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Evening star., 1927-05-14
CHILDREN DELIGHT
IN DANCE PROGRAM
Spring Festival at Belasco Theater
Last Night Has Many
Interesting Features.

Youth, beauty, artistic costuming
and well trained talent combined to
make a delightful entertainment of
the children's Spring festival. given
by Miss Minnie Hawke, at the Belasco
Theater last night for the benefit OF
the building fund of the Episcopal
Home for Children.
One of the most interesting features
was the playlet, Beneath a Circus
Tent" written by Miss Hawkes.
niece. Mrs. Minnie Saxton Bliss. This
gave several youthful artists an op-
portunity to exhibit their ability as
actors as well as dancers. Audrey
Seiber was especially clever.
Miss Seiber is an accomplished
little dancer as well as a natural
actress, and has a promising future.
She took a prominent part in the
ballet numbers, dancing with Ruth
Shaughnessy in the Pas de Deux. :"
in "Pas des Bouquets" and alone if
the balloon dance, in addition to being
the central figure in other group
dances.
Other characters in the playlet were
Miss Shaughnessy, Marion Mccarthy,
Virginia Trullinger, Rachel Merritt.
Edna Lee Unruh. James Thornton,
Wilson Tolford, Margaret Thornton,
Constance Harrell, Carol Wall, Dan
Gillmor, Shirley Seiber and Pasha
Slavin.
Helen Dick, Juvenile character
dancer, also showed more than aver.
age talent, especially in her execu-
tion of the Russian dance, with Hazel
Baiarsky. and the waltz Pompa-
dour." with Wilson Tolford.
Vallette Schmidt. Miss Shaughnessy
and Virginia Trullinger added much
to the entertainment by their easy
performance of quaint dances. Miss
Schmidt gave an excellent interpreta-
ton of the "Danse Oriental
No less charming was the nursery
group, which included children of
3, and Summers, many of whom
were as self-possessed as the grown
ups" Little Edna Lee Unruh and
Shirley Seiber were two of the most
skillful.
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Harbor Main, 80 miles west of Har-
bor Grace. that an aircraft had passed
the point late yesterday afternoon,
while two residents at Harbor Breton
100 miles southwest of Harbor Grace,
said a plane passed the point last
Monday morning. However, little
credence was placed in the Harbor
Main reports.
Fog hampered search in the New
foundland region yesterday. Two
transatlantic liners arriving In New
York reported the presence of 20 ice
bergs in the ship lane where Nun
gesser and Coli may have drifted.
The liner France, following Nun
gesser's course from France to Amer
lea. found no. sign Of the lost White
Bird.
Capt. Roald Amundsen. Arctic ex-
plorer, at Winnipeg, said he placed
little faith in the Newfoundland
rumors.
Silence Of it's radio will be the SOS
signal of the Bellanca monoplane. A
wireless apparatus described as the
most elaborate ever installed on any
airplane will send long dashes from
the Columbia at one-minute intervals
as the craft cruises over the ocean.
Through the signal, land stations
and ships at sea can follow the course
of the plane. always estimating its po-
sition from the flashes. If trouble oc-
ours and the radio is silenced, the
stiffness may be regarded as dis
tress signal, and over the radio-laid
trail help may come.
The transmitter will have a radius
of $50 to 500 miles under favorable
conditions, its builders said. The trans
mitting key will operate through use
of an automatic device that wilt sound
the daslies. A control switch will al
low message transmission.
PARIS STILL HOPES.
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government as compared with that OF
| Marshal Chang Tso-Lin, the Northern
| Chinese leader, the latest raid Is
much more serious affair.
| Official quarters are represented as
looking upon the London incident as
| rejecting the policy, attributed to
| Great Britain, OF seeking to place So
| Wet Russia in a false position by al.
| leging that compromising documents
| have been found.
Rupture Held Imminent.
Izvestia. Soviet organ. commenting
on the raid. says it virtually means
| the beginning of realization OF the
rupture of relations mentioned in For
eign Secretary Chamberlain's last note
| to Russia. Its object, the paper adds,
| is to deal a blow at the most vital
! nerve of Anglo-Soviet relations, and 1t
is part of the policy of the British
government, which. in order to enact
, the trade unions bill. must divert the
attention of the public.
1.-THE British policy of bringing about
a rupture" it continues, ''iS full of
danger and grave complications" This
will hardly please British commercial
and financial circles. which recognize
they will lose much more than the
Soviet.
Speculate on Effect.
1.-THE wrecking of Anglo-Soviet con-
nections will have a ruinous effect on
the economic situation in Europe, but
the responsibility rests entirely on the
British government, which started
with forgery and ends with pogrom." /"
Pravda, communist newspaper, de-
clares in an editorial today that the
raid is simply further aggravation of
an already tense international situa-
tion, and is part of Sir Austen Cham
berlain's policy of provocation. (which.
having failed in Peking, is being given
new setting"
Imperialists, the paper adds. are try
ing to kindle an artificial conflict,
which thf ueople of neither Great Brit
ain nor the Soviet union want.
Channe, ports are being watched
much as they We're in the last days
of the war. and outgoing trawlers are
being submitted to close scrutiny by
detectives of the special political
branch.
In usually well informed quarters
the missing documents are believed to
relate to the latest Japanese British
pourparlers, but, Of course, there is
no way of confirming this. Scotland
Yard officials refuse to make any COM
ments, and even the most talkative
ones refer eager newspaper men to
''the statements the government un-
doubtedly will make in the House of
Commons in due time"
Credit is Denied.
The Midland Bank today gave out
the following: THE statement pub.
lished ir the press this morning of a
credit scheme Of f10,000,000 alleged
to have been arranged between the
Midland Bank and the Soviet trade
delegation, is incorrect"
London dispatches last night quoted
newspaper as saying that the Soviet
trade delegation, whose headquarters
are in Soviet House, raided by Scot
land Yard detectives. had signed an
agreement last week with a London
financial group for credit OF 10000
600 for three and half years. The
credit, the paper added, was for the
purchase of goods for Russia in Great
Britain.
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a favorable opportunity to start on
their transatlantic flights to Paris.
The preparations OF the American
with relief they will install suitable
wireless. and not start until every
chance is in their favor.
When the word is flashed that any
one Of the American expeditions is on
the way, beacons in the north of
France will be advised to carry out
the instructions already given to them,
so as to make 1t easy for the pilots to
find the way.
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In addition to many other varieties Of

