Evening Star Newspaper, September 24, 1927, Page 2

2 % THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. MEXICAN CLAIMS BODIES MAY FUSE, A"<_™ State Department Known to| Have Mentioned Merger in Conversations. (tod Pres | ation the two Mexi Commissions i nte neans of ) in the cials late partmen to ren the pr inz ambijgui 1s hetween the ¢ not o fall unde s commissic stem, Hesy (hu wherehy sc countries appg ¢ have to be succ i by both hodies. matter so has been taken up most in- | Iy with the Mexican embassy } | Vacancy Still Open. Such effc ion by the | departme s the | use for th appbint | member e sion after the re f the neutr sputed decision o | it is under- w10 vernment is desirous of applying to the Permanent & 1 jon at The Hague for ! eutral member in a R the terms of the conven this » parties fail | ¢ within i ion of the | previous neatral jud Such action however. has so far been looked upon | with disfavor by the State Department. | i ois stood. \uspicious Time Seen. | Both the ral Claims Commi: and the Special Claims Commissios jurisdiction, respectively, over «la due to damages r alting | trom official Government actions over claims arising from revolut! ary activities in Mexico—are at pre ent in the same state. The neutra members of both have resigned their cessors have not vet been Voi The e Department is un- 1 1 this as an auspi \e fusion. under which ion would be estal- jurisdiction over all cither commission 31, 1927. This date ixed when the general claims convention was resently extended for two years from August 31, 1 only with jurisdiction over cl fore that date. 1t heen ed suggested that since special conven- »mpanied with z difficulties to be over- come, and since both neutral judge- ships are vacant, fusion in fact though not in law might be accompanied by mere administrative readjustment. To this end it has been suggested that the same Mexican, American and neutral members serve on both com- missions, utilizing the same secretariat and perhaps only using headings on |° their note paper to differentiate the work of the two commissions. ORDERS DISS'OLUTION OF JUGOSLAV BUREAU By the Associated Press. BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, Sep\e\nbcr 24.—The prefect of Trieste, Italy, is reported by the newspaper Pravda to have ordered dissolution of the “Provesta.-central bureau of §0 Jugo- slay intellectual institutions in the “Trieste region, on the ground that it was guilty of “literary Irredentism by the exclusive propagation of Slav culture, to the detriment of the Ital- ian national interests.” The prop- erty of the “Provesta,” including a large library of works in the Slav languages, was seized, the dispatches add. Trieste was formerly the principal scaport of Austria. Captured by Italy during the World War, it became Ital- jan territory under the treaty of Rapalio. Rome, September 24 (£).—The Ital- fan foreign office today denied the poseibility of the closing and seizing of property of the “Provesta,” or Jugoslav Intellectual Association, by the prefect of Trieste “for Irredentism of any kind and ecertainly not for intellectual Irredentism.” —_ TEACHERS PAID-$1,550. Newport News Rate Highest in Virginia, With Richmond Second. mur\ro\u Va., September 24 (#). —A st urvey of Virginia by Dr. Wilson (,ee and J. J. Corson, 3rd, for the University of Virginia shows that Newport News pays an average f $1,550, 2 by Richmond. $1,440 in Peters- 1 in Portsmouth, (,mg and sl 8 in Only in the Suffolk pnd Radfor the averages less than §1.000 a vear. The average for the cities of Virginia is given as #1231, CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TONIGHT. Anacostia Citizens' Association will meet, 8 o'clock, in Masonic emple, Fourteenth and U streets southeast, A progressiv The 500 card ¥ will | be given Sureka Hive, No. 15, Jadies of the Maccabees, 8:30 o’clock, bt Northeast Masonic Temple, Eighth und ¥ streets northeast. The Curley Club will have a card and dance, 8:45 o'clock, in Ffarms Dairy Auditorium, sixth street and Pennsylvania l\rr\uv, for the benefit of Archbishop s scholarship fund. Public in- mmittee of Miz- 8., will_give a| at Masonic Mrs. Louise party, Temple, Georgetown. Kent, chairman. PUTURE 0. sisterhood, Chapter B, Tuesday, 12:30 p.m., at the Geord The P. 1 meet le by the ways and tee of Loyalty Chapter, eld the week of M street, Club will meet pm._ at Hotel La \\Jllmm Knowles Cooper will speak of his trip abroad. The Mid-City Citizens' Association will meet Monday, 8 p.m., at Thom- son Community Center for the first time this season. The Randle Highlands Cltlzens' As- clation will meet Monday, 8 p.m., church