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The Washington times., 1929-09-19
COAT PLAQUES
RAIL PORTER

In the practice of his chosen
vocation. Pullman Car Porter Mon
roe Lawrence Plant, colored, %, Of
the 21O0 block of Flagler Pl.. N. W.,
has just risen to the top.
Monroe has been promoted from
substitute porter and now he has
charge of a car on the New York
run, of the Baltimore and Ohio.
His status is endangered, he said
today, and he lays it all to Judge
John P. Mcmahon, of Police Court,
and the police. The ways of jus.
tice are beyond him, says Monroe.
Instead of being aboard the Pull
man for New York, presiding over
the destinieS and comfort of his
clientele. he fears he will be locked
up in police station cell tonight.
Five months ago he reported his
coat stolen. A colored man named
Brooks was arrested. Brooks trial
was handicapped by the fact that
the complaining witness, the porter,
persistently failed to show up at
the court hearings.
The judge has issued an attach.
ment and today the porter was
arrested by detectives of the cloth.
ing squad. He may be charged
with contempt of court.
MONROE protested to Detective
G. P. Cox, head Of the squad, that
ne Is busy man and has no time
To go to court. If he does not
appear at the Pullman yards to-
night somebody else will be put
on his car, he says.
Il don't see why I have to be
locked up, nohow, just because
somebody stole my coat" he said,
THAT warn't my fault"
The Washington times., 1929-09-19
Capital Penalty Debate
Planned by Chamber

A debate on capital punishment
will feature the special meeting of
the Washington Chamber Of Com.
merce at the Mayflower Hotel to-
night at O'Clock and widespread
interest has ben manifested in 1t.
All members of the Chamber will
be permitted to speak for or against
the death penalty, though it will be
necessary to restrict speakers to GER
tain time limits. Immediately after
the debate Judge T. Scott Offutt will
deliver brief address on the Ameri-
can Constitution in connection with
the observance of Constitution
Week."
Judge Mary o'Toole. chairman of
the law and Legislation committee,
will present the favorable report of
the committee and there will be a
series of brief talks from Col. ]. Mil
Ter Kenyon. Mrs. Caroline. B:
STEPHAN. Robert H. Mcneil, Miss F.
F. Greaves, F. B. Hoffman. DIR. l..
II. Kraskin, John S. Hornback and
Rev. George W. Dow.
The Washington times., 1929-09-19
PLAN To PROBE
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were accumulated today by prepare.
ton of numerous civil suits for
damages.
All previous court procedure
growing out the, mass hysteria
which followed the communistic
invasion of the North Carolina
textile belt has been threshed out
in the criminal courts.
Thirty-nine men end women, in.
GLIDING 10 indicted for murder, are
now being held for trial as a result
of multiplicity of crimes.
Today the International Labor
Defense drew up suits against
Mecklenburg county officers who
arrested eight on charges of assem-.
bling firearms for a Gastonia red"
meeting,
Charge Dropped
Three days after their arrest,
when the scheduled Gate of the Gas.
tonia gathering had elapsed, the
State nolle pressed the charges.
Tom P. Unison, chief counsel of
the I. L. d., announced he would
seek $4,000 for each of the defen.
dants for false arrest.
Meantime the American Civil
Liberties Union announced that It
will bring forth another batch of
civil actions, directed toward all in.
dividuals and organizations respon-
sible for the recent outrages perpe-
trated against the National Textile
Workers Union"
The Washington times., 1929-09-19
FAT HER,
BOY SAYS

WOBURN, Mass, Sept. 10
u.N.S).-"I have just shot nv
father" '
Walking up to PatroIman Arthur
A. Fay today George s. McGourty,
20. calmly made that statement.
Enroute to police headquarters he
surrendered pistol with which he
said he had fired two bullets into
his fathers body as the elder Nc.
Gourty, 56, engineer, was alleged
to have been choking his wife in
drunken rage.
Il don't care IL die as long as
1 have protected my mother"
young McGourty told police, as he
was locked up charged with muir.
der.
The elder McGourty died at
Choate Memorial Hospital
The Washington times., 1929-09-19
= BUTLER STUDIES BAN ON KSBURG FOR MARINES
TORTURE
At SCHOOL
PROBED

