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Evening star., 1924-04-07
AID TO STREET PROGRAM.
Gas Tax Revenue Would Hasten
Improvement Plans.

The District could catch up on it's
neglected street paving program
within five years if Congress appro-
PIRATES for street improvements all
of the money raised from the gaso-
line tax in addition to regular cur
rent street appropriations.
This belief was expressed today by
officials of the engineer department.
They explained that the five-year es-
innate is based on the> streets that
now need paving. 1t was pointed out
by them that if the city continues
to develop during the five-year period
as it has in the past few years there
would be rows of other streets need
ing attention at the end of that
time.
5000, 900 Yearly Revenue.
The gasoline tax is estimated to
raise 100000 a year, and, if matched
with a 40 per cent contribution by
the United States, would create a
fund Of $1,3So,00o for street improve
ments, which is regarded by the en-
gineer department to mean new paw
ing.
The engineer department, it was
made plain, would still need regular
annual allotments of approximately
s1,O00,000 to maintain all existing
asphalt streets in good condition, to
resurface a certain number of the
Worn-out ones each year and to make
current repairs to roads.
A question over which District Off
cials are somewhat concerned, how
ever. is whether Congress will allow
the District to use the gas tax money
StroafS hnr tot no ha
ular street appropriations.
The engineer department today
made public a list of streets to be
resurfaced with asphalt this spring.
The contract for this work was
awarded recently to the firm of Nc
Guire & Rolfe of Richmond. The
streets follow:
Street improvements.
NORTHWESTERN street, n to p
streets; 10th street. to U streets;
18th street, U to v streets; 18th street.
Morris road to Columbia road and
Florida avenue and Morris road; 18th
street, l. to Massachusetts, avenue;
18th street, Massachusetts, avenue to
street; 18th street, H to K streets;
Connecticut avenue. Leroy place to a
point 200 feet north of California
street; Connecticut avenue, west side,
Florida avenue to Leroy place; Cali
fornia street, Connecticut avenue to
Columbia road; Dupont Circle, north
side, New Hampshire to Connecticut
avenues: K street, Vermont to Con-
necticut avenues; sR street, 14th to
18th streets: T street, 14th to 18th
streets.
Northeast-Massachu avenue,
I'd to 4th streets.
Southeast--D street, north of the
park, I'd to 3rd streets, and North
Carolina avenue, Sd street to Penn
sylvania avenue.
Southwest-13th street. to d
streets.
Evening star., 1924-04-07
REPORT ON D. C. HEADS
LIKELY TO BE FAVORABLE

The subcommittee of the Senate
District committee in charge of the
nominations of Commissioners Rudolph
and Oyster to succeed themselves plans
to hold it's final meeting this afternoon.
1t will draft report on the Commits
sioners to be submitted to the full
committee.
Chairman Ball of the full committee
indicated that he might call meeting
tomorrow to consider the report of the
subcommittee. 1t is expected that the
report of the subcommittee will be
favorable to the Commissioners.
Evening star., 1924-04-07
Disabled Tender
Uses Awnings as
Sails Off Hatteras

Wireless reports today from the
disabled submarine tender Falcon,
en- route from Guantanamo bay,
Cuba, to New London, Conn, said
defective boiler tubes, one of which
exploded, had caused steam pres
sure to be reduced to $50 pounds
and the ship was proceeding on
its course, using awnings as sails
to supplement it's motive power.
No casualties occurred. The Fall
con, accompanied by the submarine
last night.
Evening star., 1924-04-07

BY the Associated Press
ROME, April martial law has
been proclaimed in Albania following
the murder of two American mer-
chants, waylaid On the Tirana-Scutari
highway, according to advices from
Albanian quarters today.
The names of the murdered Ameri-
cans were given out by the American
embassy as Robert Lewis Coleman of
San Francisco and George B. de Long
of New York City.
ALBANIA REGRETS ACTION.
Evening star., 1924-04-07
RADIO MONOPOLY
BAN BILL PASSED
Senate Measure Prohibits Licenses
Extending More Than
Two Years.

a bill designed to prevent
monopoly of radio communication
was passed today by the Senate.
1t declares the air to be the ''in-
alienable possession of the people"
and prohibits licenses extending
more than two years.
Evening star., 1924-04-07
ASKS LIEN ON INDUSTRY.
Dawes Report Also Provides for
Budgetary Reform.

