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THE_TEVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €. THURSDAY. AUGUST o 2y 1928. Employes of the Washington Railway & Electric Co. and their families Prize winners in the baby show yesterday afternoon at the Georgeto: pli yground, on Volta place. wenty-eighth street, winner in the 1-to-2-year-old group; Miss Left to right: evening with Mrs. Smith to deliver his acceptance address Gov. Alfred E. Smith arriving at the State Capftol in Albany yesterday Only the com- Mrs. Aleda Miller, holding Betty Worthmiller of 1412 Margaret King, holding Mathew Wren, 1621 Thirty-third street, D. Rands, 3535 R street, holding her daughter Phyllis, winner in the 2-to-3-year-old class, holding little Marion Burke, 3227 Volta place, winner of the under-1-year-olds. paratively small number who could squeeze into the State Assembly cham- ber were present for the address, rain disappoinling thousands who hoped to hear its delivery outside. —Copyright by P. & A. Photos. enjoying the annual outing yesterday at Glen Echo. Athletic contests for boys and girls as well as grown-ups, dancing and park amusements provided entertainment for the big gathering. —Star Staff Photo. winner in the 3-to-4-year-old group; Mrs. Robert and Dorothy Anderson, —Star Staff Photo. Mr. Hoover inspects some “home-grown” corn. The Republican presidential nomince looking over the crop in a cornfield near West Branch, Towa, with Newt Butler, his old schoolmate and the town’s only Democrat, on his visit to his boyhood home. ~-Associated Press Photo. PARDON IS ASKED FOR MRS, GLOTH 1,000 Sign Petition to Gov-' ernor for Release of Wound- ed Prosecutor’s Wife. ‘ Specis! Dispatch to Tne Btar. CLARENDON, Va. August 23.—A pardon for Mrs. Marjorie C. Gloth. who | was sentenced by a jury in the Circuit Court of Arlington County to serve one year in the local jail for shooting her fusband, Commonwealth's Attorney pas sl s William' C. Gloth, is asked of Gov.|23—The “war® started today with of hearings to be held this Fall by the | before Judge Julian Mack tomorrow on Harry F. Byrd by a petition forwarded | the bat' of Mount Dunlap which will} | Public Utilities Commission on the re- | information filed by the Government to the State’s chet executive Jesterday. | determine the efiiciency of a National | | yaluation of the Washington & George- charging criminal vielation of the Sher- e names of more than sub- | 3 Fotins g town Gas Light Cos. and the applica- | man anti-trust act. Government agents s S, Suth sen st ‘wumen, | T0end Givision iy & feld. batide prob | | tlon of the Capital Traction ‘Cor for & | characterized the trust as & st are said to be appended to the petition. |lem. The men, theoretically, are in | | higher fare. | conspiracy to mulct the public by means It was presented to the governor by L. contact with the “enemy” which is| | " The committee voted to insist that {of price fixing, restraint of trade ©. Wendenberg, chief of counsel for |yoaine aMount Dunlap, which controls | | the commission causc to be made a | threats, violence and intimidation di- Mrs Gloth at the r'rguflrvm;l A”q!rl'- the m‘w Ridge \lvlml;‘ | | “proper™ valuation of the traction com- | rected against dealers who refuse to ation, headed by C. aylor of Clar- ¥ | g ‘ i Yolk's A1-yhars i ¥ ! ; | pany in accordance with the rulings | follow the bidding of the trus B don carried the petition to Richmond. | Zero hour was 4:30 am. today, and | Miss Eleanor Smith, New York's 11-year Mda """“'(' b",": Riding the whip at the Washington Railway outing yesterday. | of the United States Supreme CnuEt, The (‘mvo:gil‘:mncm‘rg;;":;vh: as a climbed high in her plane at Curtiss Field