Evening Star Newspaper, May 19, 1929, Page 17

THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, ~ . . SFAY 19, 1929—PART 1. BRIDGE UNIT BUILT AT HYATTSVILLE Finished Structure Will Elim- inate Dangerous Mary- land Crossing. BY GEORGE PORTER, Staff Correspondent of The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md. May 18— Completion of the first two months’ operations work on the overhead bridge across the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad tracks here yesterday saw the project well under way, with all the substruc- | ture on the Baltimore end finished and one abutment and two piers fully erected. In addition, forms were in place for two piers and the footings for seven <thers 1 led. The bi ing operations. begun March 18, have been only slightly hindered by the weather, the men working in tie rain on many days. From now on, nowever, with good weather in pros- pect. it is expected that even more rapid progress will be made and an- other two months will see most of the | substructure in position. The contract | calls for the completion of the bridge in 300 working days. 50 Men on Work. At present the George B. Mullin Co., Inc.. contractors for the bridge, have a crew of approximately 50 men at work on the project. The operations are being supervised by five inspectors of the State Roads | Commission. _Inspector W. E. Amick has been assigned to the job by Dis- triet Engineer E. G. Duncan ever since it started. The other. inspectors sta- tioned there are J. E. Wood. C. R. Sharretts, jr.; Thomas M. McNulty and | C. R. Duvall. | The bridge across the tracks is being built in_the form of a superelevated curve. The roadway will be 30 feet from curb to curb, bordered bv a 7- foot walk. The structure is to cost $134,000 exclusive of the cement work which is being furniched by the State | Roads Commission. When completed, it | will eliminate what has long been re- | garded as one of the most dangerous | grade crossings in the State. Extension Not Begun. The extension of Rhode Island ave. nue, companion project to the elimina- tion of the Hyattsville grade crossing. has not yet been started, although the | State Roads Commission recently open- ed its second set of bids for this under- | taking. It is said that inability to ob-| tain all the needed rights of way is still ]‘ delaying this work. Tl{e ;Au]lln Co., which is building the | bridge, has also submitted the lowesi | bid for the extension of the thurough-i fare on each occasion. | The task of erecting a bridge over the | Northwest Branch of the Anacostia | River, which the extended avenue will have to cross, was let under a separate | contract. Christelf & Ensey of Fred-| ericksburg, Va., the successful bidders, have been notified to begin operations and are expected to get them under way within the next 10 days. MICHAELSON. AGAIN MAY FACE ACTION IN FLORIDA Government Wins First Move to Obtain Record of Key West Hearing Testimony. By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla., May 18.—Possibility of further prosecution of Representative M. A. Michaelson of Chicago on charges growing out of his testimony during his Key West trial on charges of importing liquor was in prospect today as the Government won its first move to ob- tain a record of the Key West testi- mony. Judge Halsted L. Ritter signed an order impounding notes taken at the trial, but refused to grant the Govern- ment’s Tequest that counsel for Michael- son be restrained from preventing sale ©of the transcript by their court stenog: The Government did not make a stenographic re] of the Key West testimony, but Under the court’s ruling it will be possible to make limited use of the defense report. —_— FRENCH ATTACHE HURT. J. Henry and Wife in Auto Acci-| dent Near Lexington, Va. | Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. STAUNTON, Va., May 18,—A motor | mechanic, employed by the Lee High- | ‘way filling station, at Lexington, reports the wreck of a Packard automobile, owned by J. Henry, attache of the French embassy, Washington, D. C. ‘The attache and his wife were the only occupants of the car, which passed through Lexington Thursday morning, headed west. Two miles out on the Midland trail the car skidded and ran | into a bank, being damaged. Mr. Henry | received cuts about the head, which were treated in Lexington. Later that night Mr. and Mrs. Henry returned to ‘Washington by train. KICKER WINS KICK. Court Hnldl_Deputy Marshal May Sue Owner of Mules, SAN FRANCISCO, May 18 (#)—Firm | in his belief that a mule is dangerous | because of his having been kicked by | several of the animals he attempted to drive off a street, Clarence W. Roberts, deputy marshal of Glendale, Calif.. has won the concurrence of a high court in the opinion. Consequently he now has the right to sue a contracting com- pany_which owned the mules for $15,- 350 damages. The Los Angeles Superior Court | ruled some time ago against Roberts Today the State District Court of Ap- | peals ruled in his favor. PLANE DROPS IN DANUBE.! Divers Sent to Attempt to