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The Alaskan., 1927-05-13
BURIED AT JUNEAU

John B. Jackson, Juneau fisher man who died in St. Ann's Hospital last week of pneumonia, was laid to rest in the Evergreen Cemetery cn the afternoon of the 11th of this month. The services were under the auspices of the Moose Lodge of which he was member.
The Alaskan., 1927-05-13

The dregig crew which will work on the Narrows this year are re- ported as having left Seattle on tha 7th of this month and should ba dua In Petersburg about the 18th.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-21

Each chapter taking a table IL re-
quested to bring something dlstinc.
tive of her chapter to be placed on
her table. Among those who have
taken tables are Mrs. Thomas Ed.
wards, Miss Mary Anderson, Mrs.
Everard r. Todd, Mrs. Frank Lit
tie, Mrs. J. Leslie Watson, Mrs.
Harry c. Grove, Miss Maybelle
Brooks, Mrs. George Burchfield, Miss
Charlie Griggs, the Lucy Holcomb
Chapter, the Judge Lynn Chapter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-21

conclusion Of q six months trip
around the world, have taken a
suite at the Wardman Park Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ront expect to remain
here until the holidays.
The Faculty and Alumni of the
Anne Tillery RenshaW School OF
Speech win entertain at tea in
honor OF DIR. Dewitt G.. Croissant,
OF George Washington University,
on Sunday afternoon from 4 TO 6
o'clock.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-21
PATR0NESS FOR
BRIDGE RENEFTT

Mrs. Coolidge heads the list Of
patronesses for the bridge benefit
TO be held by the Judge Lynn
Chapter, d. A. r., tomorrow after.
noon at 2 o'clock at the Mayflower
Hotel. The proceeds will be used TO
promote the chapters program Of
patriotic and Americanization work
for the coming year.
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DR.. and Mrs. Wharton Homer
Southworth win entertain at dinner
inns evening in compliment TO
Mrs. Peter Mtlburn, jr., of Ocean
Grove, N. J..
Doctor and Mrs. Southworth en-.
tertained at dinner Monday eyeninp
in their home on Connecticut Ave.
nue. in compliment to Mrs. PHYLLIS
Moore Lamar. There were q
guests.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-21

to conquer almost any cold. Here's
what to do:
cake a plain, pleasant-tasting tab
let which the smallest drugstore In
neyAr without. Pape's Cold Com.
pound is what they call it. Harm.
less as it is, it will knock the worst
cold-so quickly you'll think 1t was
luck the first time,
A stubborn, chronic cold is broken.
up the same way; it just takes >
little longer
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-21

Mrs. Joseph M. BealI, Mrs. Annie A.
Pryor, Mrs. John Quinn, Mrs.
Churchill Williams, Mrs. Edmund
Fox. Mrs. Ward T. MoxsAll and Miss
Helen Stout.
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A number of the freshmen Of
George Washington University WIN
be guests of Columbia Alpha Chap
ter of ri Beta Phi at a dance this
evening at Hillside the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Price
Littlepage, at Bowie, Maryland.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-21
RAMBLING In
MILLIONAIRE
ROW
Random Thoughts on
Strolling Down Massa-
chusetts Avenue
Continued from Page g.

wearing it that way this season.
Three roadsters exactly alike
drawn up before the Belgian EN-
bassy. Probably bought 'em by
the half dozen. like bananas or
oranges. New ambassador moving
in.
Susie Dewey in a roadster as
green as grass. Wonder IL she will
be going to Poland with Papa
Dewey.
More lights at Sixteenth Street.
Better stop looking and attend to
driving.
Under the auspices of the Para
guayan legation, an exhibition Of
paintings by the Paraguayan artist
Modesto Delgado Rodas, will be
held at the Dixie Galleries. 1916
Connecticut Ave-. opening tomor
row.
Maj. Emmanuel Lombard, assist
ant military attache OF the French
embassy, and Nine. Lombard, who
have been guests of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Francis Carusi
since their return from Europe, will
move early next week into the resi-
dence, 1715 N St., which they have
rented for the winter. The house
was long occupied by Mrs. Hamilton
Wright,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-21
CONTINENTAL DANES
PLAN CARD PARTY

The Continental Danes Chapter of
the Daughters of the American Revo-
luton will give a card party at the
Mayflower Monday afternoon. All of
the national officers, including the
president general, Mrs. Alfred j.
Brosseau, will have tables, and MANY
OF the State officers will be present.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-21
| H. A. r. CHAPTER
PLANS RAIL

The members of the Abigail Hart
man Rice Chapter. D. A. r.. are
very busy with the plans for their
ninth Continental ball to be given
the evening of November Is in the
Willard Room Of the New Willard
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-21

