Evening Star Newspaper, November 2, 1927, Page 15

GIRL FLYER ARRIVES AT LISBON. Ruth Elder on the bridge of the steamship Lima as she arrived at Lisbon, Portugal, from the Azores with SECRETARY HOOVER ANSWERS THE ROLL CALL. the American Red Cross in the Mis: the work of the Commerce Secretary is enrolled Miss Selina Greene, a national headquarters worker, on Armistice day. REGULARS WIN 0UT INU.D. C. DISPUTE Legal Controversy With In- surgent Group Ended by Dis- missal of Complaint. A long-drawn-out legal battle be- tween so-called “regulars” and “in- of the District Divisio United Daughters of the Confedera was won by the “regulars” yesterda when Justice Hoehling in Equity Court ordered dismissal of a complaint filed in the name of Lillian Chenoweth, former treasurer of the District Divi- sion, asking for an inquiry into the affairs of the body and for relief from certain alleged unconstitutional pro- cedure by the present division officers. Justice Hoehling in dismissing the complaint declined to interfere in the disagreement between the two factions and declared that the right of persons 16 hold office is a matter for courts of lJaw and not for equity, Suit Filed in September. Suit was filed September 26, in the mame of. Lillian Chenoweth, and by others, in chapters of the District Di- vision against the officers of the or- ganization, headed by Mrs. A. M. Tuck, who were elected at what opponents called an “irregular” meeting held sev- eral months ago. Shortly after the 1926 District convention, on petition of members of several chapters, the convention of that vear was declared unconstitutional, and a new conven- tion ordered. Meanwhile the District division was suspended from active membership in the national organiza- tion and its meetings were declared de facto affairs, The situation re- mained ®0 until a few months ago, when Mrs. Tuck, as president of the District division, retained Gen. Samuel T. Ansell as counsel to seek recogni- tlon by the national body of the Dis- trict division. Legal measures only came, Mrs. Tuck said today, after re- peated private overtures to the na- tional body had been unsuccessful. A ®hort time ago Gen. Ansell and coun- sel for the national organization signed an agreement reinstating the District div] a unit of the na- Irregular Conduct arged. The suit by Mrs. Chenoweth fol- lowed, alleging irregular conduct on the part of the officers of the District division; demanding an accounting of the division relief fund; an into the payment of $300 to Gen. An- sell for his professional services, and for relief in other ways. Gen. Ansell filed a motion to dismiss the com- plaint, along with 13 other individual defendants. These motions were oral- Ty argued by counsel and submitted to Justice Hoehling, who held that the question of the fee paid to Gen. An- #ell should be settled in a law court. Justice Hoehling, in his opinion, raid that if the Daughters have estab- lished rules of conduct and procedure they should apply them without inter- ference by a court, holding that an ef- fort was made to have the court inter fere with, as well supervise, the conduct of the internal affairs of the organization. The court held that in the absence of such rules of conduct and procedure the mojority rule is the one usually rpplied as well as recognized by the wQuiin a5d thpt, tusthenmore, the aw inquiry | Pilot George Haldeman, with whom she was picked up in the Atlantic by a tanker when their plane was forced down. Miss Elder is F. W. Dearing, Americ: On the left of Minister to Portugal. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. THE. . EVEN PRESIDENT OF PORTUGAL RECEIVES GIRL FLYER AND COMPANION. Miss Elde shon, where t the presidential reception to the on to Paris. The group in Haldeman, Cifka Duarte, American flyers on their arrival at L Tudes, left to right: Capt. Pinhero, American hief of the Portugues Air Force, and Mr. G 'STAR_, WASHINGTON, D. €. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1927. 1de; n legation. Minister Dearing, Miss Thurston of the Ameri and George Haldeman with some of the officials attending pusing reception from the populace before moving Gen. Carmona, President of Portugal; George Copyright by P. & A. Photos. A TENOR'S TRIBUTE TO A COMPOSER. Beniamino Gigli, the Metropolitan tenor, with the elaborate cake which he designed with the head chef of the liner Berengaria in honor of Puccini’s “La Rondina” (“The Swallow”), in which he will sin; g as his first opera of the season. The cake will be presented to Puccini’s son in Europe. Wide World Photos. After directing siss) Valley, in the annual membership drive by The roll call opens Grumbles His Way Out of Prison, But Will Be Deported By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, November 2.