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The Washington times., 1929-08-21
F|REMEN ENTER
FOR PARADE

This years firemen's parade will
be far more extensive and preten.
tious than any of its predecessors,
Sergt. A. j. Bargagni, of the fire
department, who Is in charge of ar
rangements, said today.
Sergt. Bargagni said that more
than 40 fire companies from Penn
sylvania. Maryland, Virginia and
Delaware towns have accepted in
vitations to march in the parade.
During the two weeks that remain
before the bars go UP on further
marchers, it is expected that many
more organizations will join. u
AS the list now stands. the Ser.
geant declared, there will be more
than 5000 marchers, accompanied
by IL bands and Is drum corps. La.
Dor Day evening there will be big
baby parade and Mardi Gras and it
is announced that many mothers
have entered their offsprings in the
baby feature of the big celebration.
The Washington times., 1929-08-21
NAME TEACHERS
IN VIRGINIA

FALLS CHURCH, Va. Aug. 81.
The School Board of the town of
Falls Church, has selected the
faculty for Madison and jefferson
Schools, for the 1929-SO session.
Miss Nancy Gregory Edwards, of
Pals, principal OF the Herndon High
School for the past three years,
will sact as principal of both the
high and graded school.
AT Jefferson High School, C. p.
Scott of Petersburg. will be reem-
ployed as Science teacher; Mrs.
Ruby r. Douglas Of Rubu. Va,
will teach English and French;
Miss Mary B. Buxton Of Newport
News, Mathematics: Miss Anne M.
Harris of Richmond, Latin and
History; Miss Ella B. Harper OF
White Stone, Commercial Depart.
naent.
At the Madison elementary school,
the primary grade will be in charge
OF Miss Alice r. Williams of Chase
City, Va, Miss Nellie L. williams
of Petersburg. will teach the second
grade; Miss Dorothy Ball of Chester.
brook, the third grade: Miss Mary
Upson of Vinton, the fourth grade;
Miss Nellie Weymouth of CaIIao
and Miss Virginia Taylor of East
Falls Church. win be in charge of
the fifth grade, which owing to It's
size will be divided into two sections.
Miss Mary Barksdale of Wash.
ington. Miss Hilda r. Cross of New
port News, and Miss Zella r. Cox
of Fairfax, win have charge of the
Junior High School, including the
aixkh. ssventh and SiEhth grades.
The Washington times., 1929-08-21
CROWDED
At OPENING

Washington's merchandising mart
received recruit today when the
new retail department store of
Sears, Roebuck & Co.. on the Bla-
densburg Road. two blocks north Of
Fifteenth and H Streets northeast.
opened for: business.
Shortly after o'clock. when the
store was formally opened, crowds
Of residents Of Washington and the
metropolitan area were wandering
up and down its spacious aisles. in.
specting the extensive stock.
Several officials Of the company
attended the opening. These included
Alvin e. Dodd. formerly Of this
city. and now head of the retail
operations OF the company; r. e.
Wood, assistant president; e. p.
Brooks. general merchandise man.
ager for all retail stores of the
company, and J. M. Barker, regional
manager of Philadelphia. The
formal opening period will continue
until Saturday, and until then the
store will remain open until 9
o'clock at night.
The Washington times., 1929-08-21
YIN. H.A. MEETS
SEPT. | AND Z

The annual convention Of the
Middle Atlantic States Federation
of Young Mems and Young Women's
Hebrew Associations win be held
in Baltimore September / and Q,
according to an announcement to-
day by Burnett Simon, president
of the local Y. M H. A.
Fifteen delegates and alternates
will be appointed this week to rep
resent the Washington 7. M. Fl. A,
Y. w. III. A. and the Jewish Com
munity Center. A large number
of members of these three con.
stituent organizations also viii at.
tend the sessions.
The high light Of the conclave will
be the oratorical contest on Labor
Day. representatives of the Wash
fngton, Baltimore, Norfolk, Rich
mond and Newport News associa-
tions will compete for the Clara
Weinberg memorial prize. Washing.
ton will be represented by Benjamin
Hinden. who participated in the La
tional oratorical contest here last
year. representing the region COM
prising Maryland, Virginia and the
District of Columbia.
The sessions of the convention will
be held at the Baltimore Y. M. H. A.
and at the Southern Hotel.
The Washington times., 1929-08-21
CAR HAL 7 PROBE
.ISDELAYED

