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Evening star., 1926-04-25
DEvER IS GREETED
ASCH|CAGO'S HERO
Throng Welcomes Mayor
From Washington. Where He
Defended City's Name.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April William A.
Dever. mayor of Chicago, was ac-
claimed by business leaders, other
city Sfficials and the public generally
upon his return today from Wash
ingtOn where he appeared before the
Senate subcommittee investigating
prohibition. in defense Of the fair
name of Chicago"
Hundreds of persons massed in the
railroad station and streets as Mayor
Dever arrived. He was escorted TO
an automobile which led a procession
to the city hall, where William r.
Dawes. head OF the Chicago Associa
ton Of Commerce and A cousin of
vice President Dawes. thanked him
for his vigorous defense of Chicago.
=. Those here are your friends and
there is no tinge Of politics to this
gathering" Mr.. Dawes said to Mayor
DeVer
This reception always will be a
source of joy and benefit to me-" the
mayor responded, 'and / appreciate
the friendship Of those here. Absurd
charges were made in Washington by
some Chicago friends before the Sen
ate prohibition committee. and !
thought that somebody preferably an
official representative of the city
should go and defend the city's name. =
The mayor paid high tribute to the
committee members for the consid-
Grafton shown him.
He pleaded that hereafter Chicago q
shortcomings be threshed out at
home.
Later a resolution of thanks for his
defense of Chicago was adopted by
the Association of Commerce.
The mayor will spend next week
resting at Excelsior Springs. Mo.
Evening star., 1926-04-25
ELDBROOKE METHODIST
CORNER STONE IS LAID
DR.. Hand Presides at Ceremony
Under Supervision of A. F.
and A, M

Rev. DR.. J. Phelps Hand, superin- :
tendent of the Washington district
was the presiding officer yesterday
afternoon at the laying Of the corner
stone of the E;ldbrooke Methodist
Episcopal Church, corner River road
and Murdock Mill road. Rev. DR..
Charles l.. Pate Is the pastor.
In laying the corner stone under
the supervision of the Grand Lodge,
A. F. A. M, District Of Columbia,
William r. Singleton Lodge, No. 80.
acted as escort. Announcement OF
the contents Of the corner stone box
was made by Grand Secretary J.
Claude KEEPER. The copper box was
presented by Mr.. and Mrs. Fred f.
Robey Howard w. Cutler, archi-
tect, presented the tools in placing
the corner stone. Grand Master
Sydney r. Jacobs used the gavel once
used by George Washington.
Rev. DR.. Lucius G. Clark. chancel-
ior of American University was a
speaker, as were Rev. Oswald Il.
Falls, Rev. W. w. Shearer and Rev.
Fred G. Reynolds.
Evening star., 1926-04-25
South Carolinans Elect.

The South Carolina Society, ut a
meeting Friday night at Wardman
Park Hotel, unanimously elected Rep
resentative Mcmillan president. P. NJ. .
MCGOWAN was elected vice president
Miss Harriet Godfrey, secretary; Miss
IsIa Willoughby, treasurer. and Mrs.
A. RI. Gasque, historian. The follow
ing were elected members of the
council: 2. II. MCGOWAN, chairman;
Evening star., 1926-04-25
CHILD KILLED IN STORM.

LITTLE ROCK. Ark. April "a (p).
One child was killed, six persons
were injured, two severely and exten,
sive property damaged reported in
wind and electrical storms which
swept widely separated sections of
Arkansas late yesterday and last
night.
All of the casualties occurred near
the town of Branch in western Arkan-
sas. The child killed was crushed to
death when the home of Otto Woerner
was wrecked.
Evening star., 1926-04-25

