Evening Star Newspaper, November 2, 1929, Page 3

THE _EVENING SHIPWRECK SHOWN IN STAR NEWSREEL Lake Michigan Rescue and Other World Events on Screens Here. Thrilling scenes in the wrecking of the steamship Wisconsin in Lake Mich- igan off Kanosha with a loss of 13 per- sons, is graphically depicted in The Evening Star Universal Newsreel which opens today in the Stanley-Crandall theaters, the Rialto and theaters of nearby Maryland and Virginia, A vivid description of the foundering of the steamship Wisconsin and the work of rescue by the Racine Coast Guard is given. The boat went down terrific gale that swept the Great . but before (e ship went to the bottom the life guards were out with their boats to save those aboard the wave-washed steamer. Risking their own lives in the terrific #ca, they managed to get néar enough to the vessel to throw life lines on board. They finally managed to carry 60 of the 73 on board safely ashore Many of them were so weak they could not walk. The Evening Star Universal camera man rushed to the beach upon the in- stant he learned that the ship was in distress and obtained the most vivid pictures imaginable of the wreckage and the rescue work. The shore of the lake was strewn for miles with debris from the broken ship. 12 Men Leap From Plane, One of the most thrilling sights ever ghown on the screen is the jumping of 12 men from a Navy plane in Wash- ington. They are seen climbing into the plane, with their parachutes strap- ped on their backs. At the height of 1.000 feet they all leaped overboard, one right after the other, so that all of the men are seen coming down through the air »t the same time. The 12 are all officers of the Nayy #nd were taking their first lesson in jumping. All landed safely, setting & new world record for muitiple dives. Another thrill will be found in the great forest fire that swept the woods near Duluth, Minn. The fire was first discovered by the air patrol, which quickly sent word to the nearest fire- fighting stations. Crews were dispatched in special trains with fire-fighting ap- paratus especially designed for the long- distance combat with the flames, as the heat is so terrific it is impossible to &tand close to the burning forests. Great trees are seen bursting into flames, the fire gathering force until the roaring mass sweeps all before it. ‘The giant timber of the woods crash to earth after being eaten through by the fire. Lighter touches of interest will be found in the surfboard sports off Wai- kiki Beach, in Hawaii, where American tourists are now gathering. The scenes are full of fun and excitement as the riders are toppled off into the water., Freshmen Given Ducking. i Another ducking of a different kind i< performed by the seniors of New York University, who initiate the fresh- men by throwing them into the foun- tain at the Hall of Fame in New York. It makes no difference how cold the water, the freshmen who had been captured were compelled to take their bath. This is one of the annual events in the Fall at the university. In the events of more importance, President Hoover 1s shown presenting a gift of $50,000 to Mme. Curie, which was collected by her friends in the sci- entific world for the purchase of a gram of radium. Lieut. Doolittle was honored at Gov- ernors Island, N. Y., with the Flying Cross, awarded the noted Army fiyer for his extraordinary afr' Jeats) One of the most interesting scenes i< that of the opening of the royal op- era season in Siam. The King has in- troduced elaborate dancing plays in his palace at Bangkok for the first time. Not only are the flashes of the play on the stage of deep interest, but also the strange gathering of the people of the court in the palace to are dressed in the Oriental court cos- tumes, but many of the fair ladies are =een in the modern long skirts, impor- tations which have just reached Siam from Paris. |QUEEN MARY'S COURAGE SHOWN IN CRISIS, BIOGRAPHY REVEALS | Helps Avoid Establishment of( Regency During Il | ness of King. |Delay in State Affairs Is Ironed Out as She “As- cends Throne.” This is the first of a serfes of 15 articles presenting the authentic biogra- { ohy the ‘Queen of England. The | suthor of the blographs. who wishes to | appear here ‘under a nom de plume. it | In a position to write with authority of | the roval family of