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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20
GIRL SPELLER, 10, WHO BEAT
$4,000 RIVALS, REACHES CAPITAL
"I'm Going to Try as Hard as
Can, and If | Win, III Be
Happy" She Says.
Represents Indiana County
That Produced Last Years
National Champion.

Winifred Church, 10 years old. who
defeated $4,000 rivals for the graded
school spelling championship of ST.
Joseph County, Ind. arrived in Wash
ington this morning. determined to do
her best in the national spelling bee
here tomorrow afternoon to keep the
national title for her home county. She
is the youngest of 81 contestants repre-
senting sections from Maine to Ne
braska.
I'm going to try as hard as can"
said Winifred at the Hamilton Hotel
Try, try, try-that is my motto, and
If can win the championship for St.
Joseph County again this year I'll GER
tainly be happy"
The national championship was won
last year by Miss Betty Robinson of
st. Joseph County. Both girls were
chosen local champions in a contest
held under the auspices OF the News
Times of South Bend, Ind.
Eager for Contest.
Bright eyed and eager for the contest.
which will be held at the auditorium of
the new National Museum at 2 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon, Winifred posed for
her picture today and then rested up"
for the banquet, which will be held at
the damlICOn dOCel tonight Tor the con-
testants. During the forenoon she
chatted about the contest at home and
her prospects tomorrow afternoon.
Every time I see boy or girl at
the hotel" she said, "I wonder whether
III have to spell against them tomor-
row. I'm nervous, of course, but not
much"
Won Over Boy IS.
In winning the championship of her
county, Winifred defeated a 15-year-old
boy, who went down on the word
"orientation'
Winifred is accompanied by Mrs.
Ethel Carter, teacher of the GA grade
at the John F. Nuner School, where
Winifred is a pupil, and Miss Louise
Hess, representative of the South Bend
Times-News.
The 81 boys and girls who will take
part in the contest tomorrow are typical
of America. They not only come from
many sections of the country, but they
represent in their ancestry the different
races and nationalities which go to
make up American life. The contest
has been arranged under the auspices
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20
PALESTINE APPEAL
WORKERS ASSEMBLE
Encouraging Reports Are Made by
Team Captains as Drive Turns
Halfway Mark.

An enthusiastic meeting of volunteer
workers in the United Palestine Appeal
last night at the Jewish Community
Center marked progress in the $4,000
drive.
Encouraging reports from team cap
tains brought the total raised near the
$4,000 mark. Isidore Hersfleld and
Louis E. Spielger, drive leaders, called
upon the workers to put forth strenu-
Gus efforts this week so the quota may
be attained by Sunday night when the
campaign is due to end.
Harry T. Kellman of Baltimore spoke
on the progress of the Palestine drive
in the Monumental City.
The drive teams will meet again at a
luncheon tomorrow at the Jewish Com
munity Center.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20
OFFICER IS THROWN
FROM MOTOR CYCLE
IN PURSUING AUTO
Brown Arrests G. H. Blair
on Charge of Reckless
Driving After Chase.
DECLARES CAR REEKED
WITH DOOR OF LIQUOR
Policeman Says Machine Swerved
at 70-Mile Speed, Causing
Him to Leave Road.

