Evening Star Newspaper, May 12, 1931, Page 5

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. °C., TUESDAY, * A8V SCHOOLS 70 HELP G0OD WILL DAY | Planning Convention Here Six Students Will Represent| Capital in World-Wide Telepohne Calls. | Six Washington school childven wers nominated today by teacher organiza- | tions to represent the Nation's Capital | in the final lap of the round-the-world telephone conversation arranged by the World Federation of Education Associs tions in co-operation with the Natio Couneil for Prevention cf War to mark World Goodwill day May 18. The nominees are Dorothy Burch, | a | 336 Maryland avenue northeast, student at Notre Dame Academy, selected by the Catholic Education As- sociation: Dorcas Cole, fifth street, a student at Eastern High ‘e School, _selected by the Teachers' Union; Robert Hild, 123¢ Rhode Island avenue northeast, a student at Business Hlfih School, selected’ by the High School Teachers' Assoclation: Coleman ‘Holmes, 127 Ninth street northeast, a student at Cordoza High School, selected by the District of Columbia Education Association; Elinore Powers, 822 Emerson street, a student at Mac- farland Junior High School, selected by the District of Columbia Education As- soclation, and Ethel Robinson, 351 M street, a student at Randall Junior High School, selected by the Washing- ton Teachers' Union. " Elaborate Plans Made. From this 'ro\l? will be selected the students who will exchange Goodwill day messages with London, receive calls from Ottawa, Canada, and Mexico, and talk with South Amrerican contact points. Another Washington student will receive a message from Hartford, Conn., which is to originate in Cali- fornia, and travel across the country from State capital to State capital. The ce: according to present ts, to be held in the office of the Foreign Relations Commit- tee at the Capitol. Senator Borah of Idaho, chairman of the committee, is lxgleud to take part. e unique telephone conversation, an 1dea conceived by Mrs. Florence Bockel of the National Council for the Pre- vention of War, is designed to com- memorate the first Hague conference which opened May 18, 1899. Calis to Cover Globe. ‘The first call will begin on the Paci- fic Coast. School boys and girls are to telephone from capital to capital of every State, zigzagging across the country until the call reaches Wash- ington. At the same time calls will come into Washington from the capital cities of Central and South America, and accumulating from the provincial capitals of Canade, a call is to come from Ottawa. During the same day calls from all over Europe, Africa and Australia to ecome into London. The final me: sage from the western hemisphere will b: :ehnd from Washington to London at 4 pm. JOHNS HOPKINS TO GIVE SIR JAMES'JANS DEGREE Honorary Doctor of Laws Will Be Conferred on English Mathe- matician on Friday. re 1521 Thirty- | | | | | Special Dispatch to The Star. | STILLWATER, Minn, May 11 | (N.A'N.A) —Everybody in Stillwater is what -kind of ‘still water he used in| perpetrating his hoax. ‘Was it colored water or just plain vineger? That's the great question, and only Capt. Charley knows the answer. A few days ago, Capt. Charley ap- peared in Washington toting a bottle of 2lleged burgundy as his co-survivor of the “Last Man’s Club.” Any one | who wished to do fo was allowed to | sniff the “50-year-old burgundy.” and | a favored few were permitted to have a small—a very small—taste. Officials Notified. By the Associated Press. - BALTIMORE, May 12.—Johns Hop- | kins University Friday will confer an | honorary degree of doctor of laws on Sir James Hopwood Jans, Englist math- emztician, who is'now en route to Bal- timore from the Pacific Cozst, it was announced yesterday. Sir James has been visiting at the Mount Wilson observatory, Pasadena, Calif., of which he has been a rescarch | #3sociate since 1923, He has applied | mathematies to many fields of physics | and astronomy and produced several | Dew theories of the universe’s nature. Dr. Robert W. Woods, professor of experimental physics at Hopkins, will nominate Sir James for the degree Fri- | day in the presence of a distinguished group of scholars and scientists. . | tain Dr. Joseph 8. Ames, president of the university, will confer the degrez at 4:30 o'clock. REDS FACE DEPORTATION Whree Men and Woman Held After Rald in Seattle, Wash. SEATTLE, May 12 ().