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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-10
NIGHT AT
LIE PARADLS
MONDAY

Jazzing up the crossword puzzle
Is the latest development Of the
rage for word puzzling that is
scrambling American brains. A
crossword puzzle will be the fea-
ture OF the CROSSWORD puzzle
night" announced as the special
attraction at LIE Paradis next
Monday night.
Everyone who visits lie Paradis
on Monday night will have a.
chance to participate in the puz-
Zlefest and, incidentally, to earn
substantial prizes which will be
awarded. Puzzle cards will be
distributed at midnight and $25,
$l6 and $40 will be paid out in
salaries for the first three cor
rect solutions turned in to the
cafe management.
While definite clues cannot be
given to puZZlers it is limited
that those with good working
knowledge OF English "as she is
spoke by the younger genera
ton and of dance and jazz terms
will have a decided advantage in
working out the puzzle. A num-
Der of academic and foreign turns
OF phrase Will, however, heIp to
keep the high brows in the run
ming. While the puzzle is not
easy 1t has not Oeen made too
hard and ii should be possible
for the average crossword fan to
do 1t in between thirty and forty.
five minutes provided he does
not take 1t too seriously.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-10
C.HAL|AP IN FREE
To SING HERE,
DECISION
Two Months Controversy VIII
Be Settled Today by Court
Order Lifting Injunction

The formal order Of Judge Friend,
OF the Chicago circuit court, settling
the mooted question Of Feodor
Chaliapin's appearance with the
washington Opera Company, and
bringing to an end a two motnhs.
controversy, win be handed down
today.
Announcements Of the victory Of
the washington Opera Company in
the legal battle over Chaliapin's ap-
pearance was contained in ONE
word telegram from Colonel Arthur
O'Brien, Washington attorney, who
defended the basso for the Wash
ington company, to Edouard Albion,
general director OF the Washington
Opera Company.
VICTORY" Colonel O'Brien tele-
graphed Mr.. Albion, and the law
yer's announcement was confirmed
in press dispatches from Chicago
which declared that, although Judge
Friend had postponed until today
the handing down Of his formal
order vacating the temporary In
junction OF the Chicago Opera Com
pany against Chaliapin, he had an
nounced his purpose to- do SO.
The decision OF Judge Friend
leaves Chaliapin free of legal re-
strictions against his appearance
here with the Washington Opera
Company, January rs, as Mephisto
in Gounod's Faust" with which
Mr.. Albion will open the current
grand opera season and which also
will be the formal dedication Of the
new Washington civic auditorium,
where the performance will be
given.
Although the victory Of the Wash.
ington company was forecast by Mr..
Albion, Colonel O'Brien and Edward
F. Colladay, who represented the
company here, the announcement of
the victory was hailed with delight
by the Washington Opera Company
management and by civic and social
leaders who are among the guar
antors and supporters Of the COM
pany.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-10
AID FOR HUSBAND
LANDS GIRL
IN JAIL
Anna Normand, of KitzmiIIer,
Md, Charged With Using
Mail to Defraud

CUMBERLAND, Md, Jan. TO-
With a hundred men ready to marry
her, pretty Anna Normand, Of the
historic town of Kitzmiller. Md, is
behind the bars in the jail here.
i. Annals advertisement in a matri-
monial magazine, in which she asked
prospective husbands to send her
railroad fare, resulted in her arrest
yesterday on a charged Of defrauding
through the mails.
The first railroad fare, police say.
was sent to Ann one year ago. Tho
girl, it is charged, did nor Join her
prospective spouse, meanwhile con-
tinuing her ad in the marriage
with railroad fare, poured into her
home in the last twelve months.
Intended to Wed.
ct intended to accept the best
one," Anna said today discussing
her plight, II didn't mean to keep
the railroad fare that received.
wanted to go away from here,
and ] wanted to Se in love and
married to a real man from outside.
But every time IL get ready TO
80, something seemed to always
happen. First one thing, then an
been about a year since the first
letter came, and I thought ] was
going as soon as it came. but
couldn't get away. oh, l can't tell
exactly what kept me from going,
but / just couldn't CO.
When she was brought before
court here she was held in 1880
bond. Unable to raise it, she was
remanded to jail.
Miss Norman, seeking q husband,
fortune and romance, put her first
advertisement in a magazine last
January. She said she wanted Il
husband, that she was beautiful,
that she had a little capital and
that If the prospective husband
would send railroad fare, she would
come to him to be his wife.
1t was a we'll written advertise.
ment and within a week the IEitz.
miller postoffice was receiving
scores Of letters.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-10
ADJUSTMENTS
AN INVENTORY THAT
SPEAKS VOLUMES