England. | B, i BY W. T. MARSDON. On December 5, 1928, King Gecrge appoinied a council of state to carry on his duties during his illness. The council consisted of Queen Mary, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the| prime minister and the lord chancellor. | It was not thought the need for this | council would exist fcr long. One of | two things seemed likely to happen in | a few months. Either the King would | recover and resume his duties, or he| would die and the Prince of Wales would ascend the throne. Neither Happened. But neither happened. The King didn't die, but he did not recover suf- | ficiently to resume all or nearly all his duties. The council remained in ex-| istence. A council of state is a clumsy way of carrying cut the duties of the King, and there were special difficulties in| the way of this particular council func- tioning properly. ‘The King, after he went to Bognor, resumed lighter official duties, such as signing state papers and occasionally giving short audiences to his minis- ters and members of the foreign diplo- matic body. The then prime minister, Stanley | Baldwin, took the view that the King should be kept infcrmed on all affairs of state, and that it was especially desirable he should be consulted on government appointments to the diplo- | matic, colonial and fighting services, l.li well as the Church of England and the civil service. Queen Mary and the Prince of Wales supported that view and Queen Mary became the medium by which ail affairs of state were laid before the King. She communicaied his views and wishes to the council. State Business Fell Behind. But this proved cumbersome and dif- fieult. Many important papers re- mained unsigned because the council hoped the King would be able to deal with them himself, and many govern- ment appointments for the same rea- son remained unconfirmed. Other state business fell into arrear. Such was the situation toward the later days of the King's stay at Bognor, and the general election, which would throw a volume of work on the mon- arch that could not be put to one side, was looming. Somecthing had to be done. A London paper stated that the estab- lishment of a regency could no longer be delayed. . The prime minister sum- | moned a meeting of the cabinet in the | morning. Two_hours later Mr. Bald- | win went to Bognor and saw Queen Mary. Becomes Historic Interview. It was a. Historic 'inferveiw. The | prime minister put briefly before her majesty imperative reasons for a re- gency, pointing out the delay and con- fusion in dealing with affairs of state and the urgent necessity of providing | QUEEN MARY. To the Prince of Wales she assigned | the duty of receiving all distinguished foreigners, of holding levees and of en- tertaining members of the foreign diplomatic corps in London and their wives at a series of dinner parties at | York House. She undertook the serious responsi- bility of dealing with all affairs of state which the King, in good health, would have looked after himself. The queen did this in consultation | with her husband when he was able, as | he was frcm time to time, to attend to | his official duties. When' he was not, Queen Mary acted on her own responsi- bility. 1 Confirms Appointments. She confirmed all government ap- pointments in the colonial, diplomatic and fighting services—sometimes when she thought there was good reason she would object to some appointment and ask for another name. She did all this and much more in the name of the King; all her com- munications with the prime minister or any other of the King’s ministers began with the words, “It is the wish of his majesty the King.” As far as possible the Queen effaced herself, and made it clear she was sim- ply expressing the King's will or his opinion on different matters, though. in fact, her majesty had often to act with- out her husband's autority to avoid delay. The council of state remained in existence, but only in name. The duties of the King now were (and are) being carried on regularly as if he were in good health and the necd for the meeting of the council of state had ceased to exist. Sought to Protect Husband. It should be explained that when Queen Mary resolved to avoid the es- tablishment of a regency and to carry on herself the duties of the monarch when the need arose she was