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Evening star., 1927-07-13
HAZLETON REELECTED
CITIZENS PRESIDENT
East Washington Group Honors
Other Officers at Annual
Session.

f. +. HaZleton was reelected presi.
dent of the East Washington Citizens
Association at meeting last night
in the auditorium of the Bradbury
Heights VI. f.. Church. Harry F.
Welsh was elected first vice president.
B. 7. johnson was reelected second
vice president, B. Frank Smith was
reelected secretary. and NJ Blair
Domer was reelected treasurer.
Mr.. HaZleton and Mr.. Domer were
named delegates to the Federation of
Citizens Associations.
Announcement was made that as
surances had been received from
Superintendent J. s. Garland OF the
Water Department, that the work Of
extending the water main along
Alabama avenue and Bowen road from
Branch avenue to the District Line
southeast. for which $42 500 was ap-
propriated at the last session of Con-
gress, would be undertaken in the
early Fall On motion Of Mr.. Welsh
the association empowered the presi-
dent to appoint committee to wait
on the Engineer Commissioner and
explain the need for an earlier start
of this work, If possible, in view of
the fact that most wells in the vicinity
had been condemned as unfit for use
by the Health Department. BY an
other motion, the association voted
to call attention of the Traffic Direc.
tor to perils of traffic at Forty-second
street and Alabama avenue south.
east, with a request that "slow" signs
be placed there. 1t was voted to con-
tinue meetings throughout the Sum-
mer. John BENJAMIN Harris was ad-
mitted to membership.
Evening star., 1927-07-13
GIRLS CLUBHOUSES
ON WIDE PLAN IN VIEW
Chain, National in Scope, Being
Considered by Catholic Daugh-
ters of America.

Plans for "A chain Of girls club
houses, national in scope, to be OPP
Grated by the Catholic Daughters of
America, which were discussed at the
recent supreme convention of the
Daughters at Ashcvilie, n. c., were
reported upon last night by Rev.
Francis Y. Cavanaugh, chaplain, and
Miss Mary G. Boland. grand regent
of the local coart, No. 212, delegates
to the convention, at q reception in
their honor at local headquarters, COL
4. street.
Father Cayanaugh and Miss Roland
reported that the supreme convention
voted to contribute 10 per cent OF the
total cost Of erection of clubhouses
built in the various cities by the local
chapters. The clubhouSes. some or
which already are in operation in the
larger cities, will be residences for
Catholic girls, where they will have.
in addition to board. facilities for
recreation and study as well as for
their social needs.
The local club. at COL + street. has
been operated as such a residence for
the past three years, and at present
there are some 25 young women living
there. 1t Is the forerunner, Father
Cavanaugh has explained, of the
greater club residence program in the
District in the future.
At last nights receptionmeeting
Mrs. Augusta Wilder of Mitchell, S.
Oak, spoke on Catholic art, and Miss
Frances Maher. vice supreme regent
of the national organiza ton. delivered
brief address on its history and
growth,
Evening star., 1927-07-13
COL. TOMPKINS SOON TO RETIRE
FROM COLORFUL ARMY CAREER
Famous Indian Campaigner Returns to 9TH
Cavalry, Where He Served 80 Years,
for Last Command.

Pershing on Villas trail. He received
Il silver star citation for his services
then. During the war he led the
7th in its trying work along the
border. as back in 1900 he rode with
1t against the Sioux in the battle Of
Wounded Knee. There is no doubt
where his heart is, for his preference
cards at the War Department indi-
eating the type OF duty he desires
call attention to his long service with
the eth. and add:
MY preference is TO serve with that
regiment. wherever it Is"
Tompkns still has the ruddy, slen-
der look of the horsemen of the plains.
Ills hair Is tinged with white now. but
the flowing mustache that was the
style among the old Indian scouts.
Cavalry officers and other cavaliers
Of the plains in the days when the
West was in the winning is still red
dish. And it is the last of It's kind in
the Army
Evening star., 1927-07-13
JACKSON GETS STAY
UNTIL NOVEMBER Il.
Denied Lunacy Hearing, But
Appeal Cannot Be Heard
Until October.

