Evening Star Newspaper, August 18, 1927, Page 17

SUAL ORDER. at “shooting™ a scene instead of by Secretary Everett Sander the President President Coolidge tried his hand ng the target for the movie camel is among the amused group of spectators a as his first experic ng the crank. THE EVEXNING STAR. WASHINGTON, M. €. THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1927.° Nez, France, with h haffling waters of the Channel. TROTSKY RETURNS AFTER WARNING. Leon Trotsky, Soviet leader, is shown here with another Soviet official in the Caucasus shortly before his latest return to Moscow. Trotsky returned after the central committee had tried him for violating party discipline and let him off with a wafnng. ‘Wide World Photos. GEORGETOW) which won its fourth successive championship yesterday won the first leg on the cup given by the Municipal Playground Department to replace the trophy which they won permanently last Summer. N FOR CHAN rd for the a conquest of the il SWIM. English Channel. an trainer, Bill Burgess, who is guiding them Phyllis Hudson River swim from Alb Zittenfeld, the 13- ¥ to New York, are here at Cape G training and study of the ight by P. & A. Photos and Bern imone de la Chaume, 18- bld woman golf champion of who is planning an inva- this confinent in quest of n and Canadian golf nee, sion of the Amer crowns. nderwoaod Underwood & 17 CHRISTENING THE POWEI Brown of Charlottesville, V Thomas Jefferson searchl; | roof there, where it was tu with its rgys. ki) ned on ht, the most powerfal ever made, on the hotel to flood Monticello, three miles away, ht by P’. & A. Photos. GIRL SWIMMERS WIN PLAYGROUND CHAMPIONSHIP AGAIN. Members of the Georgetown playground swimming team ng the Rosedale team by a score of 27 to 23. The Georgetown swimmers thus Washington Star Photo. WADIN zate, England, is gathering in the OUT TO THE CLOTHES LINE. This housewife of Harro- family wash under difficulties. It is only one of the inconveniences suffered by residents of the Yorkshire g the recent floods caused b; torrential rains. ‘Wide World Photos. TARIFF IS BLAMED TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS FOR FARMERS'ILLS HURT 17 PERSONS| Dr. Taylor Tells Institute In- Two Injured in Collisions, dustry Is Favored by Gov- Nine When Autos and ernment Policy. Motor Cycles Skid. | | | By the Associated Press. Niae persons were injured by ‘skid- WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.,, AUgUSt!ding vehicles on wet streets yestérday ey 5 £ A Dl for e e AT for |and last night, and two others were voiced at the Institute of Politics to- | hurt in traffic collisions. Ay by Dr. H. €. Taylor of the De-| When the automobile in which they partment of Agriculture, in an address | + - in which he blamed the Government's | WeT® ~Teturning {rom Chesapea v as being largely responsible for | Beach skidded and turned turtle on the ills of the farmer. |the wet road between Friendship and “At the base of |.he disparity he- | OWings Station, (jalverl County, .\.hi . tween the purchasing power of the | shortly before midnight, Miss Hilda farmer's dollar and that of the dollar | Coxen, 18 years old, 537 Ninth street | ot industry.” said Dr. Taylor, “Is the | Southeast; Frank Preston, 26, and protective tariff, whose burden lies on | Albert Pevion 21, both of 120 Third 168 farnier, to thy advantage 0f dn-4y Lo oy Cears old; owner anh driver | dustry | e " N of the car were pinned underneath “The jon can be | - The agricultural situat and injured. improved by reducing the prices of things farmers buy through tariff re- duction. or by making the protective 1ariff effective for business and finan- | cial interests to whom the administra- | tion lends a sympathetic ear.” ] pine Discussion. Injuries Are Minor. Thev were extricated with the aid of Edmund H. Royall, 2408 T street | southeast. who, with his wife was re- {turning to this city shortly behind | the maehine which overturned. None, 3 | however, was seriously hurt and after A friendly and dispassionate discus-|being treated at Emergency Hospital sion of the Philippine situation by |for minor cuts amd bruises they re- | committees representing Congress and | turned to their homes. i | the Legielature of the islands was sug-| Three members of a family were gested