Hotel. This annual benefit Is the
chapters main source in raising
funds for the furtherance Of the
great work it is doing in American
iZation and education.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-21

Let the Apartment Ads in tOday's
Classified Columns assist yOu in select
Ing either q Furnished or Unfurnished
Apartment for the winter
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-21
LUNCHEON IN
NEW SADDLE ROOM"

Thirty-eignt guests attended the
luncheon of the National Council for
the Prevention of War given on
Wednesday at the Tally Ho Tavern.
The speaker was Oliver Dryer, sec.
rotary of the international Fellow
ship Of Reconciliation, who is hailed
as an Ambassador Of good will"
and whose mission is to promote
understanding among nations. The
luncheon was served in the newly
opened saddle room" of the tavern,
which is effectively decorated with
saddles, brides, polo sticks and other
articles suggestive of horsemanship
and sport.
8. Inada, chairman OF the Japa.
nese delegation attending the In
ternational Radio conference. will
entertain at dinner tonight in the
Presidential suite at the Willard.
Covers win be laid for twelve.
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The fine arts section of the Dis
trict League OF American Pen Won.
en- viii visit the historic monu.
ments of Washington tomorrow aft.
ernoon under the direction of Mrs.
Ellis Logan, chairman. The group
will meet at the Peace Monument,
located at the Pennsylvania venue
entrance to the Capitol Grounds. at
o'clock. Victoria Faber Steven.
son will give the history of the
monuments. Persons wishing to
join the group in the tour may do
so by providing their own trans
portation.
4
The students of the Army War
College will give reception this eve.
ming at the Officers Club for the
faculty of the college. This is in
the nature of return festivity for
the welcoming reception given them
by the faculty.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-21
ENTERTAINS FOR
BRIDE TO BE

Mrs. William Livingstone Crounse
is entertaining at tea this after.
noon in her home at 2419 Wyoming
Ave. in compliment to Miss Kath-
DR.. Robert Johnston. rector of st.
Johns Church, and Mrs. Johnston.
and her fiance, Theodore Morrison,
OF Boston. whose wedding will take
place tomorrow afternoon.
Mrs. CroHnse will have presiding
at the tea table Mrs. James Oliver
Murdoch. The guests invited are
members of the wedding party and
the out-of-town guests.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-21
SERBIAN SECRETARY
DINNER HOST

Krunoslav Meneghello-D intchitch.
formerly secretary of the legation of
the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, was
host to small company at dinner
last evening at the Mayflower. Mr..
Dintchitch Is now serving as consul
in Chicago and is here for q visit.
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Mr.. and Mrs. G. van H. Engert en-
tertained informally at dinner last
evening at Wardman Park Hotel,
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Mr.. and Mrs. Edward G. Lowry,
who passed the summer at their
home, Seven Gates Farm, in Vine
yard Haven, Mass, are now in
Washington for a few days at the
Mayflower. They are sailing for
Europe the first of November and
will not return until next summer,
during which time their house at
2022 Hillyer Pl. will be closed,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlton B. Ront,
Of Del Mar, Calf, who arrived
On the Lsviathan last week at the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-21
LUNCHEON FOR
RRIDE.ELECT

Miss Eleanor Bryan Smith, daugh-
ter of Lieut. Comdr. George Leonard
Smith, entertained at a buffet
luncheon today in their home on
Woodley Place in compliment to
Miss Barbara Hight, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank s. Hight. whose
marriage to Charles David Hayes
will take place November 2.
other guests were Miss Helen
Clifford, Miss Frances Gore, Miss
Helen Galley, Miss Nancy Hamilton,
Miss Mary Page Julien, Miss Flor
ence Keys, Miss Mabel Mead, Miss
Lila LaGarde, Miss Sallie Hews
Phillips, Miss Betty Ridsdale. Miss
Harriet whitford and Miss Exilona
Hamilton.
William n. De Wees announces
the marriage of his daughter, Miss
Dorothy Carolyn De Wess. to Nah.
lon Ashford, son. of Col. and Mrs.
Baily Ashford. of San Juan. Porto
Rico and Washington. The we'd
ding took place at Johnstown, Pa,
September 3.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. III. Rapley were
hosts informally at dinner last night
at the Willard.
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Frederick Knobel. of the French
embassy and Jan Stalinsky, of the
Polish legation. have taken a house
in Belmont Rd., where they are es-
tablished for the winter.
Mrs. David du B. GaiIlard is pass.
ing a few days at the st. Regis
Hotel in New York.
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MAJ. Gen. and Mrs. John L.
Chamberlain are at the Hotel Aston
in New York before returning to
Washington.
Evening star., 1927-11-22

