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Evening star., 1927-05-15
AMERICAN FAVORED
TO HEAD PARLEY
British and japanese Accord United
States First Honor for Con-
vocation Of Conference.
By the Associated Press.

GENEVA, Switzerland, May 14.-As
the United States convoked the tri-
partite naval conference, the presi.
dency, 1t Is reported, would be offered
to the chief American delegate by the
British and japanese.
In the meantime the makeup OF
the American delegation causes specu.
lation, particularly on the part of the
Japanese, who seem desirous for the
appointment of delegation which Is
certain to have weight in Congress
when the time comes for ratification
OF the treaty, which Viscount Saito
Is empowered to sign at Geneva.
1t is believed that the Japanese
already have sounded Washington on
this point, being convinced that the
presence Of men like Charles e.
Hughes, Elihu Root and Oscar Under.
wood on the American delegation at
the Washington conference helped
ratification of the Washington treaty,
and that participation of the political
leaders at the Geneva parley would
have a similar effect, as they would
be able personally to explain the
treaty to Congress.
The limitation of cruisers already
looms up as one problem of the con.
ference. There are indications that
Japan Is reluctant to scrap any OF her
cruisers, which outnumber by ii the
American cruisers. Japan's total
cruiser tonnage is 211 900 as compared
with 10000 for the United States.
Evening star., 1927-05-15
NEW LEvEE BREAKS
FLOOD 5 PARISHES
Hope of Saving "Sugar
Bowl" Section Vanishes as
Banks Cave In.
By the Assc ciated Press.

Dy tHe ASSC cldteQ FFees.
NEW ORLEANS, La, May IA
Mississippi flood waters, with all the
reinforcement of the Yazoo, the Black,
the Red and other Southern tribu.
taries, were assaulting five south.
central Louisiana parishes tonight,
pouring through earthen embank-
ments which crumbled before their
onslaught.
Hope of saving the Bayou des
Glaises section, a part of the Sugar
Bowl" and the Evangeline country
disappeared with the falling of the
Kleinwood plantation levee before the
attack of the waters. Other breaks at
Moreauville. Bordelonville and Cotton.
port still had left levee board officials
with the hope that they might be
able to save part of the rich district.
Four New Creyasses.
With the breach at Kleinwood. in
the middle of Big Bend. along Bayou
des Glaises, work was Abandoned
along the 30.mile stretch from Cotton
port to the southernmost of the bend.
-Four creyasses occurred today In
Boyou Saes Glaises and another ievee
went out at Cottonport along Bayou
Rouge. Three other breaks had oc-
CURED previously, one at Cottonport
and two at Moreauville.
The affected district is approximate
ly 100 miles northwest Of New Orleans
and on the opposite side of the river.
In addition to the five major breaks
along Bayou des Glaises, ayiators
flying over the district reported at
least Is minor crevasses through
which the water was tearing.
The airplane observation also re-
veaied serious threats along the east
bank Of the Atchafalaya and weak
spots at Morganza. 80 miles above
Baton Rouge on the west side OF the
river. All appeared to be under con-
troll, the report said.
Flood Rich Farm Lands.
The escaping waters tonight already
had blanketed more than $50 square
miles Of fertile Avoyelles Parish farm,
ing lands and were spreading swiftly
southwark to cover the crops and
thickiy populated settlements OF four
other parishes, st. Landry, st. Martin,
Idera and st. Mary.
More than 100000 persons will be
affected by the flood and another
1000, 900 acres will be added to the
other millions already covered by the
Mississippi In the greatest food in the
history Of the valley. Before the
sweeping mass of waters has reached
| the Gulf of Mexico it will have cut a
devastating path from the northern
boundary Of Arkansas to the south
ern shores of Louisiana along the Gulf
A gigantic task Of evacuation and
| relief faced the Statewide organiza
ton set UP by former Gov. John M
Parker at Baton Rouge. Tonight, 81
river craft and Coast Guard cutters
were searching along the crumblins
| levees of Bayou Des Giaises for the
remaining few scores Of men. who
had remained in the big bend section
to continue the hopeless fight to save
| their homes.
Section Is Deserted.
Many Of the residents Of the area
| already had been carried by rescue
| boats to Baton Rouge, Alexandria
| Torras Mansura and Marksyilie. A
naval aviator flying over the area re
ported that the section was virtually
deserted.
In the parishes to the south, dl
Continued on Page 4, Column Sd
Evening star., 1927-05-15
'F|L|P|NOS FLOCK
TO MAD EMPEROR
Armed With BoIoes, Support
erS of lntrencherado Guard
Him ZeaIousIy. Y
By the Associated Press.


