Evening Star Newspaper, March 3, 1928, Page 3

‘ THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, n_ G, SATURDAY. MARC Have a Look, Girls! *BIG WAR MANEUVER PLANNED FOR MAY . Chesapeake Bay Defense to Bring Army and Navy Into Action. The largest single movement of rail- ¢way artillery ever made in t the first battle man i <ince the World War o in May when plans for the de- e of Chesapeake Bay will be tested mt battle practice between the v and Navy vesterday Andrew approved Gen Hero, nating in s battle practice for the fit of the Coast Artillery School at Fort Monroe, Va Aireraft to Take Part. Army and Navy the battle fleet, the big 16. 12 and 8 inch guns of the permanent defenses and the entire 52d only_active | 11 be to keep an enemy ake Bay er large HOWARD Of West Chester, Pa., life guard by pro- fession, but beau v fate. He w chosen as winner of the male beaut; contest b at Pottstown, Pa., and is now awaiting the results of a screen test. POLISH-LITHUANIAN MEETING PLANNED Direct Negotiations May Replace Exchange of Notes Be- tween Countries. g harbor defenses tes by mobile railway Guns Manned by Garrison. The big 16-inch guns of the fixed de- fenses at Fort Stor¥ will be manned by the regular garrison, reinforced by the 12th Coast Artillery Regiment, which will be temporarily moved over from Fort Monroe. The concentration of units from di t stations will enable the officers to play a game in which all * elements the fortifications will be | engaged at the same time. MAIL FOR MISSIONARIES | IN ARCTIC GOES ASTRAY Island Inaccessible in Winter so; News of Postal Delay Will Be Sent Over Radio. By the Assoiated Pross WARSAW. Poland. March 3.—The exchange of notes between Poland and Lithuania bids fair to be superseded by direct negotiations around the council table. August mainister of foreign affairs, told the Associated Press bes { fore he left for Geneva last night that he will answer Lithuania on his re- turn and probably would agree to a con- ference on March 30 at Kocnigsberg, Germany. This ‘method of bringing the two governments together was proposed by Premier Waldemaras of Lithuania as an alternative to a suggestion that the Zaleski, Br the Ascociated NEW YORK. March 3.—The annual fof missionaries on an island al- most under the shadow of the North Pole has gone astray, it was learned | yesterday, and efforts will be made to give them the patience-trying informa- | tion through station KDKA. Pittsburgh, | League of Nations be asked for its tomorrow night and on succeeding Sat- | promised assistance. The two priests, Fathers Thibert and | RUM A-ND RU.GS“SVEerED ABOARD U. S. TRANSPORT Fafard. are attached to the Roman Catholic mission on Southampton Is- land, which is inaccessible except for a | short time each Summer. Last August | mail accumuiated during the previous Officers Are Indignant at Action 'Consider Mark ng Of French Graves PRESIDENT'S WIFE AIDS MRS. GOODHUE Mrs. Coolidge’s Shows Improvement After Visit From Daughter. A movement to mark the graves of the French soldicrs of Gen. Rochambeau’s army now buried a Mother! Kingsville, Va., has cawsed Secretary | Davis to ask the quartermaster gen- eral of the Army to consider the proposal Tnvestigation has fafled to reveal any record in the War Department as to the names of the allies of the Americans interred at Kingsville, Fut it is felt thelr graves should be marked in some fitting way, CANADA-COLONY By the Associated T NORTHAMPTON, Mass. March 3.— | The visit by Mrs. Calvin' Coolidge to | her mother,” who has been serfously i1l {at the Dickinson Hospital here since tlast December, is having a cheering effect on the i8-year-old patient, Mrs | Lemira Goodhue. Mrs. Coolidge spent four hours at her | bedside vesterday and Mrs. Goodhue's | other cailers mcluded the Rev. Kenneth B. Weeles, pastor of the Edwards Con- | #regational Church of this city, where the Coolidge family worshiped. and Lieut. Comdr. Joel °T. Boone, White { House physician, who accompanied the President’s wife here. Mrs. Coolidge herself entertained her | | son John, a student at Amherst, and | Miss_Florence Trumbull. daughter of | the Governor of Conneeticut. They ar- | rived together at the Massasoit strect | home of the Coolidges and chatted with | Mrs. Coolidge for half an hour. | " Dr. Justin E. Hayes, Mrs. Goodhue" | personal physician, that his patien| \was taking a fair amount of nourish ment and her condition appeared fav- orable in view of her advanced age. TRAIN MASTER DROPS | DEAD AT POTOMAC/ ity s st | Ottawa which said that which have not yet the s negotiations are under Ww; aware of Move to Unite With Dominion. By the Associated Press. S§T. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, March said if any negotiations are under wa: | Newfoundland and the Dominion | Canada they are unofficial and unknow: to him ‘nt followed publication i us of officia | Charles W. Conner, 48, Who Lived gt | in Washington, Had Been in Service 25 Years. | minion.” | The dispatch said that in a | weeks, probably on March 22, an “in fluentia |due to arrive in Ot egin] Dispatehito) The Star. | said that both Libe POTOMAC, Va., March 3.—Charles | tive members of the Commons W. Conner, train master of the peen canvassed and their reaction hi Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac peen that within any reasonable b Raiflway Co., dropped dead at 11:30 the Dominion was prepared o'clock last night at the railway offices [ come the cold colony into here. He complained of feeling ill a | minion few minutes before his death. He was 48 years old and had been with the | 25 years, beginning as a { brakeman and being promoted to con- | ductor, assistant yard master, yard m ter and train master. Conner :ived at 1232 B street south- west, Washington, D. C. Besides his widow, Effie Conner, he is survived by | two sons, Charles and Carl. Dr. O. A Rvder, railway physician. gave heart | discase as the cause of his death. THIEF TAKES SURREY. Two-Seat One-Horse Carriage Stolen From W. H. Brown. Passing up all the automobiles around | town in favor of a vehicle of transpor- tation fashionable three decades ago. some optimist who believes in taking his time and evidently thinks a two- was in 1894 and 1895 The dian government declined to Newfoundland's debts. Newfoundl: area was greatly increased in 19 when she was awarded Labrador, whicl tween Newfoundland and Quebec. Company Sued for $30,000. The Red Top Cab Co. was sued yes- | terday for a total of $30,000 damages | for injurics alleged to have been sus- | tained by M Yetta Seventh street, who was a pass an_automobile which was in collision with a taxicab at Seventeenth and M | December 19 I The wife her damages at $20,000 and her . Abraham Tash. wants $10,000 | additional for the loss of services of tnc | wife and_the expense incident to her | illness. They are represented by Attor Is | At Kingsville, Va. - PARLEY 15 DENIED Newfoundland Premier Un- of | common sense. sourparlers | |union of Newfoundland and the Do- | few body of Newfoundianders are The paper al and Conserva- to wel- the Do- A previous effort to join the colony negotia- tions were abandoned when the Cana- assume PASSED BY SENATE Bill to Require Registration Sent to House With Amendment. ‘The Caraway bill to require lobbyists to register and make known by whom they are employed is on its way to the Senate yesterday without a record vote. Senator Bruce, Democrat, of Mary- | land, while in sympathy with the gen- | eral object of the bill, pointed out that in such legislation “it is very easy to overstep the mark.” He suggested that it might not properly safeguard persons bringing legitimate forms of persuasion to bear on legislation. He thought there should be some distinction between a person who is employed especially to come to Washington in connection with legislation and the secretaries of organi- zations who follow the progress of legis- lation merely as an incident to their regular duties. Senator Caraway agreed to an { amendment offered by Senator Bruce 3. ! giving the court more discretion in im- | —Prime Minister W. 5. Monroe today | BOsIN a penalty for failure to comply | | with the measure y Senator Caraway said this law, like all [ looking to the union of the Colony of | others, would have to be enforced with | He sald he was satisfied | the bill *would not curtail the right of | petition and direct appeal to members [ of Congres n, “It only applies to that class of people m | who make a profession of influencing, or who have for the time being the oc- cupation for hire of influencing legisla- | tion,” sald Senator Caraway. In addition to this bill, there is pend- ing before the Senate rules committee n al e the registration of lobbyist Wife Asks Limited Divorce. Mrs. Ivy M. Eaton, 1234 Massachu- s | setts avenue, yesterday filed suit for a limited divorce from John S. Eaton, au | | | | | ys her husband deserted her. They were married at Richmond October 7 19! cember. There are no children. The wife is represented by Attorney F. D, Davison h territory had long been in dispute be- | a proposed rule by Senator Walsh, | Democrat, of Massachusetts, requiring LOBBYING MEASURE MAN GETS 19 YEARS House for action, having passed the | Justice McCoy in Criminal Division 1. | | | | employe of the Southern Railway. She |will tour that will include flights in | and lived together until last De- | for the hop from San Francisco to the | |son, vice president Falirchild Aviation Corporation, in a Fairchild cabin mono- plane for San Francisco, making sev- eral stops en route. The flyers are |scheduled to sall from San Francisco March 15 for Toklo, and said other | places in the Orient may be added to | their itinerary in Japan. DOG SAVES MASTER. Prisoner Guilty in Attack on| wminneaporis, Minn.. March 3 o) | —Bessie, a pet dog, died to save her Bill Collector—Two Others |master when fire broke out in the home Are Sentenced. of George Christ; Awakened by the |bark of the dog. Christy found the house filled with smoke. He rolled down a flaming stairway, being burned about the hands and face. Bessle, unable to follow, perished. INSPECT For a vicious assault with a sash- welght on a bill collector, Melvin Frost, | colored, 27 years old, was sent to the penitentiary for 19 years todayv by Chief | Frost pleaded guilty to an assault to ! kill and robbery of the collector. The | indictment was in three counts and the chief justice fixed the penalty at | six years ‘and four months on cach | count, to run_consecutively. George L. Carner, collector for a fur- niture company, called at 2321 Connors Court northwest, December 10, to col- | lect a bill. Frost struck the collectur | over the head with the sashweight and | dragged him into a rear coom. where | he demanded his money. When the col- lector had given him some of his col- | lections, the negro demanded raore and | again applied the sashveight a< an in- | ducement. Frost obtained about $125 from the man, it is reported | Although George Kline, allas Alex- ander D. Myers, alias Albert White, 28 years old, pretended to be deaf when arraigned and pleaded guilty in answer to a written question by the court, Chief Justice McCoy insisted that the man was faking and sent him to the| penitentiary for 15 vyears on two charges of grand larceny and forgery. tages enjoyed at » 3 |CITIZENS CONDUCT DRIVE. Mid-City Group king Members This Month. | The Mid-City Citizens' Assoclation it ironduumx a drive for new members I this month. G. Howard Dunnington. | 2121 Fourth street northeast, chairman of the organization’s membership o-m- | mittee, says that the association s | striving for 500 new members during | the month of March | In addition to its city-wide “adver- tisements” for new members, the as- | sociation will conduct a house-to-house |canvass in its own territory. which | rns from Fourth to Sixteenth street and trom G street to Florida aven TODAY Apartments ideally arranged, located and’ maintained at rentals comparing ‘ favorably with those of other apartments which do not afford the many advan« The Argonne SIXTEENTH & COLUMBIA ROAD NORTHWEST Kline had served several terms of im- prisonment_in_other jurisdictions. | William T. Harris, colored. will spend | seven years and six months in the penitentiary for houscbreaking and lar- ceny. He broke into the Bell School on Second street southwest, January 28, and stole a number of articles. He had served terms for petit larceny PLANS GOOIS WILL TOUR. | Goebel Flights to Include Japan. | NEW YORK, March 3 (#).—A good Put it down in “Red Ink” Col. Announces Plane | Japan was announced yesterday by Col. Arthur Goebel, winner of the Dole prize | Hawailan Islands. Goebel plans to take off Sunday aft- | ernoon. accompanied by Ernest Robin- || LOST—75% If you paid your Landlord $75.00 rent last month— OWN YOUR OWN APARTMENT The Parkway 1009 CO-OPERATIVE 3220 Connecticut Ave. Corner of Macomb Half of your monthly payment made toward purchas- TOTAL LOSS. than the normal rental LENTY of glorious shade trees stand guard over this wonderful new centre-hall brick colonial Chevy Four tiled bath 6107 home in aristoer. Chase, Md. bedrooms, two -ft. living room sunr ing an apartment, which is les value of that same apartment, equity. INVESTIGATE THE CO-OPERATIVE FORM OF HOME OWNERSHIP AND TURN YOUR MONTHLY OBLIGATION TO PAY FOR A PLACE TO LIVE FROM A LOSS INTO AN ASSET. saved in the form of year was brought to the north region and left by mistake at the Chesterfield | Injet station. | Bishop Turquetil. in charge at Ches- | terfield Inlet, was unable to communi- cate with the island outpost, separated of Customs Offi- cials. By the Associated Prees SAN FRANCISCO, March 3.