Evening Star Newspaper, February 1, 1927, Page 17

COLLISION ‘White Star JOLTS PASSENGERS ON ATLANTIC LINER. This dent was made in the side of the ner Celtic—fortunately above the water line—when the steamship was rammed last Saturday night off Nantucket Island by the freighter Anaconla, during a heavy fog. While the passengers had an uncomfortable moment or two, inyestigation showed the damage to be slight and the Celtic proceeded to Boston, where this photo was taken. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Herbert Photos. BRITISH SQUASH STARS INVADE CAPITAL. H. L. De Sibour (left) captain of the American squash racket stars of the Washington Racquet Club, and V. A. Cazalet, captain of the British team here for a six-game tournament with the local players. The British stars will later compete in the Canadian championship matches. D. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, Copyright by P. & A. Photos. 1927. SCHOOL YOUNGSTERS REPEAT SUCCESSFUL CLASS PLAY. Pupils of the eighth and seventh grades of the John Eaton School, at Thirty-fourth and Lowell streets, who appeared in the presentation yesterday of the class playlet, under the direction of the teacher, Miss Teel. When presented some time ago the play so well rewarded the efforts of the pupils who took part that they were requested to give another perform- ance yesterday. A QUEEN OF CHINATOWN. Miss Rose Lum, who is regarded by artists as the prettiest Chinese girl in the Occident. She is one of the candidates for selection as queen of the Fah Dang Wui, the colorful “Feast of the Lanterns” celebration to be held in San Francisco’s China- town this month. Thousands of Chinese will gather for the event. ¥ ‘Wide World Photos. PLANS NEW FLYING CREATION FOR TRA! ATLANTIC FLIGHT. A model of the combination air- ship and airplane, which Claude Freese of Los Angeles, the inventor, plans to construct for a trip from California to Europe. The airship is designed to be 768 feet long and of allmetal construction. Five planes are built around the gas chambers. The inventor believes the 11 motors, each driving a propeller, would give the ship a speed of 150 miles an hour. " EXILED MEXIGAN BISHOP ARRNES » Church Will Win in Dispute With Calles, Says Diaz, in New York. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 1.—Bishop Pasqual Diaz, secretary of the epis- copate of Mexico and exiled by the Mexican government because he was regarded as the intellectual force back of a religious revolutionary movement in Mexico, arrived today from Ha- vana on_the United Fruit Co. liner Zacapa. He was met at the pier by a group of prominent Catholic church- men and laity. Bishop Di. ated, through an in- terpreter, that he came to to await orders and instru said that in the issue between the Mexican government and the Catho- lic Church in Mexico the Catholic Church would win the long run, “as as alw won where her cause righ Deprived of Belongings. Bishop Diaz said that he had been allowed to take nothing with him from Mexico and that he has nothing but is back, a thin suit of s nothing to ank but the bishop's ring. of the Catholic id the bishop, Indian, “is a It is a halting s of the Catholic Church ted, he said, but this was rath protest at civil admin- istration than through governmental pressure. M was no longer said £a the churches, he reported, but it was c secretly in private home: risk to the partici pan Sees No Religious War. Asked if he blamed President Calles for the controve between church and state, the bishop replied that no single gan but a group of men was responsible. roup of men with bolshe- h they do hevik.” a_religious war in f the present con sonded, “that is, think so.” “I don not 1 do not personall President Favors Salary Boost. The provision of the Civil Service rules which exempts from requirement of examination physicians employed in the Indian Service and receiving not more than $1,000 per annum has been amended by the President so as to increase the compensation to $1,200. The action was based on representa tions by officials of the Interior De- partment “that considerable expendi tures on a fee basis for surgical opera tions can be led and effected by paying parttime phy: clans at certain stations as much $1,200 per annum.” The-Civil Service Commission concurred in the amend- ment, Serenaders Pick Wrong Window to Render Adoration By the Associated Prass. New YORK, February 1.