Evening Star Newspaper, March 6, 1927, Page 23

THRONG ENTHLSES RRULETT | OVER 4,000 See Washington Opera Season Close in Burst of Glory. The season 1%, ington Opera Co., Edouard Albion, di | rector, ended in veritable blaze n)f] &lory night when audience and | singers alike xeemed in gala enthu siagife mood and Verdi's * 7 i ded the vehicle” for 2 " evening of real It n opera at the ' Washa m - Audi orauta r. Atbion ! Klated th sre anors han ne audence and there were mny music lovers aniong | .th euch tamiliar air, du ait, in he famous quartet lasg the audien was aniwipating the melodious § in sore for them and, in the | of the quartet, applauss sounded | or.h before cven a nole wus sung; | also in the cuse of the famous tenor air, Donna e Mobi this was | true tne orchestra aded the epening phrase of the melody ] Thomas Wins Laurels, | The evening s :aurels belon - most to the American baritons Charles Thomas, who returned to the ! scene and company of his first nwm.h»i appearance in another Verdi work, o sing the title role superbly in this performance of soletto.” Alwa he was the d them or,, of “the slert treat patic personage and | cach note of his many airs was clear, balanced, true. His krench diction was excellent and he seemed to really live his part. Even Chalapin did not receive a greater ovation than John Charles Thomas, the American, in appearances with this company. Mr. Thomas' Rigoletto has individuality suthority and vivid reality, Second to Mr. Thomas came Luella Melius, who “stopped the show” in the | previous production of “Lakme.” She scemed in excellent voice and to feel | appreciatively the enthusiasm of her | udience. After the “Caro Nome' | nd sgain in the duet with Rigoletto, ‘Piangi fanciulla,” Miss Melius re ceived definite personal ovations. This | is indeed a role that shows her vocal powers effectively. Third in the list of those receiving special medals, figuratively speaking, was a third American singer. Sigurd Nilssen, the voung basso. who alsy made his initial appearance with this company in an opera last year. Ralph Errolle Pleasing. The hero. Ralph Errolle, appeared to ntuge especially in the quartet and s rs of both first and last acts well. In the wooing of Madda- Jena, that forms the first part of the famous quartet. there Wwas more warmth and depth to his volce than any other time. The air that preceded ihis was much more lyric in its color. Doris Doe, yvoung American con- tralto, made her first appearance with 1he local company in this performance. She showed a very pleasing quality | and a good sense of the dramatic. She quite upheld her share of the quartet and her notes in the repetition of this number, after she had overcome all | nervousness, were clear and mellow | without sign of tremulo. 5 Mary Apple, a young Washington contraito with a promising voice, had & small but effective bit as the page, ! and Rosa Pollio and Doris Morrow were other local singers who reap- peared in the list of Washington Opera singers. Miss Pollio, who, due to illness, has not been with the com- pany for some time, was very good in the role of Giovanna, the nurse. This opera, with its very familiar score and traditional settings, was a happy selection at this time. Never has an audlence received an’ opera with more heartiness than last night, and most of all did they receive with welcoming applause and waving pro- grams John Charles Thomas. Conducts in Good Taste. Alberto Bimboni _conducted with | good taste, 50 that always the orches- | ira was as an obbligato to the singers, | and the roundly-thumping phrases of this “war horse” of operas that out- lives many a less gaudy work with sublime survivance in _practically every opera house in the ‘world de- lighted thousands of Washingtonians again. Enrica Clay Dillon, who also has returned to the local company’s fold in the role of stage director, deserves @ word of praise. The orchestra and chorus members individually should have a shake of the hand for their co-operation. The short ballet num- lLer in the first act, directed by Paul Tchernikoff, deserves favorable men- tion. In fact, a rousingly good time seemed to be had by all. Who says that “familiarity breeds contempt’? Tt hardly seems true of some operas end most audiences. Members of Company C. The members of the company in- cluded: Virginia Amberg, Norma Bell, Veta Boone, Florence Brady, Swanee Crofton, Mary Dowd, Esther Dudley, Phoebe Gates, Alicegene Graves, Ruth Hutchinson, Esther Hoimes, Charlotte Hoover, Margaret Lane, Louise Met- calf, Lucie Murray, Mildred O'Neill, Ruth Perry, Frances Royal, Leona | Riley, Ethel Roddy, Josephine Soukop, Tharlotie Turner, Dorothy Tyler. Mary Apple, Alice Brennan, Elizabeth Dickson, Lisette Follmer, Gertrude Kuufman, Lida Lea, Edith Mack, Marie Muse, Eulalie McEachran, M: rion Paull, Kathleen Schiup, Emily Watts, Nelson Anderson, Edmond Boyer, Roy Carty, Joseph DiMeglio, Raymond Escherich, Willis Fisk, Carl | Horn, Romano Mascetti, Arthur Par- | sons, J. B. Peat, Hugh Smith, Wil- fred Smith, Isaac Simon, Henry Starr, Paul Beckert, George Beuchler, Rus. | sell Burroughs, Ernest Brault, Rich- | ard Hubbard. W. R. Hughes, Paul Kvale, Edwin F. Ludwig, John O'Brien, David Ramsdell, Paul Solem, Adolph Turner. Corps de ballet—Catherine Browne. Dorothy Burr, Jean Dens- more, Olive Ruth Hathaway. Alice Loulse Hunter, Mollie McDonnell, Marcelia Palmer, Georgette Yarby. H. F. BYRD WRITES MESSAGE. | Special Dispatch to The RICHMOND, Va., March Byrd is at work on the m will_deliver before the sembly March 16, when the special | session of 30 duys begins, It is ex.