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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-24

An incentive To appear II DOnQ
of $1,000 which Judge John p. Nc
Mahon required him to post be-
fore he would release him from
the District Jail yesterday.
Knox spent two hours in the Dis
trict Jail because he was unable TO
post the required bond before court
called at Police Court to collect
those sentenced and take them to
the jail
Escorted To Court
He went to jail despite his fear
and exceeding dislike of the place
and. the equally strong fear on the
part of two colored family servants
that he. would go. Philip ferris,
the colored outside man OF the
Knox servants, and Hunter Green,
the Knox coIored chauffeur, fear
ing the possibility of Jail and more
trouble for their employer, had
solieitously escorted him to court,
accompanied by George, C. Noble,
colored bondsman employed by Mil
ton Kronheim, who went to the
Knox home early in the morning
to make certain that Knox ap.
peared to answer to his name in
court.
. When their efforts seemed about
to prove futile and Jail imminent
the two servants began to scurry
about for friends or a new bonds.
man to come TO the rescue.
Because Knox had failed to ap-
pear the day before Judge Mcmahon
had declared forfeited the $500 bond
posted by Kronheim and that auto.
matically, under the rules of the
court, stopped Mr.. Kronheim's bond.
| ing activities until the case was set
tied. Shortly after Knox landed in
| Jail Herman w. Van Sendon ap
peared and posted 81 900 bond for
| his appearance for trial next
| Wednesday and Knox was released
from the Jail and taken home by his
| servants.
Walked Out Of Court
Knox was arrested Monday
| charged with reckless driving, foi
| striking an automobile on Bower
| Road S. E. A roadside ditch, police
said, brought the Knox car to stop
hSlSdseQ Tor appearance IN court OF
depositing $40 collateral, Knox failen
to appear before the judge on Tues
day and his $40 was forfeited ano
| his rearrest was ordered. Rearrested
he was again released this time un
d. $500 bond.
He appeared in court but walked
out and the $500 was forfeited AMI
he was ordered arrested again
Faced with the prospect of a court
appearance Knox is said to have
weakened again yesterday morning
and to have called physician to
have him certify that he was ill in
bed and unable to go to court.
You may come back home sub,
and go to bed again. but you're go.
ing to court this mornin','' his
anxious servants are said to have
told him.
I'm too i'll. I'm going to stay in
bed
II know the doctor won't give a
wrong certificate, but Judge Nc
Mahon is liable to send another doc
tor. Mr.. Knox you have got 70 70
to court" He did.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-24
Argument With Pistol
Lands Woman in Court

An argument which began in the
home of Mary Field, colored, OF. the
1900 block of Dean Ave. n. T..
yesterday. was continued before
Judge Robert Il. Mattingly in
Police Court today
The argument got too warm, in
her home, 1t was said, and Mary
sought to cool 1t with pistol. She
was arrested, charged with carrying
a deadly weapon. She shot at
Harry Fields and Harry Wood,
they said. but she pleaded not
guilty and demanded a jury trial
and Judge Mattingly fixed her bond
at $500.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-24
Plea for Mrs. Cloth
Heard by Governor

More than 1000 names have been
attached to, a petition, to Governor
Byrd Of Virginia, asking executive
clemeney for Mrs. Marjorie c. Cloth,
convicted in Arlington County Cir
cult Court of shooting her husband,
the commonwealth's attorney, and
sentenced to a year in jail.
Attorney Louis 0. Wendenburg,
Richmond criminal lawyer, who
represented Mrs. Cloth at the trial,
presented the petition to the Gov
ernor. He said that to incarcerate
her would work a hardship on her
health.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-24
Chinese Fined After
Chasing Man With Gun

chin Lin. Chinese proprietor Of a
lunch room In the 1000 block Of
Wisconsin Ave. N. w. was saved
from geing to Jail yesterday by his
good reputation.
Chin Lin was accused OF chasing
Clarence Matthews, cOlored, into
the street with a pistol following
an argument over the price OF a
meal. Judge Robert E. Mattingly
fined the restaurant proprietor $50
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-24

