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Evening star., 1927-04-21
BRIDGE PROGRAM
IS URGED FOR CITY
Dougherty Suggests District
Replace One Old StruC-
ture Every Year.

Adoption by the District of Il bridge
building program providing for a sys.
tematic replacement of all Of the old
structures which were built for light
traffic was advocated today by Com
missioner Proctor l.. Dougherty
The Commissioner believes that at
least one of the old bridges should be
replaced each year until all of them
have been removed The budgetary
estimates for the next fiscal year, now
in the process of preparation, he in
dicated. probably viii carry an item
for the replacement of one bridge
The District, Mr.. Dougherty pointed
out. has not replaced bridge for sew
eral years. and for that reason there
should be no delay in building new
ones which will meet the demands Of
modern traffic. The flooring of the
Klingle Road Bridge is to be renewed
this Summer but this is only repair
project. and the bridge should be re-
placed. he believes.
Commissioner Dougherty is familiar
with the bridge situation III the Dis
trict. having served as a member of
the bridge committee of the Wash
ington Board of Trade which studied
the subject thoroughly and made rec
concentrations for improvements.
Evening star., 1927-04-21
First Woman Called for jury Duty
Here Says Housewives Are Best Jurors

She has no scruples against capital
punishment. however, so far as her
conscience is concerned, she said, and
if she were convinced in a capital case
of the guilt of a defendant from the
evidence presented she declared she
would not hesitate TO vote guilty de-
spite the fact that electrocution might
result.
She has lived in Washington for II
years. coming here from Pennsylvania.
She is a stickler for circumstantial evil
dence being of the most convincing
type before person is condemned
upon such evidence, she said, but she
preferred to await the presentation of
a concrete problem before discussing
the theories she holds.
AS far as women on jury service are
concerned, Mrs. Green said, she be-
lieved they would make better jurors
than men. for they exercise many
judicial qualities In the running of the
ordinary household. sitting, as it were,
on cases of domestic problems daily.
II feel am very fortunate in being
the first woman summoned for jury
duty, and / want to do the very best
that / can under the circumstances.
for l know that women are just as
well, il not better, qualified in many
respects to sit on a jury than are
men," Mrs. Green said II viii have
no hesitancy in serving"
Evening star., 1927-04-21
Civil War Veteran
Acquitted of Killing
Talkative' BOarder

BY the Associated Press.
LEAVENWORTH, Kans., April
21.-Rufus III. Pierce, 86year-old
Civil War veteran, who shot and
killed Lincoln c. Ensley, 66, who
served in the Spanish American
War. because he talked too much.
has been acquitted of a charge Of
murder.
Pierce killed Ensley by firing
three shots through a door of his
home when Ensley demanded ad-
tnittance after he had been eject
cd as an undesirable boarder.
HE talked too much and /
told him to leave my house and
not come back" Pierce testified
at his trial here yesterday He
was always hanging around the
house chinning the woman folks.
/ wanted some peace so l told
him to get out"
The jury deliberated nine min
utes.
Evening star., 1927-04-21
PANIC IMMINENT IN HANKow,
Eight u. S. Warships in Yangtzc to
Prevent Outrages.

