Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1926, Page 10

n DISTRICT'S APPEAL FORVOTEONRADID Addresses at City Club Mass Meeting Tonight to Be Broadcast. * The District's plea for national representation will travel the ether lanes tonight. Linked with Station WJZ in New York, WRC will broad- cast from the City Club the pro- ceedings at a mass meeting in its auditorium, at which five prominent civic leaders will lay stress on the voteless status of the people of the Nation's Capital. The Army Band will play. The principal musical feature of the evening broadcasting will be the third of the series of concerts by the New York Philharmonic Society der the direction of Willem Mengel- berg. The concert. which will be play ed in Carnegie Hall, New York City. will include Richard Strauss’ “Don " three preludes from “Pales- by Hans Pfizner and a concert piece for piano and orchestra fn which the guest soloist will be Margaret Hamilton. During the intermission between the first and the second half of the Philharmonic concert two brief con- certs will be presented by Miss Erva Gles, widely known soprano, from the studios of Station WJZ. Dance musle will conclude WRC’s radio en- tertainment. This afternoon, beginning at o'clock, WRC will broadcast jointly with WJZ, a play-by-play descrip- tion of the Army-Notre Dame foot ball game, one of the three big grid- fron contests of the afternoon. The game will be played in the stadium at West Point, and the announce- ments will be made by Maj. J. Andrew ‘White. The evening broadcasting will be opened at 6:40 with a resume of the foot ball scores of the afternoon fol- lowed by the weekly Bible talk, which will be given by Maj. William A. Ganoe of the Army War College. Washington as an educational cen- ter will be stressed by Willam P. Kennedy, political writer for The Star, in the sixth of his series of radio talks on the National Capital tonight at Station WMAL. Mr. Ken- nedy's speech will concern not only the public school system, but the numerous colleges and universities that make up the Capital's educa- tional institutions. An elaborate musical program also has been scheduled by WMAL. Chiet among the musical attractions will be the first concert of the Army Band ever broadcast by this station, a supper dance program, selections by the choir of the St. Paul's A. M. Church, madolin solos by Sophocles T. Papas and a cabaret dance pro- gram. Local Radio Entertainment | saturday, Nov. 13, 1926. e— NAA—Naval Radio Station, Radio, Va. (434.5 Meters). 345 p.m.—Weather Bureau reports. 45 p.m.-—Agricultural market re- 2 p.m.—Time signals. 10:05 p.m.—Weather Bureau reports. WMAL—Washington Radio Forum (293.9 Meters). 7 to § p.m.—Supper-dance program by the Club Mirador Orchestra, as- sisted by Phil Hayden, soloist. phocles T. banjo solo E Schreiner, mandolinist. 8:20 to £:40 p.m.—Will P. Kennedy, political writer for The Star, in the sixth of a series of talks on the Na- tional Capital, subject, “Washington, the Educational Center §:40 o 9:10 p.m-—Concert by thej United States Army Band, from the City Club lounge. 9:10 to 4:40 pan cholr of St. Paul's A 9:40 to 10:40—% gram, from the City « - 10:40 to 11 p.m.—Intermission. 11 to 12 p.m.—Dance program from the Valenci | WRC—Radio Corporation of America (468.5 Meters). | 2 p.m.—Play-by-play account of the Army-Notre Dame foot ball game, broadcast jointly with WJZ from West Point, N. Y. 6:40 p.m.—Foot ball scores. v 6:46 p.m.—Bible talk by Maj. Wil liam A. Ganoe of the Army War Col- | lege. p.m—*National Representation Day,” under auspices of the City Club, broadcast with WJZ from the City Introductory remarks by Maj. Music bv the ~Selections by the | M. E. Church. dance pro- p.m. of the E ¥ New Yo 10:20 soprano. 10:30 p m.—Frivolity Club Orchestra, from WJZ, New York. 11 to 12 p.m.—Carlton Cdub Orches- tra. CUT WIRE SILENCES WRNY Cable Severed Between Hotel Roosevelt and Sending Station. NEW YORK, November 13! (#).