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Evening star., 1924-08-19
WORK FOR FIREMEN.
Dense Smoke in Apartment House
Alarms Tenants

Little fire and much smoke caused
considerable excitement among occu-
pants of an apartment house at 941
1 street shortly after midnight. The
fire occurred in a closet under the
stairway on the lower floor. where
several boxes we're stored.
Six fire companies responded to an
alarm sounded from a nearby box.
Occupants of the apartments, alarmed
by the smoke, quickly left the build
ing, and were gathered on the side
walk, in scant attire, when the fire.
men arrived.
Damage to the building was esti-
mated at SIS.
Three other fires Of no consequence
were reported as follows: The home
Of Howard Brady, 1925 Nichols ave-
nue., Anacostia; the home of Harry
Dickhaut, 1907 F. street southwest,
and the automobile of w. T. Kelly.
1410 NJ street.
Evening star., 1924-08-19
CHEVY CHASE ROAD
WORK AIDS TRAVEL
Both Sides of Connecticut
Avenue to Be Available
for Auto Traffic.

Street building which is under way
in Chevy Chase, Md, on Connecticut
avenue, the main thoroughfare, will
make it possible for autoists to use
both sides of the street car tracks.
A cement roadway is being laid on
the eastern side of the tracks for a
portion of the stretch between the
Chevy Chase Club and the Columbia
Country Club, with the result that
motor cars will not be compelled to
use the western side of the avenue
travelling both ways.
The increased travel through this
suburb of Washington. added to the
growing number of Washingtonians
who have built residences over the
line in Maryland, has made the route
somewhat dangerous. Outward and
inward traffic has been confined to
one side of the street, and some colli-
sions have occurred
The new stretch of cement roadway
extends from Taylor to Woodbine
street, in connection with the re-
cent construction of Williams lane,
Underwood and Thornapple streets.
The work is being pushed, and new
poles have been set for the electric
wires.
The need for this new construction
has been growing in the past few
years. it is stated. The extensive use
of Connecticut avenue has reached a
climax this Summer, when on warm
evenings there has been a steady
stream of motor cars running in both
directions on the western side of the
avenue. One reason for this is the
existence of the two big country
clubs at opposite ends of the con-
gested stretch. Another factor is it's
use for through travel toward Rock
Vile.
The Importance of the highway was
established dozen years ago, when
the public roads office of the Depart
ment of Agriculture in laying down
experimental roads, chose the Chevy
Chase section for some of it's most
important experiments
BituminouS macadam and surface
treatment was used between Chevy
Chase Circle and Bradley lane; BIZ
luminous concrete, cement concrete,
oil-cement concrete and bituminous
surface treatments on concrete and
vitrified brick were used from Bradley
lane to Chevy Chase Lake.
While the Federal Government was
studying these from a scientific point
of view, the automobile owners Of
Washington and vicinity were using
them for pleasure travel, because
they furnished one of the finest road
ways in this vicinity. Others were
building houses that might be reached
easily, and now the traffic is so great
that the widening of the avenues
surface has begun in earnest.
Evening star., 1924-08-19
BAND CONCERTS

