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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-26
MISS BEALE'S
BRIDESMAIDS
NAMED

Miss Kitty Beale, whose marriage
to Karl Gartner will take place
June 8 at st. Adams Church, will
be given in marriage by her
brother-in-law. Major Mahlon Ash.
ford. U. S. A. The brides attend.
ants will be her sister, Mrs. Malllon
Ashford, as matron of honor: Mrs.
Kilbourne Gordon, Of New York,
and her two nieces. Miss Nancy
Beale and Miss Marjorie Beale, of
Philadelphia.
Allen Gartner, brother of the
bridegroom, will act as best man,
and the ushers will be Robert
Vaughan, of Louisville; Leland Tay-
lor, of Louisville; Kilbourne Gordon.
Of New York. Danise Barkalow and
| Carl Shuneman, of Washington.
Miss Beale is the daughter, of Mrs.
John Wheeler Beale.
TO HAVE GUESTS
AT PANAMA LEGATION
The Minister Of Panama and Nine.
Alfaro will have as their guests
Sonora Santiago de la Guardia and
her granddaughter, Miss Margot Sell
linger. who will arrive tomorrow to
remain a few days. Sonora de la
Guardia is the widow Of Gen. de la
Guardia, who before his death two
years ago, was prominent in Panama
having been twice secretary of for
eign affairs and also secretary of the
treasury. Sonora de la Guardia now
makes her home with her daughter,
Mrs. Philip Sellinger, in East Orange,
N. J.
Mrs. Stephen B. EIkins and her
sister, Mrs. Arthur Lee, went to New
York to remain until the end of the
week. Mrs. Elkins will then return
to Washington and Mrs. Lee will go
to her country home, Gracelands, at
Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund Dohmer
Rheem and their children, Nancy
and Harry Wardman, Rheem, are
sailing Friday on the Olympic for
England. where they will spend the
summer. Mr.. Rheem will return
to Washington about the first Of
July, and Mrs. Rheem and the
children will remain at the Park
Lane Hotel In London. where they
will he joined later by her father.
Harry Wardman.
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WASHINGTON SPEEDS
PARTING GUESTS

Washington, adept at speeding the
parting guest, is INDUCING in a series
Of delightful parties in compliment
to Comdr. Raider de Aquino, retir.
ing naval attache Of the Brazilian
embassy, and Nine. Raider de
Aquino. Tomorrow evening the am
bassador of Brazil, s. Gurgel do
Amaral, will entertain at dinner in
their honor, and on Saturday Com.
mander Raider de Aquino's success
sor, Capt. FREDERICK Villar will en-.
tertain for them at tea. The Bra
lillian ambassador will be a guest
and the company will include the
naval attaches Of the various for.
eign embassies and legations.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edison Bradley, for.
merly Of Washington, will open Sea-
view Terrace, their villa at New.
port, on June 10.
Mrs. Chandler Hale and her daugh.
ter. Miss Mary Hale, will sail to.
morrow on board the Olympic for
Europe.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-26
JEAN ELOTs NEWS AND GOSSIP OF SOCIETY THE CAPITAL

