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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-21
VIRGINIA ORATORS
FACE GROUP TESTS
Speakers to Try Out Next
Week for Right to Enter
District Finals.

Virginia high schools, competing
within The Star area in the Fourth
National Oratorical Contest. which are
selecting their respective representa-
tives this week, will enter the inter
scholastic phases of the contest begin
ming next Monday. Four group meet
1ngs will be held at Alexandria, Ma
nassas, Leesburg and Falls Church
for the purpose of selecting the speak
ers in the Virginia district finals to be
held at the Westinghouse High
School. Ballston. April Z.
Interest in these meetings has al
ready scaled the heights among the
students of the various schools that
are reServtng large blocks of seats IN
the auditoriums in which their spoKes-
men will compete with rivals.
Within Reach of $I00 Prize.
The winner in each group will be
within reach of the 500 cash prize TO
be awarded the Virginia district cham
pion, who in turn will have the righ:
70 fight for the three-month tour OF
Europe, an additional $500 and place
in the national contest here May -.
The first of the Virginia group con
tests will be held in the auditorium oil
the Alexandria High School, Monday
Marcn ~, AT pll.t WHSH the epi e
sentatives of the George Mason High
School of Del Ray. the Washington
Lee High School of Ballston. the Lee
Jackson High School of Alexandria
and the Alexandria High School will
deliver their orations before an audi
ence of Alexandria and Arlington
County students and citizens.
Manassas Program Next.
On the following day, Prince Viii
liam County schools will compete al
the Manassas High School, with K. &
Hayden, county superintendent of pub
tic schools, presiding. The speakers
at this meeting will represent the Hay
market Nokesville and Manassas High
Schools and the Swavely Agricultural
High School of Manassas.
A meeting in the Leesburgh High
School Auditorium Wednesday. March
80, at 3 pm, will determine the
spokesman for Loudoun County. The
contestants in that competition will
represent the Herndon, Ashburn, Lees
burg, Round Hill and Lincoln High
Schools.
The last of tn Virginia group meet
ings will be held Thursday, March 81.
at pm, in the auditorium of the
Falls Church High School. That con-
test will be between the representa-
tives of the Fairfax, Aide. Oakton and
Falls Church High Schools and the
Frapklin-Sherman High School OF
Mclean.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-21
P|NEDO COMPLETES
HOP OVER JUNGLE
italian Aviator Follows
"River of Doubt" on | 800
Mile Flight.
Rr the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MANAOS, Brazil, March 2l.-Comdr.
Francesca de Pinedo, Italian aviator.
today had completed a l ,S00-mile flight
over the tropical jungle of western
Brazil.
Continuing his four-continent flight
from Europe to Africa, to south
America and eventually TO North
America-he arrived here yesterday
on the tourney from Guajara- Mirim, a
distance of $50 miles. He had flown
$50 miles from San Luis de Caceres to
Guatara Omirim.
News of his arrival at Gua1ara
Omirim on Saturday dispelled some
anxiety about him. His plane left san
Luis Thursday afternoon. Delay was
caused by difficulty in finding a place
from which to get proper start. IN
a region without means or commuhi-
cation. the aviator coul send no woro
as to his plight.
Leads Parade to Church.
Upon landing here. the aviators led
a parade to Sac Sebastiao Church
where a tie Deum was sung
The flight from San Luis to Gua1ara-
Mirim was described as especially
hazardous. If they had been FORCED 10
land in this wilderness, De Pinedo SAID
all would have been lost. From Qua
lara .Mirim to Manaos the plane par
alleled for many miles the RIVER OF
Doubt" discovered by Roosevelt.
Comdr. De Pinedo in his jungle
fight covered in a few hours jour
ney that by foot and canoe would nave
taken weeks The territory is mostly
swampland, infested with alligators
and Brazilian water snakes.
Next Hop to Para.
The next lap of the expedition par
allels the Amazon River TO Para, dis
lance OF 500 miles. II
Three long distance aerial expedi.
tions were in Brazil today. The United
States Army's Pan-American goodwin
expedition, homeward bound, arrived
at Port Natal yesterday. having passed
Mai. Sarmiento Beires, Portuguese
aviators, southward-bound from Port
Natal on a trip around the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-21
RITES FOR RICHARD H. LEE
Services Today for Deceased Mem.
Der of Masonic Order.

