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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-09
PAIR ARE HELD
IN JOY RIDE

A joy ride which ended In the
waters of Rock Creek yesterday
afternoon led to the arraignment In
Police Court today Of Mrs. Grace
Virginia Hutchinson, %, of the 500
block New Jersey Ave. n. w, and
Ernest Blake Bryant, IS. of the 500
block NJ st. s. w.
While Gilbert G. Pence, of the 900
block Seventh st. 8. w. was at
tending a party at a house block
from his home. his automobile was
borrowed by the couple, police say.
Bryant was alleged to have lost
control of it while rounding the
turn at Boulder Bridge, in Rock
Creek Park. The car struck an
other driven by Guy l.. Brown, of
Derwood. Md, and later ran down
the enbankment into the creek
according to police.
Mrs. Amy Hett. Of Derwood. Md,
was taken to Emergency Hospital
and treated for cuts and bruises.
Bryant and Mrs Hutchinson were
arrested by Park Policeman r.
Howell. Both are charged with Joy
riding and Bryant with reckless
driving and driving without a per.
NIT
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-09
Missing District Wife
Found By Radio
In Baltimore

A description of a missing woman
broadcast from Station WEIR,
Baltimore, has resulted in her re-
turn to her husband, 1t was learned
today.
The woman, Mrs. Opal Kilby, %,
was reported missing by her, hus.
band Carl C. Kilby, 200 block East
Capitol st. Her description was
broadcast Monday from the BaIti-
more station. H..
Mrs. George Wilder notified the
police yesterday that Mrs. KiIby
was staying at her house. Mrs.
Kilby was taken to the Baltimore
central police station. After nues.
tioning by Lieut.. Joseph n. 1tzel,
of the detective bureau, her hus-
ha nd was notified.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-09
Woman Candidate Urges
. Modification or Repeal

Mrs. Ruth b. Pratt, candidate for
the Republican nomination for the
House of Representatives from the
Seventeenth New York Congress
sional district. declared yesterday
for modification or repeal Of the
Eighteenth Amendment, it was an.
nounced by the Association Against
the Prohibition Amendment.
Mrs. Pratt, widow of John T.
Pratt. of the Standard Oil Com
pany. in reply to QUESTIONABLE
from the association, said she was
for "any change in the law, funda.
mental or statutory, which will end
the present confusion, corruption
and disrespect for law"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-09

Two members Of Congress Of
outstanding influence in Dis
trict affairs Representative
Fred Zihlman Of Maryland and
Senator William H. King Of
Utah-stand an excellent
chance Of being defeated in the
coming national election.
The loss 81 these two legislators.
along with the assured retirement
OF Representative Blanton from the
House. viii bring about A decidedly
different posture Of District at
fairs in the new Congress-.
Zil1Iman il confronted with the
hardest fight Of his political life
from David j. Lewis. who has
started out TO make strong
canvass as the Democratic candi.
date for the House In the eighth
Maryland district.
Lewis Favored TO Win
Many predictions are being made
that Lewis. on the strength Of his
record in the House and on the
Tariff Commission VIII defeat the
chairman of the House District COM
mittee.
Senator King viii be renominated
at the Utah State convention Aug
usE rs. but all the current political
dope Is to the effect that the Re-
publican organization win sweep the
State.
Six years ago Senator King was
reelected by the narrow margin OF
500 votes over Ernest Bamberger
former Republican governor. and
in Presidential years the influence
of Senator Smoot Is counted upon
to keep the state in the G. o. p.
column.
Three Cornered Fight
Al three-cornered race for the
Republican Senatorial nomination
will end with the Republican State
convention August is. The canii.
dates are Ex-Governor Bambsrger.
j.. Reuben Clark, assistant solicitor
Of the State Department. and Philo
g. Farnsworth, Salt Lake City law
yer. The nomination is being
eagerly sought, because In Utah Re-
publican circles it is held equiva-
lent to election this year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-09

The petition, filed by Attorney
Henry NJ. Fowler. representing the
husband. AYERS that The. wife has
been guilty OF misconduct with still
another man, whose name is given
in the petition but who is not sued
as a correspondent. The specific
cause of action is based on the
charge involving the negro. who
pleaded guilty to d statutory offense
in Police Court. July 81. and paid
a fine Of SIS. Mrs, Lindsey de-
manded a jury trial
Last week the husband filed a
motion asking the court to release
him from further alimony payments
under the limited decree and at.
taching affidavits by members of
the vice squad who made the raid.
The petition filed today AYERS that
the wife has been supporting the
negro preacher on the money paid
to her as alimony by her husband
and they used the money to pur-
chase an automobile in which they
took numerous out-of-town trips TO-
gether.
The couple were married August
e, 1919, and have no children, the
petition relates. The suit for limited
divorce against the husband was
ased on grounds of desertion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-09
BABY ROBS
COP Of HAT

