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Evening star., 1922-01-08
THREE SHOTS HIT WIFE.
Colored Woman Here in Hospital
Husband Arrested.

Florence Nash, coiored. twenty
years old. suffering from three bull
let wounds. one in the neck, another
in the breast and a third in her arm.
was taken to Emergency Hospital
yesterday afternoon from her home. at
1882 I'd street. She was not danger
ously wounded. it was stated at the
hospital
Alfonso Nash. her husband, was
arrested by Policeman c. +. Ladow
Of the second precinct and charged
with the shooting. He Is said to have
admitted shooting his wife.
The prisoner told the police he had
warned a young man to keep away
from his home. and yesterday when
he found him there, he said, he fired
a shot at him, frightening him from
the house, and then shot his wife.
Evening star., 1922-01-08
CITY CLUB PLANS
. OPENING PARTY
"Housewarming" to Be Held
January 14-0ther Activ-
tiles to Follow.

With less than a week remaining
before the opening of the City Clubs
new 100000 home at 1910 to 1920 u
street, club officials are making plans
for series of club activities In the
new structure.
The clubhouse will be thrown open
Saturday evening. January IA. with a
big "housewarming' party, to which
the members have been invited to
bring their families. The evenings
entertainment will begin In the audi
torium, on the top floor. at O'Clock.
the members going directly to the
auditorium from the street floor
lobby. After the building committee
has formally turned the structure over
to the membership. it will be accepted
which the Rev. DR.. James T.. Free
man. pastor of Epiphany Church, will
make a brief address on the slGnln-
canoe Of the occasion. Musical and
orchestral numbers will precede and
follow this part of the program.
Building to Be Inspected.
Shortly after O'clock the rest of
the building will be thrown open Tor
inspection, and while the membership
is guided through the various parts
of the building, the auditorium will
be cleared for dancing, which Will
continue until midnight. bunet
supper will begin at 1880 O'Clock.
service the next morning at O'Clock.
while the doors of the old clubhouse,
on Farragut square. will be locked
after the dinner hour the night be-
fore. This building will be turned
over next week 10 the new owners.
the American Association or Cnl-
versity Women.
The first forum meeting In the new
building will be held Tuesday. January
II. Several outside business and social
organizations, which have arranged TO
meet weekly at the club. will hold
also their first meetings in their new
quarters during the week.
"Ope1 House, Party.
On Saturday evening, January Fl,
the club will hold an open house"
party and inspection of the building
for non-members.
THE big structure was formally
turned over to the building committee
last week by Samuel j. Prescott, the
builder. and Frederick B. Pyle. the
architect.
A program of other club activities
made possible by the new building is
now in preparation.
The speaker this Tuesday at the
last forum meeting in the old club
house will be DR.. NJ. l.. Chang. who
Is representing the Chinese chambers
of commerce as an unofficial observer
at the arms conference. DR.. Chang Will
give his views of the results of the
conferences deliberations on the fu-
ture of China.
The last list Of new members ap
proved by the board of governors.
follows: Charles n. Osgood. DR..
George A Baker, w. A. Condit. Will
liam c. Linton, Charles L. Lovejoy.
Rev. Charles T. Warner, G. 1. Berke-
ley. Capt. John Thomas Taylor. Will
liam j. Sands. r. E. Milor. Andrew ID.
I.offler, Cabot Stevens, Albert E.
Steinem, Harry w. Hahn. John T.
Meany, DR.. ]. Albert Potter. George
Alex Smith, DIR. Egbert A. Clark.
Richard l.. Lamb. John d. Barry. Wal
lace d. Blick, Clinton L. Conradt. DR..
d. G.. Davis. Joseph r. Harris. L. L.
Lehmer, John L. Mcdonald. Harry NJ.
OBrien. Thomas S. O'Brien. Orville U.
Singer, Rev. Norman S. Binsted.
Robert ]. Henry. Charles Shewey. P.
W. Thorne and William w. Smith.
Evening star., 1922-01-08
FRENCH RAGPICKER
DESCENDANT, He SAYS,
OF GREAT NAPOLEON
By Cable to The Star.


