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18 . GANADA IN FEAR OF RUM TANGLE Officials Doubt Border Con- ditions Can Continue With- out Trouble With U. S. Spocial Dispatch to The Star WINDSOR. Omt, June 20.—Canada s in a dilemma over the rum running on the Detroit-Windsor-Buffalo front. While the government and the provin- cial authorities have each announced | that it s none of their affair, as the | rum runners are all Americans and the ‘ export of liquor from Canada is legal, | nevertheless there 1§ & strong sentiment | growing up, officially and unoffically, | that the thing cannot continue much | Jonger without international complica- | tions resulting | At the present time there is little or no_direct co-operation bstween the United States and Canadian authori- ties in the Hoover-Lowman drive to| clean up the border. The dominion gov- ! ernment_has refused to forbid the ex- port of liquor to the United States or to check up on shipments allegedly de- | stined for distant ports but obviously | bound for the American shore. “Not Ontario's Affair.” | The deputy commissioner of the On'ario provincial police, who was sent to Windsor by the attorney general to | investigate the report on conditions, has stated that it is none of Ontario's affair, as he found no Canadian engaged in the business. He further observed that there was no ‘“short circuiting” of liquor back into Ontario, The practice of “short circuitint” was 8t one time a problem along the bor- def. Rum runners would start out from a Canadian port but return to Canad: open and sell their cargo. This wa distinclly embarrassing to the Ontario police, as the sale of liquor is entirely governmental eon- trol board, and heavy penalties are pre- scribed for the private sale of spiritous liquors. On the other hand there’is eviden: inclination on the part of both the fed- | eral and provincial authorities io wipe out the rum runners. The Federal minister of customs has announced that the Dominion will raise no objsction to the posting of United States prohi- Dbition agents on Canadian soil. Deputy Commissioner Cuddy has gome so far as to recommend that additional pro- hibition officers be sent to the rum war front. Mixture of Politics. The affair is of course mixed up in politics. The government of Ontario is conservative, the government at Ottawa. liberal. Premier Ferguson of Ontario claims that the enforcement of ex- port laws is & matter for the federal authorities. The commissioner of the Federal police, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, says he will not inter- fere unless she is requested to do so by the province. H ‘The law . courts seem to have no | doubts as to the position of the rum runner. In a case which was decided before the Court of Appeals a few | months ago, and which is now com- mon law, it was held that a_ partner- ship formed in Canada, by Canadians to import whisky into the United States “was illegal, as having been formed for the commission or instigation of an act which was criminal by the law of a foreign and friendly country.” The difficulties with which the United States enforcement officers are faced are numerous, chief among them being the multiplicity of the Canadian expart centers and amazing power. of the rum- Tunning fraternity, ‘ since the gangsters from and New York have taken a hand in the affair. Ordi- narily these gentlemén are aloof from the actual rum runners. They place orders with the runners and expect to have them delivered at the agreed price. When, however, the United Btates Gov- ernment steps in and says that the run- ning is going to be stopped, they are vitally inferested and they make moves 1o see that their orders are delivered. Canada’s Gun Curb. As far as the Ontario police are concerned, these gun-toters will not be allowetl to carry their arms on Cana- dian sofl. 'rz reinforcement of the provincial police has that in mind. But that will not prevent the escorting of liquor cargoes across the river by armed convoys. The system in widest vogue At the present time is this:, The rum runners clear from the Canfdian side. All customs_regulations rigidiv com- plied with. Somewhere near the imag!