Evening Star Newspaper, August 28, 1926, Page 8

4, R SOCIETY. SOCIETY The Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Wilbur, ! Has Joined His Family For A Brief Visit. HE Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Wilbur, is with Mrs. Wilbur and t. «ir family over Sunday and will sail Monday from San Francisco aboard the U. 8. S. Ualifornia for San Pedro, where 7Thursday he will dedicate the new M. C. A. building. Chinese Envoy, Dr. Sze, Guest in Thousand Islands. The Minister of China, Dr. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze is the guest over the week end of former Commodore J. Norris Oliphant at Neh Mahbin Island in the Thousand Islands. The Minister and Mme. Sze and their family have been et Ithaca, N. Y.. the greater part of the Summer, and are expected to re- turn to Washington some time next month, The Minister of Sweden, Mr. W. Bostrom, will sail today on the Drott- ningholm to spend a vacation in his home in Sweden. Mme. Bostrom has been in Sweden for several months, and will return to this country with the Minister late in the Autumn. The Speaker of the House of Repre- sentatives, Mr. Nicholas Longworth, will be the guest in whose honor Yormer Governor and Mrs. R. Living- ston Beeckman will entertain at din- ner this evening at their place, Lands ¥nd, Newport. Aldrich, who ar s pe on the G Washington, ere at the Ambassad lotel for few day before going to Warw! Neck, R. I ! Lieut. and Mrs. Jean Labat have | returned from France, where they spent a_vacation, and are in their ountry home until the middle of Sep- tember, Col. and Mrs. Henry May have with them at _Southampton their daughter, Mrs. Harry 8. Black, who will remaim there about a fortnight. Mrs. Black will join Mr. Black at the Plaza, in New York, at the conclusion of her visit. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Foraker and Miss Polly Foraker have gone to Saranac, N. Y., and are at Saranac Inn. Mr. and Mrs. J. Craig Peacock and son Jack have returned to their home in Chevy Chase, after spend- ing the Summer in Colorado. iMrs. Eugene LeMerle has returned to her home on Q.street, after visit- {rig Mrs. Charles Stanley White in her country home near Leesburg, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Bugene H. Waters and their son and daughters, Engene M. Waters, jr.. little Miss Mollie Waters- and Miss Ruth Waters. of | Germantown, Md., were among the | passengers aboard the Chatham, sail- ing vesterday from Baltimore for Boston. Miss Hefling Honor Guest At Pre-Nuptial Party. Mrs. A. H. Wimberly entertained Rt a tea and shower Thursday after- noon in her home, at 3226 Highland avenue, Cleveland Park, in compli- .ment to her house guest, Miss Ber- nadine Joan ‘Hefling, of Richmond, Va., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Anthony Hefling Miss Hefling and Mr. Melvin Norbert Medkiff, son of Mrs. Wimberly, will be married Tuesday in the home of the bride in Richmond. Dr. and Mrs. Henry Merle Spillan, who have been in Philadelphia for the week, went to Atlantic City and will be there over Sunday at the Hotel Ambassador. Early next week Dr. and Mrs. Spillan will start by motor for Lake Keuka, N. Y., and will be the guests of Dr. Spillan’s brother-in- law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Miller, in 'their Summer home, Edgemere, at Pen Yan, N. Y. Mrs. Wilson-Greene, who has been in Europe for three months, returned to New York this week on the Ma- jestic and will come to Washington within a few davs. Mr. and Mrs. James Reynolds en- tertained a small company at lunch- eon on the Willard roof yesterday. Dr. and Mrs. Stephen L. De Burr who have been motoring in north. ern New York State, have stopped at Fringe Lake und in Canada and are now at Watkins Glen, N.Y. o Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Cross and their son, G. J. Gross, jr., sailed vesterday from Baltimore aboard the Chatham for Boston, Prof. and Mrs. Turbin B. Boone will start tomorrow on a_fortnight’s motor trip through New England and in New York and in Wor- . Mass. . . Farr and her sister, Miss s have gone to Saranac, N. where they are guests of Mrs. . F. Darby in her cottage at Sar- anac Inn, Mr. and Mrs. John S. McCarrens and their son, Arthur are at the Wil- lard, where they plan to remain sev- eral days, having arrived there yes- terday from their home in Cleveland. Mr. and Mrs. Silas Walker Jameson have returned to their suite in the Hotel Roosevelt, after spending the Summer in the mountains of New Hampshire. Miss Maude Loulse Viehmann and Miss Louise Kasey have gone to New York City for the week end. Gen. Walker to Spend Week End in New York. Maj. Gen. Kenzie W. Walker, chief of finance, U. S. A, is at the Hotel Astor in New York. Mr. and Mrs. Everett E. Kent and children, Rachel and Francis, of Bos- ton are passing a few days at the ‘Willard. Dr. W. S. Manning and family of Jacksonville, Fla., who have been vis- iting Miss Edith Long at the Hotel Roosevelt, have returned to thelr home, in Florida. Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Driscoll of Rich- mond, Va., are passing a few days at the Willard. Mrs. Blanche Carson Dougherty and Master Carson and Ted Dougherty have joined Mr. and Mrs. David B. Carson in their suite in the Roose- \'elt], after summering at Spring Lake, Mr. Willlam Lawler, Shepherd road, Brightwood, is spending the week end at the Shelborn, in Atlantic City. SPEECH WINS VIRGINIA G. 0. P. NOMINATION ‘Walter A. Talbot Seventh District Congress Choice to Succeed { Harrison. By the Associated Press. HARRISONBURG, Va.," August 28. ~—Walter A. Talbot, former attorney of Akron, Ohio, who for the past nine years has led a retired life at Win- chester, vesterday was nominated as the congressional candidate by the weventh district Republican conven- tion to oppose his fellow-townsman, Judge Thomas W. Harrison, Demo- erat incumbent, in the November elec- tion. Mr. Talbot's nomination came like a bolt out of a clear sky. He was among those called upon to address the gathering, and he made great impression that he w nated by acclamation immed y “Organization,” to get out the Re-| publican vote, was the kenote of the | conventlon, as sounded by Chairman John W. Morrison of Harrisonburg. Another speaker was the Rev. John .dy, Arlington County, Republi- i the candidate in s lauding the Republican tion Fdmints apd demanding that “suffrage should be granted to all citi- | rens, male and female, of voting age, avera passed. “Deprivation of the sol- diers of the right to vote,” the resolu tion said, “is little less than a crime.” The convention pledged itself to law enforcement, but added that the peo- plo “have the right to add to, amend or repeal any portion of the ‘organic law of the land as time and experi- ence may demonstrate it to be neces- Sy PASSERBY FIGHTS FIRE Blaze Starting in Upholstered | . Chair Prevented From Spread- § \ ing by Action. William A. Murray, 29 vears old, 4317 Farragut street, this morning, about 3:30 o'clock. discovered a_fire 4n the apartment of Miss Abbie Whit- | tington, first floor of 1824 California wtreet, broke open the door and made | an effort to prevent the spreading of the flames while waiting for firemen of No. § engine company to appear on the acene. ~Miss Whittington was absent from the apartment when the fire started n the upholstery of a chair Firemen succeeded in extinguishing had been done. Murray ghtly cut, was taken to Freedmen's Hospital for treatment. Faith or Fidelity? §rom the Princeton Tiger. Joseph had just returned from the country. Mamie, his sweetheart, who worked at the McDonalds residence, had not written him during his ab- sence and he greatly feared for her health. Therefore, he went straight 0 the McDonalds house, even though 1t was after his customary bedtime. As he came Into the back yard, he noticed a dim light burning in the kitchen. He peeped in the window and, behold'—a couple locked in lov- amle doesn't work here @Y Tossenh. and went on @ny more,” { 2ome to.us ! Cline, wife of W. ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va. August 28 (Special).—The Alexandria municipal pool is the naem selected by a com- mittee of three members of city coun- cil for the new bathing resort do- nated by Leopold Ruben. The se- lection of the name was made yes- terday. The winner of the prize of $10 for the name suggested is Miss Virginia Coffman of Royal and Prince streets. The winner of the second prize of $5 is Frank E. Ball of Glebe and Russell roads. The name he se- lected was Alexandria municipal swimming pool. The third winner s J. H. Coffman, $2. It was decided to open the pool next Wednesday morning. Water was turned in last night. The basin holds 450,000 gallons. The pool, which is 150 by 60 feet, will accommodate be. tween 300 and 400 persons. Those un- der 10 years of age will use the wad- ing pool. Rules and regulations and the name for the pool were chosen by a committee composed of Councilman Arthur H. Bryant, Thomas J. Fannon and Edmund F. Ticer. Rules and hours, as recommended by City Man- er Morton, were adopted. They pro- de that the pool shall be open daily from ¢ a.m. until 12, from 2 until 6 pam., and from 7 until 10 pm. On Sundays the pool will be open from 2 to 6 p.m. Prices are: Towel and locker, 10 cents: bathing suits, adults, 25 cents; bathing suits, children, 15 cents. Caps will be sold for 15 cents, and it is proposed to sell water wings. Swim- ming lessons will be given free every Monday and Friday between the hours of 10 and 11 a.m. The stay-at-home