PARIS. January THE latest
claimant to descent from the great
Napoleon revealed himself yester-
day. whom bailiffs called on an old
ragpicker named Mason. at
Colombes. a Paris suburb. to give
up possession Of q shed and piece
of waste land where he piled his
calling.
His list Of Christian names be-
gins with Louis Napoleon, and,
according to his story, he was born
at LavalIois-Peret, outside the
fortifications. in 1851. His mother
was a travelling tinker when she
married his father, who was a
cobbler and old clothes man, and
supplemented his revenue by fish,
ing dead dogs out of the Seine and
selling them to fat-boilers.
Mason says that his maternal
grandmother, Rosalie de Mandes,
was of a noble Spanish family and
that his grandfather, named Fir
min, was an Irishman. They kept
an inn, called the Poste aux Che
vaux, at Clethy. in the Pas de
Calais, and the story Is that it was
there Napoleon made the acquaint-
ance of Nine. Firmin, who hid him
in the cellar when it was learned
that the English were in the
neighborhood. The child born later.
but never recognized by Pere Fir
min. was. Mason says. his mother.
The ragpicker has long been
known to his associates as ma
poleon."
Evening star., 1922-01-08
INCOMPLETE CONDITION
OF MEMORIAL CRITICISED
Snyder-Farmer Post of Legion to
Undertake Completion of Cross
Erected for Dead.
Special Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HYATTSVILLE. Md, January T.
Declaring that the incompleted con-
dition of the memorial cross at the
junction of the Washington-Baltimo
boulevard and the National Defense
highway. now building. from Annapo-
lis to Washington, at Bladensburg,
erected in honor of Prince Georges
countians who gave up their lives in
the world war. is an "eyesore to every
ex-service man and to the public gen.
orally" Snyder-Farmer Post. No. 8,
American Legion. of Hyattsville has
set for it's principal work in 1922 the
completion of the cross.
1T is a positive disgrace to the
county said Commander Aiello to-
day, land what must the thousands
Of motorists. who pass the spot daily,
think of a county which allows the
memorial to remain in its present
condition?
"Snyder-Farmer Post is aroused
over the situation and is determined
to do something about the matter at
once,
A committee has been named by the
post to investigate the situation thor
oughly and to report at the next meet
ing of the post. January 10.
The post at a meeting this week
installed these new officers: Com
mander, c. L. Aiello: vice commander.
Alan H. Pottinger; adjutant, Anthony
Suess; chaplain, Rev. L. p. Chastian;
finance officer, J. Moses Edlavitch; !;
historian, George Hunter, and SER
geant-at-arms, r. G.. Morris. Com
mander Aiello has appointed the fol-
lowing executive committee: John N.
Brooks. Alan H. Pottinger, Waldo
Burnside, ]. Moses Edlavitch, Harry
Newman and Louis Spangler. Capt.
Edlavitch was named chairman of a
committee to take steps looking to
the organization of a woman's auxil-
iary to the post. Henry Hiser. w.
Gait Keyworth. Harry Newman, John
N. Brooks and George Williams were
also appointed to this committee.
To revise the bylaws and consti-
tuition this committee was named:
Waldo Burnside. chairman; Alan H.
Pottinger. Harry B. Shaw, Mr.. Har-
per and Harwood l. Worthington.
Meeting nights were changed from
the first and third Wednesdays Of
each month to the first and third
Thursdays A committee, consisting
Of Henry Hiser, chairman; r. c. Nor
ris and w. Brooke Hunter. jr.. was
named to arrange for a dance for the
benefit of the post.
The post will attend services at
7;45 pm. Sunday in Pinkney Memorial
Church, and Is to assemble at the
local armory a half hour earlier.
Evening star., 1922-01-08
SIX MONTHS OF BUILDING
IN D. C. SHOWS INCREASE
Total Outlay Last Half Of 1921,
414,517, ,4O1, as Against 90, 1So,-
sos, Same Period, 1920.

Building permits issued during the
last six months represent an out
lay of $14,517,401. as compared with
only $9,1S9,S93 during the last six
months of 1920. an increase of $5,-
327,50S.
The best feature of this boom in
building Is that a large percentage
Of the increase was expended for the
erection of dwellings.
During the last six months of 1920
only 172 homes were built, whereas
during the last half of 1921. 966 resi-
dences were started.
From July to December. 1920, only
3,792 permits were issued, while for
the same period Of 1921 4.773 were
issued.
Evening star., 1922-01-08
War Department Employees
Warned to Sho,U Courtesy

cere desire to be helpful, we can ex-
pect nothing more than the most for
NAL attention on the part OF those
with whom we deal when 1t comes
our turn to be served, II. indeed
actual hostility Is not experienced in
the future. as 1t has been in the past
There is no one field in which officers
and clerks Of the War Department
and the military service generally
can be more useful to the service at
this time than in wholeheartedly de-
voting themselves to winning the es-
TEEN and friendship of the Senate and
House of Representatives.
THE Secretary of War and the CHIEF
Of staff are both extremely anxious
that special attention should be paid
to this matter. 1t is requested that
the heads of all bureaus and branches
Of the War Department give this
memorandum circulation among their
officers and employees"
Evening star., 1922-01-08
CHORUS TO GIVE CONCERT
I. C. c. Members Have Club With
Thirty Male Voices.

