davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1924-08-24

Potomac Park with the Geological
Park.
Finally Named Commission.
Even then no work could be done
because the act carried no appropri-
alton, and 1t was not until March 3,
1915. that the present Rock Creek and
Potomac Parkway Commission was
created. In the following year the
commission reported to Congress "the
taking lines" Of the proposed park
way. Congress approved the report
and authorized the requirement Of
the necessary land not already owned
by the United States. Most of the
annual appropriations since have been
barely sufficient for the gradual pur-
chase of private land. About $1,225,-
600 has been expended. and 1t Is
estimated that 100000 more will be
needed. f-e
As a result OF consideration by the
Park Commission, the Fine Arts COM
mission and the District Commission
ers, several changes have been made
In the original taking lines, with the
approval Of Congress. The result was
that the area to be acquired was re-
duced by 1,S75,763 square feet, and
the cost Of the whole reduced from
$2,7sS.2 20s to $l.422,s2s. The Govern
ment owned about 2,s81,674 square
feet within the taking lines, which
added to the private land acquired
gave the parkway . total area Of
ICE acres.
Evening star., 1924-08-24
LONE SEA ROAMERs I
TO CRUISE GLOBE
AIIain GerbauIt After CROSSING
Atlantic Plans Trip Around
World in Yacht.
By Cable to Tho Star and New York World.
Copyright, 1924. -

By Cable to The Star and New York World.
Copyright. 1924.
PARIS. August 23.t-AIlain Ger
bault. the lone sea roamer. who
Crest, has now planned the itinerary
of his forthcoming cruise around the
world.
lie does not expect 10 begin the
voyage until October. Between now
and then he will be busy preparing
his boat and provisioning it for the
adventure. He will fill up his time
by playing in the tennis champion
ship contests in America.
Talking of his plans, Gerbault said:
Il have two full months before me,
although fortunately my boat has
been put pretty well into shape
already. Nevertheless, it requires Il
lot more overhauling. One cannot
embark on venture of this kind,
that is likely to last for months. per
haps years, without taking all posi-
Bile precautions.
Then, seizing map Of the world.
Gerbault ran his finger lightly over
it. explaining where he proposed to
sail.
See here is New York, my jump
ing off spot" he said. 81 shall make
straight for Bermuda and the Pan
anna Canal, across the Caribbean Sea.
That's the old filibusters' route. IF
all conditions are favorable, ! shall
not miss calling at Rurtle Island.
which was the repair spot of the old
time pirates.
Gal apagos Islands. and thence the
Marquise Islands, where under the
French flag / shall rest few weeks.
if sojourn proves agreeable. For
want you to understand, 1 am not
sailing for records. Speed and time
are of no consequence. Before all
else I wish to explore and to obtain
a knowledge of seas and islands-still
little known-which l may encounter
during my cruise. The French islands
tempt me particularly.
Then l shall set sail for North
Australia, the coasts of which inter
est me, perhaps on account of their
danger. / will not deny that my en-
terprise is full of difficulties. Winds
and currents will certainly not always
be in my favor. Unchartered coral
reefs are liable to. tear the keel of my
little yacht. Storms are to be fore
seen, difficult landings and perils OF
all sorts. But, after all, what mat
ter?'
He will take with him a motion
picture camera and hopes to return
with many interesting films.
Leaving Australia he Will take the
old 18th century merchants route
India, South Africa, Cape of Good
Hope and Brazil.
Evening star., 1924-08-24
CHIEF AND OFFICER
. DIE FIGHTING Thief
Man Caught in Break FIees
Four Miles Before Life
Ended by Bullet.
By the Associated Press.


