Evening Star Newspaper, March 15, 1928, Page 17

HERE ON WINNING DEBATE TFAM. President Coolidge receives a visit from Rolf Lium. who preached at the little church attended by the Presi- dent during his Black Hills sojourn. He came to the Capital as a member of the Carleton College debating team, which defeated American University i Associated Press Photo. ITALY PAYS TRIBUTE TO DEAD WAR LEADER IN IMPRE the Italian army to decisive triumphs in the World War, goes to his fi known Soldier. This shows the funeral cortege, in which T sentatives of the allied government: CHECKER SHARK PLAYS 100 GAMES SIMULTANEOUSLY. M. Sigal, champion checker player of Paris, is shown matching his wits against 100 opponents at the same time. He won 82 of the games, got a draw in 10 and Francisce. A f; teacher was recently invented and put in use by an Instructor at San air golfer is shown here learning how to “follow through” by studying the way the machine does it. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. o the Piazza dell’ This mechanical golf Copyright by P. & A. Photos. Col. Lucien Whiting Powell, a mem- ber of the floor committee, who will lead the Virginia reel with Mrs. Min- nigerode Andrews at the Mi-Careme ball tonight at the Mayflower Hotel. Harris & Ewing. WHALE CAPTURED ON VISIT TO NEW YORK. This sea monster, la- beled a sperm whale by icthyologists, was caught the other day right in the waters of New York Harbor. The captors of the whale, John Givney I and Harry Dolan, are standing on the carcass. BOY STEEPLECHASER “BURNS UP” TRACK. Twelve-year-old Johnny hropshire, England, sailing over a jump in the form which has marked him as a prodigy among British turf followers. The youngster has ridden 10 winners and 9 seconds in 20 starts. Sylvester of Ludlow, yright by P. & A. Photos. IAMOND UTILIZED +*5rm ie o /TOMAKE FILAMENT " 200000000 By the Associated Prese. 45,000 Tiny Coils Made Each| PARIS, March 15.—France under- takes the world's largest insurance Day by Use of New Type Dies. by the chamber’s adoption last night of social insurance, affecting half the French population. The meas- ure, which the Senate already has adopted and yhich has been in Par- liament for séven years, makes ob- tory the collection of 10 per cent wages and salaries, half from the workers and half from the employ- ers, totaling $200,000,000 annually. From this, death and disability benefits, old age pensions and gen- eral medical services will be paid. ‘The law will be made effective gradually and will operate fully when the reserve reaches $4,000,- 000,000. The plan, it is admitted, must bé revised from time to time to meet objections, particularly of the farm- er. Ccrresponfience of the Associated Press. BLOOMFIELD, N. J—Tiny tungsten lamp filaments, no larger than a fiy's leg. can now be produced in quantity with the aid of a minute diamond die “Impossible!” said experts of the Westinghouse Lamp Co. when they were | asked 1o make 5o fine coiled filaments | of tungsten wire. But they put their beads together over the problem and he result is & machine that daily turns wousands of these fragile pieces of nating apparatus ! hen the research men ook up their | % Grawn o wre one thoanain o | INSPECTION IS ORDERED OF RECLAMATION DAMS in diameter, but it could not | | -4 easily, However, the fllumi- | ineers wanted coils, for they hat the colled filament im- | T Work Calls for Survey—Los An-| geles Asks U. 8. Official to Aid in Probe of Disaster. ed tne lamps’ efficiency. Machine Devised. After months of work, tungsten wi finally produced which could be rmed into coils of less than four times | Heeding the Bt. Prancls Dam disas- | :15 own dlameter. ‘The next step wWas 10 | ter, Secretary Work today ordered an | Gevise machines for making these flla- | inspection of all reservoirs and dams | ments in ¢ . operated under the Reclamation Bu- The fir s only & me- |reqy charicel he hand pro- | The Los Angeles Chamber of Com- ceeses ey experimental \merce today requested Commissioner work s ' Elwood Mead of the Bureau of Recla- passed slow mation o act as chairman of a com- mitee of engl rs to Investigate the {cause of the 8t Francis Dam break The chamber also sted Dr. Mead 0 aid in securing a list of engineers competent 1o pass on the stion from the Amgrican Boclety of Civil Engineers, from which & committee can be ap- pointed to serve with the commissioner. URGES PRISON PROBE. { Legislator Says U. 8, Penitentiaries | [ | et wi tungsten he mandrel was cut aving the this process 1 { Diamond Necessary, Lowed 1 Are Overcrowded, H semi- lsiming thut the Federal peniten- chief | Uaries at Leavenworth, Kans, and at Allanta, Gu., are “nearly 100 per cent overcrowded " Fepresentative Boylan, Democrat, New York, wday urged be- {fore the House rules committee ap- proval of bis resolution o provide for an investigation of Federal, Btate and uther prisons by w special House com- | it at no known wear of the v cut from t i ineh ch thick | He said wnch wide, | conditio thst bit of | deplora, U-shiaped sanitary and hous that i prisons were I | the in e plate rtert i | Special Dispatch 1o The Star, {at Washington I SCHOOL YOUNGSTERS PRESENT WASHINGTON AUTOIST FINED IN BALTIMORE Martin V. Flaherty Caught After Two-Mile Chase Following Accident, BALTIMORE, March 15.