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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-03
VARE COVIO ION
Gll[SLITT Il
HOPE

ATLANTIC CITY n. j. Aug 3.
The condition Of William s. Ware,
senator.elect from Pennsylvania.
who suffered stroke Of apoplexy
at his summer home at Ventor City
near here wednesday. was declared
unchanged At 10.45 4. m. today.
His personal physician, DIR. ELL
wood r. Kirby, Of Philadelphia, who
visited him THE morning. said. BE-
fore leaving for Philadelphia, that
Wares condition was exceedingly
critical. He said Ware had 4 tenn
perature Of 9S and added that the
slightest recurrence of the cerebral
Ilemorrhage would cause death or
IL the high temperature continued
it was likely to prove fatal,
Ware ii so years old, the age at
which both his brothers died
He suffered from acute indiges.
ton and from pleuresy ait Ventnor
this spring. This weakened him.
According to DIR. Kirby, the stroke
OF apoplexy has cost the Senator
Elect the Use OF his left arm and
left leg. He fell out Of he'd while
trying to struggle To his feet.
Some Of his friends here were In.
clined to attribute Wares condition
to the hitter fight over his seat In
the United States Senate fight
waged after the recent Philadelphia.
election and campaign fund SCAN
dals.
he has been worrying about this
for full year, his friends pointed
ont
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-03

Ii appears that common labOrers
and clerical workers are the first u
&c affected by the slightest falling off
aof employment. cannot urge too
strongly that parents arrange that
their children be fitted for special
work. for To Be caught IN either Of
these classes means to be at the
mercy of the winds OF economic cir.
cllmstance. Jones said.
Jones pointed out that. while the
unskiIied worker often has plenty of
work during the summer construc.
ton period, he must constantly be
hunting new jobs during the winter.
Clerks positions are always uncer-
tain during any slack season, he said.
Calls Conditions Fair
In spite Of overestiination Of EN-
rIoyment difficulties In particular 10.
caIities, national employment condi.
lions are better than fair, Jones
declared
He roundIy criticised exaggeratiOn
or unemployment conditions for po.
Iitical purposes on the ground that
is was NOT only misleading and dis
auieting. but retarded progress in
those sections.
Aside from the textile workers,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-03
TREATY LOCKS
SINKING SHIP
RE SCUE

An unidentified fiyesmasted schoon-
Ell, with IS men aboard, II
sinking at East Brother Rock, five
miles east Of Great Isaac In the Bas
hama Islands group, the coast guard
was advised today BY its Ft. Lauder
dale dial base
Immediate assistance is needed.
The schoonerss distress was reported
by the Belgian tanker Mao Care
line.
Headquarters declared coast guard
vessels could NOT be sent to the
rescue; first, because there Is an
agreement for American cutters rot
to enter British waters, and second,
because rescue ships from Fl Lau.
derdale, the nearest base. are tuo
far away to give effective cid,
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particularly cotton min craftsmen,
none 81 the trades has q critical erl-
ploynent problem at present, he
said. Thousands Of textile men are
idle because 81 strikes and mill shut
downs.
The industrial trades particularly
IN iron and steel. are leading the
prosperity list amongst the trades.
Jones declared The latter class. he
said, is in demand, especially on the
Eastern seaboard.
Building Trades Spotty
The building trades are .aspotty.''
he added. but are by no means in
q serious condition" Building
operations in New York and other
large cities are booming, Z while in
smaller towns and one or two Mid
Western cities there is Night
slump.
The latest reports from his State
directors, through whom Jones
keeps in close touch with national
employment, show that during May
his agency had secured jobs for
nearly 100000 persons. approx
mately $4,000 OF whom were
'placed" in North Dakota.
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Police Wound Youth
AS Two Try to Run Away

DETROIT. Aug. 8. Jack Field.
man. II. Of Boston, was wounded
twice in the shoulder Today while re.
ana a companion LYMAN Kravitz.
Is were attempting to escape from
police.
F'ieldman is under arrest mn q
charge Of stealing an automobile.
and Kravitz Is held az des4rter
from the Army.
Police ordered the youths to halt
a1d the policemen fired.
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COP ACCUSED
Of THEFT \
SUICIDE