SHANGHAI, April Il Rioting
and looting were prevalent in Han.
kow. said q wireless dispatch from
that city today, with a panic i'm.
minent. E1ghty.fiye Americans were
hugging the edge of the foreign set
tlement, reluctant 10 desert their prop.
erty, yet fearing TO venture far In
land
1t was learned authoritatiyely that
If the Chinese at HanlSow should att
tempt a repetition of the Nanlying
outrage. the foreign warships Would
act without delay. Among the forcigp
warcraft anchored in the Yangtze of
Hankow at the present time are eight
American Yessels-the Isobel. Cincin.
natl Noa, Preble, pruett, Monocacy,
Pigeon and FillalobOs.
An uuconfirmed rufnor was received
from Hankow that Michael Borodin
Russian adviser to the Hankow gov.
ernment. previously reported In hos
pital in the foreign quarter of Han
kow was under dels sgtion4
Foreigners Leave rhungking.
Marshal Chang Tso-Lin, the chiei
commander Of the Northern alliance,
has ordered Gen Chang Tsung Chang
the ShantungeSe leader, to stop the
Northernerss fron firitag on foreign
ships in the Yangtz - ss
All business proI 8af1FI in Chung,
king, in Szechwan prov RICE. has beer
sealed and padloeked All foreigners
| have departed except one F'renchman
a japanese, two sNorwegians and ten
Germans Evacuated foreign bunga
lows have been demolished
Chinese Soldiers Beat Woman.
A Dutch woman. whose name was
withheld by the Dutch consulate, to
day was badly beaten in the Chinese
city here and was forced to flee from
1 her assailants, who were described a.
4 soldiers
| The woman, who arrived in Shang
/ hal recently from Java en- route to hei
/ home In Holland. entered the native
| city accompanied by a Chinese guide
The populaee appeared friendly anC
| it was not until she was about to re
! turn to the international settlemen
| that she was stopped.
Four Chinese soldiers, with bayonet
ed rifles, barred her passage from th'
native city and demanded to know
what she was doing there. Before
she could show her passport she wa!
beaten and badly bruised with TIL,
rife butts.
Evening star., 1927-04-21

With Tootie, nosey little white
poodle, in her arms, Mrs. Lille Green,
first woman summoned for jury duty
in the District of Columbia, today
smilingly accepted the white sheet
of paper bearing greetings from the
President Of the United States and a
command to report at the courthouse
for jury service from Deputy Marshal
w. j. Kirkland on the steps of her
home, at 234 Fourteenth street south
east. She expressed her willingness to
serve on a jury.
Mrs Green had just come home
from the store wlNn the deputy mar
shal walked up and rang the bell.
Mrs. Lille Gresn?' he asked.
Yes she replied.
II have summons for you.
Mrs. Green shifted Tootie from the
right arm to the left, extended her
right hand and accepted the summons.
Thus, local history was made and the
first of the female sex to be accorded
the privilege of immediate eligibility
for jury service had been brought
within the jurisdiction of the District
Supreme Ceu1t.
Mrs Green ANas reluctant to discuss
her qualifications for jury service at
this time. she said she would rather
wait until qtesH ned By the court.
Evening star., 1927-04-21
CLOTH NOT GUILTY
Of PUBLIC DRINKING
Arlington Verdict Follows
Prosecutors Charge
of Plot.
By a staff Correspondent.