A speeding automobile, reeking with
the odor of liquor, crowded Officer H
w. Brown of the United States park
police off the road early this morning
and caused him to be thrown against
a tree near the Virginia end of High
way Bridge. Brown was slightly in
jured. AS sequel to the incident
George H. Blair of the 200 block of
Twelfth street southeast, was locked up
at the fifth precinct station charged
with reckless driving
In his official report to Capt. p. ].
Carroll, Officer Brown, describing the
chase, told how his quarry eluded him,
after he had been thrown, on side
road to Alexandria. The report then
continued:
Tags Issued to Blair.
On looking up the tags on the car
Brown found they were issued to George
H. Blair of the 200 block of Twelfth
street southeast. He and companion
went to Blairs house. where they found
him in bed. He was identified and locked
up. The back of his car, found in
front of the house. was sell saturated
with corn whisky, but there was none
in the car, Brown said
The officer said he saw the speeding
car on lower Fourteenth street SOUTH
west early this morning travelling about
As miles an hour Giving chase, he
picked up the car on the south end of
Highway Bridge.
"I called to him to stop. which he
did, and I stopped against his running
board" said Browns official report.
He said all right, officer and at the
same time took a poke at me. Then
he stepped on the gas and set sail
again. I ducked his blow, kicked my
motor off and took up the chase. There
was very strong odor of corn whisky,
but having the curtains up. I did not
get chance to see what was in the
back of the car"
Tells of Striking Tree.
The chase led to the vicinity of Po-
tomac Yards. The officers report re-
vealed that at this point, the speeding
motorist made several attempts to run
me off the road, and at speed of be-
tween 65 and 10 miles an hour" The
officer charged that at one point the
driver pulled sharply to the left when
he was drawing alongside, throwing
him off the road into a ditch.
IT went over the handle bars and
fence, striking a tree with the left side
of my back" Brown said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20
BORAH COMPLAINS
AGAINST BIG ARMS
Military. Establishments Are
Largest in History,
Senator Says.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Complaint against the heaviest mill
tary establishments in all history"
in a world of apparent peace was voiced
last night by Senator Borah Of Idaho
over the National Broadcasting Co.'S
radio hookup.
The Idahoan, who Is chairman of the
Senate foreign relations committee, de-
clared that step by step, for the last
10 years. while talking of disarmament
AMI peace, while PROCESSING to want
peace, there has been fastened upon the
world the heaviest military establish
ments in all history"
There are more men uder arms at
the present time" he said, than at the
beginning of the World War. Humanity
escaped from the World. War bleeding
and mangled and carrying a great tax
burden, a tax burden which meant and
still means hunger and disease to mil
lions of men, women anC children.
Truly, in the language of q French
statesman, the Versailles treaty was a
continuation of the war. It has been
waged just as 1t was waged prior to No
vember IL, 1918, but waged in a way
scarcely less deadly in its effect upon
millions of human beings"
Senator Borah centered his words AL
most entirely on the theme of arma-
ments and declared there has not been
conference in Europe during these 10
years since the World War but has been
rendered practically ineffective by rea-
son of this war spirit"
''I am one of those" he continued,
who do not believe that the human
family can definitely carry the load
which is being piled upon it under pres
ent policies, under the theory that
everything must be adjusted, II adjust
ed at all, from now until the crack of
doom in the light of results and pro-
nouncements of the World War. I'm
less there is to be change Of attitude,
a change of view from which approach
these public questions, do not see how
this burden Is to be diminished"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20
IRON CONTRACTORS BODY
TO INSTALL OFFICERS
Association to Meet at Banquet To-
night at Hamilton Hotel.
Speaker Announced.

Installation of newly elected officers
will feature the second annual banquet
of the Iron Contractors Association of
Washington. to be held tonight at the
Hamilton Hotel Officers to be in
stalled include E. Schmid, president;
L.. F. Otto. vice president: Jacob H.
Gichner. treasurer, and Ross H. john
son. secretary and general manager.
Attended by representatives of viz
tually all the iron and steel contracting
shops in Washington, as well as rep
resentatives of the Master Builders
Association, Builders Exchange and
building trade associations, the ban
quet is to be addressed by Thomas F.
Carshee, organizer of the National
Association of Ornamental Iron and
Bronze Manufacturers. Plans are to
be discussed looking toward the achieve
ment of greater cooperation between
builders and the various building
trades.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20
LOSES $50 MATCHING.

It cost Frederick X. Cooney of Cam
bridge, Mass, just $50 to visit the
Washington Monument yesterday after
noon.
Cooney, here on a sightseeing visit.
became interested in penny-matching
contest in the lavatory room of the
monument Offices and he accepted an
invitation to try his luck with two
strangers.
Cooney later told police his luck was
terrible and that when his losses totaled
$50 he suspected there was something
wrong with the pennies used by his
ro~,na Mons,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20
CLASSIFICATION OF WELLS
is APPROVED BY WILBUR
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Secretary Wilbur today approved
recommendation of the Geological Sur
vey that input wells which are those
through which gas or air is pumped
underground to force Oil out, be classed
as commercially productive.
The CHASING of such input wells as
productive will affect the amount of
royalties paid the government from oil
taken from the public domain. as such
royalties are figured on the total number
of wells active during the month.
The secretary said he approved the
recommendation because 1t was a step
toward conservation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20

