davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1925-08-03
Persian Lamb, $495
American Broadtail
$325

In bronze shade, with brown
fox collar, cuffs and deep bor-
der, 45-inch length.
Evening star., 1925-08-03
August Clearance
Misses Frocks
In the Specialized Misses Section-4th Floor

This group Of misses light Sum
mer frocks offers exceptional
values in smartly tailored tub
frocks. Plain or with attractive
stripes.
For street or sports wear, or to
tuck into a vacation bag, one of
these reduced figured crepe frocks
will answer many needs. And
the values are most unusual.
At this low price you may buy a
lovely Betty Wales frock, or a
dainty figured chiffon for after
noon parties and informal dances.
Included are a few long-sleeved
prints.
Misses Section. Fourth floor.
Evening star., 1925-08-03
Fox-Trirnmed Hudson Seal
dyed MusHat), $425

An outstanding value are these 45-inch slightly
Flarng Coats, OF exquisite Hudson Seal dyed
Muskrat), guaranteed all Northern skins, which are
thicker and take the dye in a superb manner
Luxurously trimmed in Alaskan Fox, and
quisitely lined in floral embroidered silk
FurS Section.
Evening star., 1925-08-03
Hudson Seal, $375
dyed Muskrat)

45-inch coat of self-trimmed
Hudson Seal (dyed muskrat),
lustrous, selected pelts, beau
tifully lined.
Evening star., 1925-08-03

A price much lower than usual for High
grade Reed Suites of the latest design.
Beautifully upholstered in colorful ere
tonne, and finished in charming tones Of
Cameo, Bayberry or Oxidized.
Wicker Furniture Section. Fifth floor.
Evening star., 1925-08-03
Black Muskrat, $3.50

An exquisite coat combining
all the new fashion features
in a rich and 1ustrous black
Jersey muskrat. A-inch
length.
Evening star., 1925-08-03
Tom-boy Raccoon
$2e5

Raccoon coat favored by the
younger set for college and
general wear. Straight
lined 42-inch model.
Evening star., 1925-08-03
Silver Muskrat, $3.50

A striking coat of perfectly
matched bright silver musk
rat with deep collar, cuff and
border trimming of dark
muskrat. 45 inch.
Evening star., 1925-08-03
Alaskan Seal, $3.50

An exceptional value in a be-
coming model of genuine
Alaskan Seal. Beautifully
lined. 40 inch.
Evening star., 1925-08-03
Vudor Porch Shades
Shade the Porch
and Keep 1t Cool

Vudor Shades have the
exclusive woven-in air
ventilator which gives
you a cooler porch. We
now have a full range of
sizes.
3x6 .........-...2 $3.50
5x6 $500
6x6 $500
SKIS $3.50
SKIS ..............S6.5O
7x7.6 ............,.S .S7.75
10 Other Sizes Proper
tionately Priced.
vudor Shade Section. Fifth floor.
The Washington times., 1925-01-10
WILL PROVIDES
LIVING SONS
BURIAL
Testament Of George Simmons
Gives Inscription to Be PIac-
ed on Tomb of Boy

