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ostend tonight, and probably catch the
morning boat to England: You TWO
tear the whole thing open before long.
I'll save you the trouble OF chasing up
Miss Vandenessen. Here's the address,
where the SeAbrokes lived IN Br0Ssels
before they went to Blackwater-take
note of 1t: Rue Roger, 80 bis.
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you did. was going there tomorrow.
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that We haven't found yet. When we
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you want neither to conceal a muir
derer nor to hide robbery. SO part OF
the undertaking is to produce what Mr..
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for it? Very good. Then let's work out
a scherhe.' -
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A hand-carved Gothic altar. brought
To this country following expulsion of
members of the Precious Blood Order
from Germany more than so years ago,
stands In the st. Mary's Institute at
O'FalInn Mo
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but that he returned to the cabin. WheA
the bodies were recovered one was en-"
tangled In an opened parachute.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-05

Spectators said q man was seen on q
wing Of the plane with partially open
ed parachute shortly before the crash,
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Continued in TomOrrow's starr. .
The Washington times., 1929-03-25

rip Van Wrinkle" To Be
Wardman Park Drama

'Rip Van Wrinkle" made famous
by Joe Jefferson. is the play the
Junior Theater at Wardman Park
is giving next weekend, with Fri
day matinee at $3.50, Saturday matt.
nee. at 2:30, and both evenings at
S:15. To see this revival with that
fine actor. George Vivian. i'm the
title role, will insure treat to all
lovers of the classics of the stage.
For RIP" is loved by young aud
old. even perhaps by his shrew Of
wife. whose complaints were just
when she saw her two children in
rags because-as Washington Irv.
ing said of him-"the great error
in Rips disposition was an insuper-
able aversion to all kinds of profit.
able labor" .-
With George Vivian as Rip, the
Junior Theater presents Kay Con. !
way as Nina. his wife; Marguerite
Thorne as Gretchen, Kent Smith
as the landlord, and Henry Fonda
as the burgomaster.
The Washington times., 1929-03-25

OF "The Bellamy Trial" now
playing the second week at Loew's
. Columbia.
The Washington times., 1929-03-25
STRAND GIVES
PEPPIEST OF
BURLESQUE

Washington is all cluttered up
with excellent attractions this
week and while Best Show in
Town" down at the Strand Thea
ter is corking good burlesque,
the title brings company OF
clever players and some original
ideas of entertainment. For in
stance, there's She" young
dancer of the sensational type who
swings everything before her with
the character of her offering.
While a bit daring, her numbers
are always graceful and the
dancer received a bang up recep.
ton from the opening crowds.
Next we have Anna Propp,
young woman the size of a peanut
with bundles of pep and a good
voice. Anna can dance also and
wings her way through several
numbers in a highly approved
fashion. Jack Erickson is the fea-
tured comedian and he runs away
with the comedy hOnors of the at
traction. Jack Marley, comedian.
and Billy de Gray, character man,
provide happy bits.
The members of the chorus with
this bunch are there with the
goods. They are young, have the
looks and activity and the sponsors
of the attractions have provided
them with good music and excel
lent creations of dance ensembles
to display their wares.
The Washington times., 1929-03-25
Y.W.C.A. Girl Reserves
To Offer "Cinderella"

The fourth annual spring pro-
duction by the girl reserves of
the Young Women's Christian AS
sociation of Washington will be
given in Barker Hall. Seven
teenth and X Streets. on Friday
and Saturday. April IL and 1873
This year the operetta selected
will be the musical FAIRY tale,
Cinderella" by Harvey Worth
ington Loomis to be directed by
Imogene B. Ireland. music direec-
tor of the Young Women's
Christian Association and Alice
Sigworth Morse, of the Morse
School Of Interpretation.
One hundred and sixteen girl re-
serves will be seen in the leading
roles and dances in the rroduc-
tiOn. The proceeds OF which will
he used to send girl reserves to
Kamp kahlert and the summer
c ION G renee at klsliminetas
Springs, Salisbury, Pa.
The Washington times., 1929-03-25
THE MACLEAN
! BOY IN NEW
! FEATURE.

