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Evening star., 1927-12-06
FLOOD CONTROL TOPIC.
Problems for Discussion at Rivers
and Harbors Congress.

Flood control and It's many allied
problems will be laid before the con-
vention of the National Rivers and
Harbors Congress at the New Will
ard Hotel tomorrow. Governors of
states in the flooded areas. mayors
II cities and several hundred dele
yates from all parts Of the country
will attend the sessions.
The convention will last two days.
concluding Thursday night with a
dinner at the Willard.
Evening star., 1927-04-17
Two Lion Cubs, Gifts From johannesburg
To Coolidge, Expected at Zoo April %

rare in collections, although there aGe1
several good specimens in the United
States.
The lion may be the king of beastsA \
according to Or. Mann, but there is all
decided graduation in the quality ON
royalty. Some animals are only meuAA
Cukes or knights-perhaps only han@S
ers-on in the royal court.
Aristocracy runs in the blood and ~
transmitted from generation TO gem
Grafton. The lion cubs born at the
Zoo all have inherited the qualities OF
their parents and turned out to be
"lovbrows." They are rather lsose-
ly. slo.:::,:,y built and haW a royal ap-
pearance only ii. the obsAfver is nots|
familiar with lior3.
Besides the lions et the Zoo are get.
tins old. They have seen there nearly
II years The younGeS lions viii be
welcomed, whether they are high
brows or lowbrows.
Early in the history of the Zoo there
was real high.b-ow lion, but he has
been dead for years. He came from
South Africa, where the aristocratic
lion tribe is more plentiful, and there
is some significance to the fact that
the cubs are coming from the same
locality.
The older lions come from East
Africa. There also highbrows are
found, but there are a good many
plcbians.
The cubs will be placed in the lion
house and be on exhibition as soon
as they get over the effects of their
journey.
Evening star., 1927-04-17
ST. PETERS GROUP
TO PRESENT PLAY
"The Rosary" Will Be Offered in
Parish Hall on April
25 and 26.

"The Rosary" a four-act play by
Edward E. Rose. will be presented by
the St. Peters Players, under the su-
perVision of Rev. James Murphy,
Monday and Tuesday evenings, April
25 and 26, at the Parish Hall, Second
and c streets southeast.
The cast includes: Miss Blanche
Lothrop, Miss Mildred Repetti, Miss
Gathering Everett. Thomas O'Donnell,
Francis McGarraghy, William Kelly,
Earnest Conley and Alfred A. McGar
raghy, most of whom have been with
the players since their organization
three years ago.
Decorations and stage settings are
being arranged by a committee con-
sisting of Charles Richter, chairman;
Charles Walker, Chris San Fellipo,
Bart Diggins and Thomas Beach.
Richard Everett is painting the seen
cry.
The St. Peters Club Orchestra, un-
der the direction of Justin Mccarthy,
will play. Members of the orchestra
are Agnes Mccarthy, Richard Breen,
Alvin Carroll, jeremiah Mccarthy and
win Gates.
Evening star., 1927-04-17

Dir. Ballou Urges Careful In
Spection of Young Children
Entering SChoo..2.

