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Evening star., 1926-12-04

meant rendering the power Of
our naval force at Honolulu quite
twice what they would be otherwise,
and explained to him that an enemy
force holding Honolulu would have
the same advantage over us. Thus
I strove to show him the stragetic i'm
portance Of the holding of the Ha-
waiian group in strength by the
American Navy forces in the event
of any war on the north Pacific"
Robson outlined for Doheny's bene-
1T, he said, what the Navy proposed
to do with regard to oil storage and
at the end of his appeal to the oil
man, he testified that Doheny said;
You're all right, admiral. You can
go ahead confidently and can depend
moro admiral, If you get q bid from
my company, it will be bid that will
not involve a dollar Of profit to me" D."
Robinson then told of conferences
with Director Balm of the Bureau of
Mines. who had just returned from
his trip to the Pacific Coast. Balm as
sured him that they would get at
least two or three bids from oil COM
panies on the Coast. he said. naming
the Standard Oil, the Associated Oil
and the Pan American.
Later in New York City he had din
ner at the home of young DOheny be-
fore the bids were opened in April.
1922, and there again met the elder
Doheny and discussed Pearl Harbor
with him. Mr.. Hogan inquired further
into the admiraPs activities, prior and
following this last interview. Robson
told of one talk with Secretary DENLY
in which he told the Cabinet officer
that he did not think the preferential
right clause in the Doheny contract
amounted to much"
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HUNT CLUB SHOW
PROVIDES THRILLS
Honors Awarded for Eight
Events at Seasons First
Indoor Meet.

The first indoor horse show Of the
present season was staged last night
in the ring of the Riding and Hunt
Club. before an enthusiastic throng OF
spectators. The mounts, riders and
performances elected sustained ap-
plause from an audience which
thronged the galleries to watch eight
diversified events in a program lasting
well toward midnight. Thrills were
plentiful as the jumpers flew over the
bars or narrowly missed Instructions.
The novice saddle horse class was
won by Eugene Meyers mare. Alice:
second, II. II. Quinter. Smarty: third,
Representative L. n. Carpenter,
Hindu.
Ladies' saddle horses-F'irst, c. II.
Carrico, IIengayne: second, Bobby
Henry. Babs; third, II. X. Quintcr,
Smarty.
Pair saddle horses-First. James
Murphy. Gallantry, and Mrs. j.
Maury Dove. Jr., Red Cloud: second.
William Carter. Sir Hercules. and
w. S. johnson, Skylight. and Miss
Marguerite Bailey, Saucy Sue.
Green hunters, four jumps, four
feet. for horses that have never won
a blue ribbon, performance and man
ner to be considered-F'irst, Francis
Sommer, Billy; second. G. II. Carrico,
entry; third, Miss a. r. Iedrick, Clair
de Lune.
Handicap. green hunters four feet
all others four and q half feet-First. >.
Capt. ]. G. Boykin, Fairfax; second.
Miss Frances Saul. Viking; third, f..
G.. MOntOuri, Swiftly.
Thoroughbreds-F G.. H. Car
rico. Lengayne; second, NJ. c. Hazen,
Wonder Girl: third. Maj. Koch, entry.
Musical stalls-AIrs. r. f.. L..
Smith, Swiftly.
Corinthian class. for Bucholz cup.
four jumps. four feet, performance GO
per cent; appointments, Is per cent:
conformation, % per cent-F'irSt, Miss
NJ. NJ. Stevens, Lucky Find; second,
Capt. j. II. Irving, Fire Jump; third,
a. r. Heinrich. Cresto.
The judges were Rear Admiral Cary
T. Grayson. Ray Norton, Louis Leeth
and Emory Galliher.
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CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
SHOW LARGE INCREASE
4S. $50 Children Enrolled in Balti-
more, Washington and Rural
Districts in Archdiocese.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. December 4.--The
annual report submitted by Rev. DR..
John /. Barrett. superintendent OF
Catholic education in the Archdiocese
Of Baltimore. to Archbishop Michael J.
Culley cites Il marked elevation and
standardization Of the educational sys
tenn in use in the archdiocese and a
great increase in the number of
schools. pupils and teaching orders.
The report shows an enrolment OF
1890 pupils in Catholic schools in
Baltimore, Washington and the rural
districts. Thirty-fiVe religious orders
are represented in the faculties in the
1GS schools. This. the report says. Is
the largest enrolment in the history
Of Catholic education in the arch
diocese.
OF the 1GS schools in the arch
diocese, 12S are parochial, % private
and ii institutional. Twelve new
schools were opened in the archdiocese
during the past year. There are 1,459
teachers. 1898 religious and 6l lay.
on the teaching staffs of the schools.
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THE WEATHER

