Evening Star Newspaper, February 3, 1928, Page 4

Bride of Baritone Is Twin Sis-| ter of Mrs. Thomas R. Shipp of Washington. fi v the Assaciated Prems. | NEW YORK. January 3.--Reinald ‘Werrenrath, noted baritone. and his bride, the former Verna True Neidig. New York. were on their honeymoon today after a quiet marriage in Wee- havwken, N. J They were married by Mayor Emile rauert, who, when asked concerning ?h' lreremnn' said he understood )l‘ was to have been kept secret | Werrenrath's first wife was Ada Peterson of Hudson. S. Dak. The mar- riage ended in a divorce in Reno last wear. Although no allowance for alimony was made by the court. it was unde stood Werrenrath had promised to s $15.000 a vear for the support of the three children. 2 Miss Neidig gave her age to the Wee- hawken mavor as 24, and her birth ace as South Dakota. Mr. Werrenrath gave his age as 39 Miss Neidig is the twin sister of Mrs Thomes R. Shipp. wife of Thomas Shipp, former newspaper man and manager of a publicity bureau in this city for the past 15 years. | Miss Neidig has made numerous wisits to Was! ton and is well known here. Both Mr. d Mrs. Shipp witnessed the marriage vesterday and have not wet returned to Washington. Miss Neidig # a brunette. while her twin sister is ® pronounced blonde. MARINES TO RESUME FLIGHT TOMORROW Transport Plane Sets New Wash- ington-Miami Record on Nic- | araguan Trip. Br the Aweociated Press. MIAML Fla. Pebruam 3.—The third United States Marine transport plane | o be sent by the air route to Nicaragua | for service against the Sandino forces | probably will make the jump from here | to Managua tomorrow. after having | set & new non-stop mark of 9 hours | THE EVENT JUSTICE STAFFORD'S SONNET WINS POETRY CONTEST HONOR Local Jurist Gets Second Cold Cup Speedboat Event i Will Be Added to Program l This Year. Washington. which last vear staged | three of the five major speedboat races of tne country. this year will add a fourth, the Gold Cup race. which is | considered the greatest single race of | America. Announcement that the race 1 has been secured for the President’s Cup regatta next September was made last night by the Corinthian Yacht Club. sponsor of the regatta. The club also announced that the three races that were heid last year will again be staged on the Potomac off Hains Point. They are the Presi- dent’s Cup. Dodge Memorial Cup and Secretary of the Navy's Cup r1aces. September 22 and 23 have been set as | tentative dates for the races. Decision Delayed. Washington was offered the Gold Cup race in preference to Baltimore and Newport. R. L. by the American Power Boat_Association, which has charge of {all_the races. Until last night, how- ever, there was some doubt about | whether the Corinthian Club would { accept the offer on account of the ex- pense. The race, with the other three, is ex- | pected to bring to Washington the greatest single array of speedboats ever l(n compete in one regatta. A change in the conditions of the race will as- sure competition by both displacement and hydroplane type boats. . Boat Type Changed. The President’s Cup. Dodge Cup and {Secretary of the Navy's Cup races are for displacement type boats, and here- | tofore the Gold Cup race also has been }rompflcd for by this type of boats. | This year, however. the rules call for |the Gold Cup competition by boats of ithe hydroplane type, t | built into the hull to enable them to skim over the surface of the water | This change is expected to result in a |new record for the race, since the h: |droplane type boats are faster than | those of the displacement type. ! Boats for the Gold Cup race are al- jready being built to conform to the | changed conditions. it was said. THOMPSON IS HAILED T ~| AS FRIEND OF SOUTH ARLINGTON ZONING [ Chicago Mayor Acclaimed in New REINALD WERRENRATH. hose with a step | and 20 minutes from Washington to Miami yesterday. | Lieut. George H. Towner, accom- ied by Lieut. James B. McHugh, re- f pilot and radio operator. and Sergt. | Robert Wence, mechanic, arrived here | today at 3:45 pm. after taking off | early start tomorrow. They will follow | the route blazed by Maj. E. H. Brainerd J. L. M. Brown, the pilots of ENGINEER IS URGED? Orleans as “Too Good a Demo- Chamber of Commerce Directors| Told of Handioap in Lack of - | Regulations. | | ipe-tal Dispatch to The i CLARENDON. Va, February 3.