w. 3, Ketting, Mrs. ]. L. Baity,
Mrs. Gretna Perrot Boswell, Mrs,
Bruce Baird. Mrs. Wallace streater,
Mrs. Eva q. CriswelI. Mrs. James
L. Chacey Mrs. AzeI Ford, Mrs. Red.
wood Vandergrift, Mrs. Rose Yates
Forester, Mrs. Frank r. Fuller,
Mrs. Theodore Tiller, Mrs. Fl. s.
Mulligan, Mrs. III. r. B. FuIcher,
Mrs. Louise Gathgness, Mrs. Warren
j. Haines, Mrs. Walter o. Hender.
son, Mrs. Granville Parks. Mrs. e.
.C. Yoemans, Mrs. Florence s. Rob.
inson, Ma. Edwin B Kay, Miss Ra-
chsi King, Mrs. Richard Whiting,
Mrs. e. r. Woodson, Mrs. Albert
White, Mrs. Fred A. Young, Mrs.
Harry NJ. Packard, Mrs. r. D.
Morris, Mrs. Lawrence c. Payfair,
Mrs. Carl Shaffer. Mrs. c. Quinn,
Mrs. Nelson p. Webster, Mrs. Lewis
B. Thompson, Mrs. Rogers A. Tracy,
Mrs. Ellis Logan, DR.. Huddleston,
Mrs. Nancy North. Mrs. Mary D.
Lightfoot, Mrs. Wallace Grayson
Orme, Mrs. Edward w. Pou, Mrs.
M. L. MacNeil, Mrs. Arthur Mac
Donald, Mrs. Harry L. Underwood,
Mrs. Virgil Miller, Mrs. Grant s.
Rarnhart.
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NAVY HEAD IS
HONORED AT
NEWPORT
Secretary and Mrs. Viii
bur to Start for Home
Saturday

The Secretary Of the Navy eand
Mrs. Wilbur, who are at Newport,
were honor guests at q reception
given yesterday afternoon by Rear
Admiral William v. Pratt, president
Of the Naval War College, ana Mrs.
Pratt. Senator and Mrs. Jesse II.
Metcalf were present
In the evening the officers ball
took place at the Naval Training
Station auditorium, one thousand
attending. The ball was given by
officers Of the War College, Naval
Training Station and Naval Hospital
for the officers of the fleet. Score.
ltary and Mrs. Wilbur looked on.
From today Secretary and Mrs.
Wilbur, who have been guests OF
Admiral and Mrs. Pratt, will be
with Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Eppley
at Beacon Rock and Mrs. Eppley
will entertain at dinner for them
tonight. They viii start back to
Washington on Saturday.
PLANO RECITAL AS
COMMENCEMENT FEATURE
The principals and faculty of the
Maret French School have sent out
invitations for a piano recital to be
given by the pupils Of the school
under the direction Of Mrs. Robert
Heinl tomorrow afternoon at $50
o'clock in the auditorium Of the
school. 211S Kalorama Rd. After
the music program tea will be
served.
Next Tuesday at $3.50 and at 8
o'clock two performances of the
school plays will be given for the
benefit of "Hand in Hand" and
closing exercises will be held on
| Wednesday at II o'clock. Field
Day was held last Wednesday and
on Monday there was q demonstra.
ton of the course of eurythmics.
Capt. and Mrs. Harry A. Bald
ridge. who have come from An
napolis for some of the festivities
in honor of Commander and Nine.
Raider de Aquino, are at the Carl
ton Hotel for a few days. They
will attend the Brazilian ambas-
sador's dinner tomorrow evening
and last night they were guests at
dinner given by Capt. and Mrs.
Emory Land.
4
Mrs. Absalom Waller entertained
at luncheon and bridge today at the
Congressional Country Club in COM
pliment to Miss Eleanor Hellmuth,
of st. Louis, Mo-, sister OF Mrs.
Thornton Boland. There were rs in
the company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles. DENLY will
| entertain a small company at dinner
this evening in their home at 1929
California st.
Mrs. Grace Carnes Ruby an
! nounces the marriage Of her daugh-
ter, Clara May, to Basil Dorsey
Downey on Wednesday. April IS, in
Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Downey expect to
make their home on the picturesque
estate near Olney, Nd. which was
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PRE-NUPTIAL
FESTIVITIES
PLANNED
Miss Lipscomb Is Enter
tanned by Old
Friends