Tomorrow, United States Capitol,
at 5 pm. United States Marine
Band, William H. Santelmann,
leader; Taylor Branson, second
leader, conducting. Program:
March, The Standard Bearer"
Volant
Overture, "Rosamonde" Schubert
Nocturne. Dreams of Love-. List
Solo for xylophone, ''Valse Ca
price .RublnSteln
Musician Wilbur d. kieffer. :.
Selection. La Boheme". -. .Puccini
Waltz. Jolly Fellows. Vollstedt
Ballet music from Faust" .Gounod
The Star Spangled Banner"
United States Soldiers Home
Band. at Soldiers Home bandstand.
tomorrow at 5:4o o'clock; John 5.
NJ. Zimmerman, bandmaster.
March, Mercedes ....... Robinson
Overture, Tampa" .Herold
Entr'acte-
(a)" Tale of Two Hearts,"
Roberts
(b) "On the Bosporus,. ..Lincke
Selection from grand opera.
'Maritana' .......,... Wallace
Fox trot, Bees Knees. Lewis
Waltz Espagnole. Mia Bella"
Roeder
Finale, 1.-The Fez". PAMELA
The Star Spangled Banner
Band concert this evening at
1880 pm, at Lincoln Park, East
Capitol street, by the United States
Navy Band, Charles Benter, direc-
tor.
Brazilian March. "a Cansao di
Soldodo''
Overture. "Fierrabras".. Schubert
Suite. "A Sevilian Festival ..Tavan
(a) "Bolero"
(b) "Jota'
(c) "SevillanaS''
Cd March of the Toreadors"
Humoresque on "Gallagher and
Shean' ............. Arr. Sousa
(Through the courtesy of John
Philip Sousa)
Descriptive, "A Hunting Scene
BuccaloSSi
Grand scenes from the opera.
"Hansel and Gretel."
Humpe rdinck
Valse de concert, Girls of Wen
ma Zlehrer
Airs from the popular musical
comedy. THE Red Mill Herbert
Popular (selected
Star Spangled Banner
Evening star., 1924-08-19
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
LONDON, August 19.-Out Of the
great African interior by way of
Capetown comes a pathetic story of a
group of white men and women. who
are living in a state of subsection to
blacks, who exercise complete mas
terry over them.
The tragic fate of these unfortunate
whites has just been revealed in a re-
port. which officials of the South AZ
rican governments locust expedition,
now in the interior of the great kala-
hari Desert. have sent to Capetown.
The expedition went into the in
terror to study the breeding grounds
of locusts.
When they arrived at Molopolole,
a hundred miles in the interior of the
desert, the officials were taken be-
fore Sebele, the paramount native
chief They found him well educated.
able to speak English fiuently, both
he and his wife wore European
clothes.
Act As Servants.
The visitors discovered some so
white men and women living near
Evening star., 1924-08-19
BABY SHOW TO BE HELD.
Event Features st. Gabriel's
Carnival Tonight.

A baby show will feature the third
evening of the st. Gabriel's Church
carnival, at Grant Circle and Varnum
street, tonight at 1880 o'clock Three
classes of prizes are to be awarded.
They are for babies less than 1 year
old and for those between / and
and 8 years of age. respectively
An attendance of more than 5000
was reported at the carnival last
night. Dancing was the feature of
the evening.
There are various attractions at
the carnival. The lawn is arranged
to resemble a beach resort, the en-
trance, in the form of a huge arch
way, being decorated with hundreds
Of lights.
Evening star., 1924-08-19
PICKPOCKETS PLY TRADE.
Two Persons Robbed Yesterday by
Light-Fingered Rogues.

Pickpockets victimized two persons
here yesterday. They were reported
to the police as follows:
Girard Jordan. 135 c street north
east boarded Capital Traction car at
Chevy Chase yesterday afternoon and
alighted at Second and B streets south
east. Three other passengers jostled
him, he stated, and shortly afterward
he discovered his pocketbook, contain
ing $500, had been stolen.
Missouri Leak, SIS Defrees street,
while shopping in a Seventh street
store was robbed of her pocketbook,
containing Sal. She told the police
she believed the theft was committed
by d young colored woman.
Evening star., 1924-08-19
DEMOCRATS TO MEET.

The Davis-Bryan Progressive Demo-
cratic Club will hold its first large
gathering tonight at o'clock, in the
Washington Hotel.
Among the speakers will be Judge
Robert !. Hardison. former Police
Court judge; Gen. Oden Lake, Nor
man Landreau, representing the
American Legion; John Costello,
Democratic C m m t m n, and
others.
The club will maintain permanent
headquarters here. Plans for which
will be made tonight 49,
Evening star., 1924-08-19

accused the Democratic nominee as
now having turned squarely about.
faced in the opposite direction and
feebly proposing that vote be
taken on this question before we
finally take the STEP
The election of 1920, Senator Wat
son contended had provided a refer
endum and the course of the Republi-
can party under Presidents Harding
and Coolidge. he added, had been in
strict accord with that referendum
Evening star., 1924-08-19
SLEW FATHER, is CHARGE,
New Yorker Accused of Killing
With Blow of Fist.

