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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-27
Urges Study Of Functions


Mr.. Brownlow recommended that
the committee. in its investigation.
should determine the primary func-
tions in the order of Importance
and determine how we'll the exist.
ing government fills these needs.
He listed as local governmental
functions, in the order Of their inn
portance:
Health, including Sewer and Wa
ter Department.; education: public
safety, including the chief OF Police
and Fire departments; public
works and recreation. including the
park and playground system.
Mr.. Brownlow said that he had
lost touch during his absence from
the city of nearly six years, with
the local fight for suffrage. He
was questioned by Representative
Frank r. Reid Of Illinois as to
the advisability of complete home
rule for the District.
Budget Chief Task
Mr.. BrownIow said that the Dis.
trict could never have home rule
until Congress renounces its control
of the legislative machinery.
The chief function of a municipal
government is the preparation OF
it's budget. he explained. This
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-27
BRONNLOW
HEARD IN
PROBE:

Reorganization of the District
government to secure efficiency q
operation was recommended today
by Louis Brownow, former District
Commissioner, at the hearing be-
fore the specia House District
Committee.
Brownlow recommended that the
District government be divided
into eight great departments, each
under an expert.
Wants One Head
He proposed that a single head
be appointed in place OF the presen;
Board Of Commissioners.
.The chief difficulty in govern
ment administration in the District
is that the machinery is too com
plicated for efficient operation" Mr.
BrownIow said.
The present form of dual gov
eminent, with Congress as the
legislative element, cannot Be made
efficient. The great size Of Con
gress and the difficulty of securing
dCLiOu Oh local l6SlStaIIOu DfIIISs
about delay in securing action OF
the various vital needs
D. G. Heads Powerless
Mr.. Brownlow pointed out that
the District Commissioners now
have nothing to do with local
governmental policy except as re-
CARDS minor matters of adnlinstra.
tion.
"Thev have no functions In de.
ternlining legislative policies ex.
cept as an advisory body. whose
opinions are often ignored" the
former Commissioner said.
He pointed out that the Com
missioners do not have control of
the District school system, or of
other units Of the District govern
ment.
There IL q legislative tendency
to decontralize the District govern
ment which will cause more trouble
than good" he declared.
II refer specifically to the estab-
lishment of a separate Public
Utilities Commission, independent
of the Board of Commissioners, and
to the proposed change in the or
ganization OF the coming commits
sion."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-27
BLUE BIRD.

/ soThe glory that was GFeece's"
Will forever and forever shine,
Although In these modern days
You can get IL for q dime.
APACHE PETE,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-27
MAKE YOURSELF HAPPY

Live and laugh and be happy
today. Otherwise you mont
haze to die to 90 to hell; you'll
bs in hell here and now.
II yom are not innGteLy hGpp.'
cultivate tt, encourage it to
Grow and yonr crop wiu be q
ion and pleasure.
BLUE BIRD,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-11
TODAY'S ADJUSTMENTS.

NatiOnal-"Suzanne. musical com.
edy, at $40 pm.
BelascO-"Aloma of the South Seas.
drama. at $40 pm.
POli's-"The Big Parade" photo
play, at 2:30 and $40 pm.
Keith'S-Jimmy Hussey, vaudeville,
at 2:l5 and SIS pm.
Earle-"S yncopation Week" vaude
Vile, continuous from l to II pm.
Strand-"His Magic Wand" vaude-
vile, continuous from 1880 to IL pm.
President-"The Lost Battalion"
photoplay. at 1870. $50. and pm.
Gayety-"Flappers of 1925" bur
leSque, at 2:30 and $40 pm.
Mutual-"Make it Poppy bur
lesque, at 2:l5 and $40 pm.
Metropolitan-"The Road to Yester-
day" at 1905 am, los, $40. $40.
71o and 9:20 pm.
COlumbia-''The American Venus,
at l1:05 am, /, $40, o:l5, 40 and
9:35 pm.
RialtO-"The First Year" at 11:4o
am, AS. 3;55. 545. 1855 and 9:55 pm.
Palace-"The Blackbird." at 1885
am, 1910, 2:25, 40, COS, $50 and
9:45 pm.
TivOli-"Clothes Make the Pirate =
at 2:2O, 4:O5, o:55. 7;45 and 9:3o pm.
AmbassadOr-"Ros of the World,
at 6:15, and $50 pm.
Central-"Lovers in Quarantine, at
1880, ,. $50, 5. $50, s and $40 pm.
Lincoln (coIored)-"That Royle Girl, "
to II pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-11
SAILOR HEROES H0NORED.
Ceremonies Held Near Spot Where
Two of Roosevelt Grew Died.

