Evening Star Newspaper, May 22, 1929, Page 6

THE EVEXING WASHINGTON. D. C. WEDNESDAY. MAY 22, 19985 CANADIAN SCORES * LAXULS.OFFIERS [ Says Dry En'oroement Unit Helps Smuggle Liquor From Dominion. B+ the ssocinted Pre; OTTAWA, May 22.—W. D. Euler. .minister of national revenue, in a speech ta the House of Commons yesterday, said that liquor cargoes from Cansda had been ianded in United States ports | day and night without interference and sometimes with the ald of enforcement officers His speech was devoted particularly to the defense of the position of the Canadian government in relusing to withhold clearance papers from ships carrying liquor to the United States Cagaga is doing all it Teasonably can o “the Uniled States in s(opping | liquor traffic across the border. he. said, adaémp that the problem is one of the Onited States’ own making. for which | Canada was not responsible. PREPARING F Members of $he Merchants' Lett to right, front row: M. Back ro: A. Payne. Gibbs, CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. rgo. Lodge, Independent Order of He desciibed a trip he had made on | pive B'Rith, announces a smoker at a boat engaged in liquor traffic. The Jewish Communify Center tonight. The vessel was within sight of the United | | program will include a presentation of States port for which she was bound ! the playlet, “She Must Marry a Docto during_the entire trip, he said. by Sholom Aleichem. Mrs. Allen Stern In Detroit he asked bootleggers how and Oscar Levine will also render sele §t was that their supplies crossed the | tions. Hyman M. Goldstein is chair- river in an uninterrupted stream day man of the entertainment committee. Special Case Cited. or night. He said he asked them where | the United States revenue officers were | that they did not prevent the trade. “It just happens that thev are not | there when we go across,” was the reply he received. Liquor vessels. he said. landed their | rargoes within 100 yards of the United States cusioms offices in a certain city where they dock. Sometimes it. took three hours to unload their cargoes and “they actually were assisted by of- ficers of the dry squad.” - Doubts Prevention of Smuggling. He expressed doubt whether refusal to issue clearances to liquor vessels ~would prevent smuggling into the-United States, explaining that-liquor would be axported illegally and that a iarger cus- toms force would be required by Canada to keep down that traffic. “In the light of statenfents; I have made in connection with the, lack of offort on the part of the United States to enforce their own law. I think ‘we might at least go slow until ‘we have e and some evidence ‘hat they are trying to do for themsely what they are now asking us to do for them,” he concluded. SILT DEPOSITS PUMPED FROM D. C. RESERVOIR Rydraulic Pipe Ling Pesd 1nsRe moving Fine Grain Sediment From D. C. Water Supply. Silt deposits of the finest grade that | are washed down in Washington's water supply from Great'Falls are now being | pumped out of the Dalecarlia reservoir by a 6-inch hydraulic pipeline dredge | and returned by way of a creek to the | Potomac River. In making this an-| nouncement today.+E. A. Schmitt, en- | gineer of the Uniied States Engineers | office, said that the little dredge will b> engaged on this Wk for the next two | or_three months, The dredge is at work on the north aide of the road deading, to Glen Eche, | just at the Distriee Linés.rémoving the siit that comes down me conduit:| This work is done every 6r thred | years and it is expected {hat some ' 18,000 cubic yards of silt will have to b¢ removed this time. &Y COUNCIL MEETS FRIDAY. Unoccupied Seats Will Be Filled at This Session. | Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., May 22.