MARQUETTE, Mich, August ga
Marquette's chief of police, Martin
Ford. and Patrolman Thomas Thorn
ton met death early today with their
revolvers clutched in their hands. In
revolver fight which began near
Boucher's drug store here and ended
at Chocolay. miles away, John
I.empi, slayer Of Ford and Thornton,
was shot to death, and Lloyd Ford.
son of the police chief, was seriously
wounded.
Thornton came upon I.empi attempt
ing to break into Boucher's drug
store. At his command to Throw
up your hands, Thornton said Lempi
whirled and began firing, one of the
bullets mortally wounding the officer.
Despite his wound, Thornton pur-
sued Lempi, the two exchanging
shots until Thornton collapsed. He
was found under a clump OF bushes
by Patrolman Walter Tippett.
Pursuit of Lempi was renewed by
the police chief, his son and Tippett
They came upon their man concealed
by the high banks of the Chocolay
River. Lempi, crouched behind the
bank, dropped the police chief with
his first shot Lloyd, standing near
his father. opened fire. but fell a mo-
ment later with a bullet in the abdo-
HlcH dHQ Oeep WOunQ In the nedQ
from another.
Lempi was in the river when Tip
petit reached the bank. He sank at
the patrolman's first shot His body
was recovered half an hour later.
A deep bullet wound on the top of
the head caused his death.
Martin Ford has been attached to
the Marquette police force for sew
eraA years. Thornton Joined the local
force three years ago. Ford is survived
by his wife and four children.
Evening star., 1924-08-24
SEVEN BANDITS ELUDE
POSSE AFTER ROBBERY
Escape With $1O,5OO in Second
Bank Hold-Up in Illinois
in "a Hours.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
.FREEBERG, Ills, August 23-The
seven bandits who this afternoon held
up and robbed the First National Bank
here of $10,500 were believed tonight
TO have evaded the posse which was
thought to have surrounded the rob-
bers in q woods near Fayetteville,
seven miles from here.
Reports indicate that the bandits
had made their escape toward ST.
Iabory in a southeasterly direction.
Five of the bandits entered the bank
about ESQ this afternoon and after
fourishing their weapons forced the
president, r. +. Hamill, and the CASH
ier, Miss Susie Wolf, to enter the
vtult. Two employees and five per-
sims were held at bay by two of the
robbers.
miss Wolf was compelled to fill sew
efal bags with currency, while the
president held them open. In the
meantime two other robbers scooped
up all the money in sight in teller's
cAge.
|, The robbery was the second in
southern Illinois within "a hours and
the twelfth within the last five
months. The total loot taken in these
Up hank robberies aggregates nearly
100000.
Evening star., 1924-08-24
PROMINENT DOCTOR HELD
IN $1,000 ROBBERY PLOT
Wife Declares Hugo J. Loebinger
Is Innocent of Attempted
Swindle.
Special Dispa tch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, August 23.-Dr. Hugo
]. Loebinger, reputedly well-to-do
physician, who has received honors in
Berlin, Paris and several American
cities, spent this evening at police
headquarters trying to explain that
he had no connection with a plot to
rob wealthy furrier of $1,000.
His wife, best known as Mrs. Sophia
NJ. Loebinger. pioneer woman suf-
fragette and editor of periodicals,
spent the evening trying to get a
lawyer and to find some way of get
ting her husband admitted to bail
The physician was arrested this aft
ernoon, accused of completely with
Benedict RADIUS, forty, who, police
say, has a criminal record.
Mrs. Loebinger said she knew her
husband had nothing to do with RADIUS
except in a professional capacity.
According to police, DR.. Loebinger
recently introduced RADIUS to a
wealthy furHer, who is also one of
the doctors patients. RADIUS, they
say, thereupon offered to sell the fur
rier $4,000 worth Of stolen liberty
bonds, and finally agreed upon $1,000
as the price.
The furrier reported the matter to
the police, trap was laid and RADIUS,
Harry Stone and H. w. Moss were
arrested.
Evening star., 1924-08-24
VETERAN AGRICULTURE
EMPLOYE is RETIRED
Edwin S. Hoskins, Indexer of De-
partment, Honored by
Associates.

