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The Washington times., 1928-04-14

Thirty women delegates to
the D. A. r. convention, mostly
from Massachusetts, were car
ried down ladders to safety
by firemen when the Kern
Hotel, 1912 G st. N. W., caught
fire shortly before 3 a. m. to-
day.
While the blaze was of a, spec
tacnlar nature and might have re-
suited in a number of casualties
but for prompt work OF the IRE
department, little damage was done
bv the flames. The entire building
was filled with choking, binding
smoke.
Two men were carried out OF the
basement unconscious and taken to
Emergency Hospital. James JET"
fries. 24-year-old colored jantcr.
was overcome in a hetp.c effort TO
locate and extjnguish the blaze
before 1t could eat its way to the
upper floors.
"A white man, who was later
IS years old. 1920 @ st. n. W.,
was found in the ba scrnent by fire.
men without any clothes on.
Flames were soaring all around
him and he was unconscious OF
it all. At the hospital it was SAID
that he was very seriously but not
fatally injured. Severe burns over
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4 DANCE
F)L1[ATH
NVBLA5T
~ InternatIonaI News Service

BY international NEWS SGKNASW
WEST PLAINS. No., April
14.-Thirty-four persons were
killed and many others were
seriously injured when a ter
rifle gasoline explosion in a
garage wrecked a crowded
dance hall above here last
night. Rescuers dragged vic
TINS from beneath fiery embers
as the walls caved in and
mountainous tongues of flame
enveloped the debris.
Two adjoining buildings were
ca ught in the Molten, blast and soon
were mass of flames.
Total damage is set Mt $5o0.0O9.
Throughout the night fireman
battIed the fire.
81 Bodies in MOrgue
Today the bodies of "a young
men and women were lined up in
a morgue while almost as many
more persons were in hospitals
burned seriously.
The bodies of MIR. and Mrs. r.
G.. Martin, Paul Evans, jr., 20; Mrs.
Kittie Mcfarland, j. w. Weiser,
Major Robert Mullins. 30; Mrs.
Carl Mullins. 20. and John Bates
IS, were among the first Identified.
Every plate window within two
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The Washington times., 1928-04-14

Notified by the New York police
that the pickets had quietly slipped
aboard a train in New York Tor
the protest. every available police
man and detective was assigned bN
Major Edwin r. Hesse to the
Union Station and the White House.
Wrong information as to the
parade allowed the pickets to ap.
pear at the White House with half
the police detail waiting patiently
at the Union Station.
Manuel Gomez. secretary or the
All American Anti-Imperialist
League, who gave his address as 80
Union So, New York, led the
pickets.
They carried banners of protest
against the Diaz government In
Nicaragua and others calling upon
the President to uphold SANDING,
the rebel leader.
The pickets did not resist. After
The Washington times., 1928-04-14

Just how long it will be-
before the airmen reach
civilization is problematical.
After sending out a wire-
less message saying that he
and two companions were.
safe, Baron Won Huenefeld
sent another saying that the
Bremen had been slightly
damaged, but requesting
that fuel be sent.
N. Y. FLIGHT INDICATED
This indicated that the
fliers might attempt to con-
tinue the flight to their
original destination, Mitchell
Field, N. Y, if they re-
ceived a fresh supply Of
petrol.
The German baron's mes
TURN OVER)
The Washington times., 1928-04-14
By international News Service

HALIFAX, N. s., April 14.-While two continents
applarded their death-defying dash by plane across
the Atlantic, the three airmen who landed at Greeny
Island in the German monoplane Bremen were ma
roond today on tiny ice-bound iset off the desolate
Labrador coast.
To two German and one Irish airman so the hon
ors of being the first conquer the perils of west
bound fight over the North Atlantic.
These heroes of the air are Capt. Herman Koehl,
Barn Won Huenefeld and Commandment James E..
of the Free State air forces.
The Washington times., 1928-04-14

selling the banners, police marched
the pickets in a body to the First
precinct, several blocks away.
According to Major Edwin b.
Hesse, superintendent of police, the
demonstrators have been gathering
here for the past few days and the
fact that they were going to parade
at the White House was known TO
the police.
John s. Hornback. a local at
torney who represents the Organiza'
ton, stated the group came to this
city despite the warning that they
would be arrested il they carried
out their plans.
A majority of those arrested were
women and young boys.
Pamphlets announcing a mass
meeting of the organization at
Musicians Hall. 1906 e St. n. W.,
were in evidence while police were
booking those arrested
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Thousand Greetings ?
Sent Koehl By Wife
In Bavarian
BY international New. Service

