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Evening star., 1924-09-16
VIRGINIA SEEKS PARK.
Luray Men to Urge Skyland for
National Site.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


HARRISBURG, Va. September l6.-
Page County will present it's claim
this week for the proposed Southern
Appalachian Park when the federal
commission appointed to select the
park site visits Skyland, embra cling
20 square miles on the top OF the
Blue Ridge and now operated as a
Evening star., 1924-09-16

greatly OF groundhogs devastating his
garden, and that he had gone out Sun
day to kill them. While getting over a
fence the gun is believed to have been
accidentally discharged. Haggerly served
20 months in France and was wounded
twice.
Evening star., 1924-09-16

private resort, 1t was announced yes
tcrday.
The commission will visit Skyland
uron the invitation of the owner, G.
Freeman Pollock, and Luray business
men.
Evening star., 1924-09-16
Negro Killed by Posse.

TCNICA, Miss, September 16.-wa1-
ter Bell, negro. sought in connection
with the staying of, Walter L. Barbee,
plantation manager, was shot to
death by members of a posse near
here late last night.
Evening star., 1924-09-16
TomorroW---The Last Day to Visit
Our Madame x Demonstration

Up in the Fifth Floor Corset Salon expert Madame X
Corsetere will explain you the wonderful reducing prop
critics of this famous rubber reducing gde Let her fit
absolute comfort and effective results. Remember
the last day! Pink rubber girde $11S5. Gray
rubber $9.85. Brassere, S.
Evening star., 1924-09-16
Even at That.

From the Boston Transcript.
Even admittin dat folks am de-
scended from monkeys" said Uncle
Rastus Il knows some people dat
amt no special credit to deir ances-
Evening star., 1924-09-16
Continuing Our Sale Of
Autumn Footwear, SIS
Including Gore Pumps, Ne,c Strap Pumps
Tailored Bo,U Pumps and Opera Styles

Though the low price may make it doubtful YOU have
but to look them realize they brand Fall pumps
with short rounded much palmer than heretofore Fash
ioned of black velvet patent colt black sat calf and
black suede. Heels of every height. Widths "A to D.
%
Evening star., 1924-09-16

Pope Plus has offered a medal to the
womer's cub that evo,ves the most at
tractive modest fashion i'll wonen'S
clothing,
Evening star., 1924-09-16

The reproach of a friend should be
strictly just, but not too frequent
Budget.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-28

on Atlantic avenue, and was
thinking If I can get away with a
big wad once and quit, maybe this
baby that's coming won't have the
rough time I had.
There's been q lot of hunk and
lies and guesses about me because
I wouldn't talk about my family or
tell anything about my life when
was a little kid. Not even in
the district attorneys office. I
came clean about the robberies, but
when they asked questions about
myself / stalled.
Well, I'm ready to tell it all now,
for why shouldn't people know the
truth?
Father Truck Driver.
My, the bunk that's been spread
about me. They said I was Ger
man. They said I didn't know who
my parents were. They said my
mind was blank about my child
hood-great mystery, bah! 1 was
not ready to tell it. But now here
goes.
I'm American, get me, a 100 per
cent American. I'm New
Yorker, born in New York, how
many can say the same? East
Side New Yorker, upper East
Side. American, that's me. And
there's nothing the matter with
my family, except that we were
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-28
ShOrtridge Attacks
japanese for Alien
Exclusion Propaganda

United States Senator Samuel N.
Shortridge, author of the japanese
exclusion amendment to the i'm
migration act, today bitterly de.
nounced propaganda which he said
Is being widely printed to the eff
feet that the people Of California
are lukewarm In their interest In
Japanese exclusion.
these statements" said Short.
ridge, ARE designedly deceivinx.
It is brazenly false to state that
California is no longer interested
in the problem Of excluding aliens
ineligible to citizenship. California a
land laws, attacked by japan, but
upheld by the United States Su.
preme Court, have not solved tha
immigration problem"
Blame japanese.
Shortridge charged that. the
propaganda els such a tissue OF
lies that 1t must emanate from
Japanese sources"
He said It Is not true that tho
problem Of assimilation" Il caring
for itself, or "that Californians do
not consider that they have a
serious problem in assimilating. the
japanese already in California"
sit IL not true that many Of tho
Japanese farm laborers are plan.
ming to return to Japan, or that
they will be readily absorbed or as.
simulated into CALIFORNIA; economic
structure"
I'm this legislation we are safe.
guarding America, present and fu-
ture, and whatever nlomentary ir.
ritation It may cause, exclusion
must remain a fact. It IL not true
that the immigration bills which
passed both houses Of the Congress.
by overwhelming majofIties, and
which contain drastic anti.Jau
anese clauses, were passed largely
for political consumption"
"This propaganda IL. the latest
specimen Of japanese diplomacy, a
diplomacy which. judged by recent
developments. IL discredlted hv IA
own exposed. duplicity." 4.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-28

