Evening Star Newspaper, February 5, 1927, Page 16

PRESII cle, whi e House. 4, is The pri AND MRS. COOLIDGE SELECT TEMPORARY RESIDENCE. The Patterson mansion, on h the President and his wife will occupy during the several months required for interior ctive temporary White House, which Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge will imposing white stone structure of four stories. Patterson and is now the home of her daughter, Mrs. Elmer Schlesinger. The residence was Copyright by P. & A. Photos. BECEIVES SENATE TRIBUTE ON BIRTHDAY. (at desk), dean of the official reporters of the Theodore F. Shuey nate, who was paid a tribute on the floor by Vice President Dawes and several Senators on the occasion of his eighty-second birthday. for 60 years as official stenographer. standing. He has served the Senate Senator Frank B. Willis of Ohio Copyright by P. & A. Photos. BRITISH LORD WEDS YOUNG ACTRESS. gnun; musical comedy star, who was married Elmer Schlesinger, the former Countess Glzycka, whose Dupont Circlo home will be occupied by President and Mrs. Coolidge shortly after March 4, while the White House is being repaired. @© Underwood & Underwood Miss Sylvia Hawkes, Thursday to Lord Ashley, 6-year-old son of the Earl of Shaftesbury. After denying that the marriage would take place, none of the bridegroom’s family were seen at the church ceremony at Knightsbridge, England. HENRY FORD HITS DEATH PENALTY Expresses Unqualified Dis- approval of Capital Punish- ment as Cure for Crime. By the Associated Press, DETROIT, Mich, February 5.— Capital punishment is as fundamen: tally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is as a cure for poverty, in the opinion of Henry Ford, Mr. ¥ord made this statement yesterday in expressing unqualified opposition to capital punishment. Several cap- ftal punishment proy now are before the Michigan State Legisla- ture. “The same editors—who people—ministers and to the war financiers 10 years the doctrine of now for ca hment,” Ford said to kil a man—e to that. It does no good to n, it does no good to society. al punishment is as fund: wrong as a cure for crime as | is as a cure for pov: the ces of the countr adjusted there would | of work for these boys | ommitting crime, and it is | ion that every one of them would work if there was work to do. cr “Easiest Way” to Solve Problem. “But we kill—or want to kill—the eriminal, because it is the easl way of disposing of the problem. We | Id of both problems by | g handle. 1 woul t mind ng a man a licking, but 1 wouldn't | kill him, and I don't see one can vote for capital unless he himself is the executione think there who wo e, kill- | has had cno talking against i Held Not a Deterrent apital 1 for crime T a not a deterrent Any will kil whether er does not he himself gets killed. 10 years ago we were teach- ons of people to kill. conditions in the industrial world bring a man to the poi where he is willing to kill to get money, you don’t cur those condi- tions by killing the 1 “The thing to do is the problem, and to are ano! at the roo: that takes us { the f for the who ate same time i ly trying harden the ts the people in their atfitude toward human life. of right who eands The new engineer-prefect of An- gora promises to annjhilate the dust enveloping the city. | morning | struck a fight o | s | CANADA TO CONTINUE WEST INDIES SHIP LINE Subsidized Service Will Go on Un- der Control of Government Merchant Marine. By the Associated Press. OTTAWA, Ontario, February 5.— The government-subsidized Canada- West Indies steamship service will be continued by the Canadian Govern- ment Merchant Marine, it was an- nounced officially. The contract’ under which the Canadian and West Indles govern- ments help to provide a passenger, mail and freight service has expired, Bids for a new contract were called for twice by James Maicolm, minister of trade and commerce. He an- nounced last night that as a result “the government-is convinced that the services could be performed most advantageously and economically by the Canadian National Railway man- agement.” He said that the service would be | put into operation as soon as possible within the time stipulated in the re- cent Canada-West Indies trade agree- ment. PP HELD IN DEATH PROBE. Plumber’s Helper Accused of Frac- turing Man’s Skull. Anthony Sesso, 19, 808 K street southeast, held for the action of the grand jury today after Cor- | oner Nevitt conducted an inquest at the case of Thomas old, 38 Preston ave- Va., who died at 1 early yesterday it of an injury afternoon when 1 by Sesso during near the south end of Navy Yard Bridge. Leigh, a cement worker, complained of annoyances caused by Sesso’s dog running over fresh cement in