Difficulties sprang up yesterday
when Mrs. Charles Hess, of the
5000 block Fourth st. N, W., took
the Traffic Bureau examination for
4 drivers permit. But Mrs. Hess
has her permit now.
Catherine, year-old daughter OF
Mrs. Hess, proved the main OBJ
atacle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hess were riding
IN the front seat of their car with
Catherine between them. The hus
band was acting as instructor and
Policeman Dan Foley. esconced in
the rear seat, as examiner.
you can do better il you let mt
take the baby back here suS
gested thoughtful officer Foley
And Catherine was passed back t.
the rear seat.
She climbed on Foley's shoulder
removed his cap. and tossed it
police badge and all, out the win
dow.
fwe'H never get the permit now,
fnoaned Hess.
II was granted. however.
''I had to take off my hat to thi
family" said Officer Foley as h
handed it~out.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-09
Lutheran Cornerstone"
Laying to Be Held
THURsDAY. AUGUST 9. 1929

The cornerstone of the Lutheran
Church of Our Redeemer win be
laid at o'clock today. The new
church is located at Eighth Street,
near Barry Place Northwest. The
ceremonies will be followed by a
dinner and reception. The Rev. D.
e. Wiseman is pastor of the church.
Committees in charge of arrange.
ments for the ceremonies are: Re-
ception. L. Bradley. r. Logan, F.
Myres, "A. Ridgely, M. Thomas. DIR.
NJ. d. Wiseman. and Leon l.. Perry;
music. II. NJ. Wright. j. Ridgely.
Esbert Facey. Mrs. G. l.. Pelham.
Robert Lewis and Miss r. Lockley.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-09
Man Looking for Job
Asks Damages Award

John Johnson, injured when he
fell from the gangplank of the
steamer Jacksonville, anchored at
Jacksonville, Fla, while in quest
OF a job. today has asked the Su.
rreme Court to review his case
for damages.
The District Court for the Eastern
district of New York and the court
Of appeals for the second circuit
held that recovery of damages was
barred because he had no con
tractural relations with the yes
sci
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-09
DE TEN ION
HOUSE To
MOVE

The House of Detention is
facing a Treasury Department
moving-day order, with no
place to go.
Major L. e. Adkins, Assistant
Engineer Commissioners, and Major
Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent OF
police. went on a still hunt today
for a building to house the WomaTl's
Bureau, directed by Mrs. Nina Van
Wrinkle and at present in quarters
at Fifteenth Street and Ohio Ave
nue. northwest.
September Is Last Day
The Treasury Department has
sent an ultimatum to the District
Commissioners that the building
must be vacated as early as possible.
and a dead-line is fixed at Septem-
Der Is.
local contractor some time ago
agreed to build a new Wom ms Bu-
reau building, but 1t develops now
that no work had been done on it
and the District must find another
place.
Major Adkins said today that
none Of the buildings inspected
were suitable and that temporary
building may be the only course
open.
While efforts are being made to
find Woman's Bureau building,
the Welfare Board is canvassing
the District for a building to be
used as the receiving home for chill.
dren under II wears old.
Under an act of the last Congress
children under II. now under juris-
diction OF the Woman's Bureau
must be placed in a separate struc.
ture under the direction of the
Welfare Board. The board sought
to use a building facing Stanton
Park as receiving home but was
halted by a court order.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-09
GLEE CLUB CONCERT

The Mems .Glee Club of North
Central College, Naperville, ILL.,. will
give a concert at Walter Reed Hos
pital tonight. The concert was ar
ranged by Miss Mabel Rowlands.
A second concert will be given to-
morrow night in the Albright Me-
mortal Evangelical Church, Fourth
and Rittenhouse SITS. N. w.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-09
Michael T. Ahearn, Jr.,
Leaves $4,000 Estate

