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The Washington times., 1927-09-01
Saved
FROM RIVER

While her husband dozed after
five sleepless nights of watching
Mrs. Jennie Tore. 81. slipped from
her home, 1881 Pennsylvania Ave.
s. E., today at dawn and sought
to drown herself In the Eastern
Branch of the Potomac River. near
the Pennsylvania Avenue bridge.
Mrs. Tore attracted the atten-
ton of James Shepherd, of 1898
Minnesota Avenue s. E., who was
on the opposite side of the river.
He rushed across the bridge, leaped
into the water and rescued her Just
as she was going down for the
third time.
Taken to Casualty Hospital, Mrs.
Tore was pronounced out of dan
ger, but suffering from shock and
exposure.
According to her husband. Gui.
seppi TorreI she has been suffer!
ing from a nervous breakdown and
he has been nursing her for the
past five days and nights. Last
night, overcome BY exhaustion. he
fell asleep. The wife slipped out.
He appealed to polies when he
The Washington times., 1927-09-01
D. c. UNITS NOT
TO BE 0USTED

The agreement between the Dis
trict and Federal governments to al.
low the House Of Detention ana
women's bureau Of the police depart.
nent to remain in their present loca.
ton until after Congress- apprc-
PIRATES money for moving them was
confirmed by the Treasury Depart.
ment today in letter to the District
Commissioners.
/. The letter, signed by r. A. Brig
field. chief clerk OF the Treasury De
partment, notified the Commission.
era to vaeate within 80 days in order
to make way for the new Depart
ment Of Commerce building, and
then amended this order by noting
the difficulty facing the District in
finding new location for these &C.
tivities.
II il ID found to he impossible to
provide other aforementioned
space for the House of Detention be-
fore authority Is secured from Con.
gress," the letter said. lit Is the in.
tention of the Treasury Department
to proceed with the excavation of
the site, allowing the House of De.
tention property to remain intact
until funds have been provided for
the rent OF other space, or until ade.
quats quarters can be secured else.
where in some other manner"
The Washington times., 1927-09-01
MAJ. JAMES LovELAcE WHITE
To Be
PROSECUTED

Mrs.. William NJ. Pratt, 8623 s
st. N. w. mother Of Elizabeth
Morton Hales, 1s.year-old eloper
held by the police Of Denver with
Ronulo Rosales, Nicaraguan ad-
venturer. with whom she eloped
after party at the wardman
Park Inn here. was asked by the
Department Of Justice today IL she
would go to Denver this week to
testify at a hearing before the
United States commissioner there.
Rosales is held on charges of
violating the Mann act and THE
Hales girl is held as a material
witness. Mrs. Pratt indicated that
she would go whenever requested
and was told to get ready to leave
before the end of this week.
More light was thrown today on
the "hot-and-cold love" of the no.
mantle Latin-American, who ship
ped his wealthy bride of a few
weeks back to Nicaragua after
meeting the Washington beauty,
Miss Hales was introduced to
Rosales by another Spaniard who
is now in school in PENNSYLVANIA.
Mrs. Pratt said. 1t was her un.
derstanding that he was a single
man.
After the couple had disappeared
Mrs. Pratt went to the Nicaraguan
legation where she was told that
Rosales was a married man. They
explained to her that marriage
bonds in Nicaragua were ''ve~v
loose and not thought much of.
she declared, and told her a di.
vorce could be arranged. where
both parties were willing, Sin a
month";
Rosales was unfamiliar with
american marriage laws and Gus.
toms, the Legation explained in
trying to defend him, Mrs. Pratt
said, but at the; same time they
oisclaimed any connection with the
elopef. 'Ne
Rosales. It is said, had NO an.
parent means of support executing
two rich ex-wiYes. When the
couple were found in Denver Miss
Hales had pawned her jewelrr and
gone to work az waitress In order
to keep her gentleman lover from,
having to soil his. hands or starve
to death.
The Washington times., 1927-09-01
So TAKE LIVES
BY CAS- FUMES

There were - suicides and IS
homicides here during the fiscal
year which ended June 80, accord
ing to the annual report Of Coroner
j. Ramsay hewitt, submitted to the
District Commissioners today.
Thirty-three of the suicides were
from gas. 80 from guns, IL from
poison. six from hanging, five from
drowning, five from jumping from
buildings, and one from jumping
from a bridge and one cutting Of
the Throat.
OF the homicides, 80 were from
gunshot wounds, II from automo.
biles, eight from blows on the
head. five from stab wounds, one
from an incised wound, one from
being thrown from an automobile
and one from a criminal operation.
The Washington times., 1927-09-01

