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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-06-16

Her Giant dad viii team with
little George Diffembangh against
Tommy ana Sandy Armour III d
match ID BIZ held 90 Congress.
siOnaI after the national 0ben.
This promises 10 be an excep.
tionally interesting clash.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-06-16

You know it's a funny thing
how fans figure. They get no.
fion that this man or that man
isn't ii high grade ball player
and they never get over it.
When he does come through
they won't give him any credit.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-06-16

The GeOrsetOwners are dead
locked with st. .Joseph's for the
leadership OF Section A. The
Saints are tangIing with Addt.
son A. G. at o'clock on the
Silver Spring field.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-06-16
Dday's Golf Rules

Definitions: t2o) A bali is 'lost" IL
it be not found within five minutes
after the search for 1t has begun.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-06-16

ST. LOUIS, June 16. When
/ picked the clubs at the start
OF the season, / picked the st,
Louis Browns to finish in
eighth place in the American
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-22
TREATY EXPECTED
TO SETTLE DISPUTE
Pact Signed by Colombia and
Nicaragua Is Sanctioned
by United States.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
An important step, sanctioned by the
Washington Government and looking to
the settlement of the ancient dispute
between Colombia and Nicaragua over
the ownership of the Mosquito Coast,
San Andres Archipelago and Great and
Little Corn Islands in the Caribbean
Sea, has been taken in the signing of
a treaty by representatives of the gov
ernmentS of the two countries.
The treaty, which was signed March
"a last. was announced yesterday at the
State Department simultaneously with
it being made public at Bogota. 1t
recognizes Nicaraguas sovereignty over
the Mosquito Coast and over Great and
Little Corn Islands and Colombia S
sovereignty over the islands of San
Andres, Providencia, Santa Catalina
and all the other islands, isletS and
keys which form part of the
Archipelago of San Andres, not includ-
ing the keys of Roncador, Quita Sueno
and Serrana, sovereignty over which is
in dispute between Colombia and the
United States.
The only interest that the American
Government has in the territory in the
settlement comprises leases on Big and
Little Corn Islands and several of the
small keys for lighthouses.
The treaty is to be submitted for ap-
prevail to the congresses of Colombia
and Nicaragua and when approved by
them the exchange of notifications will
take place within three months either
in Managua or Bogota.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-22

standpoint" and suggested formation OF
clubs to arouse political interest among
the members. A straw vote and de-
bate between Democratic and Repubil-
can speakers were advocated also.
THE Federation of Citizens Associa-
ton and it's affiliated bodies have gone
on record in favor of suffrage for the
District of Columbia" the letter said.
I'VE cannot consistently advocate sun
rage for the District of Columbia and
take no part in the presidential cam
paign now before the people. AS for-
mer president of one of our local cltl-
zens' associations and as former dele
gate to the Federation of Citizens AS
sociations, as we'll as an active worker
for many years for the Democratic
party, I would urge the formation OF
political clubs, especially Democratic
clubs among your members ana the
stimulation of interest in the campaign.
IF you organize a Democratic and
Republican club in your association, you
will have at hand an active group ready
to support our drive for suffrage in the
District of Columbia. A theoretical In
terest in suffrage for the District is all
very we'll but unless our residents take
some interest in the national campaign.
they cannot expect the national parties
to take any interest in the right OF the
people of the District to become voters.
II am sending a copy of this letter to
John Lewis Smith. president OF the
Hoover Curtis Republican Club, and am
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-22
HOME MAKERS MARKET
PLAN OF CLUBW0MEN

Special Dispatch to The Star.
EVANSVILLE, Md, September %.
Prince Georges County federated
clubwomen are planning to establish a
county homemakers' market, through
which they will have opportunity OF
placing before the public their surplus
production of handicraft and other
goods, particularly of the non-perlsh-
able type. The movement was given
impetus at a meeting held here in the
office of Miss Ethel M. Regain. county
home demonstration agent, when vari-
Gus committees were appointed incluu-
ing one to find a site and one on
honorary membership. Approximately
thirty women representing II clubs at
tended the meeting.
Mrs H. Judson GUIDE, director OF the
Chillum Womans Club. is chairman or
the site committee, which is to make Its
report before october /.
Ii is planned to have a committee
appointed to approve all products Of
fered for sale and to set prices. All
products placed on the market will bear
the seal of the Prince Georges County
Federation of Women's Clubs. Women
who place their products on sale on
the market will be required to pay
membership fee. They will have to pay
a commission to the market on each sale
to take care of the overhead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-22

