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Evening star., 1924-12-21
DECIDES ON AlRPLANES
TO HUNT RUM RUNNERS
Swedish Government Plans Vigor-
Gus Campaign on Liquor
Smuggling.

Cerrespoodence Of the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, December 3.-To
such vast proportions has the liquor
smuggling trade developed in the
Swedish Archipelago that the au-
thorities have decided TO use air
planes in hunting rum runners.
Government officials are much
heartened over the apparent change
in the attitude OF the majority of
the Swedish people toward prohibi-
tion. many who at first openly gym
pathized with the smugglers having
declared that because of the evil ef-
fects of the trade on the country
they would assist in eliminating the
rum runners.
Evening star., 1924-12-21
College to Have Station

Michigan Agricultural College, East
Lansing, Mich. will take its pla ace
among the leading class B broadcast
crs January l, when the power OF It's
station will be raised from 100 watts
to 500. The call letters will be
WKAR and the wave length 2S6
meters.
Evening star., 1924-12-21
WALES DRIVES HIS AUTO
so CHAUFFEUR CAN REST
Servant, Unable to Stand Pace Set
by Prince, Sleeps While
Master Guides Car.
,rrs snondence Of the Associated Press.

Core spondence OF the Associated Press.
LONDON, December 2.-The nur4er-
Gus rounds OF engagements which the
Prince of Wales is called upon 70
fulfill often demand long hours OF
duty on the part of his servants and
attendants, but the prince is uniformly
considerate of them.
On one occasion the prince arrived
home in the early hours Of the
morning after a busy day and told
his chauffeur he woulr require his
car at o'clock as he wanted to go
hunting. Detecting a shadow on the
chauffeur's face the prince inquired
the reason for it. The chauffeur re-
Piled that he would not have time 10
clean the car, whereupon the prince
replied with an encouraging smile:
We'll bring the car round at 7:S0-
Don't trouble to clean it, I'll drive and
you can hop inside and have a sleep"
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II you do. Besides, there is no
need to tell me; already know.
l am a sorceress, a witch. I re-
greet to make the confession. but
It is true l am a witch"
II believe you are" answered
Max, looking at her admiringly
and seating himself beside her
on the window bench. He had
learned from Gertrude of Augs-
burg and many other burgher
girls that certain pleasantries
were more Objectionable to them
in theory than practice; but this
burgher girl rose to her feet at
his approach and seemed to grow
a head taller in an instant. He
quietly took his old place and
she took hers. She continued
as If unconscious of what had
happened:
Eyes, l am a sorceress. Then
she drew her face close to Max.
and gazing fixedly into his eyes,
said solemnly:
II can look into a persons
eyes and tell if they are telling the
truth. can tell them where they
were born. ! can tell them the
history of anything Of value they
have. Their jewelry, their
Tell me any one Of those
things concerning myself" inter-
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From what part. may I ask ,"
continued the girl, with
slight inclination of her hcad 10
one side and a flash from hsneath
the preposterously long lasheS
toward his hand.
''From-from Rome" stam~
mered Max, hating at even SO
small lie.
did not Sir Karl say some
thing about your having been
born in Styria?" asked the girl.
glancing slyly at the ring.
NO" he did not" answered
Max emphatically. 81 suppose 1
was born in Rome-no, I mean
Lombardy-but it cannot matter
much to you, Fraulein. where 1
was born If / do not wish 10 tell.
The direct course was rs natu-
raj to Max as breathing. The
girl was startled by his abrupt
ness.
After a pause she continued:
81 am sure you are not
ashamed of your birthplace
and"
He interrupted her sharply:
II also am sure am not
ashamed of it," ~. sa
IF you had permitted me to
finish" she said quietly, "you
would have had no need to speak
so sharply. l spoke seriously. 1
wanted to say that / am sure you
have no reason to feel ashamed
of your birthplace, and that per-
haps l ought not to have asked
a question that you evidently do
not want to answer. Uncle says
If my curiosity were taken from
me, there would be nothing left
but my toes"
Her contrition melted Max at
once, and he said:
Il will gladly tell you, Fraulein,
IL you want to know. l was
born"
mo, no." she interrupted, you
shall not tell nae. / will leave
you at once and see you no more
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By JANE McLE AN.
This Remarkable Novel in Film Form Will
Be Presented to Washington Audiences
at the RialtO Theater, Beginning the
Week Of September % Read It
Here-See 1t Next Week
in the Movies.

