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The Washington times., 1929-05-31
VETERAN CRIES
IN COURT

A veteran of two wars, George
Steffens. 10, broke down and wept
in Police Court today as he explained
to Judge John p. Mcmahon how he
was locked up n charge of drunk.
enness on Memorial Day.
Steffens said he was trying to To-
cate Pennsylvania Avenue, on which
he had marched in many parades,
when he became involved in an en-.
tanglement because he was given
false directions.
The veteran said that he asked a
colored woman how to get to the
Avenue just after he got off street
car and she told him to follow her.
She started up an alley. Policeman
w. d. Haislip interfered and ar.
rested both Steffens and the woman.
The woman was accused of intent
to rob the elderly man of his funds
and was fined $25. Judge Mcmahon
dismissed the intoxication charge
against Steffens.
Steffens almost collapsed as he
told how his afternoon of sight.see-
ing ended in a precinct cell. He is
from Indianapolis, and was taken
back to Naval Hospital, where he is
a patient, in an ambulance.
The Washington times., 1929-05-31
To L|NDY
PROVE buds

NEW YORK, May 81 Q.N.S0-
The four-day.old question. Where
is Colonel Lindbergh and his bride?'
still remained unanswered today.
The 666th clew, and the latest. was
that a yacht was seen in the vicin-
ity of the Morrow summer estate at
North Haven, Me-, but the yacht
turned out to be q two.masted
schooner from Marblehead.
Another rumor was spiked, mean
while. at Englewood. N J. 1t de-
veloped that T. H. Tall, slim chap
who had been seen shopping in a
store or two there wasn't "Lindy'
at all. He was Lindbergh's double,
Jack Miller, Englewood high school
football star. He mas the same
shy smile and blonde hair as the
famous flier but he has never flown
a plane, and he doesn't look mar
ried.
The leg-weary reporters also
learned that by getting married
"Lindy" has kicked the bottom out
of the demand for Lindbergh pic
lures. ~
Up at schenectady's field, where
Lindbergh's plane is in the hangar,
the attendants were having their
little joke. They put signs on the
plane such as wedding bells" and
''iust married"
The Washington times., 1929-05-31
Kosher Trade of N. 7.
$50, 100000
a Year

NEW YORK, May s1.-The
kosher food industry in New York
amounts to $3.50, 100000 a year.
The kosher market consumes one
third of the beef received here.
Kosher meats. poultry and other
products are retiled from 5000
butcher shops and 1900 or more
delicatessen stores.
These facts were presented at
a conference In the offices Of
Commissioner Dryer, by Harold
Gologor, a lawyer. and s. A.
Israel, president Of the Kashruth
organization. representing Jewish
groups that seek ways and means
of enforcing more effectively the
kosher food laws Of the State.
1t was decided to form a per-
manent committee to consider the
whole subject in conference at a
later date.
The Washington times., 1929-05-31
WARRANT
IN. SH0OT|NG

While William Dietz, s5-year-old
victim of the latest shooting affray
in a suburban Maryland roadhouse
is recovering in Sibley Hospital, two
independent investigations into the
shooting are under way.
One is the routine investigation by
police ana the States attorney Of
Prince Georges county, in which the
Prince Georges Inn, scene Of the
shooting, is located. The other is
being handled by r. H. Garrison, a
private detective. who lives in
Hyattsville ard who maintains de-
tective agency in downtown Wash
ington.
Garrison Gets Warrants
The police today said there was
nothing new in the case and that
they still are investigating. They
expect no early arrests. they said.
Garrison, however, declared that
he has information which names the
man who shot Dietz ard furnishes a
motive for the shooting. Upon this
information Garrison obtained war.
rant for a Washingtonian, charging
assault with intent to kill. Three
other warrants were obtained. all for
Washingtonians. charging the men
with being accessories to the assault.
Justice of the Peace John Sanger,
of Hyattsville. issued the warrants.
Second Pistol Glue
A second pistol has been injected
into the case, police admitted, but
refused to discuss it other than to say
revolver was found" Where 1t
was found and. under what circum'
stances. they would not divulge. A
.25-caliber automatic was picked up
in the road near a wrecked Pierce.
Arrow car the morning of the
shooting. Its ownership has not
been traced. police said.
Police have been unable to locate
in Washington or Baltimore hospi.
tails. or through physicians Of those
cities. a man and woman who were
reported shot in the general firing.
Dietz. confined to Sibley Hospital.
is reported better" and his condi-
ton sis improving" his special
nurse said.
The Washington times., 1929-05-31
D. c. MAN HID
IN RUM CASE

