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Evening star., 1926-05-02

merce committee is still conducting
hearings on the same subject and
probably will not have bill ready
for another two weeks. A railroad
consolidation bill has been reported
to the Senate and is on the calendar
Radio Bill Pending.
Still another measure is knocking
at the door--a radio bill. The House
has passed the White bill. which
leaves the control of the use of the
air to the Department of Commerce.
The Senate interstate commerce COM
mittee probably will report a substi
tute bill on Tuesday or soon there
after. Senator Dill of Washington.
Democrat. has been very active in
the natter. The bill reported prob
ably will provide for the creation of
an independent commission of five,
with salaries of $4,000, taking the
control away from the Secretary Of
Commerce.
If the pressure for adjournment be-
comes too great, many OF these meas
ures may be thrown overheard for the
time being and allowed to go over
until next December. As the weeks
go by and the dates of primary cleo
tions in the States grow nearer. the
demand by members or both houses
for adjournment will become stronger
and stronger.
Evening star., 1926-05-02
West Virginia Bank Closed.

CHARLESTON, W. Va. May up.
Tho State commissioner of banking
today closed the Bank OF Gilbert. at
Gilbert. Mingo County. and named Il
receiver. Assets. with r. book value
of $160.000. include S12o O00 of loans
of long standing. manv Of "-.ascn .he
commissioner lou3:d Vs." 'Ansillecti-
BILE. Liabilities TO Gapo-ito:s total
$4,000.
Evening star., 1926-05-02
BUSTS TO BE UNVEILED,
Nine Hall of Fame Entrants tt
Take Places on Nav 12.

NEW YORK, May (P).-The busts
of nine great Americans will be un.
veiied in the Hall of Fame at New
York University May -. DIR. Robert
Underwood Johnson. director of the
Hall of Fame. announced today
The busts are those of Daniel Boone.
Edwin Booth. Jonathon Edwards,
Augustus Saint Gaudens. Daniel
Webster. George Peabody, Eli Whit
ney. Roger Williams and Chancellor
James Kent.
Evening star., 1926-05-02
THREE WEALTHY YOUTHS
DROWN WHILE FISHING
Sons of Prominent San Francisco
Families Washed From Rock
by Pacific Waves.
WTOG WORLD
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SANTA ROSA, Calf, May l.
Three San Francisco youths. all of
them from prominent families, were
drowned today while fishing off
rock in the Pacific Ocean near
Wright's Beach. Sonoma county
They were. Jack Davidson. 21. step
son Of Timothy Healy. attorney;
George Boschke, 10. son of George w.
Boschke, chief engineer of the South
ern Pacific Company, and Ted Barrett.
Evening star., 1926-05-02
VETERANS PRAISE
MEMORIAL PLAN
Members of Peary Ship 427
Contribute Money and
Effort in Drive.

A vigorous campaign To raise
funds for the proposed District of
Columbia World War Memorial in
Potomac Park has been launched by
Admiral Robert f.. Peary ship, NO.
427. Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Announcement of the drive was
contained in "A letter sent by John
r. Robertson. communication of1cer
of the Ship" to Frank h. NoyeS,
chairman of the Memorial Commits
sion. made public last night.
The letter accompanied the ofhcial
contribution Of Admiral Robert f.
Peary Ship and it set forth the nest
wishes of the organization for the
early fruition of the campaign for
5000 600 necessary to erect the me-
mortal which will take the form of
Doric temple.
Canvassing Among Members.
Mr. Robertson pointed out that the
members. not satisfied merely with
the formal appropriation from the
treasury of the ship" had agreed
to take an active interest in the ef'
forts to raise the money needed by
canvassing the members OF the body
for individual subscriptions.
The memorial movement the lettef
declared "is a source of keen graft
fication to all eX-service men, ana
has their Heartfelt gratitude.
I'VE are instituting Il vigorous
campaign among our membership Tor
individual subscriptions. and this
campaign. we believe. will meet with
the response the undertaking so
richly deserves
The letter of Admiral Robert f..
Peary Ship is typical of the spirit or
enthusiasm being displayed among
other veterans and civic organizations
of the city. it is pointed out.
Praise BY Pershing..vs
The attitude held generally is SINH
lar to that of Gen. John j. Pershing,
as expressed In his letter of commen.
datjon to the memorial commission re-
Gently.
II am glad that the citizens Of the
District are erecting the memorial
here rather than on the battiehelds or
Europe" Gen. Pershing said. The
usefulness to the community or the
Doric temple makes a tremendous ap-
peal to me, and | welcome the oppor-
tunity to express my hearty a. proval
of it's artistic design
All subscriptions for the temple
should be sent to the District OF Co
lumbia Memorial Commission, Frank j.
Moves, chairman. Checks should be
made payable to John Poole, federal
American National Bank.
Evening star., 1926-05-02
Shrine for Holy Memories