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Sept. 10 U.N.S.)
Charges that the Settlement Indus.
trial Home here, for negroes was q
virtual house OF torture" were
under investigation today by the
county attorney generals office fol-
lowing allegations filed against the
superintendent of the institution.
Miss Georgia Tam, executive sec.
rotary of the Tennessee Children's
Home Society, charged in papers
laid before County Attorney Gen.
eral w. Tyler McLain. that i'm
mates OF the home" were placed
on hot stoves. made to stand In
hot ashes and subjected to other
fortunes as punishment for mis-
demeanors.
Tuition Collected
Bessie Simon, superintendent at
the institution, was held responsible
for the alleged tortures in Miss
Tann's charges. The latter also
claimed that while soliciting money
for. the 'home" on the pretense
that it was a charity institution
for orphans, the Simon woman col
lected tuition for a number of
the inmates.
She quoted one woman as having
claimed she paid to send her child to
the institution and later had to place
him in a hospital for treatment fol-
lowing his stay there.
Scared BY Poker
One child, according to Miss Tann's
charges, bears scars on his face
where he was scared by a hot poker
as punishment.
Meanwhile, grand jury investiga-
ton of fire which recently de-
stroyed the home" taking eight
children's lives, was slated for the
next session Of the inquisitorial
body. Rosebud Ankton, 15-year.o old
negress, is facing charges of murder
and arson in connection with the
fire. Authorities claim she con-
fessed to setting fire to the institu.
ton because she beat me-"
The homes" license was recently
revoked.
The Washington times., 1929-09-19
Wheaton Is Elected
To Press Club Office

Warren w. Wheaton, member
o the Washington staff of the
Philadelphia Public Ledger, was
elected vice president Of the Ma.
tional Press Club at a special
election held yesterday afternoon.
Edgar Markham. former cor.
respondent Of the st. Paul Dispatch,
and Pioneer Press. has recently
resigned the vice presidency of the
Press Club to accept the position
Of secretary of the Federal Farm
Board.
The Washington times., 1929-09-19
New Airplane Company
Formed i'm Baltimore

BALTIMORE, Sept. ia GER
tificate OF incorporation for the
Aero-Plane Corporation was filed
yesterday with the State tax com
mission. The authorized capitaliza-
ton Of the new company is &c..
100000. The bonus tax paid the
State was $500.
According to the certificate the
total authorized capital stock is
10000 shares of common, with a
nominal par value of SO each.
The directors Of the corporation,
which Is formed by Baltimore inter.
ests, are James F. Milton, Herbert
c. Craft and Howard Tebbs.
The Washington times., 1929-09-19
Boone Medal Given
To Rifle Marksman

Jens B. Jensen, veteran cavalry
sergeant yesterday augmented his al
ready large collection of markman-
ship medals by two when Assistant
Secretary at War Patricl; ]. Hurley,
in the presence of Gen. Charles P.
Sumerall. presented him with the
national individual rifle match medal
and the Daniel Boone trophy.
Since ioinin~ the Army Jensen IA 3
been stationed ON the Texas border.
His home is In Chicago.
The Washington times., 1929-09-19
Major Lawson M. Fuller
Drowned in Bermuda

War Department officials yester.
day were informed of the death of
Major Lawson M. Fuller, SIS, u. s.
A., retired, by drowning at Hamil.
ton, Bermuda. The body win be
brought to Washington for burial
next week.
Major Fuller. who retired from
the Army a year ago. lived at 2212
Cathedral Ave N. W. He Is sur.
vived by his widow. a daughter by
a former marriage Mrs. Ward
Hubbard. and brother. Col. Fiber.
toI EIller T., s. A.. now yon duty
ia Richmond, Va.
The Washington times., 1929-09-19
TEAR
ARAB CLASH

JERUSALEM, Sept. 10 Q.N.S9.-
The British authorities are becom.
ing increasingly alarmed. it was
reported today, over recurring
desert rumors that Ibn saud, Nejd
chieftain, is advancing upon his
Wahabi rivals with force of 10000
warriors.
Ibn Saud's attack is said to be
directed against the Wahabi sheikh
.Faisal Ell Dowish and other tribal
chieftains who are reported to have
revolted against the formers
authority.
The Wahabi forces, according to
reports. also number in the neigh.
sorhood Of $4,000, and q fierce
clash Is expected daily.
The Washington times., 1929-09-19
Digs Grave for Another,
Negro Falls Dead In It

Alexander Speaks, colored, 81, of
the 100 block of Benning Rd, N, e.
dug a grave in Payne's Cemetery.
on Benning Road, yesterday, and
we'll dead beside 1t.
? He had been grave-digger for
more than 10 years. Coroner NEWT
gave a certificate Of death from
natural causes,
The Washington times., 1929-09-19
, SPANIARDS DIE IN STORM

