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The Washington times., 1924-04-18
CHAPTER xxXIx
BRIDGES BURNED.

Would anyone say she was a
girl Of the highest character? And
II. by chance. she gained ad-
mittance to one Of these hospitals
then some one found out about
her, would she be expelled?
Chickie thought OF this and
went with showing. reluctant
steps down the block. She bet.
ter give up this idea, perhaps.
Better so back to her own line.
II she were competent, bust
ness men wouldn't inquire about
her life outside the office. What
did Mitchell care that Janina
boasted OF her freedom?
Mitchell had a branch office
In Oakland. He knew her ability.
He might give her q place there.
There would be no concealment:
no future to fear
1t occurred to her with a sink
ing at the heart that she might
as well call him up-ask him for
chance. She went into a drug
store and though she remembered
the phone perfectly she looked
carefully down through the Ms.
The number might be changed
a good deal more than a year
since ~she had left him.
She dropped a nickel. but when
the operator called for her mum.
Der she slid the receiver noise
lessly back on the hook. She
walked out of the store with the
historical sense Of having es-
capped.
And she kept walking and walk
ing. This was along Twenty-sec.
ond. street for the city and
hospital was the second on her
list. 1t was near to home. Be-
sides, Eva said big hospitals gave
better training and a wider ex-
perience.
She walked very slowly through
the iron gate. She admired the
wide lawn-not so bad to be poor,
after all.
A big boned, kindly nurse with
a crisp manner received her. She
asked Chickie questions, studying
her frankly as she did 80. Why
was Chickie giving up business?
Was she prepared for a life Of
arduous bit stirring response
. bility?
And in a brief, glowing way
she began to sketch the duties
and compensations of the young
nurses life-made 1t seem a thrill
ing, heroic calling. Chickie's i'm
agination took fire as it had when
Eva talked.
Miss Simonds said. "WelI-with
your business training, Miss
Bryce, and your attitude, you
wen be glad to have you. You'll
find 1t pleasant here. Don't let
any one discourage you. You
should enter with the fall class.
The need for girls Of high .caliber
is always urgent"
Chickie said with an air Of
lightness, I'm not sure that I'm
quite equal to all your require.
ments-"
you'll soon gain confidence"
Then she told Chiclzie to file her
application with the State Board
Of Nurses for Il must pass upon
her references ana qualifications.
She said she would be delighted
to enroll her.
Chicde was foolish in her
thanks. So lovely in Miss Sim
onds to speak like that! A girl
passed in white cap and uniform.
She had visions of herself walk
ing through the corridor so.
New life-new opportunities
glorious work. Now someone
needed yards and yards Of skin
who would v0l1lnfAAr? Chfclxip
saw herself nobly offering all the
The Washington times., 1924-04-18

| rice Bennett Flynn, film actor and
formerly known a. LEFTY" Flynn,
star hh1f.back 81 the Yale football
team d q decade ago.
The couple were married In 1916,
shortly after Flynn graduated from
Yale, and separated in 1921. Mrs,
Flynn charged desertiofl.
The Washington times., 1924-04-18

Akron. Ohio. They are Nick
sinkowicz, twenty.thres; Roy Greg.
lex; twsnty-four. ana Joe zEadrich,
twenty.four.
The men had guns ana $4,000
on their persons when they were
picked up.
The Washington times., 1924-04-18
THREE ARE ARRESTED
FOR AKRON ROBBERY

DETROIT, Mich. April 1S.-Three
men arrested here today confessed,
police say. to having taken part in
an $4,000 robbery Wednesday in
The Washington times., 1924-04-18
WIFE GIVEN DIVORCE
FROM LEFTY FL NN

Los ANGELES. Cal, April 49,
Blanche Palmer Flynn was free of
marital bonds It was revealed to-
day, when It became known she
had obtained a divorce from Nau-
The Washington times., 1924-04-18

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Schedule for White House
Ne,U Year Day Reception,

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WILL STAY IN COLOGNE.