—Arrested | after & chase of approximately two miles following an automobile accident Boulevard and Carey ! street, Martin V. Flaherty, 22 years old, | of 1125 Efghth street, Washington, was | d 830 and costs in Trafc Court yes- terday on charges of falling to give right of way angd fallure to stop after an_accident Flaherty 15 being detained pending examination by Federn) authorities of 20 gallons of alleged aleohol police sy they found in the buck of his wutomo- bile According to Patrolman Krauk, Flah- erty's machine collided with that of Jubn Lowmen of this city. Flaherty | contintied on wnd the patrolman, com- mundeering . pasing wutomoblle, gave chise | | VIRGINIA HORSE PICKED | Gay Fashion, ST. PATRICK'S DAY ENTERTAINMENT. Fourth grade pupils of the Henry School, Seventh and P streets, who will entertain the Parent-Teachers' Association of the school at a celebration tomorrow afternoon in the school auditorium. "I:'Iot Irons Fail‘to Wrrx'rt:ngccret of Gold Hoard From Aged Recluse and Sister, 81 By the Associated Press. HUNTINGDON, Tenn, March 15 Robbers using medieval methods of torture ‘Tuesday night applied hot irons to the bare flesh of Willlam Woodward, aged recluse wnd reputed miser, and his 81-year-old invalid . in 4 vain effort to force them o reveal the hid- g place of thelr lfe savings, they told oM y erday After thelr victims had _withstood the torture for 3 hours and Woodward had lost consclousness from pain the Inl el o tel FOR USE IN OLYMPICS Owned by Johnston of Clarke County, Se- lected by U. 8. Team. Ewart Special Disputeh to Tha Star WInNCH TER, Va, March Gay Fushlon, thoroughbred mare owend by Ewart Johnston of Clarke County, Vi, hus heen seleeted by the a1 16 0 Iy wrecked thelr litt ward hoard of gold estimated as from $5,000 truders, ribed as unmasked n $700, found Commur a reputation for $10,000. ‘Two suspeets taken Int rday were not | ward, VIRGINIA’S GAS TAX WILL INCREASE SUNDAY| Rudse to 8 Cents to Go Into Effect| Week to Provide Next numbering three, identified by and de- white men, farm home 18 miles | from here in n ransacking search that netted thes old_trunk, hidden in an Ity legend had given Wood- possessing 0 custody ves- Wood- More Rond Money. 1ul Diapateh to The Star RICHMOND, Va, March 15 ning Sunday morning the tax on gaso- he ents of this tax to go o Virginia - will 1 lon, Begln B cents a THREAT NOTES SENT TO RAJAH’S FRIEND Doctor Prepn_u"in;:-fol; ‘Mm‘ringe of Hindu to United States Girl Warned in Two Letters. 1 Press. March By the Associate NASIK, Indla, 15.~Dr. Qo preparing for the wedding of ‘;Nluu'\' Aun Miller of Seattle to Tukojl | Rao, former Maharajah of Indore, At urday, has received two letters threat- ening his life whonymous, were not followed by any untoward incident Shankarcharva, the priest, who pe formed the rites Inftiating Miss Miller into Hindulsm, was told by several Hindus that he had imparted resh stimult to the religion, signing herself Sharmistha, adopted Hindu name, Miss Miller eabled her mother, Mrs. Jennte Miller, who 15 in attle, telling of her T ablegram vead “You will be glad to hear that the converston ceremony went oft wonder fully well attended. A wondertul sight, converston, Marviage AvRequest for Consolidated Classes save, one of those actively engaged in | Miss | ‘The letters, which were | her | wenty-five thousand people | CAST LARGEST BELL FOR NEW YORK CHURCH. The Archbishop of Canterbury, primate of the Church of England, ringing the great bell cast at Croydon, England, for the new Riverside Drive Church, in New York. The 19-ton bell is the largest tuned bell ever cast. Wide W d Ph 3 BIRMINGHAM WIS PURE ALK FIGHT 1 i Postmaster John J. Kiely of New {Child Deaths Fall From 280 | | | | | | i(lourt Orders New | To{,]uslify Ban on “Sandino” Stamps By the Associated Pross. NEW YORK, March 15.