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Evening star., 1926-03-24
ANCIENT STYLE SHOW
PLANS COMPLETED
Entertainment Tomorrow for Bene-
fit Of Day Nurseries Sched-
uled at Hall of Nations.

Plans have been completed for the
presentation of "A Style Show of 1000
Years Ago" and dramatic sketch,
"a Day With the Water Carrier" to
be given in the hall of nations of
the Washington Hotel at 2 o'clock to-
morrow afternoon, as benefit for the
Myra Mccoy and the Holy Family
day nurseries.
The program is under the auspices
of a committee of women interested
In the two institutions composed of
Mrs. Edmund J. Brennan, chairman:
Miss Wymond Bradbury, Mrs. Min
nigerode Andrews, Mrs. William L..
Dunlop and Mrs. Nannette B. Paul,
who is directing the performance.
Those taking part are Miss Mabel
Owen Wilcox, Miss William E. Byrant.
Miss Ada Townsend of the Shakes
peare Club. Mrs. Charles j. Morris of
the Readers Club, Miss Alise Heaven.
Rev Henry Durant, Paul Stark.
weather, Colin F. Cameron, Miss Mar
garet Louise OBrien, Miss Bea Hay.
den and Miss Elizabeth Hamilton.
'The increase in the number Of
children to be cared for by the nurse
ries and the increase in overhead ex-
penses brings a problem to those
responsible for their operation which
necessitates aid from outside" Mrs.
Brennan said today. Donations, she
said, are being received by Charles
Doing, treasurer of the fund, from
those who cannot attend the matinee.
Ushers will be Mrs. Daniel L. Bor-
den, chairman; Miss May Taylor. Miss
Ellen Crenshaw. Miss Anne Butler,
Mrs. Edward Morris and Mrs. David
Gaillard.
Evening star., 1926-03-24
KILLINGS IN MEXICO.
BRING j. s. ACTION.
Embassy Asks Punishment of
SIayers of 2 and AssiaI-
ants of 4 Others.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, March 24.-The kill.
ing of two Americans and attacks
upon four others along the west coast
of Mexico has eliminated in the Amer
lean embassy requesting the Mexican
government to run down and punish
the persons guilty of the crimes.
Joe Hall. employed by the Mexican
National Railways. was stoned to
death near Ixtlan Monday. Rex Nc
Ilpone was murdered by bandits near
the same place March IA, and +. II.
Heidenkamp, who was with him. was
seriously wounded. The ranch of J.
M. Feeley, at Acamparo, in the state
Of Guanajuato, was raided Sunday
night by 25 armed men.
According to the latest reports re-
ceived here the mayor of the town of
Amatlan has notified the governor of
the state Of Nayarit that Hall was
carried off by bandits. who later de-
manded 5000 pesos as ransom. He
WAS taken from his mining property.
Another dispatch says that Gen. Ma
tias Ramos, military cOmmandant in
Nayarit, went to Ixtlan personally to
investigate Halls death. The general
Is said to have notified President Cal
les that Hall left the town of Tetitian
on a railroad velocipede, and later was
found dead at Ixtlan, apparently from
two wounds on the head made by
stones.
Evening star., 1926-03-24
NEWD.A. HALL
TO Be BEGUN SOON
Present Contributions Make
Start Possible Year Earlier
Than Planned.

So popular has been the project or
the Daughters of the American Kew
olution to erect q new auditorium
here that voluntary contributions
have reached proportions which per-
nit construction of the hall to BE-
gin almost year earlier than had
been planned. and ground for the
structure will be broken soon after
the next Continental Congress or the
society meets, on April ~.
Two novel plans of financing nave
been worked out, both Of which have
had q tremendous appeal to the pa
triotic men and women Of the coun-
try. The first Of these Is the sale
of boxes and chairs in the new audi
torium, those buying them being en-
titled in turn to name them for some
person dear to them, either living
or dead, or of Revolutionary fame.
From every section Of the country ap-
peals have come for permission to
name one or more of the chairs and
boxes.
The second plan holds less senti-
mental appeal, but will bring In the
bulk Of the capital needed. 1t con-
sists of a direct sale of 6 per cent
bonds, the bonds secured by the So
ciety's famous Memorial Continental
Hall. The new auditorium, to be
known as Constitution Hall, will oc-
cupy site directly behind Memorial
Continental Hall.
When plans were begun at the last
Continental Congress for the erection
Of the new auditorium 1t was believed
that construction could not begin be-
fore the Spring Of 1927. Enough
money has been realized through the
sale of chairs and boxes and bonds.
however, for ground to be broken
Immediately, and those in charge
have determined to lose no time in
pushing the project through to COM
pletion Immediately.
Evening star., 1926-03-24