Personal property valued at
4I8,742.5s was left by Michael 7.
Ahern, jr., according to the peti-
fftfonF filed in Probate Court by his
father Michael T. Ahern. who asked
TO be appointed administrator of
the estate.
The father is entitled to the entire
estate. which includes over 50 900
IN cash: So shares OF stock in the
Linotype Company; is in the Poto.
mac Electric Power Company and
10 shares IN the Sanitary Grocery
Company, ATTORNEY Eugene B. Sui.
l!van filed the petition for the
father.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-09
Two Are Convicted
OF TRANSPORTING Rum

Arrested by Sergeant Little and
his rum squad June 20. last, with
81 gallons of alleged liquor, Emmett
Robert Hunt, Oxon Hill, Md, and
Louis Herbert, 1900 Half Street
S. W., both colored. were found
guilty Of transporting and posses.
sion by police court jury yester.
day.
Assistant United States ATTORNEY
John 3, Williams prosecuted the
case.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-09
d. G. Coast Artillery
Scores High Targets

Batteries B and G, OF the 260th
Coast Artillery of the District Ma.
tional Guard, are showing high effi.
cheney in the drills now being held
at Fort Monroe, Va.
There was a high percentage Of
hits by gunners aiming at airplane-
towed targets in the past few days.
The encampment closes this week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-09
NO. 24s-UNITED STATES HOTEL

bris. Firemen worked all night
under prccaEions conditions and
when the debris had been cleared
away sufficiently 1t was found that
four had been killed.
The collapse OF the. back part of
the United states Hotel "A years
ago recalls the Identical collapse
Ia year ago today Of the rear walls
ct the building next to 1t, now occu-
pied by the Fellowship Forum"
During the Investigation last sum-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-09
a Story Of.
Reckless
Love
REAn THIS FTRST

- Il
Nancy Deane. golden haired,
dark eyed has been brought up by
the O'Days In the town Of Apple.
ton, Wis: she IA really the daugiI.
ter az Montague Deane and Julie
Abbott. the former the disinherited
son Of one Of the richest families
III Milwaukee, but she n unaware
Of this relationship. She loves
the O'Days and works In the sta-
tiOn lunch room TO help them pay
their rent. There she meets John
Blair. an outstanding young man
and invites her to 20 to the cir
Gus. Although she b wary Ct
men generally she recOgnizes that
Blair Is q gentleman and accepts.
Nancy loses her job and goes
home to find everything there
upset. Mrs. O'Day tells her she's
heard from her mother who's ~
town with the circus and wants
To see the baby she deserted IN
years before. Nancy hears tlle
true story Of her parentage. She
goes To the circus realizing her
mother n 3 performer IN the big
show.
julie fans from 4 trapeze and
Nancy fights her way 10 her side
calling wildly that she's her
mother. She faints md later
runs madly 70 the hospital. julie
Il dying but Nancy vows eternal
love for Muddy O,Day and realizes
too where she has inherited her
admiration for dancing and gilt
tering things.
Nancy and Mrs. O'Day
rose from their knees and
looked down on the face Of
Julie Abbott. There was no
sign Of breathing. Nancy
noticed the hand on the
Counterpart. There were !
thousand little pin lines in it.
The nails were long and
pointed and very, very pink.
Later, in the O'Day sitting
room, on theold green couch
with Its sagg1ng springs,
Mrs. O'Day told Nancy all
about the love Of Monty
Dsane, jr., for Julie Abbott.
1t was just is years ago
this June, II Mrs. O'Day was
saying, that was the year
Dairy was hurt III the mill.
What with the expenses, +
went to work over at the
hospital that very same
hospital where Julie Abbott
lays dyin' now. She was an
English girl, your mother, a.
playin around with circuses.
CONTINUED on Fiction Page.l
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-09

mer no one thought Of the collapse
OF the United States Hotel which
would Indicate something similar In
the structure Of the soil near which
old Tiber Creek used to run unIll
IT was filled in.
In recent wears the property has
been run as the Chicago House
ana prior to that as Lewis Saloon.
The Quen Chong and Hong High
companies, Chinese importers, now
occupy the two buildings.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-09

The Old United States Hotel
which Is now the two buildings at
343 and 245 Pennsylvania Ave.
N. W., was built ana opened on De-
cember II, 1s49. by Edward III. Full
Ter. noted hotel man of his day.
Years later he sold 1t to Wallace
J. Belding. 1t was during Belding's
ownership August 3, 1884 that
the rear walls cayed In while So
guests were in the dining room.
Eight were buried under the de-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-09
Mrs. Mary H.LmdsLey
Sued for DiUorce

