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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-26
NEWS BRIEFS OF
ARLINGTON

ARLINGTON COUNTY. Feb. 2e.
Former State Senator Walter T.
Oliver. Of Fairfax county. an.
nounced today that he would be a
candidate for the State senate on
the Democratic ticket at the prim-
airy to be held in August. Oliver
will oppose State Senator Frank L.
Ball, of Arlington county, and
Charles Henry Smith, of Alexan-
dria. member Of the the house OF
delegates.
The appointment Of Harvey
Cross, as sheriff OF Fairfax county
to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of James r. Allison was
announced today by Judge Samuel
Gs Brent.
Cross filled the office as deputy
sheriff for many years.
Former Traffic Officer George
Franl1lin waived hearing on charges
Of passing worthless checks in the
police court yesterday and was
held for the action Of the grand
jury by Judge Harry r. Thomas
HIS bond was fixed at $500.
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IOTTINGS From.
ALEXANDRIA

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Feb. 26.--
Thomas Showers, colored, s12 South
Washington ST., was fined $25 and
costs today by Acting Police Jus.
tice A. B. Nicol for colliding.
Samuel r. Wood, charged with at
tempting to assault Officer Wright
with knife, was sentenced to 80
days in jail and fined $14 for being
drunk.
The annual banquet Of Boy Scout
Troop, No. 1875, will be held Mon.
day night at $50 in the Westmin-
ster Building. Charles Henry
Smith, member of the house Of
delegates from this city, viii speak.
Carroll Pierce and George Il. War
fled. donors Of this years eff.
cheney cups. also win be guests.
William Tyler Page, clerk OF
the House of Representatives, will
address the meeting Of the Young
Peoples Service League Of Christ
Church tomorrow at 6:45 o. m. on
Patrio tism." He will speak at
the evening services Of the church
on Christian Citizenship"
Members Of Andrew Jackson
Lodge of Masons will meet Monday
at 1890 o'clock to attend the fun.
era1 Of Ruben HaInmill past master
OF occaquan Lodge who died Thurs.
day at his home at Occaquan.
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officer. He was directed to pro-
duce one of the two contracts.
He said that the first information
he had Of alleged irregularities in
the traffic light business was when
his assistant, q. e. Naylor. re.
ported to him that Moiser had ap.
preached him with q proposal to
have the Crause.Hinds Company
substitute certain other goods for
articles in the contract order"
NayIOr told MOllt that this would
be Illegal. Donovan testified. Mol.
Ter then told NaylOr that he already
had taken such action In the past
with the approval Of the auditor .
II Immediately called lMoller and
Eldridge to my office" Donovan
said. land / told them in language
which / cannot repeat before this
committee, that MOller's action was.
in my opinion, criminal and called
his attention to contract which
had been violated Just the same
way some years ago. which resulted
in the indictment Of another Dis.
trict official.
"MoIler admitted he had been In
the wrong and denied that he had
ever had any authority from me or
my office for altering the contract.
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UTILITY | I n I
insult FUND
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Continued From Page u
925 he spent ii Tie Illinois cam
paign. He declared $172,925 Of
this sum had been spent ia the
senatorial campaign and Ssh, BOO
in the Cook county tChicago)
campaign.
insult admitted he had borrowed
all the money given to the sena-
tofial campaign from the Com
nlonWealth-E Edison Company, one
of his public utilities. He refused,
however, to say whether the $685.
600 spent in the county campaign
had come from the same source.
Defies Committee
insult defied the committee on
all questions concerning the $65 200.
saying he did so on the advice OF
his personal attorney. He also de-
fled the committee when asked 70
give the names Of the persons to
whom he gave two $4,000 gifts In
the county campaign.
Reed sought to get the names OF
the other persons, aside from At.
torney Schuyler, who had handled
insults campaign contributions.
can't answer your question"
said insult. II refused to reply TO
similar question when / was here
last week and must maintain the
same position now"
regret you cannot give us the
information we DESIRE" said Reed.
am sorry, too" replied insult.
Il have tried to supply the commit.
tee with all information possible,
irrespective OF my own convenience.
. Need to Act
Insuil was the only witness and
the hearing adjourned when ne left
the stand. Senator Reed (D3. Of
Missouri, chairman. Immediately
announced that Senator Golf ri,
OF West Virginia. a constitutional
authority. would draw resolution
at once. citing insult to the Senate
Tor contempt. He added that Che
resolution would include the names
or Daniel +. Schuyler. insults attor.
ney. and Thomas w. Cunningham.
OF Philadelphia.
Reed would not say whether the
trio would be called before the bar
" lay senate ana an attempt made
TO send them direct to fail or
whether they would be cited to the
United States attorney here Tor
prosecution in the Federal courts.
lnsuils testimony caused a sen.
5atton in the committee room as he
admitted that the $4,000 given to
Senator-elect Frank l.. Smith IN TIle
senatorial primary came from the
TN of the Commonwealth. Edison
Company. This gift was made by
insult while Smith was serving as
chairman of the Illinois Public Ser.
vice Commission.
dne date Of the check. June 30,
1895. was considered signifieant tee
because the Senate had ordered an
investigation OF the Illinois primary
several weeks earlier. The check
vas cashed July /. 1925, the day
after 1t was drawn.
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Judges Runaway Girl
Returned to Her Home