ing out the harshness in MexicaniS
American relations. thus doing more
to further friendly relations between
the two countries in five weeks than
his predecessors have done in years.
Mr.. Morrows first public uttersnce
last Saturday when he quoted Elihu
Root to the effect that Americans liv-
ing here should be not only good
Am arican citizens. hut good Mexican
residents. was praised by the paper.
The paper said however. that Nor
rows advice on the need of patience
md tolerance would have better been
addressed to American politicians and
bankers instead of American residents
of Mexico. The American residents
have always been true and loyal
friends of Mexico, the paper declared,
whereas bankers and politicians have
fostered difficulties between the two
countries
Evening star., 1927-11-22

troll committee yesterday by Senator
Hawes, Democrat, Missouri. The Sena.
tor contemplates introducing a bill
along this line in the new Congress-
Senator Hawes said he favored the
placing of flood control completely
under the supervision of the Federal
Government. and the payment of all
costs through a billion.dollar bond is
sue which would be expended at the
rate of 500 100000 a year
In order not to retard tax reduction
and farm relief, he said, his bill would
call for liquidation Of the bonds over
a 50-year period. The issue would be
effected under the Liberty loan act
The proposed commission, he said,
would be comprised Of five members.
including two Army and two civilian
engineers. and one civilian OF national
reputation for executive ability. Be
Evening star., 1927-11-22

congress of the party at Alba Julia
at date to be fixed later.
The party was to have held a con-
gress there Sunday. but Premier
Bratianu forbid it when there was no
assurance that the dynastic question,
regarded as settled by Carol $ abdca-
tion. would not be reopened.
The program of the party. however.
was outlined by the executives in only
the vaguest terms. The leaders fear
to commit themselves to we'll de-
fined campaign because OF the so
called Draconian law promulgated last
week. by which it is prison offense
to aeitate against the security of the
state.
At a secret meeting they passed a
resolution in favor of using all par
liamrntarv means to save the coun
try. hut if "thwarted by illegal and
Evening star., 1927-11-22

arbitrary government action" they
would resort to what was vaguely de-
scribed as "organizing bourgeoise re-
sistance."
Premier Bratianu who has been suf-
fering from influenza. was declared to
have recovered in an official statement
issued TODAY,
Evening star., 1927-11-22
PEASANT LEADERS
TO HOLD CONGRESS
Rumanian Party Vague as to Pro
gram. Fearing Prosecution
Under State Law.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
BUCHAREST, Rumania, November
22.-The executives of the National
Peasant party, who are arrayed
against Premier lionel Bratianu and
favor the return of former Crown
Prince Carol have decided to hold a
Evening star., 1927-11-22
SAYS FINANCIERS
R0UT DIPLOMATS
Ambassador Morrow Smoothing
Out Harshness in U. S.-Mexican
Relations" Newspaper Declares
By the Associated Press.

BY inc AssOciated Press.
MEXICO CITY. November 22.-
Ffnanciers are routing diplomats Ex-
celsior declared in an editorial today
The paper expressed satisfaction over
the work of the new American Ambas
Sador. Dwight w Morrow. in smooth
Evening star., 1927-11-22
HAWES PRESENTS HIS
FLOOD CONTROL PLAN
Senator, at Hearing, Urges Billion
Dollar Program Over Ten
Year Period.
By the Associated Press.

An exposition of the Missouri
plan" for flood control legislation
which would create a new govern
mental agency and set up billion
dollar fund to handle the problem
was made before the House flood con
Evening star., 1927-11-22
Death for Bank Robber.

WACO, Tex November % P).-For
partir pating in the robbery of the
+ irst STATE, Bank at Tehuacana, Tex.
with firearms. A. p. Bruton yesterday
was given the death penalty by the
jury before which he was tried at
Groesbuck Limestone County No
shots were fired in the holdup
Evening star., 1927-11-22

sides flood control. he added. his plan
called for development of bird. animal
and fish conservation and promotion
OF reforeStation.
Evening star., 1927-11-22

When words fail to express WON
ans contempt for n man he enjoys a
Evening star., 1927-11-22
WILL SHIP FRUIT.