with arrest Tor the alleged neft
of an autolaobile impending Wllliam
Nesbit stiIl, 81 years I'D. pbIies
man ~ the Ninth precinct shot ana
killed himself last night a. two ksl
low officers were approaching y
confrent him with the charze
against him.
still sent bullet into his brain Az
he sat III an automobile parked n -
alley near his home, s1o6 ThIrtysfi
ST. Il. e. He had Just seen Lieut..
Gustav Laufen. Of the Ninth pre-
cincf. and Detective Sergt Joseph
Connors coming toward him.
Died Quickly
The Young policeman died before
medical aid arrived. The tragedy DE-
veioped as the result or charge by
CIaris fl. I.ayne, who, on July ~
reported the theft OF his roadster
from his home, 1902 D ST. n. +. that
Still was in possession Of hts car
An investigation was In progress
following Stills declaration that he
had purchased the machine and had
bin Of sale for IL Lieutenant Ian.
ten. however. had determined to sl1ss
pend the officer and place him under
arrest until the matter was cleared
up.
IE was on this mission that the pq-
lice lieutenant, with Sergeant Con-
nors, went to Skillss home They
found the house empty. They were
about to leave when two automobiles
backed out OF 4 rear alley.
M. Hendrix, ~, 20 Ninth st. N. r.
who II now held hy the police Tor in
vestisa tipn.
III the second was Still. who
whipped out ia revolver and turned II
upon his temple as soon as he saw
Lieutenant Lapten.
Leaves Wife and Baby
Still leaves q wife and H.
month-old baby.
He had an excellent police record.
He has been on the local force
about two years.
Another stolen machine was found
at stills home. police say. and there
us the possibility that many recent
automobile thefts may be cleared mp
as the result OF invests atoms Of
the case.
Both Served In Navy
While Coroner ]. Ramsay hewitt
was investigating Stills death TO-
day members Of the headq quarters
automobile squad were checking. on
the past business deals of Still ana
Hendrix The latter is an autcTno-
bile mechanic. J.
Both men served In the ~ axys and
were discharged about two years
ago. According to Detective Con.
nors, the men bought several cars
together and sold them
Police are holding Hendrix in an
effort TO learn whether he knew
that the car identified by Layne.
said to have been held ~ the men
In partnership. WAS stolen. The
other car found ct Still y home had
the engine number filed Off police
say. The identity Of its original
owner has not been learned
Both Still and Hendrix are mar
ried and each has one child, Hem
dirk has had an excellent Fepuka.
ton iii business heretofore, acccrd.
Ing to police at the Ninth pre-
AT late hour today the Coroner
had not completed his investigation
Of stills death and no certificate
had been issued
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YOUNG GIRL ARRESTED

GATHERING r. Simmons, 4 young
white woman, was arrested in
house In fi1e. 1000 block Thirty.first-
St. last night by Policeman T.. M.
Peterson and charged with
vagrancy. She was ordered bv
Judge Mattingly in Police Court to
post bond of $30O or spend 30 DAYS
in jail
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HOOVER LKE \
To RI lin
ME- BON

In the event Of the election Of
Herbert Hoover. II was believed In
political circles here today THAT
secretary Mellon might be appointed
Tor his third successive term as
head Of the Treasury Department.
Observers. however. said that IL
would be surprising il Mellon re-
maIned in the Cabinet throughout
stlle administration, hut that he
would resign within q comparatively
eight years as Secretary of the
principal reconstruction projects.
War Debts Funded
The foreign debts. excepting that
OF Russia, have been funded and
theirs is no further action 30 be
taken IN that connection By the
Treasury except collection AR.
fangements have been completed for
the retirement Of the public debt,
tax legislation has been Transformed
from emergency to permanent
peace-time basis. the War Finance
Corporation virtually has been.
liquidated. the farm loan system
renlodeled. and other details Of post
war financing cleared away.
Undersecretarv Of the Treasury
Ogden T.. Mills is said to be under
consideration for Ambassador 10
Great Britain. Hoover desired to
place both Mills and Col william j..
Donovan, Assistant To the Attorney
General. in Cabinet jobs. blIf both
are from New York. and 1t Is not
customary to name two Cabinet Of
fieers from a single State
Mills is regarded as having ade-
quate qualifications for the inn
portant diplomatic post being
wealthy and having wide knoWl-
edge Of international affairs.
Gibson and Klein
Donovan would he Hoover's selec-
ton for Attorney General. IL was re-
ported, while Hugh Gibson. ambassa-
dor to Belgium, was mentioned as a
possibility for Secretary of State.
Friends of Hoover thought DIR. Julius
Klein, director of foreign and dones.
tic commerce. might be named Secre-
tary OF Commerce.
Both Mills and Donovan came out
for Hoover early in his campaign for
& the nomination. Mills has strong
hold on Republican affairs in New
York.
Donovan had distinguished war
record and was decorated with the
Congressional Medal Of Honor, the
French Legion OF Honor. and an Ital.
ian decoration as the result OF hero.
ism during the. final phase Of the
Meuse-Argonne offensive. Donovan
was assistant chief of staff OF the
Twenty-seventh Division New York
National Guard. and commanding OF.
: ficer of the 165th Infantry. the old
Fighting Sixty.ninth."
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Specialized Training
As Jobless Cure

Parents should that their children learn trades
fessions instead Of becoming sdrffers the highly
ganzed industrial SYSTEM Francis Jones' director
general tie United States Employment Agency advised
tod
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Evening star., 1928-03-25
win Repeat Wicd's Play.