ABOARD STEAMSHIP PRESI-
DENT ROOSEVELT EN- ROUTE TO
NEW YORK, February II CP).-Im-
pressive ceremonies were held on
board the President Roosevelt yester-
day near the spot where Uno Witanen
and Ernest Hoffman lost their lives
in the first attempt to rescue the crew
of the British steamer Antinoe.
Bishop Hiram A. Boaz. of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, conducted the
service. assisted by Father Louis r.
PastOrelh, of st. Joseph's Seminary.
Baltimore. 4 talk was made by Capt
George Fried.
The captain and the members of
the lifeboat crew which accomplish
ed the rescues of the Antinoe's men
cast wreathS and bouquets of spring
flowers sent by relatives and friends
of the two dead heroes upon sea
almost as angry and restless as that
in which Witanen ard Hoffman went
TO their deaths.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-11

When You Feel a Cold Coming On
Take Laxative BROMO QUININE Tablets
to work off the cause and TO fortify the
system against attack of Grip Or Inf1u
enZa. A Safe and Proven Remedy. The box
bears signature of E. W. Grove. 30c-Ad
Nertlsepeut.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-11
FILMS TO FEATURE ARMY
OF SANTIAGO DINNER
Annual Affair of Society to Be Held
Monday Night at Army and.
Navy Club at 7:3O Pm.

Two reels of motion picture films
showing the country between Dali
quiri. Siboney and Santiago, Cuba
the route followed by the United
States troops of the Shafter eXpedi-
ton in 1S9S-are announced as the
feature of the annual dinner of the
Society of the Army of Santiago de
Cuba at the Army and Navy Club at
1880 o'clock Monday evening, Febru-
airy Is.
Maj. Gen. Henry =. Mccain, Gen.
d. T.. Nolan and Gen. 5. d. Rocken-
bach are to deliver addresses. Res
ervationS are being made with Maj.
Gen. {. Nick. SaltZman. who an
nounces today that he is DESTROYS of
closing the list as soon as possible
Col. w. c. Brown is secretary of the
society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-11
WILL PRESS FIGHT
NL|QUOR PERMITS
Government Efforts Meet
Different FateS in Two
Federal Courts.

The Government fight To stop the
suspected flow of alcohol from indie
pendent denaturing plants into boot
leg trade. which has received. 50 far
Il $3.50 treatment in the Federal
Courts, will continue.
Having won one suit and lost an
other in efforts to deny permits to
manufacturers charged with being IL
regular, the Government is now faced
with a series of suits from concerns
which plan, il is understood. to bring
every available factor to their defense
before the Federal judiciary.
Results in Equity.
In a suit in equity brought in IL
New York court, one concern lost It's
contention against the Governments
right to make the liquor permits an
nual. while in Philadelphia during this
week it was the Government which
lost. Judge O. B. Dickinson, at Phila-
delphia, in ordering the permits re-
stored refused 10 rule on the broad
question of whether the Government
could change the basis of permits
from continuing to annual, with the
possibility of disseminating them, and
held that the revoca ton of the per-
mits in question was illegal, as the de-
PENDANT companies had not been given
the privilege of Il hearing.
No Indication of Appeal.
There was no indication in Govern
ment circles here TODAY that an APP
peal would be filed in the case OF the
Philadelphia concerns. as some ON
Gals were frank to admit that there
was an error in administration where
by the concerns had lost their per
mitS without even ii hearing.
In the New York district, it was
pointed out. 10 out OF 10 permittees
were refused the privilege of continu-
ing their permits. But these revoca-
tons were ordered only after extend
ed hearings, during which the com
panies had been granted the privi-
leSe of presenting their side of the
case II was in the New York dis
triCt that a Federal judge upheld the
right of the Government to enforce
the principle of the annual permit.
So far it is considered by legal au-
thorities here conversant with the
situation the two first decision are
considered only to affect the cases
concerned and could not be consid-
cred as establishing a precedent upon
which the Government would shift its
general policy concerning prohibition
enforcement.
Equity suits are expected in New
York, Philadelphia, Chicago and per-
haps elsewhere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-11
LECTURE ON EXPLORATION
DR.. Rice to Describe Brazilian Trip
Before Geographic Society.

An adventurous journey of explora
ton into remote and unknown parts
of Brazil will be described tomorrow
afternoon and evening by DR.. AleXan-
der Hamilton Rice before members
of the National Geographic Society
at the Masonic Temple Auditorium
DR.. Rice and his party made their
way through some of the world :
densest forests and accomplished their
detectives in spite of malaria. hos
tile natives and numerous physical
difficulties.
An airplane was taken along and
from II were obtained remarka BILE
photographs of the country. which
will be used in illustrating the ad-
dress. Motion pictures of the activ-
tiles of the natives will also lie
shown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-11
ELECTION REPORT HALTS.
Brookhart-Steck Committee Awaits
Senator Caraway's Return.

