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Evening star., 1928-03-17
BATTLSHlP Is RAMMED.
u. D. q, Celeradex side Cut At RAn
Pedro by ateAmahir

The battieShip Colorado was ran,n,eSi
by the Steamship Ruth Alexander at
. e'elock last ntght white appruaehhg
Navy Department. VAS advised to-day,
The Ruth Alexander apparently was
not damaged and psoceeded cn her way.
while the Colorado received q cut Na
the starhoArd side Ahove the water ltNs
A eourt of Inquiry MAS Ndered to Ia
Nsstlsate the eAuSe OF the ealliAAaM
Evening star., 1928-03-17
HINDENBERG H0N0RED.


BERLIN. March n tFa,-~preSident
yen Hmdenberg and Chancellor Marx
have been elevated to the Afghan no.
hiilty and became Dukes Of Afghan
istan" by their acceptance cf high
decoration and rich red silk cape
Amanuilah
Paul Inehe also Was proposed for the
same honar, hut. being President 1T the
Reiehstag And therefore 4 pol,tical on.
eial and, above all, 4 conscientious Sa~
ciAilst whose party IA natly opp>Med ta
decorations, lac politely declined,
Evening star., 1928-03-17
GERMANY GETS BLAME
FOR BREACH WITH SOVIET
Russian Foreign Minister Places
Responsibility for Break in
Commercial Eesotis tions.


MOSCOW. March !7.-~-EsAs, the OF
cisl news agency of the SoYiet regime.
announces that q, v Tcnitchsrin the
foreign minister. congeFsed with Count
EFockdors -EantzaU. the German Am
bzE@acor. and PLACED all responsibility
for the breach Ia the commercial nego-
tsztions between Russia and Germany
np0n tts latter country
M. Tcnitcherln declared that the 80
vet government always mas shown full
readiness " meet German proposals
and the allegation. by Berlin that the
bge&ck was cue ~ the arrest VI Ger
man engineers In the Don region Waa
'ssncon Y1neing"
lie said that the Germans were sT-
rested in stTict accordance with 10
vaet laws. which he added. are sppiics :
be " snyDcoy residing In Ebyiet terri
tory. and therefore any pressure upon
fI9s Couyts would meet |t:h failure.
Evening star., 1928-03-17
JAPAN DELAYS STEPS
FOR TREATY WITH U. S.
Negotiations With America Will
Await Special Session Of
Diet April 90.

nv the Associated fFres.
TOXIC March IL The foreign
ONCE stated today that there would be
no treaty negotiations with United
States until after the special session
OF the Diet on April 20, III the mean
time the treaty bureau experts were
studying both the French and sryan
drafts carefully.
The foreign once spokesman empha
sized that neither draft presented any
insurmountable obstacle as far as seen
at present. lie added that the govern
ment felt successful and friendly
agreement with America would be
reached, probably by including arbitra-
tion and Cancellation In the same
treaty. although two treaties might be
necessary depending upon the decision
Of experts,
Evening star., 1928-03-17
SENATOR FERRIS GRAvELY
ILL WITH PNEUMONIA
Legislator, 10, Has Fighting
Chance" for Recovery,
Family Saws,

Senator Ferris OF Michigan was said
by members Of his family today 10 be a
very sick man with \ fighting chance
Ut recovery"
The Senator, who is rs years old. had
been confined 10 his room IN the Hotel
Washington for a week with a severe
cold, which has developed into pneu-
m0nia,
Mrs Ferris said that the Senator had
very bad night" aud that number
~ physicians had been In attendance
this morning,
The Michigan Senator recently an
noiinCed that on account ~ his aee he
HniIlh not run again Tor 0tti0n He has
not befh active on the floor 0l The
hanats Ia recent MonthA.
Evening star., 1928-03-17
Soldiers Fight 5000, 900 Fire.

