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Robins Batting Well.

CLEARWATER. Fla. March R9.-
Hitting strength is being displayed by
The Brooklyn Robins TO the delight of
Uncle Wilbert Robinson. who has visions
OF the 1928 National League gonfalon
flying over Ebbets Field.
Robbie lost an inch or so Of girth
yesterday chuckling as the Yannigans
beat the regulars in an eight-inning
game wherein a total of "a hits for 81
runs we're counted. Babe Herman led
the Yannigan swatters, with a homer
and five singles In as many trips to the
plate.
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By the Associated Press.

Z
UT. PETERSBURG, Fla. March g.
Inakmuch as the latest COM
munication from Pitcher Urban
~ Ehocker stated he was sincere
IN lis intention 10 forego the
national game and devote undivided at
<tention 70 his st. Louis radio shop, the
Yankees officials have decided TO give
hin the a!-."
In other words. Shocker VIII be placed
Dr. the voluntarily retired list as soon
as Manager Higgins and Ed Barrow
4can get 70 this bookkeeping detail.
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YANKEES DECIDE SHOCKER
MEANS TO GIVE UP GAME

vious day against the ST. Louis Card!-
mails. seemed to put lot OF veterans in
far from secure position.
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Indians Perform Well.

NEW ORLEANS, March 9 Lp).-Man-
ager Roger Peckinpaugh Of the Cleve-
land Indians today was pleased with
the showing OF his recruits ~ the first
practice game OF the season.
Peck himself worked at shortstop, but
sent most OF the veterans into the
grandstand while the AS trampied on
the B squad. 8 TO 2. in six innings.
Wesley Farrell. young pitcher. and
Eddie Montague. rookie third baseman,
in particular showed promise.
Evening star., 1928-03-09

Moose Juniors will hold conclave
tonight at the home of Manager Nally
1854 Eleventh street southeast, at 7:3o
o'clock.
Evening star., 1928-03-09

For S. years foot bali relations have
been carried on between Chicago and
Illinois without the use OF signed con-
tracts of anv kind.
Evening star., 1928-03-09

An early start Is planned by Petworth
A. c. Manager Minnick has issued a
call for outdoor practice on Sunday.
Call Columbia 8740 for games.
Evening star., 1928-03-09

Sam Rice players and candidates Will
meet tonight at 7:30 o'clock at GIG
Fourteenth street northeast.
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jewels WORTH
100000 LEFT
IN TAXICAB
~ international New. Service

by international News Service
NEW YORK. May 15,-Detectives
were engaged in an apparently hope.
less search today for the driver of a
taxicab in which Mrs. Alfred H.
Chaplin. member of a wealthy Spring
field, Mass, family, left an overnight
bag containing jewelry valued at
500, 900.
The only clue furnished by Mrs.
Chaplin was that the cab was painted
yellow.
Mrs. Chaplin did not discover the
loss of the gems until after she had
registered at hotel.
She said there were IL separate
articles of jewelry, including plati.
mum and diamond bracelet, a string
OF pearls, a platinum and diamond
Iavalliere, a string of crystal and
pearl beads and a ruby ring sur
rounded by diamonds.
Although she was badly upset by
her loss at first, Mrs. Chaplin later
recovered her spirits somewhat and
went to the theater.
Mrs. Chapin's husband is a we'll
known tennis player.
Alfred H. Chaplin, jr., Chapin's son
by a previous marriage, also is a
tennis star and often plays with his
father in doubles matches. The
younger Chaplin married Miss Char
lotte Hosmer,. of San Francisco.
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MGR. D BR|EN
DIES IN MD.

