Evening Star Newspaper, September 22, 1928, Page 16

Secretary of War Davis does The War Department head looking through the business rifle during the military exhibition held on end of an Arm; the Monument Grounds yesterday is Col. Guy V. Henry, commandant Senator Howell of Nebraska in a little gun inspecting. flowers at afternoon. Next to him at Fort Myer. ciated Press Photo dent. troduces a new idea in campaign- ing. While stumping the rural districts of his State for Herbert Hoover, he carries a radio broadcasting set in his car. Thus each speech is carried to listeners over difference where ke delivers it. a wide area and it makes little —Wide World Photos. THE EVENING S8STAR, WASHINGTON, b C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1928, a9 At right: President Coolidge holding a lit- tle Vermont maiden, who presented him with one of the stops on hi his home State. Mrs. Coolidge -—Copyright b A submarine rescue ship, which has been devised by Simon Lake at Bridgeport, Conn. An old submarine has been remodeled in making the craft, which dives'down to the bottom beside a disabled submarine, From the diving compartment seen here under its nose, divers can work without weather. interfering. —Wide World Photos. « Caught in the fierce Florida hurricane, this schooner was lifted high up on shore near West Palm Beach. Shipping along the coastal area that bore the brunt of the storm suffered hea Expensive yachts, fishing boats and other craft were severely battered, many being left high and dry when the storm-driven seas subsided. motored plane Floyd Bennett swinging through the loaded for Comdr. Byrd's Antarctic expedition on the whaler C. A. Larsen, at Hampton Roads, Va. This is the plane in which the fi tempted. al 990-mile hop to the South Pole probably will be at- —Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. —Wide World Photos. Secretary of War Davis pinning the Distinguished Service Cross on Master Sergt. Thomas Kelly, hibition, on the Monument G awarded for conspicuous bravery dians nearly 30 years ago. unds yesterday in action against the Chippewa In- U. S. A, retired, at the military ex- The decoration was —Wide World Photos PLANS ARE BEGUN FORREGITRATION Prince Georges County Has Congressional Fight as Well as National Campaign. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., September 22.—Voters of Prince Georges County will be called upon November 6 to choose between Representative Stephen ‘W. Gambrill, Democratic candidate to succeed himself from the fifth con- @ressional district, and Oliver Met- gerott, Republican nominee. A pro- posed constitution amendment, raising the compensation of members of the Legislature from $5 to $15, also will be yoted upon. R Workers of both parties are making preparations for the registration and transfer of voters on October 2 and 9, the only two days on which the reg trars will sit for such purposes. The officers will also sit October 16, but only to revise the books. Eligible to Register. I Those eligible to register this year Include all coming of age in the State rior to November 6, 1928, and all who ecame of age in Maryland and have mever removed from the State, but who have failed to register; women who Wwere Tesidents of the State when the women's suffrage amendment was rati- fied (August 26, 1920), and who have | not removed from the State since then, and residents of the various election Histricts of the county who have moved Jrom other sections of the State where they were enrolled as voters, but who will be required to produce certificates ©f transfer from their last voting places. New residents who complete their naturalization before the registration days, and all new residents of the coun- ty who have declared their intentions ©f becoming citizens prior to November %, 1927, and who have not moved out of the State for more than 10 days | since declaring their intentions als may get on the voting book: Dates for Registering. Registration officers will sit #fm. fo 9 pm. October various districts and pr from 9| in the | ncts of the v wille; Marlboro district Nottingham Na Boswell’s building first precinct, R. E. Dove’s Forestville; second precinct, building, Silver Hill: Queen’ Anne dis- trict, Woodmen Hall, Mitchellville; Aquasco district, J. Amos Davis’ garage, Poplar Hill; Surratts district, Miller’s garage, Clinton; Laurel district, first precinct, Masonic Hall; second precinct, J. W. O'Brien’s_building; Brandywine