After he was halted by Policeman
r. L. Langdon, of the Ninth pre-
cinct, who was suspicious of the
car he was driving. Edward Buell.,
26, 400 block Minnesota Ave. s. E.,
claimed he was en- route to the
dog pound to reclaim his dog, which
had been seized by the dog catcher.
The story did not get across with
Langdon, the policeman said. be-
cause SO quarts of alleged liquor
were found in the car.
Langdon said he first observed
the car driven by Buell. in front of
an apartment house at Second and
A Streets Northeast, and said he
had been tipped" that it contained
liquor.
The automobile is listed to John
Lester, 140O block of Girard st.
N. W., but there is no such per.
son, police say. Buell. was charged
with transporting and possessing de
spite his denial that he owned the
car,
The Washington times., 1929-05-31
mac Donald to Abide by
Debt Settlements and
Work for Disarmament

LONDON, May 81 C.N.s)-while
returns from the British general cleo
ton poured in from all parts Of the
British isles today, indicating q
landslide to Labor unprecedented in
history, Ramsay Macdonald, leader
OF the Labor party and probably
the next prime minister Of England
outlined to international News Ser
vice the principles upon which a
government formed by him would
stand.
Briefly, these would be:
To abide by war debt settlements
already made, with particular ref
erence to the agreement for the fund
ing of the British war debt to the
United States, based on the Balfour
note.
Furtherance of world disarmament,
in accordance with the recent pro-
nouncements made at Geneva by
American Ambassador to Belgium,
Hugh Gibson.
Recall for Army
Opposition to the retention of the
British army of occupation in Ger
many.
Macdonald outlined his views in
written answers to series Of writ.
ten questions put to him by In.
ternational News Service. The ques-
lions and answers follow.
. @. Is the time ripe for a general
reconsideration Of the debt ques.
ton?
A. am willing.
Q.-Would it be your policy to
suggest any revision of the British.
American debt settlement, or would
you prefer to await some spon.
taneous offer from the United
states?
A.-The latter.
Q.--Do you think that new dis.
armament conference can usefully
be called in the near future, having
regard for the recent pronounce,
ments of Hugh Gibson. at Geneva?
Ayes.
o.-what is your attitude toward
The Washington times., 1929-05-31
Strange Suicides,
New Fad In
France

PARIS, May 81 U.N.S).--Novel
suicides are the new fad in
France.
The man who, today. merely
hangs himself or fires a bullet
into his anatomy is regarded as
crude and old.fashioned On the
other hand, the ingenious soul
who cooks himself to death in the
family oven. gains fame.
Two recent suicides aroused ra.
tional interest through the man.
ner OF their execution. Raul
Quignon. frustrated by life and
faultfinding wife. drank himself
to death at one sitting on rum.
No less imaginative was the de.
parture. of Roger Gouaury, who
had unfortunately fallen into the
hands of the police for alleged
attempts to swindle. He swal.
lowed handful OF tacks. He
was taken 10 the hospital in .
dying condition.
The Washington times., 1929-05-31
Flower Seller Picks
F Street for Spree