| pected the message will be brief and largely a resume of the measures that | Wil be presented for consideration C. H. Morrissette of the Leglslati Reference Bureau is preparing the bills_carrying into effect the recom.| mendations of the Reed committee and he will also prepare the smendments to the constitution, which will be con sidered at this session Elections are to be held Tuesday to select two members of the Senate | and two members of the House to fill vacancies. The new members will serve only 30 davs. ! . ‘Women to Hear Speaker. Publicity chairmen of the Prince Georges County Federation of Wom en’s Clubs will attend a lantern slide talk on “exhibits” March 9, at 11 a.m., at the United States Department of Agriculture Co.operative Extension Bullding in Washington. A scientist savs that gold has a dis- tinet odor. L] Star b.—CGov. sge he ! General As- | W L of the Wash- | | The duchess’ will recover. | Thursday i = a {been organized here, Mrs. Campbell | ~-Seven convicted bootleggers await- Pancake Percival Loth. at her home this week. Geere and Farmer Raise Cotton Crop In North Carolina By the Associated Press ALBEMARLE, N. (., March 5.—Rural labor shortage_ hold no horror for Farmer W Kinrey. He puts his geese to work. _ Last Fall he harvested nine 500-pound les of cotton from 10 acres, “hoed” by three geese and 19 goslings. p until then his neighbors laughed at him, but now they are seeking his “system.” armer Kinrey waits until the cotton plants are big enough to be too tough to tempt ap- petites of geese. Then he turns his “ho <" into the fleld to feast on grass and weeds. DUCHESS OF YORK FISHES FOR TROUT| {Gets Great Thrill in Trip Into River to Catch Those of American Strain. By the Associated Press NEW ZEALAND. Mareh 5. Next to the wirelessed news that her little daughter, Princess Elizabeth, had cuat her first tooth back in London, the Duchess of York says her greatest thrill on her present trip to the Anti- podes has come from catching an &pound rainbow trout of American descent. The duchess is fond of fishir { which was one of her favorite sport a8 a little girl on her parents’ estate In the Highlands of Scotland. Ac ~ordingly, when the royal trafn carr ing the duke and the duchess on their tour of New Zealand arrived at Toka Anu they took a day off from their official functions and went fishing. They got up at o'clock morning and began their journey to the Tongariro River in quest of the trout which were introduced to this country years ago from California. costume included wad ing boots, 'a mackintosh and a fawn- colored felt hat. As soon as they reached the stream she waded out and started casting. When finally a trout struck, she be- came more and more enthusiastic and waded waist deep into the swift cur. rent. After playing the &rout for halft an hour, she landed it, gratulations of all her companions. The duke had an off day. He caught only a few little fellows, while the duchess landed enough to provide lunch for the entire party. MEXICAN IS SLAIN DESPITE GUARDING Business Quarrel Results Fatally. Former Sugar Owners Open Fire in Fight. By the Associated Press. VERA CRUZ, Mexico, Francisco J. Betanza, neer, who formerly resided in Browns- ville, Tex., was klled here vester- day in a shooting affray which arose from a business quarrel. Two Texan associates of Betanza, R. B. Creager and Walter Dunn, had just left the sugar plant where the shooting occur- red when the first shots were fired. Betanza, with Creager and Dunn. was negotiating to take charge of La Glorin Sugar Central as receiver. The Federal authorities, knowing there would be opposition from former own- ers of the property, detailed soldiers to guard Betanza. Nevertheless a &roun of former owners and their friends opened fire, which the soldiers returned. Betanza and several others were shot in the ensuing fighting. Betanza held engineering posts under March 5.— | the administration ‘of President Por- | He married & daughter of | firio Diaz. the Mexican general, Pesa. WORST SNOW BLOCKADE SINCE 1906 IN COLORADO Trains Tied Up Between Durango and Telluride—Silverton District Cut Off. By the Associated Prese. DURANGO, Colo., March 5.—Snow- slides in the mountainous district of southwestern Colorado today put the San Juan Basin country, Colorado's Arctic_Region, face to fuce with its worst blockade since 1906. Barriers of ice have blocked trains between Durango and Telluride and rotary plows are lunging through snowdrifte on the Cumbres Range, over which the railroad line leads . west into the Basin. Two more feet of | snow last night and today set up an impenetrable barrier to ‘completely | block off the Silverton mining district. ! Slverton has heen partially snow- | bound since last November and two | weeks ago the little community was | severed from railroad connections. Messages asking for help were re- ceived late today from Eureka, situa-| ted northeast of Silverton. Food sup- | plies there are getting short. i GIRL SERIOUSLY BURNED. Dorothy Wn_gnTr.—fl.-iu Victim of Kensington Accident. Special Dispatch to The Star. KENSINGTON, Md., March Dorothy Wagner, 9 vears old, was seriously burned today when her | clothing caught fire at the home of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. | Eugene Raney, where she was watch- ing_the burning of trash The child was treated by Dr. Kath- erine Chapman and removed to Chil Angel Garcla ! i in the to the con- | Mexican engi- | They had a young son. THE “ SUNDAY STAR.. WASHINGTON, D. C. MARCH 6. 