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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-03

by tD6 ASSutldltu
NEW ORLEANS, La, September g.
The exiles of st. Bernard and Pla
guemines are returning home. Caer
narvon crevasse, created to save the
city of New Orleans from the Mis-
sissippi after it's greedy yellow fingers
had throttled the fertile valley lands
has been closed.
The spectacular haste and excite
ment that marked the exodus of resi-
dents of the condemned parishes is
absent in their return. They Travelled
the New Orleans road in their evac
uation before the break, DESERVING
their tidy little homes much in the
same fashion as villages doomed tC
shell fire are evacuated before the
advancing enemy.
Come by Hundreds.
They came out of the parishes by
hundreds. They are trickling back
by fives and pairs and singly as the
waters recede to leave mud-choked
sand-covered waste where formerly
were fertile garden spots and the rich
est fur-trapping lands in the country
Many former residents of the two
parishes, twice flooded within a period
of five years, have declared they will
not return to their water-devastated
homes. The creation of the crevasse
coming at a time when the district
was approaching complete recovery
from the flood of 1922, robbed them of
desire to return and attempt again
to rebuild. They fear it might occur
again.
Sandy, Muddy Waste.
Those returning find their home
rising out Of a sandy, frequently mud
dy waste. In many cases, the floors
are covered with mud and silt Floor
boards have buckled up and must be
replaced. Some houses have settled
down to rest in the mud with the col
lapse Of stilted pillars. Paint, and in
some cases Notwithstanding has
peeled off of many houses.
The work of reconstruction begins
with the roads.
First, the highways are being
cleared Of Instructions and made pass
able.
The returning refugees in some
cases are finding conditions worse
than they anticipated and are turning
back to New Orleans to seek work in
the city. The hundreds of trappers
who earned comfortable livelihoods by
capturing the willy muskrats, have not
yet returned.
Barren and Dead.
The two parishes, usually verdant
at this season. are barren and dead
after the embrace of the waters. The
wiry grasses upon which the muskrat
fed are dead. The tough mangrove
bushes toss rusty brown leaves in the
wind-dead. Only the thorny locust
trees venture to shoot bit of green.
They alone. apparently, were hardy
enough to survive.
Claims for PREPARATIONS, filed by
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LEGION CONVENTION
TICKETS BEING MAILED
Members Who Have Not Received
Them Urged Not to Leave Until
Absolutely Necessary.

Legionnaires and members of the
American Legion Auxiliary who have
not received transportation tickets for
the convention to be held in Paris
France, September 1928, are advised
in telegram received today by 10.
seph j. Idler. department France con
vention officer, from John j. Wicker,
jr., national travel director of the
American Legion, mot to leave their
homes until it is absolutely neces.
sary."
In his telegram Director Wicker
states that tickets have been mailed
and are being mailed out as fast as
possible. In order to facilitate the
handling of the tickets the headquar-
tiers of the France convention COM
mlttee was moved a few days ago
from indianapolis to New York City.
On account Of the shortness of time
remaining, Director Wicker says that
it will be impossible to mail all of the
tickets out to everybody.
IF people do not receive their
tickets prior to departure they are ad-
vised to apply at the office of the
France convention committee, suite
1925 Broadway, New York City, on
arrival there or at the pier where en-
barkation takes place." the director
said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-03
CHICAGO UNCERTAIN
Of SUNDAY MOVIES
Union Heads and Owners
Spend Mot of Night De-
batting Arbitration.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, September 3.-The APP
partition of movieless Sunday in
Chicago wavered uncertainty today as
theater owners and their locked out
union operators discussed negotiations
toward an agreement to reopen the
shows
Representatives of the two groups
spent most of the night in making the
first step toward affecting a recon
ciliation-an arbitration conference.
Although the session ended at 4
am. without any agreement reached,
both sides made known that overtures
had been made indicating a settlement
might be brought about before to-
morrow.
Charles C. Pettijohn. general coun-
sci for the Motion Picture Producers
and Distributors of America, said that
although no statement could be made
regarding the night conference, both
sides had commenced getting together
for an agreement"
May Agree Today.
1.-THE session ended at about 4
O'clock" Mr.. Pettijohn said, and the
men went home to get some sleep,
but before the day is over they prob
ably will come together again and
reach some definite agreement. Both
parties will be available at any time. y
The conference was attended by
John Balaban and Asher Levy, repre-
senting the exhibitors, and Thomas j.
Reynolds and Thomas Maloy, repre-
senting the unions.
Both groups had remained dead
locked throughout the week since the
theaters were closed Monday, and had
declared they would not arbitrate.
Mayor William Hale Thompson
voluntarily stepped into the breach
late yesterday and got the parties to-
gether for a conference.
Other Cities Involved.
The city has been virtually without
movies since last Monday, only few
theaters remaining open
after the lockout was declared.
Theater disputes in other parts or
the country also were entering new
stages. In Sedalia, Mo-, the operators
and stage hands of two leading
theaters won their strike when the
owners acceded to demands for per
cent wage increase.
At the same time, another strike
of operators and stage hands threat
ened in Cleveland, where the unions
they would declare walk
out in one week unless their demands
for a II per cent wage increase were
needed. They also are seeking new
working conditions. Seven hundred
men were involved.
In Decatur, Ill.,, differences be-
tween the theaters and their union
employees were settled with the excep-
ton of a dispute between two of the
houses and their union musicians who
sought to add to the orchestras.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-03
MINISTER OBSERVES
HIS 1O3D BIRTHDAY
Recently Declined Foot Rare Chal-
lenge of Colleague Eight
Years Younger.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MAIDEN, Mass. September s.
Rev. Edwin Stuart Best. probably the
Oldest living clergyman in the United
States, celebrated his 1880 birthday
today, still hale, hearty and in full
possession of his faculties.
A few days ago Rev. William Ayres
Of Danvers, 95 years Old and the old
est living graduate of the Boston Uni
versity Theological School. called on
him to challenge him to a foot race.
You win" Best declared as he
gracefully deferred to the man eight
years his Junior.
Mr.. Best no longer breaches, but he
still continues to oblige. those who
wish to be married by him. One of
his pleasures late in life has been to
receive visits from children of those
whom he has joined in marriage.
Rev. Mr.. Best was born in Newry,
ireland, and was ordained in the
Methodist ministry in Liverpool, Eng.
land, in 184S. He came to this coun.
try shortly afterward and Joined the
New England conference.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-03
ARMOUR FUND GOES
TO GRANDDAUGHTER
Lolita A. Mitchell Is Principal
Beneficiary Under 100000 Will
of Packers Widow.

