Evening Star Newspaper, October 17, 1927, Page 13

STAR, WASHIN UNVEIL MEMORIAL TO INDIA'S WORLD WAR SOLDIERS IN FRANCE. Marshal Foch performing the ceremony of touching the hilts of the swords of the sepoys to give them “strength” during the review of Indian troops at the unveiling of the Indian niemorial at Neuve-Chappelle, France, the other day. the foreground is the Earl of Birkenhead, secretary of state for India, who unveiled the memorial. NEW appointed e on the Belgenland to assume his post in succeeds Baron de Cartier, recently Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. envo to England. ~ ALABAA HOLDS BN FLOGEINGS Eleven Men Face Court After Inquiry Into Series of Attacks. By the Associated Press. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., October 17.— IAfter a conference with County Solici- gor Jim Davis and speclal investigators grom his own office, State Attorney General Charlie C. McCall announced ghe State’s readiness today in the trial ot 11 men indicted on charges result- fng from recent floggings in Jefferson County. ’ Those named in the indictments are fw. J. Worthington and Louis C. Al- ‘bright, Birmingham attorneys; and Lee A. Clayton, Eugene Doss, Ira Davis, Andrew Glaze, J. O. Sizemore, . J. Seale, Ellis Ratliffe, Julius Lump- in and J. A. Clayton, charged vari- ously with bribery and kidnaping. The indictments were the result of ghe investigation of the flogging of two ‘Wwhite farmers and a negro. The defense of Worthington, fpharged with kidnaping and bribery §n connection with the flogging of Arthur Hitt, negro farmer, is based on what Roderick Beddow, his attor- ®ey, terms a theory of persecution. 17 HELD IN INQUIRY. 66 Indictments Tsswed After Flogging Probe. LUVERNE, Ala., October 17 (P).— eventeen men, including Ira B. ‘hompson aileged exalted cyclops of the local clavern of the Ku Klux Klan, were held today under bonds totaling $33.000 in connection with flogging cases in Crenshaw County. The men were charged in 68 indict- ments with kidnaping and assault and battel Twenty-eight persons named in sim- flar indictments had not been arrested, but officials announced that all would be taken into custody. The indictments were the result of the most sweeping investigation into masked violence ever undertaken in Alabama. Attorney General Charlie C. McCall, who conducted the investigation, seized records and paraphernalia of the Lu- verne vern of the Klan and at- tributed directly “to the evil leader- #hip in the Ku Klux Klan, at war with Bl constituted authoritfes, the bar baric terrorism in Crenshaw County.” The grand fury report of the cases #aid that “leaders of the Klan in the Etate were derelict to their duties as citizons” and that the men at the head ®f the organization “were unworthy | of trust.” . Trial of the accused men probably #rill he held November 21, Mr. McCall Baid. DISPLAY OF U. S. ARMS. Rumania to Exhibit Articles of Military Equipment. Bs the Associated Press. On recommendation of fcan Minister to Rumani TPepartment has authorized sale the Rumanian military museum at Bucharest of typical articles of Amer- fcan military equipmgnt, including the Amer. the Wa BELGIAN ENVOY ARRIVES. Ambassador to the United States, arriving with his here Friday night to 19. to ) Sex In Copyright by P. & A. Photos. WINS “HUSBAND CALLING” CONTEST. GTON, D. 0., MONDAY, OCTOBER 17. Mrs. Linwood C. Lattimer of Carroliton, Va., is getting plenty of lung power in this high C “Let- p-0-d,” which won first honors in the contest at the recent Suffolk, Va., fair. Her husband says he hears his wife’s dinner call from his store, nearly a mile away. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. 1927 RESCUED FROM SINKING FREIGHTER IN NEW YORK HARBOR. Norwegian freighter Besseggen who narrowly escaped the fate of several others aboard who are believed to have drowned when the vessel went down within a few minutes after béing rammed by the French liner Paris. harbor craft for several hougs in the darkness, Prince Albert de Ligne, newly n. The new Wi appointed Belgian Ambassador DEATH TOLL UP TO 19. Young Woman Added to List of Traffic Collision Victims. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., October 17 (#)—The death of Miss Margaret Pauley, 28, in a hospital yesterday, raised the toll of a collision between an interurban and a truck trailer Fourteen persons were killed outright. The others dled of injuries. Miss Pauley, daughter of C. E. Pauley, owner of a local printing con- cern, was the eighth member of that family to lose her life in the crash. The eight were three daughters, three sons-in-laws, a nephew and a sister of one of the sons-in-law. AUTOIST DROWNED: 8 HURT IN 2 MISHAPS Machine Crashes Into Creek in Vir- ginia and Another Turns Over on Road., By the Associated Press. SUFFOLK, Va., October 17.— Robert Holland, aged 20, of Holland, Va., was drowned, his father, Lee Hol- land, and two Norfolk men, the names of whom could not be learned, narrow- ly escaped a similar fate shortly after 1 o’clock this morning, when an auto- mobile in which they were riding crashed through the guard railing at the Reed's Ferry bridge and plunged into the creek. The others in the party were said to have been injured. Five persons were injured, two seriously, when an automobile turned over yesterday afternoon on a North Carolina highway, about 4 miles from Murfreesboro, N. C., according to information received here. Those injured are: 4 Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hodges, all of Ports- mouth, Va.,, and Mrs. I. J. Luke of Philadelphia. They were brought to a hospital here, where it was said that Mrs. Rogers and Mrs. Hodges had been internally injured, while the other oc- cupants of the car had received cuts and bruises. —_— FOUR SOLDIERS GET PEACE-TIME MEDALS Heroism in Explosion, Water and Two Fires Responsible for Awards. Soldiers' medals have just been awarded by the War Department to four enlisted men of the Army “for heroic action not involving actual con- flict with an enemy” under the pro- visions of an act of Congress ap- proved July 3, 1926. The reciplents are, John F. Burns of Scranton, Pa., and James P. Martin of Hartford, Conn., formerly privates in the 56th Ordnance Company, sta- tioned at Pig Point, Va.; James K. Wilson of Esco, Tenn., a warrant officer, stationed at Fort McPherson, Ga., and Cleophas C. Burnett of Bea- ver, Ark. a private in the 62d Ser- vice Squadron, Air Corps, stationed at _Brook Fileld, Tex. Burns and Martin are given the medals for having risked death from explosion of loaded projectiles in fighting the Pig Point, Va., Ordnance | depot fire, August 18, 1 Wilson, acting as a Boy Scout Troop cued ‘one of his charges, Clyde Quigley, from drowning. Burnett rescued two women from a similar fate in the Roosevelt Park swimming pool at San Antonlo, Tex. Tifles, machine guns, uniforms and equipment of troops, for a display to Do establighed in trs These are the first awards under the 8oy of Zun R Mrs. Keith Miller and t. W. N. Lancaster, British pilot, who hopped off in their small plane g:s Nose from Cmydo‘n Field Frldl’y on a 13,000-mile flight to Australia, the longest air journey ever undertaken by a woman. through Europe, Africa and India. TYPEWRITING TITLE MAY GO TO GIRL, 17 Two Entered in Professional Championship to Be Held This Year, By the Assoctatsd Press. NEW YORK, October 17.—A girl may be crowned professional type- writing champion hers today, but if she is it will be the first time any girl has won this honor. During the 21 years in which the international typewriting _contests have been held men invariably have won the premier honors, despite the preponderance of girls among typists. This year two girls and three men are entered in the ‘“professional championship,” as the contest for the highest speed class is arbitrarily des- ignated. The girls, Miss Minnie Re- gelmeyer of New York and Miss Stella Willins of Brooklyn, have impressive records which make them formidable contenders, Three Live in Paterson. The three leading man contestants are residents of Paterson, N. J. George Hossfield, present professional champion, who set a new world rec- ord of 132 words a minute when he won the title last year, will defend his championship. Albert Tangora, a former champion and runner-up last year, pressed Hossfield closely last year by typing at a rate of 130 words 2 minute. The third male contestant is Barney Stapert, third-place winner a year ago, Miss Regelmeyer, the leading wom- an. contender, 'has a speed of 121 words a minute and in the profes- sional contest last year established the best accuracy record. Miss Willins is p nt amateur champion. The victory in the “ama- teur” class graduated her into the ranks of the ‘professionals.” Her speed record is 116 words a minute. 