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Evening star., 1926-05-12
BESPEAKS VICTORY
FOR D. c. ORATOR
Oliver Owen Kuhn Presents
Star Check to Miss
Myrtle Posey.

Confidence that Miss Myrtle Posey,
l1-yearold Eastern senior. who won
the District finalist honor in the Ma
tional Oratorical Contest, also will be
the victor in the national finals at the
Washington Auditorium on June a
and represent the United States in the
international finals to be held next
; Fall was expressed by Oliver Owen
Kuhn, news manager of The Star.
speaking at a special assembly held
at Eastern today to honor Miss Posey.
Mr.. Kuhn made this optimistic pre-
diction just prior to presenting Miss
Posey with a check for $500, The
Stars cash award TO the District
finalist winner. and it provoked
thunderous applause on the part of
the nearly 1000 Eastern boys and
girls who packed the auditorium.
Finds Success Secret.
LAS | sat in my office
students. "why YOU people pro
vided the city with so many cham
pions: why you have won so many
championships Since I have stood
here and watched your reaction on
this auspicious occasion | have learn
ed your secret. 1t is q school spirit
which reflects credit on each East
erner and of which l am sure Princi
pal Charles Hart is proud"
Mr.. Kuhn said The Star and the
other nationally prominent news
papers sponsoring the oratorical con
test are proud to further interest in
the Constitution, particularly ut this
lime when there is need for the youth
of America to be awakened to the
need for the protection and extension
of iHoolc orohOdiaS in that crroat
document. He said:
1T thrills one to think that when
noXious political and economic theories
leading to general strikes, military
preparations and national bombast are
being fed to the youth of other ma
tions. there is, through the medium
of the national oratorical contests. be
ing builded in the minds and hearts
of American youth "a deep respect for
and desire to maintain and further
foster those principles which have
made America great and keep her in
her exhalted position. For only by
keeping our eyes looking forward,
ever holding before us the image of
those principles enunciated and es-
tablished by our fathers can we hope
to achieve an even greater destiny.
Miss Luella Webb. a member OF
charge of the oratorical contest at
Eastern High School, in opening the
assembly, formally thanked The Star
ION behalf of the faculty and the
students for making possible the an
nual oratorical competition.
Winner Praises School.
In accepting The Stars check, Miss
Posey told her fellow students: '1f
the honor / have received for East
ern half pays for the four years of
happiness, fun and education l have
received at our school I feel more
than satisfied.
II really feel continued Miss
Posey. that this check belongs TO
each and every one of you. 1 would
like to divide it. AS this is impos-
sible, however, I guess l had better
keep it, The latter remark caused
wave of merriment and the appear
ance on the stage of the school cheer
leaders, who led a snappy punch
and judy" yell with three "Poseys"
on the end.
Randolph Leigh, manager of the
national oratorical contest, was pres
ent on the stage as was Principal
Hart, who presided.
Evening star., 1926-05-12
1913 CALLS IN APRIL
BY VISITING NURSES
Attention to 3.042 Patients Far
Exceeds Month Last Year.
Money Drives Ended.

The board of managers of the In
structive Visiting Nurse Society held
its monthly meeting in the board
room at their headquarters in The
Star Building yesterday.
Mrs. G.. Brown Miller, acting presi-
dent, presided. Other members of the
board present were: Mrs. John w.
Davidge, Mrs. Dwight Clark, Mrs.
Cresson Newbold, Mrs. Franklin II.
Ellis, Mrs. E. Scott Land, Mrs. Keith
Merrill. Mrs Henry G. Newcomer,
Miss Mary Hale, Miss Eleanor Viii
son. Miss Julia Maths, Miss Clara
Farrar-Smith and Mrs. David Potter.
Miss Gertrude II. Bowling, director,
reported S,913 visits made to 3,042
patients in the month of April. repre-
senting 400 more visits and 800 more
patients than for the corresponding
month last year. About 5000 OF
these visits, according to Miss Bow
ling. were made to acute cases, many
of them the aftermath of the pneu-
monia and measles epidemic of the
past Winter.
The board voted to allow four staff
nurses to attend the nursing conven-
ton in Atlantic City this coming
week.
The board has instituted a new de-
partment of publicity and finance, and
in the future all funds for the sup
port of the society will be raised
through this department rather than
by drives.
Evening star., 1926-05-12
Will Come to Capital.