By Radio to The Star and Philadelphia Public
Ledger, Copyright, 1924.
PARIS, April 7.-Principles con-
tained in the report of the Dawes
committee on adjustment of the
PREPARATIONS question are herewith
presented as the report is finally going
10 the printers.
There are $4,000 words of the text,
ranging fro mGen. Dawes humani-
tartan preface to the technical verbi-
age of the last annex, but it is
possible to make a liberal condenSa
tion of the document to seven salient
paints, as follows:
@irst. A partial moratorium for
four years.
Second. Sterilization of the mark
by gold bank of issue capitalized at
coo, 900, 600 marks.
Third. A reformed budget system
yielding 2,500,000.000 gold marks
Fourth. A 10000, ,ooo, ,OOO-mark (s2,-
!ooo00,000) project in charge of a
commissioner who will issue debe-
lures against farms and industries.
Fifth. A reorganization of the rail-
roads capitalized at 26.000,000,000
gold marks.
Sixth. Repatriation of German cap
ital.
Seventh. An imitation n-control sys-
tenn.
Private Property Bonds.
The 10000, 100000 gold marks in
debentures. the fourth plan men,
toned above, will constitute the
hypothecation of private German in
tiustrial and agricultural property
for the service of reparations. The
commissioner will issue the bonds
tt per cent plus l per cent for
$nortization, maturing in forty
Years. The commission on repara-
tions will be awarded 6.000,000,000
3narks in these bonds, which it can
offer on the open market so as i'm
jnediately to realize 100000, 900
3narks capital.
The reorganized railroads will be
Under one corporation, whose capital
Or 26,000, 100000 gold marks will be
in bonds and shares, half Of which
will be handed over to the repara-
tions commission for the open mar
ket. Included in the capitalization
Are 4,0e6, 900, 900 preferred shares,
which will be equally distributed
between the reparations commission
and the German government.
Non-aermans Head Bank.
The gold bank of emission, which
is devised to stabilize the mark, will
be administered by non-Germans and
located in Berlin. The capital of 400,-
100000 gold marks will be represent
ed in shares of 100 marks, payable in
gold or foreign currency. Shares to
total of loo, 0,000,000 gold marks will be
deposited at the Reichsbank and the
ether S00.o0o,00o will be offered to
Continued on Page s. Column -
Evening star., 1924-04-07
WILL NOT LEAVE VATICAN.
POPE Denies RNmor He Might
Break Precedent.
By the Associated Press.

ROME, April THE Vatican off,
cially denied today the reports that
the Pope, for any reason whatsoever,
might leave the Vatican. The pom
tiff's expressed wish that he could
be present at the opening ceremonies
of the knights of Columbus welfare
work building near ST. Peters had
given rise to such reports.
Evening star., 1924-04-07
FIVE FATALLY BURNED.
Mother and Children Dead, Father
Near End.

HILLSBORO. I'LL. April Mrs.
Torney Hill and three children were
burned to death and Torney Hill
was fatally burned when a gasoline
explosion set fire to their home today
Mi. Hill had mistaken gasoline for
Kerosene.
Evening star., 1924-04-07
ALBANIA ORDERS MARTIAL LAW
AFTER MURDER OF 2 AMERICANS
Slain Men, WayIaid on Scuturi High,Oay, We're Mer.
chants on Way to Paris Through Balkans
Following Near East Trip.

precedented crime was committed
with a political aim, with the inten-
tion of discrediting the Albanian
state in the eyes of the world.
The government Immediately took
strong measures to secure the arrest
and punishment of the culprits."
WERE ON WAY TO PARIS.
Evening star., 1924-04-07
KING ALBERT SUFFERING
FROM ATTACK OF GRIP
BY the Associated Press.