MANILA, May 14.-Followers of
Flor Intrencherado. the insane Fill.
pino fanatic who has proclaimed him.
self Emperor of the Philippines" !"
poured into Iloilo province on the
island Of Panay today asserting their
purpose to defend the emperor" All
were armed, most of them with boloes,
the heavy sword-like knives used in
peace time to cut sugar cane and other
crops. They zealously guarded the
thatched palace of the emperor.
lntrencherado made a statement
that he is willing to obey the law. but
his followers declared they were pre-.
pared to die should the authorities at.
tempt to seize him for Incarceration
in an asylum. He has been declared
insane by a court, but decision to
place him In an asylum has not been
reached.
Trouble in Iloilo Province Is ex-
pected as Intrencherado followers
are excited and threatening. @
The Emperor has eagerly received
newspaper men, being avid for pub
hcity. He wears crown pf gold.
a rich imperial robe and diamond
rings, all obtained through leyies
and contributions. His followers are
variously estimated to number np to
0,000
Living peaceab1y in his shack at
Jaro, suburb of the city Of Iloiio.
Intrencherado has taken no part In
the uprising. although his followers
have congregated close to his home.
Seizure of the municipal building
at Victorias, on the Island OF Negros,
reported today, and disturbances at
Silay and Lacarlota were purely local
affairs, Of which Intrenchardo had no
knowledge. The Philippine consfabu-
larry suppressed them and controlled
the situation. In these disturbances
] policeman was killed, l wounded
and Intrencherados killed and I3
arrested. The Intrencherados were
dispersed.
Evening star., 1927-05-15
Tired Business Man Can Find Rest
In Balloon Trips, Says German Doctor

have no time for an extended vaca-
tion should go on balloon excuf-
sion," DIR. Halben told correspond
ent for the Associated Press. THAT
will AK them up better than three
weeks vacation. One feels new born
after soaring to the clouds and re-
turns to earth with a feeling of we'll
being. ! am sorry my colleagues in
the medical profession have not
caught on to the fact that there is
no better cure for neurathenics or
convaiescents than cross country
flight in balloon
DIR. Halben thinks flying in bal
loon is infinitely preferable TO flying
In IN airplana.
Evening star., 1927-05-15
By the Associated Press.


ST. JOHNS. Newfoundland, May
14.--The Newfoundland constabulary
tonight began investigation of a re.
port that loud explosion was heard
at Whitbourne. in the interior of New
foundland, soon after the droning of
an airplane engine had been noticed
above the place last Monday morning.
At 10 o'clock tonight Inspector Gen.
Hutchings Of the Colonial Constabu.
larry received a. message from Sergt
Dwyer, stationed at Bay Roberts on
Conception Bay. informing him of
this latest development in the search
for the missing French flyers, Capts
Charles Nungesser and Francois Coli.
The message said that Dwyer had
heard that a man who was at Whit
bourne Monday morning heard
noise in the clouds like a passing
plane and shortly afterward a heavy
explosion. The name of the man was
not stated in the telegram received
Evening star., 1927-05-15
TROOPS GUARD BRITISH MISSION.
Moscow Demonstrators Barred From
Legation Quarter.

