Evening Star Newspaper, January 7, 1927, Page 17

THE'EVENL\_'G STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1927. FATHER OF 31 RECEIVES OVATION IN HOUS Reuben Bland, who boasts of 31 children, was acclaimed the champion daddie of the country when he visited the Capltol yesterday. He is shown with House members, who later joined in the ovation from the floor when Bland was introduced from his gallery seat. In the group, left to right, front row: Representative Bulwinkle of year-old Robersonville, N. €., farmer, RST PLANE RE! Assistant Secretary JIVES LICF of Commerce for NSE UNDER NEW REGULATIONS. William P. MacCracken, jr. (left), Aeronautics, and Charles R. McComas, artist draftsman, j ting T0 LECTURE. Wollmar F. Bostrom and Olaf H. Lamm Prince William of (left), Swedish Swedish consul SWEDISH PRINCE AKKIVE Sweden (center) is greeted by Minister to the United States, fo the new insignia placed on the first pline to be officially licensed and registered under the newly he effective act of The insignia will worthiness and conformity to the new regn'at Congress, placed on all planes NOTED FASHION DESIGNER MAKES STAGE DEBUT. Paul Poiret, vell known Parisian dress ner, makes his first appearance on the stage in the leading role of “The Vagabond,” now playing at the new Casino at Nice. He Is shown in the atmospheric c me of the part. general at New York, on his arrival United States to lecture on his explo licensed after being tested for air Copyright by P. & A. Photos DENY BASE BALL SCANDAL CHAKGES. 1) w0ub (C1R110, turtnes manager of the Detroit team, and George Burns, ex-first haseman of the Tygers, snapped as they left the Chicago office of Commissioner Landis after denying the charges of “Swede” Risherg, in the alleged Detroit-White Sox scandal of 1917, Copyright hy Photos. FGHT OVER SITH FINE ARTS CROLP CSE N0 DA MAKES ARMY PLAN Beautification Programs for Nearby Posts to Be Sub- mitted in Few Days. Illinois Appointee to Senate Announces He Soon Will Present Credentials. By the Associated Preas % If present plans are carried out the fight over the seating of Frank L. Smith as Senator from Tilinois will get under way in the Senate in about ten days. Announcement that Smith, ap- pointed to serve out the term of the late Senator McKinley, felt that he was entitled to his “day in court,’ and that he was in duty bound and honor bound to present* his creden- tials at an early date, possibly within ten days, was made yesterday ‘hy C J. Doyle, Springfleld attorney, after a conference with Republican Sena- tors here. Doyle. Smith, Working toward permanent beuti- | fication of Army Posts near Washing | ton in conformity with a generai plan | for inclusion of the Army posts in the regional development plan of the Capftal, the Commission of Fine Arts will lay before the War Departmegt within the next few days a well thought out arrangement of buildings and surrounding features ' that will bring the approaches, landscaping features -and buildings into line with | the most advanced_ thought on treat- | ment of such establishments. Action looking toward beautification of Fort Humphreys. Va., and Camp Meade, Md.. as component parts of the re gional development of Washington was taken late yesterday by the com mission at its January meeting. Nearly a million dollars is to be spent by the War Department at hese nearby posts in connection with | program for development of Army barracks near thé Capital, with $500 000 allottéd to Fort Humphreys and | $410.000 going to Camp Meade. The | { War Department has promised its co- | operation in the beautification pro. #yam, along with proper development of the areas included in Forts Hunt, | Foote and Washingten | The commission announced (vors generally the type ‘of buflding B oy i ns o he féeladow in use at Washington Barracks ;‘:"‘“"’:\ Bt b A A bojindlj#nd the. Army.. War. College, in so far | to present his credentials ;Al%s architectural features are con Mr. Smith. who aho holds a cers{®erned, where this type will not clash | Hficate of election pffective March ¥ §ith existing barracks Gen. also’ feels Me is entitled to answerg B. F. (heatham; quartermaster gen Soom ihe 1l ) the Senate thwd ®ral of the Army, conferred with charges m inst him, according | commission members at a luncheon | to Doyle. [ meeting and announced his approval | " & | of beautification of Army barracks | |and posts. The commission also con. | OFFICERS ARE INSTALLED. {ferrea with commissioner General | Thomas E. Campbell of the Reville In | ternational Exposition regarding erec. Composed 'of {tjon of a building by the United s | $700,000 Howard Uni es at Seville, Spain, at,a cost of | .NEGRO SHOT TO DEATH. an in night who saild he represénted planned further conferences with a view to lining up Re- | an leaders for a fight to seat | Small appointee when he appears | with his credentials. Democrats i terested in the case would withhold | the oath from Smith pending a com mittee investiga of the contribu tions made to his n funds “Col. Smith,” Mr ald, “has deferred his coming to Washington up to this time accommodate hls personal interests to those of ¢k Senate program. But in view of VKK assaults made upon him prior to pee- genting his credentials and the fact that Ilinois is entitled’ to full to it fa. Club U Is ersity Men Hutradena ‘Howard of the composed in ember of A visiting negro theatrical troupe, was rhot to death in the Sum. mit Hotel, Seventh and M streets, early this morning. J. Wuggins Jef. ferson. another member of. the.troupe, surrendered to police’ of the second precinet as the killer. It was Jefferson who first disclosed the shooting. when he appeared at the Dr. R. A.