AssOclaten Press.
BRUSSELS, April liking Albert
is suffering from grip. and his physi-
clans have directed hi INTO remain In
bed.
Evening star., 1924-04-07
VIII Continue Secretly.

The investigation, it is we'll under
stood, will be continued secretly By
the investigators employed by the
committee.
Already the committee has before
it data which is considered by Sena-
tor Ball. chairman of the committee.
Senator King. the ranking Democrat
member, and other senators to b.
extremely damaging to certain real
estate dealers and property owners
in Washington. When the commit
tee has gone further into the inyes-
tigation it is the understanding that
the data will be laid before the
United States attorney for the Dis
trict of Columbia to be submitted t.
a grand jury.
While these data are being care
fully guarded. it is learned that SO
far only a few persons are involved in
the alleged irregularities.
Evening star., 1924-04-07
SENATORS ASSENT
TO FURTHER PROBE
OF LOCAL HOUSING
SIS, 900 Appropriated to Con-
tinue Secret Investiga-
tion to June |.
DAMAGING EVIDENCE
OF COMBINES AT HAND
Only Few Realtors and Property
Owners Reported Involved
in Charges.

The Senate gave its assent today
to a continuation of the investiga-
tion by the Senate District commit
tee, into alleged conspiracies and
combinations on the part of real es-
tate dealers and owners in Washing
ton to increase and keep high the
prices of property in the District,
both for rent and for sale.
The Ball resolution authorizing the
expenditure of an additional 5000
to continue this Investigation and
extending until June 1 the time in
which the committee may file its
final report was adopted unanimously
The resolution was reported favor
ably by Senator Keyes, chairman OF
the committee on contingent expenses
of the Senate, since the money is to
be expended from the contingent
fund of the Senate, and was imme-
diately adopted. Under the terms OF
the old resolution, the District com
mittee was to file its final report to
day.
Evening star., 1924-04-07
WEATHER.

Mostly cloudy tonight; tomorrow
probably fair; not much change in
temperature. Temperature for twen-
ty-four hours ended at pm. today:
Highest. 81. at pm. yesterday; low
est, 43, at $3.50 am. today.
Full report on page z.
Evening star., 1924-04-07
Gets Urge to Travel.

But about this time Mr.. Packard
experienced the urge to come to
southern California. He was not in
funds sufficient to buy a railroad
Evening star., 1924-04-07

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
tion is delivered to Washingt on homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-04

plaint, and is in danger of insolvency
Quick reorganization is expected, it
was said. Current assets are $780,
900, according to Kicker, who said
$500, 900 in merchandise liabilities was
the only debt.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-04
SECRET OF HAPPINESS

The greatest menace on earth to hap
piness Is the i'll health with which so
many women are afflicted. The young
woman is subject to pain and Irregular
ties, the mother to the tortures of dis
placements with consequent pains. aches
and nervousness-the middle aged woman
to the uncomfortable conditions caused
by this critical age The only remedy
to control these conditions and restore
the system to a normal healthy cOndi-
ton is Lydia f Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. which for fifty years has
been restoring sick and ailing women to
health and happiness.-Advertisem
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-04
DUESENBERG FIRM ,
CONTINUES WORK
ReceiverShip Suit Explained
as 'FriendIy,'

Operation OF the Duesenberg Auto
mobile and Motors Company, Inc, will
continue under direction of Receiver
William T. Rasmussen, appointed
Thursday by Probate Judge Mahlon
E. Bash, it was announced today.
Charles S. Kicker. general manager,
said receivership suit brought by the
Acme Works. Inc, on a $A6SS debt,
was a friendly one to protect stock
holders and creditors.
The company has an indebtedness
of $150,0O0, according to the com
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-04
new JAPANESE
CABINET FORMED
ViScount Kiyoura Accepts
Premiership of Minority,

