Evening Star Newspaper, December 2, 1927, Page 17

MOON IN OPE who were m: Washington National ext’ w Robert W. Chambers, the novelist, another novelist, Owen Johnson. A HERE. Peter Chambers, opera d in New York Wednesday and hamber’s appearance with the eck. The singer is a nephew of and his bride is the daughter of THE EVENING W PARACHUTE DESIGN new type of parachute, square-shaped J., Naval Air Station. menting with_th round, at the Lakehurs, ) parachute being fested with a du superiority over the type now in use STAR, WASHINGTON, The Navy is experi- instead of This shows the new mmy to demonstrate its possible in the Army and Navy air services. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. D. €. FRIDAY, DECEMBER. MRS. LILLI Beach (at ri trial, being greeted by Mrs. Margaret Lilli trial, outside the courtroom yesterday at M Lilliendahl's brother stands at left. s 1927. NDANT'S WIFE. Mrs. Willis an in the Lilliendahl murder ndahl, co-defendant in the s Landing, N. J. Mrs. Wide World Photos. WINS HUNT CLUB JUMPING CU the jumps in the weekly riding com Hunt Club. His score in_ the exhil P. Gardner Hallman taking one of npetition staged by the Rock Cr bition this week by club members carried off first honors and the coveted cup. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. ‘Woman’s Guild of the Central Union Mission, 624 Louisiana avenue northw. churches of Washington, making Christmas bags which will be filled and presented to the poor children of Mrs. Coolidge plans to follow her custom of ‘Washington at Keith’s Theater the personally presenting the bags to th 'S day before Christ mas. e children Members of the nting the various CHRISTMA! , repr ‘Washington Star Photo. Mary Antrim, 15-year-old Kingman, K girl, who was chosen as the “healthiest girl in the United States” in _the Nation-wide contest of the 4-H Club, just decided at Chicago. Wide World Photos. Vice President Dawes and his pipe leaving the White House yesterd: after his announcement to news paper men that he was not a can- didate for the presidential nomina- tion and was a Lowden supporter. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. M NG CONGR who del of Nashville, Ten! of New York, direc L r or. sessions at the Mayflower Hotel 1 sered one of the principal addresses at the opening session. pres S HOLDS COX esterday, are shown here w ident; Senator Oddie, J. F. Calbreath of IN CAPITAL. Officials of the congress, which ith Senator Tasker L. Oddie of Left to right: William H. yashington, secretary, and S. J. Washington Star Photo. FOUR ARE INJURED | INTRAFFIC MISHAPS Bicycle, Horse-Drawn Ve-i hicle and Motor Truck Com-| bine With Auto in Accidents. Lot Noe, Soldiers’ Home Hospital, was bruised about the face when the bicycle he was riding collided with a motor truck driven by John A. Johnson, colored, of 108 Pierce| street at North Capitol and L streets |Plan of financing welfare work—will be taken vited to the was held here for one reason—to per- yesterday afternoon. Noe was given first aid at Sibley Hospital, William Kettle, colored, 40 years old, of 324 Anacostia road northeast | mit the attendance of Secreta Commerce had his leg injured when the horse- drawn vehicle he was driving was in | collision with an automobile driven by Earl Eckloff of 4044 Galt place | northeast on the road ner Benning | shortly before 11 o'clock last night. | Kettle was taken to Casualty Hos.|chest question will be held tonight by a ¥ il of Social Agencies, which will James Boyer, colored, 22 years old, | ! e S, of 1616 N street was knocked down |Sather at the Chamber of Commerce of the United States at 8 o'clock to pital. and slightly injured by an automobile driven by Mrs. J. Fichett, 2955 Newark street, as he attempted to cross at Vermont avenue and L street shortly before 5 o'clock yesterday aft- ernoon. Boyer was taken to Imer- gency Hospital in Mrs. Fichett's car | and treated by Dr. C. E. White for | injuries and shock. Edward Schaney, old, of 4601 Brooks street northeast | walked against an automobile on | Deane avenue northeast at about 9:30 | ‘clock last night and was injured | about the head and knees. He was treated at Casualty Hospital by Dr.| Lawrence Murphy . BROWN FOOT BALL SQUAD HONORED BY ALUMNI Loyalty to and Support of Univer- sity Team Urged by Grads at Dinner Meeting. Lovalty and support for the Brown TUniversity foot ball team were ex- pressed by the Washington alumni of that institution last evening at a din- ner at the Cosmos Club. While th meason for the former “iron men” was unsatisfactory, words of praise and ouragement for individual playel officials and coaches were uttered. Alfred Gurney, Rrown, made th to address the graduates, and he ported the latest news of faculty in- creases, building operations and edu- cational methods. He atated that the present freshman class is the largest in the history of the. college. Plans | were made for the appearance of the Prown musical organizations in this | city Officers were elected as Tresident, Daniel D. Grubbs president, Mark I. Coles, tary-treasurer, F. Miles Flint executive committee, Arthur J. lun, ’11; Charles R. Stark, jr., Yirnest R. Cleaveland, '14, and Daniel | C. Chace, 1900. colored, 35 vears follows: | Rich Gum Field in New Zealand. WELLINGTON, New Zealand, De- cember 2 (#).