on Naylor road. Red Triangle Outing Club members pot golng on a week end boat tr will meet tomorrow, 2:30 p.m., Georgla avenue and District line for the | Gov. Smith, Feeling| Fine, Out for Walk| the Associated Pre NEW YORK \cpu-mln('l Gov. Smith was too weak from the effects of a bronchitis tack to fulfill a speaking en; ment, but he was given permis- ike a walk slight huskiness remaine 24— today t: sion to a radio bro: in the weel quirers tha and he e “felt finc - PRESIDENT COUNTS ~ ON JARDINE'S AID aiai | Resignation of Secretary to Take Florida Job Is Not Ex- pected at White House. By ated Press. President Coolidge is counting on the continued assistance of Secretary dine in dealing with the adminis- tration’s farm problems, and does not expect the Agriculture Secretary to vield to the overtures of a group of Florida. fruit growers who grould like to have him head a citrus co-opera- tive ation. dent authori d the state- ment today that he not only expected Mr. Jztdine to remain in the cabinet. hut had great confidence in him and in his conduct of the department of which he is head Tmpressed With Reorganiza was said at the White Ilouse that the President was particularly impressed with the manner in which Secretary had reorganized the department with a view to greater efficiency. The White Tlouse pronouncement followed by a few hours a public de- mand by Representative Wilson, Democrat, Missis that Secre- ary Jardine be as ause of the recent Agriculture D partment statement on cotton pri trends. the Assoc No Direct Notice Taken. No rect not of this demand was taken by White House officials, however, and there w every evi- dence that the administration would regard the cotton statement and its effect on the cotton market as a closed incident. Officials have given no indication that the President and Mr. Jardine ever were in disagreement regarding that incident, which resulted in an order by the Secretary forbidding the issuing of price predictions by minor officials of the department. . The Florida fruit producers are understood to be still hopeful of securing the services of Mr. Jardine in their co-operative \:'ulux('. al- though they have not yet been able | ‘to put itheir plans into final form. HELMICK TO JOIN INSURANCE FIRM Will Be Treasurer of Local Auto- mobile and Liability Concern Upon Army Retirement. Announcement that Maj. Gen. Eli A. Helmick, who retires next Tuesday as inspector genmeral of the United States Army. will ‘become treasurer of the Great National Insurance Co.. a local automoblie and liability corpora- tion, was made this afternoon, fol- lowing his election by the boayd of directors of the company. Maj. Gen. Helmick's selection, the company announced, which will place him in complete charge of the finan- cial operations of the Washington in- surance company, marks the first step in a scheme of yeorganization of the company's finaheial department to_take care of expansion in business. Maj. Gen, Helmick's retirement ends a career of 39 years in the Army. He was appointed to West Point in 1888, and continued in the military service from that time until the present. Dur. ing his Army service he particiipated in the Spanish-American War, the Philippine insurrection, the Moro campaigns and in the World War, where he led the 8th Division. Since 1921, when he was appointed inspector general and took up per- manent residence in Washington, he has taken an active interest in local affairs, and for some time has been a leading spirft in the Cathedral Heights Citizens’ Association. CARTER NOT VERY ILL. Report That Public Printer Is in Sanitarium Denied. Reports that George H. Carter, pub- lic printer, is ill in a sanitarium were met with denial today at his office, but with the announcement at his home that he is recovering from in- disposition. Inguiries at the Public Printing of- fice evoked the reply from Miss Mary Tate, Mr. Carter's assistant, that her chief was not ill, but is “just resting up out of town prior to the convening of Congress, with the consequent rush of work.” TPersons who have heard that Mr. Carter is ill in an institution have been ‘‘“misinformed,” she de- clared. At Mr. Carter’s home, 1661 Hobart street, it was stated on inquiry that he was progressing favorably. Mr. Carter, it is understood, recent- ly returned from Europe and attended the annual convention in New York of the Typothetae of America. COUNTERFEIT “TEN” OUT. Chief Moran of the Secret Service yesterday announced that another counterfeit $10 bill has been discover- ed and broadcast warning to the pub- tic. The bill is described briefly as follows: Ten.dollar gold certificate; series