Evening Star Newspaper, August 31, 1928, Page 4

o * FREMEN'S PARADE 10 BE GREATEST Baby Competition Added to Labor Day Program. Judges Secret. Clanging bells a will lrxlc‘rald what promises to be the greatest parade of firefighters in the history of Washington, starting at Peace Monument at noon Monday The annual parade, a development of the annual policemen’s- base ball game, has grown each year, and this, the sixth annual affair of its kind, has been enlarged to take in a baby parade t e iveway south of the Ellipse. back ‘hite House, at 4:30 ocleck in the prettiest mest comely tion of combinadi and the ficat Route Chesen for Protection The route oadway south the EL chosen for the baby event afte had heen decided that there woul room. better shade and othsr facilities for caring for par ents and children than there would b if the parade were staged around the Ellipse proper. as was first planned The area will be roped off afford maximum protection The firemen's parade proper will as semble at First and B streets at 30 Mondav morning and will start up Pennsylvania avenue from the Peace Menument at noon. It will proceed west an the Avenue to Fifteenth street and seuth to B street. where it will disdand The entries in the parade will be ad- fudged for prizes ts they pass in front of a judges' stand on the nort ot the Avenue opposile the District Building. At this point it also will be reviewed by the Distrist Commissioners and Government officials Pennsvivania avenue will be roped off and the Pelice Department is making | argangements for handling the crawds | Street rar service on the Avenue will be susvended durinz the parade Petailed nlans for ndging the various amparatuses were outlined at a meeting of th- committes of judzes. hezded bv Pr. Frerk E. Gihson. in the Building last night Three Judges for Each Class. In order to insure absolute fairness aned adequate judging in each classifiea- | tien, three judges will be assigned to | pick the winners in each class for which | prizes will be awarded. According to the rules adopted at the meeting no judge will know in which event he is to be judge until he is on the judges pistform. Also, no judge will be per-; mitted to judge in any event in which he might have some personal interest The judges will number 51 in ail for the firemen's parade proper. Cards eontaining the mames of the groups to mgl the various events are in the ds of Dr. Gibson. To further lessen the chancez of anv complaints about the judges and methods, the names of | the judges are heing kept secret by Dr. Gibson until after the parade. ‘The judges will rate the various con- | festants cn a percentage basis. 90 be- ing taken as the maximum rating. The finzl decision of each group of fudges will bz placed in_a sealed envelope to Be onened in the Distriet Building some time the afternoan following the parade. Not until then will the prize winners be known From two to five prizes Qvarded for each of the following For the best appearing fir> company n the parade with band, best appear- | ing volunteer fire company in parade | without band. best piece of apparatus | in line, including equipment of volun- teer fire company: volunteer fire com- pany with the most ancient piece of apparatys. volunteer fire company com- ing longest distance, volunteer fire de- partment making best appearance in | the varade. best decorated fire ap- paratus in line. best appearing ladies auxiliary of voiuntecr fire eompany or department participating in the parade. eompany with best comic in parade best float of ladies’ auxiliary, District of Columbia fire company represented with best float in the parade, fraternal erganization maz. 3 best appearance in parade with float. best comedy group in the narade. drum corps making best appearance in the parade and for the Best commercial fioat in the parade. In addition a prize will be awarded for the Best United States Government float in the parade Political Floats Inappropriate. In instructing the judges last night Dr. Gibson declared they should elim- | inate for a prize any apparatus they deem inappropriate. In this conne tion he expressed the belief that @ “political float” would be extremely mn- appropriate Following the firemen's parade then the baby parade later in ft ghting and comedy y firemen on the Bl pm At 8 o'clock a Mardi G and costume parade will be held on the Pllipee Prizes alsn are tn be offered for er tumes in the latter event as follow: For the most comical group, not less thap four 1o be costumed, for the comical pair. most