The Dramatic Association OF George
Washington University viii present
- 2x2=5." from the Danish OF Gustav
Wied. at Wardman Park Theater an
entire week. beginning April 2S
This marks the second performance
OF this noted continental comedy III the
United States, the first production hay
ing been made by Eva lie Gallienne' s
Civic Repcrtory Co. In New York City.
The rights for the George Washington
University presentation were recently
obtained, and the cast Is now rehears-
ing under the direction Of Dennis Con-
nell.
other than axis" only one play
by Gustav Wied has been published In
ing'D. which when performed by the
Provncetown Players was titled "Au~
tumn Fires" In spirit II was typical
example OF the authors manner OF re-
ducing the problem Of sex" TO an alb
surdity.
"2N2 S" first appeared under the
title "Seadfast Characters" but title
spoken by Paul Abel in the last act be
came SO popular IN Scandinavia and
elsewhere on the continent that the
name was changed to the present one
The satire Is aimed at our tendency
to dress up the desires and weaknesses
OF human egotlsm and ambition as the
expression OF the loftiest principles,
Members of the Dramatic Association
are Edward Moulton, Marion Campbell,
Betty Wilthank. Perm Henninger, Ken
meth Yearns, Max Tender. Steve Black
man.
Evening star., 1928-03-25
Fred Stones Story.
1T was In 1888 that Fred Stone n

1T was In 1883 that Fred Stone first
met Dave Montgomery.
Fred and his brother Eddie were
then playing the Seckett circuit Of dime
museums. In st Joseph, Mo. Fred
, Stone got into conversation with a
young fellow who was catching NUM-
bers on freight cars. He was "trouper'
and was longing 10 get back into show
business. That chance meeting began
a lifelong friendship and paved the way
for business partnership which COM
menced several years later
In Galveston. Tex, in 1895. Dave
Montgomery and Fred Stone Joined
forces with an acrobat. That was the
FIRST engagement In a partnership which
lasted n years. Shortly after that
their show blew up" but luck was with
them They were engaged by a New
Orleans variety house at $40 week
each. They received their pay the first
week, but at the close Of the second
week they were asked 10 take their sal~
ary out In oysters. Needless TO state
the theRter management owned the
oyster bar.
TlDse were the hazardous but fire.
quentIy glorious days before there were
contracts 10 protect the actors, before
there was the National Vaudeville
Artists Association, fFhtefnal ofgant~
zation Of $4,000 aetors. OF which Fred
Stone Is the president.
Only the veterans who fought, hled
and survived the strenuous pre- Keith
period Ia variety"can appreciate the vast
change which has taken place Ia play
Ing the circuits back In the eighties and
"tr0uping" nowadays,
Montgomery and Stone made their
! greatest success IN 1908 at the New Ma
iestie Theater nov aIhe Cosmopolitan
New York CITY, In Aha Wizard of On =
Evening star., 1928-03-25

January 20. when Stones "searecrow'
| convulsed the town and Lotta Faust and
Anna Laughlin charmed the people A
year later Allene Crater became the
lady lunatic and captured Stone for life
IL was then that Charles II. Diliing-
ham saw the pair and sewed them up
with a contract that has lasted since
1905, having been continued with Stone
since Montgomery's death. IL years ago
With them Allene Crater went into
THE Red Mill" with It's lovely music
by Victor Herbert. In the company also
were Ethel Johnson and Carl dantvoort
as the principal singers, with David Don
and Charles DoX, They weren't then
aware Of the fact that there was no bet
ter comedian In musical comedy than
Fred Stone. but they learned that later.
Three years THE Red Mil" travelled
the country and then in aentember,
1900. came THE Old Town" In Chi
cago, and on January IL. 1910. they
came To New York To open the new
Globe Theater Mr.. Dillingham; had
built, mainly out OF the profits of "The
Red Mill"
Three years later came "The Lady of
the Slipper" with Elsie Janis, Queenie
Vassar. Joseph Cawthorn aud Peggy
Wood, and then In three years more
came "Chm Chin" and Charles r,
Aldrich. Il recruit from 'The CARL Prom
Up There while In the chorus was
Marion Davies the blond screen beauty,
Jack o. Lantern" came next and
then Tip Top" III which the Duncan
sisters had their fiTat chance on nrnad-
way. This play was followed by "atep-
ping Stones" In which Dorothy stone
took the stage away from her father,
and now stone comes In "Crias Crnss, =
the eighth play OF the line Of the Dile
lin9hamsHto combination.
Evening star., 1928-03-25
BY FRANK CRAVEN.

