Evening Star Newspaper, April 14, 1927, Page 2

‘DOUTHITT OUTLINES DRY DRIVE PLANS Member in Every Block Is .Aim of Proposed Church Service Association. A member in every city block whose duty 1t would be to report evid hibition Organized Bible ( g to Harry secretary of organization. While e foreement here, Mr. 1 as a prohibition en agent in the Federal unit Douthitt conceived _th plan of enlisting the of dividual eharch menibe and the iden was fanned into a flame of | enthusiasm at 1 thday banquet hie Class Association wh B. Hesse, superint lice, made it plain to the church peo ple of the District he needed their in enforcing the lav 4,000 Cards Distributed. Plans for launching the or tion into the work of cleanin city of speakeasies, lllezal manufactur confined exc eison, son ¢ Dr. esident of th . Douthitt and membership applica- the cost for printing of | defrayed by the Organized Bible C! ociation, have been dis- tributed among the ehurch members of Washington and until they are col lected Mr. Douthitt is unable to say how many persons have agreed to enlist in the crusade which Maj. Hesse is waging against violators of the pro- hibition statutes, With a membership of 15,000 adults scattered throughout the city and permanent headquarters in operation the association would be able to keep an eye, ear and nose on all move- ments designed to frustrate the pro- visions of the eighteenth amendment, according to the plans now on foot. Would Prevent Spite Work. “If a member living in one block learns of the existence of a speak easy, still or bootlegging activities gaid Mr, Douthitt, “it would be his duty to obtain all the information he could without exposing himself and then report it to headquarters. This, in turn, would be investigated by us and if found to contain suffi- cient evidence to notify the police they would be furnished with the in- formation and could act accordingly. “Then if some one calls up and tells us that liquor is being sold in such-and- such a place, by looking in the card index of the membership we would be able to pick out that man or men nearest the place in question and-ask them to investigate. From my ex- perience many people will deliberately report liquer law violations against some one for spite, where investiga- tion will show there is no evidence against them. There will have to be & sifting-out process before the police would be called upon to make an in- vestigation that would occupy much of their time and probably prove ‘worthless. Gets Police Co-operation. “The advantage of our members over the police is that they can work quietly and even openly without re- vealing their identity, whereas the police, who are well known to all €eliberate violators, would have to undergo a certain amount of exposure to get the evidence.” Mr. Douthitt, who now is working personally against speakeasies, and ‘who reports his activities daily to Maj. Hesse, said he is recelving absolute perfect co-operation from the police. Maj. Hesse, by his determined stand to enforce the prohibition laws, is the- “best liked man in the city,” by the Bible class members, the former egent said. The idea for the association was ap- proved in principle by the Organized Bible Class Association, according to Page McK. Etchison, executive secre- tary, who stated that additi .al detail- “ed plans of ‘ts operations have not yet been placed before his organiza- tion, and probably will not be until the stage is set to send it out into the field. In the meantime, everything is being left to Mr. Douthitt and Mr. Stevenson, with respect to whipping ‘b}(;?i organization into a functioning . tend. assistance aniza- | 1 the ind Ho Hugh | Rap- | most to —— -U. S. FLYERS, IN AIR 51 HOURS, BREAK WORLD’S RECORD (Continued from First Page.) goal barring unforeseen difficulty. The ®viators in notes dropped to the ground said they were confident the gasoline would hold out until the 50- hour period had been reached. The only rest the aviators enjoyed since they ascended on their flight were short naps on a mattress in the inclosed cabin of the plane. Chocolate bars, coffee, soup, sandwiches and water were their only food, taken while they alternated at the controls. The same plane won the Detroit trophy at the National air races at Philadelphia last Fall. Guiseppe Bellanca, designer of the plane, is president of the Columbia Afrcraft Corporation, of which Chacles A. Levine is the financial backer. Bel- lanca started his feronautical coreer while a student at the Institute of Milan in 1903, when he and two as- sociates built a two-seater pusher bj- plane, which Bellanc Chamberlin's Wife Gleeful. A small, blue-eyed, red-haired woman jumped up and down in glee at his morning as Acosta plane created a She Wilda Chamb of { in my fiivver, THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. T, THURSDAY, APRIL