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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-17
.HENNINo TO BE COMMERCE
CHAMBER DINNER SPEAKER

Edward J. Henning, assistant
secretary OF labor. the Reverend
Doctor Peter Guilday. professor at
Catholic University, and the Rev
erend Jason Noble Pierce, pastor OF
First Congregational Church, will
make brief addresses at the mid
winter dinner of the Chamber of
Commerce, tomorrow at the Hotel
Mayflower in connection with. the
formal opening OF the hotel, it was
announced today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-17
200 New Spring Hats,
Special Tomorrow, $2.75

"A new shipment Of Smart Spring Hats,
usually retailing for 1896 to $500. They
are in the popular high colors. also plenty
OF blacks, brown and navy.
Kann's Second Floor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-17
PANAMA CANAL TOLLS
81 .a32.O6o IN JANUARY

During january 459 vessels passed
through the Panama Canal and
paid tolls amounting TO 81, 49,, 069. OF.
according to report made to the
War Department today by Cover
nor M. i. Walker.
The figure shows decrease
from January, 1924, when 476 yes
sells passed through the canal and
paid tolls amounting to $2,216.-
855.O1, but Is slightly higher than,
the average Of the first seven.
months Of the present fiscal year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-17
Housewares
CSC Buty-C hyne, Soc Yard
Stamped Linen Towels,
69c Each

-AlIlinen Towels. white with colored Dor
ders OF rose gold, lavender and blue. AL
stamped in easy and pretty designs
Kann'a-Fourth Floor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-17
Japanese Nainsook, s1.s9 Piece

--1O-yard pieces Of White NainsOok, so
inches wide; fine and sheer. with q silky
finish.
Kann's-Street Floor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-17

OUR LOSS WILL BE YOUR GAIN-our goods not even
touched by the Ireland YET THE SMOKE FROM THE
FIRE has rendered stock in condition that calls for
COMPLETE CLEARANCE. DON'T MISS READING A
SINGLE ITEM HIGH GRADE, STANDARD, NATIONALLY
KNOWN MERCHANDISE PRICES AT COST and LESS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-17
$50 Pieces Of JeweIry at CSC
Actual $500 to $500 Values

The assortment consists Of necklaces.
bracelets, bar pins, rings, ana many other
items. which were purchased from an
importer at very low price,
Kann's-Street Floor. Isl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-17
CITIZENS ARE TO DISCUSS
BILLS BEFORE CONGRESS

The South Washington Citizens
Association will meet at the Fair
brother School tomorrow night at
8 O'Clock.
General District legislation in Con-
gress is to be under discussion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-17
Playing Cards, at 39c

---2O0 packs of Playing Cards. Of 3 Well'
known brand. Red or blue backs
Kann's street Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17

If I was to build an automobile
wouldn't be any clutch or foot brake.
Just an acCelerator. Then ! could go
on repairin' honest brea kdownS and
not have to waste my life maxim up
for all the trouble owners around here
infiict on their cars by using the ped
ais like you would player piano.
I've yet to find car in reasonably
cd condition that couldn't b e
handled 30 per cent of the time on
the open road with the accelerator
alone. Any half way decent engine
nowadays will pick up quickly enough
by feedin' gas gingerly, max
ing gear shiftin' matter of savin' A
few seconds at the expense of extra
wear and tear on the car. Any en-
CINE with normal compression will
serve to slow down the car to a safe
speed if the driver will just take his
foot off the accelerator within reason
danger ahead
Instead of skillfui use of the accel.
orator you find the average driver
pumpin up and down on the clutch
and brake pedals, and just usin' the
accelerator for an occasional burst
of speed or as means of runnin' the
engine at the wrong speed, so that he
can run the risk of smaShin' the gears
when he tries TO shift them.
All this just means work for me.
Friction burns out clutch facings and
warps the plates. And there is no
better way to start friction doin' its
evil work in "A clutch than by engagin
and releaSin' the clutch constantly. II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17
Eastern Shore Is VeritabIe
Paradise for Motor Tourists
MARYLAND and Delaware Noted for Hos.
pitality and Epicurean Liping-Coun-
try Rich in History and Beauty.

