Evening Star Newspaper, January 27, 1927, Page 17

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, B ¢, THURSBDAY, JANUARY 27, 1927 T OF W U. Present on statue of Frances W. Wi in Statuary Hall at the Capitol tending the < el anization place dent of the W. (. Represent Ric Anna A. Gordon, vice pi lent; Miss 1 Mrs. Ella A. Boole, president of the W RIVER BOATS TRAVER the factory district of Ci the flood waters of the Ohio Riv station, was reported (o be Mrs. Dorothy Sherman Pierson, who will be guest soloist at the con- cert to be given by the Vipi Musical Study Club at All Souls’ Memorial Hall next Saturday eve- ROME PAYS TRIBUTE TO OMAHA. Miss Ruth Thompson, young American prima donna of Omaha, Nebr., who has scored a notable suc- cess in her operatic roles in the Italian capital. The young singer, who studied in New York and Italy before making her debut, plans to return __to America shortl Herbert Photo %Joy Kills Mother, | Who Finds Son Is Saved From Flood SENATE AS FORY PRAISED BY WALSH | JEFFE Hopes Debate Rules Will Not| Be Made Too Rigid, Says Massachusetts Member. the Associated Press. RSONVILLE, Ind., Rushing from the her mother to the flooded Ohio River, where she had been told her sop Leonard, 22, was being down stream on the rog Alice Mo - here, was over. ned Leonard v died & few minutes i G Janu- 2 hnmue of r | ; 22, | the the | Declaring that the Senate only remaining open forum world,” Senator Walsh of M achu SLAYER-PASTOR BACK main free” through the retention of its present rules, which protect State rights. The House, he said, is bound | Norris Greeted With Enthusiasm When He Returns Exonerated From Murder Trial. | N by ironclad rules which “prevent the development of statesmanship.” Senator Walsh's remarks w in the nature of a reply to the “propa ganda againt the e and were made in his address at the closi quet of the Middle Atlantic TEXAS BU were killed to Austin CRASH TAK! nd 5 seriously in I ex., to )l: a bxl\lml Sho receding today HEAVY TOLL OF LIVES. ured when an express train struck it at Round Rock, Tex TS IN CINCINNATI FLOOD. showing a couple of big river stea The flood at that city, which caused after reaching the crest A AN ORIGINAL NOTE IN HAT STYLE! in feminine headgear attracted a “freak fashion” show at Los Angel A view of the ball game when "Il‘ ac ent occurred. view ers st ] at the foot of M aying out of their course on abandonment of the Union rai yesterday. This startling achievement good_deal of attention at a recent es, Calif. It is worn by one of the l n\lrl\\mnl by Underwood & wreckage of the motor bus in which The students were making the trip fron Miss Mary Deery, dancer, who will e one of the entertainment es for the Midwinter dinner of the Washington Board of Trade to be held February 5 at the New Willard Hotel. featw SENATOR MAY BECOME “BIG LEAGUER.” Senator George Whar ton Pepper of Pennsylvania, who, according to press dispatches, may be offered the presidency of the American League, demonstrates his fond- ness for the national pastime. He is shown at bat in a game with the Senate pages at the Capitol. Copyright by Harris & Ewing this _youngster the outlook for his native land as the cameraman hap- pens along. Dy Underwood ght by & Underwood 10 students of ‘I : the university \1 me Pl lxn\u\ tailers’ Association convention at Willard Hotel Tribute to Asociates. B Associated Press FORT WORTH ¥ Norris ist preacher stically by January Dr. militant fundamen v greeted enthu- | E his followers when he | returned home last night from Aus- | tin, where he was acquitted Tuesda for the slaying of D. E. Chipps Cheers burst from the crowd of | several hundred persons that met | Plan the minister when he stepped from | islation an interurban car that bore him from Dallas, and he was given an ovation @ is he reached the First Baptist | of which he is pastor. Burn hted the e immediately to e build 1djoi epare for last 1 which he forn It was in the shot and killed the lumber inst attacks the minister o1 Mescham of Fort Worth FUGITIVE ARRESTED. Suspect in $200,0f Held YORK, J BELT COUNTY PROPOSED FOR CAPITAL SUBURBS | rest Glen, € ““The chief qualific manship. sclousness ponsibility larger num who have this present.” Continuing, he dc B0 years from now members terms yme And | Meeting at F However, Views Impractical—Leg- Discussed Special Dispatch to e | Proposal some ate in speak. enerations t such a o ns tlon’ be ake v Id have pare of | named Jeffersa » count . in honor of the gre wi de night of the a at Dbefore Mont County Suburban Civic ¥ tre of North W that portions Prince ( roper suburban sec American statesmar n gomer ation side of Mor Counties v in order to form of ¢ uished fror 1l with view ¢ n |in the State constitution 00 Jewelry considered impracticable action was taken New York resoluti was ' v further delay in the and the | mental adminis was appointed 1 and stud who w ing to plan which are at api meedir ing b follower Norris July wher Missc 4 ed th t Dr | hosed id > the n Made President interests chang plan w no defi the essity for the Theft and urg Ning