front of 1463 Ridge place southeast and S a plumber's helper, is °d with having delivered a v that fractured his skull. HOLDS UP RESIGNATION. Ogden Mills Sees No Reason for Quitting House Now. Representative Ogden L, Mills »f York informed the House yes- terday that he had décided not to re. sign for the present because he had | founa there “no occasion for the Immediate assumption by me of my official duties as Undersecretary of the Treasury,” a post to which he recently was appointed by President Coolidge. The explanation was made in a let- - addressed to the House after Rep- | resentative Garner of Texas had in- | auired why the New York Representa- |tive had sent his resignation to Gov. Smith and then suddenly asked per- | mission to withdraw it. Mills said he |had been informed by Gov. Smith's secretary that his request would be | complied with. he morgue in Leigh, 49 yeaf: nue. Cherry Providenc American Quits Managua Job. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, February 5 Ivin Brooks Carter of El- gin, Tex., who anized the Nica raguan_constabulary in 1925, has re- signed his post as chief of the constab- Iu ary. He said that he may go later | to Guatemala or Costa Rica to under- take work similar to that which he did here. or; Copyright by P. & A. Photos. Jessica Slates, a practicing member of the New York bar, who make her debut in the musical world there this month as assisting vocal artist to Beniamino Gigli, Metropolitan tenor. Wide World Ptotos. ¢4 o MARINES EMBARK DURING CHINESE CRISIS FOR ASIATIC DUTY. This photo, transmitted by wire, shows 1,200 United States Marines of the 4th Regiment embarking on the transport Chaumont at San Diego, Calif,, last Thursday. While their ultimate destination was not revealed, the embarking force expected eventually to proceed to Shanghai, China, now the prize of the embattled Chinese armies south of that city. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. ADDS CATALINA SWIM TO FEATS. Henry Sullivan of Lowell, Mass., is congratulated by Lottie Schoemmell, New York swimmer, after swimming the Catalina Channel in his second attempt. Sullivan, who took 22 hours for the swim, is the only swimmer to conquer both the Catalina and English Channels. ‘Wide World Photos. LOCOMOTIVES HAUL SUBMARINE ASHORE. damaged submarine S-48 being hauled into drydock for repairs by three A view of the powerful railway locomotives at the Portsmouth Navy Yard. Only 20 minutes was required for the job, in which locomotives were used for the first time. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. BRIBERY CHARGED INTEXAS HEARING Witness Says He Paid Two Leglslators $1,000 to In- fluence Their Stand. By the Assoclated Pre AUSTIN, Tex., February 5.—De- tails of an alleged ‘“shake-down” by two members of the Texas Legisla- ture were related on the witness stand here yesterday by Willis Chamber- lain, Houston optometrist, who testi- fied he paid $1,000 in marked money to Representatives F. A. Dale and H. H. Moore to influence their stand on pending legislation affecting optome- trists. Chamberlain appeared before a spe- cial investigating committes of the House, which began an inquiry into criminal charges filed against the two House members in connection with the alleged acceptance of the bribe. Arrest of Moore and Dale by two Ranger captains last Wednesday night at a hotel here was the result of a trap laid for the legislators, the witness testified. License Fee Discussed. Chamberlain is legisiative represen- tative of the State Optometrists’ As- sociation. Representative Moore had introduced a bill in the House to re- quire a license fee for optometrists, “I went to Moore's desk in the House to discuss th> bill which he had introduced imposing a $50 tax on op- tometrists,” said Chamberlain, “He said he would give me the name of a party who might help me. He scrib- bled on a piece of paper, ‘See Dale, Room 218, Texan Hotel.' " The scrap of paper was introduced in evidence. Chamberlain said he arranged to have dinner with Dale. “After we had eaten,” continued the witness, “Dale told me parties fa- vorable to the bill would pay $750 for a favorable committee report, but that for $1,009 an unfavorable report could be brought out. I told him tha was a lot of money, and he an- swered that my organization, the Op- tometrists’ Association, had been col- lecting assessments from 8 mem- bers and ought to have a barrel of money. The upshot was that I was to try to raise the $1,000.” Tells of Marked Bills. Chamberlain said he obtained $1,000 in bills, recorded the serial numbers and informed the two Ranger officers, who later made the arrests, Going to Moore’s hotel room last Wednesday night, he said he met the two legislators and had dinner brought up to the room. “What did you do; what did they say?" Assistant Attorney General D. A. Simmons asked, “Why, they, were in a cheerful mood; talked quite a lot. Said busi- ness was certainly good the last few 'Why, the legal business in the Legislature,” Chamberlain replied. ‘The witness explained that Dale had informed him he practiced law in the Texas Legislature just as he prac- ticed it at home.” Chamberlain sald he asked the leg- Owmner of Flooded Town From Sick Bed Directs Battle to Dam Rush of Waters By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., February 5.