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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-24
NEW RECORD HOLDER
SAVED BY ATHLETICS
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
BOSTON, January 24-Eber Mont
gOmery Wells. Dartmouth sophomore,
who smashed a record that stood 81
years when three times he ran the
45-yard high hurdles in the sensa-
tional time of 5%s seconds here Satur-
day, was given up for dead seven
years ago.
Successive attacks of scarlet fever
and Rright's disease caused physicians
10 despair of his life. he revealed TO.
day, and for four months he never
left his bed.
Wells is 10 years old. He started
running and jumping when his doc.
tors advised an outdoor life to regain
his health.
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AUTOS AT HUNTS OPPOSED.

MELTON MOWBRAY. England.
January a Pl.-Folloving fox
hounds by motor car is considered
bad form by hunting men. Efforts
are being made Ia put a stop 10 IL
by not making public the place and
time of the various meets.
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WILL FORM HOCKEY LOOP,

LOS ANGELES, January "a Gp).--
announcement was made today by
Winthrop Sears, promoter. Of the for.
nation on the West Coast of an In.
ternational Professional Ice Hockey
League. Vancouver. Victoria. Port.
land. Seattle, Los Angeles and Holly.
wood will start play next year. San
Francisco and Oakland will he added
to the international loon upon con.
struction OF rink in the former
eitv
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TRAINER KEENE DEAD,

HOT SPRINGS. Ark, January "a
P).-G. II. Ham" Keene, trainer for
the Joseph f. Widener stables, was
found dead in his bed here at the Ar
lington Hotel. where. with Earle Sande
and Sam Hildreth, famous jockey and
trainer, respectively, he was enjoying
a vacation
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ANOTHER YOUNG sTRIBLING.

MACON, Ga, January "a OF.-
There is new PA" Stribling today
and the former holder of that title
becomes Grandpa W. l.. tYoung)
Stribling. "schoolboy" boxer. was
presented with an S12 pound boy this
morning and the newcomer has been
christened w. l. Strihling. I'd.
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BOXER MUST PAY $1,000.

CHICAGO. January "a Op).--Jock Ma,
lone, middleweight pugilist, has been
ordered in jury's verdict 10 pay
81 300 TO Mrs. Rachael Secor, 10, who
asked $4,000 for injuries suffered
when she WAS struck by the boxers
automobile November 3. 1925.
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ENTRAL and Western baske

~ ENTRAL and Western basket
ers were TO polish off this
afternoon for their public
high school titular clash to-
morrow at the Arcadia. This
fit Is considered Of vital importance,
as II will bring together the ranking
teams in the race and doubtless VIII
have decided weight in determining
the champion.
In their first meeting the Blue ana
White tossers scored handily over
Western, but Coach Dan Ahearn s
hovs have shown real power in recent
ragements. while Central has been
hard nut to keep its record unhlem-
ished
q game between Business and Tech
that will formally mark the start OF
second round play in the series Will
precede the Central-Western battle.
MaplespilIers representing Business
and Central High Schools were to
take the King Pin drives in match
this afternoon starting at 3:l5 O'Clock.
When Business High Eridmen take
the field next Fall they viii be led by
Charley MAY. clever quarterback, who
for three seasons has been a regular
on the Stenogra pher eleven. May,
who has lust been selected as captain
of the foot hall team. also is a menu
Der of the basket ball and base ball
combinations,
In the lone game today. involving a
scholastic quint. Coach Charley
Guyon's Eastern High tossers were
to engage Catholic University Fresh
men in the Brookland gym, starting
at 315 o'clock.
IT is announced that Roland Dulin.
erstwhile Western High athletic lumi
nary, desiring to devote more time
to his studies, will not be a candi-
date for the Columbia University
basket ball team as was expected.
when he becomes eligible on Fabru-
airy l. II is thought. however. he
will be candidate for first base on
the university's base ball team this
Spring.
Coach Gordon II. Rath of Eastern
High School is planning to enter a
squad of at least seven athletes in
the University of Richmond games on
February l.. They are O'Brien and
Entwisle. milers; Glow, BottaZi, Henry
Talbert and Joe Cosimano. sprinters,
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BOWLING RACE KEEN
IN TYPOTHETAE LOOP

Five Of the members Of the 14-team
Typothetae Bowling League are very
much in the running for the circuit
championship. Judd 4 Detweiler now
leads. with 70 victories and 16 losses.
but H-K Ad Service. now in NTH
pace settlers.
Figures on the league follow:
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$4,000 AT HOCKEY GAME.

