Evening Star Newspaper, July 23, 1926, Page 5

| THEATER ALL WEEK Deadlock at Howard May i Last Longei—Threatened Movie Walkout Doubted. Howaré. Theater, Seventh and T streets, which was forced to close last night when the thréatened strike of union musiclans traveling with a _re- vue company appearing there went into effect, will remain closed the re- mainder of this week and unless the present deadlock over the demands of union officials is compromised, the en-. forced closing may be prolonged, it appeared today. The strike was called by Frank Weber, New York union head, through Sylvester Thomas, local rep- resentative of the colored musicians’ union. They are demanding that a union orchestra be employed at the Howard at regular union wages, which would mean a considerable in- crease in the musicians’ pay at the house. B. B. Saunders, manager of the Howard, acting for the owners, re- jected the unfon’s demands. An attempt by the Howard man- agement to conduct the production last night, using the resident.orches- tra of six non-union musicians in- stead of the 10 union men, failed. Other threatened strikes of theater men over the demands of the motion picture operators for shorter hours and a $10-a-week boost in pay will not materialize in September, and if they should, the theaters will not be closed, julian A. Brylawski, acting chairman of the wage Scale committeo of the lo- cal Theater Managers' Assoclation, de- clared today. He made his claim in reply to the threat of the Motion Pic- ture Operators’ Union that all Wash. ington cinema houses would be closed unless the demands were acceded to. Should the union operators strike, he said, non-unfon men who had been trajned for the work would take their places. He discounted the statement that other stage workers would go out on a sympathy strike. About 500 theater workers, includ- ing operators, stage hands, musicians and .electricians, would be involved in the contemplated walkout, it is said. The movie houses are said to be vir, tually 100 per cent unionized. y COLUMBIA HEIGHTS EXCURSION SUCCESS Business Men's Association Plans to Make Outing Annual Event. Athletic Events Staged. The success of the outing of the Columbia Heights Business Men's Association and the Columbia Heights Citizens’ Association yester- day means that the event will be an annual Summer affair, according- to those who were in charge of the excursion to Marshall Hall. . Several hundred merchants and residents of the Columbia Heights section of the city took part in the outing, which started in the after- noon and ended at 9 o'clock in the evening. Practically all of those who made the trip went by boat. There was a program of athletics in which the business men's tug-of- war team, captained by W. F. Scott, defeated the citizens’ association team, headed by W. F. Swanton. Miss Marie Tsangares won first prize in the beauty contest. The winners of the other events were: Relay race, Carroll Dodson: 50-yard dash for boys, Carroll’ Dod- son, M. Sarhood; 100-yard dash for boys, Frank Ford, Thomas Jones; 650-yard dash for girls, Miss Agnes Shanahan and Miss Mary F. Shan- ahan; running race for asociation members, Jerry Wolf and B. A. Levi- tan; 30-yard dash for women, Mrs. B. Lurton and Mrs. C. Thorve. Frank J. Sobotka was chairman of the com- mittee in charge of the outing. A T Y MRS. GERTRUDE*PACK DIES ‘Wife of I. C. C. Inspector Will Be Buried Tomorrow Afternoon. Mrs. Gertrude Pack, 71 years old, the wife of Alonzo G. Pack, chief in. spector of locomotives for the Inter- state Commerce Commission, died sud- denly at Sibley Hospital yesterday morning. She had been a resident of Washington for about 15 years, for- merly residing at Denver, Colo. She had been active in the Eastern Star and was a past matpon of a Denver chapter. Funeral services will be conducted at the residence, 3511 Ordway street. at 2:30 o’'clock tomorrow afternoon. Interment will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. Members of the local Eastern Star and the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers wiil attend the services. Mrs. Pack leaves her husband and six children and a number of other relatives. Willard Louis, Actor, Dies. GLENDALE, Calif., July 23 (®.— Willard Louis, 40, motiog picture actor, died at his- home here yester- day after a brief illness. The actor was stricken with typhoid fever sev- eral days ago and pneumonia devel- oped. Louis, who had been in motion pictures for the last 12 years, first attained prominence when he was cast in a leading role with John Barrymore in “Beau Brummel.” He had feature roles in “Babbitt,” “The Door Mat,” “His Secretary” and other pictures. SRS o Brings Lion Fur Coat. 