Evening Star Newspaper, November 24, 1927, Page 17

W—— THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON | | | | | | | | D C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1927. PROVIDING FOR THE SPORT OF LOCAL ANGLERS AT THE TIDAL BASIN. More than a hundred of the big bass seined from the Dalecarlia Reservoir had a ride in the shipping cans of the Bureau of Fisheries yesterday to the Tidal Basin. Here they are at the end of their journey being dumped into their new home, A THANKSGIVING FAREWELL. This scene of farewell to an old friend as the big feast day arrived has no doubt been enacted on many American farms this week. But this big gobbler can count himself lucky DALECARLIA RESERVOIR YIELDS BIG HAUL OF BLACK BASS. Some of the prize bass taken in one of the hauls yesterday at the big reservoir on Conduit road. More than a hundred bass of the big-mouth va- riety were brought up in the seine. Under the supervision of the Bureau of Fisheries, the fish were trans- ferred to the Tidal Basin to supplement the bass planted there from the river a year ago to make the basin an attractive fishing water. Washington Star Photo. that he has survived at least several other Thanksgivings. H. Armstrong Roberts. where they should provide good sport for the Capital's 1zaak Walton clan. Washington Star Photo. SCHOOL YOU costumed for the Thanksgiving play Reed, teacher at the school, directe the play. GSTERS RECALL PILGRIM DAYS IN THANKSGIVING PL. 1 which they took part yesterday at the school before Third and fourth grade pupils of the Wesley Heights School audience of parents and other gu M W. T. s, Washington Sta NORMAL SCHOOL STUDENTS PRESENT “CHILDREN'S BOOK WEEK” PLAY. The student teachers of the Wi son Normal School who took part in the play presented at the school’s auditorium yesterday, in which they represented characters in favorite children’s stories. The play was directed by senior class students, and all the well known characters of Jack and Jill, Mother Goose and others were present. Washington Star Photo. " OIL JURY SCANDAL | IS INAGTIVE TODAY, First “Vacation” Afforded Those Concerned in Fall- Sinclair Case. Thanksgiving day found the Fall- Sinclair jury tampering scandal quiet and inactive for the first time since it was hurled into the oil conspiracy | trial and resulted in those proceed- ings being brought to an abrupt end | by the presiding justice. First “Vacation.” Before closing their desks for the first “vacation” they have been able | 10 take advantage of since the first of the month, United States Attorney Peyton Gordon and his assistant, Neil Burkinshaw, set into motion ma- | chinery for serving the six Sinclair end Burns men with certified copies of Justice Frederick L. Siddons’ rule 0 appear before him December 5 and show cause why they should not be | cited in contempt of court. Accom- | panying the rule were certified copies of Maj. Gordon's petition to the court alleging that the individuals in ques- tion tampered with or sought to in- fluence the oil trial jur: Sinclair, New York oil magnate, and his confidential asso- ciate, Henry Mason Day, vice presi- dent of the Sinclair Exploration Co., will be approached within the next few days by the United States marshal in New York City and presented with the rule and petition. Sheldon Clark, another confidential associate and vice president of the Sinclair Refining Co., will be served by the United States marshal in Chicago, Clark’s residence. William J. Burns, founder of th Burns International Detective Agenc Inc., and former chief of the Bureau of Investization, Department of Justice; his son, W. Sherman Burns, mecretarg-treasurer of the agency, end Charles L. Vietsch, manager of the Baltimore bureau of the agency, will be served in the office of their | attorney, Charles A. Douglas, in the Southern Building, Monday, by a deputy United States marshal. Mr. Douglas, noted criminal lawyer, end who represented M. T. Everhart, son-in-law of Albert B. Fall, at the latter’s triul when Everhmrt, as a ! Government witness, refused to an- swer questions on the ground of self- tion, made arrangements | yesterday with Maj. Gordon for the service of the court’s orders upon his | ghree clients. Boes Not Doubt. | ax no doubt but that amed in the 'xnh-l * will accept service., | Other attaches of his office. howeve explained should the sextet desire, they could t » Maj. Gor- don's contempt proceeding ind nitely by refusing to accept servi and be within their constitutional rights. All those mentioned in the coi tempt rule will be required to apr person before the court while thelr attorn it is anticipated, will offer testimony and arguments in Tetutation of the charges. There is a possibility that the contempt proceed- | ings may becme quite a lengthy affair. | Maj. Gordon at his home today his office ton s ready for the 5th In addition to the co day a h | | | Maj all six pel 10 show c: i id of December.” tempt proceedings on t - yng is scheduled to be held before Vnited States Commissioner Needham | spite the crash of milk bottles. CHRISTMIAS SEASON FOR SHOPPING HERE Merchants