Memorial Rejecting Pool and Tidal
beautiful
Columbia
in armed of the World War.
As where military
structure will serve dual purpose
exquisite beauty dignity and Greek simplicity the temple will be
who made
not only country you, will preserved poety.
marble
the of the
Washingtonan contribute this
whom and served and those
favored
100000 the memorial whether be
who me- the most to
(Signed) FRANK b. MOVES,
MEMBERS OF MEMORIAL COMMISSION:
Charles A. Baker, Isaac Cans Frank B. NoyeS
Cist Blair John M (eissner, u Logan Payne
Edward F. Coladay, E. Lester Joues Julius l. Peyser
John Joy Edison, Edward B. Mclean Anton Stephan
Mr. William Corcoran Eusti, ]. R. Mcdonald
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49, son of Charles Barrett. an official
of the Pacific Gas & Electric co.
Hich waves washed the youths into
the ocean
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PRESIDENT SIGNS
PENSION BILL WITH
ECONOMY WARNING

Continued from First Page.)
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The commission is purely avisory
and there is no requirement that the
District government. for instance.
shall comply with any plans laid
down. The bill as originally intro
duced provided that 1t shall be the
duty of each member Of the commits
sion to adhere in principle to the Of
fetal plan of the commission, but
this was stricken out in its passage
through the legislative mill.
There was opposition on the part
of the District Of Columbia authorities
on this. but the point was conceded
in order to get the measure passed
providing for the planning commits
sion with a corps of experts. and this
particular matter of requiring ad-
herence to the plan was left Tor
future consideration. and. 1t was said,
probably would be made the subject
of future legislation at the next
Congress.
The present membership of the
National Capital Park Commission is
automatically made a part of the
membership Of the new commission.
The former was composed of the
chief OF engineers Of the United
States Army. the Engineer Commits
sioner of the District of Columbia.
the director of the National Park
Service. the chief Of the Forest
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-08

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Evening star., 1926-10-28
COUNTY DEPORTS GANCSTERS
AFTER BURNING OF ROADI1OUSE
Shelton Brothers Group, Engaged in War
fare With Bireer Faction in ILL
nois, Leaves Rendezvous.

main building was in flames then,
and the gang had surrounded the
building nearest us and was shooting
into it. counted Is men In the crowd,
and believe more than 800 shots
were fired.
They stopped shooting long enough
to shout come out, come out" No
body came and couple. OF them
pushed in the door. When they ran
out again the building was burning"
Outbuildings not burned were per-
forated by gunfire. Steel-jacketed bull
let's wrecked a lighting plant In one
Of the outbuildings. So
The roadhouse had not been operated
since it was the object of a machine
gun attack about two weeks ago.
The death Monday night of two
members of the Birger faction was
the incident that famed the feld to
feverish heat.
Both camps held in readiness an
armOred truck and heavily. armed
men. The Birger faction, enforced by
three recruits yesterday, centered ac-
tivities around the leaders roadhouse,
Shady Rest, IL miles west of here,
while the Shelton gang. which hAs
kept under cover, was reported to be
centering around West City, a small
town near Benton, in Franklin
County. .~-se
Birger was authority for the state.
ment that battle is only a matter of
time. We'll have good story for
you in a few days." he told news
paper men. III we don't get bumped
off,
Outsiders" need have no fear,
Birger declared. Instructions to his
followers were Wen have to be care.
full no innocent ones are hurt"
Evening star., 1926-10-28
ELECTIVE SCHOOL
BOARD GETS BOOST
e.
.MfssrMary T. Bannerman Is
Z Aciive in Campaign to
Enact Gasque Bill.