today by Commissioner Pedro|hurt when their automobile skidded Guevara, speaking before the insti-|on Klingle road near Beach Drive in tute, as a means of reaching an agree- | Rock Creek Park at 4:30 o'clock yes- ment on the Philippine problem terday_afternoon. They were Mrs. “With the common aims of mutual|Vera Boothe, driver of the car, her welfare in mind." he said, “recrimina- | five-vear-old son, Daniel, and Sidney tions and disirust would disappear. -In | Boothe, 40. the woman’s brother-in. his conference. the gratitude of theilaw, all of 7534 Thirteenth street. ¥ilipino people would be on trial, and | Mrs. Boothe suffered a cut hand, her American history and traditions would {son lacerations about the face and, be at stake.” |the man a fracturea collarbone when Deploring what he termed “the be-|their cae crashed into a tree after clouding of the path” leading to an |skidding from the road. i mgreement by both those favoring and | opposing independence for the isl: Commissioner Guevara declared tha: the problem had reached a critical stage. due. heyaid. 1o “the abhsence of a triendly and }iirect dis nssion. Early ¢ “To debatas the floor he Urges Phi Policeman’s Cycle Skids. Policeman 1. B. Martin of the thir- teenth precinct was hurt when his motorcycle skidded on the wet pave- ing on upper Georgia avenue vester- | day afternoon. A. H. Davis, 18, 215 edar street, Takoma Park, Md., & case in the press or | another eyclist, received an injury to L the House or of the | his left leg when his machine skidded bntinued, “will not lead ; near Fourteenth street and Columbia “lon of the problem. On |road . it Will only serve to agi-| George TUdine Wood, 27 years old, nfuse public opinion with.] 1370 Kenyon street, a taxi driver, was ractical result cut about the head and suffered se- « interests in the Far Fast | vere shock when his automobile col- -l interests of the Philip- | lided with a milk wagon owned by the s demand an immediate solution | Thompson and driven by “he problem. This is the most oppor- | Charles J. McKay, 60 New York ave. ‘une moment 10 undertake the task of | nue northe: =t, shortly after 2 o'clock attempting to solve it { this morning in front of 1336 Ken- ““There is a consensus of opinion that | yon sireet. The horsé was the present political arrangement isjand the wagon was considerably dam ot by far satisfactory. It creates dual {aged. Woid was taken to Emergency Iocal autonomy which s naturally | Hospital and later removed to Gal doomed 1o fail. * * The idea of | linger Hospital, where police charged “Wha who? which is the distin-| him with driving while uhder Riishing characteristic of the present | influence of liquor- nolitical arvangement in the Philip-| Helen Smith. colored, 1734 17 street, it uld have no place under the | was injured when the automobile in Auierican flag and its institutions. It | which she was riding collided with a is 2 hindrance to the economic, social | n and political progress of the Philip-| Newton street, yesterday afternoon at pines { Rhode Island avenue and Sixth street. & | Thomas E. Jackson was operating People Appreciate Help. ! in which the girl was hurt. | the car The Wilipino. people, he Sald, Are | e enger to show their appreciation of the “constructive leadership” of the United | late Governor General of the islands. ates, which to them means the noble | “Cuba and the Phijlippines were priv- effort of implanting in the islands |jleged with his service,” he said. “His those institutions which America m-lymhl 1 thoughts were always founded iution Needed. on Senate,” ox sl hierited from the builders of the repub-|on high motives. Those who agree or lie |disagree with him ecannot help but | through Attorneys Toomey injured | the | hine driven by Jesse Ingram, 423 | BRITISH SPEED PLANES hopes to compete for the DE READY FOR SCHNEIDEI plane (at left) and the Napier biplane, on view at Calshott, K planes are said o have shown record speed neider Cup with Although his new racing plane uts. CUP RACF land, where they delayed in tests, Lieut. Williams, the Here are the two British planes, the superma have undergone tests for the cup ine Napier mono- ces at Venice, Italy. The Ame RECEIVER 1S FOR MAIER-BUTTRESS Hotel Supplies Corporation's Assets Held “Frozen” by