In addition to many other varieties of
Scout work.
Troops which participated In the ex
ercises were the Second. Sixteenth,
Nineteenth, Forty-fifth, Forty-eighth,
Fsfty-sixth, Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, Sixty
third, Sixty.eighth, Eighty fifth, Ninety.
third and Two Hundredth. Scoutmas-
ters present were A. w. Davis, @. o.
Woodhouse. F. r. Foster, w. s. War
rem, Edward Cheney. Kenneth Foote,
Raymond Mott, Howard Chamberlain,
u. s. Lyons, Alex Jardin, l.. M. Pace,
Eugene Dwyer, w. r. Wren and Dr.
j. G. Shrewsbury.
Scoutmaster Woodhouse arranged
the program.
Barry Mohun, national commission
err addressed the rally.
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PARIS STILL HOPES.
News Of Search for Missing Flyers
Eagerly Read: Beacons to Aid Rivals.

PARIS, May IA P).-The faint
breath of hope that Capt. Nungesser
and his transatlantic flight COM
panion, Capt. Coli, may yet be found
has been famed by further dipatches
corroborative of the news that their
plane was heard over Newfoundland.
Today's editions of the newspapers
were filled with cable dispatches de-
scribing the hunt for the missing avia.
tors. The papers were eagerly bought
and scanned by the public, which was
particularly touched by the liberal re.
wards offered by Americans for the
person who first discovers the flyers
or traces Of their plane.
Prepare for Americans.
Everything was ready at the LIE
Bourget Flying Field today to receive
the American flyers who are awaiting
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STATE PAPERS VANISH.
Cabinet Members Lost Documents Be.
lieved Cause Of Raid.