Lofler, Vivian Hendricks, Hazel
Keeler. Edith keeler, Miriam Davis,
Dorothy Brady. Eliza beth Capanella
Annie Capanella. Dorothy DesseZ,
Ruth Rowe, Marguerite Scott, I.or-
raine Tucker. Vivian Watts, Eliza
beth Roche. Pearl Roche. Mildred
Johnson. Inez Chester, Doris Chester.
Maud Elliot. Nernol Berry. Mary
Champeno, Rhoda Lee Davis. Jane
Robert son. Beatrice Mullen. Marienne
Depgen. Toby Gerber Martha King.
Martha Ludwig, Rose Oberlin. Carol
Oberlin. Margaret owen, Sara Thorn
ley. Theda Ward, Mabel Wills. Emma
Evening star., 1926-04-25

Carnoes, Helen Osterwald, Charlotte
Hulburt, Janet Brown. Nellie Hol-
meal, Dean Holmead, Fila flarllee.
Catherine Mcleod. Helen ketchel.
Ellen Long. tlournoy McQuary,
France Mesterkin. June Weber.
Francis Smith. Ethel Smith, Jean
Thompson. Anne Sherman, Demetra
Acton, Mary Lee Baldwin. Ethel
Boyd Gertrude Cowsill, Beulah Coax
lev, Wilhelmina CronenberS, Cath
crime CronenberS. Dorothy Davis, VIZ
ginia Carrot. Carol Hogan. Anna
Rachlin. Roselyn Rowens. Margaret
Rice. Anna Talbert. Mary Francis
Evening star., 1926-04-25

NUM-. Olive Smith. Dorothy Puerner
and Jennie Lee Mccoy.
Dance patterns and carly ancestors
will be given by Jane Robertson,
Sara Thornley,. Margaret Owen. Mary
Jane klare, Virginia Carrot, Ella
Hariee, Jessie Chase, Vivian Hend
ricks, Sally Ann Aman, Lillian
Matthews, Emma Mckenzie Sara
Bergling. Genevieve Bersling and
Ella BerglinS
Evening star., 1926-04-25

ImmOrtalizing In stone the name of
your representative from Washington
I'm the World War. the Memorial
Temple in Potomac Park can BE- part
of your personal tribute through a
contribution.
Evening star., 1926-04-25
Allen.
Ensemble Dances.

Harry Van Sickler. Billy Whaler
Margaret Allen.
Ensemble Dances.
In addition. two big ensemble da nee
numbers will be features of the fes
tival in which will appear children
from four Centers, Southeast. Pet
worth Thomson and Columbia
Heights. under Miss Davis direction.
The garland dance will he given by
Sally Ann Aman, Sara Bersling. Gen
evieVe Bergling. Ella Bergling. Emma
Mckenzie. Lillian Matthews. Lois
Evening star., 1926-04-25

p w McMaster Woodroe. Miss
Mary Ball, L. Boykin and Miss Grace
Roper
Evening star., 1926-04-08
New Tea Highball,
Saidto Have Kick
On Ad Club Menu

One Of the features of the annual
cherry blossom banquet OF the
Washington Advertising Club ct
the Washington Hotel Monday will
he the new tea highball.
Sir Charles Higham. noted Brit
ish advertising expert and tea man,
Is coming here as guest of honor
of the club. His recent statement
in New York that a satisfactory
highball can De made from tea and
that they prove as stimulating as
the oid.itme highball has aroused
the interest Of members of the local
club. who are determined to try 1t
at the annual banquet Monday.
Approximately 500 guests are to
be present. among whom will be
Sir Esme Howard. the British Am
bassador: Secretary Of Labor Da-
Wis and others. approximately
81, 500 in prizes will be distributed
to the guests i'm addition to souve-
Mrs.
An elaborate entertainment pro-
gram has been arranged and Frank
j. Hogan will be the toastmaster
Evening star., 1926-04-08

ters by which the defense contended
1t would have to stand or fall.
The letters were said by the defense
to have been written by Miss Swallow
to a man in Lawrence and placed re-
sponsibility for her condition at that
time upon him rather than upon Capt.
Clampitt. The court ruled that mas
much a. neither Miss Swallow nor
the man mentioned had admitted the
authenticity OF the letters they could
not be accepted as evidence, as 1t
would "open the door wide for fraud. y
Demand then was made by the de-
fense that Miss Swallow be located
and brought here in an effort TO de-
termine the authenticity of the letters.
The court announced IL would render
decision on this point later
Evening star., 1926-04-08
CANADIAN RESORT BURNS
Banff Springs Hotel Partly De-