NEW YORK. January - CP).-
More than $4,000 fans. a world record
for hockey attendance. watched the
New York Rangers hand their local
rivals. the Americans. a 2-to.0 defeat
at Madison Square Garden last night.
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LEAGUE IS ORGANIZED

FORT SMITH. Ark, January "a
CP0.-A new class "B" base ball
league with St Joseph. Topeka,
Springfield, Joplin, Fort Smith and
Okmulgee as members has been or
gained
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FOREMAN FIGHTS TONIGHT.

Al Foreman, local leather pusher,
will seek to attain another rung on
the featherweight championship lad
der in Philadelphia tonight, when he
opposes Mike Ballerino, former title
holder, in the main bout at the Arena
in the Quaker City.
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High team games--Nationsl Capital Press
sos Judd Il Detweiler. 6o4
:. High team sets--Judd Il petweiler, SOL !:
National CAPITAL Press. $40
High individual averases--M schou
1924 Goodall 1921.
1853. and Mischou I53
Hlsh Individual sets--McPhilonly, 400;
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U. S. CYCLIST SCORES.

PARIS, january "a Gp).-The Ameri-
can cyclist Jaeger won the municipal
councils grand prix at the Velodrome
D'Eiiver here. Competing against an
international field, Jaeger covered the
80 kilometers in IS minutes 10 sec
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-24

Big boys Of the bowling game Ger
tainly found the going rough in the
first five-game block of their private
sweepstakes Saturday night at the
King Pin establishment. Only Glenn
Weidman and Perce Elicit of the
leading lights of the District duckpin
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With the Bowlers

alleys were able to shoot in the 500
class. Like the good bowler he is
Weidman went along in fine style and
so did Elicit. but such luminaries as
Glenn Wolstenholme. Howard Camp.
bell. AL Work. Walter Megaw. Max
Rosenberg, George Friend, Joe
Toomey and Hap Burtner found
themselves we'll behind the leading
Weidman at the end of the FIVE games
Wolstenholme, highest among the
trailers. was SO pins back of Weld
man AZ the conclusion of the block
while BURNER. last Of the big boys
in the struggle. was 1871 pins behind
virtually out Of the running for any
prize.
Several dark horses revealed them
selves in no uncertain manner during
the first block rolling. Prominent
among them were Joe Mulroe. Fred
Moore and Henry Hiser. Mulroe av-
eraged 1874 for the block, a surpris
ingly high count for him, while Moore
not only kept right on the leader +
heels. but crashed game of 1856 one
of the best pot" games rolled in
months in the District.
Hiser showed the Washington bowl
ing fans that there are men in Hyatts
Vile who can sock the duckpins when
he turned in 900 for his five games
This chap has been hitting the pins
well for the American Legion team in
the Prince Georges County League
and may bear watching during the
remainder of the sweepstakes.
Evidently the girls of Philadelphia
are getting pretty good at hardwood
duckpin bowling. For a time the
Quaker City lassies could score heav.
lily only against the rubber. banded va.
riety of duckpin, but the decisive vic.
tory they scored over the Washington
Terminal girls here Saturday indicates
that they have been practiclng against
the kind of naples in vogue here,
When the Pennsylvania Railroad girls
visit Washington again on February
Is they should give the picked team
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Contest i'm the Agriculture Inter.

Contest I'm the Agriculture Inter
bureau League last week brought
two of the anchor men of the circuit
into the limelight. With Property
shooting against the Plant Bureau
outfit. Harry Nelson, captain and
anchor man of the former team, went
into his tenth box with his team five
pins back. spared and counted s to
win by a, margin of pins. on an
adjoining alley, Rupert, anchor for
the Solicitors team, registered a
spare in his tenth box and counted
Q on ii. which gave his outfit q 500.
to-496 win over the Entomology
bowlers.
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THLETIC CLUB LEAGUE fol