and Manufactur-| ers’ Secretary Announces 1927 Inauguration Today. While all Washington stores are closed for the Thanksgiving holiday, | today really marks the inauguration | of the 1927 Christmas shoppping sea- | son in this city, according to a state- ment today by Edward D. Shaw, sec- retary of the Merchants and Manu- | facturers’ Association. Beginning today and continuing through the week end the leading de- partment stores and shops which cater especially “hristmas buyers will unveil their Christmas show win- dows, which have been lavishly stock- ed with gift articles. Many of the local shops will have their formal Christmas opening to- morrow morning, advancing their Christmas _offerings nearly a week ahead of the practice of former years as a means of eliminating the last- | minute rush of gift buying and mail- ing, which has been the experience of former years, Mr. Shaw points out. This early preparation for the Christ- mas season, the merchants’ secretary states, is in response to -the grow- ing public demand for opportunity to shop in advance of the hectic Christ rush and in_ accord with r-shop early movement sponsored by merchants’ organizations and postal authorities throughout the merchants, says Mr. Shaw have m the greates preparations for Christmas in the history of Washington. : “Until this week the general pub- lic has given little or no direct atten- tion to the rapidly approaching Christ- mas season,” Mr. Shaw said. “How ever, it for many months has loomed large in the minds of merchants, job- bers, manufacturers, traveling sal men, inventors, artists, advertising of novelties, California Vermont turkey farm- of the Michigan fir trict, silversmiths, Iri linen weavers, commercial courers whose lives are spent combing the obscure markets of the Orient, and tens of thousands of others engaged in mo' woodsmen modern romace of merchandisin As a result of this preparation, he points out, Jocal merchants now i placing their entir on display., | DRIVER ESCAPES CRASH. :quired a real mean- ing for Andrew Kearns of Falls Church, Va., driver of a milk truck owned by Wise Bros. dairy, when the truck upset as it turned from First street into Pennsylvania avenue this morning, and he ped unhurt_de- The radius rod Lecame loose and one end dropped down into the spokes of the left front wheel, causing the truck to turn turtle. Kearns, feeling the machine falling, jump Thanksgiving,s v signed by Burkinshaw immediately after Clark refused to answer ques- tions put before the grand jury as to whether he received reports from | Burns detectives employed by Day to shadow the jury. His grounds were that any testimony he gave might tend to incriminate him. Day adopted | the same grounds and was held for the action of the grand jury on the Turnage on the complaint sizned Burkinshaw charging Clark with empting 1o influence the Fall inclair jury. The complaint was |same complaint by the commissioner. He waived a preliminary hearing, while Clark demanded one. NEW LEGION HEAD MEETS PRESIDENT. National C¢ E. Spafford of the American Legion discussing at the White House yesterday proposed legis| Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. ‘World War veterans. vith President Coolidge ive measures affecting AMBASSADOR'S WIFE JOINS FAMILY HERE. Mme. Paul Claudel. wife of the French Ambassador, and their small daughter Rene arriving to join other members of the family, which is now completely reunited in Washington. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. NEBRASKA SENATOR HITS “POWER TRUST” Says Group Backing Smith and to block “any s Vare Would Balk Flood Control. Existence of a power trust seeking tematic flood control program” and also opposing CGovern- ment operation of Muscle Shoals was « Republican, of Nebr: ¢ i t Minois Christmas stocks | in | sheffiela velopme I « harged yesterday by Senator Norris, aska. Senator Norris, who will renew his session for Government tion of the Alabama property, 1 the trust “is the same speclal s that are insisting now that ate should admit Smith of and Vare of ; Pennsylvania to the Senate chamber.” In a letter to Allen | declar ntere: he Sej Roulhae of proposed de Shoals along lines, the 4 “the power of us to He declared that trol the flood waters of the M Valley, we are going to run up the same power, the s same combination th: Muscle Shoals qu « wives were pr me trust, the we have been to settle the in trying stion. ip against MORROWS HONORED. ICO CITY, November 24 (#). ng Foreign Minister Kstrada e a luncheon at the foreign office in honor of the American s. Dwight W. Mor- nd the entire staff of the em- and their wives. All the high wfficials of the foreign office with their >nt While this was a usual diplomatic courtesy, it is nevertheless considered [ t feel observers as further evidence of Mexican government's cordial ing toward Ambassador Morrow, 1 | | | | \Bass, Crappies, Carp and Cathsh Placed In Tidal Basin From Delecarlia Catch The waters of the Tidal Basin were amply stocked with fish yesterday, and future fishermen will find the bit- ing better at those “grounds” as the result of