NEW YORK, Feb. 26.-Kasia Ma.
money, fifteen.year-old daughter of
supreme Coul Justice Jeremiah r.
Mahouey, back home today after five
days exciting adventurous trsveI
which carried her to Albany ai.d
Cohoes, N. z, closed the door IN
newspaper men and others seeki1r
70 learn the cause Of her trip.
You viii never know why lAft
home. If you must blame 1t On sor,,e.
thing, blame II on vanderbilt" cid
the young adventuress. She vac
brought home from Albany by Mrs..
Mahoney, who had FASTENED to the
State capital as soon as word was
received yesterday that Kasia had
been located at Cchoes and taken 10
the executive mansion By Governor
Smith.
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tCOnIlnued FROM rage ~
and consideration extended to them
during the trial. Justice Hitz re-
piled that he greatly admired each
member of the jury and compli-
uented them on their tireleSs
efforts to reach verdict.
No motion was made in court
today, but it was the consensus of
attorneys representing the three con-
vIcted men that an appeal would be
made for a new trial.
Although it was not learned
exactly how many ballots the jury
took before completing agreement
on verdicts, one juryman said it
was s'more than 75.'' They pro-
ceeded with consideration of the
case, 1t was learned, by acQuItting
McCabe on the first Ballot Follow
ing this they took up consecutively
the cases of Eagles, Proctor and
Moreno.
McCabe Seeks Bond
It was understood following the
trial that McCabe's attorney, James
A. O'Shea. had gone with his
client to headquarters for the pur.
pose of arranging bond. McCabe,
with the three others, has been
indicted in Prince Georges county,
Maryland, in connection with hold
ups staged by three of the men a
few hours preceding the shooting
Of Policeman Busch. He has been
exonerated by each OF the convicted
men of any connection with either
the holdups or the shooting.
1t was exactly five months ago
today that Busch, accompanied by
HIS partner, Frank l.. Ach, was
fatally wounded as the officers lit.
tempted to arrest Eagles. Proctor
and Moreno near Grant Circle. after
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Two Seamen Lose Lives
In New England Gale

NEWPORT, r. l., Feb. 26.-Two
seamen died from exposure and
three other men were in serious
condition at Newport Hospital to.
day following the sinking in the
harbor of the barge Hooper, Of
Wilmington, Del, Capt. w. S. Cos,
lee, during the roaring gale. which
has swept the New England coast.
Dragging her anchors at the dock
Of the Newport Coal Company, the
Hooper, heavily laden with coal,
drifted helpless into the harbor,
The tug, A. o. Walker, put out to
the rescue.
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8 IN BUSCH CASE HELD
Gull Y; ONE FREED

having received lookout for
the arrest Of four men wanted for
highway robbery in Maryland.
None Of the defendants relatives
were seen in court today. Neither
was Mrs. Leo w. K. Busch, widow
Of the slain officer present. It was
the first day since the trial started
that Mrs. McCabe had not sat upon
the front row of spectators seats.
as It was also the first day that
Mrs. Busch did not appear.
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Alabama Protests
Removal Of Power

Contending that the State of Ala.
bama had sole rights to power gen.
Grated at Muscle Shoals, Governor
Bibbs Graves appeared before the
Senate Agriculture Committee today
and yehemently protested against
any plan that would transmit any
Of the power outside the State.
sGrayes, however. agreed that the
Government had full rights to the
power plant for the manufacture of
nitrates and fertilizer for national
purposes
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Dies Over Jest

A LAUGHING REMARK made
BY his wife, Kathleen O'COnnor
Reynolds. about one Of his lead.
ing ladies' IL said to have led to
the suicide OF Lynn #. Reynolds,
motion picture director. He was
found IN home with bullet wound
Ii head.
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I. MURPHY FOUND DEAD