Directing that funeral services
over his remains be conducted by
Burnside Post. No. 8. G. A. r., of
which he was a charter member,
and that he be buried in Arlington
Cemetery "beside the remains OF
my dear WIFE" the will Of George
Simmons. dated July 81, 1928, was
today filed for probate.
Testator, who died January S,
last, says that his only son, Ly-
brook Simmons, at his death, be
inferred in the same lot with his
parents, If he so desires" The
executor is directed to secure the
permission Of the War Department
to that effect, and is told to cut
the following inscription in the
memorial stone: "Lybrook Sim.
mons, son Of George and Julia De
Jarnett Simmons, born July 10,
1898. died Served in the
world war as first lieutenant,
Thirty-third United States infantry"
Mrs. Rosa M. Hit, wife Of Judge
Isaac r. Hit, of Chevy Chase, who
is designated by the testator as
IAN old friend" is given 5000 las
n token Of my appreciation of her
kind soliCitude for my welfare and
service in behalf Of members OF my
family on numerous occasions OF
trial and tribulation, and In memory
Of Aud Lang Syne'."
The Washington times., 1925-01-10
REALTORS DENY
RENT BILL MD
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was most severely affected by high
rents and lack of proper housing
at moderate rents--labeled the real
tors offer as IAN eleventh hour
confession" OF the real conditions
existing here.
Yesterday, also, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph X. Tschipke were evicted
from their apartment In the De
Soto. 1901 Massachusetts avenue
northwest, although G. Bascom
Slemp, Secretary to the President,
trict Rent Commission.
The Presidents spokesman yes
terday did not seem TO understand
that the organized real estate men
and bankers of the city are op-
cepted their avowal of co-opera-
ton as a promise to assist in tn
IaEsage of the Coolidge rent hill,
drafted at the Presidents bidding
by Richard S. Whaley, chairman
OF the Rent Commission.
The Federal employees. through
the largest Government workers
union in the District. declared in
that the confession Of the real
estate men came after denying
for years. first. that there was
profiteering in rents in the District
of Columbia: second. that there was
need for a Rent Commission land
this even due to the height of the
due to the world war;:
third. that q virtual monopoly in
renting and housing existed here:
fourth, that there was any lack
of apartments and houses at rea.
sonable prices: and. fifth. endeavOr-
ing day by day to diScredtt the
splendid work Of the present Rent
in its efforts to do
justice as between landlord and
tenants"
The resolution also declared that
the proposed rent law was "abso-
lutely essential" to Federal workers.
The Washington times., 1925-01-10
CONV|CTS To BE
BAPTIZED IN
ICY POND
Hole to Be Cut Through That
Seventeen May Have Sins
Washed Away

LEESBURG, Va, Jan. 10.-The
depth and fervor Of the religious
conversion OF seventeen Virginia
State convicts will be put to ex-
IRENE and actual test tomorrow
when they approach baptismal Inn
mersion in an ice-covered pond not
far from Leesburg, Ioudoun county.
Recently the Reverend William
Banks, Baptist clergyman, of
Middleburg, conducted revival serv-
ices at the Loudoun road camp on
the Middleburg-U pperville road witll
the result that twenty-five convicts
professed religion, seventeen Of
them selecting the Baptist faith.
Immersion being necessary for
this seventeen the minister asked
permission of the camp foreman to
dip his potential flock in q pond
near the camp.
But the camp foreman was wary.
He feared pneumonia from the win.
try, watery proceeding and insisted
that sprinkling wuurd do as well.
But Mr.. Banks chung to the tenets
of his particular faith and on Fri
day went to Richmond for con.
ference with Governor Trinkle.
The governor gave the Reverend
Mr.. Banks permission to go ahead.
but said that the consent Of r. M.
Youell, head Of the Virginia State
penitentiary, must also be obtained.
The Youe1l consent also being
forthcoming Mr.. Banks hastened
back to Middleburg and tomorrow
the ice on a nearby duck pond will
be broken and seventeen thinly
white-clad aspirants will have their
sins washed away.
The Washington times., 1925-01-10
bot Ties DR|FT
10000 MILES
IN SEA
One Took Four Years to
Travel from capetoWn to
Shetland Islands.

LONDON, Jan. ia bottle
thrown into the sea by the United
States Fishery Bureau off Chat
ham, Mass, has just been picked
up at Brixham, having accom-
plished its voyage across the At
lantic in just two years.
Similar experiments over con.
siderable number Of years by Cap
tain. Simpson. r. r. S.. yielded
some interesting results. OF sew
eral thousand bottles which he com,
United to the waves about 10 per
cent were picked up in various
parts Of the world, and the particu-
lars asked for on the letter in.
closed in each bottle were supplied
by the finders.
Took AZ Years.
Many of these bottles drifted
10000 miles before coming ashore,
the average rate of travel working
out at about half q mile an hour.
One of Captain Simpsons bottles
took four and half years on it's
sea trip. in which time it Travelled
from Capetown to the Shetland
Islands.
In less well authenticated In
stances a bottle is said to have
been thrown into the sea off the
Dorset Coast and picked. up off
Christchurch, II. T., eleven months
later, while another committed To
the Atlantic 1880 miles north
northwest OF Capetown, reached
Port Philip, Australia, in five
months.
The Washington times., 1925-01-10
OF POTTERY
DECORATIONS
ANCIENT
Development in England and
Orient Outlined BY the
Connoisseur

