Evening Star Newspaper, December 10, 1926, Page 7

ARLINGTON RALLY PLANS ARE READY ivic Leaders to Outline Ef- fort to Develop- Great Metropolitan Area. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. 0 CLARENDON, Va., December 10.— Members of Congress, civic leaders prominently identified with the re- glonal development of Washington and its Virginia and Maryland en- virons, and officlals of ‘Government agencles promoting park and boule- vard development in the Greater Washington district, having accepted invitations to attend, the civic rally to be held tonight at 7:30 o'clock at the Washington and Lee High School promises to represent one of the most notable gatherings ever assembled in , Arlington County. The meeting will be under the auspices of the Arling- ton County Civic Federation. According to R. E. Plymale, presi- dent of the fetleration and chairman of the committee in charge of ar- rangements, great interest is. being shown in the meeting by the civic or- sanizations affiliating “with the fed- eration, all of which will send large delegations. The public is not only invited, but urged to attend that they may be come acquainteg with what is being Jone to link up the interests of Wash- ington, Arlington County and Mont- gomery County, Md., in the creation of a great metropolitan area of the + National Capital. Co-operation is expected to be the keynote of the speakers, who will be representative of all agencies lending their aid to the Greater Washington movement. The speakers’ list will in- clude Representatives Clyde Kelly of Pennsylvania, R. Walton Moore of Virginta and Frederick Zihlman of Maryland, Maj. U. S. Grant, 3d, ex- ecutive officer of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission; Ste phen T. Mather, director of the Na- tional Park Service; State Senator Frank L. Ball and Oliver Owen Kuhn, president of the Mont- gomery County Clvic Federation, who will speak for the interfederation con- ference, which is representative of the civic federations of Montgomery and Arlington Counties and Washington. FRIENDS OF METRIC SYSTEM ARE HEARD Advantages of Adoption of Pro- posed Change Pointed Out to Senate Committee. The teaching of meters, liters and grams, instehd "of yards,_quarts and pounds, in‘the schools of the +Nation, 18 -one-of-the first aims of advocates of.the general adoption of the etric system in this country-the Senate committee on commerce ‘was told at 8. public hearing today. g The committee had-before it a joint resolution under which the Commerce Department ~would be- autforized to establish the metric system for gen- eral merchandising after-1935. ¥. L. Roberts, an_officer of the Metric Association of New -York, pre- Sented a petition of.business men who favor the change, but members of the committes announced- they had received many letters from constitu- ents who.are opposed“to the resolu- tion. Mr. Roberts insisted supporters of the resolution have no desire to over- throw the present system of weights and measures overnight, and contend- od nine vears would prove ample to effect the necessary changes in in- dustry gradually. Senator Couzens asked the witness 1¢ he had estimated what it would cost American industry to make the change. Mr. Roberts answered that estimates of the cost would not mean much. He said it could be argued that the change would require a heavy out Jay of money, and that it also could be shown that to continue to use th present system would entail a heavy expense. In seeking to show the need for a universal standardization of weights and measures, Mr. Ioberts said the inch and the yard were not the same in the English and the American s tems, Pressed by Senators Bingham end Willis for an explanation of the difference, Mr. Roberts admitted it was mnot sufficient to be visible, but « that it existed. Senator Bingham observed that the use of the present system of welghts g and measures has not retarded the re- markable development of Ame industry. The hearing is expected to eontinue tomorrow. Senator Jones of Washington presided LUMBERMEN TALK TAX. Btandard Scale Also Topic of Meet- ing at Norfolk, Va. NORFOLK. scale were sel, who con the Govern ment at this time was in a’'p to reduce the corporation income to as low as 10 should be done. The meetings were pre President . J. Cherry. speaking members of th discussed informally other rules of the trade. + moon & e close. pated in of variou ‘Wednesday. THREE DEAD IN CRASH. ‘Women and Girl Victims of Cross-| ing Accident in North Carolina. NORFOLK, Va., December 10 (#) Two women and a gir. are dead as the result of an_automobiletrain orash at Edenton, N. C.. last night, y mding to information received m. The dead are Mrs. Bessle Bunch, aged 36: her daughter, Re- becca, 15, and Miss Minnie Bateman, 26, all of Edenton All were occupants of a car oper- ated by P. S Thomas, a Norfolk life insurance agent. The crash occurred on Broad street n the city limits. The train, a Norfolk Southern freight, was not seen by Thomas in time to op. Miss Bateman died almost instantly. Mrs. Bunch and her daughter died be- fore thev could be gotten to a hos- pital. Thomas escaped injury other than bruises and shock. Asks 320.