Mrs. Mary " Lindsey who suit for limited divorce
from her husband William Lindsey 200 block Eighteenth
St, and arrested July 30 in raid the home Of
negro cult leader in Southeast Washington sued for abb
solute divorce in Equity Court today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-09

Apartment vacancies In all sections Of
Washington can be located through the
classified rental columns.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-09

THE PICTURE of stray puppy being fed by the
bottle method at the Animal Rescue League printed in
The Washington Times Tuesday resulted in the Rescue
League being flooded with requests from people that
they be allowed provide home for the pup. Little
George Gaylor s. of 405 Tenth ST. n E. shown holding
the pup above, pleaded strongly thatshe awarded
the puppy Little Mariyn Tabert is also shown above
admiring the puppy.
The Washington times., 1928-08-27
WARMERS SCARS
4 POINTS on
MARKET
~ Iotsrna.lona.l SEE. servle.


NEW YORK. Aug. 81 Forward
price movements In the early trad.
ing today were mostly confined to
the motor stocks and specialties. the
latter including few OF the low.
priced newcomers to the active list.
The movement In Warner Bros.
Pictures, which carried both issues
of stock above o. for q 4.point gain,
was conducted In dramatic style by
a powerful pool operating close to
the financial district Automobile
and auto accessory stocks were
again in the IimeligI1t
Widespread advertising of last
weeks buoyant movement had the
desired effect OF bringing thou
sands OF traders into the market.
Brokerage houses were crowded to
the doors. and Inquiries poured IN
from every section OF the country.
making a heavy accumulation of
buying orders over the weekend.
Favorable reports from the major
industries, including steel motor,
and building construction, stimu-
lated speculative enthusiasm in
Wall Street and elsewhere.
Brig2s Manufacturing and Stewart
warner led g brilliant ADVANCE IN me
motor car accessory stocks, the latter
again selling above par. The motor
stocks In the second period were
held back BY profit .talSing. and
therefore unable to gain any ground.
The same was true of the steel and
oil stocks. as well a. the bulk Of
the coppera, Greene Cananea being
the only representative or that list
to move ahead.
Stock transactions of 5000
shares in the first hour reflected
mostly the vigorous work Of the
pools and professionals In stirring
up their speculative favorites. Loft
and Armour, in the cheap speciality
group, raced ahead point or two
as trading reached an enormous
volume. Fox Theater, Postum
Cereal. Woolworth and Allied
Chemical were active, though the
latter dropped back about six
points.
The Washington times., 1928-08-27
GIRLS WORK FOR
BIGGER FEET
By international News Service

BERK ELEY, Calf. Aug. 81
California farm girls. who know
their onions" are avoiding bunions
by wearing shoes with a college
education.
This was disclosed today by the
extension division of the Univer-
sity of California.
More than 1000 farm families in
the State and more than 5000 farm
girls in Al counties have been urged
by the extension division to pre-
serve their health by wearing shoes
that will insure bigger and better
feet"
Comfortable footwear to dis
pense with care" is the slogan OF
the girls who have joined the All
clothing clubs sponsored by the ex-
tension division.
Explaining the movement. Miss
r. Dodson. specialist in the agri-
culture division Of the university
department. SAYS:
IF we are to keep good feet. we
must treat them fairly during the
first 20 wears of our life. Then
we should continue the ~ me treat
ment throughout the rest of our
lives"
The Washington times., 1928-08-27
Bandits Get $1,O51
In Elevator Holdup

NEW YORK, Aug. 27.--Two men
followed John Suttman into an apart
ment hotel, then forced him and
Bernard Cohen, the manager, into
the elevator at the point of revolvers.
The robbers ordered John Mar
ming, elevator operator, to take them
all to the top floor. There they took
1915 from Suttman and $135 from
Cohen, but declined to search Man.
ming. They left the manager and
tenant on the top floor and made
Manning take them to the lobby
They sent him back to the top floor
and disappeared.
The Washington times., 1928-08-27
Biting Dog May Get
Pardon From Court

WHITE PLAINS, n. X, Aug. %.
The female chow dog of Mrs. Anse-
lima Conf. New Rochelle. under
death sentence from city Judge Rus
kin of that city for the last month,
is likely to get a pardon from City
Judge Walter G. G. Otto when he
hands down his decision.
Judge Otto. listening to an appeal
from the sentence of the New Roch-
ellie judge. intimated strongly that
he did not believe Judge Ruskin had
the legal right to order the dogs exc
cLtion after 1t had been placed in
safe keeping and that he would prob.
ably reverse the sentence.
Mrs. Mary Barillari, a neighbor Of
Mrs. Conf, had charged that the
CHOW bit her little son. 1t is said
that the incident developed into a
neighborhood war and that Judge
Ruskin's decision caused much bit
terness in Washington Avenue cir
cIes, where families took sides in the
argument between the two women.
The Washington times., 1928-08-27
ALEXANDRIANS
AID MOORE

