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CHARLESTON REPRESENTATIVE DID NOT KNOW OF THE NEW DANCE. So Mi»e» Sjlvia Klavans
left> and Ruth Bennett, Washington dancers, gave him a few lessons yesterday ut the Capitol. Repre
sentative Thomas S. McMillan comes from Charleston, S. C., where the Charleston steps are said to have
originated. Wide World Photo.
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• ' SECRETARY OF STATE RECEIVES HONORARY DEGREE AT UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. At
a special ceremony in the Academy of Music. Philadelphia, Secretary Kellogg received the degree of doctor
of laws. President Josiah IL Penniman of the college at right. Wide World Photo.
FEDERAL CONVICTS
START TO ATLANTA
Group of 34 From District, In
cluding Killer of Nun,
v Taken to Prison.
Clifton Young 1 , colored, sentenced to
nine years and six months at the At
lanta Penitentiary for the death of
Sister Cephas of Providence Hospital, 1
, killed last Fall, when struck by a 1
bootleggers’ automobile, which was ,
being pursued by police, started to At- j
lanta yesterday afternoon in company j
with 33 other recently convicted pris- j
oners. Deputy marshals were in
> harge of the men, 12 cf whom are I
white.
Another of the prisoners was Frank j
Tunnell, sentenced to 10 years on a i
grand larceny charge, after his cap- j
ture by Detective Frank Alligood a ;
f few minutes after Tunnell had staged
a daring daylight hold-up in Child’s
Restaurant on Pennsylvania avenue.
Time Kept Secret.
The prisoners were taken from the
District Jail in large vans and march-:
ed through the station, chained to
gether two-by-two. A squad of
marshals and special police guarded I
them. Deputy Marshal E. E. Buckley ]
was in charge. Their departure, at
3 p.m.. had been kept secret and few
If any relatives were at the Union
fetation to see the group off.
One prisoner is sentenced to life
imprisonment and the remaining 33
convicts will serve a total of 230 years
In expiation of their crimes. The
•’lifer” is William Nelson Ellis, colored.
Lloyd Monrdb, colored, was sentenced
to 30 years tor murder, John Del Tufo,
. 1 lias “Johnny Black,” 15 years' for
robbery; William Smith, colored, 15 j
rears for housebreaking and larceny;
Joseph O’Neil, colored. 15 years for
robbery, and Charles Craig, 13 years
on a statutory violation.
Others in Group.
others in the group yesterday were;
Waite —Harry Me Vickers. 4 years,
housebreaking; Max Poenitzsch, 2
% ears <5 months, grand larceny; Rich
ard McWilliams, 2 years 6 months,
grand larceny; Sidney Schwartz, 6
• years, robbery; fcdwm P. Russell, 2
\ ears, forgery; Dewey Stewart, 2
years C months, Harrison act viola
tion; Benjamin Miller, 2 years 6
months, grand larceny; Max Rosen
l.loom, 10 years, robbers"; William J.
Hannon, 2 years, sfutory violation,
. 11 d Thomas C. Wilson, 4 years, big
um>.
< Vlored- William Wade, 3 years,
housebreaking and larceny; Charles
Brown. 3 years, housebreaking; Leon
ard Medley, 10 years, assault to rape;
Vlbert Matthews, 7 years, housebreak
ing and larceny: Edward Driver. 10
< years, robbery; Clarence Williams, 10
years, robbery; Joseph Allen, 5 years,
Harrison act; James Turner. 3 years,
housebreaking; Jerome Fitzhugh, 5
vears. housebreaking; Arthur M. Ford,
10 years, robbery; William Gant, 5
vears, assault to rape; John Holmes. 3
years, housebreaking; Arthur Jackson.
4 years, grand larceny; William Mont
gomery-, 3 years, housebreaking; Clar
ence Wood, 2 years (J months, Harri
son act, and John "Woods, 2 jftsrs,
arson.
Prince to Visit United States.
TOKIO, February' 24 Cd 9 ).—It Is an
nounced unofficially that Prince Chl
chibu, second son of the Emperor,
who is at present visiting Europe, will
r eturn to Japan via the United States t
""n Ma', 1927. The prince expects to
Visit New York, Boston, Washington.)
&a f£s San ittmeteab
Ruins of a City
j LSOO Years Old i
Found in Baltic!
