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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-18
CONV|CTS FLAYED
FOR RAISING RIOT
Leaders Given rs LasheS
Each, Others 5 to IS Lashes,
for Mutiny.


II BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Marcn Ia
Fifty state convicts who were lmph
Gated in a mutiny at kilhy prison
near Montgomery Sunday night, nave
been whipped and otherwise punished
the Birmingham Age Herald says. IN
A. story from the Alabama fapitaI.
Every leader was given y iashes,
while punishments varying from .
to lh lashes were administered 10 those
who Joined in noting, the story VIII
say.
Hamp Drapurk. associate member OF
the state Board of Administration. in
charge of the Convict Bureau, made
public the names Of the punished pri'
suners al kilby prison
The strap was applied by representa-
tives Of the convict department. who
were brought to kilby from other
convict camps. DIR. r. A. Burns,
physician director of the convict de
partment. made a physical examina-
ton of each convict before the lash
was applied and pronounced each in
good condition.
Gov Graves and Mr.. Draper an
nounced that thorough investigation
OF the mutiy had bee made and that
every convict suspected Of having par
ticipated was given opportunity to
present any statement to the inVesti-
eating officers, according to the Age
Herald,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-18
HERRELL GIVEN WATCH.
Cosmopolitan Club Pays Tribute to
Retiring Chief.

Ernest Herrell. retiring president of
the Cosmopolitan Club. was awarded
A gold watch by the members OF the
club at the meeting yesterday at the
Lee House, in recognition Of his serv-
Ices during the past year. Michael
Schaefer.. secretary. was awarded a
set of links and studs. Is was Ferdi-
nand Waldman retiring treasurer.
Mr.. Herrell. in accepting the gift
from the club. said that he had aimed
at cooperation and harmony in the
club and that he hoped the Cosmo
politan Club would he able to extend
its activities this year 10 include
charity work and civic improvemen t.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Carbauh. OF the
CarbauRh Concert Company enter
tailned with Irish songs In honor of
st. Patrick's day.
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Asks $4,000 Damages.

Dennis i Grillo yesterday filed suit
in the District Supreme Court TO re.
cover s25 900 damages for alleged libel
from the Keen Waving Co. a New
York corporation. Through Attorneys
Richard l.. Merrick and Edward +.
Dean. the plaintiff says he formerly
represented the company. which man
ufactures hair-waving machinery, and
charges that the company sent a tele.
gram to one of his customers reflect
ing on him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-18

wife alleging acts of misconduct with
an unidentified woman.
Bier alleges that his wife is not a
proper person 10 have custody of tho
five .year.old son.
In an order signed January Z by
Justice Bailey Mrs Pier was awarded
temporary alimony and the custody
Of the child. Pier now asks that this
order be hanged and that he be given
the child during the pendency of the
divorce suits. Attorney Raymond
Neudecker appears for the husband.
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Asks Alimony Relief.

Roy .. Reid yesterday asked the
District Supreme Court 70 relieve him
Of making payments OF $50 weekly to-
his wife. Eva NJ. Reid now residing at
Lyon Park. Va. Reid says he earns
only $40 week and has been paying
his wife alimony of $40 since October
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-18
PLAN TO HONOR BELL.
Takoma Park Citizens to Thank
Commissioner.

A delegation from the Takoma Park
Citizens Association will call upon
Engineer Commissioner J. Franklin
Bell this afternoon to bid him bon
voyage on his trip to Panama and to
thank him for his activities in connec.
ton with the development Of the Dis
trict. Commissioner Bell has planned
TO leave for Panama April /, and will
return about a month later.
Chester C. Waters. president of the
association, will head the delegation.
Some men who live by their wits
have TO get along on very small CAPT
tai 3" saws the Once Boy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-18

Is last. The husband charged that his
wife has staged wild parties" at her
apartment here since the alimory de
cree and at her home at Lyon Park.
Attorney James r. Splain appears for
the husband.
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Ordered to Virginia.

Cant. Truman f. Boudinot, L. S.
Cavalry. now in the Philippines. has
been assigned TO the Sd Cavalry, at
Fort Nver Va
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HUSBAND ACCUSES WIFE.


