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The Washington times., 1926-08-11
DENIES HOUSING
PLAN HERE

Formal denial Of any connection
with the proposal to construct
apartments for Government en-
ployes, to be rented or sold at cost
to occupants, was made today by
the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company, Of New York. sponsor of
similar construction in New York,
in telegram to The Washington
Times.
The telegram, however, declared
that a local firm of consulting en-.
gineers recently asked for informa-
ton relative to the Metropolitan's
apartment house operation In New
York, and was furnished with
pamphlets outlining the scheme.
Whether this firm was acting on
its own initiative, or at the request
of client, could not be learned
today. Both Of the members OF the
firm were out of the city.
Identity UndiscIOsed
While the identity of the sponsor
Of the local proposal still remains
q secret from the public. the con-
troversy between local real estate
men and Secretary Of Commerce
Herbert Hoover, who announced
the plan, still RACES.
Its plain business proposition,
without q bit OF philanthropy be.
hind it." Rufus s. Lus,, secretary
OF the Operative BuilG~ls rs Associa-
ton, declared today, outlining the
consensus of opinion Of washing
tons contractors as expressed at a
meeting Of the association last
night.
The Operative Builders. z however,
will make no formal protest to Sec
retary hoover. according stb present
plans. at least. Mr.. Eusk stated.
No Counter Proposal
From the position taken BY the
contractors at their meeting last
night. 1t was indicated that, for the
present at least, none Of them
would accept Mr.. Hoover's challenge
to submit a proposal to him for
rental or sale at cost OF small
apartments.
Mr.. Hoover offered to turn over
to anyone the same information he
Is collecting for the unnamed spon-
sor of the project, II another pro-
posal equally advantageous to gov
ernment workers should be made
TO him.
The Washington times., 1926-08-11
GIRL SHOT IN CHASE
IN SERIOUS CONDITION

WASHINGTON Pa. Aug. 12.-
Florence Plummer. l6. II In q hos
pltal here with ! bullet wound Ia
her chest ALLEGED to have been In
flictsd BY an officer from Carnegie.
whose identity Is not known.
When Thomas Stevens. Of Pitts
burgh. with whom the Plummer girl
was riding. failed TO heed COM
fnand to stop while speeding through
Carnegie, officers from that town
gave chase. When near Canons-
burg one officer opened fire shoot
ing three times. One bullet struck
the girl In the chest.
The Washington times., 1926-08-11
LARGE TOBACCO
CROP LIKELY
By international News Services

SUMTER. s. c.. Aug. 11.-vic
tins Of unfavorable weather condi-
tions during the growing season for
five years. a rising current of op-
timism prevailed among the planters
throughout the lowlands OF South
Carolina today as the tobacco
season began to get under way.
with indications pointing to the
largest tobacco crop in years over
the Pee Dee. and higher prices pre-
vailing than in several years. this
section was turned over night irtc
q swarming bee hive OF industry.
Nearly a half million pounds were
sold on the South Carolira a-.d
border marts of North c'-ol'na,
which was considered unusually
high for an opening day.
Prices were reported to be gen.
orally high. the best grade of
tobacco bringing around fifty cents
Growers estimated that prices were
a third higher than they were last
season.
The Washington times., 1926-08-11
Hurt IN Yacht BLAST

NYACK, N. Y, Aug. 11.--Gomer
3. Morgan Of the Nyack Fire De-
partment WAS in . dying condition
today and Byron w. Church. an
engineer, and Joseph Meo. 12, were
recovering from injuries received
when the S5 foot yacht Lavina blew
up and sank here while its tanks
were being filled with gasoline.
The Washington times., 1926-08-11
HIT.
j. s. SCHOOLS

Americas educational system.
outside of denominational schools.
where the principles Of Christian
ity are still being taught, Is re-
sponsible for the decline In morals
and the breakdown in civilization.
speakers told the Seventh Day Ad-
yentist Potomac Conference In
Takoma Park yesterday.
The audience was urged to send
their own boys and girls to the
church schools and plead with their
neighbors and friends to let their
children attend, in order TO assist
the government in arresting crime
The Washington times., 1926-08-11