in no way prompted by ambitious motives. She acted as she did because she knew how hurtful to her husband the estab- lishment of a regency would be, and how such an occurrence adversely would affect his health. It is said at the English court that King George owes his life as much to Queen Mary as to his physiclans. She carried on the work she did often in the most painful and distressing cir- cumstances, The state of King George's health ebbed and flowed—one day he was bet- ter and the next there was a setback | These were days of the most sickening anxiety for Queen Mary. And even yet they are mot over. The King's doctors will' not yet say, “His majesty is now quite well and there is no danger of a relapse.” They will not yet say that there will be no need for another operation, a way by which the duties of the King could be performed effectively and ex: peditiously, especially in view of the coming election, | “There will be no further delay or | consider a regency,” was the confident, | quiet reply of Queen Mary. the King's first minister -then term. Carries on With Courage. ‘Through all the days of anxiety Queen Mary carried on the duties of STAR.. WASHINGTON,. D.. C., CHEST COLLEGTS - ALBUTSIE % {Poole Declares Record of 88 Per Cent Is One of Best in Country. Only $175,195.95 of the million and a half dollars subscribed munity Chest for the year yet remains to be collected the Federal-American | National Bank, treasurer of the chest, iannounced through its president, John | Poole, in a statement made public Subscriptions for the year totaled $1,487,866.26. Collections up to No- vembar 1 were $1,311,733.11. Practical- ly all that remains the Community Chest expects to collect ekcept where collection would work a hardship, as in the case of contributors who since sub- scribing have been impoverished by ill- ness or death, Collection Record Good. “The Community Chest record of 88 per cent collected in 10 months is one of the best collection records of any Community Chest in the country,” said Mr. Poole. “With the payments which will be made during the last two months of the year we expect to bring Wash- ington up to one of the highest col- lection records of any Community Chest in the country—a record match- ing the record of success in our first campaign last January and which we expect to equal in our campaign for the year 1930, which will be held Jan- uary 27 to February 5. “Every penny which has been sub- scribed will be needed. Appropriations to member organizations have been larger than had been anticipated be- cause of emergencies which have de- veloped and because of needs which could not be predicted with complete accuracy when the budgets were first made up in the Autumn of 1928. More- over, any balance available from actual current expense needs will be required to reduce as much as possible deficits due to the inadequate financing of member organizations in past years: so that interest charges on borrowing which were necessary for many of our member organizations may be reduced and the money which otherwise would be spent in these charges released for active service. Chest Expenses Low. “Community Chest operating and campaign expenses for the first 10 months of the year have been only 5.7 per cent of the amount subscribed— expenses, $85,370.45; subscriptions, $1.- 487,866.26. We hope to be able to keep the operating and campaign expense very close to our estimate of 6 per cent of the subscriptions, as compared with from 15 to 20 per cent, the aver- age cost of raising money for the 57 member organizations before the Com- munity Chest was formed.” The interest of the Community Chest in ex-service men in whose honor Armistice day will be celebrated on No- vember 11 is expressed in the bills which were mailed to 9,652 subscribers on November 1. On these bills fis printed this statement: “Freely they gave. Freely should they receive! Hun- dreds of young men who offered their all in the World War are being given help according to their needs by the Disabled. American Veterans of the ‘World War. This service is part of the ‘give-idends’ from your gift to the Community Chest.” COL. RANDOLPH BETTER FOLLOWING COLLAPSE Veteran War Department Chief Clerk May Quit Hos- pital Today. monarch with indomitable courage. In her husband’s presence sl She was the same in the presence of the King's ministers. She was at work | The interview between the Queen and | early and late at her writing table, and | t, yet she was able to hold the courts in | nated. Mr. Baldwin related the gist of | the Summer and to fulfill a lengthy list | years old. Scenes showing students learning the!it to his wife at the dinner table at of social and public engagements. i rrdiments of fiving and of the biggest | gnose farm in the world are among the other interesting events in a newsreel crammed full of important news. FOUR HURT IN WRECK. Pullman Cars on St. Louis-Chicago Train Are Derailed. CHICAGO, November 2 () .