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Evening star., 1925-11-27
FIND DERA|LED CAR
IN GOOD CONDITION
Brakes in Good Shape After
Accident, Officials OF
W,R. & E. Declare.

Cficials Of the Washington Railway
q Electric Co. issued a statement To-
day declaring the equipment OF tne
one-man car which was deraleu anu
mounted the sidewalk before IL came
to a. stop at Wisconsin avenue ana
street Wednesday afternoon was found
in proper working condition When III
spected after the accident.
Capt. r. G.. KlotZ, engineer or the
Utilities Commission, also stated TO-
day that an inspection Of the car oy
the commission showed the brakes
were in proper condition.
J. H. Stephens, superintendent Oh
railways of the Washington Railway
4 Electric Co., in a statement, de-
scribed the result of the company
investigation, which read, in part, as
follows:
Operator Tried Brakes.
The operator states that this
was his first trip from Somerset
Md. he having relieved an operator on
the street: that the car had been IN
operation all day. At the Tenleytown
barn, southbound from Somerset, ne
made the mandrake test stop ana
found the brakes In proper condltioh.
He made stop at r street for pas
sengers, and three boarded the car;
that he came down Wisconsin avenue
hill from R street, and applying the
mandrake found that it was enec-
tive, and as he proceeded further
along he again applied the hand brake
TO keep the car at an even speed Oh
around 7 or miles an hour. Upon
reaching @ street, which is a safety
stop. he attempted to release the
hand brake before applying his air,
found that the hand brake for some
reason would not release, and applied
the air, which locked the wheel. He
then reversed on nine points and be-
lieved he released the reverse and ap-
lieved he released the reverse between
that point and the F street switch, a
distance of 500 or 600 feet; that all
the while he was gaining speed, and
upon reaching the street switch he
was going 20 or 20 miles an hour.
The car then jumped the track and
coklided with two buildings and two
Automobiles before 1t finally came to
a stop about 100 feet from where 1t
left the track.
Got Out of Control.
inspection was made of the car by
the company's mechanical department,
who found the same to he in proper
operating condition in every detail,
and inspection is now being made by
officials of the Public Utilities Com
mission. There does not appear to
have been any necessity for the oper-
ator attempting to release the hand
brake before applying the air at the
Q street safety stop. and it seems that
while he was attempting to release the
hand brake the car, in gaining speed,
got out of his control. 1t does not
appear from inspection made by the
company representative that the ac-
cident was in any way due to de-
fective track conditions on Wisconsin
avenue or due to any element that
could have been foreseen by the COM
pany."
Evening star., 1925-11-27
CITY Awakes to Find New Traffic Signal
Works to Tune Only of Grinding Brakes

proud boss. and A. G. Seller, than
whom no one has taken greater inter-
est in the great experiment, were not
noted to be among those present.
The United States Marine Band, Capt.
w. F. Santelmann, conducting, ia.
miliar feature Of such public func-
tions. did not play THE Star Span
gled Banner" as had been confidently
expected. A great battery of ampli-
fiers, connected with a microphone in
front Of the speakers, failed to put In
its appearance, as there were no
speakers. A number OF well known
Washington clergymen did not pro-
nounce any invocation.
President Coolidge, who has mani.
tested much interest in Washington's
traffic problems, was among the prom
inent men who were not present.
Simplicity reigned. The exercises
began when a crew OF denimed labor.
ers shouldered the iron stanchion onto
its base, reached their height when
an electrician threw a switch into
place, and concluded with the music
of the first set of grinding brakes.
Just like that, the National Capt..
tal's long -heralded and eagerly antfc4
pated signal system got under way.
Evening star., 1925-11-27
0FT-COAL USERS
MULTIPLY IN CITY
Public Response to Cam
paign So Great Some of Sta
tions May Close Soon.

