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The Girl Reserves are presenting
Mrs. Ella Carter and her specially
trained company in the most thrill
ing and laughable comedy OF the
season; featuring Miss Gladys Lucas
as Ella Cinders " Other members
oil he caste are:
.Chaperon. Mrs. Florence Cogblu
Mp Lawrence McDougali. Blaekie
MIR. Jack Hewlett. Sydney Smoothe
Mr.. Rober' Golden. 5000. waite
Mr.. z. Smith ..............S weete
Mrs. Charlotte Berry Ma Cinders
Miss Susie Robinson. .Lottye Pill
Miss Cora w. Wynder. Prissy Pill
Mrs. Bevins. Mrs. Ka'e W. Holmes
Mrs. Beyins Son, Mr.. Harold Cogbill
Impersonating Mrs. Bevins' Son,
Mr.. Herbert Stephens
Police. ...........M Mr.. Fred Savage
Modiste. u. Mrs. Florence Goodman
French Maids.
Misses Mary and Evelyn Cogbill
Marriage Ceremony performed by
Rev J. R Cogbin
TODAY. FRIDAY Mkv STH, AT
TRUE REFORMER HALL, S:1o
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-21
EARLY VIKING CRUISE
TO AMERICA Barred
First White Child Born in New
World Called Son of Swedish
Parents.
Ry the Associated Press.

Ry the Associated Press
CHICAGO. February 21.-Conning
old Viking sagas. DIR. Amandus John
son. president Of the American Sons
and Daughters of Sweden, says he
has found records that the first Amer
lean white child was Of Scandinavian
origin and was born somewhere in
New England nearly 900 years before
Columbus discovered America.
The hoy was named Snort and was
the son ofeThorfin and Godrid Karl
sefni. said DIR. Johnson. former pro-
fessor OF history at the University of
Pennsylvania and author Of several
books on the Swedes in America. The
society Of which he is president Is
supporting A movement for the cele-
bration Of the 300th anniversary of
Swedish settlement in America.
In about 1908. DR.. Johnson said the
saga showed karlsefni. partly de
scended from Swedish Uplander.
fitted out an expedition and sailed
from Sweden with his wife and some
settlers to visit Vinland. as the
Vikings had christened America.
He took ample supplies and cattle,
intending TO settle the country. After
three years in a little village they
fortified on a New England river
they returned to Scandinavia. Snorri
was born in 1904.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-21
BRITISH GIRLS ANKLE
PUT IN RANK BY ITSELF
No Other in World Equals 1t for
Beauty Is Portrait Painters
Expert Opinion.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. February 21.-There is
no ankle in the world to beat the
ankle of the English girl. says A. J.
Munnings, r. A.. the portrait painter
who is in great demand as a judge at
ankle shows which just now are the
fad here and there about the country.
The English woman has perfect
ankles-straight and true and as
beautiful as any on earth, including
the American girl Mr.. Munnings
declared after ball at Norwich,
which town is noted for its beauties.
Ankle awards are terribly diff
cult" says the artist. Judging from
the back is best. Ankles which ap-
pear perfect from the front are often
disappointing to the back. In some
ankles which are otherwise perfect
the Achilles tendon does not come
down gracefully"
Improvement in ankles is due to
more dancing, and more sport and
exercise generally. He believes IAN
kles of today are a vast improve
ment on the Victorian age-but it was
very difficult to get a glimpse of an
kles in the Victorian age"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-21
DR.. R. O. Blackjack DIES.
Public Health Service Official Ex-
pires at Walter Reed.

DIR. Robert o. Blackjack, surgeon,
Reserve Corps, United States Public
Health Service, stationed at Detroit
in the district Office of the Veterans
Bureau, died Saturday at Walter Reed
Hospital. He was born at Buffalo in
1882, served as first lieutenant in the
Army Medical Corps from October
1918, to October, 1920, and entered the
Public Health Service in November.
1920. in the inspection service of the
surgeon generals office, where he re-
manned until he was transferred to
the Veterans Bureau in September
1921. He remained in Washington
until he was transferred to Chicago in
March, 1923.
He was d member of Albert Pike
Lodge, No. 36, F. A. A. NJ.
DIR. Blackjack is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Edna Lois Blackjack: two
brothers, William Blackjack of New
Haven and Otis Blackjack Of Pasadena;
and two sisters, Mrs. William Langley
and Mrs. Maude Hall of Buffalo.
Interment will take place Wednes-
day afternoon at 2:15 o'clock in Airing
ton Cemetery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-21
HOUSING OF D. c.
0FF|C|ALSPROBLEM
Committee Drafts Report on
Proposed 0usting by U. S.
Activities.

