Evening Star Newspaper, February 26, 1927, Page 9

BILL 0 PROMOTE | . BRETT APPROVED House Committee Indorses ; Measure to Make Him 1 Brigadier General. YLegislation providing for the pro. métion of Col. Lloyd M. Brett, adju- tant general of the District National Guard, 1o the rank of brizadier gen eral reached its final stage when the House today. on motion of Chairman James of the military affairs commit tee, approvea the conference report on the Porter bill. Five other veteran officers are eli- gible for promotion under thix act. These are Col. William .J. Nicholson Col. W, €. Brown, Col. William D, Beach, Col. T. B. Dugan and Col. W D. Wilder This measure has heen before the 1ast three Congresses and the con- ference report approved Thureday by the Senate and todayv by the House reverts to the original Porter Bl During the pendency of thir legislation attempte were made hoth in the House military affairs cem mittee and in the Renate militacy ire committee to load it down With other promotions. . REG’LAR FELLERS—Jimmie’s Folks Aren’t So Poor. right, 1927, by The Bell Syndicate, Tnc FLIGHT T0 POLE | ed 3 BYR[]VUESENBES el ol B Shiiee. Mobil From President for Pole Air Flight President Coolidge personallg present- | sterday the Congressional Medal the most coveted distinguish- | decoration within the gift of | trip to the North Pole and back again to their base without. stopping, achiev- ing the feat only a few days hefore Raold Amundsen and a party of PATRICK L. O’DEA DIES; VETERAN OF WORLD WAR Was Star Athlete on Foot Ball and Base Ball Teams of Gonzaga and St. John's College. Man Says H;a Gave Bad Checkfi to I;rinig Body of Wife to Capital for Burial tragic aftermath of\ the Florida | house was hurricane was revealed hene vesterday through a story told policq by Wilson | leaving terror RABBI PLANS TOUSE CONFESSIONAL IDEA Will Introduce Personal Intere view System Into St. Louis Temple. Br the Associated Preas ST. LOUIS, February 26— Agreeing with the views of the Rev. Harry Emerson Foadick, who reeently ap- pealed for reinstatement of the eons fessional in Protestant churehes, Rabbi Samuel Thurman of the United Hebrew Temple announced hers lasd night that personal eonfession wilf Ih’rnm» a part of his synagogue activ ty. Rabbi Thurman ed his Intention of seiting definite hours during the week for those “who desire to avafl themselves of the opportunity te un- burden themselves either of their sing or tneir troubles.” “If they seek for advice, we shall try to gve it to them.” he sald. “Tf they only mean to make a declaration of twisted away when the hurricane struck the city, Wilson sald His wife | in its wake. | he | two-month-ol sins committed and a desire to re | penr. they shall have the appartunits 1o do so with all the fuliness and sir | cerity of their hearis “Dr. Fosdick's recent appeal to re instate the confessional in the Prot ed servi Patrick L. O'Dea, 36 vears old, haby gir World War veteran and well known |in loeal athletic circles, died in George- town Hospital yesterday following an | operation for appendicitis last Satur- day. He was emploved as an elec- trician in the Times-Herald Building. Mr. O'Dea was a former star on | both the base ball and foot. ball teams |of Gonzaga and later at St. John's Provisions of Bill. " | United States Government. to| el o it dhe Bi Remarkable Movies Taken at | ¢ Richard E. Byrd and Floyd | d::cn’;!or“ "N "“M hie 15 hpreby B . Navy machinist, for “gallant | President Coolidge read the citation . be, be. | g ” | service to the Nation™ in being the | which accompanied the medal. Comdr. aufhorised to appoint, by e Top of World” Shown to | Arst men to reach the North Pole by | Byrd's citation follows: “For distin e Tt "mext Dishest srade any f . {airplane. guishing himself conspicuously by ate ‘to. the next highest grade any Geographic Society. | " The presentation took place in the | courage and intrepidity at the risk of ofcer not l""‘i"'d’ufi: SE the Ay | President’s private office at the White his life In demonstrating that it is pos rebelia:] the "',"d ith wiihutioni) House in the presence of high officials | sible for aircraft to travel in continu 'mul has serv A oaionnd Dfim“' Manits SRt (o1 it ke “top ‘of |ie | DI the Government, ranking officers of | ous flight from a now inhabited por- Shianes s 2 pammisgioned oot | o P o | the Army. Navy and Marine Corps | tion of the earth over the North Pole on the active list for {“;’M el | world by air. made less than a vear and the relatives of the men. Only a|and return.” ’::‘1‘,.',‘{"{,';‘.'"1‘.