— Broadcasting rom radio station WRNY, New York, was Interrupted last night, when some one cut the hle near the sending station on the New Jersey of the Hudson River above Fort Lee, N. J. Thej cable transmits the broadcast from 1he Hotel Ruosevelt, where WRNY is situated. to the sending station. The sending station has just been opened aud the leaddn’ wire has not vet been placed in a conduit, but lies on the ground in a sparsely populated stretch of country where the person who cut it was screened by trees and shrubbery. The damage was repaired in a few minutes, but no trace of the culprit was found. Radio listeners-in living in Wash- ington Heights and the Bronx have been complaining that the new radio station blankets others operating in a fleld which is already crowded. NIPPON LANTERN NEXT. Board Would Put It Near Tidlll Basin Cherry Trees. i ‘Washington's little hit of Nippon— the cherry trees, which bloom every April in pink confusion around the Tidal Basin—are to be supplemented by another bit of Japan, to be placed somewhere near the cherry tree girdle that heralds the return of Spring to the Capital. The National Commission of Fine Arts is awaiting a reply from Japan as to its suggestion that a gift to supplement the cherry trees from the mayor of Tokio take the form of an old Japanese lantern. with a sultably engraved tablet. A design for the lantern was submitted in elaborate form in 19: but the com- miselon at that time decided the composition was too large and sug- gested some smaller and more moderate gift. ]1 11:00—New York: Golden'a McAlpin Orchestra missing person Te) LONG RANGE RADIO ENTERTAINMENT SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1926. Programs of Distant Stations Scheduled for Eastern Standard Time —_— 4710 4:00—Baltimore: Elige. Nelson. o e h . traltoist ; O W e : ok v New York: T . 4:40—Philadelphia: Police reporte 5 TO ;, Farrell's Orchestra. . Musical program: Osbo others; organ recital: 6 TO 5:00—xe, S Chlcasr Staff; 6:00—Xe: imore : landman Cirele ; hnlt‘l‘u. News bulletin market Roston; e, Smilers: Eisenbourg's New York: Uncle Geebee: Univers Chicago: Children’ rogram. Hartford. Conn.: frub “Frio: Phli‘ldlfil‘::ut: Weather; Benjami t repo 5 8:10—Springfield v 15—\}:‘- "ork' al Jeveland: | ittt ure! 30——Philadeiph! :45—Davenport : AL S Orches elton ' Ensembio: P Westinghouse Bar g Adelphia Dance Ofchie himea concert: T T0 helton Ensembl Hi o armonica _artists. 7 - tol Orchestra: K. of P. studio farm tal RED * roll”call: “violl Bible talk organ ‘and ‘trumpet recit: rne’s * Orchestra: string 7 vork: Waldort-Astoria Orchestra. reports eport talk Stations. Meters. the World of 5 1.5 8.2 50 6 PM. T WBBM trio : 3 PM, WBAL Sinfonians ty Club Orchestra. piaaas wosson 1 £3853.8 25 2228382 SBmaE GonoHEn o == Soita stra. 5 58 b 8 P. Vanderbiit Orel in Riley’ 2 talk .. dy Mald: ., Carroll, Xew York Chicago organ: market an arket reports; organ recital s _Orchestra. Atlantic” City: N :lB—)(@llnrx'elDTIin ncin 30—y s 8:00—Atlantic City: Seaside Tri Chicago: Luilaby time; barn’ daner : police reports: Pu Quintet. . sololsts. ... .. reno sport tall i: ‘Morton concert. loist: Oreh vocal and piano ‘solofsta Al artiste dcBit Hour: songs 1 Co hic 2 Sprivgfield: K. Philadelphia: Newark: David § 24y Philadelphia: Farm tilk: concert: New York: Arcadians: science talk bonEA: mu tal concer medy ‘Troupe of t Salvation fcag 8:10—Springfield mphor 8:30—Loutsville-’ Blue Grass Tri Fort Worth:,Sunday, achool lesson .. Los Angeies: Evarts' Orchestra: soloi 9 TO 1 9:00—Los Angeles: Talks: Ev: Hartford, Conn.: Vocal soloists: Jorton: Buckminster Orchestra: New York: Virzinia Alex; program: _ talk, WIP Baltimore: Fitz Quartet . Newark: Voeal Chicago: Musieal New York: Ba talk &o! ors in a 1 program kit GN. KSD. rlando Firio songe Talk: Max Wechsler. vio! ity: Chelsea and Pregiden: New York New York: Atlantic €| ‘hicago: Vo Osborne’s Orchestra: quartet h: Pauline McCurry. rtland - Di oot ball 15—Philadelphia :30—San Francisco: Markets: Memphis: Booster Club progra s Angeles: Children' Dallas: Mozart Choral Clul m b recit 10 TO jamin Franklin D ind's_ Orchestra: ‘Around the Town' . Orchestra: piano m Iyslo an er, harmony t-am . Atlantic City: Studio program: Gardel New York: Straub and Lamrecht, weather reports .o New York: Inatruméntal program Baltimore: Colored Band Chicago: Classical concert . Chicago: Edrewater Beach Orchest Chicago: Light opera period . Lo Angeles: Paul Roberts . Cleveland: v Kaneas City Chics Bellaire d Ba Cineinnaty 1 Hartford, Conu.: Weather: Wo Los Angeles: Sunday_announcements 10:15—New York:Winter Constellation Springfield: Weather and Los Angeles: Feature program tall h, nle Male Quarte! st o P arts’ Orchestra: soloist . ngs ander. coloratura sopran and insfrumentai "artists’ . n-: linist t_Orchel 1 and instrumental program : safety planist . . scorea” . ren’s program : ;Iuwfiu e 1 PM. nco Orchestra . 