D. c. BANS MORE
ONE NAN CARS

No extension in the use Of one
man cars here will be allowed. the
Public Utilities Commission decided
today.
In making this decision, which
was exclusively predicted by The
Washington Times two weeks ago,
the commission adhered to the
policy established by the old Public
Utilities Commission three years
ago.
1t Is a complete reversal Of the
position originally taken by the
new commission when the one.man
car proposal first came before it.
The commission was ready to ap.
prove this petition and establish q
policy of extending the use of one
man cars here when William NICK.
Clayton, chairman OF the Public
Utilities committee, of the Fedora
ton Of Citizens Associations, inter.
vened and temporarily postponed
action. Since then the commission
has been deluged with objections to
the cheaper vehicle from many
sources, including the Citizens Ad-
visory Council.
The Washington times., 1927-09-01
A s K REZON|NG
ON CONN. AVE.

Petition to change the coming Of
the exclusive residential section of
Connecticut Avenue. between the
Million Dollar Bridge" and Cathedral
Avenue, from residential to com.
mercial, has been filed with the
Zoning Commission and will be con.
sidered at a public hearing Sept0m.
Der IA, 1t was announced today.
Although the petition has been
filed by residents of the three blocks
involved, one Of the bitterest fights
In the history Of the commission IL
expected. Many prominent officials
and citizens, including Senator Reed
Smoot and Harry Wardman, live
within the area and some of them
are opposed to the change.
Fourteen other petitions will he
considered at the hearing which is
expected to be the biggest OF the
year. One of them would change the
coming back of the Arcade BUILDING
on Fourteenth Street from so to AZ
feet to allow John S. Blick and as.
sociates to construct a huge "Madi.
son Square Garden" there.
The Washington times., 1927-09-01
Deserted Bride, II, Ill
After Serious OperatiOn

Mrs. Elsie Lewis Hannegan, H.
year-old bride who was deserted
oy her husband, Howard r. Hanne-
gan ex.Marine, is in a critical con.
oltlon at local hospital, following
an operation for ruptured appen.
On August Is. Howard Hanne.
gan who had been discharged from
Inc Marine Corps, secretly removed
MS clothing and all personal be.
ionglngs from their home. 1908 e
ST. N. W., and deserted his wife,
leavlnR her with two months rent
and some furniture bills to nav.
The Washington times., 1927-09-01
VACUOUs VAUDEVILLE

"JanO Mary ChEistmas!"
No, bnt l know her brother"
s'WhOEat?"
"Jimlniny ChristmAs!''
ne WGrble, WGr6te, blitksIy,
Dretht in oar TkUmdGy clotke;
ne knotO We'rs ddmthimg Mitkelg
Tho We thing through our
Nothe.
.Fess up. boy, who was YOu
with last night"
''WeII, IL wasn't Wayne Wheel
eF, but / got the LOngWOFth o
my money all right!''
Prof. PugnGciO will nOO en-
tertGim Nth datmbeu solo en-
titled, "WhOH Seq Buttons on
for Dempsey il His Taylor Goes
GENE BLOSSOM.
The Washington times., 1927-09-01

missed her and was told that she
was at the hospital.
Five years ago Mrs. Tore had a
similar breakdown and was in
Gallinger hospital for some time.
She has two children, Anthony. a.
and Antonette, 10.
The husband has passports and
passage to take the family to their
home in Italy and September Ia
mas already been set as the date
for sailing. He still plans to make
the trip, hoping that. the change
VIII prove beneficial to his wife.
ger, but suffering from shock and
water.
Shepherd is many times D hero
OF rescues IN the Anacostia river,
The Washington times., 1927-09-01
WELL SATISFIED

The skinniegt girl ever knew
Was Geraldine 1EeKAatt,
Who told everybody that she
"a DAdn't want 70 be fat.
Ard the latest gIr1 I ever knew
Was OpheIia n. Mconinn,
Who swsre right and left that
She didn't want to Be thin.
KATYDm.
The Washington times., 1927-09-01
Weather Cancels Garden
Performance Of Chimes

lnclement weather compelled
postponement Of the performance
Of The Chimes Of Normandy at
the Opera Gardens of The Wash.
ingtonians, 456 N Street. s. W.,
last evening.
The patrons were entertained in.
formally by the members of the
company In the General Lewis man.
sion.
Wednesday. September was de.
cided upon as the date for the
opera performances. when all tick.
cts held FOR last evening win be
The Washington times., 1927-09-01
NOW AND THEN