“ e T the |80, was described for members of | few score of men now living are en-| Bennett was cited “for his gallant Banish-American War, and who hae|the National Geographic Society last | fitled to wear tbie decoration, which o L b meberst been awarded either a medal of| night by Comdr. Richard F. Byrd in| "‘The medals were awarded to the two | sides heing given the Congressional DR Dbl honor or _ distinguishe ve an address at the Washington Audi-|aviatore by an act of Congress last| Medal of Honor, each man was ad-|. pioiner William O'Dea, and five DOVER, Del., February 26 () Warrant Officer T.. 8. Whitehouse, edal and who has served in France a brother, Willlam O'Dea, and five B |'"| ".ho”:\'»:mn “";'I e hetore. me.]torium. In the audience were a num Iumu:l\' The flight took place on | vanced a grade in rank. Comdr. Byrd | gisters, Miss Annie M. O'Dea, Miss |A charter for the Fahin Securities|treasurer of the Army relief fund at tirement B Lta)7 R e AR | bar ot MWahibiNion ieh ‘Whoiaceom: | AV 8 1928, theilwo Niyers milking telis & retived oMoer of the Navy, | Cecelia O'Dea, Mrs. Nellie Farrell and [ Trust Co., capitalized at $20,000,000, | Fort Myer, announced vesterday that pasnied ‘Corndr. S Byra 1o Bpitsbergen. | was filed with the State Department |almost $1.900 was realized from the here vesterday. Capital stack consists | Army relief ride, at Fort Myer, last ed for promotion to the grade of £rsie 5 | Mrs. Katherine Smith, all of Wash- . He paid tribute to thei irit and | 0 ‘ D ’ served o paia Rrihute (Lo thelr apir 320, 00 IN OVER UE - value, |[month. This is ‘an increase of $400 brigadier general.” | ington, and Sister Marie Xavier of the ol Breit had previously B Sisters of Notre Dz Din | work in making the fight possible. | over Jast year result of the ride There were many hardships to he AL'MONY Is AWARDED F. R. Hansell. E. M. MacFarland and |the Cavairy branch and the Field Arti REPRESENIAI'VES Receiver Named to Sequester New | five-year term s adjutant of the Mr. O'Dea was a member of the overcome, Comdr. ‘Byrd told hix au-| J. Vernon Pimm of Philadelphia \\'-rsilry'y branch of the Fort Mver Army York Effects of Wealthy Pasmore Gibson, 24.vear-ald painter.|left a who was detained for Florila authori ties in connection with a bad check scientists piloted a dirigihle across the top of the world | said which he brought here and left | tant chureh is a good sign t with her grandmother at 25 Eighth| church, through itz real I charge at Fort Lauderdale. street southaast | awakening to the responsibility which Declaring that he had no fradulent| Wilson told police that he had|it owes to society at large and to the intention in giving the check, Wilson | planned to leave for Fort Lauderdale | !ndividuals. explained that he cashed the wheck in | tonight to straighten out his finances. [ To make the institution of volun order to obtain funds with which to| He said that his stock of painting ma- | 8Ty confession effective. the Rabbi bring his wife's body here. She took | terials represants more than the | fontinued, it would have {0 be adopted | poison after her nerves had baan shat-| amount of the check, which was $225. | PV, the great majority of rabbis. College. tered in the ordeal of the hurricane. Police were trving to get in touch | But some of us.” he added, A native of this city, Mr. 0'Dea was | he said. with Gibson'e friends in Florida today | Pave to make a start.” married to Miss Margaret McGuire, | The entire front of their apartment! to effect a settlement . SINGER VISITS DOCTOR. also of Washington. He is survived o by his widow; two small children, Pat : : Big Trust Company Formed. Army Ride Nets $1,900. RSN “will service to the the Byrd Arctle Mary Garden Returns to Chicago Suffering Throat Infection. CHICAGO, February 26 (#).—Mary Garden, suffering from a slight throat infection, arrived yesterday for con sultation with her personal physician, Dr. Jerome Strauss, who said she plans to rejoin the Chicago Civic Opera Co. before ita tour in the Kast is com. ed, if her condition is improved es will he conducted E ephen’s Catholic Church Mon- Aay morning at 9 n'clock, preceded by brief services at the residence at 8:30 o'clock. Interment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. trict National Guard. He served ax Knights of Columbus and the Holy ® Dbrigadier general throughout :‘h; e e oore Ahanione ‘wota Name Soclety ar ¢ n g o 4 ¥ : ;nrld.:flh.rgg;‘m‘;fl:zm hrH'|:‘;" 0. knclikite: ai nmEfeched (im named as Incorporators. relief will each reeeive $345 served during more than 40 vears of | culties almost wrecked the expedition. military career against the Indians|The first was the discovery that the and in the Spanish-American War|only wharf at Spitzbergen was mo § % g i g $# i and was decorated for bravery. He| nopolized by a Norwegian gunboat, was promoted to the coloneley in Au- gust, 1914, and was retired Kebru ary 22, 1920, but was called back into v. He is now in his seventy Supported by Ofcials. ‘The bill carried the hearty support of all the high officials of the War Department. At a hearing five years ago the then Secretary of War, John W. Weeks, stated “both Col. Bret: and Col. Nicholson have very credit- le records as brigade commanders combat troops in action.” In testifying at hearings fGen. Pershing stated “‘the services of Col. Brett, T . retired have been of very high order. His efciency throughout has always been above the average. During the World War he served with great ability, and be- fore his retirement I recommended that he be promoted to the grade of brigadier general, but the law made this tmpossible. 1 hope to see him raceive this well merited advance.” During 161 years of service, in which he participated in many Indian eampaigns and skirmishes, Col. Brett received the Congressional Medal of Honor and specific commendation from the department commander, Gen. Nelson A. Miles. He participated in camphign and was marshal general of that Army and had the distinction of heing selected by the commander-in-chief ‘to com- mand the 100 picked men of the Amer- ican Army 1o peceive the surrender of Gen. Toral and his army and later the city of Santiago de Cuba. Recommended for Gallantry. He was recommended for the brevet of major for gallantry in action in that campaign. He then went into the Philippine insurrection and partici- pated in skirmishes. It was following this that he served for five vears with the District National Guard. He was also for six years superin- tendent of the Yellowstone National Park. During the hearings testimony re- garding Col. Brett's efficiency was put into the record from Gen. Hunter Liggett. commanding the 1st Arm: Gen. William M. Wright, commanding the 18t Corps, and Gen. S. E. Sturgis, commanding the %0th Division, and from Maj. Gen. Cronkhite, who had previously commanded the Sth Divi sfon. Woi Congressional Medal. Col. Brett was awarded the congres. slonal medal of honor, the citation reading, “for most distinguished gal- | Jantry in action against hostile Sioux | Indians near O'Fallons Creek, Mon., | April 1, 1880, hy fearless expoRure and dashing bravery, cutting off the Indian pony herd and greatly crippling the hostiles while second lieutenant of the 2d Cavalry.” Among the foreign decorations he received are: Officer of the Legion of Honor: Croix de Guerre with Palm, from France, with a citation which recites that he ““made of his brigade a eholce unit through which he broke the stubborn resistance of the enemy in October and November, 1918." Col. Nicholson served from 1876; Col. Brett graduated in 1879, and Col. Dugan in 1881. All of the men covered by the legislation passed todav: have bad unusually distinguished records. SCHOOL LEADER DIES. Miss A. E. Thompson Administra- tive Principal; 40 Years in Work. Mise Anna Elizabeth Thompson, eolored, administrative principal of the Slater-Langston School and for 40 ears connected with the colored #choois of the District, of apoplexy at her home, 1 atreet, Thursday. after retu A teachers’ meeting in Sehool, Seventeenth and M streets. She entered the schools in 1887, was made principal in 1904 and administra tive principal in 1920 School ofcials paid tribute to her long record as a teacher and principal Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, either at the home or in church. In- terment will be in Harmony Cemetery. Miss Thompson is survived by her mother, Mrs. Mary E. Thompson the Santiago made provost died ning from Mellon Is Upheld. Justice Siddons of the District Su preme Court today sustained the de- murrer of Andrew W. Mellon, Secre. tary of the Treasury. who was sued individually for $300.000 damages hy Walter Holland, a former lawyer prac tieing * hefore the Treasury Depart- ment. Holland blamed Mr. Mellon for his disbarment from the Treasury De- partment practice. The court held that the action of Secretary Mellon was in his ofcial _capacity and he Fiftenth | the Sumner | | l which would not permit the Byrd ship to come alongside. At the risk of los- ing its plane, the expedition took the heavy machine to shore on an im provised raft through water filled with moving ice