Following night spent il
the House Of Detention be
cause Of her part in helping her
brother, Franklin Harry Acton,
n, to marry Ruth Rebecca
Kanode, 15-year-old blind girl,
Mrs. Ethel Elizabeth Taylor
was released under $500 bond
In Police Court today. She
is charged with subornation
of perjury.
Her release under bond was or
dered BY Judge Robert II. Mattin9iy
when arrestfng police failed 70 bring
to court the warrant on which MRS.
Taylor had been arrested.
One OF Mrs. Tayl0rs children y 70
the Children's Hospital suffering
from injuries resulting from = fall
downstairs. Her other child Is be-
ing cared for BY Mrs. Mary Wysong,
Iandlady Of the house in the 300
block of I sSt. N. w. where all the
principals In the case reside.
Looking For Acton
In the meantime, police are prose
cutting d diligent search for Acton,
who Il charged with swearing falsely
to the age OF his One-day bride.
Acton swore the girl was 18 years
OF age when he got the marriage
license, although he knew she was
only is. The police were brought
into the case by the mother of the
girl.
According to the mother. Ruth
was led from the house Wednesday
morning by Mrs. Taylor. The lat
ter met Acton by appointment, the
mother charged. and shortly after
the license was obtained by swear
ing that Ruth's age was rs. The
Rev. j. e. Briggs. of the 500 block
of r Street Southwest. was named
in the license. The Rev. Briggs has
been in Europe for more than a
month. it was learned.
Ruth Is Musical
Ruth was found that night at the
home of Acton's mother and re-
turned to her own home. She was
later sent ito the country.
Mrs. Kanode said Ruth has been
blind since birth and has attended
private school in Baltimore,
where she has studied. among other
things, vocal and instrumental
music. and despite her youth II
an accomplished musician She had
been spending part of her summer
vacation with her mother and had
met Acton only two weeks ago.
Mrs. Kanode said when Ruth was
led from the house Wednesday
morning it was the first time she
passed beyond its gates since COM
ing to this city.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-24
ELKS 10 & 1 RAIN

\ The Marching Club q Columbia
Lodge. No. SIS. i. b. p. %. E. W..
will leave Washington on 4 special
train for Chicago Sunday. to attend
the Elks convention to be held
August II to September 1. in
elusive. The Columbia Lodge Band
also win make the Journey. g. Al.
Cornish announced today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-24
CITY CLUB HOSTS

Members of the Electric League
OF Washington will be guests Of the
City Club Saturday Nighters at the
City Clubs country home near
I.andover, Md, tomorrow. Mr.. and
Mrs. T. l.. Souder will be host and
hostess OF the occasion. The City
Club Syncopators will furnish music.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-24

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In F0l1Ce court To-Day
wise. it was charged, gave bad
check Tor 81 to Julian Evans, of
the 100 clock Of Columbia Hd.s
n. ". several months ago. Wise
made the check good following his
arrest today.
brought into court again the cnanSe
would be revived ana prosecuted
was given Wise ~ Bruce
Another check So also q smalI
amount. alleged to &c WorsnIess, va
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-24
d. c. Diplomats Jailed
By Jersey Cop

Not believing that diplomats immune from arrest,
Policeman Wood of Trenton N j. yesterday placed Kema
Djenany Bey, second the Turkish embassy in
JAIL following automobile collision Renal Bey and Vaghe
Bey private secretary the Turkish ambassador who
with Kema Bey cut and bruised and
the Trenton Hospital.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-24
NO. 2sO CROSBY'S TAVERN

Old Crosby's Tavern on the south
vest corner Of Third and q Streets
was built by Marshall
Selden OF Virginia. For many
years ii was q. rendezvous for
fashionable society Of Washington.
During the civil war 1t was turned
into a. tavern and for years known
as Crosby's Tavern. With the
shifting OF population and the in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-24
Jubilee SINGERS HERE

The Hilliard Jubilee Singers of
Ohio. will be heard in
concert tonight at $40 at the Bel
mont Avenue Baptist Church. Bel.
mont Avenue. between @ and r
Streets Northwest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-24

fIux Of cheap hotels and boarding
houses in that section Crosby,s
Tavern became .:one Of them" and
its designation was changed TO
~The crosby House,
lin the old days II had d balcony
extending clear around on the
second floor Part OF the balcony
Is still In place.
The building is now the Holland
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-24
DENTISTS PICK CAPITAL

The American Dental Association,
at the final session of It's annual
convention in Minneapolis, selected
Washington as the place to hold it's
1929 meeting.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-24

Several hours after Policeman
Wood. who refused to pay any at
tention to the Turkish diplomats
protests had taken him to jail, the
young diplomat. was released after
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-24
Gap TlJRE5
| |ANHELD
As SHOP
Thief