Petition- g Creditors. Application was filed today in the pointment of a receiver for the Maier- Buttress Co., a Delaware corporation, which conducts a hotel and restaurant vania avenue. The petitioners are the Franklin National Bank, with a claim of $4.400: M. C. Carlin, claiming $700, and William J. Neldand, with a claim of The court is told in the petition filed & Toomey | that the company has 15 whom it is indebted to the extent of $21,000, and while its assets are | worth $50.000 they are in a frozen | condition., The company enjoys a falr business, the court is told from which it can derive a reasonable profit. hut its inability to pay its creditors at this time is due to the general stagna- tion of business and its inability to borrow more money. The value of the stock of the com- pany is given as $37,000. It accounts receivable are estimated at and ifs furniture and equipment at $3.500. Stock of the company to the extent of $26,100 has heen issued. Bankruptcy Claimed. | Kelsa L. Potts, a policeman of the { trict Supreme Court a petition in vol- untary bankruptcy. He resides at 5 Roxhoro place and says he owes $1,4 His assets consist, he states, of § in addition to two policies of insur ance, one a soldier honus of §1,256 and {the other a police insurance of $1,000. He is represented by Attorney Cadmus Damrell. 2o st Dry Agents Dismissed. Dismissal of J. M. Wood and Rod- man Russell, prohibition agents op- erating out of Covington and New- port, Ky., “for the good of the service"” was announced today by Prohibition Commissioner Doran. In closing. Commissioner f;n.\uvfllnrnxmzfl his greatness and acknowl- te s ta pay tribute tn the W0y Maj. Gen. Leonardg Wood, purposs.’” SO egoshggen District Supreme Court for the ap-| creditors to | $10,000, | enth precinet, today filed in the Dis- ! TIncreasing popularity of jazz in En- ndge the purity n:.d"lzone.ty of his|rope is hoosting trade in Amerigan | the left leg. Police Capture Gaming 7 Devices Worth‘s”““ ' Thousands and Names on Rolls of Resort. By the Associated Press | CHICAGO, August 18.—A fashion- supplies establishment at 608 Pennsyl- | able rendezvous along the north shore | 35, 0 0 old coast” known as the Bowling Club was found to be a | smartly kept gambling resort for { roulette, cards and other games when |a squad of police battered its way through guarded doors in a success | ful raid last night The raid was a sequel to an expose published by the Daily News yester- day in which the t was said to { e operated by “Big Tim" Murphy | former Chicago labor leader, and “Nicky Arnstein of New York, both {of whom once were prisoners in the | Federal penitentiary at Leavenworth. The resort was equipped lavishly with all the accoutrements of expen- isive gambling, the police confiscatin | roulete wheels and other devices worth ! several thousands of dollars, Newport i Card Index Lists Patrons. | A doorman dresscd in formal attire {refused admittance to the police raiders when they failed to present ASKED 'RAID ON SMART CHICAGO CLUB PLANS COMPLETED REVEALS RICH GAMBLING DEN FOR DAHLIA SHOW Find Prominent cards, whereupon, the forth fire axes and nee. A card index of of prominent per- | membership juad brought ittered an entr: many sons, was found. Chips ranging in value from $20 to |81.000 were among the equipment seized, and, according to William Wertheimer of Detroit, who told the police he was manager of the place, a rushing business had been enj since the resort was opened at a cost of §240,000 less than a month ago. Heavy FLosses Reported. It w: a music: 1 night comedy star lost $7,500 in while ve lost $20,000. xpensive motor cars with ¢id chauffeurs were in evidence as | the police descended upon thefr visit The mansion which housed the re- | sort overlooks the lake in one of the | most fashionable North Side sectio {The ballroom on the second floor wa |given over to the gambling devices.