U4, ~ t | Upper: Bessie Cush, senior of Notre Dame Academy, champion of the pri vate and parochial school district in The Star’s area of the fourth National Oratorical Contest. Lower: Ethelwyn Hine, winner of Central High School fizals this morn- ng. P KNOX IS HELD ON LIGUOR CHARGES Accused of Drunkenness and Possession—Butler Seized With Him. Philander Chase Knox, son of the former Secretary of State and scion of an old Pennsylvania family, was locked up at the first precinct this afternoon on charges of drunkenness and iliegal possession of two pints of corn whisk With ‘him was his butler, Henry Alexander Barnes, colored, charged also with being drunk. They were being held in lieu of $25 collateral apiece on the intoxication charges and $500 on the charge of owning the liquor. Knox's automobile is parked outside of the station house, seized by the police. Knox came under the eye of the po- lice early this afternoon at the corner of Twelfth street and New York ave- nue. Officers R. V. Sinclair and J. R. LeFoe, chalking numbers on the tires of parked automobiles, observed him seated in his machine. He was look- ing at them with a stern and forbid- ding gaze, they said. A few minutes later, Sinclair said, Knox approached him and in no un- certain terms intimated that what he was doing was what no gentlemanly police officer would do. Numbers ought not to be chalked on automobile tires, Sinclair said Knox declared. During the ensuing argument Sin- clair said he observed that Knox was drunk. He phoned for the patrol. When it arrived the argument had shifted some distance up the street. Knox was unwilling to get in the patrol, Sinclair said, so he picked him up and carried him on his shoulders. Barnes, who had been taking a_minor part in the discussion, walked, said Sinclair. After he had arrested the men, Sin- clair said, he went back to get the cps and found therein the two pints. Xnox gave his address as 2705 Thirty-fourth place Map Maker Seeks 0il Deal. The Egyptian legation at Brussels has received an application from a petroleum expert asking to be per- | mitted to make at his own expense a map showing the petroleum sources in Egypt and stating that he will give the map to the government on condition that he is iven per cent of the crude petroleum found on his indication. Hasbrouck Heights, N. J., Chamberlin, h, T am so excited and happy,” she said, glancing at the soaring plane. “Isn’t it wonderful!” She had been hovering about the Long Island aviation fields ever since the historic flight started. “‘Of course, I was nervous at times she said to a representative of the Assoclated Pr “but I didn’t worry a bit, because knew they would do it.” She went to bed late last night te snatch a few hours’ sleep, but was up early to witness the actual smashing of a world record. She drove to the fleld in her little car. tired, [ am to our home “But maybe g jounced too smoothly in the wife of 1 1t Clarence going to driv isn't ta him bac she said. he will be afraid of b after riding so and won't want t Guiseppe M. Bellanca, designer of plane, offered the use of his limousine. “We'll see,” she said, “after he CUT_OUT ALONG THIS LINE | Coupon | —th tor Ans:vers Questions Froderie J Haskin Five 7 A new book by the author of | “The American Government” The Foening Star. OFFERS TO ITS READERS ‘“Answers to Questions” By Frederic J. Haskin Bureau in the world. Answers chapters. Readable, tional, informative and fascinating from cover to cover. ! 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Leonnrdtown, John Hard McDonough Institute, La dison’s Contribution to the : Hugh F. Owens of paratory School Constitution” of the Hyattsville “Washington and the ata, “M | onstitution <ctown “The W, Woorls School Constitution.™ Boy € th a boy certain to win in the nd finals tonight—certain he- cause only boys will be competing— the contest in this area is assured of having either a boy-majority in its finals, May 4, or, depending upon the results of the contests to be ternoon and 3 School tonight, an equalized boy-a girl group of contes ropean trip and the A girl, Bessie Cush of Notre Dame Academy, won the private and p chial school district finals at St. Paul's Academy yesterday afternoon, and the *“‘women” received another ally | this morning when Ethelwyn Hine won the Central High School finals, Lucius Robinson of the Dunbar High School gave the boys another entry in The Star finals when he defeated four orators in his school finals, held this morning. At Eastern Tonight. With four boys and three gir peting tonight at Eastern High the institution which has produced winners in previous oratorical con- tests the boys have the best chances to take a lead. B are favored—in numbers, at least—at Armstrong High School also, where another