Evening Star Newspaper, December 22, 1927, Page 5

F MORE FUNDS ASKED FOR ‘0LD IRONSIDES Wilbur Appeals to Nation to| Buy Pictures of His- | toric Frigate. To preserve the gallant American “Old Ironsides,” millions of pa triotic men, -vomen and children— | mostly children—have given money freely and enthusiastically in the past two years, but more is needed, if the historie warship is to be restored and saved for future generations as a symbol of the heroic days of the young Republic. Secretary of the Navy Wilbur and Rear Admiral Philip Andrews, chair- man of the national executive com mittee of the Save Old Ironsides Fund are making another appeal at this season of holiday giving. They are asking all those who have not already done so to buy one or more of the of- ficlal pictures of the U. S. frigate Con- stitution, known to the world by the intimate name of “Old Ironsides” in order to swell the fund. These pic- tures cost 25 cents each. For this small sum, every American can give & Christmas present to the Nation at the same time that presents are given to families and friends. Mrs. Stevens Named. Mrs. Cabot Stevens, 1516 Webster Street, has been designated by Rear Admiral Adrews to represent the com- mittee in Washington and to sell the pictures here. Through the courtesy of Rudolph Jose, president of the Cit} Club, 1320 G street, pictures also may be bought there at the cashier's desk, in_the lobby. Rear Admiral Andrews has reported to Secretary Wilbur that approxi- mately $474,000 has been received up to this time for the restoration of the old ship, which has been in dry- dock for the past five months at the Boston Navy Yard. It is estimated that between $250,000 and $300,000 more must be received to complete the task. ‘The last estimate of the cost of re- storing the frigate was $625,000. It is impossible to fix an exact figure, however, for as the work progresses it is often found necessary to spend more than has been estimated. The cost of labor and materials change, and it is not possible to tell in ad- vance how much must be deducted from the total amount received to pay for legitimate expenses of the cam) paign. D In order that as many Americans as possible may have an opportuRtity to help, Secretary Wilbur adopted the slogan, “Old Ironsides in Every Amer- ican Home,” and the price of the picture was made nomihal. But the cost of making copies of the painting must be deducted from the money that Is received from sale of the pic- tures, and it will take many more 25-cent purchases to make up the re- quired amount, although more than 1,000,000 pictures already have been sold. Donations Are Made. A large proportion of the money already received has been in the form of donations. After Congress author- ized the Navy Department to accept contributions to restore the Constitu- tion and the campaign had been warmly indorsed by President Coolidge and the cabinet, Secretary Wilbur placed the matter of organizing a na- tional committee to raise the money under direction of Rear Admiral An- drews. Secretary of State Kellogg be- came chairman of the national honor- ary committee. Members of the cab- inet, high officers of the Navy and Jeaders in patriotic and fraternal or- ganizations were named on the com- mittee. A campaign was started in 1926 among school children and it has been estimated that 10,000,000 of them have helped the fund. The pupils of the ‘Washington schools gave about $3,000. “The campaign afforded an opportunity to arrange patriotic and educational exercises in the schools. Essay con- tests were conducted and the prizes in Washington were won by John Preston Wiley, son of Dr. Harvey W. ‘Wiley, in the elementary schools, and Clayton, in the high schools, at the end of the school year in 192 The work of resoring the ship ‘which played such a prominent part the War of 1812 and on other occa- in American history, is progress- 'at Boston. Already $72,008 has spent. - Unless the patriotic zeal 'of Americans grows less the money Vneeded to complete the task will be 1 ing in time. Holmes Saved Ship. Stevens calls attention to the that Oliver Wendell Holmes in saved the gallant ship from being proken up by his poem, ending with stirring lines: better that her shattered hulk sink beneath the wave; thunders shook the mighty deep, there should be her grave; to the mast her holy flag, every threadbare sail, give her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale!” “Over 10,000,000 school children have echoed that appeal,” said Mrs. uStevens today, “and with their con- tinued help ours, by purchasing the ymr‘ at the City Club, ‘Old srrflnflde:' can still float the Stars and ‘When John Wiley won the medal for the best essay written in the ele- mentary schopls he was 12 years old gd a pupil in the Morgan School. is now a student in Central High 00l.° The essay was entitled “Why Will the Preservation of the U. 8. 