4. Douglas MacLean, the Wash
ington boy, whose face has been,
missing from local screen for "a
long time, is back again-and
he's brought a fine voice back
with him. He's at the Earle,
starring in a gangster comedy
of mistaken identity, entitled
s"The Carnation Kid"
The role was built to order for
Mclean. He makes his debut as
a bright young typewriter sales
man, who is forced by odd cir
cumstances to assume the 1den"
tity of The Carnation Kid" a
bump-off artist, who has been
hired by Chicago statesmen to
discharge a lethai weapon with
fatal effect at the honest dis
trict attorney.
The amazed salesman is well
coined to the city by represen-
statives of the underworld, and
who do you suppose he meets
and falls in love with? Three
guesses, and no fair peekin'.
Why the daughter of the man
marked for death!
! Well, everybody at the Earle
Just haw-hawed when they
watched Doug extricate himself
from his dilemma. The story
was obvious, but it's form of pre-
sentation was bright and snappy.
The synchronization was above
the average. Frances Lee is the
sweet young thing.
Vitaphone appearances are made
by Phil Baker, the comedian and
the Neal Sisters. The Earle
Topical Review takes us around
the world in search of interesting
news pictures.-J. r.
The Washington times., 1929-03-25
FILM MURDER
TRIAL TN IT'S
/. LAST WEEK

Z 'Ths Bellamy Trial. holds forth
d second week, at .Loew's% Colun.
sbia Theater, Monta Bell, former.
washineton :newspape man. has
directed an exciting and interest.
.ing mystery drama, notable for. a
isplendidly adequate altstar cast.
Counted in the list Of players are
,Leatrice Joy. Betty Bronson, Mar
garet Livingston. Margaret Sed-
don, Charles B. Middleton, Edward
Nusent. and other favorites of
the silver sheet.
The trial, which employs the
flash back method of telling the
story, such as was utilized so
successfully in ION Trial" is "a
vivid enactment. Suspense is
maintained to- the very finish,
when the denouement' brings a
decidedly unexpected solution of
the murder. 1 fancy that each
individual must determine for
himself. just how satisfactory is
this ending. rrt
An interesting feature, an In
terim of silent picture. changes
rather abruptly to spoken Sc
quence during the cross-examina-
fion of witnesses. This. is, PLAYED
up with marked effect. -.
Elsa Ersi and NAT Myers are.
entertaining musicians and Van
and Schenck are good vaudeville
artists, all featured in the movie
tone subsidiaries. MG-M and Fox
news and tuneful music by the
Columbia orchestra, Claude Bur"
rows conducting, round out the
snroera K
The Washington times., 1929-03-25
Trials hy Radio

Superior Judge Bullock, of Cali
fornia. predicts that soon court
trials will be broadcast by radio
all over the country. He made
this remark while visiting the set
The Washington times., 1929-03-25
PLAYS a CORPSE

Margaret Livingston had pecu,
liar part to play In "The Bellamy
Trial" now in its second week at
Loew's. Columbia. Throughout
all her scenes she depicted the
part of corpse, that OF Mimi
Bellamy the murdered woman.
The Washington times., 1929-12-20
DR.. GilfOy Emergency,
Going to Baltimore

Or. Francis 3. Gilfoy, staff
physician at Emergency Hospital
who figured conspicuously re-
Gently in the mystery girp' case,
yesterday confirmed rumors that
he has accepted an appot; i
as house medical officer IN the
John Hopkins University Medical
School.
Or. Gilfoy has won prominence
as an emergency doctor and am.
bulance physician. He completed
his medical education last year at
George, Washington University.
after pre-medical courses at Har.
ward University and early train.
ing in the public schools Of
Adams, Mass.
The Washington times., 1929-12-20
Artist Buys 3 Isles
To Live IN South Seas

CHICAGO, Dec. 2O.--Rober Lee
Eskridge returned recently to
Chicago's zero weather from eight
months In the South Seas. This
is the third artistic pilgrimage he
has made to the islands about
Tihiti and he has decided to 1--we
there the greater part Of every
year for the reste Of his life. He
is, therefore. about to take title
on 10000 acres comprising three
islands.
That's the life." said the en-
thusiastic young artist. There
are girls to adorn one with
wreaths Of flowers, 4 magnificent
sea Of every color. sports Of every
variety and more material for
artistic Interpretation than any
where else In the world"
The Washington times., 1929-12-20
Police Raid Apartment;
Claim Liquor Found

Two persons were arrested late
yesterday and charged at the
Second precinct with keeping q
disorderly house and possession Of
five gallons Of alcohol and two
gallons Of whisky. Margaret q.
Upton. so. 100 block Penn
syivania ave. N. W., and Flynn
A. Harrington, "A, 1900 block
Tenth st. N. W., were later re-
leased on $1,000 bond each.
Police say they found the
liquor in the kitchen In an apart
ment In the 100 block Vermont
Ave. N. W., after they had been
admitted by the man. While
they were In the apartment ten
men and women arrived in quest
Of liquor and were allowed to
come in and have their names
taken as witnesses. police say.
The Washington times., 1929-12-20
Chicago Suicide Laid
To Blighted Romance

