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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-23
NEWS OF PERSONS AND EVENTS IN SOCIAL WH1RL OF WASH
I'M PR ESSI0NS
OF HORSE
SHOW
Feature Of Rockville Fair
Brings Out Riding
Elite
ApOlOgiea . q. . McIntgssD

& (ApOiOgiea 10 o. o. McIntgFeD
Yesterday 81 the Rockville Fair.
All the Riding and Hunt Club
crowd in attendance for the horse
show. Elizabeth jackson In the
ring on bright bay. Giant
King, Ray Norton's entry, seems
"a be carrying OF bis share Of
the ribbons.
Alice Cuts. not III riding
clothes, with d small but peppy
wire.haired ferr5er 90 the end 81
4 leash. says she Ii entering him
In the dog show on Saturday.
Also q large and handsome re-
Gently acquired Doberman Pincher.
Gwynn Rust and his pretty
wife. Neither lii equestrian tog
gerry. Must not be riding today.
two pretty girls with Melvin
Hazen. See his steepIechaser,
GeneraI Mitchell, IL III the money
iii the hurdle race.
Mrs. n. b. II. Smith leaning on
the horse show fence with Mrs
Frank Shultz. Both scheduled 10
ride. Little Catherine Harrison
III farfnerette costume. Was rid
ing III the pageant earlier in the
day. Looks like her papa, the
Senator from Mississippi.
Frances SaiIps pretty Dr0wR.
saddle pony wins the first In tns.
combination class. And canaErss
man makes q picture with Ds.
Al. j. Crump. very neat in phi-
perfect riding attire. pinniug the
blue to her bride REIN
Little Otto Fur. here from.
MiddIeburg with his father, Otto.
senior, one OF the judges. also
having his picture made present
ing Elizabeth jackson with rib
bon. The Iaddie wears his riding
clothes like q veteran. Born in
'em, probably. These Middleburg
children wear breeches ann high
stocks as sWaddIfng clothes.
Two little farnnerettes, Margaret
snd Harriet Hartnett, from Edge
more. F'arYneretfes everywhere.
Missed the pageant. Must see y
today.
Hear the horse show starts at
10 O'Clock today. Oh, Welt. See
the afternoon show.
Mrs. Jimmie Curtis, butler.
Isookinx very uisconsoIate. Says
Mrs. Jimmie II at Saratoga for
the races. Has taken house there.
FIe II down Tor Whippet races.
Wonder what the house party
will do without Adams. Best
cocktail mixer In oh. welI
h. "
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TRANSFER OF
MILITARY
ATTACHE
Major Lombard Will Sail
for France End Of
Month

