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Evening star., 1923-06-24
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throughout. and far more picturesque
than the Bladensburg road.
Western Road Reports.
National pike Is in good condition.
The section between Uniontown and
Summerviile. Washington, Pa. and
Playsville have just been oiled. Pitts
burgh can be reached by National
pike by continuing straight west to
Washington. Pa, thence northeast
through Carnegie.
Lincoln highway No detours on
Lincoln highway between Phiiadel-
phia. Gettysburg and Pittsburgh. OIL
ing has started In the vicinity of Bed
ford, Shellsburg, Downingtown and
Stoyestown for small stretches. ono
Washington to Pittsburgh-Follow
Gettysburg connection, as cited
above. THENCE direct west on Lincoln
highway. Excellent road conditions.
Southern Reports.
Washington Richmond-Best con-
nection Is via Alexandria. Fredericks-
burg and Bowling Green. The con-
ventional route via Spottsylvania
will be under construction for the
next three months. necessitating de-
tour. This route is in excellent con-
dition. but subjejct to weather condi-
tions in many sections.
Washington to Mount Vernon-Ex-
cellent macadam and concrete via
Highway bridge and Alexandra.
With few rough spots last two miles
Washington Great Falls-Go west
on Pennsylvania avenue and NJ street
through Georgetown, following signs
on Conduit road or procure compli-
mentary map from our automobile
editor. showing route connection on
Virginia side. Both routes in good
condition throughout. The Virginia
side has nearly two miles of rough
dirt road with toll-gate. charge of
% cents through grounds.
Washington TO Norfolk--via Fred
ericksburg. Yorktown Ferry and
Newport News. This road is reported
in fair shape. but Is subject, however,
to weather conditions.
Winchester to Roanoke-The She
tion. One detour. however. exists
between Staunton and Fairfield.
which should be followed via Mid
dlebrook and Brownsburg, as shown
on n. NJ. A. map. Another detour
south Of Lexington leaving the pike
dale. These road are in fair condi-
tion only. and subject to weather.
Washington to Leesburg - Beet
route via Maryland side. crossing
Whites Ferry. All excellent i'm.
provement, with the exception OF a
few miles of fair earth road in vir-
ginia.
Washington to Solomons-No de-
tours. Road good throughout
Washington to Leonardstown and
Point Lookout-Good road through
out.
Washington to Rock Point-Fair
macadam and gravel
In the immediate vicinity Of Wash
ington. in addition to the streets now
being oiled. as announced in The Star
on Tuesday. June 10, the following
will be oiled during the next few
days: From Four Corners to Seek 4
! Corner. After completing this the
following roads will be oiled in or
der: Silver Spring to Avenel, Sligo
TO Colesville. Takoma to District OF
Columbia line, eth street pike to For
est Glen, kensington to Wheaton
kensington TO Chevy Chase Lake and
Woodmont to Glen Echo.
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MISS MYsTERY's STORY.

CONTINUED from Yesterdays Starr
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Road Conditions From D. C..

With the exception of some oiling
projects, practically all the highways
radiating from the District are in
good condition. No large detours
may be expected during the next
week in the immediate vicinity OF
Washington. Dirt roads are in ex-
cellent condition, but subject to
weather. The latest route reports
received by the National Motorists
Association are as follows:
North and East Reports.
Washington to Philadelphis and
New York-The direct routing is via
Baltimore, Havre de Grace. Whining
ton and Chester. An alternate to
Philadelphia can be taken via Olney.
See description below. Also an alter
nate from Baltimore to Philadelphia
can be taken via Belair. Conowingo
Bridge. Kenneth Square and Media
The Lincoln Highway route from
Philadelphia to New York is best and
shortest connection via Trenton,
Princeton, New Brunswick and New
ark. Two small detours exist on this
route. being we'll sfgn-posted with
yellow arrow signs around construc-
tion.
Washington to Atlantic City-Fol-
low Washington Boulevard route or
Georgia avenue-Olney connection to
Baltimore and Wilmington as de-
scribed above, thence crossing Penns
Grove ferry and on main highway to
Buena Vista. At Buena Vista go
north on good gravel road into
Hammonton, thence on concrete in to
Atlantic City. The longer route via
Philadelphia and White Horse pike
might be considered a good alterna-
tive in the event of Penns Grove ferry
becoming congested with automobiles
which is often the case during Sum-
days and holidays.
Washington to Gettysburg. via Rock
VILE and Frederick-Road in good
condition. excepting one or two
spots in the District. Some narrow
stretches
Washington to York and Harris
Baltimore Best connection to Har-
risburg is via Gettysburg and Dills-
burg. Excellent improvement through
out. The best connection from York
to Harrisburg is via Dillsburg on ac-
count of new construction on the di-
rect connection.
Washington to Annapolis. via Upper
Marlboro-Excellent macadam and
concrete to Upper Marlboro; balance
is gravel macadam, considerably worn
in sections. The connection north
from Annapolis is good. but has just
been oiled for a short distance north
of Annapolis
Washington to Baltimore. via Olney
During Sundays this road is par
ticularly recommended so as to avoid
the Washington boulevard congestion.
1t is ten miles longer than the main
route, but in excellent condition
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Autos Improbable Loot.

