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Evening star., 1926-12-09
HUNT FOR GIRL ASKED.
Cities Between Here and Califor.
MIA Notified of kidnapping.
Special Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
CLARENDON. Va, December o
Cities on the Southern Railway route
to California have been notified To
watch for S-year-Old Evelyn Samuel.
who was kidnapped Monday as she left
Carne School. near Jewel Station. Va.
Sheriff Howard r. Fields and other
county authorities have been advised
by the police of Melvin, Mass, where
Mr. and Mrs. Mason Dilloway, the
child'S mother and stepfather reside,
that the couple departed for California
December . The child lived with her
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
ID. G. Samuel, near Jewel Station, fol.
lowing divorce of her parents
Evening star., 1926-12-09

The churches want the facts. Thev
should know just what they are
facing in trying to meet the religions
problems of our people. Unquestion-
ably, practically all of those who will
answer no to some of the questions
asked-it is assumed that everybody
will write yes after at least some
of them will do sd because of deem
religious conviction. and vet. withai
having sincere desire to know the
truth.
Write yes or "no"-.nothing else
after each question. and mail
promptly to the Church Editor of The
star. IL Is not necessary TO sign your
name,
Evening star., 1926-12-09
Rockville Woman Dies.
special Dispatch to The Star.

ROCKVILLE, Md. December O.
Mrs. Clara s. Henderson. 81 years
old. widow of James 4. Henderson
and mother OF George p. Henderson,
cashier of the Montgomery County
National Bank here. died last night
at her home here. She had been ill
long time of cancer. Three daugh-
ters, Rose and Margaret of Rock
vile and Mrs. Taliaferro Bridges of
Hancock. Md. also survive. Mrs.
Henderson was the daughter of the
late John AdamSon and lived here all
her life. Funeral services will be
held at the home tomorrow at ,
o'clock
Evening star., 1926-12-09
MEXICAN LAW ACCEPTED.
Standard Oil Quoted as Ready to
Comply With Provisions.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, December 9
(P-The San Antonio Light today
publishes a statement quoting Manuel
Calero. chief counsel in Mexico for the
STANDARD Oil interests. as saying that
all oil compa nies operating IN MeHlco
will comply with provisions of Mexi-
co.'s alien property laws, which be-
come effective January l.
Evening star., 1926-12-09
SURGEONS FINISH
| OPERATION ON KING
Seventeen Gays Required to
Prove Success of Silver
Tube Installation.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
BUCHAREST. Rumania. December
9.-The series uf surgical opera ,ions
neceSSltated by King Ferdinands in
teStlnal ailment has been completed
III VIII require a period of IL DAYS.
II 1s estimated. to ascertain whether
the artificial organ IA silver tubel in
stalled in the lower intestine yester-
day for final fInctioning of the diges-
tINe apparatus, is working salts
faCtUrilV
Meanwhile. it is declared. the King
is III no immediate danger of death
lie has rallied from the surgical
shock. but is weak and feeble after
three days of operations.
Passed Good Night.
An official bulletin ut NOON today
SAID he passed c"nd night and way
heglnnlnS To take nourishmeut His
general condition was characterized
AS satisfactory" with Temperature
9I.s7 and pulse 81.
Ferdinand's morale is excellent. and
has heen aided by removal from his
system of the poison which slowly
gained ground until the operations
DIR. hartmann, chief of the six sur
geons who performed yesterdays
operation. plans to leave for his home
III Paris tomorrow. This is regarded
as complete confirmation OF the Of
nclal announcement that the surgical
work is ended.
Views Ruins of Palace.
There still is great anxiety among
the pOpulaCe over the condition of
Ferdinand. Queen Marie Is always
near him. Yesterday she left the
totrochini Palace for few moments
and looked over the ruins Of tho
burned Palace ROYAL. once the home
"f Carmen Sylvia. the poet queen. AZ
or expressing joy when told that most
of. the Louis Nv furniture, as we'll
as portion of the tapestries and pic.
lures and Carmen Svlva's jewelrv had
been saved. Marie returned to her hus
bands bedside
An official inquiry shows that the
fire started from a faulty kitchen
chimney. The loss to the building is
estimated at 45.000.0O lei. The Cham.
her Of Deputies has voted %. 600 600
lei toward the restorat tion of the IVA lace
CThe normal value "f the lei is ~
CentS)
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Miles Succeeds Mooney.

