Evening Star Newspaper, March 10, 1927, Page 17

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Y IN COMMUNITY ('ITL\'TER TOURNAMENT. D@ THURSDAY, NEW ENVOY REACHES UNIT! D STATES SHORES, Paul Claudel, CAPITAL IND 7RIES STAGE “MARCH OF PROGRESS” PARADE. The musical section of the " PRESENTING PL Young thespians of the National 3 Capital Players of East Wrshington Center who will appear in the one-act play, “A Night at an Inn,” to | recently appointed French Ambassador to fthe United St-tfsi industrial parade held yesterday as a preliminary to the opening today of the Chamber of Commerce Industrial be given tomorrow might at Columbia Heights Center in the play tournament being held by the Community i m“::f"{!’ “:fl,‘“ !“_",I,m‘“'lj'"’-')""""-1»‘,}"0'0;|;“:"}"firfh';;;‘;';l'&r“:‘l‘:";"f“,' s";';,";. i Exposition at the Washington Auditorium. The Boys’ Independent Band, shown here atop a Washington Center Department. Left to right, front row: Barry K. Helwig, Earl R. Whipp and Ernest Littleton. | several points of interest in the West on his way to Washington. i Rapid Transit bus, furnished the music for the procession, in which military units, civic bodies and Back row: E. A, Griffith, Taylor Anderson and Eddie Morris. Washington Star Photo. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. I industrial and commercia! establishments were represented. Washington Star Photo. DRAWS BIGGHEST SCREEN SALARY IN JAPAN. Miss Sumiko check looks small ‘in comparison to the scale :njoyed by American screen stars. - DEMAND $643.778 TAXBE GOLLECTED Gibson and Hammer Tell Stephens Levy Against Rail- . roads Must Be Settled. Taxes amounting to $643, which the District Government is carrying ms a charge against the Washington fferminal Co. and the Baltimore & ©Ohio Railroad, and part of which has been on the books for 18 years, must be collected as soon as possible, Rep- resentatives Gibson, Republican, and Hammer, Democrat, told Corporation Counsel Stephens at a hearing late yesterday afternoon. The corporation counsel explained Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Maj. H. 0. Seagrave, British racing driver, arrives at New York for his attempt to shatter the world speed same boat. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. WILL HUNT WITH “MERCY BULLET.” Capt. Barnett W. Harris animal, rendering it unconscious and an easy subject for capture. Wide World Photos. 25 CENTS WINS HOTEL. But Churchmen Demand Legal Ac- tion After Drawing. BOSTON, March 10 (#).—Because the Massachusetts Federation of Churches asserts that Everett Gibbs of Marion acquired a $20,000 hotel by purcha.ing_a 25-cent ticket at a bazaar in_Plymouth, the ‘society yes- terday ocalled upon the State’s attor- ney general to take action “to enforce the penalty of the law against pro- moters of lotteries.” Gibbs, it is claimed, won the hotel by holding the Ilucky number when tha bazaar, conducted by the Ancient Ovder of Hibernians, came to an end at Plymouth last night and a draw- ing_was held. The hotel, a 75-year-old structure, known as Bayview Inn, is at King: ton. —_— CITIZENS FILE PROTEST OF WALK CONDITIONS Park View Group Names M. R. Vollmer Representative on Maj. Harry L. Smith of the Marine compete matches at Rome, Italy, in May. WASHINGTON POLICE SHARPEN THEIR SHOOTING EYES. local police force are brushing up their marksmanship with some intensive target drill these days. Here are some of along the barrel of their service re e Bandits operating in the National Capital should take note that members of the them sighting the bull’s-eye Copyright by P. & A. Photos. TAX ADVICE SERVICE \ ANNUAL AMARYLLIS SHOW OPENS. Miss Jean Cretziano, daughier the general public today. ACCEPTS $100,000 AWARD. First Wife of Edward Russell Thomas Gets Settlement. ‘WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., March 10 (P).—Linda Porter, first wife of. the late Edward Russell Thomas, publisher of the New York Morning Telegraph, has been granted a set- tioment of $100,000 in an order by Judge R. P. Robbins of the County Court, where the will was filed for probate after Mr. Thomas’ death last July. Mrs. Porter, who held a claim of $14,000 annually against the estate during the remainder of her life, agreed to accept the money as full settlement. MAN, ILL, CONFESSES KILLING HIS WIFE Tuberculosis Sufferer Tells Police He Burned Home and Buried Body Year Ago. A Nij . i record at Daytona Beach, Fla. His halding one of the hypodermic bullets with which he hopes to capture Corps, who has been selected by of the Rumanian Minister, enjoying the amaryllis blooms placed on ek o o oreen gt T fhsh countey. Dut e $00 oy pay | Spdgoseporer cuchne car fbe | for ihe e M oo e aminal e the SHS o MUSN | (0N nions ik e fo | czMblon yetorday by the Deperiment of Atrcuturs. She sended Mystery 2,” came over ‘on the ndis. Bhio Mulict vloasss a powstial hypode . o ke ntessationsl the private showing of the blooms, which were placed on exhibition for National Photo. INSURANGE FUNDS DIVERSIONALLEGED 12 Bankers’ Life Policyhold- ers Ask Accounting of $8,000,000 Reserve. By the Associated Press. DES MOINES, Iowa, March 10.