Florida to Send First Cargo to
Liverpool, England.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, November
90 (P). -- Florida's first refrigerated
cargo of citrus fruit will be shipped
from here to Liverpool. England. on
December 20. with monthly saillngs
after that until >pril. it was announc-
ed today.
Twenty carloads of fruit will make
up the first shipment, which will he
carried nv the steamer Daytonian.
Evening star., 1927-08-28

August 10. at its quarters. FOG Munsey
Building. Comdr. Fred Kochli described
his outline for the coming forget-me-
not campaign.
National Comdr. William s.
Tate reappointed Thomas Kirby.
Ralph Chambers and George Thigh
man as the liaison men for this dis
trict. The Disabled American Vet
Grams wants all veterans who suffered
a disability during the World War
to ask them any question concerning
their rights to compensation or treat
ment. Many of the members in the
District have signified their intention
of attending the National Encamp-
ment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
at Providence. r. |. National Comdr
Tate is scheduled to make an address
| before that assembly.
The final conference between Di
rector Frank r. Hines of the Vet
Grams Bureau and William f. Tate
of Atlanta, national commander OF
the Disabled American Veterans, be
| fore the former starts on an extended
trip. took place here during the past
| week.
The Orga nized disabled are still
| stressing the necessity of speeding
SC'''fiStiCIi VI lIIC pei iipSpltCl
| construction program, particularly OF
| institutions for the treatment of the
mental and nervous cases and which
| will ultimately relieve the situation
at st. Elizabeths Hospital here by
transferring many men nearer their
| respective homes in various parts of
the country.
EXpoditing of decisions on claims
is another matter discussed by the
director and the commander, the
d. A. V. leader reporting on condi-
tiOns as he has found them in visiting
several centers of disabled former
service men.
At the national convention at El
Paso last June the d. A. V. adopted
conservative legislative program and
Comdr. Tate has arranged to obtain
the reaction of the Veterans Bureau
before the plan is finally presented
to Congress at the coming session.
George w. Phillips, past State COM
mander, has been named as general
director of the annual forget me-not
drive of the District of Columbia De-
partment of the Disabled Veterans,
which will be held here October Is.
Having been indorsed by the Dis
trict committee on accredited social
agencies, the d. A. V. officials have
outlined a budget covering the next
Evening star., 1927-08-28
BOOKS RECEIVED

IMMIGRANT BACKGROUNDS. by
Henry Pratt Fairchild, Professor OF
Sociology. New York, University
Editor. with Fifteen Contributors.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc,
THE ATOMIC SCIENCE; Atoms and
Molecules. BY the Discoveries oil
RZ Matter. the Two Energies, the
Two Initial Forces of Nature ana
the New Phenomenon, RN-Repul'
sion Give Completely New Under
standings of Heat. Light. Sound,
Radio. Electricity. Gravitation'
Magnetism. Capillarity, Chemical.
Affinity, the Nervous Force and
Cohesion and Repulsion. BY Cal
vim Samuel Page, author or Ihe
New PHYSICAL Philosophy" etc. H.
Illustrated. Chicago: Science PUP
fishing Co.
THE OUT-oFDOoRs CLUB. BY
Samuel Scoville, jr. New York;
Harper & Bros.
THE RIGHT TO BE HAPPY. By
Mrs. Bertrand Russell. New York:
Harper & Bros.
THE SKIN; Its Care and Treatment.
BY Albert Strickler, NJ. D.. Profes-
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ogy, Temple University Medical
School. etc. New York: d. Apple
ton & Co.
BLOOD MONEY; A Narrative OF To-
day. BY Blair Coan. Washington
s. G.. Cultice.
TWELFTH CENTURY CHARAC-
TIERS AND CHARACTERISTIC
The -Four Seas CO.
CIRCUS PARADE. BY Jim Tully.
Illustrated by William Gropper.
New York: Albert & Charles Boni.
THE MAN IN THE SANDHILLS.
BY Antony Marsden. New YORK:
Albert & Charles Boni.
THE MODERN READERS SERIES
THE SCARLET LETTER. By
Nathaniel Hawthorne. With an in
PRODUCTION by Elizabeth Deering
Hanscom. Professor of English in
Smith College. New York: The
Macmillan Co.
THE DRUMS OF PANIC. BY Martin
Feinstein. New York: Macy-Masius.
CAPTAIN CAVALIER. BY Jackson
Gregory. New York: Charles
scribner's Sons.
PATHWAYS TO SUCCESS. By Har-
vey A. Morrison. Boston: The
Stratford Co.
POEMS OF EVERYDAY LIFE. BY
Camel B. Cox. Boston: The STRAIT
ford Co.
GARDENS ALL THE YEAR. BY Ida
Withers Harrison. Boston: The
Stratford Co.
EMILY'S QUEST. BY L. NJ. Mont
gomery. author of hAnne Of Green
Gables" etc. New York: Frederick
A. Stokes Co. ss ~
THE QUEENS GATE MYSTERY. BY
Herbert Adams Philadelphia; ).
B. Lippincott Co..
UPLANDS. BY Mary Ellen Chase.
Boston: Little, Brown e. Co.
Evening star., 1927-08-28