of 1922; check letter “C”; face plate number, black plate nunber 75 H. V. Speelman, register of the Treasury; ¥rank White, treasurer of the United States; portrait of Michael Hillegas. Japanese Beetle Pest Now Invading D.C.and Maryland By the Associated Press. Quarantine of Maryland and the District of Columbia_ against the Japanese beetle will be considered by the Department of Agriculture at a public hearing here October 6. The insect has been found at Bal. timore, Cambridge, Perryville and esapeake City, Md., as well as Washington. Discovery also at Lindenhurst and Nyack, N. Y.; Gettysburg, Sk mokin and Wilkes-Barre, fen and Bridgeport, Conn Clayton and Dover, Del., all out- side the present pegulated area, # Bike thiouzh Rock Creek Park to Kennedy No campfire, but fiashlighfy ’ prohably will lead to extension of the quarantined areas in those sec tions. His Iliness| | | | SUPREME COURT'S tions Jurisdiction in Pend- ing Contempt. Proceedings. The authority of the of the District of Columbia to enter linto the controversy - between Judge Kathryn Sellers of the Juvenile Court on one side, and Assistant District At- torney L A. Rover, Chief Deputy Marshal Stephen B. Callahan and eorge A. Stirling, superintendent of | |the National niny School, on the other, which has resulted in the judge ting the latter three officials for con temot, is questioned fn a motion filed s the District Supreme Court | oration Counsel William W. Bride and his assistant, Thomas L. Cameron, Den missal of Writ, The District attorneys demand the dismissal of the writ' of prohibition 12d_earlier in the week by Justice derick L. Siddons, divecting the Juvenile Court judge to desist in fur- ' in the case. until the mat- rd in the Supreme Court. 1 set for hearing on Mond the contention of Judge Sellers the Supreme Court has no authority to take a hand in the case as it stands, and, further, that the Supreme Court here is not a superior court to the Juvenile Court, and cannot act g court of review, The defendant officials, it is further as- serted, can appeal from any error: direct to the Court of Appea Basis of Controv The controver a when Frederick Russell, a 14-year-old col- 1 boy, arisferred to the anul il from the training school. to which he had been committed by Judge Sellers. The boy was ordered to the jail by ssistant’ District ~ Attorney Rover be held to await the action of the | rand jury on charges of housebreak- ing, larceny and joyriding, involving the theft of a safe from a chain grocery store: theft of an automobile in which the fe was taken to Martinsburg, W, Va.. and broken open. The boy was originally under the jurisdiction of the Juvenile Court, hut came within the powers of the | Supreme Court, it was contended, when he was arrested on the felonious charges. S, L SHANK, CHEAP /FOOD MAYOR, DEAD Former Indianapolis Execu- tive Won Fame Through War on High Prices. By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, September 24— Samuel Lewis Shank, former mayor of Indianapolis, died suddenly of heart disease at 7:40 am. today. Mr. Shank had been active until the last few days, having appeared recently as a witness at the trial of the present mayor, John L. Duvall, who was convicted Thurs- day of violating the corrupt practices act. Mr. Shank held the office of mayor of Indianapolis twice, one term ex- tending from 1910 to 1913 and the other from 1921 to 1925. He became widely known throughout the country during his first term by his efforts to reduce the price of foodstuffs. At one time he bought a quantity of potatoes and sold them on the steps of the City Hall. A drastic reduction in prices followed this action. Mr. Shank was born in Indianapolis January 23, 1872. His career included activities as a politician, auctioneer and actor. He made a vaudeville tour of the country following his first term as_mayor. Mr. Shank’s death occurred at his home in Golden Hill, in North India- napolis. He suffered an attack of acute indigestion early this morning. This was followed by a heart attack. A physician who was summoned ar- rived shortly before the former mayor passed away. DRIVER IS INJURED AS CAR HITS TRACTOR Colored Workmen in Trailer Un- hurt in Accident at Benning. R. Crooke, 30 years old, of 1201 B eet northeast received slight in- Jjuries and several colored workmen in a trafler bein pulled by the tractor he was driving, escaped un- hurt, when the tractor was struck this morning by an interurban car while crossing " the tracks 'of the ‘Washington, Baltimore & Annap- lis Co. at Benning, near the plant of the Potomac Electric Power Co. Crooke was picked up in a passing automobile and taken