MOSCOW, May IA R.-Russian
political police and Red army troops,
on foot and in motor lorries, guarded
the streets leading to the British and
Polish missions this afternoon, while
anti-British demonstrators, bearing
denunciatory banners, paraded.
The demonstrators carried huge
jointed caricatures of Sir Austen
Chamberlain. British foreign secretary
The marchers were not permitted
to approach the quarter containing
the missions, before which special
guards were posted.
Late in the afternoon a fleet Of 20
planes swooped in formation and cir.
eled low over the routes to the mission
buildings.
Evening star., 1927-05-15
BANDIT R0BS STORE.
Armed and Masked, Gets Little
From Sanitary Grocery.

A white bandit, with a handker.
chief shielding his face, held up AL
van G. Sherman, manager of the SAM.
tary Grocery Store at 311 Fifteenth
street southeast, at the point of a
pistol in the store last night, taking
less than IS from a cash register.
A small colored boy. who was in
the store when the bandit entered,
sneaked out the door, ran up the
street to a neighboring store, and
gave the alarm. When police of the
fifth precinct, notified by a telephone
call from the latter store, arrived on
the scene, the bandit had gone.
Detectives Mansfield and Walsh in
vestiGated the case. .
Evening star., 1927-05-15
SENSATIONAL LAW
TRIALS ARE FLAYED
American Legal institute
Hears Plea for Business
like Jurisprudence.

Purely "businesslike'' non.spectacu.
lar administration of the criminal law
in America was warmly advocated by
owen j. Roberts of the PHILADELPHIA
bar at the American Law Institute
dinner at the Mayfiower last night.
The Government counsel in the Fed.
eral oil litigation dealt sledge hammer
blows at the tendency of judges, law.
yers. juries and newspapers to con-
vert criminal trials into ''melodramas. i"
Mr.. Roberts declared that until the
various elements that come into play
on such occasion learn to view them
purely and simply as business" the
administration of criminal justice
would continue to fall into decay and
disrepute.
Jury Service Issue.
"Our so-called better class citizens"
the Philadelphia lawyer said, must
not indulge in the luxury of escaping
jury service. When men and women
do go into the jury box they must sit
there not as spectators at a drama,
but as intensive searchers after facts
and the truth. Judges on their part,
must see to it that the dramatic note,
when trials are in progress, is sup.
pressed to the end that exclusively
the cause OF justice and truth may be
served. Counsel must cease to look
upon criminal trials as opportunities
for combat and the sharp play OF w.t."
Then directing his thought, as his
distinguished fellow lawyers present
believed. to sensational reporting OF
a recent criminal trial which gripped
the Nations attention. Mr.. Roberts
lambasted what he called the prac-
tice Of advertising, the prisoners in
tho dock. He asserted that the adj
ministfation OF the criminal law is
not promoted by giving exaggerated
attention to the personalities of de-
PENDANTS or Nv any Of the procedure
designed to create nlaudlfn sympathy
Tor persons whom the long arm OF
the stats Il seeking to bring to judg.
nent. IN
Creates Profound Impression.
\ 1 z All of ns. asserted MI. Roberts.
have laid upon 10 the solemn duty
I0f seeing that criminal adminIstrax
ton Il resisl tas ana strictly kept
Within the ollIldS of the serious,
rnafterof.fa< buSiress that II H.
Until M a kive ~ popsllaf propn.
III fI{Ia to II 4t6 III The limited St4fea
public Z tlx!ent that NJ d61nand
Evening star., 1927-05-15
PINEDO AT MEMPHIS.
italian Flyer Forced Down to Re
fuel En- Route to Chicago.

ST. LOUIS, May IA CF).-Col. Fran
cesco de Pinedo, Italian four-continent
fiier, who waA forced down at Mem
phis late today to refuel in his flight
from New Orleans to st. Louis, will
remain there until tomorrow. morn.
ing, the Italian counsel here was in
formed.
He said Pinedo was expected mere
by z am. and would Immediately re-
fuel and continue to Chicago.
Evening star., 1927-05-15
TWO SAY THEY SAW PLANE.
Newfoundland Fishermen Report 1t
Headed Northwest.

