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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-13
TWO BADLY HURT
AS AUTO UPSETS
Meador c. Grigsby and Miss
Sally Matthews in Crash
on Speedway.

Meador c, Grigsby. 90 years old, OF
i76 Nj street southwest and Miss Sally
Matthews. II years old, of 127 F street
were severely injured when the auto
mobile in which they were riding skid
ded and overturned on the speedway
as they were nearing Hams Point
shortly before IL o'clock last night.
They were taken to Emergency
Hospital in passing automobile,
where it was found that Grigsby, who
was the driver of the car. was suffer
ing from severe shock and bruises
and was possibly internally injured.
and that Miss Matthews had her head
badly injured. The car was the prop
erty of Gordon Waller of 1905 Massa.
chusetts avenue southeast.
Other Traffic Accidents.
David F. Wilson, AZ years old. of
Brookville, Md, had his head injured
when the car in which he was riding
as a passenger with William NJ. Will
son. also of Brookvile, who was at
the wheel. crashed into a center troll
ley pole at Georgia and Colorado ave.
nues at about 1870 o'clock this morn
ing and was badly damaged He was
treated at Freedmens Hospital.
Thomas Pierson. So years old. OF
1000 Kansas avenue. was seriously in
jured when he was knocked down by
an automobile driven by George L.
Cordova of 4001 Fourteenth street, at
Georgia avenue and Shepherd street
early yesterday evening. He was
taken to Garfield Hospital, where
physicians reported his condition Sc
Tious.
Six.year-old Clara Gordon, colored,
of 431 Fourth street southeast had
her leg broken and suffered bruises
about the body when she was knocked
down by an automobile driven by
James T. Hollingsworth of 513 Fourth
street at North Carolina avenue and
First street southeast at about 7SO
o clock last night. She was taken to
Providence Hospital.
Woman's Hip Injured.
Mrs. w. B. Newman, GO years old,
of 1901 Sixteenth street, had her hip
iacerated when she was knocked down
oy an automobile driven by Julia II.
Renfrew of 340O Holmead place at
Spring road and Holmead place last
night. She was treated at Emergency
Hospital.
Turner Funkhouser. who gave his
address as Boiling Field, was injured
yesterday afternoon when his motor
cycle collided with the automobile of
Mrs Sarah We're of Cherrydale. Va.
at pennsylvania avenue and Sixth
street. He was treated at Casualty
for an injury to his leg, and
police charged him with driving with
out permit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-13
UP TO LINDBERGH.

DETROIT, December 10 P).-Tak-
ing the attitude she observed when
Col Lindbergh started his famous
transatlantic flight, Mrs. Evangeline
L. l.. Lindbergh, the flyers mother,
declared today his latest undertaking
was q matter that concerned him
alone.
Called from her chemistry class
ROOM at C.tss Technical High School
here, Mrs. Lindbergh displayed keen
interest in the news that her son had
started his Washington-Mexico City
fight, but declined to speculate upon
the probability of its success or fall
ure.
Now, really. there isn't anything
for me To say. she remarked ITS
a matter that concerns him alone"
Asked whether she had faith in the
success of the flight, Mrs. LindberEh
said: THAT IN something that ! never
care to talk about.
She then returnefto her classroom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-13
POLICE TAKE DEAF MUTE
ON SHOPLIFTING CHARGE
Virgil Smoak Accused of Purloin-
ing Various Christmas Souvenirs
From Department Store.

With an eye to those who desire to
get Christmas gifts without paying
for them, the police shoplifting squad
was organized yesterday and speedily
got into its tolls Virgil Smoak. IS
years old. deaf mute, residing at GIT
Lexington place northeast. whom they
accused of having stolen Christmas
cards. book ends and pack of play
ing cards from IA department store
The group was under the leadership
of Detective Charles j. p. Weber,
The police declare that Smoak was
arrested on similar charge last year
and that his excuse for stealing was
he wanted TO save money that time.
as well as this The authorities add
that the accused threatened. by
writing, that he would commit suicide
Rond for his appearance In Police
Court was fu1 shed and he was
released.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-13
COUNTIES IN MOVE
TO PREVENT TRIAL
Arlington and Fairfax Attor-
neys Will Appeal to Rich
mond High Court.

