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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-10
DANCING PUPILS UNITE
IN ANNUAL CARNIVAL
Miss Este1le Murray's Class of Chill
dren Entertains-Gold Medals
Awarded for Proficiency.

Dancing pupils of Miss Estelle
Murray, all of them children, held
their annual June dance carnival last
night at Carroll Hall. Gold medals
were given to several of the children
for extraordinary proficiency in their
dances and large crowd witnessed
the program Of solo and ensemble
dancing.
One Of the principal numbers was
School Days" participated in by
Virginia Carroll, Janet Mcbride, Ruth
Brodie, Virginia Davis, Margaret
White, Mary Catherine LAUGH,
Fannye Kreissin, Patricia Potterfield
Fay Moler, Gertrude Padgett, Jane
Nolan, Grace Lewis, Anita Brodie,
Eileen Diamondson, Dorothy Mace,
Eva May Wright, Doris Petit, Loretta
Guthridge. Rose Rubinton, Bessie
Carroll, Virginia Slye, Catherine Des-
mond, Evelyn Holmes, Mary Elsie
Steuart and Caroline Reece.
Other leading numbers were "The
Riddles Frolic." "Syncopating Step
per-" Rope Dance" Wee Maids
From Holland" "Pompadeur Minuet, -
"Valse Joyeuse," "Jolly Jack Tars. y
"Danse des Zingaras" and songs, by
request. by Miss Estelle Murray. Solo
numbers included the Tango" by
Miss Evelyn Homes and Arthur Muir
ray; The Dainty Little DamoZel,
by Miss Caroline Reece; 1.-THE Regi'
mental Mascot" by Miss Virginia
Barry: Entertaining Sisters Beau, y
by Miss Mary Elsie Stuart, and PAS
de Deux." nv Miss Virginia Slye.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-10
PLAN FLOWER SHOW
FOR JUNE NEXT YEAR
Committees Hold Joint Meeting
and Receive Report of Re-
cent Exhibit.

Plans for the fifth annual Spring
flower show, which will be held early
in June next year, were discussed at
a joint meeting of the executive ana
exhibition committees of the Amerl-
can Horticultural Society last night at
the Ivy Vine Tea Room, 1915 G street.
A report covering the recent flower ex-
hibition. June l and 2, in the Hotel
Washington, was read by d. Lumsden,
chairman of the exhibition commit
tee 1t was announced that Mrs. f..
E. Mclean will give q silver trophy
as a premium for the best exhibit
made by a garden club in the flower
exhibition next June.
A committee consisting Of Mr.
IIumsden, chairman; B. w. Anspon
Paul Bauer and J. Marion Shull was
appointed to allocate the various
premiums donated by growers in this
country and abroad. amounting in
value to more than $500.
The following were announced as
donors of prizes for the past show
American Rose Society, Bobbink &
Atlips, Henry A. Dreer, Inc; Henry
F. Mitchell Co. Charles Siegwart, c.
Keur & Sons. Lee r. BOnnewitz,
Charles E. F.. Gersdorff, B. Y. Morri-
son, J. Marion Shull, David Lumsden,
Mrs. w. P. Reinohl, II. P. Simpson,
Fred A. Banker. f. Rynveldt e Sons,
Garden Supply Co.. Glad-Iris Gardens,
j. II. Kesecker, E. w. Sheets, Miss
Isabel Freeland and Mrs. John
Harlan
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-10
MRS. LUCY D. MARX, WIFE
OF BANK AUDITOR, DIES
Succumbs in Sib1ey Hospital, Fol-
lowing Protracted Illness-Well
Known as Concert Singer.