By the Associated Press.
HARBOR GRACE, Newfoundland,
May 14.-Reports that an airplane,
painted white, was seen passing over
Harbor Grace and the nearby tiny
fishing village of Bear Cove last Mon
day morning revived today the faint
hopes aroused by earlier reports that
some trace might be found in New.
foundland of the missing French
transatlantic flyers, Capt. Nungesser
and Coli. There was no confirmation
of the reports beyond the word OF
three residents of this section on the
Continued on Page 6, Column 81
Evening star., 1927-05-15
By the Associated Press.

BERLIN, May 14.-A week end
spent in a balloon UP in the air is
worth more to tired business man
than three weeks in the mountains
or at the seaside, in the opinion of
DR.. r. Halben, amateur balloonist.
who has been selected as one of the
three German contenders for the
Gordon Bennett prize which will be
contested from Denver in September.
DIR. Haben, who is a practicing
oculist in Berlin. is about so years
old and has been interested in flying
balloons for almost 20 years,
Busy people complaining that they
Evening star., 1927-05-15
Two Young Mem Rob Bank.

LOS ANGELES, May IA LP).-Two
young and well dressed men held up
and robbed the Lorena and Whittier
boulevard branch of the Bank of
Italy of between $4,000 and $4,000
today.
Evening star., 1927-05-15
DRONE OF, PLANE, THEN BLAST.
REPORTED IN NEWFOUNDLAND
Explosion Was Heard In Inland District
Monday, Constabulary Sergeant
Tells Officials.

here. Whitbourne is 20 miles inland
from Bay Roberts.
The inspector general ordered
Dwyer to proceed to Whitbourne and
make a full investigation of the mat
ter.
Evening star., 1927-05-15
TODAY's STAR
PART 0NE-5a PAGES.

General News-Local, National and
Foreign.
Schools and Colleges-Page %.
News of the Clubs-Page %.
Prince Georges County, third of a
series of articles on interesting near
10y communities-Page 35.
Y. w. c. A. Notes-Page 3S.
d. A. r. Activities-Page 80.
PARENT Teacher Activities-Page 40.
Around the City-Page 40.
Army and Navy News-Page 40.
Clubwomen of the Nation-Page IL.
Radio News and Programs-Pages AZ
and 43.
At the Community Centers-Page 49,
Serial, Red Head''-Page 46.
Veterans of the Great War-Page AZ.
District of Columbia Naval Reserve
Page At.
Financial News-Pages 4s, 4e and so.
w. c. T. u. Notes-Page So.
PART TWO-16 PAGES.
Editorials and Editorial Features.
Washington and Other Society.
Notes of Art and Artists-Page 4.
Review of Spring Books--Page 4.
Tales of Well Known F'o1k--Page IA.
n PART THREE-1s PAGES.
Amusements Theaters and the Photo.
play, gsss.sss @s
Music-Page 5.
Motors and Motoring Pages s. 4
and s..
F'raternal News-Page IL.
District National Guard-Pase II.
Civilian Army News-Page IL,
PART FOUR PAGES.
Pink Sports Section.
PART FIVE--S PAGES.
Magazine Section-Fiction and Fea.
lures.
The Rambler-Page 8.
Boy Scout News-Page 8,
Girl Scouts-Page s.
PART SIX-l2 PAGES.
Classified Advertising.
GRAPHIC SECTION-1e PAGES.
World Events in Pictures.
COLOR Sections PAGES.
Mutt and JEFF; Reg'lar FeIlers: Mr..
and Mrs; High Lights of History.
Evening star., 1927-05-15
PART TWO-16 PAGES.

Editorials and Editorial Features.
Washington and Other Society.
Notes of Art and Artists-Page 4.
Review of Spring Books-Page 4.
Tales of Well Known F'olk--Page Ia
Evening star., 1927-05-15
PART THREE-16 PAGES.