Edwin S. Hoskins, an indexer with
the Department of Agriculture for
the last Is years was retired last
week. He is now in his SD year
and has been resident of this city
for 35 years. He was presented with
typewriter by his friends in the
Department of Agriculture at the
time of his retirement.
He came to this city in 1889, and
was a journal clerk of the House of
Representatives for three years.
Later, for II years he was a cor
respondent at the Capitol for Mich
igan, New York and New jersey
papers. He was appointed indexer
at the Agriculture Department by
special executive order from Presi-
dent Taft, in 1909.
Prior to coming TO Washington he
was well known in journalistic cir
cles, having been publisher of two
Michigan newspapers for 16 years.
He had also been prominent in poll
tics in that State He was a clerk IN
the State Senate for four years, an
assistant secretary for two years and
a secretary for six years.
Mr.. Hoskins was born in New York
in 1S43. Lameness from accident in
boyhood prevented his entering the
Civil War, during which he was in
Kansas. Following the war he re-
turned to New York and married, in
1869.
Evening star., 1924-08-24
BRITAIN TO WATCH
ALL TRADE PACTS
Vigilance Through Commit.
tee of Experts Inspired by
Treaty of Rivals.
By Cable to The Star and New York World
Copyright 1924

Copyright 1924
LONDON, August 23-Premier
Macdonald has taken a precaution-
ary step to try to avoid any possible
danger to British trade from the pro-
spective Franco-German commercial
treaty by arranging for the imme-
diate appointment of an expert ad-
visory committee, which will study
the various continental trade agree
ments in the light of British interests
throughout the world, according to
Information obtained here today from
an authoritative source.
The committee will consist of rep
resentatives of British coal. iron,
steel. textile, dye. pharmaceutical,
chemical and optical interests.
Although the government will
make the appointments to the COM
mittee, it is understood the nomina-
tions probably will como from the
trade organizations of the industries
concerned. The committee will ad-
wise the government on questions
arising, not only out of the forth
coming Franco-German commercial
treaty, but in respect to the CONNER
cial agreements of other countries
with Germany, including Great Brit
ain: and last but not least, it prob
ably will have a good deal to say
jdttT dUOuI the details OIL Germany S
payments in kind under the Dawes
plan to Great Britain and her allies.
Just how important the work of
this committee is likely to be is in
dicated in part by Chancellor of the
Exchequer Philip Snowden's now fa-
nous interview. In that statement
Snowden said, regarding the proposed
Franco-German commercial treaty:
II warn British commercial inter-
ests. particularly the textile and iron
trades, to be alert in this matter"
In another part of the interview,
discussing the German reparations
payments-and he undoubtedly was
thinking a great deal of the pay
ments in kind-Snowden declared:
The problem may arise as to
whether the allies will not find
greater difficulty in receiving rep
arations than Germany will expert
ence in providing them"
Evening star., 1924-08-24
DUSTIN FARNUM TO WED.
Winifred Kingston to Be Bride.
Larry Semon Engaged.

Los ANGELES. August 23.-Dustin
Farnum, motion picture actor, who re-
Gently obtained a divorce from Mary
Conwell at Reno, New, will marry Wini-
fred Kingston, film actress. here to-
morrow, it was announced today, fol-
lowing the issuance of marriage
license to the couple. Miss Kingston
was formerly Farnum's leading lady.
The engagement of Larry Semon,
finn comedian, and Dorothy Dwan, ac-
tress, was announced here today. The
marriage, Semon said, will take place
in about three months.
Evening star., 1924-08-24
DRUG CLAIMED TO DESTROY FEAR
AND CREATE VALOR is PRESENTED
Amercan Pharmaceutical association in Convention
Nest Week Viii Study Decoction Said to
Invig0rate South Americans.
Of the Amazon Basin.

