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Evening star., 1927-03-31
JUDGE SMITH NAMED
FOR BOERSIG TRIAL
Alexandrian Will Preside in Muir
der Case at Fairfax, Va,
Next Tuesday.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, March ST.
Gov. Byrd has named Judge Howard
w. Smith Of the Corporation Court
here to preside at the trial OF Louis
Boersig, who is charged with clubbing
Mrs. George Ridgeway and her two
children. The trial will be held Tues
day morning in the Fairfax court
house at 10 o'clock. Boersig has been
indicted for murder on two counts, the
children having died, and for alleged
criminal assault upon Mrs. Ridgeway.
Evening star., 1927-03-31
LIQUOR BILL SIGNED.

TORONTO, March 81 CP.-The
Ontario liquor-control bill today was
part Of the PROVINCES statutes, hav-
ing been formally signed by Lieut..
Gov Ross.
The measure does not become ef-
fective until proclamation is made.
Evening star., 1927-03-31
Jddge In Libel Trial Minimizes Need
for Investigation.

DETROIT. March 81 CP).--No in.
vsstigation Of possible connection
bdtween an alleged attempt to harm
Henry Ford and the trial of the ST..
00D. 900 libel suit against him is being
made at the instigation of the Federal
Court, Judge Fred NJ. Raymond an.
ncunced today. There is no need for
such an investigation" he declared.
The Judge said his attention had
been called to "a drastic misstatement
that had appeared in a morning paper
toe the effect that an agent OF the
United States District Court was in.
vesigating the connection of the acci.
dent and the trial"
s.No investigation has been asked"
he said.
Judge Raymond asked the Jurors to
place no credence In the report, IL II
had come to their attention.
Favored World Organization.
Worldwide cooperation of growers
of staple products was the dream OF
Asron Sapiro, he testified today.
A clash with Senator James A
Reed of Missouri chief Ford counsel
marked the first few minutes Of cross
examination. The Senator was at
tempting TO learn from Sapiro the in
tricacies OF cooperative marketing or
ga31izations.
Evening star., 1927-03-31
Marine Corps Changes.

Capt. w. Men. Marshall has beer
transferred from the naval base
Hampton Roads. to Port au Prince
Haiti to Paris Island. 8. c.; FRS,
Lieut.. J. W. Cunningham, from,
Quantico. Va, to naval base, Hamp
ton Roads; Second Lieut.. I. L. Kimes
from Haiti to Quantico, and Second
Lieut.. p. A. Shiebler. from Key West
Fla, to Quantico.
Evening star., 1927-03-31
LIBERALS CAPTURE JIN0TECA.

BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Nicaraguan Liberal troops captured
Jinoteca, near Matagaipa, last Tues
day, defeating a small force OF Diaz
Conservatives. Rear Admiral Latimer
reported today to the Navy Depart
ment.
The Liberals later withdrew from
the town, joining other Liberal SOL
diers on the Mico and Siquia Rivers,
in the vicinity Of Rama. The admiral
said the Liberals were taxing native
fruit growers along the two rivers
named, were recruiting soldiers for
habitants.
Evening star., 1927-03-31
Favored World Organization.
Family Keeps Passionate.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, March 81
The same pastorate has been kept in
tfie same family for $50 years at
Kristdala, In northern Smaland. Since
I7p8 fathers and sons of the Meurling
family have been elected to the office.
Evening star., 1927-03-31

du Breuil, Miss Sarah Lynch. Miss
Charlotte n. harrington. Mrs. Lola
Hutchins, Mrs. E. c. Kojouharoff, Miss
Dorothea r. Sherman and Edmund
Evening star., 1927-03-31

| Spiders that live 1000 feet above
any vegetation have been found In
the Himalayas, and re believed to
!. live ON each. otherA
Evening star., 1927-03-31
CARELESS SPEEDER
BELIEVED TO BLAME
: FOR FORD CRASH

Continued from First Page.)
Evening star., 1927-03-31

The Central High School committee
of judges included: Miss Hester Nc
Nelly, chairman; Miss Ruth Branson,
Miss Edith c. PaulH Miss Edna A.
Clark, l.. @. Hoover. Mss Grace John.
nam. NiGWR RAGnli0 ~, l&1AaA No., A2iQn
Evening star., 1927-03-31
POWER ALLEGATION
FOR RADIO URGED
AT BOARD HEARING

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Evening star., 1927-03-31
Alternatives Pointed Out.