For slapping the face of Fraulein
Chilly Austen's mother because she re-
fused to withdraw alleged ISLANDERS,
Frau Won Resznicek has been disqual-
flied by the German Lawn Tennis AS
ISOLATION for six weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-22
Woman Mayor Is Victim of Tradition
Barring Her Sex From Guild Dinner

The mayor of Chesterfield has always
been asked to the feast and the COM
promise. which Miss Markham courte-
ously but definitely declined, consisted
of an invitation to the mayor OF Ches-
terfield to meet the Mistress Cutters
at dinner with the other women.
Many established customs have un-
dergone changes in the last 300 years,
Miss Markham wrote in declining the
invitation. Women are now full citi-
zens of the realm and a woman at
present holds the Office of lord mayor
of Liverpool. l fne 1t hard to believe
that a woman !5rd mayor of Sheffield
could under any circumstances be eX-
cluded from the feast by reason OF
her sex"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-22
BANDITS KIDNAP WOMAN.

PEKING, September % LP).-BanditS
in the mountainous area near Chinping
have captured Miss Tobin. membc-
of the English Church Missionary So
ciety, and are holding her presumably
for ransom.
A Miss Watkins. who was travelling
with Miss Tobin to Canton. also was
captured, but was released.
The British authorities are taking
steps to secure Miss Tobins release.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-22
WILKINS ENGAGED
TOBROADWAY STAR
Actress, Australian, Says No
Date Has Been Set for
Wedding.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 22-Wher
Capt. Sir George Hubert wilkins is in
the Antarctic on his aerial exploring
expedition, one of the most interested
in his exploits will be Miss Suzanne
BENNETT, actress, and, like the captain,
an Australian. On the eve of his sailing
she announced they were engaged,
Capt. wilkins refused to discuss the
matter
Can't. wilkins sails today aboard the
liner Southern Cross for MonteVldeO,
Uruguay, whence he will go on a
whaler to Deception Island, base Tor
his exploring flights.
RumOrs True. She Says.
"Yes. it is true" Miss Bennett said.
when asked concerning the rumorS of
their engagement. I'VE have been en-
gagged for a couple of days" She said
no date had been set for the wedding
and refused to discuss the details of
her meeting with the Arctic explorer.
Miss Bennett, a native of Melbourne,
had the lead in Guns" Broadway
play which recently closed. Prior to
that she had appeared in two other
plays and several years ago was in Earl
CAROLS "Vanities." She is slender
brunette.
Wins Title in World War.
Capt. wilkins. who won his title
with the Australian forces in the World
War, few across the top of the
world last Spring, from Point Barrow,
Alaska, to Spitzbergen. His planned
Antarctic fights are said to be the most
hazardous and difficult ever undertaken.
He must depend on some whaler in the
Ross Sea to pick him up at the end of
his flight along Graham Land and the
Southern ice barrier. He will be ac-
companied on his flights by Lieut.. Carl
Ben EielSon, who flew with him across
the Arctic, and Joseph Crossan. He
was knighted by King George after his
Arctic flight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-22
X-RAY EXPERIMEN TS
FATAL TO SCIENTIST
Robert Knox, World Famous Ra.
biologist, Dies After Long
Illness in London.

- By the Associated Press
LONDON. September 22-Robert
Knox, Internationally known radiolo-
gist. died Yesterday from heart failure
as the elimination of a LONG period of
III health resulting from his expert
ments with X-ravs
Robert Knox was an honorary men,
Der of several foreign scientific or
carnations. including the American
Poentgen Pay Society and the New
York Roentgen Society He was the
editor of the British Journal of Re-
biology and had written several VOL
tunes and miscellaneous articles on this
subject
He was educated at Edinburgh Uni
versitv and Guys Hospital. H was
past president of the Electro hera-
peutic section and of the British
Roentgen Society. fellow of the ROYAL
Society of Medicine and of the Med
icsl Society of LONDON. and a con-
sultant of several of the leading Eng
fish hospitals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-22
MARYLAND LABOR
STAND IS DISPUTED
Dickson Challenges Bieretz's State
ment That Smith Would
Lose Vote.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
r. A. Dickson, vice president OF the
Maryland State and District of Column
bia Federation of Labor. denied yes
terday that Gov Smith would lose the
labor vote in Maryland If it became
known that he would appoint Gov.
Richie Attorney General in his cabi-
net in the event of his election.
The denial was intended as reply
to E. D. Bieretz, who is connected with
the building trades section of organized
labor. and was in the form of a letter
to John j. Raskob, Democratic national
chairman. Bieretz said that Gov. Smith
would lose the Maryland labor vote If
it became known that he intended to
appoint Gov. Richie Attorney General
if the Democrats win.
Dickson said that Bieretz had long
been an opponent of Gov. Richie, but
said that he could not control the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-22
Stricken Steamer in Tow.

