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od £ ¢ i THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, ENT FORCES QU during the recent spreadgto Lisbon. LL the government forces fighting insurrecti PORTUGAL REVOLUTION AFTER STREET FIGHTING. ists from a sandbanked intrenchment in the streets of Oporto ortugal revolution, which was put down after sanguinary fighting. movement started among the troops at Oporto, where the fighting resulted in numero Troops of The revolutionary casualties, and later Copyright by P. & A. Photos. D. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1927. BUDDY LEAVES BRIDE FOR SPRING TRAINING. flashy young shortstop of the Washington team, bids hi weeks a fond farewell as he leaves to join hi Buddy Myer, bride of a few his home town of Ellisville, Miss. teammates for Spring training at Tampa, Fla. The bride was Miss Minna Lee Williams of Ellisville. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. Morristown, ) OIL, KING BOWS TO FAIR ARCHERS ON THE GOLF LINKS. rsus-archery match, in which he and two man companions were defeated by three woman archers The archers shot at small balloons on the greens instead of the cups. ; John D. Rockefelles Ormond Beach, Fla., course. In ti® growp, left to right: Dorothy Johnston of Bedford Springs, Pa. 0 Philadelphia, Mrs. Charles S. Pike of Detroit, J. P. Whiten of Cleveland and Mrs. Mortimer Day of John D. Rockefeller playing in the W. Dyke of World Wide Photos. APPEARING IN BENEFIT PLAY. Miss Mary Hale as “Alice” and Miss Eleanor Hard as the caterpillar, in the playlet, “Alice in Wonder- land,” to be given by members of the Junior League at Keith's Theater next Saturday morning. N'POLITICS ARE ADJOURNED. John F. Hylan, former mayor of New York (left), and Jimmie Walke metropolis, meet for a chat under the balmy skies of Palm Beach, Fla. No doubt the weather afforded an ample topic for conversation. UTLNES HSTORY *OFROTARYLLB Everett Tells of Organization in 1905 in Chicago by Four Men. The Washington Rotary Club ob- served the twenty-second anniversary of the founding of Rotary, when Wil- liam W. Everett, a member, read a chronological sketch of the club, which has grown from a meeting of four business men in Chicago in 1905 to its present enrollment of 2,500 clubs in 35 nations, at the weekly luncheon yesterday afternoon at the Willard verett was intro- ymond and Fred known singers of the with several duced, East, popularl. District, entertained selections. Preceding the historic: was announced that $ contrbuted by Rotarians Casualty Hospital drive. Four Organized Club. Actording to Mr. Everett, Rotary was begun with a meeting of four men in Chicago—Paul P. Harr attorney, who is now president emeritus of R Sylvester Schiele, & coal dealer, Hiram E. Shorey, a mer. chant tailol d Gustavus L a mining man, in whose office th ered, with the idea that busines could be and should be per: friends. The little group met the sec- ond week, and a fifth member, Harry printer, was admitted, er - introduce. f chorus sin to the recent at the club my At on of name of Mr. Harr by the ori place of mee membership, e ele The name was prompte nal plan of rotating the the officers and even for at that time mem- ted for a period of members meeting, 3 that for the club w New Clubs Orga During 1909 clubs in the order named in Oakland, Seattle, Wash.;! New York City Boston. Nine additional Rotary were established during the first months of 1910 and in the same y the first national convention of Ro- tary Clubs was held in 4 which meeting the National , Asocia- tion of Rotary Clubs wi ablished, with Mr. Harris as its f esident. Clubs were formed in Dublin and Bel- fast, Ireland, and in London dur 1911, In 1912, according to M report, the name of the ganization became the Association of Rotary was thus known until 1922, when the present title, Rotary International, was chosen at the thirteenth conven- tion, held in Los Angeles, The 1,000th club was organized at Xork, England, in 1921 and in the last . Everett's fonal or- International Clubs and it Arrested Trying To Redeem $650 in Mutilated Money By the Associated Press. . ®* ST. LOUIS, February 2 woman withdrew her life s of $4,000 in currency from several banks last December and, tearing it to pleces, scattered the fragments on the street before her home. She believed a relative was attempting to get control of it in the bank: Federal secret service agents yes. .terday arrested Walter E. Stobart, 50, who picked up $650 of the muti- lated currency and, with the aid of a false affidavit, tried to redeem it from the Treasury Department at ‘Washington. |PAPEETE IS MADE RUM RENDEZVOUS Vancouver Paper Says Tahiti Port Is New Liquor “Capital” of Pacific—Stores Move. By the Associated Press. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, February 24.—Papeete, Tahiti, in the South Seas, is the new rum “capital” of the Pacific, succeeding Vancouver, and stores of liquor here are being transferred to that port, the Province says yesterday. Liquor of all descriptions, from the choicest wines to Oriental intoxicants, are being loaded aboard the Swedish { steamer Falterbo, which will clear for | the South Seas. In transit liquor from | bonded warehouses all over the city is | being moved. The customs commi by the liquor exporters for Killing Vancouver as a liquor port, the Prov- |ince says. “A yearly expenditure of $1,000.000 for supplies for the fleet of the liquor exporters will be lost to the ity. it is expected hiti was chosen because the s for bonding liquor there are ve and Government regula- atisfactory. The liguor can arried to Tahiti aboard tramp ves. and the exporters have their own final disposition of the sion is blamed Film Benefit Planned. A benefit performance will be given jat the Ambassador Theater tomorrow {afternoon at 2 o'clock by the Henry D. Cooke School Parent-Teacher Asso- clation. Lloyd Bennett will take the leading part in the picture, the title of which is “A Kiss for Cinderella.” Bennett is a Washington boy, about 10 years old, and has been playing in movies for some time. ster. The eighteenth convention of Rotary Internationl will be held next June in Ostend, Belgium, and at that time, Mr. Everett declared, “a higher note in the song of international brotherhood, based upon the understanding, good will and international world-fellowship of business and professional men,” will be struck, ™ = the present mayor of the Herbert Photos. DESIGNS POSTER FOR BENEFIT BALL. Miss Kathleen Nalle stand- ing beside one of the posters she has made for the Ball of the Sixties, to be given Saturday night at the Mayflower Hotel, for the benefit of the building fund for needy Confederate women. 19-year-old sophomore at squads. TAKES HIS DAILY ICE PLUNGE. John Alden, of Mayflower lineage, Boston University, has to dodge the ice cal these days when he takes his daily swim in the Charles River Basin. The hardy swimmer is a mainstay of the university’s base ball and track Copyright by P. & A. Photos. SUNDAY SCHOOL PRESENTS FESTIVAL OF SONG day school, who will participate in the Mother Goose festival to be given at the church, at Ninth street and tomorrow night. AND TABLEAU. Youngsters of the elementary grades of Keller Memorial Luthern Sun- Maryland avenue northeast, tonight and PHYSICIAN DENIES SLAYING OF WIFE Loomis Withstands Severe Grilling—Police Charge Discrepancies. Dr. By the Associated Press. ’ DETROIT, February 24.—After grill- ing for nearly 20 hours, Dr. Frank R. Loomis, held in connection with the clubbing to death Monday night of his wife, Grace, 34, police today admitted they had been unable to shake the man's profession of inno- cence or to uncover a possible motive for the slaying. Dr. Loomis held to his story that he discovered his wife’s body in the sun room of their home after return- ing from a walk, but offi discovered a number of pancies in his statements. He stated, they said, that he did mnot touch the body prior to their arrival at the house, but was unable to ac- count for blood stains on his clothing. He also told conflicting stories regard- ing the route he took on the walk, ac- cording to the officers. A number of relatives and friends of the couple were interviewed in an endeavor to uncover a motive. All told the police the two were devoted to each other and were never known to have had a serious quarrel, dis- No Business Closes Court. BLOOMSBURG, Pa., February 2% (®).