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The Washington times., 1929-03-16

DR.. Mordecai Johnson, president
OF Howard University, will be the
speaker at the university religious
services tomorrow morning at IL
o'clock This viii be the first APP
pearance of Dr., johnson as the
Sabbath. speaker for several months.
In the continuation OF the dedi-
catory services of Lincoln Temple
Congregational Church, Dean Butler
Pratt, of Howard University, will
be the speaker tomorrow morning
At the evening services J. Finley
Wilson, grand exalted ruler Of the
colored Elks. viii speak.
The Washington times., 1929-03-16
5 PROJECTS.
HERE MAY
BENEFIT

The opinion is gaining head
way at the Capitol that there
will be a deficiency appropria-
ton bill enacted during the
special session Of Congress In
spite Of the proposed limita-
ton on legislation.
Veteran attaches OF the two
houses are confident Of this. They
say there has never been a session
OF Congress without at least one
appropriation bill.
II Congress does let down the
bars for an appropriation bill, five
local projects which were author.
lied in the last session, but which
were not appropriated for at that
time, may be hastened.
These include the enlargement Of
the Capitol Grounds, the creation of
a municipal civic center. the loca-
tAOAA " q AtCW + dkAhCES MAI net
Southwest Washington. the con.
struction of six public bathing pools
and the purchase of two modern in.
cinerators for trash disposal.
The bill to enlarge the Capitol
Grounds provides an appropriation
of about $5,000.000.
About $6,500,000 will be needed
for purchase of the four squares
for the municipal center. but
District officials will urge immed-
late appropriation of only enough
of this 70 acquire the one square
needed for a new Police Court
Building.
The authorization for the Farm.
ers' Market is 5000, 600.
The bathing pool bill authorized
the construction of six pools at a
cost of not more than $1,000 each.
The incinerators will cost about
$3.50. 900.
BY the time deficiency bin is
framed, there will undoubtedly be
other local items inserted to meet
unexpected contingencies.
The Washington times., 1929-03-16
GNU. Girls Glee to Sing
In Johns Hopkins Fete

This will be Johns Hopkins night
at the Raleigh Hotel when so men
from the Baltimore institution and
so girls from George washington
University appear in joint concert.
The Johns Hopkins organizations
are the chorus, banjo club. Hawaiian
group and dance orchestra. George
Washington will have its excellent
girls glee club.
Prominent on the program will be
the. lode to Hopkins the alma
mater song of the Johns Hopkins
chorus: lullaby from ''Jocelyn;'
Grieg's "Elfin Dance and Nah
Indy Lou by the girls glee club.
Harriet Nash, OF the George Wash.
ington club. will offer two piano
solos, Scots ''Danse Legere" and
De Falla' s .'Danse Rituelle de Feu.''
The Washington times., 1929-03-16
Alumni to Solicit
Central High Funds

Funds for the rehabilitation of
Central High School equipment are
to be solicited .bys the Alumni Asso.
citation of the school during the next
few months. it is announced today.
Among the senior high schools.
Central is most critically affected
at present" says an editorial in the
Alumni Record For twelve years
Central has had no appropriations
for maintenance and upkeep except
the necessarily meaGer allotments
from general school appropriations,
which have met only the most urgent
needs
The alumni are to be called upon
to supplement the appropriations for
Central High granted by Congress.
The Washington times., 1929-03-16
Oldest Graduate Will
Attend West Point Fete

Gen. Edward s. Godfrey, Cooks
town. n. J., oldest living graduate
Of the United States Military Aca-
denny. at West Point. will attend the
dinner of Academy graduates in and
near Washington at the Willard
Hotel tonight. Maj Gen. Andrew
Hero, jr., chief of Coast Artillery.
will be POSTMASTER.
Gen. Charles P. Summerall, chair
man of the Washington section of
the Association of West Point
graduates, will preside at the election
OF officers. Gen. Summerall. mem
Der of The class of 1892: Maj, S. S.
Buckner class of 1908, and Maj. V.
Linn, class of 1914, viii respond to
toasts.
The Washington times., 1929-03-16
Trophy Presented at
American Legion Meet

