Evening Star Newspaper, March 31, 1929, Page 5

PO R % WEATHER PERLS 2¢ EASTER SERVIGES jWalter Reed Exercises May Be Held Indoors—Hoover . to Attend Quaker Church. (Continued From First Page.) 0 s F | Ee, unostentatious _services of the | “Quaker Church with Mrs. Hoover, | ‘marking the observance of his first| JAaster Sunday in the White House.!| «The service will contrast sharply with ‘those of other churches of the National Capital, with their Easter decorations, vested choirs and organ music. It will consist merely of prayer, a sermon byx Mr. Hoover's old friend, Augustus Mur- Tay of Palo Alto, and a few hymns ac- | companied only by a piano. After services the President will re- turn to the White House for Sunday dinner and the afternoon will be spent in relaxation and possibly a motor trig into adjacent Maryland or Virginia. Frequently Mr. Hoover has some old friends from S street in for Sunday night supper, but nothing of this sort is planned for today. In fact, slmost for the first time since inauguration day, no guests are staying at the EX- ecutive Mansion and Mr. Hoover will be free to spend the day as he pleases, undisturbed by the duties of hospitality, duties that cannot be disregarded even when the host is President of the United States. Following an old White House tradi- tion, the south grounds of the Ex- ecutive Mansion will be opened tomor- Tow 1o the children of the city for the annual Easter Monday egg rolling. Year by year the youngsters come by thousands to the frolic and spend the day rolling their Easter eggs down the slight inclines of the lawn and frolick- ing on the grass. Later in the day adults will be admitted and the Marine Band will give a concert from 3:30 to 5 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. Hoover plan to observe the sport for a short while in the morn- ing and egain in the afternoon from the south portico of the Executive Man- sion, Children Invited. School children will be allowed to roam through the whole first floor of the White House during the next week as an Easter holiday treat. Mrs. Hoo- ver has ordered that the children be allowed to visit the presidential mansion between the hours of 10:30 am. and 12 o'clock noon during the holidays. Ordinarily visits by large groups of children are discouraged and those who are admitted may not see the private reception rooms without presenting a letter of introduction from the Repre- sentative of their congressional district. Meanwhile out-of-town visitors were pouring into Washington over railroads, busses and by automobiles over the highways, swelling the already over- flowing throngs and jamming the Union Station to what Washington Terminal officials described last night to be the largest crowds to visit Washington dur- ing the Easter holidays for 10 years. The ordinarily large groups of visitors that make the annual pilgrimage to the National Capital during Easter and ,Japanese cherry blossom time was aug- ‘mented by excursion train loads of high school children from all points North and as far West as Chicago and De- troit, who make a trip to the seat of the Government once a year. The American Automobile Associa- tion reported last night that the influx of automobiles jamming the roads lead- ing to the Capita! had reached its peak shortly before midnight and the lead- ing downtown hotels had long since hung out “Standing room only” signs. jone hostelry reporting it had turned away over 1,000 persons seeking rese vations yesterday. The visiting popu- lation was noticeably visible all yester- day afternoon and last night in the downtown theater district, where hun- dreds of theatergoers formed lines al- most half a block long waiting in the rain to gain admission to their favorite movie house. Finery Defies Weather. As early as yesterday forenoon, the ‘bright Easter finery was exhibited by the more determined feminine cult, who seemed bent on starting the traditional promenade in defiance of the prevail- ing elements. Whether the “parade” will continue in increased numbers along the prominent thoroughfares to- day is problematical, for the weather man promises the existence of the same Jconditions. Churches of all demoninations have arranged special services for today. In addition to the elaborate ceremonies .at Walter Reed and Temple Heights, hundreds of persons are expected to irespond to a call of the Christian En- ,deavor trumpeters, led by L. C. Green, iwho will herald the start of the (service at 7 o'clock. Dr. Cloyd Heck iMarvin, president of George Washing- ton University, will preside at the ex- ercises. . . The program will include a brief ad- dress by Morritt L. Smith of the Christian Endeavor Unfon on “Cru- {sading With Christ,” invocation by L. I. McDougle of ‘the Epworth League; scripture reading by A. W. Sperry, rep- j representing the Episcopal Young Peo- | ple’s Society; group singing led by Percy C. Foster, and the closing prayer and benediction by Rev. J. C. Palmer, pastor of the Washington Heights Presbyterian Church and grand