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Evening star., 1926-12-03

Lodge, No. 0. r. A. A. M. He was
member Of the Washington Board Of
Trade. ,~
He is survived by his widow, MRS.
Florence A. McNeilly. who was Miss
Kearfis Of Clarksburg. w. Va: Two
brothers, James McNeilly of Pitts,
hurvh. Pa, and Joseph McNealy or
this city, and nephew, Lewis NC
Nelly Of Pittsburgh.
Funeral services will be conducted
at the residence tomorrow aiternooIl
at Q o'clock. Interment Will % III
Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star., 1926-12-03
CARDS of Tbanks.

HALE. We wish to express our apprecia-
ton to our relatives and friends for their
sympathy and beautiful floral tributes
at the death of our father.
MRS MARTHA HALE AND FAMILY.
MORTON. We wish to express our sincere
friends and relatives for their kindness.
sympathy and floral tributes at the death
of our beloved father. JAMES H.
MORTON THE CHILDREN.
Evening star., 1926-11-02
HEAD OF MASONS
VISITS TWO LODGES
Grand Master Jacobs and Escort of
Officers Inspect Whiting and
Potomac Organizations.

Resuming the series of grand visi-
tations of 1926 to the constituent
lodges, Grand Master Sydney r.
Jacobs, accompanied by the officers o.
the Masonic Grand Lodge of the Dis
trict of Columbia. last evening paid
Official calls on George c. Whiting
Lodge. No. %, of which George w.
Hall is master, and on Potomac Lodge,
No. 5, of which Robert J. Michael is
master. The organizations mentioned
meet in Masonic Hall, 1910 Wiscon-
sin avenue.
Members of Whiting Lodge. follow
ing the visitation, repaired to the hall,
where Potomac Lodge was meeting,
to he present at the ceremony there.
Following the close of the Masonic
exercises. the two lodges joined in an
entertainment presentation, with un-
usual features. Later refreshments
Were served
Other grand visitations scheduled
for this week are to Naval Lodge. No.
4. meeting at Fourth street and Penn
Sylvania avenue southeast at s
O'Clock. and to Anacostia Lodge, No.
21, in Masonic Hall, Anacostia D. c.,
at S:45 o'clock. Thursday evening. and
TO Joseph II. Milans Lodge. No. 3S. at
s o'clock. and to Myron NJ. Parker, No.
81, at $50 o'clock. Friday evening.
Milans and Parker Lodges meet in
Masonic Han. Eighth street near +
street northeast.
Evening star., 1926-11-02
SHUBERT-BELASC0-"Lny Sue"

1t has been remarked that after a.
period of 20 years old fashions return,
more or less modified perhaps, yet
with recognizable resemblance. Ac.
cording to the Belasconian theory
the time is here for another wave of
melodrama, with the lover, caught in
a web of circumstantial evidence.
saved by his faithful sweetheart from
a mob on lynching bent.
It is about 20 years ago that David
Belasco wrote and produced THE
Girl of the Golden West" = -
And now comes Lilly Sue:"
1t sounds a note that appealed
agreeably last night: To bark back
to the poet writing of the village
school belle, Its nusic's just the
same. dear Dave, as 20 years ago!'
But it is louder music, with more in
tricate embellishments. Lilly Sue" is
complete unto itself as a melodrama
and will scarcely inspire a Puccini to
build melodies to brighten it's emotion
eitieS. 1.-The Girl' called for an
orchestra, Lilly Sue" calls for brass
band.
Willard Mack, a smooth actor,
though rugged playwright, had cast
himself for the role of the sheriff,
heartwrung in the struggle between
love and duty. Washington longed
to see him play the part. Perhaps
Mack rehearsed Jack RoSeleith in the
role. Mack could not have portrayed
it better himself.
Another character that commanded
attention was the Blackfoot Indian
who, though educated in the East, re-
tained an unconquerable thirst for
fire water, along with aboriginal i'm
pulses toward American chivalry.
The love element, which ranged all
the way from the girl deceived and
discarded to the woman whose devoted
determination won eventual triumph,
is emphasized with unremitting force.
The element of human revenge is
powerful, yet subordinated to a degree
which shows artistic discretion.
The story is about a girl named in
the title; Montana girl in the early
'90s, when Western romance still re
tanned traces of the life that prompt
ed the genius of Bret Harte and
Joaquin Miller. Much of the current
romance of the far West is solesistic.
1t assumes conditions that no longer
exist. Prohibition has doomed the
dance halls and cowboys have become
the companions of princes. But the
song, He Hasn't Done Right by
Nell" rings true, even in the drama,
and the qualification Of the audience
in seeing the Villains neck wrung
constitutes a comforting assurance of
the basic integrity Of human nature.
1t is necessary for Mr.. Belasco, in
the curtain speech. which constitutes
an intrinsic portion of every play
with which he is associated, to be
able to say, II am very proud in a
manner which ,contradicts his words
and implies a most deferential mod
eSty.
In this case it is Beth Merrill Of
whom he is justly proud. An actress,
clad in gingham from the beginning
to the end of the play, burdened in
speech with an ungainly dialect and
reliance for appeal on a portrayal of
the complete and unconquerable de-
votion of a loyal woman, she gives
performance Of tragic intensity
Evening star., 1926-11-02
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
| UPHELD BY COURT
Dry VioIators Liable to Two
Prosecutions for Same
t Crime, Justice Rules.

