Evening Star Newspaper, January 15, 1927, Page 14

MOUS PIANIST TO BE ACCOMPANIST. For the first time in his career, Josef Hofmann will appea as accompanist when Lea Luboshutz, once court violinist to the Russian Czar, is heard in concert at New York t month. -Hofmann and the violinist are shown rehearsi neert. Wide World Photos LARGEST MOTOR SHIP BOASTS ELECTRIC “COW.” One of the novel features of the new steamship Asturias, the world’s largest motor- driven , is this electric milk producer. With the use of milk powder, unsalted ter and water, this strangely contrived ‘“cow” produces high-grade milk and cream for the passengers. ‘Wide World Photos. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, JANUARY 15, 1927. D.. 0., SATURDAY, e ONCE FAMOUS ATHLETE OF HOUSE (! Hamilton Fish of New York, who carved his CHES PAGES’ name in foot ball’s BASKET hall of Harvard eleven, imparts some of his knowledge of another game to the basket ball team of the House right: Copyright 1 He shown here in the House gymna: m with, left to nklg, Adolph Markel and Russel Ellsworth, s P es. FIREMEN INSPECT SCENE OF ACTOR’S DEATH. The fire-swept interior of the apartment room in which Arnold Daly, well known actor, was burned to death in New York Thursday. In the foreground are the charred remains of the chair in which Daly was seen reading a few minutes before the fire. ‘opyright by P. & A. Photos. 1 | | Charlie Chaplin, screen comedian, bears the burden of his matrimonial troubles as he steps from the train at New York after his journey from Los Angeles, s wife has filed suit for BALL TEAM. fame when Representative he played on the vorce. Wide World Photos. Tommy White, Harry Clark, Underwood & Underwood. TRACK STAR DODGES NEW YORK TRAFFIC. Edwin Wide, vedish distance runner, who has come to America after defeating Nurmi, the Finnish star, takes a workout on New York's Broad street despite the traffic_congesti Wide is shawn racing with the traffic while going from his club to his training headquarters. ht by Underwooe Underwo: RACCOON MASCOT HAS RUN OF CAMPUS. A fair co-ed of the Uni- versity of California, Southern branch, in Los Angeles, exhibits the cam- pus pet. The ’coon, besides serving as a mascot, also supplies a subject for th 1 study clas t the university. Herbert Photos. CLUB RECEIV APPROPRIATE GIFT. Mrs. William Wolff Smith, president of the League of American Pen Women, holds a big mounted owl, which has been presented to the league's headquarters here, at 1709 H street, by United States Marshal Edgar C. Snyder. The bird is the insignia of the league. ‘Washington ar Photo. -25POLICE CHANGES |DR. CURTIUS FAILS ORDERED BY HESSE| 10 FORM CABINET Thirteen Involve Transfer of | President Hindenburg Ex- : - Foot Patrolmen—Two pected to Ask Another Sergeants Shifted. Leader to Try Task. ated Press. January By the Asso BERLI} Twenty-five changes in the per- sonnel of the Metropolitan Police | Department were ordered today by Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent, to become effective Monday. Thir- teen of them involve the transfer of Strenuous < s ministry, ! embodying all the parties of the right, having been of no avail, Dr. Jullus | Curtius gave up the task yesterday. | He reported his failure to President | von . Hindenburg, who reserved decl- foot patrolmen to patrol wogan driv- | sion on the next'step to constitute ers as a result of a recent order |a cabinet to mks-”lh(‘.“nlm'e ‘?_t huuu stablishing an eight-hour shi - [ headed by Chancellor Marx which re- sl e e s | T i mid December after an ad- The _principal changes are ' the | Yorse vote by the Reichstag. ¢ transter of Sergts. Coleman R. Brovy = Lt Sss0uID1e Sihst SR SINRL V0N from the eleventh to the minth pre- | Hindenburg may commission ~Dr. cinct, and E. P. Myers, from the ninth | CUrtius, who is a member of the 10 the eleventh. The thirteen privates | Peoples’ party, to try to form a cab: detailed as patrol wagon drivers are: | inet which would be a Middle or Le R, P. Kelly of the first precinet. A. ¢ | coalition, but it is believed to be more Toulson of the second precinct, Claude | likely that the President will select foot, fifth precinct: S. J. Holliday, | MIStry on January 10. He carried sixth precinct; H. H. Carter, seventh | N Prolonged negotiations for the sup- precinct: J. B. Zier, eighth precinet; | POFt of the Centrists, even offering to M F Prestele, Curtis Carter and ¥, |refrain from becoming chancellor R. Hicke; 7 himself, merely “acting” for Presi- all of th i P O e e of the ninth brecinct: |dent Von Hindenburg, who had spe. 1 5 -3 “ | zifically commissioned him to form a G. Hawkins of the eleventh precinct 1 him to Pvt. Van D. Hughes, foot patrolman st government.” The Centrists, of the first precinet, was assigned to | however, replied that they believed plain-clothes dut W an exchange | the crisis could be solved only by the o wbeti: was ondared for Bet formation of a cabinet of the middle | Blick of the tenth precinct and | parties V. Vaughan, third pre In pol R. B. Carroll was removed from plain. |the Cent olothes duty in the first precinct and transferred to foot-patrol duty in the second precinct Other changes ordered were an ex: change of posts between John B. O'Neal of the second precinct and Py G B < mnon of the thirteenth recinct and the transfer of Pvt. ¥. A avis from the eleventh to the sec- ond precinct. les it ated that me displeased when nalists declined to_state the party’s stand on Republican constitution and_its ign policy. The Nationalists led such statement on the plea neither the party executive nor representatives in the Reic | were present in sufficient numbers to ywarrant binding decisions President Von Hindenburg sum- | moned the Centrist chairman, Herr {PROCLAIM THRIFT WEEK BY AADM!R_AL SIMS: HERE, BEGINNING MONDAY By the Asso | R TR ated Press. | PROVIDEN R. 1 15 *The Na Academy at Annapolis is the worst school in the world,” said Admiral W. § at ting of the Newport Discussion Club in the Y. M. C. A, Thursday night. The #chool s not trying to turn out edu cated men. but merely naval office he explained His' remarks, made at an open | forum, were prompted by questions concerning the value of introducing the vocational element in schools and colleges. He also said he thought it would be a good idea if some of the college men, espec > who excelled in mathen given courses and made naval offi would make excellent offic he al sts be rman its A | people ‘Thrift proclamation of the week, which calling District upon the to observe hegins Monday, | was issued today by the Commission |e amation ¢ ! creas Ja ¢ 17, 1927, will be i { January val Sims at a m 219th anniversary of Benjamin nklin, the first great American apostle of thrift; And whereas it has been the cus- tom of the leading citizens of the Na tion to commemorate this anniversary | by the observance of National Thrift | week, which this vear will be duly ob- seryed from January 17 to 23, 1927, | inclusive: | efore, the Board of Commis of the District of Columbi 1 and each bus or other or with those They ization, to co-opers s citizens of the District of Columbia who have formed themselves into a committee to provide for the proper found out from his experience with them in command of the destroyer flget qQverpean, he said, NATION’S BEST DISTANCE SWIMMERS COMPETE Pacific today in the $40,000 Catalina Channel marathon. peting for the prize money. Photo shows a group of the to the mainland. IN GREAT EVENT TODAY. Man and woman' long-distance swimming stars from all sections of the country are com- entrants in training at Long Beach, Calif. The course of the swim is from Catalina Island Some of the 145 entrants who are breasting the waters of the Wide World Photos. OYSTER ROAST HELD « AT CAPITAL YACHT CLUB Plans Outlined for Construction of Modern Hos- pital. An informal get-together roast was ced yesterday at the apital Yacht Club, Seventh and Water streets, by Dr. Joseph Rogers, superintendent of Casualty Hospital, to outline plans for funds for the con- struction of a modern hospital to re- > the inadequate building now in By the Associated Pre LOS ANGELES, January The disarmament of Jupiter by rob- bing his chief weapon, lightning, of its terrors is being undertaken by the Pan-American Petroleum Co. here in the installation of a new system of protection over the largest reservoir for oil storage in the world. Col. Ernest H. Wilcox, chief engi- neer of the Pan-American Co., in an- nouncing the installation of the new system, said that it is the first effort Roy L.*Neuhauser, who will act as|science has recorded to prevent chairman of the campaign committee | lightning strokes. It is known as on it is organized next week, ad. ilhv Cage tem of lightning pro- ed the gathering of friends of the | téction, invented by John Milton Cage institution, business executives | of Los Angeles. ot - offic and press representa.