By United Press
~ TOXIC, Jan. 4. Japan's new
cabinet. personnel Of which becanvi
known today. will be a minority
ministry
This was determined when Viscount
Kiyoura accepted the premiership.
Viscount Ishii, we1l-known in Amer
ica ana one of Japan's leading diplo-
mats, will be the new foreign minis
ter.
Other members of the cabinet in
clude:
DR.. MiOsunO, home minister.
Count Hayashi. minister of educa
ton
Count Owki. minister of railroads.
Viscount Mayeda, minister of COM
municatiOns.
General Fakuda. war minister
Admiral Tochinai. minister of the
navy.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-04
AVENUE 'WHITEWASHED'
Patrols Busy Hauling in 'UnOccupied"
Principals of Night-Iife.

Police say their efforts TO clean un
the '-colored Citizens Broadway" kept
the patrol wagons and turnkeys at
city prison busy again Thursday
night Records show that eighty-one
crlored men were slated by Capt. John
White. who issued orders TO rid In
diana Ave. colored section of loafers.
Patrolmen. WiIkerson, Hughes,
Hardy, Wooden, Kelley. Hostettler.
Hardy. Spears. Ennis and OFT. combed
the district from Illinois St. west
and from New York St, north and
it took ten patrol wagons to trans
PORT one net-ful. Thirty-seven men
and four women were arrested
u ednesday night.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-04
AIR AID FIRM ORGANIZED
Company to Operate Plane Bearing
Illuminated Signs

Night advertising by airplane be-
came an established usiness in In
diaHapolis when the AeEo Light Coz
pCTatiOn was incorporated with Il
capital stock of 800. 600.
Officers are Otto Ray. president;
IeyIon c. Young. vice president an 1
treasurer, and Stanley Z. Martin, sec
ictary.
The company Will operate Curtis
rlane with a wing eight inches thick
which will glide 5000 feet at a height
of l goo feet Wings will bear
illuminated signs.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-04
Overheated Stove Causes Fire

Fire from an oVerheated stove
caused $500 personal and $4OO prop
erty loss at the home of w. G. Sutton,
Sc N Chester Ave-, early today. The
Suttons were at breakfast.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-04
POLICE GIVE BACK THRILL
Arrest Follows Near-Acident and
Exciting Chase.

Motor Police Norman and Pfaffen-
berger. believe in returning thrill FOR
thrill
Their cars skidded and turned
around twice to avoid striking an
auto at Fall Greek Blvd and Capitol
Ave.
They gave chase at Twenty Fourth
St. and Kenwood Ave. they over
took and arrested James Hornaday,
zS of 2403 KenwOod Ave, on in
toxication charges.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-04
PRISON FACTORY
lJNHURT BY FIRE
7 wine Plant at Michigan City
to Resume Work.

Operation of the binder twine
factory at the Indiana State Prison.
Michigan City, will be resumed i'm
J. ediately despite burning Wednes-
day Of a large warehouse containing
twine valued at 100000, J. A. Brown.
secretary OF the State board Of
charities, stated today.
The main factory was not damaged
by the fire, Bgbwn said.
y new warehouse probably will be
constructed, Brown added, although
decision pends meeting of the mem
btrs of the prison board of trustees
with Governor McCray.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-04
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until three doses are taken. The first
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The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-04

One Body Recovered After
Trial to Save Two Lives.

