Evening Star Newspaper, November 30, 1927, Page 17

BODY OF GUAT! ALAN MINISTER LEAVES ON WARSHIP FOR HOMELAND. This shows the cas- ket being lifted to the deck of the U. S. S. Memphis at the navy yard after final rites were held here yes- terday for Senor Francisco Latour, Minister of Guatemala to the United States, at Washington Cathedral. ‘The body was escorted to the navy yard by a Cavalry troop from Fort Myer. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. capture. there Monday. TENNIS STAR SAILS SEAS ALONE IN SLOOP. Alain J. Gerbault, star of France, in his 40-foot sloop, Firecrest, in which former tennis he has sailed the was recently reported southern seas alone for more than a year. to have been offered the job Gerbault of “king” by the matives of one of the Polynesian Islands. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. FLIES FROM VIRGINIA CAPITOL AGA which was captured when Federal troops_occupied Richmond in 1865 is shown flying atop the Capitol there again for the first time since its Tho flag was returned to the commonwealth at ceremonies . The State flag of Virginia ramount News Photo. GOV. BYRD RECEIVES CAPTURED STATE FLAG AT RICHMOND. Virginia governor (at left) receives from Frederick A. Stevens (center), grandson of Maj. Steven: A view of the ceremonies as the Mass chusetts Cavalry officer, the State emblem which the latter pulled down from the dome of the Statehouse during the Federal occupation of Richmond in 1865. s held in the old hall of the Ho RADIO MUSIC FAILS TO PRODUCE EXPECTED CHARMS IN THIS CASE. When this experiment was trled the other day by the San Fran- cisco Aid Society at one of its infant health stations the result was not so good. The intended soothing notes from the earphones fell on unrecep- tive ears, or else the wails of some of the babies drowned them out. The nurses agreed that some other means of quieting the group would have to be devised. COUNGIL DECLARE [T SPENT §12.160 State Legislatures Group De- nies Charges of Expensive Tax Bill Lobby. By the Assoclated Press. Expenses of the convention held here by the National Council of State Legislatures at the time representa- tives of that organization advocated repeal of the Federal inheritance tax before the House ways and means committee were announced today as totaling $12,160. John Henry Kirby, president, in 2 Jetter to members of the organization said the money used to defray ex- penses had been contributed by indi- viduals, State officials and commercial organizations. During the recent tax hearings rep- fesentatives of the legislative council were questioned closely by a number of committee members as to the mource of their expense money and one, Representative Rainey, Democrat, Illinols, threatened to initiate a con- gressional investigation. All States Represented. Kirby said that his announcement was prompted by the “many mislead- ing false statements” concerning the convention and that he felt members of the legislative council should be acquainted with the facts. He said that the expenses of the convention, amounting to $12,160, did hose delegates whose ex- ad been paid by States they represented or by State or- n their respective States, ery State in the Union is repre- mented the list of contributors to the funds used fraying the ex- penses of the convention at which the National Council of State Legislatures was established on a permanent basis,” he sa 1,000 Individual Contributors. fore than 1,000 individual con- tributors, averaging $10 each, made up the bulk of this sum. Among the contributors were a_number of gov- ernors, speakers of the Houses of Rep. recentatives and dents of the Senates in The list of contributors also shows that about 50 commercial organizations took part in the movement.” At the time of the committee tax ‘hearings Mr. Rainey and Representa- tive Gardner of Texas, ranking Demo- crat on the committee, charged that art of the legislative council's funds ad been obtained from the American Taxpayers’ League, which, they con- tended, received financial support from corporations seeking repeal of the in- heritance levy for selfish purposes. Subsequent to the hearings, Repre- sentative Johnson, Republican, South Pakota, charged that $50,000 had been in the possession of a lobby seeking repeal of the estate levy, but he did mot refer to either the legislative council or taxpayers’ league by name. Cobham’s Plane Escapes Gale. LONDON, November 30 (®).—A Malta dispatch to the Daily Mail says Sir Alan Cobham’s hydroairplane, in which he is making a 20,000-mile flight to Africa and other countries, with his wife, narrowly escaped being wrecked in a gale while moored at Malta. It was saved by the party's ginema operator, Bennett, and some .8, wLo hauled it into a slipway. . Bees Go to Work As Trees Bloom In Warm Spell Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., November 30.