0ods: Dixon Du n’ Pier Di Fuitaris ht rthy Hilly = Cineinnati: Vocal and instrumental program . Newark: Carlton = Orchestra . Hot Sorings San Francise Los Angeles Minneapolis Chicago: S ALl « ogram . and, mariet Tep o Mu Garden trio: Col Clagsical concert; WBAL Dance Orchestra 5 ke, an nn. Ork: Lopez's Dance Orchestra shin: Organ recital Hawaiian Quart 12 MID 12:00—Chicago: Bellaire Orch Oshorne’'s Orchestra ... York: D. Hound hour .. p vork: MecAipin l“:;ltn’::mcr. ios Angeles: Angelus Quartet .. Hichmond _Hill, Y. Musical Weinzoff's C rt Orchestra Los Angeles: Rondith program Chicago:_Songs: Meeker's Orcl Dallas: rltwp Rasoplo, violinist 12:45—Kansas City: :xm"nwk drolie; ‘Congress C hesira Plantation ports: sic Bo; Pler Orchestr pe’s Orchestra “arnival . harmonists 204 2,300 204 2,300 B9+ 1,183 942 1 TO 2 Al :00—Los Angeles: 10— mond. Hill, Ambass: N San_Francisco: C N. Y. Weinzoff's Or Clift Dance Orchest The Nutty Club . - * Radio Club n_ Sanders d: Kenin's Orchest Chicago: Vocal and instrumeéntal pro 2 7O 3 Frolic s ? 1 el 200108 Anbeios: Musical ‘progran Tos Angelos: oicats ador Orchestra.. W it chi ra 2 3 AL NEWS WILL BE GIVEN T0 ARCTIC SHUT-INS Chicago Station to Broadcast Re- view of Events to Regions TIsolated for Winter. By the Associated Pres PITTSBURGH, November 13.— News events of the last two months will be broadcast ‘tonight to Arctlc settlements by station KYW, Chicago, marking the first of a series of such programs from the four stations of the Westinghouse Electric and Manu- facturing Co. No mall or news has entered the Arctic reglon since the first boats after the Spring thaw, so KYW will inform residents of trading posts and detachments of the Royal Canadian mounted police that Gene Tunney is the new heavyweight champion of corld estructive hurri- e Bited Fistita, ané. the West Indles and broadcast various other news happenings of recent months. Residents of the region have | been provided with the schedule of broadcasts. _Station KFKX, Hast. ings, Nebr.; WBZ, Springfield, Mass., and KDKA. Pittsburgh,” will broad- cast later in the month. Tonight's program will begin at 10 p.m., Eastern standard time. CONTROL DECISION SEEN. Dill Looks for End of Deadlock at December Session. An early break in the deadlock over the radio control bill is to be sought by Senator Dill. Democrat, Washing- ton, author of the Senate measure. He expressed the hope that final action on this legislation could be obtained during the first few weeks of the ses. sion of Congress beginning Decem- ber 6 - % The principal stumbling block is disagreement between the House and PROCTOR DENIES GUILT IN SLAYING OF BUSCH Youth Pleads Not Guilty to Charges of Murder and Robbery. Trial Delay Asked. John Proctor, 19 years old, arrested after the early-morning gun fight in Petwerth several weeks ago when Po- liceman Leo Busch was killed, pleaded not guilty yesterday before Justice Hitz in Criminal Division 2 to charges of murder and robbery. Because of the lengthy indictment, the court at re- quest of counsel permitted the boy to remain seated instead of requiring him to stand, as is customary while a mur- der charge is being read. The law: explained that Proctor has been {ll. He was returned only Thursday from a hospital in Baltimore where he had been recovering from his wounds. The murder charge grows out of the killing for Policeman Busch and the robbery charge relates to the loot- ing of the Million-Dollar Grocery on Connecticut avenue three days, before the haomicide. Three others are charged jointly with Proctor. Assistant United States Attorney Horning asked that the case be set for trial November 22, but Attorney James B. Archer, representing the prisoners, objected and was allowed 10 days in which to decide on attack- Ing the indictment. Attorneys Alfred L. Bennett and C. E. Sanford also ap- pear for Proctor. The date of the trial ‘was left open. TRIBUTE TO RUDOLPH. Testimonial Luncheon Being Given by D. C. Employes Today. Officials and employes of the Dis- trict government will pay tribute to Cuno H. Rudolph, retiring president of the Board of Commissioners, at a testimontal luncheon this afternoon at the Wardman Park Hotel. Approx- imately 300 are expected to attend. | The handmade leather-bound book | containing the, autographs of about 500 municipal officials and employes ‘\\'(]l be presented to Mr. Rudolph by { Harry Allmond. A bouquet of flowers will be presented to Mrs. Rudolph. William P. Richards, District tax Senate as to whether radlo control shall be lodged with the Secretary of Commerce or a special commission. An early conference bhetween Senate and House conferees will be asked. assessor, will