Funeral services for Richard Henry
Lee. who died suddenly from heart
attack at his residence, the Carolina
Apartments. 706 Eleventh street,
Thursday, were held this afternoon
at pm. at the Murray funeral par
lors: 2007 Nichols avenue southeast.
Rev. s. A. Mossburg officiated.
Mr.. Lee was born at White Hall
Farm, King George County, Va, 3S
years ago. He was proprietor of the
Twelfth Street Sandwich Shop, 707
Twelfth street He was affiliated
with the Almas Temple, De Molay
Commandery, No. 4. Knights Tenn
plar. Zeboud Council, No. 4; Myron
NJ. Parker Lodge. No. 81; Anacostia
Chapter, No. 81, Royal Arch Masons
and a member OF the National
League of Masonic Clubs.
Mr.. Lee is survived by his wife
Eleanor +. Lee; a son, Carroll Z. Lee
and a daughter, Margaret l.. Lee;
and by three brothers, Benjamin p.
Robert f. and Fitzhugh w. Lee, and
two sisters. Mrs. Lucy Smith and Mrs
Emma Decator, all of this city.
Interment was in Cedar Hill Gene
terry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-21
DEATH OF B. T. LANHAM
BY DROWNING is SHOWN
Autopsy Performed on Body of
Pharmacist Who Was Found
Floating in River.

An autopsy performed at the
morgue yesterday upon the body of
Benjamin T. Lanham, a pharmacist,
45 years old. that was found floating
in the river between Railroad and
Highway bridges Saturday afternoon.
showed that death resulted from
drowning. 1t also revealed fractures
of three ribs.
Lanham had been missing from his
home at TIA Bates street, the past
month. His absence had not been
reported to the police. however.
members of the family not having
believed anything serious had hap
pened to him.
Coroner hewitt will conduct an in
quest at the morgue tomorrow morn
ing in order to have a jury pass upon
the question of the circumstances at
tending his death. Funeral services
will be conducted at Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery. where the interment
will be made at / 80 o'clock tomor-
row afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-21
TWO GIRLS BURNED
BY EXPLODING ACID
Alice Wayland and Margaret
Thompson, School Pupils, Were
Only Slightly Injured.

Alice Wayland. IA years old. daugh-
ter of Waverly c. Wayland, 246 Ninth
street northeast, and Margaret Thomp-
son, IA years old, daughter Of S. B..
Thompson, 1928 Yost street northeast,
both were slightly burned at the Pea
body-Hilton School Friday when bot
tie of sulphuric acid being used in a
class test exploded. The girls were
given first aid treatment at the school
and taken to Casualty Hospital for
examination as an added precaution.
Miss Lillian Suraski, teacher of the
class, which Is using the Peabody
Hilton School pending the completion
of the Stuart Junior High School,
who was handling the acid was unin-
jured as were the other children in
the class.
In explaining why no report of the
affair was made either to the police
or to the Franklin School today, c. j..
Schwartz, principal. declared he had
deemed it too trivial a matter TO take
up either with the police or his SUI
perior school officials.
Mrs. Wayland said today that the
burns on her daughter have not
proven serious and she will return to
school tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-21
JUGOSLAVIA CALLED MAD.
Italian Paper Cites Alleged Acts
of PrOyOcatiOn.

ROME, March 81 C).-"Jugoslavia
has only to choose the day and hour
IL she desires to break her head
against the Fascist WILL" declares II
Tevere, extreme Fascist newspaper.
How is it possible" 1t continued,
ito fail to use the word madness in
speaking of Jugoslavia, for whom we
saved an army; with whom. repress-
ing the pain in our hearts, we began
a policy of friendship beyond terri
torial considerations, and to whom we
offered a collaboration which might
have seemed unnatural and illogical,
but which the desire for peace and
Fascist loyalty imposed upon US?
"Jugoslavia, the restless Balkanic
creature still torn by party struggles.
which we, as a great power, have
treated as an equal--Jugoslavia, the
troublemaker, always trying to pro-
woke us, today with the poisoned
darts of Raditch, tomorrow with an
Albanian insurrection, and then with
secret military treaties
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-21
.STATESLOSEO OUT
IN TAXLAW TESTS
Wisconsin and Minnesota AS
sessments Affecting Ma
tlonaI Banks 0iSapprOved-