too poor and there was too many
Of us for a girl ever to have a de.
cent chance.
I'm twenty years cid. I was
born in 1904, in a little old three.
family tenement, East Ninety.
eighth street, south side of the
street, middle of the block, second
floor rear, east of Second avenue
My father was Michael Roth, a
truck driver. He was an honest
man. He worked hard for poor
pay. My mother was Anna Roth.
She couldn't work outside. She
worked hard enough at home, hav.
ing nine babies.
Yes, there were nine Of us. ]
was the youngest girl.
began to remember things my.
self, guess, when / was about
four years old, or maybe five. Big
piles OF dirtya clothes and a wash.
tub. Corn beef and cabbage cook.
ing on the gas stove, with steam
coming off it.
Mary. mother of God, whenu ]
get little rest-that's mama talk.
ing about n pain in her back. Celia,
you run out and play in the street.
My minds blank, like heck it
is. Maybe I can't talk or write
very well. Meybe 1 can't put il
down on PAPER, but my mind sees
pictures, and it used to see my own
baby that was coming in the same
sort of pictures. And it made me
sick to think it would be the same
thing all over again.
Doesn't Remember Brothers.
I don't remember much about my
brothers. They were older. than
me. and gone from home. I've
never seen or heard Of anything
of them since I was a tiny kid.
Boys don'tSstick around like girl
does when they get old enough to
have pay envelope.
: But my three sisters / remember
well. There was Mary and Anna
and Margaret, the oldest, her who
came to see me Friday in the Jail,
and brought me a black dress.
Where the others are l don't know.
I've heard they're dead. i
When my sisters got old enough
old. They went to factories and
brought home pay envelopes, seven,
eight, ten dollars a week.. and
things started to go better-btIt
not for long. Papa got sick and
had to quit work, mamma got sick.
err. Why string It out? In six
months Of each other they both
died.
My three sisters and went ia
live In Brooklyn with our aunt
papa's sister, Margaret Roth, al
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-28
UNL0ADE D
PISTOL
USED
Girl Says Revolver Was Empty
IN Some Hold-ups, and She
Wouldn't Shoot Anyway.
Continued from First Page.)

Continued from First Page.)
hind the iron bars and wonder how
they felt. Well, / know now, ana
its an awful feeling. People come
and look at me through the bars.
not SO many, for the matron's good
about that-but some come to look
at me just like we used to look at
the bear.
And they talk about me and
wonder how it feels, just the same
as l used to wonder about the
animals. And when I get out?
Years of it, maybe, in another
cage like this, or worse. Say, PEG.
pie ought:nt to be kept in cages
not girls anyway. I guess that's
foolish for me to say. They have
to do something with girls just the
same as men, don't they, when we
break the law? guess it's think
Ing I'm like an animal now that
makes me feel so sick.
Excitement Was Great.
It was difficult a little while ago.
with all the excitement. Geei a
private stateroom on the train, ana
strawberries and everything /
wanted to eat, and people yelling
and cheering at every station
where we stopped long enough, and
as big crowd. they said, at the
Pennsylvania station when we got
to New York as ever had met a
President of the United States.
Cameras and reporters and limou-
Rines, and people begging would I
Ray one word so they could put it
ln big type in the papers. Just
Ike out Of detective story maya
Mne. 1t was great ride, and a
great welcome.
Maybe it went to my head lit.
tie. Maybe I was proud to be the
Robbed Haired Bandit.
Say, why stall about it? Sure,
] was proud! But every little while
] thought about where it was going
to get me to and knew / was a
fool. thought in week they'll
be yelling for somebody else-still out
there in the street-and wherein
] be?
Just the same smiled and
kidded. And some OF those sob-sis-
ters said was hard boiled. What
did they want me to do? Bust out
crying on their shoulders, maybe,
and tell them the sad story Of my
life so they could write it down.
Just the same, got some pride,
and that's why smiled and kidded
still when the excitement wore off.
Ashamed and Sorry.
Folks, the truth is I'm ashamed
and sorry for what I've done.
Here's a funny thing not funny
to make you laugh, but funny to
think about. I've got plenty of time
now to think, when it's too late.
But here's what I'm trying to get
at. said I was ashamed and
sorry. All right, that goes. But
I'm only ashamed Of what did.
I'm not ashamed and never will
be Of WHY I did it.
My little baby's gone now, and
guess it's good she's gone.
It's too late now to make any
difference whether people believe
me or not, but when went into
the first store and said. "Stick' EN-
up" 1 wasn't seeing diamond ear
rings and gin and jazz and a good
time-I was thinking Of pretty lit
tie pink shoes, pink leather baby
shoes like saw once in window
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-28
GERMANSURGED
To BACK Up
DAWES
Marx and Stresemann Advise
Acceptance Of Plan and !!
Pledge FuIfillmsnt.