—Two seater, one-horse carriage isn't a con- neys Milton Strasburger and Leonare with open fireplace and many i | spicuous object these days has stolen a surrey of that description from William H. Brown, 520 River road, Bethesda, Md. Zisman. | Brown told the Bethesda police the | Reports Clothing Theft. Clothing valued at $125 was stolen | Ridgewood Avenue Chevy Chase, Md. Under £20.000 other modern improvements. M. & R. B. WARREN Arthur M. Suit Exclusive Representative | carriage was stolen Thursday night. It |has a leather top, he says, and is| worth $50 by 200 miles of water, and sent a dog team overland to Montreal with a mes- sage to be relayed by radio. Cleveland 764 The Parkway presents every Sunday a concert through Station WRHF commencing at the time WRC dozen bottles of liguor and an assort- ment of Oriental rugs last night made | up the alleged contraband taken from | baggage seized on the Navy transport | Chaumont by customs officials. The from a room on the second floor of | 600 Maryland avenue northeast last | night, Walter R. Harrison of that ad- | dress’ reported to the police early this | Drive out Connecticut Avenue to Thornapple Street . . . turn west 2 blocks to Ridgewood Avenue . . . thence south half block to The < FORMER VIRGINIAN DIES. | Chaumont was searched and all bag- —_— gage seized for inspection on her arrival Bpecial Dispateh to The Star. | from the Orient last Saturday. | HERNDON, Va. March 3 —Erest L. Postal authorities arranged that Howard. special agent for the Pension | $°i2ed parcel port packages should be Bureau, recently stationed at Bmmn.“fur\\'ardod to their destination, to be ed there Thursday, March 1, in his | 5earched by postmasters there for con- sixty-fifth year. Burial will be here at | traband. Naval officials indicated that 3 pm tomorrow from Congregational fince the Chaumont's captain had eon- Church. | sented to the search, no protest would He was formerly a resident of Hern- | b¢ filed officially. Officers whose bag- don. where he published the Herndon Ba%e was seized expressed indignation, Observer for several years. He is sur- | POINLNE out that it had long been the vived by his widow and three sons, | CUSOM 10 pass officers’ belongings on a ¢ Capt. Dudley B. Howard of the United | Simple declaration States Army. McKean Howard of De. | Nat the custom had been abused, re- troit and Francis Howard of Boston, | SW!NZ in the present search. :;nd one daughter, Margaret Howard of | YETIG Sey oston. {SMITH CLUB PLANS FETE. l:rv"‘"j.]»fltrion Luncheon to Be Held ' | Here, Mrs. Pollock Announces, Plans for a Jefferson luncheon to N.|be held at the Burlington Hotel were |announced at the sixth meeting of the ;| Dewly formed Al Smith Democratic 446 | Club last night by Mrs. Lester J. Pol- iuid- | Jock, fourth vice president in charge of women's activities. Other speakers included Representa- ve James M. Mead of Buffalo, Mrs Duvall, representing the Wom- atic Club of Prince George County, Ma.; Danicl A. Edwards, pr {1dent of Columbian College, and mem- ber of the Board of Education, and Charles W. Darr, president of the club, CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY a Sigma Borority will Buriington tocrats 817 Ciub_ will meet, ‘Thirwenth strect. 8 y Alumni will give 9 o'clock, at the sem} Grace FUTURE derlusters’ hike for tomor- Tom the end of Brook- at 2:45 pm A light luncheon | Ar. Behwertner at the end of the hike Wi U Omieron, tonal Home et § lon aprer | Boranity Outing Club will L Pwelith Buy s Chureh “The hike will Veltch Dis- of the 40 wm, al wed Triang omOr o et O I Observatory oni ek Creck b Col- Q0% watinta w breakfast party tory ch. 3 nt Acres Nurseries Aoderiist Club . al will et 141 Burcan of ik of Thw moreow s 30 L wion The Na O\{ai . tional Capital ( No 43, O K disnce b Swenity-y aniis WYL Chingter a card parly Jeeliable oof Work Caudtinum of Oyster Trint o treet and Pennsyl 1RO St sn, shive G Gonnor of 1ouisia thie f tacrea Henrt idny, B30 pm Catadonin MeCall of Boston will wetore the Women's Political Cluby Vomorrow G pm . 6l the Wiwutiey ¥ W C A Al wom terested puiitically Jnvited. Musical ) V"’v')‘f"’ I il'/ 15 PRINTING IN-A HURRY wrorram Colimbia Public el Weds ol Ve 1k KA Mo Gnlversity will ol dntelligenee Wil peport prog ot niaking Warhi Kalim w desbution yertahn 15 L Lesching of pex dglene Hin W anted o bring back a vanload of furniture from New York, Phila.,, Wilming- ., ton and Baltimore. Smith's Transfer & E 13333 You st North T P ~ i salding N 4 . torave Storage Co, [ bE I 4 Dearsliers wetortea e e e ————— T wry e | Pecubar | of CRANTED RIGHT OF WAY. | morming missing - clothing ‘cludod an overcoat, Emergency Truck Also Allowed | Use of Siren. 5 for GROUND St ‘The District Commissioners yesterday | ~ X T = granted the Washington Gas Light Co.’s | === { new emergency truck the right of way | | over ordinary traffic and the privilege | i of using a distinctive siren. The truck is painted a vivid red and is equipped for use in responding to fire alarms and emergency calls for gas leaks. shirts. WE INVITE YOUR INSPECTIO OF THE VALLEY VISTA APARTMENT (Cor. 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