DR.. Frank w Baiiou, superintend-
ent of schools. yesterday requested
officers and principals Of the elemen
tary schools to cooperate with the
parent-teacher associations in the an
nual roundup of pre-school chill
dren," The purpose of this roundup
is to endeavor to secure action by the
parent in regard to remedlabie physl-
cal defects of children who are plan-
ming to present themselves Tor the
first time at school next September.
"As the first step in the roundup
of pre-school children DR.. Ballou
states in a formal notice being sent
TO the principals, the names ana
addresses of children who are TO
enter school for the first time in sep
tember will be needed Please, there
fore, have each classroom teacher ASK
the children in her room to give the
names of such children in their own
homes or in the homes of neighbors.
This information will be of great as
sistance to the volunteer workers
who will visit the homes and urge
Darents to enter their children in the
roundup and have physical eXamlna-
tions made.
Full Cooperation Urged.
''The list of names, when secured,
should be given to the roundup chair
man of the local parent-teacher as
sociatiOn. and from that point the
uarent.teacher association will assume
full responsibility for the roundup.
This splendid piece of work is a tlne
contribution to the pupils and TO the
success of our schools, and 1t Is the
hope of the superintendent that full.
est cooperation and assistance viii
ia given by principals and teachers
to the volunteer workers.
srhe roundup work is in accordance
with the plan of the National Congress
of Parents and Teachers and Will be
carried on under the general super
vision of the District of Columbia Con
gress of Parents and Teachers and al
local parent teacher associations, with
the cooperation of the Health Depart
noent. the Board of Education, the
washington tuberculosis Association,
the Visiting Nurses Association, the
Army School of Nursing, the Red
Cross and other local bodies which
have health programs or which may
promote health activities. and the
practicing physicians of the District
Chairman to Direct Work.
The work will be directed by the
chairman, Mrs Harold r. Smalley Of
the pre-school roundup of the District
congress. Physical examinations will
be conducted by family physicians and
the hygiene centers of the Health De-
partment. All matters pertaining to
the conduct of the roundup should be
directed through the local campaign
Office at 500 Eighteenth street north
west. Reports to the national con-
gress should be sent to the local Of
fee, so that a complete and thorough
report can be made of local work.
Evening star., 1927-04-17
THE DAILY
HOROSCOPE
Monday, April IS.

Tomorrow is a threatening day, ac
cording to astrolosy, which finds that
malefic influences are active.
The early morning is read as fortu-
nate for those who WELD power, but
most unfayorable to all who are sub
Jest TO them.
There is an aspect inclining men
and women who have authority to be
domineering and overbearing. They
court disaster.
Women are 10 find Summer a
time of preparation for important
&ork of national moment, it is fore
gold.
Persons whose birth date it is
Should be exceedingly careful and cir
9umspect in the coming year.
Children born on that day probably
Eill be self-reliant and industrious.
Speculative enterprises will not be
lucky for them.
(copyriEht 1927
Evening star., 1927-04-17
MASS MEETING PLANNED
IN FUND-RAlSING DRIVE
Gathering at Metropolitan A. M. E.
Church Tomorrow Night in Aid
of Fisk University.

of Fisk University.
Three cabinet officers and two uni
versity presidents are announced as
speakers at a mass meeting tomor-
row night at O'Clock at Metropolitan
A. NJ. Z. Church, 1918 NJ street, for
the purpose of aiding the endowment
fund of Fisk University. The mass
meeting will be held under the au-
spices of local alumni and friends of
the university.
The speakers will be Attorney Cen
eral Sargent, Postmaster General
New, Secretary of the Navy Wilbur,
Assistant Attorney General Perry w.
Howard, President Mordecai W. john
son of Howard University and Presi-
dent Thomas Elsa Jones of Fisk Uni
versity.
A feature of the meeting will be
singing by the Fisk Jubilee Singers,
famous interpreters of negro spirit
uals and plantation melodies, who
have recently returned to this country
after a tour of Europe.
Among those active in arranging
the meeting are Mr.. Howard, Rev.
James c. Olden, pastor of Plymouth
Congregational Church; James L.
Neill, president of the Washington
Fisk Club, and Chaplain D. Z. Baker
of Fisk University.
Evening star., 1927-04-17
G0LDSMITHS TO MARK
6OOTH ANNIVERSARY
Ancient Company in London Has
More Than 100 Pieces of
Priceless Plate.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. April 16.-The Ancient
Company Of Goldsmiths will this year
celebrate the 600th anniversary of the
founding of the company.
The headquarters of the company
contains more than 100 priceless pieces
of plate, Among these is the Gressner
Cup, dated 1903, nade for John Gress.
ner, who was knighted by Henry VIII
in 1913.
The most interesting possession of
the company from the historical point
of view is the Bowes Cup, which was
given by Sir Martin Bowes in 1854.
Tradition has it that this "faire
gylte standynge Cuppe" was presented
by Queen Elizabeth to Sir Martin after
she had drunk out of it at her coro-
nation.
Evening star., 1927-04-17

