Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1926, Page 16

DECIDING THE UNOFFICL} CHAMPION SEiv Op some of his Senate associates ju links. The scores were “withheld from publication. clerk of Senate; Edwin Halsey, acting a arm; Rufus Dicses, brother of the ) Lo ik In the group, lef @ President, Na'tk. before teeing off in a match yesterday on the Potomac Park public ‘THE EVENING § TAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 13, 1926. Vice i'resident Dawes and 't to right: John Crockett, chief sistant dooriieeper; Vice President Dawes, David Barry, sergeant- and James Preston, superintendent of the Senate UMAN BARS. The two cavalry- = feat have such confidence in the horse and the Ilur\l‘nl'm'lllm of its erack rider that the stunt has less thrills for them than for the spectator. It i= only one of the feats of the cavalry units at Fort Leavenworth, Kans. ITALY PINS HOPE ON THIS (¢ commander of the Italian team, spin at Norfoll. Macchi seaplane, with «llperlnmnwd fuselage, with from the United States naval flye IDENT WARM GRE] AT KAN! s CITY. lent and Mrs Coolidge, photographed as they passed through cheering crowds along the streets of nsas City, Mo., where Mr. Coolidge delivered an Armistice day :lddrc‘w at the dedi m of the Liberty \l?mnrml to Amerit Photos. RAFT FOR SCHN EIDER (UP VI(' . which Ttaly will pt to wrest the coveted trophy in the races at Hampton Roads today. aj. Mario de Bernardi, shown on top of the seaplane as it was being made ready for a trial Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. POLICE Traffic Policeman J. R. Jenkins when was parked and struck the car when SMAN'S AUTO WRECKED IN PLUNGE a five-ton truck plunged backward across from the Willard Hotel. the wreck, fortunately was not in the car at the time. OF TRUCK. All that was left of the antomobile of down h street yesterday Policeman Babe' Connaughton, George- foot_ball tackle, whose 285 s will form a large part of eam the local uniy i st the Naval Academy eleven today at Annapoiis. National Photo. town impalla, one of the rarest of the Al Washington Zoo by the Chrysle the fleetest and most graceful o Copy ONE OF THE RARITIES OF THE DO'S NEW COLLECTION. The nals brought back to the o of fri l'nllrr“nod MMNAMRHmJfifififim COLLEGE RESIGNS OF CHICAGO HORSE SHOW Former Head of Theatrical Man- agers’ Association Named Assist- ant—Judges Also Appointed. | By the Assoclated Press. Four | , CHICAGO, November 13- larry J. | Ridings. Chicago, former president of ago Theatrical Managers' As- assist in staging the Horse Show December 7-11, announced here yest: Judges 'nu-uxwed inc ness clia; 4 Marihoro, George Daniel Olds. Times Acting President, Seeks to Retire at 73. wember Norman Van Voorhis, ., and Maj. C. L. Scott, nm.w bn., D.'C., chief of remount - of the United States Army. ige the mili- MAZE CONFRONTS .~ INDIANA PROBERS Woman Missing, Information Leaks Out and Ex-Dragon Keeps His Secrets. D who, in 36 ve: times been institution President George el Ambherst College, service, had four as acting head of fore Lis appointme 1924, yester vesignation Savir be wise” he meeting the alumni council he had asked la th 1o be el of the office and had requested trustees to look tor a sue. ward T. liste ary poration. said that no deii had been tiken on the re vet and that no s appointed . Will Await Suce Tt w underst i that President Olds v main until & permaner could be made. Dr. Olds vecent v s enty third birthday and ft created no surprise that he asked to be velieved of his duties t hagd not been | looked fe it thi v The fourth time that Dr called on to fill the braach lege administration came forced resignatio Alexander Meiklejohn ir at which pe 13 seniors accept the rees. Dr. new is a professor at_the University of Wisconsin, whe pplyin: mome of his “libera nd the Socratic method of which ralsad tha storm The resignaiions of sever: ity followed his departur U Dr. Olds became the . secret. ssor. the Hing e | appointment s t co ssed his Bs the Asson INDIAN. Am tod Pross POLIS, Ind. wember 13, 7 of mysterious circumstances | vestérday confronted the grand jury that ix investigating aileged corvup. tion in Indfana politics. A woman bad Iv wanted as a witness was missing in the eol the en Investigators out and the tra dencve seemed Mrs. Ind.. was the recently heen it subpoe her. She h ppares