Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1929, Page 13

AE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. ¢, TUESDAY, JTANUARY 8 1929 President-elect and Mrs. Hoover in Montevideo on their good-will circuit are shown arriving at the water front in the Uruguayan capital to board a U of South America. They Iruguayan warship, which conveyed them to the battleship Utah for their voyage up the coast to Rio de Janeiro and thence home, AMERICAN. HERCHANT NARING President Coolidge drops a contribution of reading matter into one of the collection boxes of the American Merchant Marine Library Asso- ciation in the book campaign which it opened vesterday. The books will provide a “floating library” for the Nation's sailor boys. —Associated Press Photo. | SCHWEINITZ TO SPEAK. PRESlDEN-I- []UNA]-ES Washington Society of Social Agen- cies to Meet Monday. |, Karl de Schweinitz, general secre- | tary of the Family Society of Phila- | delphia, will deliver an address at a | meeting of the Washington Council of | Social "Agencies in the Y. W. C. " | Building, Seventeenth and K streets, next Monday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock. His subject will be “Changing Emphasis in Social Work.” The address will follow general dis- cussions by the organization on “Newer Movements in Social Welfare.” Autographed Volumes Given to American Merchant Marine Collection. 'IMPROVED TRAIN SERVICE SOUGHT an effort to stock, through public dona- | Takoma Park to Petition B. & 0. gdflalfihe‘:‘hcxp?bmncs of the Merchant for Additional Passenger Accommodation. President and Mrs, Coolidge yesterday oontributed two volumes, each auto- graphed with an expression of ‘best to the American Merchant Library Association, which The book depository box, after re- | ceiving the presidential donations, was removed to the concourse of the Union |* Station, where gift books will be | solicited of the traveling public through- out this week. Surrounded by news cameras, Presi- dent Coolidge made his_contribution, “War Addresses, 1915-1917," of the late Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, im mediately in front of the Executive Offices. The huge box, in charge of Mrs. Henry Howard of New York, national Additional passenger train service for | Takoma Park, D. C., will be requested of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad through action taken last night by the Citizens' Assoclation of that locality at a meeting held in the Takoma Park branch of the Washington Public Li- | brary. The resolution, presented by E. | J. Hibbs a nd H. L. Thornton, will urge | the rallroad to ‘make Takoma Park & president of the Library Association, | “Stop” or “flag” station for points wes! was then removed to the south portico | ©f Harpers Ferry and for eastbound of the White House, where Mrs, Coolidge | trafic Takoma Park bound originating deposited her gift, a volume by Rupert | West of Harpers Ferry. Sargent Holland entitled “Historic | Speakers urging adoption of the reso- Ships.” lution pointed out that considerable Members of the local chapter of the | traffic originates at Takoma Park for association will meet tomorrow after- | points west, but that passengers must noon at 4 o'clock at the residence of |0 to the Union Station, a distance of | Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock, 2311 Massa- | six mjles, to entrain, while passengers chusetts avenue, to discuss further |coming east are also required to arrive plans for Washington's part in the |at Union Station and then entrain back movement. Rear Admiral Bradley A.|over the same line to Takoma Park. Fiske and Mrs. Howard are to address | The association in taking this action the meet 3 joined with the Takoma Park Chamber sy [?f fi?‘r‘nmrrce in seeking improved train MOTOR CYCL INJURED IN COLLISION| ions 1 eut. Col. Archie L. Miller, for many years a res opted and the association voted to extend to his family and relatives an expressioyn of sympathy. E POLICEMAN IUR;anlu' A. E. Brown Hurt by Fall Against | ‘rest as an alleged of regret at the death of }this morning brought a charge of reck- ident of Takoma Park, were |years old, r —Copyright by P. &. A. Photos. A recent portrait of Mrs. Tex Rickard, who was widowed by the sudden death of the sports promoter, and their 3-year-old daughter Maxine. Mrs. Rickard continued at her husband's bedside at Miami Beach, Fla,, to the final hour of a career that had known adventure in many forms. ~-Copyright by P. & A. Photos. Sets woman’s flight record. Miss Bobby Trout, At left: record-breaking flight. liams, Chef J. A. Slasser and Lieut. to right) loading a food container to be lowered by a —Associated Press Photo. sling to the “seven-day” flye 19-year-old Los Angeles aviatrix, climbing out of her plane after setting a new endurance flight mark there of 12 hours and 11 minutes, The flight ended with a night landing, the first the new record holder had ever made. —Associated Press Photo. ‘Washington. RUM-RUNNER’S SPEED FAILS TO SAVE HIM| Of Hermit Doctor By the Associated Pre CRAIG, Colo., January 8.