—A rich kauri gum field has been discovered in the area of a ract of land recently opened by the government at Ahipara, north Auck- | ous sections of the country met here today to plan for a two-day conference in the Capital in February when *‘com- munity r | Coune | the committee is assembled in Wash- [ tional conference here next February, | Burns, et Community | Philadelphi { other sources, | termined by the course taken by their COMMUNITY CHEST LEADERS CONFER Session Today Held to Plan Big National Welfare Meeting in February. Outstanding business men from vari- ponsibility”—with particu- reference to the community chest up. Thirty men were in- conference today, which of Hoover. The American Association of Community Chestsand | s is co-operating in this pre- liminary meeting, and will join in the “ebruary conference. Another meeting on the community local group—the Washington Coun- hear speakers, among them officials of the American Association of Commun- ity Chests and Councils Meeting is Postponed. Owing to the inability of Secretary of Commerce Hoover to attend this morning, the meeting of the commit- tee of business men, originally sched- uled for 10 o'clock in the Ma: Hotel, was postponed until this afternoon. Secretary Hoover ice chairman of the committee. Wil liam Cooper Proctor of Cincinnati is rman. While it was largely because of the onvenience to Secretary Hoover that ington today, and will have its big na- C. M. Bookman, president of the As soclation of Community Chests and Councils, #aid the opportunity for Na- tion-wide publicity afforded by a meet- ing in Washington was another factor. Preliminary Session Held. | When the main committee meeting was postponed early today is was de- cided to hold a preliminary program conference. Those at the preliminary meeting were: Henry G. Stephens of Detroit, Roland Haynes, secretary of the University of Chicago; Allen T. v of the Association of Chests and Councils; Kingsley, secretary of the Community Chest; W. J. Norton, director, Detroit Community Chest and Mr. Bookman. Over $65,000,000 has been raised by chests and councils in about 300 citles of the United States during the past year, Mr. Bookman pointed out today. Many of the cities have incomes from he added, so that the expenditures through the chests and councils reached nearly $150,000,000. Because the fate of the community chests in %o many cities will be de- hérman C. councils, the coming conference will be the biggest and most important welfarem eeting ever held, Mr. Book- man claims. Burglars Get 11 Cents. DANBURY, Conn., December 2 (#).— Eleven cents rewarded the efforts of TRYING OUT ONE OF THE a new Ford roadster, one of the models of the new Ford car, which makes its bow today to the Ameri EW FORD CARS AT THE DEARBORN PLANT. Edsel Ford, son of the automobile manufact publ er, at the wheel of ‘ide World Photos. D. . HEADS AGAIN Reiterate Objections to De- velopment on Upper Poto- mag, Including Great Falls. The District Commissioners today reiterated, in a communication to the Federal Power Commission, their ob- Jjection to any project might jeopardize the water supply of the District or the preservation and utili- zation of the upper Potomac region full" park areas for the National Capi- tal. The Power Commission had referred to the Commissioners an amendment filed with it by the South Branch Power Co. of West Virginia to its application for a preliminary per- mit for water power development on the Cacapon River and South Branch of the Potomac, so as to enlarge the project to include construction of |dams and powerhouses at Chain | Bridge and Great Falls. not seen the plans for this project, they were not in a position to offer 1any specific objection. Their zeneral objection was made known to the power commission for the reasons stated. The views of the Commission- lers on this general subject were re- cently communicated to the United States District engineer's office in connection with the application of the Potomac River Corporation_for the development of the Potomac River for waterpower. 1 TIPS Doumergue Visits Queen of Spain. burglars who last night smashed open a safe in the office of the Tidewater Sales Corporation, land. It is estimated that the land will yleld gum valued at £2,000 per acre, ———— Floods inundated 1,700 villages in Shantung lrovince of k‘hma this year. PARIS, December 2 (#).