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Evening star., 1927-12-01
NEW MEXICO STONE
LAST TO Be PLACED
Ceremony Tomorrow to Com
pIete State Representation
in Washington Monument.

When the New Mexico State stone
is placed in it's position within the
shaft of the Washington Monument
at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon,
the last of the As State stones will
have been placed in that memorial
to the first President
Simple but impressive ceremonies
have been arranged for the placing
of this stone in the monument, which
will be featured by the presence of
President and Mrs Coolidge and
brief address on the part of the for
mer. Arrangements have been made
to extensively broadcast the exercises.
There will be music furnished by a
section of the Marine Band -,
Senator Jones of New Mexico, Will
preside at the ceremonies, and others
who will make brief addresses are
Senator Bratton and Representative
Morrow of New Mexico, and Mrs. VII
liam Pope, the widow Of the last chler
justice of the Territory of New Mex
leo, who will personally represent the
governor of that State on TINS oc'
casion.
The New Mexico stone will be placed
at point about 800 feet above the
ground, and will be of the red sand
variety. Upon it has been carved
symbols of the sun and the name OF
the State, under which is the State
motto, which in English is "We Grow
as We Co."
Evening star., 1927-12-01
GYPSY LOSES $500
!. IN ARMED ROBBERY
PhrenoIogy ParIors of Mrs.
Mary Stanley Entered by
Four Members of Band.

An armed robbery early today fur
ther complicated a gypsy marriage
deal that has become so involved that
the gypsies have called upon police for
aid in disentangling 1t. Four gypsy
men broke into the phrenology par
lors of Mrs. Mary Stanley. at 1920
Tourteenth street, early today and at
the point of two pistols robbed her or
$500, she reported.
According to the story the gypsies
told. Tom Miller of Passaic. MI, paid
Frank Stanley and his wife. Mary,
$4,000 for their daughter, Annie. to
become the wife Of his son. Later on,
Miller said, Annie left his sons house
hold and returned to her parents here.
About the same time $1,100 disap-
peared, he said.
Yesterday Chief John A. Galatian
of the Passaic police came to Wash
ington and local detectives arrested
Annie, he- father. and Steve Stanley a
brother. Chief GalatiaE drove them
hack to Passaic last night
That left Mrs. Stanley at home with
no husband. She appealed to John
Evans, a gypsy leader for aid, and he
lent her $500 to be used in the de-
fense of her family She wrapped it
in a red flannel cloth, locked it in
trunk and wen: to he'd.
Half an hour after midnight an
automobile drove up to the rear of the
phrenoiogy emporium and four men
got out and burst through the lack
door. Ms. Stanley let out one scream
and then a pistol was pointed at her
head. she remained quiet while the
men picked up the trunk, broke it
open and extracted the red flannel
cloth and $500, and a necklace of gold
coins as well.
As the men made for their car, Mrs.
Stanley ran to the street calling for
aid in no uncertain terms. Several
people were on the street, but none
cared to argue with the robbers and
their pistols, and so the car drove
away unmolested
Mrs. Stanley said TODAY that the
robbers were gypsies and that she had
seen them around Jersey City. She
is preparing to set out for Passaic as
soon as she can raise more funds to
defend her family, and she hopes to
see them there.
Evening star., 1927-12-01
GIRL SCOUT DRIVE
OPENS TOMORROW
Dinner at Willard Will Launch
Campaign for $55,000
to Aid Work Here.