NORFOLK Va. September % CP)--
The Williams Line steamer Winbabco,
which sprang leak off Cape Hatteras
in the gale that swept the coast Tues
day and was reported in water-logged
condition will be towed into Chesapeake
Bay, probably today. on her way to Bal
timore. The wife and three children IF
Capt. c.. H. McGahan, master of the
ship, we're transferred to the American
steamer Guayaquil during the gale and
will be landed at New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-22
POSTMASTERS ELECT
TEXAS MAN PRESIDENT
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
ASHEVILLE. N. c.. September o.
John w. Philip of Dallas, Tex, was
elected president of the National Asso-
citation of PostmaSters in convention
here yesterday. He succeeds Arthur c.
Louder of Chicago.
Sacramento. Calf, was chosen ~
the 1929 convention. winning over u
other cities, including Denver, Baltimore
and Los Angeles.
A. L. Behymer of Cincinnati was adj
vanced from second TO first vice preSi-
dent and Harry T. Weeks Of Patchogue,
N. Y, from third to second vice preSi-
dent. w. E. Paschal, Union City, Pa,
is the new third vice president.
The resolutions committee Endorsed
the Hogg- Watson bill to increase post
masters salaries and condemned the
substitute bill, which would make the
increase effective on on!y the top
classes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-22
PARTISAN DIVISION
IN DISTRICT URGED
Perry Suggests Plan to Slim
uIate Interest in Suffrage
for Capital.

Civic and trade organizations Of
Washington are urged to divide their
members into partisan "clubS" as a
means of stimulating interest in suffrage
for the District, in a letter sent by
Frank Sprigg Perry, Democratic finance
chairman for the District to the Fed
Grafton of Citizens Association, local
trade bodies and all citizens assocla-
tons.
Work for the Democratic or Repuol-
can parties, Perry explained. may be
developed into work for suffrage for the
District He asked permission to ad-
dress the organizations on the issue of
the campaign, from a. Democratic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-22
BRAZIL STORM TOLL 8.
$1,OO0,0OO Damage Caused and
10000 Driven From Homes.

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil, Septem-
Der % P).-The death list from the
cyclone and the flood which followed
it in this district stood at eight yeSter-
day, while the damage to property was
estimated 1T 81 100000
The flood on the Guayaba River,
which rose 10 feet and drove 10000
persons from their homes for, two days.
was subsiding. Hundreds of refugees
still were living in churches or shar-
ing other homes on the high ground.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-22

BY the Associated Press.
SHEFFIELD, England September %.
The Cutters Guild of Sheffield, which
for 800 years has held historic feast
with never a woman present, is cling
ing grimly to this tradition. although
this year it had to resort to Subterfuge
The decision to confine the feast to
males, particularly on this three-hun-
drcdth anniversary, caused some roper
cusSion.
Miss Violet Markham, member Of a
we'll known Derpyshire family, who Is
mayor of the neighborhood borough of
Chesterfield. voiced her views on the
equality of women in declining a COM
promise invitation extended by the guild
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-22
Hosiery Shades
to wear with
.Autunln'S Browns
Blues and Black