George Cleveland, one armed
flower peddler. did a rushing bust
ness selling flowers yesterday, but
excess of prosperity led him to
stray from the straight and narrow
path, police claim. Today he was
sentenced to serve 80 Gays in Jail
by Judge John p. Mcmahon in
Police Court.
Policeman B. Sheldon charged
that Cleveland was sitting intoxi-
Gated on the curb at Thirteenth
and r Streets northwest.
Cleveland made an emphatic de,
NAL. He said he was standing up
instead of sitting down. and told
Judge Mcmahon that he had picked
the strategic location 'to catch the
theater crowds on Memorial Day."
The Washington times., 1929-05-31
D. c, AIR CENTER
|. To BE DOOMED
photo by international

Promotion Of Washington as the
air.mail center of the country will
begin tonight with an address by
Representative Clyde Kelly of Penn
sylvania, father of the air-mail
movement" and another by War
rem Irving Glover, Second Assistant
Postmaster General in charge of
the air mail. Programs are being
broadcast by radio under the au.
spices of the Washington Chamber
Of Commerce.
According to the plan of the
Chamber, the city will rank fore.
most in aerial development, espe-
cially with regard tn the air mail.
The Chamber has been active in
the development of the Capital as
an air center in the past. it was
pointed out, but this time it really
intends to take the air" with it's
promotional work.
Others who will speak within q
short time under the auspices of
the Chamber, it was announced, are
Senator Hiram Bingham of Conhecti-
cut, one Of the foremost ir
minded" Senators and head Of =
joint Congressional commission
the selection of a municipal airport
for the District of Columbia, and
Walter Hinton, chairman of the
aviation committee of the Chamber
and one of the first transatlantic
pilots
The Washington times., 1929-05-31
Lincoln High Student
Has Splendid Record

LINCOLN. Va, May b. with an
average of nearly 9S per cent, the
highest ever reached of any gradu
ate in the Lincoln High School
Alice Schooley was the Vaiedlctorlan
NJ her, class at the closing exercises
of the Lincoln High School here
Wednesday. Richard Hickman was
salutatorian.
The Balfour award for scholar.
shin, loyalty and achievement to the
most outstanding graduate of the
wear was awarded to Thomas Tay-
Tor. TAYLOR also won the county de-
bate and was the county representa-
tive in the national oratorical con
Dr. George E. Brooks. professor
of public speaking of College OF
william and Mary, Williamsburg,
addressed the Is graduates. il. P.
White presented the diplomas,
The Washington times., 1929-05-31
Parachute Fails to Open;
Daredevil Dies in Leap

SCRANTON, Pa, May 81 n.N.S0.
Failure of his parachute to open
when he leaped from an airplane
900 feet in the air brought instant
death to Edgar r. Enoch. ~, of Null.
llca Hin. N, j., at the Ackerly fair
grounds. five miles from here.
More than 5000 persons were on
the fair grounds to witness automo'
bile races and to see Enoch In his
death-defying leap from the plane.
Enoch had dropped about 5000 feet
when he attempted to open his para
chute. but could not. He was a stunt
man in the films for several years.
The Washington times., 1929-05-31
E.J.DAV|SNANED
ROVER AIDE

The appointment OF Ernest James
Davis, colored, as an assistant
United States attorney to I'LL the
vacancy created by the death OF
Thomas L. Jones, colored, was an
nounced by United States Attorney
Leo A. Rover today.
David, a World War veteran, was
born in San Antonio, Tex, June
IS, 1898, and graduated from the
Douglas High School OF that city.
He was graduated from Howard
University Law School and began
to practice law, associated with
Municipal Court Judge Cobb.
At the time of his appointment
he was a member of the law firm
OF Hayes & Davis. Davis probably
VIII be assigned to the prosecution In
Police Court Of cases arising under
the Jurisdiction of the director
of public parks.
The Washington times., 1929-05-31
Confederate Daughters
To Honor Davis Birthday

The District division OK the United
Daughters of the Confederacy will
celebrate the 125th anniversary OF
the birth of jefferson Davis, presi.
dent of the Confederacy, at Confed-
crate Memorial Hall. 1900 block Yer
mont Ave. N. W., Monday night at
$50 o'clock.
Representative Robert s. Hall Of
Mississippi will speak and Mrs.
Maud Howell Smith will read "The
Little Bronz Cross"
DR.. Clifton p. Clark and Mr.. and
Mrs, Francis p. Heartsill will sing.
The Washington times., 1929-05-31
Homeopathic Plan
For Laymen's League