The committee of department heads
of the District government appointed
by the Commissioners to make recon-
mendations for housing activities of
the municipal government to be
driven out of the Pennsylvania
avenue triangle by the gigantic public
buildings program prepared today to
draft it's final report.
Conclusions reached by the com
mittee, which made a comprehensive
study of the housing problem, were
not revealed. The uncertainty of the
attitude of Congress toward provid-
ing additional accommodations for the
activities already cramped in the Dis
trict Building made the committee s
work increasingly difficult.
The Budget Bureau has thwarted
the first two plans proposed by the
commissioners for relieving the con
gestion in the District, and as a re
suit they are dubious as to the out
come of any other suggestion that
might be made to provide quarters
for the municipal offices. The first
plan, which the Budget Bureau reject
ed, called for the acquisition of the
Southern Railway Building. Later
the construction of an addition to the
District Building on the site immedi
ately south of the present structure
was proposed and it met the same
fate
Activities of the District which
will be forced to abandon their pres
ent quarters to make way for the
Federal building program include the
Traffic Bureau, the Health Depart
ment's medical clinic, the municipal
lodging house, the municipal garage,
No. l police precinct station and two
firehouses.
The original report of the commit
tee was sent to the Commissioners
last week, but was returned for adj
ditional information. Maj. Edwin +.
Hesse, superintendent of police, is
chairman of the committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-21
LEGION TO TAKE FUND
FOR FRENCH WIDOWS

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK. February 21.--French
war widows and orphans will be re-
membered by former American dough
boys when the annual American Lee
gion convention opens in Paris this
Fall
On suggestion Of Gen. John ].
Pershing, the Societe des 40 Hommes
ct ChevauX, a branch of the Legion,
will raise fund to be presented to
the widows and orphans of French
soldiers as a token of the regard in
which the French people are held by
the former American soldiers.
The society plans to complete the
fund before the first contingent of Lee
gion members sails for the convention
in September. National Comdr.
Charles A. Mills announced yesterday.
The amount to be raised will prob
ably be agreed upon next week at Lee
gion headquarters in Indianapolis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-21
TOWN PLANS DEFEATED.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
SEAT PLEASANT, Md, February
21.-At mass meeting. called by the
Seat Pleasant Volunteer Fire and Com
munity Welfare Association, Inc, at the
District Line School, a proposition to
incorporate the community of Seat
Pleasant was voted down, 81 to Al d.
Taxation incident to incorporation is
believed to have been the chief factor
influencing rejection of the idea.
1t is understood that Maryland Park
and Paramount Heights, the latter
made up largely of colored residents.
and lying adjacent to the District of
Columbia line at Chesapeake juno
ton, will petition the Legislature now
in session to enact laws which would
permit citizens of these communities
to vote on the question of whether
they wish to have incorporated towns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-21
"UNDERCOvER" DRY
SYSTEM DEBATED
100000 Bill for Prohibition
Agents Leads to Hot Com
mittee Discussion.


The undercover system of prohibi.
ton enforcement was attacked as a
vicious menace" and defended as a
vital necessity before a House ways
and means subcommittee which today
opened hearings on the Summers bill
to make 100000 available for Treas
tIry secret operatives
Assistant Secretary Andrews pleaded
Tor authority to use the fund, which
was stricken from the next years ap-
preparation bill on a point of order in
the House by Representative La
Guardia, Republican. New York, who
opposed the measure today.
La Guardia replied that "in New
York City the system has become a
supergovernment. which through it's
espionage has completely checkmated
officials. He reiterated his charge
that the LIE Shone De Paris. Inc, of
New York was a Government-fostere
corporation set up to uncover violators
and had distributed alcohol for bever.
age purposes, with the two agents in
cnarge pocketfng most of the profits
from liquor sales
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-21
Mount Rainier Woman Dies.

