Evening Star Newspaper, February 8, 1928, Page 17

BANK VAULT COMES THROUGH FALL RIVER FIRE_LNDAMAGED. Although the Troy Co-operative Bank 'HE, EVENTN NOTON 0 STAR. WASTHI CARYV SENATE COMMITTEE BEGINS RECOUNT OF VARE-WILSON SENATORIAL BALLOTS. Scene in the com- Charlotte, N. C., cutting a totem po! connection with the eighteenth anni: Scout movement. He expects to comp! nt of the District Building in isary of the launching of the Boy e the pole thday. Wazhington Star Ph Building was left a smoldering ruin in the great fire which destroved the business center of the Massachusetts city, the vault was found intact with its valuable contents. This shows officials of the bank and experts opening the vault after the ruins had cooled off. Herbert Photos. mittee room yesterday as the Senate election: bcommittee began its recount of the ballots cast in Allegheny County, in the disputed election of William S. Vare, from Pennsylvania. Standing by ong of the ballot boxes, left to right, are Senator Steiwer of Oregon, Senator Waterman of Colorado, Senator Caraway of Arkansas, and P. W. Turner, supervisor of the recount. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. WEATHER DELAYS “MYSTERY” FLIGHT. Charls Levine (at left), with Miss Mabel Boll and Wilmer Stultz, hi monoplane Columbia, s co-pilot, standing beside the rebuilt as they wait for improved weather to take off from Roosevelt Field for a destination announced as Havana, Cuba. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. RHERR . - PREPARING FOR INTERNATIONAL GYM MEET. The nimble lady gym- nasts of the Philadelphia Turners Gym team, five times winner of the na- tional gym title, performing in a Quaker City gym, in preparation for their entry in the International Turnfest, to be held at Cologne, Germany, next July. Wid> World Photos. GEN. HINES BACKS HOSPITAL PRACTIGE Veterans Not Kept at St. Elizabeth’s Unless Weeding Treatment, He Says. Defending its policy in the treatment ©f ex-service men, the Veterans' Bu- reau, in a letter filed in the Senate to- day denied that it tried to keep ex-| sservice men at Bt. Elizabeth’s Hospital except when the bureau is convinced | hospital treatment s necessary. The letter from Gen, Prank T. Hines director of the bureau, was presented | by Senator Reed, Republican, of Penn- | nia, who explained it was in an- | er 10 2 telegram from Comdr. Wal- Jace, of the Massachysetts Department ot Veterans of Foreign Wars. Wallace hazd wired Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Massachusetts, expressing fear that Massachusetts veterans may have been among those sent to Bt. Elizabeth’s on Jetters from the Veterans' Bureau with- t court hearing. mlu reply Gen. Hines advised Senator | Pred that numerous ex-service men | a1 women have been released from active military duty, and upon such Toeuse were transferred from the Army or naval hospitals to Bt Eliza- Voetns Hospital because of their mental oondition. At one Ume, he sald, @ large number of such veterans were at £t Ehzabeth's but a policy was adopted of placing as msny as possible in hospitals near thelr hon d th hes reduced the numk Pureau patients. at o need for veuumer arrant Getsining She letter from Gen. Hiner stated that & practice hus grown up of obain- ing tne release of patients from Bt 1 4 s, ¥lizabe rs on write of habeas corp Gen. ines ssid that he understood such wAlon made U necessary for the petient v pey a fee und that in many ! those cases the bureau would have granwd relesses upon the request of Ve patient withoul the necestity of ot weon hie betver perion ring u lm- I ought stated that du 56 patie viere Ty vanier Gen Vs be o stitutions Low i wid Wik presnt pulicy s sefrain from womilling Lo 2| sy patient other than Uume who bLave & legal residence Wariingun, He wiso’ explained Uist Wikn B petient who