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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-26
ARTS CLUB TO
GIVE KITTY
QIVE'

Events this week at the Arts
Club OF Washington center
around the opening Of two inter-
esting exhibitions at the club
house; the water colors by Miss
Marguerite Lent, Of Washington,
and the Photographic studies Of
New York by Ben Judah Lub-
schez, both Of which win be on
view until April S. Miss Lent
was hostess at tea to club
members and their guests; and
on Thursday evening Frank
Baldwin win give an Illustrated
description of the artistry Of Mr..
Lubschez, following the formal
club dinner at which Mr.. and
Mrs. Baldwin will be hosts.
On Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings, the dramatic committee
will present Kitty Give" a short
Old English play written by r.
Frankfort Moore, and presented
now in Washington, under the
direction Of Marie Drofnah, who
with her husband, the late Charles
b. HanfOrd. was for many years
engaged in Old English and Shake
spearean drama on the lprofes-
sionaI stage In America. This
presentation, the Washington pre-.
miere OF the piece, win give
opportunity to three of the Arts
Club players. Miss Kate Tomlin-
son, Martin Scranage and John
D. Long.
The final event OF the week will
be the monthly meeting Of the
Mil, on Saturday night at s
o'clock.
Mrs. Maud Howell Smith, chair
man Of the dramatic committee
OF the club, who has spent the
greater part OF the winter in the
South and Southwest, has returned
to the city, and will proceed at
once with plans for the presenta-
ton early In May OF Gideon A.
Lyons play The Pastime of
Eternity"
Mrs. Richard III. Townsend and
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Sumner Wells
have returned to Washington
after passing a week in New
York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmott Lewis
noon In compliment to Mrs. Betty
Grove Hardesty, daughter of Mrs.
Clinton Grove, and Emmons
Smith, who are to be married on
Saturday. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Suydam will give q tea for them
tomorrow and tomorrow evening
they win be entertained at dinner
by Comdr. and Mrs. Harold
Hunter.
The Club OF Colonial Danes
will entertain this afternoon
at o'clock when a program
will be given to include a talk
on the Trend of the Times"
by a prominent journalist. and
music by the Nordica Guitar Trio,
under the direction OF Walter 1.
Holt.
DR.. Helen G. Collins. of Chicago,
is spending a week at the Grace
Dodge Hotel.
The recital which was to have
been given by Miss Mabel Row
land, diseuse, at the Mayflower on
March 26 under the auspices of the
Women's Theater. has been post
poned until April IL because Of the
illness of Miss Rowland. This is
a benefit to be given under distin-
guished patronage to raise funds
for the philanthropic work of the
organization.
y
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter A. Drury,
jr. have had her brother, Will
liam Tobin. of New York, as
their guest over the week end
at their apartment at 1916 Six.
teenth Street. Mrs. Drury was
the former Baroness Won Hagen.
William H. Coolidge, of Man.
chester. Mass, is at the Willard,
where he plans to spend the week.
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Shake Up at British Embassy DiscOncerts
Society; Popular Attaches Detached
Chiltons viii Be Greatly
Missed; Mr.. BaIfour to
Go to Madrid