" lowers expect a big night to-
"A morrow night at Convention
4 4 Hall. Smithfieds. league
leaders, and Arlingtons, run
ners.up. are to clash and the differ
ence in standing between these teams
is 40 slight that a couple of wins for
the Arlingtons would put them in
front. Right now. the SmithfieldS are
leading by only half a game.
But getting couple of games from
the Hams may prove a real job for
the Arlingtons. Smithfield seems to
he the iinx club for the ambitious sec
ond place aggregation. Not so long
ago the Arlingtons set the league
afire with a winning streak Of rs
games. Then they ran into the
Smithfelds and dropped three in a
row.
After that the Arlingtons began an
other winning streak. This last one
has srtung along through q dozen
games. And the Arlingtons feel that
this time the Smithfields will not
prove so troublesome.
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MaplespilIers representing Business
and Central High Schools were to
take the King Pin drives in a match
this afternoon. starting at 3:l5 o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-24

In the lone game today, involving a
scholastic quint. Coach Charley
Guyon's Eastern High tossers were
TO engage Catholic University Fresh
men in the Brookland gym, starting
at 315 o'clock.
Richmond planet., 1927-03-05

the Grand Keeper of Records and
Seal to be paid over forthwith to
the Grand Master Of Exchequer,
receiving the latters receipt there
for and the funds should have been
deposited by the Grand Master Of
Exchequer in regularly incorporat
ed bank in the name Of the Grand
Lodge" The disbursements should
have been made by orders drawn by
the Grand Keeper of Records and
Seal on the Grand Master of
Exchequer and countersigned by
the Grand Chancellor. The funds in
question never passed through the
office of the Grand Keeper OF
Records and Seal, according to the
report of the auditors from the
office of Commissioner of Insurance.
It is also our honest opinion that
the aforementioned officers had no
right nor authority to permit fhe
Attorney of record to deduct
1894.94 from the said funds as
collection fee without first submit
ting the matter to the Grand Lodge
for its consideration. and approval.
This opinion becomes more impress
i've when it is remembered that we
are paying our Grand Attorney a
salary of 81 ,00G 0G per year to attend
to our legal matters.
We are further of the opinion that
Continued on page 81
Richmond planet., 1927-03-05

x. of Ps DEMAND REFORMS.

could have cut his throat in the
way it was cut Gordon's hair had
been recently cut at some barber
shop. He had a high pompadour
He tried to talk, but after giving
the name OF his wife. he gave up
The Job. 1t is believed he will
recover.
In reply TO queries Coroner James
NJ. Whitfield stated that Mamie
Gordon was stabbed on the right
side of her neck near the spinal
column and then drawn out to the
front across the throat, cutting
the jugular vein the aesophegus.
The impression is being conveyed
from some quarters that Gordon
lured his wife to this room. but
there is no evidence as vet to sustain
this view of the situation.
1t is a singular fact that Mamie
Gordon was practically killed and
James w. Gordon is suffering with
his throat cut as "a result Of the
fracas at 106 w. Clay Street and
the proprietrCss. Mrs A. McCargo
resides at 1O4 w. Clay Street. while
Sidney Johnson, who was stabbed by
Willie Edwards resides at log E.
Cay Street and the fracas between
Chasie Nappsr ard Nathaniel Jones
took place at 104 E. Clay Street.
Napier was required to refund so
to Jones and pay the costs of court.
Richmond planet., 1927-03-05
DIR. JAMES S. HATCHER
RETURNS FROM FLORIDA.

Great crowds thronged Bethel
three times last Sunday and made
an Offering Of SAIL for Connectional
purposes At II A. NJ. DR.. Hatcher
gave a Travelogue of his thrip thBu
South Carolina, Georgia. Florida
and Alabama, and delivered a great
sermon on Church Rebels.
At $3.50 P. M. Mr.. Joseph Wool
folk presented the distinguished
singing aggregation OF this city in
wonderful Musical Extravaganza
and at P NJ. Mr.. F. L. Bryant
presented local talent in a program
preceding the reports of the months.
DR.. Hatcher will resume his
Exposition of st. Luke, next Sur
day A. M. Dealing with Luke %,
he will tell us why Peter Denied
Jesus" Special sermon at night on
Making the Best of Our But :"
Snecial music.
Mems Day, March 13; Women's
Day. March 27. Welcome.
Richmond planet., 1927-03-05
ANOTHER CASE.

