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way, and fortunately. it reveals
the newer and more important
angle to depreciation.
Motorists always have thought
of depreciation as being a direct
result of neglacting to have re-
pair work done. Now it is APP
parent that depreciation is the
result of neglecting TO do those
things which serve to render re-
pair work unnecessary.
This situation is clearly illus.
trated in the case of the used
car market. When a motorist is
trying to dispose Of his old car
it is invariably true that he can.
get more for it if he can say,
This car has never been in
repear shop. The assumption is
that the machine does not need
repair work. never having needed
any, and the buyer feels that
he is getting something that has
not been passed around from shop
to shop in search for what might
easily be some chronic trouble.
Experiment Suggested.
Any motorist will be somewhat
surprised If he will try the fol-
lowing experiment.:
Step into a used car emporium
and consider a few of the offer
ings. Ask for the history of each
model, ard ask particularly about
the repair shop experience of each
car. Then note whether you feel
any particular desire to buy the
car that is described as having
been completely gone over" See
whether you don't automatically
suspect that the car has suffered
from its excess repair work and
whether it doesn't suggest the
possibility Of a lot of repair work
being left undone.
1t isn't very difficult to tell
whether a car has been saved
the strain of repair work Just
lift the hood and see the amount
Of incidental damage done in the
process of making a good job of
The major units attached. Or look
at the front tenders where the
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mechanics were abliged to do con
tortions.
A lot of cars go about very
badly in need of repairs, the re-
mainder in need Of additional re-
pairs because they have already
had too much of it. That would
seem to leave the car owner in a
quandry, but such is not the case.
It simply gives him a tip to be
more earnest in his effort to avoid
repair shops by making repairs to
the car unnecessary.
Better Care, the Remedy.
That's another way of Urging
more intelligence in car care. 1t
shows that while there is a rem
edy for the troubles due to neglect
of the car such remedy is not had
without certain sacrifices. And the
greatest of these is depreciation.
1t was found, for instance, that
after doing considerable work on a
neglected motor, the new bearings
pushed the crankshaft slightly for
ward. making the timing gears
change their positions enough to
hum annoyingly. The owner had
figured that upon completion of the
job the ear would be as good as
new, but he had not figured on
what the repairs would cost in de
probation over and above the shop
charges for time and materials.
Actual depreciation can be con-
sidered as the cost to make the old
ear as good as it was originally.
Therefore, If a machine is left with
The Washington times., 1925-01-14
SOLID MASS or PEARLS
FOUND IN ONE OYSTER

TAMPA, Jan. 1.-THE most re
markable freak of nature ever seen
in Apalachicola was revealed at the
Gulf Beach Packing Company's
plant when a shucker opened an
oyster that was a solid mass OF
pearls. ranging from the size of a
pin head to a cow-pea.
The pearls are colored black,
brown. cream and snow white, and
are embedded clear through the
body of the oyster, with a thin
fi1n1y skin covering them through
which they can pfainly be seen on
both sides of the oyster, which is a
nice sized one and contains perhaps
500 pearls. Only the great muscle,
gills and mantel of the oyster are
free from pearls
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There is saying that no piece OF
machinery can be taken apart and
put together again so as to be as
good as it was before. The. auto
mobile, being one of the greatest
pieces Of mechnism ever conceived
by man, naturally offers an excellent
opportunity to test this rule, and
experience seems to show that it
net only proves the rule but offers
the motorist a plain explanation of
the situation.
1t is seen, for example, that when.
ever something is repaired on an
automobile sonnething- else suffers.
This applies first to the mechanical
features and, secondly, to the body
ard its trimmings. From the stand
point Of dollars and sense, therefore,
q repair job means a depreciation
loss, so that the motorist is faced
with the question as to whether the
neglect OF the car which occasioned
the repair bill and the depreciation
loss was worth while.
Avoid Need for Repairs.
The new thought in depreciation
holds no brief for avoidance of necec-
Oary repairs, for depreciation is like
IL to increase at q rate all out of
normal proportions IL urgent repair
work Is neglected. It goes deeper
than this. It says that every repair
job entails certain other losses and
that the only way to avoid this is
to see that the occasion for such re-
patr work does not arise.
That Is arriving at the old story
q car care in a somewhat new
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SLIGHT DROP IN
1924 AUTO
OUTPUT

