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Evening star., 1926-06-08
ROBBER MAKES ESCAPE.
Maid Surprises Colored Man in Six
teenth Street Home.

A colored man who had "jinmied''
his way into the apartment of Mrs.
Charles Grayson Dulin. 1880 Sixteenth
street, was surprised by maid there
yesterday afternoon, but escaped be-
fore Il policeman could be summoned
Nothing was reported taken.
Two colored men visited the store Of
Rachael j. Coffin, Sl6 Seventeenth
street, yesterday afternoon. and while
one engaged the proprietor in con
versatiOn the other managed to get
possession of her pocketbook, she re-
ported to the police. The pocketbooll
contained only a small amount Of
change. car tokens and bank book.
Police are investigating a visit an
intruder paid at the home of Mrs.
Leroy Split. 250S Pennsylvania ave
nue., yesterday afternoon. a pocket
book containing S31 was taken.
An unidentified white man has been
described to the police as being sus-
pected of the theft of $3.50 worth of
clothing. a kodak and fraternity pin
from the room Of George B. Anderson,
1919 / street. The loot was taken
away in a suit case belonging to J. w.
Collins, another occupant of the house.
Evening star., 1926-06-08
BUSES GIVEN RIGHT
TO WAIT AT TERMINAL
Utilities Commission Overrides
District Heads to Aid Bur
leith Schedule.

Using the authority vested in it by
law to override the orders of the I5is-
trict Commissioners which become
repugnant or inconsistent to its regu-
lations, the Public Utilities Commits
sion today gave the Burleith busses
Of the Washington Railway and Elec-
trio Co. permission to lay over at its
downtown terminal at Tenth and +,
streets. The traffic regulations forbid
motor busseS from making terminal
layover stops in the central congested
zone
The commissions order authorized
the busses to stop at Tenth and +
streets. for Sufficient duration to as
sumo yhe maintenance of the present
schedule" The layover privilege was
granted as a result of several COM
plants filed with the commission by
patrons of the Wesley Heights bus
line. who contended that they were
unable to make connection with the
Burleith busses at Dupont Circle.
The Wesley Heights busses run
hourly during the middle of the day
and evening, with 20 and 80 minute
schedules during the rush hours. The
schedule IS so arranged that each Wes-
lev Heights bus should leave its ter
minus after the arrival there Of a
Burleith bus. The Wesley Heights
buSses. however. according TO the COM
plainants. pulled out before the Bur
leith busses arrived and compelled
them to wait from 20 minutes to an
hour to make connections.
officials of the Utilities Commission
conferred with the company concern
ing the complaints and were told that
the Burleith schedule could not be
maintained with precision unless the
busses are permitted to lay over at
the downtown terminal for a few
minutes
Evening star., 1926-06-08
PEARY'S DAUGHTER TELLS
OF CHRISTMAS IN ARCTIC
Mrs. Stafford Describes Experiences
as Child in Greenland to
Maine State Society.