This shake-up in the British
Embassy is assuming discon-
certing proportions. Capt.
the Hon. Arthur Stopford
and John Balfour, both de.
tached, and now Henry
Getty Chiffon, who has so
long been acting counselor,
is to 60 to the Vatican as
Great Britain s minister pleni-
potentiary to the Holy Seel
70 Return Here
At the embassy, however. they
seem to think that Mr.. Chiffon
will not take up his new duties
until the late summer or
autumn and he is expected here
IN time for Easter, after q Holt
day in England. He took his
debutante daughter, Miss Betty
Chiffon. with him in order that
she might have q taste Of so
ciety in her English home after
having been formally presented
in Washington early IN the sea-
son.
Married an American
Married to an American, the
former Miss Katherine o'Brien.
daughter Of Thomas j. o'Brien,
long IN the American diplomatic
service. Mr.. Chiffon ana his charm
ing wife have become an institu-
ffOn in washington. Although he
has been serving as counselor Of
the embassy here, he has had the
rank Of minister plenipo tentiary
since 1924. The Chiltons have
younger daughter, Anne. who wiz
probably make her debut in Rome
instead Of iii Washington. from
present indications.
No word has been received as to
who Mr.. ChfIton's successor is
likely to be. However, the dis
tinguished officer who = to sue
coed Captain Stopford as naval at
tache OF the embassy, Captain
.. s. NJ. Richie, has already ar
rived in town and is sharing
honOrs at q round or farewell
parties for his popular predeces-
scr. Captain Stopford Is to go
home, presumably for sea duty.
and win sail on March 81.
Successor Named
Mr.. Balfour il to sail on the
same ship with Captain stopford.
the Carmania. and will go to
Madrid. He win be succeeded by
g. ]. w. Torr, who has been on
duty at the foreign office after
service In Rome and Belgrade.
Mr.. Torr. who viii arrive in May,
viii bring q charming wife TO
Washington.
One Of those rather lackadaisi.
caI-looking Britishers, who. on &C.
quaintance, develop 50 much Of
wit and charm, Mr.. Balfour Is one
OF the most popular Of the British
Embassy boys" and win be much
missed. He. too, has had several
farewell parties given for him, in.
Guiding q dinner on Saturday eve
ming for which the British Am.
bassador and Lady Isabella How
ard were hosts.
4 q
The Secretary OF State and
Mrs. Kellogg have gone to Pine.
hurst. n. c., for 4 short holiday.
The Secretary OF the Interior,
DR.. Hubert Work, has as his
guests In his apartment at the
Wardman Park Hotel for a few
days DR.. and Mrs. D. G. Brown, of
Danbury, Conn.
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Miss Peggy Zolnay
To Dance In Virginia
Junior League ShouU

Mr.. and Mrs. George T. Sum-
merlin. 1r., have as their guest the
latter's cousin, Miss Marion
Gillim. who has arrived from Mt.
Holyoke to pass the spring vaca-
ton. Is
Miss Peggy Zolnay. sister OF
Mrs. Summerlin, will go to New
port News, Va, to dance in the
show the Junior League Is giving
on April 9. She has recently ended
an engagement at the Ambassador
grill in New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Julius Lay will
sail for Chile on April II, Mr..
Lay, until recently American con-
sui general in Calcutta, having
been detailed to Chilean post,
Mr.. Lay has been staying at
the Mayflower. but will leave
Washington this week to visit in
Boston before her departure for
South America.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Francis
Sullivan are in Washington for a
few days on their way from st.
Augustine, Fla, where they have
been for several weeks, to "The
Woods" their home at Radnor,
Pa.
Mrs. E. o. Leatherwood. wife OF
Representative Leatherwood of
Utah. accompanied by her daugh-
ter, are at CarveI Hall, having
notored to Annapolis to attend
the play given by the Masquer-
aders at the Naval Academy on
Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Langdon Moffett,
who have been passing the winter
here, will leave shortly for Europe
to spend the summer. Their
apartment at 1905 N Street will
be occupied by Miss cambridge
Hayden during the summer. Be-
fore her marriage, Mrs. Moffett
was Miss Claudia Read.
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Irish Visitor
Howard S. Harrington, of
Castle Dunloe, Killarney, Ireland,
is at the Mayflower for a few
days, having recently landed
from the Leviathan. While of
ancient Irish lineage, Mr.. Har-
rington is a member of the
Society Of thes Cincinnati, one of
the foremost American patriotic
societies, having inherited his
membership from his great, great,
great uncle, Count Bartholomew
O'Mahony, of Dunloe. who led
an Irish regiment with the French
forces under Rochambeau in our
revolution.
Mrs. Elizabeth Northrup has as
her guest at the Wardman Park
Hotel Mrs. c. G. kilbourne, of New
York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy l.. Neu.
hauser entertained at luncheon
yesterday for Mr.. and Mrs. VIII.
liam F. Love, OF Rochester, N.
Y, who are making a short visit
in Washington. Mr.. Love In ma
tional president OF the Theta Delta
Chi Fraternity, Of which Mr.. Neu.
hauser Is a member.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry N0rment
entertained sixteen guests at din
ner last night.
DIR. f. r. Mccain and Miss
Catherine Bushey, ot Brooklyn.
N. Y. were the guests of Mr.,
and Mrs. J. Carey at luncheon
yesterday at Congress Hall,
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin n, Cross. OF
Concord, N. H.. are IT The Grace
Dodge Hotel far an indefinite
stay.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-26
Six Rivers Rising

SAN FRANCISCO, March 26.-
Apprehension was general through
out a wide section. of northern Cali
fornia today as the waters of six
rivers crept slowly beyond their
banks, swollen by the rain storm
which has prevailed during the past
five days and the melting of snow
in high mountain reaches.
The rivers reported to be creeping
above their levels are the Yuba,
Truckee, Sacramento, American,
Pajaro and Stanislaus.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-25
HOOVER PLANS
REST-UP FROM
ARDUOUS TRIP