—Four persons were slightly hurt when four pullmans of the Illinois Central Dia- mond Special, St. Louis to Chicago non-stop train, were derailed four miles south of Waggoner, Ill, early today, the Tllinois Central dispatcher has been in- formed. 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Atlantic 1315. ‘ mith’s Transfer & Storage Co., Tinoine, sin- etical esti- facilities iscriminating clientele The National (thi(al Press b . nze charnel bar. caulking compound. in- No. 10 Downing street that night. “Queen Mary,” he said, one of the | greatest women .of her age and the | most masterful I have ever met; there will be no need to consider a regency.” Queen Ends Delay. From the moment of the interview Queen Mary virtually acted as Queen | Regent, and all delay in affairs of state ceased. Her majesty set quietly and coolly to 1 work on the task she had undertaken. Only a very remarkable woman could | have done what she did—only a woman | possessed of the most marvelously ! strong will, the most masterful disposi- tion end complete knowledge of the duties of monarchy could have succeed- ed in playing the part the wife of King | George has played the last six months, (Copyright, 1920. by North American News- | r Alliance.) (Next: Early Days at Kensington | Palace) - BAINBRIDGE COLBY WEDDED TO WIDOW Former Secretary of State Marries Mrs. Von Ahlstrand Ely. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 2—Bain- bridge Colby, Secretary of State in the Wilson administraticn, whose marriage to Nathalie Sedgwick Colby ended in a divorce at Reno last month, has mar- widow of New York and Paris. ried Mrs. Anne von Ahlstrand Ely, a | PANTAGES’ DAUGHTER| GIVEN ARMED GUARD Anonymous Phone Calls and Let- ters Reported by Private Detectives. By the Associated Press, 1 LOS ANGELES, November 2.—Arm- | ed guards last night were thrown about | the home of Alexander Pantages, con- victed on a statutory charge, ' after members of his family revealed that | numerous anonymous telephone calls and letters had been received by Car- men Pantages, 19 years old, his daugh- er. In taking out a license at the Mu- nicipal Bullding, Mr. Colby gave his age as 59. Mrs. Ely said she was 39. marriage was performed at the Plym- outh Congregational Church, Brook- lyn, in the presence of a small group of friends. Mrs. Ely's husband, Joseph N. Ely, died in New York in 1922. He was the owner of a sand and gravel company. For several years prior to his death he and his wife lived in Paris. She is the daughter of Carl von Ahlstrand cf New London, Pa. After his retirement as Secretary of State, Mr. Colby formed a law partner- ship with President Wilson, Wwhich ended when the President’s bealtn failed. Since then he has resided in Parls_and New York. Both he and Mrs. Ely recently returned from Paris. LEAVE FROM EXILE GIVEN TO MOTHER CONCEPTION Nun Serving Term for Obregon Plot Allowed to Visit Dying Mother, Interviewer Says. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, November 2—The nun, Mother Conceéption, who is serving a sentence of 20 years at had e versal yesterday to have pledge to return to her island exile. ‘The correspondent said he _inter- viewed the nun when she passed through | Guadalajara en route back to the ls-: land off the Pacific coast, in keeping with her word of honor. He quoted her as saying that she came to Mexico City | under permission of President Emilio Portes Gil so that she might be with her mother, Who was then on her death bed. The mother died about two weeks ago, but the presence of her daughter had been kept secret. * ¢ he | been in jail since his conviction Sun- the Islas | Marias prison colony as the intellectual | author of the