Thieves are finding automobiles to be
an Improbable form of loot. In 1922 :
IS per cent Of vehicles stolen were re-
covered. according to the National
Automobile Dealers Association. Those
high in robbery circles are reported 10
have said that the car stealing business
is highly unsatisfactory due to the fact
that the product cannot be readily hid
den. that 1t goes out of style il cone
cealed too long and that the number Of
vehicles recovered makes the overhead
cost so high as to render a good busi@'
ness profit almost impossible. a.
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MARK GOOD ROADS.
Maryland Auto Club to Put Up
Signs to Guide Motorist.

BALTIMORE. June 2s.-The board
OF governors OF the Automobile Club
OF Maryland will mark all improved
county roads in the state with signs
bearing the name Of the club and
containing necessary information and
direction for the passing autoist.
This plan, which is to be put into
effect as soon as possible. was adopt
ed at the monthly meeting of the or
sanixation following talk by John
N. Mackall. chairman of the state
roads commission. who proposed the
resolution providing for marking.
Mr.. Mackall pointed out that the
work would cost less than $4,000.
and that the maintenance cost would
be between $500 and $500 per year.
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GUARDS ARE UNIFORMED.
Maryland Clubs Put Men at Park
ing Places.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. June 23.-The only
uniformed force OF automobile club
guards in the country went on duty
for the Automobile Club OF Maryland
this week.
The uniform is patterned after that
of the state police but is dark gray
in color, with nickel insignia and
very snappy in appearance. The force
of twenty-five men is assigned to
the various places of amusement in
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many youngsters throughout the
United States. They are all Boy
Scouts and are starting on an auto
mobile trip to New York, Baltimore
Washington and Philadelphia, which
will not cost them q cent. Their ride
will be as luxurious as in the most
comfortable railroad car. Packard
ler balloon tires, will be their means
OF conveyance.
The youthful tourists left June 1S,
and expect to return July ]. Weather
permitting, they will camp out each
night
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separate. There was no question OF
divorce; they merely preferred to live
apart. He sent her money at stated
intervals, but he pursued his quiet.
studious life and she her life of
gayety and sport. She was a good
woman-she Is good woman-she
is my mother"
Another silence followed this dis
closure. Is, she had said-not was.
And John Waring her father.
Ito BE Concluded Tomorrow
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Spain Studying Traffic Safety.

Enrique Martinez chief OF public
works. Province Of Cadiz, Spain, has
written to the highway education board.
Washington, seeking information on the
national safety contest for school chill
dren and teachers, prizes for which are
given by the National Automobile
Chamber Of Commerce. Cadiz is now
conducting a traffic safety campaign. .
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the city both night and day to super
intend the parking OF machines of the.
public and to assist in controlling.
traffic in the neighborhood
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ORPHANS IN AUTO TOUR.

Seven Small Boys to Visit Wash
ington From Ohio.
Seven little inmates of an orphan
age In Akron, Ohio, will be envied by
The Washington times., 1923-01-22
HUGE ELECTRIC ENGINE
BESTS HIGH MOUNTAINS

Four thousand and eight hundred
horses would be required to haul
over the steep grades of the Allie
gheny Mountains the train which
is pushed easily along its steel
tracks by q new electric locomotive
being tested by the Pennsylvania
railroad in contemplation OF the
identification Of it's lines.
This is the largest electric locomo-
tive In the world. and was built in
the company's shops, having been
designed by its own engineers.
1t has tracs1ve effort OF 81 200
pounds. 1t is stated that. should
the engine be used to pull trains. it
would Jerk the drawbar couplings
from the cars, so tremendous is its
strength. Two steam engines are
required to do an equal amount OF
work.
This locomotive operates on q
single phase current Of IL 900 volts.
twenty-five cycles. 1t is fed from
an overhead trolley, and has four
motors.
The Washington times., 1923-01-22
Indiana Mayor Seeks
Probe Of Ku Klux in
National Guard