BY International News service
BERLIN, April 14.--Mrs. koehl
asked international News Service
to send the following message.
written in the Bavarian dialect to
her husband:
"T send gruesse sapfres
maennle dein Peter.
Translated the message reads:
ga thousand greetings. dear nus
band. Your Peter"
"MaennIe is an endeating term
in the Bavarian dialect.
Tomorrow is Capt. Hermann
KoehIs birthday.
He will be 40 years old.
His friends here hoped ne
could be taken to civilization be-
fore then so that he could cele-
brate his birthday and his Won
derful achievement at the same
time in a fitting manner.
The Washington times., 1928-04-14
Four Workers Injured
When Wall COIIaDses

ALLENTOWN, Pa, April a.
Six men were buried under a falling
wall in wrecking operations here and
were taken to Sacred Heart Hos
pital.
The men had demolished the roof
and were working on the walls when
one crashed inward.
The Washington times., 1928-04-14
By international News Service

NEW YORK, April 14.--The Junkers mono
plane Bremen will attempt to take of Some
time today" from Greenly Island, Quebec, i
was announced today BY "A. A. Schroeder, gem
eral passenger agent of the North German
Lloyd Line. III
Word to this effect from the trio of Aiers
was relayed by Canadian officials to Schroeder
today.
Job Brothers, of St. Johns, who have fishing
station at Greenly Island. have supplies of gaso-t
line at Porteau, Is miles east of Greenly Island.
The Washington times., 1928-04-14
lO7 Pickets Arrested
at White House

One hundred and pckes arrested today While
aemptine TO throw Gordon around the White House
to h President the marine occupation in Nicaragua
The Washington times., 1928-04-14
BANK STATEMENTS

Washington Clearing house. s. :
159, 9O8.85. -.
New York clearing house,
SI3I, 900, 900.
Treasury balance, &318.715,l2I IL.
Customs receipts, $I8, 767 ,569. 53.
The Washington times., 1928-04-14

The used cars listed for sale In to-
DAYS Times and Herald classified col
Mnens have seen little use and good
caFe--eeleet one today,
The Washington times., 1928-04-14
Dublin JubiLant Over
Fliers' Safety

DUBLIN April 14Joy reigned in this city today
when learned that Commandant James E. Fitzmaurce,
Continued IN ase
The Washington times., 1928-04-14

TWO WEEKS AGO, Miss Esther Marie Miller 18-
yearold stenographer of 4415 Wells ST., Brentwood,
disappeared from her home. ~ the time, mar
red in the community left his wife and three
children and Esthers name and address found in
a Docket of his coat.
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1928-06-28
THE SPOK ANE WON A N

alike, to see the necessity of squarng their own
religious ideas with the facts of every day life
and also their every day lives with their religious
ideas.
Educational Loan Fund
One of the most constructive pieces of work
done by the federation is administered through
the Education Loan Fund. Each of the forty
nine states declarations maintains such fund
for the furthering of higher education among
worthy young students who have finished their
high school cource and are DESTROYS of cOntinu-
ing their education but are unable to do so on
account of lack of funds. Kansas leads with a
fund of $4,000. Washington has about 5000
from which a number of worthy girls have re-
ceived aid this year. The General has medi-
cal scholarship loan fund DR.. Edith Hershey
was recently graduated from the medical college
of the University of Teras. When she was
introduced at the Biennial by Mrs. Sippel the
administrator of this fund, she expressed deep
appreciation for the help she had received and
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1928-06-28
Thursday, June 20, 1928

thursday, June 20, 1870
made a plea for women to prepare for the
medical profession. She stated that many hos
pitals refused to take women as internes and
urged the women to investigate this situation
in their home cities and try to overcome it where
it exists.
Children's Code Commission
Because the legislature does not meet this
is what is termed an "off year in the legisla-
tive department, but those interested in that
phase of work have been studying and formulat-
ing plans for next year As an organization
we avoid politics but sponsor atruistic mea
sure in the legislature. Among those to be
sponsored next year is providing for
Children's Code Commission.
Among the legislative measures fOstered by
the General Federation are: Support of the
chldrens bureau; promotion of the welfare and
hygiene of infancy and maternity; creation OF
a federal department of education.
Continued on page fifteen
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1928-06-28
Mrs. Mathews address
Continued from page seven