|Station. said he had found Sturdivant K. Overton. B | With hix wife, engaged in a fight with muel 1. Powell | Dim and shot him during the scuffie. rdon installed the | Jefferson said he had complained to lled the remaining | Sturdivant several times before about g ¢ | his_attentions to his wife. * Sturdivants home was in North arolina, Jefferson's is in Texas. James Sturdivant, vears ol W ter Woodfor t secretary ver S Brown A. Washing Pompey, h chaplain arms. B Easter, [ G. Fr Vice Pre president officers. | Officers and hoard of governors wil | hold meeting Tuesday ar § p.m., at residence of the presi- | dent. All former members of Howarn secretary Ulvases ce Webster sergeant-at storia A Joseph Lee of gover Grav oint the Red Cross Aids Albania. | terior: | of the Cangres old. | PUPILS OF CHEVY CHASE SCHOOL PRE;! in the presentation yesterday of the play, *S NT PLAY. Percival, the Boy Knight Second grade youngsters of the Elizabeth Brown School, Chevy there. The prince is visiting the rations in Afries Underwond VISITS WHITE HOU 4 D S Nora Bayes, siage star, and her adopted son, Peter, photographed as they paid a call at the White House yesterday. Peter considers himself the lucky one of the actress’ three adopted children, as he is accompanying her m the present stage tour. Copyright by Harris & g S North Carolina, Bland and Representative Warren of North Carolina. who accompanied Bland to Washington, and Representative McMillan of South Carolina. ALL READY FOR “HELLO, LON Back row: Carl Goerch, publisher, Copyright by P. & A. Photos. DON." The operator at New York is shown all ready to plug in for the inauguration today of the first transatlantic telephone service, wi Radlo is being nute charge of 5. ith London as the other terminal. used to bridge several gaps in the wire service, which Copyright by P. & A. Photor took part rom the Forest.” Washington Star Photo FREAR DEMANDS PROBE OF INDIAN BUREAU Representative Has 24 Pages, Em- | bracing His Charges, in the Con- gressional Record By tha Assciated Press NEW ORLEANS, January 7.—John Samuel Francis Dalton, gastronomist has advanced his claims to the eating championship of the world. The rec ord some time ago by Dalton in a contest was, witnesses sald Twelve dozen and eight oysters, | three cups of coffee and one and a half quarts of wine, a box of crackers and two slices of jelly cake In a letter to the New Orleans States Dalton claims that a light workout for him would be one bottle of tobasco sauce, 50 hard-boiled eggs | and a dqzen oysters, the last six with | sugar. He would chase the meal with | another bottle of tobasco sauce. | Demanding a congressional gation of the Indian ‘Bureau of the In. Department, Representative Frear, of Wisconsin devotes 24 pages ional \Record (out day) to two bitterly invective speeches (under ‘permission to extend his re- marks). The substance of these speeches Mr. Frear summarized as follows “Bureau oppression of Indian Amer. fcan citizens is a national disgrace; herewith is submitted evidence of star: investi World's Eating Championship Claimed After Consuming Over 12 Dozen Oysters PILSUDSKI TO RESIGN AS PREMIER OF POLAND Leader of Coup to Retain Post as Minister of War to Re- organize Army. His enthuslastic manager placed 20 dozen oysters or a hundred hard-boiled eggs as a conservative estimate of a fair meal for his champion A reporter sent to investigate the claimant's eating capacity gave up the attempt to satisfy Dalton’s appetite after he had drunk a bottle of tobasco, eaten several dozen oysters and spent all the reporter's expense money for other food. Between oysters .Dalton threw in bananas, onions and bell peppers. ! His manager said Dalton had just finished a light workout when visited “he just ate 35 bananas, 18 onfons and 5 bell peppers.” By the Associated Press WARSAW, Poland, January The intention of Marshal Pilsudski to reported by the newspapers today. It is stated, however, that he will re- tain his post as minister of war, de- voting himself entirely to reorganiza- tion of the army. Marshal Pilsudski was leader of the coup d'etat which overthrew the Witos government and sent Pres- vation. needless deaths, legalized kid- naping, highway robbery and criminal mistreatment of American Indians and Indian tribes; a thorough congressional investigation