to Casualty Hospital, where he was treated for brush burns on his left leg. High banks on either side of the tracks obscured the view of the train where Crooke crossed the right of way. He did not seé the car until it struck his tractor, knocking him off. Crooke is an employe in the con- struction department of the Wash- ington Railway & Electric Co. The tractor was the property of the com- pany. WHITE HOUSE TO REOPEN. Commencing Monday the doors of the White House will again be thrown open to the visiting public. When the work was started last Spring upon the repairing of the in- terior of the White House, it was deemed best not to permit the public to enter the building, and since that time the White House has remained closed. Now that the work has been completed the public will again be al- lowed to visit the lower floors. PLAN OVERSEAS FLIGHT. German Aviators Propose Hop to U. 8. by Way of Azores. NORDERNEY, Germany, Septem- ber 24 (#).— Plans which have been in development some time for a new at- tempt to fly to the United States by way of the Azores in a Junkers G-24, are nearing completion. New silk mail bags marked “Amer- fean mail via air service have ar- rived here and the three-motored Junkers hydroplane which is under- stood to be preparing for the flight is expected from Kiel soon. ——aiiy The original Constitution of the United States was written upon & long roll, that was afterward cut up nd put under glass .dn five oak e, i RIGHT DOUBTED { Corporation Counsel Ques-| iprgme Court ORATORY WINNERS GUESTS IN MEXICO Elaborate Six-Day Program of Entertainment Planned in Nation’s Capital. An claborate entertainment pro- gram has been arranged by the Mexi can department of education, the {newspaper EI Universal, the National ‘r niversity of Mexico and the Mexican Iederation of Students honor of {the finalists in the International O torical C'ontest, who will reach Mex City Sunday night. On Monday they will be declared | the guests of the City of Mexico. nment pre . extend e days, will include visits o the chief educational institutions of { the v and to most of the historical | points in and around the capital of | the Southern republic, including the National Museum and the cathedral, the oldest structure of the kind on the American continent. Will Visit Chapultepec. Secretaiy of Public Tnstruction Puis Cassaurane will receive the students on Tuesday, September 27, and will conduct them to Chapultepec Castle, Mexico's White House, to present them 1o President Calles. The ora- tors, representing England, France, nada, Mexico and the United States, Il visit Dr. Pruneda, dean of the National University, on Tuesday. On Wednesday the newspaper El Universal, which is the sponsor for the contest in Mexico, will give a fes- tival in honor of the orators, which will he attended hy leading educators, i government officials and _diplomats. On Thursday the party will make a p to Teotihuacan Pyramids, ancient relics of prehistoric Mexican’ civiliza- tion, | Their enterts rm. over fi Will Speak in Theater. On Friday the orators will visit the { Xochimilco Floating Gardens and will deliver their speeches that evening at the Hidalgo Theater, at which 5,000 people are expected to be pres- ent. On Saturday they will be the guests of Tl Universal at its anniver- sary banquet. On Saturday, October 1, they will begin thelr return journey to the United States for the international finals to be held on October 14 in Washington. The finalists are James Keith Watson of Wharfedale. York- shire, English, contestant: Guiot-Guillain of St. Cl; Jura, French contestant: Dorothy Carlson, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States contestant; Trederick P. Hotson, Tavistock, Ontario, Canadian contest- ant, and Arturo Garcia Fermenti, Mexico City, .\le\m-m contestant., MAGRUDER FACES DISCIPLINING FOR ATTACK ON NAVY (Continued from First Page.) As an illustration of “Inaccuracies” ch are said to appear in thearticle, officials pointed to the fact that there are only 16 officers attached to the fac- ulty of the Naval Medical School in- stead of 24 as claimed. Admiral Magruder's charge that for every dollar spent on ship repairs it requires an expenditure of nearly $4 on navy yards to make repairs is cited as another example of “Inaccu- racy. In the great increase in the number of officers stationed in Washington, it was said, Admiral Magruder loses,sight of the fact that recent establishment of the Bureau of Aeronautics has necessarily added to the personnel. It was the conclusion at the Navy De- partment that his article was the re- sult of studied consideration. Wilbur to Go Slow. Whatever