Found lying in the basement Of
his home last night, Thomas MUIR
ply. Is years old, 1888 Sherman
Ave. NJ W.. was pronounced dead
on the arrival Of an ambulance
from Freedmen's Hospital. Cor.
oner j. Ramsey hewitt investigated
and issued a certificate of death
due to natural; causes.
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DENIES CLOTHING THEFT

Pleading not guilty of robbing a
clothing store. 905 1 st. N. W., of
500 worth Of wearing apparel.
Richard A. Lee, colored. was held
in $4,000 bond in Police Court today.
Evening star., 1927-04-20
DISTRICT MINES WANTED
In NEW SEMI-PRO LEAGUE

Bethlehem Steel and Hampden mines
t.e just about the best Baltimore has
to offer in the way of semi-pro dia.
mond combinations. The Steelmen
won the Maryland State title, while
Eastport copped the Southern Mary
land title last year
Should AleXandria's Dreadnaughts
enter the league, four cities would be
represented. leaving Washington with
but one entry, unless the membership
should be increased to eight teams,
with Baltimore and Washington each
being represented by an additional
team.
While in Washington Ruth talked
over the situation with local sandlot
managers and promoters. Willie
Glascoe, manager of the Shamrocks,
one of the teams interested in the
Capital Cities League. conferred with
the Baltimore sandlot promoter. and
Is interested in entering his Harps
in the proposed circuit.
Ruth would like to hear from local
unlimited and semi-pro clubs concern.
ing their prospects of joining the pro-
posed loop. He is located at the
Baltimore Base Ball Federation, Is
North Howard street Baltimore
If plans materialize local sandlot
fans hopes for real intercity semi.
pro league will he realized. Such
league would he the best ever afforded
local followers of the diamond teams.
Evening star., 1927-04-20
SCHALK PUTS CHISOX
ON DISPLAY AT HOME
By the Associated Press.

by lhe Associated PreEs,
CHICAGO, April 20.--After Is years
in the ranks, Ray Schalk of Litchfield,
ILL.,, today entered Chicago as the com.
manding general of the White Sox,
home for their opening series against
the Cleveland Indians.
An automobile parade of Sox boost.
ers was arranged to welcome the new
Sox manager to Remodeled Comiskey
Park. More than $4,000 can be seated
in the new stands, making the park
second in size to the Yankee Stadium,
but the playing field is the largest in
the Major Leagues
The woodland bard of the Halcyon
days of Owner Charles A. Comiskey,
have been succeeded by the new
Schalk Roofing Club, the White Sox
Rooters Association. Ted Lyons. the
Baylor, Tex, colegian, was sent home
day early to get in shape for the
opener. Last year he launched the
home season with victory. to l.,
over the st. Louis Browns. and he has
always been particularly effective
against Cleveland.
Except for small unroofed bleach.
er section where the centerfield score.
board once stood, the field is now en-.
circled with double.decked grand.
stand, which. when finished, will hold
so, 600
Comiskey will see his 1927 pennant
chasers in action for the first time
today. The "Old Roman" who will
be 6S next August, Is in much better
health than for many years, but no
longer makes the Spring training
trips. Schalk came TO the White Sox
from Milwaukee 16 years ago, and
has caught the major part of every
seasons games since. He succeeds
Eddie Collins, as pilot of the White
Sox, after serving under half dozen
different managers.
Evening star., 1927-04-20

A semi,pro base ball league, EN-.
bracing teams representing Washing
ton, Baltimore and Annapolis, is the
aim of Frank A. Uke) Ruth, commits.
sioner of the Baltimore Base Ball Fed.
eration. who was in Washington yes.
terday attempting to line up local
sandlotters for the circuit.
Ruth, who has spent the past 10
years or more in organizing amateur
sport leagues and who was formerly
a director of the National Base Ball
Federation, states that he has secured
the Bethlehem Steel and Hampden
mines OF Baltimore and the Reina
Mercedes and Eastport clubs of An.
napolis to start the organization and
would like to include the Shamrocks,
Knickerbockers, Alexandria Dread.
naughts, Union Printers or other local
Leading semi.pro aggregations.
Eastport and Reina Mercedes have
given up plans to enter the Capital
Cities League. Ruth says. and VIII &C.
cept franchises in the league he Is
organizing.
The league planned by him probably
would prove more successful than the
eight-club loop planned by the Capital
Cities League enthusiasts. With each
OF the three cities represented, it is
prob4UI& That more interest would be
displayed and the organization could
be maintained in better financial con-
ditiOn.
Evening star., 1927-04-20
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Ffess,
~ OSTON'S big ball teams were
- delighted today over what they
regarded as an excellent OBJ.
D servance Of the anniversary of
the battles of Lexington and
Concord. They both beat New York
teams.
In their first win in seven starts the
Red Sox gave the Yanks their first
beating. The score was to 8, and
the best base ball of the day was pro.
duced, not by the bats of Ruth and
his fellow heavy hitters, but by the
good left NIT of young Hal Wiltsie.
That sinewy hand was stingy, and out
of it the Yanks could get but nine
hits and the Sox could-and did-do
as well as that themselves.
incidentally the Hugmen broke a
string oe as straight innings without
an error when koenig fumbled a fast
one for his own first bobble of the
year.
The Braves were Giant killers. AS
though once were not enough, the
Braves did it first in the morning,
to S. and again in the afternoon, to
to round out a rousing celebration.
1t was a happy day for the down
trodden. There We're those who shook
their heads in doubt when the Ath.
letics opened the season with a losing
streak, but the old AS played ball
yesterday to beat the Nationals. to /, ;,
although they We're outhit. With a
flash of his old-time speed and daring,
Ty Cobb came sliding home in the
sixth with the final run on a triple
steal.
The Cardinals, too, began to get
up stream after q limping start and
Evening star., 1927-04-20
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