PLATTEEuRsJ. n. 4, March II ~
s- Soldiers from Tie Amy barracks
manning The pyst's fire fighting SppsTs e
tlk, assisted the city hTeHeD To-Day IN
checking fire which destroyed tWa
theRtsTs enc heyeTsI slSFeE. The logs
wss sstin1s led 81 500 ,00q,
Evening star., 1928-03-17
OPPOSES PRECINCT
SYSTEM Of FINES
Hart Attacks Proposal to
Dispose of Minor Trat.
fic Cases.

Protection Of the rights OF citizens
was made an issue by Assistant Cor
poration Counsel Ringgold Hart In
making vigorous objections to the
scheme proposed by the United States
Bureau OF Eficiency TO dispose OF minor
traffic ofYenses through system OF
fines In precinct stations at a continued
hearing before the Gibson subcommit-
tee today.
Mr.. Hart's contention that the BI-
reau OF Efficiency proposal Is impracu-
cable was supported by Police Judge
Schuldt, who further told the subcom-
mittee that the four judges OF the Po-
lice Court doubted the legality OF allow
ing police officers 10 make aff1davits In
the precinct house instead of swearing
10 the information In Police Court.
The urgent need for new Police
Court building with adequate sanitary
detention cells was emphasized by
Chairman Gibson. Representative HAM
mcr MIR Hart and Judge Schuldt as OF
paramount importance, and II was ar
gucd that such a building would relieve
any congestion that now exists as much
as any other proposal that has been
made.
Stagger System Proposed.
Mr.. Hart told the committee that
relief In the Police Court will be afford
ed more through stagger system BY
which different days and various hours
would be allocated 10 precinct officers
10 bring In minor trafflc cases. In
this he was supported by Judge Schuldt,
who cited a letter carrying such a
recommendation that had been sent
from the court sometime ago to the
corporation collnsels ONCE. Judge
schuldt also identified letter which
CONTINUED on Page 3. Column -
Evening star., 1928-03-17
WEATHER.

Cloudy, probably rain or snow to.
night and tomorrow; lowest tempera-
ture about 80 degrees.
Temperature-HigheSt. 36, at IL am.
today; lowest, SO. at 8 pm. yesterday.
Full report on page 2.
Evening star., 1928-04-23
SUPREME COURT TO ADMIT
TWO WOMEN TO PRACTICE
Miss Virginia DiedeI of Wash
ington viii Be Youngest
to Obtain Honor.
Miss M. V. Burr, PennsyIva-
MIA, Assistant Attorney Gen.
eraI, Also Wins Admittance.

The August Supreme Court of the
United States will admit to practice be-
fore it Monday, April 80, two young
portas, and one Of them will be the
youngest to be given the coveted hcnor
Miss c. Virginia Diedel of the law
firm of Hit 81 Miller. one of the
youngest women practicing law in 'hc
city, will be the youngest 10 be admitted
at the ceremony. She received her
bachelor of laws degree from George
Washington University, has done legal
work at the Childreu's Bureau and
was later employed by the mixed claims
commission OF the United States and
Mexico. She was active in student
affairs while attending George Wash
lngton University and participated in
the affairs of local woman's organiza-
tionS, including the American Associa-
ton of University Women, The Woman's
City Club. the Woman's Bar Association.
the Republican wonan's party and the
Columbian Women of George Wash
ington University.
She has been admitted TO practice
before the Supreme Court of the Dis
trict of Columbia. The Court OF Appeals,
)Nfore the Treasury Department and
~~'.H IF Tax Appeals.
Miss NJ. VaShti Burr of Pennsylvania,
who will also be admitted April 80 to
Supreme Court practice. is the young
est TO be admitted in the country, ex-
elusive of the District of Columbia. She
Is graduate of the Dickinson School
If Law and practiced two years in Cam
bria County. Pa. She was the first
woman to be appointed TO position
on the Pennsylvania Department of
Justice. She IS a member of the Su-
perior and Supreme Courts of The Key
stone State and is practicing law in
Cambria and Dauphin Counties, in ad-
dition to her duties as assistant attorney
general of Harrisburg.
Evening star., 1928-04-23
TWO PERSONS DIE
FOLLOWING BLAZE
Victims SuCcumb to Burns.
Two Others Still in Critical
Condition.