Experiences as a child in the Far
North We're recounted by Mrs Marie
Peary Stafford. daughter of the late
Admiral Peary, in an address before
the Maine State, Society at meeting
in the Washington Club last night
Formal installation of officers elected
at the February meeting of the so.
ciety took place.
Mrs. Stafford told of being along
the coast of Greenland with her
father and mother during Christmas
time. when she was provided with a
Christmas tree. ingeniously made,
with a broomstick as it's base. There
were no trees in the surrounding
country.
Officers installed at the meeting
We're Harold N. Marsh, president;
William l.. Crowley, first vice presi-
dent; Miss Bernice Mansfield. second
vice president: Harry d. Harradon,
third vice president; Miss Rose Du-
gan, corresponding secretary; Miss
Frances M. Fernald. recording secre-
taIy; Charles F.. Sands, treasurer, and
Benjamin W. Murch, orator. A brief
address was delivered by DR.. d. F.
Murphy, retiring president.
A program of entertainment In
cluded piano selections by Alexander
Clayton, violin solos by Mrs. Richard
'B. Clayton and readings by Miss Alice
Robinson.
Evening star., 1926-06-08
ELECTION PR0BERS
CALL v. |. MELLON
Secretary's Nephew Among
is Listed to Tell of Ex-
penses in Pennsylvania.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
w. l.. Mellon of Pittsburgh. nephew
of Secretary Mellon, is prominent
among list of 16 witnesses summon
ed to appear tomorrow before the spe
cial Senate campaign investigating
committee in it's inquiry into Penn
sylvania Republican primary expendi
lures.
Like the Treasury Secretary, Mr.
Mellon was q Staunch supporter OF
Senator Pepper, who was defeated by
Representative Ware of Phila delph1a
in a three -cornered race in which Gov
Pinchot was the third candidate. The
three candidates have been invited
to appear before the committee
tomorrow
Besides Mr.. Mellon. those for whom
subpoenas We're issued late yesterday
include Cyrus T.. Wood Of Greensblrg
Statewide manager for Pepper; Har
ry A. Mackey of Philadelphia, state
wide manager for Ware, and &. Jay
Goodenough, Harrisburg, Statewide
manager for Pinchot.
Treasurers of all three of the cam
paign organizations also have beer
summoned to Washington and com
manded to bring their books HhC
papers for examination by the com
mittee.
Joseph r. Grundy of Philadelphia
president of the Pennsylvania Manu-
facturers' Association, is among the
witnesses. it being alleged that ne
was collector of funds in the Pepper
Fisher campaign. Grundy was prom
nent among those heard by the Boraf
committee which investigated cam
paign expenditures during the pres1
dental election in 1924.
Evening star., 1926-06-08
WILLIAM W. WILLIAMS
WILL HEAD ACCOUNTANTS
New Jersey Man Chosen President
of National Association at
Meeting Here.

William NJ. Williams of New Jer-
Sey was elected president of the Ma
tional Association of Certified Public
Accountants at the annual Conven-
tlon of the association at its head
quarters here yesterday. The meet
ing, attended by representatives of
the organization from a number of
States, discussed important questions
affecting the interests of the account
ing profession, and particularly en-
phaSized the value to the business
standing of its members of the asso-
ciation's requirement that each pur-
chase an indemnity bond for faithful
and accurate performance of his
work.
Other officers elected were Bert r.
Jones of Tennessee, first vice presi-
dent; Don K. Hutchinson of this
city. second vice president; William
A. Owen of Kentucky, treasurer, and
G.. p. TimmonS of oklahoma, secre-
tary. Directors and an executive
committee also were elected.
The meeting was addressed by the
newly elected president and other
members of the association.
Evening star., 1926-06-08
EDITOR WARNS PUBLIC
TO SWAT FLIES EARLY
Never Too Late to Begin, P. S.
Ridsdale Reminds WCAP Audi
dence in Health Talk.

