Evening Star Newspaper, May 1, 1926, Page 8

8 ® SOCIETY. SOCIETY President and Mrs. Coolidge Have as White House Guests Mrs. Wallace and Daughter of Iowa. ent and Mrs. Cool- ze have staying with the White . Wallac Walluce, the form widow Secrets daughter . fved in W | Agriculture, ington last and Miss spen = urope, part of which | spent in F the Mrs eral mont time wi land, where daughter of Mrs. Brug N White House car and her daughter tion and conv the White Hous met Mrs at the Union Sta- ed them at once to Vice President and Mrs. Dawes Hosts to Large Dinner Party The Vice President and Mr will entertain a large company ner tonight at the Willard Hotel, for which Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dawes have joined them. The latter will re- | matn n Washington over Sunday. The_Secretary of Agriculture and | Mrs. Jardine have gone South for a two-week z which time they | will visit variou ts in Florida and | Georgia, returning here about May 12. | They will pass tomorrow in Ocala, | and wil! visit Palm Beach and | points in the State. | othe Many of the women of the Senate circle are laying aside social duties to motor to Baltimore that they may make personal inquiry as to the he: of Mrs. Arthur Capper, wh tical- ly fll in a hospital in that eity. Mrs. Capper has a large circle of very warm friends in Washington, both in and out of the Senate, who are deeply grieved over her illness 018 ¢ The second counselor of the Italian embassy and Signora Catalani will en- tertain about 150 young people at a dance this evening for their niece, Signorita Theodoria Catalani. The Commissioner of gnternal Rev- enue and Mrs. David H. Blair will en- tertain a company of 110 at dinner this evening at the Congressional Country Club, in compliment to the latter's brother and sister-in-law, Mr. | and Mrs, Charles Cannon of Concord, Mrs. Blair was hostess to a com- | pany of 70 at luncheon today at the | Congressional Country Club, in honor of her mother, Mrs. J. W. Cannon of Concord, N. C. The Assistant’ Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. McKenzie Moss have as their guest in thelr apart- ment at Wardman Park Hotel for the week end Mrs. George H. Earle, 3d, of Philadelphia, and her son, Mr. George H. Earle, 4th. Miss Anne Abbott will give a studio tea tomorrow afternoon from 3 to & o'clock. to show the work of the school. Mrs. Walter Penfield entertained at luncheon today in the presidential dining room of the Mayflower, with eight in his party. . The marriage of Miss Elizabeth Morris Campbell, daughter of Col. and Mrs. Archibald Campbell, to Mr. Wal- ter Alan Galt will take place this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the home of the bride’s aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth S. Willlams, 1237 Thirtieth street, the Bev. Dr. U. G. B Pierce officlating. The arrangements are quite simple and only the familles will be present. The bride will be given in marriage by her father, who, with Mrs. Camp- bell, will arrive shortly before the ceremony from Governors Island, and she will wear a gown of green geor- gette crepe, a coat to match trimmed with squirrel and a small black hat and corsage bouquet of orchids and llies of the valley. Midshipman Gor- don Campbell, brother of the bride, has come from Annapolis for the wed- ding of his sister. Mr. Galt and his bride will leave im- mediately after the ceremony for a wedding trip. Mrs. John Ryan Devereux will be at home tomorrow afternoon, when she will have with her her sister-in- law, Mrs. A. J. O'Reilly of New Orleans; Mrs. Henry ( de, Mr: Charles A. Dunn and her daughters, Mrs. R. H. Jeschke and Miss Anne Devereux. | The wedding of | ss Mamie Bowen Bittle and Mr. Larkin Glazebrook, jr., will take place at the home of the bride’s parents in Warrenton, Va. Saturday, May 8, at 5 o'clock. On account of iliness in the bride’s family the wedding will be very quiet, includ- ing only the immediate