The commission has before 1t q
warning by the American Engineer
ing Council that plans contemplating
a greater number of broadcasting sta
tons will diminish rather than in
crease the actual service rendered by
radio to the general public.
A brief subna kted yesterday by the
scosnciA - ~ fnk1hntyu uholau 6ataI1
Evening star., 1927-03-31

In an intelligence test conducted re-
Gently by Washington business col
lege, Miss Lucas was given first place.
She answered correctly 126 Of $50
questions put to her. The victory in
that test brought to her a scholarship
to the business institution, but the
little orator declined that award in
view of her decision to study at
George Washington.
Following her victory yesterday she
was asked what she would do with the
500 given by The Star to the winner
Of the Virginia district finals. She re-
piled that she would save 1t to help de-
fray expenses on the European trip,
which she will win IL she defeats the
District of Columbia, Maryland and
private and parochial school entrants
With the evident determination to win
that she displayed In the contest yes
terday, Miss Lucas will devote the
week before the Virginia finals to
study for the perfection Of her ora
ton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-19
DIPLOMATS WIFE
HONORS MRS. TAFT

HONORS MRS. TAFT
Mrs. Taft, wife of the Chief
Justice, was the honor guest at
luncheon today Of Mime. Varela,
wife of the Minister of Uruguay.
There were sixteen in the company.
~ u
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson has as her
guest her niece, Miss Lucy Maury,
from Wytheville, Va. Another
niece, Miss Anne Stewart. of Abing-
don, Va, is the guest Of Mr., and
Mrs. Julian B. Boiling.
\
DIR. AND MRS. LEWIS
Mr.. and Mrs. Elliott Hersey Good
win have sent out invitations for
a garden tea tomorrow afternoon
to meet DR.. William Mather Lewis.
retiring president of George Wash
ington University, and Mrs. Lewis.
JAPANESE DELEGATE
A LUNCHEON GUEST
The naval attache of the Japanese
embassy, Capt, Isoroku Yamamoto.
entertained at luncheon today at the
Carlton Hotel in honor of Sadao
Saburi. the delegate from Japan to
the disarmament conference in &c.
neva. The other guests were the
counselor of the japanese embassy.
Setsuzo Sawada, Rear Admiral Hill.
airy p. Jones, Rear Admiral Frank
H. Schofield. Capt. Arthur j. Hep.
burn, Capt. David M, LeBreton, and
the assistant naval attache Of the
embassy. Lieut., Comdr. Kakusaburo
Makita.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wade Ellis will spend
June at their country home, "Rippon
Lodge" in Virginia. They are now
in New York and from there will go
to Chicago for weekend house
party. They will return to Wash.
ington by way of Cincinnati. their
former home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Reid Yates and
family have gone to be the guests
OF Mr.. Yates sister, Mrs. @. A. John.
ston Ross, at their home in New
Rochelle. ~. Y. Mr.. Yates will "a,
| tomorrow for a six weeks, trim to
Europe, Mrs. Yates will meet him
upon his return in July. He win ar.
rive in Canada, where Mrs. Yates
will go by motor.
| -
| Judge kenesaw Mountain Landis
has arrived at the Willard from his
home in Chicago. and proposes to
srsnain several days in Washington.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-19

music, with that true quartet
balance that is so gratifying. The
20 Cor Dulce" of Valenti was
particularly rich in the inner voices.
Second Leader (the newly obtained
honor Arthur S. Witcomb, first
cornet playing with rare solo
beauty.
OF those whom Mr.. Williamson
praised comes first Esther Linkins,
president of the d. c.. Federation of
Music Clubs, who stood responsible
for the event as her organization
did for its obligations. 1t was her
vision" and in many ways her own
accomplishment.
The event became truly civic. with
a few words of appreciation from
Engineer Commissioner Bell.
w. e. Braithwaite, acting as
spokesman and general chairman.
stepped forward into new power in
that capacity. While to the Rev.
John r. Duffield. for the Wash.
ington Church Music Council: to
Herndon Morsell, for the women's
chorus; to Thomas Moss, for the
mixed chorus, and to B. Lewis Good.
year, for the male chorus, the credit
Of Washington's first Choral Fes-
tival" is due.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-19
MUSIC NOTES
BY Jessie MacBride

lvery quickly to have brought this
about
There was a freedom here, too,
particularly in the laughter and
the gay spirit of Daniels June
Rhapsody" that was excellent. The
fusing of voices. the rich altos. the
humming to unison melody. all
brought out good choral effects.
But the Male Chorus, in "a
capella" work, singing without their
music, was really the foremost
achievement, and their voices were
a malleable instrument of great
promise. Grace Harmon was their
capable accompanist, in the final
chorus.
Vocal, in the sense of high
ensemble art, was-by a seeming
contradiction-the assisting quartet.
the Marine Band Brass Quartet of
two comets, euphonium and from.
bone. They truly sang" their
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-19
Mrs. Coolidge HOspitubLe Hostess to Newspaper Group
Finds Inspiration Deviation From Familiar Ritual
''The Presidents House.
q Delightful and Home
like Residence; Music at
Tea Party
BY JEAN ELIOT