8. Constitution Promote Patriot- ism?” and was written in school hourb.oliay 7, 1926. It follows: X ut two years ago I went aboard the historic ship Constitution. When 1 stepped upon the deck where heroes had once fought those bloody battles I could see in my imagination the thrilling naval contests in which the 5 o it. cents, but if every school child will give the same amount, the sum needed for the preservation of the Constitu- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D.. C, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 22, 1927. Prize Essay Writer JOHN P. WILEY. Constitution had engaged when it did so much toward winning the War of 1812. Thus I was inspired to greater and deeper patriotism than I had ever before experienced. Prile in Country. “The Constitution, if preserved, will give the people and their posterity a ide in this country when they think it had such brave heroes. They also will .take a great pleasure in the thought that the American people have the privilege of going aboard such an old vesse! to see the flags and relics of the past. “No greater monument can be raised to the heroes who fought and died on the U. S. S. Constitution than_the preservation of the ship itself. If it is not preserved, people will forget its eat work in laying the foundation of the Nation. In future years these remembrances and this great monu- ment will surely make more patriots and better citizens. “Old Ironsides has set a good ex- ample for the United States Navy by doing so much in the War of 1812 against such odds. Some people say that it was easy in those days to win so many battles, because of using the weak wooden ships, but it was no easier than it is now. “There are many foreigners in this country who are not yet naturalized. As they came here mainly with the thought of getting rich, they do mot consider being naturalized, but if they see the Constitution and realize its service, the sight may inspire in them a desire to become a part of this great country. “One of the most important reasons for the preservation of the Constitu- tion is that it is an inspiration to the rising generation. If they see it, hear of it, or read of it, it will remind them of the early patriots who played such a large part in founding this great Nation. In War With Tripoli. “We as citizens of the United States ought to show a spirit of gratitude for what the Constitution did for us in the early history of the country. For instance, it won the war with Tripoli and captured many British ships. Later it was used as a training ship at Annapolis, where it helped our future sailors and sea captains. “For about 20 years nothing has been done toward the preservation of the Constitution. All this time it has been steadily deteriorating. But now, in the year 1926, certain patriotic citizens, headed by the Secretary of the Navy, have started a campaign for the preservation of this historic ship. The movement is Nation-wide. Every school child has been told about I have contributed only a few tion will be raised. Then that historic vessel will once more sail the seas as a symbol of the gratitude of a great Nation that refuses to allow 01d Ironsides to become a wreck.” HEADS URELL AUXILIARY. Mrs. Emma Tull Honored by Vet- erans’ Branch. Mrs. Emma Tull was elected presi- dent of the Gen. M. Emmett Urell Auxiliary, No. 5, United Spanish War Veterans, at a meeting at Pythian Temple last night. She succeeds Mrs. Bertha R. Cook. Other officers were elected as fol- lows: Senior vice president, Mrs. Eva Ducker; junior vice president, Mrs. Alice Davis; chaplain, Mrs. Gertrude Boher; patriotic instructress, Mrs. Irene Dailey; historian, Mrs. Bertha R. Cook, conductress, Miss Frances Car- rico; assistant conductress, Mrs. Renna Conklin; guard, Mrs. Ida Harvey, and assistant guard, Mre. Laura King. A secretary will be elected at the next meeting to succeed Mrs. Carmen Ramos. — Officer Fires at Fugitive. When he discovered a colored man attempting to rob a tool shed on a building operation near Woodland drive and Thirty-first street at 5 o'clock this morning Policeman A. M. Green of the seventh precinct fired his revolver twice in a futile attempt to arrest the man, who escaped in the darknest Biggs Pharmacy— 4th and Rhode Island Ave. N.E. Is a Star Branch Office Nowadays you don’t have DANCE CLUB FINE RESULTS IN APPEAL Jean Monk Attacks Constitu- tionality of Police Law on Closing Hour. After a trial in Police Court yester- |day before Judge Isaac R. Hitt that lasted more than three hours and in which the constitutionality of the po- lice regulation requiring places of pub- lic amusement to close at 12 o'clock Sat- urday night was attackd, Jean Monk, nager of the National Fellowship {Club, was convicted of a violation of the regulation by continuing a dance conducted by his club into the morn- ing of Sunday, December 4. He was fine] 340, and in default of the pay- men?, 30 days in jail. The defense | zave notice that