Evening Star Newspaper, May 5, 1928, Page 3

-~ APPLEBLOSSOM COMMISSIONER D FESTVAL CLOSES Thousands of Visitors Leave Winchester—Food Supply Had Run Low. Br a Staft Correspondent of The Star. NCHESTER, Va., May 5 capital of Virgin comparatively deserted today close last night of this vear breaking The thousands of visitors from se eral States who converged here for Shenandoah Valley's to Spring and the for the most pa and ecvening. Others were today. It was extremely chester and its host of g did not scheduled two cafes and restaw soms, than di of food. Canned su day for some of the principal eating places. Await Turn to Eat. Others con- dog sand- Ik stands t. to eat ves with hot pop™ from sidew night in Shen- s min- he crowds of was given by ademy and officials the two royal bal andoah V an gled demoe their adm the Shena another festivy George Washington Hotel Gov. Byrd did not remain for the evening's gayely. He returned to Rich- mond shortly after the afternoon pa- Army blimp which carried him here Thursday morning. Police Augmented. Police and hospital authorities were congratulating themselves and receiy ing praise today on the remarkabl lack of accidents and disorder during the parade. which was witnessed by upward of 50.000 persons. The city’s usual police force of seven was aug- mented by detachments of police from other cities and by State police. Lieut Edward Kelly and a squad of Washing- ton detectives assisted Judges of the parade last night an- nounced winners of prizes for best floats and marching units. The Vincent B. Costello Post of the American Legion of Washington was adjudged the largest post with drum and bugle corps and awarded $50. Arlington County Post. No. 139. won second prize of $25. and Lioyd Wiiliams Post of Berryville, Va. was given honorable mention. Other awards follow ; Most artistic float—State Teachers College, Harrisonburg. $200; Chamber ot Commerce, Martinsburg. W. Va.. $100. Chamber of Commerce, Charles Town and Ranson. W. Va., $75. Elks’ Cr Winchester, $50. Shepherd Col- Shepherdstown, W. Va.. $25 Commercial floats—C. L. Robinson Ice & Cold tSorage Corporation. Win- chester. $50. American Red Cross, $25 honorable mention, Winchester Cold Btorage Co. Community league floats— Woodaine. Va. $30. Junior league floats—Ke: town. Va.. $30 Decorated automobiles—Girls' Ath- Jetic Association. Winchester, $50: Shenandoah Kennels, §: Best appearing fire company—Always “There Hook & Ladder Co, Waynes- boro, Pa.. $100. Largest uniformed fire company in line—Keyser (Va.) Department, $150. Company of 50 or more coming the longest distance—Hose Co., No. 1 Btaunton, Va.. $100. Largest uniformed American Legion | with band or drum and bugle | Post. ‘corps—Marris Fronck Post, Hagerstown. Md.. $100. Largest military school, with band— Massanutten Military Academy. Wood- stock, Va. $100: second. Shenandoah Valley Academy, Winchester. $50. . The government of Colombia is tak- ing over the telephone lines of the bhaeton hoth SHARE | who said Mix is threatened with' ank of MOVIN G 10 ROM et E OTHER CI ates, P TIONA FOR ¥ ther than 1108 Good B “RESPOREBLE PERK R EAL OF FITRRITURE s n Rich _ATTENTIO AVING OLD ROO KOONS BYRON & ADAMS PRINTING IN A ‘HURR " i 4 “The Corcoran Gallery HOLIDAYS ¥ This Million-Dollar Printing Plant “ The Na‘”fi’.llldll(;d"pi‘” | P ¢ How About That Roof? " IRON ¥ CLAIL :“"."w’v"‘n}“s ks North 26—North 37 tal Press This apple industry was with the s record- welcome left afternoon departing fortunate for Win- ests that the the the T OUGHERTY AT APPLE BLOSSOM FETE Mr. Dougherty was one of the 15.000 +vho flocked to Winchester vesterday for the final day of the Shenandorh Val- ley celebration. Left to right: Staunton. PULCENCLASH WITH DRY QD Federal Raiders on Garage at Seneca Falls Escorted Out of Town. SENECA FALLS, N. Y, May 5. Prombition was the chief topic of con: versation here today as residents await ed the outcome of a clash betwe three Federal prohibition agents from Elmira and local police officials over a raid on a garage. Shots fired by the Federal agents during the raid resulted in the police summoning State troopers from Water- loo. The troopers escorted the Federal men out of the village. As factory workers, office employes and students thronged the streets on their lunch hour more than 200 persons advanced threateningly toward the agents after one of them had fired a shot in the air in an attempt to bhailt | William Burns, proprietor of the ga | rage. who took to his heels when they appeared. Anolher Shot Fired. Another agent who took up the chase was in turn followed by a youth A second shot was fired. The Federal men claimed the youth fired at the |agent. Local authorities maintained | the agent had fired the shot at Burns The chase ended