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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-07
WALTER B. wADDEY

Funeral services for Walter B
Waddey, so, who died of a stroke
of apoplexy at Greensboro, N. c.,
Thursday. will be held this after.
noon from hts late residence, 500
Jefferson Ave-, Riverdale, Md
Burial will be in Fort Lincoln
Cemetery. Members of Mt. Hermon
Lodge, No. 17S, A. +. and A. NJ,
Of Hyattsville, Of which Mr.. Waddey
was a member, viii attend the
services.
Mr.. Waddey's wife, who was Miss
Letitia Cole, died last August. He
made his home In Riverdale for
number of years and is survived by
a sister, Mrs. George Beall Reed,
and a cousin. Miss Jennie Waddey,
both Of Riverdale.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-07
CAPT. W. r. BANCROFT

A military funeral was held today
for Capt. w. F. Bancroft, senior
administrative assistant of the Bio
logical Survey, who Sdied at his
home. 1856 Eighteenth st. N. W.,
Friday night. Burial was in Arl.
ington Cemetery.
Captain Bancroft was appointed
to the Biological Survey in 1918.
He was a newspaper editor for many
years before coming to Washing
ton. He was born October 81. 1858,
in Monmouth, III. From 1917 to
1919 he was captain in the Army
!Quartermaster Corps. He was sec
rotary Of the Mt. Pleasant Citizens
Association and member Of the
Masons and the Elk.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-07

Franklin r. johnson. years. sibley
Gloria NJ. Grsayer. years. sos North
Carolina Ave. s. z.
James e. CHAMPION, year. Thirty
ninth st. and Canal Rd.
Robert L. Buckier,. : months, Chill
dren's Hospital.
Infant Of Anthony and Marie Danrow.
days. Sibley Hospital
Infant Of Leonard and Gertrude Davis.
day. IS H st. N E.
Infant OF Norris and Estelle KisselSff
81 hours, Garfield Hospital.
Infant OF Robert and Nora Burton:
hour, Columbia Hospital
Robert Williams. IS years, 1920 Ninth
81. N. w.
Elijah Gilmore, ~ years, Frssdmen's
Albert Kemp, 4s years, SIS North
Carolina Ave, S. e.
Mary 3. Downs, IS years, 10 Bates
st. N. w
Maria Mcintyre, So years ia Morton
clara 4. HILL 4S years 144s Cor.
Lloyd Allen, years. Emergency Hos
Charles Rogers, II months. chiidren's
Thomas Law. years. $500 o st. N. w.
Lawrence Bell. s months. 2S2s Doug
las Rd. 8. Z.
Hezekiah Price. 4 days. s71s P St.
N. w.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-07
COlOred Boy Scouts
Observe Special Week

CoIored Boy Scouts will observe
Boy Scout week with appropriate
activities during the week until
Saturday, appearing on the pro-
grams at colored theaters and the
colored Y. NJ. C. A.
Their group recited Allegiance
70 the Flag" at st. Augustine's and
st. Mary's churches yesterday, also
at the Lincoln Theater where scout
vespers were held.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-07
News Briefs
TAKEN FROM ToDAY'S
CLASSIFIED ADS
small Acreare for saIe

Small Acreage for Sale
NINE and one-half aches Of
land with six room house.
located in Congress Heights d.
c., suitable for truck or poultry;
will sacrifice for quick sale.
See Classification -.
Furnished Rooms
THREE nicely furnished rooms,
or unfurnished for light house.
keeping. Heat and gas. Con-
venient to bus and East Capitol
cars. Reasonable.
See Classification %.
Ford Light Delivery Truck
FORD light delivery truck with
body; also Ford roadster: good
condition.
Notice to Private Homes
WE ARE In cleaning business.
clean windows and anything
in your home.
See Classification II.
LOat-DOg
DOG, male. greyhound. black
and white. year old, large;
reward.
See Classification Q.
The above wants and offeEs
are only a few Of the hundreds
Of interesting propositions ndver-
tiEed In today's Classified AdveR-
tietng aestiaW. Turn there row.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-07
"A. C. Moses Offers
Land Here For Park

Arthur c. Moses has written to
Senator Capper, chairman of the
Senate District Committee, offer
ing to donate two acres of his nine
stand ssse fo ard tSe deS eve
the proposed park running south
from that point along Rodman
street to Rock Creek Park.
The only stipulation that Mr..
Moses makes regarding his dona-
ton is that Congress authorize the
development of the tract adjoining
the Bureau of Standards, as a park
reservation. The proposal to pur-
chase this land is now pending in
Congress.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-07
HOUSE REPORT

