Evening Star Newspaper, November 12, 1927, Page 16

.~ 2 A _view of the Armistice day WAR PRI DENT’S GRANDDAUGHTER VISITS TOMB. Little Mary ceremony, in which officlals of the Canadian and United States governments joined in dedicating Canada’s Faith McAdoo, granddaughter of Woodrow W with her father, “cross of sacrifice” as a memorial to Americans who lost their lives while serving with Canadian forces in William bs McAdoo, at the National Cathedral yesterday, where she the World War. Thousands attended the colorful ceremonies in® Arlington National Cemetery. placed a bouquet of flowers on the tomb of the late President. Wide World Photos. zht by Underwood & Underwood. ter, placing a wreath at the imposing memorial erected by his government, just after unveiling it in the pres- ence of a distinguished assembly, including high officials of the two governments, whose bond of friendship was drawn, closer by the impressive event. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. L Kt 7 s i HIGH OFFICIALS ATTEND UNVEILING OF CANADIAN MEMORIAL. Spgkesmen for the Canadian and governments. at the dedication of the memorial cross at Arlington. Left to right: Secretary of State Kellogg, who accepted the memorial on behalf of the United States; J. L. Ralston, Canadian minister ] m"‘ \V’f Davis and Vincent Massey, Canadian Minister to the United States. &3 4 ‘Wide World Photos. TRIOHELD IN DEATH |PRESIDENT GREETS Ruth Elder boarding the official welcoming tug Macom from the Aquitania_to receive one of the most enthusiastic welcomes ever extended an individual by New York City for her courageous attempt to fly across the Atlantic with George Haldeman. Copyright by I. & A. Photos. AR-TIME CHAPLAINS PAY TRIBUTE AT ARLINGTON SHRINE. Members of the Chaplain Corps during the World War are shown here gathered with Col. Axton, chief of chaplains, at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to place a wreath on the tomb. The group includes the chaplains who took part in the interment services for the Unkuown Soldier six years ago. Lopyright by Underwood & Underwood. BOY SCOUTS HONORRADID ARBITRATION OF WOMAN VISITOR {Three Youths to Face Grand Jury After Car Killed One, Hurt Another. Edwin Parker, -Heath Smith and ‘Wilber A. Blaine, each 17 years old, ‘weze held for th» action of the grand Jury this morning by the coroner’s Jury, winding up the inquest into the death of Mrs. H. A. Hershberger of Kingston, Pa., who with her husband was struck down Tuesday evening at Thomas Circle by a car driven by Parker, cnd in which the two other boys were passengers. The inquiry started yesterday. Ctanley Chichone of 1436 Irving street, who was largely responsible for the apprehension of the youths, testified this morning that he saw their car strike the couple and drive on down Massachusetts avenue with- out stopping. After circling through the section for some time Chichone yeturn-d to the circle, took Policeman D. A. Henry of the second precinci into his automobile and continued his search. They found the boys getting out of the car at Thirteenth street and Massachusetts avenue, where it bhad stalled. They said that the driver of the car had run into the spartment house at 1301 Massa- chusetts avenue and told Policeman #enry he would find him there. Henry ¢id not take them at their word, however, but took them to the wtation house. Lieut. James McQuade of the sec- ond precinct, testified that while at the station house none of the boys admitted driving the car at first. ter, when Francis Scruggs of 211 ‘'ourth street southeast, owner of the car, was brought in, Parker admitted being the driver, he sald. Scruggs testifled that he had loaned Ris car to Parker. (COMMITTEES ARE NAMED. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. POTOMAC, Va., November 12.— Committees to serve during the com- - fng year were named by the Parent- pers' Association of George Mason igh School at a meeting of that or- anization in the school auditorium ‘hursday night: - The membership also id plans for various activities. 