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WANT ISSUED
FOR ANN HARDING
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Bannister Accuses Star of
Abduction After She Sails
for England.
Sy the AssocUtefl Press.
QUEBEC. May 30 —Harry A. Ban
nister, former husband of Ann Hard
ing. swore out a warrant today for the
arrest of the screen star on a charge
of abducting their daughter Jane.
His action came on the heels of Miss
Harding's unexpected departure for
Europe with the 7-year-old child last
night.
Bannister, accompanied by three
lawyers, visited the court house twice
this morning. Miss Harding, mean
while, apparently had a long lead
over her former husband in her race
to England where she has a film
contract.
Overtaken in Quebec by Bannister,
who had flown up from Newark, N. J.,
Miss Harding sailed aboard the liner
Duchess of Atholl last night instead
of waiting for the liner Empress of
Australia, due to sail this afternoon.
The Duchess of Atholl disappeared
In the dusk over the St. Lawrence
River less than a half-hour after j
Bannister landed here by plane. The
only remaining chance for him to
catch up to his former wife and child
before they reached the high seas
would be to fly to Father Point, 200
miles down the St. Lawrence, where
the pilots are dropped. The Duchess
of Atholl was scheduled to pass that
point about noon today.
Miss Hardin* Has Writs.
Miss Harding, bearing one court
order giving her custody of her
daughter for six months and another
granting permission to take the child
to England, said she had no idea what
Bannister has in mind in following
her.
(Bannister, before leaving New
York with his attorney, said, “X am
going to get a writ of habeas corpus.
I have Canadian lawyers. I have
affidavits, too. I think the mother
should have the child, but if she ;
establishes a foreign residence. I may |
never see it again.' )
Rold Rich Woolley of Los Angeles.!
attorney for Miss Harding, said he ,
was responsible for her early sailing.
Has London Deadline.
‘To avoid any unwarranted delay |
because Miss Harding is obliged to be j
in London, England, on June 8. 1936.
I personally caused her to sail on the
Duchess of Atholl last night instead
of the Empress of Australia this after
noon,” he said.
The actress, who said she was going
to London to fulfill a motion picture
contract, boarded the vessel from a
tender in midstream, accompanied by
her little daughter Jane and the
child's nurse.
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Black Legion
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Isaac White, one-legged former De
troit policeman. Ricca said a Black
Legion leader known as "Col. Peg-Leg"
has been mentioned in at least three
phases of the inquiry.
One of the references to "Col. Peg
Leg" was made in New York by John
R. Leibungut. radio engineer, who said
he was forced to join an order known
as the "Black Knights” here several
years ago. He said an organizer he
knew as "Col. Peg-Leg" gave him a
.45-caliber bullet with the warning:
“This is half your badge. If you
ever desert you'll get the other half.”
Whatever remains untold of the
secrets the night-riding Black Legion
guarded with lash and pistol seemed
fated for exposure in multiple in
quiries that took definite form today.
Eighteen men were in custody in
Michigan as the investigation of the
order that ostensibly warred on Com
munism under the death’s head In
signia went into its second week.
The eighteenth was detained for
questioning last night. Reticent de
tectives of the homicide squad, who
identified him as Virgil Morrow, said
they wanted to question him about a
meeting at which the "execution” of
Charles Poole allegedly was planned.
Thirteen men who attended that
meeting face murder charges here.
At Jackson four others are charged
with kidnaping and assault in con
nection with the flogging of a Blacfc
Legionnaire who refused to attend
meetings.
c»rana Jury Trobes to Open.
In the privacy of grand jury rooms
lp Detroit and Flint, investigators
will attempt next week to ascertain
whether there is evidence to connect
the night riders with numerous other
floggings and a dozen deaths ascribed
to them by Informants, many of them
anonymous.
In Washington, members of Con
press said they would make a con
centrated effort to obtain an imme
diate congressional investigation.
Wayne County Prosecutor Duncan
C McCrea, who said he had received
letters, many of them anonymous,
indicating that the Black Legion had
chapter^ in most States, assembled
evidence to bolster his request for
Federal Bureau of Investigation as
sistance.