1 Il
ARLINGTON. Va. April 21.--
William G. tBillyl Cloth. jovial Com
monwealth's attorney Of Arlington
County and "all-time all-American"
foot BAH star Of the University Of
Virginia was found not guilty in Cir
cult Court here today of charges of
being under the influence of ardent
spirits in public places. The verdict
Of acquittal, announced by the jury
at / o'clock, after less than 10 min
utes' deliberation, brought to an end
one of the few cases ever instituted
under it's drastic prohibition custer"
statute.
In rendering It's verdict OF vindica-
tion. the flye-man jury Of Arlington
County citizens decided that the
charges filed by Thomas d. Baillie,
editor Of the Chronicle, county weekly,
involving Cloths alleged insobriety
on the public highways Of the county
and on Democratic convention trip
to Norfolk in 1924 were not sustained
by the evidence.
May Have Taken Drinks.
Most Of the testimony, especially
that CONCERNING the social aspects of
the boat trip of three years ago. dis
closed to the court, that while Billy
Cloth may have taken q drink or two
OF intoxicating liquor. among
friends, and may have exhaled sus-
picious aromas. it could not be sworn
that he was drunk as charged.
Cloth, taking the witness stand in
his own behalf, admitted today that
as n matter of fact he did take "a
drink or two" on the Norfolk steamer
and later at his hotel in Norfolk, but
he emphatically denied having been
drunk any time during the trip or at
any other time charged
Before the jury retired shortly be-
fore o'clock, Judge {. Vernon
Spratley admonished the crowded
courtroom that he would tolerate no
demonstration upon announcement
of the verdict, and consequently there
was only a crescendo of shufhing and
murmuring when the jury announced
mot guilty" Cloth Immediately left
his seat in front of the bench and
shook hands with the jurors, with
adjournment of court the beam
ing, broad shouldered common
wealth's attorney was surrounded by
Il crowd of persons of both sexes
wishing to shake his hand and con-
graduate him.
The jury this morning heard the
defendant on the witness stand deny
vehemently the charges of Thomas ID.
Baillie, editor of The Chronicle, Airing
ton County weekly. that Cloth was
"in state Of intoxication from ardent
spirits" on the public highways of
Arlington County last year and on
boat trip to Norfolk of the Arlington
County delegates to the Democratic
district convention.
Only Drink or Two.
"Yes, yes. took a drink or two
during that trip" Cloth told the court,
but / absolutely deny that / was at
any time under the influence of liquor.
To the best of my recollection, / had
one drink on the boat before dinner
with my friend, Charles T. Jesse, and
| think / had another one with him
and Sheriff Fields before | went to
bed that evening The next day at
the Monticello Hotel in Norfolk, and
after the convention caucus, believe,
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
Evening star., 1927-04-21
i. S. MARINES SCALE
WALL OF RUSSIAN
EMBASSYIN pEK|NG
Force Gate to Allow Guards
of Other Protocol
Powers to Enter.
FOREIGNERS CAPTURED
BY BANDITS IN YUNNAN
Warships Held in Readiness at
Hankow to Prevent Repetition
of Nanking Outrage.
By the Associated press.

PEKING, April 21.-American Ma
rines today scaled a wall of the
Soviet embassy compound and forced
the gate. after which guards of the
other powers entered
Guards Of the protocol powers took
over control of the western wall Of
the compound The move was de-
scribed as necessary for carrying out
the regular defense program of the
legation quarter.
The Chinese authorities agreed to
the step, but owing to hitch the
gates were locked.
A few Chinese police are still oc-
cupying the premises recently raided,
but they are expected to leave soon.
when the Soviet compound viii be
vacant except for the foreign guards
along the wall. Soviet consular otfi-
cials still occupy the embassy proper.
Soviet Demands Refused.
The Peking government dispatched
instructions to it's representative in
Moscow today to inform the Soviet
government that a careful eXamina-
ton was still being made of the docu-
ments seized in the raid on Soviet
buildings in the embassy compound
at Peking two weeks ago, and that
consequently the government has no
way of complying with the Soviet
demands in connection with the raid.
The Chinese representative was told
to inform the Soviet that the raid
was conducted on premises outside
the embassy proper, which the police
serupulously refrained from entering.
Illegal Practices Alleged.
"True," the reply states, diplomats
enjoy special immunities, but that
does not confer on them the right to
carry out illegal practices. Even a
casual preliminary examination re-
vealed arms, while the seized docu-
ments disclosed much discriminating
evidence, such as communistic propa-
ganda and an extensive secret cor
respondence with places throughout
the country. the object Of which was
to undermine the Chinese govern
ment's authority.
-.
Evening star., 1927-04-21
TWO FLYERS KILLED
IN SEAPLANE CRASH
Naval Craft Disappears in Hamp.
ton Roads and Cadet Pilots
Are Drowned.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, April 81.
Richard w Kennison Of Boston.
Mass. and Wilbur r. Bingham of
New York City, were killed today
when a seaplane in which they were
flying crashed into Chesapeake Bay
between the ripraps and WiIloughly
Spit Their bodies were recovered .
hours afterward. The men were cadet
ftiers at the Hampton Roads naval
base and were on training flight
when the accident occurred.
Persons on shore who witnessed the
accident said the machine apparently
struck fish stake in taking off from
the water. They wera of the opinion
that a large hole was torn in the pom
toon and the men probably injured at
the same time.
Evening star., 1927-04-21
Vassar President Believes In Women
Helping to Smoke Up U. S. Tobacco Crop