—A| special meeting of the mayor and Town v Council is to be held Friday night, when | it is expected successors will be named to serve the unexpired terms of Charles De Witt Anderson and Gearge H. Mor. ley, who recently resigned ,as members | the council. d, approxi- | mately a year to serve. Mr.!Anderson Tepresented the first ward and: Mr. Morley the second. Death Ends Xlndl& Act. “Dare Devil Orion's” Iast perform- ance on the tight rope was to’ aid: the | family of an elderly man who had been | killed by a truck. In private life “Dare Devil Orion” was Theodore Gappa, 62, a former tight wire star. He insisted in leaving a sick bed ‘o’ perform at the fair at Southall, England, to raise funds for the family, but collapsed on the rope and fell 50 feet to the: grund. Gappa’s daughter met her death in the same way several years ago. {'Councfl. 11230 o'clock tomorrow. Kismet Council, Roval Arcanum meets, 8 o'clock. 24 Grant place north- west. Regent W. J. Batchelder in the chau The endowment and temple fund of Ruth Chapter, No. 1, Order of the Eastern Star, will give a card party at the home of Mrs. Lucy M. Dunnington. 764 Quebec place northwest, at 8:30 o'clock. Loyalty Chapter, No. 32, Order of the Eastern Star. will hold & card party at | Northeast Masonic Temple, Eighth and F streets northeast, 8:30 o'clock. Tonight at 8 o'clock the Young Wom- an’s Missionary Society of Douglas Methodist Episcopal Church, Eleventh and H streets northeast, will give a play, “Back to Your Knitting"”; also present- ing Julia’ Culbreth Gray in a costume sketch, Jowa BState Society will hold chrd party and dance, 8:30 p.m., at Hotel Willard. Anacostia Citizens' Association meets | tonight, 8 o'clock, Ketcham School Hall. Special program in honor of election | of Tracy Campbell to Citizens' Advisory Virginia Dare Council, No. 22, Daugh- ters of America, will have a class initi- ation at. 808 1 street northwest, 8 o'clock. ‘ Card party will be given by Miriam | | Chapter, No. 23, O. E. S., at 2103 Rhode | Island avenue northeast, 8:30 p.m. ‘ The O. E. S. endowment and temple | funds committee of Ruth Chapter, No. | 1. will give a benefit card party 8:30 o'clock, at the home of Mrs. Lucy | M. unmington, . 764 .~ Quebec place | northwest. Bridge and 500. Chllr- men of committee, Mrs, James E. Walk- | er and Mrs. Edna M. Charlton. U. S. S. Jacob Jones Post, Amzr(cnn‘ Legion, observe tenth bln’h anniversary with a cerd purr.y, dan and entertainment tonight, it Marine Barracks. = e Miss Elinore Gregg, who has spent | much time teaching’ among the Inai- ans, will speak tonight at a meeting of ‘the Mothers’ Club at’ Friendship | House, 324 Vtrglml Burhside Corps, No. 4, Woman's Re- lief Corps, will meet tonight at the G. A. R. Hall FUTURE. East Gate Chapter, O. E. 8, card party, Thursday, 8 p.m. Masonic Tem- ple, Rhode Island and Mills avenues | northeast. The Princeton Alumnl luncheon will be’held at the Army and Navy Club at d" Crum, retiring athletic director at George | Membe: venue southeast. | McDEVlTT DRAPERIES ~ SLIP COVERS | WINDOW SHADES lle F St. 2nd Floor Main 3211 RED ROUGH SKIN is ugly and annoying—make your skin soft, white, lovely by using ;Resmol} OR ANNUAL es laid C. H. mkennn W A. Leese, Arthur A. Sundlun, Anton Auth, Washington University, will be the' guest of honor and speaker. Cepitol Council, Royal Arcanum, meets tomorrow night, 8 o'clock, at Pythian Temple. Regent L. B. D'Orsay Massachusetts Socfety of Washington will give & dance and Thursday evening in f Wardman Park Hotel. Special cabaret features. Cards, 8:30 o'clock; dancing, 9 o'ciock. — . The American Society of Mechanical | Engineers will meet for the last time this season Thursday at 8 p.m. in Cos- mos Club Hall, Rev, Moriah J. H. Randolph, pastor of Mount Baptist Chuch, will preach a | sermon at the Vermoni Avenue h Thursday, 8 p.m.. under s of the J. E. Willis Memo- rial Club. All welcome. Capitol Lodge, No. 3. Order of Shep- herds of Bethlehem, will hold its regular meeting Thursday. Odd Fellows' Temple, 