—President Doumergue yesterday called on Queen Victoria_of Spain, who is spending a few days in Paris. with her two daughters, en route to Madiid from London, HIT POWER PROJECT But since the Commissioners have |Late Shoppers Face tions resulting from the last-minute Christmas rush of buying. in stuffy and crowded stores, Dr, William C. Fowler, District health officer, today placed 'his indorsement on the shop early movement sponsored by local merchants, He declared the hectic last-minute Christmas buying, which was the common thing a few years ago, to be a “real health menace,” in that it brought into close contact a very large number of persons in the va- rious business establishments. “urthermore, the purchaser will experience much more comfort and Dr. Fowler Cites Unhealthy Conditions in Crowded Stores| Pointing to the unhealthful condi- | satisfaction in making purchases ln“ 1l crowd than in 1se o he said. “Then again by distribut the shopping period over space of time the physical and mental strain on the employes in the bi cstablishments . would be correspond- ingly lessened. “This action a s of the merchants in Washington, presenting their com- plete holiday merchandise lines late in the month of November, enables the purchaser to do his or her ping with more ea f at the same time lessens the danger ich may result from mi crowded places,” said Fowler. | FEDERAL PAY ROLL CUT. Thirty-One Employes Lost During October, Survey Shows. A net loss of 31 employes on the Government pay roll for the month of October brought the total of Fed- eral employes in Washington down to 60,236 at the end of the month, the Civil Service Commission declared today. As in other months, the turnover came in the Trea: | partment, where there were !tions and 169 separations, a net gain of 9. Closing up of part of the work of the Veterans' Bureau was indicated In the figures for that unit, which showed 100 additions and 219 separations, a net loss of 119 em- ployes. il largest ury De- 78 addi- Humphrey Assumes Post. William E. Humphrey of Seattle, Wash,, took over the duties of chair- man of the Federal Trade Commission yesterday, succeeding Commissioner C. W. Hunt. Mr. Humphrey was elected by the commission to serve un- til November 30, 1928, under the rota- tion rule of the commission providing that each chairman shall serve one year, WOMAN IS AUTO DEALER. Makes Success After Taking Over Flourishing Business.. Correspondence of the Assoctated Press. HUDSON, Wis.—Taking over the control of a flourishing automobile business, Mrs. Martha B. Clymer in six months has made a success of what was considered man’s work. She is now the only accredited woman agent for a light car in the North- ‘west. She is the widow of Otis 1. € former big Jleague base ball star. Four State and Federal highways pass in front of Mrs. Clymer’s garage, where she frequently is on the job from 7 am. to 11 p.m. ymer, . Marine Corps Changes. Maj. L. E. Fagan has been detached from the 5th Marine Regiment in Nic- aragua and ordered home for medical treatment; Capt. L. W. Putnam has been transferred from Quantico, Va., to San Francisco; First Lieut. J. M. Greer, from the cruiser Sacramento to the 3d Brigade in China; Second Lieut. R. 8. A. Gladden, from Quantico to the 6th Regiment in Nicaragua, and Capt. F. L. Pelletler has been trans- ferred to the retired list. ngling in | Dr.| COMMITTEE PLANS OCCUPY LEADERS House G. 0. P. Group Con- tinues Study of Scheme to Abolish Minor Boards. | | The House Republican committee on committees expects to reach a decision tomorrow on the proposal discussed yesterday to abolish a num- | ber of minor committees which, it was sald, have met infrequently in recent years but which have furnished vear-round jobs for a number of em- ployes. These committees are those on railways and canals, industrial arts and expositions, woman suffrage, alco- holic liquor traffic, two of the three election committees, and consolida- tion into one large committee of the 11 committees on expenditures in various Government departments. Consideration of this question pre- vented the Republican committee from taking up the problem of filling vacancies that have occurred on vari- ous major House committees. Before this is reached at another meeting tomorrow, it was indicated an effort nlight be made to smooth over differences that have developed over the selection of Representative- elect Lstep of Pennsylvania to the ways and means committee. Bome members have protested Lstep's choice on the ground that a new member should not be assigned to an important committee like ways and means when older members in point of service are clamoring for the | post. S, Ay Maj. Kuegle Ordered Here. Maj. Albert S. Kuegle, U. S. Infan- try at Fort McPherson, Ga., has been ordered. to_ this city for duty at the Army War College, f EARLY COMPLETION | Special Session Here Tomor- Panama Highway. Plans for the early completion of {an international highway extending | from Canada to Panama, and possibly | into South America, will be pushed forward tomorrow, when the execu- tive committee of the American Road Builders’ Association convenes here for a special session The committee will make specific | plans for the good roads conference to be held in Cleveland from Januar: {9 to 13. One of the main features to be discussed will be a special session | of road officials from South American countries, who will feasibility of the proposed tional highway. At the