Evening Star Newspaper, April 26, 1928, Page 3

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C, THURSDAY, on 20, APRIT, APPEAL FOR G040 PLAN S CONTINUED Text of Statement on Dis- trict’s Plea Mailed Out to Lawmakers Continuing the fight for an equitabl apportionment of the expenses of the | District between the Federal Govern- ment and the people of Washington, the executive committee _of th® Citizens Joint Committee on Fiscal Relations i doing everything in its pow strengthen the position of th conferees on the District _appr bill. who are standing fimiy for the 60-40 ratio. against the 82000000 ey sum sllowed by the House Business mep and me learning vlan. it was repo favor of the 60-40 plan Been sent out and 3.000 me adle for distribution A special appeal to support the ratio in the present crisis has mailed to every member of e He and Senate Text of Appeal This appeal reads as follows “The Citizens’ Joint Commi®tee Piscal Relations Between the U States and the District of peals to Congress in the of the pending District bill—(1) To substitute the definite proportionate contribut the $9.000.000 lump sum appropriation (2) If such substitution ot found to be practicable in the few weeks remaini of this session, to submit the w question of fiscal relations between United States and the D Jumbia 0 a joint commu: 1ts findings and recomme next session of Congress: the lump sum payment temporary annual appropriation tice, as an exception to «he o law, to Increase substantiai lump sum payment. for th correcting some of the most inequitable injuries inflicted lump sum payment practice “The reasons sustaining our appea! for fiscal fair play for the District are | set forth in printed matter herewith in- osed. od sponse 1o this petition of the unrepre- sented.” | This letter was accompanied by tne | mmnn of the citizens’ joint commit- | . submitted earlier in the session, and | signed by th: heads of the trade ard| civie organizations of the city who oon- etitute the joint committee. and by ather | printed matter in explanation of the present situation New Members Admitied. Secretaty Robert J. Cotirell reporte that the Operauve Builders’ Assvciatio end the Washington Real Estate Board have been admitted as constituent mem- bers of the joint organization. The for- mer body is represented on the commit- tee by Monroe Warren, president. and | Fnfus S, Tusk, executive secret and the latter body by Jesse H. Hedges. first "i~e president. and John A. Petty, ex- ecutive secretary GEORGE E. FOX DIES. Away at Residence at 1809 Belmont Road. George E. Fox. 65 years old, died at his residence. 1309 Belmont road. ves- terday after a Jong iliness. He was a' one time in business in Evansville, Ind. | end later in Michigan. and had been # resident of this city for the past six years He leaves his widow, Mrs. M. Louise Pox: a son, Leonard Fox of this ecity, and a daughter. Mrs. Leon PFinour of Chicago. Puneral services will be conducted in the W. W. Chambers Funeral Home Fourteenth and Chapin streets, tomor- row morning at 11 o'clock. Interment will be in Evansville, Ind. BEACON TO BE LIGHTED. Will Press Turn on Current. President Coolidge tonight at 10| o'clock will press a goiden key at the White House which will light the 8.- | 000.000-candlepower Lindbeigh airways beacon mounted on the tower of the new City Hall in Los Angeles. The gi- gantic beacon. for the guidance of the Pacific Coast night mail fiyers. flashes #ts beams around the horizon six times | per_minute Passes President Button to | TOLD XOW 18 | WITH v, IN BED This Mfllxon D’)Ilar Printing Plant —4n 8t "r.e Natx(mal Capnal Prcsrs w2 "/f’*?\fu DISAPPOSL BYRON § ADAMS PRINTING IN A HURRY Rooft P:patrcd by prcrta Hove ue oo . orrent #ll o ne IP()N('I AI Mo ey CoMvANy s 507, 8 "Ark‘nmvl rav:‘cr KOONS . i TINNING Cornices & Slfl lwlm by wears of sxmerience (JUI w Bary)mnvn BiE0 Bk B AW | MEXICO ASKED TO DEPORT | In Theater Dea RAPLEY-ERLANGER Thirty Years of Relationship in National Theater Is Cemented. | A relationship of 30 years in the | management of the National Theater |\\ns comented yesterday with the pur- chase by A. L. Erlanger of a half in- terest in the theater, forming a partner- Iship with W. H. Rapley to own and manage the house in the future. Erlanger for the past 30 years has been booking agent for the National. The same system of booking will be fol- it was announced. |lowed in the fulure, A S iy Partnership Gratifying. | o Mr. Rapley today expressed pleasure \ at the new arrangement. The an- nouncement was made late yesterday bv S. E. Cochran, manager of the theater, following word from New York of the consummation of the deal. A tatement from Mr. Erlanger said, “My associations with Mr. Rapley have al- ways been of the pleasantest. Mr. | Rapley is a gentleman and a real show- {man and 1 am delighted to form this closer alliance with him. I am s {we shall pull together in double har ness.” Mr. Rapley's connection with the Na tional has notable reason than that he disposed of the |fire jinx that destroyed the theater four times. The theater was built in 1835 by Harry Randall, Richard Smith, | Cornelius_McTean, jr.: George Gibson. | William Brent and later W. W. Cor- ~oran. Such stars as Junius Booth, J H Hackett and Edwin Forrest ap- {peared on the stage of the old struc- ture under the light of smoking ofl lamps Above: A. L. ERLANGER. Below: W. H. RAPLEY. Destroyed