Plans for creating laymens
leagues in other cities were dis.
cussed last night at a meeting of
the Washington Laymen's League
in the office of the American Foun.
dation of Homeopathy, the 1900
block of H st. N. w. The gather.
ing last night was the first of a
series Of meetings that will close
tomorrow.
Arthur Green. director of pub
licity for the foundation, urged CO.
operation between laynen and no.
meopathic doctors ana asked that
full explanation Of homeopathy be
made. DIR. Julia Minerva Green,
trustee of the foundation in Wash.
ington, bolstered Mr.. Green's plea.
Another conference is scheduled at
the foundation at s D m. today.
The Washington times., 1929-05-31
Rotary Convention Is
Near Finish in Dallas

DALLAS, Tex, May 81 U.N.s).
The twentieth annual convention
of Rotary International, which, It
developed. Is second only to the
Cleveland convention of 1925 in
point Of attendance, went into the
final rounds today. The atten-
dance at the Cleveland convention
was something over 10000 while the
attendance here reached $500, ae.
cording to a report by the reglstra'
ton committee.
The greatest election interest
centered around the race between
Raymond Knoeppel, of New York
city and Eugene Newsome, Of Dur
ham, N. c., for the presidency.
The Washington times., 1929-05-31
3 Women, z Men Named
In Abbott Divorce Suits

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y. May 81
u.N.Sl - Ten correspondents, three
women and seven men. are named
in the double Abbott divorce action
In White Plains Supreme Court, 1t
became known today.
Mrs. Ethel Abbott, for whose ar.
rest warrant has been issued on
a contempt Of court charge, accuses
her husband Of taking two women
to Canada, one Of them an actress.
The husband, Lawrence Abbott.
radio saxophone soloist, countered
with q denial naming seven men.
The Abbotts live In Mt. Vernon.
Mrs. Abbott is now In Baltimore
with her father.
The Washington times., 1929-05-31
Cumberland Boy Dies
From Shop Accident

CUMBERLAND, May a1.-John
Albert Albright. IS, son 1T Mr.. and
Mrs. John Albright, 4O2 Grand Ave.
died at Allegany Hospital, the result
Of an injury received a week agD
In the Baltimore and Ohio shops.
where he was employed. A bolt
thrown from drill press struck
him in the side.
Besides his parents. he Is survived
by one sister, Miss Nedra Albright.
The Washington times., 1929-05-31
Mrs. Hoover Travels
In Ordinary Pullman

BOSTON, May 81 N.N.SJ.-FOFe
going the LUXURY of a private car
or a special train. although the
mercury lowered above 30, Mrs
Herbert Hoover, the First Lady OF
the land, came here from Wash
ington today in an ordinary pull
man of the Federal Express.
She came here, guarded by a
single secret service agent, in the
interest of higher education for
women and to help Radcliffe Col
lege, in Cambridge, celebrate its
fiftieth anniversary.
The Washington times., 1929-05-31
Mrs. o. w. Willis, Is,
Dies at Federalsburq

FEDERAI.ssBURG; Ma, May q,
Mrs. Olive Waters Willis, 7s. wife
of James Willis. died Wednesday at
the home of her son. Ralph E. Will
lis, of this town, w..
Mrs. Willis was the daughter of
the late Abram Waters, who came
here from Michigan. Before her
marriage she was a school teacher
in this county. Besides her hus.
band, she is survived by her son
and two sisters. Mrs. Joseph Tan
tum and Mrs. Laura White.
Funeral services will be conducted
by the Rev. G. E. Hudson. of Sea-
ford, Del. in Bethel Methodist Epis-
copal Church. near here. today.
The Washington times., 1929-05-31
Jewish Foster Home
To Celebrate ReOpening