—C. A. Jones, who owns the flooded vil- lage of Tulot, Ark., combated a slushy St. Francis River from a sick bed to- day, while even-less fortunate resi- dents of a waterlogged area made for higher ground. In Mr. Jones’ town only those resi- dents with two story houses could stay while he, suffering with pneu- monia, gave directions from a bed above the water level. In the one- story buildings water lapped the fur- niture, while owners crowded saw- mills and outhouses in Truman, a town somewhat removed, and wet only from backwaters. Five breaks along five miles of the levee on the west banks sent down waters that converged at Tulot, Mark- ed Tree, and Hatchie Coon, a trap- ping village, were under water. Citi- zen guards that patrolled a hastily repaired levee last night planned to continue their vigilance until the waters shall have receded. At Tulot only the railroad station and commissary were doing business, Travel between towns in the flooded area continues by boat and over the Frisco Railroad, whose tracks still are several feet above water line. FUNERALS MONDAY FOR CRASH VICTIMS Those Who Died in Kensing- ton Accident to Be Buried From Forest Glen. Joint funeral services for the five victims of the fatal automobile acci- dent at Kensington, Md., early yester- day, when a fast Baltimore and Ohio train struck a light automobile at.the railroad crossing, killing all the oc- cupants, will be held Monday morn- ing at 10 o’clock at St. John's Church, Forest Glen, Md. All four members of the Twombly family of Kensington will be buried in the cemetery at Forest Glen. Mrs. Sarah Holland, the fifth person’ killed in the accident, will be buried at Mount_Olivet Cemetery in Washing- ton. The joint services will be con- ducted by Rev. C. O. Rosensteel of Forest Glen. Those killed in the accident were: Walter M. Twombly, a special agent for the Federal Trade Commission; Mrs. Walter M. Twombly, his wife; Paul Twombly, a son, employed in the office of the registrar at Georgetown University; Elizabeth Twombly, a daughter, who attended Holy Cross Academy, and Mrs. Holland, wife of a wetired farmer of Kensington. All lived within a few blocks of the cross- ing where they met death. An inquest into the acciden: will not be held, according to States At- torney Robert M. Peter, jr. The Mary- land law authorizes an’ inquest oniy when a_question of felony or crimi- nel negligence is involved. There ap peared to be no question of either in the accident yesterday, Mr. Peter added, The five were returning from a card islators how they Intended to “split” and was told they would arrange that. Dale then went downstairs te make the money transfer, he said. Shortly after leaving the hotel en- trance, Chamberlain went on, he passed the $1,000 in marked bills to Dale. Ranger Capt. Frank Hamer was on hand and arrested Dale, re- covering the money. Moore was ar- rested shortly afterward in his room. The hearing continues today. party at Silver Spring, attended by a number of residents of Kensington. The Twomblys were taking Mrs. Hol- land to her home, south of the cross- ifg, when their car was struck by train No. 3 of the Baltimore and Ohio. Associates to be Present. Associates of Paul Twombly at Georgetown College, will attend the funeral. Rev. Charles W. Lyons, 8. J., presi- dent of Georgetown Universit: Robert A. Parsons, S. J., dean of the college, will attend, as well as a num- ber of the students and the registrar, Walter J. O’Connor, and his assist- ants. Dr. Lucian Ernest, mayor of Ken- sington, sald this morning that the citizenry of Kensington is prepared to “fight to the bitter end” for the removal of the grade crossing at which the five were killed. The town council, he said, had adopted resolutions in December ask- ing for the removal of the hazardous crossing and copies of the document were sent to the State Legislature and to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad officials. The agitation for the elimi- nation of the crossing danger was begun more than two years ago Dr,. Ernest said, and Kensington’s objec- tions were voiced strenuously