CHICAGO. Dec. 40 dN.S.l.--
An engagement said to have been
broken by his fiancee's family
was considered today as q pos
sibIe motive for the suicide Of
Hunt Wentworth. 80, scion Of one
Of Chicago's wealthiest families.
WentWorth's mother, Mrs.
Moses J.. Wentworth, found the
body on the second floor Of their
home. He had sent q bullet into
his forehead.
WentWorth's engagement to
marry Eileen Smith, University
of Chicago graduate, was an
nounced last October. Two weeks
ago the engagement was reported
broken off.
The Washington times., 1929-12-20
Sale Of Xmas Seals
Passes $500, 900 Mark

The sale Of Christmas Seals in
Washington today passed the
2.500.OO0 mark, according to 3
statement given out by DR..
George M. Kober. president Of the
washington Tuberculosis Associa-
tion. The goal set for the seal
sale this year Is 100000.
The association needs 100000
to carry on its work for the year.
DR.. Kober pointed out. and has
only until next Tuesday night to
complete the sale Of enough seals
to make up this amount. Seals
are sold at one cent each, and
can be secured from the associa-
tion's headquarters at 1922 Eley-
meth st. N. W., and many other
places in the city.
The Washington times., 1929-12-20
Cigarette Smoked in Bed
Brings Fire and Flood

NEW YORK, Dec. 2O.--Traffic
was halted half an hour last
night and the street turned into
q torrent when a fire hydrant
went "geyser" in Brooklyn be-
cause fiyemen we're unable to
turn off the water after putting
out q fire.
The blaze started. police said.
when Patrick McManus fell
asleep while smoking q cigarette
in bed. He was badly burned.
An unidentified man put an
ashcan over the pump. turning
it into a fountain. which threw
streams in all directions until an
emergency crew Of the Depart
ment Of Water Supply made re-
pairs.
The Washington times., 1929-12-20
Marine Band to Play
Concert Today at 3P. nj.

TI1e Marine Band Orchestra,
under direction Of Taylor Bran
son, win give a concert in the
auditorium at Marine Barracks At
3 o'clock this afternoon. The
program follows:
March, Under Freedoms Flag
(rIoWOWieslEil Overture, Joan Of
Arcs (Verdi); Spanish Eere-
rlade' (FrimD; Son of the
Brook lack Fantasia NapoIi-
tanan (BoccalarD; Romance
(EibeIiusl Dance Of the Hours
(ponclieIIi) Marines Hymn, The
Halls Of Montezume, 4 and ''The
Star Spangled Banner"
The Washington times., 1929-12-20
Bogus Mummy in Cellar
Shocks an Electrician

NEW YORK, Dec. 19.--Johll
Eiiersen, Of Brooklyn, an electri-
clan. working In the cellar on
East Fifty-seventh Street, whose
first floor IS being converted
from an antique shop to drug
store stumbled against d box
and out rolled q body sWathed
from chin to toes Ii dussy
soandages.
The Washington times., 1929-12-20
jill. lIAGAEkEN
PICKS 8BEST
REPORTERS
fkeprinted from December issue
The American Pressl

fReprtnted from December issue
The American Pressl
Stories written "By James L.
Rilgallen" are familiar to editors
Al over the country. He is Inter
national News Services star re-
porter working out Of the New
York office. with the Western
hemisphere as his beat. Reporters
must be tactful and versatile, he
says.
Asked by the American Press
what he believed to be prime
essential of a good reporter. Kill
gallen replied: Tact"
He said his most interesting ex-
periences were getting ordered
out Of Bloody Williamson county"
after being in Herrin. H., five
weeks covering the massacre; In
terviewing AL Capone in his pa
htia1 and heavily guarded man
sion overlooking Biscayne Bay in
Florida, and strolling around with
John d. Rockefeller while he
played eight holes Of golf at
Crmond Beach.
Names 6 Best Reporters
Kilgallen declared that the six
best reporters he has ever en-
countered were George r. Holmes,
Washington correspondent Of the
international News Service: Dar
mon Runyon; Sam Blair, Of Chi
cago, and George Buchanan Fife,
Frank ("Red'') Dolan and Courte-
nay Terrett, Of New York. Holmes
is the fastest writer Kilgallen has
ever seen In. 90 years Of news
paper and press association work.
Kilgallen has interviewed Henry
Ford; Colonel Lindbergh; John
%. Rockefeller; Commander Byrd:
Thomas A. Edison: Jack DemSey:
Babe Ruth: Al Smith and scores
Of others.
He has written more big Ameri-
can murder trials In recent years
than perhaps any other news
paper man. They include: Hall
Mills trial: Snyder Gray; George
Renlls: DR.. Shocks trial: Peacox
cAse, and the McNEanus trial.
Other Famous Assignments
ne also covered the Harry x.
Ghaw insanity hearing in Pitts
burgh; the Vestris hearing in
New York and the PeacheS-D Daddy
Browning trial at White Plains.
He has written fully 2,OOO. 900
words about trials alone, and has
spent b considerable portion Of
his life In courtroon1S.
He wrote the dramatic stories
of the electrocution Of Ruth
Snyder at Sing Sing. the hanging
of Gerald Chapman at Hartford.
Conn, and the execution Of Jaw
orski at Bellefonte. Pa.
He covered the Alabama flood
disaster early this year. the Ku
Kllix Khan war in Oklahoma, the
massacre Of % miners at Herrin,
ILL.,, and many other big stories
OF nationwide interest.
The Washington times., 1929-12-20
FINE ARTS BILL o. KID