NEW YORK, Feb. Clearing
house statement: Exchanges. $512,-
00O. 900; balances, $107 100000; Fed
eral Reserve Banks credit balance,
S101 ,000, 900.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-07
NINE. GALLI.CURCI

NINE. GALLI.CURCI
AMELITA CALI Curci, coIOra-
tura soprano, who sings Wednesday
evening at the Washington Audi
torium. Galli.Curci. like john
Mccormack. has a vogue that
few artists possess. She has q
"sOng bird" In her throat that
MARBLES and trills in amazing
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-07
EDWARD S. sCHERMERHORN

Masonic services will be held to.
morrow for Edward S. Schermer-
horn, IS, president Of the Columbia
Electric Company and president and
general manager Of the Little Art
Shop, 472 Louisiana Ave. N. w.
who died yesterday in Garfield Hos
pital.
Twenty-Five years ago, Mr..
Schernerhorn came to Washington
to accept a position in the Office Ut
Indian Affairs, which he resigned
seven years ago to engage in bust
ness with his two sons here. He
leaves a widow and the sons, Harry
and Charles S. Schermerhorn.
The Acacia Lodge Of Masons will
have charge Of the services tomor-
row. Burial win be in Fort Lincoln
Cemetery.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-07

Square pegs can't Fit perfectly in
start looking for that position YOU
really want today. Read the Helm
wanted columns of The Times and
Herald Classified Section.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-07
BIRTHS


Joseph Gene and Marguerite May
nard, girl.
william H. ana Helen I. Webster, boy.
Michael and Mary A. CURLY. boy.
Harvey J. and Katherine NJ. Butler
girl.
William A. ana Brownie N. Hendsr,
Walter and Opal M. witkowsky, girl
Philip L. and Leila II. Abel, girl.
Robert and Alice L. Ball. boy
Albert I. and Viola e. Bullock. boy.
Edward T. and Nellie M. Diebel, boy
Walter J, and Winifred Dove, boy.
Harry W. and Mary L. Smyrk, girl.
Ralph w. and Flora D. Souder, girl,
Henry and Elvira Grover, girl.
Edward r. and Josephine e. King
girl.
Thomas q. and Irene Berry, girl.
James and Naomi Thomas; boy.
Paul A. and Ida Newman, boy.
Hubert and Marguerite Wilson, boy.
John ana Pauline e, Tate, boy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-07

Natives of some OF the South Sea
Islands make paper from mulberry
tree bark that is substantial enough
20 be used for clothing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-07
One Dead In Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. TRAP
ped by fire, a youth met death
early today and three children who
leaped from windows into a life net
formed of automobile robes were
probably fatally burned.
The father of the victims saved
his life by leaping to the sidewalk
while the mother crept to safety
along the narrow flame-swept
ledge. The fire started in the three
story clothing atore and dwelling
of I. Berg.
The dead youth is Michael Berg,
20. The injured, Rose Berg, z;
Harry Berg. IL. and Elizabeth Berg.
II.
All the injured were taken to
Hahnemann Hospital, where Harry
is reported to be dying by hospital
attendants.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-07
.hh011n Sebastian Bach
1885, 1850

