Evening Star Newspaper, October 14, 1928, Page 88

THAET SUNDAY STAR. WASOINGTON. D. €, OCTOBER 14, anish War Veterans William L. Grayson of Savannah. Ga., was elected commander-in-chief of the United Spanish War Veterans at the national encampment of the order held at Havana, Cuba. the past week. Otto N. Raths of Minnesota was elected senjor vice commander-in-chief and Frank E. Shea of Connecticut was elected junior vice commander-in-chief. Mrs. Olive Rabens of Michigan was elected president general and Muriel Green of Connecticut vice president general at national convention of the Ladies’ Auxiliary, which was held at the same time in the Cuban capital. Commander-in-chief John J. Garrity, in his report to the veterans' encamp: ment, stated the gain in membership during the past year was 13,334, brin; ing the total membership up to 103,276. He also reported the organization in splendid financial condition, prepared to carry out the activities of the officers in accord with the directions of the national convention. Col. Rice W. Means. chairman of the national legislative corgmittee, in his report, stated that his committee in- dorsed the following proposed legisla- tion: “The first duty of the United States Congress in considering legislation beiteficial to veterans is for the passage of a bill to provide a decent living to the aged veterans of the Civil War and their widows. “The administration of the recent Spanish War pension bill has devel- op»d injustices which the Congress will undoubtedly wish to correct in the Spanish War bill which will be pre- sented. This is not a raid upon the Trerasury, as $100,000 will be the ap- priximate expenditure required under th's measure. It pertains to the rights of widows, minor children, helpless chidren and dependent parents. "'The provisions granting the rights of hospitalization to veterans of all wars, military occupation and military expeditions should be made mandatory up>n the Veterans' Bureau. All vet- erans should be treated alike in their ghts to hospitalization. ‘It is economically, as well as admin- istratively, wise to have all the agencies of the bureaus administering relief to the veterans under one department. We ask the Congress to give this matter careful consideration. The President’s message to Congress approves hospitalization and | consolidation of bureaus. “The matter of Philippine travel pay has been before the Congress since the year 1901. The rights of the men dis- charged under General Order No 40 have never been recognized. “The rights and privileges of the sol- diers’ homes should be granted to Span- ish War nurses. By a technical inter- pretation of the law they are denied admission to the homes. “Approximately one-half of the ceme- teries in the United States have for- [bidden the placing of marble head- stones in their cemeteries. The law as now existing provides that the Govern- ment will supply marble headstones for deceased veterans. This should be amended to permit the relatives to elect whether the stones shall be marble or granite, to meet the requirements of various cemetery associations. “The retired and enlisted gen of the United States Army ask an Mcrease in allowance for quarters, clothing, sub- sistence, heat and light to the amount of $35 per month.” The meetings of the camps and aux- iliaries for she week are: Col. John Jacob Astor Camp, tomorrow night, Stanley Hall, United States Soldiers’ Home; Gen. M. Emmet Urell Camp, Wednesday night, Pythian Temple; Admiral George Dewey Naval Auxiliary, tomorrow night, Northeast Masonic Temple, Eighth and F streets nartheast; Gen. M. Emmet Urell Auxiliary, ‘Wednesday night, Pythian Temple; Col. John Jacob Astor Auxiliary, Thursday | night, 921 Pennsylvania avenue south- east. i District National Guard Members of the National Guard of the District of Columbia will be given an opportunity to show their skill at rifle and pistol firing, beginning Satur- day at 8 o'clock, when the annual rifle competitions will begin on the range at Camp Simms, Congress Heights, D. C. All of the officers who have been de- tailed to assist in carrying out the matches have been instructed to report at the armory Tuesday night to Capt. J. C. Jensen, Ordnance Department. in charge of the matches, for instructions as to how they are to be carried out. The following details have been or- dered: Capt. J. C. Jensen, executive officer; Capt. Clarence S. Shields, chief range officer; Capt. F. F. Bernsdorfl, mess officer, and First Lieut. T. A. Riley, statistical officer. Range officers for October 20: Capts. W. I. Mushake and H. T. Walker; First Lieuts. W. A. Knight, J. R. Quade, G. F. Harbin, J. E. Temple, E. A. McMahon and J. D. Powers, Second Lieuts. J. L. Atkins, J. G. May and W. T. Roy. Range officers for October 21: Capts. W. F. Jorgensen, S. R. Turner, J. D. Eggleston, L. M. Gosorn, C. E. Smithson, G. W. Johns, C. Burlingame, W. S. Welsh, R. T. Daly and G. L. Evans, I-‘Srswt& L. E. Morris, Hugh Everett, J d L. S. Mann, Second Licuts. L. S. Jonzs, R. P. Mulligan, H. C. Espey, R. M. King, P. C. Conjg and W. F. Bullis. Range officers for October 28: Capts. 