The Senate elections subcommittee
investigating the Brookhart Steck
Iowa senatorial contest, scheduled to
meet yesterday to begin preparation
of its report to the full committee,
postponed the meeting because of the
absence of Senator Caraway, Demo
crat, Arkansas. The session probab bly,
will be held late next week.
Senator Brookhart will not reap
pear before the committee, and only
a short time is expected to be re-
quired to complete the report.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-11
INDUSTRIAL WORK SHOWN.
Exhibit of Specimens Obtained
From Near East Schools.

An exhibit of the industrial and
vocational work of the Near East Re-
lief schools will be held during the
convention of the National Education
Association at the Washington Audi
forum, February q to %. Problems
of the educational institutions of the
Near East will be discussed at a
breakfast conference to be held by
the Department of Superintendent of
the National Association, in which
DR.. L. W. GlaZebrook. chairman of the
mems committee of the Near East Re
lief in the District, will participate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-11
SHENANDOAH,PARK
BILL INTRODUCED
Virginia Measure Provides 2,000,-
900 Debt Certificates for Pur-
chase of Land. :
BY the Associated Press.

RICHMOND. Va, February IL
Authorization for the purchase of
lands to be included in the proposed
Shenandoah National Park. was pro
vided for in bill introduced in the
Senate of the General Assembly of
Virginia yesterday. The measure
would have the State Geological Com
mission issue certificates of indebted
ness up to $4,000 900 to purchase the
land.
These certificates would be paid
from moneys appropriated by the
Legislature or received as donations.
The bill appropriated 5000, 600 for
1927 to be used in meeting certificates
issued in 1926. Neither the State
nor the members of the commission
would be responsible for the certiti-
Gates other than morally.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-11

morrow night. Ralph A. Morton
wrote the play.
Those in the cast are Marie Hayes.
Mary Collins. Ralph higgins. Helen
Collins, Beatrice CosgroVe, Joseph
Meegan. Thomas DuFief, Charles
Stewart, Joseph OI.one. William
Bray, John Davis, George Garner.
Harry McNerney, Helen Hughes,
Catherine Mulioy and j. Carroll
Hayes
John j. Long IL producing the play.
Ralph A. Norton Is the director. ana
John Lutich the stage director.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-11
Hearings on Curtis Bill.

Joint hearings before the Senate
and House committees on educate
ara labor, II was announced today
by Senator Phipps. chairman of the
Senate committee. will be held Feb
ruary "a on the Curtis bill to estab-
hsh department of educatio with
d cabinet officer at its head.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-11
Denies Misconduct Charges.

Frank w. Harvey has denied
charges of misconduct preferred
against him by his wife, Helen 7.
Harvey, and filed a cross-petition
against her asking for an absolute
divorce He is represented by Attor-
nev Henry NJ Fowler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-11
WILL PRESENT PLAY.
Aloysius Club to Open Performance
Tonight

The first performance of THE Cub
Reporter the latest show of. the
Aloysius Club Players, will be given
tonight at 500 o'clock in the Gonzaga
College hail. Another performance
will be given in the same hall, to :
New Britain herald., 1926-03-03
BLTE TRIANGLE CLUB NEWS

A special business meeting will he held at the Blue Triangle club, 476 Main street Thursday night at 7;&o for lh" purpose of eloctlng two girls 10 represent the club girls at tho Student Industrial conference q, smith college on March ?o-gL All girls who helped 10 entertain college girls last year are urged 10 attend this meeting and help 10 choose the New Britain gir's.
 Miss E. Gertrude Rogers will help the girls mako candy at the club room Thursday night, The candy will ho put on sale Friday at the Y, W, C, A. The proceeds will be used 10 dctrny the expenses oS the two Etrls who attend tho student and Industrial conference, Bertha Parker anl Margaret Bar. lius will have charge of the selling
 Six girls have already signed up for q glce club Miss Virginia Hurh burt will meet with these girls ana all other girls interested in group singing Thursday night She is specially eager 10 have girls willing 70 sing the different parts.
 The ukuIole and crystalline lamp shade classes will meet at the regu. lar time.
New Britain herald., 1926-03-03
FIND MANS BODY IN
 GARAGE FIRE RUINS
Portsmouth, \, H., Blaze Results in One Fatality, HNcstiga-
 ton shows,
Portsmouth, \. H.. March 3 C