comical ind: mogt brautifu ume man’s costume, most cestume and the most origl Purther detailed plans for th are to be announced by Serzt. A gagni, parade marshal These are Lo include the order of march, etc. All vol unteer fire companies and ladies’ aux- tliaries from neighboring towns and cit- les are reques 3 engine house, located nue znd E street, upo participate in the ev gagni stresses that it s all participants arriv thelr enrrect position in the parade was t to I as- District e to be ! parede J. B chaiy Ir Germany there on woman occupying a professor § 2201382008 EETTIEEPTTITSIRETEECECOETENERELERILILLL 2 Office Business Theatre Golf Tennis College School Shopping Govt. Bldgs. SECOTTIRIAREESERERLT Line L The Bradford 1800 K St. NW taseess Geo. W. Linkins ; Kental Agent T TIN A N ager IEESLeTTeIE ISt e LR LSO PENRRee: firemen’s Labor | THE EVENING STAR. W ORS IN FIREMEN'S FETE | | nd shrieking sirens | | 4 POLICE CHANGES Taylor Placed on Inactive List—A. S. Bohrer Made Sergeant. | | | | Fourteen changes in the personnel of the Matropolitan Police Force, one of ! them involving Edward M. Taylor, sus- pended motor eycle officer, were ordered today by Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superin- tendent, to Become effective tomorrow SHINGTON, - RDERED BY HESSt | | ral | gllded ballroom will D. €. FRIDAY, AU HOOVER CAMPAIGN OFFICES ARE SPACIOUS AND “SWANKY™ 'Waiting Room Is Draped, Gilded and Gay,i But Chief’s Private Chamber Contrasts With Cool and Austere Appearance. I | By the Associated Press. Spacious, high-ceilinged rooms deco- ted in the most elaborate French tyle is what Herbe:t Hoover found | when he inspected his personal cam- paign headquarters at 2315 Massachu- setts avenue. A vast library will his office, a harbor waiting Taylor, who was brought back from | politicians and a long-windowed sun- | New York Wednesday night as a resul of charges of attempting to kill William S. McBreen, an employe of a gasoline service station on Bladensburg AbOut A year agn, was permanes lieved of post at the TraMe Bureau effective as of February 27. Iast, when he was suspended after charges of hi- ‘acking had been meade against him bhe- fore the Gibson subcommittee of the I House of Representatives, N Paylor en Inac'ive List. According to Police Inspector William 3. Shelby. personnel officer, Taylor was nerely suspendad last February under harges and his post was held open 1 aiting his_exoneration or conviction “In the light of recent developments, however, Shelby explained, “it may be several months before his cas> is finally settled and the Police Dapartment don't want & motor eycle in the Trafc Bu- reau Taylor now goes on an n hors» pro- th Fondahl patrol in the n Taylor now on seventh post at mounted cinet, was Traffic Bureau Pvt. A S. Boirer. now on motoreycle patrol duty. was promoted to the rank of sergeant and assigned to foot patrnl duty in tne seventh precinet. He suc- ceeds Sergt. R. M. Cox. wha will go i« the twelfth precinet as successor 10 Sergt. W. H. Adams, retired. Other Changes Announced. Other changes follow Pvt. R. V. Wolfe, from bicycle patrol sighth precinct, to motor cycle patrol fifth precinet: Pvi. George F. Titring ton. from foot patrol. tenth precinet, to bicvele patrol, eighth precinet; Pvt L. Guest, from foot patrol, tenth " to motor eyele patrol. ninth . Pvt C. W. Pitts, from foo patrol, thirteenth precinct, o motor ‘wele parol in the same precinct; Pvt W. R Greenfield, from motor cycle pa- rol. ninth precinct, to motor cycle pa- ‘rol. eleventh precinct; Pvt. C. O. Rouse, from motor cycle patrol. fiftn Jrecinct. to motor cycle patrol. eleven:h wyeeinet: Pvi. Willlam O'Connor. from oot patrol. seventh precinct, to motor ~vcle patrol, same precinct: Pvt. B. W yiser, from foot patrol. third precinci to foot patrol, tenth precinct: Pvt. R % Smith, trom foot patrol. fourtesnth precinct. to foot patrol. tenth precinet and Pvt. Clay E. Connell, from foot pa- trol, seventh precinet. to horse mounied patrol. same precinct A Dickens Shrine Desecrated A handsome London house overlook- Upper: Ralph Ouimctie of 639 Plekford place noitheast, in the decoritsd o gyge park. occupled by Charles carriage 1o be entered hy s moather, Mrs. Lu-ille Ouimette. in the haby p to be staged in eonneetion with the Lahor day obsorvanee of the District fire- fizhters. Lower: Carl W Fowler, i in the hahy feature of the biz p: SAYS BUTCHER B0 ADMITTED BEATIG of 1514 de. 