Continued from page seven
cation. Let us hope that in time paid execu
tive secretary will be housed there who shall
care for much of the routine and relieve the
president of many details of work.
Spiritual Education
new division, the Spiritual Education IN
the Home, has been added to the Department
of the American Home. A physical home can,
not function as it should without a spiritual
side to it and no person can have well rounded
life without religious side to it. 1t is neces-
sary to recognize the part that religion has
played in mans life all through history. 1t
has been a part from the rest of life but rather
has been its inner core. Spiritual education
and Bible study should not intensity differences
of opinion in doctrines but should promote toll
Grace for each others beliefs. Such an educa-
ton will teach people, children and grown ups
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1928-06-28
Don't Give Away Your Com
stitutlOnal Safeguards
Against Unfair Taxation

n Limitations ON the power of taxation are
= sary as brakes on automobiles. They prevent DIS
elimination and frvoritism. The proposed Constitu-
tional Amendment relating to taxation, to be voted
on at the November election, suggests the removal OF
all limitations is an UNLIMITED amendment;
a UNLIMITED CLASSIFICATION gives the egsla-
ture power to favor class OF taxpayers or bust
ness and further burden others. This principle IS
not supported by any responsible tax authority;
Will YOU sit idly by and give any powerful political
group the authority to make your tax burden an!
heavier than it is now!
a With such UNLIMITED CLASSIFICATION pro
vision in Constitution, business and taNpaylng
groups will be compelled to MAINTAIN expensive
organizations to protect themselves against dlscrlm
inatory treatment-for remember the Legislature can
change classificatiOns every two years.
a LIMITED CLASSIFICATION is approved by mod
ern tax authorities 1t excerpts ntangibcs, such as
corporate stocks and bonds, notes. mortgages, etc.
from the Constitutional requirement of Il uniform
tax and permits their taxation at Il lower rate than
real tangible personal property. To attempt to tax
such property-easily hidden or removed from the
state-at prevailing high rates would be eonfsca-
tory and unproductivc of revenue. There LIMITED
CLASSIFICATION is desirable
a SO why should we adopt an UNLIMITED CLASS
IFICATION Amendment that destroys our Constr
utional safeguards and gives possible tax relief
when LIMITED CLASSIFICATION Amendment
would not do this yet give us the power to tax every
kind of wealth effectively?
a Why should we give the Legislature unlimited power
to tinker constantly with classification of all kinds
of property and thereby invite constant warfare
between all classes OF taxpayers at each session OF
the Legislature when classification beyond that
i of ntangibes is justified!
Classification beyond that of intangibles
i duced valuations and rates classes of pro-
i perry and much higher rates most of the other
Il classes.
/ Watch for other articles in this series and tune in
Il radio stations KOMO Seattle; KHQ Spokane; and
i KGW, Portland, ON July 4 and each alternate We'd
i nesday night thereafter from $3.50 to 200 o'clock
i Don't Throw Away Your Constitutional Safeguard
V0te Constitutional
H ment!
ions
nI
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-06-15
Music Lecture Next Friday

w. G. Whitaker, of the Uni
versity of Durham in England,
will deliver a lecture on music
appreciation in Memorial hall
Friday evening, June %. Mr..
Whitaker is one of the worlds
leading authorities in his field
of musical education. He Is in
the United States this summer
to give course at Cornell Uni
versity. Paul J. Weaver is to
be the other music teacher at
Cornell this summer, and 1t was
through him that Mr.. Whit
takers lecture here was ar
ranged.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-06-15
Simmer School Bulletin
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
June 15--June %

FRIDAY JUNE 5 Glass departments
Extra fee of $3.50 for registration registering
today
SATURDAY JUNE 49, Regular departments
$3.50 for late
SUNDAY JUNE II: Faculty Recital Memorial Hall p by
Messrs Kennedy McCore and Toxe Department
Public cordially invited.
MONDAY JUNE ls: Extra
student registering today
all in
$3.50 All
tend this meeting.
TUESDAY, JUNE 49, Registration for credit will after
53G o'clock today except special
Those registering today will required
late registration
Convocation
Addison Hibbard Of of
Director Of the All
attend
that Tuesday all scheduled will
and that all classes scheduled 100 will begin until
WEDNESDAY JUNE 20 Those who
tickets for the Of attractions should
"Y" and their tickets today.
Those desiring the Of the Teachers should
Griffin in No. Peabody, today.
General reception faculty
the auspices Of the "Y" at Davie Poplar 1880 p m.
THURSDAY, JUNE The give delightful pro-
gram Of Drama evening
son $1OO
FRIDAY JUNE %: $3.50 Memorial Hail.
Appreciation by Professor g. Whitaker Of the University Of Dur
ham, England. The public Is invited.
FRIDAY JUNE 22: Program will in next weeks bsus
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-06-15
Appeal for Memorial
President Chase Urges Alumni ia
Complete Building