Service, peace-time patriotism and
vigilance respecting American inter.
ests were the themes presented
along with group singing OF war
time songs. at the presentation of
a prize trophy awarded by Attorney
Harlan Wood department com
mander Of the D. c. American
Legion. to the James f. Walker
Post, at the Twelfth Street Y, last
night.
Post Commander DIR. r. Edward
Jones accepted the loving cup given
for the largest increase in member.
ship for the current year.
Among the visitors who spoke
were Senior and Junior Vice Depart
ment Commanders Walsh and Ma jor
f, c. Hale. and National Commit,
tee Man Paul McGhan, who expects
to bring hack to Washington the
National Legion trophy from tine
convention next May.
The Washington times., 1929-03-16

Brown is one OF a trio alleged
to have fled the city directly after
the killing. They were. caught
yesterday in q rooning house on
the outskirts of Annapolis. Two
alleged accomplishes are said to
have told the police a detailed
story in which Brown figured as
the man who did the actual shoot
ing in the affray wherein Clarence
Harvey and Edward Smith were
killed.
Had Previous Fight
The other two arrested in Ann.
apolis were Theodore Smith, "a, OF
Annapolis, and Lawrence Bias. &C.
Of Fairmont Heights, Md.
William Bradley, IS, colored, who
also Is held for the killing is al
legged to have been engaged in a
gun battle with the two stool
pigeons" less than an hour. before
they were shot down
Bradley was shot in the left shoul-
der in the first fight. which is said
to have occurred near the scene of
the Staying.
Bradley is now held at the Fourth
precinct station on murder charge.
Over Rum Auto
The fifth man held is Cornelius
Lyons, 80, of ga N st. S. w.
The Staying is said to have been
precipitated by the work of the in
formers in connection with the seiz-
ure of an automobile filled with
alleged liquor and the arrest of Ed
ward Ashton and Warren Hawkins,
both colored.
The Washington times., 1929-03-16
Official Yacht Sylph
PAYS Penalty of Old Age

Declaring that he did not con
slider its further maintenance a
1ustifiable expense, Secretary of the
Navy Adams yesterday ordered the
naval yacht Sylph. stationed a,
Washington Navy Yard, and as
signed to use of naval secretaries
and which has been out of com,
mission for the past few months
be disposed of either by sale OF
otherwise.
The Sylph was purchased from
John Roach Sons Company, OF
Chester, Pa, in 1898, after it's re,
construction as a yacht for use
by the President, and later by Navy
secretaries after assignment of the
yacht Mayflower, as Presidential
yacht in 1904.
The Washington times., 1929-03-16
| { GA TON
RIUNROV
Hal. TED

Charges against two men,
the outgrowth Of the seizure
of a truck carrying liquor to
the Siamese Legation, have
been continued for a prelim-
mary hearing in Police Court
two weeks from today. Dis
trict Attorney Leo A. Rover
asked for the delay, saying
complications involving the le-
CATION, his office, the State
Department and the police,
figured in the. case.
In the information papers filed in
Police Court, there is no mention of
the seizure Of liquor as evidence.
1t was said the driver OF the truck
and his helper admitted" their
cargo was liquor.
Immunity in Question
The question as to whether police
and prohibition agents infringed on
diplomatic immunity when they ar
rested the driver cf truck and his
helper who were bringing so cases
of liquor from Baltimore to the
Siamese legation was brought up
at the press conference at the State
Department today.
Undersecretary Ct State Clark ex.
planned that the whole matter rested
in the hands of the District Alto.
ney, and that the rules regulating
diplomatic immunity were fairly well
established. He explained that ne
could not say whether or not diplo.
matte immunity had been violated
Truck COnfiscated
The trouble started when Police.
man w. A. Schotter, of the Traffic
| Bureau. ordered the driver of the
| truck to go to the Third precinct
| The driver and his helper were
taken into the station house and
stood around while Schotter and
Capt. William G. Stott. precinct
commander. telephoned the District
attorneys office for advice. They
were lOl0 10 arrest SItDefI L.. VIII
| driver, and Roy Miller, colored
helper. both of Baltimore, on
| charges OF transporting.
Then Prohibition Agent Basil
Quinn drove the truck. accompanied
by two Third precinct policemen
Gravelly ami Brick. to the legation
where they unloaded the liquor
Quinn mired the truck in attempt
ing TO turn in the narrow back
yard of the, legation grounds. The
| truck was ordered confiscated.
Police Cleared
After making an analysis of the
| sections of the Jones act and other
enforcement laws applicable to the
case. District Attorney Leo Rover
today announced that he did not
contemplate any action against the
police or the Federal dry agents
| involved.
He made no further statement,
and it appears probable legal au
thorities of the State Department
will be charged with the RESPONSE
bility of working out the procedure
to be followed by Federal enforce
ment agents and the police with
reference to the transportation OF
diplomatic liquor in Washington.
The Washington times., 1929-03-16
Passion Play Lecture
. To Be Given for Peace