Miss Terese Crosson, daughter Of
DR.. and Mrs. IN. ]. Crosson, enter.
tanned at luncheon today at Club
| st. Marks In compliment to her
cousin, Miss Rebekah Lipscomb.
whose marriage to Lieut.. Thomas
Dresser White, U. s. A., win take
place Saturday. Other guests were
Miss Elizabeth Walbridge, of New
York; Miss Katherine White, of
Springfield, Ill; Miss Helen Thomas,
of Plainfield, N. j.; Miss Marian
Cady, of New Rochelle, N. r; Miss
Elizabeth Sanborn, Of Indianapolis;
Miss Ruth Robinson, Of Irvinton-on.
Hudson, and Miss Martha Lewis, Of
San Antonio, Tex.-all members of
the wedding party-and Miss Nil.
| dred Clarke, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Aubrey L. Clarke, Of Wash.
ington, a cousin Of the bride-elect.
Miss Walbridge, who will be Miss
Lipscomb's maid Of honor, win en-
terrain this evening at dinner at the
Congressional Country Club in COM
pliment to Miss Lipscomb and Lieu
tenant White.
Tomorrow evening Lieutenant
White viii be host at a bachelor
dinner for the best man and the
| ushers at the Roma Cafe. Mrs.
Lipscomb will entertain at the same
time in her apartment at the Ward
man Park Hotel at dinner, followed
by bridge, for her daughters at
| tendants.
Last evening the bridal party were
entertained at a supper dance at
Boiling Field by Lieutenant Whites
colleagues in the air service.
Il 4
ANOTHER BRIDE
IS FETED
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Granger Mar.
burg, of Baltimore, who have come
to Washington for the marriage on
Saturday of Miss Ruth Donaldson
and Donald e. Irish, Of New York,
will entertain for them at dinner to-
night at the Club Chantecler. Mrs.
Marburg is to be Miss Dona1dson's
matron of honor. Tomorrow Mr.. and
Mrs. William A. Mills will give a
luncheon at the Dover House for
the bridal party and in the evening
they will be guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Burton Reynolds at a buffet
supper.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Blakemore, of
New Orleans, are at the Carlton
Hotel. Before her marriage on
March. 10, Mrs. Blakemore was Miss
Margaret Mann, of Chicago, and was
q frequent visitor in Washington
as the guest Of Miss Sallie Hews
Phillips.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Seligman, Of
New York, are at the Carlton Hotel
for several days en- route to New
York from Hot Springs. where they
have been passing several weeks.
Mrs. William j. Harris, wife Of
Senator Harris Of Georgia, enter
tanned at luncheon yesterday at
Meridian Mansions.
Mrs. Davis Ireland has gone to
Bar Harbor in Connection with the
sale of her summer home. She will
return before sailing for Norway
for the summer. Miss Louise Ire
land, now in New York, will accom-.
pany her mother abroad.
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MRS. BERRY TO SPEND
SUMMER ABROAD

Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Mather
Hooker, the latter niece of Mrs.
M. de Clare Berry. have sailed on
the France for England, where Mrs.
Hooker will be among the group OF
Americans presented on June %
to King George and Queen Mary
at the fourth drawing room.
Mrs. M. de Clare Berry will sail
from Canada on June 10 for Eng
land. where she expects to spend
the greater part OF the summer,
returning the first of October TO
Washington.
DR.. and Mrs. w. A. De Silva, of
Ceylon, India. arrived In Washing.
ton today and have taken rooms at
1.-the Willard. HotAl.,
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When does your bridge club meet? Why not set date for
and Foster international bridge author
y? the Building
the Secretary floor.
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SDiss Minister'S Son
TO We'd American Girl
Another Link To Be
Forged in Chains Bind
ing Europe and u. S. A.
By JEAN ELIOT