Children Of the Jewish FosLer
Home will celebrate the renovation
of the building with exercises on
Sunday, June is, from 2:3O to 5
o'clock. President Isaac B. Nord-
finger invites the public to the fes.
tival.
The Jewish Foster Home, con-
stituent Of the Jewish Welfare Fed
GRAFTON and the Community Chest,
is devoted to the care Of children In
need of temporary or more or less
permanent shelter. AS the festival
comes around Shevuoth, or feast OF
weeks. a joyous time for Jewish chill
dren. a large gathering is expected!
The Washington times., 1929-05-31
ZOning Hearing Set
In Arlington County

! ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT
HOUSE. May S1.-As there appeared
to be much opposition to the applica-
ton of william P. Ames to construct
a railroad siding on Lambden Ter.
race. from the Lee Highway to Cor
coran Street, in Rosslyn, the coming
commission announces that there
will be a public hearing at the court
house Monday night at 7:SO o'clock.
The hearing on this application
will he a part of the regular meeting
of the commission,
The Washington times., 1929-05-31
the rentention OF the army Of occu.
patton in Germany?
Al am opposed to it.

the rentention OF the army Of occu.
patton in Germany?
Al am opposed to it.
The attitude OF the Labor party
toward the war debt settlements
has been particularly in the public
mind for the past several weeks as
result Of the attack in the House
OF Commons recently on the Balfour
note by Philip Snowden, noted La
Dor member, who was chancellor of
the exchequer during the former
Macdonald administration in 1924.
In his public speeches during the
prediction campaign Macdonald
always made 1t clear that while the
Labor party would nave preferred
general cancellation of all war
debts, the party certainly enter
tanned no intention OF repudiating
debt settlements already made.
He also made it clear that the
Labor party had no intention of
initiating any move to secure a re-
vision of those settlements.
Since the French government,
however, has not yet ratified the
plan for the settlement of her debt
to Britain, the Labor party would
consider itself free to reopen nego-
tiations with France.
In this case, it was pointed out,
labor would not necessarily bind
itself to follow the policy laid
down by Earl Balfour. Of collecting
from Britain's debtors only what
was required to repay Britain's debt
to the United States.
The Washington times., 1929-05-31
BOY Bo0TLEGGER FINED

PETERSBURG, Va, May 81
Leonard Irby, II, of Jarratts, Sus.
sex county, was fined $50 aid costs
by Magistrate B. T. Richie, of
Petersburg on a charge Of selling
ardent spirits. Claude Dickens. 49,
Of Kenilworth, who was arrested
on a charge of selling liquor. has
been released by Magistrate Richie
on $500 bond pending the trial of
the case in the circuit ecourt of
Dinwiddie county next month.
The Washington times., 1929-05-31
BRITISH LABOR PARTY SWEEPS CONSERVATIVES OUT OF POWER
Z ARRESTED IN
MURDER FARM
PROBE
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prominent citizens of middle Georgia.
high in public life.
"But we haven't gone into these
minor things much" it was ex.
planned; I'VE are busy now making
certain she won't beat down the
evidc nee against her on the murder
charge"
sheriff Hicks regards the case
against Mrs. Powers and her alleged
hired assassin as virtually COM
plete."
"The evidence" ne said "is com.
ulete. even to the signed and sworn
confessions Of both Mrs. Powers
and Manchester"
Police are looking up former
roomers at Mrs. Powers place and
investigating reports she had in.
vited them ito make q home with
me, learn to drive my car, and be-
come q member of my family"
Mrs. Powers repudiated her alleged
confession after she obtained coun-
sci. She sits In her cell and means
| over and over. there's nothing
ahead of me hut the electric chair, ;"
her jailers said.
Manchester denied that there was
an affair" between him and the
landlady.
All He Got Was Kiss
zone kiss was all that I ever
got from her." he said. and / had
| to commit murder to get that"
| After he shot Parks. he returned
to Mrs. Powers rooming house. he
said.
"WelI, 1 did it," he said he told
Mrs. Powers.
MRS. Powers came over to me,
| the youth related, threw her arms
about me and said. that's a good
''it was the sorriest day of my
life the day l met Mrs. Powers"
| he lamented.
He declared he was "ready to
die" He expressed q wish to see
, a minister.
Mrs, Powers is a familiar figure
here. She was often seen on the
streets fashionably dressed. She is
a tall and portly woman and does
not look the age she processes.
Past Life Obscure
There Is not much known about
her past life. Police said they had
kept a watch on Mrs. Powers and
her paying guests"--they even
went an far as to conduct quiet
raid--but they never really got"
/ anything on the landlady.
Mrs. Powers is the widow OF ].
C. Powers said to have been a
wealthy Atlanta gambler He sepa-
rated from her and went to Florida
before his death.
She was said to have married
again. but nothing Is known here
of her second husband. In business
transactions she always signed her
name Mrs. j. G. Powers.
She has daughter, Mrs. L. II.
Tharp. who lives in an outlying
section OF town. They were seen
| together very little. Mrs. Tharp
has engaged f. w. Maynard to de-
| fend her mother.
Mrs. Powers reputed wealth will
be directed toward a stiff defense
Maynard. her chief counsel. indi-
Gated today that an insanity plea
is likely to be his main line Of de-
| tense.
ri do hope the State of Georgia
| will not send this aged and men
tally unsound woman to the electric
| chair" he said.
The Washington times., 1929-05-31
Pittsburgh Schools to
Stage Hygiene Pageant