'W. I. Mushade and H. T. Walker; First Lieuts. W. A. Knight, J. R. Quade, G. F. Harbin, J. E. Temple and J. D. Powers, Second Lieuts, L. S. Jones, J. M. Votava, J. L. Atkins, J. G. May and W. T. Roy. The first match will be the company team championship, open to one team of six shooting members and one team captain from each company, battery or separate detachment of the Guard. Fifty per cent of the shooting members of each team shall be enlisted personnel which has never fired on any team rep- resenting the National Guard or any part of the Guard in any rifie competi- tion and who have never participated in the national rifle matches. The course of fire will he Course D, with slow fire in addition; 5-shots, sit- ting, at 300 yards; 5 shots, kneeling, same distance, and 10 chots, prone, at €00 yards, with no sighting shots. The prize will be a bronze trophy to be held in the company rooms and gold medals to the team members; second place, silver medals to team members, and third place, bronze medals. The next event will be the automatic rifle match, which will be opep to one team of two enlisted shooting members from each company or separate detach- ment armed with the automatic rifle. The course of fire will be the auto- matic rifie qualification course. The prizes will be a bronze trophy, to be held in the company room for one year, and silver medals to each member;ysec- ond place, bronze medals. The Sunday matches will begin with the novice matches, open only to those “who have completed their official target practice for the year 1928 and have iailed to qualify as marksmen or better. 1t will be followed by the marksman's match, which will be open to those who have completed their official target practice for the year 1928 and qualified a3 marksmen or better. Then the ex- pert rifieman’s match, open to those who are not tyros; the class A instruc- tor's match. open to enlisted personnel who are ineligible to compete in any of the above and who have never qualified 2s marksmen or better, and the class B instructor’'s match, open to enlisted personnel who are ineligible to compete in any of the above matches who have cualified as marksmen or better at any time, Course D will be fired in all of these competitions. The matches November 20 will be: The 300-yard match, open to those who Dave fired -course D since January 1 last, the course of firing consisting of five shots sitting and five shots kneel- ing with no sighting shots; 600-yard match, open to those who have fired course D since January 1 last, the course of fire consisting of only 10 shots prone, with two sighting shots. The important match of this day will be the individual championship match, which will be open to any member of the Guard. The aggregate of the indi- vidual scores made in the novice, marks- man’s, expert rifleman’s anpd instruc- tor's matches and the 300 and 600-yard matches to count. The winner will be designated “the champion rifle shot of the District of Columbia National Guard.” The prizes will be: For each individ- ual match—First place, gold medal; second place, silver medal, and third place, bronze medal. Bars will be pre- | sented to previous winners. The distinguished marksman's match | will be open to any member of the ! Guard, , the course of fire being 20 shots at 200 yards, slow fire, standing, | and 20 shots, 600 yards, slow fire, prone, with no sighting shots. Riflemen who are not tyros can only compete in the expert rifleman, 300- yard, 600-yard and the individual ' championship match. In the 300 and 600-yard matches those who are not tyros are eligible for first place only. Distinguished marksmen or those eli- gible to be so designated are eligible to | compete for the individual champion- | ship and distinguished marksman's match only. It was explained a tyro is a rifleman | ‘who has never been a shooting member | or an alternate on any national