1927-PART 1. CUTTER OPENS FIRE ON BURNING SHIPfiixty-Ninth Session Will Be Gratefully N M(]NIEVIDEI]: ICrew of § Saved. Vessel Is Being Sunk as Menace. By the Associated Press | ¥ YORK. March 5.—The Coast | Guard cutter Seminola began firing on | the burning Spunish steamer Cabo l Hatteras, 140 miles off Ambrose Light night an attempt to sink hes his action was taken after hope of | which the had been vessel, from heen rescued, saving the crew has abandoned ship was received at the local oifices of the Merritt, Chapman | & Scott Corporation, whose vessel, the Relief, had stood by in_the hope | of being able to tow the Cabo Hat- teras in. the Relief had left the Seminole and i had gone to aid the Spanish steamer | Angela, reported to have machinery { trouble, 130 miles from the burning ship. | The Angela was rveported 300 {miles northeast of Ambrose Channel Light Ship when the wrecking | steamer Relief left the burning | freighter 10 go to her assistance. he wrecker will tow the crippled | vessel inlo Boston Harbor, if it is | found that the damage to her ma- chine cannot be repaired at sea. The Angela cieared trom Saint | cent, Cape Verde: 14, bound for Bos ACIFIC VE Vin- on L SAVED. ire in Freighter Hollywood Brought Under Control. LOS ANGELES, March 5 (®.— Fire which was battled by the crew of the freight steamer Hollywood for several hours was reported under control late today, in messages {harbor officials at San Pedro. The steamer was about 600 miles from this port. for which she wa racing with the tanker Utacarhon | followingz. The fire, which broke {out early this morning, was con- {fined to number 3 hold, in which Capt. John Lass reported It was smothered by steam pressure The Utacarbon came to the aid of the freighter when the latter sent out radio reports of the fire, although these contained no distress calls The Hollywood, carrying a crew 30, is due here Tuesday. {CITY CLUB CARD PARTY SET FOR TUESDAY NIGHT “500" and Bridge to Be Played. Committee on Arrangements Is Announced. Members of the City Club, their families and friends will attend an- other of the series of bridge and 500 parties to be held at the club Tues- !day evening at 8:30 o'clock. . Mrs. Reid Baker will be in charge of arrangements, assisted by Mrs. | Warren Biggs, Mrs. W. (. Hanson, {Mre. R. G. Fletcher, Mrs. Anton ! Stephan, Mrs. Andrew Cannon and | Mrs. Oscar Throup. Prizes are to be awarded to each table and refresh- ments served. The patrons included Gei. and Mr Anton Stephan, Mr. and Mrs. Harry | Angelico, Mr. and Mrs. Reld Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Rosenberg, Mr. |and Mrs. Charles Hilegeist, Mr. and 1Mrs. H. J (ward Brashears, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar | Thorup, Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Jose, Mr. and Mrs. James Baden, Mr. and Mre. M. O. Chance, Mr. and Mr Charles Clagett, Mr. and Mrs. H. Taft, Mr. and Mrs. Oraff, Mr. and Mrs Ivan Weld, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Car- roll, Mr. and Mrs. James McKee, Col and Mrs. John Oehmann, Mr. and Mre.:| BEdward Caldwell, Capt. and Mrs, Wil | llam Stannard, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas | J. Crowell, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Crane, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Brewood, Mr. and Mrs. Cuvier Metzler, Mr. and Mrs. H. Ofterdinger, Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Harmon, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice King, Dr. and Mrs. O. B. Hunter, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Diggs, Maj. and Mrs. Frank Moorman, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Barrett, Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Russell, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Leese and Mr. and W. T. Plerson. ! 5 | ] i‘I’m'fmnn, Coal Merchant and Real- {W.T.WALL, PROMINENT "IN VIRGINIA, SUICIDE ? ty Dealer Recently Operated Onjn Bnl_un;m Special Dispatch to The Star WINCHESTER, Va., March 5—W. Taylor Wall, 52 years old, member of a socially prominent family, shot and killed himself today with an old-time { Army pistol in the yard in rear of his home. He returned only recently from a Baltimore sanitarium, where he was treated for nervous allments, and was also operated upon. Some vears ago he succeeded his father, the late Willlam W. Wall, in the coal business, and later engaged in fruit growing, realty operations and horse racing. His wife, formerly Miss Vir- ginin Hawkins of Rappahannock County, obtained a divorce recently. Wall had ap- peared mentally depressed since be- ing involved in court action. Surviv- ors include three sisters, Mrs. C. Fred Barr and Miss Julla Wall, this |city, and Mrs. George A. Dalgetty- Kerr, Lunchburg, Va., and a brother, Capt. Hayry Wall, Medical Corps, U. 8. A., who left here a few days dren’s Hospital. Her body was so | badly seared that several days will be | required to determine whether she Music Club Organized. Special Dispatch to The Star. STAUNTON, Va., March Morning Music Club b.—The has Mrs. Miss is president and Wonson, secretary. oth, dnughter entertained the Messenger Learns Of 2-Year-Old Raise And Finds It Spent By the Associated Press. MIDDLETOWN, Conn., March 5. 