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Evening star., 1925-03-01

Crisp fast color gingham dresses,
white pique and two-tone trimmings;
all-around belts or straight-iine models.
Small checks or fancy novelty patti
erns. Sizes z TO IA years.
Evening star., 1925-03-01

The Civic League met Tuesday eve
ming at the home OF its president, Mrs
Henry Churchill Cook. After routine
business had been disposed OF, Mrs
Rufus L. Allan, Waynesville, N. c.,
told of organizing a similar club in
her city and of how It grew from a
small beginning to be one of the
largest clubs in that part of the coun
try. The next meeting will be held
at Mrs. Cooks home in March. when
she expects to have two able speakers
Evening star., 1925-03-01

Twentieth Century Club. - The
March meeting of the club will be
held Thursday at IL am. at the
Cosmos Club. Miss Grace Guest will
give an illustrated lecture on the
FTeer Gallery of Art
The International outlook section
will postpone its meeting to the third
Monday in March.
The section of parliamentary law
will meet Tuesday at IL am. at 1894
I street. Miss Jane Young will pre-
side and the subject will be "The Mo-
ton to Reconsider and to Rescind"
College Women's Club.-An illus
trafsd lecture on THE Flowers of the
National Forests" will feature the
Evening star., 1925-03-01

District League of American Pen
WOmen.-The regular craft groups
will meet as usual this week at the
clubhouse.
In honor of Inauguration week, the
clubhouse will be open to guests
daily throughout the week, with
members of the club as hostesses.
Evening star., 1925-03-01
58-In. Hemstitched Tablecloths
59c English Prints

Choose fr o m
about 25 designs
in light and dark
colorlngs of the
famous Aide
cloth, guaranteed
fast colors. in .
to 10 yard lengths.
Evening star., 1925-03-01

Two models for your selection
girdle with heavy rubber insel
medium bust, and made of good
caded coutil. -Four garter support
Evening star., 1925-03-01

High-class gingham and chambray
dresses, made in the new jumper style,
with white round pleated collar, dimity
guimps. Solid colors and small checks
Sizes TO II wears
Evening star., 1925-03-01
ST CORSETS

Made of fesh-color coutil. in low
bust, rubber-top model: we'll boned
and supported. Four garter sup
porters. Sizes II to So
The Washington times., 1925-12-10
PRINA. DONNA.
TAKES LIFE
IN RIVER
Bits of Russian Diya's Clothes
Found in Water-Not
Tells of Plans
BY InternationaI News Service

BERLIN, Dec. 10.--zinaida Jer-
jewskaja, Russian prima donna, has
committed suicide by hurting her.
self into the waters of the Ruess
from the Devils Bridge at Anden-
matt, Switzerland, according to an
official statement from the police Of
that town.
Doubts as to the probability Of
the diva having committed suicide
are dispelled, the police say, by. the
finding of portions o. ner clothing
in the icy waters of the Ruess.
Announcement Of her suicide was
postponed in difference to her last
wish. She wrote, a farewell letter
to her husband, Baron Gecrg Won
Bremen, begging him not 10 JEFF he
world know she had Killed herself.
but suggesting that The announce
that her death had been caused by
heart disease.
The body Of the beautiful. diva
has not been found, but her hand
bag and other PERSONAL articles
have been found in trees near the
spot from which she jumped. s.
: Nervous strain, due to .overWork,
is believed. to have been the cause
of her suicide. 1t is said OF late
that she had given much time to
study, of things mystic and had
adopted strange religious beliefs.
The Washington times., 1925-12-10
CORNELL HEAD
ADDRESSES
Al U|NNI
University President Makes
Plea for Funds to
Build Library

President Livingston F'arrand, of
Cornell University; revealed to 200
alumni, gathered for their annual
luncheon at the City Club. yester-
day. an appalling state OF affairs
at their alma mater.
Heatold them that huge stacks of
priceless books are lying dormant.
entombed in cobwebs and dust, be-
cause Cornell University lacks an
5adeqnate library in which to put
Doctor E,arrand made an eloquent
appeal for funds for this much
needed addition to the university and
said the plans for a structure
already were drawn.
Lieutenant Colonel H. Edmond
Bulls, chairman of the board of
governors, introduced President VIII
liam Mather Lewis, of George Wash
ington University, who spoke briefly
on the problems, a college president
has, to face IN
The Washington times., 1925-12-10
MILL ION ARE s
WIFE GETS
DIVORCE
Carnival Queen Given Cash
Settlement by Florida Real ].
Estate Man
By InteFnational News Service