match rifle team. The rifle team which com- peted in the matches at Seagirt, N. J., this year, is considered a national rifle team for the purposes, and all per- sonnel which has accompanied a rifle | team to the national matches are considered as shooting members or alternates. The Regular Army rifle will be used, land it is prohiblted that a rifle may be uged by more than one man. The en- tries will close at 4 p.m. Thursday, ex- {ments and $7,500,000 from the nae' teasury, cppt that the executive oficer i glven ) oo r 'PLAN NANKI authority, in his discretion, to accept post entries. The target range will be open for voluntary matches on all days pre- ceding the matches, except Friday, the day before they are scheduled to begin. The time limit on firing is one minute per shot, slow fire. The duty will be without pay, but rations will be served at public expense on the range. The individual pistol championship match will be fired at 8 am. Novem- ber 4. It is open to all members of the Guard, commissioned or enlisted. The course of fire will be the record dismounted course, using the service automatic. The first prize will be a gold medal, the second prize a_silver meg:ll and the third prize a bronze medal. Not one of the units of the local Guard succeeded in getting its at- tendance last week high enough to reach the superior classification, accord- ing to figures made public at brigade headquarters. The Quartermaster Corps Detachment, which held so hard to this position, but just over the 90 per cent line for the first two weeks of the drill year, dropped into the excellent clnslecnuon last week, but nevertheless heading the list with a percentage in attendance of 83.33. The only other organization with it in_this class was the band of the 121st Englneers, with a percentage of 82.86. The other or- ganizations in their respective classifica- tions, with percentages, follow: Very satisfactory—Headquarters and Service Company, 121st Engineers, 78.56; Headquarters Detachment, 260th Coast Artillery, 75; Headquarters Detachment, 29th Division, 74.60; Medical Depart- ment Detachment, 260th Coast Artil- lery, 70. rgumx“cory—samry A, 260th Coast Artillery, 66; Company A, 372d In- fantry, 65.28; Company F, 12Ist En- gineers, 64.19; Battery B, 260th Coast Artillery, 64.15; Company D, 121st En- gineers, 63.89; Headquarters Detach- ment, Special Troops, 20th Division, 62.50. Unsatisfactory—Company C, 121st En- gineers, 58.47; Company B, 13lst En- gineers, 55.40; Battery C, 260th Coast Artillery, 53.70; 29th Division, Military Police Company, 50.85; Company A, 121st Engineers, 50. Very unsatisfactory—Company E, 121st Engineers, 47.22; Medical Depart- ment Detachment, 121st Engineers, 45. Pvt. Willlam B, Dawkins, Company A, 372d Infantry, has been honorably discharged to enable hi to enlist in the United States Army. Pvt. James Young, jr., has been trans- ferred from the active to the reserve list of the Headquarters Detachment, 29th Division, on account of business interference with his military duties. The acceptance by the President of the United States of the resignation of Second Lieut. Russell M. King, Battery B, 260th Coast Artillery, was announced at brigade headquarters. It was made effective September 26. The annual examination of the rec- ords of members of the Guard by com- pany commanders for the purpose of determining who are entitled to service medals has been ordered by brigade headquarters. Those who have com- pleted 3, 10, 15, 20, 25 and more years of service will be entitled to the badges. The instructions say that all reports and recommendations in this respect must be in brigade headquarters prior to October 23, so that the medals may be ordered and plans made for their presentation at formal ceremonies to be arranged later. First Lieut. Edward A. McMahon, Headquarters and Service Company, 121st Engineers, has been ordered to ‘Waynesboro, Pa., in connection with the investigation being conducted in the case against Pvt. Willlam E. Taylor, Company E, 121st Engineers, who was larrested in that place while the Guard Iwns in camp at Cascade, Md., charged | with the transportation of intoxicating {liquor. The court-martial to try the | man was appointed some time ago, but the charges have never been formally presented to it for trial. The Guard judge advocate, Capt. { Ralph L. Walker, investigated the case | while the Guard was in camp and the man was released by the civil authori- tles into the hands of the military, with the stipulation that