racy. I made an effort to set forth
my life's findings in lecture tonight.
/ am offended that the newspapers
should in face Of my purpose, ques.
tion me on a triyiality of this kind.
DIR. MacCracken explained that the
Vassar College faculty does not inter
fere in matters of student interest.
Such problems as cigarette smoking
on the campus are handled entirely
by the students, he said.
'Of course, If you visit the campus
you will see girls smoking. Prohibit.
ing girl athletes from smoking is a
very sensible rule, so far as can see.
I see no real objection to girls smok-
ing, anyway. Our grandmothers
smoked.
Tobacco is one of the country's
most important crops The nien can't
smoke it all up. Why shouldn't the
women helpg2
Evening star., 1927-04-21
All Romance Fades
For Oberlin Maids:
No More Serenades
nr Lha AseocIaLed &C.,

By the Associated Press.
OBERLTN, Ohio, April 2t-Ro-
nance is dead at Oberlin College.
SO, at least, think Oberlin
students.
For nearly 100 years Oberlin. the
first college in the United States
to admit men and women on an
equal basis, has had as one Of its
traditions romantic midnight sere-
nades by the college men below the
windows OF the goods.
But now the college authorities
have placed a ban on the midnight
serenades. and, for the first time,
the village has consented to en-.
force its old ordinance against dis
turbing the evening peace of its
residents after II o'clock.
Evening star., 1927-04-21
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. April 2l.--Dr.
Henry Noble MacCracken, president
Of Vassar College, who addressed the
Kentucky Educational Association
here last night, was apparently un-
moved when approached following his
lecture with a report that the Athletic
Association at Vassar has ruled against
smoking by girls on athletic teams.
"The matter of whether or not a
girl should smoke appears to me a
trivial one. without direct bearing on
the subject Of education" DIR. Mac
Cracken said.
Il have devoted my whole life to an
attempt to achieve some idea of what
education means, / have striven with
no little diligence to discover the rela-
tion between education and fdemoc-
Evening star., 1927-04-21
1000 HOUSES BURNED.

LONDON. April Il GA fierce
fire which is believed to have caused
many casualties and destroyed about
900 houses in the town Of Kama
zawa, is reported Ia an Exchange Tel
egraph dispatch from Toxic. The fire
swept through the town, which is In
central Japan, famed by high wind
doing damage estimated at 100000
yen (about $4,000 .000).
Kanazawa has population OF
10000.
Evening star., 1927-04-21
28 Times as Much
Spent on Beauty
AS on Battleships
By the Associated Press.

~ tilE fANHbtAnkGA 4 tGSS-
CHICAGO, April 21.--To pro-
tect their appearances during the
next IL months, the women of the
United States VIII spend 2S times
more than Uncle Sam contem-
plates spending for battleships and
airplanes to protect our national
boundaries, according to Mrs.
Ruth J. Maurer head of the Ma
tional Cosmeticans School
speaker at the Midwest beauty
show
Mrs Maurer said women spend.
annually so per cent more. than
men do for clothes Woman's
beauty blll for 1926 !otaled $1,S25,-
600 600. she declared some of the
items of adornment contributing
to this figure being hats, hosiery,
furs and dresses
Evening star., 1927-04-21
Boy Swallows Pair Of Dice.

Special Dispatch TO The Star
ALEXANDRIA, Va. April 21.---
While attending the Fire Department
carnival here last night. Joseph
Harper, Is years old, swallowed a
small pair of dice. The incident gave
the boy no alarm and a health officer
said 1t would not result seriously for
him
Evening star., 1927-04-21
Mrs. Blanche M. Barker Dies.

LOWELL. Mass, April Il lAo1.--Mrs.
Blanche M. Barker, national president
general OF the United Spanish War
Veterans Auxiliary. died yesterday.
Evening star., 1927-04-21
ITALIAN FINANCES GAIN.
Budget Surplus Exceeds Estimates
by over 100 Per Cent.