venerable mansions. among others
being SO Prince George street, built
about 1880 as a mansion for the gov
ernor
Besides the Naval Academy, found
ed in 1S45, Annapolis has a much
older seat OF learninG-St. Johns Col
leSe-opened in 1889. On the campus
of this school will be found a tulip
poplar tree estimated to be 500 years
old Visitors to Annapolis, of course
make 1t a point TO see the chapel and
the crypt. wherein are the remains Of
John Paul Jones
From Annapolis the most direct
route to the Eastern Shore is by
way Of the ferry across the bav 10
Claiborne, trip of approximately an
hour and three quarters, but thor
oushly enjoyable and pleasant di-
version. The little town at which the
ferry lands is named after one Of the
pioneers in Maryland history
Wye House Interesting.
From Claiborne good road leads
TO Easton. Near here is Wye House.
one of the finest examples Of colonial
architecture in the country. Nearby
also. is Hope House. noted for it's
beautiful gardens and trees. What
is believed to he the oldest frame
building eXtant in the United States
will be found in EaSton. The Friends,
Meeting House. records show. was
built in 1854. making It 241 wears old
Crossing the Choptank River, the
road leads TO Bethlehem and thence
in a southerly direction. Many of the
towns en- route date back to the very
beginnings OF colonial history. and to
this day this section retains the old
English names brought there by the
colonial pioneers. Motorists are unan-
imous in proclaiming this section the
most hospitable place on earth. and
where stranger can get more TO
eat for nothing than anywhere else
on the globe
With the exception ~ s%.or&
stretch from fredericksburg to the
Maryla nd Delaware line. the roads on
the Eastern Shore are of the i'm
proved types, either concrete or
gravel In the immediate vicinity Of
the bay some shell roads are to he
found. The road from fredericksburg
IS Of dirt. but is readily traverse BILE
in dry weather.
Salisbury is one of the larger towns
on the Eastern Shore. and from this
point improved roads branch out to
, the north. going into Delaware; to the
| east, 10 Ocean City; to the south. 10
| Crisfeld
Where the Choptank River widens
10 meet the bay is Cambridge. where
| fish and oysters abound and Wild fowl
| in countless numbers come to feed
| Here is beautiful little city. the
! cradle of governors and the home Of
n wealth of aristocraCy. Nearby arc
| the show places of the du Points. tho
| equal of which, perhaps, are not TO be
| found in Maryland.
To the south, between Tangier
| Sound and Pocomoke Sound, is the
| CONTINUED on Eighth Page)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17

Roads that lead TO the ocean, past
sanctuarieS of patriotism, through
wooded halls of natures own design.
where sea breeZes minEle with the
fra GRANGE OF sweet-scented blossoms:
to spots famous among epicures.
where hospitality runs in the blood
and living is practiced as an art
these are, the roads that lead TO the
Eastern Shores of Maryland and
Delaware,
To visit Maryland's historic sites.
to climb her mountains and descend
into her valleys, to pay tribute at
her hallowed landmarks and yet nnt
TO visit her Eastern Shore, IS not TO
know Maryland. Partly cut away
from the mainland By the tentacled
arm of the Chesapeake it has been
less accessible, yet tourists and pleas
ure- seekers who have crossed the
bay have pronounced it a veritab BILE
paradise.
The Stars special motor tour this
week leads TO these famous places on
the Eastern Shore.
Annapolis First Stop.
Leav wing the District of Column bia
by way of Good Hope, the road is.
perhaps, familiar TO most Washing
ton motorists as far as Marlboro.
thence to Mount Zion and Annapolis.
Maryland interesting capital city
and the home of the United States
Naval Academy.
Known the world over for its spic-
andspan midshipmen, Annapolis dates
from 1919, when it was founded
by Puritan eXiles from Virginia In
the early days. long before the Revo-
luton, Annapolis was a flourishing.
fashionable city. As a capital city it
goes back to 1894. There are rlany
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17
SEEKS ELIMINATION
OF ALL GRADE CROSSINGS
Maryland State Road Commissioner
Will Ask for Funds to
Carry on Work

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
BALTIMORE May discrimination
of every grade crossing on the State
roads in Maryland has been proposed
by State Roads Commissioner Mack
all. Sufficient funds to carry out this
program will be asked of the next Leg
islature.
Cooperating with 4 Commissioner
Mackall in this movement are the
Baltimore and Ohio and Pennsylva mia
Railroads, which have agreed to divide
the cost of this work equally between
the carriers and the State. The plan
calls for the elimination of 100 grade
crossings at an estimated cost OF
$4,000, 900, one half of which must be
appropriated by the state Legislature,
which meets in 1927. The Western
Maryland Railroad also has signified
its approval of the plan. within limits
fixed by ayafIa bility of funds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17
INTERSTATE BUS RULES
ARE CONFERENCE TOPIC
More Than 100 Operators of
Freight and Passenger Lines In
vited to Meeting May 20.