families of the contracting parties and a few intimate friends. Mrs. Larz Anderson entertained yesterday afternoon in honor of Helen Rowland, the Mrs. Solomon of syn- dicate fame, and Miss Margaret Campbell Goodman. Cabinet Member Guest Of Honor at Dinner. The Secretary of Labor and Mrs. James J. Davis were the guests in whose honor Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Wil- liamson entertained at dinner last ev ning in the Florentine Room of the Wardman Park Hotel. The other guests were Compte and | Comptess Dutar de Benque, Repre- | sentative and Mrs. John Q. Tilson, Representative and Mrs. William E. | Hull, Representative and Mrs. W. W. | Chalmers, Representative and Mrs, | James Strong, the interstate com- | merce commissioner and Mrs. Freder- | jck T Cox, she interstate commerce | commissioner and Mrs. Thomas F.! Woodlock, the commissioner of inter: nal revenue and Mrs. David H. Blair, the former Secretary of the Treasury and M Leslie M. Shaw, the Assist- | ant Postmaster General and Mrs. W. Irving Glover and the director of the mint and Mrs. Robert J. Grant. Judge and Mrs. Edward J. Henning, Judge and Mrs., John W. Price, Col. and Mr: Alvin C. Voris, Maj. and Mrs. John W. Loveland, Mr. and Mrs, | Harry Mitchell Blair of New York, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Leighty, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Cooke, Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Long, Mrs. Blodgett Priest Miss Flora Wilson, Mr. Earl Sha and Lieut. John W. Price, ir. Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Robert C. Davis were dinner gues Vi last evening of C of Lancaster, Pa., who ton attending the meetings of the American Law Institute. Mr. and Mrs | Charles B. Baker and Mr. and Mrs. B. | J. Myers were in the company. Miss Marguerite Orme, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Orme, enter- tained at the Congressional Country Club, Thursday evening, for Miss Runa Irwin, niece of Mr. and Mrs, Theodore Tiller. Miss Irwin is from Atlanta, Ga. Miss Orme’s guests were Miss_Virginia Emerson, Miss Celene Du Puy, Mr. Koehler Heupel, Mr. Jerry Mangan, Mr. James Cox and Mr. James Orme, jr. Mrs. Abram Sharplers Valentine of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, announces the engagement of her daughter Carolyn Haseltine Valentine to Mr. Renfamin Douglas iman Blagden, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Blagden | dent_of of Washington and Upper Saranac, Y. ir. Lewis G. daughter, of Bloomin: few dayvs in the Mayflow Mrs. Tla Perry of South Brook Courts gave a bridge tea Thursday, when Mrs. John L. i and” Mrs. J. Raymond Mc- d at the tea. Spring flow- a delightful atmosphere to ment and guests included T. Ansell, Mrs. Frank Hop- ‘ountess de Benque, Mrs. Wil- [ Mrs. Charles J. Wil on, Mrs. J. T. Newcomb, Mrs: Mann, Mrs. James Bait B._Aitchenson, Mrs. John B, r and Mi Mr. and Mrs. Barron G. Collier of New York City are spending several days if Washington, guests at the avflower. Mr. Collier is vice presi- the Boy Scout Foundation of New York and is in the city at- tending the sixteenth annual conven tion of that organization. Stevenson and his zabeth Stevenson, on, IIL, are spending a \Washington and are at kins, lHam e, Mr. Marshall Field of New York, a member of the field department of the Boy Scouts of America, is in Wash- ington attending the eenth an nual convention of that organizatoin and while in the city is a guest at the Mayflower Mrs. Walter n Lloyd, a mem ber of the branch of the League of American Pen Women, who came from Camp Meade to attend the authors’ breakfast at the Mayflower and the reception given by Mrs. Cool- idge at the White House, has returned to the post. The Corinthian Yacht Club holds its regular monthly dance as a speclal May day affair at the clubhouse, Vir- ginia shore and Highway Bridge, to- night. Friends of members are es- pecially invited. A surprise speclalty