final contest is being staged this afternoon. The lively meeting at Hyattsville tonight will be enlivened by a con- cert by the Powell Junior High School Orchestra, a band of youngsters from 10 to 15 .years of age, who wiil be directed in the absence of George E. Hurt, their instructor, by little Meyer Ratner, student musician. Cheers and school yells by the supporters of the speakers from the several quarters of contesting Maryland will lend at- mosphere, too, to a contest that promises to have unusually keen com: petition. n to Win. | Has Rich Voice. Ethelwyn Hine, the Central High School champion, who won with her oratfon on, “Hamilton’s Contribution to the Constitution” at the school finals this morning, was the third con- testant to take the platform. Like so many. of the girl winners, Miss Hine possesses a rich voice of excel- lent carrying quality. She was com- plete master of herself as she stood before some 3,000 fellow students and a few intermingled parents to expound her belief in the Constitution. Marjorie Shaw was awarded second place by the jury, composed of Judge Mary O'Toole of the Municipal Court, Rabbi Abram Simon of the ighth Street Temple and George Jones, head of the advisory department of the Washington public schools. Miss Shaw will be alternate for Miss Hine in The Star finals, should the winner of first place be unable to deliver her speech at that time. Miss Hine is the daughter of Ed- ward §. Hine, 1364 Harvard street, and she is ambitious to convert her oratorical talent to missionary work. However, Ethelwyn realizes the phy- sical drain ‘such labors exact of the missionary, and should her health prove incapable of standing that work she will devote her efforts to writing, she said this morning. For College Course. Like other District ivinne Hine won $100 by Jier victory, and she eaid she will usé that fund either toward her college education—which, by the way, she intends to pursue at the American University—or in the purchase of books, for, as she said to- day, of reading and education, “they are both the same, aren't they? The Central High School Orchestra, under the direction of H. P. Hoover, faculty director, contributed livel tunes to the program which accom- panied the oratorical contest this . Alvin W. Miller, principal, was chairman, and in his opening he characterized the assem- ‘a_momentous occasfon for Central.” Following the contest and the announcement of the winners, Mr. Miller said, in his office, that although nothing definite is under way at this time for such a program, it is not unlikely that in the future, the writ- ing_of oratorical speeches will be made a part of the regular school curriculum, Crowd Backs Champion. Bes ush, the champion of the private and parochial school district, has fought and won through the vari- ous elimination and semi-final contests th a marvelous support of her fel- low academicians. Through the last contest at Notre Dame, when the banner-hearer for that school was still undetermined, this 17-year-old vice president of the senior class held the main support of the student body. When she journeyed out to the group contest at Gaston Hall, Georgetown University, trooped out aft all—and yesterday, crucial test in the district fi old crowd was there with its hea ing applause. Miss Cush was the third speaker on the program of contestants, and her oration on * Constitution,” de- livered with all the fire, flash and de- termination of the lawyer she hopes to be, defeated three speeches that ade mighty strong competition. Janet Sheppard, the wee entrant from ton Arms School, and the daughter Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas was given second place in the honors jury of nine, for her address ranklin and the Constitution,” The other contestants for the private and parochial _district championship were: George L. McCallum, on “The Constitution and aning To- wd John B Che Constitution.” Real Contender for Honor. ie diminutt anet Sheppard was the first speaker of the crack contest- | ing fleld, and although her smooth r her—in the rain and when she met her her rten- the powers of an auditorium strange to_the youthful speakers, she was as calm and self-possessed as a little Joan of Arc. She talked for 9 and a quarter minutes of her allotted time, apd when she had capcludnd every- { whipped | first | with her well ez ores of her Joyal friends | one who heard her knew that here was a real contender for the cham- nship. Then came George L. Devitt Preparatory won_ his group _test n at the ional Museum Miss Sheppard was talk- | to victo over at Cor- | ge Wa Uni allum talk wct manner, indicative of sincere belief in the doctrines he e pounded Miss and she was fo MecCallum, School bo: ho last Satur- 1y while ht ltt her way on Cush s the next speaker, wed by John Chad Colle