during recent months. Recklesness Inference Resented. The inference that the tragedy was caused by the driver's attempt to “beat the train,” Dr. Ernest ‘said, is resented by the residents of Kensing- ton and by friends of Paul Twombly, the youth who it is supposed was driv- ing the car. Young Twombly was not the type of man, the mayor said, who would take reckless chances. “To excuse the B. & O. Railroad for not maintaining a guard at that crossing is entirely unfair,” Dr. Ernest said. “We have sought the removal of that ere ng for over two years and the railroad is thor- oughly familiar with conditions at that point. There is a sharp turn in the road within a hundred feet of the tracks which prevents any motorist from seeing a train approach- ing, and after about 6 o'clock there is no watchman on guard there. There was a west wind blowing that night and with that turn the driver of the car could neither see nor hear an east train.” Italian Ship Is Ashore; 250 Safe. CAGLIARI, Sardinia, February § (A).—The Italian mail steamer Memfi, from Genoa to Tunis, yesterday went ashore 15 miles from here, the pas- sengers and crew, totalling 250 per- sons, were transferred to the Italian steamer Tebe. There vn‘a no danger. WOMAN'S WELFARE PARLEY IS CALLED World Scope Announced by Mrs. C. C. Calhoun for Ses- sions Here in May. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 5.—A world welfare conference to be held in Washington in May was announced here today by Mrs. C. C. Calhoun, who is president of the Woman's Uni- versal Alliance, sponsor for the conference. “The meeting plans for the consid- eration of united welfare work both in this and other nations,” Mrs. Cal- houn said. “The United States, for example, today the world’s richest and most powerful pation, is far down among the civilized nations in scien- tific measures for women in child- birth and pre-natal care of the child. Education and home economics will b discussed, and legislation affecting women and children. “The first world welfare conference of the Woman's Universal Alliance, which was held in Washington in 1923, resulted in concrete benefits in many counfriés. France has formed a branch of the alliance. The women of England, Scotland, Spain and other European countries, and of the South American nations, have also joined in the work of the alliance, whose ul- timate goal is the erection of a build- ing of service as a memorial to motherhood and to the inestimable services of the pioneer women of the past whose names are dying out of tradition and to whom this generation owes the duty of redeeming them from oblivion. Slogan of Organization. “The slogan of the organization is ‘a tribute to the past, a service to the present and an inspiration to the future.’ “The memorial {s not to be an empty shrine, but a center where great and priceless symbols, relics and family archives will be preserved: where names of great women of each State and country will be fittingly commemorated; a center for home cui- ture and for mother and child welfare; for the establishment of a loan fund where youth of tested talent may re. cefve material aid in their chosen 'vi a center for arts, industries science, especially featuring women's work, and an open forum for the women of all countries. * “It is to be established in Washing- ton as the capital of a nation com- posed of peoples of all races. The movement is non-sectarian, non-sec- tional, non-racial and non-partisan. Its sponsors include the heads of va- rious religious denominations, gov ernors of States, leaders in art, litera- ture, sclence, industry, flnance and Government.” Idea Now Seven Years Old. ‘The idea of the memorial was con- ceived seven years ago. Its founders have had many obstacles to overcome, The original idea was that of Mr. and yand they, with 20 prom- ts of Washington, their which Mrs. Calhoun had LEWIS CRAIG HUMPHREY, LOUISVILLE EDITOR, DIES Prominent in Journalism for 30 Years—Rose From Re- porter. By tho Associated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky., February 5.