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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03
ENGLISH WOMEN WIN
COMPETING WITH MEN
Triumph in Verse Writing and Sur.
gerry in Examinations Recently
Conducted by Universities.
By the Associated Press.

LONDON.--For the first time in
their history two coveted prizes, here
tofore won by men, have been awarded
to women.
The first is the Newdigate prize for
English verse. won by Miss Gertrude
E. Trevelyan of Lady Margaret Hall,
Oxford. The other is the Williams
Memorial Prize for the best final ex.
animation in veterinary surgery won
by Miss Ida Lloyd Roberts Of Liver.
pool University.
The award to Miss Roberts was
made at the Royal College of Veteri-
nary Surgeons by the president, Lieut..
Col. j. w. Brittlebank.
Miss Trevelyans winning poem is
$50 lines Of blank verse on the pre-
scribed subject. "Julia. Daughter of
Claudius." She wrote the poem as a
joke.
Her prize carries cash reward of
FL guineas, which is little more than
800. 1t was founded in 1906 by Sir
Roger Newdigate. distinguished an.
tiquary. who was born in 1919 and
educated at University College. OK
ford.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03

| VI are OIIl6T IldtlOuS uOIiE
Y n in the air today?
NN Great Britain's air force
is it's first-line defense. and
| dirigible and airplane routes
will shortly connect up England with
all of her colonies.
France. today with over 5000 battle
planes. capable of modifying over
night. is today mistress of the air In
! Europe.
Italy, standing at the crossroads OF
aviation, has unified her air forces un
der the leadership Of Mu solini.
Germany Is covered with network
of air lines. and Japan likewise mas
drawn her inference from the round
the.word flyers Yesterday the wings
of the Rising Sun were sprouting: to-
| day they have passed the chrysaiis
state and have burst into full flight
Today, Japan is on the wing.
The Japanese people, under the
guidance of the Imperial Aviation AS
ISOLATION are becoming air-minded,
while In America we apparently have
gone to sleep at the hangar Japan
is today second in the air. and II the
wings of her air forces have not al
ready caused fluttering in the coun-
ellis around the peace table of Europe,
they have begun to overshadow the
Philippines and Hawaii from their
outlying posts of Formosa and Jap
anese islands between there and the
main land
| like the spirit of a Mussolini, who
says, Rome must be protected; there
fore we build airplanes." / have
flown over Rome, and to my mind
there Is something very stirring in the
aeronautical aspirations of one of the
Oldest countries in Europe. Tourists
have been prone to think of It as a
country of the past-Rome, city of
ancient ruins, but as l looked down
from the air on the Colosseum. the
Roman Forum, the Vatican. and
watched these splendid ruins slip by,
like the ages which have slipped over
that ancient city. thought of Rome
as arisen. instead of fallen country
"a land whose spirit and ingenuity,
under the leadership of Mussolini. has
lifted it up into the democratic ideal
ism of this day of wings.
Alternatives Before America.
We must either follow the example
of Great Britain. France. Japan. Italy
countries which are spreading their
wings to the light Of rising sum or
in the interest of humanity, this coun-
try must take immediate steps to in.
itiate another international confer
ence for the limitation or air arrna-
ments, the drafting of interna tional
laws regulating the use Of military
aircraft md defining the extent to
which they shall be employed in flu.
ture conflicts.
We were the first nation with a ma.
tional idealism large enough to enlist
our efforts an behalf Of universal
peace.
We were the first nation to suggest
the necessity for limitation of arma.
| ments.
We can still be the first nation to
demand the codification of laws regu
lating the use of military aircraft, pro
hibiting the employment Of aerial
bombs and poison gas against defense.
less countries and defenseless popula
tions, and what nation is there in
Europe or elsewhere which would not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03
DOROTHY MACKAyE
GETS 3.YEAR TERM
kctresS Apparently Stunned
by Sentence-AttorneyS
to Appeal Case.
Ev the Associated Press