b. the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, September 3.-Lolita
Armour Mitchell, wife of John J.
Mitchell. jr., of Chicago, was named
as the principal beneficiary in the
100000 estate of Mrs. Philip d. Ar
mour, widow of the founder of Armour
& Co., meat packers. The will Of Mrs.
Armour was filed for probate yester-
day.
Mrs. Mitchell is granddaughter of
Mrs. Armour and the daughter OF j.
Ogden Armour, who died in London
last August 16.
The will provides that her two grand
sons, Lester and Philip Armour, first
be paid the balance of the estate of
50, 000,0 left them by her husband.
This amount is understood to be small.
Following $4,000 paid to Mrs. j. Og-
den Armour and 100000 in specific
requests to relatives, friends and en-
ployes, the balance Of the estate is to
be placed in a trust fund for Mrs.
Mitchell.
Requests to relatives, friends and
employees included: Mrs. Patrick A.
Valentine. Southampton, Lond Island,
N. Y, 100000; Mrs. Arthur Hill.
Larchmont. N. Y, $1,000, and Mrs.
Robert DENLY, Bronxville, n. Y; Mrs.
Frederick c. Robson, Fordcombe,
Kent, England; Mrs. Charles W..
Comes, Kennebunkport. Me-, and 10.
seph Daniels, Benton Harbor. Mich,
each $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-03
BEER GRAFT Barred
4 BY POSTMASTER
SteiIen Says He Was Pay-oft
Man for Missing Illinois
States Attorney.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, September 3.-Postmaster
n. F. Steilen of McHenry, Ill, yes
terday told United States Commits
sioner Henry c. BETTER that he had
acted as "pay-off" man in an alleged
police protection plan in McHenry
County between bootlegger and
Alfred H. Pouse, missing McHenry
County States attorney.
Steilen. Pouse. former Sheriff Lester
Eddinger and two others are charged
win conspiracy to violate the prohibit
tion law and with graft in McHenry
County.
Collected $1,000, He Says.
Declaring that he did not expect to
be postmaster after today, Steilen,
when arraigned before Commissioner
Better, said that he had collected
approximately $4,000 from a bootleg
ger for Pouse for police protection.
He also estimated that Pouse had
collected eat least 10000 from other
sources in connection with the alleged
police protection for bootleggers.
The entire transaction, as far as l
can remember" Steilen said, began
a couple of years ago when Fred
Weinschenker, resort owner, COM
planned to me that he was unable TO
break into the beer-selling business
of the county because of the closed
shop conditions existing there. He
then asked me if I couldn't see Pouse
and ask him if something could be
done about it,
$40 a Barrel, He Asserts.
Steilen then said that Pouse agreed
to insure police protection" if Vein
schenker paid SO a barrel for beer.
He said the fee was paid and that he
turned all of it over to Pouse except
$15750, which, he said, he put in his
own pocket and then stopped making
collections.
United States District Attorney
George johnson today said that he
had been told by several citizens in
McHenry County that "Pouse and
Former Sheriff Eddinger were tutored
in the ways of graft and bride collec-
lions from willing bootleggers by two
notorious Chicago beer runners, the
late Hymie Weiss and 'Dapper Dan
Mccarthy"
These two men, he said, had been
held in the McHenry Jail several years
ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-03
Dress Cleaning Causes Burns.