COURTHOUSE. Arlington County,
Va. December 3.-Determined to use
every legal means at their power to
halt Alexandria's annexation proceed
ings. set for Thursday before a trio
of circuit judges in the courthouse
here, counsel for Arlington and Fair
fax counties will file Immediately" a
petition to the State Supreme Court
of Appeals for a writ of prohibition.
Notice of the intention to seek such
a writ, for the purpose of stopping
the present trial on grounds of un-
constitutiona1ity of the proceedings
and incompetency of the court, was
served during the preliminary hearing
of the case yesterday before Judges
Samuel G.. Brent. Don Halsey and
Frederick Coleman.
Confer Here on Move.
The small army of defense counsel.
representing the interests of the two
counties whose territory would be
invaded by Alexandria. conferred to-
day regarding the prohibition writ in
the Washington office of John s. Bar.
bour. court spokesman for the group.
The defense lawyers tried strenu-
ously to obtain permission of the
judges for a suspension of the trial,
pending fling of the writ, but the
effort resulted in failure. Counsel
argued that if the trial goes forward
and the State Court of Appeals later
grants the writ of prohibition, the
two counties will have wasted thou
sands of dollars in a needless defense
of the case.
The appellate court convenes in
Richmond January 3, at which time
the plea of Arlington and Fairfax
Counties will be heard. The annexa-
ton trial here will have progressed
to an advanced stage by that date,
it is said.
Fight Was Forecast.
The grounds on which the writ will
be sought were indicated in the pre-
liminary hearing yesterday, when
counsel for the counties challenged
the constitutionality of the act of 1924
under which the trial was brought
and questioned the competency of the
court as whole and of Judge Brent
in particular. Announcement of the
intention to seek a writ of prohibition
was made when counsel requested
stay in the proceedings so that the
appeal could be acted on by the high
court at Richmond.
The court held that it was not con-
cerned about what the attorneys in
tended to seek in another court, and
that the trial must so on with dis
patch.
The date for the trial was set only
three days off. despite an urgent plea
by the counties that they could not
possibly prepare their defense with
in minimum space of six weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-13
BAND CONCERTS TODAY.

BY the United States Soldiers Home
Band Orchestra, at Stanley Hall, $40
O'Clock.
March, 1.-THE Gallant 26th" Fulton
Overture, Russian and Ludmilla."
Glinka
Morceau, Dreams" from Tristan"
and Isolde" .............W Wagner
Eileen" Herbert
Fox Trot, 1.-THE Rose of Monterey,
Moret
Waltz, Dreaming" ........... Joyce
Finale, yellow Dog Blues" Handy
1.-THE Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-13
H. C. VAN VOORHIS DEAD.
Former Congress Member From
Ohio Succumbs at GAINESVILLE.

RI. c. Van Voorhis, former mem
Der OF Congress from the southeastern
district Of Ohio, died at his home. in
yesterday after a short Ill
ness.
His son. Col. Daniel Van Voorhis, u.
S. Cavalry a member of the War DE
partment general staff, and his wife.
who reside at 1925 Nineteenth street,
have gone TO GAINESVILLE to nlk lie the
funeral arrangements.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-13

rines: IL destroyer leaders; three. or
five airplane carriers and the author.
ization of four battleships to provide
for replacement OF capital ships
under terms Of the Washington
treaty.
Mr. Longworth added that he did
not know whether this program had
been approved by MIR. Coolidge, nor
when it would be submitted to Con-
gress.
Representative Vinson of Georgia, a
Democrat on the House naval COM
mittee, also said that he knew the
program included 25 cruisers, a float
ing dry dock and provision for nearly
score OF destroyer leaders. accord.
ing to the Associated Press.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-13
REPORT ON MARKET
site DUE THURSDAY
Commissioners May Favor
Temporary Location for
Farmers on Mall.

