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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-10
LONG WILL LECTURE
TOMORROW NIGHT
Illustrated Talk on Washington
Expected to Crowd Central
High Hall.

Charles Colfax Long will deliver
his picture-talk, Washington, Our
National Shrine at the Washington
night program in Central Community
Center, Thirteenth and Clifton streets.
tomorrow night at S:15 o'clock. Com
missioner Proctor L.. Dougherty will
preside and introduce the speaker
Representatives Of many civic and
patriotic bodies are expected to at
tend.
Every seat in the auditorium has
been taken, Miss Sibyl Baker, director
of the community center department,
said last night. The Federation of
Citizens Associations has co-opefated
with the community center depart.
ment in preparations for the event
and the demand for admission tickets
has been greater than the supply.
DR.. e. N. G. Barnes, director of the
music department OF the public
schools, has prepared a program for
the occasion, which will be featured
by the appearance of the Interhigh
School Festival Orchestra. conducted
by Ludwig L. Mandy. The audience
viii join in the singing of America.
the Beautiful America. !" and
washington, Fair Capital which
was written by DR.. Barnes.
Mr.. Long has spent two and a half
years in preparation Of his talk and
tne pictures that go with it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-10
VIRGINIA HOUSE OF DELEGATES
VOTES BY ELECTRIC MACHINE
Contraption of Buttons Enables Legislative
Business In Veteran Body to
Be Speeded Up.
By a staff Correspondent Of The Star

BY staff Correspondent of The Star
RICHMOND, Va, April 9.-Vir-
ginia's legislative machinery is pro-
gressive not only from the standpoint
of legislation produced. but from the
standpoint of the machinery itself.
Machinery is not used ill-advis-
eddy. Virginias House of Delegates
is all cluttered up with Just that,
since installation some time ago of
the very latest thing in voting ma
chines-the electric roll call what.
chamaycallit.
The lure of this interesting ultra
modern device, adopted by one of
Americas oldest legislative bodies.
is said to be real cure for the old
and chronic ailment, no-quorumitis.
The delegates in the lower house
(the Senate hasn't yet adopted the
SYSTEM are known to have a great
fondness for punching the little jig
gers on their respective desks, just
to see the red, green and yellow
lights flash forth on the big roll call
boards back of the speakers rostrum.
Seldom do they refrain from register
ing their interest, one way or the
other, as the opportunity presents
itself.
Verbal System Dead
With the advent of the electric
voting paraphernalia, the time
fonored verbal roll call has gone into
discard, insofar as the House of Dele
gates is concerned. When a bill is
to he voted on now. all that one has
to do is lift a handsome nickel
plated top from what looks like a
fiapper's powder box and, presto,
there lie three pretty little black
buttons, waiting TO be pushed.
If the delegate wishes to vote AYE,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-10
DEATH TOLL is 20.
Kansas and Oklahoma Suffer From
Fl0ods-~Levees Break.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, April 3, (F).--
With thousands of acres of farm
lands already under water, other
thousands were threatened with in
undation tonight in extreme south :
east Kansas where the Verdigris and
Neosho Rivers were slowly reaching
the point where they will spill their
waters over the countryside.
Farmers in the lowlands along the
river began moving out their stock
and household goods and sought
safety on higher ground,
Levees Give Way.
The surging flood waters that
claimed the lives of II persons in
southwestern Oklahoma in the last
three days, appeared to be abating
late today,
With the death of thMee persons in
train wreck in Kansas yesterday
due to food conditions, the total
fatalities in the two States stood
at 20.
Another thousand acres of farm
lands was inundated near Parsons,
Kans.. late today when the leyees
about the Big Island in the Neosho
gave way before a 10-foot wall Of
water that swept over the island
No lives were lost, but it is feared
all livestock was drowned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-10
u. S. CONTROL OF OIL
WORRIES FRANCE
Consumers of Gasoline Fret
Over Condition and Demand
Home Production.
By the Associated Press.