Printing. or, as 1t is sometimes
called, transfer.printing, on pot
terry and porcelain was first prae-
tised about 1756 at LiverpoOu,
where it was probably invented
few years previously.
A copper plate engraving ls
printed on paper, the paper 1nsn
laid on the surface OF the article
to be decorated, and gently pressed.
80 as to transfer the ink from the
paper to the object.
Al variation OF this process Wa
shortly afterward invented. known
az bat-printing. In this procss
oil was used instead OF Ink, anu
prenared sheets Of gelatine, instead
az naper. The oil being transferred
r. the surface Of the object, the
,color was busted on in poWdeT'
adhering to the lines OF the pIlnl.
IN modern times decoration ~
nSinting has been brought 70 pei
lection equaliing that OF cnroIio-
TYPOGRAPHY. .
were touched up with ccicrs ~
the brush. Modern improvements -
have been made in some q M
old processes OF ceramic n41
Wedrwood introduced the lathe
for turning and polishing WORK.
an instrument previously IN U.s.
only in China and Japan.
Rut it stiII remains true. 49,,
thousands OF years, that peauLlAul
PRODUCTS Of the potter's ART aIs'
like paintings on canvas ana H.
HE statues. the work OF arusts'
erd the highest achievements IN
the art demand the greatest artIs
liz mower in moulding forms ana
managing colors. -
WaTea decorated with color ana
slazeg were made IN England at an
early period, but known dates com
nance in the middle Of the seven
teentf century.
Notified wares, made OF mixed
cIays, were probably an early manu-
facture.
At what period the manufacture
az glazed wares with color decora-
ton in the Staffordshire district Pc
gan, is unknown. The earnest
products Of this sort which re
identified were made about 1870 ~.
Al large dish In the Museum -
Practical Geology has q bufI-
coIored ground, in the centsr
rampant lion crowned, sundry Or
naments around him, trellls-Work
border, all laid on in black and
brown clay slip, the name Thomas
loft appearing in large letters on
the rim.
About 1850, the art Of glaxing
pottery with salt was accidentally
discovered at Stanley farm. near
Bagnall. A servant Of Mr.. J. Yale
or Yates, was preparing an earthen
pot, over the fire, brine to cure
pork, and. having left it, during her
absence, the liquid boiled over, and
the pot became red-hot. The sides
Of the earthenware were found 20 he
glazed.
This accident led to the adoption
OF the salt glaze by q neighboring
potter, Mr.. Palmer. It Is effected
by the simple process Of throwing
salt into the furnace when the
wares are fully heated.
THE CONNOISSEUR.
The Washington times., 1925-01-10
SIGMA THETA PHI is
TO STAGE BIG DANCE

One Of the biggest frat dances of
the year will be given February 10
by Sigma Theta Phi at the Frank
lin Square Hotel. All fraternities
of the District will be invited to at
tend, according to a statement read
at the last meeting by Maurice
Brown, chairman. The main fea.
ture will be collegiate dancing to
the notes of Warmers Syncopators.
The entertainment will open with
a Spanish tango by Joe Gordon,
local tango king, and his partner,
Ester Lewis. Those who are work
ing for the success Of the organiZd-
ton are Maurice Brown, George
FUR, Joseph Gordon, Maurice G.
Cohn, Abe Wolfson and Carl
Crempler.
The Washington times., 1925-01-10
WHY BRITAIN HID
IDENTITY Of
SIR HAR|
Indian Princes Forced 20 Pay
Enormous BIackmaiI, Gov
eminent Reveals
By F.. A. WRAY.
international News Service.

