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Evening star., 1927-10-02
AUTHORS TO GIVE
COMMUNITY TALKS
John Erskine and George
Dorsey in List of 10
Events Here.

Two world famous writer's, John
Erskine and George A. Dorsey. will
lecture here this Winter under the
auspices of the Community Institute
of Washington. whose program for
the season has just been announced.
Ten events are scheduled, one every
two weeks, beginning November 3. in
the auditorium of Central Community
Center.
DIR. Dorsey, famous anthropologist.
sociologist and psychologist, Is the
author of why We Behave Like
Human Beings" popular scientific
work which has been a best seller for
three years. He will speak Novem.
ber II.
John Erskine will lecture on Feb.
ruary %. THE Moral Obligation to
Be Intelligent" will be his topic. He
is the author of THE Private Life of
Helen of Troy and "Galahad," as
we'll as of a discussion OF the prohi-
bition question.
Other Attractions.
''JaZzmania, a Musical Analysis"
will be the subject of the lecture by
Sigmund Spaeth November 3, which
will open the season. Mr.. Spaeth will
Is well known as a musical humorist.
December / will bring novelty, the
metropolitan Museum Cinema Films.
introduced by Huger Elliott, director
Of educational work OF the museum.
This program Of films includes the
| museums three finest and most
sought-after pictures. including, "A
| Visit to the Armor Galleries." 1.-THE
Pottery Maker" and "Vasantasena."
the latter produced by the School Of
Fine Arts of Pratt Institute.
December Is. Cornelia Otis Skinner.
talented daughter of distinguished
father" will appear in character
sketches written by herself
January events in the institute in
clude, on January 5. William E. Dodd,
professor of American history at
| Chicago University, whose subject
will be "Shall American Farmers
Become Peasants?" and January 10,
the Flonzaley Quartet.
Artist on Program.
In February. on the 9th. will como
Gerrit A. Bereker, artist. lecturer and
author. His subject will be Art in
Everydal Life" and he will illustrate
his talk with 33 slides of his cele-
brated paintings. all on industrial sub
jects, including his now famous Vic
tory Liberty Loan poster, Sure,
Well Finish the job"
Earle Rowe, director of the Rhode
Island School of Design. and author
and lecturer of note. will be heard in
his popular talk entitled Fakes and
Forgeries.''
On March 80 will come William
Starr Myers, professor of politics at
Princeton University, nationally
current events, who will take as his
subject. Current History"
Season tickets for the entire course
of ten events may now be had at the
Franklin School Building, Thirteentb
and X streets northwest. where thu
offices of the Community Institute arc
located. Tickets are So.
Evening star., 1927-10-02
HESSE AWAITS PROBE
INTO OWN CONDUCT
Inspector Stoll Begins Inquiry Into
Charge Superintendent Was
(. Discourteous to Band.

Having ordered an investigation of
his own conduct when he halted the
playing, without a permit, of the
Washington Boys Independent Band
Thursday night, Maj. Edwin B. Hesse,
superintendent Of police, is now wait
ing to learn whether he was dis
courteous" and lost his temper" on
taat occasion. That Is charged by c.
j. Brown, manager of the band, in
letters sent to the superintendent of
police and to Commissioner Proctor
J.. Dougherty.
BY direction of Mai Hesse, Police
Inspector Louis ]. Stoll yesterday be-
gan an inquiry into the incident
which occurred at Thirteenth and E
streets in front of the Earle Theater
about 7:30 o'clock in the evening. 1t
Is expected that a report will be ready
by the end of this week.
Meantime. Maj. Hesse says he is
quite certain that he did not lose his
temper, although he admits the pos
sibility that he may have been abrupt
Th- Washington Boys Independent
Band has been at odds with the
Musicians Protective Union Of
Washington for more than a year
and Mr.. Brown said yesterday that
officials of the union had demanded
the disarmament or abolition Of the
boys organization and had inter-
fered with it on numerous occasions
when 1t had been engaged to make
public appearances.
A. c. Hayden. president Of the To-
cal Musicians Protective Union, de-
MED yesterday afternoon that the
union had ever asked that the boys
band go out Of existence.
Il was the one who talked with
Mr.. Brown" said Mr.. Hayden. Il
told him and / repeat now that the
union does not want to discourage
the boys band. We realize that pub
lie appearances are necessary to en-
courage the boys in their work. We
have no objection to such public ap-
pearances, if an arrangement Is made
by which the boys band will stay
out of direct competition with those
who are earning their livelihood in
their profession. We regarded that
as perfectly fair. We have offered
to adjust matters with Mr.. Brown. IL
the band will stay in the non-com-
petitive field"
Mr.. Hayden confirmed Mr.. Browns
statement that the Central Labor
Union had placed the boys band on
ehe unfair list"
Evening star., 1927-10-02
Oldest Georgetown University Graduate
Greeted by Alma Mater on Tooth Birthday

was made an honorary member Of that
body. He is at present sitting for
George Delfosse, well known Canadian
artist, for a portrait which will hang
| in the Senate gallery.
Evening star., 1927-10-02