by inc ASSOeIate1 1ftsss
While American consumers fret and
fume about the exactions of foreigners
who control production of rubber, cot.
fee. potash and other necessities, for
eign consumers are showing exactly
the same sort of evaporation about
the same necessity TO buy a commod-
ity of which the United States is the
principal sOurce-petroleum.
That Is particularly the case IN
France, where an industrial and press
campaign is being pushed vigorously
under the spur of slogan which has
the appearance of having been based
on American models. France should
meet it's own need for gasolinei" Fur
Their, the campaign seems to be gain.
ing some success, reports TO the Com.
MERGE Department show and, in add.
ton, interest has been intensified in
the development of a gasoline substi.
tute.
One Of the substitutes mentioned in
the reports is obtained by distillation
of wood and charcoal. Another is an
adaptation of acetylene, long familiar
as an Independent light source in the
United States. A third the most
fiamboyantly hailed, depends on the
synthetic production of a LIQUID hay
ing the characteristics of petroleum.
by distillation of coal, along the lines
of the German process, which has been
successful in producing methanol. or
wood alcohol. From the sketchy but
exultant press descriptions. it appears
70 be a greenish liquid produced In a
laboratory after gases from heated
coal have been induced. by heat, pres
sure and the presence Of an undis.
closed substance, to recombine in the
desired form.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-10
MACDONALD DEPARTS FOR u. S.
TO REVISIT HONEYMOON SCENES
Lonely Former Premier Max
ing Pilgrimage Dedicated to
Wife'S Memory.
Win Be Guest of Same Host
esS as on Bridal Trip
80 Years Ago.
BY FRANK II. KING.

LONDON, April y A9.--Behind the
prosaic news that Ramsay Macdonald.
one time British premier. is sailing for
the United States today aboard the
steamship Aquitania lies a love story
which turns the voyage into pill
grimage to the land he visited 80 years
ago during the days of his greatest
happiness.
Since then honors of state have
been heaped upon him. From the ohio
quy of the World War period, when
he was reviled as traitor to his coun-
try and was probably the worst-hated
man In all Britain Mr. Macdonald re-
entered public life, became prime min
lister. contidant of King George V
and one of the most powerful men of
postwar Europe.
But through it all he has been a
lonely figure. for one person above all
others with whom this dour but ro-
mantle Scotsman would have cared to
share his honors passed from his pres
ence l5 years ago, but not from his
life. Two rings that he wears on his
left hand are the symbols of the last.
ing dedication of his devotion to a
woman's memory.
win Visit Honeymoon Hostess.
1t was a wedding trip that first took
the MacDonalds to the United States,
and it was hostess in that country
who gave such perfect courtesy to MIR.
Macdonald and his bride that he has
never forgotten it. 1t is to accept an
invitation from this hostess of many
years ago that Ramsay Macdonald is
crossing the Atlantic again, this time
a widower and, with his daughter
1shbel, to renew old memories.
Mr.. MacDonald's love story is as
romantic as his rise to political power
from the poverty and .obscuritv of
bleak Scottish fishing lage-Lossie-
mouth--to a place of power in his
country. As a raw youth he came to
London, toiled and studied uneeas-
ingly and then entered politics.
Plunges Into Husbands Activities.
1t was during his first parliamentary
battle in southampton in 1895 that he
received a contribution to his cam.
paign fund from a, stranger who
signed an accompanying letter, M.
E. Gladstone. Soon the young candi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-10

date learned that IN. f." stood for
Margaret Ethel, the daughter of a
distinguished chemist and a niece OF
the famous Lord Delvin. a swift
courtship followed. and the couple
were married in November, 1896.
Mrs. Macdonald plunged into the
Labor movement and became d noted
hostess and social worker She tray.
eled up and down the country with
her husband, always in the closest
companionship with his hopes and
ideals. They visited the United
States, Canada and other countries,
and it was in the United States that
they met the lady who again is to be
Mr.. MacDonald's hostess He las re.
fused to reveal her name. fearing that
the attendant publicity would embar.
rass her.
Dies After Is Years.
After Is years of companionship
Mrs. Macdonald died, q victim OF
blood poisoning. The future prime
minister, with FIVE children gathered
around him, penned a memoir which
is understanding tribute to the
woman he loved.
ITO turn to her in stress and storm
was like going into q sheltered haven
ana SHINING UP at the Iace OF heaven,
he wrote. Weary and worn, buffeted
and discouraged, / would flee to her,
and my lady would heal and soothe
me with her CHEEKY faith and steady
conviction and send me forth to smite
and be smitten."
One of the finest groups OF statuary
in London is a memorial to Mrs. Mac
Donald as woman and social WORKER.
1t stands in Lincoln Inn Fields, in
the heart Of London. It's feature is
a row of laughing children at play
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-10
"LIAR" NOT FIGHTING
WORD IN MONTANA NOW
Court Says Overt Act of Hostility
Is Necessary to JUS
tify Assault.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HELENA, Mont, April 9.-rn Mon
tana man may call another a liar
and get away with it.
Even out here in the West where
a mans life in times past has hung
on less, the Supreme Court saws:
provocative acts and words il UNI
accompanied by any overt act of hos
tility are no justification for assault /"
Peculiarly enough the assault fig
uring in decision today resulted
from a most modern device, the
radio, the first occasion the court
has had to concern itself with that
invention. Steve Arnold, a rancher
in Yellowstone County, spent his
spare time selling radios. One went
wrong and William j. Hageman came
to Arnold's home to protest. He
called Arnold a liar. Arnold saws he
slapped his accuser.
Hageman went to court, charging
assault, the Supreme Court says he
is entitled to judgment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-10
$50 Counterfeit
p. O. Money Order
Blanks Are Found