More than 200 workers for the Wash.
ington Girl Scout campaign to raise
S55 900 to provide a permanent camp
fund and budget to 1880 will assemble
at dinner meeting at the New vii.
lard Hotel tomorrow evening at 6:15,
marking the formal opening of the
campaign, which will not conclude
until December 8.
Speeches will be made by Mrs. Her
bert Hoover, who Is chairman of the
executive committee of the Girl Scouts
of America; Mrs. Charles S. Lindsay.
jr.. general chairman of the Washing.
ton Girl Scout campaign, and Mrs.
George Barnett. executive chairman.
Practically all of the captains and
teams for the campaign have been or.
ganized, according to the reports of
the eight majors who are serving un.
der. Mrs. Barnett. The membership,
includes many of the best known WON.
en- in Washington. among them wives
of officials, Army and Navy officefs,
and women high in Government serv.
ice and from all the residential groups
of the city.
The captains are as follows: Miss
Mildred Tytus, Mrs. Z. Goring Bliss
talso serving as coma jor of division
AZ, Mrs. f. Brooke Lee. Mrs. Monte
Appel, Mrs. Earl Chafee. Mrs. George
Gray. Mrs. Theodore Wilkinson, Mrs.
r. w. Breckenridge, Mrs. Edward
Sturdevant. Mrs. Francis P. Daily,
Mrs. Martin Jones. Mrs. g. w. Rust
Mrs. EnochHG. Johnson, Miss Elisa
beth Ives, Miss Caroline Chamberlain
Mrs. Johnston Gray. Mrs. Claude E.
Brigham. Mrs. George Unmacht. Mrs.
Golden Ruggles, Mrs. John Thomas
Taylor. Mrs. Harry L. Gilchrist. Mrs.
Charles H. LIE Fevre, Mrs. George y.
Worthington. ir.: Mrs. Georgia Knox
Berry, Mrs. William l.. Hart. Mrs.
Henry c. Smithers and Mrs. Isaac
Cans.
The wives of two of the District
Commissioners are active in the CAM
paign, Mrs. Proctor l.. Dougherty, as
a member of the committee on pre-
fiminary gifts, and Mrs. Sidney +.
Taliaferro, as the major of division G.,
An attractive illustrated leaflet will
be delivered to thousands of WASH
ingtonians Friday either by Girl
Scouts in person or through the mails.
Evening star., 1927-12-01
ADMITS FAKE SALES.
Man Tells Judge He Sold Spurious
Jewelry for Years.

George p. Myers. who gave his ad-
dress as Akron, Ohio, and claims to be
a veteran of the United States Marine
Corps, pleaded guilty before Judge
Hit in Police Court today to selling
fake jewelry. Myers admitted that
for several years he has made his
living by this method. travelling all
over the country.
Myers confessed that he was in the
habit of purchasing rings for so cents
and selling them for three or four
dollars. He carried on the most
thriving trade, he said. with taxi
drivers, whom he approached late at
night with a story that he had lost
his money in a poker game and that
he wanted loan and would redeem
the ring later.
Myers insisted that he is ward Of
the Veterans Bureau and Is suffering
from a nervous ailment. Accordingly
the case was referred to the probation
officer for investigation before sentence
Is passed.
Evening star., 1927-12-01
COM MITTEE OF 100
WILL AID CITY CLUB
1000 New Members to Be Sought
in Campaign-Chance An
nounces Appointees.

A committee of 100 members Of the
City Club who will canvass the city
for 1000 new members was announced
by Merritt o. Chance. chairman of the
membership committee, today. The
membership campaign started yester.
day.
Those appointed are: Henry J.
Saunders, Chester M. Wright, Henry
J. Horner, Col. John w. Oehmann,
John Brady, c. Fl. Frame. James De
Force, e. S. Pardoe, &. T. Day, Ira
Cochran, David McWilliams, c. T.
Haines, Wayne Kendrick, Charles V.
INLAY, Fred Spencer. HI. +. Stewart,
George Offutt, Everett Lancaster, Ran
dali Elliott, John Cherry, Charles Hill
G. w. Gosnell, Robert Doing, Clifford
Day. Maurice King, Sam Shulman, c.
o. buckingham, John Wright, o. II.
Smith, John Houck, B. X. McCloskey,
Grant Leet II. S. Shepard, George
McGinty, John Dugan, Lawrence
Williams, John Bullough, ]. M.
Weinnemore. =. M. Dorsch, Edgar
Cara, John p. Evans, William c.
Honson, c. r. kingsberry, James
Councillor, Charles Crane, William M.
Davies, j. f. Gensheimer, A. J. Schip'
pert, James b. Edmunds, w. n. Free.
man. Milton A. Buck, E. f. Herrell,
William Russell. DIR. o. i. Hunter,
w. Pearce Raynor, Paul Heideke,
Raymond d. HILL James Tate, G.
kettler. Jack Mullane, DIR. Robert
Slime, James w. GUIDE, u. ID. Black.
istone, Harry Angelica, LIE Roy Cad.
dis, jr.; Edward ID. Hill, Edgar Morris,
Robert G. Bonde, F. c. Graham,
Walter NJ. Hicks, III. d. Copp, Oscar
Thorup, Arthur Tew, E. c. Baltz,
Dean Gallagher, DIR. S. M. Johnson,
Carl Sessinghaus, I. f. Lowenberg,
Harry Helwig, Henry +. Allwine, DIR.
Frank Ballou, George Emmons, Z. j.
Febrey, Ralph Focht, Albert Grever,
G. M. Houchins. Arnold Jorgenson.
h. c. Ieapley, Louis T. Lohmann,
Frank c: Steward, j. D. Ashby, F.
Harold Deland, H. L. England, II.
L. kengla, Ward Loveless, j. Enos
Ray. c. B. Stovall and George d.
Tilghman.
Evening star., 1927-12-01
FRIENDS PROTEST
PROBER OF MEXICO
Berkeley Group Charges Bias
to BarroWs and. De-
mands Resignation.
By the Associated Press.