DIR. Harvey Hadlock. of Los An.
geles. representing the World Peace
Alliance. will present picture lee.
ture of the Passion Play of Ober-
ammergau in the Foundry M. E..
Church tomorrow night.
The lecture will be given as the
prelude to picture pageant, en-
titled Growing Peace" to be given
by the young people of the church.
Miss Florence Blackburn has been
chosen to enact the role Of peace.
The Washington times., 1929-03-16
Woman and Two Men
Bonded Under Jones Law

Anna Nelson. colored, 26. was in
the District Jail today through
failure to make bond of $4,000 de-
manded when she was held for
Grand Jury action In Police Court
under the Jones law.
Saydo Johnson, 20, and Robert
Curry, SO. said to have delivered
liquor to her home in the 200 block
of d st. N. W.. were held under a
like bond on charges Of transport.
ing and possessing.
Friends of the Nelson woman, &C.
cording to Thomas Dudley Moore,
alleged police informer. who made
a buy from her. threatened mis-
life Thursday in a corridor of Police
Court
The Washington times., 1929-03-16
Cherry Blossom Time
This Year Seen AS
April 5

The Japanese cherry blossoms
in Potomac Park are likely to
bloom this year April S. accord.
ing to the estimate of the horti.
cultural experts of the office of
Public Buildings and Parks.
The double Blossoms are slated
to. make their spring debut on
April 20. Buds have begun to
swell in the last few days, but
period of cold weather will delay
the blooming.
Last year the single blooms
were out April 5 and the double
blooms on April IS.
The Washington times., 1929-03-16
Miss Eastman to Speak
On Political Institute

The Institute Of Politics at WI.
Jamestown, Mass, will be discussed
by Miss Elizabeth Eastman, before
the Woman's Bar Association of the
District, Tuesday night at the
clubhouse of the American Associa.
ton of University Women. 1884
St. N, w.
other guests will include Mrs
Ruth Hanna Mccormick, Represen.
tative.at- Large from Illinois, and
Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, who repre-.
sents a Florida Congressional dis.
trict.
The Washington times., 1929-03-16
Massachusetts Man
Offered Federal Post

Benjamin BORING Young, OF Massa-
chusetts, who unsuccessfulIy con-
tested for the Senate last November
against Senator David l, Walsh I'D,
has been offered the Assistant At
torney GeneraIship in the new Ad.
ministration. according to sauthori-
tative reports here yesterday. 1t
Is expected he will accept.
Young would succeed John Mar
shall, OF West Virginia, who has re.
tired. %
The Washington times., 1929-03-16
GeOgraphists Are Told
OF Perfect Place to Live

Bali Island paradise Of the DUTCH
East Indies. home of happy cremat
lions, where they burn the hearse;
children never-or almost never
cry. and the natives like no West
ern music. save that of Bach. was
described before members OF the
National Geographic Society by
Andre Roosevelt at the Washington
Auditorium last night.
Roosevelt calls Bali the perfect
place 10 live.
The Washington times., 1929-03-16
MISSION OPENS MONDAY

