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called back this morning. Attorney
hates asked the witness If the mule
and wagon he used in connection, with
his bottle shop" while working as an
under cover man did not belong to
Bruce Etheridge, admitted dealer in liq-
uors. Thomas declared he did not know.
He said he was furnished with from SOS
to 800 week by the government
with which to carry on his work as an
agent and TO make whisky purchases.
Thomas said when he was arrested BY
the sheriff's forces, Etheridge directed
him to a lawyer.
Cross-examination of the witness was
carried further by Attorney Jere Austell.
Thomas, answering questions, said he
was furnished liquor by the government
to start his bootleg shop, under pre-.
tense Of being a bootlegger. He said
United States District Attorney, Bfles
furnished him with the liquor. Ee de-
clared he did not sell whisky but gave
some away. He said be did not know
the names of persons from whom he
bought liquor, that he merely got the
location of places where he made his
purchases and labelled the bottles by
locations. He said he gave lots of .liq-
uor he bought to "Cyelops," a negro who
worked with federal agents at one time.
Thomas said he once rode with Mr..
Whiting, connected with the federal dis
triet attorneys office. Bruce Ether
idge, "Clyclops" and Nesmith, pointing
out skinny and liquor dealers.
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VITAL STATISTICS

go, BIRTHS
s Mr. and Mira william r. Moore. 1907
Cialrmont avenue. April p, girl
MI. and Mrs. Harvey c. Amos, s2S Fiji
tenth street south. April "a. boy.
Mr. and Mrs. James W: Beaver. 1874
Forty-hfth street March Is. boy. u
I Mr. and Mrs. Hugh NJ. Conner. sycamore,
Mr. ana Mrs. Miles shafter Sims,
Mr. and Mrs Drafton Farley. Cardiff,
I np ": 4 and TX Mr.. T. NaIt crookgF juno
MIR aud Mrs. Pete HensAA, Hrookside.
Mr and Mrs Isaac c. W. Garner. Route
Mr. and Mira oliver Norton Esco,, Ar
Holly street. May 2, girl.
DEATHS 80,
John v; WEIGH, Shades Mountain. April
clayton Edward Arnold. 1910 Avenue c.
Mrs Essie Kicks, all Seventeenth street,
Bessemer. May !, age 81.
:. John William Bradley Brown station
I. Mary d. ,sIaekford, SIS Ridgeway road,
Ms Ni.a A sss Z e. coleman, 1000 lrIsdon ave.
Thomas conwell. oakman, Ala April
Mrs Annie sutsrt. 61s Cotton avenue.
Bnl Hssspes Birmingham. May 8. age
panisf MeEachin. Fratsrnal hospital,
LaFayette T. smith. TOO Twenty. eighth
street. south. May ., age 50.
william James Stewart, 1877 Twelfth
street: south, May 4. age SO.
Robert NJ. Mcdaniel. Route g. sirTiing-
ham. May 2. age rs.
Mrs. Sarah Mccuila. SIC Glenwood ave-
nue., May 4, age S2.9
j. $, st.tunS. hit:Ist2n. Ala. May j.
Lost articles are found, work is OBJ
tainad hSln is aAcurod raai Asfafa Ia
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marketing of the finished products in
every principal market Of the world.
A feature Of the bond issue is that
each bond carries stock purchase war
rant emitting the holder to purchase
from the company, at $25 per share, at
any time within % years Of the issue
date of the bonds, 20 full-paid and nom
assessible shares of the capital stock
of the company for each $1,000 bond
and 10 shares for every $500 bond.
The purpose of the bond issue is to
retire outstanding indebtedness of the
, company and to provide additional
working capital. The bonds are being
offered at par and accrled interest to
yield per cent.
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MY EhonnaasisA y al sones
wonderful glory again In the. freq
motion I used to have, when my
days were younger. look at my
hands and think OF the. twists and
swellings they usedSto have. ! bend
way over to the door. I haven't
been able to do that In many years.
/ can thank 8. s. s. for 1t all! To
me Il was a rising sun OF Joy and
liberty. Brothers and sisters In
misery, do not close your eyes and
think that health, free motion and
strength ara gone from you for
everi Il is not SO. It Is here and
now for all of you. s. 8. 8. is watt
ing to help YOU" There is rea~
son why 8. s. s. will help you.
When you increase the number OF
your red-blood-cells, the entire
system undergoes a tremendous
change. Everything depends on
blood.strength. Blood which is mi.
nus sufficient fed-cells leads to a
long list OF troubles. Rheumatism
ts one Of them. 8. 8. 8. is the great
blood-cleanser, blood.builder, syS-'
tenn strengthened. nerve invigora'
tor. It stops skin eruptions, too,
pimples, hlackheads, acnc, boils, &c.
zer1a. It builds up rundown, tired
men and women, beauties COM
plexions, makes the flesh firmer.
Start s. 8. s. today. It Is sold at
all good drug stores, The larger
size Is more economical.
SIS. Rsss: W IS s.
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RIVAL NATIONS
SHARE MATCHES