may be the motives that prompted Admiral Magruder to make his charges, they have supplied the Navy with the liveliest topic it has had to talk about for years. Whether Admiral Magruder has other articles up his sleeve is not known, and it is this thought, perhaps, that is behind the deliberation which officials higher up, including Secretary Wilbur, are giving to the case in hand. creta Wilbur is disinclined to be “rushed” in the matter of deciding what is to be done in the way of dis- ciplining the admiral, realizing that the consequances of such an action are fraught with menace, perhaps, to naval morale. With Congress to con- vene in a little more than two months the department has no desire to start a lot of mudslinging which might lnn{! to the usual congressional in- quiry. FEARS NO DISCIPLINE. Magruder Says He Wrote Article to Help the Navy. PHILADELPHIA, (#).—Rear Admiral Thomas P. Ma- gruder has “no fear” of disciplinary action by Secretary Wilbur as a resuit article, “The Navy and Econ. published in the Saturday Eve- ning Post, he asserted last night. Ad- miral Magruger is commander of the fourth naval district. which includes the Philadelphia Navy Yard. +“I am sure that no disciplinary ac- tion can be taken justly,” the admiral said. “I have no fear whatsoever, and my conscience is clear. I only hope that m\' article will be of some good to the Navy. That was my purpose in writing it.” Admiral Magruder said he has tried for years to effect economies in the Navy Department, and he cited his testimony before a special commission in Washington several years ago. Amplifies His Statement. “In fact,” he said, “most of the ma- terial used in the magazine article was brought up in one form or an. other before that commission, but no favorable action was taken.” The admiral amplified the state- ments he set down in the Saturday Evening Post article by citing addi- tional specific instances pointing to the Navy's alleged lack of economy. “In my article I made no effort to hang out the Navy's dirty laundry,” he said. “I certainly could give one instance after another of things that have happened in the Navy. “The taxpayers have been generous to the Navy and Congress has been generous, too, but 1 fear we have en advantage of them. The principal trouble with the Navy today is that it has never com- pletely demobilized since the World Wag. T maintain that there are too many officers on duty in Washington and with the fleets and I also reiterate that there is too much money being spent on the maintenance of the navy yards and naval stations along the Atlantic Coast. Cites Cruiser Incident. “Then there is the incident of the cruisers that are being bullt at Mare Island and Puget Sound while out- ways and equipment here at the League Island navy yard stand idle. “My sole object was to cover the stuation thoroughly and to make sim- ple statements of fact with the idea in mind of permitting existing cond!- tions to be rectified. “I have been greatly impressed by the Interest shown by the general public in the Navy and for that rea- son, also, I think there should be such statement of plain facts. My endeavor has been to be constructive, not destructive.” September 24 Abov. ow: The nine_jumpers lined up Dworzynski, Joseph Fisher, William Cooper, George T. H: pded. Left to right: W, s T. B. after they ne Navy parachute jumpers settling to earth at the Naval Air Station this morning after they hopped from a huge plane at two-second intel F. Scott, Roger F. Ryder, Theodore D. Hickle, James T. Clark and Alvin Starr. LEVINE PLANNING FLIGHT T0 VENICE Hop to India Interrupted by Storm and New Program | Is Outlined. By the Associated Pres VIENNA, Austria, September 24. —Abandoning the remainder of his flight from Cranwell, England, to Delhi, India, which was interrupted here by a combination of adverse cir- cumstances, Charles A. i.evine hopes to fly to Venice to see the sSchneider Cup seaplane races. Levine and his British pilot, Capt. ‘Walter Hincheliffe, brought their monoplane Columbia down at the Aspern airdrome late yesterday In a thunderstorm with a damaged gasoline feed pipe, poorly functioning propeller and depleted fuel supply. e e e FLOOD CONTROL LEFT TO PROBERS President Will Permit Committees to Take Views Straight " to Congress. By the Associated Press. President Coolidge intends to leave the Mississippi River flood control pro- gram in the hands of the Mississippi River Flood Commission and commit- tees of the devastated States. These agencies are preparing a re- port which is expected by November 15, and he will permit them to =o straight to Congress with their views for