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Evening star., 1927-05-15
Vacant Lots
BY BRUCE BARTON.

"Would you mind telling me
how you happened to come in
here?" the vice president asked.
The man repeated his expert
once across the street. The
banker threw back his head and
laughed.
"That'. a good one" he cried.
"We send men to Florida to So
licit accounts. We advertise for
accounts, we steal accounts from
our competitors. But when a
nice piece Of business walks in
our front door, we let it walk
right out again."
That 10 the story Of lots Of us
Hooking for the big chance
Iona way off and overlooking one
right at home.
The other day visited the
suburb where ] used to live.
There was a vacant lot opposite
my house which could have been
bought then for FIVE thousand
dollars. A month ago Q man
bought Il for twenty eight thou.
sand. and two weeks later sold
it for sixty thousand.
take off my hat to him. He
saw 1t was a gold mine. But !
looked at il every morning for
four years, and il didn't look to
me like anything moro than q
vacant lot.
Evening star., 1927-05-15
MussOlini Remains
On Strictest of Diets

Mussolini is in nearly perfect health,
but to prevent any recurrence of his
illness of two years ago he keeps on a
strict diet.
The major item of this diet is milk.
Thus getting proper supply of pure
milk to the premier has become an i'm
portant affair of state. Infinite pre-
cautions are taken. The cow is spe-
cially bred, guarded carefully and kept
in a little garden near the Ponte No.
montana, few miles from Mussolini's s
home on the Via Raselia.
Two policemen are always in attend
ance. The milk is steriliZed at spe.
cial plant next door, bottles are filled
and sealed and the seal on each bottle
signed by the official In charge. The
milk is transported to the Mussolinl
kitchen in a special automobile, and
gain policemen are on guard. Aside
from milk. Mussolini confines his eat
ing 10 eggs. fresh vegetables ana fruit
Evening star., 1927-05-15
Britain Sends Bills
For Wireless Calls Fast

The British post office has decided
that telephone calls to the United
States from England must be paid
for quickly. Transatlantic fees will
not be charged upon the usual quar-.
terly accounts Of the subscribers. In
stead the caller receives his bin with
in a few hours. The postal authori-
ties justify their policy by pointing to
the special nature of the service. The
real reason is, however, that after an
interval of month or two certain per.
sons. when asked to pay $40 or 500
for a wireless chat, might bubble and
raise complaints. 1t is stated that
Americans in London spend as much,
if not more, on the transatlantic tele-
phone service as Londoners them
selves. So far the record for calls
across the ocean probably belongs TO
Karl van Lippen of New Orleans, La,
who found $S70 for vocal communi-
cations with New York and New Or
leans on his hotel bill. while his ac-
tual hotel expenses came to only half
the telephone bill.
Evening star., 1927-05-15
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.
COOLIDGE is pr

~
- pairing for his Summer vaca- ,.
ton in the firm conviction that
l. no developments in the realm
of Americas foreign affairs are
now likely to assume serious as
pect That's another way of saying
that, in the administrations opinion.
the situations which lately bristled
with gravity and danger in China,
Nicaragua and Mexico are now re-
garded as having lost their most eX-
plosive possibilities.
Neither at the White House nor at
the State Department is it contended
that conditions in any of those coun-
tries are already stabilized, or that
our relations with them are normal.
ized. But inquiry in responsible quar-
ters evokes indications that the
United States Government considers
genuine progress to have been
achieved in peaceful adjustments in
China, Nicaragua and Mexico.
Mr.. Coolidge has decided that Secre-
tary kellogg shall not go to Geneva
as chief of the American delegation
at the Anglo.American-Ja naval
conference, because the President
wants the Secretary Of State to re-
main on guard at Washington over
the Summer. The mere circumstance,
however, that Mr.. kellogg's assign
ment to Geneva was at one time con-
sidered may be taken as evidence
that the administration thought both
the President and the Secretary of
State might. without any risk, be
absent from Washington at the same
time. Mr.. Kellogg doesn't expect to
be idle during the hot season at
Washington, but he is confident, in
light of most recent developments in
both hemispheres, that the interna-
tional temperature will be vastly
cooler than three months ago 1t prom.
ised to be.
No claims to that effect are blatant
ly put forth in Washington, but 1t is
Evening star., 1927-05-15

