Evening Star Newspaper, October 10, 1928, Page 5

" WATSON APPOINTED TOARNEET POST Foreign Service Officer to Be| Assistant Executive of De- cember Conference. S. Watson, | Appointment of Osborn for- former Ar aviator and n eign service officer the of Commerce, a ant executive of- ficer of the nference be held . here December 12, 13 and 14, nounced Secretary Kellogg. | | | | an- ‘ today by | of State He was designated_for the . | post’ by Secretary | of Commerce Whit- o | also a De- ! partment of Com- merce foreign serv- ice officer, who was recently appointed executive officer, ir arranging for the first international | gathering of aeronautical leaders from all parts of the world. The conference | has been called at the su President Coolidg> for an of views on probiems of aeronautics and to comw twenty-fifth anniver: flight of the Wright brothe A native of h Watson received Georgia Institute of Georgetown University, is city joined the Field Artillery when United States entered the Ws and was commissioned sec ant in August, 1917. He sioned a first 1917, and was detailed to the ice as an observer. After training at ! Fort Sill, Okla., he became a stafl in- structor at Cz Dallas, Te and later was transferred to the aeria gunnery staff at Selfridge Field. Mich. When the war ended, Mr. Watson | joined the United States Shi Board and in 1921 entered the De ment of Commerce and w i assistant trade commissioner at Peking, China. He served in ing and Shanghai_until July 1, 1924, when he | was appointed trade commissioner and | established a new office in Canton. In October, 1 he was reassigned 1o Peking as trade commissioner, assisting at the Chinese tariff conierence. Returning to this city in Ocf 1926, Mr, Watson was assigned to the Department of Commerce foreign serv- jco division. He was its acting chief part of this year and now is assistant liaison officer of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Watson, | ial | the fi comme! of s, the Mr. | the a., at and He the tober, | R ety YANKS I-;S?ABUSH NEW WORLD RECORD WITH SHORT SERIES| (Continued _from First Page) has hit three home runs in this same Sportsman’s Park in another world | but he did not end that game | with a story-book catch. Bill Sherdel was the pathetic figure. | A great pitcher, he went into the game | With a record of never having won a orld series game. He pitched great | ball in the 1926 series, but lost both | starts, drawing Pennock at his best for his opponent in both. He bowed to | Waite Hoyt in the opening game of f this | Theater, THE EVENING § TAR, WASHINGTON. [FATHER TRIES TO KILL SELF AND TWO CHILDREN BY GAS and Turns on Jets—Wife Calls Police. Later Attempts to Hang in Jail Cell—Sent to Gal- linger Hospital. With his months-old bal in his arms and his little three- old daughter beside him, George Scott Drew, 31 years old, of 2114 N street, a iaxica iriver. locked and barricad- ed the door of his kitchen and turned this morning. Later, after police, sum- moned by his wife, had broken in the door and rescued him and the two children, he tried to choke himself with an improvised noose while in a cell at the third precinct. ¢ | |Barricades Door of: Kitchen | | jon all the gas jets of the stove early | ‘This morning the children were re- none the worse and the fathe where he osing in their crib: their _experience, was at Gallinger Hospital was sent for menial observation His wife, Mrs. Anna Drew, said that when he entered the kitchen with the children she suspected his intention, as about a week ago he had attempted to end his life, but failed when sh2 | reached him in time to turn off the gas re he lost consciousness. orning he shouted through the loc i and I'm going to end it all,” Mr: w decla end she immediately telephoned the police. A detail from the precinct were at her about two minutes, she d. and broke in the Kitchen door. They found the father rocking his baby in his arms and the little girl at his side crying Drew was taken to the station house. According to Capt. Willlam G. Stott of the third precinct. while he in a cell he stripped off his shirt, made a noss from it and attempted to tighten it about his neck. The police- for thi door_that “I'm through liv- | | Marion Drew | man on guard dicxered his action lin iime and took t°% shirt frory him. | He had previously been relieved of his belt and necktie went to his home shortly before d, Mrs. Drew said. was_extremely