Evening Star Newspaper, January 12, 1927, Page 15

| s o . Mrs. John D. Shevinan, president of the General Federation of ‘Women's Clubs, who will preside at 1 the three-day meeting of the federa- ation’s hoard of directors, convening here today. URGE GOVERNME Andrews (ieft), Assistant prohibition enforcement T WHISKY MANUFACTURE. Gen. Lincoln €, Secretary of the Treasury, in charge of and Prohibition Commissioner Roy ( rhmngr"lhell at the Capitol yesterday, where they ¥ for Government manufacture and purchase of medicinal whisky hefore the House ways and means committee. National Photo, PRESENTS 10.POUND GOOSE TO PRESIDENT. Commissioner William E. Humphrey of the Federal Trade (ommission, photographed at the White House with the hig wild goose he presented fo President Coolidge yesterday. The commissioner shot the goose on a North Carolina hunting trip. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. MARINE MASCOT RECEIVES IMPRESSIVE BURIAL. rgt. Maj. Jiggs, famous bulldog rot of the Marine Corps post at Quantico, Va., is mourned by his 800 Marine buddies of the post Photo shows the flower<overed box containing the mascot’s body being | Copyright by P. & A. Photos, mas as he is huried there yesterday. lowered into a grave near one of the Quant o barracks. e Senora D. George de la Barra, wife of the fivst secretary of the Bolivian legation, is becoming a golf devotee. She is shown at daily practice on the Wardman Park indoor links. Copyright by TENNIS ACE POSES AS CLASSIC TYPE. This bust of Helen Wills, California tennis star, has been named “Helen of California” by its creator, Haig Patigan, San Francisco sculptor. The artist said he selected Miss Wills to pose for the worle because of her. ‘“classic type 1 of beauty, combined with intelligence.” < “ Wide World Photos. ARRANGING PROGRAM FOR GARFIELD HOSPITAL BENEFIT. Members of the entertainment com- mittee for the cabaret and fashion show to he held Friday night at the Mayflower Hotel for the benefit of the Garfleld Memorial Hospital fund. Supper and dancing will be_included in 'he entertainment program acranged hy- the committee. The members, 'aft to right, are: Mrs. Presley ‘M. Rixey, Mrs. James T. FOR BIG SWIM SATURDAY. Mrs. Delia Sullivan of , who won the 30-mile St. Lawrence River swim on Labor one of the strongest contenders among the 145 entrants in 'hannel swim next Saturday, PREPARIN Prizes tataling$40,000 have d oered or the event. Wide World Photos. Underwood & Underwood. Newton, Mrs. Clarence C. Willlams and Mrs, Francis M. Hagner. RECEIVERS GUARD CHAPLIN MILLIONS Will Take Beverly Hills Man- | sion Among Other Property to Protect Wife’s Interest. 1LOS A if., January the California millions of Chaplin 1o protect ihe interests of h estranged wife, Lita Grey Chaplin, whose suit for divorce asks a portion of the film comedian’s fartune of $16, 000,000 The recelvers, W. 1. Gilbert, attor- ney, and Herman Spitzell, real estate operator, were appointed hy a Supe rior Court order vestercay as a result of a surprise move on-the part of Mrs. Chaplin's ‘attorneys, who filed an ap- pHcation for an ex-parie receivership. Will Take Home. The court empowered the receivers | to take over all the actor's properties and funds in California pending the outcome of the divorce suit. Gilbert recently was attorney for Mrs. Aimee Semple McPherson in the consp! case, which heen dropped Chaplin- contends that $10,000,000 e fortune is community property. he receivers indicated they next Mrs of would take possession of ‘Chaplin's 40- | Hills. n f her the her room mansion in Beve Attorneys for Mrs. Chay had advised their client gight to move hack into dian’s home and m n dence there if she xo desired The court was advised that Ch fhad left the jurisdiction of the Cali fornia courts and had gone to New York with the intent of completing an unfinished picture. Chaplin could not be served with papers hecause of the tnability to find him « ny officer of his company or corperation. Chaplin Will Fight. Ydoyd Wright, attorney for Chaplin, Beclared the screen actor would fight charge in Mrx. Chaplin's peti SGn, and would oppose her effort to getain custody of *heir two children Mrs. Chaplin's allegation that Chap. bad confessed Intimacy with cer- motion picture actresses here left Hollywood seething with speculation Bome observers attached importance to the announcement that Will H Hays, czar of the motion picture in- dustry, would arrive here during the eourse of the day, with three mem pers of his staff. LONDON PRESS 1S WARY. d they legs resi- New Restrictive Law Curbs Stories of Chaplin Case. LONDON, January ®) The ef fect of the recent law restricting the | yeporting of divorce cases is notably