4 Principal W. H. Thomas of George Mason High School annourced the se- . lection of the following committees: WWays and means, Mrs. W. C. Davis, chairman; Mrs. Keller, Mrs. Jack Var- pey, Mrs. Keys and Mrs. Carter. Pub- Naomi P. Craver, chair- an; H. Kirk and Melvin Kite. Mem- bership, Mrs. Frank Norton, chair- man; Mrs. J. B. Kirkman, Mrs, W. H. Waggerman, Mrs. E. D. File, Mrs. R. C. Palmer and Mrs. Hennage; pro- gram, Mrs. Jennifer Broadd chairman; Mrs. John Gary, Mrs. Su an, Miss Mabel Allen and Miss Mec- aniel. Beautifying school grounds, W. H. Thomas, chairman; Miss Evans, Mrs. Henry Ransom, Mr. Dulin and Mrs, J. R. Goode. Religious, Rev. W. R. Hardesty, chairman; Rev. W. C. Bell and Rev. John S. Sowers. Ordered to Capital Post. Maj. Lewis K. Underhill, United States Infantry, at Denver, Colo., has n ordered to this city for duty in the office of the Judge ‘advocate gen- « eral, War Departmant, FRATERNAL ORDER Delegatés to Convention Visit White House—New Of- ficers Named. Dejegates to the thirty-second an- nual convention of the District of Columbia Council of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics were received today at the White Housel by President Coolidge. The convention opened last night in the Northeast Masonic Temple, Eighth | and F streets northeast. O. B. Harlow was elected State councilor, to succeed John D. Simpson; A. C. Columbus was elected State vice councilor; Frank C. Mangum, State warden; H. F. Sud- worth, State conductor; Thomas F. Jone: State treasurer; George C. yers, State chaplain; Willam P.| Ernest, inside State sentinel, and Edward A. Bejhl, outside State sentinel. Couneilor's Report. The retiring State councilor present- ed his annual report, with a recom mendation that the initiation fee of the order be reduced as a means of increasing the membership. The con- vention disapproved this suggestion. State Secretary John Pender report- ed that there are 20 councils in the District of Columbia, with a member- ship totaling 4,000, Couneils making | a net gain of more than 20 were Anacostia, No. 16; Edward J. Ross, No. 26, and Capital, No. 25. Other | councils showing membership gains were Liberty Bell, No. 55; Potomac- Valley Forge, No. 32; Woodrow Wil- son, No. 11; Eagle, No. 2; Francis Scott Key, No. 22, and Washington, No. 13. Omer Stubbs, national vice councilor, of Covington, Ky., announced a gain | in membership in Kentucky during | the past six months of 3.000. The | new members include the governor and | lieutenant governor, he said. Ten thousand new members were added to the rolls throughout the country dur- ing that period, it was' declared. Mr. Stubbs sald there.were 114 members of the order in the House and 19 in the Senate, | National Councilor E. A. Llewelyn | | told of the order's activitics in further- ance of stricter immigration laws. After their reception at the White | House the delegates went to Mount Vernon, where the national officers placed a wreath on the tomb of George Washington. On the way bac they will visit the Georg> Washing- ton National Masonic Memorial i Alexandria. Annual Banquet, The annual banquet of the council will be held at 6:30 this evening at the Raleigh Hotel. Speakers will in- clude Charles I. S , former Representative of and Rev. Luther B. Franck, rector of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Ana- costia. Members of Congress ex- pected at the banquet include Repre- sentatives John C. Box, J. Will Taylor and B. Carroll Reece of Tennessee, John J. McSwain and Albert Gasque of South rolina and John M. Robsion of Kentucky. Members of the local council and | the national officers will go to Arlington Cemetery tomorrow morn- ing at 11 o’clock and place a wreath BURIED UNDER 1 o I . THE TOKENS OF A GRATEFUL NATION'S HOMAGE. Perhaps, best of all, this tells the story of Armistice day and the outpouring of a Nation's gratitude to its heroes of the great war. As evening shadows.fell yesterday the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was lost to view under its deep blanket of flowers. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. SUCCESS PREDICTED FOR CHARITY DRIVE Catholics Expect $40,000 Campaign to Reach Goal With Pastors’ Aid. Carpenter. Revealed as Hero of War, Once Sentenced to Die for Desertion| CONSULAR SERVICE| By the Associated Press. As this is the first support of all the pastors of the city vear the active |y o o’ g Richard L. Stierheim, former- | in the front.line {renches. There his lv a Baltimore carpenter and a mem.- | heroism in bringing in wounded under | | bor of Company B, 315th Infantry.