The passing of that noble animal.
the horse. which has caused so many
changes in municipal activities in re-
cent years. has been taken official notice
of by the Bureau of Efficiency in a
detailed recommendation presented
formally to the District Commissioners
today. An investigator for the Bureau
discovered that the principal reason for
the placing of tree boxes around young
saplings set out in Washington's streets
was to protect them from the hungry
horses who used to fill in their regular
meals by munching the tender bark
of the young trees.
For many years" the report reads,
"a 7-fOot box was Uscd in order to
protect the trees from damage by horses,
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20
Passing of Horse Brings About
Reduction In Size of Tree Boxes

height of the box has been reduced to 6
feet. This was a step in the right
direction, but the box could be further
reduced in height and still adequately
serve its purpose. 1t is recommended
that feet be fixed as the standard
height of tree boxes
No reason is stated in the report for
the selection of feet as the proper
height, nor, indeed, does any reason
appear why the trees on horseless
streets should be protected at all.
The report which was written by T.
r. Wilson, states that If the size of the
boxes were reduced and they were made
by prison labor at the Lorton Reforma-
tory the District would save $2,035
@--.N,.~IfSr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20
M'BRIDE HITS REPORTS.

Claims that prohibition costs 81 ,Oo0.-
100000 a year are described as 1882
per cent pure bunk" by F. Scott Nc
Bride. general superintendent of the
Anti-Saloon League of America.
las a matter of fact" he said in a
formal statement, enforcement appro-
priations represent paying investment
forcement records in many States will
show that fines collected often amount
to three or four times the total enforce
ment cost"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20
CONSULAR CHANGES.
Carlton B. Hurst Is Transferred to
Budapest.

Recent changes in the United States
foreign service include the transfer of
Carlton B. Hurst. District of Columbia,
consul general, from Berlin to Budapest,
Hungary; Gabriel B. Ravndal. South
Dakota, consul general, from Hamburg
to Berlin; Edward B. Croker, I'd, Mas
sachusetts, third secretary, from Buda-
pest to Stockholm: Alexander B. Ma
gruder, Maryland. counselor, from
Stockholm to Lisbon; S. p Tuck New
York, first secretary, from CONSTANT
nople to Budapest; Lester Maynard,
SlHornia. consul, from Havre to Stuff
gart; Paul Mayo, Colorado. third secre-
tary, from Brussels to Havana: c. w.
Perkins, Maryland, vice consul. from
Vienna to Danzig; Orlando H. Massie,
Virginia. vice consul, from Niagara Falls
to Halifax.
Albert M. Guptill. vice consul at Nan
king; Timothy v. Hartnett, vice consul
at st. Johns. New Foundland. and Carl
w. Baker, consular agent at Ocean
Falls, have resigned their commissions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20
GOVERNMENT WINS
PACKERS SUIT DEGREES

BY the Associated Press.
The Government finally succeeded in
the Supreme Court today in its efforts
to give effect to the consent decree en-
tered in 1920 aimed to conf1ne the pack
ers exclusively to the meat-packing in
dustry. !.
The court ordered the California Co
operative Canneries removed from the
controversy. When the canneries were
permitted to intervene in 1924 the de-
cree was suspended, and has not since
been in effect. BY removing the can
neries from the case the Government
will be enabled TO have the decree made
effective.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20
DRY DRIVE DISCUSSED.

The National United Dry Committee
prepared to continue the dry up Wash
ington" campaign at mass meeting
at the Shiloh Baptist Church last night.
Clinton N. Howard, national chairman
of the committee, was the speaker.
Mr.. Howard commended the action
OF Washington policeman who re-
Gently killed a suspected rum-runner
near the Anacostia Bridge. and re-
ferred to the incident as the shots
heard around the world" Mr. Howard
also spoke yesterday morning at the
Govans Methodist Episcopal Church in
p~itirnore
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20
lightning Hits Radio Wire.

Lightning struck a radio wire on the
building occupied as store and home
by the family of Louis Dubow, 421 e
street northeast, during the storm yes
terday afternoon. Members of the
family. alarmed by the striking, sum-
moned No. 3 Engine and No. / Truck
Companies. The lightning did not start
fire, but the building was damaged to
the amount of $25.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20
LIEUT.. FUNSTON RESIGNS.
Son Of Aguinaldo's Captor Will
Enter Private Business.

Second Lieut. Frederick Funston, jr
u. S. Infantry, son of the late Maj. Gen.
Funston, who captured Aguinaldo,
leader of the Filipinos during the in
surrection in 1900, has resigned his
commission in the Army to engage in
private business. Lieut.. Funston was
graduated from the Military Academy
in 1927, and for time was attached to
the both Infantry at San Francisco. In
March last, at his own request, he was
detailed in the Air Corps and assigned
to duty and instruction at Kelly Field
near Houston. Tex, and has been sta
toned there up to this time. Although
h's future line of business has not been
disclosed here. it is known that it has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20
BOOSTER TRIP GROUP
WILL MEET TOMORROW
Final Plans for Potomac and Ches-
apeake Cruise Will Be Made
by Committee.