LONDON. May 5.-America and
Great Britain, the only nations con-
testing In the International court ten
cup, today evened the first two matches
at the Queens club, jay Gould Of Phiia-
delphia defeating c. N. Bruce Of Eng
land 3-6. 60, SO. and E., l.. Baeriein,
the British champion, winning from c.
s. Cutting of New York, as, So, 6-3.
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JORDAN WINS MATCH

NEW YORK, May 5.--Aifred Jordan
q Kansas City won his match from
Nike Leiber of Toledo In the second
Prise round of the national checker
tournament today. II. o. Newcomb OF
|diddfield. o., defeated 8. Gonotsky Of
BROOKLYN. In first prize round matches,
|arried over from Saturday, John r..
HoFT, Buffalo, beat L. G. Waterhouse
Boston, ana @. NJ. Tanner, Chicago,
defeated w. =. Hiil, Lawrence. Mass.
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THE WEATHER


Aiassna rsir tuesday win mild
Louisianas Tuesday and wednesday
Psr cffss ns osasss q
Arkaneas; Tuesday and wednesdsy
night or Wednesday; cooler Wednesday.
okiahima; Tuesday unsettled. son4-
what colder; Wednesday partly cloudy.
sn sa;s Tssss nS wss, TsEss Tsssaay
virginia; Fair and sonaewhat warmer
followed by showers.
3 North and south carslina: Fair Tues
dsy; Wednesday local showers; mild
Georgia: Partly cloudy in north. prob
ably showers IN south portion Tuesday;
Wednesday showers no change IN tempe
erature. en- ~.
:, F =. ss Local showers TUESDAY ana
Ex.rsns Northwest Fgorid4. Ai.ssra
and Mississippi: Partly cloudy tuesday |:
thunderstofrns Tuesday nishs or Wed
Tennsssss sees and Kensncisy. partly c,ouay
raesday; thunderstorrns Tuesday after
noon or night; Wednesday showers ana
cooler. 4,
day; wedhesdsy showers 10 sra ana thund dsT
storms and cooler. TO-
acknowledgements sing eioudiness Tuesday,
peS sa ~ 81 sn0sr s.t s ss
day unsettled. probably rain In morning:
Missouri probably showers ana thur.
ernoon or. night. WEDNESDAY probably
fair cpoier in southeast portion. I
WINDS (, ~
s E,ut partly CLOUDY. showers off the
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around 10 DO nv
work without be-
ing all tired out
90 / would have
20 lie down. One
day when / was
reading the paper
i saw the Lydia
%. Pinkham's Veg
etsble Compound
'advertisesnentand
saw whakit did for
other women, 20 /
thought 1 would
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RULING BY COURT
FAVORS DEFOREST'
Entitled To Priority As Inventor
of The Audion, Decision Z