Father Erasmo Spirit, celebrated
Italian missionary, will deliver q
four-day mission. beginning Mon
day. at Holy Rosary Church, Third
and F SITS. N. w. Services win
start at 1880 each day.
The Washington times., 1929-03-16
HEIGHTS CITIZENS MEET

The monthly meeting of the Co.
lunbia Heights Citizens Associa-
ton will be held next Tuesday night
in the Wilson Normal School,
Eleventh and Harvard Streets North.
west.
The Washington times., 1929-03-16
Suspect Defes Grill
In Rum Spy Deaths
by international

Peter Brown 19year-od coored youth alleged trigger
man in the staying of two police stool pigeons" last
Wednesday, today defed efforts to obtain confession.
The Washington times., 1929-03-16
NO. GEORGE W. RIGGS HOME

George w. Riggs, partner Of w.
w. Corcoran, who founded the
banking house of Corcoran and
Riggs, now the Riggs National
Bank, was born in this house,
which had been occupied for many
years by his father, Elisha Riggs.
The first floor of the ancient home
has now been remodeled and
houses a grocery store.
The Washington times., 1929-03-16

AUSES
EhnEn 9th Near r N. w.
bEAWGM Jack Holt
On "AvALANCHE'
Evening star., 1929-12-13
DEDICATE REPAIRED
SOCIAL BUILDINGS
Neighborhood House Con-
ducts Ceremony at PreSen-
tation of Structures.

Before . crowd of approximately 200
persons, four repaired buildings OF
Neighborhood House, 407 N street
southwest, were dedicated for use at
ceremony there yesterday afternoon.
The buildings were formally pre-
Sented by Mrs. George c. Thorpe, chair.
man Of the building committee, and
were accepted in behalf Of the house
by Mrs. Wilbur ]. Carr, president OF
the board of trustees.
Present Carols.
Christmas carols were sung during
the ceremony by the Allegro Music Club
Of Neighborhood House, in charge OF
Mrs. Joseph M. Stoddard, and the boys
and girls of the house who had en-
gagged in art craft work during the
year took part in a procession in
charge of j. P. S. Neigh and Miss
Lena Barghausen.
A United States flag was presented
the house by Mrs. Mary B. G. Shu-
man, regent Of the Federal City Chap
ter, Daughters of the American Revo-
luton. Tea was served at O'Clock.
The occasion also marked the open
ing of the annual Christmas sales of
articles made by the boys and girls OF
Neighborhood House. The sale will con-
tinue through tomorrow.
The committee in charge OF arrange
ments for the ceremony yesterday was
composed OF Mrs. John j. O'Connor,
chairman; Mrs. James S. Parker, Miss
Evening star., 1929-12-13
MONTHLY PAPER ISSUED
BY DISTRICT AIR LEGION
First Number of Take-oR Con-
tains Articles by Schilt and
Lieut.. w. C. Buell..

The D. C. Air Legion, one Of the
country's pioneer flying clubs, today is
sued the first number of the Take
Of, a six-page paper which is to be
published monthly as the official news
organ of the club.
The paper is in charge Of John Ar
thur Shaw, former secretary and man.
ager Of the Legion, editor, and T. j.
Waggy, art editor. The front page of
the first issue is devoted to articles by
Noble c. Schilt, ground school instruc-
tor Of the Legion, and Lieut. w. G.
Buell. flight instructor, and biography
of Alva Sole, first solo student and
president of the organization.
Members of the Legion, accompanied
by members of the Washington Glider
Club, went to Baltimore last night in
two chartered buses to attend the ID.
c. Air Legion Night" program at the
Baltimore Aircraft Show. They were
welcomed by Gov. Albert c. Ritchie Of
Maryland
Evening star., 1929-12-13