- | peteen patrons were present when the police entered, but none was held. | STREET CAR HITS MAN. Daniel Hyland, 55, in Serious Con- | dition After Accident. Daniel Hyland, 5 was employed driver for former | Postmaster General Hitchcock, resid- ing at 812 Twentieth street, was se- verely injured by a Capital Traction car at Pennsylvania avenue and Twelfth street this morning. Hyland had visited friends in the Post Office Department and was on i his way to board a street car when a car operated by William E. Sullinger, 917 K street southeast, knocked him down. Hyland was taken to Emer- gency Hospital and treated for in- juries to his head and a fracture ot Higgeondition was ye- as ported serio! years old, who | ASKS $40,000 DAMAGES. Woman Sues Father of Girl Driver of Automobfle. Katie F. Carrall, 314 Ninth street putheast, today filed suit in the Dis- | trict Supreme Court to recover $40,000 | damages from Philip Berman, 733 Eighth street southeast, for alleged personal injuries. She says she sustained permanent injury when struck by the defendant’s car, which was being operated by his daughter, Rose Berman, April 30, at South Carolina avenue and Ninth street southeast. Attorney Milton T. Broomé represents the plaintiff., Dry fce, made of frozen carbol dioxide gas, makes it possible to sen ice cream by air. o ved | « reported that only last week | another | g d Annual Display to Be | Held September 30 and | October 1. The second the National Capital Dahlia and Iris | Society will be held on September 30 and October 1. The location of the show has not been definitely deter- | mined. | Arrangements for the show | made at a meeting held last night in | the Carleton Hotel. A comprehen- | sive schedule has been planned in co- ! operation with the American Dahlia 1 there will he more than pen to amateur and pro. dahlia_ex- | perts have been chosen for the exhibi- | tion committee—Di B. S. Norton, Bened H. Ke- Norton, of the Univer and, is in charge of 1 test garden at College Park can Dahlia Societ of ‘its nomencla- | the dah Md., for the Ame and s chairman ture committee. ! "Any one will be permitted to enter } flowers in the show. Special classes | are open to garden clubs. { Dr. Earl W. Sheets of the Depart- | ment of Agriculture, is president of | the local society and L. W. Holland of Cherrydale, Va., is secretary. Dr. McDaniel Grows Worse. RICHMOND, Va., August 18 (P).— !In a semi-conscious condition and |gradually_growing weaker, Rev. Dr. iGnorgP W. McDaniel, pastor of the First Baptist Church here, may not live more than 24 hours, on> of his physicians said here today. His family is at the bedside. Dr. McDaniel, former president of the Southern Baptist Convention, is one of the best known ministers of the denomination, and has taken a leading part in its affairs for more than 20 years, e g A Mount Airy Fair in Progre: Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., August 18.—Mt, Airy’s annual fair opened yesterday. Large crowds are expected for the affairy’ < is, of lary proportion this 5 Cever . The fair will' ¢! aturday nig! : i annual dahlia show of | were | section of England dus | 1., STANDARDLE * CONTRACT FORM Savings to Government and Avoidance of Disputes Expected to Result. With a view to cutting the high cost of Government contracts, estimated to be about “15 per cent more than the same work would cost a private own- | the Interdepartmental Board of Contracts and Adjustments has com- pleted a series of new standard Gov- ernment contract forms, It will result in mate the Government,” said Gordon A. Ram irman of the hoard, in making s official report to Director Lord of the Bureau of the Budget. “Uncer- tainties and hazards which grow out of the ch: the Federal contr: | erease the cost of |and supplies. * * * It has been the intent in this effort to make 2 contract a prize to be won rather than a pest to be avoided. Used for Building Program. “This new contract will b» used in connection with the construction of publ , for which Congress at |its last session authorized appropria- tions of $165,000,000 and will be used for other construction work for the various departments and establish- ments of the Government amounting | to aaditional millions of dollars an- nually. “These contract forms mark an epoch in the Federal service. Hereto- |fore the Federal Government had | taken both ends and the middle of all {contracts and had-insisted upon such nreasonable requirements that many reputable contractors hesitated to ac- |cept Government construction con- o cts operated to in- vernment work Che new form of contract is fair and equitable to both the Govern- ment and the