The District Commissioners today
are putting finishing touches on their
report to Congress concerning the new
locs ton of the Farmers Produce Mar
ket. which is to be ousted from its
present site the latter part OF next
month or early in February, when
work is started on the new Internal
Revenue Building.
BY direction of the last Congress,
port on the market situation and rec
ommend a new site, not to exceed
5000, 900 In cost. by Thursday. Com
missioner Proctor l.. Dougherty, chair.
man OF the Board OF Commissioners
indicated that the report likely would
be sent TO the Capitol by that time.
Temporary Site Suggested.
While the Commissioners have de-
clined to intimate the nature of the
recommends tons that will so into
the report it has been reported that
they will urge that the market be
located temporarily on Federal. owned
property on the Mall in the vicinity
of the present market site. Several
of The Mall sites have been under
consideration, one on Il street De-
tween Seventh and Ninth streets.
facing the Center Market, and the
other between sixth and Seventh
streets. on the site of the old Penn
sylvania Railroad station.
The Commissioners feel, it was said,
that permanent site for the market
should not be selected until it Is deli
nitely determined where the commits
sion merchants are to locate when
they are forced out of the Pennsyl'
vania avenue triangle. For TINS rea'
son they are expected to urge the tenn
porary location of the market on the
Mall until the commission merchants
move, and then find a site in close
proximity to the commission houses.
Some Sites Eliminated.
Serious study has been given by the
Commissioners to the data submitted
i'm support of the eight privately owned
sites advocated for the market, and all
but four of them--two In lexington
and two i'm the Southwest section--are
said to have been eliminated.
In view OF the present plans to give
the market a temporary location. ii
is not likely that recommendation
will be made for the purchase of any
of the sites at the present time, al
though the report prepared or Con-
gress will point out the relative
merits of each.
Besides their own report, the Com
intend to accompany II
with copies of the briefs submitted in
behalf of the eight proposed sites. in
order to give members Of Congress
some conception of the difficulty that
has confronted them in trying to ar
rive at a decision as to the most suit
able and most logical location for the
market.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-13
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-13
COAL FORCES HERE
FOR PEACE FARLEY
Mine Factions Gather to Air
Disputes as Davis Pleads
for Agreement.

A plea for settlement. once and for
all time. OF the troubles in The
bituminous coal mining industry was
laid before a conference of bitumin'
Gus operators and mine union officials
at the Labor Department today by
Secretary Davis.
When the warning factors in the
bituminous industry reach an agree
ment on matters needing legislative
assistance Congress will gladly" re-
spond with help. Mr.. Davis said. The
Labor Secretary presented no con-
crete proposal for ending the conflicts
in the bituminous industry. placing
the issue of peace squarely before he
two sides to the controversy, which
has closed several score mines and
kept 10000 men out of work for nearly
nine months. The conference was
executive and was called five days
ago by Secretary Davis, with the
knowledge of President Coolidge. and
with the expressed hope that peace
would he restored In the industry by
Christmas.
Meeting Held Friendly.
81 have called you together today
for a friendly meeting for the pur-
pose of free interchange of ideas
and a calm consideration of the mat
ters still separating operators and
miners" Mr.. Davis said. "the sole
aim being to ascertain IL there is not
some way in which you men here
representing the coal operations OF
Pennsylvania, Ohio and northern West
Virginia and you other men acting as
spokesmen for the mine workers In
1An
some basis of settlement. or make
some start i'm that direction.
LET us all strive to reach some
basis on which this deplorable sitra-
ton may be successfully negotiated
and terminated. Ii such is the case
1T will be not only for the mine own
ers and the mine workers, but also
for the general well-being of all our
people in these towns and cities, many
of whom. while not actively engaged
in the mining OF coal. are directly de.
pendent upon its continued and sue.
cessful operation for their livelihood
and the continuation of their business
or profession"
Large Operators Absent.
representatives of the larger coal
operators in Ohio. western and central
PENNSYLVANIA and northern West Vir.
Rinia were conspicuously absent when
the conference was opened by the
Labor Secretary. A half score of i'm
dividual operators were on hand, as
we'll as John l.. Lewis, president of
the United Mine Workers, and group
of union officers Of the districts af-
fected.
Among the operators attending was
F. r. Long of the Marbeil Coal Co..
in the Fairmont district OF West Vir.
ginia, who said he recognized no other
West Virginia operators in the group.
Other operators refused to give their
identity, and Secretary Davis declined
to give out list of those In attend |
ance. preferring. he said, to wait until
later in the day, when more of those |
invited arrived Among the Pennsyl- |
vania operators present were John III. |
Jones of Pittsburgh and Harold |
hughes OF Altoona.
Mr.. Davis referred to the meeting |
as a purely executive one from which |
no intimation of the methods to be
used in settling the bituminous coal |
strike would come until the proper |
time"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-13

