Evening Star Newspaper, December 31, 1926, Page 6

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Wheeler, jof the Anti-Saloon ILe: e, in a long } conference with Secretary of Treasury Mellon today at the Treasury, asked that the Government continue its use of wood alcohol and other poisons in industrial aleohol for the present, but {expressed the hope that ild be able to find some less deadly. the conference. said the d artment realized that the law req s that industrial 1eohol be made “unfit for beverage ind that it must be the search for be le likely to pois conference at the Howed closely upon by coretary Mellon yesterds the jovernment was intending 1‘\ lly to take the poison out of { industrial alcohol, but t a formula had not as yet been compounded ! tuke the place of poison He Says. Teader were the other d My Wheeler n drinkers, ury to! | day the state | ment In Agreement, Anti he and antially in loon League Mr. Mellon agreement on n, but that he had ins erence that the up its present formulas con : wood alcohol until something | cise Tets po'sonous, but perhaps more uh oxious, was found The conference between the Treas ‘Hr\ head. charged with prohibition ]wn{mun ‘nt, and the counsel sul Anti-Saloon League was the most im {portant development today in the {agitation over poisonous dr | has been inereasir | New | Mr. wy | ference, in ks nsity up to after the con- the question that the Iaws in this country control- ‘m.,. the adulteration of industrial alcohol were far weaker than the laws | ot wet countries on the same subject. bec, Canada, for in M r sadid, he was tol¢ per cen i of wood alcohol was com: | prared with 4 per cent of wood alcohol [ i the new formula xoing into effect in ! this country tomorrow. said eler discussi Hopes for Harmless Formula. ing the hope that chemists sle to solve the question in E manner, Mr. W heeler said undersiood that’ some inzredients put into the the wood alcohol » the poison less deadly, ive as a den ant. 10 situation presented tod row over poison in industrial -ohcl, Mr. Wheeler said he had pr ted in hearings on the Vol when he had warned that | words “unfit for beverage use" were jnot strong cnough. He felt at the time, he said, that it would have been | better all around to make industrial jalcchol entirely impossible as a bev- | | erage instead of only unfit. This, he felt, might have sclved the question and prevented drinking the stuff. Corcerning the much-disputed the- of wnether the Government iilty under the present situation, . Wheeler contended that the C nment was under no contract to fur- sh that which it prohibits. |ESTATE OF $3,884,348 which would but still , with jme effec e i | the act 7 Mr. | Instrument of Charles Minshall of Indiana Is Admitted to Probate by Justice Hoehling. An estate valued at $3,884,345.16 is of by the will of Charles formerly of Terre Haute, Ind, who died in London, England, November 6. The will was admitted to probate today by Justice Hoehling of the District Supreme Court and letters testamentary ganted to the National Savings & Trust Co. Robert Minshall and Alexander M. Craig. The bulk of the estate is in securities, but there is also a brick manufacturing plant in Vigo Count Ind, and real estate in and abo Terre Haute. The widow, shall, is to income from and with the ret M. Craig, shall, is to tribution _of siven £2500 vised by the Among the disposed Minshall, rs. Emily Min- receive one-half of the the residuary estate, daughter, Mrs. Marga- and a son, Robert Min- share in the final dis- the estate. He is also for distribution as ud- testator. charitable and bequests are $10,000 to the for Organ Charity at Haute in memo of the paren the deceased; $5,000 to Rose Ladies’ Aid Society of Terre Haute, in mem- [ his mother, a formier secre- of wociety; $1.000 each to the ¥Fresh Air Mission and the Allen Chapel of the African M. E. Church at Terre Haute: bonds of the Nantucket Yacht Club and £15,000 in securities to the Nantucket - tion at Nantucket, Mass.; $3,000 to the Coffin School Assoclation of Nuntucket and $1,000 to the Nantucket Relief Assockation. A truse fund of for the henefit Jared W. Young, public Society ,000 i provided of the sisters of a cousin, und $1,000 ich to huy keepsakes goes to his | son-in-ia Alexander M. Craig of Maplewood, N. J.. and his daugh- ter-in-law, Kathryn T. Minshall Other personal legacies include $3,000 to his secretary, Joseph Entwisle of Terre Haute; $5000 to Dr. W Gibson of Washington, a cousin income fron a trust fund of $5,000 to Charles F. Ingram, cousin; $5,000 to Lucy Minshall, a cousin; $1,000 1o James R. Royce: $3,000 to Anna C. Richardson, a sister-in-la $2,000 to Lucy Shearer of Haute and $1,000 to Peter Probet. A number of friends and relatives are remembered with smaller bequests. POPE CELEBF}ATES MASS | Carried in Procession to Throne Where He Receives Ecclesiastical Dignitaries. ated Press. December 31 year was closed this morning pontifical mass ce ated by Piu . Peter’s s the climax magnificent ceremony rendered ularly solemn by the fuct that it th ance of the anni- of the festival of Christ the By the ROME jubilee {hy a Pope of part marked versary . pontiff, followed by his entire desiastical and civil courts, de- ended from his apartment and stopped in the Vatican chapel for brief meditation. Seated in the sedia gestatoria, the Pope was carried in procession through St Peter’s to the throne, where he ved individuaily the “ardinals, archbishops and bishops, vernment | of the | which | i formula. along | : is | DISPOSED OF IN WILL| IN STATE IN ST. PETER'S | ~International | general counsel | chemists | THE EVENIN 300-FOOT SHIP ON WHEELS TO TRY DESERT TRAVEL STAR, WASHINGTOX Kkept so dur- | ingredients which {last_Spring. { tempt to explore the “blind spot” | entir The future “ship of the desert” w rtor, who has evolved a craft & AsSenger earrying capacity in carly 300 feet long, 38 feet in 10-feet in diameter. The strange craft v freight, and it is estimated it will be { motive power. Photo shows a sketch of the monster f travel—the camel. versing the earth 4 .l‘ . ill not be the traditional camel, in the ‘h he believes will meet all miodern de arid regions. The dih and standing ab fe pmmodate 300 pe nd hav to travel about 20 hour. “desert ship,” b will able v iew of Joh: “desel high 2 the comparison D. FRIDAY, DECEMBER RELEASE IS DENIED D. C. STEPHENSON Former Klan Chief Refused Writ Until Indiana Su- preme Court Acts. C, I CITY to « confront Crumpack Court, yesterc for o writ D. o« from Byt ated | MICHIGAN | 31.—Declin which nov Supreme Court Harry L Superior od . petition corpus by which { sought his re Prison term for tephenson had sou round that his Circuit ¢ urder of Madge wpolis girl clerk of the M 1 to sign the e of venue ling attention | Stephenson | tion in h conviction, preme Conrt, Judge ishoff, a Kiel | {ha™ the Suprer eness and freight | |, - L hat ge wheels ne have this court H 50 tons or more of | : i ines supply the Makes F . n size with the old mode stied u Ind., Dece na question the Indiana roof L tay, dis ephe the Tndian murder trial in the urt in 1925 for Oberholizer, 0% walid hecause | Cireuit Court when a the ion transcript was taken to the 1 the fact that same que murder g in the rumpacker e an Cristoph speed, effect aive seeking to | & Powerful g WILKINS WILLFLY OVER ARCTIC AGAIN‘ Detroit Paper to Finance| Second Search for Un- known Land. ated Press. December Wilkins’ By the Asso: DETROI L Capt. Hubert Teorge cond tic next Spring will be financed the Detroit it was | A Detroit-built air plane will be used on the take-off from Point Barrow some time “ult h 1. Ben Eielson, who was chief of the first expedition last} will accompany Capt. Wilkins. | plane to be used will be af stock machine altered only to increase its fuel-carrying capacity so that it will have a non-stop flving capacity of 1,800 miles. It will be powered with the same type of engine as was d by Comdr. Richard, Byrd in his ful flight over thé North Pole the Ar v by ews, announced today. after | | | The machine will be_shipped to Fairbanks in time for a 530-mile flight over the Endicott range to Point Bar row by March 1. A stock of 3.500 gallons of gasoline stored at Point Barrow last Summer has been turn- ed over to Capt. Wilkins by the De- trolt Aviation Society, as well a: other supplies left there by the first expedition. | Land believed 1o exist Letween Alaskn_and the North Pole will be Capt. Wilkins' objective. CGeo- graphical and meteorological research also will occupy the expedition. Misfortunes, including damaging the planes, difficulty in transport- | irg supplies and the death of one | member of the party, struck by the propeller blade of one of the ma- hines, hampered the first