While 4.year-old Virginia Glare
Fowler lies at the point of death in
Casualty Hospital, practically every
official of the Bladensburg fire de-
partment is away on vacation and
plans for pressing complaints against
Washington police who stopped the
car carrying Virginia to the hospital
are held up, pending the return Of
the towns fire chiefs.
Washington traffic police halted
the speeding sedan, driven by C. e.
Potter, Bladensburg fireman, In
which the girl. VINO had fallen from
a second-story window in the home
of Mrs. stephen .Koundouriotis. was
being rushed to Casualty Hospital.
Upon learning the reason for the
60.mile,an.hour speed. the police
conveyed the car to the hospital.
They later took Potter to the Ninth
precinct, but released him without
preferring charges.
Washington police officials are in
clined to believe that Policemen
Ernest c. Spaulding and William
D. Davis, the policemen who
stopped the car, were merely doing
their duty in bringing the racing
machine to halt.
Little Virginia is suffering from
a fractured skull. Her father,
James William Fowler, arrived here
yesterday. having left a hospital cot
in Tennessee to rush to his daugh,
ter's bedside.
The Washington times., 1929-08-21
GERMANS FORCE
HAGUE TALKS

Times staff Photo

THE HAGUE, Aug. 81 (I.N.S).
The German delegates to The Hague
reparation conference took the center
of the stage today, trying to force
solution Of the problems which
have the parley deadlocked.
Following the presentation OF a
written memorandum asking the
allied delegates to speed up their
deliberations, Foreign Minister Gus
tav Stresemann, of Germany, began
preparation Of speech for delivery
this afternoon at a meeting of the
British, French, Belgian. Italian
Japanese and German groups.
Foreign Minister Stresemann is
asking, in the event Of a. complete
break down of the conference. first,
the extent of reparation payments
Germany will have to make after
September /: second, the intention
Of the powers regarding Rhineland
occupation.
The Dawes plan was to end Sep
tember l and the Young plan was
to become effective, but ratification
Of the Young plan by the govern
ments of the interested powers has
been held up by British demands
for revision of the Young plan so
that Great Britain will get additional
reparations from Germany.
Great Britain has announced her
intention of beginning the evacu.
alton of the Rhineland next month,
but the French and Belgians are
holding back.
Conference Is Held
The French, Belgian. British,
Italian and japanese delegates held
long private conference to adopt a
unified answer to the question of
the German foreign minister. In
order to give the Allied delegates an
opportunity to confer among them.
selves and thus save time, the Ger.
man foreign minister allowed it to
become known in-advance what he
would say at this afternoons ses-
sion.
The Germans are getting impa-
tient as September draws near
without any agreement in sight
here. The British demands of Philip
Snowden, chancellor Of the excheQuer
in the London Labor Government,
for additional reparation payments
and his protests against certain fea-
lures of the proposed reparatfon
bank for payments are still hanging
fire without solution in sight.
Young Plan Wanted
DIR. Stresemann wants the Allies
to accept the Young plan in prin.
ciple without further delay, so that
the details of any minor changes
may be threshed out later.
+ It was reported overnight that
Premier BRAND, of France. was pre-
pared to offer concessions. In view
of this optimistic rumor belief has
gained ground that the conference
probably will adjourn on Saturday
with many problems still unsolved.
In addition to the Anglo-French
breach and the differences over
Rhineland evacuation, Italy has
added fresh fuel to the fires Of dis
content by Signer Mosconi's an
nouncement that, If the Young plan
is rewritten, Italy will have new
claims to make.
The Washington times., 1929-08-21

CAPITAL RACERS
ENTER BOATS
IN REGATTA

Assurance that out-of-town
power boat drivers when they
come here for the Presidents 3
Cup Regatta, September 13
and ID, will have plenty Of
competition from the home
town boys, was given today
by L. Gordon Leech, secretary
of the Chesapeake and Po-
tomac Power Boat Association,
which is sponsoring the re-
gatta.
Local entries for the various
events on. the 2O-race program Of
the regatta, Leach announced, and
while they are not comparable in
number to those coming from out
of the city, they are a such nature
as to assure the regatta committee
that anyone carrying a cup out OF
the Capital will have put a stiff
fight for 1t.
The latest of the local entries Is
that of e. C. Baltz's "5O-5O," which
will enter the Glass G and, the
free,for-all outboard motor events.
Baltz, it was announced has had an
especially built motor attached to
his light little. craft, and is confident
that he will show well in the two
events for which he has entered.
Further tests of Baltz's new
motor are being made, and it is
being re-checked in order to make
certain that it will be in the best
shape possible for the regatta.
Another widely known local
water sports enthusiast, who will
appear at the wheel during the
regatta is Roy Sexton. Sexton,
long familiar to Washipgtonians
as a speed driver, has entered to
pilot craft in the runabout con-
tests
Leech also recalled that another
locally prominent sportsman, lin
Orme, has entered his Dart run.
about in the races for which it is
eligible
Commodore Conrad C. Smith,
chairman Of the geenral regatta
committee, has not received further
reports from the team captains who
are in charge Of soliciting the
$4,000 estimated to be necessary
to defray the expenses of the re.
gatta. He believes, however, that
the campaign is progressing steadily
and hopes soon to have an an.
nouneement to make.
The Washington times., 1929-08-21
Seven States to Send
Greeters Here Sept. 20