Recover Liner and Bodies. BUDAPEST, Hungary, May 18 (#)— | An air liner on the Vienna-Budapest Toute dove into the Danube River near the railway bridge just outside the city this evening. No one was saved but divers immediately were sent to attempt to recover the plane and bodies Besides the pilot. the airplane carried Hubert Hoffer, Vienna dentist, as a passenger. The pilot’s seat, on being drawn from the river, revealed blood stains. HOOVER CABLES BORIS. Bulgarians Felicitated on Fifteenth Anniversary of Liberation. SOFIA, Bulgaria, May 18 () —King Boris today received a warm message of felicitation from President Herbert Hoover on the occasion of the fifteenth anniversary of the liberation of Bul- garia from the Turks. The President expressed best wishes for continued good health and happiness of the King and for the welfare and prosperity of the Bulgarian people. King Boris replied in equally cordial terms. expressing his deep appreciation for the kindly remembrance of the the Hyattsville grade crossing begins to months’ work on the project finds the and several piers in place. The photos show (upper) piers 3 approach to the viaduet. The long-sought overhead bridge which will abolish the traffic hazard at take shope as the end of the first two substracture of one of the approaches and 4 upon which the bridge will arch the railroad tracks and (lower) the completed substructure of the Baitimore STUDENTS WHO SHIRK WORK HIT BY TAFT IN PSI UPSILON TALK| (Continued From First Page.) | portunities they have and to appreciate | these opportunities. “Dreadful Waste” Hit. “What do they go to coliege or & university for if they don't go for scholarship?” he asked. “There are a good many who don't, I agree, but those who do not, don't go for the| proper purpose, go for social reasons. sometimes to establish themselves by reason of the fact that they are called | college men, but those men don't under- ' stand what they are there for. When| & man grows as old as I have, he then feels like resorting to profanity as he ought not to do, at the misconception | of life and the use of education and | the use of universities by these feather- headed young men. It is a dreadful waste.” “They don’t understand that there are three things that will make them | useful (o themselves and the world. One is work and hard work, another is self-denial and a third is the dis- | cipline of character the practice of the others bring about. That is what a | university is for. It is to develop char- | acter, not alone for the subject himself | but for the country of which he hopes | to be a useful part. I don't know what the occasich is or has been for the slump. The war | played havoc with a great many con- ceptions and we haven't gotten over it | yet, but the only saving strength in the | country is the high ideals and the will- ingness to sacrifice on the part of those who lead the communities. get along without the leader: it is just like losing & vision. Superficlalities Are Assalled. Superficial ducators and education next caine under Mr. Taft's fire: “I suppose there are a good many educators that know what they mean when they use these strange words in educational vocabulary, they are the persons most free with those, the recent graduates of normal schools,” he said. | I am very certain that were they called | upon to define in any way by which | anybody else could understand what they mean, there would be a stir in educational circles. We must cultivate thoroughness in our education, even if we don't go far in that education. The trouble now is the superficial nature of what we are trying to teach and we must get our public schools and our private schools down to a simpler cur- riculum so that when we know a thing, we know it.” | Tllustrating the stern discipline in the | colleges and universities of former years | and the seriousness with which young | men went forward with a view to get- | ting all they could out of the “narrow curriculum,” the Chief Justice con- tinued: We can't | if we do, Extremes Are Rapped. “I am seeking to get down to the real thing and not dwelling in the ethereal without knowing what we are | talking ebout. That is the reason why I yielded (I am glad I did now) to come here. 1 wanted to say some things that I thought were true about our tre- mendous condition with respect to edu- | | cation and with respect to the use of our efforts to get a real education and to stimulate the raising of the standard of scholarship. “Oh, it means so much, so much to all of us and to the country that we hould do that. I don’t want to criti- ize athletics, T don’t want to criticize | a great many ex urriculum duties, | but I think they are carried to & great | extreme. I think there is a great deal of time and money wasted in those | things that many of you most enjoy. It is all right, but when you get to my age you will see how much more you | might have made of the time than you | did. You will see it when you come to adopt your profession. You will see the | vacancies that you find in that prepa- ration for