Evening Star Newspaper, May 14, 1927, Page 16

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1927 TRANSATLANTIC RACE LOOMS IN CONTEST FOR ORTEIG PRIZE. Pilots of the three Ameriean g!nnes which will attempt the New York-to-Paris non-stop flight meet for a friendly chat at velt ield, Long Island. Left to right: Capt. Charles Lindbergh, Comdr. Richard E. Byrd and Clarence Chamberlain. Comdr. Byrd has not yet completed tests with his plane, but Lindbergh, a former mail pilot, and Chamberlain, co-pilot with Lloyd Bertaud, are awaiting only good weather for their take-off, which may develop into a race across the Atlantic. Wide World Photos. CONFERENCE DELEGATES LEAVE ON TOUR. Corpl. Zaccagni of the Army Music School sounding the “Call to the Colors” as the flags of 21 American republics are displayed at the Pan-American Unioa to signalize the start terday of the tour of the United States by delegates to the Pan-American Commercial Conference. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. BOLSTERING RAMPARTS AT BATON ROUGE AS FLOOD SWEEPS OVER LOUISIANA. Flood workers driving piles to support the levee along the city’s river front against the flood crest, which has now inundated hundreds of square miles in the northeastern part of Louisiana. The flood lake in that section within a few days will cover 16 parishes, stretching from the State’s northern boundary to the Gulf, and will drive about 200,000 persons from their homes. Copyright by P. & A, Photos. HIS TEAM IS LONG ON PITCHING. Frank Bowman, star pitcher of the Hughes High School ball team of Cincinnati, Ohio, is only 17 years old, but his height of 6 feet 8 inches gives him the “drop” on opposing batsmen. Frank is shown here beside one of his teammates of average height. Herbert Photos. KEEPS BODYGUARD FOR SMALLEST PUP. Norma Shearer, screen star, with her diminutive Pedro, a Chihuahua, said to be the smallest canine in the world. Pedro’s bull rlllp bodyguard o¢casionally leads him in' this fashion for a stroll over the lawn of the film star’s Hollywood home. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. PREPARING FOR PHYSICAL TRAININ EXHIBITION. Boys of the Park View School demonstrating the pyramid formation as one of the p?sk-nl training stunts they will perform at the exhibition to be E:“nth ys tfnhd’l physical education department of the schools May 18, at um. HELPING THE JOB ALONG. Vincent Lopez, “King of Jazz,” lending a little saxophone pep to- the stonecutters’ §ob"on the miche of the Fox-Roxy Theater, now under construction in the National Press Building at Fourteenth and F streets. Widow in Court, Charges Removal Of Husband’s Body Special Dispatch to The Star. Baltimore, May 14.—Claiming that her deceased husband had been buried without her consent, after his body had been removed from its first burying place in Prince Georges County, Mrs. Min- nie L. Getman has brought suit in Superior Court against the As- phalt Grave Vault Co. Mrs. Getman’s bill alleged that her husband, the late John L. Get- man, died October 10 last, and was buried at Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Prince Georges County. - The body was removed March 22 for rebur- jal and held in the vault of the cemetery, the widow declared. She asks $10,000 damages. - AGAINST KIDNAPERS Borden Children Closely Watched While Parents on Arctic Expedition. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 14.—The 15-month- old' daughter and the 6-year-old step- son of John Borden, Chicago’s “mil- lionaire explorer,” are under the close guard of private .detectives because of fear of kidnapers, the Herald-Ex- aminer said today. Mr. and Mrs. Borden at present are with the Borden-Field museum arctic expedition, last reported nearing the western coast of Alaska, where they will seek rare specimens of polar bear and walrus. Placing of guands over the Borden children was seen by Chicago police as another evidence that wealthy Chicago families had taken seriously the revelations in the thwarted million- dollar ransom plot which had the young children of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schweppe of Lake Forest as their intended victims. The Schweppe children are heirs to a portion of the estate of their grandfather, the late John Shedd of Marshall Field & Co. In Heart of “Gold Coast.” The elaborate precautions which the newspaper sald had been taken for the protection of the Borden children, however, were the first that had been reported on Chicago's *gold coast.”” The Borden mansion on Astor strect] l4s in the heart of this exclusive resi- dential area. The Borden stepson is Homer A. Stillwell, son of Mrs. Borden by a former mariag Whether ransom deman had been made on the Bordens was not revealed, said the newspaper account, which stated, however, that detectives had been engaged specifically to guard the children against kidnaping. Mr. and Mrs, Borden are prominent