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Evening star., 1927-11-15
EIGHT ACCIDENTS
CAUSED BY AUTOS
Four of Those Injured in
Last Nights Traffic Mis-
haps Are Children.

Eight persons, four of them children,
dents.
Irving Luskey, Is years old. Of 1122
Morse street northeast. a bicyclist,
was one Of the victims. The police re.
port said it was believed he had been
struck by a hit-and-run driver, but
at the boys home this morning 1t
was said witness declared he had
ridden into an excavation for electric
light wires on Morse street between
Eleventh and Twelfth streets. The
boy sustained serious head injuries.
but Casualty Hospital reported this
morning that he was improving.
Hattie Henderson, colored, 80 years
old, 705 Lamont street. was severely
injured by an automobile of John Nc
Manus. 610 Morton street, while in
front of $3.50 Georgia avenue early
last night. She was treated at Freed
mems Hospital for a laceration over
her eyes and an injury to her head.
John p. Eek, "a years old, PAT Four.
teenth street southeast, and Ernest
Loehman, 20 years old. 1907 d street
southeast, were knocked down at
street about $50 o'clock last night by a
rented automobile driven by George
Valentine. a sailor. doing duty on the
U. s. S. Mayfiower. They were treat
ed at Casualty Hospital for cuts and
bruises.
While crossing w street between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets
about S15 o'clock last night Annie
Montague, cOlored. % years old, 20 NJ
street southwest. was knocked down
by the automobile of Edward G..
Murphy, 171S First street, and slightly
injured. She was given first aid at
Freedmen's Hospital.
Floyd Harris, 939 Twenty-sixth
street, was driver of a motor vehicle
that crossed the curb at Twenty
seventh and /. streets yesterday after.
noon and injured John T. Mock
8 years 'old. 1851 l. street. The boy.
only slightly injured, was treated at
Georgetown University Hospital
Harrison Wallace, years old, 1922
K street, was knocked down by the
of r. ID. Mattingly. River
dale. Md, while playing In front Of
his homo yesterday afternoon. The
child, his hip slightly injured was
taken to Emergency Hospital.
Ruth Barnes. years old, Ills K
street, was knocked down near Tenth
street and Massachusetts avenue early
last night by the automobile of Max
Oullionow. 725 Farragut street. and
severely shocked. Physicians at Emer-
gency Hospital treated her.
Evening star., 1927-11-15
PARENTS MAY ASK COURT
AID IN SCHOOL SQUABBLE
Strike of Students Over Dismissal
of superintendent Likely to
Be Appealed.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MILWAUKEE. Wis, November
15.--The strike of the Cudahy High
School students in sympathy with
Edward C. Seifert, ousted superin'
tendent, may be carried by their par
ents TO the courts for settlement.
Superintendent Scfert was dis
missed by the milwaukee, School
Board last Monday night for alleged
INSTRUMENTATION, impudence and fail
ure to care for his responsibilities.
The next day. approximately 400 stu
dents walked out and refused to re-
turn.
A delegation of Cudahy teachers
and parents conferred with John M.
Callahan, State superintendent, at
Madison, but he told them he was
poweress to take q hand in the fight.
suggesting their only recourse would
be the courts. The parents held a
mass meeting last night, discussing
plans of carrying the case to the
courts and seeking dismissal OF GER
tain members Of the board.
Evening star., 1927-11-15
RECORD VOTE FORESEEN
ON "WET AND DRY" ISSUE
Colorado District Today Balloting
for Representative in Congress
Confronted by Volstead Law.
By the Associated Press.

, By the Associated Press.
DENVER. Colo, November ia
campaign centered on the wet and Cry
issue brought forecasts of a record
vote here today in a special election
to name a successor to the late Viii
liam N Vaile, Republican Repre-
sentative to Congress from the fiji st
Colorado district.
Both candidates, Fra ancis j. Knauss.
Republican and dry. and S. Harrison
White, Democratic advocate of modifi-
cation of the Nolstead act, closed long
campaigns with predictions of victory.
White declared that response to his
campaign for modification of the Vol
stead act had been 'most gratifying" +"
knauss repeatedly accused White
of "sidetracking all but the so-called
modltication resolution to get a straw
vote on matters not directly involved
in the campaign"
Evening star., 1927-11-15
MELLON SEES BUSINESS
SITUATION FAVORABLE
Activities "Spotty," Secretary Says,
but No Adverse Signs in General
Conditions Are Noted.