District of Columbia-Cloudy to-
night and tomorrow; colder tonight
with minimum tempe. ature about "a
degrees.
Maryland-Cloudy tonight and to-
morrow; possibly light rain or snow
slightly colder tonight.
Virginia tonight and to-
morrow: slightly colder tomorrow.
West Virginia-Cloudy and colder
tonight; tomorrow possible rain or
Anow.
Records for - Hours.
.hermometer-4 pm, "a; pm,
SO: IL midnight, 40; 4 am. Al; am,
Al: noon. 46.
Barometer-4 pm. 5000; 8 pm.
30.05; IL midnight. 1901; 4 am, 5000
s am, 1904; noon, 30.13.
Highest temperature 46. occurred at
IL am. today; lowest temperature, 36
occurred at pm. yesterday.
Temperature same date last year
Highest. AZ; lowest, A..
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coas,
and Geodetic Survey)
Today-Low tide. 40 am. and 1885
p.m.; high tide, 7:11 am. and 7:2l
pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 2:24 am. and
2:20 pm; high tide, 1855 am. and
$40 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose go am; sun sets
Abs pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises 6:21 am; sun
sets 4:36 pm.
Moon rises 1:10 am; sets 4:45 pm
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition or the
water at Great Falls at s a.m.-Tem
perature, SO; condition, very muddy
Weather i'm Various Cities.
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C0LLAPSES IN STREET.
Indian Chief Suffering Unexp1ain
ed Injuries.

ROCHESTER,, n. Y, December
R.-Authorities are seeking to solve
the mystery of an Indian who
collapsed in the street after de-
manding medical attention from a
pedestrian. He mumbled that he was
Chief Evening Star. from Oklahoma.
and that he was driving an automobile
from New York to Cleveland. He
thought he was in Buffalo and had
been in an accident. He was band
aged about the chest and hand. He
was taken to a hospital and will be
questioned more fully tomorr0M
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MISS MARY. SMITH DIES.
Lifelong Resident of Capital to B.
Buried Monday.

Miss Mary Belle Smith. So years old,
died at her home, 1928 Nineteenth
street, yesterday. She was lifelong
resident Of Washington.
One nephew. George Smith of New
,urt News, Va. and one cousin, Miss
>nne l.. Carroll. Meadville, Pa, sur
i've. Miss Smith was a member of
st. Pauls Catholic Church, where
services will be held Monday morn
ing. Interment will be in Mount Oil.
vet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1926-12-04
iTERWAYS URGED
TO AID FARMERS
'ator Capper Declares
Great Saving in Freight
Could Be Made.

'''nlopment of the waterways as
il to the farmer was discussed
,'r-day by Senator Arthur Capper
.nsas, head Of the farm bloc of
-ienate. at a. hearing before the
of Engineers for Rivers and
,ors I'm the Munitions Building.
''poke particularly to the plan Tor
lprovement Of the Missouri River
waterway, but commented on the
ion Of the Western farmer gen
Scientific and unco-ord1nated
,.ds of marketing" said Senator
4. coupled with high transpor'
costs. have created a. condl1on
', is actually depopulaung our
agricultural areas.
he general condition Of the farm
+ the country can be summarized
- statement that the agricultural
~, embracing onefourth or the
.er-s and one-flfth of the capital
n Of the country, had one-slXth
10 national income in the decane
., 1909 TO 1919. But in 1920 aSr1-
: u,-al income was less than one
mn. and in 1921 fell to onetwelfth
he national income. The Sllght
joration during the last year or
, i'm the conditions affecting the
lf,r has raised the present income
he. agricultural industry 10 one
\ Of the national income.
, have made this statement or the
~ral condition of agriculture to
=. the urgent necessity of using
~ means to enlarge the farmers
% of the ultimate price Of his
nets. One of those means is the
,,ction of transportation costs. The
nads strenuously - and success
reduction of their rates,
.icularlv on bulk commodities such
ne farmers ship. 1t is vital. there
.. to the farmers of the Midwest
: there be the fullest possible de-
Oument and use Of water trans
alton.
Actual rates in effect today show
! 1000 bushels Of wheat can be
ried 1000 miles by lake and ocean
.mers for $40 to $50: on modern
,r barges for $50 to $40, while the
I by rail is from $3.50 to 5000. Over
st. Lawrence and Great Lakes
terways in the years 1928, there
e 25S millions of bushels of wheat
year shipped for export. at an
rmous saving compared with rail
nsportation. But the saving would
e been vastly greater, and of far
re benefit to the farmers and other
pie Of the West, if it had been
sible to load the wheat on barges
along the upper Mississippi and
,souri Rivers and float it to the
4 ports or the Great Lakes. with
costly rail haul and transfer eX-
Sc actually involved"
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MAN is DROWNED.