plorations OF the Amazon Basin.
In Bolivia the drug Is used merely
as an exhilarating and a stimulating
beverage, like tea and coffee. It's use
Is limited and the amount is small.
The decoction always is made with
the addition of certain leaf, but
just what this leaf is and what it
does has not been determined.
In southern Colombia, however,
caapf is drunk freely by the native
men for the purpose Of putting them
in proper trim to drive away personal
devils. During q wild dance the men
scourge each other until their bodies
are covered with welts and blood
While being beaten each participant
plays some sort of a musical instru-
ment. II he displays the least sign
Of suffering the evil spirit within him
Is declared to have won the contest.
The caapi plant Is abundant in the
Amazon Basin and can be supplied at
small cost If found to be of value in
medicine, medical men declare.
Evening star., 1924-08-24
VIRGINIA PEARSON
WEARS NEW FACE
Screen Star Spends Nearly
Million in Recovery From
Auto Smash.
By Consolidated Press

by consolidated Press.
LOS ANGELES, August 23.-For
five years Virginia Pearson was one
OF the nobility of the republic. She
mobile skidded into a telephone pole
and overturned. The chauffeur was
unhurt and a maid slightly cut. but
Virginia Pearson was lifted from the
wreck with one side of her face cut
to ribbons.
Virginia Pearson disappeared from
the screen and for five years she was
a movie memory. Today she is back
in Hollywood with new face. She
says it is really much better than
the one she had before. She is tell
ing her old friends for the first time
the story of her five years absence
from the screen-a story of a gallant
fight against illness and financial
catastrophe.
With a new face. the old screen IA
vorite is again on the movie threshold.
much the same as she was in 1914,
when the stage vampire of "A Fool
There Was" obtained her first real pic
ture role with Famous Players.
Fell Behind in Race.
While Virginia eaw nearly a million
slip away from her in surgeons fees
and lost income, many Of her former
associates outstripped her in the race
for fame. But Virginia Pearson pre-
pared to start all over again.
Today it is hard to visualize the
post-accident portrait Virginia Pearson
paints Of herself. The left eyebrow
tapped over the eye. Temple and
throat were cut. A cash caved in the
out of focus. After weeks in a New
Rochelle Hospital. Virginia's swollen
face was a network of stitches For
year she kept from the public gaze.
The accident happened during the
making of the first picture filmed by
her own company. Whenever she could
move she would Slip into the studio in
curtained car completing THE Bish-
ops of Emeralds" without exposing her
Disagreement by turning the good side
Of her face to the camera.
Moved to Hide Scars.
People wrote me that 1 had never
before shown such pep" said Virginia
today. They did not know I was NOV
ing fast so the camera would not catch
my scars
Later she was able to play vaude-
vile. Then she laid off again "to be
sliced up some more" Then back to
the stage she went with stitches still
in her face. After her wounds healed
there came the painstaking finishing
touches, removing scars and restoring
contour and pliancy. The scars are not
now visible in the screen tests, and her
face is as mobile as ever
Meanwhile "Virginia Pearson Photo
play, Incorporated did not weather
the years. And last April Miss Pear
son and her husband. Sheldon Lewis.
sought bankruptcy personally. They
doctors, beauty treatments, wardrobe
and income tax soon depleted their
finances.
However, it is all over now" said
Miss Pearson. II believe 1 look better
than I did before the smash, and am
ready to resume my screen career
1t really seems she might.
Evening star., 1924-08-24
THREE ARE INJURED
IN KNOX SHAM BATTLE
Mimic Warfare Ends After 36-
Hour Engagement of $4,000
Guardsmen.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOUISVILLE, KY, August "a
Three casualties, one serious, resulted
from a 36-hour sham battle of $4,000
National Guardsmen at Camp Knox.
The mimic warfare ended shortly be-
fore noon today, with all big guns in
action for Is minutes and thousands
of rounds Of ammunition consumed in
rifle and machine-gun fire.
Corpl. Frank S. Barker of Coving-
ton may lose one eye because of a
serious cash in the cheek. sustained
today when a tank he was handling
bumped a tree and hurled Barker
against the gun sight. John H. Gibbs,
Louisville, received painful injuries
while attempting to stop a runaway
team with a partly loaded ammuni-
ton wagon.
Lieut.. Donald, Kokomo, Ind, suf-
fered heat prostration, but is recover
ing in the camp hospital.
Evening star., 1924-08-24
EXPERT SCHOOL ADVICE