—De. | | i claring that the Chamber of Commerce and other agencies are being handi- capped in their efforts to encourage the location of industry in Arlington | | County_through lack of zoning regula- | Managua to Key West. directly to Havana, from | there west to the tip of Cuba and on ‘westward to within sight of the coast ©f Yucatan. then south along the Yuca- tan coast and inland at Tela, Honduras | CALIFORNIA 6. 0. P. | GETS BEHIND HOOVER All Factions Unite in Dechrinz“ Him as Choice for Presiden- | tia] Nomination. By the Amociated Press. set aside their differences of past years to unite in an appeal to citizens to sup- port Herbert Hoover for the Republican bomination for President. The appeal was hesded by William H Orocker, Republican national commit- teeman from California, and carried the names of numerous members of the progressive wing of the party, which was started in this State by the then gov- &mor, Hiram W. Johnson, now a United States Senator. Gov. C. C. Young. a member of the Johnson political group. bas signed the appeal Johnson and Hoover were opponents for the Republican nomination at the | presidential primaries in 1920. Johnson won. “The blican party will be honor- | ing itself presenting Herbert Hoover s its candidate for President. and we call upon the citizens of California to foin with us in assuring a delegation to the Republican natio convention which will unanimo and whole- heartedly support Herbert Hoover for the Republican nomination for Presi- dent of the United States” said the signed statement. SOVIET RAILWAY BONDS ON SALE IN ENGLAND | Foreign Offce Refuses to Btate| Policy Now—=Securities Are Frowned on in U. 8. By the Arecigien P LONDON, Fevrusry 3 “The Russi Bovier Railway vonas, sale of waicn the Uniled Biaes is looked Cisapproval by the Americs riment. fave peen on sale in Great "Hatn for several months, but it was learned from government quarters yes- Lerday that Uiere has been itUe trading £ them It was stated that the foreign office St present has uo policy Y annoutce Waeir sale . In perismentary circler iU is expecied that question: wil) be put 1w the government regarding the bonde when the House of Commons eonvenes next week and iU i probable thet Premesr Bald or Wiuswn Churenill, chancellor of the v hequer wili then state Britains policy ZEBRA INJURES KEEPER. Noted Circus Man Disgged Bitten by Frightened Animal OB ANGELES. ¥evrusry & A Al G Barnes. nowd crcus man onfred U B boepitsl here today foi lowving sn sveck U by » wine The vewran cire bt sterday rignened sud ren for some Gislasce regain unuol be sud lwersiend whout shoulders by U webrs and became aregging Burnes Iy his struggles 1o whs severely biten the head &0 Church Party Tonight Dispa Tre $tar By o POTOM A Feurusty 3§t Rita's Calliic Churen of Mount 16s will Jwld e fourth snnusl cerd ety 818 dence Wnignt w1 e Ralei) Mo In Wesningoo Cerds will be plaved e tween 830 ana 1l pm and dencing will be held fiom % pm o midnight Musie will be furniehed by the Vire ey e | on Columbia Pike, on which it proj tions, President C. R. Ahalt of th chamber at a meeting of the directors of that body last night stressed the need of immedi: ion by the supe: visors in appointment of an expert zon- ing engineer. “The time has arrived. Mr. asserted, “when Arlington County must decide where it shall place parzs and | industries. Business interests want to locate here, but until the county is| properly zoned where can we say they | can locate.” The question of zoning arose fol lowing receipt of a report that the N. Auth Co. of Washington is in a re- ceptive mood for location of a plant in the cout: It was pointed out-that the company is not wedded to the site | h The Ahalt | to build an abbatoir, plans for wi sroused such bilter oppesition. | matter was referred to the industrial relations committee, of which Walter K. Handy is chairman. Keith A. Brumback. a member of the Alexandria, Arlington and Fairfax Realty Board. staied that a joint meet ing of that board and the Arlinglon County Zoning Commission is planned for the near future with the idea of giving careful