Evening Star Newspaper, January 26, 1927, Page 15

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1927. ] i HEAVY RAINS DRIVE OHIO RIVER OUT OF BANKS. A view of the with one of the streets under two feet of water during the crest of the flood there, which has now passed on ff ing the Union rail to the Cincinnati region of the Ohio. The river at that city, r flood lower section, was reported today to be still rising AUTO BECOMES SNOW PLOW. With snow predicted as a weather possibility for the Capital in the next 24 hours, here is a timely sugges- tion for eliminating the labor of the snow shovel. By screwing up two bolts, this snow plow, devised by a motorist of Newburgh, N. Y., at- taches to any car and can be used to open up the driveway to the garage. Acme Photos. JURY ACOUIT vis, fundam who was acquitted by for the slaying of De lower section of F tsburgh, P oad station in the Acme Photc A TWO-POUND PRIZE PUP. Queen Titania, the smallest dog entered in the annual show at New York of the Pekingese Club of America, finds its prize cup just a comfortable receptacle. - The “Peke” is owned by ‘Wide World Photo: OR OF MURDER. . Chipps, wealthy lumber on the stand as he testified that the killing was in self-defense. Rev. J. Frank Nor- NGTON DEBS FOR| rst Baptist Church at Fort Worth, a charge of murder Fritl Lot and tobacco. Left to right nal president of the W. C. T. U Copyright by P. & A. Photos, SKIER TAKES RISKY LEAP. The camera catches a daring ski jumper in the middle of his leap over an icy chasm in the snow-clad mountains at St. Moritz, the Swiss Winter resort. A safe landing on the other side appears to be a dubious bet. Wide World Photos, ISWEAR LIQUOR AND TOBACCO. Societ ges at the W. C. T. U. meeting here, who yesterday pledged to abstain from the use of strong drink Miss Oli maidens of the Capital, now act Sherley, Miss Lucy Larner, Miss Sallie Phillips, Mrs. Ella F. Boole, . Larner, Miss Harriet S. Whitf and Miss Helen Prescott. Wask ; Miss Anna § AMERICAN GIRL SCORES SUCCESS AT PARIS OPERA. ary Me- Cormick of Amarillo, Tex., who is the first American girl to receive a contract from the Paris Grand Opera in 30 years. She is returning to America for a concert tour, after scoring her latest success in the Sa- lome role of Massanet's “Herodiade. Wide World Photos. - NORRIS ACQUITTED, | Fiovee i Get Nane BACK WITH FLOCK Of Town in Papers By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January | residents of Mount Ivy, N Jury Holds Fundamentalist| hamiet in Rockland County, ve day confessed they blew up a house Preacher Shot and Kl"ed there Sunday night because they Chipps in Self-defense. felt the place needed publicity, says the New York Herald-Tribune “There hadn't been anything about Rockland County in the New York newspapers for a month, explained Harrin Gurnee, in ad- mitting his connection with the explosion. A similar explanation was given by Gordon Rose, the other young man involved. loth were arrested by Deputy Sheriff Abe Stern after an investi- gation which disclosed several sticks of dynamite in the homes of Gurnee and Rose. The blast of Sunday night oc- curred in a house Into which Wil- Jiam Paddock and his aged moth er, newcomers to town, had moved | the previous day. Both escaped By the Associated Press AUSTIN, Tex., Janusz Rev. J. Frank Norris tods notive leadership of his large Baptist congregation at Fort Worth, acquit ted of a charge of murder slaying of Dexter E. Chipps church study July 17 last In acquitting the fundament: tor,’ & jury in District Court b ast night found that Dr. Norris shot | end killed Chipps in self-defense. The | verdict was in_conformity to the in structions of Judge James R. Ham-| (o0 W {iton, that if the evidence showed the njury. Jumberman _threatened the pastor when he called at the study to pro. test attacks on the administration of | HE R L7 COLUMBIA HOSPITAL G el | BOOSTERS HEAR BLAIR Verdict in Hour. The jury was under: ha e more | Division Leaders and Team Cnp-‘ reached a verdict lo-| tains in $150,000 Drive Have than an hour, but w porting for_an hour per Dr | E Luncheon. | | o | s resumed in cation of Judge Hami Norris. 