Philip Jackson. colored, under SEN
tence of death for criminal assault
on Mrs. Daisy Welling in the Capitol
grounds, late yesterday was denied
the right to have a jury examine into
his sanity, when Justice A. A.
Hoehling. in Criminal Court ].
handed down a lengthy opinion, fol-
lowing arguments by Attorney John
il. Wilson for the accused and Will
liam H. Collins, Government pros
ecutor.
However. upon completion of the
courts decision, Attorney Wilson
promptly took exception to the ruling
and gave notice in open court that he
would appeal from the ruling of
Justice Hoehling. This automatically
gave Jackson a stay of execution
which had been set for July 30, fol-
lowing notice of counsel on the eve
of the July / date for execution that
he would move the court to appoint
lunacy jury.
November IL Is Set.
Justice Hoehling said that as the
upper court cannot hear the case
until the October term he fixed the
date for execution on November II,
the same date which had been fixed
for the electrocution of the sayers of
Policeman Busch. whose cases also
are on appeal. Justice Hoehling said
that if the higher court could not
hear the Jackson case by that time
he would change the date on motion
/, of counsel.
Justice Hoehling, in his opinion,
went quite exhaustively into both the
legal and medical authorities, in the
preparation of his opinion. He point
ed out that the granting of a lunacy
jury in such n case was left to the
sound discretion of the trial court be-
cause of its knowledge obtained in
the trial OF n case.
He point out that there had been
no showing by an alienist who had
examined the prisoner that the man
had indications of insanity and tnat
the a!iidayijs Of the lay witnesses
that had been produced were not suffi-
cient in law to cause the impaneiing
of lunacy jury, as provided under
the District code
Justice IIoehing also pointed out
that during the trial the condemned
man took the stand and answered
jntelligently some 500 questions pro.
pounded both by his counsel and by
the Government prosecutor. He said
that he had noted nothing during the
trial which would indicate that Jack
con was nor of sound mind.
Evening star., 1927-07-13
MEXICAN CATHOLIC
B[ACKMA|L PRObED
Officials Investigate Charge
Fines Are imposed by Fake
Police.


MEXICO CITY, July 13.--On orders
OF President Gales, the attorney gem
eral is conducting a drastic investiga-
ton into the wholesale matchmaking
of Catholic residents. 1t is charged
that persons representing themselves
as police officials dema nded fines from
citizens for having conducted secret
religious ceremonies in their homes, in
violation of the religious law, threaten
ing TO punish them if the money was
not forthcoming.
Col. Antonio Avila, chief of the 1u-
dicial military police. is under arrest,
the President having issued instruc-
tions that he be held pending an in-
vestigation into the allegation that he
and five of his assistants forced money
from Catholics or closed their eyes
while police or persons posing is po-
lice did so. The assistants, whose ar.
rest also was ordered, are reported to
have fed.
Col. Fran Mayer of the depart
ment OF interior secret service. who is
in charge of the investigation, suS-
poets an unnamed high military off,
cial of completely in the blackmailing
scheme. lie says all the guilty will be
punished severely.
Evening star., 1927-07-13
Geological Body
Offers Complete
Topographic Map

A new edition of a topogra phic
map of Washington and vicinity
on a greatly enlarged scale has
just been issued by the Geological
Survey from field surveys by topo-
graphic engineers, representing the
highest degree of accuracy and re-
ffnement that can be attained i'll
map printed on the scale used. In
stead of the ordinary scale of one
inch to one mile, the new map of
Washington area is printed on a
scale of two inches on paper to one
mile on the ground. A map of the
United States on this scale would
cover between four and five acres.
The map covers an area of 465
square miles, including almost
every form of topography from the
lowlands along the Potomac River
to the broken country in Rock
Creek Park and the picturesque
gorge of the Potomac above the
city. 1t is printed in four colors,
with black used to represent rail-
roads, wagon roads and houses;
blue for rivers and all water sur
faces; brown for the contour lines
and red for good automobile roads.
The contour lines make Of the
map veritable dictionary of alti-
tudes for every point in the area,
besides showing the shapes of all
hills and slopes.
Evening star., 1927-07-13
LENGEL TRIAL STARTS.
Ex-Police Chief Hears First Testi-
mony on Mellett Death.

CANTON, Ohio, July 13 P).-The
first testimony in the trial of S. A..
Lengel, ex-chief of police here, was
taken today following completion of
filling the jury box yesterday to hear
a first degree murder charge against
him for completely in connection with
the death year ago Of Don r. Mel
lett, vice crusading editor.
Lengel Is the fifth person to go on
trial on the same charge The four
others all were found guilty and three
of them were sentenced to life i'm.
prisonment. Three of the other four
trials We're those of admitted gang
sters. The other was policeman.
Floyd r. Streitenberger Streiten-
berger, LengePs former favorite. will
be the States principal witness
against his late chiefa
Evening star., 1927-07-13
MERCHANTS Join
IN HIGHWAY FETE
Association to Participate in
Opening of Defense Road
Saturday.