Tohn's Constitution” was wiek 3¢ oration on SANTIAGO ROCKED BY QUAKE; 7 DEAD | Residences Collapse, Streets Littered With Debris in Chilean Capital. out ¢ mmandingly 1 and it completed for the youn, brace jud; I speeches to od e b well Jun and of reach 1 run upward only to r the direction of a g am there one zirl among yed marvelously, and the wudience of older boys and girls was nthralled when the young must cians played “The Gold and Blue,” Mr. Hurt's own composition, for them, that the; ked it up and carried it onward rythmic applause and humm ’3 youn the ] hese little <0 7 with Orche: Wins Praise. Mr. Hurt has had the members of he Powell Junior High School Otches. November and he placed instruments in the hands of most of them for the ime. Many of them enlisted in rchestra as recently as six weeks vet today—well, their reception it the contest yesterday and at other ectings nt which they have played the oratorical bat got under n oup and t contests this ve: peaks for itself, When the ballots of the judges had been totalled, the results were written on a slip of paper, which was in turn nded to Samuel H. Kauffr official representative of The once there were suppressed s E excitement. Mr. Kauffmann grinned broadly and remarked that it was quite easy to announce the victors, but that he would not have relished the task of determining from the excel- lent orations the winners. The ex- cited laughed nervously at that and seemed a little uneasy with the slight delay. Mr. Kauffmann then. re- marked innocently enough that the winner of that contest would receive not only the championship of the pri- te and parochial school district, but also $100, and that announcement pitched the excited youngsters to an even higher degree of tenseness for the big news t followed immedi- ately—Bessie Cush had won the con- test. While the din that greeted that announcement was just getting under ¢, Mr. Kauffmann presented Bessie rned check for $100. Victor Wins Applause. Actual bedlam broke loose and the happy cheers of the Notre Dame con- tingent of girls were shrill and ringing in the St. Paul's auditorium. The ova- tion continued fully 90 seconds before Mr. Kauffman could pronounce the name of little Janet Sheppard. In the meantime, however, Janet had been applauding enthusiastically with the rest, and she was one of the first to congratulate her conqueror, Miss Cush, G Robert L. Haycock, assistant super- intendent of the Washington public schools, presided as chairman and thus e his hearty indorsement of the oratorical contest, Before introduc- the orators Mr. Haycock paid ute to St. Paul's Academy for its hospitality in giving the use of its auditorium as the scene of battle. The judges were: Dr. Charles E. Hill, head of the political science de- partment of George Washington Uni versity; Rev. George L. Farnham of the public speaking department of George Washington Unive Richard J, Purcell of th sclence department of Catholic Uni- versity; Dr. Patrick Lennox, head of artment of the Cath- Dr. Roy Deffer: tin_at Catholic Univer- tev. John J. Toohy, professor of philosophy at Georgetown University Dr. Herbert Wright, head of the polit] cal science department of George- town University: Thomas H. Patter- son, professor of contract law at the National University, and Fred P. Myers, in charge of the legal debating at the National University, Cush is the daughter of Mrs. Cush, 201 S street north- st. She is a senior at Notre Dame and next Fall she plans to enter George Washington University, where she will study her beloved law pre- paratory to a career of upholding women's rights. Wins Final Contest. Lucius Robinson, 17-year-old senior, 1058 Fifty-eighth place, one of the five contestants of the Second International Oratorical Contest, who survived the preliminary elimination contests at the Dunbar School, this morning established himself as the foremost orator of that stitution by winning the final con- st 1 close, but convincing margin. Lucius, who chose “Jefferson and the Constitution” as his theme, elaborated upon it in a thoroughly impressive and forceful manner, punctuating with dec: oratorical gestures the points in his speech, in which he em- phasised the paramount influence of the Sage of Monticello upon the Con- stitution, in respect to both the inter- pretation of its powers and the sacred- ness of its principles. Miss Ruth Matthews, also a senfor, 0f 26 N street, who pressed the winner closely, spoke on the general topic of the “Constitution,” whose concep- tion and founders she eulogized with a series of descriptive word-pictures. Graduate This Spring. Both victors are to be graduated from the Dunbar School this June and expect to enter Howard University next Fall, ‘Walter L. Smith, principal of the school, who presided, announced the decision of the five judges, which was received with the acclamation of the entire audience, composed of students of the school and friends. The remaining three contestants who spoke were: Richard Irving, Ma- bel Wyche and Phillip Green, The contest was preceded by “An- dante Cantabile,” played by Miss Mary L. Europe, and was closed with “Songs of Grusia” and “Spring Dropped a Rose,” rendered by Miss Estelle Etelka Pinkney. the o of Dublin had a successful Baby week in which all parties co-operated in devising measures for improving the health of Irish children. o E. | fine | ANTIAGO, Chile, April 14.