has been arranged. Mrs. Wilson Greene is entertaining some members of the press from Bal- timore in her apartment at 2633 Six- teenth street, this afternoon and has asked some of the Washington writers t meet them. Friendship House Nursery Benefit Card Party. Arrangements are being completed for the card party to be given by the Friendship House Nursery Aid for the benefit of Friendship House, at the home of Mrs. Arthur Hayes, 8338 Six- teenth street, Saturday, May 8, from 2 to 5 o'clock. Mrs. Wiillam E. Cham. berlin, chairman, 44 R street north- | east, and Mrs. Edgar B. Merritt, 1345 | Jefferson street, are making reserva- tions. The Washington branch of the Eng- lish Speaking Union will give its monthly tea at the clubrooms, 1107 Sixteenth street, Wednesday, from 4:30 to 6 o'clock, when the hostess will be Mrs. Wallace Neff. Mr. and Mrs, James C. Fenhagen of Baltimore and Mrs. F. C. Fenhagen of this city salled on the 8. S. Rotterdam yesterday for England, where they will join Maj. and Mrs. Richard Smith of New York. Mrs. Dawes, wife of the Vice Presi- dent, heads the list of patronesses for the benefit card party to raise funds for the child welfare work of Phi Mu Fraternity, to be held at the Washington Club, 1701 K street northwest, Tuesday evening at § o’clock. The other patronesses are Mrs. William Mather Lewis, Mrs. Charles S. Dewey, Mrs. Lyman B. Kendall, Mrs. Charles Colfax Long, Miss Mabel Boardman, Mrs. Henry Grat- tan Doyle, Mrs. George H. Shelton and Mrs. Guy Campbell. Mrs. Archibald Straub, chairman of the committee on arrangements, has assisting her Miss Mary Frances Ward, president of the Washington Alumnae Assoclation of Phi Mu; Miss Elizabeth Boyd and Mrs. Lo- renzo D. Whitaker. A reception in honor of his excel- lency the Most Rev. Pletro Fumasoni Biondi, apostolic delegate, will follow the annual meeting of the Christ Child | oclety Tuesday, 4 o'clock, at Rau-| her's. Rev. Dr. Kerly, professor of | sociology, Catholic University, wi talk on “Valor of the Volunteer”; Miss Gertrude Bowling, director of Instructive Visiting Nurses, will talk on “Co-operation”; Representative Mary T. Norton, “The Child in Need"; Miss Agnes Regan, executive secre- tary, N.'C. C. W., “Value of the Vol- unteer.” ¢ bridge section of the Club will hold the last meeting of the year May 3, and lunch- eon will be served at noon. Prizes will be awarded. To St. Louis Take “The American.” Leave Washington 6:30 p.m. Arrive St. Louis 5:10 p.m. All Pullman. fare. Pennsylvania Railroa tisement. STEEL WALLS CHECK SPREAD OF OIL FIRE 396,000-Barrel Reservoir Boils Over, But Dikes Hold Back Flames—Loss, $300,000. By the Associated Press, BAKERSFIELD, Calif., May 1 Steel fire walls and earthen dike checked the spread of fire from the 396,000-barrel oil reservoir which was ignited by lightning Thursday on the tank farm of the Standa Oll Co., 5 miles northwest of Bakers- fleld. The burning reservoir boiled over yesterday afternoon, but the work of the approximately 1,000 fire fighters held against the flood of flaming liquid. Officials of the oil company said that danger of extension of the blaze to 11 other tanks nearby was past. They expected the blaze to die out soon. The loss was estimated at approxi- mately $300,000. A light shower late vesterday afternoon brought great quantities of soot back to earth in a dis- agreeable sort of “black rain.” Woman Robbed in Union Station. Mrs. Winnie Kelly, Bridgeport, Conn., returning from Florida, was robbed of her pocketbook, containing $106, a sapphire ring and railroad ticket, in Unlon Station here last night, she told police. T. B. Clark Pleads Bankruptcy. A petition in bankruptcy has been filed in the District Supreme Court by Thomas R. Clark, dealer in building materials. He lists his debts at $4,264 and assets at $3,825. He is represented hy Attorney Philbrick MeCoy, v {lows closely that establis