MRS. COOLIDGE, who was at
1y1 home to the newspaper women
of Washington yesterday afternoon,
made picturesque and stately little
function of the event.
The Presidents House''--15 Du.
pont Cirele-was flower-decked for
the occasion, with ported hydrangeas
following the line of the curving
stairway, scarlet carnations used in
the drawing rooms and spring
fiowers-roses. snapdragons and
delphinium-in silver bowls on the
tea table. An orchestra from the
Marine Band, wearing their colorful
scarlet uniforms, played very softly
from a corner of the music room
or Is 1t officially the drawing room?
At all events it is usually the East
Room" to the White House attaches
where Mrs. Coolidge received. The
musicians were under Command"
of their new leader, Lieut.. Taylor
Branson, who was making his first
appearance in such a role at a
White House fete.
Guests were presented to Mrs.
Coolidge by a uniformed aide and
Others of the group, picturesque
personages all, were on duty in the
various drawing rooms. introduce
tons were a. lengthy process, for in
most instances they were nor
needed; and each person present
held up the line while she had
few minutes chat with her hostess.
Formal presentations over. the First
Lady moved about from group to
group in the various drawing rooms,
exchanging experiences and rem
iniscences with her guests, with
many Of whom she has been on
friendly terms since she came to
know them as wife of the Vice
President.
Gown In Seasons Mode
Mrs. Coolidge's gown exemplified
several of the most salient features
Of the spring mode. 1t was COM
pose model Of some creepy material
the skirt Of the new sandlewood
q beige tone, being trimmed with
the darker material. The gown
showed the sports inspiration in its
simplicity of line, yet was formal
enough for afternoon wear. Kid
slippers and hose matched the
lighter portion of the costume in
color. The First Lady, who is par
tial to costume jeweIry. wore a long
heavy gold chain about her throat.
bracelet to match and an antique
brooch. Pinned on one shoulder
was the seal of the United States,
done in small diamonds, which is
perhaps her favorite ornament.
New Problems Of Procedure
Entertainment at the White
House has become so ritualized
with the years that it calls for little
imagination, but at Is Dupont
Circle new problems of procedure
have to be met with every party
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-19
DIR. AND MRS. LEWIS

Mr.. and Mrs. Elliott Hersey Good
win have sent out invitations for
a garden tea tomorrow afternoon
to meet DR.. William Mather Lewis.
retiring president of George Wash
ington University. and Mrs. Lewis.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-19
TO
MEDICOS ARE
FETED

Mrs. Charles Stanley white. wife
of the president Of the District Med
icaI Association, entertained at
luncheon today in their home on
Sixteenth Street in compliment to
Mrs. Franklin Paul Gengerbach, re-
firing president of the National
Women's Auxiliary Of the American
Medical Association, and Mrs. John
Oliver McReynolds. the new pres
ident of the auxiliary. There were
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-19

Judge Kenesaw Mountain Lands
has arrived at the Willard from his
home in Chicago. and proposes to
remain several days in Washington.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-19
ELIOTs NEWS AND GOSSIP OF SOCIETY IN THE CAPITAL

200 guests among whom were the
members Of the national executive
board Of the auxiliary.
y =
Mrs. H. N. Hickey will leave to-
morrow for Asheville. N. c., where
she will remain until the commence
ment exercises of the Asheville
School for Boys, from which her son,
John. Is graduating. Mr.. Hickey
will close their apartment at the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-19

wardman Park Hotel next week ana
win join Mrs. Hickey in AsheyiIIa.
From there they will leave to visit
their son-in-law and daughter, M.
and Mrs. Samuel = EeIIs, in cleve.
land.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-19