MADRID, Spain, Sept. 10 Q.N.S.).
Two persons were killed and eight
injured and considerable property
damage done by a terrific thunder
storm that swept over Valencia to.
day.
The Washington times., 1929-09-19
Thirteen Cows Make
Their Owner sos Month

CASSV1LLE, Mo-, Sept. -
There's nothing unlucky about the
number 10 for, r. r. Tarna1k r Thir-
teen COWS net him S20S per month.
The Washington times., 1929-09-19
He 'sintheArn1yNow'
Is This Opera Star
Photo BY International

From the stage Of La Scala in Milan switchboard
Fort Myer the jump made by Earl DeVelan g. private
in Uncle Sans cavalry.
The Washington times., 1929-09-19
Bilked Officers Wroth
Over Bad Checks
Photo by International

Naval and marine officers who caShed checks for Norman
R. Wilson, alias Robert Macarthur &c. of the 1900 block
B st. n. E., feeling bit sheepish today.
The Washington times., 1929-09-19
Havre de Grace
Work Outs

Weather. clear: track, fast.
nnlP MIA
The Washington times., 1929-09-19
DE GRACE ENTRIES

FIRST RACE - Two-year-old maiden
colts and geldings; purse, 81, 500. 6 fur
longs.
The Washington times., 1929-09-19

SIXTH RACE--Three-year- olds and
M; claiming; purse. $1,000: mile ard
20 yards,
The Washington times., 1929-03-05
DR.. Shapley, of Harvard,
To Lecture Here March 6

The Community Institute Of
Washington will present DIR. FAR
low Shapely, director of the Har-
ward College Observatory, in an
illustrated lecture entitled Star
Stuff" at Central High Community
Center, Thirteenth and Clifton
Streets Northwest, on Wednesday
evening of this week, March G,
at sis o'clock.
DIR. Shapley, who is ranked as
one of the three leading astrcn-
omers of the day, was born at
Nashville, Miss, only 35 years
ago, and received his education at
the University of Missouri. taking
his Ph.D. at Princeton. He has
attained a high position in the
scientific world and his Itable re-
searches in astronomy have nstah.
lished new facts and exploded old
beliefs.
His lecture here on Wednesday
night will he illustrated with many
exquisite views, and it is said of
him that "he figuratively pulls the
planets from the heavens and in.
terprets the amazing wonders of
the universe in language that can
be readily understood by ALL"
The Community Institute an
nounces that tickets for DIR. Shap-
ley's Washington appearance are
to he had at the Willard Hotel
newsstand the American Auto
mobile Association and at the door.
The Washington times., 1929-03-05

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The Washington times., 1929-03-05
WEARY RIVER
COMPOSERS
MANY

"A mad scramble Of tunes haunted
the sleeping hours OF Richard Bar
thelmess recently. The First Ma.
tional star listened to an average
Of two songs day for two weeks.
Every one of these songs were
entitled Weary River" yet they
were composed by different au-
thors. with different words and
different melodies.
Weary River" Is the name OF
the feature in which Barthelmess
Is currently starring at the Met
ropolitan Theater. Originally a
short story by Courtney Ryley
Cooper, 1t was published IN
magazine of national circulation.
When the ann 0uncement was
made that Barthelmess would star
in a film version of Weary
River" all those who had read
the story remembered that a song
formed the background of the pub
lished narrative. Song writer's
got busy-professIonal and anna
teur. Strange. complex melodies
besieged the studio and the Bar.
thelmess set was constantly hum
ming with some wierd Weary
Ri-verr!"
There is a song in the picture
versian OF "Wea:y River" but It
was written by a acknowledgements
composer and will doubtless be "A
popular hit. Barthelmess plays
the air on the piano and in the
Vitaphone sequences. Betty Comp
son plays opposite Barthelmess.
The Washington times., 1929-03-05
GERMAN STORY
OF WAR AT
LITTLE

For the second week UFA's
banner film, "Behin% the &C ran
Lines" flies high above the Lit.
tie Theater presenting Germans
own .Jry o. the war tn. Il n the
lens of the cameras.
The pictures are starkly realistic
presenting an authentic and chro-
nclorical account of the war from
the assassination which started 1t,
to the day the Armistice was
signed. T, -ether with these, extra
aid in c. rly understanding the
strategic moves ha been supplied
by the use of animated maps
which sh~ the mo--ing up and
the retreats the various armies.
killing the Killer" is another
UFA picture of note. which is an
added attraction, has been termed
one of the most outstanding short
subjects" of the year.
The two .U.her features on the
bill are exceedingly funny today
although at the time they were
taken they were seen by audiences
with tears in their eyes.
The Washington times., 1929-03-05
MOVIE SQUAW TELLS
ALL TO DOROTHY

