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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-21
HOW EvANGELlsT SAYS SHE CONFESSED

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eliminated against In the plan
and sought protection Of Ralph
b. Fleharty, People 3 Counsel.
Mr.. Fleharty announced he
represented only the users 81
the utilities and said dissatiss
fled stockholders should hire
their own lawyers.
VIII Assist Study
Earl VI Fisher, executive hecre-
tarv 81 the Public Utilities EDIls
mission. st the request ef Edwin
s. Heee. agreed 70 attend = meet
inc Thursday night 81 the Citizens
ADVISOR Council and assist the
council In making 3 study Of The
merger plan, now pending.
FIeharty Invited 10 Meeting
President j.. b. YadeM formally
invited E'leharty to attend spe4
cial meeting saturday night or the
Federation ok Citizens Association
when the merger viii be discussed
Flehartv transmitted his accept.
ance of the Yaden Invitation. but
gave notice ne would appear only
as an ssObserVefg and would take
no part la the dellbefAtlonA until
after the federation had zone On
record a. to its future policy IN the
matter OF tAe pending plan.
Valuation Unaertaken
Statistical experts OF the Utilities
Commission began searching Tor
the assets Of the Washington Rail
way and Electric Company ana the
Capital Traction Company to deter
mine whether they exceed the &bO,'
OO0. 900 rate making base capitaliza-
ton suggested in the company
merger plan. .
The commission also started =
valuation OF the washington Rail-
way and Electric Colnpany,B prop
critics outside the District % Co.
| lunabia. These Include the Rockville
line and Glen Echo Park. The
policy OF the commission IN the
past has been 40 exclude these
| properties In fixing q value Tor rate
| making purposes. The company
merger plan includes them.
Along with the announcement ~
william Nick. Clayton that the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-21
SMITH T. PETTY
Pole Loses Clothes AT
Poker, Arrested
On Way Home
n YnternationaI Nevss Service


WARSAW, Feb. 21.-Staislaus
Czicsinovslxi. young Polish clerk,
beat the worlds gambling record
when. at d wild poker party. he
Offered a. stakes his overcoat,
jacket, trousers, and finally his
shirt without being able to turn
the tide Of bad luck that had
befaIlen him.
Stripped to Adams costume
stanislaus hurried out into cold
snowy night to get dressed at
home, rejoin the party and try
his luck again.
However. some sturdy police.
man did not see the joke and
arrested Stanisiaus on the charge
OF gross offence to the public. .
for which he VIII be tried soon.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-21

Pubic Utilities Committee ct the
Feilafatfon 0f CftikenA association
WIN ean 0h Jesse g. Htiter for 4 list
ok feaefAtlon delegates who have
..haa lunches On Harley n wilson
At the Metf0nolltafl Club ana other
eating places, came an admission
arofA PEOPLES Counsel Eleharft that
he and the utilities commission had
been guests 81 Mr.. Wilson ut a
MetrDf 8lltan Club lunch.
NflehnEty Bxplains Dulieb
Mr. FTeharty declared todAy that
il miaunaerska nding seefns to exist
ii the minds ok certain skockholaers
II the capttai Traction Company, -
Eo Aln duties.
Il an hele to represent tAe users
il the usillslea we have 10 inter
1T in the stock transactions. he
sala. Most oK my time kOr lhe
past - hours has been consumed
~ interviews with stockholders
These ckh0laere Insist that
Under the company merger Plan
the st0clkhea aefE 0f the washing
ton Railway ana Electric Comrkny
NN4AA& tNA3& ~ NtA4 &c M OAA<5 gASS N eAAA&NAA4
to holders OK stock lii the Capital
Traction cOdananv. That Is matter
Tor the holders of this stock Ito
handle through their own lawyers
Ana not through my offices
% Ntotkholaers
Il aevGlo6ed today that the SIS
shares ~ stock O1 the Washington
Rapid Transit Company not held by
Harley r.. Wilson are owned BY AZ
stockholderA, of whom 20 are women.
Some are Government clerks. others
i've along the lines 81 the bus com
pany ana purchased stock while
the system was owned BY Leon
Arnold. Any one Of these stock
holders In the bus company may be
5 party to the hearings On the COIN
pAny merger plan which begins
FEBRUARY ~ before the Public
Utilities Communication.
The Public utilities Commission
yesterday ordered computations 70
~ AaAde by its experts to bring mp
IS date ItH valuation ok the local
traction properties FOR comparison
with the 9kO, 200. 900 valuation
sought Tor the purpose De merging
the companies an provided Tor In
the agreement now before the com.
IAlaajDn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-21
WOMAN BEATEN,
SET AF|RE
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bound, but stated that this seemed
probable.
The woman was found near two
gasoline filling stations on the state
highway. There were pools OF
gasoline about the spot. When
found, the victim was prone on the
ground, according to Campbell.
Shaken BY Experience
There was little hope Of recovery
when the woman was taken to the
hospital. Both legs were charred
to the knees. the right hand was
charred and the right side Of the
body was badly burned.
Campbell was considerably shaken
by his experience. The screaming
woman. q veritable human bonfire
illuminating the dreary spot in the
woods. presented an eerie sight, he
said, Ell
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-21
Gunner Leave Bound
Man in Blazing Garage
After They Rob Him