&HSI TIVL-D PAUES.
Magazine Section-Fiction and Fea.
lures.
The Rambler-Page 8.
Boy Scout News--Page 8.
Girl Scouts-Page s.
Evening star., 1927-05-15

The Star Is delivered every evening and
Sunday morning to Washington homes st
so cents per month. Telephone Main 5000
and service will start Immediately.
Evening star., 1927-05-15

Cloudy to partly cloudy today: TO.
morrow fair: not much change in tenn
perature. Temperatures: Highest, SIS.
at 10 am. yesterday; lowest, 53, at
am. yesterday.
Full report on Page 6.
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"MARENKA," THE Y. w. c. A.
OPERETTA AGAIN TONIGHT

A gayly costumed folk-song oper-
eta, with folk dances as we'll aa
charming solos and choruses, was
presented last evening at the at
tractive new Young Women's Chris
tian Association, at Seventeenth and
K Streets, by large group of D.
G. High School students, who form
the Girl Reserves" of the Y. w.
c. A.
Tonight again, at S:15, it will be
given in Barker Hall, which makes
an effective setting. with its real
stage, for stage pictures such as
these.
OF course, in true fairy tale
fashion--for fair Spring" played
quite the part of a fairy with a
magic wand-there was a lover
and his maid and an unkind fate
that tried to keep them apart. The
scenes took place In a Czechoslovak.
ian village street, with nice bits of
scenic color to add to the little song
drama.
And the voices. so very young
and fresh, were unusually sweet.
Whether it is due to music in the
public schools, or to private instruc-
ton, there was a commendable
lack of strain in the singing.
Ina Holtzscheiter had the title
role, making a picturesque little
"Marenka," who sang with a high
clear soprano voice that was lovely.
Her lover, the sturdy "HonZa,"
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dent Of the league, and Mrs. Maud
Wood Park, a former president,
asked the questions so ably answered
by the speakers.
Democrats and Republicans
The dinner was held in the Chinese
room of the Mayflower, with the
guests seated about flower decked
candle lighted tables. A delegation
from the Maryland League Of
Women Voters was present and
there were many notable men and
women in the company, among them
the Minister Of Bulgaria and Nine.
Radewa, Justice and Mrs. Harlan
Fiske Stone, the Counselor of the
Czechoslovak Legation and Nine.
Lipa, DR.. and Nine. Branco Adje.
movitch, of the Serbian legation;
Mrs. Alvin r. Hert, vice chairman
of the Republican national commit.
tee. and Mrs. Minnie Fisher Cunning.
ham, executive secretary Of the
Women's National Democratic Club.
Others present were Miss Mabel
Boardnan, Walter Brookings, Col.
Stephen Bonsal, Mrs. Bessie Park.
er Brueggeman, Miss Mary Ander.
son. Mrs. Anne Archbold, Mrs.
Tracy ,Dows, Mrs. Alvin Dodd, Miss
Jessie Dell, Miss Lavinia Engle, Of
Baltimore; Mr.. and Mrs. Willmott
Lewis, Marion Law. Mrs. David
Lawrence, Mrs. Frederick William
Vile, Miss Katherine Lenroot, Miss
Agnes Wilson. Mrs. J. Girvin
Peters, Mrs. Albert H. Putney,
Cleveland Perkins MES. Lyman B.
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AMERICANS In
NEWS FROM
PARIS
Many of Interest in Wash
ington Are in French
Capital