'The pastor received nouncement friends crowded ta where he two and Dr. decl ment, but announce that he would pr prayer meeting Dexter E. ( #on the lumbs erdict was read mother It Iliness preve attending some division leaders and team cap-| ns of the men's organization in the | drive to raise $150,000 for Columbia | Hospital assembled at the City Club | for luncheon vesterday and were ad dressed by Henry P. Blair, a member of the board of directors of the hos-| | pital. Mr. Bla d this appeal is the first Columbia Hospital has | made and that it would be the last. | 1 Mr R after describing the | achievements of the hospital since it hed in 1866, pointed out per cent of its work is char: ity s for which it re from the District less than } the actual cost of the service hospital. He added the drive is being held so t ity service may continued over a period of several years, after which | time the institution will be self-siis- | talning. Others who attended were: George Calvert [ leaders, James P. Shic Vandoren, Harry Eaton Murphy am. captains, Alfred H awson, Charles P. McCurdy, Edward Farren, Medford P. Canby, Herbert J. S. Allen, riffith War tanley D, thur P Asa E M. The sons torney Norr r s that ice | s It of | work in to the | Indicted arson ning be tr the luncheon ie; division | Lucien H and Dick SPEAK AT B.RIGHTWOOD. | of Board of Education Associ Members Address Civic ation Willis, Drury A s80. Charles R Baker Livie and Road matters Militar and civic ity for tion were dis co-opera all team members, will be held in the of the Willard Hotel, on 2, at noon, and the opening the campaign will be held of the Willard on ting of and and women dvanc plans men red Fel dinner A |in the room ary of ballroom 3 55 ntendent Clark and Miss ¥ musical program was given Mrs. | ¥ at 7 o'clock. Virginia Washington. ~ Mr Jennie | G John A. Johnston, general Humes and Dr. E. B. Scott of Howard |chalrman of the campgign, will pre- Universitys side over these meetings, R Merritt by | with red the popular color. | CONDUCT MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR LATE BISHOP HARDI) Cathedral yesterday for services in commemoration of the eighteenth annivers: second Bishop of Washington. Bishop James E. Freeman (wearing stole) eulogized the life and work of the late bishop in his memorial address. | | | | | | Episcopal clergs of the consecrat ev. Alfred Harding as the Washington Star Photo. AMERICAN MEN STRONG FOR SPORTING APPAREL Merchant Tailors in Convention at| Memphis Tell of Trend for Sport Clothes. ed Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., American men not_ only ing more money for formal formal and business dress, but they | are going strong for properly ““I”"‘HH‘O\IA"‘ 1 sport wearing apparel, in the opin-! l.v*\nn' ions of delegates attending the eight- | P eenth annual convention of the tional Association of Merchant Tatlors of America. | Stylists dec! that American sportsmen, professional and amateur, are demanding the best to be had in FAIRNESS FOR LABOR sport clothes and Just the right things | AND CAPITAL IS URGED in the way of a sories. The ward- —_— — robe of ever, n..--,» st | 9 1 " robe of every well dressed man must|p%gident of American Federation now contain tailored hunting coat it measures up to fashion's decrees, Deplores Lack of Frankness Over Disputes. By the Associated Press LONDON,, January 26, one’s way to health is the latest fad | a8 advocated by Dr. Octavia Lewin and other physicians. “Never stifle 8 sneeze,” she advised health visitors and school nurses at Bedford College. “Remember, the fundamental fact health is sound, healthy breathing the nose,” cautioned Dr who continued: “Never sniff. verse to keep in mind 3 nd hi Sney By the Associa January 26.