Plans for the participation Of the
Merchants and Manufacturers Asso-
citation in the celebration Saturday OF
the completion of the new Defense
Highway between Washington and
Annapolis were laid yesterday after
noon at a meeting of the beard Of
governors of the merchants organi-
zation.
The following committee was named
to represent the association at the
dedication ceremony to be held at
Priests Bridge, in which many Wash
ington civic, fraternal and business
groups will join with similar delega-
tions from Annapolis and other Mary
land communities:
James E. Collifower, chairman:
Charles A. Camalier, o. J. DeMoll,
George Harris. Harry Sherry, Maj.
Gen. Anton Stephan. president of the
association. and Edward d. Shaw, the
executive secretary.
Andrew Sullivan Praised.
A tribute of appreciation for nearly
a half century of service in the Dis
trict Fire Department was paid by
the association to Andrew J. Sullivan,
former deputy chief engineer of the
department. who retired about year
ago after 4S years service.
A resolution praising this service
was adopted by the board of governors
in the name of the association, and
copies were directed to be sent to the
District Commissioners, and framed
copy is to be presented to 'Yank" Sui
livan, as the veteran fire chief is af-
fectionately called.
Sullivan was present at the meet
Ing and made reply to the tribute.
Reports on Airport.
Gen. Stephan made a report to the
board of governors on the action of
the joint committee of the three trade
groups on the proposed airport for. the
District of Columbia. which made
to Mai W. T.. r.
Covell, assistant Engineer Commits
s.oner, who was designated by the
to prepare statement
on possible development of an air.
port here
Secretary Shaw was delegated to
take special Summer course in busi-
ness at the National School for Com.
mercial and Trade Organization Ex-
ecutives at Northwestern University,
Evanston. ILL.,, in the latter part of
August.
The following firms were admitted
% membership: Blossom Inn, Ourfs-
man Chevrolet Sales Co. and the
Noland Co. Gen. Stephan presided
over the meeting. which was the last
intil the Fall season.
Evening star., 1927-07-13
THREE INDICTED
IN TRIANGLE DEATH
Wife of Victim Says She Was
Present at Louisiana
Staying.
BY the Associated Press.


+ FRANKLIN, La. July 13.-Mrs.
Ada Bonner Lebouef. DIR. Thomas E.
Dreher and James Beadle were
charged today with the murder of
James J. Lebouef as the result Of an
alleged love plot.
The trio were indicted yesterday
afternoon at a special session of the
grand jury.
The indictment came after an all
day session Of the grand jury. Ap-
prOximately a dozen witnesses were
called. Attached to one of the affi-
davits In the case was the signed
statement Of Mrs. Lebouef that she
was present when her husband was
killed. Mrs. Lebouef blamed James
Beadle for the actual shooting.
Il am getting along all right
Beadle told his brOther-in-law, who
visited him yesterday afternoon, "and
you can tell the folks 1 don't need
anything. IT, they hang me, well,
that's all there'il be to It," Mrs.
Willie Husband. mother OF Lebouef,
told yesterday of what she believed
was a plot to poison her son two years
ago. Mrs. Husband is matron Of
Jesuit school near Franklin.
DIR. Dreher was at one time a high
official in the Morgan City branch
Of the Ku Klux klan, a parish of.
ficial said.
Evening star., 1927-07-13
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
There is rejoicing tinged with sor.
row out in the barracks Of the 7th
Cavalry at Fort Bliss. Tex, for a
sturdy old Indian fighter, who for
more than 30 years knew no other
home than the 7th, is back again to
his last command.
lie is Col. Selah r. TT. Tompkins on
the Army lists, but TO the troopers of
The 7th and to nearly every officer OF
the Army he is Tommy" Tompkins.
From shave-tail second lieutenants
to colonel commanding. Col. Tompkins
has carried his saber in the 7th
through every commissioned grade,
with honor to himself and the regi-
ment he loves. He was born here,
son of Gen. Charles Tompkins and
of q family that has contributed its
sons to the officer corps of the Amer
lean Army ever since that Army
came along.
Brothers i'm Army Careers.
Lieut.. Col. Daniel u. Tompkins, a
brother. also Cavalryman, remains
in the service, and another Cavalry
brother, Col. Frank Tompkins, retired,
is at Norwich University, VT. teach.
ing the Cavalry training unit there
things it should know of Army life.
Next Sunday Col. Tommy" will lay
aside his saber on his sixty.fourth
birthday and the occasion will be
made one of honor to him and regret
that his active service is at an end,
for no officer of the Army Is held by
his brother officers TO be so beloved
by his men as Tompkins of the 7th.
Even the serious-minded War De-
partment was touched in his behalf
by emotion such as it rarely shows.
It was a special War Department or
der that sent the colonel back from
command of Fort Stanley, Texas, to
the 7th. at Fort Bliss. for the last
week of his active service that he
might round out his career with the
regiment with which all but six years
of his Army life has been spent.
Col. Tompkinsl commanded the
7til when it rode into Mexico with
Evening star., 1927-07-13
REDMEN TO CONVENE.
Great Council of Order Will Meet
in Richmond Soon.
Dlenatch to The Star.