CALGARY Alberta, April P).-
The famous Banff Springs Hotel. sit,
uated on an eminence above the con.
fiuence of the Bow and Spray Rivers
at Banff was partly destroyed by fire
Yesterday. II was built in 1888 An
explosion in the lower Of the central
section Of the hotel. following the
collapse OF the four-s story north wing.
blew out hundreds OF windows and
allowed the flames to gain access to
this part Of the vast building, which
was badly wrecked
The origin Of the fire is unknown
The Banff and Calgary fire brigades,
the national forest fire patrol and
many volunteers were quickly on the
scene, and within an hour were aug
mented bv 500 laborers from the Cana.
dian Pacific Railway, which owns the
hotel
Evening star., 1926-04-08
TAX SALES SET RECORD.
$4o2, SAG Paid for Liens on lO.74O
Tracts of Delinouents.

The volume of property sold for tax
arrears last month broke all records,
it was announced today by Chatham
NJ Towers. collector of taxes Of the
District
Mr.. Towers said that back taxes
amounting to 1892 S46.97 We're paid by
persons acquiring tax liens on 1880
tracts. The previous high record last
wear. when 1897 lOts were sold for
overdue taxes. was $318549.13 The
largest individual purchaser this year
was {. n. Wiltsie Of Rochester, who
paid $l7,2S5 to acquire nearly 1000
lois.
Evening star., 1926-04-08
derivatives In Japan and It's poJs.s

derivatives In Japan and It's potsas
sions.
The commission, which consists N
representatives of o II ministries. hope,
to go even further than the Ge1evs
convention in prosecuting all Jep>
nese engaging in the traffic abrpad
IL may orga nize governnen
monopoly In Japan, Korea .sns
kwangtung Province In Chinas ~
was done in Formosa.
The commission intends to take. tin
most stringent measures to obliteratl
illegal traffic in opium.
The men who succeed 20 SkbQ
things that fail to come to them. sssR
the Boston Transcript.
Evening star., 1926-04-08
HOME WORK DRAWS|
SCHOOL BODY FIRE |
Association Adopts Resolu-
tion Urging More Study Su-
pervised by Teachers.

A resolution urging more super
the direction Of teachers, with less
work to be done at home, was unan
| imously adopted at meeting OF
the Public School Association of the
District OF Columbia In the board
room of the District Building last
night.
| The resolution was adopted follow
ing an address by Maj. Gen. Amos
! A. Fries, chief of Chemical Warfare
Service, who severely critized the
present system of teachers assigning
work to he done at home by the
children. He declared that under the
present system at Western High
School there is practically no in.
strnction whatever"
| Gen. Fries said he was speaking az
| a parent who has had experience with
schools, explaining that he had taught
school married school teacher and
that he now has three children in the
public schools of the District, a fourth
! one recently having completed high
school and entered George Washing
ton University.
Contradicts Statement.
In reply to a statement by one mem.
her OF the association that when chill
dren do not get along well in schools
1t Is the fault of the children, Gen.
Fries said he was not worried about
his children. explaining that his
daughter had finished high school in
three years. and that his son would
graduate by the time he is is
years old. He declared, however,
that he was speaking for those
parents who have not q college edu
cation and are unable TO help their
children a. he has done.
Other members of the association
agreed with Gen. Fries that children
often are given generally impossible
tasks for after school hours without
needed instruction ny the teachers
Another resolution was adopted
reiteratine stand taken BY the as
sociation favoring an increase in ap-
preparations for school pla laygrounds
from $21 900 to $4,000. A resolution
was adopted thanking the members
of the House District committee for
reporting favorably yesterday on the
Gasque bill providing for election of
members of the Board OF Educatio
SnOwden Ashford. former municipal
architect, in a brief address advoca ted
the appointment Of a commission to
be clothed with the power to purchase
school sites.
He pointed out that under the pres
ent system owners OF property know
in advance that A school site is TO be
purchased and that they raise the
price of the property. He made no
recomm endations as to how the pro.
posed commission should he appointed
Addresses also We're delivered at
the meeting by Dorsey w. HYDE pres.
ident OF the Monday Evening Club
who spoke on medical inspection in
the schools here and told how Wash.
ington is behind other cities in this
respect. and by Miss Rose L. Hardy,
assistant superintendent of kinder
garten and elementary schools. Miss
Hardy told of the present tendency tc
adjust the school curriculum to meet
the needs of the individual children.
Evening star., 1926-04-08
GIRLS LETTER BARRED
IN TRIAL OF CHAPLAIN
Army Court Refuses to Admit Her
Alleged ACCUSE tion Against
Other Man in Case,
BY the Associated Pres,