Secretary Of the Treasury Mellon
sees no unfaVorahle signs in the busi-
ness situation he said last night.
In general. business activities now
are what might be termed "spotty,"
the Secretary said. The coal business.
for instance. he added was rather
weak, and steel has not been so good,
though for the moment there was a
prospect of bettermcnt. Some lines
were going full tilt, Notwithstanding,
but it is a little too early for "A judg-
ment to be pronounced on the situa-
tion, i'm the Secratary's opinion
1t could not be f0retold. for in.
stance, whether 1927 business. as
summed up by Treasury income tax
collections during 1928, will be a.
great as that Of 1926. 1t all came
down to a question of speculation as
10 what the future would show. hut
fbe Secretary did not consider that
depression was TO be expected.
Evening star., 1927-11-15
Accused Dry Agent
Forbidden to Enter
Maryland County

j. Randolph Brewer. prohibition
agent, who is one Of four charged
with murder in connection with the
death of st. Marys County farm
er. has been ordered by Prohibi-
tion Commissioner Doran not to
appear in st. Marys County.
Brewer, who has not been re-
moved from the prohibition force,
was recently the subject of much
criticism from citizens of the
county because he appeared in a
car with prohibition agents. Brew.
er was only driving the car, and
had been ordered to take part in
no raids or arrests, according to
prohibition officials.
Evening star., 1927-11-15
Germany Owes Balance of $224,221, 1893
To u. S. as Cost of Army of Occupation

Gen. Walker also fixed the total
amount Of Army surplus sales in
foreign countries at $685., ,231 .735.
The report again emphasized the
value of pay-as-you-buy policy in
Army expenditures, saying that $685.
246 had been saved in commercial
discounts during the fiscal year by
prompt payment of bills. The sum
is 1916 per cent of the maximum
that could have been collected in
this way, Gen. Walker said
Evening star., 1927-11-15
J. NJ. HEINBUCK DIES.
Arlington County Civic Leader tt
Be Buried Tomorrow.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

IJIspdVCH 10 IHB SEdF.
CLARENDON, Va, November Ia
Joseph NJ. Heirbuck. 80 years Of age,
OF Leeway, long an active civic worker
of Arlington County. died Sunday at
Emergency Hospital in Washington.
Funeral services will be held tomor-
row afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Falls
Church Baptist Church. Burial viii
be in Oakwood Cemetery.
Mr.. Heinbuck had resided in the
county for the past Is years. He was
president of the Leeway Citizens AS.
sociation and as such represented his
community in the Arlington County
Civic Federation. Besides his widow,
the deceased is survived by four chill.
dren--Joseph. jr.; Ethel, Marie and
James Eeinbuck.
Evening star., 1927-11-15
Hurt by Hit-and-Run Driver.
ecial Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FREDERICK, Md, November 15.-
Montgomery Eaton, % years old, Of
Gaithersburg, Md, was knocked un-
conscious. receiving lacerations and
bruises about the head and body, when
struck by a hit-and-run driver near
this city. License numbers on the
machine were taken by a witness. Of
ficers said the automobile belonged to
Austin Ball. Knollwood, Md. A war.
want has been issued for hts arrest
Evening star., 1927-11-15
Hobson Will Speak.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch 70 The Star.
STAU NTON, Va, November 10
Capt. Richmond Pearson Hobson. the
leading lecturer of the Anti-Saloon
League, and hero of the Merrimac
in the naval battle of Santiago in the
Spanish-American War: will deliver a
lecture at the First Baptist Church,
Staunton, Va, Wednesday evening,
November 16. at s o'clock.
Evening star., 1927-11-15
Accused of Stealing Gasoline.
spatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
LYNCHBURG. Va. November 10
Sam Giles and Lafayette Strattoffe,
youths who were travelling South in
an automobile carrying a Pennsyl.
vania license, were given 30 days at
the city farm on a charge Of stealing
gasoline from a parked car in the
streets here. The boys were using
tube to get gasoline from the car
when they were caught.
Evening star., 1927-11-15
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A balance of $224,221, 1898 was still
due the United States from Germany
on June 80, 1927, for costs of the
American Army of Occupation. The
figures are given in the annual re-
port Of Maj. Gen. kenZie w. Walker,
chief of finance Of the Army, which
shows also that Germany made pay
ments during the preceding year
through distribution of Dawes plan
annuities of $S,919,S49.
Evening star., 1927-11-15
Boy Shot Playing With Pistol.
Special Dispatch to Ttn Star

