Evening Star Newspaper, July 4, 1928, Page 2

TOBOOSTD..WOTE Directors Donate Sum To- ward Expenses of Securing National Representation. Continuing wholehearted support of the movement for national representa- tion for the District of Columbia, the directors of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, at their monthly meet- ing last night, voted an appropriation of $500 toward the routine expenses of conducting the appeal. The matter was proposed to the di- rectors by R. P. Andrews and came up for action last night on motion by Charles W. Darr, first vice president of the chamber, who recommended ap- proval. The directors unanimously voted indorsement. Indorse Movement. Those who urged continued support of the national representation move- ment included Ivan C. Weld, chamber jdent; M. A. Leese, past president; bert McKeever and Isaac Gans. The directors also unanimously adopted a resolution, presented by Mr. Gans, urfi\l that on next March 4 the :‘\d‘n inauguration _ceremonies of pre-war style and impressiveness. inclu an inaugural ball, parade and other events on a large scale. Mr. Darr, Mr, Leese, Judge Mary O'Toole and others spoke in favor of the plan. A committee will be named to foster the event. Veote Industrial Show. The chamber directors voted to hold the fifth annual industrial exposition next Winter as a means of demonstrat- %1 the commercial advance made in the | months or a year and finally two or 4| very seldom, and it is not often the big (. GIVES $500 | —====1/INITIAL BUDGET CUT been named by Gev. H. C. Baldi to N ST e o —Wide World Photo. “BOOKIES” ARE FOUND TO FLOURISH IN MANY SECTIONS OF CITY —(Continued from First Page.) books are in the evening location, which of course, 1s closed to the public until 7:30 or 8. Most of them, however, do it all in the same place, and the club stays open all afternoon and all evening. ?fi; have nothing to worry about. Evidence is hard to get and raids accomplish little. The case hangs fire for si three men pay fines. Meanwhile the club has been going on as usual and has made $100 for every $1 of the fine. Occasionally somebody goes to jail, but .| new building for the | the Eastern Marl OF2 00 URGED Citizens’ Council Passes on Approximately One-Third of D. C. Estimates. Handicapped by the lack of time to give detailed consideration to the 1929- 1930 estimates of the department heads of the municipal government, the Citi- zens' Advisory Oouncll last night de- cjded to canvass only the major items. The Commissioners have fixed Satur- day as the time limit for submission of the council's by t recommendations, which represents a two-day extension of the original date set. Although not more than one-third of Lluu‘%. rtant items were passed upon last. t, the council succeeded in imately $2,500,000 from re of $46,000,000. Among the items ted were $750,000 for & recorder of s, which the council suggested should await develo) nt of the proposed civie center; $550,000 for replacement of Klingle Bridge, which was repaired re- cently at considerable expense; $¢50,000 for a new incinerator and transfer sta- tion at Cherry Hill, Va. and the con- struction of a five-mile road leading to it; $100,000 for increase in garl and refuse disposal facilities, $504 in- crease for street cleaning and $75,000 for three of the four proposed branch library sites. e item for repair of et also was reduced from $41,000 to $20,000. The council proposes to have its bud- get report in somewhat general terms, however, in the hands of the Commis- sioners Saturday and will follow this several days later with supporting data. SCARGITY OF FOOD fellows who suffer. ONE MAN STILL HELD IN DAVIDSON ROBBERY Vietim of Theft of Nearly $20,000 inWewels Believes It Was “Qutside” Job. Montgomery County police continued to hold Howard Wilson Lee, col- $9 years old, of 1229 Twenty- an assistant gardener and man at the Davidson in connection Mrs. i g i 2 28 E] i L sie I 5 g First Address in Forenoon at Tam- many Hall and Second Tonight at City Hall i L il i § % first by the FIVE HURT IN BLAST. cmumm..m :'(h,_. , here todsy when from ignited s box They are the same clubs generally as those that run the craps games ai night. They are all over town, in every section and in the heart of the business district. In addition there are scores of little places that don’t do much at night, but make plenty of money in bookmak- You enter, them the same way. There the inner door that guards the estab- lishment until you are Up the stairs things are humming. More Crowded Than at Night. I found these places much mare crowded than they were at night. The first one I visited was a branch of & night establishment. A sign on the wall advertised the other branch. The e e e aientid 10 the black jack game and atten : of making ] i k 1 % : ! g M SREERS g g5 i gol¥ E széfi Bk Vergivos, 29 old, 604 Seventh INRUSSISSEEN Huge Purchases of Wheat in Liverpool Lead to Mar- ket Rumor, By the Assqciated Press. LONDON, July 4.