cakes Landing Gear Broken. In ite tryouts the plane ran into a snow hank, breaking its landing gear. The take-off for the Pole was made on improvised and relatively weak skis. which would have been quickly de- molished in a forced landing on the rough Arctic ice. Finally, as Comdr. Byrd and his flight companion, Floyd Bennett, approached the Pole they dis- covered that there was a bad oll leak from one of their three engines. Th expected the engine to stop at any moment. Fortunately the leak was not in the bottom of the oil tank and a sufficient amount remained to per- mit the engine to operate until the plane returned to Spitzbergen. Keientific instruments and methods played an important part in the su; cess of the polar flight, Comdr. Byrd declared. struments, compass. Among the invaluable in- he sald, were the sun invented especially for polar flying by Albert Bumstead of the National Geographic Society, and the drift indicator and hubble sextant furnished by the Navy. The metero- logical observations were also of great help. No Land Sighted. At the Pole, where the fiyers were half a mile high, they could see for 40 miles in every direction. No land was seen there or during the flights between Spitzbergen and the Pole. The ice at the Pole was thrown into pressure ridges 40 feet high, Comdr. Byrd said, showing conclusively that this is a region of open se: He esti- mated the thickness of the polar ice to_be between 30 and 40 feet. Wi the flyers had circled the Pole veral times and were ready to start on their return journey they realized that their lives depended on the accuracy of their navigation. All directions from the North Pole are south, but only one south line would take them back to the small {siand where their companions and supplies awaited them. With their special instruments they figured the line so accurately that no deviation was necessary. Remarkable motion pictures, some taken by Comdr. Byrd over the Pole, illustrated the address. MACHADO SIGNS BILL TO LIMIT SUGAR OUTPUT Measure Would Prevent Each Mill From Grinding More Than 4,500,000 Long Tons. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, February 26.—The de- cree fixing the amount of sugar each mill in Cuba may legally grind under the present limitation of the 1926.27 sugar crop to not more than 4,500,000 long tons, was signed by President Machado vesterday afternoon, and was made public last night The number of bags mills in each province are limited to Pinar Del Rio, 1,13 1,979,360: Matanzas, 9 227.302: Camaguey, 982,466, The decree was ready for signature several days, but President Machado's Tliness caused a delay. _ 7 olumbia National Bank 911 F Street Capital and Surplus $650,000.00 —are and National our law schools can develop.” Roscoe an members of Congress at a dinner given by Ogden L. Mills, Undersecretary of dence, 2107 Massachusetts avenue. audience that the law schools of the Dean Tells of Law Fields Neglected in Opening: Ap- peal to Harvard Men. “The development of an urban in- dustrial society in place of the rural agricultural socfety, for which our legal institutions were given shape, raises new problems of legislation, of | the application and enforcement of the many and varied legal precepts required by a complex social and economic order, and of preventive justice, each of which calls for the best in the way of juristic creative power and inventive resource which Pound, dean of the Harvard Law School and noted American authority on jurisprudence, said last night in address to Law School alumni the Treasury-designate, at his resi- Neglect of Law. Dean Pound told his congressional country are-failing to take their logi- cal place in the improvement of American justice, by their neglect of criminal law, legislative law, judicial organization and administration, the history of law and comparative law. He impressed the guests with the fact that although legislative law is daily becoming of greater significance to the lawyer than the law of judicial decisions, the former is being practi- cally ignored, whil* law offices are stacked with compilations® of the latter. Prominent Guests Present. The guests included Franklin M. Gunther of the State Department, Speaker Longworth and the following Harvard alumni: Representative Ham- ilton Fish, E. V. Frothingham, George R. Stubbe, John Philip Hill, Lawrence H. Waters, Willlam N. Vaile, M. E. Crumpacker and John J. O'Connor; Mark Sullivan, Wilson M. Powell and Edward B. Burling, officers of the _endowment fund committee. 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