Evening Star Newspaper, March 7, 1927, Page 13

IRISH REPUBLICAN LEADER ARRIVES. Eamon de Valera, first and only President of the “Irish Republic,” faces a battery of newspaper photographers and reporters as he arrives at New York on the liner P He painted a pessimistic picture of his country under the Irish Free State administration. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. sident Roosevelt. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1927. LOCAL MARKSMEN COMPETE IN RIFLE TRYOUTS FOR NATIONAL TEAM. sharpshooters who competed on the (‘am|: S‘l""m’d !\;n'n:mnl 'G'g“]"d|'é"“t( rnnfe |{‘cslm‘d‘:lf I"im:{ pre- limi; ryouts t to represent the United States at the international rifle matches in Rome, ol T Mo Lelt (o e, back vow: 3. P, Blount, W. T. Tilson, P . Geract and . 3. Hill Italy, in May. Left to right, back row: L. Hayes, A. Thomas and W. T. Frazier. i A group of the Kneeling: ‘Washington Star Photo. Getting rendy for the base ball season. James E. Downes painting the flag pole atop The Evening Star Building, from which the base ball flag flies when the Washington team Is playing here. ‘Washington Star Photo. wurt FREES DAUGHERTY OF CHARGES. General Harry Daugherty (left) luvinf Federal Harold Corbin, just al on disagreement of the jury. with his attorney, him had been OonflhNewY:‘ tel r conspiracy cm‘u -c-;:: found Thomas W. Miller guilty of the charges. : SIVSDRYAGENT HAS A 1300 La Guardia Declares Bert Rolls’ Salary Was $1,000 Per Week. Representative LaGuardia of New York, in a letter to Controller General ‘McCflrl, has charged that Bert Rolls, a Federal prohibition agent, had re- ceived a total of $13,000 for operating Leshone de Paris, Inc., in New York, & corporation formed by the Govern- ment for “the ostensible purpose of detecting diversion of denatured or poison alcohol.” LaGuardia asked for an accounting of the money paid to Rolls and Michael Malone, another prohibition agent. A letter made public today was also addressed to Secretary Mellon by Mr. LaGuardia, saying that Rolls was the agent who obtained evidence against the Morrison Hotel in Chicago, but that “‘his conduct was so disgraceful” that the Government never prosecuted the case; and that Treasury Depart- ., ment representatives in New York " assisted Rolls in leaving the country in order to have “an excuse” for not rosecuting several cases in which he Ead obtained :vidence. Mr. LaGuardia wrote McCarl that he was informed Rolls ceceived a ‘salary of $1.000 per week, and in addition was permitted to draw upon funds recelved from the sale of ison alcohol to pay his personal his letter to Secretary Mellon, ardia said he was informed Rolls n was back in New York, and esked why thé Treasury Department id “not proceed with the trial of the indictments which you stated had * been obtained through the above- mentioned Leshone de Paris.” DEATH OF MACHIAVELLI WILL BE CELEBRATED Mussolini Orders Commemoration June 22 by Italians Through- out the World. ted Press 1 7.—Premier Mussolini 1 official celebration by hout the world of the death of Nic 1 statesman of this year. d ltalian Am- abroad to ar- imemorations to arouse in ‘ereased patriotic co-operation with the mother country. The celebraiion of the first cente- mary of the Italian poet Hugo Foscolo alee was ordere DEATH HELD SUICIDE. Woman in England Worried Over Inability to Return to U. 8. PRESTON. E: ch 7 (#).— A verdict of de was returned at the inquest to the death of Mi; Jane Smethurst, 69, whose body wa found in a ca e on February 15. Miss Smeth who had resided in Australia and the United States, came here in 19 e was said to have been worried bec 0 she was unable to return to the United States as she was not an American citizen, In and, Copyright by P. & A. Photos. Two Die in Accident Attending Funeral Of 50 Blast Victims By the Associated Press. CWM, Wales, March 7.—Grim tragedy, which struck this little mining town last Tuesday and took a tc'l of more than 50 lives in a colliery explosion, visited it again yesterday when a motor bus carry- ing passengers to the funeral of victims of the explosion plunged 25 feet from the road, killing two men outright and seriously injuring 20 other persons. The motor bus turned over at a hairpin bend in a road and fell into a siding at the Marine colliery, where the éxplosion occurred last week. Fully 100,000 persons were pres- ent at the funerals of the explosion victims. LEIPZIG FAIR NOTES 100,000 VISITORS Attendance at Annual Spring Ex- hibition Included 23,000 For- eigners, Management Reports, By the Associated Press. LEIPZIG, Germany, March 7.