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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-16
MOTHER HAL IS
ELOPEMENT

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Maryland towns where they might
get married were tried by telephone
Finally they thought of Upper MARI
boro
Have you seen my daughter"
Mrs Kirtley asked the town clerk.
Eyes, she Is here now and am
just making out the license, came
the answer.
Asked to hold the couple until
the KirtIeys could reach the town,
the clerk replied he could do moth
ing. Finally Mrs. Kirtley reached
the sheriff. and he promised to de-
tain them.
Speeding TO Upper Marlboro as
fast as the Maryland laws would
permit. and maybe a little faster,
they finally got there-irate and
determined. Into the courthouse
Mrs. Kirtiey went, while the hus-
band waited outside.
Rushing up to me" Werner said
today, MRS. Kirtley boxed my ears
until they burned. | never have
seen a woman so angry.
And thought the father was
going to kill me. He was angry
enough to do it, and / had to re-
ny dlkOLHCL Z
I'VE started off together, but
their car kept trying to run me off
the road and finally / escaped
them"
Werner said that while the
mother was attending to them in
the Court House, Kirtley stood out
side upbraiding Claude Leonard. a
friend of his who had come with
them as best man. 1t was the
Leonard automobile that was bor-
rowed for the occasion.
Bernice Is Hopeful
Bernice said this morning she
didn't know whether they would
have to wait until she is eighteen
or not.
Maybe we won't" she said with
twinkling blue eyes-and her eyes
said lot more besides that.
Mama didn't say anything to me
this morning. and neither did Daddy,
but she said enough yesterday be-
sides boxing my ears. too"
Werner Is employed by Hill and
Tibbetts, 14th Street and Ohio ave-
nue. Northwest. Bernice will finish
high school yext year.
And, as Bernice left Upper Mari.
boro with her parents, she blew
kiss to her sweetheart!
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FENN|NG ACTION
IS HELD Up
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charges made against him in the
House was blocked on the floor to-
day when Representative Martin B.
Madden of Illinois was denied the
privilege of having a 23-page state
ment from the Commissioner pub
lished in the Record.
Garrett Objects
Representative Madden took the
statement into the House immedi-
ateIy after it convened today and
asked unanimous consent for its
publication. Objection was made
by Representative Daniel e. Gar.
rett DEM of Texas.
An effort to have Representative
Garrett to withdraw his objection
will be made, and Representative
Madden is expected to make another
request later today.
Strenuous efforts to defeat any
investigation by the House District
Committee were made by several
members OF the committee, among
those voting consistently against
the resolution being Representatives
Frank Reid of Illinois, and Clar-
ence J. Mcleod of Michigan.
The resolutions were attacked on
the ground that the District Com
mittee has no authority under the
constitution to make such an in
vesigation without direct orders
from Congress.
Commissioner Again Attacked
The debate was marked by sew
eral sensational attacks on the Com
missioner.
Representative William C. Ham
mer of North Carolina challenged
Commissioner Fenning to refute
charge that he has collected and &C
copied excessive fees in guardian
ship cases."
"I raised this charge against
Commissioner Fenning this week,
Representative Hammer said, land
last night he denied that charge.
''I renew my charge. If he de.
sires. to bring suit he may do so.
I'll waive my Congressional inn
munity and meet him in any court
in the country on this issue. l
have testimony that he has collected
numerous fees OF this character and
when he is confronted with the in.
formation / have he cannot deny it.
/ welcome the opportunity of facing
him on the matter"
Charges that politics have been
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ing business as the liquor traffic
has always proved itself to be.
Least OF all should our prohibit
ton law be changed in response to
the cry Of those who by their OWN
disrespect for the law are prevent
ing 1t from receiving fair trial
or who, because of their special
interest in the return of the liquor
traffic, are artificially stimulating
an agitation for changing our pres
ent law.
1.-The call Of the hour is for
such a thorough going work of
moral persuasion and legal&enforce-
ment as viii give the policy of pro-
hibition an adequate opportunity TO
demonstrate its full value to the
nation and to the world
A petition from the Chicago
Church Federation, requesting such
additional legislation as will help
in the stricter enforcement of these
prohibition laws" was presented to
the committee by Haven on behalf
of DIR. Clifford w. Barnes, it's presi-
dent.
The federation. representing II
denominations and $50 churches in
Chicago, expressed "its firm belief
in the wisdom of the Eighteenth
Amendment and Volstead law.
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One of the highest railroads in
the world has been built to carry
ore from vanadium mines in Peru
that are l5,5OO feet above sea- leVe'.
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brought into the case and employer
to prevent the Rules Committee
authorizing the investigation. were
made by Representative Thomas l..
BIanton OF Texas.
"I doubt whether or not you can
get action from the House IN time. y
Representative Blanton said.
Too Much Politics
For one month / have had the
resolution pending before the Rules
Committee without action. Edward
r. Colladay, Republican National
Committeeman from the District,
and others have been very active.
There is too much politics in this
case.
Politics should not be permitted
to play part. The charges
against Fenning are based upon the
sworn statements of responsible Of
ficials. We have statements from
Gen. Frank T. Hines, director OF
the Veterans Bureau. that Com.
missioner Fenning has received
1913 900 in Federal funds on Vet.
erans' Bureau cases. The auditor
OF the District Supreme Court
states that Fenning has received in
fees and commissions more than
sos, 900 from cases turned over to
him by the court.
Action Is Demanded
Are the Republican leaders OF
the House to be permitted to ignore
these statements merely because
Fenning il Republican?
1.-THE people Of the United States
are going to demand that We act in
this case. II you attempt to side
track the matter. the people of the
nation are going to hear about it
and l am going to see that every
Republican hears from his home
district about this
Several attempts to block action
by motion to adjourn were voted
down by the committee. Motions
for this purpose were offered by
Representative Frank l.. Bowman
of West Virginia and Joseph White
head of Virginia.
Representatives of the Veterans
Bureau and Of veterans organiza-
tons were on hand when the Vet
Grams Committee met to take up
the guardianship question. Repre-
sentatives Luce, Gibson. Bulwinkle,
Rankin, Milligan and Browning,
besides Chairman Johnson. were
present. Representative Connery
arrived later.
Lice insisted that as "a mans
character is likely to be thrown
on the table," a majority of the
committee should De present. Ran
kin and Brown. aided by Gibson,
insisted that the only thing the
committee wanted TO determine was
whether there should be change
in the guardianship law in the Dis
trict to protect veterans estates.
Then Milligan asked "if there We're
anything criminal in the bringing
in the name of fleming" in the
investigation.
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STILL PICKING
WAN JURY
iii photo. ~ Intsrne.iona'

