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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-12
FRANCES GRIFFIN. '.NEAR
BRIDE" IN PIANO RECITAL.

l.
Wedding bells. within two days,
did not prevent charming little
Miss" Frances Griffin from play.
ing quite q ''virtuoso" piano recital
at an informal evening In the studio
Of her teacher. Kurt Hetzel. on
Tuesday.
AS Frances Villaret. wife of Capt.
Gugtave Villaret, r.. u. 8. M. c.,
we viii know her in the future.
She is expected to live in Washing
ton after her return from q we'd
ding trip in Europe, so we win con-
tinue to enjoy her as one Of the
very gifted young pianists.
She played Chopin. List and the
Beethoven concerto. G minor. with
Mr.. Hetzel playing the orchestral
part at the second piano. And this
was doubly notable for 80 young
q student-not yet out OF her
"teens"-as both artists gave the
exacting score without notes and
with verve or a delicacy that was
delightful.
What gives promise. in, Frances
Griffin, of even q professional
career should she choose 1t. Ii the
brilhancy of her execution and the
ease with which she rises to tech
nical virtuosity. Yet in the List
"Liebestraum" there was q Iegato
of such absolute repose that 1t was
instinct with feeling beneath a free
rhythm that made one sense the
individual.
Hers is musical music. too. This
slip Of a girl commands big moments
with ne effort. But she more par.
ticularly picks out themes and gives
variety to their development that
intrigues the Imagination. But the
coordination Of the two, pianos in
her solo parts Of the Beethoven
music proved something deeper that
IL filled with genuine potentialties.
She has done bit Of composing.
too. One colorfuI little waltz-that
was outside the ''recitaT'-proved
q nice sense Of meditation and q
fresh ana breezy style TO be inner.
ent In this little lady who. today.
becomes Mrs. Gustave' Villaret.
Evening star., 1927-04-20
BROWNING TAX SUIT.
ORDERED REOPENED.
Board OF Appeals Holds Fire.
arms Firm Entitled to
Special Levy.

BY the Associated Press.
Fixing $4.19O.OO0 as the market
value OF wartime firearms contracts
under patents originally held by the
late John M. Browning, the Board
OF Tax Appeals today held that the
J. NJ. and M. S. Browning Co. of Salt
Lake City was entitled to a special
tion of its taxes. Browning assigned
his patents to the company.
Contract Value Exempt.
The. board also held the contracts
value was exempt from inclusion in
invested capital for the purpose of
taxation. The Government alleged a
deficiency of $319.746 i'll income and
profits taxes for 1918.
The company lost it's fight against
paying taxes on S750.000 accepted
from the Government in 1918 in lieu
of royalties on war contracts. This
sum was held by the board to consti-
tute income and to be taxable. Had
the corporation. insisted on royalties
on its war contracts, the decision said,
payments would have been $12,704, ,350.
Agreements Held Intangible.
License agreements for the use Of
patents are intangible property, the
decision said, and the right to receive
royalties under such agreements are
similarly classified. When these are
paid in to a corporation for a nominal
consideration, the board held, they
cannot be included in invested capital.
Evening star., 1927-04-20
GREEK CONSPIRACY
DENIED BY CANARIS
Minister Says Naval and Military
Officers Not Plotting for
Pangalos.

By the Associated Press.
ATHENS, Greece, April 20. - Ru-
mors which developed over night Of
a conspiracy by naval and military
officers in behalf of the former die
tator, Gen. Pangalos, were denied to-
day by Minister of Marine Canaris.
He secuted the idea of any disloyalty
in the army and navy.
In connection with the rumors the
newspapers printed copies of letters
alleged to have been written by Gen.
Pangalos from Fort Izeddin. on the
Island of Crete, claiming the forces of
Crete were on his side I'm a plan to
overthrow the government.
Gen. Theodorus Pangalos assumed
the dictatorship of Greece January 3,
1926, and subsequently became Presi-
dent He was ousted by Gen. Kon-
dylis, the presnt premier, last August,
after which he was removed to Fort
Izeddin, Island of Crete, to await trial
before the Chamber of Deputies of il
legal actions during his regime
The President of Greece, Admiral
Kondouriotis, presented his resigna-
ton on Monday of this week. but on
the insistence of Premier Kondylis
agreed to remain in office temporarily.
The premier contended that a serious
situation would be created If the Presi-
dent resigned at the present time.
Evening star., 1927-04-20