Special Dispatch to The Star
MOUNT RAINIER, Md, February
21.-Mrs. Richard M. Flynn, wife Of
Richard M. Flynn. died at her home
Saturday night. She resided there for
the last 22 years. Besides her hus-
band, four daughters, Mrs. Fred Ro-
land, Mrs. Paul Hysan, Katherine
and Agnes, and three sons, Maurice,
Edward and Daniel. all of Mount
Rainier, survive. Six brothers and a
sister also survive. Funeral services
will be conducted by Rev. Father j.
f. Malloy at st. James Catholic
Church, Wednesday at o'clock.
burial will be made in Mount Olivet
Cemetery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-21
COUNTIES ASSURED
OF PLANNING LAW
HyattsviIIe Mass Meeting In
dorseS Bill to Create
Commission.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
EVANSVILLE, Md, February 81.
Passage of the bill to create com.
mission having jurisdiction over park
ing, planning and coming in Prince
Georges and Montgomery counties was
assured by Endorsement of the meas
ure by Prince Georges County citizens
at a mass meeting in the armory here
Saturday night, when Lieut.. Col. u. s.
Grant, 3rd, Maj. f. Brooke Lee, State
Senator Lansdale G.. Sasscer and
others spoke.
Prof. X ]. Morris. principal of the
high school here, offered the motion
Of Endorsement. Col. Grant is chair
man of the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission. Maj. Carey
Brown and ]. G.. Nichols, members of
the commission, were among the
speakers. Maj. Lee, who is Speaker
of the lower branch of the Maryla nd
legislature, indicated, as did members
Of the Prince Georges County delega
ton, that they favored the legislation.
Time Seen for Action.
It was pointed out that the time Is
at hand for orderly development of
the suburban areas of Washington
such as laying out boulevards, parks
and otherwise providing for expansion
It was predicted that the population
of suburban Prince Georges and Mont
gomery Counties would increase enor-
mously within the next quarter cen
fury, and that doubtless the communi-
ties in Prince Georges County would
in that time, be combined into one
large city. 1t was stated that many
mistakes were made in the planning of
Washington, but that 1t was too late
now to correct the conditions. How
ever. it was asserted. opportunity still
existed to avoid these mistakes in the
sections bordering the District.
Tax Levy Provisions.
Mai. Lee referred to the fact that
while 1evying of a fat tax rate of 3
cents in each of the two counties is
provided for maintenance of the COM
the commission is given au-
thority to direct the county commits
of Montgomery County to levy
a direct tax of Z cents on the 800 of
in the park and planning dis
trict. although the commissioners of
Prince Georges County are simply re-
quested to levy a similar tax in the
area. The park and planning district
includes, roughly, those sections of
Prince Georges and Montgomery
Counties embraced within the Wash
ington suburban sanitary district.
Maj. Lee declared that if sufficient
foresight had been exercised years
before in planning streets leading
from the District of Columbia. the
present unsightly condition in Prince
Georges County just over the District
line at Mount Rainier would not exist,
but that Rhode Island avenue would
have been extended into Maryland at
the width existing in the District
Saturday nights mass meeting was
called at the instance of Sena tor Sass
GER and the members of the House of
to secure the sentiment of
the citizens. Many women were pres
emit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-21
Fear of Lifetime''
Prompts Suicide on
Eve of Betrothal

NORFOLK, Va, February 81 up.
After writing note to his fam
lily explaining that he had had "a
nretime struggle against a fear
that has gripped me since a
child" Samuel Foreman. "a years
old. an optician employed in New
port News. slashed his wrist and
drank poison in local hotel late
Saturday. His body was found
Yesterday afternoon by a porter
about the same time he was sup
posed to have attended party in
Newport News. where his engage
ment to young woman of that
city was to he announced.
The note left by Foreman was
rather incoherent in places. but
stated that he had been unable TO
conquer the fear. the nature Of
which was not explained. Fore
mans home was in Norfolk. but
he had been employed in Newport
News for some time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-21
FUND AIDS STUDY
OF FOREST SOILS
$4,000 Research Endow-
ment by Pack for Cornell
Professorship Revealed.

