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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-09
FACES
BIGGEST TEST

PHILADELPHIA, May 8. - AL
Foreman. Washington feather.
weight. has rounded into shape
under the careful tutelage Of the
veteran, jeff Smith. and is conf.
dent Of keeping up his winning
streak tonight when he tangles with
Lou Kid Kaplan, Meriden Conn I
mauler, in the 10.round wind.up ii
the Arena.
The Connecticut clouter. who Il
boxing even better an q lightweight
than when he wore the feather.
weight crown, IL picked to win,
Kaplan, in his last bout here
against Johnny Cecclli. displayed
some real rapid-fise forni--so much
80 that Philadelphia experts are
figuring him as q future 135-pound
champion.
Foreman also has his eve ON
q CrOwIl-that Of junior light.
weight champion. Since start
ing q pro career, after annexing
the all-service featherweigllt
title, the Washington lad has
won 80 matches In a row--
every match he has fought.
Tonight IL the real big test for
Foreman. If he 10 able to get by
Kaplan. there doesn't seem to be
anything to stop him from battlins
into q position where he VIII b
recognised a. worthy opponent fol
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-09

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Of The Times and Herald Classified AdS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-09
GOES
To LEADER

PIMLICo RACE TRACK, Nd.
May s.-Through the courtesy of
Walter j. Salmon, Of New York,
who holds the famous Woodlawn
Vase by reason OF the victory of
Display In last years running Of
the Preakness, the owner OF the
lucky horse here this afternoon in
the S2d renewal Of the event will
be awarded the highly valued vase.
The Woodlawn Vase has an in.
teresting history and is a marvel.
GUS creation Of the silversmith's
art, having been designed and pro.
duced by Tiffany in 1860 for Col.
r. A. Alexander, Of Kentucky. for
the Woodlawn Association.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-09

In Saturdays opening clash, with
Sam Jones pitching alright ball, the
Griffs showed all the confidence in
the world in Fred Marberry, and so
were able to drive Jones off the hill
ana score nine runs in one inning.
Just because they had staggered and
allowed six st. Louis runs to come
In three innings before meant moth
Ing. They all had their heads up and
so were able to come from behind.
In Sundays fracas. however, the
Griffs had different pitching.
Though at no time did Tom Zachary
appear ore-half so formidable as
Jones had the day before, neverthe-
less he was able to weave his way
through the nine sessions and cop,
to 3, because the Griffs' battle
spirit died with their ineffective
pitching.
Had the Griffs conquered the
Browns yesterday, they would
now be In second place. They
muffed fine chance. or rather
Manager Harris muffed it, by
choosing to gamble on the second
rather than the third game in
the series.
Thurston had been expected to
pitch yesterday, with Lisenbee COM
ing today. At the last minute, with
q managers prerogative, Harris kept
Thurston on the bench and sent
Stanley Coveleskie to the rubber. He
blew up in two innings.
With the score tied, to 1, George
Murray started the third frame and
when the Browns finished it they
were leading. to /. It was typical
Murray pitching.
General Crowder followed for two
eranaes and four more runs were
checked up for the Browns. Not
till Bunpy Hadley climbed the hill
did the Griffs have pitching worthy
OF the name but the change was
like an electric shock upon the
boys. They grabbed two more runs
off Zachary while Hadley was fling.
Ing.
while Manager Harris dwells
rather heavily upon the lack Of base
ball weather this spring as reason
for Coveleskie's poor form, never.
Eheless. it is believed that Washing
tons manager is fast losing conf
defce in the veteran. who may not
" 1SSettASo IAIOuEH tuS SSdSOu.
As for Murray. Harris ID not
quite 80 shy in discussing that
young man. whose failure has
been marked all spring. Murray
Is on the narrow edge right now
and Harris does not conceal the
fact,
coveleskie's record. running back
es Tar as. 1916. when he joined the
Cleveland club. shows him a man
cf skill and courage. In two years
with Washington he has won "a
games and lost 16. He led the
league in victories and in effective.
ness as recently as 1925. Therefore.
e IL reasonable to believe that con-
elnued warm weather may see him
round into form.
Murray's record. nm fha snf1.a~
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-09