citizens. nearly 1000 900 were litter
English language.
The d. A. r. were told to increase
their work among foreign-born WON.
en-, frequently neglected by Ameri-
can agencies in the past.
There is no field in which chapters
can render better service than by in.
terpreting America to immigrant won.
en-, who are so often isolated in a
strange land" said Mrs. Husband.
The sum of S44, ,096.49 has been ex'
pended by the ID. A. r. for Americani.
Zation purposes during the year, in
cluding $9,184.17 contributed to the
four approved schools.
Before adjourning the morning ses-
sion, the Congress defeated by q
decisive vote q motion to reduce the
annual fees of members from 81 to 81.
A sharp fight developed on the floor
when the effort was made to cut the
dues in half. No change was made
in the dues of SIS for members-at large.
Nominations Due Tonight.
With nominations in order tonight
for the offices of seven vice presidents
general and two honorary vice presi-
dents general, the only national offices
vacant at the end of the thirty.siXth
congress, chief interest today centered
in the forthcoming elections. Ballots
will be counted tomorrow night, when
the election results will be announced.
State delegations with candidates
for these offices were busy election
eering today and with IL candidates
for vice presidents general and three
for the honorary Office a sharp con
test was in prospect.
The candidates for vice presidents
general, from whom seven are to be
chosen, are Mrs. William Sherman
Walker, Washington State; Mrs. Isa.
bel Wyman Gordon of Massachusetts
Mrs. Charles II. Bissell of Connecti
cut, Mrs. William b. Burney of South
Carolina, Mrs. Clarence S. Paine OF
Nebraska, Mrs. John p Mosher OF
New York, Mrs. Amos Edwin Ayres
of South Dakota, Mrs. Samuel Pres
| ton Davis of Arkansas, Mrs. William
Rock Painter of Missouri and Mrs
Frank FELTON, of Indiana.
| Mrs. Frances C.. Wilson, acting
| State regent Of New Mexico, candidate
for vice president general, nominated
by her State, withdrew this morning
Aspirants for Honor
The candidates for honorary vice
| presidents general, from whom two
| are to be chosen, are Mrs. Thomas
| Kite of Ohio, Mrs. Eleanor Washing
ton Howard of Virginia and Mrs
| Richard Jackson Parker of Rhode
! Island.
!, The vice presidents general whose
terms expire at the conclusion of this
| congress are Miss Anne Margaret
Lang, Mrs. Logan S. Gillentine, Mrs
Russell William Magma, Mrs. Pau
Duane Kit, Mrs. Hoval A. Smith
Mrs. Thomas w. Spence and Mis-:
| Amy Il. Gilbert.
Those whose terms will expire mex
year are Mrs. Robert J Reed, Mrs
! Fl. III. McClintock, Mrs. Walter Am
brose Robinson, Mrs. John Hamilton
Hanley, Mrs. S. A. Dickson, Mrs
George NJ. Young and Mrs. L. Victor
Seydel.
! Those whose terms will expire Il
1929 are Mrs.. Iulius Y. Taimadge
Evening star., 1927-04-20