—Short scenario, septet of songsters, com- ‘ing from an old-fashioned soiree, decided to wind up the evening— about 3 a.m.—with a serenade to the lady fair of one of them. Through misadventure the room chosen was in the dormitory of the Sheepshead Bay police station, and in it was a bachelor cop, weary from long hours of pavement pounding. Sentences were suspended on the seven. ——— TALL CEDARS APPEAR IN GAY CEREMONIAL Capital Forest No. 104 Initiates 17 Candidates in Ballroom of Willard Hotel. Capitel Forest, No. 104, Tall Cedars of Lebanon, presented a gala cere- monial in the main ballroom of the Willard Hotel last night, when 17 ca: didates were initiated into the soclety according to fraternal rites in presence of 500 persons. A vaudeville show followed the initiation cere- monies. The candidates who received the de- grees were Ralph E. Arnold, William S. Ayers, Louis D. Carman, Dr. Charles W. Cuthbertson, Morris Fisher, TFrancis - L. Hiller, Edgar Hover, Harry Thomas Jones, Frank Bush Kayes, Dr. Benjamin Z. Mader Russell ~ Pettibone, = Ferdinand Philips, John P. Raetzman, Jos. 'h C Thoma, Lemuel Turner, Wilbur §. Wills and G. W. White. Mr. Fisher, one of the candidates, holds the titles of Olympic, national international and world's rifle chai pionshir The degrees were confer- red by the newly elected officers of the local forest: ~Alvah W. Patterson, grand tall cedar; H. M..Vandervor: senior depu J. Prendergast, Junior deputy; Frederick H. Steffens, and M. L. Hart treasurer. ngers, under the direc- C. Tryon, presented a sic was furnished by the Capitol Forest Band, directed Charles R. Brill. Will of Mrs. Lovell Filed. The will of Mrs. M. Louise Lovell, who died at Rome January 21, was filed yesterday for probate. It disposes of an estate consisting entirel curities and cas] The document Spencer Gordon. The daughter, Isa- bel Lovell Dorsey, of Paris, France, is given $10,000 to equalize an advance of that amount made to the son, F. Hallett Lovell, jr., of Madison, N. J. The son is given $5,000 in trust for his daughter, Elizabeth Lovell, and a like amount in trust for his son, Lane Lovell. A son-in-law, (vafton D. Dor- sey, 18 given $5,000, and a niece, Louise R. Nichols, is to have $2,000. The re mgining estate is to be shared equally by the son and daurhte: by | 5 PHILADELPHIANS HONOR STAR BALL PLAYERS AT DINNER. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. Mrs., E. P. Ricker, who is driving her own dog team in the races of the international dog-sled marathon at Poland Spring, Me. She is the ‘Washington Star Photo. PAGES ACCEPT GAUGE OF BATTLE. Paul Alexander (left), cen- ter on the Senate pages’ basket ball team, and Gus Meade, tap-off man for the House pages, whose teams will engage in a court tussle on only woman entry. © Underwood & Underwood. February 11. George Banks is the referee. The Nation’s legislators hatve been invited to attend. Copyright by Harris & Ewing. ik Eddie Collins (left), Tris Speaker (center), who will wear a Washington uni- form next season, and George Burns photographed at the dinner given by the veteran athletes of Philadelphia last Saturday. The trophy on the table was presented to Harry (Babe) Connaughton, all-American guard of Georgetown University, as the most valuable player to his team during 1926. ‘Wide World Photos. SOVIETS WILL BUILD $60,000,000 PLANT Decide to Erect Own Electric Works on Dnieper After Con- sulting Americans. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, Febs several months of consultation with ¢ ican experts, the Soviet government has decided to use its own labor and funds in constructing the great $60, 000,000 hydro-electric plant on the Dnieper river whicn will supply cur- rent and power to the entire Ukraine. Col. Hugh L. Cooper of New York who had offered to build the plant, will probably be engaged as the principal consulting engineer. ry l—After deliberation and erman and Amer- The Dnieper River project involv: the construction of = generating st tion with an ultimate capacity of 60! 