By Cable TO The Star and New York World
PARIS. December 27.-The council
OF ambassadors, representing the al
lies, met this morning and decided, as
anticipated. not to evacuate Cologne
and the left bank OF the Rhine on
January 10. although the five years
Of occupation stipulated in the
treaty Of Versailles will then have
elapsed.
The session lasted only 90 minutes.
only the time necessary to frame a
commun1que for publication, saying
they had decided to prolong the oc-
cupation because of Germany's fall
| ure TO dlsarm, and that Germany
| would be notified of their decision
before January 10.
The ambassadors took this step
after consulting their governments,
and by their unusually serious man
| ner at the session they made it evil
dent they were making a decision OF
the gravest Importance in interna-
i tional politics. They were Jules
Cambon for France, Lord Crewe for
England, Baron AvezZano for Italy
Eicomte' Ishii for Japan and Baron
Gaiffier D-Hestroy for Belgium. The
| decision was unanimous,
The disappointment and perhaps
revulsion OF feeling which will result
| from the decision in Germany was
| anticipated by the ambassadors, one
OF the signatories explained, but in
| his view it was necessary to come to
complete showdown with Germany
on the subject OF disarmament, and
no other way was possible.
There are the usual charges OF
| German bad faith in reactionary
pers combining themselves TO explaining
why the evacuation was delayed
| The Poincarists insist that Her.
riots policy toward Germany ha:
| proved to be a failure by the neces.
| sity OF continued occupation, but Her.
riots hope is that the Moderates anC
! Democrats in Germany will use thi,
| occasion to force the Stresemann.
Won Seeckt combination out of power
| The French government will there.
fore watch the formation OF the new
cabinet with more interest than ever
before.
| The way the decision Is received
In Germany may effect French in.
ternal politics. There has been one
result already. To prove that Gen
Nollet was informed Of Germany's
failure to disarm, the reactionary
newspaper. LEclaim, which sup.
ports Millerand's new party, publish.
| ed a report this morning which Gen
Nollett made april "a, when he was
still in command OF the interalliec
military control mission at Berlin, il
which he declares Germany has no
disarmed. The substance OF this re
port was printed at the time, but
as LEclair now appeared to hay,
the full text, which should have beer
| confined to the national archives o.
France. Gen. Nollet has filed a com
plant against the newspaper on the
basis of the counter espionage law.
| An immediate raid was made b,
the police on the editorial Offices o.
L'Eclair in the hope of Selling tn,
original document. 1t Is presumed
the government wishes to know j.
! the document did not reach LEclail
through Millerand, who was ther
President of the republic and pos
sessed copy OF the document. Thu
| would place Millerand in a delicate
position If 1t could be shown to be SO
| Copyright. 1921
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28
UNSETTLED IN FAR WEST

SAN FRANCISCO, December 81
Rising temperatures today in the Pa
cifc Coast States brought rain and
snow in western Washington, snow
in western Oregon and rain in north
ern California. with a forecast for
continued unsettled weather.
Subzero temperatures that held
sway in eastern Washington for 10
days gave way to warmer weather,
and snow fell Northwestern Oregon
was visited by a silver thaw that
made highways dangerous to travel
because of the ice on the roads.
All of California experienced higher
temperatures, and 1t was reported
that any threatened damage to crops
had been averted.
OMAHA, Nebr., December 27.-Coid-
weather records for this Winter were
broken at O'Clock tonight, when the
temperature dropped to 10 degrees
below zero.
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NEW ELECTRIC RATE SCHEDULES,
SOON TO BE APPROVED, ISSUED
Scales Not Fully Ratified for An Lines of Use, But
Final Action Is Expected in
Fe,U Days.