80 immersed has (. Ernest Hub. bard been in his duties as superior court messenger that it was only the other day he learned that for the past two vears his salary had been $4 a day during court ses- sions, rather than $2.50. When Hubbard discovered that he had an uncollected balance of $1.50 a day for two years coming, he tried to collect it and found that the money had all been turned to other uses. 3 The State Legislature has ed a Bill to pay him $329 salary. . ck Roy Ann | vantuge r by Cireuit Court of State Senator I | ntuse of an offer by club ago for his new post in Panama. | LIQUOR PRISONERS MUM. Men at Hagerstown Refuse Free- dom to Bere Higher-Ups. b HAGERSTOWN, Md., March & (P, ling sentence heve failed to take ad- Judge Frank G. Wagaman to grant | them immunity if they would divulge ‘lh'- names of “‘higher-ups.” i | Judge Wagaman said only “small | try" were being caught, and he was willing to let them slip through the dence against wholesale fliicit liquor dealers. The convicted “small fry, however, held their peace. | Hill to Practice Law Here. { John Philip Hill, retiring Repre- { sentative from Maryland, has become | member of the law firm of Howe, Swayze & Bradley of Washington and | Baltimore. The name of the firm | nereafter will be, Howe Hill'& Brad: ley | ley |* Burglars Work Combination. Spacial Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND,, Va.,. March 5.-—Bur- glars worked the combination of a large safe at the Victoria Metal Co. lant here last night and escaped with 100. panish Steamer Word of the attempt to sink the! The message reported that | Tslands, Febrnary | to | Horner, Mr. and Mrs. Ed-| 1$177.000.000 WILL BE OUTLAY IN CITY UNDER CONGRESS PLAN | Remcmbered Bccause O{ Encouraging BY WILL P. KENNEDY. How big is the “Greater Washing ton” boom? The S xty-ninth Congress. which has | Just giosed, will always be held ir grateful memory by the residents of | the District of Columbia and the coun | try at large because it has encournged and started with sizable appropria nNE, permanent, Capital improve. { ments which in ‘the end will total | upward of $177,000,000, to make the | { Capital City truly representative of | the wealth, power, dign ty and artistic | | stantive law, one for & new po | court building and one for a vecorder of deeds bullding. siderable conflict over the proposal to piace the. police court bullding Judiciary square, the appropriation of $900,000 for this new building was | deferred. The plan now is to co-ordi nate all of the District activities in | the proposed group. This plan has received the hearty encouragement of the Public Build s Commission, the Commission of ne Arts and the National Capital | Park and Planning Commission Senator Smoot, chairman of the Public Buildings Commisison, promised his active support to ecarry out Col. Bell's plan. The Commissioners are to make a definite report, with esti- mates of cost. to the Seventieth Con gress soon after it meeus in I»l"'mlrfll’. The second deficiency appropriation bill that failed carried increases on the limit of cost on two of the new Federal buildings, an additional $3,- 000,000 on the Commerce Building and additional $2,600,000 on the In- ernal Revenue Building, which makes the total contract suthoriza- tion under the $50.000,000 program $41.600.000. e Besides the $820,000 in the deficiency | | sense of the Nation. In addition may he added another $100.000.000 that Senator Smoot pre. | dicts uitimately wiil be appropriated, { plus the $50.000,000 public building program now underway Nor is there justification for any member of Congress eriticizing this program on the ground that this is being done for the people here at the exnense of the rest of the country. A | careful check shows that the tax-| payers of the City of Washington wi'l | ¢ about one-third of the total. | | an i | Program Is Pretentious. Already appropriations aggregating 2 50,000 have been passed, approxi- mately half of it from District of Col- umbla revenues. More than $40,000,- | 000 more would have been passed ex- | bill that falled, for acquiring the site cept for the Senate flibuater, and |for the greater Botanic Garden, an leaders in Congress have given posi- | other measure has been passed au- tive assurance that they will continue | thorizing an appropriation of $876.39% [to work for other important items on | for the erection of conservatortes and | this great program. other bulldings. fS[;e(-inr' items mnl;lrm up the total Gibson Is Active. | of 177,000,000-—projected or appro- | v he Congress, {printed "for follow: Publie buildings | 11 the cloting fave of (he COUETEC, |authorized for Washington, under a | varmont introduced a bill providing |five-year program, 50,000,000 pur-| ¢, the Federal Government to ad chase of triangle between Pennsyl-|\ihce to the Natiomwl Capital Park wnia avenue and the Mall as site for [ and Planning Commission $10,000,000 over a five-year period, so that de. new Federal buildings, $25,000,000 school bullding program for Washing- | girable park, playground and school sites could be acquired before wood- ton. $20,000,000, about half of which has been apropriated; Arlington Memo- | janq valleys, watersheds, springs and such natural features might be de- {vial Bridge, $14,760,000; new House {Office Bullding, $7:800,000; new group | ypofled. It wag Mr. Gibson who worked through the House the substantive {of municipal buildings, $25,000.000; | memorial boulevard to Mount Vernon. | jaw for the