II months. and will depend largely
upon the returns from the forget-me-
not campaign to meet all expenses.
The largest outlay of the year CEN
ters in the maintenance of q iiaison
service at the Washington regional
office of the Veterans Bureau.
Because of Federal red tape" il
has been found that many disabled
men of this city, their mothers, wives
and orphans. have been unable to
properly present claims for benefits
and to meet this situation the D. A. V.
has claims experts stationed at the
bureau to assist in this work. with.
out charge and without regard to
membership in the organization.
Last year it was thought it might
he possible to dispense with this
work, but the work has continued
to be so heavy from among, the vet.
Grams of Washington that the Dis
trict of Columbia Department of the
organization has decided that the
service must continue, and will de-
pend upon contributions on October
10 to guarantee the continuance OF
the liaison officer at 1910 I street.
For the present Director Phillips
and his associates are conducting a
systematic campaign to obtain volun-
teer girls and women to act as sellers
of the symbolic flower on the day OF
the drive. the headquarters having
been established in the Munsey
Building.
Evening star., 1927-08-28

vania, 56,S00: Philippine Islands. 146
Porto Rico. 1877; Rhode Island. 2.220
South Carolina. 1882: South Dakota
9,074: Tennessee. 1895: Texas. 49,.
733 Utah. 1,921: Vermont, 1920; Fir-
ginia. 5,775; Washington, 12.037: West
Virginia. 1900; Wisconsin, 26,1SS
Wyoming. 1856.
The regular meeting of the Belleau
Wood Post. No. 3, the American lie
gion. will be held this afternon at the
home of the commander, POI Forest
street, Thrifton Village, Va.
This will be the last meeting before
the members go to the Paris conven
ton, and all matters pertaining to the
trip will be taken up at this time.
A letter has been received from the
graves registration committee in Paris
and q train schedule inclosed for the
benefit of the members who are going
to visit the Belleau Wood Cemetery
and there place wreath from the
post, whose members are women who
served in the Marine Corps during the
World War
The regular meeting Of La Socfete
des S ChapeauX ct 40 F'emmes was
held August II at the home of La Su
rintendante Lois McRae, in Riverdale
Md. AS this was the last business
meeting before the partners sail fol
France, considerable business was
transa cted.
The partners who are to represent
the Salon at a Marche National are
La Surintendante Lois McRae anC
l. L'ArchiviSte Edna Mcintosh as dele
gates and Partners Martha Miller and
Katherine CrOmpton as alternates
lie Demi Chapeau National Kolhos is
on the national committee.
A number have made application
for membership in La Societe and
their names have been submitted for
approval. They desire to be wreck
ed' in Paris, and this will be done il
the committee approves of the appli
cations.
AS October 18 is the date set for the
ratification of all matters taken up in
Paris, this will be done in New York
City, and several of the partners will
attend the sessions in that city.
LIE Chapeau Rationale Freda S. Kra
mer of Madison. $. Oak, and La Sec.
retaire Rationale Dorothy Hartung of
Wentworth, S. Oak, will be in Wash
ington en- route to New York City
September 8 and will place a wreath
on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier
in Arlington Cemetery. and will be ac.
companied by lie Chapeau Depart
mental Carey and a committee, L'Or.
ganizers Irenee Arnold and Dorothy
Harper, L'Aumonier Amy Hammond
and La Secretaire Viola Benedict.
The national officers are sailing on
the steamship Leviathan from New
York City for Paris to attend the
American Legion convention, Ameri-
can Legion Auxiliary and La Marche
Rationale.
Disabled American Veterans.
The State Department Branch held
it's regular semi-mOnthly meeting
Evening star., 1927-08-28

seize upon to soften the rigors of bare
fact. Dreary, hopeless, depressing
stories. these Dresser can't make
them more pleasing. That's not his
Job. His business to put the thing.
this or that thing, just as 1t is, or
as it looks to him. Therefore, no
one ever reads this man for pleasure.
That the legitimate purpose of the
novel is TO amuse and divert never
enters the mind of Theodore Dresser.
His art-a very great arts to show
the hopelessness. the futility of eX-
istence. Philosophers of black-and-
blue stripe and critics of academic
pattern naturally flock to the WORKS
of Dresser. So does any reading per-
son who now and then is willing to
indulge himself in that lowe down feel
ing of a lost world-a feeling that is
Indulgence of the poorest sort. On,
great stories, to he sure. Great true
stories also. Finest in the world
to keen away from.