TAMPA, Fla, Dec. 10.--D. p.
Davis, the man who has worked
himself up from poor boy to a
multi-millionaire through his dealt
ings in Florida real estate, is no
longer the husband of Elizabeth
Nelson, twenty-two4year-ol Tampa
girl, who was crowned queen of the
GasparilIa carnival last year.
They were man and wife for only
about twenty-six days after their
marriage in Jacksonville on October
10 last, it was learned authorita-
lively here today.
For two weeks Tampa has lis.
tened and smiled at rumors to the
effect that its king, Tin a develop
ment sense, and it's carnival queen
had been estranged. ! Tt was not
until last night, however, that the
rllnor that Elizabeth Nelson Davis
had dropped the name of Davis
and received in compensation full
divorce and cash settlement In a
Key West, Fla, court November A
were affirmed.
According to information received
here from Key West, Mrs. Davis
sued for and obtained her divorce
on a charge of "desertion and other
allegations"
Davis is the developer of Davis
Island, Tampa, the sale of which
is reported to have broken all real
estate records in Florida.
The Washington times., 1925-12-10
CHILD IS STRANCLED BY
DRESSING ROBE CORD

1 LARCHMONT, N r., Dec To-
Doctor Amos o. Squire, Westches-
ter county medical examiner, was
notified today by Mr.. and Mrs. J.
G. Hickman, wealthy residents
here, Of the tragic death Of their
eight-year-oId son, Gregg, who was
slowly strangled to- death in his
crib last night.
t.. climb ont OF his bed to join his
hrents, who were chatting down
stairs, when the cord Of his dress
ing-rObe caught around bed-pOst
and frightened around his neck, al
lowing him to dangled few inches
from the floor.
The Washington times., 1925-12-10
DIAMONDS AND TOBACCO
AMONG THIEVES LOOT

Thefts Of diamond rings, clothes
and a large quantity of tobacco
were reported to the police today.
Mrs. Florence NJ. Brighart, II
jackson street northeast, reported
her home robbed yesterday OF three
diamond rings, valued at $500.
Thieves entered the tailor shop OF
William Nj. Watts, 2022 Fourth
street northwest, and took twenty.
five suits of clothes.
Burglars entered the cigar store
Of Oscar Wernstock, 832 Twentieth
street northwest, and took tobacco
products valued at $275 he reported
70 police today. Miss Eunice Ed
wards, 1911 Eighth street north
west, reported to the police that
while shopping yesterday she lost a
diamond plantinum ring valued at
$500.
The Washington times., 1925-12-10
IS URGED
To ELIMINATE
DISPUTES
Suicidal" Secretary Davis
Tells Unions, in Public
Statement

An appeal to American labor to
eliminate jurisdictional disputes in
the building trades is made by
Secretary of Labor Davis is an an
nouncement made public today.
Nothing can do more to destroy
the chances of organized labor to
deal with large organized industrial
Interests that these civil wars
among the unions declares Score.
tary Davis. "Organizel Labor has
withstood destructive assaults within
ard without it's own ranks. 1t
should root out the jurisdictional dis
pute. Organized labor cam commit
suicide through internal dissension.
And these jurisdictIonal disputes are
just that form of suicide
The Washington times., 1925-12-10
. "ELEcTRIc COMPANIES"
Barred AS RUM DEALERS

NEW ORLEANS; Dec. To-
Another channel by which liquor
has been shipped from New Orleans
to Chicago was uncovered when dry
agents Of the Chicago district seized
a shipment Of. Irish whiskey con-
signed by freight from The Welsh
Electrical Company. of New Or
leans to Goldberg Electrical
James EcRiey Al, alleged boot.
logger connected with the Chicago
rum ring and his brother, Archie
Eckley, were arrested III the I'LL
nois Central freight depot in Chi.
cago after motor truck had been
placed at q leading platform to re-
ceive the CONSIGNMENT.
The Washington times., 1925-12-10
To All Who Suffer Stomach
Agony, Gas and Indigestion
Peoples Drug Stores Make This Offer
Money Back If One Bottle of Dares Menha Pepsn Doesn't
Do You More Good Than Anything You Ever Used.