district, J. K. Smith’s building; Oxon Hill district, Woodmen Hall: Kent dis- trict, Laura Magruder Building, Br seat; Bowie district, Mrs. Charter’s building; Melwood _ district, Small’s garage, Meadows: first precinct, H Co.’s bullding; second precinct, 0 “Temple; third precinct, Odd Fellow Hall; Chillum district, fir Fircmen’s Hall, Mount R precinct, Firemen’s Hall ghird precinct, Star Rainier it Pleasant | grecinct, Figemen's ‘L ier; second Brentwood: Hall, Mount district, first Hall,. Capilol | son recently said of her. precinct, | AL JOLSON AND THIRD BRIDE, _ RUBY KEELER, SAIL FOR EUROPE Comedian Secretly Marries Tap Dancer and Night Club Entertainer. Couple Expect to Spend Month or Six Weeks in Lon- don and Paris. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 22.—Al Jol- son, blackface comedian, and his bride, Ruby Keeler, ‘tap dancer, were bound for Europe today aboard the White Star liner Olympic. They were secretly married yesterday afternoon at Port Chester, N. Y., and sailed at 1:30 this morning for South- ampton. They expect to spend a month to six weeks in London and Paris, re- turning in time for Jolson to open a new 0w, probably on the legitimate stage. Jolson is one of the wealthiest actors in the country. He gained his greatest fame as a singer of “mammy” songs, and recently added to his popularity by appearances in talking pictures. He is 45 years old. He has an apartment at the Ritz Towers in New York. his_is Jolson's third marriage, his wife's first. The comedian first married Miss Henrietta Keller, daughter of a sea captain, in Oakland, Calif., in 1906. He was a small-time actor at that time. They were divorced in 1919, and in Au- gust, 1922, he married Miss Alma Os- borne, an actress, whose stage name was Ethel Delmar. She divorced him in Paris in 1926. For a time it was rumored they would be rewed. Jolson's 19-year-old bride was one of Texas Guinan’ overies, acting as an entertainer in Texas’ night clubs for some time. She also appeared in musi- cal comedy and vaudeville, and was scheduled to appear this season in “Whoopee,” Eddie Cantor’s new musical omedy. She lived with her mother at ‘Woodside, Long Island. “Ruby Keeler is an adorable kid,” Jol- “If there is a the world I haven't Jolson tried to arrange to be married by the caplain of the Olympic, but com AL JOLSON. pany regulations forbade it. The cere- mony was performed by Surrogate G. A. Slater of Westchester County. MISS KEELER HERE RECENTLY. Marriage to New York Business Man Was Reported. Miss Keeler recently completed an engagement at the Fox Theater here and during her stay it was reported that she had been married to a prom- inent New York business man. The management at the theater had the orchestra play “The Wedding March" and announced Miss Keeler as a bride on her next stage appearance. Miss Keeler went through the stage cere- mony seriously enough, but when she was questioned further about the wed- ding she firmly denied it. “Of course, I'm not married,” she told a reporter from The Star. “It wa; all a joke and furthermore I don't ex. pect to marry for quite some time.” Several members of the show, how- | ever, told the reporter that she was | wearing a wedding ring, but luctant to tell the public because she | expected to go with Ziegfeld's show next year and he refused to employ married girls. ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., September (Special) —Miss Jeanette White Baltimore, field _secretary of Woman'’s ‘Baptist Missionary Union of i ge of the annual n the Rockville ptist Church during the week. It met every afternoon, the last session being held yesterday, and was attended by a large number of the women of the Licenses have been issued by the of the Circuit Court here for the iage of King W. Carter, 23, and Miss Bertha E. Long, 20, both of Wash- ington, and O. Vernon Carpenter, 32, 22 of | Heights; Seat Pleasant; men’s Hall; | Hower's build H. W second precinct, firehouse, Riverdale district, Fir Lanham distric ) Berwin district lth g and Miss Margaret A. Turner, 24, both of Washington. Announcement has been made that former Representative David J. Lewis | will devote the first two weeks of Octo- | ber to campaigning in_this county in the interest of his candidacy for the House of Representatives as the Demo- cratic nominee. Robert G. Hilton, chairman of the Democratic State cen- tral committee for the county, is ex- pected to announce a schedule of eve- Ring meetings. The