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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-25
YOUTH TRIES To
CLEAR GIRL
PALS
Young Man Takes Blame for
Norfolk Hold-up Girls
and Men Still Had

NORFOLK, Va. Sept. 2k.-
Whether the state or Federal al.
thorities will prosecute the male
companions Of the two so-called
bobbed haired bandits. arrested here
AFTER the alleged robbery OF 4 Sus.
1ex county farmer. Tuesday will be
determined IN police court TODAY.
Admitted theft. police say. OF an
automobile in Baltimore by Stanlev
heameg, twenty-five, a member Of
kle quartet, ney cause his proEecu-
ten under the Dyer motor vehicle
tfsft act.
'hs party. consisting Of Edith
rlaIl nineteen: Margaret Bern
inger twenty, pretty Atlantic city
waitress, and Harry Ebald, twenty.
two, said to be the son OF Phila-
delphia policeman. and Reamer. also
Of Philadelphia. was positively iden-
titled BY Thomas Lamb, Sussex
county farmer at whose home they
euent the night and whom later,
Authorities say, they robbed. Ream-
en- according to police, exonerated
the others and said he robbed the
Lamb home.
The four drove to Norfolk from
Atlantic city IN the auotrnobile.
The girls, held In detention as
material witnesses told police they
were on their way with the youths
70 Jacksonville, Miami or Palm
Beach, Fla, where they expected
TO get winter Jobs. They posed as
ReaEner's sisters here at the room
ing house where they stopped.
Baltimore police ana Sussex
county authorities are waiting dis
position OF the case to take the
prisoners. A federal investigation
- also under way.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-25
HAS ATTENDED.
rs N. A. n /.
MEETS
Col. J. w. Lowe Celebrates
Fortieth Wedding Anni-
yersary at Convention

Back in dear old Wat4rtown,
Mass. the neighbors know Colonel
John, w. Lowe as q leading drug
gist and prominent politician -T2c
publican.
But when Colonel Lowe goes ia d
convention Of the National Assocla-
.tion Of Retail Druggists, he Ii intro.
duced around as the 'convenitosnist,
delegate in the crowd
The N. A. r. n. has had twenty.
six annual conventions, and Colonel
Lowe hasn't MISSED one. AZ soon
as the call for another convention
goes out. he gathers up all the
druggists in adjacent New England.
charters special train ana takes
them of to get badges.
Whtle coming down to Wishing.
ton this year. with more than 100
delegates, the coloners friends made
9 surprise event Of HIS fortieth wed.
ding anniversary. presenting Mrs.
Lowe with purse and putting thS
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-25
FiouDlNi IS TO ESCAPE
FROM OLD b. c. DEVICE

An obsolete punishment device,
used in the District years ago, will
be brought into use again Friday
night when Houdini, man Of nays.
terry, viii seek to escape from It.
The device holds q prisoner from
the neck down to and including the
feet, and 10 strapped with broad
straps completely encircling the
body.
Houdini makes one condition.
that the device be fastened in such
a way 20 prevent all danger Of
.strangulation.
Major w. l.. Peake. of the District
jail, Is loanins the device for the
performance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-25
POLLING BOOTH ROW GIVES
WOMAN A FATAL SHOCK

BAYoNNE. N. j.. Sept. 35.-A
middIe-aged woman voter who was
taken with convulsions during the
excitement Of an argument in d
polling booth, where she had just
voted. was the first casualty Of the
Statewide primary election.
The victim, Mrs. Palmer Mack,
had cast her ballot when members
Of the election board engaged IN an
argument over the eligibility Of
another voter. During the excite.
ment. Mrs. Mack was taken with
commissions and rushed 10 the
hospital, where she died.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-25
A Spelling Bee.