—The regular term of the Colum- bia County Court has been called off because of “lack of business,” {as “the most con als claimed | Total of 1,130,366 Pupils Now Enrolled In 7,789 Public Schools in Philippines Reports to the War Department show that there are 1,130,366 pupils now enrolled in the 7,789 public schools in the Philippine Islands, as compared with an enrollment of 621,115 pupils and 4,291 schools in 1915. The develop- ment of Filipino instruction personnel ince the American occupation of the islands in 1899 is regarded by officials picuous achievement of the American system in that quar- ter of the world.” In accordance with the existing laws of the islands, primary education is entirely free for all children be- tween the ages of 7 and 14, and sec-| ondary education is partially free, a moderate tuition fee being required in some secondary schools for partial support. Practically all the elemen- tary school principals, a number of the high school principals and_divi- sion superintendents and one of the directors of the Board of Education are Filipinos. According to the report, the Unl- versity of Santo Tomas, at Manila, established in 1611, is the oldest uni- versity under the ['nited States flag, antedating by fully a quarter of a cen- tury Harvard University, the oldest university in the United States. PUPILS ARE CLEARED. Charges of Gambling and Vice Against Children Not Borne Out. NEW ORLEANS, February 24 (#). —New Orleans school children were cleared of all charges of gambling and vice at a public hearing held by the Board of Education here last night. Twenty-five members of the Public School Alliance, a report of whose ut- terances caused the hearing, denied any knowledge of gambling among the children and stated that they had no intention of inferring that the pupils indulged in gambling. They said that they had discussed reports that gam- bling devices and a dog track where gambling was permitted were oper- ated in the vicinity of one of the schools. No one could be found to; make charges of marijuna smoking and other viceagainst the children, PUPILS SAVED IN STORM. Building Demolished Few Minutes After School Is Dismissed. MILLEN, Ga., February 24 (#).—The promptness with which two teachers dismissed classes probably saved their lives and those of 45 school children yesterday when the Oak Hill School, five miles from here, was demolished by a high wind which reached the pro- portions of a tornado, 3 The two teachers, Miss Flora Vick- ery and Miss Ressie Drinkard, saw the approaching storm, dismissed school 15 minutes early and marched the pu- pils out of the building only a few minutes before the structure was ripped from its foundations and wrecked. “The storm, which was accompanied by heavy rains, also unroofed several outbuildings on a farm a mile from the school and uprooted scores of trees, No one was injured. ] TESTS TO BANISH F0G PLANNED IN CHICAGO Static Electricity Will Be “Shot” Into Atmosphere to Clear It for Airplanes. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 24.—Experi- ments to determine whether fog overhanging Lake Michigan can be fought off successtully by static electricity “shot” from airplanes pass- ing through the fog are to be attempt- ed here, Maj. Rufus W. Putnam, for- mer Government engineer and now | chiet engineer of the Chicago Harbor Commission, announced. The experiments are to be con- ducted to determine whether a $3,000,- 000 airport contemplated for Chicago's lake front would necessarily be handi- capped about one-third of the year by a fog blanket making landings difficult. The experiments here will consist in shooting static electricity into the fog with particles of sand or steam. Both mediums, it is believed, should make the fog disappear, falling to earth in the form of a miniature shower. Lieut. Connell Weds. SAN FRANCISCO, February 24 (#). —Lieut. Byron J. Connell of San Diego, a member of the late Capt. John Rogep ane crew on the mem: orable ate to fly to Honolulu in 1926, and s Mae Walker, Honolulu society girl§ were married here yester- Bottle Set Afloat In Illinois Reaches Philippine Islands By the Associated Prees. MILTON JUNCTION, W Feb- ruary 24.—A bottle thrown into a creek in southern Illinois eight years ago has been found on the coast of the Philippine islands, according to information received by A. A. Whitford. The bottle contained the name of Miss Leona Smith, with her ad- dress, and was thrown into the creek at Farnia, Ill., Mr. Whit- ford said. He has learned that Miss Smith received word from Maurice Evans, a soldier in the Pacifiic islands, that he picked up the bottle on the seashore there December 29, INCOME OF VOLIVA REACHES $6,000,000 Dowie's Successor as Overseer of Zion City Had Only 83 Cents in 1907. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 24.—In 1907 Wilbur Glenn Voliva, overseer of Zion, IIL, scheduled his total assets as 83 cents; today he has an income of $6,000,000 a year and controls 26 insti- tutions and industries. The successor to John Alexander Dowie, founder of the Zionist Church, made this assertion to a correspondent of the Chicago Tribune at New Or- leans, in support of his statement that he is a “self-made ma Voliva, who is enjoying a vacation in the South, recently sold several parcels of Zion land at a huge profit. ““The land values near Zion have in- creased enormously the last year, and as a good business man I cannot af- ford to retain them,” the overseer was quoted as saying. “Times have changed, and I can do more good with my money than Dowie could with the lands if he were living.” l NAVAL ENGINEERS DINE. 1 Wilbur Guest at Annual American Society Event. The American Society of Naval En- gineers held its annual dinner at the Cariton Hotel yesterday evening with Secretary of the Navy Wilbur as the ranking guest. Rear Admiral John Halligan, jr., president of the society, presided. The Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Aeronautics, Edward I. Warner, | spoke on *“Naval Flying and the En- gineer.” Represgntative Updyke gave a brief address “The House of Rep- resentatives and Naval Defense.” Capt. W. M. MacFarland, past presi- dent of the Society of Naval Archi- tects and Marine Engineers, took a3 LAUDS PRINCIPLES OF ORDER OF ELKS | Grand Exalted Ruler Urges Local Lodge Members to Practice Tenets. Charity, justice, brotherly love and fidelity, the principles of the Benevo- lent and Protective Order of Elks, were urged as effectual forces in every- day “American life by Charles H. Grakelow of Philadelphia, grand ex- alted ruler of the order, in an address last night at the meeting of the Washington Lodge held in his honor, attended by 600 members. It every Elk lived the principles of the order, Mr. Grakelow contended, & new and ‘powerful asset would be es- tablished for the whole Nation. « Rush Holland Speaks. Past Grand Exalted Ruler Rush L. Holland, who is a former Assistant Attorney General, advocated the ac- tive upholding of the Elk principles also, and he scored the number of members of the order who *“join merely for the sake of becoming an EIk,” and who never think of the re- sponsibility which they assume in membership. Grand Chaplain John Dysart of Flint, Mich., and a former assistant rector at St. Alban's Episcopal Church here, and Grand Secretary Fred C. Robinson of Chicago accompanied the leader of the order to Washington and each spoke briefly. Rev. Dysart told of his visits to the national shrines, including the tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the Lincoln Memorial, and of the “spiritual uplift” he received from contact with each. Reception Committee. The members of the reception com- mittee included Past Grand Exalted Ruler Holland, District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler John B. Berger, Exalted Ruler James E. Colliflower, Secretary William S. Shelby, Past Distriot Deputies Edward J. Shine, Edward J. Murphy, Patrick J. Callan, James A. Ward and Joseph A. Burkart, Past Exalted Rulers Daniel H. Nihion, James A. Balderson, William Finkle, John Gorman, Dr. Percy F. Payfair, Dennis Harper, Rossa Downey, Fred Merscheimer and the following other officers of the lodge: John Lynch, Nathan Weill, John Dillon Fitzgerald, Thomas King, Michael G. MecCormick, Lem Robey, Gustive Brahler, Anthony A. Auth, Judge Robert E. Mattingly, John Marville, Arthur A. Reimer and Arthur D, Marks. Waste Removes Varnish. By the Associated Press. Discovery of a process for utilizing sulphite paper pulp mill waste in mak- ing un effective paint and varnish re- mover was announced today by the Department of Agriculture, The process was discovered and pat. ented by Dr. Max Phillips and M. J. Goss, department chemists, who have his subject. “Honored Names in Naval Engineering.” The United States Navy Orchestra gave a program dur- Ing the dinner, which was attended by the ty. dedicated their patent to the people of -the United States, thus making it pos- sl::; for nln}))f one to make or use the product without payment of a . o pay:! it of any roy:-

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