assassination of former President Obregon, was sald by the Guadalajara correspondent of El Uni weeks of freedom in Mexico City under The vaudeville magnate, who has day, gained a respite from formal sen- |tencing by the filing in his behalf of A motion for a new trial. Superior Judge Charles Pricke set November 9 | for arguments on the motion and for | Pronouncement of sentence of from |1 to 50 years in prison, recommended |by the jury, which heard the trial of | Pantages on an assault charge brought | by Eunice Pringle, 17 years old, co-ed dancer, No effort was made to obtain the release of the multimillionaire on | bond pending the hearing. | “An armed bodyguard was assigned to protect Carmen Pantages upon the plea of her brothers, Lloyd and Rodney. | Privae detectives employed by the Pantages family said they had investi- gated some of the mysterious messages received and believed that one letter, written in a feminine hand, was an at- tempt to lure Miss Pantages to an iso- |lated section of the city. The letter sald information of great | value to Pantages had been uncovered |and if his daughter would come to a 1given address it would be revealed to | her. Detectives said the address en- closed was fictitious. Mrs, Lois Pantages, who has been ill I home sonce she was convicted of manslaughter recently, was very agi- tated by the telephone calls and letters, | detectives said. i Two Rooms, Kltch.en, | Bath and Reception Room. Electric Re- frigeration. $62.50 and $70 Per Month 16th & Columbia Rd. ‘The condition of Col. John B. Ran- he was ' | ithess it. Some | difficulty and there will be no need to | always smiling, cheerful, hopeful. (oiphEERn AL iy SHIRC 31y ol | the War Department, who collapsed at his desk late yesterday, was regarded as “much improved” this morning at Wal- er Reed Hospital. As Col. Randolph is more than 80 his friends experienced some alarm. If he continues to improve, however, he will be able to leave the hospital possibly later today or tomor- TOW. SEA FLIGHT PLANNED. MEXICO CITY, November 2 (#).— Col. Roberto Fierro, Mexican army ace, foday said he would attempt a flight to Europe in March in an airplane pur- chased with a fund raised by govern- ors and military governors of almost all the states of Mexico. He plans to fly first to Washington, thence to New York, Havana, Colon, Bahia, Brazil, and across the ocean to Africa. From where he will fly to the varjous countries of Europe. Will Rogers Says: BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Novem- ber 2.—Mr. Hoover is becoming a typical American President by be- coming disgusted with the Senate early in his administration. Distrust of the Senate by Presidents started with Washington, who wanted to have 'em court-martialed. Jefferson proposed life imprison- ment for 'em. Old Andy Jackson said “To hell with 'em,” and got his wish. Lincoln said the Lord must have hated 'em, for he made so few of 'em. Roosevelt whittled a big stick and beat on 'em for six years. Taft just laughed at em and grew fat. They drove Wilson to an early grave. Coolidge never let ‘em know what he wanted, so they never knew how to vote against him. And Mr. Hoover took 'em serious, thereby making his only political mistake. FOR RENT Four Rooms, Kitchen, Bath, Reception Hall and Porch. Newly Dec- orated. $50 Per Month THE IRVING 3020 Dent Place N.W. Just North ;I 30th and ts. FOR RENT Two Bedrooms, Liv- ing Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, Bath and Re- ception Room. Electric Refrigeration. THE ARGONNE 16th & Columbia Rd. to the Com-| SATURDAY.. NOVEMBER .2, 1929. [rae wearen | ANTLERATERNITY District of ~Columbia—Coludy and colder tonight and tomorrow, probably occasional rain; ml:genu southwest shifting to north winds. ley'lnna—cloudy and colder tonight and tomorrow:; probably occasional rain: fresh southwest shifting to north lwlnd&. diminishing_tonight. ‘West Virginia—Occasional rain to- night and tomorrow; colder tonight. Virginia—Occasional rain tonight and tomorrow; colder tomorrow and in the interfor tonight: moderate to fresh southwest shifting to north winds. Records for 24 Hours. | Thermometer—4 p.m., 73; 8 p.m., 68: 12 midnight, 67; 4 am, 67; 8 am, 66; 11:30 am., 77. Barometer—4 p.m.. 30.23: | 30.22; 12 midnight, 30.19; 8 am, 30.14; 11:30 a.m., 30. Highest temperature, 77, oct 11:30 a.m. tod: Lowest temperature, 65, occurred at 6:30 a.m. today. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 61; lowest, 45. Tide Tables. (Purnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today—Low tide, 2:55 am., and 3 | p.m.; high tide, 8:30 a.m. and Tomorrow—Low tide, 3:39 a.m 3:44 p.m.; high tide, 9:10 A.m. an p.m. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose 6:36 a.m.; sun sets 5:07 p.m. Tomorrow—Sun rises 6:37 am.; sun sets 5:06 p.m. Moon roses 7:43 a.m.; sets 5:46 p.m. Condition of the Water, Potomac—Clear. Shenandoah—Very cloudy. Weather in Various Cities. \ Stations. . Pt.cloudy Birmingham ... Bismarck, N. D. ‘Mass. Chicago. il Cincinnati, Obio Cleveland, Ohio Columba, nver, Detroit, El Paso, Tex alveston, T 853 S8: S=838R3LET Huron,’ 8. Dal Indianapolis,Ind 30.18 Jacksonville,Fla. 30.14 Kansas City. Mo 30.20 Los —Angeles Loulsville, Rain Pt.clondy loudy lear Pt.cloudy GClear Rain ai 2 Pi.cioudy . Nebr, Philadeélphia ... 30.14 Phoenix, Ariz... Pittsburgh, Portland, Portland, O Raleigh, N. C.. 30.24 8alt Lake City. 30.i8 glll Antoni .08 an Diego. 8an_ Pri st st Seat Bpokal ‘WASH. M Louts. Mo:~ ufs, Mo. Paul, Minn. 29. s Wash b Clear . Wash . 3t Clear D. C... 3 Cloudy FOREIGN. (7 a.m., Greenwich time. Ter mperatu; London. England. . 32 Paris, France i Clear vienna, Aus Stockholm, 30 2 (Noon. Greenwich time, today.) Horta (Payal, Azores... 0 Partcloudy Part cloudy Part cloudy lear (Current obs: Tart cloudy todav.) re. Weather. Cloudy Part cloudy Rain Hamilton, Bermuda San_Juan. Porto Havana, Cubs Colon, Canal Zone. —-e lNTERPiATIONAL LAW Aruntlnhn' Delegate Says He Is Pessimistic After Meeting. By the Associated Press. { HAVANA, November 2—Dr. Carlos Saavedra Lamas of Argentina yes'erd afternoon told directors of the Ame: ican Institute of International Law, who are holding a week’s conference here, that he was disappointed in the recent conference of the Institute of Inierna- national Law. “I have assisted,” he said, “in the conferences of the Institute of Inter- national Law at rBiarcliff Manor, N. Y., and you will pardon me if I say that I am pessimistic and little con- vinced with those labors. Our codifics tion labors are passing through a pro- found crisis. The objects are being lost sight of through too many unnecessary legal entanglements. “The work of reorganizing the Amer- ican international code demands serious and deliberate attention.” Record in Sale of Steel Rails. CHICAGO, November 2 (#).—Ameri- can rallways in October purchased more steel rails than in any other month for the past five years, mccording to the | i compiled by Rallway Age. 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PLEDGE IS ARGUED Board of Education Commit-| tee Fails to Reach Aaree_- ment on Disputed Moves. 1 Lack of complete agreement on the merits of the proposals to eliminate the anti-fraternity pledge card system and to withhold school diplomas for a| variety of offenses ranging from un-| cleanliness of person to immorality, re- sulted in the failure of the Board of Education’s committee on rules to reach any final agreement in its executive session yesterday afternoon on these two amendments to existing regulations. While the seven principals of the high schools who were present and the three members of the rules committee failed to agree on the advisability of the amendments, the absence of - definite recommendations at the conclusion of the sessoin did not in any way indicate that a “raging controversy” existed | ;lu indicated by school authorities to- ay. Behind Closed Doors. While no comment on the discussions which took place behind closed doors at the Franklin Administration Build- ing were forthcoming from the mem- bers of the committee, it was lenmu.l, that the seven: principals “opened up with complete frankness on the meas- ures under discussion. The anti-fraternity pledge card sys- tem, which has been vigorously opj by Henry L. Gilligan, board member drew particularly full argument yest: day, and after extended digcussion an effort was made to have the seven at- tending principals vote their opposi- tion or favor to the system. ‘The attempt dwindled, however, when the principals asserted that it would be as difficull for them to give a “Yes or “No” answer to the question of the pledge cards as ‘it would be for them to