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the chief duties Of that office before
prohibition were to walk members up
and down and get the drunks to their
homes, while now it was directing
strangers.
THAT is the effect of prohibition
that l have seen in Congress my
self said DR.. Wilson,"
Calls Roll of Members.
Mr.. O'Connor demanded proof and
called by names as witnesses the
distinguished Speaker, the grand old
young man Of the House. Mr.. Cooper
of Wisconsin,; Mr.. Butler OF Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. Pou OF North Carolina, Mr..
Haugen Of Iowa, Mr.. Garner of Texas,
Mr.. Bell Of Georgia, Mr.. Garrett of
Tennessee, Mr.. Madden Of Illinois
and Mr.. Burton of Ohio. to stand up
and testify whether this cleric cor
rectly reports conditions existing in
those days before the coming Of the
eighteenth amendment"
In tribute to Congress. Mr.. O'Con-
nor said. 'it would be a horrible dis
illusionment to me and many young
men here If such a charge were true.
When boys, long before we ever
dreamed that we would be so highly
honored as to be permitted to be a
member of the Congress of the United
States, we revered and honored the
distinguished men who held that
high Office. We respected them for
their conduct and their characters
and their sobriety.
I'VE longed to emulate them. And
today we love to look upon their
memories with the same veneration.
with the same confident belief in their
high ideals. Are we laboring under a
delusion? Were they drunkards
whom the sergeant-at-arm led to
their homes? Has this great office
which we now hold been so dishonored
i'll the past? Answer my four boys
and the boys Of the other members
here-those boys who now look up
ward at the Office held by their fathers
and firmly believe with all the faith
Of American youth hat that high
place has never been sullied.
DO you and ! now sit in the places
vacated only seven years ago by
drunken derelicts?'
Must Meet Issue.
After having pronounced DIR. Will.
sons statement a lie" Mr.. O'ConnoY
continued: Such is the spirit that
pervades this great question with
which we are confronted today. On
both sides we have deliberate and ma
licious exaggeration and falsehood
No great problem was ever solved by
such device. Slander and libel ot
both the living and dead men never
argued for a great cause, and let us
not discount the Importance and
magnitude of this problem of com
plete prohibition. The question is
with us. 1t is paramount-Olympi
1t is a fact and not a theory. and
whether we be willing or not, we
must meet 1t.
Mr.. O'Connor declared the prohibi-
ton question "is the greatest question
which has confronted our Nation.
Bigger than slavery? ] answer. Yes.
That great question touched only a
comparatively small portion of our
people intimately, while the all-con
suming topic of the hour sits at the
table of every home in our land.
THE great question of 20 years ago
developed great men. This is a time
for big men, for serious-minded men
to step forward and grapple with this
problem. 1t has been buffooned, bur.
lesqued. hippodromed long enough. 1t
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tance to all Of them. think we must
have proper Standardization Of traffic
laws, proper administration OF auto
mobile regulation. But we just as
surely must have the education OF the
public, and we must arouse the whole
Nation to a spirit of responsibility and
a genuine instinct for the rights of
others, whether these others be In au'
tomobiles or on foot"
Designation Of May i. already OBJ
served nationally as Child Health day.
as No Accident day for children
throughout the United States was
urged before the conference today by
Mrs. Aida de Acosta Root OF the
American Child Health Association.
New York to Lead.
New York City. according to Mrs.
Root, will lead the country in the
project. The New York commits
sioner of police. George ". McLaugh-
lin. has pledged himself, she said, to
appeal personally to every policema n
on his force to make May day safe for
children.
DR.. Louis I. Harris, commissioner
of health, who Is leading the Child
Health day demonstration in New
York City, has called upon the de.
partment Of education to warn par.
ents and their children about traffic
dangers.
Last year in America traffic killed
1000 children, a number equal to 20
per cent of the entire number of men
killed in battle in the United States
Army in the World War" Mrs. Root
pointed out.
"Is it any wonder that we of the
American Child Health Association
feel the fuhlity Of saving thousands
of children from disease only to have
their lives ground out beneath the
wheels Of nlotors?"
DIR. Henry n. Bundensen, Chicago
Of health, will ask Boy
Scouts. Camp Fire Girls and other or
ganizations of young people to aid
the Police Department of that city in
accident prevention on May l. Every
large city in the country will be or
ganized on similar lines, and at mid
night on May day a telegraphic roll
call of cities will be held by the Amer.
lean Child Health Association, of
which Secretary of Commerce Hoover
is president, to determine which city
has been safest for children during
the day.
Evening star., 1926-03-24