Fire resulting from the use of gaso'
lin in cleaning dress brought three
companies to the home of Mrs. Annie
Amount, 341G Prospect avenue, last
night about o'clock.
Mrs. Amouri. 43 years old, received
burns to both hands. while Gabriel
Michael, As years old, 1910 Prospect
avenue, who went to her assistance,
was burned about the face, neck and
right hand.
Firemen estimated the damage at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-03
PRISON GUARD SLAIN
AS TWO MAKE BREAK
Pair Escape While in Office Of Den
fist, but Are Recaptured a
Mile Away.
By the Associated Press.

NEW LEXINGTON, Ohio, Septem-
Der 3.-Grant Weakley, prison guard
at the State brick plant at Junction
City. near here, was shot down and
killed by one of two conVicts. who
made a break for liberty in the office
of dentist here yesterday. where they
had been taken for treatment.
The prisoners were captured about
a mile outside of New Lexington by
posse of deputy sheriffs and citizens.
One of the prisoners was wounded
by shot fired by Guard Herman
Blosser, who had followed Weakley
when he started to this city with four
prisoners for treatment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-03
NON-SUPPORT CHARGED.
Memorial Bridge Worker Accused
of DESERVING Wife.

Said by the police to have admitted
deserving his wife and three children
at Toms River, N. j., year ago,
going South and later contracting a
bigamous marriage at Dillon, S. c.,
with Miss Fannie f. Ward of that
place, John Edward Anderson, %
years DID, working as laborer on
Arlington Memorial Bridge, was ar
rested yesterday afternoon by Detec-
tives w. j. Du Busky and William
Messer for the New Jersey authorities.
Anderson was arrested on complaint
of wife No. for alleged desertion and
failure to support her and the three
children. It is understood by the po-
lice that the two wives learned of
what Anderson had been doing, and
he was arrested as soon as they sue
ceeded In locating him.
Out of 1850, 1000 900 Industrial waste
in this country each year, $50, 200. 00C
is traced to poor lighting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-03
Falls Church Orchards

Beginning August 30 grape Juice pressed
every day by the gallon or barrel. Standard
varieties or our famous blend.
Tho wine spray. and not poisonous sprays
used in our vineyards.
Take Lee Highway to Falls Church,
turJ TO right at the signal light 2h miles
from this point. 3,
MANY LEG ULCER SUFFERERS ARE
learning about ''Weck's''' healing cream, the
scientific remedy that relieves pain pap, promptly
druggist. or we will send free sufficient treat
ments TO convince. Replies strictly confiden-
tial. Write or. phone WASHINGTON CHEM
CORP Barr Bldg. Wash. D. c. Main 4343.
MOVING TO SOME OTHER CITY?
Get our return load rates Full and part
Boston. Pittsburgh. Richmond and way points.
DELIVERY ASSOCIATION. INC.
4 SPECIAL MEETING, v OF s,d THE STOCK II (:
called for THURSDAY sseptember %: at 10
o'clock 4 M: at the office S; OF the company ny.
the purpose of voting on a proposal TO TO
capital stock from $4,000 to $4,000 and 70
increase the number of shares from o.OoO
c. W. PIMPER.
Vice President and Treasurer.
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SPECIAL NOTICE.

WINDOW SHADES AND FIXTURES. ALL
shades handmade We can. save you money
Estimates cheerfully furnished. Line. 5490.
Standard Awning Co.. $50 Bladensburg I'd
ROOF REPAIRING. PAINTING guttering.
spouting furnaces repaired and cleaned: rea-
eonable prices. Col 1917 day or night.
Ajax Roofing and Heating Co. 1889 kal: I'd.
1 WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
debts incurred by any other than myself
ROBERT N WILLIAMS, 14l Carroll st.. Sc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-03
PRESIDENTS SHOEMAKER
STAYS SELF WITH PISTOL
Macmillan Kurtz Fires Four Shots
Fatally in Room Over Shop
of Father.

