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Evening star., 1927-07-14
MILWAUKEE, RAILROAD
CLOSES CASE AT |. C. C.
Protesting Bondholders Will Pre-
sent Their Evidence at Resump-
tion of Hearings.

Hearings before the Interstate Com
merce Commission on the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul reorganizat ton
plan were concluded yesterday when
counsel for the reorganized railroad
announced the termination of their
case. Appeals to. the commission will
be taken on the first hearing day
upon controversial points of evidence,
but during the interim attorneys in
the contest are expected to stipulate
some form of testimony for the record
which may make an argument on the
appeal unnecessary.
Jerome j. Hanauer,. partner in the
banking house of Kuhn, Loeb & Co.,
was the last witness heard and was
cross-eXamined at length by Henry
w. Anderson. counsel for a commit
tee of bondholders who object to the
plan before the commission. Mr..
Hanauer defended the various pro-
posals for exchange and issue of Sc
curities as the best possible solution
OF the financial problems of the road.
When the hearings are resumed the
protesting bondholders will be given
opportunity to present evidence in
support of their opposition to the
plan.
Evening star., 1927-07-14
Seeks to Annul Marriage.

George Bruckmann, Is years old,
1114 Park road, yesterday filed a Pc
ttion in the District Supreme Court
to have his marriage OF May 25 to
Dorothy Fischer, 1108 F street south
east, annuled. He alleges that he
was forced to marry through fear
and that he falsified the ages of him.
self and bride, giving his age as 21
and that of the girl as IS. He said
that the bride was 16 years old.
Evening star., 1927-07-14

the execution of Roberto Torrez, one
Of the three. be stayed until his san.
ity can be investigated.
Torrez, with Walter Stalesky and
Charles Duschowski. are under sem
tence to be hanged in the Will County
Jail yard here Friday for killing
Peter N. Klein, a deputy warden at
Joliet Penitentiary, when the three
convicts. with four others, escaped
from the prison Is months ago.
One Of the seven escaped at that
time. In a second break from the
county Jail here another of the con-
victs escaped. In a third break for
liberty one Of the convicts was killed
and the third escaped
Evening star., 1927-07-14

Better times in Poland are causing
many motorcycle riders to abandon
their machines for automobiles.
Evening star., 1927-07-14
Capital Visitors Husband Dies.

CHARLOTTE, n. c.. July Il (P).-
William NJ Garrison. sc, furniture
dealer. died suddenly yesterday at the
home of Mrs. +. NJ. Plyler here where
he was installing window shades. Heat
and a weak heart were causes given.
His wife is in Washington, d. c., on
a visit.
Evening star., 1927-07-14
DEATH CAUSES RELAPSE.
Florence Reed. Star, Hears of De-
mise of Mother.

LOS ANGELES. July II LP).--Flor-
ence Reed, star OF the shanghai Ges.
ture," recovering here from a throat
operation. suffered relapse last night
when news of the death of her mother.
Mrs. Roland Reed, in New York, was
given her.
Miss Reed is still at the Hollywood
HOSnital
Evening star., 1927-07-14
CLUB TO PROMOTE
GOOD WILL FORMED
"CaTy-0n' Group to Seek
Promotion of French and
U. S. Friendship.
By the Associated Press.


SPRINGFIELD. Mo, July 14.-An-
1o-Gcement Il the organization OF the
Garry On Club" which has as its
purpose the peTpatuation of friendship
and good will especially between the
United States and France. and also
between the allied and bclligerent
countries in the World War, was
made here by Thomas X. Nickel,
secretary cf the club.
The organization. of which Ray
mond Ortcig. New York. has been
chosen provisional president, was per-
fected on July 4, but formal announce.
ment was withheld until last night.
John &, Neihardt. st. Louis has been
named vice president Mr.. Orteig has
not, as yet, accepted the presidency.
but until word has been received from
him. he will remain provisional head.
Nickel said
Evening star., 1927-07-14
MEXICAN REBELS ROUTED.
Twenty-Five Killed as Federals
Lose Three In Battle.