your profession that you get by general education which you will then look back upon and say. ‘well, I am sorry; 1 wish I had studicd more at | that time.’” | | " “Of course, you won't. What T mean { is that this will go on this way, but we | can help it and we can avoid the im- | President and the gratitude of Bulgaria for the continued sympathy and sollci- * tude of America. mense expenditure of money _that doesn't go for real education. Right here in this presence we can resolve that we will devote ourselves to real scholarly effort, and then rejoice when we have done that work. That is what I came to talk to you about. “Of course, a man who is as old as I am usually talks to the wind, but, at any rate, he finds there are others who are engaged in the same work. Even the wind is useful if it will stimulate somebody. Stimson Praises Taft. Secretary Stimson, who was Secretary of War in the cabinet of the ex-Presi- dent and later occupied the post of governor general of the Philippines, which the Chief Justice once held, paid tribute to his former chief, saying, “He has _educated 12,000,000 little “brown brothers to love the name of the first Beta man they ever came in contact with,” Mr. Taft being & member of Beta Chapter. “If that noble experiment in self- government and democracy which our country is carrying on the other side of the Pacific carries out the hopes we have for it,” he said. “it will be due more than to any other cause to the example and the labors of our guest of | honor today.” Senator Moses was toastmaster and told his audience that “it is a pleasure, I assure you, t6 be where the Heflins | stop ‘hefling’ and the Brookharts are at rest.” Senator Bingham spoke briefly. Edward L. Stevens, president of the Psi_Upsilon Fraternity, told of the progress of the organization. Vocal selections were rendered at the luncheon. by Reinald Werrenrath. JACKSONVILLE AVIATOR SEEKS ENDURANCE MARK Yonge Hopes to Remain Aloft 22 to 24 Hours in Light Airship. By the Associated Press. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. May 18.—A small cabin monoplane, powered with a 90-horsepower motor, stood readv tonight to take off from Jacksonville Beach tomorrow morning in an at- tempt to break the endurance record for light aircraft. Laurle Yonge, veteran Jacksonville pllot, who will take the plane aloft, sald ‘he expected to remain in the air for between 22 and 24 hours. The present record is 13 hours and 19_minutes. Yonge said he would carry 152 gal- lons of gasoline and 5 extra gallons of oil Fully loaded, Yonge said his plane would weigh approximately 2.800 pounds. about 1,400 pounds. President Stays At Virginia Camp Until Late Today President Hoover remained last night at his fishing camp_at the headwaters of the Rapidan River in Virginia, and will return to the White House sometime this after- noon. Word to this effect was tele- phoned to the White House by Law- rence Richey, one of the President’s secretaries, Mr. Richey said the President did not do any fishing yesterday after- noon but spent the time inspecting the streams and the tents erected by the United States Marines, with a view to choosing the best place for fishing later in the season and es- tabljshing a permanent camp for the Summer. In the presidential party are Sec- retary of the Interior Wilbur, Lieut. Comdr. Joel T. Boone, White House physician; Edward Lowry, ~writer: Mr. Richey and several secret service men. They left the White House soon after 10 o'clock Saturday morning in White House automobiles for Criglersville, where they trans- ferred Into smaller cars and pro- ceeded about 9 miles further over rough roads. They made the final 4 or 5 miles into the camp on horse- back over a road specially construct- ed by the Marines. When empty the craft weighs | MOVED BY TWISTER Texas Storms Injure About Dozen Persons and Cause Big Property Damage. By the Associated Press. DALLAS. Tex.. May 18.—Torrential and widespread rainfall today marked the passage of another series of Texas storms, which injured 11 persons and did thousands of dollars damage to property. ‘The Wichita Falls area, where at least eight communities felt the force of winds and heavy rain, was hit heaviest. Near Vernon, Mr. and Mrs. Merell Wilkerson, who were celebrating their honeymoon, were injured when a twister ripped their house from the %rotund and carriea them about 300 eet. In Far South Texas, Westfield, 15 miles from Houston, also suffered from the wind. A twister there swept a path about a quarter of a mile long and 50 feet wide. Four persons, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Farrow and a Mrs. Benedict and her daughter, were in- jured. The Farrow home was flat- tened. An erroneous report earlier had stated that the town of Spring, in- stead of Westfield, had been hit by the twister. Near Wichita Falls, at Dundee, Wil- liam Ganders was injured when a store building collapsed; Mrs. C. H. McDaniel was hurt when the porch of her home fell in; a flying timber struck William Miller. Eight stores and 12 homes were damaged. Flying