6ena tor ArthIlD Capper Of KAN
saS, chairman Of the Senate Dis
trict Committee. this afternoon
submitted q favorable report
upon the Shipstead bill which.
would give the Fine Arts Comn1is-
sion control over exterior ap-
pearance Of buildings adjacent
TO Government structures and
parks.
The Washington times., 1929-08-23
MRS. EnNON RRADLEY

Mrs. Julia Williams Bradley, wife
Of Edison Bradley. died yesterday
at Sea View Terrace, their summer
home at Newport, according TO
word reaching Washington today.
MIR. and Mrs. Bradley have been
prominent for years in Washington
and New York society. Mrs. Brad.
ley. who had been III for the past
year. was u. and she and Mr..
Bradley celebrated their golden wed
ding anniversary four years ago.
Before the war Mrs. Bradley,
noted az q. worker for charity,
startled Washington society with
the erection of an addition to her
Dupont Circle home In which to
hold theatrical performances for
charity.
Funeral services were conducted
at the villa today, and the body
will be inferred at Woodlawn Gem
etery, N. Y. Mrs. Bradley Is sur
vived by her husband and daughter,
Mrs. Julie Bradley Shipman, wife
of Bishop Herbert Shipman, of New
York, who were ct Sea View Ter
race at the time Of Mrs. Bradley q
death.
The Washington times., 1929-08-23
"uNCLE JIM PARKS.

"UncIe Jim" Parks, s0-year-old
ex-slave,. will be buried today In
the soil he loved 80 dearly during
his life time.
BY special order Of the Secretary
of War, "Uncle Jim" will be buried
in Arlington National Cemetery with
military honors. Chaplain Albert +,
Vaughan, of Fort Myer. will Of
ficiate.
A slave Of the Gusts family
James Parks, later to be known
as 'Uncle JIM" grew up a. one
of the farm hands. Custis died in
1857 and freed his slaves in his
will, but "Uncle Jim" stayed on,
Even during the Civil War hs
stayed and aided the Federal troops
in building Fort Whipple, now Fort
Myer.
Then beautiful Arlington wal
transformed from q 5O0-acre estate
to a national burying ground fol
it's hero dead. Gen. Robert e. Lee
son.in-law of Custis, whom Uncle
! Jim" knew, lost the estate a. par
of his misfortunes of war and
passed from the picture.
Uncle Jim" died late Wednesday
night in his little cabin just out
side the south gate of the Cemetery
He Is survived by many children
having been the father of % by
two wives. Five of his sons served
| in the World War.
The Washington times., 1929-08-23
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Samuel J. Dorsey. ss. and Bertha M.
Scott, 80. The Rev. A. Willbanks.
Joseph W. Leiss. IS and Frances 2.
Richardson. 81. The Rev. H, W.
Schlincke.
Robert De Gusrrs. 20, and Tempa
Elier, ~. The Rev. H. J. Councillor.
Earl ]. Adams. %, and Myrtle L.
Marshall -. The Rev. l. / Nc
RUBY P. DOweM ~. and Bernics
Faiter. 81. The Rev. H. J. Councillor.
Nathaniel L. Watkins, %, and Ruth
c. CIairmont. rs. The Rev. v. o.
James c. Miller, -. ana Margaret D.
Hilton. 20. The Rev. J. T. Kennedy.
Ephraim G. Hewitt, 81, and Elizabeth
2. H,,: Schroeder snro 20 Pc Rev. c j.
Elmer NJ. Jackson, jr., IS. ana Mary
W. A. Conard, 22. The Rev. s. K
Joseph NJ. Edesor. %. and Julia A
scher. %. The Rev. 9: silverstsin
Zack A. Hawkins. 2s. and Mildred
Singer. 20. The Rev. J. r. Loeb.
Griffin v. Canada, 2S, and Elizabeth
r. Berry. 2s. Judge r. e. Mattingly.
Werner w. clapp, -. and Dorothy D.
Ladd, 81. The Rev. RI. p Brock.
Edgar B. Carter. 50, and Ruth T.
Bailey, "a. The Rev. ]. Wsidley.
Leslie M Wakefield. n. and Evelyn
L. Moore. Is. The Rev. N. 8. Knox.
George r. Herring, 80. and Thelma c.
osmOnd, 80. The Rev. NJ. 3. MeRryds
Andrew G. Maddox. 20, ana Lorettc
A O'Brien, 20. The Rev. ]. E. C0unelL
The Washington times., 1929-08-23
WOMAN FREED
IN CRASH