By the Associated Press.
ITAHCA, n. Y. February 21.-The
gift of $40, 900 for the endowment of
a research professorship in forest
soils at Cornell University was an
nounced Saturday by President Liv
ingston Farrand.
The endorsement was made by the
Charles Lathrop Pack Forestry Trust,
founded by Charles Lathrop Pack.
president Of the American Tree Asso-
citation. with further provision of
funds to cover operating expenses or
the first comprehensive research on
forest soils ever undertaken in this
country.
appointment Due Soon.
The work will be done in the New
York State College Of Agriculture,
President Farrand said, and appoint
ment of the Pack professor viii be
announced soon.
Mr.. Pack already is known for his
contributions to scientific forestry,
chiefly through his work with the
tree association, the recent establish
ment of the Charles Lathrop Pack
Demonstration Forest near Lake
George and for gifts of land or endow-
ments to other American schools of
forestry The trust is administered by
his son, Arthur Newton Pack
Little Data Available.
I'm the Northwestern hardwood
area. extending over the Middle Allan
tic States and AS far West as Indiana
and Illinois. the question of proper
forest care and operation depends
largely upon a study of soil conditions,
and practically no data on forest soils
are at present availa BILE" President
Farrand said.
This research will necessarily deal
with the chemistry and biology of
soils 1t will naturally have intimate
relation with the field of heredity in
tree growth. particularly as it should
help to solve problems of adapting GER
tain varieties Of trees to given soils"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-21
GOVERNMENT WINS
|NPOTTERY SUITS
U. S. Supreme Court Sustains
Prosecution of Companies
Under Anti Trust Law.

By the Associated Press
The Government won in the United
States Supreme Court today in its
prosecution OF the Trenton and %
other pottery comtpanies under the
Sherman antitrust law.
The opinion was approved . to 8.
Justices Van Devanter, Sutherland
and R,,tler dissenting. Justice
Brandeis took no part in the case.
The decision upheld the finding OF
the District Court in New YORK.
which found 90 individuals and %
corporations guilty of violating the
statute. A Court of Appeals decision.
which held the verdict was inVaild,
was thrown out by the highest court.
Rule of Reason" Invoked.
The rule Of reason as applied by
the Supreme Court in the Standard
Oil and Tobacco cases was again
argued before that tribunal by the
potteries case.
The Trenton and other pottery COM
panies, representing more than so per
cent of the entire trade in sanitary
pottery ware and fixtures, was prose
c0ted on the charge of having agreed
upon fixed uniform prices. In the Fed
eral District Court in New York city,
90 individuals and % corporations
were convicted. and jail sentences
were imposed in most instances. The
Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the
decision. and the government took the
case TO the Supreme Court.
The Government contended that the
controversy presented issues of vital
Importance in the enforcement of the
antitrust laws. while the Rotterles
companies urged the court to dismiss
the appeal as presenting unsubstau-
tial questions, needing no further
argument.
Government Emphasizes Point.
The Government emphasized the APP
plication Of the rule of reason by
the Circuit Court as the outstanding
question, asserting that it was prin'
cipally upon that ground that the
trial court had been reversed. It as
serted that the Circuit Court had com
mitted error when it held that the
trial Judge should have charged the
jury that under the Sherman act only
unreasonable" prices were pro-
hibited. 1t insisted that any fixing
of prices by a combination of com
petitors constituted unreasonable re-
straint of trade and was illegal.
The well known rule of reason"
laid down by the Supreme Court in
lhe standard O1 and tobacco cases
was never intended to be construed,
1t argued, as meaning that 80 per cent
of the producers in a given industry
could of their own motion and by
agreement fix prices and then defend
their action on the ground that the
prices fixed were reasonable.
The potteries companies minimized
the rule Of reason" grounds for the
appeal. They declared the ruling of
the Circuit Court was based prin-
cipally on questions relating to the
admission of evidence, and that the
Circuit Court was so plainly right that
there was no substantial question for
the Supreme Court to pass upon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-21
Oysters Cover Hull of Ship.

Special Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE, Md, February 21.-
The hull of 40o-foot steamer, an
chored in the Patuxent River seven
years, was found to be covered with
oysters, some to inches long, Sweep
son Earle, conservation commissioner
said today. The steamer, owned by
the Standard Oil Co, is about to be
towed to Baltimore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-21
ACTOR SEEKING JOB DIES.
Topples Over Immediately After
Applying at Movie Thea ter.

HOLLYWOOD, February 81 (P-
Harry Burghart, an old trouper of the
stage, died Saturday before the Klieg
,ights, which had given him a scanty
living in his old age.
The aged actor entered theater
here where a motion picture company
was at work
can you use an extra?" he asked
the director. II need work very
badly
He toppled to the floor before he
finished. An actress, who formerly
was nurse, rushed from the set TO
his side, but he was dead when she
reached him.
Death was due to natural causas
the coroner's report showed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-21
Baptists to Dedicate Site.