By the Associated Press
The States of Wisconsin and Min
ne@ota were defeated i'm the Supreme
Court today in two important cases
involving their methods of taxing
stockholders In national banks.
Minnesota's tax on shareholders was
upset I'm a case the state had brought
against the First National Bank Of 81
Paul. which claimed the tax dis
eliminated against its stakeholder
because IL was not charged against
competing money capital held by in
diViduals.
In case. brought by the First Ma.
tional Bank of Hartford. Wis, the
court decided against the state in the
fight over the income tax imposed BY
the City of Hartford on dividends paid
TO stockholders. The Wisconsin tax
was assailed on grounds similar to
those advanced in the Minnesota case
In still another case, brought by the
Georgetown National Bank, and at
lacking the ad valorem taxes imposed
by Scott County. Ky. on bank shares
for 1919. the bank was unsuccessful
In defense of the tax, il was argued
that there. was no local moneyed CAPT
tai in substantial competition with the
bank.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-21
RECIPROCITY DUE
]. FOR FAIR HEARING
Lack of Immediate EnthusI-
astic Response Unlikely
to SqueICh Issue.

RY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Reciprocity which has been pro
nosed bv Premier Mackenzie King o.
Canada has awakened no enthusiastic
resnonse from the Coolidge admin
istration. but this does not mean the
issue will be squelched easily.
For the proposal has come at q
more opportune time than any occa
sion since the Taft administration
The whole subject of the tarlH Is 20
ing to be opened up at the next SEES
sion of Congress unless, Oh course oe
tween now and next December some
of the criticism of the present tarlff
fs allayed by the operations or the
Tariff Commission on the flexible pro-
visions Of the law.
Downward Revision Seen.
As one of the commissioners used
to say. the flexible provisions have
been like an elbow-they fiex only up
ward. Since that time the President,
who was not at all In sympathy with
that policy, has reconstructed the com
mission, and the expectation is that
there will be some downward re-
visions.
Whether these will be sufficient to
remove the objections TO the present
the fact is the Democrats are getting
ready to make a general assault on
the tariff and they will use the reel
procity proposals of Canada as an en-
tering wedge TO secure reconsideration
OF the whole tariff law
The Democrats will be fortified
with all the arguments used by Presi-
dents Mckinley and Taft, both Re
publicans, in advocating reciprocity
with Canada. The possibility of re-
prisals on the part Of Canada has
been suggested as one reason for a
frank discussion of the whole problem.
The existence of a friendly rela-
tionship between the United States
and Canada has always made possible
an intimate interchange Of views. but
now that Canada has a Minister in
the United States and there is an
American Minister at Ottawa. the OPP
portunity for the negotiation OF an
agreement through diplomatic chan
nels is better than it has been.
REORGANIZATION Likely.
American business is so vitality re-
lated to the prosperity of Canada that
the first expressions OF hostility TO
the plan are not likely TO prevent q
discussion, especially If Canada is at
all inclined to press the issue. The
fact that the United States was will.
ing at one time to make reciprocity
agreement and that the Canadians
declined will make IL easier to con-
slider here than If the situation had
been reversed.
The precedent will count strongly
In favor Of re-examination, though the
administration troubles with the
farmers in the West over the veto of
the .Haugen bill are such that
there is little disposition to add to
them by removing such tariffc as do
exist on agricultural products.
IL by reciprocity is meant a recog-
milton OF certain barriers and an elinli-
nation Of others, there Is possibility
OF agreement. The question finally
will resolve itself on the political ef-
feet inside the United States of a re.
moval OF tariffs which certain sections,
influential in the next elections Of
1928, will wish to see retained.
fCopyright. 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-21
ATTACKS COURT CHARGE.
Moreno's Attorney Excerpts to
Busch Murder Trial Instructions.

Justice HitZ, in Criminal Division
z. today acceded 10 request OF At
torney Martin r. O'Donoghue OF coun-
sci for Samuel Moreno. one Of the
three men recently convicted OF muir
der in the first degree in connection
with the death OF Policeman Leo W.
X Busch September 26. 10 file a brief
attacking that portion of the charge
Of the court TO the jury in which
he gave definitions of the different
degrees OF homicide under the Dis
trict law. Assistant United States At.
torneys OLeary and Horning will he
accorded an opportunity TO file a reply
brief. IL desired
Decision OF the court on the mo
tons of all three OF the convicted men
for a new trial is expected TO follow
shortly after the receipt OF the briefs
by the court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-21
AUGUST J. KECK, 81, DIES
AS RESULT OF ACCIDENT
Falls After Stepping on Cat on
Cellar Stairway, Receiving
Fatal Injuries.