A conference for the purpose of
formulating legislative policy re
trucks and busses has been called by
the American Automobile Association
TO meet here May 20. More than 100
bus and truck associations have been
invited to be represented. These as
sociations represent the independent
bus and truck operators.
The meeting viii be held under the
auspices of the commercial vehicle de
partment of the a. a. a. The same
question will he discussed at the an.
nual meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States May 21
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17
EASTERN SHORE MILEAGES
AND FERRY SCHEDULE.

The trip TO the Eastern Shore
of Maryla nd. formerly made by
way of Elkton. is more gener-
ally made now by taking the
ferry at Annapolis to Claiborne.
The ferry leaves Maryland's .
capital at S am. ! pm. and
$50 pm. Returning from
Claiborne the schedule is 10
am. 3 pm. and pm.
Some of the points indicated
on the accompanying map can
he reached comfortably in a
day. but a week end tour of
this section is recommended as
being both enjoyable and in
strIIctive.
Distances from Washington
to favorite places on the East
ern Shore follow:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17
Done With the Head.

One car owner recently saved him.
self a lot Of trouble and expense by
using his head in finding the cause of
strange engine click He found
out the number of clicks per revolu-
ton of the engine shaft, traced the
noise to the camshaft and thence to
fiat valve litter roller. Cost him 50
cents to remedy the trouble
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17
THE OLD MECHANIC SAYS:

isn't so much the wear on the brake
Innings that makes this craze for usin'
the brakes a dead waste. but the
extra wear on the universals. trans.
mission and pinion gear. When the
engine does the slowin' down the proc
ess is natural and nothin is strained.
But when the driver jams on the
brakes it's just like the car was tryin'
TO go both ways AT once.
or course, 1t can't really do this, SO
/ imagine it compromises by turnin'
about and headin' for my shop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17

Louisiana had the biggest per
centage of increase in registration
last year, 1913 per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17

Australia buys the greatest num-
Der of passenger cars from the Unit
ed States. and Japan purchases the
greatest number of motor trucks.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-01-27
Invisible Girl Thieves
Loot Paris Hotel Rooms
Without Fear of Police
Mice" Wear Tight Black Suits and
Work in Darkness, Protected by
longs and Gas Pistols

Half a hundred slim French girls,
dressed in tight black suits covering
them from head to foot and making
them virtually invisible in the darl,
are preying on rich guests in the ho-
tells at Paris, France. The girls, who
are called hotel mice" have become
active, police have discovered, with
the release from prison of Countess
Manola, who was their leader ten
years ago.
The girls, police say, carry only
two weapons-tongs by which they
can unlock doors with keys left on
the inside, and gas pistols which they
use to make their victims sleep should
they awaken during the stealing.
Countess Manola goes among the
society men and women and selects
the victims Then she gives to her
girls names OF the persons to be robb-
ed, and the girls go to work. Enter
ing the hotel rooms, with their black
suits making them invisible in the
darkness, they search for the booty
and disappear finally without leaving
the slightest trace.
Many times the girls have been
forced to use their gas pistols to sub
due their victims. Only four persons
have died from the gas, however. One
of the girls, frightened by man vic
tim, fled from his room and lett her
pistol on the floor That is how police
got hold of one OF the weapons, Now
another search for Countess Manola
and her mice" has begun in Paris.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-01-27
FLORIDA EXODUS
Is NOW EXPLAINED
400 BARRELS OF FINE LIQUOR
DISTILLED IN COLUMBUS 90
YEARS AGO, IN RIVER.