PORTLAND, Ind, Jan. a.
Complete reorganization of four
units of the Indiana National
Guard stationed in this city was
forecast on all sides today as
the result of an appeal by
Mayor Thomas H. Fleming, of
Portland, to Governor McCray
that he order an Investigation
of the activities of the Ku Klux
Khan in this community.
In a letter to the governor
Saturday, Mayor Fleming al
legged that most of the officers
and men in the guards are
members of the khan and that
the local armory is a hotbed
for the dissemination of the
doctrines of the khan.
He further said that because
of the activities of certain of
these officers, among them be-
ing three captains who are be-
lieved to be members of the
khan, great bitterness of feel
ing between the citizens has
been stirred up, religious preju-
dice created, and to some ex-
tent, racial hatred aroused.
The Washington times., 1923-01-22
FREEDOM
On Staying
CHARGE
Mrs. Matte Kirby Appeals
Conviction of Killing In
wed Daughters Infant.
BY international News Service.

LANSING, Mich, Jan. 22.-The
Supreme Court has taken under
advisement the appeal of Mrs. Mat
tie Kirby. Lawnee county temper,
ance worker. convicted six months
ago of Staying her unwed daugh
ter's infant child.
Mrs. Kirby's counsel contends
that admission Of damaging evi
dence against Mrs. Kirby before
establishment of a corpus deficit
in the case was improper.
The body of the supposedly slain
child has never been produced. nor
has there been any proof of crimi.
nal agency in the supposed death.
counsel for Mrs. Kirby points out
She was convicted, II is alleged
entirely on circumstantial evidence
DIR. Charles Lane, who attended
Mrs. Kirby's daughter. testified
at the trial that Mrs. Kirby had
placed the baby face down In the
pillows of the crib Immediately
after It was born.
Returning next day he found the
baby had disappeared.
Mrs. Kirpy's alleged statement,
before the chiid'S birth, that 1t
must be gotten away with If
born alive" was also part of the
testimony held improper by attor.
neys for me temperance worker,
Mrs. Kirby Is free on bail pend.
ing the decision,
The Washington times., 1923-01-22

Smalley ana Rosalie WaIkinshaw.
ovsey, Maxine Eyerman. Jean
and are ali freshmen at the local
university. Their success ct enter
tanning fellow students heartened
them to the new venture, they said.
Miss Eyerman is an interpreta-
tive dancer and dancing instructor.
Miss Smalley Is a whistler. Miss
Ovsey is a reader and elocutiOhist
and Miss WalkinshaW pianist.
All Of the coed quartet declare
they have resolved not to be daunt-
ed by professional vaudevil lians
and entertainers who Learned IN the
theater. They seek the support Of
local CLUB women as well as club
men, and have opened headquar-
tiers where their services FOR APP
pearances can be booked
Other goods at the university
are said to be anxiously awaiting
the success OF their venture before
jumping into "a new field Of ven
ture for college women.
The Washington times., 1923-01-22
PREACHER FAX ES CHARGE
or ILLICIT RUlN-Rl JFIVlItlc

PORT HURON, Mich, Jan. 22s--
Rev. Roland Crouch, Free Methodist
pastor, Is held here as head Of b
gang of rum smuggIera.
Using his clerical garb to cioak
his real activities, Federal Officers
charge. ae has crossed the river Il
and from Saruia, Ontario. repeated
w. carrying loads Of nneonahfne iii
his automobile. Because ok his CALI
ing immigration officials sfailed to
suspect ana challenge him.
he was pastor OF the Elfnsroud
Methodist Church here. He said he
had dropped the ministry Of late,
but admitted having held several
religious meetings IN the Thumb dir
rict, acting Is & spare pastor.
The Washington times., 1923-01-22
BIRTHDAY PRESENT"
GIRL WANTS $4,000

FLINT, Mich, Jan. 22.-"You're
my birthday PRESENT.
This was what Norton w. Davis,
member of the firm Of Davis &
Davis, millionaire Toledo contract
ors, called her, declares Miss Erva
Burleson, Of Hornell, N. Y, who
has brought suit against Davis
for $4,000, alleging breach of
promise. Miss Burleson claims to
have served as Davis private secre-
tary at one time.
Miss Burleson testified that she
worked for Davis in Toledo and
that he proposed to her June 16,
1915, his birthday. Then he repeat
edIy put off the marriage, she says,
until she finally went to i'm and
demanded an immediate wedding.
Several months ago, Miss Burle-
son AYERS, Davis sent for her to
come to his home in Flushing,
Mich, where, she said, he pron. Used
they would be we'd In anticipa-
ton of the wedding Miss Burleson
bought fourteen expensive, gowns.
When she arrived in Flushing he
again refused to marry her, she
declares.
The Washington times., 1923-01-22
ONE j. s. ARMY
IDEA YIELDS
FORCES
America Far Better Prepared
for War Than in 1917, Col.
Moss Declares.
By COL. JAMES A. MOSS,
U. 8. A. (Retiredl.