Both the Federal Government and
State may lawfully prosecute per-
son in their respective courts for vio-
tations of their prohibition laws grow
ing out of the same act.
This point was determined yester-
day by the Supreme Court in ruling
on a case from Louisiana in which
Doras Hebert and others sought to
have their conviction in the State
courts set aside because the Federal
Government had indicted them for
the same offense.
Discussing the contention of double
Jeopardy, the court, in an opinion by
Justice Van Devanter, to which no
dissent was announced. held that the
eighteenth amendment to the Con-
stitution contemplated that the manu-
facture of intoxicating liquor for bev-
erage purposes may be denounced as
O criminal offense both by the Federal
law and by the State law. and that
these laws may not only co-eXist but
be given full execution each independ-
emily of the other.
only OffenseS against the laws OF
the United States are cognizable un-
Ger IHOSe dSot1lIsst Aolt1IV
laws are cognizable only under the
authority Of the State. And this Is
true where the same act is an offense
against both a law of the United
States and law of a State"
The court pointed out that the
States had the right to enact prohibi-
ton laws without regard to the Fed
eral Government or the eighteenth
amendment, and emphasized that in
attacks upon the construction of State
laws the final decision rests with the
courts of the State.
The fourteenth amendment did not
authorize the Supreme Court, the
opinion declared, to revise the decision
of State courts on questions Of State
law. When the Federal Government
enters no objection to a State pro-
ceeding with the trial of persons un-
der Federal indictment in prohibition
cases, it must be assumed, the deci-
sion added, that the United States has
acquiesced.
Evening star., 1926-11-02
OPENING ATTRACTIONS In WASHINGTON
THEATERS
oined with irresistible personal

combined with irresistible personal
charm.
Belasco reasserts himself in this
play--the Belasco of 'Du Barry" and
Darling of the Gods" The settings
are beautiful. The lighting effects
are we'll managed, but the great
effect of all is reserved for the final
act, when the scene is slowly revealed
to the eye and the little stone build.
ing on which so much drama is CEN
tered is made to prove that even a
Jail may be made picturesque.
Lilly Sue will scarcely be refer
red to by future generations as a
classic" It utflizess FAMILIAR plot
mechanisms without Eestraint and
with immense <rngelifty.- It's. lit.
erary quality Lies in the dialogue
rather than in it's human analysis or
it's study OF inexorabfe fate The lines
are witty. humorous, sometimes elo-
quent, yet always appropriate to the
character, save in the prOfanities,
which would never have been permit
ted a woman in the 1SS0s.
A crowded house was in attend.
ance. The applause afforded every
assurance that in spite of the terrible
things said about some of his recent
productions, Belasco is still a pet of
the populance. PHI. j.
Evening star., 1926-11-02