ALEXANDRIA, Va. Aug, 27.-
Armed with the resolution passed
at the city Republican meeting Fri
day night, In which any effort TO
nominate an opponent to Fl. WAL
Ton Moore, Democratic incumbent
is opposed, the is local delegates
to the Eighth district convention
at Stafford Wednesday will urge
the Republicans to concentrate
their efforts on the presidential
campaign. According to John B.
Phillips, chairman of the city com.
mittee, headquarters for the Hoover
Curtis forces will be opened here
this week.
Eddie Brown, in police court this
morning, charged with third Of
tense against the prohibition law.
was fined $40 and sentenced TO
three months in jail. Ernest
jenkins cQlored. was fined $50 and
costs and sentenced to one month
in jail on q charge of possession.
An exhibition OF the handicraft
of children at the city Fairgrounds
has been placed In a window on
King Street.
Nonecommissioned officers school
will be held at the arTnory Sep.
TENDER and 20 for the AlcxanG IA
light infantry
Mrs. Alice Hall. Of Springfield
Va. was slightly injured Saturday
afternoon when car driven by
her son and one driven by Fred
Musselein, of Brentwood. colIided at
The Washington times., 1928-08-27
MAIL ACE DOES
5000 HOURS
BY International News Service

CHICAGO, Aug. 27.--With a rec
ord Of 5000 hours in the air and
with more mileage OH air mail routes
than any any other pilot, E. Ham
tlton Lee, who flies the night mail
plane between Omaha and Chicago
is the lace of the air mail"
Lee. who took out the first planes
in the air mail when it started with
436 miles a day and two stops 10
years ago, has seen the air mail
service expand until it omtranks
that Of any other nation and TODAY
he is part Of a nation wide trans.
portation system which covers IS 900
miles day. serving So million PEG.
pie directly and many millions more
indirectly.
Lee has acquired numerous rec.
ords. but thinks his most unusual
service was dropping food from an
airplane on South Fox Island in
Northern Lake, Mich. to save a
band OF starving, icebound lumber
jacks. The fastest time he ever
made with the air mail was between
Chicago and Omaha, 430 miles which
he made in 2 hours and As minutes.
Train time for that journey is u
hours.
The Washington times., 1928-08-27
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

y Hogs Receipts. $4,000; market
strong. Top. 1920; bulk. $l1.6oG
1870; heaNf weight. $l1.S5 q Use;
medium weight. 81. 10nIe.90; light
weight. S11.60R12.a0: light lights,
S11.15nI2. 80: packing sows. $I1@
lips; pigs, 3IO.s0912.25; hpldovers.
J, 1000.
Cattle Receipts. $4,000 market
steady. Calves Receipts 1900;
market soc lower. Sect steers
Good and choice. $15116.G5: common
and medium $10W14.50: yearIings,
S10117. Butcher cattl Heifers. 50 a
1850: COWS, $7.75 m12.50; bulls, $3.50
oil so: calves. $500 1850; feeder
steers, SilG1s.50; stocker steers. 81
n12.75; stocker cows and heifers,
37.5OG1f.5 so,
sheep Receipts. 10000: market
steady. Medium and choice lambs.
s1S.75m14.6O: cu1ls and common,
80. 50@19; yearIings. 3109 4 com.
mon and choice ewes. 34d7; feeder
lambs. S12.75014.25.
The Washington times., 1928-08-27
PARIS TOURIST
TRADE BIC

PARIS, Aug. PA full 40 per
cent Of the seasons crop of sight
seers were provincial French. ac-
cordins to the prefecture Of police.
While Middle West accents and
collegiate neckties seemed to pre-
dominate on, the boulevards the Of
fetal figures affirmed that the
United States and Canada together
furnished only Is per cent OF the
tourists.
Spain and South America con-
tributed 90 per cent: Germany ard
England sent 10 per cent each Of
their nationals, and the remaining
) per cent came from Central
Europe. .
This survey was made from the
certificates OF domicile which are
issued for every visitor whether he
remains in Paris a night or
month.