&)6 for Defamation. Bpecial Diepatch to The Star. WARRENTON, Va., December 10.— R. S. Cochran, merchant and dealer in farm supplies at The *Plains, Va.. has brought suit against the Riverton Lime Co. for $20,000 for alleged def- emation by statements as %0 quality of lime supplied by him. The case {s betng heard hero before Judge Flet- cher and & Jucye ax | s and that it Late for School, Dragging a Deer Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, December 10.— Robert D. Bream was alarmed yesterday when his son Paul, aged 16, failed to return from a hunting trip in_time for school. At 10 o'clock, a searching party set out, coming upon the boy drag- Bing a 160-pound buck. Paul sa:d he was on his way home when he saw the buck feasting upon apples in an orchard and fired, wounding the animal. Pursult of a mile followed and another shot brought down the quarry. RESCUE FIVE IN WRECK. Passersby Extricate Two Injured ‘Women and Others in Auto. Special Dispatch to The Star. Mrs. O. R. Bowen, Front Royal, Va., from a fractured hip and numerous shock after being extricated from a closed automobile, which suddenly embankment, sythe and two young sons of Mrs. window glass with boards from a fence through which the car had plowed and lifted the occupants out. ALEXANDRIA, Va, December 10 (Special).—Plans are_under way by members of Kate Waller Barrett Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, for placing a historic iron fireback, found in the ruins of the mansion at Hayfleld farm, Fairfax County, in the Virginia room of Con- tinental Memorial Hall in Washing- ton. Surrounding it would be a num- ber of old brick taken from the chim- ney. It is broken on the right side. letter “W” in the center near the top. Just blow on either side are the let- ters “A" and evidently, in the opinion of local historians, represent- Ing the given names of Washington's | state rod parents, J. F. Harrison, giving his address as 814 D street northeast, Washing- ton, D. C., reports to the police that his car was struck by an automobile driven by a colored man at Alfred and Duke streets last night, and damaged. An automobile driven by Cecil Barksdale, giving his address as 607 Prince street, and a light delivery truck of the Virginia Public Service Co., driven by George Fletcher, 1507 ing street, came together at King and Fairfax streets at 9:30 o'clock this morning. The coupe of Barksdale was overturned and damaged. Barks- dale escaped with a slight cut on his hand. One wheel of the machine driven by. Fletcher was .damaged. -Fletcher escaped-injury. - * These officers have been chosen-by Yhe Kiwanis Club: Nelson T. ‘Shyder, 3r.“president: Thomas Chauncey, fist vice president; Thurlow White, second vice president; Carroll Pierce, Seven -directors- elected* follg T. Clarkson, Robert S. Jones, U. S. Lambert, Paul Morton, . Joseph H. Netwell, C. Page; Waller and George E.-Warfield. Saer . The Alexandria Medical Society has elected Dr. F. M. Dillard, president; Dr. W. Clyde West, vice-president;- Dr..H. A.-Latane, seeretary-treasurer. |- The funeral of Mrs. Dajsy Estelle Daniels, -43 - years-old, wife of Neil Dariiels, who died yesterday morning at her ‘home’at*Bailey’'s Cross.Roads, Fairfax County, will take place from the chapel at that place at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon, and will be con- ducted by the Rev. Dr. S. A. Wallis, professor emeritus of the Episcopal Theological Seminary. Besides her husband she is survived by one son. B e e Students to Entertain. Special Dispatch to The Star. McLEAN, Va., December 10.