The In-Com-C Co Club chorus Of thirty
male voices. under the direction OF
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Clyde B. Aitchison. will sing in con-
cert at Foundry Methodist Episcopal
Church next Wednesday evening
George H. Wilson, organist, will ac-
company the chorus, which is com
posed of employees Of the Interstate
Commerce Commission who are mem
bers of the In-Com-Co. Ross Farrar
tenor, will be the soloist.
The club Is now in it's second year
Last season the club gave three sue
cessful concerts
Evening star., 1922-01-08
DECIDE ON 1S NEW JUDGES.

The Senate judiciary committee,
considering means of relieving crowd
ed federal court dockets through in
crease in the number of judges vir-
tually. agreed yesterday to sidetrack
the House, bill providing twenty-one
more judgeships and substitute the
Senate plan for eighteen additional
judges to be named at large, instead
of by circuits, as proposed in the
House measure.
Evening star., 1922-01-08
GEN. HARRIS RESUMES DUTY.

jutant general Of the Army. has re-
sumed his official duties at the War
Department after several days treat
ment at Walter Reed General Hos
pitAl following an operation. the sec
ond he has Undergone within the past
two months
Evening star., 1922-01-08
CHARITY BOX STOLEN.

Theft Of a charity box from the hall
way Of Children's Hospital has been re-
ported by hospital authorities. The box.
the police were told, contained between
SO and SIS.
Evening star., 1922-01-08

The same day Mrs. Mary A. Church
entered William Jewell College as
a freshman her grandson. six yeaft
old, started to school in Kenos14
Wis. With Mrs Church in college, aS
her classmates, are her two sons
Evening star., 1922-01-08
GETS SHIP COMMAND.

Lieut.. Commander Seymour E. Hol-
liday, at the Annapolis Naval Acad-
emy, has been assigned to the COM
mand of the U, S, g. Bruce,
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SAFE PLACE FOR VALUABLES
Harassed Citizens Of American Cities
Should Welcome Idea That Comes
From Buenos Aires.

In these days of lawlessness, when
the honest citizen cannot take a walk
around the block with any certainty
that he will not be held up by a
bandit, the novel idea OF Antonio Mon
AGO, a citizen of Buenos Aires, ought
to be of value.
He suggests suspenders with pOck-
cts attached to them-two pockets,
that is to say. each of them being
fastened with a buckle to the loop OF
the "gallus" at the front The lower
end of each pocket has two button
holes, which button onto the ordinary
buttons of the waistband of the trous-
ers, thus making the pocket fatty Sc
cure against the body Of the wearer
To prevent escape of It's contents, each
pocket is provided with a buttoned
flap.
Few bandits would think of looking
for loot beneath a mans walstcoat,
and so the suspender pocket should
afford excellent hiding places for
money. Against pickpockets they
ought to furnish perfect protection.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
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In a Changes Last Years Frock to New
- - Putnam Fadeless Dyes-dyes or tnts as you wish
ST0RK MADE LONG JOURNEY
Bird Flew From Africa to Germany
With a Message From Exile to
the Fatherland.

The population of Liskau. Germany,
noticed one day recently that one Of
the many storks which annually re-
turn to the neighborhood from distant
southern zones to rebuild their nests
was carrying something about it's neck
which only human hands could have
fastened there.
Repeated efforts to approach the
bird had failed. but one OF the viii
layers finally lured the stork into his
barn and then and there learned that
the bird carried a little leather case
In which note was inclosed The
note revealed that the stork had come
all the way from East Africa, where
German cOlonist, Will Bucha, has
his little farm near Victoria lake.
Bucha must have anticipated that
the bird spent his annual vacation in
his beloved fatherland, so he wrote ::
"Just a greeting to the fatherland,"
and used the stork to convey his
message.
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AS BOBBY HAD 1T FIGURED,
Quite Satisfied That Auntie's Appear
anee Must Have Undergone Con-
siderable Change.