ROME. April 81 Op.-Notable inn
provement in Italian finances is re-
corded in the treasury statement for
March. The budget surplus exceed
ed the estimates by 107 900. 900 lire
and amounted to 249. .0OO, 900 lire. Rev
enue exceeded expenditures by 4S9,-
GOO 600 lire.
Evening star., 1927-04-21
MISTRAL GRANTED
IN FORD LIBEL SUIT
Judge Orders Jury Dis
charged on Grounds Woman
Gave Interview to Paper.
BY the Associated Press.

/ BY the Associated Press
| DETROIT, April 21.-An order Of
mistrial. granted upon motion Of de-
| fense counsel. today ended Aaron Sa-
piro's ST 900 900 libel suit against
Henry Ford
Judge Fred NJ Raymond ordered
| the jury discharged and instructed Il
mistrial be entered upon the plea Of
Stewart Hanley, heading the Ford de-
| tense, in the absence of Senator Jones'
A. Reed of Missouri that Mrs. Cora
Hoffman, eleventh juror chosen when
the trial started six weeks ago had
granted an interview, the substance Of
which appeared in last Tuesdays De-
troit Times.
Judge Raymond expressly cleared
Mrs. Hoffman of allegations made I'D
series of affidavits by Ford detectives
and other employees that she lfa6 ttis.
ctlssed $40 900 bribe with Kid
Miller and that she had wrongly stated
she was qualified juror and asserted
disbelief that Sapiro had indulged IN
any misconduct, as asserted In the
affidavits.
ATTORNEYS for Sapiro and Ford
agreed with Judge Raymond today to
meet here Saturday, April 3d. to deter
mine whether date for new trial Of
Sapiro's $1 200 600 libel suit against
Ford could be agreed upon.
win Confer on New Trial
II am extremely loath to grant a
motion for mistnal," asserted the
Judge after William Henry Gallagher,
chief of counsel for Shapiro. and Han
ley had debated the motion at length.
sIJp to the time that the public
press interfered with the functions
of this court, the court believed no
mistrial should be granted.
1T is deeply regrettable and de.
pIorable that a case which has cost
as much money and labor should
come to this conclusion,
'But when that newspaper report
became known il seemed, and seems
now, impossible to proceed.
Gallagher, in a formal statement
last night, disclaimed any intention
to come into court today and argue
against the part of the motion for q
mistrial az based upon Mrs. HOFFMAN
having granted the interview, but
promptly at the opening of court he
launched into a 45-minute address so
ear-marked as an argument against
the motion that when he stated in
conclusion it was not such an appeal,
Hanley was taken by surprise and
had to have the court reporter read
| to him Gallaghers final remarks.
Fifteen affidayits by Ford detectives
and other employees contained no evil
dence to prove that Mrs. Hoffman,
| had talked 10 a newspaper reporter
| said Gallagher.
| One of the affidavits was by Ford
| lawyer and appended to ii was copy
| of the interview, although there was
nothing else submitted to prove that
! Mrs Hoffman had talked to the re-
porter,
Assume she did talk" said Gala
CHER ''She talked after she had been
! accused and not about the merits OF
| the case, but as TO the merits OF the
charges against her"
Justice, not only blind, but mana
| cled and chained, was Galiagher's
description of the trial.
Asks Trail With Eleven Jurors.
Gallagher demanded that if Mrs
| Hoffman was eliminated from the
jury, the trial, nevertheless, go ahead
with the remaining II jurors despite
the fact they probably had been prelu-
| diced
Evening star., 1927-04-21

JACKSON. Miss. April p 20
The Southern Ben Telephone co. here
received a report at noon today that
2 second break in the main Mlssls-
sipDi leyee had occurred at Willows
Landing about miles north OIL
Greenvilae. The report said inunda-
tion Of Greenville was now believed IN
eyitahIe.
Evening star., 1927-04-21
PLANES CRASH OVER DUKE
Four Flyers Die in Air Collision
at Ceremonies for Royal Pair.

at Ceremonies for Royal Pair.
LONDON. April II l4o).--The arrival
of the Duke and Duchess of York at
Government House, in Melbourne, to-
day was marred by a tragic occur
renee, says an Exchange Telegraph dis
patch Two airplanes almost directly
overhead collided and burst into
Evening star., 1927-04-21
Asks Trail With Eleven Jurors.