United States Attorney General
Homer S. Cummings awaited that evi
dence In Washington before deciding
whether the Federal Government
would enter the inquiry.
From several of the 13 men accused
©f the Poole slaying, arid from others
who have admitted membership in the
order, came indications of the Black
Legion's defense against the charges
that it created* veritable reign of ter
ror and had visions of a “super gov
ernment" with Black Legionnaires in
control.
John Bannerman. a native of Scot
land and one of the 13 defendants,
who will be examined in court Tues
day, declared that "we never intended
any harm to any one; it was just
eome crazy fool who did the shooting."
He said he was not a witness to the
slaying.
"There were some good things in it,"
Bannerman continued, referring to
the Black Legion, "like protecting our
Industries from cheap foreign competi
tion. I figured some of the things
I didn't like didn't mean anything
anyway."
The average age of the 13 defend
ants, 12 of whom will face court ex
amination Tuesday, la 38. Most of
them were born in small towns and
are machinists or factory workers.
None has a police record. The thir
teenth defendant ia ill.
;
World Education Session.
Three hundred delegatee from all
parts of the world atMded the 1936 i
conference of the Parers' Educational :
Union, held In Ambleside, England, {
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
SO ORDERED.
VVHEN commencement exerciaes
are held at one of the institu
tions of higher learning one feature
which prevailed last year will be
missing by order of the dean. In
other words, no more wearing of
“shorts" as a nether garment to ac
company the cap and gown.
Last year when the procession
wended its way across the campus the
young men were encompassed in the
dignity of the cap and gown but due
to a spell of hot weather a number of
them had elected to wear “shorts”
instead of trousers to overcome the
stuffy feeling of being dressed in the
conventional graduating costume.
That would have been all right had
not a strong breeze prevailed as the
parade was passing the group of
notables and officials and playfully
whipped around the skirts of the
gowns to expose several pairs of
manly, bare legs. Hence the dean
issued an order to the effect that
"shorts" are out as an accessory to
the cap and gown.
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CHANGE.
Chevy Chase is growing up.
Residents of the 3700 block of
Jenifer street recently concluded
that the street once had been a
cow path. The building boom
brought several new houses to the
block. Then it was discovered that
the house numbers, some of which
had been in use 15 or 20 years,
apparently had been drawn out of
a hat.
Now they all have nice, new
numbers, much to the dismay of
the telephone company and mail
carriers.
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MESH RASH.
COME of these modern sport clothes
have startling effects on others
than those who have to look at them.
Take the case of the girl here in
town who looked in the mirror as she
was undressing, let out a shriek and
started for the telephone to get a
doctor. She thought she'd broken
out in some horrible rash and was
coming down with something strange
and deadly.
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Then she remembered she’d been
playing tennis that afternoon in a
mesh polo shirt—and had sunburned
with a lace-work effect.
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TRAFFIC AND TREES
^N EXPERT on trees was explain
ing to an interested small audi
ence the other night that traffic al
ways had been terrible on trees.
When the automobile came along to
displace the horse, he explained, it
was thought a considerable advance i
had been made in tree culture. The i
horses used to gnaw the bark and eat 1
the leaves and the automobile looked
more promising. It did not turn out'
that way, however. Automobiles ran !
into trees and knocked them down j
and heavy traffic opened up seams in
gas lines which permitted the fumes
to escape and damage the foliage.
"The airplane will settle all that,”
suggested a listener.
"No. it won’t," said the expert. *Tt
probably will just fall and crush the
trees."
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PRIDE.
You may have thought it never
happened or you may never have
given the matter a thought. Never
theless. an overalled steam-roller
operator was seen out on Connecticut
avenue the other morning with a can
of polish, a soft cloth and a fond
manner, giving his vehicle a thor
ough cleaning and shining.
* * * *
COMICS FAN.
“Not to be Clipped’’ on the files
of the papers in the news depart
ment may apply to most persons,
but not to a comic-page fan who
dropped in not long ago.
He had been out of town for a
couple of weeks and was that far
behind in his comic strip reading.
He wanted to know if it would be
possible to refer to the files. It
was possible, he was told by the
man who had a fellow-feeling for
funny-paper readers.