Mrs. Lucy Dickinson Marx of 1881
Thirty sixth street, wife of Raymond
G.. Marx, auditor of the Riggs Ma
,tional Bank, and prominent in Wash
ington musical circles, died early this
morning in Sibley Hospital. She had
been in i'll health for some time and
was taken to the hospital Friday for
an operation.
During her seven years Of residence
in Washington Mrs. Marx was mem
Der of the Friday Morning Musical
Club and was well known as church
and concert singer. She had sung
over the radio on a number of occa-
sions and likewise had attracted at.
tention by her own compositions
Among these are a number of lula.
bys which she wrote for her three
small children who survive her
Lucy Dickinson, Margaret Elizabeth
and Mary Ann Theresa.
Mrs. Marx also was a member of
the Washington branch Of the Ma.
tional League Of Pen Women. Before
her marriage she lived in Birmingham
Ala, where she was born 35 years
ago. Her father, the late Rev. Alfred
j. Dickinson, was one of the leading
Baptist preachers in Alabama. Mrs.
Marx received her early education at
the Birmingham Seminary and Judson
College, Marion, Ala.
Members of her family from out of
town were summoned here when her
serious condition became known. They
are her mother, Mrs. Alfred Dickin.
son; two brothers, Rev. Arthur j
Dickinson of Newport News, Va, and
Charles Dickinson of Birmingham,
and a sister, Mrs. Samuel Mcdowell
of New York.
Funeral services will be held Mon
day morning at 10 o'clock at the
Church of the Blessed Sacrament in
Chevy Chase, followed by burial in
! Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-10
AQUEDUCT ARMIES
PREPARE TO FIGHT
Guns and Ammunition Ship
ped to California Water
Rights Factions.

By the Associated Press
LOS ANGELES, June 10 Up
Preparatio for war in Owens Val
ley over water rights, with valley resi-
dents on one side and the city of Los
Angeles on the other, claimed atten-
ton here today with the report that
both factions were arming themselves.
A Los Angeles hardware store has
shipped rifles and 1000 rounds of am
munition to q hardware company at
Bishop. Calf, the stronghold of val
ley citizens, who maintain that this
city has robbed them of water and
has refused to adequately compensate
them for the loss.
The Bishop hardware store, to which
the rifles were sent, reported that the
rifles had been ordered by individuals.
The Los Angeles store was unable to
fill at once an order for 40 additional
rifles.
Guards Of the aqueduct, from Owens
Valley to Los Angeles, which has
been dynamited three times since May
81. were instructed to keep on City
property and leave any arrests which
might be made to the local officials.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-10
VIRGINIANS WAkENED
BY EARTH TREMORS
University Seismograph Records
Early-Morning Shocks Lasting
Ten Seconds.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, June
10. - Earthquake shocks severe
enough to awaken many residents
were felt here early this morning.
The exact time was recorded on the
seismograph of the University of Fir-
ginia as 2I6 am. Arthur j. Weed
III charge of the seismograph. stated
that the first shock lasted 10 seconds
and was followed by about 30 seconds
Of slight tremors.
RICHMOND. Va. June 10 R.-A
distinct shock, believed to have been
an earthquake, was felt by many
residents of Richmond at 217 am.
today and was reported by Chesa-
peake & Ohio Railway officials as far
west of Richmond as so miles. No
damage has been reported. The shock
lasted only a few seconds.
John Harra gan. chief dispatcher,
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, SAID
trainmen reported a very noticeable
shock from the vicinity to the west.
At Campbell the operator on duty said
that the windows in the station rat
tied and that he went into the open.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-10
TSO LIN URGES PEACE.
Manchurian War Lord Pleads for
Agreement for Sake Of China.