—The great annual Spring fair here was opened yesterday under ideal weather conditions and with an initial attend- ance that easily equaled the record for an opening day. Figures issued by the fair manage- ment showed that the first day’s visi- tors exceeded 100,000, of whom 23,000 were forcigners. The American con- tingent was estimated at 1,500 and the English at more than 2,000. Holland, Czechoslovakia, the ecastern border states and the Scandinavian states were well represented. There were 9,300 exhibitors, of whom more than 600 were foreigners. The tendency was toward lower prices, especially for staple articles popular in America. Business was brisk, with quick bargains, and, in the opinion of many American bujers, the best since the inflation period. One of the foremost features was the Rus- slan exhibit, which was mainly con- fined to raw as well as half manufac- tured materials. There was a lively- business also in textiles, especially in ar‘ificial silk: | HYATTSVILLE STUDENTS PRIMING FOR ORATORY Study of Constitution Begun With Hope of Emulating Nees in Spring Competitions. Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., March 7.— Spurred by the accompishment of Bernard Nees, one of the students of the school, in winning last Spring, the Maryland District finals in the third national and first international oratorical contest for secondary schools sponsored in this area by The ar, a number of Hyattsville High School students are now assiduously studying the Constitution, which again will” be the subject in the contest this Spring. Nees, who was graduated last June, won the district champlonship over representatives of schools in Prince Georges. Montgomery and Charles counties. His subject was “Marshall and the Constitution.” George A. Chadwick, jr., of ‘the Galthersburg High School was selected for alter- nate honors. - Edward G. Seubert, who has risen from newsboy to the presidency of the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana. He was eletted a few days ago to head the oll company with which he started work as a mechanic. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. | INVESTIGATE OIL “GUSHER” IN NEW YORK. Workmen pumping oil from the ground under Twenty-third street in New York City, which was discovered by seepage through the walls of a boiler room. Scientists at Columbia University have been asked to investigate the oil “strike.” Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. EVENING STAR CLUB PRESENTS presentation by Henry G. Hanford, president of The Eve new Roxy Theater in New York. the extreme right of the group. BOSTON COLLEGE CLUB FORMED IN WASHINGTON Assistant U. S. Attorney Fihelly Chosen President<-William Rooney Vice President. The first Washington Club of Bos- ton College was organized at a meet- ing of local alumni yesterday after- noon ia the Willard Hotel. John J. Fihelly, class of 1917, assistant United States attorney, was elected president, while the post of honorary president was given to Rev. Charles W. Lyons, president of getown University and formerly head of Boston College. Approximately 40 charter members approved the constitution yesferday, and steps will be taken to recruit as many more ‘members in W hington and Baltimor of the in- itial meeting rgely to the efforts of Francis S. Russell, chairman pro tem, and Arthur P. Murray of the membership committee. Other officers chosen yesterday were: Willlam J Rooney, '12, of the Carnegie Institute, vice president, and Joseph J. Mulvey, '19, professor at Georgetown University, secretary-treasurer.. A standing committee, consisting of the president and three other members, is composed of Frank X. Emmett, ‘24, treasurer of the Georgetown Unive sity Prepartory School; George Con- nors, ‘26, and Joseph A. Muldoon, '19, vrofessor at Georgetown University. Frank Finnotti, formerly chief cierk of St. Elizabeth's Hospital, as the old- est known Washington alumnus, who was in the class of 1867, told of his experlences at Boston College. American steam shovels and Amer- ican trucks are used in road construc- tion In Mexico, GIFT TO “ROXY.” Several members of the By the Apsociated Press. CAPE TOWN, South Africa, March 7—Two Rhodesians, who, when searching for cattle recently, rested under a huge boulder on a lonely farm near Sailsbury, Rhodesia, made a discovery which is regarded as of the first importnce. They saw queer paintings on the roof of a shallow cave, and sent photographs to Dr. S. P. Impey, the leading South African authority on ient rock paintings. Dr. Impey s these paintings are undoubtedly 8. L. Rothafel oxy’ Star Club, of a fitted 0Xy group appe: Roxy, in the center, holds the gift and a cartoon drawn for the occasion by Clifford K. Berryman, cartoonist of The Sta; t ling bag to Mr. Rothafel on ared as ';.vtin".