NOW AND THEN
Once there were girls who had ''baby
faces
who didn't drink, smoke or 70 to the
20 whom paint and powder was very
shocking,
! And who never wore q nude silk
stoehinE,
! Yen would see them bIush a. they
etrlved
Re look demure when q bean arrived;
RA would insist he must leave at ten;
What difference between NOW and
THEN!
IT. 'sHello, ROzO. IL the speed bus
ut the door,"
Get the "poisOn'' and clgs ''bet yer
paiamas, snPe;"
Hop to II, kid, good bye, folks, until
naOrn.p
And he and the skeleton in clothes
are gone.
OLD SOCKS
Mary BetS lives at Wall.
Pa and Anna Rave at Spring
dale, Pa. Maybe Anna bets
and Mary raves.
The Washington times., 1927-09-01

A coin In q slot camera that makes
photograph Of d person and deliv.
srs II, framed IN less than q minute
% q California mans invention.
The Washington times., 1927-09-01
Correspondent Must PAY
Costs in Divorce Case

Two DEGREES Of absolute divorce
We're signed by Justice WendelI p.
Stafford in the District Supreme
Court today.
In the order separating Martin
a. Dempf from his wife, Martha
*. Dempfs the costs OF the entire
proceedings were assessed AGAINST
John Martin. correspondent in the
case.
1enobia Parker. plaintiff in the
case against her husband. John r
Parker, was awarded custody az
their child. The husband was
ordered to pay $40 month for the
support Of the child
The Washington times., 1927-09-01
REFLECTION

'on an evening like this when It's
cold. damp and gloomy.
Can't you picture dIyan that's eozy
and roomyf'
4 curse On the drags in memoFy's
flagon
That you brought TO my Hips today.
J dreamed that Love was dragon,
And Time had chased her away.
Hut yOu, with youR eyes Oe flame,
With your hair In gOld aureolsd,
Have returned In the dragons Ralao
And revived horrible fortune untold.
Yet stay, bring yonP divaa. I am
weary.
Ny heartstrings have broken apart,
We will try ''Iet ne love-" as . Theory,
~ balm for . crucified heart.
j., o. n
The Washington times., 1927-09-01

No1O that our drinks must
contGia less than 2 per cent
alcohol the neat constitutional
amendment should fiG the
percentage of profanity, al
lowed on golf links.
NIBLICK NICK.
The Washington times., 1927-09-01

This news about bees get
ting so boozy from moon
shine stills that they are
ceasimg to. make honey GER
tGiMEy calls for the instant
attention of Wayne Wheeler.
The bees ous t to be arrested
for illegal transportation.
IVORY IKE.
The Washington times., 1927-09-01
Times statf Photo

lccording to his neighbors. His
home, where he lives with his wife
and several children, the youngest
two years old. and the eldest a
girl OF IA, is about one block dis
tant from the eastern bank OF the
river, and he has kept count of
four ''or five" persons he has
saved from drowning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27

tional Commission of Fine Arts. This
series opens with lecture on THE
Building Program" by E. Fl. Ben
nett. and includes lectures on Co
lonial Architecture in Washington
and Vicinity" by Edward w. Dom;
THE Park Development" by Maj.
Ulysses S. Grant. Ord. and "Byzan
tine Influence" by Charles d. Ma
ginnis.
CHAPTER III OF the Colonial Danes
of America has arranged for a
series of lectures on the "Allied Arts"
to be given for the benefit Of Wythe
House fund, Williamsburg. Va. This
course includes lectures on "Old
Laces," by Mrs. Ridgely Hunt; on
Modern Art" by Will Hutchins; on
''The Legacy of L'Enfant," by Horace
w. Peaslee; on Eastern Textiles" by
George Hewitt Myers. and on Wash.
ington, Our National Shrine" by
Charles ColfaX Long. These lectures
are to be given in private homes, with
the exception of the lecture on Wash
ington, which will be at Rauscher's.
The George Wythe House, Williams.
burg, Va, is adjacent to the Bruton
parish church. 1t is brick building
erected about 1855. and was George
Washington's headquarters during the
Yorktown campaign. Historically II
is one of the most interesting old
houses in the South, and is said to
compare with Mount Vernon and Mon
ticello. 1t has been purchased and is
to be used as a parish house and nu.
scum. 1t is being restored under the
supervision of r. T. H. Halsey, di.
rector Of the Metropolitan Museum of
Art, New York, and members of the
staff who were responsible for the
American wing of that great museum.
4 **
DESIO DE RODRIGUEZ VII
LARES, a Brazilian painter. who
Is now making his home in Washing
ton, will hold an exhibition of his
paintings at the Catholic University
this week, beginning Tuesday.
Mr.. Villares studied in Rome, Flor
ence and Paris, and one Of the pictures
included in this exhibition received
honors when shown in one of the
Paris salons. An article on Mr., VII
lares' work, with illustrations. was
published some months ago in the bull.
letin of the Pan-American Union. Mr..
Villares has been painting some nor.
traits in Washington. and doing some
special work for the Catholic Uni.
verSity.
X
AT the Dunthorne Gallery, on Con.
necticut avenue, there 10 now on
view an exhibition of paintings for
overmantel decoration by Cory Kilvert
of New York. Opening early in the
present week, there will be shown in
this gallery an exhibition of etchinxs
by William Walcot and Malcolm o.
borne.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27
NOTES OF ART AND ARTISTS
Red Chalk Portraits View National Gaery-E,hbition
of the Landscape ClubOther Notes of Special Interest
Concerning Washington Artists