—Immigration Inspectors said today four allens, three | men and a woman, faced deportation proceedings because of membership in the Communist party. Pive others, among 60 afrested in a raid on a Sun- | au:y night meeting, were held for ques- | sald they are striving to raise prohibi- | Names of the four will not be made | bilc immediately, the inspectors raid. h s charged with membership in | an organization advocating overthrow | of the Government by force. | Yetta Stromberg, secretary of the In- | ternational Defense’ League, said that organization was sponsoring a move to defend the prisoners. i SUFFERS HEART ATTACK Fred Lightner Ill After Swimming in Film Star's Pool. LOS ANGELES, May 12 () —Fred Lightner, vaudeville star, and brother of Winnie Lightner, filsn comedienne, | was recovering today from acute dila- | tion of the heart suffer~d following a swim in the private pool of Esther Ralston, motion picture actress. i Physicians said that after holding his breath for long intervals while swim- | | liquor? | of prohibition officials. Emenl. they ruled that the majesty of | Within a few hours Capt. Lockwood and his burgundy were being discussed all over the country. Serious-minded persons immediately raised two questions: Was the captain not in illegal possession of intoxicating And was he not violating that section of the dry law which prohibits the transportation of intoxicants? ‘The captain said nothing, but con- | tinued to smile as though he were en- joying the prospect of getting into trouble with the law. But the serious- minded perscns were not satisfied. They brought_the questions to the attention Dry Agents Evade Issue. The prohibition agents, however, were wary. They -declared that as the cap- | had had the liquor since pre- | prohibition days, he was not in illegal f possession of it. On the second count of the indict- the law is too great to take cognizance | of such trifling incidents. The officials | tion enforcement to a dignifiei plane, | and they Go not believe the confiscation | of liquor with such sentimental associa- tions as thet of Capt. Lockwood's would 2dd to the ‘dignity of prohibition. It was this finding that saved the burcau officials from embarrassment. ' COMMITTEE ARRANGING WALTHER LEAGUE MEETING. OMMITTEE in charge of arrangements for the thirteenth annual con- vention of the eastern district of the Walther League, to be held here | May 16 and 17. They are, left to right: Miss Ella Hennig, Miss Mary Ann | Hoffman, Arnold Eggen, Wilbert Behn and Otto Schoenfeld. The con- | vention will be held at the Lee House. sylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia are expected to attend. Was It “Bull Rum™ Bottle of Burgundy for **Last Man’s Club” Still Rests in Vault, Say Townsmen of Capt. Charley Lock- wood, Who Brought **Vinegary” Fluid to D. C. | enjoying the joke Capt. Charley Lock- | suspects wood, the only survivor cf the “Last |soldler is having a little fun 2)] by | Man’s Club,” played in Washington, al- | s2If by giving a tiny sip of Vinegar to though evervbody is puzzled over just | any of the younger generation who Bottle Rests in Vault. The famous battle of Burgundy from which Washingtonians sipped “inspira- tion” for much gossip and correspond- ents yards of copy about the Minnesota | “Last Man's Club” survivor, never has| been removed from the vault of a bank in this city since it was ceposited there last June. Officials of the First National Eank | here said today that the bottle is gati- ering banknote dust in the vauit and| | that, to their knowledge, none of the ontents was taken to the Capital by By the Associated Press. c Capt. Lockwood. “The bottle has not been removed.” sald H. the vault. Stillwater Library Assoclation. around here has seen Mr. Lockwood for | several months. The bottle is still more than half full.” - Was It “Bull Run”? fed his fellow citiz>ns in Washington? | C. Robertson, after inspectoing near Times Square today, were routed in “We ars keeping it for the | a pistol battle with a lone policeman, No one | who was summoned by a waiter. | started to rifle the cath register ‘when | door Was it “bull rum” that the captain | Houghton. About 300 delegates from Penn- | —Rideout Photo. “It's wine, right, but a little flat | and vinegar: said the wine connois- | seurs at the Capital. Stillwater, knowing Capt. Lockwood, that the lively 88-year-old | him- | wants it. Meanwhile the famcus “Last Man's Club” bottle is safe in the vault of the First National Bank of this city. (Copyright, 1931, by North American News- paper Alliance.) HEAD IS RETAINED BY FEDERAL BAR| William R. Vallance Is Re-elected | President by Overwhelming Majority. Again receiving a huge vote, William | R. Vallance, #n assistant to th> so-' licitr of the State Department, was re-elected president of the Federal Bar Association for his third term at a meeting last night in the University