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The Washington times., 1925-07-11
FOllies Has No Corner on Them AS
Beauties Are to Be Found
Most Everywhere,

, bIue-eyed baby with the sunIlist
dome or the dark-eyed daInsel
with the lacquered orb.
It is true. Of course, that the
siIten drop curtain and the
studied lighting effects have
way of concentrating upon the
beauties who promenade the
fOotlights, and the soft swinging
tunes of the orchestra perfect
the m6Od for approaching them.
But even the drab backgrounds
of business files and office furni-
ture cannot dim the personality
girls.
The starched shirtwaist and
sombre tie. the shiny nose and
unCurled hair are 10 longer
looked upon as earmarks Of ef
Riciency.
One has only to lamp the busy
fingers Of the bObbe(l-haired little
beauty at her typewriter desk to
see that I'm spite of her attractive
appearance she can keep her
mind on her work and turn OUT
good stuff as the woman who eff
faced herself from the picture
and was a sort of living piece
of machinery.
recommend the noon hour i'm
any part of the city as All ex.
cellent time for visitor to our
shores to have look 0t the
typical American girl.
The Washington times., 1925-07-11
c ON SENTATIVE
JURY NAMED
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no place in the court room. Under
this latitude, Bryan will begin
what he terms his fight to save
Christianity from the organized as
sault of non-believers.
These two clashes will decide not
only the length Of the trial. but
which side will appeal to the United
States Supreme Court, and whether
scientists shall be permitted to
enter the legal battle Of the cen
fury"
In the opening encounter, the
drift Of the tide to the state was
while selecting q jury, the state
used but one peremptory challenge
and passed many without even an
examination. The defense used all
three allotted challenges, could
have used q hundred more. and
questioned each juror at length.
The prosecutors smiled broadly over
the completed jury: the defense at.
torneys looked glum.
The new Indictment, 1eturned in
stronger terms than the first one,
smashed two points In the defansc's
constitutional case. The original
indictment could have been attack.
ed at any time because 1t was re.
turned by a grand jury convened
without the required sixty days
notice. It also contained technical
flaw in its wordage. Both these
errors were rectified by the rein.
dictment.
The Washington times., 1925-07-11
MOTHER VICTIM.
Of ATTACK
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cur home" Mrs. Smith said to.
day. "It was so hot that l vas
trying to cool off.
Hardly had my little boy gone
to the store when suddenly felt
two clammy hands grip my Shout
res.
at was terrified. Immediately
began to fight for my life and.
thank God, / was able to tear
myself from his grasp"
Home Entered Before.
It 10 the belief of the Smiths that
the assailant may be the same man
who a wear ago entered their
home with a flash light and only
two weeks ago was seen providing
around the windows. On this last
occasion he was challenged and
pleaded he was looking for a certain
house on another street.
Mrs. Smith explains that che was
so terrified after she freed herself
from the assailant that she failed
to look back.
While police are without clues
they are conducting a city-wide
search for Mrs. Smiths assailant
and intend to round up all SUSPECT
Gus characters
The Washington times., 1925-07-11

Three speed kings who
have qualified for the initial
racing classic this afternoon
on the Washington Speed
way, near Laurel. Wade
Morton, No. %, noted as a.
dirt track racer, won him
self a place in the feature
by pushing his Duesenberg
to a speed Of 1922 miles an
hour. The cars below are
those of Ralph Hepburn,
No. II, and Earl Devore,
who pilots No. "a. Hep
burns car, driven by Jim
Hill, was qualified at a
speed of 100 miles an hour.
Devore, who drives the old
nickel plated car formerly
owned by Cliff Durant,
made a speed Of 110.1 miles
an hour in the Laurel trials.
The Washington times., 1925-07-11
D. c. BUDGET Of
S38,50G,000
COMPLETED
IMMHH
Citizen Councils Work Proves
invaluable il Preparation
Of Estimates