Daggett d Rannsdell'ss cold
cream. Regularly 6Oc. 91n
Special i box at.
The Washington times., 1926-08-11

Pocket Combs with handles,
assorted colors In brocaded
silk cases. Regular 9EC
soc. Now.
The Washington times., 1926-08-11

English Tub Soap. the
well-known Hansen & jenkins
kind. Regularly 29c OfN
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The Washington times., 1926-08-11
Spain Hold chechacuen

MADRID, Aug. 11.-Spanisn
troops were today consolidating
their position in Chechacuen, which
they occupied yesterday. Chechacuen
was the last OF the dissident posts
in Morocco, and its occupation
brings conditions in Morocco nearer
to actual peace.
The Washington times., 1926-08-11

Cuticura Soap, q splendid
toilet soap. Specially priced
in this sale-3 cakes 50p
The Washington times., 1926-08-11

--Noxzema Cream, q regular
SOC size, in this sale Q00
for only ............
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and lessening the number or In
mates In penal institutions.
The speakers included Prof. y.
2. Neff. Prof. G. w. Irwin, Prof.
Il. A. Morrison. Prof. j. j. Mair.
Rev. T, "A. Robbins and Mrs. Della
M. Sorensen.
The Washington times., 1926-08-11
Faar Ealt for Schooner

ROME, Aug. 11.-Anxiety was ex-
pressed today regarding the fate OF
3the Schooner Link, built for the
Easterns Yacht Club. Of Boston,
which with a crew OF nine sailed
from Lussin-Piccolo for Boston early
in July. She was last heard from
on July 80.
The Washington times., 1926-08-11

Flu hENNED1
PANTALETTES. which were
worn ''befo' de wah." are COM
ing back in style, via New York.
Miss Flo Kennedy of Flo ZiegfeId's
American Revue. caused no end
Of comment when she walked
down Broadway. displaying the
innovation.
Evening star., 1926-06-13
LESLIE c. GARNETT
HURT IN CAR CRASH
Former Assistant Attorney
General, Wife and Another
Woman Injured.

Leslie G. Garnett, so years old,
Assistant United States Attorney
General during the Wilson administra-
ton, his wife and Mrs. Ora Gwathmey
of Ruark. Middlesex County, Va,
We're injured yesterday afternoon
when the automobile of Mr.. Garnett
was overturned in a collision between
Eilicott City and Olney, Md.
They We're taken to Emergency
Hospital in an ambulance summoned
from Ellicott City. The extent of
Mr.. Garnett's injuries, about the head
and shoulders, was not definitely de-
termined. Mrs. Garnett and Mrs
Gwathmey We're severely cut and
shocked, but their injuries are deemed
not serious. Mrs. Gwathmey also
sustained a fracture of the collarbone.
The collision resulted when an
automobile, operated by a woman
whose name was not ascertained,
drove out of side road into the
Garnett machine, striking it's rear
wheel and causing it TO turn over.
Mr.. Garnett. who was formerly
commonwealth attorney for Mat
thews County. Va, and also former
Assistant Attorney General of Nir-
ginia under Gov. Stuart. is engaged
here in law practice. He is a mem
ber of the local bar association, of
the local bar, and OF the bar of the
United States Supreme Court. He
also holds membership III the Racquet
Club and in the Washington Golf and
Country Club.
Evening star., 1926-06-13