firemen and eiti- zens generally joined in a welcome to the volunteer firemen, who returned at 11 o'clock last night from the State firemen’s convention at Covington, where they captured first prize in the parade held in connection with the meeting. Headed by Fire Chief J. M. Duncan, jr., the firemen marched from Union station down King street. The ;Chiwns' BRand led, they, too, having been honored with a first prize. There was red fire, noise of all kinds, and | the fire engine bells were rung. Thou- sands of persons lined King street. New brooms were carried by many of the firemen. The fire apparatus of the city, followed by private automo- biles, brought up the rear of the pro- cession. Funeral services for Mrs. Della R. Cline, who died Wednesday at the Alexandria Hos- pital, were held this afternoon at the Funeral Home, 809 Cameron street, and conducted by W. H. Webb of the Christian Science Church, Washing- ton. Burial was in Bethel Cemetery. Mending of Cracked Ceilings. To hold up cracked plaster ceilings, |~ says the Popular Science Magazine, obtain a few boards from two to four feet long and several others one inch _shorter than the height of the room. The short boards are placed against the ceilings and. the long boards are used to prop the cracked plaster back in place. This must be done carefully, and it is sometimes necessary to use a putty knife to clean the cracks so that the plaster will go back in place smootkKly. Make a number of countersunk holes and put a screw through each into the lath behind, sinking the screw head so that it will be well covered when the hole is filled. Use a patch- ing plaster or plaster of paris to fill the holes and cracks. Do not remove the props until the plaster has set. A ceiling thus mended will last for years. 5 ~Many garden co-operative settle- nts are being started 4n Palestine. MRS. THOMAS DOWLING, Who before her m: ter of Mr. and Mrs. VIVIAN DUNGAN'S FUTURE IN DOUBT Crash Injuries May Stop Dancing of One of Famous Stage Sisters. By the Assoclatc. ! OXNARD, Calif,, August 28.— Physiclans were trying today to look into the future far enough to tell whether Vivian Duncan, diminutive stage star, ever again will be able to go through her dancing steps that have entranced audiences on both coasts. Vivian, who plays a leading role in “Topsy and Eva,” was injured in an automobile accident near here Thurs- day night. She was in St. John's Hospital here today with a seven-inch laceration on the thigh and a scalp wound five inches long. Her worst injury, however, is a cut on her knee which caused the synoval fluid to escape from the knee cap. This, physicians fear, may prevent her from dancing again. None of the in- juries 13 expected to result in dis- figurement. Vernon Rickard, a member of the actress’ stage company, also is in the hospital. He suffered a badly injured hand and 4 cut near the right ear. Miss Duncan and Rickard were motoring from San Francisco, where they had gone to bid godby to Vivian's sister, Rosetta, who departed for New York on a business trip, when their car was struck by another machine containing two unidentified men. They fled after the accident, abandoning their car. The accident occurred at El Rio, two miles from here. The Duncan sisters recently com- pleted a stage engagement at Los Angeles and soon were to start work on a film production of their play. With Vivian confined to her bed here, and Rosetta en route to New York, this is sald to be the first time the famous sisters have been separated. The Duncan sisters started their “Topsy and Eva” in San Francisco and then moved on to Chicago and New York. —_— PARADE AT REUNION OF VIRGINIA FIGHTERS Two Blind War Heroes Head Line of March With 18th Division at Petersburg. By the Associated Press. PETERSBURG, Va., August 28.— Veterans of the 80th Division in seventh annual reunion here yester- day staged a colorful parade, reminis- cent of the days of the World War, when many of those present, were stationed at Camp Lee and adjoining camps. The spectacle recalled also the days overseas. Flags fluttered and bands played. Headed by two blind heroes, Howard Wells of Petersburg, and Lieut. Frank Schnoble, jr., the parade wound about the city, which claims the fighting 80th Division as its own. The reunion formally opened with a business session at the armory, where Maj. Gen. Adelbert Cronkhite, commander of the division, greeted the men, and the veterans were wel- comed to Petersburg by Mayor Sam- uel W. Zimmer. A watermelon feast was given at Central Park, where the | e ended. Dances and receptions ere on the evening’s program. e e Sea I;ion Cries Broadcast. Many curious programs are being broadcast from the radio stations everywhere, but the London Zoologi- cal Gardens contributed one of the most unusual when it recently broad- cast the cries and noises made by the sea llons in the Zoo. A specially de- signed transmitter had to be used for the program that minut It is only quite natural that the more particular the taste—the more insistent the desire to dine and dance on Le Paradis Roof. Ele i v Bard. lasted 45 | August 9 was Miss Edithe Randall Shreve, daugh- John Henry Shreve. EAGUE TO AVOID ACTIONINU.S. CASE Will Carefully Adopt “Hands- Off”” Policy During Parley on Court Reservations. By the Assoclated Press. GENEVA, August 28.