The opening gun in a new campaign
to obtain the passage Of an elective
school board bill at the coming session
Of Congress was sounded today by
Mrs. Mary T. Zimmerman, as chairman
of the committee on legislation of the
District Of Columbia Congress of
Parent-Teach Associations.
In form letter addressed to "all
organizations and individuals interest.
ed in the public schools Of the Dis.
trict," Mrs. Zimmerman calls both for
reindorsements by organizations al
ready on record as in favor of the
Gasque bill and for expressions from
organizations which thus far have not
registered their opinions on the mat
ter.
Vigorous Fight Ahead.
AS. an evidence Of the vigor with
which the fight for the elective school
hoard bill will be made by the D. c..
Congress of Parent.Teacher Associa-
tions this Winter, Mrs. Bannerman ad-
vises in the letters that her legislation
committee will be glad to furnish
speakers on the bill to organizations
desiring information"
Tn October, 1926" the letter "Opens,
"a letter inviting attention to the
Gasque elective school board bill and
to statistics relating to the advantages
Of elective school boards was widely
circulated by the District of Columbia
Congress OF Parent. Teacher Associa-
tions.
'As a result. the Gasque bill CH. r.
5S). or the principle of selecting the
Board Of Education in the District of
Columbia by popular election, was so
generally indorsed that protracted
hall
mittee of the committee on the Dis.
trict of Columbia of the House of
Representatives and on April -.
1926. the bill was reported to the
House with the recommendation that
it do pass
Since that time, Congress has been
adjourned for several months and the
minds of its members diverted from
District affairs and engrossed in a
political campaign.
1T is believed, therefore. that public
sentiment should again voice it's re.
quest for the passage of the elective
school board bill.
"Inasmuch as the coming session
OF Congress will be the short session,
every organization which indorsed
the bill last year is earnestly urged
to reindorse 1t at the November meet
ing and to send notice of such re.
Endorsement to the chairman of the
committees on the District of Column
bia of the Senate and House of
Representatives on or before the first
Of December.
Owing to information developed
through the hearings on the Gasque
bill and through the congressional in
vestigation of District affairs last
year. 1t is believed that some organi-
cations which took no action then
may wish to do so now"
Evening star., 1926-10-28
BY the Associated Prees. +.

BY the Associated Press.
BENTON, Ills, October 28.-Frank.
lin County officials today served no.
tice on the Shelton brothers gang, en-
gagged in warfare with the Birger fac
ton. that they must leave the coun-
ty at once and not return. The Shell
ton gangsters Immediately left their
roadhouse near West City and went
toward the Williamson County line.
WEST FRANKFORT. ILL.,. october
2S CP.-The smoldering fued between
the Birger and Shelton gangs of Will
hanson County flared up again early
today when a band of some 15-men
attacked "Shaw's Garden" a road
house frequented by Birger men, rid
died four dilapidated frame buildings
with machine gun fire and. finding no
one to fight back, burned them to the
ground.
The resort is two miles south Of
here and eight miles north Of Marion.
It Is generally believed t. be owned
by Charles Birger, gang leader.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis A. French, who
live in a brick cottage about 100
yards from the roadhouse group, said
the raiders came from the woods
behind the resort and departed the
same way, having no automobiles.
The resort is about six miles across
from the reported stronghold
of the Shelton brothers and their
gang. near Benton.
I'VE were awakened by the noise
of the machine guns and ran to a
window" Mrs. French related. 1.-THE
Evening star., 1926-10-28
President Taking Sightseeing Trip
Into Virginia to See Home of Monroe

1t was at the invitation Of Mr.. Moore
that the President made the trip.
Recently, during a conversation with
the Virginia Representative, who was
describing the Monroe place, which IL
situated a few miles south Of Fairfax
Court House. the Presidents interest
was aroused sufficiently to agree to
make the journey.
The presidential party included
large number Of newspaper photog-
raphers and motion picture operators
as well as the usual number of cor
respondents. The President expected
to return to the White House before
dark. The house is at present oc-
cupied by Frank c. Littleton and n
In a dne state Of preservation.
Evening star., 1926-10-28
Message Sent to Mars for 72 Gents;
British Station Is Not Sure 1t Got There

The message was accepted by the
clerk for transmission by Great Brit
aims most powerful radio station,
HI1morton. The sender was charged
the long distance ship rate. equivalent
to 36 cents a word.
The clerk informed DIR. Robinson
that he could not guarantee delivery,
but the doctor agreed to take the risk
1t is not known whether the message
reached its destination, as no reply
has been received. DR.. Robinson. who
is versed in psychical research. claims
he has previously had psychical COM
munication with the Martians.
Evening star., 1926-10-28

