Evening Star Newspaper, November 15, 1927, Page 17

THE EVENING STAR., WASHINGTON, D. €, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1927. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE PRAIS) LINDBERGH'S FEAT IN PRESE NTING MEDAL. On the stage of the Washington Auditorium last night as the President delivered his addre before presenting to Col. Charles Lindhergh the Hubbard medal of the National Geographic Society for his pioneer ht from New York to Paris. Seated, left to right, are: Mrs. E vangeline Lindbergh, Mrs. Coolidge, Dr, Gilbert Grosvenor, Col. Lind: bergh and Assistant Secretary MacCracken of the Commerce Department. Copyright by P. & A. Photos, ADMIRING CROWDS PURSUE FLYERS THROUGH WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS. Crowds-waylaid the famous group of l|yer;1 assembled at the White House yesterday after the luncheon as guests of President Coolidge. The three being pursued here are, left to right, Clarence ( ‘ham- berlin, who flew from New York to Germany; Lieut. Lester Maitland, trail blazer of the Pacific air route to Hawaii, and Col. Charles _Llnd!)o!'gh, who ploneered the New Yorli-to-Paris air trail. Copyright by Harris & Ewing. —_— sl sl il SHARING THE SPOTLIGHT AT THE WHITE HOUS| Col. Lind- bergh and Ruth Elder meet as they assemble with the Nation's other famous flyers for the White House luncheon yesterday as guests of President_Coolidge, They appeared to be the special magnets which drew crowds to the White House grounds. ‘Washington Star Photo. COL. LINDBERGH ARRIVING WITH HIS MOTHER. The famous flyer, who was honored with the Hubbard medal last night, is shown here with his mother as Assistant Secretary Davison of the War De- partment (at_left) greeted the their arrival at Bolling Field i plane from New Yeuk. INDIAN CELEBRATES 118th BIRTHDAY. - Nah-Nee-Num-Nah-Skuk, a ful lood Pottawatomie Indian, who has just entered his 119th year and is believed by many to be the oldest gemn on earth. The ancient brave, who was born where the city of. Chicago now stands, has been married five times. Wide World Photos. REMUS LEAVING CELL FOR TRIAL. With law books under his arm, George Remus, who is acting as his own counsel at his trial for the slaying of his wife, is shown here leaving his cell in the Cincinnati Jjail to appear at the opening of the trial. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. TWO DIE, ONE HURT ATGRADE CROSSING Men Killed at Kensington as| They Crawl Under Gate. Woman Injured. Arthur Bell and Harry West, both middle-aged colored men, were killed instantly at 0 a.m. today, when they crawled under the lowered gate of the Kensington, Md., grade-crossing directly in the path of the eastbound Capitol Limited of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Mrs. Bell, who walked around the end of the gate instead of following her husband, was tsrown clear of the tracks, sustaining cuts about the head and hips, but no serious injuries. Bell, according to the story told by Mrk. Bell to Dr. Eugene Jones, who tended her after the accident, w on his way to the home of a justice of the peace to obtain a warrant for three colored men who, he claimed, had held him up and robbed him on the railroad tracks last night, and West was showing him the way to the magistrate’s home. Bell had been employed for many years as a trackwalke nd was one of the hest known colored residents of Randolph, Md., near K gton. cording 10 e . the men have had view of the baoth dir On the op- k a it locomotive was 4 not he gates h 10 minutes m: track i posite &tandin it structed the view. down for ahout the freizht switching Neither body passed under wheels, but both were badly m After she had been given f by Dr. Jor Georgetown o death the ngled aid fatalitics at this | t year. MELLON SEES BUSINESS have ob- | Accused Dry Agent Forbidden to Enter Maryland County J. Randolph Brewer, prohibition agent, who is one of four charged with murder in connection with the death of a St. Marys County farm- er, has been ordered by Prohibi- tion Commissioner Doran not to appear in St. Marys County. Brewer, who has not heen re- moved from the prohibition force, was recently the subject of much criticism from citizens of the county because he appeared in a car with prohibition agents. Brew- er was only driving the car, and had been ordered to take part in no raids or arrests, according to prohibition officials. CITIZENS’ COUNCL GIVEN INDORSEMENT FEast Washington Group Extends Support to Advisory Board. Hazleton Re-Elected./ The Citizens’ Advisory