WASHINGTON, May 5.-Lee De-
Forest of New York, was declared to-
day by the District of Columbia court
Of appeals to be entitled to priority as
the inventor Of the audion as a means
Of producing sustained electrical oscil-
lAtions in transmission by radio or
Otherwise. The opinion reversed the
finding of the commissioner of patents,
Who had awarded priority to Edwin II,
Armstrong. Claims also had been made
by Alexander Meissner and Irving
Langmuir. IN
Justice Van OrsdeI held that the testi-
nsony of Armstrong and his witness
placed his conception of the invention
in October, 1912, and that DeForest
reduced his invention to practice in
August, 1912. The, evidence, the opinion
held, failed to disclose that DeForesi
abandoned it. eaa "a:
playing the blackface clowns for the
week and are producing the comedy
chatter for the bill. Sammy Duncan
in his Pride of Bonnie Scotland il
supplying the comic songs. q He is in.
Producing some of his original Scotch
the bill.
( Kerr and Ensign add musical
number to the production with their
Fiddle Up" Dura, Cross and Renee
are rounding out the bill with comic
chatter, acrobatics and tumblings.
j. NJ. @.
WEST LAKE TO OPEN
West. Lake, held by. Amusement
seekers on all sides to be one of tn,
beauty spots in Alabama, will formal
~ open for the summer season Friday
III was announced Monday by john,
Ryan. Workmen, who have been en-
gagged for weeks going over the grounds
have completed all work and, with foil
age Of the trees, shrubs and fewer
topped off with beautiful green, pre-
s~ot a beautiful appearance.
Taylor's 81 Ramblers orchestra .ha
been engaged for the open air dane,
pavilion, which will be featured. Oper
season that drew thousands and is ex
pected to offer the same appeal thi
Season.
Fed by the ever-flowing Glenr
Springs, the lake offers swimmers al
that could be desired. Inc water i
deep-if one wants it deep-and TO
children there is a wading pool. Witt
all this, a beautiful sand beach ha
been constructed and more boats add
ed. Ample life guard protection ais
viii be provided.
I'VE believe we are in better posi-
ton than ever TO handle the crowds,
said Mr.. Ryan. wv have alread,
scheduled scores of picnics and out
ings and, with dancing in the open 1
feature, we anticipate larger crowds
Private lockers have been installed fo
the ladies bath house@And everything
possible arranged for their accommoda
ton. 49, 80, sa
4 "In addition to all this, the fac
that West Lake is reached by tw,
paved roads, affording wonderful mo
tor ride, will appeal to many. AL il
all, we expect to have our bigges
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HEADACHE GONE
TIRED NO MORE
Gives Credit foLydia E Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. Hopes
Oiher Women win Benefit
by Her Experience

Skowhegan, Maine. eel was sick
most OF the time and could not get
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ADJUSTMENTS I
AT THE THEATRES

Jefferson-All-star Jefferson players
lin THE First Year" 'iSfE :
Lyric-Chief Coupolican; the Indian
baritone, vaudeville lead; picture, FOX
comedies and Pathe News. -:s.,sK ~
Loew's Bojou--Vaudeville lead. THE
Dance Shop" featuring Kaska Forova
keaton in "Sherlock. Jr.', 80.
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Lost articles are found, work is OBJ
tanned, help is secured, real estate is
sold, through Want Ads placed in
The Age-Herald.
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LOCAL DATA
az hours ending at AZ Y
For the ~ hours ending at 7 ,. m, ii
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G G G makes yCn feel
hse gOusa dgaaS
Evening star., 1924-10-17

Canada's Game Dying Out
Stainless Steel
An Actress Gives Millions to
Crippled Veterans
New Difficulties for the Missionaries
Why Christianity Breeds Trouble
What the Electoral College Is and
Does
Evening star., 1924-10-17
Nearly 100000 Ballots Are Recorded and Analysed
in This Weeks Issue

