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Evening star., 1926-02-26
GEORGE R. KIDWELL DIES.
P. R. r. Track Walker Had Gov
cred 1O4.22O Miles.

George r. kidwell, so years old,
Confederate veteran and retired track
walker for the Pennsylvania Railroad,
who had estimated that during 25
years employment in that capacity he
had walked 104, ,22O miles, died at his
residence, 1929 r street northeast,
Wednesday, after a short Illness. He
was a native Of this city and retired
from active work about 10 years ago.
Mr.. kidwell was member of Ben
ming Council, No. 81. Of the Junior
Order of United American Mechanics.
He leaves two sons, Albert and VIII
Kidwell, a sister. Mrs. Mary Cunning
ham, and a grandson.
Funeral services were conducted at
the residence this afternoon, with in
terment at Glenwood Cemetery.
Evening star., 1926-02-26
REGRETS DRYS' REFUSAL
TO HOLD RUM SHOWDOWN
Head of Wet Association Declares
Congress May "See Light
Overnight"
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 26.-Capt.
W. H. Stayton, head Of the Associa-
ton Against the Prohibition Amend
ment, at dinner in his honor at the
Hotel Astor, said he regretted to learn
that the Anti-Saloon League has
called off its Showdown exposition,
and said that it was abandoned be-
cause they could not get John D.
Rockefeller, jr., and Elbert H. Gary
to underwrite 1t.
Capt. Stayton predicted modification
of the Volstead act by the present
Congress.
II believe" he said. that the pres,
ent Congress will grant us a relief In
the form of a return to something
akin to what we had for two years
during the war-wines and beer minus
hard liquor"
Representative John J. O'Connor
New York, Democrat, said the Presi
dent or Congress might "see the light
overnight" at any time.
Evening star., 1926-02-26
TWO FIRMS BANKRUPT.
Ehrlich Shoe Co. and Old Plate
Shops File Petitions.

Rudolph Ehrlich and Albert Foer,
trading as the Ehrlich Shoe Co. at
3014-6 Fourteenth street, today filed a
petition in voluntary bankruptcy
They list their debts at $14 4.23S.SS and
estimate their assets at s6,045. Attor-
ney Louis Gutenberg appears for the
merchants.
An application in bankruptcy was
also filed by Anna Levinson. trading
as the Old Plate Shop, at 1113 Con-
necticut avenue. She gives her debts
as S9,2S5.7S and estimates her assets
at $500. She Is represented by At
torneys Simon. Koenigsberger, Young
6 BreZ.
Evening star., 1926-02-26
ASKS WRIGHT'S ARREST.
Wife Declares Architect Is in Chi.
cago With Another Woman.

CHICAGO, February &c R.-Mrs.
Moriam Noel Wright, wife of Frank
Lloyd Wright, architect, whose mari
tai differences have been aired in the
courts of Wisconsin lately, yesterday
appeared at the States attorneys
office and obtained a warrant for her
husbands arrest, charging he was
living here with another woman.
A few days ago Mrs. Wright
charged that her husband had fled to
Canada She charged that the woman
with whom her husband Is in Chicago
is from Spring Green, Wis, the site
Of her husbands Summer home, and
where Nine. Olga Milanoff, Mr..
Wright's housekeeper, was accused by
Mrs. Wright Of misconduct with the
architect.
Evening star., 1926-02-26
ALUMNI TO GIVE DANCE.
Business High Group Will Hold
Event Tonight.

The Alumni Association of the
Business High School will hold a
subscription dance tonight at 2400
Sixteenth street. Music will be fur
nished by the Marceron Orchestra,
under the direction Of Eddie Rein
muth.
This is the first open dance the
association has held in over two years
and 1t is expected to rival the regular
monthly dances that the association
held two years ago.
A committee, consisting of Doris
Schultz, chairman: Amy Norton and
Jerome Kaufman, has arranged sew
eral entertaining features, including
a specially number by Miss Evelyn
Davis, popular young dancer.
Evening star., 1926-02-26
STATION CUTS POWER.
WNBH Reduces Strength From $50
to 100 Watts.

