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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-29
Meadows Citizens Form.

MEADOWS. Nd, June 29-At a
meeting Monday evening at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Todd G.. Sharn the
Meadows Community Association was
organized, and the following officers
elected: President, Todd c. Sharp: vice
president, Frank Small; treasurer.
Leroy Humphrey. The Office of secre.
tary will be filled at later meeting.
A committee consisting of Messrs.
Humphrey and Small and Mrs. Elmer
c. Mayberry was appointed to draft a
constitution and bylaws. Plans were
outlined for cooperation with the
county officials in the development of
Meadows and Prince Georges County.
A meeting will be held within two
weeks, a which time several county
and State officials will be asked to
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-29
Alcohol Revenues
Drop Alarmingly,
Churchill Declares

LONDON, June 30 H1-Winston
Churchill, chancellor of the ex-
chequer, yesterday remarked in the
House of Commons that the con-
sumption Of alcohol in Great
Britain was decreasing at a rate
which caused anxiety to the ex-
chequer and joy to Lady Astor"-
a remark that drew mild criticism
from the latter.
The incident occurred during de.
bate on the finance bill, when a
Laborite motion was introduced
asking a reduction on the duty on
tea from pence to 1 penny a
pound on the contention that a de-
crease In the cost of tea would
promote temperance.
Mr.. Churchill declined to consider
q reduction on the ground that 1t
would damage revenues.
Lady Aston perked up at this and
protested against the light way"
in which the nations expenditure
Of 1900, 900, 900 yearly on drink was
talked about.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-29
TITLES NOT TAKEN
. IN PARLIAMENT CUT
House of Lords Members
Will Retain Peerage After
Losing Posts.

LONDON, June 29.-American heir.
esses who have their eyes on coronets
need not fear that the proposed re-
form of the House Of Lords will re-
duce the number Of titles in the Brit
ish peerage; nor will the score or
more of former American girls listed
in Debrett's as wives Of British noble
men be in danger of losing their rank.
There will be no playing fast and
loose with the titles of old England,
and no stripping OF high-sounding
names from those who have them. 1t
is true that many titles will become
like those Of France and perhaps
Italy-they won't mean much polit-
ically.
so Per Cent Cut Planned.
The plan is to reduce the House of
Lords, numbering TIC peers, to half
that size. Only 100 Of the reduced
house would be hereditary peers, and
the 716, who now carry titles, would
elect 100 of their number to represent
them in the lords. Those not elected
would nevertheless retain their titles.
From records available at West
minister, the reform will not affect
many British peers anyway. OF the
716 peers, 165 have not taken the oath
to their king during the present par
Lament, 200 others attended only one
session and 100 more attended fewer
than 10 days annually.
The average sitting of the lords is
only three hours daily, and business
is often conducted with but a score of
peers lounging on the red leather
benches of the Crimson Mausoleum, -
as the upper chamber has been called
by its critics.
Can Return to Command.
Among the most interesting aspects
OF the proposed reform is the effect 1t
would have on the few peers, such
as Lord Ashton, who are intensely in
terested in public life, and bitterly re-
GREETED their compulsory relation to
the lords from the Commons when
titles fell to them.
Under the new scheme. these men.
II not elected by their peers to the
upper chamber, could be elected to
the Commons again. Thus there is
possibility of Lord AStor returning to
the lower house, of which his brilliant
wife. the former Nancy Langhorne Of
Virginia, is an active member.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-29
PARK FOR SPOONERS
URGED BY SHERIFF
Kansas Official Would Let Lovers
Bill and Coo Without
Interference.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, Kans.. June 90
Lack of "spooning places" has
aroused Sheriff Harry Powers of
Wyandotte County as champion of
Cupid.
The sheriff has advocated a
"spooners' park" where those smit-
ten by Cupid's dart may "bill and
coo" without interference. Such a
park should be under supervision,
however, the sheriff qualified.
why, young folks nowadays have
no place at all for their spooning."
the sheriff declared. I'VE can't allow
it on the highways. Parking cars
there endangers life. The town is
building up in the districts that used
to be suburban. There is no room
for the spooners.
Young folks are going ito spoon:
they have since time immemorial and
they will until the millennium is
reached"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-29
PARIS DIVORCE MILL
SERVING AMERICANS
DEGREES Separates Madeline Smell.
tngs From G.. F. B. johnson.
Two Other Decisions Noted.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, June 29.-George F. B.
johnson has been granted a decree of
divorce from the former Miss Made
line Snellings. The grounds were not
made public. They were married at
Jacksonville, Fla, November %, 1921.
CThe Johnsons are listed in the Bos-
ton social register as residing at
BrOokline, Mass)
Two other divorces involving Amer
leans were granted as follows: Mrs.
Gertrude Pardee Shanotulski, from
Arthur Shanotulski, whose home was
given as Fort Benning, Ga, on ground
OF abandonment. They were married
IN Manila, January ], 1916.
Mrs. Euphemia Louis Taylor Slade
Bambrooke from Frederic John BAN.
brooke, whose address Is given as
1908 East Ocean, Long Beach, Calf
They were married in Quebec. The
decree was based on abandonment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-29
ELIMINATION SEEN
FOR UNFAIR TRADE
Boston Man Urges Under
standing and Cooperation,
in Stockholm Speech.
BY the Associated Press.