With the burn bituminous' cam
palSn swinging we'll toward the end
OF It's second week, WASHINGTON al
ready is virtually a soft coal com
munlty, according to preliminary
statistics obtained by fuel experts (,
Ihere are visible indications, in
addition, that at least some of the
retail coal merchants of Washington
are making preparations to give the
hitherto spurned soft coal q much
larger share of permanent space In
their yards. They frankly admit that
IL VIII take the hard coal industry
- long time to overcome the public
sentiment for bituminous coal that
mas grown up SO suddenly.
so enthusiastic has been the public
response to the burn bituminous"
campaign of The Star and the Coal
Merchants Board of Trade that It,
ls not peheVed necessary to continue
an SIX or the demonstration stations
In operation longer than the end of
thls week. Efforts are being made,
however. to obtain a place in the
business section of the CITY where
the demonstrations may be held for
another week, or possibly two.
Although 1t is impossible to oe-
.errnlne how many householders end
housewives attended all of the
AlAoI SldllO1S, II Is known
tnat the attendance ran well into the
thousands. And, in addition. MANY
OF the housewives took home with
them large numbers of pamphlets
describing the correct way to burn
pilumlnous coal, for distribution
among neighbors who could not leava
nome long enough to see a demon
stration personally
aousenoiders may now get special
instructive service direct from their
coal dealers, however. All of the
larger coal merchants Of Washington
nave employed extra trouble" men
thoroughly experienced in the com
oustlon OF bituminous coal. Should
persons who are just beginning to uss
sort coal have difficulty, a telaphone
call to the merchant from whom the
lueI was purchased. the dealers prom
lse, VIII bring the trouble" man i'm
mediately.
Through tomorrow all of the dem
onstration stations announced in The
Star OF yesterday will remain open ar
the regular hours, namely, 10 am
until noon, pm. until 5, and 8p.m.
until y. The regular engineers espe-
clally employed from the burn BIZ
luminous campaign will be on duty
between those hours and give full In.
struction to all persons who call. In
addition, literature describing the
proper treatment Of soft coal may be
obtained at the counter on the firsr,
moor or The Star Building.
Evening star., 1925-11-27

Quietly, without the plaudits Of the
throng, the first of Washington's new
automatic traffic signals slipped into
the midst of us on Thanksgiving day
and plunged right into its work OF
baf7iing motorists converging at tho
intersection OF New Hampshire ave-
nue. and Eighteenth street.
The long -heralded event took place
so simply that the general public was
not aware Of 1t until a startling red
beam smote them squarely between
the eyes and started them applying
brakes, gear shift. accelorator and
steering gear at once.
Only the screech of whining brake
bands and the clashing OF angry
gears greeted the handsome lone SEN
tinel as it stood out najestically In
the center Of the intersection, looking
several directions at once.
District Commissioner Cuno> Ru-
dolph, Engineer Commissioner j.
Franklin Bell. Police Commissioner
Frederick A. Fenning and Maj. w. p.
r, Covell, public utilities expert, did
not participate In the unyeilin1. Traf-
fic Director Eldridse, proud boss Of
the lights: Col. I. c. Mollsr. assistant
Evening star., 1925-11-27
MOVING Of OFFICES
NOT DUE AT ONCE
Labor Department Expects
to Retain Present Quar-
ters for Winter.