First Lieut.. Lawrence j. Meyns, ord
nance department, at the arsenal.
Watertown, Mass, has been assigned
to duty in the office of the chief of ord
nance, War Department.
Evening star., 1926-05-12
NINE PERSONS HURT
IN TRAFFIC MISHAPS
Seven Are Children, But None Are
Seriously Injured-Woman Is
Knocked Down.

Seven children and two adults We're
injured in traffic accidents Yesterday
None of the children was seriously
hurt.
Frank T. Miller, 45 years old, Of
Peoria. H.. suffered severe shock and
a broken collarbone when the auto.
mobile of Rev. John c. Geale. presi-
dent of GonZaga High School. in
which he was a passenger. .couided
with the automobile of John l.
Rogers, 45 r street northeast, at Con.
necticut avenue and . street. He
was treated at Emergency Hospital.
Mrs. Helen Voigt. 90 years old. of
924 Madison street, was knocked
down by a hit-andrun driver after
alighting from a bus at Fourteenth
street and Columbia road. She was
treated for slight injuries at a near
by physicians office.
Four-yearold John r. Works, 507
G street northeast. was the youngest
of the seven children slightly injured
by being struck by automobiles. The
others We're John Schoemaker. 3, of
1871 | street northeast; Leroy Mickens
colored, s, 1921 Carrollburg street
southwest: Betty Dade. colored, /. 1917
Twelfth street; Margaret Hines.
colored, s. 2645 Fifteenth street
Philip Levin, 9, 1918 Seventh street.
and Francis Contee, colored, IL. 80
G street.
Evening star., 1926-05-12
TESTIMONIAL MUSICAL
IN WHEELER'S HONOR
Program Will Be Given by Colored
Associations Tomorrow Night
at Dunbar High.

An elaborate musical program in
honor of Maj. Raymond A. Wheeler.
retiring assistant District engineer
commissioner, will he given In the
auditorium Of the Dunbar High School
tomorrow night at 8 o'clock The
District Commissioners and other Of
iicials of the municipal government
will attend.
The testimonial musical has been
arranged by various colored civic or
@aniZations to show their apprecia-
lion of Maj. Wheeler's services to the
District. Maj. Wheeler has been de-
tailed to the Engineer School at Fort
Leavenworth, and will leave Wash
ington next month.
The musical program will be pro
vided by the Knights of ST. John Or
chestra, under the direction of Ellie
Hoffman; the Birney Choral Society,
the Georgetown Civic Association Glee
Club and DIR. Sumner Wormley and
John BraxtOn. soloists. Miss HOr-
tense Gray will dance.
The address of welcome will he
made by Mrs. Maria Madra Marshall.
Other speakers will be John Ritchie
chief clerk Of the building inspector s
office, and Robert l.. Williams. assist
ant corporation counsel.
Evening star., 1926-05-12
THREE HURT BY AUTO
AT BLADENSBURG, ND.
Fred Johnson, James Cullinane and
Henry Butler Taken to Hos
pital After Spill.

Three Washington men were taken
to Casualty Hospital for treatment
following an automobile accident at
the Peace Cross, Blandensburg. Md,
early this morning.
According to meager reports re-
ceived in this city, an automobile
skidded on a turn going into soft dirt
and turned over.
A. S. Flanagan of East Riverdale.
Md. coming into the city, picked up
the three injured men.
At Casualty Hospital they were list
ed as Fred Johnson of 327 Sixteenth
street southeast, James Cullinane of
1929 I street and Henry Butler Of iii
Third street southeast. Butler was
held at the hospital for further
observation of his condition.
The automobile was demolished
c. D, Ernest, whose address was given
as 1882 Massachusetts avenue, was
temporarily held for investigation as
the driver of the car.
Evening star., 1926-05-12
DEATHS OF 2 IN TRAFFIC
DECLARED ACCIDENTAL
Coroner's Jury Gives Verdicts in
Case of Frank Marino and
Charles c. Costello.

