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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-28
MUSIC NOTES
BY Jessie MacBride-

lcal Art, viii present his fourth
students "Pianoforte Recital" at
the Masonic Auditorium.
Tuesday Of next week is the next
"centered' evening, with:
Dawson Glee Club, John r. Mon
roe, conductor, in concert at Pierce
Hall, Fifteenth and Harvard Streets,
with Melva Forsyth, contralto, as
assisting artist.
The Music Study Club Of the
Jewish Community Center will pre-
sent an Evening of Music" on
next Tuesday at $50, at the Center,
Sixteenth and Q Streets. The SOLO
lists are Mrs. Herman Hertzberg.
Miss Sophie Snyder, Mrs. Maurice
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-28
MRS. COOLIDGE GREETS
GIRL SCOUT DELEGATION

Mrs. Coolidge received at noon to.
day a group Of Girl Scouts as
delegates to the convention in ses.
sion here.
The Minister of Latvia and Nine.
Sega are entertaining informally at
tea this afternoon at the legation.
The Minister and Nine. Sega will
sail on May for Europe.
Is
Charles Evans Hughes will Join his
son, Charles Evans Hughes, jr., in
Washington this afternoon at the
Mayflower.
Nicholas Murray Butler, president
Of Columbia University, will arrive
today and will also be a guest at the
Mayflower.
Lady Hatfield, of England, win
arrive in Washington today and will
be guest at the Mayflower.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-28
DINNER PLANS
OF WOMEN
VOTERS
Prominent Men and
Women to Attend Fete
Tomorrow

Prominent men and women in Of
fetal, social and newspaper circles
win be guests at the press and radio
dinner to be given tomorrow night
at the Hotel Mayflower, as q feature
event OF the general council meeting
of the National League of Women
Voters. Miss Katharine Ludington,
Of Old Lyme, Conn, first vice presi-
dent OF the league, is chairman of
the dinner arrangements, and Is be.
ing assisted by Mrs. Arthur Ring
land, of Washington, d. G.
The speakers viii include Henry
A. Bellows, q member of the Federal
Radio Commission; Merlin H. Ayles.
worth, president, National Broad.
casting Company; Karl A. Bickel,
president, United Press Association;
David Lawrence, publisher, United
States Daily; Bruce Blfv0n, member,
editorial board, the New Republic.
Members of the radio commission
will be guests. Mrs. j. Borden Har-
riman and Mrs. Tracy Bows will
have as guests at their table the
Minister of Poland and Mrs.. Ciechan.
owsia, Mr.. and Mrs. Willmott Lewis,
Mrs. Bullitt, Frederic Knobel, second
secretary Of the French embassy,
and Cleveland Perkins.
Miss Mabel T. Boardnan will have
as her guests the Minister Of Bull
garia and Nine. Radewa, Justice and
Mrs. Harlan F. Stone, Richard
Whaley and Mrs. Alvin T. Hert.
At Mrs. Ann Webster's table will
be Mrs. Watson Blair, OF Chicago;
Percy jackson, OF New York city;
Frederick Lisn1an, Of New York;
Branko Adjemovitch, secretary OF
the Serbian legation, and Nine.
Adjemovitch; DIR. Jaroslav Lipa and
Mary Buckley, of Hartford, Conn.
The women's Little Cabinet" will
bo numbered among guests at an.
other table. They will include Miss
Jessie Dell, Mrs. Bessie Bruegge-
man, Judge Mary O'Toole, Miss
Mary Anderson, Miss Grace Abbott,
DIR. Louise Stanley, Miss Agnes
Peterson, Mrs. Nina G. Van Wrinkle,
Miss Katherine Lenroot and Mrs.
Dorothy Williams Burke.
Mrs. Alvin Dodd's guests win in.
clude Mrs. Anne Archbold, Col. A. B.
Barber and Mrs. Barber. Col. and
Mrs. Stephen Bonsal and Lawrence
higgins.
The District of Columbia Leagues
table will be in charge of Mrs. AL.
bert H. Putney. Mrs. Minnie Fisher
Cunningham Is hostess at another
table, the guests including Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward F. CostIgan, Mrs,
George Eckels and Mrs. Blair Banis.
ter. The Maryland League will have
several representatives. including
Mrs. Charles e. Ellicott, Mrs, r.
Morrison Henry and Miss Lavinis
Engle, Of Baltimore, and Mrs. II. B
Leavell, OF Chevy Chase.
Among other guests, in addition to
the 100 delegates and the national
board, win be men and women news
paper correspondents, Miss Bertha
Lutz, of Brazil; Mrs. Mary Love Col
Inns, of Baltimore; Miss Elizabeth
White, of New York.
|
Representative and Mrs. Maurice
H. Thatcher win sail on the Levia.
than for Europe on Saturday. They
expect to be gone several months.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-28
KENTUCKY SOCIETY
ELECTS OFFICERS