|five attracted the attention o Resignation of David K. . Bruc | The story was also carried in this|who recommended clemency, | week's issue of the Editor and Pub-|continued. His sentence was s : SR by o | of Maryland, from the consular serv- Files of ‘the Sun showed, the paper| ~Stierheim was decorated for valor | ice has been submitted to the Govern- | states, that a staff correspondent in-|by Gen. Pershing, but no record of | ment. 1le served as vice consul at {terviewed Stierheim shortly after his|the d return from France, Stierheim was' paper ies, expects the drive for $40,000 to exceptionally ht at a meeting of the team captains in the City Club. {of the Unknown at 11 o'clock, and | . | stood at salute while E. L. Mattice, |adio convention. |the wreath from the arms of the After his sent to the guardhouse. He as captured and sentenced {or Future | Special Dispatch to The Star. has been found, the | 1925, With his wife, formerly is to continue until the 23d. O'Connor is general chairman of | the committee in charge. s to teamwork were completed lact night. meeting will 4 o'clock in the City Club. teams totaling approximately 250 members are to assist in the ap- Next week meetings will held every nighat to take stock of the day's activities. Each team will be aided by a mem- ber of the executive committee. trude Marsden and Hepry J. Auth; St. tary of the Treasury. he has bheen Ii Gabriel's, Miss Margaret McAlest ALIMONY PLEA DENIED. | ing at the home of Senator Bruce in | and Dr. John O'Grady; Holy Com- | this city. The marriage last year was | a social event of national interest Woman Falls to Get Ald During|® [0 Sillic ’law at the Universi Annulment Suit. | of Virginia and the University | s Maryland after two years at Prince- Flynn ‘and Raymond Wise; Immacu-| Mrs. Cecil . Means was denied tem- | ton,” Upon graduation he became en- late Conception, Miss Ann Atkinson |Dorary alimony yesterday by Justice|gaged with bis father's law firm. and D. J. Dunigan; St. Joseph’s, Mvs. | Hoehling in Equity Division 1 in her | 1924 he served a part term as a dele- : - e . | gate in the Maryland Legislature. He Martin's, Miss Catherine Donavan | \Phulment suit against Charles F.|}00 nlade no definite plans for the and Allen Pobe; St. Matthow's, Mrs Means. She sued to have her mar-| future, he said last night. Reiman Chesley and Dr. Henry J. | riage annuled o : at hel Crosson; St. Patrick's, Miss Estelle | ;s Gl DIt L L Kearney and Arthur J. May; st | Paul's, Mrs. Joseph Hardie and|Went through a ceremony with her ORMULGEE, Okls Joseph D. Sullivan: St. Peter's, Miss |July 1, 1920, i Mary Bauskett and M. D. Schaeife acred Heart, Miss Katherina Knotf | nd B. F. Saul; St. Stephen’s, Miss [deny that hor marriags Anna Keady and Georze 1. Potter; |fore she may be awarded St. Teresa's, Mrs. Willlam Echterman lere the wife relies on the invalidity | at Beggs, Okla., last May. Brandon and Charles W, Parr, of the contragty > 2 s forter, Miss Sara McGarvey and James H. Johnson, jr.; Holy Name, Miss Mary Quinn and Frs Weller; Holy Trinity, William Hettinger and Hugh Reilly: will assist them in their shes ars as follows: St. Minnie Muhler Marie Creahen and Raphael Semmes; a Miss Helen Anthony and M, on the Tomb of the Unknown Sollier. A. Meane; ®t. Deminic's, l(*u Ger- v 1 w3 already married when he Third Bandit Convicted. P was given life in prisen, YOUNG BRUCE QUITS drafted and sent to Camp Meade, Md., | BALTIMORE, Md., November 12.— | for training, the Sun says. Son of Maryland Senator Says He The Sun sald yesterday that a con-|arrivhl in France he refused to drill i scientious objector, who was decorated < A (R E T for bravery under fire after being sen- tenced to death for desertion from the 2 court-martial. American Army during the World| While awaiting the death sentence, War, has been virtually identified | he escaped and rejoined his regiment UNKNOWN ATTOMB' AGREED TOBY U.S. ‘500 Members of DistrictjAmerican Delegation Re- verses Attitude at lnt_erna- tional Conference. Council March to Arling- ton Cemetery. | More than 500 members of the | By the Aseociated Press. | District of Columbia Council of the | The American delegation to the in- | Boy Scouts marched 10 i i Sthn | ternational radio conference set & | 49th Dram and Bugle Corps, placed precedent yesterday by agreeing, In wreath on the Unknown Soldicr's | a meeting of the full convention com- ve in the name of all the Boy | . | & b o mittee of the conference to the In- ‘\JC“"Sh“F Ameues ™ {}‘;’Tfli.‘f" 1':.'3."