sons to whom allotments OF the seals
have been sent, but who have not been
heard from. It Is expected that many
of these will send payment for the seals
in the next few days, and all are asked
by those in charge of the sale to either
do that or at least return any of the
seals not wanted, using the inclosed
stamped envelope for the purpose. The
local association must account for all Of
the seals issued here under its contract
with the National tuberculosis Associa-
ton.
Arrangement has been made with
radio station VOL to broadcast the
playlet, Santa Finds Bell Ringer"
which was presented at the recent an
nual meeting of the association. The
sketch will be on the air at 610 pm.
next Monday. under the direction of
Mrs. Helen Webb Zeller, with Clarence
RuebSam as the bell ringer and Robert
Miller as Santa Claus. The program
will be introduced with the singing of
Holy Night" by Miss Myrle Patschke,
accompanied by Miss Esther Etzler.
Evening star., 1929-12-13
TOK|O-TO-SEATTLE
HOP PRIZE POSTED
Pacific Air Research Group
Sponsors Contest to Gain
$4,000 Purse.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, Wash, December 49,
The Pacific Aeronautic Research Foun-
dation, recently organized, will sponsor
a nonstop flight across the Pacific from
TOXIC to Seattle next May, DR.. Alexan-
der Grinstein, head of the organization,
announced here today.
The foundation has signed Pilot Bob
Wark to attempt the 4,800-mile hop
in competition for the $4,000 prize
raised several years ago. A specially
built cabin-type monoplane has been
ordered, members of the organization
said. for delivery about February l.
Wark and a navigator yet to be Sc
lected will put the plane through ex-
tended tests under conditions as nearly
identical with the proposed transpacif1c
hop as possible. After the tests have
been completed the plane will be taken
down and shipped to Japan for the
Evening star., 1929-12-13
STUDENTS PRESENT
"GYPED IN EGYPT
Production of TroubadourS Is
Breezy Affair, With Pretty
Girls and Melodies.

The musical show, "Gyped in Egypt, =
was presented last night in Mckinley
High School auditorium by the Trou-
badourS of George Washington Univer-
sity. 1t will be repeated tonight and to-
morrow night.
Despite its puns, you'll have fun in see
ing "Gyped in Egypt"
Take, for instance, the name Of one
Of the principal characters, arthur
Monitor" There's one to rouse the
chilliest sort of reaction from the per-
son who holds the pun to be "the lowest
form of humor." There are others.
But the thing is musical and breezy.
1t also is strikingly decorated with uni
versity girls, who are too pretty to be
school teachers in later years. Prob
ably they won't be.
There's a chorus of 38 quick-stepping
girls. This is recommended as one of
the principal assets of the show.
AS 1t is a musical comedy the story
rightly does not concern itself with
heavy things Frank WeStbrook and
Mildred Burnham are given as the CO.
authors
Seventeen songs are sung, with chorus
and otherwise, and several of them are
strikingly tuneful. Some of the titles
run to puns again. Take, however,
Face the Sun" which is title well
conceived and properly borne out by the
song.
The production is recommended not
Evening star., 1929-12-13
CLASSES IN MARRIAGE
CALLED DIVORCE CURE
Solution offered by Head of Pres
byterian General Assembly
Committee.
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, December 13-Marriage
classes in the churches and schools were
suggested yesterday as one solution to
the divorce problem by the Rev. DR..
Ralph NJ. Davis of Erie. Pa, presiding
over a committee appointed by the
Presbyterian General Assembly to study
the subject of marriage and divorce
Appointed by DR.. Cleland B. McAfee,
moderator of the church, the Presby-
terian inquiry committee outlined a
course of study to be reported upon
early in March, 1880.
The inquiry was the result Of an over
ture by the Presbytery of Dubuque.
Iowa, which asked that action be taken
for a liberalization of the church laws
on divorce.
At the present time the only divorced
persons who can be remarked by Pres
byterian ministers are the innocent
parties to adultery actions
Evening star., 1929-12-13
BYRD FILM TO BE SHOWN.