Washington is losing
temporarily at least lone OF
its most beautiful hostesses.
For Maj. &. &. Lombard,
Assistant Military Attache
Of the French Embassy for
several years, has been as
signed to the command of 3
unit of the French Army,
and viii sail from New York
% August 80.
With him will 60 Nine.
Lombard, who, before her
marriage = year ago to the
French officer, was. Miss
Helen Carusi, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles +.
Carusi.
With Parents
Major and Nine. Lombard
have given up the house they
occupied st 1716 N st. during
the winter and are staying with
the latter's parents In their
home &C 1855 Eighteenth st.
until they 60 10 New York on
August III to sail Tor France
They win Be at the Waldorf
storia while III New York.
Major Lombard has not been
told vet just where his new
station will be. And he may
not know definitely until he
arrives in Paris early In Sep
TENDER.
The transfer came rs . SUR
prise III Washington, for al
though Army officers Of any
country are subject to many
Instruments, Major Lombard
had been here long enough to be
regarded as an essential part
81 the. French Embassy. he
came III August, 1919, and has
been stationed here ever since.
with the departure Of Major
Lombard and that Of Gen.
Georges Al. Il. Dumont some
weeks ago, there IS LEFT only one
familiar face In the office Of the
Military Attache Of the French
embassy namely, Major Georges
Thenault, Assistant Military At
kache, who has also been here sew
eral years.
Their successors have not ar
rived in washington yet-even +
they have been appointed.
Career
Major Lombard was the first
Frenchrnan to be detailed as ar
tilIery instructor with the a. p.
F. serving with the first Arneri-
can artillery to reach French soil
under command OF Gen. PeytOn
March. afterward chief Of staff.
In this connection, too, it is in
4eregkin0 to note that Major The.
nault. who commanded the famous
Lafayette Escadrflle, is married to
an American, the former Miss
Sarah Spencer, OF st. Joseph, Mo.
Major Lombard Is the son u
Leon Lombard, u retired civil en-.
gineer, who makes his home in
Paris. He IL graduate OF st.
Cyr, the military academy OF
France. In the early days Of the
World War he commanded a bat
terry Of howitzers and later B.
battalion Of motorized guns, TAX
ing part In the first battle OF the
Marine ana the historic drives of
Champagne ana the Argonne.
After attending the staff school,
he was detailed TO the Fortieth
Division, famous shock troops,
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Capt. and Mrs. Joseph l.. Brooks
will sail from New York on Sep
TENDER enroute to honolulu,
where Captain Brooks will be sta
toned at Fort Armstrong. He
was formerly stationed at West
Point.
Mrs. Brooks. who IL visiting her
parents, Judge and Mrs. Don A.
Bliss, in San Antonio, Tex. win
return TO Washington on Tues
day.
Capt and Mrs. George r.
Unmacht have returned from 9.
vacation in Canada and New
England and are in their home
in Battery Park. Their son,
George F. Unmacht, jr., will
return today from Culver Mill
tary Academy, where he took q
summer course.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Dodge Of
London. who are on q holiday trip
to this country, are guests ct the
Maytlower.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Cans enter
tanned at dinner last night at the
Congressional Country Club.
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ana fought through the 1917
drive.
With Americans

For q time he was on duty
training artillery instructors for
service with the American troops
in France and he stayed with the
A. e. r. until after the arnistice.
helping close up the last camp.
Major Lombard was one OF the
first French officers to receive the
Distinguished Service Medal. sent
to him in France. He also has
the Croix de Guerre. with two
citations, and the Legion of
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GOING NOR TIL
FOR SHORT
VISIT

Mrs. George Barnett. wife Of
Major GeperaI Barnett, u. 81.
Marine Corps. retired. will go 10
Narragansett Pier. r.. Il. tomor-
row to be the guest OF Mrs. Irving
ri. Chase at her country estate.
Miramar.
General and Mrs. Barnett have
been spending the summer at
Wakefield Manor. their estate near
Front Royal, Va. where they have
been entertaining house parties
frequently.
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VISITOR FROM
GER MANY TN
CAPITAL
Only Foreign Woman
Delegate To Congress
Here for Week

DR.. elizabeth slxwarra. oe the
faculty Of the Womsn's College n
Keonigsburg. Germany. II spend.
Ing the week At the Mayfiowsr
Hotel, having come hers with
group of 80 delegates To the fourth
International Congress- Of EnfOmO.
lOgists held last week ct Cornell
University.
DR.. Sixwarra was the only wO-
man among the foreign delegatea
from approximately 40 countries.
she believes that the study
and teaching oE entomology IS an
other fieId where women have
great opportunity for advancement
because 0f tne unusual amount or
patience ana accuraey 1a 6etailA
required.
Early Life
Dr. skwsrra spent her early
life On j farm in East prussia
and her CURIOSITY then about III.
sects III ell kinds IL the reason
she attributes for making nemato-
A0@& AUU CAlOANOA0zy III ILL.,
study. Much 81 her time ~ DE-
voted to the study Of various forms
Of insects found 10 amber Thar
hard. translucent resin of extinct
pine trees which has become 20
popular commercially.
on her way to washington Or.
Skwarra visited Niagara Falls
end Pittsburgh. ana before sailing
for Europe the latter part ~
the month. she win 30 to Philadel.
pllia. and Boston. her special In.
terest fl the latter place being tire
famous ant collection Of Or. n.
w. wheeler at Harvard
Miss # IL Taylor, of Shanghai.
China - It the Grace Dodge
Hotel FOR 4 lengthy stay.
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M RS. DODD IS
ON HER WAY
EAST