—A petition filled against the Bankers' Life Insurance Co. by 12 policyhold- ers, claiming to represent 60,000 of the older policyholders of the come- pany, was filed here last night, ask- ing a permanent injunction restraine ing the company from raising rates on policies written prior to 1911. The petition demanded an accounts ing of an $8.000,000 reserve guarams tee fund set aside for the benefit of policyholders under the old mutual eouted “‘,‘?1"{‘3Cise“':‘:db‘:‘“l:‘l“::eg”v‘;{:’-‘ Aoy Mo : I-IV'NG WAGE URGED Failure Of Birth Control Bills IS Laid e s P | insurance plan, under which the com- endeavoring to reach an equitable and | Complaints agalnst the condition of O ARLESTON, ‘Mo, Mareh 10.—|PARY operated prior to 1911. Just agreement of the dispute between the corporations and the District tax offices, He assured these two mem- bers of the Gibson subcommittee of the House District committee that a the sidewalks along Newton street near Georgia avenue, against the lack of a boulevard stop sign at the dan- gerous intersection of Warder street and Park road and against the poorly BY ROTARY SPEAKER Adequate Compensation Factor in| TO WOan,S Smok By the Assoctated Press ing at Public Hearing time women had smoked at legislative WIDELY PATRONIZED Internal Revenue Officers in Vari- Lang Hagan, 40, held in the county Jjail here on a liquor charge, yesterday. confessed to Sheriff J. O. King that hé beat his wife to death at their home near Bardstown, K. ear ago Fund Diversion Alleged. Charges that officlals of the com- pany had “wrongfully diverted” the §8,000,000 fund to other sources, after it changed from the assessment to \ determination of the case would be| equipped portable buildings at the HARRISBURG, Pa ch 10.— | hearings in Harrisburg. e . . A R % E5h USBURG, Pa., e y it catiolsem: tha . and burned the house, after burying |the premium plan of insurance, wers reached soon that the| FATK View School were reistered last Obtaining Loyalty, W. L. Two young women who sat in the Alegflg::“Bi:ih“égnxt'rgl e ous Banks and Stores Assist ne'rhr;ody under_the structure. made in the petition. lagan, in a serious condi The Mr. Hammer demanded railroad properties be sold to pay the evening at the regular meeting of the Park View Citizens' Association at the Radcliffe Says. front row and smoked during a public asserted that boys and girls coming Public Free. n from | tuberculosis, called Sheriff K to rate increase to be effective April 1 would change the old rate of debt. Mr. Stephens said that no legis-| park View School. | hearing at the Capitol yesterday on |out of theaters in New York where | tu St 5 lation by Congress is necessary to| A communication from J. G. Yaden | two bills designed to permit the pre- | lacions plays and pictures were shown b e Ao o A ey parevad [about SULIY for: & MM piton g clear up this situation. was read requesting an early survey 03 scription and sale of contraceptive | were solicited purchase birth con- b % 2 ROing I he assessment plan to $35.10 un- ol (‘:llmm Stated that he believes| of the ”(_im?v e aim hogori Hoedni he business man who is unable| grugs and methods did more m" kN1 | trol ltarature. L With the approach of March 15, | Killed his wife by striking her over|der the new premium plan, it is I “This was denied by Dr. James F.|when all income taxes are due, an in- | the head with a heavy rock because |alleged." olute- onvic. ion counsel is hut expressed the this tax matter has been v honest, tion that the District budget. Committee assignments included the election of M. R. Vollmer to the fed- v his employes a “decent, living wage” should seriously question his right to be in business, declared Wil- the measures than any of the speeches against_them, in the opinion of Miss Helen Grimes, Representative from Al- legheny County and a_member of the Cooper, medical director of the Birth Control Clinic of New York, who said the work of his clinic had the support creasing stream of Washingtonians is beginning to take advantage of the he “loved her so much.” “She was threatening to leave me,” he said, an “rather than see her go, I killed her, Seelc to Prevent Segregation. The petitioners seek to prevent the mismanaged, eration to replace J. C. McGrath, re- | . bt Aot . segrega Clerical iffprovements In the ofices | uigned: Miss Emily Serivener to the | 1am L. Radcliffe of Petersburg. Va..