In an appeal to the University
alumni last Saturday, President
Harry w. Chase urged them to
regard the incompleted Graham
Memorial as IAN unfinished re-
sponsibility and opportunity"
One hundred thousand dollars
was still needed to complete the
building, Mr.. Chase said. He
explained that when the memoir
ial was begun there were suffi-
cient pledges on hand to take
care of the project, but a num-
ber of these pledges had not
been paid.
The building is intended not
only to serve as a central meet
ing place but also to house all
student activities as well.
There is no single thing on the
campus that would mean more
toward unifying student life and
activities than the completion of
this building, which would be a
recreational center Of the finest
Sort" said Mr.. Chase.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-06-15
Baskerville's Gift
Splendid Painting Given to Gimghouls
In Memory Of His Father

An impressive painting, on a
canvas about 12 feet high and 9
feet wide, hangs over the great
fireplace of Hippol Castle, the
home Of the Gimghouls in Clan
don Forest. 1t is a gift from
Charles Baskerville In memory
of his father, the late Charles
Baskerville, who was a member
of the order here S6 years ago.
The main figure ON the can.
vas Is a knight in shining armor
who is triumphantly resisting
the efforts Of two demons to
draw him down into the fires Of
hell. The picture. done in the
most gorgeous colors, imparts
an atmosphere Of life and
warmth to the spacious room.
This painting reveals not only
q finished technique but q re-
markabIe mastery Of color and
q lively imagination.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-06-15
E. M. Knox Resigns
Town Manager Here Accepts a Posi-
tiOn in High Point

Edward NJ. Knox has resigned
as town manager of Chapel Hill
to accept a position as city man.
ager of High Point. The board
of aldermen have not yet taken
final action upon his resignation,
but may do so at meeting this
evening.
At any rate, Mr.. Knox will
not leave here for two or three
weeks, although High Point is
anxious to have him report for
duty at once. There are a num-
ber of pending matters of Off
eial business which aldermen
here want him to clear up be-
fore he quits his post.
Mr.. Knox became Chapel Hills
manager upon his graduation
from the University's school of
engineering in 1922. Under his
direction a new system of ac-
counting has been installed and
the various services have been
greatly expanded.
Among the most important
projects carried through under
his administration have been the
paving and curbing of streets,
the extension of sewer lines and
the erection of a disposal plant,
the establishment of a modern
health department, and the i'm
provement of fire-tighting facili-
ties. The tax rate has not ad-
vanced since he became man.
ager.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-06-15
Mrs. ROyster's Death
Funeral Services at the Home at Five
O'clock Tomorrow

Mrs. James F. Royster, wife
of the dean of the University's
graduate school, died early yes
terday morning.
Mrs. Royster had been a suf-
ferer from heart trouble for
some time, and more than once
she was taken to the hospital
for treatment and rest. Re-
Gently she had seemed strong
er than usual, and night before
last she was in the living room
reading and talking with her
family She died quietly in her
sleep in the early hours of the
morning.
She bore her long illness with
a fortitude and cheerfuIness
which deepened the admiration
and affection in which she was
held by all who knew her.
She was formerly Miss Carrie
Belle Lake of Boulder, Colorado.
The funeral services will be
held at the Royster home at five
O'Clock tomorrow Saturday
afternoon.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-06-15
OPENING OF THE
SUMMER SCHOOL
Students Crowd Memorial Hall
for Registration; Roll May
Reach 1900