Ev the Associated Press
Los ANGELES. Calf. July "a
prison sentence of from one to three
,surs was demanded by the law today
uf Dorothy Mackaye. dramatic actress
of the stage. in eXpiation of her part
IL the alleged conspiracy to conceal
fac.s surrounding the death of her
5ng-and.dance husband, Ray Ray
Ll0nd. last April
She will serve her sentence, unless 1t
Is commuted or an appeal is success
ful. in the same penitentiary at San
Quentin where Paul Kelly. screen ju-
venile. today began his indeterminate
sentence of to 10 years after con-
Viction of beating Raymond so badly
IN quarrel over the actress anec-
tons that he died two days later
Doctors Trial Pending.
Miss Mackaye was charged with
having conspired with DR.. w. j. Sui
Ivan who received fee OF 500 FOR
two days treatment of Raymond. To
make II appear as if death was due to
natural causes. DR.. Sullivan will be
tried later.
Attorneys for the actress, unsucceSS-
full in their plea that the court confine
her for six months in Jail here rather
than sentence her to the penitentiary,
gave an oral notice of appeal.
Superior Judge Charles Burnell adj
mittei that had he been Juror In the
trial he might have voted otherwise
than for the actress conviction. He
added quickly. however. that he be-
lieved sufficient evidence was present.
ed on which to justify the verdict. ana
declared he would take no steps to set
1t aside.
Basis of Appeal.
The appeal, attorneys said, would
be based on three grounds-first, that
the court erred in permitting the same
jury panel which had been called to
try Kelly to sit IN the actress case;
second. that the court caused the jury
to be prejudiced in remarks made con
corning the circumstantial evidence,
and that the evidence was insufficient
to convict.
The actress, apparently. stunned
when the maximum sentence was pro-
nounced, quickly regained her smile
and was the object of sympathy from
a group of friends who swarmed into
the Enclosure when court adjourned.
FATHER COT ApSES
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03


with definite understandings as to the
obligations, use. etc, so that the
people of Washington will not, in q
moment of laudable enthusiasm, place
upon themselves all the burden for
this enterprise which they cannot
afford to bear.
This committee conceives as its
duty the analysis of the benefits to be
| derived by Washington from an air.
port, determining the factors of a
| purely local nature as differentiated
from those of a national and inter.
| national aspect, so they can present
at the earliest possible moment to the
| business and civic interests q real
picture Of the actual facts and figures
as well as a concrete recommends.
| tion."
Members of Committee.
Members Of the joint committee,
representing the Chamber of Com
merce, Board of Trade and Merchants
and Manufacturers Association. are
E. c. Graham, Maj. Gen. Anton
Stephan, Jerome Fanciulli, Edward D.
Shaw, Robert j. Cottrell and Dorsey
w. Hyde.
While surface indications appear
somewhat gloomy, some OF the District
and Federal officials interested df.
rectly in the airport question feel
there is no cause for real anxiety that
Washington will lose out in cornpeti.
tion with Baltimore for a place on the
air mail schedule.
Postmaster William M. Mooney de.
clared yesterday that in his opinion
Washington Is certain to get the air.
mail stop.
"The matter Is of such Importance
to Washington from the viewpoint of
future development" he said. that l
cannot believe the city as a whole will
permit the opportunity to slip from
its grasp"
Regardless of whether the local tax.
payers foot the bill or not, opinion
was expressed in various govern
mental quarters that the Government
cannot AFFORD, for it's own. reasons,
to let the air.mail stop go to
Baltimore.
Post Office Favors Capital.
The selection Of Boiling Field meets
every requirement of accessibility
Mooney and other postal officials. It
was stated that the Post Office De-
partment naturally desires to desig-
nate Washington as an air-mail stop
and for this reason 1t has held off
from favoring Baltimore in the hone
that the present tangle would be
Strengthened out one way or the other
this week.
President Coolidge admittedly
stands between Washington and the
loss OF air.n1ail service.
The President already has declared
in favor of using Boiling Field, but
District officials have no desire to an.
peal to him over the head of the War
Department. Others, however, stand
ready to do So 1t was said yesterday,
as matter of last resort.
Maj. Covell believes the War De-
partment will be inclined to scale
down it's terms for the temporary use
of Boiling Field. At the same time,
Porter. Adams, president of the Ma
tional Aeronautic Association, will in
terview Mr.. Dawson upon the latter's
return here Tuesday. He will en-.
deavor to reach an agreement with
the War Department, provided other
measures fail, whereby the Aero
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03
Four-Y ear-Old Girl Astounds Teachers
By Her Talent for Playing on Piano

