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were the chief bone Of contention
in the fruitlesS three-power naval
conference sponsored by President
Coolidge.
But while the ships are limited to
guns Of eight-inch caliber, the Ger
man vessels could carry guns twice
that size and do, In fact, mount
11-inch batteries.
German naval designers never
have followed the big gun ideas of
their British and American rivals
They were content before the world
war to build German high seas bat
tleShips and battle cruisers with
long range 11-inch weapons.
In the war they got action with
the 11-inch batteries against Brit
iSh heavy var dogs mounting 1885,
inch and even 15-inch weapons.
1t is to be assumed that the Ger
man 11-inch naval rifle Of today is
as vastly improved over war time
guns of the same size, as are the
eight-inchers of other naval powers.
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By RUBY E
Central Press Writer

NEW YORK, July 13.-Clifford
the eldest Of Mrs. Magdalene Reeds
three good boys" has been sem
fenced to so days in the workhouSe.
His crime consisted of asking a
sailor in uniform ard his mother to
take seats in the rear of the orcheS-
ira of a theater, where Clifford was
a page, rather than in the front. He
was convicted Of insulting the uni
form of the United States navy, and
was sentenced without the usual
alternative of a fine.
To Mrs. Reed, waiting in her
modest apartment in a broWnstone
house on New York'S upper east
side for news of the efforts being
made to obtain Clifford's release,
there was no question as to her
good boys" possible guilt. "Of
course he Is not guilty" she i'm
patiently dismissed that suggestion.
No, she was not worried about
the cause Of her 23-year-old sons
Imprisonment; she was worried
only for fear that. should he have
to serve the sentence, ne SnOuId
not be able to maintain the strict
diet to which he has been accus-
toned.
Not a Strong Boy
He has always been frail," she
said. IF they actually send him
to the workhouse, I'm afraid he'll
have to go to bed when he comes
out. Last year he was real sick:
Clifford almost tainted when
he heard the sentence" his mother
went on. HE hadn't expected it,
Of course. I wasn't there, and the
boys haven't told me much about
it. They said I'd just worry if !
knew"
Mrs. Reed remembers her sons
telling of the incident which caused
his Imprisonment. It occurred on
May 8, shortly after he had gone
to work as a page at the theater,
alternating every other night with
his brother, Zina, 81. Both boys,
with their younger brother, Howard,
19, had been pages at another the
alter for several years.
THAT night" Mrs. Reed said,
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GERMANS NEED
HUMAN TOUGH
Munich Weekly Recon-
mends American Contact
To Its Statesmen

MUNICH, July 13.-If German
statesmen would cultivate the hui
man touch in the manner practiced
by Americans in public life, they
would gain in popularity, in the
opinion of the "Sueddeutsche Son.
ntagsport."
This illustrated weekly submitted
the photographs of five prominent
Germans to so men and women in
various walks of life and asked
them to identify the subjects. The
persons depicted were Hermann
Mueller, chancellor of the Reich;
Heinrich Held, premier Of Bavaria;
Hjalmar Schacht, president Of the
Reichsbank and chief German dele
gate to the ~reparations conference
in Paris; Ludwig Haymann, box
ing champion, and Harry Liedtke,
a movie actor.
Of the so persons tested, only
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-13
GERMAN NAVY
PEACE THREAT
Powerful Cruisers Are Built,
Despite Naval
Treaty
" KIRKE

ASSOCIATED Press Feature Wrlter)
WASHINGTON, July 13.-tP)-
One factor apparently overlooked
thus far in the international hub
bub over further naval reductions
and limitations is the German navy.
It does not amount to much in
size, due to severe restrictions Of the
treaty that ended the war. But
German mechanical ingenuity has
found q way, within those restric-
tions, to produce a class Of hybrid
fighting ships that car conceivably
be difficult to fit into any accepted
category for limitation purposes.
The new German ships, limited to
10000 tons displacement, are the
/; me size as the 10000 ton post
Washington treaty cruisers Of Eng
land, the United States, Japan,
France and Italy. Such vessels
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PARIS REBUILDS HER 1aEur
gses PRE-WAR BOULEVARDS