had leaked il of documentary evi- obliter n of Sevmour. sing witness. She has living in Indianapol servers failed to locate heen represcnted as be ing u contidant of D. Stephenson, former Ku Klux Klan grand dragon, who is alleged to have hidden away evidence of corrupt d made with State and Wh <. Dickinson was being | sought the grand jury gave some at- |tention to the activities of John H. | Kiphnger and Lloyd O. Hil, a‘tor- |nevs for Stephenson. The attorneys i appeared Thursday at the State n, where Stephenson is a life risoner on a murder charge, a short time before grand jury representatives reached the institution to interview the ex-Klan leader. The trip of the | grand jury representatives from In- { dianapolis to the prison at Michigan | City had been made in secret and offi cials sought to determine if the at d been apprised of the in plans Willlam H. Sheaffer, deputy prose tor, held the interview with Stephen- ton for the purpose of obtaining some definite information concerning two missing safety deposit boS®s, which are supposed to contain evidence vital to the inquiry, but it was apparent to- v that Stephenson had given little in the search for them nin the University of Rocl Me taught mathematic until 1891, when he becg of the same subject at was dean of the college his appointment as pre: President Coolidge ente the year that Dr. Olds beg there, and the two have remained olose friends. John Coolidge, son of the President, is a student at Amherst now. ity officials. m 1910 to teaching pr ¥ i le 2 = Community Leagues Meet. Specia! Diepatch to The Star. LEESBURG, Va., November The annual meeting of Lo County Community Leagues is be held in the auditorium of the I burg High School today. Mis offey. president of the Cc eration of Community Le presiding. and Miss Hannah nctln‘ as secreta and Miss Coffey rural supervision In Loud Fllen G. Metzger, ¢ High School, Division ent O. L. Emerick, Hayes of the national of ~ Parent-Teacher Associations the Detroit Free Press Washington, and_othe: re on the | A reformed tramp says in his writ- speakers’ list. District vice presi-|ings that thefe is a strict caste in dents report on accomplishments of | hoboland. It must be terrible to be a the various leagues b tramp. Limit in the Hobo Cast. Information concerning movements of | Is which he| KANSAS CITY TRUST COMPANY CLOSED President, Former Kansas Bank Commissioner, Be- lieves Denosits Are Safe. By the Associated Presa. KANSAS CITY, November 13.--The State finance commissioner today was in charge of the Federal Trust Co. of Kansas City, which suspended busi- ness yesterday following recent heavy withdrawals. The bank was organized under the State banking laws with a capital of 200,000 and a surplus of $40.000. De- posits totaled approximately $2,000.000 and resources were listed at nearly $3.000,000. The institution was ac- corded privileges of the Iede serve system, but had withd membership in the House Association @ vear ago, and had cleared its city checks through {the Federal Reserve Bank. Believes Deposits Are Safe. 3. Laughlin, president, and a for- deputy \bank commissioner of { Kansas, said he thought the deposits were safe. A clty deposit of $300,000 | was protected by Government bonds in the First National Bank. Funds of {the State of Missourl were covered by | surety bord. On presentation of items calling for $100,000 at the Federal Reserve clear- | ance vesterday, the trust company | board voted to suspend. It was under- | stood the company had presented all eligible paper for rediscount through the Federal Reserve system. The re- discounts wera estimated at approxl mataly §400,000. Labor Leader Quit As Director. | Laughlin organized the Midwest Na-| tional Bank and Trust Co. here 10| | vears ago. This institution was merged in 1920 with the National Reserve Bank under the name of the Midwest serve Trust Co. It closed a year later. Depositors were paid, but di- rectors and stockholders Ic ments. A short time la | became head of the Federal Trust Co. Martin F. Ryan, for 20 years gen eral president of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen, and a vice presiden: o¢ the American Federation of Labor, who was listed as chairman of the Federal Trust Co. board, last night said he resigned several weeks ago be- cause other duties kept him out uf the oity. | i | | 1 P, mer | Gets Three Years in Prison. WASHINGTON, Pa.. November 13 ®.