the transplantation of a large catch of big-mouth bass, crappies, carp and catfish brought up from the Delecarlia Reservoir in a giant seine, under the direction of the United States Bureau of Fish- eries, The seining of the Dalecarlia Res- ervoir was finally accompl several delays and unsuccessful tempts during the past few days. When the big net, measuring some 1,500 feet in length, was first brought up from storage, 35 miles down in Virginia, it was found to have been badly damaged by rats, and its repair required two da Then a 5 or 6 foot deposit of mud on the reservoir bot- tom hampered the first attempt at at- | seining In the northwest end of the water. The next haul was fairly cessful when a bag of some 20 crap- pies, the largest weighing over 2 pounds, was brought up. x The first real successful haul, how- ever, was net had until vesterda morning, whesi over a hundred big- mouth bass od a large amount of crappies, carp_and catfish were in- cluded in the big catch. These fish were placed in special containers from the Bureau of Fisheries and were hauled by trucks to the waters of the Tidal Basin, where they were dumped n. Glen C. Leach, under whose per- sonal supervision' the work is being done, was planning to have the deep- est part of the reservoir seined, where the water ranges from 20 to 30 fect in depth. and the men doing this work that a rge number of bass will be found in l! deeper places. SURF GUIDES FLYERS. Phosphorescent Waves on Coast | Act as Night Beacon. Correspondence of the Assoctated Press. BRIDGEPORT. Conn.—The white gleam of phosphorescent surf at night, extolled by many a poet, has been put to practical use as a flying_guide by air mail pilots on the Boston-New York route, One aviator, with a record of 700 trips between these terminals, says that he never pic up a beacon placed high on a hill in Easton, but that he found a better trail blazed by surf breaking along the coast line of Long Island Sound. Beacons placed on hills at some points in Connecticut now are to be moved closer to the shore, fo that their beams may flash upon the surf. | The light rays glinting on the surface {of the brea ing waves are expected to intensify the whiteness of the foam. DIGS HIS OWN GRAVE. Octogenarian Also Provides Coffin and Tombstone. Correspondence of the Associated Press. SIX MILE BRIDGE, Ireland.— Death has no terrors for Bryan Mc- Mahon of County Clare, an octoge- narian. Although he is active and enjoying excellent health, he has dug his own grave, erected a tombstone and made a coffin. “I could not get the thing out of my mind,” he said. “Something was always prompting me to do the job. Now that I have it completed I am as happy as possible.” It is reported that a minutely cut inscription has been found on the famous statue of the Apollo Belve- dere, stating that Apollonius, son of Nestor, made the statue, It is expected by Mr. Leach | DEATH CAR IS FOUND; CREW STILL MISSING | Police Locate Auto Used to Speed Away Slayer of Manu- facturer. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 24.—The principals of a killing believed by po- lice to be an outbreak of a garment workers' feud of the gangster variety were at liberty today, although the death car had been located and efforts were being made to locate its owner. The slain man, Jacob Noyer, a cloth- ing manufacturer, was shot down in full view of a rush-hour crowd at Broadway and Eleventh street last night. Noyer had just left his place of busi- ness nearby and was waiting for a icab when a man ran up behind | him, fired three shots into his back and’ then escaped in a waiting car manned by two or three others. He died in_a hospital a few moments {later. The killer dropped his gun as he escaped. A witness of the shooting noted the number of the car, which was found | three_hours later in Bellmore, Long Island, miles from the scene of the killing. Relatives and associates could as- sign no motive for the killing. Noyer had held a confidential con- versation with a detective at the pre- cinet station a few moments before. Police did not reveal what was said. . Fireman Saves His Home. Correspondence of The Star. BIRMINGHAM.—Not that he needs any practice, a little “home work” was given recently to C. W. Camp- bell, fireman of Station No. 6, When his garage and automobile at his res- idence, 1107 North Forty-fifth street, burned to the ground during the night. Campbell saw his garage in flames as he entered his home when returning from duty, He saved the house. d it RED CROSS KEEPS ROLL BOOKS OPEN D. C. Chapter Seeks 40,000 New Members—List to Close December 1. Tn order to give Washington ample time to enroll in the District Chapter of the Red Cross in its annual roll call officials of the chapter announce that enrollment lists will remain open until December 1 for that purpose. The District chapter is anxious to re- port to national headquarters that it | has completed its quota of 40,000 members for the roll call and feels certain that by the time all reports are made from enrollment stations in banks, churches and Government departments and by citizens holding