Coming up by Detective Head
Quarters a colored man named
H. Browning was there. He works
at the C. and o. Shops 1t SEEING
that on December 81. 1926 he was
held up by colored man named Joe
Valentine who thought he had his
pay envelope with him. Luckily he
had only $3.50 on him and the man
with pistol pointed at him got
that amount. He kept lookout for
him and he had just been arrested
II turned out that he had robbed
several other persons in the same
manner. Browning lives at 2 Pegs
Street. Valentine lives in 9Th st.
TIME OF THE GORDON FUNERAL
So ended a day of disaster and
tragedy. The relatives of Mani.
Gordon came to the city Sunday and
arranged for the funeral Tuesday.
March 1st, at Quiocison Baptist
Church in Henrico County.
1t is being daily emphasized that
'the wages of sin is death.
Richmond planet., 1927-03-05
ANOTHER CUTT!NGG

A few moments before we arrived
Sidney Jones, who resides at 1O6
E. Clay Street had been brought in
from the Johnson Willis Hospital
where he is employed. He was lying
With his head bandaged. He said
that he roomed at Mrs. Bakers s
residence , He had 10 take serving
tray upstairs and he came down to
change his coat4--This fellow. Willie
Edwards took his clean coat off the
chair and threw it up on top of a
locker where it would be 5oiled.
Richmond planet., 1927-03-05
LOOSE ANKLES" COMING HERE

Or special interest to the colored
theatre goers of this city and
vicinity is the coming engagement
Of Loose Ankles" the New York
laugh sensation direot from the
Biltmore Theatre, New York to the
Strand Theatre for three days begin
ming Monday March 14th with the
original Biltmore Theatre cast and
the ;. Eddie Wise Syncopated Col
ored Band, which has been one Of
the features Of rhis hilarious farce
comedy ever since its premiere at
the Biltmore Theatre over six months
ago.
Loose Ankles" has been stamped
by the metropolitan press as the
seasons laugh hit being the first
farce comedy 20 score bulls eye
hit of the present theatrical season
in New York.
This riotous comedy is eXtravagant
ly witty and the ludicrous incidents
are punctured with line of sure
fire repartee that keeps the audience
bowling throughout the entire
action of the play. The story Of
"I.oose Ankles" revloves around
New York's night life and the
American prototype of the European
gigolo-young men dancers at
Broadway dance halls who are the
paid partners and escorts of women
who are over $40" and overweight.
To hear these social bandits (hoof
ers) discuss their frailties OF women
in their wise crack caBulary is
one Of the bright spots Of this
uproarious comedy.
The same cast the original one
which amused Broadway for six
months will be seen here, among
whom will be Ellen Dorr, Reed
Brown, Jr.. Charles D. Brown.
Frank Lyon Joseph Bell. Carlotta
Irwin. Clifford Dempsey, Ethel Mar
Tin Lavinia Shannon, Jeanne De Me.
Maxwell Sholes and others.
The entire musical program Of
Loose Ankles will be played by the
~. Eddie Wise Syncopated Band.
This colored band travelled through
Europe last August and was accept
ed in every city as the true interpre
ters Of American refined jazz. Their
reception in Paris where the band
located for over two theatrical sea
sons was nothing short of an ovation
Richmond planet., 1927-03-05
GREATLY WORRIED.

They said that Mrs. A McCargo'
who lived at 104 w, Clay Street
rented the place. She came t the
door in response to the summons
and seemed greatly worried over the
tragedy. Sne said that she went ouS
Saturday The affair took place up
stairs There are two rooms up
there and. the bath room is next to
them. William Lassiter rents one
room and Jim White the other &.
iLassiter has q night latch on his
door and is on during the day. He
sometimes forgets to lock the door
Richmond planet., 1927-03-05
GREAT TALENT RALLY AT FIRST
BAPTIST CHURCH.
So O5224 Raised In Unique Effort

The talent rally during a period
Of five weeks. eliminated last
Sunday night at the First Baptist
Church under the .transcendent lead
ership of Mrs. w. T. Johnson. She
had been granted permission by the
church to proceed with the work,
and as a result with the cooperation
of her husband and 800 workers in
the church, grand pageant Sunday
night ended the effort.
She had requested that each talent
bearer bring in $500 or more.
Many chose to bring in more and as
result everybody down there at
College and Broad Streets seem to
be wearing broad smile. The
amount raised upon the call Of the
roll was ($2062 24) Two Thousand
and Fifty two Dollars and Twenty
four cents with some others to be
heard from. The amounts ranged
from So to SS7.
Richmond planet., 1927-03-05