- nary international boundary linc the | Tum fleet is met by a convoy. If a Coast Guard boat has observed the | maneuver and is too close 2t hand to | risk running for it the rum boats quietly return to the Canadien sidé. As | long as the seals are not broken on the | cargoes the Canadian authorities have 1o claims against them. They have merely been unable to proceed to gsbu or Rio de Janeiro on account cf engine trouble or bad weather. What the outcome of the impasse will be no one here is even conjecturing. The rum is still flowing across the horder, and the runners say that it wiil | continue to do s0. With practicaliy | every Canadian port from Kingston to ‘Windsor maintaining a colony of un-| riamed speed boat owners, and with the | utmost co-operation from their friends | on the south shore always assured, it | seems unlikely that the flow will be | stopped unless the Dominion govern- ment can be persuaded to forbid tke export of liquor to the United States and to require proof that shipments | destined for other countries are deliv- ered there and no where else, (Copsright. 1929.) FIVE KILLED; 2 HURT, | IN AIRPLANE CRASH Ship Turns Over Above Lake After Explosion and Plunges to Bottom. Er the Associated Press LINDAU, Germany. June 29.—Five passengers were killed and two were | seriously injured today when a new | zirplane, the D-1620 of the Bodensee | Aerollovds Line, exploded and fell into Lake Constance. The wrecked machire ank almost instantly. The catastrophe happened just as | the machine was about to alight on the lake. It was only a few fact above | the surface when a sharp explosion took place The plane turned over and sark. | There were seven people tboerd the machine, five passengers, a pilot and a navieation officer. Boats hurried to the | rescue and saved two passengers. 1 The body of the plane was later hauled to the surface. The front part of the plane and the motor are at the bottom of the lake, presumerably nold- ing there the body of Pilot Zinmeister. Prehistoric Bones Found. COPENHAGEN (#).—From Green- 1and Dr. Phil Poul Norlund has brought human bones which he believes belonged 10 a race antedating the Neanderthal man. He sald the bones showed this ezrly man was a glant, had a very low forehead and aimost no neck. Presid}nt Leguia's Son Weds. By Cable to The Star LIMA, Peru, June 22.—Augusto Le- guia, oldest son of President Leguia, was BURLEITH CHILDREN TO PRESENT PLAY Drama group of Barleith children s right, tront row: Hope Ohler, Phyilis Frank, Lois Barlow, Loretta Berman, Margaret Trundle, Bobby Rands, Mildred Busey and Josephine Murphy. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JUNE 30, 1929—PART 1 who will present " use of The Heart” on July 5 at the Slyvan Theater. Leflt ey Ohler and Helen Forester. |JEWISH WOMEN’S GROUP OUTING TO BE TUESDAY i i e | Annual Event for Boys and Girls| of Religious Schools to Bo | at Glen Echo. | The annual outing of the Council of Jewish Women will be held Tuesday |at Glen Echo for the boys and girls of the religious schools conducted by the council in Washington. The outing will be in chatge of Mrs. Leonard B. Schioss, president, as- sisted by Mrs. A. Krechel of the coun- fcil . and Miss Hilds Levy, superin- | tendent of the "three schools located in the northeast, northwest and south- west sections. Special cars of the Washington Rail- way & Electric_Co. will provide trans- portation for the youngsters and the management of the park wfll see to it that none of them goes hungry for rides on the merry-go-round, the ccasters. as well as for appetizers. The three schools where instruction is given children who are not affiliated with ‘any other religious schools rep- resent_only one phase of the work con- ducted in Washington by the Council of Jewish Women. The outings to Glen Echo in recent years have been very successful. . CHILDREN BOOST PARADE. 6,000 to Take Part in Lynn Ter- centenary Event. LYNN, Mass. (4).—An unusual meth- od for building up the wave of civic pride that is backing the tercentenary of the foundling of Lynn, June 30— July 4, was evoived here. Moré than 6000 school bovs and . Klanley Seatt. girls will take part in the floral and Back row: Stanley Scott, | B storical parade July 1, with 20 floats This result was achieved by 20,000 | —Star Staff Photo | /GERMAN FARM AID PLAN COURTHOUSE | | | TARFF IS BARED | lDuty on Wheat to Be Raised Various Improvements to Be to 6 1-2 Marks Under Reichstag Act. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, June 29.—A ssmi-official communique was issued today explain- | ing the farm rellef measure recently | edopted by the Reichstag.” Effective | July 10, the duty on wheat will be! raised to 8! marks, the rve and oats to | 6 marks and on flour to 18% for coun- | tries with whom Germany has com- | mercial treaties. For other countries, | like Canada end Australia, the duties | will be about 1 mark higher. The tariffs on fodder, barley and) maize are unchanged. | Flour 1s will be required to grind | at least 30 per cent of their output | from homegrown wheat. The govern- ment is to set aside 3,750,000 marks | (about $890,000) to eid in moving the | 1929 harvest and sbout twice that | amount for the following year. | h The duty on butter was raised from 27'2 to 50 marks and that upon Au- tumn potatoes was doubled. Readjust- | ment of the duties on meats were t- | poned until the Autumn sression of the Relcmg'.“:he department “of :1r1tul— ture empl! that the annual con- tingent of try was estimated at 3,000, 3 Refrigerator meat must be plainly marked as such by retailers. The gov- ernment also was empowered to super- vice the importation of meat slaughtered at seaports or otter frontier points of Germany. Navy Gives Credit To Inventive Minds In Enlisted Ranks| Sec. Adams, in Letters, Commends 4 Men for Original Work. | strike the word “male” from their con- The inventive genius of men of the naval establishment has been officially recognized by Becretary Adams, the Bureau of Navigation of the Navy De- partment announced yesterday. | Por his work in the development of | aireraft towing gear, Clarence H.| Walling, aviation chief machinist’s | mate, now on duty with the aircraft| squadrons of the battle fleet, has been | commended In a letter by Secretary | Adams, | Improvement Cited. | “When towing operations were start- | | ed in Bquadron VJ 1-B, a towing plene | handled but one target paid out on 7,000 feet of wire” the Secretary wrote. “After completion of firing the plane was obliged to return to the base | and cut the’ wire in order to drop the target and make a landing. It re-| quired four men to wind in the wire by hand. On these slow and inefficient methods you made successive improve- ments, until you finally developed the present double towing system, whereby the used sleeve may be slipped by an operator in the piane and the wire reeled in by the puil of the new sleeve being paid out on the opposite side. A skillful crew can stream & new tar- get in three or four minutes, and as many targets can be streamed in a single flight as the capacity of the plane permits carrying.” For his improvement of design of the engine order telegraph of the U. 5. 8. Medusa, David R. Sword, electrician, | first elass, has been commended by | Secretary Adems. Through Bword's | efforts “an undesirable and possible | dangerous feature of th!s instrument | has been corrected.” | Defects Eliminated. ! Improvement of the Navy standard rou!z-nz pan secured for George H. Thorpe, ship's ook, Airst class, a letter of commendation from the Naval Secretary. “The defects of the standard pan which you have pointed out, and your suggestions for improvement have been considered by the forces afloat, and as a result, a new pan is being produced of better type and greater serviceability,” Secretary Adams wrote. | Chief Yeoman W. H. Dewees, on duty in the Bureau of Navigation, se- cured a letter of commendation from Secretary Adams for a pamphlet he prepared, ecntitled “Promotion of En- listed Personnel in the United States Navy.” “The bureau considers this publica- tion is presented in a compact and at the same time comprehensive and un- service,” the Na Deaths Reported. ‘The following deaths have been reported to the Health Depariment in the past 24 hours Cnarles Wilcox, 83, walter Reed Hospltel I Secretary wrote. ret Peter 8. Butcher, 49. Sibley Hospital. Roy Mullennix, 25, Tuberculosis Hospital Beverley R.Bown, 25, Tuberculosis Hos- tal. Ellza gmith. 