ny AntormetnOanI News Service.
DUSSELDORF, April 2S.-
Chancellor Marx, of Germany,
speaking almost within the shadow
Of the headquarters Of the French
army Of occupation, declared today
that Germany must meet the de-
mands Of the Allies.
Muaa Fulfill Terms.
Germany can regain her freedom
only through policy Of fulfill.
ment," he said. I'VE cannot fight
the worlds strongest military power
with walking sticks.
"The Munich farce was dis
astrous for Germany. The nearer
one gets to occupied territory the
more reasonable the people arr
found to be. A few French bat
talions might cool the Bavariar
temper.
Maybe / will be beaten up FOL
saying that when return to Berlin
but it Is true"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-28
TOWNS To HOLD
ELECTIONS
MAY 3
Lively Contests Expected in
Some-Rocl<viIIe's Mayor
Not Candidate.

ROCKVILLE, Nd, April 49,
Rockville, Gaithersburg, Kensing-
ton, Takoma Park, Glen Echo,
Poolesville, Barnesville, Laytons-
vile, Brookeville, Damascus, Som.
erset, Carrot Park and Friendship
Heights win hold their town cleo
tons on Monday, May 5, most Of
them to choose mayors and mem.
bers Of the town council.
In several Of the towns, lively
elections are In prospect. In Rock.
vile, the county seat, however,
there Is every indication that IL five
individuals, men or women, can be
induced to serve the town for the
next two years d mayor and
members Of the town council they
may have the jobs without con.
tests.
DR.. Otis M. LinthicuIn, who has
been mayor OF Rockville for sew
eral terms, has announced that
he has definitely decided not to be
candidate for reelection, and
CounciImen Washington Hicks and
Clifford H. Robertson, who have
also been in office several terms,
have made up their minds to retire.
Councilmen Joseph H. Claggett and
Charles G.. Holland, members of
the board for several terms, are
understood to be willing to con-
tinue, and there IL said to be no
without opposition, one Of them
possibly as mayor.
Congressman Connolly Of Texas
will be the principal speaker at d
meeting OF the LaytonsviNe branch
Of the Women's Democratic Club
OF Montgomery county, to be held
in the hall Of the Modern Wood
men of America. Laytonsville, Fri
day evening.
Preston B. Ray, clerk Of the cir
cult court here, has received the
commissions Of. the following, who
were recently appointed jlstices Of
the peace for the county by Gov.
ernor Richie. Samuel Riggs, Sam
uel r. Kyle, Robert E. Lee, Ed
mund p. B. Margerum, George e.
Hughes, John A. Hall, Alfred T..
Fairall, Bernard A. Duke, Upton
Perrell, Roszel woodward, James
E. Garrett, John b. Beall, Percy E.
Redden and John L. H. Sawyer.
At the annual meeting of the
Montgomery County Chapter Of
the American Red Cross, held at
the high school building here. Of.
ficers were reelected as follows:
Chairman, DIR. George e. Lewis;
vice chairman, Mrs. John r. Hen
derson: secretary, Mrs. j. Somer.
vile Dawson; treasurer, J. Paul
Burnett. All members of the ex.
ecutive board, consisting Of one or
| more representatives from each u
the ten branches Of the county.
| were also reelected.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-28
HANIHARA NOTE
ISsUE.|N JAP
POLIT|CS
ANTI Government Forces Play
Up Diplomatic
Faux Pas.
BY DUKE N. PARRY.
international News service.

TOKYO. April 2s.-The phrase
grave consequences" threatens to
become the central issue in ( do.
nestle Japanese political battle.
It was indicated today that the
anti.government forces will use the
Hanihara note in an attempt to un.
seat the Kiyoura government.
YulSio Ozaha, q fayorite OF the
people among the anti.goyernment
politicians issued broadside
against the foreign office for what
he declared was their biunder In
diplomatic language.
1.-THE japanese brought on this
unfortunate situation" declared the
proclamation.
ut appears that the government
instructed Hanihara to use Ian.
guage that a good diplomat should
know is improper.
Therefore the entire misunder-
standing is blamable upon the for.
eign office and the Kiyoura minis.
try. This the people Of Japan must
realize"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-28
Dawes Plan Is Praised
BY Stresemann, Urging
! Acceptance hY Germans

