Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1928, Page 7

TAT FVENING STAR, WASHINGTO D. €.. SATURDAY, JANUARY 28. 1928 " CHARGES HUSBAND WASTED HER CASH Elderly Woman, Asking Di- vorce. Savs Spouse De- serted, Taking Million. Janu: of her band with large ¥ ere declared by the w th r spouse. million t and desertion but ot do her bodily at M she “sin- range ex- the explosion, and re; ng from ed her business round- what ions of her for- althy and d to] her the | | By the Aseociated Press. NEW YORK. January 28.— | background of barbaric splendor, bor- rowed from the North Africa of 1847 the Beaux Arts ball, a high light of s the social season, achieved a new tri- umph of elaborate pageantry. The pens and brus! w York's leading art circles had been drafted to provide transformed the baliroom of the Astor info a gorgeous the setting in- which Arab chief. surrendered to the P in the oasis of Sidi El Brahim in 1847 Several thonsand persons included in the “Who's Who" of socicty, lite 3 drama and art attended the spec The huge baliroom had been formed into a veritable desert through which swaggered lines French soldiers, desert temptres Arab chiefs. sultans. sheiks. F pirates. slave girls and other figures in the brilliant pageantry of those times Murezzin's Call Heard. The famt voice of softly over the courtyard. opening the pageant. The wailing sound of desert music summoned the waiting tribes and the march of the vanquished started down the ballroom to the raised dais Hotel of NEW YORK SOCIETY DANCES IN DESERT SETTING AT BALL Barbaric Magnific:ncc of North Africa in 1847 Reproduced for Beaux Arts Affair. Against a | vorn. with set pearls and diamonds and a theme and setting which ¢ | fewels. | a Muezzin Tang Where their conquerors and their ladies | awaited. The moon gradually died away, the f sun rose. modern music supplanted the | desert tunes and the ball was under arges Seattle re dropped when was effected. fter Scollard again with $1.000.000 nt alleges. How- c d t makes no mention of s valet, Lee Cedare. who has| on charges of riating $250.000 of her fortune. o REMUS SUBDUES UNRULY INMATE AT ASYLUM Former “Bootleg King™” Comes to ap- Rescue of Two Guards Attacked at Ohio Institution. Br the Assomated Press LIMA. Ohio, January 28.—George Remus, former “bootleg king.” and now mate of the Lima Hospital for the inal Insane, vesterday came to the rescue of two guards who were having trouble with an unruly inmate. As the guards were taking a negro through the grounds. he resisted them. Remus came running to the scene. He gaged the negro and completely sub- him before other aid arrived. Remus has entered into life at the nstitution with resignation to his fate. Dr. W. H Forbau. superintendent, said However, his attorneys are planning for ease. having indicated they will a writ of habeas 2 way. Elaborate and costly costumes were Mrs. S. Stanwood Menken had astic African costume consisting a fant white chiffon bodice incrusted of a irt of white net mounted with 40 pairs of bird of paradise wings, with {he birds' heads incrusted with dia- monds. It was the most costly costume at the ball and represented thousands dollars, Personifies Desert Wind. Mrs, Alfred Pemberton. who came | from London for the ball. personified the desert wind in swirls of white | chiffen. a gleaming white turban and cold _coin earrings that fell below her oulders. . Mrs. Reginald C. Vanderbilt was in a | coronation robe surmounted by a gold | tiara and a multitude of real court | Many leaders of New York soclety | took part in the pageant attired in cos- tumes of an equaily claborate nature. In passing to their boxes the spec- tators passed through a slave mart in the corridor, painted for the occasion by Fdward Trumbull. From their boxes. made to represent balconies of the palace of the conauered Arab, they looked down upon the palace courl- vard. The pageant, written by Philip Cu- sachs and directed by him and Ben All Haggin, was presented in pantomime, tableaux. vivants and special dances. Its sponsors declared it the most bril- liant and criginal of its annual offerings. ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE. Md., January 28 (Spe- 1).