Phil say: "Give me time to
think" Billy shake head" Got
ter say yes or no now. Time no
help" So Phil say yes.
They go hotel. Wake up Mrs.
Haver. Phil tell her glad news.
Billy tell her too. Mrs. Haver
say stop foolin. She sleepy. They
say we no fool. Mrs. Haver say
that swell. She happy IL they
happy. They plenty happy. Callum
Jimmy Walker then. Jimmy
mayor New York. Jimmy say he
sleepy. Too late to kid. They
say no kid. Jimmy. He whooo.
Tell EN- come right over. So
they do. Jimmy promise marry
'em. Bime by pretty soon now
get hitched. Heap swell romance.
Minniehokus crazy for romance.
Well, gotter run. Keep date
Marion Davies. Marion take bal
let dance. Dance plenty in new
fillum. Marion promise .Minnieho-
kus part. She swell dish. All
time keep word. Heap all right.
'Slong.
The Washington times., 1929-03-05
N ED McC0BB'S
DAUGHTER
HERE SOON

It's character that counts"
wisely remarks Babe Callahan in
Ned McCobb's Daughter" by
Sidney Howard, one of three plays
which the New York Theater
Guild Repertory Company will
present here at Polls during the
week of March IL, under the man.
agement ef Mrs. Wilson-Greene.
Assuredly character counts for
a very vital part of the greatness
of Mr.. Howard's drama which had
such tremendous success when
the New York Theater Guild of.
fered it to New York audiences.
Carrie McCobb. old Ned Nc
Cobb's daughter, has character-a
magnificent character. Even Babe
Callahan, who is to realize that
to his discomfort. admits 1t from
the beginning. Carrie. running an
eating house at the landing of the
ferry across the Kennebec River
at Merrybay, Me-, has, beside the
responsibilities of conducting the
Spa. the burden of husband who
is altogether no account and who
has turned embeZZler. She has
two children, who at any cost,
must be protected from the dis
grace of their fathers wrong-do-
ing. She has, as general factotum
in the Spa, Jenny. nitwit with
lurid past. And above all these
things Carrie stands out. splendid,
staunch, purposeful and with un-
failing integrity.
In her understanding of the loose
little Jenny, in her salty battles
with Babe Callahan, the boot
logger who would make capital of
her need in her almost tragic ap-
praisal of her husband. she reaches.
the heights of New England
womanhood--of American woman
hood-at its best. Sharp to the
nth degree in business, yet trust
ing the honesty of others to al.
most absurd limits because of the
essential integrity of her own
makeup. Carrie McCobb stands
out as one of the finest portraits
ever done on the American stage.
Births. engagements, MaFriaEe
Deaths ard In MemOriam appear dailS
on the last inside page. last two columns
The Washington times., 1929-03-05