meeting tomorrow will be Charles M. Babcock, cha: Minnesota State Highw E sion and president of the road associa- tia 8. F. Beatty, vice president, of Chicago; C. M. Connell, past president, Philadelphia, and Frederick Reimer, Kast Orange, N. J. Other officials of the world's la good roads or- | sanization who will bé present at the | ions and who are not members of committee are the following: arles M. Upham, managing di- | or of the a pciation; Bertram it, New York City; William Ogden, Chicago; Col. R. Keith _Compton, Ri John E. Tate, Richmond; op, chief of construction of United States Bureau of Public and Paul L. Griffiths, Pitts- | | the Roads, burgh. The meeting is expected to ma- row to Plan Canada- | determine the | interna- | COMPULSORY HEAT | 0F RAD S SOUGHT FOR TENANTS S | Fowler to Ask Law Requir- ing Apartment Landlords to Give Service. Primarily as a health measure, Dr. ‘William C. Fowler, District health offi- cer, proposes to ask legislation requir- ing all apartments and boarding houses in the District to furnish heat with other service to tenants during | cold weather. | The health department also is eon- sidering an amendment to the anti- smoke nuisance law, to regulate the smoke nuisance in private residences ; hich are now exempt from regula- ion. There is no law in the District com- | pelling a landlord to maintain heat at a temperature commensurate with demands of health, Dr. Fowler . With the result that scores of ints are being received from Powerless to intervene in the absence of such a law, Dr. Fowler explained that all he can do in certain s is to appeal personally to the ndlord on the ground of health pre- caution. Sometimes such appeals are effective and in other cases they are ignored. Test Case Made. _During th influenza epidemig at the time of the World War, the Health Department made a test case in the strict court which resulted in a coust order requiring the tenant in the case to furnish heat. That decision, how- ever, Dr. Fowler explained, was re- sarded as an emergency order and is not binding at the present time. The anti-smoke law besides exempf- ing buildings used exclusively for pri- vate residences, also exempts steam terialize considerably the intangible | plans for an international highway | connecting the nations of North and | South America. Several nations have | | alveady accepted invitations to send | | delegates to the January conference | |at <1»n14nd. Twenty-five thousand | will attend. i | POLICEMAN FINED $50. ‘A’I‘rial Board Penalizes Williams for Drunkenness. Arrested on November 22 for driv- ing an automobile while intoxicated, Policeman R. E. Williams of the sec- ond precinct was arraigned yesterday before the Police Trial Board and fined $50 on the charge of being drunk., As he had previously paid! $75 in Police Court on the count! of reckless driving, the board con- sidered the case as settled. Willlams was arrested following a collision with the car of Dr. F. W. | Braden, former police surgeon, on I street. : y Policeman, E. M. Taylor of the Traffic Bureau was fined $25 by the board for discharging his revolver | without sufficient cause. The evi. dence indicated that while pursuing two colored men in the Southwest section of the city on November 17, Taylor fired his revolver into the air in ‘an attempt to'frighten them into stopping. o ; coke or h: the health department, but as in thé shovels, roundhouses and locomotives entering and leaving Union Station. In the opinion of Dr. Fowler, all these should be included. : * Residence Nuisance. % Since the introduction of bituminous coal, Dr. Fowler said, the private resi- dences form perhaps the greatest nui znce. The present law regulates the mission of smoke from stationery en- gines, but does not pertain to steam shovels and similar appliances used frequently in the downtown sectiong. More than one builder has changed tp ard coal at the suggestion of case of apartment Fowler is unable t regulation. house- wrongs, Dr. 0 issue any health CHARGES DISCRIMINATION Trade Board Notifies New Orleans Grocers’ Association. L The Federal Trade Commission yes- terday ordered the Wholesale Gro- cers’ Association of New Orleans and its members to discontinue attempts to lessen competition by discriminas tion against non-members. % Members of the association were said by the commission to have com: bined to force their own system of distribution on non-members and manufacturers, which the commission held in violation of the Federal Trade Commission act. Refuse to Ban Executioner. | PARIS, December 2 ().—An indi- | rect move to abolish the public execu- tioner in France and thus do away with the deatb senalty was defeated in the Chamber of Deputies yesterday by a vote of 376 to 145, 1) The association, the complaint sald, opposed the distribution of goods di- rectly from the manufacturer to the retailer, and attempted “by boycoft and other means of intimidation and coercion to compel manufacturers and producers to sell their groceries and- products only to wholesale dealers.”” . AT B A