the verdict would be | appealed. | "The conviction came after a motion | had been filed by the counsel for the | defense, Elmer T. Binford and Dewey J. Edwards, asking acquittal of the defendant on the ground that the in- formation, which charged him merely with conducting a place of amusement after midnight on a Saturday and neg- lected to specify, a is required by the regulation, that the place was one of public amusement, was faulty. The motion also attacked the regulation as being an unlawful abridgement of the defendant’s constitutional rights, a dis- criminatory statute, an attack on per- sonal lberty, class legislation and finally and principally that it is not for the promotion of public morals, health or safety, which grounds are the only grounds on which a police rezulation can be defended. Although the motion was pro- pounded at length and was argued by both sides, Judge Hitt failed to com- ment in overruling it and in imposing sentence on the defendant. The evidence showed that National Fellowship Club remained open until 1 o'clock Sunday morning, December 4. It was further indicated that the club was reputable and that although it charged admission, it had certain restrictions on its membership and gave compensation for fllness to its members. From this the counsel for the defense argued that it was a pri- vate, rather than a public, place of entertainment. The trial was marked by continual refusals by the judge to admit evi- dence which the defense claimed was for the purpose of showing that the membership of the club was restricted. The arrest of Monk was made by Detectives George Mumper and V. D. Hughes, both attached to the first police precinct. Mumper _testified that he bought two tickets after mid- night and that the dance continued un- til approximately 1 o'clock Sunday morning. CHAMBER COMMENDS STAR ON ANNIVERSARY Commerce Body Congratulates Paper on Completion of 75 Years of Service. The congratulations of the Wash- | ington Chamber of Commerce were extended to The Evening Star upon its completion on December 16 of 75 years of service to this community at the December meeting of the cham- her Tuud«ly evening at the Willard | Hotel. The chamber unanimously adopted, in the name of the 1,300 members of the organization, a resolution present- ed by Ivan C. Weld, first vice presi- dent of the chamber. praising The Star for its high ideals and character and long period of service to Wash- ington and territories of Virginia and Marviand. “One of the most important events in the history of Washington occur- red 75 years ago,” Mr. Weld said in presenting the motion, “when there appeared in this field a new ‘Star,’ which began and continued to shed its light in our city and vicinity—a light of information and encouragement that has played a part in all that Wlbt:flngton of today is and hopes to_be.” Mr. Weld moved that the chamber extend its congratulations to The Star, and in particular to its editor, Theodore W. Noyes, on the observ- ance of the sevepty-fifth anniversary of the pub“fld&i of the paper. Mr. Noyes was an honor- guest at the meeting as chairman of the executive committee of the Citizens’ Joint Com- mittee on Figcal Relations. A long list of communications of congratulation also have been received by The Star from numerous organiza- tions and individuals here and in other cities commending The Star on its long period of service in the news- paner fleld. Detailed to General Staff Corps. Maj. Geoftrey P. Baldwin, United States Infantry, a student at the Army War College, has been detailed as a member of the General Staff Corps and assigned to duty at the War De- partment. CAPITAL VOTE PLAN WILL BE PUSHED AFTER HOLIDAYS (Continued from First Page.) ator or Senators, the Representative or Representatives, and the electors herein authorized. “The Congress shall have power to make all laws which shall be neces- ry and proper for carrying into exe cution the foregoing power. “The proposed amendment would authorize, but not direct, Congress to extend to the people of the District of Columbia representation to which they are entitled national Ameri- cans without depriving Congress of the exclusive legislative control of the District, which the Constitution im- poses upon it. The amendment would in no way affect the local municipal government of the District of Colum- bia, which is under the control of Congress, nor would it give the Dis- trict the status of a Sovereign State. “Your committee believes that the nearly 500,000 residents of the Dis- trict of Columbia, who are more nu- merous than the residents of six or seven States, should no longer be de- ived of the right, enjoved by the citizens of all States in the Union, of votes in the legislative body which fixes their taxes, appropriates money for their needs, sends their sons to war and otherwise legislates for them. “After a conference with members 4t the joint citizens' committee