Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1929, Page 17

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, . Public health officials and physicians from all sections of the country who are conferring here on ways and means of combating the present epidemic spread of influenza. The conference was called by the Public Health Service and at its first session yesterday adopted a set of preventive regulations. —Copyright by P. & John Coolidge, son of the President, dons for the first time his uniform of major on the staff of Gov. Trumbull of Connecticut to attend the inaugural ball at Hartford. He is shown with Miss Florence Trumbull (left), his fiancee and daughter of the governor, and Mrs. Trumbull. —Copyright by P. & A. Photos. TWO IN DEATH CAR CIVEN MAYIMUM Colored Men, Whose Auto Killed Printer, Convicted on Liguor Charges. Robert Darrell Dixon, 23 years old, pnd William Alfred Rollings, 20, both | Briand peace pact and a policy of polored, arrested after the automobile In which they were riding had run down fnd fatally injured John F. Luitich, 57- | year-old Government printer, were each transportation and possession of liquor by Judge Gus A. Schuldt today in Police Court. Rollings was charged with second of- fense, and. fined $2,000 or 360 days, and Dixon charged with first offense, was fined $1,000 or 180 days. Dixon was also sentenced to 30 days straight for reckless driving. He demanded a | General Pederation of Women's Clubs | relations, read before the final session given maximum penalties for illegal |of the Midwinter board meeting at the ASKS WOMEN'S 0. OF KELLOGG PACT Mrs. Hooper Urges Federa- tion to Give Peace Move- ment Unqualified Support. Unqualified support of the Kellogg- | “hands off” with regard to questions of national defense were urged on the in the report of Mrs. Ben Hooper, chair- man of the department of internationol federation headquarters this morning. “The ratification of the muitilateral treaty we have seen as the sole business of our depariment until that legisla- tion is passed,” said Mrs. Hooper, “and the extent to which we have been at- tending to this business can be judged { by the results. \ “We have secured nearly 4,000 reso- jury trial on a charge of leaving after foliiding. Both men are faced with harges of manslaughter. The car struck uitich at North Capitol and P streets on January 5 while being chased by Policeman W. A. Schotter of the Traf- fic Bureau, who later halted them after firing several shots. The liquor charges were based on the finding of 116 pints of corn whisky In the automobile, TRIAL BOARD FINES THREE POLICEMEN Charges Include Intoxication, Neg- lect of Duty and Failure to Patrol Beat. Policeman Curtis Carter, fifth pre- rinct, was found guilly by the trial board of intoxication and fined $100, it was announced today. Carter was found on the street at Tenth and E streets foutheast last Saturday night and re- foved to Emergency Hospital, where he was declared intoxicated. He was fried yesterday. Mounted Policeman Thomas M. Car- ter, eleventh precinct, was found guilty of neglect of duty and fined $10. The officer was cleared of a charge of tell- ing an untruth to a superior officer. He was accused of riding a street car De- pember 28 when he should have been patrolling his territory on his hors Private William S. Buchanan, tenth| precinct, was found guilty of failure to| patrol his beat and entering a building while on duty and fined $10. 85 FLU CASES TODAY. Four Deaths Are Reported to the Health Department. Eighty-five cases of influenza were re- ported to the Health Department today and four deaths from the disease. There have been 21 deaths from the disease | urer showed the church tobe in good . thus far this-month and 1,006 cases, lutions from member clubs throughout | the country urging the passage of the | Kellogg-Briand _pact, and there are { more coming. Representing as they do | the backing of some 50,000 clubwomen, | ilo put it at a conservative figure, these | { resolutions we believe cannot fail o carry weight.” There is little difference of opinion {in the general federation with regard { to the necessity for adequate prepared- ness, continued the chairman, but, of cou; there is a difference of opinion as to what constitutes adequate defense. It is my earnest wish that the general federation should confine itself to sup- | port of constructive legislation tending toward outlawry of war and let our Government work out the detalls of methods for bringing about the com- mon end toward which all of us are riving. Let us take care not to have a hand in tearing down before we have something constructive to