Two of the four people taken uncon-
scious from the burning house at 1909
D street Saturday night died yesterday
in Emergency Hospital from burns
They were Bernard Matthews, colored
years old and his grandmother Mrs.
Mary Barnes, colored, So years old. An
other child, Alonzo Matthews. years
old, and their father. Richard Matthews,
50. are Still in a critical condition in
She same hospital.
Coroner j. Ramsay hewitt today re-
quested a special report Of first precinct
police before making a decision as to
the nature of the death certificates TO
be issued He indicated, however. the
certificates viii probably be accidental,
since Deputy Fire Marshal c. @. Ach-
stetter reported that the fire had ap-
parently started in some trash under a
shed on the outside of the building from
some unknown source.
The people burned were all asleep on
the third floor of the building. Fire
men took the father and two children
through window and the grandmother
through the burning house. 1t is thought
they were burned while attempting TO
go down the flaming steps, since there
was no indication that the blaze had
entered the rooms in which they were
sleeping
Evening star., 1928-04-23
BEETLES GUARD POTATOES
California Growers Welcome Army
Which Wars on Aphis
C0rrespondence OF The Star

correspondence OF The star.
BAKERSFIELD, Calif--An army of
tiny red-winged beetles, with an esti-
mated strength of 25,000,000 which
feed on the destructive aphis. has been
marshaled to protect the potato crop
at Shafter.
A party of IL men. with a cargo
of valuable lady bird beetles from Cedar
Creek on Greenhorn Mountain, has re-
leased them to eat the aphis, which
feeds on all green vegetation. From
the Shafter experiment farm a truck
was supplied to convey the sacks of
living insects from the mountain top.
Evening star., 1928-04-23
$500 MUSICIANS PLAY.
Giant Orchestra Gives Concert to
Mark Romes Birthday.

ROME. April % CP).--As part OF the
second days celebration of the birthday
Of the city Of Rome. Pietro Mascagni,
composer OF "Cavalleria Rusticana."
yesterday led colossal orchestra of
$500 musicians in renditions of the
Royal March" and the war anthem,
Hymn of Piave." in the new massive
Fascist Stadium.
Evening star., 1928-04-23
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
TODAY.

The Georgetown Citizens Association
will meet o'clock in Potomac Bank
Hall. Wilbur Forest. political editor of
the New York Herald Tribune. will
speak.
Evening star., 1928-04-23

The Federal Employees Union. Local
No. $50. OF st. Elizabeths Hospital, will
hold its annual entertainment and
dance Wednesday evening in Hitchcock
Hall, at the hospital.
Evening star., 1928-04-23

Trinidad Citizens Association will
meet Tuesday. pm, at Wheatley
School
Evening star., 1928-04-23

The North Capitol Citizens Associa-
ton will meet. o'clock, in Sunday
school room of the United Brethren
Church.
Evening star., 1928-04-23

Cooley Mccullough Post. No. %,
American Legion. will celebrate the
tenth anniversary of the departure
from Newport News for France, as
members of the Goth Regiment Artil-
lery, at 1914 L street, $50 o'clock.
Evening star., 1928-04-23

The Mems Club Of st. Margaret's
will meet Thursday, pm, in the par
ish house Of the church. Comdr. John
CabeIl Wilkinson win give his Personal
"reminiscences OF the Revolution In
Russia" The speaker will base hts lee
turc on experiences gained as director
Of the South Russia unit, American
Red Gross
Evening star., 1928-04-23

Mid-City Citizens Association will
meet. 8 o'clock, at Thomson Commu-
nifty Center Col William B. Ladue
Engineer Commissioner. will speak.
Evening star., 1928-04-23

Northeast Business Mems Association
will meet Tuesday. pm, In the Prin-
cess Theater, Twelfth and II streets
northeast. Refreshments.
Evening star., 1928-04-23