reply in the same manner to such in your hou PO} sored by Mr. Gilligan had called for the elimination of the present system of requiring high school students to sign pledge cards to the effect they are not members of any unapproved organiza- tions and requiring further that these cards be countersigned by their parents. Parents’ Refusal Seen. During the discussion yesterday it was pointed out that the parents them- selves may refuse to sign these cards and that in the opinion of the commit- tee member who held this view the | school authorities could have no power to compell them to afix their signa- tures to the pledge. Although after the meeting it was announced that the consensus of opin- fon had been obtanied during the ses- sfon, it was indicated that the views of the principals themselves will prevail in any future action which the school board may decide to take concerning the pledge cards. Yesterday's consensus of opinion did not necessarily embrace agreement, but rather the individual 'ws of the Oné school officer said to- day that since the principals are the men in the field, the problem of admin- istering student activities was theirs, and therefore their wishes should be acquiesed to. Ji ‘Would Add Difficulty. One principal yesterday said that if | pledge cards are eliminated the pro- cedure of determining which students are members of unapproved organiza- tions would be made materially more | difficult and added that if the Board | the.driver, he drove his car directly in/ of Education’s specific rules require the pledge card the method would be sim- plified. The proposal which Mrs. Philip Sid- | ney Smith, board member, has made, | asking that diplomas be withheld from | puplls guilty of immoral conduct, | habitual tardiness, uncleanliness of person or clothin, sence and other such offenses, which ' now are punishable by suspension from school, also was the subject of much | discussion. As in the case of the anti- | fraternity pledge cards, however, no | agreement was reached, either by the | prlrr‘lclplls or by the committee ‘mem- “ bers. It was indicated after the meeting | that another session of the riles com- mittee will bé held before the regular | board meeting next Wednesday for the purpose of “framing recommendations | on both issues for the action of the board. Besides Mr. Gilligan, the members of the rules committée who’ were' present included Jsaac Gans and Mrs. Mary | McNell. The principals who présented | their views were those of Central, East- | ern, Western, Business, McKinley, Dun- bar and Cardozo High Schools. G. David Houston, principal of Armstrong High School, was unable to be presen:. i MODERNIZE HOME BY “The Eberly Plan” A. Eberly’s Sons, Ine. 718 7th St. N.W. Distriet 6557 R B e L AmMEAssADO M OTYEL FOURTEENTH AND K STREeTS WASHINGTON'S NEWEST! SWIMMING PooL HAND BauL Court Complimentary to Gues Heatri CLus MAIN DINING ROOM CAFETERIA RADIO IN Every ROOM RATES & « o o8a00 1o §500 3‘.33:& Tl 4o SUITE (a Reoms] é.00 to .00 Special Rates to Permanent Guests e Copt. 5. F. JOLLEY, General Maneger “Talkie” Confession| Of House Robbery Taken by Policei “Movie” to Be Repeated | in Suspeect’s Trial, if Of- ‘ ficial’s Plan Succeeds. | | By the Associated Pre PHILADELPHIA, November 2.—A talking motion picture of a pfiwn!r'l; crime—confession was made yesterday by the Detective Bureau as an experi- | ment to.determine any advantage of | talking picture photography in police work. Harold E. Roller, a milk wagon driver who is accused of robbing MVPrll( houses, was the subject of vesterday's, experiment. If plans of Director Scho- field of the Department of Public Safety are carried out, Roller may see | nd hear himself repeating his story to a jury in & courtroom when his case comes up for trial. Roller was questioned by a detective | after police warned him that anything | he sald would be used against him.| While the officer asked questions and | the prisoner replied, & cameraman | cranked away and a microphone re- corded their words. Several other prisoners were flimed by the picture and voice-recording ap- paratus. They weére made to walk be- fore the devite, to talk, and show dif- ferent views of their heads. Police hope recording individual mannerisms and | pecularities which might be remembered | by victims when they see films of | suspects projected on rogues’ gallery CRASHILLS NNE OF SINGLE FAMILY Driver of Car Fails to Heed Warning of Bell and Screams at Crosging. By the Assoclated Pess. ELKHART, Ind, November 2.