ghown in the manner in which the London papers treat ‘he action hrought against Chariie Chaplin. It is the first case of great intersst since the was passed in December In former times many papers would have spread the details Chaplin was born in England and is as well ¥nown here through his films as he in America, but, fearing the penalties they severely limit their stories. The Jaw provides four months’ mprison ment and $2.500 fine for the proprie tor, editor, master printer or pub lisher of any paper carrying the de. tallg of & divorce action, is 12. | —Recsivers mounted guard today over | Charles | come- | plin | law | 1a EXPECTS PRESIDENT TO ATTEND BANQUET Chamber of Commerce Will Invite Him to Be Honor Guest at An- niversary Celebration. Président Coolidge will be invited as guest of honor to attend the mid- Winter banquet of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, to be held 24 at the Mayflower Hotel in celebration of the twentieth -anni- versary of the founding of the _organt ization, it was announced today by y W. Hyde, jr., secretary s to be invited as sperial { guests include Vice Presidant Dawes, | Senator Capper of Kansas, chairman | of the Senate District commi‘tee: Rep: | resentative Zihlman of Maryland, | chairman of the House Districf com. | District Commissioners Talia- | ferro, Dougherty and Bell; Rev. C. | W. Lyon: sident of Georgetown ‘|'nl\'t—\vsl|3" dwin C. Graham, presi- dent of the Washington Board of Trade: Ross P. Andrews, -presi <v!am of the Merchants and Manufac turers’ Association, and Rabbi Abram | Simon. . * Martin. A. Leese, president Chamber of Commerce, will ‘ it the banquet d Dr William | Mather Lewis, president of George Washington Univer » Will be toasts | master | Plans for | perfected by mitte headed by and the general which includes the | bers: Mr. Leese, Tvan . | W. Darr, Ross P “anciulli, Isaac G. mittee of the preside the banquet the entertainment Warren ( hanquet being com- Kendall, committee, following _mem- Weld, Charles Andrews, Jerome ns, Robert N. Harp Rudolph Jose, Albert Schultels, Melvin Sharpe. A. Leftwich Sin ir and Mr. Kendall. | nnual meeting of the cham- | ber has hoen set for January 18 at | the Willard Hotel, at which time the election of officers will be held. RIFLE TEAM CHOSEN | | Menfbers Sele | | sent High School Cadet } Corps in Future Contests. " FOR COMPETITIONS cted to Repre-‘ EPUBLIGAN MEET OF WOMEN OPENS Three-Day Session Begins With Address by Mrs. Alvin T. Hert. Republican woman leaders, who | opened their first national conference here today; were told bluntiy. by Mrs. Alvin T. Hert, vice chairman of the Republican national committee, to work in harmony with the men of the party if they hope to progress in pol itics. Mrs. Hert opened the three-day con vention, which brought to the Carlton Hotel women high in the councils of the party. An announcement by Mrs Hert, who called the conference, made it clear that the meeting was for “women only.” About 30 States sent as their representatives Republican national committeewomen, Republican State chalrmen and presidents of the State Republican womern’s clubs and federations, already organized and at work “We should stay close (o each other: and to the men of the party in our organization work,” Mrs, Hert ‘{old the delegates. “We should consult the men, advise with them, and ads vise the men when our experiences can contribute to their work. Fac- tions between men and women defeat our party purposes as much as fac- tions between the women. “Let us take our political fortunes In our own hands. and go forward The men of the party always welcome organized support. Organize, work, build permanently, and don’t complain to the men. Shoulder the financial re sponsibility with the men, and make your own work self-supporting.” The Republican women met Behind closed doors, even reporters being ex- cluded. At 4 o'clock this afternoon Presi- dent and Mrs. Coolidge will receive the delegates at the White House. A banquet will be held by them to- morrow at the Willard Hotel, and fol- lowing that funetion the delegates will attend the reception to be given at the White House that evening. Hert will give a reception for ates at her Washington home afternoon. The wives of the members will receive | Mrs. Hert on this occasion. Beside these formal functions numerous other affairs are being planned by lo- cal Republicans. cabine with | | The personnel of a | sentin Cadet ifie team repre. the Washington High School which will compete against 35 or 40 rifle teams represent ing high schools. colleges and univer. wit the 3d Corps Army was _announced today the hool by Lieut. Col. Wal 3 in charge of the Corps 10 members of the team