wes sent b the bompitel for trewtment without eourt T oweks o be released e buresy 1 the relutives o pepresen patient ax 1o the ndvisid end o find out-il s 1 oreprescntalive Js oy : sur e pationt Wiy e OF JEPIEAILALIVE Cal T end L stien) 1 i vikew et ithorities i Ui 50 Khissls e of e y of 4 v i proper Wer bwd been prosented Heti, L wid et Wbl o Wbl e e b im QUL w perel Wi bad becn Laken Siom employment e Goveriment Mide gL bt W Lie hiepitel. e reld e would « 1he facls In Vhe € by omuizon eud prosnt Qe U L& Bousle are known |« ot the | Women to Have Hat For Every Occasion, Is Milliners’ Edict By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 8.—The milliners of the United States have decreed that the well dressed wom- an of 1928 must have a hat for every occasion. - At a promenade at the “Hotel Astor under the auspices of the Retail Millinery Assoclation of America 150 hats were shown, no two of which were alike. Styles ranged from the, brimiess togue to the well brimmed profile model. WILBUR HAS REPORT ON $4 DISASTER Findings on Sinking of Sub- marine Temporarily Withs held From Publication. Becretary Wilbur now has before him the report and findings of the navel court of inquiry which investigated the sinking . of the submarine B-4 off Provincetown, Mass., December 17, The voluminous record was presented yes- terday 1 the Secretary, and while 1t vas indicaled that it would be made public as won ible, 1L was said that it would i studled and di- P2 : K. H. Camphell, 1. Admiral C ¥, 1 operations, and ugh The report contalns approximately 00 pager. of testimony, findings of fact, Opinions and recommendations. The findings of fact and the re enda- tons alone, 1L way sald, cover and 15 undersod 1o include mrute findings, Benate and Mouse conferees on the resolution for a double investigation of | the disaster may awail publication of the Nljm” betore undertaking W reach | & final sgrecment The Benate managers plan 10 insist | on the Benate amendment of the origi- nal House messure, under which the Ajsster self would become the subject {of & jomt cor 1 inquiry, with & residential com Jouking only W for dnsuring ater safety of wnd their crew Bome of the ten who led the ! peght for w congressi nuiry ndi- | cated yesterday thint 3t the House fulled 0 yield on that point they would pre- st m resolution culling for nn investi- gatlon hy & subcommitiee of the Benate naval commitiee WILL GO TO.GULF PORTS. | Destroyers Ordered 1o Mobile Afver [ Guantanamo Bay Maneuvers, Follovig completion of fleet manen 1o b0 Ui vielnity of Guanbanamo Bay s pmibwer of ke vessels will e detach e pnd pent U Guif ports Destioyer 1avison 25 of the Beouting Fleet, com et of e Sharkey, Toueey, Breck Casa, Larduer, e bender Whitiiey and Ve pqusdion lewder Dallus, and de {stiuys Laanson, Oshorn sod Prestan of Divishon 21 are seheduled Gy go o Mo | s, leaving Guantsuming Hay Merch 1l o vessels W un o olber Do o i ~ AMERICAN HORSE FLOUTS UNLUCKY “THIRTEE coming Grand National Steeplechase, can horse, shown In the lead over this jump, handil HITS “SHORT BALLOT” | Proposed Amendment to Virginia Constitution Held Limit on Voters’ Power, Special Dispatch 1o The Star, LYON PARK, Va, February 8.-At | & largely attended meeting of the | League of Republican Women of Arling- [ ton County. held Monday at the home of | the tecretary, Mrs. Edgar W. Pum- phrey, resolutions were adopted oppos- ng the short ballot .Mlnl')ll‘llll‘lfl o the Btute constitution, which 1 deigned to | GRIOM T sculptor of New Bed- | sointmene certain high Stais ofcey | ford. Mass. appeuts 1o have half the st ure et iy vomee | antiquurinns fn England busy trying g gy oot g Mg i |t find out whether Bartholomew Cios- | the dpwl' "M ‘(', w“ I'r”“- """] Of | nold, first Englishman to set foot in }!Vr'rlll-“ by Mrs. C. W. Harrts of Lyon | New'England, had “spade” or “stilet- Under the amendment the voters [ Oy DArd Museum, the Royal I\:'.'