rupted Max, suddenly alive with
interest.
mo, it is too great strain
upon me-" answered the girl,
with amusing gravity.
II entreat you" said Max,
laughing, though deeply inter-
ested. II believe you can do
what you say. beg you to show
me your skill in only one in
stance"
The girl gently refused, begging
Max not to tempt her.
"No, no, / cannot" she said.
good father, good father Bran.
tome has told me 1t Ii sinful.
must not"
Half in jest, but all in earnest.
Max begged her to try 1t, and
after great deal Of coaxing. she
reluctantly consented to give a
very small exhibition of her
powers. Covering her face with
her hands. she remained for the
space Of a minute as IL In deep
thought. Then, making a series
Of graceful and fantastic passes
in the air with her hands. as il
invoking familiar spirit, she said
in low. solemn tones:
You may now sit by me, Sir
Max. My words must not be
heard by any ears save yours. I"
Max seated himself beside the
girl.
"Give me your word that you
will tell no one what / am about
to do and say" she said.
''I do promise" answered Max,
beginning to feel that the situa.
| ton was almost uncanny.
Now, place in my hand some
Jewel or valuable article of which
/ may speak," she said.
| Excepting his sword and dagger
| Max owned but one article OF
value-the ring Mary of Burgundy
had given him. He hesitatingly
drew it from his finger and placed
| it in the girls hand. She exam
ined It carefully, and said:
"Now, give me your hand, Sill
Max"
Her hand was not much larger
than a big snowflake in early
spring, Max thought, and 1t was
| completely lOSI IL ol6ul WhOh nAS
great fingers closed over It.. The
velvety softness Of the little hand
sent a thrill through his veins and
the firm, unyielding strength o.
his clasp was a new. delicious sen
sation to the girl. Startled by it
she made a feeble effort to with
draw her hand, but Max claspet
It firmly and she surrendered.
After short silence she place.
the ring to her forehead, closeC
her eyes and drew her face 81
near to Max that he felt her warn
breath on his cheek. Max wal
learning a new lesson in life-th'
gfeatest OF all. She spoke In sof
4 whispers. slowly dropping he
words one by ore in sepulchra
tones:
"What-do-I-see-surely an
wrong. No. see clearly---a lad,
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Ia great lady--a princess. Sne
smiles upon a man. He il tall
and young. His. face is fair; his
hair falls in long, bright curIs like
yours: she asks him to be her hls-
band--no surely modest maiden
wouldn't do. that"
She stopped suddenly, snatched
her hand from Max, returned the
ring and cried, mo more, no
more!' go
She tossed her hands In the air.
as IL to drive off the spirits, and
without another word ran to the
parlor laughing, and threw her.
self on Uncle CastIeman's knee.
Max slowly made the sign of the
cross and followed the little en-
chantress. She had most effec-
lively imposed on him. He was
inclined to believe that, she mad
seen the ring or had heard Of 1t
in Burgundy before the princess
sent it: but Colanda could have
been little more. than q child at
that time-three years before.
!. Max. was very happy. He had
never before known a playmate
But here in Basel the good Franz
and his wife, Yolanda, Twonette.
fat old CastlenIan, and myself
were boys and girls together.
snatching the joys of life fresh
from the soil of mother earth.
close to which we lived in rustic
simplicity.
Since we had left Syria. our
life, with all its hardships, had
been a delight to Max, but 1t was
also a series Of constantly re-
peated shocks. If the shocks came
too rapidly and too hard, he sol
aced his bruised dignity with the
thought that those who were ur'
duly familiar with him did not
know that he was the heir to the
House Of Hapsburg. So day by
day he grew to enjoy the nestling
comfort of a nearby friend. This
/ grieve to plainly say, was toe
plainly seen in his relations with
YoIanda, for she unquestionablS
nestled closer toward him.
CTo BE Continued Tomorrow
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SHATTERED ROMANCE
DRIVES MAN TO DEATH

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 23.-Tiie
shattering of the romance of bar
Ter who fell in love with a girl
whose hair he bobbed is said by
acuuaintances to have been the cause
of the suicide. Rosetta, who was
+wenty-six years old, swallowed poi.
son. He died in the Episcopal Hos
pital.
Six months ago the young man
came to this city from the falln
of his parents. near Usage City, kan,
and entered a barber school. He is
gaid to have met the girl the first
day he worked in a shop. When he
called At her home recently he
learned she had been separated ii ON
her husband. but that they had be-
come reconciled.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-23
Will Gland
Treatment Prolong
Youth and Life?
Slandogen Provides Simple Method
Of Taking Glandular Treatment.