Mrs. Alvin q. Dodd Is In Chicago
for q. few days on her way BY mo-
tor from Colorado Springs, Colo.
to WilIiamstown, Mass. where she
will attend the closing sessions OF
the Institute of Politics before go
ing TO Weston, Mass, where she
will spend the autumn.
Mrs. Dodd has been taking some
courses in the university near
Colorado Springs during the sum-
mer. She went there from the Re-
publican convention in Kansas City
Mr.. and Mrs. Dodd will come to
washington early in the winter for
o short stay. They still have their
house lin Georgetown. They viii
make their home, however. in New
York, where Mr.. Dodd will have
i1is headquarters with a business
firm-having resigned in the
spring from his position with the
United States Chamber of Com
merce.
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VIII Spend
Weed-End Al
: Summer Home

The Acting Secretary OF tbe
Navy. Theodore Douglas Robinson.
win leave this afternoon to join
Mrs. Robinson and their children
at their summer home, in Herki-
mer. N. Y. He viii return TO
Washington on Monday.
r. + 4
Country Club
DR.. and Mrs. Lyman Beecher
Swormstedt have left for q va
cation with relatives Sin Oak
dale, Long Island at the Oakdale
Club, the former residence Of
the late W. X. Vanderbilt, known
as Idlehour, which lately has
been opened as n country club
by group of business and pro-
fessional people on and around
New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. 8. e. Booker, of
Louisville. KY, and their two
young sons. Ned and Hutchings.
are making .. brief visit in Wash
ington on their way to Atlantic
City. They are guests at the May
flower.
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Mime. Lombard

citations, and the Legion Oh
Honor.
Nine. Lombard
Nine. Lombard has been 3 rec
ognized belle ever since she began
playing around with the younger
group. She is clever. cultivated.
charming, and has what might be
called "beaute de soir." In street
clothes Miss Carusi Is just an.
other pretty girl. but in evening
dress she blossoms out into rare
and distinguished loneliness. She
is a granddaughter OF the late
Eugene d. Carusi, a distinguished
lawyer OF his day. and her family
has been affiliated with Washing
ton for several generations.
Mime. Davila Returns
The Chilean ambassador, Carlos
Davila, has returned from D brief
visit int Atlantic City and will go
to New York tomorrow TO meet
Sonora de Davila on her arrived
Saturday from Paris.
Nine. Davila has been in Europe
since early in the spring.
Brig. Gen. William e. Horton
is the guest OF MIR. and Mrs. Edison
Bradley at Sea View Terrace, New.
port, r. l.
From South
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton r. Boucher
have returned from motor trip
to North Carolina. where they
visited their brother-in.laW and
sister, Mr.. and Mrs. John Alan
Sharp. They were accompanied
to Washington by their niece, Miss
Courtney Sharp, who will he their
guest for few weeks. She will
return to Duke University, where
she Is In the sophomore class, in
September.
Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm Nc.
Eachen,- of Biloxi, Miss, who
are staying at the Grace Dodge
Hotel, are accompanied by Bra.
X. w. Griffon. also ~ Biloxi.
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Z Die m CRASH

FAYETTEVILLE. n. G., Aug ss
w. b. Miller. 81 Greensboro, was
dead today. and w. r. StiIl. Of the
same place, Was suffering from
minor injuries IS q result cf an
automobile accident. MilIer,a auto
mobile crashed into the wall of =
concrete bridge on the Cumberlsnds
HoIke county line
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From Cruise

Mrs. II. III. Caraway wife OF Sen.
ator Caraway, and their son. Rob
ert Caraway. have returned from
q cruise on the Mediterranean. and
are ut their home. 1898 irving st.
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FALL IS CHEERFUL
ON REACHING COAST
Goes Into Seclusion at Sani-
tarIum for Rest to Aid
His Heart.
BE- the As.o.laleA Pre...