By the Associated Press.
Discovery of 2s6 counterfeit pos
tai money order blanks. printed in
the Oklahoma State penitentiary at
McAlester, Okla, was reported TO
Postmaster General New yesterday
as the result of a joint investiga-
ton by secret service men and
post Office inspectors.
The orders were all printed for
the Nowata. Okla, post office. The
investigators said none had been
cashed.
Indications were that they had
lain In their hiding place a number
Of years. They were found in a
two-inch space between the bottom
shelf OF a supply cabinet and a
concrete floor,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-10
Ear Wins Entry
Of Chinese Bride
To United States

BY the Associated Press.
SEATTLE. Wash, April a.
Rose Pok, petite Chinese bride,
today had won her way into the
United States by an ear.
She was born in New Mexico in
1905, but returned to China with
her parents soon afterward. Her
only proof that she was an Ameri-
can citizen was a baby picture.
immigration officials, after close
study Of the shape of her ear and
that of the baby in the snapshot,
decided that it was the same per-
son, and Rose and Woon Chuck,
her husband, were permitted to con-
tinue on their way to Detroit,
where he is in business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-10
IR|PLETS TO ACT
II At CHERRY FETE
three NieCeS of Mrs. Wood
row Wilson to Participate
in Festival.

Triplet nieces of Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson will take part in the elaborate
Cherry Blossom festival arc pageant
10 be held at Hams Point SATURDAY.
afternoon at o'clock, weather per
uniting. They are Mildred Stuart
Elena Rolfe and Edith Boiling, daugh
tiers of Mr.. and Mrs. George Boyd.
e lola Elizabeth Boyd, sister of ihe
youthful triplets, also will participate
Little Valerie Ralon, 4 n years old
will represent Guatemala in the
pageant, wearing the costume of q
aGuatamalan Indian, 1t was announced
last night by the committee in charge,
The Misses Elena and Bolivia Lecuna
will represent Venezuela.
rga1 New Guests Added.
DR.. Gil Borges of Venezuela and
Carl z. Milliken, executive secretary
of the Motion Picture Producers and
Distributors Association of America,
have been added to the list of guests.
In the event of rain Saturday. the
pageant will be held in the audi
/. forum, it Is stated.
The Sidwell's Friends Suburban
School will offer a lullaby song"
with the following taking part:
Jacqueline Beck, Georgia Gasser,
Caroline Hager, Helen Hager, Margot
Howell. Helen Laughlin, Nancy Law
renee, Claire Taft, Anne Young. Doris
Powell, Frederick Ackerson, Hardin
Arledge, John Paul Carter, Karl
Corby. Charles Happier, Mark Law
renee. Jack Horn, Jack Peacock,
James Schwab. Thomas Taylor and
Landon zeigler.
Girl Scouts Aiding.
Girl Scouts assisting Leonora Marie
De Oranges Children Players include
Nilda Waldecker, Margaret Waldeck'
err, Margaret Moses, Margaret Crumit,
Betty Keller, Carolyn Bell, Ruth
Denton, Ellen Maloney, Dorothy Keel
er and Alberta Austin. All are from
Troop So.
Girls from Columbia Junior High
School viii compose the tree ballet,
under the direction of Miss Dorothy
Collins. Ruth Bohannon, Esther
Whitacre and Magnus Robertson will
be solo dancers.
Members of the ballet include Anna
Greenberg. Elena Picchione, Katrina
Erickson, Martha Cannon, Regina
Horn, Helen Abbott, Esther Stockton,
Dorothy Vernon, Louise Carl, Loreen
Murphy, Sarah Hayman, Gertrude
Sporting. Anna Harrison, Eliza
beth Head, Maxine Dauser, Fannie
Edlovitch, Sarah Erlelich, Anna
Dworkin, Bertha Bondarow, Made
line Bigelman, Barbara Shorten, Ruth
Dick, Ruth Rowe, Mary Elizabeth
Fell, Pauline Beach, Selma Alper,
Title Cinnamon, Sadie Rosen, Mildred
MULTI, Wanda O'Donoghue, Helen
Dalzell. Adeline Anderson, Ethel Ber-
, kow, Margaret Warmsn, Margaret
Esser, Myrtle Denman, Sylvia Gin.
beroff, Evelyn Stone, Barbara Pierce,
F'reda Weber, Vivian Stokly, Audrey
Beach, Shizu Fujiwara, S. Siedeiman,
NJ. Denham, @. Miles, NJ. Beck, p.
Butcher, A. Miles, c. Grimes, NJ
Esser n. Warman. Frances Storner,
A. Gouiyery, II. Hipp, /. Eldridgc,
Louise Geyer, Marion Arena, Oda
Deckelbaum. Ida Weber, Helen Chick,
Edith Neff and Sophie Caplan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-10
THREE W0RKMEN BURIED,
Caught Under Tons of Clay by
Landslide at Dam.