Mgr. James r. O'Brien, pastor
of ST. Peters Catholic Church here
Tor IS years. died at 5:15 a. m. to-
day, in the rectory of st. Joseph's
Church. Texas. Md. where he had
made his home for the past five
years.
Mgr. O'Brien was the oldest priest
in point of years and of service in
the archdiocese of Baltimore. He
was born in 1841. in West Virginia,
near Hancock, Md, and was Or
dained in 1870.
He served as assistant pastor at
ST. Mary, Star of the Sea Church.
Baltimore. and later as pastor of
st. Josephs Church. Homecoming,
Md. He was then assigned to the
pastorate of st. Peters Church in
this city. and served there from
1888 to 1923, when he retired.
Upon his retirement. Mgr. O'Brien
went to live with his friend and
former acolyte. the Very Rev. AL
bert E. Smith, pastor of the church
at Texas. on the outskirts Of Balti-
more.
The funeral will be held Friday
in the Baltimore Cathedral. Arch
bishop Curley will preside. Father
Smith will be celebrant OF the mass
and Mgr. J. r. Matthews, pastor Of
st. Cyprian's Church. of this city,
will preach the sermon.
Mgr. O'Brien had no immediate
relatives.
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BATHING BEAUTY
FACES CHARGE
As 'F|REBIJ.G'
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BY international News Service
NEW YORK. May is. - The
shapely "Miss Mobile of 1896" who
was voted the country's third most
beautiful girl at the Atlantic City
bathing beauty pageant, today faced
the charge of being firebug.
She was scheduled for arraign-
ment in Washington Heights court.
accused of having burned down q
six family apartment house In
Media, Pa. as revenge for the land
lords impounding of her trunks for
not paying the rent.
Desired Clothes
When she won honors, Miss Mo-
bile" was Miss Vivian Mcdowell.
Now she is Mrs. D. l.. Page, wife
of a former aviation lieutenant.
She is % and, according to police,
left her husband several weeks ago
because his salary did not keep her
wardrobe in the style she desired.
Detectives arrested her and Frank
Morgenthal, %, on Broadway. Nor.
genital admits having motored to
Media with her, May, y, date OF tho
fire, but denies he got out of the
car. He said Vivian went to see
the landlord about her baggage. She
weeping. he added, and
they drove off.
Traced BY Car
Shortly thereafter, flames were
found in the basement Of the house
and on the third floor.
Assistant District Attorney Toal,
Of Media, here to extradite the
couple, said police got the number
of MorgenthaPs machine and traced
the beauty here.
The quondam "Miss Mobile" de-
MES that she was a firebug.
Page, to whom she was wed in
st. Petersburg, Fla, manages an
ice cream plant at Media.
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Girl To G|VE Up.
VEAL TIL FOR
NUNNERY
d InternatlonaI Nsws servles

0y AmGcEMuhAUMnA NEWS CcENhr1
CHICAGO. May 15.-Miss Jane
Bremner. 10, daughter Of James r.
Bremner. millionaire biscuit manu-
sacturer, has wired her father from
Europe that she is returning home
IS enter ! convent. it became known
today.
The girl. 1t was said, had ex-
pressed 4 desire to embrace re1ig-
ious life following her graduation
from Rosemont College, near Phila-
deiphia. Her parents persuaded her
TO wait until she had seen some
thing of the world. According Mrs.
Bremner took Jane and her four
sisters to Europe last fall.
Neither the gaieties Of the old
world nor the romantic mission Of
her sister. Marion, who is. collect
ing her trousseau in the fashion
able shops of London and Paris,
could cause Jane to forget her
original intention.
According to the message 20 her
father. the girl has set her heart
on joining the sisters OF the Holy
Child Jesus at Sharon. Pa. The
order has several schools, including
Rosemont College where Miss Brem-
ner attended.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-15
RECALLS EARLY
TARIFF WAR

"Reminiscences of tn Cleveland
administration were given to mem.
bers of the National Woman's Dem.
Ocratic Club yesterday by Senator
Thomas F. Bayard, of Delaware,
son of President Cleveland's Secre-
tary of State
Senator Bayard's topic was THE
Battle Under Cleveland in the War
Against Privilege" He said that
the Republican tariff at the time
had brought great prosperity to a
few, but had ruined the farmers Of
the country.
He expressed the hope that the
American Legion win never become
an adjunct of the Republican party
as the Grand Army of the Republic
had in Cleveland's time.
Referring to Cleveland's famous
saving, Public Office Is Public
Trust" he said that there is no
one in the White House now with
courage enough even to ''exclaim'
against the corruption which has
been uncovered within the party in
power.
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To REST
IN EAST
BY International News Service

LOS ANGELES. May 15.-The
body of Dave Lewis. widely known
automobile racing driver, who COM
mitted suicide IN his ranch home
near here, Will be sent to Syracuse,
N. Y. for burial, it was announced
here today by his wife, Mrs. Laura
F. Lewis. az
Bowed with grief, Mrs. Lewis &C
cepted the official theory that her
husband had killed himself in his
lonely San Francisquito mountain
side home, though, at first, she had
refused to believe that the racing
driver had met death other than at
the hand of an assailant, bent on
robbery.
With a bullet in the head, Lewis
body was discovered in the ranch
house, when neighbors became at
tracted by brush fire racing up a
nearby hillside. it is thought that
Lewis grew deranged when the
fire, which he had started, passed
out of his control. He was planning
to go to Indianapolis to participate
in the Forthcoming Memorial Day
Speedway events.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-15
SAFE
YIELDS $685.