your committee is_convinced that the peo- plé of the District earnestly desire the adoption of this amendment, to put an end to this un-American condi- tion of affairs and should be support- ed in their efforts to get what they so eagerly seek “This proposal is thoroughly within the scope of this organization, which has taken a stand for preservation of the rights of the States and local self-government. “The proposed amendment will in- flict no injury upon any citizen of the Nation, but it will relieve the Nation of the shame of un-Americanism at its heart and of impotency to apply the necessary remedy. “In conclusion your committee rec- ommends the adoption of the follow- ing_resolution: “Whereas the demand of people of the District of Columbia for national representation is fully justi fled and thoroughly in accord with the basic principles of representa.ive government, upon which the United States of America is founded: There- fore, be it “Resolved, That the National Council of State Legislatures hereby heartily indorses House joint resolution 18 and Senate joint resolution 8, proposing to submit to the States for ratification an amendment to the Constitution of the United States which would em-| power Congress to extend to the| people of the District of Columbia the right to be represented in the Na-| tional Senate and House of Repre- sentatives and in the electoral college, | and the right to sue and be sued in | the Federal courts. | “And resolved further, That the| president of this council is hereby | requested to name a committee to | appear before the proper committees | of Congress to urge prompt favorable | action upon this proposed amendment, | and that this organization otherwise | extend its aid in obtaining favorable | ation on this amendment both in| Congress and by the several States.” | i M s | COL. WATSON RETIRED. | Served in Philippine Insurrection' and in World War. Lieut. Col. James D. Watson, Coast | Artillery Corps, stationed at Fort Eus- tis, Va., has been placed on the retired | list of the Army on his own applica- tion after more than 32 years' service. After four yegrs' service in the ranks he was appointed second lieu- tenant In the Coast Artillery in Sep- tember, 1899, and served in the Volun- teer Army in the Philippine insurrec- tion. During the World War he served as a colonel in the National Army and | reached the grade of lieutenant col- | onel in the Regular Army in July, 1920. | He is a native of Georgia and a grad- | uate of the Artillery School and the School of the Line. | Alice F. Galloway Will Is Filed. | The will of Alice F. Galloway, who | died December 17, has been filed for | probate. She gives an autqmobile and | 2,000 in cash to Herbert J. Avrutis of | Monticello, N. Y. Stock in the John- | son_Service Corporation is left to Adelyn F. Towne, Elizabeth F. Frisbie, | Julia Bird and Mary Prior. Stock in an apartment at 3020 Porter street is | given to Dolly Bright. The remaining | estate is to be converted into cash,| out of which $2,000 is to be paid to| Avis G. Johnson of Eau Claire, Wis., | and the balance distributed among | Adelyn F. Towne, Elizabeth F. Frisbie and Julia Bird. Assigned to Fort Meade. Col. William L. Kuhn, United States Cavalry, has been relieved from duty with the 66th Cavalry Division at Omaha, Nebr., and assigned to the 4th Cavalry at Fort Meade, S. Dak. DOTY HITS CHARGE HE WAS TO BE SHOT FOR DESERTING LEGION (Continued from First Page.) the French transport Tafna—my “bunk,” being a dining room table I shared with five other discharged men of as many nationalities, all but my- self terribly seasick—I stepped ashore at Marseille a free man at last, after more than two years in the famous “Leglon Etrangere.” I was a scarecrow. I wore the rough hand-me-downs the legion gives “liberes.” My hair had been cropped close a few days before in anticipation of service in Morocco. I badly needed a shave and a wash. The first thing I did after a few formalities at Fort St. Jean, the depot at Marseille of the 19th Army Corps, to which the Foreign Legion belongs, was to buy clothes. There followed three days in the famous town of Monte Cristo, and six more in Paris at a hotel in the Rue de Rivoli. The conveniences and luxuries there were a contrast to the Spartan simplicity of life in the legion. Then I embirked at Cher- bourg on the Majestic to return to my home and the parents I had not seen for three and a half years. Enlisted in June, 1925. 