—Wwilllam F. Borchers, jr., son of an oil operator here, was sentenced to serve from 3 to 6 vears in the West ern Penitentiary after pleading guilty to procuring an illegal operation which resulted in the death of Miss Marga- ret Foley. A charge of murder against Borchers was quashed after the plea was entered. Pmon Mme Chief Freed BIRMIT A) #)—Charles R, Davis, former warden | of Flattop prison mine, last night | | was acquitted of the murder of James | Knox, a convict, who died at the ‘mlne in 1924. The jury returned the verdict after less thun two hours of | deliberation, | Anacostia [to life imprisonm ANACOSTIA'S GALA FESTIVITY OPENS CITIZENS GROUP DRIVE Spectacular Parade. Contests and Dancing! Draw Throngs to Mark Beginning of Campalgn for Members. smoke and way along. Thomas F | southeast. A Jittle bridegroom—cutaway coat, top hat and all—and a tiny bride, her golden curls tucked under a long veil, won prizes for the most original cos- | tumes at the fete at Logan Park. Leslic Byram, 7 years old, of 927! Ninth street northeast, was the bride- groom, nd 6-year-old Adelaide Ferry, M street southeast, walked into hn hearts of the crowd as she marched sturdily past the judges in her bridal gown. Mrs. Julia Mfller, 413 Eighth street southeast, also won a prize for her costume, but the judges had a hard time deciding whether the winner was a man or a woman, since made up to represent a very stylishly dressed colored citizen. Iin: of them extended a cigar. cepted it without hesitation, but when she put it in her mouth her disguise was penetrated, for she thrust the wrong end in her mouth. Charleston Awards. More than a dozen children “(‘harles- toned” as the crowd pressed close, taxing the ability of a speclal police detall and volunteers from the Citi- zens' Association to keep the dancing space clear long enough for the judges to select the winners. Wilbert Yockel son, 6 years old, 2805 M street north- west, danced h: 3 and Mildred Taylor, 9 Nichols avenue southeast, Columbia Brandenburg, 1222 W street 1.\';”)”\1"1!\2. for second honors. The children drew lots for the prize Miidred won. r o And then the bands struck uj there were several of them on h'\ng: | and the neighborhood dance began. A | winterish nip in the air served but to jenliven the already lively tunes and the dancing space was crowded with merrymakers. Behind the revelry and carnival at- mosphere ran a feeling of community pride, a pride emphasized by the offi- flivver bearing a crew of rollicking | cial slogan borne on many of the vouths, who shrieked thelr encourage. | floats and displayed on bright trans. ment at frequent intervals as their | parencies: anclent vehicle emitted clouds of | ‘‘Anacostia—A Tiptop Town." OLD REVOLUTIONIST DIES. |LIFE FOR DOUBLE KILLING Michael Ashenbrenner, Russian |Illinois Miner Convicted of Slaying Leader in 80's, Succumbs. Two Police Officers. | MOSCOW, November 13 (®.—| TOULON, Il., November 13 (&) Michael Ashenbranner, one of the most | p 2 i e oatiors i Rug. | For the murder of two police officers Sa i T 508, died here |Who sought to arrest him more than Jie was senicnced a year ago, Joe Stimas, Toluca miner, | was sentenced to life imprisonment here last night, when a jury found him guilty Seirh s killed Sheriff Litchfield and clburg | Chief of Pollce Leonard at his home | In |in Toluca when they sought to place ihder arrest following a com. wife med the officers, bursting T in the front and rear doors. simul. 3 7 taneously, killed cach other in a cross Explanation No Alibi. fire as.he fell to the floor in the From the: Batlinroe i . middle of the house. On examina- One of the greatest mistakes the tion of the bodies, however, gunshot average fellow makes is trying to ex | wounds were found. Stimas was de. plain his mistakes. fending himself with a shotgun. coughed and choked its The car was piloted by herty, 2320 Chestnut street and roaring, good- signalized to the hat the Anacosti: Citizens’ Associution had begun its membership drive and that commu-! nity spirit was running high. A long automotive parade, composed ayly bedecked floats and ingeni- disguised private cars, opened a program of festivities which closed with @ costume @ance under the lights in Logan Park and attracted hundreds of spectators, some