— Charles Sturrup has grumbled his way out of the Maryland House of Correction. Officials, in announcing his parole for deportation to England, said he found his fellow prisoners “beastly boors,” his mashed potatoes lumpy and his hours impossible. They described him as a “grum- bler, growler, a troublemaker, a disorganizer and a Kkicker,” and #aid that other prisoners were be- coming like him. He was given a sentence of four years in 1924 on a charge of false representation, FUNERAL SERVICE HELD FOR WILLIAM H. WHITE Lawyer and Banker Buried From Park Road Residence Tais Afternoon. ™~ Funeral services for Willlam Henry White, 53 years old, lawyer and banker, who died at his residence, 1729 Park road, Sunday, were conducted at the residence this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Charles Wood, pastor of the Church of the Covenant, Presbyterian, officiated. Honorary pallbearers, appointed to represent the Bar Association of the District of Columbia, were as follows: Joseph A. Burkart, president of the Bar Association; Henry P. Blair, Alex- ander H. Bell, Willlam H. Sholes, W. C. Sullivan, Corcoran Thom, Bates Warren, F. H. Stephens, George Fran- ams and H. Winship Wheat- Peter A. Drury, pi Mer- hants’ Bank & Trust Co. : Kimball, Col. Gratz B. Strickler, Jesse E. Potbury, Maj: A. M. Holcomb and Joseph W. Cox were active pallbear- J. C. KIRBY EXPIRES. Former Resident of Washington Dies in Memphis. J. C. Kirby, formerly of Front Royal, Va., and Washington, died suddenly vesterday in Memphis, Tenn., at the ge of 53 years. He was in business for many years in the Capital. Mr. Kirby is survived by his sister, I2Mrs. Mamie Gardner Hunt of Wash- ington and two brothers, Hall Kirby of Newark, N. J., and Raymond Kirby of Pittsburgh. Mr. Kirby visited his sister October 30, going from here to visit each brother and met his wife at Huntington, W. Va., returning then to his home at Memphis. in force in the District of Columbia provides a special method other than the one employed to test the right to an office in a corporate hody. The decislon brings to an end a lengthy al battle in which the gulars” have been victorious in se- curing national recogni of thelir actions and In having the suit of ir- resyarity. . the pledge in the Zeta Chapter of the “Sigma Kappa’ UNIVERSITY. t day in the collegiate calendar for girl students at the local university. the various sororities received into their ranks number of new ‘‘sistei B! Sorority, one of the oldest in the country W Yesterday was an It was pledge day and .” These co-eds took shington Star Photo. Mrs. John Jay 0’Connor, who made the principal address at the dinner meeting Jast.night which opened the 10-day drive for a 1928 main- tenance fund of $60,000 for the ];dmng Women's Christian Associa- tion. NAVY FLYER CONVERTS RACING CRAFT TO ATTEMPT NEW SPEED RECORD. buiit to compete in the recent Schneides landing gear for pontoons and otherwise stripped down the the biplane which was origin. Lieut. Williams has substitnts world speed record of 301 miles an hour. BIDS FOR BUILDING FOUND EXCESSIVE Proposals for Constructing Gordon Junior High School All Above Available Appropriation. Bids for the erection of the new Gordon Junior High School, at Thirty- fifth and T streets, opened yesterday afternoon at the District Building, were all in efcess of the available appropriation, with the result that the Commissioners probably will either re-advertise for new proposals or seek a larger appropriation from Congress. The lowest price, quoted E. Wyne, was $495,000. The ation is $475,000, of which cent is to be deduced for preparation of the plans, which leaves $463,125 available for construction cost, It is possible that the school may be erected within the appropriation by omitting the gymnasium. Wyne, in an alternative proposal, offered to deduct $30,000 from his price, pro- viding this feature is eliminated. MONOXIDE O\iERCOMES SIX Workmen in Fire Engine House Are Found Prostrate, but Revive, Special Dispatch to The St FREDERICK, Md., v George Dppropr 215 per ovember 2.— S8ix men were overcome by carbon monoxide gas, generated by an_air compressor, yesierday while engaged in work Iin the United Fire Iingine House, The prostrate men were found short time after being overcom a and were revived by a physician. ‘Those overcome were: Leroy Hoke, Roger Cock, Charles Bishop, Roy Ilur Augustus Hurd and Norman Green. Only the timely discovery saved the mEN' Mvem Pbysigiane statsds Lie races in ¥taly. Alford Williams, racing pilot, standing beside y. Since tests were not completed in time for this, weight of the plane for an attempt now to break the Wide World Photos. Stalled Engine By the Associated Press. CENTRAL CITY, Ky. November Three persons were killed and four jured, two perhaps fatally, when the engine of an automobile, which had stalled in the downtown section here yesterday, exploded. The explosion occurred, witnesses said, just as P, C. Wells, a passerby, had raised the hood of the car. Wells and William Lewis, 16, who