who is two years bigger than you are
and one time / was telling her about
you and she threw her arms around
my neck and began to cry because she
thought / didn't love her as much as
l did you. Wasn't that funny?
"Well, Patia, what shall we say
about George Washington So much
has been said about him that l think
you ought to have something very
different and SO / am going to write
this for you.
Here is Patia's prayer:
Good Lord pray that may be
A good American and sees
All other children grow to love
The land our flags unfurled above.
Good Lord. pray that may stand
For this. my own, my native land.
And always think the things that YOU
And Washington would wish me to.
Make me woman. good and true
To love the Red. the White. the Blue.
And where our glorious hags unfurled
Send love and Justice 30 she world.
And. when / stand to make my bow.
Oh Lord, please manage it, somehow,
That / shall wed loyal son.
Send me man like Washington"
Evening star., 1927-04-20

pointed out that of 104 pictures the
most popular last year were the his
torical ones. The motion picture indus
try, she said, is exerting every effort
to make worthwhile pictures. The
move among great educational fnstf-
tutions to use motion pictures in ed
ucation also was noted.
The d. "A. r. has formed a group
to indorse motion pictures in New
York and has eight chairmen doing
review work.
In the official d. A. r. magazine a
list of selected and indorsed motion
pictures is to be printed every month.
Closer cooperation with the motion
picture industry was urged by Mrs.
Chapman in concluding.
Tribute was paid by Mrs. Brosseau,
president general, to Arthur S. Whit
comb, trumpeter at y. A. r. concerts
for Is years, at the opening of the
session. He was given an ovation
after he played a special solo.
$4,000 Tourists Cited.
Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Hobart of Gin
cinnati, in her report as chairman OF
building and grounds, told of the use
Of Memorial Continental Hall for the
gathering of important local and ma
been loaned to Secretary and Mrs.
Wilbur on January / for their New
Year reception.
Among the new furnishings given
to the hall were flag of 100 per cent
American make for the president gen.
erals room. Twelve thousand tourists
visited the grounds during the past
year.
Mrs. Hobart appealed to the States
to furnish their memorial rooms IN
colonial furniture wherever possible,
and urged that not only parlors but
other rooms of colonial homes be re-
produced.
Mrs. Henry b. Joy OF Detroit, chair.
man of the resolutions committee,
brought out a number Of resolutions.
| Among those adopted were:
| That the plans for Constitution Hall
| include an adequate library.
| That the joint resolution in Con-
gress to provide uniform flag code
/ be indorsed.
| That the Immigrants Manual be
printed in the Japanese and Chinese
languages.
! Other resolutions adopted were
| those putting the congress on record
as firm supporters of the Constitution
of the United States.
| A resolution was offered to permit
news reels TO be made at Mount Yer.
non.
| History OF Names Urged.
The compilation of history of the
geographical names of the country
was also indorsed
The President and Mrs Coolidge
sent a basket of pink roses. carna
tions and snapdragons to Mrs
Brosseau this morning
Mrs. Walter w. Husband of Wash
| mgton gave the report on American
ization, and said that radicalism Is
not confined to the foreign born nol
is il widespread among them.
She stated that of the Ia ,000, ,00(
foreign born In the United States al
the time of the 1920 census, mors
than 5.000.0 900 were unnaturalizet
and 3.000,os had not declared theil
intentions OF becomings Americas
Evening star., 1927-04-20
GEORGE WASHINGTON POEM
GLADDENS YOUNG GIRLS LIFE
Patia May Gerth, 9-Year-0ld
C. A. R. Delegate, Honored
by Verses Dedicated to Her.
Written by Newspaper Man
as Tribute to First PreSi-
dents Birthday.