expedition. Nevertheless, Capt. Wilkins made one extensive flight o unexplored ter- ritory before foggy weather forced abandonment of the expedition. KIWANIANS AND SONS HAVE YULE LUNCHEON ! outstanding | rel staves, | persc i tacled little Horses En]oy Annual Chrlstmas Feast As Guests of Animal Rescue League| Archyw amd R and Boy are in their clement tods They are host (I ey make! Archie, | flopping ears and {mien, attempti whit hosts his 1o mu And with serious to assure from the streets Animal Rescue Leas mas dinne ) that he doesn't ir sat and forcetul Toof all, but is just trying W host-like, ‘is probably the aricter of t rather pathetic simmerin sl to be nice was sat months & like bar tment he out tre who sinee Court. And us ribs mark ceived from a master sen punished in Police Roscoe, old and fat, and getting fatter just stapds by w the dignity wisdom d merely greets iests quiet nod of his d. today in the with a old | he being thnid | for | annual | Maryland | { nd to plant | their ribs | most | has | and | | Julia - i < writ. Y | deprived of ar of this writ Amid dram: grand d hirns e { Court 1e SO tay on this mplete discharge new tri T would s an express man’s wagon, | trial to vindicate vom then on the horses came into |its merits.” Stephenson decly feeding grounds, where each| “Many would whed a full trough of feed, with | 0f Droceedin; Soile eniia. e eixeols ed | 0 With D. €. Stephenson. 1 challen for dessert. For old horses whose | these men to take me back before teeth are not what they used to be, [ SouTt and lot (el the il | TRE b e avored soft [ tMl Noblesville, in Hamilton mixture of W . while for { S0 Jaw s the best variety of choice oats | “Moh has been provided. o 15 b Mo would file aplt eute Judge Crumpacke b el Indiana Supreme president of the lew t quick action Maddern Fiske, act tephenson’s move is _a meniber of the own case and the Mrs. Truman Palme wed o hearing of Macomb, Miss Ruth Hitch- |neys for the State Mrs. Ira Bennett and Miss | Whiting, all enthusiasts when it comes to making life a bit ma _bearable_for_unforfunate_animals. i abont | to side rst arrival | ¢ from the started the horses i this morning, L patient the v trial on was a mockery of R, Kiplinger, chief of coun tephenson, said he an in ate ap) corn ti nd Hoy shortly Bl in their. hospit Witer noon wers Minnie with the an effort sion ne s ‘ourt Mrs who league; mnie ok in taking up his adver two days. Attor isserted that the ourt Jacked jur when Stephens rily submitted himself for trial {in Hamilto ity he recognized the Tocal Miss CHICHIBU RESUMES SAD JOURNEY HOME Lack of Ceremony Marks De- parture After Call at White House. As unostentatiously as he arvived, Prince Chichibu, heir apparent to the | throne of Japan, slipped almost un- noticed out of Washington last night journey to Tokio for | services over his father, | aperor of Japan, after ha ing pald a brief, unofficial visit here ally to thank President Cool- idge for the sympathy this Nation had expressed to his people. Although entitled to the fullest hon- | ors the Government can hestow, the japanese prince re- mony 1d display his visit be dis- | of the sorrowful called him back | nce to this wish gestion of for two-day st ir to continue his the funers the late o ed that all cex connection with 2d with hecause in pen “the marked his 70 “Children” Attend Club Meet- | ing With Fathers Receive Gifts. and from their their fa nnual 1 by | Kiwanians' ars of age or older, pari thers in the Kiwanis Club's father and son luncheor, featur a program of ent ainment and the present of Christmas presents, in the Washington Hdtel vesteyday. All of the sons present, estim more than 70 in numnb: single line and marche. Jle, where they we Christmas presents ppropriate their age. A boal or some other toy was presented to a little curly head | fellow in iine, while pencils, flash lights and other articles were, in | turn, handed to the older sons, some of whom have been wearing long trousers for many vs. Last but not least on the program was the performance of many sleight- of-hand tricks by Archie D. Ensle, | for which he wax given three ch he luncheon program was uplhuly with grace said by Claude W. Owen, | ¢ years oll. While the feuasting Was it progress the name of Archie Meatyard, jr., was drawn from list of names, entitling him to a large | toy automiobile tr A special gift, consisting of of