TfiE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (., SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1926. i | NTERTAINING ‘Wife of Brig. Gen. Hull, who entertais Chase Club for their house guest, Mrs. HOUSE GUEST MRS. JOHN A. HULL, ned at dinner with him, at the Chevy L. T. Highleyman of Miami Beach, Fla. MUSIC : FRIDAY CLUB'S ANNIVERSARY. The Friday Morning M Club | celebrated its fortieth anniversary yes- | terday afternoon with a tea and musi- | cal program, the latter being turned | over to the terpsichorean phase of | musical art under the excellent gui ance of Ethel Hoffman Kane of this city. Mrs. Kane, whose art style fol- ed here by her teacher, Alys Bentley, for many vears a leading figure in the music work of the public schools and who is now in New York, calls her style of dancing “Motor Ment# Rhythmics” —a cumbersome name for a beautiful art. There was, however, nothing cumbersome about the dancing of the group under her direction. The one vague wish for any change at all con- cerned the desire that these dancers might have been presented in a real Spring glade, such_as one finds the dancers using in Peterboro, N. H., with the audience perched on an over- hanging hillside, to get the best effec The setting vesterday was charm ing if a bit intimate for the best effect with the dancers. Never in its history has the auditorium of the Cosmos Club looked more attractive. Tall green screens at the back con- cealed the dancers until their entrance for numbers and gave a Suggestion of natural background for their man: hued costumes. Palms and white lilacs further helped in establishing cool, outdoor atmosphere. At the far end of the room a long table w: heavily laden with delicious tea equip- ment, including a_number of home- made birthday cakes, one in white with green trimmings telling the for- tieth anniversary tale. Four tall green tapers also flamed with the birthday message. The members of the club came garbed in their best pastel shaded, garden-party frocks, and the quaint ‘flagged entrance to the double doors of the auditorium was used instead of the more prosaic side door, usually employed. Mrs. Eu- gene Byrnes, the president, had as- sisting her in welcoming and seating | the guests, Mrs. Mirlam Hilton, Mrs. | Ethel Holzelaw Gawler, Mrs. Frank | Howard, Mrs. Paul Blevden, Mrs. Brown, Miss Lucy Brickenstein and others. There was a large audience he party. T e hisic uised by the dancers and beautifully played at the plano by Mildred Kolb Schultze, included works by Tschaikow Czerny, Hofmann, Gluck, Glazounow, Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms and Schu- | mann, The opening number, “Theme | and Varia * by Tschaikowski, | howed a Lacrteslike posture of ruggling in a sroup that was re- markable in realism and artistic ef- fect. Lixewise the finale, danced to Grieg Ballet music, showed marked dramatic interpretation as well as beautiful posturing. A number that won the greatest ing little girls, perhaps 10 and 12 vears of age, Who, to the music of Beethoven's “Rondo a capriceio,” in- terpreted “fury over a lost penny.” The most r arkable solo dance was Schumann’s “Aufschwing” (soaring). in which a clever costume suggesting a bird’s plumage was utilized most effectively along with gestures and moods that further carried out the | general idea. Following served. the dancing, H. F. MISSION BENEFIT MUSICAL. Readings, Singing and Harp Music Presented Last Night. Arthur Deering, reader; Clelia Fiora- vanti, mezzo-contralto, and Audrey Ryan, harpist, presented a program before an audience that filled the Play- house practically to capacity last night for the benefit of the. Catholic Indian Missions. Their combined efforts were recelved with enthusiasm. The Tega- witha Club and Marceil Greenhalgh presented the group and Miss Green- halgh also played Miss Fioravanti's accompaniments. Mr. Deering, obviously a polished artist in his line, made a fascinating art of the often abused profession of “‘elocution” and