u. y. "A. (ktetlr60),
Author of Scientific Military Works
Written for Cosmopolitan News Service.
Americas army, at the outbreak
of the next war, will be many
times more efficient than the little
handful of regulars and half-equip-
ped national guardsmen who form
ed the first line OF defense in
April, 1917.
Since the armistice the War De-
partment has been hanmering away
at the zone army idea and to re-
duce to a minimum the line of de-
marcation between the so-called
regulars, the national guard land
the organized reserve.
The basic ideal Of the War De-
partment is the Zone army"
thought. Instead of the United
states army, it is now the "army
of the United States. = It con-
sists of three components. the
regular army, the organized reserve
and the national guard. when in
Federal service, blended into a
homogeneous fighting machine.
Cooperation Is Closer.
The development of the citizen
soldier idea is bringing about 9
closer cooperation than ever ex-
listed before, between the War De-
partment and the organized re-
serve and national guard. The
obliteratfon of the line of demarca.
ton between the regular army and
other branches viii go long way
to eliminating jealousy and friction
which arose during the world war.
The War Department is seriously
handicapped in training the organ
fed reserve by failure Of Congress
to make sufficient appropriations.
| The organization OF reserve officers
should be able to bring pressure
upon Congress to meet this sttua-
| ton.
Army More Democratic.
Americas army today is more
democratic than a few years before
the war. with less distinct line
drawn between the officer and en-
listed man.
But with the more democratic
spirit, science is stripping the sem
timent and romance from the mill
tary profession, the army becoming
a cold, bIooded, scientific business,
where men are merely numbered
and automatic creatures to be con-
sidered, not as individuals, but IN
terms OF vast numbers.
N 4.
developed machines of war man
power will ever continue as the
weapon which decides the tide of
battles. Heavy artillery can batter
down concrete dugouts and de-
lenses, but the infantry with gren-
AIDES, bayonets and hand-to.hand
positions.
Less Humane War.
The next war" viii be even less
humane. During the world war an
effort was made by the British
army to perfect a shell which
would literally set the air on fire
when it exploded. The expert
ments were not successful, but a
projectile Of this type is no idle
dream.
In spite of the horrors OF war,
it is an acknowledged fact almost
every. conflict in the worlds his
tory has helped to advance civiliza-
ton, in some cases materially.
The Spanish-American war gave
the world means of preventing
yellow fever and thereby made pos
sible the completion of the Panama
canal.
The world war showed America
her own independence industrially
! and advanced a century in ayia-
ton, radio, the dye industry, chem
ical production and Photographic
science
The Washington times., 1923-01-22
EMBROIDERY Of
BEADS NOW
PAR|SFAD
Used to Beautify Lovely Laces,
With Many Variations
of Design.
By ALICE LANGELIER,
Cosmopolitan News Service.

PARIS, Jan. 22.--Paris designers
are using beads to embroider beau,
tiful laces, and the results are
nothing less than delightful.
Premet makes designs in tur-
quoise-blue,, almond green, coral
and all shades of orange. Red IL
being used, but it is color which
must be chosen with much discre
ton. for many shades are not fan
from vulgar, while others are ex
ceedingly rich and sober. The cop
per shades mixed with silver and
gold make handsome patterns.
Beaded lace gowns are worn over
scant slips of colored velvet OF
metal lace. The fashionable Mad
gown Of rose-coIored lace over a
slip Of rose. The lace is entirely
embroidered with tube-shaped blue
and round gold beads, with soft
handkerchief draped about the waist
line, weighted at the ends with
bead balls.
foundation of gold lace almost hid
den by the beading Of orange and
crystal beads. Over 1t is worn a
little coat of gold lace so long that
it touches the ground in front and
SO narrow at the feet that madame
is likely to trip up.
Velvet gowns not trimmed with
the new beaded laces have bead de
signs on them. One designer uses
lovely citron-yellow chiffon velvet
covered with large patterns in crys
tai beads and banded across the
shoulders with skunk fur. All the
crepes are apt to be beaded, but
the beaded velvets are much newer
The Washington times., 1923-01-22
FOURENTERTA|N
WAY THROUGH
COLLEGE
Girls Band Together in Novel
Enterprise to Secure
Education.
BY WILLIAM g. CAYCE,
international News Service.