85. Gallinger Houpital age £ Patker 3¢ Walter Reed Hospital g t0ree Niehols. 35, on street, 8 at. neat rried Wednesday to Marina Al :\.xel‘.:, The wedding was attended by 310ml?4, high government officials and ~m/ny goclety people, es G. Pierson, 14, 2149 Newport pl. e marrre. 13038 Clay o e P ah Thomas, 10, en route Casualty Hos- izabeth Mack, 4 hogss, 1214 Kirby st. | courthouse grounds. | old saying about women—she got what eNew Orleans fire chief, derstandable form, and that it will be of considerable use to the recruiting | Newgarden, 61, Walter Reed GROUND CHANEES Made by Arlington County Officials. By a Staff Correspondent of The Btar. | ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT | HOUSE, Va., June 29 —With the com- pletion of the new clerk’s office and record room, county officials have de- cided upon & plan of development eround the courthouse that will relieve the present parking conditions and greatly improve the appearance of the grounds, it was learned today when County Directing ineer C. L. Kin- nier, presented the plans to the Board of County Supervisors, for their ap- proval. The work was ordered done. According to the plans, the engineer’s office will open and surface Vander- water street, in the rear, street to the south of the courthouse. Curb and gutter will be plated along Sherman street, in front of the court- se square. In the rear there will be rge graveled parking space for coun- v officials and employes and in front there will be parallel parking on the west side of Sherman street and angle parking on the east. Parking space will also be provided on both other streets. All of the parking space will be on the From the front door to the jail and from the front door to Sherman streets are to bs concrete sidewalks. There will*also be‘a conerete sidewalk from the rear door to the parking space in the back WOMAN WINS LONG FIGHT FOR LEGAL POSITION Is Appointed Justice of the Peace After Protracted Contest Over New Hampshire Law. CONCORD, N. H. (. —Jennie Blanche Newhall of Concord proved the she went after. She has been appointed first woman justice of the peace of New Hampshire after_fighting for the place through the Supreme Court Snd State Legis- ature, People of New Hampshire refused to stitution when women were granted suffrage in 1920. Miss Newhall, a member of the New Hampshire bar, resolved on a personal test case. She applied for the office of justice of the peace, asked for an opinfon from the Supreme Court and argued the case herself. The court ruled that no appointment could be made without legisiative action. Nothing daunted, Miss Newhall drafted a bill allowing women to held public office. It was passed by the Legislature and signed by the governor. | NEEDLEWORK FOUND FIREMEN'S DRAWBACK, Checkers Only Remnant of 0ld Methods as Study Is Given Modern Firefighting. NEW ORLEANS (#).—John Evans. | nnounces that | needlework 15 a lost art among the New | Orleans firemen—and he is glad of it. Years ago, when the town fire station | was the logical place for idlers the fire | boys used to sit around and knit, carve | and whittle. | “We used to encourage this kind of work,” says Chief Evans, “but we found | it interfered with their work. Our men nowadays take a keener interest in the actual work of fire fighting, and less in- terest in fancy needlework. “They have to, in order to keep up with their fellows who study carefully new methods of fire fighting. They are read g more about fire fighting and al- lied subjects, and thinking less ways to kill time. Anyhow, this sewing club work is country fire department stuff.’ One thing remains, however.. The ame of checkers, for centuries the | favorite fire house.sport, still is popular. HOOVER, KEPT AT HOME, TAKES AUTOMOBILE RIDE| President, With Wite, Jearby Country @hen Rain Pre- vents Fishing Excursion, By the Assoclated Prec: President Hoover substituted a chor automobile ride yesterday in the nearby country for his custorlary week end trip to one of his fishing precerves. | The President had planned to_visit the fishing ground in the Blue Ridge | Mountains near Madison, Va., but upon | | being informed that heavy rains during | | the week had left the woods In a thor- | | oughly ~drenched