that any but a mature pianist was at
the instrument.
When the prizes were awarded, one
OF the winners-Little Dorothv-was
not present. She was summoned.
1T is the most remarkable case of
initiative talent I ever knew in my
career" said Mossaiye Boguslawski.
the pianist and one of the judges.
Dorothy's mother is music teacher
but had given her daughter little in.
struction and said the child simply
picked up the compositions, about 80
In number, by hearing them. The
little prodigy plays better than many
advanced students. Boguslawski
said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03
MINERS GOODS SEIZED,
UNION OFFICIAL CHARGES
Says Furniture Removed From
Houses From Which Coal COM
pany Sought Evictions.
~ tha Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, July Phillip Muir.
ray, international vice president or
the United Mine. Workers, today
charged that household goods Of union
miners had been illegally removed
from the houses of the Pittsburgh Ter
minal Coal Corporation at Coverdale
while the tenants were absent. Com
pany officials COULD not be reached for
a statement.
Murray claimed that "at least" a
half dozen houses were entered, fur
niture carried out without authority
and stored out of reach of the miners.
He said the union planned court ac-
ton to force return Of the goods.
The Terminal company has been
seeking for months to regain posses
sion of its houses from striking union
miners. Eviction proceedings have
been appealed to the State Superior
Court by the union. .-......---.--.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, July "A four-year-old
child, Dorothy Johnson, whose mother,
Mrs. Florence Johnson, recently
brought her here from Honolulu for a
musical education, has astounded the
teachers of the Chicago Musical Col
lege.
While a class of mature students
gathered for a scholarship competi.
ton. with the judges behind a cur
tain, little Dorothy began playing
Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata"
There followed Bach's "Prelume in c
Major Without the judges being aware
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03
81, 900, 900 DAMAGE SUIT
DISMISSED BY PHILLIPS
Wealthy Collar Manufacturer
Drops Charge Of Character
Defamation Conspiracy.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 2.--Dismissal of
a. complaint brought by Max Phillips,
wealthy collar manufacturer, against
Bernard K. Marcus, vice president
of the Bank Of the United States, and
five others in an action for 81 ,000. 900
damages on the ground of alleged con.
spiracy to involve Phillips in a VIOLA
ton Of the Mann act, was filed in
Supreme Court today.
Those sued with Marcus were Frank
III. Berg, Anita Berg, Rose Black,
Beal Rice Johnston and Hattie Hagar.
The action brought by Phillips arose
from charges first made by him at
Freehold, N. j.. more than two years
ago, when he declared the alleged plot
had been formed to defame his char
acter,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03
CAPTAINS FREEDOM DEMANDED
American Consul Insists on Liberation
of Pirates Captive.