last Tuesday to establis iss Mabel L. Loftus (Isft) and Mrs. Briska J. Jones, who attended and with due regard to the actual | result of the trust’s machinations conr- Resides the petition, the governor was presented several personal letters aiso urging & pardon Motherhood Is Cited. D.C. GUARDSMEN OPEN SHAM WAR Troops Move From Camp Into Pennsylvania Area for Battle Problem. BY WILLIAM J. WHEAT Staft Correspondent of The S | TWENTY-NINTH NATIONAL| GUARD DIVISION HEADQUARTERS, | In the Field, Fountaindale, Pa., August | | | | all durinz the night messages directed preparations, the Pennsylvania roads were filled with automobiles bear- | The movement into pos while ng courfers Some of the proud homefolks of West Branch, Iowa, big day of their visit there. Left to right: Herbert Hoover, Republican nominee was born; Mr. Hoover, Mrs. Mollie Curran, an altitude record for women. She believes her barograph, now being calibrated, will show an altitude of more than 12,000 feet. Copyright by P. & A. Photos the outing as members of the entertainment committee. Herbert Hoover's boyhood home, pose with the presidential candidate and his family on the Jr.; Mrs. Hoover, Allan Hoover, Mrs. Jennie Scellers, owner of the house in which the his former school teacher, and Nathan Crooks, a Hoover relative. —Assoclated Press Photo. Schloss of Glen Echo Park in center. Manager Star Staff Photo. | | | | mend the stand of the Utilities Commis- | street car fares A real conquering hero returns. victory in the 400-meter run was games, waves a greeting to the crowd on the pier as the steamship President Roosevelt docked at New York yesterday with the Ameri- can athletes who went to Amsterdam. Ray Barbuf one of the big thrills of the Olympic —Associated Press Photo. CITIZENS TO FIGHT HIGHER CAR FARES Federation Plans Action at| Revaluation Hearings in Fall. stance and gas rates was pledged by the public utilities commit- tee of the Federation of Citizens' As- soclations, which met last night to map Vigorous res ag out a course of action for the series| money invested Ask Public Hearings. In the gas situation it voted to com- inst increased 1 TOBE ARRAIGNED - IN'POULTRY PROBE U. S. Agents Charge Kosher | | Trust Costs 18 Million Yearly. By the Associated Press NEW YORK. August —A tribute of $18,500,000 a year is levied against consumers of kosher poultry in the | New York area by-the so-called poultry | trust, Federal officials asserted today. Seventy-one men will be arraigned pe | sumers have been forced to pay an over- charge of from 7 to 10 cents a pound on Spring chickens, and in addition dealers have been forced to pay from 1 to 1'3 The petition follows tion under cover of darkness was or-| Ry ARG ; S 0 BT ¥ cents a pound on all poultry sold t> “The igned, being informed v : \ S | ston_in declining to permit modification | pay gangsters employed by the t that an e, b o dered by Maj. Gen. Anwn Stephan. |98 T0 BE |N|T|ATED ;Cab rrives Do doon oman Retuses RED CR H [ of the independent findings of its ex- | Compel it ooy :",‘m".';\": your exc for & pardon in the| At daybreak the Blue offensive forces | 5 e |\mvvvdl[!m- ':.‘l"\‘wnrd wholesalers. ; > Tone of Commonwealth vs. Marjorie 8. | .4ill were operating to advantage under 1 y T Rd d A k D 2 = A 0 R c 0 s 0 request a continuance of public| "Of the 4,176,000 pounds of live poul- B e Tl dechen n | L YOS OF / AT ANNUAL ‘WRECK o Ride an sks Driver's Arrest| PROPER CHILD FOODS | scarings | 19 wistoh? nacie Tl e Yok avery the Circuit Court for the County of |over of a h og | | Opposition also was voiced to the Te- | week, 3,758,400 pounds are intended for iington case’ the W Yor Plane | - — | quest’ of the Washington Rallway rhoui b - o - - . 