PARIS, July 13.-(R-The phys
iognomy Of Paris has completely
changed since the. war and the
Grand Boulevards have been so al
tered as to be practically unrecog-
nizable. From the Opera to the
Madeleine not more than three or
four buildings exist which stood
there in 1914.
New hotels, business houses and
office buildings have been erected.
Two or three Of the old and re-
nowned cafes have disappeared to
make room for commercial struc-
lures. y
Before the war one could enter
any of the little concert cafes and
get a glass Of coffee for so cen
times with a couple Of songs
thrown tn:f
Now coffee costs 5 francs and
there is no singing. To some that
is the most momentous change
MH -. $500
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legged confession that she committed
the $4,000 daylight holdup OF two
employees of the Security Beneflt
association here June 20.
The woman, Mrs. Vivian Scraper.
Is, and Cecil STREET., a. employe Of
the association, were arrested yes
terday In an apartment where they
were living together. Marie Raj
ney. is, who lived with them as
their NIECE" and was Mrs. Scra-
per's only c~onfidante after the
crime, was held for Investigation.
Officers found $13,690 hidden in
an overstuffed chair and behind a
picture in the couples apartment.
Mrs. Scraper told Sheriff Wayne
Horning, he said, that 1t was be-
couse of her love for STREET that she
committed the holdup after forcing
"A. @. Perlich, Kansas City sales
man, to drive her to the scene Of
the robbery in front OF the Security
Benefit association building. STREET
is a brother Of Louis STREET, one OF
the associations employees whom
she robbed.
Sheriff Horning said Mrs. Scra-
per had refused to implicate STREET
or anyone else in her confession.
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three recognized Schacht and only
four knew Chancellor Mueller. Elev-
en- recognized Held, IS named Hay
man and AZ identified Liedtke.
Among those Intercepted were a
saleslady, a chauffeur, a street car
conductor, a butcher, a minister, a
painter, the owner of a souvenir
shop, a photographer, the janitor
of the Bavarian fianance ministry, a
bar maid, a messenger in the state
secretary's office, a detective and a
newsboy. The only one who identi-
fled them all correctly was a law
student. Next came a porter at
the railway station, who recognized
all except Schacht.
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clifford and his mother, MIS-. MagdaIene Reed.

Clifford had acted as usher for a
while-I suppose while some Of
the regular ushers, who are young
ladies. were out to supper. Usually
the boys just stand at the back
and direct the people. This sailor
and his mother-only Clifford did
not know then she was his mother
came in and started down the aisle.
They had been having trouble In
that theater with drunken men who
had been sick in the theater, and
the ushers had instructions to keep
anyone who looked drunk at the
back of the theater.
We'll, Clifford thought this sailor
looked pale, so he asked him to stay
at the back. The sailor didn't say
much, but his mother made an awful
fuss. M
Clifford told me about 1t when
he came home, but Of cours he
didn't expect any further trouble.
There certainly isn't any justice
when they put a boy in jail with
out any more reason than that"
Clifford's Defense
In court, Clifford's defense was
that he had not sent the sailor,
Joseph F. Collins, Is, a seaman on
the battleship Wyoming, and his
mother to the back of the theater
because Of the sailors uniform, but
because there were no seats in
front. He said that Collins had ap-
peared to be staggering on his
mothers arm.
Mrs. Collins denied that her son
was intoxicated. :
The theater management en-
gagged q lawyer to defend young
Reed, who was retained as a page
at the theater until the night be-
fore his trial, and expects to return
when he leaves the workhouse.
They're all such good boys"
Mrs. Reed reiterated. "They all
work during the day, and turn
over to me their entire wages to
run the household on. Then they
work at night for extra money for
themselves. They get $12 a week
at the theater; since Zina and Cliff
ford have been alternating, because
U1lGy WCIGIl y well CIIOuSI1 w WO1h
every night, they've divided their
wages. And Clifford gets $25 a
week at the brokers' office where he
works during the day"
~ Hard Going
She told how Clifford had had to
leave school after a year Of high
school, when the boys father went
away ten years ago. For a while
the father sent some money for
their support, and Mrs. Reeds fam
lily helped them; but since the boys
have grown up they have taken
care Of themselves and their
mother, Mrs. Reed said. tRr ~
They never stay out late" Mrs.
Reed remarked. I'D sit up il one
Of them was ever out after twelve.
And they're so nice and polite
everyone says that" @fa Ax
She'll miss Clifford's weekly
contribution to the household bud
get. ~ Er, se " -
But I guess I'll manage" she
said philosophically. "Only I'll
miss him: I'm SO used to having all
the boys home at nights. q :sssgs.
They're such good boys.
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SPIRITUALS TO
Be PRESERVED
Charleston Society Will
Foster Appreciation Of
Negro Music