has been debated chiefly by clowns and
testers. 1t has been woven into a
garment Of States rights. of morals
of health, Of happiness, of crime and
ruin. No such questions are involved
The sole question involved leads to
the foundations of our Government
Can this thing be in America? Does
it violate the traditions of our coun.
try?
Concentration of efforts to modify
the prohibition law is contemplated
by vets In both House and Senate,
and a meeting Of the wet group has
been called for tonight to discuss
plans.
The proposed arrangement for
joint action will include measures
for presenting the cause of the vets
at the forthcoming Senate hearings.
Representative Celler, Democrat,
New York, in statement today as
sailed Wayne B. Wheeler Of the Anti
Saloon League for his utteranceG
against United States District At
torney Buckner of New York. who
has advocated referendum on pro
hibition in that State.
'Buckner has honestly given his
opinion" Mr.. Celler said, 'of the
breakdown Of prohibition enforce
ment and has made prohibition look
ridiculous. Wheeler prohibits any
ridicule of prohibition and Is drunk
with his power over a lot Of maudlin
women and mawkish prohibitionists. -
Asserting that the IL days to be
allotted to hearings on modification
of the prohibition law by a Senate
subcommittee would not do more
than scratch the surface, Senator
Edwards Of New Jersey yesterday
proposed "a full. complete and com
prehensive" investigation into en-
forcement of the dry law.
The dry law also came in for an
other attack when Senator Bruce o1
Maryland made a brief speech on the
floor Of the Senate. in which he re-
iterated the assertion that arrests fol
drunkenness have increased.
Evening star., 1926-03-24
School Children Thrilled as "Smoky''
Stages Fire Scenes to Show Hazards

kerosene and gasoline. He then tells
them of the two kinds Of matches,
the dangerous kind and the safe kind.
Setting before the children a huge
clock, Smoky" impresses upon the
children that there Is fire in the
United States every minute of the day
and that out Of 10 fires are
due to carelessness. He also shows
them how faulty chimneys cause fires
and how they must urge their mothers
not to let an oily mop stay in a closet,
as 1t might cause spontaneous COM
bustion.
In conclusion Smoky" takes care to
explain to the school children how to
turn In an alarm and how to conduct
themselves in case of fire. He made it
plain they must not get excited and
just telephone there is a fire, but be
possessed. and calmly give the loca-
ton Of the fire. Throughout his in
structions he interspersed a number
Of antics to relieve his talk from the
realm Of q lecture.
Evening star., 1926-03-24

Through cooperation Of school off,
cials the District Fire Department
and the United States Chamber Of
Commerce hundreds of Washington
school children gathered today at the
Thomson. Park View and Janney
Schools to obtain education in fire
prevention through witnessing a
hilarious sketch presented by Smoky,
the Fire Clown"
Smoky" who in private life is
Harry K. Rogers, is here to attend a
session Of the National Fire Waste
Council Of the United States Chamber
of Commerce. Tomorrow he will en-
tertain children in the first six grades
at the Cooke, Powell, Mott and Cleve-
land Schools.
Racing on the stage Of the school
auditorium with miniature fire en-
gine. Smoky" captivates the young
ones from the start. He then pro-
ceeds to demonstrate the hazard of
playing with matches, of lighting
punches Of leaves and tampering with
Evening star., 1926-03-24
STATELY ELMS TO LINE
BOULEVARD TO CAPITAL
Cooperation Between Maryland
and District Authorities
Sought for Beautification.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RIVERDALE. Nd, March "a
Stately American elms are to be plant
ed on both sides of the Washington
Baltimore boulevard from Washington
to Baltimore.
Mrs. Eva Chase of Riverdale, chair
man of the conservation committee Of
the District of Columbia Federation Of
Women's Clubs, seeks, with the CO.
operation of the District Commission
ers, to have such Identification as
sured for that part of the boulevard
within the District, and favorable ac-
ton from the Maryland authorities
for the planting of trees from the Dis
trict line to Baltimore Is expected.
Mrs. Chase has just received letter
from Mrs. Louise M. McPhail, chair
man of conservation for the Maryland
Federation of Women's Clubs. saying
Mrs. McPhail has taken UP the matter
with the executive board of the State
Federation, and that it has decided to
identify itself with the movement as
soon as the question of widening the
boulevard Is settled. Mrs. McPhail
says that the plan has aroused mark
ed interest. Cooperation of State For
ester Besley will be asked.
1t is believed that about 25 years
would be required for the trees to
reach maturity.
Evening star., 1926-03-24

