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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-09-09
Suit For Money Only

Frank H Clifford has fled suit
for money only, against William
Bowman. The sum Of SITS and IN
terest is alleged as the amount due,
which was for q manure spreader,
sold by plaintiff to defendant on
Sent &. 1920
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-09-09

An action to quiet title and for
authority to sell real estate has been
fled by Belle Embree. The defend
ants named in the action are VIM.
Embree, Lawrence Embree, Mary
Embree Francis Embree, Virginia
Embree, Belle Louise Embree, Chas.
E. Embree, all minors excepting the
first named; and The Miller Under
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-09-09

Donald Elton Dudley, son of Odell
Dudley, laborer, GAINESVILLE, and
Emma O'Nell Baker, McConnels-
vile, daughter of Joseph Wendell
Baker, Rev. w. E. w. Seller Off
ciating.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19
Prince of Wales Checks Runaway Horse
Of Rich Bel gian Hunting In Britain

Search for a million dollars worth OF
jewelry stolen from the Biarritz,
France. villa of Alfred Lowenstein'
Belgian financier. has centered In
New York.
Marcel Carpenter, Paris detective,
and NJ. Rousselet. a Paris insurance
operative. today solicited the aid OF
New York police irP tracking thieves
who robbed Lowenstein' last Octo-
Der. At the time of the robbery cable
dispatches placed the value of the
stolen jewelry at s450,000. A string
of pearls valued at sf25,00O was the
most valuable piece stolen.
New York detectives were told that
the French investigators had reasons
to believe that the jewelry had been
smuggled into the United States and
that the thieves were in New York
(itV
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19
DEPUTY DISMISSED.

SEWARD, Alaska, December Is N).
On orders from Attorney General
Sargent, Harry l. Staser, deputy mar
shall in Seward, was dismissed today
after a newspaper dispatch from An
chorage, Alaska, came to light. The
dispatch related that Staser agreed
with Maj Horace Kemp. U. S. A, that
in 30 places along the main street OF
Anchorage a man could get drink.
Kemp commanded a detachment OF
troops in Anchorage. The post was
abandoned December 3 and Kemp re-
turned to the States.
Staser said he was joking and that
he thought he ought to have a chance
to defend himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19

alton this session of Congress for the
three light cruisers already authorized
and which must. under the terms of
the authorization, begin construction
by July 1, 1927. Nor does the pro-
gram contemplate any legislation to
extend the authorization for these
three cruisers beyond the time limit
set in the act of 1924.
Chairman Butler indicated that
something might be done later to add
three more cruisers to the program,
but not at the present session.
Attention was called to the fact
that even If the House should pass the
Butler bill and then send the naval
appropriation bill to the Senate with
out providing for beginning construc-
ton of the three cruisers in question,
it would be within the rules of the
Senate to adopt an amendment for
their construction.
Revolt Brewing i'm Senate.
1t is no secret that revolt has been
brewing in the Senate against the
Presidents proposal not to appropri.
ate at this session to begin the con.
etruction of these cruisers
What we want for the navy is more
ships and not mere authorizations to
construct them some time in the flu
ture," is the way some of the friends
of the Navy put 1t last night
Representative Britten of Illinois
a member of the House naval affairs
committee, was one of those who con.
tinued to insist that the appropria-
tons for the three ships now author.
lied should be made at the present
session. He questioned the wisdom
of promising to build 10 ships in the
future while failing to provide the
money for the construction of three
now. He feared the world would look
on the authorization to construct 10
cruisers as a mere bluff if no appropri-
ton is made now for those already
authorized
While disclaiming any intention of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19
TEACHER LOSES PERMIT.
Prefers Not to Drive Auto to Going
to Jail for Speeding.