Club. Other officers chosen were: Charles P. Sisson, an Assistant Attorney Gen- eral, first vice president; James O'C. | Roberts, legal adviser to the adminis- | trator of veterans’ affairs, second vice | president; Ccl. Joseph I. McMullen, attorney in the Judge Advocate Gen- eral's Office, third vice president; Willis E. Monty of the Shipping Board. treasurer; Ralph G. Cornell, General | Accounting Office, secretary, and Wil- | liam A. Roberts, an assistant corpora- tion counscl, financial secretary. Louis A. Simon of the Supervising Architect’s Office gave an {llustrated | lecture on the Government buflding | program.. Claude R. Branch, special assistant of the Attorney General, told of the work accomplished during the present session of the United States Supreme Court. GUN BATTLE ROUTS TIMES SQUARE BANDITS| Lone Policeman Drives Four Gun- | men Awhy From New York Speakeasy. NEW YORK, May 12.—Four gunmen | who attempted to hold-up a speakeasy | The four masked men ordered 20 or more persons away from the bar and | one of the waiters slipped out of a back | and met Patrolman Francis | The four got away after shooting and | Capt. Lockwood opened the bottle ¢f | wounding Charles Graves, who, police | Burgundy June 21, 1930, and when +he answered the last roll call of Com-| pany B, Ist Minnesota Infantry, he| ming under water, Lightner, cn> of 2 | grank a'toast of wine to his departed party at the pool Sunday, had lapsed | into unconsciousness at his home several | hours later. Taey reported him to be weak but improving in condition last | night. CARUSO HAS OPERATION LOS ANGELES, May 12 (#).—Enrico Caruso, son of the late singer, has un- dergone an appendicitis operation. Attending physicians said today young Caruso, operated on Sunday. was ‘expected to laave the nhospital in three weeks. Adolfo d» la Huerta, once provisional President of Mexico and now voice in- structor, sald the operation will force his pupil to suspend training for three months. Build comrades. | This was on the anniversary of the | | first battle of Bull Run, on which dat> | a celebrati-n has been held for 46 years, | | o Capital Takes Swig. ‘ | "Arriving in Washington to attend a | dinner commemorating the battle, the | club survivor was at once besieged by | edmirers. | “Was that wine actuelly all right, or | had it turned to vinegar?” asked one man. Capt. Lockwood pulled a bottle from an inside pocket and offered it to the | inquirer. | “Was it wine?” he sald. “Taste it yourself! Is it vinegar? It's Bur- gundy! But 1t should have been good | Irish whisky.” Now and Save! 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The Board of Trade, since its forma- tion in 1889, has been known as a en- only organization and has adhered to | | its custom of restricting participation in its functions to its members and to male guests. Few Eiceptons Made. 1 The only exception has been an oc- | casional feminine artist, soloist or sec- retarial assistant participating in the program of the annual banquet or other | meetings. The brezking of the tradition for the | trip, however, was uncerstood as not to be counted upon 8s a precedent. Officials of the board today, in fact, made note that the shad bake of the | Board of Trade, to be held May 23 at Sherwood Forest, would be for men only with the program including a base ball game, golf, trap shooting, exhibition boxing matches, boating, swimming and the shad dinner. Elaborate Program Planned. For the Board of Trade cruise, a| special committee headed by John T, Bardoff has planned an elaborate pro- gram of entertainment. 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Cottrell, |BREWSTER RESIDENCE TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION | Former Wealthy Publisher Reveals His Fortune Has Dwindled to $50,000. By the Associated Press. ay 12—Eugene V. ithy publisher, and | his wife, Corliss Palmer, film actress, | said they planned to sell his large Holly- | ridge drive residence and many of its furnishings at auction today. Brewster, found recently living with his bride, a former Macon, Ga.. beauty, | |in & small bungalow in the rcar of a | house he owns on Selma avenue, re-| vealed his fortune had dwindled to $50,000. Today he said it had been re- | duced by many more thousands. The proceeds of the auction, Brewster said, probably will all go to pay back | taxes on the property and his other | holdings. He blamed the stock market and poor investments, ‘They're not going to keep me down,” rewster said. “Miss Palmer is stick- ing right by me. I am trying to stage a comeback as an author’s agent. 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