—Sev. eral persons lost their lives and nu- \erous persons were injured when n earthquake shook the capital at | 1:40 o'clock this morning. The new: | paper La Nacion had reports of seven | deaths, while EI Mercurio had learned of four deaths. Fifty-five were re- ported injured. Most of the casualties were in the residential sections, where sever: houses collapsed. In the business di trict the streets were littered with bricks and debris. Few in Streets. Only a few persons were in the streets at the time of the shock. They scurried to open spaces for refuge. | The population in general rushed | tra only since the latter part of last | from houses in night attire or with hat few clothes they were able to | snatch in hurried flight. Within a | few minutes all was chaos. Numerous ifire alarms were turned in and the fire engines were kept busy rushing to various parts of the city. Tele- phone and telegraph service was inte {rupted with all points except Los | Andes and Concepcion, which re- | ported that while they felt the shock no severe damage Wwa used. Santiago's lighting system soon after the quake. Service was resumed within a few moments. Only after an hour did the majority of the scared populace return to their houses. Felt 60 Miles Away. Workers in the offices of morning newspapers and others on duty at the time_Jjoined the general exodus from the buildings. Large pleces of plas- ter fell from the ceiling of the El Mereurio plant, which is in the center of the city. In the Plaza de Armas and the principal thoroughfares cor- nices of buildings and large signs crashed to the ground. The quake was felt at Valparaiso, about 60 miles northwest of Santiago, but only meager reports of damage there have been received. . SHORTAGE IS FAGED IN CHARITIES FUND Only Two Days Remain to Reach $70,000 Goal in Easter Campaign. failed Unless the two remaining day the Easter appeal on behalf of the family care and relief work of the Associated Charities and Citizens' Re- liet Association shall bring in a larger volume of membership contributions from generous homesavers of Wash- ington, the joint finance committee of these welfare agencies will face a serious shortage from the minimum budget of $70,000 required to meet the demands upon its resources. Up to noon today additional gifts had -been received at campaign head- quarters in Social Service House, bringing the total of membership to 3,815 toward the goal of 10,000. Among these were two from former contribu- tors who increased their gifts enough to qualify them as members of the Dollar-a-Day Club. Two other new Dollar-a-Day Club memberships were pledged, but the money was not yet received. Counting all funds received to date, the committee announces the total in hand as $41,044, which is a very long way from $70,000. Checks or pledges may be sent to Ord Preston, treasurer, at 1022 Eleventh street. No. 22—Chronic Iliness. Brings Discouragement. Do you wonder that he has almost lost hope since the doctors—and he says he has had “every one in Wash- ington”—have so far been unable to help him? And the worst of it is he has a wife and four children to sup- port. Some days he feels very well, and then again he has one of his spells which completely knock him out. He is a skilled mechanic, and when he feels fit earns enough to meet the house rent and the ordinary living expenses. A young boy works out of school hours. The oldest son is under treatment for a chronic nervous trouble. It is to provide spe- cial diet for this sick lad that $10 a month is asked for, No. 23—Now 0l1d and Dependent. Until death took her husband, not long ago, this fine old lady had never been separated from him for a single day since they were first married. Once they were prosperous and owned their own house, but as the infirmi- ties of age came on they were obliged to sacrifice their home and live on the proceeds. After the husband's funeral expenses were paid there was nothing left. Now old and feeble, ‘his widow lives with a daughter, herself a widow and not over strong, with two children to look after. This daughter would gladly support her mother if she had the means, but she is too poor, and $15 a month is needed to pay the old lady’s board. No. 