-;‘nl:.'u”?ud fl'.'“r?u&."’ ::u:’r’l’:.‘t::;d:-‘:fi "op | Geographic Soclety, English untversi- Diiblic. tnatriction, the Stute teanarer | Uew. Ibraries and Wt galleries savants e Btate commissioner of revete | 8¢ thumbing musty volumes and dely- ulgd_.the ‘3‘.‘-1 ry wits inetracted to ad. | 6 into anclent chests of |uu{m They m:. I:leil' u:’g’ o n:(uu.y T“‘l""‘"’"""": :ur’ hunting for a picture of the Eliza- ative in the House of Delegutes of the | 171 MARCES 40 Whotm & memoria wction of the meeting and to urge BIm | nrage 10 iy near there that Closnold W oppose the mensure, which has passed [ g in 1602, the Senate, when JU comes hefore the House, Election by LONDON, February 8.- Harry Ney- mariners (o whom s memorial Finds 014 Map, people of Clreult | e memorial 15 sponsored by Col Court Judges s sed by Wil of- 1y g Qreen, son of the late Meltl Herea 1 the I Delegates by 1| Green, It will be exocuted by Neyland | Lindsey Gordon, roved by the ey wish to meke It s authintic as | mecting, ws was a bl providing for elec- | ponsible, and Neylund was no puszlod ton by the peaple of wll members of | ghout Gosnold's phystognomy that he local school boards ame to England . Yenterday Neyland uumyrnrd A map BOB DRIVES HER TO DRINK. | Hatreut Poor, Woman Hesks Con solation 1n Moonshine, Mate Bays. the | HELD FOR MURDER PLOT. ’ . ; Fivmer, 63, Accused of Attempting Polwon to Win Gir), 17, BUFFALG. A bob halreat that wa ; . {50 Mt w fuluure ws to lnnd Viethn | MANISTIQUE, Mich, nocomt, on w chitge of diankenness | A Joseph Bimithers, wis i Lale unfolded Lo Judge Keeler 10| peld hore on & chie 1CiIty Court o Vi 0 Ludwig Podkladek had his wife gy ) m0der & vival for court tor lupsing from Whe sober path, | Gertrade Monoe, 19 and told the court the reason for her | Bmithers plesded not appearince wis wll becatss a boarder [ day and was bound over (o the next Al his home Dad bobbed Dl wile's [ eourt term without bond. He seld he hadr, bat hiad made such o w poor Job | had been engaged to e ghvl (wo years, of 3L thist b and Mis Podkladek got [ but that tately she had spuined Wi o w bottle of moonshine sup- | witention. He 18 wocused of sonding hy the barber polsaned oandy Jearge MoCuatle The court placed the woman on pro- ' 29, another admirer of Miss Monroe bution, Builthors' wife dicd 40 yeurs ngo, ‘ Correspondence of ‘The Stay February 8 a3 tarmer, s ¢ ot attempt 1o the affections of Wity yeator- " TO WIN BRITISH STEE winning the recent Winchester Chase at the Newbury track. Although his first start in England. 6.0.P. WOMEN'S GROUP | SCULPTOR UPSETS SAVANTS HUNTING SUBJECT'S BEARD is more than 100 years old. It measu pounds. The owner values it at rlc‘é: to $10,000. DANCER PRIZES ELABORATE SHAWL. Senorita Lolita Velasco, well known Spanish danseuse, displaying her prize antique Spanish shawl, which res 15 feet by 13 feet and weighs 17 ‘Wide World Photc AMERICA'S BID FOR THE SPEED TITLE. The giant four-ton racing car, built by J. M. White, wealthy Philadelphia sportsman, in which he will at- unr‘t‘hu better the world speed reco Englishman, Maj. Seagrave. It is po: engines. rd of 203 mides an hour, heid by the mered with three 12-cylinder Liberty Wide World Photos. ECHASE. Billy Barton, he was the American favorite in England’s forth- No. 13 in a field of 13, the Ameri- ° Wide World Photos Style Worn by Bartholomew Gosnold, Elizabethan Mariner, Puzzles Artist. He Seeks English Data. 1 8L the British Museum which he at firstthought would give an exact de- wription of Gosnold’s appearance. 