chosen, | with alternates, s ( { together follow Cadet Capt. Douglas Gilbert, Company K, Western; Cadet Capt. Lewis Hayes, regimental = quartermaster, Eastern: Cadet First Lieut. Alton Denslow, | Company D, tern: First Lieut. James E. Davis, adjutant, 3rd bat tallon, Central;_Cadet Second_ Lieut. John P. Gries, Company H, Central; Cadet. Sergt. Arthur Thomas, Come “* Central; Cadet Sergt. John Compan, A, det Sergt forton Silverberg, Com pany G, Central; Cadet | MeDoug: Company M, Cadet Private Douglas = MeDongal, Company Western. Alternates: Cadet ¢ b, J. Mason Culverwell, Com pany A, Central, and Cadet Pvt: Ralph E. Sneyd, Company C, Central he local team, together with the other rifle teams in the 3d Corps com- petition, which is being held under the | supervision of the War Departmient, will compete some time next month. Each team will shoot on its own range and the targets will be inspected by | 3@ Corps officers. | A silver -cup will ba “awarded ‘the | winning team and a gold medal to the captain. Prone, kneeling, sitting and standing positions are included in the pany G, Swarthout, Central; | Thomas I, ¢ Private’ Davis | flag, Continental flag, the Bourbon em Western; | blem of France U. S. OFFERED $500,000 CHAPEL NEAR MAIN GATE AT ARLINGTON Chicagoan Would Erect> Memorial to Son Killed in War—Another $100.000 The papers are now before Frank B. Cheatham, quar. general of the Army, and will soon reach Assistant Secretary Hanford MacNider for final approval The memorial will stand on the ir regular triangle at Fort Myer, facing obliquely toward the old iron gates of the main entrance to Arlington Cemetery. The tract is now a little- used part of the post parade ground. It fronts on two roads, one lying be- tween the military reservationand the stone wall that incloses the cemetery and the other réinning through the center of Fort Myer from the ceme- tery gate to Rossiyn. Behind the site tretches the wide expanse of the pa- rade ground, with stables, gun sheds and barracks in the far distance, and the plan contemplates landscape ef- fects to shut off this thirfl site, with rows of trees as a hackground for the lawns and massed shrubbery which will be employed to set off the build- ing itself. On the same side of the post road the next structure is the post hospl- tal and beyond that comes a row of officers’ quarters, while just over the trolley tracks and within the thickly three-shaded older section of Arling- ton Cemetery stand the closely set nonuments of officers of the Army and Navy whose service in most cases, dated back to the Civil War. There are buried in that part of the ceme. tery many men whose fame stands high in American history. $3,000 FIRE DAMAGES selected Maj. Gen. termaster Applictalon for permission to erect on Fort Myer military reservation, just opposite the main gate of Arling- ton National .Cemetery, a memorial | church, to be used as a garrison | chapel and mortuary, has been made | to the War Department by Frederick | H. Prince, Boston hanker and presi- dent of the Chic Junction Rallways and Union' Stockyars The . structura wilt be dedicated to the-memory of a son killed in actfon during the World War while a mem ber of the Lafayette Escadrille, and also to the American comrades serv ing in the famous French air unit. It will cost $500,000, and Mr. Prince has also arranged to provide an addi- tional $100,000 for landscape garden work about the chapel. He has se- lected Ralph Adams Cram of Boston as architect. In his application Mr. Prince did not state either the financial limits to which he desired to go in erecting a suitable and at the same time useful ‘tribute to the memory of his son and his son's comrades, but his agents have been in conference with War Department offici: at intervals for some weeks and agreed on the site selected for the building. It is un derstood the chapel will be a_repro- duction of some famous French church building'to add to the symbol ism of the.memorial. Mr. Prince, who is_now has cabled hix approval WREATH LAID AT STATUE OF ENGLISH STATESMAN Sons of Revolution Honor Memory of Edmund Burke on Anniver- sary of Birth. in Europe, of the site JMN'('hants' Transfer and Storage Co. Sustains Loss in Two- Alarm Blaze Last Night. Fire of undetermined origin caused In commemoration of the 198th an- niversary of the birth of Edmund Burke, eminent English statesman the Sons of the Revolution of the D trict of Columbia placed a wreath at the base of the Burke statue, at the corner of Twelfth street and Massa-, chusetts avenue, this morning, withi impressive ceremonies rhe wreath was pl miral "Albert Gleave: | $3,000 damage to the wheelwright shop of the Merchamts' Transfer and Stor- age