The Star has engaged the serp-
ices Of an expert school adpiser
on ont-ef-fops schools. 1t is sag.
sested that those interested pis:t
the schools personally if possible,
or ucrife direct TO the schools.
gipins explicit information about
the pupil desired to be entered,
and ask for full details and not
simply for catalogue.
The Stars expert school ad-
Disey is uisifisg the onf-of-fowp
schools at all times, and readers
cas- obtain explicit adpice BY ad-
dressing the Educational Adviser,
e/o The Epening Star, Wash-
issfos. d. c.. and all letters ,ciH
be torwarded and axswered
promptly.
Evening star., 1924-08-24
BY the Associated Press.

Dy Tue Assoctoted Press,
COLUMBUS. Ohio, August 23.-Re-
suits OF diagnosdcal study of a
recently discovered drug which is
said to destroy fear and create valor
are to be laid before the convention
OF the American Pharmaceutical As
sociation in Buffalo next week by
Prof. Stamford of the Cleveland
school OF Pharmacy according to
announcement made here today by
the Ohio State Pharmaceutical Associ-
alton. The chemical test of the drugs
being made In New York, the drug
which has been defined as the root
and rhizome of banister is caapi. a
woody vine growing in the central
part OF the basin OF the Amazon. 1t
also is called syahuasca. 1t was
brought to the attention of North
American pharmacists by Dean H. II.
Rusby of the Columbus University
of Pharmacy. who accompanied the
Mulford expedition in It's recent ex-
Evening star., 1924-08-24
Liner Forced Back to Port.

HAVRE, France, August 25.-The
transatlantic liner De Grasse, which
sailed from Havre yesterday for New
York, sent a wireless message today
that she was returning to port be-
cause of trouble to her ventilating
shafts. She is expected to reach here
Sunday night. The passengers will
be transferred to the liner La Savoie.
which sails Monday night.
Evening star., 1924-08-24
Richest Mine Captured.

Pachuca. mining center in the
state of Hidalgo, Mexico, which was
captured by the reyolutionaries dur
ing the uprising in the early part of
this year, is one of the worlds most
famous and richest mining localities.
It's silver deposits rival those Of the
famous Comstock Lode in Nevada. An
inconspicuous muleteer discovered il
and became the owner in 1889, when
its value was unknown. He became
Mexico's richest man and among his
other lavish gifts was one of several
fully equipped warships to the King
of Spain.
Evening star., 1924-08-24

OBERAMMERGAU CHILLY
LANG ON HIS RETURN
Home Folks Think Christ-Actor
Didn't Get Enough Money on
American Trip.
By the Associated Press.

MUNICH, August 23.-Anton Lang.
the famous Christ actor of Oberam-
mergau, and his companions on the
recent visit of these village players
to the United States have not been
given a very warm welcome by their
townsfolk.
There is criticism of the small
amount of money brought back as
the result of the trip, arranged orig
inaIly to raise funds for the needy
ones of the community. and the pro-
posal that any Of the money be used
to erect a monument commemorating
the visit has been assailed. according
to a dispatch to the Weser Zeitung.
Lang's enemies charge that he per-
mitted himself to be duped while in
the United States.
Evening star., 1924-08-24
Frog Liked Eggs.
rom the London Post.

From the London Post.
A little girl who studies birds made
the discovery that frog will eat a
blackbird's eggs. She found a low
built nest with two eggs, one having
a small hole at the big end. Next
day she found the frog on the nest,
its tongue fiicking in and out Of the
hole. Either the noise of the grass
under my feet or a gasp I let out"
she relates in a kind Of affidavit,
frightened the frog away" On the
third day she found both the eggs
with holes and empty. Unlike toads,
frogs boast teeth, but are not usua-
ally ,reckoned among egg thieves.
Evening star., 1924-08-24
TANK EXPLOSION FATAL,
One Man Killed, Two Injured in
Work at Chicago Home.