DR.. Serge voronoff. the eminent
French authority on glands, as a
result of his experiments believes
that men who have arrived at the
age where their intellectual AM
physical faculties commence 20
diminish, or their memory becomes
unreliable. their thoughts tardy, and
their efforts more difficult. or where
the ardors Of life slacken and de.
cline, and even end-these men
will find in glandular treatment \
means whereby they may comba.
these infirmities to .prolong equally
their will power and their lives.
Glandogen, the new scientific
gland tonic, prepared in tablet
form provides a simple method Of
taking glandular treatment. Gland.
open, for men and women. is oh.
tainable at all stores of the Peoples
Drug Co.
|
Evening star., 1924-10-01
CATHEDRAL SCHOOL
OPENING TODAY
Many Applicants Turned Away
fof 25th Year of Girls
Institution.

The National Cathedral School for
Girls opened it's twenty fifth year
today.
Although this is registration day,
the formal opening exercises will
be held Friday morning at S:45
O'Clock, when the school meets for
assembly in the gymnasium. Bishop
Freeman will make an address, fol-
lowing which the students will gath
er in the Cathedral Close for the an
nual ceremony Of raising the Stars
and Stripes over the school.
Every year since the school opened
in the Fall of 1900 all accommodate :
tions have been filled and, it is stated
applicants have been turned away.
This year as many have been turned
away as are in the school. The girls
this year come from 33 States, the
District of Columbia and China. Be
cause the study hall has. not been
large enough previously, the school
will this year be divided into two
chapel groups.
The board of trustees, which ad-
vises Miss Jessie Claire Mcdonald,
the principal, and DR.. Helen l.. Web
ster, the academic head, in school pol
icies, consists of the Right Rev. James
Il. Freeman, Bishop of Washington;
Evening star., 1924-10-01

years, have fed to the Armenian Sow
let Republic a few miles north and
east. The latter state does not even
include all of pre-war Russian Ar
menia, for the Soviet government
oeded about two-thirds of that ter
ritory to the Turks.
I'm the Armenian Soviet Republic
with an area of between, 10000 and
$4,000 square miles, are now concen-
trated about a million and a quarter
Armenians, the bulk of the people OF
Armenian blood who have survived
the past decade of forced migrations
massacres. famines. pillage and
plague. Because of the influx of refu-
gees. most of the towns of Soviet Ar
menia are overcrowded and probably
suffered heavily from the earthquake
'AleXandropol, mentioned as one
of the cities suffering most in the
Russian area, was described as fol-
lows in communication to the Geo
graphic Society after the Turks had
retreated from it in one of their
post-World War raids:
Turks Devastated AIexandropol.
'AleXandropol is a blasted town
tthe handiwork of the Turk upon
retreating). with streets like the
slough of despond; low. fiat houses
tong lines of sackclothed people sit
ting. lying, doing and dying, all in
the Spring sunlight; not a laborer at
work, not wheel turning save
those of the wretched droshky which
we ccmmandeered
Utter silence brooded over Alex
aEdropol-a silence profound and sin
lister. as if the whole town were
muf,led out of respect for continuous
burial. We found no violence, nc
disorder. The people showed the
gentle somnolence of lotus-eaters, as
they sat there in the long sunbathed
streets. feeding on hope.
Refugees, whose numbers had
grown in six weeks from 10000 to
$4,000. and in 10 days from 10000
to $4,000, filled the Russian barracks
where they were massed like bees
In swarming time. AS we wake ed
through those dark, cell-like rooms
OF shattered windows and smok ed
ceilings, not bed or chair was to
De seen, but only groups of wretched
humanity. huddled together on theii
common bed of dank f1agstones.
Through the dimness we could
see multitude of hands stretched
despairingly forth. and again tina,
low drone of Bread! Bread. Bread"
shook US as we passed. Those who
were strong enough stumbled up and
followed US out into the sunlight
an unforgettable throng of waxen
races and OF wasted bodies that
streamed with rags. To them we
must have seemed as the bright god
Baldur seemed to the damned spirits
among whom he passed in dun HeIa :
realm.
Evening star., 1924-10-01
MAJ. H. K. BENTLEY NAMED |
EXECUTIVE AT HOSPITAL
Assigned by Director Hines to Vet
erans' Bureau Institution No.
90, Beacon, N. Y.