Portsmouth, N H. March 3 tP --unc man WAS burned to death when tho Mop'cwood garage was destroyed by, Or" late last night. 0remtn discovered today when they searched tho ruins, They found the body Of Harry Hadlock of Boston in the wreck ot q burned automo. bile.
 lIaddock, an employe Of the Portsmouth navy yard, had been transferred 10 the Boston navy yard, and was 10 have left on an carly morning train for Boston to- lay The garage watchman said that Paddock was sleeping in an automobile and was 10 have leen awakened at about q. m. 10 catch a train, He said that he aroused the man when the fire broke out at about lo:i0 o'clock last night, tod him the place was ahrc. and said hc supposed Haddock mad" his way out,
 II was saih today that so auto. mobiles were known 10 have been destroyed and that others, not re- ported. might bring the total 10 loo or more. The total damage is expected 10 exceed s125,o00. One wall of he Margoson brothers fur niture store building was so badly damaged by the intense heat that 1t may have 10 be rebuilt, 1t vas discovered today.
New Britain herald., 1926-03-03
Dalfair Club to Give
 Party for EmplOyers

The Dalfair club, consisting of employees Of the Davidson X Leyen- thai and Fair Department stores, will give a testimonial banquet 10 Mr. and Mrs. S. NJ. Davidson and NIT. and Mrs. A. s. Leventhal at the Hurritt hotel the third week in March. The affair will be rendered by the club in appreciation Of the interest shown by the owners of the storos and their wives in the success and growth Of the club.
 The decision 10 hold the banquet vas made al the monthly meeting of the club held in the Fair store last night. 1t IS planned to have special music for the feast and a well known local speaker will he engaged. Members of the club will be allowed 10 bring their wives and husbands but with the exception of several guests of honor, it will be private.
 The program committee will plan on suitable entertainment and the entire affair will be informal. The club. because of the success of the recent minstrel show. voted 10 hold another which will be private affair.
 Another meeting of the club will be held Thursday night at 6 o'clock 10 further plans for the testimonial banquet.
New Britain herald., 1926-03-03
Appeals to Govt. to
 Aid Starving Artists

London. March F}-Artistic geniusrs are starving in the garre's of Chelsea because they cannot sell their paintings, many of which in few years may be worth thousands of pounds.
 On behalf of these artists Sir Joseph Duveen has appealed to Premier Baldwin for government support in movement 10 gain more interest for British art.
 Sir Joseph says British art has never been finer than it is today He urges buyers to search out the un- known painters in Chelsea and buy paintings which are worthy of the home of art lovers, and may be had for q few pounds that would enable yonng artist 10 live in greater comfort.
New Britain herald., 1926-03-03
STAIE SHE'S INlR BOARD

The state of Connecticut has in- s'itutod a suit in the superior court Of Bridgeport against James Lee Of Bristol to recover g, 800 which fl Is alleged he posted as a bond guaran- teoing the appearance of Robert E. lee in tho criminal court Of Bridge port Tn December, 1925. 10 answer to the charge Of embezzlement.
 Robert F.. lee was bound over from the Bridgeport city court on June 3h, 1895. 10 the September term, 1925 of the superior court. Al 'he September term. Lee moved 10 have his case continued 10 the De cemhcr term. When his name was called. he failed to answer and inc bond put ID by James Lee was de- clared forfeited.
New Britain herald., 1926-03-03
ON POLICE BLOTTER

Complaining that S15.50 was taken from his room yesterday. Louis Tucker, colored, 92T North street. told Sergeant John T. King last night that he suspected an other man who boarded at his house. Tucker said that the man works at the Clark Brick Yard in Berlin Officer Thomas J. Feenev Is Investigating,
 After being wanted by the New ington authorities for several days on charge of assault, Paul Kamiecki. of East Lawlor street, New Britain. surrendered himself 10 th" Newington authorities last night. He will appear in the Newington town court this evening,
 Emil Graveline, S64 Elm street, told the police yesterday that the automobile markers from his ma chine had been stolen.
 Complaining that his bicycle was stolen yesterday, Tony Paskalakis. 77 West street, asked the police to investigate the theft
New Britain herald., 1926-03-03
Bogus Priest to Stand
 Trial on Swindling Count

Bridgeport, March 3 P1 --Domi- rick F. Roche, 53. of 10o7 Grand avenue, New York, alias Rev. Peter Walsh of Syracuse, x. T." who re- cently victin1ized the law firm of Marsh, Stoddard and Lay of $3,700 on bad check deal in city court today was bound over to tha super for court in bonds of $1o,o0o,
 Roche gave his occupation as bookkcepcr and stenographer, The idea of posing as a priest in order to work the bad check game came to him from q short story he read while serving time in Missouri penitentiary he told police. Roche's police rec ord shows that he has been in prison about 10 years out of the past 30.
New Britain herald., 1926-03-03
B'NAI BIRTH ANNUAL DANCE.