LONDON, Jan. 1O.-The India
office has given exclusively to In
ternational News Service the reason
why it was so anxious to keep
secret the name Of Rajah Sir Hari
Singh in the recent famous black.
mailing case.
It is because the native princes
Of India are more subjected to
blackmail than any other class OF
rich men In the world. Most OF
lthem are enormously wealthy; they
Fare brought up in the narrowest
and most circumscribed circles.
and when they grow to manhood,
they are SO ruled by tinge Of caste
that the smallest deviation from the
prescribed code can bring them into
utter disrepute.
The one great aim Of the British
government is to keep these raJahs
at peace with one another, and pre-
serve them in the straight and mar
row path Of rectitude.
In India it Is hard to keep secrets.
Every rajah is watched by. thou
sands Of eyes. His smallest pecca-
dillo is instantly noted down and
reported. The tiniest offenSe he
commits is reported Immediately in
the baZaarS, even III 1t Is not also
telegraphed to the headquarters OF
the British government.
There is only one way OF pre-
venting these disclosures. That is
by payment. Consequently, Indian
rajahs now, and for century and
a half in the past, have become &C
customed to paying heavily for any
indiscretions they may have COM
mitted. Any payment rather than
exposure has been their motto, and
they have lived up to 1t.
This is the real reason why the
British government tried so hard to
keep his name secret, and why, for
so many days, he was known only
as MIR. A." In the end the name
had to be divulged because Of the
protests from other native princes
who were innocently and err
roneously connected with the case,
and who probably were also liable
to blackmail.
The Washington times., 1925-01-10

the southern edge, the Bureau of
Standards said.
Fifteen radio laboratories have
sienified their intention of collect
ing data on the effect of the eclipse,
according. to the bureau. G. w.
Pickard, a Boston radio engineer,
has organized the general investi-
cation, while a scientific magazine
has undertaken to collect data
from amateurs.
Laboratories having the neces-
sary equipment are to make meas
urements on the carrier wave, re-
cording the actual strength of the
wave" the bureau announced.
at is expected that tho strength
will vary as the shadow passes,
showing similar effects to those
observed with the change from
night to day. Possible reflections
from the shadow wall and other
changes in direction of radio waves
are anticipated. 1t is expected that
the effect will be most pronounced
with short waves and perhaps not
noticeable with long waves"
The Washington times., 1925-01-10
HEARINGS ON D. c. BILL
FOR PENSIONS NEXT WEEK

Hearings on the proposed bill to
pension mothers in the District OF
Columbia will begin before the
special House committee at 1880
o'clock Tuesday morning In the
District committee room.
CONGRESSMAN Oscar E. Keller of
Minnesota, chairman of the sub
committee, hopes to have this bill
included in the Public Welfare Bill
for the District which is now under
consideration by a joint Senate and
House subcommittee.
The Washington times., 1925-01-10
WORK On MEADE
MEMORIAL To
CONTINUE
Completion of Project Delay
ed by Suit Brought by
Sculptor

Completion of the Meade Me-
mortal in the Botanic Gardens, work
on which was abandoned several
months ago, is expected within the
next year. Congress was notified
today by Charles Moore, chairman
of the Fine Arts Commission.
The memorial, erected to the
memory of General George Meade,
who commanded the Union Army
at the Battle of Gettysburg, is be-
sylvania.
Work was delayed when the
Auditor General of Pennsylvania
held up payment of funds ITO the
sculptor. The sculptor filed suit,
which has just been decided in his
favor, Chairman Moore said.
The foundation for the memorial
was laid more than two years ago.
The Washington times., 1925-01-10
ME- I SINGER
DIVORCES NY.
LAWYER
Kathleen Howard Gets Free
dom from {. K. Baird; De-
cree Awarded in Dec.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1O.-Kathleen
Howard. contralto OF the Metro
politan Opera Company, has OBJ
tanned q divorce from Edward KEEL
logg Baird, lawyer and former pres
ident OF the Century Opera Com
pany. The report was confirmed
by Madame Howard, who said she
obtained the decree last December
in New York State.
Madame Howard, after studying
with Jean de Reszle in Paris. made
her debut In Germany, and was
later at Covent Garden. She was
first contralto with the Century
company for two years, and has
been a member Of the Metropolitan
since 1916. She was decorated by
the Car Of Russia in 1911. She is
a Canadian.
Mr.. Baird, former official Of the
City Club, became the first presi-
dent Of the Century Opera Com
pany, in which short.lived enterprise
he was associated with Otto H.
Kahn, Thomas w. Lamont, Alvin
w. Krech, Frank A. Vanderlip and
others. He was candidate several
years ago for the State senate from
the seventeenth senatorial district.
The Washington times., 1925-01-10
BLIND MAN HIT
BY BAD CHECK
SW|NDLER
SightIess Hotel Man MuIcted
of SIT by Mean Crook
in Chicago