be toastmaster. Short speeches will be made by Commis- sioners Bell and Dougherty. Mr. Rudolph will respond. A reception and dance will follow the luncheon. [THE 'EVENING STAR. 4 |pending his application 4 |estate license, * WASHINGTON, IMONDAY PROGRAM | WILLCOST 00 Battery of Stars Before the Microphone Will Mark New Broadcasting Chapter. The radio program arranged by the National Broadcasting Co. to cele- jbrate the taking over of stations | WEAF and WJZ Monday is regarded generally as the final concession of the theatrical and musical world to the art of the microphone. Following this program, there will be but a few of the concert and operatic stars of the United States who have not at some time or other performed for the invisible listeners that form the radio audience of the | country. In Sharp Contrast. In this respect the program is in sharp contrast to the radio programs of two years ago, when the presenta- tion of an artist assoclated with the Metropolitan Opera Co. or the Chicago Opera Co. was considered an out- standing radio event. Included in the National Broad- casting Co.'s program are _such theatrical and operatic stars as Weber and Flelds, Will Rogers, Mary Garden, Tiffo Ruffo and Harold Bauer, of whom only Weber and Fields' have never before performed for the microphone. The program will bring the voice of Mary Garden on the air for the second time and that of Will Rogers for the third time. Most Expensive Program. Although ne announcement is made of the salarfes pald by the newly organized broadcasting company for the single performances by the many nationally known artists, it is under- stood the entire bill for the program will run close to $50,000, without doubt the most expensive program ever offered to radio fans. In addition to the artists already mentioned, it is expected that the New York Symphony Orchestra, the New York Oratorio Society and four or five of the leading New York dance or- chestras will perform for the radio fans on Monday night. According to present arrangement the program is to be relayed through 19 stations—WEAF, WJZ, WEEI, WBZ, WTAG, WTIC, WGR, WLIT, WRC, WCSH, WCAE, KDKA, WGY, WTAM, WWJ, KSD, WOC, WCCO and WDAF. ———— T TROUBLES DESCEND ON G F. CROISSANT Wreck, Threats and Now Fight to Get License Bother Florida Developer. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, November 13.—Troubles have muitiplied for G. Frank Crols- sant, Chicago subdivider and turfman, who first became known as a man of wealth obtained in real estate develop- ment in Florida during the boom pe- riod. Recently he and his wife and child nearly lost their lives when a motor bus ‘crashed into thelr limousine. Thursday he was guarded because of threats ‘telephoned to him, and yes- terday 2 of 80 persons, who have pro- tested against his real estate methods in Chicago, testified against him be- fore the State Department of Registra- tion and Education, before which is for a real Crolssant permitted his real estate license to lapse and when he sought another, found that the granting of It was strenuously opposed. CROISSANT SUES DEVELOPER. Asls $5,000,000 Damages in Florida Land Operation. NEW YORK, November 13 (#).— Suit asking $5,000,000 damages from Mark Rafalsky, a Florida real estate jdeveloper, was started in Federal Court here yesterday by G. Frank Croissant, a Chicago real estate opera- tor, Summons In the action was served, 04 7| with & copy of the complaint, which has not been filed. The action, according to the plain- Lfi’s attorneys, grew out of a land op- eration in Palm Beach County, Fla., which Rafalsky obtained. He split the land up into subdivisions. Croissant was one of the purchasers. PLAN BETTER GRADE OF “RURAL MOVIES” Country Life Association Managers Held 'Complaints Regarding “Ragged Ends." rate “movies” with which the rural districts are being flooded, it was an- nounced today that the American r | Country Life Assoclation is co-operat- ing through the Department of Agri- culture in endeavoring to secure a better grade of films for rural youth. Former Gov. Carl E. Milliken of Maine, officlal representative of Will H. Hays, czar of the movie industry, is to touch on this phase of farm youth problem at the annual dinner of the association tonight. Officials of the American Country Life Association are waging an active campaign, it was said, to provide “Main street” movie houses with & better and more wholesome type of film. Rural districts, they declared, are getting disgusted with the “ragged ends” of the movie output and do not understand why “Main street’” must wait two or three years on “Broad- way” for the better. class of films. What they want is more of the films of the “Covered ‘Wagon” and “The Big Parade” type and less of the sor- did “sex” films and slap-fack come- dies, which those who have studied the situation protest are being fed to the youth of the farms on their Saturday nights in town. The Department of Agriculture has taken up with Will Hays the question of improving the movie release throughout the country districts and assurances of co-operation have been given. Gov. Milliken, who will dis- cuss the rural movies tonight, also will deal with the influence of the mo- tion picture institution as an educa- tional medium for the betterment of international understanding. After brief sessions this morning. several hundreds of the delegates made a pilgrimage to Mount Vernon, accompanied by officials of the Depart- ment of Agriculture. There a wreath was placed before the tomb of George ‘Washington, who was described, in a brief address as the “first country life leader of America” by €. J. Galpin of i As a protest agalnst the second- D. C. SATURDAY; RADIO’S BEST OFFERINGS TONIGHT. Concert by the United States Army Band, WMAL, 8:40 to 9:10 o'clock. “National Representation Day” program, from City Club, WRC and WJZ, 7 to 8:25 o'clock. Walter Damrosch and his orchestra, WEAF, WEEI, WGR, WFI, WCAE, WW]J, WSAI, WTAM, WGN, KSD, WCCO and WDAF, 9 to 10 o’clock. St. Paul's A. M. E. Church choir, WMAL, 9:10 to 9:40 o'clock. Student concert by New York Philharmonic_ Society, WRC and WJZ, 8:25 to 10:30 o'clock. YADEN STRESSES DUTY OF GITIZENS New Federation President Declares D. C. Associations Truly Represent the People. Declaring that the citizens’ assocfa- tlons were more representative of the people of the Natlonal Capital than other organizations, James G. Yaden, the new president of the Federation of Citizens’ Assoclations and the Citi- zens’ Advisery Council, last night told members of the accomplishments of the assoclations in an address before the members of the Brightwood Cit{- zens’ Association in Holy Comforter Parish Hall, 6718 Georgia avenue. President Yaden said that the Fed- eration of Citizens' Associations had assumed a position of Importance in Washington and that the various citl- zens' assoclations were showing a greater interest each year in its ac- tivities, He spoke briefly on the or- ganized membership drive and urged every possible interest and co-opera- tion in making it a blg success. Suter Explains Membership Drive. Jesse C. Suter, retiring president of the Federation of Citizens' Associa- tions and former chairman of the Citi- zens' Advisory Council, was also a guest and speaker at the meeting, ex- plaining in detail the membership drive which started today and will continue through next Saturday. Mr. Suter, as chairman of the drive, urged the adoption of the slogan, “Lets make it unanimous." . W. Foster, chairman of the Brightwood Citizens’ Assoclation mem. bership drive committee, announced that headquarters had been opened at Georgla avenue and Madison street and would remain open until 10 o’clock every night during the drive. New Members Enrolled. Sixteen applications for membership were acted on favorably, as follows: C. Russell Riordan. Harry F. Reuth, R. L. W. Owens, J. Bernard, Joseph Curto, Percy E. Harding, John H. Bloss, Louls Becker, Frank F. Lell Rev. Willlam L. Mayo, A. H. Pool, A. J. Birmingham, Mrs. H. W. Syfrig, Samuel Culotta, A. Y. Casanova and ‘Thomas H. Mullenberg. ‘The condition of the old Brightwood Park School, - renamed the George Truesdell School, was the subject of a lengthy discussion by the members, following a report presented by Mrs. H. S. Parsons, chairman of the school committee. The report stated that in addition to the new elght-room build- ing being crowded, the old structure and three portable buildings were in a similar condition. The report was unanimously approved. W. McK. Clayton Indorsed. Elmer TF. Johnson presented a resolution, which was unanimously adopted, reaffirming its previous ac- tion indorsing Willlam McK. Clayton as a member of the new Public Util- ities Commission. The concreting of Georgia avenue between Rock Creek Church road and Buchanan street and from Fern street to the District line, was urged by John A. Saul. A resolution was also adopted urg- ing that the eligibllity for appointment 8, District Commissioner be in- creased from three