On his Tooth birthday, Georgetown
University sent its greetings and
blessings Thursday to Senator George
C. Dessaulles Of Canada, the oldest
living graduate of his alma mater
Senator Dessaulles was graduated
from Georgetown College 70 years ago,
in the class of 1S4S, and is the only
living member of any Georgetown
graduating class before 1868. Hale
and hearty, he is living in retirement
in his home in st. Hyacinthe and yes
terday received Fluctuations from the
government and Premier Mackenzie,
as well as his townspeople, over whom
he served as mayor for % years.
The last visit of Senator Dessaulles
to Washington was in 1915, when
Georgetown conferred upon him the
honorary degree of doctor Of laws.
Rev. Charles w. Lyons, s. j., presi-
dent of the university, yesterday sent
him the following message: Alma
mater is proud of you and sends hear
tiest greetings and blessings"
Senator Dessaulles' record Is all the
more remarkable in view of the fact
that he did not enter Parliament until
he was 60 years old. After n service
of many years in the upper house he
Evening star., 1927-10-02
BAHAMA MAY SEEK
COAST GUARDSMAN
Request for Surrender on
Piracy Charge Possible
Result of NeSIe Trial.

by the Associated Press.
NASSAU. New Providence, Ba-
hamas. October l (via radio)-It was
indicated at the colonial secretary's
Office here today that the Bahama
government would not be unwilling to
request Washington for the surrender
OF Larry Christensen, Coast Guards
man. for trial on charge of piracy
in the event evidence submitted at
the trial of c.. II. Nesle justified such
action.
Nesle will be tried some time this
month on a charge Of larceny from
ship and receiving stolen goods as a
result of the seizure of a liquor ves-
sci off Bimini by United States cut
ter. Nesle, 1t was charged, was at
the wheel Of the cutter commanded by
christensen when the seizure was
made. The complaints alleged that
the liquor boat was taken a mile off
Bimini.
Say Nesle Was Pilot.
The charge of receiving stolen goods
resulted from the discovery by Bimini
constables of SO half cases Of LIQUOR at
Nesle's home.
Coast Guard officials at the Fort
Lauderdale, Fla, base denied that the
nquor found on NeSleS premises was
that taken from the rum boat. They
said that Nesle was aboard the cut
ter, but was serving as pilot because
of his familiarity of the Bahaman
waters.
COnfers With Consul.
G. G. Broy, American consul here,
has had one conference with Nesle
since he was. brought here from Ri.
mini last Tuesday. He expressed the
belief that Washington would not
take any steps in behalf of Nesle who,
the consul says, is assured of a fair
trial. He declared his conference
with the prisoner concerned funeral
arrangements for Mrs. Nesle who died
at Miami hospital this week.
Evening star., 1927-10-02
TWO LEADERS CONFER.

PALMA, Island of Mallorca, Spain
October / R).--World political qucs
tions. particularly those of common in
terest to Spain and Great Britain
were discussed at the meeting yester
day between Premier Primo de Rivera
and Sir Austen Chamberlain, British
foreign secretary, but no agreemen;
or understanding of any sort was ar
rived at. A semi-official communique
issued today states:
''Sir Austen intends to visit Valencia
next and then probably Barcelona.
The party will then go to Morocco"
Evening star., 1927-10-02
METZ EXTENDS WELCOME.
Troops Head Parade to Greet Ameri-
cans In AlSace.

METZ. Alsace-Lorraine, France.
October l CP).-A bef1agged town and
cheering crowds welcomed the MEM
bers of the American Legion who came
here today fresh from an enthusiastic
reception at Strasbourg.
The garrison troops and band headed
the parade of legionnaires to the
monument of the French poilu
"liberator," many officials and con-
tingents from 80 French patriotic
societies formed part of the escort.
Evening star., 1927-10-02

The Marconi Co. has announced that
beam wireless tests between India and
Great Britain have resulted in sue
eessful transmitting and receiving
over 100 words per minute, during IS
hours daily for seven days, thus ex-
ceeding government contract require.
ments in spite of monsoon atmos-
pheric conditions, II. D. Butler. com.
mercial attachs at London. reports.
Evening star., 1927-10-02
1,O(OLEG|ONNA|RES
SAIL FOR AMERICA
Two ShipIoads of Veterans
on Way Home-0thers
Received in Metz.