BERKELEY, Calf, December IL
@.-Prof. G. w. Lubowski of the
University of California French de-
partment passed up a good chance to
study an American Jail as an honest
to-goodness prisoner, and at the same
time forfeited his automobile driver $
license for year.
The professors attention was at
tracted by a speed cop while he was
humming along in his machine on
Telegraph avenue. The patrolman
notified the professor that % miles an
hour qualified him for an appearance
before the police judge.
The judge gave Lubowski his
choice of five days in Jail or the for
fixture of his drivers license for a
year. The professor lost himself in
deep thought for a moment and then
decided to hand over the license.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19
MAIL EARLY IDEA
BEARS FRUIT HERE
Local Post Office Handling
Thousands of Holiday
Parcels Daily.

More than 26000 parcels post pack
ages were delivered yesterday by IS
trucks, making four trips each, carry
ing 100 parcels each time, to residents
of the District of Columbia from send
ers all over the world, according to
G. E. Schooley, superintendent of the
mails
THE large amount of incoming mail
shows clearly that people in widely
scattered parts of the world are TAX
ing the mail early advice to heart"
said Schooley to a Star reporter yes
terday while pointing to the huge
niles of mail on the loading platform
behind the post office. Although the
mail comes in fast, we have enough
competent clerks so that ii does not
stack up on us as it used to-"
Incoming and outgoing mail COM
bined." continued Schooley, has had
at least a 10 per cent increase over
the Christmas mail at this time last
year"
The superintendent pointed toward
a long table at which several boys
were working sorting Christmas
cards. over there are 5000 cards."
he said. land do you know who the
boys are who are working there?
They are the sons of Representatives,
Senators and public officials for a
large part. Also, we have in our de-
partment students from colleges all
over the East, including Georgetown
and George Washington, besides boys
from the local high schools.
THAT fellow over there" said
Schooley. lis Edward Swinburne, a
runner from Georgetown. The one
here, is Frank L. McGrath, captain
of the Georgetown foot ball team.
The boy on the other side now is
Clifford Sanford. champion diver,
from Central High School.
why, we have had 5000 applica-
tons for Christmas work" he said
Representatives and Senators come
In and want their boys put to work
and then they bring in their friends
and ask to have them given jobs.
We can't give. them all jobs. AT pres
ent we have taken on about 200 high
school boys and so college students.
They make $500 a day, or SIS cents
an hour, for hours
Mr.. Schooley said that people are
beginning to condense their parcels
and pack a lot of presents in one
package. so that there is preponder-
ance of large parcels in the mail this
year.
Letters to Santa Claus have not
really commenced to come in vet"
said Schooley. "Tke children evil
IDENTIFY did not get the mail early
Idea. However. about 200 have been
received by the inquiry department.
Any letters of this type are kept and
turned over TO claimants IL they are
reliable. These people read the letters
and play Santa to the deserving ones
who seem really to be poor and
needy"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, December 1S.-Hunt1ng
with the Cottesmore hounds in the
Melton Mowbray district today, the
Prince of Wales displayed great pluck
and presence of mind in checking the
wild career of a runaway horse
which had thrown the Belgian multi
millionaire. Capt. Alfred Lowenstein'
The Belgian financier was hunting on
his estate in the neighborhood Wnen
his mount stumbled and threw MIN.
He was not injured.
Among others who went in pursuit
of the animal along with the Prince
was Mrs Keld G. Fenwick. formerly
Peggy Marsh. American actress.
Alfred Lowenstein is the Belgian
financier who recently offered the BEL
gian government a loan of $50,0Oo'ooV
for two years. The offer was refused.
NEW YORK, December Is V).-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19

in other cities dealing with the prob
lem of trucks left standing on the
streets for lengthy periods.
1t is understood the Letter was
prompted by a complaint concerning
trucks used for express and general
hauling being parked on the street
while waiting to be engaged
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19
SEEKS TRUCKS DATA.