Pieces Injure. At Clara, also near Wichita Falls, Agnes Howard was struck by a piece of wood from a school building roof as she ran for shelter. Another person, unidentified, also was hurt by a fiying | board. Two buildings at McCamey, & hotel and a department store, were unroofed | by the wind. Heavy rains were reported through- out the State. Only four of the 71 points from which the weather bureau here received messages. had not had rain in the last 24 hours. Galveston, with 5.38 inches, felt the heaviest down- pour. 100 Acres Under Water. Ten thousand lowland acres near In- dex, Ark., were under water today and major Red River flood stages impended at Fulton, and Index. Predictions were that the water would g0 over the safety level by Wednesday at Index, and two or three feet over at Fulton by Thursday. White Cliffs, on the Liftle River, was due for a one-foot overflow Tuesday. At Index it was declared the Govern- ment levee on the northside of the Red River, would stand 30 feet of water if it did not crumble. The levee was com- pleted a few months ago and the sod was believed not to have set solidly. Should the water overflow there, be- tween 30,000 and 40,000 acres would be flooded. The gauge at Index registered 26.3 feet this afternoon. Indicating the 27- foot stage would be reached by mid- night. Continued rains in Texas and Arkan- sas were forming a second crest of waten expected to send the Red River to flood stage at Arthur City, Tex., Monday or Tuesday. GIRL'S HEAD FOUND | Officials Believe It Was Sev- ered From Torso Discovered Nearby Last Month. By the Associated Pres: 10S ANGELES, May 18.—The head of a girl was found buried in the sands near the Los Angeles River by deputy sheriffs late today. The discovery was torso of a woman was recovered from the river last April. The head was preserved sufficient to permit identification by any one ac- quainted with the victim, deputy sher- iffs said. After a cursory examination, authori- ties declared the manner in which the head had been severed corresponded to the surgery practiced on the un- identified woman's body. A positive connection cannot be established, they said until chemists have studied the hysical structure. B '¥§)e head appeared to be that of a person between 16 and 25 years old, approximately the age estimated for the torso. The discovery was made after au- thorities had been attracted to the spot by the unevenness of the sands. A small pit was found in which the head reposed, and, at first glance, they sald it appeared that possibly a body had been buried there and washed away by heavy rains, e LLOYD GEORGE HITS BALDWIN SETTLEMENT Terms Debt Pact “One of Most Monstrous Bargains Made by Any Minister.” By the Associated Press. CRICCIETH, Wales, May 18.—The debt settlement that Stanley Baldwin made with the United States was term- ed by David Lloyd George, Liberal lead- er, in an election speech here tonight as “one of the most monstrous bar- gains ever made by any minister.” Mr. Lloyd George said he had strong- y protested against it at the time. “Not only did I protest” he said, “but my old friend Bonar Law, who was then prime minister, also protested against it, but Mr. Baldwin signed the contract in spite of his own chief. FOUR HURT BY TORNADO. Village inVTAQ_;:l Is Struck by Twister. HOUSTON, Tex., May 18 (#).—Four persons were hurt, two seriously, when a tornado struck the village of West- field, about 20 miles north of here, this afternoon. The injured were Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Farrow and a Mrs. Benedict and her small daughter. The twister swept a patch about a quarter of a mile long and 50 feet wide. 4-H CLUB SUMMER CAMP. FAIRFAX, Va. May 18—The annual Summer 4-H Ciub camp of Fairfax County will be held from June 10 to 14, inclusive, at the W. Y. C. A. Kamp Kahlert on West River, near Annapo- lis, Md. ‘The 42 girls and leaders who enrolled last yvear were taken care of at the Y. W. C. A. vacation lodge at Cherry- dale. This year the advance registra- | larger fore, the ccommodations than ever be- through the co-operation of ashington Y. W. C. A. it has been possible to secure the use of Kablert for the week preceding its amp Teg- v made not far from the spot where the | NEAR LOS ANGELES|:z NEWLYWEDS' HOME (N. Y. DAILY NEWS SUES PAPER FIRM Overcharge of $780,708 by International Is Alleged in Suit Telling of Loan Offer. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star NEW YORK, May 18.