n ACH learned from
d others. He per-
Inanently ruined
his sight copying the
works Of Froberger and
Buxtehude by Moonlight
from a volume forbidden
to him by his elder
brother. Ho walked weary
miles to Hamburg to lis
ten to Reinken's organ
playing. He studied the
. works Of his predecessors
and contemporaries vo-
raciously.
Polyphony was then
the highest form of mu-
steal expression. Bach
took it and raised it to
sublinlity. His toccatas
and fugues so far OUT
distanced all previous
contrapuntal efforts that
Gluck and Mozart, unable
to carry polyphonic art
any further, were forced
into new musical forms.
Business houses also
! improve in the methods
Of their predecessors.
Swartzell, Rheem and
Hensey Company has
thus taken the safest
form Of investment-the
first mortgage - and,
through long experience,
has surrounded it with
all the modern safe
guards. Thus, today,
you may obtain 61s%,
with assurance. that your
principal has been safe
guarded by the strictest
methods which safety
commands.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-07
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Montague. "a. The Rev. W. W. W ess1s 2
Lester Adams. 81. and Rosia Jack
son, IS. The Rev. J. H. Randolph.
s, RSSers Russell 4SS h.v al and Beatrice
Earl J, Rozier. ri. and Dorothy J.
Price, Is. The Rev. w, C. Wheeler.
Waiter ]. Mitchell 2s. Of Hartford,
Conn.,. and Lillian r. Taylor. 20, OF
Baltimore. Nd. The Rev. c. e.
Foster W. Wright, 21. and Eleanor
T. Walhouser. IS. both Of Baltimore.
Nd. The Rev. William NJ Hoffman.
Christian c. Wilson. %, and Ethel
Muse. %, both Of Baltimore Md. The
Reve. H. NJ. HenniG.
DEATHS
Clarence B. Hight. 50 years. 1858
Massachusetts Ave.
Bsssie 2 Bssttis. 81 years. l4S1 Har-
John Wrenn. 10 years. Georgetown
University Hospital
David, Duffield. IL years. Emergency
Herbert j. Greatly. 80 years. $40 Ken
lucky Ave. 8. e.
:, Thomas Jones. 81 years. en- route to
William w, Cheek, 3s years, U. s.
Veterans Bureau Hospital.
Isabelle AndTews, 81 years. 800 Com
Alfred r. Downs. So years. sO4 c ST.
n. g.
Frank !. Montgomery. ~ years, Gal
CIiftord +. Cutler. Sc years, Tubercu-
Marie & Barschhl.s. - ysarI 1884
H:urlk :. strand. IS y.aA.l Nations,
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Damn az THANRa

EDWARDS-We wish TO express our sincere
thanks to our relatives and friends for
many kindnesses and floral tributes sent
after death Of our beloved wife and mother.
MlLLlAM A. EDWARDS and MARION ].
EDWARDS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-07
TWO F|REMEN
DIE IN BLAZE
By international News Service

CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-Two firemen
are dead and four others are being
treated in hospitals today, follow.
ing q disastrous fire which late yes.
terday razed the Metropolitan Build
ing and caused a five-story wall to
crash in upon II trapped fire fight
ers.
The dead are William Fynnn and
David Lynch
The injured are Walter Morgan,
Carl NJ. Pace. John Dempsey and
Jesse Seeman.
All Of the II entrapped men were
first reported killed. Those who
escaped death and serious injury
were rendered unconscious by smoke
and fumes and had to be carried
out on stretchers.
The fire caused an estimated dam
age OF 100000.
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New Britain herald., 1927-02-10
City Items

There will be a meeting of the general building committee of the l. M. T. A. and B. society this evening at s o'clock.
 A meeting of the Ladies Auxiliary of the A. o. H., will be held to- morrow evening at 8 o'clock in Judd's hall on Main street.
 Attorney S. Gerard Casale, who has been seriously ill at the New Britain General hospital for the past several weeks as the result of an operation for appendicitis, is report ed to be on the gain and it is ex- pected that he will be able to resume his practice in about three weeks.
 c. W. Calabrese will spend the coming week-e end in New York city.
 United Rebekah lodge No. 54, l.. O. o. F. will hold it's regular meeting Friday evening, February 11th and after the meeting a Valentine social has been planned,
 The North & Judd Mfg. Co. leased today through the Camp Real Estate Co. store at STA East Main street. to the General Roofing Co. of New London, which will open branch store in New Britain.
 State championship pocket billiard match. Stone of Waterbury vs. Soc coli of this city, at Elmore tonight adyt
New Britain herald., 1927-02-10
TURNER'S TRIAL
 TAKEN UP AGAIN
Maine Prisoner Submits to Cross
 Examination