24—"Troubles Never Come Singly.” This colored boy is only 9 years old, but he is his mother's main helper, while his father is serving time for misdemeanor. Last Saturday night in trying to assist with the housework the little fellow upset the stove, on which the mother was heating water. The boy was badly scald !, and his mother, in trying to save him, was also burned. Both went to the hos- pital for treatment, and Johnnie is still there. Although there are six other children, the father has man- aged to support his family until he got into trouble. The wife and- chil- dren can scarcely live on less than §20 a week until the man comes home again, four months from now, and takes up their support. After Fifteen Years Titanic Memorial Plans Are NOW By the Associated Press. After 15 years, the dream of a me. morial in Washington to those who went down on the Titanic is approach- ing realization. Woll to that end was begun by the executive committee of the Woman's Titanic Memorial Assoclation, of which Mrs. John, Hays Hammond is chairman, within a few months after the liner was sunk in the Atlantic in April, 1912, with a loss of 1,500 lives. A _memorial monument 'de- signed by Mre. Harry Payne Whitney was completed long since, and a me- morial fund raised by popular sub- scription. Completion of the project, however, has awaited further appro- priations by the Federal Government to prepare the site sclected on the bank of the Potomac, near the Lincoln Memorial, s e A Nearing Realization At a meeting yesterday the execu- tive committee of the assoclation was assured that further appropriations would be recommended to Congress by Government officials with a view to having the memorial In place within two years. Those holding membership on the executive committee include, Mrs. Robert S. Chew of Washington, sec- retary; Mrs. Willlam H. Taft, Mrs. Thomas J. Preston, the widow of President Cleveland; Mrs. Leonard Wood and Mrs. Richard Wainwright, widow o6f Admiral Wainwright. Commemorating the fifteenth anni- versary of the Titanic’s sinking, the Coast Guard cutter Modoc today held services at sea at the spot off the Grand Banks, where the steamer struck an Iubu”_ Left to right: Bert Acosta | | | | | | | tonio, | identified | and Clarence Chamberlain. OFFICIALS ELATED RECORD FLIGHT Declare Endurance Demon- stration Shows Bright Fu- ture for U. S. Aviation. By the Associated T The highest & pressed here tod aviation officials ov Acosta and Clarence American civilian aviators, ing the world's airplane record. Officials_were particular they said, because the achievement had | been made possible without Govern- ment aid. This fact, they said showed the advancement of civilian | aviation, “I'm smiply ward P. Warner, of the Navy, in tion. Rear Admiral William A. Moffett of the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics | joined with his chief in complimenting the two aviators, and in expr the hope that American manufactu ers would follow the example set by these two civilian airmen. Sees Bright Aviation Future. “This demonstrates t it aviation— civilian aviation, commercial aviatlon —is going over the top in the United States,” Admral iMoffett d. “This victory was achieved without ald of the Government tion agencies. The machine they used is of Ameri- an design, a design intended for com- mercial development. This is what we La 1 been waiting for and hoping fo Both the Secretary and the admiiral were particularly pleased that the air- cooled engine used by the enduranc: fyers was a design which the Navy had helped to develop in its prelimi- nary stages. 3oth have believed that the motor would add materially to the progress of the science of aviation. It is to be hoped that other com- mercial companies engaged in avi tion production will go after other world’s records,”™ Mr. Warner said. “Manufacturers should demonstrate their products, and there is no better way to do it than by smashing world's records. Progress in the science of aviation, in this way, would be tre- mendously stimulated Praised by Davison, The flight was termed as_“perfectly great” by Air Secretary Davison of the War Department. “It is a tremendous satisfaction to have the world’s record brought back to this country. It is even more en- couraging to know that the record was recovered by civilian aviators in_civilian planes,” he said. Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chief of the Army Air Corps, said the Air Corps was greatly pleased “to know that American pilots in American- built planes have shown that they can bring the record back to America.” Other Records Predicted. The Acosta-Chamberlin perform. ance is the forerunner of America’s capture of other flying records, in the opinion of Porter Adams, president of the Natlonal Aeronautic Associati “The Aeronautic proud of the two fly brought back the record to America,” Mr. Adams said. “It is indicative of an increased public interest in. avi- ation.” Mr. Adams also declared that it was a significant fact that civilians broke the record, because this showed that “private aviation intere: as well as the military services are striving for progress in flying. FOREIGN SERVICE SHIFTS. | Six members of the foreign service | who have recently been on duty at! the State Department nave been as- | signed to other stations as follows: J. Ernest Black of Pennsylvania, ae- tailed as vice consul at Bremen; H. Merle Cochran of Arizona, as consul at Paris; Cabot Coville of California, as language officer at Tokin; Walton C. Ferris of Wisconsin, as officer at Peking; Williim M. Gwynn | of California, as consul at Prague Gordon P. Merriam of Massachusetts, as_vice consul at Boirut. Donald F. Bigelow of Minnesota, consul at Paris, has been ordered to this city for duty at the State De- partment. ngton of Be Chamberlin, | in_ break endurance | pleased, hted,” said - istant Secretary of naval avia. deligh A Asks Seized Liberty Bonds. Declaring that it was never an ! enemy of the United States, the | corporation of Hasenclever & Co. of Rlo de Janeiro, Brazil, today filed a petition In the District Supreme Court | against Howard_ Sutherland, alfen property custodian, and Frank White, treasurer of the United States, for| the return of $100,000 in Liberty bonds, | seized under the trading-with-the- enemy act. Through Attorney Edwin N. Cherrington; the company declares that Novembeg 5, 1917, Bayer & Co. Inc., of New Y@rk, held the securities in a separate fund awaiting instruc- i { | | | Wide Search for Witnesses DELAY IS 0PPOSED IN 0. S, OL TRIAL Government Starts World in Fall-Sinclair Case. oil magnate of all, former through before 2| Sinclair, d Albert E. F the Interior, He w Yor Secretary of their counsel, opposed today Justice Hitz in Criminal Division the ion of Atlee Pomerene and | Owen J. Roberts, special Government oil counsel, to postpone the trial of the Teapot Dome conspiracy indict- ment, which is scheduled for April 25. The Government attorneys made a verbal motion for a continuance until the Iall term of the court on the ground that they had been unable to serve summons on James F. O'Neil and Harry M. Bla | posed to be in Europe and whose tes- i is needed for the prosecution | se. Refers to Court Rule. ; Attorney George P. Hoover of coun- | sel for Sinclair called the attention of the court to its rule respecting re: quests for continuance, which provides that the motion be in writing and verified by a supporting affidavit set- ting forth what the witnesses would testify, so that the court may decide the materfality of such evidence and the defense have an opportunity to concede what the witness would say. Maj. Peyton Gordon suggested to the court that as United States at- torney he had never made the affidavit called for by this rule and pointed out that continuances are granted evely day at the request of the Government in criminal cases. Justice Hitz ruled that he was bound by the court rules and unless counsel for defense con- sented he could not entertain the verbal motion Will File Affiduvit. Counsel agreed to file the required affidavit and to submit it to counsel for the defense in time for them to prepare a counter affidavit and be ready to argue the merits of the mo- tion at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Government counsel disclosed today that new subpoenas for Blackmar and O'Neil have been sent to American consuls in practically every country urope, and it is hoped by them that ice can be secured on the wit- nesses before the case can be tried. if postponed until the Fall term of court, Ty | San Angelo Standa OF TORNADO ZONE Toll in Texas Town Stands at 59 Dead, 4 Missing and 170 Injured. ‘ By the Associated Pross. ROCK SPRINGS, Tex.. Military rule today placed operat here cient schedule as the c the tornado that razed plateau town T 59 dead, 4 reported missing ward of 170 injured sre than 70 of the more injured were in hospitals t 120 miles east of h the same number received tr in an improvised hospital Wood, 42 miles south, Two women and a child died Antonio late last night. They as Mrs. Dottie Fleming, Montell, and a Mrs. es Borland, 40, dic n woman April salv ons on sualty suceumt 10 Army airplane from Kelley Field, San Anto; speed removal of the injured. Uvalde Is Relief Center. Uvalde, 72 miles southeast and the nearest main line railroad point, con nued ns relief headquarters where the Red Cross supervised evacuation the injured and plies to approximately 700 survivors. Highways weakened b floods and slippery mountain roads slowed traf fic from several nearby town Al- though a narrow guwge railroad con- nects Camp Wood with Uvalde, it