BV United Press
BABYLON. y. Y, Jan. 4.-Raging
waters of Great South Bay. which
swallowed up two fishermen and seven
rescuers. today gave up the body Of
Ike Cleaves. one of the seamen who
gave their lives in vain.
Scant hope remained that some Of
those carried away might have been
picked up.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-04

This sale is different from any other you
have ever attended. You can furnish a
complete home for just half what it would
ordinarily cost. There are no strings to
this offer. If you are skeptical, come in,
and you will be convinced
Evening star., 1924-01-06

Bernard McConville. Supervising :
.ditor of J-niyersal's Jewels, has just
,ompleted his own translation OF
"Mitsi," the sensational French novel
oy DelIy. and Is adapting it Tor a
Mary Philbin Jewel TO follow l. a. X.
Wylie's THE Inheritors. on Whlch
she is now engaged.
Evening star., 1924-01-06
James Cruze to Film
Merton of the Movies

"MERToN OF THE MOVIES"
George Kaufman and Marc
Connolly's comedy, In which Glenn
Hunter has been starring on the
stage for the last two years. 10 to
be produced as a Paramount picture
by James Cruxe, with Mr.. Hunter In
the title role. The picture will be
made in Hollywood, and production
will start after the close Of the play s
present run in Chicago.
Because Of tho tremendous pub
licity given to Merton Of the
Movies" said Jesse L. Lasky, In
making the announcement I'VE ex-
pect this to be ono Of tho most popu-
lar successes we have ever made. With
it's production on the New York stage.
Merton Immediately became a part
of the American language as typify-
ing the screen-struck youth Of Amer
lea.
"Mr. Hunters portrayal Of the boy
in the play has been ono OF the best
pieces of acting seen on the stage In
a number of years"
Evening star., 1924-01-06
Lets Players Act.

TT was Victor Schertzinger,y the
Metro megaphone wielder, who
recently gave ( screen directors the
tip that one of the ailments of the
movies was "too much director"
Schertzinger made this statement
during the production or 1.-THE Man
Life Passed Bly, the new picture he
had made for Metro from his own
story, which Will be given its first
local presentation today.
Il do not care how great director
may be-" says this camera king, "if
he does not permit his actors TO re-
tain some of their real personality
his picture Will not ring true. I'm
doubtedly the screen has developed
some great artists, but 1t also has
made some. great players mere au-
tomatons-not because these players
couldn't act. but because they were
SO hampered by the directors con-
ception of character that their only
refuge when face to face with work
was to be an automaton"
Schertzinger is said to be one of
those directors who let's his players
in on the secret of what the story
is all about. Before he rehearses q
scene he takes them into conference,
explains the scene in detail, shows
its relationship to the main story and
discusses with his players what sort
of characterizations are needed for
certain types in the Story.
Evening star., 1924-01-06