The budget for the District OF
Columbia for the fiscal year begin.
ming July /, 1926, was completed
by the District Commissioners to-
day, after a conference with the
Citizens Advisory Council.
Early next week, after District
clerks put the estimates in the
proper form, the budget will be
submitted to the Bureau of the
Budget Sometime during the sum
fner the bureau win advise the city
heads of the total to be allowed
washington.
Engineer Commissioners J. Frank
lin Bell is confident that the Bud
get Bureau will approve virtually
every request of the District Com
rnissioners. He points out that the
estimates as now prepared have the
full approval of the council and arc
representative Of the views of the
people of Washington.
The new budget totals approx
mately $38, 500 900. Of which more
than $12, 900 900 is for public schools.
It is the largest budget in the city's
history.
The budget Of the city heads and
the recommendations of the city
CQuUCA dILICECu OS SCR.CA al
Of dollars. However, at today's con-
ference both the council and Com
missioners agreed on the final
figure
Colonel Be. declared today the
work OF the Citizens Advisory
Council on the budget has been
invaluable.
These men worked day and night
on the estimates and they sub
ymitted to Us a real budget" he
sad. 1T was prepared IN a clear
cut way and aided US materially
in framing the city's estimates.
The recommendations of the city
heads are by direction Of law con-
fdential until they reach Congress-
next December. Therefore, in the
conference today the city heads did
not reveal what items were in4
cIuded in the budget, but discussed
the general situation with the coun-
ell
The Washington times., 1925-07-11
MAN BADLY BURNED
BY GASOLINE BLAST

William Smith, 1871 Fifteenth
street northwest. was badly burned
today when q bucket of gasoline,
with which he was working in the
basement Of the National Cleaning
establishment. 2122 Eighteenth
street northwest, exploded.
Smith, an employe Of the firm,
was surrounded by four or five
buckets of gasoline when the con-
tents of one OF the buckets caught
fire and burned him on the hands,
chest and face.
H waes taken to Emergency Hos
pital for treatment. Hospital Of
zicials report his condition as So
rious.
Companies OF the Fire Depart
ment responding TO the alarm sx-
tinguished the blaze before it went
beyond the basement.
The Washington times., 1925-07-11
THRILL Slayer.
IS SOUGHT
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Continued from E3rst rage
had deserted from Mitchell Field.
That night he talked to Penella, a
Woodworking owner OF q taxi serv-
ice, as they stood in font of q
restaurant in Hampstead.
Shortly afterward Penella got a
call for his service and answered
in his automobile.
That was the last trip Penella
made, az far as the records show.
No one has been found who saw
Penella alive after that night.
Young Knapp, who had been
'fired out of two colleges, Cor
nell and Syracuse, before he came
to Mitchell field, was known to his
associates at the field as q "pecu-
liar chap. He wrote a lot, kept
to himself a great deal, was bored
at army life and when he did talk
declared one Of the big ideas in
his mind was to In some way get
real kick out OF life"
Friends Find Body
Knapp's disappearance from
Mitchell Field was considered sig
nificant by the authorities attemp.-
ing to solve the murder, after
Penella's body was found the af-
ternoon. Of July by three friends
who were searching for the miss
ing taxi driver. They cams upon
the body, clumsily hidden, beneath
slabs OF concrete rubbish in the
ruins ,of the base hospital at
Camp Mills. near Mineoih
A As ca'iner buIle: had been sent
through the back of his heal. His
coat and underclotflng ha bee u
drawn over his head in the effort
Of dragging him to his hasty burial
place. His pockets were stripped
Of everything that might identify
him, and $75, which his friends said
he had in his pockets when he
left on his last trip. was gone.
Colt Missing.
The authorities found that a IS
caliber colt automatic No. 507 was
missing after Penella disappeared
Knapp. according to the police,
sold Penella's car, after using it
for a day or so. The car was sold
to a used car concern IN New
York City for $1,000. the seller re.
ceiVing 500 down. He did not
come back for the other 5000. The
receipt given the car COM
pany was signed Louis Penella." >
The signature, the authorities
claim, matches the handwriting OF
Knapp.
The military authorities a.
Mitchell Field. State troopers and
detectives were cooperating today
to effect the capture of the flee
ing ex.collegian, and his arrest was
expected momentarily.
The Washington times., 1925-07-11
BUCHH0LZ SUIT
RETR|AL IS
GRANTED
Court Sets Aside Verdict OF
$3.50 Against Adver-
Using Concern