MEMPHIS. Tenn, December 8 R).
-Lovick =. Miles, attorney, was
elected president yesterday of the
Commercial Publishing Co. - pub
fishers of the Memphis Commercial
Appeal, morning paper, and the Eve
ming Appeal-to succeed the late c..
p. J. Mooney.
Evening star., 1926-12-09
STRIKE HITS ROYALTY.
Tie-Up in British Coal Causes Fuel
Rationing.

LONDON, December 8 R).--Roy-
atty has been hard hit by the tie-up
in the coal mines.
buckingham Palace. the London
residence of King George and Queen
Mary, is back to a rationing system
similar to war times. and many of the
larger apartments of state have been
closed until the situation eases.
State affairs on a large scale at the
palace have been crossed off the list,
and there is but one banquet of any
importance so far scheduled.
Evening star., 1926-12-09
WOULD LIMIT TAFT'S PAY.
Carnegie Annuity Cited in Opposi-
iton to Boost.

Asserting that Chief Justice Taft is
receiving an annuity of $4,000 from
the Andrew Carnegie Trust Fund. Rep-
resentative Rainey. Democrat. Illinois.
attacked provisions in the bill to raise
the salaries of Federal judges when
the bill was brought up in the House
today.
lie proposed TO amend the measure
so that the Chief Justice would receive
$4,000 rather than the $2O.5OO pro-
DOSed
Evening star., 1926-12-09
BALKANS, LECTURE TOPIC
Capt. Gordon-Smith Addresses
City Club Tomorrow.

Capt. Gordon Gordon Smith. COM
mercial representative to the United
will address the, City Club at it's
weekly forum luncheon tomorrow on
the Balkans and the international sit
uation there.
Capt Gordon Smith is an authority
on the Balkan situation. He was spe-
cial correspondent for the Northcliffe
papers Of England for Al years. As
a result he came in personal contact
with the affairs of the worlds princi-
pal states.
Evening star., 1926-12-09

ing the policy of non-interference with
China's domestic troubles and by TAX
ing aggressive steps to remove from
China extraterritorial treaty limita-
tions," said DR.. p. W. kuo, director
of the China Institute in America.
kittredge Norton, student Of Far
Eastern affairs, said that the world
demands of China that it restore do
mestic tranquility and make its ma
ton safe for those who visit within
its borders.
Much of the difficulty between China
and the West has been due to mis-
understa nding. said DIR. James NJ
Henry, president Lingnan University
Canton. China and after outlining
condit ions in China, recomme nded
that the United States sound a posi-
tive rather than a negative note and
do its part to correct treaty inequi-
ties.
1T is only the statesmanship that
nuts China's interests first" he said,
that will be found adequate and en-
during
Speak ON Japan.
Relationships with Japan were dis
cussed last night by Chester H. Row
ell. California editor: DR.. II. Duncan
Hall, University of sydney, and Fred
Arick Moore, journalist.
The speakers agreed in stating that
there will be no danger of war with
Japan unless America makes 1t and
that the immigration problem should
he handled with more latitude and Vet
without involving any infringement
of American sovereignty.
Evening star., 1926-12-09
BILL TO PURCHASE
TRIANGLE OFFERED
BY SENATOR SMOOT
Continued from FiEst Page.)

those advoca ting the triangle pur-
chase are sound and practical
It was for the purpose Of going
over this legislative program that Mr..
Smell went to the White House today.
He pointed out that before the pro-
gram had been worked out. the
Presidents views had been obtained
and that the latter's suggestions and
wishes in the matter formed the basis
for the arranging the House pro-
cedure. According to him. the Presi
dent appeared to he satisfied.
Judges Bill to BE Pushed.
Mr.. Smell. after his conference with
the President. said the House would
start today with the bill providing in
creased salaries for Federal judges.
Then will follow one or two appropri-
alton bills, and with the latter out of
the way. the radio control bill will
be brought up, he said. The Parker
railroad consolidation bill has been in
a. preferred position on the program,
and by that time he expects the
House will be ready to knuckle down
for consideration of tax reduction
legislation. which he expects will be
the one big task Of the present ses-
sion.
Evening star., 1926-12-09