membership blanks sent them this re- sult will have been obtained. Enrollments were turned in iIn the following amounts yesterd: War Department, additional, $1,012.55, mak- ing a total from that department of $1,706.55; Department of Labor, $18i Walter Reed Hospital, $4: U. Mediation Board, $20; St. Margaret's al Lutheran v Baptist ; total $131; Presbyterian Church, Church, New York Church, $26. |~ Great interest has been demonstrat- |ed by the children of the public and ools of the city in the roll call. special permission of the Board of Education, the Red Cross was enabled to receive subscriptions for the annual roll call through the schools. The schools have reported to_date as follows: First division, $128; second, fourth and eighth divisions, $141; Morse ool, $14; Columbia Junior High School, $42; Langley Junior High School, Macfarland Junior High School, $29; Business High School, $1 Powell Junior High _School, Jefferson Junior High School, $15, and Bancroft School, $6. From private schools have come the following amounts: National Cathedral School for Girls, $280; Mount Vernon Semi- nary, $150. The personnel of the na- tional headquarters of the American Red Cross sent $1,185.2 to the Di: trict roll call, the result of an intensive drive for membership there. LAWYERS WILL ATTEND | A delegation of Washington lawyers will be in New York tomorrow to at- tend the sixth annual meeting of the Interfratérnity Conference of Law Fraternities at the Iotel Pennsyl- vania, which will continue through Saturday. More than 20,000 members of collegiate law fraternities will at- tend the meeting, according to Elwood H. Seal, assistant corporation counsel of the District, who is editor of the conference bulletin. The conference was founded five years ago, sponsored by the local fra- ternity Sigma Nu Phi, for the purpose of encouraging co-operation among legal fraternities and acting as a medium for the exchange of ideas of fraternity development and profes- sional matters. Officers of undergraduate frater- nities will address the conference and it will take action on a proposal to | further charitable legal aid service, the improvement of chapter housing |and house rules and a compilation of Federal and State laws affecting fraternities. Maj. Jarvis Butler of this city, a member of Sigma Nu Phi, is presi- dent of the conference. SESSIONS IN NEW YORK‘ FURTHER GROWTH OF ARCORPS REE ‘Need Is Stressed by Gen. Patrick in Sixth and Last Annual Report. f ; [ The belief that further expansion of the Army Air Corps will be recognized 1s necessary, even befora the present ! five-year raft building program is completed, is expressed by Maj. Gen. | Mason M. Patrick, air chief of the | Army, in his sixth and last annual re- {port. The general retires from office December 13 “During this ar period T am atisfied that there has been a gratify- |ing and progressively better under | standing on the part of other branches of the role aircraft will play in time of war,” Gen. Patrick said. “Likewise, there is a clearer conception on the part of the Air Corps personnel as to the way they must co-operate with ground troops “The adoption of the five-year pro- gram and the gratifying certainty that {it will be carried into effect is a note- | worthy step in advance. This assures |to the Air Corps within a reasonable time equipment of the most modern lesign and construction. “It is believed that by that or’ before the time when this five-year program is completed. it will be recognized that a further increase of air strength will be necessary and fully warranted | by the part which aircraft will play in warfare.” Gen. Patrick concluded his report with a tribute to the loyalty and efficiency of officers of the Air Corps throughout his administration and to “those of other branches of the Army who, as they have studied the matter. realized the effect which this new arm would have upon strategy and the battle tactics of the future.” Aside from this personal aspect, the report was devoted to an outline of the work of the year in various Alr Corps activities and contained no specific recommendations for the coming year. $400 DONATED TO FUND FOR METHODIST EDIFICE $10,000 Being Sought by Central Church for Erection of New Building. More than $400 has been receiv toward the $10.000 fund for the erec tion of a new Central Methodist Epis- copal Church, a drive for which was begun on November 15, it was an- nounced today. Contributions to this fund should be sent to Rev. J. Alfred Jackson, pastor, at 1908 Fourth street northwest. Among the contributions recelved to date are the following: Young Men's Protective League, $10; Ladies’ Cliff Rock Assoclation, $5; Mount Zion Church, $8; Mrs. May d Preston _Slossom, $12, and Pete Ogd Lodge, $5.50. e o Match Sets Home Ablaze. A lighted match, accidentally drop ped in a basket of trash in a closet on the fourth floor of 216 C street, home of Hugh O'Neil, by another member of the family, started a fire yesterday afternoon that gained con- - siderable headway before the arrival of firemen. Damage to the house and contents was estimated at $1,200.