—At the annual meeting of the ckholders of the Bank of Damascus. at Damascus, this county, directors for year were chosen as follows william R. De Lashmutt. Dr. George M Bover, Sherwood Duvall, James R. King. Archie W. Souder, S. W. Beall D. F. Brown, Donald A De Lashmuit. Raymond G. Brown, Dr. Vemon H. Dyson, Alvie A. Moxley, P. Ray Souder, Bradley M. Woodfield, C. W. Souder and G. W Watkins. elected The funeral of Mrs. Katherine Dob- son, wife of William A. Dobson, for- mer long time resident of Rockville, who died at her home in Germaniown | Pa. on Tuesday, following a long il ness, took place from Pumphrey’s chapel, Rockville, vesterday afternoon The services were conducted by Rev. Henry K. Pasma. pastor of the Presbv- { terian Church, and burial was in Rock- ville Union Cemetery. | Licenses have been issued by the | clerk of the Circuit Court here for the | marriage of Albert G. Moler, 23, and | Miss Lena May Officers were re- | | committee. ! | Wenner, 19, both of | Brunswick, Md.. and Harry Armster-| of Washington and Miss | dam. 24, of Cleveland. 3 Loraine R. Baker, Ohio. | Arrangememts have been made | whereby licenses for dogs for the vear 1928 may be obtained at the county buildings at Bethesda and Silver Spring. as well as at the courthouse in Rock- ville. and for each female $2, and licenses must be obtained for all canines whelped before December 31, 1927 The homes of John Arthur England. Leland Fisher and Clinton Howes have been robbed of cash and other articles. Thursday night the Sunday school building of the Methodist Church was entered and the study of the pastor ransacked. Nothing was taken, so far is kno At a recent meeting of the American For each male dog the tax is 81| Legion Auxiliary of the Henderson- Smith-Edmonds Post of Rockville, the following officers were chosen: Presi- dent, Miss Lucy M. Smith: vice presi- dent. Mrs. Alexander F. Prescott. Jr secretary. Hrs. Hugh Thompson: treas- urer. Mrs. Albert Wolfson: chapiain. Mrs Lucy S Smith: chairman publicity Mrs. Harold Smith: chairman rchabilitation committee, Mrs. | Deming. The membership committee is composed of all members of the auxiliary. 10.000-TON MOTOR SHIP LAUNCHED IN HAMBURG Los Angeles, Huge Vessel Designed | for Hamburg-American Line, Hits the Waves. - By the Associated Press HAMBURG. Germany, January 28 —The 10.000-ton motor ship Los An- geles was launched this morning by the Hamburg-American Line. United States Consul Thomas H. Bevan and United States Trade Cemmissioner James T. Scott were present. | Bevan read a message from the| mayor of Los Angcles expressing the ! hope that the new ship would serve o | tighten the bonds between Germany anld America, Hamburg and Los An- geles. The new ship is intended for serv- ice between Hamburg and the Western coast of the United States. s gty L Bolivian Cabinet Reorganized. LA PAZ, Bolivia, January 28 (P).— Reorganization of the cabinet was an- nounced tbday as the consequence of nations after the frustration of the nt plot to overthrow the govern-| Alberto Palacios. former consul | York, becomes minister of | ralde, former Minister foreign munister, and Aurelio minister of wa rece ment in New | Leaders of Search Arrive at KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES—You Can’t Blame Pa. TH AROUND THE PLACE — FOR A NICE QuIET | ENENWM T - ANIK HEAVEN 1 ToLD THAT KID GOOFy BOWERS HE Coud ONLY €ALL ON JULIE THREE EVENINGS A WEEK ! ITS A ReELEF NOT To HAVE HIM DUZZIN NOW OH: WHAT ARE You DOING DOWN AT WELL T WAS HELLO GOCFY — YOURE A DEAR TO CALL UP' VYES- YES- NO- YES I MISS You! YOURE IN THE DRUG STORE THE cORNER €w? SUST READING YES ITS AWFULLY STUPID AROUND HERE TO-NIGHT = OH, Y HERE BUT “You Here 7 THE DRU YOURE RAGHT NEAR S ORNER - T IT IS ¥IND OF TouGH WE CAN ONLY S€E EAcH OTHER THREE NIGHTS A WEEK NOW ! No T DONT HAVE ANY TBOYS SO G STORE VEH L By POP MOMAND FoR TH' LoVE OF PeETE! TeLL THAT kID To COME ON ARGUND AMD s€E you'l! AND GET OFF THAT PHONE ' FRANGES SMITH'S MOTIVES STUDIED. 