Setting aside the verdict Of a
Jury which recently awarded Gus
tav Buchholz, trading as the Oc-
cidental Hotel, $500 damages in
his suit against the Thomas Gu
sack Company and John E. Shoe
maker, SIS d street southwest,
Justice Stafford of the District
Supreme Court today granted the
advertising concern new trial.
Buchholz, represented ,Ey At
torneys Foster Wood and Henry
Woodland, In his complaint alleged
that he had largo galvaJAised iron
signs erected on the roads and
highways leading from Maryland
and Virginia. leading into WASH
ington, bearing, advertisement re.
garding his restaurant. during jan
uary and February, 1922, and that
the advertising concern tore them
down and removed them, causing
injury and damage to his bust
ness. He asks for $50,Ss9.7 IS
damages.
When the jury, after all the evil
dence was in, came in, 1t awarded
Mr.. BuchhoIz So 900 for loss to his
business; 81 900 punitive damages
and $50 compensatory damages.
Justice STAFFORD refused to &C
cept the verdict on the ground that
under the law and under his in
structions to the jury they we're
prevented from assessing against
the Cusack company. for possible or
real losses to Mr.. Buchholz's bust
ness. that being q matter OF specu-
lation.
The court suggested that the
Jury hold itself down to 1920 COM
pensatory damages and $1,000 punt
tive damages. The jury was sent
back for further elaboration, re-
turning after an hour with a YER
dict OF 81 500 punitive damages
and $500 compensatory damages,
total Of $500.
The Washington times., 1925-07-11
MAURICE A. DOYvNES IS
NEW JUSTICE At LAN1AM

Maurice A. Downes, OF Lanham,
Nd, has been appointed justice
of the peace for the Twentieth cleo
ton District of Princes Georges
county. He was formerly a con-
stable in his district and was very
active in law enforcement on the
new National Defense Highway.
The appointment to the new post
was made by Governor Albert c..
Ritchie.
Judge Downes is having erected
al office hui Dufig adjacent to the
Defense Highway near Lanham In
which all cases coming under his
Jurisdiction win he tried.
The job of constable vacated by
Judge Downes is expected to be
filled by Harry Walters, Of Ian
The Washington times., 1925-07-11
MESSENGER FLEES AS
REQUEST FOR $50 DENIED

Denied a request for $50. which,
he declared, he was sent after by
the secretary Of the Ford Motor
Company, who was stranded" in
Washington, a colored man, giving
the name of Robert Wilson, fled
from the Ford Motor Company
branch at John Marshall place and
Pennsylvania avenue northwest,
yesterday, and Is now being sought
by police.
A telephone message purporting
to be from the secretary Of the
firm requested that money be
given to a messenger who would
arrive at the branch in due time.
When the messenger arrived he
was armed with a letter from the
secretary, but suspecting a fraud
he was questioned by the manager.
He ran away.
The Washington times., 1925-07-11
Here's How To Time
Speed Demons

Armed with a stop watch and the
following table, spectators at the
big auto speed event Saturday can
do their scoring and keep their
own records.
To score the time the following ia
measures a mile and an eighth. Time
the driver from the white line until
he makes the circuit and his it
again. II he makes it in 81 sec.
onds he is travelling al speed Of
1905 miles per hour. Here's the
speed table:
The Washington times., 1925-07-11
FIiers Plan Nonstop
24-Hour Hop From
N Y. to Paris
ByInternatIonaI News Service.