Misconduct is charged against Mrs,
Lennis 8. Pier. Government employee.
in cross bill for absolute divorce
filed in Equity Court by Perry W
Pier. a dealer in produce, Pier was
sued for divorce last December, the
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world in Uncle Sans domain is soon
to celebrate both events with appro-
pirate ceremony.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent Astor have
recently taken possession Of their new
home near Port Washington, Long
Island, and they propose to make this
their abiding place throughout the
year. Going to New York when neces-
sary in the social way they will stay
at a hotel. and the fine old Astor man.
sion on Fifth avenue, soon to be de-
molished for an Office building, Is to
have no successor in Gotham during
the regime of the present head of
the family. Mr.. Astor had torn down
an ancient farmhouse of the colonial
Dutch type and on the foundation
much extended, a perfect Norman
farmhouse has been erected with such
absolute blending with the environ
ment that it is difficult to believe
1t so recently built. The house is of
gray brick with stone trimmings and
slate pointed roof with many gabled
angles, and delightful portico to the
side toward the Sound which has been
built around two venerable and well
shaped elms. Massed shrubbery to
the north and east offset the gay
parterres of flowers and rose-cOvered
trellises to the south. Much space Is
given to rock garden and to sunken
areas. where lily ponds are casually
placed and large bathing pool re-
fleets blooms from the first azaleas
and bu1bous flowers of Spring to the
rich and glowing beauty of chrysan-
themums and dahlias in late Autumn.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Borden have
spent most of the Winter in Oakland
Calf, watching the progress of the
sumptuous yacht, Northern Lights, in
which they expect to sail with a party
of Chicago friends about May /. The
yacht was christened and launched
some weeks ago, but has been thor
oughly tried out before starting on her
cruise, which will end In Alaska. Vic
toria and the fascinating hamlets
along Vancouver Island are to be the
first detectives. and after that the
Aleutian Islanus and the Pribiloffs and
then Nome. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Barney Goodspeed, Mr.. and Mrs. II. B.
Slaughter and Miss Edith Cummings
of Chicago and Miss Frances Ames of
San Francisco are to be the first
guests of Mr.. and Mrs Borden and
will make the Alaskan tour just as
soon as the ice thaws sufficiently to
permit the yacht to pass safely
through. Mrs. Borden, who was Miss
Courtney Let's, daughter of Mrs. r.
G. Let's of this city and Chicago. made
her debut here the same Winter as
Miss Leila Gordon, now Mrs. Robert
Dickey of Paris, and Millicent Rogers,
now the Countess Salm, and other we'll
known international bellies. She mar
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ried during her debut season Hunni.
we'll Stilfwell of Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Oliver Iselin of New
York are remaining in their beautiful
home in Aiken, S. c., until late April,
and this for the sole purpose of enjoy
ing the splendid lily blooms at Easter
time and to send of their treasures to
friends in their Northern homes and in
every part of the country. Their lily
bulbs are from Bermuda and have
proved their aristocratic origin by
Transforming almost a quarter of an
acre Of meadow land into a glowing
filed of luminous white flowers with
deep gold centers. Mrs. 1selin has
gardener who has learned to pack
flowers for the mail with the pre-
cision of a professional, and her gifts
arrive in fine condition and are most
highly priced. Besides the big stretch
of lilies for cutting. there is an en-
chanted glen in the south garden.
where a smiling faun watches over
the pool encircled by tall nodding
blossoms and always filled with bees
and humming birds and brilliant tint
ed butterflies. Aiken has a mild cli-
mate and lilies thrive with tremen-
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industries Of the Spring season In the
plant line. Canada now purchases the
bulk OF the lilies from Bermuda and
they are shipped in pots for weeks be-
fore Easter and are treated in the 10.
cal greenhouses. But both Bermuda
lilies and Bermuda onions are now
figures OF speech in that the flowers
come from every section OF the land
and the onions principally from Texas.
But the lovely Island OF Bermuda still
furnish for Americans certain ardent
waters in fast.runninG craft.
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Clubs are regarded as the most inf1u-
entail and powerful, despite the in
roads of many new and more active
bodies. The elder Rockefeller is listed
principally in country clubs and the
venerable Chauncey M. Depew still
keeps up an affiliation with 9. In
of which he Is honored as a charter
member.
Mr.. Otto H. Kahn and his commit
tee in the stupendous task of building
at once an uptown and new Metropol-
itan Opera House have leaped at
their task so energetically that al
ready the architect and his associate
In the work have been announced,
and the breaking of ground on West
F'ifty-seventh street off Fifth avenue
is scheduled for early May. Mr.. Ben
jamin Wistar Morris Is the architect
and his chief aid Is Mr.. Joseph Urban.
formerly of Vienna, but for 10 years
naturalized citizen. Mr.. Morris,
who is the son of the Episcopal mis-
sionary Bishop of oregon and Wash.
ington, was born In Portland, and
he felt the prompting of art and
crossed the country to study first at
Trinity and then in Columbia. His
eminent talents induced his teachers
TO suggest FaFiS anu he liIhSilcu ilS
studies at Beaux Arts with the high
est honors. Having built stupendous
ediflces for banks and corporations,
the Seamans' bank and offices and
the majestic Cunard Building among
others, Mr.. Morris turned his talent
toward playhouses, and the lovely
theater in Palm Beach gained him ma
tional recognition. Mr.. Urban had al
ready made his fame In the line of
designing and painting stage scenery
and had just restored the old Imperial
Opera House of Vienna by order of
Franz Josef when he was invited In
1911 to New York to touch up the
Metropolitan, both as to scenery and
general interior. He has remained in
this country continuously since and
has been engaged in his particular
line in every part of the American
theatrical world. With the new opera
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dous vigor. But there are gardens on
Long Island. where they do just as
we'll. Fifteen years ago New York. as
we'll as Washington and practically
all American cities. sent to Bermuda
for their lilies at Easter and for the
services of Holy week. Now florists
have their greenhouses in likely spots
and can fill all orders with the native
product. Except In the South all
have to be forced. but literally hun
dreds of thousands are ready In good
time and now form one of the great
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house soon to be under construction,
with Americans in full control, the
coming of American opera in THE
Kings Henchman," with music and
librettist both American, the music
Evening star., 1927-04-03

