Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1927, Page 13

PECTACULAR gs of the Penn 0il € estimated at $500,600. Explosions that could be seen from flames from reac! 1l sections of Washington. Washington fi storage tanks containing 500,000 gallons of gasoline and oil ROSSLYN FIRY., CAUSES HEAVY DAMAGE. A close-up of one of the d . at_Rosslyn, V: during the progress of th caused by the burning of 2. PR fire 5 fuel trucks sent toweri ratus succeeded in preven STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1927. ved build- ast night, which caused damages 2 flames into the air g the Washington Star Photo. | | Mrs. Coolidge, the First Lady, goes for a stroll as part of her quiet observance yesterday of her forty- | at Rome, y | competitors. | © Underwood eighth birth nniversary Henry Miller. Signorina Banzi, champion woman discus thrower of Italy, prepares for a discus hurl in a recent meet n which she defeated all & Underwood. NICARAGUAN of the hastil ing i at Nicaragua VERNMENT to protect foreign intes tagalpa, the coffee center of > FORCES ENGAGE IN HEAVY FIG support of the government of President Diaz, against the Liberal Sa aragua. American naval authorities have d rests. HTING WITH LIBE mobilized troops of the Conservative forces in the Central American country, wh casa forces. The troops are shown ared a neutral zone i right by . & A. Phe UMMERS STAGE COLORFUL NEW YEAR PARADE IN QUAKER CITY. For bizarre costumes and re- galia the Philadelphia organization outdid itself this year in its annual New Year day procession there. The 'y responded to the occasion with its usual en masse turnout of citizenry to witness the spectacle. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. g HUGE SNAKE TURNS UP AFTER HURRICANE. This 12-foot python was recaptured the other day on the Florida farm of F. W. Anderson, who holds it, after its escape during the hurricane last Fall from an ostrich and alligator farm some miles distant. It had not been seen since its escape. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. SMITHSONTIAN INSTITUTION RECEIVES RARE STONE COLLECTION. Dr. George P. Merrill (right), chief curator of the Institution, and Dr. W. F. Foshay and gems included in the collection of the late Coi. Washington A. Roebling, which has just been presented to the institation by his son. It is considered the finest private collection in the world. assistant curator, exhibit some of the rare stones National Photo. FRESWEEPSPLANT, 0SS NEAR SO0 ' Blaze Destroys Penn Gaso- line Tanks at Rosslyn, Menacing Key Bridge. Damage amounting to approximate- 1y $500,000 was wrought last night by spectacular fire which swept the gasoline plant of the Penn Oil Co. at Rosslyn, Va. The entire “oil settle- ment” near the Virginia end of the Key Bridge was endangered by the explosions of flaming fuel, Two tank-wagon sheds and all but two of the company’'s fleet of 27 trucks and wagons were destroyed be- fore the conflagration could be brought under control by Washing- ton and Arlington County fire com- es. Half a dozen large storage tanks, containing a total of half a million ons of gasoline and benzol, were foxed by the seething flames, but val- fant work of the firemen in keeping the great containers bathed in water prevented these from exploding. High-Test Benzol dangered. burned from the side of ank filled with 160,000 gal- lons of the “high test” fuel ingredi- ent, and th inflammable con- tents are said to have neared the boil ing point, but firemen refused to leave their post and continued pouring pireams of water onto the blistered steel. It was nec all the way nearly half 1o bring water cal and Vir pieced togethe The fire, of was discovered by year-old colored watchman, according ul Himmelfarb, president of the Howard said the blaze ‘ed to center in a long shed, in which a short 1d begn stored 16 he trucks had been and made ready ry to lay hose lines to the Potomac River, mile distant, in order into play. Hose of lo- nia companies were for the purpose. undetermined origin, obert Howard, 74- oll company at first appe brick truck while befor trucks. Mos filled with of Girls Use Savings For Trip to U. S. to Hear Noted Singer By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 4.