of them coming from distant sections of the | city to pay tribute to the ent erprise of the Anacostia citizens. Headed by Col. J. Franklin Bell, Engineer Commissioner; Maj. Edwin L. “Hesse, superintendent of polic orge (. Havenner, general irman of the celebration, and S. D. Frazier, marshal of the parade, the procession moved through the streets of the vicinity, finally passing in re view before the judges and dispersing at Logan Park, where prizes were awarded for unusual costumes and clever ““Charleston” dancers. Boy Scouts of Troop 48, the Ana- costla troop, clustered about a minia- ture camp fire on a big truck, com- posing a picture of camp life that was true in every detail from the tent to the pine-bough beds. Their float won the first prize in its class, and when the announcement of the award was made the boys’ cries of jubilation rose high above the noise of the bands and cheers of the crowd. A typical harvest scene, farmer and all, was depicted on the float of the Flats Garden Club. which took second prize. The first prize was 15 in cash and the second award $10 in cash. Private Entries Awarded. Children clapped their little hands with glée as the car owned by Max mon, 1909 Nichols avenue, passed by, for it bore the familfar figure of Santa Claus and presented a plcture that brought Christmas very it won fi cla econd honors went to a rickety Blaring bands natured crowds world last night of tied “lth 1884 for but the sentence !were spent in the nr'l"<! and 13 years i ry. 1917, dur | {Lee L. MID-CITY CITIZENS The executive committee of the Mid- City Citizens' Assoclation last night at a meeting in the Thomson School ap- pointed & committee of 1§ persons to take charge of a drive for 600 new members for the association, as the or part in the general cfti- ship drive which opened Howard Dunnington. the soclation’s delegate to the Federa- tion of Citizens” Associations, was chosen committee chairman. Other _members of the committee, all of whom were at the meeting, are as follows George T H. Ashenback, Bowman, secretary; Mrs. Tarry C." Allen, A. Geler, Alfred George Urclolo, . Simmons, Mr. and Mrs. F George 1. Amrien, Mrs. & Hupo, Mre: Herriel' Hitehinson: Mrs. Annie Spurr, Miss Enness and W. H. Holtman. A. J. Driscoll, who presided at the meeting and who has served as presi- dent of the association continuously since it was organized, 16 years ago, told briefly the organization and declared that much more can be accomplished by all citizens' assoclations with Increased membership. The assoclation had about 400 members on the eve of the rive. :|COURT SETS JANUARY 10 FOR U. S. LUMBER ACTION Civil Suit Over Disposition of Sur- plus Material Will Be Heard Early in New Year. Justice Bailey of the District Su- preme Court yesterday granted a mo- tion of counsel for the United States to set for hearing the civil suit brought by the Government in connection with the disposition of surplus lumber fol- lowing the armistice. An indictment against a number of well known lumbermen, growing out of the disposition of the lumber, was tried some years ago in the court, and resulted in the acquittal of all the men. The Government then brought a civil suit for an accounting between the men and the United States tn ref- erence to the sales. It is claimed that the Government lost nearly $1,000,000 in the deal. On request of United States Attor- ney Peyton Gordon and Special Assist- ant Attorneys General W. S. Ward and Marcus Lorchard, the court set | the case for January 10, 1927. The civil suit names John L. Phillips of Thomasville, Ga.; John Stephens of Jacksonville, Fla.; Frank T. Sullivan, of Buftalo, N. Y.; Mitchell A. Touart, jr., of arles Phillips, jr.: I Roland Perry of Wash. ington: the Eitzen-Touart Co., the | Phillips Co. and Mrs. Lottie Eitzen, executrix of Gus Eitezen, who died | since the filing of this suit s Without economy none can be rich, and with it few will be poor.—John son, E. Dent, e Har of the accomplishments of | TRIAL LIKELY TO TAKE ' LEOPOLD FROM PRISON Murder Hearing Offers His First | Chance in Two Years to SELECT DRIVE TEAM G. H. Dunnington Will Head Campaign Workers Seeking to Boost Section’s Group. Leave “Pen.” fated Press. JOLIET, 11, November 13.