The body of Charles Anderson. who
lived on a small houseboat anchored
near Municipal Fish Market. foot OF
Twelfth street southwest, was found
in the river near there about 3
o'clock this morning.
David II. Young, els Fourteenth
street southwest. found the body and
notified the police. The body was TAX
Ell to the morguc and a sister. Mrs.
Myrtle Riddle, living in Arlington
County, Va, was notified. Police re
ported that he accidentally fell over
hoard this morning.
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Counsel Presses Inquiry.

Jumping up from his chair and rush
ing toward the witness, Hogan de-
manded to know with whom Robson
had talked since he was subpoened,
and if he had received instructions
from the Navy Department regarding
his testimony.
Robson hesitated and then produced
the letter, but refused to show it to
Hogan, explaining he would turn It
over to the court first. Justice Hoeh-
ling read the paper and saw no objec-
ton to it. Then it was read to the
jury.
Robson protested against publicity
being given to this and also insisted
that the information he had acquired
as an officer of the Navy was aside
from the case at issue.
Offered in Evidence.
The letter was dated November 80,
1926, and had been presented to Eobi-
son on his arrival here Thursday.
Hogan offered the letter in evidence,
but Roberts objected, and the defense
attorney then had it marked for iden-
tification.
Step by step Mr.. Hogan's examina-
ton of Robson revealed the various
negotiations in the Navy and Interior
Departments which preceded the con
1erenceS. between the naval engineer
ing chief and the elder Doheny on oil
lease plans. Included in the recital
was his version of the patriotic ap-
peal" made to the oil man in an effort
to interest him in the Pearl Harbor
project, involving one of the secret
war plans of the Navy in the Pacific.
Earlier in his testimony Robson
had referred to his friendship with
young .Doheny. who served as a
junior reesrve officer under him dur
ing the war. Through the son Robi-
son later met the father and discussed
the naval reserves with him. During
December, 1921. IOheny, jr., at
ranged for a conference between his
father and the engineering chief in
Washington. Mr.. Doheny told the ad-
miral that his associates were not in
terested in the Pearl Harbor project.
1t was then that Robson appealed to
him on patriotic grounds.
Robson declared he then told
Doheny how horrible war is and
about the power of our Navy to hold
Pearl Harbor in force to relieve from
danger of the degradation of war the
entire Pacific Coast
Value of Pearl Harbor.
II told him that If Pearl Harbor
were strongly held by American
naval forces that the effect of it
would be the extension of our frontier
to the westward by 1000 miles and
the rendering of our mainland coast
safe from any major enemy opera
ton. l recited conditions as they
obtained then and attempted to per
| suade him that this was an oppor-
tunity to accomplish a very definite
good for his country"
Mr.. Hogan asked if Robson had
reasoned with Doheny regarding the
effectiveness of having an adequate
supply of fuel oil in storage at Pearl
Harbor:.
II told him." Robson replied, "that
force in Pearl Harbor would be able
to defeat twice as great force at
tacking our Pacific Coast because of
it's position on the flank Of the. lines
of communication. which lines, if we
held the Hawaiian group, must be
approximately 5000 miles long. That
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THE BUSINESS OF GETTING
AHEAD.
Need of an Investment Program.