—Honey bees are buzzing in the most Summerlike November weath- er ever recorded here. According to the official Government observer, J. A. Miller, Keedysville, who re- ported 72 degrees yesterday. The bees are feeding on blooming chick- weed along Antietam Creek. A number of fruit trees have been in bloom here for the past month. An enterprising merchant here today decorated his window with straw hats and bathing suits. STUDENTS NOT READY WITH DRY LAW VIEWS Prohibition Group Told College Sentiment Should Nos be Judged by “01d Grads’ Sins.” The sins of the *old grads”.are often unjustly visited upon the college students of today, fleld secretaries told the Intercollegiate Prohibition Asso- ciation at its annual meeting in the Hotel Driscoll, First and B streets, yesterday. The statement was made in reports compiled by four field sec- retaries and two members of the stu- dent council of the organization, as a result of study conducted in 303 American colleges during the past year. Alumni returning to foot ball games and college homecoming events were frequently found guilty of misdemean- ors that the public laid at the door of the undergraduates, the investigators declared. Although the majority of students interviewed by the field secretaries were said to be in favor of “giving prohibition a chance,” it was found that a “very large group had not made up its mind on the question.” The association elected the follow- ing officers for the coming year: Rev. Boling of New York, Mrs. ander Boole, president of the na- tional W, T. U, and Dr. H. B. Ile, Tenn,, vice presi- dents; Harry S. Warner, educational L. S. Wesley, executive sec- Robert E. Pogue, recording and Dr. A n with- held pending receipt of his acceptance. The reports submitted at the meet- ing were prepared by George A. Doug- las, Wilbur Simmons, Miss Margaret Wright and Loston S. Werley, field secretaries, and 1. Carpenter of Bucknell, and Miss Helen Roher of American University. Dr. Ira Landrith, present president of the organization, presided. PR Liquor Charge Holds Motorist. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., November 30.— Being in too much of a hurry yester- day landed James T. Tobin, who gave his address as Trenton, N. J., in Ar- lington County jail on a charge o¥ transporting liquor. Tobin was ar- rested near Virginia Highlands by Sheriff Howard R. Fields and Officer Hugh Jones, who at first thought they had come across an ordinary speeding case. Search of the car disclosed 265 quarts of liquor. Tobin pleaded guilty to the transporting charge when ar- raigned before Judge Harry R. Thomas, and was held for action of the grand jury. Bond, which was fixed at $1,000, has not been furnished. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. of Delegate about to see his parishioners. The ceremony precedin MINISTER OF BIG PARISH USES PLANE. the Rev. Lewis Daniels, in New South Wales, Australia, covers a terri- tory as large as all of England, he experienced some difficulty in getting So the church gave him a plane to travel in. He is shown in the cockpit (at right). a the flag raising A s Photo. Because the parish of Copyright by P. & A. Photos. MEXICAN TRACK TRIES INNOVATION IN STARTING RACES. This arrangement of separate stalls for each horse as they face the barrier for the start of a race is being used at the Tia Juana track. The purpose is to protect each horse in the get-away against the fractious behavior of others as they line up to face the barrier. WOMAN’S GROUP T0 URGE [SHELL-SHOCKED VETERAN LIVES |STATE DEMANDS RoAD UNDER DEAD COMRADE'S NAME Swedish Soldier of Fortune, Memory Gone, Takes Name of Man Whose Coat He Wore in Battle. SUFFRAGE FOR DISTRICT Joint Committe on Legislation Gives Drive for Vote Promi- nence in Its Program. All measures that would obtain suf- frage for the District are among the more important projects which sev- eral of the organizations affiliated with the women'’s joint congressional com- mittee will urge at the coming session of Congress, it was announced today by Mrs. Ann Webster, chairman of publicity. Among the other movements which y of the organizations will indorse are the establishment of a Federal de- partment of education with a secre- tary in the cabinet, the outlawry of war, appropriations for a women'’s bu- reau, children’s bureau, and bureau of home econom! protocol for p iting the use of poisonous gases war, maternity and infant legislation, protective legislation for women, de- velopment of Muscle Shoals and con- tinued State work for the child labor amendment. Opposition to the equal rights amendment and what was known as the Garrett-Wadsworth bil in the last Congress for ing the amending of the Constitution more difficult was voiced by some of the organizations. The committee itself does not in- dorse legislation, but only acts as a clearing hoyse to help unify and direct the activities of women’s organizations that are working for pending legisla- tion. Twenty-two such organizations are represented on the committee. ROBINSON ON TRIAL. Takoma Park Man Charged With Attacking Girl. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., November 30— Trial of William B. Robinson of Ta. koma Pirk, Md., charged with an at- tack upon 'a 9-year-old girl was be. gun in Circuit Court here this morn- ing, following selection of a jury The complaining wtinesses and her parents are in court and the defend- ant’s wife sits beside him. Robinson is being defended by Attorneys Thomas L. Dawson and §. Barnard Welch, while State's Attorney Robert Peter is conducting the prosecution. Eight Killed in Landslide. GRATZ, Austria, November 30 (#). —A landslide near Gleichenberg yes. terday killed elght workmen, Five were injured. ) November 30.