Evening Star Newspaper, June 10, 1927, Page 13

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1927. CHIEF OF STAFF GREETS TWO OF HIS COMRADES OF THE WORLD WAR. Maj. Gen. Charles P. Sumnferall, chief of staff, shaking hands h two disabled veterans of the World War at the White House garden party yesterday. The general found time to shake hands and chat with nearly every one of the veterans who gathered for the good time as guests of President and Mrs. Coolidge Copyright by P. & A. Photos. CHATTING AT THE GARDEN PARTY. Attorhey General Sargent and Mrs. Edith Nourse Rogers, member of Congress from Massachusetts, conversing with one of the veterans at the par iven on the White House lawn yesterday by President and Mrs. Coolidge. ght by P. & A. Photos. President and Mrs. i wars who gathered the White House garden party. Nurses The Marine Band provided Copyright by P. & A. Photos. NS ENJOY THEMSELVES AT WHITE HOUSE LAWN of their guests of the nearly 1,000 disabled v als in and around Washington yesterday fa and Red Cross workers also were among the guests, DISABLED Coolidge greeting two from the service hosp and doctors of the hospil music for the occasion. “Melody Way” Com Mus 1ity Piano Classes Lepartment. Pudlic s Sat,, June 11, 19: T High At Admission Free AYING IN PIANO CLASS DEMONSTRATION. Anne Ridenhour, ar-old no pupil of the community piano class, holding a poster for the “Melody Way” demonstration to be given by the class tomorrow night at Central High School. The class is conducted under the direction of the music department of the public schools. “Washington Star Photo. “eove Champions | COVERNMENT WINS As Nest Bullders! N IRISH ELECTION The world's nest-building cham- plons have been discovered at the Zoo. They are a pair of African weaver birds, brilliantly colored creatures about the size of English . Yesterday the small bird opened for the first time s £ and the occupants al- lowed to fly into the outdoor cage, in the center of which a hemlock tree had heen planted. Ordinarily they are out weeks earlier. They will not build nests until they are outside. Consequent- ly their Spring schedule has been delayed badly this year. SAILS FOR LONG ARCTIC VIGIL. The new Coast Guard cutter North- land steaming down the Potomac yesterday after leaving the Navy Yard for her long voyage to the Arctic by way of the Panama Canal. The vessel is relieving the historic cutter Bear in the patrol duties in the Northern sez Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. AMERICAN DOWNS ENGLISH RACKET STAR. Miss Elizabeth Ryan, California tennis star (at left), being congratulated by Miss Joan Fry, one. of the ranking players of the English courts, after her victory over Miss Fry in the final of the singles matches at Chiswick, England. Copyright. by Underwood & Underwood. NEW YORK MEDAL AWAITS LINDBERGH. The medal of valor of New York State, which Gov. Smith will pin on the breast of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh when the metropolis greets the young air hero at the ceremonies to be held in Central Park the day of his arrival from Wash- ington. ‘Wide World Photos. ORTHLAND SAILS FOR ARCTICPOST Nautical Engineers Go as Far as Mount Vernon on New Coast Guard Cutter. Ex-Mine Engineer, Rich Recluse, Dies InDingy Basement By the Assoclated Pres: NEW YORK, June 10.—A 70- year-old recluse who lived in the shadow of Brooklyn Bridge on 80 cents a day was identified today as Charles Francis King, mining engi- -~ neer, who had amassed a fortune. Known as “the Mystery Man” in the neighborhood, a factory and tenement section of Brooklyn, he was found dead in the dingy base- ment of two adjoining frame houses he owned. Police believe he dled a week ago. Early Reports From Dublin Show De Valera Men Running Behind. By the Associated Press DUBLIN, June 10 (®).—Although it probably will be the middle of next week before the exact results are known of yesterday's election for a new Dail Eireann, the prevail- Embarking on her maiden voyage, which will take her to the “top of the world,” within the Arctic Circle, the Northland. new Diesel-electric- driven cutter of the United States Coast Guard, with a cruising radius AL T 120 Children at Garden Party. One hundred and twenty children of 11,000 miles, sailed from the Navy Yary wharf here yesterday, carrying as guests for the official inspection part of the trip down the Potomac River a distinguished company of attended a garden party given at the residence of Mrs. Anne U. Archbold, Hillendale, on Reservoir road, yes- terday afternoon under the auspices As soon as they got into the sun- shine the two weavers began pluck- ing hemlock twigs and carrying them inside, where they