Broadly speaking, you can acquire
| only one Of two things with your say
ings. You can either buy property
or wealth itself, or claims against
property or wealth in the form Of
securities or mortgages, including in
surance and savings bank deposits,
both of which are secured by diversi-
fed holdings Of securities and mort
cages.
The most common form of property
purchased for investment purposes is
real estate. Land or land and build
ings constitute something tangible.
definite, certain. The buyer of real
estate perceives precisely what he is
getting. If he buys it outright-an
unusual plan-no one can take it
away from him or foreclose on him.
1t is secure within his grasp as long
as society recognizes the rights of
private property which confer owner
ship Of a specified piece of wealth on
an individual in whom title lies.
Fortunes Made and Lost.
OF course, fortunes are made and
lost in real estate. If you pay an
unduly high price for land and build
ingS, you may find yourself unable to
resell except at a loss. Neighbor-
hoods change and values shift. How
ever, in growing country like ours
| the perpetual growth Of the popula-
ton tends to add an unearned incre-
| ment to the value of all well selected
real estate.
A mortgage on real estate is a claim
to property. The selection of mort
cages is highly technical procedure
| and you will ordinarily rely on expert
| judgment.
e
| two broad classes-stockS and bonds.
The new fashion is to emphasize the
worth of common stocks for long term
| investments, but unless you are skilled
in choosing between the wheat and
the chaff and are sufficiently supplied
with investable funds to assure your
self q high degree Of diversification
you are mor> likely to get what you
want in good bonds.
Good Bonds Favored.
Bonds ordinarily represent a prom.
ise of a corporation or a government
| to pay back q specific sum borrowed
at a specified date and in the mean
time to pay a stated rate of interest.
| The bondholder is always a creditor
of the borrower. He relies on the
promise to pay Of the debtor. If the
| borrower fails in any essential to live
up to its promises, the creditor can at
once protect himself by throwing the
corporation into receiverShip. In the
case of a government the bondholder.
however, must rely on the good faith
of the borrower. The sheriff will not
proceed against sovereign states.
Shares Of stock represent part own
ership in a business enterprise. The
stockholder is never creditor, but a
partner. He assumes the business
risks. The payment Of dividends is al.
ways within the discretion Of the
board Of directors. The preferred
merely has a priority over the COM
mon in respect to dividends and as
setA The directors need not pay divi-
deleds on either class Of stock, but
cannot pay any on the common unless
they meet the prior demands OF the
preferred.
| Best Order for Investments.
| These elementary facts should be
clear in your mind as you formulate
your investment policy. Don't vaguely
ask, whats good in the market" but
| remember that securities fill definite
Evening star., 1926-12-04
BY WEBSTER.

along this line to which the witness,
visibly flushed. repeatedly sought
refuge behind II don't remember"
Evening star., 1926-12-04
Best Order for Investments.

These elementary facts should be
clear in your mind as you formulate
your investment policy. Don't vaguely
ask, whats good in the market" but
remember that securities fill definite
needs and the first step Is to analyZe
your requirements and set up your
goals.
You should start your investment
structure with commitments in which
the element of safety is high. Gradu-
ally as your most urgent requirements
are met you are in a position to as
sumo greater risks and to give more
consideration to the question of yield.
Insurance and an account in savings
bank should come first, then possibly
the purchase of a home, then the &C.
ouisition OF, good bonds later the pur-
chase Of preferred stocks, and finally
common stocks.
tCopyright. 1926.A
Evening star., 1926-12-04
CHAPL|NS TOF|GHT
CASE OUT IN COURT
Comedian and Wife Ex.
change Tart Accusations
After Negotiations Fail.
By the Associated Press.


LOS ANGELES, December f.
Overtures for truce between Charles
Chaplin and his estranged wife hav-
ing failed, they settled down today
for a finish fight in court after an
exchange Of statements which brought
some of the family skeletons out of
the luxurious closets of the film
comedians Beverly Hills mansion.
Chaplin late last night issued a
statement to the Associated Press in
which he denied Mrs. Chaplin's
charges of cruelty. He declared he
had opened his circle of friends to
her with the intention of making her
happy, but that she preferred ac-
quaintances of her own and enter
tainments staged WITHOUT the presence
of Mr.. Chaplin. He also charged she
had abused the privilege of unlimited
credit he had granted her in the
shops and cafes of Los Angeles.
Shortly after this statement WIS is
sued Mrs. Chaplin countered with one
in which she accused the film come
dian Of avoiding her because she was
mot intellectual" and of calling her
family yellow" She also maintained
she had made many Of her own
clothes after marriage.
Evening star., 1926-12-04
Memorandum Identified.