In the midst of the present wave Of
high power for radio broadcasting one
station has reported to the Depart
ment of Commerce a decrease in the
strength of its outgoing signals. The
station is WNBH, at New Bedford
Mass, which has cut its power from
$50 to 100 watts, and its action in re
ducing it's output is the first to be re
ported to the department in many
months. The station operates on the
2A8.metar wave length.
Evening star., 1926-02-26
2,1OO PARKING ARRESTS.
District Collects About $4,000
From Offenders in Three Weeks.

Capt Thaddeus r. Beans traffic
squad working on overtime parking
in the congested area have made ap-
proximately 200 arrests in the past
three weeks.
Parking overtime. parking abreast
and parking IN restricted zones are
the principal charges against the per
sons accused. Police say they intend
to continue the crusade. Capt. Bean
said the District had collected an
average of $5 from each of the 2,100
persons arrested.
Evening star., 1926-02-26
NEW LA Toilette RISES.
Robert M, Seeking West Point
Place, No Relative of Senator.

The Army is to have Robert NJ
La Toilette, provided he is able to pass
the examinations to be held next Tues
day for admission to the West Point
Military Academy.
Mr.. La Toilette halls from Fort
Madison. Iowa. and received his ap-
puintmeit from Senator Albert i.
cunnuin>. regular Republican. ui that
STATE. He was said to be no relation
Evening star., 1926-02-26
MISSING MINISTER
IS HELD WITH GIRL
Former Pastor of Fashion
able Philadelphia Church
Taken in Los Angeles.
sy The Associated Press.

Los ANGELES, Calf, February
2s-Rev. Thomas II. Jones, once pas
tor Of fashionable ct. Barnabas'
Protestant Episcopal Church OF Phtf
delphia, was arrested here yesterday
harged with violation of the Mann
act.
Miss Mildred Lever, formerly q
"hoir singer at the church, was held
IS @ material witness.
Federal officers say that the couple
,Ioped to this city last June. making
The trip by automobile, and since have
been living as man and wife.
Jones was released under $1,000
bail pending a preliminary hearing
. today.
The former pastor is AZ years OF
age and Is said to have q wife and
two sons in Philadelphia. The girl
is 10.
Left Eight Months Ago.
PHILADELPHIA. February Is tP)
Rev. Thomas Hubert Jones, under
arrest in Los Angeles. was rector ol
ST. BarnabaS' Protestant Episcopal
church here until his disappearance
about eight months ago.
Several months after he disappeared
a warrant was issued for his arrest
charging nlisappropriatIon Of funds
Intrusted to him by James Hill, an
aged parishioner. for the benefit OF
Tho latter's daughter during his
temporary absence from the city.
William S. Wacker, counsel for
Hill, said that the minister had been
given $2,4O0 by his client and that
when he was called upon later for
The money he refused to turn It over
Finally, Wacker said, Jones returned
$1,000 of the money, but disappeared
before the remainder was paid.
Estranged From Wife.
Mr.. Wacker said Jones had a wife
here and a son in the Navy. From
other sources il was learned that
Jones had been eStranged from his
wife for some time before leaving this
city.
No information was obtainable re
sarding the girl reported to have been
posing in Los Angeles as Jones wife
Since his disappearance st. Barnabas
has been without a rector.
Evening star., 1926-02-26
|BAN ON COUNTESS
| IN FILMS PROPOSED
Motion Picture Owners
RouSed by Accounts of
Party Given by Carroll.
By IT, Assnci ated Press

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 26.--Be.
cause of the Countess of Cathcart, her
motion picture and stage ambitions.
Earl CarroIls "bathtub party" and
church action against dramati''
trash Broadway is having hecti'
time.
Inc carroll party was IN honor a.
the countess, engaged by him for !;
leading part in her own play. AS :;
result of the party the statement i
made that the Motion Picture Theate,
Owners of America viii bar her from
their screens.
The organization represents so pei
cent of movie theater owners in the
United States and has been assured
support by the American Motion Pic
ture Advertisers.
Carroll Denies Story.
Published reports that the CARROT
party was featured by the appearance
of a chorus girl in bath tub filled
with wine has been denied by Carroll.
He says that the bathtub was filed
with gingerale and that no one goJ
in It,
THE reason for this affair" said T.
f. Woodruff. president of the Motor
Picture Owners Association, seem
to center about the Countess of Cath
cart. If this is just another piece Of
advance publicity so her name would
be q great attraction in the box office
l speak now for the $1,000 members
of the Motion Picture Theater Owners
Of America that we shall make every
effort to prevent her from appearing
on any of our screens"
Probe at Standstill.
Investigation into the Carroll parry
apparently is at n standstill, Federal
and police officials declining to dis
cuss it. Actors and actresses in one
Broadway production have passed
resolutions censuring the party.
The dramatic committee of the Fed
eral Council of Churches of Christ,
"importuned to do something about
the DRAMA" has called a conference
to consider means of supporting plays
Of serious purpose and worthy intent.
1t will begin next Wednesday night.
Claiming Pollock, producer and
playwright, who has conferred with
the council committee, said theaterS
were losing patronage because ~
trash" now being produced.
Evening star., 1926-02-26
CALLS CAPITAL GATEWAY
Pennsy to Locate Assistant Gen
eral Passenger Agent Here.