no use domestic themes as motives
of the plays I write because my
writing tendencies lean In that direc-
ton, or Is 1t due 10 the fact that act
ing in most of my own comedies,
find characters created for such themes
more to my liking?
Neither the one nor the other
Merely I'm commercial and as an au-
thor write with an eye TO the box offlce
firmly believe that the average man
and woman prefer seeing a play that
introduces domestic problem, impor-
tant to them, than to witnessing any
other sort OF dramatic entertainment
may not be wholly right in my con-
cluSions. but as far as any record exists
there can be little doubt that the most
lasting plays In the theater have been
those that have treated OF the mo-
mentarily prominent problems to be
found in everyday life. Additionally
popular have been those where the
characters have borne a fairly close
resemblance to people met in daily life.
This condition is especially true In the
United States. where comedies and
dramas that have had to do with out
standing domestic problems and have
been peopled. with middle class charac-
terS nave enQured above all others.
Therefore when I write a play give
1t a domestic problem motive, and, be-
lieving that people prefer being made
happy TO being made sad, try to
make my situations funny and my lines
laughabIe.
The stage play is nothing more than
story acted as we'll as told. II has
been slowly evolved from the tale OF
domestic hannenfuu orunfed ont ha-
fore cave fire countless years ago
First came the more or less uninter-
esting telling Of story. then illustra-
tions by gesture and grimace. As the
human race developed, verse and song
were requisitioned TO help depict the
stories telling Gradually a primitive
sort OF acting elaborated these stories
oI comedy and tragedy. Wandering
minkLrelS arrived and nhetlnd the nIih-
Evening star., 1928-03-25
NATIoNAL-~The 18th Hole. /"

The management OF the National
Theater announces for this week. be-
ginning tomorrow evening. A. L. Erlang-
er's presentation Of Frank Craven's
newest comedy, The 18th Hole" with
Mr. Craven in the principal role.
The delightful drolleries of lines and
situations and the wholly unique man
ner OF presenting them before theater
audience as done by this popular actor
author are we'll known 20 local theater-
goers. The First Year" Too Many
Cooks" and New Broonls," all written
and played by Mr.. Craven and to
which The 18th Hole" wholly novel
in theme and subject, is companion
play, are of interest 70 washington the
ter audiences.
Frank Craven in selecting a subject
background against which 10 set the
theme. characters and situations Of
The 10th Hole" has chosen q back
ground Of golf for his comedy. In
America alone there are millions of
golfers who with their families and
their golf widows comprise q wonder
full group for q dramatiSt. The central
idea Of the play has to do with an
angle of the human nature that IS
found prevalent in the everyday people
with whom one continually knocks
elbows.
The young suburban couple In search
of quiet and limited recreation and
with a none too acute understanding
OF the conditions about them is again
10 the fore. But this time the author
SituateS his characters in the midst OF
rs ardent a lot of golfers as any section
OF the country has ever Quartered. That
hfa NiyYNff4al NF hRsS ND
community standing are only boys again
when they. get 10 playing on the links
and that they contend as fiercely. and
sometimes as unfairly. for either a
nickel or golf cup, plays an important
part in the surprising adventures that
happen in this play 70 Vernon Chase
Drank Cravenl and his wife Emmy
dorothy Blackburn, who are protest.
ingly and unwillingly hurtled into the
midst OF maelStrom OF contention at
the Harmony Golf Club In a quiet
metropolitan suburb.
Several of the scenes OF The 10th
Hole" as well as its characters should
gain instant recognition from all golf
devoteeS, Perfect reproductions of
practice tee. the first tee and o locker
room Will be seen among the scenes Of
the play, Grantland Rice, the sporting
writer and long golflng associate of
MFR. Craven. has furnished many tech
nical suggestions TO the author and IL
Is 10 the former that the play is
dedicated
Playing opposite to MIR, Craven will
be seen Dorothy Blackburn. and in the
supporting company Kitty Kelly,
Marion Abbott, Josephine Deffry. Rob-
ert Wayne, Roy Cochrane. Homer Bar
ton. Charles Macdonald. Howard Syd-
ney. Harry 1eweliyn. The staging Is
that OF Sam Forrest
MatineeS will be given on Wednesday
and Saturday,
Evening star., 1928-03-25
The Why's and Wherefore.