A railway 100 miles long is to be
constructed In MAZDA ga scar at a cost
OF more than s2o.se0, eco, and part OF
1t may be electrified,
Evening star., 1926-12-09
WILL FIGHT PRISON WARES

ST. LOUIS. December Q UP).-The
appropriation of 100000 for an ad-
vertising campaign against prison
made garments featured the closing
session here yesterday of a two.day
convention of the union-made garment
ma anufacturers.
a statement by the organization de-
clared that two years had been de-
voted lin the study of the problem
and preparation for combating the
noxious influences of the manufac-
ture of garments by prison labor.
Evening star., 1926-12-09

Clement Stockley. telling of terrible
conditions in the city and urging that
every effort be made to get permis-
sion for the hospital staff to leave the
cifE
Evening star., 1926-12-09
CANNIBAL PRACTICE
REPORTED IN CHINA
AFTER LONG FIGHTING

Continued from First Page.)
Evening star., 1926-12-09
Describes Desperate Plight.


I'VE are truly in a desperate strait.
Nothing but starvation stares us ir
the face the letter says. Hundreds
are dying in the city daily and it is
Impossible to buy food. You cannot
understand the state of affairs; it is
just awful 1t is difficult to bury all
that die of starvation and many lie
in the streets for days unburied.'
The letter added that foreigners
could hold out for fortnight If al
lowed to keep the little food that they
had. The supplies. the letter said,
were shared with the hospital staff
and could not last long.
Chinese newspapers here declare
scores of people have frozen or starved
to death or are destitute in Peking
because of the bitter cold weather the
last two days. Many children are
victims
Military operations during the last
year have made hundreds of farmers
Of the surrounding districts destitute.
There has been marked increase in
the number of beggars and helpless
persons in the streets of Peking this
Winter.
Diplomats May Meet.
A dispatch from foreign sources in
Hankow, where threats of a general
strike have alarmed the foreign con-
cessions. says a gathering Of foreign
diplomats is expected there soon
Miles Lampson, new British min
lister to China. has arrived there to
survey the Nationalist (Cantonese)
situa ton. and Ferdinand Mayer, coun-
selor for the American legation at
Shanghai. is expected there tomorrow.
Sadon Ha h1fri chief nf tho
bureau of the japanese foreign Office,
also is en- route to Hankow.
Chinese employees of the Standard
Oil Co.'S Hankow candle factory have
gone on strike, despite offers of in
creased wages. but otherwise the labor
situation there is reported generally
improved.
Evening star., 1926-12-09

OfleDtdI ftefdtIOuS Stuuhcu.
The conference late yesterday took
up the relationships of this country
with China and Japan. speakers plead
ing for a better understanding in this
country of conditions in the Orient
China asks only justice of the ma
tions of the world and much of its
present civil warfare is due to opposi-
ton of Chinese to foreign control. de-
clared DIR. Saoke Alfred SEE. Chinese
Minister to the United States, in urg-
ing the United States TO act as an
independent agent IN terminating the
extraterritorial treaties with China.
The requirement that China shall
not levy more than per cent ad
valorem duty upon exports and I'M
ports and the refusal to China of the
right to hold foreigners within her
borders amendable to her jurispru-
dence are the most serious of the
treaty limitations. he stated.
Chinese people desire peace, DIR.
Sze said, but do not believe in peace at
any price, holding to the theory that
a question is not settled until 1t is
settled correctly.
America can aid China by continu-
Evening star., 1926-12-17
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Evening star., 1926-12-17

passenger in the numerous coihpart-
ments OF railway ana street cars where
smoking is permitted. The reqnkst Is
usually accompanied by a mutual ift.
ing OF hats and the controversy is
over the question whether this. polite e
formality Is strictly necessary.st
So far the ayes seem to haVe 1t.
Observation on the public convey
ances shows the hat-lifting process.
carried out with all due Teutonic
solemnity, still quite commonly OBJ
served. IT.
Evening star., 1926-12-17

AS she opened the living'room door
there sat Oliver talking to her mother!
She stopped turned pale and gasped.
OLIVER 1t was not what she had
planned to do. but her soul got ahead
of her and she expressed her real self.
Oliver had her hands in his before
she knew it.
You are glad to see me- he said
gratefully. And then he quietly and
possessively kissed her.
: i've been telling your mother he
said, drawing Eve down beside him
Evening star., 1926-12-17