—The News Syndicate, Inc., owner of the Daily News, filed suit today in the Supreme Court to recover $780,708 from the In- ternational Paper Co. The sum is al- leged to be the amount of overcharges paid by the newspaper for paper in 1928 in consideration of a prospective loan of $5,000.000 from the paper company and the fact that the paper company was to become a tenant in the newspaper'’s new building. The loan was to be secured by & 2U-year mort- gege on the building. The plaintiff alleges that it was re- quired to pay more for its newsprint in 1928 than other newspaper publishers. Answer for the paper company has been filed. Grausteln Signed Agreement. The agreement was signed by A. R. Graustein, as president of the Inter- national Paper Co., who has been men- tioned in connection with the purchase of stock in newspapers throughout the country, and_by Roy C. Hollis, secre- tary of the News Syndicate Co. The agreement was not carried out, accord- ing to the defendant, because the News Syndicate Co. failed to enter into a new contract of which the loan and lease provisions were to be a part. The complaint relates that the two parties entered into a contract in 1924 for purchase by the Daily News of print_paper from the International. 1n 1925 this contract was extended to 1928. Under the contract the News Syndicate Co. was to pay the current price of paper in the United States and was to enjoy any reduction which In- ternational extended to any of its cus- tomers, with further extension. In 1927, for the period from 1929 to 1931, the terms being the same. The International charged a uniform price throughout the United States, except in 1927 and 1928, when the uniform price was only on delivery east of the Rocky Mountains. ‘The plaintiff charges that on January 1, 1928, the International, in violation of the contract, reduced the cost of news print paper to other customers to a point below that paid by the plaintiff. In view of these facts, says the News Syndicate Co., it is entitled to receive back at least $780,708 as payment made in 1928. “Compromise” Is Signed. International, it is charged, refused to change the agreement. ‘Where followed protracted negotiations and the parties sought to effect a settlement or compro- mise of the plaintifi’s claim. On Oc- tober 1, 1928, an agreement was made in writing which provided conditions which in effect "Tu'}:t:e“u pnymedr_:v, by the International e News syndi- clyu Co. of $1,500,000, of which $300,000 was to be paid in cash on January 1, 1929, and the balance in equal yearly installments. n’l‘he new agreement also provided that International was to lend to the News Syndicate Co. $5,000,000 at § per cent on a 20-year mortgage on the plaintift’s new building, to be paid off at the rate of at least $250,000 a year. A first payment of $1,500,000 was to be advanced on the mortgage loan and the balance was to be turned over when the new building had a roof on. The International also obligated itself to lease 10 floors in the new building for a term of five years. Prom time to time, says the plaintiff, it offered to perform the terms of this ment and demanded performance by the defendant. The latter, it is al- leged, refused to go ahead with the agreement unless the plaintiff made a new contract for paper, which contract was drafted by the International and was contrary to the spirit and letter of the agreement. lnuarnnur, the International admits the plaintiff sought to have the de- fendant take a lease on 10 floors in its new bl and adds that upon declination of the defendant to do so (he plaintiff submitted its claim as set forth in the complaint, ting at the same time that the claim be set- tled by the defendant - making the $5,000,000 mortgage loan. Dismissal of Complaint Asked. 1t is stated in the answer that fol- lowing long negotiations on October 19, 1928, in consideration of the plaintiff agreeing to the new contract for paper supply in 1934 and upon terms which permitted the defendant to extend to other customers equivalent concessions, the defendant entered into an agree- ment following the plaintif's refusal to accept & contract in which the Inter- national reserved such right to extend equivalent concessions to other custom- ers. T agreement was canceled by mutual consent on February 27, 1929. The International asks that the eom- plaint be dismissed. peeg CONTRACTORS HIT COMPETITION BASIS Government Methods Assailed at Association Board Meeting in Oklahoma City. By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, May 18.—Mem- bers of the executive board of the As- sociated General Contractors of Amer- ica in their annual Spring meeting here today declared that the Government is using a false basis of competition. The assertion that contractors can compete with the Government on a business basis, but cannot compete when the Government buys its equipmen: from national tax money and Joes not take into consideration depreciation of equipment, was made by several speakers. A number of contraclors, however. intimated that they would submit bids on reconstruction work and levee proj- ects of the Mtsslulprl River commis- sion, recently advertised by the Gov- ernment. The board adjourned yith selection of Hartford, Conn, for the Fall meet- ing_in October. The board was deadlocked over selec- tion of the anpual conventicn city when the meeting adjourned. A tie vote re- sulted when Memphis and New Orleans were nominated for the convention honor. One of the two cities will be named later, officials said. The con- vention will be held in January. OHIOAN TO WED AT 71. William G. Mather, Industrialist, ‘Will Take Bride of 38. CLEVELAND, May 18 (®).