'Witness Testifies Ke'ley Told of Thrashing Mrs. Mellus. By the Associated Pres LOS ANGELES, August 31 Kelley. handsome butcher hoy, for the slaying of Mrs. Myrile promingnt society woman today confronted by testimony that he had declared. "I gave her a damn zood beating.” when he was taken from a closet in the Mellus home shortly after her body had been found W. M. McKnight, & friend of the Mellus family, testified vesterday that when he reached the Mellus home be- fore police officers late Sunday after- noon. August 5. hs found Kellev with blood on his shirt. Kelley, he said, de- clared he did not kill Mrs. Mellus, but admitted beatinz her, and expiained the blood on his clothing came from her ated lip: ~Knight identified several State ex- hibits, including a water glass, alleged 10 have been used by Kelley for dri ing louor: his clothing worn the time of his arrest. a whiskv bottle, bed- spread and Mrs. Mellus' silk pajamas On eross.examination the witness de- ¢lpred he found no evidence of liquor in {he home except an empty heer hoftle He did not search the clossts or bases ment. he Leo P on trial ellus, was | Promotes International Amity. HONOLULU (/) —The Carnegie pre- fessorshin of internatio refation newest, chair at the University of Ha- wail, 16 to be filied each year hereafter by a distinguished professor or lecturer from one of the forsizn countriss horde: - ing the Pacific. Dr. Rokuro Nakaseko of Doshisha Universitv, Kyoto. Japer will be the frst 19 occupy the chair He is a specialist in the history of seienc in the Orient Aged in Wood, The wood of a very fine i seasoned for 40 years piana 10. L, Neal street northenst. as he will appear Star $tafl Phatos. | PRISONER TRIES SUICIDE | IN FOLICE STATION CELL | Lueins Butler, Celorsd, Found| Hanging by His Belt, Is Res- cued by Policaman. An attempt to hang himssIf in his cell at the firt precinet station house, made yestzrday afternoon by Luctus Butlee, eolored, 38 years old, 1445 8 street, was frustrated before he was .n- jursd. He used his belt in the attempt Butler was discovered by Policeman ! Curtis. He had attached the belt ©y the top bars of the cell and then | f2stensd & noose about his neck. Cur- tis took him down and then ecalled the Emergency Hospite] ambulance. Dr Leon Gordon could find no injury. | Capt, Thaddeus Bean said today that ! the order raquiring the removal of balts from prisoners applies oniy tn those ar- rested for imtoxication. Butler is held on a theft charge FORMULATES PLAN FOR AIR RESERVE Brig. Gen. Bjornstad Makes Rec- ommendatioas for Develop- ment of Service, By the Asso Pre OMAHA. Nebr.. August 31.—A day bafore his retirement frem active duty with the United States Army Brig. Gen Alfred W. Blornstad rrcommended yes- terday a plan for the adequate de- velopment of an &ir reserye Some of his suggestions follow Every airplane in the United States hould be.a potential marchine of war Every commsreial 2ir pilot should be a potential Army or naval reservist Fvery man connected with the uire plane industry should he trained for war service Alreraft desizn 1o b= controlled so hat passenger planes will bacome bomh- ing planes, or pheto or other special service planes “Afrplane factories to be equipped so they can be taken over bv the Govern- ment on A moment's notiee in case of war notiee " en. Biornstad has heen assigned fo the 7th Corps Area for a number of ears, with headquarters in Omaha CONSULT WITH US ABLE TO HELP YOU BY OUR PLAN. For each $60 or fraction horrowed you agree to de- posir 35 a month in an account, the proceeds of which may be used to cancel the note when due, Deposits may be made on a weekly, semi- monthly or monthly basis as you prefer, | Loans $120 $180 $240 $300 $360 $540 $1,200 $6,000 MALL-MONTHLY-DEPOSIT !’i—l:asy to Pay $100,00 $500.00 e MORRIS PL Under Supervision U, & — AND WE MAY BL PAY YOUR TAXES Loans are poss ed within a day or two after filing application with few excop- tions. Manthly Deponit For 12 Months $10.00 $15.00 $20.00 $25.00 $30.00 $45.00 / MORRIS PIAN notes are usually made for 1 year, though they may be fiwn far an period of from 10 12 months, BANK Treasury AN 1408 H Street N. W, Dickens betore his death. is now used as a “clubhouse” for dogs. It is true that they are very aristocratic sogs just Stookholm-London Air Mail Starts. STOCKHOLM (). —Direct air mail service hetween Stockholm and London has been started. although during this year its aperation will be largely ex- perimental. ¢ | room, the secretarial staff. roady |m | fac “the chief,” as his is the only dark stone Massachu- Its three huge to the The library of associates call him. room in the big g