organization of the com- | mission and authorizing an appro- $10,000,000; for acquiring park, play {ground and school sites, $10,000,000. | priation of $1,100,000 a vear for park |in_addition - to$600,000 to complete | jand purchase. {connection of Rock Creek and Poto-| Appropriations have been made for imac Parks, $800,000 appropriated 1ast | new schools in the District faster !vear and $400,000 appropriated | than the municipal architect's office this year, Greater Botanic Garden, | wax able to handle the work. To 1$i.696.35%; \Walter Reed Hospital | meet this situation, the office of the | buildings, $530,000; nurses’ home | municipal architect has been built up {at Columbia Hospital, | enlargement of the Capltol grounds, | the preparation of plans, So it is ex | $1,532,000; cstablishment of ‘National | pected that this work will be speeded | Aboretum, $300.000; completion. of {up and the entire $20,000,000 school | Tomb of Unknown Soldier, $30,000; | bullding program carried out without restoration of Lee Mansion, $10.000; | serfous delay. nurses' home at Freedmen's Hospital, | The memorial boulevard to Mount $165,000: power plant at Freedmen’s | Vernon is expected to be built in time . $52,000; school building and |for use when the bicentennial | site to replace old Bell School on site | Washington's birth is celebrated | of npew ‘Botanic Garden, $225.000: | 1932. { branch libraries in all parts of Wash: | mittee on roads, the Bureau of Public ington, $1,000,000; hospital and bar- | Roads of the Department of Agricul- | rucks at Camp Meade to the Third | ture made a survey of the land be | Corps training center, $1,460,000; bar- | tween ‘Washington and Mount Vernon racks at Fort Humphreys, Va., $660,. |and staked out two alternative routes 000; barracks at Bolling ield, $240,- | The riverside route was favored by 000; structural jmprovements on | the Commission of Kine Arts and other Capitol plant, $285.000; buildings a' | agencies. The report with estimate: Marine Base, Quantico, $1.650.000; of cost transmitted by the Secreta. ¥armers® Market, $600,000, enlarging | of Agriculture was filed with the brick plant at Occoguan, $18,000, and | House committes on roads severa others, { months ago, but in spite of repeated requests for hearings, especially Model Municipal Group. | Reprosentative Moore of - Virg The new proposal for a model mu- | Chairman Dowell postponed consider. nicipal group on either side of John |atlon of this project. The Depart Marrhalil place, which is to be \\'Mpn(\d‘ I with central parking, was advocated | appropriation of at least a million by Engineer Commissioner Bell be. |dollars should be made immediately cause the District Government needs | available, so that fmportant fills =ould more room and cannot find it in the|be made and allowed sufficient time Mall triangie with the Federal build- | to settle before the actual work ings. Already two additional District ! laying the road started. in Texas County's First Criminal Court In Two Decades Imprisons Goat Stealer 1 I By the Associated Press The court term was completed in LAREDO, Tex., March Zapata, | 36 hours. It resulted in Pedro Vil- seat of the.county of the same name, | lareal, charged with stealing a goat, 66 miles southeast of hera and the | being sentenced to Imprisonment for wame distance from a railroad, where | two years. He is the first man sent social functions are held in the county | to the penitentiary from Zapata jail and where public dances usually | County since April, 1907. Five other take place in the district courtroom, | persons were given short suspended has just had its first term of crim- | sentences on various charges, includ- inal district courtsin.20 year ing liquor law violations, theft and This record was verified with the |assault to murder. return to his home here of Judge J.| Spanish is spoken almpst exclusive- |1y in Zapata County aM court pro- ! ceedings were in that language. F. Mullally, judge of the forty-ninth Silk Hats Are Scarce in Hyde Park Judicial district of Texas. As Aristocracy Gives Up Parades By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 5.—Rotten Row's silk hats do not shine so brilliantly on Sundays as formerly, Hyde Park generally, famous for its church parade. has nearly been deserted by the aristocracy since the cold weather came on, and only one or two dukes appear every d whereas formerly there were dozens. Members of the 'fashionable set|years ago there were hundreds. prefer the country for week ends, and [ On Sunday afternoons the park is under the new order of things most |&iven over {o promenading, the feed- ot the horses in the Row are hired |ing of squirrels and the gulls and soap by the hour. Only now and then is a | box orato | prancing steed of nobility pointed out by those who have frequented the park benches for years and are familiar with all the city’s notables. The automobile, too, has done much to take the plcturesqueness out of the Row, as o many who formerly rode horseback now prefer the machine. One Sunday morning but eight sitk hate were counted, whereas a few Italians Predict Plane Abl_e to Fly From Rome to Argentina in 10 Hours By the Associated Press. ROME, March 5.