PEKING. July 2 (P.-The United
States consul general at Hankow has
demanded that the Ichang Chinese
military authorities take whatever
measures may be necessary to free
Capt. Fisher. American master of the
steamer Cichuen. who is being held
for 100000 ransom by pirates after
being taken from his vessel on the
Yahgtze River between Ichang and
Chunkiang.
The consul general has received a
promise that the demand will be com.
piled with.
Gilman. which Is proceeding to her
relief. was fired on three times in the
neighborhood which is infested by
pirates and leaderless soldiers.
Coal Reported Seized.
Chinese troops are reported to be
communicating the shore coal supply
Of American vessels at Wanhsien and
other points.
The Japanese are gradually return.
ing to the Yangtze stations whence
they departed during the general for.
eign evacuation, and are showing
evidence that Japan is determined to
regain as soon as possible her former
strategic trade position In mid China.
The japanese consul at Changsha.
who evacuated the city at the same
time as the United States consul last
April. is now returning there with his
staff and is notifying former Japanese
residents that they may return. The
Japanese consul at Soochow, near
Shanghai. formerly a large japanese
community, has returned to his post
and is arranging the return of Japa.
nese residents.
The Nationalists thrust northward
in Shantung has been halted momen.
tariy because of the stiffening of the
Shantungese resistance in the region
of Lincheng, but the Southerners are
making some progress in the seacost
regions.
Ambition Is Suspected.
Meanwhile Gen. Sun Chuan-fang, at
one time Northern defender of Shang-
hal, Is playing a more important role
In Shantung, apparently with the hope
of rehabilitating his military reputa.
tiDn, which suffered severely when he
lost the great port to the Southerners
His troops have retreated across
country from Kiangsu, have reached
the Shantung railway. are being en-.
trained and rapidly moved by way of
Tsinanfu to the Tsinpu railway, where
10000 men already are concentrated.
These shortly will be reinforced by
other Sun Chuan-fang troops. 1t is
planned that this army will move up
gradually and take over the front line
against the Southerners.
japanese reports strongly intimate
that Sun Chuan-fang and his immedi.
ate followers are planning to carve
out new barony IN the province of
Shantung. possibly as buffer between
the North and South.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03
FATHER COLLkPSES.
Receives News of Sentence i'm Tailor
ing Shop i'm Denver.

DENVER. July R.-John Nc
Kaye, father of Dorothy Mackaye, ac-
tress sentenced today to serve from
one to three years in the San Quentin
Penitentiary, growing out of the slay'
ing of her husband, collapsed today
when informed of the sentencing of
his daughter.
News of the passing Of sentence was
given McKaye in his tailoring shop
here. The mother and sister of the
actress were at their summer hene in
the mountains near here.
The young daughter of the convict
ed actress is with her grandparents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03
IS Years in Making Tow.

After 80 years effort, Charles W.
Aldridge Cf Battersea. England, has
Just completed dolls house I'm a
match box. The house contains four
rooms. and is perfect In every detail,
even to shelves, pictures on the walls
and coverings for the tables. A tiny
doll is mistress of the diminutive
home
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03
BLIND JUDGE POSSESSES
SHAKESPEAREAN RICHES
Library Called Finest in Country.
Knows Many Passages Of
Bard by Heart.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND. July "A Shakes.
pearean library, called the finest in
the United States. belongs to Judge
Willis Vickery Of the Cleveland Court
Of Appeals, president OF the Interna.
tional Shakespeare Association of
New York.
He bought his first volume at II.
and now has 5000 volumes.
Totally blind. Judge Vickery has
memorized "Othello." and a secretary
reads to him daily from the Bard OF
Avon's works. The association which
he heads plans New York theater,
to be called Stratford on. Broa dwav.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03
! nautic Association would give its help
in securing Washington as an air-mail

nautic Association would give it's help
in securing Washington as an air-mail
stop.
Study Gravelly Point Cost.
Maj. Covell, meanwhile, is obtaining
final data on the estimated cost of
constructing an airport at the Gravel
ly Point site across the Potomac and
just below Highway Bridge. 1t was
understood the estimate of $500, 900
! or $2,000,000 quoted at the business
meeting Thursday will be reduced con-
siderably. He will be able to furnish
the latest figures of the Army En-.
gineers to the trade bodies committee
before its meeting Wednesday.
According to local business leaders
it is entirely out of the question to
expect Washington taxpayers to
finance out of their own pockets a
100000 airport which would add to
tax rate which the District now is
endeavoring to lower. A logical air.
port. they believe. is one in which the
Government should share the expense
in proportion to it's use of the field.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03
NORTH CHINESE
REPORTED ON RUN
Nationalist Capture Yen.
chow, Shanghai News
papers Are Told.
By the Associated Press.