‘me-? at the recent dinner of The Evening Star Club. Miss Miriam Steohenson, 19-year. old student of Lawrence esbe. Wisconsin, who was informed by George Bernard Shaw that she was “quite an ingenious liar"” when she sent him a copy of her thesis on his philosophy of life. THE ARMY, INDEED, BUILDS MEN. Here are two of them, Sergt. Harry Duvall and Capt. Charles Mabbutt, who tip the scales at an aggregate of 600 pound: They were snapped on recruiting duty at their Baltimore, Md., station, where they convince prospective recruits of the benefits of Army life. Chicago. The deaths are alleged given by mistake for drinking water. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. CHICAGO CORONER PROBES BABIES’ DEATHS. Miss Ella Haas, substitute night supervisor of nurses, on the stand at the hearing in the death of six infants in the maternity ward of the Columbia Hospital in to have been caused by borle acid ‘Wide *World Photos. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. ) and his “Gang,” radlo sniertainers, photographed at ~the if of the club, at the Mr. Hanford stands at Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Paintings Found in South African Cave Declared to Be Examples of Egyptian Art Egyptian art and there is no pos- sibility of a “fake.” “There are hundreds of crude bush- man paintings in caves all over South Africa,” he said, “but these are clearly of a different technique from anything discovered before. “There are 11 figures, minstrels, playing stringed instru- ments unknown to bushmen. In the cave is a large rock where the artist must have rested, using a long brush to reach the roof. The painted fig- ures wear Egyptian costumes, while bushmen's figures are always un- clothed.” apparently GOES ON HUNGER STRIKE. Mexican Railway Labor Leader Seeks Release From Prison. MEXICO CITY, March 7 (®).— Hernan Laborde, rallway strike lead- er, who was arrested recently charged with subversive activities, is reported to have gone on a hunger strike to force his release. Manuel Diaz, an official of the Rail- way Transport Federation, which called the strike, made the announce- iment regarding Laborde’'s hunger strike, - Discovered at Last. Fi +the Ki City Star. "Neillo--Mother, what s a dead Iet’t:n & W‘ % other—. er ren your father tom‘-m‘/ ik b THIRD FIRE RAZES HOUSE. Incendiarism Suspected in Destruc- tion of Riverdale Place. Special Dispatch to The Sta: RIVERDALE, Md. March 7.—Th unoccupled residence of Lau Kides near the Washington-Baltimore bous levard, was destroyed by fire late vesterday, at a loss estimated at|will $7.000. The insurance was §! A Incendldrism is suspected in view of. the fact that it was the third within several weeks that fire broken out re. Mr. Kides resides in Washington.| Fire departments from most of the nearby communities in Georges responded to the alarm.. ———e e A dormitory in the Kenosha, Wis,, Courthouse {8 open to tramps and transients, with no_questions: WILL CELEBRATE FEAST OF ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Catholics to Hold Commemorative Services at Dominican House of Studies Tonight. The feast day of St. Thomas Aqui- nas, the 13th century Catholic theo- logian, will be celebrated tonight at the Dominican House of Studies at Catholic University. The celebration will be conducted on the model of a 13th century class attended by St. Thomas. There will be a scholastic disputation on “Utrum mundum incepisse sit articulus fidei?" or “Whether it be an article of faith that the world had a beginning.” The thesis will be defended by Brother Augustine Skehan, After he has discussed the proposition th dents will ask questions, which he is expected to answer to their satls- | faction. The following papers will- be read: St.. Thomas, the at'u_‘e':- Brother Al- selections. | Brother Walter Farrell will preside as Vi lus Bmith will deliver th Ignath Prince | ™ Firemen Overlook 2 Children, Found Dead by Mother By the Associated Press. IRON RIVER, Mich., March 7.— Although firemen entered their home to extinguish a blaze early yesterday, they did not discover the two small children of Mr. and Mrs. John Kucinski, who were huddled under the bedclothes of their room. When the frantic mother returned from a neighbor’s she rushed to the bedroom and found them dead. One was a boy, 5 years old, and the other a girl, 3. SECOND GANG SOUGHT IN WAREHOUSE PLOT Believed Hi-jacked by Band Ar- rested After Siege With $200,000 in Liquor. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 7.