—Huge purchases of wheat on the Baltic Exchange by Soviet Russia are reported in Lomdon, traders here expressing the opinion that the movement indicates a severe searcity of food in Russia. The quantity purchased in Liverpool for .spot cash amounts to between 150,000 to 200,000 tons, and Baltic Lon- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1928.° I LARGEST DOCK STARTS 8,600-MILE VOYAGE | 4 The first section of the 50,000-ton floating dock, the lnr(.e‘sl in the world, the Tyne on the start of her 8,600-mile voyage to Singapore. BATTLE PRACTICE PRIZES AWARDED Gun and Torpedo Crews Win Awards for Long- Range Firing. Prize_money has been awarded the gun and torpedo crews of a number of ships of the Navy for efficiency in long- range battle practice for the season 1927 and 1928, it is announced by the Navy Department. ‘The main battery fire and ship con- trol parties of the battleships Mtssissipp! | and New Mexico were awarded frst class prizos. ‘The torpedo crews of the following destro; received prizes: class prizes: The destroyers J, F. Burnes, Willlam Jones, Percival and Zeilin. Second class prize: Destroyers Dogl. McDermut, Kidder and Shirk. ird class prize: Destroyer Far- ragut. The torpedo control parties of the following vessels received prizes as| follows: WS Pirst class prize: Destroyers J. F. Burnes, William Jones, - Percival, Zeilin and Farragut. Second class prize: Destroyers Doyen and McDurmut. ‘Third class prize: Cawley and Chase. Prizes were awarded to the ship and fire control glnles of destroyers for lua;:nu battle practice as follows: class prize: Farragut, Mac- Leish, William Jones. Second class prize: Zellin, Kidder, Edsall, Reno and Destroyers Mc- Hurlbert. ‘Third class prize: Charles Ausburn. ‘The depth charge crews of the fol- lowing destroyers received prizes as fol- Second has | and McCawley. TWO MORE ARRESTS MADE: IN ‘HOUSEBREAKING CASE Looting of Churches by Colored Man Leads to Charge of Receiv- ing Stolen Goods. ‘Two more men were under arrest today on charges of receiving stolen property as a result of the previous arrest of Robert Clarence Johnson, col- ored, 43 years old, who has admitted here within the past month. ‘The men under arrest today are John old, Siede today. Johnson led the to the churches. He told police, 'y said, that he came here a lit than & month ago from New ee for robbing the mails Aux:z.:. He also admitted another term for _|MRS. E.A. MACOMBER DIES. T sigi £ i 3 8 g i isg o g 5 g e Jitt] onrthzg“loem thelr comparative fear being t there is more the afternoon than ] ity the returns, re often several Crowds Lead Way. how glu “To get some idea of mlav peo] 4 “Know # good horse?” 1 asked the barber “Let's see,” he said. “How mbous Widow of Late Storage Co. Head Had Been Failing Since His Death, Mrs. Ni Macomber, of A. Macomber, it of the United States ., died yesterdsy at her home, 21 She had been falling since of her husband three months an |bition laws, The men were delivering alleged liquor in the lows® Pirst class prize: Kidder and Mul- : class prize: Robert Smith prize: MacDonough and Bdsall. R gt Tt HELD UNDER DRY LAW FOR TWO OFFENSES Joseph L. Harvey Pleaded Guilty to One Charge, but Contested Another and Lost. After pleading guilty to illegal pos- session of liquor, Joseph Leland Har- vey demanded a jury trial on a charge of transportation and was also found guilty on this count in Police Court He will be sentenced by |fig Judge John P. McMahon Saturday. Harvey was arrested by Policeman R. B. Carroll of the second precinct at Eighth and N streets on June 9 after officer had called him up and or- Pos: .|LONG DISTANCE COVERED. John Peratti and - George ~Deamer, charged with violations of the prohi~ arrested rear of 1313 C street by police who entered the premises with a search warrant for Bessie Richards. But a motion to con- trovert was upheld by United States a thus the search warran! removing the b;a:nfor the arrest. A‘tv torney Bertran erson mfl r the accused. - i THREE FLYERS BURNED. ROME, July 4 (#).