12 Possible Reasons for Disappearance. By the Associated Press. NORTHAMPTON, Mass, January | —Twelve possible motives which may | nave actuated Miss Frances St. John | Smith in her disappearance two weeks ago from Smith College here, formed a new basis today upon which the State | planned to concentrate its investigation. | What the motives were, Gen Alfre F. Foote. Massachusetts commisioner of public safety. refused to say. Gen Foote, | who has taken personal charge of the case. made his announcement after an | oight-hour conference with his subordi- | nates and with representatives of the | airl’s family. | New Search Planned. He did indicate that the State was | prepared to take up with renewed en- | ergy and with every police and detective | ageney at its command the hunt for the 19-year-old daughter of a wealthy New York broker. | State Detective Joseph V. Daley clings to the theory that the girl drowned he: self in the nearby Connecticut River because of despondency over inability to | make progress in her studies The girl's | family, however. has constantly reiter- | ated its belief that she is still alive. | While detectives were concerning themselves with Miss Smith's motives. | a similar inquiry was being undertaken in New York, but by a different method Doubts Suicide Theory. |less perplexity. There Dr. Lydiard H. Horton. bio- logical psychologist of Boston, who has been retained by the family, announced | he was seeking figuratively to construct | a checkerboard of the girl's mind and trace the movement of thoughts and motivating impulses across it. When the “game” has been played. he hopes to find Miss Smith herself. he declared Dr. Horton said he was convinced by a preliminary examination of the facts that Miss Smith's disappearance had been caused by her low scholastic stand- ing and that he felt sure she had not committed suicide. . Hand embroidery valued at nearly 25000 was made in the West Canary ands and sent to the United States n the last $1 ELECTION SYSTEM PUZZLES STANDARDS So Far Have Failed That Insures Righ The free and Incorruptible American | he was not voting against what he | citizen, protected by stringent laws Lo preserve the purity of elections, sweps into the voting booth and makes | crosses on his ballot. | He has voled for the candidates of | his choice. So have his relatives and | neighbors. There is a predominant sentiment in_his community for those | candidates. He goes to bed that night | well satisfied with himself. He has| exercised his prerogative of self-gov- ernment. He is proud that he is a| member of a democracy in which the | only government is that which arises | from the will of the people. | The free and incorruptible American | citizen awakes the next morning and hurries to his front door for the news- | paper. He can't believe the black head- lines which stare him in the face., Somehow or other it hasn't worked out right. The wrong men—persons whom he believes to be muddle-headed or| corrupt—have been elected. He knows that they were not the choice of the majority” of the people. Something has gone wrong With the machinery | of election. | Citizen 1s Amazed. Just what has happened? The citi- zen puzzles his brain for an answer and the net result of his cogitations is a vad headache. It is small wonder. says Dr. Louls B Tuckerman of the Bureau of Stand- ards, that the average citizen'’s efforts to solve the riddle often end in hope- It" may involve some of the most complicated of higher mathematics. Some of the most bitl- liant mathematical brmuh the world | has ever known have stfhiggled over | the problem in vain. The perfect election system, Dr.| Tuckerman told the Washington Acad- | emy of Sciences recently. probably is a mathematical impossibility. Dr. Tuck erman himself has spent years in the study of higher mathematics but ad- mits that he soon gets bevond his depth when he ponders over the prob- lem of a perfect system of balloting Some systems may approach perfec- tion, but theoretical cases always can be built up where they would pro- duce exactly the opposite results from | which the voters intended The perfect system, Dr. Tuckerman sald. would be one by which the citizen could e s his real opinion by his vote and at the same (ime be sure thaf BUREAU OFFICIAL! Tuckerman Says Most Brilliant Minds! to Evolve Method t Choice. really wanted. “For example,” said Dr. Tuckerman, “I may think that my next-door neigh- bor is the best qualified man to be President of the United States. He is the man I want to sce in the White House. “Except for my next-door neighbor. I