Little Patia May Gerth of West
Hartford, Conn, now in Washington
as proud delegate to the annual
convention Of the Children of the
American Revolution, has had her
fondest hope realized.
She is the recipient of a poem on
George Washington dedicated to her
by Henry Edward Warner of the
Baltimore Sun. She wrote to Mr..
Warner requesting poem in remem-
brance of George Washington birth.
day. Mr.. Warner remembered meet
ing Patia in Washington last year
and promptly sat down to write some
verses for her. But he did not know
exactly where to address the letter
because she failed to sign her last
name. The West Hartford postmas.
ter, however, ferreted out the 9-year-
old young lady and tonight she win
recite the poem before the conven.
tion.
The following letter was sent to
Patia in reply to her request:
My Dear Little Patia:
II am very terribly, awfully busy,
If you know what / mean, and what l
am busiest about is work that has
to be done, so that / can have butter
and jelly for my bread / knew a
man once who did not have any but
ter or jelly for his bread, and he was
a crouch. I don't want to be
Crouch, so must put in a lot of time
working hard
But you get your George Wash
ington poem just the same, and I
wouldn't do that right now for any
other girl in the world. So you see
how much / love you. And do you
know there is a little girl i'm my house
Evening star., 1927-04-20
Winners in Slogan Competition.
Ship Conversion Approved.

The Shipping Board has given its
approval to the proposal that three of
the ships recently purchased by the
Ford Motor Co. from the board
for scrapping be converted into self
propelling barges. The company
agreed to pay an additional $4,000
each for the ships if permitted to CON
vert them. The vessels are of the
lake type and were purchased for
$3.50 each.
Evening star., 1927-04-20
CHARGES AGAINST
PRISON HELD FALSE
Investigation at Richmond Follows
Complaint by E. E.
budding of D. G.
Special pisnatch 70 The STIR.

Special Dispatch TO The Star
RICHMOND, Va, April 20.-In-
vestigation of charges by E. E. Dud-
ding, president of the Prisoners Re-
lief Society and former convict, that
vile and insanitary conditions exist in
the Virginia Penitentiary, was COM
pleted this morning, when report
was made to Gov. Harry f. Byrd by
Maj. r. W. Youell, superintendent of
the prison.
Maj Youell said charges OF this
nature have been made annually by
budding. and Investigations have al
ways resulted In their complete refuta.
ton. He said nothing exists of the
many instances complained of in a
letter which budding wrote Gov.
Byrd, alleging 81 convicts had com.
planned. The prison is open to inspec-
ton at any time the superintendent
said.
Evening star., 1927-04-20
FOUR DIE IN PLANE CRASH.
Royal Air Force Quartet Burned
to Death.

EAST CHURCH, Kent. England,
April 20 C).-Four members Of the
royal air force. two of them officers,
were killed yesterday when Vickers
bomber crashed here.
The plane in rising hit the wing OF
another plane and went into a nose
dive. 1t turned over as 1t struck the
ground and the gasoline tank exploded,
the resulting fire burning the four Oc-
cupants to death before they could
extricate themselves from the wreck
age.
The men killed were Flying Officer
Kelly, Pilot officer Dowdswell and two
mechanics.
Evening star., 1927-04-20
Official d. A. r. Program

Tonights Session.
30 to o'clock the United States Band will play the
ed Regiment c. n. Reeves
overture - h Shanbers
Benter, Director.
Entrance of President General escorted by the Pages
Sousa
D. d.
Nominations
Music Anchors Aweigh"
American skchBy swanee .Myddeton
Address: Ulustrated Washington Our National shrine
Music America" fNiy Country, Tis of Thee'9
audience accompanied by the United States Navy Band
Tomorrow Afternoon Session O'Clock
Reception Coolidge the Executive Offices of
O'Clock
invitation of the Right Rev James
E. D. D.. the Bishop of Washington
Evening
From to Band will play the
following selections:
American Fantasia Herbert
American Patrol Meachan
Starke
William ]. Stannard, Leader
of the
Illinois Connecticut honor the
United States Army Band.
D. Chaplain United
Music aIsonoinrS ~ = ............ Del Rgo
Come to the Fair Martin
Flora McGII eefer
of
Edwin Gregory, Chairman
Address: THE Dangers Of Bureaucratic LEGISLATION ,,
Delaware
tof Committee:
~ : Mrs. sherman walker Chairman
Address: "our Establishment"
Capt l. Darte MIFes
Immigration"
of "A Nettleton, Chairman.
Samuel D. Rockenbach Dhlquist
Evening star., 1927-04-20
Winds Cripple Lake Ships.