DAYTON, Ohio, July IL
Plans for a nonstop trans
Atlantic flight from New York
to Paris in twenty-four hours or
less by Lieutenants James T.
Hutchinson and Eugene C. Bat
ten, both Of McCook Field, are
being made here, it was learned
today.
The plans are subject to ap-
prevail by Major General Mason
NJ. Patrick, chief of the United
States air service. If the flight
is authorized, a Douglas trans
port plane, now at McCook
Field, or another one developed
along the same lines, will be
used.
The Washington times., 1925-07-11

in the Adirondacks or has made his
way into Canada.
A young man who answered the
description Of Knapp registered
Wednesday night at the Stanwix
Hall. near the union station, under
the name Of Rogers. He left Thurs/
day without paying his hill. The
hotel clerk told the police. A bell
boy at the hotel. when shown a
picture of Knapp. told tho police
it looked "iust like" Rogers.
The Washington times., 1925-07-11
Iossph '. CONNOLLY Better

Joseph ". Connolly, Assistant Dis
trict Attorney. who has been con-
fired to his home for about ten
days through illness and who yes
to-day underwent an operation at
tho Garfield Hospital, was reported
today as much improved and hopes
to be back again at his job in Dis
trict Attorney Peyton Gordon's office
within a week.
The Washington times., 1925-07-11
Colors of Six Flags
Marking Features
In Auto Race

Fred Wagner, who has
started every big automobile
race i'm the country and who
will Officlate at the Baltimore.
Washington Speedway today,
interprets the flags as follows:
Red Starting flag and
course is clear"
YeIlOw-"Danger. Slow down
and come to full stop, If neces-
sary."
Black With White Center
You are not giving an over
taking car right Of way"
White-"On next lap stop
at pits for conference with
referee"
Green-"One more lap"
Black ana White Checker
Race is finished"
The Washington times., 1925-07-11
Stokes IS AGAIN
ARRESTED
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annual Registration" with the
local "minions of the law"
Last year he was arrested in
the wee sma' hours at the 'Dirty
Spoon Inn en a charge of dis
orderly conduct. For that offense
he deposited collateral at the
Tenth Precinct, which was SUBJ
sequently forfeited.
Arrested for Speeding.
His arrest previous to that in 1928
was for speeding.
After being taken in" last night
Stokes deposited collateral in the
amount of $40 for speeding and SIS
for not having his permit.
He gave his address last night as
1913 Fifteenth street, northwest.
and not that of his famous Pink
Mansion at 1920 Massachusetts,
avenue northwest. which is one of
the show places OF the Capital.
PostpOnement Asked.
In Police Court this morning at
torney for Stokes told the court
that a postponement Of the case
was desired. The request was
granted.
Mr.. Stokes, his attorney told the
court, left early this morning on q
yachting trip.
For several weeks the Stokes
yacht has been lying at anchor
in the channel and was outfitted
for a cruise around the world.
His attorney told the court that
he did not think the trip this
was the prospective round
the-world trip, but was merely
week end trip down the bay.
At the Fifteenth street address.
given by tokes as his place OF resi-
dence, investigation shows that the
place is occupied by a real estate
concern, a Mutual Auto Association
and an architects office, the prem.
Uses being located in the middle of
a row Of vacant houses.
The Washington times., 1925-07-11
JIM BARNES IS
BEATEN IN
GOLF
Abe Mitchell, British Pro.
Leads American At All
Holes Around Course
By. international New. Service.