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i Ej the Associated Press.
’ VISBY, Sweden, February 24. t
The ruins of a city at least 1,600 \
years old have just been discovered \
by Prof. Nils Llthberg In the Par- (
Ish of Westergarn, about 12 miles \
south of Visby, the city of ruins (
and roses on the Swedish Island of (
Gothland, in the center of the \
Baltic. Visby itself thus far has \
proved a treasure house for Swed- )
ish archeology, and revelations as \
to the bronze and early iron ages \
are expected from these new ruins. \
Recent excavations in the cen- \
j tral market square of Visby to in- )
stall a water main showed that the \
1 site had been used for human j
i dwellings at least 4.000 years, while j
| the city contains many impressive j
j ruins of churches, fort Ideations and '
! merchants’ houses of the middle \
j ages. 1
CLOTURE RULE USED j
BY HOUSE OF LORDS;
Marquis Explains English System;
of Request of Vice i
President. '
i j
j The Mdrquis of Huntiy, who as a
1 guest it* Washington, has observed the
i American Senate In action, in a state- j
ment made public today explains the i
operations of the British House of ;
Lords, of which he has been a mem-;
ber for more than 30 years.
The statement was issued at the re- J
quest of and through Vice President;
Dawes, who is conducting a campaign j
for amendment of the Senate rules so j
that a majority of that body may cut j
off debate on any subject at any time, j
The marquis said there was an er- j
roneous impression that the House of j
i Lords was without a rule under which
a majority could end discussion.
‘‘Under the standing orders of the !
House (which it Is said have not been j
altered for more than 200 years),” the
’ marquis said, “any peer may rise in
i his place and move that the question
| now be put; that a peer, rising to
j speak, be heard in preference to the
peer then addressing the House and
that any matter is not ‘in order.’
“When either of these motions is
made it is the duty of the lord chan
cellor (who acts solely as ex-officio |
chairman of the House) or of the lord .
chairman of the committee, when the j
House is sitting as a committee, to
read it out and to say, ‘Those who are
in favor of the motion will say ‘con
tent,’ the contrary ’not content,’ and
If his verdict on the response is chal- '
lenged he orders a division, the ’con-\
I tents’ to the right by the throne and
I the ‘not contents’ to the left. By the
result the House decides for or against
the motion.
“It will be seen, therefore, that the
general sense of the House can be ob
tained and enforced by a majority of
the peers present.”
SERVICES DURING LENT.
Outline Given of Program in Joppa
Hall.
Special Lenten services of interest
to the people of the North Washing
ton community are being held in
Joppa Hall, Ninth and Upshur streets,
under the auspices of Grace Lutheran
Church each Thursday evening dur
ing Lent, beginning at 8 o’clock.
The pastor, Rev. G. E. Lenski, who
has been temporarily indisposed, will
again resume his series of addresses j
] tomorrow and n ill speak on "What
: Christ Gave. - ’ Following the Lenten j
) service there will lie a business meet
lag fi£ *The Thirty Wwtettf
THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. P. 0., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1926.
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MODEL OF NON-SINKABLE SHIP TO BE STUDIED BY CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE. A feature of the invention is a collapsible
I chamber designed to imprison air in the hull in the event of an accident to the ship. Photo taken at the Capitol yesterday. Alex S. Georgiades
) and Adam T. Drekolias, the inventor, at left Representative Britten at right ’ National Photo.
LOVE PLOT IS SEEN
IN DEATHS OF FOUR
; Authorities Think Woman May
Have Poisoned Family for
Another Suitor.
! By tue Associated Press. .
NEW ORLEANS, La., I'ebruary 24.
i —City and parish authorities are giv
-1 ing much attention to the theory that
1 Mrs. Renette Cure Russey, 23, whose
husband and three children died with
in 11 months’ time, poisoned them for
another suitor. She is being held
without bond on a charge of murder,
pending a report of chemists who are
examining the vital organs of the
members of her family for traces of
poison.
Frank Davis, fireman, an alleged
suitor of Mrs. Bussey, was questioned
, by police yesterday, but later released.
; Davis was examined after a taxicab
driver reported he heard the fireman
tell Mrs. Bussey that "they can’t do
anything to me.”