45 Will Compete. Forty-five State champions, winners of elimination. contests in 12,000 schools, will compete for national school champlon. The school contend- ers are restricted to students who took up typewriting not earlier than August 1, 1926. The ‘“amateur” championship, for speed typists who have passed out of the ranks of the novice class, also will be decided at this time. Professional candidates for the va- rlous titles have been training on an average of four hours a day, includ- Ing work on unusual words. ENGINEER TAKES BLAME. | Dging Man Admits Responsibility for Train Wreck. GALLIPOLIS, Ohio, October 17 (F). —Before dying in a hospital here, Perry Thomas of Middleport, Ohio, one of the oldest and most trusted passenger engineers on the New York Central Ralilroad, stated that he was responsible for the head-on collision of passenger train No. 31 and a freight train near here Saturday in a fog. Thomas, it is alleged, ran by a block, the resultant wreck killing his fireman, R. O. Callahan, of Middleport, and injuring several passengers. Thomas had intended to retire soon. Had the collision occurred 3 min utes later, both trains would have met on a bridge crossing the Ohio Rivesa The route lies - Copyright by P. & A. Photos. New, Smaller Size YANKEE HERO BACK ON THE FARM. Herb Pennock, pitching f the world series, who hurled a three-hit game against the Pirates, I Shiowns hare sajoying. the oet spaces of his Permios vanta farm with his_two yom;fi:tern. Joe and Jane, Pennock seriously as pitching. Dollar Bills To Reach Public by October, 1928 The new, small size dollar bills, will be in the hands of the public by Oc- tober, 1928, it was learned at the Treasury, the date having been picked by Assistant. Secretary Dewey, who will resign shortly to become flnan- clal adviser to Poland. The new bills will constitute more than half of all the paper bills in cir- culation, there being about 445,000,000 dollar bills and only about 415,000,000 of all other sizes, up to and including the largest, which is of $10,000 de- nomination. The larger denominations in Fed- eral paper money then will be changed in size all at once, when the change is effected, Mr. Dewey pre- dicted. The situation in regard to the na- tional bank notes is different, how- MAN IN WELL CAVE-IN IS RESCUED ALIVE 17 Hours of Labor by Workers in Shifts Required to Dig Him Out. By the Assoclated Pres ATCHISON, Kans.,, October 17.— Lloyd Lower, 86-year-old Missouri far- mer, was rescued alive yesterday from a well which had caved in on him after more than a score of men had worked in shifts for 17 hours lifting the tons of rock and dirt from the well. Last night Lower was in a St. Joseph Mo., hospital and should recover from the chilling and suffocating experi- ence within a few days, physicians said. Lower and several other workmen were cleaning and repairing the well Saturday. afternoon at De Kalb, Mo,, 10 miles east of here, when the cave- in occurred. Lower had been dropped to the bottom of the well in a bucket. The bucket prevented the eheavy stones of the well’s sides from crush- ing him. His only injuries were wrist cuts and a slightly bruised chest. Rising water in the well was the worst danger, Lower said. It rose slowly and had reached a level with his hips when he was rescued. “I went to sleep soon after the cave- in,” Lower related. “I don't remem- ber much until just before I heard the men trying to get me out. The most terrifying part of the ordeal was the water danger. I was afraid I might drown before the men reached MAN DIES OF BURNS. Firemen Unable to Save Occupant of Blazing