rs the Ass0rialsd Press.
PASADENA, Calf, April ALBERT
B Fall. former Secretary Of the Int
fior. arrived here today from his FL
Pago. Tex, home for rest and recupera-
ton st sanitarinm He was accom-
panied by Mrs. Fall a daughter. Mrs
y. r, Elliott. and H. q, 0lunn, his sec =
rFtarg
Falls 24-h0ur train ride from Fl
Pae0 ended this afternoon at Alhambra
near here where he left the train Ia
motor 10 the sanitafium. He was met
by sanitarinm physician and brought
10 private cottage he will OCCUPY for
an indefinite period FOR rest and habii-
itatiOn," the physician said
The former cabinet Of1cer was In
good humor and of cheerful frame of
mind. and after q preliminary physicaI
examination his condition was described
rs 'falr lie viii be confined to bed a
large part Of the time for the rest he
needs, ms physician stated Fall was
chewing an unIlghted cigar ~ he left
the train and walked Inaided To the
waiting motor car
Fall. declining to make any comment
( whatever concerning the Teapot Dome
case In which he recently made o dep
osiiion. declared he Nag feeling stronp
but bit tired lie said he had made
| no appointments tn see any one here
| other than physicians He Ii suffeTine
| from heart disease and low blood pres
sure snd orders were issued that hs
| should DE Kept in geciuhl0n
Evening star., 1928-04-08
POLICEMAN CUT BY FLEEING MAN
WHO IS HALTED BY PISTOL FIRE
Prisoner Accused of Taking
Stockings in Store Draws
His knife.
Chase Taken Up by Officer
Leach in Communicated
Automobile.

Brsndish:ng a knife TO win his free
dom after he was reported trapped
stealing stockings from downtown de-
partment store late yesterday after
noon. James Flowers. co.ored, 60T N
street. escaped two bullets from the
pistol of Policeman John r. Leach of
the sixth precinct and finally cut the
polio 7.nan on the hand before he was
arrested
Flowers Is said TO have grabbed sew
cral pairs OF stockings from q counter
in the store of Lansbureh a. Bro, short
ly after o'clock. A clerk saw him
and called for assistance.
The suspect was Immediately STIR
rounded by irate customers. but made
his way TO the door by brandishing a
knife that he hastily drew from his
pocket. Joseph Grant, house detective.
pursued him to e street. between STV-
enth and Eighth streets. where the
fugitive Jumped to the running board
Of waiting automobile. driven by an
other colored man.
At Sixth and r streets the automo-
bill was slowed down by traffic con-
aestion and an unidentified pedestrian
ran up 10 Leach. who was directing
traffic there and called his attention
to the man standing on the running
board
Leach c0mmandered another auto
mobile and gave chase. At Fifth and
r streets Flowers jumped from the
automobile and ran. Leach started to
shoot at him. but pointed the gun In
the air because of the crowds Of Pension
Office employees who were passing the
point.
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Continued from First Page
things are sort OF mixed up" ne said
The teliers have counted 81 ballots"
hir Yaden explained that the extra
vote could be thrown out. whososYer 1t
vas. without affecting the result, as
only 43 votes were necessary Tor a
choice. For a moment 1t looked as II
this would be done, when Louis GsiD-
man moved that the ballot be declared
a legal one. Mr Yaden was about 10
put the motion 10 a vote when q. l..
Shorey interpoSed a sharp objection on
the around that the ballot was Illegal.
During the discussion that ensued,
william Mex. CLAYTON moved that the
matter be settled By the tellers taking
one Of the ballots out of the box and
some one SUGGESTED that the vote b.
retaken and each delegate write his
or her name on the back of the ballot
Chairmcn Yaden. however, interrupted
to declare that I'VE don't want the
impression to get out that the aSsocia-
ton can't cast legal ballot .
Il therefore declare the ballot void. :
he ruled.
With the retaking OF the fourth bal
lot, Mr. Campbell wss elected with 43
votes. The other votes we're distributed
as follows: Armstrong. S. Mrs. Light
foot. >: Newcomer, 2S Strobel, 3, and
Walker, g.
After the balloting. Chairman Yaden
presented each of the successful candi-
dates who received ovations from their
followers OF the six members chosen.
only Mr.. Wales was absent Speeches
were tabooed and Mr. Walker. one of
the unsuccessful candidates arose to
Invite his defeated colleagues to ioin
him as a member OF the Society of
he Defeated Council" to which he said
he had belonged for years.
With the election ending as nar-
monious'y as IL was conducted through
out. chairman Yaden. before adjourn
ing. announced that special meeting
Of the federation would be held next
Saturday night.
The teilers at the election were S. M.
Ely, A. r. Sheer, c. A. Barker and Mrs.
r. Il. Smell
At the outset OF the meeting. MIR.
c ayton offered a resolution expressing
the appreciation of the Federation for
the services rendered by Maj. w. f. R
Covell, retiring Assistant Engineer
Commissioner. and It's regret over his
leaving, The resolution. which was
adopted UNANIMOUSLY. also expressed the
hope that Mai. Covell would return to
Washington as Engineer Commissioner
Copies of the resolution were ordered
sent to President Coolidge. the District
committees OF the Senate and House,
the Chief Of Engineers OF the Army and
the District Commissioners
Evening star., 1928-04-08
GOFF DENIES BEING
STALKING Horse
Representing My State and
Myself" He Says of
Candidacy.
pv the Assncl ated Pres.