—A train-automobile accident cost the lives of nine members of the same family at Osceola, Ind., six miles west of here, last night and a tenth was critically in- Jured. ‘The dead are: John Flatt, 50 years old, and Mrs Pl:n, 47 years old, both of Newcastle, nd. l"‘rhm daughter, Mary Flatt, 17 years ol Dewey Brennan, 29, and Mrs. Bren- nan, 23, both of Newcastle, son-in-law and daughter of Mrs. Flatt. Children Are Victims. ‘Three Brennan children, Virgie, 5; Florence, 3, and Robert, 10 months. Richard Vaughn, aged 7 months, son of Ray .Vaugl Osceola, Ind, and grandson of Mrs. Flatt. A daughter of Ray Vaughn, Betty Bell, four, suffered a fractured skull and head lacerations and was in a | d ‘to develop a system of | MALEARLY TRVE PLARS RE LAD Merchants Pledge Co-opera- tion With Post Office Officials. The shop-early mail-early campaign will be launched November 17, earlier than normally, with a view to reducing further the last-minute Christmas rush, with all its attendant disappointments, | it was decided yesterday by the shop- early committee of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Assoeiation in confer- ence with a representative of Post- master W. M. Mooney. It was announced that decision had been reached to close the past office the Sunday preceding Christmas, as well as on that day, forecasting the * necessity of more than usual attention to mailing Christmas packages and letters in ample time to assure delivery. Merchants Lend Ald. Co-operation of the merchants in their campaign with post office officials, according to word forewarded by Mr. Mooney, has served in recent years to spread out the peak load of Christmas postal service. Mr. Mooney voiced praise of the local merchants’ organization in fostering this movement and promised full co-operation of the city post office. Maj. Gen. Anton- Stephan, president of the Merchants & Manufacturérs' Assoclation, was authorized to write a letter to Mr. Mooney thanking him for his personal co-operation. Plans Laid for Drive. Plans were laid at the meeting for the employment of many agencies in carrying on the campaign, including radio, signs, films and slides in pieture houses and newspaper publicity. The work is in the hands of & merchants’ committee consisting of Mark Lansburgh, chairman; A. Sundlun, C. B. Dulcan, Robert E. Buckley, J. Hardey, A. Abbott, A. Sin< sheimer, Sylvan King, Bert Brewood, Charles A. Camalier, Dr. George Mec- Cann, Charles H. Frame, Walter Ingalls and S. M. Selinger. The committee has opted the slogan: “Buy Now—Mail Early—For Better Service.” BANDITS SLAY IN HOLD-UP Kill Company Official in Attempt to Commit Robbery. NEW YORK, November 2 (#).—Two robbers yesterday shot and killed Sam Levinson, secretary of the B. & L. Metal Stamping Co. in Brooklyn, in an attempt to rob the offices of the firm. The robbers, each of whom carried a pistol, entered the offices and ordered Levinson and three employes to hand them money. Levinson, shouting, “Give ran toward a storage room d was shot twice in the critical condition in a Mishawaka, Ind., hospital. i Girls Are Witnesses. ‘Two schoqlgirls, the only witnesses, said although the -crossing b2l was ringing and they screamed a warning at front of the westbound New York Cen- tral passenger train. The bodies were strewn along the right’of way for 100 y Vaughn, running to 'thié ‘scene from a nearby grocery store, a 2-year- old son in his arms, stumbled over the body of his mother-in-law lying on the been visiting at Vaughn's home. )On For F | Two Bedrooms, Liv- ing Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, Bath and Re- | ception Rocom. Electric Refrigeration. 2001—16th"St. unauthorized ab- | gross along the rails. The family had | 'NDOWMENT L1FE INSURANCE PoLICY| Issued to Readers of the WASHINGTON STAR NO 'MEDICAL EXAMINATION! Ne Subscription Necessary! coupon below enables reade. ndard extra d to pa; a0 stated: Daying premiumes and receive y he — GUARANTEED CAsm. ll’l’m ENTVALUES: Drovisiess enable ~ Policies Sent by Mail! y for p— uiE’ithr =EEEERR=RALR: Paid-U it i» assats exceed $12,000,000.00. 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