—Gen, Armando Armani, chief of the general staff of . Macomber was born in Sterling, a resident of Wash- . Puneral e to- Wife W;ll.Résume Her Maiden Name; Husband O. K.’s Justice Jennings Balley has grant- ed the request of Dr. Winifred G. Tuve, 27 years old, & and wife of Merle change her name to Whitman. Dr, Tuve told she always has been known by her malden name and that her % ob) to her 1927, Bhe ‘appeared as her own counsel. ——————— Boo Boo?" (1 didn't even get the name.) “Prett, 1 asked. 7" “Ahfll{ * he said. “What sbout getting & couple of dol- lars up?” “That's easy.” :l1l fl’l you up. Leave it with me" I gave him §2 and paid for the ve, “Come back in the morning,” he said, didn‘t go back beeause, like & . ie{l. 1 't know what m‘ufid t on. Juon't' the same, It's as easy a8 that, aeronautics, and two non-comissioned officers, Lagzarini and Egidi, were severely burned last night when their airplane overturned and caught fire at Nel Airdrome. general received numerous burns on his face, hands and knees, and it was announced today at the Rome Mil- ftary Hospital, where all three were taken, that he would be cured in about 40 . Lazzarini’s burns were not ex- pec to hea] for 60 days. Egidi, who was the worst’burned, was stated to be in a fairly serious condition, MERA RECORI " builé for the British admiralty, leaving will take five months for the voyage. —Associated Press Photo. OFFICER HALTS STREET CAR: TAKES MOTORMAN IN TUSSLE Railway Employe Charged With Failure to Obey Traffic Corner When Officer Ray 8. Miller of the third precinct says “stop” he means just that, and doesn't mind going to a bit of trouble to prove it. The policeman was directing traffic at Vermont avenue H street late yes- terday, when Motorman Alfred E. Witherington, operating a Lincoln Park car of the Washington Railway & Electric Co., came by eastbound. Traffic was, moving north and south, according to Officer Miller, but the street car began to nose out past the building line. “Stop,” the policeman said he called | 1, to the motorman. “Stop, or I'll come on there and take you off.” Car Moved On. “You might get on,” Witherington is sald to have replied, “but you won't take me off. Get out of the way.” With that, Officer Miller said, the motorman threw on his power and con- tinued on his way. Somewhat nettled by the mirth of passersby who witnessed the incident, Officer Miller decided to wait for the street car on its return trip. This time he got out on the track while the car was half a block away Signal—Passed Twice. and stood there, waving his arms and yelling for Witherington to stop. The latter, however, did not pay the slight- est attention to his signals, Officer Mil- ler declared, but kepé t on going, foreing him to jump for his life. The policeman commandeered an au- tomobile and chased the street car to Connecticut avenue and H street, where he boarded it. Riding to mt Circle he called Inspector Ri Shaw to take charge of the car and went for- ward to arrest Witherington. Wins Scuffle. “You're going to the station house,’ informed the nawmun “Not with you,” Witherington replied, adding, “you're drunk,” aeccording to Miller. for Witheriagion, Who dodged and. 1e- for , Wl Te- turned the 3 -and- tumble battle ensued, in which the of- vietorious, Fol- RALMENGPOSE PAYFNG OFFER International Bmtherhot;d Rejects Advances of C. of C. to Regulate Wages. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, July 4—The In- ternational Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen in convention here yesterday adopted a resolution an- nouncing opposition to offers of cham- bers of commerce to regulate wages paid unorganized labor in various parts of the United States. Speakers sald the chambers have for years sought to “undermine” unorganiged groups, whieh the brotherhood wants to organize. Another resolution adopted commend- ed Senator Norris of Nebraska, for his ht to retain people, and to prevent its falling into the hands of the power trust.” A third resolution authorized the in- ternational’s president to work for pas- sage of a law relievi brotherhood members who are Canadian citizens of the $8 head taM and $10 visa tax on entrance to the United States. The convention has been in session here since June 4, and will continue for about a week longer. e e e ‘Transatlantic telephone service from Washington to Oslo, Norway, will be opened Priday. Norway is the eighth European country to which tels e service has been extended. The rate for & three-minute conversation to Oslo be $52.50 and $17 for each additional minute. The service will m from 5:30 am. to 9 pm, time. will | Charles SALORISKLLED O RAMNED BAT One Other Missing After Col- lision With Tanker in San Pedro Harbor. By the Associated Press. SAN PEDRO, Calif, July 4- sailer was killed and another lis missing as the result of a collision in the harbor here late iast night bet the tanker District of Columbia Navy motor boat loaded with ) Virginia. The motor boat sank immedia Muscle Shoals “for the |of : ! missing. were of ti more than the two casualties. of the waters was made \e motor boat, first ran into a lubl;m : % 5 g £2j agfiis z. I B I et i § i aboard ness. Dr. Abbot on Air Beard. SUPERIOR, Wis, J 4 (P.