STOCKHOLM, June 29.-Unfair
practices in international trade can
be largely eliminated by better I'M
derstanding and cooperation between
producers and distributors, A. Lincoln
Filene Of Boston, in an address pre-
pared for delivery today, told the
congress Of the International Cham
Der OF Commerce here. His speech
was made on behalf Of the American
delegation at the gathering.
The establishment of a joint trade
relations committee, representing the
manufacturers in prominent Euro
pean industry and the American re.
tailers of its products, was proposed
as an experiment to eliminate the
unethical practices by the Boston
merchant. The plan for similar COM
mittees in other industries and coun.
tries could be extended, he said, after
such an experiment had been com.
pleted.
I'm international trade there Is the
complicating factor" he said, that the
principals to business transactions
rarely or never meet. Business deal.
ing is carried on by subordinates or in
termediaries. When people do not
know one another at first hand, op-
portunity for misunderstanding and
lack of confidence are much greater"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-29
SOCIAL LIFE CHANGES.
English Customs Greatly Altered
Since War.

LONDON. June 90 ED.-Daylight
saving, economically priced automo-
lDiIes and shorter hours of business
have caused many changes in the
social life of the average EngIishman.
One of the most noticeable changes
is the dinner hour. Before the war
dinner was seldom later than o'clock.
1T is now customary, particularly in
the Summer, not to dine before 8
o'clock, or even 10.
In many London clubs sandwich
bars have been established, so that
members may have a snack early in
the evening. They may then go to
the theater. have round of golf or
take an automobile ride in the coun-
try and dine on theirsreturn. Dinners
are shorter than thei %were before the
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-29
GERMANY FINDS BEES
ARE WORTH MILLIONS
University Professor Holds Honey
Producers Are Most Essential
Factors to Agriculture.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
BERLIN, June 29.-The little bee Is
a greater economic producer than are
all the high,sea fishermen of Germany
put together, according to the Frank.
furter Zeitung.
Another striking tribute to the bee
is the assertion by Prof. Enoch lander
of Erlangen University, that bee cul-
ture Is the most essential branch Of
agriculture"
There are some IS billion bees in
Germany, according to the Frank
furter Zeitung. Together they pro-
duce about 30O,0 900 hundredweight OF
honey annually, representing a value
of $7.000,000. This, says the Frank
furt paper, is an economic item OF no
small Importance in an impoverished
country like Germany, and exceeds
the proceeds from Germany's high.
sea fisheries.
Prof. lander bases his high estimate
Of bees upon the fact that billions of
blossoms are fortified by them. This
is worth at least 100000 annually
to Germany. Fruit trees, vegetables,
the grasses and flowers of the mead
ows-all owe their fertilization to
the busy bee, which carries the pollen
from one blossom to the other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-29
SAFETY IN FUTURE
FLOOD PROBLEM
Hoover Says Reconstruction
in Ruined Area includes
Control of Waters.