> .tSpec al by John Mitchell, Jr)
A shocking tragedy took place
Saturday afternoon about ? o'clock
at 1O6 w. Clar Street. A man ane
his wife were found both with Their
throats cut. Their names are James
Gordon and Mamie Gordon. They
we're conveyed to St. Philips Hos
pital where tie woman died Satut
day night at about 7 o'clock. Before
her death, being hind5red by the
knife wound from talking, she wrote
on a pad a statement of the affair
saving that James Gordon had cut
her with knife. When found a.
the room. she had the knife in her
hand.
Richmond planet., 1927-03-05
NOTICE!

There will be special called
meeting of the Knights of Pvthias
and Courts of Calanthe at the Castle
Hal, Tuesday March S. 1927 at 8
P. NJ. to arrange for the Anniversary
to be held the fourth Sunday in
March. We trust that all members
viii attend this meeting.
MRS. LUCY CROSS D. D. G. W. G.
GEO. l.. BRANCH, D. D. G. @.
Richmond planet., 1927-03-05
A FRIGHTFUL CASH.

Her remains were conveyed to
Funeral Director A. D. Frlee' 5
Inorgue. There it was viewed Dy
Coroner James NJ. Whitfield. Tie
frightful cash, about five inches
across the throat severed the jugulai
vein. The wound extended across
the throat and the opening up aud
down was about two inches. The
woman was CT medium build light
brown skin complexion, while Cor
don is rather dark. A visit to LOG
w. Clay Street brought some OF the
dodgers there 10 the door. who said
they knew nothing about the hap
pening.
Richmond planet., 1927-03-05
BADLY STABBED.

He said he did it and he didn't
give q d -. and remarked that
should hang it somewhere else. I
said this is mighty nice sort of talk
He said if I didn't like it to fight
him. He then went to his coat and
got knife and stabbed me in the
head and in the right breast. l had
nothing The cffair took place about
Ills Sunday morning. 9th inst.
Johnson is 80 years of age and
although married is not living with
his wife now he said.
Richmond planet., 1927-03-05
sTAUNTON ITEMS.

STAUNTON, VA. March Miss
Catherine Trimble was the guest Of
Miss Marthera Robinson last Thurs
day. SO Fulton St., Lexington, Va.
The Misses Louise Venable Marie
Venable, Mary Sue Jones and
Catherine Trimble will be the guest
of Mrs. Newmans, 355 Broad Street
Harrisonburg, Va. for the week end.
Richmond planet., 1927-03-05
NOT KNOWN THERE.

No one knows about James
Gordon and his wife, both of whom
are unknown 10 the landlady, How
they got into that room Is no.
known. White came in and as he
heard noises in Lassiter'S room wort
i'm and found James Gordon and
Mamie Gordon in the bed with their
throats cut He hurried down and
told Mrs. McCargo's son JOAN
McCargo that some parties We're up
ir Lassiter's room and had mussed
things up. The police were notified
and the wounded people carried TO
the hospital.
Richmond planet., 1927-03-05
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION.

The Richmond Baptist Sunday
School Union will convene whh the
Second Baptist Sunday Schoo! DR..
NJ. r. Jones. superintendent. to
morrow at $50 P. M. A very
interesting program has been
arranged for the occasion An ad
dress will be delivered by Mr.. w.
S. Morgan.
G. T. Walker president; c.. B.
Jefferson. corresponding secretary.
Richmond planet., 1927-03-05

Mrs. Minnie Epps and her charm
ing sister, Miss Alice Devane, of
New York City 43S Lenox Avenue.
have returned after very pleasant
visit in this city. They are daugk
tiers of Mr.. and Mrs. Diggs and
were guest of their aunt, Mrs. Ada
Johnson of West Baker while here.
Richmond planet., 1927-03-05

The funeral Of Mrs. Catherine
Davis took place last Sunday after
noon at / o'clock with Rev. W. T.
Johnson. D. D. officiating. A large
number remained to the services.
She was a member of the Royal
Beneficial Organization. Funeral
Director W. A. Price had charge
Of the remains.