—One item on the cargo manifest of the liner Berengaria, which docks to- day, might well read, “One two- year-old dream; deliver to Metro- politan Opera House for immedi- ate realization.” Two young English working girls are coming over, not to seek the glory of standing on the fa- mous stage as operatic stars, but merely to sit quietly in the dark- ened house and feast on golden song from the throat of Galli Curcl. In 1924 Gali Curci gave five con- certs in London. Ida Cook and her friend Louise heard the first concert and immediately bought tickets for the remaining four. And when Galll Curci left, the ambition had been born to follow her to America and hear her sing again. For two years the girls saved every penny that could be spared and at last they had enough to make the trip. Today Galli Curct announced that a letter from Miss Cook had informed her the friends were on the Berengaria, the reali- zation of their dream in sight. JEWEL SMUGGLING | RING SUSPECTED With $125,000 in Diamonds in Socks When Liner Arrives. Seaman Arrested By the Associated Prees. NEW YORK, January 4.—Exist ence of an international smuggling | ring, using sailors on vessels leaving today. for < ry trip Rescue Two Trucks. nother employe suc- two of the trucks out of the sefore the first e: plosion occ drenching the whole vicinity with blazing gasoline? With- a ts both wagon sheds flames nies from half 15 =0on were on virtually pov of the lack Howard ceeded i omer g hissing Volunteer a dozen Vi Lt the scene oy were erless, however, bec of immediate water supply. As- sistancs of the local Fire Department was asked and three companies under command of Second Battaiion Chief sullivan Large ed by the to the fire city and nearby he only road le hampering work of the firemen were driven back only by the series of explosions that threatened at times %o shower them in a fiery cascade of gasoline Estimates the Damage. Himmelfarh eved the d: »onded went from various parts of the nia, congesting to the scene and su am Mr. age ag opinion that it we eral thundred thousand haps $500,000." He said #some" Insurance. ild egate doll A number of neighboring oil con- $100,000, er s . tract- | They | the | | Belgian ports to smuggle large | |quantities of diamonds into this coun- | try, is suspected by customs officials, who have confiscated $125,000 in gems {in the socks of a Belgian seaman Franz Tielemans, on the Red |liner Pennland, had the stones, s | regati 00 carats, in two | | packag concealed in each | | sock. He s arrested. H | He told Treasury agents he did | not know the destination of the | diamonds, and said he merely had instructed to deliver them to! 2 man with a red handkerchief af an uptown street intersection after | | he had replied properly to'a pass | wora. Information that an attempt was to | {be made to smuggle diamonds from | the Pennland reached the Department soon after ! sailed from Antwerp. Customs agents pointed out that recently a seizure had been made | »m the member of the crew of the | Arabic. s one | been ‘Treasury | the vesse | have offered him the use of ! tank trucks, he said, and ef-| wi'l b made to maintain a cur |\.4Hl>\ delivery schequl i+ A simil fire about | cerns | seve a year ago de there was stroyed a large tank of the Penn Oil Co. and caused damage estimated at EARTHQUAKES CAU of the effects of the N heavy temblors. Calexico was the HEAVY DAMAGE IN SOUTHERN IMPERIAL VALLEY. This telephone picture, ew Year day earthquak ¢ in southern California, shows the front wall of a garage at heaviest sufferer of the American cities in the quake zone. ‘alexico completely shaken out by the one of the first received in the East, Acme Photos. MEN HELD-AS LEADERS IN RUM RING ON TRIAL Alleged “Master Minds” and Asso- ciates Facing Charges of Canada Border Conspiracy. the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January and Frank Costello, alleged master minds of a rum ring ting be- tween Canada and the United States, went on trial yesterday with 16 other men indicted with them for importing 4.- ed opers Edward } liquor to Long Island. New York City, Connecticut and New Jersey. Thirty-three defendants, 13 members of the C: named in the indictment, 15 of these the case was sevel motion of United States Attorney of them | Hitcheock The indictment ch offenses beginning Octol including the loading, n unloading of various other craft plying between and the coast of New York, sey and ( it. It char series of 1923, and New Jei the | of the Coast Guard. Forrest G. Smith Declared Sane. G. Smith, a patent attor- declared sane yesterday by in Justice Hoehling’s court and was released from St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, where he has been held September. Tunacy pro cecd stitutel by the Dis trict Commissioners, hut Attorney Waiter P. Plumley contested them on behalf of the patient and the jury held with the Jawyer, Forr ney, w last were Judge Assails Pomp of Divorce Court By the Associated Press. WILKES-BARRE, Pa., January 4. —An opinion handed down by Judge Henry A. Fuller of the Luzerne County Court in a divorce case may become a classic among such judicial determinations. The master who heard the case recommended a decree, | but_Judge Fuller held: “This tough case