—Willlam Gwinn Mather, 71, one of Cleveland's leading industrialists, took out a mar- riage license today to Mrs. Eliza- beth Ring Ireland, 38, prominent club woman and social service worker. Mrs. Ireland is the widow of James Duane Ireland. She is prominently identified with several clubs in Cleve- land and the New York Club of New tion of 85 makes it necessary to secure | York. Mather has been president of the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co. since 1890. fe also is president of the Lake Superior and Ishpeming Rallroad, director in two Cleveland banks and several other companies. | to_match, trimmed with tan. QGally ecolored silks with large printed paterns and small hats with brims pre- dominated in the wearing apparel of the women in the large throng at- tending the closing day of the Na- tional Capital horse show. The day being warm and bright, brought out chiffons and silks and the light top coat, and many of the younger genera- tion were in attendance as on the other two days, showing interest in the pony hunt teams of three ponies ridden by children. 15 years old and under. | Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, sister of | the Vice President, attended the show in the afternoon and stayed until late. She wore a gown of pearl gray crepe over which was a gray chiffon coat with chinchilla fur collar and deep cuffs almost to the elbow of the fur. Her straw hat was close fitting with upturned brim across the front, and a soft pom-pom of darker brown feathers. She wore a cluster of tiny yellow roses and lilies of the valley on the lapel of her coat. Mrs. Gann accompanied Mrs. Couzens, wife of Senator James Cou- »rm5, who entertained at luncheon in lier honor before the show. Mrs. | Couzens wore beige crepe, a small beige | hat with a narrow brim and a sable | fur collar. Countess Srechenyl Occupies Box. Countess Cornelia Szechenyi, daugh- ter of the Minister of Hungary and Coun- tess Szechenyl. was in their box and | had on a striking costume of bright | blue crepe, made with jacket and skirt of blue, white blouse, and her hat was whie felt with drooping brim. Miss Allr» Brooks Davis was in the box of hur parents, former Secretary of War and Mrs. Dwight F. Davis, and wore a becoming ensemble suit of Chinese blue with a blouse of white and a close-fitting felt hat in the same shade. She had among her guests Princess Elizabeth de Ligne, daughter of the Belgian Ambassador and Prin- cess de Ligne, wearing a figured crepe dress of light blue and white, a coat in a deeper shade of blue and a small hat to match. Miss Nancy Beale and her flance, Mr. William R. Mann, were also in her box, Miss Beale wearing a becoming gown of bright blue crepe made in tlers from the low waist line and falling far below the hem line on one side. The bodice had a deep cape collar of white crepe, which fell in a cascade from the right shoulder, and her small hat with narrow brim was also of blue, In Boxes and Near Rail Mr. and Mrs. Woodbury Blair were among those in boxes, Mrs. Blair hav- ing a beige costume, the gown of crepe, the skirt of plaited flounces and the | waist made plain. Her hat was of beige straw and she carried a light topcoat to match. Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock had one of the most striking costumes worn, being all in white, a gown of crepe | and a topcoat of wool with deep collar of white fox fur and a white straw hat | bound with black velvet, a narrow band of the velvet about the crown. ! Former Attorney General and Mrs. A. Mitchell Palmer and the former's daughter, Miss Mary Palmer, spent | much time close to the rail, Mrs. Pal- mer wearing a smart ensemble of black moire with a blouse of white crepe and a white gardenia on her coat lapel. Her hat was of black straw. Miss Palmer was in French blue crepe made: with long coat and short plaited skirt and white blouse and her small | close-fitting hat was of a deeper shade of straw, Mrs. Franels Winslow had a skirt of gray tweed with which she wore a pale gray sweater and a scarf of the two shades of gray in a striking figure and her small hat with dropping brim was of gray. Mrs. Robert Whitney Imbrie, widow of the United States consul at | Constantinople, wore a pearl-gray crepe dress with a large, wide-brimmed black | horsehair hat. Mrs. Loren Johnson, who entertained guests in her box, was in yellow, the dress of crepe and her large yellow straw hat was trimmed with jade green and her ornaments were of jade. Mrs. Gibbons Attractive in Blue. Capt. and Mrs. John H. Gibbons arrived in the middle of the afternoon and remained until the end of the show standing by the rail. Mrs. Gibbons had & figured blue and white crepe ensemble with touches of pale yellow and gray in the figure. The blouse was of oyster white, her hat was a close-fitting blue straw and she carried a parasol of biue Former United States Minister to | Switzerland and Mrs. Hampson Gary.