really need not have offered a single one of the several apologles he ventured for his efforts. There have been several readings on important programs duringthe past vear of Alfred Noyes' exceedingly dra- matic poem, “The Highwayman,” in- cluding & reading of it by the poet himself. None has surpassed Mr. Deering’s. The writer has heard the poem many times, yet never before did that counter-theme of the jealous boy at the inn who also loved Bess, the landlord’s daughtér, receive such’ logi- cal emphasis. Also the remarkably apt English version of the famous pro- iogue to Leoncavallo's “I Pagliacel” was charmingly delivered, as were, , Grieg, Moszkowski, | 3 applause was danced by two charm- |& tea | !o( promise. One string of her harp was very badly out of tune and she was not always successful in evading the choppy effect in phrasing that is one of the chief problems of a harp- ist. Her touch was firm and- clear, however, and the audience seemed espéci: v to enjoy the “Volga Boat man’s Song' and the encore, “The Last Rose of Summer.” Miss Floravanti, the singer, has a Tov ural voice, but her dra matic expre on failed to get through except in Mary Turner Salter's “Cry of Rachel,” a song wonderfully potent n its message. If only this singer could rid herself of tremolo she could undoubtedly go far. Also, as her singing becomes more mature, she should get more color in her tones. | Her songs last night were not chosen to show her volce at its best. She has a real tulent in the singing of the Itallan songs, only one of which ap- peared on her program. She did not | get the spirit of Cesar Franck’s poig- nant ““Marriage of Roses” at all. On the other hand Valverde's “Clavelitos™ was delightfully clicked oft and won her audience. Dorothy Lee's song did not maintain the artistic standard of the program at all, and_ “Love's Old Sweet Song” also seemed an un- necessary concession to the popular. Surely Miss Fioravanti has a beauti- ful voice, but her songs last night were not suited to her at all, H. F. MRS. BARRINGTON DIES. Mrs. Tillie B. Barrington, widow of Horace G. Barrington and daugh- ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Bates of this city, died Tuesday in St. Luke's Hospitai, New York. Fu- neral services were conducted at her home, 74 West Ninety-second street, New York, yesterday. Interment was in Mount Hope Cemetery. Mrs. Barrington is survived by three sisters, Miss Mary K. Bates and Mrs. W. H. Stoval! of Bal ore and Mrs. Sarah B. Ritchie of New York, and a brother, John Edward Bates of this city. SHIPPING NEWS Arrivals at and_Sailings From New York. ARRIVED YESTERDAY. Southampton, Apri] 24 Bremen. April 21 April 20 Api Aquitania Presicent Hal Stavangerfjord . Oslo; 8t. Thomas, DUE TODAY. . . Brémen, Rotterdam. Antwerp, arbados, DUE TOMORROW. .Puerto_Limon, -, Havana. Liverpool, . ...Barbados, DUE MONDAY. .-....Hamburs. April 23 Liverpool, April 24 . Naples. April 24 .Gothenburg, April 23 Bermuda, M. 1 London. Avril 24 uenchen . Carmania” .’ Montevideo Atbert Baltin eltic .. Lk Conte ‘Biantaimaino Drottni Fort V Minnew Zeeland California Glasgow. Martha Washington. . . Trieste, San Lorenzo . San Juan, ee Kingston, . . Cristobal, April Valparaiso, March OUTGOING STEAMERS. (Sailing Hour: Daylight Saving Time.) SAILED YESTERDAY. Leviathan—Southampton Rotterdam—Rotterdam Paris—Hayre .. 