| House committee before which the | of the medical profession. opportunities for free advice by ex- Hmasn B Ave Wouka: | sesregation ormnex;! assessment mein- of the Traffic Bureau and the District | executive committee, to replace Miss | a former president of the Washing: | hearing was held. Early action by the Legislature on | perts of the Internal Revenue sta- RARDSTOWN, Ky., March 10 (P).]prive them Of the benefits of “the new assessor were urged by representa- Frances Fairley. former principal of ton. Rotary Club, in the course of his| Miss Grimes said it was the first the bills is expected. tioned at headquarters, 1422 Pennsyl- —Human bones were found in the blood” and new premiums now being B o e iy ox.| | heechool, ‘who “sectntly died, e8¢ | reading of'aspaper on *Benploysr and | vania avenue, and at various banks | burned house of Lang: Hagan, near |earned by the company. perts, stated that the method of is. | Citizens' Advisory Council. A resolu. | Employe” at the Rotary Club lunch- CHURCH OPENS WAR FURNITURE DEFENSE [2nd department stores. B s o e e sl o Wrpstolie Tivectat & automobile permits and licenses | tion was passed congratulating Isaac | eon yesterday at the Willard Hotel. The Government experts are lo- | Sounty officials conducting the search ) funds hial NOOREEY CHRIAc Was inefMicient, fie 8180 advocated & | Gana upon hie slction ob member of Ir. Radelilfe quoted Paul Litchfield, cated at the National Metropolitan | “Fagan and his wife disappeared complete overhauling of the method of handling and transmitting buiid ing permits to the office of the ai wessor. the Board of Education. The scheduled speaker, Commis- sioner Proctor L. Dougherty, was un- able to attend. The president, J. C. McGrath, presided. president of a facturing cor authority on industrial who declared that loyalty of employes. one of the fundamental conditions of | Boycott Urged for Families That ON IMMODEST DRESS| CLOSES TESTIMONY Judge ‘Adjourns Court and Final Bank, Riggs National Bank, Union Trust Co., Federal-American Bank, Munsey Trust Co., Merchants Bank & Trust Co., Continental Trust Co., after the fire destroyed their home a year ago, according to Haviland. Jim Mattingly, father of Mrs. Hagan, told the deputy that Hagan had said “you will never see your daughter DIVORCED IN PARIS. Two American Women Given De- crees by French Court. | ratiiels S business coatentment. “must be " . < s usiness ment. / : 4 g istrict National Bank, Lincoln Na. | any more.” Mattingly said he inter- MEXICANS DROP APPEAL. | o 000 MINERS ARE IDLE, | f25mst o0 ne Jit camnot bo con; | Permit Womsen 1o Dissbey Arguments Will Be Begun | District National Bankc Lincoln Na | 53 G0 vomari to mean that they | PARIS, March 10 GP.—Additional A . nanded Mr. Radcliffe sal and H streets: Columbia National | Were leaving the Holy Cross section.| Paris divorces involving Americans General and 12 Decide to Serve Terms for Plot. NGELES, March 10 cnrigue Estrada, formes secretary of war, yesterday red federal officials that he is ready 10 start serving his sentence of a year and nine months recently jmposed for ). Rigid Enforcement of Australian Law Is Cause. SYDNEY, New South Wales, » 10 (#). ne thousand miners are here as a result of stringent enforce- ment of inspection laws. “he strict interpretation of the laws wages were not the only factor nec sarv for obtaining and retaining the right kind of employe. pensation in the form of bonuses, ap- plied through many schemes, group insurance, building and loan associa. tions for employes, “profit sharing” and stock ownership plans and pen- sions were mentloned by the speaker as present.day evidences of good will Special com- | Papal Decision. | | By thia Assnciated Press. ROME. March 10.—The imposition |of an economic as well as a moral boycott on persons who permit femi- nine members of their families to dress Immodestly has been ordered by on Monday. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 10.—Defense at- torneys for the 79 furniture manufac- turing concerns and 65 individuals on trial, charged with violating the Fed- eral anti-trust law by forcibly fixing Bank, Commercial National Bank, Woodward & Lothrop, Lansburgh Bros., and °Hecht Co. Regular hours will be observed at these insti- tutions until the close of business March 15, the Jast day of the filing period. The revenue officers not only aid in the preparation of the returns, but ac- cept payment and administer the oath where they had lived, for good. CHILEANS ARE FREED. Majority of 200 Detained to Go on Masafura Island. SANTIAGO, Chile, March 10 (#).