1 am rather proud OF my looks and
always take pains to appear my best
for company.
One morning / was just finishing
the sweeping when my brother and
his family, whom l had not seen for
couple of years, drove in the yard.
With them were a couple OF we'll
dressed women, and was naturally
embarrassed to have them find me
with hair disheveled and dust
streaked face. However, welcomed
them graciOusly and we sat down to
talk.
noticed that Bobby, my small
nephew, was studying me lntently,
and during n lull in the conversation
he said: "Auntie. you must have been
good looking when you were young"
Eyes" 1 beamed, with my pleasant
est smile, seeming a compliment,
what makes you think so. dearT
Because" answered Bobby. "uncle
would never marry you the way you
look now."-Chicago Tribune.
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NIGHT TRAVEL WEARS ROADS
More Destructive to Highways Than
in Daylight, According to Re
cent Experiments.

The experiments being conducted on
the Bates experimental road, show
that night travel is more wearing on
highways than is day travel, accord
ing to Clifford Older, chief highway
engineer.
The road expands In the day, &C
cOrding to Mr.. Older, and the center
becomes convex. The heat Is absent
at night, and the road assumes a con
cave shape, the edges curling up and
forming a slight hollow in the cen
tiers. From these discoveries 1t is de
duced that heavily loaded vehicles
travelling along on the edge Of a road
way have a tendency to cause It to
crumble.
The testing OF the Bates road was
begun late in March and is still un.
der way. II was delayed for a time
by the floods
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PAM ELIAS DOLLY

"Now live in the city," said little
girl named Pamela, land want to tell
you all that happened the other day.
I'm the first place of all 1 always
take my dolly wherever l go.
my dolly is lovely, She has curly
golden hair and blue blue eyes which
open when she is awake and which
close when she is asleep.
"She is such a good dolly, too. All
have 10 do is to put her down, and
she goes right, right to sleep.
And the minute take her up and
want to show her off and let my
friends see her pretty blue eyes she is
awake right away and opens her eyes
and my friends are delighted.
''They all see, too, that her eyes
are just as blue and just as pretty as
l have said they were.
MY dolly is only a baby. She is
still in long dresses. 1 shall not put
her in short dresses for several weeks
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COUNTY
DIRECTORY
OFFICERS

Judge Circuit Court, w. H. o'Brien.
Ripley, w. Va.
Clerk Circuit Court. L. l. Terrell,
Grantsville, w. Va.
Prosecuting Attorney, Lorentz G.
Hamilton, Grantsville. w. Va.
President County Court, c. p. @.
Taught, Sycamore, w. Va.
Commissioners County Court, c. A.
Witt, Grantsville, w. Va. and r. A.
Board, Cremo, w. Va.
Clerk County Court, S. T. Waldo.
Grantsville, w. Va.
Sheriff. George A. Richards, Grants.
Vile, w Va.
Assessor, Creed Yoak. Milestone. w.
Va.
Surveyor, Dwight Shock. Pennsboro,
W. Va.
Superintendent Free Schools, T. @.
Cain, Bigbend, w. Va.
TERMS OF COURT
Circuit Court, third Tuesday in
April, August and November.
County Court, first Monday I'm jan
uary, April, July and November.
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Her Curiosity

The audience held its breath with
amazement as the acrobat swung high
above the rostrum, held only by frail
cord looped around one foot.
Somewhere among the spectators a
little girl arose from her seat.
Mamma" she shouted, breaking the
silence, "can you do that2"
The lady tried to quiet her, but the
child persisted in demanding whether
or not her mother had ever climbed
ropes or done anything of this sort.
At last, embarrassed by the attention
which the child was attracting, the
mother jerked the child into the seat,
warninG. you just wait until 1 get
home!"
"Oh" exclaimed the little disturber,
"then you're gonna try it?"-Judge.
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MRS. ABBEY PROUD
OF HER BIG GAIN
Weight Increased 80 Pounds and Nine
Years Trouble Ended.