study to the zoning ques- tion in_Arlington County. A “Dutch Treat Club” was formed among the directors with a view of holding luncheon meetings each Tues- day in the Rucker Building. to create & closer spirit of co-operation Low Air Flight Ruling. The limit of height below which Army aircraft may not fly over persons | has been set at 75 feet. The War De- | partment has issued instructions pre- | scribing that in all forms of training involving the combined use of air and ground troops, in air races, on exhibi- | ton flights or on any type of mission | which requires fiying over individuals, | Goops or groups of persons on the | ground, aircrafl will at all times be flown in a manner to insure safety of | all concerned | Father Asks Jail | For Son Who Stole | Auto; Boy Confined E A, N Y. Pebruary 3-On the plea of his father that he be given “a Jall sentence 1o Lea & lewson” Prank Emery, od, of elend, Ohin. yesterday var sentenced U an indeterminate term in the National Traming Bchool for Boys at Washington by Federal Judge Bimon 1. Adler The boy pleaded gillly 1o & charge of sealing his fathers automoblle and driving It o Buffalo, where he s wrrested It is not necessary to have had an Ac- count at this Bank to Borrow, Lasy io Pay Monthly tosa §120 | $1%0 | I $45.00 $1,200 $100.00 36,000 $500.00 I'HE MORRIS PLAN BANK Usses Supervinion U8, Tressury 1408 1 STREET, N, W, | exa crat to Be Republican.” ¥ the Associated P NEW ORLEANS, February 3.—M; William Hale Thompson of Chicag: a midnight theater demonstration today, was acclaimed by Huey P. Lol Democratic nominee for Governor of Louisiana, as a friend of the South. Mayor Thompson, Mr. Long declared, is 100 good a Democrat to be a Republi- can and t0o0 musical and hospitable to have been born north of the Mason and Dixon line. In the pages of modern history, Mr. Long said. it will be recorded that the city of New Orleans was as v de- fended from the forces of nature in the flood control battle of 1927-28 by William Hale Thompson as it was from the forces of the British in 1815 by “Old Hicko Jackson. Mavor Thompson arrived last night amidst a noisy din of river boat. loco- motive and factory whisti by the booming of cannon, to present the £50.000 prize and gold cup to the winner in the New Orleans Hantlicap today and to wi'ness the Willlam Hale Thompson Handicap run at the Pair Grounds. Chicagoans and a brass band. BILL HONORS GEN. LEE. Virginia House Passes Measure to Provide Statue. Special Dispatch to The Star RICHMOND, Va. February 3.—The House has passed a bill which has for its object the raising of & fund by private subscription for placing a life. size figure of Gen. Robert E. Lee in th: old hall of the House of Delegates. The idea is to have the figure set on the spot on which he stood when he received his commission as leader of the Confederate forces in 1861. The bill was presented on the suggestion of Gov. tvrd. and there was such a sentimens for the measure that it was passed in short order. By The most convincing argument for York- town Cigarette is the fact that a great number of smokers are “‘adopting”’ it. The flavor is not just like anything you have ever tasted. It’s worth buying a pack and forming an opinion of your own, Your taste is the test — not our claims. Twenty for 15e. Larus, Kichmond, Virginle . heightened | He was accompanied by 830 Place for Composition on Lindbergh. | 1 Edwin Markham Awarded First Prize for His Poem, | “The Leader.” Justice Wendell Phillips Stafford of | the District Supreme Court has been | advised that his sonnet, “Lindbergh,” | won second place in the contest about | leaders in the fourteenth poetry con- | test under the auspices of the Amer- | ican section of the Poetry Society of | Great Britain. The first prize of $100 | was given to Edwin Markham. dean of | American poets, for his poem, “The Leader.” More than 600 poems were | submitted. | The judges of the contest included | Mrs. William A. Bartlett, chairman of the premiums committee; Mrs. Nicholas | Murray Butler, Lady Maud Warrender, | president of the Poetry Soclety of Great | Britain: Prof. Curtis Hidden Page, president of the Poetry Soclety of Amer- Archibald Flower. governor of the | espeare Memorial Theater: George | Wharton Pepper, former United States Senator; Henry Woodhouse, president of the Aerial League of America: Hewitt H. Howland, editor of Centu Virginia Watson, editor Harper's Maga- | zine, and Prof. Joseph Alexander of | the Ohio State University. | Other poets who received a large num- ber of votes are Miss Ruth E. Hender- son, the Wyoming, Washington: Stan- | ton A. Coblentz. Prof. Henry Mead Bland. Angela Morgan, J. W. Nance. Mrs. Faith V. Vilas, Benjamin C. Wood- | bury, Jeanne R. Foster, Miss Julia Dab- | ney. Comdr. Carlyon Bellairs, M. P. London. Petronella O'Donnell, Sflmor'l set, England: Mme. Helena Derezinska, | G. T. Evans. Georgina B. Wells. Dr. | Mary ‘Brent Whitesile, Miss Inez Tem- | ple. 'Miss Alice E. Hughes, Mrs. T. T.| Wells, Miss Madeline Mason-Manheim. Mrs. Ellen C. Johnson, Mary Noble | Allen. Mary Siegrist, Zora Cheever and | lvde Robertson. The subjects of the various poems submitted included Jesus of Nazareth, | Washington. Lincoln, Napoleon. Peary, STAFFORD. Joan of Arc, Plato, Achilles. Alexander Percy Stickney Grant, in whose mem- ory the contest was held: Lindbergh, Guynemer. Faraday and Edison. Mr. Justice Stafford's poem follows: Lindbergh. Lone eagle of the wild Atlantic plain, ‘Tall, laughing boy, with sun-glints in yours_eyes, Playfellow of the lightning and the rain, Co-sentry with old watchers in the skies, Light-hearted prologue to the epic muse. Glad reuniter of long-riven parts, Bright Hermes of the nations, bringing news Of love still flaming in all human hearts! more, More than the grateful world can ever pay. A fouler fog than hides Newfoundland's shore Your little bark's propeller whirled away. Fly on, above the mist of sordid things Rise. like the sun, with healing in your wings! VIRGINIANS FAVOR | SHORT-BALLOT PLAN Senate Passes Measure, 27-12, for| Amendment to State Con- stitution. Special Dispatch 10 The Star, RICHMOND. Va. February 3—The | proposed amendments to the constitu- | jton known as the “short-ballot amend- | ments” were passed in the Senate yes- | terdav by a vote of 27 to 12. Every | member of the Senate was on hand, there being one -vacancy in the body. The amendments in their order are: | To empower the governor to name & secretary of the commonwealth to serve for the term of the governor, a treasurer | for the State with a similar term. the | superintendent of public instruction for a term of four years and a commissioner of agriculture to serve the term with | the governor. There was spirted opposition to this part of the governor's program. The matter will now go to the House for concurrence, Delegate R. Lindsay Gordon of Louisa, YOU CREDIT E R i ly sums; easy SUITS ie the oldest ember of the House in point of serv e, has offered a bill which has for its object the popular election of the judges of the Supreme Court of Ap- peals for the full term of 12 vears. This bill has appeared before and met defeat. AUTO RECIP - ‘ ROCITY MEASURE PRESENTED | Senator Ball Asks Repeal of Vir- | II' Now it’s your choice for ginia Law Causing Friction Between State and D. C. Special Dispatch ta The Star. RICHMOND, Va., February 3.—Ser.- ator Ball has presented a bill whicn has for its object the repeal of sub- section C of section 20 of the Virginia automobile law. ‘That is the section which has caused so much friction between Virginia and the District of Columbia and provides that when a machine is owned in an- other State and is engaged in busin in Virginia, it shall carry a Virgi license. The bill of Senator Ball will elimi- te that section from the present law and it is believed much trouble will be saved over various interpretations of the law as it stood. IS GOOD AT |EISEMAN’S Seventh & F Sts. OPEN A CHARGE ACCOUNT : On Our LIBERAL CREDIT Plan Take advantage of these generous reductions. Pay in small weekly or month- to meet. AND OVERCOATS '19% men. All sizes. Pay during Ma May. 28 ON LIBERAL TERMS is here. From the plain blues and grays to the novelty mixtures that appeal to the best dressed Remember that you can make use of our Liberal Credit Plan. rch, April and - NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3 HUGHEY JENNINGS MOURNED BY MANY Large Crowd Attends Final Rites for Noter Player and Coach. By the