Davis, who said he was a friend of
' the woman’s late husband. Lawrence
, Bussey, admitted he had visited Mrs.
i Bussey frequently since the death of
her husband. He said he had pur
chased medicine for Mrs. Bussey, but
did not know whether the medicine
contained any poison.
Mrs. Bussey, who has retained her
calm attitude since her arrest, became
hysterical while being questioned last
night.
DR. CHINARD TO LECTURE.
Johns Hopkins Professor Addresses
Washington Study Tomorrow.
A lecture on the "French System
of Jurisprudence” will be given by
Dr. Gilbert China rd, professor of
French at Johns Hopkins University,
before the Washington Study tomor
row morning.
Dr. Ohinard is the author of "Jef
] ferson et les ldiologues,” a work‘com
piled from some of Jefferson’s hith
-1 erto unpublished correspondence. The
1 lecture is one of a series on tb®
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AND THE GOOSE HANGS HIGH. Mr. and Mrs. Janie-, A. Stillman, in
divorce litigation for five years, arriving at Cherbourg aboard the steam
ship Olympic. They plan to spend many months in Europe, and all
their court troubles have been settled. Copjriirht by P. & A. Photos.
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j BUSINESS ENDS OF “OLD HICKORY'S” PISTOLS. Miss Grace
' Stockman taking aim with a pair of famous dueling pistols which are
' exhibited at the National Museum. The weapons once belonged to
) President Andrew Jackson. National Photo.
SEAMAN CLEANS UP AT POKER,
GETS U. S. TO DO COLLECTING
r Borrowing Dollar From Ship’s Cook, He Takes All
Ready Cash of Mess Males in 25-Day Game of
“Stud” —Players Took It Back. j
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February "4.—Charles
C. Davis, able seaman, not only won ■
! till the ready cash of his messmates in
[ a 25-day poker game on the high seas
I between San Francisco and New
York, but obtained the aid of the
[ United States Government to collect
j some of his winnings.
■ He shipped on the oil tanker La
Brea January 28 without a cent in
1 his pocket and today quit the ship
[ with $72 in pay and $l3B In poker
. winnings tucked safely away.
, It took the moral support of a
i United States commissioner, an as
> sistant United States attorney and a
detective from the New York police
! for him to collect, however,
s A 5-cent poker game, started at San
. Francisco, was continued with time
; off for sleep, meals and work. When
■ the tanker reached New York the
: game was wide-open stud and Davis
! had $260 in cash and sooo in “I. O.
U.s,” all on a borrowed dollar from
• the ship’s cook.
> The players got suspicious, exam
: ined the cards, detected what they
felt were rather unethical markings
and descended on Davis. They re
lieved him of his winnings and split
them up pro rata. In the ensuing dls
' cussion Davis was mauled badly and
came into port wearing bandages on
his head.
5 He went to the customs house, the J
. city Jiall and other "political looking
places," and finally told his story to
i Assistant United States Attorney 1
’ Catinella. He wanted to press charges
of assault.
, Mr. Catinella got in touch with Com
• missioner Cotter, they got a detective
sergeant in case arrests were to be
■ made and speeded to the La Brea in
■ a hired tug when they learned she ■
■ was due to sail early today.
As the crew was lined up Davis sud
) ' denly announced that he would with
flraw iha ifla&Uit flhaJfQft ts |&a <
ers compromised. He got from
one, $2O from another, and smaller
amounts as he passed his hat.
Then he announced that as far as
ho was concerned the matter was over.
The Government officers are now won
dering who will pay the |lOO for the
hired tug.
“A farce,” said Commissioner Cot
ter. “All this tug business was un
necessary. The fellow was hit play
fully on the face by sailors, who lost
their whole month's pay.”
ASKS POSTPONED ACTION
ON LAW CODE CHANGE
Justice McCoy Points Out That Bill
Would Beduce at lieast
ou Salary.
Chief Justice McCoy of the District
Supreme Court has asked the House
District committee to postpone action
on the pending bill to amend the code
of laws for the District. Since that
section originally was passed there
have been some changes In regard to
salaries and If the bill should pass as
It now stands It would reduce at least
one salary and fall to provide for a
second deputy recorder's salary whose .
appointment was provided for by. the
act of March 3, 1925.