RICHMOND. Va. July 13.--Rich-
mond is to be invaded by the Red
tMen OF the entire country in a short
time, the first of the coming year.
when the great council will come
here gor its pow-WoW. Oscar ID. Btin-
Ser OF this city. the great sachem for
Virginia. will head the commi tee TO
make arrangements for the Red Men,
and he has already started his task
OF preparing for The meeting.
II is expected that not less than
5000 men and 4 great many women
efliated with the "aquaw" division
will come 10 Richmond.
Evening star., 1927-07-13
DUTCH PLANE WRECKED.
Four Americans Among Passengers
Who Escape Injury.

ST. OMER, France. July IS CP.-
Dutch line plane. bound from Lon.
don for Amsterdam. with seven pas
segers. OF whom four were Americans.
lost its bearings in the fog and struck
tree while landing in a meadow
near here last night.
No one was hurt. but the machine
was damaged and could not resume
the fight. The passengers were
brougifF to st. Omer by automobile
and continued to Amsterdam by train.
Evening star., 1927-07-13
FRANCE TO PROVIDE
STAMPS FOR LEGION
Heads of Washington and Lafay-
cite Will Be on Issue During
Convention Month.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS. July 13.--Delegates to the
American Legion's convention in
Paris in September will have special
stamps provided for them by the
French postal authorities. They will
be- of artistic as well as philatelic
interest. One, whose value will be
90 centimes, postal card rate. will be
red, bearing the head of Washington.
Another. of blue, with the head OF
Lafayette, is to be franc and a
half, the latter for the United States.
The two issues will be sold only
during September, which win add to
their value Tor collectors. ss
Evening star., 1927-07-13
Rum Launch Seized.

CLEVELAND, July 13 R)-~The
launch Anna A., with a cargo Of 1000
cases Of Canadian ale, estimated to
be worth $4,000 at current bootleg
prices. was captured by customs of.
ficers when 1t docked here today. The
crew Of about IL men escaped. Gus
toms officials were TO supervise the
destruction Of the cargo today,
Evening star., 1927-07-13
SHIP SUNK IN WAR FOUND.
Copper-Laden Steamer, Sent Down

GENOA, Italy. July IS H).-~Divers
have located the steamer Washington,
which was sunk in October, 1917, by a
German submarine while on the way
from America to Genoa. They found
the vessel at Camogli. not far from
Genoa.
The Washington had cargo of cop.
per, which is it hoped to recover.
Evening star., 1927-07-13
Airline to Serve
Six Course Dinner
To Plane Patrons

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK. July 13.--A COM
plete dining service. including a
six-course chicken dinner, will be
started tomorrow on airplanes of
the Colonial Air Transport Co.
flying between New York and
Boston.
The food will be taken aboard
in containers and kept warm on
electric heaters.
The company plans to extend
the dining service to its New
York to- Chicago run next month.
Evening star., 1927-07-13
BAL LTIMOREAN. TO, DIES.
Native Of Russia Came to America
40 Years Ago.

BALTIMORE. July is OrD. .-yeslie
Weinberg died here yesterday at the
age of 10 years. Born in Kiev, Rus.
sia, he came to America 40 years ago.
Twenty-Five 4grandchildren and IA
Observation-Disclosures survive.
The Washington times., 1927-01-29
GEST ABANDONS
THE OLD FELT
HAT


Morris Gest. producer OF The
Miracle. was hoping for a miracle
10 Los Angeles recently when he
wasNinitiated into the mysteries o.
GOLF.
But Gest was in good hands.
Douglas Fairbanks, who is q
golfer of some six months stand
ing, offered his services as teacher,
and Feodor Chaliapin, Russian
singer, acted as caddy. Presum-
ably he rendered appropriate bits
Of song as the game progressed
q soothing aria here, an encourage
Ing ballad at the traps, a paen of
triumph at the green. He failed,
however, to have a chance to
MARBLE Ia birdie. No miracles
happened.
Early in the afternoon they
stepped onto the course-the first
time Gest ever had set foot on one.
In fact, 1t was the first time he
had been closer than driving by in
. machine. .Whereupon, Doug
proceeded to lead him a merry
chase over Hill and vale In pursuit
of the elusive white pill meantime
delivering an extensive and inten-
sive course of instruction. on the
correct grip to employ. the proper
stance, keeping the eye on the
ball, following through, midiron
shots, n1ashie shots and all the
rest Of the confusing details.
When they came In someone
asked Gest what he went around
IN, to which he replied:
"Oh, a fine new golf suit which
] bought on Friday. It's the iirst
one ! ever owned.
The Washington times., 1927-01-29
Roxy Nearly Ready