TALLAHASSEE. FLA vessel
loaded with 400 barrels OF choice liq-
uors is at the bottom OF the Chatta-
hoochee river not far from its mouth
says a letter to Governor John w
Martin, asking aid in salvaging the
cargo.
The vessel, with its cargo, has been
there Tor more than 90 years, says the
letter, which is from a man in west
Florida, who claims to know its exact
location. The name OF the author was
not made public.
In letter to the governor the man
told OF the shipment leaving Column
bus, Ga, where the liquor was distill-
ed more than 90 years ago.
The vessel on which the cargo was
shipped made the trip safely down the
Chattahoochee until it neared the
mouth OF the stream and developed
trouble that sent it to the bottom, &C
cording to the letter At that time liq-
uor was worn less than a dollar a gal
lon, he said, and the owners decided
that it would hardly be worth while
to attempt to recover the vessel. So
they left it at the bottom OF the river,
where it has remained in wood for
more than 90 years, and the west Flor
idian holds the secret OF its exact
whereabouts. he claims.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-01-27
SCHLEY COUNTY fNSTALLS
A WOMAN AS ITS JAILEF
Sheriff Lets" Jail to Widow. Former
Jailer Quits; Too Few "Boarders."

While women have been elected to
serve as governor in some OF the states
and occupy other responsible positions
it remains for Schley county to furnish
a woman jailer.
Sheriff R. E Battle, preferring to
remain on his farm six miles in the
country, has let the Jail to widow,
who will look after all miscreants in
the county, assisted only by her a.
year-old son.
For several months the Jail has not
had an occupant Willie Lumpkin, the
former jailer decided that boarding
prisoners, when there were no pris-
oners to board was not very remuner-
alive. and betook himself and family
back to the country to pursue the art
OF farming. The jail is situated on one
OF the most prominent streets in town.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-01-27
PUT ON BRAKES AND
LEAPED TO DEATH
NO CAUSE KNOWN FOR SUD.
DEN ACT OF ENGINEER
NEAR WAYCROSS.

SAVANNAH, Ga. - William H
Holman, engineer on an A. c. L. train
was fatally injured at 1:43 Thursday
morning near Manor when, without
any reason, he put the engines emer-
gency brakes on and leaped from the
cab.
Imagined Saw Obstruction.
Mr.. Holman IS believed to have
imagined he saw some obstruction
ahead OF the engine because he put
on the emergency brakes before leav-
ing his Cab Quickly he applied the
brakes and leaped from the engine.
The train Engineer Holman was
pulling was a Central passenger that
runs from Savannah to Montgomery
but is known here as the second sec
ton OF No. 81 OF the \. c. l., as ii
was using the A. c. L. track. Manor
is about fifteen miles from Waycross
When the train came to a sudden
stop the conductor went to the engine
TO find the reason Tor the halt He
met the fireman and questioned him
and was told that, without any rea-
son. Mr.. Holman had applied the
brakes and leaped off the locomotive.
Struck Object.
The engineer was found some dis
lance from the place where the train
stopped. He was unconscious. In
lcaping from the train he had struck
an object, the report stated, and was
badly injured He probably struck a
crosstie.
He died at $50 o'clock on a relief
train that was sent to take him to a
I-.---rita1 1t ANaN-rrnSS
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-01-27
.Repulsive Horn Toad Is
Nature Champion Buffer
Although Harmless Can Initiate Skin,
Look Ferocious and Squirt Blood.

Although Harmless Can Initiate Skin,
Look Ferocious and Squirt Blood.
Although the horn toad, specimens
OF which have recently reached this
country, is one OF the most repulsive
and formidable looking Of all Great
ures it is in reality quite harmless,
says the Philadelphia Inquirer.
No animal is more thorough
"bluffer." 1t can initiate its skin TO
twice its normal size, presenting an
appearance OF extreme ferocity. When
it is angry it Kisses and rattles its
tail. while it is further endowed with
the astonishing gift OF squirting blood
from its eyes! Actually, however, the
horn toad is as incapable of intiicting
injury as the ordinary garden frog.
lis ability to emit blood from its
eyes without damage to those delicate
organs has lately claimed the atten-
ton OF scientists, who have discovered
that the toad squirts blood as a safe
ty valve elects steam. When the Great
ure is disturbed its blood pressure
rises. filling with blood the tiny peck
cts round its eyes. AS the pressure
increases the walls OF these pockets
give way and the blood shoots forth
frightening away its enemy,
The blood is slightly acid and caus-
es certain amount OF discomfort tc
the person or animal whose skin il
touches. The horn toad can squirt its
blood IS inches. at intervals OF iron
one TO two minutes, and has beer
known to repulse even rattlesnakes by
this extraordinary means.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-01-27
Eleven Saw Mill Plants
In Calhoun County Sold
Culloden Man Announces the Sale to
Two Albany Men.