Automobile output for the first
nine months of 1924 il within per
cent Of last year, and is the second
best record in the history Of the
business. The total for November,
based on shipping reports submit
ted to the directors meeting Of the
National Automobile Chamber Of
Commerce. in New York today, was
248, 113.
Conditions are felt by the trade
to be on an excellent basis. While
production is slightly curtailed COM
pared with 1923, it Is 42S per cent
above 1923. Reports from dealers
throughout the country state that
new car stocks on hand are lighter
than this time last year, with a
better outlook for winter business.
The totals for production of cars
and trucks by months during the
past two years are:
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SCHOOL ASSOCIATION
TO DISCUSS Bull DING

The proposed five-year school
building program for the District
will be discussed by the District
OF Columbia Public School Associa.
ton at special meeting at 8
o'clock tomorrow night in the board
room of the District Building.
The association viii receive the re-
ports OF the committees on school
expansion, educational methods and
progress and legislation.
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Monument for Aviator

Erection OF monument in the
District of Columbia to Lieutenant
Louis Bennett, army aviator who
was killed in an air battle in
France, is proposed in resolution
now pending in the House. The bill
was introduced by Congressman
Robert Luce, of Massachusetts.
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Repair Job May Mean
Depreation Loss
BY j. LEO sUGRUE,
Times Anton Obiie Editor.

the belief that minimizing depreciation
matter keeping good repair will doubtless be
surprised thought in ownership which reveals
pairing a of excessive depreciation.
Apparently the idea aimed at those who
imagine be saved from the tobOggan of depreca
rushing the repair shop the last But
there pointers it for the who endeavorng
in his fight against depreciation
though with little success.
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The principal features are:
Dancing, wednesday and
Thursday afternoon and nights;
trapshooting. Tuesday morning;
California Franks rodeo show,
afternoon and night; midway,
afternoon and night; horse show,
Wednesday morning and night;
dog show. Friday; baseball;
poultry show; cattle show; scores
|of exhibits; automobile show.
In size. considering exhibits
and entries in the various
shows, the fair win be the
largest in Montgomery County's
history" G. r. G.lpin. the fair
president declares.
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purse. $500. 2:22 class; trottingi
purse. $500. Mule race; three
tourths Of mile: purse, SIS,
Hunters flat race, 10 be ridden
in colors with gentlemen riders
three-fourths Of mile. cup val
aed at $50.
Thursday 2:25 class; trotting;
purse, $500. Free Tor all trot OF
pace; purse. $500. 2:15 class;
trotting;; purse. $500. Mule race,
three-rourths OF mile: purse. SIS.
Friday-2:14 class; pacing;
purse, $500. 2:15 class; trotting;
purse. $500.
Racing is but one of the big
features of the fair. Among
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program of the Rockville Fair
which opens in Rockville, Md,
tomorrow morning continuing
Ia yand night until late Friday
Afternoon, has been announced
~ John E. Mancaster. secre.
tary of the fair commission.
Races will be held daily at
p. m. The program follows:
Tonlorrow-2:25 class: pacing;
purse. $500 Five children's pony
races at 1870 and p. m.
Wednesday, 2:2O class; pacing:
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Disney 4 Busy Man

Rockville would hardly know
how to get along without w.
r. Disney. Not that 1t is q one
man town. but Mr.. Disney 10 .
well-inforIned and busy native
son and fills several important
positions. Among Them are
superintendent OF the water
works and sewage disposal plant;
bailiff OF the town, and en-.
gineer OF the volunteer fire de.
partment. Dispute his many
duties which allow him few
free moments, Mr.. Disney finds
time to take an active part in
all movements Tor the upbuild-
ing OF Rockville and is conf.
dent that it Is "a town with a
future"
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Pony Races Will Be q Feature
of Fast Track Events at Fair

Speedy TrOtters and
PAGERS to Match
Proves Each Day,
and Gentlemen in
COlOrs Will Ride
Hunters Wednesday
Afternoon.
The complete horse racing
, 1925-06-19
RESOLUTION.