You can be so distressed with gas
and fullness and bloating that you
think your heart is going to stop beat
ing.
Your stomach may be so dtstended
You think perhaps you are suff"cat-
ing.
You are dizzy and pray for quick
relief-whats to be done?
Just one tablespoonful of Dares
Mentha Pepsin and in ten minutes the
gas disappears, the pressing on the
heart ceaSes, and you can breathe deep
and naturally.
Oh! What blessed relief: but why
not get rid of such attacks altogether?
Why have chronic indigestion at all?
With this wonderful medicine you
can overcome Indigestion or dyspe STA
The Washington times., 1925-12-10

catarrh of the stomach or any aDnor-
MAJ condition that keeps the stcrlach
IN constant rebellion and aEe bottle
will prove it,
And how happy you will he when
your stomach is as good new for
then dlzziness nervousness, SleeplesS-
ness, headache, dull eyes and other all
mGnts caused by disordered stomach
old happy. contented self again.
Over 5000 bottles sold in one small
New Jersey. town last ,year--and the
best druggists the country over con-
to the fact that the most stubborn
chronic cases are promptly conquered.
Ask for Dare's Mentha Pepsin. a plsns-
ant to take health building stomach
elixir that Peoples Drug stores and
regular pharmacists anywhere in Amer
lea qua ra ntees ~ ls+.t a
The Washington times., 1925-12-10
ITALY's RAILWAYS SHOW
JUST PROFIT IN S. YEARS

ROME, December 10.-After five
years of deficit the italian railway
administration in its 1924-25 state
ment shows a credit balance Of 49,
600, 900 lire.
Heavy increase Of passenger and
freight traffic is largely responsible.
Holy year tourists have. added to
passenger receipts.
The Washington times., 1925-12-10
8 ScaIded to Death

ALMERIA, Spain, Dec. 10.-Eight
workmen here were scalded to death
today when a boiler in an iron
foundry here exploded.
The Washington times., 1925-12-10

Ty Cobb, pre-eminent in baseball
for twenty years, begins his auto
biography i'm The Times next Mon
day.
The Washington times., 1925-12-10
|. G. c. DEMANDS
MORE POWER
IN MERGERS
Report Asks All Rail Console
dations Be Presented to
1t for Approval
By HARRY WARD

New light on the problem OF con-.
solidating the railroads into a lin
fled number of systems was thrown
today when it was made, known in
the annual report of the Inter
state Commerce Commission that a
majority of the commission doubts
the wisdom of the present law re-
quiring the Federal body to adopt
h complete plan to which all future
consultations must conform.
The report reveals that the COM
mission months ago addressed a
: communication to the Senate Com
mittee on Interstate Commerce
stating the commission believes that
better results are likely to be ac=
complished with less loss OF time
II consolidation is permitted to de-
velop under guidance of the CON-
mission in more normal way.
Offers New Amendment
The commission suggested a new
amendment to the Interstate Com
merce act making unlawful any
consolidation or acquisition of the
E Oh OflS TtAtlEOclu ny dlOlEcE
In any manner v l1atsoever, except
with the specific approval and au-
thorization of the Commission.
THE purpose of this provision,
the commission explained, sis to
make certain that the process Of
consolidation will in all respects be
subject to the control and guidance
OF Federal authority. Without such
q prohibition it viii be claimed that
such consultations or acquisitions
Of control as a,C not in conflict
with the Federal antitrust laws
may be effected, as was done in the
Nickel Plate case, under State au-
thority and without Federal APP
prevail.
Authority Divided
Whatever the merits of the
Nickel Plate consolidation, 1t must
be obvious that the possibility of
consultations or acquisitions OF
control thus contaminated means
division of authority which is like.
" to be destruc i've of any we'll
ordered and consistent control of
the process of consolidation in the
public interest
The Nickel Plate consolidation is
before the commission for approval
and is the first big console ation
presented for Federal authorization
since the enactment of the trans
portation act of 1920.
The commission also asked that
It be given broad power to ap-
prove or disapprove such consolida-
dations or acquisitions Of control as
proposed. It suggested that before
approving the commission must
find that the consolidation or aedui-
sftion:
WIN be in the interest Of better
service to the public, or economy in
operation.
Will not unduly restrain compe-
tition or be in any other material
respect inconsistent with the public
interest.
VIII conform to the provisions
Of paragraph 4, which prohbits a
capitalization Of the consolidated
company in excess OF property
value.
The Washington times., 1925-12-10
All Jewelry Now
One-Half Price