to flve vears as a résident of the District. The assoclation, at the suggestion of B. A. Herriman, will take up the question of additional car facilities at various perfods during the day and evening, especlally during rush hours. President Coolidge will be urged to reappoint™Col. J. Franklin Bell, whose term expires in about six months, for another term of three vears as Engl- neer Commissloner of the District. Re-establishment of the 50-50 ratio of expenditures, which existed for 40 | years between the Kederal and the District governments; was urged in a resolution adopted. L. F. Randolph presented a resolu- tion, which was adopted, petitioning the opening of Fourteenth street and its extension from Montague street to the District line. TRUCK RUNS AMUCK. ll’lunges Two Blocks, Wrecks Car and Lamppost. Homeward-bound crowds were treat- ed to a thrill late yesterday when a heavily laden coal truck, belonging to G. B. Mullin, contractor, got out of control and plunged from F street almost to Pennsylvania avenue on Fourteenth street, stopping only when it wrecked a parked touring car be- longing to Officer J. R. Jenkins of the Traffic Bureau. The force of the impact broke & lamppost. No one was hurt. Finding that his driving shaft was broken Alexander Otey, the colored driver of the car, jumped to safety. $825 for Napoleon Autographs. NEW YORK, November 13 (#).— Napoleon’s autographs and manu- scripts, covering his period as consul and Emperor or France, brought $825 here yesterday in the sale of the Simon J. Schwartz library. the Department of Agriculture, who has made an extensive study of colo- nial agriculture. Tonight's program at the Willard Hotel in connection with the annual dinner will be devoted largely to a discussion of “International Rural Trends” by research leaders recently returned from tours of Europe. The program follows: “Europe's Farm Youth,” by Dr. C. J. Galpin; “Rural Europe's Tendencies,” by Dean A. R. Mann of the argiculture college of Cornell University; “The Women of Rural Europe,” by Miss Grace E. Frysinger of the Department of Agri- culture; “Some Observations on Rural Denmark and Germany,” by E. C. Lindeman, author and research stu- dent; “One and a Half Years in Rus- sia.” by E. T. Colton; “International Country Life Conference in Brussels.” by President Kenyon L. Butterfleld, who was on the international commit- tee on country life, and “Trends in Japan,” by Mip Michi, a Japanese stu- dent of agricultural problems. NOVEMBER _ 13, ' 1926. BANK BANDITS' CAR HUNTED IN DAKOTA Killing of Cashier in Fruitless Attempt at Robbery Still Is Unexplained. By the Associated Press. MINOT, N. Dak., November 13.— Three bandits, who shot and killed Cashier H. N. Peterson in a fruitless holdup of the Citizens' State Bank of Wheelock vesterday, are sought by au- thorities of northwestern North Da- kota. Reports of a closed automobile, bear- ing three men, speeding through sev- eral towns in Willlams County caused sheriffs and deputies in that direction to be on the alert. Just what occurred in the bank 18 & matter of conjecture. Peterson, who was 45_years old, was alone at the time. He was found by a customer, shot twice In the head. He died soon after. Bank officlals reported $100 in silver on the bank counter had not been touched. They believe Peterson was shot when he refused to open a_com- partment of the vault containing $3,000 in currency. One of the men that fled from the bank in the automobile appeared to be wounded, several Wheelock resi- dents said. If Peterson had a gun in the bank the bandits are believed to have taken it, as it had not been found late yesterday. G.” 0. Houghen, who went to the hank to transact some business, heard labored breathing in a rear room, and there he found Peterson lying on a small bed unconscious. Peterson died without regaining con sclousness. In his pockets were found the keys to the vault compartments, including the one containing $3,000. Sheriff A. S. Spicher of Minot and three deputy sheriffs started toward Wheelock immediately upon receipt of word here, acting on & report that the bandit car had headed this way. CITY WEARS HIGH HATS T0 MOVE Innovation Is Staged at Rial- to’s Private Showing of “Michael Strogoff.” Shades of Booth and Barrett—and even Willlam Shakespeare himself! Washington, in high hats, went to the movles last night! There was a bright-colored canopy from the entrance to the curb, a car- pet for silken slippers; crowds gath- ered to see the distinguished guedts enter the