The cumbersome criminal ms
chinery Of the American courts y
maintaining its traditional snaiI's
pace in.the tris4 Of ziang sun Wan,
Chinese student. at the District
Supreme Court.
After five days Of forrnalities and
preIiminar1es. during which time
6O4 veniren1en have been summoned.
the court and the counsel are atill
struggling to select jury Of u
men to sit in the murder trial.
OF the go venireanen who report
ed for duty this morning all but 80
were disqualified
denied he had used duress in obtain
ing them
The general reiterated he was lOath
to take action against the colonel
and both he and his chief Of starr,
Col #. e. Kflgore, testified the gen
erals investigation was conducted IN
full accordance with naval reguIa
tions.
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Thinks In Color

THE COLOR BLIND are decided
" out OF luck, IL OrceIIa RexfOrd,
color psychologist at the Uni
Versity Of California, is right-be-
cause, she says, some cOlOrS are
good and some bad. She appears
here in an Egyptian head-dress,
which probably has some deep
significance, while writing a lee
ture for new tour.
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TAX APPEALS BOARD
NEEDS 5000 CLERK

Examination to fill vacancy as
clerk to the Board of Tax Appeals,
Washington. at d salary Of $4,000
a year, will be given by the Civil
Service Commission, 1t was an
nounced today.
Applications for permission to
take the examination must be
filed before May Is, with the COM
mission.
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SALVATION ARMY WAR
ON SUICIDE PLANNED

LONDON. April 16.-The Saliva
ton Army has established an anti
suicide department.
Its object is to seek out those
who are about to end their lives
and demonstrate to them that it is
better to continue above ground.
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Cocktail Judge

NOT NECESSARILY ! cocktail
Judge, as the top line might inn
ply, but Judge advocate in the
Colonel Williams trial Is the title
Of Capt. Lee Hermle. Gen. Smed.
ley Butler had the colonel mr.
rested on a drunkenness charge,
following . cocktail course at
dinner.
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Urges Citizens to Help

