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The Washington times., 1929-11-29
ALLEN WILL BAR
CRIME TALK
To GIRLS

Children and unmarried women
will be barred from the Washing
ton Auditorium Sunday night
where Robert J. Allen, ex-police-
man whose one-man investigation
of the Mcpherson Strangling
opened up the case after police
had officially branded the pretty
North Carolina nurse a suicide" )"
has announced he will tell the
entire inside story" of the death
Of Mrs. Virginia Hurley McPher-
son.
Because of the revolving nature
Of the details of the strangnng
Allen said today, it will be neces
sary to take this step. Allen de
c.ares he will give all the details
the newspapers we're unable to
print because of the postal laws,
in addition to sensational dis
closures in both the Mcpherson
and Scrivener killing.
Dares Shelby To Debate
Allen has challenged Inspector
William S. Shelby, denoted Chief
of detectives. to debate the lat
ter's suicide theory with him. He
also promises to name q high
Government official who ordered
Shelby to release Robert A. Nc
PherSon, jr., husband of the dead
woman who was indicted by the
September Grand Jury and re-
leased by the November Grand
Jury, before he had been in the
Third precinct IS minutes.
He declares this was done over
the vigorous protests Of Lieut..
Edward Kelly, then chief Of the
headquarters homicide squad,
who told Shelby, according to
Allen. that it was unprecedented
in the history Of criminal In
vestigation to release q murder
suspect before checking his alib1.
Challenge To LaSkey
Allen has also invited John E.
Laskey, special assistant to the
Attorney General, who was ap-
pointed to prosecute Mcpherson
but, according to Allen and Sena-
tor Cole Blease Of South Caro-
lima, put on too big parade"
of defense witnesses for a prose
cutor, to be present and debate
his own conduct in the grand
jury room if he desires.
Allen also promises to discuss
the recent death in the wash
room of the District Building Of
Charles Montgomery, 50year-old
custodian Of the property room
at police headquarters, who was
to have been an important wit
ness in the Grand Jury in
vestigation, next week, Of the
death of Detective Sergeant
Arthur B. Scrivener, three years
ago.
The Washington times., 1929-11-29
BODY To REMAIN
IN Va. CRAVE

A proposal to remove the body
Of Maj. Gen. Daniel Morgan, out
standing hero Of the Revolution
ary War, from its resting place in
Mount Hebron Cemetery, at Win
chester, Va, to Arlington Gene
terry, has been disapproved by the
war Department.
This action was based on q re-
port from Major John T. Harris,
QuartermaSter Corps, who found
no basis for the statement that
the cemetery at Winchester had
been abandoned and that the
grave is in bad condition.
The Washington times., 1929-11-29

BIOLOGISTS TO MEET
The Biological Society of Wash
ington will meet tomorrow night
at 8 o'clock in the new assembly
hall Of the Cosmos Club.
The Washington times., 1929-11-29
CHURCH To HEAR
READING

Goods Trombones," a spiritual
reading, by James Weldon John
son, secretary OF the National AS
sociation for the Advancement Of
Colored people, will be presented
by Thomas E. Bowie at Allen
African Methodist Episc opal
Church, Of Garfield, D. c., Decem-
ber 10, it was announced today.
The program will be under the
auspices Of the trustees of the
church. Portrayal of events from
Creation" to Judgment Day"
will also be included in the pro-
gram. Robert Craig and Arthur
Delaney head the arrangement
committee.
The Washington times., 1929-11-29
Volunteers for Tax Cut Procession Swamp Mails
UNITS |NDORSE
PLEA To GUT
RATES