— were made public today. Mrs. Elizabeth Singer Proctor of New York City was given a decree against Willlam Ross Proctor on grounds of indifference, abandonment and infidelity. They were married June 9, 1896, in Allegheny, Pa. Mrs. Hadley Richardson Heming- way divorced Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, on grounds of in- g to violate the United States | followed fining of a miner’s deputy for ' that nre bel displayed by large T 2 A ity laws through a revolu- [ neglecting to report the pre;’enge of | A anufaetueing concerns | the Ttalian “Catholic Action.” This | furniture prices, rested their case |without cost to the taxpayer. Pay- ““'Ilel; investigating cases of persons compatibility. They were married in ary movement against Mexico ®as in a coal mir ow the inspec- | out the counfry. With this| 8anization, the Vatican's most in-| .. qay atter futile efforts to intro- | ment should be made by money order jailed on government orders -two ’Cha_rlowlx County, Mich. The wife 3strada said he Wo not appeal | tors are insisting reying out the Mr. Radeliffe declared, **Amer- | fluential laical instrument, has in- |~ 1d statlstioal | OF check to order of “Collector of In- “I‘E}’“ ago, Premler Ibanez has or lretains custody of their 3-year-old boy. grom the sentence, whi full letter of the law by making de | foan business~ by shich he sald he | Structed its members to support the |duce in evidence elaborate statlstical | ierna)’ Revnue, Baltimore, Md.” Resl. lered more than 100 freed. e ) fine. 2 tailed inspection of pits before the | meant “employer and employe,” has|ope I'n his fight on immodesty by |tables and charts compiled by an ex- dents of -the District may file their m;l“l'l; l‘:::{orbl;ys;& l::f n-‘(“lga;‘tllrl; t{:: who were convicted and [ men are nermitted to enter built a firm defense against the bol-| ¥erVing in the capacity of “morality | pert over more than a_year. e returns either in Washington, or may s D e (e P ]4_YEAR,0LD BOY SUICIDE. police.” Judge Carpenter adjourned mail them direct to Collector of In- ecelved s0 have de shevis abor doctrines. zmnd not o 4 voucy Resigns. ‘hl1‘-’:‘Ilr:rixe,rhh'us‘|‘fl" ‘;‘3‘;;..),, that pre. | , Their duties will be to spread the |until Monday, when closing arguments | ternal Revenue Qalen L. Tait, Balti- cifie, 110 miles west of Juan Fernan- S anid R i s ceded Mr. Radcliffe’s talk the dele. | PoDe's ldeas both by personal example | will be begun. more, in whose district the District is | 9€Z Aversion to Attending School Is ADIANAPOLIS, March 10 P.— | gates to the Rotary district confer |2N0 by preachment and to report | R included. e rEetn ae sthie. susultiof e | Gi P ot Albert Ward, United States district | ence, to b e \1a, | “speedily ‘and discreetly” to the cen | A An Sugmerited force is at worl ulso | Creasing activities of Communists iven as Cause. $200,000 ?ITC in Indin.. Ciomey here, has submitted his | Mecch 21 s e e | tral _organization all cases of im- | Beer Memorial jAdopted. at’ the oMce of Deputy Collector of | and other. conspirators .against the | arxpipppa. Ohio, March 10. (@1~ CHICAGO. March 10 (P).—Fire | resignation, to he effective May L sub. ' Ti ude George Harris, Albert | Modesty in dress. MADISON, Wis, March 10 (#).— | Internal Revenue H. C. Powell, 1422 | Bovernment. | An_aversion to attending school i originating in i ailor shop explo | ject to the decision of the Attorney | Mears, Martin Rittenhouse, Willlam — e | The Senate yesterday concurred in |Pennsylvania avenue. Tho office | e 4 | ascribed as the motive for the suicide ion swept halt a block at Whitting, | General. Mr. Ward said wished | Radeliffe, Adam Weschler and Oscar | Owning Austria’s world-famed iron |a resolution of Assemblymen Pres- | hours of the @eputy collector are from Vegetables twice the size of any | here yesterday of Clyde Seevers, 14+ Ind., : to enter the pra law and prob- | Jivans. Richard Lamb, William Rus | mountain, the Erzberg. one company |cott, Milwaukee, memoralizing Con- |9 a.m. to 5 pn. The same hours are | grown in the vicinity. and potatoes | vearold junior high school student. mat ably would vemain in Indianapolis. | sell, Chester Swope, Allen Pope. Al | controls almost nine of every ten tons | cress to provide for a national refer- |observed by révenue officers stationed | which when dug up were still warm. | The body of the lad was found compan Basion Al nearby towns | He has been district uttorney for three | hert Nye and Irank Weller iere! of the total iron and stcel production 'endum on the reinstatement of beer. at the Fifteedth street entrance of the ' were found following an underground | suspended from a rafter in a shed at ore ealled on o fight the blaze. years, The vete was 21 to 12, Treasury tofald taxpayers, fire in Scotland recently. the rear of his home, P named as aliernates, of the cuunu;s .