—Post- York were ordered yesterday by ’ to 30 per 100.000—Adul- Federal Judge John C. Knox to show | cause why they should not be re- H o strained from interfering with [ teration Is Neghg'ble' mail matter bearing stamps protest- | _— ing against “Marine rule” in Nicara= | Correspe i s gua. The order is returnable Tues- BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Public health day. officials of Jefferson County are reap- Application for the order was . ing the rewards of tI made by Arthur Garfield Hays. |long, bitter stru counsel for Manuel Comez of. the a All-American Anti-Imperiali supply gue, because Postmaster Ki ¢ returned mail bearing stickers with the inscription “Protest against | Marine rule in Nicaragua.” = The stickers had been sold by the league to aid the cause of Gen. Augustino Sandino, Nicaraguan teader who has | clashed with American Marines. e 'SHORTAGE OF FUNDS ' BALKS SCHOOL PLAN ce of the a fow y against them was chief, Dr. J. D. Dow to a flogging. Today & nd remote parts of to Birn public a e work in the is le eve: amon, der 2 vear dysinter: 100.000 of y 30. Mean | rate from typhotd o from 65 to 7 of both ailm ! as ase ¥ to poor m Special Dispateh to The Star. losis death @ UPPER MARLBORO. Md.. March 15 and Dr. Request for a consolidated school at District Heights has been tabled for the | present by the Prince Georges County | Board of Education because of lack of | funds. The board has authorized its | W president, Perry Boswell of Mount Rai- . the city was de nler, to sign & contract with E. P. Dovell | uaregula of Landover for erection of a four-room ) this vi ! brick school at Poplar avenue and Cir- | The records dis Takoma Par bid was the lowest of 19 sub- | ‘he bullding will be ready for when school reopens next at District Heights Tabled by County. | oceupancy | September. One thousand dollars has been ap- propriated by the board for purchase of { five acres for a colored school at Hi land Park, Seat Pleasant distriet, pro- vided the community will ratse a like | amount. J. Bernard Wagoner has been | the United States | named trustee of the Cottage City | Now. the daie School, to succeed C. C. Gray, who has | the value of restored {moved from the county’ the entire mik sup A request by the county commission- | kept under rig ers for a loan of $6,187.50 to pay bond | operation. Less than on coupons due has been granted by the | cent Is found to be ady Board of Education. The commisston- | admitted to the eity fers have agreed to refund the money |herds, about a3 per ¢ July next the N Heeause the board eannot legally do |drastica {50, 1t has notited W. O, ‘Timanus, Lau- | has nereased 10 to 200 per ¢ vel, that it cannot velmburse him for | bopulation has increased about 30 pee | hospital ex his son S have gone up consun \ fifth of & pint a degh which of the average cov | METEOR “CHANGES MIND.” fonses eurred by ¢ Report of Bolt Sets| the highway fund for the extenston of the Htate system of Improved roads, the Hiate to bulld not less than 1,500 miles cach year. Gov. Byrd signed the bill Tuesday night, and under the law the | bill, a0 emergency meanure, Ix offoctive five diys later. offcluls sy that this will me merense i the revenue of not | $H00,000 L and that §f the - crease i the number of cars 18 main- tained 1t 15 expected to veach at loast $1,000.000 before the beglnning of March, 1920 Winter Bill Approved, The Winter bill to permit review by the United Ftates Court of Clislms of dectstons of the Secretary of the In werlor on mineral contracts his been approved by the House mines com- fixed for evenlng of the seventeenth. fas the result of suffering a broken log | We all sond our love to you, grandpa fon the Laurel School playgrounds an! Ruthie Payment of $175 (0 the estate of | Vide the . Miss Muler's grandmother, who Snowden Ashford on account of his | Htleal bitterness, with her, also signed the message. work as architect on the new addition | Which culminated - the . to Hyattsville High School has been or Dowling s definitely PLAN HUBBARD STATUE. dered by the board whose Desks will bo bought for & room i | tablis! defe Royerofters to Er “Fra Elbrytus,” the Rladensbury Coloved Sehool as soon [ for their act enedd the e a% funds are available, the board has | public opinten which has e Correspondence of the Assoclated Piess, EAST AURORA, N. Y — A monument decldod qowling and his assclates (o The next meoting of the board will | forward thelr wark through educational to Kibert Hubbard will be erected this Fall on the grounds of the Royeroft be held April 10 vather than compulsary. means, & . . Honduran Pact Ratifled, Curtiss Loses Suit Filty delegates of the International {shops he founded. Ciarage Asasoclation will attend the The momunent, a Nle-slsn thivd annual convention of the wssocta- [ statue, Is gelng modeled by 8L Jerome A supplemental extradition conven- | ROCHESTER, N ¥, March 13 (9 Hon at the Mayflower Hotel on Mareh | Qonnors, Now York soulptor. 1t shows ton with Honduras, stgned at Teguet- | The Herving-Curiiss Coof Hammondss m«l‘m Fobruary 31 st vear, was vatiflod | ot ploneer manufaciurers of - aivs yeatordny afternoon by the Senate. 16| PEanes, yesterday was granted an ace and W. M ptundiford, who | nstive of Maly, who was naturalzad bohanes sl the pleasures of (he workd 110 fo 31, The assoctation was founded {“Fra Blburtus” seated fnoa famitiae pose Vicon whien poisoned 26 e | October 6. 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