dangers of such halfway measures as
the company union. The worker has
learned by bitter experience that when
he Is organized by crafts II Is olili
cult to secure and maintain uniform
front. All the crafts in the same snop
may not respond to a strike.
Would Organize Negroes.
eve believe in one union in each IN
dustry or employment without distlnc-
ton as to race, nationality, religion or
sex, the unskilled as well as the aris-
tocracy of labor. We believe that tne
negro Of the United States should pe
organized, in no circumstances In sep
arate unions, but in unions with Other
workers, as he would be If American
unions were according to industry.
Now he often either is used as a
strikebreaker, as the neX immigrant
formerly was, or forms ~ own union,
both the fault Of the eXiSting so call
ed white unions.
1.-THE Profsoyus does not and Will
not send organizers to the United
states. We do not believe In send
ing organizers to foreign countries.
The Profintern. an international or
ganization, may. Our literature can
be read. Those who believe In our
theories can talk. The workers or
other countries can think for them
selves and they, or their organlza-
tions, can decide whether our theories
are practical and for their interests.
That is enough
Copyright. 1926. by Chicago Daily News to''
Evening star., 1926-06-13
GETS 3-YEAR TERM.
William Collins Knocked Another
Man Unconscious With Brick.

William Collins. colored, was sem
fenced Friday afternoon by JUS
tice Bailey in Criminal Division l to
serve three years in the penitentiary.
Collins struck Castor White April
II last with a brick, knocking him
unconscious, at Fifth street and New
York avenue. and took from him an
envelope containing $14.
Ernest Smith, colored, who ad-
mitted an attempt to commit an
assault on a young colored girl, was
sent TO Occoquan for three months.
Probation under a suspended SEN
tence of three years was extended
to William Johnson and Frank Cor
don, both colored. The men stole
q spool of 500 pounds of copper wire
from the Potomac Electric Power Co.
February 81 last.
Probation was also granted to
George Brown, who was TO serve two
years for assault.
Evening star., 1926-06-13
Traffic Arrests in May 6l Over April;
Murders. Suicides and Assaults Cain

miscellaneous, 6l6. in April. 1913,
The report shows also that the po.
lice seized 1906 gallons OF prohibited
liquors in addition to 1925 gallons or
mash and 16 stills. This included
1892 quarts of brandy, 1888 quarts
of whisky and 3l3 quarts of cider.
Deaths from traffic accidents during
May totaled 4, decrease of 2
under the previous month. The mum
Der of serious injuries dropped from ,
to s, while the total of minor injuries
increased from 234 to 278.
There were 3 murders in May.
as compared with l in April and 43
assaults with "a dangerous weapon, %
more than in April. The total number
of suicides also jumped from 6 TO Z.
Evening star., 1926-06-13
FRENCH TAXES CUT
INVESTMENT DIVIDENDS
losses of as High as 100 Per Cent
Reported as Result Of
Enormous Levies.

Blythe Associated Press.
PARIS, June 12.-The Frenchman
grinds his teeth when he is told that
under-taxation is responsible for his
country's financial difficulties. He
points out in refutation of the charge
that:
A 20-franc dividend on Northern
Railroad stock, after payment of taxes,
left 9.O2 francs to the holder: that a 10
franc coupon on the Union Parisienne
Bank shrank to 3.95; that a 25-franc
coupon on the Chargeurs Reunis Ship
ping Co left It's owner only 5.66 francs,
and that a 81 169-franc founders share
coupon in an Indo-China real estate
company, lost over so per cent before
the investor received what was left
for him, 11.36 francs.
Finally, he points out that rail
road supply company has just issued
@. notice that its dividend for 1925 was
se.se francs per share, but as the
taxes on it exceed the gross amount,
the coupon need not be detached and
presented at the banks where the
dividends are usually paid
Evening star., 1926-06-13
DRAMATIC CLUB SCORES
Three Popular Plays Given for Ben
eft Of Union Church.

