Evening Star Newspaper, April 23, 1928, Page 13

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. .. MONDAY, APRIT o 3. feet in this little motorless craft, Lieut. John V. Deuel of the Army Air Corps, instructor at a Californi Me is shown in the “cockpit” as the students school, predicted it would become a popular sport in this country gave him a take-off in the little 20-foot plane. THROUGH THE HOOP AT 60 MILES PER. This motorcyclist’s leap through a paper hoop, or drum, at a mile-a-minute speed was only one of the thrills for the crowd attending a recent motorcycle “gymkhana” at London’s Crystal Palace. P. & A. Photos. Wide World Photos. MARQUETTE GRIDIRONERS GET this picture would indicate that the manner. The tractor got the worst of the argument until the driver “gave her the gun.” CARRIES LEGION EMBLEM OV NORTH POLE. American Legionnaires of Fairbanks, Alaska, with Carl Eielson, Capt. George Wilkins’ pilot, holding emblem which they presented to him for delivery in Paris after his flight over the Pole, from Point Barrow to Spitzbergen. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. estate of John F. Cecil. READY FOR THE FALL IN THE SPRING. And, taken at its face value, foot ball huskies of the Milwaukee institution are going about it in no mild Wide World Photos. Mme. Clara Schinskay, Russian dramatic soprano, who will be heard in recital, assisted by Eugenia Cherniavskaya-Brumin, Washington pianist, at the Jewish Community Center tomorrow night. SEVEN ARE INIURED | TOCH FESTVAL DUE WEDNESDAY INAUTDACEIOENTS | | Three Children Among Vic-| Washington Cathedral Scene of Annual Ceremonies Hav- ing Origin in World War. | tims of Car Crashes—Skid- | ding Machine Hits Tree. | gton Cathedral will be the Severe lacerations about the throat| and head were suffered yesterday by Elizabeth Anne Smallwood, 9 years old, ‘Washi scene of the annual festival of Toc H Wednesday evening, a ceremony ex- | pressive of the spirit of service through | 3702 Ingomar street, when the auto- which Toc H, having its incéption in | mobile in which she was riding was the Ypres salient during the World |in a collision at Connecticut avenue has grown into a world-wide | and Ellicott street. The child was | k e s Sy st | taken to Garfield Hospital, where it | Jished in Washington, Philadelphta, New | Was said that her recovery is expected. | *York and Boston Mrs. Dorothy 8. Geare, 37, 3702 In- | At this festival the lamp of Toc H | il be lighted, each member taking ght from it, symbolic of the spirit Jof service and sacrifice for which Toc M stands. Canon Anson Phelps Blokes of the Washington Cathedral will make the address and Right Rev. Jamcs E frree bishop of Washington, will - ome. ange nickname for grown out of sacri- merely an Army 5 8 Btr hich has gomar street, drove the car in which | |the child was riding. The other car was operated by Mrs. Catherine Hol- ister, 3913 Ingomar street. The child | was one of three hurt yesterday Swerving to avold ng & child, | an automoblle driven by Martin C. Mc- | Andrews, 1308 Euclid stri yesterday | skidded on the wet pavement and a tree at Thirteenth and C southwest, injuring McAndrews mes Sullivan, 16, 219 First street. abbreviation for Talbot House, stood open in the Belgian town for four From the Christian fe p there begun among men of all a living soclety, | spread widely world. Its grades of Both were taken to Emergency Hospital. | Charles Johnson, colored, 335 | Missouri avenue southwest, suffered a | possible fracture of the skull and in- | ternal injuries when two automobiles collided at Seventh and O streets, caus- | ing one of them to strike him He was taken to Preedmen’s Hospital In a | erious condition. The car that struck | him was driven by Nelson Cooper, 1105 | Twenty-third street. The driver of the | other car was Albert Smith Hill, col- | | ored, 18, Bouth Washington, Va. Both | Cooper and Hill were arrested and held | for investigation | Mary C. Heath, 3 years old, 2113 