excited and made much of the children. The babies are | Marion, 3 years old, and George Scott | Drew and = father, George ROBBINS RETIRES ASTHEATERHEAD ' Manager of Keith Playhouse to Devote His Time to Private Business. After devoting years to the develop- ment of two-a-day vaudeville, Roland S. Robbins has resigned as manager of Keith's Theater here. Inauguration of the continuous performance type of show, which has been instituted at Keith's by the new management of the Keith-Albee-Orpheum Circuit, is re- sponsible for his decision to step out, he said. The new manager of the theater is J. Charles McDonald, formerly division manager at New York. Mr. Robbins will continue to live. in Washington, devoting his time to the development of the Washington Printing Co., which he is president. Mr. Robbins, widely known in the theatrical world, came to Washington | 15 years ago to ‘assume his managerial duties at the opening of Keith's Fifteenth and G streets. For of | ROLAND ROBBINS. HOOVER IS INDORSED. Montgomery Club Enforcement MAN LOSES §1.400 {Dream of Buying House in Italy Vanishes for Butler. Caesar Bartolozzi bemoans today the | house in Italy which he will be unable | to buy because two of his own country- { men convinced him yesterday that they | were willing to divide $18,500 with him | if he would contribute $1,500 to the | general fund. Caesar contributed, but that was the | last he saw or expects to.see of his| | friends. Caesar is a butler and had | been saving his money for some time | because there was a house back in Italy ! upon which he had set his heart. | had $1400 and was almost ready to |intrust it to his cousin, who was going ! back to the old country and was to make the purchase for him. Meets Countrymen. But about a week ago he met two fellow countrymen. Several days later | he confided in them his ambition to buy |a house, and they told him how he | could get enough money to purchase a | much ~finer residence than he had | hoped for. Caesar was told that one of his friends | would put up $17,000 if he and the | other friend would contribute $1,500 |each. Then they would all divide ‘the ! money equally. Caesar had only $1.400 so they told him that would do very nicely, for what was $100 between frien ; | Yesterday all threz met in Farragut | Square with their contributions. It | was decided that such a transaction had befter take place in a more se- | cluded spot. Accordingly they hired a taxi and drove through Potomac Park. During the course of the ride the old- |er man_ produced a metal strong hox and each party to the scheme laid his v on its {op. The bills were then neatly wrapped in_paper and put in the box, which was locked. Becomes Suspicious. Caesar said today that at this point egan to be suspicious, but was “too azy” to say anything. The box was given to the butler, but | one of his friends retained the Key. The plan was that they would all meet at the same place today, unlock the | receptacle and divide the money. Caesar couldn't wait, however, to as- sure himself that all was, right, so he pried the box open with an ice pick when he got home, but instead of his money he found evenly folded bundles of newspapers He immediately went to police head- quarters and told his story and de- scribed the men. American products shown at the re- cent fair at Riga, Latvia, included au- tomobiles, agricultural machinery and specialties el S B TROPHY FOR ORATORY TEST PUT T0TWO STRANGERS He | WEDNESDAY, {ON EXHIBITION Canada Donates Silver Cup of Striking Design—Will Be Precedent. | Other Nations in Turn Will| Offer Prize Exemplifying Their Nationalism. The silver trophy donated by Canada | | for presentation to the winner of the | | third international oratorical contest | finals in the Washington Auditorium | saturday night is on exhibition at Galt | & Bro’s, 1107 Pennsylvania avenue, | where it will remain on view until the | afternoon of the meeting. | Designed especially for the oratorical contest, the trophy is the most un- | usual cup to be offered in the inter- | national phase of the contest. The cup | is the first of a series to be presented | by the various nations participating in | | the contest, and those to be offered | in the future will follow precedent hy‘ | suggesting through their design the na- tions which offer them. Follows Chalice Design. The trophy is of the chalice design, with its broad and rather shallow