"He cut the corner at Four
teenth and H northeast, SO I
asked to see his permit. He said
he was learning to drive and
that the man alongside him was
responsible. l told the instruc-
tor to slip me the permit re-
verse side up and spell the name
on it. He was something like
half the alphabet out Of the
way, and ! took him over to
No. g."
Counsel: "My client was un-
der instruction, your Honor, and
couldn't, of course, be supposed
to know the regulations. It was
not his fault that the instructor
was using a bogus permit, and
ask that the case be dis
missed"
The court: "What kind of
work do you do, boy?"
II jumps a truck"
what do you do after you
jump it,"
II takes it around to the
gar"
Counsel: "He means he helps
the driver, your Honor"
"How long have you been
jumping truck?"
"Two years, your Honor"
Sand you've just started learn
ing to drive 2"
eyes, sir"
Twenty dollars"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-25
MoHAIMMEDAN ARARs
REPORTED REsIEGEn

CAIRO, Egypt, Sept. s6.JThe
Wahabi, or Mohammedan Arabs,
who are at war against the states
created out Of the old Turkish EN-.
pire, are reported under siege today.
The Wahabi, however, stu hold
the city OF Taft. Their armies
moved against Hedjaz and Trans.
Jordania.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-25
WOMAN WRITER'S PLEA IN
ESTATE FIGHT IS DENIED

TRENTON, IN. J.. Sept. 25.--vice
Chancellor Buchanan refused to
grant the applications for an in
crease Of from $4,000 to $4,000 an.
nually forS Mrs. Mary e. wilkins
freeman, author, of Metuchen, from
the estate of her husband, Doctor
Charles Manning Freeman, whose
eEtate, valued at $175,000, was be-
Queathed to his chauffeur, Harry
Mohring, in his will, which was set
aside BY the courts.
The court also took under con
eideration award of counsel fees of
$1,000 each to lawyers appearing
for Mrs. Freeman: Sallie B. Free
man. sister Of the deceased ply
eician, and the attorney who drew
the will for Mohring.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-25
With The
Aibi Artists
A Cross Section Of the
Daily Grind in Judge
McMahOn's Court
Read En- and Weep.
By DONALD MeDOuGAL.
Fears Evil Eye.

1.-THE defendant was running
along neck and neck with the
street car / was waiting for on
Rhode Island avenue ct the corr
iler Of Fourteenth noffreast this
morning, your honor. When he
was about q hundrei feet away
/ determined to stand my Yround
and refuse to be forced away
from the car stop. Az so feet ]
became a little restless, and
when | could see the whites Of
his eyes ! Jumped for the side
walk.
Some Punk;ns. I'll
II got the first two numbers
Of his license from IS front tag
and the remaining three from
the rear. was just pulling out
an old envelope when q police
man hailed him. When / got
down there the defendant was
sayings 4 can't be stopped like
this, officer. / have to appear
at q committee hearmg. Here's
my summons The officer told
him: Wei If this man hadn't
been a good jumper he'd have to
appear at the lnorgue without
any summons. Here's your
ticket"
A Three-reel Aiihi.
Boob: 81 saw the man, your
honor, but he was in the street
instead Of at the cu..5 where the
regulations say he should be.
Besides, / was in a block where
there's only two houses and the
law permits me to rur at %
miles an hour there. The street
car was in motion when / passed
it, so I'm not guilty enyhow."
The court: "The cegulaiton is
that motorists must wait is feet
behind a street car that has
stopped or is about to stop for
the purpose of taking on OF let
ting off passengers.
Likes Rhode Island Avenue.
Boob; "WelI, anyhow, your
Honor, it's a general rule for
people insthat section to stand
out in the street and wait for
the cars. That obstructs traf-
fic. It makes it hard for a
motorist to be decent"
"That seems to be the case.
Ten dollars"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-25
RAPHAEL SEMMEs NOW
HEADS MOTOR COMPANY

Raphael Semmes has been elected
president Of the Semmes Motor
Company to succeed his brother;
Charles w. Sennmes, founder Of the
business, who died recently. Mrs.
Charles w. Semmes was chosen vice
president; e. B. Semmes, second
vice president and treasurer, and j.
"a. Sweeney, secretary.
The officers and Wilder M. De
Neane comprise the board of direc-
tors.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-25
A Sample.