—Application to aviation of the principles used in the shelling of Paris by the long-range “‘Big Bertha" of the Germans is be- ing studied by a group of the most | prominent areonautical engineers in Italy. Like the shells of the Big Bertha, | the projected plane is to fly at enor- mously high altitude. A catapult start is to enable it quickly to soar | to a height of 8,000 meters or more, {after which its gigantic motors are expected to hurl it through the rare- ildings have been authorized tn sub-, As there was con- | in fiLieut._John W. Benton were Killed $350,000: | and specific_appropriations made for | of | By direction of the House com- | by | Virginia. | of Agriculture recommended that an | oi | FLYERS REUNITE Pan-American Good Wil Flight Squadron Is Together | Once Again. i | By the Associated Press MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, The Pan-American good [sauadron of the United States Army Ils reunited again. But now there are jonly thres planes instead of five, since jthe fatal crash at Buenos Alres a week ago today in which the New i\'nrk and the Detroit wers wrecked | and Capt. Clinton F. Woolsey and | The squadron was reunited by the | arrival of the San Antonio from | Buenos Aires late this afternoon, re. | joining its sister ships. the San Fran cisco und the St. Louis. The San Antonio ad been left behind at Tu maco, Colombia, when it developed engine trouble. It has followed the | other planes down the Pacific Coast and across the continent, overtaking themn here by omitting Asuncion, Paraguay, which the other fiyers left vesterday to fly here. Ma Dargue and his companiens ccompanied by American Minister Smith, were received today by President Juan Campaisteguy of | Urnguay and his cabinet. The fight commander delivered to the President a letter of greeting from President Coolidge 'HINE SCHOOL LEAGUE | HAS ENTERTAINMENT, March 5. | will flight | | | 1 i 1 1 Parent-Teachers Have Interesting Program to Raise Funds for Junior High. | | The Hine Parent-Teacher Associa-| tion gave a successful “entertainment | in the assembly hall of the Hine Junior High school last night. Under the direction of the president, Mrs. W. Curtis Draper, an interesting and varied program was presented. The | proceeds of the entertainment are to be given to the school fund of |h" assoclation. The following program was given: | Readings, Marvel Douglas; musical | selections, Frank Gobel: rhythmic | dancing. Miss Evelyn Davis' | | songs, George O'Connor: reading: Frances Donovan: dance, Eleanore Wilson and Mary Ellen Kettlor; songs, Mrs. Lysle Seaton: dance, | Mary Elsie Steuart; readings, Miss | Elizabeth Bi nt A play ot Quite Such a Goose," | by the Fastern High School, was {given by the Dramatic Class under | the direction of Miss E. M. Monk. H. E. Waener, principal of the Hine School, has just returned from a trip | to St. Louis, Mo., and Dallas, Tex., | jwhere he attended meetings of che | ydepartment of superintendence, Na-| itional Educational Association. While | n Louis, he had the honor of | esiding over the meetings of the {Junior high school principals. These | meetings were of great interest \WICOMICO BRIDGE GIVEN FEDERAL 0. K.| | | | Span at Salisbury, Md., to Shorten | Route to Ocean City 1 From Clairborn. Plans for s bridge over the Wicomico River in Salisbury, Md.. were approved today at the War De- | program has been worked out. { and other subjects. | students. | Wednesday Dog Leads Rancher. Lost in Blizzard. Back to His Home By the Associated Press LUSK, Wyo., March Willlam’ Morgan, who is nurs- ing a number of frost bites at his farm near here, had his pet dog to thank for the fact that his injuries are not more severe. During o blizzard Morgan went into his pasture to look for a team of horses, but was soon lost in the blinding snow, despite the fact that he was but a few yards from his house. He csme 1o a fence and decided to follow it, but the dog hegan to jump upon him and run in the opposite direction. Morgan con- tinued his course until he real- ized that he was hopelessiy lost. Then he let the dog lead the way home. AMERICAN U. GROUP PLANS PLAY, SERIES Dramatic Club to Present “As You Like It" at Commence- ment Time. B With the formation of club and selection of . by a dramatic *As You Like Shakespeare, for the princip: i production of the Spring season. the movement for several presentations at the College of Liberal Arts of Amer ican University got under way last week, Several oneact playe will he pro | duced during the season. under pians of Will Hutchins, professor of art and dramatics at the university, who plans to put on the first one agout Easter Detajls are not readv for announce ment, he said, hut he stated he had much promising talent in the student bodv. "“As You Like It" will be staged during the commencemer festivities or shortly before. Casting of parts will be started shortly The dramatic club elected W. Wil Delaplain of Corcoran, Callf., presi Miss Luclile Tmiay. Chevy Chase . vice president: Miss Lois Towner on proposed repeal of the eighteenth amendment, which was to have taken place vesterday. has been postponed on account of the illness of two of the debaters, Hugh W. Speer and W Willis Delaplain, to Saturday. March 19, Another debate is scheduled on the same subject with Bucknell for March 25. Nagotiations are still on with William and M and with Elizabethtown College College students from several insii tutions and cities will assemble on the American University campus the las three days of this week for the Student Volunteer Convention An extensive Lo arrangements have been in charge of Hilda Bull. a_student at the college Plans for the first student annual of the