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.-Back
in the heart of the doubtful east.
Herbert Hoover took a day off to-
day to rest before he enters next
week upon round table council
with Republican strategists who
will plan with him the future
course of the campaign.
The Republican presidential NOM
inee barred the doors of his s street
home, a few doors from the old
home of the late President Wilson
and set about with his usual energy
to see that he gets a little quiet.
The fatiguing 10000 miles trans
continental journey from which he
disembarked last night, exactly six
weeks after his departure, left the
candidate feeling better than when
he left.
Then his nerves were frayed by
the well meaning molestations of
his friends here and he desired to
get away from the telephone.
Now he is suffering from only the
natural fatigue of the railroad trim
and h1is encouraged by the numcr-
Gus favorable political reports re.
ceived enroute from Palo Alto ia
Washington,
The only persons he planned to
see were his vice presidential run
ming mate, Senator Charles +. Cur
It's and Hubert Work, chairman of
the Republican National committee
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-25
To
Meet At Seattle
By United Press Leased Wire

SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. 90
Authorities on taxation problems
from all parts of the United States
will gather here August - to 81 foI
the annual conference of the Ma
tional Tax Association.
Among the speakers will be Har
ley l.. Lutz, Stanford University
president of the National Tax Asso-
ciation; r. Nj. lIaig, Columbia UNI
versity, adviser to the California
Tax Commission, +. r. Fairch, Yale
University, forest taxation econo'
mist of the United States Forest
Service, and +. c. Alvord, special
assistant to the Secretary of the
Treasury.
Included in the list of topics to
be discussed were: Standardization
and simplification of business taxes;
reciprocity in inherit taxation; SIM
plification of federal income tax,
and state supervisorial and equall-
Zation of local assessments.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-25
RACES IN BIG
LEAGUES SHOW
LOTS OF FIGHT
By United Press Leased Wire

NEW YORK, Aug. 25.-The
double defeat of the New York
Yankees and Pittsburgh h's victory
over the New York Giants Friday,
may be taken as indications Of two
of the most thrilling home stretch
ponnant fights baseball fans have
witnessed in years.
The Yankees, touted as one of the
greatest teams in the history of
baseball, were expected to have the
American League pennant safely
tied up by this time when the ma,
jor league teams started their 1928
race last April.
Instead the Yanks are three games
out in front and in second place are
the Philadelphia Athletics-a ball
team composed largely of scrappy
youngsters.
The National League was looked
upon as the circuit that provides the
thrills for the baseball fans this
year, and it has not been disap-
appointed.
The st. Louis Cardinals and the
New York Giants are in the midst
of one of the most bitter or baseball
battles for the league leadership
and within space of five and one
half games behind the leading Car
dinals are grouped the Chicago Cubs
the Cincinnati Reds and the Pitts
burgh Pirates.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-25
Staying
( Case Recalled
by United Press Leased Wire

SEATTLE, Wash., aug. 25.-Raz-
ing of the old Keswick Hotel here
recently recalled to older members
of Seattle 5 police force a murder
mystery which has remained un-
solved for more than 20 years.
The old hotel was once one of the
more fashionable lodging houses of
the city, but industrial develop
ment of the district in which it
was located caused the place to lose
favor with the better class of peo-
pie.
a bride of a few months was tax
On there by her husband with whom
she often quarreled. She mysteri-
ously disappeared one night in Sep
tember, 1907. Several days later
her body, jammed into trunk, was
washed ashore at Aiki Point, near
Seattle.
The hotel figured in the publicity
given the ease because it was there
that the murdered girl had last been
seen. Detectives searched quarters
occupied by the girl and her hus-
band but could find no clue.
Although no evidence was defi'
nitely established, Frank Coving-
ton, the girls husband, and Charles
Burlison, Covington companion,
were sought for questioning.
The search for the two men reach
ed international proportions. They
were reported seen in South Ameri-
ca and Alaska but neither was ever
taken into custody.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-25
GAMBLING SHIP
SAFELY TIED IN
SAN PEDRO PORT
BY United Press Leased Wire