The theft of $5SS from the safe
of the Child's restaurant near
Union Station has been reported to
police. Charles b. Leeds, the man
ager, said the money was stolen
between the hours of p. m. sun
day and 8 a. m. yesterday. The
safe was not locked between those
hours, he said.
While. Joseph M. Frank, Of the
200 block of Four-and.a-Half st
S. W., was waiting on q customer
in his store, a man who was stand.
ing in the store stole four rings
worth $92 from a showcase, ne
said. The theft occurred Yesterday
morning.
A Chinese flower stand, maid
with pearls, was stolen yesterday
from the rear of the home o. 9. 2:
Saunders. of the 400 block Of
Georgia Avenue NarthMest.
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OF nine
SPORTS|NEN
SOUGHT
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GREENyILLE, Me-, May 15.--
Bodies of nine prominent citizens
OF Brockton. Mass, and their Maine
woods guide were sought in the
lower reaches of Moosehead Lake
today by Sheriff A. G.. Rodgers and
a party. They were lost in the
sinking of motor launch.
Meanwhile. the lone survivor Of
the expedition of amateur salmon
fishermen. Capt. james e. Lays, of
the Brockton police department. told
Of the north woods tragedy.
Exhausted, bat believed on the
road to recovery, his right arm still
numb from contact with the icy
water, Captain Lays described the
frantic efforts to clear the motor
boat of water, the call of the skip
and how he and David Bidgwood,
eye and ear specialist of Brockton,
attempted what they believed was
an act of sacrifice--a leap over
board to tighten the fast sinking
craft ...
Besides DIR. Bridgwood, last seen
by Captain Lays swimming shore
ward, the lost were Fire Chief
William F. Daley. of Brockton:
Sheriff Earl p. Blake. OF Plymouth
county, Mass; DIR. Arthur F. Peter
son, former Brockton city physi-
clan: John Sandberg, manufacturer,
of Brockton; DIR. Frank Mobeg. of
Brockton; Fred Dahlberg, highway
commissioner, of Brockton; exMayor
Harry c. Howard, of Brockton;
Knute S. Salander, Brockton bust
ness man, and Sam Buddin. OF this
town, Maine woods guide and skip
per of the ill.fated lake craft.
The cause of the sinking re-
manned undetermined, but it was
believed that the craft struck a
sunken log or an lice growler."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-15
Inquest Will Be Held
To Fix Death Blame

In an effort to fix responsibility
for the death of Charles A, Wrenn,
"a, retired farmer of Chantilly, Va.
who died here yesterday of a frac-
tured skull, an inquest will be held
at Fairfax, Va, late this afternoon.
e. l.. Ednunds, 40, also of Chan.
tilly, is being held at the Fairfax
county Jail pending the outcome
of the investigation. Police said
that Wrenn's skull was fractured
in fight with Edmunds Sunday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-15
Ticket Spectators Pay
S139, 900 u. S. Tax Fines

NEW YORK. May 15.-Fines for
income tax violations to the amount
az S139, 900 were collected by the
Matted States Government yesterday
from tIneater ticket spectators and
cornorati0ns here. Eleven indi-
v;diIaIs paid fines Of $4,000 each and
IA corporations were fined $1,000
each.
The corporations and individuals
nleaded guilty. to the violations
nsarly = year EGO.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-15

Miss Helen Keller, famous blind
aHthor and lecturer, last night fea'
tured the opening meeting of the
annual convention of the Church
of New Jerusalem in the church of
the Holy City, Sixteenth and Cor
coran Streets Northwest.
Miss Keller blamed the "dimming
of the Christian faith in the heart
of man" on the widespread opinion
that this ig a materialistic age and
that people must-haVe material at
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-15
MA TERIALLSM HURTING FAITH
HELEN KELLER DECLARES

fractions in church. She said the
church today is filled with preach
tractors, concerts, motion pictures.
jazz and frenZied acrobats."
Officers elected by the convention
last night were the Rev. Paul
Sperry, Washington, president: Ezra
HYDE Alden, Philadelphia, first vice
president A. Whittemore, Boston,
secretary; J. Woodruff Saul Chi.
cago assistant secretary. and Albert
Carter Boston, treasurer
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-15
Voting Power Sustained
For PHILIPPINES Governor

The Supreme Court ruled yester-
day the governor general of the
Philippines has sole power to cast
the governments vote in govern
ment-controlled private corporations.
thereby sustaining a contention of
the late Governor General Leonard
Wood.
The decision was given in two
cases, affecting the Philippine Ma.
tionai Bank and the National Coal
Company. The island government
OWES 81 per cent of the stock in
both.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-15
"'WHOLE TOWNS TALKING"