Now is the time to swat the fly,
p. S. Ridsdale, editor of Nature Mag
azine. told the WCAP audience last
night in his weekly radio talk on
Queer Quirks of Nature He
praised newspapers for their educa-
tional campaigns every year and said
they rendered great aid in promoting
public health.
"Approach of Summer, with all its
beauties, brings the housefiy. This
queer quirk of nature is responsible
for more deaths every year in the
United States than all the poisonous
reptiles and savage beasts of India or
Africa kill in those far-off jungles. 1t
is the carrier and distributor of dis
ease germs of many kinds said Mr..
Ridsdale.
Contrary to general belief. the true
houseny does not bite. since it's mouth
is constructed for sucking, and not
for piercing. There are, however.
truly biting flies which resemble the
houSefiy in general appearance.
THE mouth parts of the house fly,
though not constructed for biting, are
most efficiently equipped for gathering
and disseminating filth and germs. not
to mention its feet, with their claw
like hooks.
THE normal length of life in the
adult fly is not known. but this mat
terS little, since it's rapidity of breed
ing is almost beyond belief. Through
out the entire warm season new
generation OF house flies may come 70
maturity about every 10 days, and.
since the female lays more than a
hundred eggs at a time, any one
mathematically inclined can figure the
prospective progeny of a pair of flies
spared in early Spring to set up house
keeping.
"Appreciable results have resulted
from concerted efforts by the general
public to kill flies. Flies are still all
too numerous. however, and unremit-
ting efforts to keep down their num-
bers are necessary if the heavy toll of
human life is to be reduced to a
minimum.
THE newspapers of the country
conduct fy-swatting campaigns every
year. Nature Magazine congratulates
them on this great public service. For
example, The Washington Star CON
ducts the campaign in Washington
and will give you a fly swatter, so
swat early and often on your own
behalf and on behalf Of better public
health
Evening star., 1926-06-08
SEEKS TO BAR C0LORED
FROM COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
Real Estate Owners Association to
Seek Signatures to Covenants
for 21 Years

Action looking toward exclusion
Of colored people from the Columbia
Heights section was taken last night
by the Columbia Heights Real Es-
tate Owners Association, at q mass
meeting held at the Arcade ballroom.
attended by more than 500 property
owners of the section.
Captains were appointed for each
block in the section to seek signatures
OF 100 per cent OF property owners
of Columbia Heights on covenants
prohibiting colored persons to buy,
rent or occupy property there. The
covenants are to run for y years.
The association voted to reduce it's
membership fee from s. to 50 a year.
Money obtained through a member
ship drive is to he used to protect
our section from encroachment of
nonwhite owners according to Of
fcials.
John G. Mulfnld, president of the
association. declared no attack was
intended on members of any race,
but that the purpose Of the associa-
ton was merely ''to preserve Column
bia Heights for our own people and
for our pOSterity.
Evening star., 1926-06-08
SENATE APPROVES
TOMB COMPLETION
Inserts Amendments to Pre-
= vent Tall Shaft at Un-
known Hero's Shrine.

After inserting amendments that
would preclude the erection of tail
shaft, the Senate yesterday passed the
joint resolution which has been pend
ing throughout the season, authOriZ-
ing an appropriation of $50 900 to COM
plete the tomb of the Unknown Sol
dier i'll Arlington National Cemetery.
On several occasions objection has
been made to the passage of the reSO-
luton b" Senators. who said they had
been given to understand that the
purpose was to construct tall monu
ment. using the tomb of the Unknown
Soldier as pedestal. When the reso-
luton was reached on the calendar
this afternoon Senator Reed. Republi-
can. of Pennsylvania read a letter
from Secretary Of War Davis in which
he declared there was d misapprehen-
sion about the erection of tall shaft
He said that no plans have been pre-
pared, and that. in his opinion, the
completion of the tomb should be
worked out by obtaining designs from
a number of the best artists of the
country through a competition. The
Secretary of War suggested that the
completed tomb should be low and in
harmony with the amphitheater and
other surroundings. He further point.
ed out that pasteboard model could
be erected first to determine its ap-
preparedness.
Senators Jones of Washington and
King Of Utah announced that with
these assurances and with amend
mentS to carry them into effect. they
would not object to passage of the
resolution.
Senator Shipstead of Minnesota
urged that the tomb in its completed
form should in some way memOria lize
also the mother of the Unknown
Soldier to symbolic the sacrifices
made by all the mothers who lost their
sons in the war Senator Robinson
of Arkansas and Senator Dill of
Washington also spoke briefly on the
resolution. 1t goes to the House for
approval
Evening star., 1926-06-08
INVITED BY PANAMA.