By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. April s.-The
board Of officers conducting the court
martial here of Capt. Orville Ciampitt.
Army chaplain, on a. charge Of i'm
proper conduct with Miss Lucille
Swallow of Lawrence, kans.. yesterday
refused the admission Of certain let
Evening star., 1926-04-08
JAPAN OPENS CAMPAIGN
TO ABOLISH DRUG TRADE
Commission Named to Originat te
New Laws-Governmen Mo-
nopoly Con sidered.

BY the Associated Press
TOXIC, April S.-The ia pa nese
government has appointed A com
mission with Foreign Minister Shide-
hara as chairman for the purpose Of
an inquiry and to originate new laws
for the complete abolition of opium
Evening star., 1926-04-08
new CEREAL
PLEASES
New Data is better than oatmeal
has delicious taste

Hot cereal every morning. Not the
usual soggy. mushv. gluey kind. Hot
cereal that is always light, always per
feet in texture. always just melting
in your mouth. That's what folks are
getting every cool morning these DAYS.
And how they like it! Children love
New Data, the wonderful new hot
cereal
New Data ia the latest Kellogg
achievement. A blend Of two Of ma
ture's most favored grsins-osts and
wheat. All the goodness, all the in
dividual favor Of each has been com
bined to create new tempting break
fast food. It's the first real improve
ment on oats. The hot cereal women
have been wanting for fifty years. A
real health builder for Young and old.
View Data comee 70 vor ready
raoked. Simply heat il for three min
utes in boiling water before servins.
Trv il today. II will be a revelation.
All groeers sell New Data.
M,ls,s!,s' Z: f.
Ready cooked fer you
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After 'tWar to End
War;" Old World
Forming Alliances
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Confined from page one)
against AZ. Hence move to spend
more money on the French navy.
Italy
.Mussolini is spending part of his
tremendous energy in charging his
country's air force. Italy had approx
imatelv 600 airplanes in the latter
mart Of 1924. The dictator yisualizes
doubling this within another year.
His bill for reorganization OF the
army has become law. Under it 20O,-
geo men are called to the colors every
year and serve 10 months. The army
each year reaches . maximum of
100000 men in April and sinks to o
minimum Of 10000 in October.
Has neither navy nor air forces to
speak Of. She has, however. . large
commercial air fleet which could be
readily turned into military forces.
NORMALLY she is allowed an. army
OF only 100000 men. Butt it is claimed
by the French that under a system
Of recruiting and training many times
that number OF men are being, pre-
pared.
M. Voroshiloff, soviet commissioner
OF military and naval affairs recent
" said Russia had. SOP 900 men in her
army and could easily have 1,00O, 900
moro, hut her financed won't allow it.
Her navy is negligible. hut she has
over 900 airplancs and her plans call
for 900 which the Germans will prob
ably build.
Poland
Has an army Of over 275,00O and an
air force Of 1876 machines. The equip
ment Of the army has largely been
supplied by France. and French Off
tcrs have trained the men.
Spain
Has about 262 700 men. OF whom
over 10000 are now in Morocco
fighting the Riffs.
The Little Entente
'Czecho-sloYakia has about 10000
men in her army, Jugoslavia about
the same; Runania over 100000.
France has helped arm them and has
sent many commissions to work with
them.
"Incidents" arc constantly happen
ing which might bring on wars. Not
Dong ago. Lithuanian and Polish
troops clashcd on their frontier. A
short time before that. Greek and
bulgarian troops FLASHED. Eastern
Europe might easily once more be-
come the scene of . great conflict.
Z q
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By Williams