he was to be brought to trial. Officers at Guard | headquarters been reticent con- cerning the case, but it is understood they have had difficulty in obtaining ' from the Pennsylvania authorities the {necessary evidence upon which to con- !duct the trial. Capt. William F. Jorgensen, Company | c, 121st Engineers, has been’ appointed military counsel for the accused soldier and is awaiting the Government's pres- entation of the case. Taylor was arrested following an au- tomobile collision, and according to an investigation made at that time it was sald the alleged liquor was slipped be- hind the seat of the car by a pas- senger. Pvt. Archie H. Brown, Company D, 121st Engineers, has been honorably discharged to enable him to enlist in the United States Army. Pvt. Ellis N. White, Company F, 121st Engineers, has been honorably dis- charged from the Guard on account of his removal from the District. NG BUILDINGS. SHANGHAI (#).—The Nationalist government has decided to spend $25,- 000,000 on initial construction designed to make Nanking a real governmental center. Most of the departments are now housed in temporary quarters, An effort will be made to raise $17,- 500,000 through the provincial govern- PSSP AR, T in this country united | IR (Ll b . CZECHOSLOVAKIANS URGE DEATH FOR INCURABLES Changes in Criminal Code to End Sufferers’ Lives Are Forecast at Prague. PRAGUE (#).—Changes in the ‘Cuchoslovaklan criminal code author- | izing painless death for persons suffer- | ing from incurable diseases were fore- |cast in a recent article appearing in | the newspaper Ceski Slovo. The article states that the projected legislation would provide for the writ- ten approval of two physicians before a patient could be put to death. Another provision of the new code, says Ceski Slovo, will establish the | principle that any one helping an in- curable patient to commit suicide will not be held for punishment. The case of a physiclan now awaiting trial on the charge of poisoning an incurable patient will be held up pending action on the new law. MAKES TRIP TO “HELL.” U. 8. Tourist Reports Station of That Name in Norway. COPENHAGEN (#).—It is possible to get a return ticket from Hell in Norway. An American tourist visiting Copen- hagen provides the proof in the shape tof a ticket. There actually exists in Norway a railway station of this name. The American thought it worth while to take an extra return ticket from Hell to Drontheim to show his cronies when returning home. -a Successful Six now winning Even N MUSIG (Continued from Fifth Page.) made by the Nordica Hawaiian Guitar Trio, composed of Mrs. Douglas Tschif- fely, Miss Violet MacIntyre and Miss Annabzl Bird, Wednesday night at the Masonic Temple before Naomi Chapter, No. 3, of the Eastern Star. tenor banjoist of the Walter T. Holt Studios, also was heard in a group of solos on this occasion. The members of the Corey Opera and Interpretative Class have returned from vacations spent in various sections of | the country, and the class has resumed its regular Friday night rehearsals. The | director is Gurle Luise Corey and the accompanist is Marion Lawson Leonard. | The first operas to be studied this | season are “Il Trovatore “Carmen,” | “Faust,” “La Traviata" and “Marta.” | Elaborate musical programs - were given at the recent holiday services of the Eighth Street Temple, Lew At- water, organist and director. The solo quartet is composed of Florence Sindell, soprano; Flora Brylawski, contralto: George Myers, tenor, and John Mar- ville, bass. They were assisted by Ethel Stickles, soprano; _Helen Howison, soprano; Goldie ~Hutchins, _contralto: ~Robert O'Lone, tenor, and John C. Smith, bass. ‘This morning at 11 o'clock at the Mount Pleasant Congregational Church the following unusual musical program will be given by the chorus choir and solo quartet, composed of Elsie Schulze, soprano: Mary Apple, contralto; Wil- liam P. Shannahan, tenor, and Herman Bob Bories, | RAPHS Fakler, bass, under the direction of Norton M. Little, chorister, with Claude Robeson at the organ: Melodie in C” Salome it Me, Deen . Stickles Dickinson ck Forth' """ +Absolute” (B’ Minor). Salome Flora McGill Keefer, mezzo-contralto; Charles Trowbridge Tittmann, bass, and Lewis Atwater, organist, will furnish the musical program at this morning's service at All Souls’ Church (Unitarian), Sixteenth and Harvard streets. At the twilight music hour today to be held on the roof of the Y. W. C. A.. Seventeenth and K streets, from 5 to 6 p.m. Oba Jan