not only in Chicago, but throughout the country. Mrs. Borden, before her first marriage, was Miss Courtney Letts, daughter of a wealthy Chicago manufacturer. She was acclaimed one of the Nation’s prettiest society girls when she made her debut in Washington, and later she was se- Jected as one of America’s 12 most beautiful women. Noted As Explorer. Mr. Borden s known as “Chicago's millionaire explore! He has con- ducted several expeditions into the TAX DRIVE IS LAUNCHED. Towers Starts Campaign to Collect Delinquent Levies, A vigorous cantbaign was initiated today by Chatham M. Towers, collec- tor of taxes, to collect thousands of dollars in delinquent personal prop- erty taxes which have been owed to the District for a period of from one to six years. Four deputy collectors have been assigned exclusively to the work of collecting these taxes and will make personal visits to the homes of these taxpayers. Mr. Towers has in- structed them to seize the property unless payment is made. ABATTOIR IS INDORSED. Fairfax Chamber of Commerce Favors Location in County. Specia] Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va., May 14.—The Falr- fax County Chamber of Commerce this week indorsed the location in this county of the abattoir of the N. Auth Provision Co. of Washington, which was refused a location in Ar- lington County recently. Gilbert Hutchison, chairman of the trade re- lations committee, reported that Mr. Auth had promised to look over the available sites in Fairfax County be- fore making a definite deci chamber requested E. C. Gibbs, presi- Thuslow White, secretary, and Gilbert Hutchison to pay a second visit to Mr. Auth to assure him of the backing he would receive from the members of this chamber, and to lay before him the various sites ad- jacent to good roads, water power and rail transportation which the cham- ber is hoping to develop. SLAYER FILES APPEAL. Special Dispatch to The Star. "REDERICK, Md., May 14.—Arthur Swann, negro, convicted here more than a month ago with Odie Simmons, also colored, of first-degree murder of Edward L. Carpenter, Indian Head Government worker, in Charles Coun- ty last December, has filed afi appeal from the death sentence imposed, with the local clerk of the court, Eli G. Haugh. Simmons has less than a week in which to file an appeal. Gov. Ritchié was to have set the time for their executlon next week. Swann, accord- ing to testimony in the three-day trial nce on the present the children in the care of the chil- dren’s grandmother, Mrs. Frank C. Letts; a nurse and the Borden's secre- tary. ‘The 6-year-old boy was said to have had a large fortune placed in his name at the time his mother obtained & divorce. Under the detective guard he has been taken from school and is permitted to go nowhere alone, the newspaper accounts said. State Loses Sunday Case. BPARTANBURG, S. C., May 14 (). ~The first of the Sunday “blue law’ cases to be tried in "Spartanburg MISS LOUISE GERRY GETS ZONTA HONOR Miss Jane Bartlett Is Elected Second Vice President. of Group. Miss Louise Gerry of Buffalo, N. Y., was re-elected president of the Na- tional Confederation of Zonta Clubs at a meeting of the organization in the Willard Htoel this afternoon. Miss Gudrun Carlson of Chicago was elected first vice president. Other officers elected were Miss Jane Bart- lett, president of the Washington Zonta Club, second vice president; Mrs. Catherine B. Sears of Glens Falls, N. Y., third vice president, and Mrs. Anna Crouse of Watertown, N. Y., treasurer. Equal Rights Favored. Members of the nominating commit- tee for next year were elected as fol- lows: Olivia Johnson of St. Paul, Minn., chairman; Clara McKillop of Rochester, N. Y.; Jan Paul of Cleve- land, Sarah Patterson of Syracuse and_Frances Brixius of Binghamton, N. Y. The office of secretary is an appointive position. Miss Jane Bart- lett was chairman of this year's nomi- nating committee. Following a report of the confedera- tion's committee on resolutions by Miss May Sickmon, president of the Buffalo club, chairman, a resolution was adopted urging the various Zonta Clubs throughout the country to con- sider the question of endeavoring to secure legislation giving, in full, equal rights to women in business, with no reference to sex included. Such ac- tion, it was pointed out at the meet- ing, would be contrary to the ‘lltand taken by several other women's or- ganizations which in the past bave favored the so-called protective laws for women. St. Paul Chosen. It was voted to hold next year's convention in St. Paul, Minn. Following a luncheon in the ‘Willard .Hotel this afternoon, the delegates went to Mount Vernon. A formal banquet is to be held in the Willard Hote} tonight at 7:30 o'clock. Miss Jessie E. La Salle of the ‘Washington Zonta Club will be toast- mistress. She will be introduced by Miss Jane Bartlett, president of the local club. The principal addresses are to be de- livered by Mrs, Sallie V. H. Pickett, president of the Quota.Club of Wash- ington, who will speak on “Publicity for Women,” and by Mrs. Helena Doocy Reed, president of the Soropti- mist Club, whose subject will be “Washington the Home of National ‘Organizations.” An address also will be delivered on “The Human Side of ‘Women,” by Mrs. Ida Clyde Clarke, president of the Ithaca, N. Y., Zonta Club, . Norway Revises Tariff. OSLO, Norway, May 14 (P).