81 & $3.50 Silk Neckwear,
now ........... 6OC
CSC Silk Knitte d Ties
bOxed) now. 5000. s35c
81 Sweater Vests,
now ........."e" .%AeOO
SOC Par Bows. elastic band,
now 35c each or 3 for 81
81 Silk and Wool Ties,
now go $3.50" 'VO~
So & $3.50 Odd Pants,
now ............ .$l.S5
$3.50 & $3.50 Odd Pants,
now ............ %A"40
$3.50 &. $3.50 Odd Pants,
now .$z.95
The Washington times., 1925-12-10

Collegiate Sweaters, new
est patterns, all
wool .......... >. 1895
$2.95 Silk Mufflers,
now ...ss.. $1.45
$3.50 Caps (aH sizes and
all c0lors) now. 79c
$500 Pennsylvania Knit
Coats. now. 1896 !
All Artex Collars. CSC /
SIPS Mems Lightweight |
Union Suits, now. ;. TIC ]
$1.OO Pure Silk Hose (aH |
cOIOrs) now. .l4. .5Sc !
The Washington times., 1925-12-10

Everything gohey notice SET
We place stock sell IN ~
usually during seng for month
We know that we problem!
The Washington times., 1925-12-10

SIS BathrObes. .$2.9S
81 High Rocks, fleece lined
Union Suits. .$1.49
So Silk Stripe, Madras
Sateen and Philippine
Reps .............$1.S9
Novelty shirts, collars to
match and collars at
tached .$1.O9
75c Neckwear (bOxed free)
now 6 for sly. 35c
The Washington times., 1925-12-10
GOING OUT OF BUSH

hold
will
is will be the
The Washington times., 1925-12-10

$3.50 & $3.50 Odd Pants,
now .$3.45
1895 Corduroy Pants,
now .............$z.40
$500 Khaki Pants,
now .$1.45
$500 Pajamas, now SIPS
$500 Manchester Novelty
Collar Attached Shirts,
now ..... .$l.0S
$500 Bath Robes,
now ............$ $3.50
$500 Munsing Wear, Duo
fold, Chalmers, Havana
Health Under e ar,
now .$1.65
$1.98 Mayo Silk-trimmed
Union Suits, now. .$1.19
1878 Arrow, Manhattan
Dress Shirts, now. .$1.95
$5.95 Sweaters, all cOlors
and sizes, now. 1895
500 Hats (felts and genu-
inc velOurs) now. .$1.95
MonitO and other makes
Genuine Mercerized Lisle
and Cotton Lisle
Socks .17c
soc MonitO Silk Lisle
Hose .....:........ 5oc
S1.95 Khaki and Gray Flan-
mel Shirts, now. .$1.95
The Washington times., 1925-12-10

Of
get merchandise
that building about
ruary and
The Winslow mail., 1925-11-20
TOTAL....$137 7,217,042.00