Portland, Maine, Feb. 10 Pl-Miss Gladys Jordan was able to return to Cumberland county courthouse to- day to resume her place as foreman of the jury at the trial of Benjamin H. Turner for the murder of James D. Hallen.
 Dr. John w. Comedian. one of shaky" and would not be out of the hospital if she were private patient. He doubted if she would be able 10 finish out the week. It was hoped to conclude the trial before Saturday night.
 After Miss Jordan had walked into the court room Justice Arthur Chapman asked counsel if, in view of |, the circumstances of which they had knowledge, there was any question of the propriety to proceed. The case was resumed on their motion. Turner Is Nervous Cross-examination of Turner was again taken up by County Attorney Ralph NJ. Ingalls,. Turner appeared very nervous as he was ushered into the court room.
 He said he started to make an in- vestigation of Arguillao. the Mexican whom he killed in Mexico City, but was unable to do so, and later he decided to invest some money in his silk deal. Tn some way he hypno- tized me-" Turner said. T can eX- | plain 1t in no other way. I had turned it down, but could not re- sist him, he appeared so sincere"
 He said he hired an eminent at- | torney, named L'Campo, the second day after his arrest for the murder of the Mexican, to defend him. He ! brought the case to trial. but had to 1 hire second lawyer. Asked what his defense was, Turner said: Discussed Case In Prison "An element of self-defense in that I believed the man was armed, ! and there was a loaded pistol in the i IOUIL. Ildl "iS lIlilOl, HON CNei' ! The main point on which the case turned was physical and moral force, irrestible."
 Was this defense the defense that Hallen worked out for you in com pany with L'Campo?" the county at torney asked.
 No, sir. Hallen had nothing to do with my defense"
 Did you go into great detail in discussing your case with Hallen in
 prisono"
 'Yes, I went over the facts i'll de-
 tail with him when he called on me at the prison."
 Asked if Hallen at a conference
 with two other attorneys, named i Brotherton and Banningan. had
 urged him to take mp his case at
 Washington, he said Hallen had so
 advised him. but he had no such intention. He wanted his case tried
 on its merits. He admitted that in his case, as deserter, he did not
 consider it consistent to ask the state
 department for help. He never reg
 istered in Mexico City as an Ameri-
 can citizen.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-10
FAMILY WILL GET
 FATHERS ESTATE
Deserted Them 26 Years Ago, ElOpins With Stenosrapher

Pittsburgh, Feb. 10 Pl-Thomas Moyland Hennessey. educator and once chief achitect of the Ontario department of public works. Toronto. lived here has several years under the name of Thomas M. Schryyer. it has been disclosed by a contest of his will. As Schryver. an insur- ance man, he died in Homestead, suburb. x months ago.
 Hennessey graduate of the Uni versity of Edinburgh. deserted his wife and two children in Toronto o6 years ago, according to records at the office Of the recorded of wills, and eloped with his stenographer, Ruby Schryver. Hennessey then as- sumed his stenographe name.
 They went to Minneapolis, it was said. where Hennessey became an instructor of English at the Univer- sity of Minnesota. Years later they came here with their two sons. Miss Schryver died here in 1909. Shortly afterwards, Hennessey disclosed his secret to one of his sons who in turn revealed 1t to the registrar of wills when a controversy developed over disposal Of his fathers estate.
 Efforts to trace Hennessey's de- serted wife and children proved fu- tile until pictures Of the dead man were printed in Toronto newspapers. Then the two children. Thomas Francis Hennessey. wounded during the world war while serving with the Princess Pats regiment, and Mrs. Marie Hennessey Melhuish, of l Wilton. Conn, a graduate of the i Toronto Conservatory of Music, and former grand opera singer, recog- nized the photographs and identified themselves as the legal heirs. Mrs. | Hennessey lives with her daughter
 with the register awarding the estate i to Mrs. Hennessey and her children. Knews His Whereabouts. Bridgeport, Feb. 10 R}-Mrs.
 Hennessey lives at Cannondale. near Wilton. Conn.,. with her daughter, l Mrs. Marie Hennessey Melhuisf. In
 a telephone conversation today Mrs. | Meluhish said:
 "We have known the whereabouts of my father for a long time. He left
 my mother, my brother and myself | in Toronto, 26 years ago after he
 had secured legal separation from my mother.
 Some time after my father had l left us, We learned that he had gone to Minneapolis with his stenograph.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-10

stop these spectacles with the laws that are now on the books"
 c. w. Morganstein, producer of Sex" at Daly's Sixty-Third street theater, called the arrests "all poli- tics"
 "The Drag Barred.
 The Drag" a play of psycho- pathic sex manifestations, tried out in Bridgeport, Conn.,, and Paterson, N. J., and reported privately review ed here early in the week by city officials will not be allowed to enter New York. officials indicated yester- day. The Hudson county grand jury at Bayonne. N. J.. today await ed review of the production.
 The stage committee of nine had completed today a plan for censor ship from within the theater. Spon- sors of the proposal say it Is better and more practical, working more quickly, effectively and with less publicity" than the district attor- ney's drastic" measures.
 Summary of Plays.
 New York, Feb. 10 (UP)-The three plays under fire from the dis trict attorneys office in New York and brief summary of their sub ject matter are:
 "Sex'-By Jane Mast" supposed nom do plume of Mae West, the plays star. It deals with absolute women who follow the fleet" The language in the production is par ticularly robust.
 'The Captive"-By Edouard Bourdet, French playwright, trans lated by Arthur Hornblow, Jr. A woman who is captured emotionally by another woman. The victim in effectuals attempts to escape the at traction by marriage. Critics have called the play a delicate treatment of a theme hitherto untouched on the American stage.
 "The Virgin Man"-Ry William Francis Dugan and H. F. Malthy. An undergraduate in New York who resists the unmistakable attention of three women. The humor is ex- ceedingly broad.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-10
FRENCH VIEW ON NOTE
 TINTED IN DISPATCH
Opinion Is That Coolidge's Message Is Not Regarded As
 Pertinent Now.