MEXICO CITY, July Il @.-
Twenty-Five rebels and three federal
soldiers are reported in ecial dis.
patches from Puebla to have been
killed in f1ve.hour combat at
Xoxontla.
The federal forces elected the rebeIs
commanded by Fernando Lara, from
strong positions in the mountains ana
pursued and dispersed them
Evening star., 1927-07-14
WOUNDED TO GET OUTING.
War Veterans to Be Guests at
Chesapeake Beach.

Seventy five wounded war veterans
from Walter Reed Hospital will be
given an outing tomorrow al Chesa-
peake Beach as guests of the Busi-
ness Mems Association of the resort.
The veterans. some of whom will
have to make the trip in wheel chairs,
will leave the District line at $50
pm. in a special coach donated by
the Chesapeake Beach Railway Co.
Upon arrival at the resort the vet
Grams will be entertained by the busi-
ness men, assisted by a committee of
women from Calvert County.
Evening star., 1927-07-14
PETITION ASKS STAY
FOR DOOMED CONVICT
Sanity Probe Sought for Torrez,
One of Trio Under Death
Sentence in Illinois.

BY the Associated Press.
JOLIET. ILL.,, July 14.-A last-min-
three convicts sentenced to be hanged
here Friday from the gallows was
made Yesterday, when a petition was
filed in Circuit Court asking that
Evening star., 1927-07-14
ENJOYS Honorary Members.

The advisory board consists of Will
liam II. Lynch of Missouri, inventor,
writer and composer: Otto Ernest
Rayburn, Arkansas, and Adam Breede
Nebraska.
Outstanding among the honorary
members are MyrOn T. Herrick,
American Ambassador to France,
Paul Claudel. French Ambassador to
the United States. and Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh. first New York to Paris
nonstop flyer. Others include repre-
sentatives of the Belgian. English,
Italian. Canadian and other allied gov
ernments, as we'll as Germany and
other belligerent countries in the
World War.
Plan International Birthday"
THE friendhip of Lafayette over
here in 1916 and of our boys over
there in 1917 will be preserved by the
organization, said Nickel.
The organization will endeavor to
have the period from July 4 to July
II dedicated as the "Franco-American
birthday" commemorating the inde-
pendence of the two republics.
The only qualifications for mem
bership will be the desire to see the
friendship of France and America
strengthened and the willingness to
help promote such relations" Nickel
said.
Evening star., 1927-07-14
CIRCUS FREAK IS SUICIDE.
Shattered Romance Blamed for Act
of "Elastic Skim BoY.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich, July ii
R.-A shattered romance of the
big top" caused Clarence Henry
Alexander, "the boy with the elastic
skim" to commit suicide during the
performance of a circus by drinking
poison before a sideshow crowd.
Joe" had been Tilted recently by
the tatooed woman, show officials
Evening star., 1927-07-14

All pure-wool Suits, designed
to fit perfectly. One or two
piece effects in exceptionally at
tractive colors and color con-
trasts. All sizes. Others $2.95
to 5000.
PhiIipsborn-Main Floor
Evening star., 1927-07-14
FIRST CONTRACT MADE.
Miners and Owners of Elba Launch
Fascist Labor Program.

LEGHORN. Island of Elba, July IA
R).-The first labor contract under
the recently promulgated Fascist
Charter of Labor" has been conclud-
ed between the miners and mine own
ers of the Island of Elba.
The contract grants the miners all
the terms in the charter regarding
insurance against accidents, welfare
work and similar undertakings, while
the miners renounce the right to
strike in the event Of any future con-
troversy
The Washington times., 1927-09-15

ostrich farm. had become involved
in q scandal with q comedy native
girl, who made an impassio.-ed APP
peal for vengeance to the angry
tribesmen. Aroused by the girls
pleas, the natives chased the settler
away and burned his crops and
stock.
The government sent punitive
force of 700 men to restore order.
but the German had disappeared
and the expedition returned with a
full report of the damage done.
While on their mission, the soldiers
heard from the natives about the
great damage the y lid hippopotami,
on their nightly marauding trips,
had done to crops and property.
They had also horribly mangled
natives who tried to hunt them
down, and showed such ferocious
The Washington times., 1927-09-15

courage that the local tribesman
had to flee.
While the hippopotamus hunt was
not originally part of MacCreagh's
expedition, the explorer considered
the report so interesting that he is
departing from his planned route to
discover the truth of the reports
and IL possible to obtain pictures of
the beasts. A motion ture man
Is accompanying him.
The Washington times., 1927-09-15
RlTTEN RY DOG