The committee In charge of the an
nual booster" trip of the Merchants
e. Manufacturers Association, June
z to 10, will meet tomorrow afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock in the offices of the as
ISOLATION to formulate final plans for
the outing. The boosters" have char
tered steamer to take them down the
Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay.
They will touch at Annapolis and Old
Point Comfort.
The committee includes William E.
Russell, chairman; Charles Frame, Bert
Olmstead. Mark Lansburgh, Louis A.
Payne, M. D. Rosenberg, r. P. An
drews, James K. Colliflower. Gen. An
ton Stephan, DR.. M. G.. Gibbs Frank
". Avalear, Louis Levay, A. A. Auth, P.
M. Dorsch, E. w Harper, M. A. Leese,
S. M. Selinger. A. j. Sundlun, Joseph
Kaufman. Ford Young, Robert Buckley
and Isaac Cans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20
ROANE FORFEITS BOND.

Man Fails to Appear to Answer to
Charge of Gaming.
David Roane, 1855 Seventh street,
forfeited $50 collateral when he failed
to appear in Police Court today on a
charge of permitting gaming.
The Seventh street premises were
raided late Saturday by Officers w. r.
Latin and w. E. MacEwen of the Eighth
precinct, who are said to have discov-
cred dice and blackjack games in prog
resS Roane, police say, is under indict-
ment for setting up a gaming table.
Daniel Brooks also was arrested in the
raid. He forfeited a similar amount.
According to Latin, SIS colored men
were found in the establishment and
taken to the Eighth precinct for ques-
tioning. They were released.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20
ARMY CHANGES LISTED.
Department Announces Transfers
of oficers to New Posts.

of officers to New Posts.
Col Thomas A. Roberts, 9Th Cavalry
has been transferred from Fort Ogle-
thorpe, Ga, to Manila, p. l.; Lieut.. Col
George w. Ewell, Quartermaster Corps
from Fort Mason, Calf, to the Panama
Canal Zone; Maj. Karl c. Greenwald,
Field Artillery, from National Guard
duty at Pikesville. Md. to the Philip
pines; Col. William H Waldron, 10th
Infantry, from Fort Thomas, KY, to
Fort Hayes, Ohio; Capt. George H
Rarey and First Lieut. Lewis A. Day
Infantry. from Fort Benning, Ga, to
Fort George G. Meade, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12
NEWSPAPER MAN WINS
OLUMBUS U. DEBATE

William A. Millen, reporter for The
Star and a member of the senior class
at Columbus University. won FIRST
prize in the Seton Darr extemporane-
Gus speaking contest at the university
last week.
UNFOLDING the negative of the ques-
ton THAT capital punishment should
be abolished" Millen presented argu-
ments which won him the decision and
the accompanying award of SIS. Al
fred McGarraghy of the freshman class
took second place and the award Of $40
with his affirmative arguments. The
topic was given the contestants five
minutes before the debate was to begin
and the debaters were permitted to
choose their side of the question. The
judges were George Horning, jr.; Rob-
ert I. Lynch and william D. Harris.
Other contestants included John
Dwyer, G. Alvin Walker, Ralph Rob-
ertson, James McGarron, John Burns,
Mrs. Saidee Brawner, Miss Kathryn
Power. John Bishop, John O'Leary and
William Becker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12
LAW FRESHMEN
TO HOLD DEBATE
Washington College Class Annual
Event Next Saturday
Night.