| The system takes advantage of the tives on the urgent needs of fact that l)ll-_:l(‘llm! amount of elec- Hospital, its efficient work despite | tricity in a lightning stroke is rela- cramped facilities, and its wide nmgo' tively small, having been estimated of public service, with a plea that a | 8t & commercial value of 30 cents. personal effort be exerted every | The destructive power is caused by one present to secure financial sup. | the sudden release of the energy and oyster Scientists Seek Disarmament of Jupiter By Robbing His Lightning of Its Terrors BLAMES WIFE’S MOVIE AMBITIONS FOR BREAK Justice Denies Abuse and Charges He Objected to Wife's Scanty Attire. Blaming his marital troubles on the desire of his wife to become a movie actress and on her alleged aversion to living a quiet married life, Frank Justice, automobile dealer, yester- day asked the District Supreme Court to dismis: suit for a limited di- vorce brought by Mrs. Helene E. H. Justice, whose address is given as 806 G street northeast. Justice resides at 1426 Montague street northwes about ten or twenty millionths of a second. The function of the system | to discharge this energy | same period of time required to build it up, matter of one or two minutes. The apparatus) consists of a_series of points or barbs of wire installed on poles in circular formation around the area to be protected, the poles being 80 to 100 feet high. There are three strands of wire. These "are connecte to ground water and to all metallic points such pipe lines, the rein- forcing of the cemept reservoirs, wire ferices and_ other’ conductor It makes an electrical path for the re- turn_ of the current to the storm clouds in the same degree as‘it comes to the earth in rainfall. The system has been adopted by the company for the Lomita reservoir of 4,300,000 barrels capacity, the larg- est in the world, as well as five| reservoirs at Watson Junction. a { treated his wife or abused and as- awulted her. He also denies that he drove past their home with other women unless when ‘engaged in dem- onstrating an automobile for sale. Justice insists the cause of the sepa- ration is not his misconduct but re- port from their friends for the hos- 0 ELOPERS WED 73 YEARS. pital project Dr. Rogers supplemented the chair- Runaway of Farm Hand and Girl Recalled by Ceremony in England. man’s explanations with a brief re port of the excellent service the hos- EASTRINGTON, Yorkshire, Eng- land, January 15 (P).—Seventy- is rendering and its pressing ne- sity for new quarters, while C missioner Dougherty voiced his ap. proval of the proposed building pla Among those present were Isaac | three years ago Thomas Poulter, a farm hand of this district, ran away with a_neighboring farmer's daugh- ter and married her in spite of the opposition of her parents, who Gans, Maj. William E. R. Covell, Coro. ner J. Ramsay Nevitt, A. Magruder thought he could never suport a wife ori. his meager pay of about $40 a Macdonald, Frank Peirce and Robert Smithers Buck. ¥ Plumber Gets License. Robert 11. Buchholz master plumber, which was canceled | by the Commissioners December 1, | has been returned, and a writ of man. | Vaars, had a party to celebrz damus obtained by Buchholz against | anniversary of their wedding. With the Commissioners has been ordered | them were seven sons and daughters, diaslaraoy 3 Justice B the YouDKSLES The license of But he did, and recently the cou ple, hale and’ hearty despite th sujts from a visit to California, where the wife secured a role in a moving picture which required her to appear scantily clad, to which he objected. A dispute ensued, says the hu nd, and the wife left him. Justice declares he is willing that M Justice return to their home. He is represented by Attorneys Bell, Marshall & Rice. DEPUTY SENT TO JAIL. Refused ‘to Tell Judge Who Gave Tip in Liquor Raid. MOBILE, Ala., January 15 (®).— Marshall Lee, a deputy sheriff of this county refused to tell Judge N. R. Clarke of Criminal Court who gave him the information that led to a liquor raid, and was sent to jail for 24 hours for contempt of court. Lee w witness against Albert | charged with violat the | State dry laws, and the defendant’s attorney charged that he was a victim of a frame-up. stripes on o d: blue back- Lee sald that he would go to jail ' ground, as in the case of the Regular an jell who the informer 48, ANm¥ ehavione B Chevrons for Students. Students who attend citizens’ mill- tary training camps this Summer and become non-commissioned officers will be distinguished by a special chevron to be iss! by ‘the Quartermaster e chevrons will be of but will he of the | rious arms of the | . Instead of,showing the olive colors_of the | Parran, he husband denies that he ever ill- |y D.C. WOMEN HOSTS PHILADELPHIA PUTS TONATIONAL BOARD ON PARKING BAN Prominent Speakers Address |Large Business Area Affect- . ed by New Law—Streets Sessions of Public Wel- fare Committee. Must Be Cleared in A.M. While Washington watches with in- terest, Philadelphia has adopted & drastic measure prohibiting parking on all central business section streets from 6:30 a.m. to p.m. The City Council of Philadelphia as voted unanimously for the pas- of the long-talked-of-bili as a ute traffic itions ¢ Tow ove - new which will be e dually, the ban embracing one street at a time, pro- | hibits par within the area bound- ed on the north by Spring Garden street and on the south by South reet, and