The North Capitol Citizens Associa-
school room of the United Brethren
! Church.
Cooley-McCullough Post. No %,
| American Legion. will celebrate the
tenth anniversary of the departure
| from Newport News for France, as
members of the Goth Regiment Artil-
lery. at 1914 L street. $50 O'Clock.
Mid-City Citizens Association will
meet. 8 o'clock, at Thomson Commu-
nifty Center Col William B. Ladue
Engineer Commissioner. will speak.
The Shakespeare Society will cele-
brate the poets birth anniversary to-
night in the auditorium Of the Cor
coran Gallery of Art. Senator Short
ridge of California will speak. and a
| reading from Hamlet" will be given
| by Clarence E. RuebSam.
The Y. NJ. C. A. Glee Club will give
a minstrel show for the Vaughn Glass
of Calvary Baptist Church, O'Clock, in
the Sunday school house. Director,
Louis B. Thompson: accompanist, Mrs.
Grace Stanley Stevens.
Lincoln Woman's Relief Corps viii
meet, O'Clock, at Grand Army Hall
FUTURE.
A card party for the Christ Child
Society viii be given April q. 8 pm,
at the home of Miss Alma McWnliams
The Congregational Club of WASH
ington win hold a dinner meeting to-
morrow at the First Church. Speaker
= n
Survey. Subject, Our Bird Friends" !"
Illustrated with slides.
A card party for Florence Crittenton
Home will be given tomorrow, . pm, at
Hotel Roosevelt.
The Business Women's Council will
meet Tuesday evening in the lecture
room of the Church of the Covenant
Miss Mabel Thurston will conduct the
Bible class from AS TO 7:i5 pm. Topic,
The Command That Follows Easter"
Mrs Frank b. Freyer will give an IL
lustrated talk on Peru"
The Medieval Academy of lectures at
the knights of Columbus Evening
School viii begin tomorrow, 8 pm, at
the school. 1914 Massachusetts avenue.
The subject, Social Doctrines Of the
Middle Ages" viii be presented by Rev.
DR.. j. A. Ryan. professor of moral the
ology, Catholic University
Southeast Washington Citizens As
sociation will meet tomorrow, 8 pm, at
the Southeast Public Library.
The Independent Order. Sons OF
Jonadab. will give a smoker Wednesday
at Jonadab Hall. 623 Louisiana avenue.
Music and refreshments.
Northeast Business Mems Association
will meet Tuesday. pm, In the Priii-
cess Theater, Twelfth and II streets
northeast. Refreshments.
The Mems Club Of St. Margaret's
viii meet Thursday, pm, in the par
ish house Of the church. Comdr John
CabeII Wilkinson will give his Personal
"reminiscences of the Revolution In
Russia" The speaker will base hts lee
turc on experiences gained as director
Of the South Russia unit, American
Ead Cross
Evening star., 1928-04-23

The Independent Order, Sons oil
Jonadab. will give a smoker Wednesday
at Jonadab Hall. 623 Louisiana avenue
Music and refreshments.
Evening star., 1928-04-23

The Shakespeare Society will cele-
brate the poets birth anniversary to-
night in the auditorium of the Cor
coran Gallery of Art. Senator Short
ridge of California will speak. and a
reading from Hamlet" will be given
bv Clarence E. RuebSam
Evening star., 1928-04-23

The Medieval Academy of lectures at
the knights OF Columbus Evening
School viii begin tomorrow, pm, at
the school, 1914 Massachusetts avenue.
The subject, Social Doctrines of the
Middle Ages" viii be presented by Rev.
DR.. j. A. Ryan. professor of moral the
ology. Catholic University.
Evening star., 1928-04-23

Southeast Washington Citizens As
sociation will meet tomorrow, 8 pm, at
the Southeast Public Library.
Evening star., 1928-04-23

FUTURE.
A card party for the Christ Child
Society will be given April 81, pm,
at the home of Miss Alma McWilliams
Evening star., 1928-04-23

The Business Women's Council will
meet Tuesday evening in the lecture
room of the Church OF the Covenant.
Miss Mabel Thurston viii conduct the
Bible class from Gas to tbs pm. Topic,
The Command That Follows Easter. .
Mrs. Frank B. Freyer viii give an H.
lustrated talk on Peru"
Evening star., 1928-04-23