—How a soldier of fortune, his memory lost in battle, lived for 10 years under a dead comrade’s name Is described in the Westminster Gazette and Swedish Spapers staf Duner was born in 1880, the son of a professor at Upsala Univer- sity. Always fond of military life, he obtained a commission in the Swedish Army. At the outbreak of the Boer resisned to go to South e he fought with the British and earned a commission. That war ended, he started on a veri- table warrior's tour, fighting where his services were accepted. Loses His Memory. Just before the dawn of 1917, his decade of mystery began. A com- missioned officer in the British Army at that time, he was sitting in a dug- out. Warned of an imminent explo- sion he snatched a coat, Supposing it was his and threw himself on the ground. He was lifted high by the explosion. He remembered, nothing more. His mind a total blank, he found himself in a hospital. In the pocket of the coat, which he had hurriedly TWO AUTOS COLLIDE. One Driver Treated at Emergency Hospital for Cuts. John L. Riddell, 29 years old, 4306 Fessenden street, and James J. Can- field, 29 years old, of 1332 I street, were drivers of automobiles that col lided at Seventeenth and I streets about 11 o’clock last night. Canfield, suffering from cuts, was given sur- gical aid at Emergency Hospital. Policeman Miles Znamenacek of the eleventh precinct was slightly hurt and his uniform coat torn as a result of the skidding of his motor cycle on the wet roadway in Anacostia while answering an emergency call about 12:30 o’'clock this morning. His left hip was hurt, gy i Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. picked up, a letter to “Capt. De Mon- talt,” a Canadian, was found. Doctor and nurses addressed him thus and be- ing able to speak perfect English, he accepted himself as De Montalt. Thus Gustaf Duner was reported missing and in his stead, lived Capt. De Mon- talt. It has since been learned that the real De Montalt was blown to pieces in the explosion. A few months later, the Swedish De Montalt was again fighting in the air force. His fighting career ended in a plane crash. He was invalided out and received a 100 per cent disablement pension from the British government. Learns Real Name. After a romantic marriage, he lived in London until he heard the Swedish language spoken. He found that he could understand it. Then he accident- ally came upon the name of “Gustaf Duner” in the Swedish army book. He wrote to the addres given as Duner’s. he heard from Duner’s brother that Gustaf Duner had been killed at the ‘Western front. He then went to Stockholm, where he told his remarkable story. He got in contact with his mother and she filled in those details which he was unable to recall. Round-World Motor Cycle Tour. NEW YORK, November 30 (#).— After traveling by motor cycle over five countries, two British army cap- tains arrived here yesterday on a round-the-world tour they began a year ago in London. They are Capt. Charles Olliver and Capt. Geoffrey Malins. Political Meetings Arranged. Special Dispatch to The Star. ASHTON HEIGHTS, Va., Novem- ber 80.—The first of a series of meet- ings_of the political department of the Woman’s Club of Ashton Heights will be held tomorraw at 8 p.m. at the chflbhtfiul'o.h This is c:n‘op-n meeting al mem| their friends 21 85 SR ey o e, ol REPAIRS IN ARLINGTON County Supervisors Given TUntil December 20 to See Restoration After Laying-of Water Mains. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., November 30.— The State Highway Commission yes- terday notified the Board of Super- visors that it would give the county until December 20 to restore to their former good condition State roads that have been damaged in the laying of water mains. Thig demand of the commission was conve$ed to the board in special meet- ing at the courthouse last night by J. C. Albright, district engineer of the commission, who also told the board that if the county failed to comply the State would do the work and the cost would be charged against the $3,000 deposit made by the county to guarantee proper restoration of the road surfaces. The ~agreement be- tween the county and the State pro- vides that the ditches will not only be put in good condition, but that they will be maintained for a period of 18 months. The contractor, through a motion offered by Supervisor Ingram, was or- dered to make all fills along the State highways passage within the time’ specified by the commission and En- gineer Asa E. Phillips was instructed to see that the work was properly done. _ Clarendon Citizens Plan Party. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., November 30. —The monthly card party of the Clarendon Citizens’ Association will be held Friday evening at Citizens’ Hall. The proceeds will be used to help reduce the indebtedness on the community building. Prizes will be awarded the highest scoresr and re- freshments served. —— J. H. McDevitt Buried. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., November 30.