CHICAGO, August 23.-William
Katzberg. son of the president of the
Chicago Tank Company, was killed
instantly and two other men were
burned seriously today when an oil
tank exploded at the home of Joseph
Mazac, in Berwyn, a suburb. Katz-
berg, who was learning his fathers
business from the ground up had
been sent to the Mazac home to re-
pair the tank.
Evening star., 1924-08-24
Wise Quits Congress Race.

MACON, Ga, August 23.-J. Walter
Wise, Representative from the sixth
Georgia congressional district, today
withdrew from the race for re-elec-
ton, according to announcement
made tonight by John r. L. Smith,
chairman Of the sixth district con-
gressional committee. This leaves B.
]. Fowler and Sam Rutherford in the
race.
for the withdrawal.
Evening star., 1924-08-24
Just to Crafty Curiosity
From the Boston Transcript,

From the Boston Transcript.
Don't move or I'll shoot!"
''All right, my friend" replied Mr..
Dubwaite, who was surprised by a
burglar in his house. would YOU
mind If I called my wife downstairs?''
Trying to spring something on
me?"
mo. You see, she's been expecting
a visit from a burglar for the last
90 years and 1 just want her to see
what one looks like"
Evening star., 1924-08-24
SLAYER OF ERSBERGER
IDENTIFIED IN HUNGARY
Four German Officers in Custody
in Budapest in Connection
With Murder.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press:
BUDAPEST, Hungary, August 2s.-
One Of the four German officers re-
Gently taken into custody ON suspi-
cion of having assassinated Matthias
Ersberger. the former German vice
premier and minister of finance. in
August, 1921, has been identified as
Heinrich Schulz, one of the slayers,
by a German criminal expert sent to
Budapest by the Berlin authorities.
Extradition of the men has been
requested by the German government,
if they are identified as those con-
nected with the murder but this may
be refused on. the ground that they
are political, instead of common Of
tenders. and particularly as Germany
has not delivered any of the refugees
wanted by Hungary for crimes COM
mitted during the bolshevik regime.
A despatch from Berlin in Febru
ary, 1922, reported that Heinrich
Schulz and Heinrich Tilleson, alleged
murderers of former Minister Err
berger, were living in Budapest un-
der the full protection of Hungarian
officials and monarchist sympathizers
and that two German detectives had
been prevented from serving war
rants for their arrest.
Evening star., 1924-08-24
Dy Agent Slain.

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, August 90
P II. Martin, 80. prohibition agent
attached to the office of Mayor w. G..
Parks, at Smithfiefd, was shot to death
late tonight while walking in Sec
ton of the city occupied principally
by foreigners.
Evening star., 1924-08-24

Scientists say that the average
height of the human race increases
at the rate of one and onc-fourth
inches every thousand years.
Evening star., 1924-08-24
EDUCATIONAL.

Private Lessons in mathematics sciences
languages Twenty years experience. Especial
attention to stupid backward and unwilling
pupils. 81. sl.i0. Albert Jonas. 1406 Hopkins
street near o0th and T.. .,ns
Evening star., 1924-08-24

Go down the ladder when thou
choosest wife; go up when thou
choosest friend.-Hebrew proverb.
Evening star., 1924-08-24

Norway's population, in comparison
with her area, is the smallest in Eu-
rope.
Evening star., 1924-08-24
MUSICAL INSTRUCTION.
srroEo 6F }SNGNG{o1D xE4Nds ,1Ah5as

Tenth year. Nine. Lucia Borderi, diploma.
graduate and formerly assistant to Lemperti,
teacher. Unexcelled voice building. Studio
1764 NV. For appointment g booklet phone
Main s336. Apt. 202