and Mrs. Coolidge finds this most
stimulating. The sensation must
have been rather odd all around
when, a few weeks ago Mrs. Elmer
Schlesinger, who owns Is Dupont
Circle. had luncheon with President
and Mrs. Coolidge. a guest for the
moment in her own house.
There was an unfamiliarity to
Mrs. Coolidge's setting Yesterday,
but she was surrounded by familiar
White House faces and one found
j. III. Hoover, White House at
tache for SO years and head of the
group of ushers. filling his role of
master of ceremonies as efficiently
and as self effacingly as If in his
usual surroundings.
Familiar Portraits
Portraits of President and Mrs
Coolidge contributed another fam.
iliar touch to their new home.
They hang on opposite sides of the
fireplace in the library, which. with
its wide comfortable davenports. its
richly colored books, its flowers and
its air of spacious comfort, seems
to be the favorite room of the
White House family. The likeness
of President Coolidge is the Laszio
portrait which hung last winter
above the fire place in the State
dining room at the White House.
Mrs. Coolidge's portrait, by Sigai
has but recently been completed.
Miss Harlan At Tea Table
Remembering the affectionate re-
gard in which Miss Laura Harlan
was held by the newspaper group
when she was White House social
secretary, Mrs. Coolidge had asked
her to pour tea. At the other end
of the flower decked tea table was
Mrs. Frank w. Stearns, a guest at
the temporary White House. And
Miss Mary Randolph, now Mrs.
Coolidge's secretary and like Miss
Harlan a favorite with the writing
women, assisted in making the
guests welcome.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-04-08

That New Jersey growers may
have advance information on the
new japanese beetle regulations,
Secretary W. B. Duryee, State De
partment CT Agriculture, announces
the ruling at this early date. These
have been formally approved b.
the Secretary Of Agriculture and
will be effective April /.
The general statement govern
ing the area is that all farm pro-
ducts, including vegetables. fruits
and forage crops are prohibited
movement out of the regulated area
from June15 TO October Is. An
exception is made to this, however.
for those farm crops which can be
treated or inspected so that they
will be free from infestation
Machine grading satisfies this re-
quirement for crops which can be
so handled. After inspection and ap-
prevail at various centralized
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-04-08

There seems to be no doubt that
birds posse. : Il sense of which We
Know notlii z. They perform feats
that would be impossible to human
beings. They are able TO find their
way enormous distances across
seas and continents with no com
pass TO guide Them
The swallows will fly south for
COCO miles and return the same
distance The following spring. What
is more wonderful, they will so di-
rect to the farmslead or barn that
they used for nesting in The pre-
vious year We might think they
have wonderful memories, butmem
DRY cannot enter into it when we.
end that the young of many of our
summer visitors leave before their
parents, vet fly direct to the dis
tant countries to which the elder
birds will 90 later on.-London Tit
Bits.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-04-08
VAIN MUkktkS IN TEXAS
OIL FIELDS AGAINST GAS
Constant Precaution Urged by Hu-
resu Of Mines and Use Of Gas
Masko Recommended.

WaShington.-W Workers in Texas
oil fields face untold dangers which
necessitate the exercise of con-
slant precautions. according to the
bureau of mines. which has Just
completed an investigation of CON
ditions Iii the Lone Star states oil
industry.
Investigations by the bureau took
IN the Panhandle district, the Big
lake field Of Reagan county, and
the McCaney field of Upton county.
Hydrogen sulpllide in petroleum
yapors. the bureau found, is the
most poisonous gas associated with
the crude oil industry and fire.
quently gives workers serious cases
of conjunctiyitis, known as gas
eyes.
Conjunetivitis is usually con-
tracted in derrick cellars, where
the gas collects In the derrick cell
lar Of one well in the Panhandle
district 81 men were overcome
while putting on the brandenhead.
Around many wells investigators
OF the bureau found dead rabbits
and birds. Dead animals are usu-
ally found after a still. oppressive
night, when there is little or no air
movement. One man collected Il
pile of more than oae hundred dead
animals.
In one place visited by bureau
Investigators it was found that the
presence of hydrogen sulphide in
excessive quantities caused pro-
noiinced darkening of white lead
paint on houses, of brass valves and
fittings and of silver money.
The bureau stresses the necessity
of workmen using gas masks while
engaged on derrick cellars and
wherever it is believed gases are
in the air.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-04-08
Classified Under the
Head of Information

Last simmer Miss Moody an
artist in search of perfect quiet
and rest as we'll as beautiful
scenery, pitched her tent in one OF
the remotest and widest corners
of the great Northwest. where she
rejoiced in the absence Of all mod
ern conveniences.
One day. as she rode her horse
over a corduroy road in a swampy
forest, she was amazed TO hear the
sound of q motor car horn. Sud-
denly a bend in the road brought
her face to face with Il small mo-
tor car.
Her bronco fiercely resented this
sight, and absolutely refused to
pass the car, which. owing TO she
great rougllness of the road, was
travelling at a very low speed.
Seeing with What difficulty the
rider was retaining her seat as the
horse reared, plunged and bucked,
and realizing that he could not get
by the frightened animal on so ex-
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-04-08