legislation. Meanwhile, the President sees no ad- vantage in the congressional commit- tees opening hearings, although he thinks it would be wise for them to be ready to start work as soon as the flood control reports are ready. If the committees wait until then, it ie his view that much time will be saved, as well as expense of those who might desire to give their views to the committee. He feels that the report of the ex- perts will perhaps represent the views of many who might otherwise have desired to have appeared before Con- gress. RODERICK A. McPHERSON TO HAVE BURIAL HERE Youthful Radio Man, Drowned in Line of Duty, to Rest in Arlington. The body of Rodétick A. McPherson, 20 years old, radio man, second class, reported drowned in line of duty while stationed aboard the 8. S, Richmond at Shanghai, hina, Sep- tember 16, will be brought here for interment in Arlington Cemetery. The body was recovered three days after the drowning. Young McPherson was the son of Mrs, Margaret McPherson, 724 Hamlin street northeast. Besides his mother he leaves a sister, Miss uene Mc- Pherson, lie attended Eastern High' School and Emerson Institute, joined the Navy in 1924, and his enlistment would have expired in five months’ time. He was planning, however, to take the examination in December for first-class radio man. Dempse ‘Backer Swims Icy River In Paying Bet Spectal Dispatch to The Star. FRONT ROYAL, Va., September 24,—Thursday night' a par(‘ of boys went to the Shenandoah River to see that Percy Hines pald his wager by swimming across and back while the mercury was around 80. Hines great admirer of Jack Dempsey, was sure he would win the titlas Frank Nesbitt won the het. Hni:a paid. NINE PARACHUTE JUMPERS LEAVE PLANE IN 18 SECONDS __(Continued f: though eighth out of the pl landed in the middle of the ficld fi He was followed by Cooper, lhr‘n‘ Starr, Hayes, Hickle, Scott, Ryder, Dworzynski and Fisher. Clark and Starr, as a means of guiding them to a predetermined destination, opened their emergency parachutes. Each jumper carried two of the “back- pack” type, one attached to his back and the other covering the front part | of his body. As all glided into the ground safely, they found themselves .spread down | the field in almost perfect alignment ; for about a half e. Scott, the first | man out, was eal d by the wind to the vers.edge of the south end of the field, but still had sufficient space left to avoid landing in the tree: The direction of the wind was such that | no jumper was in jeopardy into the river. The jumps today marked the 104th for Starr and the 7ist for Clark who holds the record for the naval air station, was in charge of arrange- ment from the viewpoint of the jump- | ers. Shortly after coming to earth with | os an empty cabin, Lieut. Bo off for Boston, where the N will participate in an aerial to be held Monday. MRS. FLORA E. ZEA, 62, DIES AT RESIDENCE HERE Past Matron of Adah Chapter, Or- der of Eastern Star, to Be Buried Monday. Mrs. Flora E. Zea, 62 years old, wife of Edward W. Zea, died at her residence, 2036 1 street, yesterday after a long illnes Mrs. Zea was a past matron of Adah Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, and had long been an active member of the Church of the Epiphany. She was the daughter of the late Josiah and Mrs. Charlotte Andrews, and was the niece of the late Reuben Andrews, at one time assistant pavmaster of the United States Treasury Depart- ment. Besides her husband she leaves a took | daughter, Mrs. Ruth Terry; two sons, Jesse Zea and Ralph Zea, all of this city; and_two_sisters, Mrs. Mazie Rodier of New York and Mrs. Louise Butler of this city. Funeral services will be conducted at the residence Mondm afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev., W. Morris of the Church of the ,plr\lmn\ will officiate. Interment will be in Rock Creek Ceme- | tery. | e YOUNG VIOLINIST HEARD. | Ernesto Vallejo Gives Concert at National Press Club. Ernesto Vallejo, youthful Filipino violinist, who was “discovered” by Mischa Elman, and later sent to the United States by his government for turther education and training, gave a program before the National Press Club “vesterday. He was accom- panied ‘on the piano by Malton Boyce of this city. The young violinist was accom- panied to the Press Club by Pedro Guervara, Philippine conimissioner, and V. G. Bunuan of the Philippine Press Burenu. Mr. Bunuan spoke in- formally on the relation of the nr to the “Philippine problem,” stating that the American press in general had treated the question “justly and fairly.” FRENCH CLASS TO START. Free Tuition for Beginners Ar- ranged at Washington