Two lion cubs, gifts to President
Coolidge from the mayor and citizens
of johannesburg. South Africa, are
expected al the Zoo. April 25
These cubs will be very important
additions to the collection, according
to DR.. William NJ. Mann, superin.
tendent. particularly if they happen
to be 'highb-ow' lions There are
three lions II the Zoo already, one
pair and a solitary male, but they
are "lowbroWs.
There is a real difference between
aristocratic and plcbian lions, it was
explained at the Zoo. which can be
detected at once when two specimens
are compared. A "highbrow'' is rather
Evening star., 1927-04-17
JEFFERSON FUND S1,34O.

total OF $1.34O has been turned
In to Harry o. Hine, secretary of the
Board of Education. by slightly less
than half of the schools Of the city.
which took up contributions last We'd
nesday for the fund to guarantee the
preservation of Monticello, home of
Thomas jefferson.
1t is estimated that the total con.
tributions will be in the neighborhood
OF 81 800 which will entitle the local
schools TO two of the Cancelled in
debtedness bonds Of 81 900 each.
Evening star., 1927-04-17
MAYN0R is HONORED.
Given Luncheon by Co-workers on
Eve of Departure.

Officers and employees of the Identf-
fication Division of the Department of
Justice were hosts to H. G.. Maynor,
chief of the division, at Pierre's at a
luncheon yesterday given in his honor.
Mr.. Maynor is leaving for Chicago
to serve in another capacity for the
Department of Justice
Howard Nathan, assistant director
of the bureau, presided. Mr.. Maynor
was presented with a travelling bag as
testimonial of good will and affec-
The Washington times., 1927-07-18
TO DUST
SOCIETY HEAD

Battle for the control of the Wash.
ington Humane Society was carried
into the District Supreme Court to-
day when the Rev. G. Ernest Smith,
rector of st. Thomas Episcopal
Church, through his attorney, George
c. Page, filed q writ of quo warranto
to GUST Mrs. Truman G. Palmer,
elected president of the organization
April II, 1927
DR.. Smith. for many years past
head of the society, alleges in his pc
tition that the meeting at which Mrs.
Palmer was elected was packed and
that the opposition was elected by
votes of nonmembers.
A motion was made for the re-elec-
ton of all the old officers, DR.. Smith
says. He was presiding at the time.
The motion was defeated by three
votes, and he declares that he is now
in possession of information that
these votes were cast by unautho.
rized persons. Following the defeat
of the motion to re-elect the old Of
ficers, another motion was made for
new set of officers and was passed
over the rector's opposition. He
was then Summarily ousted, he con-
tends.
The Washington times., 1927-07-18
COPS SHOOTING
CASE DELAYED

Although the trial Of Policeman
Benjamin r. Campbell, of the
Tenth precinct; who faces three
charges of violating the police man
ual as a result Of the fatal shoot
| ing on July 10, of Larry Hall, 20,
has been set for Thursday, it is
doubtful whether the trial board
will be able to reach 1t, members
said today.
A coroner's jury refused to hold
the young policeman for The death
OF Hall, who was in car which
Campbell and Policeman William s..
| Buchanan were chasing for speed
ing, but Major Edwin B. Hesse.
superintendent of police, ordered
that Campbell he tried on two
charges of using his pistol con
trary to rules. and on a third
charge of riding in the side car of
a police motorcycle.
Mrs. Catherine Reed. mother of
Hall, has employed 8. McComas
Hawken, Of the law firm of Haw-
ken & Havell, to investigate the
killing of her son, and If possible
punish the responsible party.
Accordingly, Hawken has en-
ployed two private detectives who
are now searching for the man
who was driving the car a short
time before Hall was killed, and
who, it is claimed, escaped after
turning the wheel over to Hall.
Two other young men, Everett
White. 81, 5000 Sligo Mill Rd.
N. W., and Francis Irving Davis,
Fl, 749 Park Rd. n. w. told police
that the man who escaped was
the driver of the automobile. and
that they did not know it was a
stolen car when he asked them to
ride with him,
The Washington times., 1927-07-18
IN HEAT
FORECAST