m of A com passed park and d new tration nd report to the a call for representa expected napolis. Al View and H. W Lioyd G re mem mittes of @ cha issue anotl tion to be nized aphs atter | Phil lip G hat | chairman « from ‘ Wazrner rs of and Stephen Jam while he toosevelt in APPLE DUTY RAISED. cting last night was attended 60 citizens, representing 15 al associations outside the eas of Montgomery County, presided over by Mr. Wright, who is president of the Suburban Civic Federation 0 or ! Ontario Minister's Order Incr D. C Dispatch to The ALTIMORE, Md., Jan 1. Wood of W s held in Traffic ler $500 bond for charge Decrr Motorist Arrested. Levy on Importations A ster o} on Specia i William D. ¢« terday Februar OTTAWA, Ontario o toms ha Orders for Capt. Montgomery. Wil e, shington, Court y 1 hear of 1 1 who Wl on | taken to a local ho: uffering s under which, it was said, the | from shock. The police e Wood 4 could be evaded in certaincases. failed to stop bis aulomobiles I rais dumpir of C1 Montgomery At San Francisco, h been ordered to this city for duty in the off Judge Advocate Gen- cral, Wax Department, m an was | judge advc 1 e | A few ng is | father, Berlmqs “Human Fly“ Gets Stuck By the Associated Press BERLIN, January Berlin’s best knowr ils himself, is having rd luck episodes in artistic that is most distresbing to him ays ago Max climbed up building on Unter den | ot stuck near the top rescued by the fire de. to court, mbing human | | | | Ma i fly | of |life b | the facade of | Linden, but {and had to b | partment. Summoned bv going to the courthouse and climb. | ing, he thought. unobserved, up the outside of the building, intending {JUDGE JUSTIFIES GIRL IN SLAYING OF FATHER| | Dism S Kentucky Prisoner, ! Who Says Parent Made Im- proper Proposals. Associated Press BETHTOWN, Ky ving that her act " County Judge H. B charge ¢f murder : Hazel Huffines, 16, who was given {preliminary hearing here |in connection with the slaying of he Ben Huffines, 61, at their home | near here Monday | Between sobs the girl | father’s three improper | her, and how, on Mond: | mother went to a stere, ‘her father | sent her brother to a neighbor's and ttacked her. She said that was when she shot him. In dismissing the charge, Judge Fife If ever there was a shooting ustifiable, this one was.” By, the EL 7.—1 January fiable missed the told of her proposals to when her “Y" Publicity Director Dead. W YORK, January 27 (®).—L Armstrong Kern, publicity director of he National Council of the Young Men's Christian Assoclation, died yesterday, l series | he | | proceeded to execute another faux pas | 16, And Is Rescued by Fire Department | to make a dramatic entrance by step- | ping into the courtroom on the | floor through one of the windows | Unfortunately Climbin | picked the wrong part of the {for his climb and, stepping into an empty room, found e door locked. Forced to beat a retreat down the out- | side ~the he had come, Max of a policeman. took him up the right and when he emerged it was on'his way to jail to serve a | fortnight’s sentence for his disap I proved : ituresoment |FLOGGING LAW UPHELD building t way his time, Supreme Court Reverses Fine Against County Prison Official Assessed by Lower Tribunal. By the A RALF ociated P GH, N Flogging convicts rolina, the State Supreme | unanimously ruled yesterday. | Justice Stacey, who delivered | opinion, said objectors to the should look to the legislature remedial action. | The case came before the Supreme | Court on appeal from Superior (ourt | where Judge A. M. Steck fined L. Reavis, Buncombe County, superin- tendent of prisons, §75 and costs for whipping Lee Cody, a prisoner. The lower court judgment was reversed. The chief justice said the only ques- tion involved was the power of the legislature to enact a flogging law and the court held that such power existed. The flogging law was passed by the 1923 legislature. ., January legal in North Court Chief the law for is | : ¥ive important streets of /Manches- ter, England, which now have doubl street car tracks are to be made- one: {way streets with one track, third | Max" | | | | | | {hotel man IN NORTH CAROLINA | JURY INDICTS FOUR MEN IN $35,000 MAIL THEFT| One of Quartet Under Arrest Minnesota—Robbery Occurred in St. Paul in 1924. Assaciated Press. WINONA, Minn., January Four men were indicted he te yes- terday the Federal grand jury connection with the 000 mail rob- bery in south April 17, 1924, Those named indictments, which list six are Frank W chief of police Dan Hogan, in| By the by in o Paul in the counts former St. »mmer, Paul St. Paul restaurant and it of road former Western George the Chicago at South St. Reuben B. Blaul, reat Paul Lilley, alias Blackie Car- ter, St. Paul, previously indicted on a arge of robbing the Superior, Wis., post office of $70,000. Hogan already is under arrest in St. Paul and warrants are out for| Blaul and Lilley. The authorities | said Sommer would not be arrested, s they said he would “come in” when- ever wanted. *»The indictment charges robbing of the mails and conspiracy to commit the crime. Five counts cover the robbery charge and one count refers to the conspiracy. Child Has 11 Grandparents. JORDANVILLE, N. Y., January 27 P).