LONDON, June 10 (R.--Marshal
Chang Tso-Lin, Manchurian war lord.
is quoted by the Picking correspondent
of the Daily Express as saying in an
interview that there must be an agree
ment between the North and the
South for the sake of peace in China,
which must come soon." He was not
completely convinced, however, re.
speeding the attitude of the South
erners.
Chang expressed regret that foreign
troops We're coming to North China,
because, he said, it showed the powers
distrusted him, for which there was
no ground. He again told of his old
wish that the powers would help him,
suggesting that Great Britain, the
United States and Japan blockade the
Yangtze River and assist the North
militarily, automatically and politi-
cally by applying pressure on the
Russians on the northern borders.
Denounces Bolshevism.
Chang reiterated his unalterable
hostility to bolshevfsm and commu-
nism, declaring: Il will never leave
Picking alive while there is a Com
munist anywhere in control of affairs
in China. have received many tempt
ing advances from Southern leaders,
including Chang Kai Shek. (Chiang is
generalissimo of the Marking, or mod
crate, Nationalists).
II believe Chang Kali Shek is op.
posed to bolshevism, but l am not
completely convinced. To prove his
sincerity, he must get rid of those
Russians around him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-10
Committee Gives
Lindbergh's Routes
Along City Streets

Following are the routes an
nOunced today for Col. Lind
bergh's trips through Washing
ton tomorrow and Sunday:
Tomorrow at 1915 o'clock:
From navy yard north on
Eighth street to Pennsylvania
avenue, west on Pennsylvania
avenue and II street to the Capt.
tOl, around the north side of
Capitol to Peace Monument,
west on Pennsylvania avenue to
the Treasury and thence south
on Fifteenth street to the stand
on the Monument grounds.
From Monument grounds,
west on Il street to Virginia
avenue, west on Virginia ave-
nue. to Eighteenth street, north
on Eighteenth street to Massa-
chusetts avenue, west ON Mas
sachusetts avenue to the tenn
pOrary White House.
Sunday at 1:15 o'clock:
Route to ArlingtOn--East on
Massachusetts avenue to Eight
zenith st12et, south on Eight
zenith street to Virginia avenue,
east OH Virginia avenue to Sew
enteenth street. south and east
around the Tidal Basin to
Fourteenth street, south on
Fourteenth street to and across
the Highway Bridge to the Mill
tary road to the south gate of
the cemetery.
Returning - Through Fort
Myer and ROsslyn across the
Key Bridge to Nj street, east on
M street to Thirtieth street,
north on Thirtieth street to q
street, east on q street to Six
teenth street and north on Six
teenth street to Walter Reed
Hospital.
From Walter Reed Hospital to
the CapitOl-SOuth on Sixteenth
street to Massachusetts avenue,
east on Massachusetts, avenue to
New Jersey avenue, south on
New Jersey avenue to east front
of the Capitol.
From Capitol to temporary
White HOuse-N0rth on New
Jersey avenue to Massachusetts
avenue, west OF Massachusetts
avenue to the temporary White
House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-10

An S-month-old pigmy hippopota-
mus, captured in Liberia and pre-
sentcd to Presiden, Coolidge by Har-
vey S. Frestone, the tire manufac-
turer. arrived this morning at the
Zoo, where the President has deposit
ed him, and was assigned to a cage in
the bird house.
The little fellow, now cutting his
first teeth, was accompanied on the
three-week trip from Monrovia to
Boston by w. Fl. Johnson, an eX-
plorer for the Firestone Co., who cap
tured him last December. Johnson
was on his way down the Duquia
River, on the Western coast of Ii
IBERIA, near the F'irestone plantation,
when he killed the mother hippo. The
baby was rescued by one of the
Colored boat boys. who jumped into
the river and held it until both were
pulled out. Since then the little hip
po has been nursed along on con
densed milk. As soon as he was let
loose at the Zoo this morning six
cans of diluted milk was given him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-10
JURY TRIAL IS DENIED
IN CAFE NUISANCE CASE
Effort Being Made to Stop Selling
of Ginger Ale
With Ice.