Be 1t resolve By the Colonial Council
of the Munjcj0aJjty Of st. Crojr IN se8-
sjop assembled:
That the Governor be and ne is here.
by authorized to sell. at puoIc auction,
to the highest bidder, for cash provided
the Colonial Treasury's claim is covered
thereby, the lots known as No. 27a and
27b Fisher Street, Cnristiansted. St.
Croix, title to which now vests in the
Municipality of St. Croix by reason Of
the ncn- payment of taxes.
The money. received from the sale Of
the above mentioned lots shall accrue to
the Colonial Treasury Of the Municipality
OF St. Croix.
Proposed by Government.
, 1925-06-19

That the List Of Fees to be charged
by the Law Courts, Sheriffs. Notaries'
Peace Officers, etc. in accordance with
the provisions o. rtIe |, Chap'er l, Sec
ton 28 of the Code of Laws for the
Municipality OF St. Croix, approved June
26. 1920, as amended by Section rs OF
an Ordinance approved August Is, 1921
which was ratified by the Colonial Coun-
Gil April 20, 1925. and approved by the
Governor April %, 1925, snail be amend
ed as follows:
Page g.. under Police Court Fees (Ci-
vii Cases), last item on page-Pre-
pairing transcript for appeal, change
Francs "55. 00' to Francs 500"
Proposed by Government.
, 1925-06-19

GOVERNMENT OF THE
VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES.
ST. THOMAS
June 16, 1925.
The Colonial Council.
Municipality of Saint Croix,
Saint Croix,
Virgin Islands.
Gentlemen:
I nave the honor to present
herewith a draft of a Resolution, pro
posed by the Government, designed to
permit the Government to dispose Of lots
Nos. 81 a and 27 b Fisher Street, CHRIS
tiansted. Saint Croix, with the request
that this Resolution be brought before
the Colonial Council for consideration al
the extraordinary meeting convened by
me for June q, 1925.
Respectfully,
PHILIP WILLIAMS,
, 1925-06-19
LOCAL

The warm, dry weather which prevail
ed for the last few weeks IS showing a
tenuency to breaking up, light showers
falling now nearly every night. Inc
precipitation as measured TO this morn
ing is At lines.
Our contemporary The Herald" has
not beer issued fer several days, and It
is understood that its publication IS sus-
pended Tor the ume being.
The sloop 'Mizpah'' with St. Thomas
mails, locked al this port aC Il O'Clock
noon yesterday.
Among the passengers by the Guiana"
on Sunday last were Nh. Geo. ii, Ed
wards and daughter, from 81. johns
Antigua, who are paying their first Visit
to Saint CroIx on the occasion OF the APP
preaching marriage OF Mr.. Geo. L. Ed
wards. operator of the West India and
Panama Telegraph Co.. here, TO Miss
Viola Petersen OF this WI
There was presented at the Ch~rlstlansted
Theatre last night a highly entertaining
motion picture program the fOrepart OF
which consisted OF an international news
reel Of historical events IN Europe and
America, the visit to Greenland OF King
Christian X OF Denmark and his return
to Copenhagen "a. = all very spectacular and
interesting. The drama entitled The
Web of Conclit" was a combination OF
romance and tragedy in thrilling and fas-
cinating feature. The attendance was
very meagre which IS TO be regretted as
it is finn Of this quality hat the public
should be encouraged to patroniz5 and
will in the course OF time learn to
, 1925-06-19
Gentlemen:

VISSO LudL pursuant 10 CSCLI'u 90 y Il4O
Colonial Law, as amended by an Act OF
the Congress of the United States APP
proved March g., 1917, general elections
for members of Che Colonial Council were
held on June 5, 1925 and June 6, 1925,
and the Government has been advised by
the Chairman Of the Electoral Board that
the results of the elections were as fol-
lows:
l.. For Christianste5's Town:
D. c. Canegata LIST Member,
Ralph De Chabert End Member,
oEinar Svendsen 3rd Member.
For C~hristapsted's Country District:
Joseph Alexander LIST Member,
ID. Hamilton Jackson 2rd Member,
Halvor Berg 3rd Member,
Robert Danielaen 4th Member,
2. For Frederiksted's Town:
Robert l.. Merwin LIST Member,
c r. T. Brow End Member,
For FrederiksteI's Country District:
A J. Black wood Isl Member,
VIM H. Fleming 2nd Member,
FoImer Andersen BID Member,
NJ. VI. SkeOch 4Jn Member.
The Government has been further adj
vised that all persons elected have &C.
copied.
By virtue of the power conferred by
Colonial Law, the Governor has made
the following appointments:
A. E. Stakemann lst Appointed Mem
Der,
F. Coulter End Appointed Member.
W. 5. Abramson 3rd Appointed Mem
Der.
Oluf Olsen 4th Appointed Member.
D. S. Armstrong 5th Appointed Mem
Der.
all effective June 9, 1925.
Pursuant to Section SO Of the Colonial
Law. an extraordinary meeting of the
Colonial Council is hereby convened for
one O'Clock p. M, Monday, June p. 1925,
with the order OF the day as follows:
l. Presentation of Letters of Appoint
ments and examination OF Patents
of Elections.
2. Election of Councils Officials.
3. Election of Members to the MuAici-
pal Committee and the several COM
missions.
A. Such other business as may be regu-
larly brought before the Council.
Respectfully.
PHILIP WILLIAMS,
Governor.
, 1925-06-19

GOVERNMENT OF THE
VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES
ST. THOMAS
June 10, 1925.
The Colonial Council,
Municipality Of Saint CrOiX,
Saint CroiX, Virgin Islands.
Gentlemen:
| have the honor to present
herewith a draft of an Amendment, pro-
posed by the Government, 10 the List
Of Fees ratified by the Colonial Council
on April 20. 1925, and approved by the
Governor April 70, 1925, with the re
quest that this Amendment be brought
before the Colonial Council for consider
alton at the extraordinary meeting con
vened by me for June 22, 1925.
Respectfully,
PHILIP WILLIAMS,
Governor.
AMENDMENT
To the Last Of Fees,
The following amendment is authorized
6y the Colonial Council Of the Munich
paIity of st. Cr0lG IN session assem-
bLed:
, 1925-06-19

Our contemporary The Herald has
not beer issued fer several days, and 1t
is understood that its publication IS sus-
pended Tor the ume being.
, 1925-06-19

The sloop ''Mizpah' with ST. Thomas
mails, locked al this port at II O'Clock
noon yesterday.
Evening star., 1925-08-08
BANKS RESOURCES
ARE NEAR RECORD
Call June 80 Put Total at
s24,350,863,0OO, Figure
Only Exceeded Once.