Cosmas Argiros, 2S-year-old
delicatessen clerk, may not
have qualified for either the
American or Greek Olympic
team this year, but there is 2
man III the local hoosegow to-
day who can testify to his
speed.
Leading the pack In freesfor-all
chase after two men alleged To have
attempted to burglarize the tobacco
store OF the George w. Cochran
Company. 600 block OF FOurteeilth
st. N. W.. last night, Argiros caught
James r. Mothershead. "A. former
patient at st. Elizabethss Hospital.
before he had gotten very far into
Franklin Square.
Beaten Up nv Captive
Argiros. who weighs only 40
pounds. found that his pugilistic
ability was FAR less than his speed
and took 4 terrific beating from his
quarry. Mothershead escaped.
Argiros was down, but not out and
b-etty soon he again caught
Motl1ershead as he emerged from an
alley on III Street between
thirteenth and Fourteenth.
Argiros ran his prey square into
The arms Of Traffic Policeman g.
u. Macdonald
Raymond a. Burch. is, Of oxon
Hill, Md who was with Mothers
head at the time Of the alleged
captured by civilians before he had
ry.Mssat FFa1.avs&~e ala
seged to have been taken from the
sore, was recovered by the police.
Entrance to the rear Of the store
was gained by saving through iron
bars. Duke Warnela, an employee
OF the Cline Radio Store, next door,
saw them and telephoned the
police, who soon guarded the rear
OE the store.
Escape Through Front
Seeing their escape cut off the
burglars smashed the glass in the
front door and went through the
opening. The crowd took up the
chase.
Argiros was treated at George
Washington Hospital. Four stitches
were taken in a wound on his
cheek. DR.. Hugh House, who
treated Argiros. expressed the opin.
lon that he had been hit with a
revolver or q blunt instrument No
weapon was found on Mothershead
at the station house.
Argiros said that two hours be.
fore the attempted robbery Mothers.
head had come into the delicatessen
store In the 900 block Fourteenth
Street Northwest. where he Is en-
ployed and attempted to beat him
out OF IS by claiming he had been
short changed"
According to the police. Mothers.
head was released last December
from St Elizabeths where he had
been committed following a plea Of
insanity when he was arrested for
a series or housebrealing escapades.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-24
Knox s Court Dislike
Under 5-Day Cure
Times staff Photos

Dimnuye Philander 9. (Tppy) Knox jr, 3D. Of the
former Senator and Secretary of State today has respite o.
FIVE days within which he his antpathy for
police and appear stand trial for reckless driving
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-24

Lock for IL. Big "Sehyart." Clock
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-22
TchernikOff Gardiner
Dancers Plan Recitals

The Tchernikoff-Gardln Dane
ers will give two programs Of
dances at the Wardman ParK The
alter on the evenings of May rs
and 26. The two programs will
be different and both Tchei I.ikoff
and Miss Gardiner will appear
each evening.
The corps de ballet will consist
Of rs of Washington most clever
dancers. New and original mum
bers and ballets will be included
on both programs and with the co.
operation Of the Pan-American
Union, a group OF native Latin
American daLces will be gi?cn for
the first time in Washington.
Authentic costumes will pc used
for these numbers and it is planned
to have come of them danced Iy
children f South American diplo-
mats. Tickets may be procured
at 1903 s st. N. w,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-22

The Theatef Guild announces
that its first production for next
season will be Goethe's Faust.
Their version win be by Graham
and Tristan Rawson. which has
already been used by the Old
Vic in London with marked sue.
cess. Friedrich Holl. one of the
directors of the Volksbuhne in
Berlin, will stage the production
for the Guild and Lee Slmonson
will design the settings.
George Gaul vii play the title
role, according to present plans.
and Dudley Digges will be the
Mephistopheles Helen Chandler
will play Marguerite and Helen
Wesley the mother.
John Cromwell has just been
engaged by Jackson and Kraft to
pay the leading role of Ward
Warehouses; newspaper play.
Gentlemen Of the Press" George
AL ntt. as previously announced.
will attend to the stage manage.
ment. At present Mr.. Cromwell
is appearing on the West Coast
in THE Racket" and last year
he was represented on the road
by his presentation of THE Sill
yer Cord and Ned McCobb's
Daughter" which he acquired
from the Theater Guild.
Charles Dillingham; will present
1.-THE Brass Ring" in Atlantic
City the week of June 4. before
offering this play to New York.
Mr.. Abbott also staged this play,
which was written by Buford Ar
mitage and Phillip Dunning.
Nydia Westman, Gail de Hart,
Duncan Penwarden. Marie Tay-
Ior and Buford Armitage, the
author, are featured players in
the cast
The Anne Nichols office has
just received a cablegram from
Hamburg, Germany, announcing
the successful opening there of
the German version Of "Abie's
Irish Rose"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-22
Costly Costume