Macmillan Kurtz, AZ years old.
who had made shoes for many
notables, including President McKin-
ley, sent four shots into his body late
yesterday afternoon and was pro-
nounced dead upon the arrival of the
Casualty Hospital ambulance surgeon.
Kurtz ended his life in the room
over the shop where he worked with
his father, Louis Kurtz. at 1909 New
York avenue. The elder KurtZ has
been in business here nearly so years
Hearing the shots the father and
Policeman F. A. Carr, who was d.
recting traffic at Twelfth street and
New York avenue. FASTENED to the
room and found Kurtz lying on the
floor, pistol clutched in his hand.
Two uneXploded cartridges remained
in the weapon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-03
Memorial Services Tomorrow.

Daughters of Union Veterans of the
Civil War will place wreath on the
Tomb of the Unknown Civil War dead
and hold memorial services there to-
morrow afternoon at $3.50 o'clock Mrs.
Edith r. Bugbee, chaplain of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-03
LOUISIANA EXILES RETURNING
TO HOMES AND DESOLATION
St. Bernard and Plaquemines Residents
Find Mud Wastes and Sunken Houses
in Erstwhile Happy Spot.

residents of the two parishes, have in
many cases been approved and pay
ments made. Conclusive action toward
settlement of the claims, however,
await the passage of adequate legisla-
ton at the special session of the
Louisiana Legislature, which has been
called for next week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-03
COAL STRIKE NEARS
ITS SIXTH MONTH
10000 Out of Work in Btu
minous FieIds-May Set
Record for Length.

| Moving along toward it's sixth
month without break in the closely
knit ranks of the miners, the bitumi.
nous coal strike shows no signs of early
| settlement and may set up a new rec
ord for cessation of work in the soft
began on April /. involving more than
100000 miners in Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio and western Pennsylvania. On
July l nearly 10000 miners in central
Pennsylvania Joined their fellow labor
are out of work in the coal fields,
while the mines are shut down.
The Labor Department is without
any advices showing a tendency to
bring the strike to an end either on
the side Of the miners or on that of
the coal mine operators. At the same
time industry has seen little dis
turbance due to the protracted mine
strike. a survey by the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States dis.
closes.
Individualism Grows.
One of the major developments in
the present strike, according to the
chamber and Labor Department Off
Gals, is the tendency to settle wage
disputes on sectional and even an
individual mine basis, whereas in for
mer controversies involving coal min
ing the miners have presented a
united front and moved toward arbi-
| tration on the national issue.
1.-The present coal strike in the
bituminous unionized fields" the
chamber declared today. has been
running nearly five months and is
likely to be the longest in the Ma
tion's series of coal strikes in both
the hard and soft coal fields. 1t has
thus far differed from other strikes
mainly in the following respects
practically no arrangement to indus
try, the lack of alarm on the part
of the general public and the lesser
degree of violence.
100000 Tons ON Hand.
Consumers stocks, according to the
latest estimate of the Commerce De-
partment, amounted to 100000 tons,
or 81 days supply, on July 1. cal
though existing stocks will indicate
comfortable reserve for present re-
quirements," the chamber said, the
question remains whether the in
creased consumption will be sup
pne0 from pTouuClioH OF from SlockS.
1t must be borne in mind that most
of the stocks are in the hands of
individual consumers and will not
be available to the general public"
The great strike of 1902 in the
anthracite fields ran from April /
to about September 25. The strike
of 1922, in which President Harding
took the role of chief mediator and
which was coupled with strike of
railway employees, lasted 122 days,
beginning April l and ending Sep
TENDER %. The anthracite strike of
1923 lasted but three weeks, while
the present strike is stretching along
toward it's sixth month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-03
Found in Coma, Woman Dies.

Mrs. Sadie Butler, colored, 80 years
old, 1914 Fifth street. was found un
conscious last night by her husband
James Butler, who summoned DR.
William Wright from Freedmen's
Hospital Mrs. Butler died before the
physician reached her, however, and
Coroner hewitt gave a certificate OF
death from heart disease.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-03

Teozintle, wild grass of the
Mexican highlands, is believed to be
the ancestor of modern American
corn,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-02