—A bill revising the*customs tariff has been adopted by the Storting. It does not involve a general increase in duties, although the duties on farm products are increased somewhat, as also is the here, was the aggressor in the attack, robbery and slaying of Carpenter, who left a widow and a large family, _. County, heard yesterday in a Magis- trate’s court, resultz1in » vitory for e dgfense, duty on silk, A new duty is imposed on wool and the duties on woolen &oods is increased. Ed Gum-Chewing Americans Are Friendly, German Feminist Finds During U. S. Visit By the Associated Press. DES MOINES, Iowa, May 14.—To find friendly Americans, look for those who chew gum. This is the advice to visiting foreign- ers, voiced by Dr. Ruth Weiland of Berlin, who has spent three weeks in this country. Every day of that period, says the head of the children’s bureau of the German Red Cross, has been brightened by a gum-chewing Yankee. “I met my first unkind American Thursday,” Dr. Weiland recalled. “He was a street car conductor.. If he had been chewing gum when I stopped his car on the wrong corner, I would have fared better. But when I told him I could not understand his strange language, even he treated me kindly.” Dr. Weiland is a speaker here be- fore the National Conference of Social ‘Work, and is combining her visit to the conference with an intimate study of American social conditions. The large number of. public golf courses and other facilities for recrea- tion have impressed the German social worker. Her fondness for golf, shd admitted, had led her to “cut” a few conference sessions. “I can't afford marriage,” Dr. Wei- land declared, in discussing the great- er activities of women. “Many profes- sional women in Germany do not marry because they would immediate- ly lose their jobs. Our law does not permit a married woman to hold a state or municipal position. = This is due to the large amount of unemploy- ment in my country.” Dr. Weiland said the increasing un- employment of boys and girls who have left school is thé greatest;prob- lem of German social workers. Her Red Cross department has charge of 300 children’s institutions supported by private and public funds. Nearly a dozen foreign countries are represented at the present conference, but leaders in the international move- ments cope to broaden the scope of the sessions and bring large groups of social workers from all parts of the world together, at least every few years. An international social service con- ference, to be held pol}:g}ly at Paris, is being proposed by Néw York and Chicago delegations. THREE SPEEDY U. S. BOATS JOIN NORFOLK RUM WAR New Vessels, Each Manned by 20 Men and With Fighting Equip- ment, Augment Coast Guard. By the Associpted Press. NORFOLK, Va., May 14.—Three speedy 125-foot motor boats reached here yesterday from the yards of the buflders in New Jersey and became part. of the fleet of Coast Guard ves- sels operating in the Norfolk district. Each is manned by a crew of 20 men, and while Coast Guard officials de- clined to say what speed they can make, it is said they are capable of overhauling the first rum runner that might be encountered. They also are equipped to render ald to vessels in distress. Each carries a 3-inch anti- aircraff gun, which can be converted into general use. LIQUOR RULE TIGHTENED. Ontario Says Tourists Must Stay Three Days in Province. DETROIT, May 14 (®).—Citizens of the United States who visit Ontario to take advantage of the new liquor law by using tourists' permits will not be able to make their purchases and return to American soll the same day, according to word received here yesterday from D. B. Hanna, chair- man of the Ontario control board at Toronto. Persons going from the United States, the information said, must produce proper identification and give assurance that they intend to visit in Ontarlo for sometime, Temporary residence must be declared, covering a period of from three days to three months. Permits for the purchase of lig- uor from government stores, it was sald, will be issued some day next week to Canadian residents, but per- mits to tourists and people of only temporary gesidence will not be is- sued until after the stores are opened. No definite date for the opening of the stores could be given, it was said. PLAYGR(_)UNbS DONOR HONORED BY PUPILS Yells and Songs Greet Former Mayor Magruder of Hyattsville in Demonstration at Home. Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., May 14—In recognition of his recent gift to the town of a 12-acre tract in West Hyatts- ville for use as a community play- ground 665 pupils of the Hyattsville elefientary school, headed by Mrs. Hontas M. Sturgis, supervising prin- cipal, yesterday marched to the home of former Mayor Willlam P. Magruder and paid him tribute in yells and songs. Each of the 15 rooms contrib- uted a prepared number. There were addresses by Dr. H. T. Willis, mayor, and Chief of Police Robert C. Gallagher, who spoke on ‘“Safety.” Johnson avenue in front of the Magruder home was closed to traffic during the program. A basket of flowers was presented Mr. and Mrs. Magruder by four small puplls. Responding Mr, Magruder voiced appreciation to the children’s visit and said it had been a genuine pleasure to give the children and the citizens generally of the town the playground site. ‘Mr. Magruder is a long-time resident of this town. Mrs. Sturgls was in charge of the program. STORMS DELAY VOYAGE. Schooner 34 Days Making Norfolk to Calais, Me., Trip. NORFOLK, Va., May 14 (#).—The four-mast schooner A. Ernest Mills ‘was 34 days in making a voyage from Norfolk to Calals, Me., with a cargo of coal, and arrived at her destination only after her sails had been carried away, according to information re- ceived here yesterday. The vessel was badly battered by a serles of storms and was blown far off her course. —_— Tea Firm Founder Dead. NEW YORK, May 14 (#)—Frank 8. Jones, founder of the Grand Union Tea Co., died here yesterday of pneu- monia. He was 79 years old, and was bern in Stamtord, Copns @& WONEN DRSS ‘WORLDCAPACH National. Party Hears of Plans to Push Equality Drive Abroad. ‘The National Woman's Party today took the first steps toward a new campaign of international activity, which may change the entire make- up of the organization. At a pre- convention conference at its head- quarters, plans were made for a mili- tant drive to inculcate principles of equality into the structure of world governments. In line with this new campaign, the conference discussed proposals = to change the name of the organization to the International Woman's Party. The Equal Rights Party and the ‘Woman's Equal Rights.Union were other names under consideration. The conference was without authority to take any action in the matter, but it was considered likely that the pro- posals would be given careful study at the annual convention July 7 t® 10, at Colorado Springs, Colo. Up to Feminists. Discussing _the international move- ment, Miss Mabel Vernon, executive secretary of the party, pointed out that the present European situation has put the problem definitely before the feminists. “While Americans deliberate about whether or not to join the League of Nations,” she said, “an interna- tional government is being built with many of the anclent discriminations against women in its structure. We women owe it to ourselves and to those international bodies concerned with formulating and adopting legis- lation affecting the status of women to voice our demands and to guard against international discrimination against women.” The new campaign will be carried. out by combining the activities of the national party with those of its inter- natonal advisory council, which con: tains 47 members from 21 countries. Mrs. Hooker Presides. Mrs, Donald Hooker, chairman, pre- sided at the meeting of the national council this morning. Plans were made by the council for the program of the July convention. The problem of selling the present headquarters on Capitol Hill and se- curing new offices was brought before the conference this afternoon. The present headquarters are on the site of the proposed new Supreme Court Building, and may have to be vacated shortly. Draft Is Discussed. A preliminary draft of the new constitution of the organization was discussed at the meeting, as were plans to revise the budget to care for the widening activities of the party. Miss Emma Wold of Oregon presided at the conference this afternoon. Rebecca Hourwich will be the prin- cipal speaker at the banquet at 7 o'clock tonight. She will urge the ‘women to unite behind the proposed equal rights amendment to the Con- stitution. Other speakers will be Miss Margaret Lambie, a member of the "‘Excessive” Cricket Is Banned in Samoa As Hurting Business ' By the Associated Press. APIA, Samoa, May 14.—An order has been issued by the Gov- ernor of American Samoa to na- tives and others to curtail exces- sive playing of cricket. Business has been neglected, plantations left uncultivated and the native Samoans impoverished because of attendance at inter- village and intercounty matches, where the entire population, with oratory, song and feasting, while away a week or two in devotion to_the game. The game was introduced into Samoa in the early 80s. Men, young and old, hoary-headed chiefs and orators alike engaged in the pastime. The visiting team was accom- panied by women and their serv- ants, depopulating the ’county ‘whence they came. YOUTH IS ALLEGED BUCKET.SHOP AGENT Arrest in Alexandria Follows Raid at Richmond, in Which 13 Were Tn.lien. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 14.—Police Sergt. Sims this morning arrested a youth giving his name as James L. Harding, wanted in Richmond in con- nection with investigations of alleged bucketshop activities. Harding had papers in his posses- slon, which, the police say, indicate his employment by a Richmond firm whose offices were raided yesterday, when 13 persons were arrested. It is alleged he had been traveling in Vir- ginia making collections on stock sold by the alleged bucketshop. Police Sergt. Eddleston of Richmond is on his way here to take the prisoner back. - PEABODY RE-ELECTED. Safety First Association Chooses Officers at Meeting. William F. Peabody was re-elected for the fifteenth term as president of the Washington Safety First Associa- tion, J. Clinton Hiatt was re-elected for the fifteenth term as secretary, A. J. Driscoll as treasurer for the tenth term, Walter B. Patterson as first vice president, Selden M. Ely as second vice president and Miss Flora L. Hendley as third vice president at the meet- ing held last night at Thomson School, Twelfth and L streets. A review of the association’s activi- ties during its existence for 14 years was given by President Peabody and Mr. Driscoll, Edwin B. Hesse, major and sper- intendent of police, and Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of public schools, were elected as honorary SURGEON SHOWS NEW DSDVERY Improved Method Saves Much Time While Patient Is on Operating Table. A new method by which a section of diseased tissue may be stained ready for diagnosis in less than a minute, which may reduce very ma- terially the time required for many surgical operations, was demonstrated today before the American Society of Clinical Pathologists holding their an- 'nual convention at the Willard. This method, which was described by delegates as one of the most notable recent departures in clinical surgery, was demonstrated by Dr. B. T. Terry, formerly professor of pathology at Vanderbilt University and now working at the Mayo Brothers’ clinic at Rochester, Minn. Celis Must Be Stained. It is necessary, in order to detect the presence of an enemy organism in the body, to examine a strip of cell tissue under the microscope. In or- der to be easily visible this strip must be stained, purple, blue, red or some other color. A stain is selected which will effect whatever substance the pathologist wishes to bring out under the microscope—a procedure which often is quite complicated. In the past it has been necessary to split a section of tissue to an almost ultramicroscopic - thinness, legs than the thickness of a single cell. This was a slow and difficult task, requir- ing great precision in the use of in- struments. Then it was usually necessary to apply some stiffenin; substance before the specimen couls be handled at all. Even then, the surgeon was constantly tearing the very thin sections. This process required at least an hour and had to be repeated if a mistake was made. Valuable time was lost in diagnosis. Frequently it is necessary, in cases such as internal cancer, to obtain the section and make the diagnosis while the patient s on the operating table under an anes- thetic. To speed up the operation what is known as “frozen sections” were resorted to. The preparation of one of these required from 5 to 8 minutes, with the surgeon waiting all the time to know how to proceed. 4 15 Seconds Required. This morning Dr. Terry prepared a section for the microscope in less than a quarter of a minute. by By the new method the #issue is not sliced’ with any great ppeciseness. The operator can make his section with an ordinary razor rapidly and without paying any attention to se- curing an_absolutely correct thick- ness. A thickness of several body cells is permissible, Then the stain is applied so that only the surface of one cell layer is stained. The light _goes through the :n‘s(talned cells as”it they did not xist. In the section which Dr. Terry prepared In less than a quarter of a members. A resolution was adopted unan- imously opposing the operztion of District and New York bars; Miss Jes sie Dell, United States Civil Service Commissioner; 1} Allender, _car- toonist; Miss Ruffi Hudnut, Miss Ruby Black and Mis§ Betty Archdale of England, one-man cars on any street car line in the District of Columbia. 2 —1 King James II had two wives and was twice married to each. ~ down. pleted ‘whatsoever minute, a pathologist was able to diagnose the case at once as one of malignant cancer, or . cells running wild, and with the supporting tissue of that part of the body breaking could have com- A surgeon his work with almost no delay over the diagnosis.