Council was unanimously indorsed by the East Washington Heights Association at its meeting last night in the Brad- 'y Heights Methodist Episcopal n was re-elected of the association, as was . M. Blair Domer. Other officers chosen were H. F. Welsh, first vice president; Robert F. Bradbu rond vice president, and B. Frank mith, treasurer. Mr. Domer and Mr. osen as delegates to president the secr zens appointed a commit- t upon the Commissioners urge the immediate beginning of vk on the proposed water main on Alabama avenuo southeast between Branch avenue and the District line. | The appropriation of $42.900. for the purpose was made ava bie on July . but as yet nothing has heen done. The committee was composed of Mr, Bradbury, Mr. Domer, Mr. Hazleton . Welsh, SITUATION FAVORABLE | Activities “Spotty,” Secretary Says, but No Adverse Signs in General Conditions Are Noted. Secretars of the T sees no unfavorahle & Mellon the busi- nizht reasury are what the Secret for instanc St weak, and ! hits not been so zood, though for the moment there prospect of hetterment, Some were going full tilt, rotwiths Dut it Is a little too crly fo; ment to be pronounced on the eion, in the Sccroiary’s opinion 1t could not be T stance, whether 19 summed up by Tre collections durin great as that of 142 down to a quéstion of spe n as to what the future would show, hut the Secretary did not consider that depression was to be expected business, lines Judig situa Thirty-nine useful electric household appliances are now being manufac- tured. : me | olutions were passed asking for r' ir of the intersection of | Forty-second street and Southern ave- nue southeast and for the change of the | st I Forty-second street { betwoen rond and Sbuthern lavenue, Pennsylvania avenue be- tween .nd Alabama_ave- nues road and South venue from lamps of 60-candle: to 240 candlepower. s announced that several men i from the federation would be invited {to the next meeting to speak on mat- {ters of civic tmportance, Those men- tioned included William MecK. C ton. Muj. Clayton S. Emig and Jame: G. Yaden, the president. W wable, William W. Boswell, s eIl and C. G. Zepp were eiect- fed o membership, on Hobson Will Speak. | Special Dispatch to The Star. | TAUNTON, V November 15.— {' pt. Richmond Pearson Hobson, the ! leading lecturer of the Anti | League, and hero of the Merr |in the naval battle of ‘Santiago in the Spanish-American War; will deliver a lecture at the First Baptist Church, Staunton, Va,, Wednesday evening, November 16, at 8 o'clock, . . RED MEN OF LOCAL COUNCIL ARRANGE FOR PARADE HERE TODAY. Chiefs of the Great Council, Ty District, meeting to make arrangements for the local parade. ved Order of Red Men of the Seated in the center of the group is Senator Cole Blease, past great sachem. SUSPECTS FREED IN GIRL SLAYING Three Under Quiz Eliminated in Probe of School Student’s Death. Fourth Still Held. By the Associated Press. PORTAGE, Wis, November 15— Three of four persons questioned in connection with the slaying of Helen Leng, .15-year-old high school fresh- | e fr g The fourth, | Tom . aged recluse, faced | turt by the distric | attorne; | Follow the g examination when ttend- | "ing @ theater y eveninig with a chum, June Moran, her body was found by Willlam MeLaughlin, The girl had been shot in the back of the head with a shotgun, her j clothing torn and her |an o) | she had 1 riminally a | Two high sch i !from Lodi, nearby, whose name was | not made public, were questioned released last nizht. | The girl’s fath said | his daughter never had been permit- | ted out after dark unaccompanied but that Sunday she had failed to| telephone that she was leaving her chum’s home alone, Another Portage girl, Martha B was attacked near the sa August. hody of Lillian | kee, who also was s near Waukesha. | wa sha | ing , was killed mhout a ook *' Dousman. — The hus. | hand plice were sen- tenced sonment day. P Harry Lenz in, was found an a to life fmpr yester- | Boy Shot Playing With Pistol. Special Dispateh to Thy Star. HBURG, Va. November 15.— prt Roberts, of Hurts is at the Lynchburg Hos al suffering from a pistol shot wound in his right chest, . 