President Coolidge went on a sight.
seeing trip in Virginia this after
noon with the old colonial home Of
President James Monroe as his OBJ
jective. He was accompanied by
Mrs. Coolidge and Representative X.
Walton Moore, in whose district this
historic estate Is located.
This is the first trip of this kind
President Coolidge has taken in the
vicinity of the Capital. His motor
rides about the District and its
environs for merely sightseeing pur-
poses have been extremely few since
he became President and when 1t was
announced at the White House today
that the President was going on this
trip some little surprise was caused.
Evening star., 1926-10-28
.MAR|E'S RECEPTION
.GRAT|F|ES RUMAN|A
Clements Friendship Between
Nations, Press Says.
Queen in Ottawa.
Ry the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BUCHAREST, Rumania, October
2s.-The Ruma nian government deep.
ly appreciates the reception given
Queen Marie by the American people,
an Official told the Associated Press
today. 1t considers the spontaneous
expressions of esteem and cofdiaiity
rendered the sovereign not only per
sonal tributes to her but marks Of
Americas friendship and sympathy
for Rumania.
The governments attitude is re.
fiected in the press. the newspapers
printing long descriptions of the
Queens visit and hailing it as linking
the two countries in friendship.
American Press Praised.
"It must be remembered" says the
Dimineata, that throughout all the
receptions rendered her majesty in
the United States the name OF Ru.
mania has been coupled with that Of
her sovereign.
To-day every American citizen
knows something about the enchant'
ing country in the Balkans. No mat
ter what may appear in certain Sec
tions of the sensational press, the
merits of the American press at large
must be recognized. We must be
grateful for publicity which can only
benefit the future of Rumania.
The government Is sending tele-
grams to the Queen wishing her nap
Siness on her fifty.first birthday to-
morrow and all success In her visit 10
the United States. . 't
nr,rr~, pECEJvED IN OTTAWA,
Evening star., 1926-10-28
QUEEN RECEIVED IN OTTAWA
Governor General at Station to Give
Official Welcome.

OVtChtAVA NsSh~Ae 90 wv
Official Welcome.
OTTAWA, October 2s Up.-Canada
today gave its official welcome to
Queen Marie of Rumania.
The governor general, Viscount
Wnlingdon, and acting premier, j:
A. Robb, met her at the platform OF
her train from Montreal and escorted
her to the station. where parliamen-
tarians, Mayor J. p. Balharrie and his
CITY council and the staff at Govern.
ment House were waiting to receive
her.
The party left Immediately for the
Archives Building, where the royal
party inspected the historical sOuve-
Mrs of Canada's national life.
Visit Paid to Farm.
Before luncheon the royal visitors
went to the Dominion Experimental
Farm. on the outskirts of the city.
The Women's Canadian Club enter
tained her Majesty and Lady Willing
don at luncheon in local hotel. The
rest of the visitors lunched with Lord
Willingdon at Government House.
A reception was scheduled for this
afternoon in the Parliament Buildings
by Rodolphe Lemieux. speaker of the
House Of Commons. and tonight a
formal dinner at Government House
will round out the days activities.
Queen Marie. PRINCESS Ileana and
Prince Nicolas had a chance to get a
sound sleep last night far from the
maddening crowd aboard the royal
train bound from Montreal for Ottawa
after fatiguing day in the former
city.
In order that the royal party might
obtain needed rest from their exer-
tions, the engineer stopped the train
in quiet region and held it until
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Evening star., 1926-10-28
By the Associated Press.

By the AsS0c1afeo Press
LONDON, October 28.-In return
for q payment Of ~ cents the British
government has done its best to send
a message to Mars.
Gravity vas maintained by the offi-
cials of the Central Radio Office last
night, when DIR. Mansfield Robinson
handed in with business-like serious
ness a message for Mars. some 42. 2.60e..
600 miles distant, and asked the rate.
The message was prefixed with
three Ms, which DR.. Robinson said
was the call sign for Mars. 1t was
composed Of two words. "Opestinipttia
Secomba." The receiving clerk asked
what the language was and DIR. Rob
inson replied. mo knoYp language"
Evening star., 1926-10-28
Claimants Suing
II. S. for Total
OF $l,6O2,987,166

If the Government gave full
credit to the stories of those who
say 1t owes them money, the
Treasury would be fiat all the time.
Figures just compiled show that
at the end of the last fiscal year,
June 80, suits pending against the
United States in the Court of
Claims totaled $1.602 ,9S7.166. Dur
ing the year claimants collected
$6,256,579, and the Government
itself got judgments totaling ST.
609 ,091 in counter claims.
Evening star., 1926-10-28
Marie's Tour Over,
King Ferdinand Ill,
Vienna Paper Says
By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.

VIENNA, October %. - The
Wiener Tageblatt, local newspaper,
today published a communication
from Bucharest, marked Official"
saying Queen Marie is breaking
her American trip and returning
to Bucharest. 7
King Ferdinand's Hines is sup.
posed to be the reason for her re-
ported decision
Copyright. 1926. by Chicago Daily News Co. J
Evening star., 1926-10-28
Submarine Returns.
Probating Is Upheld.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,. October % (A0.
Validity Of the probating of the will
of William Nelson McClintock, be-
queathing most of his million-dollar
estate to his foster father, William d.
Shepherd, Chicago attorney. was up
held by the Illinois Supreme Court
tOday
Evening star., 1926-10-28
SUBMARINE TELLS
Or SOS MESSAGE
81 ---------- - !
Peruvian Craft Helpless Off
Delaware inspired
Radio Appeal.