Co,, in an alley between Second and Third and B and C streets, early last night. Two alarms were sounded, attracting a large crowd. Starting on the first floor of the | shop, the fire rapidly spread through the three floors, causing dense clouds of smoke to issue from every window. The American| Due to the smoke the firemen had great difficulty in locating the center and the emhlems of | of the blaze. ‘ ed the statue, | While 10 pieces cf fire apparatus in charge of cere-| were on duty at the storage company monies: Maj. Gen. Henry T. Allen,|blaze, an alarm was turned in for a U. 8. A Edmund H. Bell, | small fire in the rear of a store at’502 RBelt, Walter I Chappell, Tenth street, conducted by Mrs. Rosie 1: Grosvenor, Beale R. Howard, Lynch | Ratto. The blaze started in a chim- Luquer; Chester W. Lockwood, Dr.| ney flue and added to the general fire 3. Brown Muncaster-and Maj. F. Gran.| excitement in the downtown section. ville Munson, U. S. A. The members : of the board of managers of the so- clety also participated. Verify Colombia Gold Find. BOGOTA, Colombia, January 12 (#®). ciety, offered prayer. the society decc The committee Chinese Think of Crops. ITHACA, N. Y., January 12 (@), — Even in the present disturbed state of China, natfve farmers éxpress keen interest in dependable seed propaga- —British geologists have verified the tion, says Prof. C. H. Myers of Cor- discovery of what is described as the nell, who has just returned from a richest, gold. mine known in-Colombiay. tour of the Celestial Republle, . .. e g 1\ INFLUENZA RAGING NOW NOT VIRULENT Repetition of 1918 Epidemic Not Expected as Result of Spread in Europe. By the Associated Press The tide of the present European influenza epidemic is not expected to sweep across to this side of the At- lantic Ocean and precipitate a repeti- tion of the 1918 scourge that took a toll of thousands of lives. While on guard for any dangerous | outbreak here, the United States Public Health Service feels confident the European epidemic will' not find root in this country through immi- grants to any appreciable extent. There is a prevalence of influenza in America today, they admitted, but it is not comparable to the 1918 epi- demic and is running a mild course, similar to the outbreaks of the past | two vears Form Is Very Contagions. Having inquired of the League of Nations concerning the European sit | uation, the American health author- ities express the belief that the in fluenza_on that continent is mostly of a mild but particularly contagious nature and the fatalities generally have resulted from complications. The League of Nations, however, has pictured a somewhat serious con- dition in three nations, Switzerland, France and England. Switzerland has received the brunt of the epidemic and has been obliged to close its schools and establish a curfew in places of public entertainment. Spain also had a severe outbreak, but de- talls are lacking. In other countries the disease is mild with but few deaths. While the Furopean outbreak is widespread, the American health au- thorities pointed out, there is little hasis for comparison with the 1918.19 epidemic when from December 28 to Februagy 15 46 cities alone had a death toll of 136,047. | The public health officials have broadcast warnings, however, through- out the United States, urging every | influenza patient to remain in bed even if the iliness is mild, to prevent complications. Little can be done at present to | prevent any European immigrant suf- fering from a mild case entering this country without being quarantined for the disease. There is no ruling for a quarantine except when a fever or severe illness is apparent. 690 DEATHS IN TOKIO Most of Influenza Fatalities in Japan Are Among Children. TOKIO, January 12 (®).—A total of 690 persons, mostly children, have died in Tokio in the last 10 days as the result of the epidemic of influenza which is sweeping Japan. Since last November there have been 2,368 deaths attributed to the disease. . The government's health department hds been fighting hard to prevent the. spread of the epidemic. ¥ S d- Latin Amer'can coun- oining in an avinilon de- Spain- BUS AND CAR MERGER SEEN AS FUTURE NEED Covell Says Triangle Development Will Force Unification to Care for Traffic. Efficient transportation of the thousands of Federal employes who will be centered in the Pennsylvania avenue triangle when the prop#ed public buildings are erected.there, is dependent on a merged operation of the Washington traction and motor bus companies, According to Maj. W. E. R. Covell, senior assistant District Engineer Commissioner, and attache of the Public Utilities Commission, this is the conclusion reached