WITH THE TABULAT1ONS in Digest of nearly two
w million representing all the States Of the Union the
this greatest Of all unofficial polls may, for the first tm be
considered fairly representative of the
noteworthy that the Democratic percentage has slightly
corresponding fall the Republican percentage This percentage
pected still the succeeding States which
Democratic strength consed among the last
E.z~lea:o,, in e.
Evening star., 1924-05-25

creased to an enormous extent, re-
quiring at least so per cent more
personnel to do the business properly
than what obtained at that time. Il
is stated, and necessitating the utili-
zation of space to provide for storage
of the constantly increasing per-
manent files of the office.
More Space Held Vital.
The bureau now occupies the en-
tire patent office building. but finds 1T
difficult to transact it's business eff
fectively in view of the crowded con-
dition Of many of the rooms. Rec
ords, which have to be stored in the
building and be readily accessible,
grow at such rapid rate as to maxi
it advisable to take measures at once
to provide space for the continuous
accumulation Of the same. 1t is,
therefore. deemed vital that meas
ures should be taken Immediately to
provide for additional space required.
There are now housed in this build
ing over 50,000.000 copies of patents,
on about twenty miles of shelves
all OF these having a sale value of
S5.00o,OOO and cost value of possibly
S4.G00.000. At the present time they
are bringing into the patent office
from the sale of copies $4,000 per
month, or s226, 1880 for the last fisca!
year. In addition there are over
l,0O0,000 copies which were shipped
10 foreign governments in exchange
for copies of foreign patents for
which the patent office would other
wise have to pay cash
The quarters occupied by the per-
sonnet of the patent office are already
oTercrowded, and in some of the di-
visions dangerously so. as respects the
ventilation and light Of the space oc-
cupied
The bulk Of the files are now stored
in the galleries above the third floor.
The patent Office is now endeavoring
to obtain quarters for it's immediate
needs in the old Land Office Building.
Such quarters. of course, would give
temporary relief only.
There are about eight million dol
lars of money now in the United States
Treasury paid in by inventors over
cost of running the office.
The inventors are crowding the pat
ent office with their applications, are
paying the price of the service they
ask, and are appealing for prompt
action upon their cases. Great fiinan-
cial losses follow the delays in the
patent office. it is stated.
Evening star., 1924-05-25
u. S. Patent Office, Erected IL, 1910,
Has Many Historic associations

during recent years, distributed. were
first sent out by an appropriation
from patent office funds, contributed
in fees to the government by in
ventors.
The commissioner of patents was
instructed in the early days to make
agricultural Investigations. and he
served in a capacity equivalent to the
job now held by the Secretary of
Agriculture.
his duties as Secretary of State, was
the first patent examiner
First Patent in 1890.
The first patent was issued in 1890.
The Constitution provided for the
granting of these patent monopolies,
and it is the only monopoly acknowl-
edged by the government.
President Washington, in mis- first
message to Congress, recommended
the passage of the patent act, and
the patent law was passed by the
First Congress in 1890.
The first patents granted were by
a board consisting of the President,
Secretary of State and Attorney Cen
eral
There are early patents preserved
in the patent office which bear the
signatures of George Washington and
Thomas Jefferson. There were fifty
seven patents issued the first three
years.
until three years ago all patents
had to be signed by the commissioner
of patents, but now his name is print
ed on the form and atteSted by one
of the law examiners.
Just south of the patent Office on
the square between 7th and Sth, E
and F streets is another historic site
Here stood Blodget's Hotel, where.
In 1914. Congress convened. Before
it was torn down in 1896. 1t was oc-
cupied by the Post Office Department.
the patent office and the city post
office.
On this site also. which is now
occupied by the general land office,
was the first telegraph office in the
United States. opened and operated
by s. F. b. Morse
Evening star., 1924-05-25