NEW YORK, August 19.-Harry
Schrimpton. 80 years old, was arrest
ed early today on a charge 70 homi-
eide after his 6S-year-old father.
George Schrimpton, was found dead
in front of his home. The police
charged that the son killed his father
with q blow of his fist. The prisoner
declared that his father died Of heart
failure after quarrel
Evening star., 1924-08-19
Ancient Tree in Utah Park.

A juniper tree not less than 5000
years old has been found in the
Cache National Forest in northern
Utah near the Logan Canyon high
way and is being protected by the
United States Forest Service. Scien-
lists say it is. perhaps. the oldest
juniper tree in the world. 1t is AZ
feet high and measures feet 6
inches in diameter near the ground.
Evening star., 1924-08-19
LAWYERS ADMITTED.

Ten men were admitted to practice
at the bar yesterday by the District
Supreme Court. OF these two were
Washingtonians.
They were: Charles H. Houston, 615
F street; Samuel A Syme, Transpor-
tation Building; Representative Sam
uel Dickstein, New York; Elmer j.
Binford, Indiana; Henry G. Colvin,
New York; Alvin E. Evans, Nebraska;
Edward c. Finney, Kansas: L Meares,
North Carolina; Charles H. Shamel.
Illinois. and Glenn Y. Wells, Oregon.
Evening star., 1924-08-19
Announce Waterway Allotments.

Allotment of $25O,0O0 for MAIN
tenance and improvements along the
Hudson River was announced today
by the Army Engineer Corps. Other
allotments included $S5,000 for the
Sacramento River. $4,000 for the
Saginaw River and $1,000 for Ashta-
bula Harbor.
Evening star., 1924-08-19
WATSON DISCUSSES
DAWES PLAN TEXT
Acceptance Held to Demon.
Strate G. o. P. Achieve
mentS for World Peace.
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
! CHICAGO, August 19.-Allied-Ger-
| man acceptance of the Dawes plan
was declared by Senator Watson of
| Indiana in an address today before
the Hamilton Club of Chicago to be
| the Republican party's answer to the
| inquiry of John w. Davis. Democratic
presidential nominee. as to what
single contribution the present Re-
| publican administration had made to
the peace of the world.
THE arms conference and the
| Dawes plan represent the two long
est steps ever taken for the pacifica-
ton of the world, and the United
States, under a Republican admins
tration, took both of them without
belonging to the League OF Nations or
being in any way entangled in it's po-
| litical involvements," Senator Watson
asserted. 'In every truth, if we had
belonged, we no longer could have
| occupied the impartial position of
umpire and could not we'll have ex-
erted the powerful and conclusive in
| f1uence that we did"
Pays Tribute to Dawes.
Senator Watson, himself one of the
| candidates for the Republican vice
presidential nomination at the Cleve-
land convention, spoke at luncheon
liminary to the notification cere-
monies tonight for the conventions
vice presidential choice. Charles G.
Dawes. He paid high tribute to Mr..
Dawes, saying:
LAS Charles G.. Dawes was big
enough to head the first Budget Com
mission and succe ssfully launch that
craft on an uncharted sea, and as he
was big enough to formulate the plan
that has restored peace to Europe and
planted hope in the hearts of people
around the world, surely he is big
enough to be the next Vice President
of the United States"
AssaiIs Democratic Position.
The Indiana Senator assailed the
Democratic position on the League of
Nations and on foreign affairs as in
consistent and grotesque. The Demo-
cratic platform proposal for a ma
tional referendum on the league, he
said, was "fanciful, illegal, uncon-
stitutional and revolutionary"
"The truth is" he added. that our
Democratic friends, being alarmed at
the majority given against the league
four years ago, were afraid to en-
body in their platform a mere un-
equivocal demand that we join that
organization, and yet, on the other
hand, did not have quite courage
enough to throw it out altogether
because of what they said and did
four years ago, and. further. because
of the influence of Woodrow Wilson's
friends in the New York convention
and in the party.
"The whole thing, in other words,
resolved itself into question of ex-
pediency, and not one of right; into
a proposal for votes and not one for
principle, and this proposition ap-
pears all the more grotesque in the
light of the opposition of William
Jennings Bryan and his brother
Charles to our participation in the
League of Nations in any event and
under any condition"
Quotes Candidate Davis.
Quoting from speeches by Mr..
Davis in the campaign of 1920 de-
claring it to be>the duty and interest
Of America to Join to relieve the
world Of war as soon a. possible"
through the league. Senator Watson
Evening star., 1924-08-19
Quotes Candidate Davis.