pertumed | soap, Was au . Pax- | ton for zing the largest number | of sons to the luncheon—five in num- | ber. Mark Lansburgh, jr., 2 5 old, son of the president of the club for the past year, was the youngest boy in attendance. Mr. Lansburgh, who presided for the last time this year, was presented with a huge cake in appreciation for his service to the club. The newly elected president, William . Quin- | ter, will be hmmled next week. WHITES LEAD IN TESTS. Mental m\d Physmal Speed sux-i passes That of Indians. PHILADELPHIA, December _A long series of compa: conducted to learn the pi mental reactions of whites and Indians of corresponding age and physical con- dition proved the former superior both in speed of movement and speed of decision. This was told yesterday to the anthropological section of the American Association for the Ad ment of Sclence by Thomas R Barnard of the Univ The Indians, the speakers declared, were on a par with the whites in per: severance and excelled in interest in detail, greater flexiility and greater compliance to suggestion. e Rent Raccoon Cantl EW YORK, December 31 (P).— ur trade note: Influx of holiday s phomores has brought a_tremendous tivity in the new bLusiness of renting riccoon coats. " sons, ranging to men in cipated with ¥ | at for 1 } Unknown { non [ e | Washington res | will on Visit Brief. White ite House ¢ visit to th vesterday after House late 0oon Wi brief and | followed pilgrimage by the prince | in the morning to the tomb of the | Soldier and Mount Ver- the graves of the Un- { George Washington | a. The President and Mrs rolid received the prince 1d his suite in the blue yoom. The ty arrived at 30 o'clock d 10 minutes latey route back the Japane During the Prince Chichibu, explained 10 Preside although he was throv A en funeral of his imperfal could not pass so near to ton without coming to person how deeply grateful his nation were over th message of sympathy thix ecountry had tended Japan in its bereavement _The young prince left Washinston | San Francisco at 6 lock On January 4 he will sail for Tokio by way of ionolulu, arriving in his| capital city about a week before final rites are” suid over his imperial| futhe Du 1 strictly and sion until fungral. FRIENDSHIP HOUSE WANTS $450 NOW/| Sum Must Be qecured in Donations | Before Tomorrow or $1,000 Offer Is Lost. wher w decor wits e 0 n conversation, | 1< understood. t Coolidge that, only passing | route to the | tather, he | Washing- | explain in he and of it W g the remainder of his jou ince Chichibu will conform | to the custom of his cqun- remain in complete seclu- after the late Lmperor's | Friendship | puth- wpeal o | immediate contributions tot 450 in order that the house may receive $1,000 offered by an individual on condition t an equal sum be iised to teh it by January 1. A total of 550 has been received. | Miss Lydia A. Burklin, head re dent of Friendship House, announced | today that with the 00 which would be on hand as a result of the receipt of ), the mortgage on | the house could be paid. She stated that gifts of only $1 by the many persons interested in the hou would greatly aid the cause. Money ! or checks mailed before midnight | Le considered as donations made today and will come within the time limit set by the person offering to give the $1,000, Miss Burklin said. | The proffered gifl is by a prominent woman who does not want her name made public, it is stated, today {First Turk Beauty | gun to twist my | about to reti | pistol, ~— | validity of the nge of venue. Down rrving the | bending through ne: Iv adve shook h submitted tody of pri & group of b hurried into within 10 minute in wia {cell that has been his since | ber 21, 19 15 MUST FACE RUM " CHARGES IN FLORIDA Washington Defendams in Con spiracy Case Ordered to Be in Court Monday. un- | niform tephenson friends and to the cus Surrounded by Contest for Film Actress Is Failure By the Associated Press CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkey's first been added to the unveiled with o parenthesis Dbeauties nor Turks participated. Twenty-nine local aspirants t the title of the most beautiful girl in Turkey and a ticket to Hoily wood assembled on the stage of the Angle Theater, onc of Con ntinople’s sprightliest moving houses, in response to the merican film society Greeks, Russians and Levantines made up the 2 The spectators ran their eyes over the candidates, found them sadly wanting in pulchritude, snicke and tore up their ballots, The con- test was called off. 