nOLA NEGRf soon is to make her
first visit to New York since COM
Tnr To this country. When work was
completed on Shadows OF Paris
short time ago, she left for a short va
,ation in the California mountains. Her
afth American picture will be started
probably, in February.
Gloria Swanson is said to demon,
.trate that she Is dancer OF onusua -
ability, in The Hmm,Hd m,atsd at the
long Island studio by sidney Oicost,
IN the Apache den scenes In lne
Montmartre of Paris Miss swanson
ioes the difficult dance OF the Apaches
With Aurelio Coccia. dancer Oh IN
.ernational reputation. So rough and
strenuous was this dance that MISS
swanson spent several days recoNeI
ng from the bruises. In ahotne.
scene in which she appears as street
urchin she does jig.
Herbert Rawlinsons next Cnivers sal
feature will be THE Virtuous Cr0ok
and the cast Includes Alfred Alien;
Kathleen Meyers, Joe Nortn: EuMa,u
Davis. William ]. Brady. Arthur Hull.
William Carroll and Joe Girard.
Bernard McConville. supervising
editor of Universal's Jewels, mas 1ust
oompleted his own translation or
"Mitsi," the sensational French novel
BY Delly. and Is adapting 1T Tor
Mary Philbin Jewel 10 follow L. a. X.
Wylies The 1nheritors.' on Whlch
she is now engaged.
Lacking an appropriate picture LOT
VIA "baby' star, Laura La Plante.
Universal has cast her in support or =.
Hoot Gibson in The Cocopah No.
In the meantime the title of her nrst
starring venture. THE Thrill Girl.
had to he changed on account of copy
right difficulties. Its new name Is
''CXcitement.'
And. speaking of baby stars. it is
the custom of the western motion
picture advertisers each year to Sc
iect thirteen baby stars from the
most promising unstarred screen ma
terial of the year Last year Uni
Plante: the year before it was Mary
Tohilbin; this year it is Margaret Nor
ris, who is featured in The Ghost
City" serial and has been cast IN q
like position in support or Iniversai
new European stunt star, Aoertln
"The Night Message" is the final
title for Perlcy Foore Sheehans pic
on THE Hunchback OF Metre Dame
Universal made him director. anu
.'The Night Message" in addition to
being his own directing, Is his own
story.
Louis g. Mayer is still trying 10
find a new name for Cape Goa
Folks" his latest Reginald Barker
production for Metro release. he
wants a title suggestive of the 70
mantle, adventurous nature OF tne
.tory-a name with box-office value.
Tho picture is nearly completed, with
a cast headed by Frank keenan,
Renee Adoree. Robert Frazer. Bur
bara Bedford and Joseph Dowling.
Ralph Bushman, son OF francis \.
Rushrnan. has a prominent role IN VIC
tor Schertzinger's new Metro picture.
..The Man Life Passed By Bushman
called on his son during production OF
this picture, which marked their nrst
,neetinR in a studio since Ralph USED
to play kid parts with his father In the
old Essanay days.
lane and Eva Novak are two girls
who need never worry about publicity
in St Louis, at least. The father OF the
two girls Is Il st. Louis editor VINO Is
mighty proud Of his talented daughters
and who finds it impossible to restrain
from saying nice word for the girls
Evening star., 1924-01-06
Born in Washington.

MOT in months has Washington
= borne 80 close q relation to the
origin of . photoplay as 1t bears to
Rex Beach's latest picture, Big
Brother"
whether you know It or not, WASH
ington was the birthplace of the idea
novel by Rex Beach, entitled Big
Brother"
Rex Beach came to Washington
several months ago to attend a ses.
sion OF "the big brother movement"
at one Of the local churches. He had
hazy idea that there might be a
story In his visit. but he had no idea
what it might be. A half-day's at
tendance, however, convinced him
that in this movement lay the germ
of q big. vital story of today, and be-
fore he had left Washington he had
plotted out in. his mind the main
theme OF the story that comes back
here on the screen today.
As soon as he got back to New
York, Mr.. Beach outlined the idea to
magazine editors and he was told to
go ahead. He had q conference with
Jesse l.. Lasky of the Famous Play
ers-LAsky Corporation, and LAsky
bought the screen rights as soon as
the story was outlined. with the
promise that the Famous Players
Lasky Corporation would give the
story . production commensurate with
It's value.
Thus It was that big Brother"
the screen production, was really
born In Washington.
Evening star., 1924-01-06
A Tip on Scandal" "

"TM a bit doubtful about how the
Washington theater-going public
will take to Scandal" said Peggy
Coudray. leading woman OF the
Washington Theater Guild, Inc, dis
cussing next weeks bill at the Presi-
dent.
While it is one Of the finest plays
that has ever been adapted for-stock,
It really is a bit daring and don't
know whether the viewpoint here is
broad and continental enough to make
Scandal q success. But they almost
succeeded in stopping its production
In louisville.
Personally, / think il 10 wonder
ful. and just love my part in IT. ]
nope, however, that the people Will
realize that the actors on the stage
are merely puppets for the time be-
Ing, depicting a role outlined for them
in book, and that their personal
characteristics are in nowise con-
cerned.
Scandal, I think, teaches a won
derful lesson, and as in nearly every
other play of the kind. 1t IL necessary
to show the other side OF life in or
der to bring out more forcibly the
attractiveness of the right side.e