offer in place of the discarded system. l 's. Joseph' Lindon Smith, chairman Department of Indian Affairs, ported on the work done by her de- 'tment during the past half year, ex- ssing encouragement over the in- appropriation of the Indian Service, but declaring it was unwise at this time to have reductions made {in the original $25,000,000 asked for by the service, and indicated that the rej i p: i | statement of the $5,000,000 cut from the budget. Other reports heard included those of Mrs. W. E. Miner, chairman of the community service devision, Department of Public Welfare; Mrs. Joseph E. | Friend of the Pine Arts Department, { Mrs. W. L. Lawson of the division of rural and highway advertising and research and club service, Church Officers Chosen, ROCKVILLE, Md., January 11.—At the annual business meeting of the congregation Baptist Church, the fol- lowing were elected: Deacons, George Shaw, Clifford H. Robertson, Harry S. Beal and W. E. Ward; deaconness, Mrs. Winfred E. Berry; clerk, Clifford H. Robertson; treasurer, Dr. George E. women's clubs would urge the rein- | Josephine Junkin, manager of ! A. Photos. The Harvard Dental School “tooth” on exhibition. The giant and weighing about 300 pounds, some 50,000 years ago, dental school. Museum places the world’s largest tusk, measuring more than 11 feet belonged to a mastodon who lived It was found in Alaska by Dr. Fernald of the —Copyright by P. & A. Photos. yesterday at a luncheon given him at the Capitol by his son, Ernest Smoot. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon. Other guests included Attorney General Sargent and Vice President-elect Curtis.—Copyright by Harris & Ewing. At left: This picture has traveled across the wide Pacific since Comdr. Byrd's expedition, now on the Antarctic ice, got under way from New Zealand. It shows the Cil New York, flagship of the expedition, leaving the pier at Above: y of Dunedin as a crowd waves farewell to the explorers. Countess Rina de Liquoro, a favorite of the Italian movie world, arriving at New York yesterday for an American vacation. Sh take a trip out to Hollywood just to look over the studios and the American movie is made. She says —Associated Press Photos. A distinguished gathering helped Senator Reed Smoot of Utah, chairman of the Senate finance committee, celebrate his sixty-seventh birthday The Senator is seated in the center between Vice President Dawes and TWO BODIES WANT BIG COURTHOUSE Rockville Chamber of Commerce and Council Unanimously In- dorse Bond Issue Plan. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., January 11—The proposition to raise $150,000 by a bond ue to augment approximately $300,- 000 already available for construction of a modern courthouse at Rockville was unanimously indorsed at special meetings last evening of the Rockville Chamber of Commerce and the mayor and council of Rockville, as was a pro- posal that the block immediately west of the “courthouse squ: " be acquired by the county and used as parp of the site for the new building. Copies of the resolutions were ordered sent to the county’s representatives in the Legisla- ture, the county commissioners, the members of the courthouse building committee and the courthouse archi- tects, who are scheduled to hold a con- ference here this afternoon and de- termine definitely what the Legislature now in session will be asked to do in the way of authorizing a bond issue. ‘The meeting of the Chamber of Com- merce was one of the best attended of the organization in a long time. It was conducted by the president, Curtis L. ‘Ward, and the proposed bond issue was warmly indorsed, both as to additional |funds for the courthouse building and ithe purchase of additional land for a |site in talks by Dr. George L. Edmonds, Donald A. De Lashmutt, Berry E. Clark, F. Barnard Welsh, George H. Lamar, Clifford H. Robertson and Stedman Prescott. What a modern courthouse jon an adequate site would mean to Lewis. The annual report of the treas- €nanciel condition, Rockville and the county and the urgent fi::d of such & structure were pointed WEST’S NOMINATION UP. Senate to Consider Interior Secre- tary’s Appointment January 18. The Senate yesterday agreed to con- sider the nomination of Roy O. West of Chicago to be Secretary of the In- terior on Friday, January 18, at 3 p.m. Senators Dencen and Glenn, Republi- cans, Illinois, who have been pressing for immediate consideration of the nomination, agreed to postpone action until_that date after Senators oppos- ing West's confirmation had insisted upon the del RIVERDALE STORE LOOTED BY THIEVES Butter, Eggs, Cigars and Other Ar- ticles Valued at $500 Taken When