August j. Keck, 81 years old, Ills
K street northeast, died yesterday at
Casualty Hospital, due to injuries
which resulted from a fall after step
ping on a cat asleep on his cellar
stairs.
Mr.. Keck. who was on the way to
bank his fire for the night, fell to the
bottom of the stairs. The accident
happened the evening of March II.
He was chef, formerly employed
at the Willard Hotel He is survived
by his widow and four children. Flu
neral services will be conducted at
Holy Name Church at 9 am. tomor-
row. Interment will be in Mount
Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-21
DISTRICT MAY MERGE
ALL LAWS ON SIGNS
Commissioners to Consider Separate
Code and Changes in Exist
ing Regulations.

Consolidation Of all laws and regula
tons relating to signs Of all kinds into
Q separate code, as we'll as several
proposed, changes in existing regula'
tons, will be considered by the Dis
trict Commissioners at their semi
weekly board meeting tomorrow
morning.
The principal change would give the
Commissioners authority to issue spe
ciai permits for the erection OF signs
having an area Of 400 square feet on
buildings ITO feet high.
Although existing regulations pro
hibit the erection OF billboards, an
amendment is recommended which
would prevent the replacement of any
billboard now standing which is re
moved in. the future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-21
Free Bath Group
Opens Campaign
For More Pools
BY the Associated Press.


BERLIN, March 21.-Reyiving
the slogan, "A bath a week for
every German" devised by Prof.
Oscar Lassar in the days when Ber-
lin had more beautiful fountains
than bathtubs, the Society for Free
Public Baths has begun q cam
paign for more swimming pools
and bathing beaches.
Even today, the society reports,
there are millions OF persons In
Germany without modern home ia
cilities for keeping clean. The
well rounded program started a
quarter of a century ago by vari-
Gus states and cities to fill the need
by establishing public lighthouses
was halted by the war and infia-
ton period, and has never been
fully revived.
The society is now attempting to
foster the body cleanliness move
ment. Six additional bath estab-
lishments are finished or under
construction in Berlin alone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-21
DR.. Galloway to Address Club.

DR.. Thomas w. Galloway of the
American Social Hygiene Society of
New York will deliver an address on
Social Hygiene and the New Genera
tion," at a meeting of the Monday
Evening Club in the Grace Dodge
Hotel tonight at o'clock. Following
DR.. Galloway's address, DR.. Thomas
Parran, jr., assistant surgeon general
OF the United States Public Health
Service, will lead a general discussion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-21
G0LDENBERG TO WED.
Baltimore Girl to Become Bride of
Capital Merchant.

Julius Goldenberg. proprietor OF the
local department store which bears
his name. at Seventh and X streets.
will marry Miss Katherine Riordan
of Baltimore Tuesday. March 30. The
ceremony will be performed at the
Belvedere Hotel. Baltimore. by Rev.
William Rosenau, rabbi OF Eutaw
Place Temple.
Miss Riordan is a daughter OF Mrs
Alice c. Riordan of the Charles Apart.
ments, Baltimore. Mr.. Goldenberg
will sail with his bride April on the
Majestic for a three-month honey
moon in Europe.
Upon their return they will make
their home at the Mayflower Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-21
DIES AT AGE OF SO.
Mrs. Maria J. Colburn Succumbs
at Takoma Park Home.

Mrs. Maria Jane Coiburn, SO years
old, died at her residence. 500 Dahlia
street, Takoma Park. d. c., Saturday
Mrs. Colburn had been a resident of
Washington nine years. formerly hav.
ing lived in Orono, Me. She is sur
vived by two daughters, Mrs. c. w.
Browne and Miss Nellie Colburn of
this city, and son, Fred Colburn OF
Springfield, Mass.
Funeral services were held at the
S. II. Hines funeral parlors, 2901
Fourteenth street, this afternoon.
Interment will be in Orono
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-21
EXHIBITORS WIFE DIES.
Mrs. James Kelley of Chicago Sue
cumbs in France.

CHICAGO, March 81 P).-Mrs.
James Kelley of Chicago, whose hus-
band formerly was managing editor
Of the Chicago Tribune and owner of
the old Chicago Record-Herald. died
last night at Carcassonne, France.
She was stricken with pneumonia
Friday. Mr.. Kelley, now employed
by the Pullman Co. here. left today
for Paris.
Mrs. Kelley was born in Gardiner,
Me. She entered newspaper work in
Boston and covered" women's activi-
ties of the Chicago World Fair for
the Tribune. Subsequently she acted
as Sunday editor.
She was married to Mr. Kelley. then
city editor OF the Tribune. in 1895.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-21
KEEP UP COLLEGE PAPER.
STAFF Continues Work After Expul-
sion of Five.