bowl mounted upon a tall, slender stem | that sweeps upward frem a circular base. It is fitted with a conical cover, upon which is mounted a miniature fig- ure adapted from the famed Winged Victory of the Samothrace, while the bowl_itself is devoid of the custom handles usually found on “loving cups.” | The trophy, 26 inches high, and con- structed throughout of sterling _silver, is surfaced with satin finish, while the victory figure on its peak and the other decorative motives are of antique finish. | The victory figure on the cover follows | the Winged Victory in body pose and | drapery, but its restored arms are raised forward with a laurel wreath poised as if about to crown the winner. At intervals about the bowl of the cup | dull silver maple leaves upon which are imposed, in relief, the Canadian beaver, | carry out the motive of the Dominion’s | nationalism. Between the maple leaves | around the cup are engraved the names of the eight nations which will com- pete in Saturday night's finals, while on the front face of the trophy is engraved a legend designating its signifi- |cance in the Third International Ora- | torical Contest. The maple leaf design is repeated on the stem also. Two Contestants Due. Neither the Cuban nor the Argen- | tine contestants reached the Capital | last night when they were expected, but at the embassies of those nations today it was said they expected their countrymen either late tonight or to- morrow morning. Meanwhile, the six orators already here are orienting themselves as they await the meet Saturday night. To- | et et MATERIALS Lumber Roofing Millwork Wall Board Plumbing Doors & Sash foofrefertoutocteel Let Us Save You Vl\}l;ne;;n Your Complet; List OCTOBER 10, | night they will be guests of the | Rene Ponthieu of France. 1928. FOR FEW DAYS Echo de Paris at the Playnous> at an enter: tainment and dance. 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Hatton Construction Co.. which has the contract for repairing the dome of the new National Museum, will he ready next week to start put- ting in place one of the steel bands designed to take the strain off the four | | plers. _Jack Quarles, the company's superintendent, said today that all the work preparatory to attaching the “low- er tension ring” in place has been done. The exhibits in the rotunda, from which the public has been excluded, have been covered: a hole has been cut in the roof, through which to admit the ncessary materials, and the holsting tower has been placed in the west! | court of the museum. { Three-Ton Beams Hoisted Aloft. | Beams 30 fet long and weighing about, | three tons apiece will be hoisted aloft to be put into place. The first steel band, just as & hoop around a barrel, Mr. Quarles explained, will be placed on the fourth floor level of the museum. and 30 feet higher up another steel band, the “top tension ring,” will be | put in place. Six steel I-beams will be placed in back of each pier and back | of each I-bcam wil be placed 8 jacks, | a total of 48 jacks. In this delicate engineering job Bi- reau of Standards experts will take oart, for in manipulating the 48 jacks back of each pier great care is neces- sary. Each jack will be turned a 30- degree engle every 10 minutes in varying order. under the scrutiny of | Bureau of Standards physicists, who | will observe the strains, and this jack- turning process will take 20 days. Expansion Meters as Safeguards. Expansion meters will be in charge of the Bureau of Standards men, who will say when sufficient tension on the steel band has been reached. When the work of putting in the steel bands and the I-beams has been completed, one of the last operations the construction firm will undertake introduce our_famous They are will be the raising of the keystone of the east arch. This keystone is 8 eet across the face and weighs 4 tons. The keystone has dropped about 11 inches. The firm started work on September 12 and hopes to have it com- pleted about the first of the new year. W. J. DECATUR DIES. Former Howard U. Professor Suc- cumbs in Missouri. ‘Wiltiam J. Decatur, colored, 53 years old, a former professor at Howard Uni- versity, died Monday at his home in Springfield. Mo. At the time of his death he was head of the City Industrial School of Cincinnati and was on a year'y leave of absence necessitated by his failing health. He left Washington 10 years ago after serving for 5 years as professor of industries at Howard University. He has taught at Wilberforce College, Ohio; the New Orleans Industrial School and the Manassas Industrial Institute of Ma- nassas, Va. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Olive Decatur. Their only baggage consisting of one suit case, Capt. and Mrs. G. S. Halse left London recently in an airplane for a flight to Queenstown, South Africa. i see~- —that the considerate hostess has found a new means of ing the convenience of her At several homes where T have visited recently each bridge table was equip- ped with one of the new table - desk lighters, which work in the same manner as a pocket lighter, but which are larger and can be placed up- right upon one’s table or desk. They are shown in black, red, blue or green on the first floor at The Hecht Co. i see-- —that many of the best- dressed men are wearing the new Alligator Oxfords. Ialso noted their acceptance upon a recent trip to New York. So, of course, they'e being shown at the Men's Shoe Shop, Sec- ond Floor. The Hecht Co. I see~- —that many smartly dressed Junior Misses are enthusi- astically adopting the bright new ‘shade known as “Lip- stick Red” for coats. One of the smartest coats 1 have seen in this color has a double belt in front and buckles trimly at the side. Just the right note of contrast is -ddes by the collar and cuffs o Black Wolf. Second Floor, The Hecht Co. ‘ the first time in its history the theater | seles was closed this Summer. For (v wecks | s i ; "4 | after it reopened the house offered two o retire again-—this time in the S5 | porormances a day and then the policy B N e iough | O continuous show, with moving pic- ) Ruth, and althoush | {yres " was inauguratéd. this dering maneuver finally proved his | UIes was lnsugurated, ool Elects Successor to Mrs. Chace. Special Dispatch to The.8fgr. = | ROCKVILLE, Md., October 10.—The semi-annual meeting of the Mont- gomery County Democratic Law In- series, although he permitted but four if-seven thniags, Yesterday he had I see~~ —that even the tiny tots one passes on . rainy days have taken to wearing Trench of Quality New Building Materials! Convenient 3 Branches 3 undoing, he could not be blamed for | trying. The battering Babe came up | in the first inning with a man on, and | Sherdel forced him to hit into a double | lay. v s i The break came in the seventh. The | Yankees were trailing, for Ruth’s hom"i their only counter, and wretched | fielding, in which Waite Hoyt had con- tributed an eccentric throw, along with | some errors of omission and commis- sion by his fellows, had given the Cardi- nals two runs. Fast Pitch Out. Sherdel got the big fellow fn the hole at the outset when he went to the plate | with one cut in the “lucky seventh.”| His first two pitches, both exasperating- | 1y slow balls, were scorned by the slug: ger. and Umpire Pfirman waved his hand for strikes on both. Sherdel then | attempted to sneak one over when the | Babe was not looking. Without taking | his windup, the southpaw fired a ball | toward the plate. Pfirman declared it illegal by holding up his hand pal toward the pitching mound as the pitch was made. The umpire explained later that he was enforcing the edict against | quick deliveries, and the ball was| “dead,’ no matter what happened. | Sherdel rushed to the plate to voice | weak at the present moment, but called | B an indignant protest. claiming that a | third strike should have been called. | He was supported by Manager Bill Mc- Kechnie, Capt. Frankie Frisch and oth- ers as Ruth stood clapping his hands as if to urge his oppenents on to more | heated dissension. 'The umpire won, | as umpires do. and Sherdel went back | to pitch. After two wide pitches, Bill gave Babe | to the two clubhouse boys, Kenneth and | he cashed in|Roy Sullivan, and to the bat boy, Butch | one he could reach an on his specialty, t rig hit one right behind him, not so f: as the sample Ruth gave, but f enough. Meusel singled and Grover Al- exander was summoned to take charge | of the pitching, Orsatti stood on his | head trying to field Lazzeri’s fly and it went for a double. The con lescent | Combs then made a_sentimental ap- arance as a pinch hittes, and drove | sacrifice fly. | Ranks With Bender. ! his successful. bid for - his v in the series, won his| game_and bracketed | “Chief” Bender the | T of ime. | er was off to| vose fielding giving the nce to score eir first a sacrifice fly, and the Yankee | defense cracked again in the fourth when Hoyt made a throw to second I()l" no reason and permited another run Tt St. Louis run, in the ninth, was opposition from New | 2 the score. Geh- | last in a| ter in their | n in any of the other three. Statisticians may figuring the nev performances by their team the Winter | ords made._Signal | ith, Gehrig and | whole entitled . them bast. CARDS Breadon De He Intends to Sell or Transfer Franchise. ST. LOUIS, October 10 (4).