WENATCHEE, Wash. April C40
Three workmen were buried under
tons of clay today at a dam for q
water company being built near
Chelan, with little hope they would
be found alive. One hundred and fiftv
workmen dug furiously at the slide.
First reports were that 80 men had
been buried, but check of the work
men disclosed that only three were
missing. Others who were working
in a pit leaped to safety when the
slide began.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-10
COMMITS SUICIDE WHEN
ARRESTED WITH LIQUOR
Magee McClung, West Virginia
Lawyer and Former Prosecut-
ing Attorney, Shoots Self.
By the Associated Press

BY inc Associated Press.
FAYETTEVILLE, w. Va. April
9.-Magee McClung, 40, prominent
lawyer and former Fayette County
prosecuting attorney, committed sui.
eide tonight shortly after he had been
arrested on a charge OF possessing
liquor.
Arrested outside the city, McClung
had requested permission to stop at
his home for a few minutes. This was
granted and a moment later a shot
was heard. Breaking into Meetings.
bedroom, police found him lying on
the fioor with bullet wound in the
head. He died soon afterward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-10
SETBACK BUILDING
IDEA CONDEMNED
Mount Pleasant Citizens, in
Resolutions, EmphaticaIIy
Express Their Views.

Emphatic opposition to the pro.
posed new style of setback" archi-
lecture, which is under consideration
for use in structures in the business
district of Washington, was voiced at
a meeting Of the Mount Pleasant Citi-
GEMS Association, at the Mount Pleas
ant branch of the Public Library last
night. The resolution, which was
unanimously adopted. declares the
association views with most earnest
disapproval any attempt TO establish
in Washington buildings of the 'set
back" - terrace type" of architec-
lure.
The proposed amendment TO the
coming regulations TO permit this type
of building Is up for hearing before
the Zoning Commission April 20. If
adopted 1t would provide for erection
of 130-foot or history building in the
present 110-foot height zone, provided
that the structure faced or abutted
a street or streets not less than 10
feet wide, and that above the 110-foot
level the outside walls be set back 6
inches for every foot of height.
Letter From Architects.
A communication from the Wash
ington Architects Advisory Council
was read. It stated that it was the
purpose of the council to devote it's
energies to the creation of uniform
types of structures in the various sec
tons throughout the city. The letter
made plain the fact that the power of
the council is only advisory to the
prospective builder, with no power of
compulsion.
A resolution was passed expressing
the appreciation of the association to
the Zoning Commission for barring
commercial establishments on Six
teenth street from II street to Scott
Circle.
Words of Esteem for Bell.
John de la Mater, president of the
association, was instructed to convey
to the testimonial gathering to be
held in honor Of Engineer Commits
sioner j. Franklin Bell "the affection
and high esteem of the association for
his outstanding and unstinted services
to the District OF Columbia as Com
missioner
Progress was reported by the spe
clal committee obtaining signers for
the white residential covenant" in
Mount Pleasant district.
Lillian Kuntz, Jesse Crawford
=. FL. Hawley, G. c. Larkin, Louis
Notes, Stanley Simmons, f. Nj. Acton,
w M. Enright and e. c. Newbold
were new members received into the
association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-10
JERUSALEM CASTS VOTE.
80 Per Cent of Population Ballot
for City Councillors.

JERUSALEM. April 9 CP)-Munici-
pal elections We're held here today. 80
per cent of the population voting.
Municipal councillors were elected in
the balloting, which marks the city's
first measure of representative gov
eminent. The councillors heretofore
have been nominated by the Palestine
administration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-10
Three Children Die in Cave-In.