was standing near, were struck by frag- ments of the engine and apparently were instantly killed. Their bodies were recovered several yards from the wreckage, The by Mrs. BE. D. s negotiating Is, Who W t her, hered- about, and just as ed the hood the explosion l occurred. Three Killed, Four Injured as Woman's Explodes in Street Mrs. Porter suffered injuries about the lower part of the body when por- tions of the motor were blown through son Porter, 7 a piece of metal and his left arm severed. Two younger children were less seriously hurt by broken Robert Lewis, 18, a bystander, was internally injured and died after being taken to a hospital. Police ties announced that an investization would be ordered to determine the cause of the explosion. Officials said_they were investiza- ting the possibility that the explosion might have been caused by other than the en fuel. Three men are belng held now in the Mublenburg County jail charged with having attacked ‘Dr. Porter several days ago. They were unable to make bends of $5,000. JOINT RAILWAY AGENCY. Missouri Pacific Lines Establish Headquarters Here. The Missouri Pacific lines, including the Missourl Pacific Railroad, Inter- {national & Great Northern Railroad, Gulf Cost lines and subsidiaries, have established a joint passemger and frelght agency in room 711 National Press Building. The office is In charge of J. W. Brennan, general agent, and its pur- pose is to co-operate with railroad lines touching Washington in conduct- ing through traffic over tho Missouri Pacific lines. The new office is with- in the jurisdiction of D, I. Lister, gen- eral Eastern passenger agent, and J. B. Trimble, general Eastern freight agent of New York City. - Artist Opens Gallery Here. A new art gallery, housing paint- ings by C. Calusd, widely kn menjan paipter, and capvi carlier centuries together with his col- lection of pottery, brocades and rugs, was opened to the public at 1518 Con- necticut avenue for the first time to- day by Calusd, following a private showing of the works vesterday. Arranged in threo galleries and di- rording to its character with chamber given to the s, pottery and brocades, sallery harboring Calusd’s d the. third room hung with the Oriental rugs, the collection drew favorable comment from the art- ists and collectors who viewed it at the. private showing yesterday. Par- ticular interest was shown in Calusd’s marines, in 'which he seems at his best, and, in fact, which he himself prefers. . Shopmen to Meet. Special Dispatch to The Sta POTOMAC, Va., November 2.—The monthly meeting of the Richmond, F.edericksburg & Potomac Railroad shopmen will be held in the audi- torium of the Town Hall Building to- night at 8 o'clocky i o CONSOLIDATED HOME FOR POOR OPENED Waynesboro Institution, Costing $80,000, Will Care for Paupers of Five Counties. Special Dispatch to The Star. STAUNTON, Va., November Representatives from Augusta, Alle- ghany, Albemarle, Rockbridge and Bath Cour esterday opened the $80,000 District Home for the Poor, near Waynesboro. The five counties will close their re- spective poor farms and will send all inmates to the District Home. In northern Virginia a similar move- ment was started. The consolidated home fs in operation near Manassas, the cost of that plan being $30,000. J. Kemper Lockridge of Decrfield, Va., has been engaged as superintend- ent. The City of Charlottesville has asked to he allowed to place its indi- gent poor in the five-county home. The capacity of the home is approxi- mately 100. CHILD MAY DIE OF BURNS. Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, November Burns received when her paper Hal- loween costume took fire at a party while she lighted a match will likely prove fatal to Clara Williams, this city. The child has been unconscious since the accident and was brought to the Washington County Hospital today. Harry C. Wills, a nelghbor, had both hands badly burned in extinguishing the burning clothing of the child. Wed 53 Years. Special Dispatch to The Star. BERKELEY SPRINGS, W. November 2.—Mr, and Mrs. M. Ambrose . celebrated their fifty-third wedding anniversary at their home in the county yesterday, _ 2 — Va., w. l NATURE'S NEAREST APPROACH TO A MERMAID. These strange monsters of the sea, known as manatees, were caught by fishermen from the Arabian port of Aden, where they are held somewhat in awe because of their suggestion of the fabled mermaids of old. of these two measures nine feet. The larger Copyright by P. & A. Photos. Quarantine Pupils Get Home Studies From Newspapers By the Associated Press. ‘' LEXINGTON, Ky., November 2.