The Congregational Club Of WASH
ington win hold dinner meeting to-
morrow at the First Church. Speaker
Harry c. Oberholser, Ph. D.. Biological
Survey. Subject, Our Bird Friends. "
Illustrated with slides.
Evening star., 1928-04-23

The Y. NJ. C. A. Glee Club will give
a minstrel show for the Vaughn Glass
of Calvary Baptist Church. 8 O'Clock, in
the Sunday school house. Director.
Louis B. Thompson: accompanist, Mrs.
Grace Stanley Stevens.
Evening star., 1928-04-23

A card party for Florence Crittenton
Home will be given tomorrow, pm, at
Hotel Roosevelt.
Evening star., 1928-04-23
FUTURE.

Lincoln woman's Relief Corps will
meet, 8 O'Clock, at Grand Army Hall.
Evening star., 1928-12-09
MAN CLAIMS HE KILLED
HIS SON ACCIDENTALLY
Fired Shot to "Ecare" Him, Ac-
cused Tells Police-Story Is
Corroborated
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, December 5.-Edward L.
Leidner, co. cashier Of the Carpenter
Ice Cream Co, to-day related how he
fired a shot last night to scare" his
son. Walter, 35. and unintentially kill
ed him, at their home in University
City, suburb.
His account was corroborated by his
wife, Charlotte and by Mrs. Edith Behr.
man Leidner widow of the son. All said
the younger Liedner had been drinking
and quarrelsome, and had struck his
father and mother before the father
Nied to scare him.
y AS his son died, Liedner said, he
moaned Dad. l know you didn't intend
ia do it, The father notified a friend.
VINO called the. police. and teidner was
artesbed, .
Evening star., 1928-12-09
$4,000 GEM THEFT
AWARD Is ORDERED
Former Richmond w oman Wins
Court Action Against Hotel
Biltmore for Loss.
Nr the Assoclated preas.

~ the Associated Press
NEW YORK. December S.-Mrs.
Regina " G. Millhiser. formerly of
Richmond, Va, yesterday was awarded
$4,000 by the Appellate Division of the
Supreme Court In her suit ngainst the
:. operators Of the Hotel Biltinore 10 re-
cover the value of jewelry stolen from
her in 1919.
Mrs. Millhiser. widow Of Clarence
Millhiser capitalist and promoter, left
the jewelry with the hotel for SAFE
keeping while she was registered There
The iewelry was missing when she
called for it, All but S58,448 of the
S370. 900 in jewels she reported missing
was recovered, and James e. Roye,
former assistant room clerk If the
hotel. was convicted of the theft and
sentenced to is years in the peni-
tentiary.
A lower court had awarded her $3.50
under a statute limiting liabilities of
hotels in losses by guests. The higher
court ruled the limitation did not ap-
ply where theft by hotel enlploye was
involved.
Evening star., 1928-12-09

Ensign Malcolm NJ Cloukey, reserve
flying division, has gone to the U. S.
Naval Air Station at Pensacola, Fla,
where he will remain on active training
duty until June 80, 1929. it was an
nounced at battalion headquarters.
Evening star., 1928-12-19
PSYCHOLOGY TOPIC
| AT U. S. BAR MEETING
Assistant Attorney General Far
mum Discusses Human Element"
Method in Handling Employees.

| Executives should be psychologists,
George r. Farnum, Assistant Attorney
General of the United States, told the
Federal Bar Association at its meeting
| last night in the Interior Department
auditorium, speaking on The Human
Element in Organization" When cases
| involving his employees are up before
| the Personnel Classification Board, he
informed his colleagues in the legal pro-
fession, he goes down and pleads their
cases himself.
| Mr.. Farnum described the method
used in the Department of Justice and
/ told of the use of psychology In
| handling sensitive employees, nervous
| types and those who feel sense OF in
feriority.
Charles Freeman offered resolution,
which was unanimously adopted, thank
ing Mr.. Farnum and providing that
copies of the address be prepared with
a view to publication in leading legal
publication.
William R. Valance, the associations
president who presided at the meeting,
advised the gathering that he had been
informed the retirement bill, which has
been put over by the House rules COM
mittee until after the holidays, faces
little if any opposition in the House,
but that there is fear of presidential
veto, due to the increased appropria-
tions it will entail.
Members of the legislative committee
have interviewed members of Congress
on the Welch bill, Edwin A. Mess, its
chairman, reported.
Evening star., 1928-12-19
VIRGINIA PETITION
/ HITS MARKET SITE
Senators Glass and Swanson
Urged to Oppose Passage
of Stalker Bill.