report of the activities of the Montgomery County Social Service League, submitted at a meeting here of the executive board, showed that 43 children during August were under the care of the league, of whom 30 were wards committed by the court. Four of the children are, according to the | report, in adoption homes, 19 in free homes, 11 in boarding homes and 17 in wage homes. The report showed that during the month 150 families were beipg looked after by the league, of . ANACOSTIPARY WO I5 PLANNED All Necessary Land in Dis- trict Acquired for Project North of Benning. Work on the Anacostia Park project north of Benning Bridge will be started this Fall by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, and the Maryland National Park and Planning Commission, as a result of a conference with the Washington officials held ye: terday, is mapping plans for the e | tension of the parkway into Prince | Georges County, Md. | The Maryland delegation was advised | that all land that could be purchased for the park in the District has now | been acquired and the remainder to the | District line is v being condemned. The time is now ripe for the Maryland commission to begin acquisition of land beyond the District line, the visitors were informed. The question of a river side drive, tc form a new approach along the Ana- costia River into Washington, relieving the congested ingress along Bladens- burg road was discussed and the offi- cials agreed that undoubtedly there will be an approach into the National Cap- ital through Anacostia park. Maj. Brehon B. Summervell, United States district engineer, the Maryland group was informed has funds in hand to start construction of a sea wall and filling north of Benning Bridge along the Anacostia River. Irvin Owings, chairman of the Mary land commission; T. Howard Duckett, one of the commission’s members, and Irvin C. Root, chief engineer, formed the Maryland delegation which con- ferred with Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, executive officer of the National Park and Planning Commission, Maj. Carey H. Brown, engineer officer, and other officials, which 139 were carried over from July, and that during the month eight cases were closed. The expenditures of the league included $604.47 for relief work of which $309.28 was for the board of children, and $16.54 for equipment and | | other office expenses. At the last meeting of the Gaithers- | burg Chamber of Commerce Ernest Gartner was chosen president in pla of Dr. W. D. Barnett, and other office! selected were: Vice president, | T. Jacobs; secretary, Fred H. Grim | treasurer, Frank B, Severance; direc- tors, Herbert L. Diamond. H. H. Rams- dell and Lewis Reed. The numbering of the houses of the town and the establishment of free mail delivery serv- ice are among the matters the chamber is now giving attention and both were discussed at the meeting. The same committee—H. H. Ramsdell, Herbert L. Diamond, W. M. Magryder and Fred H. Grimm—is in charge of both projects. The meeting also considered cleaning up the town. A dump, it was stated, has been secured and a committee is now endeavoring to enlist the co-op- eration of the mayor and council, it was stated. Rev. J. W. Lowden, pastor of the Darnestown Presbyterian Church, offici- | ated at the marriage at Darnestown of Miss Myrtle B. Carter of W ton | jand Ezra Carter of Darncstown at the howe of the minister, ! LEGON T0 HONE BRET'S MENDRY 80th Division, A. E. F., to Dedicate Monument at General’s Grave. Veterans of the 80th Division, A. E. F., will gather in Washington tomorrow to dedicate a monument to Brig. Gen. Lloyd H. Brett, who died a year ago. His grave in Arlington Cemetery is within a short distance of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The monu- ment, to be unveiled at 3 p.m., was erected through small voluntary sub- scriptions from men of every rank who served with him in France. The simple epitaph, “Gallant Soldier — Beloved Commander—Loyal Friend,” which ap- pears on the stone, is significant of the place he held in the hearts of the men he commanded. Was Native of Maine. Gen. Brett was born in_Maine in 1856 and_graduated from West Point in 1879. He served in the Sioux Indian campaign in Montana under Gen. Nel- son A Miles, participated in the Cree campaign and in 1885-86 served under Gen. George Crook in the Geronimo Apache campaign. He was cited in field orders during these campaigns and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor “for most distinguished gal- lantry against hostile Sioux Indians near O'Fallons Creek, Mont., April 1, 1880." In the Spanish-American War he was_appointed provost marshal general of Gen. Shafter's army and was later selected to command the 100 picked men who represented the American Army at the surrender of the Spanish troops and the city of Santiago de Gen. Brett was again cited for gallantry displayed at the battle of El Caney during this war. officer of Volunteers he participated in the Philippine insurrection and com- manded in skirmishes against Moros in Mindanao in 1900. Distinguished Services Cited. For five years he adjutant gen- eral of the District of Columbia Militia and was superintendent of Yellowstone National Park for six y He served s. - |on the Mexican border in 1916 in com- mand of a_Cavalry brigade. On Au gust 5, 1917, he was appointed briga dier general and organized the 160th Infantry Brigade of the 80th Division, which he commanded in France. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for “exceptional meritorious and distinguished services” in the opera- tions of his brigade in the Dannevoux sector, and the action near Imecourt and Buzancy, and the French govern- ment awarded him the decorations of Officer of the French Legion of Honor and Croix de Guerre with palm. He served three terms as national com- mander of the 80th Division Veterasn’ Association, and one term as national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, At the time of his death, September 23, 1927, he was adjutant general of the District of Columbia Militia. Cuban salesmen have dificulty As a field | JOHN COOLIDCE’S “SHADOW™ IS FINALLY Russell Woods, His Guard, Has Been Ordered to Duty in Washington. Secret Service Mah His Offi- cial Attendant Sinee School Days. By the Associated Press. NEW HAVEN, Conn,, September 22.— John Coolidge has lost his shadow. Russell Woods, the secret service man who has been his constant companion for two and a half years, has been or- dered back to Washington. Prof. Ben- jamin W. Bacon of Yale Divinity School, at whose home John lives, says Wood will not return. John celebrated his first day of free~ dom from his guard by imaking a bus ness trip to Maybrook, N. Y., for the New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail- road, in whose offices here he is em- ployed as a clerk. A secret service guard was placed over the son of the President of the United States while he was a student at Amberst. John was shadowed prac- | tically every minute of the days and nights since. The guard even accom- panied Joln on his visits to the home of Miss Florence Trumbull, daughter of Gov. Trumbull. John and Miss Trum- OBLITERATED RUSSELL WOODS. | bull have an about | marriage. The departure of Wood is seen as the direct result of John's desire to support himself on his salary of about $30 a week. He recently moved to his present | quarters from the Yale Graduates Club, | whre board and room cost $32.50 a wes | Since John started work, Woods has | had little to do. He spent most of the heurs while John was working in kill- ing time about the railroad offices. He accompanied John to lunch and also | was with him evenings. | “understanding” ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va, September 22 (Special) —Virgil C. Davis was elected [ eminent commander of Old Dominion | Commandery, No. 11, Knights Tem- plar, to succeed J. Reuben Schooley, at o stated convocation of that organiza- tion last night. Ernest L. Mankin was elected generalissimo, R. Samuel Luckett, captain general; Charles E. Outcalt, treasurer; Frank W. Latham, recorder: C. P. Heishley, prelate; B. J. Richards and F. G. Bauer, associate prelates; Charles C. Wenrick, senior warden; John A. Martin, junior warden: S. K. Brown, standard bearer; W. W. Davi word bearer; J. Frank Moriarity, w den; M. R. Westcott, third guard; J. W. Tulloch, second guard; A. D. Yates, first guard. and George W. Zachary, sentinel. The new term will be the twelfth Mr. Latham has served as re- corder and the eighteenth Mr. Zach- ary has served as sentinel. George W. Herndon, 85 years old, died in the Alexandria Hospital last night from paralysis. He made his home at 1608 King street. Enrollment in the public s¢hools has reached 3,040, according to Supt. R. C. Bowton, who states that number is an increase of 150. At least 150 more stu- dents are expected to enroll. Alexan- dria High School