conduct unbecoming a young citizen
In order to help the plan get head
way. Maj. Grant has authorized the
use of funds of the joint welfare serv
i've to provide facilities for the young
players, such as preparing the ground
marking off the space for the various
games, providing backstops for base
ball diamonds and the like. Until
the clubs themselves get we'll started
it is possible also that some of the
fund may be used for the hiring of
available lots at a nominal rental. 1t
is the hope, Of course, that some pub.
iic-spirited citizen will assist in this
movement to organize the young
players and allow the use of lots for
xhe purpose.
Idea Born of Complaints.
The idea was born of a number Of
complaints received in the parks Office
from people who said that young boys
about this age were cutting up some
of the Federal reservations in the
city by playing their rough games on
them. Investigation showed that these
youngsters had for the most part been
barred from the regular Fairgrounds
because their rough and noisy sports
endangered the smaller children. In
fact, there are requests on file in the
office from teachers in public schools
Near some Of the Federal reservations
asking that permission be granted for
boys Of this age to use the reserva-
tions.
The public parks office has no
space in the city which can be turn
I'd over for this purpose without de-
stroying valuable parking areas and
therefore evolved the plan of organ
izing the boys clubs. Both Maj.
Grant and Capt. Parsons are quite
enthusiastic over the idea and are
willing to give every possible aid at
their command in order to give the
movement a good start. Capt Par
SONS said he realized that boys Of
this age have a lot of energy which
they must get rid of and there is no
place for them. If their play is not
controlled in some manner, they grad
ual1y go up into the alleys and by.
places. constantly lodging the police,
with the result that their future cit
Szenship is to some extent dulled.
Under the system which has been
planned. he pointed out, the boys will
not be supervised to any extent, but
would have home rule" in their re.
Spective territories. He believed this
would result in making them better
citizens. and at the same time would
not keep them constantly lodging the
police for infractions Of various ordi.
nances.
The plan will be put into effect just
as soon as the first lot can be obtained
and the first club organized. Capt.
Parson says he is ready to assist in
getting the movement started, and
with the cooperation of the District
Fairgrounds department expects 1t
will provide long.felt need for the
young boys of this age in the Capital
City.
Evening star., 1926-03-24
NEW AIR MAIL SERVICE.
Los Angeles-Salt Lake City Route
to Be Inaugurated April II.

los ANGELES. March "a R-
Air mail service between Los Angeles
and Salt Lake City will start April
II. officials of the Western Air Ex-
press, Inc, which was awarded the
contract, announced yesterday. The
service will put Los Angeles on 80
hour mail basis with the East Coast.
Evening star., 1926-03-24
Selected as Arctic Surgeon.