Actual work of moving the offices
OF the Department Of Labor into the
quarters in the west wing of the
Interior Department Building is not
expected to get under way until late
next Spring. and possibly not until
Midsummer, 1t was learned today.
At the same time 1t was made
known that when the Labor Depart
ment moves into the Interior Build
ing, an effort will be made to change
the name of the big Government
structure at Eighteenth, Nineteneth
and F streets to the Interior Labor
Building. The lease on the present
building occupied by the Labor De-
partment, at 1712-14 G street, does
not expire until June 80, 1927. 1t
has In 1t clause permitting the de-
partment to break the lease On three
months notice.
Survey Under Way.
The survey inaugurated three weeks
ago by the Interior Department and
the Public Buildings Commission joint
1y Is still under way and will continue
for some time. 1t Is expected to result
In assignment Of about 100 900 feet of
office space to the Labor Department
by consolidation and reassignment of
Offices in the Interior Department
building.
Announcement Of the intention to
move the Labor Department into the
Interior Building was made Wednes-
day, after 1t became known that nego-
tlatlons looking to large rental in
crease had been In progress between
the Labor Department and the Boston
company owning the building it occu-
pies. The Increase asked totaled more
than 500 per cent and was said today
TO be the major reason for the rnoy.
Ing. In addition, about $100, 900 a year
Will be saved, 1T is estimated, in
the Labor Department Building.
VIII Move Offices.
The Bureau Of Mines, which occu-
pies a large part Of the east wing
OF the Interior Building, will prob
ably remain in that building, but will
be consolidated and it's quarters made
smaller, making room for other Of
noes. Four Independent agencies, the
Federal Power Commission, Board of
indian Commissioners. United States
Employes' Compensation Commission
and Fine Arts Commission, are slated
to move to the Pension Building, at
Fifth and G streets, where a recent
survey has resulted in making much
space available. A similar consolida-
ton OF the Geological Survey, which
occupies a large part of the center
wing of the Interior Department
Building, is planned
With the Labor Department, the
Interior Department Building, erect
ed In 1915. will house agencies of
three departments, for the Mines
Bureau Is now under the Commerce
M T11 Tw
Is one Of the largest Government
owned structures in Washington and
also one of the most modern Office
buildings in the city
Evening star., 1925-11-27
Protect Beautiful Birds.

Birds of paradise are found in New
Guinea. Molucca Islands and a few
other neighboring islands; also in
northeastern Australia. Egrets range
from the United States south to south
ern South America; from central
Europe south to southern Africa, and
from north central Asia south to AUS
tralia. :,
the treaty between the United States
and Great Britain for the protection
Of birds migrating between the United
and Canada and may not be killed,
sold or possessed except for scientific
purposes. =
The importation of both birds of
paradise and egrets for their plumaxe
is prohibited by the tariff act Of 1922.
Evening star., 1925-11-27
FOUR ROBBERIES IN NIGHT
Clarendon Realty Operator and
Others Discover Depredations.
l Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CLARENDON, Va, November 81
Four burglaries in one night is the
record for Clarendon. Judson Reamy's
real estate office was ransacked, the
electrical store of E. j. Remson was
robbed of a spot light. batteries and
other articles valued at $50: Jimmy
was used on the door of the Clarendon
Novelty Shop and the Sanitary store
near the courthouse was burglarized
Discoveries were made this morning
A sack containing $12.25 in quarters
was left on the counter in the SAM
tary store after having been taken
from a sugar bin. In the office Of Mr.
Reamy desk drawers were opened and
papers scattered.
Evening star., 1925-11-27
SUES FOR ALLEGED
LIBEL ON PAGEANT
Atlantic City Chamber of Com.
merce to Ask 81, 900, 900 Dam
ages From MacFadden.
By the Associated Press.

ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. Novemher
IA libel suit to recover 81, 900, 900
In damages from the MacFadden Pub.
lications, Inc, publishers Of the New
York Evening Graphic, is to be filed
today in the Supreme Court of New
York, by counsel for the Atlantic
City Chamber of Commerce.
The suit is the outgrowth of a series
of articles published by the Evening
Graphic, in which 1t was charged that
the Atlantic City beauty pageant con-
Quoted here last September had been
a frame-up; that the jury had been
picked, and no girl had a chance to
win except one selected in advance by
certain picture interests
The complaint sets forth that the
Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce
feels that the business reputation of
the resort has been grossly libeled,
and that the character and honesty Of
the pageant directors, all Atlantic
City men, has been impugned.
Evening star., 1925-11-27
Just Their Way.