sum OF $192 cut to $3.50; from $500
to 4,545 hours. cut from 5.5 cents TO
4.S cents; from 1916 hours to 5000
hours, nat sum Of $3.50 cut to $40;
from 5000 to 1900 hours. cut from 5
cents to AZ cents; from 1900 to 1898
hours, fat sum of $375 cut to $315;
from 8.333 to I'LL hours. cut from
as cents to 3.75 cents; from Hill to
1880 hours, fiat sum of $500 cut TO
3415; in excess of 1880 hours. cut
from to rs cents; minimum charge
cut from 3l25 to 3lo5.
Schedule E Qarge industrial
usage)-Fixed charges: First 20
hours OF demand, cut from So to
32.75; next 80 hours of demand, cut
from $3.50 to $2.25: next so hours of
demand. cut from $225 to 81; in ex-
cess of 100 hours of demand, cut
from 81 to $i.75.
Energy charges: First $50 hours,
cut from 6 cents to 90 cents; next
next 1000 hours. cut from TO 3.6
cents; next $4,000 hours, cut from
2.375 to 2.2 cents; next $4,000 hours.
cut from 1925 to Ia cents; next
100000 hours, cut from 1913 to IL
cents; in excess of 1880 hours. cut
from 1.235 to IL cents; minimum
charge. cut from $50 to $50.
Schedule F Industrial motors and
battery charging)-First 1000 hours,
cut from to 55 cents; next 500
hours, cut from to AS cents; next
500 hours, cut from 4 TO 3.5 cents;
in excess of 1000 hours. remains at
3 cents; minimum charge, cut from
S25 to S22.50.
Schedule G. (same character OF
consumption but on smaller scale)-
First so hours, under the new rate,
ID cents; under the old rate, first 25
hours was 10 cents, and second 25
hours was cents; in excess of 30
hours, rate remains at 3 cents;
minimum charge remains at SIS.
Schedule II (cooking)-First 10
hours. cut from 10 TO rs cents; in
excess of 10 hours, remains at 3.5
cents; minimum charRA remains at 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28

The reductions which II 10 expected
the Utilities Commission will approve
in all OF the different rate schedules
OF the Potomac Electric Power Co. as
result OF the settlement reached
yesterday in the valuation case were
revealed last night by Maj. w. r. r.
Covell, assistant to the chairman of
the commission.
ment was made yesterday, reference
was made only to the cut In the rate
for household current from 10 to ~
cents per kiiowatt hour.
The schedule disclo sed by Mai. Co.
veil shows proposed reductions in the
rates for other classes Of consumers.
Maj. Coyell explained that the COM
mission has not yet ratified this COM
plete schedule. but action on it Is
expected within a few days
The following schedule shows pres
ent rates, together with what the
commission is expected to approve as
result OF the settlement:
Schedules Announced.
Schedule A (househoid rate)-Ffrst
100 kilowatt hours consumed, old
rate, 10 cents per hour: new rate, rs
cents; in excess of 100 hours, old rate,
o'S~o SO'sS, iiCW Adlc, 80 Cents InlQl-
mum charge, formerly 81: now rs
cents.
Schedule 3 (motors)-First 80
hours, old rate. 10 cents; new rate,
7.5 cents; in excess Of 80 hours, old
rate. cents; new rate, 4 cents; mini
mum charge. formerly $3.50; now 81.
Schedule (office buildings and
wholesale apartment rate)-First so
hours, cut from 10 to rs cents; next
900 hours. from Q to rs; next 500
hours, from to 6.5 cents: next 1000
hours, from 4 to cents; in excess of
1850 hours, cut from to 2.5 cents;
minimum charge cut from 81 to rs
cents.
Schedule d tsmall Industrial usage)
First $500 hours, cut from 8 to s
cents; from 5000 to $500 hours, nat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28
SOS SIGNALS SENT OUT.
Entertainment Broadcasting Is De.
layed for Time.

NEW YORK, December 27.-Enter-
tainment broadcasting was held up
this afternoon and again tonight by
sos calls from an unidentified vessel
in distress.
1t was believed the vessel was off
the Atlantic coast between Norfolk
and Cape Hatteras. Efforts were be-
ing made to reach her and learn her
trouble through the Hatteras station.
The first distress signal was picked
up in the afternoon, not only by the
naval station, but by vessels at sea
and by independent land stations.
Broadcasting was stopped for half an
hour. The signals did not give the
name or location of the ship, nor in
dictate the trouble.
Nothing more was heard until $40
tonight. when sos was heard again,
But, as before, the name and location
of the sender was not received
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28
Vanderlip Shows Progress