ST. ALBANS, England, July II.
Abe Mitchell, British pro, defeat
eel Jim Barnes, American profess
SIGNAL. seven up and six to play,
in their special thirty-six.hOle
golf match here today.
= Barnes trailed throughout the
match and had very little chance
to win after the morning round Of
eighteen, when he finished five
down.
Barnes was the winner Of the
recent British open championship.
The Washington times., 1925-07-11

ward him with a kindly but firm
light in his eyes, calling:
Now, dad. don't you go talking
to that reporter"
But when that warning reached
him the fighting Kentuckian whis-
pered:
Say, brother, that's q hell OF
jury"
The Washington times., 1925-07-11
'SNeWS Briefs
Taken froFR rOday's Classified Ada


AUTO MECHANIC wanted; expert
enced on Chevrolet; must work
every other Sunday
QUE ST. y. W.-Large front double
room, twin beds. suitable for
gentleman or couple: also single
room: ami; meals optional.
hOOMING house for sale; excellent
location: 16 rooms completely
furnished: ami; suitable for
boarding house.
NOSE GLASSES-Lost: sheIItex
rims; white gold bridge: be-
tween Monument and Patent
It'll ST. s. E.-Nicely furnished
rSoms suitable for one or two
gentlemen; next to bath
TURN TO CLASSIFIED PAGES
AND FIND OUT EXACTLY
The Washington times., 1925-07-11
WHAT WE SUFFER FROM.

The country sure is suffering greatly.
But we should not fear or complain.
Nest Of IL is due to defeat of the
team,
And to 'game postponed on account
Of rain
The Washington times., 1925-07-11
Grand Jury To BE Called.
International News Service

MINEOLA, N. Y. July 1.-THE
grand jury will be summoned to
convene August II to hear evil
dence in connection with the muir
der Of Louis PeneliA taxicah
driver Of Hampstead, it was an
nounced today. Charles r. Weeks,
district attorney, said he would
present the evidence to the jury.
Phillip K. Knapp. formerly a stu
dent at Cornell and Syracuse uni
versities, Is being sought in con-
nection with the Staying.
Captain Frank McCahiIl, of the
Nassau county police, said lie would
apply today for a warrant charging
Knapp with murder.
Major William N. Hensley, Jr,,
commander at Mitchell Field, tele'
graphed to the War Department AT
Washington for photostatlc copies
Ct Knapp's finger prints.
The Washington times., 1925-07-11
Believed Seen In Albany.

ALBANY, N. Y. July 11.-Alban y
police said today they We're con-
WINGED that Philip Knapp, Syracuse
youth. wanted in connection with
the murder Of a Nassau county
taxicab driver. stopped at a local
hotel last Wednesday night under
the name OF p. T. Rogers of Buf.
falo. The local authorities are con.
WINGED Knapp is either in hiding
The Washington times., 1925-07-11
National Event.

According to those In charge this
win be more than q sporting event,
Il will be the greatest test that
man and machinery has ever been
put to. The track Is new and was
built for plenty Of speed, having a
pitched curve Of IS degrees. Con.
siderable credit Is due these death
defying drivers for they are more
than thrillers, they are AutomotIve
engineers seeking new means at
all times to increase the speed and
efficiency Of their cars.
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-11-05
Prof. Nicholson
Will Again Measure
Speed of Light

Chicago o. 7. A)-Prof. Albert
physics mt the University of Chicago
and the only American physicist to
win the Nobel award. announced that
he viii make another effort to measure
the velocity of light, at Mount Wilson
observatory. California. next summer.
Apparatus on which he is now work
ing. he believes, will make It possible
tn gauge the speed of light to within
five miles, or perhaps one mile per sec
ond of absolute accuracy. The present
velocity. universally accepted. as meas
urcd by Prof. Nicholson. Is 1SG,300
miles per second. tbs. the great Jew
ish physicist believes. is within twenty
miles, or one tcn-thousandth of one per
cent accurate.
Pref. Michelson's last measurements
were made in 1924. between Mount
Wilson and Mount san Antonio, twenty
two miles distant, by projecting n
powerful light through n narrow slit on
a mirror which revolves 10000 times a
minute. His new measurements will
be made between stations 100 milc>
apart. If his experiments = ow that
the velocity of light increases proper
tionately with the decrease Of the
earth's velocity, and hence with the
shortening of our time units, as he ex.
been made in proving the correctness
of the Einstcin theory Of special rela-
tivity.
EinStein based his celebrated theory
upon data supplied by Prof. Nicholson
in his measurements Of the velocity OF
light travelling in different directions.
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-11-05
Out of the East