000-horsepower, a canal and lock Bys- tem to open the river for navigation below Ekaterinoslav, a railway con- necting the iron ore deposits of Kri- voy-Rog, the manganese deposits of Nikopol and the Doretz coal basin, and a transmission kne to conv electric power to present and poten- tial markets, Col. Cooper, an authority on power developments, undertook a survey of the project for the Soviet government last June, Wire to Wrong Wife on Birth of Child Leads to Arrest of Philadelphian, 27 By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, February 1.—A card congratulating the wrong wife on the birth of a child led to the ar- rest of Edward J. Ireland, 27, of Chester, Pa., and his arraignment in court yesterday, faced by both wives. He was under $2,500 bail for turther hearing. rs. Ireland who discovered her nd’s alleged dual family life said she was Miss Willis Abernathy before she was married to Ireland in Greenville, N. C., June 8, 1925, Mrs. Ireland No. 2, to whom the baby was born, said she was Miss Susie Gay before she and Ireland were wed at Roanoke Rapids, S. C., Sep- tember 19, 1925. Ireland maintained homes for both wives in this city. Both women said he told them he was an insurance agent and had to leave on long trips. He divided the week equally between both households, they said. Mrs. Ire- land No. 2, with her baby, left the courtroom on the arm of Mrs, Ireland No. 1. FINE ARTS BODY TO MEET. Completion of Tomb of Unknown Soldier to Be Considered. Plans for completion of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier will come up for consideration at the February meeting of the Commission of Fine Arts, Feb- ruary 17. Elimination of smoke and destructive soot from the furnaces of the proposed new Government bulld- ings will also be-one of the major sub. Jects for discussion at the meeting. Plans of the United States Govern- ment for participation in the Seville International Exposition at Seville, Spain, in 1928, will come up for action. With a site for the new Police Court building hasggng been decided, the com- mission nof as before it no immedi- ate local matter except the various projects which must await the draw- ing of plans, 696 BABIES DIED IN 1925. Census Bureau Lists Fatalities Here Under One Year. Seven hundred and ninety-six in- fants under 1 year of age died in Washington in 1925, the Census Bu- reau announced today. They in- cluded 419 white infants and 377 col- ored children. The death rate per 1,000 births was 67.1 for the whites and 131.7 for colored. New York showed the greatest in- fant mortality among the cities of the country, with a total of 8,308 deaths of infants under 1 year. Chicago had 4,460, Philadelphia 3,007, and De- troit 2,564. Infant deaths under 1 year totaled 58 in Alexandria for the year, in Bal- timore, 1,894; in Annapolis, 19, and in ‘Richmond, STENOGRAPHER SHOT BY JEALOUS WAITER Man Claims He Spent $50,000 En- tertaining Woman He Wounded. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 1.—Vincent Michelette, 35, a_waiter, last night shot and probably fatally. wounded Miss Marie Perry, 35, a stenographer, whom he accosted in a North Side elevated railway station, firing five shots into her body as crowds of home- bound workers scurried for cover. Michelette was caught as he turned to flee. He told police he had known the girl for about six months and de- clared that during that time he had spent_about $50,000 entertaining her and decided to shoot her when he learned she had been friendly with other men. INDIANS FII:E PROTEST. Narragansett Tribesmen Oppose Re- moval of Bodies from Cemetery. Faint suggestions of colonial days came yesterday in Long Island City when a Helegation of Narragansett NEW YORK, February 1 (A’).-»/Lt“ne negative on the question: India; e of the first tribes with early settlers came in con ared to protest against re- les from an Indian ceme- tion of & Court Aid Sought As Marriage Joke Loses Its Humor By the Associated Press. LA PORTE, Ind., February 1.