Suppressed Desires" sNeighbors'
and Good Medicine" a. series of one
act plays. were offered by the Mount
Vernon Dramatic Club Friday night
for the benefit of the Union Metho-
dist Church.
OF these plays Good Medicine" in
which Frank Reyman played the lead
ing part, was judged the most sue
cessful. The play deals with the
growing appetite and decreasing prac-
tice of a young physician who, in or.
der to eat, tries to take a job in a
grocery store. Luck brings him an
eccentric patient in time and she Sc
cures him a position in a hospital.
These plays have neen presented
three times and Friday nights per-
sormance was by request-a tribute to
The casts and to their director, Miss
Maitland Thompson.
Evening star., 1926-06-13
a. u. S. TAX OFFICES
CLOSE DOORS JUNE 80
Repeal of Many Wartime Levles
Makes Shutdown Necessary
in Eight States.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Assoca lated Press.
Forty-four branch offices OF the
Internal Revenue Bureau III eight
States will be abandoned on June 80
because repeal of many wartime
taxes has ightened the work OF
collections.
The order affects offices in Indiana,
Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri,
Montana, North Carolina and
Virginia.
Since April ID other branch offices
have been discontinued.
Where possible those employed In
the branch offices will be transferred,
but there will be a considerable re-
duction in personnel.
The branch offices to be abolished
June 80 include those at Portland
and Bangor, Me; Evansville, Fort
Wayne. Gary. Lafayette, Muncie
South Bend, Terre Haute and New
Albany, Ind; Aurora; Joliet, Peoria,
Rockford, Rock Island. Bloomington,
| Cairo, Centralia, Danville, Decatur
| East st. Louis, Quincy, Canton and
Jacksonville. H.; Ashland, LexinG-
ton and Paducah. Ky: Cape Girard
eau. Hannibal. Joplin, Springfield and
St Joseph. Mo; and Butte and Bill
ings Mont.
Four branch offices in the city OF
Chicago also will go out of business.
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Night air passenger service Is be
ing established between Berlin and
koenigsberg GERMANY.
Evening star., 1926-06-13
OFFICERS WILL SAIL
FOR FRANCE TUESDAY
Admiral G1eaves and Gen. Rocken-
bach to Attend dwelling of
War Memorial

Rear Admiral Albert S. Gieaves,
representing the Navy Department
and Brig. Gen. S. u. Rockenbach, rep
resenting the War Department, will
sail for France next Tuesday to par.
ticipate in the ceremonies for the un
yelling June 26 of the St. Nazaire
Memorial to commemorate the land
ing of the first American troops in
France during the World war.
The memorial, of which Mrs. Ger
trude V. Whitney is sculptor. will be
presented to France on behalf of the
American people by Ambassador
Myron Il. HerrIck. The memorial
stands I'm the harbor of st. Nazaire
on 40-foot base and depicts an
American soldier with a crusaders
sword in hand, borne on the back OF
great eagle. 1t was erected at a cost
of approximately S100,0
Evening star., 1926-06-13
DIVORCE EXPERT LOSES.

CHICAGO. June IL R)--It is
against public policy for any per-
son to attempt to arrange for divorces,
Circuit Judge Brothers said today.
sustaining the demurrer Of Mrs. Kath-
crime c. Thorne to the suit Of Cyrus
r. Shipman, seeking 100000.
Shipman claimed he had been prom
ised that sum for arranging for d
divorce for Elita Proctor Otis Camp,
New York actress and first wife
of William G.. Camp, who afterward
married Mrs. Thorne.
Evening star., 1926-06-13

conditions and Y NJ. G. A. activities.
He said his observation of prohibit
ton conditions in this country already
had convinced him that reports in
the South African press had been in
spired by the wet element in the
United States. He conferred with
several prohibition officials during his
stay in Washington. where he was
the guest of Rev. Hugh r. Stevenson,
pastor of Bethany Baptist Church.
Evening star., 1926-06-13

Arrests for traffic violations in the
District in May exceeded by 81 the to-
tai of 3,264 of the preceding month,
according to report sent to Commits
sioner Frederick A. Fenning yester-
day by Maj, Edwin B. Hesse, superin-
tendent of police. OF the total of
6.765. more than half were for viola
tions of the traffic regulations
AS classified by the Police Depart
ment, the number of arrests for the
various offenses and comparisons for
April follow: Felonies, 45S, in April,
1863; misdemeanors, 1.S10. in April,
1927; violations of the Volstead law,
376, in April, 400: violations of the
Sheppard law, 1885, in April, 1,222;
traffic violations, 1926, in April, 3,264; !;
Evening star., 1926-06-13
Would Reinstate Cadet.