Of the Royal Svca Body Guards. The
following year nc entered the Royal
Academy Of Music. where he in 1894
graduated as a MusieYl Director aud
in later years has been honored with
the appointment AS an Associe.
This is not Captain Hoegberg's first
visit to this country w 1908 hr led
the kronobcrgs Regiment Rand on "a
very successful concert tour through
the east and middle west and it was
on his triumphant return home that
he was rendered and accepted the
position as director Of the Royal
Swedish Navy Band. which he has
held ever since.
As an indication of his high stand
ing as a musician and a recognition Of
his services in the field Of music.
Captain Hocgbcrg has been honorcd
with not less than ten decorations.
received both in his own country and
from abroad.
The Bismarck concert of the Royal
Swedish Navy Band will be played
at the City Auditorium.
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Fish and Game
BY MORRIS ACKERMAN
AMERICAS GAME SUPPLY

The wild life of America can be
saved in only one way. 1t is through
the game sanctuary method
) With agriculture retaining water.
!; fowl areas out of existence daily the
migrating horde, in much Of the
country, finds its best friend to be
the private duck club.
These clubs are now feeding the
nc rth-bound ducks in the hope OF
getting crack at them on the same
shooting grounds when thew return
next fall. And the feed investmcn:
will no doubt pay big dividends.
,, What America needs and needs
quick is national policy to stay the
drainage of our swamps and marshes
where waterfowl must find food
nesting grounds and protection 0,
! perish.
Every sportsman in our countr,
should exert every ounce of aid an.
Influence he possesses in behalf OF
| the Game Refuge. Bill. or a simila,
| bill, to the end that the federal gov.
eminent Joins with us in the SAVING
of our wild life.
We have letter from one of the
large ammunition makers advising
US that they are making a survey OF
the game situation. that q depicting
Of game "cure" might be determined
! No matter what this finding may be
the game refuge, the sanctuary where
the game is protected, and fed if
necessary. must be the answer.
There should be certain area
set aside in every county in every
state where there is game protected
from shooters. Each state should
establish large non-shooting tracts in
the game sections.
Pennsylvania is showing the way
to the states. Many buffalo pre-
serves demonstrate how that animal
can be increased. Yellowstone Park
maintains its elk supply. Algonquin
Park feeds its deer overflow over
hundreds of miles in Ontario.
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Director of Royal
Swedish Navy Band
Il Great Musician

The Royal Swedish Navy Band.
which. under the patronage Of IT. T..
II. The Grown Prince Of Sweden, is
to appear in bismarck Saturday night.
ewes a great deal Of its success TO
the inspired leadership Of its director,
Erik HOcgberg. who holds the rank
of captain in the navy.
One critic has said about him:
"Iioegberg is one Of the great band
leaders Of the day. The secret Of his
success lies in his ability to inject his
and to live it,"
Mr.. Hoegbcrg is a child Of the army
and navy. He commenced his career
at the age of ~. when he was en-
rolled as an apprentice with the band
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Clerks Shortage
Causes Closing Of
Minneapolis Bank

st. Paul, April 6. P)-The Guar.
anty State Bank of Minneapolis, with
deposits totaling approximately $780,
600, was closed today because Of an
alleged shortage Of a bookkecper and
losses on poor paper, a. j. Veigcl,
commissioner Of banks, announced.
Mr.. VciYel, in discussing the clos
ing, said that the bookkecper confess
cd to embezzlement of $500.
G. G. Linnell is president and II. F..
Carlson is cashier.
The Maple Lake State Bank Of
Maple Lake. with deposits of $242.-
600, also was closed b.Iausc Of poor
paper, Mr.. Veigel announced. r. II.
Jude is president. At the present
time there is no cashier.
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Federal Farm Facts