w V. Means, OF CuIloden, has an
nounced the sale OF ten saw mills and
one roofer mill, near Williamsburg, to
two Albany men Z. A. Fry and J. A.
Brown. The amount involved was
about 100000, according to Mr.
Means.
The mills are located near Williams
burg, III Calhoun county Mr.. Means
came to southwest Georgia in Octo-
fber from Culloden, and built the ten
saw mills and the rooier mill. He gives
as his reason for selling them the TACT
that ne owns other mills near Cullo-
den and that it was impossible Tor him
too operate mills so lar apart.
Besides the mills all mules, carts
and wagons at the mills and approx
mately 50,00O,0O0 feet OF timber in
terests were included in the sale, Mr..
Means stated
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-01-27
Fashion in Womens Hats
Of 300 Years Ago Is Back
Latest Sensation Designed After Steel
Helmets of Seventeenth Century.

LONDON, Eng-"Pikcman's pot"
styles in women's hats, designed after
the steel helmets OF the seventeenth
century pikemen, represented in the
collection OF arms and armor OF the
Tower OF London, are the latest SEN
sation in fashionable London milf
merry.
For some time milliners have hunt
ed for designs that would by their
novelty OF appeal, lure women away
from the popular cloche fashion. Ear
1ier in the season they thought that a
successful rival had been found in the
square-crowned hat but this was vot-
ed down by fastidious clients.
Now the seventeenth century he'll
met is being used as a model for the
midwinter hat. The feather weight felt
OF the season-steel gray is the IA
vorite color choice Tor realistic effect
is blocked to the seventeenth cen
fury outline, and tuft OF feathers
gives the feminine touch
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-01-27
ARLINGTON COLD STORAGE
IS FILLED WITH MEAT

Arlington's cold storage plant is
filled to its capacity with meat, ac-
cording to Superintendent Strother.
He saws there is about a hundred and
fifty thousand pounds OF meat in stor-
age, and that nearly half OF this has
been put i'll since January LIST.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-01-27
w orks Way 5000 Miles
To Confess 1857 Theft

Hoboing his way IRON Alaska TO
Chattanooga. Tenn. J. 4. Carne,
former manager OF a chain store in
that city. told the authorities he
had returned to confess that he
stole 500 from his employers in
1928.
Carne was living in Skagway,
Alaska. but his conscience would
give him no peace, he declared, un-
til he confessed the THEFT. He was
penniless when he decided to make
the 6.000-mile trip to Chattanooga,
he explained. and so had to work
and hobo his way.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-01-27
NET WILD GEESE BY THOUS-
ANDS AND BURY THEM

Wild geese cast their feathers in
summer, losing almost all the feath-
ers from their wings simultaneously.
During this season they are helpless
and the natives OF northern Russia
take advantage OF their condition and
net them by the thousands These are
buried in the mud OF the swamps and
LETT to rot. Later they are dug up and
fed to the half-wild dogs and are even
eaten with seeming relish by the un-
discriminating native.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-01-27
MAN HELD FOR GIVING BAD
CHECK AS CHRISTMAS GIFT

A $50 check which police say he
gave girl friend for a Christmas
present has landed Frederick c. Ryd-
strom, a 24-year-old craftsman, in jail
at Washington The young woman re-
ported there was no deposit to cover
the check and Rydstrom was arrest
ed on charge OF violating the bad
check law
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-01-27
SHELLMAN NEGRO ARRESTED
IN HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT

Lonnie Hall, a negro known there
as Frank Webster, was arrested few
days ago at Hartford, Conn, on a
warrant charging murder, alleged to
have been committed eighteen months
ago in Shellman, Georgia. A woman
was shot to death in a dance hall, it
is said. He denied the shooting. Dep
uty Sheriff Arthur Yon, OF Randolph
county, lett to bring the prisoner back
to Georgia.