Quoting from speeches by Mr..
Davis in the campaign of 1920 de-
claring it to be>the duty and interest
OF America to Join to relieve the
world Of war as soon as possible"
through the league. Senator Watson
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-08-08
Tree in Jersey State
Sports a Fell Bonnet

Newark, N. IA tree has been dis
covered that wears hat. II is a felt
hat and a good deal remains of it, con
sldering that from all indications the
tree has been wearing 1t for the last
twenty-five years. In swamp near
Chatham, N. j., stands the 20-foot
cedar that claims the distinction.
The hat circles the trunk of the
cedar at a height of about five feet
from the ground The trunk pushes
straight up through the crown of the
hat for Is feet, and a pair of sturdy
branches grown out since the tree i'm
paled the hat are at distance Of
about foot above it.
Despite its age and weather-beaten
green hue, the hat remains in excel
lent condition and, according to the
opinion of a manufacturer, in its pres
ent condition will last Indefinitely. A
tree expert, in trying to ascertain the
length of time the hat had girdled the
cedar's four-inch trunk, made compari-
sons by use of a trunk section of SINH
lar dimensions. His measurements
showed a growth of about an eighth of
an inch in the trunk per year, from
which he estimated that it would take
more than fifty years for the cedar to
enlarge sufficiently to break through
the hat and cause it to fall.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-08-08
Gold Ring Saves Life
of Ten-Year-OId Boy

Tecumseh, Neb.-The life Of Gerald
Brown, ten years old, was saved by a
gold ring in his breast pocket when a
cartridge exploded. The lad was try
ing to insert a cartridge IN the cylinder
of a .22-caliber revolver.
The cartridge stuck and the boy,
falling to press It In with his fingers,
placed the muzzle of the barrel Of the
weapon close to his left breast as he
tried to drive the cartridge in with a
hammer. It exploded with the weapon
directly over the heart.
The bullet struck a gold ring in the
child's pocket, rlcochetted and struck
rib following the rib around his side
and came out under the arm, dropping
to the floor. The boy was taken to
hospital, his wound dressed. He will
soon be out
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-08-08
NOTICE OF CORRECTION OF AS
SESSMENTS

Notice is hereby given that the
board of directors of the American
Falls Reservoir District will meet at
the office of the District at Twin
Falls, Idaho, on the 10th day of Au
gust, 1924, and proceed to levy an
assessment upon all lands of the dis
trict for the purpose of defraying
the expense of organization of the
district and of maintaining and
operating the property of the dis
trict, including salaries of officers
and employees, the purchase of sup
plies and perfecting a system of
records as required Iby law; that said
the lands of the district and will be
proportionate to the benefits re-
ceived by said lands from the or
ganization, maintenance and opera
alton as aforesaid; that said assess
ment will thereafter be carried out
by the Secretary of the American
Falls Reservoir District and entered
into an appropriate column on the
assessment roll of the district; that
the board of directors of the Ameri
can Falls Reservoir District will meet
as a Board OF Correction at the Of
fee of the district at Twin Falls, Ida
no, on Tuesday, September End, 1924,
for the purpose of making such
changes in the assessment book to
make it conform to the facts, and the
assessment levied as aforesaid will
thereupon be reviewed by the Board
of Correction upon the request of
any person interested.
Dated this 18th day of August, A.
d. 1924.
AMERICAN FALLS RESERVOIR
DISTRICT,
BY order of the Board of Directors.
Attest. w F. ALWORTH, Secretary.
BY f B. JOHNSON, Assistant Sec
rotary.
(SEAL)
July S22.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-08-08
TALKS BURGLARS
OUT OF ROBBERY
Criminal Lawyer SaDes Jew-
elry Worth $4,000.