condition and had | harmed the condition of the seldom- | | used road leading into the preserve, he | called the trip off. With Mrs. Hoover, he left the Whitc | | House late in the day for the motor |ride after spending nearly a full day | 2t his desk. Before his departure he | inspected the new quarters of the | White House clerical staffl in the base- ment of the executive offices. The new offices have been under construction for several months and are a part of a general plan for renovating the cxecu- tive odces. EY Motors in ; 7 | hours of work on the part of parents Farmboys' Cooking Classes. | and friends of the students and the | HALLE, Germasy ().—The non: | contribution of 50 cents each by the sactarian schools” here, largely patron- | children for the costumes they are to | ized by radicals and communists and | wear 0 | Which” have led 'In the stuggle for| The parade also will include 12000 | feminine emancipation, have introduced | members of military, fraternal and civic | ndvenced cooking o | orde | Very Special! 300 Beautiful New Summer Silk Dresses That are actually worth $10.00 For This 56-98 In All Sizes Clean Up Second Floor—Dresses SALE Larger Women’s DRESSES For larg e$8.98 women, short Second Floor That Are Worth $15 to $19.75 or tall. Real $15 values. Second Floor Very High Grade $10-95 MRS. LEONARD B. SCHLOSS. SPAN SAVES MANY STEPS. 70,000 Commuters Thréad Passage to Chicago Loop Daily. CHICAGO (#).—Seventy thousand commuters, threading their way into the Chicago Loop, are saved 1,540,000 steps and 140,000 minutes dafly, it is estimated, by a new pedestrian bridge | linking the train level floor of the Northwestern Station and thé Daily | age News Plaza. . The span, about 100 feet long, elim- inates a dangerous street crossing and permits sperded traffic. It is claimed to be the first bridge built speeifically to introduce greater safety into com- muting. PR peBte+ The monthly income of the new Na- tionalist Government of China now to- tals approximately $5,000 Ouar Entire Stock of Fine $16.75—$19.75—$25.00 Motorists Asked Not to Run Down Rabbits on Road Epecial Dispatch to The Star BALTIMORE, June 20.—The auto: mobile has become a serious menace to Maryland's supply of cottontail rabbits, according to State Game Warden E. Lee Le Compte. An appeal was issued ths week by Le Compte to motarists, especially those driving on highways in the counties, to be careful and not run down young nhmblu and other small game. He said: “Particular care should be exer- cised by drivers at night when the animals are blinded by the head- lights of autos. antities of valuable wild life are killed ‘each Summer unintentionally and, of course, at times unavoidably; how- ever, some game is deliberately killed. - “Persons driving on the highways would not have to exert much effort when game birds or game animals are saén on the road to apply their brakes And save some of these de- sirable species. In doing &5, they will not only- render very efficlent services to the Stats game divition but to the agriculturists and sports- men of our State.” SMITHY IS PORT ABLE. | Kaneas City Man Visits Barnya! Clients “by Appointment.” KANSAS CITY (). — Jess Wallace | has” introduced blacksmithing to this e of falization. He visits his | barnyard cliénts “by appointment only.” When business dwindled at his old | horseshoeing shop, Wallace decided to | tpecialize. HIS portable outfit now covers a_radius of 15 miles around Kansas City. More than 300 saddle horses and polo , _whose owners are particular about ‘the shoes their horses wear, are | included in his clientele. Wallace's old | shop is used only as a headquarters for | appointments. rd COATS! To Be Sacrificed in This Clean glo and coats. Sigmund’s Main Floor “Clean-Up Specials” Summer Undies Slips, -:-Mn- chem- ices, hloo and vests of Ra Rayen Hose n“l «‘nvzll‘tv ik ieot ton o A8er. Bathing Suits and pointed heel. All Wool in slzes Blne. with pretty rayon stripes. .. Slipover Sweaters In all Yool or Ravon and Wool mixt All shade: 4 New Handbags These are in all the 98 . [ nand Batistes, 49 values at 4 Sport Satin Slips In orchid, maise, flesh, tan, and white ruffled bottom: 89 values, Brand New Cool Very Unusual at In delightfully different styles and new graine _and guaranteed fast colors. Sizes 14 to .