NEW ORLEANS, June 22.--fhe
problem of flood reconstruction leads
naturally into the problem of food
control, Secretary Of Commerce Her.
bert Hoover said here yesterday at
luncheon address before the Associ-
alton of Commerce.
1T is not enough to take the food
refugees back to their homes" he
said. 1--WE must give them the assur-
ance that there will not be a recur-
renee of the disaster from which they
have escaped. The lives of so many
people must not longer be placed in
jeopardy"
Mr.. Hoover briefly sketched the ac-
tivities of the flood relief organiZa-
tons, paying tribute to the American
Red Cross. the railroads. local COM
mittees and other agencies which rem
dered valuable aid during the flood.
Steady Progress Reported.
Rehabilitation is going steadily for
ward. he said, adding that reconstruc-
ton is not solely a question of return
ing the refugees to their homes.
mo reconstruction can be complete
that does not give them the assurance
ludl luo ulSdSlcI Will hui udppeH
again.
I'VE have been assured by our engi-
neers that the floods of the Mis-
sissippi and it's tributaries can be con-
trolled. 1t is a physical necessity that
we conf1ne the Mississippi to small
dimensions on its flow to the gulf and
it is necessary that for a large part of
the distance the surface of the water
be above the level of the land. But
the problem must be worked out. We
cannot longer leave the people of the
valley in jeopardy"
Other Duties Faced.
Flood control is not the whole Of
our relation to the Mississippi River,
however" Mr.. Hoover said. Docks
and other improvements necessary to
the maintenance of the river as
transportation factor must be con-
structed." He spoke briefly of the APP
preparations which already have been
made by Congress for improvement
of the transportation facilities along
the river. Completion of the program,
he said, will assure the farmers of
the middle valleys easily accessible
transportation of their crops to mar
ket
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-29
TRAIN, NARROWED,
FREED IN CANYON
Four Others Still Held-20O Tour.
lists Autos Tied Up by
Utah Rains.

By the Associated Press.
SALT LAKE CITY. Utah, June %
Traffic over the Denver and Salt
Lake City line was resumed late
yesterday, with the release of one
Of five trains tied up by slides and
washouts in Price Canyon, 139 miles
East of here, following torrential
rains Monday night and yesterday.
Meanwhile, approximately 200 motor
cars carrying tourists and others
were marooned in the canyon with
the prospect of having to stay a day
or so. Reports to the State Highway
Commission said it would require
SeVeral months TO repair all dam
age to highways.
Three towns, Castle Gate, Price and
Helper. were faced with water
shortage. A pipe line was carried
away by a slide and at least a week
will be required to make repairs.
Residents were warned to conserve
water, which must be taken from
storage reservoirs until the pipe line
is restored.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-29
DEFENSE HIGHWAY
OPENING PROGRAM
Celebration July is of Special
Interest to Washington
and Annapolis.

with plans rapidly taking shape for
the celebration OF the opening of the
new Defense Highway between Wash
inGton and Annapolis. July 16, at
Priests Bridge, the joint committee
in charge Of the event today extended
invitations to prominent officials here
to participate in the ceremonies Of
the day.
Letters of special invitation were
sent to all members of the cabinet,
the District Commissioners, Admiral
Edward w. Eberle, chief Of naval
operations, II. 8. N; Maj. Gen. Charles
P. Summerall, chief of staff, War De-
partment: Mai. Gen. John A. Lejeune,
con1mandant of the Marine Corps:
Rear Admiral B. F. Hutchinson, COM
mandant of the navy yard here;
Lieut.. Col. L. s. Grant, Sd, director
Of public buildings and public parks:
Maj. Edwin B. Hesse. superintendent
Of the metropolitan police. and George
3. Watson. chief engineer Of the Wash
ington Fire Department.
Civic Bodies Invited.
Letters also are being sent to all
members of the Board of Trade, the
Washington Chamber of Commerce,
the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association, the Washington Real
Estate Board, the Rotary Club, the
American Automobile Association and
other organizations which. plan. to
participate in the celebration.
A. meeting of the joint committee
Af the organizations which is making
arrangements for the celebra ton of
the highway completion will be held
Friday afternoon in the Offices of the
Board of Trade. according to an an
nouncement TODAY by Robert J. Cot
trell, member Of tho committee.
Opens ut O'Clock PM.
The celebration will open at 8 pm,
July is, at Priests Bridge, near the
Junction of tho Crane and Defense
Highways, midway between Washing
ton and Annapolis.
Citizens and officials of Annapolis
and the State of Maryland are to join
with representatives of Washington
in the celebration. Following formal
itieA at the midway point, the party
will drive to Annapolis. where a band
concert IL to be staged at 4:30. after
which q civic banquet will be held in
Csrvel Hall at $50 O'Clock There
win be a display of fireworks after
dark and dancing.
Plans now are being laid for MEM
hers OF the local groups who will
participate in the celebration TO go
To Priests Bridge in a body.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-29
COURT MARTIAL ORDERED.
Col. Lockett Accused of Misappro
priating Timber for Army.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 90 CP).-A
military court-martial has been ordered
convened at Fort Missoula, Mont, for
June 80 to try Col. James M. Lockett
on technical charge Of violation of
Army regulations.
The charges are based on alleged
transportation of timber for Army
use. 1t is not commended that Col
Lockett profited personally by the
transactions, but that the appropria-
ton Of 1t for Army use was contrary
to regulations.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-29
JOIN DRESS CRUSADE.
italian Bishops Pledge Support to
Pope's Program.