"What are you driving around
town without a permit for?"
"Why, your Honor, / went
around to the Traffic Bureau
and they said I was too young
to have a permit"
Twenty dollars"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-25

colonel, who had forgotten ali abort
the happy milestone, In an crnbar.
raising predicament.
Colonel Lowe says he may not at
tend any more conventions, but since
he's been saying that for the past
ten years, the N. A. r. d. hopes
that he'll attend twenty-six more.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-25
Fifteen Persons Killed
By Landslide In
Switzerland

MILAN, Italy, Sept. 26.Fif-
teen persons were killed and
twenty houses destroyed when q
landslide swept down upon the
Swiss village Of Como today.
The landslide folio gcd . hurri-
cane which caused heavy dam
age at Locarnp.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-25

Several others, including police
men and two children suffered
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CONCERTS

BY the pnlted States Army Band,
IT Lincoln Park, Fest Capital
and Eleventh streete northeast,
$50 p. M, w. !. etannardl
March, apefiio',, Haney
overture, Turendot" sLachner
Excerpts from Prince o. Pill
sersnAde, ''Lss Millions D'ATls-
gum Drik0
Fox trote---
?. .Llmehouse BIues' Brhham
b. iChanBoIlette' Friml
Selection, Mhytirne's Roniberg
Waltz de ballet from 1.-THE
Queen OF ShebA'' .Gounod
March, Army and Marines
Starlxe
'sThe star-spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1924-06-11
Tivoli-'Dreamy Spain Etc

The principal stage attraction al
Crandall's New Tivoli Theater, be-
ginning next sunday, viii be
Dreamy SPAIN" with Senorita De
liria and her company of eight art
lists. The screen feature will be
Gene Stratten- -Porter's film version oil
her own story, "a Girl of the Linz
berlost."
Dreamy Spain" is colorful offer
ing of song, instrumental music and
dancing. handsomely mounted and
costumed. with Senorita Deliria and
her company. formerly of George
Whites scandals" Several of the
dance mum bers are given a distinctly
Castilian lit by the accompaniment nj
of violin, piano, accordion, guitar
and AndaluSian tom-ton.
"A Girl Of the Limberlost" does
not depart seriously from the author S
original story. Gloria Grey is cast in
il as Elnora Comstock. Other charac-
ters are impersonated by Emily FitB-
roy, Raymond Mckee, Cullen Lands
Alfred Allen, Virs mia Boardman
Jack Daugherty, Ruth StonehpusR
and Baby Pat" O'Malley.
The bill will embrace the custom
airy short-reei screen feature \.
Tivoli's Mirror of the Living World
and ''fivoli Wanderings" as well as
other musical and stage offerings.
including the Tivoli Orchestra in "A
concert overture, with Elias Breeskin
as concert master and Bailey ~
-Alart as conductor.
Evening star., 1924-06-11
Poll E's-"Prince of Pilsen.'

Commencing Monday night. De Wolf
Hopper and his comic opera company
begin the second week of their spe-
Ctal season at Potts TheAter, with
The Prince of PilSer."
Mr. Hopper. of course, will appear
as HahnS Wagner, IL Cincinnati
brewer, travelling abroad. Hopper Is
credited with giving most amusing
portrayal of this famous character.
Estelle Wentworth, the Washing
ton soprano, has been specially en-
gagged TO appear in The Prince OF
Iilsen," playing her original part OF
the widow.
complete new production has been
made just for the one week.
Tho original production Of The
Prince of Pilsen" was made by Henry
w. Savage at the Broadway Theater
New York, in 1908.
This famous light opera was writ
ten and composed by Gustav Ludeps
and Frank PixIey and was the great
est success of these two men, who
wrote and composed Il number OF
operas The original production ran
over one year in New York during the
first engagement and later returne ed
for several extended periods. 1t was
produced in London and Paris. and
what was most unusual, ran in each
place Tor more than year.
Evening star., 1924-06-11
Rialto-'How to Educate a
J.. Wife"