PHILADELPHIA February 25 CP).
The Pennsylvania Railroad an
nounced today that recognizing the
growing importance of Washington
as a great center and gateway Of pas
senger traffic" it, has created the po-
sition of assistant general passenger
agent in that city and appointed to
the place Capt. Charles E. McCul-
Tough. At present he is division pas
senger agent in New York City. The
company.aIso announced that n. WE'LL
has been advanced to district pas
sepger xepre6sptak1Yn It XAshjnGtQQ.
Evening star., 1926-02-26
EXPRESS co. INDICTED.
Violated Embargo on japanese
Beetle, officials Charge.

PHILADELPHIA February 26 L4).
"A Federal indictment for violating the
.Iapanese beetle embargo was returned
Yesterday against the American Rail
way Express Co. The action, said to
be the first of its kind in the country,
grew out of the shipment last Decem-
ber of two rubber plants from this
city, one TO Auburn. r. l., and the
other to Hampton, Va.
Bertrand l. de Young, assistant
Federal district attorney. said the case
would be used as "A test - impress
gpon all transportation companies tIc
absolute necessity ri obeyin4 the
hsetla eWbarHas.s
Evening star., 1926-02-26
CLEARED IN ASSAULT.
Restaurant Proprietor Wins on
Jurors Testimony.

Joseph H. Mena, restaurant pro-
prietor, was acquitted late yesterday
afternoon by q jury in Criminal Di-
vision 2. before Justice Stafford, after
two Of the jurors had testified against
the veracity of a Government witness
who had denied remaining In the
courtroom after all witnesses had
been excluded by order of the court.
Mena was charged with a felonious
assault on a young girl who had been
in his employ. Attorney p. II. Mar
shall ceDEaasQte4 the accuaaa
Evening star., 1926-02-26
Rail Employe go Years Dies.
al Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND, Md, February 26.
Lawrence Donagan, who entered the
employ of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad In 1867, died at his home
in Connellsville yesterday, aged 81
years. Ha vas born in Ireland
Evening star., 1926-02-26
DENIES ARSON CHARGE.
Youth Accused in Victoria Apart.
ments Blaze Pleads Not Guilty.

Harold S. Marsh, 19 years old, re-
Gently indicted for arson In connec-
ton with the $150,000 fire at the Vic
toria Apartments, Fourteenth and
Clifton streets, January 81 last, today
pleaded not guilty when arraigned
before Justice Bailey In Criminal Di-
vision l.
Marsh resided with his. parents at
the apartments and Is said to have
told police and newspaper men that
he set fire to the building. lie was
rama I1dAd Tor trial
Evening star., 1926-02-26
FAVOR EXTENSION
Of 14TH STREET
House Subcommittee Also
0. KS Improvements at
Walter Reed.

The subcommittee on streets, high
ways and traffic of the House District
committee today voted a favorable re-
port to the full committee, at the next
regular meeting on Wednesday, on
the bill for the extention of -Four
teenth street and for certain improve
ments In the Walter Reed General
Hospital reservation.
Chairman Zihlman explained that
the bill represented an agreement be-
tween Col. Bell, Engineer Commis-
sioner Of the District; Gen. Ireland,
representing the Medical Corps of
the Army; Gen. Glennon, representing
the hospital reservation: Senator Cap
per of the Senate District committee,
and himself as chairman of the
House District committee He said
the bill represents what the medical
authorities at Walter Reed insisted
upon, and which we, interested in the
original bill, were forced to concede
to get legislation passed"
Evening star., 1926-02-26
Moving Aspen Street.