etts avenue house arched windows open letting_in only a cool the dull, gray-green papered walls and dark mahogany woodwork. The plain mahogany business furni- ture emphasizes the austerity of general style of the reom. front of th» wide freplace, above which hanas a huge mirror, is Hoover's own desk, with bronze lamp and writing fxiures Ranged along north, | gray light on | 3 the | Immediately | the side under the | | broad windows are mahogany benches | and at the far end of the room a ma- | his advisers will sit in the innume! conferences he must hold as the di recting head of a great political organi- zation In sharp contrast to the candidate's office are the other wide rooms on the s>cond floor. all done in white and gold and flooded with the western sun The central ballroom. carpsted in gay aubusson and hung with heavy old gold WOMAN CRITICIZES MRS. WILLEBRANDT Democratic Congress Member of New Jersev Says She Uses Po- sition to Promote Politics By the A NEW YORK. August 31.—Mrs. Mary T. Norten. Demacratiec New Jersev Con- grasswoman, in an adedress yvesterday charged Mrs. Mabhel Walker Willebrandt Assistant Attorney General in Chai e of sociated Precs | hogany table around which Hoover and | ble | | Prohibiiion Enforeement, with using =cr | position far political effect “Mrs. Willebrandt.” she said a luncheon of the City Federation of Women's Clubs, “has come to New Yors after eight years. This might be serious. not amusing, if the distinguished lady had come here a year or several ysars ago instead of at a tim» when W York's most distinguished citizen has been selected to lead the Nation An cighth grade school child couwd not fail to understand why Mrs. Ville brendt became so ardent in New Yorx and seemingly failed to take note of thy that in Washington. Philadelphis Chicago and many other cities the law is ignored to a much greater degree, ac- cordinz to population, than in N York.” Mrs. Norton said that the Demoera'ic party was known as the wet party ana the Republican as the dry. but “'no per- son living in Washington close to r. seat of the Republican National Gov- ernment, as [ have been for the past three years, would think so.” at | in FUST 31, 1928 velvet and taffeta drape) has groups | of narrow, white curtained windows | through which the sunlight pours to! gild the rows of flimsy French gold chairs, decorously expectant of guests to s Washington musicale and all too frail for the impressive figures of Re- publican chieftains soon to mount the curving white stone stairway from the entrance hall below. Both the cidevant ballroom and the similarly gold-hung corner reception | room, with its circle of rounded win-| dows, which will house Hoover's sec: re ceilinged in white, with rococco | flutings and filigrees at every cornic both lend a gala air of festivity fo t house quite in keeping with the elabo- rate French style of its exterior. Only the inner sanctum of the nominee, by a curious chance, retains the plain implicity that has followed him ce his Quaker boyhood. Although he himself commented on the warmth of the sunny. glass-inclosed | room where business-like typewriters | and mimeograph machines are now es- tablished, it is an airy, pl nt room, end the high ceilings all over the house | make it far cooler than most Washing- | ton homes. Especially in the stone-paved, squa entrance hall below, a welcome coo diately on the opening of the grilled door ception room, soon to be converted into 2 news room. provides a cool retreat | fram which newspaper men can com- mand a view of the fron-railed sweep of stairway to ths floor above. { AIRMAN FORCED TO DROP. Pilot's Flizht Is Halted heated Motor. ANDERSON. S. C.. August 31 (P H. T. Merrill, air mail pilot on the At- lanta-Richmond route. was forced down | here shortly after daybreak today by an overheated motor resulting from a broken exhaust valve. He brought his ship to a safe landing | on the emergency field and summoned Pilot 8id Mulloy and a mechanic from Atlanta. Mulloy. he said. will carry the | mail pouchss on to Richmend. and the m-~hanie is expected to repair Mer- rill's motor. ! The trouble developed ear William- ston, 16 miles east of here, the pilot reportsd. His motor bscame overheat- ed and he gradually lost altitude. mak- ing ln.