Thirty-afth street, was treated av Georgetown Hospital for a fracture of | the leg and shock after she was knocked down n front of 2029 Thirty-Hith street, | by an eutomobile driven by Harriet B Dougherty, 3127 Van Ness strect. Her | condition 15 not serious | Others d, neither serlously Nicholson and E T street of each generation ian ideal of fellowship s of denomination, 2) To inspire and through its ing memo- neration v r can r y vals and gather the younger men cted by the spir abounds within the group: erehy drawn 10 take on Koy Beout work A act Big t hospital | t ' Flinchum, 20, 3530 SLEZAK CAUGHT FISHING IN FORBIDDEN WATERS | Noted Overpays Fine Bavarian Lake Overseer Offers Bath “in Change.” prison Tenor and EXPORT ORDER OUTLINED. Cansda Bees Milk and Cream Bhip eop e of the Assoclated Press BTARNBERG, Upper Bavaria—KEven tenors of internationsl are not permitted o fish I Bavarian Jakes | without police permits This regulation, forbidding without license, wis brought d the know ts Only Blightly Affected fame Ontario, April 23 | | fishing | tieally | noted nt [ Hu-: Upper Bayaria | morning Blezak decided o | He | for o cved W any appre sington order exporiers 1 betore Unite obtain | 1 e s Goy- | the Gepartment required | the Canadisn de ire permit fine have an hour of fishing at the lake hadn't_ settled down on the shore more than 10 minutes when he saw spiked helmet advancing oward him You are nob permitted 1o fish here the policeman told Slezak, “and for for L by the United Blates doing 8o 1 have W fine you 5 marks” Slevak did not sy anything, but| reached into his pocket and handed u | 10-mark bill to the representative of | | the law. The policeman, taking the 10| miarks, sald: “Borry, 1 hay nge | Bt you'll 1 I heve t f s an Wash we e squeis,” Plans Peru Navy Flying Corps PRANCISCO, April 23 W) Comdr. Ben Wyalt, whe the D flight lest Bun SAN iy s PROVIDE ENTERTAINMENT AT MANY HOMES ROBBED BY SNEAK THIEVES Unidentified Parties Invade Prem- ises and Steal Money, Clothing and Other Valuables. A number of Washingtonlans were vietims of sneak thieves who entered their homes during the week end, tak- ing money, clothes and other valuables Morris Katz, 1114 H street, reported his house w by an unidentified intruder who gained entrance by breaking a rear window. | Wearing apparel valued at $240 is miss- | ing Another vietim was Louls Kaplan delicatessen at 1334 , whose place of busi- ness was entered by the same means. About $100 worth of edibles, tobacco and clothing and $2 in pennles were taken, By foreing the lock on the front door of 1220 Bladensburg road, thieves took Walter Jackson’s radio and wear- ing apparel valued al $160. James B Btead, 933 Twenty-third street, fell a victim 1o & pick-pocket"while in’ a local theater yesterday afternoon, losing $64. Loss of four gold rings was reported by Maggle Botts, 1107 Eighteenth street ‘The rings, valued at $60, disappeared from her home In the past two months, Theft, of & watch and chain with Masonic charm attached, valued at $60, was reported by J. K. Bradburn, 3600 Fourteenth street, and Harry Berman wld of the taking of 835 from the cash register in his place of bustness st 214 Ninth street TEN STUDENTS ROBBED. Here Vie proprietor Young Women on Visit timg of Thief Baggage W ten young women, students Pennsylvanin chool, who motored here yesterday on a slghisceing tour, was stolen, when the cur helonging Lo Miss Miriam Lathorp, i which they had made the trip (o Washington was “borrowed” st the cormer of Fourteenth street and New sork wvenue and later found abans doned & block away. Miss l‘A:.uuup gnve / 10l 18t Collegn wvenue ag g et — oy SUBLBIICD WoRklg BYPRIGl robbed Baturday night | MEETINGS OF PARENT-TEACHER GROU OUTSTANDING WORLD EVENTS OF PAST WEEK BRIEFLY TOLD government after dissolution of the Pe- . o ~apt. | king Parliament and declared a state IR SN URLEION R ) 90 war between the North and the of | Koehl, together with Baron von Huene- | g,uh ~ The Southerners