Harry K. Bentley, major, Finance
Officers Reserve Corps, and a native
Washingtonian, has been named by
Director Hines of the Veterans Bu-
reau to be business executive at the
bureau hospital, No. 9S, Beason, N. Y.
Maj. Bentley was educated at ST.
Johns College, District of Columbia !;
Rockhill College, Maryland. and fin
ished with a postgraduate course at
Catholic University.
For eighteen and one-hait years
Maj. Bentley has occupied executive
posts at the United States Soldiers
Home here in Washington. having
been executive assistant and also
purchasing officer Of that institution.
He comes to his new position pecu
liarly well fitted for it's responsible
tiles. He will leave for Beacon, n. Y,
in about ten days.
Evening star., 1924-10-01
ARMEN|A'S TRIALS
COVER 1900 YEARS
Once Powerful Nation Has
Suffered Since Conquest
by Arabs in 636.

Unhappy Armenia, already laid
"a ste during the past decade by all
~ 5he Three Horsemen of the Apoca-
iyFse,' now is the victim of physical
~ ftstrophc," says bulletin from
Il Washington headquarters of the
National Geographic Society in re-
Sax to that region of Asia Minor.
from which a highly destructive
earthquake is reported
Armenia, centuries ago. was one
"f the most powerful ana prosperous
=jtttcS of Asia. 1t is the memory of
rs golden age of independence and
"s ser that has kept alive in the
ar"a&tS of Armenians a hope of again
emerging as a nation. Their history
I'=a been not unlike that of the Poles
sij ugh tremendously more tragic.
torn as they were among powerful
ncighbors and the victims of persecu-
ton and massacre as well
For few tieeting months after
ai# close Of the World War, it an
r.ared as if a full fledged Armenia
" uld spring into existence again;
b2t Russian and Turkish armies
e. ckly put an end to that dream
Long Train of Alien Masters.
Since $50 the Armenians have
f~aliN never had a chance The
country was then conquered by the
"loslem Arabs and long train of
''st@n masters was uShered in: Arabs
aelJuk Turks. Mongols, Osmanli
= srkS, PerSianS, Russians.
Just before the World War three
Nrmenias' eXisted-that of Trans
1casus Russia, that of Turkey.
i smaller plot in Persia Lofty
.-Hunt Arrarat was, and still is, the
- anon corner of these Russian, Per-
san and Turkish domains The Ar
'renianS, Christians since the earliest
Centuries of the present era, accept
jHs Noahic legend most literally, and
are ready to point out the exact spot
o. the famous mountain where the
Prov of the Ark grounded.
Earthquake Near Arrarnt.
The recent earthquake disturbance
Gems to nave been most pronounced
~ the region within 100 miles of
rat, to the west and northwest.
B. Eerum. where much damage result
@t, according to Constantinople re-
ports. is in Turkish Armenia though
II hardly deserves the name now. for
HpndredS OF thousands OF former Ar
.Ht nan residents of the territory per-
uted by the Turks in the last few
Evening star., 1924-10-01
DELAY SHENANDOAH TEST
Navy Dirigible to Begin Pacific
Flight Next Week,

LAKEHURST, N. j., October IA
two-hour test flight scheduled for
today for the Navy dirigible Shen-
andoah, in preparation for her Pa
cific Coast flight, was postponed until
tomorrow.
Announcement was made that the
Shenandoah will start its 17-day
round trip to the Pacific Coast next
Sunday, or on the first day after that
date on which conditions will per-
NIT.
Evening star., 1924-10-01

Right Rev. James De Wolf Perry, Right
Rev. Philip M. Rhinelander. Very Rev.
G. c. F., Bratenaht, Rev. DR.. William
L. De Vries, Charles C. Glover, Charles
J. Bell, DR.. William C. Rives, Henry
White, Corcoran Thorn, James Par
melee, DR.. William H. Wilmer, Sena.
tor George Wharton Pepper and Gen
John j. Pershing.
Evening star., 1924-10-01

Following IA number of serious ac-
cidents to hunters, the national hunt
committee of England has made the
wearing of crash helmets compulsory
for jockeys in steeplechcase events
An American company struck oil at
TariJa, Bolivia, and the flow is reported
10 be $50 barrels d DAY
Evening star., 1924-10-01
SOUTHERN PACIFIC WINS.
I. c. c. Approves Double Track
Rail Line to West Coast.