4 and malich 5l o et 2 | Electric Co. for permission to termina the use of orthodox Jews nd Federal Dut was foun hough the Division Air | District of Columbia Salon, No. 14, The story of @ woman who wanted — “Well.” she replied, “I phoned for a Dietitians Give Demonstration in \shnater arrangemiont beiween | o o d"l;’h_‘f"d the greater part of o plan re Jheard over- | | to n taxi driver arrested on a | cab and then went Lo wy room to get 7 | atvest ot it motor: busses At Pit<| Loib 18 Suljestcto- Wie: fmpoatiions (ot 45 iost y after daybreak, it wis at| Deg Huit Chapeaux et Quarante | veckless driving ¢ e because he|ready to go out. And do you know Scientific Preparation for | teenth and H streets northeast, and to m; (,'.““.‘ it e ¥ our excellency 1o grant disadvantage for reconnoitering on | answered her summons too quickly was | before I could even get my hat on, the \ | a similar request by the Capital Trac- ndependent dealers have been given g it of the h fog. Th Femmes, Will Meet Tomorrow. revealed loday by Sergt, Joseph Hur- | doorbell rang and there he was. I'm Mothers' Club. | tion Co, respeating atreet cars and the | the protection of Federal ageats as & ¢ had instructions o photogr g rington, hack inspector of the Traffic | most certainly not golng to vide with | Randle’ Highlands bus line at Scven. | °2ult of the bombing in Rrockiye Iat cnemy positions as far west as Wayn Burcau any driver who can come from the | teenth street and Pennsylvania avenue | Sunday of the home of an independent boro S of a8 o 1 fea “The woman, Harrington sald, called | company's headquarters o the 1800 | Methods of selecting and preparing | southeast dealer who had supplied the authorities ,, The Red and Blue Cavalry were (| Anitiition of 22 new members WO I him up an d, “I want to report & | block of Phelps place in & minute and | g0y for children to obtain the maxi Scek Single Bus F with valuable information. David Hirs- e contact in the vieinity of Waynesboro ot ot ,‘\‘\ annual vwreck™. o ]‘{{ xi dr reckless driving. Why, | a half and I think he should be ar- e Seek Single Bus Fare. horn, president of the Greater New #8ucatior A regiment of Red Infantry was re- | District of Columbin Salon, No 14, 1Det| pe drive sly that I am afraid | rested.” mum possible benefit were demon- [ William A, Roberts, vice chairman of | York Poultry Dealers' Chamber of Com- in 'j;_"y;‘ ported at Hagerstown |1~‘u ’;rr. "evx;’l‘n;v‘né:-'lr(fl'"::"“ even to get in his cab.” Even after Harrington had explained | strated by members of the Red Cross lhvdr;'l:(;m"wg. was instructed to con- | merce. is h'mshl\t'ld without bail as a 4 A man members - “1f.ypu have never ridden with him| that the company has a call box on the jon service, In ¢ ction | tend ore the commission during the | suspect in the bombing, have Flares Light Sky American Legion, in the Hotel Washing- | pow”can you tell that he drives reck- | Rrighton Holel, just around the corner, ool ”f“l"."" M W g valuation hearing that inasmuch as | . s8th Brigade, commanded on tonfght at 6:30 o'clock Jeasly?” Harrington asked the woman still refused to ride. a conference of the service here this|gas consumers pay from half to all the Walier of Virginia, was ar. | The “wreck: precedes the annual con- | : Wweek, at the Nelghborhood House this cost of certain service mstatlations. the | DEMANDS JURY TRIAL sk of capturing the north-| vention and business fon, at whic | morning. The demonstration was given | Sums thus paid be excluded from the St i | ot V) b Vool o Tt \WOMAN STRUCK WITH AX, |115 SUICIDES REPORTED | ot bt o the sohers cun of | MR, S5 PBeries fof e popy p £he fvision. The 91st Brigade, ~om- | 0'clock | | Neighborhood House | ™Hupport Waa promised the citizens' | jeopardize y Brig. Gen, Milton B, Reckord | Among the guests of honor tonight LEFT LYING IN ALLEY | IN CAPITAL FOR YEAR;‘ l;nxl'llrr in_the mn::,uuf Prex the ‘r‘:»-lamw‘m"m"_,‘ sfl_k'"w s slngie bas. are| SR B yerious conseqiens and, was to will be Maj, Gen, P. ¢, Harris naticnal | { tional Red Cross Bullding Everet oui. | {rom Hillcrest to the business section of [ o gy @ooeg o her life y was given Lo the exercise hy | directe vocation d edu- | . 