BERKELEY, Calf, December l.
The Berkeley Society of Friends sent
a letter Of protest yesterday to James
Brown Scott of Washington, head OF
the Carnegie Endowment, demanding
that David p. Barrows be removed as
representative of the Carnegie Foun
dation commission investigating con
ditions in Mexico.
The society claimed Barrows' recon-
mendations that the United States
should intervene in Mexico were not
conducive to international peace.
The letter quoted parts of state.
ment purported to have been given
the. University of California daily
newspaper by DR.. Barrows, and de.
clared
"In view of such expressions on the
part of DIR. BarroWS, we feel it might
be more helpful to international good
will and peace and satisfactory Latin.
American relations if individuals en-
gagged in such delicate embassages
were not prejudiced with respect to
any of the nations south of u.s.
Dr.. Barrows, declined to comment
on the society's action. He is a for
mer president of the University of
California, and his name has been put
before President Coolidge as a possible
governor general Of the Philippines.
The protest of the Berkeley Society
of Friends has not yet been received,
it was said at the Office of DR.. Scott
this morning. DIR. Scott is out of the
city. and there was no comment forth.
coming on the protest from any other
source.
Evening star., 1927-12-01
CRUELTY is CHARGED.
Wife. Asking Divorce, Says Mate
Loves Another.

Mrs. p. Marie Murtaugh, 1921
Nineteenth street, in a suit for main
tenance filed in the District Supreme
Court against her husband, Robert
F. Murtaugh, tells the court that her
husband left her October 26, and two
weeks later informed her that he
could no longer live with her and be
fair to the girl he was now going
with"
The wife says they were married
in December, 1921, and lived together
until October &c, when her husband
left her, telling her to go home and
live with her relations. November
II, she says, he made an appoint.
ment with her and then told her about
the other woman. She charges cruel
ty and non-support and explains that
her husband makes s13 a day as a
bricklayer. She is represented by At.
torney Henry M. Fowler.
Evening star., 1927-12-01
CHURCH ON WHEELS HERE
Former Bootlegger's Car Now Used
for Religious Services. K.

bootlegger's car, drove up to the White
House today and it's travelling preach.
ers were introduced to President Cool-
idge by Senator Hale Of Maine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton A. Plummer.
the latter First Deputy Secretary OF
State for Maine. and Lawrence p.
Greenwood said that they had
preached en- route here from Wis
casset, Me. The miniature cathedral
was financed, they said. by the
Church of the Open Door and was
Interdenominational in character. ~
The car with Gothic windows and
peaked roof, has removable steeples
which is placed in position when the
chapel is stationary.
Evening star., 1927-12-01
DRY GROUPS PLAN
PROGRAM FOR 1928
Organization Heads Meeting
Here to Map Out De-
mands for Parties.