Hotel Room. CLEVELAND, Ohio, October 17 (4). —Walter Van Horn, 32 years old, Bloomington, Tll., was fatally burned in his second-floor room at the Frank- ford Hotel last night, while 2,000 per- sons watched the futile efforts of fire- men to rescue him. The three-story structure was destroyed. An - explosion of undetermined origin transformed the room into a of flames, and Van Horn could reach the stairway. With escape cut off, he ran to the window and shrieked for help. Firemen broke through the crowd that gathered and stretched a life net. Van Horn jump- ed, but he had been burned so seri- ously that he died a short time later in a hospital. All other guests reached the street ever, Mr. Dewey explained, and for the present will not be definitely de- termined. Gradual reduction and eventual elimination of the natfonal bank notes was provided by Congress in enacting the Federal Reserve act in 1914, Consols, on which the national bank note circulation is based, will be called in 1930. The program of re- ducing in size the other paper money will probably consume all the time up to the end of 1929, Mr. Dewey pre- dicted, and by that date there prob- ably will be some development to de- cide whether the national bank notes will berwithdrawn altugether from cir- culation, Should they be continued, he said, they also would be reduced in size to correspond with other small currency. FOUR FLYERS PERISH IN BLAZING PLANE Pilot, Two Other Men and a Wom- an Fall to Death—Bodies Badly Charred. By_ the Assoclated Press. HONOLULU, October 17.—Holbrooke Goodale, pilot; two other men and a woman were killed yesterday when a commercial airplane fell into a care field near Laje, Cahu Island. The occupants of the plane were taking photographs of the Mormon Temple at Laie when, witnesses said, the machine suddenly caught fire and crashed to earth. Services were being conducted in the Mormon Temple when the crash oc- curred. The congregation, numbaring about 1,500, rushed from the church and saw the airplane in flames. Burn- ing gasoline around the wreck pre- vented the rescue of the four passen- gers, and their bodies were badly charred, Goodale was a member of .. ploneer family in the Hawalian Islands and was a graduate of the Annapolis Naval Academy: He resigned from the Navy after a short term of service. Martin Jensen, who won second prize in the recent Dole flight from Oakland to Honolulu, taught Goodale to fly, and Goodale was one of Jen- sen’s principal financial backers in the Dole flight. BRIDEGROOM, 66, SUICIDE. Grief-Stricken Wife, Same Age, Jumps Into River. LA CROSSE, Wis,, October 17 (#). —A honeymoon at the age of 66 brought only grief to the home of George Barber, a bridegroom of four months, and his wife of like ago. Barber was found dead in his home at, Onalaska. His left wrist had been slashed with a razor. His bride lies in a hospital, having jumped into Black River three days ago in a fit of grief. She was rescued and is suffering from a nervous breakdown. A coroner's jury decided Barber had slain himself during temporary mental derangement. The couple had just returned from a@ extended honeymoon in the West. Deer Hunter Kills Self. GLOVERSVILLE, N. Y, October 17 (®).—The first hunting fatality of the deer-hunting season in this sec- tion occurred yesterday, when Carl Bont, 19, of Amsterdam shot him- selt ‘through the right eye, dying dnsiantys e e et —— e e e takes ng as ‘Wide World Photos. |CATHOLIC ORPHAN SCHOOL DEDICATED St. Joseph’s Home Is Scene of Rites, With Clerics In Attendance. The new St. Joseph’s Home and School, Twenty-eighth street and Bunker Hill road, successor to the old St. Joseph’s Orphan Asylum, incoro- rated in 1855, was dedicated at impres- sive exercises under the auspices of the Sisters of the Holy Cross and the board of trustees yesterday after- noon. More than 500 persons attended the ceremony, which was presided over by Mgr. C. F. Thomas, pastor of St. Pat- rick’s Cathollc Church, and chairman of the institution's board of trustees. Recreation Is Stressed. Rev. John O'Grady, director of Cath- olic Charities in Washington, in an ad- dress, emphasized the