By the Associated Press.
PARIS, October 1.-More than
thousand legionnaires, who attended
the convention Of the American
Legion in Paris. sailed today from
Cherbourg for their homeland on the
steamships Lapland and Republic.
Evening star., 1927-10-02
Infant Malady Claims Boy.

LYNCHBURG, Va, October P).-
The first death here this year from in
fantile paralysis occurred late yester-
day when Luther c. Roach, jr.. 2
years old. son Of L. c. Roach. died of
the nnalady,
Evening star., 1927-10-02
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued to
Earl L. Cooper and Gladys M Hott.
John F. Ronquest of Louisa, Va. and
Clara Mastin of New York City.
Francis J. Pelland and Margaret c. Mon
aghan.
oliver G. Jackson and Dorothy J. Stevens.
Lawrence +. Hansen of Greensboro: N. c.
and Clayton c. Caldwell of Stuart. Va.
Ed Holloway and Ruby Adams.
John Whiting OF Fairfax. and Maudt
NJ. c. Bowman of this city
Abram T. Brown. and Alice M. Branton
both h,,s;f Of Cumnh:eTland f:Ia :, r,aou,,. ". an.
Matte Scott Of this city.
Arthur W Harding of this city and Mar.
garet H.. Fudge of Wharton, N: j..
John, G. Pooy and Mamie s. Davis. both
- John K, Bunch and Helene c. Davis. both
Of Covington. Va.
Sweden's industrial production in
the past year was so times that of so
Evening star., 1927-10-02

Sweden's industrial production in
he past year was so times that of so
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-10
L.ABOR TROUBLES THREATEN TO
CLOSE LOS ANGELES THEATRES

the matter to william A. Green,
president of the American Fedora
ton of Labor. The unions declined
to arbitrate. We offered to in
Stitute the six-day week with, in
the case of the musicians, an in
crease of five per cent. To the
stage hands and operators we Of
fered a three-year contract with
an increase of $3.50 a week for the
first year, $1.25 week the second
and similar increase the third
year. Stage hands now receive
SIS and $50 a week. Operators
receive $50 and $50 week. Musi-
clans are paid minimum Of $7S
a week."
AT general meeting the own
ers of theatres today discussed the
feasibility of an attempt to Oper-
ate their theatres with union
labor.
Union officials were in executive
session the greater part of the day
and said they had conferred with
New York executive offices by
telephone and telegraph.
Approximately $4,000 patrons
daily will be affected should the
threatened strike close the
theatres, the owners said. The
three unions have about 5000
members, approximately half Of
the total number of persons on
the theatre staffs, ushers and of
flee workers comprising the other
half.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-10
HIGHWAY BOARD
TO HONOR CO.'S
ROAD requests
Budget Will Not Be In
creased But Money Will
Be Spent as Desired

PHOENIX, Ariz,, Sept. 8 (P-That
no material change in figures of the
tentative highway budget for the
last ten months of the fiscal year
1927-28 will be made when the budget
is fronally adopted, was stated by
the highway commissioners today.
However, they said, changes to meet
those protests from various counties
which can be made, will be honored.
Commissioners were handicapped
in their work today by the absence
of an official transcript of the pro-
ceedings of the protest hearing held
Wednesday and Thursday. This will
be available tomorrow and undougt-'
edly will facilitate changes to meet
requests from the various counties.
Favorable changes will be made,
they said, wherever possible. They
stressed the fact that the budget
figure OF $5.2O0,000 as previously an.
nounced would not be changed.
Before the present meeting of the
commission adiourns, final approval
to the personnel of the highway de-,
partment will be made, it was said.
Important officers to be finally de-
cided upon include the purchasing
agent. Several important shifts III
departmental heads were also said
to be under consideration.
The general expression of commits
sioners individually indicated that
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-10

The strike of the musicians, stage
hands and motion picture machine
operators of Los Angeles theatres
was set for tomorrow night in
notice served on theatre managers
today by j. w. Gillette, president
of the local musicians union. The
threat to strike resulted from the
failure of the opposing factions to
compromise on the employees de-
mandS for wage increases and
shorter hours.
Demands made by the union
workers for a siX-day week and a
ten per cent wage increase were
refused today by the executive
committee of the Theatre Man
ayers association, representing
Los Angeles theatres.
In return, the unions definitely
rejected the theatre managers Of
fer of six-day week, and wage
increases apprOximating five per
cent. The union spokesman said
they were determined to hold to
their original demands.
eve will either close our
theatres or operate them our
Selves" II. b. Franklin, president
of West Coast theatres and chair
man of the executive committee
of the theatre associated, declared.
'It looks now as though we would
close them.
'We offered to arbitrate the ques-
tiOn, even going SO far as to leave
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-10
OF INDIANA
IS INDICTED ON
BRIBERY CHARGE