II hardly see how I endured such
awful suffering, and II 1t hadn't been
for Tanlac 1 don't believe I would be
here today" said Mrs. Mollie Abbey,
OF Jennings Lodge, Ore.
For nine years everything I ate
caused gas to form so that It almost
drove me distracted. I didn't dare eat
any fruit and for four years If 1 even
drank a glass of cold water 1 would
suffer dreadfully. No one who didn't
see me can imagine the awful condi-
ton 1 was in.
but Tanlac changeo all this and
now I'm simply feeling fine. My ap-
petite is splendid. 1 eat anything I
want, have actually gained thirty nine
pounds and have so much strength
and energy I easily do all my house
work. Tanlac is a wonderful medi.
cine"
Tanlac is sold by all good druggists.
Advertisement.
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reau Of public roads will supervise the
construction work, and it is expected
that a large number of the projects
Will be completed this season.
Practically all the roads to be built
are parts of the state or county high
way systems and will therefore in most
cases connect with and extend the sys-
tenn Of federal aid highways covering
the whole country. In some cases the
new construction will provide roads
through mountainous regions of the
national forests hitherto penetrated
only by pack trails.
In addition to the major road prof.
ects, about $5,OOOOOO will be expend-
ed by the forest service on minor
roads and trails required primarily for
the protection and administrator Of
the national forests
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ROAD :
BUILDING
PLAN FOR FOREST HIGHWAYS
Secretary Wallace Approves Program
Involving Outlay of Approx
mateIy $4,000, 900.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agrlculture)
A program of national forest high
way construction involving an outlay
Of approximately S1O,OOO,OOO for 40
miles of road in 23 states has been
approved by Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace. This program will be
financed largely from the forest high
way fund provided by the federal high
way act. About S6,5OO,OOO will come
from this source. S1.OOO,OOO from 9TH
er national forest road appropriations.
and the balance of S2,5O0.OOO will be
contributed by states and counties.
The work provided for is as follows:
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Neatly Put.

A famous Russian dancer In this
country, who is himself a good musi-
clan, was once a guest at a reception,
where, without wincing he listened to
a pianoforte performance, more
vigorous than sklllful, or. the pant Oh
the daughter of tho house.
And now do you like the young
Iady's playingf" some one asked the
dancer.
"Ah, madam" replied he, very tact
fully, 81 think the young lady has a
very firm notwithstanding
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His First Elephant.

Glenn Max of Danville, Ind, is
three years old and observing. Glenn
attended the Yankee circus at the fair
ground and saw an elephant for the
first time.
With much establishment he ex-
claimed: "Oh. mamma, 1t eats with
its tail."-IndlanapoIis News.
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She Said IL.

My small daughter had a habit of
asking every one to stay for the next
meal, no matter who 1t was.
One day l was tired, and as one of
my friends was coming over 1 told
Jeanette that l would spank her II
she asked this woman to stay for sup
per.
In due time my guest arrived and
as soon as she was seated Jeanette
said: Can you stay for supper2
Mamma said II asked you she would
spank me.'-Exchange.
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Fashion Hard on Monkeys.

The dictates of fashion have exerted
a strong demand for black and white
fur trimmings, particularly III Paris.
The supply of skins is very limited
and not more than $1,000 to 10000
can be obtained in year, says Consul
Cross at Alden, Arabia, in report to
the textile division of the Department
of Commerce, without unduly raising
prices and discriminating the monkey.
The price at Ads Abeba has been
fairly steady, the cheapest grades sell
Ing at 40 cents, and the more expen-
sive at 90 cents.
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Boom for Good Roads.

A road program that will place Kan
sas among the leading road building
states Of the nation was urged by
r. J. Heckle OF Topeka manager Of
the Kansas Automobile Owners asso-
citation, in an address to the state CON
ference OF officials Of chambers Of
commerce
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pepends ON the Rssnlt

Don't you admire determination In
a mans character?"
"That depends If 1t brings success
praise 1t as a splendid perseverance;
II failure, l denounce 1t as COMPOUNDED
obstinacy."
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Conventional standbYs.

Suppose we could communicate
with the Martlans?"
"Well?"
''They might talk Of something we
never heard about"
"That wouldn't make any difference.
We could reply, Quite So Yes, In
deed You don't say and Really
just as we always do in n case like
that."-Birmingham Age-Herald.
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Shave With cuticura SOAP

And double your razor efficiency as
well as promote skin purity, skin COM
fort and skin health. No mug, no
Shiny soap, no germs, no waste, no irri-
tation even when shaved twice daily.
One soap for all uses-shaving bathing
and shampooing.-Adv
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s1o,222.64

The funds and mileage are for forest
roads of primary importance to states,
counties, and communities. The pro-
gram was recommended to the secre-
tary by the forest service and the bu-
reau Of public roads. Jointly, after con-
ference with state officials. The bu-
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Angry Father-"How dare you come
home like this. I'm the middle OF the
term1 And how dare you have the
cheek TO say you don't like your
school7 Don't you know that Il has
turned ont some OF the most brilliant
men in the country2"
Son-Yes, dad. They turned me
out.
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important TO Mothera
Homo Thoughts.

Wife (away from home)-Horrors
forgot to turn off the electric front
Husband-It's all right. Nothing
will burn long-I forgot to turn off
the water in the bathtub.-From Kas-
per, Stockholm.