BRESLAU, Germany, April 2S.-
Foreign Secretary Gustav Strese'
mann praised the Dawes reparation
plan In an election speech here to-
day.
1.-THE experts report" said the
foreign secretary, proves that com.
mon sense is regaining the upper
hand. Hard work and no illusions
constitute the best policy for Ger.
many.
Since the industrialist quit the
German peoples party the latter
has had a free hand to fight the
trusts and to protect the workers
and smaller trades"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-28
COOLIDGE TOLD.
TAX FIGHT IS
LOST
Senate Leaders Say cOmpro-
mise on Mellon Plan Must
Be Made in Congress.
By II. K. REYNOLDS,
IntermaA,an.l rrs,.,. sepvsra


President Coolidge has been adj
vised by Republican leaders in the
Senate that the Mellon income tax
rates are doomed to defeat and
that he will have to accept q COM
promise If he signs the new tax
reduction bill, it was learned to-
day.
May Adopt House Rates.
Already rejected by the House,
the Mellon schedules-with q maxi.
mum surtax rate Of rs per cent
win come TO a vote in the Senate
this week with enough votes lined
up against them to definitely elm.
mate them from the bill.
The compromise is expected to be
based on the rates adopted by the
House-a maximum surtax Of SIN
per cent and normal rates of per
cent on incomes below $1,000, s
per cent between $4,000 and 5000
and 6 per cent from $1,000 up.
These are the so-called Longworth
rates. and they were put through
by the Republican floor leader
after the House Ways and Means
Committee was decisively defeated
by Dem0cratic-insurgent coalition
in trying TO force the Mellon rates
into the bill.
To Fight Each Step.
In getting at the compromise,
Senator Smoot Of Utah, In charge
1t the revenue bill, with first sub.
NIT the Melons schedules to a
vote. That they will be over.
whelmingly rejected is a foregonc
conclusion. Then he will try an.
other schedule, probably with a
maximum surtax rate of 80 or 3e
per cent, going up the scale until
S7h per cent Is reached. This rate.
Sm0Ot says, is as high as he is
promise with the Democrats and
the Republican insurgents, both Of
whom have complete tax plans of
their own.
The Democratic plan, drafted b.
Senator Simmons of North Caroline
is almost identical with the rate
CdCTlSO IA inc HOUSE DILL HE
maximum surtax rates being SO
| per cent above 100000 and 40 per
cent above 100000. There is a
possibility that the Democratic
rates Will be adopted II the Repnb-
lican leaders cannot hold the in
surgents in line during the various
stages Of the compromise maneu-
vers.
Coolidge Veto Feared.
Any deviation from the Mellon
rates is condemned by the Secretary
of the Treasury on the ground that
the finished bill would not % scien-
tlfic in principle and would not
bring sufficient revenue into the
Treasury.
Defeat Of the Mellon rates by
both Houses might lead President
Coolidge to veto the bill when It
reaches him in view Of the firm
stand he has taken against efforts
to revise the Administration schci
ules, but there is a general belief
tina: he will accept the compromise
when 1t is made plain to him that
thar is the best that can be done
In the Sixty-eighth Congress by the
slender Republican majority in
charge Of tho bill.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-28
Belgium Is Proposing
Economic Penalties IL
German Pledges Fail

~ AASoE1oshVm1A NoNs SerVAces
PARIS, April 28.-Belgium is
proposing economic penalties rather
than military sanctions IL Germany
fails 70 carry out her obligations
under the Dawes reparation plan,
It was reported in diplomatic cir.
cles this afternoon.
Premier Theunis and Foreign
Minister Huyman's Of Belgium con-
ferred for two hours with Premier
Poincare at the foreign office.
No communique was issued after
the meeting but 1t was announced
that another session would be held
later in the day.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-28
'BEDHAIR BANDIT TELLS WHY AND HOW SHE HELD EN- UP
Europe Is Importing
Less Underwear
From u. S.

Either underwear is bec0m-
ing . luxury IN Europe or coun-
tries there are producing their
own, according to Department
of Commerce figures today show
ing exports Of that commodity
from United States were re-
duced a million dollars in 1928.
/, Cuba and Argentina alone
bought more knit cotton UNDER
wear than the year before. Ex-
ports Of knit wooden goods de-
clined slightly.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-28
Bursting Wheel Kills Man.

SCHENECTADY, N. T., April %.
One man was killed and six were
injured In the General Electric Com
pany's plant here when q wheel
which was being subjected to d
ploded. Pieces Of steel flew like
shrapnel to all parts Of the test
room.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-28
Count ReventlOw Sees
Germany's RuinatiOn If
Dawes Plan Is Accepted
ny International News Service.