It is In the nature Of a challenge
cup, the first winner in 1850 being
Captain Morris mare, Mollie Jack.
son. the same owner winning It
the following year with the famous
mare Idlewild. the dame Of T,-ildair,
a great four-miler. The outbreak
of the Civil War prevented further
competition UNI 1866, the vase in
the meantime lying buried at
Woodlawn with the rest Of the
Morris family plate.
Harry of the West and Merrill
helped to retain the vase in Ken.
lucky until 1877. when the Dwyer
Brothers captured 1t by the aid Of
Bramble and Jimmy Mclaughlin
in the American Stallion Stakes at
Louisville.
The Dwyer brothers presented the
vase to the Coney Island Jockey
Club, ana Eole, by his victory over
Major Thomas w. Doswell's Bush.
wacker, added the trophy to Fred
erick Gebhard's collection, the
Dwyer brothers Winning it back
through the peerless Miss Wood
ford two years in succession. Pick
pocket capturing it in 1893 and
Raceland later on.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-09

Thomas Clyde. whose fcrmsr
home sat right behind the turn out
OF the backstretch here, furnished
the next winner when his home
bred colt, short Hose. won In 1903,
the only horse. with the exception
Of that wonderful mare, Miss Wood
ford, to win it twice.
Clyde presented the vase to the
Maryland Jockey Club lin 1917 and
1t was added to the Preakness in
that year. The only condition at
tached to the gift by Clyde was
that the winning owner should keep
the vase for q year and have the
privilege of naming the course and
the stake for its renewal, provided
the race was at more than a mile
and a value of more than $4,000.
Walter J. Salmon, present owner
of the vase. will be here today to
witness the race. In fact, he is
hopeful of retaining the vase, as
he Is starting Black Panther. a
shifty colt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-09

IL was competed for in 1884
at Jerome Park, Sir Excess de-
feating Banquet for the first
time and Banquet turning the
tables on Sir Excess the second
time. Gold Heels won the
vase over Water Boy at Morris
Park In 1901 and Advance
Guard won IL I'm 1909.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-09
Baseball Standings
sTASDINc or CLUBS

STANO1NG OF CLUBS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
". Z. Pct W. L Pct
". York. I4 2 .es7tChicago.. 10 II .S3a
Phila. -. II .BBolst. Louie. . soc
Detrett... 10 . .62elCIevs. -. 10 10 ass
WASH. II 10 .524lBostoa. SIS ESQ
Yesterdays RESULTS
st. Louis. 8: WASHINGTON. ..
New York, 8; Chicago, o.
Cleveland, &: Philadelphia, 4,
Detroit. .: Boston, 2.
ToDAY's GAMES
WASHINGTON at ST. Louis
Chicago at New York.
Philadelphia at Cleveland.
Boston at Detroit.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L. Pct.l W. l. Pet.
st. Louis Is z .6S0lPittsburSh 10 .52e
New York IL .63elBostofl. eli $50
Phila..... .5s3lBrooklyn. is .3lS
Chicago. 10 > .S2sCincinnati. ia .s3S
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-09

Il has been raced for in Louis
vile, at the COney Island Jockey
Club. jerome Park, Morris Park
and now at this track, where It
has been put up as an addition
to the Preal-ess since 1917.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-09

As for Murray. Harris ID not
quite 80 shy in discussing that
young man. whose failure has
been marked all spring. Murray
Is ON the narrow edge right now
and Harris does not conceal the
fact,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-09

Had the Griffs conquered the
Browns yesterday, they would
now be In second place. They
muffed q fine chance, or rather
Manager Harris muffed it, by
choosing to gamble on the second
rather than the third game in
the series.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1927-03-19

mas tree also
 Our teachers name is Mrs. M. k. HarraiS, and she is the best teacher 1 have ever had and ever will have.
 kennecott is a mining camp. It has some other mines close DV. some of them are Jumbo, Mother Lode, Bonanza, Green Butte, and Erie. Cola mines are; Dan Creek, ChitiJu, and Chisana.
 Mccarthy is right at the foot of the Kennecott Glacier.
 We celebrated George Wa>hingtOn,s birthday, and will talk about w. H. Seward the thirtieth Of March.
 We made Geography books Janus, Euddie, and Leonard made books of the L. $. Graham made d book of birds and rnilnalS, made d book of Europe. We are going to make History books. Graham is going to make a book of all the children of the different races of the world. Janus, Buddie Leonard, and are making r Hist. ory book from the Vikings to the present.
 We made bookcases in school We got two gasoline boxes. nails, sand paper, and hammers. Mrs. HarralS let us use half the school house for our work shop. [ took us two weeks to make and pant our bookcases.
 In Septem Der we started with the Near East Relief Work. We went around collecting old clothes from every body in Mo CarthN. Leonard was the captain of one team and 1 of another. Some of the people who went away would give us all of their old clothes. We had a cake and canuy sale at which we made forty four dollars. We sent the money to the Orthopedic Hosp ital to help the sick children, and the clothing to the Near East Relief.
 We have an Honor Roll in school, on which we get star for every perfect lesson. This makes us all try very hard to get things exactly right.
 WOuld be very rluch plea.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1927-03-19
SCHOOL NOTES By Linda Anderson
Me Carthy, AIaska
 Mlrch Is, i92 [