IRON Boston comes the news
III today Of the engagement of
Miss Helen Fairchild Mann to Jean
Georges Peter. son Of the Minister
Of Switzerland and Nine. Peter.
It's d romance in which Washing
tonfans have a keen interest. for
DR.. and Nine. Peter have made
many warm friends here and we
Aave come to know their two stall
wart sons, Jean and Marc, jr.,
through their holiday visits to their
PARENTS.
When DR.. and Nine. Peter came
70 Washington in 1920, their boys
were Just of an age to enter col
lege and they elected to divide forces,
Jean Peter to "the most representa-
tive university Of the North"-Har-
vard-and his brother to 'the most
representative university of the
South"-the University of Virginia.
It was presumably while he was
In college that Mr.. Peter met his
dancee. for she is a Radcliffe girl,
. member of the 1920 Sewing Circle
and of the Junior League. She is
the daughter of Mrs. William Orris
Mann and the late DR.. Mann. of
Brookline.
Young Mr.. Peter is now in bust
ness in New York. The Minister
and Nine. Peter have gone abroad
and will be at their home in Switz-
erland through the summer.
Catholicity of Choice
Thus will another link be forged
in those gossamer chains binding
Europe and the United States. In
ternational marriages when they
are successful-and it's astonishing
how large percentage Of. them
are-contribute perhaps more than
any one thing to understanding be-
tween nations.
In the recent group in which
Washingtonians have played their
part Of late, various countries have
been involved.
Miss Allison Roebling married a
Belgian, Baron Joseph van der
Elst; Miss Helen Carusi, a French
man, Major Emmanuel Lombard,
and Miss Elizabeth Hit, a Hun
garian, young Andor de Hertelendy.
Miss Anita Henry, who is to be
married on June 2, has chosen her
bridegroom, Edwart Won SeIzam.
bassy attaches. And when Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Guy Burrage's
daughter, Charlotte Burrage, is
married this summer it will be to
Victor james Freyre, son of the
Former minister of Bolivia to the
United States. Then-for reverse
English"-we had the wedding of
a young American, Francis Wins
low, to Miss Laura Bryn, daughter
Of the former minister of Norway
to the United States. They are
making their home in Washington.
BELGIAN ENVOY
DUE IN NEW YORK
The Belgian Ambassador and
Baroness de Cartier will go to New
York tomorrow and will be at the
Ambassador Hotel until Tuesday.
The Canadian Minister ana Mrs
Massey have as their guests in their
apartment at the Mayflower A. c..
Boult and Fl. r. Rowlands, of Eng
land.
Mrs. Frank Barrows Freyer, wife
OF Captain Freyer, u. S. N, enter
tanned at luncheon today in her
home on Massachusetts, avenue in
compliment to her sister-in.law, Mrs.
Egbert Freyer, Of Savannah, Ga,
who is en- route to New York to
call for Europe.
Il
Mrs. Harry s. Black, of New York
70 the guest of her father. Col
Henry May. in Washington after
having been with her husband in
richmond for a few days. Mr..
sack has returned to the Plaza in
New York.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-26
"Auto-knit"
Seat Covers
At a NeD Lou Price
$3.50

Just as colorful as Springtime
itself are the multi-hued patterns
of these popular seat covers; they
are new in design for the knitted
construction permits them to fit
glove-like to the seats and backs,
without any Of the wrinkles and
irregularities that one usually
finds in other seat covers. The
special price permits a substan-
tial saving.
SECOND FLOOR.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-26
Six Sizes of
DEFIANCE
TIRES
1919 Off
Friday and Saturday

We've taken six of the popular
sizes and marked them down to
new low prices, of which every
motorist who contemplates Dec
Grafton Day motor trip will do
well take advantage. Defiance tires
are guaranteed for 10000 miles of
service (12-month basis).
Evening star., 1927-09-22
HANKOW RIOT PUT
DOWN BY SOLDIERS
City Under Martial Law After
Street Fights, Resulting
in Deaths.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
HANkOW, China. September o.
Hankow was under martial law TODAY.
with streets heavily patrolled. follow.
ing disturbance outside the British
concession in which a gang of armed
men rescued uniformed prisoner. be.
heved to be Communist leader.
The man had been arrested aboard
Japanese steamer and was being
taken through the crowded streets bv
chinese escort. The gang, appearing
suddenly. opened fire at pointblank
range. The escort returned fire and
the bullets flew thick and fast. An nm.
determined number of passersbv we're
Killed or wounded. The prisoner os.
capped. but several members of the
gang were arrested and martial law
was proclaimed
In connection with the case. The
Japanese authorities this morning re.
moved 30 Chinese soldiers from the
japanese steamer. disarmed them and
hem then under arrest pending The
arrival OF a squad of Chinese troops.
upon the arrival of the latter trouble
aIose ana Japanese sentry was bay
ohetted In the neck. He fired i'm self.
ueienSe and this was followed nv ma.
chlne gun firing in which one Chinese
was Killed and few wounded. The
SIT udlion later was restored to normal.
Evening star., 1927-09-22
ORATOR|CAL PARTY
ON WAY TO MEXICO
Contestants Who Will Com
pete Here to Be Guests of
Southern Republic.