The one path of advance is for
all good citizens personally to OBJ
serve the law and to support the
Great enterprise, born Of the &c al
ism Of the people. Of completely
Kidding the nation of as demoraliz.
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COMMUNICATION
GETS PLACE

Golfers aII.American football
eleven for 1926, considered the stand
ard by many close followers Of the
game, IL made public today and
Harry ConnauRhton, Georgetown .
giant guard, has landed on the first
eleven. This is the first time in the
history of football that the Hilltop
pers have been so honored by Col
lier's.
Hero are the selections:
Ends, Hanson. Syracuse, and
Oosterbaan, Michigan; tackles, Wick
horst, Navy, and Smith, Browni
guards, Connaughton, Georgetown,
and Shively, Illinois: center, Boer1n'
ger, Notre Dame; quarterback,
Friedman, Michigan; halfbacks,
Baker, Northwestern, and Kaer,
Southern California; fullback, JoeSt'
ing, Minnesota.
Coaches, Glenn Warner, Stanford;
Bob Zuppke, Illinois; g. c. Wood
ruff, Georgia; Knute Rockne, Notre
Dame; Wallace Wade, Alabama;
Capt. j. j. McEwan, oregon: w. A.
Alexander, Georgia Tech; Howard
Jones, Southern California; K. r.
Madigan, st, Mary's, and Dan Nc
Gugirl, Vanderbilt, collaborated with
Grantland Rice in the selection OF
the team
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GRIMM AND PETRl LEAD
SIX-DAY BICYCLE RACE

NEW YORK, Dec. 6.-Two laps
ahead of the field, the teams of
McBeath and Grimm and Petri and
Lands were tied for the lead in
the six-day bicycle race in Madi-
son Square Garden at 9 o'clock
this morning. The leaders had Gov.
cred 22o miles and three laps at
that hour. Petri and Lands were
ahead of their rivals in points
with "a to 8. The record for the
hour is 27S miles and two laps,
made by Lawrence and Magin in
1914.
The remainder of the entries had
covered go miles and one lap, the
list including McNamar and Linari,
Georgctu and BellonI. Goullct and
Spencer. Walker and Beckman,
Winter and Stockholm, Wambst
and Lacquehay, Bello and Hill and
other favorites.
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c. j. STARS
INVITED

Harry Connaughton and Frank
McGrath, stars OF Georgetown's
1926 varsity eleven, the former gen.
orally chosen for all-American hon.
ors. have been rendered an invita-
ton to play on an all.Eastern
eleven to face an all-Pacific Coast
eleven on New Year Day in a game
at Berkeley, Cal, for the benefit
of the .Shriners' children's hospital
at San Francisco.
Bill Ingram, this years head
coach of the Navy eleven, organized
such team and played with 1t
last year. This season, however,
he has turned over the work of get.
ting together such an eleven to
Lieut.. Johnny Beckett, of the Ma
rine Corps, himself a former star
tackle at Oregon University.
Lieutenant Beckett today was in
conference with Bill Roper, Prince
ton coach, seeking to obtain the
services Of Captain Davis and one
other Tiger. In addition to Con
naughton and McGrath, he has OK
tended invitations to Broad, of
I5EOWHS I1dHSOH, III SSIdtufcSf bANo-
man and Flora, OF Michigan, and
Gibby WEIGH. Pittsburgh's star half
back.
Though the players are strictly
amateur, not receiving "A cent for
their services, Lieutenant Beckett
is restricting his invitations to
players who will be ineligible for
varsity elevens in 1927. Az above
actual expenses goes to the upkeep
OF the San Francisco Hospital and
the Shrfners handle all the receipts.
The University of California tender
the free use Of it's huge stadium
which holds 10000 spectators.
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BALLOT
RSTAR NINE

In connection with the naming OF
Bob O'Farrell, star catcher of the
st. Louis Cardinals, as the National
Leagues most valuable player for
1926 by a record vote OF 20 out OF
a possible 80 ballots. an all.star
National League team was made
public today, its members chosen
on the basis Of the balloting by a
committee of baseball WI tiers.
The team 10 made up as follows:
Catcher, O'Farrell, st. Louis;
pitchers, Kremer, Pittsburgh; Rhen1.
St. Louis, and Carlson. Philadelphia;
first base, Herman, Brooklyn; sec
ond base, Critz, Cinclnnati; short
stop, Thevenow, St. Louis; third
base, L. Bell, st. Louis; outfield,
Wilson, Chicago; Bron, Boston, and
Waner. Pittsburgh.
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JOHNNY HOLDEN SIGNS
UP PARTNER FOR LIFE