How.
Catchum tough break. Work
plenty hard. Wore out. Minnie
hokus frail. No should work.
Pitshur job okeh. Sit most all
day. After hard luck come good
luck.
Get job workin' broadway"
broadway" Universal fillum.
Lolita talk. Lotta dance. Rime
by makum silent. Rush on talky
part. Get job dancin'. Get call
be on set 9 o'clock. Minniehokus
there. There she sit. Sit to IL.
Bime by told go lunch. She go.
Betty Brent in fillum. Say:
Minniehokus, wanter lunch me?"
Sure.
Bime by go back set. Gotter
work. Dance in scene. Big chorus
dance after. Plenty scared chorus
run over. Bime by dance cut
again. Get more rest. Florence
Dudley say: "Wanter play
hridge?" Mickey Flynn say:
Come on. What you lose?"
Betty Brent say: "You be my
partner"
Play bridge rest afternoon. Bime
bv man come over. Say: "rEo
supper. Be back at 8 o'clock"
Okeh. No take scene till II.
Just sit. Heap funny. This so
on and on.
Little Napoleon
Bime by makum cabaret scene.
Heap big. Plenty swell set. Kinda
set where butter and egg man get
taken in by gold picker. Carl
Laemmle, jr., proud of set. Bime
bv see "rushes." Tell production
manager: Swell, but get 200
more people," Production manager
say no place put 'em on set.
Junior say get 'em all same.
Production manager say pitchur
cost too much as is. Won't get
'em.
Junior hoppin' plenty mad. Say
he boss. No want anybody say
no to him. Fire production man.
ager. Call direktor. Give direktor
order. Direktor say he want pro-
duction manager back. Junior
saw no. Production manager all
time no him. He want yes man
and yes man only. No body ever
say no to Napoleon. Direktor say
mebbe not but he no Napoleon.
Junior flash back: "Mebbe not
but me Carl Laemmle. jr." Plenty
firework. All same Minniehokus
work. No worry. Junior worry
mebbe.
Come Back!
Hear ha-ha yarn. Jack Warner
see broadway Melody" Swell
fillum. Heavy in it named Jock
Warner. No personal touch. All
same Jack say he get even.
Irving Thalberg supervise Broad
way Melody" Jack have mean
man in his talky pitshur. Callum
Irving Smallberg. Okeh. Me say
boy will be boy.
Will You?
Hear bout Billy Seaman and
Phyllis Haver? Phil go New
York, Billy give her big rush.
One night after show say: phil,
gotter serious question to ask,
Phil say: "Yeah?" Billy say: You
be my wife?" Phil no can speak.
Think he kid. He plenty serious.
The Washington times., 1929-03-05
DOROTHY GISH
PLAY COMING
TO D. c.

Dorothy Gish, who Is playing
the leading role in Young Love-"
the comedy at the Shubert- -Belasco
Theater for one week. beginning
Sunday, March 10, is not, as many
people believe, playing her first
stage role.
Many years ago, when Dorothy
was just years old, she and her
sister Lillian played juvenile parts
in a rousing old melodrama called
"Her First False Step" Dorothy
played the role Of the First False
Step and Lillian played the Second
False Step.
Soon the Gish girls got a name
for playing children's parts in the
good old plays which were the
attractions at "10-20-30 cents"
theaters. During one season they
succeeded a juvenile team billed
as Mary, Lottie and Jack Smith.
They later became known to mo-
ton picture world as Mary, Lottie
and Jack Pickford.
Lillian and Dorothy Gish were
soon greatly in demand to play
such parts and there Is scarcely
a town or hamlet in the United
States which they did not visit,
playing zone night stands" They
played in town halls, variety
houses and even school houses.
At this time the movies were
on their infancy. Soon, however,
the Gish girls came to the atten-
ton of D. w. Griffith, who con-
Vinced them that there was a
brighter future for them In the
cinemas than in acting in melo.
dramas.
Dorothy Gish needs no introduc-
ton to the thousands of. film fans
in this country and abroad. She
has appeared in Nell Gwynn,"
orphans of the Storm" "Ro.
mola," to nan but few OF her
successes.
Now that the "talkies"" have
come into the limelight, Miss
Gish has received hundreds OF
offers to return to the screen.
However, she infinitely prefers to
play a speaking part on the stage,
and it is not likely that she will
return to the studios in the near
future.
About six years ago Miss Gish
played in a picture called "Coun-
try Flapper." In this picture
youth named Tom Douglas was
making his first professional ap-
pearance. Miss Gish saw that he
was new to the work and helped
him with some friendly advice.
Now Tom Douglas is also one
of the cast of Young Love-" He
plays the role of David Halowell
opposite Miss Gish.
Young Love" was written b.
Samson Raphaelson, author of
THE Jazz Singer" 1t comes to
the Shubert- -Belasco Theater direct
from a fiEe-months'r run at the
Masque Theater, New York.
The Washington times., 1929-03-05
When Feature Is
Shown on Screen

EARLE-Riehard Dix in RED.
: skin. At 1885 a. M, 1880, 1885,
5:35, 1880, and $40 p. M.
FOX--Mary AstOr in New
Years Eve" At 1894, 1887, 4:4O,
7:52, and 9;55 p. m.
PALACE ~ John Gilbert in
desert Nights" At 1l:27 a. M.
1:56, 4, 5:5l, 7:56, and 10 p. m.
COLUMBIA - Ruth Chatterton
i'm the aIl.talker. "The Doctors
Secret" At 11:44 a. M. 1:44, 3:47,
$50, 1853, and 9:59 p. m.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Bar.
thelmess in Weary River" At
1880 a. m.. 1870, S:25, 5:25, !: 5,
and 9:25 p. M.
LITTLE-"Behind the German
Lines" At /, 3, 5, Z, and 3 o. m.
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