The Southern Pacific Company has
won it's fight for a complete double
track line of railroad to the Pacific
Coast.
It's plan to acquire control of the
Ell Paso and Southwestern system
and, through the Arizona Eastern
Railroad, one of it's subsidiaries, to
construct new extensions in Mari
copa, Yuma and Pinal Counties, Ariz..
together with it's proposed financing
arrangements, was given the ap-
proval of the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
The new construction of the Ari-
zona Eastern will total approxi-
mately 175 miles and will connect
the Southern Pacific Lines with the
Arizona Eastern. This connection,
with the connection of the Southern
Pacific with the Rock Island sys-
tenn, Will constitute a direct double
track route from Chicago and Mis-
souri, River territory to southern
California.
Evening star., 1924-10-01

Nah pong has not invaded Portugal,
but importation of sets made in this
country has been suggested by the
American vice consul at Lisbon.
Evening star., 1924-10-01

Bolivia is to have new railroad
which will cost the government $1,000
coo.
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FREED; TO LEAVE U. S. =
AFTER 26 YEARS IN JAIL

/. NEW YORK, March 19.-Ernest
Menet, who had servh ed twenty-six
years in Sing Sing and Clinton
prisons out Of twenty seven. years
in the country, was released, hav.
ing been paroled on his promise to
return to France and never come
back to the United States.
Menet is fifty-two. He was first
sent to prison on q sentence of
twenty.three years and nine months
after he arrived in this country. He
was released last September after
an unbroken stretch OF twenty one
years, and a few weeks later was
caught smuggling saws into the
Duchess county jail in an effort
to free a friend. He was then ar.
rested as parole violator.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-19
CIVILIANS TOLD
IDEALS MAKE
NATIONS
Extent Of Territory Not
Requisite, DR.. Abernethy
Declares in Address.

Declaring that he often thought
that the United States was becom-
ing a boastful nation, the Rev. VIII
liam S. Abernethy, pastor OF the
Calvary Baptist Church. YESTERDAY
told the members of the Civitan cub
that America is a big country, but
II is not necessarily a great coun'
try by reason of its dimensions"
DR.. Abernethy said that a great
country was one which produced
great men. Ie cited Turkey, which
he said, had produced no really
great men, China, which has had
only one really great figure, and
compared them to Greece and Scot
land, with their long line OF great
men and great ideals"
I'VE are too prone to mistake
bigness for greatness, he said.
1.-The nation that produces great
men and women is the nation that
is great. We must pay more at
tention to our boys and girls" he
said.
DR.. Abernethy said that patriot
ism did not consist Of singing the
national anthem and waving the
flag.
"A man who is patriotic" he de-
clared, lis one who loves his coun.
tryman and one who believes in CIV
ing service to his fellow men.
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long. The larger will carry thirty
two Ford cars and the smaller
fourteen cars.
The towboats also will be in two
sizes, and will be faster than the
Government boats now operating
on the lower river. The fuel cost il
said to be only four mills per
horsepower, the cheapest fuel cost
ever developed in any towboat
operation thus far.
1t is said the contracts for the
first fleet will be let at once at
st. Louis.
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FORD CARS To.
Be SHIPPED
BY WATER
River Transportation on the
Mississippi Expected
to Boom.
BY Cosmopolitan News Service.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, March
19.-River transportations on the
upper Mississippi on a more ex.
'tensive scale than has existed since
the boom days of the last century,
is iE prospect as the result of a
conference at Detroit between offic-
ials Of the Ford Motor Company
and the Unit Navigation Company
Of st. Louis. 1t was decided to
place in operation the coming
season, providing shippers along the
river will cooperate, a demonstra-
ton fleet of light draft barges and
towboats. The service would be
between the Twin Cities and St.
Louis.
When the Ford company first
announced its plans for a large
plant in the Twin Cities, now under
construction, it was made clear that
the river would be used as much
as possible in transporting mate.
rails at the plant, which is on the
Mississippi between the two cities,
are provided for in the plans.
According to the plans of the
Unit Navigation Company, which
were approved at the conference
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-19

The first application of Howard s
Buttermilk Cream will astonish you.
1t creates beauty almost like magic.
The most wonderful thing about it
is the fact that whilst it turns the
dullest, most lifeless complexion to
radiant beauty and makes red or
rough hands or arms snowy white,
Yet there is not the slightest sign
of it's use after application. 1t
actually vanishes from sight and
the most heated atmosphere will
not produce the least shininess or
greasiness of the skin.
No matter whether you are trou.
bled with a poor complexion, wrink.
les, puffiness AROUND the eyes.
freckles, crows feet or lines around
the mouth, ugly finger nails, or
just simple roughness of the
face, hands or arms caused by
wind or sun, you will find that any
or all of these troubles will quickly
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-19

this week, fleets of barges will be
operated much the same as railroad
trains are operated on land. The
river will be divisionalized as are
railroads, and barges will be switch
ed to and from trains or towns
and set out at way station landings
in the same way that freight cars
are sidetracked.
A special type of barge has been
designed for carrying Ford cars.
The barges will resemble freight
cars and will be in two sizes, one
SO feet long and the other 100 feet