lie appetite for descriptions yet more
convincing. The GrecianS first gave
world witness TO the theater established
as an indelible institution Of life.
From the earliest days Of story tell
ing up TO the present moment the taste
of the public for dramatic tales has
changed but little. Customs and man
ners have been revolutionized. but ever
has the everyday man found his
greatest interest in the telling of q
story that has theme familiar 70 him
and later in plays similarly equipped
For instance. generation ago the
villain in a play did not escape in an
automobile nor was he apprehended by
radio, but nevertheless he got away and
was captured in a manner appropriate
to that day. If he was appearing in
one OF the close e-to-the- heart meloura-
mas Of the day he was roundly hlssed.
thus getting the fullest approval Of his
audience.
In these days 1t requires much less than
a decade for the interests of even the
most domesticated individual to change
Ten years ago would not for moment
have entertained the thought q writing
comedy with golfing motive. Five
years ago I would have heSitated long
before doing IL. When / authored
Too Many Cooks" couples all over the
country were wrapped up In plans and
contracts for the building of little
homes, so took that craze as the basis
OF the theme for my comedy When l
built The FIRST Year" newlyweds from
coast to coast were deeply engroSSed in
the question of how to weather the
initial year of their marital career.
To-day golf. as sport. Is the national
relaxation. Millions play 1t and mill
lions more hear 1t discussed daily Be-
ing a dyed-in-the- golfer and gift
ed with powers Of observation what
more natural than my selection OF a
goltlng background for comedy writ
ten about normal. everyday people,
which A. l.. Erlanger had suggest
ed. The plot follows the domestic an
gle and. as ! previously mentioned,
kept an eye on box Office possibilities
while writing the play
Evening star., 1928-03-25

NATIONAL-"Criss Cross"

Fred Stone in a new Charles Dilling-
ham production. "Criss Cross" is posi-
lively booked at National Theater for
one week, beginning Monday. April 2.
The fact that the famous entertainer
is assisted in this new play by his
brilliant young daughter gives addi-
tional interest to the announcement.
Never was there happier companion
ship on the stage than the association
OF this unique and great American
comedian with his attractive young
daughter, which began in Stepping
Stones" and Is 10 be continued in
"Criss Cross" in which Dorothy Stone
assumes greater professional obligations
than ever. and for which her ripper ex-
perience admirably qualities her.
Mr. Dillingham; has provided a fine
company OF fully 100 people. which in
cludes all the favoriteS OF the former
Fred Stone comedies, among them
Oscar Ragland. Roy Hoyer. John Lam
bert. George Herman. Lucy Monroe.
Viola Gillette. Cynthia Foley. Lydia
Scott. the Sixteen Tiller Sunshine Girls
and troupe of Arabs in groteSque
tumbling and acrobaticS.
Mail orders for "CriSs Cross" will
be Allied in order OF receipt.
Evening star., 1928-03-25
Notwithstanding

Scott Sanders famous character
comedian, win head the bill At II. F
keithS Theater this week. which inau.
gurateS the new keith-Alhce~ ~Crpheun,
policy he viii present His own
Studies"
Sylvia Clark. yaudevllle'S little husfoon
viii be featured, with Bohhie Kuhn. lSt.
conducting the orchestra
William and Joe Mandel viii return
With their humorous gymnastics IN
Quiet. Please. Mr.. and Mrs, Norman
Phillips. jr,, viii appear In new come
dy in four scenes entitled Parents" by
Edgar Allen Woolt Don Lee and Mile
Louise VIII present Dance Moods" a
smart revue. With lleaa Irudtna and
Allys Wilson, and ''Cortini the master
manipulation. viii thrill With tricks
which have earned him the title Of
Man With Ten Thousand nallaIS,"
"SkyScraper," William Boyd'S star
picture. win be added % the usual
Keith variety bill The popularity "
MIR, Boyd. the star; the reputation of
the featured players, Alan Hale. Sue
Carol and Alberta Vaughn: the fine
technique Of Howard higgin. the diFee-
tor. not to speak Of the excellent pho
tography by John Boyle, should make
''Skyseraper" excellent entertainment,