— Funeral services for James H. Mc- Devitt, fomerly of this city, who died at his home in Washington Sunday, were held here today at noon. Inter- ment was made in Mount Olivet Ceme- tery. Mr. McDevitt was a Civil War veteran, having returned here after the war and later moving to Washi Mlly* 0 St. George Loses Place With Dragon On British Coins By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 30. — St. George and the dragon have been shoved off all the silver coinage of Great Britain. No official explanation has been made of the change, which has come gradually. St. George's last public appear- ance was on the crown piece, and when this is recalled soon St. George and the dragon will pass into memory. The old heroic figure still ap- pears on the sovereign gold pieces, but since the war these are seen only rarely. RUSH FOR AUTO TAGS BEGINS TOMORROW Distribution for 1928 Scheduled by Wade H. Coombs, Superin- tendent of Licenses. The annual rush for automobile identification tags will begin at_the District Building tomorrow morning, when distribution of the 1928 plates is started in the office of Wade H. Coombs, superintendent of licenses. The tags may be attached to the ma- chines as soon as they are issued. The tag application differs from those of previous years in that not only is the information required to be ‘more' complete, but the owner of the vehicle must sign in several dif- ferent places. It also s necessary for the information to be filled out by the applicant instead of having the clerical work done in the office of the superintendent of licenses, as has been the practice. Distribution of the tags, Mr. Coombs believes, will be facilitated under this system. The new tags have the same color scheme that has been used for the WOMEN PLAY PART INGENEVA PARLEY Litvinoff’s Wife Is Interpreter for Russian Dele- gation. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, November 30.— Women are playing a silent but important part in the disarmament negotiations under auspices of the League of Na- tions. Mme. Maxim Litvinoff, the pretty and charming wife of the chief of the Soviet delegation, is an English girl and is down on the delegation’s official list as an interpreter. Mme. Litvinoff, who translates the documents of the Muscovites from Russian into Eng- lish, was Miss Ivy Row of London, the daughter of Sir Sidney Row. She s the author of several novels. Actress at Home. Mme. Anatole Lunacharsky, wife of another Russian delegate, the Soviet minister of public instruction, is & celebrated actress. She appears on the Moscow stage as Rozenel. M. Lunacharsky has written a number of plays in which his wife has taken the leading role. American womanhood steps into the picture when it comes to Count von Bernstorff, head of the German dele- gation. The countess was Miss Jeanne Luckemeyer of New York. She here with her husband and is inter- ested, like many Americans, in the outcome of the disarmament problem. Bernstorfl Popular. Count von Bernstorff, who is fre- quently a delegate at League affairs, is developing into a popular figure here as a result of his affable man- ner and his unfailing ability to take lightly any attack on the German past several years—chrome-yellow and black. The colors of the 1928 tags, however, are just the reverse of those of 1927. PRESS POéT ELECTS. W. C. Murphy Heads Veterans of Newspaper Club. | Wiliam C. Murphy was elected commander of the National Press Club Post of the American Legion last night, and sidelights on the Paris convention were given by Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, chief of the chemical warfare service; Maj. William Wolff Smith, general counsel of the Veter- ans’ Bureau; Richard Seelye Jones, one of the original staff men on the A. E. F. publication, the Stars and | Stripes; Edward McE. Lewis, secre- tary of the national rehabilitation committee, and Paul J. McGahan, na- tional executive committeeman, all of whom made the trip. H. R. Baukhage was elected senior vice commander, Charles Gridley was named junior vice commander and Malcolm Coles finance officer, while H. FEdmund Bullis was re- elected adjutant. The post, it was reported, has attained the largest membership in its history. Gen. Fries agreed to the exhibition of motion pictures of the Legion's European pilgrimage, taken by his son, at a future meeting of the post. This post, it was said at the meeting, had the largest proportionate repre- sentation of any post in the District, with 11 members attending the Paris gathering, - position. ‘The former German Ambassador to Washington usually addresses the League meetings in French, which he speaks with grace and perfection. He delights at time in indulging in the admittedly dangerous business of de- livering his pleasantries in the Gallic tongue. LR S EDISON TO RENEW WORK OF RUBBER RESEARCH Chemists to Accompany Inventor on Florida Visit—Conducts Tests at Estate. By the Associated Press. FORT MYERS, Fla., November 30. —Further research into America’s rubber-growing possibilities is planned bysThomas A. Edison, who will bring a crew of 10 chemists and laboratory workers here early in January, when he arrives for his customary visit. ‘W. A. Benney, superintendent of the Edison botanic research labora- tories at East Orange, N. J., made this announcement on his arrival yes- terday, and stated that equipment is now en route to be set up in a labora- tory here. Mr. Edison plans to come to lda. earlier than usual this year, it was said, and remain five months instead of three. His recent experiments tending toward ultimate provision of an American supply of rubber have been conducted mainly at his Winter es ‘