When the tax collectors of the
counties, cities and towns in Ari-
zona complete the collection of
taxes levied upon the various tax
rolls for the current fiscal year,
total of $17,685,36900 will have
been collected from the taXpaying
public, as direct taxes levied upon
a total assessed valuation of taxa
BILE property in the state amount
ing to $640,895, $500. This state
ment is not to be understood as
meaning that every dollar of the
aggregate of $640, 1876, ,855.00, of total
assessed valuations contributes di-
rectly to that total of $17,685, $4,000.
This statement means that when
the whole public of Arizona is con-
sidered as a unit. When that unit
is considered as such with respect
to what the individual citizens and
individual activities and enterprises
must earn in the relations existing
as between the whole, the state
ment is true. On the face of the
figures which appear in a table
connected with this article, it ap
pears that state taxes to the amount
of $4,998,9 ,98700 are to be collected
for state purposes; it also appears
that the sum of $6,921, 1880 is to
be collected for county purposes;
these two amounts are actually col
1ected pro rata over the total as
sessed valuation given above as the
total for the whole state. There
is total of $3,835, $1,000 shown by
the table to be made collectible for
district purposes" This covers
the amount of special taxes levied
for school district purposes, and if
those levied are traced through to
the items which compose that ag-
gregate, it will appear that only
the taxable property within the
limits of each district contributes
to each of those items standing
alone. District purposes also in
cludes taxes levied upon the real
estate comprising several irriga-
tion, power, and improvement dis
burden upon all of the property
of the whole state. But it is equal
ly true that every taxpayer who
pays county, state, and city taxes,
is also called upon to pay school
district taxes, and in many cases
the property of that same taxpayer
must pay city, town, and other
special district taxes upon the same
assessed valuation of the property
The total of $1,929, ,365.00 shown by
the tables as an aggregate assess
ed and to be collected for city and
town purposes, is not directly levi
ed in equal rates extended against
the aggregate of $137,217 ,042.00
shown by the tables as being the
total assessed valuation OF all tax
able property within the limits Of
the various cities and towns Of the
state.
The Winslow mail., 1925-11-20
TAX RATE FOR THIS
CITY is BELOW THE
AVERAGE OF STATE

Despite the frequent statement
that the tax rate for Winslow is
unwarrantably high, comparisons
with the figures of 80 cities in Ari-
zona, show the local rate to be be-
low the average There are six
teen cities with lower rates than
WinslOw, and fifteen with higher.
However, the rates which are low
er than Winslow's are not much
below, but those with higher fig
ures, are considerably higher.
The rate for Winslow this year
is $1254, as compared with $130
last year, a reduction Of nearly six
cents on the hundred dollars. Snow
flake leads the state with the low
est rate, that of so cents ON the
hundred dollars, and Miami leads
with a rate of $3.10, more than two
and a half times the rate for Wins
low.
The following table gives the
valuation and tax rate of 80 cities
compiled by the Arizona Taxpayers
Magazine:
Evening star., 1925-05-27
NURSE ASKS INJUNCTION.
Charges Lawyer She Sued for Sian
der Now Annoys Her.

katherine Powers, a nurse, of 1404
l. street northwest, has asked the
District Supreme Court for an injunc-
tion against Raleigh Sherman, men,
ber of the bar, to prevent him from
annoying and molestinS her.
Miss Powers recently sued Sherman
for $4,000 damages for alleged SIAN
der. Since the suit, she tells the
court. Sherman has frequently an
noyed. molested, followed her and
caused her to be followed so that she
has been placed in bodily fear and has
been made 50 i'll as to be unable to
follow her occupation as nurse
She is represented by Attorney
Henry NJ Fowler.
Evening star., 1925-05-27
Police Viii Check
Ouerloading of
Trucks on Streets
Complaints Bring Action
By EIdridge to End
Practice Here.

Having received complaints of over
loading of heavy trucks, Traffic Direc-
tor Eldridge has arranged with the
Police Department to have two motor
cycle officers start out today with
apparatus to test the loads of CONNER
cial vehicles.
Motor Cycle Sergts. Terry and Boyle
of the traffic bureau have been as
signed to the task and were in con-
ference today with Mr.. Eldridge. They
will carry loadometers in the side
cars of their motor cycles, enabling
them to test the weight of any vehicle
thought to be carrying more than the
loads prescribed in the new traffic
code. These officers will be sent for
by the various precincts when it is
necessary to verify the load on a
truck.
The two officers also will carry a de-
vice to enable them to test the brakes
of trucks. to determine whether they
can stop within the distances specified
in the traffice code both with the hand
brake and the foot brake.
Evening star., 1925-05-27
SOUTHEAST WANTS
TECHNICAL SCHOOL
Will Ask Commissioners to
Revive Vocation Project,
Begun 10 Years Ago.