Panama is to have a new railroad to
be devoted exclusively to hauling ba-
nanas.
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PRESIDENT AWAITS
NAVY CONCLUSIONS
ON SHIP PROGRAM

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The Time o Cure Cancer Is When 1t Is Beginning.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-13
LINDBERCH OFF FOR MEXICO
AFTER TWO FALSE STARTS

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BAY STATE G. O. p.
SEEKS CANDIDATE
TO SUCCEED BUTLER

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Evening star., 1927-05-14

Work has been started on Cuba's
great central highway. which is to
cost S77,000.000.
Evening star., 1927-05-14

tang people, including many like 8. an
Flu, pro-Japanese politician, who has
suddenly remembered that he belonged
to the party is years ago; third, ''go-
betweens e foreign imperialists, !"
otherwise Shanghai bankers, mer-
chants and compradores, who are so
terrified by the Communist revolution
that they will supply money to any
body willing to shoot down laborers.
Tried to Prevent Break.
Borodin outlined events lie e.dinc to
tho break, declaring he had done
everything possible to postpone dis
aster until the last possible minute.
I previously had been convinced by
variety of evidence in Hankow that
Borodin, with the Chinese Commun-
lists, actually desired freak, because
1t was feared that If the united Kuo-
mintang ever reached PekiAg the
right wingers would crush those of
the left Borodin agreed that this, in
part, was true.
Naturally, if we reached PelSing
together" he said, 'the right wing
would assume control, having absorbed
all the Peking reactionary groups.
But I must insist that I tried hard to
postpone the break as long as possi-
BILE. However, now it has happened,
don't regret it. We have clarified
the issues immensely, and our revolu-
ton is henceforth unimpeded by reac-
tionary elements.
/ asked him point-blank whether he
had not attempted during the past two
years to transform the Kuomintang
from straight republican Nationalist
movement into Communist revolu-
Evening star., 1927-05-14

tion. He debated long before replying
definitely.
You must know" he observed,
that straight republican Nationalist
movement is impossible, or at least
ineffective, in China" And then at
last he said: while have never at
tempted to change the essentials of
the Nationalist revolution, have al.
ways been convinced that it would
never succeed unless 1t wa made into
an agrarian revolution--a thorough
going social economic move. ent.
There are masses of Chinese peasants.
They must be aroused. Another i'm
portant section of population is the
workmen, and they must be aroused.
The only lnethod by which peasants
and workers can be aroused Is revolu-
tionary propaganda.
Base Fight ON Workers.
"We base our whole revolution on
the peasants and workers. Without
these classes no Nationalist revolution
could take place in China. Our labor
policy is based on these essential con.
cepts of revolutionary technique, and
1t has been eminently successful. as
the British in Hongkong discovered
Sun Yat Sen realized this in 1924,
when the first congress of the new
Kuomintang under his leadership
enunciated principles destined to
transform the movement into a social
economic revolution"
I asked whether economic financial
pressure and military reyerses might
not force the Hankow government to
give up it's effort to maintain the pres
ent regime and revert to the tactics
OF the ordinary political party with
out attempting to rule for the present.
Evening star., 1927-05-14

81 see no necessity of such a step"
Borodin asserted. while our finan-
cial economic position Is very serious,
1t has often been just as bad or worse.
Our greatest successes in Canton were
accomplished when our revenue was
almost nothing. I
1T is true we now control only
one. If of the provinces and receive
revenue from only one, but we never
have had revenue from more than one
prov at time. No Chinese gov
ern.lent has revenue from more than
one province at Il time.
"If we get Peking, we still will lave
r -nue from only one province, or at
the most two. Through the country
at large national revenues have al
wavs been appropriated by generals
This Las been true so long now that it
viii take years to centralize and re-
form the masses. While Chang Kai.
Shek was with us he was bottom
less chasm into which We poured the
largest part of our revenue. That
drain at least has been removed"
Borodin has no illusions whatever
about the Chinese capacity for self
government. He said that the revolu.
tion, while based Oh. workers and peas.
ants, must continue to be controlled
by minority party leaders who can
pursue their policy to the logical end.
He has higher opinion of the Chris
tian general than of az other Chinese
military leader. Borodin saws that
Feng Yu Hsiang is far more trust.
worthy than Chang Kai-Shek because
he believes in the social economic
revolution.
tCnyright. 1927 In United States. Great
Britain and all other countries by North
American Newspaper Alliance)
Evening star., 1927-05-14