DIR. Edwin G. Dexter of the United
States Veterans Bureau, together
with DR.. Leo S. Rowe, director gen
eral of the Pan-American Union; DIR.
James Brown Scott, head of the
Carnegie Peace Foundation, and
Reginald G.. Harris. formerly fiscal
agent of the Republic of Panama,
have been invited to be the guests of
the Panaman government during
the Pan-American Scientific Congress
to be held in Panama, City from June
1S to 25 in commemoration of a SINH
lar assemblage initiated by Simon
Bolivar in the same city just 100 years
ago.
From 1912 to 1918 DIR. Dexter was
the head Of, the National Institute,
the highest educational institution of
the Republic of Panama, and during
that period was instrumental in es-
tablishing the Pan-American Uni
versity as an academic point of con-
tact between the English speaking
and Spanish Americans.
Evening star., 1926-06-08
CAPITAL GETS PLACE
ON BOARD OF A. A. A,
George w. Offutt, Jr., Elected Ma.
tional Director at Annual Meet
ing in Chicago.

George w. Offutt, jr., Washington
attorney has been elected a national
director of the American Automobile
Association at the annual meeting
now being held in Chicago, according
to information received at the head
quarters of the association here and
made public by officials today.
The election of Mr.. Offutt, says the
statement, came as a recognition Of
the activities and size of the District
Of Columbia division of the American
Automobile Association, which Mr..
Offutt represents at the session. A
few weeks prior to the convention,
the District of Columbia division
passed the 10000 membership mark
and took its place with the eight
leading automobile clubs of the
country.
The choice OF Mr.. Offutt. the state
ment further says, is the result of his
untiring efforts in the building up Of
the local club. He was elected re-
Gently chairman Of the advisory com.
mittee of the District Of Columbia divi.
sion. For several years prior to that
time he was in charge Of the legal de-
partment of the club.
In addition to being named on the
board of national directors, Mr.. Offutt
was chosen as a member of the COM
mittee on resolutions and took a
prominent part in the drafting and
Evening star., 1926-06-08
AIR PROJECT DISCUSSED.

Sponsors for the proposed CONNER
cial aviation service between Wash
ington and Philadelphia for the dura-
ton of the SeSquicentennial celebra-
tion in the latter city are still con-
ferring with officials of the Army and
Navy Departments on a proposal to
use Army and Navy landing fields.
Secretary Hoover said today.
Mr.. Hoover deplored the lack of a
commercial airplane landing field in
Washington and said he presumed
the Capital needs an air field. He said
the field in Arlington County, which
has been used by gypsy" flyers.
might be utilized as the Washington
terminus of a Philadelphia-W Washing
ton air line, If permission to use the
military fields is not given. The name
of the sponsors for the aircraft serv-
ice were not revealed.
Evening star., 1926-06-08
MOUNTAINEERS FIRE ON
BODYBUILDING CREW
Shooting Believed Due to Resent
ment of Two Arrests in
South Carolina.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
GREENVILLE. :. c.. June S.
Mountaineers fired from ambush into
the camp used by Il construction crew
on the Scenic Highway on Hogback
Mountain yesterday. according to
word received here, at the office of
Sheriff Sam ID. Willis.
Meager information is avilable here
regarding the affair, and there is
no telephone communication with the
dark corner" Sheriff Willis and a
posse of deputies left for the region
where the shooting occurred.
The shooting is interpreted by local
officers as a reprisal act on the part
of mountaineers for the arrest of J..
NJ. Plumley and Tom Hood, who fired,
officers said. into an automobile be-
longing to the construction camp and
wounded men.
Evening star., 1926-06-08
ASKS OPERATION MONEY.

Mrs. Minnie Rosendorf, VINO has
the custody of her two children un-
der an agreement with her husband.
Joseph Rosendorf, today asked the
District Supreme Court to- require
her husband to pay the cost of surgi-
cal operations for the removal of the
tonsils of the children. The wife
tells the court that physicians report
an urgent need for the operations.
The husband has not given his con-
sent and the wife declares she is
without funds to pay the doctor. At
torney Milton Strasburger appears
for the wife. Justice Smith cited the
husband to show cause Friday why
the wife's petition should not be
granted.
Evening star., 1926-06-08
CONFEREES ARE NAMED.
Will Meet to Discuss Mothers Bill
Within Few Days.