may think that the best gualified man is Al Smith. I prefer the policies he represents above those of any other man_except my first choice. “Now I know my next-door neigh- bor can't be elected. Perhaps 1 am the only man who thinks he should be. If I write his name on the ballot 1 am. to all intents and purposes. casting a vote against a man Wwho might be elected and whom I believe to be the next best qualified. But If 1 vote for Al Smith I am not express- ing my real choice.” There are thousands of variations of this situation which may arise in any voting body, Dr. Tuckerman said, whether it be a small scientific society or a great nation. A vote for a man's real opinion means just the opposite from what he expected it to. The problem can't be solved, Dr. Tuckerman said. even when its most | complex features. which are psvchologi cal. are left out of consideration. “T have wasted a good many hours on the mathematics of this problem and admit myself stumped,” said Dr Tuckerman. Dr. Hallett Gives Views. “1 think it* has been proved con- clusively,” said Dr. George H. Hallett, “that a 100 per cent satisfactory method of election is impossible. every method ever built up there are flaws which may defeat the real will of the people. ~Some methods have been evolved. however. in which the liklihood of such a situation is greatly reduced. although they are by no means perfect” The party primary method of choos- ng candidat Dr. Hallett said. often furnishes an cxample of where the actual ballot count means nothing at all. He cited the much-discussed Pennsylvania Republican primary be- tween Vare, Pepper and Pinchot. as an axample. Although Vare received about 40 per cent of the Republican votes. he said, it does not follow that 40 per cent of the voters preferred him to either per or Pinchot Probably Whatever Home You Own— Whatever Home You Plan to Buy— Be Sure and See To reach—take street car on 11th street to In- graham street and walk one-half bloek east to Ex- hibit Home Drive out Colorado or 16th street to fvenue, then northwest 1Y/ squares to Ingraham street and cast 1Y, squares to Exhibit Home. The NEW EARLY MERICAN HOME AT 1321 XHIBITIO INGRAHAM STREET N.W. WHEREIN IS SHOWN— In| voters in the cities, Dr. Hallett pointed out. really preferred Pinchot. but felt certain that he couldn't be elected and 30 cast their votes for Pepper. whom they didn't think was the best man an effort to prevent the election of Vare. Pinchot was strong in the rural di where the people thought that as between him and Vare 3 country voters really preferred Pep- per. They voted for Pinchot not cause they thought he was man but because they thought first. choice, Pepper. couldn't win Some other voters D but felt that the race w tween Pepper and Vare. Ti that the former was tainted with monay” interests and so. even they wanted Pinchot, voted for Va shut out Pepper. 1 Says Ballot Told Nothin: | Thus leaving out of cor any alleged corruption. Dr. Hallet: the actual result of the nothing at all about the real ct the people of Pennsy received the fewest have been preferred by an jority of the voters The of Pennsylvania simpl an_unsolvable mathem: At least a third o Pennsylvania are Democrats, he out. Yet this enormous section o ular opinion never can_express on national issues in Con the two-thirds are able to most solid Republican dele Democratic ballots for members of Ca gress become so much waste pape far as expressing the popular concerned The reverse of this is found in New York. lican voters for members of Cong the cities must either cast their for a Democrat or waste t gether. Thus. although have an actual majorit the Democrats elect the tion to the House. The system of balloting ch ap- proaches nearest to expreeing the pop- ular will. Dr. Hallett said. wn as the Hare system. which was invented {in Denmark about 100 vears ago This has been adopted by the cities of Cley land and Cincinnati, by the gove: ments of Tasmania and the Irish Free State for all elections, and in various other places in a modified waj Primary Not Required. this system no primary i y, although it is desiral names of all candidates first be pre- sented for printing on the ballots by petition. 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