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich, April
20 R).--The grain-laden steamer Yu.
kondoc was waterlogged in st. Marys
River and the freighter Delaware,
Duluth bound, was aground on Squaw
Island, near Detour. today as a result
of heavy winds which swept Lake
Superior last night. Three other ves-
sells narrowly ESCAPED destruction.
Evening star., 1927-04-20
DENTAL HYGIENE
URGED IN SCHOOLS
Prize Awards Are Made in
Educational Campaign of
District Society.

The practice of oral hygiene as a
method of prolonging life was dis
cussed last night by DR.. Willis A.
Sutton, superintendent of schools. At.
lanta, Ga, at the dental exhibit of the
District of Columbia Dental Society
held at the National Museum in con-
nection with the society's educational
campaign.
DIR. Sutton enlarged on two dental
axioms, bad Teeth Make Bad Boys"
and college or Casket," pointing out
that the removal Of defective teeth
restored incorrigibIe children to nor
malcy and that health education was
every bit as important as the study
OF dead languages.
Park View Play Presented.
The children of Park View School,
who were presented with a prize cup
by the society in a general competition,
staged their winning play, Bad Baby
Molar." DIR. Charles r. Shelton pre-
sided at the meeting. Charles f.
Carusi, president of the Board of
Education, introduced DIR. Sutton.
The following were guests at the
lecture: District Commissioner Proc
tor l.. Dougherty, DIR. Harvey w.
Wiley, District Health Officer w. G.
Fowler, Assistant Supt. of Schools S.
i. Kramer; Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter,
president District of Columbia Con
gress of Parent-Teacher Associations;
Walter S. Ufford, secretary Associ-
alton for the Prevention of Tubercu-
losis; Archibald Hopkins, president
Monday Evening Club; A. c.. Moses,
president Washington Council of SO.
cial Agencies; Mrs. Joseph n. Saun-
ders, first vice president District of
Columbia Congress Of Parent-Teacher
Associations; J. E. Stuart, Beard of
Public Welfare; DR.. j. Ben Robinson,
dean Balt5neore College of Dentistry,
University of Maryland: Mrs. Harriet
H. Locher, director public service and
educational department Cranda1l the
aters; DIR. George M. Kober, president
District of Columbia tuberculosis AS.
sociation, and Emile Berliner.
SIogan-Poster Contest Awards.
DR.. Frank w. Ballou, superintend.
ent of schools, made the following
poster and slogan contest awards to
school children, which also were a
feature of the campaign:
Winners in poster contest-Champ
Carter, Helen Councillor, Irwin w.
Steele, Dorothy Archambault, Dora
BaSSin, Josephine Blakely, James
Brooke, Daniel De Rosa, Rosalie Dpn-
bar, Leila Foster, Irene Green, R<e-
ert Hid, Katherine Hodge, Teddy
Hoffman, Elizabeth Hohor, Allen
Mothershead, Richard Ockershausen,
Vera Payne, Edward Reamy, Rose
Rupert, Elizabeth Soutter, Eleanor
Waite and Hilda Zimmerman.
Winners in Slogan Competition.
Winners In slogan contest-Rose
Babimski, Joe Moore, Agnes Peak.
Mary f. Robson, Elsie Lunch, Francis
Mccarthy, Gertrude Cornell, Clara
Auth, Judith Freilicott, Mary Nc
Dowell, Christine Shackelford, Badya
Johnson. Cecil Hale, Mary c. Dom
Mellon, Abraham Perry, Louis Silver
man, George Prentiss and Charles Nc
Lendon.
Evening star., 1927-04-20
ATTACHES WILL ATTEND
JOINT ARMY MANEUvERS
England, Japan, Germany, italy,
Argentina and Mexico Ac-
cept Invitations.
BY the Associated Press.