5! le ) % 4 i ) Bresgbice . . Easts | washington by the elimination of the | F. F. Puller, Colored, Arres ok 0 Wenintar, the Nriag of o i throdgh the | cation for the Miler | Police Hunt Attacker as Vietim | Coroner's Office Lista Total of 1,803 | ern aren of the ed Oross, nddressed | yope e e e rested at B e Mr. Tavior. who re- night. The division headquarters 2| Kenyon, retiring commander of the Dit- | gamains in Critieal Gondition Deaths in District, of Which T " » BADE- | i superintendent of insurance of lhe1 Fifth and New York Avenue. turned from lighted brightly at frequent inter- | triet of Colur Departm Amerl- | "This afternoon & round-table discus- | District, was given a vote of commenda- | . Byrd would ow | vals by the flare can Legion, Maj. Jultus I yser, M in Hospital. 335 Were Violent sfon is being h'rm on teaching methods | Hlon for stressing recently the need for | Others Forfeit Bonds. he would " ores of antomobilists on the soads Willlam Wolfe Smith, Maj. Paul McGn- | ston fs belng held on tenching methods | reduction of fire insurance premiums Sy bt stopped o watch, as troops | hen, biks Helen O'Neil, all prominent | Police are searching today for the| The coronct's office Investignt d 1~ [ B e Prom 8 to 8 o'clock there p | - BES o & sved about with great blunkets ove Leglonnuire nd Arthur Relmer, pros- | " ol 894 dew in the al year ended June | - o . 8. 1 - 2 dving §t due o g £ ] {1 person who made an attack with an ux ded June | ST open discussion of methods One man demanded a jury trial an $oe viports tro Toward Smith, | heir shoulders o protect them from s ident of the War Veterans b, - rly this morning oo Beulah Henson, | 50 last being of the vialent type, | S0 B8 W OPER b VaTious. com- | G. 0. P. Mass Meeting Called. P50 A0, “Chliteral I’ Palice €. Lgeistnf | e acts | the chill, During llls both officers and s o e organization will b olored, 36 yeurs oid, and 1R her lying “uun.m.v- o the annual report ‘-I'I Cora= | 4 mmittees | fo encourage more | 9Pecial Dispateh to The Star [ today for the theft of newspapers f P e cise, Albert | men attempted to snateh naps by rolline e under the disection of My Gere | fenmeions and eritioally Tnjured - |1er J. Ramiay Neviit, submlited woday | S50 G feeding of ehitdven PATRFAX, Vi, August 39.—Dr. F. M. | street racka It ,'f'”“»”v nd | ,n']\m‘\lh m;wy i m‘.m' Lyons. Th wImM:;I .; ;""A':“;;,“ ‘u.- alley in the rear of her home, 1016 “',I‘h”m\':“k "l"hl' l“'l-‘-‘\:'{“‘ ‘x“"‘f‘r‘\.:|”:~ e Hrooks, county chalrman, has called a [ Paul F' Puller, colored, 30, demu o movement for & pardon was injyl- | The battle will end at b o'clock this] will be In cb of Miss Lela Angles | Nuw " Jersey avenue sonthenst e violent den 0 v d Republican mass meeting for tomorrow | ed trial when arraigned for’ the tir by Mr Taylor. He stated today |eflernoon {herger and Mrs, Lofs McRae, Only w IL ix belleved the woman was struck | 0l and blows, wutomobile uccldents SESSION DATA CHANGED. [at 8 pm. at the courthouse. Delegates | Of & paper from a rack at Fifth strec while Mrs. Gloth knew of what . . en will witend the forma) convention of | gown™ shoptly after midnight, though [gored by bulls, gunshot wounds, el and