Senate and House conferees are ex
pected to meet within "a few days on
the bill to provide home care for de
pendent children in the District, which
passed the Senate i'm the form in
which the people of Washington advO-
Gated it, as against the House bill.
The big problem at issue in confer
ence is whether the plan of District
people to have this aid administered
by the Board of Public Welfare is to
be sustained in preference to the
House proposal to create a separate
board for this one purpose.
The conferees for the Senate are
Senator Capper of Kansas, chairman
Of the District committee, and Sena
tors Jones of Washington and King of
Utah. The House conferees are Rep
resentatives Zihlman Of Maryland
chairman of the District committee.
and Representative Mary 7. Norton of
New Jersey and Representative HOus
ton of Delaware.
Evening star., 1926-06-08
TOUR OF PARK SYSTEM.

A group of Senators and Repre-
sentatives from the subcommittee on
District appropriations of the Senate
and House will be taken on tour
of inspection of the parks and pro
posed park sites tomorrow morning
by Maj. u. S. Grant. 3rd. director of
the office of Public Buildings and Pub
lie Parks of the National Capital.
The members will be shown the
various sites which it has been de-
cided are needed in the park improve
ment scheme of the National Capital
and where improvements will be
needed 1t was explained that the
purpose of the trip is to show these
members of Congress where money
will be needed next year, so that they
may act with first-hand information.
Evening star., 1926-06-08
Flyer Lands to Fight Fire.

Usefulness of airplanes in cases Of
fires in sparsely settled regions was
recently demonstrated by Lieut.. H. A..
Barton, Army Air Service, stationed
at Wright Field, Fairfield, Ohio. While
making a trial flight, he observed
flames eating their way through the
roof Of farmhouse. A woman was
seen standing in the field nearby, but
with no one to help her was unable
to check the fire. Lieut.. Barton man
aged to land in field nearby and
aided the woman in removinG furni-
ture and some valuable articles from
the burning building before the ar
rival of several farmers in the neigh
borhood who had been attracted by
the flames. Lieut.. Barton resumed
his flight.
Evening star., 1926-06-08
J. w. REDWINE DEAD.
Funeral Will Be Held in Ninth
Street Christian Church.

Joseph Walter Redwine, SO years
old, who formerly conducted laundry
at 1S l. street southwest, died at his
residence, 5715 Thirteenth street,
yesterday. He had been in failing
health several years.
Funeral services will be held in the
Ninth Street Christian Church, Ninth
and d streets northeast, Thursday
afternoon at o'clock. Interment
will be in Glenwood Cemetery.
Mr.. Redwine retired from business
about a year ago. He was a member
of the Junior Order of United Ameri.
can Mechanics.
He leaves his wife, Mrs Margaret
l.. Redwine, and two sons, Lester and
William RedWine
Evening star., 1926-06-08
THREE CANDIDATES
INVITED TO HEARING
Pepper, Ware and Pinchot
Asked to Testify About Re-
cent Pennsylvania Primary.