While in front OF her home last
night. Mrs. Emma Lebert. s302
Ninth st. N. W.. was bitten on
the hand by a neighbours dog. She
was treated by neighboring physi.
clan. who said that her wound was
not serious.
The Washington times., 1927-09-15

sinia. on punitive expedition to
Lake Abiata. There German
planter, conducting a coffee and
The Washington times., 1927-09-15
African Party to Hunt
Wild Hippopotan1i

To verify the report that there herd of man-eang hip
popoam at Lake Abaa in the interior of Abysnia Gordon
MacCreagh head of Adventure Magazines Abyssnan exped
ton will go four days trek into the habitat of the Ar
rus Calais the warke Of all African tribes says
The Washington times., 1927-09-15

Boston Herald.
The soldiers who brought the re-
port had been sent by Ras Tafarl
Makonnen, prince regent of Abyss
The Washington times., 1927-09-15

Wonderful selection of georgettes, fat
crepes, printed silks and other novelties
worn today. Excellent materials. Smart
est styles. Values up to $40. Sizes is
to A.-Bargain Basement.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-20

Let's make the talk short and to the point
These suits desirable every respect be found
in any shop in this country.
Smart bright colorsnew attractive patternssyes in every
line and perfection in the tailoring.
There also plenty of blue serges and blue unfinished
steds at $780, Mothers should bring the boys here and
buy the suits for graduation time.
At 1925 beautiful suits for hot weather wear.
light grade of the durable doubetwst worsted Coats
quarterned with silk, sleeve Innings two pairs Of
pants.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-20
The Famous "Stratfords''

Think of the bargain in $50 "Stratford" suit
with trousersfor $25O And every suit in this sale
has the extra pair, either knickers regulars
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-20

See the many offers OF good uaes
cars during the Spring sale 81 IJeefi
lars IN the Times and Herald Clasei-
fled Ads.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-20

We probably had the largest stock in Washington.
There still than $500 Of these superb suits here
At least $500 of them will be sold for less than present
wholesale cost.
That's the penalty for buying too heavily in backward
son. but it gives you wonderful bargains Just figure
the added value Of the extra trousers!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-20
Els Thoughts

In truth. he knew that sleep
and plunge would be necessary
ere he called upon Mary Phillips.
The night before had been a
strenuous event--a riotous fare
well between Anson and his cronies
OF the college town. Needless to
say. they were not theologs.
The Phillipses were straight.
laced people OF the A.nchorville
aristocracy-a social status deter.
mined usually by worldly posses
sions and church standing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-20
Imported
Jap Crepe
Beach Robes
$3.7s

About 300 robes made to our order, and
made in Japan, too, by those most careful
workers.
They're bright, handsome stripes with con-
trasting collar and cuffs All sizes.
This includes slippers to match and bag
in which all can be packed for travel.
Evening star., 1927-04-23
STAR MODEL HOMES PROGRAM
! LAUNCHED IN WESLEY HEIGHTS
Ground Is Broken for English Cottage Type
House, First of Five to Be
Erected In Demonstration.

available at the site Of the model home
and a cement sidewalk, six feet wide,
has been laid in front of the property
and a roadway, now under construc-
ton, is TO he completed by the time the
house is ready for exhibition.
Most lots for homes of modest size
have street frontage of from 35 to
90 feet, w. C. Miller points out, in
order TO give opportunity for the beau
tidcation of the homes with trees.
shrubbery and gardens. The site Sc
lected by the committee for the first
1927 model home has 60-foot frontage
and 140-foot depth.
The lot is on the west side of Forty
fourth street and the house will thus
face east. The living room and the
dining room will be located on the
south of the house to afford them the
maximum Of sunlight The house
will be designed to provide sunlight for
every room at some time of the day.
Trees add greatly to the value of a
home site The lot selected by the
committee for this house had several
fine pine trees upon it and while some
had to fall to make lay for the house.
enough will remain to provide ample
shade for the place. In addition, the
entire surrounding area is well wooded
While the model houses will be open
for formal public inspection only for
four weeks following the completion
Of each home, according to present
plans, prospective home owners and
others interested are invited to watch
the construction of the houses.
Evening star., 1927-04-23
Better Homes Week