SHANGHAI, China, July 2.-The
vernacular newspapers today received
advices stating that the troops of the
Nationalist regime, whose headquar.
ters are in Marking. have captured
Yenchow, in the province of Shan.
tung, and that the Northerners are
retreating toward Tsinan, about IS
miles away.
The advices said that Gen. Sun
Chuan-Fang, the Northern command.
err in the province of Shantung, is
rushing 10000 reserves to the sup
port of his retreating troops.
CAPTAINS FREEDOM DEMANDED
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03

All the New England States and
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Ohio and Indiana could be placed
within the boundaries of Texas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03

There are only ~ persons to the
square mile in Texas In England
there are between $50 and 700.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03
Definite AIRPORT
AGREEMENT URGED
BY TRADE GROUPS

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03
NAVY FLIGHT AROUND
EQUATOR CONSIDERED
AS NEXT AERIAL GOAL

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New Britain herald., 1927-12-02
BARNESDALE RESIDENTS AND THEIR COMPLAINTS

One of the counts made by resi- dents of Earncsdale property owners in their charges of civic improve ment neglect includes one that City Engineer Williams gave representa- tives of that section rather cool reception at city hall. He is charged with being sarcastic.
 Mayor Weld. however, so the Bavnesdale residents say, was the acme Of courtesy when appealed to.
 We were not present at the time the city engineer Is said to have been discourtoous, but note there has been no denial 10 the charges of the Rarncsdale residents. No civic servant is paid for being discourteous 10 taxpayers. Courtesy IS paIt of every civic job.
 If Barnesdale needs the civic i'm proVcmonts enumerated that section should have them, regardless of tn. budget Especially Is this true if the health of the section is endangered
 Barncsdale has grown remarkably in the past decade; it's trim homes are a delight 70 the eye. II is par, of the city. entitled 10 city service of every kind.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-02
A LARGE GAS TANK FOR PLAJNVULE

There Is conversation aplenty In Plainville lover tho prospect of possessing a large gasoline storage tank down at the center. 4 whole- sale distributor of the fluid has ob- tained permission from town and state authorities to install an under ground receptacle. Some residents do not think the downtown section is the proper place for wholesale gas tank. one by it's nature would be considerably larger than the tanks which are part of the equip ment of the ordinary gasoline filling stations.
 There arc laws governing such matters and it is to be presumed the Plainville concern intends to comply with the regulations made and provided. The tank may be perfectly safe. But in the case of conflagration it perhaps would not add to the general safety. Also, lightning is no respecter of safe, or presumably safe, gasoline tanks.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-02
ASTONISHING REPORT ON CONSTRUCTION WORK

Just at a time when general bus mess had been feeling the effects or unreasonable weather and welcomed the prospect Of colder days, along comes 6 report by the building in- spector that the weather has en- abled . record breaking amount or construction work throughout the city; that never has there been more cellar-digging. plumbing and cleo trical work, and similar enterprises under way. Even construction work on new buildings has shown a mark ed advance, despite the general be- lief that the building boom has been slipping.
 It is hard to understand the build ing situation. One day one comes upon a report that the city has come to the point where there are an overplus of tenements, apartments and houses; the next day one reads a report that there are 50 per cent more jobs in process of construction than this time last year.
 This is good news. without a doubt--to all except the owners Of empty apartments. It is clear that the day Is soon here when the old CT houses will be at distinct dis advantage with the new in tho competition for tenants.
 A fair percentage of the improve ments under way, of course, is b, the owners of property who ar' resident therein. These are days when everyone with property seem ingly is able and willing to put it ir apple pie order.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-02
VICTORY FOR SANITY IN CAPITALIZATION

The Public Utility Commission is to be congratulated upon maintain ing it's previous stand in relation to the incidental finance concerning the merger Of the Plainville Electric company and the Middletown Gas Light company with the Connecticut Light & Power company.
 The commission does not object to the merger, but will not permit 1t unless the proposed capitalization Involved Is reduced by nearly half a million dollars.
 As the commission chairman pointed out at the time of the hearing. excessive capitalization in- variably Is paid for by the consum- CTS through higher charges than necessary.
 The commission has set good precedent for itself and fer tho con- panies.