BERLIN, April 28.-Count Revent-
low, a nationalist leader and one
Of the most influential political
writer's in Germany, denied in a
campaign speech today that Ger
many had the slightest share in
causing the great war"
Acceptance Of the Dawes report
means the ruinationt Of Germany"
he declared. ''It would put Ger.
many in the same position as
Austria and Austria right now is
completely at the mercy Of the
Allies"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-28
ADVERTISEMENT

Prices realized on Swift q COMPANY
sales Of carcass beef in Washington, b.
c. for week ending Saturday. April 2e,
1924, on shipments sold out, ranged from
1880 cents to 1890 cents per pound and
averaged 1898 cents per pound.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-28

The scientific world calls drug
addicts "the living dead" because
Of the difficulty Of cure, which Il
SO great that many physicians class
addiction rs q disease with cancer
and leprOsY.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-28
Havre de Grace Entries

FOR TUESDAY.
ST RACE-Three-year.olds and
d; one and one-sixteenth Tniles; !
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-28
swOre Il On Bible.

Read tOmOErOw's Washington
Times for the next thrilling chap
ter Of the BObbed-Hair Bandits
own 1e0ryl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-28

Polly Leighton = col Toodles ........ 9S
SECOND RACE - The Claiming
Steeplechase: four-year-olds and up
ward; two miles; purse. 1880; handi-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-13
Beech Trees
Here Because
of Spelling

Because an oid German home.
stsader. whose name o. loss iu the
ml6ts Of 20 yesrh' antiquity, couldn 3
write plain English. Lake TanWaH
shores bear IL line Of what - be-.
ucycd by the present owner 20 be
the only beech trees iu Western
Washington.
g-la h0msHtsadsr ordered his en-.
bryo orchard from an Eastern
nursery. ana wrote for about 20
"pecch trecn." The nursery man
read his ~" az "a "B." aud couss.
quenily a straight line Of bsschuut
trees. which smack Of Tie Ohio riy.
60 valley extend down thru the
orchard.
''Of course. the mistake WIS right
"a and we have peach trees. too.
now. but I'm sort Of glad that old
German couldn't write plainly. Those
old beech treeH are tho only ones
/ know u out here. ana It's sort Of
homeliks- makes sou think Of your
younger days back in the East, q"
saya l.. l.. Benbow. the present
owner.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-13

siuysd Hia work wa. no, complete
then. unless
The white man mapped out
infinitely what he was TO do.
That great panneh was IN direct
line with his boots. He would
draw up his knees, lightning
flash and kick otft. scnd him reel.
Ing 10 the wall and then leap
upon him. lie would throttle
this sweating hulk there on tic
floor and take tho Joy Of hts re
vrnEe out on Ills throat.
And then, btforc no could earn
out his act. something flashed behind
wonK. gl!itegfnE stssl Ia tho hall
light. and descended behind him.
Wong did not cry out. Clark.
hs eyen open now. saw his ycl.
low lace turn white and then tho
veins bulge at Tho temples Tho
great weight Of him thumpcd
solidly 20 tho floor and there he
sprawied Ia unEAinly fashion
atop tho dead dog. his eyes roll.
ing crafty In their sockets. his
lips moving as tho Inc were about
TO speak. Clark, watching him.
saw an expression OF surprise.
concern and then rage oroes his
face.
Behind tho fallen man Clark san
one OF tho young counoiimsn retreat
out OF tho doorway. II was night
Clark followed him. stepping gin
gerry over tho body OF his enemy.
CONTINUED In the next issue.)
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-13
srAnr mInI rnnAN

Flayd clark and Marian paEc.
children % fate. emerge from
strange adventures on an Island of
AmaEons escape mysterious paFse-
BUTTONS az the hands ~ Rcnard, argh
criminal m Seattle. and start lie
anew.
clark asks Marian 90 marry him.
but she refuses because ship
wreck has hlotted out her memory
az the past and she wants 20 first
discover who she ts, A hunch-
back Informs her che Is ncnard'a
daughter and she leaves clark.
CLARK falls into the hands Of the
council 81 five. Chinese tons
group. who lures him 90 their den
on an Island In the Columbia river.
Because he has unWlttinEiy
learned the secrets ~ their society
HE life becomes the pawn ga a
game ~ fan tan played By the coun.
Al against Wong, "a wicked old slave
-ealeE whose girl, Lee Choy, has
taken poison tntcnedcd Tor Clark.
His life Is lost In the game.
Now co on WITH THE STORY