Special Dispatch to The Star,
WINCHESTER, Va. February 81.
Several of the leading Baptist
clergymen of the State are to take
part in exercises here February %,
when ground will be broken and dedi-
Gated on the site of the new edifice
the congregation of the First Baptist
Church will erect at Washington and
Piccadilly streets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-21
Two Stowaways Die
Of Coal Gas i'm
Hold of Steamer
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, February 21.-Two
of five stowaways in the coal bunk
ers of the White Star liner Adriatic
died of coal gas on the way from
Naples to Gibraltar, officials of the
Adriatic said on her arrival here
yesterday. The bodies We're buried
at sea and the three remaining
stowaWays were turned over to
agents at Gibraltar and taken back
to Italy.
The five men. 10 to IS years of
age. loaded coal on the ship, took
in supply of bread and water and
hid under the coal wien the ship
sailed. The assistant engineer
smelled gas that night and had the
bunkers opened. when three of the
men staggered out. The ships sur
geon said all would have died with
in six hours If the bunkers had not
been opened.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-21
CUBA PAYS $4,000 DEBT.
Obligation to u. S. Incurred Durin g
World War Liquidated.

HAVANA, February 81 (R.--An old
debt owed the United States Govern
ment was liquidated yesterday when
the treasy department sent $312.-
600 to DR.. Orestes Ferrara, Cuban
Amba ssador to Washington.
The cabinet approved the debt about
year ago, but details delayed pay
ment. The debt was incurred during
the World War. The sum is in paw
ment for coal and other naval and
military supplies placed at the dispo-
sition of the Cuban government and
for radio equipment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-21
Kills Bald Eagle With Stone.
Special Dispatch 10 The star

Special Dispatch TO The star.
DRY FORK, w. Va, February 81.
killing a bald eagle with a rock
was feat performed recently bv
Clarence Hartman. The bird measured
sl2 feet from tip to tip of wings.
Three have lived in this section of
Randolph County for 80 years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-21
URUCUAYAN FLYER
HOPS OFF IN SPAIN
Larre-Borges May Leave
Soon for Home-Pinedo's
Stop ExCiteS italians.

ALICANTE. Spain. February 21.-
The Uruguanan aviator. Maj. Tadeo
Larre Borges. left at l o'clock this aft
ernon for Malaga (Spain), in contin-
uation of his flight from Marina Di
Pisa. Italy, to Montevideo. Uruguay.
He expected to reach Malaga at 5 pm.
Whether Maj. LarreBorges at
tempts a direct hop from the African
to tho South American mainland, or
goes first to Las Palmas, Canary
Islands, depends upon atmospheric
conditions, he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-21
New Orders May Be Cause.

AS all three members Of the Santa
Maria's crew are known to be in ex-
cellent condition. and the machine in
perfect shape, the absence of definite
news. it is feared, may mean circum-
stances similar to those which foiled
De Pinedo at Boloma.
The aeronautical authorities dis
courage any tendency to regard the
coincidence of the Larre-Borges and De
Pinedo flights as a race. pointing out
that the intentions of the two flyers
are not at all identical Even if
Comdr. De Pinedo were forced to re-
main at Porto Praya or some nearby
place for a week, either through bad
conditions or difficulty in
taking off, it is asserted that the sue
cess or failure of his enterprise still
must be judged only after completion
of the entire four-continent fight.
Had Many Difficulties.
1t is recalled that the Neapolitan
flyer had many difficulties retarding
his progress on the outward flight of
his long air voyage last year, but he
more than made up the loss upon
the return flight. The Italian press is
completely confident that De Pinedos
courage and ability will overcome all
difficulties.
The official order sheet" of the
Fascist party sums up the comment
thus:
The italian people follow with deep
feeling the hero, who, across CONT
nents and seas, carries the name and
spirit of the revivif1ed Italian nation
the youthful force and tireless will
of Fascist genera tons. Trifine in
cidents must be forgotten, and there
must only appear our reconsecrated
will to act boldly and conquer in the
matter of death and DESTINY"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-21

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BERWYN. Md, February 21.--A
meeting has been called by the citi-
zens of Northeast Berwyn for tonight
at S o'clock at the residence of Mrs.
Virginia Peters-Parkhurst. to form a
permanent citizens association.