NEW YORK. Feb. 21.--Four gun
men imprisoned Rudolph Kremer in
his garage on Staten Island early
today. ignited oil and gasoline they
had poured on the sides Of the
building, and left the. imprisoned
man to die.
Kremer. bound hand and foot,
wiggled free from his bonds and
escaped through a window just as
the flames were licking at his body.
The bandits. who had robbed
Kremer of $40, escaped in his car.
Police were conducting a city-wide
search for them this morning.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-21
ENDS HER LIFE
IN HOTEL
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NAOubtAaC0 AEUAA II ISL 06S1
3e.43 in change and a S. gold piece,
She wore a platinum or white gold
wedding ring, and had a wrist
watch on which there were no
marks. There was q picture OF a
man in the watch, however.
A hat found in the room bore
a label polly Model-Goldstein.
Chapman Co., Omaha" In her
shoes was a Philadelphia label.
She was dressed In a velvet gown
with gold lace collar and cuffs
Her only baggage was an overnight
bag which also bore an Omaha
label, and In 1t we're additional
gowns, lingerie and other apparel
of expensive make.
She had reddish hair, blue eyes
and weighed about 125 pounds
She was about 5 feet inches tall
Inquiries were despatched at once
BY the police to Omaha, Los
Angeles and Philadelphia.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-21
Lived In Los Angeles

Lived In Los Angeles
Los ANGELES, Feb. ala Mrs
Beth Reed lived here for a time in
an apartment house at 1248 Mary
land St., Il was learned today, fol-
lowing reports n woman who reg
1stered by that name had committed
suicide in an Alexandria, Va,
hotel.
Projectors of the Maryland
Street apartment house said they
''faintty remembered" Mrs. Reed as
q tenant, but were unable to recall
when she moved away or how long
she had lived here.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-21
3 D. C. Men Get Army
Reserve Commissions

The War Department today an
nounced the promotion of Abraham
Moses Enrich, 1895 Eleventh 81.
N. W., to be d captain IN the
Ordnance reserve, and the appoint
ment OF Alexis Klotz, 1920 North
Morrison ST., Chevy Chase, to be
second lieutenant in the Air Corps
reserve.
Albert Nicholas Bags, of Wash
ington, accepted a reappolntment
as a major in the Medical Corps
reserve
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-21
$4OO Voted for Church
School i'm North State

Officers of the John Wesley A.
M. K. Zion Church, Fourteenth and
Corcoran Streets Northwest, an
nounced today that the Wesley
Church has just voted $4OO toward
the 100000 educa tional campaign
for the general A. NJ e. Zion
Church School in North Carolina.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-21
ASK DEATH FOR
GATLIN GIRL
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the lseht alongside Of the ued,liRe
eoafaAy with which his words had
I warped the soul of the young Wom-
Dunn declared that the minister
had not onIys betrayed the faith
OF Mrs. Gatlfn but that he had
undermined the inherent religious
teachings OF b score OF generations
by his unethFcal action IN turnfng
the confession OF this young bride
over to the State that she might
be placed on trial for her life.
He scored the minister Tor az.
/ cending the pulpit last Sunday ana
delivering two sermons while Mrs.
Gatlin remained in the shadow OF
the gallows through his duplfcitY,
Rev. PardOe smiled now and then
at the bitter denunciation but
most OF The time he kept his emo.
tions well under control.
Five Attorneys to Speak
Five, more attorneys are expected
to make addresses to the jury be-
fore the case is closed Then
Judge Cameron McIsae win make
his charge.
The case closed shortly after 2
o'clock yesterday, after which one
witness was called by the defense.
She was Mrs. Robert RAscoe, of
Reidsville, called to cofroborate Mrs.
Gatlin's assertion that she had at
tempted to get her mother to con-
Tess the crime on her dying bed.
Mrs. Rascoe assumed the stand
and r. w. GIideweH, chief defense
attorney. questioned her. He asked.
Q.--Were you at the Petty home
on the night Mrs. Petty was ih2
A.--Yes.
o.--Do you recall having seen
Alma in the room with her mother2
Al do.
u.-~Tell the jury what you saw
and heard her say.
A.-She said she wanted to get a
preacher; she was worried about
her mothers soul.
Jury Ordered Out
The state then objected that the
testimony was not admissible, ~
il was a ''self-serving statement,
coming much too late after the
murder had been committed" The
Jury was ordered from the court.
Judge McRae then told Mrs. Ras.
coe to relate to him the answer to
the question. She said:
1--WE were talking and Mrs. Cat.
lin was anxious. She kept talking
Evening star., 1928-06-14
SCHEDULE CHANGES MADE
In CAPITAL CITY LEAGUE
Wilmer Rznehdrt