in the present feld, are striving with might and main |drive are led by the Nationalist com- | . - to restore their transatlantic airplane |mander-in-chief, Chiang Kal-Shek apt. Ge J 19 | Bremen to such condition as will en-| C#PL Ceorge H. Wilkins, Australan, and Carl B. Efelson, Alaskan pilot able them to complete their filght from | made a daring flight from Point Bar- Greenly Isle, off the coast of Labrador, |yow, Alaska, to Spitzbergen. They to New York, the wives of the Ger-|pg over great unexplored reglons man_commander of the overseas €X-|around the Pole. This was Capt. Wil- | pedition and the daring Irishman are [king' third attempt to carry out this crossing the same Atlantic by steamer | dangerous alr voyage. to greet them The Itallan aeronaut, Gen. Umberto The two women, who suffered the Nobile, negotiating the first lap of his agonles of waiting when no word had | proposed trip to the North Pole, guided come from the airmen after they were his dirigible Italia from Milan to Stolp, long overdue in Amerlca, are the guests | Giermany, through a terrific storm. Ho of the steamship company aboard the | threatening were the elements that it Dresden, and with them 5 “Fitz's” | seemed as though the Italia would be little daughter Pat, who herself fig-|forced to come down at an interme- ured prominently in the news prior to|diate point. But Gen. Nobile kept on, the hop-off from Baldonnel and his dirigible proved its worth by “The transatlantic fiyers are stuck fast | reaching her airport in safety in the little barren lsland because of | Gen. Nobile will have the services of the damage done the Bremen when she | 200 men in ‘his expedition, with the landed on fce that broke under her|supply ship Citta di Milano stationed welght. New parts have been sent and | at Kings Bay. From that point he repalrs are being made, and the three [ hopes to reach the Pole and make n intrepid aviators are determined to fly merous flights covering much unex- to thelr original destination, Mitchel | plored territory Field. Suvage Flare-Up In China, Brief dispatches from China last week indicated & wavage flare-up of the war between the North and the Bouth. For the moment the Bouthern- ers huve much the better of the battle One Northern army, numbering thous sands, s roported o have been de- | stroyed, Beveral citles on the road to Peking, the objective of the Bouthern- ers, have been occupled. Nearly o mil Won men are sald to be engaged on overnl fronts, with three drives in progress against the Northern capital “The control of Chine has been in dispute between the two sections ever since the empire was transformed into ublie by the revolutionary governs ment in Nanking in 1012, The provis- Jonal constitution provided for a com plete and definite union, but 1t was found Smpossible for the varlous par- thes Lo Yeach AN AgreeMEnt on W Pering nent egonstibution Tho Radical party, led by Bun Yat P, bob up AN n;uawnunlu wililary Iy the Associatod Pros. France Proposes Antl-War Pact. ance has submitted to the govern- ments of the United States, Great Brit- ain, Germany, Italy and Japan her fdeas of a treaty for dolng away with war, ‘The French government, in its proposals, which In many ways are simlilar 10 those of Secretary of Btate Kellogy, ¥ the right to wage war for defense rtain obll- gations already under the covengay of the League of Nations, Houfflern HBulgaria has been badly shaken by earthquakes, numerous weople killed and thousands of fami [ien" vendered homeleas. . Philippopolia, founded by Phillp of Macedon, is prac tieally In ruins, H. B. Carter Dies in Now Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, April 23 (#)—Har old Breckenbridge Cart a1 of the General Cooporege & Cooand n native of Canisteo, N iy, ‘Timbay Y., disd . Singing Mothers of the Parent-Teacher under the direction of Mrs. E. L. Norris to furnish musical entertainment at the larger group meetings of the District organization. towns belng destroyed, several hundred | president | Assoclation, organized Star Stafl Photo. 