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You think perhaps you are suffo-
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Evening star., 1926-11-02
AUDITORIUM-"King Lear"

i'King Lear" one Of Robert B.
Mantell's best Shakespearean interprer
tations, opened> two weeks Of roper;
,toire of the Naptell- Hamper Co. in
Washington last night in the AUDI
torium,. and a large crowd of Shake
,speare and Mantell enthusiasts were
present for the feast.
The play offers tremendous difficult
ties at best unless one has made a
close study Of it and there were times
last night when, following its lines be-
came too much Of a task for all but
the Shakespearean scholar. This in
spite of the fact that the whole play
was convincingly interpreted.
Mr.. Mantell, as usual, is interesting,
and he has succeeded in surrounding
himself with fine supporting cast.
Genevieve Hamper. Sarah Alexander
and Olga Leeds give fine portrayals of
the daughters roles. 1t is question
able that John Alexander succeeds SO
we'll in the role of Edgar as did Fritz
Lieber, formerly associated with Mr..
Mantell.
Something vastly different than the
usual Mantell performance is being
Evening star., 1926-11-02
NATIONAI-"Yes, Yes, Yvette."


An old-time favorite came to the
National Theater last night all dressed
up in a new form with embellishments
of catching melodies and choruses of
eager and very youthful lassies and
capable lads, and the transformation
was undoubtedly a success.
To tell the absolute and unequivocal
truth, this new H. H. Frazee produc-
ton, "Yes, Yes. Yvette," the plot of
which is lifted almost in it's entirety
from the stage play Nothing But the
musical comedy. And while it is not
to be rated in the same rank with
Frazee's mo, No, Nanette," the pro-
ducer is deserving another bow--and
he got it from the first-nighters at
the National.
The very fact that the production
got off on the wrong foot in the open
ing scenes and that there was a
noticeable roughness in the move
ments Of the chorus in romping on
and off stage is a testimonial to the
appeal of the show as a whole, in the
light of the obvious appreciation
which was sent up from the audience.
BY the middle of the second act, the
audience was rocking with laughter,
and not a few were heard humming
with the orchestra and chorus I'm a
Little Fonder of You Than I Am of
Myself Am" and Nothing But the
Truth"
"Yvette" is unique in that it's plot
would carry it over the footlights with
little support from the cast. 1t is a
story of a salesman who wagers a
large sum, intrusted him by his
fiancee to invest, on his conviction
that he could tell the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the truth, for
a period of five hours and answer any
and all questions. Those who saw
performances of the Frederic S. Isham
play will recall the predicaments the
brash youth got himself into.
The play lends itself admirably to
musical comedy, as the work of the
chorus and the specialities do not in
terrupt the train of the story. Jean
cite Macdonald carving the leading
Evening star., 1926-11-02

senger agent with headquarters at
New York, 1t was announced today.
He will be succeeded here by j. 3.
Scott, who has been assistant general
passenger agent at ST. Louis.
Mr.. Shipley, who now is accom-
panying the special train of the Queen
of Rumania as traffic director, has
been in Washington since 1920. when
he was made divisional passenger
agent here. He served as a colonel
in the Army during the war.
Evening star., 1926-11-02
GIVES 10000 BEETLES.
John D. Sherman, Jr., Donates Col
lection to Smithsonian Institution.

A collection of 10000 water beetles
has been given to the Smithsonian In
stitution by John D. Sherman, jr.. of
Mount Vernon, n. Y, it was an
nounced today.
This collection represents Mr.. Sher-
mans life work as an entomologist.
He has spent nearly 40 years gather
ing the specimens. The gift was made
in honor of DR.. F.. A. SchwarZ of the
Bureau of Entomology. Department
of Agriculture, to whose inspiration
Mr.. Sherman attributes his first in
1erest in entomology.
The water BEETLES composing the col
lection belong to the Dytiscidae and
HaEplidae families, representing about
400 North American and 200 foreign
kinds. The insect collection admins
tered by the Smithsonian now consists
Of .. 500 900 specimens.
Evening star., 1926-11-02

role Of Yvette, readily wins her way
into the hearts of the audience with
her personality and vivaciousness.
Perhaps the outstanding attraction
of the cast is the work Of the vaude-
vile team of Lynd and Fitzgerald,
who play the roles of Mable and Sable
Amy Revere, speciality dancer worthy
of the name, attains prominence in
the production though carrying a
minor role of the casting. She kicks
with Amazing ease and grace. Lynne
Overman plays the part Of Robert
Bennett, the youth who makes the
wager. Others who deserve mention
include Roberta Beatty. Herbert
Corthell, Jere Delaney. Arnold Lucy,
Lester Styles and Leo Henning.
Evening star., 1926-11-02
MUTUAL-"Step Along"