In close harmony with the
newness of the season, our
entire store has been redecorated.
Beautifully appointed shops and
departments greet you with an
atmosphere of dignified refinement.
We invite you to view the two
tone and compose effects we have
achieved.
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The Amba ssador to London has,
however, while his walls remain bare
except for the beautiful mural effects
created by the continental buff against
cream white ceilings and window and
door lodges, consented to have Sir
Joseph Duveen and Sir William Orpen
hang few choice paintings of present
day artists, in order, so to speak, to
make a market for these canvases.
Sir Joseph Duveen feels the deepest
sympathy with English painters of
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THE new mode is buoyant one rejecting at
the intricate simplicity of master styliss and in
terpreting in a knowing way the many phases of the
Easter Fashions.
our assemblage of Coats Suits, Frocks and acces-
sories is charming beyond compare.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-30
DENTPsEY COLES

CHICAGO, Aug. 90 tP9---Jack Demp-
.sey cast aside his boxing gloves for
18 holes of golf today, disappointing
a crowd of 1900 that gathered out
side the gates Of lincoln field race
track, willing to part with 3$11O each
to watch the former worlds heavy
weight champion take healthy socks
al. rs sparrillg partners.
Dempsey did no boxing, in accord
ance with the orders of Leo p. Flynn
his manager, who figured that toe
much work and no play would be
harmful. Dempsey has engaged in
strenuous boxing four days in a
row. -
The former title holder hoofed
seven miles on the road this morn
ing with a better runner than Demp.
sey ever hoped to be-. His COM
panion on the roaG was Joie Ray
one time holder of nearly every
middle distance running record in
America. ra,2 ..,ol ap -
Flynn announced tonight that there
would be boxing tomorrow and We'd
nesday with Oak Till, who aided
Itlnney last year, and Marty Cutler,
new men on the receiving end. Cutler
has boxed with Dempsey off and on
for eight years.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-30
LEGION Club Y
SHOWS some !
GOOD SHOOTING

Eleven men of the American legion
rifle club attended the first official
shoot of the club at the Camp Jones
rifle range Sunday morning. Some
remarkable scores we're turned in at
200 and 800 yards prone and at 200
yards standing.
D. r. Napier led the field with
some perfect work on the bullseve.
Fl. G. Shotwell turned in a fine
score as did R. D. mills and R. NJ.
Foster. Many of the men had not
shot since the great war and were
somewhat stale but show signs OF
being able to rank well up when they
get the feel of the piece again
An inspection of the. newly re-
novated target range reveals that
it is one of the finest ranges in
this part of the state and the men
were delighted with every part of it.
Camp Jones with their unfailing
courtesy turned out a squad of men,
to assist at the shoot and aid the
legion men in marking. and setting
during the morning 1t is planned
to shoot again next Sunday with
small calibre arms and the heads or
the club expect more men out for
this than were out for the shoot
iast Sunday. ,s2sae s
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-30
GENE and JACK
TAKE LAYOFF IN
TRAINING GRIND