A coroner's jury yesterday held the
deaths of Frank Marino, Center Mar
ket dealer, and Charles G. Costello,
1421 d street, were accidental.
Marino was struck Saturday night
by the automobile Of James Richard
O'Neil. 21, 3416 Garfield street, while
crossing near his home. 1924 Seven
teenth street. Costello was fatally in
iured when he walked against a street
car at Fourteenth street and Ohio
avenue the morning of April 28.
Funeral services for Marino were
conducted this morning at st. Alloy
sius Church, with interment in St.
Mary's Cemetery. Costello's funeral
services were held at Deals under
taking establishment, S16 Fl street
northeast, at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
Interment was in Cedar Hill Gene
terry.
Evening star., 1926-05-12

Nearly so towns in India will have
their first electric lights with the
completion of the new Thl River
power project.
Evening star., 1926-05-12
Col. Stark, M. c., Is Dead.

Col. Alexander n. Stark Medical
Corps. died Saturday at Hollywood
Calf, according to War Department
advices. He was a Virginian and a
graduate Of the University Of Vir-
ginia. Appointed an assistant surgeon
in the Army in May, 1893, he reached
the grade of colonel in May, 1917, and
was retired in August, 1925. He saw
active service in the Spanish War, the
Philippine Insurrection, the Chinese
relief expedition and in the World
War. He was awarded the dis
tinguished service medal and other
for his services as chief
surgeon of the first Army in France.
Evening star., 1926-05-12

Chester, England, plans to fit four
houses entirely for electric lighting
and heating, without provision for
the use of coal.
Evening star., 1926-05-12
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Joseph Pennell
Leaves Estate
To the Library

Request to the Library of Con
gress by Joseph Pennell, American
artist. who died recently, of prac-
tically his entire estate, including
prints. paintings. manuscripts,
books, copyrights and consider
able fortune with which to main
tain the collections, was announced
today to President Coolidge by the
widow.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-03-05
THE MILKY WAY.

The earth, the sun and its en-
tire solar system are in the very
center of the Milky Way. We are
only a tiny speck in the center of
this great constellation with di-
ameter of $4,000 or 10000 light
years, and with the enormous tel
escopes in the United States we
can see through our own milky
way into thousands of other milky
milky ways just as large as our
own. The nearest star in our
nebula is only three light years
away. while the nearest separate
constellation known as Androme-
da, is more than million light
years away.-Dr. Walter Baade,
noted German astronomer, who
has just arrived in the United
States for years study of the
heavens through American tele-
scopes.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-03-05

headwaters of Barnegat Bay and
the Manasquan River, and which
adds another link to New Jerseys
coastwise system of inland water
ways. Since the canal was cut
through the flow of water from
the mouth of the Manasquan into
Barnegat Bay has been continual.
This affirms the reckoning of the
engineers that under normal con-
ditions the Manasquan at the ca
nal inlet is higher that the head
waters of Barnegat Bay. The
southwark flow, though not vio-
lent thus far, has been sufficient
to convert the headwaters of Bar
negat into a saltwater area, jus.
tifying the belief that additional
oyster lands may be added event
ually in Barnegat Bay.
Henry w. Townsend, secretary
of the Ocean City Board of Edu-
cation, has received a letter from
an official of the British Broad
casting Company, of London, con-
firming the opinion of Mr.. Town.
send that he had heard soprano
solo from London on the second
The Pleasantville press., 1926-03-05
TRIBUTE TO YOUNG AMERICA

"In an age more complex and
intricate than any other the world
has ever known, in a country of
unparalleled prosperity, the prob
lem of personal adjustment in So
cial, civic and economic environ
ment is not easy. To genera
ton of youth facing such complex
ity, the difficulty is great indeed.
1t is a tribute to young America
that in making this adjustment
so many succeed and so few fail.
We bear our tribute to the essen
tial cleanliness, the intellectual
straightness, the frank courage,
and the decent idealism of Amer
lean young manhood and young
womanhool. All American adults
will serve youth best by them
selves setting those examples
which they desire youth to fol
low" Resolution presented at
the annual convention of the De-
partment of Superintendence of
the National Educational Associ-
alton.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-03-05
SPRING DAYS ON
THE BOARDWALK
Women Wear an Abundance OF
Flowers.