The permission giver then went
back to his work and got com
pletely lost in it until he was di
verted by a soft noise of paper
being torn coming from the vicin
ity of the filet. He got there just
in time to see the subscriber tear
ing out the fourteenth page of his
back reading.
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STORK STORY".
'J'HE stork, not the dove, is the
bird of peace, it seems.
Judge John P. McMahon and
Attorney M. Edward Buckley, for in
stance, have been at loggerheads for
several weeks, it all came up over
ft case in which Buckley was to de
fend a man on a charge of larceny
by trick. Buckley secured several
continuances on one ground or an
other.
Finally, two weeks ago, Judge Mc
Mahon became Irked by the con
tinued delay and told Buckley that
the caste would be tried last Tuesday
without fail . . , except in case of
death.
Nobody died in the interim, but
;he case was not tried when called.
Buckley again had business elsewhere,
it was explained that he had to be
it Sibley Hospital, where his wife
;ave birth to a 9-pound baby girl.
Vow all is forgiven and Judge Mc
Mahon met Buckley in the hall the
text day and congratulated him.
Italy Bang Thaler Exportg.
ADDIS ABABA, M» 30 (X*).—Export
>f silver thalers anokprecious metals
rom Ethiopia was forbidden today by
he Italian administration.
BANKERS TO NAME
CORB¥PRE$IDENT
tfibbs & Co. Partner Slated
for Post, With Groom
Vice President.
BY EDWARD C. STONE.
Special Correspondent of The Star.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.
V*., May 30.—At the closing business
session of the eighteenth annual Con
vention of the District Bankers’ Asso
ciation here today, Karl W. Corby,
pm user in me
brokerage house
of W. B. Hibbs &
Co., was slated to
be elected presi
dent for the com
ing year. Other
officers f a v o red
by the Nominat
i n g Committee
were:
Thomas J.
Groom, vice presi
dent ar.d cashier,
iBank of Com
| meroe ti Savings,
first vice presi
dent; Hilleary G.
Thomas J. Groom.
j-iuei&iusou, mr picsiaeni, ruggs na
tional Bank, second vice president;
Ord Preston, president, Union Trust
Co., third vice president, and Albert 8.
Gatley, vice president, Lincoln Na
tional Bank, treasurer. Frank J.
Hogan will be asked to serve the asso
ciation again this year as general
counsel.
President Charles H. Doing had ap
pointed as members of the Nominating
Committee, Victor B. Deyber, Second
National Bank; Sidney F. Taliaferro,
Riggs National, and Frederick P. H.
Siddons, American Security Si Trust
Co.
Corby Native of District.
Corby, who will guide the affairs of
the association during the coming
year, succeeding Doing, is a native
Washingtonian, graduate of Wash
ington Collegiate Preparatory School
and of the Wharton School of Finance.
University of Pennsylvania, 1915. He
was associated in business with his
father, Charles I. Corby, until the
latter's death in 1926. That same
year he was elected to the directorate
of the Riggs National Bank and is
still serving on the board.
In October, 1928, Corby became
active as a general partner in the
Hibbs brokerage firm, members of
the New York Stock Exchange and
other exchanges. He is a member and
official of the Washington Stock Ex
change and the New York Curb
Exchange.
His other interests are numerous
and varied. A member of the Board
of Trustees of George Washington
University, he is chairman of the
Finance Committee. He has served
as president of the Central Dispensary
and Emergency Hospital since May,
1934. For more than 10 years, he
has been on the Board of Directors
of the Lanston Monotype Machine Co.
He is married and has two children.
Adolph Miller Speaks.
Groom presided at the final busi- j
ness session at which several impor
tant annual reports on section and
committee activities were read.
Dr. Adolph C. Miller, former mem
ber of the Federal Reserve Board,
gave an address on the "Gold S and
ard."
Robert L. Flather. chairman of the
Advertising Committee, in a report
placed on file, showed that the public
relations campaign was highly suc
cessful and that the booklets promot
ing a better understanding of bank
ing and sound banking practices were
in great demand.
Reports Presented.