could have been, and should have been, heard in one hour, privately, by a judge in cham- bers, instead of being paraded with !public disclosure of its prurient de- tails for and months before a master, with all the pomp and pa phernalia of a court in session, cluding tipstaves. “Libellant_seeks ‘it to be relieved from alimonial obligation. “Respondent fights it to retain all- monial contribution. “Analysis of the actors and their !acts leads us to think that, on a com- promise, we should give to both a part of what they want, and deny the rest alimony. tion, indignities to evidently disagreeable, was he. and interest, he paid her back. the person, but so, desertion, to go and speeded her departure, on earth - | riddance, in- quently dr: many ~ times never drunk.’ been s e ® dreadfully diverge. cline to make decree.” In Overruling Master’s Plea for Decree “In her favor we decide against divorce; in his favor we decide against “This leaves open the door to re- conciliation, befitting mutual adapta- “On the merits of the first charge, she was too, In her own coin, principal “On the merits of the second charge, we think he wanted her I, as he swears, she made his life ‘a hell he must have rejoiced in ““These parties give each other the lie on every detail of their testimony. The nearest approach to agreement was when she swore that he was fre- pk, while he swore ‘I have intoxicated, but Lexicographically, on that point at least, they are not far apart, but on every other they do’ We de- UPHOLDS DIVORCES IN “WORTHY CASES” Chaplain to British King Says Churches Should Stand Squarely for Christian Monogamy. BY the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 4. ‘The churches of the world must stand i squarely for Christian monogamy, but divorce and remarriage in the church should be possible in worthy coses, Dr. G. A. Studdert-Kennedy, chaplain to King George of England, believes. “All countries must rehabilitate the family if they are to meet the divorce evil,” said Dr. Studdert-Kennedy. The churches need to stand squarely for Christian monogamy. “On the other hand, I am opposed to the present attitude of my church with regard to innocent parties. I would not throw down the bars to di- | vorced parties, but I am convinced COOP HANDLERS STRIKE. Business Crippled When Poultry ‘Workers Demand Increase. NEW YORK, January 4 (#)—The extensive live poultry business of New York was crippled yesterday by a strike*of coop handlers and slaughter- { house employes. Because of the strike quotations Wete not forthcoming. The wholesale receivers compro- mised with union employes, raising their wages from $40 a_week and §1 an hour overtime to $45 a week and 181 an hour overtime, but the siaughterhouses rejected the demand for $50 a week and $1.50 an hour over- time, £ ' Hired Colored Teacher. DES MOINES, Ilowa, January Carney, near here, front yard of Jesse Burrell, hired Miss Faye Jeffers, negress, as Negro _leaders here through the newspape; | take adequate precautions, CROSS BRINGS SHERIFFS. Emblem Burned After Director (#).—Deputy sheriffs were sent to late yesterday, when a flery cross was burned in the school director and justice of the peace, who Successor to a white school teacher. Carney is a small mining community. threatened that negroe: of Des Moines would descend on the town to protect the negress and Mr. Burrell if the sheriff’s office did mot that in certain cases in which the church can definitely determine inno- cence, the party should be permitted to remarry in the church and with church recognition. “God can release what God has join- ed together, and this in my opinion should be the position of the church regarding marriage.” Dr. Studdert-Kennedy, who was known as *“Woodbine Willy” among the soldiers during the war, from the brand of cigarettes he distributed in the trenches, is gravely concerned over the modern generation of stu- dents, which he feels suffers from “the inhibition that comes from con- tinually thinking in abstractions.” | ““The cult of open mind has be- | {come a shibbolegh, so that it seems the student has ®o convictions about 4 a Engineers Seek To Put Hydrogen Back on Air Map By the Associated Press. Helium, one of the youngest members of a large family of gases, but very useful to Uncle Sam because it lifts balloons, is looking to its laurels. Hydrogen, an older brother, is returning to favor. Because of its high inflammabil- ity, hydrogen left a quality to be desired which helium was subse- quently found to pos Helium however, was exceedingly rare as opposed to the abundance of its rival, and it was expensive to man ufacture. Recently the experience of a British dirigible visited by light- ning during a storm led to the conclusion that hydrogen was more to be respected than disdained. It they could eliminate an additional hazard, that of the combustible fumes generated by the gasoline motors, engineers believe they would re-establish hydrogen as premier for gas-bag inflation. De- velopment of an engine utilizing crude oil for fuel has monopolized their efforts. CLAIMS NEW YORK TOSUPPORTG.0.P. Republicans Will Roll Up Huge 1928 Landslide, Chair- man Says. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 4.—A Repub- | lican sweep in New York and in the Nation in the 1928 elections was pre dicted yesterday by Charles D. Hilles, chairman of the Republi State committee’s executive committee, in a statement outlining the party situa- tion in New York State. “I am sure” Mr. Hilles declared, “that the Republican party in New York is on the verge of the greatest comeback in its history. Our recent defeat in this State was due to local causes and issues rather than to any inherent weakness in the party.” Gov. Smith will devote much of his time this year and next to the cultivation of his candidacy, for the presidengy, Mr. Hines said.' “Every- body seems to have understood that he would not have accepted the gov. ernorship except to utilize it as a stepping stone,” he said. “Many who supported him for governor would not vote for him for Chief Executive of the Nation. “He has been a very expensive gov- ernor and has more than doubled the cost of the State government. People would contrast his record with the expenditures reduced by one-half and the abundant prosperity under Repub- lican rule in the Nation. Gallatin Memorial Approved. Erection by any private, approved group of a memorial to Albert Galla- tin, Secretary of the Treasury from 1801 to 1804, is authorized in a bill which passed the House yesterday. we have no evidence tk PLOT T0 FIX" JURY CHARGED BY 1.3. Confession Implicates ‘Sev- eral in Move to Aid ex-Chi- cago Sheriff and Others. 4 —Confession of a-plot to “fix” the Federal grand jury which recently cleared former Sheriff Peter M. Hoffman and seven others in the Cook County Jail scan- | dal put the Government on the trail | today of a fund alleged to have totaled $50,000 or more. After 15 hours’ questioning of three under arrest, Hope Thompson, |a nt district attorney, announced ‘a definite notion as to where the big bank roll came from.” Deputy Marshal Thomas Smith, who voluntarily revealed the alleged plot, said he had refused a $15,000 bribe to aid in placing Joseph Plunk- ett on the jury which acquitted Hoff- man and his co-defendants. Smith did not go through with his part in the transaction, and Plunkett, one of the three under arrest, did not get on the jury. Federal investigators fin- dicated, however, that Smith may not have been the only individual ap- proached. Several Under Suspicion. “Several persons in the Federal building have reason to be extremely nervous,” said Thompson, who was before the jurymen as prosecutor in the trial growing out of liberties al- leged to have been allowed two beer runners held in jail here for the Gov- ernment. We are fully satisfied that seri- determined and repeated efforts made to fix the jury, but as yet t any money AGO, January ctually was received.” Mr. Thompson took steps, however, which would facilitate examination of the entire jury, which was succeeded today by a new panel. It was indicat- ed that because of legal obstacles the Government would be unlikely to at- tempt another trial for the eight de- fendants. Two Others Are Held. In addition to Plunkett, those held were Leon Tashjian, jr., deputy mar- shal accused of informing Smith, fn charge of the grand jury venire, that it would be worth “15 grand” to qual- ity Plunkett as a juryman, and L. C. Moran, an attorney. Tashjian, Fed- eral men said, “made clean breast of it."” The alleged plot came to light sev- eral days after Hoffman, since resigned as sheriff, and the others were acquit- ted on December 17 of charges of con- spiracy to defeat justice. The sheriff had previously served a month in jail in connection with the scandal, which revolved about the custody of Terry Druggan and Frankie Lake, also de- fendants, and reputedly wealthy fig- ures in the beer traffic. Hoffman said he knew nothing of the matter. “It's the first I have heard of it. I do not know Tashfian or Plunkett or anything about this affair,” he declared. David Salfati Divorced. January 4 (#).—A divorce as been registered in favor of wouise Menetre Salfati from David Salfati, who is attached to the The memorial would be erected on anything,” he gold a conference ofl ohurch, w wntveraltios, the Treasury grounds, under direc- tiog of the Commisvion on Hing Arts French consulate in New York. The grounds for the decree were not madq [} ..... ik -