| don't need instruction to be certain
of the response in my own mind to
the summons of Youth on its way
to its rendezvous with Death! All
those faces shine with hope. which
has not known experience.
hope these soldier pictures may be
kept in one ccilection--they seem to
belong together" That they are to be
kept together. due to the generosity
of Mrs. Maude Howe Elliott. the
artists widow is indeed a matter of
congratulation.
Included in the exhibition are por-
traits of Raynal c. Boiling, Richard
Norton. son of Charles Eliot Norton;
Roosevelt: Alan Seeger, the poet;
lander; the j original members Of
the Lafayette Escadrille, beginning
with Norman Prince, the founder. and
including Raoul Lufbery. the Ace Of
Aces: James r. Mcconnell. author
of Flying for France" and others,
everyone of whom received decora-
tions for distinguished service and
citations for unusual bravery.
John ELLIOTT. the artist of these
pOflfdlIS, whose Ueal1 occurred III
1925. was born in England in April.
1853. Of the Scotch Border family,
THE Black Elliotts." Of which Robert
Louis Stevenson was also a member.
When a youth he studied alone from
the Greek marbles in the British
Museum. In Paris he studied at
Julien's Academy and in the studio of
Carolus Duran, where he was a fellow
pupil of John Singer Sargent. Later,
in Rome. he studied with the Spanish
master. Don Jose Villegas. In 1887
he married Maude Howe, the daughter
of Samuel Gridley Howe and Julia
Ward Howe of Boston, and since that
time he has been identified with
American art.
For some time the artist and his
wife made their home in Rome, and
after the earthquake in Sicily and
Calabria on December %, 1908, Elliott
served with the American Red Cross
relief expedition on the S. S. Bayern.
Later he was attached to the U. 8.
Naval relief expedition as architect,
and was the designer of the Church Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS
Volume the Far East and Chapters Concerning Ports
Late Novels from the Observation-Disclosures
The Painted City.