Despite yesterdays holiday, con-
siderable additional progress was
made by Major Joseph Caccavajo
and his corps Of assistants In per
fecting plans for the Earned In,
come Tax Reduction Parade to be
staged on December 7.
The chief Of staff's mail was
heavy and included letters from
many civic, fraternal, patriotic
and veteran organizations signify.
ing their intention Of participa-
ting in the pageant to impres
Congress with the nationwide de.
mand for a downward revision Of
the taxes and surtaxes on earned
incomes.
COIorS to Be MaSsed
Plans have been completed for
the massing of 200 American
flags, borne by uniformed color
bearers, escorted by armed guards,
to head the unique pageant. In
addition the flag Of every State
in the union will be seen In the
parade, these standards being
carried by delegations from each
of the 48 commonwealths.
1t is understood that the State
delegations will form an escort
for the monster petition bearing
the signatures Of more than 1,000,-
900 persons throughout the coun-
try who favor q substantial reduc-
ton in the Federal tax on stipends
derived exclusively from personal
effort
Labor Groups Called
william Green. president Of the
American Federation Of Labor,
not only has endorsed the down
ward revision and the parade ar
ranged to back up the nationwide
campaign for it, but Is co-operat-
ing with Major Caccavajo in sign
ing up organized labor groups to
take part in the pageant.
Washington business, profes-
sional, civic, fraternal and vet
eran leaders also are giving their
fullest cooperation with a view
Of having at least 10000 persons
in line on December 7.
The parade will form at Seven
teenth st. and Pennsylvania Ave.
N. W., pass the White House,
thence down Fifteenth Street to
Pennsylvania Avenue, east to the
Peace Monument and then to
the Capitol Plaza. There the
ceremony Of presenting the peti-
ton to Congress will take place.
The parade will then march of
the plaza and disband.
The Washington times., 1929-11-29

Apartments ideal for the bachelor
boy or the bachelor girl" can be
located through Times or Herald Clsssi-
fled ads
The Washington times., 1929-11-29
Women Drivers Classes
: Meet For Sixth Lesson

For the sixth lesson of the
lFomen drivers instruction course
1he District division of the Ameri-
ian Automobile Association, which
b giving the course, has selected
UThe Transmission" as the sub
Iect and has secured Edward M
Cornell, automotive instructor of
the District public schools, as the
speaker. The afternoon meeting
OF the TOO women attending the
course will be held in the Y. M.
C. A. at 2 o'clock, and the eve
Aning class at 8 p. m. in the Viii
kyon Normal School tonight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19

Vincent B. Costello Post, No. IS
American Legion, to meet at 8 o'clock,
board room of the District Building.
Old timers meeting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19

Summer" season a long way ahead of
the usual time, the players through
talent exhibited last night give promise
of being able to continue through the
stretch" to their advantage and the
pleasure of Washington theater-goers.
The theme Of the play has to do with
married life and its many entangle-
ments, with many experiments tried,
but in the end the old theory that true
love never runs smooth probably was
never any more strongly upheld.
The initial glimpse of married life
and its many pitfalls is given with the
opening of the first act. The husband
and wife, Harry Bertrand and Florence
Bertrand, played by Charles Hampden
and Helen Wallace, respectively, old
favorites in Washington, are having
their family troubles as the curtain
rises. The main issue prompting the
arguments is Spanish vamp, Miss
Alvaraz, played by Enid Romany, over
whom the wife is very jealous.
The husband gives the usual assur-
ance that Miss Alvaraz is merely an
employe of his business firm and ex-
plains having invited her to his house
because of a desire to make a hit
with a guest of the evening, big bust
ness man. Tice Collins, played by Will
fred Lytell, who has made a mint of
money in South America. The wife,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19

Annual dinner OF the Dickinson
Alumni Club of Washington, Hotel La
Fayette. at pm. The newly elected
president of Dickinson College, DR.. M.
G. Filler, viii deliver the principal
address.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19
BIRD SANCTUAR|ES
O.K.'D BY COOLIDGE
Natural Ravens for Game
Fowl to Be Created to Pre-
vent Extinction.