LAVONIA, Ga, March 81 OP.--
The Inconoclast. a publication issued
recently at the University of Georgia,
for which Ave students were expelled,
will continue publication under the
editorship Of Ben r. Cheek, former
senior, it was annonnced here yes.
terday by w. c. Loehr, editor OF the
Lavonia Times, a weekly newspaper.
Loehr said the Inconoclast would
be.1ssued from the presk OF the Ttmes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-21

som fete. in which about 500 school
children will participate, April 8.
BY tomorrow afternoon, the Weather
Bureau expects, the rain will be over
and real Spring weather will be re-
stored to Washington.
In a narrow belt from the lower
lake region to the New England coast
real Spring weather came today, but
in interior New England, New York
and most of the country In the Ohio
Mississippi and Missouri River valleys
and from Tennessee eastward to the
South Atlantic States temperatures
are due to descend during the day and
night, with rain general and snow
possible in some places.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-21
Cafe Signs Warn
French Drinkers
OfHeavy Imbibing
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, March 2i.~fhs esHtis
man drinker has his Gods sysa IN
this land OF light wines and tsefs
where, so some writer's say, hard
liquor is Stunned and true temper
ance reigns.
Come here freely" says a sign
on a little cafe I'm the suburbs ~
Paris. Drink moderately. pay
honorably. leave amicably and 20
home quietly"
1t further enjoins its clients 10
recall that:
-Four glasses make n quart. two
quarts round. two rounds a dis
cussion, and a discussion one quar-
rel.
''One quarrel makes a battle: one
battle calls for two policemen. A
justice of the peace. court clerk
and bailiff equal fine or a few
days in Jail, plus costs
Keep this in mind, the placard
concludes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-21

Second class sleeping cars are To
be carried on trains running between
Athens and Paris that heretofore had
only first-class sleepers.
The only complete suit OF chain
mail known to exist was recently
completed by a Nottingham. England,
man, and it has 47,520 links.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-21
Ask Review of Yacht Suit.

The estate OF the late f. w. Scripps,
the publisher, asked the Supreme
Court today 10 review the lower court
award OF $35 600. with interest, 10 the
owner of the yacht Sanwan. Scripps
chartered the vessel in March, 1919
but turned il back as unseaworthy
The owner sued for damages and for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-21
MIcROBE EXPERT DEAD.
Prof. Charles Marshall Succumbs
in Bay State.

AMHERST. Mass. March 81 OP.--
DIR. Charles e. Marshall, professor of
microbiology at Massachusetts, Agri.
cultural College died today.
He was a native OF Ohio, received
his doctors degree at University of
Michigan and had been professor of
bacteriology and hygiene at Michigan
Agricultural College.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-21
SPRING ARRIVES
IN CAPITAL WITH
FALTERING STEP

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-21
POWERS APPEAL
TO ITALY AS WAR
PERIL INCREASES

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situation became more grave, Jugo-
slavia might demand that the league
act.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-21
n Society for Steel Treating,

A card party by the Tennis Club
will be given tomorrow. pm. in
Recreation Hall, Government Hotels
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-21
The Audubon Society's Spring bird

class will meet in assembly hall of
Thomson School. The childrens class
will be from $50 to 400 o'clock, and
the class for adults from 4:45 to 5:45
o'clock. Those who have Chapman's
Handbook on Birds or Reeds Bird
Guide are requested TO bring them to
the class. There will be no charge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-21

Col. James s. Petit Camp. No. 3.
United Spanish War Veterans. will
meet tomorrow, pm. at 921 Penn.
syIvania avenue southeast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-21
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TO-DAY
Ia Dare Council.

Virginia Dare Council. No. %.
Daughters of America. will have a
500 card party o'clock in the base
ment of the Masonic Temple. Eighth
and + Streets northeast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-21

The meeting of the Child Health
May day committee is called for
March IS, 3 pm, at 1922 Eleventh
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-21

American Society TOT steel Treating,
Washington Chapter, will meet Fri
day, pm, in auditorium OF Interior
Department DIR. ID. A. Lyon. chief
metallurgist and supervisor of stations
OF the United States Bureau of Mines,
win speak on Nationwide Activities
Of the Bureau of Mines" Visitors
welcome.