built their ing opinion in Dublin today was that the government would have at least a working majority. nest on one of the supporting poles of the cag The weaver nest is a masterplece of ornithological architecture. The twigs are woven into a tight wall. The nest is roofed and has a side entrance. In less than two hours the birds h: their nest completed —before of the other small birds who started their home-build- of the Noel House, at which refresh- ments Were served and games played. Miss Helen Heilmann and John A. Hinckley assisted Miss Lydia Arch- bold and Lieut. Elliott Strauss in serving ice cream, cake, sandwiches and candy. Not a few believed it would be much larger than had been expected, this despite the fact that the can- es of the faction headed by amonn de Valera, which is opposed to the present Free State constitu- tion, waged an active campaign. It has been estimated that the group spent about $100,000 in the nautical engineer: The new ship, which is the famous old cutter Bear, ing epitome of the United States Gov- ernment and modern civilization for the frozen spaces of the far North, left Eastern waters, probably never to return, e cruise . jually from Pa st ports to North to replace as a float INSPECT CUTTER NORTHLAND AS SHE LEAVES NAVY YARD FOR THE ARCTIC. The group of engineers, members of Congress and ranking officials of the Coast Guard who inspected the Northland as she sailed from here yesterday for patrol service in the Arctic. Left to right: Lieut. Comdr. J. F. Farley, Lieut. Comdr. C. W. Cairi Lieut. Comdr. Frank J. Gorman, executive officer of the ship; Lieut. Comdr. Norman Hall and Comdr. Eugene Black, all Coast Guard officers; Rear Admiral F. C. Billard, commandant of the Coast Guard; Lieut. Comdr. S. S. Yeandle, aide to the commandant; 1. S. E. Winslow, author of the bill authorizing construction of the Northland; Capt. J. F. Hottell, commander of the Alaska and return each vear. She goes down Chesapeake Bay, through the Panama Canal and up the West coast It was an event in the annals of the Coast Guard, when the new product of modern Government e perfence and marine science, cont ing many features never before in- rated in a ship, made her official departure at 2 o'clock from the Na- tion’s Capital to serve ports which have never known a ship but the old Bear, now honorably retired to station ®hip ‘service in Southern The Bear had been in Arctic - for 54 y and the old wooden ship, although she had withstood some severe crushes in the ice pack ad- ly strained and beyond the days when she can be subjected to the hazard of the North. Debark at Mount Vernon. Members of the official inspection ty were i ¥ the Northland the Po. where is a pa-| d to the | 1 trip p and of | Many h interested in that| netic clut which affor hip wh The ¢ inlof the United Sta ructed | pir; sed the | mi magnetism | point so that 1 be iner or rols on brid will i where when the n, ice the Has The th electric the new elean, eflicient to buck the 11,000-Mile Radius. ower Diese yesterday in ,com trip. 'y long built ship ice and r, her power is so carefully con- served that she can load with oil on a Pacific port and have enough c ship; Senator Oddie of evada, Rear Admiral R. Griffin, retired, former chief engineer of the {14 chief engineer of the Navy; Rear Admiral John Hailigan, jr., chief engineer of the Navy, apd Jefferson Myers of the United avy; Rear Admiral C. W. Dyson, retired, former s Shipping Board. ‘Washington Star Photo. for 11,000 miles, her entire cruise, if There is an oiling station steel | > | detie propeller 1| ping as A sturdily | concerns interested in construction of it her way however, where she se of emergency. She and it is_estimated by Government _officials she will save many times her value in shipping and in property prote 1 and conserved from the rigors of the morth, | The Northland carries officers with | authority to p cute and try cases involving the administration of justice, to heal the physical ills of the na tives in the operating room and dental clinic, to perform marriage monies | nd to bury the dead. The ship will | carry mail and supplies to ports ice bound most of the which never see any other harbinger of civiliza | tion. To withstand the pressure of the fee | | the ship is built with 16-inch “I b ms only 2 feet apart and with | hull of steel plate 1% inches in thick- | ness, | | Distinguished Rear Admiral [ Sillard, comman. dant of the Coast Guard, and Capt J. F. Hottell of this city, commander of the ship, were the oflicial hosts of the occasion ition to the sts on Trip, tish naval at Ingincer Comdr. Knothe, othe nished guests who made the ion included former Rep- amuel Winslow - hor