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The Washington times., 1929-02-08
REPORTS
$4,000 MORE

Another $4,000 was added to the
Community Chest overflow today
by pledges from Government work
ers which were tabulated from yes
terday's mail. Chairman Lihbey
reported at the Wednesday night
meeting that approximately $47, 900
had been subscribed by this unit
and indications are that the final
totals from the Government de
partments. based upon their mail
subscriptions alone, will amount
to $4,000 or more.
Recruiting offices for the 1880
campaign have already been opened
at chest headquarters, 1AIS ] st.
N. W.. with Mrs. Charles A.. Gold
smith, Mrs. Edward Cafritz, James
B. Evans and Merritt o. Chance as
the first recruits.
There win be no report luncheon
at the Mayflower tomorrow. Plans
for this luncheon were shattered
when the campaign went over so
unexpectedly Wednesday night.
Workers are expected to see all
their prospects, Elwood Street, de
rector of the chest, said today, and
to send pledges and contributions
to chest headquarters at 141S l
st. N. w.
munity Chest drive has not been
completed, but no doubt remains
that 1t has swept beyond its fin.
ancial target.
Leaders today feel they are justi.
fled in speaking in superlatives
about the Campaign which sets a
standard for other Cities they say.
-
The Washington times., 1929-02-08
PERSONAL PLEA
IS ISSUED BY
STEWART

CHICAGO, Feb 8 u.N.S).-The
first personal appeal to stock
holders of the Standard Oil Com
pany OF Indiana on the part of
Col. Robert w. Stewart, who is
seeking reelection as chairman of
the board of directors over the op.
position Of powerful group headed
by John d. Rockefeller, jr.. was
in the mail today.
The substance CT the letters sent
out by Stewart was that the best
interests of the Indiana company
demand his reelection to the chair
manship at the stockholders an
nual meeting on March Z.
Stewart, who was in New York
when his statement was sent out,
denied the claims of the Rookie
feller interest that they already
have 81 per cent of the proxies
"in hand" He also denied he had
ever promised the younger Rookie.
feller he would submit his resigna-
tion whenever Rockefeller requested
it. He stated that what he told the
younger Rockefeller is that he would
resign if "the stockholders" asked
that of him.
Cites Rockefeller Letter.
To support this contention,
Colonel Stewart quoted from a let.
ter Rockefeller wrote to Senator
Walsh on February s, 1928, as fol-
lows:
"He (Stewartl further stated that
he did not wish to embarrass in
any way the stockholders of his
company and that they could have
his resignation whenever they de.
sired. This Is question the stock.
holders should, of course, and will
naturally consider as the matter
develops"
The other communication was
Stewards personal plea, in which he
said:
mo financial consideration moves
me to make this fight. My life
Swork has been the upbuilding of
the Standard Oil Company of In
diana. My own pride in that work
and my sense of responsibility to
the $4,000 stockholders. who have
stood loyalty behind the manage
ment for years, will not permit me
to desert in the face of fire.
Stewart then took up the charges
against him, one by one and ans
wered them. He stated that he
had had absolutely nothing to do
with the leasing of Teapot Dome or
Elk Hills" and denied that he
ever was stockholder or director
in the Continental Trading Com
pany.
Regarding the latter company. he
declared he had never even heard
of It until he received proposition
from it which resulted in con.
tract by which the Standard Oil
Company of Indiana and the Crude
Oil Purchasing Company made a
profit of several millions,
IT never personally made a dol
lar on the transaction" he wrote,
when / was told / was to receive
some profits refused to accept
them, but created trust of them
for the benefit of our companies"
The Washington times., 1929-02-08
MARRIAGE PLAN
ADMIT TED BY
LENGLEN