proved of little value in solving trans- portation problems. A fleet of ambu- lances and automobiles was used to remove the {njured. With cavalrymen from Fort Clark on guard, relief work was well or- ganized. About 30 of the dead were buried in a hillside cemetery yester- day. Dynamite was used to dig the graves while volunteer carpenters made caskets when a supply from a nearby town was exhausted. Several of the dead were still unidentified. unidentified one of the Communication Restored. Communication was restored when & field telephone was connected with the , where the mes- 1 by the Assocfated ssistant Adjt. Gen. Nichols s the first to use the circuit. He ered to send more troops or Texas tangers, but apparently decided the chment of cavalry sufficient. Soldiers and volunteers made every ffort to build shelters for the surviy- as only about 10 building were foundations and must of these e badly damaged. Few persons apparently witnessed approach of the storm, as it struck with little warning. Frank Rahmstorf, San Antonio, told of watching the twister for several miles. Rahmstorf said the funnel-shaped cloud raced along with its “greenish- vellow" center set off by black back- ground. Describes Storm’s Havoc. “At 729 o'elock it broke," he saidy “Just a swish and a roar, then havo and pandemonium. The cloud dipped and seemed to grasp the city. For six minutes it raged and roared. I took refuge in the Valentine Hotel and man- aged to seek refuge under heavy tim- bers and escaped unhurt. “I could see trees, human beings, houses and large buildings hurled about like so much chaff. ~Scantlings were lifted and driven through the bodies of victims who sought to escape. It resembled more a battle fleld in France than a peaceful Texas town.” The tornado swept virtually eve thing from an area of approximately four square miles. It seemed to cen- ter here, Rain and Wind Continue. Rain and_wind that followed the twister continued in Texas yesterday to cause damage at widely separated places. Upward of a dozen towns re- ported more than a score injured and’ heavy damage from high winds. Two churches were destroyed at Robert Lee in southeast Texas, a baby was killed and farm buildings wrecked at Watson community between Dallas and Fort Worth. Houses were also damiaged at Ballinger, Lufkin and At- lanta, while several were injured in Bell and Denton Countles. A high wind swept northeast Texas last night, crippling communication lines. No one was known to have been killed, s were relay BAND CONCERT. TOMORROW. By the United States Marine Bandt Orchestra, at_the Marine Barracks, 3:30 o'clock, Willlam H. Santelmann, leader; Taylor Branson, second leader. Mrs. Coolidge Kisses Who Give Her Flowers From California Flowers gathered by children of the Ivation Arm Home at Lytton prings, Calif., were presented to Mrs. Coolidge today by Staff Capt. Ernest R. Holz, Potomac Divisional Com- mander, and a party of children. Mrs. Coolidge was so pleased with the gift that she took up in her arms and kissed the two children who handed the flowers to her. They wers Keitha Holz, daughter of Capt. Holz, and Robert Rose, jr. ‘The flowers were accompanied by a letter signed by more than 200 chil dren from the California Children’s Home and said: “Dear Mrs. Coolidge: We ing you these flowers bec: re send- e we love James Rolph of San Francisco, which sall > is with pleasure that I hear that the children of the Salvation Army Home at Lytton Springs are picking some of California’s wonder- ful flowers to send to you as an ex- pression of their love of yourself and the President, and loyalty to their country. San Francisco is proud of this Children’s Home, which has done and is still doing such splendid service in caring for the little ones who would indeed be unfortunate were there no such places.” The flowers were sent to Washing- n by airplane. In the party, which made the presentation at the White House today were: Staff Captain Holz, Mrs, nest R. Holz, Mrs. En- t you.” ‘There also was a letter from Mayor sign Robert Rose, Capt. Edith Ivings and the two children. have already joined forces this year in the HUMAN SALVAGE work of the Associated Chari- ties and Citizens’ Relief Asso- ciation, 10,000 GIVERS are urgently needed to enable these FAM- ILY WELFARE and CHILD- CARING SOCIETIES to con- tinue their home-saving work. Will you be one of these? 1f s, please fill out the following blank and mail to ties and “Home Saving” Memberships. Capital ..., Sustaining . Supporting . Special . Active .. Associate . ; yments Name Address . tions from tha petitioner. These tunds were seized in, June, 1918. % 3,815 Home Savers Ord Preston, Treasurer, Joint Finance Committee, Associated Chari- izens’ Relief Association, 1022 11th Street N.W. 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