The lovely Dolores bought it for
SIS at a bargain sale for her role
OF dancer in cheap honky tonk
-"Tenderloin - being crook
drama of New York's underworld,
is the screen feature for this week
at CrandalPs Metropolitan Thea
ter. After filming rain scene
with Conrad Nagel five or more
times, It was completely ruined
Then the script clerk discovered
an overlooked scene which pre-
eeded this action. A new dress
was necessary. A phone call to
the department store revealed that
the entire lot had been sold out,
so il was necessary TO duplicate
it with. special designers, filters
and seamstresses from an exclu-
sive dressmaking house. The cost
was just $500, cheap, though.
considering what search for
ready-made dress would have cost
In filming time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-22

Seasonal draping of the pushes
with linen covers, n flower be-
decked lobby and stage boxes
filled with delegations OF the
Congressional prominent welcomed
to Washington veteran OF the
footIights. 1t was graceful
tribute to an actor to whom his
Gilbert and Sullivan is. as he
says. something of religion.
and one who possesses the powers
to interpret delightfully."- these.
tuneful and comic gems of last.
Ing appeal
one suspects that Mr. Hopper
lists Ko-Ko, Lord High Execu.
toner In TitIpu with the parts
that he plays with real relish. IT.
makes no vigorous vocal demands
but none knows better than De
Wolf Hopper. the mirth provoking
quality Of the lyrics. Accordingly
s.FloWers That Bloom in the
Spring. Ira La. !" and Tit Willow
are accompanied BY the high non.
sense and the artflll comedy
& tricks. such as rollv poIIying off
the stage which make for out.
standing moments, Mr. Hopper
perspired to good effect and re.
spDnded to the welcoming salyos
with the inevitable before the
curtain iTnpromptu.
OF his company singing honOrs
so to Ann Yago. the Katisha of
! His Maiesty,s court, Her rich
contralto was acclaimed enthusi-
astically in Hears Do Not Break.
Katisha's grotesuueries could be
accumulated by more attention
from the makeup box Lillian
Chaser IL the Yum Yum" and
Ethel Clarke md Eleanor Gil
more the others Of tlle Three
Little Maids From School, a.
number which they delivered
with All OF its Nipponese coyness.
Miss CHASER and Oliver Reese, the
latter Mar XII Poo. sang the kiss
duet sielightfulIy. The Poo-Bali
OF Ed Metcalfe. was addressed
more to the audience than to char
acter. but his robust bass voice
is distinctly an asset Henry
Kelly. Jack Edmunds and Fran
els Tyler We're the other prin.
cipaIs who gave competent as
sistance.
'.The Mikado' boasts mixed
chorus OF some so voices and an
augmented orchestra assists h
making the ensemble singing
arnOrg the cherished features Of q
fine opening performances. Set
tings and costumes were color
full and the entire production
has been wOrthily approached.
Next week the Hopper company
will do The Chocolate Soldier. "
with Forrest Fluff As an acquisi-
ton in the name roe.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-22
HARD KNOCKS
CAME WAY OF
MARION

The only trouble with being q
farce Coincidence is that it's such
q rough life, lie the opinion Of
Marion Davies. who Is to be seen
at the Palace Theater. IN THE
Patsy. the second vehicle Of that
variety in which she has been
starred during the past year.
II would rather do comedy than
anything else in the world. said
Miss Davies. and It's gorgeous
fun--but 1t Is rather hard on one.
I'm my last picture Tho Fair
Coed. for instance { was thrown
from the back OF chariot, Stun
bled over by at least hundred
men during a class scrap knocked
flat on a basketball floor. and even
capped that by falling off a
parallel while making the picture.
In my new picture. The Patsy,
/ have al equally hard lot. In the
first place. Marie Dressler,. who
plays my mother was continually
kicking me under the table. pull
inc MY hair or jerking my arm
trying to make me behave as she
considered proper. Then Orville
Caldwell my leading man nearly
knocked me out of rowboat by
mistake, and Jane Winton, who
plays my sister. kicked me when
! am obliginglv helping her shave
her legs.
III It's funny on the screen.
don't nind-and thanks to Direc-
tor King Vfdor. it usually isl
but CT think of nothing sad.
der than to be black and blue for
weeks over some gag that ends
up on the cutting.foom floor. And
since you never can tell quite
how gags will turn out, it some
times happens to the hest of U.s."
King Vidor declares that 1t is
twice as hard to be good screen
coincidence as tragedienne-be-
sides being difficult for the con.
stitution.
Miss Davies jinvents about nine
tenths of her own gags said the
director. land so ! refuse to &C
cept responsibility for more than
one-tenti1 of any bruises. sprains,
aches. ETC.. that she may sustain
And II there ever was an actress
who was willing to take more
chances in an effort to make peo-
pie laugh than Miss Davies.
have vet to see her."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-22
|WHENFEKTUREIS|
|SAOWN0NSCREEN|