The United Sattes patent office,
when Representative Blooms bill
proposes to have demolished, is one
Of the oldest government buildings
as well as one of the most historic
It was built in 1S40 The front
entrance is replica of one end Of
me Parthenon, in Athens 1t is built
Of the similar material as that in the
" hite House, and came from the same
quarry in Maryland.
An addition was erected in 1856
and again in 1861. Although an ap-
propriation was made before the civil
war operations were suspended and
the work was not finished until 1867.
This building was the scene of the
second inaugural bail Of President
Lincoln, in 1865.
There was a big fire in the model
hall in 1877.
The cutting down of F street to
grade during the extensive munich
pal improvements under the regime
uf Alexander Shepherd made neces-
sary remodeling of the front steps
OF the patent office.
Models In Museum.
The models of historical patents
are now on deposit in the National
Nuseum. No models are now required
under IA law which went into effect in
1880. All models or previous patents
IRE now in storage in rented build
jngs, and Legislation is pending be-
f"re Congress looking toward selling
these at public auction.
Prior to the erection of the Ma
.ional Museum, in the early COS. the
'nodel hall of the patent office was the
Gepository of the governments memo
-dbilia. including George Washing
-un'S trousers and belongings of revo-
,Itionary heroes. The trophies of
early exploring expeditions also were
deposited there.
The free seeds which CONGRESS has
Evening star., 1924-05-25
FARM WOMAN URGES
FORD SHOALS PLAN
Declares Southern Planters Will Be
Ruined if Project
Fails.

Acceptance of Henry Ford's bid for
Muscle Shoals to relieve southern
farmers troubles was urged at yes
terdays Muscle Shoals hearing of the
Senate agriculture committee by Mrs.
W. d. Edmundson, who operates a
farm near Muscle Shoals.
Unless Ford's bid is accepted the
f\mers of the south will be gone"
she declared, adding "the whole south
IS behind the Ford bid
"Fords proposal offers the south
ern farmers an opportunity to make
cotton which can be sold at profit
at low price, and the committee
has been doing nothing but sitting
here and talking about what can be
done to the industries in the Caro-
linas," Mrs. Edmundson asserted.
Brig Gen. Harry Taylor, who has
charge of the present construction
work at Muscle Shoals, declared that
dam No. should be constructed at
once by the government, regardless
of what would be the final disposi-
ton of the property. If work on this
lam were started now. he said, the
government could save s5,ooo,OOO by
using the organization that is now
completing dam No. 2.
Power by 1925.
Dam No. 2 would be ready to de-
liver power by July l, 1925, he de-
clared, and If dam No. l were started
now it could be built for s1,600,000,
but if its construction were delayed
IL would cost twice that amount. He
said the government had lost 5000
900 by Congress failing to make ap-
preparations in 1921 and 1922 Tor the
Completion of dam No. z.
A stir was caused in the committee
during the hearing when Chairman
Norris took exception to statement
made by Mrs. Edmundson that he had
failed to carry out a promise made at
picnic in Alabama, while the com
mittee was inspecting Muscle Shoals,
when, she said, he accepted a kiss
from a young girl with the under
Ford's Offer. Chairman Norris de-
clared he did not kiss the girl. the
girl kissed him." and demanded If this
was a deliberate attempt to discredtt
him After Mrs. Edmundson had ex-
planned that she meant 1T only as a
pleasantly, the hearing proceeded.
Rebukes Senator Ransdell.
Mrs. Edmundson rebuked Senator
Eansdell, Democrat, Louisiana, for
voting against the Ford offer, declar-
ing he was backslider," and she
oould not understand his voting
against the offer when he came from
a cotton state,
In reply to Senator Johnson, Farm
er-Labor. Minnesota, who asserted
that more and cheaper fertilizer
would mean only larger crops at a
reduced price that could not be sold,
Mrs Edmundson declared that If the
southern farmers were able to sell
cotton at Is cents they could not pro-
duce enough to meet the demand.
Many people are not buying 3O-cent
cotton who could and would buy 15-
cent cotton, she added.
At last nights session Milton
Whitney, chief of the bureau of soils
of the Department of Agriculture,
testified
Evening star., 1924-05-25