The report of the Auditing Com
mittee. W. Frank D. Herron, vice
president. Union Trust Co., chairman,
was presented, as was the report of
the Insurance Committee of which
the chairman was William V. Sim
mons, trust officer, Liberty National
Bank. Francis G. Addison, jr„ pres
ident. Security Savings <te Commer
cial Bank, presented the report of the
Law and Legislation Committee.
Another report came from the Pro
tective Committee, the chairman be
ing James A. Soper, vice president
and cashier, Lincoln National Bank.
A. Scott Oflutt, vice president, City
Bank. eported for the Standard
Banking Forms Committee, while the
day’s final report for the Taxation
Committee came from Chairman Tal
iaferro, trust officer, Riggs National
Bank.
Credit Bureau Report.
Reporting for the Credit Bureau
Committee, James C. Dulin, Jr., chair
man, stated the outstanding credit
development during the year was the
increase in the use of the Federal
Housing Administration loans. From
April 30, 1935, to April 30, this year,
the banks of Washington granted
4,492 loans aggregating $2,032,508 43,
ranging from 7 loans aggregating $4,
785 by the member bank granting the
smallest number, to 1,116 loans total
ing $475,561.69 by the member grant
ing the largest number. j
In addition to loans granted by
banks. Chairman Dulin said other
agencies in the District, including in
dustrial houses, real estate and finance
companies, had granted 565 loans ag
gregating $257,349.16.
Chairman Dulin's report revealed
that the banks in the Capital are still
very active in pushing recovery by
advancing such loans.
MAYOR’S SON PROTESTS.
ELGIN, HI. <#).—'The Elgin City
Council received a letter from a
9-year-old boy who complained that
a manhole cover jutting oflt of a
pavement broke the wheels on his
miniature automobile.
“If I could only get some action I
might sue the street department, but
I have got to have the wheels before
Winter sets In." said the communica
tion. It was signed by Mayor Myron
M. Lehman's son Dick.
54 Licenses Mark
June Wedding Rush,
Setting Mark by 14
Prospective June weddings ac
counted for a large part of the
54 marriage licenses Issued yes
terday by an overworked clerical
staff in District Supreme Court.
The number was 14 In excess of
those issued on the same date
last year.
A number of the licenses was
issued to out-of-towners, many
of whom expressed the advan
tages of a combination marriage
and sight-seeing tour In the
Capital. An aU-time high for
licenses. 74. waflestabltshed sev
eral yean ago tt Eastertime.
Camera Views of the Zioncheck Epic > •
Shortly after the return of Representative Marion A. Zioncheck, Democrat, of Washington from Pittsburgh last night, Mrs.
Benjamin S. Young, besieging landlady, was forcibly ejected. The gentleman from Washington is shoicn pulling her through
the door by her arm. —Copy right, A. P. Photo.
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Mrs. Young, on an Emergency Hospital bed. Note the
swollen leg. Nurse Ada Wyman is attending the landlady The
inset shows Mrs. Young’s /ace, —Star Staff Photo.
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Zioncheck
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United States attorney’s office with
out result and returned to the dis
puted apartment.
There Zioncheck found her con
fronting his wife when he came home
about 9 o’clock last night. At first.
Zioncheck was amiable. He showed
Mrs. Young how his pet turtle could
tap dance to the tune “I Can’t Give
You Anything But Love, Baby.”
The strife started about midnight
when Mrs. Zioncheck learned from
her husband that he had telephoned
her from Pittsburgh. Mrs Zioncheck
said she never received the call and
accused Mrs. Young of taking it for
her.
Women Start Tussle.
Mrs. Zioncheck, who. until a few
weeks ago, was Miss Rubye Louise
Nix, told Mrs. Young she would have
to leave. Mrs. Young refused, and
the two women began to tussle.
Zioncheck cheered his wife on.
“She’s making a touchdown!” he
shouted.
Then Zioncheck entered the play
and grabbed Mrs. Young by the feet,
while his wife took her head and
arms. In a few seconds. Mrs. Young
was in the corridor. She had lost
her shoes in the scuffle, and they
were thrown after her into the hall.
A news camera man snapped a
photograph of the eviction, and per
sons in the crowd of spectators tried
to take his equipment. A fight started
quickly, spreading to the kitchen of the
Zioncheck apartment.