—The junior class of the Franklin Sherman High School will give a reception to the seniors tomorrow night in the school auditorium. Each member of the two classes and of the faculty is entitled to bring one guest. MUSIC INTERSTATE MALE CHORUS. The choral ion of the In-Com-Co Ciub, known more generall; ate Male Chorus, concerts at the Ma last night before re and enthusiastic au- program had some love- numbers, and also in- sonic Auditorium { their usual la | dien Iy, distinctiv cluded a i popular vas warmly dience. One of the Clough-Leighter’ ! Comes on® the Skee Leighter is well know ton, where Le b recognized as one of shing- he ciub seems (o be improving in v way. The diction notice- od in Reddick's wing Low peated by “Viking gram. fol- was t and good emph: The Italian “M given fluent gol From the \Wes! “The Gondoliers,” { Davison, was one of the most popular numbers. The | L g Bon n," written chorus by Dominic monk who lives on the Western Coast, was one of the most impre: gve | selections and a beautiiul finale. The members of the chorus are First tenors—Ben Austin, arold M. Brown, Ross Farrar, Clarence P. Lewis, Ignatius L. Stormont, William T. Spence, Anthony J. Stanley, Ed- win A. Westland, Ben S. Woodhead. Second tenors—Elmer L. Beach, Wil- liam H. Bonneville, J. Forney Donald- son, Lumen H. Macomber, John W, Palmer, jr.; Williams Roberts, John B. Switzer, Andrew C. Wilkins, Myron Witters, Russell B. Wooden. First basses—Shirley W. Allen, Louis I. Doyle, Richard C. Dunbar, Clyde D. Gorman, John E. Hackman, William A. Maidens, Thomas E. Pyne, Nor- man Roberts, John C. Stevens, Wil- Ham H. Whiteside. Second basses— Frank M. Cooke, Luther C. Dodd, Curtis R. Engelhart, Austin E. Heiss, Howard Hosmer, J. Paul Kelley, Charles M. Neff, Bert L. Swelker, | ‘Wingfleld T r, a Smith THE “EVENTNG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. .0, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1926. reduction Tenn acre: planting the said. HUGE COTTON AREA Boy Hunter Found| DIVERSIGNS PLEDEZD Handreds of Thousands of Acres to Be Put in Other Crops, Conference Hears. {BY the Assoclated Prese. MEMPHIS, Tenn., December 10.— Hundreds of thousands of acres have already been pledged for diversion to other crops in the cotton acreage a spokesman for the Southwide Cotton Confer- ence declared summing up reperts made by State committee to the execuiive commit- tee of the movement in conference here yesterday Checking up v mittees pcoled committee the weeks' canvas: - e area and decls WINCHESTER, Va., December 10.—| headway had been made in guaran- 3 tly reduced production was isi'a Kiopitalibiere t00ay SUTOrtNg | oty . i t Butler of Memphis, chair- body brulses, and her sisterinlaw |man'of the executive group, and his Mrs. Frank Forsythe of the same|ggociates announced that the orsani- place, was in a serious condition from | 2501168 AT OtICEC AT hade. mood except in North : arolina and Georgi darted from a road, plunged down a0 | tergay’s conferces determined to line and upset. Mr. For-| "o ivers, bankers and handlers of in these three States by organization Bowen, his sister, escaped serious|\Ne crob hurts. ' Passing motorists broke the L’%’r";‘“d‘e Committee men attended vesterd: conferences from Alabama. Arkan: Oklahoma, Mi > Texas, ALEXANDRIA. T They agreed States and low-up campaign, which pury give every grower an opport pledge coming season. The conference voted to prosecute the campaign up to and through ime in the S work greatest . In that State a 150,000 acreage reduction had and the Mis It - 2 work of securing bears the date of 1734, and has the begun. ze “The lievliest town in western Kan- * says a sign on one of the inter- out West. “We had to kill a man to start a cemetery.” campaign, sterday’s State com- the executive of the cotton-growing that gratifying strenuous North Caro- ee push agzressive fol- in already sippians declared the pledges had just 10, Saved as Ship Goes Down, Credit Woman’s Prayers| By the Associaied Press. NORFOLK, Va., December 10.— A woman's faith In prayer main- tained the morale of the crew of 10 men of the schooner Edna M. McKnight of Boston while it was sinking Tuesday 160 miles off Virginia capes. Mrs. A. Loesche, wife of the schooner’s master, and the crew were brought here after they had been rescued by the British steamer Radner. The men attributed. their rescue to her comforting words and prayers while they were working frantically at the pumps from Sun- day to Tuesday with the ship par- ially submerged. RITES FOR . E. MASTBAUM HELD IN PHILADELPHIA Municipal Flags Placed at Half- Staff in Tribute to Deceased Philanthropist. ., By the Aesociated Press. PHILADELPHLA, December 10.