SCARBOROUGH, n. Y, December
27.-Frank L. Vanderlip, banker, who
has been i'll with typhoid at his coun-
try estate here, has apparently pass
ed the critical stage. DR.. Norman
Earnestly, family physician, an
nounced today.
DR.. Barnesby said that typhoid had
supervened a dabetic condition which
had been materially improved by the
use Of insulin, and that he was conf
dent Mr.. Vanderlip's condition would
remain satisfactory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28
BRITAIN IS SWEPT
BY HEAVY STORMS
Outdoor Life Rendered I'm.
possible, Rivers Overflow,
Ships Are in Peril.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. December 27.-Extraor-
binary gales and heavy rains. caus-
ing overlooking rivers, landslides and
minor land and sea disasters, are pre-
vailing over all parts Of the United
Kingdom. There has been only a
slight loss OF life, but coast naviga-
ton is extremely difficult and dan
gerous, and any sort of outdoor life
or sport has been rendered impos-
sibIe.
Britishers nowadays seldom ex-
pect Christmas to be accompanied by
the Christmas weather of frost and
snow. as described by Dickens. but
this year has broken all records for
odd weather conditions. Up to now
the Winter has been exceedingly
mild. and the severe weather, COM
ing just at the close of the Christmas
holiday season. is causing much in
convenience.
Games Are Postponed.
Boxing day. as the day after
Christmas is called, is always notable
for its numerous important foot ball
and other sporting fixtures, but most
of these had to be postponed. Christ
mas holiday-mak moving from
place to place were badly handi-
capped.
II was 60-mile an hour gale which
blew out on Christmas and compelled
the suspension of all air services and
much cross-channel shipping, and,
| according to reports. has given At
lantic liners heavy wind and waves
to fight.
No part of England, Scotland.
Wales or Ireland seems to have
| escaped the effects of the storm.
| Esplanades and piers of watering
places have been flooded or SUBJ
merged. mountainous seas are buffet
ing ships along the coasts, hundreds
of telegraph and telephone lines have
| been blown down, while there is a
steady succession of s. o. S. calls
| from vessels in distress. Heavy dam
age TO property is reported from all
, over the country.
| A vessel, believed to be a German
| trawler, which left Tarbert, on the
west coast of Scotland, Thursday, Is
reported to have been wrecked off the
| Island of Islay. one of the larger
| islands of the Inner Hebrides. Thir-
| teen members of the crew are be-
| lieved to have been lost, only one
| having been saved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28
BRITISH OUT.TRADED
U. S., SAYS SENATOR
Mcclellan of Tennessee for Imme-
diate Elevation Of Guns on
American Battleships.
BY the Associated Press.


MEMPHIS, Tenn, December 81
Asserting that British statesmen out
traded" the United States in the ne
gotaition Of the Limitation OF arms
agreement under the Harding admins
traitor. Senator Kenneth D. Mcclellan
declared in a statement here tonight
that the American Navy should be Sec
ond to none in the world.
The Tennessee Senator said the
difference in the elevation OF British
and American naval guns precluded
the possibility of equality in the sea
forces of the two countries, which,
he asserted. was "the protested pur-
pose OF the agreement" Senator Nc
Kellar declared himself In favor OF
elevating guns on American battle
ships Immediately.
Our capital ships are still COM
paratively vaiueless, not being able
to shoot from to miles as far as
British naval guns and perhaps not nc
far as those Of Japan" the Senator
said. That President Harding and
Secretary Hughes were out-traded by
ting English diplomats us, OF course,
certain" he added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28
L1NEMEN WEAR sNowsHoEs

By the Associated Press.
TORONTO, December 27.-Gangs of
linemen on snowshoes, working IN
Temperatures well below zero, today
were trying to restore Geographic
communication between eastern and
western Canada, interrupted by
storms and extremely cold weather.
Reports from Fort William, On
tario, received hero in a roundabout
way, tell Of a heavy gale raging in
the Schneider district, near the scene
of the wire breaks.
Snow Is up to the linemen's necks,'
was the description of conditions
facing the trouble shooters.
At White River the mercury regis
tered 81 below this morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28
FRENCH COAST SUFFERS.
Many Calls Come From Ships in
Distress.

PARIS, December 27.-The coast OF
France is suffering from the effects
of heavy gales, and the Cherboure
wireless station has received numer-
Gus calls for assistance from vessels
in distress. Tugs were dispatched
today to aid the steamers Antiope
Darlington and Winterwijk, crippled
by the heavy seas.
Life boats which put out from Lori
ent rescued the crews of the trawlers
Lion and Monte Ladessus. A Nor.
wegian steamer, the Saturn. has driv-
en- onto treacherous shoal and will
be A total loss.
Havre, where all shipping is being
held up, reports that the British
steamer Euryades has returned tc
port badly crippled.
a call for help was received late
tonight from the French steamer Ra-
dunn. The vessel reported that II
had sprung leak and its pumps
were choked.
uEccEr re DrnArr-r
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80 NEW TYPHOID CASES.
New York Health Officer Says No
Epidemic Exists,

NEW YORK, December 27-Thirty
new cases of typhoid were reported
10 the Health Department during
the last "a hours, the department
announced tonight. This compares
with Is cases reported during the
prec eding ,4S hours, =.
Notwithstanding the increase
there Ia no epidemic of typhoid,
Health Commissioner DR.. Frank j.
Monaghan said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28
MAY LAST a WEEK.
New York Forecaster Offers No
Prospect of Early Relief.