Paris, Feb. 10 (UP) French reaction today to President Cool idge's suggestion for further naval disarmament was cool and cautious although none at the foreign office would comment officially on the subject until the next of the United States note is read.
 The United Press was informed in an authoritative quarter that Frances attitude toward the pres ident's suggestion substantially would be as follows:
 The league of nations already has taken up the general question of disarmament and a preparatory conference has been scheduled to meet and arrange for full confer ence to discuss the subject.
 Therefore, according to the French spokesman, it was not un- derstood here why the United States would agitate for naval re- duction. which was only one phase of the whole problem. The United States, the spokesman said, appar- ently was competing with the league of nations.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-10
Bloody Fighting Has
 Taken Heavy Toll

Managua, Feb. 10 UP)-Chi- nandega was without water or food today. Many persons were reported to be suffering from lack of water. The wounded were unattended and it was feared there would be a repetition of the horrible episode at Las Perlas when wounded men lay several days without attention.
 Newspapers today said the Chi nendega battle and the fire which followed it represented the worst disaster in the history of Nica- ragua. Twelve squares were burned within the city.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-10
Found Not Guilty on
 Charge of Stealing

Boston. Feb. 10 (UP)-Nllss Eva Morrison, long distance swimmer, was found not guilty by Municipal Judge Devlin following q hearing in court here today on charges of steal ing a $200 violin.
 The complainant, Peter Baltzer- son. Back Bay music dealer, told the court that he gave the defendant the violin on trial with the agree ment that she should pay for it if it proves satisfactory.
 Miss Morrison testified that Bait zerson gave her the violin three years ago. explaining that it was a gift from a wealthy Providence. R. I. wool manufacturer. whom she had previously met through the con- plainant.
 Judge Devlin stated he could not find Miss Morrison guilty without 6 reasonable doubt" and therefore declared her not guilty.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-10
TRIP
 IS VIA NEW YORK
Continued From First Page)

ing at 10 a. m. and in fairly good spirits. We came through New York, 125th street station at my suggestion and taxied to Hudson Tube and thence to Newark, where we got our train to N. N, Va. We could have been riding all day Friday and the officers would have run short of money if they had followed the routes of Chief Hart and Sgt. Nc Cue. I guided the officers right through the entire city of N. Y. and through to Newark to Market st.. Sta. The boys treated me very, very we'll. did not see even the color of a handcuff during the entire trip. And they were very hospitable and courteous to me. giving me every consideration.
 T would like to ask you to kindly ask Chief Hart for my watch and chain and gold knife. It was marked on the bag that was given me but the watch was not in 1t. Mir. Williams and MT. Collins looked into it on the
 
 not there. They thought that un- doubtedly it was placed into the safe for safe keeping as it is an eXpen- sive timepiece, and it was forgotten about when I left. When you re- ceive it kindly have your jeweler re- place the broken crystal on it and send 1t directly to my wife. Many thanks.
 Regarding the date of trial. Mir. Herbert Smith, district attorney here, told me it would be held some time during early March, but that if we wished he could have it set at a later date convenient to us, perhaps April. l think a later date is better because it will give me an oppor- tunity to convey my message to the people here and have them under stand me better.
 T believe the sooner my wife comes down here the better it will be as she will be able to see some of these people early and thus en- able her to cover more ground. Some of them were here to see me already, and one of them, a prom inent Jewish man, who is vice-mayor of this city and who was the first man l met when I came to Newport News last summer. It is possible he may help us to reinstate myself. have written him about giving me and my wife an opportunity to work in his establishment and paying back out of our earnings all of the losses to the bank In about a year or IS months. He himself keeps a very large account at the same bank, Mr. Plummer's.
 T am inclined to believe that he will consider this plan. I hope to God he does, because God knows l want to make good, and I can and will make good.
 "I hope you are enjoying good health. wishing you everything that your heart may look for. "Yours as ever. ARTHUR AARONSON, Address Care Police Dept. Newport News, Va"
 "I had to cut short because of limited time Of mailing. Please do not forget my watch. Maybe it's in Hartford"