Chairman Capper of the Senate
District committee wrote to Traffic
Director Eldridge yesterday for in.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19
TEN NEW CRUISERS
ASKED, WHILE THREE
STILL AWAIT FUNDS

Continued from First Page.)
Evening star., 1926-06-20
Speaking More Distinct in Open Air
Than i'm Auditorium, Tests Reveal

back of rostrum are considered by
DR.. knudsen of appreciable acoustic
value, but are generally architectural
misfits. Auditorium walls in any com
mon position are simply q necessary
nuisance. Music halls, where clear
ness of speech articulation is of minor
concern, are not directly considered
in the work described, nor is any ac-
count taken Of peculiar halls where
a rearseat auditor can hear a pin
drop on the stage. Such a stunt may
have no relation to the value of the
auditorium for continuous speech.
The moral Of all this to the archi-
tect seems to be--break the rules of
scientific acoustics if you have to in
order to avoid spelling an artistic de
sign. then spend some money on
padding. In view of the expense and
other disadvantages of hair felt, the
field is now open for a porous, spongy
wallplaster which may absorb more
or the stray sound than common hard
plaster and thus prevent reverbera-
ton.
Evening star., 1926-06-20

The men who have made noise in
the world have not used their mouths
alone.
Evening star., 1926-06-20

served in the Sixty eighth and Sixty
ninth Congresses
Mr.. Magee has been a close student
of aeronautical affairs for nearly
20 years. He was appointed a first
lieutenant in the Army Air Serv-
ice in 1907; later he received his pro-
motion to captain and he served until
January of 1919. He holds a commits
sion as lieutenant colonel (specialis)
in the Officers Reserve Corps.
Now that the equalization for pro
motion between line and staff officers
of the Navy has become q law, the
Bureau of Navigation is engaged in
the preliminary detail of carrying out
the provisions of the law. There is
being compiled in the bureau the run
ming mate list. which will show the
officers who will be eligible for con-
sideration by the first boards and also
the number of officers who will be
recommended for promotion by the
board in each corps. There will be
three staff boards on Selection-one to
recommend officers for promotion to
the rank of captain and commander
of the Medical Corps. another to rec
ommend officers for promotion to the
same ranks In the Supply Corps, and
q third to recommend officers for pro-
motion to the rank Of captain in the
Corps of Civil Engineers. Subsequent
boards will be convened after ap-
proval of the selections made by the
present line selection board.
Departure was made last week from
policy of several years standing
with respect to the restoration of for
mer officers of the Navy who are now
in civil life as a result of resignation.
Ever since the administration of Sec
retary Daniels the rule has been in.
variably observed not to act favorably
on such proposals. The reason for
the assumption of this position, it is
pointed out, Is that the reinstatement
of such officers would seriously inter
fere with their former associates on
the personnel register, unless the ben
eticiary, of course, was carried as an
extra number Considerable opposi-
ton has always been in evidence to
this last feature. An officers who re-
signs and who knows when rendering
his resignation that it is an utter i'm
possibility TO be reappointed, it is
argued, is not entitled to special favor
in his behalf.
Considerable importance was at.
tached last week, however, to the pro-
posal to appoint Cecil Clarence Adell,
formerly an ensign in the Navy, to
his former rank, with provision for
subsequent promotion In the usual
way and that he be carried as an
extra number. Navy Department
Evening star., 1926-06-20
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
LOS ANGELES, Calf. June 49,
A speaker may be heard more clearly
and accurately in the open air than
in any auditorium. This conclusion,
following elaborate experimentation
by DR.. Vern o. Knudsen, physicist in
the University of California, southern
branch. is a contradiction of the wide
spread idea that a properly construct
ed auditorium reinforces and i'm
proves audibility.
The walls of such room may in
crease the general loudness of speech
sounds, but the interference of rever-
beration more than counteracts the
presumed advantage. In one test of
an auditors accuracy in understand
ing speech 1t was found that g. listen
er 100 feet from q speaker in the
open-aIr Hollywood Bowl made a bet
ter record than he could even in the
best Los Angeles auditorium available.
More precise tests were carried on
with the aid of an oscillating ampli-
fler-the equivalent Of sa "howling"
radio set. This device yielded q sound
electrically controlled and maintained
at q set value Just l 900 times the
amplitude Of a barely audible sound.
The "hoWl," suddenly interrupted,
reverberated for five seconds in a test
room with a. cement floor and no fur
niture. When set of meaningless
speech sounds was spoken in this
room the auditor got only so per cent
of them correctly.
The room was now gradually padded
more and more completely, as time
went on, with a one-inch layer of
hair felt. Reverberation was steadily
shortened Finally, with maximum
padding, 90 per cent accuracy in
speech understanding was attained,
while the reverberation time had
shrunk to six-tenths of second. This
Is considered the limit in acoustic
clearness indoors. but when the ex-
perimenters moved outdoors the ac-
curacy rose to 95.7 per cent, exceed
ing the best record of a padded room
and much ahead of any regular audi
torium. Higher accuracy than 95.7
is improbable, as the auditors make
few mistakes in any case. These oc-
cur with end consonants, especially
''th" and 'ng," and not with vowed
sounds.
Concave sounding boards located
Evening star., 1926-06-20
SKIN ANALYSIS MADE
IN STUDY OF DISEASE
Rabbits Used in Experiments by
DR.. J. v. neutrality-suspicious.
Blood Tests.
Special Dispatch TO The star.