The St Peters players will pre-.
sent the three-act farce, The Whole
Towns Talking" in their parish
hall, Second and c SITS, S. E., Mon.
| day glnt. The players are under
the direction Of Father,J.qC. Murphy
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-15
STORM KILLS FIVE

MADRID. May 15.-Thrae persons
were killed by thunderbolts during
a terrific thunderstorm over north
western Spain today Two others
were drowne&
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-15
SPAIN ENLARGING NAVY

MADRID, May 15.--Work will be
started Immediately upon tbs new
warcfaft for the Spanish navy. The
nayy's strength will .be~ trebled4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-03-06
New York Bankers

If there's a jamboree in Cork, In
which some delegates are slain. we
know the bankers of New York are at
their tricks. obscure and vain. In pub
lie prints and magazines which give the
under dog hand. I read that bank
ers spill the beans, with reckless zeal. in
every land. II revolution stirs the sons
Of some far country up to war. the New
York bankers furnish guns-I wonder
what they do 1t for? 1t seems to me
'twould be more wise to hang around
their divers banks. and lend their
money TO the guys who wish to borrow
marks and francs. They surely have
enough TO do to keep them busy day
and might. but off they go to Timbucto.
10 get the natives in a fight If there's
an earthquake in Japan. if tidal waves
through Crete have rolled. it's in &C.
cordance with the plan of New York
bankers. we are told. They're out to
desolate the earth with no sane pur-
pose / can see, they view with an un-
holy mirth disaster and catastrophe.
The bankers in all other towns are
strong for order. law and peace; sheet
anchors IN our ups and downs. their
helpful efforts never cease. They'd see
good government endure. they hope for
progress everywhere. they know no
values are secure when wild revolt is In
the air. They are opposed TO vice and
crime, to riot. revelry and din; they
know they'd never make a dime by
backing lawlessness and sin. The
bankers Of New York alone are out
10 turn things upside down, to knock
some monarch from his throne. and
get some nest eggs in his crown.
WALT MASON.
fcunvrirht 1acst
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ADJUSTMENTS
NATIONAI~-"I.uiu Belle"

David Reiasco's presentation of Lc-
more Uric in Lulu Belle" comes TO the
National Theater after brilliant sue
cesses In New York and other cities.
The play, in four acts. Is by Edward
Sheldon and Charles Macarthur.
Success Is not always dependent upon
what one hopes To do or tries 10 90.
but upon what one gets away with.
and one If the interesting things about
Lulu Belle" Is the fact that Mr.. Belas-
co was able 10 get away with 1t, This
Is no time To analyze the success OF this
play That has already been written.
But seeing IL now. after 1t has reached
fame through the verdict of the thou
sands who have seen II before, one Ii
conscious Of admiration for the courage
or. perhaps. the temerity-wof MIR Beias-
co in attempting H. II he rushed In
where angels fear To tread. ne ala ~
not Ike fool, but az the wise ana
calculating Snowman that he IL, a
man on tight rope or skating on tnih
ice always offers an interesting specia~
Gle, tor ut any moment loot may Sip
or the Ice may break. As much as
anything. that explains the success 81
"Iulu Belle" For four hcta one
watches, almost breathieBaly, for Miss
Uric 10 take The false step olit never
does, though escapes might be meas
tired by the breadth VI IA hair.
The part Of Lulu Belle Is said 10 nave
been written for Miss Uric, she also
was made for The part Her cnhfin
Justify "Luhi Belle" where Words or
theories would fail She h supported
by large company. The program liai~
ing SO persons by name. In addition To
children neighbors. byhtandaf6. hahn"
phone artists, policemen. etc, ana Mf.
Eeiasc0'a skilled hand Is evident Ia tli@
settings and the costumes whlch go !"
make the folOifiti backgrounds Inc
FIRST nct is worthy nj comparison WIN
The best things ever done by Eelhhfo
The succeeding three acts fehefte the
center Ut things for Miss Uric. ana she
IL capable Ut holding IL almost single
handed
nv This time the story should be we'll
known II has been talked shout
enough 1t deals with tie rise and fall
II LuIu Belle of The Harlem cabnfets--,
ii rise which carries her from lhe crowd
| ed sidewalks III iturlem Lo luxurious
b0udOlr at n Avenue MaTIgny, III PARIS.
and fall liiai is swift and spectacular
rs all good falls should be. IL Is am
| cut ~ cilonbe. tor msrited comment.
| individual members Of such large and
| well chosen cast But to- Frank Thomas
| II may be said that he aurcnShtullY mas
tefs the yicissiildna III II part opposite
Miss Uiflc. which IL saying much,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-03-06
CONVENTIONS HELD
NSOUTH DAKOTA
Republican and Democratic
Proposal Men Assemble.
Mostly Uninstructed.