BY the Associated Press.
A national system of sanctuaries
where migratory birds may feed, rest
and breed, unmolested, in marshy and
woodland areas, will come into being by
the bill signed yesterday by President
Coolidge.
II is the contribution Of the United
States to an agreement with Canada to
lessen the dangers threatening the rapid
extinction of the continents birds, and
results from the pleas of conserva-
tionistS in all parts of the country for
nearly a dozen years that Congress
enact the legislation. =,
In every State of the Union and in
Alaska one or more of the natural
woodland sanctuaries will be created for
game fowl and migratory birds under
the program. which is estimated to be
completed within 10 years.
AS a matter of fact, the new act goes
beyond migratory birds in its scope
since it would naturally follow that wild
life of all kinds in the United States
will live unmoleSted in the sanctuaries
AS to birds, not only ducks, geese and
Others claSsed as game will be protected
but also the great hosts of smaller
birds so vitality essential TO the agri-
cultural interests of the country by their
unceasing warfare against injurious
insects.
Fathered in Congress by one of the
leading conservationists in the country,
Senator Norbeck of South Dakota, the
measure represents the combined efforts
of number of wild-life enthusiasts In
and out of the National Legislature
Considerable contribution to the actual
wording of the bill was given by Repre-
sentative Andersen of Minnesota.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19

however, is not satisfied with the ex-
PLANTATION, particularly when she dis
covers bill for 5000, made out to her
husband, for dress for Miss Alvaraz.
Later the wife's suspicious seem justi-
fled and the dinner party turns into
wild disorder. with exhibits of hysteria,
after Mrs. Bertrand has slapped the
face of the vamp
This set the stage for the main act,
in which Mr. Collins and Ann Marvin,
the sister of Mrs. Bertrand, played by
Mary Newton--the new leading lady of
the company-enter into an unusual
marriage agreement, prompted by AIMS
disgust for the usual married life as a
result of observing the bond of matri-
mony as applied to her sister and
brother n-laW.
Firmly resolved not to fall into the
usual pitfalls resulting from marriage,
Ann and Mr. Collins enter into mar
riage agreement whereby she acts in
the capacity of the ideal housekeeper
and he attends to his business. each
being careful not to interfere in any
way with the affairs of the other
This continues successfully for long
period, but then jealousy develops, or
rather, as described by Ann, there
comes anger suspicion and doubt"
which go with love. After many amaz-
ing complications a reconciliation is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19
ADJUSTMENTS
National Stock COMPANY Opens.


This Thing Called Love-" three-act
comedy, presented "in stock" for the
first time by the National Theater Play
ers last night, proved a decided hit be-
fore nearly a capacity audience in a
home coming atmosphere in the old
E street playhouse.
The popularity of the National Thea
ter Players. both as a group and indi-
viduals, was never any stronger shown,
perhaps, than it was last night by the
audience that greeted each player with
hearty applause. Many had come to
see their favorites in action, as we'll as
to see the new members of the troupe
perform. Because, the National Theater
Players have become a Washington
institution.
The play, hit from the outset in
New York, also has enjoyed an extensive
run in Chicago. The National Theater
Players. through a friendship of their
management with the New York pro-
ducers, has the distinction of being the
first repertoire company to present the
play in stock
Although beginning their Spring and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19

Rehearsals for the massed chorus
festival concert, under Frederick Alex
ander, at 1880 pm. for the combined
choral clubs at the Vermont Avenue
Christian Church, and tomorrow at 8
for the combined choirs at Central High
Community Center.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19

effected in which series of clever con-
versations play responsible part.
Dolly Garrett and Fred Garrett,
played by Nancy Baker and Freddie
Sherman, respectively, furnish second
married team to lend color to the play.
The players are introduced to the
audience after the performance.
The new leading woman. Mary New
ton, an attractive brunette, shows an
unusual amount of stage poise and
personality. Wilfred Lytell, leading
man. has appearance and manner
which make him the ideal "he man"
and particularly qualify him for his
present role of a man who has made
his own way in the world. Freddie
Sherman and Nancy Baker as Dolly and
Fred Garrett performed we'll. Freddie
is the Juvenile of the company and
gives promise of being popular with
Washington audiences.
The others are widely known to thea
tergoers of this city and lived up to
past regulations. Arthur Rhodes, as
Dumary, the butler. possessed the dig
nifty and resourcefulness which could
only be attributed to one of his years
of experience in his position.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19

Roman coins recently unearthed at
Wembury, England, represent Colonial
issue of Galba, dated about SO AID.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19

More than half the automobiles sold |
in Belgium in the past three years were |
from America
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19