—The St Louis nd solace to the fact ill split $117 | a record tot sing plavers in the world_series divide their shar d Earl Smith re- ceived 2 are whilo Clar- | ence LI the s and Harrison We half a share each. 098.68. members of the Willizm McKechnic Sherdel Johnson F ¥ H ‘Wilson, Bottomley, se i, Littlejohn, | Frisch, Maranville, club* the end of the two-a-day type of show in Washington and it was with this’ change he did not agree. He was offered a position as manager of the Palace Theater in Chicago, one of the two remaining Keith Theaters offering two performances a day, and he decided to accept this position. Later, however, he changed his mind and_announced that he would remain in_Washington. Mr. Robbins has a host of friends in | Washington, his willingness to lend his aid and his theater to supporting chari- table and religious endeavors marking his_activities here. Among his close personal friends was the late President Wilson, who was a regular visitor to the theater while his health permitted. SAYS HOOVER WILL WIN. ATLANTA, Ga., October 10 (P).— x| william Z. Foster. nominated for Presi- | {dent by the Communist party, in an| address last night befcre a gathering | of Iaboring men, predicted the election | of Herbert Hoover. The speaker said he did not have any chance to be clected, as his party is ttention to the fact that the party s weak in Russia also before the World War. High, Thevenow, Hafey, Douthit, Holm, Harper, Blades, Martin, Roettger and Williamson. The Cards also voted to give $150 eac] Yatkeman. Sam Breadon, owner of the Cardinals today denied rumors of the sale of the franchise of the club “That report is withcut foundation,” Breadon said. “I have no intention of relinquishing the franchise or dis- posing of my players. Iam very proud of them even if they failed to win the world’s championship. Although McKechnie's contract to manage the Cardinals expired with the finish of the 1928 season. it is con- sidered probable that it will be renewed for next year. Protests Umpire's Decision, Breadon joined “Wee Willie” Sherdel today in protesting Umpire Pfirman’s refusal to call a third strike on Babe Ruth when Sherdel attempted to put ver his quick delivery in the seventh inning of yesterday's game. He de- ciared that Pfirman’s decision was un- fair and that it nullified a smart and nervy play. ‘It was a legal delivery,” Breadon said. “Ruth was in the box and Sherdel took his windup and pitched the ball ht over the plate for a perfect strike. herdel is one of the smartest pitchers in the gare and Pfirman’s mistake was in thinking Sherdel didn’t know what he was doing. ‘There is no rule in the ational rdel attempted ning until that the Yankees UMBER MILLWORK PAINT HARDWARE BUILDING SUPPLIES COAL Whatever Your Needs Talk With Us First! Small Or; a Careful Attention ivery Charge J. 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Isee~ —that the mous “Little House of How" has put on its Fall clothing (or shall we say furnishings) and that it offers a_host of suggestions for fur- nishing a new home or adding just the right bit of change needed to refurnish your house for Fall. A visit will prove interesting as a fore- runner to your selection of whatever new things _your home needs. Fourth Floor, The Hecht Co. I see-~- —that the approach of cool weather demands warm, new negligees. A charming friend to whom T have just paid a sick call declared that she was really enjoving her convales- cence because of the becom- ingness of the quilted satin robe with collar and cufis of two-tone velvet, which all her visitors admired. One really needn’t be ill, though, to en- joy the beauty and luxury of the new negligees of satin and velvet found on the Fifth Floor of The Hecht Co. Iseew —that at a recent sorority dance several chic collegians wore frocks of Satin-back Moire in such shades as blue, red and maize. 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