419 Seventh street northwest. Enter- tainment and strawberry festival to fol- low. ‘Women's Alliance of All Souls’ Uni- tarian Church will meet in Pierce Hall, Fifteenth and Harvard streets, Frida May 24, 11 o'clock. Maj. R. Y. Stuart | of Forest Service will be the speaker. Luncheon served at 1 o'clock, Mrs. Earle hostess. An entertainment in aid of Cutting- ton College, Libsria, will be given in all, Epiphany Church, G pm. Mrs. Elizabeth Phillips will glve humorous and dra- matic readings and boy impersonations. of |h- ‘Washington Reader: statue scene from Vocal and instru- | mental music by Miss Cornelia Hark- | | ness and Mrs. Bruce R. Campbell. Alpha Delta Phi_ lun(heun Fx‘idfly.‘ Hotel Gordon, 12:30 p.m. The Woman's Benefit Association will | give a card party for the benefit of the clubhouse at 1750 Massachusetts avenue. Saturday, May 25, 8:30 p.m. Public invited. ‘The Washington Unit League of Coast Guard Women will hold a rum- mage sale at 931 G street northwest | Friday and Saturday, May 24 and 25 The proceeds of this sale will be used to carry on the welfare work of the | league among the personnel of the | Coast Gunra. Wilson Normal School Alumnae As- sociation will hold a banquet at the New Willard. Hotel Saturday, May 25, at 6:30 o'clock. Tickets may be secured from Charles Hart. ! | for Hucknall Benefit eard party, sponsored by Fed- BOOSTERS’ eral Favor OUTING for the trip, June A. Stephan and C. aw James B. Colliflower and Lewis —Star Staff Photo. Post and Auxiliary, Veterans of | Foreign Wars, will be given at the Thomas Circle Club tomorrow evening 8 o'clock. Card party will be given by Aloysian Club, 47 I street northwest, Priday eve- ning. & UNITED BRETHREN DEFER FINAL ACTION With Reformed Church, but Will Wait Four Years for Vote. Union By the Associaled Press. LANCASTER, Pa., May 22 —Although expressing itself favorably toward the ultimate unfon of the denomination with the Reformed Church and the Evangelical Synod of North America, | the thirtieth quadrennial General Con- ference of the United Brethren Church has voted to defer final action on the proposal for four yea By a resolution unanimously passed by the 236 delegates attending the ses- sions here, the conference decided late yesterday it should “not make undue haste in an undertaking of so great importance” and recommended the ap- pointment of a commission to report at the next General Conference. The other two denominations have not voted on the matter. The Re- formed Church, however, is scheduied to act at its General Confcrence at ln(!lnnnwlh next \A(‘rk WALES AGAIN IN AIR Adds to Flight to Nottingham. LONDON, May 22 (#).—The Prince of Wales took another of his now not Plane, Experience by infrequent airplane trips today. flying | from the London suburbs to Notting- ham to preside at a luncheon of the Nottingham agricultural show. Later, he was (o open the new civic headquar- ters in that city. The prince motored from York House GERMANY HONORS U.S. AMBASSADOR H»ndenburg and Othcr Offi- cials Remember Schur- man on Birthday. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, May 22.—President von, Hindenburg and numerous prominent German efficials today were congratu- | lating Jacob Gould Schurman, the American Ambas#ador. on the occasion of his seventy-fifth birthday The president sent the Ambassador | his autographed photograph, while Chancellor Mueller and Foreign Min- ster Stresemann sent congratulations The latter sent a basket of flowers. | From Heidelberg came a birthday | gift for its honorary citizen, a portfolio containing two rare color prints of the | city. by Johann Jacob Strued; Fhe TAmbassator apent. the day at Halle and made an address before the Kant Soclety on the subject of “Kant | and Peace” The American Ambas- | sador rteceived a surprise birthday | present by being made honorary mem- ber of the Society, which is made up of | distinguished scientists and scholars. | A number of newspapers commented on the Ambassador’s career and his great popularity m Germany. 