Three Doors Are Broken. Special Dispatch to The Star. RIVERDALE, Md, January 11— Robbers looted the Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. store here last night of 15 { pounds of butter, a crate of eggs, cigars, coffee and other articles estimated in value at $500. Three rear doors were found broken open at 6:50 o'clock this morning by Garnett Griggs, manager of the store, upon his arrival to open up for the day's business. County Police Officer Claude Reese and Constable E. S. Ald- ridge were notified. Men were seen iloafing near the store last night, but jno definite clue as to the robbers was seported by the offiters MAN DIES IN FALL. One-Legged Colored Inmate Killed at Soldiers’ Home. Henry R. Smith, colored, 54, a one- legged inmate of the Soldiers’ Home, apparently losing his balance, fell from the third-floor porch of the King Build- ing at the home this morning and was instantly killed when he struck a con- crete sidewalk in the front yard. Before the fall, Smith had been in the hospital at the home. He was instruct- ed to return to his sleeping quarter His body was taken to the hospital, where life was pronounced extinct. Smith had been an inmate of the home for/the last 18 months. He has a sister in_Chicago, who was notified. Coroner Nevitt is investigating. KEITH HEADS BAR OF FAIRFAX COUNTY Association’s Committee Reports Supervisors Deadlocked on Ap- pointment of Trial Justice. Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, ' Va, January 11.—The quarterly dinner meeting of the Fairfax County Bar Association was held last night at the Tavern. Thomas R. Keith was elected president; Wilson Farr, vice President; Paul Brown, secretary, and George B. Robey, treasurer. Wilson Farr, a member of the com- mittee to present to the County Board of Supervisors the association’s request for appointment of a trial justice, re- ported that a tie vote had resulted at the supervisors' meeting, and Judge Howard Smith, on request of the super- visors, appointed L. A. Popkins ue] breaker, PAY HONOR TO FIRST HEAD OF TREASURY Sons of Revolution Today Observe 172d Anniversary of Alexander Hamilton's Birth. Tribute to Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury, was paid at noon today on the occasion of the 172d anniversary of his birth, when Secretary Mellon laid a wreath at the foot of the Hamilton statue, on the south plaza of the Treasury Dlepartment, on behalf of the Sons of the Revolution in the District of Columbia. The ceremonies consisted of the lay- ing of the wreath by Secretary Mellon and prayer by Dr. Thomas E. Green, second vice president of the society. Flags of the United States, the Bour- bon emblem of France and the banners of the organization were grouped at the statue. Attending the ceremony was a | committee headed by George W. White jand consisting of the officers and man- agers of the organization, including Representative James M. Beck, presi- dent, and Charles P. Light, secretary. Other members of the committee were {Woodbury Blair, William J. Boothe, Robert V. Fleming, William F. Ham, Richard W. Hinson, Royal O. Kloeber, Ralph W. Lee, Reginald B. Looker and gnpl. Frederick G. Pyne of the U. S. avy. SIX ROBBED OF $76,375. | CHICAGO, January 11 (#).—Two bandits robbed six occupants of a taxi- cab of $76,375 in jeweis and furs early today, then ordered the:r victims out of the cab and escaped. Dr. Frank E. Pierce and Mrs. Pierce, Mr. and Mrs. Luther S. Hammond, resi- dents of Chicago's “Gold Coast,” and Mr. and Mrg, O. H. Murphy, Detroit, were the vi S EST RS PR —Wide World Photos. Thousands bank the streefs near Madison Square Garden as the funeral proces- sion of Tex Rickard, the promoter, leaves New York’s great hall of sport. —Copyright by P. & A. Photos. A great runner fakes an important step. Edwin Wide, Sweden’s famous distance runner, and his bridi Stockholm, receiving the congratulati their recent marriage in that city. POTTERY TARIFF INCREASE ASKED American Industry Offers Plan to Meet Competition From Foreign Imports. By the Assoclated Press. To meet competition from foreign importations, particularly from Japan, the American pottery industry today sought from the House ways and means committee an increase in tariffs on earthenware and china. Declaring American wages in the trades were 8! times those of Japan 4nd 315 times higher than those in Germany, W. E. Wells, East Liverpool, Ohio, representing pottery manufac- turers, asked that a specific duty of 15 cents a dozen be added to existing ad valorem duties of 45 per cent and 50 per cent, respectively, on undecorated and decorated earthenware. He also requested that a specific duty of 