growth in re- cent years of the realization of the importance of play and recreation as a means of character development. “In times past,” he said, “we felt we were doing all that could reasonably be expected of us if we provided medi- cal care for the child in serious ill- ness.” He pointed out how today methods to prevent sickness are con- sidered important. Addresses also were” delivered by Rev, John I. Barrett, archdiocesan su- perintendent, who described schools of St. Joseph’s character as “bulwarks of clvilization,” and by Judge William H. De Lacy, who sketched the history A;gst_ha institution since its founding in 5. The program also included drills by St. Joseph’s Cadets, who were trained by Mrs. Jean Hill; vocal solo by Miss Edna Jones, accompanied by Alexan- der Hennemann; the singing of a hymn of thanksgiving by the children of the school; a violin solo by Miss Hartnett of Holy Cross Academy; singing by students of Holy Cross Col- lege, and benediction in the chapel by Rev. Francis McBride of Holy Cross College. The bullding, a two-story brick structure, has been occuplied since last February, when the children were transferred from the building occu- pied by the old orphan,asylum at 924 H street. Seventy-five children, be- tween the ages of 7 and 13 years, are cared for. The building contains four class- rooms, an assembly hall, four dining rooms, four recreation rooms, four dormitories, four reception parlors, ample cooking and bathing facilities, and facilities for isolating and caring for children in time of sickness. There also are the sisters’ quarters and cha- pel. - Twelve sisters care for the chil- dren, under direction of Sister Marie. ety NECK BROKEN IN FALL. Lieut. Col. Mitchell of Fort Ogle- thorpe Instantly Killed. CHATTANOOGA, October 17 (P).— Lieut. Col. A. Mitchell, Veterinary Corps, 6th Cavalry, fell from his horse near Fort Oglethorpe yesterday morn- ing and was instantly killed, his neck having been broken. The officer was participating in a paper chase with a class of reserve officers and a num- ber of the post personnel when his companions saw him fall. When they reached his side he was dead.sHe had been with the cavalry at the post for two years and was a native of Eng- — e A————— KEEPS FAMILY IN TRANSPORTATION BUSINESS. magnate, trying out the driver’s seat Vanderbilt, scion of the railroad Members of the crew of the The collision occurred at 3 o’clock in the morning, and the search for survivors was continued by Copyright by P. & A. Photos. William H. of one of the de luxe motor coaches he has just put in operation between Boston and Providence, R. L. He believes long-distance bus travel has a big future ahead of it. BANDITS SLAY WAITER. Armed Band Gets $10,000 in Road- house Hold-up. CHICAGO, October 17 (#).—After mortally wounding Joseph ‘Red” Goodman, singing waiter and semi- professional foot ball player, who at- tempted to thwart their plans, eight masked men early yesterday held up 80 men and women at the Barn, a roadhouse, taking money and jewelry valued at $10,000. Goodman was shot through the head when he surprised the men as they were about to enter the roadhouse. The leader of the bandits posted two men, armed with machine guns, at the entrance. Lining the victims up against one end of the room the bandits methodically stripped them of their money and valuables, while the dance orchestra was forced to com tinue Its jazzy tunes. DOCTORS TO DISCUSS VIRGINIA PROBLEMS Tuberculosis and Infant Deaths Subjects of Speakers at Ses- sion Opening Tonight. By the Associated Press. PETERSBURG, Va., October 17.— Two addresses of importance to the Virginia medical world will be made here before the first meeting of the annual convention of the Medical So- clety of Virginia, which opens tonight. Dr. E. G. Williams, State health com- missioner, will speak on the policy of the State Board of Health toward tuberculosis, and Dr. W. A. Plecker, State registrar of vital statistics, will discuss infant mortality in the State. This will be the fifty-eighth annual meeting of the organization. It will be concluded on Wednesday and will attract the leading medical men of the State. The meeting will be called to order by Dr. Bolling Jones of this ecity, chairman of the committee on ar- rangements. The address of welcome will be delivered by Mayor J. Gordon Bohannon. The address of the pres dent, Dr. J. Shelton Rersley of Rich- mond, will follow on “The Medical Profession of Virginia.” Another speaker will be Dr. J. M. T. Finney of Baltimore. DUCE STRESSES HEALTH. Mussolinl Asks Better Housing Conditions in Italy. ROME, October 17 (#).