COLUMBUS, Miss. April 9 CP).-
Three children, ranging in age from
4 to years, were killed when their
cave playhouse at Franklin School
here collapsed late today. The victims
were Otis Gavin, 4: Edwin Gavin, his
brother, 6. and j. w. Kemp, s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-10
Woman Cashier Kills Self

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn, April Q
N)-Mrs. Rule Hodge, assistant
cashier OF the Bank of Mosey Creek
Tor eight years, ended her life here
today by firing a shot through her
temple. Friends are at a loss to &C.
count for Mrs. Hodges act.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-10
REPORTED HATRED
FOR j. S. DENIED
Thatcher and DaviIa Tell
President Porto RiCanS
Seek Amity.

There is no widespread feeling of
hatred for the United States in Porto
Rico such as was reported to Presi-
dent Coolidge several days ago by
Representative McFadden of Pennsyl-
vania following a visit to that insuIar
possession, according to Represent
alive Thatcher of Kentucky and Felix
c.. Davila, resident commissioner from
Porto Rico. who conferred with the
President yesterday
Mr.. Thatcher, who has just return
ed from the island. told the President
that he was impressed with the strong
desire on the part of the natives for
the privilege of electing their own
governor and for some major changes
in the laws governing the island, but
that he saw nothing suggesting anti
Americanism.
DayiIa Calls Report Unfair.
Commissioner Davila, native Porto
Rican, resented the report brought to
the White House by Mr.. McFadden
and declared that it was not only
unfounded but was unfair.
He stated that there are groups
and schools of thought in the island
which would be happy to receive the
status of a State rather than that of
an insular possession. He said the
natives want TO be put on a basis of
equality with the same rights and
privileges enjoyed by the citizens of
the United States. He added, however,
that some groups are anxious for in
dependence, but that these are in the
minority
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-10
PLANS GIANT APARTMENT
Mccormick to Erect History
Structure in Chicago.

Z CHICAGO, April 9 CP.-An apart.
ment building, rearing its Gothic
tower Al stories above the street level
viii be constructed by Robert Hall
Mccormick, head of the Leander Me.
CormiclS estate, it was announced
today. II is said the building win be
the tallest apartment building in the
world.
The new apartment will be erected
at a corner Of Lake Shore Drive and
Delaware place. Plans anticipate
completion Of the structure by October
Of next year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-10
WILL DISCUSS BOY LIFE.
Twelfth Street Branch of Y. M
C. A. to Hold Conference.

The Twelfth street branch of the
Y. M. G. A. (colored) viii hold an
Older boys conference" April %, %
and II for the purpose of discussing
outstanding questions Of boy life in
their relation TO the development of
Christian character"
Delegations are expected from
churches. schools and Y. NJ. c. AS
in Maryland and Delaware. The boys
will be between the ages of rs and 20
years. Conference headquarters will
be at the Twelfth street branch, 1916
Twelfth street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-10
DavlIa Calls Report Unfair.
Urges Steps Toward Amity.

Whatever will be the solution of
our final status" he said to the Presi-
dent, ''it is our duty to bring about
amity and to promote confidence in
the United States as well as in Porto
Rico and it is the duty of the leaders
and the people of the United States
to inspire the people of Porto Rico.
IF there is any Porto Rican who
promotes hate against the United
States he is not helping the cause of
this country or working toward its
welfare. If there is any continental
American who promotes hate in
Porto Rico he is not helping the
cause of his country or voicing it's
sentiments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-10

Turkey imported more than $4,000.
GOO worth Of automobiles, tractors and
other wheeled goods in the past -
munths.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-10

Ships passing through the port of
Constantinople are increasing in mum.
Haa-
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MISSISSIPPI RECEDES.
Government Levees to Hold, En-.
gineers Declare.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, April LP).-
Vigilance and confidence reigned to.
night along the wide course of the
Mississippi River from Cairo, ILL.,, to
New Orleans, and river engineers pre-.
dicted that the Government levees
would continue to hold IAN the water
in sight"
/ Acute distress at Columbus, KY,
where a private dyke protects the
town against the floods, was some
what relieved during the day, as the
waters there, several feet above the
level of the town and almost at the
top of the embankment began to fall
slowly. Guardians of the levee ex.
pressed the belief that when the de,
cline in the currents height had
reached l foot the danger would have
been passed.
River Falls Slowly.
The swollen river was falling slowly
tonight also at Hickman, KY, and
the food crest was moving toward
Memphis, somewhere along the Ten.
nessee border tonight
With stage of slightly more than
Al feet, the river at Memphis late to-
day was rising slowly The Memphis
weather Office predicted a crest of AZ
feet.