| were among the spectators from the | boxes, she wearing beige satin and | crepe made with short straight jacket and skirt, with which she wore fox fur | of a dark shade and a small hat trim- med with dark brown grosgrain ribbon. Mrs. Banjamin Royall Holcomb had a pea-green crepe dress made with long sleeves and bateau neck, a plaited skirt and with which she wore & small | dark blue lguv hat with drooping brim. Mrs. E. W. Titus was in crepe with a sand color background and diagonal stripes of red and blue made with full skirt and straight overblouse and she wore a tight-fitting red straw | hat, and red kid slippers. Doro- thea Lane had a becoming three-plece suit of yellow, the skirt and coat having | large brown dots and edged with brown | and her small hat of yellow straw was trimmed with brown. Gay Spots in Crowd. ‘Mrs. Sidney F. Tallaferro, wife of the District Commissioner, spent the greater part of the afternoon in her box and was in a figured silk dress and a yell?fll" Mi GAY SILKS AND CHIFFONS ADD COLOR TO HORSE SHOW PICTURE Mrs. Gann, Honor Guest at Luncheon of Mrs. Couzens, Is Visitor in Afternoon, . Staying Until Late. back to Washington for station, was in bright-blue crepe and a deep-green hat. Mrs. Godwin was before her marriage Miss Hazel Jewell and made a name for herself in a stock company when her sister, then Izetta Jewell, was ing lady. Dr. and Mrs. Elic Scott Car- roll attended the show and had with them Mrs. Byron Andrews and M Baker. Mrs. Andrews was hostess a tea after the show in the clubhouse. Among others at the show were Mrs. P. Lee Phillips, the chief clerk of the War Department; Mr. John C. Scofield, Mr. Hansel and his daughter, and Miss Joy Hansel. RADID AND WIRES MERGER PROPOSE Gen. Gibbs, Chief Army Sig- nal Officer, Tells Senate U. S. Control Need. By the Associated Press. Consolidation of radio, telephone and telegraph companies into communica- tions companies regulated by the Gov- ernment was proposed as an economic necessity yesterday by Maj. Gen. George S. Gibbs, chief signal officer of the Army, in testimony before the Senate interstate commerce committee. He declared that the present law, which forbids radio communications to own telephone and telegraph stock, was “unfortunate and reactionary.” ‘The committee is considering bill to set up a Federal communications commission to regulate radio, telegraph, telephone and cables in interstate commerce. “The method of the present law is all wrong,” Gibbs said, adding that the “time will come when all communica- tions will be carried on by companies formed to operate by wireless as well as by wire.” He asserted that “‘erection of artificial barriers between radio and wire companies makes for inefficiency.” | The Army. he said. which controls all communications in Alaska, “would not have done so well if it had had to con- tend with such barriers.” STUDENTS GET DRY BID. President Maunce Objects to Use of Brown Men in Liquor Cases. By the Associated Press. PROVIDENCE, R. I, May 18.—By becoming an “under cover” agent and getting evidence of ownership of pro- hibited alcoholic beverages, any student of Brown University accepting the offer will be paid $5 a day. Deputy Prohibi- tion Administrator John W. Morrill in this city announced today. President W. H. P. Faunce of Brown, when informed of the offer, said: “I should prefer to see the students here engage in other and more uplifting college expen: ANNUAL FROG JUMP ON. Calaveras County's Famous Con- test Reminder of Mark Twain. ANGELS CAMP, Calif.. May 18 (#). Calaveras County’s famous annual frog- jumping contest opened here today. ‘The event commemorates an era of early California of which Mark Twain was chief historian. Crowds from miles around gathered to witness the numerous entries. Re- sults probably will be announced to morrow or Monday. many of the spectators was reminiscen of earlier days, but, the frogs hopped over a different course. They once contested on a mahogany saloon bar, but today they hopped in a prepared ‘The bars are no more, and the pl that used to dispense hard liquor were selling soda water and lemonade. London is to have a new $10,00 exhibition building. pdrld FARM AND GARDEN. hardy ¢ bloomers plants ...$1.10 B G Blue. Pink: 2 plants for B Flowered Field-grown Stock Fro: Zinnias the line about the rail, having a bright red chiffon dress and a red straw hat with very wide and floppy brim. Miss Adelaide Henry, who stood with her much of the time, wore a tan tweed skirt with a rose beige sweater and a tan hat. Mrs. Willlam Berret Ridgely was in dark blue chiffon with a close- | fitting hat to match, and Mrs. Walter R. Tuckerman's dress was of gray crepe | and her hat was jade green and small. | Mr. and Mrs. Harold Marsh were among those on the grandstand, the latter having a figured silk dress and a | pale green cape of weed with a scarf collar which was fringed, and she woré | a wide brimmed leghorn hat with a band of black velvet about the crown. Mrs., Godwin, wife of Lieut. Comdr. D. C. Godwin, U. S. N.. who recently came FARM AND GARDEN. TRE RGEONS] Lawn Mowers Power and Hand . well known m: See our display. epalr, rebulld, service al Truek e n all ‘models. J. V. Hutchins & Co 1218 C St. N\W. Main 866 of ize. 20 Plants, $1.10 Brilijant_colors. Chinese Arborvitae feathers, deep sreen foliage. 