when a pedestrian poed the agent Returning to the garage the agents took samples from five barrels of bes spilled the contents and started to dis- mantle two 1000-galion vats. A crowd zathered outside the garage. Chief of | Police Joseph M. Casey notified the agents they were under arrest They went to the office of a justice of the peace. the crowd trailing at their { heels, muttering threats. jeers and cat | cali After an hour's wait in the jus- tice’s office. during which he failed to appear, Chief Casey called troopers, who escorted the agents out of town. Jeering Crowd Follows. | Their automobile was followed by scores of others filled with jeering, hooting men and women, who warned the agents of dire consequences if they returned to Seneca Falls again Melford M. Combs, chief agent, said he would seek warrants for the arrest ot persons who interfered with the raiders Chief Casey said he would swear out { warrants for the agents, charging them with violating a village ordinance for- bidding the discharge of firearms. Tom Mix Ill in Chicago. . CHICAGO. May 5 (#.—Tom Mix. the cowboy of the cinema. who is making a personal appearance at a Chicago thea- ter. has been ordered to his bed by Dr | Karl A Mayer of the County Hospital, pneumonta STORES FOR RENT Best Business Sections. Consult Us Regarding Profitable Locations for Your Particular Business. RANDALL H. HAGNER & CO. Incorvoruted 1321 Connecticut Ave. Phone Main 9700. Miss Ann Loth, Staunton, Va.: { Salation Army of NEW SALVATION ARMY | BUILDING NEED URGED nization Praised a Meeting Stressing Drive | for $350.000. | | The need of a new building for the Salation Army in Washington, for which a campaign for $350,000 be conducted beginning May 14, stressed at a special dinner meeting of fevials and other per- sons interested in the ballroom of ih tional Press Club building last nigh: Maj Anton Stephan, chairmen | of team organization for the cominy campaign. 1n a brief address declared that he feels “a lasting debt of grat tude” for the work done by the Salva- | tion Army for and his men during the World War. Staff Capt. James Asher told how the Salvation Army has grown from one man in London 63 vears ago to an organization now covering 83 countries Robert N. Harper. chairman of ‘he committee for the campaign. and Ed- ward Arnold of the National Theater Players also delivered addresces praising the work of the Salvation Army. was | MAIL ORDER OFFICIAL DIES G. A. Thorne of Montgomery Ward & Co. Collapses on Golf Links. CHICAGO, May 5 (P).—George A Thorne, 57. of the late co-founder of Montgomery. Ward & Co., and him- self an official of that company. died suddenly vesterday He collapsed on a golf course and died soon rward in a_hospital from an attack of apoplexy. His widow and six children survive. Wins Verdict for $1,000. Ralph A. Carter, 1439 Lawrence street northeast, has been awarded a verdict ' for $1.000 damages against the Wash- ington Railway & Electric Co. by a jury in Circuit Division 1 before Justice Stafford for personal injuries. He was a passenger in a street car at Tenth and G streets northwest when it was in collision with a truck December 23, 1925. Attorneys were Lambert, Yeat- man, Canfield & Horning. [} { Beautiful Commissioner Dougherty Miss Naney Moffett of Star Stafl Photo. WARSHIP 15 SAVED AFTER COLLISON and 'Greek Steamer Sunk With Loss of 12—O0ther Vessel Reaches Pcrt. By the Ascociated Press PORTLAND, England, May 5.—The crippled warship Bacchus reached a haven here last night with the survivors of the crew of the Greek steamer Toannis Fafalios, which it had sunk in a collision in the channel yesterday Ten of the Greek saflors were drowned and two others died after being picked | up from the water. HE EVENING ' STAR, WASHINGTON, D¢, SATURDAY, MAY .5 1928 UTILITIES INQUIRY DECLARED SUGCESS I BEVERLY HILLS.—Say, those that | | | Senator Norris Asserts Press thought Will Hays was over in Europe just to get away from the Republicans are mistaken. No wonder Bill draws such a big salary from the movies; he earns it. Did you see what he did in France? France was about to bar our movies, and Bill made ‘em sign a contract where they not only retain our movies, but for Gave Too Little Publicity to Probe. | By the Associated Press. | Declaring that the Federal Trade | Commission Investigation of the power interests which yesterday recessed until | | May 9 had fulfilled the prophecies | made for it, Senator Norris, Republican, | Nebraska, has assailed the newspapers | in the Senate for not giving more pub- | :Il:;:l,\;rylu evidence unearthed by the | every seven of ours The Nebraskan reviewed some recent | (e eun T e disclosures. ‘and read two editorials| | ; they will have to condemning the practices of public look at one made | utilities organizations, as revealed in in France. That { testimony at the hearings. satisfied the French | “Some of the most startling things producers. All they are taking place, almost beyond belief.” = wanted was to make | he said. “The way they are trying to | thelrs compulsory. Lovett advised the commission by let- ter that Mr. Lenroot was not employed to oppose the Walsh resolution, as had been testified by Ira L. Grimshaw of | New York, assistant director of the joint | committee. | retained by the joint committee before | the Walsh resolution was introduccd in | the Senate. He did not define what | services the firm had rendered the com- J mittee. Richardson’s Testimony. Richardson, who has been publicity | director of the joint committee since | May, 1927, testified that while he was idirecmr of the Pennsylvania committee | he conducted a survey of text books | In public schools, disseminated publicity against Government ownership of | Muscle Shoals and Boulder Dam and | said that all the State and natlonal utility publicity organizations tained a vigilant watch over the a.ivo- cates of Government ownership. Party of Italian Scientists Plan- ning Extended Exploration. PADUA, Italy, May 5 (®).—An ex- pedition of Italian scientists to explore the upper reaches of the Amazon River is being organized here with the techni- cal preparation of a large group of learned men. He said that the firm was | = 3 MORROW STAYS IN BED. Handles Considerable Amount Work Despite Iliness. MEXICO CITY, May 5 (@.—Al- { though Dwight W. Morrow, the Amer- |ican Ambassador, who has been fll the |1ast two days, handled a considerable | amount of work yesterday, he will re- | main in his bed probably until Mondzy | His physician last night repeated his | assurance that the Ambassador was suffering from a mild attack of the grip, and said that his condition had im- proved. main- | THE SWAN BOAT | Is Now Operating on I THE TIDAL BASIN ! (Foot of 17th Street) | educate the people is something that | must shock the consciences of ail people.” Refers to Testimony. He discussed the testimony of Walter | H. Johnson of Philadelphia, who ap- peared before the commission Thursday as chairman of the public policy com- mittee of the Pennsylvania Electric Association. Norris read from a news- paper account to the effect that John- son admitted spending about $20,000 secretly in the interest of the assacia- tion. but said he could not recall to whom anv of the money went 1“!‘?:(‘li’n'lnu‘ he “.'Lle addressing the Sen- 's largely as legally ¢ Ry egally minded men. | | “Is there such a man who s he tells the truth when he says he | doesn’t remember a single person to | whom he gave a cent of that money?” j “No one could believe that,” he added. | He then read an account of newspaner | propaganda by the charging that spies were hired “to re- | port to them the names of newspapers | which do not publish from the bulletins they send to them." “Who pays the bills?" Norris asked “Every penny of it comes from those who use the public utilities” he answered. “Although it may be made in | pennies. in the aggregate it amounts to millions. and it is used to deceive the very people who pay it. That is what is being revealed.” powef interests Propaganda in Schools. Norris said further inquiry would re- al the power interests as contributors the presidential campaigns “The employes of this great trust.’ 1 said, “are reporting to their organiza- tions in New York the success of their ~florts to educate the children regarding public utilities.” He reviewed evidence dealing with the school activities of power company The Bacchus was so badly crushed | ‘mploves, contending that an effort was forward that it was in grave danger of | D*ing made to mold the opinions of the sinking. Its crew were able to navigate | children. it siowly, stern foremost (since it was s0 down by the head). toward this port until two tugs and the battle cruiser Tiger came to its aid and took it in tow No description of the collision contained in the brief radio me from the Bacchus. The Bacchus ficet store carrier. Apparently the Greek steamer sani so rapidly that some of its crew has barely time to leap into the water. The crew of the Bacchus rescued 11 of them A second and greater tragedy loomed when the warsh'p began to settle by the head. The crew hurriedly manned the boats, taking those whom they had rescued with them. Ajparently the water-tight compartments held, how- ever, for the battered vessel found an equilibrium and floatad. The crew re- turned to her and began to carefully maneuver her toward this port For Sale or Trade 99-foot front. Kalorama Heights on grade: wide paved alley. Price Is right. L. W. 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