NICE, France. Feb. 8 Q,N.s).
Suzanne Lenglen and Baldwin NJ,
Baldwin sought seclusion today be-
meath the sunny skies of the French
Riviera.
They are going to he married but
don't like to talk about it. There
are complications. Baldwin has a
wife in the United States from whom
he hopes to be but has not yet been
divorced.
Accompanied by Mama" Lenglen,
they led reporters a merry chase
across the United States to the
Pacific Coast and back.
Then they boarded liner for
Europe. At the dock. Baldwin's S at
torney unwittingly let the cat out of
the bag. He stated that Baldwin
wanted a divorce so that he could
marry Suzanne.
They arrived in Europe and found
themselves waylaid at every turn by
more reporters wanting verification
from their own lips.
Detouring away from the larger
cities, they motored here expecting
to be met only by Papa" Lenglen.
They were met by Papa" and
more reporters.
Finally the temperamental Suzanne
gave in.
"For heavens sake! Yes, we are
going to be married. Baldwin has
applied for a divorce in the United
states and we are waiting until 1t is
granted.
.I hope this will prevent further
annoyance"
The Washington times., 1929-02-08
INOUESTTOBEH HELDOYERBOY
FATALLY INJURED BYTRUCK

Bowley was placed under arrest by
police of the Fourth precinct when
a test is said to have shown the
truck had a defective mandrake. He
was later released in custody of A.
F. Prescott, attorney for Lansburgh
& Brother. to appear at the inquest
at the Morgue today.
Mrs. Della Tonker. OF the 400
block of NJ St. S. W., who witnessed
the tragedy, said the accident was
unavoidable.
Moody Creighton, father of the
The Washington times., 1929-02-08

started in paper storage room and
to have spread to crates of chemi-
Gals, which sent fumes throughout
the neighborhood.
Confined to a part of the main
floor of the manufacturing plant.
where a remover of carbon from in
ternal combustion engines is manu-
featured, the blaze did about $4,000
damage. firemen estimated.
The fire was discovered by Alfred
Stoner, of the 1900 block of Upshur
st. N. w, while he was riding by
the building at about 9 o'clock. He
noticed the dense clouds of smoke
pouring from the building and saw
a small blaze within.
While firemen, wearing gas masks
fought the blaze, police reserves re-
The Washington times., 1929-02-08
Child Guide Lectures
Resumed at Church

Child guidance lectures have been
resumed at the Mt. Pleasant Con-
gregational Church with series
on Modern Parenthood. It's Oppor-
tunities and Perplexities.' They are
a regular Thursday morning feature.
The lecture next Thursday will be
on 1.-THE Changing Economic Status
of Women Today" by Miss Mary
v. Robinson. Succeeding speakers
win include DR.. Lucille Dooley, Mrs.
Clara MOrtenson Boyer, Miss Mary
Grattan Doyle, Mrs. Sidonie M.
Gutenberg, the Rev. Moses r.
Lowell, Mrs. Frances j. Nickels and
Miss Anna r. Richardson.
The Washington times., 1929-02-08
.F|REMEN v EAR
GAS MASKS
At BLAZE

A two-alarm fire in the Universal
Manufacturing Company, in the 500
block of Eleventh Street Southwest,
last night ruined a perfectly good
dinner for Fire Chief Watson.
When the first alarm was sounded,
Chief Watson sat down to enjoy the
dinner Of the ''13" Club at the Will
lard Hotel. Just as the chief arose
to speak, the second alarm was
sounded and Chief Watson was called
away to lead the smoke-eaters in
their fight on the fire.
The fire was believed to have
The Washington times., 1929-02-08
2 Boys Seeking Work
Found Freezing Here

Found shivering on Fourteenth
Street near Pennsylvania Avenue
Northwest early today, two run
awav boys from Philadelphia were
taken into custody by Traffic Bureau
nolicemen. They said they left
home in search of work. They
probably will be returned to the
Pennsylvania city
The prisoners were Frank Den'
ton. Is. and Albert William Nc
Ardle, 1S.
The Washington times., 1929-02-08
WALSH REPORT
MAY TANGLE
DONOVAN
BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON
International News Service