Lieut. Comdr. Richard e. Byrd,
Y. S. N retired, has selected DR..
Daniel O'Brien of John Hopkins Uni.
versity to be medical officer on the
Forthcoming aeral Arctic expedition
Or. O'Brien is a surgeon as well as
q physician and has had previous
experience in far Northern latitudes.
Evening star., 1926-03-24
DEATH DECLARED ACCIDENT.
Hall Killed by Fall OF Rocks, Mother
Says

ALBUQUERQUE N. Mex. March
"a R.-Mrs. Bertha NJ. Hall, mother
of Joe Hall. reported In dispatches as
having been stoned to death by Mexi.
cans at Tuxpam, said last night she
had been advised by an official Of the
Southern Pacific of Mexico Railway y
that her son was killed accidentally
by d fall Of rock in a railroad tunnel.
She said she was advised that the
accident occurred near Tepic. Maya
rit, Mexico.
Evening star., 1926-03-24
Three Killed in Crash.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, March "a up
Two white men and one negro were
killed and six other persons were in
jured yesterday, when a work train
struck an automobile at q grade cross
ing near Docena The white dead are
Frank Oliver and r. B. Harrison.
Evening star., 1926-03-24
Howard Captain Changed.

Capt. Perry l.. Baldwin. Infantry
has been relieved from duty as mill
tary instructor at Howard University,
this city. and assigned to the 65th
Infantry, at San Juan, P. r.. effective
the latter part Of June.
Evening star., 1926-03-24
Major Gets Reserve Work.

Maj. Richard c. Moore. Corps OF En-
gineers, Of the Personnel Division, of.
f1ce Of chief of engineers. has been
given additional duty with the Or
ganized Reserves, being assigned to
the 719th Engineers, this city.
Evening star., 1926-03-24
S|EGAL ABANDONS
|. STAFFORD APPEAL
Attorney Admits Court Was
I Right in Dismissing Jury
in Criminal Case.

Attorney Abner Siegal today aban
tloned his appeal to the District Court
of Appeals to test the propriety OF
the action of Justice Wendell Phillips
Stafford in dismissing panel OF
jurors last month after they had &C.
quilted a woman against whom the
evidence for the prosecution was very
strong.
Siegal declined to submit the case of
his client, Mamie Campbell, colored
charged with a violation of the
Harrison antinarcotic act to the re.
manning members of the panel on the
claim that they were intimidated by
the action of the court in dismissing
their fellow jurors Justice Stafford
refused to excuse the remaining mem.
hers of the panel and when the woman
was convicted and sentenced to serve
five years in the penitentiary, Siegal
roted an appeal.
Admits Courts Right.
Justice Stafford, in overruling a mo-
tlon for a new trial. set forth his rea-
sons for the dismissal of the panel, and
after consideration OF the authority
cited, Siegal became convinced that
the court acted within his discretion
and publicly admitted it today when
withdrawing his appeal. This action
by Siegal was followed by the dis
anissal of six other counts in the in
allotment by the United States attor
ney.
Siegal had made similar objection
80 some of the panel from Justice
Stafford's court serving in Justice
Bailey's court In the case of Malinda
Williams, also colored, charged with
Violating the narcotic law. The law
Yer withdrew his appeal in that case
also and Justice Bailey reduced the
sentence of 10 years Imprisonment to
years and fine of $4,000.
Would Have Set Aside Verdict.
Justice Stafford, in explanation of
his action, said the evidence was so
convincing that if it had been a
civil case he would have felt con-
strained to set aside the verdict
which had been announced in loud
and boisterous manner"
This court" said Justice Stafford,
feels as keenly as any court can the
Importance of free and untrammeled
action and deliberation on the part
of the jury. but it feels also that it
is bound to take notice of manifest
and glaring failure on the part of the
Jury to consider evidence and to take
notice of unmistakable signs of pas
sion and prejudice"
Evening star., 1926-03-24
Col. Pope to Enter HoApital.

Lieut.. Col Francis A. Pope, Corps
of Engineers, at Norfolk, Va, has
been ordered to this city for treat
ment at Walter Reed General
Hospital.
Evening star., 1926-03-24
OFFICIALS PROPOSE
PLAYING FACILITIES
FOR OLDER YOUTHS

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Evening star., 1926-03-24
IA CHANGES URGED
IN MODEL TRAFFIC
CODE AT SESSIONS

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Evening star., 1926-03-24
DR.. WILSON CALLED
"lIAR" IN HOUSE

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RABBIT s COSTS HAND
Frankfort Hunter Shot While Prob
ing With Gun.

BU UhI'ed Press
FRANKFORT, Ind, Jan. 11.--A
hunting accident cost Vern Harlan,
81 his right hand.
Harlan poked in a brush pile with
the butt of his gun to diclodge a
rabbit and the gun was discharged.
His arm was torn off just below the
alhnw