Justice Stafford of the District Su-
preme Court today overruled the mo-
ton Of the National Cafes, Inc, which
operates the lie Paradis Cafe, at
Thomas Circle. for a trial by jury Of
the charge that it is maintaining a
nuisance under the national prohibit
ton act in selling ginger ale and fur
nishing glasses of crushed ice into
which patrons can pour intoxicants
from private TASKS.
On motion of Assistant United
States Attorney circuit the court post
pOned the hearing of the injunction
proceeding, which had been scheduled
for June IA. until the Fall term Of
the court. There is pending in the
Court of Appeals a motion for a spe-
cial appeal filed by Attorney Crandal
Mackey on behalf of Howe Totten,
owner of the property in which the
cafe is located, from the temporary
restraining order granted by Justice
Stafford. which was one of the reasons
for deferring the hearing. Ator-
neys Simon, Koenigsberger, Young &
Brez appear for the National Cafes,
Inc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-10
D. C. OFFICIALS DELAY
TAX RATE PROGRAM
Action Deferred Pending Receipt
of Recommendations From
Auditor Donovan.

The District Commissioners today
deferred their plans to fix a tax levy
for the coming fiscal year beginning
July /. pending the receipt of recon-
mendatio from Daniel j. Donovan,
auditor and budget officer.
Although Mr.. Donovan had ar
ranged to submit his recommendatio tons
to the Commissioners for considera-
ton and action at their semi-weekly
board session today, he said his fire.
quent appearance before the Citizens
Advisory Council this week had de.
layed his program. The auditor has
attended the daily meetings Of the
council. which is considering the bud.
get estimates of the department heads
of the District government for the
192S-1929 fiscal year.
A tax rate of SITS on 800 of as
sessed valuation on real estate and
tangible personal property, it is re-
ported. probably will he the levy
recommended by Mr.. Donovan. al
though he is reticent on the question.
The rate for the current year is
S1.S0, but a 5-cent reduction as would
he the case If the Sits levy is fixed.
would not be reflected similarly in the
tax bills, as real estate assessments
generally have been raised about 20
per cent,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-10
MRS. A. z. COWARD DIES.
Succumbs at Home of Son, Capt
Conard, in Annapolis.

Mrs. Adelaide u. Conard. Sc years
old widow of William Knight Con-
ard, formerly a resident of this city
and Alexandria, died at the home of
her son. Capt. Charles Conard, U. s.
n. at the Naval Academy, Annapolis,
Nd. last night after a brief illness.
Mrs. Conard was born in Alex
andria. Va, and was the daughter of
the late Mrs. Mary Waters thinner
mann and the late Rueben thinner
mann. She was married soon after
the Civil War and lived in George
town for many years.
Besides her son, Capt. Conard, she
is survived by two other sons, Maj.
Clarence Conard and Robert Conard,
both of South Carolina.
Funeral services will be conducted
in the Naval Academy Chapel to-
morrow morning at IL o'clock. Capt.
sydney Key Evans, chaplain of the
United States Naval Academy, will Of
ficiate. Interment will be in the acad-
envy cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-10
DE LIMA is APPOINTED
SALVADOREAN MINISTER
New Envoy Coming Here, Accord
ing to Report-Legation
Awaits Word.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
SAN SALVADOR, Republic of
Salvador, June 10.-Dr. Francesca
a. De Lima has been appointed Sal
vadorean Minister in Washington.
He formerly served as minister to
Mexico City and as minister Of the
interior.
Official word of the appointment Of
DR.. De Lima as minister had not
been received at the office Of the lega-
ton, 2601 Connecticut avenue, at
noon today.
1t was said that DR.. De Lima is
acquainted in Washington, as he
came here in 1913 as a special envoy
of Salvador to be present at the
inauguration of President Wilson.
DR.. Don Leonilo Montalvo has
acted as secretary Of the legation and
charge d'affaires ad interim since
last April.
The last Minister to serve from this
South American republic was Senior
Salvatore Sol, who left in 1920.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-10
Story of Lindbergh's Flight Depicted
By Grant School Fourth Grade Pupils

The story Of Liudbergh's epoch
making flight across the Atlantic
Ocean was depicted today by the
fourth grade children Of the Grant
School at their regular morning as
sembly.
The fight and events incident 10
it were presented in seven dramatic
scenes, with Leonard Smith taking
the role Of Lindbergh. An 'airplane"
specially designed for the occasion
by Jesse Smith, father OF Leonard,
furnished an appropriate setting for
the various acts.
The scenes depicted included the
take off at New York. the reception
at lie Boureet Field, Paris: the visit
of I.indbergh to Nine. Nungesser, a
! balcony scene at the American en-
= bassy in Paris. the hsres decoration
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-10
MISSIONARIES IN PERIL.
American, British and Scandinavians
Flee kansu Province.