. production of Dorothy Vernon OF
Haddon Hail.; Sabatini's Capt:
Blood; Monta Bells 1.-THE Snoo
and Andreyev's HE Who Gets
Slapped"
The Columbia list, so far this
season, has been even more I'M
posing. For example, that theater
has presented:
Zane Grey's "wanderer Of the
Wasteland," entirely in natural
colors; Rex Migrants latest pro-
duction, 1.-THE Arab; Rudolph
Valentino in Booth Tarkington.s
Monsieur Beaucaire"; DeMtlle's
Feet of Clay; Cruces picturiza-
ton Of Hough's THE Covered
Wagon; d. w. Griffith's Amer
ica'':: Cosmopolitan's production
of Janice Meredith" and Bar
rie's Peter Pam" with Fairbanks
in 1.-THE Thief of Bagdad" sched-
uled for an early showing.
The management Of the two
Loew theaters points out that
the pictures mentioned represent
only the outstanding offerings or
the list that has flickered across
these two screens since early
August. A bare summary, at the
same time, !, affords no idea OF
the position these attractions held,
with respect to other offerings OF
the same time. Finally. the
Palace and Columbia management
point out that as fortunate as
these two theaters have been in
their attractions so far this sea-
son, the list OF coming pictures
holds attractions of at least
equal appeal and distinction.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-10
THREEPRETT
"ANATOL'S AFFAIRS

; Ingram, the dancing jigger,"
who, thanks to him. was having
her first glimpse OF the white
lights. It was far out in the
West that Mr.. F'riendland first
spied this seventeen-year-old
dancer, who could do the most
sensational leaps and spins and
pirouettes on the very tips of her
dainty toes. The child had per-
sonality.
OF an entirely different type
is the black haired, brown-eyed
soubrette. Viola Weller. former
FolIies beauty. who has been pro-
claimed the prettiest girl in al
most every town from coast to
coast.
Sonya de Calve. whose lovely
voice and clever playing of the
violin are features Of "Anatols
Affairs" was another Find" She
was Western girl earning
money enough to study for opera
by playing in hotel grill.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-10
HITCHY STARTED FROM
SCHOOL PLATFORM

''Hitchy," began by sacreligiously
declaring that he could prove that
the well.known woodman had
spared "that tree" for he had fire.
quently felt the sting Of its
branches and, therefore. the entire
poetic fabric fell to pieces.
CONSERVATION on the part Of the
audience Of parents was dispelled
by an outburst Of uncomfortable
laughter, and Auburn awoke to
the fact that a budding humorist
was its very own.
The experience of a few years
in the round Of amateur per-
formances, a part Of the social life
of all small cities, and young
Hitchcock fell a victim to the
omnipresent malady among ado
decentralization fame!
The comedian has himself lost
track of the productions, musical
and non-musical, in which he has
participated.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-10
.VOLSTEAD 4 G I
IS DEBATE
SUBJECT,
Little Congress viii Discuss
LegaIizing of Wine
and Beer

Modification OF the volstead act
to permit the sale of light wine
and beer and so curb the flow of
synthetic gin win be debated by
the little Congress, composed of
secretaries to Senators and Con-
gressmen, at the first session of
the junior body at o'clock tonight
in the Caucus Room OF the House
Office Building.
The formal question to be de-
bated is Resolved. that the Little
Congress favors the modification
of the Volstead act to legalize the
sale Of light wine and beer
The affirmative will be supported
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-10

Hunting for talent is the most
exciting sport in the world, ac-
cording to Anatol Friendland.
known alike for the number Of
popular song hits he has writ
ten and the sensational girl
acts" which he has created and
with which he will appear at B.
+. Keith's for the new week.
Every town he visits finds Mr..
Friedland on the search for an
unusual dancer, a unique type of
beauty, girl or man with a
voice. For a whole year he has
been putting together his latest
and biggest act, "Anatol's Affairs
OF 1926" with every Broadway
manager on the lookout for some
thing new when that act opened
at the Palace.
They were not disappointed.
Within the first three days Mr..
Friendland had refused five flat
tering offers for little Georgia
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-10

What actress would regret hav-
ing told a fib il the telling had
brought her to the estate Of
Leading ingenue while still in her
teens? Certainly not Marion
Hamilton, as Marion quite frankly
admitted recently just before she
went on in Mr.. Battling But
tier" which will be presented at
the Polls Theater Sunday night.
Marion was an extra" player in
pictures when she was thirteen.
She played hockey" from the
Highland Park High School in
Detroit and applied for extra
work at q film studio. She had
asked a fellow schoolmate to in
form her teacher that she was
going home because she was i'll.
Imagine my CONSERVATION"
she exclaimed, when was
engaged and told that the scene
In which j was to take part was
to be taken in front OF the very
school from which ] was playing
hockey? But there was no back
ing out. l had to see it through.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-10