American Gold Star Mothers meet al
3 o'clock, Hamilton Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19

i Columbia Historical Society meets at
the Cosmos Club assembly hall, BIS
pm. Mrs. Margaret Brent Downing
will talk on THE Diplomatic Corps at
the Federal Capital"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19

Georgetown Clinical Society will have
O. dinner at the Hamilton Hotel, 8
O'Clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19

Delaware State Society monthly meet
ing, o'clock. at the Colonial Hotel,
Bridge and five hundred.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19

Parent Teacher Association meeting
at Central High School, 8 o'clock, In
the school library.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19

Ruth Chapter, No. /, Order of the
Eastern Star, is holding its annual en-
tertainment, card party and dance to-
night at the willard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-20
BAZAAR FOR PEKING
EXCHANGE TOMORROW
Nine. WI to Introduce American
Manager From the Orient
at Sale.

The reception sale for the benefit of
the Picking Exchange, which will open
tomorrow morning at 10 O'Clock at the
Wardman Park Hotel under the patron
age of a list of distinguished women,
headed by Nine. WI, wife OF the Chinese
Minister, will be personally managed by
Miss Blanche Haley, manager OF the
exchange In China, who arrived in
Washington yesterday afternoon.
The Picking Exchange was started as
a relief measure in 1919 by number
of foreign women during the famine
of that year. Organized by Mrs. Dwight
Edwards, wife of the head of the Peiping
Y. M. c. A., the exchange has grown
from a small group of six Chinese
women, given needlework for which they
we're paid living wage by their for
eign benefactor, to an institution OF
200 Chinese women, who are given
work in a building owned by the ex-
change. The exchange conducts a de-
partment which trains women to work
in outside homes and also day nursery
to care for children of the women during
working hours.
Some of the finest needlework In the
Orient is done by women of the Peking
Exchange, and many pieces comprising
table linen, bed linen and clothing will
be exhibited at the bazaar tomorrow
and Friday.
Miss Haley has also brought many
other Chinese articles, the sale of which
she hopes will help to carry on the work
In the Chinese capital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-20
u. S. STOCK BREAK
HITS JAPAN'S SILK
Production Is CurtaiIed to
Meet Depression in Raw
Market.

TOXIC. November 20 (P.-The
executive committee of the Japan Cen
trail Silk Association, embracing raw
silk producers throughout the country,
yesterday decided to curtail production
to remedy the depression in the raw silk
market, for which the slump on the
New York Stock Exchange was said to
be partly responsible. Refers will Sus-
pend operations for fortnight, begin
ming December Is.
Production will be reduced 20 per cent
from February l to May 81, while
storage required in the official
warehouses will be increased from 10000
bales to $4,000.
The rising value of the yen and an
anticipated decline in American luxury
consumption paralleling the loss in
stock values were described as leading
causes for the silk depression, which
has dropped the price from 1920 yen
per bale to 1920 yen within month.
The export of raw silk to the United
States is the most important single
factor in the foreign trade of Japan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-20
WAGNER TO SPEAK
ON BUILDING PLAN
Unemployment Relief to Be
National Radio Forum Topic
on WMAL.