The first real break in the Excess
sive heat wave which has spread
itself over the Eastern half of the
country can be looked for late this
afternoon, Forecaster Charles Mitch
ell, of the Weather Bureau, an
nounced this morning.
1t will probably be comparatively
cool today, he predicted, but the tenn
perature will mount at least into the
high sos.
The official forecast is for fair and
slightly cooler weather tonight. with
tomorrow partly cloudy. The tenn.
perature will probably rise again
Wednesday, Mr.. Mitchell said, but
should drop Thursday, The tenn
perature at o'clock this morning
was ~ and steadily rising.
The temperature in the downtown
section of the city climbed to 90 de.
grees Yesterday. four degrees lower
than Thursdays high mark. Rain
and northwest breezes in the after
noon brought some relief
Five, deaths and - pros %,:0'-.
have been listed az -
traceable to the four-day heat wave.
Deaths from hea, :.
Eastern States will to.al tx ,n1.l
so. it is believed.
The Washington times., 1927-07-18
Syrian Husband jailed
For Beating u. S. Wife

Sine Hamed. a Syrian storekeeper,
who was charged by his American
wife, Maggie, with assaulting her,
was sentenced by Judge Mattingly
in Police Court today to nine months
in Jail and to pay fine of $500.
The woman claimed that her hus-
band threatened repeatedly that he
would kill her If she didn't leave him
and informed her that she would
have to abide by the laws of Syria
as American laws were no good"
Mrs. Hamed told the court that
she did not get a divorce from her
husband because she thought it her
duty to make the best of every
thing.
The Washington times., 1927-07-18
GIRL, IS,
TAKES POISON

Disappointed because of a cancel.
lation of promised trip to a beach
was bad enought, but when rela-
tives laughed at her threats to
commit suicide, Helen Shane, 10,
61S G st. N. w, became so desper-
ate yesterday that she ran into an
other room, away from her family,
and drank the entire contents of a
bottle of poison.
Mortified, her mother, Mrs. Helen
B. Shane, forced almost the en-
tire contents of a quart bottle of
milk down her throat.
Meantime, a neighbor had called
the police, and Robert Barrett, of
the Sixth precinct, took the child
to the hospital. She is recovering
today.
According to the version given
police by the mother, she had prom
The Washington times., 1927-07-18
CLERKS APPEAL
To COOLIDGE

President Coolidge has been asked
by the National Federation of Fed
eral Employees to rescind an order of
the Personnel Classification Board
which would compel 1000 women en-
ployes of the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing to present individually
their pleas for realloca ton
The long fight of the women en-
plOyes in the wetting and printing
division for reallocation from grade
/ to grade 2 with a salary increase
of cents an hour was terminated
by the personnel board last week
with a definite refusal. The an
nouncement that the employees might
appeal their cases Individually came
several days later.
In a letter to the Chief Executive,
President Luther c. Steward. of the
labor federation, takes the position
that the ruling of the board is in
open violation of an act of Congress
permitting Federal workers to pre-
sent their grievances collectively.
The letter to the President read
in part as follows:
THE case in point involves a
large group of employees, and the
holding by the personnel board
| that such a matter must he taken
up by each individual affected is
| tantamount to depriving the en-
piOyes OF any opportunity for col
/ lective presentation of grievances.
/ Our experience in presenting to
/ YOU from time to time matters of
concern tn Federal employees as
sures US that any attempt on the
part of an agency of the Executive
branch to deprive employees of the
right of collective action through
their own organization. as contem.
plated by statute, will not merit
your approval. We are. therefore,
bringing this matter to your atten-
ton with full confidence as to the
final outcome"
The Washington times., 1927-07-18
SIS Adjusts Domestic
Row in Police Court