The three candidates in the recent
Republican senatorial primary in
Observation-Disclosures Pepper. Rep
resentative Ware and Gov. Pinchot-
have been invited to appear before the
Senate campaign committee tomor-
row. The resolution under which the
committee was appointed authorizes
it to inquire into any primary or cleo
tion campaign this year.
In addition to these invitations the
, committee issued subpoenaS for 16
persons who We're connected with the
campaign organizations of the three
candidates. Seven Of these We're of
f1cials of Peppers organization, five
of Wares and four OF Pinchot's.
Pepper Men Called.
The Pepper manasers summoned
were: Cyrus T.. Woods, Greensburg,
Statewide mana ger; F,ugene Newbold,
Philadelphia. Statewide treasurer.
Eric Fisher Woods. Pittsburgh, chair
man of the western Pennsylvania
campaign committee: Joseph r. Grun-
dy. president of the Pennsylvania
Manufacturers Association; w. L..
Mellon, Pittsburgh nephew of Sec
retary Mellon: S. J. Topley. Pitts
burgh. treasurer Of the western Penn
SYlvania committee. and w. w. Roper
Philadelphia. manaG of the Pepper
Philadelphia committee.
The Ware managers summoned
were: Harry A. Mackay, Philadelphia.
statewide managor: Alhnrt NJ. Green
field, Philadelphia treasurer of the
State campaign committee: Repre-
sentative John NORM, PITTSBURGH.
In charge Of the western campaign:
Frederick Fichtel. chairman of the
western PENNSYLVANIA committee. and
Edward NJ Kenna. Pittsburgh. treas
urer of the western Pennsylvania
committee.
Will Testify for Pinchot.
Workers for Gov Pinchot who were
summoned We're: c. jay Goodenou.
Harrisburg State manager; +. s. Stahl-
necker, Harrisburg, State campaign
secretary and treasurer: Mai. Charles
c. McGovern. Pittsburgh, manager of
western headquarters and Henry T.
Walnut, Philadelphia. chairman of
the Philadelphia committee.
SuhpOenaS were not issued for SEN
ator Pepper. Gov. Pinchot and Repre-
sentative Ware. il was explained. be-
cause of the official positions which
they hold. Coy. Pinchot wrote the
committee immediately after its APP
pointment Offering his full co-opera-
tion in an investigation of reports of
expenditures Of huge sums in con
nection with the primary in which
Ware won the nomination.
The treaSurcrS Of the campaign
organization were commanded to bring
their books and records for the in
spection of the committee.
Evening star., 1926-06-08
TWO KILLED IN WRECK.
One Missing, Several Hurt When
Freight Trains Collide.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba. June LP).
Two men were killed, one is missing
and several others suffered serious in.
juries early today when two Canadian
National Railway freight trains col
lided, head on, near Elman, Manitoba.
Thomas ]. Plunkett, engineer, of
Winnipeg, and an unidentified man.
believed to be a vagrant, were killed,
and f. Pinalt of Transcona, Manitoba,
a brakeman, is missing.
Evening star., 1926-06-08
Youth Proposes
Toast to Death
And Shoots Self
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, June S.
Gathering group of TRENDS
about him in the Friendly Social
Club last night, 1S-year-old Joseph
Sunckowitch produced IA bottle,
poured drinks for all. and then,
raising his glass, offered toast
to DEATH"
Here's to death, the first friend
a sick and lonely fellow has, he
said. as he tossed off the liquor,
drew a pistol and shot himself
through the body. He died an
hour later.
Sunckowitch appeared cheerful
when he called his friends to-
gethar. They told the police they
thought his reference to my last
drink meant he was going to
stop using liquor and were too
terrified to interfere when he
placed the pistol against his body
and fired.
Evening star., 1926-06-08
FAVORS TRAFFIC LIGHTS.
Col. Moller Surveying Cost for
Southeast Arteries.

Plans are being made by the Traf-
fic Bureau to include Pennsylvania
avenue southeast from the Capitol to
the bridge at Seventeenth street, and
Sixth street from Pennsylvania ave
nue. south to Water street southwest
in the city-wide system of automatic
traffic lights. Estimates on the cost
of these additions to the projected
system are now being prepared by
Col. |. c. Moller, assistant traffic di-
rector.
Col. Moller has planned to install
the lights on all the important traf-
fic arteries in the city. A large pro-
portion of the funds for the lights
will come from the fees from renewal
of operators permits.
Evening star., 1926-06-08

passing of resolutions Of the conven-
tion. which represents the $40 aff1li-
ated A. A. A. clubs throughout the
United States.
More than 500 900 motorists are rep
resented by the organization at ,.4e
convention. the sessions of which will
come to close today with the election
of officers.