chaplain of the ’Grand Lodge of Masons in the District of Columbia. ' Among the Catholic churches where ; there are special programs are the | Franciscan Monastery, St. Patrick’s Church, Tenth aad G streets; St. Mat- thew's Church, Rhode Island and Con- \ necticut avenue, and the Shrine of the f::éed Heart, Sixteenth street and Park ‘The Salvation Army will hol united Easter service tyi)(s mommg n’; 11 o'clock in the Georgetown branch of the army, Jefferson near M streets. All of the Salvation Army officers in Wash- ington will participate, with Staff Capt. James Asher, in charge of the army in the District of Columbia, presiding. Anticipating the crowding.of streets and parks today by visitors and local residents attracted by the cherry blos- soms along the Tidal Basin and a pro- fusion of wood flowers and greens, the Police Department has laid down spe- cial emergency regulations in some cases and augmented its patrol force in _areas expected to be congested. . Forty-five marriage licenses were is- sued at the District Building yesterday “in the regular Easter rush. The office of the marriage license clerk was sup- posed to be open only from 9 am. to noon, but several couples among the Capital's Easter tourists were permitted ¢ "fma‘ licenses after the official closing e. The rush kept Col. William A. Kroll, marriage license officer, busy until 1 p.m. The number of licenses issued the . previous day, when the office was open ! four hours longer than yesterday, was only 24. ‘Twenty-four of the. licenses were taken out by Capital residents and the rest by visitors from out of town. FIRE MEASURE AMENDED. New Provisions Added to Levy Bill for Silver Spring Department. By a Staff Correspondent of The Btar, ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 30.—The bill increasing from 6 to 10 cents the annual tax levy for the support and maintenance of the Silver Spring Fire ¢ Department, a special measure of , Speaker Lee’s, was amended in the . Senate last night by Senator Jones. ‘The Senator Mserted amendments to provide that the funds were to be ex- A, W R S R R ) Louise. The girls werc photographed ai assisting the Easter bunny in coloring a THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON. D. © MARCH‘ 31, 1920—PART 1. Left to right: Talmah McConchie, 245 Eleventh street southeast: Mary Louise Gibson, 235 Eleventh street southeast, and Leah Gibson, sister of Mary t their home yesterday while they were few eggs. —Star Staff Photo. JOY RULES EASTER PLANS AT VATICAN Observance to Be Most Col- orful Since Separation From State. By the Associated Press. ROME, March 30.—After today’s brief notes of rejoicing in the otherwise som- ber services of Holy Saturday Rome was ready tonight for the commemoration of Easter. As it will be the first Easter in 59 years in which the Hely See and the Italian state are reconciled, tomorrow's solemnization will take on a new and more joyful character. All day today the stationery shops have been besieged for Easter cards, and the postal and telegraph offices have done a rushing business in the expedition of belated greetings to relatives and friends. ‘Tomorrow, moreover, will be one of the three recognized “tipping days“ in the Italian year. The other two fall on New Year and Assumption day, Au- gust 15, known here as “Ferracosto.” Everybody's janitor, postman, personal servant and barber will expect an ap- preciable donation to make the feast complete. Pilgrimage to Catacombs. One of the most touching features of Sunday's celebration will be afforded by the pilgrimage to the catacombs “to announce the resurrection tidings to the Christian martyrs.” These processions, which date from the third century A.D., are always colorful and moving. That which occurs at the catacombs of St. Callixtus, on the Appian Way, con- ducted by the Trappist monks, is par- ticularly worth witnessing. Before the fall of the temporal power of the papacy in 1870, salvos were fired from the cannon of Castel St. Angelo, the mighty fortress constructed by the Emperor Hardian which dominates the route to the Vatican, and over which rises the heroic statue of St. Michael, the Archangel, with the flaming sword. ‘Tomorrow, however, only the daily regu- lation “noon gun,” by which all good Romans sot their watches and_clocks, will ring out. Prior to 170, the Vatican and St. Peter's were lit up in the eve- ning by thousands of blazing tapers, but not even with the reconciliation of church and state will that old custom be renewed this year. In any event, in view of the present cleared and pacified political atmos- phere, Rome's Easter promises to be more colorful and joyful in tone than any since the time of Pope Alexander VI, the reigning pontiff when Columbus made his discovery of America. That Pope, a Spaniard, introauced a number of his countrymen’s customs into the Roman fetes, heightening their pictur- esque qualities, The Pope will usher in Easter cele- brating mass in the restored Sistine Chapel tomorrow. The band of his Palatine Guard give a