— With municipal flags throughout the city at half-staff in tribute, Jules E. Mastbaum, motion picture magnate and philanthropist, was buried yester- day from his home on Rittenhouse Square. The funeral services were attended by both Mayor Walker of New York and Mayor Kendrick of Philadelphia, with their cabinets. Priests and rabbis stood side by side during.the cere- monies, mingling with - ¢lergymen of nearly all denominations. * Judges, business men, boxers ‘and theatrical folk also attended. ' Police estimated 40,000 persons passed before the bier during the six hours the body lay in state in h home. All the theaters in Philad phia of the Stanley Co. of America, of which M dent, were closed yesterday out of re- spect for him. Mr. Mastbaum died Tuesday follow- ing an operation. v~ Some persons are.very fortunate in being able to talk without putting themselves to the trouble of thinking, says the Detroit News. ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md, December 10 (Special).—Mrs. Belle Cooley has in- stituted suit in the Circuit Court here for annuliment of the marriage 1 ay and Hiram Gan- which took place in Ellicott , Md., November 9, 1925. It is represented in the petition that at the time of the wmarriage Mrs. was but 17 old. Mrs. represented by Attorney Kenneth dane of Rockville. . The For. 'n Council of Knights of Columbus is arranging to enter- tain something like 500 children of all denomina ns at a Christmas celebration in tie Knights of Colum- hus Hall, Stiver Spring, the afternoon f Sunday, December 26. The com- sittee in charge, of which George P. Culver is chairman, plans to have a big tree, Santa Claus, gifts and goodies for everybody and music and other features. A similar celebration was held by the council last year and was a big success. Announcement has been made by W. B. Armstrong, corresponding sec- retary, that the December meeting of the Montgomery County Civic Federation, to be held in the Battery Park Community House, Battery Park, Monday evening, will be one of the most important meetings yet held Cooley teresting program was rendered un- | der the direction of the president, | Mrs. Carl C. Schuermann; a framed | copy of “Madonna of the Chair” was presented to Mrs. Lines for uss in the kindergarten and reireshments were served. Health Talk Tonight. At the December meeting of the Glenmont Parent-Teacher and Fa- trons’ Association, to be held this ev ning at the Glenmont School, Miss Beulah Bafford, county nurse for that | section, wiil give an iliustrated talk on | health, and a business session will be | held. Under the auspices of the assocla- tion and for the benefit of the school supper will be served at the school Saturday evening, following which there will he a program of music and other features and dancing. The com- mittee In charge is composed of Mis. Leo L. Gracves, chairman; Mrs. Parker ‘Weller, Mrs. Raymond B. Graeves, Mrs. Menzo J. Dickerson and Mrs. Arthur L. Smith. J. D. ROCKEFELLER, SR., READY FOR GOLF LINKS Arrives in Florida in Fit Condition, by the organization. Modification of the constitution, new by-laws, schools, roads, proposals for new forms of government for_the communities ad- jacent to the District of Columbia are some of the matters scheduled for consideration. New Marriage Licenses. Licenses have been issued by the clerk of the Circult Court here for the marriage of Charles E. Embrey, 21, and Miss Gladys Robey, 18, both of Herndon, Va.; Ethel Beyer, 47, and Mrs. Lillian A. Woods, 45, both of Washington; Henry T. Johnson, 24, and Miss Katherine L. Harrison, 18, both of this county; Milton J. Flor- ence, 22, of Quantico, Va., and Miss Florence B. Duvall, 21, of Hoadley, Va., and Robert W. Stokes, 24, and Miss Eva Charis, 19, both of Wash- ington. The first anniversary of the organi- zation of the Woodside Woman's Club was celebrated Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edson B. Olds, Woodside, with their daugh- ter, Mrs. Howard Fry, a member of the club, as hostess. The specially in- vited guests included Mrs. O. C. Mer- rill, president of the Montgomery County Federation of Women'’s Clubs; Mrs. Archibald Small, former presi- dent of the federation; Mrs. Helen Lines, teacher of the Woodside kinder- garten, and the presidents of several of the nearby women's clubs. An in- Despite Rumor He Was “Too Weak to Talk.” By the Associated Press. ORMOND, Fla., December 10.