3 Homerie—Southampton” Saucon—Genoa . New Texas—Tencriffe abo_Tortosa—Barcelon: Lapland—Antwern . | Medea—Cape ~ Haitien . | Poseidon—Curacao . | Lancastria—Liverpool SAILING TODAY. Baltic—Liverpool Minnekalida—Pl. Lara—La_Guayra .. apa—Puerto Cortes. Esparta—santiago_. Iroquois—Puerto Plafa. Erlholm—Sa Ulua—H: Cuyamapa—An! Venezuela—Cristob: New Texas—Accra. SAILING TOMORROW. Montanan—Cristobal ... .. .... SAILING MONDAY. {Corvus—Cape Town SAILING TUESDAY. Montevideo—Cadiz .. Providence—Naples ... . Giuseppi Verdi—Naples. Aquitani outh: Haiti—St. 1om: Fort Victoria—] SAILING WEDNESDAY. President Harding—Bremen. HRim Tachira—San Jul Garfleld—Puerto Ci rofton Hall—Montevi ridgeton—Port au Carrillo—Jamaica Lewis Luckenbach—Cristobal. Matura—Trinidad 888288288 s later, the two Russian stories. Miss Rina pioved « woung m TSR RRERRERRRRR Hovelaud—Tuih SENATETO AWAIT HOUSE FARM MOVE Expect Issues to Be Clarified in General Debate in Lower Branch. | By the Associated Press The Senate farm bloc leaders have | decided to let the House tackle the surplus crop problem first and 1o rest content, for the time being at least, with the Republican stcering commit- tee’s legislative program. They blocked a motion by Senator Harrison, Democrat, Mississippt, yes- terday to displace the pending $165,- 000,000 public buildings bill with the farm relief legislation reported by the agriculture committee, which includes the administration co-operative mar- keting measure with an amendment embodying the corn-belt price stabili zation plun. In the face of pleas that it would be embarrassing to some members to vote at this time on such a question, | Senator Harrison stood pat and a roli call on his motion was prevented only by filibustering tactics in which sup- porters of both measures joined. The Senate had been assured by Re publican leaders of an opportunity to act on farm relief before adjournment and, besides, was not ready to proceed with the subject at this time, they argued, while Senator McNary, Re- publican, Oregon, held that the House | discussion should be awaited because it undoubtedly would clarify the is sues. House debate on crop surplus relief will begin T with the Haugen { price stabilization bill, embodying a | imilar to the corn-belt plan, right of way The Tincher- | Jardine credit measure and tie Cur- | tis-Aswell _commodity marketing bill will be offered as substitutes, advo-| cates of the three divergent proposals having been given time to discu: them during the four days set for general debate. n, Maryland and District—Fair tonight and tomorrow; not much change in the temperature; gentle to moderate | South winds. Virginia cloudy tonight ctreme west portion; to- . _moderate west and southwest winds. West Virginia—Fair tonight and| tomorrow, followed by showers and cooler in afternoon or night in west portion. Records for 24 Hours. | Thermometer—4 p.m., 77: 8 pm., 12 midnight, 71; 4 a.rn., 66; 8 a.m., | noon, 84 | Barometer—4 p.m.. 8 p.m. ;12 midnight, 20.82; 4 a.m., 29.8 a.m., 30.00; noon, 30.04. Highest temperature, 84, occurred at 4:30 p.m. sterda lowest U'Hb‘ perature, 62, occurred at 6 a.m. to-| day. ‘Temperature same date last year— Highest, 51; lowest, 42. Tide Tables.” ished by United States Coast| and Geodetic Survey.) | Today—Low tide, 426 am. and| 18 pm.; high tide, 10:20 am. and | 50 pom. | Tomorrow—Low tide, 5:14 a.n. and | 6:10-p.m.; high tide, 11:07 a.m. and | 111:40 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose 5:11 a.m.; sun .‘((‘ls,‘ 7 p.m. Tomorrow—Sun rises 5:10 a.m.; sun | sets 7:01 p.m. Moon rises 10:58 p.m. Automobile lamps to half hour after sunset. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of the water at Great Falls at & a.m.—Tem- | perature, 58; condition, clear. Weather in Various Citle: { | | | (Fu 5 10 Stations. Abilene Tex. Albany ... Atlanta © . Atlantic Cit; Baltimore Birmingham Bismarck . Boston .. . Buffalo ", Charleston Chicago Cineinnati Cleveland, um’ Cloudy Clear Pt.clondy pct . Cloudy pe.cloudy Sohmosissioe SEERRsREs Col De 1 2 Galveston . Helena, Huron. Indianapglis Jacksonville 3 Kansas City Los Angeles. Louisville Phoenix Pittsburg] Portland.Me. i Portland.Ore 30 Raleigh ... 30.06 S. Lake City 20.80 San” Antonio 29.94 San_Diego .. 20.08 . Francisco 30.02 Louis ... 30 Paul ... 2! Seattle Snokane " 23000 WASH.. D.C! 30.00 FOREIGN. (8 am. Grenwich time. toda Stations. Temperature. London, England e Paris, France. Cloudy Berlin, Germany . i Cloudy Horta' (Fayal). Azores. . Part cloudy Hamilton, =Berinud: Clear. Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy . Clear P udy Pt.cloudy Clear . Cloudy . Pt.cloudy Clear Havana, Cuba. | E6on Canal Zo Whittemore Extradition Honored. ALBANY, N. Y., May 1 (A).—Gov. Smith today honored the application of the State of Maryland for the ex- tradition to Baltimore of Richard Reese Whittemore, alleged robber band leader. Visitor From Florida MRS. LOCKE, T. HIGHLEYMAN, Guest of Maj. Gen. and Mrs. John Hull, who, after a visit in Washington, will go abroad for the Summer. ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES. TODAY. Mount Vernon Council, No. 18, D. of A., will have a card party at 1009 Twelfth street. TONIGHT. Federation of Citizens’' Associations will meet 8 o'clock in boardroom of Municipal Building D. Appleby will speak at 8 at the League for the Larger Harr o'clock Life. The Northland Trio of Chicago will give a concert under auspices of Drott Lodge, No. 168, V. O. of A., at 0dd Fellows' Auditorfum, 419 7th street. The concert will be followed by a dance. A comedy by Anatole France will be presented by the French section of the Women's City Club, with Miss Marfe K. Saunders as director. All Pen Women and Daughters of 1812 invited. s United Commercial Travellers, Flagg | Council, No. 256, will meet, 8 o’clock, { Initiation and | at Pythian Temple. buffet lunch, ‘The Concord Club will give a May festival and dance at its clubhouse, 314 C street. The dormitory committee of Gavel Chapter, No. 25. O. E. S., will give a card party and dance, 8:30 o'clock, at the Franklin Square Hotel. The Theta Kappa Epsilon Sorority will entertain at L'Aiglon Club, 10 | o'clock. Eastern School Group Elects. At a meeting of the Home and School _Association of the Eastern High School held last night these officers were elected for the ensuing year: Arthur G. Bishop, president; | Mrs. M. V. Whitney and Miss M. J. ‘Wapts, vice presidents: Fred Robi- nette, treasurer, and Mrs. Howard E. Wilson, secretary. e Statistics indicate that the people of New Zealand come nearer the attain- ment of perfect health than the in- habitants of any other country. Our_next Mardi-Gras night will be eharacter- istic_of the usual high standard of Le Paradis entertainment. _ Don’t miss “A NIGHT IN A NURSERY Tuesday, " May = ath. Souvenirs, and dancing antil 2 s.m. Two Small Office Rooms Second Floor 1019 17th St. N'W. $30 Month Apply Tony Seidl, Mgr. Hudson:Essex Service Holland Motor Co. Monday Tuesday SALE WASHINGTON’S LEADING FLORIST 5,000 2-Year-Old At Our Green- houses, Bladens- burg Road and Only ) | tions of protest SOCIETY. NEXCOATCRSS N RELGIOUS RO Probe Begun With Possible - Indictment of All Prelates as Aftermath. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, May 1.—The re- ligious situation growing out of the government's enforcement of certain | clauses of the constitution has reached | an acute stage, Not a single Catholic | church is functioning in the States of | Colima and Michoacan because of the fact that the priests, in protest against the law, are declining to say masses. The government is consider- ing converting all these churches into government schools. Attorney General Ortega. under an | order issued by Secretary of the In terlor Tejeda, has besun an investi gation with a view to possible indict- | ment of all Mexican archhishops and | bishops. | Charge Law Violated. It is charged that the recent joint pastoral letter signed by them and circulated throughout the country vio- | lated the constitution, which forbids ministers to criticize the government or the constitution. This letter pro- tested against the paragraphs in the constitution dealing with churches and schools \ El Universal Grafito says it learns that summonses will be served Monday upon the bishops and archbishops to appear before the federal court for trial. There is no confirmation of | this. Senor Tejeds, discussing the | situation today, repeated in unequiv- | ocal