PHILADELPHIA June 19.--While
blood tests have played for some time
a. prominent part in diagnostic
methods in the current medical mode,
chemical analysis of the skin of ami
mails as a means of studying the
underlying causes of skin diseases
like eczema has been comparatively
neglected.
In series of experiments with rab-
bits 1t has been shown by DR.. j. V.
Klauder and Herman Brown of the
Research Institute of Cutaneous Medi
cine that the quantity Of the element
an important relation to it's irritabil-
ity. The greater the amount of cal
cium present, apparently, the lesser
is the degree If irritability possessed
by our epideIn1al covering.
While this was not the case with
all rabbits, it was true of a. sufficient
majority to establish an important
connection. 1t was likewise found
that just the inverse relation existed
with respect to the element potaS-
SUM. The more potassium there was
present the greater was the cutaneous
irritability registered by the animals.
Since potassium stimulates cell ac-
tivity and calcium has just the op-
posite effect, the investigators sug-
gest that eczema may be due to g.
condition in which the biochenical
mechanism of the nerves and cells Of
the skin are out of equilibrium.
DIR. Klauder, in collaboration with
Drs. l.. l.. Fighter and NJ. ]. Harkins,
have also conducted an important in
oct icraf ion Of n oil tY1f4 t4,@
orally prevalent among fishermen and
fish handlers. This infection, medi-
cally termed a severe form of erysipe
loid, usually arises from bite from
a fish on the hands or a wound from
the spines or fins. Since 1t frequently
puts a fisherman out of commission
from two to six weeks. it's bearing on
the fish industry is of considerable
significance. 1t is said to he fairly
Evening star., 1926-06-20
Clam Is Divers Foe.

Writers who give us stories of pearl
fishing usually describe sharks and
devilfish as the divers worst enemies.
Actually, the shark is a cowardly
brute. and the release Of a few bub.
bles from the valve Of a diving dress
is usually enough to scare him away,
says the Cleveland Leader.
The great rock cod is a far more
formidable fish. 1t is fairly common
in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf, and
a British naval officer told the writer
of the capture of one weighing over
400 pounds, in which were found a
wonan's necklet and ankle rings.
The most awful man trap is the
giant clam, the largest shellfsh in the
world. Each valve Of the shell is big
enough for a bath, and the two to-
gether weigh nearly half a ton. Speci-
mems have been found feet long
These lest unseen on the sea floor
with Jaws half open, and if touched
close ut once. Since no power short
of a steam engine could force open
the shells, a diver so trapped is doom
ed TO death.
The men who have made a noise in
the world have not used their mouths
Evening star., 1926-06-20
Weddings Take IL Days.