contractor. The con- | tractor will not be charged with liqui- dated damages for delay due to un- | forseenable cause beyond his control and without his fault or negligence. | Will Avoid Disputes. | “Heretofore under the old unduly {technical and varying contract re quirements contractors have been pe- nalized in cases where work has been delayed through no fault of their own and where no possible loss had been occasioned to the Federal Govern- Simplification and standardization of the language of the new contract, making clear the exact obligations of the contractor, will also avoid disputes and litigation, it was explained. MRS. D. R. SMITH DIES. Funeral Sermm. for Wife of Capitol Messenger. Mrs. Fannie Kate Smith, 67 vears old, wife of Daniel R. Smith, retired Treasury guard and now a messenger at the Capitol, died yesterday at the home: of her daughter, Mrs. Herbert M. -Osborn, 228 East Capitol street. She had long been ill. Funeral serv- ices will be held at the Zurhorst funeral parlors, 301 East Capitol street, to- night at.7 o'clock. Interment will be in Laurelton, Pa., tomorrow aft- ernoon, Mrs. Smith had been a resident of the District 28 years. her cter and stipulations of | Federal | FIRST LEGION SHIP ARRIVES IN FRANGE Cherbourg Gives Rousing Welcome to Soldiers, Re- turning After 8 Years. | | By the Associated Press. | CHERBOURG, France, August 18. The American Expeditionary Force: |return to France and its battlefields began today when the liner President Harding, first of the official American Legion transports, unloaded half its ntingant of huddies here for their al savings to | descent on Paris. | The other half of the 500 legionnaires |remained on the liner with the object !of going on to Southampton and visit ing England before proceeding to | Paris for the Legion convention. The ““Marseills Tipperary” and marching ‘songs’came over the water as lighters brought the vetera |ashore. There were even a few new ones, composed for the occasion and sung by lusty-lunged group: s Are Reunited. The cheers and loud laughter on the quay were broken now and then by little cries and tears of joy as French | fathers and mothers greeted the war | brides who had come back with their | American’ husbands, some of them | with babies the grandparents had | never seen. Ma fille! Carmen! Petit Maurice!" shouted one French grandmother as {she rushed with open arms toward {her daughter, who came back with | two children. This was only one of many re- | unions, for numerous veterans were greeted not only by relatives but by French friends ‘they had not seen in | the eight years since the boys went | home. | The contingent on the first offclal transport has been preceded by |about 4,000 Legionnaires who came privately during the last few wee | These now are scattered all over Europe. many in some in | Germany or Ttaly others in | Poland, Scandinavia, Spain and the | Balkans. ‘Some have even penetrated | to Turkey. | Officials Meet Boat. A number of today’s arrivals wera so excited at seeing France again !that they declared they were going to_stay ‘“forever.” ‘Legion officials met the boat, and [the veterans were greeted by James F. Barton, secretary general of the Legion, when they disembarked on the quay. which was decorated with French and American flags. Turning loose their voices in a manner reminding the population of the war days. the soldiers climbed aboard a special train, and the noisi- est caravan the countryside has heard for years was off for Paris. The voyage across was full of fun, and a lot of swivel-chair warfare was fought on the President Harding. There were many contests, including a golf driving tournament, for which the prize was a trip by air from Paris to_London. It was a soldiers’ holiday, and gen- erals and colonels received exactly the same attention as the men they once commanded. Fam Dr. Sven Knudsen, inspector of the national schools of Denmark, has been in America on leave of absence for two years. He is recruiting from husband and Mrs. Osborn, she is sur- Vived by another daughter. Mrs. Neil Herndon, ‘and a g. “McClain * B. Smith, all of Washington. ' various preparatory schools 100 boys, who.will be taken for a visit to Den- mark, the government of fhat country co-operating in the arrangement. &