CHICAGO, Jan. 10.-Taking candy
from a baby or pennies off a dead
mans eyes is old--the latest is
passing SNOW" check on a blind
man.
Take the case Of John ScOtakis,
who for six weeks was a guest at
cheap hotel, owned by sightless
Thomas Zarkadis and John ia
reckis. During the absence of his
partner Zarkadis, the blind man,
was approached by Scotakis, who
said he was checking out and aske
for his final bill.
The bill was IS. Scotakis, ac-
cording to zarkadis, rendered hirl
check" for $22, pocketed the
SIT change and walked out.
When Jareckis returned Zarkadis
told him of the deal. Jareckis asked
to view the check, the blind part
ner handed 1t to him, and what was
supposed to be a check was a
handful which read:
How to Become an American
Citizen"
The Washington times., 1925-01-10
CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD
U. S. UNEARTHED IN HAWAII

fraud the Government has been
unearthed in Hawaii by Govern
ment agents, the Treasury Depart
ment announced today.
Several customs agents there
now are under indictment, accord.
ing to a cablegram received by
Assistant Secretary Moss from his
special investigators. Officials here
said that importers probably would
be involved in the conspiracy as
the case is developed by the trial
Of the men already indicted.
Moss said that the probe indi.
Gates the Government has been de.
frauded Of "a good many thou.
sands of dollars"
The Washington times., 1925-01-10
COL. BJORNSTAD'S FITNESS
AS SOLDIER DEFENDED

The Senate Military Affairs Com
mittee has opened hearings on
charges brought by Senator Elkins
Rep.) of West Virginia against
Colonel Alfred w. Bjornstad, who
has been recommended for promo
ton to a brigadier generalship.
Ten witnesses, who served in the
seventh division under Bjornstad
while in France, testified against
the officer. All charged him with
being "temperamentally unfit" for
the higher command but none Of
the testimony attacked either his
Integrity or ability as q soldier.
AS a result it was indicated the
committee would approve the pro-
motion.
Elkins served as adtutant in
Bjornstads command and his ef-
forts to halt the colonel's promo
ton grew out OF a personal quar-.
rel while in France.
The Washington times., 1925-01-10


The sun radiates electrical parti'
cles into the atmosphere which
absorb radio rays. weakening the
signals, it was pointed out. at
night the air is comparatively free
from these electrons, explaining the
greater strength of signals and
their farther carrying power dur
ing the hours of darkness.
Dellinger declared that the sun )
radiation Is sent to the earth in
straight lines. Hence. he explained,
within the path of the total eclipse
there should be freedom from static
creating electrical waves from the
sun.
Arrangements have been made
for stations WRG, at Buffalo, N. ";
WGY, Schenectady; WBZ. at Spring
field, Mass, and WEAF, at New
York, to send signals from which
strength measurements will be
made during the eclipse. WGR
is in the center of the path of the
moons shadow, WGY and WBz in
the northern edge and WEAF on
The Washington times., 1925-01-10
j. s. FINANCIAL
MISSION WILL
OUT PERSIA
Members Dissatisfied at Lack
of Cooperation; Not 70
Renew Contract
ny international Nsws Service.