of the bill which authorized con- struction of the ship: Senator Oddie of 7 Vi supervising incer Quartermaster Drinkw:ter, Corps of incers, United States Army; T Admiral Halligan, engincer-in-chief Navy; Read Ad- 1l C. W, Dysc retired, former en- er-in-chief of the Navy: Re 1l R, W. Griffin, also former the Navy; Con I 3 , N Department; C: W, > Coast and ctte of Departn; Admiral W. . retired, now com- United | gin Surve, Bureau of | of Commc r | Benson, U. 8. N | misstoner of the ard; Jeffe sioner of t | olson of th resentative from severa the ship. | discover the folk-arts of America. ENGLISH COUPLE SEEKS NATIVE AMERICAN ARTS Noted Painters Tramp TUnited States in Quest of New Cultures. Correspondence of the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK.—Carrying as baggage only sketching materlals and some quaint musical instruments, Jan and Cora Gordon, noted English painters, on their first visit to the United States, tting out on an expedition to Mr. . Gordon have just completed exhibitions of their paintings in e leading capitals of Europe. Traveling on foot in the out-of-the- countries of Europ Mrs. don, “we saw the American influ- e brought back by former immi- grants. We are anxious to see how the cultures of the Old World have changed Amcrican life, In Sweden and Lapland, she sald, nearly every peasant home is deco rated with art objects of home manu- facture. They also found ures in Southern Spain and Ju “We want to sce how the de: ents of these people in Americ ed on_ their tradition » how the purely Americ 2 the megro and the Indian compare with them.” Mrs. Gordon added. The Gordons are authors, lecturers and musicians, as well as artisfs. They n native instruments the folk- they have gathered from all the world. and M way over R R Dismiss Mopkins Suit. tice Siddons of the Di preme Court has dismissed a suit of A. Mopkins, by which he sought a decree to show that his wife, Sarah Mopkins, held in trust for him valuable real estate on Sherman avenue, First and P streets, valued at £40,000, of which he imed to have paid the purchase price, trict Su- “Year Without Summer” Forecasters Are Faced by Figures of Meteorologist Those long-range weather forecast- ers who predicted that 1927 would be “the year without a Summer” are be- ing confronted by figur The 1927 T d of weather to date has been tricky, but even now the weather has confused the ateur phets who have hailed this as a n of unusually low temperatures in the United State: Prof. J. B. Kimcer, meteorologist of the Department of Agriculture, ex- plained tos v that “if 1927 is to be the year without Summer, it made a poor start during the three Spring month Of course, it's just like a meteorologist to come to the defense of the weather when folks are blaming it for all kinds of things, but in this case Prof. Kimcer hq the figures to back him up. A summary just completed by the W for the months of March, of weather condition: ther Bure April u nd May shows that all over the United State: xcept in Mont: Colorado and Wyoming and west temper: turs veraged from normal to 2 de- grees above normal during the three months, In the western section the | range was from normal to 3 degrees | below. “People forget that the usual kind of weather the unusual,” said Prof. Kimeer., 'here were Killing frosts during the Spring months, but there alw s are killlng frosts in that pe- s the abnormal fea- > of this Spring’s weather, although both floods and doughts are usual in certain during the Spring months. This year twice as much rainfall as normal fell in the central valleys, including the Ohio and cen- [ tral and upper Mississippi, while se- vere drought conditior Southwest and Southeast, with about "half the usual amount of rain. he rainfall w ACTRESS SEEKS DIVORCE. | Dorothy Cummings Accuses Eng- lish Actor Husband of Cruelty. LOS ANGELES, June 10 (). Examiner says Miss Dorothy mings, motion picture star, will sue her husband, Frank Elliott Dakin, Enghsh actor, for a divorce, alleging scuelty and asking custody of her two shildzen. ‘The newspaper quoted Miss Cum- ming’s attorney, Milton Cohen, as say- ing that the actress would ignore a contract which she had.signed with Cecil B, de Mille, producer, in which she had agreed not to seek a divogce tor at least seven years. Honolulu is to have a new and mod- ern city hall, A ;. EX-KAISER PAYS VISIT. With Wife, Calls on Dutch Queen Mother Emma. AMSTERDAM, Holland, June 10 (#).