The University's Summer
School opened yesterday. Reg
istration began early in the
morning, and hundreds of STU
dents, mostly women, trooped
into Memorial hall to go through
with the routine of enrolment
and arrange their recitation
schedules. 1t was a busy scene.
Teachers of mature age, spec
tacled and solemn; teachers
moderately sedate; bubbling and
explanatory flapper-teachers.
University students here to ac-
credits they failed to acquire in
the regular term. Professors,
harrassed-looking but good-tem-
pered, giving information and
advice. Frocks of every color
waving fans-a constant buzz of
talk.
The women have taken pos
session of the dormitories, and
all day yesterday they were
moving in and getting settled.
In order that the hundreds of
trunks might be unloaded and
distributed with despatch, by
night as well as by day, Electri-
clan c. f. Graham mounted
powerful searchlights on trees
and poles south of the South
Building, and pointed them at
the railway tracks. Here, last
night and the night before, bag
gage was lifted from box cars
and carried to the students
rooms.
N. w. Walker, director of the
Summer School, said yesterday
afternoon that he expected the
total registration to run close to
1,800-which will be a record.
The first term ends July "a,
and the second term begins July
25 and ends August 81.
The University is continuing
its policy of bringing the sum-
mer and the winter program of
instruction nearer together.
Teachers may do work leading
to a degree and at the same time
take courses necessary to raise
the class of their state certif-
Gates.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-06-15
Chapel Hill Chaff

AS stood at my gate Tues
day night | saw a tiny light COM
ing down the slope from the di-
rection of the main street. It
turned out to be a flashlight in
the hands of Wallace E. Cald-
we'll, and he was using it to guide
his footsteps. alongside the ra-
vine which l have vainly been
trying to persuade Town Man
ager Knox to eliminate from the
middle of the sidewalk. One of
the memories of my early child
hood is that Mr.. Toy and other
professors carried oil lanterns
on dark nights in order to light
their way along the streets. The
installation of electric lights in
the late nineties brought the Ian
tern era to an end, but it appears
that personally conducted illum-
ination is still sometimes a
necessity. The modern flash
light succeeds the old-fashioned
lantern.
A few months ago | remarked
that the street in front of Rob-
ert B. Houses home was a quag-
mire in wet weather and, in dry
weather, a collection of hard
baked ruts and ridges; and |
thought that the University's
executive secretary, with his ad-
vantageous position near the
seat of power, ought to be able
to bring the institutions road
repair gang to the spot on the
double-quick. There may be
those who give a high rating to
the Influence of the press" and
think that an editor can pull the
wires to have the streets in his
neighborhood well-maintained
but, to all such as cherish this
delusion, | extend an invitation
to come and take a look at Bat
tie lane. | haven't tried to pull
any wires, but / have pleaded
frequently in piteous tones. To
all my pleadings Mr.. Knox has
been as a tower of adamant. !
Continued on last page)
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-06-15
UninStructed Delegation Means
Big Victory for Smith Forces

and 2 whole votes for Smith. Of
the % half-votes from seven dis
tricts, % were for Hull, 5 for
Smith, and / was claimed by
Smith" 1t is on this basis that
the NetOS and Observer allots
A 1-2 votes to Smith.
But he is likely to have more
than that number, even at the
outset of the balloting. For ex-
ample: by persons who are
usually well-informed about po-
litical affairs and personalities
| am told that Walter Woodson
of Rowan county and S. T. Latti-
more of Cleveland county, both
appearing in the Ne10s and Ob-
serUer as for Hull, are more
than apt to vote for Smith.
Soon after the names of the
district delegates were publish
ed, | happened to meet c. w. Til
lett of Charlotte, outside the con-
vention hall, and we read over
the list together. He made a
check as we went along, and
when we were done he said he
thought 7 votes could be count
ed as sure, and one or two more
as probable, for Smith.
But the most important fact
about the convention in Raleigh,
in its bearing upon the selec-
tion of a candidate at Houston,
was not that it named several
delegates friendly to Smith, but
that it did not undertake to in
struct the delegation and impose
the unit rule. And its not un-
dertaking to do this was due
mainly to the strength of the
minority. Had only four or five
hundred votes been mustered
for Smith the chances are that
the Hullites would have forced
instruction. But the vote on the
delegates at large was 1918 to
880-a margin of less than 200
for Hull. Feeling ran so high
that the Hull leaders saw they
would have a veritable riot on
their hands if they attempted
ruthless operation of the steam
roller. Some of them, the better
sort, were too much interested
in the success of the party, too
unwilling to engender bitterness
and strife, to press their advan-
tage; others, who would have
been willing to go to any length
to win a fractional victory, did
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