admirable writer Before that. she In
woman of keen and appraising eve
of clever speech that has a caustic
and stimulating turn upon occasion
or intimate hold on the ms and outs
OF human nature trying always to hide
itself under defensive devices of one
sort and another. So equipped, Phvl
lie Bottome dares herself to make a
true and convincing story out of the
romance of Ellen NIcDermott. spinster.
who, past 40, reaches for the romance
of which at the legitimate love time
she had been deprived. Such a thing
Is an absurdity. 40 the world says
But In defiance of this the author un-
dertakes a plausible love story, even
an engaging love story, for Ellen Nc
Dermott. Doing admirably. some one
says. If she can keep it from being
ridiculous. She does much better than
that, for she succeeds triumphantly In
uncovering Ellen McDer1nott in that
secret self which all hold in hiding
that never does grow old. And Miss
Bottome does this with understanding
and sympathy, projecting a romance
of wistful beauty, of essential truth.
and of a workmanship that Is quite
surprisingly fine.
~
THE BLATCHINGTON TANGLE. BY
G.. y. II. Cole and Margaret Cole
authors of THE Death of Mil
lionaire." New York: The Mac
milan Company.
A MYSTERY story developed strictly
- according to program. story OF
crime detection after the regular pat
tern. Murder-discovery- Of
fumbling with local notwithstanding
after innumerable piddling clues that
lead nowhere. Inspiration! Send to
than the thing is done. Entrance Of
the super.sleuth. Exit. much dis
gruntled, of all the little ferrets
roundabout. Marvels of speed. Of
divination. of logic. of the whole
familiar whatnot of genius on the part
of this phenomenon Of detective
power-and there you are! And there
the criminal is. too. just where he
has been all the time, right under
foot to be fallen over at each new
outset of pursuit on the part Of the
excited and eager members OF the
man hunt. oh, yes. good reading,
but just like all the others. Some
day, a current writer of mystery tales
is going to step out OF this wayworn
path. He Is going to take an original
something in the way Of a successful
crime story. The truth IL that the
public will read anything in this line.
so the writer's don't bestir themselves
as they will do when some one OF
them wakes I'D out of the long sleep
i'm which these folks are doing the
most of their work.
y
THE PAINTED CITY. BY Mary
Bedger Wilson. New York: Fred.
erick A. Stokes Co.
THE National Capital is the Paint
ed City" of this title. The book
itself is made up of short stories bent,
in purpose, upon picturing a certain
aspect of Washington life. The gen
eral backgrounds of the whole is an
incidental projection of the Washing.
ton of the Congressman, the diplomat.
the touch of the military, the old fam
lily, the Government clerk and the
mere citizen. 1t is, however, upon the
Government clerk that these stories
center as whole. Episodes. these.
U,optinued on E'iffaanfh Do Oel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27
BY LEILA MECHiIN.

n event of very unusual note
n is the memorial exhibition of
IN portraits in red chalk by John
Elliott OF the original members
of the Lafayette Escadrille and
q few other of the American men who
fought in the World War, now on
view in the National Gallery OF Art,
United States National Museum.
There are 20 portraits in ali COM
prisng The collection, and of these,
IS have been presented to the Smith
sonian Institution for the National
Gallery of Art by Mrs. Elliott
During the World War Mr.. Elliott
devoted his entire time to making a
series of portrait drawings Of the
American boys killed In the war The
first series OF these was sold for the
benefit OF the permanent blind war
relief fund. The present exhibit con-
stitutes a second series. To a great
extent, therefore. this is in the truest
sense a memorial exhibition---a
memorial to the genius OF the artist
and to the valor OF those whose por-
traits are shown. Very appropriately,
biographical sketch OF each OF the
sviators is given in the catalogue.
These portraits are An red chalk, an
exquisite medium when skillfully
handled, as in this instance. They
NJ e GIL 1859 lttdH illC SIZE, nut sui
fciently large to he effective a. dis
lance and suggest virility. AS they
are posthumous portraits in most, il
not every instance, it is remarkable
to what extent they not only set
forth the features but the personality
Of those portrayed. Rarely are por-
traits found more expressive of
spiritual quality than these. The
artist has concentrated his effort on
the face and has re-created the spirit
These are not portraits of dead men,
but of living sonalities-heroes OF
the World War who through their
youth and patriotism have distinct
message for the youth of the future
No one could view the series unmoved.
u
NEARLY 10 years ago these por-
traits were first exhibited in Mr.
Eliott's studio in Newport: later
they were shown in the knoedler
Galleries. New York: the Copley Gal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27
Report Most Liquor
Drunk i'm Dry Areas

A report has Just been published
on the most urgent question of
the day in -prohibition-prior
to the forthcoming referendum on
whether the Norwegian prohibition
law shall be amended or not.
The report contains a comparison
Of Oslo to Helsingfors, where q strict.
er prohibition law is in force; to Stock.
holm, where there are only certain
liquor restrictions, and to Copen.
hagen, which has no drink restric-
tons.
The theory Is confirmed in the re.
port that the more rigid the prohibit.
ton law the greater is the consump.
ton of spirits.
While in Copenhagen IS in 1000
persons and in Stockholm 1876 out of
every 1000 were arrested last year
because Of drunkenness. the figures
for the same period for Oslo and Hell
singfors are SAC and IT'S. respectively.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27
British Dislike Dora,
She's a Harsh Maid

Time after time efforts are made in
the British Parliament to amend the
I'D. o. r. A." defense of the realm
act), which England inherited from
the World War. This series of laws
embodies a number Of petty prohibit
tons, designed during the war to
economic wages, light and fuel, but
now, most people think, they have
outlived their day and ought to be
scrapped. For instance. one may not
purchase after pm. any cigarettes.
saloons are closed certain hours each
day. the hours varying according to
districts. These vexing regulations
produce protests at every session Of
Parliament.