When he appeared to her again she
would punish him--if he could be
punished. But there was doubt.
Could she punish him2
She had gone over TO Mrs. Scott s
one evening. being too restless to
stay at home. Mrs. Scott was alone.
and she looked so contented and
happy sewing in the lamplight that
Eve almost hated her. She could not
bear the sight of the other woman s
Joy and she returned home to her
lonely misery
Evening star., 1926-12-17

upon the davenport. "It was poor
Steve. you know, my old pal. The
telegram came and / rushed off with
out a thought of anything except that
Steve was dying and l must be there.
And | was there in time to hold his
hand as he went under the ether.
Oliver paused and Eve squeezed his
hand out of sympathy, Hes got
chance now Good old Steve!l He
stood by me and / would have stood
by him if-if i had to sacrifice every
thing that was dearest to me in this
Evening star., 1926-12-17
THE EVENING STORY

divers employer and found out
what had become of him, but she
would not. And her friends did not
take the trouble to- find out for her;
of course. she could not suggest that
they should.
Each succeeding day left her more
and more miserable. Not line, not
a word. Well, it was all over IS far
as she was concerned, for when he
did. return she would have nothing
more to do with him. No man could
treat her like that With impunity.
He had hurt her too cruelty. Yes,
she admitted TO herself that she
cared for him to the extent that he
could hurt her.
The days became a week, Oliver
dwelt in Ewes mind to the exclusion
of all else. She had never thought
much about him before, she could
now think Of nothing else. Secretly
she wept and stormed and suffered.
Evening star., 1926-12-17

world. my iob-you---but Mr.. Massey
excused me and now hope you will. :"
Eve laid her cireek against his
shoulder. Her eyes were wet. yet
happy ~.
Il should like to see Steve" she
said. '"'
Oliver smiled.
You shall, III ask him to be the
best man, he Said joyously. ,'~F
fCopyriEht. 1920
(THE ENDl
Evening star., 1926-12-17
BRINGS HOT DISCUSSION.
Point In Etiquette Debated by Ger.
man Cigar Smokers.

BERLIN. December II CP.--A fine
point in etiquette is exciting n hot
discussion among German cigar and
cigarette smokers.
- +'sPlease give me light, is one Of
the common requests of passenger to
Evening star., 1926-12-17
/ Broken Appointment.

y fkEs eE,MER son studied the din
.lkEner table tfoughtfuliy. She'
W Had laid it with her own nands
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CTTIE END.l
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ing to give up the inheritance, but
by a series of incidents, fortunate
for her, gets the money anyway.
The cast supporting the featured
players in this production. which
was directed by Alfred e. Green,
contains the following well-known
screen personages: Louise F'azenda,
Philo Mccullough, Ethel Wales, Vir-
GINA Lee qorbin and John Patrick.
AS a special attraction for the
week the Circle is presenting on
the stage 1.-THE Black Bottom Re
vue," with Walter Partridge and his
dancers. This production marks the
Indianapolis debut of that sensa-
tional dance craze which bids fair
to totally eclipse the success of the
Charleston, and which, like its prede-
cessor, had it's origin with the south
ern Negro.
The program also includes the
Circle News, the overture, played by
the Circle Concert Orchestra, under
the, direction of Stolarevsky; the
third of the Twisted Tales series,
Should Mother Tell?" the Circle
comedy and a Dessa Byrd organ
solo, Let's Play Golf"
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Bob Jones, Jack Berry and Jack
Russco are featured solists and lead
in the buffoonery.
Across the Pacific" is a melodra-
matte historical special dealing with
the events of the instruction of
Aguinaldo in the Philippine Islands
which followed the Spanish-Ameri-
can War Monte plays the part of a
southern boy who is treacherously
robbed of his estate and disgraced
by a scandal.
He leaves for the Philippine
Islands without seeing his sweet
heart, at his fathers suggestion, and
as a private there is instrumental IN
bringing about the capture Of Agui-
naldo by an intrigue In which he
must get information from a native
girl by pretending to love her. His
sweetheart, who has come to the
islands with her father, a colonel In
the army, thinks the affair q. real
one and pleads with Monte, but he
cannot tell her the truth.
The supporting cast consists OF
Jane Winton, Myrna 10y, Charles
Stevens, Tom Wilson, Walter Nc
Grail, Herbert Pryor, Ed Kennedy.
Theodore Lorch, Sojin, Walter
Rogers and Edmund Fortune.
The supplemental screen features
include an Arthur Lake comedy,
Business Worries" an Aesop Fable,
Buck Fever" and the current In
ternational News.
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in Frank Preston, who plots to keep
Stephens off the field in the mosi
important gridiron battle OF the
year. The plot is a succession OF .
gripping thrills until the final touch
down. Wesley Ruggles wrote the
story, originally under the title
"Three Minutes to Co." Leila
Hyams, Bee Amann. Earle Larimore,
w. l.. Thorne, Joe Burke. and Jane
jennings are in the cast. The
comedy will be one of Harold
Lloyd's funniest farces, step
Lively"
The Thursday change OF program
will bring Bob Custer in "The
Dude Ranch" a Western drama
depicting the strange events thai
transpire when an Arizona ranch Is
invaded by a group Of tourists. The
story has many intriguing com.
plications and number OF
mysteries which are solved only
when Custer, as Bob Ralston
succeeds in outwitting his enemies
In the cast are Flora Bramley, Billy
Bletcher, Howard Truesdell, Sabel
Johnson and Eddie Gordon. "King
of the Kitchen" an Imperial comedy
will be the fun feature.
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MONTE BLUE TO BE
FEATURED AT COLONIAL