RIALTO-Percy Marmont, Mae
Busch and George O'Brien in
"San Francisco Nights" At 11:4O
1885, 1886, 5:35, 7:40 and GAS p. M
METROPOLITAN - Vitaphone
production of "Tenderloin" with
Dolores Costello and Conrad
Nagel. At 1875, 1886, 1896, 6;35,
7:35 and $40 p. m.
EARLE-Arthur Lake, Mary
Brian and Alice White in Harold
Teen" At 1886. 12:41, ESQ,
S, 7:42 and 9:53 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Dolores Del Rio
in United Artists production,
Ramona. At 1890. IL, 2, 4,
5:45, 7:45 and GAS p. m.
PALACE - Marion Davies in
"The Patsy" AT Ills, 1855, 4:05,
$50. TAO and 9:45 p, m.
FOX-Virginta Vallt in The Els
cape" At 12:4S, 2:4s, 4;4s, STA
and 1914 p. m. '
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-22
-
IENE IA LANE
TN A GREAT
ROLE

il presenting s'Craig's wife,
George Kelly's Pulitzer prize play
ct several seasons ago. the Ma.
tionsl Theater Players offer a
production which is somewhat Of
= departure from the usual stock
offerings. It will be rather a
shock to the ardent admirers Of
Miss Leneta Lane to find her por.
fraying q most unpleasant role,
unrelieved BY any redeeming quail.
tiles. yet Miss Lane being true
artist. catches every shading OF
the character to form an interpre-
tation which might wen have re.
quired weeks. rather than barely
= week, of study.
Craig Wife iii Ii three-aet
drama in 4 single setting depict.
Arlg the wreck OF the marital
affa1rs Of the EYaigs when the
hitherto unsuspecting and thor
Qllglaly happy Craig has brought
home 10 him the fact that ii Is
home and not himself In which
his Wife9s ambitions are centered,
Pr copstitufing merely d means to
e snd Every ornament in the
ess1fice IS vertically an ikon;
scarcely an article OF furniture
may be used except by following
prescribed formulate. Visitors are
not welcome lest they tramp over
the. scored rugs and so on until
sudden turn of events brings
I conscipu or the state OF az,
1airs to Craig in his Wife's adj
Inission that she regards him as q
stlmental fool.
4iss Lane role, of course. Is
the dominant one and being par
sieaIlarIy long and restrained,
must be most trying but even 9
filssS night performance revealed
not siaglc slip Stanley Ridges
has the thoroughly sympathetic
role Of the husband and inter
pres II WlessIys Several Of the
lesser roles calls for skillful
handling and those Of Adelaide
HUBBARD Henrietta (srahane and
Maude Howell Smith both de-
served and received recognition.
But little is seen Of the other
favorites. Dorothy Tierney. Will
lam Phelps Edward Arnold. Rob
ert Brister and Helen Wallace,
yet All were greeted with a meas
IRE Of applause attesting to their
individual popularity.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-22
A Hopper Veteran

Ethel Clarke. who is one of the
supporting cast with DeWolf
Hopper in the opera company at
Polls with The Mikado," will be
remembered as the soubrette with
the popular company here four
summers agn She is one of Mr..
Hopper's finds" He has de-
veloped number Of the most IA.
NOUS soubrettee Of the stage.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-22
Chesapeake Beach
To Welcome Motorists

The Chesapeake Beach Railway
will cater especially this season to
motorists who desire to drive to
the Junction and leave their cars
there while thev hoard trains for
the bayside resort. Additional
parking space IL being set aside
and special policemen will he de.
tailed to guard the automobiles.
BY this arrangement autoists
will be saved time, money. and Inc
convenience. The resort opens
. Saturday. MAY Is.