—The League of Nations is adopting a ‘“hands-off” policy in connection with the special conference of the powers which is to meet on September 1 to deliberate on the reservations of the United States to the Permanent Court of Interna- tional Justice. This policy will be demonstrated by the fact that the conference will take place in the International Labor office building instead of the League of Na- tions' palace, and by the announced intention of the Jeague to refrain from interfering m any way with the con- ference proceedings. The conference will be confined to the signatories of the World Court convention as such and not as mem- bers of the league. Only in the event that the delegates request the jeague to send interpreters or other members of the personnel will the league or- ganization fupction. It is considered likely that the first step of the conference will be to turn the American reservations over to a committee for examination and report. Some of the delegates who are al- ready here have announced that they will urge an earnest effort to have the reservations declared acceptable 80 as to bring the United States into the court as a member. > e vl Ness | “Jones Jinx has been arrested,” said seven men to me; the fact was then attested by neighhors twenty-three; the news abroad was bruited, was trumpeted and hooted; the poor man'’s name was booted from hillcrest to the sea. “Jones Jinx has gone to prison, on charges manifold; a direful fate is his'n, they'll cinch him for his gold; he drank some bootleg whisky, then, feeling brash and frisky, he took some chances risky, and knocked the speed laws cold. The viilage, it is humming with talk of grinning men; the people 1 see coming will tell the tale again; the people 1 see going false sympathy are showing, and moral fits they're throwing as they traverse the glen. Old Jinx has been our neighbor a weary length of time; he buckles down to la- bor with industry sublime; his hon- est sweat has trickled the while he and sickled, and when he sn’'t pickled he hates the paths of crime. To all his fellow mortals he’'s generous and kind, and he, with smiles and chortles, pursues the beastly grind; he never hands an earful of blithe and cheerful is mighty hard to find. We take Jones Jinx for granted, when in his proper berth; no eager tales are panted about his sterling worth; men are not witnessed going to tell in language glowing how good old Jinx is showing his virtue to the earth. If haply he is mentioned once in five years or four, we say he's well intentioned but something of a bore; the story of well doing won't set the village stewing, with gossip-men pur- ! suing their course from door to door. But when Jones Jinx has tumbled, by { some mischance, from grace, and he |is_sick and humbled, there in the tolbooth-place, men tell, with joyous ‘dk‘licn, the tale of his affliction, en- shroud each fact in fiction, and spring their comments base. WALT MASON. (Copyrizht. 1926.) wheezes dark and tearful: 2 man more | Imperial Attorney Ends Study of Men in U. S. Who Seek Charter. By the Associated Press. HARTFORD, Conn., August 28.— Investigations conducted here over a period of several weeks by Takes Tanaka, Japanese imperial attorney, which came to light last night, sur- rounded with mystery a recent ap- plication of a group of Hartford men for a charter to establish a million- dollar chemical plant in Japan. Tanaka refused to say whether he represented the Japanese govern- ment, but admitted he was studying the activities of American Awa Laboratorles, applicants for the charter. Thomas J. F. Elliott and August von Eucken, both of Hartford, and four Japanese are the incorporators of the American Awa Lahoratories and_are said to be operating under a Delaware charter. The same group made a similar application to the Japanese government in 1912, which wa$ refused. . It was reported that since that time the corporation has been im- porting quantities of a native awa plant from Japanese South Sea pos- sesslons. Tanaka explained that he wished to ascertain the purpose for which the plant is being used by the corporation. The awa plant, or piper mysticism, grows to a height of four or five feet from a fibrous, Juicy root from