—Residents of this sparsely settled mountain coun- try today prepared to open the snowy etoasn 7-mile trail to the home of Dr. B. A. 2 4 Abrogast in order that they can conduct Driving his high-powered car at 70 | there the funeral rites of the eccentric, miles an hour in an effort to escape ar- | old-fashioned physician who had dwelt rum-runner - early |in their midst for a quarter of a cen- tury, ministering to their ills without charge, Police Capture Driver, Racing 70 Miles an Hour, and ‘Find Liquor in Car. less driving against Morris Esakov, 28| ing near Nineteenth and) ~Although _brilliantly educated and Lamont streets, when Sergt. George M. |widely traveled, Dr. Abrogast, who dled Little and members of his liquor road (Sunday of influenza at the age of 84, squad captured him. He also Was|selected the lonely backwoods in which Mountain Ranch Friends Honor Memory Auto—Colored Driver's License Revoked. |charged with illegal possession andto practice, and showed a studied dis- The action of the Federation of Citi- | transporting 240 quar ns' Associations in urging retention of present left-hand turn of motor | s at strect intersections was in- }(h ts of corn whisky. {regard for things modern, includin Sergt. Liitle and three members of ‘.pflphams, e % {his command, Leo Murray, T. O. Mont- | for his servi automobiles and payment ices. Who Scorned Money brow of the hill above his lonely cabin Wwhere he chose, while being a true ‘friend to man, to live and let the rest of the world go by. No call of his ailing fellow man went unanswered by the aged practitioner, who lived an unexplained hermitlike existence. Only three weeks ago he put | {his horse through 3-foot snow drifts to give a remote rancher's twins their start in life. The privation of the jour- ney contributed to his fatal llness. Although ministering freely at all times to the cowboys and homesteaders residing in this section, Dr. Abrogast never made a charge for his services. He lived from the free-will offerings of his patients, and usually was paid with a side of beef or pork, vegetables, hay, grain or flour. He spurned telephones California goes for Mr. Hoover! To make the election result in the President-elect’s home State thoroughly legal and formal, California’s 13 elec- tors met at the State Capitol, in Sacramento, January 2 to cast their ballots for him. They were then mailed to the office of the Vice President, in Associated Press Photo. NICARAGUAN MARINE FORCE TO BE REDUCED 1,228 Men Recalled Under Order of Secretary Wilbur, Leaving About 3,500 on Duty. By the Assoclated Press. The United States Marine force in Nicaragua will be reduced shortly by 1,228 men, under orders announced yesterday by Secretary Wilbur. This will leave a force of approximately 3,500 Marines on duty in the Central Amer- ican republic. The withdrawal order will affect all Marines from the battle and scouting fleets except those from the battleships ‘Refueling” the crew of the endurance plane Question Mark also was an important part of its Here are Lieut. R. W. Wil- ve: Special “air mail” service for the Ques- tion Mark fiyers. Lieut. Stowell writing a greeting from Mrs. Carl Spatz, wife of Maj. Spatz, commanding officer, to the major and his associates in the flight. The message plane was then flown alongside the Ques- tion Mark so they could read it. —Wide World Photos. J. S. Stowell (left James Lucey, the “shoemaker sage” of Northampton, making his long-delayed call on President Coolidge yesterday. The 73-year-old cob- bler, whose homely wisdom and philosophy are highly valued by the President, was his luncheon guest at the White House. _Cf’m'ngfib}i Har is & liw!ng. | RETAIL MARKET URGED. e |CGETED BY ROT A resolution favoring the establish- Statesman to Assist in Re- ment of “a farmers’ retail market” was | adopted by the Dupont Circle Citi- | vising Statutes Govern- ing Body. zens’ Association at & meeting in the | Mayflower Hotel late yesterday after- Prohibition’s greatest handicap is the “lack of prohibition at the National Capital,” Clinton N. Howard of Roch- ester, N. Y., chairman of the National United Committee for Law Enforce- | ment, told the union ministers’ meet- ing of the Baptist and Disciples Churches at Calvary Baptist Church | yesterday. |, “Every wet city in the Nation points to wet Washington under Republican administration,” Mr. Howard asserted. “They say, in_ effect, to the Federal Government, ‘Why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye and consider not the beam that is in thine own eye?” “We will never have enforced prohi- bition in any other large American city, under State and local authority, until we have enforced prohibition in Washington, under the direct super- | vision_and "authority of the Federal { Government. “Washington, the seat of Federal government, where power is at the dis- | charges by Maj. Clayton E. Emig, likely will become a commission mer- | | selling to the consumers at retail prices. Reginald Falrfax Nicholaon, U. 8. N. | 15ted American stateaman, has notified | rists appointed to revise the statutes | | emanated from the French delegation, | Stresses Lack of Prohibition | statute might be framed which would oration with the League Council, which handled. visory opinions could be requested of | States has imposed as a condition of the Council. the World Court, and it was he who the Assembly of the League, a formula noon. | The resolution was adopted following that | under the present legislation the pro- | | posed market in Southwest Washington | chants’ market, with commission mer- | | chants buying from the farmers and The meeting was addressed by Dr. Bs the Associated Press. William Tindall and Rear Admiral GENEVA, January 8.—Elthu Root, retired. —_— | the League of Nations of his acceptance GREATEST HANDICAP | of membership on a committee of ju- of the World Court. The proposal for revision, which | ST . |was adopted at the last assembly of Speaker at Ministers Meeting | the League with the idea that a new % il facilitate American adhesion to the Enforcement in Washington. Court. This may be done in collab- has in hand the question of how the problem of advisory opinions may be The provision that unanimity on the Council would be necessary before ad- the Court would solve the difficulty aris- | ing from reservations which the United | membership because the United States could be given the right to vote with Mr. Root played a prominent part in the framing of the present statutes of originally suggested that the judges should be elected by the Council and | which was calculated to soften jealousies between the large and small nations, SIROVICH TO SPEAK. New York Representative to Ap- posal of the President to make effective its laws and to ‘preserve, protect ana | defend" its Constitution, must first be- come an example to the cities of the pear Before Civil Service League. Representative Sirovich of New York and some members of the civil service He will be buried tomorrow ‘at the and made his calls on horseback. | Oklahoma. and Nevada. These ships | are now being modernized in the Phila- delphia_and Norfolk Navy Yards. | dorsed by the association, which also put |gomery and George C. Deyoe, sighted | its stamp of approval on the Com- |Esakov's car coming in the direction of | munity Chest movement, which Takoma | the city at Blair and Riggs roads north- | | Nation before the fight is won for con- stitutional prohibition.” | committee of the House will speak at e Policeman A. E. Brown Resolutions adopted at the meeting | the next meeting of the League of the Bureau was slightly in- ock this morning | pyrk citizens were urged to Support. In the | Whittaker | prcsiacn CALENDAR STUDY SLATED. when he i the meeting was presided e, N. Shoemaker, the vice the driver of the car ht of w yred Chamber of Commerce Group to Take Up Merits of Proposal. Study of the merits of the proposed calendar simplification being promoted by a national committee, including George Eastman and Henry Ford, will be made by a special committee of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, just named by Ivan C. Weld, president. The committee consists of Creed W. was_momen: to Emergency Hospital in a passing au- | tomobile ' r Gladding of the h red first aid Brown was said to be suffering from 8 lacerated left ear Dancer to Be Operated On. PARIS, J y Dolly absence of President H. W. | east, and the driver