The Kentucky Society of Wash.
ington held its last meeting of this
season Tuesday night at the Willard
Hotel. 1t was the annual business
meeting. and officers were elected
for the ensuing year, as follows:
Unanimously reelected for presi-
dent, Mrs. Maurice H. Thatcher:
vice presidents, George T. Weitzel
and Mrs. Mary Pile; treasurer. G. B.
Likens; secretary, Mrs. Virgil 2.
Moore; financial = secretary, Miss
Lila Baird, and Lorenzo w. Martin
was also chosen as one Of the vice
presidents.
Mrs. Thatcher presided. The en-.
tertainment consisted OF music, q
reading, dancing and cards.
It was announced that the next
meeting would take place on the
fourth Tuesday In November, at the
Willard Hotel.
Mrs. Arthur Hollis Tirrell enter.
tanned at luncheon today at the
Chevy Chase Club. There were
30 in the company.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-28

KARL HOLER,
COAIPOSER-PIANIST, whose mu.
sic will be heard tomorrow eve.
ming at the Composers benefit con.
cert. Three Of his violin cOmpO.
sitiOns viii be played by Helen
Belt, and q chorus viii be sung
by the Chaminade Glee Club,
Esther Linkins, conducting.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-28
FRIDAY A "HEAVY" EVE FOR
MUSIC, ALSO NEXT TUESDAY

Friday evening Of this week seems
to have been the center Of many
musical thoughts in the city, for SO
many recitals are announced for
that date. They include:
The Composers Concert, q bene-
fit, arranged by Mrs. WayneI B..
Wheeler, to be given at the Fourth
Presbyterian Church, Thirteenth
and Fairmont Streets tomorrow
evening at 1916. The Aid Societies
of Gunton Temple also have given
their assistance in this concert
''for a crippled seamstress."
"Marenka," q colorful folk.song
operetta, will be given two even
ings, tomorrow at S:15, and Satur.
day evening, with a cast Of all
High School students, Of the
Young Women's Christian Associa.
ton Girl Reserves" in Barker
Hall of the new Y. w. c. A., at
Seventeenth and X Streets.
Friday at $40, Henry Kaspar, Of
the Hendley.Kaspar School Of Must
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-28
MEMS CITY CLUB CONCERTS
CLOSE SEASON TONIGHT

Tonight, at $50, the last musicale
Of the season will be given by the
City Club in the Lounge of the club
house on G Street. Henri Smidt.
Gregor, concert pianist; Dorothy
Sherman Pierson, soprano, and
Violet Warren Pierson, dramatic
reader, are the artists.
Mr.. Smidt- Gregor will play the
Beethoven "Valse Noble" Rubin
stein, Granados, Chopin, and a group
Of his own composition and ar
rangements including his Norrland
Scherzo, East Indian Temple Dance,
and his concert paraphrase of the
Strauss "Blue Danube"
Mrs. Pierson will sing Dvorak,
Scott, the Pierson Spring Morning"
and other songs, with Mr.. Smidt-
Gregor at the plano.
Next season the club win give an.
other series Of 20 musicales be-
ginning October /. The music di-
rectors for the coming season are
Capt. William Stannard, Paul Bley-
den, William Pierson and III. j.
Odenthal, executive secretary of the
club, under whose personal super
vision these concerts have been such
a success.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-20
C0RBIN PLACE PAVING
 RAILROADLNG' CHARGE
Sent to Council Without Vote by Public Works
 Board

Although included with other recommendations of the board of public works and ostensibly a vote of tho commission at its recent meeting the recommendation for paving Corbin place has not been before tho commissioners since the budget was drafted several months ago. members of the board declared today.
 This suggestion of the board was turned back by unanimous vote last Wednesday night by the common counsel just in time to avoid series of broadsides not only from the democratic side but also from the republicans, the faction having ma jority membership on the public works board. Mayor Weld in de- claring the councils action not to be surprise remarked that the public works board sometimes wants to do things no one else wants. Un- willing to accept the onus for what has proved to be an unpopular movement. members. of the board have made it plain that they have not recommended its execution at this time although the figure was allowed to go into the budget for possible working. .
 The recommendation to pave the stretch of highway came from Chairman Reginald Towers and City Engineer J. D. Williams rather than from the board. one member has asserted. ,t
New Britain herald., 1927-06-20
JAIL AND $Ioo FINE FOR BOLD TIRE THIEF
Caught lacking Up Car While at Circus in
 Bristol
(Special to Tho Herald)