By Radio TO The. Star and Chicago Daily
News. Copyright 1927.
LONDON, May 14.--Hunt for i'm
portant secret diplomatic documents.
which are alleged to have disappeared
Thursday from the home of a cabinet
minister and which Scotland Yard be-
lieves found their way to Soviet
espionage headquarters located in the
trade mission, was conducted feverish-
ly throughout last night.
The greatest secrecy is preserved by
police and government departments rs
to the nature of the stolen documents,
but how tremendously important any
are can be gathered from various
statements that the British govern
ment is willing to bring about a rup-
ture of relations with the Soviets
rather than allow the documents to be
taken out of the country.
Many girls who declare they've
nof hing IN wear almost r,rcvo II
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Wealthy American
Plans to Fly Home
From Amsterdam
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 14.--An Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Copen-
hagen quotes the local representa-
tive of the Dutch Air Navigation
Co. as saying that Van Leer Black,
a wealthy American, has ordered
an airplane for a fight from Am
sterdam to New York.
The machine, Fokker. is equip
ped with three Lynx motors. Mr..
Black has engaged G. S. Jsendorf.
fer. a Dutch pilot. the dispatch
adds.
The flight will probably be by
way of the Farce Islands and
Iceland.
Evening star., 1927-05-14
Flyer Acquitted of Staying.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, May IA GP.
Lieut.. Arthur ]. Lehman, a Max
well Field flying officer. was acquitted
by court-martial board yesterday of
charges connected with the killing of
Frank G. Browder last October. The
cotton broker was killed when an air.
plane swooped low into cotton field
Evening star., 1927-05-14
PROGRAM OF CONTESTS
AT BOY SCOUTS RALLY
D Demonstrations in Fire-Making,
wall-scaling and First i'd
Given by 1st Division.

A varied program of Scout contests
and exhibitions featured the second di-
vision Boy Scout rally. which was held
at the Boys Club, Third and C streets,
last night, in which all the Scout
tt -op, of the second division partici.
pated. Demonstrations of fire making,
wall scaling and first aid were given,
Evening star., 1927-05-14
GERMAN SHIPS IN AZORES
six Vessels Under Mommsen Visit
Port Of Horta,

HoRTA, Island OF Fayal. Azores.
May ii R).--A German naval squad.
ron. commanded by Admiral Konrad
Mommsen, arrived here today.
Ii comprises the battleships Schles.
wigholstein, Hessen and Elsass and
the cruisers Nymphe, Berlin and Anna
zone. Arrangements have been made
to entertain the naval man during
their stay.
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"The acts governors sign live after
them," says the Boston Transcript
Their vetos are buried with the ad-
ministration."
Evening star., 1927-05-14

France has started Automobile auc.
tion annex salons" held every Sun
day for the sale OF used cars,
Evening star., 1927-05-14
HAMMOCK STANDS

Angle Iron Stands, very strongly made and Sc
curely braced. The sturdy construction and
fine material make these splendid values. For
use with our $3.50 and SIS hammocks SIS
Handsome Upright Stands in vivid shades of
green, blue, orange and somber gray. These
stands are for use with the $45 hammocks
mentioned above. Stands $12
Couch HAMMOCK SECTION SIXTH FLOOR
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HMMOCKS

What could be more suitable for reading sew
ing or just resting than comfortable couch
hammock, under shady tree or on a shaded
porch.
Couch Hammocks,s with adjustable back and
cool, wooden slat ends Two covers from
which to choose ....... $3.50
Couch Hammocks, with cotton mattress and
headrest. Coil suspension springs, magazine
pockets i'll choice of three covers 49,. .$35
Couch Hammocks, paneled back and seat. uphol-
stored arm rests, chains encased, adjustable
back; vivid color effects. $45
Evening star., 1927-05-14
DISTRICT PRAISED
FOR RED CROSS AID
National Officials Commend
City for Exceeding Flood
Relief Quota.
.asa

The achievement of the District of
Columbia Chapter OF the American
Red Cross in exceeding its double flood
relief quota by more than $4,000 was
commended today by officials of the
national organization as the national
fund reached $11. 1855 and the local
chapters contribution totaied Sl2o,'
1858. Contributions to The Evening
Star fund now total $14 ,S2S.97.
washington's efforts toward raising
the national fund for the flood suffer
ers have won Il rank as one OF the
leading six cities of the country in
contributions. National Red Cross
leaders stated this morning. The local
chapter has not slackened its efforts,
since all chapters have been asked to
raise as much as possible, irrespective
of quota figures, since money is need
ed for work in the flooded areas.
Theater Benefit Assists.
Several thousand additional dollars
ALREADY are assured to add to WASH
tnrton's contribution. The benefit per-
fornance held last night at Pons
Theater, through the cooperation or
performers, managers, stage hanus
and musicians of the local theaters,
realized more than $4,000. which will
be turned over to the fund.
Roland s. Robbins, who managed
the big performance. stated that there
was not a penny Of expense. all or
the artists appearing for nothing and
transfer companies and other agencies
donating their services. At least w
600 will be contributed as result OF
the Mississippi State Society's Hood
relief ball, officers of the society said
this morning. Definite figures are in
,,rocpss of comnilation.
Pupils of Western High School Will
aid the flood sufferers by holding
benefit performance of "Charleys
Aunt" Wednesday night at o'clock
at Wardman Park Theater. Tickets
will be 81 and may be obtained at the
local Red Cross Chapter House, s2l
Sixteenth street, as well as from other
sources.
Employees of the Government Print
ing Office have contributed $2,00S to
the relief fund, George III. Carter, pub
lie printer, stated today.
'"rhis contribution makes an aver
age of more than so cents for each OF
the 1000 employees of the printing
Office" he said, although 2 consid-
erable number of the personnel have
been away on leave or on account
of illness and other causes. The spirit
of generosity displayed by the en-
ployes in contributing to the fund for
the flood sufferers is highly commend.
able"
Among the contributions received
by The Star was one for $366.75 from
EMPLOYEES of the Continental Baking
Co. Additional contributions received
- s&<n Ind
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Panama has shortage of labor.
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BRITISH AND SOVIET
FACE OPEN BREAK
OVER LONDON RAIDS