made so short a turn at Georgia avenue and Rock Creek Church road that he narrowly escaped DRUG FARM BILL PASSES. RAIDERS ARREST 15. The force left in Nicaragua will in- | clude an aviation detachment and offi- |cers and men assigned to the Nica- a collision with another car. | Measure Sponsored by Porter Sent Turning north on Georgia avenue | . Esakov, it is charged, maintained a | to President Coolidge. speed of between 65 and 70 miles an | o o ST { hour until he had reached a point about | BY the Associated Press. {4 miles bevond the District line. ‘Then| The Porter bill, looking to the es- ‘m‘: et m,;;:{h('; “‘1;“‘(1-“1‘;&’":'“%;:_:.rahlu,hmrm of two narcotic farms to turned over to agents of the Internal |‘elieve the present congestion of nar- Revenue Burcau and Easkov furnished | cotic addicts in Federal prisons, was bond for his appearance. passed by the Senate yesterday and | Because Sergt. Little also has Federal | (80 2 10 SCAE ¥ Y powers, U. §. Commissioner Turnage | It 10 Presider B 3:;] it i held the arrest beyond the District | boundary was legal, and put Esakov | Secretaries of the Treasury and War under $500 bond for a hearing in Police | Department and the Attorney General to select sites for the institutions and Court. When he appeared in Traffic Court ] to collect information regarding the cost and type of buildings and other to answer the charge of reckless driv- Agerican from endici be taken to a ate haspital {or an aperadion ]Fulumv chairman; R. B. H. Lyon, Ar- r D. Marks, C. T. Clagett, Dr. Frank Ballou and Willlam J. Eynoa 7 ing, Esakov was sentenced to 30 days. | facilities needed. Upon the completion His lawyer filed notice of an appeal | of this study, Congress would be asked and bond was set at $300, to go ahead with the projec” | One Defendant Is Fined $25 Fol-| lowing Round-Up. “Nevada” Jones, colored, does not keep a house as dry as her first name | might suggest, according to testimony | before Judge John P. McMahon today, | which led to the conviction of Oshorne Forgy, also colored, for breaking glass | on the street. | About 15 persons were arrested and forfeited collateral for disorderly con- duct following a raid by second precinct police on “Nevada's” home, in the 600 block of O street, Saturday night. Capt. Guy Burlingame, who led the raid, said that as they reached the second story they found Forgy throwing bottles cut of the window. He was fined $25 or 25 days | raguan National Guard. The Marines were sent to Nicaragua about two years ago. Part of the force later was withdrawn, but about 5.000 were retained at the request of oppos- ing Nicaraguan factions to supervise the recent presidential election. The battle and scouting fleets are| scheduled to start south today for Win- ter maneuvers off Panama, and the Ma- rines probably will be picked up after the maneuvers are completed. Lundborg to Tell of Rescue. ROME, January 8 (#).—Capt. Einar Lundborg, Swedish airman, who rescued | street, yesterday afternon. Gen. Umberto Nobile, arrived in Rome today to testify before the commission which is inquiring into the Italia dis- aster. welcomed the campaign of the National | American Civil Service. next Tuesday United Committee i Washingtan -ry | €Vening in the auditorium of the In. ) arouse public opinion, to support the |terior Department, it was announced { incoming national administration: and | {0day by Mrs. Margaret Hopkins Wor- to obtain a better enforcement of the |Tell. president of the league. | eighteenth amendment In the Capital| In & statement issued at the same | City of the Nation.” | time Mrs. Worrell said Controller Gen- A | eral MeCarll should not be blamed for he “large increases received by the CITAL GIVEN. ;;{xfig«r-pnm employes under the Welch P | “He should not be censured for cor- {Association of University Women jectly interpreting ot construing the |law,” she said. rs. orre] com- Hears Rosa Pollio. ’p; 1&31 ttnabllel mmp‘xflnl' g‘};‘adg‘].fles A recital of Italian, % | provided in all steps of classified service and English songs was gher oAl | By the classification act, the Weleh Act, Pollio at the tea of the American Asso- | he Brookhart bill and the Sirovich ciation of University Women, 1634 1| Pill i A new style of Deauville sandal be- ing proguced in Czechoslovakia is an oxford, laced In front and having a fat leather sole. | SONG RE Mrs. Harrison Stidham, Mrs. Edward | E. Slosson, Mrs. Frederick W. Cmcker,] Mrs, George F. Bowerman and Mrs, W. Clark Dean presided at the tea. ‘