Special Dispatch to TT Star.
LYNCHBURG, Va. November 15--
Herbert Roberts, IL, of Hurts is at
the Lynchburg Hospital suffering from
pistol shot wound in his right chest,
which he accidentally inflicted Sunday
afternoon while playing with a pistol
at his home.
Evening star., 1927-11-15
BRIDGE HEARING HELD.
Revised Plans for Chesapeake Span
Being Considered Today. y
,ecial Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, November IS
A hearing on the revised plans for the
construction of tn proposed Chesa-
peake Bay bridge is being held here
today In the office of Maj. c. r. Pet
tis. United States Army district engi-
neer, in the customhouse.
The original plans. which met with
opposition from Baltimore and Phla.
delphia shipping interests. have been
changed to allow more horizontal
clearance of tn spans on each side
of the draws. The vertical clearances
OF the spans also have been increased.
Evening star., 1927-11-15
Salesman, 93, Dies
After 69 Years of
"Road travelling
By the Associated Press.

JOPLIN. Mo-. November Is
Byrd Lockhart Mckinney, SO, prob
ably the oldest travelling salesman
in the United States, is dead. He
had been on the road So years.
Mr.. Mckinney covered his terri
tory up to the time of his death
last night, representing a Kansas
City house.
Before coming to Joplin 81 years
ago, he travelled in western Kan
sas. using a buggy as a means Of
transportation.
Evening star., 1927-11-15
American Woman to Wed Exile

PARIS, November is ytR).--Mrs.
Dorothy Cochrane, American writer,
and Prince Nicholas Karageorgeyitch,
Russian exile of Serbian ancestry, will
be married by civil ceremony at the
city hall in the sixth ACCOMPLISHMENT
late today.
Evening star., 1927-11-15

Thirty.nine useful electric household
appliances are now beng manutac'
tured. --.------..--.--..------ ---4---.,e.-.
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d. G.. Naval Reserve

during the coming year will be to de-
velop the men to such a high state
of efficiency. both as individuals and
as an organization, in order that the
local reserve may take at least one, or
possibly both. of the trophies which
have been turned over to Secretary
Of the Navy Wilbur by the United
States Naval Reserve officers Asso-
citation for presentation each year to
the organization having the highest
fisure of merit as displayed at the
annual inspections conducted by an
inspection board of the Navy Depart
ment.
With A number of officers and men
If the aviation branch of the local
Naval Reserve now attending courses
at the naval flying stations and with
the air SQlIadrons of the various
fleets, it is expected that when they
return to the inactive list for assign
mcnt here the local Naval Reserve will
have one of the finest air reserves in
the country. according to those faml-
lar with this new branch Of the Dis
trict outfit
4 number of enlisted men now are
taking the 45-day courses both at
Suuantum, Mass, and at Hampton
Roads. Va. upon completion of which.
if they pass all examinations, they
will he designated as pilots and com.
missioned as ensiGns in the Aviation
Reserve Force. After completing this
duty the officers and men are allowed
to go to the naval air station at Ana
costa and take training whenever
possible However. before they can
he assigned for details at the big air
stations for training as pilots they
must serve at least nine months on
che inactive list here, taking what is
termed ground training; that is, III the
care of the motors of the planes and
the repairing and maintenance of the
planes themselves.
The members of the Second Fleet
Division. now on their annual cruise
aboard the destroyer Allen. have had
a setback in their training schedule.
because of damage to the propellers
Ia the Allen. which now is at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard undergoing re-
pairs. Only meager details of the
accident have been received here, but
it was said that she struck sub.
merged log in the North River after
she had visited New York for two
days liberty for the men.
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THE SUNDAY c.