BY me Ass0cl atec Press,
Senator Goh OF West Virginia. new
est entry in Republican ranks for preei-
Dental nomination. issued a statement
Yesterday declaring he was not a "stalk-
ing horse" for any one and that I IN
representing my State and myself in
this very important step
In announcing and duly fling notice
Of my candidacy in West Virginia"
the statement said. Il emphaticallv
stated that I neither favored nor OPP
posed the candidacy Of any Of those
who now aspire for the nomination for
President at the Kansas City conven-
ton. have been urged for months 10
take this step and did SO only after
learning the wishes Of the rank sr1
file of the Republicans Of West Viz
ginia End at the request and with the
approval of the entire Republican dele
CATION in Congress from my State.
In entering this contest for the NOM
nation for President do so openly,
avowediy and without any mental
reservations whatsoever. In becoming
candidate. am not and never have
been a stalking horse for any indi-
vidual clique or faction. I am repre-
senting my State and myself in this
very important step"
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Continued from First PagsJ
presidential nomination none has come
out for the McNary- -Haugen bil. Gov
Smith has said nothing definite about
farm relief. New YORK is not strong
Tor the McNary- -Haueen Oil. and the
electoral vote of New York Is more i'm
pOriant TO Smith. II he be the nomi.
nee. than the vote OF several Of the
farm States all rolled into one Sena-
tor Reed OF Missouri and Senator
Walsh Of Montana both voted against
the McNary- -Haugen bill when it cams
up in the Senate last year.
The drive of the anIi-Hoover. pre-
L.owden Republicans. against the SscrC-
tary OF Commerce was pressed yester-
day by Representative Dickinson oi
Iowa. who issued statement insisting
tnat Smith would be the Democratic
nominee and would be able 10 defeal
Hoover, but would lose to LowdFn,
This brought replies both from Repte-
sentative Walter II. Newton OF Mime
sofa and Representative CyrenuS Cole
of Iowa, supporters Of Mr.. Hoover Mr.
Cole represents the district in Iowa il;
which Mr.. Hoover was born and which
has chosen delegates favorable TO his
AibHNlEtAAtGbt MA G0AN NAAAs
1t is well not 10 believe all state
ments issued The men who issued a
statement in Des MoineS recently that
Mr. Hoover would lose the Republican
party a million yotsS in the agricul-
tural belt have many of them bceH
effillatcG with the Democratic and la
Toilette parties. and they were presided
over by a Democrat from Missouri
Il am more in agreement with the
statement prepared by my colleague.
Mr. Dickinson. which has been SUD-
mtttsd to me for comment, AS agsirS,
Al Smith he conceded 10 either NJ
Iowden or Mr. Hoover as a candidate.
the four most vital agricultural States.
namely Kansas, Iowa. Minnesota and
Michigan These are typical OF the
whole agricultural belt. The candidates.
who can carry these four States caN
carry all the agricultural belt States.
But l do not agree With Mr., Dickin-
son. when he places the States of
Illinois. Indiana. Missouri. Nebraska,
Montana and North Dakota in the
doubtful column with Mr. Hoover as q
candidate | see no reason for the dis
tinctiou All these States have allied
agricultural interests with the four
States, namely Kansas, Iowa, Min
neSota and Michigan which Mr..
Dickinson comedies 10 Mr., Hoover. And
some Of them have other interests which
make them more certain 10 be carried
ov Mr. Hoover than by any other can
didate, In my opinion.
The farmers will not be persuaded
that they can benerlt themselves by
dancing TO jaga music On the sidewalks
OF New York. They want the agricul-
tural schedules in the Law revised UP
Evening star., 1928-04-08