has 510 students, Jefferson School, 637; Lee School, 441; ‘Washington School, 445; West End, 119, and Parkey-Gray for colored, 688. An informal reception for the public school teachers was held by the Parent- Teacher Association in the Lee Camp lating American advertising slog Spanish. b Hall Jast nizht. with Mrs. Owen Lynch, Mrs, Edward Dunn, Mrs. Morton Ap- person, Mrs. R. L. Agnes and Mrs. R. B. Brockwell in charge. Funeral services for Mrs. Caroline | Reader, widow of Henry Reader, who died_ Wednesday night, were held_this afternoon at her home at 219 King street, with Rev. E. M. Delaney, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, conducting. Burial was in Presbyterian Cemetery. The will of Patrick Shivers, who died September 8, was admitted to probate yesterday, disposing of an estate valued at $12,287.20. Aside from a few minor bequests the testator leaves his estate to three cousins, Mrs. Annie Hessick of Herndon, Mrs. Agnes Sheridan of Washington and Mrs. Mamie Sheridan of Washington, the three to share alike, except that he directs his home at 830 North Washington street, valued at $1.500, to go to Mrs. Agnes Sheridan. Other bequests are to Miss Ellen M Farland, $300: Rev. L. F. Kelly, $100, | and $500 for the perpetual care of his family lot in St. Mary's Cemetery. M. McFarland qualified as administra- | J tor. LABORATORY IS OPPOSED. | A petition of the Chevy Chase Ter- | race Community Association urging re- moval of the Hyglenic Laboratory of the Government Bureau of Animal In- dustry at Bethesda has been sent to Senator Bruce of Maryland and re- ferred to the Secretary of Agriculture for consideration. It is pointed out that the laboratory was established when the area was sparsely settled, and that now. since | many homes have been built, it is a, menace to health. ‘and Ilnfa\'ornhli have curtailed the MANY CROPS GUT BY VIRENIA RAINS U. S. Statistician Shows 5 Losses Are Heavy to Corn [ and Tobacco. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va. September 22. Virginia crops were damaged during the first two weeks of September and the production of many crops has been re- duced, it is indicated by reports received by Henry M. Taylor, Federal agriculr- ural statistician for Virginia. In many section the soil has been too wet for plowing, so this work is some- hat backward, Mr. Taylor states in his cport. This has been a discouraging <cason to farmers in the Eastern and Southern districts, because prices for truck crops have been unusually low, weather conditions production of other crops. Corn Damage Extensive. The corn crop has been further | damaged by the rains, as the Scptember rains have caused that part of the crop blown down by the August storms to mold or rot. The crop is being cut, but. this work is slower than usual, owing to the twisted and tangled condition of the stalks. There are some good crops reported in various parts of the State, but generally farmers are expecting a poor yield. Tobacco growers have been cutting and curing the crop as rapidly as weather conditions would permit. September rains are reported to have caused further loss in both quantity and quality. In the flue-cured sections most of the tobacco has been housed. While some of the crops has cured out well, much of it will be h coarse. Ti= burley crop in southwest Virginia is reported to be very good. Farm Work Retarded. September is one of the busiest pe- riods during the year with Virginia farmers, it was pointed out in the re- sort. During the first half of this month much work was being done in saving filling silos, cutting corn, pick- ng apples, cutting and curing tobacco, plowing for all gramns and other mis- cellaneous activities. Rains, however. retarded all farm work, but rapid pro- gress was made with the harvest work during the week of clear weather, Sep- tember 10-17. Late hay crops have been growing rapidly, but weather conditions have 2een unfavorable for saving it, and there has been some loss from rain. Pastures are splendid, it is ‘reported, and live- stock is generally in good condition, although there has been some complaint that the grass is too “sappy” to fatten :attle properly. Staunton Man Dies at 72. Special Dispatch to The Star. STAUNTON, Va. September 22.— Jeremlah J. Murphy died here Thurs- day at his residence, on North Augusta street, after several years of declining health. He was 72 years old and a native of Ireland. He came to Staunton when 17 years old.