concert in & courtyard of the Vatican. The Italian royal family will pass the day quietly at their hunting lodge near Pisa, while Premier Mussolini presum- ably will be at his Villa Carpena with his family. ‘The influx of pilgrims because of the Pope’s sacerdotal jubilee year is greater than at any Eastertide since the previ- ous jubilee year in 1925. The pontiff spent Holy Saturday in busy fashion, visiting the installation of the new Vatican library in the Bel- vedere courtyard, and .thence going to the Vatican Museum, where he ob- served minutely the repairs there go- ing on. On Tuseday he will descend into St. Peter’s to celebrate mass for 5.000 young French pilgrims, receiving them later in the day in a collective audience. Roosters; Coddles Cack Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va., March 30.—News of first importance was discovered here today in the shape of a Belgian rab- bit which attacks dogs and roosters and which has become the sel(-ng— pointed barnyard guardian of H. B. Freeze, R. F. D. 2, who bought the rabbit as a pet about four months ago. It is news because dogs did not bite the rabbit. The rabbit bit the dogs. Freeze and members of his family testify to seeing two encounters between their- rabbit and neighborhood dogs in which the latter were worsted, and other neighbors are telling of having seen the rabbit chase strange dogs when they come prying around the Freeze home. The first encounter took place the very day the rabbit was first released from its hutch, or about.two months ago. It was hopping about the lawn in search of vegetation when a white mongrel which lives next door saw the rabbit and made for it. The rabbit, according to Freeze who saw the inci- dent, made no effort to run. Instead it made for the dog, leaped at it, cleared its jaws and landed on the dog's back, fixing its teeth in the dog’s hind legs. The dog fled in- terror, shaking off the rabbit. A few days later a Boston bull- dog that lives across the road saw fair game in the rabbit. The bulldog was sent to cover, yelping loudly. - The rab- bit had. cleared his foe and fastened its teeth in its hind leg. Then the rabbit began driving off strange roosters and hens which in- vaded the Freeze premises, but never molested those belonging to the farmer. Each evening the rabbit answers the ! pended by the fire department itself, and providing that the fire department name the two firemen, the em- 3 24 5 mess call for the chickens and feeds ith, but not on, them, "k with the “The Freeze children play i i Pe Ggrman Hill Folk Mark Winter’s End With Easter Fires Mountain Villages Present Colorful Scenes in Tra- ditional Ceremony. By the Associated Press. QUEDLINBURG, Germany, March 30.—Throughout the Harz Moutain re- gion the traditional “Easter fires” were lighted tonight. ¢ At this season it is customary in this section to build fires, whose flames are visible for miles around, to inform the world that victorious Spring has van- quished snow and frost again. Custom decrees that every family in every village or tawn must contribute something to the collection of fuel. Many families preserve the Christmas tree from the previous Yuletide as their contribution. Those in which a son or daughter was confirmed during the pre- vious week contribute the twigs which | had been nailed to their doorposts on | Palm Sunday. For lovers it is considered lucky if | the couple leaps through the fire with arms locked together. Besides the bonfires, some villages ad- here to the custom of rolling barrels of burning tar down from the mountain heights. In other communities straw dolls, supposed to represent death, are burned. RABBI MAX HELLER DIES AT AGE OF 69 Head of New Orleans Temple Suc- cumbs in Hospital After Brief Illness. By the Associated Press. 4 NEW ORLEANS, March 30—Rabbi Max Heller, for 40 years at the head of Temple Sinal of New Orleans and one of the most noted rabbis in the United States, died at a local hospital today after a brief illness. Born in Prague, Bohemia, 69 years ago, he received his early education there and then took a bachelor of laws degree at the University of Cincinnati. In 1884 he became rabbi at Union Col- lege, Cincinnati, and then served at Zion Congregation, Chicago, and Bethel Congregation,. Houston, before coming to New Orleans in 1887. Two years ago he became rabbi emeritus of Temple Sinal. ’ Since 1912 he had been professor of Hebrew and Hebrew literature at Tulane University and was a leading writer of the American Israelite, Cin- cinnati, from 1902 to 1914. At one time he was editor of the B'Nai B'rith Magazine. From 1909 to 1911 he was president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis. Surviving are his widow and a son, Isaac Heller, New Orleans attorney. FIRE RAZES CHURCH. Quesbec Catholic Edifice Destroyed. Details Are Unavailable, QUEBEC, Quebec, March 30 (P)—Re- ports reaching here today said that the Roman Catholic Church at Gaspe, Quebec, about 325 miles northeast of here, had been destroyed by fire. The presbytery and