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Sept. 8 (R)-
Governor Ed Jackson, who took office
a little more than two years ago,
today was indicted by the Marion
county grand jury on a charge OF
attempting to bribe Warren t. Nc
Cray, his predecessor.
Another indictment was returned
against John L. Duvall, mayor Oh
Indianapolis. 1t charged violation OF
the corrupt practices act
The Jackson indictments charged
conspiracy to commit felony; at
tempt to bribe, and grew out of the
alleged offer by Jackson OF $4,000
to McCray if he would name James
E. Mcdonald as Marion county prose-
cutor. The purported offer came at
a time when Jackson was secretary
Of state and McCray was under in
dictment on forgery charges. I'M
munity from conviction also was
alleged to have been promised Nc
Cray.
Robert l. Marsh, Indianapolis, form
erly law partner of Governor Jack
son and counsel for the Marion
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-10
EilBERY.
RAMPANT IN.
'PROHI FORCES
Active Heads Of Prohibition
Enforcement Wars On
Crooks.
| MANY ARE DISMISSED
Lowman Declares Intention
OF CIenning Out The
Department.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (H9 - De-
termination to rid the federal pro-
hibition service of dishonest and in
competent agents was expressed today
by Assistant Secretary Lowman OF the
treasury in a formal statement in
which he also declared that ''if Amer
lea can be made sobeV and temperate
in so years, a good job will have been
DONE"
LoWman, who has been in active
charge of prohibition enforcement for
six years. asserted that while there
were ga lot of splendid, fearless men,
in the service, there are many In
competent and crooked men," and
bribery is rampant"
'SThere are many wolves in Sleeps
clothing" said the assistant Secre-
tary's statement. 1--WE are after them.
A lot of them have lately been let
out all over the country. The gov
ernment intelligence service has been
very helpful. Some days my arm gets
tired signing orders Of dismissal.
''I want to say, however, that there
are lot Of splendid, fearless men in
the service as well, men who are alb
solutely dependable. Fortunately they
greatly outnumber the crooks. The
new law placing the prohibition bu-
reau under civil service which takes
effect Octover l should be very help
full
Customs and the coast guard are
well organized. Some crooks show up
in these bureaus. They go out as fast
as we locate them"
Mr.. LoWman, who in speech Labor
Day at Buffalo assailed Governor
Smith of New fork as force mimi
cal to prohibition enforcement, con-
ferred during the day with Secretary
Mellon Later, however, the treasury
head said he had no knowledge OF the
statement his subordinate had issued,
and had not discussed with him his
remarks concerning Governor Smith,
which have brought an emphatic pro-
test from Representative Boylan, dem
Ocrat, New York.
In his statement, Mr.. Lowman de-
clared that "the object of prohibition
is to promote temperance and So
briefly" and added:
"To my mind it has already done
much along that line. To claim that
thus far it is complete success would
be ridiculous.
"There has been much improve
ment. You can go to bed in hotel
these days unaccompanied by the re-
frain of Sweet Adeline.' Less drink
ing in hotels help tired people.
"The great mass of Americans do
not drink LIQUOR. There are two
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-10
NAVY RECALLS.
CURTIN SIGNED
FOR AIR TRIP
Rene Fonck Abandons Pro.
posed Flight From New
York to Paris.
LEVINE BALKE Ed
Canadian Committee Notify
Royal Windsor Aviators
To Quit