Many Chinese weddings take IL
days, and, in the case Of the very-
wealthy. cost 500, 900. It is not mn.
common for as many as 5000 invita-.
tions to be issued, writes CORE
spondent of the Duluth News Tribune
The bridegroom pays for this Lavish,
entertainment. The couple TO be mar.
ried never meet until the ceremonies
begin, the match having been arranc
ed by the parents. On each day there
Is different ceremony performed and
not until the eleventh day is the knot
said to have been securely tied
Evening star., 1926-06-20
Canada's Mineral Products.

Production of manufactured non
metallic mineral products in Canada
in 1925 reached a value of $115,5S7
316, an increase of nearly S45, 900 900
over 1924 and the highest since 1920
for this group of industries. accordipc.
to a statement issued by the Bureau
of Statistics. The 1925 operating
plants In these industries in 1925. rep
resenting capital investment az
$l59.000, 900, used $63. .7S5 .O43 worth OF
raw materials to produce commoditie.
valued at s115, 5,5S7,316 factory prices
Evening star., 1926-06-20

records reveal that originally he was
an enlisted man who was appointed
to the Naval Academy. and that he
resigned from the naval service be-
cause the naval authorities refused to
grant him sick leave and his assign
ment to duty within 80 days after
an operation for appendicitis. The
record shows that the leave was
favored by the surgeon in the case.
only to be disapproved by the senior
surgeon, an act wholly unwarrantable
and not justified.
The Navy Department is expected
to maintain it's same attitude toward
such proposals, but in other quarters
there Is considerable sentiment in
favor of the reinstatement Of this for
mer officer. 1t is insisted that for
mer officers similarly situated and who
desire to be restored to the naval serv-
ice will regard this case as a prece-
dent upon which they may seek to
attain restoration.
The fact that Mr.. Adell possesses an
admirable record and that he is
strongly indorsed for restoration and
retention In the naval service does
not enter into the question. In the
face of the adverse stand taken by
the department in this case, though
1t has done SO in other restoration
cases. it is insisted that Mr.. Adeil is
entitled to favorable consideration.
Much interest is being taken in the
final outcome of this case, as 1t is ap-
preciated that other equally meritori-
Gus cases have been rejected and the
individuals concerned may now, it is
said, easily assert their rights.
The proposal has been made that
four retired officers of the Coast
Guard be made commodores on the
retired list without any increase OF
pay. They are Daniel +. Foley, Fran
els NJ. Dunwoody, Howard NJ. Broad.
bent and Horace B. West. Each off,
Ger on this list had served, when re-
tired, over 40 years, and each was
retired with the rank of commander.
that being the highest rank in the
Coast Guard except that of com
mandant at the time. Comdr. Foley
was retired February 2, 1921; Comdr
Dunwoody, July /, 1920; Comdr.
Broadbent, October 10. 1920, and
Comdr. West, January 19, 1922.
When the governors of the several
American States meet at Cheyenne,
Wyo, the latter part of July. Mrs.
Nellie T. Ross, Wyoming's governor,
Evening star., 1926-06-20

a II q v eIerllldE y
Corps by officers
belonging to these
three services. A
copy of the newly
re is e d regula
tions, the most
important change
of which relates
to Examination to
field grades, has
been forwarded BY
Maj. Gen. Nler-
ritt w. Ireland.
S ur & con general
of the Army, to
the War Depart
ment for approval
and ii is expected
they will be pub
lished at an early
Evening star., 1926-06-20

common among salt water fishers
throughout the world.
DR.. Klauder and his associates have
identified the causative orga as
the same bacterium but of a different
strain as that responsible for cry.
sipelas in pigs and is engaged in
tuIrher research to find a specific
treatment for the infection.
Evening star., 1926-06-20
Army.

Keen interest is being taken in the
revision of the Army regulations gov
erning the professional examination
for promotion in the Medical, Dental