by transpor- tation experts studying the problems which will arise In the triangle. A meeting of these experts was held late yesterday afternoon in the office of Maj. Covell. Among them were Harland Bartholomew of the National | Capital Park and Planning Commis sion, Maj. Cary H. Brown, assistant to the director of public buildings and public parks of the National Capital Traffic Director M. O. Eldridge and his assistant, Col. 1. C. Moller. The dual street car system, these officials agreed, it was said, would make it utterly impossible to provide efficlent and adequate transportation service for those employes in the Fed eral buildings groupéd in the Avenue triangle. HIGH SCHOOL CADET CALENDAR PLANNED Dates for Annual Events Are Made Public by, Kramer. Start March 7. I Dates for the annual events on the Washington high school cadet calen- dar were made public today by Asst. | Supt. of Schools Stephen E. Kramer at the Franklin School. They were | arranged by Lieut. Col. Wallace M. | Craigle, In charge of the high school cadets. The first event, that of the presenta- tion of commissions to cadet officers, will be held March 7 in the auditorium of the Central High School, at 4 p.m. Maj. Gef. Douglas MacArthur, | U. §. A., commanding general, Third Corps Afea, is scheduled to make the presentations. The annual battalion and band com- petition will be held April 2, in the Wilson Stadium; the regimental com- | petition May 2, in the Wilson Stadium | and the annual brigade inspection and | review May. 9, at 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon. In case of rain on any one of the dates for outdoor drills or inspectio it is annonuced, the date will be mov- ed forward three days. iopany.competiive 4l il he held company-com| ve . he in.the American League Park. SR N American exhibits were most prom- inent. ‘at_Java's annual festival and .Fscently st Batavia. DRUG HABIT “CURE” HIT BY OFFICIALS New York Board Orders Use of “Narcosan” Discontinued on Welfare Island. By the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y., January 12.—On the grounds that the narcosan treat ment is not a cure for drug addiction and causes “intense suffering” to pa- tients, the State Commission of Cor- rection has. recommended that the treatment be discontinued in the pe- nal institutions on Welfare Island, it was announced by the commission. Dr. Edward H. Marsh, secretary of the State Health Commission, stated in a report that he had questioned 13 addits under the narcosan treatment at Welfare Island and every one of them had told him the suffering was far worse than under any other treat- ment. Condition Held Pitiable. “During_the first three days of treatment.” he said, “the patients eat nothing and the condition of those I saw, who were at about the fourth or fifth day, was pitiable. Their weak- ness and exhaustion were extreme. Complete records of returned cases were difficult to obtain, Dr. Marsh said, but the warden admitted that approximately 15 persons who have received the treatment since last April had since been recommitted, A letter from Dr. Matthids Nicoll, jr., State commissioner of health, was made public. It stated he advised dis- continuance of narcosan ‘“‘until a really scientific study can be made of it." “I think you will agree with me," Dr. Nicoll said, “that your commis sion cannot condone the use of a drug which causes intense suffering to pa- tients and reduces them to a state of physical weakness which is pitiable, unless it can be definitely shown that such patients in a large proportion of the cases became free of the narcotio habit. There is, to my mind, no proof worthy of consideration that sucn 1s the case.” Dr. Nicoll said he was not able at the time to furnish a complete labo ratory analysis of “narcosan” and ex- pressed the opinion that “the whole matter demands a thorough investi- gation, especially in view of the fact that the use of this drug in a publie institution was initiated and carried into effect under circumstances which, to say the least, warrant the sus- piclon of financial rather than ther- apeutic interest on the part of one or more persons with whose identity I am not familiar." The commissioy of correction an- nounced it would confer with Dr. Nicoll as to what further investigation he may advise. TRENTON, N. J,, January 12 (#).— Conyicted of ‘slaying his sweetheart in Newark In November, 1925, Peter Doro Bruno, 36, was electrocuted at the State prison here last night. Two shocks were given, and he was pro- nounced dead 7 minutes after he en- tered the death chamber. Bruno, apparently, was eager to g0 to his death, even to the extent of asking the reason for delay when his last hour arrived.