T CHARLESTON. S. c., July 49,
P-"Ghost music In a blaze OF
light" Is the new battle cry of the
Society for the Preservation OF
Spirituals. an organization founded
here to foster an appreciation for
the old negro music.
They apply this stigma to the
coupling of conventional orchestra
tons to "shoutin' spirituals' and
refer to the union as a "debauch
Of a typical American musical ex-
preston"
The unique Charleston society
for many years has been studying
negro folk songs. and credits its
present day vogue to keeping faith
with the customs Of the fast van
ishing plantation negro.
It is a far cry, says the society,
from the slave quarters Of the
south's old plantations to modern
theaters with their rich draperies
and lighting effects. Stage presen-
tations of negro spirituals today
are a confused echo of the devo-
tional "shoutin'" of the plantation
era, which floated across drowsy,
moonlit fields to mingle with the
signing of wind in the pines.
The music then was real liant"
music. When the negroes, done
with the days labor in the rice
fields, gathered around a brush
wood fire and offered up to Heaven
their weird chants, there was an
eerie, fantastic beauty not to be
found in other forms Of music. But
like ghosts, the haunting charms OF
that music vanish under the glare
of brilliant lights and when
stripped of sympathy for its sug-
gested superstitions.
Education, says the society, kills
the innate appeal of the old songs
and when soloists or choruses re-
sort to cultivated singing the re-
suit is cultured mockery OF a nat
urally inspired, naturally expressed
beauty.
The purpose Of the society Is to
record as nearly as possible the
words and music of the spirituals
of this region and preserve for pos
terity the negro folk songs which
hitherto have existed only in oral
tradition. Its membership Is made
up of men and women who grew UP
on the plantations Of the South
Carolina low country and who from
their earliest days heard the Shout
in" songs of the rice field negroes.
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FATAL DECIMAL POINT

WEMBLY, Eng.-The wrong po-
sition Of a decimal point in a pre-
scription caused the death of three
children to whom the medicine was
given.
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LTTCKY OR TTNLTrrxv

SUNDERLAND, Eng.-Mrs. Han
nah Shilleto, who celebrated her
101st birthday here, has been to a
theater only once in her life.
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Love Alleged Cause
Of Pretty Brunette
Committing Robbery

TOPEKA, Kan, July 13.-(P)-
comely brunette, mother Of a J.
daughter, and two others
'ere in Jail today following her al
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-13

DIES FROM RARE GERM
BRUSSELS.-Louis Madries died
from infection set up by a germ
whose appearance has only once be-
fore been recorded in European
medical history.
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BROKERS' LOANS INCREASE

WASHINGTON, July 12.-(P)-
Loans to brokers and dealers held
by New York federal reserve mem
Der banks for the week ending July
10 were announced by the federal
reserve board as $5,755, 100000, rep
resenting a decrease of S14,000,000
as compared with the preceding
week.
Loans for the week ending July
II, 1923, were $4,243, 100000.
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PARENTS IN SCHOOL STRIKE
AMERSHAM, Eng.-Local parents
have refused to send their children
to the school at Hazlemere and are
raising funds to pay any fines as
sesSed against them.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-13

PLEADS GUILTY BY WIRE
CHICAGO. - Sum moned for
speeding here, Robert Morrison
graphed: cant appear. Sudden
illness. Guilty
The Washington times., 1929-07-09
FOX SEEKING
TO BUY OUT
BRITISH

LONDON, July 3 Q.N.S).--The
Fox film Company of America
was reported today to be attempt.
in9 to obtain control OF the Gau-
British Picture Corporation,
largest movis combine in Great
Britain.
Fox interests, 1t Is understood.
have offered to buy $5,OOO.00O
worth OF shares in the British
Company at so cents a share more
than the price at which the stock
Is now selling.
This would place ultimate con-
troll 0f the British company en-.
tireiy within. reach OF the Fox
concern.
Officials of Gaumont. British adj
nit that an offer has been made,
Z but refuse to divulge any informa-
tion. 1t is said, however. there Is
considerable opposition among the
directors. and it Is regarded as
certain that Fox would have great
difficulty in asserting control,
even il the shares were bought.
1t is feared in British film
circles that. unless the, directors
resolutely refuse the effer, It may
! bring about another quarrel sim.
i liar to that in which the British
General Electric Company Ltd,
was concerned.
The British film company was
formed In 1927 and dominated the
industry in the United Kingdom.
Economical transportation IL always
hvnilable through the purchahe of one
NJ the good used cars listed for sale
L. A..l. ID. nlI.1niflnd a.da
The Washington times., 1929-07-09
''INTERLUDE''
STAR GOES
PATHE