is needed to wipe out the existing hard-shelled bur: trol and to bring about real hope to 225,000 of our go-called incompetent and generally neglected American citi- | | zens. | | TYSON IS DEFENDED. McKellar Doubts $1,600,000 Elec- | tion Expenditure. Senator McKellar, Democrat, of Ten- nessee, declared in a letter to John R Neal of Knoxville last night that he did not belleve the charge that Sena tor Tyson of Tennes had spent $1.600,000 in his campaign two years ago. Mr. Neal had written to Senator McKellar, demanding that he start an inquiry into the expendi. tures of Senator 'l Senator McKellar, however, invited Mr. Neal to present proof of his charges, as he was against corruption in all elections. “If you have any affidavits as to corruption I shall at once lay them | before the committee,” he said. “But Indian Bureau maladministration, | including Meritt's California junket | requfre congressional investigation.” NAVY SHIPS TO MANEUVER. | Vessels to Assemble January 12 in Southern Waters. % battle fleets the United States Navy will assemble campaign on, and The scouting of on January 12 in Southern waters for Winter mancuvers. Approximate. Iy 60 vessels will participate. Vessels of the scouting fleat are | under orders to sail from their home University ning Detachment, from | May 15 Ju! 1918 requested to y touch with Pleasant, 16 street In response to an appeal from the Albanian Red Cross for aid_in, caring for victims of the recent earthquake the American Red Cross today made available $1.000 for relief work In Durazzo and Kavaja. Harry T. Fultz, director of the trade school supported by the American Junior Red Cross at Tirana, will snveru-rmumltu:u. 1915, e Through industrial disputes in Great Britain and Northern Ireland in the past vear, 143,500,000 workin days were lost. yards to rendezvous at Hampton | Roads, Va., preparatory to sailing |to Guantanamo Bay for the ma- neuvers. After tactical and | elses during_January the battle fleet will join them at 1 know your sense of fairness will sug. gest that it would be wholly improper for me this long after the elections to present anything to the committee. ex. cept statements supported by affi- davits. gunnery exer- and February | | clubhouse, ident Wojctechowski Into exile last May. MRS. BARRY TO SPEAK. Texas Lecturer Will Address Wom- en's Democratic Club. W. Barry, lecturer speak before mem- bers of the Women's National Demo- cratic Club the luncheon at the Connecticut avenue, of minister of war at the time, he was looked upon virtual dictator. In October he was induced to accept the premiership. HEADS MEN'S SOCIETY. A. Manganaro Elected President of Catholic Organization. A. Manganaro was installed as president of the Catholic Men's So- clety of Holy Rosary Church for the second term at the soclety’s meeting last night. Other officers who were installed included: C. Vinci, vice presi- dent; G. D'Ambrosio, financial secre- tary; B. Landl, recording secretary M. Bello, treasurer; J. Cifala, vice treasurer; D. Campagnoli, Niosi and P. Aquilino, financial committee; S. Delisi, A. Landi and_G. Tessa, membership committee; V. Coluceci and J. Caffl, murshals; M. Di Nenna and S. Galipo, sergeants-at-arms, and Rev. N. De Carlo, spiritual director ex_officlo, Prof. @fieldl of the Catholic Uni- versity L delivered the prineipal ad- dress. her speakers included J. Mrs. Maggle from -Texas, will at Monday. Mrs. Barry is a prominent gocial worker, a member of the Texas League of Women Voters and many er organizations, and will be in Washington next week to attend the meeting of the board of directors and chairmen of Jdepartments of the Gen- eral Federation of Women’s Clubs. Mrs. Andrieus A. Jones, president, will preside and will introduce the speaker. The regular luncheon day has been changed from Wednesday to Mondays. Killed at Crossing. WINCHESTER, Va., January 7 P).—William Huff, 50, was killed at a grade crossing yesterday at Briggs, Va., when the automobile in which he Senator Tyson declared He would welcome an investigation if the Senate felt- the-*absur es'” Justified-one,.. | Guantanamo March 15, and, after lcombined maneuvers, both fleets will aall for New: York April 28 was riding was struck by a Norfolk and Western freight train. He died ‘while-en youte to-a-local hospitale Baldued a _former preddfll: S. Aquinof and M. Racloppl. resign as premler of Poland soon is | Although he merely took the post | CHALLENGES R T0 EVOKE PERWIT Truck Driver Denies Eldridge Can Suspend License Un- til Conviction. The right of Traffic D: Eld | ridge to suspend a permit to operate a motor vehicle hefore a person is con vietedsof an offens challenged | day in a suit for an injunction brought |in ‘the District Suprame Court against |him_and the District Commissioners by Peter Tierney, 35 Alton place, who | is employed as a truck driver and | meter reader by the Georgetown Gas | Light Co., Tierney, through At toreny F. Regis Noel, declares that | | the permit is essential to his