IJ
Military attaches, of the embassies
here of England, Japan, Germany,
Italy Argentina and Mexican have ac-
cepted War Department invitations
to witness the combined Infantry and
Air Corps maneuvers at San Antonio
May IL to 81.
Due to the absence Of the French
military attache that country will not
be represented. Canada is expected to
send an officer. Two officers who will
represent the Mexican government
have not yet been designated.
Maj. Angel NJ. Zuloaga will repre-
sent Argentina, Brig. Gen. A. Villa
and Comdr. Silvio Scaroni will repre-
sent Italy. DR. Emil Wiehl Germany;
Cmodr. r. u. Hetherington and Mai.
w. Fl, s. Alston, England, and Capt.
S. Isoda, Japan.
Evening star., 1927-04-20
Job Open to Competition.

The Civil Service Commission today
announced an open competitive exam
ination for attendant, House of Deten-
ton. and positions requiring similar
qualifications.
The entrance salary is $1,000, plus
quarters and subsistence. Full infor-
nation and application blanks may be
obtained from the Office of the United
States Civil Ssvvice Commission, 1924
+ street
Evening star., 1927-04-20

"One Of our Students" said DIR.
Hutchins, president of Berea College.
who had recently taken up the study
OF chemistry. was asked by her Eng.
lish teacher to give the plural of OK.
Her reply, prompt and sure, was
oxygen -
Evening star., 1927-04-20
Tablet to BE Unveiled.

An interesting program will be held
under the auspices of the District of
Columbia d. A. r. Saturday after
noon at 8 o'clock when a tablet will
be unveiled on the building at the
northeast corner of Fourteenth and II
streets. This tablet marks the site
of the. building in which the National
Society of the ID. A. r. was founded
August 8, 1890.
The Society of Descendants of the
Mayffower invited p. A. r. delegates
to attend a meeting at the Washing
ton Club last night, when w. w.
Husband, Assistant Secretary of
La Dor, spoke on THE Pilgrims OF
Ellis Island" Mr.. Husband also will
speak tomorrow night at the WASH
ington Hotel. under the auspices. of
Continental Chapter, District of CO.
lumbia. This meeting Will begin at
S.15 o'clock.
TO promote interest in American
Forest Week, the d. A. r. committee
on conversation and thrift has ar
ranged a lecture by Herbert N.
Wheeler of the United States Forest
Service Saturday night at o'clock
In the auditorium of the National
Museum. His lecture will be IL
lustrated.
Evening star., 1927-04-20

Adversely Is the only scale that
gives the correct weight Of our
friends
Evening star., 1927-04-20
D. A. R. HEARS PLEA
FOR TRADE FLEET
Gen. Dalton Tells Delegates
/ America Must Hold Place
+ in Commerce.

Continued from First Page.)
Evening star., 1927-04-20
Reports on Better Films.


One Of the most important reports
of the morning was given on Better
Films" by Mrs Newton d. Chapman,
chairman. In this report the chair
man makes the suggestion that State
y. A. r. foster the making OF motion
pictures showing the physical aspects,
history and industry of each State.
New Jersey. California, Florida,
Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana and
others already are cooperating to this
end.
The report recommended a number
of patriotic films released last year at
the suggestion Of the committee. A
great film Of the life and career of
George Washington is To be made in
ConlmemoratiOn Of the 2O0th anniver-
sary of his birth.
Mrs. Chapman also told Of a plan
10 preserve for posterity all pictures
having historical significance and
said that the suggestion had been
made by VIII If. Hays, president of
the Motion Picture Producers and Dis.
rributors of America, TO President
Coolidge that space be provided in the
new Archives Building with capacity
FOR Is. 600 reels Mrs. Chapman stated
that she recently had taken steps to
omen Mount Vernon, the home of
Washington, to the news reel com
panies on special occasions.
Before Mount Vernon Association.
The resolution has been put before
the ladies' Of the Mount Vernon Asso
citation asking that they grant the re
quest.
That the public is exerting great
influence In motion pictures and doing
much to keep the standards high is
the contention Of Mrs. Chapman, who