The new Peruvian submarine R-2,
on her maiden voyage to Callao, lies
$50 miles east of Cape Henlopen, Del,
with her main bearings burned out
and her sister ship. the RI. has re-
turned to the New London, Conn.,, sub
marine base to secure assistance.
News Of the breakdown Of the R-2,
sent to the Navy Department today by
the New London commandant, helped
to clear up a mystery which resulted
from receipt of an sos signal last
night indicating that the RI was in
distress.
Apparently a message saying the
RI was in trouble was sent out by
the steamship Veedijk. Radio broad.
and half to leave the air free for
further messages about the sub
marine, but the next one that came
in was from the RI herself, saying
she needed no assistance and had sent
no distress signal. She had, how
ever, asked Amagansett station for
radio compass bearings.
The message received today from
New London did not indicate that the
R.2, with her crew of 81 Peruvians,
was in any immediate danger.
ANo ACACA SHIPS dI0 dVdlIdOlc at New
London. but two Coast Guard cutters,
aroused by last nights sos, already
are near the vicinity of the helpless
submarine. Her position is given as
latitude 1924, longitude 71.42.
Submarine Returns.
NEW LONDON, Conn.,, October 28
R.-The Peruvian submarine RI,
which left here October 21 with its
sister craft, the R.2, on the $500.
mile cruise to the naval base in Cal.
lao Harbor, was back alongside the
Groton Dock of the Electric Boat Co.
at $3.50 this morning.
According to officials of the com.
pany, the RI was sent back by the
fiotilla commander, Enrique Monge,
when the R-2 developed burned-out
main bearings $50 miles east of Cape
Henlopen, Del.
Evening star., 1926-10-28

Hill has been particularly strong
with the wet Democrats in his dis.
trict These would vote for Tydings
in any event, and 1t A a question how
many wet Republicans Hill could
throw to Tydings n he tried. The
Democrats say thar they will get
strong support from the disgruntled
Hill faction. but The Republicans
question this. william p. jackson,
Republican national committeeman,
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-22

Cathedral at Anderson Catholic.
Broad Ripple at Lizton.
Arcadia at Southport
Anderson at Vincennes.
Aurora at St Xavier.
Attica at Veedersburg.
Button at Auburn.
Bippus at North Manchester.
Bose at Reitz (Evansviile).
Brownstown at Seymour.
Ben Davis at Lapel.
Cicero at Sheridan.
Cutler at Scircleville.
Crottsrsville at Freetown.
Centrsl lEt. Wayne) at Rochester.
Central tEvansville) at bloomington.
Darlington at Advance.
Deputy at Austin.
Deckers at Monroe City.
Eaton at Warren.
Ellkhart at Milford.
East Chicago at Froebel (Gary),
Paramount at Marion.
Falkland at Hope.
Flora az Scircleville.
French Lick at Orleans.
Garrett at South Side (Ft. Wayne).
Gosport at Morgantown.
Green castle at cambridge.
jamestown at Danville.
Jackson at Waldron.
Kokonno at Upton.
Kendallville at Angola.
Kirkland at Berne.
Knightstown at Haxcrstown.
Lebanon at Peru.
Logansport at Charlottesville.
Ladoga at Waveland.
Lawrence at Fisners.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-22
BY Joe Williams

U1ILLIE RITCHIE won the
WI lightweight championship
0 of the world by defeating
Ad Wolgast in sixteen rounds Nov.
2S, 1912, at DAILY City, just beyond
the municipal confines of San
Francisco.
1t is written in the books of
pugilistic history that Ritchie
was awarded the championship on
a foul by Referee Griffin. Theo-
retically this is true, but actually
Wolgast was as thoroughly "out"
as was any battler who ever re-
linguished his honors via the
knockout formula
The outcome Of the struggle
was a surprise. Richie was a
little known fighter at the time.
Indeed, when the story of his
triumph came singing over the
wires from the West his name did
not even appear in the record
books.
For this reason skeptics in the
East were inclined to discredit the
San Francisco youths victory and
the fact that he was awarded the
title on foul did not help his
case any. The eastern attitude
was that 1t was lone Of those ma,
tive son things"
All Of which was, of course, un
fair to Richie, VINO was as fine a