A bright, snappy show is offered the
patrons Of the Mutual this week by
the ''Step Along" company, headed by
Agnes Nichols, who puts plenty of
pep in the show. She has several
dance and song numbers that win ap-
plause. Others prominent in the
company are Harry jackson, Abe
Gore, Frank Du Frame, Harry
Ramear. Eloise Dwan, Mae Lorraine,
Winnie Nichols. Kitty Ramear and
Mae Mason, with splendid. chorus.
Evening star., 1926-11-02
10oWiTNESSES CALLED
IN CONVICT MINE KILLING
Jury Is Completed to Try Six for
Alleged Murder In
Alabama.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, November q
With the completion Of the jury to
hear evidence for and against Charles
r. Davis, charged with the murder
Of James Knox at Flat Top prison
mine in 1920, more than 100 witnesses
today awaited the call of the State
and defense attorneys as the second
day Of the trial opened in the Jeffer-
son County Criminal Court.
Davis and five other persons were
indicted by the Jefferson County
grand jury after an investigation of
Evening star., 1926-11-02

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Evening star., 1926-11-02

Alabama convict mines. Findings
of the inquisitorial body stirred the
whole State and made the release OF
convicts from the mines an issue in
the recent Democratic primary.
Selection Of jury occupied the first
day Of the trial.
Evening star., 1926-11-02

offered tonight, when Hamlet will be
played in modern dress. This Is a
sharp departure from the classical
standard so long associated with the
name Mantell. but it holds promise of
great interest to Washington followers
Of this most alluring Of the Shake
speare tragedies.
Evening star., 1926-11-02
Woman Hurt by Sneeze.

SPOKANE, Wash. November N).
Mrs. Robert Steir did not sneeze
her head off but she did dfslocate
some vertebrae in her neck as the
result Of an explosive "kerchoo." She
is in a hospital here and is expected
fO recover
Evening star., 1926-11-02
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Evening star., 1926-11-02
w. v. SHlPLEY PROMOTED.
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W. v. Shipley, assistant general
passenger agent Of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, stationed at Washing
ton, has been promoted to general pas.
Evening star., 1926-11-02

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Evening star., 1926-11-02
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Ex.State Official Sentenced.

CHARLESTON. w. Va. December
5 R.-F. j. McAndrews, former sec
retary of the State compensation
commission. pleaded guilty today to
converting to his own use $2.O7O oo'
tained on a fraudulent compensation
claim and wak sentenced to three
years .tmprisoflment in the State
penitentiary. i'll = ' - o.
Evening star., 1926-12-03
Local Lawyer Is Chosen b.
President to Fill D. c.
Post.
ATTORNEY is VIRGINIAN,
BUT DISTRICT RESIDENT
Has Not Indicated Publicl,
Whether He Would Accept, and
Is Silent on Subject of Offer.