ROME, June 20 OP).-The campaign.
of Pope Plus against immodest fash
ions received new impetus yesterday
with the announcement that messages
had been received from Sc Italian
bishops promising their whole-hearted
support.
The bishops in most cases have
made proclamatipns to the women in
their diocese urging them to abandon
saedea which ara iadassata e.szaess
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-29
STILLMAN TO WE'D JULY 20
Date Set for Marriage With Miss
Wilson, Quebec Fiancee.

LA TUQUE. Quebec, June % CP)-
The marriage of James bud" Still
man to his northern Quebec fiancee,
Lena Wilson, will take place on July
% in the Anglican Church at La
Tuque. Miss Wilson's sister Isabel
said yesterday.
Miss Wilson said that Mrs. Anne
Urquhart Stillman. mother Of Bud"
will motor to La Tuque some time in
the early part of July.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-29
ONE KILLED, ONE INJURED
IN CRASH OF AIRPLANE
Dead Mans Neck Broken and Body
Crushed in Accident at Jersey
Shore Flying Field.

By the Associated Press
WILLIAMSPORT. Pa, June 90
Herman Brueggar. %, of Lock Haven,
Pa, was killed and Paul Bruch, also
of Lock Haven, was seriously injured
last night. when the airplane piloted
by Bruch crashed to the flying field at
Jersey Shore, IL miles west of here
Brueggar suffered a broken neck and
his body was crushed under the en-
CINE.
Bruch. who suffered a broken leg
and nose is the son of Rev. j. NJ.
Bruch of Numedia. He was an ex-
perienced pilot. Brueggar's parents
are touring Switzerland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-29
Is Irish Cousins
Seek $4,000 Fund
Left by Beggar, 90

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 29.-Fifteen
cousins in Ireland yesterday began
a court fight here over the estate
left by a 96-year-old beggar.
The tale of John Armstrong, an
eccentric Irishman, who lived and
died, at the age Of SO. as a beg
gar, but whose estate totalled
SOS, 900, was related by attorneys
in Surrogate's Court representing
the Is cousins who were Arm
strongs only relatives.
The cousins are attempting to
uphold the validity of a will, 10
years old at the time of his death,
in April, 1925, dividing the bulk
of his estate among them. 1t Is
being contested by Mrs. Ella Sloan,
to whose home Armstrong is said
to have come daily during his last
eight years to be bathed, fed and
cared for.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-29
Bank Raid Nets $4,000.

LION, Ohio, June 20 R.-Five
armed bandits entered the CONNER.
cial National Bank here yesterday
held up Cashier D. G. Beall several
clerks and two customers and escaped
with $15,So0 In cash and $4,000 in
bonds. A sixth man was waiting
outside in an automobile In which
the hauditG AseAn nd fha nns
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-29
HOLDS CIGARETTE RECORD

ANGoRA. Turkey. June 20 CP).-
addition to his many other titles. is
being called the worlds champion Gig
arctic smoker.
Intimate friends recently divulged
the information that the Ghazi smokes
200 cigarettes a da4. which makes an
average of 10 houTly, as he usually
nlAannE nnlvs a out al ARArxs a ho,axaik,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-29
EDITOR UNDER CHARGES.