by Fire. In 1843 the structure burned down and waz not rebuilt until 1852. Another long line of famous stars made history | for it until 1856. when fire again reduced |1t to embers. The Civil War intervened and it was not until 1862 that W. W Raplev, father of the present owner, re- | built it April 26-—Military | Eleven vears later flames again razed ! authorities of the State of Jalisco have | the bullding and Mr. Rapley suffered a a the war department to have de- {loss of $98,000. Undaunted. he im- ported from Mexico the Spaniard, Fran- tnv‘dtntfl\ rebullt the theater and opencd cisco Indart, resident of Guadalajara, |it a vear later. Years of prosperity charaed with sedition—spscifically, sup- | followed and then in 1885 fire broke out port th~ so-called Catholic revolution. | during a performance and the theater A N n Senorita Marie [ was rebuilt again. It was soon after Camarena, has been arrested on similar |this that W. H. Rapley took over the charges at Guadalajara. I management for his father. Dispatches from Tustla Gutierrez, in | After that there were no more fires the State cf Chiapas, say that two|but in 1922 and 1923 the theater wasre- Catholic priests and nine nuns have (built and completely modernized. Al- | been arrested for violations of the re- | though fire took its toll four times. it is MAN IN RELIGIOUS REVOLT Nurss Arrested on Sadition Charge. Priests and Nuns Also hgtu\lt laws. presumably by conducting | notable that no person ever lost his life | hout_registering with the |in the theater. ~ Since 1923 the pros- es. They hav -h"nm‘drrl'd perity of the house has been greater Mexico City for action by the |than ever before. S. E. Cochran. the eral authorities. present manager, is responsible for the | formation of the National Theater Play- ‘FORMPARTNERSHP M. | if for no other | *LEGATION DENIES REPORT \ Dpelnru Crown Pllncr Is Not Re- gent of Persia. statement_denying reports in the press that the Shah of Persia had “gone on {an expedition to Louristan” and that | the Crown Prince was appointed regent during the absence of the Shah from Teheran. ““This news I8 entirely without founda- he statement said. “His imperial ¥ Roes often on tours of inspection {0 the military camps in the various ports of the country, and has recently gone on such a tour of inspection to Louristan and to some of the other camps in that urmm 2 ASK NEW NAVY BUILDING. Introduced in Chairman Butler, The naval construction program, pro- viding for new buildings at varfous sta- | tions, and_an increase in the estimates | for reconditioning_two battleships, the total cost to be §13,000.000, was recelv- ed yesterday by Congress, | " Chairman Butler of the Hoise naval | affairs committee introduced a bill car- rying out the Navy's recommendations Ttems in the bill previously had been made public by the Navy Department Ilm Bill Conlgress by Only New Houses in Mt. Pleasant Near 18th and Col. Rd 14th and Park Rd.—7 and 8 rooms, - spacious baths, garayes They are bargains at §$13,950.00 Exhibit Home 1818 Irving St. NNW. Open From 9 AM. to 9 P.M. near, Main 8949 hfl 1 im The Persian legation today issued a | Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Winchester, Va. MAY 3-4 Mile upon mile of beau- tiful apple trees in full bloom. Free automobile tours through orchards. Grand parades, pageants, ‘UN CHAUD JOUR” succsssi:'t:}t‘:‘:,,“."..“. ';::? T Naeo onen | WMAL Besieged Wllh Requests to | street carnivals. Tickets on sale WILL PURCHASE HOME. Complets Performance. | The success of the musical fatce “Un | Chaud Jour,” given by the Players’ Guild at the City Club auditorium last night. was attested by th> telephone calls which poured into Station WMAL while the performance was being broad- cast The station had planned to go off at 10:15, but those listening to the piay became so intorested that they asked that the station continue the | broadcast until the final curtain, which | was done An audience of 800 saw the perform- ance. The principal parts were played by Mary St. John. Elizabeth Gorman, Margaret Cush, Herminia Costello, Luke | Fagan, Cliff Yeomans and Orme Libbey. | The direction was by Rev. Prancis X. Hurney. The Struly sisters, planists, and Griffo, animal imitator, performed between the acts. H. J. Odenthal, sec- | retary of the City Club, spoke on the | Daughters a{ 1812 to Buy Resi- dence on Rhode Island Avenue. Before adjournment of their four-day convention at the Willard Hotel last evening. the Daughters of 1812 made plans for the purchase of the home of Harry Blake at 1461 Rhode Island ave- nue for a national headquarters. Mrs. Robert J. Johnston of Towa, head of the committee which had been work- | ing on the project of acquiring a home. reported that satisfactory arrangements had been made in the case of the Rhode Island avenue’ dwelling. More than $2.000 was subscribed by delegates for | furnishing of the place and the District chapter promised to furnish two rooms return May 5 Ask Travel Bureau for Details. Phone Main 3300 membership drive of the club, saying the total had been brought up to 1.105. FOR SALE OR TRADE 99-foot frontage in Kalorama Heights: on grade: wide paved alley. The price is right. ! L. W. Groomes Thousands of Bargains in BOOKS Come in and Browse! The Big Book Shop 933 G St. N.W. No Branch Stor, ht Trust Loans Any Amount D. 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