—When Mr. and Mrs. Harold N. Harter of this Herkimer County Vil- lage read in the-paper thal little Anna Elizabeth Garrett of Albany, Georgia, had ten living grandparents they said: “Well #fhat’s nothing—our son has eleven.” Bruce Hal ld Harter, not yet two years old, i§f cuddled by two grand- mothers, vo ~ grandfathers, four great-grand@others, two great-grand. fathers and one :roatgreu nd' mother, the ‘mention | $509,209,985 SPENT | year 1926, | collections in tl | heaith, POLLY RE(] A VOCAL LESSON. Miss Lorraine Foster, hailed as the “Pa an prima_donna” on a concert tour of South American countries, from which she has just returned, instructs the loquacious polly at the Pan-American Building in the higher art of song. Wide World Photos. Japanese Boys Hold‘ Ammerican Gite Eat OMUBOLED ALIENS Pednuls'loo ()penlv ARE Hl JAEKED" By the Associated Press. TOKIO, January 27 women are too se h and too a tive and young girls show lack of decorum by eating peanuts on the streets, in the opinion of Japanese school boys who visited the Uni States. These opinions were lished by Kajyu Nakamu member of the House of Pee managed the Western tour 100 students. The great size Americ: {zo Chinese Taken From | Truck in California—U. S. Officials See Ransom. who of the ¢ American build- | 7, the Assoclated Press ings, the cleanness of the streets as compared with Tokio’s, and the enormous number of automobiles impressed the se, did their cordial rece by Califor- nians. The students liked America very much, but were puzzled by the freedom permitted women. 27~Hi- f aliens has in California, tion auth here believe. | The officers yeste were investi- |gating the reported disappearance of |20 Oriental aliens from & truck near Bakersfield. George Carrere, an official of Fra- zier Mountain Park, reported seeing the aliens unloaded from piano cases, which were b transported by truck on a He sald several I ration ors forced | drive: o their custody af the empty truck about and headed it Governmem Expended | \d the driver for Los Angeles. The Huge Sum in States ation officers” and thefr During 1926. ses disapp and officials here ng hpear IN PUBLIC LAND WORK|; Federal | expressed the opinion the Chinese are being kept in hiding by the hi-jack who ext coll beli t tribut for the A total of $509,209 by the Federal G T public land States during All of the Stat in which | this sum of more than a half billlon | dollars was spent are west of the Mis- | sippi River, with the exception of Alabama and orida. The score States ntributed about $1 for 2.56 expended by the der: ment in 1926, a total of $197,7 3 having been collected in the States, a ‘yw‘,‘ e difference of $311,4 3 between | 4 \" & Carol and the Fed- L e ed in today's ¢ B. Page © ave been n border ar to across tl CAROLINA PAPER SOLD. Page Estate Takes Over Wilming- ton Star. . N. Wilmi ment in the 2 the f | of | every | ary 27 Morning oldest daily, to lumbus, Ga., will dition of that iy as- nt of the eral expenditur The public land Stat lation of 24,804,958 pe 21 pe nt of the total population of the United States, and cover an area of 356 square miles, or about 60 per ‘cent of the total area of conti nental United S In the order Post Office Depar with a total of $133 Int Department stz with an expenditure of $10 principally for reclamation, administering the main, war pensions and the Indians. Expenditure of $10 . 231.81 for veterans' relief by the Vet erans’ Bureau places that establish- ment third in rank of money spent. | The States classed as public land States are Alabama, Arizona, Arkan- sas. California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Da. kota, Utah, Washington and Wyo- ming. ve a popu- | more than g i and publishes feernoon at Columbus, . and Bradenton, O. Carr, presid 1d prior to the Just beeri consummated, " statement that - will he . {today's Star, say that | pany’s decision to part with | property was based solely ability to give the paper entlon because of dutie |lines. * INCE RANCH IS SOLD. Carl ‘papers ¥ the Star es Davis, sale, which has in a signed published in the com the Star on its in- proper at along other . Holn Lnemmle Agrees to Pay Widow $665,000. | LOS ANGELE | Arrangements for Thomas H. Ince ranch at Benedict Canyon to Carl Laemmle, film.pro- ducer, were revealed yesterday by the filing of a petition by Mrs. Ellen P. Ince before Judge Cr its ap- val and confirmation ording to the terms of the sale, emnile b greed to a price of January 27 (P the sale of the Grid Star Held as Bmdxt. CLEVELAND, Ohio, January 27 (#).—Francis Gaul, star halfback on the John Carroll University gridiron squad last year, was granted a con tinuance and released on yesterday on charges of highway rob bery and carrying concealed weapons, ,000. Since Ince’s death his widow Gaul is alleged to have been one of | and children have lived on the ranch, four holdun men Waio robbed two men ! but its xnnlmemnoe cost hu com- nd N y for