which a fluid is extracted. This fluid con- tains valuable chemical compounds, among them one which produces a condition similar to intoxication and yet contains no alcohol, said Tanaka, who added that some of the chemicals might also be used as a base for dyes. . “Jitney” Started in South. “Jitney,” the word used in connec- tion with G-cent busses and flivver: had a curious origin. lery in a Baton Rouge, La. was reserved for negroes. They paid as they entered the gallery at a door in a poorly lighted place. The collec- tor discovered several plain medal disks had been passed as nickels. Upon questionirig, one of the negroes said, “Dem is jitneys.” They were in reality “jettons,” the metal markers used in a French gambling game. The theatri- cal troupe seized upon the term and gave it national circulation. C 21% o € STS. e Get the most for your rent money—you owe it to yourself to live well—to have good clean quarters—to have first class service that s constantly main- tained—the best values in the District are here. Furnished or Unfurnished By the Day, Month or Year. REMOVAL SALE Our Entire Stock of Curtains Draperies Upholstery Goods to be closed out re- gardless of cost before moving to.our new store In September 818 17th St. N.W. Lansburgh Interior Decorating Co. Julius Lansburgh, Pre 729 11th St. ~The Hecht Co. sells the standard keyboard portable Corona Type-- writer. OFFICES HOUSES 1821 Connecticut Avenue _ STORES APARTMENTS FOR RENT All Sections of City and Suburbs RANDALL H. HAGNER & COMPANY INOORPORATED SPECIALIZING IN RENTALS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT N Telephone Main 8700 sure t' lose one or th’ more’n likely both. I don't see how they locate a higher- up in th’ underworld without a civil engineer. (Copyright. 2926. John F. Dille Co.) ——e Much of It Usewess. From the Toledo Blade. Knowing everything would be the same as having the attic full of rub- bish. Speakin’ o’ France, th’ trouble with loanin’ money t’ a friend is that we're WHILE MOTHER IS HELD ‘Young Woman Also Detained Fol- lowing Disappearance of Infant Soon After Birth. Mrs. Virginia Elizabeth Cunning- ham, 81 years old, is under guard in Gallinger Memorial Hospital, and Miss Thelma M. Jenkins, 22, is under ar- rest at the House of Detention pend- ing the outcome of an investigation police are making to determine what became of an infant that was born to Mrs. Cunningham early yesterday morning. The birth occurred at 318 Ninth street northeast, where the two wom- en roomed together. The mother told police that a strange doctor attended her and disappeared with the baby, saying he was taking it to Columbia Hospital. There is no record of such an in- fant having been received at Colum- bia, nor any other hospital in Wash- ington. Headquarters Detectives Nalley and O'Brien have been assigned to the case, and they ordered the arrest of the women. A search is being made for the baby. Opposites. From the Progressive Grocer Magazine. “Now, children,” sald the teacher, «“tell me the opposite of the word miser; “Happiness." “And of sadness?” “Gladness.” “And of woe?" “Get-up!” POLICE HUNT FOR BABY |YOUNG ‘BARON KRUPP’ FACES RELEASE SOON Unless Delaware Officials Send for Him, He Will Be Freed. Denies All Charges. By the Associated Prese. ALBUQUERQUE, N. Mex., August 28.—Chances of freedom for the young man held here claiming to be Baron George Exter Frederich von Krupp, ir., increase every hour, police cay today. Unless Wiimington, Del., officials send for him, it was sald this morning, he is likely to be released. The tourist, who still maintains he is the scion of German nobility, was arrested here early in the week at the request of a Denver automobile agency in connection with an alleged bad check. But later no warrant was forthcoming from Denver, so the “baron” would have been freed had not Wilmington, Del., officials tele- graphed Wednesday to hold him on check charges. He denied all charges and said he would waive extradition and face them. Today the “baron” gave Charles . Taetsch, his traveling companion, $100 with which to return to his home in_the East. Federal immigration officals still are seeking to determine whether the vouth, who sald he had used the name George Adorjan Gabor in becoming a Hungarian citizen after disownment” by his father, is legally entitled to re main in this country. A transafrican airplane service fs expected to be established soon. Two Bargain Homes One Detached and One Semi-Detached —remaining out of entire square of “Life-time” Homes— placed on the market just three weeks ago. Both are big bargains—for they had the benefit in construction of the big operation—and have enjoyed its enormous savings. Semi-Detached 5007 IIL. 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