The demands which the country S
dry organizations will make of the two
political parties in the next presiden'
tial campaign were being formulated
at meeting at the Raleigh Hotel to-
day of the National Temperance Coun'
Gil, which is composed of the chiefs of
these organizations. Their attitude
toward individuals mentioned as candi-
dates for the presidency, including
Gov. Smith, Nicholas Murray Butler
and others, was also discussed.
The stand of the dry council on these
subjects and on the questions of ref
erenda, Federal constitutional con-
vention and temperance education Will
be embodied in a report to be drawn
up by a special committee and pre-
sented to the councils legislative con-
ference, which meets late today.
Indications today were that the
council will demand of both major
parties definite statements In their
platforms of their attitude toward the
eighteenth amendment and the en-
forcement laws. 1t was believed likely
that the council would also draw up
a quiz, which would ask of candidates
a fiat declaration of whether they
were wet or dry.
Today's sessions and those of the
Methodist Board of Temperance, Pro-
hibition and Public Morals, which
closed yesterday. are preliminary gath
erings to the thirty-fifth biennial con-
vention of the Anti-Saloon League,
which will open at the Mayflower
Hotel Monday.
The final advance gathering will be
the thirty.second annual meeting of
the International Reform Federation,
which will get under way tomorrow at
supper conference at the Church Of
the Reformation, adjoining the fedora.
tion's headquarters at 206 Pennsyl-
vania avenue southeast. Guests will be
Assistant Secretary Lowman of the
Treasury, Assistant Attorney General
Mabel Walker Willebrandt, Prohibi-
ton Commissioner Doran and dry Sen
ators and Representatives.
Evening star., 1927-12-01
TRUCK HAULS $4,000, 900
Transfer of Bank Assets Through
Chicago Causes No stir.

CHICAGO, December 1 R.-Ter
million dollars in cash and securities
was moved through downtown Chi
cago last night with as little excite.
ment as though the truck that carried
the fortune was loaded with congress
sional seeds.
Inc gold, currency and securities
were being moved from the National
BANK of Commerce to its new con.
sonoated home in the Chicago Trust
Co. Building.
Evening star., 1927-12-01
REQUIEM FOR CARDINAL.
Bonzano Services at st. Patrick's
( Church Largely Attended.

Solemn requiem mass for Cardinal
Bonzano, former papal delegate. who
died early this week. was sung this
morning at 10 o'clock at st. Patrick's
Church. with members of the Catholic
clergy from throughout the city in
attendance. Archbishop Fumasoni.
Biondi, papal delegate, presided.
The Roman Polifonic Chorus of the
Vatican, Choir. which had a concert
engagement here Yesterday, remained
over to sing at the mass.
Evening star., 1927-12-01
Right Time but Wrong Place Brings Woe
To Driver Seeking First 1928 Auto Tag:

William p. Shorty, s17 Twelfth
street. declares that if the early bird
really got that worm it had reliable
advance information as to the worms
location.
Mr.. Shorty, under the early.bird
theory of reasoning, should have been
the first Washingtonian to get his
automobile tags at the District Build
ing today. He was there early
enough am, to be eXact--but man
nor bird, no matter how early, can
catch his quarry by looking for 1t in
the wrong place, he argues.
Mr.. Shorty waited patiently, with his
application made out, through the long
Evening star., 1927-12-01
CATHOLICS OPEN BAZAAR.
Several Hundred Attend First
Night of Benefit Event.

Tho bazaar of the Catholic Daugh-
ters of America opened last night at
the organizations headquarters, COL
E street, with an attendance of sew
eral hundred. There are nine booths
and several other features, including
an old-fashioned country store. The
bazaar is opened at $50 and lasts till
IL. Dinner also is served. This eve.
ming there will be Dutch supper,
turkey having been the main feature
of the menu last night.
The proceeds go to the organiza-
tion's building fund.
Evening star., 1927-12-01

nocturnal hours and into the dawn,
only to learn at o'clock this morning
that he was waiting in the wrong
place. When he recovered from the
shock and rushed to the other end of
the District Building, he found four
others ahead of him.
A certain night watchman in the
building was to blame for the mistake,
it seems. Mr.. Shorty said he asked
this watchman early today where the
line was to form for tags. he was di-
rected to the Thirteenth street end of
the building. He didn't become sus-
picious that anything was wrong until
he saw another line forming at the
other end of the corridor.
Evening star., 1927-12-01
MEXICO FACES DEFICIT.
Estimated Debt Payments to Reach
High Total.

MEXICO CITY, December / R).-
The Mexican government will have
great difficulty in fulfilling it's inter.
national financial obligations next
year, a treasury department state.
ment announces.
The reason assigned is that the es-
timated revenues total 2SO. .O00, 900
pesos roughly 0.000, ,000}, while the
payment of interest and amortizat ton
of debts, both those included in the
Pani-Lamont agreement and those not
included, total 117,762,6 ,679 pesos
t$5S,8S1, ,339).
Evening star., 1927-12-01
AUTOS TO BE TESTED.
Various Machines Scheduled 70
Demonstration Near River.