PITTSBURGH. May 81 n.N.S.l.--
A "HyRiene Pageant" in which 40.
600 public school children will
participate will be staged at Forbes
Field, June 10.
The Washington times., 1929-05-31
he Meadow Lawn. Purse, &1,7OO Allowances.
one-haf furlonEs. The St. Matthews. Purse

COMMENT
Should add another one
The contender In here
Fit and ready
Ready for best
Might take It all
In tough spot
Up against 1t here
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-09
SEXTON, G. u, SCORES
IN STOCKHOLM MEET
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM Sweden, August g.
Three victories went to the team of
touring American college athletes in
the opening of the international invi-
tation track and field meet of the
Goeta Sporting Club in the Stockholm
Stadium.
Leo Lermond scored the most bril-
liant victory, beating out Harry Larva
of Finland in the 1.500-meter run. Ler-
mond turned in the fast time OF 8
minutes 56.2 seconds.
Leo Sexton, Georgetown weight ace,
won the shot-put with toss OF 1897
meters CAS- feet 21-32 tnches). w.
Doberman of Germany was second,
with. heave of 1874 meters CAS- feet
1892 inches), and Paavo Yrjoclae OF
Finland third, with 1885 meters CAS-
feet 9 1854 inches).
Eddie Tolan, University of Michigan,
covered the 100-meter distance in 10.4
seconds, to beat out Gilmeister of Ger
many.
Reginald (Pete) Bowen of Pittsburgh
captured his heat in the 400-meter
event, leading Hammergren of Sweden
and DR.. otto Pelter of Germany to the
tape.
Dick Rockaway, Ohio State hurdler,
suffered the only defeat among the
American contingent, finishing second
to e. Wennstrom of Sweden in the no.
meter hurdles. Wennstrom's time was
lab seconds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-09
A Few Golf Definitions.

Alibi-Your opponents feeble excuses
your own sound reasons for failure
Caddie-Any small boy keenly in
terested in everything except where
your wild hook landed.
Fairway-A green but largely unin-
habited strip of turf running from tee
to green.
-'rap-A device which your oppo-
nent's ball jumps and yours just trickles
in.
Shanking-A goiter on the heart and
brain.
Lucky gobble-Any putt your OPP
ponent holes.
Tensiop-The failure to accept golf
as a sport rather than matter of life,
death and eternity beyond.
Head lifting-The last thing every
duffer does just before he misses the
ball.
Bum sport-Any opponent who in
sists upon a handicap that makes the
game too even.
Rough-The only familiar part of a
golf course to 95 per cent of the men,
berShip.