san PEDRO, Calf, Aug. %
The Johanna Smith, her gambling
tables quiet and her decks desert
ed, rested in the harbor here today
-subdued finally by the law.
She was towcd in and moored last
night after federal agents worked
IS hours in lifting the anchors
which kept her in place seven miles
of the California coastllne for al
most two months.
At least until September 10, when
her master must appear and show
cause why she should not be for
fcited to the government, the johann
ma Smith must remain under guard
here.
The gambling career of the for
mer lumber craft .really was halted
Thursday afternoon when armed
coast guards boarded the craft in
support of a libel action granted by
federal courts.
But broken winches prevented the
immediate raising of anchors and
the coast guard men were forced to
work until last night to bring the
craft to port.
The breaking of the wincncs,
federal authorities said, was the
Johanna Smith S last gesture OF
disdain toward law enforcement.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-25
Brawley Burglar
Held At Border

Pedro Rameriz was arrested i'll
Mexicali yesterday morning by
Maxicali police and is being held
for Brawley.
Rameriz is held III connection
with a Brawley store robbery which
occurred Sunday morning and IN
which several hundred dollars
worth of valueables were stolen.
Chief of Poice Garcia of Mexi-
cali said that some of the goods
had been recovered and that it is
believed that practically all of its
will be returned to the owner.
Rameriz has been formally charg-
ed with burglary and a movement
has been begun to return him here
to face trial.
The loot included four dozen silk
shirts; is silk dresses; two pairs of
shoes, a quantity of jewelry and
some silk stockings and socks.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-25
Tells Origin of
Fire Display
by United Press Leased Wire

YOSEMITE, Calf, Aug. 25--
Origin of the internationally known
fire fall display in Yosemite Valley
took place through the chance de-
sire of man to amuse himself, it
has been revealed.
The display, now a nightly fea-
ture here during the summer months,
consists of shower of fire from
Glacier Point, an over hanging
ledge, to the rocks 1900 feet be-
low.
According to Fred w. thinner
man, historian of the South San
Francisco Chapter of Native Sons,
he started the display when he first
visited Yosemite Valley in 1889.
Gone day in the summer of 1888
I climbed to Glacier Point, above
Yosemite Valley,' Zimmerman said.
81 decided to spend the night
there. The weather became cold SO
l gathered a pile of cones and built
a fire. When the cones burned
down to red Goals | grasped long
stick and amused myself by knock
ing them out into space.
"The manager of hotel saw the
flaming Goals bounce down the
mountain side. He was pleased with
the display and the next day offer
ed me So night if I would build
a fire at Glacier Point and shove
it from the precipice each night in
order to entertain his guests, "
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-25
OF
THIRTY CENTS
IN CITY TAXES
New Rate Set by Council
For This Year AnnOunc-
ed AS S1.85.

City taxes are to be increased 30
cent' bringing the tax rate for the
l92829 year to $l.85 on each 800
of assessed valuation.
Increased indebtedness on bond
issues, the voting of a special fund
for the use of the chamber of com
mcrcc and the need Of keeping the
surplus fund from sinking is given
by the council as the reason for the
increase.
Bonds for the city water works,
voted several years ago, begin ma
turing during the coming year and
this ncccssitatcd 10 cents of the in
crease. Another 10 cent increase is
needed to create the fund for the
chamber of commerce and Il five
cent increase to meet the payments
due on the Eighth Street ditch
bonds.
Mayor Clements said this morn
ing that the city's expenditures dur
ing the last few years have been
averaging close to $4,000 in excess
of the income and as u result CON
siderable cut into the surplus fund
has resulted.
"We must protect this fund and
the five cent increase is needed by
the city to meet its expenditures.
The remainder of the 80 cent in
erase is to dcfray expenditure of
money upon which the people them
selves voted favorably.'
While the figures for the assess
mcnt roll have not been totaled as
yet il is expected that the assessed
valuation will amount to approx
matcly $l0.00O,0O0.
The budget as submitted calls for
a total of $234 ,6172j. The budget
has not been adopted as vet but
it is not believed that any material
change can be effected.
The various funds call for the
following totals. General fund,
SSj,797.j0; street, $23,677.j0; sewer
fund, $6,050.00; fire, SO 6,S60.74;
parks, $5,472.j0; library $4,000;
bonds, sos, 1881; special items, So
56l.j0; chamber Of commerce, $l0,
600. So
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-25
Boat Explo 81 on
Injuries Five At
San Pedro Bay
BY United Press Leased Wire