With a single exception, the bank
call of June 80 showed national banks
in the continental United States,
Alaska and Hawaii to have greater
resources than at any time in the
history of this national banking sys-
tenn.
This was announced last night by
Acting Controller of the Currency
Charles W. Collins. in reporting total
resources of S.072 national banks
June 30 at S24 $50, ,S63, 900 a figure
only exceeded on the call of Decem-
Der 81, 1924, when the total was
s24.3S1 ,2S1 900.
The gain in resources was lisa
944 during the year ended June 80,
and s518,400 in the last three months
of that period.
Eighty-two and eighty-seven hun
dredths per cent of the increase in
resources from April to June was
shown by the banks in central re.
serve and reserve cities. New York
City banks alone showed an advance
Of $3.50. .44O, 900. Chicago banks s24,-
901 900 and Detroit banks s42,953, 900.
The increase in the reserves of the
country anks, or those outside of
reserve cities. was $685. 900. New
Jersey banks showed the largest
amount of increase. S3S. .435 900: New
York State banks. S24 40 900; Massa-
chusetts banks, S17.734 900, and other
increa ses ranging from $19,0 900 to S13,
7S5 900.
Loans and discounts totaled S12..
GA .067 900 on June 80. compared with
1853 $50 900 on April and 81 .97S,-
72S.000 on June 80, 1924.
Pad-in capital of the banks in
creased S35, ,424 600 during the year,
and S7,"9l 900 from April 6 to June
30. Surplus and undivided profits ad-
ranced SIS. .I05 900, as compared with
June a year ago and S3,63S,000 from
April s.
Total deposit liabilities amounted
70 S19, ,e09. .669 900, exceeding by ST.
5el 49,, 900 those on June 80, 1924,
and by 1925, 1872 900 those on April g.
Time deposits. including postal saw
ings. amounted to S5,924 ,65S.000, an
increase of S664 ,725 900 for the year
and of Sl39 .447 900 during the three
month period.
The percentage of loans and dis.
counts 10 total deposits was $40
compared with 81 33 in April and 529
in June, 1924.
Evening star., 1925-08-08
THIRD MAN SEIZED
IN H0LD-UP CASE
Friend of Intended Victim
Arrested as Member of Trio
Who Attempted Robbery.

With the arrest of Roland Clifton of
206 Eleventh street southeast, last
night by Detectives Penn and Fla
herty of the sixth precinct, police had
completed the list of suspects in the
attempted robbery of Fred Hocheisen,
POS z street, last Thursday morning
Clifton, otherwise known as "Dopey
DAN" is alleged by the police to be
the friend of Hocheisen, who dubbed
in with the other two suspects in
the case to give them information as
to how a successful hold-up could be
staged. Wilrose Belhumeur, 26, of
Marlboro Mass, who is being held as
another suspect in the same attempt
ed robbery with Dennis Smith of 1900
East Capitol street, is said to have di.
vulged the entire plan to Detectives
Sweeney, Waldron, Kelly and Scrive
ner.
Befriended by Victim.
The story uncovered by the detec
tives is that Belhumeur and Smith
unable to get" Hocheiser, who was
accustomed to carry large sums in his
pocket, called the erstwhile friend OF
the latter into conference for advice
and assistance. And ''Dopey Dan,
whose family had been provided fol
by Rochester, and who himself ha6
been given a start by Hocheiser after
his release from Occoquan recently, en-
tered the alleged plot to waylay
Hochiser, police aver.
The Hocheiser case, which is being
held under consideration by the police
temporarily, Is said to have paved the
way for the solution of a real, rather
than an attempted holdup in the cass
of Charles Turner, cafe proprietor, who
was held up and robbed about two
weeks ago near his home, 1921 Massa
chusetts avenue southeast.
Detectives at headquarters declare
they have recovered more than 1,50(
of the jewelry which was taken from
Turner at the time he was robbed, and
that they have uncovered evidence or
which prosecutions of Belhumeur and
Smith for highway robbery will be
based. "Dopey Dan" is not implicated
in the Turner case. police declared to
day.
Evening star., 1925-08-08
VANDERBILT HOME
TO Be TRADE SITE
ShoWpIace. on Fifth Avenue
to Be Sold for $7,1O0,OOO,
Court Is Told.
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, August S.-Another
of the residential showplaces Of SOC
iety's 400" on Fifth avenue is to be
sold to make room for a business
block.
Mrs. Alice G. Vanderbilt, widow of
Cornelius Vanderbilt, yesterday asked
the Supreme Courts approval for the
sale of the Vanderbilt chateau at
F'ifty-seventh street for S7,100 900.
Since she came into possession of the
property in 1899, the valuation has in
creased from $3.50. 900 to $4,000 900,
the petition states. Taxes, which have
risen from s3S,446 to S129,120 she
said, have became too burdensome.
The chateau itself is assessed at
only 100000, though 1t cost SO ,000, 900
when it was built and contains some
of the most valuable art objects,
French wood carvings and tapestries
in the country.
Built in the style of the chateau of
the de Blois on the River Loire in
France, there is a great central ball
room in the style of Louis XIV, sur
rounded by a series of private suites.
The buyer is reported to be G..
Maurice Heckscher. son of August
Heckscher. philanthropist. The APP
proval of the court for the sale is nee
essary because Mrs. Vanderbilt merely
has life use of the property. All the
Vanderbilt heirs have approved the
sale, the petition says. The courts
order directing the heirs to show
cause August IS why the sale should
not be permitted is regarded as a
formality.
Mrs. Vanderbilt will move 10 blocks
up the avenue to the former home of
George j. Gould.
Evening star., 1925-08-08
WOMAN IS KILLED
WHEN HIT BY CAR
Mrs. BeuIah D. Cook Victim
of TroIIey-Dies Al
most Instantly.