ENE - story Wntcn
II proves that Wall Street
bankers have no more
IL Il sense than the rest Of US.
A man who had recently
moved his business to New York
stepped into one Of those big
banks. He told the doorman
that he had come to open an ae-
count and the doorman sat him
down. beside a vacant desk.
1.-THE gentleman who sits at
this desk will be back imme-
diately," he said, "and he will
take care Of you"
There were four other desks in
the row. At the second desk
young banker was discussing
base ball with an Office boy. At
the third desk another young
banker was writing a personal
letter. The fourth young banker
was telsphoning to a friend; the
fifth was walking up and down
doing his daily dozen.
The man waited impatiently,
but as the desk at which he sat
remained vacant and none of the
other four young, bankers paid
any attention to him, he walked
out. Going across the street to
q rival bank, he was ushered at
once into the Office Of vice
president who took prompt care
Of him.
Evening star., 1927-05-15

Thousands of the patient. plodding
farm animals have perished in the
Mississippi food. Many were drowned
in their pastures or stables, and others
have died from starvation and thirst
on remote promontories. where aid
could not readily reach them. Thou
sands upon thousands of others fed in
All directions to places Of safety-usu-
ally on levees along the river front.
There they are being allowed TO re-
Evening star., 1927-05-15
LATEST DEBT FLARE.UP,
RECALLS BALFOUR NOTE
Melons Reply to Hibben and British
Note Said to Have Emphasized
Old Differences.
By FRANK Fl. SIMONDS.

TIME latest fiare-up in the matter
of allied debts, provoked origi-
nally by Secretary Melons
Il reply to President Hibben of
princatnn Mhich in turn.
Evening star., 1927-05-15

Official Britain and the more
thoughtful Englishmen agree that it
would be better to avoid public cons
troversy which can get nowhere. But
the mass of the British people start
with the assumption that the Ameri-
can standpoint is wrong and should
be showed up" at every possible
opportunity. The result is the en-
during press criticism and the occa-
sional official explosion such as the
present Churchill note.
Yet it is manifest that just as long
as a majority of the American people.
Look at the debt question as mere
matter of business and the British
people with equal unanimity regard
this view as morally and materially
discussions are not going
to get very far. -
The difference is one OF principle.
not of detail. but all international dis 81
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pdI IIIE IOI IIIS DuII1iIICE FNC0I
ton in the firm conviction that
no developments in the realm
of Americas foreign affairs are
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On the other hand, the British
note did successfully arouse conti-
mental resentment against the United
States. From that moment on,
although the British have been, in
fact, collecting more money from
France and Italy than is the United
States, French and even Italian re-
sentiment are directed primarily
against America.
In the present controversy the
basic fact in Secretary MELONS con-
tention is sound. This year the sum
total of what the British receive for
reparations from Germany and for
debts from Italy and France will bal
ance their payments to the United
States. Or. allowing for all sorts of
minor points. the diFsence is slight
Evening star., 1927-05-15
BY REX COLLIER.

s Americas most disastrous
" flood approaches the end OF it's
"A rampage through seven or
\ more states. the inhabitants of
AIirrirci.ah,i n1.
Evening star., 1927-04-22
RICHARD TOPHAM
DIES At AGE OF 68
D. c. Business Man to Be
Buried With Masonic
Honors Tomorrow.

Funeral services for Richard Top.
ham. IS years old. retired member of
the firm of Topham, Inc. dealers in
trunks and leather goods. who died
suddenly yesterday afternoon, will he
conducted i'm his late residence, 1887
Meridian place. tomorrow afternoon a
2.30 o'clock. Rev. r. L. Nicholson
win ofieiate Intermeut viii be IN
GlenWood Cemetery, with Masonic
rites conducted at the grave by Wash
ington Centennial Lodge. No. IA.
r. a. A. NJ
Mr. Topham. who had been inter
ested i'm real estate. had gone to 34T7
Holmead place to inspect a residence,
which he owned. prior to selling He
was found dead i'm the basement there
by an agent for the Hedges & Middle
ton Co, real estate dealers. The pO-
lice were notified and Coroner hewitt
after viewing the body declared death
due TO natural causes.
He was a member of one of Wash
ington's oldest families and had been
a lifelong resident Of this city.
Surviving him are his widow Mrs.
Irene De MontraVille Topham; a son.
Richard Topham, jr.; a grandson. Rob
ert Topham three brothers, Wash
ington, George and Howard Topham,
and two sisters, Mrs. l.. T. Oldfield OF
Washington, and Mrs. II. B. Bernheim
Of Charleston, W. Va.
Alr Topham was a member of
Washington Centennial Lodge, i. A
A M. Columbia Commandery, No, 2,
n nights TcInplar, and of Almas TEN.
pie Of the Mystic Shrine He also
was member Of the Washington
Chess Club
Evening star., 1927-04-22