An interesting political battle, i'll
volving Assistant Attorney General
William ]. Donovan, is to be fought
in the Senate over the Walsh re-
port. condemning the Interior and
Justice departments for their handl.
ing of the Salt Creek royalty oil
contract. Donovan's chances of a
Cabinet post in the new Hoover
administration may be affected by
the outcome.
The report. drafted by Senator
Thomas J, Walsh Cd of Montana,
censured the two departments fo.'
delay in cancelling the contract of
Harry F. Sinclair. which ultimately
was held Illegal in an opinion
rendered by Donovan. Rejected by
the Senate Public Lands Committee
by a Z to s vote, Walsh now has
asked the Senate itself to approve
it.
The battle win revolve around
Donovan's connection with the
case. There were indications today
Donovan would be eNOnerated by
the Senate. The decision will rest
with the Insurgent bloc and it ap-
parentIy will join with administra-
ton Senators in opposing the Walsh
report.
Nye for Donovan
When Walsh met defeat in the
oil committee, the deciding vote
was cast against him by Senator
Nye R) of North Dakota,
Insurgent chairman. In the past
Nye has stood side by side with
Walsh but the two disagreed this
time over Donovan's activity in
the case. Nye declared he could
not agree. to censure Donovan, who
wrote the opinion holding the con.
tract Illegal and ordering 1t cam
celled. The Interior Department
followed this recommendation.
1t has been no secret around the
Senate that Norris recently has
been disappointed with Walsh's in
quiries. The Nebraskan supported
the resolution, which led to the Salt
Creek inquiry, but he did so be-
cause the resolution order an in
vestigation into the leasing of the
Salt Creek fields.
Once the inquiry got under way,
the leases were ignored and the in.
Vestigation directed toward the Sin
clair contrast for the Governments
royalty ola royalty accruing from
the leases. Norris felt the inquiry
should have been directed into the
leases themselves-lea most of
which we're executed during the
Wilson administration.
In the committee, Walsh was sup
ported by all the Democrats, while
al fIe RenubIicaus voted a AGAINST
him. The contest probably will de-
velop, but Walsh undoubtedly will
lose some Democrats. If he does,
he will be defeated just as he will
be if the Senate divides entirely
upon party lines.
Democratic leaders, however, will
support Walsh. They concur in his
censure of the Department of Jus.
tice, pointing out that the illegality
of the renewal clause had been
called to the departments attention
in April, 1928, and it's decision was
not announced until the following
October.
Based on Delay
The censure of Donovan would
be based upon this six months
which the department took to pre-
pare a decision, Since the contract
was cancelled, it has been shown
the Government lost $1,000 a day
under it-in all total of $500, 900
Much political significance has
been attached TO the contest owing
to widely circulated reports that
Donovan will be Attorney General
in President4elect. HooWer's Cabinet.
The Washington times., 1929-02-08

routed automobile traffic in the
vicinity through other streets. Street
car traffic on the Eleventh Street
line was tied up for nearly an hour
and a half.
Volunteer firemen and an engine
from Washington put out a fire in
the chicken roost of Jerry Barnes,
colored, near Forestville, Md, but
not before j 900 chickens had been
incinerated. The cause of the fire
Is undetermined.
The Washington times., 1929-02-08
SOVIET PACT READY

MOSCOW, Feb. Q.N.S)-The
anti-war pact for eastern Europe
sponsored by Soviet Russia may be
signed within "a hours, it was re-
ported here today. The states ex.
pected to sign are Soviet Russia,
Poland and Rumania.
The Washington times., 1929-02-08

Darling from behind a parked
automobile, William Creighton. s
years old, OF the 600 block Of l. st.
S. w, was fatally injured by a
truck belonging to Lansburgh and
The Washington times., 1929-02-08

The time one needs sympathy is
Vrhen they have lOst somebody they
dearly cared for. Your friends win
want TO know 40 let them know
through the Deaths columns on the
last Inside page Of this paper
The Washington times., 1929-02-08
35 WANT HANGING JOB

BUDAPEST, Feb. U.N.Sl.--
Thirty-five men. some of>them for
eieners, have filed applications for
the post of State executioner of Hun
gary, which is now vacant.
The Washington times., 1929-02-08