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This action follows the cutting of the appropriations of the Internal Revenue Bureau for this fiscal year by about $750,000, the reduction in personnel was necessary to keep within the appropriations. * The Treasury sent to the personnel classification board, June 1, a list of 203 names for separation from the rolls, but this number has since been reduced through .resignations and transfers to other parts of the Gov- ernment service, both here and in the fleld. These dismissals, it was emphasized today by Chairman Warwick of the personnel classification board, should not be considered as separation on account of inefficiency. ne reduc- tion in force was necessary merely on account of smaller appropriations, he explained. Letters wil be sent directly from the board to the individuals themselves as well as to the departments con- cerned. The dismissals will be effec- tive upon the expiration of leave. Some employes have already absorbed much of their leave, it was understood, on account of looking for new posi- tions, while others still have a con- siderable number of days coming to them. The action was taken toda._v by the board only after careful considera- tion of all the factors concerned, and the final vote was unanimous. Although officials concerned have not as yet committed themselves, there was a report that the Internal Revenue Bureau personnel might have to be cut still further later on in order to keep within its appropria- tions. This, however, depended, it was explained in some quarters, upon the progress of work and ex- penditure of funds under the new revenue bill. The aepmflons made today by the board ‘are in_addition to 130 more approved in June for the Treasury Department in the office of register of the Treasury, making a total of 225 dismissals from the department at the end of the fiscal year. P A T S Double Murderer Hanged. BALTIMORE, - July 23 (®).—Isaac Benson, negro, was hanged in Mary- land Penitentiary just after midnight for the murder of Kis common law wife and anwther negro. o BN Mexico is holding its automobile show_this Summer. FACTORY HPC Phone Main 1352 THE EVENING BTAR, 'WASHINGTON, D. | HoPE You AnD GRACE WOM'T MIND PLAYING FOR PRIZES TOMIGHT, My AUNT DOE SM'T APPROVE OF GAMBLIN o TELL YOU OVER. THE FHonE For FEAR YOU WOULON T G. \ WAS AFRAID THE HARD Bon.m PAIR WHO EXFECTED To WINA MONTH'S COURT UPHOLDS SESQUI OPERATIONS ON SUNDAY Judge Refuses to Grant Injunction Asked by Methodists to Enforce Sabbath Closing. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, July 23.—Com- mon Pleas Court has refused to grant an injunction restraining the Sesqui- centgnnial Expgsition from operating on Sundays. Before the court announced its de- cision, it was made known that the amusements operated along the glad- way and other exhibits would be free to the public hereafter on Sunday. The 50 cents admission to the exposi- tion grounds, however, will remaln in force. The injunction was asked for by members of the Methodists Men's Committee of 100, Judge Thomas D. Finletter, in dis- missing the injunction application, sald that, sitting as a court of equity, he had no jurisdiction to enforce the law of 1794. DEATH LAID TO HEAT. Joseph S. Webster, 64, of Clarendon Victim of Heart Attack. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON,, Va., July 23.—The intense heat of yesterday is held chiefly responsible for the death of Joseph S. Webster, 64 years old, of 314 Moore avenue. Mr. Webster, a carpenter, had been ill 10 days, but not confined to his bed. He was about the house yesterday morning with his family when stricken by a heart attack, believed superinduced by the heat. He died a few minutes later. Funeral services will be held at his residence tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. with Rev. E. W. Shelling, pastor of the Clarendon Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Fort Lincoln Cemetery. His widow and two daughters, Mrs. Lilllan Stafford and Mrs. Evelyn Fielden of Claren- don, survive him. Roberts Is Named. The Commissioners today appointed George M. Roberts, superintendent “of weights and measures, to represent the municipal government in consulta- tion with park and city planning offi- clals in the task of selecting a new lo- cation for the Farmers’ Produce Mar- ket, which will have to be moved from its present location, near Tenth and B streets, to make way for the new Federal building program. WE DYE WEARING APPAREL BLACK R. MOURNING In 24 Hours The Carmack Dry Cleaning Co. Lincoln 239 A Pleasant Room —in a choice location is easy to secure if the Rooms for Rent classifications of The Star are consulted. Many attractive: rooms with all modern conven- iences are daily listed under these headings. 