Johnny Holden, former star miller
with Pennsylvania and Georgetown
universities, now Il member of the
New York Athletic Clubs track
team, has notified his friends in
the Capital of his marriage on No
vember 20 to Miss Sara Helen Horn,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Petit Horn, Of Mt Vernon, N. Y.
John Cooper Holden. son of Mira.
John Holden, formerly of Hyatts.
vile and now Of California. first
attracted attention by his running
ability while a student at Central
High School.
The young couple are now on
their honeymoon. Returning, they
will live in New York and the
bridegroom resume training for the
indoor track season.
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BLN;K USES.
OWN TEAM
By R. D. Thomas

The great Orpheum duckpin team
of Brooklyn, n. Y, starring the
famous Spinella brothers, Phil and
Barney, will face a regular league
lineup at Convention Hall on De-
cember % and not an all-star team.
John Blick, the Convention
Hall magnate, will make de-
parture from the usual order IN
bic intercity clashes and string
along with the Convention Hail
team as 1t lines up in the dis
trict League.
Thus. Glenn WolstenhoIme, Al
Works, Jack Whalen, Arthur Urban
and Joe Mulroe will draw the honor
OF opposing one of Americas fore
most duckpin teams. -,
Wolstenholne and Works Will
meet the Spinella brothers in the
doubles and Wolstenholme will take
on Phil Spinella in the singles.
Five games will be rolled in
each event, thus giving WOIsten-
holme and Phil SpinelIa busy
evening. With the SpineIlas will
be Mort Lindsey, known from
coast to coast as a tenpinner
as well as little ball sharp
shooter, and George SteIter and
and Joe VOlZ.
On January Blick will take his
team to Brooklyn for a return en-.
gagement. Just how large will tie
the stakes has not been determined.
competition will start tonight in
Convention Halls elimination tour.
Moment that will progress through
the holidays.
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FRESHMEN AND soPHs
TO BATTLE ON HILLTOP

The annual football battle be-
tween the Freshmen and Sopho-
nnores of Georgetown University
will be fought Wednesday morning
on the Hilltop gridiron.
1t will be a fight for freedom in
the Freshmen's case-freedom from
the tyranny of the upper classmen.
A victory for the freshmen would
give them the right to discard their
funny little skull caps, and to en-
toy eQual privileges with the sOphs.
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OF all the sporting figures
who have been the victims OF
upsets during the year which
is about come to q conclusion.
Mickey Walker stands out as
being the one able to stage
comeback and thereby take q
little Of the curse off this dis
astrous athletic span.
Mickey has been bumped
around considerably in the past.
twelve-tnonth. More credit is
due him for going through with
determination to prove to the
pugilistic world that he had
not completely curled up az .
fighter.
Now a fulI-f1edged middle
weight, Walker viii do well to
try to emulate the example of
the late Harry Greb and pack
a lot of fights under his belt.
Nothing in the world is so
detrimental to a champion in
any class as to crawl into his
shell with his title and avoid
competition.
In winning his weller crown,
Mickey established the fact thar
he was a scrapper from the
first gong. He became a bit
lazy with the diadem after it
was his, and his tendency to
globe trot and travel the higher
strata Of civilization soon took
y great deal out of his ring
Again on the top rung Of the
particular ladder he was climb
ing. he can start his champion
ship career all over again, so
to speak. If he makes the
same mistakes as a middle
which he did as ,welter, he
win be a sad disappointment
to many Of his friends, includ-
ing this one.
Now that the storm of protest
following Walkers lifting of the
crown from the Georgia dea-
con, Tiger Flowers, has passed,
there seems to be little doubt
that Walkers victory was
earned. Referee Yanger, in his
report to the Illinois Boxing
Commission, gave clear, logical
reasons for reaching his deci-
sion-and students Ct the box
ing game well realize now that
Yanger saw much as the third
party in the ring that those
farther away missed entirely.
Shaping, heeling, sticking
ones thumb in ones eyes in
the clinches and claiming fouls
when none occurred are poor
tactics. There seems little doubt
that Flowers did these things.
There also seems little ques-
tions that Walker fought more
clearly, displayed more aggres-
siveness. and scored at least
one clean Touchdown.
When a fight is so nearly
even as the one in Chicago last
Friday night, officials some
times have to look to ring
ethics in order to reach a
definite conclusion, and two
things stood out about Flowers
he didn't have the stuff be-
hind those slaps and he took
cheap little advantages which
are not a part Of Mr.. Queens
berTv's code.
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Richard Names List
Of Opponents For
Sharkey