"A petition signed by more than &C
virginians vigorously protesting against
the Southwest site for the new Farmers
Market in washington has been ad.
dressed to Senator Glass of Virginia
leading advocate in the Senate of that
location. and to his colleague, Senator
Swanson.
1.-THE brief, copy of which also was
received by the Senate District CON-
mittee, urges the two Virginia Senators
to oppose passage by the Senate of the
Stalker BILL already approved by the
House, which would place the Farmers
Market in the Southwest near the
water front.
The petitioners argue that the South
west location would not be easily ac-
cessible from all parts of the District
taoat the grade of the land is not suited
to market purposes, that the pending
measure authorizes only sufficient money
to acquire the land. and would not,
therefore, make possible the erection of
any market structures.
The petition takes particular excep-
ton to the use of the term whole
sale market" in the pending bill. Those
who joined in signing the brief take
the view that the farmers would be
confined to wholesale business. THE
bill is drawn in the interest of the
middlemen," reads another passage. in
the document.
The petition argues that the bill now
before Congress would not benefit the
farmers
Attention is called to the fact that
Center Market is to be razed by the
Federal Government and that there are
200 farmers who now carry on a retail
business at the curb in back of Center
Market who will have to go elsewhere.
The petition asserts there would not be
room for these retail farmers on the
Southwest site.
Ever since the Farmers Market ques-
ton has been before Congress there
have been wide differences as TO wheth-
er 1t should go to the Southwest or to
some point north of Pennsylvania ave-
nue. In the hearings during the last
session the Virginia farmers generally
advocated the Southwest location, while
Maryland farmers took the opposite
view and stood with those who favored
location north of Pennsylvania avenue
The bill has been debated in the
Senate on a number Of occasions, but
each time the discussion over location
has continued until the measure was
temporarily laid aside. Senator Glass
has had charge of the bill in the Sen
ate. with Senator Tydings of Maryland
leading the opposition.
Senator Glass said today he has not
changed his view regarding the loca-
ton of the market. explaining that his
decision to support the Southwest site
was arrived at after study of the
merits of the question and after an
inspection of the locations, and that
his attitude toward public questions was
not determined by petitions from one
side or the other. The market bill Is
expected to be given further consid-
Grafton in the Senate after the Christ
mas holidays.
Evening star., 1928-12-19

started for his chauffeur, Bart Riley.
Police said an unsuccessful attempt
to kill Healy was made some time ago
by the Masters gang of Des Moines. to
whom. police were told, Healy soll 100
barrels of water, which was supposed
to be moonshine. Another attempt
against his life was made following the
Staying of a West Side tailor, who
trafficked in liquor as side line.
A theory that Healy was connected
with a Detroit Chicago drug and liquor
smuggling ring was under investigation.
Evening star., 1928-12-19
'ASSASSINS MURDER
MAN ON THIRD TRIAL
Clyde Healy Slain in Chicago, Sold
100 Barrels Of Water Sup
posedly Moonshine.
nu the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, December 1.-TWO times
Clyde Healy escaped assassination. Yes
terday he didn't.
His body, three bullets in the head,
was found beside the curb of a South
Side street For many hours he was
marked on the coroner's records as the
victim of vampire" motorist When
careful examination was made last
night the bullet holes were found
Healy, whose father was well known
politician on the South Side two dec
ades ago. apparently had been taken
for a ride" In his own car, which was
found several blocks away. Search was