ward under the Republicans and not
revised downward by the Democrats"
The farm bill is likely TO come 70 q
vote in the Senate this week and is
expected to pass. The House, too. viii
put the bill through, in much the same
form. it is predicted by House leaders
But it is not expected that 1t can be
passed over a presidential veto. The
equalization fee principle which Presi-
dent Coolidge declared unconstitutional
in his veto message last year, still re-
mains in the bill.
From two Western States have come
threats that. II Mr.. Hoover is the
nominee, independent states Of presi-
Dental electors viii be placed in the
field, and II successful. pledged 70 vote
for some other Republican than Hoover
1t IS the same threat as that directed
by Southern Democrats against Al
Smith. But 1t is doubtful that such a
maneuver would be successful in either
case.
Two-thirds Of the Republicans who
will hold credentials at Kansas CITY
nine weeks hence and IS per cent OF the
delegates TO the Houston convention
two weeks later remain to be selected.
As il stands now among Republican
coTltenders. Hoover is out ahead. with
l64 instructed and claimed delegates.
Lowden. in the lead until this week. has
an even 100: Curtis. %. and Norris. Ie.
with the preference OF So in doubt.
OF the Democrats. Smith is far to
the front. with ls6 instructed and
claimed convention votes. Reed OF Mis-
sollri has So and George of Georgia. %.
with 38 in doubt
Generally il is agreed that. barring
,lpSets. Hoover will go into the Repub-
hcan convention with the most dele
gates and that the New York governor
VIII De in the same position at Houstcr
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Continued from First Paee)
mittees. and TO scare and intimida;e
other policemen so that they will b.
afraid to diVulge lawlessness and
crookedness In the department
"t2D With false charges specially pre-
pared, predicated upon said manufac-
tured false evidence. being an integral
part OF said hellish conspiracy I
"t3D With q verdict from a hand
picked board the chairman OF which
was a brother officer OF the prosecutor
and the other two members being es-
pecially picked police captains. all three
Staples guilty before hearing any evi-
dence
This Is not the mere trial of q po-
liceman. II vitally affects the integrity
OF the District government. Yes, 1t
even vitally affects the integrity OF the
Government of the United States itself.
for 1t is an attempt TO hamper obstrucl
and defeat committees of Congress in
their Investigations OF rottenneSs. graft
and corruption.
There Is not an honest. unbiased. un-
prejudiced citizen in Washington who
would have found Staples guilty on any
count. This is not the end. but merely
the beginning. We now get 1t out of
the hands of a corrupt Police Depart
ment. i will try this case de nobo'
before the District Commissioners. And
when the testimony is heard by them I
predict that they will be able honestly
to render but one decision. and that
viii be not guilty"