In competition for the world endur.
ance dancing championship. when
started yesterday at Venice, 15 miles
away :.
Those still in the whirl We're all
that remained Of q starting reld OF
$50 couples who gIided off the Venice
pier at O'Clock yesterday afternoon
on a 15-mile shuttle" over pavement
to the public dance hall here. The
marathoners warmed UP with three
hours of dancing on the beach pier
offering d varied exhibition Of Charles
tons. waltzes, fox trots, and the black
bottom
3emmed in on all sides by specta.
tors. the dancers moved away from
the pier within roned off Enclosure,
dancing To the music furnished by
iazz orehestras preceding them IN
motor trucks.
Two stops. each Of 10 minutes. were
made en- route from the beach city
but when the ballroom was reached at
II o'clock last night, five hours
after the start only so couples re-
mained.
A city ordinance prohibiting dane
ing after I m. was lifted to permit
the staging of the marathon. which
was 10 continue until the last couple
10 remain dancing in the ballroom
stops The winners receive q $1,000
prizc.
Evening star., 1927-04-22
WILL GIVE JEWISH
PLAYS HERE SUNDAY
Local Actors Arrange to Launch
Little Theater Movement
With Three Dramas.

The Jewish Little Theater move
ment in Washington will make its
first public appearance this Sunday
evening with the presentation Of three
one.act plays at the Jewish Commun-
ity Center
one play. THE Pot Boiler" won
first prize III the recent intercommun-
ity center play tournament. 1t will
he given by the dramatic society OF
tn Jewish Center Miss Sibyl Baker
head Of the community center depart
ment Of the public schools, will make
the presentation of the prize, u make
up box.
Another play win be presented by
the Eighth Street Temple Players.
THE Mayor and Manicure. by
George AIDE. AS the final feature of
the evening Nvonne Levy will be
seen in a sketch. The Impertinence
Of the Creature" She viii he assisted
by Harry Wender, president Of the
dramatic society of 'le center.
Miss Levy starred in several Cen.
trail High School productions a few
years ago, She made her professional
debut here in The Dove" later being
given a more prominent role in
another Belasco play, THE Green
Hat" She is home for the summer
after q season on Broadway,
In the Center cast are Milton ID.
Korman, Kitty Shapiro, Nathan Free
bof. David Tavan, Louis d. Tannen-
baum Betty Leibsohn Harry Wender
and Irving Hochman The Temple
Players cast includes Ruth Leon, Inez
Leon, Bernard Nordlinger and Milton
ID. Korman
Evening star., 1927-04-22
CURTA|L|NG Of TREE.
PROGRAM FEARED.
Lack of Funds May Force
Suspension in Future,
Lanham Says.

Suspension Of the District treeplant-
ing program is being seriously CON
sidered because Of inadequate appro-
priations, 1t was learned today from
Clifford Lanham. superintendent Of
trees and parkings,
Mr. Lanham explained that cXten-
sion of the tree-panting program can
only be carried on by sacrificing the
care of existing trees q q that he be
Iieved the latter was more important.
The trees and parkings department
was given $4,000 for the current tis-
cal year. and the appropriation act for
the next fiscal year provides 500. 600.
bl this amount, Mr.. ] nham pointed
out. will only allow for the care of the
Districts 1000 trees, as the unit
cost for trimming Il tree is 80 cents.
Needed in New Sections.
Tt will be with the greatest Of
reluctance that the planting program
is abandoned Mr. Lanham said, as
trees are badly needed I'm the newly
developed sections OF the District, and
he is particularly anxious to replace
900 old silver naples, because of
the brittle nature OF their wood and
also because they are shOrt-lived
Lanham said. have not kept up pro
portiouately with the increased cost
OF planting and caring for them. In
addition. he declared that Ills depart
ment has not been given funds to
replace those trees destroyed by the
widening Of the downtown streets,
Future Programs in Doubt.
The department has almost COM
pleted its Spring tree planting pro
gram, and probably will carry out its
contemplated program for the Fall.
But the future programs are in doubt,
unless additional funds are provided.
Approximately 750 trees have been
set out this Spring, most of them in
the outlying sections which have been
recently developed. Mr. Lanham plans
to set out 1900 more in the Fall
Aside from those planted in the out
lying section, Mr.. I4anham also has re-
placed the trees on Eleventh street be
tween Pennsylvania and Massachu-
setts avenues which We're cut down
when the street was widened The re-
placement was irregular, however. be-
cause Of the large number Of vaults
under the sidewalks,
Evening star., 1927-04-22