—Another gang of Government liquor warehouse thieves is sought by the police on the theory that William “Klondike"” O’Donnell’s gang, caught looting one of the warehouses Saturday, had hi- Jacked the first gang and driven them from their bonded liquor bounty. O’Donnell’'s gang was surprised and captured by a squad of 50 Federal agents and police after a gun fight early Saturday. The authorities, in- formed of the warehouse looting, sur- rounded the building and began a slege which lasted until the liquor gangsters ran out of ammunition. They already had siphoned $200,000 worth of the whisky from the ware- house, through rubber hose, to a cot- tage 500 feet away. The warehouse is located in a dis- trict known as “Moonshine Valley,” the habitat of a younger gang of beer runners than O'Donnell’s. The theory is that this younger gang conceived the warehouse plot, but was frustrated by “Klondike's” hi-jackers. Meanwhile, O'Donnell and his alds remained in jail for want of $200,000 bonds pending a hearing before a United States commissioner March 15. GUESTS FLEE HOTEL FIRE. Lose Personal Effects in $}00,000 Blaze in Manitoba. NEEPAWA, Manitoba, March 7 (). —Fleeing through heavy clouds of smoke, which filled the corridors and roonts, guests at the King Edward Hotel escaped without Injury when fire destroyed the large frame struc- ture yesterday morning. The loss was_estimated at $100,000. ( ‘When discovered, the fire had made a great , headway, having rapldly spread from floor ‘to floor. .Guests and members of the hotel staff lost all their personal effects. ( SALESMAN TRIES TO DIE. ‘Woman Blamed in Note by Hagers- town Man in Hospital. | Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., March 7.— William H. Lecheron, 46 years old, a _salesman, shot himself in the head REAL GOLD RUSH FOLLOWS “FIND" Land Staked for 6 Miles in Every Direction From Rich Strike in Nevada. By the Associated Pre TONOPAH, Nev., March 7.—Visions of golden fortunes danced in the hands of tenderfeet and sourdoughs alike here today as the Weepah gold rush metamorphosed from asightseeing affair to a serious hunt for claims. Week-end crowds and hasty claim- ants had their turn yesterday when several hundred persons motored to the scene of the strike, which was made last week by two 19-year-old boys, Frank Horton, jr., and Frank Traynor, sons of prospectors. The boys brought in two sacks of gold ore which assayed $78,000 a ton. Some of the claimants who had sunk their stakes first and waited until later to ask questions discovered that they had camped on claims which \were taken out some 20 years ago. Outside prospectors began to arrive yesterday, and by. late afternoon the countryside around the Horton land, on which the rich strike was made, was staked for six miles in every di- rec%lon. Horton, who like many pr tors, once gained and lost a for!ll‘:l':elcn the game of gold, is laying plans to make another “pile.” He did not hesitate to show visitors, including mine oper- ators and metallurgists samples of the ore. The land on which the strike was made was sold under judgment three months ago with the privilege-of re- demption within six months. Horton expects to redeem the land and begin practical development, - SLAYER OF ENGINEER EXECUTED IN MEXICO Federals Capture Julio Acosta and Put Him to Death for Kill- ing Mine Receiver. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, March 7.—Specials from Vera Cruz state that Federal forces have captured and executed Jullo Acosta, slayer of Francisco Betanza, Mexican engineer, who lived for a time in Brownsville. Tex. Betanza was shot and killed Frida; night at the La ‘Gloria Sugar Cenll'l?: to which he had gone to take charge as receiver. He was accompanied to the plant by two Texan assoclates, R. B. Creager and Walter Dunn, but the latter had just left the place when the shooting occurred. Former owners of the plant and their friends resented the coming of a receiver and shot at Betanza and a guard of soldiers who accompanied him when he took charge. Bernardino Baez. who is charged with Imtpllc:llon in the killing, also was captured and placed In prison at Villa Carcel. i ey Edmonston Officials Named. Special Dispatch to The Star. EDMONSTON, Md., March 7.—Ed« Iast night and is in a critical condl tion at Washington County Hospital. *'g;:o:“lound with l.nch:;.on' ef- 4 & woman was. the cause his trouble, but gave no further de- onsion has two nelv town oficiala 3 lo, of e Maryland and Dis« trict of Columbia bars, resident of Hyattsville, has been Jogolnted cos poration counsel, and A, E. 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