Assaciated Press | SCRANTON, Pa, February e Hughey Jennings, famous base ball player and manager, was burfed today. | | The former Detroit manager &nd New | | York Glants' conch, who died Wednes- | day morning at his home here, was lald t. Catherine’s Cemetery at Mosco nt village at the foot of the Poc no Mountains, near where he spent two years trylng to regain his shattered | health, Hundreds of persons from all walk of life were among the throng of mourn- jers at the funeral, which moved from the Jennings home to St. Peter's Ca- thedral. where a solemn high mass of | requiem was celebrated. County and city officials, bankers, judges. lawyers, gray-haired men, who had seen Jennings begin his career | 'more than 35 years ago on the sand | lots here, joined with notables of the | base ball world in paying tribute. Rev. C. A. McHugh, pastor of St. Mary’s Church at Mount Pocono. came down from the mountain region to cele- brate the solemn high mass in the ca- thedral Following the mass the funcral cortege moved by motor car over the Lack wanna Trail 14 miles to the cemetery, where Father McHugh offered the last | prayer for the dead. and the body w: | then lowered into a grave on the sno | friends stood with heads bowed. CHILE CENSORS MbVIES. SANTIAGO, Chile, February 3 (#).— | The minister of interior has decreed motion picture censorship. Minors under 15 may of legends. historical v | edies. e only movies ages and com- They must not be permitted to Warsaw. Poland: Evelm M. Watson. | “Do I deserve all this?" Oh, more, far | V1% films portraying crimes or love | scenes. At the same time the importation and showing of films which might cause ridicule or outrage against the author- |ities or against persons. or offend na- { tional pride and patriotism at home or abroad. or offend the morals or cus- {toms of foreign countries or religions {was barred. Films claiming to point a {moral by showing immoral acts or | which might incite to crime were also | banned. | | GIRL SCHOOL BOARD | IRONSIDES’ PICTURE ELECTS NEW OFFICERS | PRICES ARE DOUBLED President Green and Vice Presi- $260,000 Still Needed to Complete dent Hoxton of Potomac, Va., In- | Rebuilding of Historle stitution Tender Resignations. | Dispateh to The Star POTOMAC. Va. February 3.— Rev. Berryman Green and Archibald Hox- ton, “president and vice president, re- spectively, of the board of trustees of St. Agnes' Episcopal School for Girls resigned from office at a meeting of the board last night. They still hold membership on the board, however. Bishop Henry St. George Tucker w: elected president to fill the vacan: left by the resignation of Rev. Green |and Rev. George Vest, rector of Em- manuel copal Church of | was named vice president. ‘The board re-elected Miss Marzu {rite Chapman principal of the school and formally accepted the use of a nearby cottage for one year to a~com- modate more boarding pupils. The use of the cottage was donated by a friend The trustees will hold their next meet- ing on March 6. Women of the Netherlands Indies are taking to ice machines. washing machines and other electric labor-savers from America. | ¢ v capped mountainside while relatives and New Store 1407 H Telephone Main 3707 Frigate. NEW YORK, February 3.—An in- crease from 25 to 50 cents on the price of the 10-eolor reproductions of the historic frigate Constitution, beginning March 1, was announced yesterday as a step toward raising the $20,000 needed to complete the rebuilding of the o1 making this announcement nal committee 1n charge of the campaign said that about $85.000 has thus far been spent on the rebuilding of “Old Ironsides The demand for souvenirs from the the wood and metal 1. made at private railway all except a few nar connecting Warsa towns and Summer resor 0l ———|a|———=[o[c—=]a[c——=]0] eek-End Specials Fresh-Cut g Roses $2. 75 Doz. B BLOOMING PLANTS, $2 up New Store 1407 H [———[o|]c———|a][c———|o[———[u] $32.75 Regardless of former prices Any Suit, Overcoat, Top Coat (Full Dress not in- cluded) —remaining of the present seascn’s stock— that means Fashion Park’s exclusive models; Charter House Ccllege Clothes, Richard Austin English Over- coats—and the Mode’s own make. 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