Salon. In keeping with an annual custom extending over 11 years, the patrons of the Washington Salon, including many well known men and women, have concluded arrangements for a free-tuition beginners’ class in French, enrollment §n which will take place Monday evening at 7:15 o'clock at the salon’s vench school, 1206 Eighteenth street. Many applcations for registration have been recelved from young men | and women preparing for careers in the consular and diplomatic service of falling | 1 Clark. | Al and for secretarial work, and also from officers of the various service branches. MRS. ALYS RODGERS 1S GIVEN DIVORCE Daughter of Former Secre- tary of Navy Meyer Separ- ated From Commander. By the Associated Press. PARIS, September 24.—Mrs. Alys Meyer Rodgers, daughter of George Von L. Meyer, Secretary of the Navy under President Roosevelt, has been anted a divorce on grounds of aban- the Seine tribunal, it was donment by learned toda: Mrs. from Rodgers Comar. Rodgers s granted a decree hristopher Raymond of the United States 913. The children were di- Vided between the parents. The Paris divorce of Comdr. and Mrs. Rodgers caused no surprise among their Washington friends. Both recently visited Washington, and their names were in dinner lists of importance, among their hosts being Perry Belmont, 2 cousin of Comdr. Rodgers. The wedding of Comdr. and Mrs. Rodgers, which took place in_St. John's Church, Lafayette Square, Rev. Roland Cotton Smith officiating, was one of the most brilliant of the sea- son. Her father, who had but a short time before left his position 1s Secretary of the Navy, gave her in marriage, and her sister, Miss Julia Meyer, now Signora Brambilla, was her maid of honor. Miss Helen Taft, daughter of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and Mrs. Taft, now Mrs. Frederick Manning, was also an attendant. Mrs. Rogers and her sister were im- portant figures in soclety during the time their father was in the cabinet, st as Postmaster Gener: and then as Secretary of the Navy. They drove in electric roadster, and were conspic- uous figures all about the city as they were very pretty and dressed exactly alike, although not twins, Signora Brambilla being several years older. VAN DEVANTER HOI HONORS MARSHALL AT SERVICES Sons of the Revolution Hold Exer- cises at Statue on West Steps of Capitol.* Commemorating the 172d anniver: ary of the birth of John flh:\ third chiet justice of the Sup Court, *Associate Justice Willis Van Devanter today placed a wreath at the foot of the statue on the west steps of the Capitol in a ceremony conducted under the auspices of the Sons of the Revolution in tHe Dis- trict of Columbia. Those at the ceremony included Frederic Knobel, secretary of the French embassy, and the following members of the Sons of the Revolu- Key Green, houn, Juxeph Keefer, Ci Stanton C. Peelle, man, Frank Hight and William Walk- er Smith. Mexican Tenchers Call Strike. VERA CRUZ, Mexicq. September 24 P).—The school teachers of Vera Cruz have announced a strike to begin Monday in protest over non- payment of salaries for months past. They are supported by the labor federation. Government officials say the strike is illegal. Education Board Fixes Tuition Fees For Non-Residents Tuition rates for mnon-resident pupils not legally entitled to free instruction in the District public schools, recommended by the Board of Education, were approved yes- terday afternoon by the District Commissioners. The rates are for the current school year. They follow: Ner- mal schools, $183.67; senlor high schools, $131.13; junlor high acl $116.44; elementary schools, peclal schools, $137.17; vocational ools, -$133.17: vacation schools, .94, and night schools, $9.74. | the second nine holes, | took | tee putt was in the rough mnear | got hers and w IN GOLF TOURNEY Has Miss.Orcutt 2 Down Half Way in 36-Hole Match for National Title. By the Ascociated Press. GARDEN CITY, > entber falf way throug 36-hole atch for the national w Ve golt championship today. Mrs. Mirfam Burns Horn of Kansas City led Maureen Orcutt, Haworth, N. J., Horn met stiff opposition as Miss Orcutt the fifteenth and seventeenth with spectacular flashes, but her own steadiness won' her the thirteenth sixteenth and ecighteenth to increas the lead she had established in the first nine. At the home hole Miss Orc Horn 12 almost feet green, with Mrs. Miss Orecutt chipped the pin. Mrs. Horn 3 feet from the cup. barely missed her third. nt to lunc The battle was close fought through the opening aithough both were nervous and their golf ot up to the standard expected. They came to the ninth all even and there Mrs. Horn took the lead