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Frank Roberts, colored, an employe of .the race track at Benning, was sentenced to serve one year and one day in the penitentiary for grand larceny. He admitted that he took $200 from the pocket of John W. Riley, another employe at the track, June 19. Norman Hughes will serve one year and one day in the penitentiary. He pleaded guilty to two charges of larceny after trust. The sentence was the same in each case, but the court permitted them to run concur- rently. Hughes used $100 which had been intrusted to him by Lilllan L. Thomas as a deposit on a purchase of real estate August 18, 1925. He also kept $100 belonging to Hendy Hodge May 9, 1925, whicl) had been intrust- ed to him for sinillar investment. Clarence J. Johnson, colored, 17 years old, was given a term of one year and one day in the penitentiary for housebreaking. There were two charges against him, but the courtal- lowed the sentences to be served at the same time. He entered an apart- ment at 1812 K street April 27 and stole a quantity of jewelry ahd on June 9 stole wearing apparel from the room of Arlenne E. Spangler, at 800 Eighteenth street. Columbus Johnson, colored, will also serve one year and one day in the penitentiary on two charges of house- breaking, the sentences to run con- currently. He bgoke into the office of the Ralph Oil Co. June 10, but secured no loot. On the same day he took a quantity of lard from a freight car of the B. & O. R. R. Co. Alfred O. McGraw was sent to O« coquan for six months for joy-riding; Albert T. Savage, colored, to Occo- quan for five months for housebreak ing, and Earl J. Seffee will serve three months in jail for stealing an auto- mobile. Probation was extended to Clyde Biddle, 17} under a suspended sentence of one year for stealing an automobile and to Luther F. Firing for a similar term on a charge of forgery. BULB BURST BY HEAT. 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KENNEBUNKPORT, Me., July 23.—Booth Tarkington, author, was recovering today from an adven? ture as excn.lng as any that has delighted the readers of “Pen- rod” or “Seven- teen.” When his motor, boat caught ‘fire 10 miles off the coast last night, ‘the Indiana au- thor was succes- sively burned by the flames, swept to sea before a hurricane gale and then, as in all good story books, rescued in the nick of time. TARKINGTON. TWo compan- fons shared the novelist's plight, Harry Thirkell of this place and a Miss Trotter of Philadelphia. According to the story told at the Tarkington house today, the Zantu, Tarkington’s motor boat, was crip- pled by fire before he succeeded in extinguishing the flames. He suf- fered slight burns. A few minutes later the storm, which been sweeping east, struck Kennebunkport. and then raced out®over the ocean, where it kicked up a formidable sea. The Zantu drifted before the gale, but help was near just as the predica- ment of the three seemed partic- ularly dangerous. Other boaters who sighted the Tarkington boat came to the res- cue and the author and his com- panions were taken aboard and the motor boat in tow. British Rum Cargo Released. NEW LONDON, Conn., July 23 (®). —Under an order from Washington, the Coast Guard officers -here have re- leased the British schooner Fannie | Powell II of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and had her escorted to sea. The ves- sel was seized recently off Block Is- land. On board were 1,500 cases of Scotch whisky. The vessel's papers showed clearance from St. Pierre, Miquelon, for Nassau, Bahama Is- WIDE AREAS SWEPT BY DANUBE FL0ODS Seven Villages Are Destroyed " and Crops Damagéd to $50,000,000. By the Associated Press. BELGRADE, July 23.—Seven vil- lages have been destroyed through the bursting of dams in the region of Batchka, ‘due to the flood in the Danube River, which has now lasted for three weeks. Great damage has been caused to crops and property at various places. The ministry of agri- culture estimates the loss up to the present at $50,000,000. Novisad, a commerclal center, is flooded and the lower parts of Bel- grade are inundated. The plains of the Save River and of the Danube near Belgrade aye completely flooded. The situation is aggravated by heavy rainstorms. It is said thousands of houses have been destroyed in the affected reglons and that much live stock has been drowned. The damage to crops is great, but it is declared to be well off- set by excellent prospects in other re- glons of the kingdom. The King is considering reconven- ing Parliament for the enactrhent of legislative measures to aid the people of the stricken regions. 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