TEHERAN, Persia, Jan. 10.-The
American Financial Mission, headed
by Doctor Millspaugh, probably win
quit Persia when its contract esz-
pires within a few months, and
undoubtedly will quit dissatisfied.
The success Of the mission has
not been marked, because OF OBJ.
stacles which have been placed III
its way. Thus FAR the mission
has succeeded In establishing con-
troll over the revenues and expendi.
lures in practically all departments
of the government except the war
office. The Persian prime min
lister stands at the head Of the
war office; and as this department
draws IS per cent Of the total
revenues OF the country, its re,
fusal to undergo control has been
almost a barrier to success Of the
mission.
Persians are somewhat displeased
over the failure OF American cap
ital to flow into Persia as the re.
suit of the establishment Of the
mission, and the recent breakdown
OF the negotiations with the Sin
clair Oil Company has been
blow.
Tax reforms which. have beer
proposed by the mission have met
with stiff opposition, some OF them
having already been vetoed by the
parliament; and others, facing 9
like fate, are now under considera
ton.
The rt4ing class in Persia Is op
posed to taxation and has, there
fore, winked at evasions which have
been devised.
The Washington times., 1925-01-10
DAVIS DENIES
PARDON BRIDES
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statement so far. He is confined
to his room.
The charges are that in the
presence OF witnesses, Russell Davis
received 81 900 from Fred w. Poll
man, paroled banker. for a full
pardon, which he went to the
Statehouse and got and handed
TO PolIman, who then according to
the story, gave him $3.50 more. Con-
fronted with witnesses, who had
heard the alleged conversation be-
tween him and Pollman over die
tograph, Russell Davis returned all
the money, denied his father knew
anything about the pardon and
left the hotel.
The Washington times., 1925-01-10
SERMON TOPICS AT NEW
YORK AVENUE CHURCH

The Reverend Joseph r. Sizoo,
M. A., minister of the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church, will
preach on the subject. ''The Face
Unseen" at the morning service to.
morrow.
At the evening service he will de-
liver the second sermon of his Sc.
ries Of Sunday evening sermons on
the general theme, ."Life's Diary"
his subject being where Do You
Liver"
Every Thursday evening OF the
month Mr.. Sizoo meets with a group
OF men in his study in a discussion
of the race problem. The discussions
are centered around a recent book
of Doctor Robert e. Speer, "Of One
Blood"
The Washington times., 1925-01-10
JAPANESE ARE AGREED
ON PACT WITH RUSSIA

TOKYO, Jan. 10.-Governn1ent
circles were confident this after
noon that virtual agreement has
been reported in the Russo Japanese
parley now In progress in Picking.
It is understood here that the
terms provide that Japan is to re-
.ceive so per cent of the oil and
coal production of Russia. Russia
agrees to apologize, it was said, for
the Nikolaievak affair and discon-
tinue propaganda in Japan.
Japan agrees to evacuate her
troops from Russian soil as soon as
physical conditions permit. CUES.
tons of debts and claims are to be
left to future conferences.
The Washington times., 1925-01-10
ROW HOLDS Up
SHOALS VOTE
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less they could command a majority
for the Jones pIan they should
swing support to the Underwood
bill with the expressed idea OF re-
vising it in conference to meet the
Administrations wishes.
At the White House it was said
President Coolidge still adhered to
the Muscle Shoals policy laid down
in his annual message providing
Governmental operation of the
project only after every effort had
failed to lease it to private in
terests.
Underwood declared his bill did
expressly what the President recon-
mended.
The Washington times., 1925-01-10
Radio Fans to Referee
Sun and Moon Scrap
Rv ROBERT s. TH0RNBURGH,
International News Service.

For the first in scientific history study OF the
of solar eclipse to the TRANSMISSION OF radio
SIGNALS will made January "a the OhCeo 0'@CeS Dufedu
of Standards announced today. 49, N =,
Relief that the moons shadow will produce practically the
80 IIts from a radio standpoint that of night was
SUM- sed nv Doctor j. H. Dellinger, chief of the radio
i-..4o., nf the Bureau Of Standards.