A bill passed by the House Fri
day and sent to the Senate would
reinstate in the graduating class at
West Point Cadet Joe Burton Coursey
of Mississippi, who was dismissed
from the Academy April j for posses
sion of Intoxicating liquor. The court
martial found Coursey not guilty OF
being intoxicated. He contended that
the liquor was in his possession in
New York while he was on leave and
in civilian clothes.
Evening star., 1926-06-13
Work on New Hotel Starts.

pANvILLE, Va, June 12.-Work
will begin next week on Danville's
12.story hotel which, when completed.
will represent an investment of $780,
600. The Barringer Hotel Syndicate
Of North Carolina has leased the hotel
and a contract has been closed for
the theater to be included in the struc-
ture. The contract calls for compile
Gon Of the building IN. 124nonthR' timA,
Evening star., 1926-06-13
Break Certain to Come.

I'VE believe that the interests Of
workers and employers always are
different, that a, break is sure to
come in any country because class
antagonisms cannot be destroyed or
lulled to Sleep said Gregoire l..
MelnichanSky. member of the execu-
tive committee Of the Protintern, but
speaking for the presidium OF the
Profsoyus, the latter the central coun-
Gil of the % unions of Russia.
Melnicha nsky, smooth shaVen. care
full of speech seems a conservative
man of affairs in his we'll ordered Of
flee. lie worked in New York as a
matchmaker. then known as Melcher,
and knows American unionism from
experience.
Though the company union is or
ganized by industries" he continued.
'it includes the employer. and is
merely temporiZing and delaying the
conflict which is inevitable.
The steady loss of membership in
the American Federation of Labor,
from a peak of 100000 TO less than
8 100000 shows the workers disap-
pointment with that body. Organiza-
tion by industries should appeal to
the worker of the United States
though he may not appreciate the
Evening star., 1926-06-13
RUSSIA KEEPS EYE
ON LABOR IN i. S.
Company Unions Doomed to
Failure, Predicts So
Wet Leader.
BY ,IlINIUS WOOD.
Correspondence Of The star and the Chic'
Inn LIZ

Correspondence of The star and the Chicago
Daily News.
MOSCOW. T.. $. s. r.. May 1.-The
recent rapid growth of company
unions In the United States Is closely
watched by the veteran leaders Of the
Russian unions. Being a cooperation
between employees and employers they
do not approve of the company union.
However, their union structure is
based on the organization of workers
by industries. and as company unions
multiply they weaken the unions or
ganized by crafts or trades. it Is con
tended.
Whether the company union, with
It's spirit of cooperation. Will weaken
the class consciousness OF the worker,
which il the great asset in revolution
ary trade unioniSm, or whether IL 1s
paving the way for a closer associa-
tion of the workers of the United
States with either the red or the
Amsterdam internationaIes, Is a ques-
ton for the future. Moscow, which
is the world headquarters OF the
Proflntern. or Red Internationale of
Professional Unions, doubts 1t. The
United States hopes that the doubts
are justified, and that cooperation
and contentment will be palliative
for revolution and conflict.
Evening star., 1926-06-13
FAMOUS BELL ONCE
RANG KNE[L OF 100
Was on Ship That Went
Down on MiSSOuri-NOW
on Savannah Church.
BY the Associated Press.