'SERVES TWO YEARS FOR ANOTHER S DEED| Texan Promised Fardon After Lo-| cating Guilty Man and Inducing | | Him to Plead Gmlty | By the Associated P CORSICANA, Tex., May 22.—A mis- take in identity, which cost H. A. Clemons {wo years in prison, was rectified yesterday, and Clemons had | been promised a gubernatorial pardon | | for a crime he did not commit. Clemons, sentenced to five years for robbery, was granted a parole when Blackie Davis, Tiow In the penitentiary, | signed a confession that he and Leonard | A. Wassum had committed the robbery | |of "which Clemons was convicted. Clemons, whose home is in Coleman, Tex. immediately began a search for | Wassum, and found him at Midland, Tex. Wassum _ voluntarily Corsicana, pleaded guiity to the robbery | charge and drew a five-year sentence. District Judge Hawkins Scarborough, who sentenced both Clemons and Wassum, said he would use his in- | fiuence to obtain a pardon for Clemons. returned to Salaries of government employes in Italy are being increased. | - : Sewing Machines Used—Guaranteed Cash or Terms Germans Pay Honor UTILITY NOMINEES UNDER DISCUSSION ‘Senate Committee in Execu- | tive Session Considering | | D. C. Civic Appointments. | | The Senate District committee is meeting in executive session this after- | noon to take up the two nominations | for the Public Utilities Commission and to consider at the same time the rec- | | ommendation of a subcommittee on the | | proposed investigation of real estate | | financing operations in Washington | It was the original intention of Chair- man Capper to have only a meeting of | | the subcommittee on utilities this after- | | noon to pass on the appointments of | | Harleigh H. Hartman and Gen. Mason | M. Patrick to be members of the Util- | | ities Commission. It was later decided, | | however. to have the entire committee i , o AMBASSADOR SCHURMAN. FIGHTS EXTRADITION AS FUGITIVE CONVICT meet at the same flm&cthlreby expedit- ing consideration of utllity appoint ments and afford an opportunity to take | uu me re:l eltahe finaneing question the A group 0! cmc leaders was_ invited give the committee their views on the utility appointment and it was ex- pectzd the meeting would result in favorable action on both names. The nnl\ protest the committee has received | was from E. C. Riegel of the Washing- ton Consumer's Guild. With regard to the real estate financ- ing situation, the subcommittee on banks and insurance planned to sub- mit to the full committee a substitute resolution in place of the one origi- nally offered by Senator Brookhart in which he asked for an inquiry. <The subcommittee will not make public the contents of the new resolution until it is laid before the full committee. Four' Drown in Plane Crash. ALGIERS, Algeria, May 22 (#).— Four persons were drowned today when a commercial hydroplane taking off for Marseiile crashed and sank. The pilot named Ringel, a good swimmer, re- mained afloat and was saved by boat- men from the Breakwater. The four were Capt. Francois Armani, his wife the wireless operator, Canal, and the mechanic, Dupont. Chicago Pnbhsher Who Escaped Chain Gang in Georgia Revealed to Police by Wife. By the Acsociated Press. CHICAGO, May 22.—Robert E. Burns, | - Corn New, scientific way— relief in one minute No after-effects with harsh liquids or plasters. Avoids risk of | have rallied to his aid and a plea for & 38 years old, war veteran and ®scaped Georgia convict, announced last night that he would fight extradition to the Southern State. Several of his friends cuting your corns— 100 % safe! Imagine—in one minute you won't feel even the slightest corn pain when you apply Dr. Scholl's Zino-pads! 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