Dear Friends;
 1 like it very much in Me- CdrthN. because it is so open. 1 mean you don't need to be very careful of any cars or horSe>.
 We have all kinus of sports iii Nj Carthy. some of them are: snow ba)Iing, snow fort building. lce.SIla ting. skiing. rObber and cop. Washington Poke, cheese it.. making snow men. aud hldp and seek
 There are only five children ] in the M NCCarthy school. There are ten children in McC Carthy alto gether. Most of the school child rcn went away. Tie school child , ren are in three different gr des. Graham is in the third grade, Leonard, Buddie, and Janus are in the fifth grade, and I am in the seventh grade.
 The school board gave every school child in Mccarthy twenty dollars from the Christmas fund. in the form of a bank account. and every child got an eight dollar present with it also.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-10
NINE HURT; $4,000
LOSS IN NORFOLK FIRE
Hotel and Music Store in Heart of
Business Section Burn-Other
Places Damaged.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
NORFOLK, Va, January 10.-Nine
persons were injured, approximately
100 guests, some scantily clad were
driven from their rooms, and damage
estimated at between $4,000 and
100000 was done by fire that badly
damaged the Neddo Hotel and Levy
Page, Inc, music store, in the heart
of the downtown business section Of
Norfolk, yesterday morning about 8
o'clock. Slight damage, chiefly from
water, was done to other business es-
Establishments adjoining None was
believed seriously hurt.
The buildings involved in the fire
extend from Plume street to City Hall
avenue between Taylor's and Martins
lanes. The fire, which originated in
the music store, was discovered when
a negro charWoman rushed from the
Plume street entrance with her
skirts in a blaze. The flames spread
quickly to the hotel The entire west
wing of the hotel was reduced to
ruins, and the remainder was wrecked
by smoke and water. Practically the
whole stock of music instruments.
in the store was burned or soaked by
water, including so pianos.
The injured were the charWoman,
six firemen who suffered cuts and
bruises; Roy knight of New York,
who fell while being assisted from a
third story window in the hotel, and
a negro who was burned in extin-
gushing the flames of the char
woman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-10
CRUSADE is OPENED
BY BISHOP FREEMAN
Drive of Prelates, Intended to In
crease Efficiency of Ministry,
Launched in New York.

BY the Associated Prcss
NEW YORK. January tO.-The
nation wide crusade of the bishops of
the Protestant Episcopal Church, In.
tended to quicken the Christians
feelings toward religion, was launched
here yesterday by Bishop James r.
Freeman of Washington.
Too many organizations and mech.
anisms, especially in the city par
isheS, embarrass the church today.
Bishop Freeman said in speaking at
the Cathedral of st. John the Divine
The question confronting the church
is concerned, he said, chiefly with the
economy and efficiency of it's ministry.
IF we have piped to the people and
they have not danced we have piped
the wrong strain" he continued.
Bishop Freeman, who will serve as
crusader-in-chief of the diocese of
New York during the crusade, left
Washington yesterday to enter upon
his work and will not return here
until January %.
He will preach each noon in Old
Trinity Church, New York and every
he opened the crusade in that diocese
by speaking in the Cathedral of St.
John the Divine.
The national headquarters of the
crusade have been established at the
Washington Cathedral by Right Rev.
Thomas G.. DarSt, Bishop of East
Carolina, chairman of the national
commission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-10
Vienna and Chicago Theater Disasters
Worst of "a in History of Last Century