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THREE E-CORNERED
RACE TO PARIS
MAY BE STAGED

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Many girls who declare they've
nothing to wear almost prove it.
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CLEANING PREPARATIONS

Wizard Carpet Clean; for carpets, floors, easements
SOC can.
Ivory Soap small size cake 7c; large size cake 12c.
Krkmans Borax Soap 7c cake. Fels-Naptha Soap,
&c cake.
Gold Dust, SC to Csc package. Dutch Cleanser, 7c
Parsons Household Ammonia; various size bottles.
15c to 65c.
Bon Ami, 10c a cake Bon Ami Powder, 12c can.
H&H Soap for cleaning carpets, rugs draperies,
Csc cake.
Shelf Paper; finished with lace edges. SC to zoe
package.
Roll Shelf Paper; two widths IA and 28 inches. SOC
and ST. roll.
HOUSEWARES SECTION, FIFTH Floor. 4aes
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At sos

Fine, pure wool Blankets in plain shades of tan,
dark rose or blue. Popular size, 72xS4 inches,
and you will find it most convenient.
Evening star., 1927-05-14
PORCH
OUTFIT

Summer-the season when we literally "liye"
on porches and lawns, is almost here, so you
should transform your porch and lawn into at
tractive livable places with Summer outfit
tings of character. This year the spirit of
color holds sway and is reflected in these out
fittings, that are of the better qualities-suit-
able for use in homes of distinction
Evening star., 1927-05-14
Porch AND LAWN Rockers

These are just the rockers you will need for
porch or lawn use when serving afternoon tea
or when relaxing after the days work in the
cooling evening breeze
High-back Porch Rockers; well-made with COM
portable, doublewoven seat and wide braced
arms Finished in natural or brown 81
Evening star., 1927-05-14

Dark tan all-wool Blankets in the convenient
66x8O size. Light weight and shade that will
not soil easily.
SECTION SECOND FLOOR.
The Washington times., 1927-10-11

pendence. She Is a graduate of
st. Timothy's School, Gainesville,
Md. Mr.. Hubbard graduated from
Harvard College in 1890 and from
the Harvard Graduate School of
Business Administration in 1921.
He is at present in business in
New York, where he is assistant
treasurer of National Dairy
Products Corporation. Mr.. Hibbard
is a member Of the Harvard Club,
Down Town Association, Military
Order Of the Loyal Legion, Brook
lyn Heights Casino and the Hamil-
ton Club.
The wedding will take place in
the spring.
Capt. Norman T. Mclean, u. S.
M. c.. and Mrs. Mclean, announce
the engagement of their daughter,
Miss Mary Mclean, to Lieut..
Charles Frederick Cresswell, u. s.
M. c. Miss Mclean attended the
Wykehem Rice School here.
The wedding will probably take
place in the early winter at the
Norfolk Navy Yard, where Capt.
Mclean liz stationed az chief sur
geon. After the wedding Lieut..
Cresswell and his bride win make
their home at Fort Monmouth,
N. j., where Lieut.. CresswelI IS on
duty with the Army Signal School.
Mrs. Calderon Carlisle returned
to Washington today and Il at
the Mayflower.
The Washington times., 1927-10-11
JEAN ELIOTS NEWS AND GOSSIP OF CAPITAL SOCIETY !