— | spend- semi- | ad Riding habits and polo suits go along with the hunters’ and golfers’ | correct attire in the pronounced trend toward style perfection. At today’s style show 50 models will be on parade demonstrating the vari ous tailored garments the:well dres: ed man should wear, and ranging from golf suits and ulsters to the cut- away and evening dress. LOVE LETTE.RS ON SALE. | NEW YORK, Jam | Love letters written by | peace Thackary to Mrs. Jane Brook: | fleld, over a period of five vears, are to be sold at auction here next month. There are 65 of the missives de- scribed as “full of tender, Victorian yearnings.” By the Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. January 26. Mutual fairness and justice between |the employer and employe was urged here last night by William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, who declared labor differ- ences are not insurmountable, if rea- son prevails. “I would rather see them sitting around the conference table than ‘fighting it- out,’ and it i¥ more- cer- tain that justice will prevail in the end,” he declared. Pointing out that in States where differences had .existed between the employer and -employe both sides had suffered, Mr. Green d red faflure to settle such differences was caused by lack. of frankness, William Make- Sneezing Way to Health Is Newest Fad Advocated by London Woman Physician zing | “BABE” RUTH IS ACCUSED | OF VIOLATING LABOR LAW | Charged in San Diego With Placing | Children on Vaudeville Stage ‘Without Permit. Associated Press \ DIEGO, Calif., January George Herman (Babe) Ruth, ball's home run hero, is out $500 and the police another bench warrant ordering his arrest as the re of action police court here yes Fhenew ed soon | the for $500 s bail in the action brought against Ruth by Stanley Gue, deputy State labor commissioner, charging him with violation of the State labor law in having children appear on the stage in his vaudeville act without a permit from the Labor Department. The check, signed by a lieutenant of police in Long Beach, was received in the afternoon mail by Chief of Police Patrick, and turned over to Paul_Connors, bailiff of the City Jus- tice Court. When no one appeared in the home run hitter’s behalf the bail was ordered forfeited and the new bench warrant -was ordered. ' - Judge Claude L. Chambers-said he did not know when the warrant could be served on Ruth, but that if Babe returned to California, an attempt would be made to try him. PR Retired After Thirty Years. Master it Charles C. Boyd, 6th Field illery, at Fort Hoyle, Md., has bén placed on the reti after B ORI R SN S your nose instead.’ of nasal hygiene is very | vesponsible for defects of the | It will be found that nearly all | schools who wear d heads. ke a lesson from the elephant. If | he, with a yard and a half of nose, can keep his head clear, surely we ought {to b able to do something with our | childr: Even the little mouse, and Ithe canary know how to sneeze.”” iff not—blow I Kk 1 syes | the children in our | spectacles have clog hould > animal Take By the 26 base nave received in ;GETS CITIENSHIP BACK ; TO TESTIFY TO JURY South Carolina Governor Restores Rights to Aiken Man, Witness in Lynching. was i By the Associated Press. COLUMBIA, 8. C., January 26.— The first act of executive clemency of his administration was performed by Gov. Richards yesterday in re- toring to Heyward Martin of Aiken his citizenship rights in order that he may testify before the Aiken grand jury concerning the Lowman lynching. Martin was_ convicted in Aiken County court last October of receiv- ing stolen goods, and was sentenced by Judge Martin McMann to serve 60 days. No part of this sentence was remitted in the governor’s order, as Martin has completed serv- ice of the sentence. The pardon re- stored citizenship rights in view of | list the fact that the State may need his|tion, service as witness, £ : 7 Member of House Told Page to Vote In Joke, He Admits A practical a green pa boy to vote House roll call Monday had sequel in the House day, with its instigator, Representative Sin- not of Oregon, receiving applause from his colleagues. Sinnot said the newspapers