Justice McCoy has written to
Chairman Zihlman because it was on
Justice McCoy’s suggestion that the
District Commissioners brought the
proposed change to the attention of
the House District committee. He Is
taking the matter up with the Dis
trict Commissioners with a view to
offering an amendment which will not
Interfere with existing law beyond
relieving the court of the obligation
to pass upon the account of the re
corflar at dflgdfc I
I SOMETHING DIFERENT IN THE WAY OF SCHOOL PLAY PICTURES. Not a single girl student in the
group! The boys are “The Luxuries” in “The Bluebird,” Central High School’s Spring play, which will lie
produced March 5,6, 12 and 13. Left to right: De Ford Mills, Douglas Wilson, George Willis, Sumner Kb
telle, J. T. Heare, Howard Vandervcer, Wilson Todd, Rodney Hatcher, Ben Stevens and Robert Praetorius.
Washington btar Photo.
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WALTER JOHNSON PLAYS “HUMAN CHECKERS” DOWN L\ FLORIDA. The pitching ace of the Amer
ican League pennant winners at right, playing a blonde and brunette checker game on the beach at Daytona.
) Copyright by P. & A. Photos.
POLICE BEGIN SEARCH
FOR BRIDGE BUILDER
Thomas J. McCormick of Detroit
Believed Victim of Foul Play
or of Mental Trouble.
By the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, February 24.
Police last night were asked to search
for Thomas J. McCormick, 54, Detroit
engineer contractor and said to be
well known as a bridge builder. He
disappeared last Wednesday. Theories
that his mind has become unbalanced
or that he is the victim of foul play
were advanced.
Friends with whom he spent sev
eral days while en route to his home
from a bridge construction project
in New Jersey told of his unusually
peculiar actions. He has not been
heard from since leaving their home
to meet some men at a downtown
hotel before boarding a train for
Toledo, where he planned to stop
again on his way to Detroit.
When he left here he had valuable
jewelry and money received for his
automobile. In wbioh he drove from
the East. He told of efforts to dis
pose of the car In Rochester and
Buffalo.
McCormick has worked on railway
construction In New York City and
on large projects In other cities, his
friends say. He also was the Inventor
of a process for sinking foundations
Into sand.
RITES FOR MAJ. WEEKS.
Retired Infantry Officer Buried in
Arlington Cemetery.
Funeral services were held in the
Arlington National Cemetery this
afternoon for MaJ. Robert L. Weeks,
a retired Infantry officer, who died
at Syracuse, N. Y., Monday.
He was a native of New York and
served In the Philippine Insurrection
and the World War. He reached the
rank of major In August, 1917. and
was retired for disability July 1.
1920. Since then he had been on
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j Effort to Fly
j Through Eiffel
Fatal to Aviator
\ By the Associated Press.
\ PARIS, February -4.—An attempt
\to fly through the opening of the
\ Eiffel Tower proved fatal today.
J The airplane, caught In wireless
i apparatus, crashed in flames and the
) aviator was burned todeath.
> The aviator, Lieut. Leon Callot, had
) passed through the arch when he
) struck the radio wires. He made a
) despairing attempt to bring the ma
) chine under control, but it fell and
1 burst Into flames. Firemen were
\ quickly on the scene, but were unable
Ito save the' aviator.
) Lieut. Callot's brother witnessed the
) accident. He said the lieutenant at
) tempted the feat after a wager with
| an American friend.
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j PROPER SAFEGUARDS
>
j Board of Trade Committee Recom
[ mends Correction of Faults in
![ Calvert Street Structure.
/ Expressing the opinion that had the
/proper safeguards been in effect on
Calvert Street Bridge and the snow’
had been prevented from piling up at
the curb the recent tragedy that oc
curred when an automobile plunged
from the structure would have been
avoided, the committee on bridges of
the Washington Board of Trade yes
terday forwarded several remedial
recommendations to the Commis-
I sioners.
Following an inspection by engineer
members of the committee, it was
urged that a new rail be erected on
the bridge to replace the present one,
which, according to one member, “I
can shake down.” This bridge was
given a clean bill of health by the
- snecial subcommittee making the
i survey In regard to its structural
t soundness.
> .Another recommendation calls for
> the increase m the height of the
i curbing on the bridge. In order to
[ avoid striking hub caps on the wheels
-of automobiles and thus deflecting
their course it is proposed to make a
. setback a few inches in the curb.