- emergency fleld here with dif- eulty. CIVIC PROJECT EXTENDED. Boston Architect Starts Movement in Schools of Britain. NEW YORK (/). —Alfred C. Bessom, English architect, formerly of New York soon will start a movement in Eng'ish scheols to interest students in preparing for future citizenship. the co-operation in government committee announces from headquarters here. Awards are to be made to those stu- dents who are judged to have done mest their term to co-operate with the school and local authorities Getting parents to vote, reporting tardy disposal of garbage and suggesting park improvements are among the val nntary deeds which have won more than 2000 ' medals in the New York high schools by Over-| Washington men are '_in for one of the greatest bargain treats in our history of giving extra value, for tomorrow we put on sale $7,652 Worth of High Grade MEN’S SHOES —we have taken over the entire stock of FAMOUS MAKES from ‘Cahns’ Quality Shop Famous Makes That Sold as High as $12.50 and None Lower Than $7 Just in time to buy SENSATIONAL OPPORTUNITY In sire ot ing fitted several hun: o 1o ine v one be have taken dred pairs of shoes from our vegulnr atocks to fill out our range of sives Baltimore and L.iberty Sts. Baltimore, Md. your Fall and W inter SHOE STORE and Size to Fit You Faotwear comes this We haven't space te mention all the FAMOUS MAKES included in this sale, but suffice it to sqy that hers vau will find AMERICA'S FINEST SHOES FOR MEN, MAKES YOU HAVE NEVER REFORE SEEN ON SALE AT SUCH 4 PRICE. 813 Penna. Ave. Job of 1 himsel! with all m:(mtg:mmbmnm g: By man machine | Soon he will be able to devate & great-| er part of his time to larger matters of mllcy and his own work in the fight is waging for the presidency. W et uvn’r, he 1'-::: mnrzlnuc mtn close con- . . |trol over the party organ and will | hold frequent consultations with those Attends Private ShOW|ng‘m,wm",n,,, e varous paria ot . . m H. , chairman of Here of Movies of Speeches |ine Hoover-Curtis campaign committes \lh;l B‘lev Yor‘k. "I‘nflz‘H. 1ms°“ lllcmh’vld. f chairman of the Empire State Republi- in the West. Can committee, the mominee. yesterday PR went, deeper into the New York situs | tion. Machold, who recently was selcci Ny the Associated Press. Herbert Hoover took time out toay r;m:- I-u:c?r‘v; nzrea"mrl: .w - ;‘fimfl | publican despite the claims of John J. I e A Ol oir*hn owny woivs 4 |Raskob. chalrman cf the Democratic recorded in the talking movies. P‘XL"I‘:J .'f‘m"'f"{i.?’.m of the prohib Leaving his headquarters early in v te. Liachold g A . Cand his |tion ssue in New York State. Mach ol iy e e Republi- said that unquestionably this can presigential candidate drove’ to a | fould, loom larger in New Yok f downtown' theater for a private show- | [1an I any oiher sechion Bf UAE ¢ ing_of both his notification ceremonies | 5Y, HOWOLeT. s (e o at Palo Alto, Calif,, and his appearance State dr¥ valer fo counteract the dovn- before the people of his native smf‘ Hoover also recefved further under & West Branch. |, coahout Minn-sot: from Repres Towa - ative Newton of that State. These sup- t 5 he attacked an accumulation of business A% NEvIoR SRR BaV0 THEEE (07 t - S of c1-"”Mhmprfl;m-,k’ mn;m;»::‘n'n"a during i~ visit" last week to Cecar friend of the late George Harvey. who RAPIAS was the only caller on his list for the da; ris, State could he counted upon to go Re- Flour will extinguish burning ofl or fat the flames of ver is finishing u the —_—— “Gel them out of here”’ —said Fred Pelzman rapidly R. PELZMAN eyed our racks, still hold- M ing scores of fine Spring and Summer Suits. “Summer's over,” he said, “and | don’t want a single one of these suits here after Saturday night.” “How are you going to sell 'em®” inquired the interested sales force. “Here's how!"” replied Mr. Pelzman, and seized his pencil. . . . Now look what he's gone and done to the prices! 3-Piece Medium Weight SUITS Were $55—3850—$45 Light Spring colors, but lots of Fall and early Winter wear in ‘em. $21 3-Piece Medium Weight / SUITS Were $40 and $35 More light colors—but suitah'~ for Fall wear. Men— how you'll save! $17 “Sell the Hot-Weather Suits at Half Price”--said Mr. Pelzman TROPICAL v 38.25 31 1.25 '15 No Charges! No C. Q. D.'s! Alterations Extra During This Sale! —therefore PALM BEACHES LINENS All MOHAIRS $16.50 ) All \ $22.50 ) PRIESTLEY MOHAIRS FINE TROPICAL WORSTEDS TROPICAL WORSTEDS IND FINEST MOHAIRS Hundreds of Our Famous 98 and $2.50 3 Johnnie Walker SHIRTS $3.00 Life Guard BATHING SUITS $2.95 Entire Stock Summer Underwear REDUCED! 59c¢ Athletic Union Suits- madess and 69C | Entive Stock GOLF HOSE REDUCED! 97¢ Al Spare SWEATERS REDUCED ¢ and 63¢ 52,00 and $2.50 The Tasbion Ghop S01 9th 9th - Street N.W Some as Low as. . Including aur famons Johnnie Walker shore $1L00 fall et hroadelath