Bristol, June 20-"I can think of nothing more despicable than the stealing of tire from another mans car," was the comment of Judge William J. Malone in police court to- day when he imposed a fine of $l00 and costs and imposed six months jail sentence on Edmund Maskaitis of 6 Schultz street, Terryville, charged with theft.
 A large number of cars were parked adjoining the circus grounds on Middle street Saturday night while the evening performance of the w. L. Main circus was in progress. Maskaitis drove to the grounds and parked his car along side of new car owned by Paul G. Miles of 26 George street. Appar- ently noting that the tires were new. he proceeded to remove the spare tire. He then placed jack under one of the wheels and was in the act of removing the tire when he was apprehended. He was taken into custody by Motorcycle Policeman Edgar Norton and brought before the court today.
 Maskaitis. in a statement to the court. said that he had been to a carnival in Terryville and had two drinks of beer. He went to another
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New Britain herald., 1927-06-20
SPELLING CHAMPION
 OFF FOR WASHINGTON
Marie Hahn Determined to Bring Prize Back
 Home

Miss Marie Hahn, New Britain's spelling champion, accompanied by Miss Eva Winger of the Herald left this morning for Washington. D. C.. to compete in the national spelling contest Thursday evening.
 The party will stay at the Hotel Hamilton during the week and will enjoy a round of sight seeing, thea ters, boat rides and banquets up to and including Saturday night.
 Miss Hahn will miss one treat which usually thrills the visiting spelling champions. She will not have a chance to visit President Coolidge who is in his summer home in the Black Hills.
 Although somewhat flustered and greatly excited at the prospect of the journey today, Marie said she felt sure she was going to bring a prize back to New Britain.
 Miss Hahn was awarded a five dol lar gold piece for carrying off the highest honors in her class at the graduation exercises at St. Mary's parochial school yesterday. She also was awarded prayer book for hav ing won second honor in religion. and received in addition honorable mention for an essay on Irish his tory.
 At the election of officers of her class, Marie was named vice-presi- dent. She has appeared in anna teur dramatics and was a member of the chorus in "Kathleen" and "The Miracle of St. Therese." In her preliminary grades Miss Hahn also won honors.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-20
Boys Throat Cut From Ear to Ear
 In Collision On Plainville Road

Stanley Kaczmarczik, aged II, of Plainville, was cut on the throat from ear to ear this afternoon when a coach in which he was riding with Steve krawitz of IS Lawlor street, this city, crashed head-on into a sedan driven by Rev. Dr. F.. Kling- berg. superintendent of the Chill dren's Home. on the Plainville road near the quarries.
 It was said at New Britain Gen eral hospital that he will recover Miss Mabel Klingberg. who was with her father, was cut on the fore head and was treated at the hos pital.
 Krawitz was driving in tn direc- ton of this city and Dr. Klingbergh was driving toward Plain-ille. Kra- witz attempted to pass out a truck, also headed toward New Britain and crash followed. Edward .Lidly of North Haven, a passi N motorist, took the boy and Miss Kl.ngberg to the hospital.
 krawitz's car was badly damaged. The front axle, front wheel and tho radiator were smsshed. pr.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-20
British Delegate Sug- gests Reduction in Size of Battleships From 35,0O0 tons to Under 30,o00.
England Likewise Wants to Make Life of Battle- ships 26 Years Instead of 20 Years as Under Pres. ent System.

Geneva, June 20 LP-Reduction in the size of battleships of the flu. ture from the present limit of s5,. 900 tons to under 3O,OO0 tons, was recommended by w. c. Bridgeman. first lord of the admiralty, Great Brltains representative at the Fri. Partite Naval conference, who thus opened matters which had been set. tied by the Washington conference,
 Longer Life Advocated
 MT. Bridgeman advocated limiting the size of individual submarines to 1,SoO tons. He also suggested mak- ing the life of battleships 2S instead Of 70 years, and that the three pow. CTS waive their rights under the re. placement tables agreed upon at Washington.
 The British delegates further pro- posed limiting the size of all future cruisers to 7,5OO tons and their armament to 6-inch guns. this limi. tation to be effective after an agree ment was reached on the number of 1o.o00-ton cruisers the powers will build.
 'eahr. Bridgeman recommended limitation of aircraft carriers to 25,- 900 tons displacement instead of 21,ooo; reduction of guns on aircraft carriers from eight inches to six, and reduction of guns on battleships from 16 inches to 135.
 Japan's Proposal
 Admiral Viscount Minoru Saito, speaking for Japan, proposed that auxiliary naval strength should be based on the tonnages existing ef- fective ships, including those under construction and those authorized. and that none of the three powers shall, during an agreed period, adopt new building programs or acquire ships for the purpose of increasing naval strength"
New Britain herald., 1927-06-20
PLANS EXPEDITION
Athur Torrance. Explorer and Scientist, Going to Africa to Seek the Missing Links.