> It was pointed out that with the
; advent of balloon tires it is very easy
• to go over the present curbiflg, which
l is about 11 inches high.
i Another recommendation urges the
l asphalting of all bridges having
• wooden flooring as a means of
i eliminating much of the vibration.
Q. W. Offutt, chairman of the com
( mittee, presided at the meeting, which
i was held In the Board of Trade head
i quarters in The Star Building.
' SPRING BIRD STUDY PLAN.
| Audubon Society Program for Chil
dren and Adults.
i
Spring bird study classes for chil
dren and adults will be held under the
direction of the Audubon Society of
the District In the assembly hall of
the Thomson School, Twelfth and
L streets, on each of the flvo Mon
days in March, beginning next Mon
day.
Bird skins will be exhibited at the
classes; which are open to the public
without charge, to enable the students
quickly to identify birds when seen
[ j out of doors. The children’s classes
will be held each Monday from 3:30
to 4:30 p.m. and the adults’ classes
from 4:45 to 5:45 p.m. Mrs. Florence
M. Bailey is chairman of the bird
class committee.
The society will hold its first field
meeting for the observation of birds
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iMAYOR OF SEATTLE
LOSES TO WOMAN
Trails Wife of University Pro
fessor Over Thousand
Votes in Primary.
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By tUe Associated Press.
SEATTLE, Wash.. February 24.
I Two woman candidates for the nomi
1 1 nation for mayor ran in primaries
' | here and in Tacoma yesterday, and
i one was successful. Tin* winner was
i Mrs. Bertha K. Landes, wife of a
University of Washington professor,
who led Mayor Edwin J. Brown <•'
j Seattle by more than a thousand votes,
j liev. Anna J. Meyer, candidate for
! the mayoralty nomination in Tacoma
j trailed the ticket in the primary, i •
! eelving only 107 votes,
i The successful candidates were Me
i vln G. Tennet, steel manufacturer, an
Mayor Angelo V. Fawcett.
A third woman, Mrs. Kathryn A
Miracle, figured in the primary. Bh>>
w*as nominated to make the race on
the eouncilmanic ticket in Seattle.
The election for mayor in both cities
will be held March 9, and in Seattl*
s there Is the possibility that w hoever is
i elected to the executive office will be
■ granted an honor, as Mrs. Landes
; j who has often assailed Mayor Brown
■ j and his policies, is in favor of the city
[ | manager form of government.
i j At the March election the voters wi!
■decide whether to abolish the elective
■ office of mayor and substitute the man
[ ager form of government.
On the returns compiled early this
morning Mrs. Landes received 25,85:*
• votes against 24,797 for Mayor Brown.
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! SWEDISH CROWN PRINCE
COMING HERE MAY 29
l American Minister Extends Officia 1
Invitation to Unveil John
Ericsson Memorial.
5 By tho Associated Pros#.
' STOCKHOLM, February -4.
1 America's official invitation to the
■ Swedish Crown Prince and Crown
| Princess to represent Sweden at the
unveiling of the John Ericsson monu
1 ment on May 29 has been presented
on behalf of tho John Ericsson me
• mortal committee by tho American
[ minister, Robert Woods Bliss.
The Crown Prince will be accom
• panied to America by the master of
' tho Crown Prince's household. Nils
1 Rudebeek; his chief of staff. Count
' Goran Posse; the Crotwn Princess’
maid of honor. Miss Christine Reuters
w’ard, and a physician. The royal
party also will include the governor
1 of Gothenburg and Bohus, Oscar
Svdow, a close personal friend of the
Crown Prince; Councillor Fritz Ilen
rlksson of the foreign office, and Dr.
Borje H. Brllloth.
The American travel arrangements
will be in charge of Col. Oscar Solbert.
; former military aide to the President,
who also managed an American Jour
ney for tho Prince of Wales. He will
1 accompany the Swedish royal party
throughout its travels in the Lmited
States.
Local Laundryman Honored.
F. W. MacKenzie of the Tolman
Laundry of this city was elected a
member of the board of directors of
the American Institute of Laundering
at Joliet, 111., at a recent meeting of
a hundred of the leading laundry own
ers of the country. The Institute is
operated co-operatively by the I-aun
dry Owners’ National Association t
test laundering methods and equip
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