Brother and driven by Weyland G..
Bowley, 20. of the 1900 block Four
and ,a-half ST. S. w. The accident
occurred near Fourth and NJ Streets
Southwest late yesterday afternoon.
The lad was roller skating home
from the Greenleaf School.
George Turner. also of the 500
block of L st. w, picked up the
unconscious lad and rushed him to
Emergency Hospital, where physi-
clans pronounced him dead.
The Washington times., 1929-02-08

FOUR-YEAR-OLD PhiladeIphia
youth. is minus one OF toy air.
planes he received from Santa at
Christmas time. Erwin swallowed
tire toy plane and was taken to
the hospital where it was re-
moved. Operating surgeon kept
the plane as a souvenir.
The Washington times., 1929-02-08

ShiDers of Earth
ToBe RecOrdedon
New SeismograPh
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-19
Printer Tourney
GiDen Boost by
Major Leagues

With the major leagues and the
American Association cooperating
with the officers of the Union Print
ers' International Baseball League
in the awarding of prizes and the
furnishing of an umpire-in-chief for
the week, the forthcoming tourney
of the league, which opens next Fri
day in indianapolis, is creating quite
a bit of interest throughout the
country. It is said President Thomas
j. Hickey of the American Associa-
ton, will endeavor to be on hand
and has been urged by John M. Du-
gan, president of the league, to be
here for the close of the tournament
and personally present the prizes
donated by the major leagues.
After a reception Friday evening
in the Riley room of the Claypool
hotel, headquarters of the league,
ten of the eleven teams entered in
the tourney will swing into action on
Saturday afternoon, on the NUM-
cipal diamonds at Riverside. Games
will be played every day for a week,
the championship being decided
Friday, Aug. 80.
This will be the nineteenth tour
nament of the league and the second
time it has been held in this city,
being played here at Washington
park in 1916.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-19
Serni-Pro, Amateur
Baseball Notes

Marmon Fights punched six hits off
Station Of the Fayette Regulars in the
second and ninth innings Sunday to stop
and Henson coming through with solid
smashes to center with the bases filled.
Harlan. had nine strikeouts to his credit
mons will practice Wednesday and
Friday az Riverside No. 4.
Peoples Outntting Company lost to
Beech Grove Reds Sunday. to 5. OUT
filters will hold a meeting Monday night
at l349 Union street. All players must
attend.
wealth Life Insurance Company Sunday,
the team from District l defeated Dis
Christamore nine would like a game
for Sunday. Call Be. 1175.
question Marks defeated 1 sed.r Acme e T5i-
cal Question Mark thriller, 10 to TO-. In
ninth inning rally: with the n! score 2
ga sa Them as 0 " IeRTe a ahd sea
featured the contest. Next Sunday, the
Marks will play double header with
1rvington Nehis defeated Weber MIX
Nehi Juniors lost their first start to I'M In,
Joe Biote played well with the Juniors and
is to be given a tryout with the regulars.
Teams desiring games with Juniors write
Nose Schwimmer, 2I5 South Butler avenue.
Kokomo Booster Giants have open dates
In September. Connersville, Elwood, Nun
Gle, Columbus Bloomington, take notice.
Circus John has been added to the Booster
Giants lineup and will handle the hot
corner For games write Chester Floyd,
sos North kennedy street. Kokomo. or
phone 22lT.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-19
Jacobs Plans to
Iron Out Max's
Board Troubles

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, Aug. 19.-Joe Jacobs,
who has handled the business affairs
of Max Schmeling on the German
fighters exhibition tour, planned to
leave here today for New York,
where he said he intended to at
tempt to iron out Something's diff
culties with the New York boxing
commission.
They believe we should go
through with a fight with Phil
Scott, the Englishman," Jacobs said.
"We're willing to fight, but I can't
see where Scott would be drawing
card with Max. I believe Schmeling
is worth 100000 as an attraction
Meanwhile, Jacobs conferred with
Promoter Harmon here. Harmon was
reported to have offered to match
Schneling with either fluffy Grit
flthS or Otto Won Porat.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-19
Mat Movies at
Ripple Tonight