1t was on June 12, 1925, at Bordeaux that I enlisted in the Legion. The dramatic experiences which have be- fallen me since will be described truthfully and without exaggeration or reservation in the narrative I am writing. But at the outset T wish to refer to one thing that angers me, That is the absolutely unfounded statement that 1 was sentenced to be shot and was reprieved only a few hours be- fore I was to face a firing squad, There was never any question of shooting me. For deserting T was sentenced to eight vears, exactly the same as John Harvey, the Englishman who was one of my four companions, and for whose release an agitation has begun in England. I shall not attempt to justify my desertion. The facts will be told for the first time, and truthfully, in my narrative. But the statement that I was the ringleader of those who de- erted with me is another invention and there is no foundation for the further statement that I fired on & party sent to bring me back. Did Not Desert Before Enemy. Furthermore, T was not charged with deserting in the face of armed rebels. When I “made the promenade,” as legionnaires call desertion, the fight- ing in Syria had been over for months. We were doing such mo- DAILY DAIRYETTES ——No. 18— Borrowing Everything we have is horrow- ed from the Custodian of All Lite itselt is but a loan—F. K. ALL the world borrows —from the air, oxygen; from textbook, knowledge; from cloc time; from wheel, dis- tance. Nothing is repaid in like coin. From milk you borrow energy. You transform that into work, the work into money, the money into milk again. Since a fixed amount of energy pro- duces a fixed amount of work which procures the fixed amount of money for a fixed quan- tity of milk—get milk which gives you an extra margin of energy. Chest- nut Farms Milk is rated highest by the District of Columbia Health De- partment. “The Know- ing Mother Will Have No Other.” @hestrut Farms. Sy POTOMAC 4000 Penna. Ave. at 26th St. N.W. notonous tasks as constructing roads and building a citadel. We all had what the legion calls “la cafard.” That means we were all thoroughly fed up. Before this, for a year, I had done my duty faithfully and had been in a lot of hard fighting. I had hardly completed my preliminary training when I was assigned to the now fa- mous 29th Company of the March, which was sent to Syria when the trouble broke out in August, 1925. In Syria we took part in all the most difficult and dangeous combats, including Mousseire and Rezzas. For my part in these I was cited for the Croix de Guerre. I also hold the Fourragere given to my company for distinguished conduct in battle. The Fourragere is a braid worn over the right shoulder. Will Describe Legion. I shall tell of the Foreign Legion as it is, and let the facts speak for themselves. And I shall describe my desertion, capture and trial and my eight weary months in five French prisons. I was released from the last of them through the tireless efforts of my father and other friends in ths United States and France and the American embassy in Paris, and through the clemency of the French war minister, M. Painleve. My service as a Legionnaire was not my first experience in soldiering. for 1 was in the American Army in_the great war. Now 27 years old, T am a South- GROSNER’S The Path of Sa tisfaction Leads to Sig- munds Bar- gain Base- ment. 00000000000 0000000000000000000000¢ PECIAL) $5.00 9000000000 0000000000000000000¢ ON SALE TO| Bargain erner, born on a plantation in Ala- bama. Afterward I lived for the most part in Memphis, Tenn. 1 was educated at Central High School, Memphis; Vanderbilt Univer- sity and University of Virginia. When the United States entered the war 1 joined the 1st Tennessee In- fantry, which later became a regi- ment of the 115th Field Artillery, 30th Division. We did our bit overseas and got a lot of action. Returning home, I re- sumed my studies. Covyright. 1927, in all countries by North American’ Newspaver Alliance. ESTATE PUT AT $280,365. Will of Augustus B. Coppes Filed for Probate. The estate of Augustus B. Coppes, former vice president of the Heurich Brewing Co., is valued in excess of $280,365 by the petition of Patric J. Walshe, the executor, for .he pro- bate of the will. The u-sessed value of the real estate of Mr. Coppe is given as $79,891; in addition he had $8,506; stocks and bonds, $200,- 000, and household effects, $1,000. Mr. Coppes is survived by a nephew and three nieces, Augustus B. Coppes, Ella C. Coppes, Emma C. Earren and mma F. H. Coppes, all of Phila- delphia. Attorney Leo A. Walshe ap- pears for the executor. ¥ 5 CHRISTMAS CHARITIES LINKED THROUGH COUNCIL Social Agencies Jointly Care for More Than 1,200 Families for Holidays. The Washington Council of Socfal | Agencies serves as a “clearing house” for Christmas charity work carried on among the poor of the District by va- rious organizations. More than 1,200 families have been assured a happy Christmas through the work being carried on by the charity organi- zations, it was announced at the coun- cil's headquarters today. The work of the council includes eliminating the chances of duplications, by checking to ascertain if more than one charity organization is planning to furnish Christmas baskets to the same family. By the elimination of _duplications many more families can be cared for. 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