'WOMAN IS ATTACKED IN HOME BY NEGRO Holds Intrudel at Bay With Empty Pistol for While—Police Mixed Up in Finding House. himself m guards. December beauty contest the ann woman's progre: that neither 31 has other S The 13 Washingtoh defendants a sted three years ago on charges of liquor eemspiracy, which included defendants in all, have been noti { fied that they must appear in court {in Jacksonville, Fia., Monday to face | trial or they will not only forfeit | bonds of $1.000 eac h, but be subject | to rearrest by capi According to advices rveceived | Elmer L. Irey. chief of the intelligence [ unit of the Tnternal Revenue Bureau n George 1. Golding, intelligence agent at ksonville, 1nited States Attorney Gober has official stified the defendants’ lawyers, t { United States marshal and the distric { attorney h that the trial will not | be postponed and that defendants must appear. o defendant Sprinkle, f forme After holding an empty rev phoned for polic 26 yvears old, knocked down and left hallway unconseiou a4 negro at bay with Iver while she tele . who include Joshua illian Yunk Deputy United States | stree A als |, Newman, Barteman and | II\:'-:”m th a 2 re arested November when the in- e made a_vigorous fig truder suddenly snatched a Bible from ;;;x‘[”:lrk‘["‘t\fl]v]‘:n:‘\n‘]‘\i;nll“. ':ltL.L\’ the table and threw it against |were first ordered Vel be. Catter her with iich force that she was com- | States ¢ . | pelled (o lower her weapon, according appe o the to the report she made to police e x‘[’]',.-"‘*)':uul.‘:; “Before I could recover myself : the d." he had seized the gun and be- | granted writs of habeas corpus. gun to twi arm. I don’t remem- | Government appealed to the Court ber anything more. Appeals, which reversed the District the meanti of the ' Court and ordered remov net wrong the defendants to Florida. The a . Boing te I“iml—l aguin to-the Court ing evervthing quiet they re efendants, and for turned to the station. Yunker this court’ ordered | stated that she gave her address over | i the telephone, and the officer at the other end of the line repeated the number back to her, but failed to re- seat the name of the street. The tconscious woman was covered by Dorsey Battle, 20 i old, & marine, and a roomer-in the | house. He summoned police and she was taken to Georgetown University Hospital, later returning to her home. Her husband, Howard Yunker, was on du with Truck Company No. 14 at | the time of the ult. Mrx. Yunker said that she had put her 2yearold boy to bed und was o when she heard a noise She went down with the and the attack she deseribed followed. She did not believe she | could identify her assailant. i 2 Vice Admiral Canevaro Dies. VENICE, Italy, December 31 (). Vice Admiral Canevaro, member the Italian Senate, is dead, He was the last known | the famous battle of Lisss tween the Austrian and it 1866, the fir modern ironcl B. 534 t police to the P street. there Mr wer 34 tim vemoval to _Flovida. OIN THE CHRISTMAS SAVINGS CLUB OF THE FEDERAL-AMERICAN ‘Everybody’s Doing It.” FURNITURE RENTING FOR Household Receptions Drives Conventions Office Weddings 5,000 Folding_Chairy Always In Stock - H. Baum & Son 616 E St. NW. Main 9136 dis- | vears | downstuirs. Parties of aged $8. survivor of . fought b an navi pitched battle d steam fleets Calvert St. Between 18th and 19th N.W. (Just f block west Ambassador Theater). New Year’s Special 6-Course Turkey Dinner $1.25 Hours: 1 to 7 P.M. \ Abe Martin HISTORIANS PLAN EDUGATION SURVEY Study Will Be Made to Seek Means of Training Pupils for Social Membership. possible th' publ en down 1 toda N Y MEXICAN DEPUTIES VOTE | | TO RE-ELECT PRESIDENTS co ment Permitting Choice After | Fifteen Leaders Form Committes Aypmvo .-umnmml Amend- | Intervening Term. | By th MEXTC Chamber proved | permi republic ible again make hi Presider Preliminary Survey Mude. constitution forbids serve more than o1 must be fighting already \mendmer, some acted favorab MEANS BEGINS NEW TERM. - | Prisoner Takes Additional 30 Days | ! Fine. he Krey, meml wer in Lieu of A AT LAY Gaston B, pauper's oath fine, and penitentiary on his senter ey to violate bition act Means was convicted with the Thomas B. 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