Two ladies who had not seen each
other for years recently met in the
street. They recognized each other
after a time and their recognition was
cordial
80 delighted to see you again. Why,
you are scarcely altered
And how little changed you are,
Why, how long is 1t since we metz"
II should say five years"
And why have you never been to
see me?"
"Oh. my dear, ust look at the
weather we have had"
Evening star., 1925-11-27
KILLS WIFE AND SELF
IN FLORIDA HOTEL ROOM
Note Left by Bay State Couple In
dicates Suicide Pact,
Police Think.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MIAMI. Fla, November 27.-C. AL
fred Paquette, %, formerly Of Lynn
Mass, shot and killed his wife in their
room at local hotel and then com
mitted suicide. Both died Instantly
A note found by police indicated a
suicide pact, they said.
Police stated Paquette, q registered
pharmacist. had come to Florida ito
reform" A note left by the young
man, they stated, contained state
ments to the effect that he had been a
heavy drinker
His wife, Alice Paquette, 20, follow
ed him South and was working as a
stenographer at Fort Lauderdale. A
child, believed to be with relatives at
Fall River, survives.
Paquette and his wife registered at
the hotel here yesterday. Early today
shots were heard and clerk found
the bodies.
Evening star., 1925-11-27
Retarded River Builds Farm.

Charles WinGrove, a farmer of Clay
Center. Kans., has added quite few
acres to his farm by building retards
in the Republican River such as the
French used at New Orleans to build
up the delta at the mouth Of the Nils
sissippi many years ago. Mr.. Win
groves method was crude but effec-
tive. He started in by throwing brush
along the banks of the river where
1t was eating away his land. The
result was the silt built up gradually
and trees that once were in the bed
of the river are now fifty feet back
on land.
Evening star., 1925-11-27
Committee Has Plan
To Settle Anthracite Coal Strike

No price increase over the average
1924-25 pre-strike prices for compa nies
showing over a 10 per cent return for
that period.
An increase of 25 cents a ton on
only domestic sizes of COAL This, it
is explained. would cover the cost en-
tailed by the increased wages.
A revision Of all piecework rates,
both those now above the average and
below the average annual earnings of
$4,000.
A check-off of regular union dues
by operators Of mines where a ballot
of all the workers shows two.thirds
vote in favor of 1t.
Evening star., 1925-11-27
Gold for Far East Bride.

Wedding customs in the Far East de-
mand that the brides wear ornaments
Of gold. They wear gold earrings,
bracelets. etc. Because Of this de-.
mand $1.000,000 worth Of marriage
gold" was recently shipped from New
York to the Straits Settlements, says
the Pathfinder. This gold was in United
States coinage and will be melted
and used for ornaments and dowry
purposes. Shipments of this kind
were formerly sent from San Fran
cisco, but now there is direct
steamship service from New York via
the Panama Canal,
Evening star., 1925-11-27
Form New Industry.
ON the Sacramento Be

From the SACRAMENTO Bee.
Siskiyou is to have new industry
within several months If the prelimi
nary surveys of the great fossil bed
eight miles north of Montague bear
out the original promise.
The mined fossils are of the creta-
ceous age, and are of shell formation.
c. B. Kay, driller, has taken several
blocks and polished tiles cut from
them, resulting in an effort of mother
of-pearl inlay and ideal for bank coun-
ters and similar decorative objects.
The beds, it is said by geologists, are
practically inexhaustible. Kay is plan
ming to purchase special cutting and
polishing machinery and he will soon
attempt to make a commercial pro-
duct.
Evening star., 1925-11-27
DEATHS HELD ACCIDENTS.
Driver Who Killed Woman and
Colored Man Cleared.

A coroners jury returned verdicts
of accidental death In each of two
inquests today.
The jury found that Mrs. Annie E.
Barnwell of 1863 X street was killed
accidentally in front of her home by
a special delivery mail truck. oper-
ated by Pellease kebble of 81
street northeast Wednesday night,
and eXonerated kehble.
The jury also found that the dis
charge from the shotgun of Lloyd A.
Poindexter, colored, while cleaning it
at his home, 1926 Corcoran street. re-
suited in the accidental killing of his
wife, Lucille. She died al Emergency
Hospital early Yesterday morning
from loss of blood through a wound
in her leg.
Evening star., 1925-11-27
Paper Lasted One Issue.