Cubic Walker and Agnes Meade.
colored. agreed not to touch any
more liquor as long as Agnes had
charge of Cubes children. Satur-
day night, the woman told Judge
Mattingly in Police Court today,
Cubic came around to her house
and for no reason hit her In the
head.
The accused claimed Agnes was
drunk and that he only pushed her
away and that she fell and struck
her head on something hard
Cubic was fined S..
The Washington times., 1927-07-18
Fined $40 for Assault
On Two Women in Row

Kenneth w. Bolles, who works
for the Government in daytime and
drives a taxi at night, and who was
charged with assaulting Mrs. Louise
Jeffries and Katherine Brown, was
fined $40 by Judge Mattingly.
Bolles claimed he had lived at
the house of Mrs. Jeffries for over
a year and was ready to move out
into other quarters. He said he
was trying to move his trunk. a
suitcase and a davenport when the
woman interfered.
The Washington times., 1927-07-18
Too Much Excitement

POOR LITTLE WARREN OSTER! This 5-year-od,
visiting friends with his mother at Lyon Park Va,
thought mamma had started for home, he followed.
At Key Bridge, Warren became confused He was lost
His parents asked Washington and Virginia police to
hunt for him. Warren brought home to 1924 Thirty
fifth Pl. N w.. nervous and i'll. He wasn't feeling so
well when the photographer called.
The Washington times., 1927-07-18

ised TO take Helen and her rao
sisters. Thelma, IS, and Helen, 6 to
Chesapeake Beach today. For
reasons best known to herself, how
ever, the mother was forced to
change her plans and promised 20
take the girls to another and
closer beach.
This plan was also disregarded,
though, when a step-sister sug-
gested that the second choice did
The Washington times., 1927-07-18
SHE CAN!

BIS. S. T.-Arethusa A. must
be domesticoted, indeed, If she
can't go from TAME to WILD
in less than Si1. / can make 1T
in flee, so: TAME-time-tile
-1Oite- WILD! Tell Billy
Bowen Pve gotten from SOUP
to NUTS doWn to si1 courses
and hope to reach five courses
soon. But If this Uedther keeps
up, Spare, Pm going from
SANE to NUTS IN one mad
rush. DOROTHY ANN.
The Washington times., 1927-07-18
FINED FOR BREAKING DOOR

Pleading guilty to breaking two
window panes and a door in the
house of James M. Quick, Ernest
Thompson, colored. was fined $40
by Judge Mattingly in Police Court.
The Washington times., 1927-07-18
HOME IN A HURRY

Dear Spare Tire: It's a shame to
tumble down the playhouse of Dor
othy Ann. but ! get from work TO
home in only four steps by the wore,
tore, tome" route. Ask D. A. how
long 1t takes her to get COLD from
HEAT? Bet she cant do it in less
than a dozen. 1t CAN be done in
elk. BETCHA.
The Washington times., 1927-07-18

Dear Spare: The trouble
nth most of these divorces
is-dirty Work at the cross
bills. ANABELLE,
The Washington times., 1927-07-18
Photos by International


not bear a very savory reputation
Helen carried out her suicide threat
on q dare.
The Washington times., 1927-07-18
~
IT CERTAINLY OPT MY EYES
AND so THEY ARE
Bargain sign on D Street:
KNICkERS--15 OFF"
A. MARY MATRON.

Germs IN a kiss? Ho-ha,
don't make me laugh! What
chance eUould a germ stand
NTH the kind Of kisses you
see today? He'd be crushed
to death!
CYNICAL SUSIE.
The Washington times., 1927-07-18
SAM STILL IS SIMPLE
THIS IS MARY ANN.
BY GENE BLOSSOM
Sixth Thingamajig

dear spair tire-hear's tibet pictur
Of my Mary Ann 1 promised you. tina
fOtOgriffer tried IS times. Dustin up
ia Dlaits befOar he Civ up in dispair
an maid tina gal put avn her hat.
even then 1t fawged tina plat OntiI
he maid her turn arOwnd like whit
you see hear.
MUNTGUMERY FARMER.
The Washington times., 1927-07-18
~