ZOE ENGEL and Jimmy Gala
han, scouts of the Nationals,
are to jaunt around the country
~ soon in search of pitching ma
terial for President Clark Grif-
flth's club. While the prexy feels
that he has in Hollis Thurston. Gar
land BraXton, AL Crowder and per-
haps two or three other young hurl-
ers some good mound material, he Is
not altogether pleased with the staff
that he has assembled after consider
able outlay of money.
Getting pitchers seems to be a
tough job always for the Nationals.
The club garners a deal OF young
hopefuls every sea son, but after
few trials they fade out. The best
looking prospect picked up since Fred
Marberry was brought from Little
Rock is Al Crowder, who took a lick
ing from the Athletics yesterday. He
is a hard worker and apparently has
much on the ball, but he usually has
his bad inning. However, Crowder
may be accounted the strongest of
the bunch of slabmen added to the
Nationals within the last year.
Other new members of the staff eX-
cepting Thurston, who was an eXpe.
rienced maj jor Lacquer when he came
to the club, have yet to prove their
ability on the hill. They were in-and-
cutters in exhibition tilts, and neither
Manager Stanley Harris nor Presi-
dent Griffith is sure these pitchers
will show anything worth while on
the big league firing line.
This business of picking up pitchers
is risky. There are plenty of slabmen
who look the goods in the minors. but
when they come up TO the main show
they simply are not there. It's a gam
BILE all the way, those in charge of
the Nationals realize, but they are
willing to take a chance. So Griffith
has ordered his scouts to grab every
likely looking hurler they come across,
hoping they may pick up some one
able to make the big league grade.
Nick Cullop, who appeared to such
great advantage in the Spring exhi-
hition games as a pinch batter. is find.
ing II difficult TO clout since the cham.
pionship season started. He has step.
ped to the plate three times within
the past week and twice the pitching
of the opposition has baffled him com.
pletely. In yesterdays encounter
Nick took three healthy swings at
Howard Ehmke's offerings. However,
NICK really can SOCK the pail, ana is
apt to prove this TO the satisfaction
of Washington fans before long.
Sam Rice Is looking for plenty OF
hits from now on. After his new bats
got him three safeties yesterday. the
veteran figures he has at last gotten
some good wood For time Sam
felt that he could not acquire just
the right kind of bats. He tried out
at least two dozen while in Florida
and has tested another dozen since
the season opened Now he has two
fails that he considers the real stuff
and they are being carefully guarded
by him.
Base stealing, for several seasons
so neglected that the fans began to
regard it a lost art. is in fashion once
more. And even though they were
trimmed yesterday by this pilfering
knack, the Nationals are showing
some speed on the runway. Since
the season started, they have failed
to swipe one or more sacks in but
one engagement.
President Griffith has announced
that he. soon will dispose of three
members of the Nationals, but all
Evening star., 1927-04-20
MATS OPEN TOUR OF EAST:
PLAY YANKS HERE SUNDAY
1ohnson's Return to Lineup May Be Against the
| White Sox in Chicago May l3-Crowders Wild
ness Enables AS to Take Series Final.