NEW YORK, Dec. 6.--Tex
Richard revealed today that
he had signed Jack Sharkey,
Boston heavyweight, for q
series of bouts that may lead
up to a meeting with Gene
Tunney for the worlds heavy
weight championship. Paul
Berlenbach, former light
weight champion; Harry PERI
son, of Sweden; Jim Maloney,
Boston rival of Sharkey, and
Jack Dempsey or Paolina were
among the opponents said to
have been named for Sharkey.
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Inside Stuff

John HI. McInnis. who will man.
age the Philadelphia Nationals next
season, was dubbed "Stuffy" Mt the
outset of his career with the Ath'
letics because he was forever asking
questions about Intricate plays-ln'
eide sauef=of baseball
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81. [ |. A n D
JACKS Up

1t seems that Washington's In
dependent athletes once too many
times have elected a leader with
out first consulting him. Anyway,
Capt. John r. D. Cleland today
is no longer president OF the Wash.
ington Basketball League.
At time when the popular sol
der was immersed in official du.
ties, the boys. without asking his
permission, named him president
Of the basketball organization. SO
the captain explained that the new
loop should have q leader who
could do some real work and that
he had no time to spare.
So the boys elected Captain Cle-
land honorary president and this
move promoted al Stern, the vice
president. to active leadership.
CAPTAIN CIeIand's resignation
from the basketball league Is
construed as the first step to-
ward removing himself from all
active leadership in Washing
ton sports. Including partlcu-
Iarly the presidency Of the
Washington Baseball Associa-
ton.
When the Washington Barracks
adiutant and athletic officer first
became associated with sandlot
baseball the situation In general
was chaotic. He Strengthened
things. That's why the basketers
so eagerly sought him.
All protests on eligibility OF play.
ers have been nipped in the bud
by a ruling admitting to the league
all of those players whose names
were submitted originally. Each
team will be allowed to make
one substitution in its list
no substitute to exceed 20 years
of ago and all new players to be
passed on by a board consisting OF
team representatives.
Two hot contests are I'm pros
poet for Wednesday when the
Park Views and Calvary M. K.
Seniors win meet and the
Epiphany Roses and Kanawhas
will clash at Washington Bar
racks, the first game starting at
Z o'clock.
In the last league, battle. the
Arrow A. G. whipped the Elliotts,
20 to 10. This was a preliminary
to the Palace.Detroit pro contest at
the Arcadia.
At half time the Arrows were lead"
ing by only 8 to 6. Enright's basket
shooting swamped the Elliotts in the
second session. Altogether he scored
six field goals.
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ut was understood between the
Waveriys and Mohawks that their
game would come after the Apaches
we're met by the Mohawks. So,
in holding us up on stechnicalities
the Waverlys are violating the
spirit Of our agreement.
because Of weather condi-
lions the Apaches and Mo-
hawks agreed to postpone their
game scheduled for yesterday.
IL was the only sensible thing
to do"
When the Acknowledgements post
ponenent was announced the Wa
verlys placed their case in the
hands OF a lawyer and threatened
to. try for an injunction to restrain
the Mohawks from playing any
body but the WAverly's next Sun
day.
The Waverly. Mohawk game has
been counted on as something Of
an attraction, inaSmuch as these
teams have met twice before with
each winning game, the Waiver
IyS taking an early season VICTORY,
to 0. and the Mohawlts winning
by a couple Of touchdowns in later
enga cement.
Waverly's triumph by field
goal stands as the only defeat on
the MohaWks' 1926 record.
As matters appear today,
WRVerIy, by attempting to step
In ahead Of the MohaWk-Apache
game, may be injuring its
chance for a rich gate" AS
sandlOt attendance goes.
For, in the event of Mohawk
victory over the Apaches, the
WaverIy- Mohawk game would be
made so much more important.
And in the event of an Apache vic
tory, the WaveFlys still might ar
range a game with the Apaches
that would be a big attraction.
Having become worked up" over
the Mohawk-Apache clash. the fans
are not so keenly interested at this
time over a third meeting between
the Mohawks and Waverlys.