Various type of multi-drive vehicles
adapted to military purposes, will be
given q public demonstration tomor.
row at pm. on the rough and broken
section of West Potomac Park be-
tween the Speedway and the river,
west of the Arlington Memorial
Bridge. Two entirely new trucks, one
equipped with drive for six wheels
and the other. with four.wheel drive,
will climb in and out of big holes and
over the roughest kind OF surface.
Various types of cargo and pas.
senger vehicles also will show their
capabilities under unfavorable condi-
tions.
Evening star., 1927-12-01
FILE LIEN ON BUILDING.
Boston Contractor Seeks Attach
ment on Structure Here.

A mechanics lien for 5000, ,077.48
was filed today against the Washing
ton Building, at New York avenue
and Fifteenth street, by James Stew
art & Co., Inc, Boston contracting
firm which erected the building.
The amount represents a balance
due from the Washington Central
Trust. which owns the building
through it's trustees the National
Shawmut Bank of Boston, Samuel l..
Powers and Robert II. Montgomery,
who made the contract with the Stew.
art Co. June /, 1925. Attorneys
Clephane & Latimer appear for the
builder.-
Evening star., 1927-12-01
HAUGEN STANDS FIRM
FOR EQUALIZATION FEE
Representative to Introduce Farm
Relief Bill Embodying Features
of Vetoed Measure.
By the Associated Press.

BY the AHsoclated Press. =
Representative Haugen of Iowa, CO.
author of the McNary-Haugen farm
relief bill, returned to the Capitol to.
. day for the opening of Congress, in.
sisting that the agricultural group
would demand the equalization fee as
the basic principle of farm legislation.
Haugen considered a farm board
and a large fund to operate an equali.
zation fee as necessary features of a
farm relief plan. He intends to in.
troduce a bill embodying all of the
important features of the McNary.
Hsugen bill which was killed by a
presidential veto.
Evening star., 1927-12-01

Following the death of 14-year-old
boy. caused by the overturning of q
cart containing a heavy load of lum-
ber. which he and companion were
pulling, Toxic authorities are investi-
eating cases Of other children being
overworked.
Evening star., 1927-12-01

The first flying restaurant to be
put into service between Paris and
London carried on it's inaugural trip
recently 10 passengers, a pilot, me-
chanic. wireless operator, a cook
and a steward,
Evening star., 1927-12-01
SAILORS BODY FOUND.
Coroner Approves Accidental
Death Finding in Boyd Case.

The body of Reece William Boyd,
26 years old, sailor, was found float
ing in the river just off the navy yard
yesterday He disappeared from the
L.. S. S. Mendoza the morning of No
vember II. The body was taken to the
morgue at Naval Hospital and an in.
vestigation resulted in a report that
the drowning was accidental. Coroner
hewitt gave official approval to the
finding.
Evening star., 1927-10-20

Two young runaway girls from a
small city in Illinois can thank their
lucky stars for protecting them on
their hazardo quest for excitement
Believing that the old home town was
TOO SLOW these two fappers boarded
a train for Chicago. Arriving at the
big city" they undertook to ind their
first thrill at a movie. The thrill.
however, came not from the picture,
but from the handsome appearance
and bearing OF the usher who showed
them their seats. They conferred in
whispers and decided to date" him
up. Accordingly, they procured pa
per and pencil and wrote him q note
asking him to get another fellow"
and take them out after the show
was over. The usher acceded to their
request and with another man--the
term man" Is used advisedly because
| they were both in every sense men
and gentlemen-met them when the
movie closed its doors.
| A half hour later on learning that
! the two girls had run away from home
and were seeking thrills the two ush.
Evening star., 1927-10-20

their sports, veterans have taught
greenhorns. and patrol leaders have
taught their scouts to watch like
hawks each one of these sources OF
danger Men who once touched off
dead birch tree stumps just to see
them fare up now hold an extin-
suished match for hall q minute be.
fore casting 1t aside.
The time ia coming when RESPONSE
bility for any unintended blaze, no
matter how trihing, will he looked
upon as a moral as we'll as a legal
misdemeanor. And that time, thanks
be, seems now not nearly SO far dis.
tant as it did few short years ago.
There is just one excusable cause for
the consumption by fire of any tract
Of timber. That is lightning and, with
all other causes eliminated and with
constant improvement in the tech
nique of firehghters, this country
will well be able to cope with that.