the issuance of bonds secured by ownership of parcels of & 1,000-acre tract to be acquired. “It is the aim of the organizers to urge young men leaving the institu- tions to join the colony and locate on the farm,” he said. ‘When they be- come skilled agriculturists, they will De given a share in the profits. “There is a general belief which has gained ground among an astounding nu.nber of people that the Jew is in- terested only in business and is mot fit for agricultural work. Jewish ag- ricultural activities within the last 25 years afford ample proof that the belief is wrong. There is not a State in the Union that has not a few Jew- ish farmers.” He estimated there were 75,000 Jews cultivating one million acres in the United States and that this group was worth more than a hundred million dollars. 0il From Cherry Pits. A food company in Door County, | Wis., 1s making a marketable oil out of cherry pits. The cherry stones ar Aspen | heated and the shell broken, the oil between Third and Fourth | being made from the kernel within | The shell, is then used for fuel. Hun- Aspen and Whittier streets, to W. dreds of tons are thus worked each |noon. HRKRN 5al SARLIN 823400 the FLEES AS $43%.976 SHORTAGE IS FOUND Bank Teller Ran Business on Thefts, He Writes as Plan for Escape Succeeds. Associated Press. IPHIS, Tenn., ¢ Glisson, 3 October yearold teller of the Bank of Commerce and Trust €6. here, who dreamed of financing a business with branches in a num- ber of cities on $436976 he misap propriated from the hank's funds, is heing sought in the Eastern part of the United States to Glisson, an active « who was known “model hus { band.”” and who dld not drink, and | whose only “bad habit" was smoking. disappeared Wednesday after he had for three years juggled his accounts in the savings department of the bank. Yesterday a letter was recelved by the bank officials, postmarked Nashville, in which the fugitive de- scribed his shortages so accurately that bank examiners were enabled to finish thelr work speedily. Laid Plans for Flight. In the letter Glisson detailed how he had kept his shortage concealed. Through his authority in the savings department, he explained, he had assumed control of the situation. He had kept an accurate record of hif speculations and had expected, he said, that he would some day he detected and he had made his prepara- tions for immediate flight. How well he had laid his plans was demonstrated by the fact that when he walked intd the bank Wednesday and found examiners looking over hisy records he disappeared and the next word from him came in the letter 30— urch member, as a [ on was employed in the bank before the war. He entered the serv ice, and after the war returned. e won rapid promotion and enjoyed the confidence of all the officlals of the bank. Ran Agencies With Money. Several vears ago he becamse inter- ested tn an automobilefinishing prep- aration. With monsey taken from the bank, he established branch agencles ¢ for the product in Memphis, Denver, Chicago, Kansas City, Indianapolis, Dallas and other cities. One adver. tising agency is said to have el $50,000 in advertising for the young bank teller last year. Glisson's shortage will ba reduced $100,000 by a surety bond, and the remainder has been charged by tho bank to the contingency account. The bank malntains a contingency fund and undivided earnings of $774,345. In his letter to the bank Glisson de- clared that he “‘was on an honorable road”” and said that he would be able to pay all of the shortage within two yeers. . Mrs. Busch Given Persinn. | Mrs. Margaret T. Bu widow | Policeman Leo W. K. Busch, w was killed by bandits in Petworth on | September 3. was awarded a_pen {slon of $60 per month by the Board of Commissioners yesterday after- The annuity will be paid from penslon fund,