Speedy Scheaffer, Shelbyville, will
meet Everett Hopes, Anderson, in
the opening bout on the wrestling
card at Broad Ripple tonight. They
will wrestle fifteen minutes. Pro-
meter McLemore has added an ex-
ira feature which is thought will
please the fans. He has secured
the action pictures of the Gus Son.
nenberg and Stranger Ed Lewis,
heavyweight championship match.
The feature bout on tonight's card
will be between Bobby Chick and
Leslie Fishbaugh, who will wrestle
to a finish. The first bout will be
called at $50. The full card:
First Bout-Everett Hopes VS.. Speedy
Schaeffer; time limit.
seminwindup-.JJOhnny Carlin VS.. Merle
Main Go-Bobby Chick VS.. Leslie Fish
EStraEMOvies of Stranger Lewis and
Sonnenberg.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-19
1t Won't Be Long If Vic
Doesn't Change Ways

RB Times Special
NEW YORK, Aug. 19.-Faults Of
fighting men vary, and fighting men
have all kinds of faults, but Victor
Campolo, the giant South Amer
lean, comes up with a new one. The
boys do not like the way he ex-
pectorates. When uncertain of him.
self in his gripping battle with Tom
Heeney, he stepped back and turned
completely around to do this.
He acted like an absent-minded
man in his moments of trouble,
taking his eyes off the Anzac en-
tirely. 1t will pay Victor to learn
to pull himself together in a safer
fashion.
Against a quicker thinker and
puncher than Heeney, he might
have recovered from one of these
lapses in the dressing room.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-19
Little Sarah
Takes Bowl
Miss PaIfrey, Is, Annexes
Eastern Net Title.

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, Aug. 19.-Little Sa-
rah Palfrey, 16-year old tennis star,
finds it difficult to realize her first
success in senior women's competi-
ton.
After her 6-1, 6-3 victory in the
finals of eastern turf courts cham
pionships at Rye, N. Y, Sunday Sa-
rah was presented with the silver
championship bowl, chest Of silver
and travelling case, the latter addi-
tional prizes.
"Is that all for me?" she asked Of
flcials in awed amaZement.
The presentation was witnessed by
Miss Mary Greet of Kansas City,
who lost to Sarah in the finals.
William Tilden and Frank Hunter
avenged their Southampton doubles
defeat at the hands of Gregory
Mangin and Berkeley Bell, by beat
ing the youngsters in straight sets
for the eastern title. The scores
were 6-3, 8-6, Ga.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-19
BY EDDIE ASH

Marty Berghammer's Brewers, the
last of the western A. A. clubs to
appear in Indianapolis this season
invaded Washington park today for
four tits with the Indians. 1t was
ladies and kids day" The Tribes
men leave after Thursday and GO
to Columbus for a series.
Dutch ZWilling's Blues fattened
their league lead Sunday by trim
ming the Betzelites, 7 to 3, in the
windup of the flve-game series, CIV
ing them three victories in the set
More than ever now, the Kansas
City FASTENERS are confident the
1929 pennant is going to their town
Fourteen and Six
In twenty battles with the Indians
this year, the KawS took fourteen
games, which is whale of a margin
to pile up over club that captured
the flag the previous season. The
teams meet in four more clashes In
Kansas City late in September
when the Indians go west to close
the campaign.
After winning thriller Saturday
8 to z, with Schupp pitching, the
Tribesmen got off on the wrong foot
Sunday and the league leaders
Jumped out in front with three
runs in the opening stanza of Bill
Burweil. Three singles, an error,
sacrifice and hit batsman combined
to give the visitors a running start.
Murray Loses Control
In the fourth the Blues again
hoped on Burwell for three singles
and a double, a twin killing holding
them to one run in that round.
The first ten Indians to face
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-19
Helen Wills
Seeks Sixth
Tennis Title
Sixty-Three Women Stars
Compete in Annual
National Meet.
BY WILLIAM J. DUNN
United Press staff Correspondent