During the melee a reporter received
a slight scratch on the arm from a pen
knife stroke. The police again were
called.
i iicti tins tuuvcisauna moa piace.
- Mrs. Young: “It’s about time you
came here (to the police). Please help
me, help, officer, come here.”
Zloncheck Opens Door.
Zloncheck opened the hall door to
survey her.
Mrs. Young: “You (to the police
men) were supposed to be here to pro
tect me. They came and put me out
and shut the door. Then she (Mrs.
Zloncheck) came tearing out of the
apartment and put me out. Look at
this—my leg is broken. I can’t get up.
I can’t get my shoes on." (Then she
put them on, however.)
Zloncheck took a bottle out of the
kitchen and offered It to Mrs. Young.
The officers went into the apartment.
Mrs. Young: "I can't walk. I tried
to get up. I don't know what it’s
about” (She was helped up.)
Zloncheck, to reporters: “Come
on In.”
Mrs. Young: “I want these officers
here, please. No wonder you have the
press. Mr. Zloncheck and his wife
beat me up. The police weren’t here.
ITiey said %*ty would be here. You
bid me if f needed protection to tell
you and I did. I'm going to aUy right
here with the police protection, like
you said.”
Zioncheck: ‘'You are in a place you
have no right to be.”
Officer I'm* Telephone.
One of the officers sat at the Zion
check plana Another used the tele
phone.
The officer on the phone: "This isn't
a riot call—no. not a riot call.”
After Mrs. Young had been helped
up from the hall floor, she went to the
kitchen door and entered again.
Representative Zioncheck was very
angry when he learned some one had
tried to knife the reporter. He didn't
hear of it until 10 minutes afterward
but he threw a glass at a person he
thought was the offending party. His
aim was bad and his attorney. L. Q.
C. Lamar, was struck in the back of
the neck and slightly cut by the
missile.
Meanwhile the crowd in the cor
ridor grew. Tenants turned out in
bath robes and informal attire to
witness the spectacle.
Shortly before the principals drop
ped off to sleep around 3 a.m., Zion
check emerged from his apartment in
pursuit of a reporter. It developed
that several blows had been ex
changed.
Dental Neglect Excusable.
ANCHORAGE. Alaska OP). — Dr.
T. J. Pyle, dental director for the
United States Bureau of Indian Af
fairs, said the main difficulty he had
with Alaska natives was getting them
to give their teeth proper care.
"Yet,” he mused, “we, too. might not
be punctual if it meant going out
doors in 50-below-zero weather to
get a chunk of ice, melt it for a cup
of water and bnish our teeth."
Mrs. Zioncheck counts 10 as Mrs. Young slumps to the floor.
The /eminine contenders are in the apartment doorway.
—Copyright. A. P. Photo.
Indianapolis
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record of 114.188 was established in
1933 by Cummings.
Stapp's time for the 50 miles was
25:50.05. Close behind him was
Shaw, who had started in ninth place
The popular Indianapolis driver bore
down furiously in his effort to pass
Stapp and succeeded as the race ap
proached the 75th mile.
Two More Give Up.
Jimmy Snyder of Chicago, and
Johnny Seymour of Escanaba. Mich.,
were victims of mechanical trouble
and were forced out of the race
shortly after Frame gave up
Snyder went out at 50 miles while
Seymour gave up at 35 miles when
his clutch slipped so badly he could
not make any speed.
The nose of Stapp's car just did
beat that of Shaw's across the wire
at 75 miles before the Hooeier boy
took the lead. Stapp's time for 75
miles was 38:53.28, a record-breaking
average of 115.117. The old record
was 113.599.
At that time Gardner was third.
Billy Winn of Detroit, fourth i Floyd
Roberts, fifth: George, Connor, sixth;
Chet Miller, seventh. Doc Mackenzie,
eighth; A1 Miller of Detroit, ninth,
and Herb Ardinger of Giaasport, Pa.,
tenth.
Shaw, driving the newest thing In
race cars—an exceptionally stream
lined speedster—continued to drive
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like mad and led by several seconds
with an average speed of 115 757 miles
per hour. It also was a new record,
the old one being 112.246, made by
Frame in 1933.