Harry Bannister. who has spent
the last year touring the principal
cities of the United States in the
New York Theater Guild produc-
tion of Strange Interlude." in
which he played one of the fea.
tured leads. is making his screen
debut in the Pathe production,
Her Private Affairs
The popular stage actor was
placed under contract by Pathe
several months ago. but the ex-
treme success enjoyed by Strange
Interluden heightened its Los
Angeles and San Francisco runs
so greatly that 1t was impossible
for the film organization to make
use of Bannister's services until
the present time.
An interesting angle of Ban
nister's role in Her Private At
fairs lies in the fact that he liz
not only playing opposite, but
portraying the husband of Ann
Harding. who. In private life, also
is his wife.
The Washington times., 1929-07-09
GER M A N I AD
TO W RITE
TALKIES

Leo Birinski, young German
writer who has been responsible
for several of the most striking
and artistic European motion pic"
lures and plays of the last five
years, has been signed by Pathe
to write original stories and dia-
logue for its new program Of talk.
ing pictures.
Birinski's best known picture In
this country was Variety which
first brought Emil Jannings and
Lya De Putt to the attention of
American audiences. He wrote
more than a score Of highly sue
cesfuI German pictures. included
among them being The Tragedy
of Love-" starring Emil Jannings.
and Three Wax Works" star
ring Jannings and Conrad Veidt.
both of which were loudly &C.
claimed at various little theater
showings" in this country.
Birinski is also the author of
eight successful European stage
plays including "Rasputin." which
was presented with marked sue
cess by the Theater Guild In New
York; "Narrentanz" (The Mad
Dance), and "Moloch" (The Merry
Martyr).
The Washington times., 1929-07-09
GiEANINGS
--:z AND
SCREENINGS
Nv I'm RING

Keen your limpid orbs on
that smart little Frenchman
with the world-weary look
Adolphe Menjou.
Having hidden his light under
a bushel during the period OF
transition from silent movies to
audibles. this excellent fellow
has staged a whacking come
back in "Fashions In Love-
This writer enjoyed the pic
ture hugely yesterday afternoon,
although next to him sat one
of those Helpful Henries who
used to read the subtitles out
loud. Nowadays, these little
pals of everybody just make
conversation.
He pumped into his seat
with a dull thud and groaned'
Coolest place in town, this
Palace Theeayter." Silence.
He was a shade under 300
pounds, attired in a crinkled
linen suit. His red face, dotted
with two popping blue eyes,
kept turning to one side, then
the other. as he tried to make
everybody within earshot feel at
home. Nor was his shrinking
spirit crushed by general re-
bluffs.
He was smart. He knew
what was funny in the play
and what wasn't. "Aw-w-w-'
said he when Menjou used his
line, 'T'm slowly falling in love
with you"
"Aw-h -haw- h vi" he
laughed, moment later. Then:
Jaw, gosh!" and "He-he-he-
hee! Aw-w-w-ww
A merely good picture could
have been ruined by such q
pest. But Fashions in Love"
beat him. We had the satisfac-
tion of grinding two heavy heels.
on his toes-very accidentally
while getting out into the aisle.
Washington is due for an
early screening of Thunder"
in which Phyllis HRver bids
good-by forever to the screen.
The golden-tressed little gal
started out as a Sennett bath
ing beauty, but craved bigger
game. She got it in Chicago"
and ''The Way of the Flesh"
when critics clapped hands at
her histrionic development.
Twas then she fell in love
with real butter-and-egg man,
William H. Seeman, grocery
baron. Married recently, she an
nounced her retirement.
THE BIG OUTDOOR RE.
SORT EXPOSE is TO BE
SPRUNG UPON AN UNSUS.
PECTING WORLD SOME DAY
THIS WEEK. THE FIRST
PORT OF CALL WILL BE
GLEN ECHO, WHERE OUR
EXPERT INVESTIGATORS EX-.
PECT TO SOLVE THE MYS-,
Terry OF THE AIRPLANE
SWING AND THOSE FUNNY
LITTLE HOLES IN THE MID
WAY FLOOR. WATCH THIS
SPACE!
And Meyer Davis, says a little
bold, is opening lie Paradis in
the fall. Amt nature wonder
full?
The Washington times., 1929-07-09
DOT RELATES
| TALE OF
GRIT
Rr nOROTHY HERZOG