— Dorland Smith, former University of Wisconsin student, today asked the Circuit Court to restore the humor of a joke he and Irene Stu- art of Portiand, Oreg., played at Rolling Springs, Ind., last July. Smith said he and the girl ob- tained a marriage license in the name of another couple and went through a ceremony to embarrass the other couple. He has since learned he is legally wed, and asked an annulment so he can marry another girl. BIGAMIST CHARGED WITH WIFE’S MURDER Warrant Served on William N. Coffey, Bond Salesman—Forgery Case Dismissed. By the Associated Press. LANCASTER, Wis., February 1 (. —Willlam N. Coffey, bigamist, late yesterday was formally charged with the murder of his second wife, Mrs. Hattie Hales Coffey, slain near Platte- ville October 9. The warrant was served by Sherift Burt Morse of Grant County immedi- ately‘after officials here were informed that Judge Emery Crosby, at Mauston, had dismissed the forgery charge on which Coffey had been held since his arrest January 21 at Elroy. Coffey said he is not concerned with the legal formalities and expressed the hope that the business of commit- ting him to a prison or an asylum will be completed without delay. The former bond salesman said he will waive preliminary hearing when he is arraigned. Up to last night he had no attorney and he had not asked for legal aid. Once he is bound over to Circuit Court District Attorney R. M. Orchard will ask for a special session of the Circuit Court to dispose of the case immediately. His wife, who lives at Madison with their three children, has filed suit for divorce. DEBATING T.EAMS MEET. | G. W. U. and Randolph Macon Stu- dents to Discuss Debts. George Washington and Randolph Macon debating teams will meet for {a forensic battle tonight at 8 o'clock in Corcoran Hall, ‘Twenty-first and H streets. The loca% university will u;‘ke “Re- solved that the interallied war debts should be canceled,” while the visi rs will defend the affirmative. Prof. Gilbert H. Hall of Geor; vashington University will presi ind Representative Rathbone of II- linols will be chairman of the judges. The public has been invited.. LODGEFACESPOOL AND DANE CHARG Zion Modern Woodmen of America Raided for Enter- tainment Violations. By the Associated Press. ZION, 1lL., February 1.—Unlawful dancing, illegal pool games and enter- taining without a city license were the charges entered in Police Court here yesterday against four officers and & member of the Zion Lodge of the Modern Woodmen of America. Au- thorities of this little religious com- munity, founded by the late John Al- exander Dowie, said that jail terms, fines, or both, may be imposed on the five when they come to trial Friday and that efforts will be made to se- cure revocation of the lodge's charter. 87 Names Taken by Police. The five were arrested in a raid Sat- urday night, and the names of 87 other men and girls at the lodge dance were taken by the police. Dancing and pool are forbidden under city or- dinances of Zion, two-thirds of the population of which are members of the Christian _Catholic Apostolic Church. The Woodmen's lodge is the only lodge in Zion, opposition of Overseer Wilbur Glen Voliva, Dow- ie's successor, having kept others away. The five arrested were released on $500 bond, after a night in the city lockup, and trial set for Friday. They are: Albert Godin, venerable consul of the lodge; Martin Rush, clerk; James Murphy, chairman of the en- tertainment committee; Gus Draf, as- sistant clerk, and Wilbert Lehman, member. Police Chief Theodore Deck- er reported that money was found on the pool tables and that seven bottles were discovered in the cloakroom. Seek to Revoke Charter. The chief declared the case would be referred to the State's attorney and also that supreme officers of the Woodmen's national organiza- tion would be asked to revoke the charter of the Zion Lodge. — TEACHER IS UPHELD IN WHIPPING PUPIL ANNAPOLIS, Md., February 1 (Spe- cial).—Miss Nancy Hopkins, principal of the North Linthicum, Md., gram- mar school, was cleared by the school board of Anne Arundel County of charges of cruelty in whipping John William Claggett, 15 years old. The board held that Miss Hopkins was within the rights bestowed on school principals by the State laws to inflict corporal punishment as a last resort in maintaining school discipline. Much feeling was shown before and during the hearing, the Patent-Teach er Association denouncing Miss Hop- kins' methods and the teachers taking sides in upholding her. Miss H kins has been a school teacher years,