—Public health and better housing conditions were among the 100 or so measures brought before the council of minis- ters today, when Premier Mussolini delivered a statement of the general situation in Italy, especially with re- gard to foreign, internal and eco- nomic politics. One of the most important measures submitted creates municipal health boards, which are especially intrusted with Improving sanitary conditions in towns and cities and bettering hous- ing conftlitions among the poor. Other measures would increase the cultivation of home tobacco, in ordbr to free Italy from importations, re- deem marsh lands for cultivation and increase port works. -— Army Major Transferred. ‘Wide World Photos. DARK AGE 15 SEEN IN PROTESTANTISM Religious Editor Says Church Is Now Submerged by Intolerance. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 17.—Tn a book entitled “Religious Liberty—the Great American Illusion,” which is to be published Tuesday by William Morrow & Co., Dr. Albert C. Diffenback, editor of the Christian Editor, says that Pro- testanism is entering a new dark age. Dr. Diffenback, who is himself an ordained minister, says that the church struggle between modernists and fundamentalists, which he believes might have brought about complete liberation from dogmas, has been en- tirely won by the fundamentalists and that religious liberty is wholly sub- merged. “The dogmas which have been the bane of Protestanism these 400 years are again triumphant,” he writes “and the organized religion of Jesu: whose charter is liberty and who service is perfect freedom, passes into a period -of intolerance not equaled since the chaos. Protestantism enters a new dark age. “Dogmatism is in control of more than 90 per cent of the people in the denominations. Only impregnable Rome, adroit, patient and consistent Rome, can vie with her once-scattered and dissenting children, who present a solid front in defense of the very kind of religion they were created to overcome, “Today Protestanism is creed-bound with new fetters of triple brass. In- stead of the marvelous promise of spiritual rebirth that one. sensed on every side at the opening of the pres- ent decade, we have witnessed the dis- astrous defeat of freedom. “The opportunity for Ifberation came, but ‘our prophets were found wanting.” -— MUSIC AND ADDRESSES TO MARK CELEBRATION Ellen Spencer Mussey Tent, Sons and Daughters of Union Vet- erans, Observe Founders’ Day. The Ellen Spencer Mussey Tent, No. 1, of the Sons and Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War will celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of its founding at a meeting in the Grand Army of the Republic Hall, 1410 Pennsylvania avenue, tonight at 8 o'clock. The program will be featured by ad- dresses by officers of Ellen Spencer Mussey Tent and others of the organi- zation and a program of music. Mrs. Catherine Rahn, president of the tent, will preside. The tent, which was organized with not more than 50 members, has grown to a membership of about 500 persons, it 1s stated. Two Army Officers Resign. Resignations of First Lieut. James L. Lake, jr., United States Cavalry, at,Fort Des Moines, Towa, and that _ of Second Lieut. William L. Hoppes, Coast Artillery Corps, Fort Totten, N. Y., have been accepted by the President. Lleut. Lake is from North Maj. Leo J. Ahern, inspector gen- eral's department, on duty at the War Department, has been ordered to head- quarters, 2d Corps Area, Governors daland, N. Tu for dutits N. J., LPaint Carolina and was graduated from the Military Academy in June, 1920, Lieut. Hoppes, who is from Orange, was graduated from the W, dnstit: Juze