Mrs. Beulah Cook. 604 D street
southwest was instantly killed when
struck by street car of the Wash
ington Railway and Electric Co. at
Sixteenth and II streets last night,
about 8 o'clock.
The identity of the victim was not
determined. until today, when her
brother, John Hefiin, of this city call
ed at the morgue.
At coroner's inquest the jury gave
verdict OF accidental death.
Tracks of the Washington Railway
and Electric Co., where the accident
occurred are undergoing repairs, and
it Is believed bright lights over a tenn.
porary crossing blinded and confused
the pedestrian. The temporary walk
over which she was crossing was not
lighted, 1t is stated, light from the
nearby walk being considered bright
enough to assist pedestrians crossing
the tracks nearby.
Force of the impact threw the wom-
an several feet to pile of gravel
alongside the tracks. and a fracture
of the skull caused death before the
victim reached Emergency Hospital.
Conductor Carson T. Burke, Ala
New York avenue. and Motorman AL
fred f. Witherington, 3420 N street
composing the crew of the car, were
!, detained by the police until they
could be paroled in custody OF rail
road official to appear at an inquest
Evening star., 1925-08-08
Hoover Receives
kiel Degree for
Aid to Germany

The honorary degree Of doctor of
laws and of political science has been
conferred upon Secretary Hoover by
the University of Kiel Germany, in
recognition of his service to human unity
in general, and particularly for his
efforts in behalf of restoration of
sound economic conditions in Ger
many.
The presentation of the diploma was
made Thursday by Ambassador Won
Nathan, who came from his Summer
purpose.
The Ambassador went to New York
yesterday and will confer with the
newly appointed consul general of
Germany, DR. Kari Won Lewinski, who
was formerly counselor of the embassy
here, and today the Amba ssador
will return to Magnolia.
Evening star., 1925-08-08
EFFlE CHERRY, ACTRESS,
WILL RE-ENTER POLITICS
One of "Sisters" Announce Inten-
ton to Fight to End immortality
in Modern Life.
By the Associated Press.

CEDAR RAPIDS. Iowa, August 8.
-Efhe Cherry, member of the trio
known as the Cherry Sisters" IA
nous on the American stage many
years ago. and who last year was a
candidate for mayor of this city, has
announced that she will again be a
candidate for the office In the March
primaries.
In announcing her candidacy. the
sister who used to help sing Cher
ries Ripe and Cherries Red. Cherry
Sisters are Ahead" denounced mod
ern day bathing beaches and modern
short cuts to everything"
She said that she would tour the
State of Iowa early next year, lee
turing on political subjects.
THE shifting sands of the bathing
beaches are engulfing the young in
immortality" she said. giving an in
|timation of her platform.
"The tendency is for taking the
shortcut to everything. The hair is
too short: dresses are too short;
sleeves are too short. II am NOM
mated and elected. I SHAH seek to
brush aside the wave of infidelity
that is seeking to crush the ideals OF
our children"