‘1 | clusion of an unconditional and com- s b e e el o | pulsory arbitration clause in an | tributes on the graves of Brig. Gen. || : > - Lloyd M. Brett, former vice president | ;'fif"fl):i‘:g:“%mi:‘:“'y binding upor of the Boy Scouts in Washington, and / Ll Eton Reversing the attitude it had dward 1. Comegys, Bov Scout | ;qopted last week in a subcommittee, 0 Ao akilled in action during the | hen it favored the existing optional : iop | arbitration clause, the _delegation Marching in full military forms | ke 5 . anjarching in full milltary formation | vored in favor of compulsory arbi- : ; tration for the settlernent of any in- troops, the Scouts reached the Tomb | {TAOt for Ghe SCCHICTelt of ARy n previous treaties and conven- stipulating _arbitration, the an Government always has ant to the Scout executive, lifted cout bearers and placed it on th> | Tomb, {excepted from such treatment di putes involving national honor and iaferro. independence or other questiens not District Com- | considered suitable for arbitration. oner, who was | oc'uced by - L. | te Department officials, 4t is un- A. Snead, president ot the District of | derstood, thought, however, that since | Columbia Council of the Boy Scouts, | the radio convention will be an en- made a brief memorial “address in | tively. technical instrument, and dis- which he said that the Unknown |putes arising from it will in'no way who had died as a hevo in|involve America’s independence, ce of his country, should |honor or any other matter which serve as an inspiration to the Boy |could not with all propriety be ar- Scouts of all America to live the lives | bitrated. to which they had pledged themselves.| In the same convention committee While the group of several hundred | yesterday the Ameriean delegation visitors and citizens who had come to | achieved one of the major goals”of pay their ttibute stood with l\t-(\ds"\mer n radio policy by obtalning bared, and the Scout troops formed 4 | the elimination from the London battalion line at attention, a Scout| convention of an article which ex- blew ““Taps” over the grave. tended to radio practice certain rules The troops then proceeded to the|.nd regulations taken from the inter- grave of Gen. Erett, who lies at the | national telegraphic convention. Lot of the grass-co Since the American Government is the tomb of the U g | not a party to the telegraphic con- hore repeated the formalities that | vention the anomalous situation had had cxercised in their tribute to | arisen that while American cable the unknown hero. | companies were not hampered by the Snead Makes Address. restrictions of this convention, Amer- Md., November 12.— | | son of Senator Willlam Cabell Bruce Ilome following his appointment in Mi Ailsa Mellon, daughter of the Se {srave of thelr own Lieut. Comes |and father stood by. (#).—Clyde Brandon, accused handi he court pointed out that section | was found gullty of murder yesterda of the code requires that a wife| the third man to be convicted for the invalid be.|slaying of a police officer who tried alimony and | to frustrate the robbery of two banks ican radio concerns were bound bv The W was placed on Gen. |some of these owing to America’s e by Mr. Snead, who alwo | affiliation with the international radio v ! made the memorial address, in which | convention, |uo raid that while the Sconis | Ay Were tmmeacorans viener e | EXPLORER GETS MEDAL. cause of his lite, which they could | always cherish as a legacy and a val- le heritage. New York Club’s Trophy Is Pre- 'hen marching a mile away to the sented to Nansen. with drums beating a muffled tattoo, OSLO, Norway, November 12 (#). | they again paid a military tribute, and | The medal of the Explorers’ Club flowers were placed upon this hero's | New York has been presented to Dr. grave by two Scouts, while his mother | Fridtjof Nansen, polar explorer, | Laurits S. Swenson, American Minis- [ter, in behalf of the National Geo- TR pe sraphic Society of America. Negro Singer's Estate $33,146.88. | The presentation was made at a ban- EW YORK tion. in rec- NEW YORK, November 12 (f).— |Juet at the American legatlo. in re Slorence Mills, " fs . ognition of Nansen's Arctic achieve- Florence olills, famous negro singer | ments, Members of the cabinet, Mavor ancer, left an estate valued at|porge of Oslo and other notable per §33,146.88, but no will. Surrogate | sons were among the gues um}x‘n granted letters of administration |~ . to her husband, Ulysses S. Thompson, : yesterday. Noted Engineer Dead. Besides her husband, the only other | 103 ANGELES, November 12 (#). heir to the revue star's estate was| _\yjjjam Scott Humbert, nationally her mother, Nellie Winfrey, of New [0 (0l Who had a large pa York. |in the construction of the Croton, e Y., reservoir aqueduct and the N More than 5,000 people have died of | agara Falls power project. died in & sleeping sigkness in England and'hospital yesterday after thres weeks' Walen in the unst five vears. tHinaea, F