Mr.. Zihlman also explained the
provision for moving Aspen street SO
as to provide additional space in the
Walter Reed Hospital grounds, and
the contention by the District Com
missioners that this should be paid
wholly by the United States Govern
ment. This amendment was ordered
written into the bill.
The entire subcommittee showed its
conviction that no legislation could
be put through the House which
would allow street railway, motor bus
or truck traffic through the Walter
Reed reservation.
When Lieut.. Col. Bell, Engineer
Commissioner, was called as a witness,
he commented that he is incidentally
chairman of the Public Utilities Com
mission, and therefore qualified to ad-
wise the committee that in this bill
the Walter Reed Hospital is ade-
quately protected against possibility
of the commission granting franchises
for street railways through the reser-
walton along the extension Of -Four.
teenth street."
He said he spoke not only as a Dis
trict official, but also for the Army.
He emphasized that it is very desirable
that this legislation be passed at this
session, especially to permit the open.
ing up of Fourteenth street from
Montague street to the hospital
grounds, in order that the development
Of that section of the city may not be
retarded.
Evening star., 1926-02-26
Would Benefit Hospital.

Col. Bell said with reference to the
moving of Aspen street that the Dis
trict Commissioners have not urged
this change, but that the hospital au-
thorities want it and it would make
a very valuable improvement Of the
Walter Reed grounds.
Chairman Zihlman said that all
students of the development of the
city of Washington have long seen
u necessity fer opening up ii through
highway into the territory to the
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paign, with the object of driving nom
union printed matter from this mar
ket.
Substantial results were achieved
after the first two weeks of the pres
ent effort, the members showing great
activity in gathering up non-label
printed matter and turning it in to
the various union headquarters with
the object of having it returned to the
purchasers with tive don't patronize''
stickers attached. A good sized truck
load Of it was turned in at the offices
of Typographical Union No. 16.
Plans are being perfected for big
mass meeting of the members of all
of the II unions affiliated with the
Allied Printing Trades Council. 1t is
the purpose of those arranging this
meeting to put pep and enthusiasm
into the campaign by this means.
Approximately 100 printing Office;
were unionized as the result of a
union label campaign and organizing
drive which was inaugurated here
about two years ago. The enthusi-
asm died down after that, however
It was recently determined that the
members had rested long enough and
that they should be asked to become
active once more.
The immediate favorable response
indicates that the officers had the sit
uation sized up correctly.
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competition. In the case of the steel
trust, the court refused to dissolve
that combine because that corporation
had no desire to drive competitors
out of the market.
The Weekly Bulletin of the National
Catholic Welfare Council indicates lit
tie faith in legal attacks against the
Ward bread trust and food combine
unless strong public opinion is de-
veloped. The Bulletin says
"Even if the federal trade commits
sion and the senatorial committee find
that the Ward interests are monop-
oily, the department Of justice may be
either careless or incapable in its
prosecution, or the supreme court may
decide that the monopoly is a reason
able one. If that happens, nothing
further can be DONE The monopoly
may go unregulated. If attempts are
made to get the federal government to
regulate it, the cry will go up that
this is bolshevism or an invasion Of
states rights or the putting of gov
ernment in business. Yet the cities
and states can hardly handle a con-
Germ so gigantic.
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The Cherry
/" Where with our
OO we tell the truth
about many things, sometimes pro-
fOundly, sometimes fiippantly,
sometimes recklessly. -. :.