Marie Provost and Monte Blue are
supported by Claude GilliHgwater,
Vera Lewis. Betty Francisco. Creigh-
ton Hale, Edward Earle and Nellie
BLY, Baker, in Elinor Glyn's How
TO Educate Wife" which will be
the picture attraction at Moere's
Rialto Theater next week.
This story does not attempt te
fully solve any Of the perplexing
problems that arise in every mar
ried home. 1t provides a merry,
mirthful entertainment interspersed
with sound philosophy ! IL deals with
the efforts of a struggling insurance
agent TO get on top by having his
w.se help him. When she fiirts too
violently with his clients in an effort
to help him in his business his
jealousy starts things.
Monta Bell, former Washington
newspaper man, who won his Spurs
Greeting broadway After Dark"
directed this production.
Short Aim features will include an
other of Hal Roach's ''Spat Family"
comedies.
Evening star., 1924-06-11
Keith s-Tom Burke, Irish
Tenor.

Tom Burke, the noted Irish tenor.
VIII top the bill at b. +. Keith's
Theater next week. Mr.. Burke brings
one of the worlds finest. voices.
Homer b. Mason and Marguerite
heeier. fixed stars in the armament
of fun, will appear as the added at
traetton. in Porter Emerson Browne S
new comedy, Marriage"
Others will include Morton e. Glass,
IN April" an amusement rainbow
OF color ard action, by Paul Gerard
Smith; Ruby Norton, her first appear
ance here following a world tour,
with Clarence SIENNA at piano. in a
program of exclusive songs written
Tor her by Irving Caesar, Leo Ed
wards and Clarence SIENNA: Frank
Hurst and Eddie Eoigt. in patter and
nonsense. "Profiteering in Fun; Bob
Anderson with his wonderful polo
pony; Scanion, Deuno Bros. & Sean
lon, IN "Old Ideas Renewed" sing
ing and dancing turn. and the Three
J,ordons. in Lights Out" with
thrills aplenty.
The usual screen features will COM
plete the bill.
Evening star., 1924-06-11
Ambassador-"The Woman
on the jury"

Sylvia Dreamer. Frank Mayo. Lew
Cody. Bessie Love, Mary Carr Hobart
Bosworth, Myrtle Stedman, Henry B.
Walthall Roy Stewart and Ford
Sterling, top stars. will be pictured
in First Nationals film versien of
The Woman on the Jury" the at
traction at Crandalrs Amba ssader
Theater the first two days of next
week, beginning Sunday afternoon,
when Cliff Bowes will be seen alse, in
Family Fits" Tuesday and We'd
neSaay BETTY Compson will be the
star OF "Fhe White shadow" Der
othy Devore, in the two-reel Christie
comedy. Stay Single and the bill
will include The Mysteries OF Nah
Jong." Thursday and Friday Anna
Q. Nilsson will be seen. In "inno-
eeaee,' with Mack Sennett's twe-
reel comedy, '"rhe .Halfbsck of Netre
Dame" and Saturday. Buck Jones. in
The Circus Cowboy; Our Gang"
in Derby Day" and a sPaFt reel.
The daily program will include also
other film features and pipe organ
music.
Evening star., 1924-06-11
Strand-"Mister Booze.

The vaudeville and picture program
1T the Strand Theater nextf-week Will
be headed by Frank Terry, actor, au-
thor and screen star. in his erisina!
skit Mister Booze" The koka CaFni-
val Company. starring Al keko, the
clown, in his bounding contest. viii
also be seen. Others will include Jean
La coste and her boys in a minstrel
first part with singing, dancing and
comedy, Beuiah Kennedy and bllIis
dances, and Conrad faflan Company
in a series of beauty dances and
musical numbers
Paris, the center OF fashion, opera
and art, and the mecca OF pleasure
seekers is the setting for IA Man 5
Mate" the screen Offering in which
John Gilbert is starred. supported by
Renee Adoree, Noble Johnson, VIII
fred North, Thomas Mills and James
NeilL
Evening star., 1924-06-11
Metropolitan-"T The Woman
on the Jury.