With Bromn "Garrieu," Il
reddish brown Crash,
acknowledgement Sun
tam" a deep golden tan
With Blue-"k a 5 h a" q
rray-beige-" Sunbeam. 4
acknowledge M S ty
Morn a pink and gray.
With Black" Smog." a
gray-tan Ebony" a
light gun metal - and
Dust" a lovely beige.
New Styles and Weigh
So to $3.50
HOSIERY, FIRST FLOOR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-22

urging that this organization cooperate
with us in stimulating political interest
throughout the city, which will mean
stimulation of interest in local suffrage,
and in the movement to get out the
veto "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-22

vote of his own delegation from Balti--
more at the last three conventions OF
the Maryland State Federation OF
Labor
Il challenge the honesty Of Bieretz's
statement" Mr.. Dickson said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-22
Umbrella
Srnartness
for Fall

The Crook : Handle UNI
breIn. SIP. This smart
umbrella has the new
"crook' handle that makes
it SO convenient to carry
the umbrella on ones arm.
Liznrd-cOuprpd II and lie
Umbrella, Sl4. l. gar d.
covered handles are smart
on umbrellas-especiallv
when lizard shoes and
handbag are used. The
Three-tone silk is also
smart.
UMBRELLAS, FIRST FLOOR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-12
GERMAN SHIP IS FOURTH OF TYPE
TO ATTEMPT ATLANTIC FLIGHT
Wellman Was First in 1910 but Failed to
Get Across-Blue Gas Fuel Is
Heavier Than Air.

, $50 horsepower Maybach engines, which
give her a cruising speed Of 10 and q
high speed of 80 miles an hour and are
designed to supply cruising range Of
approximately 5000 miles on the nor
NAL fuel capacity.
Only one woman, Lady Drummond
Hay, was able to get her name On the
transatlantic passenger list. At least
one archdukc--William of HapSburg-
enjoyed the same fortune Other pas
sengers who are likely to go down in
airstip history include Peter, the Graf
Zeppelin cat whose duties are to keep
the great craft tree of air-going mice
who might gnaw fabric or halloonets
and a number of canaries donated to
the ships company. If all of the latter
arrive, Peter himself will have accom-
plished something historic in the matter
of self-control,
An electric galley for supplementing
vacuum containers of hot food guaran-
tees that passengers on the Graf zep-
pelin will not be reduced to the neces-
sity of eating cold meals or emergency
rations. One of the most elaborate
radio sets ever taken on any craft sup
plies dance music and other entertain
ment as we'll as weather information for
the captain of the craft. The dining
hall and lounge room provides a place
where passengers can stretch their legs
or even indulge in tea dances while in
flight All in all the airship is provided
with ample comforts for three to four
cay fight across the Atlantic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-12
LAKEHURST READY
TO RECEIVE AIRSH|P
Extra Force Assembled to
Handle Graf Zeppelin.
Moffett to Be There.

BY the Associated Press.
LAKEHURST. N. J.. October IL
Officers and enlisted men of the
naval air station today settled down TO
2 period of watchful waiting for the
Graf Zeppelin.
II the wind is favorable and not
too strong the big Zeppelin will be
run into the hangar with the Los
Angeles and the two Navy blimps J-3
and ia. If the wind is unfavorable
she will be n1oored to the mast at the
far side of the field.
One hundred and eighty additional
men from the Brooklyn Navy Yard have
been ordered here to assist the 270 men
of the regular landing crew. The extra
men are needed because of size of the
Zeppelin which Is 100 feet longer than
the Navy dirigible Los Angeles
The detail of SIS Marines stationed
here has been augmented by IL State
troopers to handle the crowds which
are expected.
Rear Admiral Moffett, head of the
naval air forces, and Rear Admiral
j. L. Latimer are to be on hand to
welcome the visitors.
The I-3 and ia. if the weather Is
favorable. will go to meet the Zeppelin
somewhere along the coast and escort
her over New York City and then to
the naval field here. The Los Angeles
will not be taken out
Officers Of the naval station are sl-
premely confident that the ship will
arrive as scheduled and without miShap.
'She'S just as sure of coming IN as the
Leviathan," one Of them said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-12
SMITH STATEMENT
PRAISES ITALIANS
Columbus Day Message Sent Out
Through Judge Mancuso
in New York.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. october IA Column
bus day message from Gov. Alfred E.
Smith to the italian people of America
was made public last night by Judge
Francis X. Mancuso of the Court of
General Sessions.
When / was an Assemblyman it gave
me particular satisfaction to lead in the
movement to make Columbus day a
holiday" the message read:
The neighborhood in which I have
spent the greater part OF my political
life, on the lower East Side of New
York. has more nationalities than any
neighborhood in : the cosmopolitan city,
and among them the italians constitute
one of the largest groups.
II realize from intimate contact with
them what they have meant in the de-
velopment of our country. Much of
their Drawn and brain have gone into
the. intellectual, physical, financial and
economic advancement of the country.
Columbus day is merely symbolic of
what the Italians have meant to our
country. They have given to America
its discoverer, and following him, have
come an army of men and women of
italian blood to develop the land on
which the great Columbus first set foot. =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-12
TRUANT BOY CAUGHT
BY CLEVER STRATEGY