or articles other than fruit and
vegetables.
The entire quarantined area in
cludes the states of New Jersey
and Delaware; the line extending
across Pennsylvania. through
Harrisburg, following along the
Allegheny mountains to q uoint
opposite the New Jersey state line:
then following the state line to
the Hudson river; and then across
New York state at ossining Con
necticut at Stamford; and then
southwark. taking in about half Of
Long Island.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-04-08
ANNOUNCE NEW JAPANESE BEETLE
REGULATIONS EFFECTIVE NOW
Secretary W. B. Duryee State Department OF agriculture
Tells Of New Rules Which Have Been Approved
Area Under Quarantine Named

points. they may be certified for
shipment outside the regulated dis
trict
Certain articles Of produce. the
Secretary states. such as rasp-
berries, blackberries. hay and
straw. which are difficult if not
impossible, 10 free from infes-
tation, cannot be allowed move
menf from the infested territory
unless chemical means of treat
ment are devised.
Another provision, however, per
mits the eertification of ali arti-
cles of farm produce grown in
areas whore the fact is established
that no infestation Of the japanese
beetle exists. cumberland County
is such an area. and as a conse-
quence its canhouse tomatoes may
be shipped to Baltimore as
formerly
No restrictions are placed on the
movement Of white or sweet
potatoes that are free from soil;
this is likewise true of water
melons. dried fruits, dried vege-
straw are excluded from the
tables, seeds and grains. Hay and
quarantine regulations when these
products are used to pack material
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-04-08

with shafts and drifts.
I'VE send frequent samples 70
our laboratory and experimental
refinery at the University Of Colo
RADIO, in Boulder We also supply
samples 10 universities. research
laboratories and oil companies for
study We expect to complete our
work only after we have made
every possible test OF the possfbili-
ties OF oil shale for commercial
production.
Gavin and his men live like real
mountaineers. There are camps,
with cook shacks and bunk houses
at the quarry and at the retorts.
Gavin believes that as the re-
suit OF this pioneer work the day
will come when this new western
romance will be commonplace
Long tank ears Will roll daily TO
the refneries from the shale beds.
and motor ears viii chng merriiy
up mountains burning fuel wrung
/ by science from the mountains
themselves.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-04-08

Sympathetic jeE-eier-''Weli well
and how did sou happen TO break
your glasses ?" Customer with
hangover from last nigh) 4 saw
two lamposts. ana l guess | leaned
On the wrong one"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-04-08
OIL SHALE IS GOLDEN VESTS
NEW BONANZA FOR INDUSTRY

QIL from shale is the vests
- new romantic bonanza-but
getting it out is another matter.
With a tremendously increased
oil demand the navy is looking
ahead to the day when the wells
go dry.
The government, therefore, has
set aside A 900 acres of oil shale
land in the Colorado mountains,
and $4,000 acres in Utah.
Oil shale is petroleum-saturated
clay. 1t is deep-brown or black,
and resembles slate. Colorado
and Utah have whole mountains
of it, inside and out the naval re-
serves. Thousands of acres are
already under patent by private
interests.
Extracting 1t
The problem of getting the oil
out the government has tackled in
Colorado by erecting large expert
ment station on Colorado naval
shale reserve No. 3, mile and a
half northwest of RuIison, Col, on
the main line of the Denver & Rio
Grande Western Railroad, and
nine miles west of Rifle, Col.
The first stream of petroleum
! sprouted from the retorts there
Dec. 30, and is still running. Soon
| the first tank car of shale oil
ever to pass over the rails in the
| United States will go from Ruiz
| son to the navy fuel oil testing
station at Philadelphia. The ex-
I pertinent for which Congress APP
propriated 100000 in 1925 and
$4,000 additional in 1926 is be-
| lieved a success.
M. J Gavin government min
ing engineer. is the man behind
| the Job. He is in charge of oil
shale investigation for the U. s.
/! Bureau of Mines. With congress
sional backing assured, Gavin
went 10 Scotland in May, 1925.
| There, oil shale has been worked
| for years. He obtained the con-
struc:ion and operation data OF
! the Scotch retort and came back
to- America, as he says, ito beat
the thrifty Scotch at their own
game
Beating the Scotch .
I'VE started building oul
| Scotch retort at Rulison after
| got back, he says We also hat
TO build camps, power houses. anf
run "a 6O00-foot aerial cable tran
from shale quarry to plant Tht
! QUAR-, is Zoo feet above the re
torts. The job took year Frs
shale went into retort III Septem
Der. 1926.
'.Tney call it an experiment sta
ton but it's no test-tnhe layout
| The retoIts- we have two 0
! then.-are commercial size, Tn
Scotch is rated at 4 ~ 10 ton
! ghale capacity a day. or 100 gal
1 Iona of oil Chose are Scotch ile