PARIS, June 20 up. - Maurice
Pujo, editor-in-chief of the Royaiist
Newspaper L'Action Franchise, was
arrested today following further In
Veetigafions at the newspaper plant,
where the police believe the telephone
calls originated which resulted in the
release from prison Of Leon Daudet.
EQYR1tat 1nRanEs r. ,r - .:.S,t1s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-29

The. height OF politeness at Chi.
nese dining table is for the host and
others to pick out dainty pieces fran
their plates and put them on the p!hl0
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-20
BUS LOSSES ARE
EXPLAINED

The Washington Rapid Transit
Company's losses are not due to mis-
management, E. D. Merrill, president
of the company asserted today at
the closing hearing before the Public
Utilities Commission on the applica-
ton for a straight 10-cent cash
fare.
Merrill refuted charges made in
the hearing last week by Clayton
Emig, acting chairman of the Public
Utilities Committee of the Fedora
ton of Citizens Associations, that
the company's losses are due to in.
efficient management and abandon
ment of profitable lines and the es-
tablishment Of routes.
The final session of the hearing
has been delayed until today in
order that Emig could present evil
dence in support of his charges, but
he failed to appear, sending word
that he would let his previous evil
dence stand.
Much of today's hearing was oc.
cupied with discussion of the COM
pany's overhead charge on 8 16.100
cents per bus mile for depreciation.
Capt. r. G. KlotZ, the commission
engineer, asserted that this should
not be more than cents per mile.
The hearing was concluded about
noon, and the commission took the
Decent fare application under con-
sidera ton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-20
B ST. SUBWAY
PLANS DELAYED

The B Street traction subway
proposed by the National Capital
Park and Planning commission to
provide a new traffic outlet from
the triangle south Of Pennsylvania
Avenue-will not come before the
Public Utilities Commission for many
months, it was said today.
No immediate action upon it is
expected, and it probably will not
be brought to the attention of the
next session of Congress through
the Public Utilities Commission on
the District Commissioners.
The general official opinion is
that legislative action upon it can
be postponed for at least two
ings program in the triangle is at
least 80 per cent completed will
there be any real necessity for final
action upon the new traffic prob.
lens created by the buildings, it
was said.
Estimates of proposed costs of
the subway differ. A short subway
running from Pennsylvania Avenue
and E Street under the White Lot to
Eighteenth Street probably could
be built at a cost Of $4,000, 900
or less. Estimates for one the entire
length Of B Street N. W., from
Eighteenth Street eastward, are not
named.
Neither the Capital Traction Com
pany nor the Washington Railway
and Electric Company have been
approached officially with regard to
the subway.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-20
ST. JAMES, ART
SOLD CHEAP

The furnishings, some three-quar-
tiers of century old, of the St.
James Hotel, at Sixth and Pennsyl-
vania Avenue, once the finest in the
town, are being sold under the ham,
mer today, as the historic hosiery
prepared to close its doors. One fine
old painting sold for SO cents.
Huddeld in corners. groups of the
older employees looked on, some in
tears.
Peter Wilkins, colored, 40 years a
waiter, stopped in his "reminiscences
OF the pre-prohibition days, when
Uncle Joe Cannon and other nation
ally known dignitaries gathered in
the barroom to sip ale, to remark
that the front windows brought more
fees during Inauguration parades
than the entire furnishings would
bring today in auction.
Grace /. Holt, housekeeper %
years, and Lucy Mattingly, 80 years
an employe, shook their heads pitt
fully as an art lover bid so cents
for the fine old oil painting which
had hung on the walls over a half
century.
The entire furnishings, bric-a-brac,
hAouAlSu game D1EoS, anu paintings
will be sold by Auctioneer Adam A.
Weschler in the sale which will
last four days.
The hotel was opened over 70
years ago by the late Levi Wood.
berry and was for a long time the
finest in the city.
The building will be torn down
to make way for the proposed Mall
triangle development program.
One old bedroom suit, the product
Of another day. brought 81, and two
rooms Of fine old Brussels carpet SIS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-20
GOLFERS HUR 7
BY AMBULANCE

Two golfers were injured, one
seriously, today when the automo-
bile in which they were riding was
struck at Seventeenth and B SITS.
N. W., by a Naval Hospital ambu-
lance. operated by John C. Bron.
ley.
The two men were Elmer ]. Mead,
"a years old. and Earl c. Crouther,
IS. both of the Y. M. C. A.. 1885
G st. N. w. Neal suffered severe
decorations to the scalp and pos
sible skull fracture. His condition
is critical Crouther suffered cuts
on the forehead and shock
Mead was proceeding north on
Seventeenth Street and the ambu-
lance east on B Street when the
collision occurred. Both men were
placed in the ambulance that struck
them and taken to Emergency Hos
pital. Mead is a clerk in the Treas.
ury Department and Crouther is
employed in the Navy Department.
The injured men were returning
afrom game of golf when the acct
cent occurred.