Old Mother Comedy would
probably have found her cupboard
rather bare If Sister Stork hadn't
paid a visit to the thriving little
city Of Auburn, n. Y, one night
In the seventies. For on that &C.
casion Mrs. Stork laughingly de-
posted at the House Of Hitchcock
q wee parcel labeled Raymond"
The records do not show that
the event caused any great COM
motion in Auburn at the moment,
but some fifteen years later, at
high school commencement exer-
cises, there was a craning OF
necks when a slender youngster
awkwardly stepped forward to de-
liver the class Grafton.
The classic, ''Woodman, Spare
that Tree" had been selected by
the principals as an appropriate
subject for analysis by the orator.
Young Hitchcock. for it was none
other than the now famous
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-10
Alart, Composer

For the overture at the Rialto
next week Bailey F. Alart will
offer selections from his own
operetta "Frantzi." The story is
based on an old German legend
and is similar in theme to Tenny-
sons, 1.-THE Pied Piper of Hamlin."
The locale is a Dutch border viii
lage.
The music is Viennese in char
acter and the score abounds with
many melodious waItzes, depicting
the action as well as the moods
and character of the play. Thus
1t is more in the vein Of light
opera than musical comedy since
several distinctive motifs are
woven throughout the entire
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-10

by Marx Lewis, secretary to Con-
gressmen victor Berger. Of Wis
cousin, and Robert Davis, secretary
to Congressman J. w. Taylor, Of
Tennessee.
For the negative win appear
George Strong, chief clerk Of the
Department of Justice, and j. NJ.
Davis, secretary to Congressman
William E. Hull, of Illinois.
Al week from tonight the Little
Congress will meet to elect officers
to succeed Speaker George w. SAT-
ford, of Florida; Clerk Paul J..
Kvale, Of Minnesota, and Sergeant
alarms Guy B. Mooney, Of Mon
tana.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-10
BY
MARINE
BAND
Justice Sanford and Speaker
GilIett Among Speakers at
Dinner to Ambassador

The addresses to be delivered
at the farewell dinner to NJ. JUS
serand, the French Ambassador
will be broadcast by the Radio
Corporation stations WRC and
WIZ, direct from the New Willard
Hotel, beginning at 9:15 o'clock
tonight.
The function will be one Of the
most elaborate ever held in Wash
ington. The speakers whose adj
dresses will be broadcast are As
sociate Justice Sanford Of the
Supreme Court, Major General
Lejeune Of the United States
Marine Corps; Speaker Gillett of
the House of Representatives;
Senator Hiram Bingham of Con-
necticut, and the French Ambas-
sador.
Marine Band to Play
The music incidental TO the din.
ner Includes several numbers by
the United States Marine Band and
two vocal selections, 1.-THE Battle
Hymn of the Republic" and THE
Marsellaise," by Miss Edith Piper.
Chief Justice Taft is honorary
chairman of the dinner, Speaker
Gfllett is vice chairman and presid-
ing officer, and Gilbert Grosvcnor,
president of the National Geo
graphic Society, Is chairman Of the
executive committee.
~.
broadcast a concert of dinner music
by Irving Boernstein's Hotel La
fayette Trio. under the direction Of
Arsenic Ralon; the weekly Bible
talk by Page Mex. Etchison; song
recital by Artie Faye Guilford, with
Gretchen Hood at the piano; q con-
cert by the orchestra Of the S. s.
Empress OF France, and a talk by
Doctor r. II. Newell, Of the re-
search service, entitled Water,
Water Everywhere and Not a Drop
to Drink"
A program of dance music by
the Hotel Astor Dance Orchestra.
broadcast jointly with WIZ, will
conclude the evening program. =.
Tomorrow morning WCAP will
broadcast church services from the
Ninth Street Christian Church,
where the pastor, Reverend G. X.
Stauffer, will deliver the sermon on
the subject Divine Contentment."
Afternoon services at the Bethle-
hem Chapel, Mt. st. Alban where
the Reverend Henry Lubbock, Canon
of Washington, will preach, also will
be broadcast by WCAP.
Tomorrow nights program will
include the weekly concert from the
stage and studio of the Capitol The
alter, New York, and an organ re-
cital from the chapel of Columbia
University, New York.
TOnight's Program.
The detailed program for tonight
follows:
GAS D. m.-Children's hour by
Marjorie Tucker.
Z D. m.-Dinner music by Irving
Boernstein's Hotel Lafayette Trio
under the direction of Arsenic Ralnn.
8 p. ma Prescription, Bible
Talk by Page Nick. Etchison, re-
ligious work director, Y. M. =. A.,
under tho auspices OF the Mems Or
ganized Bible Glass Association.
8:15 p. m.-Song recital by Artie
Faye GuiIford, soprano; Gretchen
Hood at the piano.
$3.50 p. m.-Doctor Il. H. Newell,
of the research service.
SAB p. m.-Concert by the En-
press Of France Orchestra, broad
cast jointly with station WIZ.
9.15 p. fn.-Farewell dinner to
the French ambassador, Jules j..
Jusscrand. broadcast from the New
Willard Hotel.
1916 u. m.-Dance program by
the Hotel Aston Orchestra, broaAl-
cast jointly with station WIZ from
the grill room of the Hotel Aston,
New York city.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-10
TRADED A LITTLE FIB
FOR CAREER