SMILIN' SAM SEE:
Fellers used to refer to gals
faces as flowers but they
never paid so much attention to
the stems before!
GENE BLOSSOM.
The Washington times., 1927-07-18

YOU'RE SLOW
Dear Spare Tire: Tell Dorothy
Ann can 90 from Work to Home
in five steps, thus: WORK
pork-pore-pope-hope-H o ME-.
It's easy. BENNIE A.
The Washington times., 1927-07-18
HELD IN ASSAULT

Pleading not guilty to a charge
of assaulting Mrs. Josephine Holland
and demanding jury trial. Maurice
r. Tapp. in Police Court today, was
held under $500 bond for trial.
The Washington times., 1927-07-18
THE SECRET

Here's the answer to Henry Y. O'Y's
request for an intimate, revealing
diagram of the Spare Tires an
atOmy. Draw your own conclusions.
, 1927-01-24

Va, has been elected to membership on
the board of directors of the Prudential
Bank to fill an existing vacancy.
Mr.. Mitchell is an experienced banker
and a public accountant. He is secre-
tary of the West Virginia Collegiate In
%stitute, w, Va. He is we'll known IN
politics. having been connected with the
republican headquarters in New York
City in the last presidential campaign.
He has Travelled extensively having just
returned this fall from a European tour.
Mr., Mitchell is expected to move from
Charleston to Washington. While here for
the Howard-Lincoln football game on
THANKSGIVING day, he is reported to have
looked at property on New Hampshire
Avenue. Northwest. with a view 10 pur-
cha ;ng a home. He is already the own
err { considerable local real estate
Way,1jngtou Tribune.
Mr.. Mitchell was Secretary of the w..
S. Commission to the Virgin Islands,
1924. ED. AVIS.
, 1927-01-24

DIED at her residence No. 27 Queens
Cross Street in this town at 5.55 p. m.
on Saturday, Mrs. ANDRINA MILLER. She
was Inferred in the Public Cemetery yes
terday afternoon.
Mrs. Miller was born in the year t841
and bad she lived Il days longer would
have attained the ripe age of Sc years.
The deceased was a member OF the Luz
Il eran Church and was known and re-
sprcted by a large number Of citizens.
To the bereaved and other relatives we
extei d our sincere condolences.
, 1927-01-24
Shipping News.

Passengers by the $. $. "Catherine'
Jan. 22nd and 23rd: From San Juan
- Catalina Rosado, Sidney w. Brewster,
CtO4ine L. Brewster, Rufeno Ruiz
anc I~gpacio r. Cueli. From st. Thomas
IT. AL EFT Won Lilierthal, Peter LaBega,
Cal5. s B. O'Neiil, Henry Jackson,
Josephine Roberton, Elias William anC
, 1927-01-24
LOCAL

Ffty-fve crates Of vegetables, peppers,
o matoes and elephants were shipped to
the States via Porto Rico, yesterday per
s. s. Catherine by Messrs. Benedict and
baker of this town. This is one Of sew
eral shipments of the kind already made
by these enterprising truck gardeners.
, 1927-01-24
TROPICAL TOPICS.

Vast changes have taken place in the
great Sinai desert across which Moses led
the children Of Israel thousands OF years
ago. Until the World War this desert
was practically as it had been in Biblical
times, q waste of sand and shrub peopled
only by maurading nomad bands, and
justly known as the Wilderness.
However, during the past ten years,
great changes have been wrought by the
hand of civilization. Telephone wires
now spar the sand while auto busses and
numbering trucks follow the winding des-
ert trails.
Modern times have seen battles bloodier
than the lsraplites ever Waged fought on
these ancient fields. AirpIanes have
roared overhead dropping bombs where
once Moses and his people gathered man
ma, while the whine of heavy artillery
have broken override stiffness which was
once pierced by tbs triumphant cries OF
the Children of God. Porto Rico Pro
gyess-
In Mexico violating traffic laws is a
serious offence, and the police have orders
to shoot at All who Aaunt the ordinances
in Mexico G ty.
The public has objected because they
feel that they are doubIy imperlied, The
pedestrian is not only likely to be run