NEW YORK, December 27.-Icy
winds from the Northwest will send
the thermometer here down to zero
by tomorrow night, according to the
forecast made today by James II.
Scarr. of the local Office of the
Weather Bureau. The cold wave
from the West will roll over New
York and last for several days, Mr.,
Scarf said. By tomorrow morning
1t should be 10 above and after that
the mercury will continue its drop
TO zero, or even a degree or two be-
low, it was predicted.
Mr.. Scarf said no relief from the
zero weather was likely until the
end of next week, when a gradual
rise in temperature might be OK
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28
Wax From the Cactus.

In the, arid foothills Of the noun
tains of northern Mexico q certain
species Of cactus plant exudes film
of pure vegetable wax which has
found a big industrial use, 1t Is
known as Canton wax, and 1t is used
In making polishes. For hundreds of
years the natives had gathered this
wax and used II In a crude way, but in
1909 1t was first gathered on a COM
merctal basis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28
Opium Common in India.

1t is said by a writer defending
the work Of Gandhi in India that the
average income of the people of India
is about cents a day. and that opium
is also said to be used almost as
household remedy among the poor for
every ailment in infancy and child
hood. There are about 100000, 900
people in India engaged in agricultural
pursuits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28
Finance Minister Resigns,

RIO DE JANEIRO, December 27.--Dr.
Sampaio Vidal, minister Of finance.
and Cincinato Braga president of
the Banco do Brazil, have sent let
ters to President Bernardes resign
ing their posts because Of dissatis-
faction with changes in the govern
ment's bank policy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28

Judge D.. r. Matthews, at Hunting
ton, w. Va, continued every case on
the December calendar Of the COM
mon pleas court until the next term.
in order to save the taxpayers money.
Judge Matthews declared that to hold
the jurors and continue court when
few litigants appeared, would be spend
ing the Taxpayers money needlessly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28
New Corn Husker Champion.

Virgil Archer of Nebraska husked
1,745 pounds of corn, about rs bushels,
in hour and 20 minutes to establish
his claim to being the champion corn
husker. Had he been able to keep up,
his. speed he would have huskcd 1870
bushels between sunup and shutdown.
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VESSEL is REPAIRED.
Sarthe Proceeding Slowly Toward
= English Channel.

LONDON, December 27.-The own
ers OF the steamship Sarthe, which
was disabled in q gale southwest of
Sicily Islands. reported this evening
that the vessel had effected tempo
rary repairs, following an accident to
her engines, and was proceeding slow
~ toward the channel 1t was added
that the steamship Demerera was
accompanying her until her safety
was assured.
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Insurance Agent Sets Pace.

o. D. Fear. an insurance agent In
Fairmont, w. Va, set out to write a
record sum in insurance in his COM
munity, and for ave days wrote on an
'avetige'I - policies q day. He had
h0p16 to sdc = nvW WORLD yvCoro, ma
Is believed to have done so.
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Rome Records Quakes.

ROME, December 27.-Strong earth
quake shocks lasting two hours were
registered today by the observatory
at Fayenza- The. center Of the dis
turbance- apparently was some dis
lance from italy.
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least another "a hours and possibly
longer.
At 10 o'clock tonight the Weather
Bureau reading showed below
zero in Chicago, with the mercury
going down about l degree each two
hours. Street readings showed 10 and
IL degrees below zero.
MAY LAST a WEEK.
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CONGRESS STARTS
TOMORROW TOWARD
FINISHING ITS WORK

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makes itself ridiculous when IT
charges guns were being made Sc
cretly after the commission had been
working here for Ave years"
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GERMANY ADMITS
DEFEAT ON COLOGNE:
MAKES MORAL ISSUE

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