ramento, Calf. April IA to 20. 1925
Mrs John NJ. Hanna, president. will
| call the convention to order at $3.50
! on Saturday morning. April IA. in the
new Sacramento Auditorium An at
| tendance of about 1000 women from
| all sections of the country is expected.
| Women and girls from many walks in
| life, occupations and professions will
| be delegates.
Among the visitors to the building
| the past week were Mrs. q. T.. Hop
/ kins, wife of Maj. Hopkins. who
stopped by en- rotue to Philadelphia;
| Miss Ontee Bell. physical education di-
rector. Galveston, Ten. Miss Hazel l..
Frey Of Bridgeport, Conn, the guest
of Miss Marion l.. Meigs. physical ed
ucation director, and Miss Teresa Hut
ter Of the international Institute,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
A special feature of the Summer
program of the Y. w. c. A. is the
dances on the roof garden of the build
| ing at Seventeenth and X streets. tho
| first of which was held last evening.
| These dances will be given each Satur
day night during July and August.
The parties are limited to 50 couples.
Cards of introduction and tickets may
be secured at the information desk of
the Y. w. c. A. Music for the dane
| ing will be furnished by an orchestra
under the direction of Paul Cassasa.
The committee in charge of the dances
is composed of the Misses Frances
Butler, Thelma Caldwell. Catherine
Fisk. Dorothy Golladay and Helen Nc
CULLEN.
An enjoyable occasion at the Y. w.
c. A., at Seventeenth and X streets,
! was the new members party on Fri
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association program. The Washing
ton association will be represented by
Miss Florence Lamke and Miss Lillian
Krause from the young business and
professional women's department,
Miss Constance Torrey Of the mem
bership committee, Miss Cynthia Reed
from general membership and Miss
Jane Blinn. membership secretary
who will have charge of the confer
ence music.
Miss Mabel Crafty. general secre-
tary of the National Board of the Y.
w. c. A., will represent the 100000
members Of the association in the
United States, at the Institute Of Pa
cific Relations. in Honolulu. Hawaii,
Julv IS to 80. The Y. w. c. A. is not
only committed to policies of friendly
international relations through partic-
ipation in the conference on the cause
and cure of war and by vote of it's ma
tional conventions, but Is specifically
interested in the Pacific situation be-
cause of American representatives in
Y. w. G.. A. centers in many Pacific
countries. American Y. w. c. A. sec
retaries are stationed in II cities of
China, S Japanese cities. / city
in the Philippine Islands, in Chile
and / in Mexico. Two Y. w. c. A.
centers in the Panama Canal Zone
and one in Honolulu are directly un
der the jurisdiction of the National
Board of the Y. w. c. A. of the United
States.
Committees are being appointed and
preparations made at National Board
headquarters of the Y. w. c. A. for
the tenth biennial convention of the
Young Women's Christian Association
of the United States, to be held in Sac
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Y. W. C. A.

The Eastern Community Conference
of the Young Women's Christian Asso-
citation will begin July II at Silver
Bay on Lake George, n. Y. and con.
tinue through July -. About ESQ
delegates are expected to attend. The
community conference is picture of
the local association. with business.
professional industrial and home
women. committee members at large;
girls from clubs. classes, branches, de-
partments. athletic associations and
interest groups. The program will
deal with subjects that are uppermost
in the minds of Y. w. G. A. people,
such as Present trends i'll industry,
the help for living that modern psy-
chology may give. the place of recrea-
ton, life values in art. poetry and mu-
sic: the history and philosophy of the
Young Women's Christian Associa-
ton. the underlying unity of the asso-
citation, methods and content of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-10

day evening, on the roof. under the
auspices of the membership depart
ment. when Miss Constance Torrey
| told stories about the stars, and Ever
| EFT Iank, cornetist, played patriotic
airs.
The Sunday afternoon musical
hours on the roof are proving very
popular. The program this afternoon
from $50 to $50 will be presented by
the Girl Reserves. Misses Ina
IIoltzscheiter and Norvele Newton,
Marenka and Honza in the Girl Re
serve operetta, "Marcnka," will sing
selection from the operetta. and Miss
Madelon Sherman will sing Irish
songs from "Marenka." Miss Louise
Dickens will be the accompanist. On
last Sunday Mrs Dorothy Neff Tyler
soprano, and Randolph Myers. bari
tone. with Miss Jane Blinn as accom-
PIANIST, we're the entertaining artists
Hostesses are always present on Sun
day afternoon, who are glad to guide
visitors over the building. The volun-
teer hostesses who are extending the
hospitality of the new building this
Sunday are Miss Betty Wright and
Miss Marie NJ. Hanback,.
kamp KaIlIert.
camp 10 most NaCdtlOnlSIS incdHS
loafing and life in the open. Camp to
Y. w. c. A. girls should mean fasci-
mating occupations and new ideas, ac-
cording to Miss Ruth Perkins, author
of Magic Easements" a book just
published dealing with camp life.
Some of the fascinating occupations
for the week at Ramp Kahlert include
classes i'll arts and crafts, pottery. tool
leather work, basketry and tie dyeing.
On "Wednesday evening the seniors
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enjoyed fishing party on Chesapeake