Publick Occurrences was the name
Of the first newspaper ever published
in the United States. 1t appeared at
Boston, Mass. in 1889 and was intend
ed to print the names of all persons
who spread rumors and reports that
could not be confirmed. The paper
lasted only one issue and was sue
ceeded by the Boston News Letter
In about 1904.
Evening star., 1925-11-27
FARMER SAYS HE SLEW
POSTMASTER IN ROW
North Carolina Authorities Prob
ing Staying of Pineville Of
fetal After Party.
By the Associated Press.


CHARLOTTE, N. c., November
27.-Rural police of Mecklenburg
County today were conducting an in
vestigation into the killing of Joseph
P. Hinson, 35, postmaster at Pine
vile, near here, last night Zeb Dom
mel. young farmer of that place, was
being held &fter surrendering himself
to officers early today.
Police said that Donnell gave him
self up about ] am, declaring that
he had killed Hinson after the post
master had cursed him when he tried
to intervene in a quarrel between
Hinson and another man. The slay-
ing was the aftermath of a Thanks
giving party attended by the post.
master. Donnell and others at the
home of Pink" Morrow. The shoot
ing occurred, authorities said, about
10 o'clock.
Evening star., 1925-11-27
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 27.-The
committee on coal and giant power,
comprised of engineers, economists,
publicists, lawyers and business men
from all parts of the country, yester-
day announced the issuance of a sug-
gestion for a basis on which to settle
the present strike in the anthracite
coal fields. The plan, which has been
sent to officials of both the miners and
operators, contains the following sug-
gestions:
A wage increase of so cents a day
for the lowest paid miners, that Is,
day workers, who now receive be-
tween S4.62 and S5.96 a shift
Evening star., 1925-11-27
RUSSIAN CHURCH HEAD
RECOGNIZED BY COURT
New York Appellate Division Up
holds Claim of Kedrovsky
as Archbishop.
BY the Associated Press.

D
NEW YORK, November 81. - The
long controversy over who shall con-
troll the Russian Orthodox Church of
America moved another step nearer
solution today when the appellate di-
vision of the Supreme Court held that
Archbishop Platon Rozdestvensky Is
an usurper and that Rev. John S.
Kedrovsky is the lawful archbishop
of the Russian Orthodox Greek Catho-
lie Cathedral of st. Nicholas.
The fight for control of the ca
thedral, with its $50 church structures
and $4,000 900 in property, began two
years ago. 1t has been featured by
forcible seizure of the building sew
eral times. arrest of various church
dignitaries and calls for police re-
serves when rival factions clashed.
Evening star., 1925-11-27
ANNOUNCERS TO GIVE SKIT
Will Appear on Stage to Help

The first personal appearance" on
the stage by Norman Brokenshire,
Ellsworth Tompkins and George F.
Ross. the announcers Of broadcast
ing station WRC. will take place to-
night In connection with the mid
night frolic arranged at the Tivoli
Theater by the Columbia Heights
Business Mems Association.
The three announcers, who have
been heard frequently over the air
under the name of the Foolish En-
tertainers." have worked up a special
act which they will present at the
frolic. Proceeds from the entertain
ment are to be used in celebrating
Christmas in Columbia Heights with
an elaborate community Christmas
tree.
Evening star., 1925-11-27
Poses as Durkin,
Wins Girls Love,
Is Landed i'm Cell
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, November 27.-Anna
Epperson, 20, ecstatically wrote
her father. in South Bend, Ind,
that she had met Martin Durkin,
sheik slayer and automobile thief.
whom the police have threatened
to kill on sight, and that she would
marry him before the end of the
week.
II know he's a murderer, but
every one has faults" she wrote,
but her father thought otherwise,
and the police here seized the
would-be bridegroom, who con-
fessed that he was Sam Albano
and had only posed as Durkin.
Evening star., 1925-11-27
Strictly on a Diet.
From the Progressive Grocer Magazine