Through clever ruse. William E.
Kidwell of Potomac, Va, last night
succeeded in capturing one of two boys
who escaped Tuesday night from the
National Training School for Boys, on
Bladensburg road The other youth
escaped.
Kidwell's daughter. Gertrude. was
awakened at 4 o'clock this morning by
the loud barking of their dog and
the sounds of footsteps back Of their
home. She called her father and he
went out to investigate
The dog led him to a fence that
adjoins the garage and he peered over.
Two youths were crouched against the
fence. Silently he went through the
back gate, but they saw him and ran.
Although he had no gun. he shouted
to them that he would shoot unless they
stopped, and Melvin Beal, 10 years old,
of East Point, Ga, fell for the ruse.
When taken to the Potomac police
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-12
DEVICE AUTOMATICALLY
COUNTS ALL WHO PASS
Light Ray From Photo Electric
Cell to Register Admissions
at Exposition.

A remarkable device which counts all
persons who walk past it without their
knowledge is being devised by Bureau
of Standards experts for use at the en-
trance of the grounds of the interna-
tional exposition at Seville, Spain, next
Spring as part of the American exhibit.
The device. which is known as an Eau
tomato admission counter" is made
possible by the photoelectric cell.
AS each visitor interrupts the electric
light ray which will be played on the
entrance of the exposition grounds, his
shadow will break the ray and cause
the mechanism to register, 1t was ex-
plained by John NJ. Denison, secretary
of the United States commission to the
exposition. Mr. Denison said that the
counter will be completed and ready for
installation at the entrance gates of the
exposition soon.
Included in the Bureau of Standards
exhibit will be films showing the bu-
reau's railway track test car in opera
ton at the Washington Navy Yard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-12
FORD MAY co UP
IN GRAF ZEPPELIN
Airship viii Visit Detroit in
u. S. Tour-Great Moorinu
Mast Ready There.

By the Associated Press
DETROIT, October l2.-The trip to
the United States of the Graf Zeppelin,
now on its way to this country from
Friedrichshafen. Germany. may mean
that Henry Ford will take his first ride
in lighter-than-ai craft
It was recalled today that four years
ago this month DR.. Hugo Eckener. COM
mander of the Graf Zeppelin. having
then delivered the dirigible zR-3. now
the Los Angeles, to the United States
Government, stood at the Ford airport
and discussed with Mr.. Ford the
stamina of lighter-than-air ships.
THE next time you come to Detroit
YOU should bring your airship with
YOU said Mr.. Ford. Il might be i'm
pressed into taking a ride with you"
Well" DR.. Eckener replied II would
do that but you have here no moorine
mast
That's easy" said Ford, I'll build
one"
The following Spring Mr.. Ford bull
a 100000 mooring mast at the airport
Detroit is on the itinerary of the
Graf Zeppelin on it's projected tour
after reaching the United States. and
thus It is that Mr. Ford may take the
ride he spoke of in 1924.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-12
Passengers Family
In u. S. Gets Word
"AlI Well'' ON Ship

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 12.-Four
radiograms from the Graf Zep-
pelin assuring his family at Wee
hawken, N. j., that all was well
aboard have been received from
DR.. Arthur Robert Reiner, one of
the dirigible's passengers.
The first. sent when the air
ship was over France, said, "All
Is we'll" This message was re-
peate6 in two later radicgraras.
A fourth message said.
I'VE are over the Atlantic. AL
Is we'll"
DR.. Reiner is a manufacturer
and importer of textile machines
and makes frequent business trips
between the United States and
Germany. Mrs. Reiner, who,
with their two sons and daugh-
ter. is awaiting his arrival, said
she has no fears for his safety
and wished she were making the
trip with him.