Bureau, II to 4. and moved into third
place with 4 wins and losses. Navy
Yard has held an even break so far
and rests In second place. Treasury
and Veterans Bureau trail in order.
Commerce and G. p. o. mines were
victors in Federal League games yester-
day. Shipping Board lost to Commerce,
5-9, and Interstate fell before Printers,
2-8.
Barber g. Ross nine counted four
runs in the tenth frame to win over
Berg,nann,S~ Laundrymen In Mer-
chants League yesterday, 8 TO 7.
st. Adams Episcopal nine gained the
long end in a pretty game in George
town Church League yesterday, turning
back Eldbrooke NJ. E., to /.
Loffier sluggers downed Holmes
Bakers, to 4, to maintain the lead in
Industrial League yesterday The win
ners are far In front for the first series
title.
Evening star., 1928-06-14
Hines Should Make Team.

Kuck and Rinehart seem to be head
and shoulders above the American field.
Creth Hines, the Texas youth, now at
Georgetown, has won the l. c.. A A. A.
A title two successive years, each time
with mark above 200 feet, and should
make the team. On the same Gay that
Hines was doing 200 feet 10 inches
Rineharr hurled the jayelin 200 feet 6
Inches at Evanston. H., but the Indiana
star, Il was explained, was suffering
from Q sore arm.
Other candidates for Olympic berths
when the time rolls around for the final
trials may include Bill Eparling and
Leo KibDy Of Stanford: Charles Harlow,
1927 national champion, from the Holly
wood Athletic Club: Herman Of South
ern Methodist; Robinson Of Alabama
Poly; Holiday Of Louisiana State, and
Anderson Of Georgia.
The Scfloolboy sensation In iayeiin
ranks Is yoang Ggzydon of Little Rock,
Ark, with mark of 205 feet inches TO
his credit He win make the Olympic
team Il he can do anything Ike that
consistently.
MyyTa, who has moved to this coun-
try from Finland and been connected
with the Olympic Club, San Francisco.
may not defend nIs title, but the Finns
Enc 6TedeG viii be there IN force, Led
by the world record holder, Glnnar
L5n6stron. It's oniy a short hop from
EtocknOlFn Or HelsfnNors 20 Amsterdam,
50 that the Scandinavian stars should
have nD trouble keeping their form
Evening star., 1928-06-14