From the Progressive Grocer Magazine.
She was a woman who always told
everybody her business. With a
cheerful smile she settled herself at
the counter of the haberdasher's and
began:
MY husband has been ill-very i'll,
indeed. So have to do his shopping,
and I want a nice shirt"
Certainly. madam" said the assist
ant. "Stif front and cuffs?'
''Oh, no." she exclaimed. The doc
tor says he must avoid anything with
starch in it."
Evening star., 1925-11-27
One Short.

The boat was sinking. The skipper
rushed up to the crowd of scared pas
sengers.
"Who among you can pray?" he
asked them.
"I can" answered the minister.
Then pray, mister" ordered the
skipper. The rest of you put on life
prSservers. We're one short"
Evening star., 1925-11-27
Holiday Death Toll 16.
PITTSBURGH,

PITTSBURGH, November 27
P.-Sixteen sudden deaths, reported
in the Pittsburgh district over the
Thanksgiving holiday, were being in
vestigated by deputy coroners today.
Four small boys were killed in coast
ing accidents. The other deaths were
attributed to heart attacks, burns,
moonshine liquor and falls.
Evening star., 1925-11-27
Time to Dissemble.
Fran, the Paris LIE Rire.

From the Paris LIE Rire.
son: we've just run over a poor man!
Stop! Stop
Driver: Keep still, mother; you'll
make every one think this Is the hrst
time we were ever out In an auto"
Evening star., 1925-11-27
Last and Hardest.

From the Open Road Magazine.
Tsacher-What We're the different
ages in history?
Willie-The stone age, bronze age,
iron age.
Teacher-What age are we living in ,
now?
Willie-The hard-hoiled age.
Evening star., 1925-11-27

All men are born ignorant and lots
Of them never succeed In outgScw-
ing It.
Evening star., 1925-11-27
BOWIE ENTRIES
FOR TOMORROW.

FIRST RACE-S1. 300: claiming: 3-year-
olds and up: z furlongs.
Evening star., 1925-11-30
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
(COntinued,)
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
(Contfnued

Three Modern Freproof Buildings
at the Northeast Corner of
Connecticut and Cathedral Avenues
RENTS REDUCED
2oO1 Connecticut Avenue
23O1 Cathedral Avenue
1881 Cathedral Avenue
l. z and rooms, with dining acove kitchen and bath
Elevator Service
THOMAS J. FISHER & CO.. INC
738 18th Street
Main $780,
Evening star., 1925-11-30
ENT HOUSES-UNFURNIsHED.
NO. 1114 10th ST. NV.

Eleven large rooms. good condition, suit
able for rooming and boarding house. Rent
reduced
Evening star., 1925-11-30

~ QUINCY ST. NEG RMS. B.. $50.
~ 9io "a Mol stLro d 12Soo'
Il0o st. NE r. & b.. S65.
932 9th st. ne.-5 rms. & b.. $4,000.
924 lst st. n.w.-9 r. & h.. S75.
1927 Mass. ave. n.w.-l1 rms. bs. Newly
1874 sth st. nw-6 rms. b.. cleo. INV.
1916 Newton St n.w-1O rms. bs h.-w.
h.. elec.. Sl20.
So Decatur st.-6 r. b. h,.w,h, S75.
Evening star., 1925-11-30
MUST BE SOLD

Groom semi-huneslow: bath: electric
fruit and shrubbery: one large chicken
house and cement walk; large front and
SIDE porChes; price. S5,25O: 500 cash and
IA ance like rent. See US for better terms
Phone Hyattsville 125. J. w ROGERS
REALTY CO., 34th and R. l. ave. Mt
Rainier, Nd. Open evenings and Sundays