Finalists from five countries, who
are to participate in the international
oratorical contest here October H.
left last night for Mexico, where they
are to he the guests of the Mexican
government and deliver addresses on
their respective countries in Mexico
City September 80.
Four of the orators, James Keith
Watson of England, George Guiot-
Guillian of France, Dorothy Carlson
of the United States and Arturo
Garcia Fermenti Of Mexico, started
from Washington. and the Canadian
representative, Frederick p. Hotson,
from Toronto. The latter Is to join
the four others in st. Louis this after
noon and the party is scheduled to
reach Mexico City Sunday afternoon.
During their stay in the Mexican
capital the orators will be given a
series of entertainments under auspi-.
ccs of FL Universal, the Mexican
newspaper sponsoring the meeting,
September 30 and the oratorical con-
test in Mexico. along with the Mexi-
can department of education, which
has taken a keen interest in the
project.
The party will return to the United
States the first week in October, and
after few brief stops in New Or
leans and Birmingham will come to
Washington for a weeks rest prior
TO the international contest, to he held
in the Washington Auditorium. Fri
day. October IA. at s pm.
Distribution pf tickets n tho ccn.
test here will begin September %.
Applications for the tickets should
be made at the contest headquarters.
room 32S Star Building. Tickets are
to be distributed in the order in
which the applications are received.
Evening star., 1927-09-22

Continued from First Page)
with acetylene gas, was so badly
burned all over his body that physi-
clans at Emergency Hospital said
there was little hope for his recovery.
Pitts, who, with Lawrence Buckheit,
was in the building when the first ex-
plosion occurred, was treated at the
hospital for a broken leg and numer
Gus burns. His condition was said not
to be serious.
Swope rushed from his office on
hearing the first muffied explosion to
the rear and, although two or three
other blasts followed in rapid success
sion, he forced his way into the blaZ-
ing structure and carried Wood from
the ruins.
Roof Blown OF.
'He was yelling Get me out of here
when ! reached the building" Swope
stated. II heard him say it after each
explosion. He was still conscious when
we put him in an automobile and took
him to the hospital. He said nothing
as to how the explosion occurred, and
neither of the other two men could
offer an explanation. 1t was the first
accident we have had since we estab-
1ished the business II. years ago"
A. p. Pierce of the Arlington Voun-
teer Fire Department was nearby
when the explosions began and he
assisted Swope in carrying Wood to
the automobile. John Barry, an EN-.
ploye of the firm, also assisted in get
ting the injured out Of the building.
The blasts ripped open the brick
walls of the one-story plant and blew
off the metal roof. at the same time
setting fire to the woodwork and other
inhammable material in the building
Swope estimated the damage at be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000, covered by
insurance. The structure was not of
expensive construction. as but little
equipment is required in the manu-
facture OF acetylene gas, it was
pointed out.
Volunteer fire compa nies from many
sections of Arlington County re-
sponded to the alarm. Among those
represented were Potomac, Ballston.
Clarendon, Cherrydale, East Airing
ton, Jefferson district and Halls Hill
Fire Chief George Watson personally
directed the local department. Fire
Marshal Seib made a survey of the
damage.
Evening star., 1927-09-22
TUNNEY GOES TO CHICAGO.
Champion Eats Hearty Breakfast.
Plans Steak Dinner and Sleen