High street southeast square 5799),
to cost $1,000.
+. ID. Maxwell, owner and builder:
to erect one frame garage. $500 North
Capitol street dots 20 and 20, square
3393). to cost $400.
L. r. Breuninger & Son, owners and
builders: III. l.. Breuninger. architect;
TO erect one 2-story frame dwelling,
1850 kalmia street Got 40, square
295S), to cost $4,000.
l.. f.. Breuninger & Son, owners and
builders: to erect one frame private
garage, 1850 Kalmia street dot 40,
square 295Sl. to cost $3.50.
j. b. Higdon, owner and builder; w.
). PLACER, architect: to erect four l.
story frame dwellings,, ZOOS and 2610
Twenty-second street, 20l1 and 2013
Evarts street northeast dots 80 80. "a
and 50. square 4213). to cost $4,000.
Harry Norment. owner; A. 8. Null
lett < Co, architects; Frank l., Wag-
ner, Inc, builders; to erect one brick
addition and make repairs. 2209
Wyoming avenue dots S27 and %,
square 2520, to cost $4,000.
George NJ Seibold. owner; r. X.
Ferguson. architect: r. X. Ferguson,
Inc, builders: to repair fire damages.
so and 80 Canal street southwest Cots
90 and 10. square 6401. to cost s.. 900
NJ. /. Tarants, owner; to make re-
pairs, 627 Quebec place dot 100, square
30S4), to cost $500.
Chester Rollins. owner: to erect one
brick private garage, 1921 Potomac
avenue southeast 0ot SIP. square
1886. to cost 5000.
Harriet G.. Mann. owner: J. T.
Moore, designer: c. w. Gosnell, build
er; to make repairs. 62S and $50 Il
street Qots SO and 20, square 44D. to
cost $4,000
George Wedderburn. owner: to erect
one cement block private garage, 1901
Camden street southeast dot 65.
square $3.50, to cost $500.
Lawrence J. O'Dea. jr.. owner and
builder: to. erect one brick private
garage. 1928 Neal street northeast
lot 90. square 4064). to cost $3.50.
Merchants Transfer & Storage Co.
owners; Texas Oil Co.. architects; Viii
lima =. Boyer Co.. builders: to erect
one history tile addition. southeast
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corner. Third and B streets southwest
DOT 5, square STD. to cost $500.
W. G.. Haring, owner and builder
j. Petrie, architect; to erect one ..
story frame dwelling, 2022 Perry
street northeast DOT 2, square 4220
to cost $1,000.
Walter Robertson, owner. architect
and builder: to erect one 2-story brick
dwelling, ~ Nicholson street dots II
and 10, square 33S3), to cost $500.
Ida Sandman, owner and builder: T.
NJ. Medford. architect: to erect one 2
story rear porch, 729 Eighth street
southeast dot $50. square 904, to cost
$500.
f. Van den Boogert. owner and
builder; to erect one brick private ga
rage. 33 Madison street northeast Cots
SO and 81, square 370S), to cost $500.
Biggs-Johnson Co, owners and
builders: c. West. architect: to erect
IA 2-story brick dwellings, 1900 to 1926
Rosedale street northeast Cots 13 to
%. square 1929, to cost $4,000.
Ellie Sheetz. owner and builder: viii.
liam r. Lamar. architect: to make re-
pairs sos Twelfth street Got sos
square 32D, to cost $500.
Mack Pedulli owner and builder: to
erect one brick private garage, 1104 II
street southeast DOT 80, square 99D,
to cost $500.
Dickey Bros. owners: Mark Kelley,
builder: TO erect six brick private ga
RACES. rear alley. 1918 Florida avenue
northeast dot 12o. square 4069) to
cost $4,000
Harry Vener owner: Pringie & Ar
mold, architects and builders; to make
repairs 113 Lamont street Got S44,
square 2S93l, to cost $4,000.
Cyrus Simmons, owner and builder:
l.. r. Moss. architect: to erect II 2
story brick dwellings,. 231 to 251 Long.
fellow street uots to Is. square 1884,
to cost $4,000.
p. +. Wire Co., owner. architect and
builder; to erect seven 2.story brick
dwellings,. 1901 to 1913 Fourth street
dots 50 to 81, square 329O), to cost
$4,000.
Anna NJ. Kramer owner and build.
err; Claughton West. architect: to erect
four 2-story brick dwellings,, PAIL. 2421
to 1926 Minnesota avenue southeast
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1888 Ingraham Street NV.

IOOO ing TaHdI1 OIrSer ~. w.
Terrace
Each of these homes Of early colonial design and has
hallway large living with open fireplace from
French doors living porch dining large
and well designed afford the placement
restfu man. and completely furnished kitchen.
On the second floor four large bedrooms. cedarned
closets throughout and baths One of these baths
privately with the bedroom and offers but-n shower
They built well handicapped lots and modern every
respect.
$16,500-$16,95O