Davidson's Theater, Milwaukee, fire,
rs killed, April 3, 1894.
Front Street Theater. Baltimore,
fire, q killed, December q, 1898.
Quanto Theater, Pekin, China, fire,
230 killed, February, 1897.
Grand Charity Bazaar, Paris, fire.
143 killed. May g. 1897.
Wonderland Theater Detroit, fire,
10 killed, November 5, 1898.
Klondike Theater, Hurley, Wis,
fire, 10 killed. November 6. 1901.
Rhoades Theater. Boyertown, Pa.
fire. 1863 killed, January II, 1908.
Iroquois Theater. Chicago, fire, COZ
killed, December 80, 1908.
Theater Panic, Calumet, Mich, Y
killed, December 25, 1918.
Theater fire, Wallacetown, Va, %
killed May 10. 1916.
Catherine Street Movie House, New
York City, children killed. Novem-
Der IA, 1920.
Rialto Theater, New Haven, Conn.
fire. 6 killed, November IS. 1921.
knickerbocker Theater, Washing
ton, collapsed, SO killed, January %,
1922
ellis Theater. Kansas City, fire, 6
Killed, June %, 1925.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-10
S34,0DO,O|)D TAX
CASE UP FOR TRIAL
Government to Open Pro-
ceedings Tomorrow Against
Ford Minority Stockholders.

DETROIT, January 10. - a. w.
Gregg. 81 years old. general counsel
for the Internal Revenue Bureau, will
match wits with some of the coun-
try foremost legal talent when hear
ings in the Governments attempt t.
collect $34 600 900 additional taxes
from former minority stockholders o.
the Ford Motor Co. opens here to
morrow
To Gregg and his assistants will fan
the task of proving that some 1900
shares of stock in the Ford Co. which
Henry Ford purchased from minority
holders in 1918 were not worth 50 400
a share. The Government contends
the stock was worth So 600 a share
and it is on the difference between
these two amounts that it seeks to
collect additional taxes.
Counsel for the defendants, who in
cluda Senator James CouZenSs and
eight others, numbering more than
dozen. among them John w Davis,
one-time Democratic presidential can.
didate.
1t is estimated the hearing here will
consume two weeks. after which final
hearings will be held in Washington.
III the defendants lose. the case will
go into the Federal courts.
A ballroom in n downtown hotel has
been converted temporarily into
courtroom for the hearings John NJ
Sternhagen of Chicago. John j. Mar
quette of the District of Columbia and
Ernest II. Van FoSsan of Ohio mem
bers OF the Board of Tax Appeals, will
hear the arguments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-10

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, January 10.-A list
OF the more destructive theater dis
asters in the United States and else
where during the last century in
cludes:
Richmond Theater, Richmond, Va.
Governor of Virginia and So others
killed, in 1911.
ConWay's Brooklyn Theater, 295
Killed, December 5, 1876.
Ring Theater, Vienna, 500 killed,
December, 1881.
Temporary Theater, Darvio. Italy,
collapsed, 80 killed, June "a, 1883.
Star Theater. Glasgow, Scotland,
false lire alarm, Ii trampled to death.
November | 1884
Opera Comique, Paris; fire, 200 kill
ed May %. 1887.
Exeter Theater, New York; fire, rs
Nliled, September 5, 1887.
Hebrew Dramatic Club, London,
laise alarm. II killed, June IS, 1887.
treyer's Opera House, Seattle, fire,
81 Smothered to death, 1889.
Grand Central Theater, Philadel-
phla, fire, ID killed. April 81, 1892.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-10
MONTGOMERY CIVIC
FEDERATION TO MEET
City Plans and New Constitution
to Be Chief Subjects for
Consideration.

With plans for a new form of gov
eminent for the lower section of Mont
gomery County to be considered and
a new constitution to be acted upon,
the meeting of the Montgomery Coun-
ty Civic Federation tonight promises
to be one of the most interesting held
in recent months. The committee on
constitution and bylaws and the com
mittee on legislation and legal action,
which has charge of the changes in
the present form of government, will
make reports and undoubtedly eX-
tended debate will result from these.
In addition to these more important
matters it is expected that many other
questions of vital moment to the
country and It's progress will be con
sidered.
The meeting tonight will be held at
the Silver ng-Takoma High
School and large attendance is eX-
pected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-10
MINISTER BRAND WINS
FAME AS HUMORIST
Said to Be Only Man Who Ever
Extracted Laugh From Former
German Chancellor.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, January l0.--Aristide BRAND.
minister of foreign affairs, is said by
the French to be the only man who
ever extracted a laugh from DIR. Luz
Their. former chancellor of Germany.
Luther is SO solemn that Swedish
writer's regretted the Nobel peace
prize could not have gone to him in
stead of Stressemann.
When BRAND. Luther and Stresse
mann discussed the Franco German
approchement at Geneva last year
Luther drew sad picture of his coun-
try's burdens.
Don't" exclaimed BRAND, sorrow
fully. You will make me cryr'
Stressemann, knowing BRAND, burst
into laughter. Luther, slowly realiz
ing the French minister's humorous
irony. temporarily unbent, and he. too,
lauRtrS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-10
POLICE CHIEF IN TOLLS.