SAVANNAH, Mo. June l2.-The
sweet toned pealing of the bell in the
tower of the Christian Church here
on a quiet Sabbath morning reveals
not the many secrets that it holds:
Ioy. sorrow and the tragedy of dis.
aster have been rung out by this
famous old bell for three-quarters of a
century. Its usefulness spans the
great wars of a nation. Its ringing
has made history.
In the early sos when palatial
steamboats, piled the Missouri River,
this old church bell was in its infancy.
1t was then the ships bell on the
steamboat Saluda. noble packet that
was part of the great river com
merce of that day, On one OF the
Saluda S trips in April, 1882. .un~
usually high water and an exceed
ingly swift current We're encountered.
The ship crowded with Mormon inn
migrants, had tried to stem the river 8
current near Weston. Mo-, but finally
was forced to drop back TO the levee.
Sunk by Boiler Blast.
The morning of April Capt
Francis T. Belt decided TO try TO make
the bend again. Informed that the
oilers had on all the steam they could
hold with safety, the captain rang the
bell for full steam ahead. a single
revolution was made by the engines
and then a racking roar rent the air
The boilers had burst.
The ringing Of the bell had proved
the death knell for more than a hun
dred persons, for that number OF
bodies We're recovered and it was sup
posed that as many more victims
were blown into the river and no
trace of them ever found. Nearly all
the officers of the boat. including Capt.
Belt, We're killed.
Found by Boys.
Stories differ as to how the ship 5
bell got to Savannah. The story con-
tirmed by an old member of the
church is that the bell was found by
boys playing in the sand on the river
bank A Savannah minister came
across it and bought the bell for
$3.50. 1t was sent here and placed
in the church tower.
In 1895 when the old church was
replaced. the bell took its place in the
new tower and it has been in con-
stant use.
When NJ Thompson of Ribble
Valley, England. recently stepped on
a weasel, it's cries brought four others
and the five bit him SO fiercely that
he could get rid of them only by
running through q stream.
Evening star., 1926-06-13

leader In the tenn
perance and Y. NJ.
c. A. movements
I'm that country,
who is visiting the
United States to
attend the coming
Rotarian conven-
tio1 at Denver.
nIr. McEWan,
who Is president
of the Y. NJ. G. A.
Of Johannesburg
and chairman Of
/ he TranSvaal
Temperance Alli-
ance, Is on an ex-
tenSive tour OF
the United States
to study prOhibi-
ft~ pA~4a,11 1v. =
Evening star., 1926-06-13
TEMPERANCE LEADER
OF AFRICA VISITOR
Rotarians and Others Here Wei.
come William McEwan, Study
ing Prohibition in U. S.

Rotarians and other civic leaders
of the city extended a welcome last
week to William McEwan of Johan-
nesburg, Union Of South Africa, a
Evening star., 1926-06-13

When NJ Thompson of Ribble
Valley, England. recently stepped or
a weasel, it's cries brought four others
and the five bit him SO fiercely that
he could get rid of them only by
running through d stream.
Evening star., 1926-06-13

Night air passenger service Is De
ing established between Berlin and
koenigsberg. Germany.
Evening star., 1926-06-13

A new fashion note in
Summer s port 8 Shoes
Made of STRIPED AVN
ING DUCK-to wear with
the striped sports dresses
and sweaters. Come in
gray and tan with black,
white, blue and salmon
pink stripes. A most un-
usual shoe. At our "Wom~
ems Shop" Also at our
Arcade Shop" and 9th st.
store ..''-.... $500
Seward daily gateway., 1926-05-19

20 and since that time he has taken many parties and picnics on his boa1 which at all times proved itself one of the most reliable crafts and one of the fastest and most comfortable on the Yukon river.
 He states that he and his moths- are sorry to be leaving the No-4h and they leave behind their sin cerest wishes for their Dawson friends, who, in turn, wish thsn vel on the Outside
 He was always up and going while he was in Dawson and his sns-ge1s personality win be missed in and around Dawson, for, no matter where Billy was. one could always 1sI 1hat he was present
 Tomorrow morning, he and N-- Nc Graw leave for the Interior but since their arrival in Seward nsy have had one round Of pleasure meeting many of their old friends who nov call Sc ward their home town They are guests at the Hotel Overland.