The Middle Atlantic Association of
Greeter Charters will hold its an.
nual meeting here September 90 and
II. it was announced today by
Henry M. Scharf. acting president
of the association. The organiza.
tion will be the guest of Washington
Chapter. No. 81. The Washington
Hotel Association, of which e. c.
Owen, of the Powhatan is president,
is cooperating in plans for the en-
tertainment of the greeters.
Headquarters for the convention
will be in the Willard Hotel. The
win draw delegates from
seven states. Other hotels that viii
participate are the Mayflower,
Raleigh, Washington, Powhatan,
Carlton and Hamilton. .t
The Washington times., 1929-08-21
SNOOK IS CALM
IN DEATHROW

OHIO STATE PENITENTIARY,
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 21 U.N.S.l.
Convict No. 60,656, DIR. James How.
ard Shook, slept soundly during his
first night in death row." his
guards told International News
Service today.
The debonair former college pro.
fessor, who slew his ''love.nest"
sweetheart. Miss Theora Dix, an
attractive coed at the Ohio State
University arose early this morning.
The guards said the man, who is
sentenced to ''burn" November 90,
the day after Thanksgiving, is his
usual calm self, apparently unirn.
pressed and mistaken by his fate.
Shook was put in death row yes
terday morning. half an hour after
Judge Henry L. Scarlet had SEN
fenced him to die for the hammer
and.knife Staying which he ad.
mittedly committed.
His first meal in the ''aisle Of
the doomed" consisted mainly Of
beef stew.
The Washington times., 1929-08-21
Decoration for Hoover
Held Up by Constitution

President Hoover, yesterday was
honored with the grand cross in
diamonds of the Order of the Sun
of Peru, from President Leguia, of
Peru. Secretary Of State Stimson,
was awarded the grand cross of the
same order. Notice of the honor
was received by the Department of
State. through the Peruvian EN-
bassy here. H..
The embassy was informed that
the Constitution prohibits both the
President and Secretary of State
from accepting decorations while
holding office.
The Washington times., 1929-08-21
Costello Drum Corps
To Attend Convention

The drum and bugle corps Of Vim
cent B. Costello Post, No. Is, Ameri-
can Legion, will attend the national
convention of the legion at Louis
vile. KY. September 80 to October 4,
it was announced last night follow
ing completion of plans at meet.
ing of the post in the board room at
the District Building.
A large local delegation will accom-
pany the drum corps. Announce
ment was made last night that the
Columbia Heights Business Mems
Association had awarded the Costello
Post first and third prize for having
the largest representation in the line
of parade in the recent District
legion convention.
The Washington times., 1929-08-21
Governor Byrd Invites
Fruit Growers to Picnic

BERRYVILLE, Va, Aug. 21.--
Gov. H. F, Byrd has announced
that his annual orchard picnic will
be held this year at the Green
Orchard, seven miles from Winches-
ter, on Saturday.
Invitations have been extended
to all fruit growers and others in.
terested in the apple industry.
Last year the picnic was held in
the Rosemont Orchard, here, with
400 people in attendance. Details
OF. this years program have not yet
been announced.
The Washington times., 1929-08-21
New Midway School
Contract Is Awarded

FREDERICK, Aug. 20.-A con.
tract for a new school building at
New Midway, to cost $23,52O, was
awarded yesterday by the board Of
education, Leslie N. Coblentz, presi'
dent. 1t will be one of the county's
consolidated centers and will enroll
pupils from Oak Hill, Grove Acad'
emy and Ladiesburg.
The present building will be used
9ntil the new one Is completed.
The Washington times., 1929-08-21
Maryland Independent
SOIdstO La Plata Men