19, of Milwau- ({ which he aceldentally inflicted Sunday afternoon while playing with a pistol at his home, Germany Owes Balance of $224.221,398 To U. S. as Cost of Army of Occupation By the Associated Pr A balance of §: due the United States from Germany on June 30, 1927, for costs of the American Army of Occupation. The figures are given in the annual re- port of Maj. n. Kenzie W. Walker, chief of finance of the Army, whic shows also that Germany made y ments during the: preceding year through distribution of Dawes plan annuities of $8,919,849. Gen. Walker amount of Ar foreign countric The report a value of pa Army expenditur ing that § 246 had been saved in commes ounts during the fiscal vear by mpt payment of bills. The sum 6 per cent of the maximum 11d_have heen collected in this way, Gen. Walker said. Iso fixed th surplus sa 1t §835,231 in emphas u-buy polic PARENTS MAY ASK COURT AID IN SCHOOL SQUABBLE Strike of Students Over Dismissal of Superintendent Likely to Be Appealed. November 1dahy High npathy with sted superin- their par- cttlement. Se was dis- Milwaukes School Monday night for allesed ation, impudence and fail- e for his responsibilities. ¢, approximately 400 stu- dents walked out and refused to re- turn, A 3, i e strike of the ¢ School students in ward | C. Seifert, tendent, ‘may be carri ents 1o the court ntendent by the insuhe I delegation of Cudahy teachers ounferred with John M. ate superintendent, at he told them he was e a hand in the fight, thelr only recourse would ourts. The parents held a mass meeting last nteht, discussing plans of carrying the case the onrts and seeking dismissal of cer- tain members of the boar he the American Woman to Wed Exile. November 15 Dorothy Cochrane, American and Prince Nicholas Karageorgevitch, Russian exile of Serblan ancestry, will be married by civil ceremony at the city hall in the sixth arrondissement late today, A ot RECORD VOTE FORESEEN Colorado District Today Balloting for Representative in Congress Confronted by Volstead Law. A Press, November 15. campaign centered on the wet and G issue brought forecasts of a record vote here today in a special election to name a successor to the late Wil- liam N. Vaile, Republican Repre- sentative to Congress from the fitst Colorado district, Both candidates, Francis J. Knauss, vy, and 8. Harrison advocate of modifi- ead act, closed long campaizns with predictions of victory, White declared that response to_his ign for modification of the Vol d act had been “most gratifying.” Knauss repeatedly accused White tof “sidetracking all but the so-called modif @ straw vote on matters not directly involved in tho campaign.” e and-Run Driver. L, November 15.— s old, of ed un- and v, when Montgomery Gaithersburg, consclous, receivin bruises about the he struck by a_hitand- civer mear License numbers on the machine were taken by a witness. Of- ficers said the automoblle belonged to Austin Ball, Knollwood, Md. A war- total n d the ON “WET AND DRY” ISSUE| HEARING ANNOUNCED ON AUTO INSURANCE Proponents of Compulsory Law to Present Arguments Tomorrow Be- fore C. of C. Committee. Proponents of compulsory automo- bile liability insurance, which has been-proposed for application in the District of Columbia, will be given their rebuttal hearing before the spe- clal committee of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, which is study- ing the question, at 8 o'clock tomor- row evening in the chamber offices in { the Homer Building. | Al in favor of the proposed enact- ment here of an i automobile owners are invited by the chamber officials to attend the session and will be given an opportunit answer objections to the law raised at the recent hearing for opponents of the measurs j_ Jeromo Fanciulll, chairman of the special subcommittee of the chamber | committee on police and fire protee- {tion and_public safety, will preside |over the hearing. Following this ses- sion arguments on hoth side: question will be tabulated by the full committee, o which Charles W. Darr is chairman. Recommendations then will be made to the chamber directors for action. BRIDGE HEARING HELD. Being Considered Today. - Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., November 15— A hearing on the revised plans for the construction of ths proposed Chesa- peake Bay bridge is being held here today in the office of Maj. C. R. Pet- {Revised Plans for Chesapeake Span | Salesman, 93, Dies After 69 Years of “Road Traveling” By the Associated Press. JOPLIN, Mo., November 15.