ton replacing him and effectively dis
posing of the next two strikers, while
Marberry in the final two frames al
lowed only double by Hale, but the
damage already had been done for
the Griffmen could make little head
way against Ehmke after round 2.
Goslin, Speaker. Bluege and Myer
all came up at juctures where
bingle would have been productive.
but none could circumvent Ehmkes
cagey curvlng. West, Tucker, Tate,
Cullop and McNeely all were drafted
for pinch hitting purposes. but the
wrecking crew failed to get a single
ball out of the infield.
Evening star., 1927-04-20
Gen Help Red Sor Opening Their Home Season at Boston
RED SOX HALT YANKEES:
BRAVES STEP ON GIANTS

detonated IL heavy hits. of which
were homers by Bottonley and
Hafey. Sunny Jim" also Clipped in
a triple as his bit in the rout Of the
Reds, to l.
st. Louis, like Boston, made it
unanimous yesterday and her Browns
smacked out IL hits of their own, in
Guiding a homer by Right Fielder
Rice, for 7-to-5 win over the White
Sox.
Three heart.breaking errors by
Cleveland's Indians lost them their
game with the Tigers, to 5, and the
Brooklyn Robins, declining to join
the upward march of the rearguard,
dropped their seventh straight to the
Phillies, to O..
Rain trickled down in Chicago and
saved either the Cubs or the Pirates
a beating, no one will ever know
which.
Evening star., 1927-04-20
0NE-ARM GOLFER GETS
2 ON A 405- 5-YARD HOLE

FRENCH LICK, Ind, April 20
Pl.-Achieving with his lone arm
what thousands of golfers have failed
to do with two, w. o. ColEin of Chi
cago yesterday played the 405.yard
twelfth hole on the cham pionship
hill course here in two strokes Par
is 4.
Calvin lost his arm in a railroad
accident 10 years ago, but yesterday
his right made a 250-yardt drive and
then a 115-yard putt" into the cup.
Evening star., 1927-04-20
MEMBERS OF TITLE FIVE
WILL RECEIVE AWARDS

Members of Mount Vernon quint,
winner of senior Community Center
league championship, will be present
ed with silver basket ball charms to-
night at Central High School. The
team will receive the league trophy.
Sybil Baker will present them.
Those to receive emblems are Capt
Charles Morris. Donald Witmeyer,
Henry Johns, Edward Barker, c.. Corr,
Henry Melton, Walter Taylor, Sidney
Coad and Manager NJ, P. Coe. Dane
ing and refreshments will follow the
presentations.
Evening star., 1927-04-20
PITCHERS TO BE HUNTED
BY CRIFFS' SCOUT STAFF
Engel and Callahan Ordered to Roundup Slabbing
Talent-Rice Gets Results With New Bats.
Minors to Get Three Nationals.

will so to the minors under option.
Pitchers Dick Coffman and Joe Car.
roll and Catcher John Berger are
the ones slated for transfer.
Walter Johnson, who has been nurs.
ing broken foot since early in March.
was to start training again today when
the Nationals took their morning work
out at Clark Griffith Stadium. He will
continue practice while the Nationals
are making their Eastern swing. and
hopes to be in fine fettle for the West
ern tour that will get under way early
next month.
Manager Harris was not to decide
until this afternoon whether Horace
Lisenbee, pitcher, who has a wrenched
abdominal muscle, will accompany the
club on its trip to Boston, New York
and Philadelphia. The pilot has an idea
that the former Memphis star will he a
winning pitcher in the majors, and he
does not want to press Horace into
service before he has fully recovered
from the hurt.
Griffith and Johnson are to be
guests of the Boys Club tonight at
basket ball banquet. Both are on the
program for speeches.
Evening star., 1927-04-20
SMITHFIELDS ANNEX
HONORS AT BOWLING

Smithfeld A. C. won Athletic Club
League bowling championship. lead.
ing Arlington by a siX-game margin.
Recreation and Ahepa finished third
and fourth. respectively.
Several good records We're hung up.
Mckitrick of Union Printers had
high set with 406. Work, Smithfields,
had the high average of 1850.
Evening star., 1927-04-20
K IDNIGHT tonight marks the
II closing hour for entries in
w Washington Ladies' Duckpin
Y ( Association annual tourna-

llsHl, winch VIII open OH the
Convention Hall drives May 2. This
year, the tournament promises to far
surpass those of former years. Entries
already filed indicate that last years
number will be exceeded by goodly
total.
Cash prizes and trophies awarded
each year are attractive to the fair
bowlers, many Of whom have shown
a big Improvement over last season.
Judging from the records made this
Winter, numerous new marks are apt
to be hung UP in the tournament.
Plans and schedules for the tourna-
ment will be completed next week
Teams of North Washington
Church League will meet in their final
matches next Monday night. None of
the teams rolled this week, in order
that all might finish the season on
the final night.
Columbia Heights enjoys a slight
lead and will have to defend that ad.