25 cents a dozen be added to the present ad valorem duty of 60 per cent and 70 per cent, respectively, on plain and colored china. YOUNG ITALIAN ORGANIST TO APPEAR MONDAY NIGHT Rolla G. G. Onyun, dean of the local chapter of the American Guild of Or- ganists, announces that Baltimore guild members as well as the local members are showing marked interest in the ini- tial appearance in Washington of the young Italian organist, Fernando Ger- mani, who is to be presented under the auspices of the guild in a free organ recital at St. John’s Church, on Lafay- o'clock. Germani created a sensation in New York upon his first appearance, about a year ago, playing the Wanamaker Auditorium organ. He is only 21 years old, yet he has been official organist of the “famous Augusteo Orchestra in Rome since he was 14. He has played regularly under the guidance of Ber- nardino Molinari, the noted conductor, who made his first visit to America as | guest conductor of the New York Phil- harmonic and Hollywood Bowl Orches- tras last season. The teacher of Germani was the late Enrico Bossi, himself a great organist and also a distinguished composer. In their native land Germani is acknowl- edged as the logical heir to the mantle of his maestro. Signor Germani was chosen to play the commemorative re- cital on the anniversary of Rossi's death, Preceding the recital at St. John's Church Signor Germani will be the guest of honor at a dinner given by the | local Organists’ Guild in the Hotel La Fayette at 6°0'clock. e, who was Miss Ava Anderson of ions of the clergyman just aftec~ —Copyright by P, & A. Photos. U. 3. DRY BUREAU HIT IN GIBSON QUIZ Lieut. Mina Van Winkle Tes- tifies Federal Co-opera- tion Lacking. ‘The declaration that she had not had any co-operation from the Federal Pro- hibition Bureau for more than a year, and had never had full co-operation, was made by Lieut. Mina Van Winkle, head of the Woman's Bureau of the Metropolitan Police Department, before the Gibson subcommittee today. Mrs. Van Winkle's testimony was given in connection with the study that the Gibson group is making of law enforcement here. She related that in one instance a Treasury official enforc- ing prohibition here had turned over a confidential report from the police- women to the very people who were | under investigation, but when Repre- sentative Hammer, Democrat, of North Carolina, indignantly asked for the name of the person referred to, Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police, said he was no longer connected with the service. In response to questions by Chairman Gibson, Mrs. Van Winkle reluctantly admitted that she had furnished money to the Prohibition Bureau from time to time to conduct investigations in the District of Columbia and did not get all of the money back. During recent years she said the local Police Depart- ment had reimbursed her and then it took a long time to get a refund from the Prohibition Bureau. Mrs. Van Winkle declined to make an estimate of the money she had expended out ette Square, Monday night at 8:30of her own pocket, but when Mr. Gibson said he would consider that it had run into thousands of dollars, Mrs. Van Winkle said it would probably be not more than a_thousand dollars a year. Mrs. Van Winkle testified that the investigations made by the Woman's Bureau on New Year eve showed that liquor was present at all such places as night clubs and cabarets where her force entered, but that the patrons had brought the liquor with them and it was not being sold on the premises. Maj. Hesse and Headquarters De- tective Edward Kelly, head of the hom- icide squad, were other witnesses today. Maj. Hesse declared that he has the gamblers on the run Chairman Gibson commented that he understood some of the gamblers had moved, but that they !seemed to stay in the same precinct. Maj. Hesse answered that he understond whnat Mr. Gibson meant and that per- sonally he had gone to see the captain of that precinct and told him that he had heard a gambling house had moved to a new location and the captain had promised to get right after it. Rockefeller at Gi;;tar. GIBRALTAR, January 11 (#).—John | D. Rockefeller,’ jr., and James Henry Breasted of the University of Chicago, who has been in charge of excavations in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor, Egypt, arrived here today. They are en Xoute to the land of the Pharaohs, - Fifty Years of Onion Peeling. An Englishman died recently, who had devoted his life to the strange trade of onion peeling, which he started with a capital of less than two dollars, He and his wife were peeling onions for n;arly 50 years and accumulated over $3p,