Monte Blue, the Indianapolis
screen star, viii be seen At the Co
lonial Theater all next week in the
film version of Across the Pacific"
which has been adapted from
Charles A. Blaney's melodramatic
play of the stage several seasons
ago.
Joan Graham and her Dance Mad
Stepers, late OF the original Sally"
company, will present a novel dance
revuette as the stage presentation.
Floyd Thompson and his singing
ltroubadors will be heard in two nov
lily singing specialties, Mn which
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photoplay attraction at the Ohio
Theater for the coming week.
The story has a background of
Paris and France and there are par
ticularly interesting scene of back
stage theater life in the French
capital, where the play is an idolized
favorite.
There are two love stories in THE
Gay Deceiver." One is the love of a
man and wife who had drifted apart,
whose separation had grown to nine
teen years before they discovered
that their original belief that they
were meant for each other was cor
rect.
The other is of warm and vigor-
GUS youth, fighting its way through
obstacles to a glamorous goal of des-
tiny. Stahls masterful direction is
said to give the situations of the
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story sincerity and conviction en-
trey courteous to the intelligence.
Lew Cody is cast as a Partisan
boulevardier who, after nineteen
years estrangement from his wife,
discovers that he is still in love with
her and that he is a great fellow
for home comforts after all. Dor
othy Phillips plays opposite Cody in
the role of the wife who was tolerant
enough to forgive the lapses Of her
husband and begin all over again,
Others in the cast include Malcolm
McGregor, Marceline Day, Carmel
Myers, Roy Darcy. Edward Con-
nelly and Antonio D'Algy.
The Thanksgiving week special
program offered by Charlie Davis
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Starting in prize ring, going to
a naval training camp, from there
to the deck of troop transport, and,
in turn, a small row boat, sub
marine, French dreadnaught, France,
and then--all the way back to
where it started from, Were in
the Navy Now" creates new
record in hilarity for future directors
to aim at. Edward Sutherland, the
man who directed Behind the
Front" has injected more gags in
this picture than have ever been
seen before.
,Beery as Knockout Hapsen a
Smith" his manager, are the greenest
goofy sobs who ever donned the
naval blue. During the memorable
days of 1917 they get into the Navy
through peculiar, and to them,
wholly unlocked for circumstances.
Before they are consciously aware
of their destination they are on their
way over seas.
Their logged disregard and
ignorance Of regulations on board
the transport immerses them in
round after round of difficulties.
Their experiences with Madelyn
Phillips fascinating young woman;
their adventures in the mine zone,
and finally, when the convoy is at
tackled, the manner in which their
ship is. saved through an act of
stupidity on the part of the pair,
supplies no end of uproarious fun.
Chester Conklin, Tom Kennedy,
Donald Keith, Lorraine Eason,
Joseph w. Girard and Max Kennedy
are in the cast. Monte Brice wrote
the story. A newlyweds comedy.
"Snookums Buggy Ride the Fox
News Weekly, and, returning after
an absence of several weeks, Emil
Seidel and his orchestra, will be
other program features.