Evening Star Newspaper, November 29, 1926, Page 13

D..C # THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGT(;).\'.‘ HI-BOY AND ¢ ARE NOT A African wilds to take up their abode at the Washington Zoo, are rapidly getting used to the surroundings g the queer contraption the cameraman has brought in of civilization. their cage, TO] dancer who is now appea heel ballet slippers. dancing, but also obviate the need hetween different ballet They are here quietly investiga while another camera snaps them I DANCING WITH HIGH HEELS. ng in Pa She says they BIT CAMERA SHY. The young giral the act. fle couple, who recently left the Copyright by P. & A. Photos. The Duke of Marlborough, whose previous marriage to the former Consuelo Vanderbilt has just been annulled by the rota the present duchess of the Roman Catholic Church, and photographed in London_since the annulment. The duchess, who was Miss Gladys Deacon of New York, married the duke in 1921. & A. Photos. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1926. ARMY AND NAVY BATTLE TO SEN Navy is here drop-kicking the point after the Schuber on a dash through right tackle. v ! was able to start on its way to scoring the 21 points which tied the Navy ATIONAL DI avy's second touchdown on of high- ed grace to toe ng slippers and save time Wide World Photos, of ¢ FIRE DAMAGES CHURCH AND when firemen attached ropes to it. DESTROYS STEE PLE. The 30-foot Copyright by P. steeple of the Brookland Baptist Church, at Twelfth and Newton streets northeast, just after it crashed after heing burned to a skeleton in yesterday's fire which caused heavy damage to the interior of the church. The steeple was pulled over Copyright by P. & A. Photos. Senator Oscar Underwood of Alabama, photographed garden of his home at Birm when he gave the interview other_day favoring Gov. S New York as the Demaoc dential candMate in 1928, © Wide World Photos. n in the slaying of her hushand the ordeal of cross-examinati three defendants to take the stand in the Ha sdward Stevens Hall quietly but emphatically denies any implica: on today. DLOCK IN GRID CONTEST. Hamilton of the in the second quarter, scored by The drep-kick gave the Navy a 14-point lead before the Army s final cou “SS AT TRIAL. As the last of Mills murder trial, and Mrs. Eleanor Mills. She faced Acme Photos. PRE-SESSIONSTR BEGUN AT CAPITOL Farm Relief Controversy Mingles in Buzz of Con- ferences. Br the Associated Pre Tha Hopa of congressional splders to &pin their webs indefinitely in peace within the favored neoks of the Cap ftol was definitely ‘shattered today with a revival of activity that has not heen approached since the na- tlonal legislators shut up shop and went home four months ago. In the House wing of the big white building one full committee, that on ways and means, and five subcom mittees were called to prepare for the reconvening of Congress and the recognized Repuhl engagements to disturh the industry in their offices Senate a number spiders’ while in the of similarly disas trons presession conferences had heen | arranged And, as if these disturbing elements ware not sufficient to upset the artis tie mood of any earnest spider, the heavy tones of controversy over farm | rellef were reverberating thunderous 1y up and down the corridors and swirling in eddies through various offices. Likewise, there was a swell. | ing tide of discussion of the reinstate ment in Republican party councils of thosa insurgents who were excluded after their break to the La Follette Wheeler ticket in 1924 Leaders Making Ready. Among the party captains who are making ready for the opening of Con re Representative Tilson of i1t, the majority floor leader ned to the city late vester for the first time since the elec Speaker Longworth, who has dv tions; been in his office several times during the last week, view the but took a holiday Army-Navy game in Chi cago, and Representa Arkansas. the Democra has been hera for some time Of the fiva subcommittens called hack to work four are of the appro to - whip, who priations commities and the other has ing to the | to do with aff; Distriet of Colu den of the had several at work some time on the draft ing of the annual supply bills for the irs pertai T Ch: an Mad all of | leaders had | appropriations group has |decision of the con: sections of his committee | STAPLES WANTS of Fenning’s Accuser to Controller General. Policeman Orvifle Staples of the seventh precinct, who has heen sup ported in previous encounters with | police and District officials by Repre- | centative Thomas L. Blanton of Texas, | has begun a fight to compel the Com- missioners to promote him from the | | status of a private Class 2 to that of ta private ¢ dav by Commissioner It was Pvt. Staples mer filed charges missioner Frederick A. alleged violation of the parking regu- lations after Mr. Fenning's resigna- tion had been forced as the result of charges preferred by Mr. Blanton. Dougherty who last Sum Fenning for | Blanton Not