enJoyeu d iiSIllilS party OH IHeSdpedh ne
Bay.
Thursday at 1880 saw the entire
Ramp off on a straw ride to Camp
Pawatinika, on South River, Md.
Lunch on the road and the trip back
by moonlight we're delightful features.
The base ball tournament on Friday
afternoon drew a large number of en-.
thusastic Kamp fans to the grand.
stand to witness an exciting and
''stra tegic" game.
Prior to leaving camp on Saturday.
the Girl Reserves performed the rites
of their ceremonial on Friday evening
The theme of the morning worship
service at Ramp the past week was
Trails and the following groups
were in charge: Indians. pathfnders
sunset, trees and seniors.
The vesper service this afternoon al
1870 will be conducted by the seniors,
Vacation Lodge.
Miss Helen McQuiIlen will be the
speaker at the vesper service at Va
cation Lodge this afternoon at 80
Her subject will be Seeing the Beau.
tiful."
Miss Helen Wells. in charge Of rec.
reation at Vacation Lodge, will enter
tain the members of the Premiere
Club at tea this afternoon. Miss Wells
is former member Of the Premiere
Club.
a number of business women took
advantage of Vacation Lodge for rest
and recreation over the Fourth of
July Each member Of the Lodge
family spent the holiday according to
her individual taste and inclination.
y group of 16 had picnic dinner in
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Street Car Fare 7.44 Cents.

The average street railway fare in
the United States, covering all cities
with a population of $4,000 or more,
except New York. and weighted ac-
cording to population, in June was
IA cents. as against 1872 cents in
June, 1926, the Electric Railway Jour
nal reports. Wages paid motormen.
conductors and operators on 1876 OF
the largest street and interurban
railways of the country shows
slightly higher average for June of
this year. The weighted index num-
her for wages for June settled at
227.5, as against $3.50 for June of last
year.
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Preparations now are being made
nv the Sd Fleet Division of the United
States Naval Reserve of the District
of Columbia for its annual cruise,
which is to begin aboard the destroyer
Allen two weeks hence. The I'd Fleet
Division now is out on a cruise aboard
the Allen.
Practically all of the time is being
given over to the perfection Of the
training of the gun crews of this
division. in order that they may be
certified as eligible for target prac-
tice while out with the scouting fleet,
as this is the first year since the war
that the reserve organizations have
been authorized TO participate in big
gun practice, the interim having
been given over to training the crews
in ship operation and maneuverinS.
With the Allen now out on cruise
the training is being hampered a
little, and they have not the advan-
tage of operating a the guns which
they will fire during the cruise, but
sas the Allen will he in port a week
after returning from its present cruise
and before starting on the second
tCruse. the officers will have some in
tensive drills aboard the ship in order
no make up for the time that the
'
4 However. the men arc being trained
ct the shell-loading machine which
has heen installed in the armory at
the Washington Navy Yard, aud are
being impressed with the Importance
of team work, so that the gun may be
Aloaded in the minimum of time after
reach shell is fired Speed i'll firing the
gun counts as much as the accuracy
of fire. it was pointed out by the
<offiCers. as il is the ship that gets
the greatest number of hits in the
shortest period of time which really
counts in battle.
Those men who will not participate
IN the target practice are being given
small boat handling instructions in
the Anacostia River, and the signal
and radio forces are being trained in
the rapid handling of communications,
so necessary while the vessel is
operating with the fleet.
!, As the local reserve now has en-
tered upon its annual cruising season,
recruiting has been stopped tenn
sporarily AS matter of fact there
tare but a few vacancies to he filled.
and for the first time since the war
the several divisions are at practically
their full strength allowed by the
Navy Department. Owing to the
intricacies of ship operation. it is not
deemed desirable 10 enlist green men
at this time Of the year. as there is
not time to train them in the rudi-
ments of the naval service before the
cruise ard it only serves to hold back
the older men.
AS soon as the cruising period is
over the drills will be resumed again,
and likewise recruiting until all of the
bilets are filled up. when new men
will be placed in the schools which
have been established by Lieut..
Comdr Finney b. Smith. commanding
the local battalion, and gradually
worked through the various classes to
a high state of efficiency.
One of the purposes of the schools
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the woods between the Lodge and the
river on Monday. and on Monday eve
ming Miss Sophia Huth showed pic
lures of Yellowstone Park, Yosemite
Valley and Bryce Canyon to those in
terested The tennis court, which ha.
been put in excellent condition, va.
also a popular means of recreation.
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Flying Cigar Store "

CURTISS FIELD. n. Y, July . Up
The first flying cigar store"
Sikorsky transport plane. carryip.
$500 pounds of cigars and cigarette
and eight passengers, left here toda
for Schenectady. n. Y The craft wa,
piloted by Roscoe Turner.