wrong in_saying that Ha Brown, Washington corre: for the Salt Lake City had told the page to cast for him, and that when th called the name of Representativ Brown of Wisconsin the boy voted The Oregon Representative then owned up that he, himself, in a joking way, had told the boy to vote for “Brown,” and that before he could stop him, the boy voted. Harry J. Brown was present, but EDITH DAY GIVEN DIVORCE BY PROKY Deposition From London Wins Her Decree From Pat Somerset in Minneapolis. caused on a joke which yeste were y J ndent Tribune, vote l | | By the A MINNF divorce Marie | er) playing in London The decree was granted In Dis Court yesterday, after Judge Thomas | i1. Salmon had been told in a depo | sition by Miss Day that her husband took no part in the conversation. | P; Somers: ck Holme-Sum The vote was not recorded, as |mer) beat h to support her tally clerks recognized that a mis- |and flauntec homie His &F take had been made. fairs with SPEECHLESS BANQUET &+ PLANNED BY BOAR 737 Reservations Have Been Made for Trade Body's Midwinter Dinner. k A Holme. intoxicated friend can swine K of Miss threw Day. mother Somerset once t his wife paying L pported bruary, week urney ac rehearsal was _fol s debts | the deposition | tinued. e | When I lef I had only | to last me ocean and thr ‘Rose Marie taken salary the of Otto Kl of the to arrive fron Dr app nter affair one | counse ns formal ad- | gala program ainment is bein D, to to He by and s Two Homes Robbed. The home of James R. Nash, 302 'V street northeast, was burgarlized early last night, a gold watch and | chain valued at $40 and a ring, worth $15 being stolen. Margaret T. Keenan, 1614 Ninth street, asked police to in- vestigate a robbery committed in her |S. Calvary, at Fort Clark, Tex., has home last night. Articles of wearing | been ordered to this city for duty at apparel and dishes valued at §50, were [the War Department with the Amer- BLolode \ n:a batile monuments commission, of them widely known as orators, and 2 including 50 members of Congress, will | NEW COUNSELOR IS DUE attend the annual Midwinter banquet session of the Washington Board of | RMAN EMBASSY Trade, to be held at the New Willard | AT GE s Hotel Februar: th will be no | T & , an an-|Dr. Otto Klep Will Succeed Dr. nouncement today by Dr. Frank E.| " ” £ Gibson, chairman of the dinner cor Dieckhhoff, Who Is Transferred mittee. to London. Irade this year again will make the inted ature of the Midw rman er sy, 18 of entertainment and ed here at 4 o'clock New of professional ente jassume his dutles as cessor arranged | Dr. Hans Heinrich Dieckhoff Wilmot Trew today began the task | will be met at Union Station enough to satisfy the tastes of the|escorted to his tempor quarte 737 men who have made reservations|at Wardman Park Hotel. for the banquet. Mr. Trew is being| Dr. Klep ved in New York and T. Brooke Am jr. lumbus. His wife now at their The general arrangement committee | Berlin home, but is expected to join will meet with Mr. Gibson Friday eve- | him here after several months of the entertainment Berlin and until his e a s appointment to held next week. i # his present post had been in charge Secretary of the Navy Wilbur and|of the press department of the Ger- President Coolidge, have aécepted in-| Dr. Dieckhoff, the f " 2 eckhoff, ‘ormer coun- Vitations to attend the banquet as spe-| selor, left Washington about twa clal. guests, weeks ago for London, where he will in the British capital, Previous to his appointment here he had been attached to the London staff for Although more than 700 men, many formal speeck ording to Following tradition, the Board of - newly ses of all sort: fternoon York of planning a menu replete and varied | members of the embassy staff assisted by R. . Wafle, George Miller | Monday from Bremen on the Co- ning to go over plans a rel rsal | The new counselor is a native ot F. Stewart Crawford, secretary to|man government. be counselor of the rman embassy about four Ordered Here for Duty. First Lieut. Redding F. Perry, U.