LA PLATA. Md. Aug. 21.-The
Maryland Independent has been
sold by its owner and editor.
Thomas B. r. Mudd. to Ruey P.
and Philys B. Bowling, of La Plata.
The latter. recently graduated
from Georgetown Law School. will
be the editor.
The Independent is one of the
Oldest papers in Maryland. 1t hav-
ing been esta blish h cd at Port
Tobacco in 1872.
Among previous editors were the
late Adrian and F. Stone Posey,
who conducted the paper for nearly
half century.
The Washington times., 1929-08-21
Balloons Are Released
AS Horse Show Closes

BERRYVTLLE, Va, Aug. 21.-
Following an annual custom, John
H. Enders, Of Berryville. released
two balloons the last day Of the
horse show, with 4 note and a 3
cent stamp attached, asking the
finder of the balloons to notify him
when and where they were found.
Enders has received message
from William Gardner, OF Whining
ton, Del, stating that they had
been found in that city. They had
Travelled 1So miles in q little more
than "a hours.
The Washington times., 1929-08-21
Hoover, Jr., Predicts
Radio Phone Service

NEW YORK, Aug. 81 Q.N.S,).-
Regular radio telephone service
from airplanes to the ground is not
far distant, according to Herbert
Hoover. jr., the Presidents son. He
predicted that most commercial
planes would be SO equipped in an
address broadcast over a national
chain through WEAF last night.
Added safety in air travel was
forecast through this development.
The Washington times., 1929-08-21
Racketeer's Beneficiary
Cites Her Love for Him

NEW YORK, Aug. ri N.N.s0.-
He was the only man ever loved
and the squarest one ever met"
Beyond that simple but sincere
declaration of her affection for
Frank NARROW. slain Broadway
racketeer, Dolores Farris, back on
Broadway today, refused to discuss
the man who was taken for ride"
a few weeks ago. Miss Farris, who
returned from London on the Ma
jestic. is beneficiary of insurance
policies left by NARROW,
The Washington times., 1929-08-21
ROMANCE BACK
Of j I Ed
CIGAR SALE
BY JAMES L. KILGALLEN

80 O&@@A@@$e@ @Ss &AS&ASS S@@A@A4A1&N
NEW YORK, Aug. II
QN.S. Back Of the big
financial deal which transfers
control Of the United Cigar
Stores Company Of America
from George j. Whelan and
associates to a syndicate
headed by George x. Morrow,
chairman of the Gold Dust
Corporation, is a romantic
story of business that has few
parallels.
It is the story Of George ]. Wheian.
the man who automatically retired
those wooden Indians" you used
to see poised, tomahawk in hand, be.
fore the cigar stores Of the country
years back.
Whelan, it is related, got the idea
of q national chain OF cigar stores
on a visit to New York years ago
from his home in Syracuse, N. r.
where. as the youngest of seven
brothers, he was in the family bust.
ness OF selling cigar, cigarettes and
tobacco goods.
Couldn't Get Good Cigar
On this particular day he saw
plenty of cigar stores-with wooden
Indians" outside-but in none Of
them could he buy a good, fresh
cigar. This amazed him. why.
even New York, bIase, up.to-the
minute New York, countenanced the
wooden Indian" and musty cigar
stores. too!
So, in 1901, Whelan opened the
first of the chain OF United Cigar
Stores in basement at 81 Nassau
st. He started on the proverbiaI
shoe string" plus an idea. He put
the idea over in a big way.
The United Cigar Stores and af.
filiated companies grew to the point
where today it is credited with az.
sets Of more than $20O, ,O00, 900 and
operates the largest cigar store sys.
tenn In the country.
Backing Was Difficult
How did Wheian. sans money, &C.
compiish this great feat? Well, no
one knew better than he did that it
took more than an idea to make his
dream a reality. First of all he
made a success Of his little store in
Nassau Street. There wasn't any
wooden Indian" in front of It. He
made It the Model Cigar Shop"
which had as its slogan:
The goods to the customer
don't ask him to step to the other
end Of the counter to get them
It went over-big.
Whelan dreamed Of a similar
store ION every busy street corner
But, in 1901. the 'schain store idea's
was new one and it was hard to
get financed. Whelan conceived the
idea of meeting the late James B.
Duke. tobacco king, and interesting
him in the project. Besides he
wanted to sell goods made by the
old American Tobacco Trust and
not those of small manufacturers.
Couldn't Meet Duke
Smaller profits, bigger deals,
quicker turnover were things in
the back of Whelan's active mind.
He couldn't seem to meet Duke,
then a very busy man. He was re-
peatedly rebuffed. Finally, in
0CSpCIdt1Ou, AS GI1lp1UyGQ a hummer
Of young men and dressed them up
as admirals. Whelan was then
featuring a cigarette called "The
Admiral"
The mannikins followed Duke
everywhere he went. The tobacco
king was surprised at seeing so
many admirals those days. Finally,
he "tumbled," sent word to Whelan
that he would see him and, once
they met, an alliance was quickly
formed.
The Washington times., 1929-08-21
Mary Eaton and Director
Making Wedding Plans