A special film showing preparations
made by Comdr Byrd for his South
Pole flight vii, feature a free motion
picture program tonight at 7:15 o'clock
in the lobby of the Y. NJ. C. A., 1886
G street.
The film was released through the
film service of the National Council Of
the Y. M. c. A. Supplementary reels
will include New Ways for Old" an
educational subject depicting the ne
ceSsity for toXin-antitoXin treatment in
diphtheria, and Little Shavers," a Sc
lected comedy.
The public is invited.
Evening star., 1929-12-13

Hive williams, Mrs. j. Harry Coving-
ton and Mrs. Charles DENLY. Mrs.
Parker, Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor and
Mrs. Goodloe Falconer poured tea. The
affair was attended by the members OF
the board of trustees.
The hostesses for today are Mrs.
Joseph M. Stoddard and Mrs. Charles
DENLY, assisted by Mrs. James s. Par
ker, Mrs. Henry Parsons Erwin and
Miss Williams; for tomorrow Mrs. VIII
bur j, Carr and Mrs. Porter H. Dale,
assisted by Mrs. Frank c. Conger, Mrs. j..
Harry Covington, Mrs. Frank H. Sim
monds, Mrs. Sidney F. Taliaferro, Mrs.
Henry w. Watson and Mrs. Robert w.
Imbrie.
Evening star., 1929-12-13
FIREMEN DON GAS MASKS.

Firemen were forced to don gas masks
this morning to Withstand fumes which
penetrated the first-foor lobby of the
Washington Medical Building, at 1901
I street, caused by bursting pipes Of the
refrigeration plant In the basement.
The ammonia fumes were traced to
the basement by George r. Turner of
1913 Twenty-first street, colored jan
itor of the building, who called the
fire rescue squad, and the flow was
checked
Evening star., 1929-12-13
Charities Group Meets.

The initial meeting for this year of
the Seventh District Conference of the
Associated Charities was held Wednes-
day at the local Office, 701 Rhode Island
avenue. Rev. Hampton Gaskins, chair
man Of the conference, opened the
meeting and the members discussed
charity work in general.
Evening star., 1929-12-13
"%O~%~/

tokens toward the goal of 1000 900,
which must be sold at a penny each In
order to keep going next year the health
activities of the association. At the
same time they noted a sharp falling
off in the mail returns in the last two
days, which, it was said, 1t is hoped that
sales at store booths and stations may
in part make up.
There are still several thousand per-
Evening star., 1929-12-13
SEAL SALE NEAR
HALFWAY MARK
Booths and Stations Expect
ed to Make Up for Falling
Off in Mails.
Directors of the

Directors Of the
Christmas 5 e a !
sale of the Tuber-
culosiS ASSocia-
ton, at the So
cial S ervic e
H Sc, 102 2
Eleventh street,
re por ed this
morning total re-
ceipts represent
ing the sale of
more than 1,80O,-
mn 80 41na I.AAIA1-
Evening star., 1929-12-13

attempt. The plane will have an esti-
mated cruising radius of $500 miles.
The announcement was the second
offer in two days of rich prizes Cor
transpaciflc flights Col. w. e. Easter
wood, jr., millionaire srortsy:a:-.- *
Dallas, Tex, announced yesterday he
had reopened his offer of $25 900 to
the first aviator to fly from Hongkong
to Dallas The offer first was made in
1927, but was withdrawn after several
lives were lost in the Dole race from
Oakland to Honolulu.
Evening star., 1929-12-13

only to those who are interested In the
atrical experiments, and those who
would see q lot Of youngsters enjoying
themselves highly, but also to those who |
would be entertained. j. N. p.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-14

golf, Of course-if she doesn't go; and then she's
undecided again.
"Aw, gee-whats the difference?" and the
subject is dismissed for another semester.
Recently Ethel Catherwood, Canadian Olym-
pic all-around athlete, said that she refused to
take her sports seriously and that training rules
were things to be scorned. Billie appears to be
Americas answer to the Dominion to the north.
The Long Island miss not only takes her ath-
letics sobcrly, but she Is firm h,Esver in hard
practice.
my only tip to women who like to break
par" she says, "is to practice. You have tG,do
1t every day, though, to get any rSal bensht out
Of 1t" she continues rapidly
On the links Billie reminds one so much of