SAN PEDRO, Calf, Aug. %
Five boatmen were burned, two of
them seriously, in an explosion and
fire which destroyed small tender
boat in San Pedro harbor today.
Two men We're tossed into the
water by the force of the explosion
which was caused by engine back
fire. Four of the men were remov-
ed to San Pedro General hospital.
Most seriously burned were John
Webb, 2S, Wilmington, and Norman
Campbell, 80, Long Beach; both
scorched about the arms, face and
shoulders.
The others taken to the hospital
were: John j. Johnson, 80, burned
about the face, and Rudy Crook, "a,
Long Beach, face and eyes scorched.
Alex Nitol suffered only slight
burns, which did not necessitate
hospital attention.
Johnson and Campbell were
thrown into the water, but were
rescued by a passing craft.
Riverside is soon to vote on new
city charter containing many small
changes.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-25
DISASTER
LAID TO
BALDWIN
Obscure Switch Inspector
Arrested For New York
Subway Tragedy.
FOURTEEN KILLED
Scenes of Horror Report
ed AS Express Train
Splits Switch.
BY EARL J. JOHNSON
Omitted Press staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, Aug. 25.-Full re-
spOnsibilitv for the subway wreck
in which II persons were killed and
more than 100 injured at Times
Square last night, was saddlcd onto
the back of an obscure switch in
spectOr today.
William Baldwin, the only man
arrested after New York s first ma
lor subway disaster, was released III
bail of Sl0,000 when he appeared in
jefferson Market Court to answer
charge Of homicide. Bond was
furnished by the lntcrborough Rap
id Transit Company whose attor.
neys came into court to defend the
company cmployc.
According to the complaint filed
against him by District Attorney
Joab Banton, baldwin was crimin-
ally negligen: because he ordered
motorman to 'procced against a
red signal light and over "A switch
which he knew to be defectivc.'
Magistrate John Flood, before
whom the inspector was arraigned,
set the case for a hearing in homi-
eide court on Sept. l..
$ Although check of all hospitals
and morgues today showed only Al
persons known dead, Banton s com
plant said that Baldwin had been
responsible for the death Of II per.
sons and the injury of 81.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-25
Bear Grid Men
Lose One Worry
By United Press Leased Wire

BERKELEY, Calf, Aug. %. -
Gridiron men of the University of
California will no longer have to
worry about slipper grass in the
Bear oval if the turf planted this
year lives up to expectations.
A new turf, planned by II. w.
Sheppard, assistant professor of
landscape design, was said to be
Hnon skid = and rain resisting. 1t
was hoped that it would resist to
greater degree the ravages of
cleatcd shoes.
According to the designer, $50
pounds of grass seed containing five
different varieties of grass were
planted in the oval. The grasses
selected were noted for their "non'
skid' and wear resisting qualities,
it was said.
1t was believed that the new turf
would produce the best wet weather
playing field possible and do away
with the mud puddles and bare
spots which annoyed players last
year.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-25
TAKES LIFE BY
INHALINC FUMES
OF CAR EXHAUST

Joseph Hoffinger of 500 Broad
way, proprietor of the Broadway
Chop House, was found dead, doub-
led up in the front seat of his auto
mobile on the highway Il short dis
tance south of the city this morn
ing. 1t is believed that he ended
his own life.
The body was found shortly be-
fore IL clock by Frank Parent
of FL Centre district. Investigation
showed that an old garden hose had
been attached to the exhaust pipe
of the machine. This hose was run
up through o rear window which
was opened only far enough to al
low the hose to run through. Tho
other end was found lying on the
floor few inches from the mouth
Of the dead man.
The body was doubled over and
one of HIS legs was protruding from
a door of the car. 1t is believed by
officials that in last minute ef-
fort for breath he kicked open the
door.
The machine was parked on
side road, just off the Imperial
highway about a quarter mile south
of the city.
The body was brought to Lemons
undertaking parlorS and efforts are
being made to get IN touch with
relatives. 1t is believed that death
occurred either late last night or
early this morning.
The body of an unidentified
white man, about 80 years of age,
was found in the river near the
headoate at Andradc late last night.
Workers of the Imperial Irrigation
district discovered the body and
derrick was used to pull it from its
resting place.
The man was not an employe of
the district and all efforts thus far
have failed to lead to his identifi-
cation. The body was brought to
Lemons undertaking parlor this
morning. A quantity of papers
were found on his person but the
authorities have been unable as yet
to determine his identity through
these articles. 1t is believed that
he is from Los Angeles as a ticket
calling for passage on a train from
Los Angeles to Portland was found
on his person, Further investiga.
tion is to be made.