Los ANGELES, Aug. 81 Q.N.S.).
Mary Eaton, Ziegfeld FoIlies girl
who became a film star. and
Millard Webb, who directed her
first picture, today were completing
plans for their wedding.
Filing a notice of intention, they
announced they would marry In
few days
The Washington times., 1929-08-21
BOND ISSUE SUCCEEDS

CHARLES TOWN, w. Va. Aug.
21.-As a. result of the election held
for a bond issue of $4,000 for
street improvement in Charles
Town, it was carried by a. vote of
22S for the bond issue and only 3S
in opposition.
The Washington times., 1929-08-21
EDITOR APPOINTED

CHARLES TOWN, w. Va, Aug.
21.--John s. Alfriend, editor of the
Spirit of Jefferson, weekly news
paper published in Charles Town.
has been appointed vice president
Of the National Editorial ASsOcia'
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-08
Varieties of Iris and HOW to Grow

Varieties of Iris and How to Grow
Them"
The constitution provides that per-
sons afhliating within 80 days shall be
charter members and it was the con-
census of opinion that due to the lively
interest shown in the organization of
this club a charter membership of 100
homes should be reported at the next
meeting, which will be held on June %,
at the Somerset School, when the per-
sonnet of the standing committees on
program and membership, street and
park development. exhibition, plant ma
terial and library will be announced.
AS this article goes to press, the
flower exhibition, sponsored by the
American Horticultural Society and
the American Peony Society, is in full
progress at the Willard Hotel. The
closing hour is 10 pm. today and it is
not too late, therefore, to attend this
wonderful display. Most of us do not
fully appreciate the background of
this and other Washington flower
shows. It is not money or hopes for
money in the future. It is simply the
zeal and public spirit of a few earnest
men and women. The garden editor
has followed their activities and knows
that for the past 8 or 10 weeks that DR..
Earle B. White and his coworkers,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-08
THE CLADIOLUS

The gladiolus is rapidly gaining in
popularity as an outdoor Summer
flower, partly because it has been
greatly improved by plant breeders in
recent years and partly because it is
20 easily grown. Another point in
favor Of the gladiolus Is the long sea-
son through which one may have
blooms simply by following the plan of
planting bulbs at successive intervals
up to the middle of July. AS with the
dahlia, there are literally thousands of
varieties in practically all shades and
combinations thereof so that every ones
fancy may be met.
Given start OF large, healthy bulbs,
the home gardener is, with moderate
care, assured beautiful blooms. The
bulbs or corms, as they are botanically
known, should be covered with four
to six inches Of soil so that when the
plants are in bloom they will stand
erect without support. In the bottom
of the trench, there should be placed
bone meal, sheep manure or other good
fertilizer. first working it into the soil
before placing the bulbs. Remove the
tulips and replace them with gladiolus
and have color in the beds during the
Summer season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-08
THE HOME GARDENER
Hints for the for Beautifyng Surroundings of tn
PECULIAR BLOSSOMING

The fruit tree as a rule is consis-
tent performer in respect to its fruiting
habits. Many apples and pears, it Is
true, are largely biennial in blooming
habit but they are regular in this detail
The illustration presented today of 9
pear branch with a fair sized fruit and
with newly opened blossoms is dis
tinctly odd in this species. Oranges,
figs and other subtropical species may
behave this way but North temperate
fruits do not. Yet once in a while
tlntoward conditions do bring such phe-
nomena to pass Some years fruit trees
may blossom a little in late Autumn,
but rarely is double blooming observed
in Spring Just how common this may
have been In local gardens this season
is not known but friend living In
Woodbridge reports similar situation
in a Montmorency cherry tree. How
ever, all the second lot of blooms fell
away without setting fruit, being quite
obviously imperfect.
Fruit buds are generally formed the
year before they open but apparently
the second blooms. as recorded, have
disregarded rules and regularity and
came when they pleased. Such per-
formances have no practical bearing
but often deeply interest the observ-
ing gardener.