an adjoining house also were burned, the reports said. No details were available. SOME EASTER RABBIT! Bad Bunny Bites Dashing, Depredating Dogs; Rushes Ruffling g Chickens, But Bashfully " Balks Pursuing, Pestering Photographer. the rabbit lopes off, as a newspaper hotographer discovered when he at empted to snap the pugnacious rab- bit and found it a futile business. (Editor’s note: This is the first time on record of this particular excuse be- ing offered by any photographer.) Freeze thinks more of the rabbit than he does of the rest of his live stock. And why shouldn’t he? SIMPLEST EASTER FIRST LADY'S PLAN Mrs. Hoover and Wives of Cabinet Members to At- tend Church Services. BY MARGUERITE YOUNG, Associated Press Staff Writer. Mrs. Herbert Hoover and the wives of the cabinet members will pass Easter in the simplest fashion—not one cf them possessed a special Easter frock. Mrs. Hoover planned to attend church as ysual, and possibly to drive into the country with Mr. Hoover during the afternoon. She will wear “something woolly,” one of her secretaries said, and this costume prabably will not be new. ‘The Easter spirit is visible in the White House, however, in masses of flowers bearing greetings from friends. ‘Wives of the cabinet members looked forward to a simple day at home—a family Easter similar to that which wiil be passed, quietly, by America’s millions of private citizens. Each of them will attend Easter services. l No Holiday Program. Flowers and Easter sweets, such as “every one” has, will be the only sym- bols of the day in the home of the Postmaster General, Mrs. Walter F. Brown said yesterday, adding that she has kept her rule of not planning ahead and has no program for the haliday. The weather, she said, will determine what frock she wears. Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, sister and official hostess of Vice President Curtis, is having difficulty in finding places in her home for the scores of greetings that have come in the forms of flowers, plants and Easter baskets. She has al- ready busied herself planning the use of 30 dozen eggs, which came to the Vice President from Kansas farmers. Mrs. Gann planned to go to morning church services, and then to an Easter breakfast at the suburban hot f Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. McLean. Here many persons prominent in official cir- cles, as well as leaders of social groups. were invited to foregather for a feast of chicken and waffles. But Mrs. Gann would not don a special Easter frock for this, she said. Only Simple Observances. Another guest at the McLean enter- tainment is Mrs. Charles Francis Adams, wife of the Navy Secretary. ‘This, she said, is the only Easter event she has planned to participate in: she intends to mark the day with only the | simplest observances. Mrs. James J. Davis, wife of the Sec- retary of Labor, planned to attend a luncheon. Other than this, and per- sonal greetings within the family, she added, there would be nothing of Easter flavor in her day. Asked if she would wear an Easter frock, she responded lightly, “of course, not.” Nor was there anything unusual in the activities chosen for the day by the other cabinet ministers’ wives now in the Capital—Mrs. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Mrs. William DeWitt Mitchell and Mrs. Robert Paterson Lamont. They, like the rest of the official family, preferred simple observances within their own homes. g S PASTOR GETS TWO YEARS IN PRISON FOR PERJURY| By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, March 30— Federal Judge A. F. St. Sure today sentenced Rev. Oscar Gruver, Alameda pastor and treasurer of the California Lutheran Synod, to two years in the Federal Penitentiary and a $5,000 fine. Mr. Gruver recently was convicted by a jury of perjury and of making a false inheritance tax return. In his defense, the minister claimed he possessed a “dual personality.” His executive self, he said, could not obtain information from his individual self. The case hinged on the charge that the minister concealed $100,000, in bonds in the estate of the late Julius Hohn, Oakland capitalist, from inherit- ance tax collectors. Mr. Gruver was administrator of the estate. In imposing sentence, Judge St. Sure said the claim of a dual personality was “absurd.” He pointed out that he was not able to segregate the personality from the individual fcr imposing sentence. Defense attorneys indicated they would take the case to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. 2001 16th St. N.W. Exceptionally attractive apartments of three out- side rooms, reception hall, bath and large kitchen. Busses Rerouted To Prevent Noise During Services Under an arrangement with the Washington Rapid Transit Co.,, [Easter services at the Friends Orthodox Church, where President Hoover worships, this morni will be uninterrupted by the noise of bus traffic pass- ing the church doors at Thir- teenth and Irving streets. A committee representing the church appealed to Chairman John W. Childress of the Public Utllities Commission, with the re- sult that yesterday a rerouting of busses was worked out for hours of the morning service. From 10:30 o'clock to 12:45 o'clock the busses will be re- routed via Fourteenth and Irving streets. GREW LAUDS AMERICAN SCHOOLS IN TURKEY Not Denationalizing Centers, Says Ambassador, Who Favors More of Natives’ Visiting U. 8. By the Assoclated Press. CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkey, March 30.