employ: ment and is a valuable right assured to him by the Constitution A notice of suspension was served | on him by a policeman January 2, the | petitioner says, advising him that the | operator’s license was suspended and directing him to return his card to the director's office within 10 da; The suspension order, it is stated, is | baged on the charge that Tierney was | arrested for driving while drunk De cember 10. Tierney tells the court | that he was arrested following a col- | |lision at Twenty-seventh and P streets, | into which he was forced by the wan. ton driving of another motorist, who failed to stop. While he was in & {dazed cendition as a result of the col- |1|<Mn, he states, a policeman arriving | on the scene arrested him on a charge of intoxication only. The policeman did not see him driving his car, and there was no other witness to the collision, The director has no authority te | suspend a permit for a mere charge of intoxication, it is claimed, and the notice and attempted suspension is without authority of law. The hear- ing ‘on the intoxication charge has been continued, the court is advised. SEIZED SHIP DAT ector | A ASKED. Senate Adopts King Resolution With Curtis Changes. The Senate vesterday adopted, with amendments offered by Senator Curtis of Kansas, the Republican floor leader, a resolution by Senator King, Demo- crat, Utah, asking Secretary Mellon for information relative to German ships seized during the World War The amendments struck out several requests for dpecific information, but left the general clauses of the resolu- tion unchanged. BILL AIDS VETERANS. President Signs Measures Provid- ing for Honorable Discharges. Honorable discharges to soldiers who were not 8o discharged from the Army during the Spanish-American War, the Philippines insurrection and the Boxer uprising because they mis- represented their ages, was provided for in a bill signed Wednesday by President Coolidge. - In addition, the President signed a bill granting ‘the State of New York and the Seneca Nation of Indians jur- isdiction over the taking of fish and | them | per. C. OF C. ASKS RAISE FOR CITY HEADS Movement to Be Carried to Congress in Effort to Get $10,000 Salaries. The movement to advance the sala- ries of the District Commissioners from $7.500 to $10,000 a year, to put in t salary class with membe; sress, will be taken to ngress Monday, it was announced day by the Chamber of Commerce, h has taken up the project. A special committee of the chamber, headed by Robert N. Harper, will ap- p befors Representative = Funk, chairman of the appropriations sube committee of the House District come mittee, at 10:30 Monday to present ar- guments and figures showing tha jus- tice of the proposed increase of the salaries of the city heads. The membership of the chamber commit which this week was named by President M. A. Leese, was announced today as follows: Mr. Har- chairman: Charles J. Bell, Danfel J. Calla Ralph W. Lee, Frank W, Mondell es H. Tompkins, John L. Weaver, Miss Mabel T. Boardman, who is a former District Commis- sioner, and Harry M. Crandall. The movement for increasing the Commissioners’ salaries was launched at a recent meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, following a plea for more adequate remuneration made publicly by Engineer Commissioner Bell, whose term of assignment with the local government expires in July, The Chamber of Commerce com- mittee will base its arguments on the ground that it was originally in- tended that the salaries of Repre- sentatives and Commissioners be the same and that whereas the compen- sation for the Federal officials has been increased to $10,000, the pay of the Commissioners remains at $7,500, although their duties and respons! bilities have increased tremendously in recent years. £ Co “COFFEE HOUSE PERIOD.” American Pen Women to Revive Memories of Former Days. The atmosphere of the old English coffee houses of the years when Dr. Samuel Johnson and his fellows sipped the beverage and discussed literature, will ba restored by the League of American Pen Women at. its quarters, 1709 H street, this aftarnoon, when a “coffes house period” will be ob- served from 4:30 to 6 o'clock. Ishlam Kemal Bey of Egypt will be the Samuel Johnson of the day, and will discuss the ‘Literature of Ishlam” with the gathering while steaming coffee Is served. Mrs. William Wolff Smith, presi- dent of the league, said this merning that the “innovation” introduced to- day will be continued through this month, February and March, when the “coffee house” will be conducted each Friday afternoon. A widely known speaker will lead each discus- sion. In accordance with arrangements with employing companies, the govern- ment of Chile is transferring men out of work and thelr families from the northern part of the country, where game within the Allegheny, Cattraru gus and Oll Springs Indian Reservas tionsy - A L Jabory work is scarce, to the southern terri. tory, where there is a demand.fox S