Los ANGELES, Jan. %. -Four
pretty goods at the University Of
Southern California have set d
new. precedent for girls working
their way through college. They
have banded together and called
themselves the Los Angeles En-
tertainers," and declare they will
earn sufficient funds through semi.
theatrical and outside functions to
carry them through school.
The comedy misses are Elizabeth
The Washington times., 1923-01-22
didates or they will not get 1t.
Political Issue.

"This is not a matter merely for
temperance organizations or for
political parties. It is for the Irish
people, through their representa-
tive local boards and public bodies,
to. demand reform of the liquor
traffic If they desire it. If every
body waits for somebody else to
press this demand before the next
general election nothing will be
ne-except by the liquor inter
ests. I would appeal to the multi
tude of Irishmen and women who
have at heart in this matter no
particular interests, but only the
welfare and prosperity OF Ireland
moral and material-to realize that
from. now ON they should lose no
opportunity of giving public ex-
preston of Ireland's need for dras-
.ic restriction Of a. traffic which
has so cruelty aggravated our
heartbrealing troubles in the crises
through which our afflicted country
has been passing"
The Washington times., 1923-01-22
.Ion 80 grown Q ! III g.

sion have grown % small ~
tune.
As an insane convict Seymour
cannot touch B cent Of the money,
which would keep him In cOmpara-
tive affluence. Efforts to have
Seymour released III care ct q com
mission were fruitleEs.
His long term Ct the asylum has
made Matteawa1l his legal resi.
dence, and any petition would have
to be made from there. Judge
Crapaer denied the last petition be.
cause, ne said, Seymour had NJ
legal residence In 0gdensburg.
The Washington times., 1923-01-22
ASIL UNI WAL Is
BAR F0RTUIE
To VE TERAN
Insane Convict, Who Killed
Friend, Cannot Touch
Trust Fund Or Pension,
b international News service.

CANTON, N. X. Jan. ~ AL.
though liberty spells the possession
or d small fortune, william q. Sey.
Yn0ur, now seVenty-seven, veteran
of the SPANISH merican war. must
spend the remainder or his life in
an asylum for the criminaIIy In
sane, the penalty for the murder
OF i friend who JostIed him IN the
street.
Judge John q. Grapser here has
denied the latest melton Tor the
release OF the aged man. who has
spent seven years in Matteawan.
A trust fund and q small PEN
The Washington times., 1923-01-22
Bar on ROYAL Pictures.

BUDAPEST, Jan. 30. Picture dis.
plays of former King Charles and
Empress zita, Of Austria, in the
windows Of stores has been pro-
hibited BY the police. Such dis
PLAYS. the authorities maintain. at
tract and excite crowds, leading to
Royalist demonstration and con-
seuuent disorders =
The Washington times., 1923-01-22
Robbed Bank. charoa.

NEW YORK, Jan. 22.-Accused Of
having embezzled $4,000 from The
Roosevelt State Bank. Chicaeo.
Harry A. Nagel is being held today
without bail as a fugitive from
justice.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-02-11
Letter Stated Stewart
Feared Interference of
Kan. Bank Commission
ny The Associated Pressl
tBy The Associated press.l

KANSAS CITY. Mo. Feb. 1O-That
w. T.. Stewart. on trial in federal court
here under Indictment for alleged sixty
million dollar lnnd fraud in IIislaIgo
county. Texas. feared that an inyeSfi-
CATION IN the Kansas bank commission
rr ~ hiS Edinhurg tract might lead him
Z" deny his company the privilege ~ sell
ling IN Kansas his land in the Edinhnrg
tract. was disrlosed in letter introduced
i'm the trial late today The letter il
alleged 10 have been written hy Stewart
~ II. T.. kirsan. former agent for the
stewart Company. defendant in the
~winde ease.
II urged kirgan to expediafe the sale
of lands under the Edinburg irrigation
system SO that when the commissioner
shonld visit IIidaleo county. Stewart
wond ~ able ~ say that the lands he
had for sale were practically all under
the Mercedes system.
The letter also declared very conf
dentially that Stewart hoped To- sell the
Elinhnrg irrigation system 10 farmers.
kirgan testified that IN selling land
for Stewards organization. h. alstays
showed prospective purchasers the Mer-
cedes system. Judge Van Valkenbergh
adjourned court today until Tuesday
morning.