There comes from Paris news of
various Americans passing the
time" in that city, either on pleas.
ure bent or for more stable rea.
sons. OF these Americans many
are OF interest in Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dorsey Richardson,
of Washington, who recently ar.
rived in Paris for an indefinite
stay, have taken an apartment at
3 Square du Bots de Boulogne, and
are being entertained informally by
many old friends In the American
colony. Mr.. Richardson formerly
was chief OF the Division Of West.
ern European Affairs, State De.
partment, and resigned to become
the foreign representative Of an
important banking and investment
house.
Mrs. Richardson's aunt, Miss
Helen Cannon, Of Washington and
Danville, ILL.,. with other members OF
her immediate family, viii arrive at
Cherbourg on the Leviathan, May 81,
to spend the summer In Paris. Miss
Cannon Is q daughter of the late
Speaker Of the House. Joseph Can
non.
Brig. Gen. Henry J. Reilly, o. r.
c., il another who IL renewing old
acquaintance after an absence Of
several years from Paris. AS COM
pliment to General Reilly, the
orchestra of a well.known restaurant
where he recently dined with friends
played all the old war songs, from
"Madelon" to "Tipperary." He ar.
rived last week on the Leviathan.
Representative and Mrs. H. c.
Ransley and Miss Elizabeth Ransley
Of Pennsylvania are at the Hotel
Crillon for a spring visit.
Prof. Walter T. Swingle, botanist
and agriculturalist for the Bureau
OF Plant Industry, Department of
Agriculture, who was also a Le-
viathan passenger, IL the guest of
Prof. Auguste Chevalier in the rue
Culver. He expects to remain
aboard for three months.
Miss Mary M. O'Reilly, Assistant
Director Of the Mint, is having a
spring vacation in Paris and Is
making the Hotel Rafael near the
Etoile her headquarters, although
she is spending much time at Fon,
tainebleau and Versailles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss
have arrived from Stockholm for
brief visit In Paris before sailing
for New York en- route to the
Argentine where Mr.. Bliss has been
appointed ambassador. They are
due in New York on the Leviathan
May 16. and will come Immediately
to Washington.
Admiral Mark Bristol is expected
in Paris shortly en- route to this
country. He has booked passage
on the Leviathan due in New York
June s.
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PARTIES FOR
DEPAR TING
DIPLOMATS
Butler Wrights Are Feted
Before Leaving for New
Post in Hungary

The American Minister to Hungary
and Mrs. j. Butler Wright are the
honor guests at tea this afternoon
of the Assistant Secretary OF State
and Mrs Wilbur Carr, who are
entertaining in their apartment at
the Dresden. Assisting Mrs. Carr
are Mrs. Robert Lansing, wife OF
the former Secretary Of State; Mrs.
William r., Castle. ir., wife Of the
recently appointed Assistant Secre.
tary of State: Mrs. Robert Olds,
wife Of an Assistant Secretary of
State, and Mrs. Charles Wood. wife
of the Rev. DR.. Wood. OF the
Church Of the Covenant.
The Minister and Mrs. Wright
were the guests for whom Mr.. and
Mrs. John Hays Hammond enter.
tanned at dinner last evening in
their home on Kalorama Road.
Other guests at the dinner were the
Speaker of the House and Mrs.
Longworth, the Secretary, Of the
Treasury Mr. Mellon; Admiral and
Mrs. Edward w. Eberle, the
Counselor of the British Embassy
and Mrs. Henry Getty Chiffon. Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Lansing, Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Willard Bronson,
Mrs. Clifford Pinchot, Mr.. and Mrs.
Theodore w. Moves, Thomas j.
O'Brien. Mrs. Sydney Cloman,
Mrs. Robert Henderson, Miss Natalie
Hammond, Edmund Carpenter and
John Hays Hammond. jr., who
came from New York for the din.
ner.
The Minister of Panama and Mime.
Alfaro will be the ranking guests at
dinner tonight Of Mrs. Mason Gray,
widow of Major Gray, who will en-.
terrain at the dinner dance at Ward
man Park Hotel. There will be 20
guests.
Nine. Sega, wife of the retiring
minister of Latvia, was the honor
guest at luncheon today Of Mrs.
John Allan Dougherty, who enter
tanned company of "a in the Chi.
nese room Of the Mayflower.
H&H
Mrs. Ernest Thompson Seton en-.
tertained at dinner last evening in
her apartment at the Mayflower in
compliment to Syad Hussain, editor
OF the New Orient. There were IL
in the company. Mrs. Seton will en-.
terrain at tea from to o'clock
Monday afternoon in her apartment
at the Mayflower In compliment to
the members of the National Execu.
tive Board Of the League of Amer
lean Pen Women.
4
Miss Margaret de Forest Hicks
will entertain at tea tomorrow after.
noon in her apartment at 1871 II
Street in compliment to Miss Helen
Carusi and her finance, Major EN-.
manuel Lombard. Of the French
embassy.
The counselor Of the British I'm.
bassy and Mrs. Henry Getty Chill.
ton will entertain at dinner Tues.
day evening.