Stapp in Second Place.
Stapp was second, in the same lap,
1 while the next eight cars were cue
; lap each behind the pace setters. In
j order, they were Winn. Roberts. Con
! nor. Miller. MacKenzte. A1 Miller,
i Emil Andres, and Herb Ardinger.
| It was the first time in many years
that 100 miles of the speed classic
had been run without a fatality or an
accident.
The first casualty occurred when
: a youth named Joe Meyers. Streator,
111., fell out of a tree while watching
j the race and probably received a
j broken back.
The race, the twenty-fourth of its
kind, annually attracts the largest
sporting crowd of the year in America.
Prizes Total *100,000.
Prizes totaling *100.000 dangled be
fore the speeding drivers with $20,000
going to the winner. The first 10
drivers to finish share in the prize
money.
As a safety measure. $100 000 was
spent on the course this Spring in the
hope of cutting down accidents and
tragic deaths. The treacherous turns
are protected by a new 3-foot-high
retaining wall figured to prevent
speeding drivers from somersaulting
over it to possible death. If they
crash into it. they will bounce right
back onto the track instead of plung
ing over the wall. A 40-foot wide
apron, a space into which cars may
spin harmlessly, has been built inside
the track, replacing a 2-foot high con
crete wall.
In the 23 years of racing, more than
25 drivers have lost their lives on
the turns, plunging over the old re
taining wall at terrific speed. The
turns, around which the drivers speed
at 110 miles an hour, have been re
surfaced with a composition which
covers the greasy, bumpy bricks. Yes
terday the trsck received Its pre-race
bath to remove the oil and grease
accumulated during qualifying tests.
In the interest of American motor
car development, the drivers were re
stricted to a meager 37 Vi gallons of
gasoline for the full 500 miles. They’ve
got to average 13.33 miles per gallon.
If they run out of fuel, they will run
out of luck. All they can do is get
out and walk.
Oldttmers of the roaring road acted
as officials today. Ralph De Palma,
winner In 1915 and regarded as one
of the greatest figures In American
racing, is referee, with Tommy Milton,
winner in 1921 and 1923, the official
pacemaker, leading the. field away on
the exciting first lap.
Aircraft Boosted. <
Air services of Australia will add
i more American aircraft.
The National Scene
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BY ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH
AT INTERVALS during the put months we have been treated
to presidential pronouncements on the determination to
economise. For some time they came fairly regularly. Now
economy is definitely out the window. Passama
quoddy and the Florida ship canal are “riding”
back on the relief bill. It la even possible that
we shall see the shelter belt reinstated on the
administration program. Prof. Tugwell, in his
role of No. 1 bralntruster.-has been granted his
own privy purse. Relatively small, it is true—
a mere S8V2 million—but it is a tribute to his
power and Importance in the New Deal hierachy.
The most lucid and savage protests against
the continued spending came from those-two
stanch Democrats, Senators Glass and Byrd of
Virginia, but they are persistently voted down.
As the end of the session nears it is clear that
the administration feels that economy may be
I A lie# UuWtrti.
all vary wall (or conversational purposes, but that cash In nana is
whaweally fits in with their political plhanlnf.
.v'-- KJssrrtsbt, *a»e“
WAR WITH TRIPOLI
10 BE RE-ENACTED
Naval Academy Is Trans
formed into Pirates’ Lair
as June Week Opens.
By tin* Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Md., May 30.—Th«
Naval Academy, Its tennis courts hid
den under “the streets of Tripoli" and
its waterfront decorated in similar
manner, began the annual June week
celebrations today.
The decorations formed the bark
ground for a celebration formally be
ginning the academy's week of fes
tivities. The carnival Is In four parts,
centering about a re-enactment of
the burning of the frigate Philadel
phia in the Harbor of Tripoli during
the 1804 war with Barbary pirates.
A representation of the frigate
swung at anchor in Dewey Basin The
waterfront was converted into a
miniature Tripoli of 1804 and two
"forts" guarded the entrance to the
basin. Lateen sails were rigged on
all boats in the basin.
Fireworks Display Follows.
A fireworks display will follow the
re-enactment of the historic scene.