College of Liveral rapidly progressing, the staff adopting last week a cover of blue in colonial design embellished in burnished gold The prevailing tone of the book will be colonfal, and plans have heen mad: to feature a fine arts section of double toned brown printing on pebble paper displaving buildings on the campu will be the first of a line of annuals founded a‘ the college, the staff of juniors and { veniors publishing the book has voted to dedicate the volume to the “spirit of Bishop John F. Hurst. founder o° American University,” who died ir 1903. Original designs, cartoons and art work are being drawn by four Catherine Edwards, M garet Fleming, Gladys Macafee and Mary Chadwick. Arrangements are complete for the |annual dinner of the Women's Guild of the university, night to be held nex at the Women's Residence Hall. Addresses will be made by W. J. Showalter, Arew are | assistant | * 2 FRESHMEN PLAN CANCE AND CARDS Social Activities Interspersed With Study at Washington College of Law. Social activities among the students Washington College of Jaw are being ly interspersed with the more serious business of study. members of the freshman class inning their St. Patricic's dance arty. which will be given ge building Friday eve 18 The committee in is as follows: Dorothy L. Lind Frances Wright rter. Allen rland Boettcher' and Daniel of president of the junior class i- of the various activities pe- taining the hanquet on Ap 3 | hos apne i the following commit | tees: Reception. John C. Conlifr chairman; William . Brewer. Virginia tel. Madeleine (ouzens, John Far rell and Olive R. Freer. Entertain | ment, Clem Denicke airman: Jo seph Grosman, William Collins. Cat! er O'Donnell .and Katherine 3 Crowder. P am and menu. Charles Schaffner, chairman: Willard Carey Mercedes M. Malloy and Ethel A Donagh. Publicity, Ruth M. Searles chairm Helena K. Hickey, Karl Wassm rles Lamar and Vera 1 Mankinen. Seating, k. Virginia Evans. chairman: Agnes Quinn, Sue Richards. William Higman _and Charles ¥ mitlh. Decorations. E. F. Huyett, chairman: Adelaide Schlau- decker, Rebecca Applestein and Ma Rouse. Music and floor, Robert F. King, .chairman; Jacob Sandler, A. . Rector and Joseph McCarthy. Members of Epsilon Chapter, Kapps Beta Pi Legal Sorority. participated in the luncheon tendered to Mme <uzanne Grinberg. noted French the Women's City Club The occasion was the in- e. Grinberg into honor of Kappa Beta P peilon_Chapter were extended by beth Reed, associate dean, and Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey honorar: mber of Epsilon Miss Senart has been elescted fdent of Beta Chapter, Phi Delta Women's International Legal Miss Helen Hironi- chare: to " e e ¢ i Leen received of the class of 1923 b become a member of the law fi of Wallerstein, Goode & ; Evans, with offices at 408 Travelers’ Building, Richmond. Va Members of the ¢ s of 1915 and | friends of Miss Lulu Lee Eckman are ‘gn-\wl to learn of h death, which occurred last week Another session of the debating day evening. The freshman debates along In fine shape Announcement 1} Walter M. E: ot court and society was held yester are coming and the following i as the subjects and ipating last night and i4: “Resolved. That the con- solidation the railroads of _the United States into five great systems should be made compulsory.” Afirm- ative. George Huckstep, Mildred Rack. nor and illeanor Garner Prince; negi tive, Grace Collins. Brankley E. Calil | cott’ and W. J. Foster | March 20—“Resolved, That the preseni system of protective tarlil should be abandoned in favor of frec | trade.” Affirmative, Warren Magee. David T. O'Brien and George.T. Craig { negative, Esther Smith Cowan, Editi | L. Cline and/Harry P. Mascotte | - An interesting series of special le¢ | tures on legal research work will ! given next week to the undergradu A. Daly of the West Pul lishin 'PROHIBITION AGENTS ACQUITTED IN KILLING | Chauffeur Also Cleared in Death of Lawrence Wenger, Har- partment, Special Dispatch to The Star. | editor of the National Geographic | Magazine, and Dr. Lucius C. Clark | chancellor of American University. | Harriet Harding Guthrie will sing. ford County Farmer. By the-Associated Press | strutted among the natives at festival BALTIMORE, Md., March 5.—The | newly approved State bridge at Salis- | bury. Wicomico County, will be built | by the State Roads Commission across the South Branch of the Wicomico River. The bridge will be a double-leaf bas- cule span, and will connect with the | State road to Ocean City, shortening fthe route by several mile: A public hearing on the project was held by MaJ. C. R. Pettis, engineer in charge of the Baltimore distriet, at Salisbury, February 4. The bridge will provide a direct route from Clairborn, the ter- | minus of the Annapolis ferry, to Ocean City, and work will be started within the next few weeks. SQUEAKY SHOES IMPRESS RULING INDIAN PRINCES | 1 | | | Louder the Noise the Higher the Price They Are Willing to Pay for Footwear. By the Associated Press. | BOMBAY, India, March Squeaky | shoes are in great demand by ruling | Indian princes and chiefs, who have hit upon this as & means of impress- ing their barefooted subject The louder the shoes squeak the higher the price. The idea of wearing leather soles which make thelr appearance known with every step of the wearer origi- nated by chance some time ago in the State of Junagadh. One of the chiefs of the Chudasama Tribe had purchased a new palr of footwear and they creaked everlastingly as he | gatherings. 