die of May, when the real battle for
Peking will begin.
II don't know whether the campaign
will last 10 days or three months, :"
b rodin told this correspondent. The
northern troops may collapse entirely
as they have often done in the past
Winter, as the result of our intensive
advance propaganda. If they do col
lapse, we will get the whole railway,
but il they intend to fight we will be
obliged to Outright them by series of
maneuvers with the Christian gen.
erals army and with ours"
Possesses Sense Of Humor.
Borodin in two interviews with
a North American Newspaper
Alliance correspondent displayed
all the resources of his extraordi-
nary personality. One almost
might believe the tales which
have been circulated in China that he
is a hypnotist. His heavy movements,
dropping moustache and broad grin
make him look like a true Russia
Muzhike bat. In conversation he ex-
hibits an intellectual keenness and ac-
tivitv rare in any political group, espe-
cially among the revolutionarieS.
Unlii,n most confirmed Bolshevists,
Rorodin possesses sense of humor
which guards him against the wild
language and extravagant statements
SO common among Chinese radical
leaders.
I~cussing / the split in the Kuomin-
tang, he analyzed Chang Kai-Shek's
support as being, first, northern mill
tary divisions which have been alb
sorbed bodily into the Marking army;
second, the right wing of the Kuomin-
Evening star., 1927-05-14
EARLY PEK|NG FALL
IS SEEN BY BOROD|N
Believes Left Wing of Ma
tionaIists Can Drive For
ward Before Summer.

BY Cable to The Star and North American
Newspaper Alliance.
HANKOW, via Shanghai, May IA
Michael Borodin still processes COM
plete confidence that the left wing of
the Nationalist army can drive
through Honan and reach Peking be-
fore midsummer.
This Russian adviser, whose power
h.. been create: ever since Chang
Kai-Shek split the party, has drawn
up plans by which the so-calle1 Chris
tian general, Feng Yu Hsiang, will
attack along two lines-first. straight
north toward Peking: second, south
east, toward the Peking- Hankow Rail-
way. Borodin himself, with the Can
tonese army, intends to join the Chris
tian general at Chengchow, on the
railway, about or soon after the mid
Evening star., 1927-05-14
NAVY ABANDONS
SEARCH FOR FLYERS
Los Angeles Not to Be Sent
to Labrador Because of
Lack of HeIium.
Rr the Assnciatell press.

By the Associated Press.
The proposal to send the airship
Los Angeles TO Labrador in search of
the missing French flyers has been
abandoned by the Navy Department.
In announcing the decision today,
Secretary Wilbur disclosed also that
both the Navy and the Coast Guard
had suspended the search around
Nova Scotia and the Gulf of Maine.
Two naval tugs and Coast Guard cut
ters operating over that territory
have been ordered back to their bases.
The naval Secretary said a flight
of the Los Angeles to Labrador had
been found to be impracticable be-
cause Of the diminishing supply of
helium and the distance, from 2,400
to 2.S00 miles, which the dirigible
would have to travel. This was re-
garded as slightly in excess of her
probable cruising radius under the
Evening star., 1927-05-14
DEBATE TEST TONIGHT.
Third Competitor for N. U. Faculty
Prize to Be Chosen.

The third OF four debaters to com.
pete for the faculty prize of National
University will be selected tonight at
an interclass debate, the subject OF
which will be: Resolved, That the
President should be elected by di-
rect vote.'' Two debaters, Norwood
P. Cassidy and Samuel Lightman,
both first-year men, already have
been selected at previous contests and
the fourth will be chosen May 81.
The final debate, when the prize
will be awarded, is scheduled for May
%. The prize will consist OF a set of
law books, donated by members of the
faculty of National University. The
contest is an annual affair.
One contestant is chosen at each
interclass debate. The four thus Sc
lected meet at the end of the year
and each one is judged according to
his delivery, voice, argument and ap-
pearance.