The Woman on the Jury" First
Nationals screen version of the play
OF the same name. will be seen s the
feature of next weeks bill at Gran
dalls Metropolitan Fheater.
In the principal roles of this story
of wroRged woman who was called
upon to sit in judgment on the case
of another feminine victim of the
same man will he found Sylvia
Dreamer, in the title role; Frank
Mayo. Lew Cody. Bessie Love. Mary
Carr, Hobart Bosworth, Myrtle Sted-
man, Henry B. walthall, Roy Stewart
and Ford Sterling.
Frank Mayo is cast as the young
husband of the. first victim of the
Peter Pan man." impersonated by
Lew Cody.
Metropolitan World Survey. come
dy and a concert overture played by
the Metropolitan Symphony, under the
ConduetoFshiP of Daniel Breeskin,
viii be added features of the bill.
Evening star., 1924-06-11
OLD RUSSIAN RUBLES
CONTINUE TO JUMP
Market Flooded With Bids, But
0fferers Hold Out for
Higher Prices.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK. June l1.-RuSsian
rubles of the old czarist DYNASTY
which had advanced from s4oo to
$1,000 per million within a fortnight.
scored an even more sensational gain
Yesterday, selling above $4,000 to the
million. The market was flooded
with bids of s1,J00 a million, with
offerers holding out for $4,000
Additional explanation for the sud
den demand for the currency, orig
mating in Japan. was found TODAY in
the announcement that many Russian
foreign trade accounts, coptracted
several years ago on Romanoff
ruble basis, were falling due at this
time and were payable only in these
bills, X
Evening star., 1924-06-11
EVERYMAN'S
INVESTMENTS
By George 7. Hughes
Twenty-Ninth Article,
Relative Impertnnoe of Savings.

NetatSe Am&0Ftunce Oi SavfnES.
am often asked to outllne a plan for
systematic savings. This is not an easy
task. simply because Individual require
| ments and temperaments differ so wide
| ~ A few general principles, however.
| can he laid down.
The first is that the matter of life in
Surance should be cared for before any
thing else is done. Next for most people
a rev shares In a building and loan as
ISOLATION operating locally are very de-
sirable. Both with life insurance and
with building and loan savings regu-
larity is practically compulsory. You
| nave TO pay the premium whenever the
times come around, and IL you fail to
pay your building and loan dues you
arc subject to small fine. although
there are some associations which have
plans whereby the amount and the period
of the payments is optional.
Bond Investment Urged.
| For the average man it is better that
he feel compelled to put aside the gum
| regularly. Supposing these methods to
have been already adopted. it is next in
order to take thought about securities.
Nowadays so many bond issues are
available in denominations OF 500 that
| there is no excuse for those even Of
small income not being able to make
sound investments. 1t is more a matter
Of acquiring a habit than anything else.
1t is surprising to see how much may
be saved when the attempt is honestly
made.
OF equal Importance to the saving of
the funds necessary to buy the securities
is the reinvesting of the interest OF
dividends At the beginning il seems
hardly worth while to reinvest the pro-
ceeds OF the coupon on a 500 bond.
The amount is too small. Yet this is
very important if one is to make a start
in accumulating a surplus for old age.
Probably the best way is to make it an
invariable rule to deposit the proceeds
of each investment in the savings bank
as they come along. this assuming. of
course, that living expenses are covered
out of weekly earnings.
Savings Banks Vital.
Most savings banks will accept bond
coupons or dividend checks as deposits.
thus obviating the necessity of having
them cashed. Probably you will find it
possible from time to time 10 make other
deposits whenever there are any unex-
pected receipts such as d honus from
your employer. In any case. the amount
in the savings bank should be left un-
disturbed at least six months in order
to benefit by the interest the bank pays
After that time IT may be withdrawn for
the purpose of buying some other Sc
cupity as the apo1nt saved may war
rant The interest on the new security
in turn should be deposited in the saw
ings bank. and after a few years prog
reSs will be amazing.
A word of warning should be added
not to begin too ambitiously. IL you do
you are apt to become discouraged and
abandon the whole scheme.
Copyright, 1924 by the Consolidated Press
Association
Evening star., 1924-06-11
HARDWARE TRADE DULL.
Special Dispatch TO The star.