flOWcTS.
These are veritable spring days
along the Boardwalk, both as to
weather and to costumes worn.
Milady is making bright splash
of color on the herringbone trail
in hats, coats, suits and slippers.
The men are also keeping up the
pace by appearing in suits and
hats that are spring-like and color
full. Blue shirts, blue collars and
blue ties are everywhere in vogue.
In fact. the scene along the
Walk almost resembles Easter.
The women folks are wearing an
abundance of flowers to empha-
size the spring-like touch. There
are the usual corsages of violets,
sweet peas and orchids, with a
gardenia here and there. The
flowers are worn at the waist, on
the shoulder, and in several in
stances, on the wrist. They are
held together by bright-colored
silk ribbons, as well as by attract,
i've ostrich feathers. The fur
trimmed cloth garment is popular
Fancy braids and placques of un-
usual furs help to make tweed
and duvetyn garments smart. The
fur godet is still conspicuously
popular.
The small chapeau is still brave
ly Haunting itself, but there are
also many large picture hats.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-03-05
SERMONETTE.
BY r. Ashley Cake.

"Whom the Lord loveth He
chasteneth. Heb. 12: 6.
Is the pathway dark? Are the
mountains of difficulty hard to
climb? Burdens heavy? disap-
pointments bitter? bereavements
sore? Think not strange con-
corning the trial, for Whom the
Lord loveth He chasteneth."
Geo. Wither in the Seventeenth
Century wrote:
Till from the straw the fail the
corn doth beat,
Until the chaff be purged from
the wheat,
Yea till the mill the grain in pie
ces tear,
The richness of the flour will
scarce appear.
So, till mems persons great al
Fiction touch,
If worth be found, their worth is
not so much,
Because like wheat in straw, they
have not yet
That value which in threshing
they may get.
For till the bruising fails OF
Gods corrections
Have threshed out of us our vain
affections,
Till those corruptions which do
misbecome us,
Are by thy sacred spirit winnow-
ed from us;
Until from us the straw of world
ly treasures,
Till all the dusty chaff of empty
pleasures,
Yea, till upon us his fail He doth
lay,
To thresh the husk of this our
flesh away;
And leave the soul uncovered;
nay, yet more,
Till God shall make our very
spirit poor,
We shall not up to our highest
wealth aspire;
But then we shall; and that is
my desire"
Absecon, Lent
The Pleasantville press., 1926-03-05

Ell to the shelter of buildings.
Tempered in the wintry blasts of
the open, they have a hardihood
approaching a wildness that is
but a short call to the raiding and
marauding creatures which have
little regard for man.
Just how the stray mongrels
are to be reduced in number and
by whom is not determined, but
with the situation developed as
it is and with the demand for
protection against the dogs, an
official dog killer is likely to be
appointed in two or three Main
land points any day.
Owners of good dogs may take
care that their pets and hounds
are not caught in the round up
and provide license tags for them.
In the discussion Of campaign
against dogs, it seems that dogs
will not be killed on private land,
but will be taken while running
loose in the streets and highways.
Some interesting happenings
have followed the recent opening
of the inland canal connecting the
The Pleasantville press., 1926-03-05
|htsst IN sst MA,1T1hsiuD Thi

Roaming mongrels are creating
depredations at many points on
the Mainland. Dogs running at
large at Somers Point and in 9th
er cities and boroughs on the
Mainland are proving to be ex
,pensive guests. They enter hen
neries and kill chickens. Their
feasts are usually paid for by the
city in which they dine.
William Sharrock, acting may
or of the City of Somers Point,
says his city would like very
much to obtain an efficient and
thorough dog catcher.
Mayor Jackson of the City OF
Pleasantville expresses the same
need for his city. The more eff
cient and the more thorough the
better.
The dogs in question are not
pets. They may have been pets
at one time, but they have lost
their society manners. They do
not answer to the kindly over
lures of the man or woman of
humanitarian impulses. The
strays do not respond to endear-
ing terms such as Mice Fido,"
and Pretty Doggie." Even on
some of the coolest nights, kindly
attempts to approach the stray
dogs and give them shelter were
repulsed with a growl. Some of
them made their beds for the
night where the wind searched the
keenest. They preferred the op.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-03-05