The availability of public construc-
unemployment and business depression
will be the subject of an address deli
cred by Senator Robert F. Wagner Of
New York in the National Radio Forum
on station WMAL arranged by The Star
and sponsored by the Columbia Broad
casting System, at 1890 pm. tomorrow
Senator Wagner has made thorough
study of employment and the so-called
business cycle in this country. He is
the author of bill in the Senate to
create a Federal EmploymentNSt abiliza-
ton Board, which would have among
it's members cabinet officers and men
well versed in the employment prob
lem and big business men.
Long Range Plea.
He believes in the establishment, too
of long range plan with regard to the
construction of public works. Under
such plan, arrangements would be
made for the construction of public
works far in advance, so that in times
of unemployment, the Government could
tap this reserve work and give employ
ment to thousands.
Makes Mark in Senate.
The New York Senator, who is serving
his first term in the United States Sem
ate, has already made his mark in that
body. He has wide experience in pub
lie life before entering the Senate, serv-
ing in the New York Assembly, the
State Senate, as lieutenant governor
and as justice Of the Supreme Court OF
New York.
He is a constructive thinker and q
clear and able speaker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-20
LINER OLYMPIC HIT
BY QUAKE in OCEAN
Big Ship Shaken From Stem to
Stern, Commander
Reports.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 20.-The
earthquake which was felt along the
coast from New York to Halifax Mon
day shook the liner Olympic, $40 miles
out at sea, from stem to stern, her COM
mander reported today on arrival here
from Southampton and Cherbourg.
Officers of the Olympic did not know
what had happened and for time feared
the ship had hit a submerged wreck and
perhaps damaged her hull.
Capt. w. H. Parker, the commander,
said he was in the courtroom when the
ship started to tremble.
81 Immediately went on the bridge,
he said. Nothing had been sighted
ahead and nothing seen asterE. For a
moment thought we had cast a pro-
peller blade. But the engines continued
to work smoothly, so began to fear we
had struck submerged wreck. When
the vibration ceased went aft to exam
inc the wake of the ship for signs of
wreckage, but there was none"
NEW YORK, November 20.-Six cable
repair ships were cropping the bed of the
North Atlantic of the coast of Nova
Scotia today for cables broken on Mon
day by the earthquake along the sea-
board.
Ten or more Of the connections be-
tween America and Europe were severed
by the upheaval among the hills and
valleys of the oceans floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-20
NEWSREEL SHOWS
ATLANTIC STORMS
Hindu Christmas Parade,
Headed by Maharajah, Also
Is Pictured.

Terrific storms that followed the
earthquake along the North Atlantic
coast are shown in The Evening Star
Universal Newsreel, which opens today
in the Stanley randall theaters, the
Rialto and other theaters of the city.
The earthquake caused enormous seas
along the beach near Winthrop. Mass.
Here the waves swept clear over the
roadway, battering automobiles trying
to make their way along the road. The
sea even crossed the road and dashed
against the houses which face the ocean,
deluging them with spray. This spec
tacle was caught by The Evening Star
Universal NewSreel cameraman, who
riSked being swept into the ocean to
get the pictures.
Motion pictures of Secretary of War
Good, taken just before his fatal Illness,
are shown in the reel. Another per"
Sonage of world Importance, the Mana
rajah Sir See Wadiyar, Is shown head
ing a mammoth parade in the celebra-
ton of the Hindu Christmas. He pa
rades before his 100000 subjects on q
huge elephant. The festivities OF the
Indian yuletide, called the "Dusserah, y
cost the country $60,00o,o00.
Lord Mayor Heads Pageant.
The lord mayor of London heads still
another gorgeous pageant called The
Lord Mayors Show" which Is held
when the Official is indicted into office.
The new lord mayor, Sir William
Waterlow, rode in the same coach which
was used by the famed Dick Whiting
ton.
There is an interesting hockey con-
test held on the ice in the Madison
SQUARE Garden, New York. This Is be-
tween the New York team, the Rangers,
and the Detroit Cougars. The New
Workers were picked to win, but the
Detroiters surprised the fans by battling
them to a 5-to-5 tie.
There are two breath-taking scenes.
one in Washington, where . human"
fly scales the walls of the Hotel Am
bassador, climbing up the sheer sides
of the building, II stories, to the top.
Great crowds gathered in the streets
to watch the spectacle. The other dizzy
sight is the painting of the Brooklyn
Bridge, the workmen climbing far out
on the cables to give the span its Win
ter overcoat
Girls Show Skill.
California girls show their strength
and skill In a race in WhaleboatS IN
San Francisco Bay. The girls are hlgn
school students. but are exceptionally
muscular, for they swing the big oars
with the experiences of regular sea dogs.
From Berlin comes one of the most
unusual Shots" a gridiron battle be-
tween bulldogs. The dogs haven't
learned how to play Rugby and do no
kicking, but they fight out strenuous
game Of soccer. The ball is put INTO
action by the referee, and the dogs,
lined up facing each other, try to knock
1t over the goal line with their noses.
they are much quicker than the human
PLAYER and manage to keep the ball In
the air most of the time.