'FRANK J. CURRIER, VETERAN ACTOR, DIES | Blood Poisoning Proves Fatal to Film and Stage Star—Played First Role in 1860. | LOS ANGELES, April Frank J. | Currler, veteran stage and film actor, | who has been fll at his home at Bev- | erly Hills for the past 10 days with | blood poisoning in his right hand, died Iast night The announcement of his death came as a distinet surprise, as he had im- proved considerably ' f three blood transfusions. Dr, W | mell. the attending physician, said the sudden turn n Currier's condition came { only a short time before his death. He +caught his finger in the door of an automobile several duys ago, with hard- ly more than a superficial injury re- sulting. Blood poison set in, however, and he soon was in a serfous condition. Currler started acting at the age of 3 in 1800 and played with such celeb- ritles as Edwin Booth, Margaret Anglin, Helena Modjeska and Maude Adams. Aftor 35 years of work behind the foot- lights Currier tried the films. He be- came prominent in the motion pioture world He is survived by his widow, who was at his bedside when he died, and a son and two alsters, who live in Syra- cuse, N, Y. Funeral arrangements were held up pending word from relatives in the East. . Baby Found on Porch ipecial Dispatoh 10 The Star DECATUR HEIGHTS, Md, April 23 Meambers of the family of N. O. Brig- ham found & t-month-old glel on thely front poreh about 8 o'clock yesterday morning. It was tucked n a basket The Hrighams will care for the baby until it s claimed. ‘There was nothing to Indicate its identity. o~ The Jorusaltm chamber of Westmin- ster Abhey takes its mame from the cedar wood with which (he walls ave tned, and whivh i5 said (0 have boen browght from Lebanon, tunity to do a bit of general sightseeing on his first vacation in that section. GOV. SMITH CUTS A ROUND OF GOLF TO VISIT ASHEVILLE'S PRIZE DAIRY HERD. The New York governor, who is vacationing in the Southern resort city, is shown here with the cows and calves on the Baltimore While the governor has spent most of his time on the golf links, he has found oppor- Associated Press Pho | TAKES MASCOT ON POLAR EXPEDITION. Gen. Umberto Nobile and his mascot, Titina, pose for their photograph at Milan just before they left on the dirigible Italia, which the Italian explorer hopes to pilot over the North Pole. Titina accompanies the general on all his flights. Wide World Photos. |CANADA JOINS .S, TIONISTS HONOR INFORSTRYWEEK MRS, LVERWAN Meetings Will Be Held Simul- taneously in Both Coun- tries Tonight. American Forestry Week will be offi- cially inaugurated tonight by President | | Coolidge broadeasting his Forest week | | proclamation from the White House, to | be followed immediately by addresses by | | Canadian officials in the principal| American citles and by American offi- | | clals in the principal cities of Canada. | | In Washington, Charles Stewart, Ca- nadian minister of the interior, will fol | {Drive for Palestine Fund Is Stressed by Vice President of National Hadassah. With a Silverman, reception to Mrs. Archibald vice president of the National Hadassah, tendered by representatives 3t the six local Zionist societies at the Washington Hotel, the annual United Palestine Appeal was officially opened here las ht. Members of the Hadas- sah, Mizrachi, Keren Hayesod, Keren Kayemeth and the Junior Hadassah welcoming Mrs. Silverman who has devoted her life to the Jewish low President Coolidge on the air by ! broadcasting the Forestry Week procla- mation of Gov. Gen. Willingdon of Can- | ada, and later will address an interna- | tional meeting of Canadian and Ameri- | can officials at the Chamber of Com- |3 { merce of the United States. The meet- | Pes ing will be presided over by Secretary |Support | of Agriculture Jardine. Vincent Mas ;‘:’m;;;;( B e A e Miiie: to S Uiien than ever to prepa Palestine to take Senator M f of Rhode Island d T told of d lauded the