fino Sanchez Latour; the Consul
General from Haiti to New York,
Leonce Borno, and the Consul Of
Haiti at Riga, Louis T. Skinitzero:
the Minister Of Honduras and
Sonora de Bogran, accompanied by
Senorita Rosinda Forth; the Com
mercial Attache of the Mexican
Embassy and Madame Suastegui
and Miss Suastegui; the Consul
General from Nicaragua to New
York, Gen. ]. Solorzano Diaz;
the Consul General from Panama to
New York, Enrique Geenzier: the
Charge d'Affaires Of Paraguay and
Madame Ramirez; the Peruvian
Consul General to New York.
Eduardo Higginson; the Consul
of Uruguay to New York: Jose
Richling, and the Consul General
of Venezuela to New York, p, r.
Rincones. Robert i. Keiser. OF
the State Department, who Is AL
ternate for Mr.. Dumont, and Mrs.
keiser will also be present.
\ + Il
Frederic D. K. LeCIercq and +
r.. Robinson, of the foreign serv-
Ice. have returned to Washington
from a trip to Europe and are
staying at the Mayflower.
The Washington times., 1927-10-11
PAN-AMERICAN
DELEGATES
HONORED
Novelty at Luncheon;
Dumonts Entertain
This Afternoon

A new conference is now under
way in Washington under the
somewhat elephantlne but self ex-
planatory title of the Pan-American
Commission on the Simplification
and Standardization Of Consular
Procedure. Secretary of State
Kellogg addressed the opening SEES
sion at the Pan-American Build
ing yesterday and afterward the
delegates, representing the 81
American republics, were enter
tanned at luncheon by the govern
ing board Of the Pan-American
Union.
The piece de resistance of this
meal was-beef stew. Which calls
to mind the oft-repeated and gen.
orally credit story that Alice Roose-
welt Longworth served pot roast
and pumpkin pie at the Speakers
dinner for President and Mrs.
Coolidge last year. She would, II
the spirit moved her. And If she
did, it was probably a treat to
appetites fed up on hors doeuvres,
filets, salmys and what not.
Frederick Frelinghuysen Dumont,
American delegate to the confer
ence and its presiding officer and
chairman, and Mrs. Dumont are
entertaining at tea this afternoon
in the Palm Court of the May
flower in compliment to the dele
gates and others attending the con-
ference. The hosts will be as
sisted in receiving by Henry Chal-
mers, of the foreign tariff division
of the Department of Commerce,
who is secretary general of the
conference, and Mrs. Chalmers.
Among >~their guests will be AS
sistant Secretary OF State and Mrs.
Wilbur J. Carr, Manuel G. Durand,
Argentine consul on duty with the
Argentine Embassy in Washington;
the consul general from Bolivia to
New York, Emeterio Cano de la
Vega: the Commercial Attache of the
Brazilian Embassy and Madame Mon
terio Lobato; the Chilean consul at
New Orleans, Domingo Pena Toro;
Carlos Sampler Sordo, of Colombia;
the consul general from Costa RIGA
to New York, Manuel Antonio
Bonilla; the Consul General from
Cuba to New York, Augusta Mer-
chan, and the Commercial Attache
of the Cuban Embassy and Madame
Perez; the Consul General from
Ecuador to San Francisco, Jose L.
Seminario; the Dominican Republic
Consul General to New York, Fran
cisco de Moya; the Consul General
from Guatemala to New York, Del
The Washington times., 1927-10-11
ENGAGEMENTS
OF INTEREST
IN CAPITAL
Miss Elizabeth Kearney
to Wed Brooklyn
Man

Brig. Gen. John Watts Kearney,
retired. of Lewis Mountain, Uni
versity. Va, has announced the en-
gagement of his daughter, Miss
Elizabeth Anderson Kearney, to
Ford Hubbard, son Of Mr.. and Mrs
Omri Ford Hibbard, of Brooklyn
Heights, New York. Miss Kearney
is the granddaughter Of Gen. Philip
Kearney, and on her mothers side
is descended from Benjamin Harri-
son. of Berkeley, the father of the
signer of the Declaration of indie
The Washington times., 1927-10-11

said to be the largest victrola to
be placed south of Philadelphia.
Wednesday evening at 8, the
formal opening Of this new ICON.
cert feature Of this prominent
school, will take place, with sym.
phonic music of the PHILADELPHIA
Orchestra and other leading orches-
tras of the country, on a program
that includes the voices and the
Instruments of the great artists
of the world.
Besides the group of $50 students
OF the school, there will be a long
list OF guests for this concert. The
great instrument has. been placed
In National Park Seminary by o. ].
DeMoll and Company Of this city.
Rodolfo Urquidi, newly appointed
attache of the Bolivian legation.
mas arrived, in Washington to take
up his duties and is at the Ward.
man Park Hotel where the offices
OF the legation are located.