alternates will be elected to repre- | and New York avenue. Judge Rober wes being done in ber behalf, it wa Hushand Seeks Divorce « organization tomerrow night e was not found until 6 o'clock this | The greatest number of this type, 19,| |sent the county at the elghth dfrict | E. Mattingly -fixed bond at $100, ot 4o her solieitation Mrs, Glo % e 4 Mris Dorothy B. Harper 1 chapeaux | moming “She wan badly cut about the | Were caused by falls and blows. o ., | Fairfax Sunday 8chool Convention | convention at Stafford Court House | Those who forfeited collateral were has until September 7 to file an appeal Declaning that | wite, Bertha 1. of the organization, a position COrres | pead and it 1s thought her skull is | The report lists 115 mhlun";m i to Be Meld & N 7 Monday. A new committee and chalr- | Maurice Friedman, 20, 133 F street D 50 days thereatter before beginniig | Hinson, wid him no longer ¢ sponding to president fractured. A blood-stained ax was | homicides investigated during the o Be Held September 7. man will be selected | William Richardson, colored, 46, 134 the jail tern for him snd admired another | . | found near by, The woman was taken manth pertod A B O Mot | SPecial Dispateh o The Btar ! . Sian street; Austin Finn, 48, 62 x when Jeft bim lust Pebruary, Ja v o O It ospltal or .t - ” P nnaylvani Vi K S v Hinson, 5031 Conduit road. today | Republicans Plan Club. | to Camunity Hoapltal. @ ct, who are |totaled 1114, The inquests conducled| HERNDON, Va. August Repre- Unemployed Man Suicide. g N e B o g 5 wub 0 i Police of the Afth precinct, who are | 10/ i o 3 eot; George R. Burke, S$mith Club Organized asked the District Bupreme Court {or | Bpecial Dispatch to The Biar | Investigating the case, believe the wom- l“"fi wl:-nl 1 .";"."'l',.":,'.“l»'“;)': ‘Nl\m | sentative H. Earlton Hanes of Herndov, | Spectal Dispateh to The Star 618 O street, and Morris Kaplan, Special Dispete 10 The Blar an | BALLSTON, Vu, August 23.-At n|&n was attacked from behind and lost | t0e CAPERSCE T TG e Nhien | president of the Faivfax County Sunday |~ CUMBRERLAND, Md. August 433 M street CUMBERLAND, Md. August 23 5 named as co-re- | Republican mass meeting last night t | consclousness at the frst blow, a8 she |'gq'oq"n"oaid out in jurors’ fees SHchool Assoclation, has announced that | Raymond Carroll, aged 26 years, 202 . - * e Allegany County Smith-for-Prest spondent were married at Me- |the Rogers Bullding Rey Cogswell was [ made no outery, James Henson, hus- ¥ L . the convention will be held in Falrfax | Laing avenue, who swallowed five pol- | 8ir Rowland Blades, lord mayor o dent Club was organized i a meeting | ridian. Miss Japuary 28, 1923, and |elected temporary president and H. A.|band of the injured woman, was not al > September 7, instead of on August 23, in [son tableta while despondent over ina- | London, scored 39 in a ericket ‘I‘ e ared voters at the city | ived together unti) last Pebruary. Al-|lrwin temporary seeretary, Plans to or- | home when, police renched the scene.| Mazda was the supreme god An Zoro- |order that Minor ©. Miller, general sec- | bility to obtain work. dled yesterda at Kenninglon Oval between & staft hall Jast night. On the roster of the| torneys C. V. Imlay and C. E, Wain- iuamu & Hoover-Curtis clib in this pre- He is being gought in the bellef he can | astrianism, and Mazdaism 1s another | retary for Wrginia, may be present, M. | Allegany Hospital. He leaves a widow, 'eleven of the houses of Parlia s wright sppesr for Lhe husdand, clnct were considered, name for (hat cult, Miller will §& the principal speaker, | His parents reside in Chicago, & Logds and S e slub sre & number of Republicans, throw some ll.hrfm Lhe attack,