Several changes have been found
necessary in Capital City Leagues
schedule for this Sunday. All are in
senior class.
T. r. Keane and Auth mines, repre-
senting the rival meat-packing estab-
lishments, are to clash at l o'clock on
Rosedale diamond, and Holy Rosary
will engage Brown g. Wood tossers at
3 o'clock.
Preparations are being made TO enter
tain Legionaries and their friends Sun
day when Vic's Sport Shop nine, rep
resenting Sergt. Jasper Post, American
Legion. meets Sam Rices, representing
Costello Post, at Griffith Stadium at
3 o'clock. Both teams are involved in
Capital City League midget race. 1t
will be an exhibition game.
Government Printing once nine
suffered its first defeat in Departmental
League and now leads the race with
II wins against l loss. Aggies stopped
the streak, Is to /.
Agriculture also trimmed Veterans
Evening star., 1928-06-14
LOMSK|
WHEN LOSER FOULS
Is Struck in Groin in Sixth
Round After Having His
Rival Beaten.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 14-Victory over
Leo Lomski, light-heavyweight Of Aber-
deem, Wash, appeared today to have
clinched for Pete Latzo, former welter-
weight champion, another shot at his
arch rival, Mickey Walker, king OF the
middleWeights.
Keeling about the ring under a bar
rage of left and right hooks that seemed
about to finish him any moment, Lom-
ski drove full right deep into Latzqs
groin in the sixth round Of their To-
round match at Ebbets Field last night
and was promptly disqualified for foul
ing. Lornski has been scheduled to
battle Walker In a non-title 10-round
go in the big National League ball park
July 4.
Two years ago, Latzo took the welter-
weight crown from Walker. LatZo prob
ably will attempt to make the middle
weight limit of 100 pounds and subSti-
tute for Lomski in the holiday battle.
Latzo Scales ITO.
Latzo scaled ITO pounds last night.
After the first two rounds, during which
Lomski's right hand dug deep in the
Scranton miners body, Pete battered
Leo's head with curling left and right
hooks and had him at his mercy when
the low blow was struck.
The 10000 fans howled Lomski out
of the ring in derision after the low
blow, which came l minute % sec
onds after the sixth. Lomski twice
previously had landed punches on Lat
zos body that forced Pete to complain
to the referee.
From the foul blow Latzo dropped
writhing and had to be carried to his
corner.
The foul, which calls for automatic
suspension under the rule of the New
York Athletic Commission, probably will
cost Lomski a return match with Tom
my Loughran. light-heavyweight cham
pion, who was knocked down twice
in the first round Of their match late
last Winter
Evening star., 1928-06-14

Here's sketch of George Duncan
at the finish, a picture OF flowing
sinew and muscle that has pro-
PEELED golf ball q great distance
with q whiplike sweep of the clubs
head, 50 highly accelerated that the
speed Of this head flying on after
the ball has actually pulled Dunean'g
body clear around and is raising his
arms upward and over his left
shoulder.
Note the firmly braced left leg and
the fact that the hip has turned.
Golfers often wonder how the hips
can be used in the golf swing To
help irnpart distance. Isn't this
sketch Of Duncan proof that they
can flow into the shot In spite Of
the anchoring left leg Of the down.
swing2 In no sense can you detect
anything like muscular punch or
hit In this finish Of Duncan's. Here
is rhythm pereonified
Guilford. too. is a similar iinisher
and q tremendously long driver be-
cause he can employ his big frame
into whipping the clubhead through
the ball at contact and well beyond.
II is this ability TO whip through
with the left I'm control during the
entire effort UP 70 the point Of con-
tact that gives these fine players
such certain distances down the
faiEway and Oh each tee IN turn.
Evening star., 1928-06-14
WOMAN FORCED TO QUIT
SWIM RECORD ATTEMPT

COTTON. Calf. June IL L41.--Mrs
Lee Fourier of Riverside, Calf, was
forced early today to terminate her at
senpt 10 bresk the world endurance
swimming record for women. She gave
up a. 2.2i am. because of cramps. She
hsd been padding continuously for AZ
hours and III minutes.
HRS. Fourier entered the plunge here
Nt O'Clock Tuesday morning and plan
skls failed by nearly 10 hours 70 break
Mrs. Myrtle HIddlegtone's world record
Mrs. Fourier swan long enough 10 i'm
prove The Pacific Coast record Of slight
iY more than 80 hours. recently eetab-
Isggaed Ey Ifass Lyle Austin.
Evening star., 1928-06-14
TROPHY BOARD NAMED
FOR AMERICAN LEAGUE
nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 14.-The American
League Commission. selected among
newspaper sports writer's to choose the
most valuable player in the circuit for
the 1928 season. was announced today.
The members are:
Paul Shannon, Boston Post; Harry
Nelly, Chicago American; Ed Bang,
Cleveland News. Harry G. Salsinger,
Detroit News; william B. Hanna, New
York Herald Tribune; James C. Isa-
minger, Philadelphia Inquirer; j. Ed
wray, st. Louis Post-Dispatch, and
Denman Thompson, Washington Star
Bang is the only new member of the
commission. He succeeds Henry P Ed
wards, now manager of the American
League service bureau and chairman of
the commission.
Evening star., 1928-06-14
May Break Olympic Go With WALKER
SHRINE TO SEEK REVENGE
ON CROTTO NINE SATURDAY