— Nathan Leopold, one of the two slayers of Bobby Franks, may be given a brief trip ‘outside the Stateville near here, in a few days. regarded like that he would called as a witness in the trial of six convicts charged with the murder of Deputy Warden Peter Klein, killed last May when they made a break for freedom If attorneys’ pleas to allow Leopold to serve as a witness prove succes: ful. it will be his first release fr confinement since he started his li sentence two The started yesterd BRITISH COTTON m Bad Climatic Conditions Also Hurt Industry—DOfficials Urge Supnort. By the Associated Presa LONDON, November 13.—The enor- mous American cotton crop, together with bad climatic conditions in the colonies, has set back the British Em- pire cotton-growing project to some spondent. . In a speech to the administrative counell of the Empire Cotton ¢irowing Corporations, Lord Derby sald empi cotton growing was going through critical phase, and the large Ame crop had reduced prices to a which eould not have been forcseen few yea 0. He said South rica and Rhodesia should be able grow cotton with at least as good chance of profit as farmers in the United States, and urged Lancashire to continue its support agement of the try within the empire. Undersecretary for Colonies Ormes- optimistic about the pos- Nigerla for cotton years, he said, tests now being carried out there with special seed would be concluded, and final judgment given as to whether an entirely new cotton of immense potentfal value could be produced in that belt. DIES FOR SLAYING Mexican Goes to Gallows for Mur- der of Mother of Four. CANON CITY, Colo.. November 13 | | ) —Antonlo Casias, Mexican laborer, |went to the gallows at the State penitentiary here yesterday for the {murder of Mrs. Carmen Barela, mother of four children, at Monte- Colo., June 19. asias was sentenced less than a month after the crime and did not appeal. After being brought to prizon here he never had a visitor. prison, | It was | be | trial | HIT BY 1.5, CROP extent, But the promoters are not de and encour- | cotton growing indus- | glUVER SHIOT CRL - THEN KILLS SELF “Can’t Do Without Her,” Says Note in Pocket—For- mer Sweetheart to Live. “I can't do without her, so T will kill myself and be done with her.” Pocketing a note bearing these words, Adam Naccarelli of Brooklyn N. Y. armed himself with a revolve: and appeared last night at the home {0f his erstwhile sweetheart, Hazel | Laffert of 1215 Ninth street, to arry out his threat | Today the young Itallan died iergency Hospital from a self n the head n another room wounded by a bullet from e gun Physleians expec Miss Lafferty to live Ran Away Together. According to the girl's mother, Mrs .afferty, Hazel and Naccarelll ¢ together two years ago from 1e In Daven, Pa. The v York, where they lived A baby was born, but ;" months old. Upon th Mrs. Lafferty said York and brought two ye i when to { Hazel home “She never loved { Lafferty last night by came-she felt th him. “Adam then Hazel's sister, continued Mrs. tim New eald Mrs when tho to atiel him,” “but she had with York,"” wrote live ow we to Helen, in Tafferty. “He once ahout a tomb child. Hazel never te and when he ipletely by t taken ot with him, and asked me if 1 home and I sald n with me, as e for her, and nt to return with nd live |she said, no! Then he wanted her to that she | this was the I that she did not w him. 1 turned to look at a paper and weard shot and saw a flash. Hazel was on the floor behind the rocker and Adam was lying on the floor wit} pistol in his hand.” Policemen C. H. Tucker and C. ( Bennett of the second precinct, and Detective James E. Lowry of the first precinct went to the house and tool the wounded couple to the hospital Lowry charged Naccarelli with asseult with a _dangerous weapon. The girl's father is William Lafferty a plm{‘!r?l" of l)%nn‘ Pa. . ——— BRIAND GREETS HERRICK. to Welcomes Envoy on Return Paris After Visit to U. S. | PARIS. November 13 (@).—Myron T. Herr the American Ambass | who recently returned to his | after a two-month visit in the Lndml | States, was welcomed yesterday by the | French foreign minister, M. Briand. Earlier, M. Briand entertained luncheon the Belgian fe | ter, M. Vandervelde, They discussed ‘xh. forthcoming League «f* Nations | Council meeting and the vartdus fues tlons interesting France and Belgiun on all of which, says an official com munique, the two governments find themselves in perfect accord. | at