Almost everybody's morning paper
and also their evening paper-pre-
sents about every so often a cartoon
showing "the public" in dire distress,
helpless, just out of luck.
1.-THE public" as caricatured or car
tooned, is wisened little person with
scraggly 'lace curtains" low fore
head, wobbly knees, forehead lack
ing the least sign of aggression, eyes
bereft of any Of the light of intelli-
gence, not to speak Of combat.
"The public" Of the cartoons is the
"fall guy" who is continually stepped
on and who doesn't seem to have the
least idea of what to do about it.
Why is it that when cartoonists
want to depict the people en- masse
they produce such helpless, spine
less creature? Why must they pic
ture dried-up elderly waif who looks
as if he might have been found in the
ash can or in the fag end of Chi
cago department store remnant sale
of odds and ends?
Why is this atrocious bit of frayed-
out, played-out near-humanity pre-
sented to us as representing "the
public?
Where do cartoonists get their
"types" anyhow? Where did they
find this alleged public" this shot
to-pieces fage end of helplessness and
hopelessness Where did they find
the poor fish and what made them
think he typified the public?
It's time something was done about
such atrocities. It's time cartoonists
were dragged forth in the early morn
ing hours, tried by court martial and
shot without breakfast every time
they perpetrate repetition of "the
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penters and Joiners from national
headquarters here, William L. Hutch
inson, general president, reports that
the controversy between sheet metal
workers and iron workers organiza-
tions and the Carpenters Union at
Cincinnati, and which resulted in the
formation of the Independent carpen-
ters' local there had been amicably
settled to the satisfaction of all con-
cerned.
President Hutchinson's statement
said that arrangements had been COM
pleted whereby the men comprising
this independent group have become
a part of the brotherhood and known
as Local Union No. 1888.
The rift in the relations between
the crafts in Cincinnati occurred
about two years ago and certain large
contractors of the Cincinnati Building
Trades Council supported the inde-
pendents.
President Hutchinson states that
hereafter Cincinnati contractors
would not have in their employ any
carpenter not carrying a card in the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters.
1t was also agreed to give the MEM
bership of the brotherhood the erec-
tion and installation of all metal
trim.
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Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio
Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
and Labor Council of Middletown. @.
POTTER PARK DRIVE

A week from next Monday, to be
exact, March 1st, begins the drive
to make possible the development of
Potter's Park, Hamilton's newest
park, located at the end of South
ID street. Fifteen thousand contr,-
butors of 81 each will be tried for;
of course there will be no serious
objection if 10000 people insist on
giving So each. But anyway, $4,000
is the goal sought to make this beau
tiful tract of land donated by Mr.
Potter to the city for the purposes,
into a beautiful park and play
grounds.
Some workingmen are inclined 70
show little spirit of indifference to
the proposed new park because of the
golf link connections thereto, argu-
ing that golf links are of no interest
to working people, that it is a rich
mans game and plaything. Get that
idea out of your head, brother; the
fellow that talks that way is out of
date, not up to the times. For as
the automobile was once regarded as
rich mans luxury and now has be-
come poor mans necessity, so it
is with golf. While now, especially
in the immediate neighborhood, it is
the rich and well-to-do's recreation
and playtime game. Golf, every
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public" as the last edition Of dried
apple.
If the public really is so brainless
so utterly helpless, so completely un-
able even to cross the street alone, Sc
tagged and logged, so wizened and
withered and wilted, so down at the
heel, SO empty above the ears, so weak
in the knees-if the public is like that
then by the eternal fizz the public de-
serves what it gets in this world.
The poor sap of the cartoons does
MT even think, doesn't even throw UP
a feeble elbow when he is hit, doesn't
fight back, doesn't betray the slightest
sign of intelligence, interest in life,
or desire for self-protection. He ex-
cites no pity, no compassion, no in
terest. He's joke and the world will
forever laugh at him because the
world is healthy and always laughs a.
simpletons and boobs and funny little
guys who don't know where they're
going or why.
Why can there not be public worth
looking at in the cartoons? Why car
there not be a public, that comes
somewhere near fitting the masses OF
the people-a creature of some de.
cency of proportions, some show Of
life, some kick left in him, some lit.
tie bulge above the eyes at least?
The public of the cartoons should
get off the stage, along with the stage
Irishman, the laborer of the square
cap, the comedy Jew and Lo, the poor
Indian.
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TIMES SURE HAVE CHANGED
The failure of the unnumbered dry
laws to remedy any one of the social
evils that troubled society previous to
the prohibition regime has caused the
conservative prohibition voter to at
least consider the advisability of TAX
ing middle of -the-road stand in the
matter, even if it hasn't caused the
radicals to acknowledge their blum
der An instance took place in one
of the villages in this congressional
district few weeks ago that shows
to some degree the change that has
come over the people in this matter.
The prohibition workers in the COM
munity advertised a public meeting
for the discussion of the dry issue,
and they secured speaker of state
wide repute as the headliner for the