New York-Frank W. Stanton, law
yer, of No. 1872 ST. Nicholas avenue,
adjoining Washington Heights court,
told police of West One Hundred and
Fifty-second street station he had
talked two burglars out of robbing him
Of $4,000 in jewels.
He was returning from boxing
match to his home, No. 605 West One
Hundred and Seventy-fifth street, he
said, when he saw lights in his apart
ment. Suspecting burglars, he cried:
Don't shoot, I've got my hands upT
as he entered. He found the burglars
had taken a pearl necklace, diamond
pin and diamond studded wrist watch.
go ahead, l won't resist" he said
to the intruders. "The jokes on me.
But I've been defending guys like you
10 years."
"What do you mean?" one Of the
burglars asked him.
"Well, I'm Frank Stanton, criminal
lawyer" he replied.
"Prove It." said one of the thieves.
Then, Stanton told police, he
showed the men cards and letters,
yhereupon one of the burglars ex-
claimed:
"Well, I'll be blowed Here, take
your stuff back. We wouldn't rob
you"
'If l had talked to them ten min
utes longer believe would have had
their bank rolls" the lawyer said.
He added he did not recognize the
burglars, although he thought It pos
sible they might have been among
clients he has defended.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-08-08
MOUNTAIN HOME
HIGHWAY DISTRICT
PROCEEDINGS

Mountain Home, Idaho, June End.
1924.
Board of Mountain Home High
way Commissioners met in regular
session with members Bennett, Hart
and Ross present.
The following proceedings were
had, to-wit:
Minutes of last regular meeting
were read and approved.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-08-08
Why His Horse Vanished

Williamsport, Pa.-Placidly plow-
ing preparatory to planting corn,
Thomas, Tule, a farmer residing near
Willlamsport, received the shock Of his
life when one Of the horses dIsap-
peared An investigation showed it
had fallen into hole seven or eight
feet deep, bit was uninjured. The Tule
farm is underlaid with limestone slow
ly disintegrating through dissolution
by water. The horse stepped on a
weak" spot, which caused its sudden
disappearance.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-08-08
/ KIN REMEMBER

Recently in the "Way Back
When" club, Judge William H. Man
ion, our young friend wlo officiates
as probate judge of Elmore county,
captured the prize-a bunch of
bananas-when he said: 81 can re-
member when the 'round-the-world
fiiers started on their trip to fly
around the world"
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-08-08
LEoP0LD-LOEB
TRIAL CONTINUES

The trial of Nathan Leopold and
Richard Loeb, confessed slayers of
young Robert Franks, is continuing
in Chicago. 1t would appear that
about all of the mental experts in
the country have f1ocked to Chicago
to testify as to the mental responds
.bility of the two young fiends, and
the case will undoubtedly be in court
for some time to come.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-08-08

Alexandria, va.-Cursing in the
Alexandria police station hereafter
costs 10 cents for each otfense What
is dubbed a profanity box has been put
up and the police see that the toll is
collected from all violators. Funds
are coming In rapidly. The money
goes to charity.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-08-08

o. e. Norell leaves Saturday of
this week for st. Paul, Mimi, where
he will visit with his mother for
three weeks or a month.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-08-08
Baby, Swept a Mile
BY Flood, Is SaUed

Ware, Mass.-Riding on the
crest of food waters of the
Ware river for nearly a mile
and surviving was the experience
of Rita Thidodeau, aged three,
of this town When she fell
into the stream she was caught
by the swift current and carried
down the river.
Two men, who put out In a
boat, were able to reach her be
fore she sank. She was uncon-
scious when taken from the wa
ter, but had fully recovered by
night.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-08-08

Rev. Taylor, wife and son Frank
and Ora Smith motored to Boise
Thursday.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-08-08

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Farley and
family were in Boise over the week
end last week to attend the wedding
of the formers sister which took
place there last Sunday.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-08-08

Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Argo of Nam
pa, we're weekend guests OF Mrs
Rich Thompson. Mr.. and Mrs. Argc
were formerly residents of this city
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-08-08

IT, HE ever>versatile Oppenheim has
sS written more Of love story
- than is usual with him, but it is
not without the international comphca>
tons, fascinating women, exotic charac>
tiers and exciting incidents that have
made bis novels so popular.
This romance was dedicated to the
authors secretary because she loved it
best of all his books. The preference of
the secretary of an internationally fa~
nous novelist would seem to be a pretty
safe guide to a highly interesting story.