wor e in rebuilding e for $35,000. exi in eas Because He Was Unable to Join in Games. States, will introduce Mr. Stewart. Palostine g At the same time the Canadian Min- | A% of oppressed Jews in Foland and ister is speaking in Washington, Theo- dore Roosevelt, general chairman of the | American Forest week committee, will be addressing a_Forestry Week gather- ing in Ottawa; Col. William B. Greeley chief of the United States Forest Serv | ice, will speak at Toronto, and Lieut | Gov. W. I Nolan of Minnesota will speak at Winnipeg. | In the United States, colleagues of Minister Stewart will be honored at | gatherings in New York, Chicago, St. Louls and Portland, Ore. Throughout the week there will be | meetings in all sections of the country | “to give thought to the preservation and | wise use of our forests to the end that| | energetic forest policies will be adopted | {in all communities.” | . |BOY, 11, CALLED “SISSY,” | TRIES TO HANG HIMSELF Taunted by Neighborhood Youths| Galicla. Says Doors Are Barred. “The doors of other lan to them,” she sald remain open.” Industrial conditions in Land are rapidly improving. verman said. The e has been relieved, she declared, factories and mills are w blast again. T hitherto used only post-grad: work, has been opened to undergrad- uates, she said, and is proving to be & boon to students excluded from colleges in eastern Europe. Isidore Hershfield. chairman of the lestine Appeal. presided. He an- nounced the following contributions as the first received Emile Berl §1:000: Maurice Baskin, $1.000: Ha Carpel, $350; Fred S. Gichner, $2 and Joseph B. Shapiro, $250. ne other contributions, aggregating seve thousands of dollars, were announced First Luncheon Announced. The first luncheon of the drive will be held tomorrow noon at the Jews Community Center, when reports of the progress of the first day’s canvass By the Assoclated Press | DETROIT, April 23.—~Taunts of| “Sissy" from neighborhood bays, be- | cause he was unable to participate in | their games, resulted in an attempt at | suicide here sterday by 1l-year-ald George Shulty. | Found unconsclous hanging by af Tope from a basement rafter at his| home, the boy was rushed to & hospital, | where his condition was n\u\h‘l‘n‘-l) serfous. He was able to talk last night | to his mother, who explained he had been 11l most of his lite sald that some boys called him “slssy” and threatened to hit him, and | that he felt so badly about their treat- ment he didn't want to live any more," Cutter Aids Stricken Ship. | NORFOLK, Va., April 93 (. —The| Coast Quard cutter Carrabassett report ed to headquarters here by radio ves- | terday that she had picked up the 8hip- ping Board steamer Western Ocean, 300 miles off the Virginla Oapes and was towing her to part, The steamer was found with her fuel supply exhausted and unable to proceed. The Western Ocean 15 laden with general cargo and | 15 en routs trom Hambwg to Norfolk wnd Baldmore, | workers. Mrs. Shulty said | Bo will be made by the campaign teams. Rabbi Edward F. Rosenblum of the ghth Street Temple will address the The drive will close May 8. when a banquet will be held at the hington Hotel in honor Dr Chaim _Welzmann, president the World Zionist Organization LIQUOR FEEDS BLAZE. Fireman Mistakes Fluid for Water Burned im Blinding Flash. Cormepondence of The St SHOSHONE, Idaho —Synthetic booze 13 not to be used for flre extinguishing purposes, it has been learned by Ross orden, member of the local volunteer Fire Department Ross was with the department re cently when it respanded e call an found an operating still W the mli { the flames. Seelng a bucket of o orless liquid handy and belleving it %o be water, Borden picked it up and dashed tnto the blaze. The moonshine, for that was what it was, backfired A blinding flash and painfully burned the fireman’s hands and face. The owner of the still, “Monkev Frank™ Christens Was taken to the jall, and v v d over to Al Auihorities for proseeution. ¢ of of