FOREST HILLS, N. Y, Aug. 49,
SiXty-three of the worlds finest
women tennis stars challenged the
supremacy OF Helen Wills as play
began today in the annual national
women's tennis championships at
the West Side Club here.
Helen of Berkeley, for the fifth
time in sever years, is defending
the championship, and the opposing
field is one of the best she has faced.
Took Throne in %
The reigning queen assembled the
throne in 1925, displacing Mrs. Molla
Mollary. She never has been beaten
in national play since, but was out
of competition in 1926 when Ill. Mrs.
Mallory returned to the champion
ship that year, but was again re-
placed when Helen returned to the
courts in 1927.
AS the f1rs5 round of play started
three women stood out as most like
ly to prove troublesome to the Cali
fornia girl.
Foremost IL this trio was Betty
NuthaIl, vivacious British star who
forced Helen to two deuce sets dur
ing the recent Wightman cup inter
national matches on these courts.
The others are Helen Jacobs, CAL
ifornia's second woman star, and
Mrs. Phoebe Watson, who is out
ranked only by Miss Nuthall in
Great Britain.
Dopesters have figured the draw,
as seeded by the committee, virtu-
ally certain to oppose Miss Wills and
Miss Nuthall in the semi-flnal round.
The other semi-f1nal match, on the
same dope sheets, would bring to-
gether Miss Jacobs and Mrs. Wat
son.
The match scheduled to inaugu-
rate the 1929 championships Off
cially was that between Miss Ethel
Burkhardt of San Francisco and
Miss Marjorie Morrill, of Boston.
At 3 o'clock Miss Jacobs and Miss
Penelope Anderson of Richmond,
Va, were to clash. Mrs. Watson and
Miss Josephine Cruikshank of Cali
fornia were to meet at $3.50.
Last at 5 p. NJ.
Miss Wills was to oppose Miss
Katherine Lemarche of New Jersey
at 4:30, with the final match Of the
day, between Miss Nuthall and Miss
Cecilia Regel Of Philadelphia sched-
uled for 5 p. m.
Mrs. NIolla Mallory and Mrs. Mae
Sutton Bunny, two former cham
pions, still are dangerous. Then, too,
there is the youthful national girls
champion, Sarah Palfrey of Boston,
who won her first senior title Sun
day at Rye, N. Y.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-19
Womer Rockne
Teach Coaches

BIZ Times Special
DALLAS, Tex, Aug. f9.--Glen
(Pop) Warner, famous 58-year-old
pioneer football mentor and present
head coach at Leland Stanford uni
versity, completed arrangements to-
day for the Warner-Knute Rockne
football coaching school at Southern
Methodist university. He is here
with backfeld coach Winterburn Of
Stanford.
This will be the first time that Pop
Warner and Knute Rockne, gen.
orally recognized as the leading grid
mentors in the country, ever teamed
together to conduct a coaching
school.
They expect a class of close to 300,
including coaches from every state
in the Union.
Among early arrivals is Heinie
Weir, former all-American star at
the university of Nebraska, who will
assist Dana x. Bible in coaching
the Cornhuskers this fall.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-19
Young Mitchell
Wins Golf Meet

Defeating Edwin Dorset, 9 up and
to play, in the final thirty-six-hole
round, Dave Mitchell, 21-year-old
star. annexed the South Grove
mems club championship Sunday.
Mitchell scored a II, two under par,
in the morning round, getting a
80 on the first nine. Dorsett had
n and started the afternoon play
down.
Mithcell defeated George Peterson
and l in the semi-f1nals, while
Dorsett eliminated Russell Wise, 5
and f. Norman Robinson and
Belmont Birsf1eld win first low net
in the Scotch two-ball medal han
dicap foursome tourney at the club.
Harry H. Smith and Herman Olsen
turned in the best medal score.