OF course, the principal spied me
and / was suspended but didn't
care. Wasn't l in the movies?"
Such courage was not to go
unrewarded, for Marion's parents,
after much persuasion and seeing
that her studious application had
carried her several grades be-
yond her years, consented to a
course Of private instructions so
that she might follow her play
inclination. Talent will out, so
Marion soon found herself play
ing the role of Edith in this we'll
known stage success.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-10
Tiniest Dancer

When you glimpse Little"
Anna Propp, soubrette with
sliding" Billy Watson at the
Gayety next week, you are gaZ-
ing at the tiniest girl on the
American stage, for wee Miss
Prop measures exactly four feet
six inches in height. But don't
gather from this that she IS II
Lilliputian or is dwarfed. Annals
figure is so perfect that she has
been called the Little Venus"
The diminutive Miss Propp is a
versatile disciple of terpsichore.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-10
DIAL CALLS ON COOLIDGE;
SLATED FOR U. S. JOB

Senator Nathaniel Dial Den0 Of
South Carolina, who was defeated
in the last election. conferred with
President Coolidge at the White
House.
Dial is reported to be under con-
sideration for appointment to one
OF the Independent offices OF the
Government, possibly the Federal
Trade Commission or the Interstate
.Connmerce Commission
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-10
BULLET FIRED
At Z|NOv|EV
MISSES
RED" Leader Escapes Un-
hurt-AssaiIant Captured.
Peasants at War
by international New. Service.

b E r LIN, Jan. 10.-Presidert
Zinoviev of the executive committee
of the Communist Internationale
was fired on in his appearance in
Leningrad, according to Central
News dispatch from Moscow today.
The dispatch said Zinoviev was
unframed and his assailant was
arrested.
Peasants At War.
LONDON, Jan. 10.-CIass war
fare has broken out in smaller
villages of Russia, with Red"
peasants forming to meet the at
tack of BLACK" peasants, who arc
considered the pleasant aristocracy.
M. Zinoviev, Soviet leader, admit.
ted in a speech in Moscow after
his return from Petrograd, accord
ing to advices from Moscow today
Zinoviev said the Importance Of
the peasant situation over shadow
ed and was more dangerous to the
Soviet republic than the attitude
of England as expressed in letters
from Mr.. Chamberlain"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-10
'JUSSERAND FAREWELL TALK ON RADIO
DISTANT STATIONS

This Program Is Sent By Mail and Corrected By
Telegraph, But Subject to LGst-MSeute Changes
Evening star., 1925-09-24
ALDRED is SILENT
ON w.. B. & A. FUTURE
Financial Men Expect Public Util.
ity and Street Car Service
Will Be Separated.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. September o4-J r.
Aldred. representing the group which
has secured control of the Washing
ton. Baltimore and Annapolis Rail
way, has been in the city for the past
two days. but did not indicate the fu
ture plans Tor the road.
In the financial district some an
nouncemeut was looked for but it is
understood now that those back of
the railway are not yet ready to an
nounce their future plans. 1t is gem
orally believed. however. that they
will provide for a division of the pub
lie utilities end of the road from the
transportation end, with a probable
consolidation of the former with the
Consolidated Gas Co. of Baltimore
The common and preferred stock of
the company. after comparative neg
lect for several days, went to the
front yesterday and for a time figured
actively in the dealings Of the stock
exchange.
The common lost a full point at the
outset, but recovered half Of the loss
later. more stock being offered near
the close, with 1874 bid Just before
the close sale of 100 shares was
made at Is. More than 800 shares of
the stock changed hands between 16
and 16i2, the bulk of the transactions
being at the latter price.
Evening star., 1925-09-24
STATUS OF RACE TRACK
BUSES is PULLING
Maryland Commission Takes Cues
tlon of Regulation to
Attorney General