The Independent Order of Bna
 B'rith will give its annual benefit dance at Odd Fellows hall on Arch street tonight This, like other af- fairs held under these auspices, promises to be unusually attractive and to eclipse anything given hy the order in the social line. Present in dications point 10 large a.tcnd- ance, not only from New Britain but from all the lodges throughout the s te, The committee in charge is as follows: Louis Croll, Alfred Levitt, Dr. B. l.. Protass, Harry MilkoWiiz, Max Fucker. Harry BeckWith, Ar. thur Littman and Samuel FeingoId. A program Of music has been pre- pared the hall will be decorated and every efor. will be made to have the affair surpass all others in the past.
New Britain herald., 1926-03-03
HOLLYWOOD YOKE,
 BRITISH PROTEST
English Film Producers Howl at
 American Films

London, March Rt--"Tht Holly. wood Yoke" is the way the British film producers describe tho Amcri- can film ascendancy in Great Britain against which British inter. csts are battling.
 One billion persons are attending the 4,000 film houses in the islands every year and ciEhty-fivc per cent of the pictures they scc are Amclt can made. In the British colonies American pictures have even stronger hold.
 Therein the British producers g., a threat 10 British culture, even to British civilization. if one may ho. licvc all the fuss which the trade i, making through the press, Malaya's rubber yoke under whicl the people Of the United States ar, sweating Is not producing half th, outcry that is emitted ny press agents of the British film industry l Hollywood manners, Hollywood slang, Hollywood morals -cvcrythina 1 from Hollywood except the Amer can aCCent--aro being graftcd on th' 1 British nation, these agents wall. But far more temperate voices ar' heard. Lord Ashfiold. who Is head 1 of the organization controlling mort 1 film theatres than any other in Eng. land, is official spokesman for tht majority Of theatre owners who wen' on record in opposition 10 th" pl1r ! 10 force British made films upon th, public by means of legislation. IEn says the public cannot be forced 10 pay to see films finch 1t does rot ! like.
 | However. he is much opposed to the block system of booking, which ties theatres up to take q certain number of pictures in order 10 get features which it must have.
 Colonel Vernon Wiley, president of the Federation of British Indus. tries. believes British films will never have a fair chance in British
 houses until this system is broken up and a special quota of British ls required 10 be on every picture program. He has the backing of
 British film manufacturers who
 have not been able 10 compete in their home market with the Ameri- can product
 Colonel Wiley says a ma jority Q:
 the British theatres are now book
 cd up fully for twelve 10 eighteen
 months through energetic American
 agents and that British films havr
 no chance to break in unless ther'
 he legislation in their favor. But
 many of the theatre-owners reply that if British pictures are forced upon them they must face bank,
 ruptcy as the public will not so 10
 sec them.
 Film regulation threatens 10 b" come a problem in party politics in Great Britain.
New Britain herald., 1926-03-03
WILL LECTURE ON DICKENS

Frank Guy Armitage, considered one of the best known impersonators in United States, will give a lecture to students at the State Normal school next Wednesday afternoon, His topic will be on Dickens char actcrs." In the evening he will give q short talk and entertainment dur ing which he will inpersonate many of the well known characters Of Dickensian Literature.
 Mir. Armitage has appeared in every one of the leading high schools in this state and his entertainment was so pleasing 10 the principals that he was the recipient of many con- pliments from them.
New Britain herald., 1926-03-03
CIVIL SUITS SETTLED

The n'"rr' ntion of Judge Thom- 1s !. Mollov of 'h" court Of common rI.as yesterday was 'h' cnuso Of -r'flomcrf in 'po Nv Britain cases brought before him and a jury. In one. Mrs. Harriet j. ronncr of Nonfcl1tr, \. T.. formerly a resident of this ci'r. obtained settlement of 5-Su from Ticfrc EUcchl of this city and in 'h. other. Mrs Virginia Shnl- Jon oF this ri'y obtained q set'lo- m"n' from iho same man.
 Eoth suoi Rucchi for q "oN dam ages tor injuries sustained on Sep tcmhsr 4. 1925 when Bucchi's ear backed down on them as they were HarIinE on tho curb on Was Main street. this ely.
 Donald GaTrev represented the plaintiffs and Clarence W. Seymour appeared for the defendant.