The Pleasantville Press is on sale
at the following places:-
Absecon-Ellen L. Shovel at the
Postoffice. -.
Atlantic City-Shore Fast Waiting
Room, 8 s. Virginia Ave.
Pleasantville = z. T. Harris, 5.
Main St; H. w. Fenimore, 80 ,.
station; Il. z. Hambleton, 101 N.
Main St; o. p. Jones. q p. West
Jersey Ave. Charles b. King, Az
N. Main st. or at the office, II W.
Washington Ave. rr.
Somers Point-Joseph Green. His-
go shore Road and New Jersey Ave.
ocean City-W. p. Sinl<inson, 7th
and Asbury ave; w. f. Gardiner
Northfieid AT the post office;
David Breen, drug store,
The Pleasantville press., 1926-03-05

Manufacturing industries locat-
ed near Pleasantville are in the
midst of most favorable condi-
tions and beautiful surroundings.
The opportunities for recreation
have large influence with health
and happiness, as well as superior
climate.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-03-05

erned by local supply and demand
and seasoned by the cordial rela-
tions between retailer and consul
mer. Retailers did not profiteer.
They did not accept high offers
from outside sources for their
stocks; nor did they get in a fuel
less trap which would force them
to purchase from spectators at
high strike prices. The situation
here was met by the retailers in
a manner greatly to their credit.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-03-05

Having adopted stock purcha-
sing plan five years ago a group
OF employees of the Standard Oil
Company of New Jersey has Sc
cured a block of SS4,041 shares of
common stock valued at $39,00G,-
900 and larger than that held by
any individual except John d.
Rockefeller, Jr. Some of them
have made large profit on their
shares, par value S25, and now
selling around $44.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-03-05

needed to complete the Holland
vehicular tunnel and the Della.
ware River bridge has been ap.
proved. The money thus taken
will be refunded later by collec-
tion of tolls on the tunnel and
bridge according to the proposal.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-03-05

Army flyers have covered a
million miles without fatality,
with cargo, on a model airway
and have found that 25 per cent.
OF freight charges can be saved
transporting to the Pacific coast
seventy-five army planes just COM
pleted
The Pleasantville press., 1926-03-05

Members of the senior class of
Mercer University, Ga, have pre-
sented a petition to the president
to have their diplomas written in
English, instead of Latin. so they
may be able to read what Is writ
ten on them.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-03-05

A New Jersey woman has been
divorced because she refused to
cook and serve her husbands
meals. The Court described it as
cruelty. Others might be inclined
to reserve decision until they
knew something about the kind
OF meals the husband missed.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-03-05
Nothing New.

"To Broadcast Heat" a headline
runs
On the newspaper pages;
But old Sol has been doing that
For ages upon ages.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-03-05

Sales in retail trade are report
ed as greater than they were
year ago. The change carries
with it suggestion that the num-
ber of articles that can be bought
on the installment plan has SINH
Iarly increased.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-03-05

"To be good citizens you should
read newspapers. Advice at nat
uralization by Supreme Court JUS
tice Selah b. Strong, New York.
Yes, but there is great differ
ence in newspapers.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-03-05

Scantiness of women's clothes
has put such crimp in the profits
of transferring baggage in New
York City that several companies
are seeking to increase their
rates.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-03-05

Good health means a fat pay
envelope. American wage earn
ers are said to lose $250,000,000 a
year through absence caused by
sickness.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-03-05
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FACTS AND EANClES
Misunderstood

Doctor-Change is what you
need and you need it badly.
Patient know it, Doctor, but
I guess | can raise enough to pay
your bill.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-03-05

Parking space is problem in
itself. When we discuss sites for
buildings of the future, can't we
assume that in the future the
parking problem will have been
solved? The problem is simply
one of space. 1t has in it nothing
OF the complexity which dismays
those who study the prohibition
problem, the crime problem, the
divorce problem, the world peace
problem and others.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-03-05
Overheard by w. p. M.

THE trouble with you, John, is
that you have an inferiority COM
plex. But cheer up! it indicates
that you have a fine sense of val
ues, anyway"
The Pleasantville press., 1926-03-05
Out of Season.

Our boss discharged three pret-
ty stenographers today"
Isn't it strange time of the
year to be canning peaches?"
The Pleasantville press., 1926-03-05

There is an ounce Of gold in
every $1,000 tons of sea water.
Anyone, with tea kettle, can de-
monstrate this in 4217 years.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-03-05

This Congress will pass more
laws in an hour than all the par
liaments of Europe will pass in a
year.-Augustus o. Stanley.