The arrival of King Neptune is the
second of the episodes. Midshipman
B. C. Jarvis, a plebe from Ferda, Ark.,
will play the part of Neptune and will
be accompanied by three mermaids—
all of them midshipmen.
The ceremony will take place on
the destroyer Babbitt.
Following that celebration. 14
motor launches will take the graduat
ing class and its guests 7 miles
out to Annapolis Roads, where they
will dance on the deck of the battle
ship Wyoming.
President Roosevelt has announced
he would attend the celebration.
The Army-Navy base ball game and
track meet featured the sports pro
gram.
Three Honor Midshipmen.
Admiral Sellers announced the
three midshipmen graduating with the
highest merit. Their standing, based
on multiples for the four-year course,
was:
Midshipman A. F. Weinel, Colum
bia. 111.. 907.61.
Midshipman W. B Near, Wauwato
sa. Wis., 905.85.
Midshipman J. A. Brown. Nashville,
Tenn., 879 88
Miss Julia Bishop, the "color girl'’
for the June week ceremonies, will
arrive at the Naval Academy in time
to participate in a rehearsal of the
presentation of colors dress parade
Monday morning.
Among the guests who will attend
the festivities today are Maj. Gen.
A. J. Bowley, commander, 3d Corps
Area. U. S. A,; Col Amos W. W.
Woodcock, president, St. John's Col
lege: Rear Admiral Adolphus Andrews,
chief of the Bureau of Navigation;
Rear Admiral E. S. Land, chief of the
Bureau of Construction and Repair;
Rear Admiral H. G. Hamlet, com
mandant. Coast Guard; Admiral
Brown. Rear Admiral Hayne Ellis, and
Mrs. W. A. Swanson, wife of tha
Secretary of the Navy.
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REAL ESTATE MAN DIES
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HYATTSVILLE. Md.. May 30 —
Samuel A. Pleasants. 73. local real
estate man. died in Washington Sani
tarium, Takoma Park, last night after
an illness of three weeks.
A native of Mississippi, Mr. Pleas
ants had been a local resident for
about 10 years.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Annie Pleasants, and a son, Samuel
A.. jr„ New York City attorney.
Services will be held in Pinkney
Memorial Episcopal Church tomorrow
at 2 p.m.
Irvin S. Cobb
Says:
—
Republics Not Iji
grates But Might
ily Forgetful.
SANTA MONICA, Calif, Mav 30
(N.A.N.A.).—So now comes Me
morial day, bringing parades of
veterans, and with the rest of
a few brittle tottery monagenarians—
pitiable left-overs from a war of which
manv in this modem generation scarce
ly have heartl
and yet 'twas a
war to save this
Union. At the
cemeteries there'll
be flowers for sol
diers' graves and
bright little flags,
but presently the
weather will wear
the flags to wisps
of tattered cam
bric and tomor
row's sun will
fade the flowers.
Republics aren't
ungratefu1—
mightily forget
lul, though, sometimes.
At Indianapolis upwards of 160,000
spectators from all over America will
,,be packed like mackerel in a kit to
watch a bloody classic of automobile
racing. That's what this date means
to them. Some will be there not be
cause they want to see crazy driving—
they could get an eyeful of that for
nothing on any highway—but because,
when the almost inevitable crashes
come, visiting death or mutilation on
mad speed bugs, these favored ones
will have grandstand seats for the
slaughter. If we'd revive the old Roman
games, with their gladiatorial butch
eries, the proposition would pay beau
tiful dividends. I'd like to have a little
stock, myself.
And all over the holidaying land the
tally of fatalities from reckless auto
mobillng will mount up and up. What's
the use of Memorial day unless there's
a fresh crop of rudely-killed innocent*
to be memorialized afterward.
(Copyright l»:w. by the North Americas
Newspaper Alliance. Inc.)
I-1
I Congress in Brief |
TODAY.
Senate:
Debates $2,370,000,000 relief de
ficiency bill.
House:
In recess.
. MONDAY.
Senate:
Will take up ship subsidy biil. U
big deficiency measures passes today.
Judiciary Committee, regular weekly
,meeting. f
House: j
Will consider consent calendar.