Rush as a last name for Mrs.
Gertrude B. Rush. pretty widow. of
the 1900 block Decatur st. N. w,
should not be taken too literally,
q decision Of Judge John p. McMa.
hon in Traffic Court indicates. =.
Policeman H. r. Cornwell claimed
that Mrs. Rush was In such q rush
to start on a green light, while
driving her car on Sixteenth Street,
that she collided with another ma
chine in front, propelling 1t Is feet.
He charged her with reckless driv-.
ing. ys
The driver OF the other car. Ken
meth Keefer. OF New York. said
however that his impression was
that his car was only showed q
few inches. E
Mrs. Rush's story was that the
driver in front applied his, brakes
while driving up to q red light.
and the brakes failed to hold. Kee-
fer's car rolled back down = slight
grade before the brakes caught and
into her own machine, she told the
judge. 4s
Damage to both cars was slight.
Judge McMahon dismissed the case,
The Washington times., 1929-08-23
TED WILL TRY
FOR CROWN

Theodore Tied" Thompson, q prod.
uct Of the Howard playground
and twice national negro tennis
champion viii try to regain the
crown and bring the trophy TO-,
Washington for q third time a. the
colored national tennis champion.
ship gets under full swing at
Bordentown. N. j., today. ~
Thompson, who attended Dunbar
High School and for the last four
years has been q student at Wilber-
force University, Wilberforcs, Ohio.
won the colored southeastern tannis
crown several days ago at Peters-
burg, Va. His most formidable
foes will be Edgar Brown, Of
Chicago, the present champion, DIR.
Sylvester Smith, formerly Of this
city and one time champ. and c.
Limjoco. Filipino, recent winner Of
the Chicago national open lawn
tennis tourney.
In the women's singles Miss
Anita Cant, local teacher, win play
in the rounds for the national
crown. Like Thompson, she is a
product of the local Fairgrounds
and considered one of the best
tennis players in this section.
Among the other Washingtonians
who will compete in the meet are
Johnny Wilkinson and. Tally Holmes.
both former national champs and
teachers in the city schools.
The Washington times., 1929-08-23
WAS VE5.
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RATES. DELIVERED By CARRIER. IN
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per week, DalyN Times ard Herald dsfly,
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The Waahingtc0 Herald Daily and Su1.
dag. q delivered BY carrier at 10 cents
md Sunday only. 10 esntD pee Week.
0rderO can BE- sent by maiI or telephone.
District $3.50. Collection Il made weekly
~ RATES 81 NAm.
RRavakla On AdvaaamR
The Washington times., 1929-08-23
HEALTH AWARD.
q
ANNOUNCED . .


The annual negro health award
to the city OF more than 100, ,O0e'
population which best observed
National Negro Health Week was
given Louisville, KY, it was
learned today. The second award
went to Waco, Texas.
The presentation Of the awards
were made by DR.. Roscoe C. Brown.
of the United States Public Health,
Department of this city while at
tending the thirtieth annual session
Of the National Negro Business
League which recently closed at
Indianapolis, Ind. A third award
was made to Ann Arundel County,
Md, for the county doing the
most effective cleanup and healtia
work.
National Negro health week IL
observed every spring and sponsored
by the Business League. Robert
r. Motion Of Tuskegee Institute
is president of the organization. 1t
was organized 80 years ago by
Brooker T. Washington founder OF
the above school. J. A. Jackson Of
the bureau Of domestic relation.
Department OF Commerce, is q
member Of the executive COMMITTEES.