PEKING, June 10 LP).-Fifty Amer.
lean, British and Scandinavian mis-
sionaries arrived in Picking today after
a difficult and tragic 2S-day flight from
distant kansu Province, where they
report anti-Christian and anti-foreign
feeling is rife. They were ordered
from kansu by the consuis.
The greater part of the journey, on
the Yellow River. from Lanchow. cap
ital of Kansu. to Paotow, northern
Shensi, was made on goatskin RATS
From Paotow they Travelled by rail.
road to Picking.
DR.. George F.. King, Britisher
leader of the party, was drowned in
the rapids of the Yellow River, POI
miles west Of Paotow, when he at
tempted to refioat a grounded raft
His wife and two children saw him
carried away by the current. The
body was not recovered.
Although most of the travelling was
done at night to avoid bandits, the
party was frequently held up and
robbed.
TSO I'm TrRGES PEACE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-10
TOURISTS IN CARS
FLOCK TO CAPITAL
More Than 700 Persons Ars
in Municipal Camp From =
Over World. iE

Big cars and little, some SHINING
some battered, but all bearing tour3
lists eager TO Join in the welcome I'd
Col. Lindbergh, are rolling in to thu
tourist camp at Potomac Park.
More than 90 States were repre-.
scented in the camp this morning and
by nghtfall it is expected to bs
crowded close to it's capacity of $50
cars and / 400 persons. Emergency
parking facilities have been provided.
however, on plot directly north OF
the camp. which will AXE care Of 50
or 60 additional machines. A detaChs
ment of Coast Artillerymen, which
was encamped on the tract, moved out
this morning.
From Over World.
The personnel of the camp has taken
on an international aspect as the hour
of Lindbergh's arrival draws near.
Cars were parked there this morning
from Cane Town, South Africa. Austrse
liza, the Canal Zone and Toronto, Cam.
ada, and their occupants appeared 10
he every bit as enthusiastic as thor
American neighbors toward the re-
ceptiOn 10 the boy who became n
world hero over night.
Large delegations from Michigan
ana Missouri are reported driving on
To Washington with the intention of
getting here in time to- greet the flyer.
More than 700 persons We're in camp
this morning. All Of the cabins We're
taken and the streets We're being rap
idly lined with tents. Several menu
bers of the big camp travelled here in
vehicles which resemble moving
houses and contain all the con-
YenienCeS of home
Francis T.. Schultze, manager OF
the camp. predicted that at least 30
States will he represented by the time
the Memphis steams up the river.
Scouts Aid Traffic.
Two troops of Boy Scouts, one from
Staunton, Va, and the other from Nc
Coll, s. c., have arrived at The camp
and will assist the camp authorities
in directing traffic tomorrow.
Cars were rolling into camp late Ia st
night, many of them streaked with
dust, their drivers tired after long
runs against time, DESTROYS Of max
ing the camp" in time to find a park
ing space and be on hand to greet the
transoceanic flyer.
Some of the arrivals this morning
had gotten up at dawn and had done
a days driving already in order to In
sure themselves of a camping spot
during the big day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-10