—The former German Emperor, Willlam, with his wife, Princess Her- mione, yesterday visited the Dutch Queen mother, Emma, at her Summer home, Soest Dyk castle, about 15 miles from Doorn. It was in the nature of a courtesy call on the Queen mother, who before her marriage was a Ger- man princess of Waldeck-Pyrmont, for whose sagacity William has pro- found respect. The former Emperor and Princess Hermione made a previous call at Soest Dyk, on May 30, 1925, Cuba produced 4,119,000 tons of sugar duving the past season, s prevailed in the | COURT POEM PARTIES RESUMED BY JAPANESE Subjects Chosen for Each Month's Study by Emperor—Held on Fifth Day. Corresnondence of the Associated Press TOKIO—The - imperfal monthly poem party, one of the features of Japanese cou t life, is to . resumed after having been suspended several months because of the death of the Emperor Taisho. A subject for each poem party Is al ways provided by his m 3 the remainder of this year Kmperor Hirohito announced the following sub. ots upon which the versifying g their hands: June, July, “The Duckweed The Cool Wind Moonlight in the Garden’ Chrysanthemum by a ) ovember, “Ice in the Dale, mber, “An Icy Night." The poem party is held.on the fifth day of each month. ORDAINS CLASS OF 21. Archbishop Curley Officiates at St. Dominic Exercises. Archbishop Curley of Baltimore yes- [ terday officiated at the ordination of 21 Dominican students at St. Domi- nic’s Catholic Church, Sixth and E streets southwest, the largest group of Dominicans to receive the orders in the United State: The class was prepared at the Dominican House of Studies, Brook- land, under the direction of the Do- minican Fathgrs. Eight other Dominicans from Paul- ist_College, Brookland, and the Oblates of Mary College were ordained. AR T O 4 American shoes, are sold in Aus- tralia only ores catering to the best trade. ing activities yesterday had a good start. In about two weeks, Zoo at- tendants say, the hemlock will be entirely stripped of its twigs for er TWO AIR ROUTES OPENED BY GERMAN INTERESTS Line to Teheran Inaugurated and Service to Stockholm Is Ar- ranged From Berlin, By the Associated Press. RLIN, June 10.—The German ansa (Commercial Airplane insportation Co.) announced today extension of the Berlin to Teheran, Persia, throu n agree- ment between the Russian Air Transit Co. and the Persian National Air- pline Co., enabling Persian planes to tly as far as Baku on the Black Sea. Thus passengers will be able to go| frem Berlin to Teheran by changing planes twice—at Moscow and Baku. | The Lufthansa also announced the opening of the Breslau-Barlin-Stock- holm route. The time for this ney by air will be 9 ho by ship and rail it takes ONE-TIME MESSENGER GETS SEAT ON EXCHANGE Wall Street Brokerage Firm Re- wards Faithful Service, Pay- ing Record Price. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 10—A Wall Street brokerage firm yesterday re warded a 24-year-old former messen- ger for faithful service by bu a seat on the New York Stock Ex- change at a record price of $220,000. The youth, Paul R. Bosten, had worked for the firm of Jacquelin & De Coppet six and a half years. The firm has about 15 representatives on the exchange floor. A partner ex- plained Bosten would pay for the seat out of his earnings on the exchange. ‘The previous record price for a seat was §217,000. ying him |J ten making the countin might obtain $440 life in sers were ot Bowell, from 1894 to 1896, died yesterday. campaign. The funds were collect- ed by De Valera during his recent visit to America. No Trouble Is Reported. owhere was serious trouble re- re nearly 500 candidates for the 152 seats. The De Valera candidates numbered 1 It was figured that 70 to S0 per cent of the electorate polled their votes, including an unexpected num- ber of former Unioni These, it is believed, voted solidly for the government ticket. Women Show Enthusiasm. The enthusiasm of the women was a feature of the polling. Reports from all quar tell how women lined up at the booths waiting to record their votes. No one, how- ever, has ventured too confident an opinion as to who got their votes, though each party claims strong e support. The balloting was under the pro- portional representation system, f votes a long complicated proce INDICTED IN POISONING. Indiana Man and Wife Confess Wanting $440 Insurance. MARION, Ind., June 10 (#).—Arthur r, 29, and his 16-year-old wife who have confessed that oned Mrs. Walser's 12-year- 4 cousin, Clifford Cox, so that they irance car- d by the boy, were indicted vester- ay for first degree murder. The Wal- arrested last week. John M. Bowell Dies. VANCOUVER, British Columbla, June 10 (#).—John M. Bowell, 72, son the late Right Hon. MacKenze prime minister of Canada Presidential Candidate Expires. CHELTENHAM, England, June 10 (#) —Victoria Claflin Woodhull Mar. tin, who once ran for President th United States, died here ‘M‘;l o author and plonear suffragis. .