lCopyright. 1924 Premier syndicatel
HOLLYWOOD, Calf, July 81
CHANGING to be In. Lequna Beach
over the weekend and CHANGING
to traipse to the Tavern Inn,
where Renee Adoree was relaxing,
1 chanced (the third time Is al.
ways the charm) to meet most
fascinating personality.
His name Is Otto Grossmann.
No. otto is not a sinematikee. he
was formerly holder of the world
trapeze champion title. He head
lined with Barnum and Bailey
and under sundry other big tops
in his day. Otto's career came to
a dramatH end during the Pana.
ma Exposition held in San Fran
cisco in 1915. Another trapeze
artist, jealous of otto's Stellar
position, cut the ropes OF his
trapeze. Otto fell % feet,
smashed every bone in his body.
and wasn't expected to live.
At this penning. Otto is general
factotum at the Tavern Inn. His
menial position, as compared with
his former one, makes no never
mind to him. His philosophy Is
grand. I've seen plenty and lived
plenty" he smiles. ITO so.and-so
with what happens now" He has
a quarter-of-a-millio suit
pending against the insurance
company with whom he was In
sured at the time of his frightful
accident. Until that is settled, hel
drifts as he pleases.
Which brings US to Renee
Adoree. AS Otto narrated rum
ming account of some OF his ex-
periences with foreign circuses,
Renee's eyes lit up.
did you ever meet the Ten
Cardinals?" Seems they were a
w.-k. circus act abroad. Otto had.
We've met before" she nodded.
1t thereupon transpired that
when Otto was headlining with
circus act in Belgium, the Ten
Cardinals were also headlining and
The Washington times., 1929-07-09


Renee, then 10 years old, was an
apprentice to this troupe! She
had been born under the big top
and Otto's reminisces breezed the
smell of sawdust to her again.
They both reacted to voiced and
unvoiced memories. Otto wiped
his eyes, unashamed. and Renee
blinked a bit rapidly. There's
something about the circus that is
inbred and a former trouper never
forgets.
About the time that Otto was
hurt, the Adoree had risen to stellar
heights with a French circus.
She was featured in THE Devils
Ride. " She balanced around the
ring atop q gaIloping horse, leap
ing through hoops of fire. A little
later. she forsook this career for
pictures.
But list any motion picture
story Pshaw. this chap Gross
man makes 'em all anaemic. He
came out Of a San Francisco hos
pital after surviving that 12S.foot
: lGltl9 SI0OpC0 044G SAPR11 SO0 OAA
canes. He fought his way back
to health and today is q husky
specimen. There's a former cir
Gus clown. however, serving the
last few years of a 15.year sen.
tence in California prison. This
clown is said to know who cut the
ropes of Otto's trapese. He knows
Or else saw-who cut the ropes
on the net through which Gross
man catapulted to smash against
concrete and ground. The former
clown never talked. He is in
prison. The guilty party is at
large. Otto's career is ended. But
he lived his life and what happens
now makes no neVer.mind.
An executive in a. local studio
issued an order to give screen
credit to a writer in this subtle
style: Original remembered by Mr..
So-and-So!"
Screenalities: Fay Wray is ex-
pecting a little arrival at her
house, saith a report
Chester Conklin has forsaken ten
mis- for the popular game known
as doug" He's having q
doug" court built alongside his
Laurel Canyon house.
When the flicker contingent
first put Malibou on the verbal
map, they were permitted by the
fem owner to have tennis courts.
They can still have courts, hut
the fem owner demands they pay
rent for them! No less than $50
a month, if you please, plus the
price of having it. Believe you
me Shylock never saw nuthin'
The Washington times., 1929-07-09

\ Economical transportation 10 always
Available through the purchase OF one
Bf the good used cara listed for sale
In today's Classified ads.
The Washington times., 1929-07-09
Promotions

Promoted at Glen Echo to be
assistants of Alex Perrie. over
seer OF the parks glad hand com
mittee: Jack Pearson. Rollin
Boyer, oney Geogheon and Misses
Deebo, Labillie. Ruthie Phillips.
and Meyerine Davis.
The Washington times., 1929-07-09

And Meyer Davis, says little
bold, is opening lie Paradis in
the fall. Amt nature wonder
full?
The Washington times., 1929-07-09
a8.OOO-Mile Song

Harry Akst, who wrote the
theme song for She Goes to
War" now playing at Loew's Co
lumb:a Theater, rode 5000 miles
to compose the song, There Is
Happy Land The trip was from
New York to Los Angeles and
back.