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wings of the Cantonese Nationalist
party.
Secretary Kellogg has NOT is vet
taken up with Minister MacMurlay
at Peking suggestions made by the
Minister as TO the form and nature
Of reply to the note received from
Eugene Chen, foreign minister Of the
radical element Of the Nationalist
party. it was said today by ufficial@.
IN some quarters it is regarded as
possible that the Washington Gov.
ernment may decide not 10 reply di-
rectly at all to the Chen communi-
cation, but 10 issue a formal state
ment Of its position regarding the
Nanking outrages for general distri-
button to the military and political
leaders in China.
Decision may depend upon the
course followed by Chang kai-S Shek,
former commander in chief of the
Nationalist army. but who has set
an independent moderate Nationalist
government al Nanking, breaking
entirely with the radical Nationalist
government at Hankow. Chang also
received the original American de-
mands for reDarations aud apologies
over the Marking outrages, but has
not as vet indicated whether he
would reDiy
Evening star., 1927-04-22
CHEN PROTESTS GUNBOATs.
Says Government Cannot Be Respon-
sible i'm H.nL0w.

HANkOW, April - G4ol. Eugene
Chen, foreign minister Of the Canton
ese government, which has headquar.
ters here, has protested against the
presence Of foreign gunboats i'm the
langtze ri er, off Hanl<ow. He has
also notified the consular officials that
the Nationalist government cannot be
responsible for foreign property in
IiankoW unless foreigners resume
business.
Chen asked the foreign business in
terests to meet him in connection with
reopening their establishments, but
they demurred, saying that business
was absolutely impossible, under pres.
ent conditions.
A British sailor was stabbed twice
when he and a companion were at
tackled by Il mob of coolies today while
taking ricksha ride.
Evening star., 1927-04-22
DEATHS.

TOPHAM. Suddenly, on THURSDAY April ~
1927. al his residence .i31 Meridian pi.
nv, RICHARD. beloved husband Of Irene
Topham tnee De M9ntFevileA Funei al
from his late residence on Saturday. April
33 at 2:3U p.ni. Relatives and friends
invited to attend. tnterment tprlvatel at
G'enWo0d Cemetery
WEEKS. Entered into eternal rest on wsi-
nesdag <Aprii 20 lg37 ELIZA WEEKS
widow of the late Charles Weeks and az.
voted sister Of Mrs. Rachel johnson and
Mrs. LDHisa SHIRLEY. and a host of nieces
aud H@phews Funeral sunday April -
at ] pms from Mount Zion A NJ f.
th6treh 29th and Dumbartou ave. NV.
WILLIAMS. On Thursday AprE II 1927
e 30 Am at Providence Hospital
JULIET NJ. wife of Charles T. Wliham.
Funeral satufday. April -, az n O-r}oalt
at Oak Hfl Chapel Interment private
Kindly omit flowers
XA>DER. On Thursday April u I921 At
Providence hospital WILHELMTNA be-.
loved wife of Henry Xander of C0ttase
City. Md. Funeral {rOrl the chapel ~
Frank Geier'@ Sons Co. 1II3 9Th S. d W .
on Monday. Apri - st go p.m ReIa-
uves ard friends invited. IuteEment Pros
ptct Hill Cemetery. 90
Evening star., 1927-04-22
HOUGHTON OPPOSES.
BRITISH ALLIANCE.
nuIo-Saxon Pact Would Not
Better Relations, AM
bassador Says.
Rr the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MANCHESTER. England, April 22.
--Alanson b. Houghton, American
Ambassador. today secondeF the recent
suggestion by Sir Esme Howard,
British Ambassador 10 The United
States, that an Anglo-SaXon alliance
would not better the relations be-
tween the United States and Great
Britain,
"We must not hope or seek to de
velop those wholly natural helpful re-
lations between the British and Amer.
ican peoples into anything like an
alliance" Mr. Houghton said in an
address at luncheon given by the
Manchester Chamber of Commerce.
Would Not Promote Peace.
THE idea may be tempting; never.
theless | believe it to be wholly false.
To bring the English-speaking peoples
together into an armed and exclusive
group, prepared il need be to enforce
it, collective will by force. would, II
it were possible. tend neither to
promote peace nor to assure our
mutual security.
"Its only result would be to unite
all the rest of the world against us. 1t
would, slowly perhaps, but very den
niteIy, make an end of peaceful prog
ress. II would turn this earth once
again into an armed camp In the
end, precisely what we sought to avoid
~-war-~woud result. and out of such
a war we may be sure that neither
honor. nor safety. nor profit 10 any
people could possibly emerge,
Augur Mutual HeIpfuiness.
Ambassador Houghton said he be
lieved the common sense Of the British
and American peoples would unques-
tionably reject an alliance, but he in
sisted that only good could come 10
the two nations and to the world
through a closer approach between
them. They could learn much from
one another and he mutually helpful
Evening star., 1927-04-22
MRS. C. P. WILLIAMS DIES
FOLLOWING ILLNESS
Internent will Be In Oak Hill
Cemetery Tomorrow, With
Services in Chapel.