The Commissioners will be requested
to establish vocational training
school in the Southeast section of the
city on Potomac avenue between Thir-
teenth and Fourteenth streets by the
Southeast Citizens Association, which
met in the Tyler School. Eleventh and
G streets, last night. 1t was pointed
out that ground for this structure was
broken about 10 years ago.
Refusal of the associations request
that the Public Utilities Commission
order the Washington Railway and
Electric Co. to remove the cobble-
stone paving from between the car
tracks and resurface with asphalt
was contained in a letter from Com
missioner Bell, who said that this inn
provement would not be feasible until
the laying of new tracks became
necessary. the present trackage be-
ing capable of at least three years
more of service.
Appeal for the establishment of a
car stop at Eleventh street and
Pennsylvania avenue also was denied.
\ letter from the Public Utilities Com
mission stated that 1t was not desired
10 create additional stops on the Ave
nue. east of Eighth street. Further
efforts will be made to have this in
tersection designated as Il stopping
point because of the heavy traffic on
Eleventh street to Maryland points.
4 committee will make a survey to
determine which of the present stops
may be eliminated to afford the
Eleventh street stop.
Col. c. o. Sheriff.. superintendent of
public buildings and grounds, will be
urged to provide band concerts dur
ing the coming Summer on the lawn
of the old Naval Hospital grounds, at
Tenth street and Pennsylvania ave
nue.. The association voted to hold its
meetings, starting with the Septem-
Der session. in the Hine Junior High
School, Seventh street and Pennsyl-
vanie avenue. President A. G. Herr
mann announced special meeting of
the association on June 10. r. A.
White was elected to membership.
Evening star., 1925-05-27
TODAY,S ADJUSTMENTS.

BelaScO-'Candida." Bernard Shaw s
comedy, at $40 pm. Matinee at 2:20
pm.
NatiOnaI-"Just Married" comedy
at $40 pm. Matinee at 2:20 pm.
Keith's-Weber and Fields, vaude-
vile, at 2:15 and SIS pm.
Strand-Lillian C'Dimples'Y Walker,
vaudeville, continuous from 1890 to
II pm.
Earle-Johnnie Walker. vaudeville.
continuous from / to l l pm.
MGtual-"Hurry Up" burlesque.
at 2:30 and $40 pm.
COlumbia-'The Little French Girl, y
continuous II am. to II pm.
NetrOpOlitan-'I Want My Man,
continuous, IL am. to IL pm.
Palace-"Adventure at 11:15, 1:15,
$50, $50, 1870 and 9:45 pm.
RialtO-'Dangerous Innocence" at
11:30 am, 1880, $780, $50, 7:3O and
$50 pm.
TiyOli-"Nan and Maid" at ., 3:35,
sos, $40, $40 and 10 pm.
AmbassadOr-"The Mirage" at els
and 9:55 pm.
Central|''As Man Desires" at 1890,
2, $50. 5, $50. 8 and $3.50 pm.
Evening star., 1925-05-27
CARMAN, TRAPPED,
BURNS IN WRECkAGE
Score of Passengers Hurt When
Interurbans Crash on Trestle,
Then Catch Fire.
By the Associated Press.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, May 27.-
William F.. Edwards, As, motorman,
was burned to death in sight of
wouldbe rescuers, another motor
man. was seriously injured and al
most a score of passengers hurt
when two interurban cars collided
and partly telescoped each other on
a 25-foot-high trestle near here last
night.
Immediately following the crash the
trolley wire fell on the cars and in
stantly set fire to them. The wooden
trestle also caught afire. Edwards
was pinned in the wreck by one of
his legs and roaring flames prevent
ed any one reaching him. Passengers
rescued by persons attracted by the
sound of the collision, stood by help
less, while the motorman, screaming,
burned to death.
That the cars did not topple from
the trestle and the accident result in
a larger loss of life was said to be
miraculous. Blame for the accident
has not been definitely placed.
Evening star., 1925-05-27

Few men travel over the road of
success without an occasional pune
frIrp