Robson next identified a memoran-
dunn which he presented to Secretary
DENLY. outlining the basis OF. his con-
ference with Doheny in December,
1921. This was q technical description
Of the oil reserves and questions in
volving them. He mentioned in it
that Secretary Fan was greatly inter-
ested in the matter. but wanted thu
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Continued from First Page.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-06-09
'TWOARESLAIN
in OKLAHOMA
Officer Shot Down in
Battle With Noted
Men at Pitcher

PiCHER, Okla. June Q (Fl-Lce
Flournoy and Charles Mayes. no
torious police characters, were killed.
and Grover McCicary. police pa
trolman, was critically wounded in
gunfight here early today in which
two other officers participated.
Flournoy and Mayes were shot
down and almost instantly killed by
William Schmcotbach, merchant po-
lceman, and Deputy Sheriff NJ. l..
Woolsey Of Picher. McCieary was
accidentally shot by the other Of
ficer while he was attempting to go
to their assistance.
The shooting took place on down
town street in Picher about 2:30
o'clock. Police said the shooting
came as the climax to a night of
drunkenness and reveiry IN winch
Flournoy and Mayes had attempted
to "shoot up the town" and had been
engaged by Schmooth5ach and Wool
sey in running gun battcl in motor
cars in which nearly score Of
shots were fired.
The death Of Flournoy and Mayes
ended two criminal careers covering
a period Of ten or twelve years.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-06-09
TOAPPORTION
ELECTION COST
County Democratic
Executive Committee
to Meet Here

The county democratic executive
committee will meet in the county
courthouse at 10 o'clock, Monday
morning. June 2l, il was announced
today by j. L. Crawford, county
chairman, at which time the commit
tee will act upon the matter Of pro-
rating the expense Of the election.
The committee will meet the second
Monday in July to make up the bal
lot.
Mr.. Crawford said that the appli-
cation of Polk Hornaday TO be listed
as candidate for representative in
the legislature was received by him
this morning. He said that according
to Mr.. Hornaday's Interpretation Of
the law, the applicant in this case
had until June 10 TO file, which is
the date for all county candidates to
file. Mr.. Crawford's Interpretation
was that the application should have
been filed before midnight. June Z.
The county chairman said that the
matter will be passed upon by the
county committee when 1t meets on
June 81.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-06-09
THE WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Lower Rio
Grande Valley: Partly cloudy to-
night and Thursday: not much change
in temperature.
For East Texas: Partly cloudy to-
night and Thursday. Light to fresh
southerly winds on the coast.
The weather became mostly cloudy
and unsettled throughout the Rocky
Mountain region since last report,
with scattered precipitation; but con-
tinued fair TO clear practically
throughout the states east Of the
Rockies. Light scattered showers oc-
Cured also within the last p hours
in Missouri. North Carolina, and on
the north Atlantic coast. Tempera-
lures continued above the seasonal
average in the cotton belt. and also in
nearly all other section of the United
States. Unseasonably low readings
were reported, however. from the
Canadian Northwest with a minimum
of 30 degrees at Calgary, Canada,
this morning.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-06-09
jim SILENCED
AT HARLINCEN
Talks to Large Crowd
Waiting to See
Horse Races
(Snecial to The Herald.l

HARLINGEN. Tex, June 9.-Fire-
men in attendance at the state con-
vention now being held here decided
that they would rather sec horse
races than to hear Jim Ferguson
speak in the interest Of his wife's
candidacy for reelection as gov
ernor and booed him into silence
when he talked beyond the starting
time set for the races here Monday
afternoon.
At first the crowd showed only
faint signs Of restlessnes when Mr..
Ferguson failed to stop but later
there were shouts asking him to
quit and allow the racing program to
start. Mr.. Ferguson then assailed
the hecklers and the crowd began
milling around him. The crowd
finally was controlled by r. T..
Stuart, chairman of the meeting and
others. Mr. Ferguson was not able
to finish his speech. however. IL
was a TRADE against Dan Moody and
defense Of his wife's administra-
tion.
County Judge, Oscar Dancy. was
one of the speakers, opening the
meeting with the plea that the Fer
gusons should be supported for their
aid in flood control work.