— Lewis Craig Humphrey, 51, associate editor of the Louisville Herald-Post, died at 6:55 o'clock Thursday morning at_his home here. Mr. Humphrey had been prominent in Louisville journalism for 31 years, all but three of which were spent on the old@ Evening Post, where he rose from reporter to editor. Under the tutelage of Richard W. Knott, owner, editor and publisher of the Evening Poust, he was pro- moted rapidly to news writer, city editor and associate editor. On Mr. Knott's death Mr. Humphrey was made editor, with full dictation of the editorial and political policy of the paper, until it was merged with the Herald, less' than three years ago. He was made associate editor of the new paper, the Herald-Post. i EIGHT PASS HARD TEST. Washingtonians Win Right to Practice Law in North Carolina. Eight Washington applicants yes- terday were granted licenses to prac- tice law in North Carolina, according to_Associated Press advices from Ra- leigh. Those who passed the recent bar examination, regarded as one of the hardest in the history of the state including the following Washingto- nians; William Henry Allen, James La Salle Brown, George Daniel Kuhnel Thomas Henry King, Willam Edgar McGhee, Ellis Spear Middleton, J Eli Schindler and Roy Abednege V secured the option was sold after her resignation as president for the exact profit she had predicted when she negotfated its purchase. The members’ fees were returned, the larger ones with 6 per cent interest, all indebted- ness was paid in full and the organi- zation went out of business with a clean financial record. In 1923 the Woman's Universal Al liance was formed, another club prop- erty, Clifton, was procured, and later was sold when it was decided to ask Congress for a site owned by the Gov- ernment. Have Invested $60,000. Mrs. Calhoun's report to her board of directors and the audited accounts made public today reported that the entire funds for the option on Clifton, of $30,000 and an additional $30,000 for expenses in carrying on the work of the alliance, had+been advanced by Mr. and Mrs. Calhoun as an evidence of their faith in the ultimate success of the movement, also that the wide traveling in this and other countris had been financed personally by the president and officers of the organiza- tion. During the last week Mrs. Calhoun said the Chase National Bank of New York has received endowments for tne Mothers'’ Memorial to be held under the administration of the Community rusts of NewrYork. The same plan il be carried out in other States where the alliance is organized. The Cdmmunity Trusts will become guard- ighs of the funds of the memorial d the lllhn‘ CTZENSINPLEA FOR STREET PAVING Council to Seek Restoration of Improvement Items Omit- ted From Budget. Restoration in the District appro- priation bill of every street paving item eliminated from the budgetary estimates as well as the items for the installation of the two water mains on Alabama avenue will be sought in the Senate by the Citizens’ Advisory Couneil. The council voted to appeal to the Senate appropriations committee to reinsert these items in the appro- priation bill at its meeting last night. Action was taken on a request of Dr. George C. Havenner. The coun also disposed of a number of committee reports, the chief one of which recommended ap- proval of the bill pending in Congress providing for the regulation of the practice of midwifery and medicine in the District. The report on this measure was submitted by Dr. George Richardson, but before approving it, the council urged an amendment to strike out 13 subjects enumerated as requirement for applicants for licenses. Enumeration Held “Absurd.” Dr. George C. Havenner declared that the enumeration of these 13 sub- jects was “absu and make the measure too drastic. “It should con- tain no such detail,” he said. ‘“The examining board should be given lati- tude to name the specific require- ments." The bill to authorize the removal of the old Aqueduct Brigge at an expense of $228,000 was approved, but recommendation was made that $25.000 of this amount be used to convert the first span of the George- town end into a recreation pier. Other bills approved were those designed to protect prospective park lands from damage by grading or felling of trees until condemnation is completed; to provide for the widening of C street northeast from North Carolina avenue to Twenty-first street, so as to make it a main entrance to Anacostia Park limiting the guardianship held by any one person to five and setting up a general insurance code. Gerry Bill Disapproved. The council disapproved the Gerry bill providing for a Children's Court and recommended the Capper Juvenile Court bill. Disapproval also was voted on the bill to exempt servico men on duty in the District from the payment of the $3 fee for automobile drivers' permits, An appeal by Thomas M. Baldwin, Jr., superintendent of insurance of the District and a_representative of the United States Chamber of Commerce, to have the council reconsider its ac- tion in indorsing the Fitzgerald work- men’s compensation bill was not favor- ed. Mr. Baldwin is supporting the Underhill bill, which also has been given the approval of the commission- ers. ! ‘The council voted to meet twice a week Instead of weekly, until the ad- Journment of Congress. The meeting will be held Tuesday and Friday nights.