LAKE VILLA. ILL.,. September %
P), Gene Tunney, the world heavy.
weight champion. left his training
camp here for Chicago shortly before
noon today, with a heavy police es.
cort, tn rest in a Chicago hotel until
the hour OF the fight tonight. Tun.
ney's late but hearty breakfast will
be supplemented by a big steak at
3 o'clock. Except for this interr,Ip.
ton. Gene hoped to spend as much
OF the afternoon and evening as pos.
slble asleep.
The champion withheld announce.
ment OF his Chicago destination to
avoid crowds. but 1t was understood
he expected to stop In a bungalow
ON the roof of the Hotel Sherman.
The police escort had orders to travel
no faster than 35 miles an hour. On
the way out to Genes camp when
he arrived, travelling nearly double
that gait. A. motor cycle cop was
seriously injured in . fall from his
flying vehicle.
Evening star., 1927-09-22
RITES
CONDUCTED TODAY
Funeral Services Are Held at
Church of Covenant-CoI-
leagues Pay Tribute.

With representative citizens Of the
National Capital assisting as pallbear-
ers, funeral services for Rudolph
Kaufman, vice president and man.
aging editor OF The Evening Star
were held this afternoon at the Church
OF the Covenant. Presbyterian. of
whose board of trustees he was
member.
Mr.. Kaufman died Monday at the
home of his daughter. Mrs. Lewis n.
Murray, in Dunkirk. n. Y, where he
had spent the Summer.
Rev. William A. Eisenberger, as
sistant pastor of the Church of the
Covenant. ofticiated at the services.
Three of Mr.. kauffmann's fayorite
hymns were sung by the Gridiron
club Quartet, composed of friends of
Mr.. Kaufman. members of an organ.
ization Of which he was once the presi
dent The songs Lead. Kindly
Light" abide With Me" and Jesus.
Lover OF My Soul" We're rendered by
Fred East. j. +. M. Bowie. II. Tudor
Morsell and James p. Schick. Inter
ment will be I'm Rock Creek Cemetery
Honorary pallbearers were drawn
from the varied business and social
organizations with which Mr. Kauf-
mann had been associated in his more
than half century of life in Wash.
ington. Among these were The Eve
ming Star. the Gridiron Club, the Co
lumbia Planograph Co., the Church
of the Covenant, the Corcoran Gallery
Of Art and the National Geographic
Society.
Mr.. Kauffmann's active participa-
tion in the affairs of The Star covered
a period of SO years, for S5 Of which
he was managing editor. He was the
son of the late Samuel Hay Kauff.
mann. one of the original members Of
Ihe Evening Star Newspaper Co.
Two children survive him-Rudolph
Max Kaufman and Mrs. Murray.
Evening star., 1927-09-22
TARDY PLANES AWAITED.
Unofficial Winners Are Announced al
Spokane in Races.

SPOKANE, Wash, September 90
R.-Flyers who finished In three
overland air races here watched the
skies today for their less fortunate
rivals, who were scattered out to the
east and south. Ten entries remained
in the class A and 3 races from New
York and three from the Pacific Coast
derby which started from San Fran.
cisco.
c. w. Holman, ST. Paul; f. c. Ball
Tough. Chicago, and n. r. Manner.
Spokane, were unofficially declared
winners, respectively. of first, second
and third places in the class A derby
yesterday. Three planes were be-
lieved to be still heading for Spokane
in this event.
Fifteen planes started. John r.
Wood. Wausau, Wis. came in fourth,
and behind him came r. X. Campbell,
Moline, ILL.,, r. II. Lee, Chicago,
James Ray. Philadelphia. and E. w.
Cleveland Of Cleveland. Ohio.
Class A Prizes.
Prizes for the class A derby are:
First, 10000; second, $4,000: third.
$4,000; fourth, 81 1000; and fifth. $500.
One plane in the A race crashed.
with fatal results, two men being
killed. Three others were forced out.