the Delaware River on the east and the Schuylkill River on the west, and includes the heart of Phila- delp shopping, theater, hotel and banking and brok house distric The no-parking area is comparable to the territory in Washington from the Mall north to I street and from Fourth street west to Nineteenth street in addition to the water front ar In addition to the parking ban on all central streets during the specified hours, parking is forbidden in Phila delphia at all hours on all streets les than 20 feet In width, of which there are many, and on certain north-and- The public welfare committee of the District of Columbia Federation of Women's Clubs opened an all-day session this morning at the Grace Dodge Hotel in compliment to mem- bers of the national board of the Gen- eral Federation of Women's Clubs, which adjourned its mid-Winter meet: ing yesterday in order to consider welfare conditions in the District of Columbia Miss Helen D. Pigeon, associate secretary of the International Asso- ciation of Policewomen and lecturer on criminology at George Washington University, opened the session with an address on the treatment of de- | liquents and criminals. She traced the steps which have changed the primitive idea of revenge to the mod- ern concept of education in_dealin with those falling under the jurisdic tion of the courts. Dr. Mary B. Har ris, superintendent of the Federal in- stitution for Women at Alderson, W. Va., spoke on “Standards in Insti- tutional Care.” Guests at Luncheon. Members of the directory of the General - Federation were guests of honor at luncheon. Mrs. Walter Me: Nabb Miller of St. Louls, chairman of the public welfare committee of the | south streets. These latter include federation, told of the practical ac- | Broad street and Eleventh, Twelfth, tivities over which her committee has | Thirteenth, Fifteenth and Sixteenti supervision, and Miss Julia K. Jaffrey eéts, which parallel Broad. Park chairman of the committee on prob: |ing is forbidden anywhere in the city lems of delinquency of the General | from 3 a.m. to sunrise. Federation, discussed the national | While Washington merchants favor angle of prison reform. the shipping entrance parking ban, Speakers later this Philadelphia’s shopkeepers —oppose comprise George Wilson the sweeping ban that has been the Board of Public W enacted. In the city council's open District a(:x:x;l:lll‘(l"::;lx d‘:scusnhm attending the vote upan e 1 the bill merchants » permitted to the United States Public = Health | voice ther. orimsiore g they do- ! voice their objections and they Service; Dr. Loren B. T. Johnson, | clared they would lose trade if shom Virginia White Speel, president St ey ar] of the District of Columbia Federation | hors,, Were Tot permitted to park of Women's Clubs, and Mrs. Mina V: rhat objectic .. ced to Winkle, director ' of the Women's | whitmer.” maeom S o e o o Bureau and the House of Detention. | Safety falliott reiferated the pro Board Sessions End. he had made to mercha The National Board of the General | the Provosal of the measure, that If Federation of Women's Clubs closed | 3fter it had been given a trial eb its meeting at the headquarters at |forcement, the wide parking ban I8 1734 N street last night, but many of | foUnd to work an undue handicap the 69 directors remained over to |UPOn business men he would seck an attend the local meeting today. “"%;:"‘l‘";l‘r'm St " p Final activities of the General RAEPS: traflio: yrobjem ACOUS Federation Board included the recep- | “‘! is s e “'fl—"""fi“"‘a;&" tion of a report by Mrs. John T.|Where this city has comparat y Mason of Evanston, IIL, chairman of | Proad streets, those of the "'Q"fl"“" the civil service committee, which |City” are narrow. The situation recommended the extension of the ‘hf’rla]'f;‘mmi- acute long be!(-rshltg:d marriage system in the civil service | reached an alarming stage in the Dis- to States not operating under this law | trict, and one of the first attempts at as an effective means to promote pub- sol\‘xflol\ in Philadelphia uns{ the | lic economy and to check incom- | designation as one-way streets of cer- petency. tain traverso thoroughfares, including oMrs. John D. Sherman, president of | famed Chestnut street and Walnut the federation, stated that she would address a letter shortly to the general membership, which comnrises 16,000, affiliated clubs ail over the country, | summarizing the activities of the board meeting and defining the stand of the federation on matiers of na- tlonal ulting from ] afternoon will director of are of the Dr. Thomas con general of a of the Shrine convention ‘in “no parking” rule an.y lowntown section of the in effect to last While vere in town. It was before the convention, y ut the Shriners lifted, howev e oven