PIERRE. s. D., March 6.--Presiden-
tial candidates. and party platforms
we're brought into the open today as
South Dakota Republicans and Demo-
Gratis assembled in proposal-men meet
ings here
The proposal men. picked by counties
week ago, were for the most part I'M
instructed. One group of Democrats.
however. prepared to give strong back
ing to any move for the Endorsement
Of Gov. Smith of New York. as cam
didate for the presidential nomination.
Anti-Smith men talked of counter
acting this sentiment by naming
Western Democrat. Senator Walsh of
Montana was mentioned frequently in
convention gossip.
On the Republican side former Gov.
Lowden of Illinois had the backing of
some county delegations. There was
little talk of presidential candidates
among the Republican proposal men,
however. their interest centering in the
gubernatorial situation. Six candidates
seek the Republican nomination for the
Office now held by Democrat, Gov.
Bulow.
A preliminary draft of the Repub-
liCan platform. announced by George
Wright. chairman of the Republican
State central committee. favored rigid
enforcement and strengthening Of the
prohibition law.
President Coolidge is praised for his
sterling integrity. honesty and man.
hood" and congratulated for Ibis strict
and consistent adherence to a rigid
policy of economy and large reduction
OF our national indebtedness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-03-06
BALLOTS BLANK
|NPENNSYLVAN|A
Presidential Candidates Fail
to File for Primary on
April "a.

Nv The Associated Press.
HARRISBURG. Pa. March 6.-No
candidates for the presidency of the
United States will have their names
Gu the ballots at the Pennsylvania pri-
mary election April "a. The last day
for filing passed without any presi-
dental candidates entering their NOM
mating petitions Blank spaces Will be
left on all ballots, however where voters
may express their preferences for
President,
The names of Herbert Hoover as the
Republican candidate for President and
Gov. Smith of New York as the Demo-
cratic choice appeared on delegates
petitions filed yesterday.
Eugene c. Bonniwell of Philadelphia,
Democratic candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania at the last election. and
Francis E. Scullin filed rs delegates
from the sixth Philadelphia district,
pledged to Gov. Smith. Two alter
mates from the same district, Margaret
Mellon and Minnie c. Brcen, also filed
pledged to Smith.
George c. Shoemaker of Lancaster
filed as delegate from the tenth dis
triCt pledged 10 support Hoover.
Other delegates petitions state either
that they are pledged to support the
popular choice for President or that
they are unpledged.
The Republican party has two con-
tests for Statewide offices on its hands.
but leaders Of the party profess not to
regard them seriously In opposition
10 United States Senator Reed for re-
nomination. William S. Adams came
out as a vet. pro-labor candidate, and
William O. Harper, Philadelphia. also
fled. Against Charles A. Waters. the
organization choice for auditor-general,
Frank B. B. Thompson of Philadelphia.
hitherto an unsuccessful candidate for
political honors. filed petitions.
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L0WDEN BELIEVES
HE IS CANDIDATE
Views North Dakota Entry as
Announcement, but
Bans Campaign.

10y the asSoFlatrh iftSs,
CHICAGO. March 6.-Frank O. Low
den. Illinois war governor. was ready
to concede today that he had been
made a candidate for the Republican
presidential nomination. but at the
same time he gave 40 indication of any
present intention of making an active
campaign for the place.
Back from months vacation In
Arizona, Mr.. Lowden said that the fiji
ing of his name in the North Dakota
primaries probably makes me can
cidate."
IT have not made an aggressive cam
paign and I have not made nor do l
intend to make any political speeches.
he said. MY name is on the ballot in
Illinois. If the people want me for
President they will vote for me. II they
do not it will relieve me of the burden
and responsibility of such candidacy
II have had no new brainStormS.
The people know where ! stand. VIII
let events take care. of the future.
Mr.. Lowden had a long conference
with his campaign manager. Clarence
Buck. and later referred all questioners
to him. The former governor said that
he was not familiar enough with the
nresent Illinois political situation to
discuss it.
Asked If he had replied TO the Borah
QUESTIONABLE on prohibition, Mr.. Low
den said: II have not received such a
letter from Senator Borah. II he has
not overlooked me, I will answer his
letter and will be glad to make my
position rublic."