During this week attention is be
ing focused on the home. Better
Homes week began today.
Everywhere the need and advan-
tages of more and better homes are
being emphasized. Officials of the
movement draw attention to the home
as IAN outpost of American security,
one of the best forms Of insurance we
can have with which to protect our
peace and prosperity"
If China was as rich in homes as
is this Nation these officials point
out revolution would be slow to blaze
If Russian home standards were on
a par with ours. generalization would
not have continued so long and might
not have been permitted.
The nations with the most homes
go ahead the fastest, just as the com
munities with high percentages OF
home ownership are cleaner morally
and stronger financially than cities
and towns where ownership is com.
| paratively low.
Evening star., 1927-04-23
Variety of Methods Are Used in Laying
of Bricks for Different Wall Effects

mental in appearance. The three other
styles, namely, the Flemish, the Eng.
lish and the Dutch bonds. have proved
themselves very attractive for either
colonial or English residences.
At the bottom of our sketch are i'm
dicated the five common methods en-
ployed in finishing off the joints. A
struck joint is obtained by the brick
layer holding his trowel against the
brick above and running same along
in a fashion so as to give the result
indicated. The weather joint is OBJ
tanned in inverse fashion. The raked
join-, very often used for colonial
houses, is had as result of using a
small stick to remove the mortar from
the surface, and the concave joint is
obtained by the same process, except
that very often a rounded tool is used
To get the flush joint, the bricklayer
merely runs his trowel along the up.
per and lower brick parallel to the
front surface.
Evening star., 1927-04-23
LIGHTING EQUIPMENT
NEEDS CAREFUL STUDY
Decorative Value and Harmony
With Furnishings Should Be
Given Consideration.

The selection of the lighting equip
ment deserves most careful study.
The decorative value should be Sc
riously considered. Co1ors in tones
subdued so as not to conflict with
other decorations are very good in the
finish of fitments The fitments
should harmonic with other furnish
ings in the room.
In addition to the decorative value
of the design the lighting f1tments
should be considered from the stand
point of correct distribution and diff
fusion of light. This will depend
somewhat upon the size of the room,
the height of the ceiling and arrange.
ment of the room.
Lack of adequate wiring is poor
economy, for electricity is one Of the
cheapest commodities used in the
home The average family, according
to recent statistics, spends S4S.20 a
year for candy while only SIS is
spent for lighting.
While the cost of living has gone
up 65 per cent since 1918, the cost
Of electricity has steadily declined
The comfort and pleasure derived
from adequate wiring in the home far
exceeds the insignificant added cost in
providing an ample supply of outlets.
Evening star., 1927-04-23
Owning and Building Page for Washington and It's Suburbs
AMERICA NOW LEADING WORLD
IN BUSINESS BUILDING DESIGN
Distinctive Type of Architecture Is Seen in
Recently Erected Office and
Industrial Structures