Special Dispatch TO The star
NEW YORK, June I1-Hardware
Age, in its weekly market SUMMARY
Will say tomorrow:
weather conditions in various seq
tieRs continue to have a retardinz
effect on the sale OF seasonable mer-
chandise. However, shelf hardware.
builders hardware, automobile acces-
sories and some lines of specialties
are reported to be consistently active.
although the amount Of business that
is being done is more or less confined.
Prices are holding in most lines.
No positive change in general busi-
ness conditions is expected by manu-
facturers and jobbers until after the
political situation is more definite.
Business is expected to mark time UNI
I'll early fall, when more aggressive
buying tendency is expected to be
manifested.
Collections throughout the country
are reported from poor to fair. Reta il
stocks, however, are for the most part
light.
Evening star., 1924-06-11
AMUSE EMENTS

romance that "The Birth of a Nation"
occupies with respect to American
drama.
Jannings has the role of Peter the
Great, the man who brought Russia
from weak nation TO world
power, who took from, his chief gem
eral the beautiful canteen girl who
later became Catherine the Great, and
who was made the subject of reve-
tutionary attack started by his d.
vorced wife and weakling son. How
he successfully overthrow the revolt
and established his favorite en- the
throne forms the dramatic theme of
the story.
Added screen and musical subjects
will round out the bill.
Evening star., 1924-06-11
POWER OPTION OBTAINED
Philadelphia Concern Said to Be
After Maryland Rights.
Special pispa tch to The star.

|
BALTIMORE, June 1l.-Interests
identified with the Philadelphia Electric
Company are reported to have obtained
an option on the power rights owned BY
the Susquehanna Power Company on the
Susquehanna River at Conowingo, Md
A fifty-million-dollar power development
Is contemplated if the option is exer-
cised. il is said.
CARRYING out of this project would
make this one of the major units in the
great power system now being evolved
for the industrial territory between the
Potomac. Massachusetts, the Atlantic
and Pittsburgh. Incidentally, ID would
make Maryland and territory bordering
on this state supreme in hydroelectric
development
The Susquehanna Power Company
was incorporated under the laws of
Maryland in October. 1919. for the pur-
pose of building a hugh power plant at
ConoWingo. Rights of way have been
acquired and the site cleared. but no
work of construction has been done thus
far. Luther NJ. r Willis of Baltinere il.
the Maryland representative ef the cusE
poration.
Evening star., 1924-06-11
Palace -Pola Negri In
"Montmartre,"

Pola Negri will be seen at lloev's
Palace neNt week in a new Para
mount picture, "Montmartre.' di-
reeted by Ernest Luhitsch, who first
brought Pola to the screen abroad
and who has followed up his own
successes as a director with 'fhe
Marriage Circle" and "Rosita.
"Montmartre' is a love tale OF the
Paris Latin Quarter of half a cen :
tury ago. when that coiorful and ro-
mantle corner of the French metropo-
lis was recognized as the favortte
haunt of hohemians. In the role OF
dancing girl the idol of the cafes,
who falls in love with young COM
poser and also weoed by an unscrup-
ulous cousin. Pola Negri finds an out-
let for the romantic appeal that dis
tinguishes her acting.
Added screen and musical features
will complete the bill.
Evening star., 1924-06-11
Home.

Sunday and Monday. Thomas Meig-
han, in "The Confidence Man. Tues
day, Herbert Rawlinson and Alice
Lake, in The Dancing Cheat: We'd
nesday, Tom Moore and Ann Forrest,
in Marriage Morals: Thursday, Mar
tina Mansfield, in THE Little Red
Schoolheuse": Friday, Jacaueline Lo-
gan, in 1.-THE Dawn of Tomorrow;
third episode, "The Fast Express"
Saturday, William Desmond, in "The
Breathless Moment"