Sidney F. Taliaferro, a lawyer and
a resident Of the District for the last
2S years. has been selected for the
post Of District Commissioner. to sue
ceed Cuno Rudolph. who will resign
soon.
This became known today at the
White House.
Mr.. Taliaferro is believed to havc
been in conference this afternoon
with a representative Of the President
Is Al Years Old.
Mr.. Taliaferro is Al years old and
resides at the Somerset apartments.
Sixteenth and S streets. He was
born in Salem, Va, and came toaWash-
ington when he was thirteen years old
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Van
Taliaferro, and has resided here evel
since.
The death of his father in 1902
necessitated his leaving school to as
sist in supporting his mother. His
first employment was as n boolikeepel
with the Frank II. Thomas Co., an
insurance concern, and later he was
made secretary of the company. He
studied law at Georgetown Uni
versity Law School at night, grad
uating in 1913, and was admitted to
the bar the same year. Shortly aft
erward he left the Thomas Co. and
devoted his entire time to the prac-
tice of law. A few years later ne
was appointed assistant professor oi
law at Georgetown University.
Membership in Club --
Mr.. Taliaferro is a member sof the
BarrAssociation of the District Of Co
lumbfa, the American Bar Associa
ton, the Board of Trade, the South
ern Society of Washington, the Wash
ington Golf and Country Club. the
Arts Club, the Racquet Club and the
Congressional Country Club, being
treasurer and member of the board
Of governors Of the latter.
He belongs to Temple Noyes Lodge
Of Masons and is a member of the
Episcopal Church.
Evening star., 1926-12-03
CANTONESE ARMIES
CAPTURE FQOCHOW
Chang Organizing Alliance to
Halt Victorious March
Toward Peking.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated PreSS.
SAN FRANCISCO, December 81
While Marshal Chang Tso.iin is or.
ganizing the "ankuonsiun," or allia nee
OF northern war lords, to attempt a
cooperative movement against the
Cantonese. the revolutionary army of
the south is continuing its victorious
march.
Within the last "a hours two i'm
portant cities, 'Foochow and Yen,
pingfu. both on the line Of the rail
road running from the coast to Nan
chang. have fallen into the hands of
the Canton government. Possessing
these cities. the way is opened for
the southerners to move forward into
northern Fukien province and Cheki.
ang, the province adjoining on the
north, for there is no railroad line on
which the northerners can make
stand to bar further progress.
In so far as foreigners are con
cerned, the situation seems to be
ouiescent both at Foochow. now in
vested by the Cantonese. and Hankow.
which has been in southern hands sew.
eral months.
The American gunboat Hart, with
Lieut.. Comdr. Herbert w. Underwood
on the bridge, cast anchor Friday
night eastern time) alongside the
fighting ships Of other foreign powers
to protect the lives and property Of
Americans In Foochow.
Evening star., 1926-12-03
TRIAL REVIVED DUAL MYSTERY,
AFTER LAPSE OF FOUR YEARS
Episcopal Rector and His Choir Singer
Shot to Death Under Crabapple Tree
Near Lovers Lane on Sept. IA, 1922.

from wounded pride as from the en-
ragged fury of a woman scorned'
States testimony was directed to
show. that members Of the cOngrega'
ton carried reports to Mrs. Hall, that
she communicated with her brother
Henry and went to the scene with him
and Willie to confront her husband
with letters written. to him by Mrs.
Mills.
Pig Woman i'm Court on Cot.
Mrs. Gibson, who had tainted on
..he opening day Of the trial and was
found to be suffering from kidney dis
ease and cancer, was brought from q
Jersey City hospital to testify in
courtroom which for the time looked
more like a clinic. From cot placed
near the witness stand and with ply
S;cians and nurses in attendance, she
told her story, placing Mrs. Hall and
Henry and Willie Stevens at the
scene. This was the first time she
had accused Henry Stevens.
When attendants were covering her
face preparatory sto carrying her
thr ugh aisles of people to the waiting
ambulance she tore away the sheet.
and raising on one arm. pointed at
the defendants and screamed: i've
told the truth, SO help me God. and
you know it." The jury had just been
taken from the room.
Three tingerprint experts testified
for the State that one of the marks
on q calling card, said to have been
found four years ago near the minis
ter's feet, was that of Willie Stevens,
Other witnesses told of having seen
Henry Stevens in New Brunswick on
the day after the Killings and of sus
picious and discriminating acts by the
defendants.
All three Of the defendants went to
the stand to deny the charges against
them and stuck to their stories under
crossexamination. Mrs. Hall was sub
jected to a merciless attack by the
special prosecutor. who sought to
plumb all her emotions with his re-
peated reference to the husband who
he said, had been untrue to her.
Insists He Was True. =
She maintained that she had had
complete confidence in him, that his
devotion to her had never changed
and that, even in the face OF his love
letters to Mrs. Mills. which had been
read into the record, together with
those he had received from the
chorister, she was not certain that ne
had been guilty Of anything wrong.
The defense of Henry Stevens was
based on an alibi, while fingerprint
experts called by the defense pointed
to eight places in which the disputed
marks on the calling card did not cor
Stevens finger.
It was charged that the flngerprint
had been an "afterthought," placed on
the card this Summer. Witnesses
were produced to tear down and deny
the circumstantial evidence which the
State had presented, and in Its sum
ming up the defense pointed an ac
cusing finger at the meek james
Mills.
On December /. when all testimony
had been submitted, Simpson made ar
unsuccessful motion for a mistriai
He charged that the jury had decided
to acquit on the second day OF tht
trial, that several members nao peer
asleen during the trial sessions anC
that they bad been Improperly
guarded. ,--.- -