The Roxy Theater is progress
sing rapidly toward completion
and is expected to open. If all
goes well. toward the end Of Feb.
ruary. In the meantime Roxy
himself is busy securing patents
on various inventions Of his own
calculated to make his house Just
about the most comfortable place
on earth. judging from reports.
For one thing a new lighting sys-
tenn has been perfected which will
allow enough light even when
the picture is on to enable mem.
bers Of the audience to read the
program or anything else they
may be moved to peruse. A spe-
cial method Of projection has been
devised. furthermore. to prevent
this light from interfering with
the clarity OF the picture.
The Washington times., 1927-01-29
McFadden's Flats

The First National organiza-
8tion is violently excited over a
new comedy. called ''McFadden's
Flats, based on the stage play
OF that name. which retained its
popularity over a period of so
years. according to the film pro-
ducers. How 1t ever escaped the
screen scouts during the recent
Cohens and Kellys'' eraAis some
thing Of mystery, but it has
become a movie at last. Several
people have hailed it as the
funniest picture in years, and
Charles Murray, Chester ConlSlin,
Edna Murphy, Dorothy Dwan
and Cissy Fitzgerald are men.
toned in the cast.
The Washington times., 1927-01-29
Bill Haines Goes Up

Metro.GoIdwyn-M Mayer, W hi c b
Advertises more stars than there
are in Heaven" has scored an.
other. on the universe with the
elevation of William Haines. Mr..
Haines has been, hitherto. a fea.
tured player, appearing in such
films as Sally, Irene and Mary, !"
mike" Memory Lane" Brown
Of Harvard" "Lovey Mary" "a
Little Journey" and with Lon
CLANCY In Tell 1t to the Ma
rines." A baseball picture, slide,
Kelly, Slide" will shortly be re-
leased.
The Washington times., 1927-01-29
Heidelberg Next

Ernst Lubitsch's next produc-
ton. "Old Heidelberg" has now
advanced beyond the rumor stage,
as far as casting goes, and it is
definitely announced that Norma
Shearer will play Kathie. Ramon
Novarro, of course, is the student
prince himself, and Mr.. Lubitsch
will also make use of Jean Her.
sholt, Chester Conklin, Edward
Connolly. Edgar Horton and
young Philin DeI,acv.
The Washington times., 1927-01-29
The Run Record

THE Big Parade celebrated
this week a run of 81 weeks on
BroadWay-thus breaking the rec.
ord OF 81 weeks held by '"The
Ten Commandments" The war
picture enters its sixty.third week
with no signs of moving on for
some time to come. "Old Iron
sides. James Cruces sea film at
the Rivoli. is recognizing in ap-
propriate manner its Tooth per.
formance on Broadway this eve.
ming.
The Washington times., 1927-01-29

day. It is entitued Gan Ode To
Dawn" and is described as a spe-
cial composition of melodies from
Grieg, Cadman and Nevin, with a
Photographic obligato.
The Washington times., 1927-01-29
Palace Prelude

Colby Iarrim nan, production
chief at Loew's Palace, has ar
ranged another spectacular over
ture for the week beginning sum
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-07
Horne Addresses
Lions Meeting

That the feeling of hard times is
largely mental and that money is
very free for loaning on legitimate
business demands was the assertion
made by O. G.. Horne, viee-pres,-
dent of the Los Angeles cirst Ma
tioanl Bank and manager of the
Imperial Valley branches, in talk
on "Credit,' given before the
Lions Club at its luncheon yester-
Imperial Valley branches, in talk
day.
A resume of general business con-
ditions and trends in the United
States for the past few years was
given by the speaker, in an intro.
duction to more specific consider
ton of financial problems of I'm.
perial Valley.
Declaring that Imperial Valley is
on sound economic basis, and plac.
ing considerable responsibility for
the seemingly slack times at the
door of farmers who do not use
businesslike methods, Mr.. Horne
emphasized the Importance of de-
veloping our agriculture on a sound
business basis.
In the speakers belief going the
limit along staple agricultural lines,
such as dairying, cotton, grain and