2 10,8 to” 12 inches high. € trees g 5 ... 110 order of $5.50 & over. COLORADO BLUE (Forsythia) vellow flowers pear before the le: the 10| SN AP (Antirifs .32 different owering pin hardy. Ready to bloom. Each e rdy Azaleas A besutiful variety, " Very 4 DELPHINIUM (Perennial Larl ey Toek . [BELLADONNA—Light d ry: blue. pink. yellow i ¥ T Ga nis fine perennial. once established in' Sour garden: {or years, Ringed With orane, crimson u rea” T “blogsoms ‘Trom June 'to Novemper and grows 3 feet tall: 6 plants for... $1.10 RHODODENDRONS purple and blooms in May. Grow: RHODODENDRONS flowers in July. 2 plants (1 to 1'a RHODODENDRONS (Careit ‘The plart thrives best in partial shac Colorado Blue Spruce * glistening blue, which flashes and aint idea of the magnificent be ) v reen flow s well in (Maxim; le: ty of this the lead- | FREE—6 EVERGREEN. trees, above selection. Selected, 5-6 yrs. Extra bushy. 110 1'; ft. high (Catawblense). rkle in the sunlicht. and . SPELLERSTOFACE TEST ON TUESDAY Roster of Names Forms Cross-Section of Ameri- can Life. Aspirants for the title of the cham- | pion speller of the Nation will be put to | the crucial test in the auditorium of the | New National Museum Tuesday. when | the national spelling bee, under the | auspices of the Louisville Cour Journal and 19 associated newspapers gets under way. Twenty-one graded school spellers from Maine to Nebr: will participate, and a roster of their names forms a typical cross-section nf American life, for the boys and girls | can trace their forebears to many sec- tions of the globe. The Vermont State champion, Albert | Gomo, 'is of French descent. ~Rose Nelson, the champlon of Maine, is of Hebrew ancestry. She defeated | dreds of good spellers in Portland. under | the tutorship of the Portland Express. | to win this honor. Of English descent | are Lois Chamberlain and Anna_Cath- | erine Green. champions of the Water- bury Republican and American and the | Loutsville Courier-Journal. respective The Emerald Isle is refiected in V: | ginia Hogan. Omaha World-Herald champion. The Atlantic City Press | spelling bee brought into prominence | Teru Hayashi, whose ancestors came from old Japan. Irene Olson will have Swedish and other Scandinavian traditions to up- hold in the contest, as the result of | winning the competition conducted by | the Des Moines Register. by knowing ! how to spell “compatible,” which her | 1ast opponent Eleanor Handon did not. | Two years ago Irene stumbied cn the | word “therapeutic.” but she was little daunted, and with the aid of her teach- er, Miss Lucy Grieve, she studied more than 8.000 words and came out vic- torfous this year. The daughter of an Ttalian smmigrant will represent the New Britain Daily Herald in the person of Teresa Chiar- valleti. Czechoslovakia was the homeland of the forefathers of Viola Strbac, Wi consin champion, who won in the Mil- waukee Journal's match. Mary Krich- ovsky. champion speller in the ccntest, | of the Hartford Times, is of Polish ex- traction. Mary E. McCarty, 12 years old, won the Detroit News contest on her moth- er's birthday, and did it by knowing how to spell correctly the word “dis. bursement.” Bessie Doig, 1928 Detroit champion, finished seventh in the race. Mary Bennett won the Western | Michigan spelling bee, sponsored b | the Grand Rapids Press, by defeatiny 30 other contestants. She knew how !spell, in orthodox fashion, the wn | “browse,” but her runner-up, Paulin Ruiter, did not. 'MEXICANS SAY BOX LAW | IS MADE RETROACTIVE | i M Immigration Incident Is Subject of Conferences at Mexico City by Ambassador Morrow. By the Associated Press. | MEXICO CITY, May | learned tonight at the offices of the | President that discussion of applica- | tion of provisions of the box bill on Mexicans in the United States was the | reason for conferences which United 18.—It was | callings In obtaining money for their | States Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow | has been holding with President Emilio | Portes Gil. Another conference was held today. | Local newspapers had protested re- | cently over what they term retroactive | application of the law, alleging that many Mexicans living in the United | States before the law was enacted have been deported because they could not show proper entry papers. It was announced severzl days sgo that the government was studying the advisability of sending an official pre- | test to Washington on the subject. | DENY CHURCH PARLEY. Mexican Officials Plan No Discus- sions in Washington. | MEXICO CITY, May 18 (#).—Official denial was made ‘today of reports tha Ambassador Tellez had been empowerc to discuss at Washington with repre- sentatives of the Catholic Church set- tlement of the religious controversy in | Mexico. Newspaper men were told that | the President has nothing to add at this | time to his previous statements. FARM AND GARDEN. 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