nine wishes to book an unlimited foe
for Sunday. Call Manager George Nau
at Potomac 6l34.
With five e-straight wins in tow, Peer
less Seniors will engage Saks Kroydens
at o'clock Sunday on East Ellipse dia-
mond.
Pals Seniors, who we're to meet Capt.
tolls today. will book team having
diamond at IL o'clock Sunday. Call
Manager Okun at Columbia 1857, after
8 O'Clock.
Pioneer Juniors have a diamond and
want games on East Ellipse from to
IL O'Clock Sunday mornings. Call West
1908 after o'clock.
Liberty Midgets are after games. Call
Columbia 336, apartment 504.
woodside and Boys Club Standard
mines are carded 10 meet tomorrow at
Saint Xavier Insects are after Sat-
urday and Sunday games. Call Atlantic
4195 between $50 and o'clock.
Nau's hitting featured st. Paul In
sects' win over Cardinals yesterday,
10 TO 3.
Timely hitting gave Burleith Aces a
24-to-8 win over Burns Insects yester-
day.
Leeway A. C. wants games in Insect
| ranks. Call Falls Church 1861 between
and 7 o'clock Monday Wednesday
and Thursday games are sought.
Evening star., 1928-06-14
DEMPSEY GOES OUT
OF HOTEL BUSINESS
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. June II. - Jack
Dempsey, who recently retired from
the ring, also has gone out of the hotel
BUSINESS.
Dempsey yesterday sold the Barbara
Hotel here for a reported consideration
Of s650000. This Is approximately
100000 more than he paid for it in
1924. Dempsey recently arranged to
take over two or three fruit ranches
In California.
BY coincidence Jess willard, from
whom Dempsey took the title several
years ago. also was a big profit-taker
In real estate deals announced yester-
day.
Willard sold a corner lot to Detroit
syndicate for 100000. The property
cost him s46,500 six years ago. He
sold a corner for $96, 600 that he paid
S32, 900 for in 1924
Evening star., 1928-06-14
SOCCER MEETING HERE
WILL SELECT LEADERS

officers viii be chosen and report
Of last seasons activities given at a
meeting OF the Washington and Gouth-
eastern District Soccer Association to-
night in the playground Office, Room 2,
District Building. Several new candi-
dates are in the field for ONCE, II is
understood. r. w. CahiIl, secretary OF
the United States Foot Ball Associa-
ton, and Edward J. Gilgame, president
Of the United States Soccer Referees
Association, both Of New York, will
attend the meeting
Evening star., 1928-06-14
KUCK AND R|NEHART.
BEST AMONG YANKS.
Hines, G. U., Also Should
Make sTeam to Help End
Sway of SCandinavianS.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The pendulum in athletics strikes a
pretty fair average on the whole, but II
has been swinging all one way in Olym-
pic javeiin tossing.
Since the spear tossing event was
added to the international meet in 1906
the title hasn't st..yed from the Scan
cinavian sector The world records are
held by Swedes. and the American rec
ord until recently was held by a Finn
JoIHli Myyra. who has won the last two
Olympic championships.
But the tide has been shifting. Amer
tca may break this monopoly at Am
sterdam. especially If either Wilmer
Rinehart of Indiana or John Kuck of
Kansas and Los Angeles happen to be
in form. Kuck perhaps is best known
as shot-putter, having shattered the
19-year-old world record at least once
this season with the i6-pound iron ball,
But John also toSses mean spear.
Kuck Has Toss of 2SO Feet.
The world record is little more than
2l6 feet, but Kuck has been credited
with hurting the steel-tipped imple-
ment more than 230 feet in practice.
His best competitive mark is around 2l5
feet. Rinehart, Western Conference
champion, has done 2I5 feet inches
this Spring for new American record.
If duplicated at Amsterdam this prob
ably would be good enough to win.
The Americans have been improving
steadily in lavelin tossing as competition
in 1t has spread. 1t was ignored by the
Yankees in the early days Of Olympic
competition, just as the foreign talent
decided the hammer wasn't worth both
ering with It was not taken up by the
colleges until 1922. The Scandinavians,
especially the Swedes, had little or no
opposition in the Olympics until after
the war. In the 1912 games at Stock
holm not an American competed in the
Javeltn, SO II Scandinavians had it out
with three Germans, one Russian and a
Hungarian.
Eight years later at Antwerp the
Firms had their turn, and took the f.
four places, all with record breaking
performances, while the best the Ameri-
cans could do was take seventh and
ninth positions. Eugene Oberst of No
fre Dame and Lee Priester of the Mis-
E1ssippi Aggies put the United States Of
America in the scoring column for the
first time in 1924, at Paris, by finishing
third and fifth. One or two additional
moves up the ladder win produce an
American champion