— Byrd Lockhart McKinney, 93, prob- ably the oldest traveling salesman in the United States, is dead. He had been on the road 69 years. Mr. McKinney covered his terri- tory up to the time of his death last night, representing a Kansas City house. Before coming to Joplin 37 years ago, he traveled in western Kan- sas, using a buggy as a means of transportation, EPISCOPAL AUXILIARY T0 MEET TOMORROW Third Annual Institute Will Hold Three-Day Sessions at Trin- ity House. The third annual Institute of the Woman's Auxiliary of the piscopal Church in the diocese of Washington will open a three-day meeting tomor- row in Trinity Diocesan House, with prominent clergymen participating. Right. Rev. George W. Davenport, Bishop of the Diocese of Easton, Md. a former Washington clergyman, will be the principal speaker at the eve- ning mass meeting of the institute tomorrow. Rev. Robert rector of St. John's Church, La; Square, will preside. Right Rev E. Freeman, Bishop of Washingtons will introduce Lishop Davenport. .\ diocesan supper conference, sponsored by the Dioces tment of Mis sions, the La rvice Associa- tion and the precede the mas Goodwin of W n National Field copal Church, will kK at the conferer Miss Laura Boyer, educational see- v of the National Department of ons, will hold a series of training classes for members of the Woman's Auxiliary of the diocese, during the stitute's sessions. 5. ze of an exhibit of cross-stitch embroidery made by Chinese wome which will be on view in Trinif Diocesan House. J. M. HEINBUCK DIES. Arlington County Civic Leader to Be Buried Tomorrow. Dispatch to The Star, CLARENDON, V; ovember 15.- h vears of age, | Spe « y, died Emergency Hospital in Washi, Funeral services will be held tomor- row afternoon at 3 o'clock s alls Church Baptist Churel will be in Oakwood Cemete ‘Burial { tis, United States Army district engi- neer, in the customhou The original plans, which met with opposition from Baltimore and Phila- delphia_shipping interests, have been changed to allow more horizontal clearance of th. spans on each side of the draws. The vertical clearances .. want has been issued for his arrest, of the spans also have been increased, ' James Heinbuck, Mr. Heinbuck had county for the past 15 president of the Leeway Citizens' As- sociation and as such represented his community in the Arlingten County Civic Federation. Besides his widow, the deceased is survived by four chil- ided in the rs. He was Edmund Lee, wife of a mis- | Anking, China, will be n H_\mm EIGHT ACGIDENTS CAUSED BY AUTOS Four of Those Injured in Last Night’s Traffic Mis- haps Are Children. it persons, four of them children, were injured last night in traffic acel- dents. Irving Luskey, 16 years old, of 1123 Morse street northeast, a bicyclist, was one of the victims. The police re- port said it was believed he had been struck by a hitand-run driver, but at the boy's home this morning it was sald a witness declared he had ridden into an excavation for electric light wires on Morse street between Eleventh and Twelfth streets. The boy sust ous head injuries, but Casualty Hospital reported this morning that he was improving. Hattie Henderson, colored, 39 years old, 705 mont street, was severely injured by an automobile of John Mc- Manus, 610 Morton street, while in front of 3330 Georgia avenue e: last night. She was treated at Fre men's Hospital for a laceration over her eyes and an injury to her he: John P. Kc ¥ old, 247 Four- teenth street southe , and Ernest Loehman, 29 years old. 1507 D street were knocked down at avenue Seventh rented automobile driven by Valentine, a sailor, doing du U. 8. S. hey were treat- ed at C al for cuts and brui Whila crossing Thirteenth and hout 8:15 © Montague, colored, street southwest, was knocked down by the automobile of Edward C. Murphy, 1718 First street, and slightly injured. She was given first aid at Freedmen's Hospil Floyd lHarris, 939 Twenty-sixth strect, was driver of a motor vehicle that crossed the curb at Twenty- seventh and L streets yvesterday after- and _injured John T. Mock, L street. The boy, . was treated at Hospital. % years old, K streot, was knocked down by automobile of R. D. Mattingly, River- dale, Md., while playing in front of his homq yesterday afternoon. Ths child, hid ‘hip slightly injured, was taken to Emergeney Hospital. 3 7 years old, 1115 K street, was knocked down mear Yenth achusetts avenue early automobile of Max street, and ns at Emer. treated her. ualty Hosp W street “ourtcenth streets ck last night Annie ars old, 29 M between 6y W Accused of Stealing Gasoline. Special Dispateh to The LYNCHBURG, Va Sam Giles and youths who were traveling South in an automobile carrying a Pennsyl vania license, were given 30 days at the city farm on a charge of stealing gasoline from a parked car in the ovember 15.— ette Strattoffe, dren—Joseph, jr.; Ethel, Marie and streets here. The hovs were using a tube to get gasoline from ths car whel; they ‘were caught,