—John D. Rockefeller, sr., described atyone point of his journey to the South as “too weak to talk,” had all arrange- ments made to say it with a mashie niblick today. He arriged at his Win- ter home here vesterday apparently in_the best of spirits. If he was “too weak to talk” at any time during his trip from New York, he was strong enough in Jacksonville to cause one newspaper man to wish he had phrased his own remark less severely. N. W. Davis, secretary to Mr. Rockefellen, warned reporters that the conversatién probably would be limited to a greeting. “Thank you,” said one young man, “I only wanted to know how he made the trip.” “All right, young man,” sald Mr. Rockefeller suddenly, from within his private car, “if that's all you want to know I'll tell you—fine, fine! .Of course,” he added thoughtfully, “if you'd wanted to know anything else there are many things I might have told you, but under the circum- | stances——" He left the sentence BREWSTER SPEAKS; GOULD SHUNS DINNER Senator Refuses to Attend Maine Society Banquet—Differences : Crop Up. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 10.—The political differences of Gov. Ralph O. Brewster of Malne and Senatgr Ar- thur R. Gould apparently have been carried to the Maine Society of New York. Senator Gould was absent from the soclety’s dinner last night, and ofiicers said he had refused to attend because the_governor a speaker. The political differences between the two Maine leaders of the Republican party cropped forth but omce at the dinner, when Ralph A. Sturges, the toastmaster, in_Introducing the gov- ernor mentioned he had been invited to speak “immediately after the Sep- tember election.” The governor, in opening his ad- dress, commented on this remark, as follows: “Your toastmaster was careful to specify the Invitation was extended after the September election. There has been another one since then of which we have heard considerable.” The political hostility between the governor and Senator Gould developed during the recent Maine special elec- tion when the governor supported charges that Senator Gould had ex- ceeded the primary campaign ex- penditure allowed by law. Policeman’s Bullet Fatal. Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., December 10. —James Lichleyer, a negro, shot by Patrolman Jesse Hasty on November 28, while the policeman was attempt- ing to place him under arrest on a charge of stealing a pair of gloves in a local comfort station where the negro was an attendant, died last night at the Washington County Hos- pital here from his wounds. The of- ficer claimed he was attacked. to indicate a change in the program Mr. Rockefeller has been following in vears past. It is custom to 7 LYNCHINGSINU.S. SHOWING INCREASE Total of 27 Reported Present Year, 9 Hore Than in 1925 Record. By the Associated Press. MINNEAPOLIS, December 10.— Twent, ven lynchings, nine more than the whole of 1925, had occurred in the United States up to Novem. ber 15, 1926, the committee on race relations reported to the Federal Council of Churches today. “This," said the report, “represents the s est setback since 1922 in the campaign to marshal churches against lynching, and the plea of the churches for a lynchless land seems farther from realization than any year since that time. RBishop George C. Clement of Louls- ville, Ky., is chairman of the commit- tee. One Woman Among Victims. “The number of lynchings reached 27 when three negroes—one a woman —were killed by a mob at Aiken, 8. C., October 8, with one negro victim at Dover, Tenn., the same night, and three victims in Texas on Novem- ber 11. “This makes nine more victims in 10% months of 1926 than suffered this fate in_1925, and 12 more than in 1924. It lacks one of equaling the total of 28 for 1923. “Careful studies made by the com- mittee in international co-operation of counties and sections of States where lynchings have frequently occurred Indicate some correlation between the ‘economic and social condition of the community and mob violence. Arouses Agitation, “Increase of the atrocious evil of Iynching is arousing much agitation and causing much thoughtful consid- jon again on the action of the nited States Congress to make mob violence a Federal offense. “It is clear that whatever action is taken for the passage of laws against lynchings, the church must carry the great responsibility for arouaing its members and the Nation to act.” play golf in the mornin to confer briefly with business associates just dangling. At the home here there was nothing before lunch. In the afternoon an automobile ride is his diversion. e A shiftless man can always blame his wife for his failure to make good. 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