Airs. Juliet lf. Williams. 6S years
ola 4 lifelong resident Of this city,
died in Providence Hospital yesterday
after an illness of three months.
Mrs. Williams. who resided at $500
@ street, was the wife Of Charles r.
Williams and the daughter of the late
Dr. John G. and Mrs, Rebecca Riley.
She leaves her husband, three
daughters, Mrs. w Booth Bowie Of
MitcheIlsvilIe. Md: Miss Helen NJ. VIII
liams and Miss Juliet r. Williams
both Of Washington, and son, Camp
bell r. Williams or Bowie. Md
Funeral services viii be conducted
in the Oak Hill Cemetery chapel to,
morrow morning at / O'clock Rev.
f. Bland Tucker will ofiiciate, assisted
10y Rev John =. Moses. Interment
will be in Oak HILL
Evening star., 1927-04-22

Swine sanitation. now we'll known
through the Central West, involves
keeping young pigs away from per.
nanent hog lots which are likely to
be infested with the eggs of round
worms, a serious swine parasite. In
stead, the pigs are raised on pasture
under Worm-f-ee conditions.
Evening star., 1927-04-22
Mai. Falk Reassigned.

Mai. David 3, Falli. United States
Infantry at the Army War College.
Washington Barracks. has been as,
signed TO the 7th Infantry at Van
eouver Barracks Wash
Evening star., 1927-04-22
700 START DANCING
MARATHON, 30 LEFT
Couples Cover 15 Miles of Pave
ment After Warming Up
for Three Hours.

BY the Associated Press
LOS ANGELES, April 22--Ap.
proximately 20 couples danced 10 the
iazzy rhythm Of one steps and fox
trots and the dreamy strains Of the
waltz ON ballroom floor here today
Evening star., 1927-04-22


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FOREIGN


FOR LOST ANIMALS apply Animal Rescue
League $40 MARYLAND ave s.w. Maia
Evening star., 1927-04-22

LAW CLASS BANQUETS.

freshmen Of K. Of G, School Ad-
dressed by Professors.
The freshman law class of the
knights OF Columbus School held its
annual banquet ut the Cairo Hotel
last night William j. Kane, jr., pre-.
sided as postmaster.
Among the speakers We're Dean
Frank q Hara and PFofs. Seton Darr,
Thomas J. Fitzgerald James r Flynn,
Robert T.. Lynch and Thomas w.
D'Brien
Evening star., 1927-04-22

r,ta,..i.. ,,.1.,..,3,i,, t,.,t,. ,,.i.t,
light TO heavy frost minimum tenn
nerafltre ahont 40 degrees. tomorrow
fair with slowly rising temperature.
Maryland - Fair. colder tonight
heavy frost in central. and heavy to
killing i'm west portion; tomorrow fair
with slowly rising temperature.
Virginia Parity cloudy and colder
tonight; heavy frost In west ana north
portions, tomorrow iati, Slowly rising
temperature In central and north por-
tions.
West Nirginia-talr, slightly collie"
tonight, N1tn hsaY ~ h'.'il.s 1toS,e
.tl,. loliloi ioN "a" WIN 7'o"'S l'1'A7 'V'''
psi i"1ale.
Records Tor ~ Hours.
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Evening star., 1927-04-22
MARTIAL LAW PUT
IN EFFECT AGAINST
SHANGHAI NATIVES

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