The Mexican government is plan
ming to send four forestry students
to this country TO study methods Of
the L. S. forest service. The men
to be sent are among the first gradu-
atcs Of the newly established forest
school conducted by the Mexican gov
eminent.
The codlng moth or apple worm
causes more apples TO go to the Gull
pile than any other pest affecting
the crop in North Carolina. Injury
to apples is done by the larva Of the
moth
There has been large increase in
the amount of beef eaten in this
country during the past year. Dur
ing 1925 the per capita consumption
Of beef was 63.l pounds. The total
per capita consumption Of all meats.
including beef and veal. mutton and
lamb, and pork was l5i.5 pounds.
The Minnesota State Department Of
Agriculture has established a quaran-
tine on account of the insect known
as the alfalfa wecvil against districts
said to be infested. namely. the state
of Utah and parts Of Idaho, Colora-
do. Nevada. Wyoming. Oregon and
California.
Cook with Gas. It's the
Ideal Fuel.
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lie had not been the "mastcr mind"
Of the thrilling Atlanta prison escape.
he said; he had not been the master
mind" of the great poStoffice rob
berry; he had been no "phantom.' but
merely one, who having once been in
volved in crime. was blamed for a
dozen and one things he had not done.
Not a single gesture of hcroics did
he leave himself; not an ounce Of
glam0r for which he did not himself
act eXecutioncr.
The very .naturc Of the crime for
which his death was demanded. like
the final deed of his pal. Dutch And
erson, detractcd from his criminal
glory. Anderson, the much glorificd
master" was engaged in the pretti-
est crime when he met his end. Chap
man was reduced to the role Of rob-
the reward would have been most
| trivial to a "supcr-crook."
Not Even Name Left
NOT even the picturesque name of
Gerald Chapman is to remain. For.
If his sister claims his body--as it is
beloved she will--the family records
may show him as George Charters"
said to be his true name. For Chap
man was the child Of intelligent Irish
folk. his parents dying VIE he was
! still in kits.
So, after all the swash5uckle and
high adventure have been removed.
there seems to remain for him only
! the precarious distinction of an intel
/, ligent man turned crook. So few are
| the crooks with mind above the aver
age that they invariably become CLAM
orous figures.
Chapman was reader of the clas-
sizes, student of the PHILOSOPHERS and
something of writer Of verse that
betrayed basic sentincntality.
Perhaps it was expected that this
distinction Of intelligence. would save
! him; that he would be spared for be-
! ing out Of the ordinary. But this is
Yankee" section Of the country
where such values were not likely to
have influence.
| Writes Verse in Cell
Chapman seemed to have accepted
| this and, in his last weeks of life
sought to preserve the one distinction
Of sophisticati0n and talent. From
his cell came cynical and. philosophic
paragraphs and fragments of verse
His last was the Villon gesture. He
would erase the thief and erect the
poet.
Futility "set upon him like tight
ening mould" Last thoughts came
+! like interrupted thunder" only to be
silenced by the "grim dawn Of rea-
son."
Chapman had unconsciously created
| his best epitaph.
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who calls himself an atheist believe
that he has any kind Of soul, damned
or saved?
No God, no soul, surely.
The House of Representatives yot-
ing 306 to GO to impeach Judge Eng
lish, indicates that the Ku Klux Khan
is less powerful in the house than
it was. Representative Graham, head
of the House Judiciary Committee de-
clared that the Khan was back of
Judge English. Evidently the House
is not, was once stated, zone half
Ku Klux Klan at heart"