1t | was an anclent marine map showing | | the adventurer's route from Falmouth, | | England. The map 15 inset with draw- | | Ings, serolls and decorations character- | Istle of the period. Indlans With Parasols. Close examination indicated that the artist probably never saw Gosnold or Amerlca. American Indlans were shown in the drawing as welcoming the ex- plorer under an elaborate marqueo and carrying umbrellas. This was taken to show that the artist had the glories of the West Indies in mind rather than the wild Amorican aborgines Cosnold himselt was not dressed n the proper costume of the perlod. He appeared to ho wearing a palr of large | [stzed plus fours and a four-gallon hat | like & Weatern cowboy. Neyland Is still searching iy the Brit- 15l Museum. If he does not find an ex- description of Cloanold, the soulp- will make him a typleal mariner of the period, | SKULL NOT FRACTURED. X-Ray Discloses Condition of In-| Jured Policeman, ‘Two X-vays, taken late yesterday, in- | dicated thnt Mator Oyels Offcer J. G Heln of the twelfth precinet, who was | ciltiently injured Monday night when | ho collided with w truck we he wis ehas- | g wnother car wlong Bladensburg voad, | did ot sustain & trwotured skull, 1t was stated this movniig at Casunlty Mo pital "1 condition, however, 1 atil orittoal, and ho never has fully vegalned con nelousness alnos his mccident. 1L was sl at the hospltal that he 1s vegarded an having “a hghting chisnes” (o ve- vover, | Corraspanden | eat BLACK-FACE COMEDIAN FACING INVESTIGATION Eddie Cantor Accused by Producer of the “Follies” of Feign- ing Illness. Dy the Associated Press, NEW YORK, February 8 --The Actors” Equity Association councl has before it today a request from Florenz ducer’s personal physician and if found face comedian of the “Follies,” be or- dered back to work. Cantor produced a doctor's certificate when the “Follies” was about to open - Philadelphta recently to the efiect that he was sutfering from pleurtsy and should remain in bed. The show was closed, and Ziegfeld told the council the had cost A, L. Erlanger and himselt $35,000 But tor has been seen dnving on Broad- way and attending shows. The pro- ducer sald he was ready to take the show out of storage and go on the road ngain with Cantor In his usual star part Cantor suggested In return: “Mr. Ziegfeld certainly should know that 1 am too good a business man to give up $4.500 & week salary if T am at all able to play " He admitted being in Manhattan every day, but explained that it was on | Vislts to hia physiclan, and offered to undergo an examination by the pro- (), Joseph Smithers, 63, farmer, is phyateally it (o vetun to the stage the next day. NINE-WORD WILL FILED. Written on Borap of Brown Paper Torn From Grocery Bag, of Vhe Biar, PHILADELPHIA - One of the short Wills oy fled with Reglster Wills Campbell was probated last week when, I nine words, Willlam A, Clark Who died November 11 at his howe, 2 Memphita street, bequeathed his $1.900 eatate to the widow U leave evervthing omy name to my wite" wrate the leatator Olark not only fatled 0 mention his | Wite's name, but ho falled to date his WHLand have 1t witnessed, and he fatled BVEN 10 RPNOINE AN eXBOUIOF. Appatent- Iy he made his will in & huery, for it was wiitten on & P of brown paper v from & bag suoh as gioverymen recently, Zlegfeld charged, Can- | ot | |Woman Member | Sits as Speaker In House Session By the Associated Press. A woman—Representative Edith Nourse Rogers. Republican. Mas- sachusetts—took the post of Spe in today's session of the Hou; Representative Cascy Pennsylvania, who was d speech o bituminou: 2 was “appropriate beca describes the suffe mothers, wives and chil | ARCENY CHARGED TOBOGUSDOETOR Man Accused of Theft of ) Ring and Money During Operation at Hospital. ! Herbert L. McClair, 30 years old, was | brought here today and charged with | rand larceny in connection with an | episode on October 20, 1924, when he reputedly posed as a doctor and obtain- ed permission to witness an operation at Emergency Hospital, slipping from | the operating room Quring the opera- | tlan and stealing & diamond ring and 1 835 from the street clothes of the | geons. which were hung i a n dressing room After leaving here, MeClair, who has served five terms in penal mstitutions n varfous cities, was arrested tin Rich- mond for the theft of some bonds in by Philadelphia. Sentenced to three vears ¢ | there, he served his time and was v turned here from Philadelphia by De- tective Sergeant Thomas Nalley. McClalr. 