Involved. | Mr. Rlanton declared today that he a8 taken no active rt in Pt Staples’ present fight < ather than to inquire of District Auditor Daniel I | Donovan, during a visit to the Dis- trict Building, whether the policeman had gotten his increase or not. “Staples was on the park police un- til a yvear ago.” Mr. | “and was heing discrin Simply -in - the interests of justice, helped get him on the Metropolitan force. He and I contended that he should be enlisted in the same class [he held on the park force—class 2 | Mr. Donovan disagreed. would have made him a novice, and we appealed to Controller General McCarl and won. “Now, as a mere matter of law, | Staples is entitled to be made a pri- | vate class 3." Wants Service Credited. Before his appointment to the Metro- | politan Police Force in May, 1925, | Staples served two vears with the | Park Police. He insists that he is Blanton said, ated ve Oldfield of ,entitled to have this service credited to his service on the Metropolitan force. Under the law a police private in class 2 | fore being eligible to a promotion to class 3 Mr. Donovan, Distriet advised the Commi Anditor, has tober 30, 1925, held that service on the Park Palice force is entirely sep. | arate from the Metropolitan force, and governmental departments. and plan | that Staples has no basis for his to have the measure providing funds |clajm. for the Treasury and Post Office de rtments ready to present Jouse the day it convenes. Work » will be pushed on gnterior. Navy and the agriculture bills The Commissioners, on Maj | Donovan’s recommendation. however, | 10 the lhave decided t ! refer the question to | Contraller General Mctarl for a final ruling. n an effort to clear them from the | = Jegislative docket before the Christ mas recess Alien Property Bill. The ways and means committee is directing its efforts toward writing a bill for adjustment of alien property claims that have been dangling in the alr during the eight vears since the signing of the armistice. Members of this group approached the task with the hope that a non-partisan measure could be agreed upon and a number asserted that the prospects of draft. ing such a proposal appeared auspi- cious. Representative of Iowa chalrman inted todav that asarly all proposals for adjustment of Green out |the claims have suggested, among |other things, an appropriation of {$100,000,000 to pay for seized German ships, radio stations and patents. Several committee members, in- cluding Representative Treadway, Re- { publican, Massachusetts, feel that any | satisfactory adjustment will require {such a draft on the Treasury. The | possibility of such an appropriation |causing a clash with the President's |tax credit proposal was discounted by |a number of members, who said the | credits would come out of funds now |available, while the alien property ap- propriation would not be required until sometime during the fiscal vear beginning next July 1 -~ TOBE PROMOTED s 3, it was revealed to- | ainst former Com- | inst. | must serve three years be- | - | his_seat | | | ’ REATEST FOOT BALL THRO! Despite the ¢ IN HISTORY lake front, with a capacity throng of 110,000 cheering fans attending the stirrin, day, every seat in the huge stadium was occupied when the whist| f AVY GAME. A panorama of the new Soldiers’ Field Sfadium on Chicago gridiron battle hetween the two service schools Saturda; sent the teams into their deadlock battle. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. KING FAUD’S EX-WIFE WEDS FOURTH MATE | Divorced Mate of John D. Spreckles. | Br the Associated Press. = CONSTANTINOPLE, November 2. —Princess Chivekiar, former wife of King Fuad of Egypt, against whom a fine of 10 Turkish pounds was as- sessed recently for insulting the Amer. ican-born Princess Saida Chakir, di- vorced wife of John D. Spreckles of | San Francisco, has again come into | the spotlight. She has obtained a divorce from her third hushand and has been secretly married to a fourth, Rafet Pasha, for- mer leader of the opposition party in Turkey. Rafet was one of the men arrested for alleged complicity in the -plot against Kemal Pasha. He was tried {and acquitted. but most of tha plot- ters were hanged. He then reeigned | in the National Assembly, and he is taking his new wife to Egypt. | Princess Once Fined for Insulting | i | 31,006,000 PLANT éURNS. | 300 New Autos Among Contents of Building Near Wilkesbarre, Pa. WILKESBARRE, Pa.. November 29 (A).—Fire yesterday destroyed the building of the Frank P. Mathewson Co., at Forty Fort, a suburb, causing damage estimated at $1,000,000. In- cluded in the destruction were 300 new automobiles and large quantities of supplies and parts. - The Mathewson plant originally | was built for the manufacture of auto- | mobiles of that name. During the | war it was taken over by the Govern.. ment and more than doubled in size. In addition to the Mathewson Auto- | mobile Agency it housed the Exeter Machine Co. and the Belmont Silk Co. | The White Truck & Motor Bue Co. also occupied a section, but escaped serious damage. I French Communists, in Working Clothes, Embarrass SOViCt Comrade Ambaésador By the Assoclated Press PARIS, November 29.