the MlSslnS LlnkS.
 Boston, June 20 CP - Arthur Torrance, explorer and scientist, fel- low of the Royal Society of England. who is in Boston for brief visit. told something today of his plans for his expedition to Africa next fall in search of the parent race of humankind. A secondary object will be study of possible methods of eliminating sleeping sickness by ef- forts to exterminate the tsetse fly.
 The expedition, which Is expected to start from Boston about Septem- Der 30 is. the sequel to Dr. Torrance's discoveries of strangely formed na- tives in his six month exploration of African jungles in 1924 and 1925.
 Dr. Torrance said that the normal members of the tribe which he visit ed as well as those showing ab- normal physical formations were tall in stature but very primitive and of an intelligence inferior to many other African tribes.
 He has advanced the theory that this may indicate that tho start of the human race was in the African jungles. It is expected that the Smithsonian Institution and the Ma tional Geographic society will b. represented in the expedttiQn.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-20
NINE ESCAPE DEATH
 AS BIG PLANE FALLS
Passenger, Who Paid S5 for Air Ride, Tells of
 New Jersey Crash

Passaic. N. J.. June 2o.-tP- News of the miraculous escape of nine persons when three motored Fokker plane. described as similar to that in which Commander Byrd plans his Paris flight, crashed to earth near Teterboro, became public today.
 Samuel Cohen, one of the passen- gers. who said he paid s to be taken up, late Saturday afternoon, declared that the plane fell from 8 height of about 100 feet and that all nine persons aboard escaped with minor injuries. The machine was wrecked, he said.
 The pilot of the plane was Cap tain c. H. Biddlecomh, of the Colonial Air Transport company. and the crash was caused by engine trouble.
 Cohen said that another of the passengers was Frederick A. Baer of Paterson. Baer's hands were lacer- ated and Cohen received bruises on the legs and face The names of the other passengers were not known.
 The crash occurred not far from the spot where Commander Byrds America turned over recently.
 Inquiry at the flying field dis. closed that Biddlecomb is an Eng fish aviator who has been in charge of operations of the Colonial con- pany for some time.
 The plane which he was flying in passenger service was known as the Chicago" and differed from the America" chiefly in that the space which in the former was devoted to accommodations for passengers, was used for gasoline tanks in the lat ter
New Britain herald., 1927-06-20
Under America. Plan, This Country Would Have to Scrap 62,- 900 Tons of Cruisers and Destroyers.
Gibson, in Opening Ad- dress, Says Leading Naval Powers Should Set Example They Hope Others Will Follow.

Geneva, June 20 R-Extension of the 5-5-3 principle of naval strength to cruisers, destroyers and sub marines of the United States, Great Britain and Japan was proposed to- day to the three power naval limita- tion conference by the American delegation.
 Gibson Opens Conference
 Opening the conference called by President Coolidge. Ambassador Hugh Gibson, the chairman, pro- posed that cruisers be limited to tonnage of 250,0OO or 1S0,000 tons for Japan.
 Destroyer total tonnage would be restricted to 100000 or 25o.00o tons for the two larger powers and to 12O,O0o to 150,00 for Japan.
 Maximum tonnage for American and British submarines would be so,ooO to 9o,OoO tons with s6,ooo to 54,OoO tons fixed for Japan.
 Makes Brief Address
 Gibson presented his proposal after brief address in which he presented an expression of gratitude to the powers for President Cool dge and declared that "the United States is prepared to accept gen. eral program providing for as low a total tonnage" as acceptable to the other powers.
 He expressed regret that France and Italy were not active partici- pants in the conference and urged Japan and Great Britain. who with the United States are the powers which now lead in naval arma- ments" to assume ''all responsibil- ity for initiating further naval limitation" If we were not pre- pared to Init" he said i've could not expect others to do so."
 Would Junk Much
 It was understood that under the Gibson proposal the United States would be obliged to scrap approxi- mately 62,0O0 tons of cruisers and destroyers. mostly of the latter class and S0,000 tons additional upon com pletion of cruisers now building.
 Old ships. virtually obsolete. of which the American navy has many would be scrapped to make room for the new ones. Under the plan, it was expected, that Great Britain. if she completes her persent building program would scrap approximately 5S,000 tons of cruisers and Japan 10000 tons.
 . While neither Japan nor Great Britain would be required to scrap submarines under the proposal the United States would have an excess of about $500 tons of submersibles to be scrapped.
 Continued on Page 13D
New Britain herald., 1927-06-20
zONlNG PUTS JUDGE
 UP IN THE CLOUDS
Court Asks New Britain Lawyers
 to Get Together
WINTHROP STREET DISPUTE
Julia NJ. Azukas Brings Mandamus Proceedings Against Building 1n- spector in Common Pleas Court Hearing is Continued.
Special to the Herald)