street, on 8th street and on and G
streets. He declares that as soon as
Sth street is cut through all realty
values in the neighborhood will in
crease. He predicts that within ten
years this increase in the values OF
neighboring properties will amount
to at least S10,000,000. Nothing at
tracts business like business" Repre-
sentative Bloom says.
Out of the s10,000,000 that Repre-
sentative Bloom believes the govern
ment can get for the patent office
property new patent office building
in a more suitable locality and
adapted In every way for the peculiar
ton of patents can be built at cost
which will not be more than s5,-
100000.
Sees Efficiency Lowered.
Representative Bloom has been ad-
vised by officials of the patent office
that the noise of traffic and handi-
caps In the construction in the pres
ent building are now a very serious
obstacle to economic and efficient op-
Grafton. He figures that an actual
saving in operation Of the patent
office in specially adapted building
on more appropriate site of from
25 to 33 per cent can be had.
He emphasizes that he proposes to
give the patent office a new building
with every facility without costing
the government ! cent, and with an
sands of dollars a year in operation.
He also warns that the possibility
of fire recurring In the patent office
is a matter for very serious thought.
Needs Often Stressed.
The urgent need for more adequate
accommodations for the patent office
has been repeatedly stressed in hear
ingS before congressional committees,
and in the last two annual reports of
the commissioner of patents.
Further quarters could be provided
by building fourth story on the
court side. of the building, as was
done in the Treasury building and
the House Office building. The court
yard could also be excavated to pro-
vide a storage space for the millions
of copies of patents which now bring
in a revenue Of $4,000 monthly.
These changes would enable the
present building to be more efficient
ly used, and would be a great aid in
bringing the work to date.
The needs Of the patent Office for
more space and greater facilities to
perform it's functions include an i'm
mediate requirement of $4,000 square
feet Of floor space to hold steel stacks
about $4,000 square feet of floor
space to be occupied by clerical divi-
sions.
AS far back as 1913 Congress ap-
propriated 100000 to enlarge the
patent office building by excavating
the court yard to depth Of twelve
feet below its present surface, to
provide a building about that height
by $50 feet long by about 100 feet
also % to erect in the court ~ yard am an
additional structure to provide in
creased space for the personnel of
the Office. Through attempts to
change the provisions of this act
which failed, the appropriation was
not available in time. Since that
time the work Of this office has in
Evening star., 1924-05-25
Y. M. c. A. BIBLE STUDY
WINNERS ARE ANNOUNCED
John Thacker and Terrell Crum of
Boys Department to Get Free
Vacations at Camp.

John Thacker and Terrell Crum
OF the boys department, Y. NJ. c. A.,
will receive the associations capital
prizes awarded to winners in Bible
study, examination and attendance.
The boys will get two weeks free
vacation at the ''Y' camp on Rhodes
River and in addition Thacker will
receive q silver cup.
Bradford Aberrathy won the prize
in the senior division and William
Knowles Cooper, jr., John SCHOOL, and
William Mcintyre were awarded
prizes for being winners in the pre-
liminary trials of the Bible story
contest.
Certificates as master men of the
old Testament" were awarded to
John Thacker, Terrell Crum. Lind
sey De Frees, Cambell Goodsly, Da-
vid Murray, William Mcintyre, San
ford Speer, Robert Gray. Richard Cas-
tell, James Deitz, John Doerr, Thomas
Rooney and Fred Taylor.
Those who took part In the Bible
story contest were Terrell Crum,
William Mcintyre, Richard Castell,
Othniel Pendleton. John Thacker,
Elaine Harrell, William Knowles
Cooper, jr., John Scholl, Ivan Munich,
James Mercer, Bradford Abernethy,
Troup Miller. John Doerr. 1r;; Robert
Smirnoff, Fred G. Yerkes, William G.
Fox, Ralph Koebel, David Murray,
Thomas Rooney. Donald Campbell,
Vernon F. Robbins, Lawrence Gould.