8 college graduate and a man of fintshed address, ropresented himself in 1924 to be Dr. T A Kent ! The bogus “Dr. Kent™ obtained permis- ston to wateh Dr. James F. Mitchell | perform a major operation at Emers ney Hospital. During the operation he oft the room and entered the dressing room. He took $33 from Dr. Mitehells | clothes, police stated. .and & $300 dia- | mond g from w pocket - the suit | James Connelly Detective Ser- gount Nally satd that the prisoner ad mitted taking the ring and money and sald that he pawned the ring tn Balu- more for 8230, He will be arvatgned be I for United States Commissioner Need- | | ham €. Turnage. His police record indi- cates that he has eight altases. W. N. EVERETT DIES. RALEIOH, N. O, Februa=s 8 (9 Willlam - Nash - Everett, Seoretary of State of Nortl Oaroling sinco 1921 diedt I his hotel woom here at 980 oclock st night of heart disease He had { been 1 sinee December, when he su feved the fiest of recurring attacks of | [the disease | MU Everett, fn his siviv-thind vear [ Wan n native of Rockingham, wheve tu- | [neral sevvices Wil bo held tomorrow MU Everelt wan fermed by former Qov. Cameron Marbson of Charlotte. [bY Whase appatntinent he bocame sec velary of ate, A model citlsen” and | ane of (he most capable aficials i the | Htate T 1ABA he maried Miss Lenn Payne of Novfolk, VA, and 8 survived by s Evorell, & son unl‘nu daughiters, Clasenar SMALL-THOMPSON UNITY IS CEMENTED Midnight Parley Brings Plan for Governor to Seek Another Term. d Press. SPRINGFIELD. Ill, February 8 — mvirate of Gov. or William Hale Thom; the executive and 1 am They ca: ence arm porters measured the re: eting in these terms: Gov. Small will seek non clection for a third term Mayor Tho litical support cago), will receive patronage tihere. Lundin Held Forced Out. The political requiem for Fred “the poor Swede.” Who elevated Thor son to power and Iater became his arc (oo, was The ces e Ddetween Thompson and Gov a8 Dr. John Dill Robertsoil, wWho ran as an ndependent Republican against Thomgp- son in the last mayoralty Rat Incident Recalled Mavor Thompson left no doudt of his attitude toward Lundin and Dr Robert- son when, during the campaign, he exhidited two rats i A cage o Mo platform, calling one - Fred” the other “Doc Probability that the be claritied betore nigh the fact that (he Republica ral committes was o meet i Chivag today M IMAVOE WAS expeatad fo B dorse the governars ca the United States Senatar-ele Smith. 0 wham the Sepate denied & seat. accumpanted Muyer Thangwen to Springfleld and sat moon e eafer ence The aceord between Mavar Thonpsan and Gov. Small has come at e tine whent another active factar has degun making tsell apparent i Cook - County Republican polities. That 18 the group headed by Untted States Senator Detieen. which has tdicated 18 will make & sharn fight for the ofice of State’s atiarney fr Coak County situation might Customs Officials Jailed PIA JUANA Mexkan Feoruary § Ferande Vitlasehat & Genate Vs coustamhouse DK, were held i (e Tha Juana fail oday for fne vestigation in connection with & large shottage e custambouse funds here, Joaquin Ramives, cashier at the custaniionse, Was - beig sought ea cimbesslement oharges 1 {he same oam, aovnrding o mformathn recelved from (he border town The -hm\uu - Paried Wt nelghbarhood .‘*