—American schools in Turkey are not denationalizing centers, Ambassador Joseph C. Grew declared in an address recently before the Constantinople Woman's College at its charter-day ex- ercises. “American students come to Turkey,” sald the Ambassador, “to delve into the great mine of Turkey's cultural riches and to study the development of her politics and history. On the other hand, I hope that more and more Turkish students may knock at our own aca- demic doors at home and find the wel- come which will surely be accorded. It is these contacts that develop mutual understanding between nations and that will best promote the friendly inter- course between Turkey and the United States. “Meanwhile I am proud of the con- structive work which is being performed by our American colleges and other academic institutions here. Within their walls American educational stand- ards are exemplified. The purpose of these institutions is not to wean the youth away from their own national- m, from the ideals of their own coun: tries, but to develop in this youth the very qualities of mind and heart that will make them better able to play their active and constructive part in the de- velopment of their own country with greater efficiency, broader outlook, stronger patriotic inspiration to contrib- ute to their own nation's progress.” VIRGINIAN FATALLY HURT. Auto Accident at Elkton Results in Injury of Two Others. ELKTON, Md., March 30 (#)—Clar- ence Loth, 42 years old, of 2603 Terrace street, Richmond, Va. was fatally in- jured and two other members of the family were hurt in an automobile crash south of here on the Baltimore highway today. William Loth, brother of Clar- ence, was in a critical condition at Union Hospital here with a fractured | spine, and their mother, Mrs. Minnie Loth, 64, suffered a fractured wrist and bruises. Their automobile was wrecked while Clarence Loth was driving by some trouble with the steering gear that sent the car crashing into a bridge abutment. Coroner Howard W. Green will hold an inquest next w JERUSALEM CLEAR FOR EASTER RITES Churches of Ail Creeds There to Take Part in Ceremony. By the Associated Press. JERUSALEM, March 30.—The City of Jerusalem was bathed in bright sun- shine all day today, presaging the advent of Eastertide under fair skies tomorrow. Never more than this year has Jerusalem shown itself a holy city in reality, as feasts of all creeds follow each other ih rapid succession. Pilgrims of every race are crowding the streets of the ancient Jewish capital as the Western Holy week which began & week ago draws to a close. All Catholic consulates and institutions have kept their flags at half-staff all the week, while Protestant centers low- ered flags to half-staff on Good Friday. All will greet the Easter morn by hoist- ing the flags once more. Greeks vs. Romans. ‘Tomorrow has a full program of devotional rejoicings, the Latins attend- ing morning pontifical mass by the patriarch in the presence of the papal delegate and making a religious proces- sion to the holy sepulcher. Greek Catholics, part of the old Eastern Church which united with the Pope and follows the Western calendar while re- taining Eastern customs, will celebrate a liturgy in St. John Chrysostom-—in the language of the gospels, in St. Anne’s Church at the pool of Bethesda. The communion for Anglicans will be held in St. George's Cathedral from 7 to 11 am., with an American liturgy at 9 o'clock. The police have taken unusual pre- cautions at the holy places to prevent | quarrels between followers of the dif- ferent creeds. At Bethlehem in the| Church of the Nativity on Good Friday | a Greek Orthodox priest locked the | main door 10 minutes before the Latins | had finished their service, shutting | them up in the church. | ‘The present celebrations Wwill be fol- lowed on April 25 by the Jewish pass- over, the Moslem Nebi Mussa startine April 26, and the Holy week of Eastern Churches beginning April 28. Hang “Judas” in Effigy. RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, March 30 (#).—The youngsters of Rio de Jan:iro today amused tRemselves in celebrating | the end of Lent by hanging “Judas' effigies to lamp posts and dragging | stuffed figures through -the streets, stoning_and kicking them. Some of | the effigles represented unpopular present-day zilians. Philadelphia Normal is to be a theee- year institute on February 4. The Argonne 16th and Columbia Road N.W. Four rooms, kitchen, bath and reception room, south- ern exposure. Reasonable rental. I)EE GEE . 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