Gallagher demanded that if Mrs
Hoffman was eliminated from the
jury, the trial, nevertheless, go ahead
with the remaining IT jurors despite
the fact they probably had been preJu-
diced.
1--WE don't want a verdict from a
Jury, which even Ford empioyee
charges is open to suspicion, Gal
Iagher said, I'VE want to go ahead now
with IL or 10 or or 3 jurors, ana
do not want to oppose the motion
Hanley, heading the'defense counsel
in the absence Of Senator Reed, who
was taken to the Henry Ford Hospital
this morning, was taken by surprise
by Callagher's concluding remarks ana
asked that the court reporter read II
to him.
"Why, I am astonished," said. Mr..
Hanley Il thought the motion Tor
mistrial was the only thing before e- the
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
Evening star., 1927-04-21
HUNDREDS, IN PATH
OF FLOODS, FACING
!!!M!I!M.!!!N!!EENT !!!I!.!!!!EENT DEATH
Red Cross at Little Rock IS
sues Frantic Appeal for
Boats and Men.
CREENVILLE'S lNUNDATl0N
NOW BELIEVED CERTAIN
Two Breaks in Main Mississippi
Levee Near City Threaten
Wide Territory.
By the Al sociated Press.

LITTLE ROCK Ark April 21-
Hundreds of families remaining IN
flooded areas in this section will be
drowned unless they are rescued IN
the next few hours. the Little Rock
Chapter Of the American Red Cross
said TODAY i'm issuing an appeal for
boats ard life savers.
Evening star., 1927-04-21
P.4tyyiIle Near Extinction.

pETTYEILLE, Ark. April "a 6P).-
This village was near extinction today
from the rising waters of Big Lake.
Three buildings, including one large
residence, We're washed away. Water
was is feet deep in the rear Of remain
ing store buildings and was rising
from the floods coming down from
ocaw Madrid Mo
Evening star., 1927-04-21
Hickman Levee Threatened.

pADUCAH. KY April u (P).-
Workers on the Reelfoot Levee near
7C'aatipsled on PAGE z, Column II
Evening star., 1927-04-21
WEATHER.

~. s. Weather Bureau Forecast)
Rain tonight and probably tomor-
row morning. Colder tomorrow.
Temperatures-Hig Highest, 80, at 3:45
pm yesterday, lowest, 81, at 5 am.
today.
Full report on page 2.
Evening star., 1927-04-21

CONTINUED on Page ?, Column 81
Evening star., 1927-04-21
Tornado Lie MilIwood. ArI..

HELENA, Ark, April p t49.-Pri-
vate messages received here reported
that q tornado struck today near Nell
wood, Ark, and that two men, w. l..
Neacham and Jess Floyd, We're miss
ing. One message from Elaine, near
MeIlwo0d, said the wind then was
blowing at 35 miles an hour and that
flood water had risen II inches in 13
hours. The man sending the message
said he was sitting on top of desk
while talking over the telephone.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-06

simple rules. The conference now under way at
Washington has before it between 1000 and 1,7OO
proposals compiled in preparation by bureau at
Berne, Switzerland. They make book of about TOO
pages.
Wireless communication holds incalculable good
for the world if properly handled. Or it can hold
harm. AS President Coolidge pointed out, it COM
paratvey inexpensive and the dark and inaccessible
places of the earth be opened up by it. Sanely
linked with the press of the world, peoples every
where can be brought closer together Said
Secretary Hoover:
while our deliberations wrapped in clothing
of technology and commercial requirements, their
successful issue has far broader purpose. If be
successful we shall have contributed to the march
of international commerce, shall have aided in the
spread of human intelligence, and above all in the
spread of that human understanding which is the
foundation of all peace"