1 His subjects were more humble than | ever. Some of the rajahs, ruling| princes and chiefs of numerous prin- | clpalities have since taken to squeak- ing shoes, which are worn only upon ceremonial occasfons. The shoes with the squeaks are | sent the insignia, an eight-inch cs {ing one Athletic letters in both foot ball and basket ball will he awarded soon at chapel to successtul participants in these two branches of sport. Dr Paul Kaufman, chairman of the faculty athletic’ committee, will pre- hital “A" done in orange on a blue “A" background. Dr. George B. Wood. dean of the college, lectured on Wordsworth Tues- day night at the Y. M. C. A., present of a series of lectures on famous men. Prof. Futchins will deliver a lecture on “Daumler,” under auspices of the Colonial Dames of America, March 14. at the Phillips Memorial Gallery, 1600 letter | Twenty-first street, at 3 p.m. The Women's Student Government | Association entertained at tea Friday afternoon at the Women's Residence Hall for the Women's Guild of the University and faculty women. Dr. Clark will address the men of BALTIMORE, March 5.—Four pro- hibition agents and their chauffeur | were acquitted of charges of killing | Lawrence Wenger, Harford Count: Md.. farmer. in 1924, when the jury returned a verdict of not guilty in the Federal Court here tonight. The kili- ing took place in connection with a raid on a still. W. Worthington attorney for Harford County, had ask- jed for a verdict' of murder. He | charged that the accused had am- bushed and wantonly shot down their victim as he approached the still, about which the agents were hidine. | The charge was aimed particularly | at Agent E. Franklin Ely, who, it was | alleged, had fired the shot, and Agent Wilton L. Stevens, who was charged with counseling it The agents availed themselves of the protection given to Government agents under an act of Congress in having the case tried before the Fed- Hopkins, State's | plague net if by so doing he could obtain evi-, They hope to evolve an entirely new t¥pe of airplane of unprecedented speed. They think it even possible for it to fly from Rome to Buenos Alres in 10 hours. Great secrecy surrounds the experi- ments, which have been going on for several months. It is stated, however, that the basic problems have' been solved, although many technical de- tails must he settled. Vi fled air at record speeds. The needs of both men and motors for air at high altitudes ave to be met | by carrying manufacturing apparatus | on_board the plane. The engineers refuse to explain anything beyond this brief outline of their endeavor. “The world is entitied to scoff, as it always does on the eve of a scien- tific discovery such as ours,” said one. | especially made for the trade here by several firms in England Edward A. Stockton Dies. SWARTHMORE, Pa., March 5 (@), | Bdward Alexander Stockton, * 68, | for the last six vears comptroller of the Pennsylvania Railroad, died here today. Tides to Furnish Power. | attempts have been made to | harness the tides In the service of | man, but little of practical valus has | ever been accomplished in that line, |says the Philadelphia Record. Now there is a possibility of something being done, for a preliminary Federal | permit has been issued for a proposed hydro-electric development on Passa- maquoddy Bay, Maine, involving the utilization of the tremendous. power that lies in the phenomenally high jtides. of the Bay of Fundy. The Iproject includes the construction of severa] dams belween islands in the smallér bay and is said to be feasible, though necessarily expensive. It is estimated that 500,000 horsepower can he developed, and "this, if the entorprise goes through; will be trans. mitted throughout New Brunswick and Maine. A charter has already been granted to the company In charge, and all Maine has great hopes of the scheme. {in this pile of buildings that no two Abbie Farwell Brown Dies. BOSTON March 5 (P).—Abbie Far- well Brown, author and poet, died te- clocks in the British House of Parlia- | 92Y. She was born in Boston and be- 5 gan writing as a child. Her greatest ment has ever been counted. There | yyccess was in the fleld of literature is a legend among the staff employes | for children. Multitude of Clocks. It doubtful if the number of is totals yet have ever been made to agree, says the Philadelphia Public Ledger. There are certainly well over 500 timepleces to be found there of one description and another. When Summer, time was first introduced, too, it ‘was found that clocks at Windsor Castle turned up in all sorts of unexpected places, and it was fuliy a fortnight before the whole of these could be made to agree. Expl(;sit;il.ih P;ge’s Pocket Halts Work In Kansas Senate: i By the Associated Pres: TOPEKA. Kans., March 5.—A page threw the Kansas Senate into consternation today, quickly fol- lowed by peals of laughter. % Matches in the pocket of the boy exploded with & loud report. Sen- ate debate halted while anxious eves were cast about. The page, i R Tk Fall Kills Woman of 70. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., March 5.—Miss fi;ml:‘ul Br.g‘l:r'd 70 ys;lr:h oall‘!. was A1l in a lown a it stair: at her home here Hor ‘skull was fractured. Mount Vernan Methodist Episcopal | ciaine 00 " 7udg® Church this morning at 10 o'ciock. — e PLAGUE CASES REPORTED| NOGALES. 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