DULUTH, Mimi, January 10 R).-
George Knoll, chief of police at Noun
tain Iron, Mimi, since January /, is
in Jail at Virginia following his arrest
by Federal prohibition agents on
charges of violating the liquor laws.
A still going full blast and guam
tity of mash, wine and gin was found
by John F. Grogan, enforcement chief
of the Duluth district, when he and
Federal agents raided Kroll's home, it
WAS stated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-10
WHITTIER DECLARED
REAL BAREFOOT BOY
Georgia Paper Has Letter, Signed
by Poet, Upsetting Old Theory
of Inspiration.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
MACON, Ga, January 10.-The
Macon Telegraph says that it has n
letter proving that John Greenleaf
Whittier was himself the inspiration
for his poem. THE Barefoot Boy" and
not Frank Marston, who, too, roamed
the Massa chuSetts hills with turned
up pantaloons. The Telegraph re-
prints a letter that it says is from the
original in it's possession. 1t reads:
oak Knoll, September 10, 1891.
Dear Friend
81 was the barefoot boy written
about in that poem.
Your other questions I have not
time to answer.
II am thy friend,
JOHN G. WHITTIER"
The letter was written to VIII Noble
Northrop, formerly of Macon, and now
residing at Puyallup, Wash, the paper
says.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-10
FIRE HORRORS TOLD
BY BOY SURVIVORS
Dead and Injured Piled To-
gether Inside Theater De-
sCribed by Lad, Is.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MONTREAL, January 10.-GraphiC
stories of the scenes in the Lauriel
Palace Picture Theater tragedy are
told by some of the survivors,.
Antoine Girouard, 16 years old, who
was taken 20 the Montreal General
Hospital with Commissions and slight
burns, went to the theater with his
every one rushed from the balcony
IL noticed flames shoot up through
"a crack in the floor and immediately
everyone ruched from the balcony
said the boy. ~ got safely down the
stairway to within five steps of the
bottom. when l was knocked down by
f0e rush on the stairway and fell
with people piled over me-
Three dead boys were beneath me
when the police raised me. and above
me five or six injured boys had to be
removed before l could be reached
The stairway was blocked with the
rush of the crowd and people We're
lying about on the steps.
Hose Turned on Mass.
while | was crushed and lying on
the steps, the firemen began to play
the hose over us. and no doubt it was
due to this action THAI more of us were
not burned to death"
Girouard will recover,
Ernie Fitzpatrick. aged TO- who lives
two doors from the theater, was
standing in the aisle of the balcony
when the fire was discovered.
Everybody was laughing" he said,
when we saw the fame and smoke
coming from near the first row of the
balcony, in the center Some men
We're playing extinguishers on the fire
and shouting to every one that it was
not serious. l said d prayer and start
ed to climb over the other people"
Crawling over heads and bodies in
the fighting mob on the aisle and
stairway, Fitzpatrick made his way
to the lobby, whence he was carried
to the street, slightly affected by the
smoke, but uninjured.
With the Fitzpatrick boy were
Michael Murphy. IA, and Eddie
Murphy, -, brother. Michael was
the only victim of the three.
You see. he was luckier than we
were Eddie explained before he had
identified his brothers body at the
morgue. because he got a seat 1
was standing in the aisle when the
fire broke out.
Saw Lots of Smoke.
Il didn't see any flames, but there
was a lot of smoke. / ran to the back
or the balcony and | could not get
out. but / climbed upon a ledge and
a man standing on a little roof there
with handkerchief over his mouth
carried me out of the window.
There were only a few of us in
the aisles when the fire started, but
there were crowds of people, mostly
children, standing in the rear of the
balcony"
Roger F>rappier, 10, escaped by
jumping from the balcony to the low
err floor.
There were several men shouting
that everybody remain seated and
there were some ushers trying to
keep the people quiet" he said But
there were others who stood up and
hollered Fire! Firev and told us to
get out quick"
Frappier said he saw terrible
sights" in the balcony before he made
his leap to safety. He was consider
ably unnerved, the main picture re-
manning with him being that of a
mother attempting to fight her way
out through the crowd with baby
in her arms.