trossession by Louis BromGeld Frederick A. Stokes
Company
1t is not manufactured bit of propaganda, this
Theory that Jews regarded Is II tce, and a re.
licon. by the world as n whole On commenting the
wide nosrils of the manlike ape known Ausraopthe
eos Aricnnus the reporter observed: Generous. wide
openings let oxygen into the blood through the lungs
Our Jewish friends and many Iatins fortunate In
that respect"
1t is not surprising then that Mr. Bromfcd also
thinks of the Jews distinct racial group with clearly
defined racial qualities He classes temthc characters
OF Possession class them-wh the Levannes Rebcccn
Schoenberg the driving force behind the exploitation of
Ellen Tolliver's genius knows just what expect when
Ellen insists taking her second husband Richard
Calendar the grandson of the Greek banker of Lcopopuo
For the blood OF the East also through the
veins of the Of her family She has experienced the
manifestations of the characteristics in her unccs,
her cousins. She wants intensely that this marriage he
tween the daughter If American pioneers and the
whom she refused during her first marriage should
the rocks But she Is TO bidc her time For
knows that the break is inevabe-hat it is only
ter of time till I Barr the Ellen of the
VIII come back to her beloved music. The old, old motif
Pf East is East and West is West" And author
least, has doubt to its authenticity.
Louis Bromfeld is himself the blood descendant Of
Angosaxon pioneers His portrayal of the survivors Of
that hardy and his understanding Of the struggles
of the grandchildren who feel the of the trail blazer
but find the ground already broken and built up truly
noteworthy. Here he treads ground He has
understanding of human values One of the
sympathetic the book Clarence
husband of Ellen, who slaved 10 make her happy and
finally killed himself TO make her free. lie is splendid
foil for the energetic. ambitious vigorous Ellen. And il
just chance conversation with the sparkling LILY
shane the exchange OF the regular social greetings he
travelling companions which ruined his.
life and started Ellen her overwhelming career.
The fierce longing possess, he the sole
of that which is dear-tha is the dominating desire of all
the figures inexricably involved in the destiny of
Ellen Hattie Tolver aches and schemes possess her
chdren-and always with Clarence desires
and utterly fals-to possess Ellen Rebccca Schoen-
berg. that Jewess with country and home except
the great hotels Of London Paris and New York thrills
the feel of Elen's within her grasp Old The
and Richard fight for the possession of Eens
And undisturbcd by all the hubbub enjoying complete
Indifference toward life sits the deviish Everlasting,
reading the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-11-05
Interpretation of Sinai Tab
lets False?
DIR. CHAJES CHALLENGES PROF
GRINIME'S VERSION

Bcrlin--Dr. Ieyi Chajcs, chief Rabbi
Of Niennn. declared to the representa-.
tive Of the Jewish Telcgraphlc Agency
here that the Interpretation given by
DR.. Hubert Grimme, professor OF tho
University of Munster with regard TO
the Sinai tablets was unfounded and
false.
Professor Grimme, In n lecture at
the central Verein Der Deutschen
Juden last week declared that he had
succeeded in deciphcring the inscrip-
tions of the Tablets discovered in 1901
on Mount Sinai by Professor Sir W.
NJ. Flinders retrci, the famous British
Psychologist. Professor Grimme stat
ed the Sinai Tablets, as desciphered by
him, read: "I, Chief Manasse, thank
Phaeroinc Hjatschepfut who drew me
out Of the Nile and furthcrcd my
achieving high rank" Professor
Grimmc expressed the opinion that the
word "Manassa'' is identical with
Moses.
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