a 4. A 4 for Mrs. Horn In the 390 eighth while Miss Orcut of bounds enabled the Middls Western girl to even the match. Drives Four Feet Apart. on. past approached less Miss € Mrs. 2 up. har I with Their drives were four feet apart, long and straight. Mrs. Horn played a good s nd, w it was here that Miss Orcutt sliced into the weods Mrs. Horn was four feet from the cup in 3 and was down in 4. Miss Orcutt needed 6. Mrs. Horn paved the way for he: winning § at the 465-yard ninth hy reaching the green with her third. after Miss Orcutt had gone 13 yards short. Miss Odcutt approached 7 feet from the cup and Mrs. Horn putted 4 feet closer. holing out easily and tak- ing the lead, as Miss Orcutt missed her try. Their cards for the first nine holes: Mrs. Horn— [ Out 4565644515 Miss Orcutt— Out.......6 46 546 46 6—17 Both Are Nervous. Both players were nervous and halved the first hole in sixes. The hole is 289 vards and women's is 4. Both had good tee shots, al- though Mrs. Horn’s ball barely kicked away from a trap. She found a trap guarding the green with her second and Miss Orcutt went into the same trap. In trying to get out both failed to clear the bank. The metropolitan star needed 4 to get within 6 feet of the cup. Mrs. Horn failed to keep her head down and was far short on her fourth. Her approach putt was on the lip of the cup and Mrs. Orcutt also failed to get down on her next. Gaining steadiness, the two made 4s on the 350-yard second. where women's par is 5, for another half. Their drives were about equal length and in the middle of the fairway, Mrs. Horn got a long brassie second to the edge of the green. Miss Orcutt had a long wood shot, but sliced to the rough near the green. Miss Orcutt’s approach was much too bold and it looked like a lost hole for her as Mrs. Horn came to hin three feet of the pin. The New Jersey girl was equgl to the vccasion, however, and sank a 20-foot putt. Mrs. Horn sank hers to break even. Goes Ahead at Fifth. For the first time Miss Orcutt took the lead when she scored a par 4 on the 340-yard fifth hole. Their drives were close together, with Miss Orcutt 10 rds in front. Mrs. Horn flubbed her mashie and went only 25 yards, this stroke prob- ably costing her the hole. Mise Orcutt reached the green and Mrs. Horn was on in 3. The White Beeches player studied the tricky green, but was three feet short. Mrs. Horn missed by two feet and took a 8. while Miss Orcutt sank her next to win the hole. Again they broke even, halving the 148-yard narrow seventh in 4s, one above women's par, and Miss Oreutt still led by 1 up. Mrs. Horn was just short of the green from the tee with Miss Orcutt in the rough. Mrs. Horn's approach was over and Miss Oreutt was short. Each took two putts for the half. Lapsing to sixes again, they halved ard sixth, where women's par par is 5. Miss Orcutt had the longer dl with both in the fairway. Horn's second was a wood v\hk‘h was half missed. Miss Orcutt took an iron and was just off the green, Mrs. Horn pitched over the green. Playing from high grass, Miss Orcutt also pitched over. Mrs. Horn came back & feet short, while Miss Orcutt was just over the bank. Miss Orcutt putted 4 feet from the cup. Mrs. Horn barely missed and was 3 feet away. Misy Orecutt got her putt down for a 6, and® so0 did Mrs. Horn. EVANGELISM IS KEYNOTE- McKendree Methodist Church Has Program for Fall Season. Evangelism will be the keynote of each Sunday evening service in Me- Kendree Methodist Church during the Fall months. The service will be pre- ceded by a song service of 15 or #° minutes. At the morning service the past subject will be “Life Investmen In the evening he will speak on “Tae Apostles’ Doc(rlnes SERMONS ANNOUNCED. Two to Preach at Second Baptist Services. At Second Baptist Church, Third street between H and I streets, to- morrow Rev. J. C. Clark, pastor of Bethel Baptist Institutional Church, Charlottesville, Va., will preach at 11 a.m., and Rev. John Henry Goss will preach at 8 p.m. The Bible school \\lll meet at 9:30 am. undtheB U ItGPm BARBECUE ON TODAY. Camp of Heroes of ’76 Attends Outing in Virginia. An outing will be held by the Washington camp of the Heroes of '76 at the Army, Navy and Marine Country Club, near Fort Myer, Va. this afternoon at 5 o'clock. All mem bers will be in uniform of the Revo- lutionary period. The outing is in the nature of a barbecue. Brief patriotic services will be held. Capt. George F Un- macht, United States Army, {8 com- The nrg-'nluuon:h nmponl cers, officers or former o lx. At and histor: Aeroplanes are now sold on ¢! stallment plan by one of the big don department store: the purpose nr porve(untl -4 ’ / ‘