—With the public schools here closed to prevent spread of infan- tile paralysis, 7,500 pupils under 16 years old are continuing their studies by means of assignments appearing in newspapers. ‘When the Board of Health de- clared a ban on gatherings of chil- dren under 16, the school board de- cided to publish the daily lesson assignments in order that the reg- ular school work might be contin- ued at home, FATHERS AND SONS TO MEET AT BANQUET Will Exchange Opinions on Ideal Relationship at Function An- nounced by Y. M. C. A, Fathers and sons are going to ex- change opinions of the ideal relation- ship at a unique banquet in ob- servance of father-and-son week at the Y. M. C. A. assembly hall, 1736 G street, Friday night. “The Kind of a Boy a Dad Likes Best” will be explained, on behalf of fathers in general, by Otto Hammer- lund, local insurance man, who has two boys of his own: and “The Kind of a Dad a Boy Likes Best” will be the topic of a son, Dallas Shirley, a member of the boys’ department of the “Y.” A similar banquet for younger boys will be given the following evening, when George E. Hudson, jr., will speak for the fathers and William Fry for the boys. Both affairs are being arranged under the direction of Nel- son M. Blake, head of boys' work of the local Y. M. C. A. Chaplain A. C. Oliver of Walter Reed Hospital, also will speak at Fri- day’'s banquet, while Representative Arthur H. Greenwood of Indiana will speak Saturday evening. Only fathers and sons have been invited to the banquets and about 100 of them are expected to attend each dinner. Worth Shoults will be toastmaster Friday evening and Law- rence W. Gunther Saturday evening. Gunther is one of the older members of the boys' department. A special program of entertainment has been arranged, including violin selections by Hans Maile, with Miss Helen Ogle at the piano, and mys- terious doings by “Elad, the Ma- giclan,” Each banquet will begin promptly at 6:30 o’clock. Father-and-son week begins next Monday. - It will be observed through- FLORISTS ATTEND “MUM” EXHIBITION Two New Pompons Named by U. S. Experts—Citrus Fruits Displayed. Officers and more than 30 members of the Washington Florists' Club spent several hours today at the twenty-sixth annual “mum” show of the Department of Agriculture, select- ing new varieties for commercial growing during the next season. They included Granville Gude, pre: ident; Harry B. Lewis, vice presi- dent; B. W. Anspon, secretary; Otto Bauer, treasurer. Others prominent in the conference were William F. Gude, Z. D. Blackistone, O. A. C. Oehmler, iam S. Sharper, Ernest Gude, Mrs” Ernest Gude and B. G. Mc- Ginness. They emphatically approved a reso- lution that from all points of merit the chrysanthemum show this year is the best ever held in this country. Among the exhibition varieties se- levt‘ted for private growing are the )vfln(‘y Sandford, pink; the Princess Nagako, golden yellow; the Orange Queen, bronze yellow, and a yellow anemonae, Mrs. John A. Sheild. Two new pompons produced by the department experts were named Nell {‘ll;sc:le é’lamlllon, a pink double, and Miss ~ Geor; v g Whith 'gia, lavender, fading to An additional treat s aff those visiting the show in lg;‘rcl'h:; are privileged to see the citrus fruits such as oranges and lemons ripening, This is the only place in this part of the country where people can wit- fizisethnsrspictzsla All of the green- ses of the depar toDvisitnrs. partment are open r. William A, Taylor, chief of | Bureau of Plant Industry, in (hfa:‘E: of the show, emphasized today that while large groups of persons and special organizations are coming In a body on certain days, this does not close the show to the public on those special days. The show is open to everybody from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. at Fourteenth and B streets northwest. o MINE OFFICIAL FREED IN YOUTH’S SLAYING Speelal Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., November 2. —C. B. Bryant, 48 years old, late of Culpeper, Va., superintendent of the Melsh Coal Co. at Emoryville, W. Va. was acquitted by a jury in the Cireuit P out the country by organizations in-|Court at Keyser late yesterday after- terested in securing a better under-| noon of the murder of Carlos (“Nick™) standing between boys and tathers. . Train Victim May Live. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., November 2. A man, believed to be W. A. O'Hara, their | Junkins, 19, an employe, following dispute over $10 involved in pay, the check by mistake having been given to Junkins® brother, Bryant pleaded u{t—d:(ense.d Thohiury was out 45 minutes and reached the the first ballot. Kot Bryant asked permission of Prose. 30 vears old of Pittsburgh, found along | cuting Attorney Ernest A. See to the Baltimore and Ohio tracks. 11 miles west of this city. with his left | had received threats. remain in jail overnight, saying hy At the time of hand crushed off and severe cuts|the tragedy Bryant walked all night about the head and body. may re- cover at Allegany Hospital here. He | Keyser, through woods, about 20 miles to where he gave himself up. is thought to have fallen from a|He was able to elude a mob that was (reight train, Searching for him,