‘0.] Sfi. to 46, 48 to 52. Regular §1.40 shades. Regular $1.25 values.. ... In Our Third Floor Children’s Dept. “CLEAN-UP” SPECIALS! 50c Children’s Combinations. . ... .3 for $1 79c Children’s Combinations. . ... .2 for $1 79c Children’s Slips. .. ..........2 for §1 82c Children’s Dresses, 2 to 6. ... .2 for $1 98¢ Boys’ Sun and Play Suits 2 for §1 $1.25 Girls’ Hats. .. >..........50¢c each $1 Girls' Dresses, 7to 14...........79¢ $1.50 Girls’ Dresses, 7 to 14....$1 each $2.98 Girls™ Ensemble Dresees......$1.89 $5.00 Girls’ Spring Coats........$2 each Infants’ Wear “Clean-Ups” 50c Infants’ Shirts ............3 for §1 50c Infants’ Bands............3 for $1 50c Infants’ Blankets .............35¢ $1.25 Infants’ Sweaters.............88¢ $1.25 Infants’ Rompers ............88¢c 69c Infants’ Dresces............2 for §1 75¢ Organdie Bonnets........ 59¢ $2 Baby Coats. L A Wash Frock change: values Sale of Summer Toiletries $1.50 Melba Toilet Water LN Y 35¢ Very special at... 59cBath Powder For the summer th. Large puft 15 included at.. Bargain Basement Special COATS! Regardless of their former cost they ss In Qur Third Floor must go to make room for new-wash dresses. Luggage Department Vacation Special on TRUNKS! Strongly made with 37.98 EAT BOXES 5§ 469 Specta o SUIT CASES EEE 88 OVERNIGHT CASES frpi 82.98 salues Up Sale at $12-75 With and without furs in smartest Silks and Cloths. Plenty of the wanted women’s Sizes from 16 to 50. Second Floor—Coats iALEXANDRIAN STABBED | IN COURSE OF ARGUMENT Wound Not Considered Serious. Police Hold Youth on Felonious Assault Charge. ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 20.—Frank B. Sigmon of 1808 King streat i eons fined in the Alexandria Hospital to night with a penknife wound in the stomach inflicted, police say, by Richard Weadon, 20, of 1141, North Fayette street, in Baggett's Park, tonight about 9 o'clock. His condition is not regarded as serious. Police were told that during an argu- men Weadon stabbed the other man. Weadon was arrested by Detective Sergt. Edgar Sims and Motoreyele Policeman Wesley Snoots. He iz ¢harged with felonious assault and will be given a hearing before Judge Willlam 8. Snow in Police Court Monday motning. GARDEN CLUB ELECTS. Pairfax Group Chooses Officers for New Year, Epecial Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va., Juné 20 —The Gar- den. Club of Fairfax at a special busi- |neks meéting on Tuesday morning elected Mrs. Amos Chilcott of Vienna | a8 president for the coming year. Mrs. | Chileott, who served- As president in 11927-28," won the sweepstakes prize this | May at the elub's flower show in Wil- Iard Hall. | 'Mrs. Harley Peyton Wilson of Hol- | lin Hall, in Mount Vernon district, was elected vice president. Mrs. Wilson w | the donor of the antique siiver bowl of- fered as sweepstakes prize at Garden Club shows until won three times tn succession by the same member. Mrs. |Lomax Tayloe of Vienna was elected | secretary and Mrf. Samuel Cooper of Fairfax. treasurer. The next mecting of the elub will be |held next Friday morning at 10 | o'clock at the home of Mrs. Cooper, | with a program on Japanese iris, A profeet for firti ,nth:f acres of land plannes neatly 11,000 or Jav \ COATS and Suits for Sport or Travel Wear For This “Clean Up” SALE 37.93 Values to $16.76 Tweeds and Mixtures iIn sizes Mi, Women. for d Durably lined. Light and heavy weights. Smart styles. Second Floor—Coats Sigmund’s Main Floor Shoe Dept. “Clean-Up** Offering 1250 Pairs of Smart ‘SummerFootwear Regular $3.50 and Featuring Colored Kids Over 30 smart styles in R $9.95 ’ $4 Values lenty of White Kids ed, Blue, Green, White, and Blond Kid. All sizes in high, low or Cuban heels. Also Patents and Satins and Watersnake Leathers. Over 300 White Felt Hats To Be Closed Out at The very hats for every vacation occasion. In all the new shapes and with new trimming details. Wonder- ful values. Bargain Baseme and }_’astel nt Special Worth 200 Beautiful Silk DRESSES $ 98 Smart Crepes, printed and plain; Flannels and Rayons that were regularly $5, $5.75 and $6.98. All i in the com- bined lot, but not in all styles. Newest eolors. ALL ' SIZES