SPECULATOR, N. Y, Aug. 20 H9-
After three days of rain the sun
came out just in time today to
allow Gene Tunney six rounds OF
work as pre-final warmup before
leaving Thursday for Chicago, scene
of the heavyweight champions re-
turn battle with Jack Dempsey next
month.
When the weather suddenly cleared,
Gene forsook the cozy log fire in
his living room and hurried to the
covered training shack across the
road with Billy Vidabeck, middle
weight. After three rounds of punch
ing at the light bag, the champion
worked three speedy rounds with the
New Jersey youngster.
Fear of OVERRIDING after the ilayof1
that has kept him out of the ring
since last Thursday held the work.
out down to six rounds. Gene
weighed in at 1872 pounds before the
dsill, about six more than his fight
ing weight last fall when he won
the title from Dempsey at Philadel-
phia
The workout tomorrow probably will
finish Tunney's training here as he
intends to motor to Utica, N. Y,
Thursday afternoon in time to catch
a train for Chicago, where the final
three weeks Of intensive training are
scheduled at the Cedar Crest Country
club on Lake Villa.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-30
DE MOLAY TEAM.
OF BISBEE Give
LOCALS BEATING

The Douglas White Sox were
whitewashed yesterday at Warren
Park when the fast DeMolay team
took them to trimming the final
score being 6 to 0. Fuzzy Winters,
star slabsters of the DeMolayS yield
ed but one hit until the ninth in
ming after two were down and had
the White Sox batsman striking out
most of the way on his swift curves.
Winters had them at his mercy.
"Chief" Gutierrez, who once rated
among the fastest ball players in
the old Cactus league got two OF
the three hits made by the Douglas
team, and after two we're down in
rez lone single in the first inning
was the total swatting strength of the
team, an dafter two were down in
the ninth Gutierrez came, to bat and
sent a crashing single to center for
the only two hits up to that time.
Alfonso singled to right 9but Gut
ierez was left stranded on third as
Morales whifIed for the final out
Of the game. ''' 'Yf'
"A great deal of credit is due
Fuzzy" Winters for his, steady pitch
ing as he strengthened as the game
progressed. He was never in danger
and had rare assortment Of curves,
speed balls and twisters. This is the
first time that the White Sox have
been blanked this season.
For the Bisbee team Wilson and
Holt brothers did the heavy stick
work. Bisbee made but one error.
when Cole after long run dropped
Reyna's fly.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-30
National League

NEW YORK, Aug. 29 (F9-The New
/ York Nationals hacked big chunk out
of the Chicago lead today, defeating
+ the Cubs twice, 8 to Z and 4 to /, be-
fore 10000 fans. The difference be-
tween the first and fourth place con-
! tenders was reduced to three and a
| half games. The Giants are single
/ contest between the Pirates and Cards
who are in a tie for the second posi-
ton.
|. The first fracas was Stubbornly
fought affair marked by New York's
seven-run drive in the third inning.
Mueller led off with home run and
coming up later in the session with
| the bases full he drove in two more
runs with single. Chicago worked
hard to overcome the lead and in a
frequent shifting of pinch hitters came
/ within one of tie. Thirty -one play
ers were used, II by the Cubs.
Charley Root was matched against
| Benton in a pitching duel in the Sec
ond game but the Cub hurler weak
ened in the seventh when the Giants
thumped cut six hits for four runs.
Rain stopped the contest with the
Giants at bat in the eighth.
First game:
Chicago ..............3O .3O1 OIL 01O-7
New York ..........0 .007 600 10x-8
Second game:
Chicago ............... .001 600 00-f
New York .......... 900 600 4&A
BROOKLYN, Aug. 20 (P9;7-Brooklyn
forced the world chanRfoff' Cardinals
TO an even break in pair of 2 to l
ball games here today, toppling st.
Louis into a ite for second place with
the Pirates, !"
Pittsburgh played six-inning tie
with the Phillies when rain halted
the engagement.
F jess Petty won the opener for the
Robins, vanquiShing Alexander in a
mound duel and driving in the decid-
ing run with single in the seventh.
The victory broke losing streak that
had tagged Petty on his last four
starts.
Jess Haines hung up his 21st triumph
in the closing fray at the expense of
Jim Elliott who allowed the Cardinals
only two hits in eight innings. He
was removed for a pinch hitter and the
run that eventually won for the Cards
was made in the ninth off Clark on
Hafeys single and Blades double.
Hendrick hit a homer for the Robins
in the ninth.
First game:
Second game:
Score R.H.E
st. Louis ....... .OO1 600 O01-2 4 2
Brooklyn ...... ZOO 600 O01-1 6
Haines and O'Farrell; Elliott, and
Clark; DeBerry and Henline.
! PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 90 R)-The
Phillies and Pirates only got in six
inning of baseball today and were
locked in 2-2 tie when a heavy
downpour of rain interferred with
double-header. Two games will be
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-30
American League.