by King Albert of Belgium and the
coming reception TO Lindbergh in
Washington by President Coolidge.
The presentation was the out
growth Of the intense interest in the
Lindbergh flight by the children of
the school, who wrote the dialogue,
made their customes and directed the
play.
Besides Leonard Smith, characters
were depicted az follows:
by Elizabeth Mcdowell. as Mrs.
Lindbefgh. George Viguier, as Am
bassador lIerrick; Hazel Smallwood,
an Ame, Nungesser; Francis Osgood.
az King Albert; Adele White, as
| Queen Elizabeth; Ralph Shumaker,
M President Coolidge, and Shirley
| Peters, AZ Mrs. Coolidge. An original
poeM VAS recited by Blanche Ebert
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-10

seph w. Mcintosh made an advance
announcement that the next bank call
will come on June 30.
kilograms were sent to Frank W.
Stone. vice president of the National
Savings and Trust Co., who is Ill in
Washington hospital; Gov. George l..
Seay of the Federal Reserve Bank Of
Richmond, and to Frank j. Hogan,
the associations counsel.
j. Frank White. cashier Of the Ma
tional Bank of Washington, won yes
terday's top spinning contest and the
Mclean Cup. defeating President OF
terback of the Anacostia Bank by two
seconds. The golf and tennis tourna-
ments are we'll under way today.
The representation of 3S banks and
other financial institutions at the con.
| vention hangs up new record for
! attendance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-10
Spirit of St. Louis May Be Exhibited
To Public Sunday; Plans Are Discussed

could drift by in continuous. UNI
interrupted stream for 8 or 10 hours
and view the famous ship that carried
its more famous pilot across the At.
lantic. The plane would be heavily
guarded and located far enough from
the seawall to prevent the curious
from carrying off any parts of it as a
souvenir.
Another plan, originating with Capt.
James Wilson, commanding the elev-
enth police precinct, is to place it on
the tennis courts at Boiling Field, OPP
pOsite the officers quarters. The en-
trance to Boiling Field goes past the
court. and it was explained that traffic
could move in Howard road and go
out Summer road. 1t Is understood
Capt. Wilson suggested this plan in
order to provide solution for traffic
problem of gigantic proportions should
the plane be kept at Boiling Field,
as thousands OF persons would go to
the liking asld to see the famous craft
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-10

Washington will get an opportunity
to see the Spirit of st. Louis on exhi-
hition Sunday, il tentative plans for
its public display meet with the ap-
prevail of Col. Lindbergh.
Realizing that if the ship is kept
in the seaplane hangar at the Naval
Air Station, Anacostia, where 1t Is to
be assembled tomorrow. all Washing
ton will try to gain entrance to the
base, which has no accommodations
to provide egress for traffic. Lieut..
Comdr. Homer G.. Wick, commanding
the air station. is hopeful that some
plan for placing it on public exhibition
will be worked out to preclude the
necessity OF having to shut the plane
off from the public view.
The Navy Department has suggest
ed, it is understood, that the plane
be placed on a barge, towed to Hams
Point. close to the sea wall. and
anchored there all during sunday.
,Mashtngtgns aboard : automobiles,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-10
Air Victims Widow
Sees Her Daughter
Die in Auto Mishap
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
OMAHA, Nebr., June 10.--Mrs.
Mabel L. McNally. who was at
Langley Field, Va, when her hus-
band was killed in the crash of the
airship Roma in 1922, stood by the
bedside of her daughter Margaret.
6, and watched her die. the victim
of an automobile accident.
Margaret was struck by a car
as she was hurrying to a neighbor-
hood store to buy groceries. Mrs.
McNally's husband had been COM
missioned to write a book on the
construction and the scientific and
technical advances of the Roma.
His wife saw the machine when it
crashed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-10
Essay Wins $1,000.

GEORGETOWN, Ky, June 10 R).--
An 1S-year-old freshman of George
town College has just won the $1,000
prize offered to the first-year college
student by the American Chemical
Society for the best essay on the
Relation Of Chemistry to National
Defense"
Culbert Rutenber needed an English
theme and, hearing of the essay con-
test. decided to Use the same work
for both. lie intends to become, not
q chemist. but a minister. sgassssls. .ss'