The freshman class of the Washing
ton College of Law will hold It's annual
prize debate next Saturday night. The
subject this year will be Resolved,
That capital punishment should be
abolished" and the judges are to be
Judge Mary O'Toole of the Municipal
Court of the District of Columbia, Rep
resentative John C. Allen Of Illinois and
Representative William E. Hess Of Ohio.
The Affirmative Will be upheld by
Miss Catherine L. Vaux, Mrs. Nadine
Lane Gallagher. David B. Herman and
Abram Blum, while the negative will
be supported by Ralph L. Stevens, Will
liam B. Doyle, Miss Julia d. Common and
Mrs. Genevieve G. Meehan.
The winners in this contest will re-
ceive their awards at the commence
ment exercises in June.
Dr. Edwin C. Dutton, president of the
board of trustees, will entertain board
members at dinner Monday at his home
in Chevy Chase, in honor of DR.. Ellen
Spencer Mussey, honorary dean and
founder of the school In celebration of
her seventy ninth birthday anniversary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12
DUNBAR HEALTH WEEK
EXERCISES ARE HELD

National health week was observed by
Dunbar High School with program Of
students essays read at the daily noon
assemblies, and field day exercises in
which all students participated Nom
day morning.
The boys program consisted Of rep
reSentative activities of the physical
education department followed by play
ground ball and volley ball. The events
included mat stunts. pyramid build
in" high Jump, broad jump. hop, step
and jump, tug-of-war, stunt races and
potato race.
National music week has been cele-
brated by the music department by
special programs at the noon assemblies.
At the weekly music hour, on wednes-
day morning. Evelyn Harley sang q
popular ballad.
Awards in the short story contest,
which has been sponsored by the Dun
bar Observer, were presented by Miss
Julia z. Brooks, assistant principal, on
wednesday morning, to Florita Jordan,
first prize winner. and Hilda Lawson,
second prize winner Mrs. Esther p.
Shaw addressed the teachers of modern
languages, divisions 1913. at their
meeting on Monday on articulation be
tween the junior and senior high schools
IN the work Of the department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12
FESTIVAL PROGRAM
GIVEN BY CHILDREN
City Is Represented
at Community Center
Series of Events.

An enthusiastic crowd of children
from all parts of Washington crowded
the auditorium of Central High School
at the presentation Of the children'S
festival, given under auspices of the
Community Center Department of the
public schools of the District of Co
hmbia yesterday afternoon.
Sixteen separate features were pre-
sented by children from community
centerS in or about Washington. who
had been coached during the Winter by
dancing teachers or directors of music
IN the parts they we're to play. The
presentation yesterday afternoon was
in the nature of competition between
the several centerS and marked, the
elimination Of the months of prepara-
ton and rehearsal.
Musical Numbers.
The program was opened by selec-
tons from an orchestra composed OF
children from community groups and
directed by Miss Laura F. Ward. Other
outstanding musical selections were
given by the Drum and Bugle Corps,
Boy Scout Troop No. 40. directed by
Scoutmaster John Cole. Dances given
in picturesque costumes of all ages
minuets to the accompaniment Of the
piano. demonstrated work done by the
children in the rehearsalS in the sew
eral communities and cepters under
their respective directors. The dances
and acts served to reveal both or1gi-
nality and planning and hard work on
the part of both director and actor.
The sponsors of the festival were Mrs.
Proctor L. Dougherty, Mrs. William B.
Ladue, Mrs. Sidney F. Ta1iaferro, Mrs.
Frank w. Ballou, Mrs. John Hays Ham,
mond, Mrs. George F. Bowernan, Mrs.
Frederick Brooke, Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley,
Mrs. Whitman Cross, Mrs. Giles Scott
Rafter. Mrs. Cloyd H. Marvin. Mrs.
Phillip S. Smith, Mrs. Carrie H. Brown,
Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle. Mrs. Howard
L. Hodgkins, Mrs. George A. Kicker,
Mrs. j. Garfield Riley and Mrs. Virginia
White Speel.
Program Of Festival.
The program presented yesterday
afternoon follows:
Orchestra directed by Laura F. Ward
composed of six city-wide community
groups.
Highland fling, directed by Loretto
Murphy of Chevy Chase Center.
Baby walters. directed by Marjorie
Schuster, Georgetown Center.
a
Loretto Murphy, Thomson Center.
Country dance, directed by Marjorie
Schuster, Georgetown Center.
Drum and Bugle Corps, Boy Scout
Troop No. 40, Park View Center.
The Enchanted Forest, directed by
Alice Louise Hunter, Oyster Center.
Irish lads and laSSies, directed b.
Loretto Murphy.
"Grecian Frieze," directed by LorettC
Jack Be Nimble," directed by Fran.
ces Brightwell, Mcfarland Center.
The Way of Old Pekin," directed
by Frances Brightwell, MacFarlanc
| Center.
Demonstration of piano instruction II
community group, directed by. Edith B
! Athey.
Joy of Spring" directed by Lorettc
Murphy, Chevy Chase and Thomson
Center.
cinderella Gives a Ball." directe'