—Dr, G, Abbot, mmw of was inember olh P advisory = mittee for aeronautics. - Writ of Error Sought in Jail Sentence Of Five Years Ago ‘The District Court of Appeals has under advisement the application of Pomeroy Brown for a writ of error to the Police Oourt to review the action of Judge McMahon, who more than five years ago sentenced him to serve 360 " days for carrying concealed weapons by having a revolver in a holster under the front seat of his automobile. The sentence was passed in January, 1923. When Brown was arrested, Decem- ber, 12, 1922, the police reported they had found a pistol in the car and he was charged with carrying concealed for Carrying Weapon wi . The'law makes it a mis- demeanor to carry a concealed “about” the S, m utharities holding forbidding the c-rrylm‘ol the Penon is not violated pistol 15 in a saddlebag or In of the conveyance. A FATAL UPSET League Issues Plea To Help Make Job : Easyfor]ohnD.&l[ iz | By the Assoclated Press. GENEVA, July 4—League of Na- tions officals today issued an appeal stating that they were anxious to make the coming of John D. Rocke- | feller, 3d, to hold a temporary job with the League information section entirely simple and natural. It was hoped that the press and the public would do nothing to embarrass the Princeton student in the fulfiliment Arlington Civic Body Com- plains to State in Road Work Delay. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., July 4—Informa- tion as to just when the State plans to get busy on “an approach road or to the Arlington Memorial Asthur Osr of Lyon Park. | national AMAT REGHEY N BALOON RAGE i Bennett Trophy Would Stay in U..S, if Army Bag Is Dealared Winner. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, July 4. — Calculations of air line distancer: by the National Aero- | nautical Association in Washington will be awaited to determine the winner of the 1928 James Gordon Bennett inter- balloon race, it was announced late yesterday at race headquarters here. A re-check of unofficial figures showed that the three leaders finished within 10 miles of each other, figured on‘ ntn air line basis from the starting nt. The revised unofficial figures gave the race to the United States Army Balloon, with the French balloon Blanchard second and the German bag, Barmen, third. The unoficial figures, sanc- tioned by Karl Betts, scorer: Army balloon, piloted by Capt. W. E. Kepner, landed at Kenbridge, Va., 472 miles. The Blanchard (France), Charles Dollfus, pilot. landed at Walnut Cove., N. C., 465 miles. The Barmen (Germany), Hugh Kau- len, sr., pilot, landed at Chase City, Va., 462 miles. Pirst _calculations had given the race to the Blanchard by 15 miles, with the Army balloon second. If the Army balloon is declared the winner the Gordon Bennett trophy will come permanently into the possession of the United States, it having been won in 1926 and again 1927 by American balloonists. Balloonists Ferdinand Eimermacher, pilot, and Karl Zech, aide, in the Mun- in YT E the balloon was caught in a heavy wind storm and dashed against the side of the mountain. Eimermacher suffered a by s t Grave concern is felt over the delay in getting the work uader way, the way i L] g e il { i o | 0T i;E gfi i i cannot S /! L R _8B% QE fil[ s B § 3 f . : 3 g i iii I i i ss 55 £g | 5 i i g i W%, 5 i i i i 13 B2 z | 4 ] é § £ 2 g | i | i 5 gigz 1 ik ggeéf i i, i g £ : 4 i E i g2 i z | E? & % 4 ks g (4 i ! 4 of gd hic i % g ¥ and commending him work in installing the sys lor of Clarendon, who declared the installal water accom| in has a project of st put such ! il iggn { were ordered sent to the Ing bodies. Navy Bans Spinning Of 0-2.U Planes to Prevent-Accidents By (he Assoclated Press. The Navy t has issued u&m&’#flm-m sen i5Eg" %5 it A 3 sk Rl $10,000 REQUESTED FOR COUNTY LIBRARY Montgomery Clubwomen TUrge Commissioners to Vote Sum for Project in Rockville. Special Dispatch to The Sta ROCKVILLE, Md., July mh of $10,000 for 4—An ap- a the Irgamimation of women's. cob. My | Walter M. Clark of Bradley Hills, cor- sEg AFTER SUDDEN ILLNESS Member of 0ld Washington Fam- ily Stricken While at Friend's Home. i ? 7