Hartford, June 20-Healing on the mandamus action brought in behalf of Julia NJ. Azukas to compel Build ing Inspector 4. N. Rutherford to is- sue permits to her to construct two two-family houses on Winthrop street, opened this morning before Judge Thomas r. Malloy in common pleas court.
 After part of the testimony and argument had been heard during which there were numerous dis agreements between Attorney L. J. Colon, for Mrs. Azukas, and Attor- ney M H. Camp, for ,he corpora tion counsels office, Juige Malloy suggested that the lawyers confer and reach agreements on such of the facts as are not disputed and come to court tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock prepared to argue the con- tested points.
 Mrs. Azukas was the first witness called. She took possession of Lots 77 and 79 on Winthrop street, March 50. after determining that the prop erty is zoned for two-family houses. Her husband handled the dealings with the inspector, she testified.
 Joseph Azukas, the husband, tes- tified that he had permits to build the desired houses, issued February 5. but that they expired when he did not begin operations within three months. He applied Jun, for new permits and after several confer ences was told he could not have permission to build.
 Building Inspector Rutherford told Judge Malloy he operates as an agent of the building commis- sion and permits in which there is a question of legality are finally de- cided by that board. He said no (Continued on Page 15)
New Britain herald., 1927-06-20
Another Crash Early This Morning Sends Biz Machine Hurt
 ling Into .Parbor of StraHord Residence.
Five Persons in Sedan Escape Injuries-Driver Arrested on Charge of Operating Car While Drunk.

New Haven, Conn. June 20 R- Automobiles took toll of four lives over the weekend and caused the severe injury of one more. be- sides the usual considerable number of scratched and shaken-up victims of minor accidents. Suicides and a jump from second story window added two deaths and serious in- jury to the list.
 The automobile deaths were in Torrington. Unionville and Sims bury. with the Milford turnpike contributing another victim to its ever growing list.
 List of Fatalities
 Leonard Sabia, Fl. of Torrington was fatally injured when his auto mobile crashed into a telephone pole Saturday night.
 Hugo Carlson. 23, of Collinsville. was Instantly killed and Richard Giersch was seriously but not fatally injured in crash at rail- road underpass near Unionville the same night. Two others in the car escaped practically uninjured.
 The other two automobile victims were run down at different times and places.
 On the Milford turnpike, which SO far since the first Of the year has claimed over score of auto mobile fatalities, an as yet uniden- tified man was run down by an au- tomobile operated by Frank Peco- raro of this city. and died about two hours later in the hospital.
 A Chit and run" driver made his escape last night after fatally in turing Joseph Terini. 64. in sims bury. Terini was dragged for some distance by the automobile and left lying in the road. where he was found by another driver going over the road. In his clothing was a registration plate thought to have been torn from the car which kill ed him. It bore the Massachusetts number 210-463. and was issued to Pietro Laude, who has been con- victed In the past of bootlegging.
 Both suicides were in Waterbury, The body of Miss Bessie Whitelaw. 35. until recently employed at the Taft school, Watertown. was found yesterday in her room. She was be- lieved to have committed suicide by asphyxiation five days ago. She had been discharged from the school for drinking.
 Other Cases of Violence
 Haunted by the feeling that he he was being pursued, Thomas C. Connolly. 4l. of Waterbury com- mitted suicide by drinking poison last night.
 Jumping from second floor window of her home at the ap- proach of police. Mrs. Victoria Stepanovich received broken spine. Hospital authorities said, after an examination, that she would probably recover.
 A 30-foot fall from the spill-way
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New Britain herald., 1927-06-20

K:ingbers's machine was smashed cn the left side and the lenders were torn off.
 Dr. Klingberg and his family were on their way to attend a funeral while the occupants of the other machine were en route to a wedding. The clergyman continued on his way after the accident. leaving Mrs. klingberg and Miss Mabel Kling- berg. their daughter behind.
 At the hospital Dr. Morrissey took 10 stitches to close the wound in the boys throat. The gash extended through the throat down to the larynx.