Special Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE, September 24.-The
question raised by the Baltimore and
Ohlo Railroad as to whether bus lines
running to race tracks are public car
rlers, subject to the regulations of
the Public Service Commission, has
been referred by the commission to
THOMAS h. Robinson, attorney gen
eral.
Various related questions are being
considered by Harold E West. chair.
man OF the commission, and his asso-
ciates. Among them Is the problem
OF f1ndlng legitimate means Of OBJ.
tanning for the State a fair return for
the use OF roads by these seasonal
carriers" which operate approx
mately % consecutive days a year
over the same route. The motor ye-
hicle commissioner does not issue per-
mits or fix charges for the use OF
roads on less than six-month basis.
The buses running to race tracks
now are operating under a hiring
license similar to those obtained by
taxicabs, which have no fixed route
or schedule.
Evening star., 1925-09-24
POLES APPROVE LEASE.
q. S. Interests to Get Match
Monopoly for 20 Years.

WARSAW, September "a UP.-The
Polish cabinet today approved the
agreement previously closed between
the finance ministry and the Interna-
tional Match Corporation of New
York leasing the Polish match mo-
nopoly for 90 years.
Under the agreement the corpora
tion is to form Polish company with
paid-in shares of $1,000, 900. It will
turn over to the finance ministry
$500 900 for purchase of the private
factories existing in Poland, loan the
government $6,000,000 and pay an
other 81 100000 for the lease.
Evening star., 1925-09-24
CASH SENT BIG FAMILY.
Alexandrians Receive Donation
From English Bachelors.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. September "a.
Robert Arnold, father of Is children,
and his family were photographed at
a nearby bathing beach last Summer
H. H. Watson, Morley, England, saw
the picture in the London Daily Mir
ror. He told his friends at his club,
all bachelors. and a collection was
taken up. Arnold has received eight
shillings, with a note explaining the
money represented a tax upon eight
bachelors at half a shilling for each
offspring.
Evening star., 1925-09-24
l LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE
BUYS "a LOCOMOTIVES

DUNKIRK, n. Y, September "a LP
The Louisville and Nashville Rail
road has placed an order with the
Brooks plant of the American Loco
motive Co. for "a locomotives of the
Mikado type. The plant has been
running with reduced force for sew.
eral months.
Evening star., 1925-09-24
Plane and Motor
Orders for i. S.
Total $l,5OO,OOO

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September "a
The Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor
Co. has received an order from the
Government for 25 pursuit planes
and 81 motors, involving more
than $1.500,000.
The company's plants are operat-
ing at capacity.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-01-15
POP NOTCLAS RECIBIDAS....

representante del Servicio Uni
versal con Irwin, describe este
los diversos aparatos de tormen-
to y dio cuenta de haber presen-
ciado personalmente tres penas
del lAtigo legalmente aplicadas.
FL ''potro'', segun la pintura
que hace Irwin, es un caballo de
MADEIRA construido con tablones de
cuatro pulgadas y sobre el que Sc
ob1igaba los presos montar a
horcaiadas, cabalgandolo en- las
tltirnas horas de su agonia. FL
"potro'' puede levantarse ba-
jarse la altura que sc desee, Y
dc todos modos 10 sufciente para
cue los desnudos pulgares de los
pies del sentenciado no toquen ell
suelo.
segdn los parties que han rendi-
do los medicos de las prisiones,
Sc ha abandonado esta practica
despues de varios amos de su apli
csci6n, pues que Sc veia horrible
mente quebrantado Ell sistema ner
vioso de las vfctimas al transcu-
rrir varias horas en- el tormento,
pero ha sido reemplazado por Ell
"barril". irwin sigue diciendo:
"Pues bien, es el barrll no otra
cosa sino 10 que su nombre indi-
as 70 en- anb oe1du9 10 SO oJeJ 70
lace 10 que 10 convierte en- ms
trumento de tortura. Sc obligaba
los presos permanecer dc pie
sobre Ell barril durante varias ho-
ras, en- tanto que un soldado de
guardta. latigo en- mano, Sc halla-
ba al lado del infeliz, hsto para
descargar sus golpes al menor mo-
vimiento sobresalto de Ia victi-
ma. Este "barril'' ha sido apro-
bado por Ia Comisi6n de Inspec-
c:on de Carceles.