What is possible. however, and
what we should endeavor to accom-
plish. is to develop the most fitting
forms Of architectural expression for
our various institutions and the most
logical types of design for our methods
Of construction and climatic condi-
tions.
'If we keep on doing this we are
bound TO develop new and living styles
Of American architecture. We may
achieve architectural styles which, in
, refined beauty and logic, may equal or
surpass the architecture Of ancient
Greece and medieval France and
England,
May Evolve Own Art.
IF our civilization becomes a purely
/ materialistic one we may evolve an
| art which will equal that of ancient
/ Greece and Rome and we may have
/ an architecture which will be more
| logical than that of the Renaissance.
! ''If we progress as a Christian Civili-
! zation and if our architects prove
equal to the task of expressing our
| loftiest aspirations, it is possible that
/ we may even transcend the architects
| of the Middle Ages.
| Paying tribute to the work of the
| American INSTITUTE VI SAtCuALStAS ilA
/ raising professional standards, Mr..
| Frohman asserted still more could be
| done to reduce the activities of the
"soft collar" mantle paper" archi-
tect.
Some of our architectural high.
| brows may not agree with me, but
| nevertheless l hold that an architect
cannot become fun master of his pro-
fession as fine art unless he is
master builder said Mr.. Frohman.
Experience Necessary.
''To obtain this grasp he must be
able to grasp and use a builders tool
An important part of an architects
| brain will remain undeveloped unless
he has used the trowel, the square,
plumb and level the hammer, the saw,
the plane, the chisel, the gauge, the
forge, the anvil and the lathe.
"He must be able to design, to de-
wise and superintend construction with
understanding. An architect has q
strong grip on a situation when he
can grasp the workman's hand with a
hand which has gained strength from
using the same tools.
More than this, an architect should
have the physical training and expert
ence in climbing ladders and scaffolds
and going up a rope hand over hand,
which was all part of a days work for
the medieval master masons. If an
architect knows the kind of details he
wants and is going to obtain ii on a
building, he must be able to climb TO
any point on the job where the work
man is able to go.
Then he will begin to have the real
stuff once more-the kind of architec.
ture we study about in architectural
histories, the kind Of architecture that
thrills us when we travel abroad Ind
: the kind Of architecture that is occa
sionally, but very seldom produced by
modern architects
Evening star., 1927-04-23

America now leads the world in the
architectural design of factories, office
buildings, banks, railway stations and
Frohman, architect of the Washington
Cathedral and member of the Amer.
lean Institute of Architects,
Some Of the great Office structures
and industrial buildings recently
erected IN this country are such ad-
mirable works of art. MIR. Frohman
declares, that in them can be seen
some prophecy of a real American
architecture.
'The most conspicuous achieve
ments Of modern architecture are the
result Of being obliged to express con-
ditions and institutions that are the
product Of the age in which we live, -
Mr.. Frohman said.
Beautiful Structures.
american architects have achieved
some very remarkable and beautiful
structures which. are an expression OF
the wealth and power and pride OF
achievement and ambition of various
financial institutions.
at is hopeless to talk about trying
to invent a national American style Of
architecture. In the first place. real
architecture is not an invention, but
work of creation and evolution. In
the second place. our modern civiliZa'
tion has too many diverse and oppO
site qualities striving for expression
to permit of its being exemplified by
one architectural style.
Evening star., 1927-04-23
COLONIAL. ENTRANCE.
American Style of Architecture
Held Most Charming.

In the whole realm of American
architecture there is nothing more
charming than the modern colonial
entrance. No other country has ere.
ated type that excels it's artistic pro.
portion and distinctive beauty. 1t
adds the delightful exclusiveness of
colonial days to many of America s
finest homes.
There was a time when designing
and building was a haphazard, make
shift job. Today it is an art, a spe-
cialiZed craft, which makes all the
difference In the world to both the
entrance itself and the appearance
of the building. For distinctive de.
signs, perfection of detail and adj
herence to highest architectural stan.
dards, colonial entrances are unsur.
passed.
They are correct in entasis, built
from materials of equal thickness
from top to bottom, thus doing away
with all possibility of any weakness
due to fluting, and Joined together by
a process which eliminates all spread
ing and other unsightly blemishes.
They are coming more and more into
adoption.
Evening star., 1927-04-23

The accompanying sketch indicates
the various ways of laying UP brick
work for the suburban house. While
the drawing shows how brickwork
would be laid up for eight-inch solid
brickwork, in many cases four-inch
brick veneer IS used with frame back
Ing, in this case strap irons are en-
ployed to cat as a bond between the
wood framework and the brick
veneer.
Brick when laid up on a wall is
known under two general classical
fions-when the brick is laid along
parallel to the length Of the wall it is
known as a stretcher course, and
when the length of the brick is per-
pendicular to the wall it is known as
q header.
The sketch indicating common or
running bond is the simplest style and
Is suggested mainly for walls used for
strength only not being very orna.