-French Com munist deputies who persist in attend- ing seocial functions at the Soviet embassy clad in their workaday clothes are proving a bit embarra ing to the “comrade ambassador, Christian Rakovsky. That diginary is a man of the world who knows a good tailor when he sees one, who always dresses for dinner and whose soirees at the stately em- bassy in the Rue de Grenelle are quite as brilliant as those, given the former ambassadors of the Czar. Consequently, when the Comrade. Deputy (achin arrived the other eve- | ning in a soft blue shirt and finger- | nails that needed attention, closely | followed by the Comrade-Deputy Vafl- | lant-Couturier, sporting a four-day beard, there was some little consterna- tion among the brilliant company. The day was saved, however, by Mme. Rakovsky, who, turning to the other guests, remarked suavel “‘Please excuse our friends, ladies and gentlemen; they have just left “lheir work at the Chamber of Depu- ties.” \ THREE PERSONS KILLED BY HIGH VOLTAGE WIRE Two Die by Electrocution in Futile Effort to Save Their Relative. By the Associated Press. LAREDO, Tex., November 29.— Three ‘persons were electrocuted here yesterday, two in trying to save the third, who had accidentally severed a high-voltage wire while chopping down a tree. Martin Reuthinger, 26, severed the wire. His cries attracted his father. George Reuthinger, 57, and his sister Margaret, 12. They were Killed at- tempting to aid him. Former Rail Union Official Dead. CLEVELAND, November 29 (#).— Albert E. King, 66, general secretar, treasurer of the Brotherhood of Rail- way Trainmen since 1597, died at his home here vesterday. ng was ac- tive in brotherhood affairs until Oc- tober of this year, when he retired. He was born in Nerwich, N. Y. & n:'nuy is taking to Foggy London closed automol RAILWAY CONCESSIONS | BY TURK GOVERNMENT Two Granted for Constructing Aggregate of 930 Miles of Road in Five Years. By the Asaociated Press | CONSTANTINOPLE, November 29. —The Turkish government has granted two concessions for Ana- tollan rallways—one to a Swedish | concern, amounting to 30.000.000 Tur- {kish pounds, and the other to a Bel- glan company, 40,000,000 Turkish { pounds, for the construction of an !aggregate of 930 miles, to be com- pleted in five years. ‘The Swedish contractors also will | construct a harbor at Samsoun and the Belgians a harbor at Mersina. The German firm of Krupps is ne. gotiating for a concession for the con- struction of a railway in the Ergeni district to exploit the copper fields. e B 0il Company Physician Expires. NEW YORK, Novembr 29 (#).—Dr. Jonathan Miller Sinclair of Elizabeth, N. J., head of the medical department of the Standard Oil Co. of New Jor- sey, died yesterday. i 1 VALENTINO’S FIRST WIFE Should Have Been Kept Sacred if Really Received by Natcha: Rambova, Says Jean Acker. By the Associated Prese CHICAGO, November women who fought 29 Two and lost earthly battles for Rudolph Valentino yester- | day continued the struggle in death In New York a few days ago Na- tacha Rambova, second divorced wife of the film star, gave out spirit mes- sages she sald she had received from him. In Chicago yesterday Jean Acker, first wife of Valentino, said the actor did not believe in spirit messages and expressed the opinion that none had been received. “Rudolph Valentino did not believe in spirit messages,” she said. “He was intelligent, and If he had lived, the world weuld have heard of him in other ways. Evan if such mes- | sages were received, they should have been too sacred to broadcast. POKER CALLED ILLEGAL. Philippine Court Admits Skill, But Rules it Game of Chance. MANILA, November 29 (#).—Draw poker is a game of chance and fs {l- legal in the Philippine Islands, the Insular Supreme Court ruled today in upholding the conviction of four Fili- pinos, who were fined $25 each for in- dulging in the game. Says the decision: “By what is known as bluffing, it often happens that a skillful player with the poorest hand wins the pot from the poor player who has the best hand. But even so, in making bets the skillful player takes a chance that he will not be called. “In the final analysis, although it is a game more or less of skill, yet, everything alse ties DECLARES AMERICA ST SAVE WORL iEpiscopal Bishop Urges Church to Wrest Humanity From Power of Evil. “America God's last ¢ ce to save the 1d. Everywhere the children of men are cryving, ‘Thy and it is the church | alone who can give them the answer. | Shall this we not throw ourselves great adventure for God and A living world from the power Rev. Thomas <t, Bishop of Fast Carolina, 100 Episcopalians | churches in Washington | borhood at from the and neigh- the Washington Audi | torium last evening The oc | was the second annual missio | mass meeting arranged by the ex tive council of the diocese of Wash. ington at the request and with the the | ion was led by acolytes carryving crosses, followed by vested | choristers, men, women and children, | to_the number of 420. Following the Amerfean flag and the flag of the aymen's Serwvica Assoclation came | 50 priests of the church in vestments |many of them wearing collegiate | hoods. | Clergy in Place of Honor. | At the rear of the procession, the | place of honor in ecclesiastical forma tion, came Dr: William C. Sturgis, one of the speakers, and three hishops of the Episcopal Church, Rt. Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Wash ington: Rt. Rev. Thor €. Darst, Bishop of East Carolin. d Rt. Rev Philip M. Rhinelander, formerly Bish op of Pennsylvania and now a on of the Washington Cathedral. Prof. A. Tortovsky, organist of Epiphany Church, was at the organ, and the singing of the familiar hymns of the church by choire and congregation was a feature of the meeting. Bishop Freeman presided troduced. the speakers. and in The Apostle's who also read selected collects and prayers. Very Rev. F. S. M. Bennett dean of Chester, was scheduled to of the fatigue of an allday service for laymen which he conducted at Trinity Diocesan Church, he was un able to he present. The lesson was read by Bishop Darst. Bishop Freeman's Remarks. Bishop Freeman in his opening re- marks characterized the meeting as a “family gathering.” a the clergy for their co-operation in making the meeting so inclusive he said: “I venture to say in the pres- ence that I believe that this church of our love is entering on the greatest period of its history. I think the time has come when we will dare to advance the lines—to attempt things never before dreamed of. We are overburdened with appeals, therefore we should consider the place of each appeal in the scheme of things and rank the appeal of the church in its rightful first place. Jesus said, ‘Seek ve first the Kifgdom of God and all these others shall be added unto you. Bishop Darst, fu first speaker, into tion of a gathering of more | Laymen's Service | Creed was led by Bishop Rhinelander, | read the Scripture lesson. hut, because | After thanking | is alons can supply, NCARAGUA TROOPS READY TOADVANCE | Federals Mass for Attack if | Rebel Leaders Turn Down 1 Peace Terms. | B e AnsaciatediPrése: | MANAGUA, Nicaragua, November 20.—-Eight hundred government troops lare ready to assume the offensive hould Gen. Moncada, leader of the Liberal revolutionists, refuse to ac- cept the peace terms offered by the government. These terms were discussed by Gen. Moncada with Rear Admiral Julian L. Latimer, U. S. N., several days |ago ahoard the United States cruiser | Rochester, after which it was an 1 that the revolutionary leader reconsider the proposals. anwhile there are sporadic at- the revolutionaries. [ the president of the National Com- | mission on Evangelism. which is p paring to send 300 speakers to nearly 200 cities of the United States to con- | duet in January and February what | is known as “the bishop's crusade.” Stresses “Program of the Church.” After referring to the crusade the hishop said. “The program of the | church nothing less than the pro- gram of God. The program of God means ca ng out in the lives of men and of nations that daily petition of our “Thy Kingdom come: Thy will | be done on earth.' We wonder why |after 1,900 eventful vears the King- 3 [ dom has not already come. T find the answer in my own soul We have not put first things first—we have substituted sentiment for sacrifice: we | have substituted knowledge for obedi- | ence. It is not enough to say, ‘Lord, Lord. it is not enough to say our reed, unless we give oursewes to the furtherance of the program of God. We see the bhroken natfons, stained, torn, unhappy. suspicious, walting with dread for the coming of a new ¥. And we know there is no wayp o bring them peace except the way | of Jesus Christ.” E | Dr. Sturgis spoke of his daye as a research biologist. For the past 9 or 10 years he has devoted himself en- tirely to the work of the department | of missions of the Episcopal Church, in connection with which he has made periodic visits to the foreign mission fields. Cites Rapid Changes. He spoke of the tremendous and rapid changes which were taking place in the Orfent. tain a place of international leader- ship,” he sald. “It has taken Amer- ica 150 years; Japan has achieved its position in less than 70 years. “The conditions of 500,000,000 Chi- nese are changing with an unpredent- ed rapidity. What is stable in this world of change? Nothing except the church of the living God. In our sup- port of the missions in China teday depends the fate of America 50 vears hence. Today we are lifting a candle in the darkness of a great nation, the only light to show them the way out. Christianity alone burns with a steady flame. The voice of the Orient is ecrying out for that which Christ L “It took England 300 vears to ob."