theater, and a chap took flashlight photographs. It was a gala occasion, something like the openings of the opera season—and the first time nce Ma). L’Enfant surveyed the marshes that Washington went to the movies in high hats. It Happened at Rialto. A little more than a week ago in- vitations were sent out to the pre- opening performance of ‘“Michael Strogoff” at the Rialto Theater. Carl Laemmle cordially requested a favored few hundred “to attend the private American premiere showing of the Jules Verne spectacular melodrama under the patronage of Count de Sar- tiges, charge d'affaires of the French Republic, R. 8. V. P.”" Also the invi- tation _ announced _ that “Michael Strogoft” was a_“Universal-Film de France triumph.” But the outstanding fact Washington went to the movies in high hats, although “Michael” is not a high-hat movie. Jules Verne wrote the story when the world at large was getting its first_taste of thrill fiction and before the days of machine guns, germ murders and telltale finger- prints. Therefore, it is rather old- fashioned. The ways of the villain are crude and out-of-date, but he jumps to the front with his nefarious schemes at least once in every 50 feet of film. He was the king-bee of villains in the days of Jules Verne and when grandpa was a lad. Fight Gives Real Thrill. ‘Two of the most impressive scenes of the photoplay are the fetes in the | czar's palace and the Tartar camp, but the real thrill comes in the fight between the hero and the villaln, a terrific struggle which may result in several American movie fighters los- ing their crowns. The fllm tells the story in a stupen- dous way—the wide sweeps of the steppes, the encampments and the mountain scenery—and it fllustrates the fact that it is possible to preserve the intimate story in the midst of spectacle. The close-up shots are en- tirely different from those of the American photoplays, and the French producers seem to have solved this particular problem. ‘The trials of Michael Strogoff have lived long in the minds of the older generation, and now the hero lives anew through the photoplay. But, anyway, Washington in high hats went to the movies. MAIL PLANE PASSENGER KILLED, PILOT ESCAPES Latter Leaps to Safety in Parachute as Craft Falls in California. By the Associated Press. that VAN NUYS, Callf, November 13. | [l —Donald Rossiter, 21, of Los Angeles, & passenger, was killed when a northbound air mail plane of the Pacific Alr Transport Co. crashed from an altitude of 8,800 feet into Whitley Canyon, 3 miles south of here, early yesterday. The pilot, Charles E. Widmer, also of Los Angeles, jumped to safety with the aid of his parachute. The crash occurred shortly after the plane had left Los Angeles for Seattle. Widmer told police he was flying at an altitude of 3,800 feet when he ran into rain clouds. He said he saw his ship was about to go into a tail spin and called to Rossiter, who also was wearing a parachute, to jump. He said he shouted to Rossiter twice more to Jump and then he himself leaped from the plane. ‘Widmer landed unhurt about a half mile from where the plane fell. He found the body of the passenger in the wreckage. Prowlers Ransack Church. Prowlers broke into the Church of Our Redeemer, colored, at 2255 Eighth street northwest, last night, broke up the pulpit and smashed into the room where the Bible and song books are stored. Rev. Danlel E. Wiseman, TRIAL BOARD FINES TWO POLICE OFFICERS Another Is Dropped From Rolls After Quitting Force With- out Giving Notice. Pvt. Franklin R. Gue of the mmht police precinct, who was charged with kicking plaster from the walls of a poolroom at 1331 H street northeast, recently while under the influence of intoxicants, and with using profane language Thursday was found gullty by the police trial board and fined $60. His suspension from duty was revoked and he was returned to his post yes- Pvt. Earl A. Harsley, who admitted a charge of failing to appear at an in- tersection near the Oyster School for | the protection of children from rush- hour traffic, was fined $20. Pyt Hars- ley said he intended to keep his assign- ment and gave as his excuse that he had had difficulty in starting his mo- tor cycle. “I finally got the thing started,” he sald, “but when I arrived at the intersection 1 was afraid if T stopped I would never get it started again, so I continued to the battery shop.” The board also ordered Pvt. Ralph M. Turner of the fowrth precinct dropped from the rolls of the depart- ment for absence from duty without leave. Evidence showed that Turner, who was charged with desertion, had turned his uniform in at an undertak- ing_establishment, instead of at his precinct, and had quit the force with- out giving the required 30 days’ notice. sy IARDINE PRASES HARNERS STAND Tells National Grange Need Is for Long-Time Policy and Self-Reliance. By the Associated Press. PORTLAND, Me., November 13.