Gibson, soprano, will sing two groups of songs, accompanied | by Jeanette Lewis Doty. The public is | cordially invited. Elena de Sayn has resumed the re- | hearsals of the Little Symphony of | Washington, which will be heard i a public concert some time during this | season. A few new violinists have been added to the selected personnel of the or- chestra, which is limited to a certain number of musicians. The Little Sym- phony is a chamber orchestra. It in- cludes some of the best players of this city. several of whom are well known soloists. Emily Coville, soprano, with Mrs. Wil- liam E. Safford accompanist, will give the program at the Arts Club Tuesday IMPROVED COLD WEATHER PERFORMANCE ) Resulting | from the Four important advantages result from the cooling system on the Pontiac Six and the Oakland All-American Six—a system which includes the famous cross-flow radiator. And all of these advantages contribute directly to im- proved cold weather performance, although some of them are equally valuable in climates where higher than ordinary temperatures prevail in summer. The cross-flow radiator reduces to a minimum losses of water and alcohol through boiling, one of the common annoyances of winter driving. And it also reduces possibility of damage if the water sup- ply becomes low. The automatic thermostat, which is a part of this system, prevents water circulation until the engine reaches correct operating tempera- ture. 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Cam- eron Burton. president: Annie G. Smith, vice president; Ida M. Fowler, secretary: S. C. Martin, librarian, and Mrs. S. E. Moore, choir mother. Edwin Moore, organist and director of music, returns to Epworth after a year’s leave of absence spent at Cam- bridge, Mass., where he attended Har- vard University as a special student in the division of music. The music at the church is furnished by a vested senior choir_and a junior choir that sings one Sunday each month. Ethel Lynn Fast, who received her | vocal training under Eva Whitford Lovette, was guest soloist at the East- ern Star entertainment i Brookland last Wednesday night. Mrs. Elmer J. Binford. mezzo-con- tralto, was soloist at the first meeting this season of the Tennessee Society in the large ballroom of the Willard Hotel recently. Mrs. Binford, whose voice is said to be of lovely quality and fine range, was the Cottonwood,” from “The Morning of the Year,” by Charles Wakefleld Cadman; “All for You,” by Brown, and “To My First Love,” by Loehr. Malton Boyce was the accompanist. The September issue of Mastertone, | Stou; a fretted instrument monthly for play- | |ers and teachers, features a full-page article on the subject of Walter T. Holt, whose fretted instrument groups have | | been established in the National Capital for many years and whose standing in his line is unqueStioned. The article is interestingly written and a special is featured in . president of the Banjoists and Gui- which W. 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This song. setting of the poem by Whittier. expressed both musi- cally and poetically the pride of Amer- ica in its harvest of corn and the joy of the farmer at harvest time. Edith Carr showed good control and poise. Mildred Spahr von personal honor with her singing of “Deserted’ and “Menie.” two songs with words by Robert Burns and music by Edward cDowell, both sung with unusually n sense of the Scotch dialect. Miss pahr showed ability to achicve dras matic effect. as well as fine vocal gift. Caroline Kreuttner showed the ner« vousness of a student new to the ital stage. and Clarice Summers, col- ura, who has been quite ill. was not at her best. Miss Jennie Glennan, | as the accompanist, left nothing to be d hung piano students, Mary ola Lorraine Shreeve, Hattie Louise Harkness, Mildred Shackelford and Theima Soeers, all played from memory, and showed poise. accuracy, clearness of tonal enunciation and legato in phrasing. LONDON PHONES ITALY. Underground Line Links Up With Paris Wire. TURIN, Italy (#).—Direct telephone service has now been inaugurated be- | presented by George Schimmel in “The | which blended nicely in the general| tween Turin and London. | Erl-King” of Schubert, “The Moon Be- | scheme. | hind The line runs underground from here to Milan, and from there hooks up with the Milan-Zurich, Paris-London circuit. Recent. satisfactory trials of telephone communication between Turin and Barcelona and Madrid give hope that those lines too may soon be functioning regularly.