DETROIT, Aug 90 H9-Jack Quinn
shut out the Tigers here today, hold.
ing them to three hits and Phila-
delphia won the closing game of th=
series, to 0. 1t was the sixth sue
cesSive defeat for the Detroit club
Only three Tigers advanced as far
as third base.
Whitehill opposed Quinn for the
first seven innings and was hampered
by poor support 1t was the third
time this season that the Tigers have
suffered a shut out.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-30
LINnBERGH IN IOWA

DES MONIES, Iowa, Aug. 90 Ro--
Iowa's capital city and thousands OF
visitors from other parts of the state
thrilled today at the sight of Colonel
Charles A. Lindbergh, who flew his
Spirit of st. Louis" here from Sioux
City Tomorrow he will take off fol
Omaha.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-30
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

indianapolis, /; st. Paul, 2.
Louisville, /; Minneapolis, 10.
Toledo, 5; Milwaukee, 8.
Columbus, S; Kansas City, IL.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-30
sOuTHERN ASSOCIATION

Atlanta, 8; Birmingham, 2.
Little Rock, 8; Chattanooga, IL.
Memphis, 2; Nashville, 8.
Only three scheduled.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-30
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE

Jersey City, IL; Buffalo, 3-3.
Newark at Toronto, postponed, rain.
Reading at Rochester, postponed,
rain.
Only games scheduled.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-30
AMERICAN LEAGUE

New York, 8; ST. Louis, Z.
Boston, 10; Cleveland, Q.
Philadelphia, 5; Detroit, 0.
Washington, 2; Chicago, (called
in second, rain).
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-30
AMERICAN LEAGUE
YESTERDAYS RESULTS
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Chicago, 7-1 New York, 8-4.
st. Louis, 1-2; Brooklyn, 81.
Cincinnati, 4-6; Boston, 2-5.
Pittsburgh, 2; Philadelphia, 2 Called
first of seventh, rain.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-30
TEXAS LEAGIIE

Fort Worth, 6; San Antonio, 2.
Shreveport, 7; Beaumont, 8.
Wichita Falls, 4; Houston, l.
Dallas, 6; Waco, 8.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-30

WESTERN LEAGUE
Omaha, 19; Des Moines, 6.
Tulsa, 5; Wichita, 9.
Denver, /; Lincoln, 8.
Only three games.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-30

summary: Two base hits: winters,
Oliver. Struck out: by Winters IL,
by Huizar 2. Bases on balls: off
Winters 8; Off Huizar 1. Left on
bases: Douglas 5, Bisbee 4.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-30

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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-30

BOSTON, Aug. % up = Cincinnati
pounded five Boston pitchers for a
total of 26 base hits to win both games
of double header here today. The
scores were, to and to 5. Rixey
pitched air-tight ball for the Reds un-
til the ninth inning of the first game
when he lost a pop fly in the sun and
gave way to a relief hurler.
The relief pitching of Red Lucas
in the second game was largely re-
sponsible for the Cincinnati victory,
although Art Nehf got the credit in
the box News of Nehf'S unconditional
release reached Boston while the game
was in progress. Ed Brown, Boston
outfielder, ran the number of conse-
cutive games he has played in to $50
this afternoon.
The double setback compelled the
Braves to relinquish sixth place in the
standing to Brooklyn.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-30

Two base hlt-McManuS. Three
base hits: Hale, Boley. Sacrifices:
Boley, Dykes, Cochrane. Double
play: Gehringer (unaSsisted. Left
on base: Philadelphia a6, Detroit z.
Base on balls: Whitehill 2, Quinn 8.
Smith /. Hits: of Whitehille 6 in q,
Smith l in g. Struck out: by White
hills L. Quinn 2, Smith 1. Wild pitch:
Quinn. Losing pitcher: Whitehill.
Umpires: Nallin and Dineen. Time:
1876.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 90 tR-Pounding
Alvan sCroWder for five runs in the
third inning, the Yanks sewed up the
final of three game Browns series.
winning out by 8 to 3. 1t was the
18th triumph over the st. Louis club
this season and the home club has
yet to defeat the New Workers. Lou
Gehrig crashed his 41st homer to
tag behind Ruth by one run in the
third Crowder was the victim and
two were on the sacks.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-30

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