— The primary need of the American farmer is a long-time policy to insure a consistently prosperous agriculture, a_self-rellant personnel on the farm and a satisfying rural life, Secretary Jardine said vesterday in addressing the National Grange. He praised the ploneer efforts of the grange along the lines of co-operative marketing, and said the agricultural situation is better than In any year | sinee 1920, ire as a whole, the , showed an approx- imate net return on the value of the capltal invested in agriculture of 4.6 per cent,” Mr. Jardine said. “This compares with 3.1 per cent in the crop 1922-1923 and six-tenths of 1 per cent in the crop year 1920-1921. The results that have been achieved are due largely to the intelligent «nergy and determination of the farm- ers themselves.”” “Agricultural co-operation through a farmer movement is not afmed at giving the farmer special privileges over other groups,” he said. “It seeks simply the equality of opportunity for which the grange ‘and other bodies of sound thinkers have always stood. The economlc object is not to increase the price to the consumer, but to re. duce the spread which exfsts between the price that the consumer pay d | the price which the farmer receiv and to stabilize, on a consistent basis \h:. supply and prices of farm prod- ucts. The present agricultural situation except as to cotton, presents, not an emergency problem, but a group of problems requiring a long-period con. GANG PLANE WA FEARED IN ILLINOIS | Birger Faction, Bombed, May Retaliate From Air—Two Sheltons Jailed. By the Assoclated Press. MARION, 11, November 13.--A review of developments left Willlam- son County wondering today if the Birger-Shelton gang warfare would not take to the air. The thought was prompted by an afrplane bombing raid terday on Shady Rest, Charles Birger's road- house, 10 miles west of here. Carl and Bernie Shelton, leaders of the latter gang, however, had been removed from the zone of operations. They were in jail at Danville, IIl.. where they were taken late last night after their arrest on indictments charging complicity in a mail robbery at Collinsville, Ill., in January, 1925 Machine Guns Used by Gang. The afrplane ratd followed an early morning bombardment of two houses in West City, 20 miles north of here. by men alleged to be members of the Birger gang. The men poured a num- ber of rounds from machine guns and rifies into homes in West City oc- cupled by persons sald to be sym- pathizers of the Sheltons. Swooping down over Shady Rest, the plane, with an unidentified pilot. dropped_three bombs, crude, hand’ made affairs, but only one of the mis- siles exploded, and that without dam- age. Birger was not at the roadhouss at the time, but a number of his gunmen ran out and opened fire with rifles and machine guns. Their fire ap parently was ineffective, for the plane headed north and disappeared. Recelved Phone Call. Soon afterward Birger reported re- celving a telephone cail from two men describing _themselves as “Jardown™ Arms and Ray Walker, admitted mem bers of the Shelton gang. The call in formed him, Birger said, that his place had been hombed, and that there was a “message” for him in one of the mis- siles. Exhibiting _more bitterness than has marked recen: declarations against the Sheltons, Birger sald: “If we can find the plane that dropped the bombs we will bring it back here for a souvenir.” Ividently reallzing that his armored truck had heen antedated, Birger de clared that he. too, would get a plane and would use it. This statement pre. ceded one that the enemy plans might not have fared so well if his men had not first thought it a Government plana charting out a new air mall route. HEADS HIGHWAY CHIEFS. L. D. Blauvelt Named President of Association. PINEHURST, N. C.,, November 13 (P —Lewls D." Blauvelt of Denver, Colo., yesterday was elected president of the American Assoclation of State Highway Offictals, and the 1027 con- \‘lentiou Is expected to be held in that eft, rank T. Sheets of Chicago was elected vice pres dent and J. M. 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