terms his previous statement | that it was the Mexican government's| unalterable determination to enforce the religious laws. He declared that | the Catholic clergy desired an ecclesi- | astical government, which might en- | croach upon the Mexican govern ment’s sovereignty. Promises Drastic Action. “Such an absurd purpose will never be permitted,” the minister acded “Instead. the Mexican government will take drastic steps to force such rebels to abide by the law."” Referring to a recen: proposal of | Mexican Catholic dignitaries that the | Mexican government and the Vatican confer in an effort to solve the situ- ation, Senor Tejeda said “The only modus vivendi acceptable to the Mexican government is compli ance with our laws and punishment of those violating them.” Reports indicate that the situation is most serious in Colina and Michoacan, in which states Catholics who attempt to carry out demonstra- against the religious laws are bef AV BRUSHES your Blankets. thick, clean and lovely, 6th and C Sts. Northwest. Z vou seen the very Tolman Laundry is turning out? process (direct from the blanket manufacturers)e that Without Shrinkage, Weight or Color Faded Send in your blankets to us or phone us and our driver will be glad to call The TOLMAN LAUNDRY F. W. MacKenzic, Manager McCall Printed Pattern. need to know for laying out, cutting and putting the dress together is printed on the D.C. FISCAL BILL UPTO PRESIDENT Appropriation Measure, With Amendments Agreed to, Completed at Capitol. Passage of the District appropria- tion bill for the next fiscal year was completed at the Capitol late yester day when the Senate concurred .in the action of the Iouse on a few amendments which the conferees were unable to agree upon in the origini! conference report. The report made to the Senate yes. terday set forth that the House had receded from its disagreement to the following Senate amendments Requiring contractors who la streets to make repairs within fou years where the repairs are found fo be due to inferior work or defec tive materials Providing that children of officers “ind men of the military services and children of other employes of the United St stationed outside the District shall be admitted to loeal schools without tuition. Fixing the amount that may be spent for professional services in de veloping Meridian Hill Park. Authorizing_construction of a bird exhibition building at the Zoo made by the House in the amendment relating to leave for per diem emploves of the District and another amendment defining the mar ner in which per diem employes shall glive receipt for pay received. The bill is ready to go to the Pres dent for signature. COOLIDGE IS UNDECIDED ON SPANISH WAR PENSION Favors Measure, But Asks Treas- ury if Expenditure Shift Would Permit Financing. While President Coolidge would like to sign the Spanish War pension bill he fears it would increase the ex pected Treasury deficit. . Still undecided as to whether he should sign or veto the measure, the President, who belleves the Spanish veterans have not been on a parit, with those of the Civil and World Wars with respect to pensions, has asked the Treasury to determine whether this situation could be taken care of by a shifting of expenditures Venezuela's crop of chicle, an in- gredient of chewing gum, is short this year. e T T L T2 7T, New Process 'Washingo Samples on Display at Branch Offices 6 Dupont Circle—2469 18th St. rBlankets beautiful work in Blankets We have a new They come back to you soft, Loss of U TOLMAN LALNDRY Franklin ‘71-72.73 | VI R e L. MCCALL PRINTED PATTERNS The Pattern With the Printed Cutting Edge MARGIN protects the heavy cutting line — doubly insuring the accuracy of style of every Everything you Rose Bushes “Premier” and “Butterfly” - 50c Each (None Delivered) BROS. UDE & At our Greenhouses—Bladensburg Road and '. Mt. Olivet Place (Opposite Mt. 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