NEW YORK, Sept. 9, R-Old
Glory and Sir John Carling, the
most recent planes to try the At
lantic crossing, we're definitely Ia
belled "lost" today and their dis
public enthusiasm for long distance
ocean flying.
Plain indications multiplied dur
ing the day that the public had
had its fill of this type of adven-
ture and public opinion was mir
rored in numerous ways.
The navy recalled Lieutenant
Lawrence Curtin from his leave of
absence to fly with Rene Fonck
and Fonck acknowledged that his
flight would probably not be made
this year without. Curtin.
The Canadian committee in
charge of the proposed flight of
the Royal Windsor notified Phil
Wood and Duke Schiller to aban-
don the flight. A rising tide OF
public opinion against the flight
was given as the reason for the
cancellation.
doc" Kinkade, Wright Motor ex-
pert left London to sail for Amer
lea, saying that he had refused to
give Charles A. Levine a certificate
of air worthiness and that west
ward flight at this season would be
suicide to attempt" Levine and his
pilot, however, Nisted they would
make the attempt if they got fav-
orable weather.
In Germany, Captain Herman
Koehl, pilot of the Junkers plane,
Bremen, was fighting what seemed
to be lone battle with the strong
tide of public opinion against max
ing a trans Atlantic flight.
London newspapers carried caus-
tic comment on "'f'ool flights and
opposition to further Atlantic
flights was expressed in an inter-
view in the London Evening News
with Lord Thomson, former British
air secretary.
The Kobe representative of Ed
ward F. Schlee and William S
Brock world girdling fliers on the
way there from Hongkong announced
that he was arranging to charter
a boat to take them to the Midway
Islands, the most difficult ocear
hop of their flight. Mrs. Schlee pre-
viodsly had requested government in
tervention, expressing the belief thai
her husband and Brock would b(
killed if they should attempt the
long Pacific flight.
Besides the effect rising public
opinion had on Immediately pending
flights, there was also action to fore
stall others not so imminent. Tht
$4,000 Boston airport transatlantic
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-10
PL OF IN CHINA Is LAID
BARE, BY SEIZED RUSSIAN PAPERS

was the headquarters of cOmmun-
jsts, in which elaborate plans
we're made to overthrow the
Peking government and set up
a communistic regime.
''The captured documents" the
foreword added, proved con-
cIusivcIy:
1.-~-Tbat the soviet embassy
bad most extensive political and
military secret service OrganiZa-
ton in China, which conducted a
thorough espionage everywhere,
even in the foreign legations in
Peking. @
2.-That the O-called soviet ad-
visers and military instructors in
the south were paid by the soviet
government through the military
attache in Peking.
3.-That the soviet government,
with it's embassy in Peking acting
as an intermediate agency, was
furnishing arms. munitions and
other war supplies to the enemies
Of the government to which its
embassy was accredited"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-10

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 R-
The state department has received
copies of series of five phamph-
lets published by the metropolitan
police headquarters in Peking
under the heading "SOviet Plot
in China and purpOrting to con-
tain Photographic reproductions
and English transEatiOns of 2S
documents seized by the Peklng
police during the raids on the
soviet embassy compound last
March. Photographs also were
included Of some of the arms
and other equipment said to have
been taken by the police at the
same time.
The pamphlets said that the
embassy and its adjoining prem
iSes chad been notorious as the
headquarters of subversive soviet
agitation against the Chinese
government" while fOrewOrd
in each pamphlet declared the
raids established the fact that
the quarters of the former inn
periaI Russian legation guards
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-10

regulations of ocean flights can be
Oh any great value. He can hardly
imagine that government board
would be willing to take the respon-
sipility for sending anyone across the
Atlantic on a flying expedition.
However, the president realizes he
is no expert on aviation and he will
assemble all the facts involved in
the recent losses of life in trans
ocean flying and make a careful
investigation of the entire situation.
He expressed regret TO-DAY over the
Numerous recent tragedies which he
felt were mourned in common with
him by all american people. The
failures OF planes attempting to cross
from Doth sides Of the Atlantic have
shown, in his opinion, that the &C.
complishment of Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh in going direct from New
York to Paris was more remarkable
than at first considered.
Stopping in his preparations for
the return to Washington tonight.
Mr.. Coolidge made inquiries at his
office regarding the fate of recent
transatlantic attempts, asking par
ticularly about the news Of Old
Glory, which has not been sighted
since it sent an sos message on
| its way to Rome.
Before entering on his investigation,
the president feels there is nothing
the government could have done in
the way of adding anything in equip
ment or advice to those who have
sought to span the oceans by air.
| Nor does he think that any of the
airships that have set out were not
| properly equipped He feels that all
| the precautionary methods known to
science were TAKEN by the explorers.
1t has occurred to him that perhaps
it will be well not to permit single
motored land planes to make over
seas flights but he realizes also that
il a seaplane drops in midocean it
stands very little show of surviving
the elements until rescued
Also, Mr.. Coolidge believes that
where a multiplicity of motors is in
volved more safety is added. BuS
he is not informed of the feasibility
of attempting long flights with a
plane using several motors.
| These problems along with a thor
ough study of trans-oceailic flying
are expected to be involved in the
investigation the president has in
mind but just who will make this
investigation; how it will be conducted
or when it will be started have not
Abeen indicated,